The product life cycle from inception to demise is shown in the graph. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I(Stage): A. Product Development, B. Maturity, C. Growth, D. Introduction
List-II: 1. Sales and profits decline, 2. Sales start to increase rapidly, 3. Sales are slow, marketing costs are high, 4. No sales occur, significant costs incurred
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Persons below the poverty line in India are classified as such based on whether:
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Among which one of the following sets of social/ religious groups is the extent of poverty the highest, as per Government statistics for the nineties?
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The first Indian State to have its Human Development Report prepared and released by Amartya Kumar Sen in Delhi is:
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The Employment Assurance Scheme envisages financial assistance to rural areas for guaranteeing employment to at least:
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Assertion(A): Devaluation of a currency may promote export.
Reason(R): Price of the country’s products in the international market may fall due to devaluation.
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Assertion(A): Information technology is fast becoming a very important field of activity in India.
Reason(R): Software is one of the major exports of the country and India has a very strong base in hardware.
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Assertion(A): Fiscal deficit is greater than budgetary deficit.
Reason(R): Fiscal deficit is the borrowing from the Reserve Bank of India plus other liabilities of the Government to meet its expenditure.
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Which one of the following statements regarding the levying, collecting and distribution of Income Tax is correct?
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The farmers are provided credit from a number of sources for their short and long term needs. The main sources of credit to the farmers include:
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Which one of the following is the objective of National Renewal Fund?
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The planning process in the industrial sector in India has assumed a relatively less important position in the nineties as compared to that in the earlier period. Which one of the following is not true in this regard?
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Tourism industry in India is quite small compared to many other countries in terms of India’s potential size. Which one of the following statements is correct in this regard?
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Industrial Unit): A. Atlas Cycle Company Ltd., B. Bharat Earth Movers Ltd., C. Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co-operative Ltd., D. National Aluminium Company Ltd.
List-II (Centre): 1. Bangalore, 2. Bhubaneswar, 3. Kalol, 4. Sonepat
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given the lists:
List-I (Industries): A. Pearl fishing, B. Automobiles, C. Ship building, D. Engineering goods
List-II (Industrial Centres): 1. Pune, 2. Tuticorin, 3. Pinjore, 4. Marmagao
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Consider the following statements: Industrial development in India, to an extent, is constrained by:
1. lack of adequate entrepreneurship and leadership in business.
2. lack of savings to invest.
3. lack of technology, skills and infrastructure.
4. limited purchasing power among the larger masses.
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From the balance sheet of a company, it is possible to:
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Consider the following statements: Small-scale industries are, in most cases, not as efficient and competitive as the large-scale ones. Yet the Government provides preferential treatment and reservations in a range of products to the small firms because small-scale industries:
1. provide higher employment on a per unit capital deployment basis.
2. promote a regional dispersion of industries and economical activities.
3. have performed better in export of manufactured products than the large scale ones.
4. provide jobs to low-skill workers, who otherwise may not find employment avenues elsewhere.
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Consider the following statements: Regional disparities in India are high and have been rising in recent years because:
1. There is persistent investment over time only in select locations.
2. Some areas are agro-climatically less conducive to development.
3. Some areas continue to face little or no agrarian transformation and the consequent lack of social and economic opportunities.
4. Some areas have faced continuous political instability.
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Indian farmers are unhappy over the introduction of “Terminator Seed Technology” because the seeds produced by this technology are expected to:
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