451. For which of the following sources of financial resources may financial intermediation NOT be required?

  • (A) Raising equity via public offering
  • (B) Borrowing from banks
  • (C) Family funds
  • (D) Borrowing from All India Development Financial Institutions

452. Which of the following Ashokan rock edicts declares prohibition of animal sacrifice?

  • (A) Major Rock Edict - IV
  • (B) Major Rock Edict - I
  • (C) Major Rock Edict - II
  • (D) Major Rock Edict - III

453. The Swaran Singh committee had formulated ________-point code of fundamental duties.

  • (A) 9
  • (B) 8
  • (C) 7
  • (D) 11

454. In a certain code language, 'A @ B' means ‘A is the daughter of B’, 'A # B' means ‘A is the brother of B’, 'A + B' means ‘A is the wife of B’, 'A % B' means ‘A is the father of' B’. How is M related to T if ‘M # N @ P + S % T’?

  • (A) Father
  • (B) Husband
  • (C) ​Brother
  • (D) Mother's brother

455. Which letter cluster will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series? PFBR, MKUA, ?, GUGS, DZZB

  • (A) JPNJ
  • (B) HKPE
  • (C) QYGC
  • (D) JLEJ

456. 254 is related to 524 following a certain logic. Following the same logic, 912 is related to 642. Which of the following numbers is related to 188 using the same logic?

  • (A) 825
  • (B) 840
  • (C) 900
  • (D) 845

457. Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which letter-cluster does not belong to that group? (Note: The odd letter-cluster is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter-cluster.)

  • (A) RWT
  • (B) PUR
  • (C) TYU
  • (D) NSP

458. In a certain code language, ‘COOL’ is written as ‘45’ and ‘TREE’ is written as ‘48’. How will ‘WELL’ be written in that language?

  • (A) 46
  • (B) 51
  • (C) 36
  • (D) 52

459. Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary. 1. Winterish 2. Wingspread 3. Windblast 4. Wintertide 5. Windscreen 6. Winkling

  • (A) 3, 5, 2, 4, 6, 1
  • (B) 3, 5, 4, 2, 6, 1
  • (C) 3, 5, 2, 6, 1, 4
  • (D) 3, 5, 2, 4, 1, 6

460. In a code language, ‘ROCK’ is written as ‘PKAG’, and ‘CLUB’ is written as ‘AHSX’. How will ‘SHOP’ be written in that language?

  • (A) QDML
  • (B) QMLD
  • (C) MQDL
  • (D) QMDL

Total Quizz:- 10040

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