Previous year MCQs

Economy UPPSC 2008 GS-I
Question

The word "Actuaries" is related to:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Insurance

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Insurance”.
The word "actuaries" is related to insurance.

Similar Questions:

The Indian planned economy is based:
  1. A) On Gandhian system
  2. B) On the Socialist system
  3. C) On Capitalist system
  4. D) On Mixed economy
Which of the following are the main objectives (s) of the Sharda Sahayak Command Development Project? Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

I. To increase agricultural production.
II. To change the land use pattern through multiple cropping.
III. To improve land management.
  1. A) I only
  2. B) I and II only
  3. C) II and III only
  4. D) All the above three
The equator passes through
  1. A) Cameron
  2. B) Costa Rica
  3. C) Kenya
  4. D) Venezuela
The U.P. Financial Corporation does not finance:
  1. A) The acquisition of permanent assets
  2. B) Tourism related industries
  3. C) Long-term, working capital requirements
  4. D) Handloom industries.
Who had suggested an imposition of "expenditure tax" in India for the first time?
  1. A) Kalecki
  2. B) Kaldor
  3. C) R.J. Chelliah
  4. D) Gautam Mathur
During the period 1991-2001 2001-2011, the decadal growth of population (in percentage terms) was lowest in the State of
  1. A) Andhra Pradesh
  2. B) Tamil Nadu
  3. C) Kerala
  4. D) Nagaland
Consider the following statements about farm subsidies in India.

1. The input subsidies in India, such as on fertilizers fall under indirect farm subsidies.
2. Reduction in power and irrigation bills offered to farmers fall under direct farm subsidies.
3. The agricultural provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) though allow direct farm subsidies, prohibit indirect subsidies.
4. All subsidies provided by the governments in India fall under the indirect subsidies.

Select the correct statements using the code given below.
Code :
  1. A) 1 and 4
  2. B) 3 and 4
  3. C) 2 and 3
  4. D) 1 and 2
Mixed economy means:
  1. A) Where agriculture and industry are given equal importance
  2. B) Where public sector exists along with heavy doses of swadeshi in national economy.
  3. C) Where globalization is transferred with heavy dose of swadeshi in national economy.
  4. D) Mixed Economy means where public sector exists along with the private sector in national economy.
ECGC is related to:
  1. A) Export promotion
  2. B) Export financing and insurance
  3. C) Export quality certification
  4. D) Export statistics publication
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists:
List-I Pollutants - List-II Effects

A. Carbon monoxide - 1. Damage to liver and kidney
B. Oxides of Nitrogen - 2. Cancer
C. Soil particles - 3. Ailments related to breathing
D. Lead - 4. Central nervous system

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 2 3 4 1
  2. B) 4 3 2 1
  3. C) 1 2 3 4
  4. D) 3 4 1 2
Find the missing number in the following figure:

  1. A) 139
  2. B) 81
  3. C) 12
  4. D) 93
The missing number in the following series; 4,8,9,27,16,64, _, 125 is:
  1. A) 90
  2. B) 35
  3. C) 25
  4. D) 20