Q: The gas provider Centrica has seen its half-year profits fall by 20% to £992 million. Despite this it has decided to increase its dividend to shareholders to 3.9p per share. The rise in energy prices released before the announcement of Centrica's profits was designed, said the company, to restore "reasonable profitability". The chief executive, Sam Laidlaw, said, "We produced a good set of results in tough market conditions... we will continue to concentrate on improving customer service in British Gas..." This is an interesting statement given the record rise in prices to households. The announcement of profits which are not far off one billion pounds, a day after the announcement of the rise in price and the increase in dividend to shareholders, is likely to provoke angry reaction. Many will question the extent of the market power that Centrica possesses. There will also be those that will question what the phrase 'reasonable profitability' means in the context of profits of nearly one billion pounds. Question: 1) Announcing large profits, soon after announcing price rises, is likely to provoke angry reaction. Question: 2) Companies increase shareholder dividends when profits fall. Question: 3) One way companies can restore profitability is to increase prices. 4651 0

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Which of the following is known as ' the Princess of Hill Stations ‘? 

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  Darjeeling
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  Ooty
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  Dehradun
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  Kodaikanal
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'मान' प्रत्यय से निर्मित शब्द नहीं है- 

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  विद्यमान
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  विराजमान
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  सम्मान
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  यजमान
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Four forms of a dice are shown below. In this dice which digit will be on the surface opposite to the digit 1?

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  4
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  6
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  2
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  3
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Q:

In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

How long it take (A) / to travel from Chennai to Trichy (B) /by train? (C)/ No error. (D) 

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  C
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  B
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  D
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  A
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Q:

How many triangles are there in the following figure?

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  16
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  14
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  8
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  12
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Q:

SAARC was formed in ……

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  1982
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  1984
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  1985
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  1986
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Which set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
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  pqrsss
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  qprsss
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  pspqsq
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  pspqqq
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