2005 General Studies, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies
Question 14: Economy and Social Development
Who among the following is the President of the FICCI?
aSunil Mittal
bBrijmohan Lal Munjal
cOnkar S. Kanwar
dVivek Burman
AnswerThe answer is (c).
The given answer is Onkar S. Kanwar, chairman of Apollo Tyres, who held the FICCI presidency at the time of the paper. The other names are heads of other business houses: Sunil Mittal of Bharti, Brijmohan Lal Munjal of Hero and Vivek Burman of Dabur. The FICCI presidency changes about every year, so this is a dated fact.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Sunil Mittal heads the Bharti group; not named as FICCI president for this question.
- (b) Brijmohan Lal Munjal is associated with the Hero group, not the FICCI presidency here.
- (c) Given answer: Onkar S. Kanwar of Apollo Tyres.
- (d) Vivek Burman is associated with Dabur, not the FICCI presidency here.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2005, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.