Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment 

No. 21 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-31809) of our reports 

dated December 14, 2004, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights 

which appear in the October 31, 2004 Annual Reports to Shareholders of Dreyfus S&P 

500 Index Fund, Dreyfus Smallcap Stock Index Fund and Dreyfus International Stock 

Index Fund, respectively, which are also incorporated by reference into the Registration 

Statement. We also consent to the references to us under the headings "Financial 

Highlights" in the prospectus and “Counsel and Independent Registered Public 

Accounting Firm" in the statement of additional information. 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

New York, New York 

February 14, 2005