Legal Aspects of Business
The Indian Contract Act, 1872
Elements of a valid contract
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (b) 1872 2 (d) Incompetent Parties 3 (c) Contract 4 (a) Promise 5 (a) Contract 6 (d) All of the above 7 (a) Acceptance towards completion of unlawful act
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (c) Void Agreement
UGC NET | JRF
1 (c) Statement (I) is incorrect and Statement (II) is correct 2 (b) A contract which ceases to be enforceable by law
Capacities of parties
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (c) Minor’s agreements are absolutely void 2 (b) A person of sound mind 3 (d) Sane person 4 (b) May make a contract when he is of sound mind 5 (d) All of these
Free consent
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (b) Consensus ad-idem 2 (c) Void 3 (b) Due influence 4 (b) Coercion 5 (c) An act done to obtain the consent of the party 6 (c) Unsoundness of mind
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (a) Void 2 (a) If the court regard it is immoral
Discharge of a contract
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (c) Waiver
Breach of contract and remedies against breach
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (a) Suit for punishment 2 (d) Anticipatory breach of contract
UGC NET | JRF
1 (b) (i), (ii), (iv) and (iii)
Quasi Contract
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (a) Section 68 to 72
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (a) Contingent Contract
Special Contracts
Contracts of Indemnity and Guarantee
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (b) Contract of Guarantee 2 (b) Only on the occurrence of any loss to the indemnity holder
UGC NET | JRF
1 (d) Damages for liability incurred which is not absolute
Contract of Bailment and Pledge
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (a) Bailment 2 (b) Bailor 3 (a) Pawnor
Contracts of Agency
Sale of Goods Act, 1930
Contract of Sale of Goods
UGC NET | JRF
1 (c) (i) and (ii) 2 (c) Future goods
Doctrine of Caveat Emptor
UGC NET | JRF
1 (b) Buyer should be beware of all aspects of buying
Condition and Warranty
UGC NET | JRF
1 (d) (i) and (ii) only 2 (d) In case of breach, the aggrieved party can claim only damages
Rights of Unpaid Seller and rights of buyer
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (c) Right of pledge
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1930
Types of Negotiable Instruments
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
UGC NET | JRF
1 (d) Absolute and good title to the transferee 2 (a) (i) and (ii) only
Negotiation and Assignment
Dishonour and discharge of Negotiable Instruments
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (a) Drawer
UGC NET | JRF
1 (d) Mutual Fund
The Companies Act, 1930
Nature and kinds of companies
MCQ
1 (d) Association not for profit
M.Com Entrance – Jamia University
1 (c) The maximum number of members
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (a) Private company 2 (d) Special act of parliament or state assembly 3 (b)Private company 4 (a) 2 5 (b) 2 6 (a) Compulsory
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (a) Mutual agency 2 (b) Private Company 3 (d) 200 4 (a) By the article to the amount 5 (a) Unlimited company may or may not have a share capital 6 (c) A company not having any limit on the liability of its members 7 (b) The other company has a significant influence, but which is not the subsidiary company 8 (b) Holding Company
UGC NET | JRF
1 (c) Company
Companies Formation
MCQ
1 (b) Article of Association 2 (d) All of these 3 (a) Memorandum 4 (c) Directors 5 (b) Article of Association
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (b) Extension 2 (a) 30 3 (d) Person who is acting merely in a professional capacity 4 (c) Insider, Company 5 (b) Deemed prospectus
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (b) Memorandum of Association
UGC NET | JRF
1 (b) Promotion, incorporation, capital sub subscription and commencement of business 2 (b) Constructive Notice 3 (c) The rules, regulations and bye-laws for the internal management of the company
Management, Meetings and Winding Up of a Joint Stock Company
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (d) All of the above 2 (c) When the votes cast in favour of the resolution by members present in person or by proxy are not less than 3 times the number of votes, if any, cast against the resolution 3 (c) 7 days 4 (c) Notice by proposer of specified resolutions to the company and by company to members in turn 5 (d) Vote casted in favour is three times than votes casted against 6 (a) Extra ordinary general meeting 7 (c) Board resolution 8 (b) 21 days 9 (d) None of above
Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008
Structure and procedure of formation of LLP in India
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (c) Partnership Act, 1932 does not apply 2 (d) A limited Liability Partnership formed, incorporated or registered outside India which established a place of business in India 3 (a) At least one among them shall be resident in India 4 (a) Two or more 5 (a) Central Government 6 (b) 60 days 7 (a) Two designated partners 8 (d) All of the above 9 (a) Dividend Distribution Tax, Minimum Alternate Tax 10 (d) None of the above 11 (d) Not suitable for service sector 12 (a) In certain cases the shield of limited liability may be pierced
UGC NET | JRF
1 (a) (1) – (ii); (2) – (iii); (3) – (iv); (4) – (i)
The Competition Act, 2002
UGC NET | JRF
1 (b) Prohibition of Restrictive Trade Practices 2 (b) 2002 3 (c) Medical negligence 4 (d) A and B above 5 (a) Prohibition of Restrictive Trade Practices 6 (c) Prevent monopolistic rights arising out of intellectual property
SET Commerce
1 (a) One
The Information Technology Act, 2000
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (d) All of the above 2 (a) An imprisonment which may extend to three years and with fine
SET Commerce
1 (d) Installing antivirus for protection
The RTI Act, 2005
UGC NET | JRF
1 (c) File noting
SET Commerce
1 (b) File noting
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
UGC NET | JRF
1 (c) (1) – (iv), (2) – (iii), (3) – (ii), (4) – (i)
SET Commerce
1 (d) 60 years after the death of author
Goods & Service Tax (GST)
UGC NET | JRF
1 (b) Petroleum products
The Indian Contract Act, 1872
Elements of a valid contract
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (b) 1872 2 (d) Incompetent Parties 3 (c) Contract 4 (a) Promise 5 (a) Contract 6 (d) All of the above 7 (a) Acceptance towards completion of unlawful act
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (c) Void Agreement
UGC NET | JRF
1 (c) Statement (I) is incorrect and Statement (II) is correct 2 (b) A contract which ceases to be enforceable by law
Capacities of parties
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (c) Minor’s agreements are absolutely void 2 (b) A person of sound mind 3 (d) Sane person 4 (b) May make a contract when he is of sound mind 5 (d) All of these
Free consent
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (b) Consensus ad-idem 2 (c) Void 3 (b) Due influence 4 (b) Coercion 5 (c) An act done to obtain the consent of the party 6 (c) Unsoundness of mind
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (a) Void 2 (a) If the court regard it is immoral
Discharge of a contract
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (c) Waiver
Breach of contract and remedies against breach
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (a) Suit for punishment 2 (d) Anticipatory breach of contract
UGC NET | JRF
1 (b) (i), (ii), (iv) and (iii)
Quasi Contract
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (a) Section 68 to 72
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (a) Contingent Contract
Special Contracts
Contracts of Indemnity and Guarantee
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (b) Contract of Guarantee 2 (b) Only on the occurrence of any loss to the indemnity holder
UGC NET | JRF
1 (d) Damages for liability incurred which is not absolute
Contract of Bailment and Pledge
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (a) Bailment 2 (b) Bailor 3 (a) Pawnor
Contracts of Agency
Sale of Goods Act, 1930
Contract of Sale of Goods
UGC NET | JRF
1 (c) (i) and (ii) 2 (c) Future goods
Doctrine of Caveat Emptor
UGC NET | JRF
1 (b) Buyer should be beware of all aspects of buying
Condition and Warranty
UGC NET | JRF
1 (d) (i) and (ii) only 2 (d) In case of breach, the aggrieved party can claim only damages
Rights of Unpaid Seller and rights of buyer
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (c) Right of pledge
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1930
Types of Negotiable Instruments
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
UGC NET | JRF
1 (d) Mutual Fund 2 (d) Absolute and good title to the transferee 3 (a) (i) and (ii) only
Negotiation and Assignment
Dishonour and discharge of
The Companies Act, 1930
Nature and kinds of companies
MCQ
1 (d) Association not for profit
M.Com Entrance – Jamia University
1 (c) The maximum number of members
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (a) Private company 2 (d) Special act of parliament or state assembly 3 (b)Private company 4 (a) 2 5 (b) 2 6 (a) Compulsory
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (a) Mutual agency 2 (b) Private Company 3 (d) 200 4 (a) By the article to the amount 5 (a) Unlimited company may or may not have a share capital 6 (c) A company not having any limit on the liability of its members 7 (b) The other company has a significant influence, but which is not the subsidiary company 8 (b) Holding Company
UGC NET | JRF
1 (c) Company
Companies Formation
MCQ
1 (b) Article of Association 2 (d) All of these 3 (a) Memorandum 4 (c) Directors 5 (b) Article of Association
M.Com Entrance – Delhi University
1 (b) Extension 2 (a) 30 3 (c) Insider, Company 4 (d) Person who is acting merely in a professional capacity 5 (b) Deemed prospectus
Banking and Financial Institution
Banking and Financial Institution
Chapter 1 : Overview of Indian Financial System
NVS
1 (a) Deposit created out of loans
DSSSB
1 (d) Financial Services 2 (d) IRDA 3 (b) Patents
M.Com Entrance – Jamia
1 (d) Patents 2 (c) Non-Banking Finance Institution
UGC NET JRF Commerce
1 (b) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
Chapter 2 : Types of Banks
MCQ
1 (c) Current account 2 (d) Included in the Second schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 3 (b) 1770 4 (b) Rs. 5 lacs 5 (c) ICICI Bank Limited 6 (b) Providing personal banking services directly to the consumers 7 (d) Rs. 50 crores 8 (c) Non-stability of funds 9 (b) Imperial Bank of India 10 (c) Issuing Currency Notes
UGC NET JRF Commerce
1 (b) Yes Bank Ltd 2 (c) Indian Banking Regulation Act, 1949 3 (a) D.P. Operations 4 (b) Reserve Bank of India 5 (a) The credit worthiness’s of Bank 6 (a) J. M. Keynes 7 (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) 8 (c) Issuing Currency Notes 9 (b) (a)-(4), (b)-(3), (c)-(2), (d)-(1) 10 (c) (i), (ii), (iii) and (vi) 11 (d) Rs. 500 crores 12 (a) It is fund based income 13 (c) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 14 (a) Assertion (A) is correct and Reasoning (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 15 (b) (a),(c),(d),(f) 16 (b) Lahore and Karachi 17 (a) State Bank of India 18 (a) (a), (b) and (c) 19 (b) (a)-(ii) ;(b)-(iii);(c)-(i);(d)-(iv) 20 (c) (a)-(iii); (b)-(i); (c)-(iv); (d)-(ii) 21 (c) (a)-(iv); (b)-(iii); (c)-(i); (d)-(ii) 22 (c) Issuance of Letters of Credit
Chapter 3 : The Reserve Bank of India
MCQ
1 (c) Balance with RBI 2 (b) Ministry of Finance 3 (a) Bank Rate 4 (d) Receiver of public deposits 5 (a) Issue of currency 6 (c) Currency principle
UGC NET JRF Commerce
1 (d) All of the above 2 (b) Moral suasion 3 (d) The RBI is a banker to both central and state governments 4 (b) A body Corporate, having perpetual succession and a Common Seal 5 (b) A term used by the Federal Reserve to refer to the total deposits of member banks 6 (a) CRR 7 (d) RBI 8 (d) RBI 9 (a) Lower Bank Rate and purchase securities in the market 10 (c) CRR should be increased and Bank rate should be increased 11 (b) Sell securities in the open market 12 (a) RBI 13 (a) Reduce CRR 14 (c) Both A and B 15 (d) None of the above 16 (*) 17 (d) Tax rates 18 (a) Sell securities in the open market and hike Cash Reserve Ratio 19 (a) Only (i) is correct 20 (c) Reserve Bank of India 21 (b) (a)-(3), (b)-(1), (c)-(2), (d)-(4) 22 (a) On site, off site 23 (a) Inter bank advances 24 (d) (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) 25 (a) (A) and (R) both are correct 26 (d) (i), (iii), (iv) and (vi) 27 (b) January 01, 1949 28 (a) (i), (ii) and (iv) 29 (c) Amount that commercial banks are required to maintain before providing credit to customers 30 (a) Repo rate 31 (d) All of the above 32 (b) The RBI acts independently and can refuse the government directive 33 (d) Neither (a) nor (b) 34 (a) (a), (b) and (c) 35 (c) (c) and (d) 36 (a) Both the statements are correct 37 (d) Off-balance sheet items of a bank 38 (b) (A) and (R) is correct but (R) is not the right explanation (A) 39 (c) Demonetization 40 (b) Accepting deposits and advancing loans to public 41 (d) Increase in lendable resource
* Wrong Question
Chapter 4 : Banking Sector Reforms in India
UGC NET JRF Commerce
1 (a) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(v), (d)-(iii), (e)-(i) 2 (a) Nationalization of commercial banks has achieved its objectives 3 (d) All of the above 4 (c) Punjab National Bank 5 (b)Yes bank Ltd 6 (b) New Bank of India and Punjab National Bank 7 (d) Loans becoming overdue beyond 90 days 8 (b) Provision of control by a few 9 (d) (a)-(2), (b)-(3), (c)-(4), (d)-(1) 10 (c) (i) is correct but (ii) is incorrect 11 (c)Private Sector Banks 12 (d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv) 13 (a) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i), (v) 14 (b) Banking Companies Act, 1949 15 (b) Six months 16 (a) Collecting Banker 17 (d) Devaluated Assets 18 (d) All of the above 19 (c) Reconstruction of the company or amalgamation with any other bank 20 (d) (a)-(3), (b)-(1), (c)-(4), (d)-(2) 21 (c) Sukhamoy Chakravarty Committee 22 (d) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i) 23 (b) (b), (c), (e) 24 (c) Society for worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications 25 (a) a (i) b (ii) c (iii) 26 (b) Statement II is correct but I is incorrect. 27 (c) Statement (I) is correct but (II) is incorrect. 28 (*) 29 (c)1995 30 (c) (a) – (iii), (b) – (iv), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i) 31 (c) Sub-standard assets, doubtful assets, and loss assets
Chapter 5 : Financial Markets
KVS
1 (c) Primary market 2 (a) Facilitating Housing Loan 3 (c) Money Market 4 (b) Central Government
NVS
1 (a) Zero coupons bonds 2 (a) 1995 3 (a) Long term funds and long term investments 4 (c) NSDL 5 (a) One to fifteen days 6 (a) Private placement 7 (a) Certificate of deposit 8 (c) Commercial banks 9 (a) Stock market 10 (d) Certificate of deposit
DSSSB
1 (a) U.S. Security Market 2 (b) National Savings Certificate 3 (b) Complement each other 4 (d) Stock Exchange
Army School
1 (b) Custodian 2 (a) DFHI 3 (d) All of the above
M.Com Entrance – Jamia
1 (b) Money Market 2 (b) National Savings Certificate 3 (d) Treasury Bill 4 (c) Stock market 5 (d) Commercial Papers 6
M.Com Entrance – BHU
1 (c) The Broker 2 (c) Making the Contract 3 (c) Secondary Market 4 (b) Commercial Paper Market 5 (a) Call money 6 (d) Administration of Securities 7 (c) Certificate of deposit
SET Commerce
1 (b) (i), (ii), (iv), and (v)
UGC NET JRF Commerce
1 (b) Capital Market 2 (d) All of the above 3 (c) Warrants 4 (a) Corporate Securities 5 (c) Only commercial Banks 6 (a) (i)-(b), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(d), (iv)-(c) 7 (b) II, III and IV only 8 (b) Secured premium Notes 9 (d) None of the above 10 (a) (i), (ii), (iv), (v) 11 (c) I, III, V 12 (a) (i), (ii), (iii) 13 (d) Commercial paper 14 (b) (A)-(iii), (B)- (i), (C)-(ii), (D)-(iv) 15 (d) 273 Days T-bills were introduced in 2006
Chapter 6 : Financial Institutions
MCQ
1 (b) ; 2 (d)
M.Com Entrance – Jamia
1 (c) Non-Banking Finance Institution 2 (c) NABARD
SET Commerce
1 (a) 2 (d)
UGC NET JRF Commerce
1 (d) All of the above 2 (d) IFCI 3 (b) (ii), (i), (iv), and (iii) 4 (a) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv) 5 (a) 1948 6 (c) IDFC 7 (d) To mobilize the savings of low and middle income groups 8 (c) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv) 9 (d) 1990 – IDBI 10 (d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 11 (a) SIDBI 12 (c) EXIM Bank 13 (b) SIDBI 14 (b) Only (II) is correct 15 (a) 1960 16 (a) Take over the functions of small business financing of IDBI 17 (d) Seed Capital Assistance Scheme 18 (d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 19 (b) To maximize mobilization of people’s savings by making insurance linked savings adequately attractive 20 (b) Equipment Procurement Scheme 21 (c) IDBI 22 (c) To provide finance under hire purchase finance and housing finance to its members 23 (d) To provide medium and long term financial assistance to industrial undertakings, particularly in those circumstances in which banking accommodation is in appropriate or resource to capital market is impracticable. 24 (c) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 25 (a) Takeover the functions of small business financing of IDBI 26 (b) Hedge funds can be sold to public 27 (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) only 28 (d) iv) → iii) → ii) → i)
Chapter 7 : Financial Regulators in India
UGC NET JRF Commerce
1 (b) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i) 2 (d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 3 (c) Both a and b 4 (d) Improving the earnings of equity holders 5 (d) (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f)
Chapter 8 : Financial Sector Reforms including Financial inclusion
UP PGT
1 (d) Narsimham Committee
UGC NET JRF Commerce
1 (d) Regional Rural Banks in India
Chapter 9 : Digitisation of Banking and other Financial Services
MCQ
1 (a) Union Bank of India 2 (a) Both processing and final settlement of funds transfer instruction can take place continuously
UGC NET JRF Commerce
1 (b) CREDIT 2 (b) Internet Banking 3 (b) April 1, 2009 4 (c) SWIFT 5 (a) Demand Draft 6 (c) One Time Password 7 (d) Both (A) and (R) are true 8 (a) Withdrawal of cash anywhere in India 9 (*) 10 (c) Personal Identification Number 11 (c) Personal information from Banks 12 (c) Digital signature 13 (d) All of the above 14 (a) Identifying fraudsters copying vital information from credit cards 15 (b) (i), (ii), (iv) and (v) 16 (a) (a),(b), (c) and (d) 17 (d) All of the above 18 (c) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 19 (d) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) 20 (c) Stealing credit card information 21 (c) (a) and (c) only 22 (c) SWIFT 23 (d) a), c) and d)
* According to UGC the answer is (b).
Chapter 6 : Banking Sector Reforms in India
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (a) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(v), (d)-(iii), (e)-(i) 2 (a) Nationalization of commercial banks has achieved its objectives 3 (d) All of the above 4 (c) Punjab National Bank 5 (b)Yes bank Ltd 6 (b) New Bank of India and Punjab National Bank 7 (d) Loans becoming overdue beyond 90 days 8 (b) Provision of control by a few 9 (d)(a)-(2), (b)-(3), (c)-(4), (d)-(1) 10 (c) (i) is correct but (ii) is incorrect 11 (c)Private Sector Banks 12 (d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv) 13 (a) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i), (v) 14 (b) Banking Companies Act, 1949 15 (b) Six months 16 (a) Collecting Banker 17 (d) Devaluated Assets 18 (d) All of the above 19(c) Reconstruction of the company or amalgamation with any other bank 20 (d) (a)-(3), (b)-(1), (c)-(4), (d)-(2) 21 (c) Sukhamoy Chakravarty Committee 22 (d) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i) 23 (b) (b), (c), (e) 24 (c) Society for worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications 25 (a) a (i) b (ii) c (iii) 26 (b) Statement II is correct but I is incorrect. 27 (c) Statement (I) is correct but (II) is incorrect. 28 (*) 29 (c)1995 30 (c) (a) – (iii), (b) – (iv), (c) – (ii), (d) – (i) 31 (c) Sub-standard assets, doubtful assets, and loss assets
* Wrong Options. Correct sequence – (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)
Marketing Management
Marketing Management
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING MANAGEMENT
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1D 2D 3A 4C 5B 6D 7C 8A 9B 10C 11D 12D 13A 14A 15A 16D 17C 18A 19D 20B 21D 22C 23C
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1D 2B 3A 4A 5D 6C 7A 8B 9D 10A 11C 12C 13C 14D 15D 16D 17D 18D 19C 20D 21A 22D 23C 24D 25D 26D 27B 28B 29D 30B
CHAPTER 2 : MARKETING STRATEGY
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1C 2C 3A 4C 5B 6D 7A 8A 9C 10A 11B 12C 13D 14C 15D 16* 17C 18C 19A 20C 21C 22A
* All options are incorrect. CORRECT ANS: (a) – (iii), (b) – (i), (c) – (iv), (d) – (ii)
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1D 2A 3C 4C 5C 6D 7D 8D 9D 10C 11D 12C 13B 14D 15A 16D 17A 18A 19B 20A 21A
CHAPTER 3: PRODUCT DECISION
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1B 2D 3C 4B 5B 6D 7A 8A 9A 10D 11D 12D 13C 14C 15D 16A 17D 18C 19B 20C 21D 22B 23D 24C 25D 26C 27D 28A 29D 30C 31D
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1D 2C 3B 4D 5C 6B 7D 8B 9C 10D 11C 12B 13B 14B 15D 16C 17C 18B 19D 20C 21C 22B 23D 24D 25A 26A 27B 28C 29A 30A 31B 32C 33B 34A 35A 36A 37B 38C 39B 40A 41D 42C 43D 44B
CHAPTER 4: PRICING DECISION
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1C 2B 3B 4B 5C 6C 7A 8C 9C
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1A 2C 3D 4A 5D 6D 7D 8D 9B 10B 11B 12B 13B 14A 15A 16B
CHAPTER 5: DISTRIBUTION DECISION
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1D 2C 3D 4D 5A 6C 7B 8C 9D 10B 11B 12A 13C 14B 15B 16D 17D 18A 19A 20A 21D 22A 23A 24B 25B 26C
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1A 2A 3C 4B 5C 6D 7D 8D 9B 10B 11D
CHAPTER 6: PROMOTION DECISION
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1A 2A 3D 4A 5A 6C 7A 8A 9D 10C 11C 12D 13C 14C 15B 16A 17A 18D 19D 20B 21C 22B 23D 24B 25B 26D 27C 28C 29C 30A 31D 32B 33C 34B 35A 36B 37A
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1D 2C 3A 4D 5C 6C 7B 8D 9A 10D 11C 12B 13D 14B 15B 16B 17B 18D 19B 20B 21A 22D 23C 24D 25D 26A 27C 28C 29A 30C 31C 32B
CHAPTER 7: CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1B 2C 3A 4A 5D 6A 7C 8D 9A 10B 11B 12B 13D 14C 15D 16B 17C 18A 19C 20B 21A 22D 23C 24D 25A 26D 27C 28B 29B 30D 31C 32D 33A 34D 35C 36B 37A 38C 39C 40C 41B 42A 43A 44A
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1A 2A 3B 4A 5A 6D 7C 8D 9A 10D 11B 12D 13B 14D 15B 16A 17B 18D 19D 20D 21D 22C 23B 24D 25D 26B 27A 28A 29C 30D 31B 32B 33C 34B 35B 36B 37B 38A 39D
CHAPTER 7: CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1B 2C 3A 4A 5D 6A 7C 8D 9A 10B 11B 12B 13D 14C 15D 16B 17C 18A 19C 20B 21A 22D 23C 24D 25A 26D 27C 28B 29B 30D 31C 32D 33A 34D 35C 36B 37A 38C 39C 40C 41B 42A 43A 44A
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1A 2A 3B 4A 5A 6D 7C 8D 9A 10D 11B 12D 13B 14D 15B 16A 17B 18D 19D 20D 21D 22C 23B 24D 25D 26B 27A 28A 29C 30D 31B 32B 33C 34B 35B 36B 37B 38A 39D
CHAPTER 8: TRENDS IN MARKETING
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1C 2C 3B 4A 5A 6B 7A 8C 9B 10D 11B 12C 13A 14C 15D 16A 17B 18B 19B 20D 21B
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1D 2B 3B 4B 5C 6B 7B 8D 9B 10C 11A 12D 13D 14A 15C 16D 17A 18B 19C 20D 21C 22A 23B 24B 25C 26D 27D 28A 29C 30B
CHAPTER 9: MARKETING RESEARCH
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Commerce)
1A 2D 3B 4C
Previous Years’ Questions (UGC NET Management)
1C 2B 3B 4C 5A 6D 7D 8A 9D
Business Management And Human Resource Management
Business Management
Chapter 1 : Introduction to Management
COMMERCE
1C 2A 3C 4C 5A 6A 7D
MANAGEMENT
1D 2B 3A 4D
Chapter: 2 Development of Management Thought
COMMERCE
1A 2D 3C 4D 5B 6C 7B 8B 9B 10B 11C 12C 13B 14B 15D 16A 17B 18C 19A 20B 21A 22D 23D 24D 25A 26C
MANAGEMENT
1C 2D 3C 4C 5C 6B 7D 8D 9A 10A 11C 12A
Chapter: 3 Planning
COMMERCE
1D 2B 3C 4A 5D 6D 7C 8A 9C 10D 11D 12A 13C 14B 15A 16B 17B 18A 19B 20C 21D 22D 23B 24D 25C 26A 27C 28B
MANAGEMENT
1D
Chapter: 4 Decision Making
COMMERCE
1C 2B 3C 4A 5A 6C 7C 8D 9A
MANAGEMENT
1D 2B
Chapter : 5 Organising
COMMERCE
1A 2B 3D 4C 5D 6B 7B 8A 9C 10B 11D 12B 13D 14A 15B 16C 17C 18A 19C 20D 21A 22B 23B 24B 25D 26A 27D 28B 29D 30B 31D
MANAGEMENT
1D 2C 3B 4D 5B
Chapter : 6 Delegation and Decentralisation
COMMERCE
1B 2C 3C 4C 5C 6B
Chapter : 7 Organisational Communication
COMMERCE
1C 2A 3A 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9A 10C 11D 12A 13A 14B
MANAGEMENT
1B 2A 3B 4A 5B 6A 7C 8D
Chapter: 8 Staffing
COMMERCE
1C
MANAGEMENT
1D 2D 3D 4A
Chapter : 9 Motivation
COMMERCE
1B 2D 3D 4B 5B 6B 7A 8A 9D 10C 11D 12A 13C 14B 15B 16B 17A 18D 19A 20C 21B 22D 23B 24A 25A 26A
MANAGEMENT
1C 2B 3C 4A 5B 6C 7A 8C 9D 10D 11B 12A 13D 14C 15C 16B 17B 18C 19D 20C 21C 22D
Chapter : 10 Directing & Leadership
COMMERCE
1C 2B 3C 4C 5A 6C 7D 8D 9C 10C 11A 12C 13B 14A
MANAGEMENT
1D 2A 3B 4C 5D 6B 7D 8B 9D 10B 11B
Chapter : 11 Controlling
COMMERCE
1B 2B 3C 4B 5B 6B 7B 8A
Chapter : 12 Organisational Behaviour – Individual Dimension
COMMERCE
1A 2C 3A
Chapter : 13 Organisational Behaviour – Group Dynamics
COMMERCE
1D 2B 3B 4A 5B
MANAGEMENT
1A 2D 3A 4C 5A 6B 7C 8C 9A
Chapter : 14 Organisational Development & Culture
COMMERCE
1C 2D 3C 4D
MANAGEMENT
1A 2D 3A 4C 5A 6C 7D 8A
Chapter : 15 Corporate Governance & Business Ethics
COMMERCE
1D 2D 3D 4B 5A 6C 7C 8D 9D 10C 11C 12D 13A 14D 15A
Human Resource Management
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO HRM
Commerce
1A 2D 3A 4C 5A 6C 7D 8B 9B 10D 11C 12D 13B 14C 15* 16B 17C 18B 19C 20C 21C 22C
* a – iii, b – i, c – ii, d – iv
Management
1A 2D 3D 4* 5C 6B 7D 8B 9C 10C 11B
*None of the given options
CHAPTER 2: JOB ANALYSIS & JOB DESIGN
Commerce
1C 2A 3C 4C 5A 6C 7B 8B 9C 10D 11B 12D
Management
1C 2B 3C 4C 5A 6B 7B 8A 9A 10B 11A 12A 13B 14B 15C 16D 17D 18D 19A
CHAPTER 3 : HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
Commerce
1A 2D 3B 4D 5B 6A 7B 8B
Management
1A 2B 3B 4D 5D 6D 7B 8A
CHAPTER 4: RECRUITMENT, SELECTION & INDUCTION
Commerce
1B 2C 3B 4A 5D 6A 7C 8B 9B 10C 11B 12D 13D 14A 15C 16B 17C 18A 19C 20D 21B 22B 23C 24A 25C 26C 27D 28B 29B
Management
1C 2D 3C 4B 5A 6B 7D 8C 9B 10C 11D 12C 13C 14C 15A 16D 17C 18B
CHAPTER 5: TRANSFERS, PROMOTION & SEPARATION
Commerce
1B 2C 3B 4A 5D 6C 7D
Management
1A 2B 3B 4D 5B 6D 7C 8A 9D 10C 11A 12B
CHAPTER 6: TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
Commerce
1C 2C 3C 4B 5C 6C 7D 8B 9A 10A 11D 12B 13D 14A 15D 16D 17D 18D 19A
Management
1C 2C 3B 4A 5C 6B 7B 8C 9B 10B 11D 12B 13B 14C 15C 16B 17A 18A
CHAPTER 7: COMPENSATION
Commerce
1D 2C 3C 4C 5A 6A 7D 8C 9A 10A 11D 12D 13B 14A 15B 16B 17A 18B 19C 20B 21B 22C 23B 24B 25C 26C
Management
1C 2C 3B 4C 5A 6C 7D 8B 9D 10B 11C 12C 13C 14C 15B 16D 17C 18D 19B 20C 21C 22A 23B 24A 25A 26B 27C 28C 29C 30A 31A 32B
CHAPTER 8: APPRAISAL
Commerce
1B 2D 3D 4B 5B 6A 7C 8C 9A 10D 11B 12D 13B 14C 15D 16C 17C 18C 19C 20C 21A 22C 23C 24C 25A 26B 27C 28D 29C 30C 31D 32B 33A 34A 35C 36A 37D 38A 39D 40C 41A 42A
Management
1D 2B 3B 4B 5D 6D 7D 8A 9B 10B 11D 12A 13C 14B 15C 16* 17D 18A 19C 20B
* All options indicate disadvantages.
CHAPTER 9: EMPLOYEE WELFARE
Commerce
1A 2C 3A 4B 5A 6B 7A 8B
Management
1B 2D 3A 4C 5C 6B
CHAPTER 10: EMERGING TRENDS IN HRM
Commerce
1A 2B 3A 4B 5C 6A
Management
1C 2B 3D 4D 5B
CHAPTER 11 : INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Commerce
1C 2C 3B 4B 5D 6C 7C 8D 9A 10B 11D 12C 13D 14D 15B 16C 17C 18B 19B 20A 21A 22D 23D
Management
1D 2C 3A 4C 5A 6B 7A 8C 9D 10B 11C 12C 13B 14C 15C 16A 17B 18D 19D 20C 21B 22D 23B 24C 25C 26C 27C 28B 29B 30C 31C 32A 33A 34D 35C 36B 37D 38A 39C 40B 41D 42C 43D 44D 45A 46B 47D
CHAPTER 12 : LABOUR UNION & COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Commerce
1B 2D 3B 4C 5B 6A 7C 8A
Management
1D 2C 3B 4D 5C 6B 7B 8C 9D 10B 11D 12C 13B 14C 15B 16A 17B 18B 19D 20A 21C 22D
CHAPTER 13: INDUSTRIAL LAWS
Commerce
1D 2B 3A 4C 5A 6B 7C 8C 9C
Management
1D 2B 3B 4D 5A 6B 7D 8A 9D 10B 11C 12A 13C 14C 15C
Business Statistics and Research Methods
1. DATA : TYPES, COLLECTION & ANALYSIS
EXERCISE
1B 2C 3B 4C 5B
PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS
1D 2C 3D 4A 5C 6D 7A 8B 9C 10A 11C 12A 13C 14C 15D
2. MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY
EXERCISE
1A 2A 3B 4B 5C 6B 7A 8A 9A 10D 11A 12C 13B 14B 15C 16C 17C 18B 19A 20B 21A 22D 23D* 24C 25C 26A 27C 28C 29** 30D
* 59.83
** Wrong Question (All the given options are Positional Measures)
PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS
1D 2C 3B 4C 5C 6* 7A 8D 9B 10C
* a-ii, b-iv, c-i, d-iii
3.MEASURES OF DISPERSION
UGC NET
EXERCISE
1C 2D 3B 4B, D 5C 6C 7B 8D 9A 10A 11A 12D 13B 14D 15D 16D 17C 18A 19D 20C 21B 22B 23D 24B 25B 26B 27D 28A 29C 30A 31D 32A 33A 34C 35C
PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS
1A 2C 3A 4B
4.MOMENTS, SKEWNESS & KURTOSIS
UGC NET
EXERCISE
1C 2A 3A 4C 5B 6A 7B 8A 9C 10C 11D 12C 13C 14A 15B
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
1C 2B 3D 4A 5B
5. PROBABILITY CONCEPTS
UGC NET
EXERCISE
1C 2D 3B 4D* 5C 6D 7B 8C 9A 10C 11D 12C 13D 14A 15B 16A 17A 18C 19A 20D 21C 22D** 23A 24C 25A 26A 27A
* The Ans. is 7/8
** The Question is: Mark the incorrect statement
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (COMMERCE)
1B 2C
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (MANAGEMENT)
1D 2C 3B 4B 5C 6C 7C 8C 9B 10C 11C 12B 13C 14C 15D 16D 17C 18* 19A 20A
* a-iv, b-i, c-ii, d-iii
6. PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
EXERCISE 1
1A 2A 3D 4A 5D 6A 7B 8A 9C 10D
EXERCISE 2
1C 2B 3B 4C 5A 6B 7B 8C
EXERCISE 3
1B 2A 3A 4C 5A 6* 7A 8A 9C**
*Not in syllabus
** Fourth Central Moment of a Normal Distribution = 3
= 3
= 3
= 48
MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE
1A 2B 3A 4A 5A 6C 7C 8B 9A 10D 11C 12A 13C 14C 15A
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (COMMERCE)
1B 2C 3D 4A 5D 6A 7D
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (MANAGEMENT)
1B 2D 3A 4B 5D 6A 7B 8B 9A 10A 11A 12D 13D 14A 15D 16A 17D 18C 19C 20D 21D 22A 23D 24D 25* 26B 27D 28C 29C 30A 31A
*a-ii, b-iii, c-i
7. SAMPLING & SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION
UGC NET
EXERCISE
1C 2C 3C 4A 5D 6B 7C 8B
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (COMMERCE)
1B 2A 3C 4A 5A 6* 7C 8B 9A 10A 11C 12D 13B 14B 15C 16A 17A 18C 19C 20C 21D 22B 23B 24C 25C 26A 27D 28B 29C
*a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-iii
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (MANAGEMENT)
1D 2B 3C 4B 5C 6C 7C 8C 9B 10C 11C 12B
8. ESTIMATION & CONFIDENCE INTERVALS
EXERCISE
1A 2C 3A 4C 5B 6D 7B 8B 9A 10B 11C 12A 13C 14B 15D
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (MANAGEMENT)
1D 2B 3C
9. HYPOTHESIS TESTING: LARGE SAMPLES
EXERCISE
1B 2A 3B 4B 5B 6A 7A 8C 9B 10D 11D 12B 13C 14* 15D 16A 17B 18A 19C 20B 21A
* Wrong options
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (COMMERCE)
1B 2A 3A 4B 5D 6C 7C 8D 9C 10B 11D 12D 13B 14C 15A
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (MANAGEMENT)
1B 2B 3A 4A 5B 6B 7B 8* 9C
* a-i, b-ii, c-i, d-i
10. HYPOTHESIS TESTING: SMALL SAMPLES
EXERCISE
1D 2D 3B 4C 5D 6B
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (COMMERCE)
1C 2A 3B 4D 5D 6C 7B 8B 9A 10A 11D 12D 13A 14A 15A 16A
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (MANAGEMENT)
1C
11. PARAMETRIC & NON-PARAMETRIC TESTS
EXERCISE
1A 2B 3B 4D 5A 6C 7A 8A 9D 10C 11C,A 12C 13A 14D 15B 16A
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (COMMERCE)
1D 2D 3C 4B 5C 6D 7C 8B 9B 10C 11A 12B 13C 14A 15B 16B 17B 18D 19C 20D 21A 22B
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (MANAGEMENT)
1A 2B 3B 4C 5D 6A 7C 8B 9B 10D 11A 12C 13C 14B 15A 16C 17B 18D 19D 20A 21D 22D 23D
12. THEORY OF ATTRIBUTES
EXERCISE
1C 2D 3A 4D 5C
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
1A
13. CORRELATION & REGRESSION ANALYSIS
EXERCISE
1A 2C 3A 4C 5C 6C 7D 8A 9C 10B 11D 12D 13B 14B 15A 16A 17* 18D 19A 20C 21B
* Correct Ans = 0.05
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (COMMERCE)
1D 2A 3A 4B 5C 6A 7B 8D 9B 10B 11B 12A 13B 14D 15A 16A 17C 18A 19A 20* 21A 22A 23** 24D 25D 26C 27B 28D 29D 30A 31D 32B 33B 34B
* a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-iii
** a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS (MANAGEMENT)
1B 2D 3B 4B 5A 6B 7C 8B 9C 10D 11A 12C 13C 14A 15D 16D 17D 18A 19A 20D 21A 22A 23B 24* 25D
* a-iii, b-i, c-ii
14 RESEARCH : MEANING, TYPE & METHODS
15 RESEARCH DESIGN
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
1C
16 RESEARCH REPORT
Business Economics
BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Chapter 1 : Nature & Uses Of Business Economics
Exercise
1 (C) Insufficiency of resources to satisfy our wants 2 (C) Price Theory 3 (B) Macroeconomics 4 (C) Factor Pricing 5 (B) Business Management 6 (D) scarcity
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (D) Individual and social choice in the face of scarcity 2 (C) Individuals choose the alternative for which they believe the net gains to be the greatest 3 (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct 4 (B) Positive 5 (D) All of the above 6 (C) Deals with the tools of economics used for decision making in business 7 (B) Distribution theories like rent, wages and interest along with the theory of profit 8 (C) Statement (I) is correct while statement (II) is incorrect
Chapter 2 : Demand Analysis
Exercise
1 (A) Ability to buy 2 (B) Inverse 3 (B) Demand schedule 4 (A) Downward from left to right 5 (B) Decreases 6 (D) Complementary goods 7 (B) Complementary goods 8 (C) Increase in price of the good 9 (B) Contraction in demand 10 (D) Decrease in demand 11 (A) Change in price of the good 12 (D) Inferior good 13 (C) It is the change in quantity demanded of a good as a result of the change in real income due to change in price of the good 14 (B) Slopes downward to the right 15 (D) Sudden rains and floods decreases the sale of Diwali crackers 16 (B) Substitute goods 17 (C) Increase in the price of Luxor Ball pens 18 (A) Rises 19 (A) Rises 20 (C) Positively sloped 21 (A) Increase in price of goods 22 (B) Inferior goods 23 (A) Demand curve shift to left 24 (A) Slope Upward 25 (A) Demand increases 26 (C) Bread and meat 27 (B) Hicks and Allen 28 (B) Qualitative statement 29 (C) Remain unchanged 30 (B) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect 31 (C) (A) is correct (R) is incorrect 32 (C) (A) is false (R) is true 33 (C) (A) is false (R) is true 34 (D) (a)-(v), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i) 35 (C) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (C) Change in climatic conditions 2 (D) (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct 3 (C) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii) 4 (B) Downward 5 (D) All of these 6 (B) Composite Demand 7 (D) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii) 8 (D) All of these 9 (B) (A) is true but (R) is false 10 (B) Normal goods 11 (C) Future expectations 12 (D) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) does not offer full explanation of (A) 13 (B) Expansion or contraction of demand
Chapter 3 : Elasticity of Demand
Exercise
1 (D) Perfectly inelastic demand 2 (A) Positive 3 (A) 4 (A) Less elastic 5 (A) One 6 (C) More than one 7 (B) Price of related goods 8 (B) Inelastic, elastic 9 (A) Perfectly elastic 10 (D) Elastic 11 (A) Positive 12 (B) 5.25 13 (C) 1.50 14 (A) 0.5 15 (C) More than one 16 (C) Substitutes 17 (A) One 18 (C) Remains the same 19 (A) A necessity 20 (A) the curve closer to origin is more elastic. 21 (C) may have same price elasticity of demand. 22 (C) MR = 0 23 (C) Elastic 24 (B) Wooden tennis racquets and metallic tennis racquets 25 (D) Very high 26 (D) Inferior goods 27 (A) 28 (C) The flatter curve is more elastic 29 (B) Salt 30 (C) Zero 31 (C) (A) is correct (R) is incorrect 32 (B) (A) is true but (R) is false 33 (B) Only 1 and 3 34 (B) (A) is true but (R) is false 35 (D) (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (B) Negative 2 (D) All of these 3 (B) Highly elastic 4 (A) Price Elasticity of Demand 5 (B) More than one 6 (D) Geometrical method 7 (B) Unit elastic 8 (D) Highly elastic 9 (A) Cross Elasticity of Demand 10 (C) e = ∞11 (C) Unequal slopes and equal point elasticities 12 (C) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 13 (B) Price elasticity equal to unity 14 (B) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii) 15 (D) Equal to zero 16 (B) 17 (D) Statement (I) is incorrect while statement (II) is correct
Chapter 4 : Demand Forecasting
Exercise 1 (A) the irregular component 2 (B) Delphi approach 3 (C) moving average
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (B) Total outlay method
Chapter 5 : Cardinal Utility Analysis
Exercise
1 (B) Demand curve 2 (A) Its expected social value 3 (B) Equi-marginal utility 4 (C) Gossen’s first law 5 (C) MU is zero 6 (B) Marginal utility 7 (C) Zero 8 (B) Law of equi-marginal utility 9 (B) Price and MU are equal 10 (B)11 (B) The consumer will buy more of X to attain equilibrium. 12 (A) 13 (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct 14 (C) (A) is correct (R) is incorrect 15 (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (B) decreases 2 (D) Alfred Marshal 3 (C) equal 4 (D) (A) is false but (R) is true 5 (A) 6 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 7 (C) 8 (C) Zero 9 (B) The proportions of the marginal utilities 10 (A) Cardinal measurability of the utility 11 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 12 (C) I II IV 13 (B) Constant marginal utility from successive units
Chapter 6 : Ordinal Utility Analysis
Exercise
1 (B) Positively sloped 2 (C) A movement down a given indifference curve 3 (B) Positively sloped 4 (A) Negatively sloped 5 (C) Price Consumption Curve 6 (C) X good, then bad, Y good 7 (C) Consumer’s income changes 8 (C) along an indifference curve 9 (D) Both B and C 10 (B) Ordinal utility 11 (A) the two goods are perfect substitutes 12 (B) the good measured on x-axis is an inferior good 13 (C) MRSXY is constant 14 (A) Vertical bias 15 (C) income effect is negative, substitution effect is positive and substitution effect is stronger 16 (B) North-west 17 (C) measured on y-axis is a neuter 18 (B) Unit elastic 19 (A) Good X is a necessity 20 (B) Horizontal 21 (B) Convex to the origin 22 (B) Y is an inferior good 23 (A) when consumer becomes either better or worse off because price change in not compensated by income change 24 (A) partially offsets the substitution effect 25 (A) a higher indifference curve 26 (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct 27 (B) (A) is true but (R) is false 28 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 29 (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct 30 (D) (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (A) MRSXY = PX / PY 2 (B) Both (I) and (II) are true 3 (C) Is tangent to an indifference curve 4 (A) Same satisfaction 5 (D) The marginal rate of substitution is decreasing 6 (A) In case of inferior goods, the income effect is negative, although the substitution effect is positive 7 (C) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv) 8 (C) Change in Y-Commodity divided by change in X-commodity 9 (B) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 10 (C) bifurcation of price effects into income and substitution effects 11 (B) Indifference curves of two imperfect substitutes are concave to the point of origin
Chapter 7 : Revealed Preference Theory
Exercise
1 (C) Revealed Preference Analysis 2 (A) Strong ordering 3 (D) Observed consumer behaviour 4 (A) must provide the maximum satisfaction to the consumer 5 (B) the consumer prefers the chosen combination over all other combinations
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (C) Paul Samuelson 2 (B) a (iii) b (iv) c (i) d (ii)
Chapter 8 : Production Function
Exercise
1 (B) The change in the slope of the isoquant 2 (D) Increase by less than 10% 3 (A) 3 4 (D) All of these 5 (C) The amount of capital that can be substituted by labour decreases 6 (D) Stage I for labour 7 (D) Marginal product 8 (C) Managerial diseconomies 9 (B) The relative prices of inputs 10 (D) Both B and C 11 (C) Constant returns 12 (C) MRTSXY will be constant 13 (C) the different combinations of inputs that can be used to produce a fixed rate of output 14 (A) it is impossible to vary the quantity used in the short run 15 (A) the least costly combination of inputs required to produce various levels of output 16 (A) Technically efficient 17 (C) Marginal product of both labour and land is positive but decreasing 18 (B) Are perfect complements 19 (A) Constant 20 (C) Horizontal 21 (C) (A) is false (R) is true 22 (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct 23 (C) (A) is incorrect (R) is correct 24 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 25 (C) Kinked
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (C) Decreasing returns to scale 2 (A) Law of Variable Proportion 3 (B) TP rises at an increasing rate 4 (C) Marginal production is zero 5 (A) Both 1 and 2 are correct 6 (A) R is appropriate reason of A 7 (D) All of the above conditions are fulfilled 8 (B) (A) is true but (R) is false 9 (B) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii) 10 (B) (b) (c) (d) 11 (C) I II IV 12 (A) Both the statements are true 13 (C) Statement – I is true while statement -II is false. 14 (A) a (iv) b (iii) c (i) d (ii)
Chapter 9 : Supply & Elasticity of Supply
Exercise
1 (B) Flow concept 2 (B) Other goods become more profitable 3 (A) Shift in Supply curve 4 (C) 0.833 5 (C) Unitary elastic supply 6 (B) Flow concept 7 (D) The amount of goods offered for sale at a particular price per unit of time 8 (B) 0.5 9 (B) 1.00 10 (B) 0.5 11 (B) Proportionate change in supply is greater than proportionate change in price 12 (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct 13 (D) Fall in price of other goods 14 (A) Infinity 15 (B) Price
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (B) The desire for a commodity backed by ability and willingness to pay is demand 2 (B) the degree of the elasticity of demand as well as the degree of the elasticity of supply in the inverse direction.
Chapter 10 : Theory of Cost
Exercise
1 (D) Rise at an increasing rate 2 (D) Either the slope of TVC curve or the slope of TC curve 3 (A) Economies of scale 4 (D) None of the above is correct 5 (A) Always true 6 (C) Average variable costs 7 (A) Normal profits 8 (D) marginal costs are lower than average costs 9 (D) the shape of LAC depends on changing returns to scale 10 (D) Is all of these 11 (B) AFC 12 (C) When MC exceeds AC, AC must be rising 13 (A) Explicit Costs 14 (D) Diseconomies of scale 15 (A) Rs.20,000/year 16 (B) Never 17 (C) Sunk Cost 18 (C) Average Cost 19 (B) AC is minimum 20 (C) LMC 21 (C) 22 (C) Learning Curve 23 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 24 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 25 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 26 (A) 27 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 28 (A) Diseconomies of scale.
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (C) Cost of next best alternatives 2 (B) AFC curve 3 (C) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv) 4 (C) TFC = TC – TVC 5 (D)The cost of forgone opportunities 6 (B) (A) is true but (R) is false 7 (C) Marginal cost must be below average cost 8 (A) Owner supplied resources 9 (A) Rs.200 and Rs.200 10 (D) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii) 11 (A)(a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii) 12 (C) I, III & IV
Chapter 11 : Concepts of Revenue
Exercise
1 (C) Price 2 (B) MR = Price 3 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 4 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (B) Zero 2 (A) Zero
Chapter 12 : Theory of Perfect Competition
Exercise
1 (D) MR = MC and MC is rising 2 (B) A constant cost industry 3 (D) Continue to operate as it is 4 (B) marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost by the greatest amount 5 (D) All the above 6 (C) input prices will decline 7 (A) the level of profit 8 (D) Marginal cost equals price 9 (A) The rising portion of its MC curve over and above the shut-down point 10 (C) Economies of scale 11 (C) Input prices will rises 12 (C) Input prices will decline 13 (A) horizontally summing the marginal cost curves for each firm in the industry 14 (D) any of the above 15 (B) upward sloping from left to right 16 (B) Perfect mobility of factors 17 (B) Demand Curve 18 (C) Earns super normal profits 19 (B) Earn normal profit 20 (A) Supply Curve 21 (A) Perfectly Elastic 22 (B) Demand Curve 23 (B) Industry 24 (A) Increase its production 25 (A) AVC 26 (A) Industry is operating at minimum point of AC curve
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (D) A firm is price taker under perfect competition 2 (A) is part of economic cost 3 (A) Only (i) is true 4 (B) Supernormal profits 5 (A) MR = MC 6 (B) Marginal revenue is equal to rising marginal cost 7 (B) MC = MR 8 (B) only (ii) and (iii) 9 (B) MR = MC 10 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 11 (A) MR = MC 12 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 13 (D) Marginal cost is higher than average cost 14 (A) 24 15 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 16 (D) (a) (c) (d) 17 (A) Pure profit is the return in excess of the opportunity cost
Chapter 13 : Theory of a Monopoly Firm
Exercise
1 (D) Any of these 2 (A) Blocked entry 3 (D) in the less elastic market 4 (A) Greater than one 5 (C) a monopoly firm will never sell where the price elasticity of demand is elastic 6 (A) MC = MR < AR 7 (B) only under monopoly situation 8 (A) 9 (A) higher price means falling total revenue 10 (C) a monopoly causes a redistribution of income 11 (A) MR = SMC 12 (D) any of the above is possible 13 (B) TR is declining 14 (A) An inelastic demand 15 (D) Either B or C 16 (C) 17 (B) Different markets 18 (C) Fixed cost 19 (C) Marginal Revenue 20 (B) Charge higher price 21 (B) Less-MR, more-MR 22 (D) MR =MC 23 (B) Second Degree Price Discrimination
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (A) Dumping 2 (C) Monopoly 3 (B) Seller should be an MNC 4 (D) All of these 5 (B) Different Elasticity of Demand 6 (C) Monopolist operates on an inelastic demand curve 7 (A) maximise the sales/profit 8 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 9 (A) Market power 10 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true 11 (C) Inelastic demand 12 (D) Marginal Cost much below average cost 13 (D) produce below economic capacity level when he exhibits satisfaction with normal profit only
Chapter 14 : Theory of Monopolistic Competition
Exercise
1 (A) Elastic 2 (C) Earns normal profit 3 (C) Earns super normal profits 4 (C) Can influence the price to a certain extent 5 (D) MR of a firm can even be zero or negative 6 (B) More 7 (B) Highly elastic 8 (B) Monopolistic Competition 9 (C) AVC is equals to price at the profit maximizing level of output 10 (A) a firm will make no economic profit or loss 11 (B) Very high 12 (B) More 13 (D) produces an output smaller than that given by minimum average total cost.
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (c) Product 2 (a) Monopolistic competition
Chapter 15 : Oligopoly
Exercise
1 (D) All of the above 2 (D) All of the above 3 (A) Elastic 4 (C) Syndicated Oligopoly 5 (C) 6 (C) Kinked 7 (A) Elastic 8 (C) Syndicated Oligopoly 9 (C) Partial Oligopoly 10 (C) Kinked 11 (B) Oligopoly
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (A) Collusion among rival firms 2 (A) Inter firm rivalry 3 (C) It is always beneficial for a firm in a perfectly competitive market to discriminate market 4 (B) Perfect competition 5 (A) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv) 6 (B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv) 7 (B) Oligopoly 8 (A) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii) 9 (A) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 10 (A) (a)-(2), (b)-(3), (c)-(1), (d)-(4) 11 (D) All the above 12 (C) (i)-(d), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-(a) 13 (D) Sweezy
Chapter 16 : Pricing Policies and Strategies
Exercise
1 (C) Penetration pricing 2 (C) two-part pricing 3 (B) value-based pricing 4 (A) value-based pricing 5 (B) market-layer pricing 6 (A) market-penetration pricing 7 (B) setting a low initial price to penetrate the market quickly and attract a large number of buyers to win a large market share 8 (B) Complementary-product pricing 9 (B) (a)-(2), (b)-(3), (c)-(4), (d)-(1)
Previous Years’ Questions
1 (C) Product-line pricing 2 (B) 2 and (a) 3 (B) (a)-(2), (b)-(3), (c)-(4), (d)-(1) 4 (D) (a)-(3), (b)-(4), (c)-(2), (d)-(1) 5 (A) (I)-(b), (I)-(c), (III)-(a) 6 (C) price elasticity of demand in the market is highly elastic 7 (B) Assertion (A) and Reason (R) both are correct 8 (B) I, II and III only 9 (B) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv) 10 (A) Ramsey pricing rates to the methodology of pricing to situations where firms are regulated and the maximization of allocative efficiency is the objective of pricing together with the objective of profit maximization 11 (D) Product line pricing 12 (B) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 13 (D) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii) 14 (B) II III IV 15 (B) iv , iii , i, ii 16 (A) Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) both are correct but (R) does not offer full explanation for (A) 17 (C) I II IV 18 (A) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct 19 (C) Product to have very low cross elasticity of demand 20 (C) Statement – I is correct while Statement – II is incorrect
Accounting And Auditing
Accounting And Auditing
Chapter 1 : Basic Accounting Principles
Accounting Terminology
MCQ
1 (b) Liability 2 (a) Assets 3 (c) Capital 4 (c) Profit and Loss Account (Credit Balance) 5 (c) Patents 6 (a) Current Liability 7 (d) Preliminary expenses A/c 8 (d) Not an asset 9 (a) Liabilities which are payable within 12 months 10 (d) Intangible Assets 11 (b) Long term assets where benefit in the operations of the firm is likely to extend beyond one accounting period 12 (d) Lease Rights 13 (c) Current Assets 14 (d) All of the above 15 (b) Livestock 16 (a) Goods for resale 17 (b) Debtor 18 (a) Creditor 19 (a) Debtors 20 (a) Current assets
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (b) Liability 2 (c) By way of deduction from capital in Balance Sheet 3 (b) Assets 4 (c) Inventory 5 (a) Assets 6 (b) An assets and a liability 7 (b) Plant and Machinery
PGT – Commerce
1 (a) Liabilities
UGC N.E.T
1 (d) Long Term Loans 2 (b) (iv)
MPhil PhD in Commerce
1 (b) An assets and a liability
Accounting Basics
UGC N.E.T
1 (c) Assets + Liability = Equity 2 (d) Total Assets minus total outside Liabilities 3 (c) Capital + Liabilities = Assets
Chapter 2 : Concepts and Postulates
MCQ
1 (c) Separate Entity 2 (a) Cost 3 (c) Cost Concept 4 (d) Both (a) and (b) above 5 (a) Cost Concept 6 (d) Both (a) and (b) above 7 (d) Materiality 8 (c) Accounting Period Concept 9 (c) Materiality Concept 10 (d) Money Measurement Concept 11 (b) Conservatism Concept 12 (b) Going Concern Concept 13 (c) Accrual Concept 14 (b) Rs. 40,000 15 (a) Rs. 300 as Prepaid 16 (c) Rs. 11,50,000 17 (c) Business Entity Concept 18 (d) Liquidation Value 19 (b) Creating Provision for Discount on Creditors 20 (c) Provision for bad and doubtful debts is created in recognition of conservatism concept
PGT – Commerce
1 (b) Convention of disclosure 2 (a) Suggest the companies to prepare financial statements on the basis of a systematic time interval, even though the operating cycle(s) of the entity may be incomplete
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (a) Understatement of assets 2 (d) Entity Concept 3 (a) Convention of full disclosure 4 (c) By Joint Venture Firms 5 (b) Business entity 6 (a) Convention of full disclosure 7 (c) Accrual basis and Double entry system 8 (b) Associating effort (cost) with accomplishment (revenue) 9 (a) Goodwill 10 (b) Conservatism 11 (d) Going Concern 12 (c) Conservation 13 (*) 14 (b) Accrual basis 15 (c) After it has been earned , but not before 16 (c) Matching Concept 17 (b) Leads to the reporting of more complete information than does cash basis accounting 18 (c) Consistency 19 (a) Conservatism principle
UGC N.E.T
1 (d) Separate Entity 2 (c) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 3 (c) Separate Entity 4 (d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii) 5 (c) True and Fair concept 6 (a) Certain assumptions 7 (d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 8 (c) Convention of Disclosure 9 (a) Taking care of the future losses 10 (d) Prudence 11 (c) Conservatism 12 (a) (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(i) 13 (b) Business entity concept 14 (b) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 15 (a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the right explanation of (A) 16 (a) Both the Statement I and II are correct
Chapter 3 : Partnership Accounts
Admission of New Partner
MCQ
1 (b) 3:3:1 2 (b) 12:16:7 3 (b) 3/7 :3/7 4 6:8:4:2:5 5 3:2:2 6 2:1:1 7 (a) 21:11:8 8 (a) 6:2:2 9 (a) 75:48:37 10 (c) 2:2:1 11 (a) 1/3 :1/3: 1/6: 1/6 12 (a) 3:1 13 (d) 1:2 14 12:8:5:5 15 5:3:7:5 16 Rs.50,000 17 Rs.1,00,000 18 (c) A and B (equally) 19 (b) x only 20 (b) Unrecorded investment A/c ……..Dr. 5,000 To Revaluation A/c 5,000 21 (a) loss Rs.28,000 22 (a) Rs.30,000 23 (d) Rs.22,500 24 (a) 2,60,000 : 2,06,000 : 50,000
PGT – Commerce
1 (a) Rs.4,00,000 2 (d) Rs.25,000 3 (b) x only 4 (c) 4:2:3
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (a) 2:1:1 2 (b) 2:2:3
UGC N.E.T
1 (c) 5:3:1:1 2 (c) 2:3 3 (c) 4:1 4 (c) 4:2:3 5 (c) C’s A/c debited for Rs.3,000 6 (b) 6:5:3 7 (b) Rs.27,500 8 (b) 28:21:14:9 9 (d) 1:3 10 (c) 1:1 11 (c) Rs.7,500 12 (d) 29 : 11 : 30 13 (c) 6 : 4 : 5
Retirement and Death of a Partner
MCQ
1 (b) 5:1 2 (d) 1:1 3 (a) 1:2 4 (a) 3:2 5 (a) 1:2 6 (d) only y gain by 1/3 7 (b) Rs.8,000 and Rs.4,000 8 (c) Rs.71,000 9 (a) Rs.70,820 10 (a) 70,800 11 (c) Rs.65,000 12 (c) Rs.3,200 13 (b) Rs.750 14 (b) Rs.15,000 15 (b) Rs.6,000
UGC N.E.T
1 (c) 4:1 2 (b) If he does not give public notice 3 (d) Loan
Dissolution of Partnership Firm
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (a) Cost of dissolution 2 (c) Capital ratio which stood prior to dissolution
UGC N.E.T
1 (d) By the insolvency of all but one partner 2 (c) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) 3 (b) In the profit sharing ratio
Chapter 4 : Issue, Forfeited and Reissue of Shares
MCQ
1 (c) Authorized Share Capital 2 (b) Calls-in-arrears 3 (a) Part of Subscribed uncalled Capital 4 (b) Created out of capital profit 5 (a) That part of uncalled capital which has to be called up in the event of winding up of the company. 6 (c) Rs. 1,99,000 7 (Rs.57,000) 8 (Rs.69,000) 9 (d) Rs. 12,000 10 (a) Rs.3,000 11 (c) Participating preference shares 12 (d) Security Premium Account 13 (d) Unlimited 14 (d) Written of the expenses / discount on the issue of debentures 15 (d) Reserve and Surplus 16 (c) Both (a) & (b) 17 (a) Security Premium 18 (d) Prospectus 20 (Rs.5) 21 (Rs.5) 22 (d) 25.0% of the issue price of shares 23 (c) Date of receipt of calls-in-advance to the date of appropriation of the call 24 (Rs.1,875) 25 (a) Rs. 25 26 (c) Rs.125.00 27 i(c) 1250 shares, Rs. 2,750 27 ii (c) 400 shares ; Rs. 600 27 iii (d) Rs. 300 shares Rs. 240
PGT – Commerce
1 (d) Rs. 78,000 2 (a) 3,60,000 3 (b) Writing off the Preliminary expenses 4 (d) Owners of the company 5 (d) Liabilities side of the Balance Sheet 6 (c) Called up amount of shares 7 (a) Fixed 8 (d) Rs. 8
M.Com (Entrance) – Delhi University
1 (c) Called up amount 2 (d) Paid up capital 3 (b) Prospectus 4 (d) Rs. 18,000 5 (d) Issue of fully paid bonus shares 6 (c) Nil 7 (d) Called up amounts 8 (d) Rs.80 9 (a) Writing off preliminary expenses 10 (a) Capital Reserve 11 (c) Rs.200 12 (a) When application money is received but balance sheet is prepared before allotment of shares 13 (b) Purchase of Fixed Assets
M.Com (Entrance) – Jamia University
1 (a) Rs. 50,000 2 (c) 5 shares for every 6 shares applied 3 (c) Paid up Capital
UGC -NET
1 (a) Issue, Application, Call and forfeiture 2 (b) Rs. 700 3 (c) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is correct explanation of (A) 4 (c) Goodwill Account 5 (a) Rs. 4,500 6 (d) When forfeited share are issued at premium, the premium amount is credited to capital Reserve Account. 7 (c) 48 8 (c) Rs. 25 9 (a) Rs. 4 per shares 10 (a) Payment of dividends 11 (d) iii – (ii) – (iv) – (i)
Redemption of Preference Shares
MCQ
1 (a) Rs. 20,000 2 (d) Rs. 50,000 3 (a) 3,00,000 4 (a) Rs. 50,000 5 (b) 5,000 shares 6 (b) Rs. 55,000 7 (a) Revaluation Reserve
PGT – Commerce
1 (d) None of the above
M.Com (Entrance) – Delhi University
1 (b) Capital Redemption Reserve 2 (b) Rs. 1,50,000 3 (d) Capital redemption Reserve 4 (b) Profit prior to incorporation 5 (c) Rs.1,20,000
M.Com (Entrance) – Jamia University
1 (c) Capital Redemption Reserve
UGC N.E.T
1 (b) Bonus shares 2 (d) Partly paid equity shares are issued as bonus shares 3 (d) None of the above 4 (c) Rs. 1,28,000
Chapter 6 : Acquisition, Merger, Amalgamation and Reconstruction of Companies
Accounting for Amalgamation
MCQ
1 (c) Pooling of interest Method 2 (c) The statutory reserve of the transferor company 3 (b) The assets, liability and statutory reserve of the transferor company 4 (b) General reserve 5 (c) Adjusted against reserve and profit and loss account of the transferee company immediately. 6 (b) Purchase Method 7 (d) The assets, liabilities and reserve of the transferor company 8 (b) At their Book Value 9 (c) At Agreed Value 10 (c) Liquidation Expenses 11 (c) Bank A/c 12 (b) Goodwill A/c
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (a) Realization A/c 2 (b) Amalgamation in the nature of purchase 3 (b) Goodwill A/c 4 (b) The shareholders 5 (a) An acquisition’s purchase price 6 (a) Absorption 7 (a) Realisation Expenses Account ………. Dr. To Bank Account
UGC N.E.T
1 (c) Net-payments method 2 (a) Total net Assets / No. Of Shares 2 (a) No adjustment is required in the books of the transferor company 3 (c) Goodwill 4 (b) Goodwill or Capital reserve arises only when the amalgamation is in the nature of merger
Internal Reconstruction
MCQ
1 (b) When the assets are overvalued 2 (b) No new company is formed 3 (c) Internal Reconstruction 4 (c) Internal Reconstruction 5 (c) Internal Reconstruction 6 (b) When a company has been making losses for a number of years 7 (d) (d) All of these 8 (d) (d) All of these 9 (c) Reconstruction Account 10 (c) Capital Reduction Account 11 (b) Share Capital Account 12 (d) All of the above
M.Com Entrance
1 (c) Capital Reserve A/c 2 (d) All of the above
UGC N.E.T
1 (a) Internal Reconstruction 2 (c) (ii) and (iii) only 3 (d) All of the above
Chapter 7 : Holding Company Accounts
MCQ
1 (c) Preference shares of other company 2 (b) Single Balance Sheet of Holding & Subsidiary company
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (a) Immediately after share capital 2 (a) Capital Profit 3 (d) Associated undertaking
UGC N.E.T
1 (b) (A) is true, but (R) is wrong 2 (b) No effect on the consolidated balance Sheet 3 (b) Capital Profit 4 (c) Mandatory for Listed Companies 5 (d) Rs. 48,000 6 (c) In form and substance the companies are one entity 7 (b) AS 21
Chapter 8 : Marginal costing and Break –even- analysis
PGT Commerce
1 (d) 12% 2 (d) 1,000 units 3 (a) Total revenue is equal to total cost 4 (a) Fixed cost + profit 5 (a) Volume
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (d) Production volume decreases 2 (b) Rs. 6,000 3 (b) 12% of total sales 4 (b) Rs. 2,40,000 5 (c) 60% 6 (a) Rs. 1,00,000 7 (c) Rs. 24,000 8 (c) Rs. 2,00,000 9 (c) Rs. 3,00,000 10 (b) Sales = Variables Cost + Fixed Cost + Profit 11 (d) Increase in Break-even Point 12 (d) All of the above 13 (d) All of these 14 (d) All of the above 15 (b) Inventory quantities change during the year 16 (c) Rs. 152 17 (c) Rs. 120 lakhs 18 (b) 30% 19 (c) Rs. 300 lakhs 20 (b) Inventory quantities change during the year 21 (c) Rs. 7,20,000 22 (b) Increase in breakeven level 23 (d) A relevant range of volume 24 (b) 150 25 (a) 25 % 26 (a) 10,909 units 27 (a) Which do not change in total during given period despite change in output
UGC N.E.T JRF – Commerce
1 (a) 5,000 units 2 (a) Profit and Volume 3 (c) Relationship between cost and sales 4 (b) Rs. 1,50,000 5 (b) Contribution is also known as Gross margin 6 (c) 3 and 4 7 (b) Sales – Variable cost 8 (d) All of the above 9 (b) 20% 10 (a) 11 (c) Rs. 55,000 12 (b) 88,000 units 13 (d) Required sales to earn desired profits = (Desired Profit)/(P/V Ratio) 14 (a) Rs. 400 15 (d) (i) , (ii) and (iii)
UGC N.E.T JRF – Management
1 (a) (Actual Sales – Break Even Sales) / Actual Sales 2 (c) Rs. 26,40,000 and 1,42,000 units
MPhil PhD in Commerce
1 (b) Rs. 18,00,000 2 (c) 110 %
Chapter 9 : Standard Costing
PGT Commerce
1 (b) The selling department is responsible for factory overhead volume variance 2 (d) Maximum Capacity and Actual capacity 3 (d) All of the above 4 (a) In time less than the standard
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (d) Labour efficiency variance 2 (d) Production 3 (a) Price increase of raw material 4 (b) Rs. 8,000 Favorable 5 (c) Control cost 6 (a) Simplified costing procedures and expedite costs reports 7 (b) When material is purchased 8 (c) 12,960 9 (a) Production 10 (c) Material mix variance 11 (c) Rs. 1,200 12 (b) The use of pre-determined levels of price and performance as standard 13 (b) Under applied or over applied Fixed cost element of factory overhead
UGC N.E.T
1 (d) Pre-defined period 2 (a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the Reason for (A) 3 (d) Ideal Standard 4 (c) (Standard Wage Rate – Actual Wage Rate) × Actual hours worked 5 (c) a- iii; b- ii; c-i; d-iv 6 (a) Standard labour time indicates the time in hours needed for a specific process 7 (c) Only adverse variances are investigated intensively 8 (a) Standard costs are based on scientific analysis and engineering studies while estimated costs are based on historical basis
Chapter 10 : Budgetary Control
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (c) Planning, performance evaluation and feedback control 2 (a) Total variable costs 3 (b) Budgeted balance sheet
UGC N.E.T
1 (c) Master Budget 2 (c) Summary Budget 3 (d) Fixed, semi-variable and variable expenses 4 (d) A statement of budget and forecasts 5 (d) Budgets do not pinpoint the lack of efficiency or the presence of it. 6 (d) A flexible budget can be prepared for any production level within a relevant range but a static budget is based on one specific level of production. 7 (c) Only revenue nature cash flows are shown
Chapter 11 : Process Costing
MCQ
1 (c) Split off point 2 (a) Abnormal loss 3 (b) Increase in unit price of other good units
PGT Commerce
1 (c) Ship -building 2 (b) Pharmaceutical industry
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (c) Batch Costing 2 (c) Batch Costing 3 (c) Ship -building 4 (a) FIFO and Simple Average Price Method 5 (c) Job Order Costing 6 (a) By products – No ; Scrap – No 7 (b) Current costs plus cost of beginning work in process inventory 8 (c) Scrap and normal spoilage but not abnormal spoilage 9 (c) An indirect cost of Jobs – Yes; A necessary element in production 10 (a) Abnormal – No ; Normal – Yes 11 (c) Indirect Cost – Yes; Product Cost – Yes 12 (c) Scrap and normal spoilage but not abnormal spoilage 13 (c) Rs. 14,437.50
Chapter 12 : Activity Based Costing (ABC)
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (c) Batch Costing
Chapter 13 : Decision Making
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (a) Direct material and labour costs in producing the order 2 (c) Variable costs 3 (d) Unchanged fixed cost 4 (d) Contribution margin 5 (c) An opportunity cost of the company 6 (b) Sunk cost
UGC N.E.T
1 (b) Total Cost 2 (b) Only (A) is correct, but (R) is wrong 3 (d) All of the above 4 (b) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
Chapter 14 : Life cycle costing, Target costing, Kaizen costing and JIT
Chapter 15: Ratio Analysis
PGT Commerce
1(c) Interest Coverage 2(b) Firm’s debt servicing capacity 3(a) 5 4(c) Rs. 2,00,000 5(c) Have no effect on current ratio 6(d) PAT / No. of shares Outstanding 7(c) 1 : 1 8(a) Realization of cash from debtors 9(b) Equity Share 10(b) (Total debt)/(Net worth)
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (c) Collection period ratio 2 (d) Rs.22,000 3 (b) Rs.8,000 4 (b) Rs.75,000 5 (a) Current ratio 6 (b) Solvency ratio 7 (b) Rs. 75,000 8 (b) 2:1 9 (d) Assess the financial health of the company 10 (c) Rs.90,000
UGC N.E.T JRF – Commerce
1 (c) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(v) 2 (d) Average collection Period 3 (b) Delay in recovery 4 (a) (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv) 5 (d) Current Assets / Current Liabilities 6 (a) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 7 (a) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) 8 (b) Quick Ratio 9 (a) All (i), (ii) and (iii) and (iv) are correct 10 (d) None of the above 11 (d) a-(iii) b-(i) c-(iv) d-(ii) 12 (a) (ii), (iv), (iii) and (i) 13 (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 14 (c) 3 months 15 (d) All of the above 16 (c) Debt-Equity Ratio 17 (b) (a)-(2), (b)-(3), (c)-(4), (d)-(1) 18 (b) 40% 19 (c) Rs. 1,00,000 20 (d) Rs. 30,000 21 (a) Net profit Ratio × Capital turnover Ratio 22 (b) 2.4 times 23 (c) 4 times 24 (d) Rs. 12,000 25 (c) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii) 26(b) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 27 (c) Capital gearing is the ratio of equity capital to fixed-interest bearing securities. 28 (d) a-iii b-i c-iv d-ii 29 (a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct reason for (A) 30 (c) Both (A) and (R) are incorrect 31 (b) Higher operating ratio indicates higher profits 32 (b) Decrease in inventory by Rs. 36,000
UGC N.E.T JRF – Management
1 (c) Rs. 80,00,000 2 (d) None of the above 3 (d) None of the above 4 (b) Gross Profit ratio 5 (d) Price / Cash flow ratio 6 (c) a, b and d 7 (d) Number of times surplus covers interest and instalments of Term Loans 8 (c) Rs. (−) 50,000 9 (d) Statement (I) is true and Statement (II) is false
MPhil PhD in Commerce
1 (c) 1 month 2 (c) Debt to equity Ratio
Chapter 16: Fund Flow Statement
PGT Commerce
1 (d) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 2 (b) Payment of dividends is a use of funds 3 (d) Increase or decrease in working capital
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (d) Retirement of long term by issue of preferred capital
UGC N.E.T
1 (d) Current Assets – Current Liabilities 2 (d) Building sold on credit 3 (b) Rs. 30,000 4 (d) All of the above 5 (a) Realization of cash from debtors 6 (b) (ii) and (iii) 7 (b) Working Capital 8 (d) Only (d) 9 (c) (b), (c), (e)
Chapter 17: Cash Flow Statement
PGT Commerce
1 (d) Rs. 2,68,000 2 (c) Net profit + non-cash expenses + decease in current assets 3 (c) Rs. 10,000
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (c) Cash basis 2 (c) Sale of automobile by an automobile dealer 3 (b) Investing 4 (c) Rs. 30,000 5 (d) None of above 6 (c) Whether the company has exceeds its overdraft limit during the year
UGC N.E.T
1 (b) Short term highly liquid securities 2 (c) 3 3 (c) Cash in hand and demand deposits in banks 4 (c) Cash Flow Statement 5 (d) Interest on loan 6 (a) (A) and (R) both are correct and (R) is an explanation of (A) 7 (a) I, II, III 8 (a) Decrease in creditors 9 (d) I, II 10 (a) I, II, III
Chapter 18 : Human Resource Accounting
MCQ
1 (a) Capitalization of Historical Cost model
UGC NET Commerce
1 (a) Brauch Lev & ABA Schwartz2 (a) Hckimian and Jones 3 (a) HR Accounting 4 (b) Stochastic Reward Valuation model 5 (b) The historical cost approach 6 (a) Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) are correct and (R) is the right explanation of (A) 7 (b) Opportunity cost approach 8 (c) Human Resource Accounting 9 (b) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
MPhil PhD in Commerce
1 (c) Human Capital
Chapter 19 : Inflation Accounting
UGC NET Commerce
1 (d) Erosion of capital 2 (c) Current Cost Accounting Method
Chapter 20 : Environmental Accounting
UGC NET | JRF Commerce
1 (c) Value of employees of the organization 2 (b) (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)
Chapter 21 : Indian Accounting Standards and IFRS
Exercise
1 (a) Companies 2 (c) Both (a) and (b) 3 (b) AS 10 4 (b) Cannot over-ride 5 (a) Is replaced by AS – 26 6 (d) All of the above 7 (b) Valuation of inventories 8 (b) Accounting standards 9 (d) 26 10 (a) Corporate bodies 11 (d) All the three 12 (c) Financial Investment Recognition & Measurement 13 (b) Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 14 (c) Royalties receivable
M.Com (Entrance)
1 (d) International Accounting Standards Board 2 (d) Revenue arising from sale of goods and rendering of services 3 (a) Define accounting practice at a time 4 (d) Depreciation accounting
UGC NET Commerce
1 (d) 1977 2 (b) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 3 (c) Depreciation Accounting 4 (b) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
Chapter 22 : Environmental Accounting
UGC NET | JRF Commerce
1 (c) (i), (iii) and (iv)
Chapter 23 : Recent Trends in Auditing
Business Environment and International Business
Business Environment & International Business
Chapter 1 : Concepts and Elements of Business Environment
MCQ
UGC NET
1 (c) Trade Policy 2 (d) None of these 3 (Not any in given option) (a)-(ii);(b)-(iii);(c)-(i);(d)-(iv) 4 (a) Both (A) and (R) are correct 5 (c) Money and Capital Market 6 (b) (a)-(2);(b)-(3);(c)-(1);(d)-(4) 7 (c) Customers 8 (b) (i)-(b); (ii)-(d); (iii)-(a); (iv)-(c) 9 (d) Protect the public from the negative consequences of business behaviour 10 (b) Demographic environment 11 (c) (ii), (iv) and (v) 12 (a) Economic 13 (d) Macro Environment – External Environment – Customers – Prospects of Business – Development 14 (d) (i),(ii),(iii) and (v) 15 (c) Complementary Produce 16 (b) (a)-(iii);(b)-(i);(c)-(ii);(d)-(iv) 17 (c) (a)-(ii);(b)-(iii);(c)-(i);(d)-(iv) 18 (b) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 19 (b) Both the statements I and II are correct 20 (d) Both the statement I and II are correct 21 (a) (a)-(ii);(b)-(iv);(c)-(i);(d)-(iii) 22 (a) (a)-(iii);(b)-(i);(c)-(iv);(d)-(ii) 23 (b) (a) – (iii), (b) – (i), (c) – (iv), (d) – (ii) 24
Chapter 2 : Economic Environment
MCQ
1 (d) Both (a) and (b)
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1 2 3 4 (a) The sum of budgetary deficit and net increase in internal and external borrowings 5 (a) The Ninth Plan 6 (a) Laissez-Fare System 7 (d) All of the above 8 (c) 8% 9 (b) 9 % 10 (a) Inclusive growth 11 (b) Public sector 12 (d) None of the above 13 (a) National Development Council 14 (a) Deficit financing 15 (b) Capitalistic economic system 16 (d) All of the above 17 (b) (i), (ii), (iv) and (vii) 18 (b) Janta Government 19 Wrong question 20 (a) To increase liquidity in the economy 21 (a) (i)-(b), (ii)-(d), (iii)-(a), (iv)-(c) 22 (c) Dr. Vijay C. Kelkar 23 (d) (i), (ii), (iv) and (vi) 24 (b) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) 25 (c) 11th 1998 2000 N.K.P. Salve 26 (d) (i), (iii) and (iv) 27 (a) UNDP 28 (a) GNP at factor cost 29 (a) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 30 (a) To increase liquidity in economy 31 (d) Introduction of competition in all sectors 32 (c) Net Personal Income 33 (d) ii iii i iv 34 (a) 5th 35 (b) Statements (II) and (III) 36 (c) (iii)(iv)(ii)(i) 37 (b) Monetary Policy 38 (b) The country’s major means of production are either owned by the Government or their use is controlled by the Government 39 (a) Five year planning approach
Chapter 3 : Political Environment
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Chapter 4 : Legal Environment
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7 (a) Both (i) and (ii) are correct 8 (b) State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission) 9 (d) Regulation of Combinations. 12 (d) None of the above 13 (a) Act of Parliamentarians in Lok Sabha 14 (a) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv) 15 (d) None of the above 16 (c) SEBI 17 (c) National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission 18 (b) A service provided free of cost 19 (c) Services provided free of cost. 20 (d) None of the above is true. 21 (c) Right to a physical environment that will protect and enhance quality of life. 22 (c) Charging very high price 23 (d) Both (A) and (B) 25 (c) A complaint involving a claim of Rs. 15 Lakhs is to be filled before the state commission 26 (a) A consumer court setup under the consumer protection Act, does not have the power to punish for its contempt. 27 (c) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 29 (c) The Trade marks Act 1999 does not apply to services 30 (b) Two years 31 (d ) Both B and C above 32 (a) (i), (ii), (iii) and (v) ) 33 (c) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii) 34 (d) Information Technology Act, 2000 35 (a) Local forum 36 (d) Statement – II is true but Statement – I is false. 37 (b) iii i iv ii 38 (b) State consumer dispute redressal commission 40 (d) The value of goods and services sold 41 (c) State monopolies, government’s business policies and functioning of Regulatory Authorities cannot be scrutinized under this law.
Chapter 5 : Socio-cultural factors and their influence on business; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
1 () 2 (d) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv) 3 (a)(ii), (iii), (i) and (iv) 4 (a) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i) 5 (b)(a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i) 6 (b) Prohibition of Restrictive Trade Practices
Chapter 6 : Scope-and importance of international business; Globalization and its drivers; Modes of entry into international business
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5 (d) All of the above 7 (c) A and B above 9 (c) Obsolescence 11 (a) Promotion of free trade 15 (c) Both A and B 16 (a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is correct explanation of (A) 19 (a) (A) and (R) both are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A).
Chapter 7 : Theories of International Trade; Government intervention in International Trade; Tariff and non tariff barriers;
1 (c) Adam Smith 2 (d) David Ricardo 3 (a) David Ricardo 4 (a) Bertic Ohlin 5 (b) X will export wheat and import cloth 6 (b) Bertil ohlin 7 (a) David Richardo 8 (c) (a)-(3), (b)-(1), (c)-(4), (d)-(b) 9 (a) Leontief Paradox 10 (d) (A) and (R) both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 11 (d) Both Statements I and II are correct 12 (b) Product life cycle theory 13 (c) All the statements (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct 14 (a) (1) ii (2) iv (3) iii (4) i 15 (a) Adam Smith
India’s Foreign Trade Policy
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1 (d) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (b) 6 (a) 7 (c) 8 (a) 9 () 10 () 11 (c) 12 (a) 13 (a) 14 (d) 15 (c) 16 (b) 17 (d) 18 (d) 19 (b) 20 (d) 21 (c) 22 (d) 23 (a) 24 (a) 25 (c) 26 (d) 27 (c) 28 (c)
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1 (c) 2 (b) 3 (d) 4 (d) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8 (c) 9 (d)
Chapter 8 : Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Chapter 9 : Balance of Payment (BOP)
Chapter 10 : Regional Economic Integration
COMMERCE
1 () 2 (a) 3 (b) 4 (a) 5 (c) 6 (c) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (b) 10 (d) 11 (d) 12 (b) 13 (a) 14 (c) 15 () 16 (c) 17 (d) 18 (b) 19 (d) 20 (c) 21 (c) 22 (c)
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1 (d) 2 (c) 3 (a) 4 (c) 5 (b) 6 (b) 7 (d) 8 (b) 9 (a)
Chapter 11 : International Economic Institutions
Chapter 12 : World Trade Organisation (WTO)
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1 (c) 2 (a) 3 (c) 4 (c) 5 (a) 6 (d) 7 (c) 8 (b) 9 (a) 10 (c) 11 (b***) 12 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15 (a) 16 (d) 17 (b) 18 (a) 19 (c) 20 (c) 21 (c) 22 (d) 23 (d) 24 (a) 25 (b) 26 (b#) 27 (a) 28 (c) 29 (c) 30 (c) 31 (a) 32 (c) 33 (c) 34 (c) 35 (c) 36 (d) 37 (d) 38 (b) 39 (d) 40 (c) 41 (c) 42 (c) 43 (d) 44 (b) 45 (a) 46 (b) 47 (c) 48 (a) 49 (a) 50 (d)
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1 (c) 2 (d) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 (a) 7 (b) 8 (b) 9 (a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (b) 13 (a)
Business Finance
Business Finance
Chapter 1 : Scope & Source of Finance
M.Com Entrance – Jamia
1 (d) Retained earnings
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1 (a) Procurement of funds and their effective utilization 2 (a) Both correct 3 (c) Maximization of shareholders’ wealth 4 (d) Maximization of social benefits 5 (c) Financing decisions
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1 (d) Capitalisation Decision 2 (c) Maximise the wealth of Equity shareholders 3 (d) Social responsibility 4 (d) I, II & III 5 (b) Earnings per share are more important than total profits. 6 (a) (A) and (R) both are correct. 7 (c) (a), (b) and (d) 8 (c) Analysing variance between standard costs and actual costs 9 (a) (a) and (b) only
Chapter 2 : Lease Financing
MCQ
1 (c) Operating Lease
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1 (c) (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv) 2 (c) Leveraged lease 3 (c) Leveraged lease 4 (d) (a), (b) and (c) 5 (d) (i), (iii) and (iv) 6 (a) Liquidity crisis
Chapter 3 : Cost of Capital and Time Value of Money
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1 (a) Earning yield method
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1 (c) Expectations of investors for dividend 2 (a) External yield criterion 3 (d) (d)-(iv) 4 (b) Composite cost 5 (b) Opportunity cost to the firm 6 (d) Market risk premium for the firm 7 (a) Capital Assets pricing model 8 (b) Both (A) and (R) are true 9 (c) 18.8% 10 (c) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i) 11 (c) 6.66 per cent 12 (c) Yield of Capital Sacrifice 13 (b) 14 (d) I III IV 15 (c) Tax deductible of interest 16 (c) Cost of capital does not comprise any risk premium 17 (c) Yield to maturity method 18 (d) Equity shares have high risk than debts 19 (d) Equity shareholder would demand higher return 20 (c) Retained earnings 21 (d) 10.53 % 22 (d) 13 % 23 (c) 6.18 %
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1 (d) Dividend yield + expected growth rate in dividends 2 (d) D1/P0 + g 3 (d) 4 (c) 5 (a) 4.38% 6 (c) 10.53% 7 (b) 13% 8 (d) Capital assets pricing model 9 (a) Net cash inflow at the time of issue 10 (b) Proportion of different sources of finance
Chapter 4 : Capital Structure
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1 (d) All of the above
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1 (b) Net Operating Income Approach 2 (d) All of the above 3 (d) Transferability 4 (a) Ratio between different forms of capital 5 (b) Trading on borrowed funds 6 (c) (i) is correct (ii) is incorrect 7 (c) Shortage of capital 8 (d) (d)-(iv) 9 (d) Capital Structure 10 (a) M-M Hypothesis 11 (c) Net Operating Income Approach 12 (b) Net income approach 13 (c) Comparative Analysis 14 (c) Unity for dividend payout ratio 15 (a) Assertion (A) and Reason (R) both are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A). 16 (a) I, II and IV only 17 (b) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect 18 (c) Rs. 10,80,000 19 (a) Share Capital + Reserves + Long Term-Debts 20 (b) I II III 21 (d) Statement – I is wrong and Statement – II is correct. 22 (c) Tax deductible of interest 23 (b) (A) is correct , but (R) is wrong 24 (b) M. M. Model 25 (a) Gross Profit Approach 26 (b) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct 27 (a) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is the right explanation of (A) 28 (a) Net Operating Income Approach
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1 (a) (ii) and (iv) 2 (a) Market price of equity share is maximum 3 (c) Capital gearing 4 (c) a(ii) b(i) c(iv) d(iii) 5 () 6 (b) (A) is correct but (R) is incorrect. 7 (a) EBIT that produces the same level of EPS for two alternative capital structures. 8 (d) Good 9 (b) (i)-d (ii)-c (iii)-a (iv)-b 10 (d) Equity, preference and debt capital 11 (b) (a),(b) and (c) only
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1 (c) iii, i and ii
Chapter 5 : Capital Budgeting
PGT Commerce
1 (a) 0. 25% 2 (b) (Riskless cash flow )/(Risky cash flow ) × Investment 3 (c) Planning of expenditure for assets
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1 (b) Present value 2 (c) Rs. 30,000 3 (d) All of these 4 (b) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 5 (c) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi) 6 (b) Capital Budget 7 (a) Ascertain risk 8 (c) K < R 9 (c) Accounting rate of return 10 (b) Internal Rate of Return 11 (c) Only (iii) is correct 12 (c) (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii) 13 (d) Cash flow before depreciation and after taxes 14 (b) Principle of discounting 15 (d) All of the above 16 (c) Average Rate of Return 17 (b) iii, ii, i, v, iv 18 (d) Intangible benefits 19 (b) Profitability index method 20 (b) Net present value method 21 (b) Both (A) and (R) are correct 22 (b) (A) is true, but (R) is a necessary condition, but not a sufficient condition 23 (b) Internal Rate of Return Method 24 (b) (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii) 25 (b) That limited funds are available for investment 26 (d) Risk Free Rate 27 (c) Existing investment in a project is not treated as sunk cost 28 (b) (b) and (c) 29 (c) Net Profit after tax + Depreciation 30 (d) It is very difficult to calculate. 31 (c) I II IV 32 (d) Existing investment in a project is not treated as sunk cost. 33 (d) Risk Free Rate 34 (b) Capital budgeting decisions are reversible in nature 35 (b) Internal Rate of Return 36 (a) Statement -1 is correct, but statement – II is wrong 37 (c) Present value of cash outflows 38 (c) Internal Rate of Return 39 (b) Discount rate 40 (c) (i), (ii) and (iii) only 41 (c) (ii) and (iii) 42 (b) (1) – (iii); (2) – (iv); (3) – (i); (4) – (ii)
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1 (c) Internal Rate of Return 2 (a) Present values of all the cash flows expected to occur over the life of a project 3 (b) Payback method considers cash flows only up to the payback period 4 (c) The Net Present Value is zero 5 (a) Payback method 6 (b) Internal Rate of Return 7 (d) 1, 2 and 3 8 (b) Sensitivity analysis 9 (d) Profitability index 10 (b) ii iii iv i 11 (b) ii iii iv i 12 (c) (A) and (B) both 13 (a) Only (a) is correct. 14 (d) Statements IV and I are correct 15 (c) 3 years and 6 months 16 (c) – Rs. 217 17 (b) a-(iv) b-(iii) c-(ii) d-(i) 18 (d) a, b and c all 19 (c) a, b and d 20 (d) Evaluating the returns and investment in projects. 21 (c) (a) and (c) only
Chapter 6 : Working Capital Management
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1 (c) Redemption of debentures
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1 (c) (i), (v), (ii), (iii), (iv) 2 (d) Expenditure to acquire capital 3 (c) Both (1) and (2) are correct 4 (c) Both (A) and (R) are correct 5 (a) (i) and (ii) both are correct 6 (b) (ii), (iii) and (iv) 7 (c) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv) 8 (d) (i), (ii) and (iv) 9 (a) Long term Capital Funds 10 (c) William J. Baumol 11 (*) 12 (c) Net working capital 13 (b) I, III and IV only 14 (c) I, III and IV only 15 (b) Both statements are incorrect 16 (d) Optimum order size 17 (b) Total carrying cost 18 (a) Decentralized Collection 19 (d) (a), (c), (d) 20 (a) Letter of Credit 21 (b) I, III, IV 22 (b) (a), (b), (c), (e) 23 (d) II IV 24 (c) A and C 25 (a) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv) 26 (c) (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii) 27 (b) Short-term funds have been used for fixed assets 28 (b) 9487 units 29 (d) Cash 30 (a) Raw material conversion period, work-in-progress conversion period, Finished goods conversion period, Receivables conversion period
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1 (c) Increase in bad debts 2 (b) Corporate Tax 3 (c) Cash Management 4 (b) William J. Baumol 5 (b) To meet day-to-day financial obligations of the company 6 (b) Operating cycle 7 (b) 8 & 45 days 8 (b) Delinquency Cost 9 (b) 200 units 10 (d) i and ii are correct. 11 (b) Net working capital 12 (b) (B) Negative cash cycle 13 (b) An aggressive approach of financing 14 (b) (i)b (ii)c (iii)d (iv)a 15 (a) Rs.2 lakhs 16 (a) 7 months 17 (c) 160 18 (b) a(iii) b(ii) c(i) d(iv) 19 (b) 12 and 1 month 20 (All) 21 (c) a, b and d 22 (b) (i) b (ii) a (iii) d (iv) c 23 (b) Delinquency cost 24 (b) b, c and d 25 (c) Delinquency Cost
Chapter 7 : Dividend Decision : Theories and Policies
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1 (a) Increase 2 (d) Bonus share 3 (c) Composite dividend
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1 (c) r < k 2 (c) Both (i) and (ii) are correct 3 (c) Modigliani and Miller 4 (b) Irrelevant 5 (a) Retained earnings, the only source of financing 6 (a) Retained earnings is only source of financing 7 (a) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iv) 8 (d) M. M. Model 9 (a) Both (A) and (R) is correct 10 (c) James E. Walter 11 (d) The key variables like EPS and DPS keep on changing 12 (b) Myron J. Gordon 13 (c) The firm has finite life 14 (c) Modigliani Miller 15 (d) Rs. 77 16 (c) Payout Ratio 17 (c) I II IV 18 (b) 19 (d) Arbitrage 20 (b) According to Walter, the optimal payout ratio for a growth firm is 100% 21 (b) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) 22 (b) (1) – (iii), (2) – (iv), (3) – (ii), (4) – (i) 23 (a) (1) and (2)
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1 (d) None of the above 2 (b) Walter model 3 (c) Pay-out Ratio 4 (a) All financing is done through retained earnings; external sources of funds like debt or new equity capital are not used. 5 (c) iii ii iv i 6 (c) Price per share increases as the dividend pay-out ratio decreases. 7 (a) Partly on current earnings and partly on the previous year’s dividend. 8 (c) I, II, III and IV are correct. 9 (C) Rs. 400, Rs. 150 and Rs. 105.88, respectively 10 (b) Dividend yield 11 (b) Rs.20 12 (b) Rs.130 13 (c) Rs. 40 14 (d) Stability of the dividend considerations
Chapter 8 : Risk and Return Analysis
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1 (c) Covariance 2 (b) Systematic risk is non-diversifiable but unsystematic risk is diversifiable 3 (b) Reverse variability of possible return to expected return 4 (c) 0.6 5 (c) (a) and (b) 6 (a) 7 (b) Combining two securities having perfect negative correlation in their expected returns 8 (d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i) 9 (a) CAPM analysis 10 (b) 12%
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1 (d) 16.75% 2 (c) Risk and the required rate of return 3 (b) Risk 4 (c) Systematic risk or non-diversifiable risk 5 (b) 0 6 () 7 (d) I, IV and V only 8 (b) 9 (c) 1.6 10 (d) Negative Alphas 11 (d) All of the above 12 (c) A stock’s relevant risk is greater than its stand-alone risk. 13 (c) Liability risks are associated with product, and not with service, or with employee actions. 14 (d) The slope of the security market line tells the degree to which investors are not risk averse. 15 (c) Sharpe, Lintner and Treynor 16 (a) Systematic Risk 17 (a) Systematic risk is unavoidable; this is the contribution of an individual asset to the risk of market portfolio 18 (c) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
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Chapter 9 : Asset Securitization
Chapter 10 : International Monetary System
Chapter 11 : Foreign Exchange Market
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Old Book
1 (b) Spot Market 13 (b) In-the-Money 14 (b) Arbitrageurs 15 (c) Both (A) and (R) are correct 16 (a) (R) is correct explanation of (A) 25 (a) Stabilization function 33 (c) (iii) only 36 (c) (ii) only 37 (b) Bandwagon Effect 38 (a) Broken-date contract is a full – month forward contract 41 (a) Domestic Price level (P) divided by foreign price level (P*)
New Book
1 (b) Spot Market 2 (b) In-the-Money 3 (b) Arbitrageurs 4 (c) Both (A) and (R) are correct 5 (a) (R) is correct explanation of (A) 6 (a) Stabilization function 7 (c) (iii) only 8 (c) (ii) only 9 (b) Bandwagon Effect 10 (a) Broken-date contract is a full – month forward contract 11 (a) Domestic Price level (P) divided by foreign price level (P*)
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1 (c) Bid rate 2 (d) (Forward rate – Spot rate)/(Spot rate) × 360/(Future Point in time) 3 (d) iv ii i iii 4 (a) 40%
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1 (c) Standardized 2 (d) In the bearish market
Chapter 12 : Exchange Rate Risk and hedging technique
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1 (a) Hedging against foreign exchange risk 2 (d) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
Chapter 13 : International Financial Markets and Instruments
Chapter 14 : International Arbitrage
Chapter 15 : Multinational Capital Budgeting
Income Tax And Corporate Tax Planning
Income Tax Law
Chapter 1 : Basic Concepts
MCQ
1 (a) 15.10.2018 to 31.3.2019 2 (b) Rs. 2,50,000 3 (c) Rs. 3,00,000 4 (b) Rs. 2,50,000 5 (b) Rs. 3,83,490 6 (a) Rs. 4,83,500 7 (a) Gross total income 8 (c) (a) and (b) 9 (c) 7.5 10 (b) karta 11 (c) Artificial Judicial Person 12 (c) Artificial Judicial Person 13 (b) Individual 14 (d) Income Tax Authorities 15 (d) (a) or (b) 16 (d) Both (a) and (b) 17 (c) Every one 18 (c) Finance Act
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1 (a) Tax on local fairs 2 (c) Direct tax 3 (b) Progressive tax system
M.Com Entrance
1 (d) 15% 2 (c) Rs. 5,00,000 3 (d) 40% 4 (c) 20% 5 (b) Import duty 6 (c) Property tax 7 (a) Progressive tax system 8 (c) Rs. 2,50,000 9 (d) 18.5% 10 (c) Above Rs. 10,00,000 11 (b) 15% 12 (a) Value added tax 13 (a) 15% and Nil respectively 14 (d) All of above 15 (b) Central Board of Direct Taxes 16 (c) Rs.3,00,000 17 (c) Progressive tax
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1 (d) All type of companies 2 (b) Rs. 2,78,100 3 (d) A person leaving Indian permanently 4 (a) All companies 5 (d) Discontinued business 6 (b) Section 89 7 (d) I III IV 8 (a) 20% 9 (c) Rs. 50 lakh 10 (b) Income Tax Plus surcharge (if any) 11 (c) Rs. 2,600
Chapter 2 : Residential Status
MCQ
1 (a) Previous year 2 (d) All the Assessees 3 (d) All the Assessees 4 (a) Residential status in India 5 (c) A foreign national 6 (a) Resident 7 (a) Resident only. 8 (a) Both basic and additional condition 9 (a) Not fulfilling any one of the basic conditions. 10 (a) 182 days 11 (a) Resident and Ordinary Resident (ROR) 12 (b) Resident but not ordinary resident (RNOR)
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1 (c) Different for previous years 2 (a) Resident and ordinarily resident
M.Com Entrance
1 (a) Resident and ordinarily resident 2 (a) Individual 3 (d) All of the above 4 (a) Resident in India 5 (b) An Indian company is resident in India if the control and management of its affairs is situated wholly or partly in India during the previous year 6 (c) Non-resident 7 (b) Resident 8 (a) True 9 (d) All of the above 10 (d) All of the above 11 (b) Resident but not ordinarily resident in India 12 (b) All foreign income is taxable in the hands of resident but not ordinarily resident of India
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1 (b) Not ordinarily resident 2 (a) Ordinarily Resident 3 (c) Rs.6,000 4 (d) Ordinarily Resident (OR) Not Ordinarily Resident (NOR) and Non Resident (NR) 5 (d) Ordinary resident of India 6 (d) Surcharge is additional tax calculated on total income.
Chapter 3 : Income which do not form part of Total Income
MCQ
1 (b) Exempt income 2 (a) Casual income and fully taxable 3 (c) Fully taxable 4 (c) Rs. 1,500 per minor child or to extent of income of the minor child included in the total income of the assessee whichever is less 5 (a) Exempt under the head Other Source 6 (a) Exempt under the head Other Source 7 (b) Taxable 8 (a) Sum received by a member from HUF 9 (d) Income from house property, income from other sources, income from capital gains and income by way of voluntary contribution 10 (b) Not be allowed as deduction 11 (b) Fully exempt
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1 (b) Share of Income from the firm
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1 (b) 10 (1) 2 (b) a-iii; b-iv; c-i; d-ii 3 (d) a-iii; b-iv; c-i; d-ii
Chapter 4 : Income under the Head Salary
MCQ
1 (b) Remuneration received by a partner 2 (c) Rs. 2,08,500 3 (c) Rs. 2,96,000 4 (b) Rs. 160 p.m. 5 (d) Nil 6 (b) 12 % p.a. 7 (b) Rs. 6,000 8 (c) To journeys in a block of 4 years 9 (c) Rs. 6,00,000 10 (b) 20 % 11 (c) Nil 12 (b) Rs.18,000 13 (b) Actual cost less depreciation @ 20% for every completed year under WDV method 14 (a) Travel concession to employee 15 (d) All employees irrespective of their amount of gross total income/the amount of income under the head “Salaries” 16 (b) Fully Exempt 17 (b) It is received 18 (b) 10 % 19 (b) Rs.7,200 20 (b) Nil
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1 (c) Chargeable to tax and relief can be taken under Section 89 2 (a) Salaries 3 (a) Pension 4 (d) Income from other sources 5 (d) Gratuity 6 (c) Rs. 10 lakh 7 (d) Capital Gains 8 (a) Salaries
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1 (b) 15% of salary 2 (d) Nil 3 (b) Fully exempted 4 (c) Licence fee fixed by the government 5 (d) NIL 6 (c) Rs. 5,00,000 7 (d) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i) 8 (b) (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i)
Chapter 5 : Income from other Sources
MCQ
1 (a) Fully exempt in the hands of shareholders except when it is chargeable to tax under the provision of section 115 BBDA 2 (a) Fully exempt in the hands of unit holders 3 (b) 1/3rd of such pension or Rs. 15,000 whichever is less 4 (c) In the hands of an individual or HUF 5 (b) Rs. 60,000 6 (d) Taxable as income from other sources, unless the assessee is in the business of subletting properties on a regular basis
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1 (b) Gain from transfer of capital asset 2 (a) Pension 3 (c) Income from other sources 4 Deleted Question
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1 (a) Interest paid on amounts borrowed to meet tax liabilities 2 (c) Individuals and HUF 3 (a) Fully exempt in the hands of unit holders
Chapter 6 : Deduction from Gross Total Income
MCQ
1 (c) Individual or HUF 2 (b) Any university, college, school or other education institution situated within India 3 (b) Rs. 25,000 for individual himself or his family and Rs. 25,000 for parent or parents 4 (b) Rs.30,000 5 (c) For any course of study after passing the recognized senior secondary examination or its equivalent 6 (f) Literary, artistic or scientific nature 7 (b) Rs. 75,000 in case of individual who is resident in India and who is a person with disability and Rs. 1,25,000 in case such individual is a person with severe disability 8 (c) Section 80 C to 80 U 9 (a) 28 10 (c) Positive or Nil 11 (a) An individual or a HUF 12 (c) Rs. 1,50,000 13 (d) All of the above 14 (a) Only to individual, even to non-resident individual 15 (c) Rs. 1,50,000 16 (d) 10% 17 (a) Under Chapter VIA 18 (d) 20 % 19 (c) Rs.12,00,000 ; 3 years 20 (d) 80% 21 (a) 8 22 (a) A-3; B-1; C-2: D-4 23 (c) 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 and 7 24 (d) 1, 3 and 5 25 (a) Chapter VI-A
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1 (d) All of the above 2 (c) An individual or Hindu Undivided Family 3 (d) All of the above 4 (b) Exemption may be more than the amount of income 5 (b) Deduction on account of interest on loan from house property is Rs. 2,00,000
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1 (d) Without any limit 2 (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Fund 3 (a) 100 per cent deduction without any qualifying limit. 4 5 (c) Deduction for interest on loan taken for the construction / purchase of house property 6 (b) a -4; b-1; c-2; d-3 7 (c) a-iii; b-iv; c-ii d-i 8 (d) Rs. 3,00,000 9 (d) Rs.5,000 10 (c) a-iii; b-i; c-iv; d-ii 11 (a) Rs.7,500 12 (a) (a) -(iii) ; (b) -(iv) ; (c) -(i) ; (d) -(ii)
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1 (a) Sec 80 TTA 2 (b) Provision for infrastructure facility 3 (d) Rs. 1,5000
Chapter 7 : Income Under the head House Property
MCQ
1 (c) R, as he will be deemed owner of such house property & liable to tax 2 (c) Mrs. R. 3 (c) Rs. 1,30,000 4 (b) One house shall be nil 5 (c) Be allowed as deduction if the tax is deducted at source
M.Com Entrance
1 (b) One house shall be nil 2 (a) Rental income received by a tenant from sub-letting
UGC NET Commerce
1 (b) Rs.72,000 2 (b) Rs. 65,000 3 (c) Rs.48,000 4 (c) Rs.1,70,000 5 (a) Rs.4,80,000
Chapter 8 : Income under the head Capital Gain
MCQ
1 (a) The date of holding of debentures 2 (a) Cost for which it was acquired by the assessee 3 (c) Short-term or long-term capital gain depending upon the original capital gain of compulsory acquisition 4 (c) A residential house property the income of which is taxable under the head income from house property 5 (d) In which period of 3 years has expired from the date of transfer 6 ( ) 7 (a) Any Assessee 8 (d) More than one residential house 9 (c) From the gross total income other than long-term capital gain from any asset and short-term capital gain on listed shares odd through recognized stock exchange 10 (a) The date of transfer
PGT Commerce
1 (a) Stock in Trade
M.Com Entrance
1 (b) Gold and silver coins used for Puja of deities as a matter of pride or ornamentation and normally not intended for personal or household use 2 (b) Jewellery 3 (b) Transfer under a gift 4 (b) Jewellery
UGC NET Commerce
1 (a) Stock in trade 2 (d) Exempted Income 3 old Question 4 (d) Jewellery 5 (c) Rs. 50 lakh 6 (b) Exempted 7 (d) More than one residential house 8 (b) Short-term capital gain 9 (c) 3 years have expired from the of transfer
Chapter 9 : Income from Business and Profession
MCQ
1 (c) 5 equal installments 2 (b) 5% of the cost of the project 3 (c) A company assessee 4 (b) Revenue nature 5 (c) Working partner only 6 (b) Rs. 50 lakh 7 (b) Nil 8 (b) Indefinitely 9 (c) Any assessee engaged in the business mention clause (b) 10 (d) 150 % of donation so made 11 (c) Both for payment made to specified institution and for direct expenditure incurred by itself 12 (c) The cost of project or the capital employed 13 (b) A company assessee 14 (b) Rs. 1 Crore 15 (b) 10 goods carriages 16 (b) Rs. 2 Crore 17 (c) Rs. 50 lakh 18
M.Com Entrance
1 (d) Loss from sale of securities held in the regular course of business 2 (d) All of the above 3 (a) 10 goods carriages 4 (a) Depreciation of funds kept in foreign currency for capital purposes.
UGC NET Commerce
1 (c) Income from the activity of owning or owning and maintaining race horses 2 (d) Nil 3 (a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A) 4 (c) Value of all those assets to which one rate of depreciation is applicable 5 (a) Fees paid to the lawyer for drafting partnership deed 6 (c) (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct 7 (a) Revenue 8 (d) 150% of the donation
Chapter 10 : Clubbing of Income
MCQ
1 (c) The spouse of such individual 2 (c) The individual along with his relatives 3 (c) Any assets other than house property 4 (b) Taxable in the hands of the minor through his guardian/legal representative 5 (b) Relevant head to which it belongs
M.Com Entrance
1 (d) All of the above 2 (a) Mr. A 3 (b) Transfer of income without transfer of assets 4 (c) Both (a) and (b) 5 (c) Income from assets transferred to spouse for adequate consideration
Chapter 11 : Set off or Carry Forward and Set off of Losses
MCQ
1 (b) Be carried forward 2 (b) Return of loss before the due date mentioned u/s 139(1) 3 (b) Is contained or not 4 (a) Can be carried forward for 8 years 5 (a) 51% of shares are beneficially held by the same persons
UGC NET
1 (d) For unspecified period 2 (d) Indefinite period 3 (b) Long term capital gain only 4 (d) Indefinite number of assessment years
MPhil Phd in Commerce
1 (b) Only against Long term capital gain
Chapter 12 : Agricultural Income & Its Tax Treatment
MCQ
1 (b) 60% of the income from such business 2 (b) Market value of such agricultural produce as on the date of use 3 (c) Nothing shall be treated as his agricultural income 4 (c) Individual HUF, AOP or BOI & Artificial judicial person
M.Com Entrance
1 (b) State government 2 (a) Income from breeding of livestock
UGC NET
1 (b) 60 % 2 (d) Interest on capital received by a partner from the firm engaged in agricultural operations 3 (b) Income from sale of replanted trees where denuded parts of the forest are replanted and subsequent operations in forestry are carried out
Chapter 13 : Assessment of Individual
UGC NET
1 (c) (I), (III), (IV), (V) 2 (d) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
MPhil Phd in Commerce
1 (a) Share of profit from a firm assessed as firm