Choose the missing term out of the given options:
___aa__ba__bb__ab__aab
(a) aaabb
(b) babab
(c) bbaab
(d) bbbaa
Choose word from the given options which bears the same relationship to the third word, as the first two bears:
Hour : Second :: Tertiary : ?
(a) Intermediary
(b) Primary
(c) Ordinary
(d) Secondary
Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Stickler :Insist
(a) Laggard: Outlast
(b) Braggart: Boast
(c) Haggler: Concede
(d) Trickster: Risk
Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words:
Necromancy : Ghosts
(a) Romance: Stories
(b) Magie: Amulets
(c) Alchemy: Gold
(d) Sorcery: Spirits
Find out the number that has the same relationship as the numbers of the given pair:
MAD: JXA: RUN: ?
(a) ORK
(b) OSQ
(c) PRJ
(d) UXQ
Spot the defective segment from the following:
(a) Keep the miscreants
(b) at your arm’s length
(c) for
(d) they will pull the wool over your eyes
The terrorists held the tourists ———- for ransom.
(a) as hostages
(b) hostages
(c) hostage
(d) captives
If I ——- wealthy, I would have got many friends.
(a) had been
(b) were
(c) was
(d) am
Choose the option closest in meaning to the given word:
NEOLOGISM
(a) inoculation
(b) coinage
(c) consistency
(d) mirth
Choose the antonymous option you consider the best:
SUAVE
(a) crestfallen
(b) polite
(c) rough
(d) cherished
In a certain code, REFRIGERATOR is coded as ROTAREGIRFER. Which wordwould be coded as NOITINUMMA ?
(a) ANMOMIUTNI
(b) AMNTOMUIIN
(c) AMMUNITION
(d) NMMUNITIOA
Traffic : Road in the same way as
(a) : Aerodrome
(b) Blood : Veins
(c) Roots : Tree
(d) Car : Garage
The following information is given: One of M.Gopi, his wife, their son and Mr.Gopi’s mother is an architect and another is a doctor.
(i) If the doctor is younger than the architect, then the doctor and the architect are not blood relatives.
(ii) If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the architect are blood relatives.
(iii) If the architect is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation is known by this information?
(a) Mr. Gopi is the doctor
(b) Mr. Gopi’s son is the architect
(c) Mrs. Gopi is the doctor
(d) Mr. Gopi’s mother is the doctor
Gopal was ranked 5th from the top and 16th from the bottom in a test. How many students were there in his class
(a) 19
(b) 21
(c) 22
(d) 20
Median of 10o, 5o, -2o, -1o, -5o, 15o is-
(a) 20
(b) -1o
(c) 2o
(d) 3o
Which of the following is ‘OXYMORON’?
(a) Found Missing
(b) TIT-TAT
(c) GOTO
(d) Misunderstood
There are 5 persons in a class. Each one is shaking hand with the other. Find the total number of hand shakes?
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 20
(d) 60
Of the 26 Capital letters, how many are symmetrical along with vertical and horizontal axes.
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 5
There are 30 boys and 60 girls in a village . There are 70 men and 40 women in that village. What is the percentage of boys in that village?
(a) 0.1
(b) 0.25
(c) 0.2
(d) 0.15
There are N students in a class and only 8 of them are girls. If 11 boys added to the class,how many students in the class are boys?
(a) N+3
(b) N-3
(c) N-19
(d) 19
Green shoe option is used as a mechanism while issuing public shares for:
(a) Stabilizing post-listing price
(b) Stabilizing pre-listing price
(c) Inflating post -listing price
(d) Decreasing post-listing price
Span of control is based on………………………
(a) Employee’s maturity
(b) Organizational culture
(c) Organization’s economy
(d) Employee’s productivity
High machiavellianism refers to
(a) High retention
(b) High performance
(c) Highly motivated
(d) High influence towards others
Quality circles ensures
(a) Improved employee quality in performance
(b) High job involvement
(c) Build strategies
(d) Problem analysis
Self-managed teams are
(a) Strategic planners
(b) problem-solvers
(c) devisers of objectives & goals
(d) Highly responsible
Career attitudes are considered as
(a) Social factor
(b) Cultural factor
(c) Socio-economic factor
(d) Micro-economic factor
Which one of the following strategies targets broad market?
(a) Differentiation strategy
(b) Focus strategy
(c) Cost-leadership strategy
(d) Generic strategy
……………………………….is the process of deciding on the contents of a job in terms of its duties and responsibilities, on the methods to be used in carrying out the job, in terms of techniques, systems and procedures and on the relationships that should exist between the jobholder and his superiors, subordinates and colleagues.
(a ) Job specification
(b) Job description
(c) Job design
(d) Job analysis
Which one of the following testsassesses one‘s natural propensity or talent or ability to acquire a particular skill?
(a) Intelligence tests
(b) Aptitude tests
(c) Projective tests
(d) Attitude tests
MBO’s are effective for
(a) Participative management
(b) Goal management
(c) Cohesive teams
(d) Self development
Brainstorming aims at
(a) Gathering more number of ideas
(b) Sharing ideas with the help of experts
(c) Maximum participation and criticism
(d) Divergence of ideas
……………………………………….. is the process of identifying and preparing suitable employees through mentoring,training and job rotation to replace key players.
(a) Career development
(b) Succession planning
(c) Internal recruitment
(d) Management development programmes
A merger of firms engaged in unrelated lines of business ……………………..
(a) Congeneric merger
(b) Horizontal merger
(c) Conglomerate merger
(d) Vertical merger
which one of the following ratio is found to be the best predictor of failure of a firm as per the Beaver model?
(a) Liquidity ratio
(b) Cash flow to total debt ratio
(c) Debt service coverage ratio
(d) Net profit margin ratio
The sharpe index assigns the high value to funds that have…………
(a) Low standard deviations
(b) Higher returns
(c) Higher risk adjusted returns
(d) Higher risk premium
The exponent in an exponential moving average is
(a) n+1/2
(b) n/2
(c) 2/n+1
(d) 2/n
The concept of _____________ is utilised to make multilateral comparisons.
(a) Efficient Exchange Rate (EER)
(b) Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER)
(c) Effective Exchange Rate (EER)
(d) Real Efficient Exchange Rate (REER)
The firm’s profit margin measured in either currency is influenced by exchange rates.
(a) Competitive Effect
(b) Conversion Effect
(c) Transaction Exposure
(d) Operating Exposure
…………………………… is the price at which the trader is willing to buy foreign currency.
(a) offer
(b) bid
(c) spread
(d) cross rate
When an Indian exporter avails post-shipment credit in foreign currency, what is taken as the bench mark for the interest rate?
(a) Bench mark lending rate
(b) MIBOR
(c) LIBOR
(d) Indian Bank rate
The most obvious reason companies use the foreign-exchange market is for:
(a) divestment
(b) subsidies
(c) privatization
(d) import and export transactions
……………………………… is the purchase of foreign currency on one market for immediate resale on another market (in a different country) to profit from a price discrepancy.
(a) Cross trading
(b) Arbitrage
(c) Forward trading
(d) Reverse trading
.………………………… costing is a type of job costing.
(a) Multiple
(b) Operating
(c) Unit
(d) Batch
Which of the below features is not wealth maximization objective of Financial Management?
(a) Considers both quantity and quality dimensions of benefits
(b) Based on the concept of cash flows generated by the decision rather than accounting profit
(c) Decision should be oriented to the maximization of profits
(d) Focus is on the value to the owners or suppliers of equity capital
Which of the following is not considered by Miller-Orr Model?
(a) Variability in cash requirement
(b) Cost of transaction
(c) Holding cash
(d) Total annual requirement of cash
The net asset value of a mutual fund investing in stock rises with………………..
(a) higher stock prices
(b) lower equity values
(c) an increased number of shares
(d) increased liabilities
Which one of the following is the price of a stock estimated to pay a dividend of $.60 next year, if the dividend growth rate is 5% and the appropriate discount rate is 8%?
(a) $18.00
(b) $19.00
(c) $20.00
(d) $21.00
Which one of the following Acts was passed into law in the United States Congress, has fundamentally changed the business and regulatory environment and it aims to enhance corporate governance through measures that will strengthen internal checks and balances and ultimately strengthen corporate accountability.
(a) Securities Act, 1933
(b) Securities and Exchange Act, 1934
(c) Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002
(d) odd Frank Act, 2010
Purchasing Power Parity theory states that
(a)The exchange rate between currencies of two countries should be equal to the ratio of the countries’ price levels
(b)The exchange rate between currencies of two countries should be equal to the ratio of the countries’ Gold production
(c) The exchange rate between currencies of two countries should be equal to the ratio of the countries’ GDP levels
(d) The exchange rate between currencies of two countries should be equal to the ratio of the countries’ interest rate levels
Which one of the following is not taxable as income under the head “Salaries”?
(a) Commission received by a full time director
(b) Remuneration received by a partner
(c) Allowances received by an employee
(d) Free accommodation given to employee
Which of the following duties is under the purview of the State Government?
(a) Central Excise Duty
(b) Customs duty
(c) Service Tax
(d) VAT
Interest rate risk is a type of …………………………………..
(a) Credit risk
(b) Market risk
(c) Operational risk
(d) Exchange rate risk
European option can be exercised at any day at the option of the buyer on or before the expiry of the option.
(a) Statement is correct.
(b) Statement is Wrong and given statement means American option
(c) Statement is wrong and given statement does not mean American Option also
(d) Statement is partly correct and it should be European option can be exercised at any day at the option of the seller
Which is not part of Tier I Capital as per BASEL I norms
(a) Common stock
(b) Retained Earnings
(c) Surplus
(d) Cumulative Preference Stock
A Characteristic line is formed by regressing………………………………….
(a) Stock prices with the market index
(b) Beta with the required rate of return
(c) Standard deviation with the required rate of return
(d) Stock returns with the market returns
Which of the following is not an assumption of technical analysis?
(a) Market value is determined solely by the forces of demand and supply.
(b) Supply and demand are governed by purely irrational factors
(c) Ignoring minor fluctuations, stock markets tend to move in trends
(d) Changes in trends are caused by shifts in demand and supply
Which approach to management emphasizes managing people by understanding their individual psychological needs?
(a) Economic Approach
(b) Decision Theory Approach
(c) MBO Approach
(d) Interpersonal Behaviour Approach
Dual Linear Programming problem approach attempts to optimize resource allocation by ensuring that:
(a) Marginal opportunity cost of a resource equals to its return
(b) Marginal opportunity cost of a resource is less than its return
(c) Both of the above
(d) Neither of the above
Organizational culture is the collection of shared values, beliefs, rituals, stories, myths and specialized language that foster a feeling of community among organization members. Which of the following is not acharacteristic of organization culture?
(a) It differentiates one organization from another.
(b) It defines the internal environment of an organization.
(c) It ensures consistency in the behaviour of organization members.
(d) It remains absolutely stable throughout the life of an organization
The factor which does not usually affect the width of a confidence interval:
(a) Population size
(b) Variability in the population
(c) Sample size
(d) Confidence desired
Direct control is the control that is exercised after the deviations from plans have occurred. Which of the following is not an underlying assumption of direct control?
(a) Performance can be measured
(b) The time expenditure is warranted
(c) Personal responsibility is absent
(d) Mistakes can be discovered in time
As Arun Mehata is reviewing the progress of his organization in meeting its organizational goals, he is struck by the fact that his organization has an organizational structure that might be causing problems. The current structure diffuses accountability, makes it difficult to respond to changing conditions quickly, and results in situations where someone might have two bosses. Which of the following organization forms best fits these disadvantages being experienced by Mr. Mehata?
(a) Geographical structure
(b) Matrix structure
(c) Divisional structure
(d) Functional structure
Which theory is concerned with making sound decisions under conditions of certainty, risk and uncertainty?
(a) Game Theory
(b) Network Analysis
(c) Decision Theory
(d) Simulation Theory
F-test is used to test the significance of the difference between:
(a) Co-efficient of correlation between two sample groups
(b) Co-efficient of correlation among more than two sample groups
(c) Average between two sample groups
(d) Average of more than two sample groups
Two factor theory of motivation provides useful insights into the relationship between individual and situational or hygiene factors. Which of the following is a hygiene factor?
(a) Achievement
(b) Interpersonal relations
(c) Recognition
(d) Challenging work
The Dynamic programming approach:
(a) Optimizes a sequence of interrelated decision over a period of time
(b) Provides optimal solution to long-term corporate planning problems
(c) Provides optimal solution to single period decision-problem
(d) All of the Above
Experimental research enables researchers to make conclusions about:
(a) Group differences
(b) The change of variables over time
(c) Relationships among variables
(d) Cause and effect
Which of the following techniques for improving productivity aims at reducing costs by analyzing and improving individual operations of a product or service?
(a) Time-event Network
(b) Value Engineering
(c) Total Quality Management
(d) Quality Circle
When the customer arrivals are completely random, which model is followed?
(a) Deterministic model
(b) Statistical model
(c) Poisson distribution
(d) Probability concept
The conflict-resolution approach that corresponds with a high level of assertiveness and a low level of cooperativeness, is referred as:
(a) Compromising
(b) Collaborating
(c) Accommodating
(d) Forcing
Type I Error is defined as:
(a) Accept the hypothesis when it is true
(b) Accept the hypothesis when it is false
(c) Reject the hypothesis when it is true
(d) Reject the hypothesis when it is false
Span of control an important factor, which is to be taken into account when undertaking organizational design. Maintaining a large span of control within an organization is most effective in all except one of the following situations?
(a) When subordinates prefer autonomy
(b) When jobs are similar but have varying performance measures
(c) When subordinates are highly trained
(d) When managers are competent
The Himalaya company makes fourteen different laundry soap products and completely dominates the laundry detergent market. Through constant changes in packaging, it is trying to influence the perception of customers that its products are unique. Which of the following generic strategies is Himalaya using?
(a) Differentiation
(b) Cost leadership
(c) Globalization
(d) Niche strategy
Transportation model assumes:
(a) Number of origins = number of destinations and cost of transportation is unknown
(b) Number of Supply units = number of demand units and cost of transportation is known and fixed
(c) Number of supply units ≠ number of desnaons and cost is not fixed one
(d) Number of origins ≠ number of desnaons and cost is fixed
A technique for the study of interrelationships among variables, usually for the purposes of data reduction and the discovery of underlying constructs or latent dimensions is known as:
(a) Multiple regression
(b) Discriminant analysis
(c) Canonical correlation analysis
(d) Factor analysis
Which of the following refers to the flow of information among persons at different levels, who have no direct reporting relationships?
(a) Horizontal communication
(b) Diagonal communication
(c) Upward communication
(d) Downward communication
In time cost-trade-off function analysis:
(a) Cost decreases linearly as time increases
(b) Cost increases linearly as time increases
(c) Cost at normal time is zero
(d) None of the above
In the analysis of variance (ANOVA), the measure is:
(a) The independent variable in the study
(b) The dependent variable in the study
(c) An extraneous variable that confounds the effects of the independent variable
(d) A covariate
The proposition that typically state the existence, size, form or distribution of some variables is referred as:
(a) Rational hypothesis
(b) Null hypothesis
(c) Descriptive hypothesis
(d) Explanatory hypothesis
Douglas McGregor identified two opposing perspectives (Theory X and Theory Y) that he believed typified managerial views of employees and suggested that management must start with the basic question of how managers see themselves in relation to others. Which of the following is not correct about his theory
(a) Theory X managers view people as having an inherent dislike of work
(b) Theory X managers assume that people are self motivated and do not want to be directed
(c) Theory Y managers view people as responsible and conscientious
(d) Theory Y managers assume that people are internally motivated to accomplish the goals and objectives
When the primal problem has a degenerate optimal solution, the dual has:
(a) Degenerate solutions
(b) Infeasible solutions
(c) Unbounded solutions
(d) Multiple optimal solutions
In which of the following sampling technique the population is segmented into mutually exclusive events?
(a) Quota sampling
(b) Convenience sampling
(c) ified sampling
(d) Systematic sampling
Which of the following decision-making models emphasizes short-run solution of a problem rather than longterm goal accomplishment?
(a) Rational model
(b) Decision tree
(c) Incremental model
(d) Garbage-can model
If in a system of m equations in n (n ≥ m) variables, we assign n-m variables as zero then the n-m variables are called as:
(a) Non-basic variables
(b) Decision variable
(c) Slack variables
(d) Surplus variables
Which of the following steps in the planning process involves the organization asking the question “in which environment – internal or external – will our plans operate”?
(a) Formulating supporting plans
(b) Comparing alternatives in the light of goals
(c) Considering planning premises
(d) Setting objectives or goals
Goodness of fit of a distribution is tested by:
(a) t-test
(b) chi-square test
(c) f-test
(d) z-test
Which model/theory of leadership does Aruna Mukherjee use, when she determines the effectiveness of decisions as measured by group performance/participation; quality and acceptance?
(a) House’s Path-Goal Theory
(b) Fiedler’s Contingency approach
(c) Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Model
(d) Vroom and Yetton’s Normative Decision Model
Multiple regression is a technique that:
(a) indicates the strength of the correlation between the combination of the predictor variables and the criterion variable
(b) enables researchers to predict a criterion variable by using the best combination of two or more predictor variables
(c) indicates the percentage of the variability among the criterion scores that can be attributed to differences in the scores on the predictor variables
(d) is a technique used to test the causal connection among three or more variables.
The bargaining power of buyers, as described by Porter, is high when:
(a) Their purchases form a large chunk of the sellers’ total sales.
(b) There are only a few players in the industry
(c) There are no substitutes for products being purchased.
(d) Products or services are critical to the buyer’s business.
When ranks are assigned to objects based on their properties or characteristics then the level of measurement is described as:
(a) Interval measurement
(b) Nominal measurement
(c) Ordinal measurement
(d) Scientific measurement
According to Hersey and Blanchard, when followers are in the initial “readiness” stage, the leader’s behavior should be:
(a) High task and high relationship
(b) High task and low relationship
(c) Low task and low relationship
(d) Low task and high relationship
The degree of linear association between two metric scaled variables is measured by:
(a) Pearson correlation coefficient
(b) significance level
(c) analysis of variance
(d) β (Beta)
Using the BCG matrix requires considering which of the following factors?
(a) Types of risk associated with product development
(b) Threats that economic conditions can create in future
(c) Market shares and growth of markets in which products are selling
(d) Social factors and Political pressures
Standard error of mean is defined as:
(a) Standard deviation of the sampling distribution of mean
(b) Average of sampling distribution of mean
(c) Inter-Quartile range of sampling distribution of means
(d) Correlation co-efficient between the sampling distribution of me
Creative thoughts are the result of hard work and there are various techniques to foster creativity. Which of the following is one of the best-known techniques for facilitating creativity, developed by Alex F. Osborn?
(a) Synectics
(b) Brainstorming
(c) Delphi Technique
(d) Nominal Group Technique
Which technique is generally followed when the population is finite?
(a) Area sampling technique
(b) Systematic sampling technique
(c) Purposive sampling technique
(d) Unsystematic sampling technique
