- The total number of Stock Exchange in India is
(a) 20
(b) 21
(c) 22
(d) 23 - On dissolution of a firm, all the assets are transferred to Realization Account at their
(a) Written value
(b) Market value
(c) Book value
(d) Cost or market value whichever is less - SEBI was established in
(a) 1988
(b) 1998
(c) 1992
(d) 2002 - In India NIFTY and SENSEX are calculated on the basis of
(a) Market capitalization
(b) Paid up capital
(c) Free float market capitalization
(d) Authorized share capital - The financial instrument with shortest maturity period is
(a) Call money
(b) Certificate of deposit
(c) Commercial bill
(d) Treasury bill - Commercial banks or Development banks issue this document
(a) Commercial bill
(b) Treasury bill
(c) Certificate of deposit
(d) Commercial paper - When shares are issued at premium, premium amount may be utilized for
(a) Issue of bonus share
(b) Payment of dividend
(c) Payment of operating expenses
(d) Redemption of debentures - Which one of the following is not the objectives of SEBI?
(a) Protection to the investors
(b) Control over brokers
(c) Protection to the industrialists
(d) Checking the insider trading - Which one of the following is not a function of the Capital market?
(a) Gilt-edge market
(b) Commercial paper market
(c) New issue market
(d) Secondary capital market - Which one of the following is not a function of the Capital market?
(a) Origination of securities
(b) Underwriting of securities
(c) Distribution of securities
(d) Administration of securities - Listing of the securities on the stock exchange does not help the company in
(a) Releasing funds
(b) Curtailing underwriting costs
(c) Widening the market of securities
(d) Guaranteeing the kindness of securities - The most important function of a stock exchange is to
(a) Safeguard the interest of investors
(b) Help in the capital formation in the country
(c) Provides facilities for speculation
(d) Provides a ready market for all securities - Which one of the following is not a party of depository system?
(a) The Depository Participant
(b) The investor
(c) The Broker
(d) The issuing Company - Which one of the following is not a method of floating new issues in the ‘Primary market’?
(a) Public issue by prospectus
(b) Offer for sale
(c) Making the contract
(d) Private placement - In which market, old shares are purchased and sold?
(a) Capital market
(b) Primary market
(c) Secondary market
(d) Money market - Financial statement Analysis does not include
(a) Trend Analysis
(b) Fund flow Analysis
(c) Cash flow Analysis
(d) Income Statement - Calculate operating profit ratio when net sales are Rs. 20,00,000, Gross profit is 20 Percent and operating expenses Rs. 40,000
(a) 14%
(b) 20%
(c) 18%
(d) 16% - Claim not yet acknowledged as debt against the company is called
(a) Current liability
(b) Contingent liability
(c) Provisions
(d) Reserve and surplus - Sale of fixed assets is to be shown under the head
(a) Operating activities
(b) Financing activities
(c) Investing activities
(d) Any other activities - The expenses related to the main operations of the business are
(a) Selling expenses
(b)Administrative expenses
(c) Operating expenses
(d) Non-administrative expenses - A financial statement that shows both rupees and percentages in the report is referred to as
(a) A common size statement
(b) A relative statement of equity
(c) A balance sheet
(d) A proportional financial statement - Net working capital is
(a) Current liabilities less current assets
(b) Marketable securities and cash
(c) The excess of current assets over current liabilities
(d) Total assets less current assets - While preparing cash flow statement ‘cash and cash equivalents’ consist of assets which can be converted into cash within
(a) 2 months
(b) 4 months
(c) 3 months
(d) 6 months - The ratio which provide information regarding the long-run operation of the business is
(a) Activity
(b) Solvency
(c) Profitability
(d) Liquidity - Amount set aside to meet the losses due to bad debt is a
(a) Provision
(b) Reserve
(c) Liability
(d) Fund - The cost of goods sold is Rs.10,00,000, Operating stocks Rs. 80,000. Closing stock Rs. 1,20,000. Calculating inventory turnover ratio
(a) 40 times
(b) 10 times
(c) 30 times
(d) 20 times - Accrued incomes are shown under
(a) Inventories
(b) Investment
(c) Other current assets
(d) Current investment - Discount on issue of shares and debentures is
(a) Fictitious assets
(b) Current assets
(c) Current liabilities
(d) Miscellaneous expenditures - In Balance sheet, assets are shown in the order of
(a) Permanence
(b) Liquidity
(c) Market value
(d) None of these - In a business, cash sales are Rs. 7,20,000, credit sales are Rs. 80,000, cost of goods sold is Rs. 6,00,000. Find Gross Profit Ratio
(a) 15%
(b) 65%
(c) 25%
(d) 35% - Marginal utility is equal to
(a) Total utility minus average utility
(b) Additional to total utility
(c) Total utility divided by the number of units consumed
(d) Total utility plus average utility - The second glass of water generally gives less utility to a thirsty person. This happen because of
(a) Law of diminishing marginal utility
(b) Law of diminishing returns
(c) Law of equi-marginal utility
(d) Law of demand - Demand curve for a Giffen Good will be
(a) Horizontal
(b) Vertical
(c) Slopping downward to the right
(d) Slopping upward to the right - A consumer is in equilibrium, when his budget line is
(a) Above the indifference curve
(b) Below the indifference curve
(c) Tangent to the indifference curve
(d) Cut the indifference curve - For an inferior good, income elasticity of demand is
(a) Negative
(b) Positive
(c) Zero
(d) Infinity - Average product is maximum when
(a) Marginal product is greater than the average product
(b) Marginal product is less than the average product
(c) Marginal product is equal to the average product
(d) Marginal product is negative - With increase in output which cost increase continuously?
(a) Average cost
(b) Marginal cost
(c) Fixed cost
(d) Variable cost - Which of the following curves is not U-shaped?
(a) Average fixed cost curve
(b) Average variable cost, curve
(c) Average total cost curve
(d) Marginal cost curve - The demand curve of a firm under a perfectly competitive market will be
(a) Vertical
(b) Horizontal
(c) Negatively slopped
(d) Positively slopped - The concept of selling cost was propounded by
(a) Alferd Marshall
(b) Edward Chamberlain
(c) Joan Robinson
(d) A.C. Pigou - Ordinal measure of utility is required ins
(a) Utility analysis
(b) Demand curve analysis
(c) Indifference curve analysis
(d) Revealed preference analysis - Under monopolistic competition, a seller gains abnormal profit when
(a) MR=MC
(b) AR=AC
(c) AR>AC
(d) AR<AC - Ac cording to Marshall, the law of diminishing returns applies on
(a) Agriculture
(b) Industry
(c) Neither agriculture nor industry
(d) Agriculture and industry both - According to Keynesian theory of employment, employment depends on
(a) Aggregate
(b)Aggregate supply
(c)Effective demand
(d) Quantity of money - On which date the Rail Budget for 2016-17 was presented in Parliament?
(a) 25th February,2016
(b) 27th February,2016
(c) 28th February,2016
(d) 29th February,2016 - A sole proprietor decided to use the business bank account also for his personal affairs. Which of the following accounting principles is violated?
(a) Going concern
(b) Consistency
(c) Entity
(d) Dual aspect - If a trader’s sales amount to Rs.18,000 and his gross profit and net profit are 60% and 40% of sales respectively, then his expenses are
(a) Rs.7,200
(b) Rs.2,500
(c) Rs.3,600
(d) Rs. 2,600 - Which one of the following is correct?
(a) Gross profit + Sales +Direct expenses + Purchases + Closing stock = Opening stock
(b) Gross profit + Direct expenses + Purchases + Closing stock- Opening stock= Sales
(c) Gross profit + Direct expenses + Purchases + Opening stock- Closing stock= Sales
(d) Gross profit + Direct expenses + Purchases + Opening stock+ Sales= Closing stock - Outstanding expenses appearing in trial balance will be shown on
(a) Debit side of profit & Loss Account
(b) Debit side of Trading Account
(c) Liabilities side of Balance sheet
(d) Assets side of Balance sheet - Goods of the value of Rs.500 withdrawn by the owner of the business for personal use should be credited to
(a) Drawing A/c
(b) Sales A/c
(c) Owner’s A/c
(d) Purchase A/c - A and B partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2. C is admitted with 1/3 share in the profit. What will be the new profit-loss sharing ratio?
(a) 3:2:3
(b) 6:4:5
(c) 6:4:3
(d) 3:2:5 - In the event of death of a partner, the accumulated profits and losses are shared by the partners in their
(a) Old profit sharing ratio
(b) New profit sharing ratio
(c) Capital ratio
(d) Equally - Income & Expenditure Account is a
(a) Real account
(b) Nominal account
(c) Personal account
(d) Statement - Under Annuity Method, the amount of depreciation
(a) Fixed for all years
(b) Increase every year
(c) Decrease every year
(d) None of these - X co. Ltd. Forfeited 20 shares of Rs. 10 each on which Rs. 5 per share were paid up. The company issued shares @Rs.8 as fully paid up. Amount transfer to capital reserve will be
(a) Rs.40
(b) Rs.60
(c) Rs.20
(d) Rs.100 - All adjustment entries in Final A/cs are written at two places
(a) Trading Account and Balance sheet
(b) Profit & Loss Account and Balance sheet
(c) Trading Account and profit & Loss account
(d) Trading or profit & Loss Account and Balance sheet - Profit on cancellation of own debentures is transferred to
(a) General Reserve
(b) Capital Reserve
(c) Secret Reserve
(d) Profit &Loss appropriation Account - Interest on drawing is
(a) An expenditure for business
(b) A gain for the business
(c) neither expenditure nor gain
(d) Expenditure and gain both - Del Credere commission is calculated on
(a) Cash sales
(b) Credit sales
(c) Total sales
(d) Credit sales reduced by cash sales - The use of FIFO method is suitable
(a) At rising prices
(b) At falling prices
(c) At constant prices
(d) At fluctuating prices - Actual money refers to
(a) Unit of currency
(b) Money of account
(c) Commodity
(d) Reprehensive money - Monetary standard refers to
(a) Principle methods of regulating the quantity of standard money
(b) Principle methods of regulating the exchange value of standard money
(c) Principle method of regulating the quantity and the exchange value of standard money
(d) Principle method of regulating the purchasing power of standard money - NABARD has been established on the recommendation of
(a) Talwar committee
(b) Tandon committee
(c) Narshimhan committee
(d) Shivraman committee - The relationship between value of money and general price-level is
(a) Direct
(b) Indirect
(c) Inverse proportions
(d) Proportional - Which of the following is considered as the Economic Evil of Money?
(a) Encouragement to borrowing
(b) Encouragement to overcapitalisation
(c) Encouragement to materialism
(d) Encouragement to borrowing and overcapitalization - Indian Rupee is
(a) Standard money
(b) Token money
(c) Standard token money
(d) Optional money - The prevalent name of Gold Currency standard is
(a) Full Gold standard
(b) Gold Bullion standard
(c) Gold Exchange standard
(d) Gold Parity standard - According to transaction approach, which of the following factors determine the general price level?
(a) Quantity of money in circulation, its velocity and the volume of trade
(b) Volume of credit instrument and its velocity
(c) Quantity of money in circulation, volume of credit instrument and volume of trade
(d) (a) and (b) above - To reduce the inflationary gap
(a) The amount of tax should be increased
(b) Production of goods and services should be increased
(c) (a) and (b) above should be adopted
(d) Dear credit policy should be adopted - Which of the following is an asset for a bank?
(a) Capital
(b) Reserve Fund
(c) Loans and Advances
(d) Bills payable - Of all the assets of a bank, the most non-profitable asset is
(a) Building and furnitures
(b) Cash
(c) Call money
(d) Buildings, Furnitures and cash - Dead stock of a bank is
(a) Office, building and furnitures
(b) Money at call and short notice
(c) Treasury bills
(d) Commercial bills - The issue of notes by the RBI is
(a) Proportional Reserve system
(b) Minimum Reserve system
(c) Fixed Reserve system
(d) Maximum Reserve system - Which of the following is not a quantitative method of credit control?
(a) Discount rate
(b)Open market operations
(c) Variable reserve ratio
(d) Credit rationing - Which of the following is used for International Monetary Transfer?
(a) RTGS
(b) NEET
(c) SWIFT
(d) None of these - If Raj sells iron Rs. 400 gaining ¼ of its CP, find the gain percent
(a) 20%
(b) 50%
(c) 25%
(d) 75% - By selling 100 pens, Mohan gains the SP of 40 pens. Find his gain percent
(a) 40%
(b) 66 2/3 %
(c) 33 1/3%
(d) 44 3/4% - What price should Ratan mark on a Fan which costs him Rs. 3,000, so as to gain 20% after allowing a discount of 10%?
(a) Rs. 5,000
(b)Rs. 6,000
(c) Rs. 3,600
(d) Rs. 4,000 - Ravi and Karti borrowed Rs. 3,500 and Rs. 4,000 respectively at the same rate of interest for 21/2
Years. If Karti paid Rs. 150 more than Ravi, Find the rate of interest.
(a) 12% p.a.
(b) 14% p.a.
(c) 11% p.a.
(d) 10% p.a. - A c ertain sum of money amounts to Rs. 1,260 in 2years and to Rs. 1,350 in 5 years. Find the rate of interest
(a) 3.5%
(b) 2.5%
(c) 4%
(d) 2% - Sudhihr and Karim together can complete a work in 15 days. If Sudhir is three times as good a workman as Karim, in how many days will Sudhir alone finish the work?
(a) 10 days
(b) 25 days
(c) 20 days
(d) 15 days - A 175 meters long train crosses a 185 meters long tunnel in 45 sec. find speed of the in km/hr
(a) 20.8 km/hr
(b) 28.8 km/hr
(c) 18.0 km/hr
(d) 8 km/hr - Simplify
(5x+2)/(4x-8) – ( 2x+5)/( x^2-x-2)
(a) (5x+9)/(4x+4)
(b) (2x+5)/(4x-2)
(c) (2x+3)/(2x+4)
(d) (5x+3)/(4x-4) 
- A p ath of uniform which 3cm runs around the outside of a square park of side 18cm. find the area of the path
(a) 324cm2
(b) 476cm2
(c) 188cm2
(d) 252cm2 - Determine the area of a triangle whose sides are 5cm, 13cm and 12cm
(a) 36cm2
(b) 30cm2
(c) 42cm2
(d) 38cm2 - A copper wire when bent in the form of a square encloses an area of 121 cm2. If the same wire is bent in the form of a circle, find the area of the circle
(a) 154cm2
(b) 134cm2
(c) 164cm2
(d) 124cm2 
- A sum of money is divided among Dev and Deep in the ratio 5:13. If Deep’s share is Rs. 780, Find the sum of money
(a) Rs.1,140
(b) Rs.1,260
(c) Rs.1,090
(d) Rs.1,080 - 15 men can repair a road in 28 days, how long will 35 men take to do so?
(a) 18days
(b) 12 days
(c) 14 days
(d) 16 dasy - In Windows operating system, the type of file with the .mpeg extension indicates
(a) Audio
(b) Video
(c) Temporary
(d) System - The quality of printer is measured by which unit?
(a) CPI
(b) MPI
(c) RTI
(d) DPI - Which was the most popular first generation computer?
(a) IBM 1650
(b) IBM 360
(c) IBM 1130
(d) IBM 2700 - Which will not harm a computer system?
(a) Firewall
(b) Virus
(c) Trojan Horse
(d) Worms - Which type of printer uses ‘ribbon’?
(a) Laser Printer
(b) Plotter
(c) Inkjet
(d) Dot Matrix Printer - To join the internet, the computer is commected to
(a) Internet Architecture Board
(b)Internet Society
(c) Internet Service provider
(d) Cyber police - CPU stands for
(a) Cool processing Unit
(b) Computer processing unit
(c) Central processing unit
(d) Central processing united - DTP stands for
(a) Data publishing
(b) Data printing
(c) Desktop printing
(d) Desktop publishing - Which one of the following does general calculations for CPU?
(a) ALU
(b) BUS
(c) DIMM
(d) Control Unit - LAN stands for
(a) Local Area Network
(b) Live Area Network
(c) Lost Area Network
(d) Long Area Network - Linux is a
(a) Database
(b) Graphics
(c) Operating system
(d) Animation software - Which one is not an example of computer hardware?
(a) MS-Word
(b) Mouse
(c) Printer
(d) Moniter - To communicate live through Internet, which one is used?
(a) Talk
(b) Chat
(c) Email
(d) FTP - Which of the following is an example of Bluetooth?
(a) Personal Area Network
(b) Local Area Network
(c) Virtual Private Network
(d) Wide Area Network - Size of IPv6 address is
(a) 32 bits
(b) 64 bits
(c) 128 bits
(d) 265 bits - ‘Theory of Exception’ was propounded by
(a) Henry Fayol
(b) Theo Haiman
(c) F.W. Taylor
(d) Herbinson and Mayers - Selection of best option among available different options is called
(a) Planning
(b) Organization
(c) Decision making
(d) Controlling - Which is the right sequence of management functions?
(a) Planning, Staffing, Organizing, Directing, Motivating and Controlling
(b) Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Motivating, Directing and Controlling
(c) Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Motivating and Controlling
(d) Planning, Staffing, Organizing, Motivating, Directing and Controlling - Find the odd from the following
(a) Speed boss
(b) Repairs boss
(c) Disciplinarian
(d) Inspector - ‘POSDCORB’ word is given by
(a) Henry Fayol
(b) F.W. Taylor
(c) G.R. Terry
(d) Urwick and Gulick - Find the odd from the following
(a) Wheel
(b) Probability
(c) Cluster
(d) Gossip - Which is the highest form of Democratic Organisation form the following?
(a) Line Organisation
(b) Line & Staff organisation
(c) Functional Organisation
(d) Committee Organisation - Find out the odd from the following
(a) Game theory
(b) Race theory
(c) Queueing Theory
(d) Decision –tree- theory - When the subordinates are disciplined, experienced and qualified, which of the following leadership styles will be more appropriate?
(a) Autocratic
(b) Free -rein
(c) Negative
(d) Any style - Which of the following is not an element of planning?
(a) Objective
(b) Policy
(c) Principle
(d) Strategy - For selection on non-managerial posts, which of the following is useful?
(a) Patterned interview
(b) Depth interview
(c) Non-directive interview
(d) Stress interview - A promoter of a business enterprise may be
(a) An Individual
(b) A firm
(c) A company
(d) All of the above - The purchase Manager talking to production Manager is a care of
(a) Upward communication
(b) Downward communication
(c) Diagonal communication
(d) Horizontal communication - Unity of command is violated under which of the following ?
(a) Line organisation
(b) Line & staff organisation
(c) Functional organisation
(d) Project organization - The method through which railway engine drivers are trained is known as
(a) Sensitivity Training
(b) Vestibule training
(c) Role playing training
(d) Virtual training - Which of the following is not an economic objective of business?
(a) Generation of employment
(b) Earning profit
(c) Market standing
(d) Innovation - Trade includes
(a) Selling
(b) Buying
(c) Manufacturing
(d) Buying and selling - Which of the following is not a feature of sole proprietorship?
(a) Risk bearing
(b) Agreement
(c) Unlimited liability
(d) Full control - ‘Membership by birth’ is related to
(a) Sole trader
(b) Partnership
(c) Cooperative Undertaking
(d) Joint Hindu Family Business - Non – transferability of share is a feature of
(a) Public company
(b) Private company
(c) Partnership
(d) Holding company - ‘Equal voting Rights’ is related to
(a) Cooperative organisation
(b) Public corporation
(c) Private company
(d) Government company - Which of the following is not a feature of a company?
(a) Mutual Agency
(b) Common Seal
(c) Artificial person
(d) Perpetual Succession - Which of the following is not a long term source of business finance:
(a) Issue of share
(b) Issue of debentures
(c) Trade credit
(d) Financial institutions - Which of the following is an unincorporated organization?
(a) General partnership
(b) Limited liability Partnership
(c) Public limited company
(d) Private limited company - Limited Liability partnership were introduced by which Act of parliament?
(a) Limited Partnership Act, 1907
(b) Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2000
(c) Partnership Act, 2000
(d) Company Act, 2013 - The major advantage of a franchise is
(a) Training and managerial assistance
(b) National recognition
(c) Personal ownership
(d) All of the above - ‘Lack of incentive’ is a limitation of
(a) Sole Trading
(b) Partnership
(c) Company
(d) Joint hindu family business - Open membership is a merit of
(a) General partnership
(b) Cooperative organisation
(c) Private Company
(d) Public company - Which of the following is not a principal export document?
(a) Certificate of origin
(b) Bill of lading
(c) Mate’s receipt
(d) Certificate of inspection - The term CIF is used in
(a) Internal trade
(b) External trade
(c) Wholesale trade
(d) Retail trade - Who presented the union Budget 2016-17 on 29th February, 2016?
(a) Arun Jairtley
(b) Amit shah
(c) Narendra modi
(d) Nitin gadkari - Who is the chairperson of NITI Aayog?
(a) President of India
(b) Finance Minister
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Defence Minister - The ‘Swach Bharet Abhiyan’ was launched by Prime Minister on which date?
(a) 26th January
(b) 15th August
(c) 10th September
(d) 2nd October - Name the 29th State of India which came into existence in June, 2014
(a) Goa
(b) Telangana
(c) Lakshadweep Island
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Island - Who coined the term ‘Green Revolution” in India?
(a) Manmohan singh
(b) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
(c) Dr. William Gade
(d) Dr. V.Kurian - India’s First All women Bank, ‘Bhartiya Mahila Bank’ was opened in which year?
(a) 2012
(b) 2013
(c) 2014
(d) 2015 - Which of the following will be simplified by the proposed Goods and Services Tax(GST)?
(a) Direct Tax
(b) Indirect Tax
(c) Sales Tax only
(d) Sercives Tax only - What is the full form of SEZ?
(a) Special Economic Zone
(b) Smart Economic Zone
(c) Special Electricity Zone
(d) Smart Electronic Zone - Which of the following sectors is contributing maximum in GDP of India?
(a) Agriculture sector
(b) Service sector
(c) Manufacturing sector
(d) Mining sector - When was ‘Make in India’ launched in India?
(a) September 25,2014
(b) September 25,2015
(c) April 1,2015
(d) January 10,2015 - When was ‘Digital India’ Launched in India?
(a) July 1,2015
(b) March 1,2015
(c) January 1,2016
(d) July 26,2015 - Which country is not the member of BRICS?
(a) Brazil
(b) Russia
(c) India
(d) Cuba - UNCTD was established in the year
(a) 1988
(b) 1964
(c) 1956
(d) 1960 - India’s largest exports are to
(a) USA
(b) Japan
(c) Russia
(d) UK - In Which sector 100% FDI is not allowed in India?
(a) Education
(b) Tourism
(c) Agriculture
(d) InsuranceAnswer Key
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