Bengal Set Commerce 2017 III

West Bengal SET Commerce 2017 Paper III

  1. Ind AS-113 deals with
    (a) Fair Value Measurement
    (b) Consolidated Financial Statements
    (c) Operating Segments
    (d) Impairment of Assets
  2. Match the Items of List-I with List-II
    List I List II
    (A) Share Based Payments  (i) Ind AS-108
    (B) Business Combinations (ii) Ind AS-104
    (C) Insurance Contracts (iii) Ind AS-103
    (D) Operating Segments  (iv) Ind AS-102

    Codes:
    (A) (B) (C) (D)
    (a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
    (b) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
    (c) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
    (d) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

  3. Sale of securities after the trading hours of the stock exchange is known as
    (a) Stop loss
    (b) Kerb dealing
    (c) Profit taking
    (d) Short selling
  4. Which of the following is not an Accounting Concept?
    (a) Matching Concept
    (b) Dual Aspect Concept
    (c) True and Fair Concept
    (d) Going Concern Concept
  5. If a company sells its receivable to another party to raise funds, it is known as
    (a) Securitization
    (b) Factoring
    (c) Pledging
    (d) Hedging
  6. Primary Market in India is regulated by
    (a) Reserve Bank of India
    (b) Securities and Exchange Board of India
    (c) Ministry of Finance
    (d) Forward Market Commission
  7. The first screen based nationwide stock exchange in India was
    (a) NSE
    (b) OTCEI
    (c) BSE
    (d) MCX
  8. If the expected return on market portfolio is 20%, beta of portfolio is 1.175 and the risk free rate is 10%, the expected return on the above portfolio is equal to
    (a) 24%
    (b) 29%
    (c) 21.75%
    (d) 12.75%
  9. Which of the following is a case of ‘Spin-off’?
    (a) Assets sold in the market
    (b) A division converted into a company
    (c) Assets transferred to lenders
    (d) Assets purchased by the company
  10. Long term non-concellable lease agreement is called _________.
    (a) Operating lease
    (b) Finance lease
    (c) Sale and lease back
    (d) Leveraged lease
  11. Who is not a Speculator in the Stock Exchange among the following?
    (a) Stag
    (b) Bull
    (c) Bear
    (d) Broker
  12. Match the Types of Mutual Funds in List-I with their respective features in List-II and find the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists:
    List I(Types of Mutual Funds) List II (Features)
    (A) Open-ended Fund (i)  Maximises short term return to investors
    (B) Income Fund (ii) Can sell unlimited number of units
    (C) Close-ended Fund  (iii) The units are not redeemable at their NAV
    (D) Growth Fund  (iv) Maximise long term return to investors

    Codes:
    (A) (B) (C) (D)
    (a) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
    (b) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
    (c) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
    (d) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

  13. Match between List-I and List-II to find the correct combination using the codes given below the Lists:
    List I  List II
    (A) Bull  (i) Agrees to sell on a fixed date but finds it difficult to meet his commitment
    (B) Bear (ii) Buys the shares to sell them in future expecting a price rise
    (C) Lame duck  (iii) Neither buys nor sell but merely applies for shares to sell at a Premium
    (D) Stag (iv) Agrees to sell on a fixed date expecting a fall in price

    Codes:
    (A) (B) (C) (D)
    (a) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
    (b) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
    (c) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
    (d) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

  14. Contago charge is paid by a
    (a) Bull Speculator to Bear Speculator
    (b) Bear Speculator to Bull Speculator
    (c) Stag Speculator
    (d) Lame Duck to Bear
  15. National Security Depository Limited (NSDL)was set up to overcome the problems of
    (A) Delay in transfer of securities.
    (B) Bad deliveries on account of forged or fake certificates.
    (C) Delay in receipts of securities/refund to nonallottees.
    (D) Inadequate infrastructure to handle a large volume of applications and store share certificates.
    Codes:
    (a) (A) and (B) are correct
    (b) (C) and (D) are correct
    (c) (A), (B), (C) and (D) are correct
    (d) (A), (B), (C) and (D) are incorrect
  16. Marketers will sell anti-dandruff shampoo targeting consumers in
    (a) Buyer behaviour segment
    (b) Benefit segment
    (c) Demographic segment
    (d) Psychographic segment
  17. Getting a membership of the Cricket Association of Bengal is an example of Individual buying behaviour driven by
    (a) Social needs
    (b) Self-actualisation needs
    (c) Self-esteem needs
    (d) Physiological needs
  18. If a company uses its company name for its entire range of product offered, then it is called
    (a) Private branding
    (b) Corporate branding
    (c) Product-line branding
    (d) Individual branding
  19. Which of the following is not included in 7Ps of the marketing mix of a service product?
    (a) Process
    (b) People
    (c) Public relation
    (d) Price
  20. The concept of Marketing Myopia was propounded by
    (a) Philip Kotler
    (b) C. K. Prahlad
    (c) Peter Drucker
    (d) Theodore Levitt
  21. ‘Everything social is societal, but everything societal is not social’.
    (a) The above statement is true.
    (b) The above statement is false.
    (c) The above statement is partially true.
    (d) The above statement is irrelevant.
  22. Segmenting Markets on the basis of Income, Age, Gender is
    (a) Psychographic segmentation
    (b) Benefit segmentation
    (c) Demographic segmentation
    (d) Buyer-behaviour segmentation
  23. E-word of mouth communication in modern marketing spreads through
    (a) Print Media
    (b) Broadcast Media
    (c) Billboards
    (d) Social Media
  24. Who coined the term 4P?
    (a) Philip Kotler
    (b) Peter Drucker
    (c) Jerome McCarthy
    (d) Renesis Likert
  25. At which stage of the new product development,the launching of new product will take place?
    (a) Business analysis
    (b) Test marketing
    (c) Commercialisation
    (d) Idea generation
  26. One of the following are the medium of communicating through social media
    (a) Times of India
    (b) India Today
    (c) Facebook
    (d) NDTV
  27. Buying an apartment by an individual will be an example of
    (a) Habitual buying behaviour
    (b) Variety seeking buying behaviour
    (c) Complex buying behaviour
    (d) Dissonance reducing buying behaviour
  28. Which of the following is not part of distribution channel?
    (a) Retailer
    (b) Distribution agent
    (c) Warehouse
    (d) Advertising agency
  29. Cost always determines the price of a product in modern marketing.
    (a) The above statement is True
    (b) The above statement is False
    (c) The above statement is partially true
    (d) The above statement is irrelevant
  30. Marketers offer products in various packaging size in order to target
    (a) Demographic market segment
    (b) Buyer behaviour market segment
    (c) Benefit market segment
    (d) Psychographic market segment
  31. Which of the following term is used as an indicator of missing information by the applicant while making selection decision?
    (a) Red flag
    (b) Red alert
    (c) High alert
    (d) Alarming situation
  32. The 360° appraisal
    (a) Works best in large organisation.
    (b) Provides feedback from a variety of individuals.
    (c) Aids in developing competitive intelligence.
    (d) Diminishes the effet of development in the appraisal problems.
  33. A process that significantly affects organisational success by having managers and employee work together to set expectations, review results and reward performance.
    (a) MBO
    (b) Performance Appraisal
    (c) Performance Management
    (d) Organisational Planning
  34. A method of appraisal where the evaluator uses a list of behavioural descriptions and checks off those behaviours that apply to the employee is called
    (a) Forced Choice appraisal
    (b) Forced Distribution appraisal
    (c) Checklist appraisal
    (d) Behavioural Anchored rating scale
  35. Any compensation method that ties pay to the quantity and quality of work the person produces is called
    (a) Gain sharing plan
    (b) Incentive plan
    (c) Compensation plan
    (d) Pay for performance plan
  36. ___________ is the process whereby union members vote out their union as their representative.
    (a) Authorisation card
    (b) Representation certification
    (c) Representation decertification
    (d) Trade union election
  37. Protection from discrimination, safe working conditions and union formulation are _________ rights provided to employees.
    (a) Contractual
    (b) Statutory
    (c) Organizational
    (d) Individual
  38. Which of the following term contains information regarding machines and equipment used at workplace?
    (a) Job analysis
    (b) Job evaluation
    (c) Job description
    (d) Job specification
  39. Reactive approach to overcome the influence of discriminating practices occurred in the past is referred as
    (a) Equal employment opportunity
    (b) Affirmative action
    (c) HR Planning
    (d) Litigation process
  40. The point method to evaluate Job is an extension of
    (a) Ranking method
    (b) Factor comparison method
    (c) Classification method
    (d) Point factor method
  41. One of the major barriers to carrer advancement experienced by working ladies is
    (a) difficulty in balancing work and family life.
    (b) top management is usually male oriented.
    (c) lack of educational opportunities.
    (d) common perception that women cannot bebetter superior.
  42. Position Analysis Questionnaire(PAQ) for Job analysis is
    (a) Quantitative technique
    (b) Qualitative technique
    (c) Partly quantitative and partly qualitative
    (d) Based on physical movements or posture
  43. Re-designing a business process for more efficient and effective results is called
    (a) Redesigning jobs of workers
    (b) Assigning additional activities to workers
    (c) Moving workers from one job to other
    (d) Reengineering
  44. Specific procedure according to which ‘employees of company has legal rights to take part in policy designing’ is classified as
    (a) Sub-determination
    (b) Sub-ordination
    (c) Co-ordination
    (d) Co-determination
  45. An equal rating of all employees such as ‘good’ is called
    (a) Lenient tendency
    (b) Strict tendency
    (c) Biasing tendency
    (d) Central tendency
  46. With which among the following countries India has not signed a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)?
    (a) Japan
    (b) Malayasia
    (c) Singapore
    (d) South Africa
  47. Both FDI and FII are related to investment in a country. Which one of the following statements best represents an important difference between the two?
    (a) FII is considered to be more stable than FDI.
    (b) FDI flows only into the secondary market,while FII targets primary market.
    (c) FII helps bring better management skill and technology, while FDI only brings in capital.
    (d) FII helps in increasing capital availability in general, while FDI only targets specific sector.
  48. Corporate and financial institutions use derivatives to protect themselves against changes in
    (a) interest rates
    (b) exchange rates
    (c) raw material prices
    (d) All (A), (B) and (C)
  49. The difference between visible exports and visible imports is defined as
    (a) Balanced terms of trade
    (b) Balance of trade
    (c) Gains from trade
    (d) Balance of payment
  50. In the context of which of the following do you sometimes find the terms ‘amber box’, ‘blue box’ and ‘green box’ in the news?
    (a) SAARC affairs
    (b) WTO affairs
    (c) UNFCL affairs
    (d) Indian EU agreements on FTA
  51. Capital Account Convertibility of Indian rupee implies
    (a) That Indian rupee can be exchanged by the authorised dealers for travel.
    (b) That the Indian rupee can be exchanged for any major currency for the purpose of trade in goods and services.
    (c) That the Indian rupee can be exchanged for any major currency for the purpose of trading financial assets.
    (d) All (A), (B) and (C)
  52. Which of the following Japanese Steel Corporations has entered into a strategic alliance with SAIL?
    (a) Nippon Steel
    (b) Kobe
    (c) JFE
    (d) Sumitomo Corp
  53. In terms of economy, the visits by foreign nationals to witness the XIX Commonwealth Games in India amounts to
    (a) Consumption
    (b) Import
    (c) Production
    (d) Export
  54. The document issued by the shipping company in exports is called
    (a) Airway Bill
    (b) Commercial Invoice
    (c) Bill of Lading
    (d) Letter of Credit
  55. ADRs are
    (a) Stocks issued directly by foreign corporations, but traded in US Stock Exchanges
    (b) Bonds issued by US Government on behalf of foreign government
    (c) Receipts for actual foreign stocks deposited in US Banks that are traded on a US Stock Exchange such as New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ
    (d) Illegal but still often used by Americans seeking to hide money overseas
  56. Which of the following is/are treated as artificial currency?
    (a) ADR
    (b) GDR
    (c) SDR
    (d) Both ADR and SDR
  57. eBay is a type of
    (a) Dragon TNC
    (b) Latecomer TNC
    (c) Born global TNC
    (d) Micro TNC
  58. Which company was the first multinational corporation in the world and the first company to issue stock?
    (a) General Motors
    (b) English East India Company
    (c) Dutch East India Company
    (d) IBM
  59. Which of the following is not a member of SAARC?
    (a) Mauritius
    (b) Afghanistan
    (c) Nepal
    (d) The Maldives
  60. The right to sell a stated number of units of the underlying foreign currency at a specific price per unit during a specific period of time is known as a
    (a) Swap
    (b) Call option
    (c) Forward
    (d) Put option
  61. Belated Return can be submitted within
    (a) Two years from the end of the Previous year.
    (b) One year from the end of the Previous year.
    (c) Two years from the end of the Assessment year.
    (d) Three years from the end of the Assessment year.
  62. Additional depreciation is available on
    (a) Old plant and machinery
    (b) New building
    (c) New office appliances
    (d) None of the assets mentioned above
  63. Cost of acquisition on transfer of gifted capital asset is
    (a) Nil
    (b) Fair market value on 01.04.1981
    (c) Fair market value on the date of making the gift
    (d) Cost to the previous owner
  64. If loss return is not submitted
    (a) Subsequent year’s return cannot be submitted.
    (b) Penal interest is charged on the business.
    (c) Certain losses cannot be carried forward.
    (d) Tax is levied on the basis of immediately past assessment year’s income.
  65. Bonus shares issued by a company to its preference shareholder is
    (a) Illegal.
    (b) Treated as income of the equity shareholders.
    (c) Treated as dividend income of the preference shareholders.
    (d) Treated as exempted income of the preference shareholders.
  66. Taxability of income depends on
    (a) Citizenship of the assessee
    (b) Residential status and citizenship of the assessee
    (c) Neither on residential status nor on citizenship of the assessee
    (d) Only on residential status of the assessee
  67. Income from house transferred for adequate consideration, by one spouse to another is assessable in the hands of
    (a) Transferee spouse
    (b) Both the transferor and transferee spouse jointly
    (c) Only the transferor spouse
    (d) Neither the transferor nor the transferee spouse
  68. Income from house A (before deduction of interest on borrowings Rs. 5,00,000) is Rs. 3,00,000.Income from House Property is
    (a) Rs. 5,00,000
    (b) Rs. (–) 2,00,000
    (c) Rs. 3,00,000
    (d) Nil
  69. Income from non-speculative business is Rs. 7,00,000. Income from speculative business is Rs. (–) 3,00,000. Income under the head ‘Profits and gains of business or profession’ is
    (a) Rs. 7,00,000
    (b) Rs. (–) 3,00,000
    (c) Rs. 4,00,000
    (d) Rs. 10,00,000
  70. Income from non-speculative business A is Rs. (–) 7,00,000. Income from non-speculative business B is Rs. 3,00,000. The assessee has no speculative business income. Assessee’s income by way of interest from Bank Fixed Deposit is Rs. 50,000.The assessee’s income under the head ‘Profits and gains from business or profession’ is
    (a) Rs. (–) 7,00,000
    (b) Rs. 3,00,000
    (c) Rs. (–) 4,00,000
    (d) Rs. 3,50,000
  71. Income from asset transferred in the absence of consideration to son’s wife is assessable in the hands of
    (a) Son’s wife
    (b) Both transferor and the son’s wife jointly
    (c) The transferor
    (d) Neither the transferor nor the son’s wife
  72. Income of minor, arising from minor’s personal skill, is assessable in the hands of
    (a) Minor’s father
    (b) Minor’s mother
    (c) Minor
    (d) Minor’s father or mother whose income is higher
  73. Capital Asset does not include
    (a) Land
    (b) Building
    (c) Stock-in-trade
    (d) Shares
  74. Cost of acquisition of bonus shares issued before 01.04.1981 is
    (a) Cost of original shares
    (b) Fair market value on 01.04.1981
    (c) Fair market value on the date of issuing bonus shares
    (d) Nil
  75. Gains arising from transfer of shares is treated as long term capital gain, if the shares are held by the transferor
    (a) For more than 36 months
    (b) For more than 48 months
    (c)For more than 12 months
    (d) For less than 10 months

    Answer Key

    1 (a) 2 (b) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (b) 6 (b) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (b) 10 (d) 11 (d) 12 (d) 13 (d) 14 (a) 15 (c) 16 (b) 17 (c) 18 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d) 21 (a) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24 (c) 25 (c) 26 (c) 27 (c) 28 (d) 29 (b) 30 (b) 31 (a) 32 (b) 33 (c) 34 (c) 35 (d) 36 (c) 37 (b) 38 (c) 39 (b) 40 (b) 41 (a) 42 (a) 43 (d) 44 (d) 45 (d) 46 (d) 47 (d) 48 (d) 49 (b) 50 (b) 51 (b) 52 (b) 53 (d) 54 (c) 55 (c) 56 (c) 57 (c) 58 (c) 59 (a) 60 (d) 61 (a) 62 (d) 63 (d) 64 (c) 65 (c) 66 (d) 67 (a) 68 (b) 69 (a) 70 (c) 71 (c) 72 (c) 73 (c) 74 (b) 75 (c)