M.Com Entrance Question CU CET 2019

Exam Date: 26 May 2019

Entrance Test for the course(s): M.Com.(Commerce & Financial Studies) [CUJHD], (Commerce)[CURAJ], [CUKNK], [CUHAR], [CUPUN], [CUSBR], [CUMGB], [CUTND], (Department of management of Studies) [CUKAS].

Part – I

  1. Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence. Communication and interpersonal skills are________ important in their own ways?
    (a) Each
    (b) Both
    (c) All
    (d) Either
  2. Which of the options given below best completes the following sentence?
    She will be feel much better if She___.
    (a) Will get some rest
    (b) Gets some rest
    (c) Will be getting some rest
    (d) Is getting some rest
  3. In many parts of Japan, most houses are built with_____wood.
    (a) No article
    (b) A
    (c) An
    (d) The
  4. In our country agriculture must ___pace with industrial development.
    (a) Take
    (b) Make
    (c) Loose
    (d) Keep
  5. Select the most suitable Synonym for the word ‘ABDUCT’.
    (a) Ransack
    (b) Surround
    (c) Destroy
    (d) Kidnap
  6. Select the most suitable Synonym for the word ‘ABSCOND’.
    (a) Run away
    (b) Give away
    (c) Move away
    (d) Forbid
  7. Select the most suitable Antonym for the word ‘PASSIVE’
    (a) Assertive
    (b) Bright
    (c) Chirpy
    (d) Higher
  8. Select the most suitable Antonym for the word ‘BATTERY’
    (a) Slimy
    (b) Individual
    (c) Dense
    (d) Clean
  9. Select the pair which shows the same relationship as COMPUTE: RAM.
    (a) Book : Page
    (b) Cloud : Rain
    (c) Table : Tablecloth
    (d) Sky : blue
  10. Choose the appropriate set of words that makes the sentence most meaningful:
    (a) Defenders, Comment
    (b) Citizens, Onslaught
    (c) Thieves , Robbery
    (d) Judge, Criticism
  11. The speeds of three major bikes are in the ratio:6:5:4 The ratio between the time taken by them to travel the same distance is:
    (a) 10:12:15
    (b) 12:10:8
    (c) 15:12:10
    (d) 10:15:12
  12. Introducing Asha to guests, Bhaskar said, “Her father is the only son of my father” How is Asha relaed to Bhaskar?
    (a) Daughter
    (b) Mother
    (c) Niece
    (d) Sister
  13. In the series 5,10,20,40_____what will be the 10th term?
    (a) 1280
    (b) 2560
    (c) 1820
    (d) 2650
  14. If the digit 12 of a clock is pointing towards East, than in which directions will digit 9 point?
    (a) South
    (b) West
    (c) North
    (d) North East
  15. Which of the number given below is NOT a square number?
    (a) 1225
    (b) 2025
    (c) 2225
    (d) 4225
  16. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, What is the probability of getting a total of 10 or 11?
    (a) 1/12
    (b) 5/36
    (c) 1/9
    (d) 1/18
  17. Select the odd one out?
    (a) RAM
    (b) Flash Memory
    (c) Hard disc
    (d) Floppy
  18. Which is the largest organ in human beings?
    (a) Large Intestine
    (b) Skin
    (c) Small intestine
    (d) Liver
  19. Madness : Brain: : Paralysis:_?
    (a) Arm
    (b) Face
    (c) Body
    (d) Nerves
  20. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ is a poem by?
    (a) William Shakespeare
    (b) J.K. Rowling
    (c) John Keats
    (d) George Eliot
  21. Reena is twice as old as Meeta two years ago. If difference their age be 2years ,how old is Reena today?
    (a) 6 years
    (b) 8 years
    (c) 10 years
    (d) 12years
  22. In an examination, 42% students failed in Hindi and 52% failed in English. If 17% failed in both the subjects the percentage of those who passed in both the subjects is:
    (a) 23%
    (b) 27%
    (c) 34%
    (d) 40%
  23. 10 Woman can complete a work in 7days and 10 children take 14days to complete the work. How many days will 5 woman and 10 children take to complete the work?
    (a) 3
    (b) 5
    (c) 7
    (d) 9
  24. Which apparatus is used to measure the purity of milk?
    (a) Luxometer
    (b) Calorimeter
    (c) Anemometer
    (d) Lactometer
  25. When is Hindi Diwas observed?
    (a) 14th September
    (b) 14th February
    (c) 14th June
    (d) 14th December
                                          Part – II
  26. Compared to a perfectly competitive market, a monopoly market will usually generate.
    (a) Higher price and lower output
    (b) Higher prices and higher output
    (c) Lower prices and lower output
    (d) Lower prices and higher output
  27. If supply is price inelastic, the value of the price elasticity of supply must be.
    (a) Infinite
    (b) zero
    (c) Less than 1
    (d) Greater than 1
  28. A perfectly competitive market has
    (a) Firms that set their market has
    (b) Only one seller
    (c) At least a few sellers
    (d) Many buyers and sellers
  29. Cash cannot be directly drawn from a bank against_____.
    (a) Cross cheque
    (b) Bearer cheque
    (c) Order cheque
    (d) Traveler cheque
  30. Which is not the function of money?
    (a) Store of value
    (b) Medium of exchange
    (c) Make demand and supply equal
    (d) Measure of value
  31. A saving account in a bank represents the functions of money
    (a) A measure of value
    (b) Store of value
    (c) A medium of exchange
    (d) A standard for deferred payments
  32. Which of the following is not a functions of management?
    (a) Planning
    (b) Staffing
    (c) Controlling
    (d) Cooperation
  33. ______is also known by management by result.
    (a) Management by Subordinate
    (b) Management by Art
    (c) Management by Objectives
    (d) Management by Planning
  34. Control imposed after an action has occurred is
    (a) Concurrent control
    (b) Feed forward control
    (c) Feedback control
    (d) Preserving control
  35. ______refers to the process of identifying and attracting job seekers so as to build a pool of qualified job applicants.
    (a) Selection
    (b) Recruitments
    (c) Training
    (d) Induction
  36. Which of the selection steps is the most critical?
    (a) Physical examination
    (b) Employment interviews
    (c) Reference and background checks
    (d) Selection decision
  37. ____e- commerce consists of the sale of products or services from a business to the general public.
    (a) B2C
    (b) B2E
    (c) B2B
    (d) B2G
  38. _______In the e-commerce may be a holder of a payment card such as credit card or debit card from an issuer
    (a) Customer
    (b) Issuer
    (c) Merchant
    (d) Acquirer
  39. UNIVAC is _________
    (a) Universal Automatic computer
    (b) Universal Array Computer
    (c) Unique Automatic Computer
    (d) Unvalued Automatic Computer
  40. A form used to record data about a transaction is a/an_________.
    (a) Batch document
    (b) Source document
    (c) On-line document
    (d) Data entry document
  41. The written agreement of partnership is most commonly referred to as_________-.
    (a) Agreement
    (b) Partnership deed
    (c) Partnership contract
    (d) Partnership Act
  42. Where there is no partnership agreement exists between partners, what will be the profit sharing ratio between the partners?
    (a) Equal
    (b) It will depend on a partner’s capital
    (c) Unequal
    (d) It will depend on the experience of a partner
  43. Under hire purchase system the seller is called
    (a) Installment system
    (b) Hire purchase system
    (c) Credit system
    (d) Cash system
  44. Under hire purchase system the seller is called
    (a) Buyer
    (b) Hire
    (c) Hire vendor
    (d) Cash system
  45. Under installment system the relationship between the buyer and seller is that of a _____
    (a) Buyer and seller
    (b) Pawner and pawnee
    (c) Bailor and bailee
    (d) Debtor and creditor
  46. For amalgamation in the nature of merger, the shareholders holding at lest____or more of the equity shares of the transferor company becomes the equity shareholders of the transferee company.
    (a) 51%
    (b) 90%
    (c) 99%
    (d) 100%
  47. All of the following can help break a monopoly EXCEPT
    (a) Increased barriers to entry
    (b) International competition
    (c) Changing consumer tastes
    (d) Technology and innovation
  48. ‘No one in the organization should have more than one boss’ is a statement of
    (a) Principal of specialisation
    (b) Principal of unity of command
    (c) Principal of authority
    (d) Principal of span of control
  49. The following is not a type of organization structure
    (a) Line organisation
    (b) Line and staff organisation
    (c) Functional organisation
    (d) Flexible organization
  50. Numerical methods and graphical methods are specialized procedures used in_____.
    (a) Social Statistics
    (b) Descriptive statistics
    (c) Business statistics
    (d) Education statistics
  51. Subset of selection population is called
    (a) Descriptive portion
    (b) Inferential portion
    (c) Elementary portion
    (d) Sample
  52. If mean of percentages rates and ratios is to be calculated then tendency measure which must be used in this situation is
    (a) Weighted arithmetic mean
    (b) Non –paired arithmetic mean
    (c) Paired arithmetic mean
    (d) Square of arithmetic mean
  53. A process to estimate the value of dependent variable on the basis of one or more independent variables is called_______.
    (a) Correlation
    (b) Resident
    (c) Regression
    (d) Slope
  54. The method of least squares dictates that we choose a regression line where the sum of the square of deviations of the points from the lie is____.
    (a) Maximum
    (b) Minimum
    (c) Zero
    (d) Positive
  55. The difference between revenue expenditure and revenue receipts is______.
    (a) Revenue deficit
    (b) Budget deficit
    (c) Fiscal deficit
    (d) Primary deficit
  56. Government taxing and spending policies are called______.
    (a) Monetary policy
    (b) Commercial policy
    (c) Fiscal policy
    (d) Finance policy
  57. Fresh evaluation of every item of expenditure from the very beginning of each financial year is called_____.
    (a) Deficit budgeting
    (b) Fresh budgeting
    (c) Performance budgeting
    (d) Zero based budgeting
  58. Where the transfer of the property in the goods is to place at a future time. The contract is called____.
    (a) Sale
    (b) An agreement to sell
    (c) Provisional sale
    (d) Zero based budgeting
  59. An artificial person is also called____.
    (a) Corporation
    (b) Office
    (c) Company
    (d) Legal entity
  60. In a contract for sale of goods buyer may have an action. In respect of physical injuries caused by defect in the goods.
    (a) Against the manufacturer
    (b) Against the dealer as also the manufacturer
    (c) Against the dealer
    (d) Against the customer
  61. Basic objective of cost accounting is_______.
    (a) Tax compliance
    (b) Financial audit
    (c) Cost ascertainment
    (d) Profit analysis
  62. Process costing is suitable for_________.
    (a) Hospitals
    (b) Oil refining firms
    (c) Transportation firms
    (d) Brick laying firms
  63. Factory overhead can be charged on the basis of_______.
    (a) Material cost
    (b) Prime cost
    (c) Labour cost
    (d) Direct cost
  64. Direct material is a _____.
    (a) Fixed cost
    (b) Semi variable cost
    (c) Variable cost
    (d) Semi fixed cost
  65. Labour related to manufacturing of product can be classified under
    (a) Direct manufacturing labour costs
    (b) Work in progress cost
    (c) Indirect manufacturing labour costs
    (d) Finished costs
  66. The statutory auditors of the company are appointed by________.
    (a) Share holders in annual general meeting
    (b) Company law board
    (c) Board of directors
    (d) Central government
  67. An article constitutes a contract between_____
    (a) The members and outsiders
    (b) The company and the outsiders
    (c) The company and its members
    (d) The outsiders and the staff
  68. Name of a company can be changed by______
    (a) An approval of the central government
    (b) A special resolution and with approval of
    (c) An ordinary resolution
    (d) A special resolution the central government
  69. The charter of a company is its__________
    (a) Prospectus
    (b) Certificate of incorporation
    (c) Memorandum of association
    (d) Articles of Association
  70. Not less than___ days notice for a general meeting of a company must be given.
    (a) 10
    (b) 21
    (c) 15
    (d) 30
  71. The first step in developing an advertising program should be to
    (a) Set the advertising budget
    (b) Develop advertising strategy
    (c) Evaluate advertising campaigns
    (d) Set advertising objectives
  72. Aishwarya Rai Bachan endorsing L ‘Oreal is an example of_______________
    (a) Rational appeal
    (b) Sex appeal
    (c) Beauty appeal
    (d) Emotional appeal
  73. Colgate is offering scholarships worth one Lakh rupees to Indian students, This highlights_____
    (a) Advertising clutter
    (b) Corporate social responsibility
    (c) Advertising revolution
    (d) Mass advertising
  74. What are the values of Co and C1 in d(t) = C1 + Cot – 16t2 , if d(1) = 4 and v(2) = -65?
    (a) Co = -1, C1 = 21
    (b) Co = -1, C1 = 19
    (c) Co = 1, C1 = -21
    (d) Co = 0, C1 = 1
  75. If at same rate of interest , in 2 years , the simple interest is Rs. 40 and compound interest is Rs. 41, then what is the principal?
    (a) Rs. 400
    (b) Rs. 800
    (c) Rs. 500
    (d) Rs. 820
  76. What will be difference in population 3 years ago and 2 years ago of kottaiyur village, whose current, population is 1,00,000 and which is increasing at a rate of 25% every year?
    (a) 15,250
    (b) 16,400
    (c) 13,900
    (d) 12,800
  77. Shivanya invested Rs. 77500 in ICICI bank. In two years how much compound interest will he get , if the first year rate of interest was 10% and second year had 2% more than first year?
    (a) Rs. 17,850
    (b) Rs. 18,963
    (c) Rs. 17,980
    (d) Rs. 16,880
  78. Which one of the following does not belong to the major general insurance private sector companies in India?
    (a) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
    (b) Royal Sundaram Alliance Insurance
    (c) Reliance General Insurance
    (d) The oriental Insurance Company
  79. Which of the following companies acquired the business of ING Vysya Life Insurance?
    (a) Exide Life corporation Ltd.
    (b) Aviva Life Co. Ltd.
    (c) Future General India Life insurance Co.Ltd.
    (d) ICICI Prudential Life insurance Co. Ltd.
  80. Largest Life Insurance Company in India is_________
    (a) The new India Assurance Company Ltd
    (b) United India Insurance Company Ltd
    (c) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
    (d) National Insurance Company Limited
  81. Headquarter of LIC is situated at_________
    (a) Kolkata
    (b) Mumbai
    (c) Delhi
    (d) Hyderabad
  82. The term ‘Assurance’ refer to______
    (a) Life insurance business
    (b) Motor vehicle insurance
    (c) Fire insurance business
    (d) Marine insurance
  83. Which of the following is not a direct Tax?
    (a) Personal income tax
    (b) Service tax
    (c) Wealth tax
    (d) Corporate income tax
  84. The first Income tax act was introduced in the year
    (a) 1918
    (b) 1860
    (c) 1861
    (d) 1886
  85. Mr.Raju is getting salary of Rs.10,000 per month. His salary is due on last day of every month. Salary of march 2019 was paid on 7 April, 2019 Compute his taxable salary income for the py 2018-19.
    (a) Rs. 1,20,000
    (b) Rs. 1,00,000
    (c) Rs. 1,10,000
    (d) Rs. 90,000
  86. The sum of various heads is called as_________
    (a) Taxable income
    (b) Gross total income
    (c) Total income
    (d) Adjusted income
  87. The word audit is derived from the Latin word______________.
    (a) Audire
    (b) Auditorium
    (c) Auditor
    (d) Auditire
  88. The process of checking the account books is known as____________.
    (a) Book keeping &Accounting
    (b) Auditor
    (c) Auditing
    (d) Inspection
  89. The Auditing done at the end of the year is called___________.
    (a) Continuous Audit
    (b) Annual audit
    (c) Interim audit
    (d) Special audit
  90. When the audit of accounts is carried on by the salaried staff appointed by the business unit. It is called_______.
    (a) Continuous audit
    (b) Annual audit
    (c) Internal audit
    (d) Special audit
  91. The system whereby the work of an employee is subjected to an independent check by another employee is called
    (a) External audit
    (b) Internal check
    (c) Internal audit
    (d) External check
  92. Which of the following is not included in primary activities?
    (a) Agriculture
    (b) Mining
    (c) Poultry farming
    (d) To give education
  93. Transport communication commerce come under the_____.
    (a) Primary activities
    (b) Tertiary activities
    (c) Secondary activates
    (d) Rural activities
  94. Market oriented firms focus on______
    (a) Customers
    (b) Distributors
    (c) Retailers
    (d) Wholesalers
  95. The ____Identifies the product or brand
    (a) Customers
    (b) Advertisement
    (c) Label
    (d) Wholesale
  96. What is the sum total of gross value added of all the firms in the country?
    (a) Gross Domestic product
    (b) Net Domestic product
    (c) Gross National Product
    (d) Net National Product
  97. When did the Government of India set up the Export –Import Bank of India?
    (a) January, 1993
    (b) March, 1971
    (c) January, 1982
    (d) June, 1969
  98. What is the NABARD pilot project for digitization of SHGs called?
    (a) E-shakti
    (b) E-shanti
    (c) E-Samriddhi
    (d) E-Samraksha
  99. The tax levied by Local government i.e. Municipal Corporations and municipalities is_____
    (a) Income Tax
    (b) House Tax
    () Wealth Tax
    (d) Gift Tax
  100. Who will act as the banker to the government of India?
    (a) State bank of India
    (b) NABARD
    (c) Reserve bank of India
    (d) Nationalized Banks

    Answer Key

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