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Financial Management (Paper II & III UGC/NET)

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In perfect competition in the long run there will be no

  1. Normal profits

  2. Supernormal profits

  3. Production

  4. Costs


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 In perfect competition market, all super profits are eliminated by an infinite number of firms producing infinitely divisible, homogeneous products In the long run.

In management science “Grid” refers to

  1. Diverse managerial styles

  2. Co-ordination

  3. Communication

  4. Motivation


Correct Option: A

Read the following statements:

  1. Marginal costing and Absorption costing are the same.
  2. For decision making, absorption costing is more suitable than marginal costing.
  3. Cost-volume-profit relationships also denote break-even point.
  4. Marginal costing is based on the distinction between fixed and variable costs. Which of the following combinations gives true statements with regard to above?
  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 3 and 4

  4. 4 and 2


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Marginal costing may be defined as the technique of presenting cost data wherein variable costs and fixed costs are shown separately for managerial decision-making Absorption Costing is apportionment of total costs to the cost center in order to determine the total cost of production.

_____ is the process of deciding how to fill the company's most important executive positions.

  1. Succession Planning

  2. Organisational Restructuring

  3. Self-directed Teams

  4. Corporate Downsizing


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Succession planning is a process for identifying and developing internal people with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company. Succession planning increases the availability of experienced and capable employees that are prepared to assume these roles as they become available.

Bottom-line growth refers to growth in:

  1. Sales

  2. Turnover

  3. Assets

  4. Profit


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Bottom line growth is growth in the net income of a company.

Inter-institutional group comprises of:

  1. IDBI, IDFC, ICICI Bank

  2. SBI, LIC

  3. Bank of Baroda and Punjab National Bank

  4. All of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Under the leadership of IDBI, an Inter-Institutional Group was formed representing financial institutions like SFC, SIDC, SIIC and other tern lending institutions such as IFCI, ICICI and ARC

Which of the following buying process sequence is correct?

  1. Adoption 2. Legitimization
  2. Attitude 4. Awareness
  1. 4 3 2 1

  2. 2 3 4 1

  3. 1 2 3 4

  4. 3 4 2 1


Correct Option: A

Te economic reforms failed to:

  1. Keel) fiscal deficits to the targeted levels.

  2. Fully implement industrial deregulation.

  3. Fully open the economy to trade.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Job analysis provides information used for:

  1. Organisation chart

  2. Policy

  3. Procedure

  4. Promotion


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Job Analysis is a process to identify and determine in detail the particular job duties and requirements and the relative importance of these duties for a given job.

The dividend irrelevance theorem to share valuation was propounded by

  1. James E. Walter

  2. Myron Gordon

  3. Modigliani and Miller

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Modigliani – Miller theory is a major proponent of ‘Dividend Irrelevance’ notion. According to this concept, investors do not pay any importance to the dividend history of a company and thus, dividends are irrelevant in calculating the valuation of a company.

Which of the following is not the example of only upward Communication?

  1. Reports

  2. Interviews

  3. Grapevine

  4. Circulars


Correct Option: B

Which of the following concepts is considered as a myth?

  1. Oligopoly

  2. Perfect competition

  3. Monopoly

  4. Imperfect competition


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 In reality it is almost impossible that all firms sell identical products, all firms are price takers, All firms have a relatively small market share, buyers know the nature of the product being sold and the prices charged by each firm and the industry is characterized by freedom of entry and exit. Hence, perfect competition is considered a myth.

Match the following:

 
List - I
List - Il
(a) The presence of fixed cost in the cost structure of a firm.
1.Super-leverage
(b) The presence of fixed return funds in the capital structure of a firm.
2.Operating leverage
(c) Impact of changes in sales on the earnings available to shareholders.
3. Financial leverage
  1. (a)-(1), (b)-(2), (c)-(3)

  2. (a)-(2), (b)-(3), (c)-(1)

  3. (a)-(3), (b)-(2), (c)-(1)

  4. (a)-(1), (b)-(3), (c)-(2)


Correct Option: B

During the formulation of plans, HR can:

  1. provide details regarding competitors' incentive plans

  2. provide moral support

  3. provide information on competitor's diversity

  4. provide empowerment strategies


Correct Option: D

Match the following.

 
List-I
List -II
(a) Maslow
(i) Hygiene Theory
(b) Herzberg
(ii) X and Y Theory
(c) Ouchi
(iii) Need Hierarchy Theory
  1. (a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii)

  2. (a) - (ii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii)

  3. (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii), (c) - (i)

  4. (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii)


Correct Option: D

Road blocking advertisement refers to

  1. Advertising a product by blocking the road.

  2. Creating big blocks for advertising a product.

  3. Advertising a product on multiple TV channels at the same time.

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Road blocking advertisement is an advertising method in which a commercial is broadcast simultaneously on several radio stations and/or television channels.

Match the following ||| |---|---| | List - I (Financial Institutions)| List - II (Nature of activity)| | (a) ECGC| (i) Re-insurance| | (b) GIC| (ii) Housing Development| | (c) HUDCO| (iii) A private bank| | (d) ICICI Bank| (iv) Trade|

  1. (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)

  2. (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)

  3. (a)-(i), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)

  4. (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)


Correct Option: A

Which type of elasticity plays a crucial role in determining international trade?

  1. Elasticity of demand

  2. Price elasticity of demand

  3. Income elasticity of demand

  4. Cross elasticity of demand


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If the demand for imports is inelastic, the increase in prices as a result of devaluation will adversely affect the balance of payments, because at higher prices of the imports and almost the same quantity of imports, the country would have to spend more on the imports than before and vice versa. Hence, price elasticity plays significant role in international trade.

Match the following ||| |---|---| | List - I| List - I| | (a)Law of demand is fully applicable | (i) Giffen goods | | (b)Law of demand is not applicable at all | (ii) Veblon goods | | (c)Law of demand is partly applicable | (iii)Normal goods |

  1. (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii)

  2. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(i)

  3. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii)

  4. (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii)


Correct Option: C

Match the items from List - I with the items in List - Il ||| |---|---| | List - I| List - Il| | (a) Indirect oral interview| (i) Non-probability sampling| | (b) Bi-variate Analysis| (ii) Variance test| | (c) F-ratio| (iii) Primary data| | (d) Quota sampling| (iv) Factor Analysis| | | (v) Correlation|

  1. (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (ii), (d) - (v)

  2. (a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (v), (d) - (iv)

  3. (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (v)

  4. (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iv)


Correct Option: A

Match the following components of Business Environment:

 
List-I
List -II
(a) Economic Environment
(i) Exim Policy
(b) Social Environment
(ii) Customs
(c) Political Environment
(iii) Social Values
(d) Legal Environment
(iv) Business Law and Banking Act
  1. (a) - (i), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iii), (d) - (iv)

  2. (a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (ii), (d) - (i)

  3. (a) - (iii), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii), (d) - (ii)

  4. (a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (iii)


Correct Option: A

Which one is the most important principle of Business Ethics?

  1. Principle of unity of direction.

  2. Principle of proportional judgement.

  3. Principle of scalar chain.

  4. Principle of span of control.


Correct Option: B

Abolition of intermediaries and tenancy reforms area both parts of:

  1. Industrial reforms in India

  2. External sector reforms in India

  3. Land reforms in India

  4. Banking reforms in India


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 There were four main categories of land reforms in India: Abolition of intermediaries (rent collectors under the pre-Independence land revenue system); Tenancy regulation (to improve the contractual terms including security of tenure); A ceiling on landholdings (to redistributing surplus land to the landless); Attempts to consolidate disparate landholdings

Co-variance between two variables is

  1. The average of the product of deviations taken from their averages.

  2. A is further divided by the product of their standard deviations.

  3. A is further divided by the product of their arithmetic averages.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Covariance is a measure of how much two random variables change together.

Business plans designed to achieve the organizational objectives is called

  1. Human Resource Planning

  2. Human Resource Forecasting

  3. Strategic Plan

  4. Corporate Development Plan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Strategic planning is a systematic process of envisioning a desired future, and translating this vision into broadly defined goals or objectives and a sequence of steps to achieve them.

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