PU CET PG 2017 Question Paper MBAfEX

MBAfEX

1. Atmospheric pressure generated on the earth’s surface is due to :
a. Earth rotation
b. Earth revolution
c. Gravitational force of earth
d. Moon’s rotation
2. Among the following gases which is responsible for climate change?
a. Oxygen
b. Carbon-di-oxide
c. Nitrogen
d. Helium
3. Which state has longest coastline in India?
a. Tamilnandu
b. Gujrat
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. West Bengal
4. The Karakoram Highway connects which of the following countries?
a. India – Nepal
b. China – India
c. China – Pakistan
d. India – Bangladesh
5. Which of the following latitudes passes through India?
a. Equator
b. Tropic of Capricorn
c. Arctic Circle
d. Tropic of Cancer
6. India share longest International boundary with which of the following country?
a. Bangladesh
b. China
c. Nepal
d. Bhutan
7. The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of disease as it affects a
community of people is called
a. Epidemiology
b. Oncology
c. Paleontogy
d. Pathology
8. Superconductivity is a material property associated with
a. cooling a substance without a phase change
b. frictionless liquid flow
c. a loss of thermal resistance
d. a loss of electrical resistance
9. Yeast, used in making bread is a
a. Fungus
b. Plant
c. Bacteria
d. Seed
10. Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet
a. Mercury

b. Venus
c. Saturn
d. Neptune
11. The weight of an object will be minimum when it is placed at?
a. The North Pole
b. The South Pole
c. The Equator
d. The center of the Earth
12. What does airbag, used for safety of car driver, contain?
a. Sodium bicarbonate
b. Sodium azide
c. Sodium nitrite
d. Sodium peroxide
13. Chemically, lime water is
a. Calcium hydroxide
b. Sodium carbonate
c. Sodium hydroxide
d. Calcium carbonate
14. Chemically, bleaching powder is
a. Calcium hypochlorite
b. Calcium hydroxide
c. Sodium hydroxide
d. Calcium sulphate
15. Consider the following statements:
1. Hepatitis B is several times more infectious than HIV / AIDS.
2. Hepatitis B can cause liver cancer.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 2 only
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
16. Plants get their nitrogen from
a. Rain
b. the soil
c. the air
d. the bedrock
17. In summer, man with excess perspiration feels weak, because of the
a. Loss of more water through evaporation
b. Loss of salts through evaporation
c. Loss of carbohydrates through evaporation
d. All factors mentioned above
18. Considering industrial structures, economies who are rich in mineral resources but are poor in
other manufacturing ways are classified as
a. raw material exporting economies
b. subsistence economies
c. emerging economies
d. industrial economies
19. Considering industrial structures, economies that are large exporters of manufactured products
or services are classified as

a. raw material exporting economies
b. subsistence economies
c. emerging economies
d. industrial economies
20. Countries having industrial economic structure are
a. Saudi Arabia and Chile
b. Brazil and China
c. United States and Japan
d. both a and b
21. Considering industrial structures, economies who are heading further with fast growth leading
to overall economic growth of country is classified as
a. raw material exporting economies
b. subsistence economies
c. emerging economies
d. industrial economies
22. An idea for a possible product that company will offer is classified as
a. product idea
b. product image
c. customer management
d. customer satisfaction
23. Long-term social and economic changes on a highly large scale is classified as
a. minor trends
b. mega trends
c. special followers
d. introductory products
24. An analysis of income distribution and person's savings is part of
a. geographic environment analysis
b. economic environment analysis
c. demographic environment analysis
d. analysis of natural environment
25. Customers activity which is often unpredictable and short lived is best classified as
a. marketing shade
b. short-term marketing wave
c. fad
d. fade
26. A persons feeling of pleasure which results in products performance that match expectations is
called
a. satisfaction
b. dissatisfaction
c. distinctive proposition
d. superior value
27. In marketing, 'relative employee satisfaction' is best classified as
a. internal marketing metrics
b. perceived metrics
c. quality metrics
d. loyalty metrics
28. Consumer's satisfaction' is classified as
a. unit metrics
b. procedural metrics

c. marketing external metrics
d. sampling metrics
29. Record of satisfaction of company's employees, suppliers and distributors is part of
a. stakeholder performance scorecard
b. marketing dashboards
c. customer performance scorecard
d. market performance record
30. If company provides products or services less than its cost then company will
a. get more loss
b. get more profits
c. get more discounts
d. both a and b
31. Major pricing strategies does not includes
a. competition based pricing
b. customer value based pricing
c. cost based pricing
d. discount and bonus pricing
32. Analysis of opportunities and threats includes
a. internal environment
b. external environment
c. market environment
d. product environment
33. When a company agrees to promote product of other company, offers its best classified as
a. product alliance
b. service alliances
c. promotional alliances
d. logistic alliances
34. When a firm offers logistical services for some other company's product, it is said to be
a. logistic alliance
b. production alliances
c. raw materials alliance
d. employee alliances

Component III: Data Interpretation and Problem Solving

The proportion of male student and proportion of vegetarian in a school are given below. The
school has a total of 800 students, 80% of whom are in the Secondary Section and rest equally
divided between Class 11 and 12. (Question 35-37)
Male (M) Vegetarian (V)

Class 12 0.60

Class 11 0.55 0.50

Secondary section 0.55

Total 0.475 0.53

35. What is the percentage of vegetarian students in class 12?
a. 40
b. 45

c. 50
d. 55
36. In class 12, twenty 25% of the vegetarian are male. What is the difference between number of
female vegetarian and male non-vegetarian?
a. 10
b. 12
c. 14
d. 16
37. What is the percentage of male students in Secondary Section?
a. 40
b. 45
c. 50
d. 55

Study the following table chart and answer the questions based on it.Expenditures of a Company(in Lakh
Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years.

Year Salary FuelandTransport Bonus InterestonLoans Taxes
1998 288 98 3.00 23.4 83
1999 342 112 2.52 32.5 108
2000 324 101 3.84 41.6 74
2001 336 133 3.68 36.4 88
2002 420 142 3.96 49.4
38. What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay during this
period ?
a. Rs 36.66 Lakhs
b. Rs 36.36 Lakhs
c. Rs 36.26 Lakhs
d. Rs 36.06 Lakhs
39. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately what
percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period ?
a. 5%
b. 1%
c. 1.5%
d. 2%
40. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total
expenditure in 2002 ?
a. 61%
b. 47%
c. 59%
d. 69%
41. Calculate the total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 from the
table chart given.
a. Rs. 543.44 lakhs
b. Rs. 544.44 lakhs
c. Rs. 545.44 lakhs
d. Rs. 546.44 lakhs

42. The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on
Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately?
a. 4:13
b. 7:13
c. 10:13
d. 11:13

Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given below. Number of workers in the
given six shifts of various factories (Number in thousands)

Shifts Factory L M N O P

7 A.M - 11 A.M 7.5 8.0 7.8 7.59 8.32

11 A.M - 3 P.M 6.38 7.0 7.16 6.5 7.5

3 P.M - 7 P.M 6.5 7.28 6.35 6.15 7.24

7 P.M - 11 P.M 7.8 5.25 6.0 6.0 6.5

11 P.M - 3 A.M 5.5 5.0 5.10 5.5 5.7

3 A.M - 7 A.M 4.2 3.0 4.12 3.5 2.1

43. The total number of workers from factory O are approximately what percent of the total
number of workers from factory L?
a. 89%
b. 80%
c. 96%
d. 93%
44. What is the average number of workers working in various shifts from factory P?
a. 6045
b. 6200
c. 6235
d. 6150
45. What is the difference in the total number of workers in various shifts from factory M and total
number of workers in various shifts from factory O?
a. 290
b. 275
c. 295
d. 270
46. What is the ratio of the total number of workers from factories L and M working in the shift of
11 P.M to 3 A.M and the total number of workers working in the same shift from factories O and
P?
a. 13:14
b. 15:16
c. 13:15
d. 15:17
47. What id the total of the average number of workers working in the shift of 7 A.M to 11 A.M from
all the factories and the average number of workers working in the shift of 7 P.M. to 11 P.M.
from all the factories?
a. 11502
b. 15142

c. 14520
d. 14152

A survey of TV watching habits of people living in 5 cities, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is summarized below. The
column(1) gives the percentage of T.V watchers in each city who see only one day in a week. The
Column (2) gives the total number of T.V watchers who see more than one day in a week. Read the table
and answer the questions.

City (1) (2)

1 48 3400

2 30 3800

3 65 4500

4 15 5800

5 85 7500

48. How many watch T.V in city-3 only one time in a week?
a. 3000
b. 2875
c. 8352
d. 2975
49. The city with the lowest number of T.V watchers is:
a. 2
b. 5
c. 3
d. 1
50. The total number of all T.V-watchers in the five cities, who see only once in a week?
a. 55646
b. 56646
c. 57666
d. 53987

Component IV: Numerical Ability

51. If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14 km/hr and goes downstream with a velocity
of 40 km/hr, then what is the speed of the stream ?
a. 13 km/hr
b. 26 km/hr
c. 34 km/hr
d. 32 km/hr
52. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)
a. 0.845
b. 1.908
c. 2.312
d. 0.001
53. A car travels a certain distance taking 7 hrs in forward journey, during the return journey
increased speed 12km/hr takes the times 5 hrs.What is the distance travelled
a. 210 kms
b. 30 kms

c. 20 kms
d. 60 kms
54. Find (7x + 4y ) / (x-2y) if x/2y = 3/2 ?
a. 6
b. 8
c. 7
d. 9
55. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same size are made from
the material obtained, what is the diameter of each sphere?
a. 5 cm
b. 2 cm
c. 3 cm
d. 6 cm
56. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to make it into a perfect
square ?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
57. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old as the son after 5
years what is father's present age in years?
a. 40
b. 50
c. 60
d. 30
58. An artical sold at amount of 50% the net sale price is rs 425. What is the list price of the artical?
a. 500
b. 525
c. 540
d. 480
59. Nitin ranks 18th in a class of 49 students. What is rank from the last ?
a. 31
b. 18
c. 19
d. 32
60. Three persons A, B and C are standing in a queue. There are five persons between A and B and
eight persons between B and C. If there be three persons ahead of C and 21 persons behind A,
what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue?
1. 41
2. 40
3. 28
4. 27

Component V: Verbal Ability and Reasoning

61. Nurture : Neglect then Denigrate : ?

a. Caluminate
b. Recognise
c. Reveal

d. Extol

62. EXPEL: SCHOOL ::
a. export : factory
b. study : school
c. exile : nation
d. lecture : college
63. Antonym of AMENABLE
a. Uncooperative
b. Persuadable
c. Biddable
d. Docile

64. The plants and vegetation of a certain region.
a. Flora
b. Fauna
c. Forest
d. Vegetation

65. One whose wife is dead.
a. Widow
b. Celibate
c. Widower
d. Divorcee
66. Look at this series : 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ___. Fill in the blank.
a. 7
b. 10
c. 12
d. 13
67. Select a figure from amongst the Answer Figures which will continue the same series as
established by the five Problem Figures

Problem Figures:

Answer Figures:
1 2 3 4 5
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
68. Select a suitable figure from the four alternatives that would complete the figure matrix.

a. (1)
b. (2)
c. (3)
d. (4)

69. A man walks 5 km toward south and then turns to the right. After walking 3 km he turns to the
left and walks 5 km. Now in which direction is he from the starting place?
a. West
b. South
c. North-East
d. South-West
70. One morning Udai and Vishal were talking to each other face to face at a crossing. If Vishal's
shadow was exactly to the left of Udai, which direction was Udai facing?
a. East
b. West
c. North
d. South

VI: English comprehension

Read the following passage and answer the subsequent questions.

The Alaska pipeline starts at the frozen edge of the Arctic Ocean.
It stretches southward across the largest and northernmost state in
the United States, ending at a remote ice-free seaport village nearly
800 miles from where it begins. It is massive in size and extremely
complicated to operate.
The steel pipe crosses windswept plains and endless miles of
delicate tundra that tops the frozen ground. It weaves through
crooked canyons, climbs sheer mountains, plunges over rocky
crags, makes its way through thick forests, and passes over or
under hundreds of rivers and streams. The pipe is 4 feet in diameter,
and up to 2 million barrels (or 84 million gallons) of crude oil can
be pumped through it daily.
Resting on H-shaped steel racks called "bents," long sections of

the pipeline follow a zigzag course high above the frozen earth.
Other long sections drop out of sight beneath spongy or rocky
ground and return to the surface later on. The pattern of the
pipeline's up-and-down route is determined by the often harsh
demands of the arctic and subarctic climate, the tortuous lay of the
land, and the varied compositions of soil, rock, or permafrost
(permanently frozen ground). A little more than half of the pipeline
is elevated above the ground. The remainder is buried anywhere
from 3 to 12 feet, depending largely upon the type of terrain and
the properties of the soil.
One of the largest in the world, the pipeline cost approximately
$8 billion and is by far the biggest and most expensive construction
project ever undertaken by private industry. In fact, no single
business could raise that much money, so 8 major oil companies
formed a consortium in order to share the costs. Each company
controlled oil rights to particular shares of land in the oil fields and
paid into the pipeline-construction fund according to the size of its
holdings. Today, despite enormous problems of climate, supply
shortages, equipment breakdowns, labor disagreements, treacherous
terrain, a certain amount of mismanagement, and even theft, the
Alaska pipeline has been completed and is operating.

Question based on the above reading

71. The passage primarily discusses the pipeline's
a. operating costs
b. employees
c. consumers
d. construction
72. The word "it" in line 4 refers to
a. pipeline
b. ocean
c. state
d. village
73. According to the passage, 84 million gallons of oil can travel through the pipeline each
a. day
b. week
c. month
d. year
74. The phrase "Resting on" in line 13 is closest in meaning to
a. Consisting of
b. Supported by
c. Passing under
d. Protected with
75. The author mentions all of the following as important in determining the pipeline's route
EXCEPT the
a. climate
b. lay of the land itself
c. local vegetation
d. kind of soil and rock
76. The word "undertaken" in line 26 is closest in meaning to

a. removed
b. selected
c. transported
d. attempted
77. How many companies shared the costs of constructing the pipeline?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 8
d. 12
78. The word "particular" in line 29 is closest in meaning to
a. peculiar
b. specific
c. exceptional
d. equal
79. Which of the following determined what percentage of the construction costs each member of
the consortium would pay?
a. How much oil field land each company owned
b. How long each company had owned land in the oil fields
c. How many people worked for each company
d. How many oil wells were located on the company's land
80. Where in the passage does the author provide a term for an earth covering that always remains
frozen?
a. Line 3
b. Line 13
c. Line 19
d. Line 32
The railroad was not the first institution to impose regularity on society, or to draw attention to the
importance of precise timekeeping. For as long as merchants have set out their wares at daybreak and
communal festivities have been celebrated, people have been in rough agreement with their neighbors as to
the time of day. The value of this tradition is today more apparent than ever. Were it not for public
acceptance of a single yardstick of time, social life would be unbearably chaotic: the massive daily transfers
of goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and starts; the very fabric of modern society would
begin to unravel.
81. Choose the option that is closest in meaning to the phrase “precise timekeeping”
a. Timely
b. Punctual
c. Untimely
d. Apt
82. In line 4, the phrase "this tradition" refers to

a. the practice of starting the business day at dawn
b. friendly relations between neighbors
c. the railroad's reliance on time schedules
d. people's agreement on the measurement of time
83. What is the main idea of the passage?

a. In modern society we must make more time for our neighbors.
b. The traditions of society are timeless.
c. An accepted way of measuring time is essential for the smooth functioning of society.
d. Society judges people by the times at which they conduct certain activities.

84. The “very fabric of modern society would begin to unravel” if
a. People lost the sense of time
b. Social life became chaotic
c. daily transfers of goods, services, and information would proceed in fits and starts
d. people would not have accepted time as a universal concept
85. Which was the first institution to stress importance on the concept of time
a. Railroads
b. Merchants
c. Post Offices
d. Schools