PU CET PG 2019 Question Paper M.Com._Business Innovation_

M.Com.(Business Innovation)
1. The Highest Mountain peak within the territory of India is:-
A) Kanchanjunga with a height of 8590 metres above Sea Level
B) K2(Gidwin Austen) with height of 8610 metres above sea level
C) Nanda Devi with height of 7820 metres above sea level
D) Nanga Parbat with a height of 8130 metres above sea level

2. The following Sea has the maximum area among all the seas of the world:-
A) Arabian Sea B) Mediterrian Sea C) South China Sea D) Black Sea

3. The Reserve Bank of India was established in the year
A) 1947 B) 1935 C) 1950 D) 1858

4. The national income estimates of India are prepared by
A) Ministry of Finance B) National Sample Survey
C) Indian Statistical Institute D) Central Statistical Organisation

5. Which of the following lies above hydrogen but below Iron in the activity series of
metals:-
A) Lead B) Zinc C) Copper D) Silver

6. In the spectrum of white light, the band between the blue band and the yellow band is
A) Red B) Orange C) Brown D) Green

7. Which of the following organisms causes kalaazar:-
A) Staphylococci B) Trypanosoma C) Leishmania D) Glardia intestinalis

8. Olfactory receptors are located in our:-
A) Ears B) Nose C) Tongue D) Eyes

9. The sky appears blue due to the:-
A) Scattering of light B) Reflection of light
C) Refraction of light D) Dispersion of light

10. Ethanol when treated with hot concentrated sulphuric acid gives:-
A) Ethane B) Ethene C) Ethye D) Ethanoic acid

11. Who discovered the electrolysis of water:-
A) William Nicholson B) Michael Faraday
C) Jan Rudolf Deiman D) Alessandro Volta

12. Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?
A) Gallium B) Sulphur C) Silicon D) Aluminium

13. Prophet Mohammad was born in

A) 571 AD B) 720 AD C) 620 AD D) 510 AD

14. During the time of which Mughal Emperor did the East India Company establish its first
factory in India?
A) Akbar B) Jahangir C) Shahjahan D) Aurangzeb

15. Capital of India was transferred from Calcutta to Delhi in the year
A) 1901 B) 1911 C) 1921 D) 1922

16. Two natural numbers whose sum is 96 cannot be in the ratio of:
A) 7:5 B) 5:3 C) 9:7 D) 5:9

17. A company decided to reduce the price of its product by 15% so that the sales volume of
the company increased. If the revenue of the company remained the same, find the
percentage change in their sales volume.
A) 15% B) 17.65% C) 19.4% D) 20%

18. A milkman mixes 40% of water by volume and sells the whole mixture at the cost price
of milk. If the cost of water is 20% of the price of milk, then what is the net profit
percentage of the milkman?
A) 47% B) 32% C) 40% D) 21%

19. By selling 45 m of cloth a merchant gains the cost price of 15 m. Find the gain %.
A) 200/3% B) 50/3% C) 100/3% D) 79/3%

20. By selling the oranges at a rate of 14 for a rupee, a fruit seller loses 4%. How many
oranges must he sell for a rupee to gain 12%.
A) 11 B) 12 C) 13 D) 14

21. A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days, B and C in 12 days, and C and A in 15 days.
If B alone works for 15 days and then joined by A and C, in how many days will the
work be finished.
A) 16 days B) 15 days C) 14 days D) 13 days

22. A can do as much of work in 2 days as B in 3 days and B as much in 4 days as C in 5
days. In what time A, B, and C together do the work if A can do it in 22 days?
A) 11 days B) 12 days C) 10 days D) 9 days

23. A milkman buys milk at Rs 15 per litre. He mixed the water with it and sell the mixture at
cost price. In what proportion is water mixed with milk if his profits were 6 - 1/4%.
A) 1: 17 B) 1: 8 C) 1: 12 D) 1: 16

24. The average age of the 5 children is 8 years. If age of the father be included the average
age is increased by 7 years. Find the age of father.

A) 55 years B) 50 years C) 45 years D) 40 years

25. A company produces on an average 4000 items per month for its first three months. How
many items it must produce over next 9 months to average 4375 item per month over the
whole year?
A) 4100 B) 4200 C) 4500 D) 4800

26. A man buys a land and gives for it 10 times the annual rent. Find the rate of interest he
gets for his money.
A) 11% B) 10% C) 9% D) 12%

27. Rs 1500 be placed at interest at a rate of 10% and interest be added to the principal after
every 5 years. In how many years will it amount to Rs 2500.
A) 9-1/6 years B) 6-1/9 years C) 7-1/9 years D) 5-1/9 years

28. By walking ¾ of his usual speed, a man reaches office 15 minutes late. Find his usual time.
A) 20 minutes B) 25 minutes C) 30 minutes D) 35 minutes

29. The breadth of a room is twice its height and half its length and volume of the room is
729 cubic metre. How high is the roof of the room?
A) 9 metre B) 10 metre C) 11 metre D) 12 metre

30. I bought two horses for Rs 1350. I sold one of them at a loss of 6% and another at a gain
of 7-1/2%. On the whole I neither gained nor lost. What did each horse cost?
A) Rs 750, Rs 600 B) Rs 800, Rs 550 C) Rs 700, Rs 650 D) Rs 675, Rs 675

31. A can do a piece of work in 20 days. He worked for 5 days. After this B did the
remaining work in 3 days. How many days A and B together take to finish the whole
work.
A) 3 days B) 10/3 days C) 11/3 days D) 13/3 days

32. By selling 33 m of cloth a merchant gains the selling price of 11 m. Find the gains or loss
%.
A) 40% B) 45% C) 50% D) 55%

33. A student had to secure 40% marks to pass. He got 440 marks and failed by 40 marks.
Find the maximum marks.
A) 1000 B) 1100 C) 1200 D) 1300

34. Divide Rs53 among A, B and C such that A gets Rs 7 more than B and B Rs 8 more than C.
A) 10, 18, 25 B) 25, 18, 10 C) 26, 19, 10 D) 24, 17, 9

35. Find the least number which when divided by 12 and 16 leaves 3 as remainder
A) 52 B) 53 C) 51 D) 54

36. Find the odd man out :

R13: 78X::Y19: ?
A) D104 B) E144 C) 94F D) 114E

37. Find the odd man out
KO:VD::RN:?
A) AJ B) JB C) JC D) KD

38. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the angle that the hour – hand has turned
through is:
A) 145 degree B) 150 degree C) 155 degree D) 160 degree

39. The first Republic Day of India was celebrated on 26TH January, 1950. What was the day
of the week on that date?
A) Wednesday B) Thursday C) Friday D) Saturday

40. A clock gains 10 minutes in every 24 hours. It is set right on Monday at 8 a.m. What will
be the correct time on the following Wednesday, when the watch indicates 6 p.m.?
A) 5:30 p.m. B) 5: 24 p.m. C) 5: 36 p.m. D) 5: 20 p.m.

41. Deshmukh walks towards West then towards South and turning 45 degree right, walks for
a while and lastly turns left. In which direction is he walking now?
A) South B) East C) South-East D) North-East

42. In a certain code language, CYBERSHOT is coded as XWEVPVSMV. What will be the
code for CONDITION in the same code language?
A) XMQWKWRMQ B) XMQXGWRMQ
C) XMQWGWRMQ D) None of the above

43. If cow is coded 31523, then the code for HORSE is
A) 81815195 B) 81518195 C) 81517195 D) 81516195

44. In a certain code language, ‘wind’ is called ‘blue’, ‘blue’ is called ‘pilot’, ‘pilot’ is called
‘road’, ‘road’ is called ‘sea’, and ‘sea’ is called ‘bull’. Who flies an aircraft?
A) Sea B) Road C) Blue D) Wind

45. A man after finishing his office in the evening walks in the direction facing the sun. Then
he turns to his right, then he turns to his left, and then turns to his left and then to his
right. In which direction is he moving?
A) South B) North C) East D) West

46. Complete the given series:
6, 21, 66, 201, ?
A) 603 B) 267 C) 606 D) 506

47. Complete the given series
20, 32, ?, 70, 100, 140

A) 42 B) 44 C) 48 D) 46
48. Ten points are marked on a straight line and 11 points are marked on another straight
line. How many triangles can be constructed with vertices from among the above points?
A) 495 B) 550 C) 1045 D) 2475

49. A die is rolled twice. What is the probability that sum of numbers on the two faces is 5?
A) 5/12 B) 1/9 C) 1/6 D) 5/36
50. In an arithmetic progression, the fourth term and the eighth term are in the ratio 2: 3. Find
the value of T3/T10 (Third Term/Tenth Term).
A) 3/7 B) 1/2 C) 3/2 D) 5/7
Directions for question 51 to 54: Answer the following questions based on the given
information.
Ten people- D, A, N, G, E, R, O, U, S and L are sitting around a circular table according
to the following conditions.
*People whose initials are adjacent in alphabetical order sit opposite to each other
*N sits two positions to the right of D
*R cannot sit beside N,D, and O.
*There is only one person sitting between A and G.

51. Who is sitting to the immediate right of R?
A) A B) G C) E D) L

52. Who is sitting opposite to L?
A) A or G B) G or U C) U or A D) A

53. If L is sitting beside R, then who are the neighbours of A?
A) E and O B) R and N C) S and O D) Cannot be determined

54. Using the data given in the above question and the condition that if A is opposite to U,
find the neighbours of G?
A) E and O B) R and N C) S and O D) D and N

55. In a certain code language, SERIES is coded as 5625 and PIPE is coded as 2116. How
will WAP be coded in the same code language?
A) 1331 B) 1600 C) 1726 D) 4096

56. A market economy is one in which
A) Products are sold B) Products and factors are bought
C) Products and factors are bought and sold D) All the above

57. The main objective of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) is/are:
1. Check fall in price beyond a limit
2. Protect interest of the consumers
3. Make procurement from the wholesalers easy
A) 1 only B) 1 and 2 only C) 2 and 3 only D) 1, 2 and 3

58. Imports into a country generate income for
A) Foreign producers B) Domestic manufacturing
C) Traders D) The government

59. Indian financial system has provided for the transfer of resources from the centre to the
states, the important means of resource transfer is/are:-
A) Tax sharing B) Grant-in-aid C) Loans D) All the above

60. Which among the following can be used to check Inflation temporarily?
A) Decrease in money supply B) Increase in wages
C) Decrease in taxes D) None of these

61. On which of the following factors ‘marginal cost’ depends?
A) Only Fixed Cost B) Only Variable Cost
C) Both Fixed and Variable Cost D) Neither Fixed Cost nor Variable Cost
62. Devaluation of currency leads to:
A) Fall in domestic prices B) Increase in domestic prices
C) No impact on domestic prices D) Erratic fluctuations in domestic prices
63. Which among the following was the most important characteristic of India’s foreign trade
throughout the colonial period:-
A) Import Surplus B) Import Substitution
C) Export Surplus D) Export deficiency

64. Which of the following panel was set up by the government of India suggested total
decontrol of sugar industry?
A) Deepak Parekh Panel B) Rangarajan Panel
C) Srikrishna Panel D) Radheshyam Panel

65. According to Marx Economic Inequality leads to:
A) Class Conflicts B) Exploitation
C) Moral degradation D) Slow capital accumulation

66. The Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) was incorporated in:-
A) 1907 B) 1911 C) 1913 D) 1919

67. Which of the following ports is the first port in India to be a public company?
A) Kandla B) Mangalore C) Ennore D) Mormugao

68. Which of the following events intensified British control over India’s foreign trade?
A) Victory of the British in Battle of Plassey
B) Opening of the Suez Canal
C) Transfer of Bombay from the Portuguese to the British
D) Opening up of the Panama Canal

69. Lorenz Curve indicates:

A) Income distribution
B) Taxable Income Elasticity
C) Relationship between the price of a certain commodity and its demand
D) Rate of employment

70. Which among the following is not one of the goals of the five-year plans in India?
A) Growth B) Modernisation C) Self-reliance D) Liberty

71. A sustained rise in the general price level is called:-
A) Stagflation B) Deflation C) Disinflation D) Inflation

72. Which of the following financial institutions were set up to provide credit facilities to
industries?
1. IFCI 2. ICICI 3. IDBI 4. NABARD

Choose the correct answer from the code given below:-
A) 2 and 3 only B) 3 and 4 only C) 1, 2 and 3 only D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

73. Which among the following ports in India is also known as the ‘child of partition’?
A) Paradip B) Kolkata C) Kandla D) Haldia

74. Which among the following sector employs the maximum people in India?
A) Manufacturing Sector B) Agriculture Sector
C) Service Sector D) Tourism sector

75. Which among the following is the oldest Public Sector Bank in India?
A) Punjab National Bank B) Imperial Bank of India
C) Allahabad Bank D) Central Bank of India
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