PU CET PG 2018 Question Paper M.Com._Business Innovation_

M.Com.(Business Innovation)

1. A shell company can be described as
A) Whose shares command a low price B) Having a bad dividend payment record
C) Which deals with financial investments D) Only in name, having no real functions.

2. India recently became 69th member of EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development) is headquartered at ?
A) Geneva B) The Hague C) London D) Rome

3. Name the high powered committee that has been formed by the Union government to
examine CBSE’s exam conduct process?
A) Nirmal Jain Committee B) V S Oberoi Committee
C) Sundaram Das Committee D) Mithali Kumar Committee

4. Which company has set to become the first listed Indian company to reach the $100
billion mark in market capitalization?
A) Hindustan Lever B) HDFC Bank
C) Infosys D) Tata Consultancy services

5. ‘Social Pay’ a new scheme launched for NRIs to send money via WhatsApp and e-mail
was introduced by?
A) ICICI bank B) SBI C) PNB D) Canara Bank

6. What is the full form of CIBIL?
A) Customer information bureau India limited
B) Credit information bureau India limited
C) Credit industrial bureau India limited
D) Credit information bank India limited

7. FEMA (Foreign Exchange management Act, 1999) is regulated by
A) RBI B) SEBI C) NABARD D) IRDAI

8. The Reserve Bank of India has asked the banks to link the base rate with the MCLR from
1st April 2018 to ensure expeditious transmission of its policy rate to borrowers? What is
the meaning of ‘R’ in MCLR?
A) Ratio B) Reimburse C) Reserve D) Rates

9. Where was the first meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors
(2018) held?
A) London B) Berlin C) Geneva D) Washington D. C.

10. Which of the following institutions is not directly associated with the financial sector in
India?
A) BSE B) SEBI C) NITI Ayog D) IDBI

11. The Public debt in India is managed by
A) Parliament B) RBI C) Union Cabinet D) SEBI

12. Which pan-India telecom operator filed for bankruptcy during February 2018?
A) AIRTEL B) IDEA
C) Reliance Communication D) AIRCEL

13. According to a recent study by the International Monetary Fund Indian Economy in terms
of GDP has been ranked at which place?
A) 4th B) 5th C) 6th D) 7th

14. Who has been appointed as new chairman of the National Association of Software and
Services Companies (NASSCOM)?
A) A Rishad Premji B) Keshav Murugesh C) Raman Roy D) K L Paul

15. Which bank became the first Indian bank to go live on SWIFT’s Global payment
innovation , to improve cross-border payments services?
A) AXIS Bank B) ICICI Bank C) SBI D) Punjab National
Bank

16. What is ‘wage freeze’?
A) A period when wages are not given
B) A period when wages are not allowed to increase
C) A period when wages are increased
D) A period when wages are decreased

17. Principle of Constructive Notice means
A) Notice of the objects clause of the Memorandum of Association
B) Any notice issued/published in newspapers
C) Notice to outsiders dealing with the company as to the contents of the memorandum
and Articles of Association
D) Notice to the public regarding the issue of prospectus.

18. The Company Legislation in India has closely followed the Company legislation in
A) U.S.A B) Canada C) England D) France

19. Market value of investment is shown below the balance sheet as a footnote according to
A) Conservatism Concept B) Separate entity Concept

C) Consistency Concept D) Disclosure Concept

20. Who among the following is NOT a speculator in Stock Exchange?
A) Broker B) Bull C) Bear D) Stag

21. Who is the father of Management Process School?
A) F.W Taylor B) Henri Fayol C) Elton Mayo D) Vroom

22. In insurance contract , ‘Uberima Fidei’ aspect is used as synonym of
A) Insurable interest B) Free consent of parties
C) Utmost good faith D) Legality of consideration

23. On the death of a partner the amount of joint life policy should be credited to the capital
account of
A) All partners including the deceased partner in their profit-sharing ratio
B) Remaining partners in the new profit -sharing ratio
C) Neither the deceased partner not the remaining partners
D) Remaining partners in the old profit- sharing ratio

24. ‘Doctrine of Subrogation’ is used in
A) Life insurance B) Fire insurance
C) Marine insurance D) Fire and marine insurance

25. What is the prescribed form of the balance sheet of a limited company?
A) Horizontal form only
B) Vertical form only
C) No form is prescribed under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956
D) Horizontal form or vertical form

26. Delegation of authority is linked to
A) Managerial planning B) Management coordination
C) Management control D) Scientific management

27. When sale is Rs. 48, 00, 000, gross loss is 25% on cost , purchase is Rs 35,00,000 and
closing stock is Rs. 6,00,000, the stock in the beginning would be
A) Rs. 7,00,000 B) Rs 9,40,000 C) Rs 13,40,000 D) Rs 35,00,000

28. Errors arising due to wrong classification of receipts and payments between revenue and
capital receipts and revenue and capital expenditure are called
A) Errors of omission B) Errors of commission
C) Errors of principle D) Compensating errors

29. Who among the following pioneered work on ‘cybernetics and developed concepts of
systems control by information feedback’?
A) Weiner B) A.K. Rice C) E.L. Trist D) Robertz Katz

30. Subscription received in advance is
A) An income B) An asset C) A Liability D) A fund

31. Public Limited companies cannot issue
A) Equity Shares B) Deferred Shares
C) Preference shares D) Sweat equity shares

32. Comparison of financial variables of a business enterprise over a period of time is called
A) Intra-firm Analysis B) Inter-firm Analysis
C) Standard Analysis D) Vertical Analysis

33. According to Hersey-Blanchard’s situational model, where the subordinates have low
maturity , i.e. neither they have ability, nor they are willing to do , they require
A) Telling leadership style B) Selling leadership style
C) Participating leadership style D) Delegating leadership style

34. Wider span of control is effective in organizations where
A) Authority delegation is inadequate
B) Tasks are complex
C) Thorough subordinate training scheme exists
D) The leadership style is authoritarian

35. The form of commercial paper is prescribed by the
A) Central Government B) State Bank of India
C) Reserve Bank of India D) SEBI
Directions for Q 36-40
Data on 450 candidates, who took an examination in Social Science, Mathematics and
Science, is given below:
Passed in all the subjects 167
Failed in all the subjects 60
Failed in Social sciences 175
Failed in Mathematics 199
Failed in Science 191
Passed in Social sciences only 62
Passed in Mathematics only 48
Passed in Science only 52

36. How many failed in Social sciences only?
A) 15 B) 21 C) 30 D) 42

37. How many failed in one subject only?
A) 152 B) 144 C) 61 D) 56

38. How many passed in Mathematics and at least one more subject?
A) 210 B) 203 C) 170 D) 94

39. How many failed in two subjects only?
A) 56 B) 61 C) 152 D) 162

40. How many passed at least in one subject?
A) 450 B) 390 C) 304 D) 167

(Directions for Q 41-43)
Seven Poles A,B,C,D,E, F and G are put in such a way that the distance between the next
two decreases by 1 meter. The distance between the first two poles A and B is 10 meters.

41. What is the distance between the first Pole A and the last pole G?
A) 45 Km B) 40 Km C) 49 Km D) 52 Km

42. If a monkey hops from Pole G to Pole C, then how much distance did it cover?
A) 19m B) 22m C) 26m D) 28m

43. If the authorities decide to remove one pole and place the remaining on equal distances
among the poles, then each set of poles would be _________________ meters apart.
A) 15/2 B) 17/2 C) 9 D) 10

44. 998711-362-74563-8526-66156=_________________
A) 849104 B) 849014 C) 849284 D) 981416

45. 16.23x12.9+17.32=____________________
A) 294.0036 B) 490.4706 C) 226.687 D) 432.795

46. The population of a town is 1,98,000. It increases by 7% in the first year and decreases by
5% in the second year. What is the population of the town at the end of 2 years?
A) 211860 B) 201267 C) 222453 D) 198900

47. The difference between a two digit number and a number obtained by interchanging the
two digits of the number is 9. The sum of the two digits of the number is 15. What is the
product of the two digits of the two digit number?
A) 54 B) 72 C) 56 D) 47

48. Vinita bought a watch with 24% discount on the selling price. If the watch costs her Rs
779, what is the original selling price of the watch?
A) Rs 1000 B) Rs 950 C) Rs 1040 D) Rs 1025

49. Shyam invests an amount of Rs 5690 @ 5% per annum for three years. What
approximate amount of compound interest will be obtained at the end of 3 years?
A) Rs 854 B) Rs 799 C) Rs 843 D) Rs 897

50. Samantha, Jessica and Roseline begin to jog around a circular stadium. They complete
their revolutions in 84, 56 and 63 seconds respectively. After how may seconds will they
be together at the starting point?
A) 336 B) 504 C) 252 D) 756

51. The cost of 13 kg of sugar is Rs 195. The cost of 17 Kg of Rice is Rs 544 and the cost of
21 kg of wheat is Rs 336. What is the total cost of 21 kg of sugar, 26 kg of rice and 19 kg
of wheat?
A) Rs 1451 B) Rs 1306 C) Rs 1500 D) Rs 1636
52. The product of two consecutive even numbers is 16128. Which is the larger number?
A) 132 B) 128 C) 124 D) 126

53. Find the average of the following sets of scores.
178,863,441,626,205,349,462 and 820
A) 505 B) 441 C) 349 D) 493

54. The difference between 38% of the number and 24% of the same number is 135.10. What
is 40% of that number?
A) 394 B) 370 C) 378 D) 386

55. If x+y= 20 and xy=84. What is the value of (x)2+(y)2 ?
A) 232 B) 400 C) 128 D)476

56. A child is looking for his father. He went 90 meters in the East before turning to his right.
He went 20 meters before turning to his right again to look for his father at his uncle’s
place 30 meters from this point. His father was not there. From here he went 100 meters
to the north before meeting his father in a street. How far did the son meet his father from
the starting point?
A) 80 meters B) 100meters C) 140 meters D) 260 meters

57. If CONCEPT is written as UNMULQR and FRIEND is written as YSGLMT, then how is
PREDICT written in that code?
A) USYGMNL B) SLMGTUR C) QSLTGUR D) QGMNLTR

58. If ‘paper’ is called ‘wood’ , ‘wood’ is called ‘straw’ , ‘straw’ is called ‘grass’ , ‘grass’ is
called ‘rubber’ and ‘rubber’ is called ‘cloth’ ,what is the furniture made up of ?
A) Paper B) Wood C) Straw D) Grass

59. Pointing out to a lady , a girl said , “ She is the daughter-in-law of the grandmother of my
father’s only son .” How is the lady related to the girl ?
A) Sister-in-law B) Mother C) Aunt D) Mother-in-law

Directions (Questions 60 to 62) : Read the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below :
Ravi and Kunal are good in Hockey and Volleyball . Sachin and Ravi are good in Hockey
and Baseball . Gaurav and Kunal are good in Cricket and Volleyball . Sachin , Gaurav
and Michael are good in Football and Baseball .

60. Who is good in Hockey , Cricket and Volleyball ?
A) Sachin B) Kunal C) Ravi D) Gaurav

61. Who is good in Baseball , Cricket ,Volleyball and Football ?
A) Sachin B) Kunal C) Gaurav D) Ravi

62. Who is good in Baseball, Vollyball and Hockey ?
A) Sachin B) Kunal C) Ravi D) Gaurav

Directions (Questions 63 to 66) : Read the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below:-
An exhibition is open for public since 9 A.M. till 3 P.M. and again since 4 p.m. till 10
p.m. In a day there are 12 batches of one hour each. The entry ticket bears the pass code
made up of seven words, which changes every hour following a particular rule. The pass
codes for 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. are same as those for respective hours during 9 A.M. to 3 p.m
i.e. the pass code for 4 p.m. to p.m. is same as that of 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and so on.
Following is an illustration of the code and steps of rearrangement for subsequent clock
hours.
First Batch: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. (4 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
Pass Code: dig more and you will find water
Second Batch: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (5 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
Pass Code: and dig find you water will more
Third Batch: 11 a.m. to 12 noon (6 p.m. to 7 p.m.)
Pass Code: find and will you more water And so on…
63. If the pass code for the second batch is , “ do not play the near water dirty”, what will be
the pass code for 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. batch?

A) Near dirty not the play do water B) Dirty near play the not do water
C) Dirty near not the play do water D) Near dirty not the play water do

64. If the pass code for third batch is , “ at study sleep and night child good”, which batch
will have the pass code, “child sleep night and study good at”?
A) Second B) Fourth C) Fifth D) Sixth

65. If the pass code for 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. is, “ out in above over the field end”, what will be the
pass code for 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
A) The field end over out in above B) Field end the over out in above
C) Field the end over out above in D) The field end over out above in

66. If the pass code for the batch 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. is , “go to office in time every day”, what
will be the pass code for 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.?
A) To day go in every office time B) Day to go in every office time
C) To go day in every office time D) To go in day every office time

67. If the positions of the 5th and 12th letters of the word GLORIFICATIONS are
interchanged , and likewise the positions of the 4th and 14th letters , the 3rd and 10th letters,
the 2nd and 11th letters and the 1st and 13th letters are interchanged, which of the following
be the 12th letter from the right end?
A) I B) O C) R D) T

Directions (Questions 68 to 69 ) : Read the following information carefully and answer
the questions given below :
7 8 9 7 6 5 3 4 2 8 9 7 2 4 5 9 2 9 7 6 4 7
68. How many sevens are preceded by 9 and followed by 6?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5

69. Which figures have equal frequency?
A) 2,5,3 B) 2,4,5 C) 3,7,5 D) 8,6,5

70. In a certain code ‘BACK’ is written as ‘5914’ and ‘KITE’ is written as ‘4876’. How is
‘BEAT’ written in that code?
A) 5697 B) 5967 C) 4697 D) 5687

71. If ‘red’ means ‘white’, ‘white’ means ‘black’, ‘black’ means ‘yellow’ , ‘yellow’ means
‘green’, ‘green’ means ‘blue’ and ‘blue’ means ‘indigo’. Which of the following will
represent the color of sunflower?
A) Green B) Indigo C) White D) Black

72. Statements : All baskets are marbles
Some marbles are sticks.
No Stick is garden.
Conclusions: 1. Some gardens are baskets
2. Some sticks are baskets
3. No garden is baskets.
A) Only 1 follows B) Only 3 follows
C) Only 2 follows D) Only either 1 or 3 follows

Directions (Questions 73 to 75) : Read the following information carefully and
answer the questions given below :

M,P,J,B,R,Tand F are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. B is third to the left of J
who is second to the left of M . P is third to the left of B and second to the right of R . T
is not an immediate neighbor of M .

73. Who is second to the left of T?
A) F B) M C) P D) J

74. In which of the following pairs the second person is sitting to the immediate right of the
first person?
A) JR B) PJ C) TR D) MP

75. Who is third to the right of B ?
A) R B) J C) M D) P

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