1. Match the items of List-I with List-II and select the code of correct matching :
List–I List–II
(a) Merger of Vodafone and Idea (i) Business Strategy
(b) Launch of Apple iphone 7 plus (ii) Operational Strategy
(c) Manufacturing Samsung mobile handsets in India (iii) Corporate Strategy Code :
(a) (b) (c)

2. Under which of the following exchange rate systems, exchange rates are either held constant or allowed to fluctuate only within very narrow boundaries ?

3. A Marketing database is built as an aid to

4. For nominal data, the only measure of central tendency, that can be applied is

5. Social responsibility of business while appropriating natural resources by a corporate entity has been recommended in which one of the following?

6. Consider the following statements and identify the correct code of true statements:
(a) When an organization's survival is threatened and it is not competing effectively, retrenchment strategies are often needed.
(b) Turnaround strategy is used when an organization is performing well but has not yet reached a critical stage.
(c) Divestment strategy involves selling the business or setting it up as a separate corporation.
(d) Liquidation strategy involves closure of business which is no longer profitable.
Codes:

7. Which one of the following is not correct about voluntary retirement scheme in public enterprises?

8. Co-determination is used for:

9. Match List-I with List-II.
List–I List–II
(Ethical Issue) (Stake holder affected)
I. Unsafe working 1. Customers conditions
II. Product safety 2. Society
III. Environmental 3. Employees Pollution
IV. Following local 4. Host Country laws
Code:
I II III IV

10. Which of the following schemes is not a part of India's Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14?

11. A firm is currently earning ` 50,000 and its one share has a present market value of ` 175. It has 5,000 shares outstanding. The earnings of the firm is expected to remain stable and it has a payout ratio of 100%. The cost of equity is:

12. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 is related to

13. The appropriate method to derive the growth rate according to Dividend-Growth Model for equity valuation is

14. If two commodities are complementary, then a rise in the price of one commodity will induce

15. In case Mutual Funds invest in the securities whose price variations suggest the general price movement, it is called

16. If a bank in India, SBI, has an account with citibank, New York, and another Indian Bank, Allahabad Bank, wants to refer to that account while corresponding with citibank, New York, the Allahabad Bank would refer to which one of the following accounts?

17. The first step in the development of a business mission is

18. The least amount of time an activity is expected to consume. Which one of the following relates to the above expression as per PERT language?

19. Banks normally provide working capital finance in forms of which combination of the following?
(a) Term loans
(b) Discounting of bills
(c) Overdrafts
(d) Cash credits
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20. Who is involved in 'Shoplifting' from the following ?

21. A store manager is trying to explore the relationship between percentage fat content
(Y) and price (X) of various dairy products.
He finds that the coefficient of determination is 0.4624 and the estimated regression line is Y = 0.5 – 0.02 X. The coefficient of correlation would be

22. Statement–I : Both the probable error and standard error of the coefficient of correlation are different.
Statement–II : When a sampling distribution of mean is prepared by taking small sized samples from a normally distributed population, the distribution takes the shape of normal distribution.
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23. Match the items of the List–I with that of the List–II and suggest the correct code from the following:
List–I List–II
(a) Cost function 1. Kinked demand
(b) Supply function 2. Isoquants
(c) Production function 3. Engineering method
(d) Oligopoly 4. Factor prices
Codes:
(a) (b) (c) (d)

24. Funding through Micro finance to Small and Micro Enterprises is not successful due to

25. In dispute resolution mechanism of the WTO regime, the collapse of the Doha Round talks at Cancun in September 2003 has been attributed to which one of the following ?