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SOURCE: ICAI
BOARD OF STUDIES
THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST

Model Test Paper – BOS/CPT-1/2006
Time : 4 hours Maximum Marks : 200

The test is divided into four sections.
Please follow the instructions given in each section carefully and answer the questions.
SECTION – A : FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING (60 MARKS)
(i) Questions 1 to 10 have only one correct answer and carry + 1mark each for correct
answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
(ii) Questions 11 to 20 are the fill in the blank based questions having four alternate
answers and carry + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
(iii) Questions 21 and 22 contain small paragraph / table followed by a question having only
one correct answer and carry + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for
each wr ong answer.
(iv) Questions 23 to 60 are numerical based questions, which have answers as numerical
values and carry + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
PART I
1. RPC Ltd. follows the written down value method of depreciating machinery year after
year due to
(a) Comparability.
(b) Convenience.
(c) Consistency.
(d) All of the above.
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2. A change in accounting policy is justified

(a) To comply with accounting standard.
(b) To ensure more appropriate presentation of the financial statement of the
enterprise.
(c) To comply with law.
3. Purchases book records:
(a) All ca sh purchases.
(b) All credit purchases.
(c) Credit purchases of goods in trade.
(d) None of the above.
4. A Bank Reconciliation Statement is prepare d to know the causes for the difference
between:
(a) the balances as per cash column of Cash Book and the Pass Book.
(b) the balance as per bank column of Cash Book and the P ass Book.
(c) the balance as per bank column of Cash Book and balances as per cash column
of Cash Book
5. While finalizing the current year’s profit, the company realized that there was an error in
the valuation of closing stock of the previous year. In the previous year, closing stock
was valued more by Rs.50,000. As a result
(a) Previous year’s profit is overstated and current year’s profit is also overstated
(b) Previous year’s profit is understated and current yea r’s profit is overstated
(c) Previous year’s profit is understated and current yea r’s profit is also understated
(d) Previous year’s profit is overstated and current year’s profit is understated
6. In the absence of any provision in the partnership agreement, profits and losses are
shared
(a) In the ratio of capitals.
(b) Equally.
(c) In the ratio of loans given by them to the partnership firm.
7. Fundamental accounting assumptions are
(a) Materiality.
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(b) Business entity.

(c) Going concern.
(d) Dual aspect
8. Which of the following errors are not revealed by the Trial Balance:
(a) compensating errors;
(b) errors of commission;
(c) wrong balancing of an account;
(d) wrong totalling of an acco unt
9. Which of the following are of capital nature ?
(a) Purchase of a goods
(b) Cost of repair
(c) Wages paid for installation of machinery
(d) Rent of a factory
10. Which of the following statement is not true:
(a) If del-creder’s commission is allowed, bad debt will no t be recorded in the books
of consignor
(b) If del-creder’s commission is allowed, bad debt will be debited in consignment
account
(c) Del-creder’s commission is allowed by consignor to consignee
(d) Del-creder’s commission is generally relevant for credit sales
PART II
11. Disco unt on issue of debentures is a __________
(a) Revenue loss to be charged in th e year of issue
(b) Capital loss to be written off from ca pital reserve
(c) Capital loss to be written off over the tenure of the debentures
(d) Capital loss to be shown as goodwill
12. Loss on issue of debentures is treated as ____________.
(a) Intangible asset
(b) Current asset
(c) Current liability
(d) Miscellan eous expenditure
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13. Dividends are usu ally paid as a percentage of ______

(a) Authorized share ca pital
(b) Net profit
(c) Paid-up capital
(d) Called-up capital
14. At the time of death of a partner, firm gets ________ from the insurance company
against the Joint Life Policy taken jointly for all the partners.
(a) Policy Amount.
(b) Surrender Value.
(c) Policy Valu e for the dead partner and Surrender Value for the rest.
(d) Surrender Value for all the partners.
15. Profit or loss on revaluation is shared among the partners in ___ ____ ratio.
(a) Old Profit Sharing.
(b) New Profit Sharing.
(c) Capital.
(d) Equal.
16. Interest on capital will be paid to the partners if provided for in the agreement but only
from________
(a) Profits.
(b) Reserves.
(c) Accumulated Profits.
(d) Goodwill.
17. The owner of the consignment stock is________
(a) Consignor
(b) Consignee
(c) Debtors
(d) None
18. The parties to joint venture is called_________
(a) Co-venturers
(b) Partners
(c) Principal & Agent
(d) Friends
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19. The purpose of accommodation bill is_______

(a) To finance actual purchase or sale of goods
(b) To facilitate trade transmission
(c) When both parties are in need of funds
(d) None of the above
20. The number of production or similar units expected to be obtained from the use of an
asset by an enterprise is called as _________
(a) Unit life
(b) Useful life
(c) Production life
(d) Expected life
PART III
21. Mr. A purchased a machinery costing Rs. 1,00,000 on 1 st October, 2005. Transportation
and installation charges were in curred amounting Rs. 10,0 00 and Rs. 4,000
respectively. Dismantling charges of the old machine in place of which new machine
was purchased amounted Rs. 10,000. Market value of the machine was estimated at
Rs. 1,20,000 on 31 s t March 20 06. While finalising the annual accounts, A values the
machinery at Rs. 1,20,000 in his books.
Which of the following concepts was violated by A?
(a) Cost concept
(b) Matching concept
(c) Realisation concept
(d) Periodicity concept.
22. M/s AB C Brothers, which was registered in the year 2000, has been following Straight
Line Method (SLM) of depreciation. In the current year it changed its method from
Straight Line to Written Down Value (WDV) Method, since such change would result in
the additional depreciation of Rs. 200 lakhs as a result of which the firm would qualify
to be declared as a sick industrial unit. The auditor raised objection to this change in
the method of depreciation.
The objection of the auditor is justified because
(a) Change in the method of depreciation should be done only with the consent of
the auditor
(b) Depreciatio n method can be changed only from WDV to SLM and not vice versa
(c) Change in the method of deprecation should be done only if it is re quired by
some statute and change would result in appropriate presentation of financial
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statement
(d) Method of depreciation cannot be changed under any circumstances.
PART IV
23. If Cost of goods sold is Rs.80,700, Opening stock Rs.5,800 and Closing stock
Rs.6,000. Then the amount of purchase will be
(a) Rs.80,500
(b) Rs.74,900
(c) Rs.74,700
(d) Rs.80,900.
24. Original cost = Rs 1,26,000. Salvage value = 6,000. Useful Life = 6 years. Annual
depreciation under SLM will be
(a) Rs.21,000
(b) Rs.20,000
(c) Rs.15,000
(d) Rs.14,000
25. A new firm commenced business on 1st January, 2006 and purchased goods costing
Rs. 90,0 00 during the year. A sum of Rs. 6,000 was spent on freight inwards. At the
end of the year the cost of goods still unsold was Rs. 12,000. Sales during the year Rs.
1,20,000. What is the gross profit earned by the firm?
(a) Rs. 36,000
(b) Rs. 30,000
(c) Rs. 42,000
(d) Rs. 38,000
26. X of Kolkata sends out goods costing 300,000 to Y of Mumbai at cost + 25%.
Consignor’s expenses Rs 5000. 1/10of th the goods were lost in transit. Insurance claim
received Rs 300 0. The net loss on account of abnormal loss is
(a) Rs.27,500
(b) Rs.25,500
(c) Rs.30.500
(d) Rs.27,000
27. A and V enter into a joint venture to sell a consign ment of biscuits sharing profits and
losses equally. A provides biscuits from stock Rs 10000. He pays expenses amounting
to Rs 1000. V incurs further expe nses on carriage Rs 1000. He receives cash for sales
Rs 15000. He also takes over goods to the value of Rs 2000. The profit on joint venture
is
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(a) Rs.3000
(b) Rs.5000
(c) Rs.6000
(d) Rs.3500
28. X draws a bill on Y for Rs 20,000 for 3 months on 1.1.05. The bill is discounted with
banker at a charge of Rs 100. At maturity the bill return dishonoured. In the books of X,
for dishonour, the bank account will be credited by Rs.
(a) 19,900
(b) 20,000
(c) 20,100
(d) 19,800
29. A sent some goods costing Rs. 3,500 at a profit of 25% on sale to B on sale or return
basis. B returned goods costing Rs. 800. At the end of the accounting period i.e. ons 31
t
December, 2005, the remaining goods were neither returned nor were approved by
him. The stock on approval will be shown in the balance sheet at Rs.
(a) 2,000.
(b) 2,700.
(c) 2,700 less 25% of 2,700.
(d) 3,500.
30. A and B are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2 having th e capital of
Rs. 80,000 and Rs. 50,000 respectively. They are entitled to 9% p.a. interest on capital
before distributing the profits. During the year firm earned Rs. 7,800 after allowing
interest on capital. Profits apportioned among A and B is
(a) 4,680 and 3,120.
(b) 4,800 and 3,000.
(c) 5,000 and 2,800.
31. A & B are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio 5:3. On admission, C brings
Rs. 70,000 cash and Rs. 48,000 against goodwill. New profit sharing ratio between A, B
and C ar e 7:5:4. The scarificing ratio among A:B will be
(a) 3:1.
(b) 4:7.
(c) 5:4.
(d) 2:1.
32. The cash book showed an overdraft of Rs. 1,500, but the pass book made up to the
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same date showed that cheques of Rs. 100,Rs. 50 and Rs. 125 respectively had not
been presented for payments; and the cheque of Rs.400 paid into account had not
been cleared. The bala nce as per the cash book will be
(a) Rs. 1,100.
(b) Rs. 2,175.
(c) Rs. 1,625.
(d) Rs. 1,375.
33. A second hand car is purchased for Rs. 10,000, the amount of Rs. 1,000 is spent on its
repairs, Rs. 500 is incurred to get the car registered in owner’s name and Rs. 1,200 is
paid as dealer’s commission. The amount debited to car acco unt will be
(a) Rs. 10,000.
(b) Rs. 10,500.
(c) Rs. 11,500.
(d) Rs. 12,700.
34. If a purchase return of Rs.84 has been wrongly poste d to the debit of th e sales return
account, but had been correctly entered in the suppliers account, the total of the tria l
balance would show
(a) the credit side to be Rs.84 more than debit side.
(b) the debit side to be Rs.84 more than credit side.
(c) the credit side to be Rs.168 more than debit side.
(d) the debit side to be Rs.168 more than credit side.
35. The accountant of the firm M/s ABC is unable to tally the following trial balance.
S. No. Account heads Debit (Rs.) Credit (Rs.)
1. Sales 15,000
2. Purchases 10,000
3. Miscellaneous expenses 2,500
4. Salaries 2,500
Total 12,500 17,500
The above difference in trial balance is due to

(a) wrong placing of sales account
(b) wrong placing of salaries account
(c) wrong placing of miscellaneous expen ses accou nt
(d) Wr ong placing of all accounts
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36. R, J and D are the partners sharing profits in the ratio 7:5:4. D died on 30 th June 2006.
It was decided to value the goodwill on the basis of three year’s purchase of last five
years average profits. If the profits are Rs. 29,600; Rs. 28,700; Rs. 28,900; Rs. 24,000
and Rs. 26,800. D’s share of goodwill will be
(a) Rs. 20,700.
(b) Rs. 27,600.
(c) Rs. 82,800.
(d) Rs. 27,000.
37. A company forfeited 2,000 shares of Rs.10 each (which were issued at par) held by Mr.
John for non-payment of allotment money of Rs.4 per share. The called-up value per
share was Rs.9. On forfeiture, the amount debited to share capital will be
(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.8,000
(c) Rs.2,000
(d) Rs.18,000.
38. S Ltd. issued 2,000, 10% Preference shares of Rs.100 each at par, which are
redeemable at a premium of 10%. For the purpose of redemption, the company issued
1,500 Equity Shares of Rs.100 each at a premium of 20% per share. At the time of
redemption of Preference Shares, the amount to be transferred by the company to the
Capital Redemption Reserve Account will be
(a) Rs.50,000
(b) Rs.40,000
(c) Rs.2,00,0 00
(d) Rs.2,20,0 00
39. W Ltd. issued 20,000, 8% debentures of Rs.10 e ach at par, which are redeemable after
5 years at a premium of 20%. The amount of loss on redemption of debentures to be
written off every year will be
(a) Rs.40,000
(b) Rs.10,000
(c) Rs.20,000
(d) Rs.8,000
40. X sent out certain goods to Y of Delhi. 1/10 of the goods were lost in transit. Invoice
value of goods lost Rs 12,500. Invoice value of goods sent out on consignment will be:
(a) Rs.120,000
(b) Rs.125,000
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(c) Rs.140,000
(d) Rs.100,000
41. T Ltd. purchased land and building from U Ltd. for a book value of Rs.2,00,000. The
consideration was paid by issue of 12% Debentures of Rs.100 each at a discount of
20%. The debentures account will be credited with
(a) Rs.2,60,0 00
(b) Rs.2,50,0 00
(c) Rs.2,40,0 00
(d) Rs.1,60,000
42. B Ltd. issued shares of Rs.10 each at a discount of 10%. Mr. C purchased 30 shares
and paid Rs.2 on application but did not pay the allotment money of Rs.3. If the
company forfeited his entire shares, the forfeiture account will be credited by
(a) Rs.90
(b) Rs.81
(c) Rs.60
(d) Rs.54
43. A, B and C are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio 9:4:3. They took joint life
policy of Rs. 25,000 for A, Rs. 20,000 for B and Rs. 51,000 for C. What is the share of
C in the JLP amount?
(a) Rs. 18,000.
(b) Rs. 25,000.
(c) Rs. 51,000.
(d) Rs. 20,000.
44. A and B are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2 (A’s Capital is Rs.
30,000 and B’s Capital is Rs. 15,000). They admitted C agreed to give 1/5 t h share of
profits to him. How much C should bring in towards his capital?

(a) Rs. 9,000.
(b) Rs. 12,000.
(c) Rs. 14,500.
(d) Rs. 11,250.
45. A and B are partners with the capital Rs. 50,000 an d Rs. 40,000 respectively. They
share profits and losses equally. C is admitted on bringing Rs. 50,000 as capital only
and nothing was bought against goodwill. Goodwill in Balance sheet of Rs. 20,000 is
revalued as Rs. 35,000. What will be value of goodwill in the books after the admission
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of C?
(a) Rs. 55,000.
(b) Rs. 35,000 .
(c) Rs. 20,000.
(d) Rs. 15,000
46. X, Y and Z are partners in a firm. At the time of division of profit for the year there was
dispute betwee n the partners. Profits before interest on partner’s capital was Rs. 6,000
and Y determined interest @ 24% p.a. on his loan of Rs. 80,000. There was no
agreement on this point. Calculate the amount payable to X, Y and Z respectively.
(a) Rs. 2,000 to each partner.
(b) Loss of Rs. 4,400 for X and Z & Y will take home Rs. 14,800.
(c) Rs. 400 for X, Rs. 5,200 for Y and Rs. 400 for Z.
(d) Rs. 2,400 to each partner.
47. A merch ant sends out his goods casually to his dealers on a pproval basis. All such
transactions are, however, recorded as actual sales and are passed through the sales
book. On 31-12-2005, it was found that 100 articles at a sale price of 200 each sent on
approval basis were recorded as actual sales at that price. The sale price was made at
cost plus 25%. The amount of stock on approval will be amounting
(a) Rs.16,000.
(b) Rs. 20,000.
(c) Rs. 15,000.
48. A draws a bill on B for Rs 30,000. A wants to endorse it to C in settlement of Rs 35,000
at 2% discount with the help of B’s acceptance and balance in cash. How much cash A
will pay to B?
(a) 4300
(b) 4000
(c) 4100
(d) 5000
49. A and B enter into a joint venture for purchase and sale of Type-writer. A purchased
Typewriter costing Rs 100000. Repairing expenses Rs 10000, printing expenses Rs
10000. B sold it at 20% margin on selling price. The sales value will be:
(a) Rs. 125000
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(b) Rs. 150000

(c) Rs. 100000
(d) Rs. 140000
50. P of Faridabad sent out goods costing Rs. 45,000 to Y of Delhi at cost + 33 1/ 3 %. 1/10 th
of goods were lost in transit. 2/3 r dof the goods are sold at 20% above IP. The amount
of sale value will be:
(a) Rs.54,000
(b) Rs.43,200
(c) Rs.60,000
(d) Rs.36,000
51. Rent paid on 1 October, 2004 for the year to 30 September, 2005 was Rs. 1,200 and
rent paid on 1 October, 2005 for the year to 30 September, 2006 was Rs. 1,600. Rent
payable , as shown in the profit and loss account for the year ended 31 December 2005,
would be:
(a) Rs. 1,200.
(b) Rs. 1,600.
(c) Rs. 1,300.
(d) Rs. 1,500.
52. H Ltd. purchased a machinery on April 01, 2000 for Rs.3,00,000. It is estimated that the
machinery will have a useful life of 5 years after which it will have no salvage value. If
the company follows sum-of-the-years’-digits method of depreciation, the amount of
depreciation charged during the year 2004-05 was
(a) Rs.1,00,000
(b) Rs.80,000
(c) Rs.60,000
(d) Rs.20,000.
53. If Average Stock = Rs 12,000. Closing stock is Rs 3,000 more than opening stock then
the value of closing stock will be
(a) Rs 12,000
(b) Rs 24,000
(c) Rs 10,500
(d) Rs 13,500.
54. O Ltd. maintains the inventory records under perpetual system of inventory. Consider the
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following data pertaining to inve ntory of O Ltd. held for the month of March 2005:
Date Particulars Quantity Cost Per unit ( Rs.)
Mar. 1 Opening Inventory 15 400
Mar. 4 Purchases 20 450
Mar. 6 Purchases 10 460
If the company sold 32 units on March 24, 2005, closing inventory under FIFO method
is
(a) Rs.5,200
(b) Rs.5,681
(c) Rs.5,800
(d) Rs.5,950.
55. Debit balance as per Cash Book of ABC Enterprises as on 31.3.2006 is Rs.
1,500.Cheques deposited but not cleared amounts to Rs. 100 and Che ques issued but
not presented of Rs. 150. The bank allowed interest amounting Rs. 50 and collected
dividend Rs. 50 on behalf of ABC Enterprises. Balance as per pass book should be
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1,450.
(c) 1,850.
(d) 1,650.
56. If a purchase return of Rs.1,000 has been wrongly posted to the debit of the sales
returns account, but has been correctly entered in the suppliers’ account, the total of
the
(a) trial balance would show the debit side to be Rs.1,000 more than the credit
(b) trial bala nce would show the credit side to be Rs.1,000 mor e than the debit.
(c) the debit side of th e trial balance will be Rs.2,000 more than the credit side.
(d) the credit side of the trial bala nce will be Rs.2,000 more than the debit side.
57. If repair cost is Rs. 25,000, whitewash expenses are Rs. 5,000, cost of extension of
building is Rs. 2,50,000 and co st of improvement in electrical wiring system is Rs.
19,000; the amount to be expensed is
(a) Rs. 2,99,000.
(b) Rs. 44,000.
(c) Rs. 30,000.
(d) Rs. 49,000.
58. Sunset Tours has a Rs.3,500 account receivable from Moh an. On January 20, the
Rotary makes a partial payment of Rs.2100 to Sunset Tours. The journal entry made
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on January 20 by Sunset Tours to record this transaction includes:

(a) A credit to the cash received account of Rs.2,100.
(b) A credit to the Accounts receivable account of Rs.2,100.
(c) A debit to the cash account of Rs.1,400.
(d) A debit to the Accounts receivable account of Rs.1,400.
share was Rs.9. On forfeiture, the amount debited to share capital = ?
(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.8,000
(c) Rs.2,000
(d) Rs.18,000.
60. A, B and C are partners sharing profits in the ratio 2:2:1. On retirement of B, goodwill
was valued as Rs. 30,000. Find the contribution of A and C to compensate B.
(a) Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 10,000.
(b) Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 4,000.
(c) They will not contribute any thing.
(d) Information is insufficient for any comment.
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SECTION – B : MERCANTILE LAWS (40 MARKS)
answer.
(iii) Questions 99 and 100 contain small paragraph / table followed by a question having
only one correct answer and carry + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark
for each wro ng answer.
PART I
61. Which of the following is false? An offer to be valid must:
(a) Intend to create legal relations.
(b) Have certain & unambiguous terms.
(c) Contain a term the non-complia nce of which would amount to acceptance.
(d) Be communicated to the person to who m it is made.
62. Which of the following statement is true?
(a) Consideration must result in a benefit to both parties.
(b) Past consideration is no consideration in India.
(c) Consideration must be adequate.
(d) Consideration must be something, which a promisor is not already bound to do.
63. Which of the following is not an exception to the rule – No Consideration, No Contract?
(a) Compensation for involuntary services.
(b) Love & Affection.
(c) Contract of A gency.
(d) Gift.
64. A minor’s liability for ‘ne cessaries’ supplied to him;
(a) Arises after he attains majority age.
(b) Is against only minor’s property.
(c) Does not arise at all.
(d) Arises if minor gives a promise for it.
65. An agreement is void if it is opposed to public policy. Which of the following is not
covered by heads of public policy?
(a) Trading with an enemy.
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(b) Trafficking in public offices.

(c) Marriag e brokerage contracts.
(d) Contracts to do impossible acts.
66. Which of the following persons can perform the contract?
(a) Promisor alone.
(b) Legal representatives of promisor.
(c) Agent of the promisor.
(d) All of these.
67. A, B and C jointly promised to pay Rs. 60,000 to D. Before performance of the contract,
C dies. Here, the contra ct
(a) becomes void on C’s death.
(b) should be performed by A and B along with C’s legal re presentatives.
(c) should be performed by A and B alone.
(d) should be renewed between A, B and D.
68. Generally, which of the following damages are not recoverable?
(a) Ordinary damages.
(b) Special damages.
(c) Remote damages.
(d) Nominal damages.
69. A mistake as to a law not in force in India has the same effect as:
(a) mistake of fact
(b) mistake of Indian law
(c) fraud
(d) misrepresentation
70. The term “goods” under Sale of Goods Act, 1930 does not include
(a) goodwill.
(b) actionable claims.
(c) stocks and shares.
(d) harvested crops.
71. Which of the following is not an implied condition in a contract of sale?
(a) Condition as to title.
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(b) Condition as to description.

(c) Condition as to free from encumbrance.
(d) Condition as to sample.
72. Which of the following is not a form of delivery?
(a) Constructive delivery.
(b) Structured delivery.
(c) Actual delivery.
(d) Symbolic delivery.
73. Mercantile Agent is having an authority to
(a) sell or consign goods.
(b) raise money on the security of goods.
(c) sell or buy goo ds.
(d) any of the above.
74. Doctrine of Caveat Emptor means
(a) let the seller beware.
(b) let the buyer beware.
(c) let the creditor beware.
(d) none of the above.
75. The most important element in partnership is:
(a) Business
(b) Sharing of Profits
(c) Agreement
(d) Business to be carried on by all or any of the m acting for all.
76. In the absence of agreement to the contrary all partners are:
(a) Not entitled to sh are profits
(b) Entitled to share in capital ratio.
(c) Entitled to share in proportion to their ages.
(d) Entitled to share profits equally.
77. Active partner is one who:
(a) Takes part in the business of th e firm
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(b) Actively participates in co-curricular activities

(c) Actively shares the profits
(d) Makes a show of author ity
78. On dissolution the partners remain liable to till
(a) Accounts are settled
(b) Partners dues are paid off
(c) Public notice is given
(d) The registrar strikes off the name
79. Which of the following statements, about the registration of firm, is not true:
(a) It must be done at the time of its formation.
(b) It may be do ne at the time of formation.
(c) It may be do ne before filing a suit against third party.
(d) It may be do ne at any time after its formation.
PART II
80. An a greement which is enforceable by law at the option of one or more of the parties
thereon but not at the option of the other or others is a ____________
(a) Valid Contr act.
(b) Void Contract.
(c) Voidable Contract.
(d) Illegal Contract.
81. When the consent of a party is not free, the contract is _____________
(a) Void.
(b) Voidable.
(c) Valid.
(d) Illegal.
82. Ordinarily, a minor’s agreement is ____________
(a) Void ab initio
(b) Voidable.
(c) Valid.
(d) Unlawful.
83. The threat to commit suicide amounts to ___________
(a) Coercion.
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(b) Undue Influence.

(c) Misrepresentation.
(d) Fraud.
84. An agreement the object or consideration of which is unlawful, is __________ ___
(a) Void.
(b) Valid.
(c) Voidable.
(d) Contingent.
85. A contingent contract is ____________
(a) Void
(b) Voidable
(c) Valid
(d) Illegal
86. A agrees to sell his car worth Rs. 100,000 to B for Rs. 20,000 only, an d A’s consent
was obtained by coercion. Here, the agreement is __________
(a) void
(b) valid
(c) voidable
(d) unlawful
87. A agrees to pay Rs. 5 lakhs to B if he (B) procures an employment for A in Income Tax
Department. This agreement is _________
(a) void
(b) valid
(c) voidable
(d) contingent.
88. Agreement-the meanin g of which is uncertain is ________
(a) Valid.
(b) Void.
(c) Voidable.
(d) Illegal.
89. A contract for the sale of “future goods” is __________
(a) sale
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(b) agreement to sell.

(c) void.
(d) hire-purcha se contract.
90. A stipulation which is collateral to th e main purpose of the contract, and if proves false,
gives the buyer only a right to claim damages, is known as __________
(a) conditions.
(b) guarantee.
(c) warranty.
(d) none of these.
91. Goods which are in existence at the time of the Contract of Sale is known as
_________
(a) present Goods.
(b) existing Goods.
(c) specific Goods.
92. Selection of goo ds with the intention of using them in performance of the contract and
with the mutual consent of the seller and the buyer is known as __________
(a) di stri bution
(b) appropriation.
(c) amortization.
(d) stor age.
93. An auctio n sale is complete on the __________
(a) delivery of goods
(b) payment of price
(c) fall of hammer
94. If A agrees to deliver 100 kg of sugar to B in exchange of 15 mts of cloth, then it is
__________
(a) Contract of sale.
(b) Agreement to sell.
(c) Sale on Approval.
(d) Barter.
95. A partner can retire on_____________
(a) Reaching the age of superannuation
(b) On the balance in the capital account reaching a certain amount
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(c) In accordance with the Partnership Deed

(d) On the condition of his nominee beco ming a partner
96. Death of partner has the effect of____________
(a) Dissolving the firm
(b) Result in continuance of the business of the firm
(c) His heirs joining the firm
(d) Computation of profits upto th e date of death.
97. Registration of a firm is____________
(a) Compulsory
(b) Optional
(c) Occasional
98. The reconstitution of the firm takes place in case of _________ _
(a) Admission of a partner
(b) Retirement of a partner
(c) Expulsion or death of a partner
PART III
99. G paid Rs.1,00,000 to H to influence the head of the Government Organisation in order
to provide him some employment. On his failure to provid e the job, G sued H for
recovery of the amount. Which of the following is correct?
(a) The contract is valid and G can recover the amount from H.
(b) The contract is void as it is opposed to public policy and G cannot recover.
(c) G can recover the amount with interest.
(d) G can recover the amount of Rs.1,00,00 0 and damages.
100. A sold a tin of disinfectant powder to K without warning knowing fully that if the tin was
not opened with care, it will likely to cause injury. K was injured while opening the tin.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) A is not liable to K under the Doctrine of caveat emptor.
(b) A is liable for the damages.
(c) A has no duty to disclose the fa cts to K.
(d) The buyer has the responsibility to enquire about all the things before
purchasing the goods.
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SECTION – C : GENERAL ECONOMICS (50 MARKS)

(i) Questions 101 to 116 have only one correct answer and carry + 1 mark each for
correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
(ii) Questions 117 to 132 are Fill in the blanks type and carry + 1 mark for each
correct answer and -0.25 mark for each wro ng answer.
(iii) Questions 133 to 137 contain small paragraph / table followed by a question
having only one correct answer and carries + 1 mark each for correct answer
and – 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
(iv) Question 138 to 150 are nu merical based which have answers as numerical
value and carry + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each
wrong answer.
PART I
101 What implication does resource scarcity have for th e satisfactio n of wants?
(a) Not all wants can be satisfied.
(b) We will never be faced with the need to make choices.
(c) We must develop ways to decrease our individual wants.
(d) The discovery of new natural re sources is necessary to increase our ability to
satisfy wants.
102. Who expressed the view that “Economics should be neutral between ends”?
(a) Robbins
(b) Mar shall
(c) Pigou
(d) Adam Smith.
103. Which of the following p airs of goods is an example of substitutes?
(a) Tea and sugar.
(b) Tea and coffee.
(c) Pen and ink.
(d) Shirt and trousers.
104. The consumer is in equilibrium when the following condition is satisfied:
MU P
(a) x > x .
MUy Py
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(b) x < x .
MU P
y y
MU P
(c) x = x .
MU P
y y

105. In the production of wheat, all of the following are variable factors that are used by the
farmer except:
(a) the seed and fertilizer used when the crop is planted
(b) the field that has been cleared of trees and in which the crop is planted.
(c) the tractor used by the farmer in planting and cultivating not only wheat but also
corn and ba rley.
(d) the number of hours that the farmer spends cultivating the wheat fields.
106. In describing a given prod uction technology, the short run is best described as lasting
(a) up to six months from now.
(b) up to five years from now.
(c) as long as all inputs are fixed.
(d) as long as at least one input is fixed.
107. Price-taking firms, i.e., firms that operate in a perfectly competitive market, a re said to
be “small” relative to the market. Which of the following best describ es this smallness?
(a) The individual firm must have fewer than 10 employees.
(b) The individual firm faces a do wnward-sloping deman d curve .
(c) The individual firm has assets of less than Rs.20 lakh.
(d) The individual firm is unable to affect market price through its output decisions.
108. A firm encounters its “shutdown point” when:
(a) average total cost equals price at the profit-maximizing level of output.
(b) average variable cost equals price at the profit-maximizing level of output.
(c) average fixed cost equals price at the profit-maximizing level of output.
(d) marginal cost equals price at the profit- maximizing level of output.
109. Which of the follo wing statements is correct?
(a) The public sector was given a dominant position in the newly Independent India.
(b) The foreign trade policy post Independence allowed free trade of all goods and
services.
(c) Monetary policy post Independence sought to keep the CRR at a very low level.
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110. The unsustainable levels of government deficits in the late 80’s can be attributed to:
(a) high levels of government expenditures.
(b) insufficient revenues.
(c) poor returns on government investments.
(d) all of the above.
111. What is India’s rank in world population?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
112. Which is of the following statements is correct?
(a) Gini coefficients are often used for measuring poverty in relative sense.
(b) When poverty is related to the distribution of income or consumption
expenditure, it is absolute poverty.
(c) In India, we mainly use the concept of relative poverty for measuring poverty.
113. The industrial sector faced the process of retrogression and deceleration during
(a) 1950-1965
(b) 1990-2005
(c) 1980- 1995
(d) 1965 -1980.
114. Find the tax which is direct tax among the following:
(a) Personal income tax.
(b) Excise duty
(c) Sales tax
(d) Service tax.
115. As a result of the New Ind ustrial Policy,1991:
(a) the public sector has been stripped off all its power.
(b) the public sector has been given the commanding heights of the economy.
(c) the public sector’s portfolio will be reviewed with greater realism. The focus will
be on strategic high tech and essential infrastructure industries.
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(d) the public sector’s management has be en passed over to the private sector.
116. In order to control credit:
(a) CRR should be increased and Bank rate should be decreased.
(b) CRR should be reduced and B ank rate should be reduced.
(c) CRR should be increased and Bank rate should be increased.
(d) CRR should be reduced and B ank rate should be increased.
PART II
117. Under --------------------- market condition, firms make normal profits in th e long run.
(a) Perfect Competition
(b) Monopoly
(c) Oligopoly
118. Larger production of --- -------------------goods would lead to higher pr oduction in future.
(a) Consumer goods.
(b) Capital goods.
(c) Agricultural goods.
(d) Public goods.
119. Consumer surplus means -------------------------------------------.
(a) the area inside the budget line.
(b) the area between the average revenue and marginal revenue curves.
(c) the different between the maximum amou nt a person is willing to pay for a good
and its market price.
120. A horizontal supply curve parallel to the quantity axis implies that the elasticity of
supply is ---- -----
(a) zero.
(b) infinite.
(c) equal to one.
(d) greater than zero but less th an one.
121. The average product of labour is maximized when marginal product of labour ------------.
(a) equals the average product of labour.
(b) equals zero.
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(c) is maximized.
122. When ______________________________ , we know that the firms are earning just
normal profits.
(a) AC = AR
(b) MC = MR
(c) MC = AC
(d) AR = MR
123. In a free market economy, when consumers increa se their purchase of a good and the
le vel of ________________exceeds ______________ then prices tend to rise.
(a) demand, supply.
(b) supply, demand
(c) prices, demand
(d) profits, supply.
124. ____________ is the apex bank for agriculture credit.
(a) RBI
(b) SIDBI
(c) NABARD
(d) ICICI
125. India has the _____________ largest scientific and technical manp ower in the world.
(a) fifth
(b) tenth
(c) eighth
(d) second
126. About _______ _ percent of the sick units in India are small units.
(a) 10 percent
(b) 5 percent
(c) 30 percent
(d) 98 percent.
127. The Tenth Plan aims at achieving a growth rate of _______________ in the industrial
sector.
(a) 5 per cent
(b) 8 percent
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(d) 6 percent
128. Nearly __________ percent of working populatio n is engaged in the service sector.
(a) 23 percent
(b) 45 percent
(c) 80 percent
(d) 50 percent
129. Service sector accounted for nearly ______________ percent of exports (2004-05).
(a) 10 percent
(b) 20 percent
(c) 35 percent
(d) 80 percent
130 A situation of employment in which a person is appare ntly employed but his contribution
to the production is almost nil is called ________ unemployment.
(a) structural.
(b) chronic.
(c) disguised.
(d) cyclical.
131. ______________ unemployment may result when some workers are temporarily out of
work while changing job.
(a) Cyclical.
(b) Voluntary.
(c) Frictional.
(d) seasonal
132. According to the Planning Commission, a person is said to be below poverty line, if he
is earning less than ___________ per ca pita per month for urban areas and less than -
---- ------ -- per capita per month for rural areas.
(a) Rs.2000; Rs.3000
(b) Rs.500; Rs.1000
(c) Rs.240; Rs.200
(d) Rs.265; Rs.225
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PART III
Read the following paragraph and answer questions 133-134.
In 19 40, Hitler’s air force bombed Rotterdam, a beautiful city in Holland. Twenty five thousand
homes, 1200 factories, 69 schools and 13 hospitals were destroyed. Nearly 75,000 people
beca me homeless and 1000 people died. 35 % of the port was gutted by the German army.
133. The above destruction would mean:
(a) A complete wipe off of the Production Possibilities Curve (PP C) of Rotterdam.
(b) An outward shift of the PPC of Rotterdam.
(c) An inward shift of the PPC of Rotterdam.
(d) A downward movement on the same PPC of Rotterdam.
134. If immediately after the war, Rotterdam rebuilt its port with the help of most up to date
cranes, docks and cargo handling technology. By the end of the reconstruction, ships
were loading and unloading faster and at lower cost than any where in the world. It
became more efficient than it was before the destruction. This means:
(a) Rotterdam has come back to its original PPC.
(b) Rotterdam has shifted to a higher PPC.
(c) Rotterdam has shifted to a lower PPC.
(d) Nothing can be said.
Read the following figure and answer questions 135-137.
135. Which of the following represents the concept of t rade-offs?
(a) A movement fro m point
A to point B.
(b) A movement fro m point
U to point C.
(c) Point W.
(d) Point U.
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136. Which of the following would not move the PPF for this economy closer to point W?
(a) A decrease in the amount of unemployed labour resources.
(b) A shift in preferences to ward greater capital formation.
(c) An improvement in the overall level of technology.
(d) An increase in the population growth rate.
137. Unemployment or underemployment of one or more resources is illustrated by
production at point:
(a) A
(b) C.
(c) U
(d) W
PART IV
Use Table 1 to answer questions 138-140.
Output (O) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Total Cost (TC): Rs.240 Rs.330 Rs.410 Rs.480 Rs.540 Rs.610 Rs.690
138. The average fixed cost of 2 units of output is :

(a) Rs.80
(b) Rs.85
(c) Rs.120
(d) Rs.205
139. The marginal cost of the sixth unit of output is:
(a) Rs.133
(b) Rs.75
(c) Rs.80
(d) Rs.450
140. Diminishing marginal returns starts to occur between units:
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 4 and 5
(d) 5 and 6
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Use Table 2 to answer questions 141-143

Table 2: Production Possibilities
Production ABCDEF
possibilities
Good A 0 1 2 3 4 5
Good B 30 28 24 18 10 0
141. According to Table 2, the opportunity cost of increasing Good A’s productio n from 2 to
4 units is equal to:
(a) 10 units of B
(b) 14 units of B
(c) 24 units of B
(d) 2 units of B.
142. According to Table 2, the opportunity cost of increa sing one unit of Good B from 10
units to 18 units is:
(a) 3 units of A.
(b) 1 unit of A.
(c) 0.125 units of A.
(d) 0.5 units of A.
143. Given the data in Table 2, as one moves from successively from point A to point B, C,
D, E and F, the opportunity cost of Good A:
(a) increases as more of good A is produced.
(b) decreases as more of good A is produced.
(c) remains constant.
(d) is always equal to one unit of B.
144. Suppose a department store has a sale on its silverware. If the price of a place-setting
is reduce d from Rs. 300 to Rs.200 and the quantity demanded increases from 3,000
place-settings to 5,00 0 place-settin gs, what is the price elasticity of demand for
silverware?
(a) .8
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.25
(d) 1.50
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145. A discount store has a special offer on CDs. It reduces th eir price from Rs.150 to
Rs.100. Suppose the store manager observes that the quantity demanded increases
from 700 CDs to 1,300 CDs. What is the price elasticity of demand for CDs?
(a) .8
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.25
(d) 1.50
146. If the local pizzeria raises the price of a medium pizza from Rs.60 to Rs.100 and
quantity de manded falls from 700 pizzas a night to 100 pizzas a night, the price
elasticity of demand for pizzas is:
(a) .67
(b) 1.5
(c) 2.0
(d) 3.0
147. Suppose that a sole proprietorship is earning total revenues of Rs.100,000 and is
in curring explicit costs of Rs.75,000. If the owner could work for another company fo r
Rs.30,000 a year, we would conclude that:
(a) the firm is incurring an economic loss.
(b) implicit costs are Rs.25,000.
(c) the total economic costs are Rs.100,000.
(d) the in dividual is earning an economic profit of Rs.25,000.
Table 3
Hours of Labour Total Output Marginal Product
0 --- ---
1 100 100
2 ________ 80
3 240 ________
148. What is the total output when 2 hours of labour are employed?
(a) 80
(b) 100
(c) 180
(d) 200
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149. What is the marginal product of the third hour of labour?

(a) 60
(b) 80
(c) 100
(d) 240
150. What is the average product of the fir st three hours of labour?
(a) 60
(b) 80
(c) 100
(d) 240
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SECTION – D : QUANTITATIVE APTIT UDE (50 MARKS)
(i) Questions 151 to 160 have only one correct answer and carry + 1 mark each for correct
answer and – 0.25 mark for each wro ng answer.
answers an d carry + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
(iii) Questions 171 to 200 are numerical based questions, which have answers as
numerical value and carry + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each
wrong answer.
PART I
151. Simple random sampling is very effective if
(a) The population is not very large.
(b) The population is not much heterogeneous.
(c) The population is partitioned into several sections.
(d) Both (a) and (b).
152. Which of the following pairs of events are mutually exclusive?
(a) A : The student reads in a school. B : He studies Philosophy.
(b) A : Raju was born in India. B : He is a fine Engineer.
(c) A : Ruma is 16 years old. B : She is a good singer.
(d) A : Peter is under 15 years of age. B : Peter is a voter of Kolkata.
153. Which of the following statements is untrue for tabulation?
(a) Statistical analysis of data requir es tabulation.
(b) It facilitates comparison between rows and not columns.
(c) Complicated data can be presented.
(d) Diagrammatic r epresentatio n of data requir es tabulation.
154. For a moderately skewed distribution, which of he following relationship holds?
(a) Mean – Mode = 3 (Mean – Median)
(b) Median – Mod e = 3 (Mean– Median)
(c) Mean – Median = 3 (Mean – Mode)
(d) Mean – Median = 3 (Median – Mode)
155. If two events A and B are in dependent, then P(A n B)
(a) Equals to P(A) + P(B).
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(b) Equals to P(A) × P(B).

(c) Equals to P(A) × P(B/A).
(d) Equals to P(B) × P(A/B).
156. Regression analysis is concerned with
(a) Establishing a mathematical relationship between two variables.
(b) Measuring the extent of association between two variable s.
(c) Predicting the value of the dependent variable for a given value of the
independent variable.
(d) Both (a) and (c).
157. For a Poisson distribution,
(a) Mean and standard deviation are equal.
(b) Mean and variance are equal.
(c) Standard deviation and variance are equal.
158. The best method to collect data in case of natural calamity is
(a) Personal inte rview.
(b) Telephone interview.
(c) Mailed questionnaire method.
(d) Indirect interview.
159. Sequence of periodic payments/ receipts regularly over a period of time is called
(a) Perpetuity.
(b) Annuity.
(c) Annuity regular.
(d) Annuity due.
160. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Usually mean is the best measure of central tendency.
(b) Usually median is the best measure of central te ndency.
(c) Usually mode is the best measure of central tendency.
(d) Normally, GM is th e best measure of central tendency.
PART II
161. _________ distribution is symmetrical when p = 0.5.
(a) Chi- square
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(c) Poisson
(d) Binomial
162. lo g 32/4 is equal to _____ ___.
(a) log 32/log4
(b) log 32 – log4
(c) 2 3
(d) None of these

163. If _______, the roots are real and equal.
(a) b 2
– 4ac= 0
(b) b 2
– 4ac> 0
(c) b 2
– 4ac<0
(d) b 2
– 4ac = 0
164. ________ is the mean proportional between 12x 2 and 27y 2 .
(a) 18xy
(b) 81 xy
(c) 8 xy
(d) 19.5 xy
165. The letters of the words CALCUTTA and AMERICA are arranged in all possible ways.
The ratio of the number of these arr angement is _______.
(a) 1: 2
(b) 2:1
(c) 1:1
(d) 1.5:1
166. The 7 t h term of the series 6, 12, 24……is_______.
(a) 384
(b) 834
(c) 438
(d) 854
167. The two variables are known to be_______ if the movement on the part of one variable
does not produce any movement of the other variable in a particular direction.
(a) Correlated
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(b) Positive correlated

(c) Negative correlated
(d) Uncorrelated
168. If two letters are taken at random fro m the word HOME , _________ is the probability
that none of the letters would be vowels.
(a) 1/6
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/3
(d) 1/4
169. In ________ years a sum will double at 5% p.a. compound interest.
(a) 15 years 3 months
(b) 14 years 2 months
(c) 14 years 3 months
(d) 15 years 2 months
170. When the data are classified in respect of successive time points, they are known
as_______.
(a) Chronological data
(b) Geographical data
(c) Ordinal data
(d) Cordinal data
P ART III
x2 - 4
171. lim is equal to
x -2 x+2
(a) 4
(b) –4
(c) does not exist
(d) None of these
172. The derivative of y = 1 x + is
(a) 1 / 1 x+
(b) – 1 / 1 x+
(c) 1 / 2 1 x+
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(d) None of these

173. logx dx
is eq ual to
(a) x lo gx
(b) x lo gx – x 2 +k
(c) x logx + k
(d) None of these
174. If g(x) = x–1/x, g(–) is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3/2
(d) 3
175. The sum of first nnatural number
(a) ) (n /2) (n + 1
(b) ) (n /6) (n + 1) (2n + 1
(c) [(n / 2) (n + 1)]2

(d) None of these.
176. Chain index is equal to
linkrelative ofcurrentyear × chain index of the current year
(a) 100
linkrelative ofpreviousyear ×chain indexofthe current year

(b) 100
linkrelative ofcurrentyear × chain indexofthe previousyear

(c) 100
linkrelative ofpreviousyear × chainindexof the previousyear

(d) 100
177. If from a population with 25 members, a random sample witho ut re placement of 2

members is take n, the number of all such samples is
(a) 300
(b) 625
(c) 50
(d) 600
178. If A = Rs. 1000, n = 2 years, R = 6% p.a co mpound interest payable half-yearly then
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principal ( P ) is
(a) Rs. 888.80
(b) Rs. 880
(c) 800
(d) None of these
179. There are 10 trains plying between Calcutta and Delhi. The number of ways in which a
person can go from Calcutta to Delhi and return by a different train is
(a) 99
(b) 90
(c) 80
(d) None of these.
180. Every person shakes hands with each other in a party and the total number of hand
shakes is 66. The number of guests in the party is
(a) 11
(b) 12
(c) 13
(d) 14
181. The sum of a certain number of terms of an AP series –8, –6, –4, … is 52 . The
number of terms is
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 11
(d) None of these.
182. If you save 1 paise today, 2 paise the next day 4 paise the succeeding day and so on,
then your total savings in two weeks will be
(a) Rs. 163
(b) Rs. 183
(c) Rs. 163.83
(d) None of these.
183. If the set P has 3 elements, Q four and R two then the set P×Q×R contains
(a) 9 elements.
(b) 20 elements.
(c) 24 elements.
(d) None of these.
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184. A function f(x) is define d by f(x) = (x–2)+1 over all real values of x. now f(x) is
(a) Continuous at x = 2
(b) Discontinuous at x = 2
(c) Undefined at x = 2
(d) None of these.
185. The number of accidents for seven days in a locality are given below :
No. of accidents : 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency : 15 19 22 31 9 3 2
What is the number of cases when 3 or less accidents occurred?
(a) 56
(b) 6
(c) 68
(d) 87
186. On the average experienced person does 5 units of work wh ile a fresh one 3 units of
work daily but the employer has to maintain an outp ut of at least 30 units of work per
day. This situation can be expressed as
(a) 5x + 3y = 30
(b) 5x + 3y >30
(c) 5x + 3y = 30
(d) None of these
187. The mean salary for a group of 40 female workers is 5200 per month and that for a group
of 60 male workers is 6800 per month . What is the combined mean salary?
(a) 6500
(b) 6200
(c) 6160
(d) 6100
188. The standard deviation of, 10, 16, 10, 1 6, 1 0, 10, 16, 16 is
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) 0
189. A bag contains 15 one rupee coins, 25 two rupee coins and 10 five rupee coins. If a
coin is selected at random from the bag, then the probability of not selecting a one
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rupee coin is
(a) 0.30
(b) 0.70
(c) 0.25
(d) 0.20
190. If a card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards, what is the cha nce of getting a
Spade or an ace?
(a) 4/13
(b) 5/13
(c) 0.25
(d) 0.20
191. The quartile deviation of a normal distribution with mean 10 and SD 4 is
(a) 0.675.
(b) 67.50 .
(c) 2.70.
(d) 3.20.
192. If there are 3 observations 15, 20, 25 then the sum of deviation of the observations
from their A M is
(a) 0
(b) 5
(c) –5
(d) None of these.
193. e ax dx
(a) e x
(b) e ax /a
(c) log x
(d) e ax
d (a
194. dx x )
(a) a x log e a
(b) log x
(c) e ax
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195. Five times of a positive whole number is 3 less than twice the square of the number.
The number is
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) –3 BOARD OF STUDIES
(d) 2 THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
196. If the profits of a company remains the same for the last ten months, then the standard
deviation of profitsCOMMON PROFICIENCY
for these ten months would be ? TEST
(a) Positive
(b) Negative Model Test Paper – BOS/CPT-2/2006
(c) Zero
(d) (a)
Time : 4orhours
(c) Maximu m Marks : 200
197. The mean of a binomial
Thedistribution with parameter
test is divided into four nsections.
and p is
(a) n (1– p).
(b) np (1 – p).
(c) np. SECTION – A : FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING (60 MARKS)
(d) (1–)
(i) Questions 1 to 10 have .only one correct answer and carry + 1mark each for correct
npp
198. The total area of the normal curve is
(a) One.
options and carry + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
(b) 50 answer.
per ce nt.
(c) 0.50. 21 and 22 contain small paragraph / table followed by a question having only
(iii) Questions
one
(d) correct answer
Any value and carry
between 0 and+1.1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for
each wr ong answer.
199. What is the present value of Re.1 to be received after two years compounded annually
(iv) Questions
at 10% ?23 to 60 are numerical based questions, which have answers as numerical
(a) 0.73
answer.
(b) 0.83
PART(c)I 0.93
1. Which
(d) ofNone
the following
of these. is not a sub-field of accounting?
(a) sum
200. The Management accounting.
of the series 9, 5, 1,…. to 100 terms is
(b) Cost accounting.
(a) –18900
(b) Financial
(c) 18900 accounting.
(c)
(d) 19900
Book-keeping.
(d) None of these.
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2. Revenue from sale of products, is generally, realized in the period in which

(a) Cash is collected.
(b) Sale is made.
(c) Products are manufactured.
3. The determination of expenses for an accounting period is based on the principle of
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Materiality.
(c) Matching.
(d) Periodicity.
4. It is essential to standa rdize the accounting principles and policies in order to ensure
(a) Transparency.
(b) Consistency.
(c) Comparability.
5. Change in accounting estimate means
(a) Differences arising between certain parameters estimated earlier and re-
estimated during the current period.
(b) Differences arising between certain parameters estimated earlier and actual
results achieved during the current period.
(c) Differences arising between certain parameters re-estimated during the
current period and actual results achieved during the current period.
6. Which account is the odd one out?
(a) Office Furniture & Equipment.
(b) Freehold Land and Buildings.
(c) Stock of raw materials.
(d) Plant and Machinery.
7. In Double Entry System of Book-keeping every business transaction affects:
(a) Two accounts.
(b) Two sides of the same account.
(c) The same account on two different dates.
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8. Which of the following types of information are found in subsidiary ledgers, but not
in the general ledger?
(a) Total cost of goods sold for the period.
(b) The quantity of a particular product sold during the period.
(c) The amount owed to a particular creditor.
(d) The portion of total current assets that consist of cash.
9. Contra entries are passed only when
(a) Double column cash book is prepared
(b) Three-column cash book is prepared
(c) Simple cash book is prepared
10. The preparation of a trial balance is for:
(a) Locating errors of commission;
(b) Locating errors of principle;
(c) Locating clerical errors.
(d) All of the above
PART II
11. Present liability of uncertain amount, which can be measured reliably by using a
substantial degree of estimation, is termed as ________
(a) Provision
(b) Liability
(c) Contingent liability
12. When preparing a Bank Reconciliation Statement, if you start with a debit balance as
per the Cash Book, then cheques issued but not presented within th e period are
__________
(a) Added
(b) Deducted
(c) Not required to be adjusted
13. Under inflationary conditions, ________ method will show highest value of closing
stock?
(a) FIFO
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(c) Weighted Avera ge
14. In the case of downward revaluation of an asset, which is for the first time revalued,
_______ account is debited.
(a) Fixed A sset
(b) Revaluation Reserve
(c) Profit & Loss account
(d) General Reserve
15. The portion of the acquisition cost of the asset, yet to be allocated is known as
________
(a) Wr itten down value
(b) Accumulated valu e
(c) Realisable value
(d) Salvage value
16. If a concern proposes to discontinue its business from March 2005 and decides to
dispose off all its assets within a period of 4 months, the Balance Sh eet as on March
31, 2005 should indicate the assets at their _________
(a) Historical cost
(b) Net realizable value
(c) Cost less de preciation
(d) Cost price or market value, whichever is lower
17. The balance of the petty cash is _________
(a) an expense,
(b) income,
(c) an asset.
(d) liability
18. Sales for the year ended 31st March, 2005 amounted to Rs. 10,00,000. Sales included
goods sold to Mr. A for Rs. 50,000 at a profit of 20 % on cost. Such goods are still lying
in the godown at the buyer’s risk. Therefore, such goods should be treated as part of
(a) Sales.
(b) Closing stock.
(c) Goods in transit.
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19. As per Section 37 of the Indian P artnership Act, 1932, the executors would be entitled
at their choice to the interest calculated from the date of death till the date of payment
on the final amount due to the dead partner at ________ percentage per annum.
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.
20. If del-credere commission is allowed for bad debt, consignee will debit the bad debt
amount to:
(a) Commission Earned A/c
(b) Consignor A/c
(c) Debtors A/c
(d) General Trading A/c
PART III
21. Mr. A purchased a machinery costing Rs. 1,00,000 on 1 st October, 2005. Transportation
and installation charges were in curred amounting Rs. 10,0 00 and Rs. 4,000
respectively. Dismantling charges of the old machine in place of which new machine
was purchased amounted Rs. 10,000. Market value of the machine was estimated at
Rs. 1,20,000 on 31 s t March 20 06. While finalising the annual accounts, A values the
machinery at Rs. 1,20,000 in his books.
Which of the following concepts was violated by A?
(a) Cost concept
(b) Matching concept
(c) Realisation concept
(d) Periodicity concept.
22. Mohan purchased goods for Rs.15,00,000 and sold 4/5 th of the goods amounting
Rs.18,00,000 and paid expenses amounting Rs.2,70,000 during the year, 2005. He
paid Rs. 5000 for an electricity bill of Dec. 2004 and advance salaries amounting Rs.
15,000 was paid for the month of Jan. 2006. He counted net profit as Rs.3,50,000.
The profit calculated by him is correct according to
(a) Entity concept.
(b) Periodicity concept.
(c) Matching concept.
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PART IV
23. W Ltd. issued 20,000, 8% debentures of Rs.10 e ach at par, which are redeemable after
5 years at a premium of 20%. The amount of loss on redemption of debentures to be
written off every year will be
(a) Rs.40,000
(b) Rs.10,000
(c) Rs.20,000
(d) Rs.8,000
24. S Ltd. issued 2,000, 10% Preference shares of Rs.100 each at par, which are
redeemable at a premium of 10%. For the purpose of redemption, the company issued
1,500 Equity Shares of Rs.100 each at a premium of 20% per share. At the time of
redemption of Preference Shares, the amount to be transferred by the company to the
Capital Redemption Reserve Account will be
(a) Rs.50,000
(b) Rs.40,000
(c) Rs.2,00,000
(d) Rs.2,20,000
25. G Ltd. acquired assets worth Rs.7,50,000 from H Ltd. by issue of shares of Rs.100 at a
premium of 25%. The number of shares to be issued by G Ltd. to settle the purchase
consideration will be
(a) 6,000 shares
(b) 7,500 shares
(c) 9,375 shares
(d) 5,625 shares
26. The following information pertains to X Ltd.:
Equity share capital called up Rs.5,00,000
Calls in arrear Rs. 40,000
Calls in advance Rs. 25,000
Proposed dividend 15%
The amount of dividend payable will be
(a) Rs.75,000
(b) Rs.72,750
(c) Rs.71,250
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(d) Rs.69,000
27. The subscribed share capital of S Ltd. is Rs.80,00,000 of Rs.100 each. There were no
calls in arrear till the final call was made. The final call made was paid on 77,500
shares. Th e calls in arrear amounted to Rs.62,500. The final call on share will be
(a) Rs.25
(b) Rs.7.80
(c) Rs.20
(d) Rs.62.50
28. A Compan y wishes to earn a 20% profit margin on selling price. Which of the following
is the profit mark up on cost, which will achieve the required profit margin?
(a) 33%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 20%.
29. A, B a nd C are the partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2, took a joint
life policy of Rs. 30,000. On the death of B what amount will be payable to each
partner.
(a) A – Rs. 22,000 and B – Rs. 8,000.
(b) A – Rs. 14,000 and B – Rs. 16,000.
(c) A – Rs. 15,000, B – Rs. 9,000 and C – Rs. 6,000.
(d) A – Rs. 10,000, B – Rs. 8,000 and C – Rs. 10,000.
30. A, B and C were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:2:1
respectively with the capital bala nce of Rs. 50,000 for A and B, for C Rs. 25,000. B
declared to retire from the firm and balance in reserve on the date was Rs. 15,000. If
goodwill of the firm was valued as Rs. 30,000 and profit on revaluation was Rs. 7,050
then what amount will be transferred to the loan account of C?
(a) Rs. 70,820.
(b) Rs. 50,820.
(c) Rs. 25,820.
(d) Rs. 58,820.
31. A and B, who share profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2 has the following balances:
Capital of A Rs. 50,000; Capital of B Rs. 30,000; Reserve Fund Rs. 15,0 00. They admit
C as a partner, who contributes to the firm Rs. 25,000 for 1/6 th share in the partnership.
If C is to purchase 1/6 share in the partnership from the existing partners A and B in
th
the ratio of 3:2 for Rs. 25,000, find closing capital of C.
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(a) Rs. 25,000.

(b) Rs. 19,000.
(c) Rs. 20,000.
(d) Rs. 18,000.
32. P and Q are partners sharing Profits in the ratio of 2:1. R is admitted to the partnership
with effect from st1April on the term that he will bring Rs. 20,000 as his capital for 1/4 th
share and pays Rs. 9,000 for goodwill, half of which is to be withdrawn by P and Q.
How much cash can P & Q withdraw from the firm (if any)?
(a) 3,000:1,500.
(b) 6,000:3,000.
(c) NIL.
33. A and B are partners sharing profits in the ratio 5:3, they admitted C giving him 3/10 th
share of profit. If C acquires 1/5 t h share from A and 1/10 t h fr om B, new profit sharing
ratio will be:
(a) 5:6:3.
(b) 2:4:6.
(c) 18:24:38.
(d) 17:11:12
34. A, B and C are equal partners. D is admitted to the firm for one-fourth sha re. D brings
Rs. 20,000 capital and Rs. 5,000 being half of the premium for goodwill. The value of
goodwill of the firm is
(a) Rs. 10,000
(b) Rs. 40,000.
(c) Rs. 20,000.
35. A and B are partners with capitals of Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 20,000 respectively and
sharing profits equally. They admitted C as their third partner with one-fourth profits of
the firm on the payment of Rs. 12,0 00. The amount of hidden goodwill is:
(a) 6,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 8,000.
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36. A & B are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio 5:3. On admission C brings
Rs. 70,000 cash and Rs. 48,000 against goodwill. New profit sharing ratio between A, B
and C are 7:5:4. Find the scarificing ratio as A:B
(a) 3:1.
(b) 4:7.
(c) 5:4.
(d) 2:1.
37. Bill and Monica are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2 having the
capital of Rs. 80,000 and Rs. 50,000 respectively. They are entitled to 9% p.a. interest
on ca pital before distributing th e profits. During the year firm earned Rs. 7,800 after
allowing any interest on capital. Profits apportioned among Bill and Monica is:
(a) 4,680 and 3,120.
(b) 4,800 and 3,000.
(c) 5,000 and 2,800.
38. A merch ant sends out his goods casually to his d ealers on approval basis. All such
transactions are, however, recorded as actual sales and are passed through the sales
book. On 31-12-2005, it was found that 100 articles at a sale price of 200 each sent on
approval basis were recorded as actual sales at that price. The sale price was made at
cost plus 25%. The amount of stock on approval will be amounting
(a) Rs.16,000.
(b) Rs. 20,000.
(c) Rs. 15,000.
39. On 16.6.05 X draws a bill on Y for Rs 25,000 fo r 30 days. 19 th July is a public holiday,
due date of the bill will be:
(a) 19 th July
(b) 18 th July
(c) 17 th July
(d) 16 th July
40. Mr B obby sold goods worth Rs 25,000 to Mr Bonny. Bonny immediately accepted a bill
on 1.11.01, payable after 2 months. Bobby discounted this bill @ 18% p.a. on 15.11.01.
On the due date Bonny failed to discharg e the bill. Later on Bonny became insolvent
and 50 paise is reco vered from Bonny’s estate. How much amount of bad debt will be
recorded in the books of Bobby?
(a) 12,500
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(b) 9,437
(c) 11,687
(d) 13,650
41. Ram’s acceptance to Din for Rs 8,000 renewed at 3 months o n the condition that
Rs 4,000 be paid in cash immediately and the remaining amount will carry interest @
12% p.a. The amount of interest will be:
(a) 120
(b) 80
(c) 90
(d) 160
42. A draws a bill on B for Rs. 30,000. A wants to endorse it to C in settlement of Rs.
35,000 at 2% discount with the help of B’s acceptance and balance in cash. How much
cash A will pay to B?
(a) 4,300
(b) 4,000
(c) 4,100
(d) 5,000
43. A drew a bill on B for Rs. 50,000 for 3 months. Proceeds are to be shared equally. A
got the bill discounted at 12% p.a. and remits required proceeds to B. The amount of
such re mittance will be:
(a) 24,250
(b) 25,000
(c) 16,167
(d) 32,333
44. A and B enter into a joint venture to underwrite th e shares of K Ltd. K Ltd make an
equity issue of 100000 equity sh ares of Rs 10 each. 80% of the issue are subscribed
by the party. The profit sharin g ratio between A and B is 3:2. The balance shares not
subscribed by the public, purchased by A and B in profit sharing ratio. How many
shares to be purchased by A ?
(a) 80000 shares
(b) 72000 shares
(c) 12000 shares
(d) 8000 shares
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45. R and M entered into a joint venture to purchase and sell new year gifts. They agreed
to share the profit and losses equally. R purchased goo ds worth Rs 1,00,000 and spent
Rs 10,000 in se nding the goods to M. He also paid Rs 5,000 for insurance. M spent
Rs 10,000 as selling expenses and sold goods for Rs.2,00,000. Remaining goods were
taken over by him at Rs 5,000. Find out profit on venture.
(a) Rs.70,000
(b) Rs.75,000
(c) Rs.80,000
(d) Rs.85,000
46. A purchased goods costing 2,00,000, B sold 4/5 th of the goods for Rs 2,50,000.
Balance goods were taken over by B at cost less 20 %. If a same set of books is
maintained, find out profit on venture.
(a) Rs. 82000
(b) Rs .90000
(c) Rs. 50000
(d) None
47. If unsold goods costing Rs 20000 is taken over by Venturer at Rs 15000, the Joint
Venture A/c will be credited by:
(a) Rs.2000 0
(b) Rs.1500 0
(c) Rs.5,000l
(d) Nil
48. X of Kolkata sends out goods costing Rs 1,00,000 to Y of Delhi. 3/5 t h of the goods were
sold by consignee for Rs 70,000. Commission 2% on sales plus 20% of gross sales
le ss all commission exceeds cost price. The amount of Commission will be:
(a) Rs.2833
(b) Rs.2900
(b) Rs.3000
(d) Rs.2800
49. Rahim of Kolkata se nds out 1000 boxes to Ram of Delhi costing Rs 100 each at an
Invoice Price of Rs 120 each. Goods send out on consig nment to be credited in general
trading account will be:
(a) Rs.1,00,000
(b) Rs.1,20,000
(c) Rs.20,000
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50. Goods sent out on consig nment Rs.2,00,000. Consignor’s expenses Rs.5,000.
Consignee’s expenses Rs.2000. Cash sales Rs.1,00,000, credit sales Rs.1,10,000.
Consignment stock Rs.40,000. Ordinary commission payable to consignee Rs.3,000.
Del-credere commission Rs.2000. The amount irrecoverable from customer Rs.2,000.
What will be the profit on consignment?
(a) Rs.38,000
(b) Rs.40,000
(c) Rs.36,000
(d) Rs.43,000
51. A of Kolkata sends out 500 boxes to B of Delhi co sting Rs 20 0 each. Consignor’s
expenses Rs 5000. 1/5 th of the boxes were still in transit. 3/4of
th the goods received by
consignee, were sold. The amount of goods still in transit will be:
(a) Rs.20,000
(b) Rs.21,000
(c) Rs.21,200
(d) None
52. If sales revenu es are Rs. 4,00,000; cost of goods sold is Rs. 3,10,000 and operating
expenses are Rs.60,000 the gross profit is
(a) Rs. 30,000.
(b) Rs. 90,000.
(c) Rs. 3,40,000.
(d) Rs. 60,000
53. If sales are Rs. 2,000 and the rate of gross profit on cost of goods sold is 25%, then the
cost of goods sold will be
(a) Rs. 2,000.
(b) Rs. 1,500.
(c) Rs. 1,600.
54. Amit Ltd. purchased a machine on 01.0 1.2003 for Rs 1,20,000. Installation expenses
were Rs 10,000. Residual value after 5 years Rs 5,000. On 01.07.2003, expenses for
repairs were in curred to the extent of Rs 2,00 0. Depreciation is provided under straight
line method. Depreciation rate is 10%. Annual Depreciation will be
(a) Rs.13,000
(b) Rs.17,000
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(c) Rs.21,000
(d) Rs.25,000
55. In the books of D Ltd. the machinery account shows a debit balance of Rs.60,000 as on
April 1,2003.The machinery was sold on September 30, 2004 for Rs.3 0,000. The
company charges depreciation @ 20% p.a. on diminishing balance method. Profit /
Loss on sale will be
(a) 13,200 Profit
(b) 13,200 loss
(c) 6,800 profit
(d) 6,800 loss
56. The total cost of goods available for sale with a company during the current year is
Rs.12,00,000 and the total sales during the period are Rs.13,00,000. If the gross profit
1
margin of the company is333 % on cost, the closing inventory during the current year
is
(a) Rs.4,00,0 00
(b) Rs.3,00,0 00
(c) Rs.2,25,0 00
(d) Rs.2,60,000.
57. Consider the following data pertaining to H Ltd. for the month of March 2005:
Particulars As on March 01, 2005 (Rs.) As on March 31, 2005 (Rs.)
Stock 1,80,000 90,000
The company made purchases amounting Rs. 3,30,000 on credit. During the month of
March 2005, the company paid a sum of Rs.3,50,000 to the suppliers. The goods are
sold at 25% above the cost. The sales for the month of March 2005 were
(a) Rs.4,12,5 00
(b) Rs.5,25,0 00
(c) Rs.90,000
(d) Rs.3,15,000.
58. When preparing a Bank Reconciliation Statement, if you start with a debit balance as
per the Cash Bo ok, cheques issued but not presented within the period should be:
(a) Added
(b) Deducted
(c) Not required to be adjusted
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59. Rs. 200 paid as wages for erecting a machine should be debited to
(a) Repair account.
(b) Machine account.
(c) Capital account.
(d) Furniture account
60. Rs. 2,500 sp ent on the overhaul of machines purchased second-hand is
(a) capital expenditure
(b) revenue expenditure
(c) deferred revenue expenditure
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SECTION – B: MERCANTILE LAWS (40 MARKS)

answer.
PART I
61. The law of contract in India is contained in
(a) Indian Contract Act, 1862
(b) Indian Contract Act, 1962
(c) Indian Contract Act, 1872
(d) Indian Contract Act, 1972
62. A void agreement is one which is
(a) Valid but not enforceable
(b) Enforceable at the option of both the parties.
(c) Enforceable at the option of one party
(d) Not enforceable in a court of law.
63. Which of the following is false? An acceptance:
(a) Must be communicated.
(b) Must be absolute and unconditional.
(c) Must be accepted by a person having authority to accept.
(d) May be presumed from silence of offeree.
64. A proposal when accepted becomes a
(a) Promise.
(b) Contract.
(c) Offer.
(d) Acceptance.
65. Which of the following statement is false? Consideration:
(a) Must move at the desire of the promisor.
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(b) May move from any person.

(c) Must be illusory.
(d) Must be of some value.
(a) A contract with a minor is voidable at the option of th e minor.
(b) An agreement with a minor can be ratified after he attains majority.
(c) A person who is usually of an unsound mind cannot enter into contract even
when he is of a sound mind.
(d) A person who is usually of a sound mind cannot enter into contract when he is of
unsound mind.
(a) A threat to commit suicide does not amount to coercion.
(b) Undue influence involves use of physical pressure.
(c) Ignorance of la w is no excuse.
(d) Sile nce always amounts to fraud.
68. On the valid performance of the contractual obligations by the parties, the contract
(a) is discharged.
(b) becomes enforce able.
(c) becomes void.
(d) none of these.
69. A contract is discharged by rescission which means the
(a) change in one or more terms of the contract.
(b) acceptance of lesser performance.
(c) abandonment of rights by a par ty.
(d) cancellation of the existing contract.
70. The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 deals with
(a) sale
(b) mortgage.
(c) pledge.
71. Which one of the following is/are document of title to goods?
(a) railway receipt.
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(b) wharfinger’s certificate.

(c) warehouse ke eper’s certificate.
(d) all of the above
72. Which one of the following is not true?
(a) Document showing title is different from document of title.
(b) Bill of lading is a document of title to good s.
(c) Specific goods can be identified and agr eed upon at the time of the contract of
Sale.
73. In which form of the contract, the property in the goods passes to the buyer
immediately:
(a) agreement to sell.
(b) hire purchase.
(c) sale
(d) installment to sell.
74. Which one of the following is not an implied warranty?
(a) Warranty as to undisturbed possession.
(b) War ranty as to existence of encumbrance.
(c) Disclosure of da ngerous nature of goods.
(d) Warranty as to quality or fitness by usage of trade.
75. A firm is the name of:
(a) The Partners
(b) The minors in the firm.
(c) The business under which the firm carries on business
(d) The collective name under which it caries on business.
76. A partnership at will is one:
(a) which does not have any deed
(b) which does not have any partner
(c) which does not provide for how long the business will continue
(d) which cannot be dissolved.
77. Every partner has the right to:
(a) Take part in the business of the firm
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(c) To use the property of the firm for personal purposes
(d) Pay taxes
78. Which of the following is not disability of an unregistered firm?
(a) It cannot file a suit against third parties
(b) Its partners cannot file a suit against a firm.
(c) It cannot claim a set-off exceeding Rs. 100.
(d) It cannot be sued by a third party.
79. Which of the following is not the right of a partner i.e., which he cannot claim as a
matter of right?
(a) Right to take part in business.
(b) Right to have access to account books.
(c) Right to share profits.
(d) Right to receive remuneration.
PART II
80. In case of illegal agreements, the collateral agreements are ___________ .
(a) Valid.
(b) Void.
(c) Voidable.
(d) None of these.
81. Consent is not said to be free when it is caused by __ __________
(a) Coercion.
(c) Fraud.
(d) All of these.
82. Moral pressure is involved in the case of ___________
(a) Coercion.
(d) Fraud.
83. Sometimes, a party is entitled to claim compensation in proportion to the work done by
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(a) damages
(b) inju nction
(c) quantum meruit
(d) none of these.
84. A contract dependent on the happening or non-happe ning of future uncertain event, is
a __________
(a) Uncertain contract.
(b) Contingent contract.
(c) Void contract.
(d) Voidable contract.
85. A agrees to pay Rs. One lakh to B if he brings on earth a star from sky. This is a
contingent contract and __________.
(a) Illegal
(b) Valid
(c) Voidable
(d) Void.
86. As a general rule, an agreement made without consideration is __________
(a) void
(b) voidable
(c) valid
(d) unlawful
87. An agreement made with free consent to which the consideration is la wful but
in adequate, is _________.
(a) void
(b) valid
(c) voidable
(d) unlawful
88. A contract with the minor, which is beneficial for him, is _________ _
(a) void ab initio
(b) voidable
(c) valid
(d) illegal
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89. A stipulation in a contract of sale of goods whose violation by seller gives a right of
rescission to buyer, is called ____________
(a) Guarantee.
(b) War ranty.
(c) Condition.
(d) Term.
90. The essence of a right of lien is to _________
(a) deliver the goods.
(b) retain the possession.
(c) regain the po ssession.
91. If a seller handed over the keys of a warehouse containing the goods to the buyer
results in ___________
(a) constructive delivery
(b) actual delivery
(c) symbolic delivery
(d) none of the above
92. A agrees to deliver his old car valued at Rs. 80,000 to B, a car dealer, in exchange
for a new car, and agrees to pay the dif ference in cash it is _________
(b) Agreement to sell.
(c) Exchange.
(d) Barter.
93. A contact for the sale of goods which provide that the property would pass to t he
buyer on full payment of price and execution of sale deed, is known as
___________
(a) sale
(b) agreement to Sell
(c) hire-purcha se Agreement
(d) sale of approval
94. Voluntary transfer of possession by one person to another is popularly known as
__________
(a) Transfer.
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(b) Possession.
(c) Delivery.
95. A partner can be expelled if _________________
(a) Such expulsion is in good faith
(b) The majority of the partner agree on such expulsion
(c) The expelled partner is given an opportunity to start a business competing
with that of the firm
(d) Compensation is paid
96. A new partner can be admitted in the firm with the consent of _________
(a) All the partners
(b) Simple majority of partners
(c) Special majority of partners
(d) New partner only.
97. A partner may retire from an existing firm ________
(a) with consent of all partners
(b) as per express agreement
(c) by written notice in partnership at will
98. A partnership firm is compulsorily dissolved where ___________
(a) All partners have become insolvent
(b) Firm’s business has become unlawful
(c) The fixed term has expired
(d) In cases (a) and (b) only.
PART III
99. Ram, Rohit and Kiran jointly borrowed Rs.2,00,000 from Rahim by executing a
promissory note. Rohit and Kiran are not traceable. Rahim wants to recover the entire
amount from Ram. Ram objected this move by saying he is liable to pay 1/3 of the debt
only. Which of the following statement(s) is correct?
(a) Rahim can recover the entire amount from Ram.
(b) Rahim can only recover 1/3 of Rs.2,00,000 from Ram.
(c) Rahim cannot r ecover any amount from Ram.
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(d) The promissory note is not executable against Ram as Rohit and Kiran are not
traceable.
100. X agrees with Y to carry passengers by taxi from Delhi to Gurgaon on the following
terms, namely, Y is to pay X Rs. 100 per mile per annum, and X and Y are to share the
costs of re pairing and replacement of the cars, and to divide equally between them the
proce eds of fares received from passengers. Choose the correct alternative.
(a) X and Y are partners
(b) X and Y are cab owners
(c) X and Y are co-owners
(d) Can’t be decided.
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(ii) Questions 117 to 132 are Fill in the blanks type and carry +1 mark for each correct
answer and -0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
(iii) Questions 133 to 137 contain small paragraph / table followed by a question having
only one correct answer and carries + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark
(iv) Question 138 to 150 are numerical based which have answers as numerical value and
carry + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
PART I
101 Which of the following statements would you consider to be a normative one?
(a) Faster economic gro wth should result if an economy has a higher level of
in vestment.
(b) Changing the level of in terest rates is a better way of managing the economy
than using ta xation and government expenditure.
(c) Higher levels of unemployment will lead to higher levels of inflation.
(d) The average level of growth in the economy was faster in the 1990s than the
1980s.
102. Consider the following and decide which, if any, economy is without scarcity:
(a) The pre-independence Indian economy, where most people were farmers.
(b) A mythical economy where everyb ody is a billionaire.
(c) Any economy where income is distributed equally among its people.
103. The economic analysis expects the consumer to behave in a manner which is:
(a) Rational
(b) Irrational
(c) Emotional
(d) Indifferent.
104. After reaching the saturation point, consumption of additional units of the commodity
cause:
(a) Total utility to fall and marginal utility to increase.
(b) Total utility and marginal utility both to increase.
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(c) Total utility to fall and marginal utility to become negative.

(d) Total utility to become negative and marginal utility to fall.
105. Consumer surplus is highest in the case of:
(a) Necessities.
(b) Luxuries.
(c) Comforts.
(d) Conventional necessitie s.
106. If one unit of labour and one unit of capital give 200 units of output, two units of labour
and two units of capital give 400 units of output and 5 units of labour and five units of
capital give 1000 units of output then this is a case of:
(a) Consta nt returns to scale.
(b) Increasing returns to scale.
(c) Decreasing returns to scale.
(d) None of these.
107. The vertical difference between TVC and TC is equal to:
(a) MC.
(b) AVC.
(c) TFC.
(d) None of these.
108. Price taker firms:
(a) Advertise to increase the demand for their products.
(b) Do not advertise because most advertising is harmful for the society.
(c) Do not advertise because th ey can sell as much as they want at the current
price.
(d) Who advertise will get more profits than those who do not.
109. The AR curve and industry demand curve are same:
(a) In the case of monopoly.
(b) In the case of oligopoly.
(c) In the case of perfect competition.
110. Which of the following is not, by definition, equal to National Income?
(a) National product
(b) National expenditure
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(d) National wealth
111. Which of the following is not an objective of Fiscal policy?
(a) Economic growth
(b) Economic stability
(c) Maximization of employment level
(d) Regulating of financial institutions
112. The main objective of the World Trade Organisation is to secure among others:
(a) A general agreement among common market countries on technical training and
mutual prices of traded goods.
(b) The maintenance of intellectual property rights and patent rights of member
countries.
(c) An improvement in the USA’s terms of trade in the ne xt decade.
(d) A reduction in tariffs through negotiation, eliminatio n of import quotas and
globalization of international trade.
113. Which one of the following is the b est example of agreement between oligopolists?
(a) GATT
(b) OPEC
(c) WTO
(d) UNIDO
114. Which of the following concepts of Budget deficit has become practically redundant in
India?
(a) Fiscal deficit
(b) Budgetary deficit
(c) Primary deficit
(d) Revenue deficit
115. Birth rate and Death rate are measured as per:
(a) 100 population
(b) 1000 population
(c) 10000 population
(d) 100000 population
116. Money includes:
(a) Currencies and demand deposits.
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(b) Bonds, government securities.

(c) Equity shares.
PART II
117. ---- ------ ---- ----- ----- -------- pair of commodities is an exa mple of substitutes.
(a) Coffee and milk
(b) Diamond and cow
(c) Pen and ink
(d) Mustard oil and coconut oil
118. When the price o f a substitute of X commodity falls, the demand for X --------- --------.
(a) Rises
(b) Falls
(c) Remains unchanged
(d) Any of the above.
119. Mar ginal utility approach to deman d was given by -----------------------------------.
(a) J.R. Hicks
(b) Alfred Marshall
(c) Robbins
(d) A C Pigou
120. While analyzing Marshall’s measure of consumer’s surplus one assumes ------------------.
(a) Imperfect co mpetition
(b) Perfect competition
(c) Mono poly
(d) Mono psony
121. The law of variable prop ortions come into being when -- ---------- ------ ---- ------.
(a) There are only two variable factors.
(b) There is a fixed factor and a variable factor.
(c) All factors are variable.
(d) Variable factors yield less.
122. -------------- is an implicit cost of production.
(a) Wages of the labour.
(b) Charges for electricity.
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(c) Interest on owned money capital.

(d) Payment for raw material.
123. Excess capacity is not found under ------------------.
(a) Mono poly
(b) Monopolistic competition
(c) Perfect competition.
(d) Oligopoly.
124. Stagflation means -----------------------.
(a) Inflation with recession
(b) Recession with stag nation
(c) Inflation galloping like a stag
(d) Inflation and increasing output.
125. ------------- is not a direct tax.
(a) Income tax
(b) Wealth tax
(c) Expenditure tax
(d) Entertainment tax
126. ----------------------- has been founded to act as permanent watchdog on the international
trade.
(a) IBRD
(b) ADB
(c) WTO
(d) IMF
127. ___________measure usually gives the lowest estimate of unemployment especially
for poor economy.
(a) Usual status
(b) Current weekly status
(c) Current daily status
(d) Current yearly status
128. The average profit is the difference between ---------------------.
(a) AC and TC
(b) AC and VC.
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(c) AC and AR
(d) AC and TR
129. At the point of inflexion, the marginal pr oduct is -----------------------.
(a) Increasing
(b) Decreasing
(c) Maximum
(d) Negative
130 . Marginal revenue will be negative if elasticity of demand is ------------------.
(a) Less than one.
(b) More than one.
(c) Equal to one.
(d) Equal to zero.
131. If th e railways are making losses on passenger traffic they should lower their fares.
The suggested remedy would only work if the demand for rail travel had a price
elasticity of --------------
(a) Zero
(b) Greater than zero but less than one.
(c) One
(d) Greater than one
132. If R point bisects the demand curve in two equal parts, then elasticity at R equals -------
---- -----.
(a) Zero
(b) Five
(c) Two
(d) One
PART III
The following data give the production possibilities frontier of an economy that
produces two types of goods, guns and bread. Read the following table and answer
questions 133-135
Table 1 : Production Possibilities
Production possibilities A B C D E F G H
Guns 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 30
Bread 105 100 90 75 55 30 0 45
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133. According to Table 1, the opportunity cost of increa sing gun’s production from 20 to 30
units is equal to
(a) 10 units of bread.
(b) 15 units of bread.
(c) 25 units of bread.
(d) 24 units of bread.
134. Given the data in Table 1, one moves successively from point A to points B, C, D,E and
F, the opportunity cost of guns:
(a) Increases as more of guns are produced.
(b) Decreases as more of guns are is produced.
(c) Remains constant as more of guns are produced.
(d) Nothing can be said.
135. Point D is efficient while point H (30 guns and 45 loaves of bread) is inefficie nt. Why?
(a) Point D is outside the PPF while point H is on the PPF.
(b) Point D is inside th e PPF while point H is on the PPF.
(c) Point D is on the PPF while point H is inside the PPF.
(d) nothing can be said.
Rea d the following paragraph and answer questions 136 to 137.
In the Monetary Policy announced for the year 2006-07 the following announcements
have been made - Bank Rate, Repo Rate, Reverse Repo Rate and Cash Reserve
Ratio have been kept unchanged at their present levels of 6 per cent, 6.5 per cent,
5.5 per cent and 5 per cent respectively. These have been kept unchanged as
liquidity pressure seen during the last 4 months of 2005-06 have eased off
considerably.
136. What is Bank Rate?
(a) The rate of interest charged by public sector banks from the general public.
(b) The rate of interest on housin g loans.
(c) The rate of interest on educational loan.
(d) The rate at which the RBI discounts the bills of commercial banks.
137. In the given paragraph it is stated that Bank Rate and Cash Reserve Ratio(CRR) h ave
been kept unchanged. What can RBI do if it wants to control credit in the economy?
(a) Decrease Bank Rate and decrease CRR.
(b) Increase Bank Rate and increase CRR.
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(c) Increase Bank Rate and decrease CRR

(d) Decrease Bank Rate and increase CRR.
PART IV
Bozzo’s burgers is a small restaurant and a price taker. The table below provides the
data of Bozzo’s output and costs in Rupees.
Quantity Total Fixed Variable Average Average Marginal
cost cost cost variable total cost cost
cost
0 100 ---
10 210
20 300
30 400
40 540
50 790
60 1060
138. If burgers sell for Rs14 each, what is Bozzo’s profit maximizing level of output :
(a) 10 burgers
(b) 40 burgers
(c) 50 burgers
(d) 60 burgers
139. What is the total variable cost when 60 burgers are produced?
(a) Rs. 690
(b) Rs.960
(c) Rs.110
(d) Rs.440
140. What is average fixed cost when 20 burgers are produced?
(a) Rs. 5
(b) Rs.3.33
(c) Rs. 10
(d) Rs. 2.5
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141. Between 10 to 20 burgers, what is the marginal cost (per burger)?

(a) Rs. 11
(b) Rs. 13
(c) Rs 14
(d) Rs. 9
In Econoville, there is one grocery shop, Ecoconvenience. It used to sell fresh milk
at Rs.20 per litre, at which price 400 litres of milk were sold per month. After some
time, the price was raised to Rs 30 per litre. Following the price rise:
Only 200 litres of milk was sold every month.
The number of boxes of cere al customers bought went down from 280 to 240.
The number of packets of powered milk customers bought went up from 90 to 220
per month.
Now answer Questions number 142-147.
142. The price elasticity of demand when fresh milk’s price increases from Rs. 20 per litre to
Rs 30 per litre is equal to:
(a) 2.5
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.66
(d) 2 .66
143. The cross elasticity of monthly demand for cereal when the price of fresh milk increases
from Rs 20 to Rs.30 is equal to:
(a) - 0.38
(b) + 0.25.
(c) - 0.19.
(d) + 0.38.
144. The cross elasticity of monthly demand for powdered milk when the price of fresh milk
in creases from Rs 20 to Rs 30 per litre is equal to:
(a) + 1.05.
(b) -1.05.
(c) -2.09.
(d) + 2.09.
145. What can be said about the price elasticity of demand for fresh milk?
(a) It is perfectly elastic.
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(b) It is elastic.
(c) It is perfectly inelastic.
(d) It is inelastic.
146 . Suppose income of the residents of Ecoville increases by 50% and the quantity of fresh
milk demanded increases by 30%. What is income elasticity of demand for fresh milk?
(a) 0.5
(b) 0.6
(c) 1.25
(d) 1.50
147. We can say that fresh milk in economics sense is a/an:
(a) luxury good
(b) inferior good
(c) normal good
148. Suppose that a sole proprietorship is earning total revenues of Rs.2,00,000 and is
in curring explicit costs of Rs.1,50,000. If the owner could work for another company for
(c) the total economic costs are Rs.2,00,000.
Table 3
0 --- ---
1 200 200
2 ________ 160
3 480 ________
(a) 160
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(c) 360
(d) 400
(a) 120
(b) 160
(c) 200
(d) 480
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SECTION – D : QUANTITATIVE AP TITUDE (50 MARKS)

answer.
wrong answer.
PART I
151. Mutually exclusive classification is usually meant for
(a) A discrete variable.
(b) A continuous variable.
(c) An attribute.
(d) Any of these.
3x+ | x |
152. lim
x 0 7x- 5| x|
(a) Exists
(b) Does not exist
(c) 1/6
(d) None of these
153. Which measure of dispersion is based on all the observations?
(a) Mean deviation
(b) Standard deviation
(c) Quartile deviation
(d) (a) and (b) but not (c)
154. If an unbiased coin is tossed once, then the two events Head and Tail are
(a) Mutually exclusive.
(b) Exhaustive.
(c) Equally likely.
(d) All these (a), (b) and (c) .
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155. If P(A) = P(B), then

(a) A and B are the same events.
(b) A and B must be same events.
(c) A and B may be different events.
(d) A and B are mutually exclusive events.
156. As the sa mple size increases, standard error
(a) Increases .
(b) Decreases.
(c) Remains constant.
(d) Decreases proportionately.
157. The test of shifting th e base is called
(a) Unit Test.
(b) Time Reversal Test.
(c) Circular Test.
(d) None of these.
158. Which sampling is subjected to the discretion of the sampler?
(a) Systematic sampling
(b) Simple random sampling
(c) Purposive sampling
(d) Quota sampling
159. Scatter diagram helps us to
(a) Find the natu re correlation between two variables.
(b) Compute the exte nt of correlation between two variables.
(c) Obtain the mathematical relationship between two variables.
(d) Both (a) and (c).
160. The point of intersection between the straight lines 3x + 2y = 6 and 3x – y = 12 lie in
(a) 1st quadrant.
(b) 2nd quadrant.
(c) 3rd quadr ant.
(d) 4th quadrant.
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161. ‘Stub’ of a table is the _________ part of the table describing the _________.
(a) Left, Columns
(b) Right, Columns
(c) Right, Rows
(d) Left, Rows
162. The logarithm of a number consists of two parts, the whole part or the integral part is
called the ______ and the decimal part is called th e _______.
(a) Characteristic, Number
(b) Characteristic, Mantissa
(c) Mantissa, Characteristic
(d) Number, Mantissa
163. If b 2 –4ac < 0 then the roots are _____________.
(a) Real and equal
(b) Imaginary
(c) Real and unequal
(d) Irrational and unequal
164. In __________ receipts/payments takes place fore ver.
(a) Annuity
(b) Perpetuity
(c) Annuity reg ular
(d) Annuity due
165. Usually _________ is the best measure of central tend ency.
(a) Median
(b) Mode
(c) Mean
(d) G.M.
166. ________ are used for measuring central tenden cy , dispersion & skewness.
(a) Median
(b) Deciles
(c) Percentiles
(d) Quartiles.
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167. If the plotted points in a scatter diagram lie from upper left to lower right, then the
correlation is_______.
(a) Positive
(b) Zero
(c) Negative
(d) None of these.
168. A small value of r indicates only a _________ linear type of relationship between the
variables .
(a) Good
(b) Poor
(c) Maximum
(d) Highest
169. The method usually applied for fitting a binomial distribution is known as______.
(a) Method of least square
(b) Method of moments
(c) Method of probability distribution
(d) Method of deviations
170. An index time series is a list of _______ nos. for two or more periods of time.
(a) Index
(b) Absolute
(c) Relative
(d) Sample
PART III
171. The following data relate to the marks of a group of students:
Marks : Bel ow 10 Below 20 Below 30 Below 40 Below 50
No. of students : 15 38 65 84 100
How many stud ents got marks more than 30?
(a) 65
(b) 50
(c) 35
(d) 43
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172. The following data relate to the incomes of 86 persons :

Income in Rs. : 500–999 1000–1499 1500–1999 2000–24 99
No. of persons : 15 28 36 7
What is the percentage of persons earning more than Rs. 1500?
(a) 50
(b) 45
(c) 40
(d) 60
173. Value of 2x 1/ 2 .3x–1 if x = 4 is
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 3.5
(d) 4.5
174. A number between 10 and 100 is five times the sum of its digits. If 9 be added to it the
digits are reversed, find the number.
(a) 54
(b) 53
(c) 45
(d) 55
175. An employer recruits experienced (x) and fresh workmen (y) for his firm under the
condition that he cannot employ more than 9 people. x and y can be related by the
in equality
(a) x + y 9
(b) x + y =9
(c) x + y =9
(d) None of these
176. The sum required to earn a monthly interest of Rs 1200 at 18% per annum SI is
(a) Rs. 50000
(b) Rs. 60000
(c) Rs. 80000
(d) None of these
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177. The difference between compound and simple interest at 5% per annum for 4 years on
Rs.20 000 is
(a) Rs 250
(b) Rs 277
(c) Rs 300
(d) Rs 310
178. 4P4 is equal to
(a) 1
(b) 24
(c) 0
(d) None of these
179. In how many ways can 8 persons be seated at a round table? In how many cases will 2
particular persons sit together?
(a) 5040
(b) 4050
(c) 450
(d) 540
180. Five bulbs of which three are defective a re to be tried in two bulb points in a dark room.
Number of trials the room shall be lighted
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 7
181. Which term of the progression –1, –3, –5, …. is –39?
(a) 21st
(b) 20th
(c) 19th
(d) None of these
182. The sum of natural numbers upto 20 0 excluding those divisible by 5 is
(a) 20100
(b) 4100
(c) 16000
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(d) None of these.

183. The number of subsets of the set {2, 3, 5} is
(a) 3
(b) 8
(c) 6
(d) None of these.
184. Given A = {2, 3}, B = {4, 5}, C = {5, 6} then A × (BC) is
(a) {(2, 5), (3, 5)}
(b) {(5, 2), (5, 3)}
(c) {(2, 3), (5, 5)}
(d) None of these.
( x2 - 16 )
185. lim is evaluated as
x 4 (x - 4 )
(a) 8
(b) –8
(c) 0
(d) None of these.
1 then dx dy is equ al to
186. If y = x
1
(a) x
2x
-1
(b) x
x
1
(c) – x
2x
(d) None of these.
187. f(x) = x 2 /ex then f '(–1) is equal to
(a) – 1/e
(b) 1/e
(c) e
(d) None of these.
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188. Evaluate 5x2 dx and the an swer will be
(a) 5 / 3x 3 +k
(b) 5x 3 /3
(c) 5x 3
(d) None of these.

4
189. Evaluate ( 3xdx- and

2 )2 the value is
2
(a) 104
(b) 100
(c) 10
(d) None of these.
190. What is the value of the first quartile for observations 15, 18, 10, 20, 23, 28, 12, 16?
(a) 17
(b) 16
(c) 15.75
(d) 12
191. What is the coefficient of range for the following wages o f 8 workers?
Rs.80, Rs.65, Rs.90, Rs.60, Rs.75, Rs.70, Rs.72, Rs.85.
(a) Rs.30
(b) Rs.20
(c) 30
(d) 20
192. If the relation ship between two variables x and y is given by 2x + 3y + 4 = 0, then the
value of the cor relation coefficient between x and y is
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) –1
(d) Negative.
193. If two unbiased dice are rolled together, what is the probability of getting no difference
of points?
(a) 1/2
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(b) 1/3
(c) 1/5
(d) 1/6
194. The probability that a card drawn at random from the pack of playing cards may be
either a queen or an ace is
(a) 2/13
(b) 11/13
(c) 9/13
(d) None of these.
195. If the overall percentage of success in an exam is 60, what is the probability that out of
a group of 4 students, at least one has passed?
(a) 0.6525
(b) 0.9744
(c) 0.8704
(d) 0.0256
196. If the mean deviation o f a normal variable is 16, what is its quartile deviation?
(a) 10.00
(b) 13.50
(c) 15.00
(d) 12.05
197. If S.D.= 20 and sample size is 100 then standard error of mean is
(a) 2
(b) 5
1
(c) 5
(d) None of these.

198. If for two variable x and y, the covariance, variance of x and variance of y are 40, 16
and 256 respectively, what is the value of the correlation coefficient?
(a) 0.01
(b) 0.625
(c) 0.4
(d) 0.5
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199. The present value of Rs.10 000 due in 2 years at 5 % p.a. compound interest when the
interest is paid on yearly basis is
(a) Rs 9070
BOARD OF STUDIES
(b) Rs 9069
(c) Rs 9061
(d) Rs 9060 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST
200. A town has a total population of 50,000. Out of it 28,0 00 read the newspaper X and
23000 read Y while 4000 read both the papers. The number of persons not reading X
and Y both is
Time : (a)
4 hours
2000 Maximum Marks : 200
(b) 3000 The test is divided into four sections.

(c) 2500
(d) None– of
SECTION A :these.
FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING (60 MARKS)
answer.
each wr ong answer.
answer.
PART I
1. All of th e following are functions of A ccounting except
(a) Decision making.
(b) Measurement.
(c) Forecasting.
(d) Ledger posting.
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2. Manufacturing account is prepared to

(a) ascertain the profit or loss on the go ods produced
(b) ascertain the cost of the manufactured goods
(c) show the sale proceeds from the goods produced during the year
(d) both (b) and (c).
3. On March 31, 2006 after sale of goods worth Rs. 2,000, he is left with the closing stock
of Rs. 10,000. This is
(a) An event.
(b) A transaction.
(c) A transaction as well as an event.
(d) Neither a transaction nor an event.
4. Financial statements only consider
(a) Assets expressed in monetary terms.
(b) Liabilities expressed in monetary terms.
(c) Assets expressed in non-monetary terms.
(d) Assets and liabilities expressed in mon etary terms
5. Which financial statement represe nts the accounting equation, assets = Liabilities +
Owner’s equity:
(a) Income Statement
(b) Statement of Cash flows
(c) Balance Sheet
6. A purchased a car for Rs.5,00,000, making a down payment of Rs.1,00,000 and signing
a Rs.4,00,000 bill payable due in 60 days. As a result of this transaction
(a) Total assets increased by Rs.5,00,000.
(b) Total liabilities increased by Rs.4,00,000.
(c) Total assets increased by Rs.4,00,000.
(d) Total assets increased by Rs.4,00,000 with corresponding increase in liabilities
by Rs.4,00,000.
7. The debts written off as bad, if recovered subsequently are
(a) credited to Bad Debts Recovered Account
(b) credited to Debtors Account.
(c) debited to Profit an d Loss Account
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8. A withdra wl of cash from business by the proprietor should be credited to:
(a) Drawings Account
(b) Capital Account
(c) Cash Account
9. Contra entries are passed only when
(a) double column cash book is prepared
(b) three-column cash book is prepared
(c) simple cash book is prepared
10. Consignment account is
(a) Real account
(b) Personal account
(c) Nominal account
PART II
11. Economic life of an enterprise is split into the periodic interval as per ________
(a) Mone y Measurement.
(b) Matching.
(c) Going concern.
(d) Accrual.
12. Accounting policies refer to specific accounting ________
(a) Principles.
(b) Methods of applying those principles.
(c) Both (a) and (b).
13. Dividends are usu ally paid as a percentage of ______
(a) Authorized share ca pital
(b) Net profit
(c) Paid-up capital
(d) Called-up capital
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14. Outgoing partner is co mpensated for parting with firm’s future profits in favour of
remaining partners. The remaining partners contribute to such compensation amount in
______
(a) Gaining Ratio .
(b) Capital Ratio.
(c) Sacrificing Ratio.
(d) Profit Sharing Ratio.
15. The balance of the petty cash is ______
(a) An expense,
(b) Income,
(c) An asset.
(d) Liability
16. Interest on capital will be paid to the partners if provided for in the agreement but only
from________
(a) Profits.
(b) Reserves.
(c) Accumulated Profits.
(d) Goodwill.
17. A proforma invoice is se nt by ________
(a) Consignee to Consignor
(b) Consignor to Consignee
(c) Debtors to Consignee
(d) Debtors to Consignor
18. If a venturer draws a bill on his co-venturer and if the drawer discounts the bill with
same sets of books maintained, the discounting charges will be borne by________
(a) The drawer of the bill
(b) The drawee of the bill
(c) The discounting charges will be recorded in memorandum account
(d) The discounting charges will be borne by bank
19. X draws a bill on Y. X end orsed the bill to Z. ________will be the payee of the bill
(a) X
(b) Y
(c) Z
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20. A Company wishes to earn a 20% profit margin on selling price. ________is the profit
mark up on cost, which will achieve the required profit margin?
(a) 33%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 20%.
PART III
21. A businessman purchased goods for Rs.25,00,000 and sold 80% of such goods during
the accounting year ended 31 s t March, 2005. The market value of the remaining go ods
was Rs.4,00,000. He valued the closing stock at cost. He violated the concept of
(a) Mone y measurement.
(b) Conservatism.
(c) Cost.
(d) Periodicity.
22. M/s AB C Brothers, which was registered in the year 2000, has been following Straight
Line Method (SLM) of depreciation. In the current year it changed its method from
Straight Line to Written Down Value (WDV) Method, since such change would result in
the additional depreciation of Rs. 200 lakhs as a result of which the firm would qualify
to be declared as a sick industrial unit. The auditor raised objection to this change in
the method of depreciation.
(a) Change in the method of depreciation should be done only with the consent of
the auditor
(b) Depreciatio n method can be changed only from WDV to SLM and not vice versa
(c) Change in the method of deprecation should be done only if it is re quired by
some statute and change would result in appropriate presentation of financial
statement
(d) Method of depreciation cannot be changed under any circumstances.
PART IV
23. E Ltd., a d ealer in second-hand cars has the followin g five vehicles of different models
and makes in their stock at the end of the financial year 2004-2005:
Car Fiat Ambassador Maruti Esteem M aruti 800 Zen
Cost 90,000 1,15,000 2,75,000 1,00,000 2,10,000
Net realisable value (Rs.) 95,000 1,55,000 2,65,000 1,25,000 2,00,000
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The value of stock included in the balance sheet of the company as on March 31, 2005
was
(a) Rs.7,62,500
(b) Rs.7,70,000
(c) Rs.7,90,0 00
(d) Rs.8,70,0 00.
24. Original cost = Rs.1,26,000; Salvage value = Nil; Useful life = 6 years. Depreciation fo r
the first year under sum of years digits method will be
(a) Rs.6,000
(b) Rs. 12,000
(c) Rs. 18,000
(d) Rs. 36,000
25. If sales revenu es are Rs. 4,00,000; cost of goods sold is Rs. 3,10,000 and operating
expenses are Rs.60,000, the gross profit is
(a) Rs. 30,000.
(b) Rs. 90,000.
(c) Rs. 3,40,000.
(d) Rs. 60,000
26. Consider the following for Alpha Co. for the year 2005-06:
Cost of goods available for sale Rs.1,00,000
Total sales Rs. 80,000
Opening stock of goods Rs. 20,000
Gross profit margin 25%
Closing stock of goods for the year 2005-06 was

(a) Rs.80,000
(b) Rs.60,000
(c) Rs.40,000
(d) Rs.36,000.
27. A and B purchased a piece of land for Rs 20,000 and sold it for Rs 60,000 in 2005.
Originally A had contributed Rs 12000 and B Rs 8000. The profit on venture will be
(a) Rs. 40,000
(b) Rs. 20,000
(c) Rs. 60,000
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(d) Nil
28. On 1.1.0 5 X draw a bill on Y for Rs 50,000. At maturity, the bill returned dishonoured as
Y become insolvent and 40 paise per rupee is recovered from his estate. The amount
recovered is:
(a) 20,000
(b) Nil
(c) 30,000
(d) 40 paise
29. Average Stock = Rs 12,000. Closing stock is Rs 3,000 more than opening stock. The
value of closing stock will be
(a) Rs 12,000
(b) Rs 24,000
(c) Rs 10,500
(d) Rs 13,500.
30. Find the goodwill of the firm using capitalization method from the following information:
Total Capital Employed in the firm Rs. 8,00,000
Reasonable Rate of Return 15%
Profits for the year Rs. 12,00,000
(a) Rs. 82,00,000.
(b) Rs. 12,00,000.
(c) Rs. 72,00,000.
(d) Rs. 42,00,000
31. A & B are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio 5:3. After admission of C, new
profit sharing ratio between A, B and C are 7:5:4. The sacrificing ratio among A:B will
be
(a) 3:1.
(b) 4:7.
(c) 5:4.
(d) 2:1.
32. The cash book showed an overdraft of Rs. 1,500, but the pass book made up to the
same date showed that cheques of Rs. 100,Rs. 50 and Rs. 125 respectively had not
been presented for payments; and the cheque of Rs.400 paid into account had not
been cleared. The bala nce as per the cash book will be
(a) Rs. 1,100.
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(b) Rs. 2,175.

(c) Rs. 1,625.
(d) Rs. 1,375.
33. A second hand machinery is purchased for Rs. 10,000, the amount of Rs. 1,500 is
spent on its transportation and Rs. 1,200 is paid for installatio n. The amount debited to
machinery account will be
(a) Rs. 10,000.
(b) Rs. 10,500.
(c) Rs. 11,500.
(d) Rs. 12,700.
34. Consider the following data pertaining to a company for the month of March 2005:
Particulars Rs.
Opening stock 22,000
Closing stock 25,000
Purchases less returns 1,10,000
Gross profit margin (on sales) 20%
The sales of the company during the month are
(a) Rs.1,41,250
(b) Rs.1,35,600
(c) Rs.1,33,750
(d) Rs.1,28,4 00.
1. Sales 15,000
2. Purchases 10,000
4. Salaries 2,500
Total 12,500 17,500
(b) wrong placing of salaries account
(d) Wr ong placing of all accounts
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36. The profits of last five years are Rs. 85,000; Rs. 90,000; Rs. 70,000; Rs. 1,00,000 and
Rs. 80,000. Find the value of goodwill, if it is calculated on average profits of last five
years on the basis of 3 years of purchase.
(a) Rs. 85,000.
(b) Rs. 2,55,000.
(c) Rs. 2,75,000.
(d) Rs. 2,85,000.
37. C Ltd. recorded the following information as on March 31, 2005:
Rs.
Stock as on April 01, 20 04 80,000
Purchases 1,60,000
Sales 2,00,000
It is noticed that goods worth Rs.30,000 were destroyed due to fire. Against this, the
in surance company accepted a claim of Rs.20,000.
1%
The company sells goods at cost plus 33 3 . The value of closing inventory, after
taking into account the above transactions is,

(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.30,000
(c) Rs.1,00,000
(d) Rs.60,000.
38. Rs. Rs.
Opening Stock 20,000 Carriage on sales 3,000
Closing Stock 18,000 Rent of Office 5,000
Purchases 85,800 Sal es 1,40,700
Carriage on purchases 2,300
Gross profit will be
(a) Rs. 50,000
(b) Rs. 47,600
(c) Rs. 42,600
(d) Rs. 50,600
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39. Omega Ltd., a listed company , acq uired assets worth Rs. 7,50,000 from Alpha Ltd. and
issues shares of Rs. 100 each at premium of 25%. The number of shares to be issued
by Omega Ltd. to settle th e purchase consid eration will be
(a) 6,000
(b) 7,500.
(c) 9,375.
(d) 5,625.
40. X sent out certain goods to Y of Delhi. 1/10 of the goods were lost in transit. Invoice
value of goods lost Rs 12,500. Invoice value of goods sent out on consignment will be:
(a) Rs.120,000
(b) Rs.125,000
(c) Rs.140,000
(d) Rs.100,000
41. F Ltd. purchased Machin ery from G Company for a book value of Rs.4,00,000. The
consideration was paid by issue of 10% debentures of Rs.100 each at a discount of
20%. The debenture account was credited with
(a) Rs.4,00,000
(b) Rs.5,00,000
(c) Rs.3,20,000
(d) Rs.4,80,000
42. P Ltd. issued 5,000, 12% debentures of Rs.100 each at a premium of 10%, which are
redeemable after 10 years at a premium of 20%. The amount of loss on redemption of
debentures to be written off every year is
(a) Rs.80,000
(b) Rs.40,000
(c) Rs.10,000
(d) Rs. 8,000
43 . X and Y share profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 1. They take Z as a partner and the
new profit sharing ratio becomes 3 : 2 : 1. Z brings Rs. 4,500 as premium for goodwill.
The full value of goodwill will be
(a) Rs. 4,500.
(b) Rs. 18,000.
(c) Rs. 27,000.
(d) Rs. 24,000.
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44. The profits of last three years are Rs. 42,000; Rs. 3 9,000 and Rs. 45,000. Find out the
goodwill of two years purchase.
(a) Rs. 42,000.
(b) Rs. 84,000.
(c) Rs. 1,26,000.
(d) Rs. 36,000.
45. T Ltd. has issued 14% Debentures of Rs.20,00,000 at a discount of 10% on April 01,
2004 and the company pays interest half-yearly on June 30, and December 31 every
year. On March 31, 2006, the amount shown as “interest accrued but not due” in the
Balance Sheet will be
(a) Rs.70,000 shown along with Debentures
(b) Rs.2,10,000 under current liabilities
(c) Rs.1,40,0 00 shown along with Debe ntures
(d) Rs.2,80,000 under current liabilities
46. A and B enter into a joint venture sharing profit and losses in the ratio 2:1. A purchased
goods costing Rs 2,00,000. B sold the goods for Rs 2,50,000. A is entitled to get 1%
commission on purchase and B is entitled to get 5% commission on sales. The profit on
venture will be:
(a) Rs. 35,500
(b) Rs. 36,000
(c) Rs. 34,000
(d) Rs.38,000
47. Ashok purchased a machine on 0 1.01.2005 for Rs 1,20,000. Installation expense s were
Rs 10,000.Residual value after 5 years Rs 5,000. On 01.07.2005, exp enses for repairs
were incurred to the extent of Rs 2,000. Depreciation is provided under straight line
method. Annual Depreciation is
(a) 13,000
(b) 17,000
(c) 21,000
(d) 25,000
48. X draws a bill on Y for Rs 30,000. X wants to endorse it to W in settlement of Rs 35,000
at 2% discount with the help of Y’s acceptance and balance in cash. How much cash X
will pay to Y?
(a) 4300
(b) 4000
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(c) 4100
(d) 5000
49. A purchased 1000 kg of rice costing Rs 200 each. Carriage 2000, insurance 3000. 4/5 th
of the boxes were sold by B at Rs 250 per boxes. Remaining stock were taken over by
B at cost. The amount of stock taken over will be:
(a) Rs. 40000
(b) Rs.41000
(c) Rs.50000
(d) Rs.50200
50. A company sends its cars to dealers on ‘sale or return’ basis. All such transactions are
however treated like actual sales and are passed through the sales day book. Just
before the end of the financial year, two cars which had cost Rs.55,000 each have
been sent on ‘sale or return’ and have been debited to customers at Rs.75,000 each,
cost of goods lying with the customers will be
(a) Rs.1,10,0 00.
(b) Rs. 55,000.
(c) Rs. 75,000.
51. Electricity paid on 1 October, 2004 for the year to 30 September, 2005 was Rs. 2,400
and electricity paid on 1 October, 2005 for the year to 30 September, 2006 was Rs.
3,200. Electricity payable, as shown in the profit and loss account for the year ended
31 December 2005, would be:
(a) Rs. 2,400.
(b) Rs. 3,200.
(c) Rs. 2,600.
(d) Rs. 3,000.
52. Goods costing Rs 2,00,000 sent out to consignee at Cost + 25%. Invoice value of the
goods will be
(a) Rs.250,000
(b) Rs.2,40,000
(c) Rs.300,000
53. R, J and D are the partners sharing profits in the ratio 7:5:4. D died on 30 t h June 2006
and profits for the accounting year 2005-2006 were Rs. 24,000. How much share in
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profits for the period 1s t April 2006 to 30t h June 2006 will be credited to D’s Account.
(a) Rs. 6,000.
(b) Rs. 1,500 .
(c) Nil.
(d) Rs. 2,000.
54. X of Kolkata sends out certain goods at cost + 25%. Invoice value of goods sends out
Rs 200,000. 4/5t h of the goods were sold by consignee at Rs.1,76,000. Commission 2%
upto invoice value and 10% of any surplus above invoice value.
The amount of commission will be:
(a) Rs.4800
(b) Rs.5200
(c) Rs.3200
(d) Rs.1600
1,500.Cheques deposited but not cleared amounts to Rs. 100 and Che ques issued but
not presented of Rs. 150. The bank allowed interest amounting Rs. 50 and collected
dividend Rs. 50 on behalf of ABC Enterprises. Balance as per pass book should be
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1,450.
(c) 1,850.
(d) 1,650.
56. If a purchase return of Rs.1,000 has been wrongly posted to the debit of the sales
returns account, but has been correctly entered in the suppliers’ account, the total of
the
(a) trial bala nce would show the debit side to be Rs.1,000 more than the credit
(c) the debit side of th e trial balance will be Rs.2,000 more than the credit side.
57. X and Y are partners sharing profits in the ratio 5:3. They admitted Z fo r 1/5 t h share of
profits, for which he paid Rs. 1,20,000 against capital and Rs. 60,000 against goodwill.
Find the capital balance s for each partner taking Z’s capital as base capital.
(a) 3,00,000; 1,20,000 and 1,20,000.
(b) 3,00,000; 1,20,000 and 1,80,000.
(c) 3,00,000; 1,80,000 and 1,20,000.
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(d) 3,00,000; 1,80,000 and 1,80,000.

58. L’s acceptances of Rs 20,000 given to A is renewed upon cash payment of Rs 5000
and the fresh bill of Rs 15,100. Journal entry for renewal in the books of A will be:
(a) B/R A/c Dr 15100
Cash A/c Dr 5000
To L A/c 20000
To Interest A /c 100
(b) B/R A/c Dr 20100
To Cash A/c 5100
To L A/c 15000
To Interest A/c 100
(c) B/R A/c Dr 20100
To L A/c 20100
(d) B/R A/c Dr 15000
Cash A/c Dr 5000
To L A/c 20000
(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.8,000
(c) Rs.2,000
(d) Rs.18,000.
60. X, Y and Z are partners sharing profits in the ratio 2:2:1. On retirement of Y, goodwill
was valued as Rs. 30,000. The contribution of X and Z to compensate Y will be
(a) Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 10,000.
(b) Rs. 8,000 and Rs. 4,000.
(c) They will not contribute any thing.
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(i) Questions 61 to 79 have only one correct answer and carries + 1mark each for correct
answers and carrie s + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
PART I
(a) An agreement is an unaccepted proposal.
(b) An agreement enforceable by law is a contract.
(c) An agreement can only consist of an offer.
(d) An agreement can only consist of an acceptance.
62. An offer may lapse by:
(a) Revocation.
(b) Counter Offer.
(c) Rejection of Offer by Offeree.
(d) All of these.
63. Consideration must move at the desire of
(a) Promisor.
(b) Promisee.
(c) Any other person.
(d) Any of these.
64. Which of the following statements is not true about minor’s position in a firm?
(a) He cannot become a partner in an existing firm.
(b) He can become a partner in an existing firm.
(c) He can be admitted only to the benefits of any existing firm.
(d) He can become partner on becoming a major.
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65. A contract is discharged by novatio n which means the

(a) cancellation of the existing contract.
(b) change in one or more terms of the co ntract.
(c) substitution of existing contract for a new one.
(d) none of these.
66. When prior to the due date of performance, the promisor absolutely refuses to perform
the contract, it is known as
(a) abandonment of contract.
(b) remission of contract.
(c) actual breach of contract.
(d) anticipatory breach of contract.
67. In case of breach of contract, which of the following remedy is available to the
aggrieved party?
(a) Suit for rescission.
(b) Suit for damages.
(c) Suit for specific performance.
(d) All of these.
68. A voidable contract is one which
(a) can be enforced at the option of aggrieved party
(b) can be enforced at the option of both the parties
(c) cannot be enforced in a court of law
(d) courts prohibit.
69. A agrees to sell his car worth Rs. 100,000 to B for Rs. 20,000 only, an d A’s consent
was obtained by coercion. Here, the agreement is
(a) void
(b) valid
(c) voidable
(d) unlawful
70. The term “goods” under Sale of Goods Act, 1930 does not include
(a) goodwill.
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(c) stocks and shares.
(d) harvested crops.
71. Which of the following is not an implied condition in a contract of sale?
(b) Condition as to description.
(c) Condition as to free from encumbrance.
(d) Condition as to sample.
72. Which of the following is not a form of delivery?
(a) Constructive delivery.
(b) Structured delivery.
(c) Actual delivery.
(d) Symbolic delivery.
73. Goods which are in existence at the time of the Contract of Sale is known as
(a) present Goods.
(b) existing Goods.
(c) specific Goods.
(d) none of the above
74. The doctrine of Caveat Emptor does not apply, when
(a) the goods are bought by sample.
(b) the goods are bought by sample as well as description.
(c) the goods are purchased under its brand name.
75. If X co mmissioned Y, an artist, to paint a portrait of A for 200 dollars & Y uses his own
canvas & paint then it is
(b) Contract of work & materials.
(c) Sale on approval.
(d) Hire-Purchase agreement.
76. The most important element in partnership is:
(a) Business
(b) Sharing of Profits
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(d) Business to be carried on by all or any of them acting for all.
77. On dissolution the partners remain liable to till
(a) Accounts are settled
(b) Partners dues are paid off
(c) Public notice is given
(d) The registrar strikes off the name
78. Which of the following acts are not included in the implied authority of a partner?
(a) To buy or sell goods on accounts of partners.
(b) To borrow money for the purposes of firm.
(c) To enter into partnership on behalf of firm.
(d) To engage a lawyer to defend actions against firm.
79. After retirement from firm, which of the following partners is not liable by holding out,
even if the public notice of retirement is not given?
(a) Active partne r
(b) Sleeping partner
(c) Representative of deceased partner
(d) Both (b) and (c)
PART II
80. An agreement enforceable by law is a __________.
(a) Promise.
(b) Contract.
(c) Obligation.
(d) Lawful Promise.
81. A wrong representation when made without any intention to deceive the other party
amounts to____________ .
(a) Coercion.
(d) Fraud.
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82. When the consent of a party is obtaine d by coercion undue influence, fraud or
misrepresentation, the contract is____ ________.
(a) void
(b) voidable
(c) valid
(d) illegal
83. A threatens to kill B if he does not agree to sell his scooter to him for Rs. 1000 only.
Here Bs consent is obtained by ______ ____.
(a) undue influence
(b) fraud
(c) coercion
(d) none of these
84. Where the consent of both the parties is given by mistake, the contract is ___________
(a) void
(b) valid
(c) voidable
(d) illegal
85. A mistake as to a law not in force in India has the same effect as ______ ________.
(a) mistake of fact
(b) mistake of Indian law
(c) fraud
(d) misrepresentation
86. An agreement, which prevents a person from carrying a lawful business, is
___________.
(a) Valid
(b) Void
(c) Voidable
(d) Contingent
87. A agrees to sell his car to B at a price which B may be able to pay. This agreement is
___________.
(a) void
(b) valid
(c) voidable
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(d) contingent
88. An agreement to pay money or money’s worth on the happening or non-happening of a
specified uncertain event is a ____________.
(a) wagering agreement
(b) contingent contract
(c) quasi contract
(d) uncertain agreement.
89. Agreement-the meanin g of which is uncertain is ________.
(a) Valid.
(b) Void.
(c) Voidable.
(d) Illegal.
90. The goods are at the risk of a party who has the ____________.
(a) Ownership of goods
(b) Possession of goods
(c) Custod y of goods
(d) both (b) and (c)
91. In case of unconditional contract of sale, the property passes to the buyer a t the time of
making the contract. For this rule to apply, the goods must be ___________
(a) specific
(b) in a deliverable state
(c) physically transferred to buyer
(d) both (a) and (b)
92. In case of sale of unascertained goods, the ownership is transferred to the buyer when
the goods are _________.
(a) ascertained
(b) appropriated to the contract
(c) weighed and measured
(d) both (a) and (b)
93. In case of sale on approval, the ownership is transferred to the buyer when he
_________.
(a) accepts the goods
(b) adopts the transaction
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(d) in all the above cases.
94. The bidder at an auction sale can withdraw his bid __________.
(a) any time during auction
(b) before fall of hammer
(c) before payment of price
(d) cannot withdraw at all.
95. A partner can retire on_____________
(a) Reaching the age of superannuation
(b) On the balance in the capital account reaching a certain amount
(c) In accordance with the Partnership Deed
(d) On the condition of his nominee beco ming a partner
96. Death of partner has the effect of____________
(a) Dissolving the firm
(b) Result in continuance of the business of the firm
(c) His heirs joining the firm
(d) Computation of profits upto th e date of death.
97. The reconstitution of the firm takes place in case of _________ _
(a) Admission of a partner
(b) Retirement of a partner
(c) Expulsion or death of a partner
98. A partner may be expelled from the firm on the fulfillment of the condition that the
expulsion power is exercised ______________.
(a) As given by express contract
(b) By majority of partners
(c) In absolute go od faith
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99. A contracts with B to buy a necklace, believing it is made of pearls whereas in fact it is
made of imitation pearls of no value. B knows that A is mistake n and takes no steps to
correct the error. Now A wants to cancel the contract on the basis of fraud. Which of
the following statement is correct?
(a) A can cancel the contra ct alleging fraud.
(b) A cannot cancel th e contract.
(c) A can cancel the contra ct alleging undue influence.
(d) A can claim damages.
100. A timber merchant agreed to supply best teak at a certain agreed price to a builder.
Later the merchant supplied timber which was identified as ordinary class of timber and
demanded the payment from the builder. Which of the following statements is/are true?
(a) Builder can reject the goods and can claim damages.
(b) Builder has to accept the goods.
(c) Builder has to pay the price by taking delivery of teak wood.
(d) Timber mer chant cannot plead the doctrine of caveat emptor.
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101. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Agriculture occupies 10 percent population of India.
(b) Nearly 5 percent population of India is belo w the poverty line.
(c) The production techniques are backward.
102. The green revolution is also known as:
(a) wheat revolution
(b) rice revolution
(c) maize revolution
(d) forest revolution
103. Which of the following has been specifically established to meet the requirements of
credit of the farmers and villagers?
(a) ICICI bank
(b) Regional Rural B anks
(c) State B ank of India
(d) EXIM bank
104. Per capita national income means
(a) NNP ÷population
(b) Total capital ÷population
(c) Population ÷NNP
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105. In the theory of demographic transition in the last stage,

(a) birth rate rises, death rate rises.
(b) birth rate falls, death rate rises.
(c) birth rate rises, death rate falls.
(d) birth rate falls, death rate falls.
106. Wor k force refers to that part of:
(a) labour force which is employed.
(b) population which is unemployed.
(c) population which is forced to work.
(d) labour force which is unemployed
107. According to the latest NSSO survey (2004):
(a) unemployment rates on the basis of current daily status were same as those on
the basis of usual status.
(b) unemployment rates on the basis of current daily status were higher than those
on the basis of usual status.
(c) unemployment rates on the basis of current daily status were lower than those
on the basis of usual status.
108. Electricity generated from radio active elements is called:
(a) thermal electricity .
(b) atomic energy.
(c) hydel electricity.
(d) tidal energy.
109. FRBM Act stands for:
(a) Fiscal Revenue and Budget Management.
(b) Foreign Revenu e and Business Manage ment.
(c) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Manag ement.
(d) Foreign Responsibility and Budg et Management
110. The pre-condition for privatization to be successful requires:
(a) liberalization and de-regulation of the econ omy.
(b) capital markets should be sufficiently developed.
(c) None of the above
(d) both of the above (a) & (b)
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111. Under the new industrial policy, 1991:

(a) the mandatory convertibility clause is applicable for all term loans.
(b) the mandatory convertibility clause is applicable for term loans of more than 10
years.
(c) the man datory convertibility clause is applicable for term loans of less than 10
years.
(d) the mandatory convertibility clause is no longer applicable.
112. Fiscal policy means:
(a) policy relating to money and banking in a country.
(b) policy relating to public revenue and public expenditure.
(c) policy relating to non banking financial institutions.
113. Money in tra ditional sense:
(a) serves as a medium of exchange.
(b) serves as a store of value.
(c) serves as both medium of exchange and store of value.
(d) serves neither as medium of exchange and store of valu e.
114. Narrow money refers to:
(a) M 1
(b) M 2
(c) M 3
(d) M 4
115. Which of the following statements about banks is incorrect?

(a) Banks encourage saving habits among people.
(b) Banks mobilize savings and make them available for production.
(c) Banks help in creating credit money.
116. Who is th e official “lender of the last r esort” in India?
(a) SBI
(b) PNB
(c) RBI
(d) OBC
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117. Over the planning period the share of industrial sector in th e GDP of India has
___________.
(a) increased
(b) decreased
(c) remained constant
(d) remained above 50 percent
118. Three steel plants in Bhilai, Rourkela and Durgapur were set up in the -------------------.
(a) First plan
(b) Second plan
(c) Third plan
(d) Fourth plan
119. The annual addition to the country’s population is almost equal to the total population of
---- ------ --.
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Australia
(c) Japan
(d) China
120. India’s passing through _________ stage of demographic transition.
(a) fourth
(b) third
(c) first
(d) second
121. At present only _________ ________ industries are reserved for the public sector.
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 3
122. At present, 100 percent FDI is allowed in ______________ .
(a) defence
(b) drugs and pharmaceuticals
(c) banks
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123. When due to introduction of new machinery, some workers tend to be replaced by
machines, their unemployment is termed as __ ______________.
(a) structural.
(b) technological.
(c) mechanical.
(d) seasonal.
124. Most of the unemployme nt in India is ________________.
(a) voluntary
(b) stru ctural
(c) frictional
(d) technical
125. Rural bank branches constitute ______ percent of total bank branches in India.
(a) 14
(b) 60
(c) 47
(d) 82
126. A study of how increases in the corporate income tax rate will affect the national
unemployment rate is an example of ------------------------.
(a) macroeconomics.
(b) descriptive economics.
(c) microeconomics.
(d) normative economics.
127. If the marginal (additional) opportunity cost is a constant then the PP C would be ---------
---- --
(a) straight line
(b) convex
(c) backward leading
(d) concave
128. If a good is a luxury, its income elasticity of demand is ---------------------.
(a) positive and less than 1.
(b) negative but greater than -1.
(c) positive and greater than 1.
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(d) zero.
129. In the case of a Giffen good, the demand cu rve will be -------------------.
(a) horizontal.
(b) downward-sloping to the right.
(c) backward falling to the left .
(d) upward-sloping to the right.
130 . ---- ------ ---- ----- is also kn own as planning curve.
(a) Long run average cost curve.
(b) Short-run average cost curve.
(c) Average variable cost curve.
(d) Average total cost curve.
131. If the airlines are making losses on passenger traffic they should lower their fares. The
suggested remedy would only work if the demand for air travel had a price elasticity of -
---- ------ ---
(a) zero
(b) greater than zero but less th an one.
(c) one
(d) greater than one
132. When ________________________________, we know that the firms must be
producing at the minimum point of the average cost curve and so there will be
productive efficie ncy .
(a) AC = AR
(b) MC = AC
(c) MC = MR
(d) AR = MR
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Figure 1 give the production possibilities frontier of an economy that produces two
types of goods, guns and bread. Read the figure and answer questions 133-135
133. Which point on the PPF shows a productively efficient level of output?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
134. Which of the following clearly represents a movement toward greater productive
efficiency?
(a) A movement from point A to point B.
(b) A movement from point C to point D.
(c) A movement from point F to point C.
(d) A movement from point E to point B.
135. Which of the following illustrates a decrease in unemployment using the PPF?
(a) A movement down along the PPF.
(b) A rightward shift of the PP F.
(c) A movement from a point on the PPF to a point inside the PPF.
(d) A movement from a point inside th e PPF to a point on the PPF.
Read the para below and answer Qus 136-137.

It was the World Trade Organisation(WTO) which gave a real push to the process of
globalization. The World Trade Organisation came into existence on 1 st January
1995. It is a powerful body which aims at making the whole world a big village where
there is a free flow of goods and services and there is no barrier to trade. At its
heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the worl d’s
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trading nations.
136. What is glob alization?
(a) It refers to the transfer of assets from public to private ownership.
(b) It refers to the disposal of public sector’s equity in the market.
(c) It means integrating the domestic economy with the world economy
137. What of the following is false about WTO?
(a) It is the main organ for implementing the Multilateral Trade Agreements..
(b) It is global in its membership.
(c) It has far wider sco pe than GATT.
(d) Only countries having more th an prescribed level of total GDP can become its
members.
PART IV
A competitive firm sells as much as of its product as it chooses at a market price of Rs
100 per unit. Its fixed cost are Rs 300 and its variable costs (in rupees) for different
levels of production are shown in the following table. Use Table 2 to answer questions
138-141.
Table 2
Quantity Variable Fixed Total Average Average Marginal

cost cost cost variable cost total cost cost
00 ---
5 250
10 470
15 700
20 980
25 1350
30 1850
35 2520
40 3400
45 4530
50 5950
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138. When production is 40 units, the average total cost is

(a) Rs. 4.40
(b) Rs. 7.50
(c) Rs. 85
(d) Rs. 92.50
139. In the table marginal cost per unit that corresponds to 40 units of production is
(a) Rs. 22
(b) Rs.85
(c) Rs.176
(d) Rs.880
140. To maximize profit, the firm should produce
(a) 15 units
(b) 30 units
(c) 35 units
(d) 50 units
141. If the market price drops from Rs 100 to Rs 56, the firm’s short run response should be
(a) shut down
(b) produce 5 units
(c) produce 20 units
(d) continue to prod uce the sa me number of units as before the drop in price.
Read the following data and answer Que stions number 142-147
A shopkeeper sells gel pen at Rs10 per pen. At this price he ca n sell 120 per month.
Af ter some time, he raises the price to Rs 15 per pen. Following the price rise:
Only 60 pens were sold every month.
The number of refills bought went down from 200 to 150.
The number of ink pen customers bought went up from 90 to 180 per month.
142. The price elasticity of demand when gel pen’s price increases from Rs. 10 per pen to
Rs 15 per pen is equal to:
(a) 2.5
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.66
(d) 2 .6 6
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143. The cross elasticity of monthly demand for refills when the price of gel pen increase
from Rs 10 to Rs.15 is equal to:
(a) - 0.71
(b) + 0.25.
(c) - 0.19.
(d) + 0.38.
144. The cross elasticity of monthly demand for ink pen when the price of gel pen increases
from Rs 10 to Rs 15 is equal to:
(a) + 1.66.
(b) -1.05.
(c) -2.09.
(d) + 2.09.
145. What can be said about the price elasticity of demand for pen?
(a) It is perfectly elastic.
(b) It is elastic.
(c) It is perfectly inelastic.
(d) It is inelastic.
146 . Suppose income of the residents of locality increases by 50% and the quantity of gel
pens demanded increa ses by 20%. What is income elasticity of demand for gel pen?
(a) 0.4
(b) 0.6
(c) 1.25
(d) 1.50
147. We can say that gel pen in economics sense is a/an
(a) luxury good
(b) inferior good
(c) normal good
148. Suppose that a sole proprietorship is earning total revenues of Rs.120,000 and is
in curring explicit costs of Rs 90,000. If the owner could work for another company for
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(c) the total economic costs are Rs.100,000.

Table 3
0 --- ---
1 300 300
2 ________ 240
3 720 ________
(a) 160
(b) 200
(c) 360
(d) 540
(a) 120
(b) 160
(c) 200
(d) 180
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wrong answer.
PART I
151. Statistics is concerned with
(a) Qualitative information.
(b) Quantitative information.
(c) (a) or (b).
152. For any two numbers SD is always
(a) Twice the range.
(b) Half of the range.
(c) Square of the ra nge.
(d) None of these.
153. Bivariate Data are the data collected for
(a) Two variables.
(b) More than two variables.
(c) Two variables at the same point of time.
(d) Two variables at different points of time.
154. Karl Pe arson’s coefficient is defined from
(a) Ungroup ed data.
(b) Grouped data.
(c) Both.
(d) None.
155. An experiment is known to be random if th e results of the experiment
(a) Can not be predicted.
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(b) Can be predicted.

(c) Can be split into further experiments.
(d) Can be selected at random.
156. A theoretical probability distribution
(a) Does not exist.
(b) Exists only in theory.
(c) Exists in real life.
(d) Both (b) and (c).
157. Poisson distribution may be
(a) Unimodal.
(b) Bimodal.
(c) Multi-modal.
(d) (a) or (b).
158. Standar d error can be described as
(a) The error committed in sampling.
(b) The error committed in sample survey.
(c) The error committed in estimating a parameter.
(d) Standard deviation of a statistic.
159. P 01
is the index for time
(a) 1 on 0
(b) 0 on 1
(c) 1 on 1
(d) 0 on 0
160. The present value of an annuity of Rs. 3000 for 15 years at 4.5% p.a CI is
(a) Rs. 23809.41
(b) Rs. 32809.41
(c) Rs. 32908.41
(d) None of these.
P ART II
161. If b 2 – 4ac >0 th en the roots are ______ and ______ .
(a) Real, E qual
(b) Real, Unequal
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(c) Imaginary, Unequal

(d) Imaginary, Equal
162. If an investment of Rs.60000 and Rs.70000 respectively yields an income of Rs.5750
Rs.6500 an inve stment of Rs.90000 would yield income of Rs.__________.
(a) 7500
(b) 8000
(c) 7750
(d) 7800
163. In ______ ways can 4 Americans and 4 E nglish men be seated at a round table so that
no 2 Americans may be together.
(a) 4! ×3!
(b) 4 P
4
(c) 3 ×4 P
4
(d) 4 C
4
164. The last term of the series x 2, x, 1, …. to 31 terms is _______ .

(a) x 28
(b) 1/x
(c) 1/x 28
(d) 1/x 30
165. The sum of all natural numbers between 200 and 400 wh ich are divisible by 7 is
______.
(a) 7730
(b) 8729
(c) 7729
(d) 8730
166. An Ogive can be prepared in ______ different ways.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
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167. Mutually inclusive classification is usually meant for____ __ .

(a) A discrete variable
(b) A continuous variable
(c) An attribute
(d) All these
168. ______ is an absolute measure of dispersion.
(a) Range
(b) Mean Deviation
(c) Standard Deviation
(d) All these measures
169. For finding the degree of agreement about beauty between two Judges in a Beauty
Contest, we use______ .
(a) Scatter diagram
(b) Coefficient of rank correlation
(c) Coefficient of correlation
(d) Coefficient of concurrent de viation
170. Probability density function is always ___ ___ .
(a) Greater than 0
(b) Greater than equal to 0
(c) Less than 0
(d) Less than equal to 0
PART III
171. The value of (8/27) 1/3 is
(a) 2/3
(b) 3/2
(c) 2/9
(d) None of these.
172. The equation –7x + 1 = 5–3x will be satisfied for x equal to
(a) 2
(b) –1
(c) 1
(d) None of these.
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173. The su m of two numbers is 52 and their difference is 2. The numb ers are
(a) 17 and 15
(b) 12 and 10
(c) 27 and 25
(d) None of these.
174. In what time will Rs.85000 amount to Rs.157675 at 4.5 % p.a. ?
(a) 18 years
(b) 18.5 years
(c) 19 years
(d) 20 years
175. On what sum will the compound interest at 5% per annum for two years compounded
annually be Rs.1640?
(a) Rs. 16000
(b) Rs. 17000
(c) Rs. 18000
(d) Rs. 19000
176. Find the future valu e of an annuity of Rs.500 is made annually for 7 years at interest
rate of 14% compounded annually. Given that (1.14)= 7 2.5023.
(a) Rs.5635.25
(b) Rs.5365.25
(c) Rs.6535.25
(d) Rs.6355.25
177. Find n if nP 3 = 60
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7
178. A man has 5 friends. In ho w many ways can he invite one or more of his friends to
dinner?
(a) 29
(b) 30
(c) 31
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(d) 32
179. The 4 arithmetic means between –2 and 23 are
(a) 3, 13, 8, 18
(b) 18, 3, 8, 13
(c) 3, 8, 13, 18
(d) None of these.
180. The second term of a G P is 24 and the fifth ter m is 81. The series is
(a) 16, 36, 24, 54,..
(b) 24, 36, 53,…
(c) 16, 24, 36, 54,..
(d) None of these.
181. In a group of 20 children, 8 drink tea but not coffee and 13 like tea. The number of
children drinking coffee but not tea is
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 1
(d) None of these.
x2 - 6x + 9
182. Evaluate: . lim
x 3 x- 3
(a) –1
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) 2
x2 - x
183. lim is e qual to
x 1 x-1
(a) –3
(b) 1/3
(c) 3
(d) None of these.
dy is
184. If y = x (x –1 ) (x – 2) then dx
(a) 3x 2 – 6x +2
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(b) –6x + 2
(c) 3x 2 +2
(d) None of these.
3 - 5x
185. The derivative of x is
3+ 5
(a) 30 / (3 +5 x) 2
(b) 1 / (3 +5x) 2
(c) –30 / (3 +5x) 2
(d) None of these.

186. Integration of 3 – 2x – x 4 will become
(a) – x 2 – x 5/ 5
(b) 3x – x 2 – x 5/ 5
(c) 3x – x 2 x 5 / 5 +k
(d) None of these.
1
187. Evaluate - (2x
dx2 and
x3 the
) value is
0
(a) 4/3
(b) 5/12
(c) – 4/3
(d) None of these.
188. Find the number of observations between 250 and 300 from the following data :
Value : More than 200 More than 250 More than 300 More than 350
No. of observations: 56 38 15 0
(a) 56
(b) 23
(c) 15
(d) 8
189. What is the media n for the following observations?
5, 8, 6, 9, 11, 4.
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
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(d) None of these.

190. The third decile for the numbers 15, 10, 20, 25, 18, 11, 9, 12 is
(a) 13
(b) 10.70
(c) 11
(d) 11.50
191. If th e range of x is 2, what would be the range of –3x +50 ?
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) –6
(d) 44
192. What is the standard deviation of 5, 5, 9, 9, 9, 10, 5, 10, 10?
(a) 14
(b) 42
(c) 4.50
(d) 8
193. When r = 0 then cov(x,y) is equ al to
(a) + 1
(b) – 1
(c) 0
(d) None of these.
194. If an unbiased die is rolled once, th e odds in favour of getting a point which is a multiple
of 3 is
(a) 1:2
(b) 2:1
(c) 1:3
(d) 3:1
195. If A, B and C are mutually exclusive independent and exhaustive events then what is
the probability that th ey occur simultaneo usly?
(a) 1
(b) 0.50
(c) 0
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196. It is given that a family of 2 childre n has a girl, what is the probability that the other
child is also a girl ?
(a) 0.50
(b) 0.75 BOARD OF STUDIES
(c) 1/3
(d) 2/3
197. If the quartile deviation of a normal curve is 4.05, then its mean deviation is
(a) 5.26 Model Test Paper – BOS/CPT-4/2006
(b) 6.24
(c ): 44.24
Time hours Maximu m Marks : 200
(d) 4.80 The test is divided into four sections.
198. follow
Please If 2 log
thex instructions
= 4 log 3, the xis in
given equal to section carefully and answer the questions.
each
(a) 3
(b) 9
(c) 2answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
(ii)(d) None of11these.

Questions to 20 are the fill in the blank based questions having four alternate
answers and
199. The number carry
of +subsets
1mark ofeachtheforsets
correct answer
{6, 8, 11} isand – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
(a) 9
(b) one
6 correct answer and carry + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for
(c) 8each wr ong answer.
(d) None of these.
answer. ex + 1
200. lim 2 is evaluated to be
x 8 ex +
PART I
(a) 0
1. In the books of manufacturing concern, op ening stock co nsists of
(b) –1
(a) Raw materials
(c) 1
(b) Work-in-progress
(d) None of these.
(c) Finished goods
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2. When adjusted purchase is shown on the debit column of the trial balance then
(a) Both opening stock and closing stock do not appear in the trial balance
(b) Closing stock is shown in the trial balance and not the opening stock
(c) Opening stock is shown i n the trial balance and not the closing stock
(d) Both opening and closing stock appear in the trial balance
3. Following is the example of external users:
(a) Government.
(b) Owners.
(c) Management.
(d) Employees.
4. “Business unit is separate and distinct from the person who supply capital to it”, is
based on
(a) Mone y measurement conce pt.
(b) Going concern concept.
(c) Business entity conce pt
(d) Dual aspect concept.
5. State the case where the going concern concept is applied?
(a) When an enterprise was set up for a particular purpose, which has been
achieved, or to be achieved shortly.
(b) When a receiver or liquidator has been appointed in case of as a company which
is to be liquidated.
(c) Fixed assets are acquired for use in the business for earning revenues and are
not meant for resale.
(d) When an enterprise is declared sick.
6. If two or more transactions of the same nature are journalised together having either
the debit or the credit account common is known as
(a) Compound journal entr y.
(b) Separate journal entr y.
(c) Posting.
7. If the cheque is not presented for the payment upto the date of the preparation of the
Bank Reconciliation Statement, then the balance as per Pass Book will be
(a) Higher than the balance shown by the cashbook by the amount of unpresented
cheque.
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(b) Lower than the balance shown by the cashbook by the amount of unpresented
cheque.
(c) Same as shown by the cashbook.
8. Whenever errors are noticed in th e accounting record s, they should be rectified
(a) At the time of preparation of the trial balance.
(b) Without waiting the accounting year to end.
(c) After the preparation of final accounts.
(d) In the next accounting year.
9. Parties to a bill of exch ange are
(a) Drawer.
(b) Drawee.
(c) Payee.
10. All the expenditures and receipts of revenue nature go to
(a) Trading account.
(b) Profit and loss account.
(c) Balance sheet.
(d) Either to (a) or (b)
PART II
11. A__________is sent to a customer when he returns the goods.
(a) Debit note.
(b) Credit note.
(c) Proforma invoice
12. Noting charges are paid at the time of _______of a bill.
(a) Retirement.
(b) Renewal
(c) Dishonour
13. Depreciation of fixed assets is an example of ____________expenditure.
(a) Revenue.
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(b) Deferred re venue.

(c) Capital
14. Interest on drawings is________for the bu siness.
(a) Expenditure.
(b) Expense
(c) Gain
(d) None of the thre e.
15. An amount of Rs.200 received from A credited to B would affect____________
(a) Accounts of A and B.
(b) A’s account
(c) Cash account
(d) B’s account.
16. In___________ method, depreciation is charged by allocating d epreciable cost in
proposition of the annual output to the probable life-time output.
(a) Wor king hours method.
(b) Replacement method.
(c) Revaluation method.
(d) Production units meth od.
17. General ledger adjustment account(s) is/are opened in__________.
(a) Debtors ledger.
(b) General ledger.
(c) Creditors ledger.
(d) Both (a) and (c)
18. General reserve at the time of admission of a new partner is transferred to
__________.
(a) Profit and loss adjustment account.
(b) Partners’ capital accounts.
(c) Revaluation account
(d) Memorandum revalu ation account.
19. A suspense acco unt facilitates the preparation of __________even when
the_______has not tallied.
(a) Ledgers; Trial balance.
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(b) Financial statements; Trial Balance.

(c) Trial balance; Financial statements.
(d) Journal; Trial balance.
20. Writing of transaction in the ledger is called________________.
(a) Costing.
(b) Balancing.
(c) Journalizing
(d) Posting
PART III
21. Accounting has certain norms to be observed by the accountants in recording of
transactions an d preparation of financial statements. These norms reduce the
vagueness and chances of misunderstanding by harmonizing the varied accounting
practices. These norms are
(a) Accounting regulations.
(b) Accounting guidance notes.
(c) Accounting standards.
(d) Accounting fr amework.
22. RPG Ltd. purchased equipment from PQR Ltd. for Rs.50,000 on 1 st April, 2005. The
freight and cartage of Rs.2,000 is spent to bring the asset to the factory and Rs.3,000 is
in curred on installing th e equipment to make it possible for the intended use. The
market price of machinery on 31s t April, 2006 is Rs.60,000 and the accountant of the
company wants to disclose the machinery at Rs.60,000 in financial statements.
However, the auditor emphasizes that the machinery should be valued at Rs.55,000
(50,000+2,000+3,000) according to:
(a) Mone y measurement principle.
(b) Historical cost concept.
(c) Full disclosure principle.
(d) Revenue reco gnition.
PART IV
23. Mr. A started a business on 1 s tJanuary 2005 with Rs. 5,00,000. During the year he
bought goods worth Rs. 1,00,000 on credit and sold 80 % of the same goods at profit of
20% on cost. At the end of the year 2005, the amount of opening stock to be shown in
the trial balance of Mr. A will be
(a) Rs. 20,000
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(b) Rs. 24,000

(c) Rs. 1,00,000
(d) Nil
24. Sundry debtors on 31 st March 2006 are Rs.55,200. Further bad debts are Rs.200.
Provision for doubtful debts are to be made on debtors @ 5% and also provision of
discount is to be made on debtors @ 2%. The amount of provision of doubtful debts will
be
(a) Rs.1,045
(b) Rs.2,750
(c) Rs.1,100
(d) Rs.2,760
25. A firm purchases a 5 years’ lease for Rs. 40,000 on 1 st January. It decides to write off
depreciation on the Annuity method, presuming the rate of interest to be 5% per

annum. The annuity for it is 0.230975. The amount of annual depreciation will be
(a) Rs. 8,000
(b) Rs. 2,000
(c) Rs. 9,239
(d) Rs. 6,000
26. The balance of machine on 31 st March 2006 is Rs.72,900. The machine was purcha sed
on 1 s tApril 2003 chargin g depreciation @10% p.a. The cost price of the machine as on
1s t April 2003 would be
(a) Rs.1,00,0 00
(b) Rs.90,000
(c) Rs.81,000
(d) Rs.72,900
27. On May 01, 2003, Y Ltd. issued 7% 40,000 convertible debentures of Rs.100 each at a
premium of 20 %. Interest is payable on S eptember 30 and March 31, every year.
Assuming that the interest runs from the date of issue, the amount of interest
expenditure debited to profit and loss account for the year ended March 31, 2004 will
be
(a) Rs.2,80,000
(b) Rs.2,33,333
(c) Rs.3,36,000
(d) Rs.2,56,6 67
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28. A company cannot issue redeemable preference shares for a period exceeding
(a) 6 years
(b) 7 years
(c) 8 years
(d) 20 years
29. E Ltd. had allotted 10,000 shares to the applicants of 14,000 shares on pro rata basis.
The amount payable on application is Rs.2. F applied for 420 shares. The number of
shares allotted and the amount carried forward for adjustment against allotment money
due from F will be
(a) 60 shares; Rs.120
(b) 340 shares; Rs.160
(c) 320 shares; Rs.200
(d) 300 shares; Rs.240
30. Z Ltd. issued 10,000 shares of Rs.10 each. The called up value per share was Rs.8.
The company forfeited 200 sh ares of Mr. A for non-payment of 1st call money of Rs.2
per share. He paid Rs.6 for application and allotment money. On forfeiture, the share
capital account will be ____ _____.
(a) Debited by Rs.2,000
(b) Debited by Rs.1,600
(c) Credited by Rs.1,600
(d) Debited by Rs. 1,200
profits for the period 1s t April 2006 to 30 t h June 2006 will be credited to D’s Account.
(a) Rs. 6,000.
(b) Rs. 1,500.
(c) Nil.
(d) Rs. 2,000.
(a) Rs.1,10,0 00.
(b) Rs. 55,000.
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(c) Rs. 75,000.

(a) Rs. 10,000.
(b) Rs. 10,500.
(c) Rs. 11,500.
(d) Rs. 12,700.
34. A bill of 12,000 was discounted by A with the banker for 11,880. At maturity, the bill
returned dishonoured, noting charges Rs 20. How much amount will the bank deduct
from A’s bank balance at the time of such dishonour?
(a) 12,000
(b) 11,880
(c) 12,020
(d) 11,900
35. A purchased goods costing 42500. B sold goods costing Rs 40000 at Rs 5 0000.
Balance goods were taken over by A at same gross profit percentage as in case of
sale. The amount of go ods taken over will be:
(a) Rs . 3125
(b) Rs. 2500
(c) Rs. 3000
36. Mr. X is a partner in a firm. He withdraws Rs.200 at the end of each month. If rate of
interest is @ 5% p.a., the interest on drawings is
(a) Rs.65
(b) Rs.55
(c) Rs.60
(d) Rs.50
37. Mohan and Sohan are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio 5:3. The
firm earned profits during last four years amounting Rs.18,000, Rs.8,500 (loss),
Rs.30,000 and Rs.16,500 respectively. The value of goodwill on the basis of one and a
half year’s pu rchase of average profits of last four years will be
(a) Rs.14,000
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(b) Rs.27,375
(c) Rs.21,000
(d) Nil
38. A to whom 100 shares of Rs.10 each was allotted at par, paid Rs.3 on application, Rs.3
on allotment but could not pay the first and final call money of Rs.4. His shares were
forfeited by the directors. The amount to be credited to shares forfeited account will be
(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.400
(c) Rs.600
(d) Rs.1,000
39. Balance as per cash book is Rs.5,000. Cheques issued but not prese nted for payment
Rs.2,000 and cheques sent for collection but not collected Rs.1,500. The B ank had
wrongly debited the account of firm by Rs.20. B alance as per pass book will be
(a) Rs.5,500
(b) Rs.6,300
(c) Rs.5,700
(d) Rs.8,300
40. Following are the extracts from the trial balance of a firm as on 31 st December, 2005:
Particulars Dr . Cr.
Investments in 6% Debentures of A Ltd. (Interest 30,000
Payable on 31 s t March and 30 t h Se ptember)
Interest on investments 9,000
The amount of accrued interest on 31 s tDecember will be
(a) Rs.1,800
(b) Rs.900
(c) Rs.450
41. Following are the extracts from the Trial Balance of a firm was on 31 st December, 2005.
Particulars Rs.
Sundry debtors 30,000
Bad debts 5,000
Additional information:
(i) After preparing the trial balance, it is learnt that a debtor, Mohan became
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insolvent and therefore, the entire amount of Rs.3,000 due from him was
irrecoverable.
(ii) 10% provision for bad and doubtful debts is gen erally created.
The amount of provision for bad and doubtful debts to be charged to profit and loss
account will be
(a) Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.2,700.
(c) Rs. 2,500.
42. A and B are partners in a firm. During the year 2006, A withdrew Rs.1,000 p.m. and B
withdraw Rs.500 p.m. on the first day of each month for personal use. Interest on
drawings is to be charged @ 10 % p.a. The interest on drawings will be
(a) Rs.650.
(b) Rs.975
(c) Rs.900
(d) Rs.1,800
43. A and B are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2. They have
invested capitals of Rs.40,000 and Rs.25,000 respectively. As per the partnership
deed, they are entitled to interest on capital @ 5% p.a. before dividing the profits.
During the year, the firm earn ed a profit of Rs.3,900 before allowing interest. The net
profits will be apportioned as
(a) Rs.260 to A and Rs.390 to B.
(b) Rs.390 to A and Rs.260 to B.
(c) Rs.2,340 to A and Rs.1,560 to B.
(d) Rs.1,560 to A and Rs.2,340 to B.
44. Advertise ment expenditure of Rs.10,000 paid on 30.12.2006, the advertisement in
respect of which has appeared in the magazines of January, 2007.
This expenditure will be
(a) Shown as ‘expense’ in the financial statements of the year ended 31 st
December, 2006.
(b) Shown as ‘liability’ in th e financial statements of the year ended 31 st December,
2006.
(c) Shown as prepaid expense in the financial statements of the year ended 31 st
December, 2006.
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45. Our acceptance to Mr. A for Rs.8,000 renewed for 3 months on the condition that
Rs.2,000 is paid in cash immediately and the remaining balance to carr y out interest at
18% p.a. The amount of the renewed bill of exchange will be
(a) Rs.6,270
(b) Rs.8,270
(c) Rs.8,000
46. On 1 s t January, 2005, Alpha Ltd. purchased a machine for Rs.50,000 and spent
Rs.4,000 on its carriage and Rs.2,000 on its installation. On the date of purchase, it
was estimated that the effective life of the machine will be 10 years and after 10 years
its scrap value will be Rs.6,000. Depreciation is charged on straight line basis.
Depreciation for the year 2005 will be
(a) Rs.4,600
(b) Rs.5,000
(c) Rs.4,800
(d) Rs.4,500
47. Ram and Gopal are partners sharing profits and losse s in the ratio of 2:1. Gopal g ave
a loan of Rs.12,000 to the firm. They did not have any specific agreement about
interest on lo an mentioned in the partnership deed. Gopal claims interest on loan @
10% p.a. The interest on lo an as per rules of Partnership Act, 19 32 will be:
(a) Rs.840
(b) Rs.820
(c) Rs.720
(d) Rs.960
48. Mr. A is a p artner in a firm along with Mr. B. Both contributed capitals of Rs.40,000 and
Rs.50,000 respectively on the 1s tof July, 2005. Interest on capital is to be charged @
10% p.a. Book of account are to be closed on 31 s t December, 2005. Interest on capital
is
(a) Rs.2,500
(b) Rs.2,000
(c) Rs.4,500
49. A firm has on average profit of Rs.60,000. Rate of return on capital employed is 12.5%
p.a. Total capital employed in the firm was Rs.4,00,000. Goodwill on the basis of two
years purchase of super profits is
(a) Rs.20,000
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(b) Rs.15,000
(c) Rs.10,000
50. A transport company purchases a truck for Rs.2,00,000 on 1 s t January, 2005. It
charges 20% depreciation p.a. according to w.d.v. method. The track was sold on 1 st
July, 2006 for a sum of Rs.1,60,000.

The profit or loss on sale of truck is
(a) Loss of Rs. 16,000.
(b) Profit of Rs. 16,000.
(c) Profit of Rs. 12,000.
(d) Loss of Rs. 12,000.
51. Ram strated business with cash Rs.50,000
Purchased goods from Mohan on credit Rs.20,000
Sold goods to Shyam costing Rs.3,000 for cash Rs.3,600
The accounting equation on the basis of these transactions will be
(a) Assets Rs.70,600 = Laibilities Rs.3,600+Owner’s equity Rs.67,000
(b) Assets Rs.70,600 = Liabilities Rs.50,600+Owner’s equity Rs.20,000
(c) Assets Rs.70,600= Liabilities Rs.20,000+Owner’s eq uity Rs.50,600.
52. Cost of physical stock on 15.4.06 was Rs.3,00,000. S ales amounting Rs.1,00,000 and
purchases worth Rs.50,000 were held between 31.3.06 and 15.4.06. Goods are sold at
a profit of 20% on sales. Value of inventory as on 31.3.06 is
(a) Rs.3,50,000.
(b) Rs.2,70,000.
(c) Rs.3,30,000.
(d) Rs.3,00,000.
53. A and B entered into a joint venture agreement to share the profits and losses in the
ratio of 2:1. A supplied 100 ratio sets worth Rs.1,00,0 00 to B incurring expenses of
Rs.5,000 for freight and issuance. B sold the 95 ratio sets for Rs.1,20,000. 5 radio
sets were taken over by B. The profit/loss on venture will be
(a) Profit of Rs.20,000.
(b) Profit of Rs.15,000.
(c) Loss of Rs.20,000.
(d) Profit of Rs.20,250.
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54. A cheque of Rs.1,000 received from Ramesh was dishonoured and had been posted to
the debit of sales returns account.
The rectifying journal entry will be
Rs. Rs.
(a) Sales Returns A/c Dr. 1,000
To Ramesh 1,000
(b) Ramesh Dr. 1,000
To Sales Return A/c 1,000
(c) Ramesh Dr. 1,000
Sales Returns A/c Dr. 1,000
To Suspense A/c 2,000
55. Record of purchase of T.V. sets.
Date Quantity Price per unit
Units Rs.
March 4 900 5
March 10 400 5.50
Record of issues
March 5 600
March 12 400
The value of T.V. sets on 15 March, as per LIFO will be
(a) Rs.1,500
(b) Rs.1,650
(c) Rs.1,575.
56. A purchased a computer costing Rs.10,000. Repairing expenses Rs.1,000 and
miscellaneous expenses Rs.500 were incurred by him. He sold the computer at 20%
margin on selling price. The sales value will be
(a) Rs.12,500.
(b) Rs.11,000
(c) Rs.14,375
(d) Rs.13,800
57. Priya sold goods to Nidhi for Rs.1,00,000. Priya will grant 5% discount to Nidhi. Nidhi
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requested Priya to draw a bill. The amount of the bill will be

(a) Rs.1,00,000.
(b) Rs.95,000.
(c) Rs.93,800.
(d) Rs.90,000
58. A bill is drawn on 28 t h March, 2006 for one month after sight. The date of acceptance is
2nd April, 2006. The due date of the bill will be
(a) 1 st May, 2006.
(b) 28 th April, 2006.
(c) 5 th May, 2006.
(d) 2 nd May, 2006.
59. Mohan drew a bill on Shyam for Rs.50,000 for 3 months. Porceeds are to be shared
equally. Mohan got the bill discounted at 12% p.a. and re mits required proceeds to
Shyam. The amount of such remittance will be
(a) Rs.24,250.
(b) Rs.25,000.
(c) Rs.16,167
(d) Rs.32,333.
60. Goods costing Rs. 10,000 were sold at 25% profit on selling price. The sales will be of
(a) Rs.12,000.
(b) Rs. 12,500.
(c) Rs. 10,000.
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answer.
PART I
61. Cross Offers means
(a) Exchanging identical offers by two parties in ig norance.
(b) Offer made to the public in ge neral.
(c) Offer allowed to remain open for acceptance over a period of time.
(d) Offer made to a definite person.
62. Valid Contract:
(a) In case of this collateral agreements are void.
(b) Not enforceable in a court of law.
(c) An agreement enforceable by law at the option of one or more of the parties
thereon but not at the option of the other or others.
(d) Enforceable at the option of both the parties.
63. Which of the following is a requirement for misrepresentatio n to exist?
(a) Misrepresentation should relate to a material fact.
(b) The person making a misrepresentation should not believe it to be true.
(c) It must be made with an intention to deceive the other party.
64. Which of the following agreements is void?
(a) Agreements made under the unilateral mistake of fact.
(b) Agreements made under the bilateral mistake of fact.
(c) Agreements made under the influence of fraud.
(d) Contingent agreement.
65. Which of the following offers constitute a valid offer?
(a) An auctio neer displays a TV. set before a gathering in an auction sale.
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(b) Ram who is in possession of three cars purchased in different years sa ys ‘I will
sell you a car’.
(c) A says to B , “Will you purchase my motor cycle for Rs. 20,000?
(a) Even if a pr oposal is not accepted pr operly it becomes a valid contract.
(b) The agreements which are against the public policy can be enforced if the
parties are willing to contract.
(c) A contract ca n consist of an offer or an acceptance only.
(d) Two are more pe rsons are said to consent when they agree upon the same thing
in the sa me sense.
67. Contract caused by which of the following is void?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Misrepresentation.
(c) Coercion.
(d) Bilateral Mistake.
68. Suppose the time fixed for performance of the contract has expired but the time is not
essential. What is the remedy of the promisee in the circumstances?
(a) Can rescind the contract.
(b) To claim compensation.
(c) No remedy available.
(d) Can’t be determined.
69. What is legal terminology for the doing or not doing of something which the promisor
desires to be done or not done?
(a) Desires.
(b) Wi shes.
(c) Consideration.
(d) Promise.
70. Goods must be the same as wanted by the seller. This is
(a) Condition as to description
(b) Condition as to sample
(c) Condition as to wholesomeness
(d) Condition as to title
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71. Goods dependant upon certain events which may or may not happen.
(a) Unascertained goods.
(b) Future goods.
(c) Contingent Goods.
(d) Existing Goods.
72. Which of the following is a not document of title to goods?
(a) Bill of Lading.
(b) Railway Receipt.
(c) Dock Warrant.
(d) Performa invoice.
73. The term ‘goods’ for th e purpose of Sale of Goo ds Act, includes
(a) Money.
(b) Actionable claims.
(c) Growing crops, grass.
(d) None of these.
74. In which of the following cases, the unpaid seller loses his right of lien?
(a) Delivery of goods to buyer.
(b) Delivery of goods to carrier.
(c) Tender of price by buyer.
(d) All of these.
75. In case of sale of standing trees, the property passes to the buyer when trees are
(a) Felled and ascertained.
(b) Not felled but earmarked.
(c) Counted and ascertained.
76. Partnership
(a) Arises by operation of law.
(b) Comes into existence only after registration.
(c) Can arise by agreement or otherwise.
(d) Arise by way of an agre ement only.
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77. X and Y agree to work together as carpenters but X shall receive all profit and shall pay
wages to Y. The relation between X and Y is that
(a) Partners.
(b) Carpenters.
(c) Labourers.
(d) Master-Servant.
78. Which of the following is an essential feature of partnership?
(a) Registration.
(b) Test of Mutual Agency.
(c) Separate Legal Entity.
PART II
80. Implied contract, even if not in writing or exp ress words, is perfectly ________if othe r
conditions are satisfied
(a) Void.
(b) Valid.
(c) Voidable.
(d) Illegal.
81. R, an optical surgeon, employs S as the assistant for a term of three years and S
agrees not to practice as a surgeon during this period. This contract is _________
(a) Valid
(b) Void
(c) Voidable
(d) Illegal
82. ________ consideration is no consideration in England.
(a) Past
(b) Present
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(d) Past and Present
83. A agrees to pay Rs. 500 to B if it rains, and B promises to pay a like amount to A if it
does not rain, this agreement is called ___________.
(a) Quasi Contract
(b) Contingent Contr act
(c) Wagering Agree ment
(d) Voidable Contract
84. When the offeree offers to qualified acceptance of the offer subject to modifications and
variations he is said to have made a ___________.
(a) Standing, open or continuing offer
(b) Counter Offer
(c) Cross Offers
(d) Special Offer
85. When after the formation of a valid contract, an event happens which makes the
performance of contract impossible, and then th e contract becomes _________ __.
(a) Void
(b) Voidable
(c) Valid
(d) Illegal
86. Where the performance of a promise by one party depends on the prior performance of
promise by the other party, such reciprocal promises fall under the category of
________________.
(a) Mutual and concurrent
(b) Conditional and dependent
(c) Mutual and independent
(d) Can’t be determined
87. The basis of ‘quasi contractual relations’ is the ______________.
(a) Existence of a valid contra ct between the parties
(b) Prevention of unjust enrichment at the expense of others
(c) Provisions contained in Section 10 of the Contract Act
(d) Existence of a voidable contract between the parties
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88. A agrees to pay Rs. 1000 to B if a certain ship returns within a year. However, the ship
sinks within the year. In this case, the contract becomes ____ _________
(a) Valid
(b) Void
(c) Voidable
(d) Illegal
89. Where an agreement consists of two parts once legal and the other illegal, and the
le gal part is separable from the illegal one, such legal part is __________.
(a) Void
(b) Valid
(c) Voidable
(d) Illegal
90. The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 came into force on ______________.
(a) 15th March, 1930
(b) 1st July, 1930
(c) 30th July, 1930
(d) 30th June, 1930
91. Contract of Sale is ____ ___________.
(a) Executory Contract
(b) Executed Contract
(c) Executory Contract or Executed Contract
92. Where in an auction sale, the seller appoints more than o ne bidder, the sale is
_____________.
(a) Void
(b) Illegal
(c) Conditional
(d) Voidable
93. Where the goods are delivered to a carrier or wharfinger for the purpose of
transmission to the buyer, the delivery is ______________.
(a) Invalid and ineffective
(b) Valid and effective
(c) Conditional
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94. The property in the goods means the _____________.
(a) Possession of goods
(b) Custod y of goods
(c) Ownership of goods
(d) Both (a) and (b)
95. Untill goods are ascertained there is merely __________.
(a) An agreement to sell
(b) A breach of warran ty
(c) A breach of condition
(d) All the above
96. The rights of an agent a gainst the principal are the following _____________.
(a) Right of indemnification
(b) Right to compensation
(c) Right of stoppage in transit
97. Discharge by mutual agreement may involve___________.
(a) Novation
(b) Recission
(c) Alteration
98. A enquires from B, “Will you purchase my cow for $ 100?” B replies, “I shall purchase
your cow for $ 100 provided you purchase my parrot for $ 120.” In this case
__________.
(a) B has accepted the offer of A
(b) B has made a counter offer to A
(c) A is boun d by th e actions of B
(d) B cannot make such an offer
PART III
99. A sold 10 00 tins of oil to B without appropriating any particular oil to the contract. B sold
600 tins out it to C and gave delivery order addressed to A. C lodged the delivery orde r
with A requesting him to “await” his orders. Meanwhile, B became insolvent and thus A
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became the unpaid seller.

(a) A can exercise his right of lien and refuse to make delivery to C.
(b) A cannot exercise his r ight of lien and refuse to make deliver y to C.
(c) C has claim over the goods in possession of A.
100. X fraudulently induced Y to e nter into partnership with him and Y pays a premium of
Rs.5,000/- to A. Within three months the firm incurs liabilities to the extent of
Rs.10,000/-. On discovering the fraud, Y files a suit for the rescission of the contract
creating partnership and contract is rescinded. The creditors of the firm also levy
attachment on Y who pays Rs.3,000/- to them as well. Which of the following is
correct?
(a) Y can obtain a decree for Rs.8000/- against A.
(b) Y can obtain a decree for Rs.5000/- against A.
(c) Y can obtain a decree for Rs.3000/- against A.
(d) Y cannot obtain a decree for either Rs.5,000/- or Rs.3,000/- or Rs.8000/-
against.
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SECTION – C : GENERAL ECONOMICS(50 MARKS)

(ii) Questions 117 to 132 are Fill in the blanks type and carries +1 mark for each correct
PART I
101. Find the correct match:
(a) An enquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of the na tion: A.C.Pigou.
(b) Science which deals with wealth: Alfred Marshall.
(c) Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship
between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses: Robbins.
(d) The range of our enquiry becomes restricted to that part of social welfare that
can be brought directly or indirectly into relation with the measuring rode of
mone y: Adam Smith.
102. Suppose th e demand for meals at a medium-priced restaurant is e lastic. If the
management of the restaurant is considering raising prices, it can expect a relatively:
(a) large fall in quantity demanded.
(b) larg e fall in demand.
(c) small fall in quantity demanded.
(d) small fall in demand.
103. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a “price taker”?
(a) TR = P x Q
(b) AR = Price
(c) Negatively –sloped demand
(d) Marginal Revenue = Price
104. Which cost increases continuously with the increase in production?
(a) Average cost
(b) Mar ginal cost
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(d) Variable cost
105. Which one is not an assumption of the theory of demand based on analysis of
in difference cur ves?
(a) Given scale of preferences as between different combinations of two goods.
(b) Diminishing marginal rate of substitution.
(c) Consta nt marginal utility of money.
(d) Consumers would always prefer more of a particular good to less of it, other
things remaining the same.
(a) Under zamindari system, farmers directly paid land reven ue to the state.
(b) At present, income tax revenues from the agriculture sector are negligible.
(c) Commercial banks are providing loans to the agriculture sector at zero interest
rate.
107. We can say Indian agriculture has become modern since:
(a) there has been an increased in the use of high yielding varieties of seeds,
fertilizers, pesticides etc.
(b) there has been noticeable positive change in the attitude of farmers towards new
techniques of production.
(c) farmers are increasingly resorting to intensive cultivation, multiple cropping,
scientific water management
108. Which of the following statements is correct ?
(a) The demand and the supply of fuel are almost equal.
(b) Our import bill on account of oil has been decreasing since 1990.
(c) Oil prices have been decreasing since 1973.
(d) Transmission and distribution losse s of power companies are very high.
109. Sahara Jet and Kingfisher are examples of:
(a) private schools.
(b) private airlines.
(c) private ships.
(d) private railways.
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110. All of the following de velopments were noticed during 1991(whe n economic reforms
were enforced) except one. Identify it.
(a) National debt was nearly 60 percent of the GNP of India.
(b) Inflation crossed double digits
(c) Foreign reserves were maintained at a very high level.
111. All of the following statements except one are correct about the foreign trade policy,
2004-09.Identify the incorrect statement:
(a) Certain thrust areas like agriculture, handlooms, ha ndicrafts etc have been
id entified.
(b) Vishesh Krishiupaj Yojana has been started.
(c) ‘Served from India’ scheme has been started.
(d) The entry of FDI in India has been re stricted.
112. The economic reforms have failed to:
(a) keep fiscal deficits to the targeted levels.
(b) fully impleme nt industrial deregulation.
(c) fully open the economy to trade.
113. Broad money refers to
(a) M 1
(b) M 2
(c) M 3
(d) M 4
114. Nationalization of banks aimed at all of the following except:

(a) removal of control by a few.
(b) provision of credit to big in dustries only.
(c) provision of adequate credit for agriculture, small in dustry and export units.
(d) encouragement of a new class of entre preneur.
115. In order to en courage investment in the country, the RBI may:
(a) reduce CRR.
(b) increase CRR.
(c) sell securities in the open market.
(d) increase Bank rate.
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116. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

(a) The Indian road net work is one of the longest in the world.
(b) The rural road network conne cts around 65 percent of all weather roads.
(c) Most of the State Roa d Transport Corporations are running on profits.
(d) The National highways carry more than 40 percent of the total road traffic.
PART II
117. ---- ------ ---- ----- expressed the view that “Economics is neutral between end ”.
(a) Robbins
(b) Mar shall
(c) Pigou
(d) Adam Smith
118. The law of demand refers to ------------------------.
(a) price-supply relationship
(b) price- cost relationship
(c) price-demand relation ship
(d) price-income relationship.
119. Increasing returns imply --- ------ ---- ----------------.
(a) constant average cost.
(b) diminishing cost per unit of output.
(c) optimum use of capital and labour.
(d) external economies.
120. In monopolistic competition, a firm is in long run equilibrium ----------------------------.
(a) at the minimum point of the LAC curve.
(b) in the declining segment of th e LAC curve.
(c) in the rising segment of the LAC curve.
(d) when price is equal to marginal cost.
121. Of the major 12 ports, ________ ____ is the top traffic handler.
(a) Paradip
(b) Cochin
(c) Vishakhapatnam
(d) Mumbai
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122. On an average, one post office in India serves ________.

(a) 100 persons
(b) 1000 persons
(c) 6615 persons
(d) 5800 persons
123. At present, nearly ____________ percent of the energy consumed is obtained from
non-commercial traditional sources.
(a) 45
(b) 51.
(c) 23
(d) 10
124. _____________________ refers to the transfer of assets or services functions from
public to private ownership.
(a) Globalization
(b) Privatization
(c) Disinvestment
(d) Liberalization
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 3
126. At present, Bank rate is _____________ percent.
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 6.5
(d) 5.5
127. _____________ is the official minimum rate at which the central bank of a country is
prepared to rediscount approved bills held by banks.
(a) CRR
(b) SLR
(c) Bank rate
(d) Repo rate
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128. EPCG stand s for ---------------- ------ ---- -.

(a) Export Promotion Capital Goods.
(b) Expert Programme for Credit Generation.
(c) Exchange Programme for Consumer Goods.
(d) Export Promotion Consumer Goods
129. The area under irrigation has ____________ over the years in India.
(a) remained constant.
(b) decreased
(c) increased.
(d) first increased an d then decreased
130 . The service sector in India now acco unts for -------------------------------.
(a) more than 80 percent of GDP.
(b) more than 70 percent of GDP.
(c) more than 50 percent of GDP.
(d) more than 90 percent of GDP.
131. _____ is the Banker’s Bank in In dia.
(a) SBI
(b) PNB
(c) RBI
(d) OBC
132. According to the 2001 census th e total literacy ratio is
(a) 32.5%
(b) 65.4%
(c) 52.1%
(d) 75.8%
PART III
Questions 133 to 137 are based on the demand and supply diagrams in Figure 1. S 1
and
D1 are the original demand and supply curves. D,2
D 3
, S 2
and S 3
are possible new
demand and supply curves. Starting from initial equilibrium point(1) what point on the
graph is most likely to result from each change?
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133. Assume X is a normal good. Holding everything else constant, assume that income
rises and th e price of a factor of production also increases. What point in Figure 1 is
most likely to be the new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 9
(b) Point 5
(c) Point 3
(d) Point 2.
134. We are analyzing the market for good Z. The price of a co mplement good, good Y,
declines. At the same time, there is a technological advance in the production of good
Z. What point Figure 1 is most likely to be the new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 4.
(b) Point 5
(c) Point 7
(d) Point 8
135. Heavy rains in Maharashatra during 2005 and 200 6 caused havoc with the rice crop.
What point in Figure 1 is most likely to be the new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 6
(b) Point 3
(c) Point 7
(d) Point 8
136. Assume that consumers expect the prices on new cars to significantly increase next
year. What point in Figure 1 is most likely to be the new equilibrium price an d quantity?
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(a) Point 6
(b) Point 5
(c) Point 3
(d) Point 8
137. What combinations of changes would most likely decrease the equilibrium quantity?
(a) When supply increases and demand decreases.
(b) When demand increases and supply decreases
(c) When supply increases and demand increases.
(d) When demand decre ases and supply decreases.
PART IV
Use Table 1 to answer questions 138 - 141
Table 1
Quantity A verage Fixed Ave rage Total cost Marginal cost
cost
0---
1 80.00 100.00 20
2 40.00 58.00 17
3 26.66 44.00 15
4 20.00 36.25 13
5 16.00 31.40 12
6 13.33 28.33 13
7 11.42 26.29 14
8 10.00 26.13 25
9 8.88 26.56 30
10 8.00 27.30 34
11 7.27 28.45 40
12 6.66 30.00 47
13 6.15 31.92 55
138. Refer to Table 1 which lists the average costs of a perfectly competitive firm. If the
price of the good is Rs 13, the firm will be produce
(a) 4 units at a loss of Rs. 93
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(b) 6 units at a loss Rs. 92

(c) zero units at a loss of Rs. 80
(d) 8 units at a profit of Rs. 9
139. Refer to the competitive firm in Table 1. If the market price is Rs 31, the firm will
produce:
(a) 9 units at an economic profit of Rs 40
(b) 10 units at an economic profit of Rs 67
(c) 9 units at an economic profit of Rs 81.
(d) Zero units of output and lose its fixed cost.
140. In Table 1, if price is Rs 26, the perfectly competitive firm will:
(a) shut down in the short run.
(b) produce 8 units at an economic loss of Rs 9.
(c) produce 9 units at an economic loss of Rs. 5.
(d) produce 8 units at an economic loss of Rs. 1.04.
(a) shut down
(b) produce 10 units
(d) produce 13 units.
Read the following paragraph and answer Questions number 142-147
Anisha quit her job at a private company where she earned Rs2,90,000 a year. She
withdrew Rs 4,00,000 in a savings account that earned 10% interest annually to buy
a second hand mini bus to commune passenger between Cannaught Place and
Noida. There are 1000 passengers who will pay Rs 4000 a year each for commuter
services; Rs 2800 from each passenger goes for petrol, maintenance, depreciation
etc.
142. What is Anisha’s total revenue from her commuter service?
(a) Rs. 40,00,000
(b) Rs.2, 90,000
(c) Rs, 28, 00,000
(d) Rs 31, 30,000
143. Calculate Anisha’s accounting costs?
(a) Rs. 12, 00,000
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(b) Rs. 40, 00,000

(c) Rs.28, 00,000.
(d) Rs. 8, 70,0 00.
144. Calculate Anisha’s economic cost?
(a) Rs. 3, 30,000
(b) Rs. 40, 000
(c) Rs.28, 00,000.
(d) Rs. 31, 30,000.
145. We can say that A nisha:
(a) earned economic profits but suffered accounting loss.
(b) earned economic profits and accounting profits.
(c) suffered economic loss and accounting loss.
(d) earned accounting profits but suffered economic loss.
146. Calculate Anisha’s accounting profit/ loss?
(a) Rs. 40, 00,000.
(b) Rs. 12, 00,000.
(c) Rs. 8, 70,000.
(d) Rs. 2, 90,000.
147. Calculate Anisha’s economic profit/ loss?
(a) Rs. 12, 00,000
(b) Rs. 30,000
(c) Rs. 31, 30,000
(d) Rs. 8, 70,000
(a) .67
(b) 1.5
(c) 2.0
(d) 3.0
149. Suppose a consumer’s income increases from Rs.30,000 to Rs.36,000. As a result, the
consumer increases her purchases of compact discs(CDs) from 25 CDs to 30 CDs.
What is the consumer’s income elasticity of demand for CDs?
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(a) 0.5
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.5
(d) 2.0
150. If the quantity demanded of beef increases by 5% when the price of chicken increases
by 20%, th e cross-price elasticity of demand between beef and chicken is
(a) -0.25
(b) 0.25
(c) -4
(d) 4
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SECTION – D : QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE(50 MARKS)

answer.
wrong answer.
PART I
151. The entire upper part of a table is known as
(a) Caption.
(b) Stub.
(c) Box head.
(d) Body.
152. Ogive is a
(a) Line diagra m.
(b) Bar diagram.
(c) Both.
(d) None.
153. In case of a n even nu mber of observations which of the following is median ?
(a) Any of the two mid dle-most value.
(b) The simple average of these two middle values.
(c) The weighted average of these two middle values.
(d) Any of these.
154. If the A M and GM for two numbers a re 6.50 and 6 respectively then the two numbers
are
(a) 6 and 7
(b) 9 and 4
(c) 10 and 3
(d) 8 and 5
155. If all the observations are increased by 10, then
(a) SD would be increased by 10.
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(b) Mean deviation would be increased by 10.

(c) Quartile deviation would be increased by 10.
(d) All these three remain unchange d.
156. Mode of 0,3,5,6,7,9,12,0,2 is
(a) 6
(b) 0
(c) 3
(d) 5
157. What is spurious correlation?
(a) It is a bad relation between two variables.
(b) It is very low correlation between two variables.
(c) It is the correlation between two variables ha ving no causal relation.
(d) It is a negative correlation.
158. The line x = a + by represents the regression equation of
(a) y on x
(b) x on y
(c) Both of above.
(d) None of above.
159. When ‘p’ = 0.5, the binomial d istribution is
(a) Asymmetrical.
(b) Symmetrical.
(c) Both of above.
(d) None of above.
160. A populatio n comprises 5 members. The number of all possible samples of size 2 that
can be dra wn from it with replacement is
(a) 100
(b) 15
(c) 125
(d) 25
PART II
161. Tally marks determines ______ .
(a) Class width
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(c) Class limit
(d) Class frequ ency
162. ______ always lies in between the arithmetic mean & mode.
(a) G.M.
(b) H.M.
(c) Median
(d) G.M. and H.M.
163. In case ‘The ages of husbands and wives’ correlation is ______ .
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Zero
(d) One
164. If P(A n B) = 0, then the two events A and B are ______ .
(a) Mutually exclusive
(b) Exhaustive
(c) Equally likely
(d) Independent
165. In ______ distribution, mean = variance.
(a) Normal
(b) Binomial
(c) Poisson
(d) None of above
166. A______ distribution is a theoretical distribution that expresses the functional relation
between each of the distinct values of the sample statistic and the corresponding
probability.
(a) Normal
(b) Binomial
(c) Poisson
(d) Sampling
167. If an investment of Rs.1000 and Rs.100 yield an inco me of Rs.90 and Rs.20
respectively, for earning Rs.50 investment of Rs.______will be required.
(a) Less than Rs.500
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(b) Over Rs.500

(c) Rs.485
(d) Rs.486
168. If CC=
18 1 8
then the value of nis ___ ___ .
nn +2
(a) 0
(b) –2
(c) 8
(d) None of above
169. The sum of square of first nnatural number is __________.
(a) ) (n /2) (n + 1
(b) ) (n /6) (n + 1) (2n + 1
(c) [(n / 2) (n + 1)]2

(d) None of above.
170. If b 2 –4ac = 0 the roots are ______ and ______.
(a) Real, Unequal
(b) Real, E qual
(c) Irrational, Unequal
(d) Rational, Unequal
PART III
171. The index number of prices at a place in 1998 is 355 with 1991 as base. This means
(a) There has been on the aver age a 255% increase in prices.
(b) There has been on the aver age a 355% increase in price.
(c) There has been on the aver age a 250% increase in price.
(d) None of these.
172. The sum of a series in A.P. is 72 the first term being 17 and the co mmon difference –2.
the number of terms is
(a) 6
(b) 12
(c) 6 or 12
(d) 10
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173. The mean pro portional between 1.4 gms and 5.6 gms is
(a) 28 gms.
(b) 2.8 gms.
(c) 3.2 gms.
(d) None of these.
174. Which is True ?
(a) 2 o >(1/2)o
(b) 2 o <(1/2)o
(c) 2 o =(1/2)o
(d) None of these.
175. 8 is the solution of th e equation
x+4 x- 5
(a) 11 + =
4 3
x + 4 x + 10
(b) 8 + =
2 9
x + 24 x
(c) 4 =4+
5
x - 15 x + 5
(d) 4 + =
10 5
176. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 10. If 18 be subtracted from it the digits in
the resulting number will be equal. The number is
(a) 37
(b) 73
(c) 64
(d) None of these.
177. The valu es of x for the equation x 2 +9x+18 = 6–4x are
(a) (1,12)
(b) (–1,–12)
(c) (1,–12)
(d) (–1,12)
178. The effective rate of interest corresponding a nominal rate of 7% p.a convertible
quarterly is
(a) 7%
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(b) 7.5%
(c) 7.10%
(d) None of these.
179. A person bought a house paying Rs. 20000 cash down and Rs. 4000 at the end of
each year for 25 yrs. At 5% p.a. C.I. The cash down price is
(a) Rs. 75000
(b) Rs. 76000
(c) Rs. 76392
(d) None of these.
180. The ways of selecting 4 letters fr om the word EXAMINATION is
(a) 136
(b) 130
(c) 125
(d) None of these .
181. If there are 50 stations on a railway lin e how many different kinds of single first class
tickets may be printed to en able a passenge r to travel from one station to other?
(a) 2500
(b) 2450
(c) 2400
(d) None of these.
182. The sum of 3 numbers of a G P is 39 and their product is 729. The numbers are
(a) 3, 27, 9
(b) 9, 3, 27
(c) 3, 9, 27
(d) None of these.
183. Find the four numbers in A.P. with the sum of second and third being 22 and the
product of the first and fourth being 85.
(a) 3 5 7 9
(b) 2 4 6 8
(c) 5 9 13 17
(d) None of these.
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184. The sum of nterms of the series 2 + 6 + 10 + ……. is

(a) 2n2
(b) n2
(c) n2 / 2
(d) 4n2
185. If A has 32 elements, B has 42 elements and A B has 62 elements, the number of
elements in An B is
(a) 12
(b) 74
(c) 10
(d) None of these.
x2 - 1
186. lim is evaluated to be
x 1 3x + 1 - 5x - 1
(a) 4
(b) 1/4
(c) –4
(d) None of these.
x3 - t 3
x t x2 - t 2
(a) 3/2
(b) 2/3t
3t
(c)
2
(d) None of these.
188. If f(x) = ea x 2
+ b x+ c
the f ’ (x) is
(a) ea x 2
+ b x+ c
(b) ea x 2
+ b x+ c (2ax +b)
(c) 2ax +b
(d) None of these.
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dy is calculated as
189. If y = e 2x , dx
e 2x
(a) x
2
(b) e 2x
e 2x
(c)
2x
(d) None of these.
190. Evaluate result of ( x 2–1 ) dx is
(a) x 5 /5 – 2/3 x3 + x + k
(b) x 5 /5 – 2/3 x3 + x
(c) 2x
(d) None of these.
4
191. Evaluate ( 2x
dx +and
5 )the value is
1
(a) 3
(b) 10
(c) 30
(d) None of these.
Marks : Below 10 Below 20 Below 30 Below 40 Below 50
No. of students : 15 38 65 84 100
(a) 65
(b) 50
(c) 35
(d) 43
193. The harmonic mean for the numbers 2, 3, 5 is
(a) 2.00
(b) 3.33
(c) 2.90
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194. The coefficient of mean deviation a bout mean for the first 9 natural numbers is
(a) 200/9
(b) 80
(c) 400/9
(d) 50
195. Maximum value of Rank Correlation coefficient is
(a) –1
(b) +1
(c) 0
(d) None of these.
196. If two letters are taken at random from the word HOME, what is the Probability that
none of the letters would be vowels?
(a) 1/6
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/3
(d) 1/4
197. The chance of getting a sum of 6 in a single throw with two dice is
(a) 3/36
(b) 4/36
(c) 6/36
(d) 5/36
198. What is the no. of trials of a binomial distribution having mean and S D as 3 and 1.5
respectively?
(a) 2
. (b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 12
199. If the price of all co mmodities in a place have increased 125 times in comparison to the
base period prices, then the index number of prices for the place is now
(a) 100
(b) 125
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200. If the amount of an annuity for 25 years at 5% p.a C.I. is Rs. 50000 the annuity will be
(a) Rs.1406.90
(b) Rs.1046.90
(c) Rs.1146.90
(d) None of these.
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(a) Income tax account
(b) Bank account
(c) Capital account
(d) Not to be shown in the business books
3. Following is the example of internal users:
(a) Government.
(b) Investors.
(c) Creditors.
(d) Employees.
4. Recording of a transaction in a journal is called
(a) Posting.
(b) Entry.
(c) Transfer.
(d) Ruling.
5. Narrations are given at the end of
(a) Final accounts.
(b) Trial balance.
(c) Each ledger account.
(d) Each journal entry.
6. The concerned account debited in the journal should be
(a) Debited in the ledger but refere nce should be of the respective credit account.
(b) Credited in the ledger but reference should be of the resp ective debit account.
(c) Credited in the ledger and reference should also be of the respective credit
account.
(d) Debited in the ledger and reference should also be of the respective debit
account
7. The basic consideration(s) in distinction between capital and revenue expenditures
is/are
(a) Nature of business.
(b) Effect on revenue generating capacity of busine ss.
(c) Purpose of expenses.
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recording transactions are known as
(a) Frauds.
(b) Misinterpretation.
(c) Errors.
9. “Treating a revenue expense as a capital expenditure” is an example of
(a) Compensating errors.
(b) Errors of principle.
(c) Errors of omission.
(d) Errors of commission.
10. Under bank reconciliation statement, while adjusting the cash book
(a) All the errors and omissions in the cashbook are taken into consideration.
(b) All the errors and omissions in the passbook are taken into consideration.
(c) Delays in recording in the passbook due to difference in timing are taken into
consideration.
PART II
11. In ledger there are _______ columns
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 10
12. In journal, transactions are recorded on __________.
(a) Chronological order.
(b) Ascending order of amount.
(c) Descending ord er of amount
13. If an effect of an error is cancelled by the effect of some other error, it is commonly
known as ___________
(a) Errors of principle.
(b) Compensating error s.
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14. When opening entry is overstated, net income for the accounting period will be
__________.
(a) Overstated.
(b) Not be affected.
(c) Understated.
15. Inventories should be generally valued at lower of cost or ________
(a) Fair market value.
(b) Replacement value.
(c) Present value.
(d) Net realisable value.
16. Memorandum Joint venture account is a ________
(a) Personal account.
(b) Real account.
(c) Nominal account.
17. At the time of admission of a new partner, if the value of goodwill is overstated in the
books, it is written back by ________
(a) Old partners in old profit/loss sharing ratio
(b) All the partners including the new partner in new profit/loss sharing ratio.
(c) Old partners in sacrificing ratio
(d) New partner in gaining ratio.
18. Commission provided b y the consig nor to the consignee to promote credit sale is
known as _____________
(a) Ordinary commission
(b) Del-credere commission
(c) Over riding commission
(d) Special commission
19. _________ is unavoidable an d should be spread over the entire consignment while
valuing consignment stock.
(a) Abnormal loss
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(b) Normal lo ss
(c) Extra-ordinary loss
(d) None of the thre e
20. Generally, when th e size of the venture is ________, the co-venturers keep separate
set of books of account for the joint venture.
(a) Small
(b) Medium
(c) Big
PART III
21. Mohit, the acceptor of the bill has to honour a bill on 31 s tMarch 2006. Due to financial
crisis, he is unable to pay the amount of bill of Rs. 20,000. Therefore, he approaches
Rohit on 20 th March 2006 for extension of bill for further 3 months. Rohit agrees to
extend the credit period by drawing a new bill for Rs. 20,500 together with interest of
Rs. 1,000 in cash. In this case old bill of Rs. 20,000 will be consid ered as
(a) Discounted
(b) Dishonoured
(c) Cancelled
(d) Retired
22. Sujal consigned goods costing Rs. 2,50,000 to Mridul on 1 s t January 2006 by incurring
Rs. 20,000 on freight. Some goods were lost in transit. For remaining goods Mridul
spend Rs. 15,000 to take the delivery including storage charges. During the quarter,
Mridul sold 3/4 of the goods received by him for Rs. 3,00,000 and charged commission
@10% on it to Sujal. At the end of the quarter, Sujal asked the details of goods lost,
sold, expenses commission and balance due to him alongwith the consignment stock
from Mridul. As desired, Mridul sent the periodical detail statement commonly known as
(a) Account statement
(b) Account sales
(c) Statement of affairs
(d) Summary statement.
PART IV
23. The following information pertains to X Ltd.
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The amount of dividend payable = ?
(a) Rs.75,000
(b) Rs.72,750
(c) Rs.71,250
(d) Rs.69,000
due from F = ?
25. X of Kolkata sent out 2000 boxes costing 100 each with the instruction that sales are to
be made at cost + 45%. X draws a bill on Y for an amount equivalent to 60% of sales
value. The amount of bill will be
(a) Rs.1,74,000
(b) Rs.2,00,0 00
(c) Rs.2,90,000
(d) Rs.1,20,0 00
26. A purchase of Rs. 1,870 by cheques has been wrongly posted in the cashbook as
Rs. 1,780. This has the effe ct of
(a) Increasing th e bank balance by Rs.90
(b) Decreasing the bank balance by Rs.90
(c) Increasing th e bank balance by Rs.180
(d) Decreasing the bank balan ce by Rs.180
27. M/s Delhi Stationers purchase 1,000 pcs of cover file @ Rs. 275 per 100. The
wholesaler offered 5% sales tax on net price. Transport charges were Rs. 50. The
purcha se price per piece of cover file will be
(a) Rs.2,793.13
(b) Rs.279.31
(c) Rs.27.93
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28. A consignee sold goods costing Rs. 50,000 at a profit of Rs. 10,000. Out of total sale
30% was credit sale. As per the agreement the consignee will get 5% ordinary
commission, 2% del-credere commission on credit sale and 3% over-riding commission
on amount in excess of cost price. The amount of commission will be
(a) Rs. 3,540
(b) Rs.3,840
(c) Rs.4,500
(d) Rs.3,000
29. In a Joint venture between A and B, A spend Rs.2,000 on freight, Rs.1,000 as godown
rent, and also raised a loan from bank of Rs.50,000 at 18% p.a. repayable after 1
month. B spend Rs. 5,000 as selling expenses and he also raised a loan from bank of
Rs.1,50,000 at 18% repayable after 2 months. The total expenses of Joint venture will
be
(a) Rs. 8,000
(b) Rs.8,250
(c) Rs. 5,250
(d) Rs.13,250
30. The bill of Rs. 10,000 accepted by Ritesh on 1July 2006, was discounted by Hitesh on
15 July 2006 for Rs. 9,600. On 4 t h October 2006, the bill was dishonoured and bank
notified it for Rs. 200. The amount to be received from Ritesh would be
(a) Rs.10,600
(b) Rs.10,000
(c) Rs.10,200
(d) Rs.10,400
31. Y Ltd. sends out its goods Rs. 1,20,000 to one of its dealer on Sale or Return basis. On
31s t March he received an approval letter for goods of Rs. 80,000. Y Ltd. charge 25%
profit on cost. The cost price of the un-approved goods with the dealer will be
(a) Rs.32,000
(b) Rs.40,000
(c) Rs.80,000
(d) Rs. 64,000
32. A, B and C are in partnership with no partnership deed. A brought Rs.80,000, B
Rs.60,000 and C Rs.40,000 as capital. A does not take part in day to day activities, B
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acts as general manger and C acts as a sales manager. The profit during the year was
Rs. 1,50,000. The share of each partner in profit will respectively be
(a) Rs.66,667: Rs.50,000: Rs.33,333
(b) Rs.50,000: Rs.50,000: Rs.50,000
(c) Nil: Rs. 75,000: Rs.75,000
33. A second hand car is purchased for Rs. 2,00,000, the amount of Rs. 25,000 is spent on
its repairs, Rs. 5,000 is incurred to get the car registered in owner’s name and Rs.
2,000 is paid as dealer’s commission. The amount debited to car account will be
(a) Rs. 2,32,000
(b) Rs. 2,25000
(c) Rs. 2,30,000
(d) Rs. 2,05,000
34. Atul, Vipul and Prafful are partners in a firm with no partnership agreement. They
in vested Rs.1,00,000, Rs.75,000 and Rs.50,000 as capital in the firm. The profit for the
year was Rs.2,50,000. Prafful demands interest on loan of Rs.20,000 advanced by him
at the market rate of interest which is 12% p.a. The amount of interest received by him
will be
(a) Rs.2,400
(b) Nil
(c) Rs.1,200
(d) Rs.3,600
35. Ansh purchased goods costing 2,40,000. Vansh sold goods costing Rs 1,60,000 at Rs
2,40,000. B alance goods were taken over by Ansh at same gross profit percentage as
in case of sale. The amount of goods taken over will be:
(a) Rs. 1,20,000
(b) Rs. 80,000
(c) Rs. 40,000
(d) Rs. 1,00,000
36. Brave Ltd. issued 60,000 shares of Rs. 1 0 each at a discount of Re. 1 per share. The
application money was Rs. 2, allotment money was Rs. 4, and first call was of Re.1.
The amount of final call will be
(a) Rs. 3
(b) Rs. 2
(c) Re.1
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37. A partnership firm maintains its accounts on calendar year basis. B, one of its partner
died on 31 s tMarch 2006. The profit for the year 2005 was Rs. 75,000, which was
distributed among all the three partners equally. The share of profit of B for the yea r
2006 on the basis of the year 2005 will be
(a) Rs.18,750
(b) Rs.25,000
(c) Rs.Nil
(d) Rs.6,250
38. Asha Ltd. issued shares of Rs. 100 each at a premium of 25 %. Mamta, who has 2,000
shares of Asha ltd., failed to pay first and final call totalling Rs.5. Premiu m was taken
by Asha Ltd. at the time of allotment. On forfeiture of Mamta’s shares, the amount to be
debited to Share premium account will be
(a) Rs.5,000
(b) Rs.10,000
(c) Rs.15,000
(d) Nil
39. As per Section 37 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, the executors would be entitled
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.
40. Fena sent out certain goods to Kena of Delhi. 1/10 of the goods were lost in transit.
Invoice value of goods lost Rs 25,000. Invoice value of goods sent out on consignment
will be:
(a) Rs.2,50,000
(b) Rs.25,000
(c) Rs.2,500
(d) Rs.1,25,000
41. Taksh Ltd. purchased land and building from Daksh Ltd. for a book value of
Rs.5,00,000. The consideratio n was paid by issue of 10% Debentures of Rs.100 each
at a discount of 20%. The debentures account will be credited with
(a) Rs.6,00,000
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(b) Rs.6,25,000
(c) Rs.5,00,000
(d) Rs.5,50,000
42. Jadu Ltd. reissued 2,000 share s, which were forfeited by debiting Share forfeiture
account by Rs.3,000. These shares were reissued Rs. 9 per share. The amount to be
transferred to Capital Reserve account will be
(a) Rs.3,000
(b) Rs.2,000
(c) Rs.1,000
(d) Nil
43. A machine purchased on 1 s tApril 2004 for Rs. 10,000 is showing a balance of Rs.
6,000 as on 1 s t A pril 2006 when depreciation is charged on S.L.M. basis. Now a

company wants to sitch over to W.D.V method charging depreciation @ 20%. The
amount of excess/ short depreciation of last two years will be
(a) Excess depreciation Rs.400
(b) Short depreciation Rs.400
(c) Excess depreciation Rs.1,600
(d) Short depreciation Rs.1,600
44. Sundry debtors of M/s Santosh amounts to Rs. 25,000 and bad debts Rs.3,000. M/s
Santosh provides for Doubtful debts @ 2% and for discount @ 1%. The amount of net
debtors to be shown in the balance sheet will be
(a) Rs. 21,560
(b) Rs. 22,000
(c) Rs. 21,780
(d) Rs. 21,344
45. A, B and C shares profit and loss in the ratio of 4:4:2. They have a joint life insurance
policy of Rs.1,00,000, whose premium is paid by the firm. Surrender value of the policy
at the beginning of the year 2006 is Rs. 80,000. On the death of A on n d January
2 2006,
the amount to be credited in C’s account will be
(a) Rs. 40,000.
(b) Rs. 20,000 .
(c) Rs. 16,000.
(d) Nil
dispute between the partners. Profits before salary of partners capital was Rs. 60,000
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and Y claimed salary for his extra services to the firm @ 2,000 p.m. There was no
(a) Rs. 20,000 to each partner
(b) Rs. 12,000 to each partner
(c) Rs.12,000 to X and Z and Rs.36,000 to Y
(d) Rs. 24,00 0 to Y and Rs.18,000 to X and Z
47. Deepak consigned 100 sets of TVs to Sudeep @ Rs.10,000 each. 5 TV s were
damaged in transit due to unavoidable reason whose price was adjusted in the
remaining TVs. The new price of each TV will be
(a) Rs.10,000.
(b) Rs. 10,200
(c) Rs. 15,000.
(d) Rs.10,526
48. A draws a bill on B for Rs 30,000 fro mutual accommodation. A discounted that bill for
Rs.28,000 from bank and remitted Rs.14,000 to B. On due date A will send to B
(a) Rs. 14,000
(b) Rs.14,500
(c) Rs.15,000
(d) Rs.15,500
Typewriter costing Rs 1,00,000. Repairing expenses Rs 10,000, printing expenses Rs
10,000. B sold it at 20% margin on selling price. The sales value will be:
(a) Rs. 1,25,000
(b) Rs. 1,50,000
(c) Rs. 1,00,000
(d) Rs. 1,40,000
50. Sure Ltd. issued 5,000, 15% Debentures of Rs.100 each at a premium of Rs.10 each.
These debentures were to be redeemed at a premium of Rs.4 each after 5 ye ars. The
amount to be credited to the debenture premium account will be
(a) Rs.25,000
(b) Rs.50,000
(c) Rs.40,000
(d) Rs.60,000
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51. Light Ltd. has 10,000 5% preference shares of Rs. 10 each to be redeemed after 5
years. The company forfeited 500 preference shares on which final call of Rs 2 has not
been received. after due notice and cancelled these shares on account of redemption.
Remaining shares were redeemed out of reserves of the company. The amount to be
credited to capital redemption reserve will be
(a) Rs.1,00,0 00
(b) Rs. 95,000
(c) Rs. 99,000
(d) Rs. 99,500
52. Bajaj Ltd. issued 25,000 equity shares of Rs. 10 each payable as Rs. 2 on application,
Rs 3 on allotment, Rs. 2 on first call and the balance in the final call. Archit, who has
1,000 shares paid full value of shares with allotment money. The amount to be debited
to bank account at the time of receipt of first call money will be
(a) Rs.50,000
(b) Rs.47,000
(c) Rs.49,000
(d) Rs.48,000.
53. Books of Ekta, shows on 1 st January 2006 furniture Rs. 20,000. During the year a part
of the furniture whose book value on 1 s tJanuary 2006 is Rs. 1,200 has been
exchanged with another furniture by paying additional Rs. 500. Ekta charge
depreciation @ 10% p.a. The net amount of the furniture to be shown in the balance
sheet will be
(a) Rs 18,508
(b) Rs 20,440
(c) Rs 18,396
(d) Rs 18,478.
54. In the bank reconciliation statement, when balance as per the cashb ook is take n as the
starting point, then direct deposits from th e customer of Rs. 2,500 in the bank will be
(a) Added
(b) Subtracted
(c) Ignored
55. Debit balance as per Cash Bo ok of Topsy Enterprise as on 31.3.2006 is Rs. 1,500.
Cheques deposited but not cleared amounts to Rs. 100 and Cheques issued but not
presented of Rs. 150. The bank allowed interest amounting Rs. 50 and collected
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dividend Rs. 50 on behalf of Topsy E nterprise Enterprises. Balance as per pass book
should be
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1,450.
(c) 1,650.
(d) 1,850.
56. If a sales return of Rs.1,500 has been wrongly posted to the credit of the purch ase
returns account, but has been correctly entered in the debtors’ account, the total of the
(c) the debit side of the trial balance will be Rs.1,500 more than the credit side.
margin of the co mpany is 33 1/3% on cost, the closing inventory durin g the current year
is
(a) Rs.4,00,000
(b) Rs.3,00,000
(c) Rs.2,25,000
(d) Rs.2,60,0 00.
58. On 31 st March 2005, Suraj has to pay to M/s Chandra Rs.7,000 on account of credit
purchase from the later. He paid Rs.1,800 on 30 th June 2006 after availing a cash
discount of 10%. On 30 t h September 20 06, he paid Rs. 2,850 after availing 5% cash
discount. On account of final settlement, the amount to be paid by Suraj without any
discount will be
(a) Rs. 2,350
(b) Rs. 2,000
(c) Rs.2,200
(d) Rs.2,150
59. The profit of the M/s ABC, a partnership firm before charging managerial commission is
Rs. 44,000. The managerial commission is charged @ 10% on profit after charging
such commission. The amount of managerial commission will be
(a) Rs.4,400
(b) Rs.40,000
(c) Rs.4,000
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(d) Rs.39,600.
60. A bad debt recove red during the year is a
(a) Capital expenditures
(b) Revenue expenditures
(c) Capital receipt
(d) Revenue receipt
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PART I
61. The following conditions must exist so that a promise to pay for the past voluntary
services is binding:
(a) The services should have been rendered voluntarily.
(b) The ser vices must have been rendered for the promisor.
(c) They must be in existence at the time when th e services were rendered and
must have intended to compensate the promise.
62. In case of a firm carrying on th e business of banking
(a) There should be at least seven members and maximum number of members
should not exceed fifty.
(b) There should be at least two members and maximum number of members
should not exceed ten.
(c) There should be at least ten members and maximum number of members should
not exceed twenty.
(d) There should be at least two members and maximum number of members
63. Champerty means
(a) An agreement to trade with the enemy owing allegiance to a government at war
with India.
(b) An agreement whereby a person promises to maintain a suit, by money or
otherwise, in which he has no interest.
(c) An agreement whereby a person agrees to help another in a litigation in
exchange of a share of the result of the litigation.
(d) An agreement to stifle criminal prosecutions tend to be a perversion or an ab use
of justice.
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64. A collateral event is an event

(a) The performance for which is neither directly promised nor it is the entire
consideration for the promise.
(b) The perfo rmance for which is directly promised.
(c) It is the entire consideration for the promise.
(d) The performance which is agreed upon by the parties in a Court of Law.
65. A person who has been induced to enter into a contract by misrepresentatio n has the
following remedies:
(a) Affirm the contract and insist on the misrepresentation being made good, if
possible.
(b) Rescind the contra ct.
(c) Rely upon the misrepresentatio n as a defence to an action on the contract.
66. The rights of a principal are the following:
(a) Right to recover damages.
(b) Right to obtain an account of secret profits and recover them and resist a claim
for remuneration.
(c) Right to resist ag ent’s claim for indemnity against incurred liability.
67. Following conditions are implied in a contract of sale of goods unless the circumstances
of the contract show a different inte ntion:
(a) Condition as to non – existence of encumbrances.
(b) Condition as to undisturbed possession.
(c) All of the above.
68. A person to whom money has been paid, or anything delivered by mistake
(a) Becomes the owner of such money or those goods.
(b) Must repay the money or return those goods.
(c) Is allowed to sell the goods and retain the money realized from such sale.
(d) Has no obligation to return the mon ey, he may do so only a good gesture.
69. Which one of the offers is a valid offer?
(a) A garment store gave the following advertisement in a newsp aper – “Specia l
sale for tomorrow only. Men’s night suits reduced from Rs.200 to Rs.100.”
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(b) P sa ys to Q, “I will sell you a digital camera.” P owns three different types of
digital cameras of various prices.
(c) An auctioneer displays a refrigerator before a gatherin g in an auction sale.
(d) A advertises in a leading daily newspaper that he would pay Rs. 2000 to anyone
who finds and returns his lost dog.
70. A promises to paint a picture for B at a certain price. Which of the following is not
correct?
(a) A is not boun d to perform the promise himself.
(b) A can appoint some other painter to paint the picture on his behalf.
(c) A dies before painting the picture, the contract can be enforced either by
representatives of A or by B.
(d) All of the above are incorrect.
71. An agreement of partnership may be
(a) Expressed or implied from the act done by partners.
(b) Oral or in writing.
(c) Both of the above.
72. Dissolution of a firm may take place
(a) By the adjudication of all the partners or of all the partners but one as insolvent.
(b) As a result of any agreement between all the partners.
(c) By the business of the firm becoming unlawful.
73. In case of a sale the buyer
(a) Can pass a goods title to a bonafide purchaser.
(b) Cannot pass a goods title to a bonafide purchaser.
74. The following persons can enter into co ntracts as per the provisions of The Indian
Contract Act, 1872:
(a) Alien Enemy
(b) Foreign Sovereigns or accredited representatives of a foreign state
(c) Insolvents and convicts
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75. Which of the following is correct?

(a) Free consent is not important, if consideration is preset, even if the
consideration is inadequate.
(b) Anticipatory breach and anticipatory bail are actually the same thing
(c) The concept of damage allows one to make some gain out of it.
76. Remedies available for breach of contract are:
(a) Dissolution of the firm.
(b) Charging extra fees from the party committing the breach.
(c) Suit for Specific Performance.
77. A person to whom money has been paid, or anything delivered under coercion
(b) Is allowed to sell the goods and retain the money realized from such sale.
(c) Has no obligation to return the mon ey, he may do so only a good gesture.
(d) Must repay the money or return those goods.
78. Which of the following case laws relate to the definition of contract of sale?
(a) Rajlikhee Devi v. Bhoot Nath, 1900.
(b) State of Madras v.Gannon Dunkerly and Co. Limited, 1958.
(c) Khawaja Md. Khan v. Hussaini Begum, 1910.
(d) Suppu A mmal v. Subramanian, 1910.
79. A sale implies an agreement
(a) Plus conveyance of property and creates jus in personam.
(b) Plus conveyance of property and creates jus in re m.
(c) No conveyance of property and creates jus in rem.
(d) No conveyance of property and creates jus in personam.
PART II
80. If the terms of a contract are expressly agreed upon (whether by words spoken or
written) at the time of formation of th e contract, the contract is said to be an ________.
(a) Express Contracts
(b) Implied Contracts
(c) Quasi Contracts
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81. According to Section 14 of The Indian Contract Act, 1872, Consent is said to be free
when it is not caused by ________.
(a) Misrepresentation
(b) Undue Influence
(c) Coercion
82. Where both parties to a contract of sale are under a mistake as to a matter of fact,
essential to such contract, then the contract is ________.
(a) Illegal
(b) Void
(c) Still enforceable
83. In India the age of majority is regulated by ________.
(a) The Indian Majority Act, 1875
(b) The Indian Minority Act, 1875
(c) The Indian Contract Act, 1872
(d) The Con stitution of India
84. Agreement entered into by a minor is ________.
(a) Void as against the minor
(b) Illegal
(c) Unlawful
(d) Unenforceable by the minor
85. ‘Partner by holding out’ is governed by Section of _______ The Indian Partnership Act,
1932.
(a) 28
(b) 17
(c) 30
(d) 11
86. If the offeree offers to qualified acceptance of the offer subject to modifications and
variations in the terms of original offer, he is said to have made a________.
(a) Special Offer
(b) Counter Offer
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(c) Continuing Offer

(d) Cross Offer
87. Sale is an__ _____.
(a) Executed contract
(b) Executory contract
(c) Both of the above
88. Interest on advances by a partner to his firm may be payable ___ ____.
(a) @ 6% per annum
(b) @ 8% per annum
(c) @ 8.5% per annum
(d) At any rate
89. The law dealing with the partnerships is contained in ________.
(a) The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
(b) The Indian Partnership Act, 1930
(c) The Indian Partnership Act , 1872
(d) The Indian Partnership Act, 2006
90. Conditions and warranties ________.
(a) Must be expressed
(b) Must be implied if not expressed
(c) May either be expressed or implied
91. ‘Seller’ means a person who_____ ___.
(a) Sells goods
(b) Agrees to sell goods
(c) Sells or agrees to sell goods
(d) Has sold goods
92. Delivery of a thing in to ken of a transfer of something else is known as_____ ___.
(a) Actual Delivery
(b) Constructive Delivery
(c) Delivery by acknowledgment
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93. A is not a minor. A agrees to B for Rs.1,00,000/- that A will never marry. Promise of A
is _______.
(a) Binding.
(b) Not binding.
(c) Enforceable.
(d) Illegal.
94. The rule of caveat emptor does not apply in the case of_______.
(a) Fitn ess for buyer’s purpose
(b) Sale under a patent or trade name
(c) Usage of trade or consent by fraud
95. ________ is/are the exception(s) to the general rule, no consideration no contract.
(a) Natural love and affection
(b) Compensation for past voluntary services
(c) Promise to pay a time barred debt
96. An offer should be distinguished from________ .
(a) Invitation to treat an offer
(b) Mere communication of information in the course of negotiation
(c) Statement of intention
97. ________ is/are the ‘document of title to goods’
(a) Railway receipt or Multimodal transport document
(b) War rant or order for delivery of goods
(c) Wareh ouse keeper’s certificate
(d) All the above
98. A agrees to pay B Rs.500/- if a particular ship does not return to the port. The ship was
sunk. Th e contract ________.
(a) Can be enforced by B.
(b) Cannot be enforced by B.
(c) Is a wagering contract
(d) Is unlawful, illegal and against public policy.
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PART III
99. D believes blue colour to be black colour, for any reason whatsoever. He has a
garment shop. He sells one blue colour shirt to M, representing it to be black colour. M
knows nothing about colours. M be lieves D and accepts the blue colour to be black
colour. Later on M’s mother explains M that the colo ur of the shirt is actually blue and
not black. It is a clear case of
(a) Misrepresentation.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Unintentional fraud.
(d) Cheating.
100. A & B are the only two partners in a firm. B was murdered by C, who wanted to become
a partner of the firm, but B has raised objections to it. A now wants to take D as a
partner in the said firm. D is father of C. In light of the situation answer, which of the
following is correct?
(a) The original partnership is dissolved.
(b) The original partnership is not dissolved and A & D can contin ue.
(c) A & D has to enter into a fresh agreement and create a new partnership.
(d) Both (a) & (c).
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101. In a typical demand schedule, quantity demanded:
(a) varies directly with price.
(b) varies proportionately with price.
(c) varies inversely with price.
(d) is independent of price.
102. When the perfectly co mpetitive firm and industry are in long run equilibrium then:
(a) P=MR=SAC=LAC.
(b) D=MR=SMC=LMC.
(c) P=MR=Lowest point on the LA C curve.
103. In monopoly, the relationship between average and marginal revenue curves is as
follows:
(a) AR curve lies above the MR curve.
(b) AR curve coincides with the MR curve.
(c) AR curve lies below the MR cur ve.
(d) AR curve is parallel to the MR curve.
104. All of th e following are U shaped curves except the:
(a) AVC curve.
(b) AFC curve.
(c) AC curve.
(d) MC curve.
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105. From the national point of view which of the following indicates micro approach?
(a) Per capita income of India.
(b) Underemployment in agricultural sector.
(c) Lock out in TELCO.
(d) Total savin gs in India.
106. The total effect of a price change of a commodity is
(a) substitution effect plus price effect.
(b) substitution effect plus income effect.
(c) substitution effect plus de monstration effect.
(d) substitution effect minus income effect.
107. Which of the following is not a part of Fiscal policy?
(a) Subsidy under public distribution system.
(b) Control of population.
(c) Imposition of taxation.
(d) Issue of bonds by government.
108. The followin g are some of the costs of a clothing manufacturer. State which among
them will you consider as fixed cost?
(a) Cost of cloth.
(b) Piece wages paid to workers.
(c) Depreciatio n on machines owing to time.
(d) Cost of electricity for running machines.
109. The difference between GNP and NNP equals:
(a) consumer expenditure on durable goods.
(b) indire ct business taxes.
(c) a statistical discrepancy.
(d) depreciation.
110. National inco me at market prices, plus subsidies, but less indirect taxes is equal to
which one of the following ?
(a) Gross national income.
(b) National income at factor cost.
(c) Private income before cost.
(d) Net consu mer income .
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111. All but one of the following statements are incorrect. Find the correct statement.
(a) Balance of payments is a narrow concept than balance of trade.
(b) India is facing severe foreign exchange reserves crunch.
(c) Devaluation is pana cea for BOP problem.
(d) The RBI is the lender of la st resort for Indian public sector banks.
112. Who first raised the fears of a world food shortage?
(a) David Ricardo.
(b) T.R. Malthus.
(c) J.S. Mill.
(d) J.B. Say.
113. An underdeveloped economy is generally characterized by a:
(a) high ratio of commercial farming to subsistence farming.
(b) high ratio of industrial outp ut to total output.
(c) high utilization of existing capital in the economy.
(d) coexistence of underutilized labour with unexploite d national and other
resources.
114. Which institution is known as the “soft loan window” of World B ank?
(a) IFC
(b) IDA
(c) IMF
(d) Indian Development Forum
(a). decrease Bank Rate.
(b). increase CRR.
(c). sell securities in the open market.
(d). increase Bank rate.
116. A strate gy of heavy industry is so metimes preferred for a developing economy because
it can :
(a) generate employment op portunity on a large scale.
(b) provide a strong base for ra pid industrialization.
(c) contain inflationar y pressures.
(d) meet the deficits in Balance of Payments in the short ru n.
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117. The branch of economic theory that deals with the problem of allocation of resources is
---- ------ ---
(a) Microeconomic theory.
(b) Macroeconomic theory.
(c) Econometrics.
118. Production may be defined as an act of ---------------------- ------ --.
(a) creating utility.
(b) earning profit.
(c) destroying utility.
(d) providing services.
119. The sale of branded articles is common in a situation of ----------------------.
(a) excess capacity.
(b) monopolistic competition.
(c) mono poly.
(d) pure competition.
120. If GNP is 15% higher than last year’s and the rate of inflation is 7%, production in the
economy has grown by ------------------------.
(a) 8%.
(b) 7%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 2.1%.
121. ------------------------ concept of Budget deficit has become practically redundant in India.
(a) Fiscal deficit
(c) Primary deficit
(d) Revenue deficit
122. Demand for electricity is elastic because -----------------------------.
(a) it is very expensive.
(b) it has a number of close substitutes.
(c) it has alternative use s.
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123. The cost that firm incurs in hiring or purchasing any factor of production is referred to
as -----------.
(a) explicit cost
(b) implicit cost
(c) variable cost
(d) fixe d cost
124. The main security guard for International Trade is ------------------------------------.
a. IMF
b. World Bank
c. WTO
d. RBI
126. -----------------is the most liquid measure of money supply.
a. M 1
b. M 2
c. M 3
d. M 4
127. Populatio n density means ----------------------------------------.

a. number of persons living per sq. km.
b. number of persons living per kilometer.
c. ratio of population living below poverty line to total population.
d. number of persons in a village.
128. NABARD is a ---------------------.
a. bank.
b. board.
c. exchange programme for consumer goods.
d. department.
129. -------------- RRBs working in the Indian economy.
a. 125
b. 196
c. 216
d. 324
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130. The telephone penetration rate in India is----------------- per 100 population.
a. 11.32
b. 15.34
c. 25.56
d. 19.22.
131. According to 2004 data, there are --------------------cases of leprosy per 10000 population
in India.
a. 38.1
b. 57.3
c. 1.17
d. 25.1
132. TRAI stands for-------------------------------------------.
(a) Trade Regulatory Authority of India
(b) Transport Regulatory Authority of India
(c) Training Registrar Authority of India
(d) Telecom Regulatory Auth ority of India
PART III
Questions 133 to 137 are based on the demand and supply diagrams in Figure 1. S1 and
D1 are the original demand and supply curv es. D2, D3, S2 and S3 are possible new
demand and supply curves. Starting from initial equilibrium point (1) what point on the
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133. Suppose wage rate of coal miners increases and price of natural gas decreases. (Coal
and natural gas are substitutes).What point in Figure 1 is most likely to be the new
equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 6.
(b) Point 4.
(c) Point 3.
(d) Point 2.
134 . Assume that consumer income has increased. Given that Y is an inferior good, which
point in Figure is most likely to be th e new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 4.
(b) Point 6.
(c) Point 5.
(d) Point 8.
135 . Assume that the government has just removed the 10% excise duty on good X. What
point in Figure 1 is most likely to be the new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 6.
(b) Point 4.
(c) Point 7.
(d) Point 8.
136. A government research agency has published outcome of studies which say that the
consumption of good X could cause cancer. In addition, assume that a powerful lobby
has persuaded the government to give subsidy to the manufacturers of good X. What
point in Figure is most likely to be the new equilibriu m price and quantity?
(a) Point 6.
(b) Point 5.
(c) Point 3.
(d) Point 9.
137. An increase in demand and an increase in supply will:
(a) affect equilibrium quantity in an indeterminate way and price will decrease.
(b) affe ct price in an indeterminate way and quantity will decrease.
(c) affe ct price in an indeterminate way and quantity will increase.
(d) affe ct equilibrium quantity in an indeterminate way and price will increase.
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PART IV
The following table provides cost and price information for an individual firm. The first two
columns represent the demand cu rve that the firm faces. The firm has a fixed amount of
capital equipment, but can change the level of other inpu ts such as labour and materials.
Calculate the missing values in the table, and use the table to answer questions 138 to 142.
(Make sure you answer each question using the production le vel specified.)
Table 1
Production Price Total Variable Marginal Total Marginal
per unit Cost Cost Cost Revenue Revenue
(per unit) (per unit)
(P) (TC) (VC) ( MC) (TR) ( MR)
(Q)
0 130 45 0 – –
1 124 88
2 118 125
3 112 159
4 106 193
5 100 230
6 94 273
7 88 325
8 82 389
9 76 465
138. When production equals 4units, the firm’s:

(a) fixe d cost is 100 and its variable cost is 93.
(b) fixe d cost is 193 and its variable cost is 0.
(c) fixe d cost is 0 and its variable cost is 19 3.
(d) fixe d cost is 45 and its variable cost is 148.
139. When production equals 5units, the firm’s totalrevenue is:
(a) Rs 100
(b) Rs 270
(c) Rs 324
(d) Rs 500
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140 When production equals 6units, the firm’s marginalrevenue is:

(a) Rs 384
(b) Rs 94
(c) Rs 64
(d) Rs 2.
141 When production equals 7units, the firm’s profit is:
(a) Rs 0
(b) Rs 41.57
(c) Rs 291
(d) Rs 336
142 To maximize its profit, the firm should produce:
(a) 0 units.
(b) 3 units.
(c) 5 units.
(d) 7 units.
Read table 2 and answer Questions number 14 3-149
Table 2
Production Possibilities (alternatives)
ABCDEF
Hot Po ckets 15 12 9 6 3 0
Eggos 0 6 11 15 18 20
143. According to the pro duction possibilities curve in Table 2, a combination of 12 Hot
Pockets and 11 Eggos:
(a) is attainable and it involves an efficient use of society's resources.
(b) is attainable but involves the u nemployment or inefficient use of some of
society's resources.
(c) is n ot attainable given society's current resources and techn ology.
(d) may be produced only if the production possibilities curve shifts inward.
144. According to the production possibilities curve in Table 2, a combination of 3 Hot
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(b) is attainable but involves the unemployment or inefficient use of some of

(c) is not attainable given society's current resources an d techn ology.
145. Referring to Table 2, in moving from point D to point C, the opportunity cost of 1 more
Hot Pocket is:
(a) 4 eggos.
(b) ¾ eggos.
(c) 1 eggo.
(d) 4/3 eggos.
146. Given the data in Table 2, as one moves successively from point A to points B, C, D, E,
and F the opportunity cost of egos:
(a) increases as more Eggos are produced.
(b) decreases as more Eggos are produced.
(c) remains constant as more Eggos are produced.
(d) cannot be measured.
147. Given the data in Table 2, as one moves successively from point F to points E, D, C, B,
and A , the opportunity cost of Hot Pockets:
(a) increases as more Hot potatoes are produced.
(b) decreases as more Hot potato es are produced.
(c) remains constant as more Hot potatoes are produced .
148. Which of the following would not cause an economy's production possibilities curve to
shift to the right?
(a) The disco very of new superco nductivity materials which makes manufacturing
more efficient.
(b) A decrease in unemployment.
(c) Improvements in technology.
(d) Widespread application of irrigation to agricultural land.
149. In drawing a production possibilities curve, which of the following is (are) held
constant?
(a) The supply of natu ral resources and the supply of labor.
(b) Technology and the educational attainment of the work force.
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150. The following table provid es a breakdown of a country’s population (millions):

Table 3
Total population 114 Children (below the working age) 18
Unemployed people looking for a
job 9 Full-time students (not looking for a j ob) 2
Retired people 14 Employed people 63
People confined to correctional
institutions 1 Other adults not in the l abour force 7
Based on the information in the table, the country’s unemployment rate is

(a) 7.9%
(b) 12.5%
(c) 20.2%
(d) 22.2%
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wrong answer.
PART I
151. Which of the following measures of central tendency is based on only fifty percent of
the central values?
(a) Mean
(b) Median
(c) Mode
(d) Both (i) and (ii)
152. The unit of measure ment in tabulation is shown in
(a) Box head.
(b) Body.
(c) Caption.
(d) Stub.
153. Most extreme values which would ever be included in a class interval are called
(a) Class limits.
(b) Class interval.
(c) Class boundaries.
(d) None of these.
154. The method applied for deriving the regression equations is known as
(a) Least squares.
(b) Concurrent deviation.
(c) Product moment.
(d) Normal equation.
155. A binomial distribution is
(a) Never symmetrical.
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(c) Never negatively skewed.
(d) Symmetrical when p = 0.5.
156. If A denotes that a student reads in a school and B denotes that he plays cricket, then
(a) P(A n B) = 1
(b) P(A B) = 1
(c) P(A n B) = 0
(d) P(A) = P(B)
157. Probability mass function is always
(a) 0
(b) Greater than 0
(c) Greater than equal to 0
(d) Less than 0
158. The sampling distributio n is
(a) The distribution of sample observations.
(b) The distribution of random samples.
(c) The distribution of a parameter.
(d) The probability distribution of a statistic.
159. If now the prices of all the commodities in a place have been decreased by 8 5% over
the base period prices, then the index number of prices for the place is now (index
number of prices of base period = 100)
(a) 100
(b) 135
(c) 65
(d) None of these.
160. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 Kms. in
5 hours, the speed of the first train is
(a) 10 Km/hr.
(b) 50 Km/hr.
(c) 71 Km/hr.
(d) None of these.
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161. If a , ß be the roots of the equation 2x 2 – 4x – 3 = 0 ,the value of a 2 + ß 2 is ______ .
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 3
(d) –4
162. In ______ first payment/receipt takes place at the end of first period.
(a) Annuity immediate
(b) Annuity reg ular
(c) Annuity due
(d) Annuity special
163. Difference between the maximum & minimum value of a given data is called______ .
(a) Wi dth
(b) Size
(c) Range
(d) Class
164. ______ is used when distribution pattern has to be studied at varying levels.
(a) A.M
(b) Median
(c) G.M
(d) Mode
165. ______ is extremely sensitive to the size of the sample.
(a) Range
(b) Mean
(c) Median
(d) Mode
166. Under Algebraic Method we get ______ linear equations.
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Five
167. If the probability of a horse A winning a race is 1/6 and the probability of a horse B
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winning the same race is ¼, ______ is the probability that one of the horses will win.
(a) 5/12
(b) 7/12
(c) 1/12
(d) 1/7
168. ______ distribution is sometimes known as the “distribution of rare events” .
(a) Poisson
(b) Normal
(c) Binomial
(d) t
169. The Standard deviation of the ______ distribution is called standard error.
(a) Normal
(b) Poisson
(c) Binomial
(d) Sampling
170. For 5 sample values, we have ______ degree of freedom.
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 6
PART III
y + 11 y + 1 y + 7
171. Solve for y in the equation 4 - = and the value of y is
6 9
(a) –1
(b) 7
(c) 1
1
(d) –
7
172. If 5Pr = 60, then the value of r is
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
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(d) None of these.

173. A question paper contains 6 questions, each having an alternative. The number of
ways an examiner can answer one or more questions is
(a) 720
(b) 728
(c) 729
(d) None of these.
2x2 - 7x + 6
x 2 5x2 - 11x + 2
(a) 1/9
(b) 9
(c) –1/9
(d) None of these.
175. If y = x- 1 / 2 then dxdy/ is
(a) (- 1/ 2)x- 3 / 2
(b) (1/ 2)x- 3 / 2
(c) (1/ 2)x3 / 2

(d) None of these.
176. Integrate w.r.t ) x, (3 - 2x - x4
(a) 5 3x - x2 - x5 /
(b) 5 3x + x2 - x5 /
(c) 5 3x + x2 + x5 /
(d) None of these.
2
177. 3x2 is
dx
0
(a) 7
(b) –8
(c) 8
(d) None of these.
178. If there are two groups containing 30 and 20 observations and having 50 and 60 as
arithmetic means, then the combined arithmetic mean is
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(b) 56
(c) 54
(d) 52
179. If all the observations are multiplied by 2, then
(a) New S D would be also multiplied by 2.
(b) New S D would be half of the previous SD.
(c) New S D would be increased by 2.
(d) New S D would be decreased by 2.
180. The median of 27,30,26,44,42,51,37 is
(a) 30
(b) 42
(c) 44
(d) 37
181. The minimum value of correlation coefficient is
(a) 0
(b) –2
(c) 1
(d) –1
182. The two lines of regression become identical when
(a) r = 1
(b) r = –1
(c) r = 0
(d) (a) or (b)
183. If an unbiased coin is tossed twice, the pro bability of obtaining at least one tail is
(a) 0.25
(b) 0.50
(c) 0.75
(d) 1.00
184. In a single throw with two dice the probability of getting a sum of five on the two dice is
(a) 1/9
(b) 5/36
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(d) None of these.
185. A card is drown from each of two well-shuffled packs of ca rds.The probability that at
le ast one of them is an ace is
(a) 1/169
(b) 25 /169
(c) 2 /1 3
(d) None of these.
186. In Binomial distribution if n = 4 and p = 1/3 th en the value of variance is
(a) 8/3
(b) 8/9
(c) 4/3
(d) None of these.
187. A die was thrown 400 times and ‘six’ resulted 80 times then observed value of
proportion is
(a) 0.4
(b) 0.2
(c) 5
(d) None of these.
188. If the prices of all commodities in a place have increased 1.25 times in comparison to
the base period, the index number of prices of that place is now
(a) 125
(b) 150
(c) 225
(d) None of these.
189. The solution of the equation (p+2) (p–3) + (p+3) (p–4) = p(2p–5) is
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 5
(d) None of these.
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yearly is
(a) 3.2% p.a.
(b) 3.25% p.a
(c) 3.0225% p.a
(d) None of these.
191. The prese nt value of annuity of Rs. 5000 per an num for 12 years at 4% p.a C.I.
annually is
(a) Rs. 46000
(b) Rs. 46850
(c) RS. 15000
(d) None of these.
192. A person has 8 friends. The number of ways in which he may invite one or more of
them to a dinner are
(a) 250
(b) 255
(c) 200
(d) None of these.
(a) 2n2
(b) n2
(c) 2 n2 /
(d) 4n2
194. If A has 32 elements B has 42 elements and A B has 62 elements. Find the number
of elements in An B.
(a) 74
(b) 62
(c) 12
(d) None of these.
8x3 - 1
x 1/2 6x2 - 5 x + 1
(a) 5
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(c) 6
(d) None of these.
BOARD
196. If a : b = 3 : 4, the value OF STUDIES
of (2a+3b) : (3a+4b) is
(a)THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
18 : 25
(b) 8 : 25 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST
(c) 17 : 24
(d) None of these.
197. The value of 81/3 is
(a)follow
Please 2 3
the instructions given in each section carefully and answer the questions.
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) None
answer andof– these.
0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
198. lo 11
(ii) Questions g (1 × 2are× the
to 20 3) is
fillequal to based questions having four alternate
in the blank
options and carry + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
(a) log 1 + log 2 + log 3
answer.
(b) log 321 and 22 contain small paragraph / table followed by a question having only
(iii) Questions
(c) log 2
each wr ong answer.
(d) None23ofto these.
(iv) Questions 60 are numerical based questions, which have answers as numerical
values and carry + 1mark each
199. The three numbers for correct
in A.P. whose answer
sum and – 0.25
is 27 andmark for each
the sum wrongsquare s is 341 are
of their
answer.
(a) 2 9 16
PART I
(b) 16 9 2
1. Transactions between owner and business are recorded as per
(c)
(a) Both (a) and (b)
Periodicity.
(d)
(b) –2 –9 –16
Going concern.
(c) Prudence
4
200. 3xEntity.
(d) Business +4 dx is equal to
0
2. Which of the following items is not an asset?
(a)
(a)9/112
Salary paid to manager.
(b) 112/9
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(c) Sales.
(d) Debtors.
3. The information provided in the annual financial statements of an enterprise pertain to
(a) Business Industry.
(b) Economy.
(c) Individual business entity.
4. Which of the following is not a transaction?
(a) Goods are purchased on cash basis for Rs.1,000.
(b) Salaries paid for the month of May, 2006.
(c) Land is purchased for Rs.10 lacs.
(d) An employee dismissed from the job.
5. All the following statements are objective s of accounting except
(a) Providing information about the assets, liabilities and capital of busine ss entity.
(b) Maintaining record s of business.
(c) Providing information about the performance of business entity.
(d) Providing details about the personal assets and liabilities of the owner.
6. Payment of personal expenses of the owners of the business need to be recorded as
(a) Drawings.
(b) Liabilities.
(c) Expenses.
7. The purchases Journal records
(a) All purchases.
(b) All purchases of goods dealt in by the fir m.
(c) Credit purchases of goods dealt in by firm.
(d) Cash purchase of goods dealt in by firm.
8. Which of the following lists the balance and the title of accounts in the ledger on a
given date?
(a) P & L A ccount.
(b) Balance sheet.
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(d) Trial balance.
9. Under straight line method, dep reciation is calculated on
(a) Wr itten down value.
(b) Scrap value.
(c) Original cost.
10. If the date of maturity of a bill is a holiday, then the bill will mature on
(a) Next working day.
(b) Preceding working day.
(c) Holiday itself.
(d) Other agreed day.
PART II
11. A promissory note is drawn by_______in favour of his______ __________.
(a) Drawer, Drawee.
(b) Maker, Payee.
(c) Payer, Payee.
(d) Drawer, Payee.
12. ____________principle requires that the same accounting method should be used from
one accounting period to the next.
(a) Conservatism.
(b) Consistency.
(c) Business entity.
(d) Mone y measurement.
13. The left side of an account is known as _________ and the right side as___________.
(a) Debit, credit.
(b) Credit, debit.
(c) Liability, asset.
14. In double entity book keeping system, every transaction a ffects at least
______accou nt(s).
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(c) Three.
(d) Four.
15. All expense and_________accounts appearing in the trial balance are transferred to
the trading and profit and loss account.
(a) Loss.
(b) Revenue
(c) Asset.
(d) Liability.
16. Scrap value of an a sset means the amount that it can fetch on sale at the ______of its
useful life.
(a) Beginning.
(b) End
(c) Middle.
17. The petty cashier generally work on_________system.
(a) Accrual.
(b) Balancing.
(c) Imprest.
18. Proforma invoice is a statement of information in the firm of invoice prepared by the
__________to appraise the __________ about certain essential particulars of the
goods.
(a) Consignee, Consignor.
(b) Buyer/Seller.
(c ) Consignor, consignee.
19. Carriage charges paid for a ne w plant purchased if debited to carriage account would
affect
(a) Plant account.
(b) Carriage account.
(c) Plant and carriage accounts.
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continuing partners in their __________.
(a) Profit sharing ratio.
(b) Sacrificing ratio.
(c) Capital ratio.
(d) Gaining ratio.
PART III
21. Mr. A, the owner of M/s Apex Ltd. withdrew some goods from the busin ess for his
personal use. The accountant of the firm recorded this transaction on the basis of
selling price of goods. He justifies his contention on the basis that business and the
proprietor are two different entities as per business entity concept and therefore
drawings sh ould be charged at the same price on which the goods are sold to the
outside customers. However, Mr. A emphasizes that he should be charged with only
the cost price of the goods withdrawn by him.
At which price, the dr awings should be recorded?
(a) Fair value.
(b) Sellin g price.
(c) Cost price.
22. The substance of the transactions gets preference over legal position. The transactions
and events recorded in the books of account and presented in the financial statements,
should be governed by the substance of such transactions and not merely by their legal
form as per
(a) Faithful representation.
(b) Substance over form.
(c) Neutrality.
(d) Fair disclosure.
PART IV
23. A and B are partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2. They admit C as a new partner
for 3/10th share, which he acquires 2/10 from A and 1/10 from B. The new profit sharing
ratio of A, B and C is
(a) 3:4:3.
(b) 4:3:3.
(c) 3:3:4.
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Year Rs.
2000 40,000
2001 50,000
2002 60,000
2003 50,000
The value of goodwill on the basis of three years’ purchase of average profits based on
the last four years will be
(a) Rs.1,00,000.
(b) Rs.1,50,000.
(c) Rs.2,00,0 00
25. G Ltd. acquired assets worth Rs.75,000 from H Ltd. by issue of shares of Rs.10 at a
premium of Rs. 5. The number of shares to be issued by G Ltd. to settle the purchase
consideration will be
(a) 6,000 shares
(b) 7,500 shares
(c) 9,375 shares
(d) 5,000 shares
26. A and B are p artners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3:2. They admit C as the
new partner for 1/6 t h share in the profits. The firm goodwill was valued at
Rs.1,50,000/- . For adjustment of goodwill, C’s account will be debited by
(a) Rs.20,000.
(b) Rs.15,000.
(c) Rs.25,000.
27. Following figures have been taken from the tria l balance of a trader;
Purch ases Rs.30,000
Purchase Returns Rs. 5,000
Sales Rs.40,000
Sales Returns Rs. 5,000
The amount of profit will be
(a) Rs.10,000.
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(b) Rs.5,000.
(c) Rs.7,500.
28. The balance of furniture and fixtures as on 1 s t April, 2005 was Rs.10,000. Furniture of
Rs.5,000 was purchased on 1 s tOctober, 2005. Depreciation is ch arged @ 10% on

W.D.V. method. The depreciation for the year ended 31March,
st 2006 will be
(a) Rs.1,500.
(b) Rs.1,250.
(c) Rs.1,750.
29. Mr. Yatharth consigned to Mr. Ramesh 100 cases of tea costing Rs.100 per case. He
paid Rs.1,000/- as freight and cartage. Mr. Ramesh could take delivery of only 90
cases since 10 cases were loss in transit. The amount of abnormal loss will be
(a) Rs.1,000/-.
(b) Rs.1,100/-.
(c) Rs.1,050/-.
30. Mr. Sharma holding 1000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each issued at a discount of 10%
could pay Rs.3.50 on application, but could not paid the allotment money of Rs.2.5 per
share and his shares were forfeited. In the books of the company, shares forfeited
account will be credited by
(a) Rs. 2,500.
(b) Rs. 1,500.
(c) Rs. 3,500.
(d) Rs.2,000.
31. Omega Ltd. purchased assets of Alfa Ltd. for purchase consideration of Rs.60 lacs. It
was decided that the purchase consideration will be discharged by issue of 10%
debentures of Rs.10/- each at a premium of 20%. The number of debentures issued
will be
(a) 6000.
(b) 10000.
(c) 5,000.
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32. Asha Deep Company Ltd. issu ed 1,00,000, 7% debentures of Rs.100 each at a
discount of 4% redeemable after 5 years at a premium of 6%. Loss on issue of
debentures is
(a) Rs.10,00,000
(b) Rs.6,00,000.
(c) Rs. 16,00,000.
(d) Rs.4,00,000.
33. Om, Jai and Jagdish are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5: 3 :2. Om
retires and goodwill is valued at Rs.50,000. New profit sharing ratio of Jai and Jagdish
will be equal. For the adjustment of goodwill, Jai and Jagdish’s capital accounts will be
debited by:
(a) Rs. 15,000 and Rs.10,000 respectively.
(b) Rs.10,000 and Rs.15,000 respectively.
(c) Rs.20,000 and Rs.5,000 respectively.
(d) Rs.5,000 and Rs.20,000 respectively.
34. The date of maturity of bill is 10 t h October, 2006. The Government of India declares
10t h Octo ber, 2006 as the holid ay under the Negotiable Instruments Act, then the bill
will mature on
(a) 9 th October, 2006
(b) 10 th October, 2006.
(c) 12 th October, 2006.
(d) 11 th October, 2006.
35. A Ltd. Company purchase machinery on 1 s tA pril, 2004 for Rs.1,00,000. The
depreciation on this machinery is char ged @ 10% per annum on straig ht line method.
On 30 t h October, 2006 machinery is sold for Rs.89,000. The profit or loss on sale of
such machinery is:
(b) Loss of Rs.12,000.
(c) Profit of Rs.14,000.
(d) Loss of Rs.6,000.
36. The following are the details regarding purchases of a certain item during the month of
January.
January 1 Purchases 200 units @Rs.7 Rs. 1,400
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Rs.15,300
A physical inventory of the items taken on January 31 shows that there are 700 units in
hand. The valuation of inventory as per FIFO method is:
(a) Rs.5,400.
(b) Rs.6,700.
(c) Rs.8,600
(d) Rs.5,000.
37. Our promissory note for Rs.5,000 in favour of Mohan settled by sending him Tania’s
acceptance for Rs.5,000. The required Jo ur nal entry will be
(a) Mohan Dr. Rs.5,000
To Tania Rs.5,000
(b) Tania Dr. Rs.5,000
To Mohan Rs.5,000
(c) Bill receivable Dr. Rs.5,000
To Bills payable Rs.5,000
(d) Bill payable Dr. Rs.5,000
To Bills receivable Rs.5,000
38. Shyam prepared a trial balance for his factory on 31 st March, 2006. The debit total of
the trial balance was short by Rs.500. He transferred the deficiency to a suspense
account. In April, 2006 after a close examin ation, he found that the purchases day
book for September, 2005 was under castes by Rs.500. The necessary Journal entry
to rectify the error will be
(a) Purchases A/c Dr. Rs.500
To Cash A/c Rs.500
(b) Suspense A/c Dr. Rs.500
To Purchases A/c Rs.500
(c) Purchases A/c Dr. Rs.500
To Suspense A/c Rs.500
39. The following particulars relate to the business of Mohan on March 31, 2006.
Balance as shown by the cash book Rs.10,000
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Cheques issued but not presented for payment Rs. 4,000

Cheque deposited but not yet collected Rs. 3,000
Balance as shown by the Bank pass book will be
(a) Rs.9,000.
(b) Rs.10,000.
(c) Rs.11,000
40. Which of the following errors will affect the trial balance?
(a) Repairs to building wrongly debited to Building A/c
(b) Total of Purchase Journal by Rs.1,000 short.
(c) Freight paid on new machiner y debited to Freight A/c
41. A’s acceptance to B for Rs 10,000 renewed at 2 months on the condition that
Rs 4,000 be paid in cash immediately and the remaining amount will carry intere st @
12% p.a. The amount of interest will be
(a) 120
(b) 80
(c) 90
(d) 160
42. On 1.1.2005, a machine costing Rs.10,000 and a piece of furniture costing Rs.20,000
was purchased. Depreciation is provided @ 5% on furniture and 10% per annum on
machine. The depreciation for th e year ended 31 st March, 2005 should be:
(a) Rs.1,000.
(b) Rs.300
(c) Rs.1,250
(d) None of the three.
43. On 1 s tFebruary, 2005, a loan of Rs.10,000 was given @ 12% per annum. Interest was
received for 3 months from February to April in April, 2005. In the financial statements
of the year ended 31 s tMarch, 2005 amount of accrued interest should be:
(a) Rs.100.
(b) Rs.200
(c) Rs.300
(d) Rs.1200
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44. Goods costin g Rs.4,80,000 were sent on consignment basis. Goods are invoiced at
125% of the cost price. The invoice price and the loading will be:
(a) Rs.6,00,000 and Rs.1,00,000.
(b) Rs.5,00,000 and Rs.1,00,000.
(c) Rs.6,00,000 and Rs.1,20,000.
(d) Rs.5,00,000 and Rs.1,20,000.
45. Mr. A sent 250 units costing Rs.10,000 each to Mr. B. The goods were to be sold as to
yield a gross profit of 20% on sales. Mr. B sold 150 units @ Rs.14,200 per unit on
credit and 75 units @ Rs.14,000 for cash. Mr. B is entitled to a commission Rs.500 per
unit. The amount of commission will be:
(a) Rs.75,000
(b) Rs.37,500
(c) Rs.1,12,5 00
(d) Rs.85,000
46. Ram and Sh yam enter into a joint venture. Both of them deposited Rs.65,000 and
Rs.32,500 respectively into a joint venture. Goods were purchased for Rs.75,000 and
expenses amounting Rs.10,950 were incurred. Goods sold for Rs.90,000 and go ods
unsold were taken over by Ram at an agreed value of Rs.2,700. The profit on joint
venture is:
(a) Rs. 17,700
(b) Rs. 4,500
(c) Rs. 4,050
(d) Rs.6,750
47. On 1 s tJan uary Shilpa owes Rs.10,000 and accepts a 3 months bill for the amount. On
the date of maturity Shilpa, not being able to meet the bill of first Rs.4,000 and asks to
draw another bill for three months for the balance amount with interest @ 15% pe r
annum. The amount of interest should be
(a) Rs.200
(b) Rs.225
(c) Rs.500
(d) Rs.900
48. A draws a bill of Rs.10,000 on B on 23 r d December, 2005 for one month. The bill is
accepted on 25 t h December, 2005 by B. The due date of the bill will be:
(a) 26 th January, 2006.
(b) 28 th January, 2006.
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(c) 27 th January, 2006.

(d) 25 th January, 2006.
49. On 1 s t January, 2006, Vimal sold goods worth Rs.20,000 to Renu and drew a bill on
Renu for 3 months. Renu accepted the bill and returned it to Vimal who discounted the
bill with bank on 4t h February, 2006 @ 15% per annum. The discounted charges will
be:
(a) Rs.3,000
(b) Rs.750
(c) Rs.500
50. X and Y are partners sharing profit and losses in the ratio of 2:1. On 1 s tJanuary, 2006,
Z is admitted with 1/4 th share in profits with guaranteed amount of Rs.25,000. The
profits for the year ended 31 st December, 2006 amounting to Rs.76,000. The share of
Y in the profits should be:
(a) Rs.19,000
(b) Rs.38,000
(c) Rs.17,000
51. Dheeraj and Gopal are partners in a firm with capitals of Rs. 5,00,000 each. They admit
Deepak as a partner with ¼th share in the profits of the firm. Deepak bring Rs. 8,00,000
as his share of capital. The profit and loss account showed a credit balance of Rs.
4,00,000 as on the date of his admission. The value of hidden goodwill will be
(a) Rs.14,00,000.
(b) Rs. 18,00,000.
(c) Rs. 10,00,000.
52. X and Y are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2: 1. They admit Z into
partnership and the profit sharing ratio of the three partners is agreed at 2:2:1. The
gaining or sacrificing ratio amo ng X and Y will be:
(a) Gaining ratio of 4:1.
(b) Gaining ratio of 1:4.
(c) Sacrificing ratio of 1:4.
(d) Sacrificing ratio of 4:1.
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53. Alfa Ltd. issued 20,000, 8% debentures of Rs.10 each at par. The debentures are
redeemable at a premium of 20% after 5 years. The amount of loss on redemption of
debentures should be:
(a) Rs. 50,000
(b) Rs. 40,000
(c) Rs. 30,000
54. Gama Ltd. issued 10,0 00, 10% debentures of Rs.100 each at a discount of 10%. The
entire amount is payable on application. Application were received for 12000
debentures. The allotment of debentures was made on 10 t h October, 2006. The
amount which should be credited to the debentures account on 10 t h October , 2006 will
be:
(a) Rs.12,00,000.
(b) Rs.10,80,000.
(c) Rs.9,00,0 00
(d) Rs.10,00,000
55. Indigo Ltd. had 9000, 10% redeemable preference shares of Rs.10 each, fully paid up.
The company decided to redee m these preference shares at par by the issue of
sufficient nu mber of equity sh ares of Rs.10 each fully paid up at a discount of 10%.
The number of equity shares issued should be:
(a) 9,000
(b) 11,000
(c) 10,000
56. A firm dealing in cloth has 15000 meters of cloth on April 1, 2005 valued at Rs.1,50,000
according to LIFO. The firm purchased 20000 meters @ Rs.12 per meter during the
year ending 31 s tMarch, 2006 and sold 30000 meters @ Rs.25 per meter during the
same period. As per LIFO, the closing stock will be valued at:
(a) Rs.60,000
(b) Rs.1,25,0 00
(c) Rs.50,000
57. On January 1, 2006 Victory Ltd., purchased a second hand machinery for Rs.50,000
and spend Rs.2,000 as shipping and forwarding charges, Rs.1,000 as import duty,
Rs.1,000 as carriage inwards, Rs.500 is repair charges, Rs.200 as installation charges,
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Rs.400 as brokerage of the middle man and Rs.100 for an iron pad. Total cost of
ma chinery is
(a) Rs.55,100
(b) Rs.55,000
(c) Rs.54,600
(d) Rs.55,200.
58. On 1-4-2005, Ram invested Rs.1,00,000 in a business. Interest of capital is to be
allowed @ 12% per annum. Accounting year is financial year. A mount of interest to be
charged to P & L Account for the year 2005-2006 is:
(a) Rs.9,000.
(b) Rs.10,000
(c) Rs.12,000
59. Goods costing Rs.1,20,000 were sent on consignment basis. These goods are
in voiced to give a gross margin of 20% on invoice price. The amount of loading is:
(a) Rs.24,000.
(b) Rs.30,000.
(c) Rs.20,000.
60. Mohan’s trial balance contains the following information:
Discou nt received Rs.1,000
Provision for discount on creditors Rs.1,600
It is desired to maintain a provision for discount on creditors at Rs.1,100. The amount
to be credited to P & L Account is
(a) Rs.1,500
(b) Rs.3,500.
(c) Rs.1,000.
(d) Rs.500.
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answer.
PART I
61. A mate’s receipt
(a) Is a document of title to goods.
(b) Is an acknowledgement for the receipt of goods.
(c) Both the above.
62. Each partner is a principal as well as an agent of other partners.
(a) The above statement is correct.
(b) The above statement is not correct in case of unregistered partnerships.
(c) The above statement is incorrect.
(d) The above statement is correct only in case of registered pa rtnerships.
63. A contract was entered before 1 st September, 1872 is governed by The Indian Contract
Act, 1872
(a) Yes if the contract was entered in Indian soil.
(b) Yes if there was performance of the contract on or after 1 st September 1872.
(c) No as the act does not apply retrospectively.
(d) No as there was no performance on or after 1 st September 1872.
64. A share in a partnership:
(a) Can be transferred in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the
partnership deed.
(b) Can be transferred only if all the partners agree for such transfer
(c) Cannot be transferred at all.
(d) Can be transferred through the recognized stock exchanges.
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65. Which of the following is not correct?

(a) Joint Hindu Family is governed by law relating to registration of agreements.
(b) Joint Hindu Family is governed by Hindu Law.
(c) Joint Hindu Family is governed by the Civil Procedure Code.
(d) Both (a) & (c)
66. In case of sale
(a) Property in goods passes to the buyer.
(b) Risk in the goods passes to the buyer.
(c) Both the above.
67. Which one of the following is not a contract?
(a) A engages B for a certain work and promises to pay such remuneration as shall
be fixed by C. B does the work.
(b) A and B promise to marry each other.
(c) A takes a se at in a public vehicle.
(d) A invites B to a card party. B accepts the invitation.
68. Which of the statement is incorrect?
(a) All illegal agreements are void but all void agreements are not necessar y illegal.
(b) A voidable contract is not voidable at the option of th e aggrieved party.
(c) Contracts that are immoral or opposed to public policy are illegal in nature.
69. The difference between contingent contract and wagering agreements are as follows:
(a) A wagering agreement consists of reciprocal promises whereas a contingent
contract may not contain reciprocal promises.
(b) In a wagering agreement the uncertain event is the sole determining factor while
in a contingent contract the eve nt is only collateral.
(c) A wagering agreement is void whereas a contingent contract is valid.
70. An agreement made without consideration is valid under Se ction 25 of The Indian
Contract Act, 1872 if
(a) The agreement is expresses in writing.
(b) The agreement is made on account of natural love and affection or the parties to
the agreement stand in a near relation to each other.
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(c) The document is registered under the law for the time being in force for
registration of such document.
(a) Minor can always plead minority.
(b) Minor is liable for necessaries supplied to him.
(c) Minor is a person who has not completed 18 years of age.
(d) Minor can be a beneficiary.
(a) Consideration must be at the desire of the promisor.
(b) Consideration may be past, present or future.
(c) Consideration ne ed not be adequate, but should be real and supported by free
consent.
(d) Consideration should be always monetary.
73. Novation means
(a) Substituting a new contract for the old one.
(b) Cancellation of the old contract.
(c) Modifying or alterin g th e terms of contract such that it has the effect of
substituting a new contract for the old one.
(d) Dispensing away the performance of the promise made by the other party.
74. The following may be treated as a breach of warranty:
(a) Breach of warranty.
(b) Breach of condition.
(c) Both the above.
75. Registration of a partnership is complete
(a) Only after the issue of certificate of Registration by the Registrar of Firms.
(b) As soon as an application in the prescribed form with the prescribed fee and
other relevant details is delivered to the Registrar of Firms.
(c) Only after the Registrar of Firms records an entry of the statement in the
Register of Firms to this effect.
(d) After giving the information to the Central Government in this regard.
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76. A company may be in the form of

(a) An unincorporated association.
(b) Incorporated association.
(c) Both the above.
77. A student was motivated by his teacher to sell his car (value being Rs.10,00,000/-) for
Rs.5,00,000/-. The student sold the sa me at the desired price of the teacher. The
student can sue the teacher on the ground of
(a) Undue Influence.
(b) Fraud.
(d) Coercion.
78. Types of partners includes
(a) Active Partner.
(b) Sleeping Partner.
(c) Nominal Partner.
79. ‘Price’ under Section 2(10) of The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 means
(a) Money or money’s worth.
(b) Mone tary consideration for the sale of goods.
(c) Any consideration that can be expressed in terms of money.
PART II
80. Goods that are identified and agreed upon at the time of contract of sale are known
as________.
(a) Specific Goods
(b) Existing Goods
(c) Future Goods
(d) Generic Goods
81. A contract in which only one party has to fulfill his obligation at the time of the formation
of th e contract, the other party having fulfilled his obligation at the time of the contract
or before the contract comes into existence is kn own as__________.
(a) Unilateral Contract
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(b) Bilateral Contract

(c) Quasi Contract
(d) Express Contract
82. An offer made to the public in general which anyone can accept and do the desired act
is________.
(a) General Offer
(b) Special Offer
(c) Cross Offer
(d) Counter Offer
83. In case of an agreement to sell, subsequent loss or destruction of the goods is the
liability of _______ .
(a) The buyer
(b) The seller
(c) Both the buyer and th e seller
(d) The insurance company
84. An auction sale is an example of _________.
(d) Offer
85. Agreement for the creation of monopolies__________.
(a) Is allowed in the interest of economy
(b) Is opposed to public policy an d hence void
(c) Is not detrimental to any nation
(d) Is impossible because of perfect co mpetition in today’s scenario
86. Quasi – contracts arise __________.
(a) Where obligations are created with out a contract
(b) Where obligations are created under a contract
(c) Out of natural causes
(d) Out of man-made causes
87. In case of a contract of guarantee__________.
(a) There are two parties to th e contract
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(b) There are three parties to the contract

(c) There should be at least two parties to the contract
(d) There should be at least five parties to the contract
88. The relationship of principal and agent may arise by_________.
(a) Express or implied agreement
(b) Ratification
(c) Operation of law
89. Goods that are defined only by description and not identified and agreed upon at the
time of contract of sale are kn own as__________.
(a) Specific Goods
(b) Existing Goods
(c) Future Goods
(d) Unascertained Goods
90. Delivery by acknowledgment is_________.
(a) Actual Delivery
(c) Symbolic Delivery
91. In case of a sale the position of a buyer is that of _________.
(a) Owner of the goods
(b) Bailee of the goods
(c) Hirer of the goods
92. Rights of an unpaid seller include_________.
(a) Right against the goods
(b) Right of stoppage in transit
(c) Right of re-sale
93. Registration of a partnership firm is __________.
(a) Compulsory from the beginning
(b) Not compulsory till first five years of beginning of the partnership
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(c) Not compulsory at all

(d) Compulsory only if the Registrar of Firms gives an order in this regard
94. Death of a partner ordinarily lea ds to _________.
(a) Dissolution of the partnership.
(b) Revision of the partnership.
(c) Reconsidering of the partnership.
(d) Induction of a new partner to carry on the partnership.
95. A new partner is held liable for all acts of the firm done __________.
(a) Before he became a partner
(b) After he became a partner.
(c) Any time after even he ceases to be a partner and upto his death.
(d) Before or after he became a partner
96. One of the essential elements of a partnership is agreement _________.
(a) Which is enforceable
(b) Which is le gal
(c) Between two or more persons
(d) The object of which is not prohibited by law.
97. A person is deemed to be in a position to dominate the will of the other when he
__________.
(a) Holds real authority over the other
(b) Holds apparent authority over the other
(c) Stands in a fiduciary relation to the other
98. As per Section 29 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 a partner may transfer his
interest in the firm________.
(a) By sale
(b) By mortgage
(c) By charge
PART III
99. D P Tyre Co. Ltd sold tyres to a dealer S, who sold those to D, a sub-dealer on the
condition that those tyres would not be sold at a price lower than the list price fixed by
D P Tyre Co. Ltd. and if the tyres were sold at a price lower than the list price, a penalty
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of $ 2 for every tyre sold below the list price would be recovered as damages. D sold
five tyres below the list price. D P Tyre Co. Ltd filed a suit against S. Is D P Tyre Co.
Ltd entitled to maintain the suit?
(a) No since D P Tyre Co. Ltd was not a party to the contract.
(b) No since only 5 tyres are involved and the amount is insignificant.
(c) Yes as D P Tyre Co. Ltd is the producer of the tyres.
(d) Yes as D P Tyre Co. Ltd sold the tyre s to S who in turn sold to D.
100. A, B and C are partners in a firm. B was murdered by D, who wanted to become a
partner of the firm, but B has raised objections to it. The Partnership Deed contains a
provision that the firm would not be dissolved after the death of any partner. Which of
the following is correct?
(a) Estate of B is liable for the act of the firm done after the death of B.
(b) Estate of B is not liable for the act of the firm do ne after the death of B.
(c) Estate of D is liable for the act of the fir m done after the death of B.
(d) D is liable for the act of the firm done after the death of B.
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SE CTION – C : GENERAL ECONOMICS(50 MARKS)
answer an d – 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
(ii) Questions 117 to 132 are Fill in the blanks type and carry + 1 mark for each correct
answer an d -0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
(iii) Questions 133 to 137 co ntain small paragraph / table followed by a question having only
one correct answer and carries + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for
each wron g answer.
carry + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong a nswer.
PART I
101. The law of consumer surplus is based on
(a) Indifference curve analysis
(b) Revealed preference theory.
(c) Law of substitution
(d) The law of diminishing marginal utility.
102. Supply of a commodity is a
(a) Stock concept
(b) A flow concept
(c) Both stock and flow concept.
(d) None of these.
103. If two goods were perfect substitutes of each other, it necessarily follows that
(a) An indifference curve relating the two goods will be curvilinea r.
(b) An indifference curve relating the two goods will be linear.
(c) An indifference curve relating the two goods will be divided into two segments
which meet at a right angle.
(d) An indifference curve relating the two goods will be convex to the origin.
104. The MC curve cuts the AVC and ATC curves
(a) At the falling part of each.
(b) At different points.
(c) At their r espective minimas.
(d) At the rising part of each.
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105. In general, most of the production functions measure

(a) The productivity of factors of production.
(b) The relation between th e factors of production.
(c) The economies of scale.
(d) The relations between change in physical inputs and physical output.
106. Which of the following market situations explains marginal cost equ al to price for
attaining equilibrium?
(a) Perfect competition.
(b) Mono poly
(c) Oligopoly.
(d) Monopolistic competition.
107. The period of time in which the plant capacity can be varied is known as
(a) The short period
(b) The market period
(c) The long period
108. A monopolist who is selling in two markets in which demand is not identical will be
unable to maximize his profits unless he
(a) Sells below costs of production in both markets.
(b) Practices price discrimination.
(c) Equates the volume of sales in both markets.
(d) Equates marginal costs with marginal reven ue in one market only.
109. Which of the following is not microeconomic subject matter?
(a) The price of apples.
(b) The cost of producing a fire truck for the fire department of Delhi, India
(c) The quantity of apples produced for the apple market.
(d) The national economy’s annual rate of growth.
110. Which of the following is a reason for the n egative slope of the PPF?
(a) The inverse relationship between the use of technology and the use of natural
resources.
(b) Scarcity; at any point in time we have limited amounts of productive resources.
(c) Resource specialisation.
(d) Increasing opportunity costs.
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111. SJSRY stands for

(a) Swaran Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
(b) Shahari Jeewan Sudhar Rashtriya Yojana
(c) Sampoorna Jeewan Shahari Rozgar Yojana
112. Who is regulatory authority for telecom in India?
(a) SEBI
(b) TRAI
(c) MTNL
(d) BSNL
113. Which of the following has resulted in failure to achieve targets of industrial production?
(a) Poor planning
(b) Power, finance and labour problems
(c) Technical complications
114. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Indian Oil Corporation, Steel Authority of India, and
Bharat Heavy Electricals are all examples of
(a) small scale units.
(b) private sector units
(c) public sector units
(d) sick units
115. Which of the following statements is correct with regard to external sector in the pre-
reform period?
(a) The foreign trade policy was very liberal; it allowed import of all types of goods.
(b) Import of food grains was strictly prohibited
(c) The balance of payments situation was quite comfortable
116. In the present context, money stock in India refers to
(a) M 1
(b) M 2
(c) M 3
(d) M 4
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117. Giffen goods are those goods -- ------ ---- -------------------------.
(a) For which demand increases as price increases
(b) Which have a high income elasticity of demand
(c) Which are in short supply
(d) None of these
118. Three methods of computing national income are ------------------------------------------------.
(a) Production, outlay and income methods.
(b) Balance of payments, income and consumption methods.
(c) Saving, investment and income methods.
(d) Outlay, depreciation and production methods.
119. When AR= Rs 10 and A C=Rs 8 the firm makes --------------------------------.
(a) Normal profit
(b) Net profit
(c) Gross profit
(d) Supernormal normal profit
120. If two goods are co mplements, this means that a rise in the price of one commodity will
in duce ----------------------------------------.
(a) An upward shift in demand for the other commodity.
(b) A rise in the price of the other commodity.
(c) A downward shift in demand for the other commodity.
(d) No shift in the d emand for the other commodity.
121. _______________ controls affect indiscriminately all sectors of the economy.
(a) Selective credit
(b) Quantitative
(c) Margin requirements.
(d) Optional.
122. ‘The lender of last resort’ means -------------------------------------.
(a) the government coming to the rescue of poor farmers.
(b) central bank coming to the rescue of other banks in times of financial crisis.
(c) commercial banks coming to the rescue of small industrial units.
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(d) people coming to the rescue of commercial banks in times of their financial
crisis.
123. ---- ------ ---- --- is th e custodian of monetary reserves in In dia
(a) SBI
(b) SIDBI
(c) NABARD
(d) RBI
124. Demand for final consumptio n arises in -----------------------------------.
(a) household sector only.
(b) government sector only.
(c) both household and government sectors.
(d) neither household nor movement sector.
126. At present, th e marginal rate of income tax(i.e. tax for the highest slab) is ---------------
(a) 10%.
(b) 20%
(c) 30%
(d) 40%
127. About _______ _________ percent of the external assistance has been in th e form of
lo ans.
(a) 40
(b) 30
(c) 10
(d) 90
128. _______________________ is a systematic record of all the economic transactions
between one country and rest of the world
(a) Balance of trade
(b) Balance of transactions
(c) Budget
(d) Balance of payments.
129. If borrowings and other liabilities are added to the budget deficit we get
______________.
(a) revenue deficit.
(b) capital deficit.
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(c) primary deficit.

(d) fiscal deficit.
130. -----------------------program facilitates the construction and upgradation of dwelling units
for the slum dwellers.
(a) DPAP
(b) VAMBAY
(c) TRYSUM
(d) IRDP
131. Acco rdin g to National Sample S urvey 2004-05, ----------------percent of the population
of India lives below poverty line.
(a) 22
(b) 26
(c) 15
(d) 25
132. In terms of deposit mobilization, _____________ leads other states.
(a) U.P
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Bihar
PART III
Questions 133 to 137 are based on the Figure 1.
Figure 1
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133. Figure 1 r epresents a

(a) Perfectly competitive firm.
(b) Perfectly competitive industry.
(c) Monopolist
134. In figure 1, the firm’s marginal revenue curve is curve
(a) E.
(b) A
(c) F
(d) B
135. In Figure 1, cur ve E is the firm’s:
(a) Mar gi nal cost curve
(b) Average cost curve
(c) Demand curve.
(d) Marginal revenue curve
136. In figure 1, the firm’s most efficient output is:
(a) K
(b) L
(c) M
(d) N
137. In figure1, the firm’s most profitable output is:
(a) K
(b) L
(c) M
(d) N
PART IV
Consider Sumit’s production data given in the table 1. Use Table 1 to answer questions
138-142
Table 1
Number of Workers Total Output

1 10
2 22
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3 31
4 40
5 47
6 52
7 56
8 58
9 60
10 61
138. Suppose Sumit has to pay his workers Rs 20 per hour, and further suppose there are
no other production costs at all. What is the marginal product of the 5 t h worker?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 7
(d) 8
139. In Table 1, Sumit’s Average Total Cost when 40 units are p roduced is:
(a) Rs 2
(b) Rs 80
(c) Rs 5
(d) Rs 20
140. Using data in Table 1, we know that the approximate marginal cost of the 52 nd unit of
output is:
(a) Rs.0.25
(b) Rs 1.25
(c) Rs. 2.50
(d) Rs. 4.00
141. Suppose Sumit decides to purchase fire insurance which costs Rs. 87,600 a year.(As it
happens, it works out to be Rs 10 per hour) The approximate marginal cost of the 52 nd
unit now is:

(a) Rs.0.25
(b) Rs 1.25
(c) Rs. 2.50
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(d) Rs. 4.00

142. Sumit’s marginal product of the 9 th worke r:
(a) 2 units.
(b) 3 units.
(c) 5 units.
(d) 7 units.
% change in % change in quantity Elasticity
price demanded(quantity
supplied)
Demand for salt 20 -1 x
Demand for bananas 15 y 3
Supply of chicken z 14 1
143. Refer Table 2 and find the value of x.

(a -20.
(b) -0.05.
(c) -1.
(d) Can not be determine(d)
144. Refer Table 2 and find the value of y.
(a) -5
(b) 15.
(c) -45.
(d) -3.
145. Refer table 2 and find the value of z.
(a) 14
(b) 1
(c) 0.07.
(d) 5.
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she ep and cows:
Table 3
Sheep Cows
Op tion I 84 22
Option II 75 25
146. Given the options available to him, what is the opportunity cost to the farmer of feeding
one cow?
(a) 1 sheep
(b) 3 sheep
(c) 9 cows .
(d) 9 sheep.
147. Given the options available to him, what is the opportunity cost to the farmer of feeding
one sheep?
(a) 9 sheep.
(b) 3 cows .
(c) 1/3 sheep .
(d) 1/3 cow.
148. If the quantity of CD demanded increases from 260 to 290 in response to an increase in
in come from Rs 9000 to Rs 9800, th e income elasticity of demand is approximately:
(a) 3.4
(b) 0.01.
(c) 1.3
(d) 2.3.
149. If the quantity of good X demanded increases from 8 to 12 in response to an increase
in the price of good Y from Rs 23 to Rs 27, the cross elasticity of demand for X with
respect to the price of Y is approximately:
(a) 0.35 and X and Y are complements.
(b) 0.35 and X and Y ar e substitutes.
(c) 2.5 and X and Y are complements.
(d) 2.5 and X and Y are substitutes.
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Table 4
Total population 224 Children(belo w the working

age) 36
job 18 Full-time students(not looking for a job) 4
institutions 2 Other adults not in the labour force 14
Based on the information in table4, the country’s unemployment rate is

(a) 7.9%
(b) 12.5%
(c) 20.2%
(d) 22.2%
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wrong answer.
PART I
151. Standar d deviation of binomial distribution is
(a) (npq) 2
(b) npq
(c) (np) 2
(d) np
152. A U A’ is equal to
(a) A.
(b) Sample Space.
(c) f.
(d) None of these.
x3
153. The integral of 1 is equal to
x2 +
1 + 2x2
(a) +c
4(x2 + 1)2
1 - 2x2
(b) +c
4(x2 + 1)2
- (1 + 2x2 )
(c) )
4(x2 + 1
(d) None of these.

154. Find f o g for the functions f (x) = x 8 , g(x) = 2x 2 +1
(a) x 8 (2x 2 +1)
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(c) 2x 2 +1
(d) (2x 2 +1)8
155. A sample survey is prone to
(a) Sampling error.
(b) Non-sampling err or.
(c) Either (a) or (b).
156. Simple Aggregative Method is used for computing a
(a) Relative index.
(b) Price index.
(c) Value index.
(d) None of these.
157. The algebraic sum of deviations of a set of observations from their AM is
(a) Negative.
(b) Positive.
(c) Zero.
(d) None of these.
158. Number of petals in a flower is an example of
(a) A continuous variable.
(b) A discrete variable.
(c) An attribute.
(d) All of these.
159. A Qualitative characteristic is known as
(a) An attribute.
(b) A variable.
(c) A discrete variable.
(d) A continuous variable.
160. Methods that are employed for the collection of primary data –
(a) Interview method.
(b) Questionnaire method.
(c) Obse rvation method.
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PART II
161. The normal curve is ______.
(a) Bell-shap ed
(b) U-shaped
(c) J-shaped
(d) Inverted J-shaped
162. The ______ is satisfied when P ab ×P bc ×P c a = 1.
(a) Time reversal test
(b) Factor reve rsal test
(c) Circular test
(d) Unit test
163. ______ is an extension of time re versal test.
(a) Factor reve rsal test
(b) Circular test
(c) Unit test
(d) None of above
164. For a set of observations, the sum of absolute deviations is ______ when the
deviations are taken from the median.
(a) Zero
(b) Maximum
(c) Minimum
(d) None of these
165. The triplicate ratio of 4:5 is ________.
(a) 125:64
(b) 16:25
(c) 64:125
(d) None of these
166. When we want to divide the given set of observations into two equal parts, we consider
______.
(a) Mean
(b) Median
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(d) None of these
dy is ________.
167. If y=x 2x then dx
(a) 2x 2x (1+logx)
(b) 2(1+logx)
(c) x 2x (1+logx)
(d) None of these
2x2 + x - 3
168. The value of lim is _______.
x 1 x3 + 9
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 0
(d) 3
169. The two variables are known to be _________ if the movement on the part of one
variable does not produce any move ment of other variable in a particular direction.
(a) Correlated
(b) Uncorrelated
(c) Positive correlated
(d) Negative correlated
170. The correlation between demand and price (for normal goods) is ________.
(a) Zero
(b) Positive
(c) Negative
(d) None of these
PART III
171. Differentiate 1 + x2 w.r.t. x, we get

2x
(a)
1 - x2
x
(b)
1 + x2
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(c)
1 + x2
(d) None of these.
x9 - a9
172. If lim = 9, the value of a is
x a x- a
(a) 9,–9
(b) 1,–1
(c) 8,–8
(d) None of these.
173. If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is –0.3, then the coefficient of
determination is
(a) 0.3
(b) 0.09
(c) 0.7
(d) 0.9
174. If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is 0.6, the n the percentage of
variation accounted for is
(a) 60%
(b) 40%
(c) 64%
(d) 36 %
175. What is the chance of picking a heart or a queen not of heart from a pack of 52 cards?
(a) 17/52
(b) 1/3
(c) 4/13
(d) 3/13
176. In a single throw with two dice, chance of throwing 8 is
(a) 1/9
(b) 5/36
(c) 5/18
(d) 2/9
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will be gree n is
(a) 1/10
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/2
(d) None of these.
178. If an event cannot take place, probability will be
(a) 1
(b) –1
(c) 0
(d) None of these.
179. The mean of binomial distribution is 4 and standard deviation 3 . What is the value of
n?
(a) 14
(b) 16
(c) 18
(d) 20
180. Two variables x and y are related by 5x + 6y + 9 = 0 and x = 6, then y is
(a) 6.50
(b) 6.66
(c) – 6.50
(d) – 6.66
181. The mean weight for a group of 40 female students is 42 kg and that for a group of 60
male students is 52 kg. What is the co mbine d mean weight?
(a) 46
(b) 47
(c) 48
(d) 49
182. The wages of 8 workers expressed in rupees are 42,45,49,38,56,54,55,47. Find median
wage.
(a) 47
(b) 48
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(c) 49
(d) 50
183. Refer following table:
Frequency distr ibution of weights of 16 students
Weight in kg. No. of students
(Class interval) (Fr equency)
44 – 48 4
49 – 53 5
54 – 58 7
Total 16
Find class mark for the first class interval.
(a) 4
(b) 46
(c) 44
(d) 48
184. Find th e sum of 10 terms G.P with first term and common ratio being 8 and 3
respectively
(a) 2,63,291
(b) – 2,36,192
(c) 2,19,631
(d) 2,36,192
185. If compounding is done quarterly what will be the amount Mr. Ravi will receive for
Rs.4000 @10% rate of interest for 4 years.
(a) Rs.5893.02
(b) Rs.5938.02
(c) Rs.5000
(d) None of these.
186. The equation of a line passing through (3, 4) and slop e 2 is
(a) y–2x+2=0
(b) y–3x+4=0
(c) y–4x+3=0
(d) y–2x+4=0
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187. Find the logarith mic of 58,564 to the base 2 11

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) None of these.
1 ,………
1 1 ,1 0 terms.
188. Find the sum of progression 1, 8 , ,
2 4
(a) 1.9
(b) 1.989
(c) 1.998
(d) 1.89
189. Eleve n students are participating in a race. In how many ways the first 5 prizes can be
won?
(a) 44550
(b) 55440
(c) 120
(d) 90
190. Solve for x, 4 x –3.2x +2+2 5 =0
(a) 4, 8
(b) –2, –3
(c) 2, 6
(d) 2,3
191. A sum of money doubles itself in 25 years. The number of years it would trebles itself is
(a) 50 years.
(b) 37.5 years.
(c) 75 years.
(d) None of these.
192. The ratio compo und of two ratios 4:3 and 7:3 is
(a) 12:21
(b) 28:9
(c) 9:28
(d) None of these.
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193. Evaluate the value of (3x2 + 5x + 2)dx
0
(a) 55
(b) 55.5
(c) 57
(d) 56
194. The ratio of two quantities is 5:9. If the antecedent is 25, the consequent is
(a) 9
(b) 45
(c) 40
(d) None of these.
195. The su m of two numbers is 38 and their difference is 2. Find them.
(a) 20, 18
(b) 10, 12
(c) 17, 15
(d) None of these.
196. Mr. A plans to invest upto Rs.50,000 in two stocks X and Y. Stock X(x) is priced at
Rs.175 and Stock Y(y) at Rs.95 per share. This can be shown by
(a) 175x+95y < 30,000
(b) 175x+95y > 30,000
(c) 175x+95y = 30,000
(d) None of these.
197. Find the value of n if (n +1)! = 42 (n–1)!
(a) 6
(b) –7
(c) 7
(d) –6
198. The number of subsets of the set {1,2,3,4} is
(a) 13
(b) 12
(c) 16
(d) 15
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199. The derivative of 8x 2 –2x+5 is

(a) 16x+2
(b) 16x–2
(c) 16x–2+5
(d) 16x+7
200. A box contains 7 red, 6 white and 4 blue balls. How many selections of three balls can
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(1) Questions 1 to 10 have only one correct answer and carry + 1mark each for correct
answer.
each wr ong answer.
answer.
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1. “Assets should be valued at the price paid to acquire them” is based on
(a) Accrual concept.
(b) Cost concept.
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(c) Ledger.
3. If bank balance as per cashbook differs from that appearing in the current account
statement, then the balance considered for finalizing the accounts is of
(a) Adjusted cash book.
(b) Cash bo ok before any adjustments.
(c) Pass book.
(d) Not taken to final accounts in case of difference in th e balance.
4. Material costing Rs.700 in the erection of the machinery and the wages paid for it
amounting to Rs. 400 should be debited to
(a) Material account.
(b) Wages account.
(c) Purchases acco unt.
(d) Machinery account.
5. Difference of totals of both debit and credit side of the trial balance is transferred to
(a) Difference account.
(b) Trading account.
(c) Miscellaneous account.
(d) Suspense account.
6. “Inventories should be out of godown in the seq uence in which they arrive” is based on
(a) HIFO.
(b) LIFO.
(c) FIFO.
(b) Weighted avera ge.
7. The value of an asset after deducting depreciation from the historical cost is known as
(a) Fair value.
(b) Book value.
(c) Mar ket value.
8. Expenses incurred to retain the title of a building is a
(a) Revenue expenditure.
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(b) Capital expenditure.

(c) Deferred re venue expenditure.
9. Carriag e inwards is debited to
(b) Profit and loss account
(c) Profit and loss appropriation account
(d) Balance sheet
10. A bill has been drawn on 26.2.2006 payable after 90 days. The due date of the bill will
be
(a) 30.5.2006.
(b) 29.5.2006.
(c) 28.5.2006.
(d) 27.5.2006.
PART II
11. If total of all debits of a ledger account is more than the total of all credits of the same
account, then the balancing figure is placed at the __________
(a) Debit side of that ledger account.
(b) Credit side of that ledger account.
(c) End of that ledger account as a footnote.
12. The cost of a small calculator is accounted as an expense and not shown as an asset
in a financial statement of a business entity due to __________
(a) Materiality concept.
(b) Matching concept.
(c) Periodicity concept.
13. A minimum quantity of stock always held as precaution against out of stock situation is
called __________
(a) Zero stock.
(b) Risk stock.
(c) Base stock.
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14. M/s Bhaskaran & Co. drew a three months’ bill of Rs. 6,000 on M/s Patel & Co. on
1.1.2006 payable to M/s Suren dran & Co. or bearer. Here the payee will be
(a) M/s Bhaskaran & Co.
(b) M/s Patel & Co.
(c) M/s Surendran & Co. or bearer.
15. Fluctuating capital account is credited with _______ ___
(a) Interest on capital.
(b) Profits of the year.
(c) Salaries or remuner ation of the partners.
16. If the incoming partner brings any additional amount in cash other than his capital
contributions then it is termed as ________
(a) Capital.
(b) Reserves.
(c) Profits.
(d) Premiu m for goodwill.
17. Memorandum joint venture account is prepared _________
(a) When separate set of joint venture books is prepared.
(b) When each co-venturer keeps records of all the the joint venture transactions
himself.
(c) When each co-venturer keeps records of their own joint venturer transactions.
18. In case of del-credere commission provided by consignor to consignee, bad debts is a
lo ss of _________
(a) Consignee.
(b) Consignor.
(c) Both consignor and consignee.
(d) Neither of the two.
19. The party who sends the goods for sale on fixed commission basis is __________
(a) Consignee.
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(b) Consignor.
(c) Drawee.
(d) Drawer.
20. Disco unting of bill by the drawer is done with________
(a) Creditor.
(b) Drawee.
(c) Bank.
(d) Notary public.
PART III
21. Under this method, the annual charge for depreciation decreases from year to year, so
that the burden and benefits of later years are shared by the earlier years. Also, under
this method, the value of asset can never be completely exting uished. The other
advantage of this method is that the total charge to revenue is uniform when the
depreciation is high, repairs are negligible; and as the repairs increase, the burden of
depreciation gets lesser and lesser. This method of depreciation is
(a) Straight Line Method.
(b) Written Down Value Method.
(c) Annuity Method.
(d) Sinking Fund Method.
22. M/s Mittal & Sen & Co. sends goods costing Rs. 50,000 to M/s Suneja & Jadeja & Co.
for sale at invoice price. The invoice price of the goods was Rs. 60,000. Former spe nds
Rs. 2,000 on freight for sending the delivery an d later spends Rs.1,500 for receiving the
delivery. M/s Suneja & Jadeja & Co sold 90% of goods at invoice price and earned a
commission of Rs.5,400. In the due course he made some credit sales also out of
which some amount were proved to be bad and was borne by him only. Remaining
goods were taken back by M/s Mittal & Sen & Co. The balance due was paid by M/s
Suneja & Jadeja & Co. through a demand draft. The above transaction is in the nature
of
(a) Consignment.
(b) Joint venture.
(c) Sale of goods on sale or retur n basis
(d) Credit sales.
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23. It is decided to form a partnership with a total capital of Rs. 6,00,000. Three partners
Ajay, Vijay and Sanjay who will share profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2, agreed to
contribute proportionate capital. Their capital contribution will be
(a) Rs.3,00,000: Rs.1,80,000: Rs.1,20,000.
(b) Rs.2,00,000: Rs.2,00,000: Rs.2,00,000.
(c) Rs.3,00,000: Rs.2,00,000: Rs.1,00,000.
(d) Rs.1,00,000: Rs.2,00,000: Rs.3,00,000.
24. Aditya Ltd. issued equity shares of 50,000 shares of Rs. 10 each for subscription.
40,000 share s were subscribed by the public by paying Rs. 3 as application money.
Number of shares allotted to pu blic by Aditya Ltd. will be
(a) 50,000 shares.
(b) 40,000 shares.
(c) 30,000 shares.
(d) 10,000 shares.
25. A company issued 1,00,000 equity sh ares of Rs.10 each at a premium of Rs.2 and
5,000 10% Debentures of Rs.100 each at 10% discount. All the shares and debentures
were subscribed and allotted by crediting 10% Debentures account with
(a) Rs. 10,00 ,000.
(b) Rs. 12,00 ,000.
(c) Rs. 5,00,000.
(d) Rs. 4,50,000.
26. Prefere nce shares amounting to Rs.1,00,000 are rede emed at a premium of 5% by
issue of shares amounting to Rs.50,000 at a premium of 10%. The amount to be
transferred to ca pital redemption reserve account will be
(a) Rs.55,000.
(b) Rs.50,000.
(c) Rs.45,000.
(d) Rs.57,500.
27. On 1 s t June 2005, Harsh Ltd. issued 4,000 9% convertible debentures of Rs.100 each
at a premium of 10%. Interest is payable on September 30 and March 31, every year.
expenditure debited to profit and loss account for the year ended 31 s tMarch 2006 will
be
(a) Rs.12,000.
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(b) Rs.18,000.
(c) Rs.36,000.
(d) Rs.30,000.
28. Followings are the information related to Great Ltd.:
(i) Equity share capital called up Rs. 3,00,000, (ii) Call-in advance Rs. 10,000, (iii) Call
in arrears Rs. 15,000 and (iv) Proposed dividend 20%. The amount of dividend payable
by Great Ltd. will be
(a) Rs.57,000
(b) Rs.59,000.
(c) Rs.60,000.
(d) Rs.58,000.
29. 3,000 shares of Rs. 10 each of Krishna were forfeited by crediting Rs. 5,000 to share
forfeiture account. Out of these, 1,800 sha res were re-issued to Radhe for Rs. 9 pe r
share. The amount to be transferred to capital re serve account will be
(a) Rs. 3,200.
(b) Rs.2,000.
(c) Rs.1,800.
(d) Rs.1,200.
30. Bittu Ltd. issued 10,000 shares of Rs.10 each to public. Applications were received for
12,000 shares by paying Rs.2 per share. Shares were allotted on pro -rata basis to the
public and excess money was kept to be used in allotment and further calls. Kittu failed
to pay the money of Rs.3 per share and her 1,000 shares were forfeited after due
notice. No further calls were made to her. Her call in arrears was
(a) Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.2,800.
(c) Rs.2,600.
(d) Rs.2,400.
31. He, She and Me are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2.
They took Joint Life Policy of Rs. 50,000, Rs.1,00,000 and Rs.1,50,000 for He, She and
Me respectively. The share of C in the policy will be
(a) Rs.1,50,000.
(b) Rs.90,000.
(c) Rs.60,000.
(d) Rs.3,00,000.
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retires and Rs. 18,000 was debited to goodwill account of the firm. If new profit sharing
ratio is 2:1, then the amount of goodwill debited respectively to Vine et and Vive k’s
capital account will be
(a) Rs.6,000: Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.9,000: Rs.9,000.
(c) Rs.4,500: Rs.4,500.
(d) Nothing is to be debited to their account.
33. Amit, Rohit and Sumit are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:4:3. Sumit
retires and if Amit and Rohit shares profits of Sumit in 4:3, then new profit sh aring ratio
will be
(a) 4:3.
(b) 47:37.
(c) 5:4.
(d) 5:3.
34. Rachna and Sapna are partners sharing profits equally. They admitted Ashana for 1/3
share in the firm. The new profit sharing ratio will be
(a) 3:2:1.
(b) 2:2:1.
(c) 1:1:1.
(d) Cannot be calculated.
Total capital employed in the firm Rs. 80,00,000
Reasonable rate of return 15%
Profits for the year Rs. 12,0 0,000
(a) Rs. 68,00,000.
(b) Rs. 12,00,000.
(c) Rs. 11,88,000.
(d) Nil.
36. A trader has credited certain ite ms of sales on approval aggregating Rs.60,000 to Sales
Account. Of these, goods of the value of Rs.16,000 have been returned and take n into
stock at cost Rs.8,000 though the record of return was omitted in the accounts. In
respect of another parcel of Rs.12,000 (cost being Rs.6,000) the period of approval did
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not expire on the closing date. Cost of goods lying with customers should be
(a) Rs. 12,000.
(b) Rs. 54,000.
(c) Rs. 6,000.
37. On 1 s t January 2006 Nisha draws a bill for Rs.5,000 on Disha for 3 months for mutual
accommodation. On the same day, Disha draws a bill for Rs. 6,000 on Nisha for 4
months. Both the bills were discounted with the bank for Rs. 4,850 and Rs. 5,700
respectively. 50% of the receipt was sent to the other party. First bill was met on its due
date. On the maturity date of Nisha’s acceptance, Disha will send
(a) Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.2,850.
(c) Rs.2,425.
(d) Rs.2,500.
38. Gaurav has to pay Rs. 10,000 to S aurabh on account of Bill accepted by him for credit
purch ases. Due to financial crisis, Gaurav was unable to pay the bill and was declared
in solvent and his estate realized only 30 paisa in a rupee. The amount to be debited to
bad debts account of S aurabh will be
(a) Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.7,000.
(c) Rs.10,000.
39. Ram in a joint venture with Shya m purchased goods costing Rs. 20,000 and sends to
Shyam for sale incurring Rs.1,000 on freight. Shyam took the delivery and paid Rs.500
as carriage. He sold the good s costing Rs.18,000 for Rs. 25,000 and kept the
remaining goods at cost price. Sharing equal profits of the venture, amount to be paid
by Shyam to Ram will be
(a) Rs.25,000.
(b) Rs.22,250.
(c) Rs.23,750.
(d) Rs.24,500.
40. Expenses incurred by the consignor on sending the goods to the consignee is Rs.1,000
for insurance, Rs.1,500 on freight and Rs.500 on packing the goods. While expenses
incurred by the consignee on behalf of the consignment are Rs.800 on octroi, Rs.600
as godown charges and Rs. 1,200 as selling expenses. The amount to be excluded
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while calculating consignment stock will be

(a) Rs.2,600.
(b) Rs.600.
(c) Rs.1,200.
(d) Rs.1,800
41. Goods costing Rs. 80,000 are consigned by Manjari & Co. to Anjali & Co. fo r
Rs.1,00,000. E xpenses of the consignor in this respect was Rs. 5,000. Consignee
spends Rs. 6,000 for taking the delivery. Some of the goods were returned by the
consignee costing Rs.10,000. The amount to be credited to consignment account for
goods returned will be
(a) Rs.12,500.
(b) Rs.11,100.
(c) Rs.11,375.
(d) Rs.13,875.
42. Opening stock of the year is Rs.20,000, Goods purchased during the year is
Rs.1,00,000, Carria ge Rs.2,000 and Selling expenses Rs.2,000.Sales during the year
is Rs.1,50,000 and closing stock is Rs.25,000. The gross profit will be
(a) Rs.53,000.
(b) Rs.55,000.
(c) Rs.80,000.
(d) Rs.51,000.
43. Following errors have been rectified at th e end of the year:
(i) The return inward book was undercast by Rs. 150 .
(ii) The return outward book was overcast by Rs. 1,000.
(iii) A payment of Rs.1,500 on account of salaries has been posted twice in the
salaries acco unt although entered correctly in the cashbook.
The above errors if rectified, will give correct trial balance. Before rectification, balance
of suspense account was
(a) Rs. 150 (Dr.)
(b) Rs. 1,150 (Dr.).
(c) Rs. Rs.350 (Cr .).
(d) Rs. 1,500 (Cr.).
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44. Given below are the ledger balances of a manage ment consultan cy firm:
Capital Rs.4,00,000, Computer Rs. 25,000, Air conditioner and furniture Rs. 1,00,000,
Fixed Deposits Rs.2,00,000, Salaries Rs.8,00,000, Fees received Rs. 12,00,000,
Travelling expenses Rs.1,50,000, Rent and office expense s Rs.2,40,000, Cash
balances Rs. 1,80,000. Bank overdraft Rs. 95,000. The total of trial balance will be
(a) Rs. 16,00,000.
(b) Rs. 16,95,000.
(c) Rs. 14,50,000.
(d) Rs. 15,00,000.
45. M/s Delhi Stationers purchase goods from the manufacturers, do packaging and
la belling and sell to their customers. At the year-end they had 1,000 pieces of toilet
soaps in hand, purchase price of which is Rs.3.25 per piece. These are yet not packed
and labelled. The packaging cost per unit is Re. 0.35 per piece and selling price is Rs.
4.25 per piece. The historical cost and selling price of the closing stock will be
(b) Rs. 3,600 and Rs. 4,250 respectively .
(c) Rs. 3,250 and Rs. 4,250 respectively.
(d) Rs. 3,600 and Rs.3,900 respectively.
46. Depreciable amount of the machinery is Rs.11,00,000. The machine is expected to
produce 30 lakhs units in its 10 year life and expected distribution of production units is
as follows:
1-3 year 5 lacs units each year
7-10 year 1.5 lacs units each year.
Annual depreciation for 1-3 year, using production units method will be
(a) Rs.1,10,000.
(b) Rs.55,000.
(c) Rs. 65,000.
(d) Rs. 1,83,333.
47. The cashbook showed an overdraft of Rs. 2,000 as cash at bank, but the pass book
made up to the same date sh owed that cheques of Rs. 200, Rs. 150 and Rs. 175
respectively had not been presented for payments; and the cheque of Rs. 600 paid into
account had not been cleare d. The balance as per the cash book will be
(a) Rs. 2,150.
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(b) Rs. 2,175.

(c) Rs. 1,475.
(d) Rs. 1,925.
48. If cost of physical stock on 31.3.2006 is Rs.2,80,000 and out of which stock of Rs.
1,20,000 is held as consignee. Goods costing Rs. 25,000 were damage d beyond repair
and were expected to realize Rs.5,000 only. The value of own stock on 31.3.2006 will
be
(a) Rs.2,60,0 00
(b) Rs.1,60,0 00
(c) Rs.1,35,0 00
(d) Rs.1,40,0 00
49. A lease is purchased on 1 s tJanuary, 2005 for 4 years at a cost of Rs. 1,00,000. Lease
is to be depreciated by the annuity method charging 5% interest. Annuity of Re.1 over 4

years charging 5% interest is Re. 0.282012. The amount of annual depreciation will be
(a) Rs. 28,201.
(b) Rs. 20,000.
(c) Rs.25,000.
50. 18% investment of Rs. 1,00,0 00 and interest received on investment Rs. 15,000 have
been given in the trial balance for the period en ded on 31.3.2006. The amount of
interest outstan ding in the final accounts will be
(a) Rs.18,000
(b) Rs.15,000
(c) Rs.3,000.
(d) Nil
51. Bank overdraft as per trial balance is Rs.1,60,000. Bank has allowed the customer to
overdrew 80 % of the hypothecated value of the stock. Hypothecation of stock has been
done by the bank at 80% of the original closing stock value. The amount of closing
stock is
(a) Rs. 2,00,000.
(b) Rs. 2,50,000.
(c) Rs. 1,02,400.
(d) Rs. 1,28,000.
52. Net profit before commission has been Rs. 1,20,000. Manager’s commission is 20% of
net profit before charging such commission. The amount of manager’s commission is
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(a) Rs.22,000.
(b) Rs.25,000.
(c) Rs.24,000.
(d) Rs.20,000.
53. Out of four floors of a building, ground floor is used as a store house for trading goods,
first and second floor is used for office purpose and third floor is used for residential
purposes. Total depreciation of a building amounts to Rs. 80,000.. The depreciation
amount of building to be shown in the business books will be
(a) Rs. 80,000.
(b) Rs. 60,000.
(c) Rs. 40,000.
(d) Rs. 20,000.
54. Closing stock was not taken on 31.3.2006 but only on 7.4.2006. Following transactions
had taken place during the period from 1.4.2006 to 7.4.2006. Sales Rs.2,50,000,
purchases Rs.1,50,000, stock on 7.4.2006 was Rs.1,80,000 and the rate of gross profit
on sales was 20%. Closin g stock on 31.3.2006 will be
(a) Rs.3,80,000.
(b) Rs.4,00,000.
(c) Rs.2,30,000.
(d) Rs.1,50,000.
55. Ravi Ltd. issued 1,40,00,000, 9% debentures of Rs.100 each at a discount of 6%,
redeemable at a premium of 5% after 3 years payable as Rs.50 on application and
Rs.44 on allotment. Total amount of discount/loss on issue of de benture will be
(a) Rs.8,40,00,000.
(b) Rs.7,00,00,000.
(c) Rs.15,40,00,000.
(d) Rs.1,40,00,000.
56. Kena Ltd. issued 10,000 12% Debentures of Rs.100 each at a discount of 10%payable
in full on application by 31 s t March, 2006. Applications were received for 12,000
debentures. Debentures were allotted on 9 t h June, 2006. The amount of excess money
refunded on the same date will be
(a) Rs.1,80,000.
(b) Rs.1,00,000.
(c) Rs.1,20,000.
(d) Rs.1,50,000.
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57. Ankush Ltd. had issued 10,000, 10% Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs.100 each,
fully paid up. The company decided to redeem these preference shares at par, by issue
of sufficient number of equity shares of Rs. 10 each at a premium of Rs.2 per share as
fully paid up. The amount to be transferred to capital redemption reserve account will
be
(a) Rs. 10,00 ,000.
(b) Rs. 12,00 ,000.
(c) Rs. 8,00,000.
(d) Nil.
58. Bill of Rs.10,000 accepted by Rajesh was end orsed by Ritesh to Dinesh on account of
final settlement of Rs.10,500. The benefit of Rs.500 earned by Ritesh was:
(a) Credited to discount allowed account by Rs. 500.
(b) Credited to discount received account by Rs.500.
(c) Credited to rebate account by Rs.500.
(d) Not shown in the books of Ritesh at all.
59. A company on non-receipt of First Call money of Rs.2 per share and Final Call money
of Rs.3 per share from Rahul, debited Call-in-Arrears account by Rs. 2,000 and
Rs.3,000 respectively. After due notice 1,000 shares of Rs.10 each were forfeited from
Rahul. The amount to be credited to First Call Account at the time of entry for forfeiture
will be
(a) Rs.2,000.
(b) Rs.3,000.
(c) Nil.
(d) Rs.10,000.
60. 1,000 shares of Rs.100 each were issue d to a promoter of the company for their legal
services, rendered in the formation of the company. For this, company credited Share
Capital Account and debited
(a) Goodwill account by Rs. 1,00,000.
(b) Legal services account by Rs.1,00,000.
(c) Promoter’s account by Rs.1,00,000.
(d) Formation expenses account by Rs.1,00,000.
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answer.
PART I
61. Which of the following is correct :
(a) A minor can be admitted as a partner provided the partnership deed is signed by the
guardian of the minor on behalf of and in the best interest of such mi nor.
(b) A minor can enter into a contract of partnership provided it is a ‘necessity’ and not a
‘l uxury’.
(c) A minor cannot be admitted as a partner unless al l the partners agree to it.
(d) A minor can be admitted to the benefits of partnership.
62. As per Section 11 of The Indian Contract Act, 1872 every person is competent to
contract provided he:
(a) Is of the age of majority according to the law to whi ch he is subject.
(b) Is of sound mind.
(c) Is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.
63. Necessary condition for existing goods is
(a) They should be in existence at the time of the contract of sal e.
(b) They should be owned or possessed by the seller.
64. The action of goods being physically delivered to the buyer is known as:
(a) Actual Delivery.
(b) Constructive Delivery.
(c) Symbolic Delivery.
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65. A tells his wife that he would commit suicide, if she did not transfer her personal assets
to him. She does so un der his threat.
(a) The wife can avoid the contract.
(b) The wife cannot avoid the contract.
(c) The husband can enforce the contract.
(d) Both (b) & (c).
66. In case of a hire – purchase the hirer
(a) Can pass a goods ti tle to a bonafide purchaser.
(c) Can choose whether to pass or not to pass the goods title to a bonafide purchaser.
67. Which of the follo wing are the characteristics of a contingent contract:
(a) The performance of a contingent contract depends upon the happening or non-
happening of a certain event in future.
(b) The event must be uncertain.
(c) The event must be collateral to the main contract.
68. Agency by ostensible authority may happen in the following ways:
(a) By estoppel.
(b) By a legal presumption.
(c) By holding-out.
69. A sold some land to B. At the time of sale both the parties b elieved to be in good faith
that th e area of the land sold was 10 hectares. It however, turned out that the area was
7 hectares only. How is th e contract of sale affected?
(a) The agreement is void.
(b) The agreement is illegal.
(c) The agreement is impossible.
70. Which one of the following is a legal requirement regarding consideration:
(a) Consider ation shoul d move at the desire of the promise.
(b) Consider ation may move from promisee or any other person.
(c) Consider ation may be past, present or future.
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71. Exceptions to the statement “No consideration no contract” are the following:
(a) No considerati on is required to create an agency as also in the case of completed
gifts.
(b) A promise made without consideration is valid if it i s a promise, made in writing and
signed by the person to be charged therewith, or by hi s agent generally or specially
authorized in that behalf, to pay wholly or in part a debt, which is barred by the Law
of Limitation.
(c) A promise made without any consideration is valid if it is a promise to compensate
wholly or in part a person who has already voluntarily done something for the
promisor or something which the promi sor was legally compellable to do.
72. In case of a firm carrying on th e business other than banking
(a) There should be at least seven members and maximum number of members should
not exceed fifty.
(b) There should be at least two members and maximum number of members should
not exceed ten.
(c) There should be at least two members and maximum number of members should
not exceed twenty.
(d) There should be at least two members and maximum number of members should
not exceed fifty.
73. Which of the following agreements are void:
(a) An agreement to share the salary of a public officer.
(b) An agreement to sell a religious office.
(c) An agreement with the objective of procuring a public post.
(b) Sale by description.
(c) Sale by sample.
75. The distinction between fraud and misrepresentation are the following:
(a) Misrepresentation is innocent whereas fraud is deliberate or willful.
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(b) In misrepresentation the person making the suggestion believes it to be true while in
case of a fraud he does not believe it to be true.
(c) In misrepresentation there can be no suit for damages whereas in fraud there can be
a suit for damages.
76. The following are the essential elements which need to co-exist in order to make a valid
contract:
(a) Lawful Consideration.
(b) Lawful Agreement.
(c) Free Consent.
77. The test of good faith as required under Section 33(1) includes the following:
(a) That the expulsion must be in the interest of the partnership.
(b) That the partner to be expelled is served with a notice.
(c) That the partner to be expelled is given an opportunity of bei ng heard.
78. Delivery which is effe cted without any change in the custody or actual possession of
the thing is kno wn as:
(b) Symbolic Delivery.
(c) Constructive Delivery.
79. The essential elements of a partnership at will are:
(a) No period has been fixed by the partners for its duration.
(b) There is no provision in the partnershi p agreement for its determination.
PART II
80. True test of partnership is ________ ______.
(a) Sharing of profits
(b) Sharing of profits and losses
(c) Mutual agency
(d) Existence of an agreement to share profits of the business
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81. Where a person asserts so mething which is not true, though he believes it to b e true,
his assertion amounts to _____________.
(a) Coercion
(b) Undue Influence
(c) Fraud
(d) Misrepresentation
82. _____________ does not exist.
(a) Liability for special damages
(b) Liability for exemplary damages
(c) Liability for nominal damages
(d) Liability for disciplinary damages
83. The communication of an acceptance is complete as against the acceptor,
_____________.
(a) When it is put in course of tr ansmissi on to him so as to be out of reach of the
acceptor
(b) When it comes to the knowledge of the proposer
(c) When both the proposer and the acceptor declare the acceptance
(d) When the acceptor accepts his acceptance in a court of law
84. Total substitution of new contract in place of the old contract takes place in case of
_________________.
(a) Remission
(b) Recission
(c) Novation
(d) Alteration
85. Profits of a partnership firm must be distributed among th e partners as per the
partnership deed while the profits of a company _______________ __.
(a) Must be distributed to its shareholders
(b) May or may not be distributed to its shareholders
(c) May or may not be distributed to its board of directors, shareholders and other
stakeholders
(d) Are not distributable at all
86. The principle evolved in the case of Garner v. Murray (1904) is
_______________________.
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(a) Deficiencies in the capital of the insolvent partner are distributed among the solvent
partners in the ratio of their capital
(b) Partners have a fiduci ary relationship with each other
(c) Partners liability is unl imited
(d) Partners can make supernatural profits, provided proper disclosures are made in this
regard
87. A intending to deceive B falsely represents that 750 tons of sugar is produce d per
annum at the factory of A and hereby induces B to buy the fa ctory. The contract is
avoidable at the option of_______________.
(a) B
(b) A
(c) Congruence of A & B
(d) Either party cannot avoid the contract
88. An agency coupled with interest does not come to an end in case of____________.
(a) Death of the principal
(b) Insanity of the principal
(c) Insolvency of the principal
(d) Death or Insanity or Insolvency of the principal
89. A contract to do or not to do something if some event, collateral to such contract does
or does not happen is _________________.
(a) A contingent contract
(b) A wageri ng contract
(c) Illegal
(d) Void
90. A contracts to pay B Rs.5,00,000/- if B’s house is destroyed by fire. It is ______ ______.
(a) A wageri ng contract
(b) A contingent contract
(c) A wageri ng contract plus a contingent contract
(d) Neither a contingent contract nor a wagering contract
91. The rule stated under Section 26 of The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 is subject to
_________ exceptions.
(a) 1
(b) 2
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(c) 3
(d) 4
92. The latin maxim “Nemo dat quod non habet” means ____________ ____.
(a) An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
(b) Never dare to quarrel with a good sel ler
(c) No one can give what he has not got
(d) Let the buyer bewar e.
93. Rules regarding delivery o f g oods are dealt in the __________ of The Sale of Goods
Act, 1930.
(a) Sections 33-39
(b) Sections 20-24.
(c) Sections 18-24
(d) Sections 33-32
94. Right of lien is to ____________.
(a) Retain possession
(b) Regain possession
(c) Remove possession
(d) Recharge possession
95. Non - Registration of a partnership firm ___________.
(a) Is a Criminal offence
(b) Renders the partnership ill egal
(c) Is compulsory to activate the partnership
(d) Is not compulsory but desirable
96. A person who finds goods belonging to another and takes them into his custody
______________.
(a) Becomes the owner of those goods thereafter
(b) Is subject to the same responsibility as a bailee
(c) Is allowed to sell them and retain the money reali zed from such sale
(d) Has no obligation to return those goods, he may do so only a good gesture
97. Quasi – contracts arise _______________.
(a) Where obligations are created without a contract
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98. Disch arge by mutual agre ement may involve ______________.
(a) Novation
(b) Recission
(c) Alteration
(d) Novation, Reci ssion and alteration
PART III
99. A & B are partners in a partnership firm. A introduced C, a former partn er, as his
partner to D. C remained silent at that moment, but later on informed D th at he is
actually a former partner of the firm. C had also issued public notice in the year of his
retirement from the partnership firm. D, a trader supplied 500 refrigerators to the firm on
credit. The credit period expired and D did not get the price of his supplies. D filed a
suit against A & C for the recovery of price. In light of the above circumstances answer
which of the following is correct:
(a) C is liable for the pri ce to D.
(b) C is liabl e for the price to D, irrespective of the fact, whether C remained silent or
not.
(c) C is not l iable for the price to D.
100. H contracted with NIC Corporation for the erection of a number of houses. In
calculating his price for the houses, H by mistake deducted a particular sum twice over.
The corporation affixed its seal to the contract, which correctly represented its inte ntion.
(a) The contract is now bindi ng.
(b) The contract can be avoided by H.
(c) There is no contract at all, since there is no consensus ad idem.
(d) The contract is not binding.
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(ii) Questions 117 to 132 are Fill in the blan ks type and carry + 1 mark for ea ch correct
PART I
101. An increase in the demand can result from:
(a) a decline in market price.
(b) an increase in income.
(c) a reduction in the price of substitutes.
(d) an increase in the price of complements.
102. In the short run if a perfectly competitive firm finds itself operating at a loss, it will:
(a) reduce the size of its plant to lower fixed costs.
(b) raise the price of its prod uct.
(c) shut down.
(d) continue to op erate as long as it covers its variable cost.
103. A competitive firm maximizes profit at the o utput level where:
(a) price equals marginal cost.
(b) the slope of the firm’s profit function is equal to zero.
(c) marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
(a) Normative economics is not concerned with value judgment.
(b) A market is a process that reconciles consumer decision, production decisions
and labour decisions.
(c) A mixed economy has a certain level of government intervention in the economy
along with private sector ownership of the economy.
(d) (b) and (c).
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105. A necessity is defined as a good having:

(a) a positive income elasticity of demand.
(b) a negative income elasticity of demand.
(c) an income elasticity of demand less than 1.
(d) an own price elasticity of demand less th an 1.
106. In the long run any firm will eventually leave the industry if:
(a) price does not at least cover average total cost.
(b) price does not equal marginal cost.
(c) economies of scale are being reaped.
(d) price is greater than long run average cost.
107. If a firm’s average variable cost curve is rising, its marginal cost curve must be:
(a) constant.
(b) above the total cost curve.
(c) above the average variable cost curve.
108. You are given the following data:
Table 1
Output Total Costs
00
1 15
2 30
3 45
4 60
5 75
The above data is an example of:

(a) constant returns to scale.
(b) decreasing returns to scale.
(c) increasing returns to scale.
(d) globalization.
109. Which of the following is incorrect?
(a) The central problem in economics is that of allocating scarce resources in such
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a manner that society’s unlimited nee ds are satisfied as well as possible.

(b) In mixed economy, the government and the private sector interact in solving the
basic economic questions.
(c) Microeconomics best describes the stud y of the behaviour of individual agents.
(d) An important theme in economics is that market systems are better than
command (socialistic) economies.
110. When a market is in equilibrium:
(a) no shorta ges exist.
(b) quantity demanded equals quantity supplied.
(c) a price is established that clears the market.
(d) all of the above are correct.
111. Which amon g the following is incorrect?
(a) India adopted planning as her way of life because she wanted to quicken
industrialization and economic development with optimum utilization of
resources and reduction of inequalities.
(b) Removal of poverty and the attainment of self reliance were two basic objectives
of the fifth plan.
(c) India has never been able to achieve its targeted rate of growth.
(d) The Second plan was a very ambitious plan as seeds of industrialization were
sowed.
112. Reserve Bank of India is the country’s:
(a) central bank.
(b) biggest commercial bank.
(c) biggest cooperative bank.
113. In infrastructure of an economy we in clude:
(a) power.
(b) transport.
(c) banking
114. Find the odd one out:
(a) State B ank of India.
(b) Reserve Bank of India.
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(c) Bank of Baroda.

(d) Bank of India .
115. Indian economy is mixed economy because:
(a) agriculture and industry have both simultaneously develo ped in India.
(b) agriculture and industry have both developed in the public sector.
(c) private ownership and public ownership over means of production co-exist.
116. What is the contribution of agriculture to National income in India?
(a) 44%.
(b) 22%.
(c) 34%.
(d) 50%.
PART II
117. In a -------------------budget re venue equals expenditure.
(a) balanced
(b) deficit
(c) surplus
(d) long term
118. Indian population registered a growth of 1.25% per annum during th e decade ------------.
(a) 1941-51
(b) 1961-71
(c) 1971-81
(d) 1981-91
119. India’s population recorded the maximum growth rate of 2.22 % per annum during the
decade ---------------------.
(a) 1941-51
(b) 1961-71
(c) 1971-81
(d) 1981-91
120. Suppose India’s GNP increased at an annual average rate of 6.6% during the Tenth
plan, presuming that the growth rate of po pulation is 2 per cent per annum; per capita
in come would increase at an annual average rate of----- ---------- -.
(a) 3.3%.
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(b) 4.6%.
(c) 6.6%.
(d) 2%.
121. About ------------------ area is rain fed in India.
(a) one third
(b) one half
(c) two third
(d) three fourth
122. The industrial production has grown at an annual average rate of ----- ------ during the
planning period.
(a) 10%
(b) 8%
(c) 3.5%
(d) 6.2%
123. After imposition of ceilings on the landholding in India, the total surplus area distributed
has been of the order of -----------------.
(a) 2.18 million hectares
(b) 2.98 million hectares.
(c) 5.58 million hectares.
(d) 10 million hectares.
124. Small scale sector contributes nearly _______ of the manufacturing exports in India.
(a) 60%
(b) 35%
(c) 45%
(d) 20%
125. India’s share in the world total services export in 2004 was --------------%.
(a) 5.2
(b) 1.9
(c) 8.2
(d) 3.5
126. Product method of calculating national income is also known as -----------------------.
(a) income method
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(b) value added method

(c) expenditure method
(d) di stri bution method
127. NDP is GDP minus _____________.
(a) depreciation.
(b) in direct taxes.
(c) subsidies
(d) NNP
128. At present direct taxes are around ---------- % of GNP.
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 5
129. Abolition of intermediaries and tenancy reforms are both parts of ----------------------------.
(a) industrial reforms in India.
(b) external sector reforms in India.
(c) la nd reforms in India.
(d) banking reforms in India.
130. A sick industrial unit is one --------------------------------------------.
(a) where most of the employees are sick.
(b) which is unable to perform its normal functions and activities of production of
goods and services at a reasonable profit on a sustained basis.
(c) which is unable to make profits more than 10 percent of its capital employed.
(d) which borrows money from bank for its fixed assets.
131. BPO stands for -----------------------------.
(a) Bharat Petr o Organisation
(b) Business Process Outsourcing
(c) Big Portfolio Outsourcing
(d) Business Partners Organisation
132. India accommodates ---------------- percent of the world’s population.
(a) 16.7%
(b) 11.4%
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(c) 15.1%
(d) 25.8%
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Questions 133 to 135 are based on Figure 1 which shows production possibilities
curve (PPC) for grape juice and wine.
P r od u c t io n po ss ib i li t ie s cu r v e
28 A
27 B
25
C
22
H
D
18
13 E
G
F
7
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Figure 1
133. The opportunity cost of increasing wine production from D to E is:
(a) 0 litres of grape juice.
(b) 5 litres of grape juice.
(c) 1 litre of wine.
(d) 0.2 litres of wine.
134. Assuming that the PPC does not shift, which of the following is true?
(a) Point A is desirable but is inefficient.
(b) Point D represents a more efficient allocation of resources than points A and F.
(c) Point H is desir able but is not attainable.
(d) If wine production equals 7 litres, the maximum amount of grape juice that can
be produced simultaneously is 28 litres.
135. The PPC in the diagram reflects:
(a) increasing opportunity cost of more wine production and constant opportunity
cost of more grape juice production.
(b) increasing opportunity cost of more wine production and decreasing opportunity
(c) decreasing opportunity cost of more wine production and decreasing cost of
more grape juice production.
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(d) increasing opportunity cost of more wine production and increasing cost of more
grape juice production.
Read the following paragraph and answer questions 136 and 137.
John is Jacqueline’s father. Both of them are unemployed. Jacqueline, a brilliant new
Ph.D in Economics, has turned down many job offers because she hopes eventually to
teach at one of the top ten univ ersities in her field. John (now age 54) lost his job as a
shipbuilder during the recession of 1991. His plant never reopened and he has very
specialized skills that are no longer in demand.
136. The type of unemployment Jacqueline is experiencing is
(a) frictional.
(b) structural.
(c) seasonal.
(d) cyclical.
137. The type of unemployment John is experiencing is
(a) frictional.
(b) structural.
(c) seasonal.
(d) cyclical.
PART IV
138. In the table below what will be equilibrium market price?
Table 2
Price (Rs.) Demand (tonnes per annum) Supply (tonnes per annum)
1 1000 400
2 900 500
3 800 600
4 700 700
5 600 800
6 500 900
7 400 1000
8 300 1100
(a) Rs.2
(b) Rs.3
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(c) Rs.4
(d) Rs.5
Read Table 3 and answer questions 139-143
Table 3
Labor Input Output Average Product Marginal Product
00------
2 25
4 90
6 120
8 140
10 14
12 10
139. At a labor input of 2, output is:
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 75.
140. At a labor input of 4, output per worker is:
(a) 20.
(b) 22.5.
(c) 45.
(d) 90.
141. At a labor input of 6, th e marginal product of labor is:
(a) 120.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.
142. Output per worker is maximized at a labour input of:
(a) 2
(b) 4
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(c) 6
(d) 8.
143. The firm’s output is at a short run maximum at a la bour input of :
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 2
Table 4 provides cost and price information for a firm calle d Comfy Cushions
(CC). The firm produces and sells cus hions using a fixed amount of capital
equipment but can change the level of inputs such as labour and materials. Read
Table 4 and answer questions 144-150
Table 4
Production Price Total Average Marginal Total Marginal
(Q) per unit cost total cost (MC) revenue Reve nue
(P) (TC) cost (TR) per unit
(ATC) ( MR)
0 250 500
1 240 730
2 230 870
3 220 950
4 210 1010
5 200 1090
6 190 1230
7 180 1470
8 170 1850
9 160 2410
144. What is the value of fixed cost incurred by CC?

(a) Rs. 250
(b) Rs. 730
(c) Rs.500.
(d) can not be determined.
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145. What is the average total cost when 5 units are produced?
(a) Rs. 218.
(b) Rs.1090.
(c) Rs. 730.
(d) Rs.210.
146. What is the marginal revenue (per unit) when production increases from 7 units to 8
units?
(a) 160.
(b) 140
(c) 120.
(d) 100.
147. What is the marginal cost when production increases fr om 3 to 4 units?
(a) 140
(b) 80
(c) 60
(d) 240
148. To maximize its profit or minimize its loss, what level of production should CC choose?
(a) 7 units.
(b) 6 units
(c) 4 units.
(d) 8 units.
149. At the profit maximizing level, what price should be charged?
(a) Rs. 190
(b) Rs. 200
(c) Rs. 210
(d) Rs. 220
150. Calculate CC’s maximum profit or minimum lo ss.
(a) Loss of Rs. 100
(b) Loss of Rs 60
(c) Profit of Rs. 90
(d) Loss of Rs. 90
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answer.
wrong answer.
PART I
151. If q : p is the su b duplicate ratio of q–x 2 : p–x 2 then x 2 is
p +q
(a) pq
pq
(b) q
p-
pq
(c) q
p+
(d) None of these.
152. If p : q = r : s, implies q : p = s : r, then the process is called
(a) Componendo.
(b) Invertendo.
(c) Alternendo.
(d) Dividendo.
153. The gender of a baby is and example of
(a) A variable.
(c) A continuous variable.
(d ) An attribute.
154. The co efficient of correlation
(a) Has no limits.
(b) Can be le ss than on e.
(c) Can be more than one.
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(d) Varies between ±1.

155. If two events A and B are dependent, the conditional p robability of B given A i.e.,
P(B/A ) is cal culated as
(a) P(AB)/P(B).
(b) P(A)/P(B) .
(c) P(AB)/P(A).
(d) P(A)/P(AB).
156. Time re versal test is satisfied when
(a) P 01
×P1 0 = 0
(b) P 01
×P1 0 = 1
(c) P 01
×P1 0 <1
(d) P 01
×P1 0 >1
157. The mean of binomial distribution is
(a) (np) 2
(b) np
(c) np
(d) None of these.

158. Standar d deviation of poisson distribution is
(a) m
(b) m 2
(c) m
(d) m 1/
159. If A has 70 elements, B has 32 elements and A I B has 22 elements then A U B is
(a) 60
(b) 124
(c) 80
(d) None of these.
160. Which of the following statements is not false?
(a) Scatter diagram fails to measure the extent of relation ship between the
variables.
(b) Scatter diagram can measure correlation only when the variables are having a
linear relationship.
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(c) Scatter diagram can measure correlation only when the variables are having a
non–linear relationship.
(d) None of these.
PART II
2
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161. The valu e of the integral will be__________for x dx.
x
x3 1 +c
(a) 3 –2x x
x3 1
(b) c + 2x + +
3 x
x3 1
(c) c - 2x - +
3 x
(d) None of these.
162. The derivative of log x.e x is _______ .
ex
(a) ) + e x (logx
x
-1
(b) ex logx
x
(c) e x (1+log x)
(d) None of these.
163. The null set is given by __________.
(a) f
(b) { f}
(c) 0
(d) {0}
164. Quartiles ar e values dividing a given set of observations into __________equal parts.
(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Ten
165. The data are known to be ________ if the data, as being already collected, are used by
a different person or agen cy.
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(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Specialized
(d) Subsidiary
166. The amount of non responses is likely to be maximum in ________ method of
collecting data.
(a) Telephone interview method
(b) Personal inte rview method
(c) Mailed questionnaire method
(d) Observation method
167. If two va riables x and y are independent then the correlation co efficient between x and
y is ______.
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Zero
(d) One
168. The slo pe of the equation x–y+5=0 is _________.
(a) 1
(b) –1
(c) 5
(d) –5
169. The cor relation between height and intelligence is ________.
(a) Zero
(b) Positive
(c) Negative
(d) None of these
170. The sixth term of a G.P with common ratio as 2 and first term being 5 is________.
(a) 160
(b) 32
(c) 800
(d) 64
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171. The gradient of the curve y=4x 2 –2x at x=1 is

(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) None of these.
172. Find the f o gfor the functions f (x) =x2 , g (x) = x+1
(a) x 2 (x+1)
(b) x 2
(c) x+1
(d) (x+1) 2
173. What is the annual rate of interest compounded annually doubles an investment in 2
years. Given that 2 = 1.4142135.
(a) 46.04125 %
(b) 14.142135
(c) 41.42135 %
(d) None of these .
174. lo g 8 + log 9 is expressed as
(a) log 72
(b) log 27
(c) log 8/9
(d) None of these.
175. The valu e of 8 C4 + 5 C4 is
(a) 29
(b) 24
(c) 30
(d) 27
- 10x 2x
176. Determine the value of lim
x 0 x
(a) 2
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 8
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177. Find the sum of progression 8,15,12 ............ 10 terms.

(a) 40
(b) 45
(c) –45
(d) 42
178. In how many difference ways 3 letters can be formed using the letters of the words
SPECIAL?
(a) 5040
(b) 6
(c) 840
(d) 450
179. Determine the value of x for the equation x 2 – 8x + 16 = 0
(a) 4, 4
(b) –4, –4
(c) 2, 6
(d) 6, 2
180. How much money should be invested to earn a monthly interest of Rs. 1800 at 9% per
annum simple interest.
(a) Rs. 120,000
(b) Rs. 240,000
(c) Rs. 200,000
(d) None of these.
181. Division of Rs. 1100 into 3 parts in the ratio of 4:5:6 is
(a) 293.33, 366.67, 440
(b) 200 : 500 : 400
(c) 400 : 300 : 400
(d) None of these.
3
182. Evaluate (x3 + x)dx
-3
(a) 0
(b) 3
(c) –3
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183. The denominator of a fraction exceeds the numerator by 7 and if the 2 is added to the
4 . Find the fraction.
denominator then th e fraction becomes 7
12
(a) 19
7
(b) 14
9
(c) 16
11
(d) 18
184. A firm plans purchase hens (x) for its canteen. There cannot be more than 20 hens.
This can be shown by
(a) x < 20
(b) x = 20
(c) x > 20
(d) None of these.
185. Compute the value of 8!
(a) 120
(b) 362880
(c) 720
(d) 40320
186. The sum of progression (a+b), a, (a–b)........n term is
n [2a+(n–1)b]
(a) 2
n [2a+(3–n)b]
(b) 2
n [2a+(3–n)]
(c) 2
n [2a+ (n–1)]
(d) 2
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p?
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/5
(d) 3/4
188. If with a rise of 10% in prices the salaries are increased by 20%, the real salary
in crease is by
(a) 10%
(b) More than 10%
(c) 20%
(d) Less than 10%
189. If A and B are mutually exclusive events and P(A) = 0.3 and P(B) = 0.4, find P(A B).
(a) 0.12
(b) 0.7
(c) 0.3
(d) None of these.
190. Two variables x and y are related by 10x+ 9y+8=0 and x =5, then y is
(a) 6.33
(b) –6.33
(c) 6.44
(d) –6.44
191. The mean salary for a group of 20 female workers is Rs. 5000 per month and that for a
group of 30 male workers is Rs. 6000 per month. What is combined mean salary?
(a) Rs. 5400
(b) Rs. 5500
(c) Rs. 5600
(d) Rs. 5700
192. The weight of 8 students expressed in kg. are 40,35,50,45,46,39,41,42. Find median
weight.
(a) 40.5
(b) 41
(c) 41.5
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(d) 42
193. If the relationship between x and y is given by 4x–6y=13 and if the median of x is 16.
Find median of y.
(a) 7.50
(b) 8.00
(c) 8.50
(d) None of these.
(Class interval) ( Freque ncy)
44 – 48 4
49 – 53 5
54 – 58 7
Total 16
Find width of class interval for the second class interval.
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 46
(d) 44 – 48
195. A bag contains 30 balls numbered from 1 to 30. One ball is drawn at random. The
probability that the number of the drawn ball will be multiple of 5 or 7 is
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/4
(d) None of these.
196. A card is drawn from a pack of playing cards and then another card is drawn without
the first being replaced. What is the probability of getting two kings?
(a) 7/52
(b) 1/221
(c) 3/221
(d) None of these.
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197. A and B are two events such that P(A) = 1/2 , P(B) = ¼ and P(A n B) = 1/5. Fi nd
P(A B).
(a) 4/5
(b) 11/20
(c) 3/5
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(d) None of these.
198. If u=(x 3 +1)5 and y=(x 3 +5x+7 ) then du
COMMON PROFICIENCY dy is TEST
10x(x2 + 1)4
(a) 5 Model Test Paper – BOS/CPT-8/2006
3x2 +
Time : 4 hours 10 (x2 + 1)4 Maximum Marks : 200
(b) 5
3x2 + The test is divided into four sections.
Please
(c) 5x(xfollow the 2instructions
+1)4 given in each section carefully and answer the questions.
(d) None of these.
199. Find Q 1 for the followin g observations.
14,16,13,15,20,18,19,22
(a) Questions
(ii) 14 11 to 20 are the fill in the blank based questions having four alternate
(b) 14.25
answer.
(c) 15
(d) 15.25
200. If each
thewr ong answer.
coefficient of correlation between two variables is – 0.2, then the coefficient of
determinatio
(iv) Questions n are
23 to 60 is numerical based questions, which have answers as numerical
(a) 0.8values and carry + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
(b) 0.2
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(c) 0.4
1.(d)It0.04
is generally assumed that the business will not liquidate in the near foreseeable
future because of
(a) Periodicity.
(b) Materiality.
(c) Matching .
(d) Going concern.
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(a) Capital is equal to assets plus liabilities.
(b) Assets is equal to liabilities minus capital.
(c) Liabilities is equal to capital plus assets.
(d) Capital is equal to assets min us liabilities.
3. Double column cash book records
(a) Only cash transactions.
(b) All transactions.
(c) Cash an d bank transactions.
(d) Cash purchase and cash sale transactio ns.
4. Errors of co mmission do not permit:
(a) Correct totaling of the trial balance.
(b) Correct totaling of the Balance sheet.
(c) Trial balance to agree.
5. All of th e following have debit balance except one. That account is:
(a) Wages account.
(b) Debtors accounts.
(c) Bills payable account.
(d) Goodwill.
6. The term depletion is used for
(a) Fixed assets.
(b) Natural resources.
(c) Intangible assets.
7. A bill of exchange requires
(a) Noting.
(b) Registration.
(c) Acceptance.
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8. According to the provisions of Reserve Ba nk of India Act, a promissory note cannot be

made payable to the:
(a) Bank.
(b) Endorser
(c) Bearer.
9. Rs.5,000 spent to remove a worn out pa rt and replace it with a new one is
(a) Capital expenditure.
(b) Revenue expenditure.
10. Outstanding salary account is:
(a) Real account
(b) Personal account
(c) Nominal account
PART II
11. Drawings are deducted from ________
(a) Sales
(b) Purchases.
(c) Expenses.
(d) Capital
12. The trail balan ce of Meghna shows the opening stock of Rs. 10,000, it will
be___________
(a) Debited to the trading account.
(b) Credited to the trading account.
(c) Deducte d from closing stock in the balance sheet.
(d) Added to closing stock in the balance sheet.
13. Purchase returns appearing in the trial balance are deducted from ____________
(a) Sales returns.
(b) Capital.
(c) Sales.
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(d) Purchases.
14. _______ will generally show a debit balance.
(a) Bank Loan.
(b) Bad debts recovered.
(c) Salary payable.
(d) Drawings.
15. Purchase of a fixed assets on credit basis is recorded in _____________
(a) Cash bo ok.
(b) Purchases book.
(c) Journal proper.
16. Accounting means recording of _________ ________.
(a) Transactions.
(b) Events.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b).
17. Unless given otherwise, the ratio of sacrifice is the same as________
(a) New profit sh aring ratio.
(b) Equal ratio
(c) Old profit sharing ratio.
18. The ratio in which the continuing partners acquire the outgoing (retired or dece ased)
partner’s share is called ________
(a) Sacrificing ratio.
(b) Gaining ratio.
(c) New profit sh aring ratio.
(d) Old profit sharing ratio.
19. A bill of exchange is called a________by one who is liable to pay it on the due date.
(a) Bill receivable.
(b) Noted bill of exchange.
(c) Bill payable.
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20. The amount of calls in arrear is deducted from_____________ to arrive at________.

(a) Issued capital, called up capital.
(b) Called up capital, issued capital.
(c) Paid up capital, calle d up capital.
(d) Called up capital, paid up capital
PART III
21. Smita places an order to Priya for supply of certain goods yet to be manufactured. On
receipt of order, Priya purchases raw materials ,employs workers, produces the go ods
and delivers them to Smita. In this case, sale will be presumed to have been made at
the time of
(a) Receipt of order.
(b) Production of goods.
(c) Delivery of goods.
(d) Purchase of raw material.
22. If a machinery is purchased for Rs. 1,00,000, the asset would be recorded in the books
at Rs. 1,00,000 even if its market value at that time happens to be Rs. 1,40,000. In
case a year after, the market value of this asset comes down to Rs. 90,000, it will
ordinarily continue to be shown at Rs 1,00,000 and not at Rs. 90,000 du e to
(a) Realization concept.
(b) Present value concept.
(c) Replacement co ncept.
(d) Cost concept.
PART IV
23. Mr. Shyam deposited a cheque on 28 t h March, 2006 for a sum of Rs.10,000. The
cheque was collected on 4 April, 2006. If the bank balance as per cash book on 31
t h st
March, 2006 is Rs.1,00,000, balance as per pass book will be

(a) Rs.1,10,000
(b) Rs.90,000
(c) Rs.1,00,0 00
24. If cost of goods sold is Rs.1,00,000, sales is Rs.1,25,000, closing stock is Rs.20,000,
the gross profit will be
(a) Rs.45,000
(b) Rs. 5,000
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(c) Rs. 25,000

25. X enters into a joint venture with Y. The goods were purchased by X and Y amounting
Rs.20,000 and Rs.40,000 respectively. Y incurred the expenses of Rs.5,000 and
received cash of Rs.1,000. Goods were sold by X and Y amounting Rs.22,000 and
Rs.39,000. Goods unsold were taken over by Y for Rs.2,000. The profit or loss on joint
venture is
(a) Profit of Rs. 2,000.
(b) Loss of Rs. 2,000.
(d) Loss of Rs.1,000
26. On 1 s t January, 2006, Mohan draws upon Sohan a bill of exchange at three months of
Rs.2,000 for mutu al accommodation. On 4t h January, 2006 Mohan discounts the bill @
6% per annum and sends half of the proceeds to Sohan. The amount of proceeds sent
to Sohan will be
(a) Rs.1,000
(b) Rs.970
(c) Rs.985
(d) Rs.2,000.
27. ABC Ltd. sells goods to its approved customers on sale or return basis at a profit of
20% on sales, treating as actual sales. On 26 t h March, 2006 goods co sting Rs.1 0,000
were sent to Annu Ltd. No confirmation has been received from Annu Ltd. till 31 st
March, 2006. The amount of stock with customers to be shown as closing stock in the
balance sheet of ABC Ltd. as on 31 s t March, 2006 will be
(a) Rs. 12,500
(b) Rs. 8,000
(c) Rs. 10,000
(d) Nil
28. Somesh and Ramesh are equal partners. Their capitals are Rs.40,000 and Rs.80,000
respectively. The accounts of the year were close d before providing interest @ 5% per
annum as per partnership agreement. To rectify this mistake they decided to pass an
adjustment entry between the partners. Therefore, Somesh account need to be debited
by
(a) Rs.2,000
(b) Nil
(c) Rs.1,000
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29. A,B and C are partners in the ratio of 3:2:1. D is admitted in the firm for 1/6 th share in
profits. C would retain his original share. The new profit sharing ratio between A,B,C
and D will be
(a) 12:8:5:5
(b) 8:12:5:5
(c) 5:5:12:8
(d) 5:5:8:12.
30. Menu and Renu are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2:3 with capitals
of Rs.20,00 0 and Rs.10,000. The partnership deals provides for interest on capital @
6% per annum. Trading profits of the firm for the year ended 31 s tMarch, 2006 are
Rs.1500. The amount of profit or loss apportioned between Menu and Renu are
(a) Loss of Rs.300.
(b) No profit no loss.
(c) Profit of Rs.1,000.
(d) Profit of Rs.1500.
31. A fir m earns profit of Rs.1,10,000. The normal rate of return in a similar type of
business is 10%. The value of total assets (excluding goodwill) and total outside
liabilities are Rs.11,00,000 and Rs.1,00,000 respectively. The value of goodwill is
(a) Rs.1,00,0 00
(b) Rs.10,00,000
(c) Nil.
32. The cost of stock as per physical verification of Bharat Ltd. on 10 t h Ap ril, 2006 was
Rs.1,20,000. The following tra nsactions took place betweens 1April,

t 2006 to 10 th April,
2006:
Cost of goods sold Rs.10,000
Cost of goods purchased Rs.10,000
Purchase returns Rs.1,000
The valu e of inventory as per books on 31 st March, 2006 will be
(a) Rs. 1,19,000.
(b) Rs. 1,11,000.
(c) Rs. 1,21,000.
(d) Rs. 1,20,000.
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33. The following data has been provided by Omega Ltd.:

Item No. Units Cost per unit Realization value per unit
1 2 10 11
2 10 5 4
3 2 2 2
The value of inventory on item by item basis will be
(a) Rs. 40.
(b) Rs.64.
(c) Rs.66.
(d) Rs.60.
34. Sushila’s business disclosed the following profits for the last three years:
2003 Rs.40,000 (including an abnormal gain of Rs.5,000)
2004 Rs.50,000 (After charging an abnormal loss of Rs.10,000)
The valu e of goodwill on the basis of one year purcha se of the average profit of last two
years is:
(a) Rs.45,000.
(b) Rs.37,500
(c) Rs.47,500
35. Ram sells goods for Rs.1,00,000 to Hari on 1 s t January, 2006 and on the same day
draws a bill on Hari at three months for the amount. Hari accepts it and returns it to
Ram, who discounts it on 4 t hJanuary, 2006 with his ba nk at 12% per an num.
The discounting charges are:
(a) Rs.12,000
(b) Rs.4,000
(c) Rs.3,000
(d) Nil
36. Nidhi started her business with capital of Rs.45,000 on 1 s tJanuary, 2006. Interest on
drawings Rs.5,000 and interest on capital Rs.2,00 0 were appearing in the Profit and
Loss A /c for the year ended 31st December, 2006. Nidhi withdrew Rs.14,000 during the
year and profit earned during the year amounted to Rs.15,000. Her capital on 31 st
December, 2006 is
(a) Rs. 67,000.
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(b) Rs. 47,000.

(c) Rs.45,000.
(d) Rs. 43,000.
37. The accountant of M/s ABC & Bros. paid personal income tax for the proprietor
amounting Rs.10,000. This income tax should be
(a) To be added to capital.
(b) To be credited to Profit & Loss Account.
(c) To be debited to Tr ading Account.
(d) To be deducted from capital.
38. Suresh’s Trial balance provides you th e following information:
Bad debts Rs.10,000
Provision for doubtful debts Rs.15,000
Suresh wants to make a provision of Rs.20,000 at the end of the year. The amount
debited to the Profit & Loss Account is:
(a) Rs. 45,000
(b) Rs. 5,000
(c) Rs. 15,000
39. Following are the extracts from the Trial Balance of a firm as at 31 March, 2006:
st
Name of Account Debit Balance Credit Balance

Rs. Rs.
Salaries 16,000
P.F. deducted from salaries 1,000
Provide for employer’s share of P.F. equivalent to employee’s share to P.F. The
amount at which salaries expense will be sh own in the Profit and Loss A/c is
(a) Rs.15,000
(b) Rs.17,000
(c) Rs.16,000
40. Dinesh Garments purchased a machine for Rs.50,000 and spent Rs.6,000 on its
erection. On the date of purchase it was estimated that the effective life of the machine
will be ten years and after ten years its scrap valu e will be Rs.6,000. The amount of
depreciation for each ye ar on straight line basis is
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(a) Rs.5,000.
(b) Rs. 5,600
(c) Rs.6,000
41. Xeta Ltd. was formed as a Public Limited Company with an authorized capital of
Rs.20,00,000 divided into shares of Rs.10 each. Xeta Ltd. issued fully paid up shares
of Rs.10/- each in consideration of acquiring assets worth Rs.3,80,000 from M/s Rahim
Bros. The shares are issued at a premium of 20%. To record this transaction, share
capital need to be credited by
(a) Rs.3,80,000
(b) Rs.76,000.
(c) Rs.2,00,000
(d) Rs.3,04,000
42. Mr. Rajiv was the holder of 200 share s of Rs.10 each in RPG Ltd. upon which Rs.5 per
share had been called up but he had paid only Rs.2.5 per share thereon. The company
forfeited his shares and afterwards sold them to Satbir, credited as Rs.5 per share paid
for Rs.900. The amount to be transferred to capital reserve is:
(a) Rs.300
(b) Rs.500
(c) Rs.400
43 . A Ltd. Company forfeited 1000 equity shares of Rs.10 each, issued at a discount of
10%, for no n-payment of first call of Rs.2 and second call of Rs.3 per share. For
recording this forfeiture, calls in arrear account will be credited by:
(a) Rs. 4,000.
(b) Rs. 1,000.
(c) Rs. 5,000.
(d) Rs. 10,000.
44. A fire broke out on 30 t h March, 2006 in the godown of Mahesh stock of invoice value
Rs.1,600 was destroyed. The goo ds are invoiced at 25% ab ove cost. The insurance
company admitted claim of 50% only. The insurance claim will be:
(a) Rs. 640.
(b) Rs. 600.
(c) Rs. 800.
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45. Salary has been paid for 11 months from April 20 05 to February, 2006 amounting
Rs.22,000. The amount of outstanding salary shown in the balance sheet will be:
(a) Rs.1833.
(b) Rs.2,000.
(c) Rs.1,000.
46. On 1 s t April, 2005 Raghu invested capital of Rs.2,00,000. He withdrew Rs.50,000
during the year. Interest on drawings is provided @ 10% per annum. The amount of
interest on drawings deducted from capital is:
(a) Rs. 5,000
(b) Rs. 15,000
(c) Rs. 2,500
(d) Rs.7,500
47. The Ba nk Account of Mukesh was balanced on 31 s tMarch, 2006. It showed an
overdraft of Rs.50,000. It was observed that one cheque amounting Rs.20,000

deposited but not collected by bank till 31 st March. Bank charges of Rs.500 were also
charged by the bank during March but accounted in the book of Mukesh on April 4,
2006. The bank statement of Mukesh shows balance of:
(a) Rs.70,500
(b) Rs.69,500
(c) Rs.70,000
(d) Rs.50,000.
48. Rs.5,000 was spent by Mrs. Saroj for addition to machinery in order to increase the
production capacity. The amount is:
(a) Revenue in nature.
(b) Deferred revenue in nature.
(c) Capital in nature.
(d) Liability in nature.
49. Mr Prakash sells good s at 20% above cost. His sales were Rs.10,20,000 during the
year. However, he sold damaged goods for Rs.20,000 costing Rs.30,000. This sale is
in cluded in Rs.10,20,000. The amount of gross profit is:
(a) Rs. 1,90,000
(b) Rs.2,50,0 00
(c) Rs.2,40,0 00
(d) Rs.2,00,000.
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50. The total of the debit and credit side of Mr. Rajiv as on 31 s t March, 2006 were
Rs.20,000 and Rs.10,000 respectively. The difference was transferred to suspense

account. On 4 th April, 2006, it was found that the total of purchase returns book was
carry forward as Rs.1,500 instead of Rs.1,400. The balance of the suspense account
after the rectification of this error will be:
(a) Rs.10,000.
(b) Rs. 9,900.
(c) Rs. 11,500.
(d) Rs.10,100.
51. Capital intro duced by Mr. A on 1.4.2006 Rs. 3,00,000; further capital introduced during
the year was Rs. 50,000 in the mid of the year. Mr. A withdre w Rs. 2,000 per month
and the profit earned during the year was Rs. 20,000. Capital as on 31.3.2006 was
(a) Rs. 3,94,000.
(b) Rs. 3,46,000.
(c) Rs. 2,94,000.
52. Goods costing Rs10,000 sent out to consignee at Cost + 25%. Invoice value of the
goods will be
(a) Rs.12,500.
(b) Rs.12,000.
(c) Rs.10,000.
53. A, B and C are the partners sharing profits in the ratio 1:1:2. C died on 30 t h June 2006
and profits for the accounting year ended on 31 st December, 2006 were Rs. 24,000.
How much share in profits for the period 1 s tJanuary,2006 to 30 t h June,2006 will be
credited to C’s Account.
(a) Rs. 12,000.
(b) Rs. 6,000 .
(c) Nil.
(d) Rs. 3,000.
54. A purchased a car for Rs. 5,00,000, making a down payment of Rs. 1,00,000 and
signing a bill payable of Rs. 4,00,000. As a result of this transaction
(a) Assets will increase by Rs. 5,00,000.
(b) Liabilities will increase by Rs. 4,00,000.
(c) Assets will increase by Rs. 4,00,000.
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55. Rekha purchased a machinery for Rs. 50,000 on 1.4.2006. She paid electricity and and
salary amounting Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 2,000 respectively. Telephone bill amou nting Rs.
200 was outstanding on 31.3.2006. The amount of expenses for the year ended 31 st
March, 2006 will be

(a) Rs. 53,200.
(b) Rs. 3,000.
(c) Rs. 53,000.
(d) Rs. 3,200.
56. Goods costing Rs. 10,000 is supplied to Ram at an invoice price of 10% above cost and
a trade discount of 5%. The amount of sales is
(a) Rs. 11,000.
(b) Rs. 10,450.
(c) Rs. 10,500.
57. Gauri paid Rs. 1,000 towards a debt of Rs. 1,050, which was written off as bad debt in
the previous year. Gauri’s account should be credited with
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1,050.
(c) Nil
58. Ramesh, an employee of salary Rs. 10,000 per month withdrew good s worth Rs. 1,500
for personal use and got salary of Rs. 9,000 in ca sh in the month of March, 2006. The
excess payment of Rs. 500 should be debited to
(a) Salaries account.
(b) Goods account.
(c) Drawing account.
(d) Salaries paid in advance account.
59. An old furniture was purchased for Rs. 10,000 , it was repaired for Rs. 100.The repairs
account should be debited by
(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.10,100
(c) Rs.100.
(d) Nil.
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60. Rs. 1,000 paid as rent to Krishna, the landlord, was debited to Krishan’s personal
account. This error will
(a) Affect the trial balance.
(b) Not affect the trial balance.
(c) Affect the suspense account.
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answer.
PART I
61. A wager means:
(a) A promise to give money or money’s worth upon the determination or
ascertainment of an uncertain future event.
(b) A promise to give money or money’s worth upon the determination or
ascertainment of a certain future event.
(c) A promise to give money or money’s worth upon the happening of future event
the outcome if which is pre determined.
(d) A promise to give money or money’s worth upon the non-happ ening of certain
future events the outcome if which is pre determined.
of the contract show a different inte ntion:-
(a) Condition as to wholesomeness.
(b) Sale by description as well as by sample.
(c) Condition as to quality or fitness.
63. Jus in personam means:
(a) A right against or in respect of a thing.
(b) A right against or in respect of a person.
64. Which of the following is not correct:
(a) Partner of firm cannot enter into a contract with the partnership firm.
(b) A member of a company can enter into a contract with the company.
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(c) Partner of a firm can enter into a contract with the partnership firm.
65. Relations of partners to one another is dealt is govern ed by the following Section of
The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
(a) 1-8.
(b) 9-17.
(c) 18-27.
(d) 28-36.
66. Delivery of goods in case of transit made by handing over documents of title to goods is
67. Contracts may be classified on the basis of their validity, formation or performance.
Contracts classified on the basis of performance are of the following types:
(a) Executed Contracts.
(b) Executory Contracts.
(c) Partly Executed or Partly Executory Contracts.
68. A share certificate
(a) Allo ws the person named therein to transfer the share mentioned therein by
mere endor sement on the back of the certificate.
(b) Allo ws the person named therein to transfer the share mentioned therein by
mere delivery of the certificate.
(c) Allo ws the person named therein to transfer the share mentioned therein by
mere endorsement on the back of the certificate and the delivery of the
certificate.
69. A person employed to do any act for another or to represent another in dealings with
the third parties is:
(a) Principal.
(b) Agent.
(c) Servant.
(d) Bailee.
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70. Coercion involves:

(a) Physical Force or Threat.
(b) Mental Pressure.
(c) Both (a) and (b ).
(d) None of the Above.
71. Implied authority of the partner does not empower him to
(a) Submit a dispute relating to the business of the firm to arbitration.
(b) Withdraw a suit or proceedings filed on behalf of the firm.
(c) Both (a) & (b).
72. A proposal may be revoked in the following ways:
(a) By notice of revo cation.
(b) By lapse of time.
(c) By death or insanity.
(a) Recission must be communicated to the other party in the same manner as a
proposal is co mmunicated.
(b) Recission must be revoked in the same manner as a proposal is communicated.
(c) Communication of recission is optional.
(d) Both (a) & (b)
74. Which of the following statement is / are correct?
(a) The general rule is “ unless otherwise agreed, the goods re main at the seller’s
risk until the property therein is transferred to the buyer, but when the property
therein is transferred to the buyer, the goods are at the buyer’s risk whether
delivery has been made or not”.
(b) Where the delivery of the goods has been delayed through th e fault of either the
buyer or the seller, the goods are at the risk of the party in fault as regards any
lo ss which might not have occu rred but for such fault.
(c) In ordinary circumstances, risk is borne by the buyer only when th e prop erty in
the goods passes over to him. However, the parties may by special agreement
stip ulate that risk will pass sometime after or before the property has passed.
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75. A fraudulently informs B that A’s estate is free from incumbrance. B thereupon buys the
estate. The estate is subject to mortgage. Now
(a) B may avoid the contract.
(b) B may insist upon its performance.
(c) B may get the mortgage debt redeemed.
76. Dissolution of a firm may take place in the following manner:
(a) Compulsory dissolution.
(b) Dissolution by agreement.
(c) By intervention of the court.
77. Dissolution by agreement is:
(a) Dissolution by the adjudication of all the partners or of all the partners but one
as insolvent.
(b) Dissolution as a result of any agreement between all the partners.
(c) Dissolution by the business of the firm becoming unlawful.
78. Misrepresentation means and includes:
(a) The positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the
person making it, of that which is not true, though he believes it to be true.
(b) Any breach of duty, which, without an intention to deceive, gains an adva ntage
to the person committing it, or any one claiming under him, by misleading
another to his prejudice or to the prejudice of any one claiming under him.
(c) Causing, however innocently, a party to an agreement to make a mistake as to
the substance of the thing which is the subject of the agreeme nt.
79. A person may be admitted as a new partner:-
(a) In accordance with a contract between the existing partners or with the consent
of all the existing partners.
(b) In accordance with a contract between the existing partners or with the consent
of all the existing partners subject to the provisions of Section 30 of the Act.
(c) After obtaining specific approval of the Registrar of Firms & S ocieties, to this
effect.
(d) By simply taking the consent of the new partner.
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PART II
80. The Doctrine of Privity of Contract states that________________________.
(a) A contract cannot confer any right on one who is not a party to th e contract,
even though the very object of the contract may have been to benefit him
(b) A contract can co nfer right on one who is not a party to the contract, if the
contract benefits him
(c) A contract always confers right on on e who is not a party to the contract
(d) A contract can confer rights on strangers
81. A proposes by letter, to sell a house to B at a certain price. A re vokes his proposal by
telegram. The revocation is complete as against B when____________.
(a) A writes the telegram but the same has not been sent to B
(b) A dispatches the telegra m
(c) B receives the telegram
(d) B responds to the telegram
82. The India n Contract Act, 1872 came into operation on and from_______________.
(a) 1 st October, 1872
(b) 1 st July, 1872
(c) 15 th Au gust, 1872
(d) 1 st September, 1872
83. In case of a contract of guarantee______________________.
(a) There is only one contract
(b) There are two contracts
(c) There are three contracts
(d) There are actually only agreements and no contracts
84. In case of a sale the risk of loss resulting from the insolvency of the buyer is borne
by_______________.
(a) The seller
(b) The buyer
(d) General Insurance Company of India
85. Agreement to sale is an____ ___________________.
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86. Suit for specific performance & suit for injunction___________ ______.
(a) Are remedies which provide the same result
(b) Are different remedies and they provide different results
(c) Are not the correct way to act against the party committing the breach
(d) Are the only correct way to act against the party committing the breach
87. Contracting parties may not remain same in______________.
(a) Remission
(b) Recission
(c) Novatio n
(d) Alteration
88. The liabilities of a minor when admitted to the benefits of the
partnership____ ____________.
(a) Is confined to his share of the profits and property in the firm
(b) Is sa me as that of any other partner in the firm
(c) Is similar as that of any other partner in the firm
(d) Is unlimited
89. Recission means_________________________.
(a) Substituting a new contract for the old one
(b) Cancellation of the old contract
(c) Modifying or alterin g the terms of contract such that it has the effect of
substituting a new contract for the old one
(d) Dispensing away the performance of the promise made by the other party
90. Registration of a partnership firm is______________.
(a) Compulsory from the beginning
(b) Not compulsory till first five years of beginning of the partnership
(c) Not compulsory at all
(d) Compulsory only if the Registrar of Firms, gives an order in this regard
91. A person to whom money has been paid, or anything delivered by
mistake________________ __.
(a) Becomes the owner of such money or those goods
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(b) Must repay the money or return those goods

(c) Is allowed to sell the goods and retain the money realized from such sale
(d) Has no obligatio n to return the money, he may do so only a good gesture
92. Delivery by attornment is _______________________.
(a) Actual Delivery
(c) Symbolic Delivery
(d) Physical Delivery
93. In case of a n agreement to sell, the aggrieved party___________________.
(a) Can sue for price
(b) Can sue for damages
(c) Can sue the buyer for injunction
94. Return of go ods is possible in case of ________________________.
(a) Sale
(b) Bail ment
(c) Exchange
95. ‘Buye r’ means a person who_______________________.
(a) Buys goods
(b) Agrees to buy goods
(c) Has bought goods
(d) Buys or agrees to buy goods
96. The appropriation must be made by______________________ _.
(a) The seller with the assent of the buyer
(b) The buyer with the assent of the seller
(c) The buyer or the seller with or without the assent of the othe r
(d) Both (a) & (b)
97. Partner by holding out is also known as___________________________.
(a) Active Partner
(b) Dormant Partner
(c) Partner by estoppel
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(d) Partner by stoppage

98. Interest on capital subscribed by a partner may be provided for in the partnership deed
is _________________.
(a) @ 6% per annum, provided it is payable only out of profits
(b) @ 8% per annum, provided it is payable only out of profits
(c) @ 8.5% per annum, provided it is payable only out of profits
(d) At any rate, provided it is payable only out of profits
PART III
99. A had offered B, a price of Rs.10, 00,000/- for B’s flat. But B was not ready to sell the
flat at all. A says to B that “I shall kill you if you don’t agree to sell me your house for
Rs.10, 00,000/-”. B thereafter did all that was the desire of A in order to save his life.
What is immediate answer?
(a) A can enforce the contract.
(b) B can enforce the contract.
(c) A has applied coercion.
(d) The contract is unenforceable.
100. A had offered B, a price of Rs.10, 00,000/- for B’s flat. But B was not ready to sell the
flat at all. A says to B that “I shall kill you if you don’t agree to sell me your house for
Rs.10, 00,000/-”. B thereafter did all that was the desire of A in order to save his life.
Choose the most suitable statement for the purpose of finding out remedy for B.
(a) A has applied coercion.
(b) A has done fraud with B.
(c) A is guilty of misbehaving with B.
(d) A has an anti-social nature.
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(iii) Questions 133 to 137 co ntain small paragraph / table followed by a question having only
one correct answer and carries + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for
each wr ong answer.
PART I
(a) In a two-good economy, the production possibilities frontier reflects the
maximum amount of one good that can be produced when a given amount of the
other good is produce d.
(b) Microeconomics is the study of the behaviour of the economy as a whole.
(c) Positive economics fo cuses on welfare of the people of a society.
(a) The cross elasticity of demand for two substitutes is positive.
(b) The income elasticity of demand is the percentage change in quantity demanded
of a good due to a change in the price of a substitute.
(c) The cross elasticity of demand for two complements is negative.
(d) The price elasticity of demand is always negative, except for Giffen goods.
103. Which of the following situation does not lead to an increase in equilibrium price?
(a) An increase in demand, without a change in supply.
(b) A decrease in supply accompanied by an increase in demand.
(c) A decrease in supply without a change in demand.
(d) An increase in supply accompanied by a decrease in demand.
104. “I am making a loss, b ut with the rent I have to pay, I can’t afford to shut down at this
point of time.” If this entrepren eur is atte mpting to maximize profits or minimize losses,
his behaviour in the short run is:
(a) rational, if the firm is covering its variable cost.
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(b) rational, if the fir m is covering its fixed costs.

(c) irrational, since plant closing is necessary to eliminate losses.
(d) irrational, since fixed costs are eliminated if a firm shuts down.
105. An individual firm in a perfectly competitive market faces a demand curve which is:
(a) downward sloping.
(b) relatively in elastic.
(c) perfectly elastic.
(d) upward sloping.
106. A fir m’s production function :
(a) shows ho w much output and the level of input required for the firm to maximize
profits.
(b) establishes the minimum level of ou tput that can be produced using the
available resources.
(c) shows the maximum output that can be produced with a given amount of inputs
with available technology.
(d) shows labour force which is employed
107. The law of diminishing returns:
(a) states that be yond some level of a variable input, the average product of that
variable input begins to increase steadily.
(b) assumes that there is technological improvement over time.
(c) states that beyond some level of a variable input, the marginal product of that
variable begins to decrease steadily.
(d) informs a firm whether or not to use a factor input.
(a) If marginal revenue is positive and falling, total revenue will rise at a decre asing
rate.
(b) Total revenue is equal to price times the quantity sold.
(c) Under perfect competition, total revenue is equal to marginal revenue times the
quantity sold.
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Table 1
Output Total Costs
00
1 15
2 35
3 60
4 92
5 140

(a) decreasing returns to scale.
(b) constant returns to scale.
(d) positive fixed costs.
110. Monopolies are allocatively inefficient beca use:
(a) they restrict the outp ut to keep the price higher than under perfect competition.
(b) they charge a price higher than the marginal cost.
(c) both (a) and (b) are correct.
(d) both (a) and (b) are incorrect.
(a) Countries which are industrially well-developed generally have higher per capita
income than countries which are not.
(b) India is a capital surplus economy.
(c) Agriculture sector need not depend upon industrial sector for its growth.
112. EAS stands for
(a) Easy Assistance scheme.
(b) Endless Assistance scheme.
(c) Employment Assurance Scheme.
(d) Employment Assessment scheme.
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113. The effect of in crease CRR will be reduced or nullified if:

(a) Bank rate is reduced.
(b) securities are sold in the open market.
(c) SLR is increased.
(d) people do not borrow from non-banking institutions
114. Privatization in India has taken place in all of the cases except
(a) CMC
(b) BALCO
(c) VSNL
115. What percent of the sick units in In dia are big units?
(a) 10 percent
(b) 2 percent
(c) 30 percent
(d) 98 percent.
116. Which amon g the following is an indirect tax?
(a) Income tax
(b) Wealth tax
(c) Custom duty
(d) Gift tax
PART II
117. At th e time of Independence and a number of years thereafter cotton textiles, jute and
tea accounted for more than __________% of our export earnings.
(a) 50
(b) 70
(c) 80
(d) 90
118. According to the latest available data, the bed-population ratio in India is -------------pe r
thousand population.
(a) 3.2
(b) 9.5
(c) 11.5
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(d) 20.3
119. According to the latest UNDP report, 2005 India’s relative global rating on this index is
------------- among 177 countries.
(a) 150
(b) 177
(c) 127
(d) 5
120. According to the latest NSSO (2004) data, the percentage of people living below
poverty line has _________ co mpared to the previous (1999) data.
(a) increased
(b) remained same
(c) decreased
(d) can’t say
121. According to the Tenth Plan estimates, around _____________ million persons years
were unemployed in 2001-02.
(a) 40.72
(b) 12.12
(c) 45.12
(d) 34.85
122. As compared to the targeted growth rate of 8.2% per annum in industrial production,
the actual growth rate was ___________% per annum during the Ninth Plan.
(a) 9.4
(b) 5.2
(c) 6.5
(d) 7.5
123. The valu e added by the industrial sector in the GDP (2004) is __________.
(a) 26%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 19%.
(d) 32%.
124. The small scale sector in India employs nearly _______________ lakh people.
(a) 67
(b) 23
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(c) 100
(d) 283
125. GDP at factor cost is equal to GDP at market price minus indirect taxes plus
_________________.
(a) depreciation
(b) direct taxes
(c) foreign investments
(d) subsidies
126. Net domestic expenditure is consumption expenditure plus ____________________.
(a) net foreign investment
(b) net foreign investment plus net domestic investment
(c) net domestic investment
(d) replacement expenditure
127. Custom duties are levied on _________________ _____.
(a) in comes of the individual
(b) production of goods
(c) export an d import of goods
(d) in comes of the corporate
128. Demand for final consumptio n arises in __ __________________.
(a) household sector only
(b) government sector only
(c) both household and government se ctors
(d) neither household nor government sector
129. The share of direct taxes in the gross tax revenue (Center and States combined) was
__________% in 2005-06.
(a) 66
(b) 34
(c) 25
(d) 75
130. According to census 2001 the sex ratio (number of females per 1000 males) in India is
_________________.
(a) 933
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(b) 941
(c) 927
(d) 930
131. If cinema halls are making losses they should lower the ticket fares. The suggested
remedy would only work if the demand for watching movies in cinema halls had a price
elasticity of _____________________.
( a) zero
(b) greater than zero but less th an one.
(c) one
(d) greater than one
132. The Tenth Plan aims to reduce pove rty ratio to ______ ______% by 2007.
(a) 12.3
(b) 19.3
(c) 14.3
(d) 18.3
PART III
D1 are the original demand and supply curves. D2, D3, S2 and S3 are possible new
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133. If Figure 1 represents the market for Mars Bars, the initial equilibrium is at the
intersection of S1 and D1. The new equilibrium if there is an increase in cocoa prices
will be:
(a) Point 3
(b) Point 9
(c) Point 4
(d) Point 2.
134. In Figure 1 (which represents the market for Mars B ars), the initial equilibrium is at the
intersection of S1 and D1. The new equilibrium if there is rapid economic growth and
the govern ment also imposes a tax on mars bars is:
(a) Point 3.
(b) Point 9.
(c) Point 2.
(d) Point 6.
135. In Figure 1(which represents the market for Mars Bars), the initial equilibrium is at the
intersection of S1 and D1. The new equilibrium if there is a health scare about the
effect mars bars may have is:
(a) Point 2.
(b) Point 9.
(c) Point 3.
(d) Point 6.
intersection of S1 and D1. Assuming that mars bars are an inferior good, the new
equilibrium if there is a recession and wages of workers producing them fall is :
(a) Point 2
(b) Point 7
(c) Point 3
(d) Point 6
intersection of S1 and D1. Assume that the price of sugar falls and at the same time
there is a technological advancement in the production of mars bars. The new
equilibrium will be:
(a) Point 2
(b) Point 7
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(c) Point 3
(d) Point 6
PART IV
138. A bo ok seller e stimates that if she increases the price of a book from Rs.60 to Rs.67,
the quantity of books demanded will decrease from 2 035 to 1 946. The book’s price
elasticity of demand is approximately
(a) 0.4
(b) 0.8
(c) 1.0
(d) 2.5
139. Concerned about the poor state of the economy, a car dealer estimates that if income
decreases by 4 per cent, car sales will fall from 352 to 335. Consequently, the income
elasticity of demand for cars is approximately
(a) –1.2
(b) 0.01
(c) 0.4
(d) 1.2
A competitive firm sells as much as of its product as it chooses at a market price of Rs
200 per unit. Its fixed cost is Rs 600 and its variable costs (in rupees) for different levels
of production are shown in the following ta ble. Use Ta ble 2 to answer questions 140-
144.
Table 2
Quantity Variable Fixed Total Average Average Marginal
cost cost cost variable total cost
cost cost
00---
5 500
10 940
15 1400
20 1960
25 2700
30 3700
35 5040
40 6800
45 9060
50 11900
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140. When production is 40 units, the average total cost is

(a) Rs. 8.80
(b) Rs.15
(c) Rs. 170
(d) Rs. 185
141. In the table marginal cost per unit that corresponds to 40 units of production is
(a) Rs. 44
(b) Rs.170
(c) Rs.352
(d) Rs.1760
142. To maximize profit, the firm should produce
(a) 15 units
(b) 30 units
(c) 35 units
(d) 50 units
143. If the market price drops from Rs 200 to Rs 112, the firm’s short run response should
be
(a) shut down
(b) produce 5 units
(d) continue to prod uce the sa me number of units as before the drop in price.
144. If the market price rises from Rs 200 to Rs 352, the firm’s short run response should be
(a) shut down
(d) continue to prod uce the sa me number of units as before the increase in price.
145. Suppose a shopkeeper buys inputs worth Rs 2,00,000 and his sales are worth Rs
4,00,000 in a month. The input tax rate is 4% and output tax rate is 10%. What is Value
added tax here after set off of input tax credit?
(a) Rs. 32,000
(b) Rs 8000
(c) Rs. 4,0000
(d) Rs. 20,000
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146. If the quantity of blankets demanded increases from 4600 to 5700 in response to a
decrease in their price from Rs 220 to Rs 190, the price elasticity of demand for
blankets is
(a) 0.69
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.46
(d) 2 .6 6
147. The cross elasticity of monthly de mand for gel pen when the price of refills increases by
20% and demand for gel pens falls by 30% is equal to:
(a) - 0.71
(b) + 0.25.
(c) - 0.19.
(d) - 1.5.
148. The cross elasticity of monthly demand for ink pen when the price of gel pen increases
by 25% and deman d fo r ink pen increases by 50% is equal to:
(a) + 2.00.
(b) - 2.00.
(c) - 2.09.
(d) + 2.09.
Read the following table and answer question number 149 -150 .
Table 3
Number of products Total utility Marginal utility
00-
1 3600
2 6800
3 9600
4 12000
5 14000
6 15600
7 16800
8 17600
9 18000
149. What is marginal utility when consu mption increases from 4 units to 5 units?
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(a) 3000.
(b) 1200.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1500.
150. What is marginal utility when consu mption increases from 8 units to 9 units?
(a) 3000.
(b) 400.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1500.
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answer.
(iii) Questions 171 to 200 are numerical based questions, which has answers as numerical
value and carry + 1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
PART I
151. This method presents data with the help of a paragraph or a number of paragraphs.
(a) Tabular presentation.
(b) Textual presentation.
(c) Diagrammatic r epresentatio n.
(d) None of these.
152. If two events A and B are inde pendent, the probability that they will both occur is given
by
(a) P(A) + P(B)
(b) P(A) X P(B)
(c) P(A) – P(B)
(d) P(A)/P(B)
153. The normal curve is
(a) Positively skewed.
(b) Negatively skewed.
(c) Symmetrical.
(d) All of these.
154. If x denotes height o f a group of students expressed in cm. a nd y denotes their weight
expressed in kg. , then the correlation coefficient between height and weight
(a) Would be shown in kg.
(b) Would be shown in cm.
(c) Would be shown in kg. and cm.
(d) Would be free from any unit.
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155. The base of log 6

13 into the common logarithmic base is
log 10
(a) 13 6
log
6
log 6
(b) 13 10
log
10
log10 13
(c) 6
log10
(d) None of these .
156. Data collected on minority from the census reports are
(a) Primary data.
(b) Secondary data.
(c) Discrete da ta.
(d) Continuous data.
157. The nation ality of a person is an example of
(a) A variable.
(d) An attribute.
158. The total sum of the values of a given year divided by th e sum of the values of the base
year is a
(a) Price index.
(b) Quantity index.
(c) Value index.
(d) None of these.
159. Find the first derivative of y=log e x
1
(a) x
(b) e.log x
1e
(c) x
(d) None of these.
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160. Fisher’s ideal index is

(a) Arithmetic mean of Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s index.
(b) Median of Laspeyre’s and Paasche’s index.
(c) Geometric mean of Lasp eyre’s and Paasche’s index.
(d) None of these.
PART II
161. __________ is the upper part of the table, describing the columns and sub columns.
(a) Box head
(b) Stub
(c) Caption
(d) Body
162. The correlation between sale of cold drinks and day temperature is ________.
(a) Zero
(b) Positive
(c) Negative
(d) None of these
163. In case o f a ________, plotted points on a scatter diagram lie from lower left corner to
upper right corner.
(a) Zero correlation
(b) Negative correlation
(c) Positive correlation
(d) Simple corr elation
164. The ______ the size of the sample more reliable is the resu lt.
(a) Medium
(b) Smaller
(c) Larger
(d) None of these
165. _________ are the values dividing a given set of observations into ten equal parts.
(a) Quartiles
(b) Deciles
(c) Centiles
(d) None of these
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166. Variance of a binomial distribution is always ______ its mean.

(a) Equal to
(b) More than
(c) Less than
(d) None of these
167. If in binomial distribution mean is 10 and S.D. is 2, q will be ________.
(a) 0
(b) 0.2
(c) 0.8
(d) 0.4
168. The sum of the following is ________ .
1+3–5+7+9–11+13............................ 3n terms
(a) 2n 2 +3
(b) 5n 2 +2
(c) 3n 2 –4n
(d) 3n 2
169. If n P3 =60 then value of n is _________.

(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 3
170. If one root of the equation x 2 +7x+p=0 be re ciprocal of the other then the value of p
is________.
(a) 1
(b) –1
(c) 7
(d) –7
PART III
171. A person borrowed Rs. 4000 and after 6 months the a mount paid was Rs. 4050, find
the rate of interest.
(a) 5%
(b) 25%
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(c) 2.5%
(d) 20%
16x- 1
172. The value of is
4x2 /3
(a) 4x –3/ 5
(b) 4x 5/ 3
(c) 4x –5/ 3
(d) None of these.

/Œ2
173. Evaluate 1+cosx dx
0
(a) 0
(b) 2
- 1
(c) 2
(d) 2
4 : x : 29 : 43
174. Find the value of x if 5
(a) 15/2
(b) 9/10
(c) 3/4
(d) None of these.
175. The fourth proportional to 2/3, 3/7, 4/9,........ is
(a) 2/7
(b) 14/8
(c) 7/2
(d) None of these.
176. The solution set of equations 3x+4y=7 and 4x–y=3, is
(a) 1, 1
(b) –1, 1
(c) 2, 1
(d) –1, 2
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177. A dealer has only Rs.5760 to invest in fans (x) and sewing machines (y). The cost per
unit of fans and sewing machine is Rs.360 and Rs.2 40 respectively. This can be shown
by
(a) 360x + 240y > 5760
(b) 360x + 240y < 5760
(c) 360x + 240y = 5760
(d) None of these.
178. Find the val ue of 8! / 5!
(a) 663
(b) 363
(c) 336
(d) None of these.
179. If A={1,2,3,4} and B={2,4} then A I B can be written as
(a) f
(b) {1,3}
(c) {2,4}
(d) {0}
x2 + 3x + 2
180. Compute the value of lim
x 1 x3 + 2x2 - x + 1
(a) 5
(b) 9
(c) 7
(d) 2
181. Find g o f for the functions f (x) = x , g (x) = 2x 2 +1
(a) 2x 2 +1
(b) 2x+1
(c) 2x 2 +1) ( x )
(d) x
182. Two variables x and y are related by 5x+2y+5=0 and x =5, then y is
(a) 10
(b) –10
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(c) 15
(d) –15
183. What is the me dian for the following observations? 10,16,12,18,22,8
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 16
(d) None of these
184. The variables x and y are related by 5x+6y=70 and median of x is 8. What is the
median of y?
(a) 4
(b) 4.5
(c) 5
(d) 5.5
185. Find Q 1 for the following observations.
7,9,5,4,10,15,14,18,6,20
(a) 4.75
(b) 5.25
(c) 5.75
(d) 6.25
186. If y=4+3x and mode of x is 25, what is the mode of y?
(a) 75
(b) 25
(c) 79
(d) 89
44 – 48 4
49 – 53 5
54 – 58 7
Total 16
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Find Frequency density of the second class interval.

(a) 0.80
(b) 0.90
(c) 1.00
(d) 1.10
188. The coefficient of correlation between two variables is 0.5, then the coefficient of
determinatio n is
(a) 0.5
(b) 0.25
(c) –0.5
(d) 5 0.
(a) 7/15
(b) 13/30
(c) 1/2
(d) None of these.
the first being replaced. What is the probability of getting two hea rts?
(a) 1/17
(b) 1/4
(c) 2/17
(d) None of these.
191. A pair of dice is thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers obtained is
more than 10 ?
(a) 1/18
(b) 1/9
(c) 1/12
(d) None of these.
192. If the relationship between x and y is given by 4x+5y=10 and the range of x is 15, what
would be the range of y?
(a) 10
(b) 11
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(c) 12
(d) 13
193. Which term of the progression 1,2,4 , 8……………. is 64
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 9
194. Evaluate the integral of x.e x dx
(a) e x (x2 +1) +c

(b) e x (x+1) +c
(c) e x (2x+1) +c
(d) e x (x–1) +c
195. A letter lock has three rings each marked with 10 different letters. In how many ways it
is possible to make an unsuccessful attempt to open the lock ?
(a) 1000
(b) 999
(c) 5040
(d) None of these.
196. Find the effective rate of interest if I=Rs.1800, P=18000, t=1 year
(a) 10%
(b) 9%
(c) 18%
(d) None of these.
197. The length of the perpendicular from the point (2, 5) on the line 4x–3y+18=0 is
(a) 2.7
(b) 2.5
(c) 2.2
(d) 2.1
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198. If x 2 ey + 4 log x = 0 then dx
e y 2x2 + 4 + 8x
(a)
x3 e y
e y 2x2 - 4
(b) BOARD OF STUDIES
x3 e y
THE- eINSTITUTE
y 2x2 - 4
OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
(c)
x3 e y
(d) None of these.
Model
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199. Find dx 8
Time : 4 hours Maximum Marks :200

(a) 80x 7
(b) 10x 7
(c) 80x 8

(d) None of these.
(i) Questions
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- 3x only one correct answer and carry +1 mark each for correct
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answer and
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x - 2mark
x for each wrong answer.
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PART I
1. During the life time of an entity, accountants prepare financial statements at arbitrary
points of time as per
(a) Prudence.
(b) Consistency.
(c) Periodicity.
(d) Matching.
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2. Real accounts relate to assets of the firm an d not

(a) Machinery.
(b) Debt.
(c) Receivables.
3. On March 31, 2006 Amit purchased a typewriter from Arvind for Rs. 8,000. This is
(a) An event.
(b) A transaction.
(c) A transaction as well as an event.
(d) Neither a transaction nor an event.
4. Profit leads to increase in
(a) Assets.
(b) Capital.
(d) Neither (a) nor (b).
5. Vikas & Co. account is a
(b) Real account.
(c) Personal account.
6. Depreciation arises because of
(a) Fall in the market value of the asset.
(b) Fall in the value of money.
(c) Physical wear and tear of the asset.
7. A promissory note does not require
(a) Noting.
(b) Discounting.
(c) Acceptance
8. Which of the following accounts will have credit balance?
(a) Sale returns.
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(b) Bills receivable.

(c) Carriage inwards.
(d) Outstanding wages.
9. Which of the following errors is an error of omission?
(a) Sale of Rs. 5,000 was written in the purchases journal.
(b) Wages paid to Sh yam has been debited to his account.
(c) The total of the sales journal has not been posted to the sales account.
10. Prepaid salary has a
(a) Credit balance.
(b) Debit balance.
(c) Negative balance.
PART II
11. The equality of debits and credits of the ________ does not mean that the individual
accounts are also accurate.
(a) Bank reconciliation statement.
(b) Cash bo ok.
(c) Trial balance.
12. Change in the method of depreciation is change in ________ .
(a) Accounting estimate.
(b) Accounting policy.
(c) Measurement discipline.
13. Credit balance in the cash book means ______.
(a) Overdraft as per pass book.
(b) Favourable balance as per pass book.
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14. Sale of scrap of raw materials appearing in the trial balance are shown on the credit
side of ______
(b) Manufacturing account.
(c) Profit and loss account.
(d) None of eth thre e.
15. Goodwill is ______
(a) Current asset.
(b) Fictitious asset.
(c) Tangible asset.
(d) Intangible asset.
16. Joint venture account is ________.
(b) Real account.
17. Abnormal loss on consignment is credited to ________
(a) Profit and loss account.
(b) Consignee’s account.
(c) Consignment account.
18. When money is withdrawn from the bank, the bank ________ the account of the
customer.
(a) Credits.
(b) Debits.
(c) Either (a) or (b).
19. ________days of grace are allowed in case of time bills for calculating date of maturity.
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 5
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20. The cash discount allowed to a debtor should be credited to

(a) Discount account.
(b) Customer’s account.
(c) Sales account.
PART III
21. Huge Ltd. issued 25,000 equity shares of Rs.100 each at a premium of Rs.15 each
payable as Rs.25 on application, Rs.40 on allotment and balance in the first call. The
applications were received for 75,000 equity shares but the company issued to them
only 25,000 shares. Excess money was refunded to them after adjustment for further
calls. La st call on 500 shares were not received and were forfeited after due notice.
The above is the case of
(a) Over subscription.
(b) Pro-rata allotment.
(c) Forfeiture of shares.
22. A, B and C are partners in the firm sharing profits and loss in 5:3:2 ratio. The firm’s
balance sheet as on 31.3.2006 shows the Reserve balance of Rs.25,000, Profit of the
la st year Rs. 50,000, Joint Life policy of Rs.10,00,000, fixed assets of Rs. 12,00,000.
On 1st June C died and on the same date assets were revalued. The executor of the
deceased partner will get along with the capital of C
(a) Share in th e Reserves account the firm.
(b) Proportionate share of profit upto the date of death.
(c) Share in Joint life policy.
PART IV
23. A machine purchased on 1 s tJanuary 2003 at Rs.15,00,000, having useful life of 15
years was depreciated on straight line basis. On 1 st January 2006, the same machine
was revalued upward by Rs.3 lacs. The amount of depreciation for the year 2006 will
be
(a) Rs.1,25,000.
(b) Rs.1,00,000.
(c) Rs.1,20,000.
(d) Rs.1,50,000.
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24. At the end of the accounting year, material A costin g Rs.10,000 was having net
realisable value of Rs.9,500 only, while material B costing Rs.12,000 was having a net
realisable value of Rs.13,000 in the market and material C costing Rs.15,000 was
having net realisable value of Rs.14,000 only. The total amount of closing stock will be
(a) Rs.37,000.
(b) Rs. 35,500.
(c) Rs. 36,500.
(d) Rs. 38,000.
25. Atul purchased goods costing Rs. 50,000 at an invoice price, which is 50% above cost.
On invoice price he enjoyed 15% trade discount and Rs.3,750 cash discount on cash
payment of goods in lump sum at the time of purchase. The purchase price to be
recorded in the books before cash discount will be
(a) Rs. 75,000.
(b) Rs. 60,000.
(c) Rs.63,750.
(d) Rs. 50,000.
26. A cheque of Rs.35,000 received by M/s Nandini was endorsed to M/s Chandini on
account of full settlement of Rs.35,500 on 1 s tOctober 2006. Chandini deposited the
same into the bank on 4 t h October 2006. In the books of M/s Chandini, the amount to
be debited on 1s tOctober 2006 will be
(a) Cash account Rs.35,000 and Disco unt account Rs.500.
(b) Bank account Rs.35,000 and Discount accou nt Rs.500.
(c) Cash account Rs.35,500.
(d) Bank account Rs.35,500.
27. If repair cost of a building is Rs.15,000, whitewash expenses are Rs. 10,000, co st of
extension of building is Rs.5,00,000 and cost of improvement in electrical wiring system
is Rs.25,000. The amount to be expensed is
(a) Rs. 50,000.
(b) Rs. 5,50,000.
(c) Rs. 25,000.
(d) Nil
28. An amount of Rs.6,000 due from Anshul , which had been written off as a bad debt in a
previous year, was unexpectedly recovered, and had been posted to the personal
account of Anshul. The rectification entry will be
(a) Anshul’S A/c Dr. Rs.6,000, To Suspense A/c Rs.6,000.
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(b) Suspense A/c Dr. Rs.6,000, To Bad debts recovered A/c Rs.6,000.
(c) No rectification entry required.
(d) Anshul’s A/c Dr. Rs.6,000, To Ba d debts recovered A/c Rs.6,000.
29. There was difference in the bank column of cash book and pass book by Rs.2,500. On
scrutiny it was fo und that interest of Rs.500 charged directly by the bank was not
entered in the cash book. The same was adjusted in th e cashbook before reconciliation
statement. Now, in the bank reconciliation statement, this interest of Rs. 500 is to be
(a) Added to the cash book balance.
(b) Subtracted from the cash book balance.
(c) Ignored while preparing bank reconciliation statement.
30. Opening stock of raw material of a manufacturing concern is Rs.10,000, Purchase
during the year is Rs.2,00,000, Wages Rs. 50,000, Carriage Rs.5,000, Factory
overheads Rs.1,25,000 and closing stock of raw material is Rs. 15,000. The amount to
be transferred is
(a) Rs. 3,75,000 to cost of goods manufactured account.
(b) Rs.3,75,000 to cost of goods sold account.
(c) Rs. 3,75,000 to cost of sales account.
(d) Rs. 3,75,000 to cost to company account.
31. Mr. A consigned goods costing Rs.2,50,000 to Mr. B at an invoice price of Rs.3,00,000.
The goods were to be sold at invoice price or above. Mr. B sold some of the goods at
in voice price of Rs.2,00,000 an d some at 10% above cost i.e. Rs.1,10,000. For this he
gets 5% commission. The amo unt of commission is
(a) Rs.18,000.
(b) Rs.15,000.
(c) Rs.12,500.
(d) Rs.15,500.
32. 1,000 kg of oranges are consigned to a wholesaler, the cost being Rs.8 p er kg, plus
Rs. 925 of freight. It is co ncluded that a loss of 15% is unavoidable. Th e cost per kg of
orange will be
(a) Rs. 9.41.
(b) Rs. 10.00.
(c) Rs. 10.50.
(d) Rs. 8.93.
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33. Ajay bought goods of the value of Rs 20,000 and consigned them to Bijay to be sold by
them on a joint venture, profits being divided equally. Ajay draws a bill on Bijay for an
amount equivale nt to 80% of cost on consignment. The amount of bill will be:
(a) Rs.16,000
(b) Rs.20,000.
(c) Rs.4,000.
(d) Cannot be determined.
34. A machine purchased on 1.4.2003 for Rs.10,00,000 was depreciated on straight line
basis over its useful life of 10 years. On 1.4.2005, it was found th at machine is in a
good condition and will be used in the productio n for another 10 years. The amount of
depreciation for the year ending 31.3.2006 will be
(a) Rs.1,00,000.
(b) Rs.80,000.
(c) Rs.83,333.
(d) Rs.66,667.
35. X of Kolkata sends out goods costing 100,000 to Y of Mumbai at cost + 25%.
Consignor’s expenses Rs 2000. 3/5 th of the goods were sold by consignee at 85000.
Commission 2% on sales + 20% of gross sales less all commission exceeds invoice
value. Amount of commission will be:
(a) Rs.3,083.
(b) Rs.3,000.
(c) Rs.2,500.
(d) Rs.2,000.
36. Anuj bought goods of the value of Rs 10,000 and consigned them to Bittu to be sold by
them on a joint venture, profits being divided equally, Anuj paid Rs 1,000 for freight and
insurance. Anuj draws a bill on Bittu for Rs 10,000. Anuj got it discounted at Rs 9,500.
Bittu sold the go ods for Rs 15,000. Commission payable to Bittu Rs 500. The amount to
be remitted by Biitu to Anuj will be:
(a) Rs.12,500
(b) Rs.13,000
(c) Rs.14,500
(d) Rs.13,500
37. On 1.12.05 X draw a bill on Y “for 30 days after sight”. The date of acceptance is
8.12.05. The due date of the bill will be:
(a) 8.01.06.
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(b) 10.1.06.
(c) 11.1.06.
(d) 9.1.06.
38. Mr. Aakash draws a bill on Mr. Yash for Rs 30,000 on 1.1.06 for 3 months. On 4.2.06.
Mr. Aakash got the bill discounted at 12%. The amount of discount will be:
(a) Rs.900
(b) Rs.600
(c) Rs.300
(d) Rs.650
39. On 1.6.05 X draw a bill on Y for Rs.25,000. At maturity Y request X to accept Rs.5,000
in ca sh and noting charges incurred Rs.100 and for the balance X draw a bill on Y for 2
months at 12% p.a. Interest amount will be:
(a) Rs.410.
(b) Rs.420.
(c) Rs.440.
(d) Rs.400.
40. R sends out goods costing Rs.2,00,000 to K. Consignor’s expenses Rs.5,000.
Consignee’s expenses in relation to sales Rs 2,000. 4/5 t h of the goods were sold at
20% above cost. The profit on consignment will be:

(a) Rs.26,000
(b) Rs.32,000
(c) Rs.26,200
(d) Rs.(6,000)
41. Ansh and Vansh enter into a joint venture to sell a consignme nt of biscuits sharing
profits and losses equally. Ansh provides biscuits from stock Rs 10,000. He pays
expenses amounting to Rs 1,000. Vansh incurs further expenses on carriage Rs 1,000.
He receives cash for sales Rs 15,000. He also takes over goods to the value of Rs
2,000. Profit on venture will be
(a) Rs.3,000
(b) Rs.5,000
(c) Rs.6,000
(d) Rs.3,500
42. Prakash Ltd. issue d 15,000, 15% debentures of Rs.10 0 each at a premium of 10%,
which are redeemable after 10 years at a premium of 20%. The amount of loss on
redemption of debentures to be written off every year is
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(a) Rs.15,000.
(b) Rs.30,000.
(c) Rs.45,000.
(d) Rs.22,500.
43. Varun Ltd. sends goods to his customers on Sale or Return recording it as a sale at the
time of sending it for approval. During 2006, Varun Ltd. send goods to customers for
Rs.1,00,000 on sale or return basis, at cost plus 33.33%. On September 2006. a letter
of approval was received from a customer for Rs. 40,000. In this respect, entry will be
(a) Debtors account debited and sales acco unt credited with Rs.40,000.
(b) Sales account debited and debtors account credited with Rs.40,000.
(c) No entr y is requir ed for receiving the letter of approval from the customer.
(d) Entry will be made at the end of the year.
44. The profits of last three years are Rs. 42,000; Rs. 39,000 and Rs. 45,000. Capital
employed is Rs. 4,00,000 and normal rate of return is 10%. The amount of goodwill
calculated on the basis of super profit method for three years of purchase will be.
(a) Rs. 2,000.
(b) Rs. 4,000.
(c) Rs. 6,000.
(d) Rs. 8,000.
45. Tista Ltd. has issued 14% Debentures of Rs.10,00,000 at a discount of 10% on April
01, 2004 and the company pays interest half-yearly on Ju ne 30, and December 31
every year. On March 31, 2006, the amount shown as “interest accrued but not paid” in
the Balance Sheet will be
(a) Rs.35,000 shown along with Debentures .
(b) Rs.70,000 under current liabilities.
(c) Rs.1,40,000 shown along with Debe ntures.
(d) Rs.10,000 under current liabilities.
46. Anny and Bunny enter into a joint venture sharing profit and losses in the ratio 1:1.
Anny purchased goods costing Rs 20,000. Bunny sold the goods for Rs 25,000. Anny is
entitled to get 1% commission on purchase and Bunny is entitled to get 5% co mmission
on sales. The profit on venture will be:
(a) Rs. 3,550.
(b) Rs. 3,600.
(c) Rs. 3,400.
(d) Rs.3,800.
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47. A, B & C are equal partners. They wanted to change the profit sharing ratio into 4:3:2.
They raised the goodwill Rs. 90,000 but they want to immediately write it off. The
effected accounts will be
(a) C’s capital account debit and A’s ca pital account credit with Rs.10,000.
(b) B’s capital account debit and A’s capital account credit with Rs.10,000
(c) C’s capital account debit and B’s capital account credit with Rs.10,000
(d) A’s capital account debit and C’s ca pital account credit with Rs.10,000
48. X an d Y share profits and losses in the ratio of 2:1. They take Z as a partner and the
new profit sharing ratio becomes 3:2:1. Z brings Rs.4,500 as pre mium for goodwill.
The full value of goodwill will be
(a) Rs. 4,500.
(b) Rs. 18,000.
(c) Rs. 27,000.
(d) Rs. 24,000.
49. Hum and Tum are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio 5:3. On admission,
Woh brings Rs. 70,000 cash and Rs. 48,000 against goodwill. New profit sharing ratio
between Hum, Tum and Woh are 7:5:4. The sacrificing ratio between Hum:Tum will be
(a) 3:1.
(b) 4:7.
(c) 5:4.
(d) 2:1.
50. Mr. Big who was the holder of 200 equity shares of Rs.100 each on which Rs.7 5 per
share has been called up could not pay his dues on allo tment and first call each at
Rs.25 per share. The Directors forfeited the above shares and reissued 150 of such
shares to Mr. Small at Rs.65 per share paid-up as Rs.75 per share. The amount to be
(a) Rs.1,500.
(b) Rs. 2,250.
(c) Rs. 5,000.
(d) Nil.
51. A company issued 15,000, 9% preference shares of Rs.100 each at 5% discount and
2,00,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each at 10% premium. Full amount was received from
the applicants in one instalment. The net balance of securities premium account will be
(a) Rs. 75,000.
(b) Rs. 1,25,000.
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(c) Rs. 2,00,000.

(d) Cannot be determined.
52. Anju Ltd. forfeited 300 equity shares of Rs.10 each fully called-up, held by Manju for
non-payment of final call @ Rs. 4 each. However, she paid application money @ Rs.2
per share and allotment money @ Rs.4 pe r share. These shares were originally issued
at par. The amount to be credited to Share forfeiture account will be
(a) Rs.1,200.
(b) Rs.3,000.
(c) Rs.4,200.
(d) Rs.1,800.
53. Raj, Jai and Hari are the partners sharin g profits in the ratio 7:5:4. Hari died on 30 th
June 2006 and profits for the accounting year 2005-2006 were Rs. 24,000. How much
share in profits for the period 1 s tApril 2006 to 30 t h June 2006 will be credited to Hari’s
Account.
(a) Rs. 6,000.
(b) Rs. 1,500 .
(c) Nil.
(d) Rs. 2,000.
54. 10,000 equity shares of Rs. 10 each were issued to public at a premium of Rs.2 per
share. Applications were received for 12,000 shares. Amount of securities premium
account will be
(a) Rs.20,000.
(b) Rs.24,000.
(c) Rs.4,000.
(d) Rs.1600
55. A company offers to the public 10,000 shares for subscrip tion. The company receives
application for 12,000 shares. If the shares are allotted on pro-rata basis, then
applicants for 12,000 shares are to be allotted as
(a) 4 shares for every 5 shares applied.
(b) 2 shares for every 3 shares applied.
(c) 5 shares for every 6 shares applied.
(d) 3 shares for every 4 shares applied.
56. The Board of Directors of a co mpany decides to issue minimum number of equity
shares of Rs. 10 each at 10% discount to redeem Rs.5,00,000 preference shares. The
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maximum amount of divisible profits available for redemption is Rs. 3,00,0 00. The
number of shares to be issued by the company will be
(a) 20,000 shares.
(b) 22,223 shares.
(c) 18,182 shares.
(d) 25,000 shares.
57. Rich Ltd. had 3,000, 12% Redeemable preference shares of Rs. 100 each, fully paid-
up. The company issued 25,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each at par and 1,000 14%
debentures of Rs. 100 each. All amounts were received in full. The payment was made
in full. The amo unt to be transferred to Capital Redemption Reserve Account is
(a) Nil.
(b) Rs.2,00,000.
(c) Rs.3,00,000.
(d) Rs.50,000.
58. Koina Ltd. issued 15,00,000, 12% debentures of Rs.50 each at premium of 10%
payabla e as Rs.20 on application and balance on allotment. Debentures are
redeemable at par after 6 years. All the money due on allotment was called up and
received. The amount of premium will be
(a) Rs.3,00,00,000.
(b) Rs.2,25,00,000.
(c) Rs.75,00,000.
(d) Rs.5,25,00,000.
59. G Ltd. purchased land and building from H Ltd. for a book value of Rs.2,00,000. The
consideration was paid by issue of 12% Debentures of Rs.100 each at a discount of
20%. The debentures account is credited with
(a) Rs.2,60,0 00
(b) Rs.2,50,0 00
(c) Rs.2,40,0 00
(d) Rs.1,60,0 00
60. Win Ltd. issued 20,000, 8% debentures of Rs.10 each at par, which are redeemable
after 5 years at a premium of 20%. The amount of loss on redemption of debentures to
be written off every year will be
(a) Rs.40,000.
(b) Rs.10,000.
(c) Rs.20,000.
(d) Rs.8,000.
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answers and carry + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each
wrong answer.
(iii) Questions 99 and 10 0 contain small paragraph / table followed by a question
having only one correct answer and carry + 1 mark each for corre ct answer and
– 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
PART I
61. An agency is said to be irrevocable where agency cannot be terminated or put to an
end. An agency is irrevocable in the following cases:
(a) Where the agency is coupled with interest and the interests exists before the
creation of the agency or where the agent has incurred personal liability.
(b) Where the agency is coupled with interest but the interest arises after the creati on of
the agency or where the agent has incurred personal liability.
(c) Where the agent has incurred personal liabil ity.
62. Which of the following is correct:
(a) A wageri ng agreement is void.
(b) A conti ngent contract is valid.
(c) A wageri ng agreement is void while a contingent contract is val id.
63. The heir of the deceased partner
(a) Has a right to become a partner in the firm of the deceased partner.
(b) Does not have a right to become a partner in the firm of the deceased partner.
(c) Can become a partner in the firm of the deceased partner only if the surviving
partners give their consent in this regard.
(d) Both (b) & (c ).
64. In case of an agreement to sale, if the seller becomes insolvent while the goods are in
his possession, the buyer’s remedy
(a) Is to claim the goods from the official r eceiver or assignee.
(b) Is to claim dividend from the estate of the seller for the price paid.
(c) Is not availabl e .
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(d) Is to file a suit for damages.

65. The following are goods as per Section 2(7) of the Sale of Goods A ct, 19 30:
(a) Trademark.
(b) Goodwill.
(c) Patent.
66. An unpaid seller loses the right of lien under the following circumstances:
(a) Where the sell er so conducts himself that he leads third parties to believe that the
li en does not exist.
(b) Where seller has waived the right of lien.
(c) Where the buyer or his agent lawfully obtains possession of the goods.
67. Essentials involved in appropriation of the goods are
(a) The goods should conform to the description and the quality stated in the contract.
(b) The goods must be in a deliverable state.
(c) The goods must be unconditionally appropriated to the contract either by delivery to
the buyer or to is agent or the carrier.
68. Which of the following is not correct:
(a) Coercion involves physical force.
(b) Undue influence involves physical force.
(c) Coercion need not be directed at the promisor.
(d) Undue influence is always exer ci sed between the parties to the contract.
69. State which of the following is correct:
(a) There is not much difference in the nature of a partnership fr om the nature of a HUF.
(b) There is considerable difference in the nature of a partnership from the nature of a
HUF.
(c) There is difference in the nature of a partnership from the nature of a HUF because
unlike the nature of a HUF, the nature of a partnership is voluntary and contractual.
(d) There is not much difference in the natur e of a partnership from the nature of a HUF
because both i nvolve a certain interest of a particular individual.
70. One person can contract with himself or with himself and others jointly
(a) No at least two persons or parties must be involved.
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(b) Yes as the contract is between the individual and others jointly.
(c) Yes if there is a formal agreement.
71. The cardinal principle of partnership law implies that
(a) The business must be carried on by all the partners or by anyone or more of the
partners acting for all.
(b) The business may be carried on by all the partners acting for all.
(c) The business may be carried on by anyone or more of the partners acting for all.
(d) The business must be carried on in accordance with the decided profit (loss) sharing
ratio.
72. In case of a public company
not exceed fifty.
(b) There should be at least seven members and maximum number of members should
not exceed hundred.
not exceed fifty.
(d) There shoul d be at least seven members and there is no restriction on the maximum
number of members.
73. Silent is fraudulent in the following cases:
(a) If the circumstances of the case are such that, regard bei ng had to them, it is the duty
of the person keeping silence to speak.
(b) Where the circumstances are such that silence is in itself equivalent to speech.
(c) Both (a) and (b) .
74. An agency can be created by the following ways:
(a) Agency by actual authority.
(b) Agency by ratification.
(c) Agency by ostensible authority.
75. The features of a Quasi Contract are as follows:
(a) Such contracts do not arise from any agreement of the concerned parties. It is
imposed by law.
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(b) Such a right is al ways a ri ght to money, very often a right to a liquidated sum of
money.
(c) It is a right available against a particular person or persons only, not against the
world at l arge.
76. An agency coupled with interest does not come to an end in case of the following:
(a) Death of the principal.
(b) Insanity of the principal.
(c) Insolvency of the principal.
77. The test of good faith as provided under Section 33(1) of the Indian Partn ership Act,
1932 requires the following:
(c) That he i s given an opportunity of being heard.
78. The relationship of principal and agent may arise by
(a) Express or implied agreement.
(b) Ratification.
(c) Operation of law.
contract:
(a) Offer & Acceptance.
(b) Intention to create legal acceptance.
(c) Capacity of parties – competency.
PART II
80. The essential elements of a partnership__________________.
(a) Must Coexist before a partnership can come into existence
(b) May be brought in within a reasonable time of a partnership coming into existence
(c) May be brought in any time either during the creation of partnership or even
thereafter
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(d) May not coexist before a partnership can come into existence, but they must coexist
within one year of a partnership coming into existence
81. In case of bailment, ______________.
(a) Property in goods passes to the bailee at the time of contract
(b) Property in goods passes to the bailee upon the payment of the last installment
(c) Property in goods can pass to the bailee at any time after the contract
(d) Property in goods does not pass to the bailee and i nstead there is transfer of
possessi on of goods takes pl ace from bailor to the bailee for a speci fic reason
82. There are __________ kinds of delivery
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Two
83. The maxim ‘delegatus non potest deleg are’means _________________ ___________.
(a) A person whom authority has been given cannot delegate the authority to another
(b) A person whom authority has been given can delegate the authority to another with
prior permission
(c) A person whom authority has been gi ven to indemnify agent for injury caused by
principal’s neglect can be delegated
(d) An authority can be delegated under protest by the person to whom authority has
been given
84. A registered firm cannot claim a set off excee ding the ________________ in a
proce eding instituted against the firm or any partner thereof.
(a) Rupess 1000/-
(b) Rupess 100/-
(c) Rupees 500/-
(d) Rupees 10,000/-
85. In case of an agreement to sell, the ownership in the goods remains with
_______________.
(a) The buyer
(b) The seller
(c) Both the buyer and the seller
(d) The Central Government or the State Gover nment, as the case may be
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86. When two parties exchange identical offers in ig norance at the time of each other’s
offer, the offers are called __________.
(a) Standing Offer
(b) Open Offer
(c) Identical Offers
(d) Cross Offer
87. Goods which are to be manufactured or produced or acquired by the seller after making
the contract of sale are known as______________.
(a) Specific Goods
(b) Existing Goods
(c) Future Goods
(d) Unascertained Goods
88. A person who is mentally deranged due to some mental strain or other personal
experience and suffers from intermittent intervals of sanity and insanity is
_____________.
(a) Idiot Person
(b) Lunatic Person
(c) Intoxicated Person
89. Expulsion of a partner, which is not in accordance with provisions of Section 33 of the
Indian Partnership Act, 1932 is __________.
(a) Null and void
(b) Null and void to some extent
(c) Is unconstituti onal
(d) In good faith and in the interest of the partnership
90. The matter relating to passing of property in case of goods sent on approval or ‘on sale
or return’ basis is dealt in the Section _________ of The Sale of Goods Act, 1930.
(a) 25
(b) 26
(c) 24
(d) 20
91. Dissolution of partnership means _______________.
(a) Dissolution of partnership between all the partners of a firm
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(b) Insolvency of all the partners

92. If the buyer is insolvent, ___________.
(a) The seller cannot exercise the right of stoppage i n transit
(b) The seller cannot exercise the right of lien
(c) The seller can exercise the right of lien
(d) The seller can exercise the right of stoppage in transit
93. There can be a stranger to a consideration but not a stranger to a contract signifies that
a consideration may move from __ _________________.
(a) Promisee or any other person
(b) Promisee
(c) Promisor
(d) An independent person
94. A Hindu widow borrowed money from a lender for the purpose of filing a suit for
maintenance. The lender advanced money at 100 percent rate of interest. The act of
the money lender is induced by ______ _____.
(a) Coercion
(b) Undue Influence
(c) Fraud
95. The law dealing with the partnerships is contained in ___________ _.
96. When performance of promise becomes impossible or illegal by occurrence of an
unexpected event or change of circumstances beyond the contemplation of parties, the
contract becomes void. The situation is dealing with ________________.
(a) Remission
(b) Recission
(c) Supervening Impossibility
(d) Alteration
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97. X,Y,Z are partners in a firm and X becomes insolvent. Than ________________.
(a) The firm has to dissolve by default
(b) The firm may not be dissolved unless there is any agreement between the partners
to do so
(c) The status of the firm becomes illegal from the date of adjudication of X as an
insolvent
(d) X remains a partner, unless the firm is dissolved
98. A contingent contract is _____________________.
(a) A contract to do something if some event coll ateral to such contract does or does not
happen
(b) A contract not to do something if some event collateral to such contract does or does
not happen
(c) A contract to do or not to do something if some event collateral to such contract
does or does not happen
(d) A contract to do or not to do something if some event collateral to such contract
does not happen
PART III
99. Arun had deposited a bag in the cloak room of a railway station by paying Rs.50/-.On
the face of the ticket, issued to him. Were inscribed “see reverse for terms &
conditions”. Clause 10 of the printed Terms & Conditions limited the liability of the
company for loss of a ba ggage to Rs.100/-. The bag was lost and Arun claimed
Rs.650/- as its value.
(a) Arun was not bound by the conditions on the back of the ticket as he had not read
them at all.
(b) Arun was bound by the conditions on the back of the ticket even if he had not read
them.
(c) Arun was not bound by the conditions on the back of the ticket as his claim was 13
times more than the compensation offered to him by the railway company.
(d) Arun was bound by the conditions on the back of the ticket as he had not read them
in full.
100. A & B become partners for 16 years. A pays B a premium of Rs.5,00 0/-. At the end of 8
years there is dispute between A & B and th ey declare a dissolution.
(a) A can get back entir e amount of the premium paid by him to B.
(b) A can get back a reasonable part of the pr emium.
(c) A can get back Rs.2,500/- from B.
(d) A cannot get back any amount of the premium pai d by him.
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only one correct answer and carries +1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark
(iv) Question 138 to 150 are numerical based which has answers as numerical value and
carry +1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
PART I
(a) Unlike normative economics, positive economics is based on objective analysis
of economic issues.
(b) The opportunity cost of a go od is the quantity of other goods sacrificed to get
another unit of that good.
(c) Microeconomics emphasizes interactions in the economy as a whole.
(a) The production possibilities frontier shows the maximum combination of outputs
that the economy can produce using all the recourse available.
(b) Increasing opportunity cost implies a production possibility frontier concave to
the origin.
(c) Free markets are the markets in which the governments do not intervene.
(d) All of the above are correct.
103. With the same amount of resources, a farmer can feed the following combinations of
goats and horses:
Goats Horses
Option I 168 44
Option II 150 50
Given the option available with him, what is the opportunity cost to the farmer of
feeding one horse?
(a) 1 goat.
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(b) 3 horses.
(c) 3 goats.
(d) 18 goats.
104. A draught in India leads to unusually low level of wheat production. This would lead to a
rise in the price of wheat and fall in the quantity of wheat demanded due to:
(a) excess demand at the original price.
(b) excess supply at the orig inal price.
(c) the supply curve shifting to the right.
(d) the demand curve shifting to the left.
105. If the elasticity of demand for a commodity is perfectly inelastic then which of the
following is incorrect?
(a) The commodity must be essential to those who purchase it.
(b) The commodity must have many substitutes.
(c) The commodity will be purchased regardless of increase in its price.
(d) The elasticity of demand for this commodity must equal zero.
106. If a good has price elasticity greater th an one then:
(a) demand is unit elastic and a change in price does not affect sellers’ revenue.
(b) demand is elastic and a change in price causes sellers’ revenue to change in the
opposite dire ction.
(c) demand is inelastic and a change in price causes sellers’ revenue to change in
the same direction.
(d) None of the above is correct.
107. The law of diminishing returns implies that:
(a) for each extra unit of X consumed, holding consta nt consumption of other goods,
total utility incre ases.
(b) total utility remains unchanged regardless of how many units of X are con sumed.
(c) marginal utility will increase at a constant rate as more units of X are consumed.
(d) each extra unit of X consumed, holding constant consumption of other goods,
adds successively less to total utility.
(a) Firms that earn accounting profits are economically profitable.
(b) Opportunity cost plus accounting cost equals economic cost.
(c) When a firm’s demand curve slopes down marginal revenue will rise as output
rises.
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(d) Firms increase profits by selling more output than their rivals.
Table 1
Output Total Costs
00
1 15
2 28
3 38
4 46
5 54

(a) decreasing returns to scale.
(b) constant returns to scale.
(d) positive fixed costs.
(a) If marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost the firm should increase output.
(b) If marginal cost exceeds marginal revenue the firm should decrease output.
(c) Economic profits are maximized when total costs are equal to total revenue.
(d) Profits are maximized when marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
111. Which of the following involve a trade-off?
(a) Taking a nap
(b) All of these answers involve trade-offs.
(c) Watching a football game on Saturday afternoon
(d) Going to university
112 . When some people in a society are unwilling to work at the prevailing wage rate and
there are people who have income from property or some other sources and need not
work, such people are:
(a). casually une mployed.
(b). chronically unemployed.
(c). voluntarily unemploye d.
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(d). disguisedly unemployed.

113. If out of 100 people in the labour force, 92 are in the work force, the number of
pe ople unempl oyed i s:
(a). 8.
(b). 192.
(c). 100.
(d). 92
114. NIXI stands for:
(a). National Intern et Exchange of India.
(b). National Intern ational Exchange of In dia.
(c). National Institute of Exchange of Indian goods.
(d). None of the above.
115. If demand for goods is services is more than their supply, the resultant inflation is:
(a). cost push inflation.
(b). stagflation.
(c). deflation.
(d). demand pull inflation.
116. As against the target of 4000 crore disinvestment in 2004-05, the actual
disinvestment has been:
(a) 5000 crore.
(b) 2765 crore.
(c) 1567 crore.
(d) 4000 crore.
PART II
117. Trade-offs are required because wants are unlimited and resources are
______________.
(a) economical.
(b) unlimited.
(c) efficient.
(d) scarce
118. If an increase in the price of blue jeans leads to an increase in the demand for
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tennis shoes, then blue jeans and tennis shoes are ______ ____________.
(a). complements.
(b). inferior goods.
(c) normal goods.
(d) substitutes.
119. Consumer surplus is the area _______________.
(a). below the demand curve and above t he price.
(b). above the supply curve and below the price.
(c). above the demand curve and below the price.
(d). below the supply curve and above the price.
120. A rational person does not act unless ------------------------.
(a) the action is ethical.
(b) the action produces marginal costs that exceed marginal benefits.
(c) the action produces marginal benefits that exceed marginal costs.
(d) the action makes money for the person
121. Suppose you find Rs 100. If you choose to use Rs.100 to go to a football match,
your opportunity cost of going to the game is _____________.
(a) nothing, becaus e you found t he money.
(b) Rs. 100 (because you could have used Rs.100 to buy other things) plus
the value of your time spent at the game.
(c) Rs 100 (because you could have used the Rs 100 to buy other things)
plus the value of your time spent at the game, plus the cost of the dinner
you purchased at the game.
(d) Rs.100 (because you could have used the Rs.100 to buy other things).
122. If a fisherman must sell all of his daily catch before it spoils for whatever price he is
offered, once the fish are caught the fisherman's price elasticity of supply for fresh
fish is _______________.
(a) zero.
(b) infinite.
(c) one.
(d) unable to be determined from this information.
123. If consumers always spend 15 percent of their income on food, then the income
elasticity of demand for food is _________.
(a) 1.50.
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(b) 1.15.
(c) 1.00
(d) 0.15.
124. If marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost, a monopolist should _______________.
(a) increase output.
(b) decrease output.
(c) keep output the same because profits are maximized when marginal
revenue exceeds marginal cost.
(d) raise the price.
125. A market structure in which many firms sell products that are similar but not
identical is known as
(a) monopolistic competition.
(b). monopoly.
(c). perfect competition.
(d) oligopoly.
126. Net national product at market price minus net indirect taxes is equal to
____________________.
(a) net foreign investment
(b) net foreign investment plus net domestic investment
(c) net national product at factor cost.
(d) replacement expenditure
127. Estate duty was levied on the ______________________.
(d) total property passing to the heirs on the death of a person.
128. ___________________countries are more subject to cyclical fluctuations.
(a) European.
(b) Capital biased, advanced countries.
(c) Asian.
(d) American
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129. For almost three decades (1950-80) t he average GDP growth rate was
about ____________% per annum.
(a) 6.6
(b) 5.4
(c) 2.5
(d) 3.6
130. Electricity generated from water is called___________.
(a) thermal electricity.
(b) hydel electicity.
(c) atomic energy.
(d) tidal energy.
131. Over the years the number of cancer cases has _____ ______.
(a) increased.
(b) decreased.
(c) remained constant.
(d) doubled.
132. Quantitative restrictions on _________items were removed in the EXIM Policy of
2000-01.
(a) 123
(b) 193
(c) 714
(d) 183
PART III
Read figure 1 and answer questions 133-135.
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133. Refer to Figure 1. If the economy is operating at point C, the opportunity cost of
producing an additional 15 units of bacon is
(a). 40 units of eggs.
(b). 10 units of eggs.
(c). 20 units of eggs.
(d) 30 units of eggs.
134. Refer to Figure 1, if the economy was operating at E:
(a). the opportunity cost of 20 additional units of eggs is 10 units of bacon.
(b). the opportunity cost of 20 additional units of eggs is 20 units of bacon.
(c). the opportunity cost of 20 additional units of eggs is 30 units of bacon.
(d). 20 additional units of eggs c an be produced with no impact on bacon
production.
135. If the economy moves from point A to point D in Figure 1 then:
(a). the opportunity cost of eggs in terms of bacon falls.
(b). the opportunity cost of eggs in terms of bacon rises.
(c). the opportunity cost of eggs in terms of bacon is constant.
(d) the economy becomes less efficient.
136. Point F in figure 1 represents:
(a). none of these answers.
(b). a combination of production that can be reached if we reduce the
production of eggs by 20 units.
(c). a combination of production that can be reached if there is a sufficient
advance in technology.
(d). a combination of production that is inefficient because there are
unemployed resources.
137. Which of the following represents a movement towards better utilisation of existing
resources?
(a) A movement from point A to point B.
(b) A movement from point E to point B.
(c) A movement from point C to point B.
(d) A movement from point F to point B.
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138. Suppose that the price of a new bicycle is Rs.200. Natalie values a new bicycle at
Rs.400. What is the value of total consumer surplus if Natalie buys a new bike?
(a) Rs 500
(b) Rs.300
(c) Rs.200
(d) Rs.400
139. Suppose that at a price of Rs 300 per month, there are 30,000 subscribers to cable
television in Small Town. If Small Town Cablevision raises its price to Rs 400 per
month, the number of subscribers will f all to 20,000. Using the midpoint method for
calculating the elasticity, what is the price elasticity of demand for cable TV in
Small Town?
(a) 1.4
(b) 0.66
(c) 0.75
(d) 2.0
140. If a buyer's willingness to pay for a new car is Rs. 200,000 and she is able to
actually buy it for Rs.180000 her consumer surplus is
(a) Rs18,000.
(b) Rs20,000.
(c) Rs 2,000.
(d) Rs 0.
141. Suppose there are three identical vases available to be purchased. Buyer 1 is willing to
pay Rs 30 for one, buyer 2 is willing to pay Rs 25 for one, and buyer 3 is willing to pay
Rs 20 for one. If the price is Rs 25, how many vases will be sold and what is the value
of consumer surplus in this market?
(a) Three vases will be sold and consum er surplus is Rs 80.
(b) One vase will be sold and consumer surplus is Rs 5.
(c) One vase will be sold and consumer surplus is Rs30.
(d) Two vases will be sold and consumer surplus is Rs 5.
Read the following paragraph and answer questions 142-144
Nicole owns a small pottery factory. S he can make 1,000 pieces of pottery per year and
sell them for Rs.100 each. It costs Nicole Rs 20,000 for the raw materials to produce the
1,000 pieces of pottery. She has invested Rs 100,000 in her factory and equipment: Rs
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50,000 from her savings and Rs 50,000 borrowed at 10 per cent. (Assume that she could
have loaned her money out at 10 per cent, too.) Nicole can work at a competing pottery
factory for Rs 40,000 per year.
142. The accounting cost at Nicole’s pottery factory is:
(a) Rs. 25000
(b) Rs.50000
(c) Rs. 80000
(d) Rs 7500 0
143. The economic cost at Nicole’s factory is:
(a) Rs. 75000
(b) Rs. 70000
(c) Rs 8000 0
(d) Rs 3000 0
144. The accounting profit at Nicole’s pottery factory is:
(a) Rs. 30000
(b) Rs.50000
(c) Rs. 80000
(d) Rs 7500 0
145. The economic profit at Nicole’s factory is:
(a) Rs. 75000
(b) Rs. 35000
(c) Rs 8000 0
(d) Rs 3000 0
Mr X and Co. operates in a perfectly competitive market. He sells his product at Rs. 8
per unit. His fixed costs are Rs 100. His other costs are given below. Read the following
table and answer questions 146-150.
Output Variable Cost Fixed Cost Total Cost Marginal Cost
00
15
2 11
3 18
4 26
5 36
6 50
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146. What is Mr X and Co’s total cost when 4 units are produced?
(a) Rs. 126
(b) Rs 100
(c) Rs. 26
(d) Rs. 8
147. When Mr. X and Co’s production increases from 5 to 6 units, his marginal cost
becomes?
(a) Rs. 8
(b) Rs. 14
(c) Rs. 10
(d) Rs. 6
148. The average fixed cost of producing 4 units is:
(a) Rs 1.50
(b) Rs 2.25.
(c) Rs. 25
(d) Rs. 3.00.
149. The average tot al cost of producing 6 units is:
(a) Rs. 2.50.
(b) Rs. 3.00.
(c) Rs. 25.
(d) Rs. 30.
150. When will Mr X and Co maximize profits?
(a) When 4 units are produced.
(b) When 5 units are produced.
(c) When th e company shuts down.
(d) When 3 units are produced.
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(i) Questions 151 to 160 have only one correct answer and carry +1 mark each for correct
answers and carry +1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
numerical value and carry +1 mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each
wrong answer.
PART I
151. Factor reversal test is satisfied by
(a) Laspeyre’s index.
(b) Paasche’s index.
(c) Fisher’s ideal index.
(d) None of these.
152. Laspeyre’s index is based on
(a) Base year Quantities.
(b) Current year Quantities.
(c) Average of current ye ar and base year.
(d) None of these.
153. The mean and mode of a normal distribution
(a) Are always different.
(b) Are always equal.
(c) May be different.
(d) May be equal.
154. Two cards are drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that
they are both kings if the first is replaced.
(a) 1/13
(b) 1169
(c) 1/221
(d) None of these.
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155. A pair of dice is thrown and sum of the numbers on the two dice comes to be 7. What is
the probability that th e number 3 has come on one of the dice?
(a) 1/9
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/4
(d) None of these.
156. If in binomial distribution np = 6 and npq = 3 then p is equal to
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/4
(d) None of these.
157. P 10
is the index for time
(a) 1 on 0
(b) 0 on 1
(c) 1 on 1
(d) 0 on 0
dy if y=x
158. Find value of dx x
(a) x x . loge e x
(b) 1+log x
(c) y. log x
(d) None of these.
x2 - a 2
159. Compute the value of lim
x a x- a
(a) a
(b) 2a
(c) –2a
(d) a 2
160. Two variables x and y are related by 7x+7y+13=0 and x =7, then y is
(a) 8.80
(b) 8.86
(c) –8.80
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(d) –8.86
PART II
161. We use t-distribution wh en samples are drawn from the ______ population.
(a) Normal
(b) Binomial
(c) Poisson
(d) None of these
162. ______ is uniparametric distribution.
(a) Binomial
(b) Poisson
(c) Normal
(d) Hyper geometric
163. First quartile is the value for which one fourth of the observations are __________Q 1
and the re maining three–fourths observations are _________ ____Q1.
(a) Less than or equal to, More than or equal to
(b) More than or equal to, Less than or equal to
(c) Less than, More than
(d) More than, Less than
164. A variable is known to b e _______ if it can assume any value from a given interval.
(a) Discrete
(b) Continuous
(c) Attribute
(d) Characteristic
165. ________ is the entire upper part of the table which includes columns and sub–column
numbers, unit(s) measurement.
(a) Stub
(b) Box–head
(c) Body
(d) Caption
166. _______ is the left part if the table providing the description of the rows.
(a) Caption
(b) Body
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(c) Stub
(d) Box head
167. In case of a _______, plotted points on a scatter diagram concentrate from upper left to
lo wer right.
(b) Negative correlation
(c) Positive correlation
(d) Multiple correlation
168. 50% of actual values will be below & 50% of values will be above _____ ___.
(a) Mode
(b) Median
(c) Mean
(d) Q 1
169. The correlation between Employment and Purchasing power is __ ____ .

(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Zero
(d) None of these
170. Data collected on sex ratio from the census reports are ______ .
(a) Primary data
(b) Secondary data
(c) Discrete da ta
(d) Continuous data
PART III
171. What is the median for the following observations? 6,10,15,16,20,5,8
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) None of these.
172. The variables x and y are related by 2x+3y=6 and median of x is 2. What is the median
of y?
(a) 1/3
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(b) 2/3
(c) 1
(d) None of these.
173. Find D 6 for the following observations.
7,9,5,4,10,15,14,18,6,20
(a) 11.40
(b) 12.40
(c) 13.40
(d) 13.80
44 – 48 4
49 – 53 5
54 – 58 7
Total 16
Find Relative frequency for the second class interval.
(a) 1/11
(b) 5/4
(c) 5/16
(d) 1/4
175. If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is –0.4, then the coefficient of
determinatio n is
(a) 0.6
(b) 0.16
(c) 0.4
(d) 0.2
variation unaccounted for is
(a) 70%
(b) 30%
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(c) 51%
(d) 49%
177. A bag contains 5 red and 3 yellow balls. Two balls are drawn at random one after the
other without replacement. The probability that both balls drawn are yellow is
(a) 9/64
(b) 3/28
(c) 1/7
(d) None of these.
178. The common ratio of the G.P 2,–6, 18, –54 is
(a) 3
(b) –3
(c) 4
(d) –4
dx will be
179. The integral of
x2 - a2
1 (x - a)
(a) ) log
2a (x + a
1 (x + a)
(b) ) log
2a (x - a
1 x
(c) ) log
2a (x + a
(d) None of these.
180. How many n umbers greater than 2000 can be formed with the digits 1, 2,3,4,5?
(a) 216
(b) 120
(c) 24
(d) 240
181. If A = (1,2,3,5,7) and B= (1,3,6,10,15) then cardinal number of A~B is
(a) 3
(b) –4
(c) 6
(d) None of these.
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d2 p
182. Let p=x 3 log x, so what is the value of dx
(a) x+2x log x

(b) x 2 +log x 2x2
(c) x 2 +2x log x
(d) None of these.
183. Ram is confused whether to invest at 9% p.a. compounded monthly or 9.25% p.a.
simple interest, given that
(1+ 0.0075) 12 = 1.09380690
The student decided to find effective rate of interest which is
(a) 9%
(b) 9.25%
(c) 9.38%
(d) None of these.
184. Find the equation of the line with slope –0.25 and (–2, –4) on the line
(a) x+4y+18 =0
(b) 2x+4y+1 5=0
(c) 2x+y+18 =0
(d) x+4xy–18=0
dy when y=4x
185. Find dx 3 +8x7 at x 2 =2
(a) 424
(b) 470
(c) 472
(d) None of these.
x
+ 9
186. Evaluate lim 1
x 8 x
(a) e 9
(b) 9
(c) 1
(d) e 1
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187. If the set P has 6, Q has 5 and R has 2 elements then the set PxQxR contains
(a) 13
(b) 9
(c) 60
(d) None of these.
188. Find the 10 th term of an A.P with first term as 4 and common difference being 2
(a) 22
(b) 25
(c) 20
(d) 13
189. n pr can be expressed as
n!
(a) !
r
n!
(b) )!
(n - r
n!
(c) )!
r!(n - r
(d) None of these.

1 then the value of 0.01 log 0.01 is
190. If 10 –2 = 100
(a) –2
(b) 2
(c) –1
(d) 1
191. Solving equation 3x 2 –14x+16=0 we get roots as
(a) +1
(b) +2
(c) 0
(d) None of these.
192. Mr. Rahul invested in Bank Rs. 80,000 for 4 years at 10% p.a. rate of interest. How
much he will earn ?
(a) Rs. 32000
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(b) Rs. 18000

(c) Rs. 23000
(d) None of these.
193. Find the value of p from

( 4) -6
x
(2)
-4
=2p
(a) 16
(b) 8
(c) –8
(d) 4
Œæ
/2 4
cosx dx
194. Evaluate ç
ç 44 sinx + cosx
0 è
(a) –1
(b) 0
(c) 1
p
(d) 4
p q r p+ q + r
195. If 11 = = then p is
7 6
(a) 8
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) None of these.
196. The No’s 2.4, 3.2, 1.5, 2 are in proportion & their product of means is 4.8, find the
product of extremes.
(a) 4.8
(b) 2.4
(c) 8.4
(d) None of these.
1 1 1 3 2 1
197. Determine the solution set of 5 + + = ; 234 11 + - =-
x y z xyz and 6 x y z
is
(a) 2, 6, 3
(b) 2, 3, 6
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(c) 6, 3, 2
(d) 6, 2, 3
198. In a class of boys (x) and girls (y) the maximum seating cap acity is 360. This can be
shown by
(a) x + y < 360
(b) x + y > 360 BOARD OF STUDIES
(c) x + THE
y INSTITUTE
360 OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA
(d) None of these.
199. Determine the common difference of progression 16, 13,10 .............. 25 terms
(a) 2 Model Test Paper – BOS/CPT-10/2006
(b) –2
Time: 4 hours Maximum Marks : 200
(c) 3
(d) –3
200. If P= {1,2,3,4} : Q= {2,4,6} then P U Q
(a) {1,2,3,6} SECTION – A : FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING (60 MARKS)
(b)
(i) {1,4,6}
Questions 1 to 10 have only one correct answer and carry + 1mark each for correct
(c) {1,2,3,4,6}
(ii) Questions
(d) None 11 to 20 are the fill in the blank based questions having four alternate
of these.
answer.
each wr ong answer.
answer.
PART I
1. Mr. Ashok buys clothing of Rs. 50,000 paying cash Rs. 20,000. What is the amount
of expense as per the accrual concept?
(a) Rs. 50,000.
(b) Rs. 20,000.
(c) Rs. 30,000.
(d) Nil.
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2. Loss leads to a reduction in

(a) Liability.
(b) Capital.
(c) Income.
3. Accounting standards are
(a) Basis for selection of accounting policy.
(b) Set of broad accounting policies to be followed by an entity..
(c) Basis for establishing and managing an entity.
4. “Substance of any transaction should be considered while recording them and not
only the legal form” is the statement which holds true for
(a) Substance over form.
(b) Disclosure of accounting policies.
(c) Both (a) an d (b).
5. The determination of the amount of bad debts is an accounting
(a) Policy.
(b) Estimate.
(c) parameter.
6. What is the order in which the accounting transactions and events are recorded in the
books?
(a) Journal, Subsidiary books, Ledger, Balance sheet , Profit and loss account.
(b) Ledger, Journal, Ledger, Balance sheet , Profit and loss account
(c) Journal, Led ger, Profit and loss account, Balance sheet .
(d) Profit and loss account, Ledger, Balance sheet, Journal.
7. The expire d portion of capital expenditure is shown in the financial statements as
(a) As an income.
(b) As an expense.
(c) As an asset.
(d) As a liability.
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8. Rs. 5,000 incurred for upgradation of computer by installation of 128 MB RAM is

(b) Deferred re venue expenditure.
(c) Revenue expenditure.
9. According to money measurement concept, currency transa ctions and events are
recorded in the books of accounts
(a) In the ruling currency of the country in which transaction takes place.
(b) In the ruling currency of the country in which books of account are prepared.
(c) In the currency set by the ministry of finance.
(d) In the currency set by the Govt.
10. All of th e following errors do not affect the trial balance , except
(b) Errors of complete omission.
(c) Errors of partial omission.
(d) Errors of principle.
PART II
11. Errors are ________ mistakes.
(a) Intentional.
(b) Unintentional.
(c) Undetected.
12. Trial balance is a statement which shows the ________or the ________of all the
accounts.
(a) Balances, Totals.
(b) Opening balances, Closing balances.
(c) Posted balances, Total of balances.
(d) Debit balance, Credit balance.
13. It is easy to detect ______than to ______.
(a) Frauds, Errors.
(b) Mistakes, Frauds.
(c) Errors, Frauds.
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(d) Errors, Mistakes.

14. In case of debit balance, the words ______ are written on the debit side.
(a) To balance b/d .
(b) To balance c/d.
(c) By balance b/d.
(d) By balance c/d.
15. Rs. 5,000 spent on maintenance of plant and machinery is______.
(b) Revenue expenditure.
(c) Deferred capital expenditure.
16. Bank pass book is also known as __ ______
(a) Bank book.
(b) Bank account.
(c) Bank column.
(d) Bank statement.
17. Capital expenditures are recorded in the ________
(a) Balance sheet.
(c) Trading account.
(d) Manufacturing account.
18. Accounts receivable normally has ________balance.
(a) Debit.
(b) Credit.
(c) Unfavourable.
19. An account is a formal record of changes in items of ________nature.
(a) Revenue.
(b) Expense.
(c) Debit.
(d) Similar.
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20. The assumption underlying the fixed installment method of depreciation is that of
________ of the asset over different years of its useful life.
(a) Usage.
(b) Equal usage.
(c) Charge.
PART III
21. A businessman purchased goods for Rs.25,00,000 and sold 70% of such goods during
the accounting year ended 31 s t March, 2005. The market value of the remaining go ods
was Rs.5,00,000. He valued the closing stock at Rs. 5,00,000 and not at Rs. 7,50,000
due to
(a) Mone y measurement.
(b) Conservatism.
(c) Cost.
(d) Periodicity.
22. M/s Omega Brothers, which was registered in the year 2000, has been follo wing LIFO
method for valuation of shares. In the current year it changed its method from LIFO to
FIFO Method in the year 2005. The auditor raised objection to this change in the
method of valuation of investments.
(a) Chang e in the method should be done only with the consent of the auditor
(b) Method can be changed only from FIFO to LIFO and not vice versa
(c) Change in the method should be done only if it is required by some statute and
change would result in appropriate presentation of financial stateme nt
(d) Method cannot be changed under any circumstances.
PART IV
23. Following are the items of the balance sheet of Mr. X:
Capital Rs. 7,00,000; Machinery Rs. 5,00,000 an d cash Rs. 2,00,000. If Mr. X spe nds
Rs. 5,000 to meet his family expenses, the bala nce of capital an d cash accounts will be
(a) Rs.7,00,000 and Rs. 2,00,000.
(b) Rs.6,95,000 and Rs. 1,95,000.
(c) Rs.7,00,0 00 and RS. 1,95,000.
(d) Rs.6,95,000 and Rs. 2,00,000.
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24. Mr. Mohan starte d a cloth business by investing Rs. 50,000, bought mercha ndise
worth Rs. 50,000. He sold merchandise for Rs. 60,000. Customers paid him Rs. 50,000
cash and assured him to pay Rs. 10,0 00 shortly. The amount of revenue earned by him
is
(a) Rs. 50,000.
(b) Rs. 60,000.
(c) Rs. 1,00,000.
(d) Rs. 70,000.
25. If sales revenues are Rs. 4,00,000; cost of goods sold is Rs. 3,10,000, the gross
profit is
(a) Rs. 90,000.
(b) Rs. 4,00,000.
(c) Rs. 3,10,000.
26. When balance as per cash book (debit balance) as on 31 st March is the starting
point, what will be the effect while preparing bank reconciliation statement when out
of the cheques amounting to Rs. 5,000 deposited, cheques aggregating Rs. 1,500
were credited in March and cheques aggregating Rs. 2,000 credited in April and the
rest have not been collected?
(a) Subtract Rs. 2,000.
(b) Add Rs 2,000.
(c) Subtract Rs.3,500.
(d) Add Rs. 3,500.
27. A and B purchased a piece of land for Rs 30,000 and sold it for Rs 60,000 in 2005.
Originally A had contributed Rs 12000 and B Rs 8000. The profit on venture will be
(a) Rs. 30,000
(b) Rs. 20,000
(c) Rs. 60,000
(d) Nil
28. On 1.1.05 X draw a bill on Y for Rs 1,00,000. At maturity, the bill returned dishonoured
as Y become insolvent and 40 paise per rupee is recovered from his estate. The
amount recovered is:
(a) 20,000
(b) Nil
(c) 40,000
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(d) 40 paise
29. An individual invests Rs.2,00,000 for running a stationery business. On 1 s t Jan., he
purch ases goods for Rs. 1,15,000 and sells for Rs. 1,47,000 during the month of
January. He pays shop rent for the month Rs.5,000 and finds that still he ha s goods
worth Rs. 15,000 in hand. The amount of surplus will be
(a) Rs 42,000
(b) Rs 1,62,0 00
(c) Rs 47,000
(d) Rs 27,000.
30. Goods costing Rs. 600 is supplied to Ram at the invoice of 10% above cost and a trade
discount for 5%. The amou nt of sales will be
(a) Rs. 627.
(b) Rs. 660.
(c) Rs. 570.
(d) Rs. 620.
31. Goods sold for cash Rs. 10,000, plus 10% sales tax. Sales will be cr edited by
(a) Rs. 11,000.
(b) Rs. 10,000.
(c) Rs. 9,000
(d) None of the above..
32. Ganesh got a salary Rs. 10,000 per month and with drew goods worth Rs. 2,500 for
personal use and got salary Rs. 9,500 in cash. The excess payment of Rs. 2,000 will
be debited to
(a) Sales account.
(b) Goods account.
(c) Salary account.
(d) Salary in advance account.
33. Journal entry for Rs. 6,000 stolen from the safe of the firm will be
(a) Dr. P& L a/c and Cr. Cash embezzlement a/c Rs. 6,000.
(b) Dr. Cash embezzlement a/c and Cr. Cash a/c Rs. 6,000.
(c) Dr. Cash a/c and Cr. P& L a/c Rs. 6,000
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34. After preparing the trial balance the accountant finds that the total of the debit side is
short by Rs. 1,000. This difference will be
(a) Credited to suspense account.
(b) Debited to suspense account.
(c) Adjusted to any of the debit balance account.
(d) Adjusted to any of the credit balance account.
1. Sales 12,500
2. Purchases 10,000
Total 10,000 15,000
(b) Incorrect totalling.
(d) Wr ong placing of all accounts.
36. Sita and Gita are partnes haring profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2 having the capital
of Rs.80,000 and Rs.50,000 respectively. They are entitled to 9% p.a. interest on
capital befo re distributing the profits. During the year firm earned Rs.7,800 after
allowing interest on capital. Profits apportioned among Sita and Gita is:
(a) Rs. 4,680 and 3,120
(b) Rs. 4,800 and 3,000
(c) Rs. 5,000 and 2,800
37. A sale of Rs.100 to A re corded in the Purchase Book would affect:
(a) Sales Account
(b) Purchases Returns Account
(c) Sales Account, Purchases A ccount & A Account.
38. Total capital employed by a partnership firm i s Rs.1,00,000 and its average profit is
Rs.25,000. Normal rate of return is 20% in similar firms working under simil ar conditions.
The firms earns super profit of:
(a) Rs. 3,000
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(b) Rs. 5,000

(c) Rs. 4,000
(d) Rs. 2,000
39. If capital employed by a partnership firm is Rs.1,00,000 and its average profit is
Rs.20,000 normal rate of return is 15%, the value of goodwill is:
(a) Rs.30,000
(b) Rs.5,000
(c) Rs.1,33,333
(d) Rs.33,333
40. A and D are equal partners. They wanted to admit C as 1/6 t h partner who brought
Rs.60,000 as goodwill. The new profit sharing ratio is 3:2:1. Profit sacrificing ratio will
be:
(a) 0:1/6
(b) 2:1
(c) 3:1
41. A, B, C & D are in partnership sh aring profits and losses equally. They mutually agree
to change th e profit sharing ratio to 3:3 2:2. In this process D loses by:
1
(a)
20
1
(b)
10
1
(c)
5
42. The following informatio n pertains to X Ltd.
(i) Equity share capital called up Rs.5,00,000 (ii) Calls in arrear Rs.40,000
(iii) Calls in advance Rs.25,0 00 (iv) Proposed dividend 15%
The amount of dividend payable is
(a) Rs.75,000
(b) Rs.72,750
(c) Rs.71,250
(d) Rs.69,000
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43 . Alfa Ltd. issued shares of Rs.10 each at a discount of 10%. Mr. C purchased 30
shares and paid Rs.2 on application but did not pay the allotment money of Rs.3. If the
company forfeited his entire shares, the forfeiture account will be credited by:
(a) Rs. 90.
(b) Rs. 81.
(c) Rs. 60.
(d) Rs. 54.
44. The profits of last three years are Rs. 43,000; Rs. 3 8,000 and Rs. 45,000. Find out the
goodwill of two years purchase.
(a) Rs. 42,000.
(b) Rs. 84,000.
(c) Rs. 1,26,000.
(d) Rs. 36,000.
45. Mohan sent some goods costin g Rs.3,500 at profit of 25% on sale to Sohan on sale
and return basis. Sohan return goods costing Rs.800. At the year end, i.e., on 31 st
December, 2006, the remaining goods were neither returned nor approved by him. The
stock on appr oval will be sh own in the balance sheet at Rs.
(a) 2,000
(b) 2,700
(c) 2025
(d) 3,500
46. A’s acceptance to B for Rs.2,500 discharge b y a cash payment of Rs.1,000 and a new
bill for the balance plus Rs.50 for interest. The amount of the new bill will be Rs:
(a) 2,550
(b) 1,550
(c) 1,050
47. A bought goods of the value Rs.10,000 an d consigned them to B to be sold on joint
venture, profits being divided equally. A draws a bill on B for an amount equivalent to
80% of cost on consignment. The amount of bill will be
(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.8,000
(c) Rs.6,000
(d) Rs.9,000
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48. Goods costing Rs.1,80,000 sent to consignee to show a profit of 20% on invoice price.
Invoice price of the goods is
(a) Rs.2,16,0 00
(b) Rs.2,25,0 00
(c) Rs.2,10,0 00
49. If 1,000 typewriters costing Rs.250 each are sent on consignment basis and Rs.10,000
is spent for freight etc., 20 typewriters are damaged in transit beyond repair. The
amount of loss will be
(a) Rs. 5,000
(b) Rs.200
(c) Rs.5,200
50. 1000 Kg. of Mangoes were consigned to a wholesaler, the cost being Rs.3 per kg. plus
Rs.400 freight. Loss of 15% of Mangoes is unavoidable. 750 kgs. were sold by the
consignee. The remaining stock of 100 kg. will be valued at
(a) Rs.300.
(b) Rs.500.
(c) Rs.400.
51. Machinery costing Rs.10,00,000 was purchased on 1.4.2006. The installation charges
amounting Rs.1,00,000 were incurred. The depre ciation at 10% per annum on straight
line method for the year ended 31 st March, 2007 will be
(a) Rs.1,00,0 00
(b) Rs. 2,00,000
(c) Rs. 1,10,000
52. Goods costing Rs 5,00,000 sent out to consignee at Cost + 25%. Invoice value of the
goods will be
(a) Rs.5,00,000
(b) Rs.6,25,000
(c) Rs.6,00,000
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53. Opening stock Rs.1,0 0,000, closing stock Rs.50,000, purchases Rs.2,00,000, sales
Rs.5,00,000. Gross profit rate 20% on sales. The amount of gross profit is
(a) Rs. 2,50,000.
(b) Rs. 1,00,000
(c) Nil.
54. XYZ & Company employs a team of ten workers who were paid Rs.1,000 each in the
year ending 31 s t December, 2005. At the start of year 2006, the company raised
salaries by 10%. The amount of salaries for the year ended 31 s t December, 2006 will
be.
(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.15,000
(c) Rs.11,000
10,000.Cheques deposited but not cleared amounts to Rs. 1,000 and Cheques issued
but not presented of Rs. 2,000.. Balance as per pass book should be
(a) 11,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 10,000.
56. Goods purchased Rs. 1,00,000. Sales Rs. 90,000. Margin 20 % on sales. Closing stock
is
(a) Rs. 10,000.
(b) Rs. 25,000.
(c) Rs. 28,000.
57. Mohan runs a restaurant. He renovates some of the old cabins to increase some space.
The amount of Rs. 15,000 was incurred on renovation. The amount to be charged to
profit and loss account is
(a) Nil.
(b) Rs. 15,000.
(c) Rs. 10,000.
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58. Money paid to MTNL Rs. 10,000 for in stallin g telephone in office is
(a) Expense.
(b) Liability.
(c) Asset.
(d) Revenue.
(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.8,000
(c) Rs.2,000
(d) Rs.18,000.
60. Capital introduced in the beginning by Shyam Rs.. 3,00,000; further capital introduced
during the year Rs. 2,00,000; Drawing Rs. 1,500 per month and closing capital is Rs.
4,50,000. The amount of profit or loss for the year is
(a) Loss of Rs. 32,000.
(b) Loss of Rs. 50,000.
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(i) Questions 61 to 79 have only one correct answer and carry + 1mark each for
answers and carry + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each
wrong answer.
(iii) Questions 99 and 10 0 contain small paragraph / table followed by a question
having only one correct answer and carry + 1 mark each for corre ct answer and
– 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
PART I
(a) The liability of partners of a firm is unlimited.
(b) Generally the liability of a member of a company is limited but it can be unlimited.
(d) The liabil ity of partner of firm is same as a member of any company.
62. Under Section 201 of The Indian Contract A ct, 1872, the termination of an agents’
authority can be caused due to
(a) Revocation of authority by the agent.
(b) Renunciation of agency by the pr incipal.
(d) Neither of (a) or (b).
63. The following are the requisites of a valid ratification of a contract of agency:
(a) The whole transaction can be ratified.
(b) Ratification must be communicated to the party who is sought to be bound by the act
done by the agent.
(c) Ratification can be of the acts whi ch the principal had the power to do.
64. An offer may be made to the following:
(a) A particular person.
(b) A particular group or body of persons.
(c) The publ ic at large i.e. the whole world.
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65. The following is not a ‘document of title to goods’:

(a) Bill of l ading.
(b) Dock-warrant.
(c) Stamped acknowledgement for receipt of goods.
(d) Warehouse keeper’s certificate.
66. An agreement induced by mistake of fact is void if the following conditions are fulfilled:
(a) Both the parties must be under the same mistake.
(b) The mistake must be as to some fact.
(c) The fact must be essential to the agreement.
67. Contracts may be classified on the basis of their validity, formation or performance.
Contracts classified on the basis of formation are of the following types:
(a) Express Contracts.
(b) Implied Contracts.
(c) Quasi Contracts.
68. A condition may be treated as warranty in the followin g cases:
(a) Where the buyer altogether waives the performance of the condition.
(b) Where the buyer elects to treat the breach of condition as one of a warranty.
(c) In both of the above situations.
(d) In some other situations, but not in the above situations.
69. The difference in consideration under English law and Indian law are:
(a) Under English law past consideration is no consi deration whereas under Indian Law
past consideration is good consideration.
(b) Under English law consideration must move from the promisee only and no other
person whereas under Indian Law consideration may move from the promisee or
any other person.
(c) Under English law formal contracts i.e. one which is one in writing do not requir e any
consideration whereas under Indian Law all contracts are required to be supported
by consideration.
70. Implied authority of the partner does not empower him to
(a) Open a bank account on behalf of the firm in his own name.
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(b) Compromise or relinquish any claim or portion of a claim by the firm against an
outsider.
71. Compulsory Dissolution includes
(a) Dissolution by the adjudication of all the partners or of all the partners but one as
insolvent.
(b) Dissolution by the business of the firm becoming unlawful.
72. Ratification by a minor of a contract entered during minority, even after he attains
majority is not allowed.
(a) The above statement is correct.
(b) The above statement is partly correct.
(c) The above statement is incorrect.
(d) The above statement is irrelevant.
73. A contract between A, B and C was executed whereby A pays money to B for delivering
some goods to C. C has not paid any consideration. Can C enforce the agreement?
(a) Yes, as he is the beneficiary of Trust.
(b) Yes but the same can only be done jointly with A.
(c) No as C did not pay the consideration.
(d) A and only A can enforce the agreement.
74. In case of sale
(a) Property in goods does not pass to the buyer.
(b) Risk in the goods does not pass to the buyer.
75. A void contract is a contract without an y legal effect and cannot be enforced in a Court
of law. The following are instances of void contracts:
(a) Agreements entered under mistake of fact.
(b) Agreements by way of wager.
(c) Agreements made without considerati on.
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76. In case of bailment

(a) Property in goods passes to the bailee at the time of contract.
(b) Property in goods passes to the bailee upon the payment of the last installment.
(c) Property in goods can pass to the bailee at any time after the contract.
77. Acceptance is deemed to take place when the buyer
(a) Intimates to the seller that he had accepted the goods.
(b) Does any act to the goods, whi ch is inconsistent with the ownership of the seller.
(c) Retains the goods after the lapse of a reasonable time, without intimating to the
seller that he has rejected them.
(d) Either (a) or (b) or (c).
78. The rights of a minor when admitted to the benefits of the partnership include
(a) Right to share of the property and profits of the firm as may be agreed upon.
(b) Right to have access to and i nspect and copy of the account of the firm.
(c) Right to cast his vote on the question of appointment of the managing partner.
(d) (a) & (b) but not (c).
(a) Liability of a partner in a partnership firm is unlimited.
(b) Liability of a member of a HUF is unlimited.
(c) Both the above.
PART II
80. Agreement to share profits______________.
(a) Implies an agreement to share losses
(b) Does not necessarily mean an agreement to share losses
(c) Must be coupled with an agreement to share losses
(d) Is same as agreement to share losses
81. Actual Sale of future goods is______________.
(a) Impossible
(b) Possible through an agreement to sell
(c) Illegal
(d) A myth
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82. An offer made to a definite person who ca n be accepted by the specified person only is
_________________.
(a) Special Offer
(b) Accepted Offer
(c) General Offer
(d) Standing Offer
83. A contracts to pay B Rs.1,00,000 if the latter’s house is burnt to ashes. This is an
example of__________.
(a) Contingent Contract
(b) Quasi-Contract
(c) Guarantee
(d) Bailment
84. The position of a stranger to a contract and that of the stranger to a consideration
is____________.
(a) Parti ally different
(b) Partially same
(c) Entirely different
(d) Same
85. Goods are said to be in a deliverable state when_____ _______.
(a) The buyer may take delivery of them
(b) The buyer would, under contract, be bound to take delivery of them
(c) The seller is in a position to deliver them
86. Any act committed by a party to a contract, or with his connivance or by his agent with
intent to deceive another party thereto or his agent, or to induce him to enter into a
contract is said to be _____ _________.
(a) Coercion
(b) Undue Influence
(c) Fraud
87. Doctrine of Caveat Emptor is laid down in the Section _________ of The Sale of Goods
Act, 1930.
(a) 16
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(b) 10
(c) 17
(d) 20
88. A directs B who is a solicitor to sell his estate by auction and to employ an auctioneer
for this purpose. B names C, an auctioneer, to conduct the sale. The status of C for the
sale is _____________.
(a) C is an agent of A
(b) C is a sub-agent of A
(c) C is an agent of B
(d) C is neither an agent of A nor of B
or does not happen is _______________.
(c) Illegal
(d) Void
90. X proposes b y a letter sent by post to sell his house to Y. Y accepts the proposal by a
letter sent by post. The letter of acceptance is in the course of transmission to X. Y
________________.
(a) Cannot revoke his acceptance
(b) May revoke his acceptance at any time before the letter communi cating the
acceptance reaches X but not afterwards
(c) May revoke his acceptance at any time after the letter communicating the
acceptance reaches X
(d) Can revoke only after the prior approval of X
91. A agrees to pay B Rs.5,00,000/- if A is able to go to a foreign tour in the forthcoming
week. It is _________________.
(d) Not a contract at all
92. A bus plying on the road is an example of ________________ _.
(b) Mere communication of informati on in the course of negotiation
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(d) Offer
93. Tender for supply of goods is an offer, which is allowed to remain open for accepta nce
over a period of time. Such offers are _______________.
(a) Cross Offer
(b) General Offer
(c) Standing Offer
(d) Unlimited Offer
94. Consideration may be gratuitous or non-gratuitous ___ ______________.
(a) In case of sale
(b) In case of bailment
(c) In both the above cases
(d) In no case
95. Expressed conditions are those_________________.
(a) Which are agreed upon between the parties at the time of the contract
(b) Which are presumed by l aw be present in the contract
96. Right of lien and Right of stoppage in transit _________________.
(a) Actually mean the same right
(b) Are actually similar rights
(c) Are consequential or sequential in nature, i.e. the end of right of lien is the starting
point of the ri ght of stoppage in transit
(d) Are rights available to any seller of goods
97. Goodwill of the partnership business can be regarded as _________________.
(a) The property of the firm
(b) The property of the firm, subject to a contract between the partners to this effect
(c) The property of the firm, irrespective of a contract between the partners to this effect
(d) The property of the firm, subject to order of the High Court to this effect
98. A minor when admitted to the benefits of the partnership ________ ______.
(a) Is liable for all the liabilities of the firm in person
(b) Is liable for all the liabilities of the firm through his properties
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(c) Is never liable for any of the liabilities of the firm

(d) Is liabl e in accor dance with the provisions of subs-section (3) of Section 30 of the
Indian Partnership Act, 1932
PART III
actually a former partner of the firm. C had not issued any public notice in the year of
his retirement from the partnership firm. D, a trader knowin g well that only A & B are
the partners of the firm, supplied 500 refrig erators to the firm on credit. The credit
period expired and D did not get the price of his supplies. D filed a suit against A & C
for the recovery of price. In light of the above circumstances answer which of the
following is correct:
(a) C is liable for the price to D, only if the element of fraudul ent intention is present.
(b) C is liable for the price to D, irrespective of the fact, whether the element of
fraudul ent intention is present or not.
(d) C is liable to D because he had not issued any public notice of his retirement from
the partnershi p firm.
100. Sanju took a medical in surance from Deadly Diseases Insurance & Claim Corporation
of Asia (DDICCA) through one of its agent, Manju. Sanju singed whatever documents
were placed before her by Manju in good faith. The documents contained the fact that
Sanju was healthy, fit and fine whereas she was actually suffering from ch ronic asthma
and acute allergy. Sanju did not take care to suggest the changes in the documents
and the policy was issued based on the above submissions.
(a) Sanju is well protected because she relied on Manju in all good faith.
(b) Sanju is well protected because Manju never specifically asked here about
the above issues and so she remained silent.
(c) Sanju has a duty to speak and disclose the above issues.
(d) Sanju has no duty to speak and disclose the above issues. It is the duty of
DDICCA and its representatives to ask whatever is required.
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PART I
101. Economics is the study of
(a). how society manages its unlimited resources.
(b). how to reduce our wants unt il we are satisfied.
(c). how society manages its scarce resources.
(d). how to fully satisfy our unlimited wants
102. Which of the following is not part of the opportunity cost of going on holiday?
(a). the money you spent on a theatre show
(b). the money you could have made if you had stayed at home and worked
(c). the money you spent on airline tickets
(d). the money you spent on food
103. Which of the following statements is normative?
(a). Large government deficits cause an economy to grow more slowly.
(b). People work harder if the wage is higher.
(c). The unemployment rate should be lower.
(d). Printing too much money causes inflation.
104. If an increase in consumer incomes leads to a decrease in the demand for camping
equipment, then camping equipment is
(a). a normal good.
(b). none of these answers.
(c). an inferior good.
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(d). a substitute good.

105. Suppose consumer tastes shift toward the consumption of apples. Which of the
following statements is an accurate description of the impact of this event on the
market for apples?
(a). There is an increase in the quantity demanded of apples and in the supply
for apples.
(b). There is an increase in the demand and supply of apples.
(c). There is an increase in t he demand for apples and a decrease in the
supply of apples.
(d). There is an increase in the demand for apples and an increase in the
quantity supplied
106. A buyer's willingness to pay is that buyer's:
(a). minimum amount they are willing to pay for a good.
(b). producer surplus.
(c). consumer surplus.
(d). maximum amount they are willing to pay for a good.
107. The following table exhibits:
Number of workers Output
0 0
1 23
2 40
3 50
(a) increasing marginal product of labour.
(b) diminishing marginal product of labour.
(c) increasing ret urns to scale.
(d) diminishing returns to scale.
108. If there are implicit cost of production:
(a) economic profit will be equal to accounting profit.
(b) economic profit will be less than accounting profit.
(c) economic profits will be zero.
(d) economic profit will be more than accounting profit.
109. If a competitive firm doubles its output, its total revenue:
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(a). doubles.
(b). more than doubles.
(c). less than doubles.
(d). cannot be determined because the price of the good may rise or fall.
110. In the long-run, some firms will exit the market if the price of t he good offered for
sale is less than:
(a). marginal revenue.
(b). marginal cost.
(c). av erage total cost.
(d). average revenue.
111. Which of the following statements about price and marginal cost in competitive and
monopolized markets is true?
(a). In competitive markets, price equals marginal cost; in monopolized
markets, price exceeds marginal cost.
(b). In competitive markets, price equals marginal cost; in monopolized
markets, price equals marginal cost.
(c). In competitive markets, price exceeds marginal cost; in monopolized
markets, price exceeds marginal cost.
(d). In competitive markets, price exceeds marginal cost; in monopolized
markets, price equals marginal cost.
112. Agriculture faces the problem of:
(a) slow and uneven growth.
(b) over irrigation.
(c) overdose of fertilizers.
(d) very few people engaged in it.
113. ICICI bank is a:
(a) central bank.
(b) private commercial bank.
(c) rural regional bank.
(d) nationalized bank.
114. PMGSY was launched to:

(a) provide house to the rural poor.
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(b) provide road connectivity through good all weather roads to unconnected
villages.
(c) food security to the urban poor.
115. If 4 farmers can do a field job which is being done by 6 farmers, this means there is:
(a). frictional unemployment.
(b). disguised unemployment.
(c). voluntary unemployment.
(d). seasonal unemployment.
116. If 9 people are unemployed and 411 people are in the work force, then people in
labour force are:
(a) 402
(b) 411
(c) 9
(d) 420
PART II
117. For adult education _______ _____________mission was launched in 1998 in India.
(a) National Adult education
(b) National Technological
(c) National Senior Citizen
(d) National Literacy
118. According to the latest available data, there are ___________malaria cases per
million.
(a) 3.2
(b) 9.5
(c) 1.84
(d) 20.3
119. According to the latest data (Nov.2005), there are around_________broadband
subscribers in India.
(a) 7.5 la kh
(b) 177 lakh
(c) 127 lakh
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(d) 5 lakh
120. The rate of inflation was lowest in _________________.
(a) fifties
(b) sixties
(c) seventies
(d) ei ghties
121. In the year __________, the practice of RBI lending to the government through ad
hoc treasury bills was given up.
(a) 1951
(b) 1997
(c) 1991
(d) 2001
122. TRAI is the regulatory authority for __________ in India.
(a) railways
(b) telecom
(c) banking
(d) secondary market
123. The FRBM Act aims at reducing gross fiscal deficit by _________% per annum.
(a) 2%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 0.5%.
(d) 3%.
124. In terms of overseas shipping tonnage, India ranks________.
(a) 67 th
(b) 23 rd
(c) 100 th
(d) 17 th
125. GNP at market price minus _________________is equal to GDP at market price.
(a) depreciation.
(b) direct taxes
(c) subsidies
(d) net in come from abroad
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126. About 98 percent of the sick units in India are ___________units.

(a) small
(b) bi g
(c) banking
(d) trading
127. Excise duties are levied on ______________________.
(d) in comes of the corporate
128. Points outside the production possibilities curve are ____________________.
(a) attain able with the existing technology.
(b) not attainable with th e existing resources and technology.
(c) in efficient.
(d) suggest that the country’s factors are underemployed.
129. Price theory is an important constituent of _____ Economics.
(a) Micro
(b) Macro
(c) Developmental
(d) Welfare
130. For ______________goods increase in inco me leads to increase in demand
(a) Abnormal
(b) Normal
(c) Inferior
(d) Superior
131. Economic laws are essentially _______ and ________.
(a) hypothetical, conditional
(b) hypothetical, unconditional
(c) neutral, rigid
(d) neutral, flexible
132. Inductive method is ____ based on the observation of particular facts.
(a) never
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(b) seldomly
(c) alternatively
(d) always
PART III
133. If Figure 1 represents th e market for P erk (ch ocolates), the initial equilibrium is at the
intersection of S1 and D1. The ne w equilibrium if there is an in crease in the price of
Dairy milk (chocolates) will be:
(a) Point 3
(b) Point 5
(c) Point 4
(d) Point 2.
134. In Figure 1 (which represents the market for Perk (chocolates), the initial equilibrium is
at the intersection of S1 and D1. The new equilibrium if there is ra pid economic growth
but cost of labour producing Per k also rises:
(a) Point 3.
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(b) Point 9.
(c) Point 2.
(d) Point 6.
135. In Figure 1(which represents the market for Perk), the initial equilibrium is at the
intersection of S1 and D1. The new equilibrium if there is a health scare about the
effect chocolates may have is:
(a) Point 2.
(b) Point 9.
(c) Point 3.
(d) Point 6.
intersection of S1 and D1. Assuming that there is a new technology for producing Perk,
the new equilibrium:
(a) Point 8
(b) Point 7.
(c) Point 3.
(d) Point 6.
intersection of S1 and D1. Assume that there is an increase in the productivity and at
the same time the price of 5 star(chocolates) falls. The new equilibrium will be:
(a) Point 2.
(b) Point 9.
(c) Point 3.
(d) Point 6.
PART IV
138. What is the average total cost in producing 20 units, if fixed cost is Rs.5000 and
variable cost is Rs. 2/-?
(a) 250
(b) 260
(c) 258
(d) 252
139 . For producing 100 units Total variable cost is Rs.500 & Total fixed cost is
Rs.10 00.Compute Average Cost.
(a) 10
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(b) 15
(c) 5
(d) 20
Read the following data and answer questions 140-143. Following are the cost
components:
Direct material Rs.2500
Indirect mat erial Rs.1500
Indirect labour Rs.2000
Direct labour Rs.1400
Management expense Rs.3000
Promotional expense Rs.2700
Indirect expense Rs.1500
Direct expense Rs.1000.
140. From the above data compute Prime cost.
(a) 6300
(b) 2900
(c) 4900
(d) 5300
141. From the above data compute Production cost.
(a) 7600
(b) 6900
(c) 9900
(d) 8700
142. From the above data, comput e Cost of goods sold.
(a) 9900
(b) 11500
(c) 12600
(d) 12900
143. From the above data, compute cost of sales.
(a) 15500
(b) 15600
(c) 12900
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(d) 14800
144. If in the above case, sales are Rs.16500, then compute profit?
(a) 1000
(b) 1200
(c) 900
(d) 800
145. Compute national in come when population is 3 cr and per capita income is 2000
(a) 6000 cr
(b) 2000 cr
(c) 3000 cr
(d) 10000 cr
146. What is the price elasticity of demand when, price changes from Rs.10 to Rs.12
and correspondingly demand changes from 6 units to 4 units?
(a) 0.833
(b) 1.6
(c) 2.2
(d) 1.833
147. What is the new quantity demanded when price elasticity is 1 and price changes from
Rs.15 to Rs.10 and the original quantity demanded was 10 units?
(a) 15 units
(b) 20 units
(c) 8 units
(d) 12 units
148. What is the original price of a commodity when price elasticity is 0.71 and demand
changes from 20 units to 15 units and the new price is Rs. 10?
(a) Rs. 15
(b) Rs. 18
(c) Rs. 20
(d) Rs. 8
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Table 3
Number of products Total utility Marginal utility
00-
1 1800
2 3400
3 4800
4 6000
5 7000
6 7800
7 8400
8 8800
9 9000
149. What is marginal utility when consumption increases from 4 units to 5 units?
(a) 3000.
(b) 1200.
(c) 1000.
(d) 1500.
150. What is marginal utility when consumption increases from 8 units to 9 units?
(a) 3000.
(b) 200.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1500.
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wrong answer.
PART I
151. The correlation is said to be positive
(a) When th e values of two variables move in the same direction.
(b) When th e values of two variables move in the opposite direction.
(c) When th e values of two variable would not change.
(d) None of these.
152. The point of intersection between the lines 3x+4y=7 and 4x–y=3 lie in the
(a) 1 st quadrant.
(b) 2 nd quadrant.
(c) 3 rd quadrant.
(d) 4 th quadrant.
153. If P is a set of natural number then P I P’ is
(a) f
(b) Sample Space.
(c) 0
(d) (P U P’)’
154. Three coin s are tossed. What is the probability of getting at least two tails?
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/4
(d) None of these.
155. The result of ODI matches between India and Pa kistan follows
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(a) Binomial distributio n.

(b) Poisson distrib ution.
(c) Normal distribution.
(d) (b) or (c).
156. If in a binomial distribution mean = 20, S.D. = 4 then n is equal to
(a) 80
(b) 100
(c) 90
(d) None of these.
157. The difference between sample S.D. and the estimate of population S.D. is negligible if
the sample size is
(a) Small.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Sufficiently large.
(d) None of these.
158. Coefficient of determination is defined as
(a) r 3
(b) 1–r 2
(c) 1+r 2
(d) r 2
159. Regression coefficient is independent of the change of

(a) Scale.
(b) Origin.
(c) Both origin and scale.
(d) Neither origin nor scale.
160. If A and B are mutually exclusive events and P(A) = 0.3 and P(B) = 0.4, find P(A’).
(a) 0.7
(b) 0.3
(c) 0.6
(d) None of these.
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ax + b
161. If y= f(x) = a then f(y) is ______ .
ax -
(a) –x
(b) 2x
(c) x
(d) x 2
162. Value of 3 P2 is ______ .

(a) 6
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 2
163. In binomial distribution ‘p’ denotes probability of ______ .
(a) Success.
(b) Failure.
(c) Both of these.
(d) None of these.
164. First deciles is the value for which one-tenth of the given observations are _______ D 1
and the re maining nine-tenth observations are ___________D1 .
(a) Less than or equal to, More than or equal to
(b) More than or equal to, Less than or equal to
(c) Less than, More than
(d) More than, Less than
165. _______ may be defined as the minimum value and the maximum value, the class
interval may contain.
(a) Class mark
(b) Class limit
166. In case of _______, plotted points on a scatter diagram would be equally distributed
without depicting any particular pattern.
(b) Positive correlation
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(c) Negative correlation

(d) Simple corr elation
167. Let f(y)= xx then f’(y) is ______ .

3
(a) x 3 [x 2 +3x.log x]
(b) xx[x 2 +3x. log x]

3
(c) xx[x2–3x. log x]

3
(d) None of these

168. The colour of a flower is an example of ______ .
(a) An attribute
(b) A variable
(c) A discrete variable
(d) A continuous variable
169. A quantitative characteristic is known as ______ .
(a) An attribute
(b) A variable
(c) Both of above
(d) None of above
170. Data collected on the weight of a group of a students after recording their weights with
a weighing machine are __ ____ .
(a) Primary data
(b) Secondary data
(c) Discrete da ta
(d) Continuous data
PART III
171. If in a binomial distribution mean = 20, S.D. = 4 then p is equal to
(a) 2/5
(b) 3/5
(c) 1/5
(d) 4/5
172. The variables x and y are related by 6x+7y=81 and median of x is 10. What is the
median of y?
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(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
173. Find D 6 for the following observations.
41,28,45,25,60,37.5,37.5,40,65,32.5
(a) 39.60
(b) 40.60
(c) 41.60
(d) 42.60
174. For a moderately skewed distribution of marks in statistics for a group of 100 students,
the mean mark and median mark were found to be 50 and 40. What is the modal mark?
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 30
175. If y=5+7x an d mode of x is 4, what is the mode of y?
(a) 28
(b) 33
(c) 4
(d) 43
176. Following are the marks of 10 stu dents :
82, 79, 56, 79, 85, 95, 55, 72, 70, 66 .
Find coefficient of range.
(a) 25.66
(b) 26.67
(c) 27.66
(d) 28.67
177. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that it is neither a black
card nor a king?
(a) 6/13
(b) 5/13
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(c) 1/6
(d) None of these.
178. Refer following table
44 – 48 4
49 – 53 5
54 – 58 7
Total 16
Find Relative frequency for the third class interval.
(a) 7/16
(b) 7/4
(c) 16/7
variation unaccounted for is
(a) 60%
(b) 40%
(c) 64%
(d) 36%
180. A coin is tossed two times. The toss resulted in one head and one tail. What is the
probability that the first thro w resulted in tail?
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/2
(d) None of these.
181. A survey shows that 68% of women like apples, 7 4% of women like orange. What
perce ntage like both
(a) 12%
(b) 6%
(c) 21%
(d) 42%
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182. e 3x+
dx5 is equal to
e 3x +5
(a) +c
3
e 3x
(b) c +
5
- e3 x+ 5
(c) 3 +c
(d) None of these.

183. Sum of the series 1+3+9+27 ......... is 364. The number of terms is
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 11
(d) None of these.
184. In how many ways can 4 single seated rooms in a hostel be occupied by 3 stude nts?
(a) 24
(b) 12
(c) 4
(d) 6
11
185. The valu e of +
log() ab
log()
ab is
ab
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) –1
(d) None of these.
186. The difference between the simple interest and the compound interest on Rs.1200 for 4
years at 10% p.a. is
(a) Rs.77
(b) Rs.480
(c) Rs.80
(d) Rs.557
187. Differentiate y w.r.t. x when y=(x 2 –2x) (x+
2 1)
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(b) 4x 2 –6x+2
(c) 4x 3 –6x2 +2 x–2
(d) None of these.
2x2 + 6x - 5
188. If f(x) = 20 is to be discontinuous then
12x2 + x -
(a) x=5/4
(b) x=4/5
(c) –4/3
(d) None of these.
189. Find the arithmetic mean between 4 and 10
(a) 14
(b) 7
(c) 3
(d) 6
190. Compute 8 C7
(a) 8
(b) 7
(c) 6
(d) None of these.
191. Find the distance between the pair of points p (–5, 2) and q (–3, –4)
(a) 2 10
(b) 10 2
(c) 2
(d) 10
192. What will be the final value of in vestment for the principal value of Rs. 80,000 for 4
years @ 10% p.a. r ate of interest?
(a) 83,200
(b) Rs. 112,000
(c) 82,300
(d) None of these.
193. 184 x –9/ 8 is expressed as
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184
(b)
x- 9 / 8
(c) x 9/8
184
(d)
x9 / 8
194. The value of x3 dx

x is
- 2x5 /2
(a) c +
5
2x5 / 2
(b) c +
5
(c) x 5/2 +c
(d) None of these.
x3 /2 - 27
195. Evaluate lim
x 9 x- 9
(a) 3
9
(b) 2
3
(c) 2
(d) 9
196. Find the mean proportion between 5.25 and 8.9
(a) 8.63
(b) 6.83
(c) 9.23
(d) None of these.
197. If a : b = c : d = 3 : 5, then what are the values of ad : bc is
(a) 3:5
(b) 5:3
(c) 1:1
(d) None of these.
198. The solution set of the equations is 2x+3y = 0 and x+2y=0
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(a) 2, 2
(b) 1, –1
MODEL TEST PAPER–BOS/CPT-1/2006
(c) 0, 0
SECTION – A : FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING
(d) –3, 3
1 (c) curve 4y=ux

199. The 2 2 +v (d) 3 the point
passes through 4 3) anddy(b)
(b) p at (2, =4 this point
dx 5 ‘p’. So
(d)the
6 (b)
values of u7 and v are(c) 8 (a) 9 (c) 10 (b)
11 (a) u=2,
(c) v=2 12 (d) 13 (c) 14 (a) 15 (a)
16 (b) u=–
(a)4, v=–4 17 (a) 18 (a) 19 (c) 20 (b)
21 (c) u=4,
(a)v=4 22 (c) 23 (d) 24 (b) 25 (a)
26 (d) None
(a) of these.
27 (b) 28 (b) 29 (b) 30 (a)
31 200. Determine
(a) 32 first term
the (c)of an A.P.
33with common
(d) difference
34 3 & 7(d) 35 11
th term being (b)
36 (a) –7(a) 37 (d) 38 (a) 39 (d) 40 (b)
41 (b) 7 (b) 42 (c) 43 (c) 44 (d) 45 (b)
46 (c) 6 (c) 47 (a) 48 (a) 49 (b) 50 (b)
51 (d) 5 (c) 52 (d) 53 (d) 54 (d) 55 (d)
56 (c) 57 (c) 58 (b) 59 (d) 60 (b)
SECTION – B : MERCANTILE LAWS

61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (a) 64. (b) 65. (d)
66. (d) 67. (b) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (b)
71. (c) 72. (b) 73. (d) 74. (b) 75. (d)
76. (d) 77. (a) 78. (c) 79. (a) 80. (c)
81. (b) 82. (a) 83. (a) 84. (a) 85. (c)
86. (c) 87. (a) 88. (b) 89. (b) 90. (c)
91. (b) 92. (b) 93. (c) 94. (d) 95. (c)
96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (d) 99. (b) 100. (b)
SECTION – C : GENERAL ECONOMICS
101 (a) 102 (a) 103 (b) 104 (c) 105 (b)
106 (d) 107 (d) 108 (b) 109 (a) 110 (d)
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116 (c) 117 (a) 118 (b) 119 (c) 120 (b)
121 (a) 122 (a) 123 (a) 124 (c) 125 (d)
126 (d) 127 (c) 128 (a) 129 (c) 130 (c)
131 (c) 132 (d) 133 (c) 134 (b) 135 (a)
136 (a) 137 (c) 138 (c) 139 (c) 140 (c)
141 (b) 142 (c) 143 (a) 144 (c) 145 (d)
146 (d) 147 (a) 148 (c) 149 (a) 150 (b)
SECTION – D : QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
151 (d) 152 (d) 153 (b) 154 (a) 155 (b)
156 (d) 157 (b) 158 (a) 159 (b) 160 (c)
161 (d) 162 (b) 163 (a) 164 (a) 165 (b)
166 (a) 167 (d) 168 (a) 169 (b) 170 (a)
171 (b) 172 (c) 173 (a) 174 (d) 175 (a)
176 (c) 177 (a) 178 (a) 179 (b) 180 (b)
181 (b) 182 (c) 183 (c) 184 (a) 185 (d)
186 (c) 187 (c) 188 (c) 189 (b) 190 (a)
191 (c) 192 (a) 193 (b) 194 (a) 195 (a)
196 (c) 197 (c) 198 (a) 199 (b) 200 (a)
1 (d) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (d)

6 (c) 7 (a) 8 (b) 9 (b) 10 (c)
11 (a) 12 (a) 13 (a) 14 (c) 15 (a)
16 (b) 17 (c) 18 (a) 19 (c) 20 (a)
21 (a) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24 (a) 25 (a)
26 (d) 27 (a) 28 (b) 29 (c) 30 (a)
31 (b) 32 (a) 33 (b) 34 (b) 35 (a)
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41 (a) 42 (a) 43 (a) 44 (c) 45 (c)
46 (a) 47 (b) 48 (a) 49 (a) 50 (a)
51 (b) 52 (b) 53 (c) 54 (a) 55 (b)
56 (c) 57 (b) 58 (a) 59 (b) 60 (a)
61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (d) 64. (a) 65. (c)
66. (d) 67. (c) 68. (a) 69. (d) 70. (a)
71. (d) 72. (d) 73. (c) 74. (b) 75. (d)
76. (c) 77. (a) 78. (d) 79. (d) 80. (b)
81. (d) 82. (b) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (d)
86. (a) 87. (b) 88. (c) 89. (c) 90. (b)
91. (c) 92. (a) 93. (b) 94. (c) 95. (a)
96. (a) 97. (d) 98. (d) 99. (a) 100. (a)
101 (b) 102 (d) 103 (a) 104 (c) 105 (a)
106 (a) 107 (c) 108 (c) 109 (a) 110 (d)
111 (d) 112 (d) 113 (b) 114 (b) 115 (b)
116 (d) 117 (d) 118 (b) 119 (b) 120 (b)
121 (b) 122 (c) 123 (c) 124 (a) 125 (d)
126 (c) 127 (a) 128 (c) 129 (c) 130 (a)
131 (b) 132 (d) 133 (b) 134 (a) 135 (c)
136 (d) 137 (b) 138 (b) 139 (b) 140 (a)
141 (d) 142 (c) 143 (a) 144 (d) 145 (b)
146 (b) 147 (c) 148 (a) 149 (c) 150 (a)
151 (b) 152 (a) 153 (d) 154 (d) 155 (c)
156 (b) 157 (c) 158 (c) 159 (a) 160 (d)
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161 (d) 162 (b) 163 (b) 164 (b) 165 (c)
166 (d) 167 (c) 168 (b) 169 (b) 170 (a)
171 (c) 172 (a) 173 (a) 174 (c) 175 (b)
176 (c) 177 (d) 178 (b) 179 (a) 180 (d)
181 (b) 182 (c) 183 (b) 184 (a) 185 (a)
186 (c) 187 (a) 188 (a) 189 (a) 190 (c)
191 (d) 192 (c) 193 (d) 194 (a) 195 (b)
196 (b) 197 (a) 198 (b) 199 (b) 200 (b)
1 (d) 2 (b) 3 (a) 4 (d) 5 (c)

6 (d) 7 (a) 8 (c) 9 (b) 10 (c)
11 (c) 12 (c) 13 (c) 14 (a) 15 (c)
16 (a) 17 (b) 18 (c) 19 (c) 20 (b)
21 (b) 22 (c) 23 (b) 24 (d) 25 (b)
26 (c) 27 (a) 28 (a) 29 (d) 30 (c)
31 (a) 32 (c) 33 (d) 34 (c) 35 (b)
36 (b) 37 (d) 38 (d) 39 (a) 40 (b)
41 (b) 42 (c) 43 (c) 44 (b) 45 (a)
46 (a) 47 (d) 48 (a) 49 (b) 50 (a)
51 (c) 52 (b) 53 (b) 54 (a) 55 (d)
56 (c) 57 (c) 58 (a) 59 (d) 60 (b)
61. (b) 62. (d) 63. (a) 64. (b) 65. (c)
66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (a) 69. (c) 70. (b)
71. (c) 72. (b) 73. (b) 74. (d) 75. (b)
76. (d) 77. (c) 78. (c) 79. (d) 80. (b)
81. (c) 82. (b) 83. (c) 84. (a) 85. (a)
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86. (b) 87. (a) 88. (a) 89. (b) 90. (a)
91. (d) 92. (d) 93. (d) 94. (b) 95. (c)
96. (a) 97. (d) 98. (d) 99. (b) 100. (a)
101 (c) 102 (a) 103 (b) 104 (a) 105 (d)
106 (a) 107 (b) 108 (b) 109 (c) 110 (d)
111 (d) 112 (b) 113 (c) 114 (a) 115 (d)
116 (c) 117 (a) 118 (b) 119 (b) 120 (d)
121 (d) 122 (b) 123 (b) 124 (b) 125 (c)
126 (a) 127 (a) 128 (c) 129 (c) 130 (a)
131 (b) 132 (b) 133 (d) 134 (b) 135 (d)
136 (c) 137 (d) 138 (d) 139 (c) 140 (b)
141 (c) 142 (c) 143 (a) 144 (a) 145 (b)
146 (a) 147 (c) 148 (a) 149 (d) 150 (d)
151 (d) 152 (b) 153 (c) 154 (a) 155 (d)
156 (a) 157 (d) 158 (d) 159 (a) 160 (b)
161 (b) 162 (b) 163 (a) 164 (c) 165 (b)
166 (a) 167 (a) 168 (d) 169 (b) 170 (b)
171 (a) 172 (b) 173 (c) 174 (c) 175 (a)
176 (b) 177 (b) 178 (c) 179 (c) 180 (c)
181 (b) 182 (b) 183 (c) 184 (a) 185 (c)
186 (c) 187 (b) 188 (b) 189 (b) 190 (b)
191 (b) 192 (b) 193 (c) 194 (c) 195 (c)
196 (c) 197 (d) 198 (b) 199 (c) 200 (c)
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SECTION – A :FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING
1 (d) 2 (b) 3 (a) 4 (c) 5 (c)

6 (a) 7 (a) 8 (b) 9 (d) 10 (d)
11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (a) 14 (c) 15 (a)
16 (d) 17 (d) 18 (a) 19 (b) 20 (d)
22 (c) 23 (b) 23 (d) 24 (b) 25 (c)
26 (a) 27 (d) 28 (d) 29 (d) 30 (b)
31 (b) 32 (a) 33 (c) 34 (c) 35 (a)
36 (b) 37 (c) 38 (c) 39 (b) 40 (c)
41 (b) 42 (b) 43 (b) 44 (c) 45 (a)
46 (b) 47 (c) 48 (c) 49 (a) 50 (b)
51 (c) 52 (c) 53 (d) 54 (b) 55 (a)
56 (c) 57 (b) 58 (c) 59 (a) 60 (a)
61. (a) 62. (d) 63. (a) 64. (b) 65. (c)
66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (a)
71. (c) 72. (d) 73. (c) 74. (d) 75. (a)
76. (d) 77. (d) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (b)
81. (a) 82. (a) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (a)
86. (b) 87. (b) 88. (b) 89. (b) 90. (b)
91. (c) 92. (d) 93. (b) 94. (c) 95. (a)
96. (d) 97. (d) 98. (b) 99. (a) 100. (a)
101 (c) 102 (a) 103 (c) 104 (d) 105 (c)
106 (b) 107 (d) 108 (d) 109 (b) 110 (c)
111 (d) 112 (d) 113 (c) 114 (b) 115 (a)
116 (c) 117 (a) 118 (c) 119 (b) 120 (b)
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121 (c) 122 (c) 123 (c) 124 (b) 125 (d)
126 (b) 127 (c) 128 (a) 129 (c) 130 (c)
131 (c) 132 (b) 133 (d) 134 (c) 135 (b)
136 (b) 137 (d) 138 (c) 139 (a) 140 (d)
141 (b) 142 (a) 143 (c) 144 (d) 145 (b)
146 (b) 147 (d) 148 (d) 149 (b) 150 (b)
151 (c) 152 (a) 153 (b) 154 (b) 155 (d)
156 (b) 157 (c) 158 (b) 159 (b) 160 (c)
161 (d) 162 (c) 163 (a) 164 (a) 165 (c)
166 (d) 167 (d) 168 (c) 169 (b) 170 (b)
171 (a) 172 (c) 173 (b) 174 (c) 175 (b)
176 (b) 177 (b) 178 (d) 179 (c) 180 (a)
181 (b) 182 (c) 183 (c) 184 (a) 185 (a)
186 (c) 187 (c) 188 (b) 189 (a) 190 (a)
191 (c) 192 (c) 193 (c) 194 (c) 195 (b)
196 (a) 197 (d) 198 (d) 199 (c) 200 (b)
1 (a) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (b) 5 (d)

6 (a) 7 (d) 8 (c) 9 (b) 10 (a)
11 (c) 12 (a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d)
16 (c) 17 (a) 18 (b) 19 (b) 20 (c)
21 (c) 22 (b) 23 (d) 24 (d) 25 (a)
26 (a) 27 (d) 28 (b) 29 (d) 30 (c)
31 (a) 32 (b) 33 (a) 34 (c) 35 (a)
36 (b) 37 (d) 38 (d) 39 (c) 40 (a)
41 (b) 42 (c) 43 (a) 44 (d) 45 (b)
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46 (a) 47 (d) 48 (c) 49 (b) 50 (b)

51 (a) 52 (d) 53 (d) 54 (a) 55 (c)
56 (b) 57 (c) 58 (b) 59 (c) 60 (d)
SECTION – B MERCANTILE AWS
61. (d) 62. (b) 63. (c) 64. (a) 65. (d)
66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (b) 69. (d) 70. (d)
71. (c) 72. (d) 73. (a) 74. (d) 75. (d)
76. (c) 77. (d) 78. (b) 79. (b) 80. (a)
81. (d) 82. (b) 83. (a) 84. (a) 85. (a)
86. (b) 87. (a) 88. (a) 89. (a) 90. (c)
91. (c) 92. (d) 93. (b) 94. (d) 95. (d)
96. (d) 97. (d) 98. (a) 99. (a) 100. (d)
101 (c) 102 (d) 103 (a) 104 (b) 105 (c)
106 (b) 107 (b) 108 (c) 109 (d) 110 (b)
111 (d) 112 (b) 113 (d) 114 (b) 115 (a)
116 (b) 117 (a) 118 (a) 119 (b) 120 (a)
121 (b) 122 (c) 123 (a) 124 (c) 125 (a)
126 (a) 127 (a) 128 (a) 129 (b) 130 (a)
131 (c) 132 (d) 133 (b) 134 (b) 135 (d)
136 (d) 137 (d) 138 (d) 139 (d) 140 (c)
141 (c) 142 (d) 143 (c) 144 (b) 145 (d)
146 (a) 147 (a) 148 (b) 149 (c) 150 (b)
151 (b) 152 (a) 153 (c) 154 (a) 155 (d)
156 (c) 157 (c) 158 (d) 159 (d) 160 (d)
161 (b) 162 (b) 163 (c) 164 (b) 165 (a)
166 (b) 167 (a) 168 (a) 169 (d) 170 (c)
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171 (d) 172 (a) 173 (b) 174 (a) 175 (a)
176 (a) 177 (c) 178 (b) 179 (a) 180 (d)
181 (d) 182 (d) 183 (c) 184 (a) 185 (b)
186 (b) 187 (b) 188 (c) 189 (a) 190 (c)
191 (b) 192 (b) 193 (a) 194 (c) 195 (c)
196 (a) 197 (c) 198 (a) 199 (c) 200 (b)
1 (d) 2 (d) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (d)

6 (a) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9 (c) 10 (b)
11 (b) 12 (b) 13 (a) 14 (b) 15 (b)
16 (b) 17 (c) 18 (c) 19 (c) 20 (d)
21 (c) 22 (b) 23 (b) 24 (b) 25 (d)
26 (c) 27 (a) 28 (b) 29 (b) 30 (c)
31 (c) 32 (a) 33 (b) 34 (d) 35 (c)
36 (b) 37 (d) 38 (c) 39 (c) 40 (b)
41 (a) 42 (c) 43 (b) 44 (c) 45 (c)
46 (d) 47 (b) 48 (d) 49 (c) 50 (c)
51 (c) 52 (d) 53 (b) 54 (d) 55 (c)
56 (c) 57 (d) 58 (c) 59 (b) 60 (d)]

61. (b) 62. (a) 63. (c) 64. (b) 65. (d)
66. (c) 67. (d) 68. (b) 69. (d) 70. (d)
71. (b) 72. (d) 73. (a) 74. (c) 75. (b)
76. (a) 77. (a) 78. (d) 79. (b) 80. (a)
81. (a) 82. (a) 83. (b) 84. (a) 85. (b)
86. (a) 87. (b) 88. (d) 89. (d) 90. (b)
91. (a) 92. (d) 93. (c) 94. (a) 95. (b)
96. (c) 97. (d) 98. (d) 99. (a) 100. (b)
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101 (d) 102 (b) 103 (b) 104 (c) 105 (d)
106 (a) 107 (c) 108 (b) 109 (d) 110 (b)
111 (a) 112 (b) 113 (d) 114 (c) 115 (d)
116 (c) 117 (a) 118 (a) 119 (d) 120 (c)
121 (b) 122 (b) 123 (d) 124 (c) 125 (c)
126 (c) 127 (d) 128 (d) 129 (d) 130 (b)
131 (a) 132 (b) 133 (c) 134 (c) 135 (c)
136 (d) 137 (b) 138 (c) 139 (a) 140 (d)
141 (d) 142 (a) 143 (b) 144 (c) 145 (a)
146 (b) 147 (d) 148 (c) 149 (d) 150 (b)
151 (b) 152 (b) 153 (d) 154 (d) 155 (d)
156 (b) 157 (c) 158 (b) 159 (a) 160 (d)
161 (a) 162 (c) 163 (b) 164 (c) 165 (c)
166 (b) 167 (a) 168 (c) 169 (b) 170 (c)
171 (b) 172 (b) 173 (b) 174 (d) 175 (c)
176 (b) 177 (c) 178 (c) 179 (b) 180 (c)
181 (c) 182 (b) 183 (b) 184 (d) 185 (b)
186 (a) 187 (b) 188 (c) 189 (b) 190 (d)
191 (a) 192 (b) 193 (b) 194 (b) 195 (a)
196 (a) 197 (a) 198 (c) 199 (b) 200 (b)
1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (a) 4 (d) 5 (d)

6 (c) 7 (b) 8 (a) 9 (a) 10 (a)
11 (b) 12 (a) 13 (c) 14 (c) 15 (d)
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16 (d) 17 (c) 18 (a) 19 (b) 20 (c)

21 (b) 22 (a) 23 (a) 24 (b) 25 (c)
26 (b) 27 (d) 28 (a) 29 (d) 30 (c)
31 (b) 32 (a) 33 (b) 34 (c) 35 (d)
36 (c) 37 (a) 38 (b) 39 (c) 40 (d)
41 (a) 42 (a) 43 (c) 44 (b) 45 (a)
46 (d) 47 (d) 48 (d) 49 (a) 50 (c)
51 (b) 52 (d) 53 (b) 54 (c) 55 (c)
56 (a) 57 (d) 58 (b) 59 (c) 60 (a)
61. (d) 62. (d) 63. (c) 64. (a) 65. (a)
66. (b) 67. (d) 68. (d) 69. (a) 70. (d)
71. (d) 72. (c) 73. (d) 74. (d) 75. (d)
76. (d) 77. (d) 78. (c) 79. (c) 80. (c)
81. (d) 82. (d) 83. (b) 84. (c) 85. (b)
86. (a) 87. (a) 88. (d) 89. (a) 90. (b)
91. (b) 92. (c) 93. (a) 94. (a) 95. (d)
96. (b) 97. (a) 98. (d) 99. (c) 100. (a)
101 (b) 102 (d) 103 (d) 104 (d) 105 (c)
106 (a) 107 (c) 108 (a) 109 (d) 110 (d)
111 (c) 112 (a) 113 (d) 114 (b) 115 (c)
116 (b) 117 (a) 118 (a) 119 (c) 120 (b)
121 (c) 122 (d) 123 (a) 124 (c) 125 (b)
126 (b) 127 (a) 128 (d) 129 (c) 130 (b)
131 (b) 132 (a) 133 (b) 134 (c) 135 (d)
136 (a) 137 (b) 138 (c) 139 (c) 140 (b)
141 (c) 142 (b) 143 (b) 144 (c) 145 (a)
146 (d) 147 (c) 148 (b) 149 (a) 150 (d)
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151 (c) 152 (b) 153 (d) 154 (d) 155 (c)
156 (b) 157 (b) 158 (c) 159 (c) 160 (a)
161 (c) 162 (a) 163 (a) 164 (b) 165 (b)
166 (c) 167 (c) 168 (a) 169 (a) 170 (a)
171 (b) 172 (d) 173 (c) 174 (a) 175 (a)
176 (c) 177 (b) 178 (a) 179 (a) 180 (b)
181 (a) 182 (a) 183 (a) 184 (a) 185 (d)
186 (b) 187 (b) 188 (d) 189 (b) 190 (d)
191 (d) 192 (c) 193 (c) 194 (b) 195 (b)
196 (b) 197 (b) 198 (a) 199 (b) 200 (c)
1 (d) 2 (d) 3 (c) 4 (c) 5 (c)

6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (c) (9) (b) 10 (b)
11 (d) 12 (a) 13 (d) 14 (d) 15 (c)
16 (c) 17 (c) 18 (b) 19 (c) 20 (d)
21 (c) 22 (d) 23 (b) 24 (c) 25 (b)
26 (c) 27 (c) 28 (c) 29 (a) 30 (d)
31 (b) 32 (c) 33 (b) 34 (c) 35 (c)
36 (d) 37 (d) 38 (c) 39 (b) 40 (a)
41 (d) 42 (c) 43 (c) 44 (a) 45 (b)
46 (c) 47 (a) 48 (c) 49 (c) 50 (d)
51 (b) 52 (a) 53 (b) 54 (d) 55 (d)
56 (b) 57 (c) 58 (d) 59 (d) 60 (b)
61. (a) 62. (d) 63. (b) 64. (a) 65. (b)
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66. (c) 67. (d) 68. (d) 69. (b) 70. (a)
71. (c) 72. (d) 73. (d) 74. (d) 75. (d)
76. (d) 77. (b) 78. (d) 79. (b) 80. (a)
81. (c) 82. (d) 83. (c) 84. (a) 85. (b)
86. (b) 87. (c) 88. (a) 89. (b) 90. (c)
91. (b) 92. (b) 93. (b) 94. (b) 95. (d)
96. (d) 97. (c) 98. (d) 99. (c) 100. (a)
101 (a) 102 (b) 103 (d) 104 (a) 105 (c)
106 (c) 107 (c) 108 (d) 109 (a) 110 (c)
111 (a) 112 (c) 113 (a) 114 (d) 115 (b)
116 (c) 117 (a) 118 (b) 119 (c) 120 (c)
121 (d) 122 (b) 123 (a) 124 (d) 125 (d)
126 (c) 127 (c) 128 (c) 129 (b) 130 (a)
131 (b) 132 (b) 133 (a) 134 (c) 135 (d)
136 (b) 137 (b) 138 (a) 139 (d) 140 (d)
141 (c) 142 (b) 143 (c) 144 (b) 145 (a)
146 (c) 147 (d) 148 (a) 149 (c) 150 (b)
151 (b) 152 (b) 153 (c) 154 (d) 155 (c)
156 (b) 157 (d) 158 (c) 159 (a) 160 (c)
161 (c) 162 (b) 163 (c) 164 (c) 165 (b)
166 (c) 167 (d) 168 (c) 169 (a) 170 (a)
171 (c) 172 (c) 173 (d) 174 (d) 175 (a)
176 (a) 177 (b) 178 (c) 179 (c) 180 (d)
181 (b) 182 (d) 183 (b) 184 (c) 185 (c)
186 (c) 187 (c) 188 (b) 189 (b) 190 (a)
191 (c) 192 (c) 193 (a) 194 (a) 195 (b)
196 (a) 197 (c) 198 (c) 199 (a) 200 (a)
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1 (c) 2. (b) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (a)

6 (c) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9 (c) 10 (b)
11 (c) 12. (b) 13 (a) 14 (b) 15 (d)
16 (c) 17 (c) 18 (b) 19 (c) 20 (b)
21 (d) 22 (d) 23 (a) 24 (b) 25 (c)
26 (b) 27 (c) 28 (d) 29 (c) 30 (a)
31 (d) 32 (c) 33 (a) 34 (b) 35 (a)
36 (b) 37 (b) 38 (b) 39 (d) 40 (a)
41 (b) 42 (c) 43 (c) 44 (c) 45 (a)
46 (a) 47 (d) 48 (c) 49 (a) 50 (b)
51 (c) 52 (d) 53 (b) 54 (a) 55 (c)
56 (b) 57 (d) 58 (c) 59 (b) 60 (d)
61. (a) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (b) 65. (d)
66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (a)
71. (a) 72. (d) 73. (c) 74. (d) 75. (d)
76. (d) 77. (d) 78. (d) 79. (d) 80. (a)
81. (d) 82. (a) 83. (a) 84. (b) 85. (b)
86. (d) 87. (c) 88. (b) 89. (a) 90. (c)
91. (b) 92. (c) 93. (a) 94. (b) 95. (a)
96. (c) 97. (a) 98. (c) 99. (b) 100. (b)
101 (c) 102 (d) 103 (c) 104 (a) 105 (b)
106 (b) 107 (d) 108 (b) 109 (c) 110 (c)
111 (b) 112 (c) 113 (a) 114 (a) 115 (d)
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116 (b) 117 (d) 118 (d) 119 (a) 120 (c)
121 (b) 122 (a) 123 (c) 124 (a) 125 (a)
126 (c) 127 (d) 128 (b) 129 (d) 130 (b)
131 (a) 132 (c) 133 (c) 134 (d) 135 (b)
136 (c) 137 (b) 138 (c) 139 (a) 140 (b)
141 (d) 142 (a) 143 (b) 144 (d) 145 (d)
146 (a) 147 (b) 148 (c) 149 (c) 150 (a)
151 (a) 152 (a) 153 (b) 154 (b) 155 (b)
156 (b) 157 (b) 158 (a) 159 (b) 160 (d)
161 (a) 162 (b) 163 (a) 164 (b) 165 (b)
166 (c) 167 (b) 168 (b) 169 (a) 170 (b)
171 (b) 172 (b) 173 (b) 174 (c) 175 (b)
176 (c) 177 (b) 178 (b) 179 (a) 180 (a)
181 (a) 182 (d) 183 (c) 184 (a) 185 (c)
186 (a) 187 (c) 188 (a) 189 (b) 190 (a)
191 (d) 192 (a) 193 (c) 194 (d) 195 (d)
196 (a) 197 (b) 198 (a) 199 (d) 200 (c)
1 (a) 2 (b) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (b)

6 (c) 7 (b) 8 (a) 9 (b) 10 (c)
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11 (b) 12 (d) 13 (c) 14 (a) 15 (b)

16 (d) 17 (a) 18 (a) 19 (d) 20 (b)
21 (b) 22 (c) 23 (b) 24 (b) 25 (a)
26 (c) 27 (a) 28 (c) 29 (a) 30 (a)
31 (b) 32 (d) 33 (b) 34 (b) 35 (c)
36 (a) 37 (c) 38 (b) 39 (d) 40 (a)
41 (a) 42 (d) 43 (c) 44 (b) 45 (b)
46 (b) 47 (b) 48 (b) 49 (c) 50 (c)
51 (c) 52 (b) 53 (b) 54 (c) 55 (a)
56 (c) 57 (a) 58 (c) 59 (b) 60 (a)
61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (d) 64. (d) 65. (c)
66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (c) 69. (d) 70. (c)
71. (c) 72. (a) 73. (a) 74. (d) 75. (d)
76. (d) 77. (d) 78. (d) 79. (a) 80. (b)
81. (b) 82. (a) 83. (a) 84. (c) 85. (b)
86. (c) 87. (a) 88. (a) 89. (a) 90. (b)
91. (b) 92. (d) 93. (c) 94. (b) 95. (a)
96. (c) 97. (b) 98. (d) 99. (c) 100. (c)

101 (c) 102 (d) 103 (c) 104 (c) 105 (d)
106 (d) 107 (b) 108 (b) 109 (a) 110 (c)
111 (a) 112 (a) 113 (b) 114 (b) 115 (b)
116 (d) 117 (d) 118 (c) 119 (a) 120 (a)
121 (b) 122 (b) 123 (c) 124 (d) 125 (d)
126 (a) 127 (b) 128 (b) 129 (a) 130 (b)
131 (a) 132 (d) 133 (b) 134 (c) 135 (d)
136 (a) 137 (b) 138 (d) 139 (b) 140 (c)
141 (c) 142 (d) 143 (b) 144 (c) 145 (a)
146 (c) 147 (a) 148 (a) 149 (c) 150 (b)
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151 (a) 152 (a) 153 (a) 154 (a) 155 (a)
156 (b) 157 (c) 158 (d) 159 (b) 160 (a)
161 (c) 162 (a) 163 (a) 164 (a) 165 (b)
166 (a) 167 (b) 168 (a) 169 (b) 170 (a)
171 (c) 172 (b) 173 (b) 174 (b) 175 (b)
176 (b) 177 (a) 178 (a) 179 (c) 180 (c)
181 (d) 182 (a) 183 (b) 184 (a) 185 (b)
186 (a) 187 (c) 188 (c) 189 (b) 190 (a)
191 (a) 192 (b) 193 (d) 194 (b) 195 (b)
196 (b) 197 (c) 198 (c) 199 (c) 200 (a)
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BOARD OF STUDIES


answer.
each wr ong answer.
answer.
PART I
1. Drawings account is in the nature of
(a) Personal account
(b) Real account
(c) Nominal account
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2. Income tax paid by the sole-pr oprietor from business bank account is debited to
(a) Income tax account
(b) Bank account
(c) Capital account
(d) Not to be shown in the business books
3. Following is the example of internal users:
(a) Government.
(b) Investors.
(c) Creditors.
(d) Employees.
4. Recording of a transaction in a journal is called
(a) Posting.
(b) Entry.
(c) Transfer.
(d) Ruling.
5. Narrations are given at the end of
(a) Final accounts.
(b) Trial balance.
(c) Each ledger account.
(d) Each journal entry.
6. The concerned account debited in the journal should be
(a) Debited in the ledger but refere nce should be of the respective credit account.
(b) Credited in the ledger but reference should be of the resp ective debit account.
(c) Credited in the ledger and reference should also be of the respective credit
account.
(d) Debited in the ledger and reference should also be of the respective debit
account
7. The basic consideration(s) in distinction between capital and revenue expenditures
is/are
(a) Nature of business.
(b) Effect on revenue generating capacity of busine ss.
(c) Purpose of expenses.
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8. Unintentional omission or commission of amounts and accounts in the process of

recording transactions are known as
(a) Frauds.
(b) Misinterpretation.
(c) Errors.
9. “Treating a revenue expense as a capital expenditure” is an example of
(b) Errors of principle.
10. Under bank reconciliation statement, while adjusting the cash book
(a) All the errors and omissions in the cashbook are taken into consideration.
(b) All the errors and omissions in the passbook are taken into consideration.
(c) Delays in recording in the passbook due to difference in timing are taken into
consideration.
PART II
11. In ledger there are _______ columns
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) 10
12. In journal, transactions are recorded on __________.
(a) Chronological order.
(b) Ascending order of amount.
(c) Descending ord er of amount
13. If an effect of an error is cancelled by the effect of some other error, it is commonly
known as ___________
(a) Errors of principle.
(b) Compensating error s.
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14. When opening entry is overstated, net income for the accounting period will be
__________.
(a) Overstated.
(b) Not be affected.
(c) Understated.
15. Inventories should be generally valued at lower of cost or ________
(a) Fair market value.
(b) Replacement value.
(c) Present value.
16. Memorandum Joint venture account is a ________
(b) Real account.
17. At the time of admission of a new partner, if the value of goodwill is overstated in the
books, it is written back by ________
(a) Old partners in old profit/loss sharing ratio
(b) All the partners including the new partner in new profit/loss sharing ratio.
(c) Old partners in sacrificing ratio
(d) New partner in gaining ratio.
18. Commission provided b y the consig nor to the consignee to promote credit sale is
known as _____________
(a) Ordinary commission
(b) Del-credere commission
(c) Over riding commission
(d) Special commission
19. _________ is unavoidable an d should be spread over the entire consignment while
valuing consignment stock.
(a) Abnormal loss
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(b) Normal lo ss
(c) Extra-ordinary loss
(d) None of the thre e
20. Generally, when th e size of the venture is ________, the co-venturers keep separate
set of books of account for the joint venture.
(a) Small
(b) Medium
(c) Big
PART III
21. Mohit, the acceptor of the bill has to honour a bill on 31 s tMarch 2006. Due to financial
crisis, he is unable to pay the amount of bill of Rs. 20,000. Therefore, he approaches
Rohit on 20 th March 2006 for extension of bill for further 3 months. Rohit agrees to
extend the credit period by drawing a new bill for Rs. 20,500 together with interest of
Rs. 1,000 in cash. In this case old bill of Rs. 20,000 will be consid ered as
(a) Discounted
(b) Dishonoured
(c) Cancelled
(d) Retired
22. Sujal consigned goods costing Rs. 2,50,000 to Mridul on 1 s t January 2006 by incurring
Rs. 20,000 on freight. Some goods were lost in transit. For remaining goods Mridul
spend Rs. 15,000 to take the delivery including storage charges. During the quarter,
Mridul sold 3/4 of the goods received by him for Rs. 3,00,000 and charged commission
@10% on it to Sujal. At the end of the quarter, Sujal asked the details of goods lost,
sold, expenses commission and balance due to him alongwith the consignment stock
from Mridul. As desired, Mridul sent the periodical detail statement commonly known as
(a) Account statement
(b) Account sales
(c) Statement of affairs
(d) Summary statement.
PART IV
23. The following information pertains to X Ltd.
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The amount of dividend payable = ?
(a) Rs.75,000
(b) Rs.72,750
(c) Rs.71,250
(d) Rs.69,000
due from F = ?
25. X of Kolkata sent out 2000 boxes costing 100 each with the instruction that sales are to
be made at cost + 45%. X draws a bill on Y for an amount equivalent to 60% of sales
value. The amount of bill will be
(a) Rs.1,74,000
(b) Rs.2,00,0 00
(c) Rs.2,90,000
(d) Rs.1,20,0 00
26. A purchase of Rs. 1,870 by cheques has been wrongly posted in the cashbook as
Rs. 1,780. This has the effe ct of
(a) Increasing th e bank balance by Rs.90
(b) Decreasing the bank balance by Rs.90
(c) Increasing th e bank balance by Rs.180
(d) Decreasing the bank balan ce by Rs.180
27. M/s Delhi Stationers purchase 1,000 pcs of cover file @ Rs. 275 per 100. The
wholesaler offered 5% sales tax on net price. Transport charges were Rs. 50. The
purcha se price per piece of cover file will be
(a) Rs.2,793.13
(b) Rs.279.31
(c) Rs.27.93
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28. A consignee sold goods costing Rs. 50,000 at a profit of Rs. 10,000. Out of total sale
30% was credit sale. As per the agreement the consignee will get 5% ordinary
commission, 2% del-credere commission on credit sale and 3% over-riding commission
on amount in excess of cost price. The amount of commission will be
(a) Rs. 3,540
(b) Rs.3,840
(c) Rs.4,500
(d) Rs.3,000
29. In a Joint venture between A and B, A spend Rs.2,000 on freight, Rs.1,000 as godown
rent, and also raised a loan from bank of Rs.50,000 at 18% p.a. repayable after 1
month. B spend Rs. 5,000 as selling expenses and he also raised a loan from bank of
Rs.1,50,000 at 18% repayable after 2 months. The total expenses of Joint venture will
be
(a) Rs. 8,000
(b) Rs.8,250
(c) Rs. 5,250
(d) Rs.13,250
30. The bill of Rs. 10,000 accepted by Ritesh on 1July 2006, was discounted by Hitesh on
15 July 2006 for Rs. 9,600. On 4 t h October 2006, the bill was dishonoured and bank
notified it for Rs. 200. The amount to be received from Ritesh would be
(a) Rs.10,600
(b) Rs.10,000
(c) Rs.10,200
(d) Rs.10,400
31. Y Ltd. sends out its goods Rs. 1,20,000 to one of its dealer on Sale or Return basis. On
31s t March he received an approval letter for goods of Rs. 80,000. Y Ltd. charge 25%
profit on cost. The cost price of the un-approved goods with the dealer will be
(a) Rs.32,000
(b) Rs.40,000
(c) Rs.80,000
(d) Rs. 64,000
32. A, B and C are in partnership with no partnership deed. A brought Rs.80,000, B
Rs.60,000 and C Rs.40,000 as capital. A does not take part in day to day activities, B
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acts as general manger and C acts as a sales manager. The profit during the year was
Rs. 1,50,000. The share of each partner in profit will respectively be
(a) Rs.66,667: Rs.50,000: Rs.33,333
(b) Rs.50,000: Rs.50,000: Rs.50,000
(c) Nil: Rs. 75,000: Rs.75,000
33. A second hand car is purchased for Rs. 2,00,000, the amount of Rs. 25,000 is spent on
its repairs, Rs. 5,000 is incurred to get the car registered in owner’s name and Rs.
2,000 is paid as dealer’s commission. The amount debited to car account will be
(a) Rs. 2,32,000
(b) Rs. 2,25000
(c) Rs. 2,30,000
(d) Rs. 2,05,000
34. Atul, Vipul and Prafful are partners in a firm with no partnership agreement. They
in vested Rs.1,00,000, Rs.75,000 and Rs.50,000 as capital in the firm. The profit for the
year was Rs.2,50,000. Prafful demands interest on loan of Rs.20,000 advanced by him
at the market rate of interest which is 12% p.a. The amount of interest received by him
will be
(a) Rs.2,400
(b) Nil
(c) Rs.1,200
(d) Rs.3,600
35. Ansh purchased goods costing 2,40,000. Vansh sold goods costing Rs 1,60,000 at Rs
2,40,000. B alance goods were taken over by Ansh at same gross profit percentage as
in case of sale. The amount of goods taken over will be:
(a) Rs. 1,20,000
(b) Rs. 80,000
(c) Rs. 40,000
(d) Rs. 1,00,000
36. Brave Ltd. issued 60,000 shares of Rs. 1 0 each at a discount of Re. 1 per share. The
application money was Rs. 2, allotment money was Rs. 4, and first call was of Re.1.
The amount of final call will be
(a) Rs. 3
(b) Rs. 2
(c) Re.1
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37. A partnership firm maintains its accounts on calendar year basis. B, one of its partner
died on 31 s tMarch 2006. The profit for the year 2005 was Rs. 75,000, which was
distributed among all the three partners equally. The share of profit of B for the yea r
2006 on the basis of the year 2005 will be
(a) Rs.18,750
(b) Rs.25,000
(c) Rs.Nil
(d) Rs.6,250
38. Asha Ltd. issued shares of Rs. 100 each at a premium of 25 %. Mamta, who has 2,000
shares of Asha ltd., failed to pay first and final call totalling Rs.5. Premiu m was taken
by Asha Ltd. at the time of allotment. On forfeiture of Mamta’s shares, the amount to be
debited to Share premium account will be
(a) Rs.5,000
(b) Rs.10,000
(c) Rs.15,000
(d) Nil
39. As per Section 37 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, the executors would be entitled
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.
40. Fena sent out certain goods to Kena of Delhi. 1/10 of the goods were lost in transit.
Invoice value of goods lost Rs 25,000. Invoice value of goods sent out on consignment
will be:
(a) Rs.2,50,000
(b) Rs.25,000
(c) Rs.2,500
(d) Rs.1,25,000
41. Taksh Ltd. purchased land and building from Daksh Ltd. for a book value of
Rs.5,00,000. The consideratio n was paid by issue of 10% Debentures of Rs.100 each
at a discount of 20%. The debentures account will be credited with
(a) Rs.6,00,000
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(b) Rs.6,25,000
(c) Rs.5,00,000
(d) Rs.5,50,000
42. Jadu Ltd. reissued 2,000 share s, which were forfeited by debiting Share forfeiture
account by Rs.3,000. These shares were reissued Rs. 9 per share. The amount to be
(a) Rs.3,000
(b) Rs.2,000
(c) Rs.1,000
(d) Nil
43. A machine purchased on 1 s tApril 2004 for Rs. 10,000 is showing a balance of Rs.
6,000 as on 1 s t A pril 2006 when depreciation is charged on S.L.M. basis. Now a

company wants to sitch over to W.D.V method charging depreciation @ 20%. The
amount of excess/ short depreciation of last two years will be
(a) Excess depreciation Rs.400
(b) Short depreciation Rs.400
(c) Excess depreciation Rs.1,600
(d) Short depreciation Rs.1,600
44. Sundry debtors of M/s Santosh amounts to Rs. 25,000 and bad debts Rs.3,000. M/s
Santosh provides for Doubtful debts @ 2% and for discount @ 1%. The amount of net
debtors to be shown in the balance sheet will be
(a) Rs. 21,560
(b) Rs. 22,000
(c) Rs. 21,780
(d) Rs. 21,344
45. A, B and C shares profit and loss in the ratio of 4:4:2. They have a joint life insurance
policy of Rs.1,00,000, whose premium is paid by the firm. Surrender value of the policy
at the beginning of the year 2006 is Rs. 80,000. On the death of A on n d January
2 2006,
the amount to be credited in C’s account will be
(a) Rs. 40,000.
(b) Rs. 20,000 .
(c) Rs. 16,000.
(d) Nil
dispute between the partners. Profits before salary of partners capital was Rs. 60,000
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and Y claimed salary for his extra services to the firm @ 2,000 p.m. There was no
(a) Rs. 20,000 to each partner
(b) Rs. 12,000 to each partner
(c) Rs.12,000 to X and Z and Rs.36,000 to Y
(d) Rs. 24,00 0 to Y and Rs.18,000 to X and Z
47. Deepak consigned 100 sets of TVs to Sudeep @ Rs.10,000 each. 5 TV s were
damaged in transit due to unavoidable reason whose price was adjusted in the
remaining TVs. The new price of each TV will be
(a) Rs.10,000.
(b) Rs. 10,200
(c) Rs. 15,000.
(d) Rs.10,526
48. A draws a bill on B for Rs 30,000 fro mutual accommodation. A discounted that bill for
Rs.28,000 from bank and remitted Rs.14,000 to B. On due date A will send to B
(a) Rs. 14,000
(b) Rs.14,500
(c) Rs.15,000
(d) Rs.15,500
Typewriter costing Rs 1,00,000. Repairing expenses Rs 10,000, printing expenses Rs
10,000. B sold it at 20% margin on selling price. The sales value will be:
(a) Rs. 1,25,000
(b) Rs. 1,50,000
(c) Rs. 1,00,000
(d) Rs. 1,40,000
50. Sure Ltd. issued 5,000, 15% Debentures of Rs.100 each at a premium of Rs.10 each.
These debentures were to be redeemed at a premium of Rs.4 each after 5 ye ars. The
amount to be credited to the debenture premium account will be
(a) Rs.25,000
(b) Rs.50,000
(c) Rs.40,000
(d) Rs.60,000
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51. Light Ltd. has 10,000 5% preference shares of Rs. 10 each to be redeemed after 5
years. The company forfeited 500 preference shares on which final call of Rs 2 has not
been received. after due notice and cancelled these shares on account of redemption.
Remaining shares were redeemed out of reserves of the company. The amount to be
credited to capital redemption reserve will be
(a) Rs.1,00,0 00
(b) Rs. 95,000
(c) Rs. 99,000
(d) Rs. 99,500
52. Bajaj Ltd. issued 25,000 equity shares of Rs. 10 each payable as Rs. 2 on application,
Rs 3 on allotment, Rs. 2 on first call and the balance in the final call. Archit, who has
1,000 shares paid full value of shares with allotment money. The amount to be debited
to bank account at the time of receipt of first call money will be
(a) Rs.50,000
(b) Rs.47,000
(c) Rs.49,000
(d) Rs.48,000.
53. Books of Ekta, shows on 1 st January 2006 furniture Rs. 20,000. During the year a part
of the furniture whose book value on 1 s tJanuary 2006 is Rs. 1,200 has been
exchanged with another furniture by paying additional Rs. 500. Ekta charge
depreciation @ 10% p.a. The net amount of the furniture to be shown in the balance
sheet will be
(a) Rs 18,508
(b) Rs 20,440
(c) Rs 18,396
(d) Rs 18,478.
54. In the bank reconciliation statement, when balance as per the cashb ook is take n as the
starting point, then direct deposits from th e customer of Rs. 2,500 in the bank will be
(a) Added
(b) Subtracted
(c) Ignored
55. Debit balance as per Cash Bo ok of Topsy Enterprise as on 31.3.2006 is Rs. 1,500.
Cheques deposited but not cleared amounts to Rs. 100 and Cheques issued but not
presented of Rs. 150. The bank allowed interest amounting Rs. 50 and collected
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dividend Rs. 50 on behalf of Topsy E nterprise Enterprises. Balance as per pass book
should be
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1,450.
(c) 1,650.
(d) 1,850.
56. If a sales return of Rs.1,500 has been wrongly posted to the credit of the purch ase
returns account, but has been correctly entered in the debtors’ account, the total of the
(c) the debit side of the trial balance will be Rs.1,500 more than the credit side.
margin of the co mpany is 33 1/3% on cost, the closing inventory durin g the current year
is
(a) Rs.4,00,000
(b) Rs.3,00,000
(c) Rs.2,25,000
(d) Rs.2,60,0 00.
58. On 31 st March 2005, Suraj has to pay to M/s Chandra Rs.7,000 on account of credit
purchase from the later. He paid Rs.1,800 on 30 th June 2006 after availing a cash
discount of 10%. On 30 t h September 20 06, he paid Rs. 2,850 after availing 5% cash
discount. On account of final settlement, the amount to be paid by Suraj without any
discount will be
(a) Rs. 2,350
(b) Rs. 2,000
(c) Rs.2,200
(d) Rs.2,150
59. The profit of the M/s ABC, a partnership firm before charging managerial commission is
Rs. 44,000. The managerial commission is charged @ 10% on profit after charging
such commission. The amount of managerial commission will be
(a) Rs.4,400
(b) Rs.40,000
(c) Rs.4,000
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(d) Rs.39,600.
60. A bad debt recove red during the year is a
(a) Capital expenditures
(b) Revenue expenditures
(c) Capital receipt
(d) Revenue receipt
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answer.
PART I
61. The following conditions must exist so that a promise to pay for the past voluntary
services is binding:
(a) The services should have been rendered voluntarily.
(b) The ser vices must have been rendered for the promisor.
(c) They must be in existence at the time when th e services were rendered and
must have intended to compensate the promise.
62. In case of a firm carrying on th e business of banking
(a) There should be at least seven members and maximum number of members
(b) There should be at least two members and maximum number of members
should not exceed ten.
(c) There should be at least ten members and maximum number of members should
not exceed twenty.
(d) There should be at least two members and maximum number of members
63. Champerty means
(a) An agreement to trade with the enemy owing allegiance to a government at war
with India.
(b) An agreement whereby a person promises to maintain a suit, by money or
otherwise, in which he has no interest.
(c) An agreement whereby a person agrees to help another in a litigation in
exchange of a share of the result of the litigation.
(d) An agreement to stifle criminal prosecutions tend to be a perversion or an ab use
of justice.
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64. A collateral event is an event

(a) The performance for which is neither directly promised nor it is the entire
consideration for the promise.
(b) The perfo rmance for which is directly promised.
(c) It is the entire consideration for the promise.
(d) The performance which is agreed upon by the parties in a Court of Law.
65. A person who has been induced to enter into a contract by misrepresentatio n has the
following remedies:
(a) Affirm the contract and insist on the misrepresentation being made good, if
possible.
(b) Rescind the contra ct.
(c) Rely upon the misrepresentatio n as a defence to an action on the contract.
66. The rights of a principal are the following:
(a) Right to recover damages.
(b) Right to obtain an account of secret profits and recover them and resist a claim
for remuneration.
(c) Right to resist ag ent’s claim for indemnity against incurred liability.
(a) Condition as to non – existence of encumbrances.
(b) Condition as to undisturbed possession.
68. A person to whom money has been paid, or anything delivered by mistake
(b) Must repay the money or return those goods.
(c) Is allowed to sell the goods and retain the money realized from such sale.
(d) Has no obligation to return the mon ey, he may do so only a good gesture.
69. Which one of the offers is a valid offer?
(a) A garment store gave the following advertisement in a newsp aper – “Specia l
sale for tomorrow only. Men’s night suits reduced from Rs.200 to Rs.100.”
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(b) P sa ys to Q, “I will sell you a digital camera.” P owns three different types of
digital cameras of various prices.
(c) An auctioneer displays a refrigerator before a gatherin g in an auction sale.
(d) A advertises in a leading daily newspaper that he would pay Rs. 2000 to anyone
who finds and returns his lost dog.
70. A promises to paint a picture for B at a certain price. Which of the following is not
correct?
(a) A is not boun d to perform the promise himself.
(b) A can appoint some other painter to paint the picture on his behalf.
(c) A dies before painting the picture, the contract can be enforced either by
representatives of A or by B.
71. An agreement of partnership may be
(a) Expressed or implied from the act done by partners.
(b) Oral or in writing.
72. Dissolution of a firm may take place
(a) By the adjudication of all the partners or of all the partners but one as insolvent.
(b) As a result of any agreement between all the partners.
(c) By the business of the firm becoming unlawful.
73. In case of a sale the buyer
(a) Can pass a goods title to a bonafide purchaser.
74. The following persons can enter into co ntracts as per the provisions of The Indian
Contract Act, 1872:
(a) Alien Enemy
(b) Foreign Sovereigns or accredited representatives of a foreign state
(c) Insolvents and convicts
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(a) Free consent is not important, if consideration is preset, even if the
consideration is inadequate.
(b) Anticipatory breach and anticipatory bail are actually the same thing
(c) The concept of damage allows one to make some gain out of it.
76. Remedies available for breach of contract are:
(a) Dissolution of the firm.
(b) Charging extra fees from the party committing the breach.
(c) Suit for Specific Performance.
77. A person to whom money has been paid, or anything delivered under coercion
(b) Is allowed to sell the goods and retain the money realized from such sale.
(c) Has no obligation to return the mon ey, he may do so only a good gesture.
(d) Must repay the money or return those goods.
78. Which of the following case laws relate to the definition of contract of sale?
(a) Rajlikhee Devi v. Bhoot Nath, 1900.
(b) State of Madras v.Gannon Dunkerly and Co. Limited, 1958.
(c) Khawaja Md. Khan v. Hussaini Begum, 1910.
(d) Suppu A mmal v. Subramanian, 1910.
79. A sale implies an agreement
(a) Plus conveyance of property and creates jus in personam.
(b) Plus conveyance of property and creates jus in re m.
(c) No conveyance of property and creates jus in rem.
(d) No conveyance of property and creates jus in personam.
PART II
80. If the terms of a contract are expressly agreed upon (whether by words spoken or
written) at the time of formation of th e contract, the contract is said to be an ________.
(a) Express Contracts
(b) Implied Contracts
(c) Quasi Contracts
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81. According to Section 14 of The Indian Contract Act, 1872, Consent is said to be free
when it is not caused by ________.
(a) Misrepresentation
(b) Undue Influence
(c) Coercion
82. Where both parties to a contract of sale are under a mistake as to a matter of fact,
essential to such contract, then the contract is ________.
(a) Illegal
(b) Void
(c) Still enforceable
83. In India the age of majority is regulated by ________.
(a) The Indian Majority Act, 1875
(b) The Indian Minority Act, 1875
(c) The Indian Contract Act, 1872
(d) The Con stitution of India
84. Agreement entered into by a minor is ________.
(a) Void as against the minor
(b) Illegal
(c) Unlawful
(d) Unenforceable by the minor
85. ‘Partner by holding out’ is governed by Section of _______ The Indian Partnership Act,
1932.
(a) 28
(b) 17
(c) 30
(d) 11
86. If the offeree offers to qualified acceptance of the offer subject to modifications and
variations in the terms of original offer, he is said to have made a________.
(a) Special Offer
(b) Counter Offer
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(c) Continuing Offer

(d) Cross Offer
87. Sale is an__ _____.
88. Interest on advances by a partner to his firm may be payable ___ ____.
(a) @ 6% per annum
(b) @ 8% per annum
(c) @ 8.5% per annum
(d) At any rate
89. The law dealing with the partnerships is contained in ________.
90. Conditions and warranties ________.
(a) Must be expressed
(b) Must be implied if not expressed
(c) May either be expressed or implied
91. ‘Seller’ means a person who_____ ___.
(a) Sells goods
(b) Agrees to sell goods
(c) Sells or agrees to sell goods
(d) Has sold goods
92. Delivery of a thing in to ken of a transfer of something else is known as_____ ___.
(a) Actual Delivery
(c) Delivery by acknowledgment
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93. A is not a minor. A agrees to B for Rs.1,00,000/- that A will never marry. Promise of A
is _______.
(a) Binding.
(b) Not binding.
(c) Enforceable.
(d) Illegal.
94. The rule of caveat emptor does not apply in the case of_______.
(a) Fitn ess for buyer’s purpose
(b) Sale under a patent or trade name
(c) Usage of trade or consent by fraud
95. ________ is/are the exception(s) to the general rule, no consideration no contract.
(a) Natural love and affection
(b) Compensation for past voluntary services
(c) Promise to pay a time barred debt
96. An offer should be distinguished from________ .
97. ________ is/are the ‘document of title to goods’
(a) Railway receipt or Multimodal transport document
(b) War rant or order for delivery of goods
(c) Wareh ouse keeper’s certificate
(d) All the above
98. A agrees to pay B Rs.500/- if a particular ship does not return to the port. The ship was
sunk. Th e contract ________.
(a) Can be enforced by B.
(b) Cannot be enforced by B.
(c) Is a wagering contract
(d) Is unlawful, illegal and against public policy.
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99. D believes blue colour to be black colour, for any reason whatsoever. He has a
garment shop. He sells one blue colour shirt to M, representing it to be black colour. M
knows nothing about colours. M be lieves D and accepts the blue colour to be black
colour. Later on M’s mother explains M that the colo ur of the shirt is actually blue and
not black. It is a clear case of
(a) Misrepresentation.
(b) Fraud.
(c) Unintentional fraud.
(d) Cheating.
100. A & B are the only two partners in a firm. B was murdered by C, who wanted to become
a partner of the firm, but B has raised objections to it. A now wants to take D as a
partner in the said firm. D is father of C. In light of the situation answer, which of the
following is correct?
(a) The original partnership is dissolved.
(b) The original partnership is not dissolved and A & D can contin ue.
(c) A & D has to enter into a fresh agreement and create a new partnership.
(d) Both (a) & (c).
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101. In a typical demand schedule, quantity demanded:
(a) varies directly with price.
(b) varies proportionately with price.
(c) varies inversely with price.
(d) is independent of price.
102. When the perfectly co mpetitive firm and industry are in long run equilibrium then:
(a) P=MR=SAC=LAC.
(b) D=MR=SMC=LMC.
(c) P=MR=Lowest point on the LA C curve.
103. In monopoly, the relationship between average and marginal revenue curves is as
follows:
(a) AR curve lies above the MR curve.
(b) AR curve coincides with the MR curve.
(c) AR curve lies below the MR cur ve.
(d) AR curve is parallel to the MR curve.
104. All of th e following are U shaped curves except the:
(a) AVC curve.
(b) AFC curve.
(c) AC curve.
(d) MC curve.
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105. From the national point of view which of the following indicates micro approach?
(a) Per capita income of India.
(b) Underemployment in agricultural sector.
(c) Lock out in TELCO.
(d) Total savin gs in India.
106. The total effect of a price change of a commodity is
(a) substitution effect plus price effect.
(b) substitution effect plus income effect.
(c) substitution effect plus de monstration effect.
(d) substitution effect minus income effect.
107. Which of the following is not a part of Fiscal policy?
(a) Subsidy under public distribution system.
(b) Control of population.
(c) Imposition of taxation.
(d) Issue of bonds by government.
108. The followin g are some of the costs of a clothing manufacturer. State which among
them will you consider as fixed cost?
(a) Cost of cloth.
(b) Piece wages paid to workers.
(c) Depreciatio n on machines owing to time.
(d) Cost of electricity for running machines.
109. The difference between GNP and NNP equals:
(a) consumer expenditure on durable goods.
(b) indire ct business taxes.
(c) a statistical discrepancy.
(d) depreciation.
110. National inco me at market prices, plus subsidies, but less indirect taxes is equal to
which one of the following ?
(a) Gross national income.
(b) National income at factor cost.
(c) Private income before cost.
(d) Net consu mer income .
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111. All but one of the following statements are incorrect. Find the correct statement.
(a) Balance of payments is a narrow concept than balance of trade.
(b) India is facing severe foreign exchange reserves crunch.
(c) Devaluation is pana cea for BOP problem.
(d) The RBI is the lender of la st resort for Indian public sector banks.
112. Who first raised the fears of a world food shortage?
(a) David Ricardo.
(b) T.R. Malthus.
(c) J.S. Mill.
(d) J.B. Say.
113. An underdeveloped economy is generally characterized by a:
(a) high ratio of commercial farming to subsistence farming.
(b) high ratio of industrial outp ut to total output.
(c) high utilization of existing capital in the economy.
(d) coexistence of underutilized labour with unexploite d national and other
resources.
114. Which institution is known as the “soft loan window” of World B ank?
(a) IFC
(b) IDA
(c) IMF
(d) Indian Development Forum
(a). decrease Bank Rate.
(b). increase CRR.
(c). sell securities in the open market.
(d). increase Bank rate.
116. A strate gy of heavy industry is so metimes preferred for a developing economy because
it can :
(a) generate employment op portunity on a large scale.
(b) provide a strong base for ra pid industrialization.
(c) contain inflationar y pressures.
(d) meet the deficits in Balance of Payments in the short ru n.
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117. The branch of economic theory that deals with the problem of allocation of resources is
---- ------ ---
(a) Microeconomic theory.
(b) Macroeconomic theory.
(c) Econometrics.
118. Production may be defined as an act of ---------------------- ------ --.
(a) creating utility.
(b) earning profit.
(c) destroying utility.
(d) providing services.
119. The sale of branded articles is common in a situation of ----------------------.
(a) excess capacity.
(b) monopolistic competition.
(c) mono poly.
(d) pure competition.
120. If GNP is 15% higher than last year’s and the rate of inflation is 7%, production in the
economy has grown by ------------------------.
(a) 8%.
(b) 7%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 2.1%.
121. ------------------------ concept of Budget deficit has become practically redundant in India.
(a) Fiscal deficit
(c) Primary deficit
(d) Revenue deficit
122. Demand for electricity is elastic because -----------------------------.
(a) it is very expensive.
(b) it has a number of close substitutes.
(c) it has alternative use s.
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123. The cost that firm incurs in hiring or purchasing any factor of production is referred to
as -----------.
(a) explicit cost
(b) implicit cost
(c) variable cost
(d) fixe d cost
124. The main security guard for International Trade is ------------------------------------.
a. IMF
b. World Bank
c. WTO
d. RBI
126. -----------------is the most liquid measure of money supply.
a. M 1
b. M 2
c. M 3
d. M 4
127. Populatio n density means ----------------------------------------.

a. number of persons living per sq. km.
b. number of persons living per kilometer.
c. ratio of population living below poverty line to total population.
d. number of persons in a village.
128. NABARD is a ---------------------.
a. bank.
b. board.
c. exchange programme for consumer goods.
d. department.
129. -------------- RRBs working in the Indian economy.
a. 125
b. 196
c. 216
d. 324
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130. The telephone penetration rate in India is----------------- per 100 population.
a. 11.32
b. 15.34
c. 25.56
d. 19.22.
131. According to 2004 data, there are --------------------cases of leprosy per 10000 population
in India.
a. 38.1
b. 57.3
c. 1.17
d. 25.1
132. TRAI stands for-------------------------------------------.
(a) Trade Regulatory Authority of India
(b) Transport Regulatory Authority of India
(c) Training Registrar Authority of India
(d) Telecom Regulatory Auth ority of India
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133. Suppose wage rate of coal miners increases and price of natural gas decreases. (Coal
and natural gas are substitutes).What point in Figure 1 is most likely to be the new
equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 6.
(b) Point 4.
(c) Point 3.
(d) Point 2.
134 . Assume that consumer income has increased. Given that Y is an inferior good, which
point in Figure is most likely to be th e new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 4.
(b) Point 6.
(c) Point 5.
(d) Point 8.
135 . Assume that the government has just removed the 10% excise duty on good X. What
point in Figure 1 is most likely to be the new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 6.
(b) Point 4.
(c) Point 7.
(d) Point 8.
136. A government research agency has published outcome of studies which say that the
consumption of good X could cause cancer. In addition, assume that a powerful lobby
has persuaded the government to give subsidy to the manufacturers of good X. What
point in Figure is most likely to be the new equilibriu m price and quantity?
(a) Point 6.
(b) Point 5.
(c) Point 3.
(d) Point 9.
137. An increase in demand and an increase in supply will:
(a) affect equilibrium quantity in an indeterminate way and price will decrease.
(b) affe ct price in an indeterminate way and quantity will decrease.
(c) affe ct price in an indeterminate way and quantity will increase.
(d) affe ct equilibrium quantity in an indeterminate way and price will increase.
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The following table provides cost and price information for an individual firm. The first two
columns represent the demand cu rve that the firm faces. The firm has a fixed amount of
capital equipment, but can change the level of other inpu ts such as labour and materials.
Calculate the missing values in the table, and use the table to answer questions 138 to 142.
(Make sure you answer each question using the production le vel specified.)
Table 1
Production Price Total Variable Marginal Total Marginal
per unit Cost Cost Cost Revenue Revenue
(per unit) (per unit)
(P) (TC) (VC) ( MC) (TR) ( MR)
(Q)
0 130 45 0 – –
1 124 88
2 118 125
3 112 159
4 106 193
5 100 230
6 94 273
7 88 325
8 82 389
9 76 465
138. When production equals 4units, the firm’s:

(a) fixe d cost is 100 and its variable cost is 93.
(b) fixe d cost is 193 and its variable cost is 0.
(c) fixe d cost is 0 and its variable cost is 19 3.
(d) fixe d cost is 45 and its variable cost is 148.
139. When production equals 5units, the firm’s totalrevenue is:
(a) Rs 100
(b) Rs 270
(c) Rs 324
(d) Rs 500
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140 When production equals 6units, the firm’s marginalrevenue is:

(a) Rs 384
(b) Rs 94
(c) Rs 64
(d) Rs 2.
141 When production equals 7units, the firm’s profit is:
(a) Rs 0
(b) Rs 41.57
(c) Rs 291
(d) Rs 336
142 To maximize its profit, the firm should produce:
(a) 0 units.
(b) 3 units.
(c) 5 units.
(d) 7 units.
Table 2
Production Possibilities (alternatives)
ABCDEF
Hot Po ckets 15 12 9 6 3 0
Eggos 0 6 11 15 18 20
143. According to the pro duction possibilities curve in Table 2, a combination of 12 Hot
(b) is attainable but involves the u nemployment or inefficient use of some of
(c) is n ot attainable given society's current resources and techn ology.
144. According to the production possibilities curve in Table 2, a combination of 3 Hot
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(b) is attainable but involves the unemployment or inefficient use of some of

(c) is not attainable given society's current resources an d techn ology.
145. Referring to Table 2, in moving from point D to point C, the opportunity cost of 1 more
Hot Pocket is:
(a) 4 eggos.
(b) ¾ eggos.
(c) 1 eggo.
(d) 4/3 eggos.
146. Given the data in Table 2, as one moves successively from point A to points B, C, D, E,
and F the opportunity cost of egos:
(a) increases as more Eggos are produced.
(b) decreases as more Eggos are produced.
(c) remains constant as more Eggos are produced.
147. Given the data in Table 2, as one moves successively from point F to points E, D, C, B,
and A , the opportunity cost of Hot Pockets:
(a) increases as more Hot potatoes are produced.
(b) decreases as more Hot potato es are produced.
(c) remains constant as more Hot potatoes are produced .
148. Which of the following would not cause an economy's production possibilities curve to
shift to the right?
(a) The disco very of new superco nductivity materials which makes manufacturing
more efficient.
(b) A decrease in unemployment.
(c) Improvements in technology.
(d) Widespread application of irrigation to agricultural land.
149. In drawing a production possibilities curve, which of the following is (are) held
constant?
(a) The supply of natu ral resources and the supply of labor.
(b) Technology and the educational attainment of the work force.
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150. The following table provid es a breakdown of a country’s population (millions):

Table 3
Total population 114 Children (below the working age) 18
job 9 Full-time students (not looking for a j ob) 2
institutions 1 Other adults not in the l abour force 7
Based on the information in the table, the country’s unemployment rate is

(a) 7.9%
(b) 12.5%
(c) 20.2%
(d) 22.2%
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wrong answer.
PART I
151. Which of the following measures of central tendency is based on only fifty percent of
the central values?
(a) Mean
(b) Median
(c) Mode
(d) Both (i) and (ii)
152. The unit of measure ment in tabulation is shown in
(a) Box head.
(b) Body.
(c) Caption.
(d) Stub.
153. Most extreme values which would ever be included in a class interval are called
(a) Class limits.
(b) Class interval.
(c) Class boundaries.
(d) None of these.
154. The method applied for deriving the regression equations is known as
(a) Least squares.
(b) Concurrent deviation.
(c) Product moment.
(d) Normal equation.
155. A binomial distribution is
(a) Never symmetrical.
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(c) Never negatively skewed.
(d) Symmetrical when p = 0.5.
156. If A denotes that a student reads in a school and B denotes that he plays cricket, then
(a) P(A n B) = 1
(b) P(A B) = 1
(c) P(A n B) = 0
(d) P(A) = P(B)
157. Probability mass function is always
(a) 0
(b) Greater than 0
(c) Greater than equal to 0
(d) Less than 0
158. The sampling distributio n is
(a) The distribution of sample observations.
(b) The distribution of random samples.
(c) The distribution of a parameter.
(d) The probability distribution of a statistic.
159. If now the prices of all the commodities in a place have been decreased by 8 5% over
the base period prices, then the index number of prices for the place is now (index
number of prices of base period = 100)
(a) 100
(b) 135
(c) 65
(d) None of these.
160. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 Kms. in
5 hours, the speed of the first train is
(a) 10 Km/hr.
(b) 50 Km/hr.
(c) 71 Km/hr.
(d) None of these.
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161. If a , ß be the roots of the equation 2x 2 – 4x – 3 = 0 ,the value of a 2 + ß 2 is ______ .
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 3
(d) –4
162. In ______ first payment/receipt takes place at the end of first period.
(a) Annuity immediate
(b) Annuity reg ular
(c) Annuity due
(d) Annuity special
163. Difference between the maximum & minimum value of a given data is called______ .
(a) Wi dth
(b) Size
(c) Range
(d) Class
164. ______ is used when distribution pattern has to be studied at varying levels.
(a) A.M
(b) Median
(c) G.M
(d) Mode
165. ______ is extremely sensitive to the size of the sample.
(a) Range
(b) Mean
(c) Median
(d) Mode
166. Under Algebraic Method we get ______ linear equations.
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Five
167. If the probability of a horse A winning a race is 1/6 and the probability of a horse B
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winning the same race is ¼, ______ is the probability that one of the horses will win.
(a) 5/12
(b) 7/12
(c) 1/12
(d) 1/7
168. ______ distribution is sometimes known as the “distribution of rare events” .
(a) Poisson
(b) Normal
(c) Binomial
(d) t
169. The Standard deviation of the ______ distribution is called standard error.
(a) Normal
(b) Poisson
(c) Binomial
(d) Sampling
170. For 5 sample values, we have ______ degree of freedom.
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 6
PART III
y + 11 y + 1 y + 7
171. Solve for y in the equation 4 - = and the value of y is
6 9
(a) –1
(b) 7
(c) 1
1
(d) –
7
172. If 5Pr = 60, then the value of r is
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
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173. A question paper contains 6 questions, each having an alternative. The number of
ways an examiner can answer one or more questions is
(a) 720
(b) 728
(c) 729
(d) None of these.
2x2 - 7x + 6
x 2 5x2 - 11x + 2
(a) 1/9
(b) 9
(c) –1/9
(d) None of these.
175. If y = x- 1 / 2 then dxdy/ is
(a) (- 1/ 2)x- 3 / 2
(b) (1/ 2)x- 3 / 2
(c) (1/ 2)x3 / 2

(d) None of these.
176. Integrate w.r.t ) x, (3 - 2x - x4
(a) 5 3x - x2 - x5 /
(b) 5 3x + x2 - x5 /
(c) 5 3x + x2 + x5 /
(d) None of these.
2
177. 3x2 is
dx
0
(a) 7
(b) –8
(c) 8
(d) None of these.
178. If there are two groups containing 30 and 20 observations and having 50 and 60 as
arithmetic means, then the combined arithmetic mean is
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(b) 56
(c) 54
(d) 52
179. If all the observations are multiplied by 2, then
(a) New S D would be also multiplied by 2.
(b) New S D would be half of the previous SD.
(c) New S D would be increased by 2.
(d) New S D would be decreased by 2.
180. The median of 27,30,26,44,42,51,37 is
(a) 30
(b) 42
(c) 44
(d) 37
181. The minimum value of correlation coefficient is
(a) 0
(b) –2
(c) 1
(d) –1
182. The two lines of regression become identical when
(a) r = 1
(b) r = –1
(c) r = 0
(d) (a) or (b)
183. If an unbiased coin is tossed twice, the pro bability of obtaining at least one tail is
(a) 0.25
(b) 0.50
(c) 0.75
(d) 1.00
184. In a single throw with two dice the probability of getting a sum of five on the two dice is
(a) 1/9
(b) 5/36
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(d) None of these.
185. A card is drown from each of two well-shuffled packs of ca rds.The probability that at
le ast one of them is an ace is
(a) 1/169
(b) 25 /169
(c) 2 /1 3
(d) None of these.
186. In Binomial distribution if n = 4 and p = 1/3 th en the value of variance is
(a) 8/3
(b) 8/9
(c) 4/3
(d) None of these.
187. A die was thrown 400 times and ‘six’ resulted 80 times then observed value of
proportion is
(a) 0.4
(b) 0.2
(c) 5
(d) None of these.
188. If the prices of all commodities in a place have increased 1.25 times in comparison to
the base period, the index number of prices of that place is now
(a) 125
(b) 150
(c) 225
(d) None of these.
189. The solution of the equation (p+2) (p–3) + (p+3) (p–4) = p(2p–5) is
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 5
(d) None of these.
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yearly is
(a) 3.2% p.a.
(b) 3.25% p.a
(c) 3.0225% p.a
(d) None of these.
191. The prese nt value of annuity of Rs. 5000 per an num for 12 years at 4% p.a C.I.
annually is
(a) Rs. 46000
(b) Rs. 46850
(c) RS. 15000
(d) None of these.
192. A person has 8 friends. The number of ways in which he may invite one or more of
them to a dinner are
(a) 250
(b) 255
(c) 200
(d) None of these.
(a) 2n2
(b) n2
(c) 2 n2 /
(d) 4n2
194. If A has 32 elements B has 42 elements and A B has 62 elements. Find the number
of elements in An B.
(a) 74
(b) 62
(c) 12
(d) None of these.
8x3 - 1
x 1/2 6x2 - 5 x + 1
(a) 5
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(b) –6
(c) 6
(d) None of these.
196. If a : b = 3 : 4, the value of (2a+3b) : (3a+4b) is
(a) 18 : 25
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(b) 8 : 25
(c) 17 : 24
(d) None of these. COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST
197. The value of 81/3 is
(a) 2 3
Time
(b) 4 : 4 hours Maximum Marks : 200
(c) 2 The test is divided into four sections.
(d)
Please
None
follow
of these.
198. lo g (1 × 2 × 3) is equal to
(a) log 1 + log 2 + log 3
(1) Questions 1 to 10 have only one correct answer and carry + 1mark each for correct
(b) log 3
(c) log 2
(d) Noneanswers
of these.
and carry + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
199. The three numbers in A.P. whose sum is 27 and the sum of their square s is 341 are
(a) 2 9 16
(b) 16 each
9 2 wr ong answer.
(c)
(iv) Both (a) and23(b)
Questions to 60 are numerical based questions, which have answers as numerical
(d) –2 values
–9 –16and carry + 1mark each for correct answer and – 0.25 mark for each wrong
answer.
4
200.
PART I 3x +4 dx is equal to
0
1. “Assets should be valued at the price paid to acquire them” is based on
(a) 9/112
(a) Accrual concept.
(b) 112/9
(b) Cost concept.
(c) 11/9
(c) Mone y measurement concept.
(d) None of these.
(d) Realisation concept.
2. Cash book is a form of
(a) Trial Balance.
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(b) Journal.
(c) Ledger.
3. If bank balance as per cashbook differs from that appearing in the current account
statement, then the balance considered for finalizing the accounts is of
(a) Adjusted cash book.
(b) Cash bo ok before any adjustments.
(c) Pass book.
(d) Not taken to final accounts in case of difference in th e balance.
4. Material costing Rs.700 in the erection of the machinery and the wages paid for it
amounting to Rs. 400 should be debited to
(a) Material account.
(b) Wages account.
(c) Purchases acco unt.
(d) Machinery account.
5. Difference of totals of both debit and credit side of the trial balance is transferred to
(a) Difference account.
(b) Trading account.
(c) Miscellaneous account.
(d) Suspense account.
6. “Inventories should be out of godown in the seq uence in which they arrive” is based on
(a) HIFO.
(b) LIFO.
(c) FIFO.
(b) Weighted avera ge.
7. The value of an asset after deducting depreciation from the historical cost is known as
(a) Fair value.
(b) Book value.
(c) Mar ket value.
8. Expenses incurred to retain the title of a building is a
(a) Revenue expenditure.
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(b) Capital expenditure.

9. Carriag e inwards is debited to
(b) Profit and loss account
(c) Profit and loss appropriation account
(d) Balance sheet
10. A bill has been drawn on 26.2.2006 payable after 90 days. The due date of the bill will
be
(a) 30.5.2006.
(b) 29.5.2006.
(c) 28.5.2006.
(d) 27.5.2006.
PART II
11. If total of all debits of a ledger account is more than the total of all credits of the same
account, then the balancing figure is placed at the __________
(a) Debit side of that ledger account.
(b) Credit side of that ledger account.
(c) End of that ledger account as a footnote.
12. The cost of a small calculator is accounted as an expense and not shown as an asset
in a financial statement of a business entity due to __________
(a) Materiality concept.
(b) Matching concept.
(c) Periodicity concept.
13. A minimum quantity of stock always held as precaution against out of stock situation is
called __________
(a) Zero stock.
(b) Risk stock.
(c) Base stock.
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14. M/s Bhaskaran & Co. drew a three months’ bill of Rs. 6,000 on M/s Patel & Co. on
1.1.2006 payable to M/s Suren dran & Co. or bearer. Here the payee will be
(a) M/s Bhaskaran & Co.
(b) M/s Patel & Co.
(c) M/s Surendran & Co. or bearer.
15. Fluctuating capital account is credited with _______ ___
(a) Interest on capital.
(b) Profits of the year.
(c) Salaries or remuner ation of the partners.
16. If the incoming partner brings any additional amount in cash other than his capital
contributions then it is termed as ________
(a) Capital.
(b) Reserves.
(c) Profits.
(d) Premiu m for goodwill.
17. Memorandum joint venture account is prepared _________
(a) When separate set of joint venture books is prepared.
(b) When each co-venturer keeps records of all the the joint venture transactions
himself.
(c) When each co-venturer keeps records of their own joint venturer transactions.
18. In case of del-credere commission provided by consignor to consignee, bad debts is a
lo ss of _________
(a) Consignee.
(b) Consignor.
(c) Both consignor and consignee.
(d) Neither of the two.
19. The party who sends the goods for sale on fixed commission basis is __________
(a) Consignee.
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(b) Consignor.
(c) Drawee.
(d) Drawer.
20. Disco unting of bill by the drawer is done with________
(a) Creditor.
(b) Drawee.
(c) Bank.
(d) Notary public.
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21. Under this method, the annual charge for depreciation decreases from year to year, so
that the burden and benefits of later years are shared by the earlier years. Also, under
this method, the value of asset can never be completely exting uished. The other
advantage of this method is that the total charge to revenue is uniform when the
depreciation is high, repairs are negligible; and as the repairs increase, the burden of
depreciation gets lesser and lesser. This method of depreciation is
(a) Straight Line Method.
(b) Written Down Value Method.
(c) Annuity Method.
(d) Sinking Fund Method.
22. M/s Mittal & Sen & Co. sends goods costing Rs. 50,000 to M/s Suneja & Jadeja & Co.
for sale at invoice price. The invoice price of the goods was Rs. 60,000. Former spe nds
Rs. 2,000 on freight for sending the delivery an d later spends Rs.1,500 for receiving the
delivery. M/s Suneja & Jadeja & Co sold 90% of goods at invoice price and earned a
commission of Rs.5,400. In the due course he made some credit sales also out of
which some amount were proved to be bad and was borne by him only. Remaining
goods were taken back by M/s Mittal & Sen & Co. The balance due was paid by M/s
Suneja & Jadeja & Co. through a demand draft. The above transaction is in the nature
of
(a) Consignment.
(b) Joint venture.
(c) Sale of goods on sale or retur n basis
(d) Credit sales.
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23. It is decided to form a partnership with a total capital of Rs. 6,00,000. Three partners
Ajay, Vijay and Sanjay who will share profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2, agreed to
contribute proportionate capital. Their capital contribution will be
(a) Rs.3,00,000: Rs.1,80,000: Rs.1,20,000.
(b) Rs.2,00,000: Rs.2,00,000: Rs.2,00,000.
(c) Rs.3,00,000: Rs.2,00,000: Rs.1,00,000.
(d) Rs.1,00,000: Rs.2,00,000: Rs.3,00,000.
24. Aditya Ltd. issued equity shares of 50,000 shares of Rs. 10 each for subscription.
40,000 share s were subscribed by the public by paying Rs. 3 as application money.
Number of shares allotted to pu blic by Aditya Ltd. will be
(a) 50,000 shares.
(b) 40,000 shares.
(c) 30,000 shares.
(d) 10,000 shares.
25. A company issued 1,00,000 equity sh ares of Rs.10 each at a premium of Rs.2 and
5,000 10% Debentures of Rs.100 each at 10% discount. All the shares and debentures
were subscribed and allotted by crediting 10% Debentures account with
(a) Rs. 10,00 ,000.
(b) Rs. 12,00 ,000.
(c) Rs. 5,00,000.
(d) Rs. 4,50,000.
26. Prefere nce shares amounting to Rs.1,00,000 are rede emed at a premium of 5% by
issue of shares amounting to Rs.50,000 at a premium of 10%. The amount to be
transferred to ca pital redemption reserve account will be
(a) Rs.55,000.
(b) Rs.50,000.
(c) Rs.45,000.
(d) Rs.57,500.
27. On 1 s t June 2005, Harsh Ltd. issued 4,000 9% convertible debentures of Rs.100 each
at a premium of 10%. Interest is payable on September 30 and March 31, every year.
expenditure debited to profit and loss account for the year ended 31 s tMarch 2006 will
be
(a) Rs.12,000.
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(b) Rs.18,000.
(c) Rs.36,000.
(d) Rs.30,000.
28. Followings are the information related to Great Ltd.:
(i) Equity share capital called up Rs. 3,00,000, (ii) Call-in advance Rs. 10,000, (iii) Call
in arrears Rs. 15,000 and (iv) Proposed dividend 20%. The amount of dividend payable
by Great Ltd. will be
(a) Rs.57,000
(b) Rs.59,000.
(c) Rs.60,000.
(d) Rs.58,000.
29. 3,000 shares of Rs. 10 each of Krishna were forfeited by crediting Rs. 5,000 to share
forfeiture account. Out of these, 1,800 sha res were re-issued to Radhe for Rs. 9 pe r
share. The amount to be transferred to capital re serve account will be
(a) Rs. 3,200.
(b) Rs.2,000.
(c) Rs.1,800.
(d) Rs.1,200.
30. Bittu Ltd. issued 10,000 shares of Rs.10 each to public. Applications were received for
12,000 shares by paying Rs.2 per share. Shares were allotted on pro -rata basis to the
public and excess money was kept to be used in allotment and further calls. Kittu failed
to pay the money of Rs.3 per share and her 1,000 shares were forfeited after due
notice. No further calls were made to her. Her call in arrears was
(a) Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.2,800.
(c) Rs.2,600.
(d) Rs.2,400.
31. He, She and Me are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:3:2.
They took Joint Life Policy of Rs. 50,000, Rs.1,00,000 and Rs.1,50,000 for He, She and
Me respectively. The share of C in the policy will be
(a) Rs.1,50,000.
(b) Rs.90,000.
(c) Rs.60,000.
(d) Rs.3,00,000.
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32. Vijay, Vineet an d Vivek are partners in a firm sharing profits or losses in 3:2:1. Vijay
retires and Rs. 18,000 was debited to goodwill account of the firm. If new profit sharing
ratio is 2:1, then the amount of goodwill debited respectively to Vine et and Vive k’s
capital account will be
(a) Rs.6,000: Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.9,000: Rs.9,000.
(c) Rs.4,500: Rs.4,500.
(d) Nothing is to be debited to their account.
33. Amit, Rohit and Sumit are partners sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 5:4:3. Sumit
retires and if Amit and Rohit shares profits of Sumit in 4:3, then new profit sh aring ratio
will be
(a) 4:3.
(b) 47:37.
(c) 5:4.
(d) 5:3.
34. Rachna and Sapna are partners sharing profits equally. They admitted Ashana for 1/3
share in the firm. The new profit sharing ratio will be
(a) 3:2:1.
(b) 2:2:1.
(c) 1:1:1.
(d) Cannot be calculated.
Total capital employed in the firm Rs. 80,00,000
Reasonable rate of return 15%
Profits for the year Rs. 12,0 0,000
(a) Rs. 68,00,000.
(b) Rs. 12,00,000.
(c) Rs. 11,88,000.
(d) Nil.
36. A trader has credited certain ite ms of sales on approval aggregating Rs.60,000 to Sales
Account. Of these, goods of the value of Rs.16,000 have been returned and take n into
stock at cost Rs.8,000 though the record of return was omitted in the accounts. In
respect of another parcel of Rs.12,000 (cost being Rs.6,000) the period of approval did
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not expire on the closing date. Cost of goods lying with customers should be
(a) Rs. 12,000.
(b) Rs. 54,000.
(c) Rs. 6,000.
37. On 1 s t January 2006 Nisha draws a bill for Rs.5,000 on Disha for 3 months for mutual
accommodation. On the same day, Disha draws a bill for Rs. 6,000 on Nisha for 4
months. Both the bills were discounted with the bank for Rs. 4,850 and Rs. 5,700
respectively. 50% of the receipt was sent to the other party. First bill was met on its due
date. On the maturity date of Nisha’s acceptance, Disha will send
(a) Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.2,850.
(c) Rs.2,425.
(d) Rs.2,500.
38. Gaurav has to pay Rs. 10,000 to S aurabh on account of Bill accepted by him for credit
purch ases. Due to financial crisis, Gaurav was unable to pay the bill and was declared
in solvent and his estate realized only 30 paisa in a rupee. The amount to be debited to
bad debts account of S aurabh will be
(a) Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.7,000.
(c) Rs.10,000.
39. Ram in a joint venture with Shya m purchased goods costing Rs. 20,000 and sends to
Shyam for sale incurring Rs.1,000 on freight. Shyam took the delivery and paid Rs.500
as carriage. He sold the good s costing Rs.18,000 for Rs. 25,000 and kept the
remaining goods at cost price. Sharing equal profits of the venture, amount to be paid
by Shyam to Ram will be
(a) Rs.25,000.
(b) Rs.22,250.
(c) Rs.23,750.
(d) Rs.24,500.
40. Expenses incurred by the consignor on sending the goods to the consignee is Rs.1,000
for insurance, Rs.1,500 on freight and Rs.500 on packing the goods. While expenses
incurred by the consignee on behalf of the consignment are Rs.800 on octroi, Rs.600
as godown charges and Rs. 1,200 as selling expenses. The amount to be excluded
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while calculating consignment stock will be

(a) Rs.2,600.
(b) Rs.600.
(c) Rs.1,200.
(d) Rs.1,800
41. Goods costing Rs. 80,000 are consigned by Manjari & Co. to Anjali & Co. fo r
Rs.1,00,000. E xpenses of the consignor in this respect was Rs. 5,000. Consignee
spends Rs. 6,000 for taking the delivery. Some of the goods were returned by the
consignee costing Rs.10,000. The amount to be credited to consignment account for
goods returned will be
(a) Rs.12,500.
(b) Rs.11,100.
(c) Rs.11,375.
(d) Rs.13,875.
42. Opening stock of the year is Rs.20,000, Goods purchased during the year is
Rs.1,00,000, Carria ge Rs.2,000 and Selling expenses Rs.2,000.Sales during the year
is Rs.1,50,000 and closing stock is Rs.25,000. The gross profit will be
(a) Rs.53,000.
(b) Rs.55,000.
(c) Rs.80,000.
(d) Rs.51,000.
43. Following errors have been rectified at th e end of the year:
(i) The return inward book was undercast by Rs. 150 .
(ii) The return outward book was overcast by Rs. 1,000.
(iii) A payment of Rs.1,500 on account of salaries has been posted twice in the
salaries acco unt although entered correctly in the cashbook.
The above errors if rectified, will give correct trial balance. Before rectification, balance
of suspense account was
(a) Rs. 150 (Dr.)
(b) Rs. 1,150 (Dr.).
(c) Rs. Rs.350 (Cr .).
(d) Rs. 1,500 (Cr.).
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44. Given below are the ledger balances of a manage ment consultan cy firm:
Capital Rs.4,00,000, Computer Rs. 25,000, Air conditioner and furniture Rs. 1,00,000,
Fixed Deposits Rs.2,00,000, Salaries Rs.8,00,000, Fees received Rs. 12,00,000,
Travelling expenses Rs.1,50,000, Rent and office expense s Rs.2,40,000, Cash
balances Rs. 1,80,000. Bank overdraft Rs. 95,000. The total of trial balance will be
(a) Rs. 16,00,000.
(b) Rs. 16,95,000.
(c) Rs. 14,50,000.
(d) Rs. 15,00,000.
45. M/s Delhi Stationers purchase goods from the manufacturers, do packaging and
la belling and sell to their customers. At the year-end they had 1,000 pieces of toilet
soaps in hand, purchase price of which is Rs.3.25 per piece. These are yet not packed
and labelled. The packaging cost per unit is Re. 0.35 per piece and selling price is Rs.
4.25 per piece. The historical cost and selling price of the closing stock will be
(b) Rs. 3,600 and Rs. 4,250 respectively .
(c) Rs. 3,250 and Rs. 4,250 respectively.
(d) Rs. 3,600 and Rs.3,900 respectively.
46. Depreciable amount of the machinery is Rs.11,00,000. The machine is expected to
produce 30 lakhs units in its 10 year life and expected distribution of production units is
as follows:
7-10 year 1.5 lacs units each year.
Annual depreciation for 1-3 year, using production units method will be
(a) Rs.1,10,000.
(b) Rs.55,000.
(c) Rs. 65,000.
(d) Rs. 1,83,333.
47. The cashbook showed an overdraft of Rs. 2,000 as cash at bank, but the pass book
made up to the same date sh owed that cheques of Rs. 200, Rs. 150 and Rs. 175
respectively had not been presented for payments; and the cheque of Rs. 600 paid into
account had not been cleare d. The balance as per the cash book will be
(a) Rs. 2,150.
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(b) Rs. 2,175.

(c) Rs. 1,475.
(d) Rs. 1,925.
48. If cost of physical stock on 31.3.2006 is Rs.2,80,000 and out of which stock of Rs.
1,20,000 is held as consignee. Goods costing Rs. 25,000 were damage d beyond repair
and were expected to realize Rs.5,000 only. The value of own stock on 31.3.2006 will
be
(a) Rs.2,60,0 00
(b) Rs.1,60,0 00
(c) Rs.1,35,0 00
(d) Rs.1,40,0 00
49. A lease is purchased on 1 s tJanuary, 2005 for 4 years at a cost of Rs. 1,00,000. Lease
is to be depreciated by the annuity method charging 5% interest. Annuity of Re.1 over 4

years charging 5% interest is Re. 0.282012. The amount of annual depreciation will be
(a) Rs. 28,201.
(b) Rs. 20,000.
(c) Rs.25,000.
50. 18% investment of Rs. 1,00,0 00 and interest received on investment Rs. 15,000 have
been given in the trial balance for the period en ded on 31.3.2006. The amount of
interest outstan ding in the final accounts will be
(a) Rs.18,000
(b) Rs.15,000
(c) Rs.3,000.
(d) Nil
51. Bank overdraft as per trial balance is Rs.1,60,000. Bank has allowed the customer to
overdrew 80 % of the hypothecated value of the stock. Hypothecation of stock has been
done by the bank at 80% of the original closing stock value. The amount of closing
stock is
(a) Rs. 2,00,000.
(b) Rs. 2,50,000.
(c) Rs. 1,02,400.
(d) Rs. 1,28,000.
52. Net profit before commission has been Rs. 1,20,000. Manager’s commission is 20% of
net profit before charging such commission. The amount of manager’s commission is
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(a) Rs.22,000.
(b) Rs.25,000.
(c) Rs.24,000.
(d) Rs.20,000.
53. Out of four floors of a building, ground floor is used as a store house for trading goods,
first and second floor is used for office purpose and third floor is used for residential
purposes. Total depreciation of a building amounts to Rs. 80,000.. The depreciation
amount of building to be shown in the business books will be
(a) Rs. 80,000.
(b) Rs. 60,000.
(c) Rs. 40,000.
(d) Rs. 20,000.
54. Closing stock was not taken on 31.3.2006 but only on 7.4.2006. Following transactions
had taken place during the period from 1.4.2006 to 7.4.2006. Sales Rs.2,50,000,
purchases Rs.1,50,000, stock on 7.4.2006 was Rs.1,80,000 and the rate of gross profit
on sales was 20%. Closin g stock on 31.3.2006 will be
(a) Rs.3,80,000.
(b) Rs.4,00,000.
(c) Rs.2,30,000.
(d) Rs.1,50,000.
55. Ravi Ltd. issued 1,40,00,000, 9% debentures of Rs.100 each at a discount of 6%,
redeemable at a premium of 5% after 3 years payable as Rs.50 on application and
Rs.44 on allotment. Total amount of discount/loss on issue of de benture will be
(a) Rs.8,40,00,000.
(b) Rs.7,00,00,000.
(c) Rs.15,40,00,000.
(d) Rs.1,40,00,000.
56. Kena Ltd. issued 10,000 12% Debentures of Rs.100 each at a discount of 10%payable
in full on application by 31 s t March, 2006. Applications were received for 12,000
debentures. Debentures were allotted on 9 t h June, 2006. The amount of excess money
refunded on the same date will be
(a) Rs.1,80,000.
(b) Rs.1,00,000.
(c) Rs.1,20,000.
(d) Rs.1,50,000.
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57. Ankush Ltd. had issued 10,000, 10% Redeemable Preference Shares of Rs.100 each,
fully paid up. The company decided to redeem these preference shares at par, by issue
of sufficient number of equity shares of Rs. 10 each at a premium of Rs.2 per share as
fully paid up. The amount to be transferred to capital redemption reserve account will
be
(a) Rs. 10,00 ,000.
(b) Rs. 12,00 ,000.
(c) Rs. 8,00,000.
(d) Nil.
58. Bill of Rs.10,000 accepted by Rajesh was end orsed by Ritesh to Dinesh on account of
final settlement of Rs.10,500. The benefit of Rs.500 earned by Ritesh was:
(a) Credited to discount allowed account by Rs. 500.
(b) Credited to discount received account by Rs.500.
(c) Credited to rebate account by Rs.500.
(d) Not shown in the books of Ritesh at all.
59. A company on non-receipt of First Call money of Rs.2 per share and Final Call money
of Rs.3 per share from Rahul, debited Call-in-Arrears account by Rs. 2,000 and
Rs.3,000 respectively. After due notice 1,000 shares of Rs.10 each were forfeited from
Rahul. The amount to be credited to First Call Account at the time of entry for forfeiture
will be
(a) Rs.2,000.
(b) Rs.3,000.
(c) Nil.
(d) Rs.10,000.
60. 1,000 shares of Rs.100 each were issue d to a promoter of the company for their legal
services, rendered in the formation of the company. For this, company credited Share
Capital Account and debited
(a) Goodwill account by Rs. 1,00,000.
(b) Legal services account by Rs.1,00,000.
(c) Promoter’s account by Rs.1,00,000.
(d) Formation expenses account by Rs.1,00,000.
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answer.
PART I
61. Which of the following is correct :
(a) A minor can be admitted as a partner provided the partnership deed is signed by the
guardian of the minor on behalf of and in the best interest of such mi nor.
(b) A minor can enter into a contract of partnership provided it is a ‘necessity’ and not a
‘l uxury’.
(c) A minor cannot be admitted as a partner unless al l the partners agree to it.
(d) A minor can be admitted to the benefits of partnership.
62. As per Section 11 of The Indian Contract Act, 1872 every person is competent to
contract provided he:
(a) Is of the age of majority according to the law to whi ch he is subject.
(b) Is of sound mind.
(c) Is not disqualified from contracting by any law to which he is subject.
63. Necessary condition for existing goods is
(a) They should be in existence at the time of the contract of sal e.
(b) They should be owned or possessed by the seller.
64. The action of goods being physically delivered to the buyer is known as:
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65. A tells his wife that he would commit suicide, if she did not transfer her personal assets
to him. She does so un der his threat.
(a) The wife can avoid the contract.
(b) The wife cannot avoid the contract.
(c) The husband can enforce the contract.
(d) Both (b) & (c).
66. In case of a hire – purchase the hirer
(a) Can pass a goods ti tle to a bonafide purchaser.
(c) Can choose whether to pass or not to pass the goods title to a bonafide purchaser.
67. Which of the follo wing are the characteristics of a contingent contract:
(a) The performance of a contingent contract depends upon the happening or non-
happening of a certain event in future.
(b) The event must be uncertain.
(c) The event must be collateral to the main contract.
68. Agency by ostensible authority may happen in the following ways:
(a) By estoppel.
(b) By a legal presumption.
(c) By holding-out.
69. A sold some land to B. At the time of sale both the parties b elieved to be in good faith
that th e area of the land sold was 10 hectares. It however, turned out that the area was
7 hectares only. How is th e contract of sale affected?
(a) The agreement is void.
(b) The agreement is illegal.
(c) The agreement is impossible.
70. Which one of the following is a legal requirement regarding consideration:
(a) Consider ation shoul d move at the desire of the promise.
(b) Consider ation may move from promisee or any other person.
(c) Consider ation may be past, present or future.
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71. Exceptions to the statement “No consideration no contract” are the following:
(a) No considerati on is required to create an agency as also in the case of completed
gifts.
(b) A promise made without consideration is valid if it i s a promise, made in writing and
signed by the person to be charged therewith, or by hi s agent generally or specially
authorized in that behalf, to pay wholly or in part a debt, which is barred by the Law
of Limitation.
(c) A promise made without any consideration is valid if it is a promise to compensate
wholly or in part a person who has already voluntarily done something for the
promisor or something which the promi sor was legally compellable to do.
72. In case of a firm carrying on th e business other than banking
not exceed fifty.
(b) There should be at least two members and maximum number of members should
not exceed ten.
not exceed twenty.
(d) There should be at least two members and maximum number of members should
not exceed fifty.
73. Which of the following agreements are void:
(a) An agreement to share the salary of a public officer.
(b) An agreement to sell a religious office.
(c) An agreement with the objective of procuring a public post.
(b) Sale by description.
(c) Sale by sample.
75. The distinction between fraud and misrepresentation are the following:
(a) Misrepresentation is innocent whereas fraud is deliberate or willful.
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(b) In misrepresentation the person making the suggestion believes it to be true while in
case of a fraud he does not believe it to be true.
(c) In misrepresentation there can be no suit for damages whereas in fraud there can be
a suit for damages.
contract:
(a) Lawful Consideration.
(b) Lawful Agreement.
(c) Free Consent.
77. The test of good faith as required under Section 33(1) includes the following:
(c) That the partner to be expelled is given an opportunity of bei ng heard.
78. Delivery which is effe cted without any change in the custody or actual possession of
the thing is kno wn as:
(b) Symbolic Delivery.
(c) Constructive Delivery.
79. The essential elements of a partnership at will are:
(a) No period has been fixed by the partners for its duration.
(b) There is no provision in the partnershi p agreement for its determination.
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80. True test of partnership is ________ ______.
(a) Sharing of profits
(b) Sharing of profits and losses
(c) Mutual agency
(d) Existence of an agreement to share profits of the business
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81. Where a person asserts so mething which is not true, though he believes it to b e true,
his assertion amounts to _____________.
(a) Coercion
(b) Undue Influence
(c) Fraud
82. _____________ does not exist.
(a) Liability for special damages
(b) Liability for exemplary damages
(c) Liability for nominal damages
(d) Liability for disciplinary damages
83. The communication of an acceptance is complete as against the acceptor,
_____________.
(a) When it is put in course of tr ansmissi on to him so as to be out of reach of the
acceptor
(b) When it comes to the knowledge of the proposer
(c) When both the proposer and the acceptor declare the acceptance
(d) When the acceptor accepts his acceptance in a court of law
84. Total substitution of new contract in place of the old contract takes place in case of
_________________.
(a) Remission
(b) Recission
(c) Novation
(d) Alteration
85. Profits of a partnership firm must be distributed among th e partners as per the
partnership deed while the profits of a company _______________ __.
(a) Must be distributed to its shareholders
(b) May or may not be distributed to its shareholders
(c) May or may not be distributed to its board of directors, shareholders and other
stakeholders
(d) Are not distributable at all
86. The principle evolved in the case of Garner v. Murray (1904) is
_______________________.
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(a) Deficiencies in the capital of the insolvent partner are distributed among the solvent
partners in the ratio of their capital
(b) Partners have a fiduci ary relationship with each other
(c) Partners liability is unl imited
(d) Partners can make supernatural profits, provided proper disclosures are made in this
regard
87. A intending to deceive B falsely represents that 750 tons of sugar is produce d per
annum at the factory of A and hereby induces B to buy the fa ctory. The contract is
avoidable at the option of_______________.
(a) B
(b) A
(c) Congruence of A & B
(d) Either party cannot avoid the contract
88. An agency coupled with interest does not come to an end in case of____________.
(a) Death of the principal
(b) Insanity of the principal
(c) Insolvency of the principal
(d) Death or Insanity or Insolvency of the principal
or does not happen is _________________.
(c) Illegal
(d) Void
90. A contracts to pay B Rs.5,00,000/- if B’s house is destroyed by fire. It is ______ ______.
(c) A wageri ng contract plus a contingent contract
(d) Neither a contingent contract nor a wagering contract
91. The rule stated under Section 26 of The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 is subject to
_________ exceptions.
(a) 1
(b) 2
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(c) 3
(d) 4
92. The latin maxim “Nemo dat quod non habet” means ____________ ____.
(a) An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
(b) Never dare to quarrel with a good sel ler
(c) No one can give what he has not got
(d) Let the buyer bewar e.
93. Rules regarding delivery o f g oods are dealt in the __________ of The Sale of Goods
Act, 1930.
(a) Sections 33-39
(b) Sections 20-24.
(c) Sections 18-24
(d) Sections 33-32
94. Right of lien is to ____________.
(a) Retain possession
(b) Regain possession
(c) Remove possession
(d) Recharge possession
95. Non - Registration of a partnership firm ___________.
(a) Is a Criminal offence
(b) Renders the partnership ill egal
(c) Is compulsory to activate the partnership
(d) Is not compulsory but desirable
96. A person who finds goods belonging to another and takes them into his custody
______________.
(a) Becomes the owner of those goods thereafter
(b) Is subject to the same responsibility as a bailee
(c) Is allowed to sell them and retain the money reali zed from such sale
(d) Has no obligation to return those goods, he may do so only a good gesture
97. Quasi – contracts arise _______________.
(a) Where obligations are created without a contract
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98. Disch arge by mutual agre ement may involve ______________.
(a) Novation
(b) Recission
(c) Alteration
(d) Novation, Reci ssion and alteration
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actually a former partner of the firm. C had also issued public notice in the year of his
retirement from the partnership firm. D, a trader supplied 500 refrigerators to the firm on
credit. The credit period expired and D did not get the price of his supplies. D filed a
suit against A & C for the recovery of price. In light of the above circumstances answer
which of the following is correct:
(a) C is liable for the pri ce to D.
(b) C is liabl e for the price to D, irrespective of the fact, whether C remained silent or
not.
100. H contracted with NIC Corporation for the erection of a number of houses. In
calculating his price for the houses, H by mistake deducted a particular sum twice over.
The corporation affixed its seal to the contract, which correctly represented its inte ntion.
(a) The contract is now bindi ng.
(b) The contract can be avoided by H.
(c) There is no contract at all, since there is no consensus ad idem.
(d) The contract is not binding.
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(ii) Questions 117 to 132 are Fill in the blan ks type and carry + 1 mark for ea ch correct
PART I
101. An increase in the demand can result from:
(a) a decline in market price.
(b) an increase in income.
(c) a reduction in the price of substitutes.
(d) an increase in the price of complements.
102. In the short run if a perfectly competitive firm finds itself operating at a loss, it will:
(a) reduce the size of its plant to lower fixed costs.
(b) raise the price of its prod uct.
(c) shut down.
(d) continue to op erate as long as it covers its variable cost.
103. A competitive firm maximizes profit at the o utput level where:
(a) price equals marginal cost.
(b) the slope of the firm’s profit function is equal to zero.
(c) marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
(a) Normative economics is not concerned with value judgment.
(b) A market is a process that reconciles consumer decision, production decisions
and labour decisions.
(c) A mixed economy has a certain level of government intervention in the economy
along with private sector ownership of the economy.
(d) (b) and (c).
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105. A necessity is defined as a good having:

(a) a positive income elasticity of demand.
(b) a negative income elasticity of demand.
(c) an income elasticity of demand less than 1.
(d) an own price elasticity of demand less th an 1.
106. In the long run any firm will eventually leave the industry if:
(a) price does not at least cover average total cost.
(b) price does not equal marginal cost.
(c) economies of scale are being reaped.
(d) price is greater than long run average cost.
107. If a firm’s average variable cost curve is rising, its marginal cost curve must be:
(a) constant.
(b) above the total cost curve.
(c) above the average variable cost curve.
Table 1
Output Total Costs
00
1 15
2 30
3 45
4 60
5 75

(a) constant returns to scale.
(b) decreasing returns to scale.
(d) globalization.
(a) The central problem in economics is that of allocating scarce resources in such
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a manner that society’s unlimited nee ds are satisfied as well as possible.

(b) In mixed economy, the government and the private sector interact in solving the
basic economic questions.
(c) Microeconomics best describes the stud y of the behaviour of individual agents.
(d) An important theme in economics is that market systems are better than
command (socialistic) economies.
110. When a market is in equilibrium:
(a) no shorta ges exist.
(b) quantity demanded equals quantity supplied.
(c) a price is established that clears the market.
(d) all of the above are correct.
111. Which amon g the following is incorrect?
(a) India adopted planning as her way of life because she wanted to quicken
industrialization and economic development with optimum utilization of
resources and reduction of inequalities.
(b) Removal of poverty and the attainment of self reliance were two basic objectives
of the fifth plan.
(c) India has never been able to achieve its targeted rate of growth.
(d) The Second plan was a very ambitious plan as seeds of industrialization were
sowed.
112. Reserve Bank of India is the country’s:
(a) central bank.
(b) biggest commercial bank.
(c) biggest cooperative bank.
113. In infrastructure of an economy we in clude:
(a) power.
(b) transport.
(c) banking
114. Find the odd one out:
(a) State B ank of India.
(b) Reserve Bank of India.
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(c) Bank of Baroda.

(d) Bank of India .
115. Indian economy is mixed economy because:
(a) agriculture and industry have both simultaneously develo ped in India.
(b) agriculture and industry have both developed in the public sector.
(c) private ownership and public ownership over means of production co-exist.
116. What is the contribution of agriculture to National income in India?
(a) 44%.
(b) 22%.
(c) 34%.
(d) 50%.
PART II
117. In a -------------------budget re venue equals expenditure.
(a) balanced
(b) deficit
(c) surplus
(d) long term
118. Indian population registered a growth of 1.25% per annum during th e decade ------------.
(a) 1941-51
(b) 1961-71
(c) 1971-81
(d) 1981-91
119. India’s population recorded the maximum growth rate of 2.22 % per annum during the
decade ---------------------.
(a) 1941-51
(b) 1961-71
(c) 1971-81
(d) 1981-91
120. Suppose India’s GNP increased at an annual average rate of 6.6% during the Tenth
plan, presuming that the growth rate of po pulation is 2 per cent per annum; per capita
in come would increase at an annual average rate of----- ---------- -.
(a) 3.3%.
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(b) 4.6%.
(c) 6.6%.
(d) 2%.
121. About ------------------ area is rain fed in India.
(a) one third
(b) one half
(c) two third
(d) three fourth
122. The industrial production has grown at an annual average rate of ----- ------ during the
planning period.
(a) 10%
(b) 8%
(c) 3.5%
(d) 6.2%
123. After imposition of ceilings on the landholding in India, the total surplus area distributed
has been of the order of -----------------.
(a) 2.18 million hectares
(b) 2.98 million hectares.
(c) 5.58 million hectares.
(d) 10 million hectares.
124. Small scale sector contributes nearly _______ of the manufacturing exports in India.
(a) 60%
(b) 35%
(c) 45%
(d) 20%
125. India’s share in the world total services export in 2004 was --------------%.
(a) 5.2
(b) 1.9
(c) 8.2
(d) 3.5
126. Product method of calculating national income is also known as -----------------------.
(a) income method
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(b) value added method

(c) expenditure method
(d) di stri bution method
127. NDP is GDP minus _____________.
(a) depreciation.
(b) in direct taxes.
(c) subsidies
(d) NNP
128. At present direct taxes are around ---------- % of GNP.
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 5
129. Abolition of intermediaries and tenancy reforms are both parts of ----------------------------.
(a) industrial reforms in India.
(b) external sector reforms in India.
(c) la nd reforms in India.
(d) banking reforms in India.
130. A sick industrial unit is one --------------------------------------------.
(a) where most of the employees are sick.
(b) which is unable to perform its normal functions and activities of production of
goods and services at a reasonable profit on a sustained basis.
(c) which is unable to make profits more than 10 percent of its capital employed.
(d) which borrows money from bank for its fixed assets.
131. BPO stands for -----------------------------.
(a) Bharat Petr o Organisation
(b) Business Process Outsourcing
(c) Big Portfolio Outsourcing
(d) Business Partners Organisation
132. India accommodates ---------------- percent of the world’s population.
(a) 16.7%
(b) 11.4%
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(c) 15.1%
(d) 25.8%
PART III
Questions 133 to 135 are based on Figure 1 which shows production possibilities
curve (PPC) for grape juice and wine.
P r od u c t io n po ss ib i li t ie s cu r v e
28 A
27 B
25
C
22
H
D
18
13 E
G
F
7
0
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Wi n e (l it res )
Figure 1
133. The opportunity cost of increasing wine production from D to E is:
(a) 0 litres of grape juice.
(b) 5 litres of grape juice.
(c) 1 litre of wine.
(d) 0.2 litres of wine.
134. Assuming that the PPC does not shift, which of the following is true?
(a) Point A is desirable but is inefficient.
(b) Point D represents a more efficient allocation of resources than points A and F.
(c) Point H is desir able but is not attainable.
(d) If wine production equals 7 litres, the maximum amount of grape juice that can
be produced simultaneously is 28 litres.
135. The PPC in the diagram reflects:
(a) increasing opportunity cost of more wine production and constant opportunity
(b) increasing opportunity cost of more wine production and decreasing opportunity
(c) decreasing opportunity cost of more wine production and decreasing cost of
more grape juice production.
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(d) increasing opportunity cost of more wine production and increasing cost of more
grape juice production.
Read the following paragraph and answer questions 136 and 137.
John is Jacqueline’s father. Both of them are unemployed. Jacqueline, a brilliant new
Ph.D in Economics, has turned down many job offers because she hopes eventually to
teach at one of the top ten univ ersities in her field. John (now age 54) lost his job as a
shipbuilder during the recession of 1991. His plant never reopened and he has very
specialized skills that are no longer in demand.
136. The type of unemployment Jacqueline is experiencing is
(a) frictional.
(b) structural.
(c) seasonal.
(d) cyclical.
137. The type of unemployment John is experiencing is
(a) frictional.
(b) structural.
(c) seasonal.
(d) cyclical.
PART IV
138. In the table below what will be equilibrium market price?
Table 2
Price (Rs.) Demand (tonnes per annum) Supply (tonnes per annum)
1 1000 400
2 900 500
3 800 600
4 700 700
5 600 800
6 500 900
7 400 1000
8 300 1100
(a) Rs.2
(b) Rs.3
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(c) Rs.4
(d) Rs.5
Read Table 3 and answer questions 139-143
Table 3
Labor Input Output Average Product Marginal Product
00------
2 25
4 90
6 120
8 140
10 14
12 10
139. At a labor input of 2, output is:
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 75.
140. At a labor input of 4, output per worker is:
(a) 20.
(b) 22.5.
(c) 45.
(d) 90.
141. At a labor input of 6, th e marginal product of labor is:
(a) 120.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.
142. Output per worker is maximized at a labour input of:
(a) 2
(b) 4
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(c) 6
(d) 8.
143. The firm’s output is at a short run maximum at a la bour input of :
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 2
Table 4 provides cost and price information for a firm calle d Comfy Cushions
(CC). The firm produces and sells cus hions using a fixed amount of capital
equipment but can change the level of inputs such as labour and materials. Read
Table 4 and answer questions 144-150
Table 4
Production Price Total Average Marginal Total Marginal
(Q) per unit cost total cost (MC) revenue Reve nue
(P) (TC) cost (TR) per unit
(ATC) ( MR)
0 250 500
1 240 730
2 230 870
3 220 950
4 210 1010
5 200 1090
6 190 1230
7 180 1470
8 170 1850
9 160 2410
144. What is the value of fixed cost incurred by CC?

(a) Rs. 250
(b) Rs. 730
(c) Rs.500.
(d) can not be determined.
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145. What is the average total cost when 5 units are produced?
(a) Rs. 218.
(b) Rs.1090.
(c) Rs. 730.
(d) Rs.210.
146. What is the marginal revenue (per unit) when production increases from 7 units to 8
units?
(a) 160.
(b) 140
(c) 120.
(d) 100.
147. What is the marginal cost when production increases fr om 3 to 4 units?
(a) 140
(b) 80
(c) 60
(d) 240
148. To maximize its profit or minimize its loss, what level of production should CC choose?
(a) 7 units.
(b) 6 units
(c) 4 units.
(d) 8 units.
149. At the profit maximizing level, what price should be charged?
(a) Rs. 190
(b) Rs. 200
(c) Rs. 210
(d) Rs. 220
150. Calculate CC’s maximum profit or minimum lo ss.
(a) Loss of Rs. 100
(b) Loss of Rs 60
(c) Profit of Rs. 90
(d) Loss of Rs. 90
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answer.
wrong answer.
PART I
151. If q : p is the su b duplicate ratio of q–x 2 : p–x 2 then x 2 is
p +q
(a) pq
pq
(b) q
p-
pq
(c) q
p+
(d) None of these.
152. If p : q = r : s, implies q : p = s : r, then the process is called
(a) Componendo.
(b) Invertendo.
(c) Alternendo.
(d) Dividendo.
153. The gender of a baby is and example of
(a) A variable.
(d ) An attribute.
154. The co efficient of correlation
(a) Has no limits.
(b) Can be le ss than on e.
(c) Can be more than one.
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(d) Varies between ±1.

155. If two events A and B are dependent, the conditional p robability of B given A i.e.,
P(B/A ) is cal culated as
(a) P(AB)/P(B).
(b) P(A)/P(B) .
(c) P(AB)/P(A).
(d) P(A)/P(AB).
156. Time re versal test is satisfied when
(a) P 01
×P1 0 = 0
(b) P 01
×P1 0 = 1
(c) P 01
×P1 0 <1
(d) P 01
×P1 0 >1
157. The mean of binomial distribution is
(a) (np) 2
(b) np
(c) np
(d) None of these.

158. Standar d deviation of poisson distribution is
(a) m
(b) m 2
(c) m
(d) m 1/
159. If A has 70 elements, B has 32 elements and A I B has 22 elements then A U B is
(a) 60
(b) 124
(c) 80
(d) None of these.
160. Which of the following statements is not false?
(a) Scatter diagram fails to measure the extent of relation ship between the
variables.
(b) Scatter diagram can measure correlation only when the variables are having a
linear relationship.
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(c) Scatter diagram can measure correlation only when the variables are having a
non–linear relationship.
(d) None of these.
PART II
2
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161. The valu e of the integral will be__________for x dx.
x
x3 1 +c
(a) 3 –2x x
x3 1
(b) c + 2x + +
3 x
x3 1
(c) c - 2x - +
3 x
(d) None of these.
162. The derivative of log x.e x is _______ .
ex
(a) ) + e x (logx
x
-1
(b) ex logx
x
(c) e x (1+log x)
(d) None of these.
163. The null set is given by __________.
(a) f
(b) { f}
(c) 0
(d) {0}
164. Quartiles ar e values dividing a given set of observations into __________equal parts.
(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Ten
165. The data are known to be ________ if the data, as being already collected, are used by
a different person or agen cy.
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(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Specialized
(d) Subsidiary
166. The amount of non responses is likely to be maximum in ________ method of
collecting data.
(a) Telephone interview method
(b) Personal inte rview method
(c) Mailed questionnaire method
(d) Observation method
167. If two va riables x and y are independent then the correlation co efficient between x and
y is ______.
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Zero
(d) One
168. The slo pe of the equation x–y+5=0 is _________.
(a) 1
(b) –1
(c) 5
(d) –5
169. The cor relation between height and intelligence is ________.
(a) Zero
(b) Positive
(c) Negative
(d) None of these
170. The sixth term of a G.P with common ratio as 2 and first term being 5 is________.
(a) 160
(b) 32
(c) 800
(d) 64
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171. The gradient of the curve y=4x 2 –2x at x=1 is

(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 8
(d) None of these.
172. Find the f o gfor the functions f (x) =x2 , g (x) = x+1
(a) x 2 (x+1)
(b) x 2
(c) x+1
(d) (x+1) 2
173. What is the annual rate of interest compounded annually doubles an investment in 2
years. Given that 2 = 1.4142135.
(a) 46.04125 %
(b) 14.142135
(c) 41.42135 %
(d) None of these .
174. lo g 8 + log 9 is expressed as
(a) log 72
(b) log 27
(c) log 8/9
(d) None of these.
175. The valu e of 8 C4 + 5 C4 is
(a) 29
(b) 24
(c) 30
(d) 27
- 10x 2x
176. Determine the value of lim
x 0 x
(a) 2
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 8
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177. Find the sum of progression 8,15,12 ............ 10 terms.

(a) 40
(b) 45
(c) –45
(d) 42
178. In how many difference ways 3 letters can be formed using the letters of the words
SPECIAL?
(a) 5040
(b) 6
(c) 840
(d) 450
179. Determine the value of x for the equation x 2 – 8x + 16 = 0
(a) 4, 4
(b) –4, –4
(c) 2, 6
(d) 6, 2
180. How much money should be invested to earn a monthly interest of Rs. 1800 at 9% per
annum simple interest.
(a) Rs. 120,000
(b) Rs. 240,000
(c) Rs. 200,000
(d) None of these.
181. Division of Rs. 1100 into 3 parts in the ratio of 4:5:6 is
(a) 293.33, 366.67, 440
(b) 200 : 500 : 400
(c) 400 : 300 : 400
(d) None of these.
3
182. Evaluate (x3 + x)dx
-3
(a) 0
(b) 3
(c) –3
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183. The denominator of a fraction exceeds the numerator by 7 and if the 2 is added to the
4 . Find the fraction.
denominator then th e fraction becomes 7
12
(a) 19
7
(b) 14
9
(c) 16
11
(d) 18
184. A firm plans purchase hens (x) for its canteen. There cannot be more than 20 hens.
This can be shown by
(a) x < 20
(b) x = 20
(c) x > 20
(d) None of these.
185. Compute the value of 8!
(a) 120
(b) 362880
(c) 720
(d) 40320
186. The sum of progression (a+b), a, (a–b)........n term is
n [2a+(n–1)b]
(a) 2
n [2a+(3–n)b]
(b) 2
n [2a+(3–n)]
(c) 2
n [2a+ (n–1)]
(d) 2
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(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/5
(d) 3/4
188. If with a rise of 10% in prices the salaries are increased by 20%, the real salary
in crease is by
(a) 10%
(b) More than 10%
(c) 20%
(d) Less than 10%
189. If A and B are mutually exclusive events and P(A) = 0.3 and P(B) = 0.4, find P(A B).
(a) 0.12
(b) 0.7
(c) 0.3
(d) None of these.
190. Two variables x and y are related by 10x+ 9y+8=0 and x =5, then y is
(a) 6.33
(b) –6.33
(c) 6.44
(d) –6.44
191. The mean salary for a group of 20 female workers is Rs. 5000 per month and that for a
group of 30 male workers is Rs. 6000 per month. What is combined mean salary?
(a) Rs. 5400
(b) Rs. 5500
(c) Rs. 5600
(d) Rs. 5700
192. The weight of 8 students expressed in kg. are 40,35,50,45,46,39,41,42. Find median
weight.
(a) 40.5
(b) 41
(c) 41.5
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193. If the relationship between x and y is given by 4x–6y=13 and if the median of x is 16.
Find median of y.
(a) 7.50
(b) 8.00
(c) 8.50
(d) None of these.
(Class interval) ( Freque ncy)
44 – 48 4
49 – 53 5
54 – 58 7
Total 16
Find width of class interval for the second class interval.
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 46
(d) 44 – 48
(a) 1/2
(b) 1/3
(c) 1/4
(d) None of these.
the first being replaced. What is the probability of getting two kings?
(a) 7/52
(b) 1/221
(c) 3/221
(d) None of these.
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P(A B).
(a) 4/5 BOARD OF STUDIES
(b) 11/20
(c) 3/5 COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST
(d) None of these.Test Paper – BOS/CPT-4/2006
Model
198. If u=(x 3 +1)5 and y=(x 3 +5x+7 ) then du

Time : 4 hours Maximu m Marks : 200 dy is
10x(x2 + 1)4
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2 4
(b) 15to 10 have only one correct answer and carry + 1mark each for correct
(i) Questions
3x2each
answer and – 0.25 mark for + wrong answer.
(c) 5x(x
(ii) Questions +1)
11 to 20 are the fill2in the4 blank based questions having four alternate
(d) None of these.
answer.
(iii) Questions
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PART I(c) 15
1. In the books of manufacturing concern, op ening stock co nsists of
(d) 15.25
(a) Raw materials
200. If the coefficient of correlation between two variables is – 0.2, then the coefficient of
(b) Work-in-progress
determinatio n is
(c) Finished goods
(d)(a) 0.8the above
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(a) Both opening stock and closing stock do not appear in the trial balance
(b) Closing stock is shown in the trial balance and not the opening stock
(c) Opening stock is shown i n the trial balance and not the closing stock
(d) Both opening and closing stock appear in the trial balance
3. Following is the example of external users:
(a) Government.
(b) Owners.
(c) Management.
(d) Employees.
4. “Business unit is separate and distinct from the person who supply capital to it”, is
based on
(a) Mone y measurement conce pt.
(b) Going concern concept.
(c) Business entity conce pt
(d) Dual aspect concept.
5. State the case where the going concern concept is applied?
(a) When an enterprise was set up for a particular purpose, which has been
achieved, or to be achieved shortly.
(b) When a receiver or liquidator has been appointed in case of as a company which
is to be liquidated.
(c) Fixed assets are acquired for use in the business for earning revenues and are
not meant for resale.
(d) When an enterprise is declared sick.
6. If two or more transactions of the same nature are journalised together having either
the debit or the credit account common is known as
(a) Compound journal entr y.
(b) Separate journal entr y.
(c) Posting.
7. If the cheque is not presented for the payment upto the date of the preparation of the
Bank Reconciliation Statement, then the balance as per Pass Book will be
(a) Higher than the balance shown by the cashbook by the amount of unpresented
cheque.
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(b) Lower than the balance shown by the cashbook by the amount of unpresented
cheque.
(c) Same as shown by the cashbook.
8. Whenever errors are noticed in th e accounting record s, they should be rectified
(a) At the time of preparation of the trial balance.
(b) Without waiting the accounting year to end.
(c) After the preparation of final accounts.
(d) In the next accounting year.
9. Parties to a bill of exch ange are
(a) Drawer.
(b) Drawee.
(c) Payee.
10. All the expenditures and receipts of revenue nature go to
(c) Balance sheet.
(d) Either to (a) or (b)
PART II
11. A__________is sent to a customer when he returns the goods.
(a) Debit note.
(b) Credit note.
(c) Proforma invoice
12. Noting charges are paid at the time of _______of a bill.
(a) Retirement.
(b) Renewal
(c) Dishonour
13. Depreciation of fixed assets is an example of ____________expenditure.
(a) Revenue.
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(b) Deferred re venue.

(c) Capital
14. Interest on drawings is________for the bu siness.
(a) Expenditure.
(b) Expense
(c) Gain
15. An amount of Rs.200 received from A credited to B would affect____________
(a) Accounts of A and B.
(b) A’s account
(c) Cash account
(d) B’s account.
16. In___________ method, depreciation is charged by allocating d epreciable cost in
proposition of the annual output to the probable life-time output.
(a) Wor king hours method.
(b) Replacement method.
(c) Revaluation method.
(d) Production units meth od.
17. General ledger adjustment account(s) is/are opened in__________.
(a) Debtors ledger.
(b) General ledger.
(c) Creditors ledger.
(d) Both (a) and (c)
18. General reserve at the time of admission of a new partner is transferred to
__________.
(a) Profit and loss adjustment account.
(b) Partners’ capital accounts.
(c) Revaluation account
(d) Memorandum revalu ation account.
19. A suspense acco unt facilitates the preparation of __________even when
the_______has not tallied.
(a) Ledgers; Trial balance.
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(c) Trial balance; Financial statements.
(d) Journal; Trial balance.
20. Writing of transaction in the ledger is called________________.
(a) Costing.
(b) Balancing.
(c) Journalizing
(d) Posting
PART III
21. Accounting has certain norms to be observed by the accountants in recording of
transactions an d preparation of financial statements. These norms reduce the
vagueness and chances of misunderstanding by harmonizing the varied accounting
practices. These norms are
(a) Accounting regulations.
(b) Accounting guidance notes.
(c) Accounting standards.
(d) Accounting fr amework.
22. RPG Ltd. purchased equipment from PQR Ltd. for Rs.50,000 on 1 st April, 2005. The
freight and cartage of Rs.2,000 is spent to bring the asset to the factory and Rs.3,000 is
in curred on installing th e equipment to make it possible for the intended use. The
market price of machinery on 31s t April, 2006 is Rs.60,000 and the accountant of the
company wants to disclose the machinery at Rs.60,000 in financial statements.
However, the auditor emphasizes that the machinery should be valued at Rs.55,000
(50,000+2,000+3,000) according to:
(a) Mone y measurement principle.
(b) Historical cost concept.
(c) Full disclosure principle.
(d) Revenue reco gnition.
PART IV
23. Mr. A started a business on 1 s tJanuary 2005 with Rs. 5,00,000. During the year he
bought goods worth Rs. 1,00,000 on credit and sold 80 % of the same goods at profit of
20% on cost. At the end of the year 2005, the amount of opening stock to be shown in
the trial balance of Mr. A will be
(a) Rs. 20,000
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(b) Rs. 24,000

(c) Rs. 1,00,000
(d) Nil
24. Sundry debtors on 31 st March 2006 are Rs.55,200. Further bad debts are Rs.200.
Provision for doubtful debts are to be made on debtors @ 5% and also provision of
discount is to be made on debtors @ 2%. The amount of provision of doubtful debts will
be
(a) Rs.1,045
(b) Rs.2,750
(c) Rs.1,100
(d) Rs.2,760
25. A firm purchases a 5 years’ lease for Rs. 40,000 on 1 st January. It decides to write off
depreciation on the Annuity method, presuming the rate of interest to be 5% per

annum. The annuity for it is 0.230975. The amount of annual depreciation will be
(a) Rs. 8,000
(b) Rs. 2,000
(c) Rs. 9,239
(d) Rs. 6,000
26. The balance of machine on 31 st March 2006 is Rs.72,900. The machine was purcha sed
on 1 s tApril 2003 chargin g depreciation @10% p.a. The cost price of the machine as on
1s t April 2003 would be
(a) Rs.1,00,0 00
(b) Rs.90,000
(c) Rs.81,000
(d) Rs.72,900
27. On May 01, 2003, Y Ltd. issued 7% 40,000 convertible debentures of Rs.100 each at a
premium of 20 %. Interest is payable on S eptember 30 and March 31, every year.
expenditure debited to profit and loss account for the year ended March 31, 2004 will
be
(a) Rs.2,80,000
(b) Rs.2,33,333
(c) Rs.3,36,000
(d) Rs.2,56,6 67
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28. A company cannot issue redeemable preference shares for a period exceeding
(a) 6 years
(b) 7 years
(c) 8 years
(d) 20 years
due from F will be
30. Z Ltd. issued 10,000 shares of Rs.10 each. The called up value per share was Rs.8.
The company forfeited 200 sh ares of Mr. A for non-payment of 1st call money of Rs.2
per share. He paid Rs.6 for application and allotment money. On forfeiture, the share
capital account will be ____ _____.
(a) Debited by Rs.2,000
(b) Debited by Rs.1,600
(c) Credited by Rs.1,600
(d) Debited by Rs. 1,200
profits for the period 1s t April 2006 to 30 t h June 2006 will be credited to D’s Account.
(a) Rs. 6,000.
(b) Rs. 1,500.
(c) Nil.
(d) Rs. 2,000.
(a) Rs.1,10,0 00.
(b) Rs. 55,000.
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(c) Rs. 75,000.

(a) Rs. 10,000.
(b) Rs. 10,500.
(c) Rs. 11,500.
(d) Rs. 12,700.
34. A bill of 12,000 was discounted by A with the banker for 11,880. At maturity, the bill
returned dishonoured, noting charges Rs 20. How much amount will the bank deduct
from A’s bank balance at the time of such dishonour?
(a) 12,000
(b) 11,880
(c) 12,020
(d) 11,900
35. A purchased goods costing 42500. B sold goods costing Rs 40000 at Rs 5 0000.
Balance goods were taken over by A at same gross profit percentage as in case of
sale. The amount of go ods taken over will be:
(a) Rs . 3125
(b) Rs. 2500
(c) Rs. 3000
36. Mr. X is a partner in a firm. He withdraws Rs.200 at the end of each month. If rate of
interest is @ 5% p.a., the interest on drawings is
(a) Rs.65
(b) Rs.55
(c) Rs.60
(d) Rs.50
37. Mohan and Sohan are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio 5:3. The
firm earned profits during last four years amounting Rs.18,000, Rs.8,500 (loss),
Rs.30,000 and Rs.16,500 respectively. The value of goodwill on the basis of one and a
half year’s pu rchase of average profits of last four years will be
(a) Rs.14,000
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(b) Rs.27,375
(c) Rs.21,000
(d) Nil
38. A to whom 100 shares of Rs.10 each was allotted at par, paid Rs.3 on application, Rs.3
on allotment but could not pay the first and final call money of Rs.4. His shares were
forfeited by the directors. The amount to be credited to shares forfeited account will be
(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.400
(c) Rs.600
(d) Rs.1,000
39. Balance as per cash book is Rs.5,000. Cheques issued but not prese nted for payment
Rs.2,000 and cheques sent for collection but not collected Rs.1,500. The B ank had
wrongly debited the account of firm by Rs.20. B alance as per pass book will be
(a) Rs.5,500
(b) Rs.6,300
(c) Rs.5,700
(d) Rs.8,300
40. Following are the extracts from the trial balance of a firm as on 31 st December, 2005:
Particulars Dr . Cr.
Investments in 6% Debentures of A Ltd. (Interest 30,000
Payable on 31 s t March and 30 t h Se ptember)
Interest on investments 9,000
The amount of accrued interest on 31 s tDecember will be
(a) Rs.1,800
(b) Rs.900
(c) Rs.450
41. Following are the extracts from the Trial Balance of a firm was on 31 st December, 2005.
Particulars Rs.
Sundry debtors 30,000
Bad debts 5,000
Additional information:
(i) After preparing the trial balance, it is learnt that a debtor, Mohan became
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insolvent and therefore, the entire amount of Rs.3,000 due from him was
irrecoverable.
(ii) 10% provision for bad and doubtful debts is gen erally created.
The amount of provision for bad and doubtful debts to be charged to profit and loss
account will be
(a) Rs.3,000.
(b) Rs.2,700.
(c) Rs. 2,500.
42. A and B are partners in a firm. During the year 2006, A withdrew Rs.1,000 p.m. and B
withdraw Rs.500 p.m. on the first day of each month for personal use. Interest on
drawings is to be charged @ 10 % p.a. The interest on drawings will be
(a) Rs.650.
(b) Rs.975
(c) Rs.900
(d) Rs.1,800
43. A and B are partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 3:2. They have
invested capitals of Rs.40,000 and Rs.25,000 respectively. As per the partnership
deed, they are entitled to interest on capital @ 5% p.a. before dividing the profits.
During the year, the firm earn ed a profit of Rs.3,900 before allowing interest. The net
profits will be apportioned as
(a) Rs.260 to A and Rs.390 to B.
(b) Rs.390 to A and Rs.260 to B.
(c) Rs.2,340 to A and Rs.1,560 to B.
(d) Rs.1,560 to A and Rs.2,340 to B.
44. Advertise ment expenditure of Rs.10,000 paid on 30.12.2006, the advertisement in
respect of which has appeared in the magazines of January, 2007.
This expenditure will be
(a) Shown as ‘expense’ in the financial statements of the year ended 31 st
December, 2006.
(b) Shown as ‘liability’ in th e financial statements of the year ended 31 st December,
2006.
(c) Shown as prepaid expense in the financial statements of the year ended 31 st
December, 2006.
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45. Our acceptance to Mr. A for Rs.8,000 renewed for 3 months on the condition that
Rs.2,000 is paid in cash immediately and the remaining balance to carr y out interest at
18% p.a. The amount of the renewed bill of exchange will be
(a) Rs.6,270
(b) Rs.8,270
(c) Rs.8,000
46. On 1 s t January, 2005, Alpha Ltd. purchased a machine for Rs.50,000 and spent
Rs.4,000 on its carriage and Rs.2,000 on its installation. On the date of purchase, it
was estimated that the effective life of the machine will be 10 years and after 10 years
its scrap value will be Rs.6,000. Depreciation is charged on straight line basis.
Depreciation for the year 2005 will be
(a) Rs.4,600
(b) Rs.5,000
(c) Rs.4,800
(d) Rs.4,500
47. Ram and Gopal are partners sharing profits and losse s in the ratio of 2:1. Gopal g ave
a loan of Rs.12,000 to the firm. They did not have any specific agreement about
interest on lo an mentioned in the partnership deed. Gopal claims interest on loan @
10% p.a. The interest on lo an as per rules of Partnership Act, 19 32 will be:
(a) Rs.840
(b) Rs.820
(c) Rs.720
(d) Rs.960
48. Mr. A is a p artner in a firm along with Mr. B. Both contributed capitals of Rs.40,000 and
Rs.50,000 respectively on the 1s tof July, 2005. Interest on capital is to be charged @
10% p.a. Book of account are to be closed on 31 s t December, 2005. Interest on capital
is
(a) Rs.2,500
(b) Rs.2,000
(c) Rs.4,500
49. A firm has on average profit of Rs.60,000. Rate of return on capital employed is 12.5%
p.a. Total capital employed in the firm was Rs.4,00,000. Goodwill on the basis of two
years purchase of super profits is
(a) Rs.20,000
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(b) Rs.15,000
(c) Rs.10,000
50. A transport company purchases a truck for Rs.2,00,000 on 1 s t January, 2005. It
charges 20% depreciation p.a. according to w.d.v. method. The track was sold on 1 st
July, 2006 for a sum of Rs.1,60,000.

The profit or loss on sale of truck is
(a) Loss of Rs. 16,000.
(b) Profit of Rs. 16,000.
(d) Loss of Rs. 12,000.
51. Ram strated business with cash Rs.50,000
Purchased goods from Mohan on credit Rs.20,000
Sold goods to Shyam costing Rs.3,000 for cash Rs.3,600
The accounting equation on the basis of these transactions will be
(a) Assets Rs.70,600 = Laibilities Rs.3,600+Owner’s equity Rs.67,000
(b) Assets Rs.70,600 = Liabilities Rs.50,600+Owner’s equity Rs.20,000
(c) Assets Rs.70,600= Liabilities Rs.20,000+Owner’s eq uity Rs.50,600.
52. Cost of physical stock on 15.4.06 was Rs.3,00,000. S ales amounting Rs.1,00,000 and
purchases worth Rs.50,000 were held between 31.3.06 and 15.4.06. Goods are sold at
a profit of 20% on sales. Value of inventory as on 31.3.06 is
(a) Rs.3,50,000.
(b) Rs.2,70,000.
(c) Rs.3,30,000.
(d) Rs.3,00,000.
53. A and B entered into a joint venture agreement to share the profits and losses in the
ratio of 2:1. A supplied 100 ratio sets worth Rs.1,00,0 00 to B incurring expenses of
Rs.5,000 for freight and issuance. B sold the 95 ratio sets for Rs.1,20,000. 5 radio
sets were taken over by B. The profit/loss on venture will be
(b) Profit of Rs.15,000.
(c) Loss of Rs.20,000.
(d) Profit of Rs.20,250.
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54. A cheque of Rs.1,000 received from Ramesh was dishonoured and had been posted to
the debit of sales returns account.
The rectifying journal entry will be
Rs. Rs.
(a) Sales Returns A/c Dr. 1,000
To Ramesh 1,000
(b) Ramesh Dr. 1,000
To Sales Return A/c 1,000
(c) Ramesh Dr. 1,000
Sales Returns A/c Dr. 1,000
To Suspense A/c 2,000
55. Record of purchase of T.V. sets.
Date Quantity Price per unit
Units Rs.
March 4 900 5
March 10 400 5.50
Record of issues
March 5 600
March 12 400
The value of T.V. sets on 15 March, as per LIFO will be
(a) Rs.1,500
(b) Rs.1,650
(c) Rs.1,575.
56. A purchased a computer costing Rs.10,000. Repairing expenses Rs.1,000 and
miscellaneous expenses Rs.500 were incurred by him. He sold the computer at 20%
margin on selling price. The sales value will be
(a) Rs.12,500.
(b) Rs.11,000
(c) Rs.14,375
(d) Rs.13,800
57. Priya sold goods to Nidhi for Rs.1,00,000. Priya will grant 5% discount to Nidhi. Nidhi
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requested Priya to draw a bill. The amount of the bill will be

(a) Rs.1,00,000.
(b) Rs.95,000.
(c) Rs.93,800.
(d) Rs.90,000
58. A bill is drawn on 28 t h March, 2006 for one month after sight. The date of acceptance is
2nd April, 2006. The due date of the bill will be
(a) 1 st May, 2006.
(b) 28 th April, 2006.
(c) 5 th May, 2006.
(d) 2 nd May, 2006.
59. Mohan drew a bill on Shyam for Rs.50,000 for 3 months. Porceeds are to be shared
equally. Mohan got the bill discounted at 12% p.a. and re mits required proceeds to
Shyam. The amount of such remittance will be
(a) Rs.24,250.
(b) Rs.25,000.
(c) Rs.16,167
(d) Rs.32,333.
60. Goods costing Rs. 10,000 were sold at 25% profit on selling price. The sales will be of
(a) Rs.12,000.
(b) Rs. 12,500.
(c) Rs. 10,000.
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PART I
61. Cross Offers means
(a) Exchanging identical offers by two parties in ig norance.
(b) Offer made to the public in ge neral.
(c) Offer allowed to remain open for acceptance over a period of time.
(d) Offer made to a definite person.
62. Valid Contract:
(a) In case of this collateral agreements are void.
(b) Not enforceable in a court of law.
(c) An agreement enforceable by law at the option of one or more of the parties
thereon but not at the option of the other or others.
(d) Enforceable at the option of both the parties.
63. Which of the following is a requirement for misrepresentatio n to exist?
(a) Misrepresentation should relate to a material fact.
(b) The person making a misrepresentation should not believe it to be true.
(c) It must be made with an intention to deceive the other party.
64. Which of the following agreements is void?
(a) Agreements made under the unilateral mistake of fact.
(b) Agreements made under the bilateral mistake of fact.
(c) Agreements made under the influence of fraud.
(d) Contingent agreement.
65. Which of the following offers constitute a valid offer?
(a) An auctio neer displays a TV. set before a gathering in an auction sale.
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(b) Ram who is in possession of three cars purchased in different years sa ys ‘I will
sell you a car’.
(c) A says to B , “Will you purchase my motor cycle for Rs. 20,000?
(a) Even if a pr oposal is not accepted pr operly it becomes a valid contract.
(b) The agreements which are against the public policy can be enforced if the
parties are willing to contract.
(c) A contract ca n consist of an offer or an acceptance only.
(d) Two are more pe rsons are said to consent when they agree upon the same thing
in the sa me sense.
67. Contract caused by which of the following is void?
(a) Fraud.
(b) Misrepresentation.
(c) Coercion.
(d) Bilateral Mistake.
68. Suppose the time fixed for performance of the contract has expired but the time is not
essential. What is the remedy of the promisee in the circumstances?
(a) Can rescind the contract.
(b) To claim compensation.
(c) No remedy available.
(d) Can’t be determined.
69. What is legal terminology for the doing or not doing of something which the promisor
desires to be done or not done?
(a) Desires.
(b) Wi shes.
(c) Consideration.
(d) Promise.
70. Goods must be the same as wanted by the seller. This is
(a) Condition as to description
(b) Condition as to sample
(c) Condition as to wholesomeness
(d) Condition as to title
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71. Goods dependant upon certain events which may or may not happen.
(a) Unascertained goods.
(b) Future goods.
(c) Contingent Goods.
(d) Existing Goods.
72. Which of the following is a not document of title to goods?
(a) Bill of Lading.
(b) Railway Receipt.
(c) Dock Warrant.
(d) Performa invoice.
73. The term ‘goods’ for th e purpose of Sale of Goo ds Act, includes
(a) Money.
(b) Actionable claims.
(c) Growing crops, grass.
(d) None of these.
74. In which of the following cases, the unpaid seller loses his right of lien?
(a) Delivery of goods to buyer.
(b) Delivery of goods to carrier.
(c) Tender of price by buyer.
(d) All of these.
75. In case of sale of standing trees, the property passes to the buyer when trees are
(a) Felled and ascertained.
(b) Not felled but earmarked.
(c) Counted and ascertained.
76. Partnership
(a) Arises by operation of law.
(b) Comes into existence only after registration.
(c) Can arise by agreement or otherwise.
(d) Arise by way of an agre ement only.
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77. X and Y agree to work together as carpenters but X shall receive all profit and shall pay
wages to Y. The relation between X and Y is that
(a) Partners.
(b) Carpenters.
(c) Labourers.
(d) Master-Servant.
78. Which of the following is an essential feature of partnership?
(a) Registration.
(b) Test of Mutual Agency.
(c) Separate Legal Entity.
PART II
80. Implied contract, even if not in writing or exp ress words, is perfectly ________if othe r
conditions are satisfied
(a) Void.
(b) Valid.
(c) Voidable.
(d) Illegal.
81. R, an optical surgeon, employs S as the assistant for a term of three years and S
agrees not to practice as a surgeon during this period. This contract is _________
(a) Valid
(b) Void
(c) Voidable
(d) Illegal
82. ________ consideration is no consideration in England.
(a) Past
(b) Present
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(d) Past and Present
83. A agrees to pay Rs. 500 to B if it rains, and B promises to pay a like amount to A if it
does not rain, this agreement is called ___________.
(a) Quasi Contract
(b) Contingent Contr act
(c) Wagering Agree ment
(d) Voidable Contract
84. When the offeree offers to qualified acceptance of the offer subject to modifications and
variations he is said to have made a ___________.
(a) Standing, open or continuing offer
(b) Counter Offer
(c) Cross Offers
(d) Special Offer
85. When after the formation of a valid contract, an event happens which makes the
performance of contract impossible, and then th e contract becomes _________ __.
(a) Void
(b) Voidable
(c) Valid
(d) Illegal
86. Where the performance of a promise by one party depends on the prior performance of
promise by the other party, such reciprocal promises fall under the category of
________________.
(a) Mutual and concurrent
(b) Conditional and dependent
(c) Mutual and independent
(d) Can’t be determined
87. The basis of ‘quasi contractual relations’ is the ______________.
(a) Existence of a valid contra ct between the parties
(b) Prevention of unjust enrichment at the expense of others
(c) Provisions contained in Section 10 of the Contract Act
(d) Existence of a voidable contract between the parties
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88. A agrees to pay Rs. 1000 to B if a certain ship returns within a year. However, the ship
sinks within the year. In this case, the contract becomes ____ _________
(a) Valid
(b) Void
(c) Voidable
(d) Illegal
89. Where an agreement consists of two parts once legal and the other illegal, and the
le gal part is separable from the illegal one, such legal part is __________.
(a) Void
(b) Valid
(c) Voidable
(d) Illegal
90. The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 came into force on ______________.
(a) 15th March, 1930
(b) 1st July, 1930
(c) 30th July, 1930
(d) 30th June, 1930
91. Contract of Sale is ____ ___________.
(a) Executory Contract
(b) Executed Contract
(c) Executory Contract or Executed Contract
92. Where in an auction sale, the seller appoints more than o ne bidder, the sale is
_____________.
(a) Void
(b) Illegal
(c) Conditional
(d) Voidable
93. Where the goods are delivered to a carrier or wharfinger for the purpose of
transmission to the buyer, the delivery is ______________.
(a) Invalid and ineffective
(b) Valid and effective
(c) Conditional
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94. The property in the goods means the _____________.
(a) Possession of goods
(b) Custod y of goods
(c) Ownership of goods
(d) Both (a) and (b)
95. Untill goods are ascertained there is merely __________.
(a) An agreement to sell
(b) A breach of warran ty
(c) A breach of condition
(d) All the above
96. The rights of an agent a gainst the principal are the following _____________.
(a) Right of indemnification
(b) Right to compensation
(c) Right of stoppage in transit
97. Discharge by mutual agreement may involve___________.
(a) Novation
(b) Recission
(c) Alteration
98. A enquires from B, “Will you purchase my cow for $ 100?” B replies, “I shall purchase
your cow for $ 100 provided you purchase my parrot for $ 120.” In this case
__________.
(a) B has accepted the offer of A
(b) B has made a counter offer to A
(c) A is boun d by th e actions of B
(d) B cannot make such an offer
PART III
99. A sold 10 00 tins of oil to B without appropriating any particular oil to the contract. B sold
600 tins out it to C and gave delivery order addressed to A. C lodged the delivery orde r
with A requesting him to “await” his orders. Meanwhile, B became insolvent and thus A
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became the unpaid seller.

(a) A can exercise his right of lien and refuse to make delivery to C.
(b) A cannot exercise his r ight of lien and refuse to make deliver y to C.
(c) C has claim over the goods in possession of A.
100. X fraudulently induced Y to e nter into partnership with him and Y pays a premium of
Rs.5,000/- to A. Within three months the firm incurs liabilities to the extent of
Rs.10,000/-. On discovering the fraud, Y files a suit for the rescission of the contract
creating partnership and contract is rescinded. The creditors of the firm also levy
attachment on Y who pays Rs.3,000/- to them as well. Which of the following is
correct?
(a) Y can obtain a decree for Rs.8000/- against A.
(b) Y can obtain a decree for Rs.5000/- against A.
(c) Y can obtain a decree for Rs.3000/- against A.
(d) Y cannot obtain a decree for either Rs.5,000/- or Rs.3,000/- or Rs.8000/-
against.
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(ii) Questions 117 to 132 are Fill in the blanks type and carries +1 mark for each correct
PART I
101. Find the correct match:
(a) An enquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of the na tion: A.C.Pigou.
(b) Science which deals with wealth: Alfred Marshall.
(c) Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship
between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses: Robbins.
(d) The range of our enquiry becomes restricted to that part of social welfare that
can be brought directly or indirectly into relation with the measuring rode of
mone y: Adam Smith.
102. Suppose th e demand for meals at a medium-priced restaurant is e lastic. If the
management of the restaurant is considering raising prices, it can expect a relatively:
(a) large fall in quantity demanded.
(b) larg e fall in demand.
(c) small fall in quantity demanded.
(d) small fall in demand.
103. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a “price taker”?
(a) TR = P x Q
(b) AR = Price
(c) Negatively –sloped demand
(d) Marginal Revenue = Price
104. Which cost increases continuously with the increase in production?
(a) Average cost
(b) Mar ginal cost
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(d) Variable cost
105. Which one is not an assumption of the theory of demand based on analysis of
in difference cur ves?
(a) Given scale of preferences as between different combinations of two goods.
(b) Diminishing marginal rate of substitution.
(c) Consta nt marginal utility of money.
(d) Consumers would always prefer more of a particular good to less of it, other
things remaining the same.
(a) Under zamindari system, farmers directly paid land reven ue to the state.
(b) At present, income tax revenues from the agriculture sector are negligible.
(c) Commercial banks are providing loans to the agriculture sector at zero interest
rate.
107. We can say Indian agriculture has become modern since:
(a) there has been an increased in the use of high yielding varieties of seeds,
fertilizers, pesticides etc.
(b) there has been noticeable positive change in the attitude of farmers towards new
techniques of production.
(c) farmers are increasingly resorting to intensive cultivation, multiple cropping,
scientific water management
108. Which of the following statements is correct ?
(a) The demand and the supply of fuel are almost equal.
(b) Our import bill on account of oil has been decreasing since 1990.
(c) Oil prices have been decreasing since 1973.
(d) Transmission and distribution losse s of power companies are very high.
109. Sahara Jet and Kingfisher are examples of:
(a) private schools.
(b) private airlines.
(c) private ships.
(d) private railways.
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110. All of the following de velopments were noticed during 1991(whe n economic reforms
were enforced) except one. Identify it.
(a) National debt was nearly 60 percent of the GNP of India.
(b) Inflation crossed double digits
(c) Foreign reserves were maintained at a very high level.
111. All of the following statements except one are correct about the foreign trade policy,
2004-09.Identify the incorrect statement:
(a) Certain thrust areas like agriculture, handlooms, ha ndicrafts etc have been
id entified.
(b) Vishesh Krishiupaj Yojana has been started.
(c) ‘Served from India’ scheme has been started.
(d) The entry of FDI in India has been re stricted.
112. The economic reforms have failed to:
(a) keep fiscal deficits to the targeted levels.
(b) fully impleme nt industrial deregulation.
(c) fully open the economy to trade.
113. Broad money refers to
(a) M 1
(b) M 2
(c) M 3
(d) M 4
114. Nationalization of banks aimed at all of the following except:

(a) removal of control by a few.
(b) provision of credit to big in dustries only.
(c) provision of adequate credit for agriculture, small in dustry and export units.
(d) encouragement of a new class of entre preneur.
(a) reduce CRR.
(b) increase CRR.
(c) sell securities in the open market.
(d) increase Bank rate.
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(a) The Indian road net work is one of the longest in the world.
(b) The rural road network conne cts around 65 percent of all weather roads.
(c) Most of the State Roa d Transport Corporations are running on profits.
(d) The National highways carry more than 40 percent of the total road traffic.
PART II
117. ---- ------ ---- ----- expressed the view that “Economics is neutral between end ”.
(a) Robbins
(b) Mar shall
(c) Pigou
(d) Adam Smith
118. The law of demand refers to ------------------------.
(a) price-supply relationship
(b) price- cost relationship
(c) price-demand relation ship
(d) price-income relationship.
119. Increasing returns imply --- ------ ---- ----------------.
(a) constant average cost.
(b) diminishing cost per unit of output.
(c) optimum use of capital and labour.
(d) external economies.
120. In monopolistic competition, a firm is in long run equilibrium ----------------------------.
(a) at the minimum point of the LAC curve.
(b) in the declining segment of th e LAC curve.
(c) in the rising segment of the LAC curve.
(d) when price is equal to marginal cost.
121. Of the major 12 ports, ________ ____ is the top traffic handler.
(a) Paradip
(b) Cochin
(c) Vishakhapatnam
(d) Mumbai
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122. On an average, one post office in India serves ________.

(a) 100 persons
(b) 1000 persons
(c) 6615 persons
(d) 5800 persons
123. At present, nearly ____________ percent of the energy consumed is obtained from
non-commercial traditional sources.
(a) 45
(b) 51.
(c) 23
(d) 10
124. _____________________ refers to the transfer of assets or services functions from
public to private ownership.
(a) Globalization
(b) Privatization
(c) Disinvestment
(d) Liberalization
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 3
126. At present, Bank rate is _____________ percent.
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 6.5
(d) 5.5
127. _____________ is the official minimum rate at which the central bank of a country is
prepared to rediscount approved bills held by banks.
(a) CRR
(b) SLR
(c) Bank rate
(d) Repo rate
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128. EPCG stand s for ---------------- ------ ---- -.

(a) Export Promotion Capital Goods.
(b) Expert Programme for Credit Generation.
(c) Exchange Programme for Consumer Goods.
(d) Export Promotion Consumer Goods
129. The area under irrigation has ____________ over the years in India.
(a) remained constant.
(b) decreased
(c) increased.
(d) first increased an d then decreased
130 . The service sector in India now acco unts for -------------------------------.
(a) more than 80 percent of GDP.
(b) more than 70 percent of GDP.
(c) more than 50 percent of GDP.
(d) more than 90 percent of GDP.
131. _____ is the Banker’s Bank in In dia.
(a) SBI
(b) PNB
(c) RBI
(d) OBC
132. According to the 2001 census th e total literacy ratio is
(a) 32.5%
(b) 65.4%
(c) 52.1%
(d) 75.8%
PART III
Questions 133 to 137 are based on the demand and supply diagrams in Figure 1. S 1
and
D1 are the original demand and supply curves. D,2
D 3
, S 2
and S 3
are possible new
demand and supply curves. Starting from initial equilibrium point(1) what point on the
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133. Assume X is a normal good. Holding everything else constant, assume that income
rises and th e price of a factor of production also increases. What point in Figure 1 is
most likely to be the new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 9
(b) Point 5
(c) Point 3
(d) Point 2.
134. We are analyzing the market for good Z. The price of a co mplement good, good Y,
declines. At the same time, there is a technological advance in the production of good
Z. What point Figure 1 is most likely to be the new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 4.
(b) Point 5
(c) Point 7
(d) Point 8
135. Heavy rains in Maharashatra during 2005 and 200 6 caused havoc with the rice crop.
What point in Figure 1 is most likely to be the new equilibrium price and quantity?
(a) Point 6
(b) Point 3
(c) Point 7
(d) Point 8
136. Assume that consumers expect the prices on new cars to significantly increase next
year. What point in Figure 1 is most likely to be the new equilibrium price an d quantity?
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(a) Point 6
(b) Point 5
(c) Point 3
(d) Point 8
137. What combinations of changes would most likely decrease the equilibrium quantity?
(a) When supply increases and demand decreases.
(b) When demand increases and supply decreases
(c) When supply increases and demand increases.
(d) When demand decre ases and supply decreases.
PART IV
Use Table 1 to answer questions 138 - 141
Table 1
Quantity A verage Fixed Ave rage Total cost Marginal cost
cost
0---
1 80.00 100.00 20
2 40.00 58.00 17
3 26.66 44.00 15
4 20.00 36.25 13
5 16.00 31.40 12
6 13.33 28.33 13
7 11.42 26.29 14
8 10.00 26.13 25
9 8.88 26.56 30
10 8.00 27.30 34
11 7.27 28.45 40
12 6.66 30.00 47
13 6.15 31.92 55
138. Refer to Table 1 which lists the average costs of a perfectly competitive firm. If the
price of the good is Rs 13, the firm will be produce
(a) 4 units at a loss of Rs. 93
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(b) 6 units at a loss Rs. 92

(c) zero units at a loss of Rs. 80
(d) 8 units at a profit of Rs. 9
139. Refer to the competitive firm in Table 1. If the market price is Rs 31, the firm will
produce:
(a) 9 units at an economic profit of Rs 40
(b) 10 units at an economic profit of Rs 67
(c) 9 units at an economic profit of Rs 81.
(d) Zero units of output and lose its fixed cost.
(a) shut down in the short run.
(b) produce 8 units at an economic loss of Rs 9.
(c) produce 9 units at an economic loss of Rs. 5.
(d) produce 8 units at an economic loss of Rs. 1.04.
(a) shut down
(d) produce 13 units.
Read the following paragraph and answer Questions number 142-147
Anisha quit her job at a private company where she earned Rs2,90,000 a year. She
withdrew Rs 4,00,000 in a savings account that earned 10% interest annually to buy
a second hand mini bus to commune passenger between Cannaught Place and
Noida. There are 1000 passengers who will pay Rs 4000 a year each for commuter
services; Rs 2800 from each passenger goes for petrol, maintenance, depreciation
etc.
142. What is Anisha’s total revenue from her commuter service?
(a) Rs. 40,00,000
(b) Rs.2, 90,000
(c) Rs, 28, 00,000
(d) Rs 31, 30,000
143. Calculate Anisha’s accounting costs?
(a) Rs. 12, 00,000
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(b) Rs. 40, 00,000

(c) Rs.28, 00,000.
(d) Rs. 8, 70,0 00.
144. Calculate Anisha’s economic cost?
(a) Rs. 3, 30,000
(b) Rs. 40, 000
(c) Rs.28, 00,000.
(d) Rs. 31, 30,000.
145. We can say that A nisha:
(a) earned economic profits but suffered accounting loss.
(b) earned economic profits and accounting profits.
(c) suffered economic loss and accounting loss.
(d) earned accounting profits but suffered economic loss.
146. Calculate Anisha’s accounting profit/ loss?
(a) Rs. 40, 00,000.
(b) Rs. 12, 00,000.
(c) Rs. 8, 70,000.
(d) Rs. 2, 90,000.
147. Calculate Anisha’s economic profit/ loss?
(a) Rs. 12, 00,000
(b) Rs. 30,000
(c) Rs. 31, 30,000
(d) Rs. 8, 70,000
(a) .67
(b) 1.5
(c) 2.0
(d) 3.0
149. Suppose a consumer’s income increases from Rs.30,000 to Rs.36,000. As a result, the
consumer increases her purchases of compact discs(CDs) from 25 CDs to 30 CDs.
What is the consumer’s income elasticity of demand for CDs?
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(a) 0.5
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.5
(d) 2.0
150. If the quantity demanded of beef increases by 5% when the price of chicken increases
by 20%, th e cross-price elasticity of demand between beef and chicken is
(a) -0.25
(b) 0.25
(c) -4
(d) 4
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answer.
wrong answer.
PART I
151. The entire upper part of a table is known as
(a) Caption.
(b) Stub.
(c) Box head.
(d) Body.
152. Ogive is a
(a) Line diagra m.
(b) Bar diagram.
(c) Both.
(d) None.
153. In case of a n even nu mber of observations which of the following is median ?
(a) Any of the two mid dle-most value.
(b) The simple average of these two middle values.
(c) The weighted average of these two middle values.
(d) Any of these.
154. If the A M and GM for two numbers a re 6.50 and 6 respectively then the two numbers
are
(a) 6 and 7
(b) 9 and 4
(c) 10 and 3
(d) 8 and 5
155. If all the observations are increased by 10, then
(a) SD would be increased by 10.
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(b) Mean deviation would be increased by 10.

(c) Quartile deviation would be increased by 10.
(d) All these three remain unchange d.
156. Mode of 0,3,5,6,7,9,12,0,2 is
(a) 6
(b) 0
(c) 3
(d) 5
157. What is spurious correlation?
(a) It is a bad relation between two variables.
(b) It is very low correlation between two variables.
(c) It is the correlation between two variables ha ving no causal relation.
(d) It is a negative correlation.
158. The line x = a + by represents the regression equation of
(a) y on x
(b) x on y
(c) Both of above.
(d) None of above.
159. When ‘p’ = 0.5, the binomial d istribution is
(a) Asymmetrical.
(b) Symmetrical.
(c) Both of above.
(d) None of above.
160. A populatio n comprises 5 members. The number of all possible samples of size 2 that
can be dra wn from it with replacement is
(a) 100
(b) 15
(c) 125
(d) 25
PART II
161. Tally marks determines ______ .
(a) Class width
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(c) Class limit
(d) Class frequ ency
162. ______ always lies in between the arithmetic mean & mode.
(a) G.M.
(b) H.M.
(c) Median
(d) G.M. and H.M.
163. In case ‘The ages of husbands and wives’ correlation is ______ .
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Zero
(d) One
164. If P(A n B) = 0, then the two events A and B are ______ .
(a) Mutually exclusive
(b) Exhaustive
(c) Equally likely
(d) Independent
165. In ______ distribution, mean = variance.
(a) Normal
(b) Binomial
(c) Poisson
(d) None of above
166. A______ distribution is a theoretical distribution that expresses the functional relation
between each of the distinct values of the sample statistic and the corresponding
probability.
(a) Normal
(b) Binomial
(c) Poisson
(d) Sampling
167. If an investment of Rs.1000 and Rs.100 yield an inco me of Rs.90 and Rs.20
respectively, for earning Rs.50 investment of Rs.______will be required.
(a) Less than Rs.500
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(b) Over Rs.500

(c) Rs.485
(d) Rs.486
168. If CC=
18 1 8
then the value of nis ___ ___ .
nn +2
(a) 0
(b) –2
(c) 8
(d) None of above
169. The sum of square of first nnatural number is __________.
(a) ) (n /2) (n + 1
(b) ) (n /6) (n + 1) (2n + 1
(c) [(n / 2) (n + 1)]2

(d) None of above.
170. If b 2 –4ac = 0 the roots are ______ and ______.
(a) Real, Unequal
(b) Real, E qual
(c) Irrational, Unequal
(d) Rational, Unequal
PART III
171. The index number of prices at a place in 1998 is 355 with 1991 as base. This means
(a) There has been on the aver age a 255% increase in prices.
(b) There has been on the aver age a 355% increase in price.
(c) There has been on the aver age a 250% increase in price.
(d) None of these.
172. The sum of a series in A.P. is 72 the first term being 17 and the co mmon difference –2.
the number of terms is
(a) 6
(b) 12
(c) 6 or 12
(d) 10
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173. The mean pro portional between 1.4 gms and 5.6 gms is
(a) 28 gms.
(b) 2.8 gms.
(c) 3.2 gms.
(d) None of these.
174. Which is True ?
(a) 2 o >(1/2)o
(b) 2 o <(1/2)o
(c) 2 o =(1/2)o
(d) None of these.
175. 8 is the solution of th e equation
x+4 x- 5
(a) 11 + =
4 3
x + 4 x + 10
(b) 8 + =
2 9
x + 24 x
(c) 4 =4+
5
x - 15 x + 5
(d) 4 + =
10 5
176. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 10. If 18 be subtracted from it the digits in
the resulting number will be equal. The number is
(a) 37
(b) 73
(c) 64
(d) None of these.
177. The valu es of x for the equation x 2 +9x+18 = 6–4x are
(a) (1,12)
(b) (–1,–12)
(c) (1,–12)
(d) (–1,12)
178. The effective rate of interest corresponding a nominal rate of 7% p.a convertible
quarterly is
(a) 7%
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(b) 7.5%
(c) 7.10%
(d) None of these.
179. A person bought a house paying Rs. 20000 cash down and Rs. 4000 at the end of
each year for 25 yrs. At 5% p.a. C.I. The cash down price is
(a) Rs. 75000
(b) Rs. 76000
(c) Rs. 76392
(d) None of these.
180. The ways of selecting 4 letters fr om the word EXAMINATION is
(a) 136
(b) 130
(c) 125
(d) None of these .
181. If there are 50 stations on a railway lin e how many different kinds of single first class
tickets may be printed to en able a passenge r to travel from one station to other?
(a) 2500
(b) 2450
(c) 2400
(d) None of these.
182. The sum of 3 numbers of a G P is 39 and their product is 729. The numbers are
(a) 3, 27, 9
(b) 9, 3, 27
(c) 3, 9, 27
(d) None of these.
183. Find the four numbers in A.P. with the sum of second and third being 22 and the
product of the first and fourth being 85.
(a) 3 5 7 9
(b) 2 4 6 8
(c) 5 9 13 17
(d) None of these.
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(a) 2n2
(b) n2
(c) n2 / 2
(d) 4n2
185. If A has 32 elements, B has 42 elements and A B has 62 elements, the number of
elements in An B is
(a) 12
(b) 74
(c) 10
(d) None of these.
x2 - 1
x 1 3x + 1 - 5x - 1
(a) 4
(b) 1/4
(c) –4
(d) None of these.
x3 - t 3
x t x2 - t 2
(a) 3/2
(b) 2/3t
3t
(c)
2
(d) None of these.
188. If f(x) = ea x 2
+ b x+ c
the f ’ (x) is
(a) ea x 2
+ b x+ c
(b) ea x 2
+ b x+ c (2ax +b)
(c) 2ax +b
(d) None of these.
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dy is calculated as
189. If y = e 2x , dx
e 2x
(a) x
2
(b) e 2x
e 2x
(c)
2x
(d) None of these.
190. Evaluate result of ( x 2–1 ) dx is
(a) x 5 /5 – 2/3 x3 + x + k
(b) x 5 /5 – 2/3 x3 + x
(c) 2x
(d) None of these.
4
191. Evaluate ( 2x
dx +and
5 )the value is
1
(a) 3
(b) 10
(c) 30
(d) None of these.
Marks : Below 10 Below 20 Below 30 Below 40 Below 50
No. of students : 15 38 65 84 100
(a) 65
(b) 50
(c) 35
(d) 43
193. The harmonic mean for the numbers 2, 3, 5 is
(a) 2.00
(b) 3.33
(c) 2.90
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194. The coefficient of mean deviation a bout mean for the first 9 natural numbers is
(a) 200/9
(b) 80
(c) 400/9
(d) 50
195. Maximum value of Rank Correlation coefficient is
(a) –1
(b) +1
(c) 0
(d) None of these.
196. If two letters are taken at random from the word HOME, what is the Probability that
none of the letters would be vowels?
(a) 1/6
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/3
(d) 1/4
197. The chance of getting a sum of 6 in a single throw with two dice is
(a) 3/36
(b) 4/36
(c) 6/36
(d) 5/36
198. What is the no. of trials of a binomial distribution having mean and S D as 3 and 1.5
respectively?
(a) 2
. (b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 12
199. If the price of all co mmodities in a place have increased 125 times in comparison to the
base period prices, then the index number of prices for the place is now
(a) 100
(b) 125
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200. If the amount of an annuity for 25 years at 5% p.a C.I. is Rs. 50000 the annuity will be
(a) Rs.1406.90
(b) Rs.1046.90
(c) Rs.1146.90
(d) None of these.
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COMMON PROFICIENCY TEST

Time : 4 hours Maximum Marks : 200

SECTION – A : FUNDAMENTALS OF ACCOUNTING (60 MARKS)

2. A change in accounting policy is justified

(b) Business entity.

13. Dividends are usu ally paid as a percentage of ______

19. The purpose of accommodation bill is_______

The above difference in trial balance is due to

profits to him. How much C should bring in towards his capital?

(b) Rs. 150000

on January 20 by Sunset Tours to record this transaction includes:

SECTION – B : MERCANTILE LAWS (40 MARKS)

(b) Trafficking in public offices.

(b) Condition as to description.

(b) Actively participates in co-curricular activities

(b) Undue Influence.

(b) agreement to sell.

(c) In accordance with the Partnership Deed

SECTION – C : GENERAL ECONOMICS (50 MARKS)

(d) None of the above.

(d) None of the above.

138. The average fixed cost of 2 units of output is :

Use Table 2 to answer questions 141-143

149. What is the marginal product of the third hour of labour?

SECTION – D : QUANTITATIVE APTIT UDE (50 MARKS)

(b) Equals to P(A) × P(B).

(d) None of these

(b) Positive correlated

(d) None of these

(b) ) (n /6) (n + 1) (2n + 1

(c) [(n / 2) (n + 1)]2

linkrelative ofpreviousyear ×chain indexofthe current year

linkrelative ofcurrentyear × chain indexofthe previousyear

linkrelative ofpreviousyear × chainindexof the previousyear

177. If from a population with 25 members, a random sample witho ut re placement of 2

2. Revenue from sale of products, is generally, realized in the period in which

(d) Sales return.

(d) Conservatism concept.

the ratio of 3:2 for Rs. 25,000, find closing capital of C.

(a) Rs. 25,000.

(d) None of the above.

SECTION – B: MERCANTILE LAWS (40 MARKS)

(b) May move from any person.

(b) wharfinger’s certificate.

(b) To share exclusive profits

him. It is possible by a suit for ________

SECTION – C : GENERAL ECONOMICS (50 MARKS)

(c) Total utility to fall and marginal utility to become negative.

(c) National output

(b) Bonds, government securities.

(c) Interest on owned money capital.

(c) Increase Bank Rate and decrease CRR

141. Between 10 to 20 burgers, what is the marginal cost (per burger)?

SECTION – D : QUANTITATIVE AP TITUDE (50 MARKS)

155. If P(A) = P(B), then

172. The following data relate to the incomes of 86 persons :

178. 4P4 is equal to

(d) None of these.

167. Mutually inclusive classification is usually meant for__ .