NTA NET Management Paper-II(Series-C)

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16- Which one of the following describes the metamorphosis stage of employee socialisation?

17- When employees work longer days in exchange for longer weekends or other days off, it is called:

18- ‘Employee relations’ include which of the following?

(a) Organisation’s efforts to manage relationships between employer and employees.

(b) The programs to prevent and resolve problems arising from work situations.

(c) Relations between management and trade unions.

(d) Organisation’s structure of managing rapport between boss and staff.

19- In which of the following, the payment of bonus is linked to performance of specific employees or group of employees?

(a) Profit sharing

(b) Gain sharing plans

(c) Social system plans

20-  Which one of the following is a contract made through collusion between management and labour representatives and contains terms beneficial to management and unfavourable to union workers?

21- When an employee is willing to go above and beyond what is typically expected in his or her role, it is known as:

22-  Indicate the correct code for the following types of decisions to be incorporated within financial decisions.

(a) Investment decisions

(b) Financing decisions

(c) Pricing decisions

(d) Profit distribution decisions

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23- In case the profitability index of an investment is equal to one(=1), the net present value of the investment will be:

24- For the following two statements of Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) select the correct code:

Assertion (A): Risk analysis of capital investment is the most complex and controversial area in finance.

Reasoning (R): Capital investment decisions are based on estimates of future cash inflows.

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25- Acquisition of firms is the same as:

(a) a merger

(b) an amalgamation

(c) a takeover

(d) an absorption

Select the correct code.

26- M-M Hypothesis for capital structure is based on which code of the following assumptions?

(a) Capital markets are perfect

(b) Firms belong to equal risk class

(c) There is 100% dividend payout ratio

(d) There are nominal corporate taxes

Select the correct code.

27- The formula   (Where P0 is market price of shares, E is earning per share, D is dividend per share, R is rate of Return and K is cost of equity) for determining the dividend of the firm has been given by:

28- Indicate the correct code for the following two statements of Assertion (A) and

Reasoning (R):

Assertion (A): Invertors in capital market now have higher inclination for investment in debentures.

Reasoning (R): Debentures have active secondary markets now.

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29- Which one of the following expresses the tendency of consumers to interpret information in a way that fits one’s preconceptions in the consumer buying behaviour?

30- Which one of the following is not a factor that reduces price sensitivity of a product?

31- Attributes or benefits that consumers strongly associate with a brand, positively evaluate, and believe they could not find to the same extent with a competitive brand is known as:

32- Which one of the following represents ‘Penetrated market’?

33- Match the items of List – II with the items of List – I and suggest the correct code:

34- Match the items of List – II with the items of List – I and suggest the correct code:

35- The following are the statements relating to the new product development. Indicate the statements being correct or incorrect.

Statement (I): Most established companies do not focus on incremental innovation for new product development.

Statement (II): Most established companies enter new markets by tweaking products for new customers.

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36- Match the items of List II with List I and select the correct code:

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37- Statement (I): The critical path has been defined as the longest duration path between the first and the last nodes of a project.

Statement (II): The duration of a project is not always the same as the duration of its critical path.

Statement (III): The Earliest start and finish times of an activity are based on the condition that every activity will not be started and finished as early as possible.

Find the correct code for given statements being correct or incorrect.

38- Statement (I): Internal failure costs are generated after the product is dispatched as a result of non-performance to requirements.

Statement (II): External failure costs are generated before the product is dispatched as a result of non-conformance to requirements.

Which of the following code is correct related to above statements being correct or incorrect?

39- Which of the following code is correct for the given statements being correct or incorrect?

Statement (I): Method analysis is a technique in job design in which job is considered as a whole.

Statement (II): Principles of motion economy aim at minimizing the fatigue of workers due to repetitive motion of the different parts of body.

Statement (III): Work sampling is a method used to determine the idle time of machine or workers as a whole during the day.

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40- ‘Just In Time’ originally developed in 1970s by a Japanese company was initially known as:

41- Match the items of List – II with List – I to find the correct code:

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42- Following statements are given for plant location strategies:

Statement (I): White goods manufacturing companies have separate plants for colour TVs, washing machines, microwave ovens, etc.; for avoiding confusion and bringing about economies of scale.

Statement (II): Pepsi and Coke have bottling plants scattered all over the country which cater to different regions to avoid confusion at the main manufacturing set-up rather than reducing overall transportation costs and the lead time for supplying goods in the markets.

Find the correct code of the above statements being correct or incorrect.

43- The following are the two statements relating to the theory of probability. Indicate the statements being correct or incorrect.

Statement (I): The probability of the joint occurrence of independent events A and B is equal to the probability of A multiplied by the probability of B or vice versa.

Statement (II): The probability of the joint occurrence of independent event A and dependent event B is equal to the probability of event A multiplied by the conditional probability of B when A has occurred or vice versa.

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44- Which one of the following possibilities leads to Type I error in hypothesis testing?

45- Which one among the following relates to the probability-based sampling technique?

46- Which of the following statements relating to Correlation and Regression are true?

(a) The Coefficient of Correlation is independent of change of origin and scale.

(b) The Coefficient of Correlation between the two variables is the arithmetic average of the two Regression Coefficients.

(c) The probable error of the Coefficient Correlation is 0.6745 times of its standard error.

(d) Coefficient of Correlation multiplied by the ratio between the standard deviations of the two variables denotes the slope of the regression line.

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47- In which one of the following probability distributions, the mean value of the distribution is the sole parameter of the distribution?

48- Match the items of List-II with the items of List-I and denote the code of correct matching:

List – I                                                                                                                                                   List – II

(a) Testing the goodness of fit of a distribution                                                                                  (i) Z-test

(b) Testing the significance of the differences among the                                                                  (ii) Chi-square test

average performance of more than two sample groups

(c) Testing the significance of the difference between the average                                                    (iii) F-test

performance of two sample groups (Large-sized)

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49- What is “Block Chain” in the field of information technology?

50- When the organizational requirements advocate tight cost control ; frequent, detailed control reports ; structured organization and responsibilities and incentives based on meeting strict quantitative targets then it is called:

51- Statement (I): Strategic turn around is a more serious form of internal retrenchment and leads to divestment or liquidation.

Statement (II): Divestment is usually a part of rehabilitation or restructuring plan and is adopted when a turn around has been attempted but has proven to be unsuccessful.

Statement (III): Combination strategies are the simple solutions that strategists have to offer when faced with the challenges of real life business.

Select the correct code for above mentioned statements being correct or incorrect.

52- According to Weighted-factor Approach to strategic incentive management, if for any strategic business unit, return on assets is 25%, cash flow is 25%, strategic funds programs (developmental expenses) is 25% and market share increase is also 25%, then this will fall in which category?

53- According to Weighted-factor Approach to strategic incentive management, if for any strategic business unit, return on assets is 25%, cash flow is 25%, strategic funds programs (developmental expenses) is 25% and market share increase is also 25%, then this will fall in which category?

54- A company in packaged tea business provides special service to its institutional buyers, apart from its consumer sales through market intermediaries, in order to encourage bulk buying and thus improving marketing efficiency, is an example of:

55- Match the items of List II with List I and select the correct code:

56- The willingness to reject unfamiliar as well as negative information is called:

57-Timely and adequate assistance and rehabilitation efforts to MSEs should begin on a proactive basis when early signs of sickness are detected. This stage is termed as:

58-Which one among the following is not a factor external to an entrepreneur?

59- Assertion (A): When an industrial unit falls sick, those who depend on it have to face an uncertain future.

Reasoning (R): The sick units continue to operate below the break-even point and are, thus, forced to depend on external sources for funds of their long-term survival.

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60- Individuals who are the founders of the business and conceptualize a business plan by putting efforts to make the plan a success are known as:

61- Match the items of List (II) with the items of List (I):

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62-In which one of the following years, the Government of India did not bring an Industrial Policy Resolution?

63-Who among the following bridges the gap between inventors and managers?

64- Which one among the following is not a true statement?

65-Ethics are moral principles and values which:

66- Match the items of List-(II) with those of List-(I) ; and choose the correct code of combination:

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67- Statement (I): According to Plato, a capitalist system is unjust because of many reasons including distributive injustice.

Statement (II): Capitalism leads to alienation of workers.

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68-The “Polluters must pay” principle is commonly accepted practice that those who produce pollution should bear the cost of managing it to prevent damage to human health or the environment. This principle was adopted in:

69- Statement (I): For the improvement in the corporate governance, the Department of Company Affairs (DCA) proposed a code of behaviour for the public sector companies in the year 1998.

Statement (II): The Clause 49 of SEBI was amended on August 2001, which had made it mandatory for every public company listed on Indian stock exchanges to sign it.

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70-Who among the following has not given a model on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?

71- The following statements relate to Badli workman. Indicate the correct code.

Statement (I): A ‘Badli Workman’ is employed in an industrial establishment in place of another workman whose name is borne on muster rolls of the establishment.

Statement (II): A ‘Badli workman’ ceases to be regarded as such if he has completed three month’s service in the establishment.

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