Total No. of Questions: 50 Application No......................................

Faculty of Management Studies

Ph. D. Entrance Test January -2020
Management

Duration: 2 Hrs. Maximum Marks: 100

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Recommendation of the UPAC

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Q.1 Who divided all activities of the organisations into six groups; Technical, Commercial,
Financial, Security, Accounting and Managerial?
(a) Peter Drucker (b) D. E. Mc Forland
(c) Henry Fayol (d) George R. Terry
Q.2 Population characteristics such as age, gender, race, marital status, income and
education are ……………… characteristics:
(a) Demographic (b) Cultural (c) Geographic (d) Diversity
Q.3 Which of the following is included as internal-Environmental Variables?
(a) Prevailing economic and political conditions.
(b) Emerging new technologies
(c) Financial conditions and culture
(d) None of these
Q.4 “Organizational learning” and “Learning organization” are
(a) Same
(b) Different
(c) Reverse to each other
(d) Complementary to each other
Q.5 Which of the following is an important money market instrument?
(a) Debentures (b) Commercial Paper
(c) Public Deposits (d) None of these
Q.6 Working capital refers to the capital mobilised for meeting
(a) Long-term financial needs of the company
(b) To meet day-to-day financial obligations of the company
(c) To meet the future financial requirements of the company
(d) None of these
Q.7 Which of the following is not the stage of new product development?
(a) Idea Generation (b) Business Analysis
(c) Test Marketing (d) Market Segmentation
Q.8 Which of the following is not included in 7 P’s of services marketing?
(a) Physical evidence (b) People
(c) Process (d) Marketing plan
Q.9 Which of the following statement is true?
(a) The essence of marketing is a transaction of an exchange.
(b) Marketing–orientation is philosophy, which has to pervade the organization
structure
(c) Marketing is also a managerial function involving analysis, planning and control
marketing activities in an organization
(d) All of these
Q.10 Which of the following factor is considered in the selection of a plant location?
(a) Source of Raw-materials (b) Availability of water
(c) Marketing facilities (d) All of these
Q.11 Which type of sampling is appropriate when the population consists of well-defined
groups such that the elements within each group are homogeneous and between each
group, they are heterogeneous?
(a) Cluster Sampling (b) Simple Random Sampling
(c) Stratified Sampling (d) Judgement Sampling
Q.12 Two variables are said to be perfectly negatively correlated if
(a) Covariance between them is positive
(b) Coefficient of correlation between them is –1
(c) Covariance between them is negative
(d) None of these
Q.13 Globalization involves
(a) Free flow of technology from one country to another
(b) Free flow of investment from one country to the other
(c) Free flow of people from one country to the other
(d) All of these
Q.14 Which is a short-term strategy for a firm?
(a) Corporate strategy (b) Business strategy
(c) Company mission (d) Functional strategy
Q.15 Which is not a global entry strategy?
(a) Exporting (b) Joint venture
(c) Merger and Acquisition (d) Blue ocean strate
Q.16 Which of the following is not Porter’s generic strategy?
(a) Focus (b) Cost Leadership
(c) Differentiation (d) Market segmentation
Q.17 Which one is not the characteristic feature of Entrepreneurship?
(a) Vision (b) Risk Bearing
(c) Initiative and Drive (d) Disloyalty
Q.18 Ethical Management is
(a) A Compromise (b) A Compulsion (c) A Judgment (d) Both (a) and (b)
Q.19 ‘Rege Committee’ is related to
(a) Working conditions in Indian Industry (b) Social security in Indian Industry
(c) Individual differences in Indian Industry (d) None of these
Q.20 Which of the following is not included in the five forces of competition?
(a) Bargaining power of suppliers (b) Bargaining power of consumers
(c) Threat of substitutes (d) Strategic planning
Q.21 One of the following is not included in job descriptions:
(a) Job title (b) Location (c) Penal actions (d) Duties
Q.22 The term “Grapevine Communication” is related to
(a) Formal Communication (b) Informal Communication
(c) Written Communication (d) Vertical Communication
Q.23 Taylor differential piece rate system is related to
(a) Time wage system (b) Assembly system
(c) Incentive wage system (d) None of these
Q.24 The discount rate that makes NPV equal to zero is known as
(a) Benefit–Cost ratio (b) Internal Rate of Return
(c) Discounted Pay-back period (d) Profitability Index
Q.25 The factors affecting to P/E multiple are
(a) Dividend pay-out ratio and required return
(b) Required return and expected growth rate
(c) Dividend pay-out ratio and expected growth rate
(d) Dividend pay-out ratio, required return and expected growth rate
Q.26 The essential qualities of a researcher are
(a) Spirit of free enquiry
(b) Reliance on observation and evidence
(c) Systematization or theorizing of knowledge
(d) All of these
Q.27 Research is
(a) Searching again and again
(b) Finding solution to any problem
(c) Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
(d) None of these
Q.28 Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
(a) Searching sources of information to locate problem.
(b) Survey of related literature
(c) Identification of problem
(d) Searching for solutions to the problem
Q.29 A statistical study is one that _____.
(a) Attempts to capture a population's characteristics by making inferences from a
sample's characteristics and testing resulting hypotheses
(b) Emphasizes a full contextual analysis of a few events or conditions and their
interrelations
(c) Discovers answers to the questions who, what, when, where, or how much
(d) Attempts to reveal why or how one variable produces changes in another
Q.30 Action research means
(a) A longitudinal research
(b) An applied research
(c) A research initiated to solve an immediate problem
(d) A research with socioeconomic objective
Q.31 A simulation is a study that is designed to _____.
(a) Occur under actual environmental conditions
(b) Imitate reality
(c) Facilitate measurement
(d) Control all possible variables
Q.32 Discussions with those who are knowledgeable about the problem or its possible
solutions are called_____.
(a) Brainstorming (b) Experience surveys
(c) Focus groups (d) Experiments
Q.33 A research paper is a brief report of research work based on
(a) Primary Data only (b) Secondary Data only
(c) Both Primary and Secondary Data (d) None of these
Q.34 A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a
universal statement is called
(a) Deductive Reasoning (b) Inductive Reasoning
(c) Abnormal Reasoning (d) Transcendental Reasoning
Q.35 Information is ………….
(a) Raw Data (b) Processed Data (c) Input data (d) Organized data
Q.36 An appropriate source to find out descriptive information is .................
(a) Bibliography (b) Directory (c) Encyclopedia (d) Dictionary
Q.37 Which of the following is not covered under Intellectual Property Rights?
(a) Copyrights (b) Patents (c) Trade Marks (d) Thesaurus
Q.38 Concepts represent various degree of .................
(a) Formulation (b) Calculation (c) Abstraction (d) Specification
Q.39 Symbol is
(a) Emblem (b) Metaphor
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
Q.40 Hypothesis contributes to the development of .............
(a) Theory (b) Generalization (c) Evolution (d) Concept
Q.41 Literature review tis carried out to know:
(a) What is already known about the topic
(b) What concepts and theories have been applied to the topic
(c) Who are the key contributors to the topic
(d) All of these
Q.42 Information acquired by experimentation is called as
(a) Empirical evidences (b) Scientific evidences
(c) Facts (d) Theory
Q.43 Which of the following prevents a researcher from blind search and intellectual
wandering?
(a) Data (b) Sample
(c) Research tools (d) Research design
Q.44 Reliability in research relates to:
(a) Dependability and consistent replication of the research
(b) Ambiguity in research
(c) Reliability of researcher
(d) None of these
Q.45 The interactions between two sets of variables may reflect relationships that are
(a) Symmetrical (b) Reciprocal (c) Asymmetrical (d) All of these
Q.46 The basic method by which equivalence between experimental and control groups is
determined is
(a) Matching (b) Frequency control
(c) Cross-classifying (d) Random assignment
Q.47 When two variables vary together but changes in the variables are not due to changes
in the other, a_____ relationship is said to exist.
(a) Reciprocal (b) Asymmetrical
(c) Causal (d) Spurious
Q.48 A simulation is a study that is designed to _____.
(a) Occur under actual environmental conditions
(b) Imitate reality
(c) Facilitate measurement
(d) Control all possible variables
Q.49 Ethnography is used in exploratory research to _____.
(a) Gather information from well-informed people
(b) Describe the culture and structure of a group
(c) Examine underlying attitudes
(d) Study the use of space
Q.50 Exploratory studies are particularly useful when researchers _____.
(a) Seek to describe a population's parameters based on the characteristics of a sample
(b) Seek to evaluate changes in attitudes over time
(c) Lack a clear idea of the study's problems
(d) Seek to test specific hypotheses

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