UGC NET September 2013 Management paper II solved

1. The sum of the value of all final goods and services produced within a country and net factor income from abroad is termed as

(A) GNP
(B) Nominal GDP
(C) NNP
(D) Real GDP

Answer A

2. If a firm raises Rs. 1,00,000 by the issue of debentures at 10%, repayable after 10 years, the rate of return that equates the present value of cash inflows with the present value of cash outflows is referred to as

(A) Explicit cost
(B) Implicit cost
(C) Specific cost
(D) Future cost

Answer A

3. The major objective of economists to monopolies is

(A) lack of technological progress in such industries.
(B) the dangerous impact on democratic government.
(C) the inability in an industry where there is a single producer.
(D) the tendency to restrict output and charge higher price.

Answer D

4. Statement I : Demand for a commodity refers to quantity of the commodity demanded at a certain                             price during any particular period of time.
Statement II : Contraction of demand is the result of increase in the price of the goods concerned.

(A) Both I & II are correct.
(B) Both I and II are incorrect.
(C) I is correct and II is incorrect.
(D) II is correct and I is incorrect.

Answer A

5. Match the items given in List-I with most suitable options given in List-II.

                      List – I                                                               List – II
(a) Rate of discount which equates the net                       (i) Pay back period
present value to zero.
(b) Ratio of present value of cash inflows                       (ii) Internal Rate of Return
to the cash outflow.
(c) Percentage of annual net income earned                   (iii) Profitability Index
on average fund invested in a project.
(d) Investment divided by annual net cash                     (iv) Average Rate of Return
inflow.

Codes :

       (a)      (b)      (c)      (d)
(A) (iii)     (ii)      (iv)     (i)
(B) (iii)     (ii)       (i)     (iv)
(C) (ii)      (iii)     (iv)     (i)
(D) (ii)     (iii)       (i)     (iv)

Answer C

6. The process through which individuals attempt to determine the causes behind others’ behaviour is known as

(A) Perception
(B) Attitude
(C) Attribution
(D) Social identity theory

Answer C

7. Which theory of human motivation focuses on personal perceptions of the performance process ?

(A) Adam’s Theory of Inequality
(B) McClelland’s Need Theory
(C) Vroom’s Expectancy Theory
(D) Alderfer’s ERG Theory

Answer C

8. Annual Reports, Balance Sheets, Brochures and Advertisements in organisational communication are the means to aim at

(A) Influencing
(B) Image building
(C) Group building
(D) Credibility building

Answer B

9. Match the following :

a. Attitudes                                                      1. Beliefs that individuals possess certain
                                                                            characteristics because of their membership in
                                                                            certain groups.
b. Job Satisfaction                                           2. Negative attitude toward the members of
                                                                            specific groups, based solely on the fact that
                                                                            they are members of those groups.
c. Prejudice                                                     3. Positive or negative attitudes held by
                                                                            individuals toward their jobs.
d. Stereo types                                                4. Relatively stable clusters of feelings, beliefs
                                                                            and behavioural intentions toward specific
                                                                            objects, people or institutions.

Codes :

      a      b      c      d
(A) 1     2      3      4
(B) 2     3      4      1
(C) 3     4      1      2

(D) 4     3      2      1

Answer D

10. Match the following :

a. Delegating                                                        1. A function of a situation wherein a
                                                                                 leader is effective only when the style used to
                                                                                 influence and alter the situation is appropriate.
b. Situational theory                                            2. Low nurturing and low regulating behaviour.
c. Grid training                                                    3. A function of a situation wherein a leader
                                                                                 permits subordinates to take part in decision
                                                                                 making and permit them a considerable
                                                                                degree of autonomy.
d. Participative Leadership                                 4. A multi step process designed to cultivate
                                                                                concern for people and concern for production.

Codes :

      a      b      c      d
(A) 1     2      3      4
(B) 2     1      4      3
(C) 3     2      4      1
(D) 4     3      1      2

UGC NET September 2013 Management paper I solved

SET W

1. The world population growth rate at a certain reference year was 3.5%. Assuming exponential growth of population, after how many years, the population of the world would have increased by a factor 16 ?

(A) ~ 80 years
(B) ~ 40 years
(C) ~ 160 years
(D) ~ 320 years

Answer A

2. Telephone is an example of

(A) linear communication
(B) non-linear communication
(C) circular
(D) mechanised

Answer A

3. Means of grapevine communication are

(A) formal
(B) informal
(C) critical
(D) corporate

Answer B

4. Communication issues at the international level are addressed by

(A) ILO
(B) ITU
(C) UNDP
(D) UNESCO

Answer D

5. Referential framing used by TV audience connects media with

(A) reality
(B) falsity
(C) negativity
(D) passivity

Answer A

6. The communicated knowledge in a classroom is considered as

(A) non-pervasive treasure
(B) limited judgement
(C) autonomous virtue
(D) cultural capital

Answer D

7. Classroom communication is normally considered as

(A) effective
(B) affective
(C) cognitive
(D) non-selective

Answer C

8. A person writes all the numbers from 0 to 99. The number of times digit 3 will be written is

(A) 18
(B) 19

(C) 20
(D) 21

Answer C

9. Starting from point A, Ajit walks 14 metres towards west, he then turns to his right and walks 14 metres and then turns to his left and walks 10 metres. He again turns to his left and walks 14 metres and reaches to the point E. The shortest distance between A and E is

(A) 38
(B) 42
(C) 52
(D) 24

Answer D

10. A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a round table. A is between E and F. E is opposite to D and C is not in either of the neighbouring seats of E. The person opposite to B is

(A) C
(B) D
(C) A
(D) F

UGC NET June 2013 Management paper III solved

1. From the following identify one which is not a collusive oligopoly model

(A) Cartels
(B) Edgeworth Model
(C) Price Leadership
(D) Market Share Model

Answer B

2. The rate at which the consumer can trade one good for another is termed as marginal rate of substitution in

(A) exchange
(B) consumption
(C) production
(D) the distribution

Answer A

3. If demand equation is given by D = 1000 – P and the supply equation is given by S = 100 + 4P, price will be

(A) 160
(B) 180
(C) 170
(D) 200

Answer B

4. Arrange the following steps, involved in the estimation of a demand function using econometric analysis, in the proper order

(i) Collection of data
(ii) Estimating the parameters of the model
(iii) Mathematical specification of the relationship among the variables
(iv) Using the estimates to arrive at the estimates of variables.
(v) Identification of variables

Codes :

(A) (v), (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
(C) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii), (v)
(D) (v), (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

Answer D

5. Match the items given in Column A with the suitable items given in Column B :

            Column A                                                             Column B

a. Maximisation of society’s welfare                          i. Equilibrium
even when individuals behave
selfishly to further their own
economic status.
b. State of balance from which there                          ii. Non-Satiation
is no tendency to change.
c. Best possible state within a given set                     iii. The invisible hand
of constraints.
d. A situation wherein a customer always                 iv. Optimisation
prefer more of goods to less of goods.

Codes :

       a      b       c      d
(A) iv     i      iii      ii
(B) ii      i      iv      iii
(C) iii     i      iv      ii
(D) iv     i      ii      iii

Answer C

6. Which one is not the technique of personality measurement ?

(A) Projective Technique
(B) Word Association Technique
(C) Raven’s Progressive Matrices
(D) Sentence Completion Technique

Answer C

7. Drive is explained by

(A) any strong stimulus that impels action.
(B) any object, event exiting in the environment.
(C) anything that increases the repetition of behaviour.
(D) none of the above

Answer A

8. Consider the following phases of Organisational Development (OD) :

a. Entry into the organisation
b. Development of internal resources
c. Problem identification
d. Specific intervention
e. Building a collaborative culture

Rearrange the above stages in an orderly sequence :

(A) a → c → b → d → e
(B) a → b → c → d → e
(C) c → b → a → e → d
(D) a → c → d → e → b

Answer D

9. Match the following : 

           Explanation                                                                    Term

a. The beliefs or ideas one has                                                1. Attitude
about an object or situation
b. The feelings or emotions one                                             2. Cognitive component
has about an object or situation
c. Psychological discomfort experienced                              3. Affective component
when attitudes and behaviour are inconsistent
d. How one intends to act or behave                                     4. Behavioural component
toward someone or something
e. Learned predisposition toward a given                             5. Cognitive dissonance
object

Codes :

       a      b      c      d      e
(A) 1      2      3      4      5
(B) 2      3      5      4      1
(C) 3      2      4      5      1
(D) 5      3      4      2      1

Answer B

10. Match the theories given in Column – I with the explanations in Column – II :

                  Column – I                                                         Column – II

a. Super ego                                                 1. Individual moves from a state of passivity
                                                                         as a child to state of activity as an adult.
b. Closure                                                    2. Social values and personal norms that serve
                                                                        as an ethical constraint on behaviour.
c. Immaturity – Maturity Theory                3. Perception of a person about how others are
                                                                        perceiving his qualities.
d. Looking glass-self                                  4. People when faced with incomplete
                                                                        information tend to fill gaps themselves.

Codes :

       a      b      c      d
(A) 1      2      3      4
(B) 1      2      4      3
(C) 2      1      3      4
(D) 2      4      1      3

UGC NET June 2013 Management paper II solved

1. The hypothesis that ‘consumption in one period would be a function of income in that period and the returns on savings of the previous period’ is given by

(A) Irving Fisher
(B) Franco Modigliani
(C) Duesenberry
(D) Robert Hall

Answer B

2. From the following identify one which is not a property of Indifference curve ?

(A) Indifference curves are downward sloping.
(B) Indifference curves are concave to the origin.
(C) Indifference curves are convex to the origin.
(D) Indifference curves do not intersect each other.

Answer B

3. Which one of the following statements is true ?

(A) Business decisions cannot be taken without a sound knowledge of Macro Economic Theories.
(B) Knowledge of Economic Theory is misleading in making business decisions.
(C) With the help of Economic Theories, it is always possible to predict the future accurately.
(D) Every Economic Theory is based on realistic facts which are common to all societies.

Answer A

4. Arrange the following in the proper order for decision under capital budgeting.

(i) Estimating the cost and benefits of proposals.
(ii) Deciding the investment objective.
(iii) Selecting the best investment proposal.
(iv) Applying the capital budgeting decision technique.

Codes :

(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

Answer C

5. Match the following items in List – A with the most appropriate options from List – B :
               
                   List-A                                                               List-B

a. A lender buys securities to protect                           1. Interest rate collar
himself from a falling interest rate
b. A borrower buys securities to                                  2. Interest rate cap
protect himself from rising
interest rate
c. A combination of interest rate                                 3. Interest rate corridor
cap and floor
d. A combination of two or more                                4. Interest rate floor
interest rate caps

Codes :

       a      b      c      d
(A) 2      4      3      1
(B) 4      2      1      3
(C) 4      2      3      1
(D) 3      2      1      4

Answer B

6. The form of learning in which people acquire new behaviours by systematically observing the rewards and punishments given to others is known as

(A) Operant conditioning
(B) Positive reinforcement
(C) Modelling
(D) Law of effect

Answer A

7. Diffusion of routine information takes place through

(A) Downward Communication
(B) Upward Communication
(C) Horizontal Communication
(D) External Communication

Answer A

8. An integrated group of activities to bring about a change is known as

(A) Organisation development
(B) Interventions
(C) OCTAPACE
(D) Collaborative culture

Answer A

9. Match the following :

a. Motivation is a function of                                                           1. Expectancy Theory
fairness in social exchanges.

b. People are motivated to behave in ways                                       2. Alderfer’s ERG Theory
that produce valued outcomes.

c. Determining specific levels of performance for                           3. Equity Theory
workers to attain and then striving to attain them.

d. When people are frustrated by their inability                              4. Goal- Setting Theory
to meet needs at the next higher level in the
hierarchy, they regress to the next lower
category of needs and intensify their
desire to gratify these needs.


Codes :

       a       b      c       d
(A) 1       2       3       4
(B) 4       3       2       1
(C) 3       1       4       2
(D) 3       4       1       2

Answer C

10. Match the following :

a. Selfefficacy                                                    1. Determining specific levels of performance
                                                                                for workers to attain them.
b. Goal setting                                                    2. The belief that one’s efforts will positively                                                                                                influence one’s performance.
c. Expectancy                                                     3. People strive to maintain ratio of their own
                                                                                outcomes to their own inputs that are equal to
                                                                                that of those with whom they compare                                                                                                     themselves.
d. Equity Theory                                                4. One’s belief about having the capacity to
                                                                               perform a task.

Codes :

       a       b      c       d
(A) 1       2      3        4
(B) 4       1      2        3
(C) 3       4      1        2
(D) 2       3      4        1

UGC NET Dec 2013 Management paper I solved

SET W

1. Which is the main objective of research ?

(A) To review the literature
(B) To summarize what is already known
(C) To get an academic degree
(D) To discover new facts or to make fresh interpretation of known facts

Answer D

2. Sampling error decreases with the

(A) decrease in sample size
(B) increase in sample size
(C) process of randomization
(D) process of analysis

Answer B

3. The principles of fundamental research are used in

(A) action research
(B) applied research
(C) philosophical research
(D) historical research

Answer B

4. Users who use media for their own ends are identified as

(A) Passive audience
(B) Active audience
(C) Positive audience
(D) Negative audience

Answer B

5. Classroom communication can be described as

(A) Exploration
(B) Institutionalisation
(C) Unsignified narration
(D) Discourse

Answer D

6. Ideological codes shape our collective

(A) Productions
(B) Perceptions
(C) Consumptions
(D) Creations

Answer B

7. In communication, myths have power, but are

(A) uncultural
(B) insignificant
(C) imprecise
(D) unpreferred

Answer C

8. The first multi-lingual news agency of India was

(A) Samachar
(B) API
(C) Hindustan Samachar
(D) Samachar Bharati

Answer C

9. Organisational communication can also be equated with

(A) intra-personal communication
(B) inter-personal communication
(C) group communication
(D) mass communication

Answer C

10. If two propositions having the same subject and predicate terms are such that one is the denial of the other, the relationship between them is called

(A) Contradictory
(B) Contrary
(C) Sub-contrary
(D) Sub-alternation

UGC NET Dec 2013 Management paper III solved

1. Match the items of List – I with those of List – II and give the correct code from the 
following :

List – I                                                                                         List – II

a. Sales Maximisation Model                                          i. John Williamson
b. Managerial Discretion Model                                     ii. R.M. Cyert and J.G. March
c. Integrative Model                                                        iii. William J. Baumol
d. Behavioural Model                                                      iv. Oliver Williamson

Codes :

        a    b     c    d
 (A) ii    iii   iv    i
 (B) iii   iv    i     ii
 (C) i     ii    iii    iv
 (D) iv   i     ii     iii

Answer B

2. Match the items of the following two lists and give the correct code for the following :

       List – I                                                                                    List – II

a. Scale of Preferences                                                           i. Indifference Curves
b. Inadequate Explanation of Giffen Goods                         ii. Ordinal Utility
c. Curves always slope negatively                                       iii. Demand Curves
d. Inseparation of Income and Substitution effects              iv. Marshallian Utility Analysis

Codes :

        a     b     c     d
 (A) ii     i     iii    iv
 (B) i     iii    iv     ii
 (C) ii    iv     i     iii
 (D) iii   ii     iv     i

Answer C

3. Cost-plus pricing is not suitable for

 (A) Monopoly Pricing
 (B) Product Tailoring
 (C) Refusal Pricing
 (D) Monopsony Pricing

Answer A

4. Indicate the correct code matching the items of List – I with those in List – II as follows :

              List – I                                                                                     List – II

a. Resorting to New Technology                                      i. Cost reduction through output expansion
b. Excess Capacity of the Plant                                        ii. Constant cost despite output expansion
c. Employees’ Training Centres                                      iii. Internal Economies
d. Reserve Capacity of the Plant                                      iv. External Economies

Codes :

       a      b      c      d
 (A) i     iii     ii      iv
 (B) iii    i      iv      ii
 (C) iv    ii      i      iii
 (D) ii    iv    iii      i

Answer B

5. In a mixed economy, the central problems are solved through which of following ?

 (A) Price mechanism
 (B) Regulated market mechanism
 (C) Market mechanism and economic planning
 (D) Economic planning and control

Answer C

6. Indicate the correct code matching the items in List – I with those in List – II as follows :

          List – I                                                                                    List – II

a. Excess of aggregate investment over                            i. Stability of National Income
aggregate savings, at full employment level
b. Equality of aggregate income                                       ii. Recessionary gap                  
and savings
c. Comparatively greater decrease in                               iii. Multiplier effect
income following a decrease in investment
d. Aggregate expenditure being less than                        iv. Inflationary gap
national income at full employment level

Codes :

       a     b     c      d
(A) ii     iv     i     iii
(B) iv     i     iii     ii
(C) iii    ii     iv     i
(D) i     iii     ii     iv

Answer B

7. The study of gestures and body postures for their impact on communication is known as :

(A) Kinesics
(B) Proximics
(C) Semantics
(D) Informal channels

Answer A

8. Which of the following deals with “what, why, when and how” tasks to be performed ?

(A) Job Analysis
(B) Job Description
(C) Job Specification
(D) Job Enrichment

Answer B

9. According to Henry Mintberg, managers perform three roles. Indicate the one role which is not among them.

(A) Decisional
(B) Informational
(C) Interpersonal
(D) Supervisory

Answer D

10. The Ringlemann effect describes

(A) the tendency of groups to make risky decisions
(B) social loafing
(C) social facilitation
(D) the satisfaction of members’ social needs