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

UGC NET Management June 2013 solved paper 1

SET - X

1. Choose the proper alternative given in the codes to replace the question mark.
    Bee – Honey, Cow – Milk, Teacher – ?

(A) Intelligence
(B) Marks
(C) Lessons
(D) Wisdom

Answer D

2. P is the father of R and S is the son of Q and T is the brother of P. If R is the sister of S, how is Q related to T ?

(A) Wife
(B) Sister-in-law
(C) Brother-in-law
(D) Daughter-in-law

Answer B

3. A definition put forward to resolve a dispute by influencing attitudes or stirring emotions is called

(A) Lexical
(B) Persuasive
(C) Stipulative
(D) Precisions

Answer B

4. Which of the codes given below contains only the correct statements ?

Statements :
(i) Venn diagram is a clear method of notation.
(ii) Venn diagram is the most direct method of testing the validity of categorical syllogisms.
(iii) In Venn diagram method the premises and the conclusion of a categorical syllogism is diagrammed.
(iv) In Venn diagram method the three overlapping circles are drawn for testing a categorical syllogism.

Codes :

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

Answer B

5. Inductive reasoning presupposes

(A) unity in human nature
(B) integrity in human nature
(C) uniformity in human nature
(D) harmony in human nature

Answer C

Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11 : 

Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)

Year	Fruits	Vegetables	Flowers	Total Horticulture Area
2005-06	53	72	1	187
2006-07	56	75	1	194
2007-08	58	78	2	202
2008-09	61	79	2	207
2009-10	63	79	2	209

6. Which of the following two years have recorded the highest rate of increase in area under the total horticulture ?

(A) 2005–06 & 2006–07
(B) 2006–07 & 2008–09
(C) 2007–08 & 2008–09
(D) 2006–07 & 2007–08

Answer D

7. Shares of the area under flowers, vegetables and fruits in the area under total horticulture are respectively :

(A) 1, 38 and 30 percent
(B) 30, 38 and 1 percent
(C) 38, 30 and 1 percent
(D) 35, 36 and 2 percent

Answer A

8. Which of the following has recorded the highest rate of increase in area during 2005-06 to 
2009-10 ?

(A) Fruits
(B) Vegetables
(C) Flowers
(D) Total horticulture

Answer C

9. Find out the horticultural crop that has recorded an increase of area by around 10 percent from 2005-06 to 2009-10

(A) Fruits
(B) Vegetables
(C) Flowers
(D) Total horticulture

Answer B

10. What has been the share of area under fruits, vegetables and flowers in the area under total horticulture in 2007- 08 ?

(A) 53 percent
(B) 68 percent
(C) 79 percent
(D) 100 percent

UGC NET Management June 2014 solved paper I

This paper contains 60 questions out of which 50 are to be attempted. If more than 50 questions are answered then first 50 answers will be examined. Each question contains 2 marks each.

SET - W

1. Break-down in verbal communication is described as

(A) Short circuit

(B) Contradiction

(C) Unevenness

(D) Entropy

Answer D

2. The Telephone Model of Communication was first developed in the area of

(A) Technological theory

(B) Dispersion theory

(C) Minimal effects theory

(D) Information theory

Answer D

3. The Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2013 has been conferred on

(A) Karan Johar

(B) Amir Khan

(C) Asha Bhonsle

(D) Gulzar

Answer D

4. Photographs are not easy to

(A) Publish

(B) Secure

(C) Decode

(D) Change

Answer C

5. The grains that appear on a television set when operated are also referred to as

(A) sparks

(B) green dots

(C) snow

(D) rain drops

Answer C

6. In circular communication, the encoder becomes a decoder when there is

(A) noise

(B) audience

(C) criticality

(D) feedback

Answer D

7. In a post-office, stamps of three different denominations of Rs. 7, Rs. 8, Rs. 10 are available. The exact amount for which one cannot buy stamps is

(A) 19

(B) 20

(C) 23

(D) 29

Answer A

8. In certain coding method, the word QUESTION is encoded as DOMESTIC. In this coding, what is the code word for the word RESPONSE?

(A) OMESUCEM

(B) OMESICSM

(C) OMESICEM

(D) OMESISCM

Answer C

9. If the series 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 17, 22, .... is continued in the same pattern, which one of the
    following is not a term of this series?

(A) 31

(B) 32

(C) 33

(D) 35

Answer C

10. Complete the series BB, FE, II, ML, PP, ........... by choosing one of the following option given:

(A) TS

(B) ST

(C) RS

(D) SR

UGC NET Management June 2014 Paper III solved

 1. In case a decrease in price of a commodity results in an increase in its demand on a negatively sloping demand curve, it is called

(A) An increase in demand

(B) An increase in quantity demanded

(C) Law of demand

(D) Any of the above

Answer B

2. Production function is not based on the assumption of the

(A) Substitutability of inputs

(B) Complementarity of inputs

(C) Marketability of products

(D) Specificity of inputs

Answer C

3. Match the items of the following two lists and indicate the correct code :

       List – I                                                                     List – II

a. Trade channel discounts                                        i. Oligopoly pricing

b. Tie-up sales                                                           ii. Locational price differentials

c. Price being nonresponsive to changes in              iii. Differential pricing

    demand costs

d. Basing-point pricing                                               iv. Product-line pricing

  Codes :

        a         b        c        d

(A)   iv         ii        iii         i

(B)   iii         iv        i         ii

(C)   ii          i         iv       iii

(D)    I         iii        ii        iv

Answer B

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

         List – I                                                                                    List – II

a. Competitive parity in advertising                         i. Variations in advertising

b. Promotional elasticity of product                         ii. Advertising scheduling

c. Optimal promotion mix                                        iii. Advertising expenditure

d. Pulsing advertising                                              iv. Marginal equivalence of dvertising                                 

                                                                                     media outlay

Codes :

                                                                                         

        a       b       c       d

(A)   ii       iii        i       iv

(B)   iii       i        iv       ii

(C)   i       iv        ii       iii

(D)   iv      ii        iii       i

Answer B

5. Macroeconomics basically concerns with which of following in an economy?

(A) Industry, Trade and Commerce

(B) Agriculture, Industry & Trade

(C) Employment, Inflation & Growth

(D) Population, Income and Economic Planning

Answer C

6. The competition commission of India has no rule in regulating which of the following?

(A) Restrictive Trade Agreements

(B) Abuse of Market Power

(C) Unfair Trade Practices

(D) Mergers and Acquisitions

Answer C

7. The ability to understand, communicate with, motivate and support other people, both individually and in groups, defines which of the following management skills?

(A) Hard Skills

(B) Soft Skills

(C) Conceptual Skills

(D) Political Skills

Answer B

8. As __________, managers receive a wide variety of information and serve as the nerve centers of internal and external information of the organization.

(A) Leaders

(B) Monitors

(C) Distribution handlers

(D) Resource allocators

Answer B

9. Which one is the correct combination?

(A) Theory of Conditioning – Bernara

(B) Operant Conditioning Theory – B.F. Skinner

(C) Stimulus Response Theory – Hoodman

(D) Theory of Associates – Marshall

Answer B

10. Match the following:

           List – I                                                                      List – II

a. Evaluative statements or judgments                       i. Attitudes

    concerning objects, people or events

b. The opinion or belief segment of                            ii. Cognitive Component

    an attitude

c. The emotional or feeling segment                          iii. Affective Component

    of an attitude

d. An intention to behave in a certain way                 iv. Behavioural component

    towards someone or something

Codes :

         a        b        c        d

(A)    i         ii         iii        iv

(B)    iv       iii         ii         i

(C)    iv       ii         iii        i

(D)    i        iii         ii         iv

Answer A

11. As per Rorsach value survey, which of the following is not an instrumental value?

(A) Ambitious

(B) Imagination

(C) Wise

(D) Capable

Answer C

12. When we judge someone on the basis of our perception of the group to which

      he or she belongs, we are using the shortcut, called ________

(A) Selective Perceptive

(B) Halo effect

(C) Contrast effect

(D) Stereotyping

Answer D

13. Performance = f (m, a, e). In this expression ‘e’ stands for

(A) Efficiency

(B) Effectiveness

(C) Environment

(D) Entrepreneurship

Answer C

14. Selecting a representative sample of jobs, preparing job descriptions for

      them, comparing them on the basis of the information in the job descriptions

      and placing them in order of their perceived importance represents which of

      the following job evaluation methods?

(A) Job grading method

(B) Job ranking method

(C) Points rating method

(D) Guide chart method

Answer B

15. Match the following:

          List – I                                                                      List – II

a. A pay plan in which most employees are                i. Elitest pay system

    part of the same compensation system.

b. A pay plan in which different compensation            ii. Skill based pay

    systems are established for employees or

    groups at different organizational levels.

c. A pay system in which employees are                    iii. Egalitarian pay system

    paid on the basis of the jobs they can do.         

d. The perceived fairness of the pay structure            iv. Internal equity

     within a firm.

Codes :

        a        b        c        d

(A)    i        ii         iii       iv

(B)   iii        i         ii        iv

(C)    i        iii        ii        iv

(D)   iii       ii          i        iv