UGC NET June 2012 Management paper I solved

1. Video-Conferencing can be classified as one of the following types of communication :

(A) Visual one way
(B) Audio-Visual one way
(C) Audio-Visual two way
(D) Visual two way

Answer C

2. MC National University of Journalism and Communication is located at

(A) Lucknow
(B) Bhopal
(C) Chennai
(D) Mumbai

Answer B

3. All India Radio (A.I.R.) for broadcasting was named in the year

(A) 1926
(B) 1936
(C) 1946
(D) 1956

Answer B

4. In India for broadcasting TV programmes which system is followed ?

(A) NTCS
(B) PAL
(C) NTSE
(D) SECAM

Answer B

5. The term ‘DAVP’ stands for

(A) Directorate of Advertising & Vocal Publicity
(B) Division of Audio-Visual Publicity
(C) Department of Audio-Visual Publicity
(D) Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity

Answer D

6. The term “TRP” is associated with TV shows stands for

(A) Total Rating Points
(B) Time Rating Points
(C) Thematic Rating Points
(D) Television Rating Points

Answer A

7. Which is the number that comes next in the following sequence ? 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, _____

(A) 60
(B) 64
(C) 72
(D) 70

Answer C

8. Find the next letter for the series YVSP ………

(A) N
(B) M
(C) O
(D) L

Answer B

9. Given that in a code language, ‘645’ means ‘day is warm’; ‘42’ means ‘warm spring’ and ‘634’ means ‘spring is sunny’; which digit represents ‘sunny’ ?

(A) 3
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 5

Answer A

10. The basis of the following classification is : ‘first President of India’ ‘author of Godan’ ‘books in my library’, ‘blue things’ and ‘students who work hard’

(A) Common names
(B) Proper names
(C) Descriptive phrases
(D) Indefinite description

UGC NET December 2012 Management paper III solved

1. Which of the following is not one of the important objectives of Financial Management ?

(A) Profit maximisation
(B) Wealth maximisation
(C) Value maximisation
(D) Social responsibility

Answer D

2. For ‘make or buy decision’, which cost is to be considered ?

(A) Marginal cost
(B) Total cost
(C) Fixed cost
(D) None of the above

Answer A

3. Which is the method applied for measuring GNP ?

(A) Income method
(B) Expenditure method
(C) Value Added method
(D) All of the above

Answer D

4. Which of the following project appraisal method is not based on time value of money ?

(A) Payback method
(B) Net present value method
(C) Internal rate of return method
(D) Discounted payback method

Answer A

5. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 is related to

(A) Industrial Policy
(B) Investment Limit
(C) Business Opportunities
(D) None of these

Answer B

6. Selection is the process in which candidates for employment are divided into two classes – those who are to be offered employment and those who are not.” This is stated by

(A) Dale Yoder
(B) Milton M. Mandell
(C) R.D. Agarwal
(D) Edwin Flippo

Answer A

7. Who defines advertising as “any paid form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods and services by an identified sponsor ?

(A) Philip Kotler
(B) C.K. Prahlad
(C) Chartered Institute of Marketing
(D) American Marketing Association

Answer D

8. The exchange rate between the currencies of two countries will be equal to the ratio of the price indices in these countries is explained by

(A) Inflation adjustment
(B) Purchase power parity
(C) Interest rate parity
(D) Transaction exposure

Answer B

9. The ultimate mission or purpose is to relate human resources to future enterprise needs, so as to maximize the future return on investment in human resources. It is referred as

(A) Demand and Supply
(B) Forecasting
(C) Human Resource Planning
(D) Human Resource Development

Answer C

10. Other things being equal an increase in income leads to a decrease in demand for

(A) Superior Goods
(B) Inferior Goods
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

UGC NET December 2012 Management paper II solved

1. The term Opportunity Cost refers to

(A) Variable Cost
(B) Short-run cost
(C) The cost forgone in favour of production of another product
(D) Cost related to an optimum level of production

Answer C

2. If two commodities are complementary, then a rise in the price of one commodity will induce

(A) A rise in the price of the other commodity
(B) An upward shift of demand curve
(C) No shift in demand for the other commodity
(D) A backward shift in demand for the other commodity

Answer D

3. What is the characteristic of a purely competitive market ?

(A) Large number of buyers and sellers
(B) A few sellers
(C) A few buyers
(D) Abnormal profit

Answer A

4. Willingness to pay minus actual payment is called

(A) Consumer’s surplus
(B) Producer’s surplus
(C) Utility cost
(D) Supplier’s surplus

Answer A

5. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :

                 List – I                                                                      List – II

a. Cost Function                                                         1. Kinky Demand Curve
b. Supply Function                                                     2. Isoquants
c. Production Function                                               3. Engineering Method
d. Oligopoly                                                               4. Factor Prices

Codes :

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

Answer A

6. When analysing your business and its environment, it is useful to carefully inspect

(A) Threats
(B) Opportunities
(C) Strengths and weaknesses
(D) All of the above

Answer D

7. Which of the following is an example of an external threat ?

(A) Decreased competition
(B) New Trade Regulations
(C) Global Sales Potential
(D) Economies of Scale

Answer B

8. Expectancy Theory of Motivation was propounded by

(A) Porter and Lawler
(B) McGregor
(C) Vroom
(D) J. Stacy Adams

Answer C

9. Which one of the following is not a step in planning ?

(A) Establishing objectives
(B) Developing premises
(C) Determining alternative courses
(D) Identifying needs of employees

Answer D

10. Planning is looking ahead and control is

(A) Scanning environment
(B) Looking back
(C) Setting targets
(D) Defining objectives

UGC NET December 2012 Management paper I solved

1. The English word ‘Communication’ is derived from the words

(A) Communis and Communicare
(B) Communist and Commune
(C) Communism and Communalism
(D) Communion and Common sense

Answer A

2. Chinese Cultural Revolution leader Mao Zedong used a type of communication to talk to the masses is known as

(A) Mass line communication
(B) Group communication
(C) Participatory communication
(D) Dialogue communication

Answer A

3. Conversing with the spirits and ancestors is termed as

(A) Transpersonal communication
(B) Intrapersonal communication
(C) Interpersonal communication
(D) Face-to-face communication

Answer A

4. The largest circulated daily newspaper among the following is

(A) The Times of India
(B) The Indian Express
(C) The Hindu
(D) The Deccan Herald

Answer A

5. The pioneer of the silent feature film in India was

(A) K.A. Abbas
(B) Satyajit Ray
(C) B.R. Chopra
(D) Dada Sahib Phalke

Answer D

6. Classroom communication of a teacher rests on the principle of

(A) Infotainment
(B) Edutainment
(C) Entertainment
(D) Power equation

Answer B

7. The missing number in the series : 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, ?, 336, is

(A) 240
(B) 220
(C) 280
(D) 210

Answer D

8. A group of 7 members having a majority of boys is to be formed out of 6 boys and 4 girls. The number of ways the group can be formed is

(A) 80
(B) 100
(C) 90
(D) 110

Answer B

9. The number of observations in a group is 40. The average of the first 10 members is 4.5 and the average of the remaining 30 members is 3.5. The average of the whole group is

(A) 4
(B) 15/2
(C) 15/4
(D) 6

Answer C

10. If MOHAN is represented by the code KMFYL, then COUNT will be represented by

(A) AMSLR
(B) MSLAR
(C) MASRL
(D) SAMLR

UGC NET September 2013 Management paper III solved

1. The elasticity of demand is greater than unity, when

(A) Percentage change in demand is equal to the percentage change in price.
(B) Percentage change in demand is more than the percentage change in price.
(C) Percentage change in demand is less than the percentage change in price.
(D) There is change in price.

Answer B

2. GDP includes which of the following measures ?

(A) The size of a population that must share a given output within one year.
(B) The negative externalities of the production process of a nation within one year.
(C) The total monetary value of all final goods and services produced within a nation within one year.
(D) The total monetary value of goods and services including barter transactions within a nation in one year.

Answer C

3. If the equation y = 5 + 0.6x was graphed, the

(A) Slope would be – 5
(B) Vertical intercept would be + 0.6
(C) Slope would be + 5
(D) Slope would be + 0.6

Answer D

4. Match the following :

                 List – I                                                                  List – II

(a) The producers will offer more of a                               (i) Market in equilibrium
product at a higher price.
(b) The quantum that producers want to                            (ii) Law of supply
sell is equal to the quantum that consumers
want to buy.
(c) The sensitivity of consumers to price changes.           (iii) Co-efficient of price elasticity of                                                                                                               demand.
(d) Percentage change in quantity demanded to               (iv) Price elasticity of demand
percentage change in price.

Codes :

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

Answer A

5. Statement I : The slope of an indifference curve is the Marginal Rate of Substitution in the consumption (MRSc), which is increasing.
Statement II : The slope of the budget line is ratio of the prices of two goods and is the Marginal Rate of Substitution in exchange (MRSe)

(A) Statement I and II are correct.
(B) Statement I is correct, but II is incorrect.
(C) Statements I and II are incorrect.
(D) Statement I is not correct, but II is correct.

Answer D

6. Forming a fixed opinion or attitude towards a single person or object is termed as

(A) Perceptual defense
(B) Stereo typing
(C) The Halo effect
(D) The perceptual set

Answer C

7. Which of the following best describes the theory X ?

(A) People are committed to their responsibilities.
(B) Motivation is a result of rational behaviour towards attaining goals.
(C) The perceived relationship between a given level of efforts and an expected performance.
(D) None of the above.

Answer D

8. Hawthorne experiments were conduced at

(A) Hawthorne Electric Company
(B) Western Electric Company
(C) General Electric Company
(D) Eastern Electric Company

Answer B

9. Match the following :

            OD Interventions                                                               Proposed by
            Grouping Term

a. OD Cube                                                                                 1. French and Bell
b. Consul cube                                                                            2. Freneh and Bell
c. Intervention families                                                               3. Blake and Mouton
d. Four quadrants                                                                        4. Schmuck and Miles

Codes :

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

Answer A

10. Match the following :

a. Stability                                    1. Number of subordinates that report to one supervisor.
b. Strategy                                    2. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
c. Synergy                                    3. Plans for the allocation of firm’s scarce resources to reach                                                                      identified goals in time.
d. Span of control                        4. Employees should not be moved frequently from one job to                                                                    another
Codes :

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

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