Marketing aptitude Quiz for competitive / entrance exam.

Thursday 31 January 2013

Marketing aptitude Quiz for competitive / entrance exam.

1. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was launched by GOI in August 2007 with the objective(s) of—

(A) To incentivise the states to increase public investment in agriculture and allied sectors

(B) To ensure that local needs/crops/priorities are better reflected

(C) To achieve the goal of reducing the yield gaps in important crops

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

2. The Buffer Stock of foodgrains at the beginning of February 2009 stood at—

(A) 16•2 million tonnes

(B) 20•0 million tonnes

(C) 37•4 million tonnes

(D) 36•2 million tonnes

(E) None of these

3. Public Private Partnership came to be introduced in India to—

(A) Mitigate the financial burden of the governments

(B) Respond to the technological change that allow unbundling of infrastructure

(C) Alter the character of goods and services from pure public to private ones

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

4. Heteroscedasticity in econometric analysis means—

(A) The variance for each disturbance term (Vi) is the same for all i’s

(B) The variance for each disturbance term (Vi) is not the same for all i’s

(C) The co-variance for each pair of disturbance term is the same

(D) The co-variance for each pair of disturbance term is not the same

(E) None of these

5. Autocorrelation in econometric analysis refers to—

(A) The correlation between the values of different variables

(B) The correlation between the values of alternative variables

(C) The correlation between successive values of the same variable

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

6. Durbin-Watson Test is applied in econometric models to test—

(A) Presence of heteroscedasticity in a model

(B) For autocorrelated errors in the sample data

(C) For multicorrelinearity

(D) For autoregressive disturbances

(E) None of these

7. A weakly stationary stochastic process is so called, if—

(A) Its mean and variance are constant over time

(B) The value of covariance between two time periods depends only on lag between two time periods

(C) The value of covariance does not depend on the actual time at which the covariance is computed

(D) All the above

(E) None of these

8. Dummy variables are used in regression models—

(A) To represent important variables that are not qualitatively measurable

(B) To capture the effect of specific attributes

(C) As binary variables

(D) To distinguish between two groups of population

(E) All of the above

9. Principal components in econometric analysis—

(A) Are linear combinations

(B) Help to increase the degrees of freedom

(C) Help to reduce high degree of multicorrelinearity

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

10. If world population grows at 2•6 per cent, then it will double in?

(A) 44•34 years

(B) 36•92 years

(C) 29•32 years

(D) 26•66 years

(E) None of these

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Solved question paper of Marketing aptitude for IBPS bank exam 2013

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1. Heckscher-Ohlin theory explains?

(A) Pattern of trade in terms of relative factor endowments of countries

(B) Why a country may import products which use extensively the country’s scarce factor

(C) The law of comparative cost

(D) The concept of reciprocal demand

(E) All the above

2. ‘Quasi-rents’—

(A) Are in the nature of free gifts

(B) May be applicable to all factors of production

(C) Comprise of all the returns to the firm in excess of the returns of the marginal firm

(D) All the above

(E) None of these

3. The indifference curve technique is essentially?

(A) A cardinal approach

(B) An ordinal approach

(C) A quasi-ordinal approach

(D) All the above

(E) None of these

4. The slope of an indifference curve expresses?

(A) The marginal rate of substitution of two goods

(B) A ratio of marginal utility of one good to another

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) A ratio of total utility of one good to another

(E) None of these

5. ‘Pass through’ effect in international trade theory refers to?

(A) The proportion of an exchange rate change that is reflected in export and import price change

(B) Exports and imports not facing any tariff barrier

(C) Exports and imports not facing any technical barrier

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

6. Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations?

(A) Started in 1986 and completed at the end of 1993

(B) Aimed at reversing the rising trend of non-tariff trade barriers

(C) Replaced the GATT with WTO

(D) Brought services and agriculture into WTO

(E) All of the above

7. Product Cycle Model in international trade theory (Vernon, 1966)?

(A) Is an extension of technological gap model

(B) Is an extension of Heckscher-Ohlin model

(C) Explains dynamic comparative advantage of new products and new processes of production

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

8. Hedging and speculation in forex markets?

(A) Are opposite activities

(B) Parallel activities

(C) Same activities

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

9. A currency swap refer to?

(A) A spot sale of currency combined with a forward repurchase of the same currency—as part of single transaction

(B) A forward sale of currency combined with a forward repurchase of the same currency—as part of a single transaction

(C) A forward sale of currency combined with a forward repurchase of the same currency—in two different transactions

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

10. Public-Private Partnership projects in India are mostly related to?

(A) Airports

(B) Ports

(C) Railways

(D) Roads

(E) Urban development

11. The largest share in the short term money market of India in recent times belonged to the segment?

(A) Collaterised Borrowing and Lending Obligation (CBLO)

(B) Traditional repo

(C) Clearcorp Repo Over Matching System (CROMS)

(D) Call

(E) Others

12. As per the revised estimate of CSO, the GDP in India at factor cost during 2008-09 was?

(A) Rs. 28,71,120 crore

(B) Rs. 31,29,717 crore

(C) Rs. 33, 39,375 crore

(D) Rs. 44,82,436 crore

(E) None of these

13. Mid Day Meal Scheme—

(A) Is a centrally funded and largest school meal scheme in the world

(B) Provides each child in government and government aided school a minimum of 300 calories and 8–12 gm of protein each day of school for a minimum of 200 days

(C) Provides lunch to about 120 million children

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

14. Insurance penetration is defined as the—

(A) Ratio of premium underwritten in a year to GDP

(B) Ratio of premium underwritten in a year to total population

(C) Ratio of insurance subscribers in a year to total population

(D) Ratio of total number of policy holders in a year to total population

(E) None of these

15. Insurance density is defined as the—

(A) Ratio of premium underwritten in a year to GDP

(B) Ratio of premium underwritten in a year to total population

(C) Ratio of insurance subscribers in a year to total population

(D) Ratio of total number of policy holders in a year to total population

(E) None of these

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1. Say’s Law of Markets states that?

(A) Demand creates its own supply

(B) Supply creates its own demand

(C) Demand creates its own demand

(D) Supply creates its own supply

(E) None of these

2. Malthusian theory of population is based on?

(A) Harmonic progression of population

(B) Geometric progression of food production

(C) Arithmetic progression of population

(D) Geometric progression of population

(E) All of the above

3. Gresham’s Law states that?

(A) Good money drives bad money out of circulation

(B) Bad money drives good money out of circulation

(C) Both good money and bad money may co-exist

(D) Neither bad money nor good money may be long in circulation

(E) None of these

4. The on-going melt down had its origin in?

(A) The real sector

(B) The financial sector

(C) The service sector

(D) The textile sector

(E) None of these

5. A competitive firm maximizes its profit when?

(A) MR = AR

(B) MR = MC

(C) MC = AC

(D) MC = AR

(E) None of these

6. ‘Supernormal’ profit may exist in a market due to?

(A) Asymmetry of information

(B) Restriction of information

(C) Quantity restriction

(D) Price restriction

(E) All the above

7. Profit is caused by?

(A) Dynamic element in the economy

(B) Innovation

(C) Windfall

(D) All of the above

(E) None of these

8. Interest is paid?

(A) To compensate for inflation

(B) Due to superiority of present over future goods

(C) Because demand for money outstrips its supply

(D) To ensure the growth of the real sector

(E) All the above

9. Investment is defined as a?

(A) Deployment of a sum in business operations

(B) Purchasing an interest bearing bond

(C) Change in the stock of capital

(D) All the above

(E) None of these

10. The unproductive expenditure of the rich is?

(A) Necessary to the employment of the poor

(B) An impediment to the growth of an economy

(C) Having no bearing on the economy

(D) Having bearing only on the economy of the rich

(E) None of these

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Marketing aptitude question paper for Competitive / entrance exam 2013 (Part 2 of 2)

Wednesday 30 January 2013

Marketing aptitude question paper for Competitive / entrance exam 2013 (Part 2 of 2)

21. In which one of the following Indian states, percentage of total cultivable area under Horticultural crops is only 2•75 per cent ?

(A) Madhya Pradesh

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Chhattisgarh

(E) Uttar Pradesh

22. What percentage of ‘All Economically Productive women population’ in India are engaged in Agriculture including animal husbandry and fisheries ?

(A) 38 per cent

(B) 48 per cent

(C) 58 per cent

(D) 68 per cent

(E) 78 per cent

23. In which year, the ‘Varsha Bima Yojana’ (Insurance against the adverse incidence of rainfall) was started in India ?

(A) 2004

(B) 2005

(C) 2006

(D) 2007

(E) 2008

24. Which one of the following states, the extent of financial exclusion is between 50 to 75 per cent ?

(A) Bihar

(B) Karnataka

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Jharkhand

(E) West Bengal

25. A field of work in which people aim to improve the access of rural communities to efficient, sustainable financial services is known as or categorized as—

(A) Agricultural Finance

(B) Rural Finance

(C) Micro Finance

(D) Financial Institution

(E) Financial Intermediary

26. The Science of cultivation and harvesting of fruits is called ‘Pomology’, however, of the following fruits, this fruit crop presently is not covered under the ‘Pomology’—

(A) Water-melon

(B) Banana

(C) Strawberry

(D) Sapota

(E) Custard Apple

27. The ‘Productivity of Banana’ (yield per hectare) is highest in this state—

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Kerala

(C) Karnataka

(D) Maharashtra

(E) Gujarat

28. Pepsi Co. started Contract farming in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh for preparation of—

(A) Tomato purees

(B) Basmati Rice

(C) Groundnut Butter

(D) Sunflower Oil

(E) Chilli Paste for Export

29. At present, how many National Research Institutes are working on Development of Products/crops under ‘Agricultural Biotechnologies’ in India ?

(A) 20

(B) 25

(C) 30

(D) 35

(E) 40

30. ‘Shifting Cultivation’ is practiced in India covering about 14•66 lakh hectare area, where in this state ranked first with 3•75 lakh hectare—

(A) Assam

(B) Arunachal Pradesh

(C) Manipur

(D) Meghalaya

(E) Tripura

31. Which one of the following flower crops is native of India ?

(A) Gladious

(B) Bougainvillea

(C) Tuberose

(D) Orchids

(E) All these

32. What is the Total Plan allocation (Rs. crores) for development of Rainfed/Dryland Agriculture in the XIth Five Year Plan Period (2007-08 to 2011-2012) ?

(A) Rs. 65,000 crore

(B) Rs. 70,000 crore

(C) Rs. 75,000 crore

(D) Rs. 80,000 crore

(E) Rs. 85,000 crore

33. As on March 31, 2007, how many of the Public Sector Banks had achieved Direct Agricultural Lending Target (13•5 per cent of Net Bank Credit) stipulated by the RBI ?

(A) Eight

(B) Nine

(C) Ten

(D) Eleven

(E) Twelve

34. This ‘Mango Hybrid Variety’ is early maturity, dwarf and having attractive colour, suitable for ‘Chotanagpur Region’ for the India?

(A) Amrapali

(B) Safed Maldah

(C) Malika

(D) Gulab Khas

(E) Ratna

35. Production period in case of tea after gestation period is to the extant of …… .

(A) 100 years

(B) 50 years

(C) 25 years

(D) 10 years

(E) 5 years

36. Recently, this Public Sector Bank, had launched an innovation called ‘Village Knowledge Centre’ wherein technology is used to help the farmers improve his productivity—

(A) Punjab National Bank

(B) Central Bank of India

(C) United Bank of India

(D) United Commercial Bank

(E) Union Bank of India

37. As on 31 March, 2008, which one of the following Microfinance Programmes have covered the largest number of BPL/poor families in India ?

(A) SHG-Bank Linkage Programme

(B) SIDBI Foundation for Micro Credit (SFMC)

(C) Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK)

(D) Friends of Women’s World Banking (FWWB)

(E) Rashtriya Grameen Vikas Nidhi (RGVN)

38. Which one of the following is the name of a fungicide which can move mainly upwards within the plant and kill the pathogen away from the point of application ?

(A) Semesan

(B) Demosan

(C) Cuprosan

(D) Tulisan

(E) Ceresan

39. As on March 2008, how many ‘No Frill Accounts’ were opened by Banks under Financial Inclusion ?

(A) 12 million

(B) 13 million

(C) 14 million

(D) 15 million

(E) 16 million

40. This state is the Leading Producer of Vegetables in India contributing around 19 per cent of country’s production from 17 per cent of the total area under vegetable—

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Bihar

(C) West Bengal

(D) Andhra Pradesh

(E) Karnataka

41. According to the RBI Report (2001-02), this Banking Region of the country has ‘Highest Flow of Institutional Credit for Agriculture’ in terms of amount of credit extended in Rs. per hectare of Gross Cropped Area—

(A) Northern Region

(B) North-Eastern Region

(C) Eastern Region

(D) Western Region

(E) Southern Region

42. Based on the Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India (RBI, 2007), the number of rural branches of scheduled Commercial Banks in India as on 30th June, 2007, were—

(A) 32,303

(B) 32,121

(C) 30,775

(D) 30,500

(E) 30,633

43. At present (2006), the estimated population of Tractors (Number of Tractors) in India is about—

(A) 28 lakhs

(B) 29 lakhs

(C) 30 lakhs

(D) 31 lakhs

(E) 32 lakhs

44. This being the only country in the world producing all four known commercial varieties of silk viz., Mulberry, Tasar, Eri and Muga—

(A) China

(B) Brazil

(C) Japan

(D) India

(E) Korean Republic

45. Which one of the following Pearl Millet (Bajra) variety is early maturity, with high yield and suitable for Haryana State under irrigated and rainfed situation ?

(A) GHB-757

(B) HHB-146

(C) GHB-538

(D) HHB-94

(E) RHB-121

46. Of the 31 Districts identified in four states as having higher incidence of farmers suicides due to economic distress. How many of the 31 economically distress districts belonged to Andhra Pradesh ?

(A) 10 Districts

(B) 12 Districts

(C) 14 Districts

(D) 16 Districts

(E) 18 Districts

47. Approximately, what percentage of Total Grape produced in India every year dried for Raising Purpose ?

(A) 10 per cent

(B) 12 per cent

(C) 14 per cent

(D) 16 per cent

(E) 18 per cent

48. The Head Quarter of ‘National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB) which was established on 10th July, 2006 for realizing full potential of Indian Fisheries sector is located at—

(A) Rajendranagar (Hyderabad) A.P.

(B) Cochi (Kerala)

(C) Mangalore (Karnataka)

(D) Mumbai (Maharashtra)

(E) Bhubaneshwar (Orissa)

49. This Central Cattle Breeding Farm is producing ‘HFx Tharparkar Crossbred Bulls’ for breeding purpose in India?

(A) Andeshnagar (U.P.)

(B) Dhamrod (Gujarat)

(C) Hassergatha (Karnataka)

(D) Suratgarh (Rajasthan)

(E) Alamdhi (Tamil Nadu)

50. Which one of the following countries, ‘Annual Per Capita Consumption’ of Wine is highest (50 litres) ?

(A) China

(B) Australia

(C) USA

(D) France

(E) Germany

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