QUESTION BOOKLET A Sr. No. Series Roll No. (in Figures) : _________________________________________________ Roll No. (in Words) : _________________________________________________ : 2 : 85 Time : 2 Hours Screening Test Maximum Marks : 85 PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY. Note : Candidate should remove the sticker seal and open this Booklet ONLY after announcement by centre superintendent and should thereafter check and ensure that this Booklet contains all the 24 pages and 24 tally with the same Code No. given at top of first page & the bottom of each & every page. If you find any defect, variation, torn or unprinted page, please have it replaced at once before you start answering. 1. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS : 1. The Answer sheet of a candidate who does not write his Roll No., or writes an incorrect Roll No. on the title page of the Booklet and in the space provided on the Answer sheet will neither be 2. 170 evaluated nor his result declared. 3. 2. The paper contains 170 questions. 3. Attempt all questions as there will be no Negative 4. Marking. 4. The questions are of objective type. Here is an example. Question : 8 Taj Mahal was built by_____ (A) Sher Shah (B) Aurangzeb (C) Akbar (D) Shah Jahan The correct answer of this question is Shah Jahan. You will therefore darken the circle with ink pen below column (D) as shown below : A B C D A B C D Q.8 Q.8 5. 5. Each question has only one correct answer. If you give more than one answer, it will be considered wrong and it will not be evaluated. Changing, cutting, overwriting and erasing of an answer will be treated as wrong answer. 6. 6. The space for rough work wherever provided may be utilized by the candidate. You are not to use any portion of the Answer Sheet for rough work. 7. Do not mutilate this booklet in any manner. Serious 7. damage/mutilation may entail disqualification. 8. Do not leave your seat until the Answer Sheets have 8. been collected at the close of the examination. 9. Candidate will not leave the examination room till 9. stipulated time is over and only after he has handed over the Answer Sheet to the staff on duty. Code No. : C-488 /2018/Series-A Space For Rough Work / Code No. : C-488/2018/Series-A 2 QUESTION BOOKLET This question paper contains 170 questions. / 170 All questions are compulsory. One question carries half mark only. Maximum Marks : 85 85 Time : 2 Hours 2 1. NITI Aayog is a/an (A) Constitutional body (B) Statutory body (C) Advisory body (D) None of these (A) (B) (C) - (D) 2. When can a contract be discharged by operation of law ? (A) Death of a Promisor (B) Novation (C) Difficulty of performance (D) Alternation ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 3. What do you mean by “Quantum Meruit” ? (A) Breach of contract (B) As much as earned (C) Damages (D) Restitution ‘ ’ ? (A) (B) ( ) (C) (D) 4. Insurance sector in India is regulated by (A) RBI (B) SIDBI (C) SEBI (D) IRDA 5. Finance Commission is constituted under which article of Constitution of India ? ? (A) 324 (B) 280 (C) 325 (D) 368 3 Code No. : C-488/2018/Series-A 6. The process of commercialization involves the (A) Deciding product characteristics and package (B) Building up a appropriate marketing mix (C) Introducing product in the market (D) All of these (A) (B) (C) (D) 7. Devaluation signifies (A) lowering purchasing power of money (B) lowering internal value of rupee (C) lowering external value of rupee (D) lowering value of dollar (A) (B) (C) (D) 8. Deficit financing (A) Stabilises prices (B) Reduces money supply (C) Encourages inflationary tendencies (D) Reduces budgetary deficit (A) (B) - (C) (D) 9. Which of the following is a fee based service ? (A) Venture capital (B) Factoring (C) Bills discounting (D) Portfolio management ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 10. Merchant banking service in India were started in the year (A) 1967 (B) 1975 (C) 1973 (D) 1990 11. Which one of the following is not a non-banking financial institution ? - ? (A) SIDBI (B) NABARD (C) PNB (D) UTI Code No. : C-488/2018/Series-A 4 12. The mutual fund concept was started in India in the year (A) 1949 (B) 1956 (C) 1961 (D) None of these (A) 1949 (B) 1956 (C) 1961 (D) 13. The primary aim of leverage funds is to _______ capital appreciation. (A) minimize (B) balance (C) maximise (D) None of these - (A) (B) (C) (D) 14. ICRA was set up in the year (ICRA) (A) 1986 (B) 1998 (C) 1991 (D) 1987 15. CRISIL was set up in the year (CRISIL) (A) 1920 (B) 1841 (C) 1987 (D) 1991 16. Which of the following does not involve any interest payment ? (A) Credit card (B) Debit card (C) Check card (D) None of these ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 17. If quartile deviation of given set of data of 20 observations is 12, then value of standard deviation is 20 12 , (A) 1.667 (B) 18 (C) 8 (D) 32 18. The area under normal distribution covered within + 3s limits is + 3s (A) 0.6827 (B) 0.9545 (C) 0.9973 (D) 1.0000 19. Beta equity is positively correlated with (A) Firm growth rate (B) Operating leverage (C) Financial leverage (D) None of these - (A) (B) (C) (D) 20. Depreciation is _______ expenditure. (A) variable (B) semi-variable (C) fixed (D) None of these _______ (A) (B) - (C) (D) 5 Code No. : C-488/2018/Series-A 21. Calculate re-order level from the following : Safety stock : 1000 units, consumption per week : 500 units. It takes 12 weeks to reach material from the date of ordering. (A) 1000 units (B) 6000 units (C) 3000 units (D) 7000 units : : 1000 , : 500 , 12 (A) 1000 (B) 6000 (C) 3000 (D) 7000 22. Determine the firm’s Total Asset Turnover (TAT) if its net profit margin (NPM) is 5 percent, total assets are ` 8 million, and rate of interest is 8%. (TAT) (NPM) 5 , ` 8 8% (A) 1.60 (B) 2.05 (C) 2.50 (D) 4.00 23. Determine Break Even Point (BEP) if sales is ` 1,00,000, variable cost is ` 50,000 and profit is ` 20,000. (A) ` 60,000 (B) ` 40,000 (C) ` 80,000 (D) None of these (BEP) , ` 1,00,000, ` 50,000 ` 20,000 (A) ` 60,000 (B) ` 40,000 (C) ` 80,000 (D) 24. Which column of cash book is never balanced ? (A) Discount column (B) Cash (C) Bank (D) Petty cash ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 25. Example of operating system is (A) FORTRAN (B) UNIX (C) COBOL (D) None of these (A) (FORTRAN) (B) (UNIX) (C) (COBOL) (D) 26. Functions of educational philosophy is (A) normative (B) critical (C) speculative (D) All of these (A) (B) (C) (D) 27. Individual aim of education aims at making a child (A) cooperative individual (B) isolated individual (C) self-realized individual (D) follower of God _________ (A) (B) (C) (D) Code No. : C-488/2018/Series-A 6 28. “Rising knowledge to wisdom is real education” was said by (A) Rig Veda (B) Sama Veda (C) Bhagvadh Geeta (D) Chhandogya Upanishad “ (Rising knowledge to wisdom is real education) ” (A) (B) (C) (D) 29. Who is the profounder of Dvaitadvaita ? (A) Madhva (B) Nimbarka (C) Vallabha (D) Gautam Buddha ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 30. The ‘Wardha Scheme’ is also known as by which of the following schemes ? (A) National Policy on Education (B) National Scheme on Education (C) Kothari Commission (D) Basic Education ‘ ’ ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 31. Who said this, “The teacher is not an instructor or task master; he is a helper and guide” ? (A) Aurobindo Ghosh (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) Rabindranath Tagore (D) Vivekananda , “ , ” ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 32. Modern philosophy synthesises (A) knowledge (B) truth (C) sciences (D) None of these (A) (B) (C) (D) 33. A child is working very hard for her examination. Her behaviour is an indicator of her (A) sharp cognitive abilities (B) high achievement motivation (C) very busy schedule (D) desire to impress her parents (A) (B) (C) (D) - 34. Socialization requires (A) teachers (B) rewards (C) reinforcement (D) All of these (A) (B) (C) (D) 7 Code No. : C-488/2018/Series-A 35. Participating in the removal of illiteracy is a (A) social change (B) conscience change (C) cultural change (D) None of these (A) (B) (C) (D) 36. National Policy on Education (NPE) was started in (NPE) (A) 1985 (B) 1986 (C) 1987 (D) 1988 37. Right to Education Act was passed in (A) 2007 (B) 2008 (C) 2009 (D) 2010 38. A child is born with some (A) qualities (B) ego (C) innate drives (D) All of these _______ (A) (B) (C) (D) 39. What will be the IQ of a 12 years old child, whose mental age is 9 years ? 12 IQ 9 ? (A) 70 (B) 75 (C) 80 (D) 85 40. An essential aspect of all learning is (A) emotion (B) imitation (C) motivation (D) association (A) (B) (C) (D) 41. Children learn new words for specific objects mostly by (A) insight (B) imitation (C) trial and error (D) conditioning process , : (A) (B) (C) (D) 42. Learning disabled children are (A) low in intelligence (B) slow in activity (C) deficient in using potentials (D) None of these (A) (B) - (C) (D) Code No. : C-488/2018/Series-A 8 43. The gland which plays a key role in the development of personality is (A) pituitary (B) thyroid (C) adrenal (D) thymus (A) (B) (C) (D) 44. A child attitude ‘ I don’t care’ is a type of behaviour, which can be called (A) aggression (B) defence (C) denial (D) retrogression ‘ ’ (A) (B) (C) (D) 45.