Machine-translated by Google. Questions are authored in English.
Top

WB SET Exam 2018: 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce

  • Paper code: 06
  • Series: X
  • Language: English
  • 16 pages
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 1 of 16
Page 1 of 16
Text of page 1
SET18-Commerce(X)-A




                                                                                          Signature of Invigilators
Roll No.
                                                                                1.     ______________________________
        (Write Roll Number from left side
          exactly as in the Admit Card)                                         2.     ______________________________

                                                                            Question Booklet Series           X
 0618
                                                       PAPER–II             Question Booklet No.
                                                                                 (Identical with OMR
Subject Code : 06                                                               Answer Sheet Number)


                                                   COMMERCE
Time : 2 Hours                                                                                     Maximum Marks: 200
                                              Instructions for the Candidates
 1. Write your Roll Number in the space provided on the top of this page as well as on the OMR Sheet provided.
 2. At the commencement of the examination, the question booklet will be given to you. In the first 5 minutes, you
    are requested to open the booklet and verify it:
       (i) To have access to the Question Booklet, tear off the paper seal on the edge of this cover page.
      (ii) Faulty booklet, if detected, should be got replaced immediately by a correct booklet from the invigilator
           within the period of 5 minutes. Afterwards, neither the Question Booklet will be replaced nor any extra
           time will be given.
     (iii) Verify whether the Question Booklet No. is identical with OMR Answer Sheet No.; if not, the full set is
           to be replaced.
     (iv) After this verification is over, the Question Booklet Series and Question Booklet Number should be entered
           on the OMR Sheet.
 3. This paper consists of One hundred (100) multiple-choice type questions. All the questions are compulsory. Each
    question carries two marks.

 4. Each Question has four alternative responses marked:     A B           C         D . You have to darken the circle as
     indicated below on the correct response against each question.

     Example:            A     B    C       D , where C is the correct response.
 5. Your responses to the questions are to be indicated correctly in the OMR Sheet. If you mark your response at
    any place other than in the circle in the OMR Sheet, it will not be evaluated.
 6. Rough work is to be done at the end of this booklet.
 7. If you write your Name, Roll Number, Phone Number or put any mark on any part of the OMR Sheet, except
    in the space allotted for the relevant entries, which may disclose your identity, or use abusive language or employ
    any other unfair means, such as change of response by scratching or using white fluid, you will render yourself
    liable to disqualification.
 8. Do not tamper or fold the OMR Sheet in any way. If you do so, your OMR Sheet will not be evaluated.
 9. You have to return the Original OMR Sheet to the invigilator at the end of the examination compulsorily and
    must not carry it with you outside the Examination Hall. You are, however, allowed to carry question booklet
    and duplicate copy of OMR Sheet after completion of examination.
10. Use only Black Ball point pen.
11. Use of any calculator or mobile phone etc. is strictly prohibited.
12. There are no negative marks for incorrect answers.

                                                                                                   [ Please Turn Over ]
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 2 of 16
Page 2 of 16
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 3 of 16
Page 3 of 16
Text of page 3
X–3                                                 0618–II

                                                 COMMERCE

                                                    PAPER II

    1. Company image and brand equity are factors                 5. The concept of Small Scale Industries (SSIs) was
affecting business                                             brought to the fore by the
       (A) externally                                                (A) Industrial Policy Resolution, 1948
       (B) internally                                                (B) Industrial Policy Resolution, 1956
       (C) government policy                                         (C) New Economic Policy, 1991
       (D) employees                                                 (D) Industrial Policy Statement, 1977



   2. The Age of Discontinuity (1969) has been
authored by
      (A) John Drydon                                             6. MRTP Act of 1969 was abolished in
      (B) Cyrill Debydeen                                            (A) 1991
      (C) Peter F. Drucker                                           (B) 2002
      (D) E. B. Flippo                                               (C) 2006
                                                                     (D) 2008


   3. Assertion (A) : Industrialisation of an economy
                      is considered synonymous with
                      growth.
      Reason (R) : The transfer of resources from                 7. Which among the following is not the instrument
                   agriculture to industry may be              of monetary policy?
                   capital or labour or both.                        (A) Deficit financing
      (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the                   (B) SLR
          correct explanation of (A).                                (C) CRR
      (B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the               (D) Open market operation
          correct explanation of (A).
      (C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
      (D) (A) is false but (R) is true.


                                                                 8. Which of the following is not the objective of the
   4. Joint sector was advocated by ______ committee.          Competition Act, 2002?
      (A) Abid Hussain                                              (A) Prohibition of abuse of dominant position
      (B) Khusro                                                    (B) Prohibition of restrictive trade practices
      (C) Dutta                                                     (C) Prohibition of anti-competitive agreement
      (D) Hazary                                                    (D) Regulation of combinations
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 4 of 16
Page 4 of 16
Text of page 4
0618–II                                                       X–4

   9. Which of the following statements related to                     13. If debentures are issued at par and redeemable at
Contribution Analysis are true?                                     a premium, the journal entry at the time of issue will be
        (i) If contribution is zero, there is loss equal to                (A) Debit Bank A/c and Credit Debentures A/c
            fixed costs.                                                   (B) Debit Bank A/c, Credit Debentures A/c and
       (ii) If contribution is negative, loss is less than                      Premium on redemption of debentures A/c
            fixed costs.                                                   (C) Debit Bank A/c and Loss on issue of
      (iii) If contribution is positive and more than                           debentures A/c, Credit Debentures A/c and
            fixed cost, there will be profit.                                   Premium on redemption of debentures A/c
      (iv) If contribution is positive and less than fixed                 (D) Debit Bank A/c and Loss on issue of
            cost, there will be profit.                                         debentures A/c, Credit Debentures A/c
      (A) Statements (i) and (ii)
      (B) Statements (ii) and (iii)
      (C) Statements (i) and (iii)                                     14. The maximum time period within which an
                                                                    infrastructure company must redeem its preference shares
      (D) Statements (i) and (iv)
                                                                    is
   10. A firm’s monthly cost of production is ` 1,46,000                    (A) 10 years
at an output level of 8000 units. If it achieves an output                  (B) 20 years
level of 12000 units, it will incur production cost of                      (C) 30 years
` 1,86,000. Cost of production for 15000 units is                           (D) 25 years
       (A) ` 2,16,000
       (B) ` 66,000
       (C) ` 2,00,000                                                 15. The efficiency ratio can be defined as
       (D) ` 2,20,000                                                     (A) Standard hours produced / Budgeted labour
                                                                              hours.
   11. Which of the following is not a contingent                         (B) Standard hours produced / Actual labour
liability?                                                                    hours worked.
       (A) Uncalled capital on partly paid up shares.                     (C) Actual hours worked / Actual production
                                                                              based on standard hours.
       (B) Debts included in sundry debtors which are
           doubtful in nature.                                            (D) Actual hours worked / Budgeted labour
                                                                              hours.
       (C) Claims against the company not
           acknowledged as debt.
       (D) Liability on bills receivable previously                    16. The drawer of a trade bill passes relevant entries
           discounted.                                              with regard to the transaction involved in it. But in case
                                                                    of an accommodation bill, he passes an entry in addition
  12. If goods worth ` 3,210 returned to a supplier is              to the usual entries. The additional entry so passed is
wrongly entered in the sales return book as ` 2,310                 with respect to
      (A) Gross profit will increase by ` 6,420                            (A) discounting of the bill with the bank.
      (B) Gross profit will decrease by ` 5,500                            (B) payment of the bill on the due date.
      (C) Gross profit will increase by ` 5,520                            (C) remitting or receiving the amount.
      (D) Gross profit will decrease by ` 5,520                            (D) sending the bill to bank for collection.
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 5 of 16
Page 5 of 16
Text of page 5
X–5                                                     0618–II

  17. In case of Funds Flow Statement, collection from             21. When average cost is _______, marginal cost is
debtors ` 50,000 would result in                                 less than average cost.
      (A) sources of funds.                                             (A) decreasing
      (B) uses of funds.                                                (B) increasing
      (C) uses of cash.                                                 (C) minimum
      (D) neither a source nor a use of fund.                           (D) constant

                                                                   22. The key feature of oligopoly is
                                                                       (A) excess capacity
  18. Sharmila knows that she has maximised her                        (B) product differentiation
utility because she is on her budget constraint and                    (C) high profitability
_______.
                                                                       (D) interdependence of firms
        (A) consumption of product x equals consumption
            of product y
                                                                   23. A discriminating monopolist intending to sell his
        (B) what is spent on product x equals what is            output in two markets 1 and 2 notes that e1 < e2. In this
            spent on product y
                                                                 case which of the following relationships will hold
             M x  M y                                         good?
       (C)    Px     Py                                                 (A) p1 > p2
       (D) M  x  M  y                                                (B) p1 < p2
                                                                        (C) p1 = p2

                                                                        (D) p1 = 1 p2
                                                                                 2
  19. Which of the following gives the measure of
price elasticity of demand?                                         24. A firm maintains a margin of safety of 20% with
       (A) Ratio of change in demand to change in                contribution to sales ratio of 40%. If fixed costs of the
             price.                                              firm during a particular year be ` 4 lakh, the profit of the
       (B) Ratio of change in price to change in demand.         firm for that period will be
       (C) Ratio of percentage change in price to                       (A) ` 80,000
             percentage change in demand.                               (B) ` 1,00,000
       (D) Ratio of percentage change in demand to                      (C) ` 1,60,000
             percentage change in price.                                (D) ` 2,00,000

                                                                   25. If the demand function of a monopoly firm is
                                                                 p = 20 – 4x and its cost function is c = 4x, then the
  20. ________ operates, when percentage change in               profit - maximizing level of output (x) of this firm will
output is less than the percentage change in inputs.             be
       (A) Increasing returns to scale                                   (A) one unit
       (B) Decreasing returns to scale                                   (B) two units
       (C) Constant returns to scale                                     (C) three units
       (D) Variable returns to scale                                     (D) four units
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 6 of 16
Page 6 of 16
Text of page 6
0618–II                                                      X–6

  26. If the correlation between two variables is zero, it           31. For a contingency table with 6 rows and 5 columns
implies that                                                       the degree of freedom will be
      (A) two variables are independent.                                  (A) 20
      (B) two variables do not have negative                              (B) 25
            correlation.                                                  (C) 30
      (C) two variables do not have positive correlation.                 (D) 36
      (D) two variables are linearly related.


                                                                     32. For testing the coefficient of correlation we use
  27. If the angle between the two regression lines is
90º; the coefficient of correlation between two variables                (A) Normal distribution
will be                                                                  (B) t distribution
        (A) + 1                                                          (C) 2 distribution
        (B) – 1                                                          (D) F distribution
        (C) 0
        (D) + 0·5
                                                                    33. If we reject the true null hypothesis we may be
                                                                   making
 28. For a normal distribution if mean = 30, then its                   (A) Standard error
modal value will be                                                      (B) Sampling error
      (A) > 30
                                                                         (C) Type-I error
      (B) < 30
                                                                        (D) Type-II error
      (C) = 30
      (D) = 0

                                                                     34. The hierarchy where every subordinate should
                                                                   receive orders from and be accountable to only one
  29. The standard deviation of sampling distribution
                                                                   superior follows
of any statistic is called
                                                                          (A) Unity of direction
       (A) Standard error
                                                                          (B) Unity of command
       (B) Sampling error
                                                                          (C) Decentralisation
       (C) Non-sampling error
                                                                          (D) Scalar chain
       (D) Type-I error


  30. The most widely accepted sampling is                           35. The study of the movements of both the workers
                                                                   and machines to eliminate wasteful movement is
      (A) Quota sampling
                                                                         (A) Fatigue study
       (B) Purposive sampling
                                                                         (B) Time study
       (C) Convenience sampling                                          (C) Motion study
       (D) Simple random sampling                                        (D) Work study
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 7 of 16
Page 7 of 16
Text of page 7
X–7                                                      0618–II

  36. Employees promoted on the basis of seniority in                  41. Control exercised while the activity is in progress
an organisation is an example of                                  is
      (A) Rules                                                            (A) Feed forward control
       (B) Procedures                                                      (B) Feedback control
       (C) Policy                                                          (C) Concurrent control
                                                                           (D) Managerial control
      (D) Methods



  37. The more is the importance of superiors in an
                                                                       42. Branding is a _________ function.
organisation, the more the organisation is
                                                                           (A) Exchange
      (A) Decentralised
                                                                           (B) Facilitating
      (B) Departmentalised
                                                                           (C) Physical supply
      (C) Centralised
                                                                           (D) Social
      (D) Diversified



  38. The number of subordinates that a superior can
                                                                    43. Behaviour exhibited while purchasing a car is an
control is referred to as
                                                                  example of
       (A) Span of activity
                                                                        (A) Dissonance reducing buying behaviour
       (B) Span of control                                              (B) Variety seeking buying behaviour
       (C) Span of business                                             (C) Complex buying behaviour
       (D) Span of planning                                             (D) Habitual buying behaviour



  39. Hawthorne experiments are associated with
                                                                       44. Social class is an element of _________ factor.
       (A) Peter Drucker
                                                                           (A) Social
       (B) Elton Mayo
                                                                           (B) Cultural
       (C) Abraham Maslow
                                                                           (C) Personal
       (D) Henri Fayol
                                                                           (D) Economic


   40. The leadership style that allows the group members
to take decisions independently is known as
                                                                       45. Consumerism tries to increase
       (A) Autocratic style
                                                                           (A) rights and powers of consumers
       (B) Positive style
                                                                           (B) rights and powers of sellers
       (C) Creative style                                                  (C) rights and powers of distributors
       (D) Laissez-Faire style                                             (D) rights and powers of government
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 8 of 16
Page 8 of 16
Text of page 8
0618–II                                                   X–8

  46. Time and Breadth dimensions are the two major               51. Which one refers to cash inflow under payback
dimensions of                                                   period method?
                                                                       (A) Cash flow before depreciation and taxes
      (A) Social marketing
                                                                       (B) Cash flow after depreciation and taxes
      (B) Sales management
                                                                       (C) Cash flow after depreciation but before taxes
      (C) Societal marketing
                                                                       (D) Cash flow before depreciation and after taxes
      (D) Consumerism



   47. Serving a small market not served by competitors
is known as                                                       52. Match the following and select the correct one
                                                                using the given code:
       (A) Target marketing
                                                                          List-I                List-II
       (B) Local marketing
                                                                (a) Modigiliani Miller i. Commercial papers
       (C) Niche marketing                                          approach
       (D) International marketing                              (b) Economic Value      ii. Working Capital
                                                                    Added approach          Management
                                                                (c) Short term money iii. Capital Structure
  48. The act of creating an image about a product or               market instrument
brand in the mind of customer is known as                       (d) Factoring          iv. Value Based Management
       (A) Positioning                                          Codes:
       (B) Lifestyle segmentation                                            (a)    (b)       (c)   (d)
       (C) Product differentiation                                    (A)     iv     iii        i    ii
                                                                      (B)    iii     iv         i    ii
       (D) Market segmentation
                                                                      (C)    iii      ii        i    iv
                                                                      (D)    iii      ii       iv     i

  49. Trademark is a
      (A) Name
      (B) Symbol
                                                                   53. Choose the correct arrangement of the following
      (C) Design                                                steps involved in Capital Budgeting in order of their
      (D) Registered brand                                      occurrence:
                                                                          i. Project selection
                                                                         ii. Project appraisal
                                                                        iii. Project generation
  50. Sub-dividing market into homogeneous                              iv. Follow up
sub-sections of customers is known as                                    v. Project execution
      (A) Target marketing                                            (A) ii, iii, i, v, iv
      (B) Market segmentation                                         (B) iii, ii, i, v, iv
      (C) Product differentiation                                     (C) i, iii, ii, v, iv
      (D) Market penetration                                          (D) i, ii, iii, v, iv
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 9 of 16
Page 9 of 16
Text of page 9
X–9                                                    0618–II

  54. Which one of the following is not used to estimate           58. What does a high payout ratio indicate?
the cost of equity capital?                                            (A) A high earning per share
       (A) External yield criterion                                    (B) The management is not ploughing back profit
       (B) Dividend plus growth rate                                   (C) The management is ploughing back profit
       (C) Equity capitalization approach                              (D) The company is earning high profit
       (D) Capital asset pricing model

                                                                   59. Which one is not an important objective of
                                                                 Financial Management?
  55. Which one leads to an increase in firm’s                         (A) Profit maximization
outstanding shares without any change in owners’ equity?               (B) Wealth maximization
       (A) Stock Split                                                 (C) Value maximization
       (B) Share Buybacks                                              (D) Maximization of social benefits
       (C) Diluted EPS
       (D) ESOP
                                                                   60. Section 19 of Factories Act discusses about
                                                                 the ________.
                                                                        (A) Drinking Water
  56. Which formula is used to measure the degree of                    (B) Lighting
operating leverage?                                                     (C) Latrines and Urinals
       (A) EBT/EBIT                                                     (D) Artificial Humidification
       (B) Contribution/EBIT
       (C) EBIT/EBT
       (D) EBIT/Contribution                                       61. In today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive
                                                                 business environment, HR professionals need to
                                                                 understand that the trend is towards
                                                                       (A) delegation of fewer responsibilities to
                                                                             subordinates.
  57. Assertion (A): Management of Working Capital
                                                                       (B) less flexibility and autonomy.
                     refers to the management of
                     current assets and current                        (C) taller hierarchical structures.
                     liabilities.                                      (D) greater decentralization.
      Reason (R): But the major thrust of course is
                     on the management of current
                     assets because current liabilities             62. In designing recruitment activities, what central
                     arise in the context of current             issues are addressed?
                     assets.                                            (A) Cost and applicant fit within organizational
Codes:                                                                       culture.
      (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct                                  (B) Methods to use to find applicants and sources
      (B) (A) is correct and (R) is not correct                              to target.
      (C) Both (A) and (R) are not correct                              (C) Job analyses and places to look for applicants.
      (D) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct                         (D) Cost and places to look for applicants.
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 10 of 16
Page 10 of 16
Text of page 10
0618–II                                               X–10

  63. The emotional part of an attitude is called            68. Match the types of charges usually created by the
________.                                                 banks to safeguard their advances in the List-I with their
      (A) Attitude                                        meaning in the List-II and select the correct answer using
                                                          the codes given below:
      (B) Affective Component
      (C) Behavioural Component                                  List-I                       List-II
                                                           (a) Assignment         (i) Bailment of goods for the
      (D) Emotional Quotient
                                                                                      purpose of providing security
                                                                                      for payment of debts or
  64. The concepts of Wages like Minimum Wage,                                        performance of promises.
Fair Wage and Living Wage were given by                    (b) Set-off           (ii) Providing security by
      (A) Adarkar Committee                                                           transferring right, actionable
      (B) Royal Commission on Labour                                                  claim or property.
                                                           (c) Hypothecation (iii) Mortgage of movable
      (C) Committee on Fair Wages
                                                                                      property.
      (D) First National Commission on Labour              (d) Pledge           (iv) Merging of total or partial
                                                                                      claim of one person against
  65. Which of the following is not a method of On-Job                                another in a counter claim by
Training?                                                                             the later against former.
       (A) JIT                                            Codes:
       (B) Job Rotation                                                 (a) (b) (c) (d)
       (C) Mentoring                                             (A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
                                                                 (B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
       (D) Simulation
                                                                 (C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
                                                                 (D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
 66. Which of the following is not an advantage of
MBO?                                                        69. As per Basel II Framework the Total of Tier 2
     (A) Success without planning                         Capital is permitted upto a maximum of:
     (B) Employee commitment                                    (A) 100 per cent of Tier 1 Capital
                                                                (B) 250 per cent of Tier 1 Capital
     (C) Better appraisal
                                                                (C) 80 per cent of Tier 1 Capital
     (D) Self control
                                                                (D) 50 per cent of Tier 1 and Tier 3 Capital

  67. Match the following and select the correct answer      70. Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct
using the codes given below the lists:                    answer using the codes given below:
            List-I                 List-II                        List-I                            List-II
       (a) Fayol             (i) Grapevine                 (a) Standard Asset               (i) Loss Assets
                                                          (b) Liquid Asset                 (ii) Performing Assets
       (b) Simon            (ii) Cybernetics
                                                           (c) Investment                 (iii) Cash Balance
       (c) Shannon         (iii) Gangplank
                                                          (d) Non-Performing Assets (iv) Govt. Security
       (d) Weiner          (iv) Noise
                                                          Codes:
             (a) (b) (c) (d)                                            (a) (b) (c) (d)
       (A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)                                   (A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
       (B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)                                   (B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
       (C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)                                   (C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
       (D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)                                   (D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 11 of 16
Page 11 of 16
Text of page 11
X–11                                                  0618–II

   71. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct       74. What do you mean by para banking services?
answer using the codes given below:                               (A) Eligible financial services rendered by banks.
       List-I                     List-II                         (B) Utility services provided by bank.
 (a) SIDBI         (i) Providing financial and technical          (C) Services provided through business
                       assistance to entrepreneurs.                   correspondent.
(b) SFC           (ii) Providing capital to small and             (D) Services provided to the armed forces
                       medium industries.                             personnel.
 (c) IFCI        (iii) Reconstruction and establishment
                       of new industries.
(d) NISC         (iv) Development and financial
                       assistance for small scale            75. Calculating the value of GDP of two countries
                       industries.                         using the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) method
                                                           involves
Codes:
              (a) (b) (c) (d)                                    (A) expressing the value of both countries output
                                                                     in US dollars.
       (A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
       (B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)                                   (B) finding out what can be bought in each
                                                                     country with a unit of the local currency.
       (C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
       (D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)                                   (C) comparing the inflation rates in each country.
                                                                 (D) taking into account the exchange rate of each
                                                                     country’s currency.

  72. Which one of the following statements is
incorrect?
                                                             76. Fast rates of growth in emerging market
       (A) The LIC and GIC are non-banking financial       economies help international business because
           intermediaries in India.                              (A) it opens up access to more natural resources.
       (B) LIC and UTI are non-banking financial                 (B) it means that the poorest economy in Africa
           institutions.                                              is growing.
       (C) ICICI was promoted as a private sector                (C) it signifies that some markets for goods and
           development Bank at the initiative of the                  services are expanding rapidly.
           World Bank in 1955.
                                                                 (D) inflation is on the increase.
       (D) Unit Trust of India is a Mutual Fund in
           private sector.
                                                              77. What measure of weakness did Leontiff identify
                                                           in the Hecksher-Ohlin theory of international trade?
   73. What is the minimum and maximum limits                      (A) The assumption that resources are distributed
(in Rupees) prescribed for RTGS transaction?                           unequally between countries.
       (A) The minimum prescribed limit is ` 1 lac and             (B) The conclusion that a country will import
           maximum ` 10 lacs.                                          goods that use resources that are in relatively
       (B) The minimum prescribed limit is ` 25,000                    short supply in the importing nation.
           and maximum ` 1 lac.                                    (C) The assumption that resources such as
       (C) The minimum prescribed limit is ` 2 lacs and                labour are homogeneous.
           there is no maximum limit.                              (D) The conclusion that a country will export
       (D) The minimum limit is ` 10 lacs and maximum                  goods which use resources that are relatively
           is ` 100 lacs.                                              abundant in the exporting nation.
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 12 of 16
Page 12 of 16
Text of page 12
0618–II                                               X–12

  78. In Porter’s Diamond, it is argued that a nation       82. In many countries the ratio of older people to
will NOT be competitive when                              total population is rising rapidly. This is important to
       (A) national firms have to face much domestic      business because
           competition.                                           (A) it could lead to a falling tax burden.
       (B) domestic customers are very sophisticated.             (B) it will increase the supply of labour.
       (C) firms in the supply chain are themselves               (C) it could change the pattern of demand for
           internationally competitive.                               goods and services.
       (D) there is a shortage of ‘created factors’.              (D) it could increase economic growth.

                                                            83. In which of the following cases, the right to buy
                                                          or sell the securities in stock exchange is acquired?
                                                                   (A) Arbitrage
                                                                   (B) Margin Trading
  79. Which of the following could be the major reason
for countries taking steps to protect their domestic               (C) Option Dealings
economies from foreign competition in a global                     (D) Blank Transfer
recession?
                                                           84. A responsibility centre is called a Profit Centre
       (A) To increase imports of raw materials           when the manager is held responsible for
        (B) To increase exports of services                      (A) costs only
        (C) To avoid increase in unemployment                    (B) revenues only
       (D) To reduce the value of their currency in the          (C) both costs and revenues
            foreign exchange market                              (D) sunk costs only

                                                             85. Ind AS-36 deals with
                                                                  (A) Earnings Per Share
                                                                  (B) Intangible Assets
  80. Vertically integrated firms                                 (C) Impairment of Assets
      (A) produce a range of consumer goods.                      (D) Agriculture
      (B) operate at different stages of production of
           a product.                                       86. Match the following lists and select the correct
      (C) produce a range of products for industrial      answer using the codes given below:
           and commercial customers.                              List-I                                List-II
      (D) assemble a product for sale to the final           (a) Operating Segments                (i) Ind AS–113
           consumer.
                                                             (b) Fair Value Measurement           (ii) Ind AS–109
                                                             (c) Financial Instruments           (iii) Ind AS–108
                                                             (d) Consolidated Financial          (iv) Ind AS–110
                                                                 Statements
  81. The method used for transferring complex                  Codes:
technology is                                                             (a)    (b)      (c)     (d)
       (A) Turnkey contracts                                     (A)      (i)    (ii)    (iii)    (iv)
       (B) Licensing agreements                                  (B)     (iii)    (i)    (ii)     (iv)
       (C) Training of experts                                   (C)     (iv)    (iii)   (ii)      (i)
       (D) Factoring                                             (D)     (iii)    (i)    (iv)     (ii)
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 13 of 16
Page 13 of 16
Text of page 13
X–13                                                0618–II

  87. Which funds do not have a fixed date of               91. An OTC forward contract is
redemption?                                                     (A) an option to call.
      (A) Open ended funds                                      (B) a forward contract for which the payback is
      (B) Close ended funds                                         outside the contract period.
      (C) Diversified funds                                     (C) a customised agreement that is not traded
      (D) Non-diversified funds                                     on an exchange.
                                                                (D) a standardised agreement that is traded on
                                                                    an exchange.



                                                           92. _________ is a fully integrated business
   88. A firm purchased 7500 kg of materials for         management system covering all financial areas of an
` 37,500. If the material price variance is ` 7,500      enterprise.
(favourable), the standard price per kg of material is          (A) Master file
       (A) ` 6                                                   (B) Transaction file
       (B) ` 5                                                   (C) Enterprise Resource Planning
       (C) ` 5.50                                               (D) Production cycle
       (D) ` 4


                                                           93. Mr. K (Age 53) is Karta of HUF doing textile
                                                         business at Navi Mumbai. Mr. K is residing in Durban
                                                         for the past 10 years and visited India for 20 days every
                                                         year for filing the income tax return of HUF. His two
  89. The whole process of designing, implementing       major sons take care of the day to day affairs of the
and operating budgets is called                          business in India. The residential status of HUF for the
       (A) Budgetary control                             assessment year 2018-19 is
       (B) Budget Manual                                         (A) Non-resident
       (C) Program Budget                                        (B) Resident
       (D) Budgeting                                             (C) Not ordinarily resident
                                                                 (D) Dual resident



                                                           94. Mr. M derived income from sale of tea
                                                         manufactured and grown in Coorg, Karnataka. His
  90. Fixing the value of employee depending upon his    income for the previous year 2017-18 from the said
productivity, promotability, transferability and         activity is ` 25 lakhs. The amount exempt from tax by
retainability is the core of the                         way of agricultural income is
       (A) Certainty Equivalent Model                            (A) ` 10 lakh
        (B) Stochastic Reward Valuation Model                    (B) ` 6·25 lakh
        (C) Human Asset Multiplier Model                         (C) ` 15 lakh
       (D) Present Value of Future Earnings Model                (D) ` 8·75 lakh
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 14 of 16
Page 14 of 16
Text of page 14
0618–II                                              X–14

   95. Under section 80 QQB, the maximum deduction         98. The time limit prescribed under section 153 for
in respect of royalty is allowed up to                   completion of the regular assessment u/s 143(3) and a
        (A) ` 1,00,000                                   best judgement assessment u/s 144 is of _______ months
        (B) ` 1,50,000                                   from the end of the assessment year in which the income
                                                         was first assessed.
        (C) ` 2,50,000
                                                                 (A) 9
        (D) ` 3,00,000
                                                                 (B) 24
                                                                 (C) 3
                                                                 (D) 18

  96. TVS & Co. is a partnership firm whose turnover       99. For a person suffering from severe physical
for the previous year 2017-18 was ` 215 lakh. The ‘due   disability, deduction is available under section
date’ for filing the return of income of the firm is             (A) 80 U
        (A) 31st July, 2018                                      (B) 80 R
        (B) 30th September, 2018                                 (C) 80 S
        (C) 30th November, 2018                                  (D) 80 VV
        (D) 31st March, 2018
                                                          100. Mr. C, a Chartered Accountant is employed with
                                                         X Ltd., as an internal auditor and requests the employer
                                                         to mention the remuneration as internal audit fee. C shall
                                                         be chargeable to tax for such fee under the head
  97. The amount of depreciation not absorbed in the             (A) Income from salaries
same year can be carried forward                                 (B) Profits and gains from business or profession
      (A) for a period of 4 years                                (C) Either as Income from salaries or Profits
      (B) for a period of 8 years                                     and gains from business or profession
      (C) for a period of 6 years                                     depending on the choice of Mr. C
      (D) Indefinitely                                           (D) Income from other sources
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 15 of 16
Page 15 of 16
Text of page 15
X–15      0618–II

ROUGH WORK
WB SET Exam 2018 question paper, 21st SET, Paper II, Commerce, page 16 of 16
Page 16 of 16
Text of page 16
0618–II      X–16

          ROUGH WORK
Page 1 of 16

Source: West Bengal College Service Commission. Question paper published by West Bengal College Service Commission.