Maharastra Set 2015 August Commerce – III Paper

  1. Which one of the following is not a capital expenditure ?
    (a) Legal expenses incurred in raising a debenture loan
    (b) Compensation paid to adismissed employee
    (c) Brokerage paid to the broker at the time of purchase of land
    (d) Expenses for pulling down an old structure
  2. It is given that the cost of the stock is Rs.10,000. However, its current market price is Rs. 9,500 (buying) and Rs. 9,000 (selling). If the market price is interpreted in the sense of replacement cost, the stock should be valued at :
    (A) Rs. 9,500
    (B) Rs.10,000
    (C) Rs. 9,000
    (D) Rs. 500
  3. Accounting is generally understood as :
    (1) Summarization of business transaction
    (2) Language of the business
    (3) Source of business information
    (4) Means of communication
    Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
    (a) (1) only
    (b) (1) and (2)
    (c) (2) and (3)
    (d) (1), (2), (3) and (4)
  4. In social accounting, the following are the measuring parameters :
    1) Value added statement
    2) Employee turnover ratio
    3) Savings in foreign exchange
    4) Capital output ratio
    Which of these statements are correct ?
    (a) (1) and (4)
    (b) (1) and (2)
    (c) (2), (3) and (4)
    (d) (1), (2), (3) and (4)
  5. Indian Companies are generally following Human Resource Accounting according to model as suggested by :
    (a) Morese
    (b) Falmholtz
    (c) Lav and Schwartz
    (d) W.C. Pyle
  6. The primary function of Stock Exchange is to :
    (a) Mobilise savings from the public for long-term investment
    (b) Offer a secondary market for shares and other securities
    (c) Facilitate barter deals betweenbuyer and seller holding different securities
    (d) Enable Reserve Bank of India to trade in Govt. Securities in their efforts to control money supply in the economy
  7. In a contract, where the buyer has a right but not an obligation to exercise his right is termed as :
    (a) Future Contract
    (b) Option Contract
    (c) Forward Contract
    (d) Derivatives
  8. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
    List I (Activities) List II (Associated Organisations)
    (a) Mutual Fund (1) Stock Exchange
    (b) Public issue of capital (2) Assets Management Company
    (c) Forward trading (3) Merchant Banking
    (d) Option pricing (4) Forex market

    Codes :
    (a) (b) (c) (d)
    (b) (2) (3) (1) (4)
    (c) (2) (3) (4) (1)
    (d) (3) (2) (4) (1)
    (e) (3) (2) (1) (4)

  9. When the manager has the responsibility for and authority to make decision that affect costs and revenue but no responsibility for or authority over assets invested in department, the department is referred to as……………….. .
    (a) Cost Centre
    (b) Profit Centre
    (c) Investment Centre
    (d) Revenue Centre
  10. Venture Capital provides the service of :
    (a) Seed financing
    (b) Purchasing a company
    (c) Selling a company
    (d) Borrowing and lending from the company
  11. In a merger bargain, the exchange ratio is determined on the basis of :
    (a) Potential of merging company
    (b) Issued capital of the two companies
    (c) Market share
    (d) Future value of company to the acquirer
  12. Commercial papers are :
    (a) Papers transacted at business houses
    (b) Papers based for financing
    (c) Unsecured negotiable promissory notes
    (d) Papers for financial guarantees
  13. American Depository Receipt :
    (a) is a Euro dominated negotiable instrument
    (b) is a dollar denominated negotiable instrument
    (c) it is not a negotiable instrument but a stock in the capital market
    (d) is a negotiable instrument traded settled and cleared in Europe
  14. Credit rating can be done by :
    (a) CRISIL
    (b) an Insurance Company
    (c) a Mutual Fund Company
    (d) a Chit Fund Company
  15. The term ‘Beta’ is synonymous with :
    (a) Unsystematic Risk
    (b) Market Risk
    (c) Portfolio Risk
    (d) Total Risk
  16. The sales oriented concept of marketing is…………… .
    (a) Production oriented
    (b) Consumer oriented
    (c) Promotion oriented
    (d) Price oriented
  17. Four P’s (Product, Price, Promotion, Place) of marketing were coined by………………… .
    (a) H. Fayol
    (b) Peter Drucker
    (c) M.C. Carthy
    (d) Kotler
  18. Which of the following is not micromarketing?
    (a) Societal
    (b) Customer
    (c) Employees
    (d) Company Management
  19. Which is the right order of buying decision process ?
    (a) Problem recognition,information search, evaluation of alternatives, purchase decision
    (b) Information search, problem recognition, evaluation of alternatives, purchase decision
    (c) Evaluation of alternatives,problem recognition, purchase decision, information search
    (d) Problem recognition, information search, purchase decision and evaluation of alternatives
  20. Which among the following is not a part of marketing plan ?
    (a) Identify marketing objectives
    (b) Determining steps in planning
    (c) Achieving goals
    (d) Product manufacturing
  21. Long chain of distribution is required for which goods ?
    (a) Industrial goods
    (b) Manufactured goods
    (c) Durable goods
    (d) Fast moving goods
  22. Which does not include in direct marketing ?
    (a) Tele-marketing
    (b) e-Mail
    (c) Only marketing
    (d) Catalogue marketing
  23. Personal factor influencing the buyer behaviour is………………….. .
    (a) Life style
    (b) Family
    (c) Age and life cycle
    (d) Fashions
  24. Out of the following which is not the part of product research ?
    (a) Quality
    (b) Features
    (c) Transportation
    (d) After sales service
  25. Which is a true statement ?
    (a) Buyers and consumers are the same
    (b) Online marketing is a part of direct marketing
    (c) Social marketing and modern marketing are the same
    (d) Micro-environment is uncontrollable
  26. Buyer behaviour is basically …………………….in nature.
    (a) Economical
    (b) Biological
    (c) Social
    (d) Cultural
  27. Hawthorne experiments are conducted by……………….. .
    (a) Charles Babbage
    (b) Henry Fayol
    (c) F.W. Taylor
    (d) Elton Mayo
  28. …………………….provides written information about the product.
    (a) Label
    (b) Brand
    (c) Trademark
    (d) Company Booklet
  29. ……………………….is the starting place of all the marketing activities of an enterprise.
    (a) Marketing Research
    (b) Marketing Planning
    (c) Marketing Survey
    (d) Marketing Analysis
  30. Which of the following is not a feature of marketing ?
    (a) Integrated Management
    (b) Consumer Orientation
    (c) Profit Maximization
    (d) More Sales
  31. Human Resource Management focuses on utilisation of………………….. .
    (a) Physical Resources
    (b) Knowledge
    (c) Development
    (d) Personnel
  32. Which one of the following in the internal factor is an organisation ?
    (a) GDP
    (b) Political
    (c) Customers
    (d) Structure
  33. The following is the basic advantage of HRM policy :
    (a) Competence
    (b) Responsibility
    (c) Uniformity
    (d) Authority
  34. Job analysis consists of……………………
    (a) Job design
    (b) Job rotation
    (c) Job option
    (d) Job description
  35. Fundamentally human resource planning is based on…………………. .
    (a) Strategic plan
    (b) Personnel
    (c) Workforce planning
    (d) Job analysis
  36. The main focal thing in recruitment is………………. .
    (a) Human resource planning
    (b) Job description
    (c) Job design
    (d) Attracting the applications
  37. The objective of written examination is……………….. .
    (a) to measure experience
    (b) to measure performance
    (c) to measure ability
    (d) to pay compensation
  38. Works Committee should be established as per the provisions of the Act of the number of employee’s that is :
    (a) 100
    (b) 50
    (c) 10
    (d) 20
  39. Worker director is a form of the part of…………………. .
    (a) Collective Bargaining
    (b) Participative Management
    (c) Trade Union
    (d) Negotiation
  40. What do you mean by ‘fair wage’ ?
    (a) Below the minimum wage
    (b) Above the living age
    (c) Between minimum and livingwage
    (d) Average wage
  41. The act of increasing the job knowledge and skills of an employee for doing a job is called………………. .
    (a) Development
    (b) Performance
    (c) Training
    (d) Placement
  42. The process through which representatives of employers and employees negotiate regarding wages is known as……………….. .
    (a) Grievance
    (b) Discipline
    (c) Trade Union Activity
    (d) Collective Bargaining
  43. ………………………is written record of the duties, responsibilities and conditions of the job.
    (a) Job Description
    (b) Job analysis
    (c) Skills inventory
    (d) Human Resource Information System
  44. The term which describes long-term training which includes a combination of both on-the-job and in-class training is :
    (a) Mentorship
    (b) Computer based Training
    (c) Vestibule Training
    (d) Apprenticeship
  45. An error of omission when a job description fails to incorporate important aspect of the job required is called :
    (a) Contamination
    (b) Deficiency
    (c) Performance gap
    (d) Dropping
  46. Which of the following institutions is working for regional co-operation of nations ?
    (a) Asian Development Bank
    (b) International Finance Co-operation
    (c) World Bank
    (d) International Monetary Fund
  47. The SAARC is not established for the following objective :
    (a) To develop welfare of South Asian people
    (b) To help economical development of South Asian countries
    (c) To help industrial development of South Asian countries
    (d) To increase the Co-operation among developing countries
  48. The organisation which is promoting free trade is :
    (a) World Trade Organisation
    (b) International Monetary Fund
    (c) World Bank
    (d) United Nations Union
  49. Global Depository Receipts (GDR) is denominated in…………………….. .
    (a) U.S. Dollar
    (b) British Pound
    (c) Euro
    (d) Rupee
  50. The member countries of the ‘NAFTA’ includes U.S.A., Canada, and……………… .
    (a) U.K.
    (b) Brazil
    (c) Argentina
    (d) Mexico
  51. Exporters can reduce their risk by :
    (a) Hedging
    (b) Arbitrage
    (c) Speculation
    (d) Arbitrage and Speculation
  52. Which of the following is not the items of Capital Account ?
    (a) External Assistance
    (b) Disbursement
    (c) NRI Deposits
    (d) Official Transfer
  53. A company that has a worldwide approach to markets and production is known as :
    (a) Multinational enterprises
    (b) Multinational efficiency
    (c) National undertaking
    (d) International company
  54. The forward exchange rate may be quoted at a premium or at a ………………….on the spot rate.
    (a) Discount rate
    (b) Proposed dividend rate
    (c) High price
    (d) Market price
  55. Which of the following is not currency ?
    (a) Loko
    (b) Pound
    (c) Lira
    (d) Mark
  56. Induced capital movement have great significance from the point of view of formulation of…………………….by a country.
    (a) Economic policy
    (b) Monetary policy
    (c) Fiscal policy
    (d) Tax policy
  57. Foreign exchange is supplied by…………………. .
    (a) Importers
    (b) Exporter
    (c) Buyers of fixed assets abroad
    (d) Borrowing from abroad
  58. Convertibility means freedom to convert local financial assets into foreign financial assets and vice versa at market determined rate of exchange.
    (a) Capital Account
    (b) Current Account
    (c) Assets Account
    (d) Cash Account
  59. Accounting is a function of International Business :
    (a) False
    (b) True
    (c) Cannot say
    (d) Partially true
  60. A direct investment is one that gives the invester a controlling interest in a company :
    (a) Domestic company
    (b) Multinational company
    (c) Transnational company
    (d) Foreign company
  61. Which of the following income from land situated in India is anagricultural income exempt from tax ?
    (a) Sale of sugar manufacturedfrom sugarcane
    (b) Income from nurseries
    (c) Dividend from a company engaged in agriculture
    (d) Income from dairy farming on a large scale
  62. Agricultural income can be taxed either by :
    (a) Central Govt.
    (b) State Govt.
    (c) Local Authority
    (d) Central and State Govt. both
  63. The maximum amount on which income tax is not chargeable for AY 2013-14 in case of an Indian Company is :
    (a) Rs.2,50,000
    (b) Rs.3,00,000
    (c) Rs. 5,00,000
    (d) Nil
  64. Super Senior Citizen as per Income Tax Act means an individual who has attained the age of :
    (a) 60 years
    (b) 65 years
    (c) 75 years
    (d) 80 years
  65. Which of the following income of a Paramveer Chakra Awardee is exempt from tax ?
    (a) Basic Salary
    (b) Dearness Allowance
    (c) House Rent Allowance
    (d) Pension
  66. Dividend Distribution tax rate is given by :
    (a) Income Tax Act, 1961
    (b) Annual Finance Act
    (c) Central Board of Direct Taxes
    (d) Finance Minister of India
  67. An employee of a University receives Rs.8,00,000 on Voluntary Retirement of a scheme of the University. He is entitled to have exemption of ………………… .
    (a) Rs. 5,00,000
    (b) Rs. 8,00,000
    (c) Rs.2,50,000
    (d) Rs. 4,00,000
  68. Turnover limit for Tax Audit u/s 44AB for AY 14-15 is :
    (a) Rs. 10,00,000
    (b) Rs.65,00,000
    (c) Rs. 40,00,000
    (d) Rs.1,00,00,000
  69. A purchases residential flat in 1990 for Rs. 5 lakhs. Mrs. A succeeds the above flat on the death of A in the year 2000, on which date the market value of the property is Rs. 20 lakhs. Mrs. A sells the above flat in Dec. 2013. Mrs. A will have to adopt for computation of capital gains :
    (a) Cost of acquisition Rs. 5 lakhs with indexation from 1990
    (b) Cost of acquisition Rs. 5 lakhs with indexation from 2000
    (c) Cost of acquisition Rs. 20 lakhs with indexation from 2000
    (d) Cost of acquisition Rs. 20 lakhs with indexation from 1990
  70. Mr. X receives 3 gifts of Rs. 17,000 each from non-relatives aggregating to Rs. 51,000. Gifts are taxable in the hands of Mr. X to the extent of :
    (a) Rs. 51,000
    (b) Rs.1,000
    (c) Rs. 25,000
    (d) NIL
  71. Life Insurance premium payment is not eligible for deduction u/s 80C in respect of an individual :
    (a) On the life of spouse
    (b) On the life of son
    (c) On the life of married daughter
    (d) On the life of daughter-in-law
  72. The due date for filing income tax returns to a company subject to international transfer pricing audit is……………….. .
    (a) 31st July
    (b) 30th September
    (c) 30th November
    (d) 31st December
  73. The aggregate limit for domestic transfer pricing audit requirement is…………………. .(AY 2014-15)
    (a) Rs.65 lakhs
    (b) Rs.100 lakhs
    (c) Rs.500 lakhs
    (d) Rs. 2000 lakhs
  74. The tax liability on the total income before remuneration and interest (Rs. 60,000) of a professional firm is Rs. 10,00,000. After considering the deduction permissible u/s 40(b), the tax payable by firm excluding education as will be ………………
    (a) Rs. 3,00,000
    (b) Rs. 2,82,000
    (c) Rs.1,25,000
    (d) Rs.85,600
  75. Rate of interest permissible to a firm on the capital of partners u/s 40(b) is……………… .
    (a) 10%
    (b) 11%
    (c) 12%
    (d) 13%