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1.
To be listed on OTCEI, the minimum capital requirement for a company is
Rs 5 crores
Rs 3 crores
Rs 6 crores
Rs 1 crores
2.
Which of the following is not correct?
Controlling is goal oriented
Controlling ensures order and discipline
Controlling is pervasive function
Contolling can prevent deviations
3.
Controlling cannot prevent __________.
Setting Standards
Comparision of Actual and planned standards
Deviations
Order and Discipline
4.
If there is lack of motivation among employees, suggest one better corrective action
Warning to employees
New Recruitment
Deal Strictly
Providing Suitable incentives
5.
If actual performance is less than the standard performance it is called _______.
Improved Deviation
Better Deviation
Negative Deviation
Positive Deviation
6.
When actual performance is better than the standard performance it is called __________.
Negative Deviation
None of these
Poor Deviation
Positive Deviation
7.
Which of the following is a limitation of controlling?
Controlling improves employee motivation
Controlling is goal oriented
Controlling ensures order and discipline
Controlling is expensive
8.
Why actual performance is compared with standards?
To take corrective action
To improve the quality of material
None of these
To change the machinery
9.
Setting a standard time, say, 6 hours to perform a task is an example of ___________.
Qualitative Standards
None of these
Qualitative and Quantitative Standards
Quantitative Standards
10.
Controlling is _______.
Free
Economical
Costly
Very Cheap
11.
The main focus of controlling is on ________.
Competition
Business Environment
Results
External Forces
12.
Controlling is necessary for ____________.
Large Scale Enterprise
Medium Level Enterprise
All of these
Small Scale Enterprise
13.
What is not correct about controlling?
Controlling is pervasive function
Controlling is External Source
Controlling is a continuous process
Controlling is goal oriented
14.
There is one popular saying that Planning is looking ______________ while controlling is looking _________.
Ahead, Back
Back, Ahead
Future, Present
None of these
15.
Planning without controlling is ________.
Effective
Cheap
Costly
Meaningless
16.
Controlling is blind without _____________.
Budgeting
Staffing
Capital market
Planning
17.
Budgetary control requires the preparation of
Training schedule
Budgets
Network diagram
Responsibility centres
18.
Which of the following is not applicable to responsibility accounting
Investment centre
Accounting centre
Profit centre
Cost centre
19.
Management audit is a technique to keep a check on the performance of
Company
Management of the company
Shareholders
Customers
20.
Controlling function of an organisation is
Forward looking
Backward looking
Forward as well as backward looking
None of the above
21.
An efficient control system helps to
Accomplishes organisational objectives
Boosts employee morale
Judges accuracy of standards
All of the above
22.
At present only two depositories are registered with SEBI ________.
NSDL and ABSL
NEFT and TDS
NSDL and HDFC
NSDL and CDSL
23.
What is meant by Demat Account?
Dematerialisation of of Securities
Depository Participant Account
Demand Depository Account
Development Market Account
24.
Under Private Placement Company sell securities to some selected institutions. From the following identify such institution.
GIC
UTI
All of these
LIC
25.
What is the meaning of right issue?
None of these
Company sells the securities to some selected institutions
Company offers new shares to its existing shareholders
Securities are not issued to existing shareholders at all
26.
Which of the following is a method of floatation?
All of these
Offer for sale
Offer through prospectus
Private Placement
27.
Only institutional investors can participate in ________.
Foreign Market
Capital Market
Loan Market
Money Market
28.
Money market deals in ___________.
Medium term securities
Short term Securities
Long term Securities
None of these
29.
A capital market is ideal when:
Financial institutions are sufficiently developed
Finance is available at reasonable cost
All of these
Capital is most productively allocated
30.
When a trade bill is accepted by a commercial bank, it is known as a __________
Commercial Bill
Call money
None of these
Certificate of deposit
31.
A commercial bill is used to ________.
Finance the working capital requirements
Meet the short term debt
Meet the long term debt
Pay the interest
32.
Treasury bills are also known as __________.
Fixed interest Bonds
Flate Rate Bonds
Low Interest Bonds
Zero Coupon Bonds
33.
A Treasury bill is an instrument of ________.
Dividend
Short term debt
Interest
Long term debt
34.
The expected rate of return of the money market is _________.
Very high
Less
Zero
More
35.
___________ Market instruments enjoy higher degree of liquidity
Capital market
Money market
None of these
Both money and capital market
36.
What type of instruments are traded in a Money Market?
All of these
Call money
Treasury bills
Commercial bills
37.
A Treasury Bill is basically:
An instrument to borrow short-term funds
An instrument to borrow long-term funds
An instrument of capital market
None of the above
38.
Clearing and settlement operations of NSE are carried out by:
NSDL
NSCCL
SBI
CDSL
39.
NSE commenced futures trading in the year:
1999
2000
2001
2002
40.
The National Stock Exchange of India was recognized as stock exchange in the year:
1992
1993
1994
1995
41.
The settlement cycle in NSE is:
T + 5
T + 3
T + 2
T+1
42.
The total number of Stock Exchanges in India is:
20
21
22
23
43.
Primary and secondary markets:
Compete with each other
Complement each other
Function independently
Control each other
44.
Favourable financial leverage is a situation where __________.
ROI is Equal to the Rate of interest on debt
None of these
ROI is higher than the rate of interest on debt
ROI is lower than the rate of interest on debt
45.
___________ refers to the increase in profit earned by the equity shareholders due to the presence of fixed financial charges like interest.
Interest
Retained Earnings
Dividend
Trading on equity
46.
Cost of advertising and printing prospectus is called ____________.
Dividend cost
Equity cost
Debt cost
Floatation cost
47.
The main objective of financial planning is to ensure that __________.
Purchase of fixed assets
Enough funds are available at the right time
Dividend is paid to shareholders on the right time
Purchase of raw material
48.
___________ means estimating the funds requirement of a business and determining the sources of funds for current and fixed assets and future expansion prospects.
Capital Structure
Dividend Decisions
Working Capital
Financial Planning
49.
Which of the following affects the Dividend Decision of a company?
Cash Flow Position
Taxation Policy
Earnings
All of these
50.
Portion of profit after tax, which is distributed to shareholders is a __________.
Investment Decision
Dividend Decision
Financing Decision
None of these
51.
Which of the following will affect the financing decisions?
Cash flow position
All of these
Cost and Risk
Floatation costs
52.
Borrowed funds refer to the ___________
Debentures
All of these
Long term loans
Public Deposits
53.
Shareholders funds refer to
Share capital
All of these
Surpluses and Retained Earnings
Reserves
54.
Short term investment decisions affect the __________.
Long term profitability
Large amount of funds for future
Day to Day working of business
Purchase of fixed assets
55.
Which of the following affects capital budgeting decision?
Cash Flow of the Project
Investment Criteria and interest rate
Rate of Return
All of these
56.
Which of the following is not concerned with the Long term investment decision
Opening a new branch
Inventory management
Research and Development Programme
Management of fixed capital
57.
Short-term Investment Decision is also known as ________
Dividend Decision
Capital Budgeting
None of these
Working capital
58.
Long term investment decision is also known as_________.
Working Capital
None of these
Dividend Decision
Capital Budgeting
59.
Current assets of a business firm should be financed through:
current liability only
long-term liability only
both types (i.e. long and short term liabilities)
60.
A fixed asset should be financed through:
a long-term liability
a short-term liability
a mix of long and short-term liabilities
61.
Higher dividend per share is associated with:
high earnings, high cash flows, unstable earnings and higher growth opportunities
high earnings, high cash flows, stable earnings and high growth opportunities
high earnings, high cash flows, stable earnings and lower growth opportunities
high earnings, low cash flows, stable earnings and lower growth opportunities
62.
Financial planning arrives at:
minimising the external borrowing by resorting to equity issues
entering that the firm always have significantly more fund than required so that there is no paucity of funds
ensuring that the firm faces neither a shortage nor a glut of unusable funds
doing only what is possible with the funds that the firms has at its disposal
63.
Current assets are those assets which get converted into cash:
within six months
within one year
between one and three years
between three and five years
64.
Higher working capital usually results in:
higher current ratio, higher risk and higher profits
lower current ratio, higher risk and profits
higher equity, lower risk and lower profits
lower equity, lower risk and higher profits
65.
Higher debt-equity ratio results in:
lower financial risk
higher degree of operating risk
higher degree of financial risk
higher EPS
66.
Financial leverage is called favourable if:
Return on Investment is lower than the cost of debt
ROI is higher than the cost of debt
Debt is easily available
If the degree of existing financial leverage is low
67.
Companies with a higher growth pattern are likely to:
pay lower dividends
pay higher dividends
dividends are not affected by growth considerations
none of the above
68.
Other things remaining the same, an increase in the tax rate on corporate profits will:
make the debt relatively cheaper
make the debt relatively the dearer
have no impact on the cost of debt
we can’t say
69.
A decision to acquire a new and modern plant to upgrade an old one is known as ____________ decision.
financing decision
working capital decision
Investment decision
None of the above
70.
The cheapest source of finance is:
debenture
equity share capital
preference share
retained earning
1.
(b)
Rs 3 crores
2.
(c)
Controlling is pervasive function
3.
(c)
Deviations
4.
(d)
Providing Suitable incentives
5.
(c)
Negative Deviation
6.
(d)
Positive Deviation
7.
(d)
Controlling is expensive
8.
(a)
To take corrective action
9.
(a)
Qualitative Standards
10.
(c)
Costly
11.
(c)
Results
12.
(c)
All of these
13.
(b)
Controlling is External Source
14.
(a)
Ahead, Back
15.
16.
(d)
Planning
17.
(b)
Budgets
18.
(b)
Accounting centre
19.
(b)
Management of the company
20.
(c)
Forward as well as backward looking
21.
(d)
All of the above
22.
(d)
NSDL and CDSL
23.
(a)
Dematerialisation of of Securities
24.
(c)
All of these
25.
(c)
Company offers new shares to its existing shareholders
26.
27.
(d)
Money Market
28.
(b)
Short term Securities
29.
(c)
All of these
30.
(a)
Commercial Bill
31.
(a)
Finance the working capital requirements
32.
(d)
Zero Coupon Bonds
33.
(b)
Short term debt
34.
(b)
Less
35.
(b)
Money market
36.
(a)
All of these
37.
(a)
An instrument to borrow short-term funds
38.
(a)
NSDL
39.
(b)
2000
40.
(a)
1992
41.
(b)
T + 3
42.
(d)
23
43.
(b)
Complement each other
44.
(c)
ROI is higher than the rate of interest on debt
45.
(d)
Trading on equity
46.
(d)
Floatation cost
47.
(b)
Enough funds are available at the right time
48.
(d)
Financial Planning
49.
(d)
All of these
50.
(b)
Dividend Decision
51.
(b)
All of these
52.
53.
(b)
All of these
54.
(c)
Day to Day working of business
55.
(d)
All of these
56.
(b)
Inventory management
57.
(d)
Working capital
58.
(d)
Capital Budgeting
59.
(c)
both types (i.e. long and short term liabilities)
60.
(a)
a long-term liability
61.
(c)
high earnings, high cash flows, stable earnings and lower growth opportunities
62.
(c)
ensuring that the firm faces neither a shortage nor a glut of unusable funds
63.
(b)
within one year
64.
(c)
higher equity, lower risk and lower profits
65.
(d)
higher EPS
66.
(b)
ROI is higher than the cost of debt
67.
(a)
pay lower dividends
68.
(a)
make the debt relatively cheaper
69.
(c)
Investment decision
70.
(d)
retained earning
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