CA Foundation Chapter 6 - BE-MCQ Questions
CA Foundation Chapter 6 - BE-MCQ Questions
67. __________ is the process of comparing the products and services of a business against those
of Competitors in a market, or leading businesses in other markets, in order to find ways of
improving quality and performance.
(a) Benchmarking
(b) Standard Setting
(c) Variance Analysis
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Benchmarking
68. Sometimes, a single project is handled by multiple companies, which may be to buy something
or to build something. A combination of such several companies working together for a particular
purpose is called as __________.
(a) Consolidation
(b) Merger
(c) Consortium
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Consortium
69. Which one of the following are the examples of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods?
(a) Soaps, toothpastes & Hair Oils.
(b) Jams, Ketchups & packed Juices.
(c) Ready meal and baked beans.
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All of the above
70. The process of estimating future demand by anticipating what buyers are likely to do under a
given set of marketing conditions:
(a) Cross Marketing
(b) Forecasting
(c) Market Development
(d) Internal Marketing
Answer:
(b) Forecasting
71. All the consumers have different characteristics. Therefore, they are usually divided Into
similar nature groups In order to deliver specially de signed advertisements that meet these
characteristics as closely as possible.
It refers to __________.
(a) Market Segmentation
(b Market Division
(c) Effective Marketing
(d) Mass Marketing.
Answer:
(a) Market Segmentation
72. If a business Is to grow exponen tially, there should be addition of value customers.
__________ is the process of growing sales by offering existing products or new versions of then
to new consumer groups.
(a) Market Research
(b) Market Development
(c) Market Entry
(d) Market Positioning
Answer:
(b) Market Development
73. There may be any aspect of the external environment which causes problems and which may
per cent a business In achieving Its objectives.
These one technically termed as:
(a) Threats
(b Limitations
(c) Disadvantages
(d) Hindrances.
Answer:
(a) Threats
74. __________ is high Soclo-econom Ic group of usually relatively young, likely, intelligent,
Socially and geo graphically mobile people who adopt new products first.
(a) First Movers
(b) Smart Researcher
(c) Innovators
(d) Marketing Champions.
Answer:
(c) Innovators
75. __________ is the use of technologies such as the internet, electronic data exchange and
industry extranets to streamline business transactions.
(a) E-Commerce
(b) E-Streaming
(c) E-Marketing
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) E-Commerce
76. __________, is a very wide term that is used in context with financial agree-ments and
contracts.
(a) Account balance
(b) Acceptance
(c) Annuity
(d) Arbitrage
Answer:
(b) Acceptance
77. __________ is a certificate of savings deposit that promises the depositor the sum back along
with appropriate interest.
(a) Deposit
(b) Commercial Deposit
(c) Certificate of Deposit
(d) Commercial paper.
Answer:
(c) Certificate of Deposit
78. __________ represents the amount that is required to be main-tained by every scheduled
Bank with RBI.
(a) Cash Reserve Ratio
(b) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
(c) Repo rate
(d) Reserve Repo Rate
Answer:
(a) Cash Reserve Ratio
79. __________ is the interest rate at which the central Bank in the discharge of its function as
Banker’s Bank lends to the commercial banks.
(a) Bank Rate
(b) Rate of Interest
(c) Reverse Repo rate
(d) None of the above.
Answer:
(a) Bank Rate
80. What is a cap?
(a) A cap is a limit that regulates the increase or decrease in the rate of interest and instalments of
an adjustable rate mortgage.
(b) A cap is the total amount of cash that is present in the bank account and can also be
withdrawn immediately.
(c) A cap is the certificate of savings deposit that promises the depositor the sum back along with
appropriate interest.
(d) A cap is a loan where the time and cash flow between a short term loan and a long term loan is
filled up.
Answer:
(a) A cap is a limit that regulates the increase or decrease in the rate of interest and instalments of
an adjustable rate mortgage.
81. When the account holder of a bank withdraws his own money by card swiping, such card is
called as:
(a) Debit Card
(b) Credit Card
(c) Swipe Card
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Debit Card
82. The rate at which banks borrow money from the RBI against pledging or sale of government
securities to RBI is known as __________.
(a) Repo Rate
(b) Reverse Repo Rate
(c) Conversion Rate
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Repo Rate
83. If a schedule bank has surplus funds, then it can be deposited with the RBI for short periods.
Such rate of interest offered by the RBI is called as:
(a) Repo Rate
(b) Reverse Repo Rate
(c) Conversion Rate
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Reverse Repo Rate
84. A negotiable instrument that in-structs the bank to pay a particular amount of money from the
writer’s bank, to the receiver is called __________.
(a) A cheque
(b) A draft
(c) An overdraft
(d) RTGS
Answer:
(a) A cheque
85. __________ is the sum or portion of the value that is at stake of subject to loss from a
valuation in prevalent interest rates.
(a) Value at Risk
(b) Sum at Risk
(c) Amount at Risk
(d) Stake Risk
Answer:
(a) Value at Risk
86. A document is issued by a bank, on behalf of the buyer or the importer, stating its
commitment to pay a third party (Seller or the exporter), a specific amount, for the purchase of
goods by its customer, who is the buyer. Such document is called as:
(a) Letter of Guarantee
(b) Letter of Credit
(c) Letter of import
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Letter of Credit
87. A guarantee given by the lender that there will be no change in the quoted mortgage rates for
a specified period of time, which is called the __________.
(a) Lock-in period
(b) Maturity
(c) Holding Period
(d) Due date
Answer:
(a) Lock-in period
88. __________ is a system where in customers can conduct their transactions through the
internet.
(a) Internet Banking
(b) e-banking
(c) Online banking
(d) All of the above.
Answer:
(d) All of the above.
89. __________ is a technology where the banking organizations resort to the use of electronics,
computers and other networks to execute transactions and transfer funds.
(a) E-cash
(b) Digi-cash
(c) Hedge
(d) Cap
Answer:
(a) E-cash
90. Now-a-days, there is perfect inte-gration of computers and electronics into the field of
banking. The machine used to conduct transactions with the bank are called as:
(a) Automatic Teller Machine
(b) Automated Teller Machine
(c) Automatic Transaction Machine
(d) None of these.
Answer:
(b) Automated Teller Machine
91. __________ is a loan where the time and cash flow between a short term long and a long term
loan is filled up.
(a) Bridge Financing
(b) Gestation Financing
(c) Step Financing
(d) Terminal Financing
Answer:
(a) Bridge Financing
92. When the rates of interest can be changed contractually by lender, de-positor or the payee,
these are called as __________.
(a) Changing rates
(b) Administered Rates (c) Adjustable Rates
(d) Accepted Rates
Answer:
(b) Administered Rates
93. __________ is a very large loan extended by a group of small banks to a single borrower,
especially corporate borrowers.
(a) Syndicated Loan
(b) Common Loan (c) Combined Loan
(d) Consortium Loan.
Answer:
(a) Syndicated Loan
94. There are two types of cords: One is based upon magnetic stripes & others are based on
computer chip. The Computer chip based cards are used for data Storage, processing and
identification. These cards are known as:
(a) Pen Drive
(b) Smart Cards (c) Debit Card
(d) Computer Cords.
Answer:
(b) Smart Cards
95. Sometimes, banks offer services to other Corporate entities, large institu-tions & other
financial institutions. The Single term used for all these services offered by the bank is
__________.
(a) Complete Banking
(b) Centralized Banking (c) Wholesale Banking
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Wholesale Banking
96. __________ is a secret code of numbers and alphabets given to Customers to perform
transactions through an automatic letter machine.
(a) Personal Identification Number
(b) Permanent identification Number
(c) Provision identification Number
(d) Permanent Identity Number.
Answer:
(a) Personal Identification Number
97. Mr. A is to pay ₹ 10,000 to Mr. B. In this examples A and B may be called as __________ and
__________.
(a) Payer & Payee
(b) Payee & Payer (c) Payer & Given
(d) Receiver and Payee
Answer:
(a) Payer & Payee
98. __________ is the amount paid by the buyer to the potential seller of a retail estate, in the
initial stages of negotiation of purchase.
(a) Earnest Money Deposit
(b) Advance
(c) Repayment
(d) Deposit
Answer:
(a) Earnest Money Deposit
99. When the cheque is drawn by a bank on its own name to make pay-ment to other
organizations, banks, corporations, etc., then it is called as :
(a) Cashier’s Cheque
(b) Self Cheque
(c) Yourself Cheque
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Cashier’s Cheque
100. When the interest is calculated on interest also, it is regarded as:
(a) Simple Interest
(b) Simple Annuity
(c) Compound Interest
(d) Compound Annuity
Answer:
(c) Compound Interest
101. The procedure wherein a person in debt negotiates the price with the lender of a loan, in
order to reduce the instalments is called as:
(a) Debt Settlement
(b) Debt Repayment (c) Debt Negotiation
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Debt Settlement
102. __________ is a legal agreement between the lender and the borrower where real estate
property is used as collateral for the loan, in order to secure the payment of the debt.
(a) Mortgage
(b) Reverse Mortgage
(c) Guarantee (d) Loan Agreement
Answer:
(a) Mortgage
103. The amount withdrawn from the bank in excess of what has been deposited and appearing in
the bank is called as:
(a) Overdraft
(b) Balance
(c) Term Loan (d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Overdraft
104. __________ is a type of mortgage given to a buyer who does not make any down payments
while borrowing.
(a) Zero Down Payment Mortgage
(b) Zero Interest Mortgage
(c) Interest free Mortgage
(d) Obligation-free Mortgage.
Answer:
(a) Zero Down Payment Mortgage
105. When a country removes the bar¬riers to international trade in goods and services and the
international flows of Capital, then this process may be regarded as:
(a) Globalization
(b) Privatization
(e) International Trade
(d) Liberalization
Answer:
(a) Globalization
106. _____________ is the systematic process of easing of government’s control over the private
business activity.
(a) Globalization
(b) Liberalization (c) Privatization
(d) None of these
Answer:(b) Liberalization
107. ___________ is a road map of company’s future:
(a) Objective
(b) Goal (c) Vision
(d) Aim
Answer:
(c) Vision
108. ____________ Is a broader mea sure of development of a country that Includes economic
parameters such as Income and non-economic parameters such as social equity and ecological
balance.
(a) Overall Development
(b) Sustainable Development (c) Economic Development
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Sustainable Development
109. The BCK philosophy that pro-motes the belief and evaluates the business performance on
the basis of attaltiment of profit, care for people and care for the plant at equal parani eters Is
called as:
(a) Bottom Line
(b) Social Line
(c) Triple Bottom Line
(d) Triple Social Line
Answer:
(c) Triple Bottom Line
110. __________ is a commercial activity implying moving of supplies to the production facilities
and goods and services to their respective markets.
(a) Transporting
(b) Logistics (c) Moving
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Logistics
111. When two or more companies come together to expand their business operations in a newly
created entity.
(a) Joint Venture
(b) Acquisition (c) Partnership
(d) Merger
Answer:
(d) Merger
112. When two companies come to-gether to expand their business opera-tion in a newly created
entity.
(a) Merger
(b) Partnership (c) Acquisition
(d) Joint Venture
Answer:
(a) Merger
113. The non or partial realization of expectation is called as __________.
(a) Returns
(b) Earnings (c) Risk
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Risk
114. The affairs of a corporation should be executed in a manner so as to ensure that they are
conducted in an ethical manner and as per provisions of law. This system of overseeing the affairs
of a Corporation is called as:
(a) Governance (b) Observation
(c) Corporate Governance
(d) Corporate Observations
Answer:
(c) Corporate Governance
115. ABC Ltd. has purchased various assets (valued at ₹ 10,00,000) at the consolidated price of ₹
12,00,000. The excess amount paid (₹ 2,00,000) is regarded as :
(a) Goodwill
(b) Capital Reserve
(c) Acquisition Cost
(d) Amalgamation Reserve.
Answer:
(a) Goodwill
116. __________ is a set of all the variable external to the firm but influ-ence its decision making
fund in town are also influenced by it.
(a) Business Environment
(b) Business Organisation
(c) Business Corpus
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Business Environment
117. When two or more products separated in the course of the same processing operation,
usually having same substantial values are called as:
(a) Joint Product
(b) By Product
(c) Main Product
(d) Mixed Product
Answer:
(a) Joint Product
118. __________ is the type of insurance which is for a certain time period which provides for no
defrayal to the insured industrial, excluding losses during the period, and that becomes null upon
its expiration.
(a) Term Insurance
(b) Fixed Insurance (c) Specific Insurance
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Term Insurance
119. __________ is the term which may be used for basic facilities like buildings, roads, power
supplies, etc.
(a) Infrastructure
(b) Utilities (c) Capital Items
(d) Revenue Items.
Answer:
(a) Infrastructure
120. The financial recovery of a company that has been performing poorly for an extended time is
called as:
(a) Sustenance
(b) Turnaround (c) Capital Recovery
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Turnaround
121. __________ refers to economic insolvency, wherein the person’s assets are liquidated, to
pay off all liabilities with the help of a bankruptcy trustee or a Court of law.
(a) Recovery
(b) Bad Debts
(c) Insolvency (d) Bankruptcy
Answer:
(d) Bankruptcy
122. ABC Ltd. takes over XYZ Ltd. in such a manner that forthwith ABC Ltd. will control all the
business operations of XYZ. It may be called as:
(a) Merger
(b) Demerger
(c) Acquisition
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Acquisition
123.The performance of which scheme does the National Housing Bank monitor?
a) Liberalized Finance Scheme
b) Golden Jubilee Rural Housing Finance Scheme
c) Energy Efficient Housing Finance Scheme
d) Finance scheme for indirect loans
e) Answer: b
124. When did the National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development establish?
a) July, 1982
b) July, 1969
c) June, 1951
d) June, 1961
Answer: a
According to which guidelines did the Government pick up the entire SBI shares held by the RBI?
a) National Stock Exchange of India
b) Securities Commission
c) Financial Regulations
d) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Answer: d.
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