INDEX

SUBJECT NAME PAGE NO.

Accounting for Managers (AFM)

2
Economics for Managers (EFM)

4
Managerial Communication (MC)

7

Organizational Behavior (OB)

9
Principles of Management (POM)

11
Research Methodology

12

Quantitative Analysis - I (QA - I)

15














Accounting for Managers (AFM)
Important Questions
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Module 1
1. How do generally accepted accounting principles present an ethical issue in financial accounting? 07
2. Explain the limitations of Financial Accounting 07
3. Describe briefly various steps of accounting process. 07
4. Describe briefly various concepts of accounting. 07
5. Prepare an Accounting Policy Statement. 07
6. Explain the following concepts: 07
a. The Entity Concept
b. Accrual concept
c. Realisation Concept
7. Who are the users of accounting information, and why do the users need accounting information? How this
information helpful to the users? 07
8. Briefly Explain Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. 07
9. What is Accounting Equation? Describe all the possible changes in it, which keeps the equation true, with
hypothetical transactions. 07
10. Explain following accounting concepts with clear examples 07
i. Going Concern Concept
ii. Money Measurement Concept
11. Who are the users of accounting information, and why do the users need accounting information? 07
12. Briefly explain Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. 07
13. Explain in detail the applicability of Accounting Standards with special reference to various levels of
categories of enterprises. 07

Module 2
1. What do you mean by the term 'depreciation'? What are its causes? Why do firms provide depreciation?
2. What are intangible assets? How is goodwill valued? 07
3. Explain LIFO and FIFO methods of inventory valuation with comparison. Give suitable illustration. 07
4. Discuss in detail about salient aspects of Accounting Standard 1(issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India) dealing with disclosure of accounting policies .Give a suitable example. 07
5. What do you mean by inventory valuation? State different methods of inventory valuation. Also discuss the
impact of each valuation methods on COGS and Profit in inflated prices and deflated prices. 07
6. Explain methods of Depreciation on Fixed Assets. 07
7. Discuss Income Recognition & Accrual Income (AS-9) 07
8. What do you mean by the term depreciation? What are its causes? Why do firms provide depreciation? 07
9. Discuss the WDV and SLM methods of depreciation. Also mention the major provisions of the Income Tax
Act regarding depreciation. 07
10. As per the revised Accounting Standard 2 issued by ICAI, FIFO & WAC methods are recognized methods
for inventory valuation. Explain the FIFO & WAC methods of inventory valuation. 07
11. Explain the meaning of investments, its scope and how is the cost of investments determined in different
situations as per AS-13 (Accounting for Investments)? 07
12. Explain the important provision of AS-10 (Accounting for Fixed Assets). 07



Module 3
1. Give abridged format of a corporate Balance sheet. Also give its statement form. 07
2. What are the contents of a corporate Governance report? 07
3. Describe the Provisions of the Companies Act. 1956 regarding accounts of a company. 07
4. What is Auditors Report? Write a detailed note on Content of Auditors Report 07
5. What are the provisions of Companys Act regarding accounts of a company 07
6. Show format of balance sheet in horizontal form for a Company. 07
7. Auditors report and Directors report are mandated by Companies Act Discuss the significance and
implication of Auditors report. 07
8. What is Balance Sheet? Draw a pro forma in vertical shape of it. Explain its significance. How does it differ
from a Trial Balance? 07
9. Write short notes on: 07
i. Miscellaneous Expenditure and Debit Balance of P&L Account
ii. Shareholders funds
iii. Capital Reserves

Module 4
1. What do you understand by Common Size Statement? What is its purpose? Explain with suitable examples.
2. Discuss the utility and significance of financial statements to various parties interested in business concern
3. Explain the meaning and objectives of Financial Statement Analysis 07
4. Write a brief note on IFRS. 07
5. What are the various tools of financial statement analysis? 07
6. With reference to the following items, distinguish accounting treatment under IASs( now IFRS) , Indian
GAAP and US GAAP .
07
1. Cash and Cash Equivalent
2. Depreciation
3. Miscellaneous Expenditure
7. Quality of earnings suffers from certain limitations of financial statements . Critically examine. 07
8. Explain in detail strengths of US GAAP and key benefits to companies complying with US GAAP. Can you
say US GAAP is popular among Indian industry? 07
9. Why do we need global standardization of financial reporting? Is it feasible? Is it required? Why or Why not?
10. What do you understand by Trend Analysis? Explain with hypothetical example. 07
11. Explain the meaning and utility of Horizontal and Vertical Analysis of Financial Statement 07
12. What is IFRS, describe in detail latest developments of IFRS. 07
13. Explain the meaning and objectives of Financial Statement Analysis. 07
14. Briefly explain IFRS. 07
15. Financial Statements are the most important part of financial reporting Discuss the above statement giving
the objectives of financial statement and the contents of the various components of the financial statements.
07
16. It is prudent to confirm the findings of Horizontal Analysis, by using Trend Analysis. Do you agree with
above statement? Why? 07
17. Due to globalization of economies, it is imperative to have uniform global financial reporting Discuss
giving the significance of IFRS. 07
18. Define IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). What are the advantages of converting to IFRS?
07



Economics For Managers
Important Questions
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1. A demands Schedule for pens of student at ABC school is presented in the following table(7)
Price Rs. 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Qx 0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Find out the price elasticity of demand when the price changes from
(i) Rs. 5/- to Rs. 3/- and (ii) Rs. 3/- to Rs. 5/-
2. The cost of producing DVD players has fallen over the past several years. Lets consider some implications of
this fact.
i. Draw a supply-and-demand diagram to show the effect of falling production costs on the price and
quantity of DVD players sold.
ii. In your diagram, show what happens to consumer surplus and producer surplus.
iii. Suppose the supply of DVD players is very elastic. Who benefits most from falling production
costs?
3. Several studies have found that the overall demand for automobiles has an elasticity of about 1.3
i. How do you interpret this coefficient?
ii. After knowing about these results, a Ford dealer in Ahmedabad cut his price by 10 percent and sold
22 percent more cars. What is the elasticity of demand in this case? Does this mean the estimate of 1.3
is incorrect? Explain.
4. Explain the circular flow of income model. Identify the parts of the model that correspond to the flow of
goods and services and flow of money for each of the following activities.
i. Leena buys onion for Rs. 10.
ii. Mr. Sameer is paid Rs. 2000 as an honorarium for delivering a guest lecture at an MBA institute.
iii. Prerna pays Rs.100 at Fun Republic to watch a movie.
5. What are the determinants of an individual demand and an individuals supply of a commodity?
6. Explain the short run trade-off between inflation and unemployment.
7. Draw a circular-flow diagram representing the interactions between households and firms in a simple
economy. Explain briefly the various parts of the diagram.
8. What is the difference between a "change in demand" and a "change in quantity demanded"? Graph your
answer. Also Explain what factor/s will cause change in demand and what factor/s will cause change in
quantity demanded
9. Explain price elasticity of demand and the income elasticity of demand. Also explain the determinants of the
price elasticity of demand.
10. Using Demand-and-supply diagrams show the effect of a fall in production of sugarcane on the price and
quantity of sugar during the Diwali months (when demand for sugar increases).
11. A firm Flair Pens Ltd. Supplied 2000 pens at the rate of Rs. 18 per pen to Geeta stationary, Ahmedabad, next
month, due to a rise in the price to Rs. 22.50 per pen, the supply of the firm increases to 5250 pens. Find the
elasticity of supply of the pens.
12. Explain and Draw a Production Possibilities Frontier for an Indian Economy that produces Wheat & Rice.
13. What are the variables that can shift the demand curve? Discuss.
14. What is price elasticity of demand? Explain in detail.
15. Ink Pens and pencils are substitutes. When the price of an ink pen falls, what happens to the supply, demand,
quantity supplied, quantity demanded, and price in the market for pencils.


16. The price of coffee increases from Rs.50/ per Kg. to Rs. 70/per Kg, and as a result the demand for tea
increases from 5Kg. to 10kg. What is the cross elasticity of demand of tea for coffee?
17. Discuss three principles of economics concern the working of economy as a whole.
18. Explain the concept of price discrimination. Why a seller chooses to follow this business strategy? Give two
examples of price discrimination.
19. Explain with diagram price determination under perfect competition, if a competitive firm is in short run
equilibrium.
20. What is the Prisoners Dilemma and what does it have to do with Oligopoly.
21. Define total cost, average total cost and, and marginal cost. How are they related?
22. Under what conditions a competitive firm shuts down temporarily and exits permanently? Explain with help
of a diagram.
23. Explain the three main reasons responsible for monopoly.
24. Draw the demand, marginal revenue and marginal cost carves for a monopolist. Show the profit maximizing
level of output & price.
25. Explain what is competitive firm and under what conditions will a firm exit a market?
26. Distinguish between monopolistic and perfect competition.
27. Distinguish between demand function and demand curve.
28. Explain economies and diseconomies of scale and explain why they might arise.
29. Why do competitive firms stay in business if they make zero economic profit? Discuss.
30. What are the controversies over the Antitrust Policy? Discuss.
31. Differentiate between long-run equilibrium under perfect competition and long- run equilibrium under
monopolistic competition.
32. Describe the four components of GDP. Give an example of each.
33. Explain the relationship among saving, investment and net-capital outflow.
34. Explain why the long run aggregate supply curve is vertical?
35. Explain how does population growth affects a society.
36. What is the role of the financial system? Name and describe two markets that are part of the financial system
in the US economy.
37. Write a short note on the Crowding out effect.
38. Define money. Discuss the role of money in a modern capitalist economy.
39. Write a note on the Volcker Disinflation.
40. Write your comments on Should fiscal policymakers reduce the govt. debt.
41. Explain how the higher rate of savings, investment and policy of open economy influence the GDP growth?
42. Under what conditions a competitive firm shuts down temporarily and exit permanently? Explain with help of
a diagram.
43. Describe the four components of GDP, giving example of each.
44. Explain the following concepts:
i. Stagflation
ii. Catch-up effect
45. Explain the difference between nominal and real variables an give two example of each. According to the
principle of monetary neutrality, which variables are affected by changes in the quantity of money?
46. Explain the following concepts:
i. Crowding out
ii. Inflation Tax
47. Describe the economic logic behind the theory of purchasing power parity.
48. Explain the short run trade-off between inflation and unemployment.
49. What is government budget deficit? How does it affect interest rate, investment and economic growth?
50. Why are some economists against a target of zero inflation?


51. Explain the three theories in brief for the upward sloping aggregate supply curve.
52. What are the problems in measuring the cost of living?
53. Why is productivity related to the standard of living? In your answer be sure to explain what productivity and
standard of living mean. Describe determinants of productivity.
54. How interest rate is determined? Explain the effect of following policy changes on market interest rate.
(i)saving incentives (ii)investment incentives
55. According to the fisher effect, how does an increase in the inflation rate affect the real interest rate and the
nominal interest rate?
56. Discuss why aggregate demand curve is downward sloping.
57. Use the theory of liquidity preference to explain how a decrease in the money supply affects the aggregate-
demand curve
58. Discuss four determinants of productivity.
59. What are the costs of inflation? Which of these costs do you think are most important for the Capitalistic
Economy.
60. Describe the three problems that make the consumers price index and imperfect measure of the cost of living.
61. Explain the three reasons for the aggregate demand curve is downward sloping.
62. Give an example of a Govt. policy that acts as an automatic stabilizer. Explain why the policy has this effect.
63. If a German car costs 500000 Euro, a similar Indian (Home Country) car costs Rs. 10000, and a rupee can buy
100 Euro, what is the nominal and real exchange rate?
64. If price of Navy Submarine rises, is the CPI or GDP deflator affected more? Why?
65. How fiscal policy influences aggregate demand?
66. Should Tax laws be reformed to encourage the savings? Give reasons.
67. Explain economies and diseconomies of scale and explain why they might arise.
68. Why do competitive firms stay in business if they make zero economic profit? Discuss.
69. What are the controversies over the Antitrust Policy? Discuss.
70. Explain how the Consumers Price Index is calculated. Describe the difference between the Gross Domestic
Product Deflator and the Consumers Price Index.
71. Explain the available supply shock. Use the model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply to explain the
effects of such a shock of economic system. Draw appropriate diagram.
72. Below are some data for an X economy, which produces only two goods A & B.
Year Price of A Qty. of A Price of B Qty. B
2008 $1 150 $2 100
2009 $2 200 $3 150
2010 $3 250 $4 200
Calculate Nominal GDP, Real GDP & GDP Deflator for each year, using 2008 as a base year
73. Define Nominal Exchange Rate & Real Exchange Rate and explain how they are related.
74. What is Production Functions? How does long run production function differ from a short run production
function?







Managerial Communication (MC)
Important Questions
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Module 1
1. What is Communication? Explain its Characteristics and its Objective
2. Explain the importance of Communication.
3. Explain the different levels of Communication.

(Intrapersonal Roles, Interpersonal Roles, Group Communication, Organizational Communication, Public
Communication.)
4. Explain the Communication Process with Suitable Example.
5. What is Verbal and Non Verbal Communication and explain the Types of Communication
6. Explain the different Flow in Organization.
7. Which are the Barriers for Effective Communication and what the ways to overcome those Barriers?
8. Explain the Seven Cs of Effective Communication.

Module 2
1. What is a Presentation? Explain the Format of Presentation
2. How to Prepare / Plan an Effective Presentation ? (5Ws)
3. Explain Types of Delivery Methods and Element of a Presentation ?
4. How to deliver the presentation?
5. Guidelines for effective presentation
6. Explain the MOMs Plan in detail
7. What is Listening and explain Process / Stages of Listening
8. Explain the Advantages and dis advantages of Listening
9. Explain the Strategies and Barriers of Listening.
10. S.N. on Empathetic Listening

Module 3 & 4
1. What is Dyadic Communication? Explain its importance in Business.
2. What is Self Perception? Explain Self Perception Cycle in detail
3. Explain Minimal Interpersonal Communication and Extensive Interpersonal Communication
4. Explain Three Types Of Dyadic Communication In Business.

(interview, telephone, dictation)
5. What is Interview? What is the importance of Body language in Interview
6. Explain the different types of questions asked in interview and which are the General Interview Strategies.
7. Which are the different types of Interview?
8. What is the importance of Teleconferencing


9. Discuss in detail the telephone protocols required while taking up call and answering the call.
10. Discuss in detail the steps involved in holding an effective business meeting.
11. Write down the strategies for effective business E-mail messages.
12. Through an example apply steps required for an effective business report.
13. What is MOM Plan? Elaborate with business examples.
14. How should you handle questions from the audience during

Presentations ?
15. What is Meeting Manual? What should go in an agenda and in minutes of a meeting?





















Organizational Behavior (OB)
Important Question
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Questions (7 Marks)
1. Explain Evolution of OB and the various fields contributing to the field of OB.
2. Explain the Big Five Model of Personality
3. Explain the Concept of Johari Window.
4. Explain Maslows Need Hierarchy Theory, ERG Theory, Mc Clellands need theory.
5. Applied behavioral science is built on contribution from number of behavioral disciplines.
6. Expectancy theory or Content theories of Motivation.
7. Define Power. How does power differ from authority. Explain with examples.
8. Path Goal Leadership Theory or Explain Modern theories of Leadership or Trait Theory of Leadership.
9. Communication: Number of barriers can distort Effective Communication.
10. Analyze the advantages and challenges of Electronic communication in the organization.
11. Factors that create and sustain an organizations culture.
12. What types of barriers prevent from changing their attitudes? How can be attitudes can be changed?
13. Short Note on : Cognitive Dissonance Theory
14. Explain the factors influencing Perception.
15. Does behavior always follow from attitudes? Comment.
16. Which type of methods should be used for shaping the Individual behavior?
17. Explain Personality with Myers-Briggs Type Indicator/Theory.
18. Explain the conflict and explain various techniques in which conflict have been resolved.
19. Define Power? Explain any three types of Power with suitable examples.
20. Explain various types of Teams with suitable examples.
21. Explain the different types of teams and their importance in the organization.
Terms/Define (1 marks)
OB , Contrast Effects, Stereotyping, Hindsight bias, Knowledge Management, Classical Conditioning,
Power distance, Negotiation, Social Loafing, Mentoring, Reinforcement, Cognitive Dissonance theory,
Emotional Intelligence, OCB, Grapevine, BATNA, Halo Effect, Narcissism, Attitudes & Values,
Perception, Groups & Teams, Virtual Teams, Machiavellianism, Instrumental Values & Terminal Values


22. Explain the difference between Group and Team. Discuss the Group Development Process.
23. Define organizations culture and explain types of it with suitable examples.
24. Conflict : Outline the conflict management techniques.
25. What are Values? Define in brief, types of values as per RVS(Rokeach Value Survey).
26. What is attribution theory? How can Locus of Control be applied to workers and managers?
27. Job satisfaction: What kind of impact does it have on Employees Performance?
28. What are the common errors that people make in Decision Making?
29. Short Note on : Conflict Handling Intentions or conflict Management
30. Identify and describe the Four major Group Decision making styles.
31. Explain Mintzbergs Stages and Routines in Decision Making.
32. Explain the Group Development Model with each stage in detail.
33. How does dominant culture differ from a subculture? How does organizational culture develop?
34. What forces act as sources of Resistance to Change?
35. What is Politics? Is organizational Politics are good or bad? Why?
36. What is stress? What are the consequences of Stress?
37. Explain the individual and organizational approaches for managing stress.
38. Organizational Culture : Explain different types of cultures popular in Organizations.
39. Explain Negotiation Process in Detail.
40. Negotiation : Will integrative negotiations(win-win) always work? Why or Why not? Describe some of the
difficulties that an individual might encounter while attempting integrative negotiations.
41. Explain Trust dimensions and discuss different types of trust.
42. Define Trust with the difference between a Transactional and Transformational Leader.
Open Ended Questions
43. Virtual Organization structure is the best option for the success of many firms in Todays Global
Environment. Comment
44. Explain frequently used shortcuts in Judging behavior of others.
45. Path Goal theory explains the impact of Leadership on performance- Justify.
46. Briefly explain Organizational Climate. Explain how the structure and culture of an organization are
related.
47. Not all stress is bad for people. Eustress is possible and is exhilarating for many. Discuss the condit ions under
which you believe you experience eustress.



Principles of Management (POM)
Important Questions
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MODULE 1 & 2
Ch 1
1. What is Management ?Explain the features / Nature of Management.
2. Explain Basic different between administration and management and Professional Vs Family Management.
3. Explain the Importance and challenges of Management and which are the managerial skill required to became a
successful Manager.
4. Explain the management is Art or Science

Ch 2
1. Explain Modern management thoughts in detail.
2. Explain the following theories : a)Classical Approach -Scientific principles -Administrative principles -
Bureaucracy b) NEO-CLASSICAL APPROACH -Hawthrones experiment - Social human behavior theory c) Social
human behavior theory - Human Behavioral Management -System approach - Contingent approach
3. Explain the Criticism of all theories

Ch 3
1. What is SR ?Explain its importance and Why should business be Socially Responsible ?
2. S.N. a)The interest group , b) Major Arguments for Social Responsibility c) Social Audit
3. What is Business Ethics? Explain Two Broad Areas of Business Ethics along with Benefits of Managing Ethics in
workplace

MODULE 1 & 2
1. What is Planning also explain the nature and the characteristics/ Importance of Planning
2. Explain in detail Advantages and Disadvantages of Planning
3. Explain the Steps in Planning Process and Types of Planning
4. What are objectives ?Explain the nature and types of Objectives.
5. Explain the Guidelines for setting the objectives
6. What is MBO ?explain its importance from managerial point of view.
7. Explain in detail MBO Process
8. Explain the Concept Planning Premises and its Types (Internal, External)
9. S.N. on Forecasting and its Process
10. Explain the technique of Forecasting
11. Explain the nature and types of Decision making
12. Explain the Decision making Steps




Research Methodology
Important Questions
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Write a Short Note on: Non probability methods of sampling.
What is a research problem? How are the research questions related to components of the problem?
Explain the difference between:
1. Type I and Type II error
2. One tailed and two tailed test
What is a research? State each aspect of a good research and write distinct features or characteristics of that
aspect.
Define hypothesis in research terminology. What is a null hypothesis?
Briefly discuss the two important features (1) Accuracy and (2) Precision of a good sample. Discuss Cluster
Sampling and Double Sampling.
Write the steps involved in research process? Explain with one hypothetical example?
Prepare a research plan for marketing manager of tata Nano car who wants to know about customer
satisfaction level across India who recently purchased newly Introduced car.
Describe the Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research
What is a Research Problem? State the main issue which should receive the attention of the researcher. Give
examples to illustrate your answer.
Distinguish between null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis
Explain stratified sampling and cluster sampling methods.
Prepare a research proposal to study the consumer preference and satisfaction for Tata Nano in the state of
Gujarat.
Define null hypothesis. State the six steps of hypothesis testing procedure.
What are the different kinds of data collection instruments? State their suitability according to their
applications.
Explain Focused Group Discussions.
A market research firm wanted to discover the prime motivations behind inclination towards smoking in
females. Devise an appropriate research instrument in form of a questionnaire to obtain relevant insights in
this area.
List the six Ws of descriptive research and give an example of each.
Give suitable examples of usage and application of the following:
1. Chi square Test
2. Regression Analysis
Suggest sources of secondary data.
Identify the type of scale being used in each of the following questions:
1. During which season of the year were you born?
______ Winter _______Spring _______Summer
2. Which are your three most preferred eating joints?
Rank them from 1 to 3 according to your preference, with 1 as most preferred
______ Honest _______ US Pizza
______ PizzaHut _______ Subway
_______McDonalds


3. How much time do you spend traveling to the institute everyday?
______ Under 5 minutes
______ 5-10 minutes
______ 11-15 minutes
______ 16 minutes and above
4. How satisfied are you with your current job profile?
______ Very satisfied
______ Satisfied
______ Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied
______ Dissatisfied
______ Very Dissatisfied
State and explain the following important features of Explanatory Data Analysis (1)Frequency table and
Histogram (2) Stem and Leaf displays (3) Boxplots
Briefly discuss the two important features (1) Accuracy and (2) Precision of a good sample. Discuss Cluster
Sampling and Double Sampling.
What is primary and secondary data? Write its advantages and disadvantages?
Write short notes on the following:
i) Null Hypothesis
ii) Type I and Type II error
iii) Power of the Test
What is parametric and non parametric test? Explain with one example from each?
Explain the questionnaire design process with different steps involved in it?
How should a research report be organized? Explain.
What is Sample Size? What features would you consider in designing a Sample Size?
Discuss the parameters to be kept in mind while structuring an instrument for primary data collection?
Explain coding, editing, and tabulation of a data.
Explain Internal and External source of Secondary data.
A two-wheeler manufacturing company wants to study the satisfaction level of its customers. The company
appoints you as researcher for this project. Prepare a questionnaire for conducting this survey.
What are the four basic levels of measurement? Explain each one with suitable example.
Depict your understanding for research design. How descriptive research is differing from casual research?
What do you understand by extraneous variables? Discuss some of the extraneous variables that affects the
validity of experiment.
In business research errors occurs other than sampling error. What are different non-sampling errors?
Explain stratified sampling and cluster sampling methods.
Data coding and data editing are two important activities in business research. Do you agree? Support your
answer with proper explaination.
Explain univariate, bivariate and multivariate analysis with examples.
What are the key points to keep in mind while writing a research report?
What are the different data collection methods? Discuss any two in detail.
A consumer research firm routinely selects several car models each year and evaluates their fuel efficiency. In
this years study of two similar sub-compact models from two different automakers, the average mileage of 12
cars of brand A was 27.2 kmpl, and standard deviation was 3.8 kmpl. The nine brand B cars that were
tested averaged 32.1 kmpl, and the standard deviation was 4.3 kmpl. At _ = 0.01, should it conclude that
brand A cars have lower mileage than do brand B cars?
A shampoo manufacturing firm wanted to test the claim that its brand is used more by male than female. A
sample of 100 consumers was drawn at random in which there were 60 females and 40 males. It was found


that 30 females and 24 males used the brand regularly. Do the results support the aforesaid hypothesis at 5%
level of significance?
From the following table find out if there is any association between the family size and the size of the soft
drink bottle purchased by the consumer family. Use 5% level of significance.

Bottle size Family size
1-2 3-4 5 or more Total
250 ml 30 20 10 60
500 ml 15 60 65 140
1000 ml 05 50 90 145
Total 50 130 165 345

What is the function of a focus group? Explain the advantages and disadvantages of focus groups
Enlist the different positive advantages of conducting a survey. Compare the communication approaches used
in a survey.
Enlist the three parts of measurement definition. Explain the three major criteria for evaluating a measurement
tool.
Differentiate between purpose of using rating and ranking scales in business research? Explain any four types
of rating scales with examples.
Describe the three general classes of measurement questions found in a questionnaire. Enlist the three critical
decision areas for question construction.
Enlist the reasons for sampling. Explain the five steps of sampling design.
Define data preparation, editing and coding. Prepare a data table for a class of 60 students of MBA III
semester based on the following information: Sex (male, female), graduation degree (BBA, B.Com, B.E.,
B.C.A., Any other degree), major functional area of specialization (Marketing, Finance, Human Resource and
Information Systems) opted for in the second year of MBA programme. Assume the data and interpret the
result.
Differentiate between the two general classes of significance tests. Enlist the three questions that a researcher
should consider before attempting to choose a particular significance test. Which statistical technique will be
appropriate when the testing involves two samples, the samples are independent and the data are interval?
Define projective techniques. Explain with illustration four different types of projective techniques.
When is observation as a method of data collection used in research? What are its strength and limitation as a
method of data collection?
What are experiments? Explain the three types of most widely accepted experimental research designs.
Explain the different components of a research report.









Quantitative Analysis - I (QA - I)
Important Questions
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Q.1 Explain the following terms giving salient features. 07
(1) Uniform Distribution
(2) Standard Error
(3) Goodness -of Fit test

Q.2 Explain the following concepts in context to Testing of Hypothesis
(1) Null Hypothesis and Alternative Hypothesis.
(2) Level of Significance and types of error.
(3) Rejection and non-rejection regions.
Q.3 Give the salient features of the following concepts.
(1) Skewness. (2) Kurtosis (3) Positive and negative correlation

Q.4 Explain the following terms in context of probability.
(1) Conditional probability
(2) Independent Events

Q.5 Explain coefficient of determination
Q.6 Explain expected value of perfect information in decision making.
Q.7 Explain systematic random sampling
Q.8 Explain briefly the Moving Average Method and the Exponential Smoothing
technique.
Q.9 What is the meaning of Standard deviation? Explain why the standard deviation
is the most preferred and widely used tool?
Q.10 What is multiple regression? How multicollinearity problem will arise?
Q.11 Write short notes on Index numbers and Time series analysis
Q.12 What is Type I and Type II error? Explain with examples
Q.13 What are the essential differences among nominal, ordinal, interval and ration scales?
Q.14 Describe in your own words the purpose of Simple Linear Regression.
Q.15 Explain the following:
(i) Bayes Theorem
(ii) Chebyshevs Theorem


(iii) Theory of Central tendency
Q.16 Write Exponential Distribution probability density function.and explain its entire notation. Explain the various
characteristics of Exponential Distribution.

Q.17 Differentiate between the following:
(i) Correlation & regression
(ii) Type I error & Type II error
Q.18 Define hypothesis. What is Null hypothesis & Alternate hypothesis? Explain with an example