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CMAT
Workbook
Inside this workbook
All about CMAT
Colleges accepting CMAT
Tips for online exams
CMAT temperature check
Expect paper pattern
How to study for CMAT
Relationship with MAT ATMA
GK expected questions

Classes Workshops Moc ks GDPI


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1. All about CMAT
Common Management Admissions Test (CMAT) 2012 will be conducted by All India council for Technical
Education (AICTE) as a one stop for all MBA aspirants. Future objective is to merge all the entrance
exams across India into one single exam to
release pressure off students. Most of the
colleges who take MAT and ATMA scores
(admission to 4,000 colleges that offer MBA and
500 colleges which run PG programs) will be
accepting CMAT scores.

4000+ B-Schools offering MBA and 500 B-Schools


which will be approximately 1.6 lac seats will be
available across the country through the CMAT.
About 70,000 candidates all over India and
abroad will be taking CMAT exam. The CMAT
2012 will be conducted in 23 Indian (States and
Union Territories) covering the following 61 cities.

Important Dates for CMAT 2012


Registration window opens on 9.12.2011
Last Date for Online Registration 9.01.2012
Print out of Hall ticket From 30.01.2012
Computer based test dates 20.02.2012 to 28.02.2012
Test Timings 9.30 am - 12.30 pm & 2.30 pm - 5.30 pm
Declaration of result 11.03.2012
Print out of Score Cards From 11.03.2012 to 11.04.2012

2. Which colleges will be accepting CMAT scores


For this year most of the colleges whose applications are yet to be over will be accepting CMAT scores.
Within Maharashtra for example Welingkar and KJ Somaiya will be accepting CMAT scores for most of
their PG programs.
Colleges which normally accept all exam scores esp the one which says apply through CAT, MAT, XAT,
ATMA, GMAT scores will now be saying CAT, CMAT, MAT, XAT, ATMA, GMAT.
Official list of colleges is herehttp://aicte-cmat.in/Documents/51.pdf

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3. CMAT paper pattern
Negative marking: yes - 0.25
Total questions 100
Format: online
Sectional timing: maybe expected to be 45 minutes per section
Duration: 3 hours
Pattern: multiple choice test

Section
1
2
3
4
Total

Section Name
QA & DI
Logical reasoning
Verbal Ability
General Awareness

Questions
25
25
25
25
100

Marks
100
100
100
100
400

Verbal Ability
The Language Comprehension area contains questions on Reading Comprehension, Antonyms,
Synonyms, Analogies, Sentence Correction, Sentence Completion,
Para Jumbles, Fill in the blanks etc. with easy to moderate difficulty
level. It is essentially a Vocabulary heavy section, and to do well, a
student is advised to develop a good command over words. Most
of the Vocabulary based questions can be answered with a
sufficient knowledge of roots, prefixes and suffixes. In fact, starting
with these questions makes a lot of sense as a sizeable chunk of
marks can be scored here in double-quick time.

Find Your Weak Spots: No student will be a master of each section of the test. It
is important to identify your weak spots and to focus on them while studying.
Temperature check can be used to check your weaknesses, including specific
subsections of each section.
Mathematical Skills
The Mathematical Skills area mostly contains problems from
Arithmetic, Business Maths and Geometry. Those of who have
developed a "fear-psychosis" after the CAT / IIFT mathematics
would find solving these questions a much easier task. The
questions involve direct applications of concepts and formulae,
and none of the complicated and convoluted reasoning of the CAT!
Students are well advised to revise the basic formulae and

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concepts of Maths and solve as many questions as is possible from the aforementioned topics in the
run-up to the CMAT. The Data Analysis and Sufficiency area contains sets of questions on Tables, Bar /
Line graphs, Pie chart and Data Sufficiency. Questions here, would again be calculation intensive but
easy enough to find the answers to. Knowledge of multiplication tables, square and cube roots, fractions
to percentage conversions and other calculation short-cuts and approximation techniques would be of
immense help to the students in reducing the time taken to solve the questions.

Logical Reasoning
In the Logical Reasoning area the questions are normally
seen from the various Logical Reasoning topics like Direction
Sense, Blood Relations, Coding and Decoding, Data
Arrangement, Input/Output analysis, Series and Sequences
and Critical Reasoning. These are topics that require plenty
of practice and the students are well advised to solve as
many questions as are possible from these areas.

Focus Your Studies: Don't try to study everything on the syllabus. Not only will
this be too difficult to comprehend, it can cause you to worsen in other areas. The
skills needed for quantitative understanding are much different than those for
verbal.
General Knowledge section
General Knowledge section contains questions from General and Current Awareness. Topics and events
about a year old would be most expected to be faced in this area. Business, politics, sports, awards and
distinctions, books - anything could be a part of this section. Students who have had a decent reading
habit in the past one year or so of their MBA entrance examination preparations, would not find too
much of difficulty in attempting questions from this section.
Common GK areas

History
General Science
Famous Personalities
Indian Politics
Economy

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4. How to study for CMAT

Temperature Check
Complete the basics
Sectional tests and exercises
Start taking mocks every week
Improve your weaker section
Find shortcuts and strategies

Temperature check
Most common question in the mind of most of the students is where to start! This temperature
check tool will help you analyze where you stand and how much improvement you need. Spend
around 1 hour to 30 mins on this and at the end of it you will get a clear picture of your scores.
It will take one month to improve your weaker section. If you like a stranger and directly
propose her she will slap! So first know her by talking to her, take her out for coffee then give
your luck a try. Similarly start with the solved examples to know the topic well. Then try some
more exercises to gain knowledge about the subject. Finally try to take some sectional tests to
see your performance. Temperature check is given on next page.
Complete the basics | Revise the basics
By basics we mean what should be able to solve every question given in the books without any
problem. If you have already completed the material available to you then move on to other
books we would recommend RS Agrawal for all topics. Once you have completed the basics
start the cycle of revising them all.
You will definitely score more than 100 120 marks if you have done the basics.
Sectional Tests and exercises
Start taking sectional tests and time based exercises. We would recommend taking 2 3 tests a
week will see where you stand and how much improvement you need.
If you are unable to find any books with enough tests then start using your current book and
start taking tests of 20 40 questions in 30 minutes.
Start taking mocks

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We consider mocks to be kicks. Start taking mocks once every week, this will help you gauge
your performance and know where you stand. Mock scores will also help you identify your aim
and strategy for the last few days before CMAT. Please start your mocks even if you have not
completed the chapters. Completing everything is a never ending process so start taking mocks
from this week onwards.
We have good mock taking strategies program called mock engineering program but we wont
open our cards till you have solved a few mocks and have made some strategies. Then call us
and we will help you frame a fool proof strategy for mocks.
It takes 3 hours to take a mock but will take another 2 hours to analyse the mocks. We have
created a flowchart which will help you know where you stand and how much improvement
you need in every section. Analysis should include your attempted, non-attempted questions.
Silly mistakes and guess work attempts.
Improve your weaker area: Video link: http://cetking.com/download-zone/how-to-improveweaker-section/
Shortcuts and strategies
If you are good in one area say quant or DI then dont be content with that. Strive for
something better than that. Try to find strategies and shortcuts for those sections. Once you
are revising the basics you will find easier ways to solve the questions. This will help you
increase your speed, improve your accuracy and reduce time per question.
Do collective studies with your friends and exchange ideas and shortcuts with each other. If you
have 5 shortcuts and your friend has 5 shortcuts.. Suddenly you will see that together you have
10 shortcuts.
Try Shortcut and strategies in these videos: http://www.facebook.com/ravgun?sk=photos
If you are unable to find shortcuts or struggling with any area then join our CMATking
workshops. In this workshop we will help you solve:
DI without pen!
Quant without formulas
RC in half them time.
Shortcuts and Strategies for Logical reasoning
Strategies for Visual reasoning
Strategies for Verbal reasoning

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5. Temperature Check
The temperature check worksheet is a wonderful tool to identify your area of
improvement. Enter your score against each topic in the temperature check to
see where you stand and how much improvement you need in CMAT..
This will help you keep a tab on your performance according to importance of
each topic in CMAT. You will know the strong points and weaker areas in your
preparation and know what to target.

Most common question in the mind of most of the students is where to start! This
temperature check tool will help you analyze where you stand and how much
improvement you need. Spend around 30 mins on this and at the end of it you
will get a clear picture of your scores.

It will take one month to improve your weaker section. If you like a stranger and
directly propose her she will slap! So first know her by talking to her, take her out
for coffee then give your luck a try. Similarly start with the solved examples to
know the topic well. Then try some more exercises to gain knowledge about the
subject. Finally try to take some sectional tests to see your performance.
Temperature check is given on next page.

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CMATking temperature check
Section
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
GK
GK
GK
GK
GK
GK
GK
GK
GK
GK

Description

Importance
Section 1
Time & Distance
OOOOO
Geometry and Mensuration
OOOOO
Numbers
OOOOO
Percentages, Profit / Loss
OOOOO
Simple Equations
OOOOO
Time & Work
OOOOO
Ratios
OOOO
Simple and Compound Interest
OOOO
Quadratic equations
OOOO
Mensuration
OOOO
Averages, Mixtures & Alligations
OOOO
P&C
OOOO
Probability
OOOO
Number Series
OOO
Progressions
OOO
Alligations
OOO
Averages
OOO
Inequalities
OOO
Coordinate geometry
OOO
Data sufficiency
OO
Trignometry
O
Bar graph
OOOOO
Line graph
OOOOO
Multiple graphs
OOOO
Pie graph
OO
Caselet
OO
Double pie chart
O
Data Comparison
OOO
Data sufficiency
OOO
Section 2
Economy
OOOOO
History
OOOO
General Science
OOOO
Famous Personalities
OOO
Indian Politics
OOO
Inventions
OOO
Honors and Awards
OO
Books and Authors
OO
Indian Culture
OO
Sports
OO

Strength

Average

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Weakness

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Section
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal

Description

Importance
Section 3
Puzzles
OOOOO
Statement & Conclusions
OOOOO
Cause & Effect
OOOOO
Assumptions & Conclusions
OOOO
Puzzle (Individual question)
OOOO
Missing term in the figure
OOOO
Course of Action Questions
OOOO
Blood Relations
OOO
Deductions
OOO
Strong and weak Arguments
OOO
Input-Output
OOO
Direction Sense
OO
Statements & Conclusions
OO
Decision Making
OO
Number & Letter series
OO
Cause & Effect
O
Section 4
Summary
OOOOO
Para-Jumbles
OOOOO
Identification of Correct statement
OOOO
Sentence correction
OOOO
RC passages
OOOOO
Grammar Usage
OOOO
Fill in the Blanks
OOOO
Best summary
OOO
Fill in the blanks (2 blanks)
OOO
Synonyms / Antonyms
OO
One word Substitute
OO
Para formation
OO
Strengthen / Weaken arguments
O
Select the most appropriate word
O
Odd Man out
O

Strength

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Weakness

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6. CMAT paper pattern (Sample)
CMAT Expected paper pattern
Section
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant
Quant Total
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning
Reasoning Total
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal
Verbal Total
GK
GK
GK
GK total

Area
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Data Interpretation / DS
Data Interpretation / DS
Data Sufficiency
Data Sufficiency
Data Sufficiency
Data Sufficiency

Description
Averages, Mixtures & Alligations
Percentages
Progressions
Ratios
Simple and Compound Interest
Simple Equations
Time & Distance
Time & Work
Bar graph
Pie graph
Data sufficiency
P&C
Probability
Trignometry

Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning

Puzzles set 1 Circular arrangement


Puzzles set 2 Sitting arrangement
Decision Making
Deductions
Input-Output
Number & Letter series
Assumptions & Conclusions
Cause & Effect
Puzzle (Individual question)
Blood Relations
Direction Sense
Assertion and Reasons
Course of Action Questions

Grammar Usage
Grammar Usage
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary

Para-Jumbles
Sentence correction
RC passage 1
RC passage 2
RC passage 3
Select the most appropriate word
Synonyms / Antonyms
Fill in the blanks (2 blanks)
Odd Man out
One word Substitute

Current affairs
History
Business and Economy

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Total
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2
1
1
1
3
1
1
4
4
2
2
1
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25
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7. CMAT vs ATMA / MAT
CMAT will be quite similar to MAT or ATMA because of the same team behind them. Therefore it make
sense to go through ATMA and MAT paper pattern to understand the type of papers.
1. Go through paper pattern of MAT and ATMA
2. Solve last 2-3 years paper of MAT and ATMA to get the feel of the papers

Nature of the ATMA Test


No. of Questions
Marking Scheme
Negative marking
Number of Parts (sectioned)
Number of Sections
Number of Choices
Duration

170
1
1/3
2
3 per part
4
180 Min

Paper Pattern of ATMA


Section
I
II
III
IV
V
VI

Test Skills
Analytical Reasoning Skills
Verbal Skills
Quantitative Skills
Analytical Reasoning Skills
Verbal Skills
Quantitative Skills

Total

No. Of Questions

Allotted Time (Minutes)

30
25
30
30
25
30

30
30
30
30
30
30

170

180

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MAT Overview
Area
Data Interpretation
Data Interpretation
Data Interpretation
Data Interpretation
Data Interpretation
Data Interpretation
Data Sufficiency
Data Sufficiency
DI DS Total
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Arithmetic
Higher Math
Higher Math
Higher Math
Quant Total
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Analytical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning
Critical Reasoning
Reasoning Total
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Grammar Usage
Grammar Usage
Grammar Usage
Grammar Usage
Verbal Total

Description
Bar graph
Caselet
Double pie chart
Line graph
Multiple graphs
Pie graph
Data Comparison
Data sufficiency
Averages, Mixtures & Alligations
Mensuration
Simple Equations
Time & Distance
Time & Work
Numbers
Percentages, Profit / Loss
Ratios
Interest SI CI
P&C
Probability
Trignometry
Blood Relations
Circular Arrangement
Direction Sense
Missing term in the figure
Number & Letter series
Puzzle 1
Puzzle 2
Puzzle 3
Puzzle (Individual question)
Assertion and Reasons
Cause & Effect
Statement & Conclusions
RC passage 1
RC passage 2
RC passage 3
RC passage 4
RC passage 5
Antonyms
Fill in the blanks (2 blanks)
Odd Man out
One word Substitute
Identification of Correct statement
Para-Jumbles
Summary
Sentence correction

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ATMA Overview
Area
Analytical Reasoning

Critical Reasoning

Arithmetic

Higher Math

Description
Cause & Effect
Data sufficiency
Decision Making
Deductions
Grid
Input-Output
Puzzles
Statements & Conclusions
Assumptions & Conclusions
Cause & Effect
Course of Action Questions
Strong and weak Arguments
Alligations
Averages
Equations
Geometry and Mensuration
Inequalities
Number Series
Numbers
Percentages
Progressions
Quadratic equations
Ratio-Proportion
Simple and Compound Interest
Time & Distance
Coordinate geometry
Data sufficiency
P&C
Probability

Reading Comprehension Passage 1


Passage 2
Passage 3
Passage 4
Verbal
Best summary
Fill in the Blanks
Para formation
Select the most appropriate word
Strengthen / Weaken arguments
Synonyms / Antonyms
Grammar Usage

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8. 7 step prep for CMAT
1. Clear you basic Maths Concepts. The best place to start is the text books for Class 10 or some study

material provided by any institute. Learn as many formulas as possible and find some shortcuts.
2. Work on you vocabulary. Read a lot and observe how a word in used in different contexts.
3. Develop the habit of reading. Newspapers, Magazines and TV can be a great help here.
4. Reasoning skills can be improved by solving puzzles
5. Practice a lot. Solve sets of questions within a time frame. Concentrate on each section and devote equal
time.
6. Once you know your strengths and weaknesses, go for some full-length tests. Observe how you improve
your score with each passing test.
7. Revise. This is what most of the students miss out on.

Test Day Tips: Go to bed early the night before the test. Avoid excessive
cramming, which can cause your mind to become fatigued. Eat a healthful meal
before coming to the test. Try to do a little exercise to stimulate blood flow to
your body and your mind.

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Tips for online exam
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by toppers who have taken Online exams

I always used to underline things while doing RC, highlighting option in the online version of the exam
really helped me in RC.
Do try to have a nice sleep night before your test, one really feels sleepy sitting 2 hrs doing nothing in
front of PC, before the test begins.
Relax and dont get bogged down by tech glitches , for e.g. after my screen went blank.. The paper
restarted from the point I had left same minute and the same question I was attempting. So if such a
thing happens with you, dont worry.
I felt I mismanaged time while shuttling between sections so could not attempt more number of
questions. Therefore stick to fewer movements between the questions.
Do not leave any topic. We got 4-5 geometry questions unlike previous slots. So it can change
dynamics of the game
Once Test has started Keep the KEYBAORD away as you dont need it as by mistake the enter button
on the lower right hand corner can be pressed and the highlighted thing will take it as click thats what
happened with me but it did not cause any harm
Just Keep your FOCUS on screen It was little hard for me to concentrate during the last 15 mins dont
know why but still i could get my FOCUS back
Make good use of review button on the screen
you dont have to wait for the entire 1.5 hrs. In front of computer and feel sleepy all the time. I came
in late so was called in a little late. Went to the rest room a couple of times just to waste some time, and
in no time started the exam felt energetic.
Though i reach well in time 8AM, i enter in test lab around 9:30. I kept waiting in waiting hall until all
others were done with their biometric process. So no wait for long time before starting the test. Dont
rush to lab very early, everyone was able to start only after 10 oclock.

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9. GK Section tests
Section test 1
1. Who is the author of the novel A Bend in the River ?
a) Chetan Baghat
b) Amitav Ghosh
c) V. S. Naipaul
d) Arundhati Roy
e) None of these
2. Who is the author of book Darkness at Noon?
a) Salman Rushdi
b) Arun Nayyar
c) Aravind Adiga
d) Arthur Koestler
e) None of these
3. Which of the following terms is associated with the game of Cricket?
a) Center Forward
b) Love
c) LBW
d) Deuce
e) None of these
4. Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi is associated with the country a) Egypt
b) Ghana
c) Tunisia
d) Iran
e) Libya
5. Which of the following is currency of UAE?
a) Dirham
b) Dolloar
c) Pound
d) EURO
e) Dinar
6. Who is Kapil Sibal?
a) Agriculture Minister
b) Telecom Minister
c) Finance Minister
d) Sports Minister
e) None of these

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7. Well known Late Pandit Bhimsen Joshi has excelled himself in a) Arts
b) Music
c) Literature
d) Jounalism
e) Sports
8. What is the name of Central Bank of USA?
a) Central Bank U.S.A
b) Reserve Bank of USA
c) Federal Reserve System
d) United States International Bank
e) None of these
9. Vikram Pandit is associated with which of the following banks?
a) United Bank
b) Citigroup Bank
c) HSBC
d) ICICI
e) HDFC
10. Which of the following metal is used in Nuclear Power production plant?
a) Copper
b) Zinc
c) Iron
d) Uranium
e) Barium
11. Which among the following is a renewable energy source?
A) Solar
B) Wind
C) Thermal
a) Only (A) b) Only (B) c) Only (C) d) Both (A) & (B) e) All (A), (B) & (C)
12. Which of the following states government proposes to setup Indias first Islamic bank in the country?
a) Kerala
b) Gujarat
c) Tamilnadu
d) Utar Pradesh
e) Odisha
13.As per the latest survey of indian economy, which among the following sectors is likely account for
maximum share in countrys GDP?
a) Agriculture
b) Services
c) Industries
d) Automobiles
e) None of these

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14. Which of the following organisations will distribute UIDAI cards among the citizens of country?
a) LIC
b) RBI
b) CSO
d) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
e) None of these
15. Which of the following organisation has announced to setup a core banking facilities in rural areas
and rural infrastucture?
a) SBI
b) RBI
c) ICICI
d) Rural Co-operative Banks
e) NABARD
16. What does the letter M stands for in SME, a commonly used abbriviation in financial parlance?
a) Millionaire
b) Miles
c) Medium
d) Mid-term
e) Monetary
17. What is the full form of SWIFT used in finance/banking sector?
a) Society for Worldwide International Financial Telecommunication
b) Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
c) Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Taxation
d) Society for Worldwide International Financial Taxation
e) None of these
18. RBI appointed a committee under the chairmanship of D. Mohanty to look into a) 2G spectrum scam
b) Implementation of Base Rate
c) Banks Saving Interest rate
d) Inflation
e) None of these
19. The government has proposed to setup Megha Food Parks in the country in order toa) control food prices
b) reduce wastage of farm produce
c) improve health facilities in urban areas
c) improve the food supply chain
e) None of these
20. What does the term IRR stands for in banking/financial parlance?
a) Interest Rate Risk
b) Interest Rate of Return
c) Internal Rate of Return

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d) Internal Recovery Risk
e) None of these
21. Which of the following organizations provide credit history of the borrowers?
a) RBI
b) AMFI
c) CRISIL
d) SEBI
e) CIBIL
22. Which among the following rates is likely to effect the banks loan interest rate?
a) Repo rate / Bank Rate
b) CRR / SLR
c) Inflation rate
d) Reverse Repo Rate
e) None of these
23. At which of the following rates a bank borrows money from RBI?
a) Reverse Repo Rate
b) Cash Reserve Ratio
c) Repo Rate
d) SLR
e) None of these
24. The Indian economy has registered a growth of _________ in Fiscal Year 2009-10.
a) 7.2%
b) 7.4%
c) 6.7%
d) 8.1%
e) None of these
25. What is the expansion of the term FIMMDA?
a) Fixed Income Money Market and Development Association of India.
b) Floating Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India.
c) Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India
d) Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Agency of India.
e) None of these
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26. Which among the following countries was second largest importer of services and goods in 2009-10
?
a) USA
b) China
c) India
d) Germany
e) Japan

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27. Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus is bleong to which of following countires?
a) Pakistan
b) Irak
c) UAE
d) Bangladesh
e) Afghanistan
28. Pipavav Port is situated in which of following states?
a) Gujarat
b) Tamilnadu
c) Kerala
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Odisha
* Pipavav Port is Indias first port in the private sector
29. Niyamgiri bauxite mining project is to be carried out in which of the following states?
a) West Bengal
b) Orissa
c) Jharkhand
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) None of these
30. Which of the following schemes has been launched by govenment of india for school childrens?
a) MNREGA
b) SEWA
c) Mid Day Meal
d) UIDAI
e) None of these
31. The precautionary limit of the Lok-Adalat has been fixed up to Rs._______
a) 5 lakh
b) 10 lakh
c) 15 lakh
d) 20 lakh
e) None of these
32. Which of the following theories is used in economic parlance?
a) Keynesian theory
b) Pascals Theory
c) Gravity Theory
d) Affinity matrix
e) None of these
33. Which of the following terms is not used in banking/finance parlance?
a) Credit
b) Debit
c) Discount
d) Absolute Zero

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e) None of these
34. Which of the following terms is not used in banking/finance parlance?
a) Balance sheet
b) Commercial paper
c) HIV virus
d) Hedge fund
e) None of these
35. What is CARTOSAT-2B?
a) a fighter jet developed by DRDO
b) an advanced Remote Sensing Satellite built by ISRO
c) an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) developed by Indias ADE
d) a type of supercomputer developed by IIT, Khadagpur
e) None of these
36. Which among the following european countries is facing debt crisis?
a) Ireland
b) Netherland
c) France
d) Portugal
e) None of these
37. Which of the following acts was introduced to prevent the utilisation of money derived from crime?
a) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
b) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
c) Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002
d) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961
e) None of these
38. ASHA scheme aims at which of the following areas?
a) Health
b) Food
c) Education
d) Employment
e) None of these
39. Which of the following document show the balance of cash of an individual in banking/finanancial
instituions on a particular date?
a) Annual Trade Report
b) Reconciliation Statement
c) Balance Sheet
d) Quarterly return statement submitted to RBI
e) None of these
40. Which among the following terms is not related to banking/finance sector?
a) Amortization
b) Breakeven Point

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c) Acid Test Ratio
d) ELISA test
e) None of these
41. As per National Advisory Council (NAC) recommendations for National Food Security Bill
(NFSB) which one of following is true in context of priority sector households?
a) Each BPL family would be entitled by law to get 20 kg of rice or wheat per month
b) Each BPL family would be entitled by law to get 25 kg of rice or wheat per month
c) Each BPL family would be entitled by law to get 30 kg of rice or wheat per month
d) Each BPL family would be entitled by law to get 35 kg of rice or wheat per month
e) None of these
42. As per the union budget fiscal deficit pegged at ______.
a) 3.2% of GDP
b) 4.6% of GDP
c) 3.6% of total costs
d) 4.2% of total costs
e) None of these
(Note : no financial year was given in the question so some confusion there, but for FY 2011-12
it is 4.6% of GDP and for current FY 2010-11 it is 5.1% of GDP).
43. Which among the following terms is not related to banking/finance sector?
a) Prime rate
b) Line of Credit
c) Centrifugal force
d) Solvency
e) None of these
44. Which of the following institutions/banks is the primary monetary authority of India?
a) SBI
b) RBI
c) SEBI
d) Finance Ministry
e) None of these
45. How much initial amount will subsidised by the government to get new LPG connection for a
single poor person?
a) Rs. 500
b) Rs. 700
c) Rs. 1200
d) Rs. 1400
e) None of these
46. Which of the following is/are key industries in india?
a) oil/petrolium refining
b) steel / electricity
c) cement / coal
a) Only (A) b) Only (B) c) Only (C) d) Both (B) & (C) e) All (A), (B) & (C)

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47. Which of the following rates is long term Interest rate measure?
a) Repo rate
b) Bank rate
c) Reverse Repo Rate
d) Fixed Interest rate
e) None of these
48. The design of new product and improving the old product by adding new features to it is called a) Product enrichment
b) Product enhancement
c) High-valued product
d) Improved product
e) None of these
49. A group of big industrialists and businessmen of India wrote an open letter addressed to Indian
government on which of follwoing issues?
a) Corporate governance
b) Government deficit
c) Inflation
d) Petrol prices
e) None of these
50. Which among the following sectors receiving the maximum FDI equity inflow into India during
FY 200910 ?
a) Services sector
b) Housing and real estate
c) Construction activities
d) Education business
e) None of these

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