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Internal strategy of a business invariably takes care of ________________.

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  1. taking care of political environment

  2. media

  3. employees.

  4. both b & c.

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Correct Option: D

Working capital of an enterprise is used for holding current assets such as ________.

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  1. Stock of material

  2. Bills receivables

  3. Only A

  4. Both A and B

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Working capital of an enterprise is used for holding current assets such as stock of material and bills receivables. Working capital refers to the capital which are needed to run day-to-day activities.

Shelf stock refers to ______________.

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  1. Perishable goods

  2. Items that are to be packaged and sold

  3. Items that are stored by the firm and sold with little or no modifications

  4. Accessories which are not part of the standard equipment

  5. Stock which is to be stored for more than one year.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Items that are stored by the firm and sold with little or no modifications are called the shelf stock.

Which of the following is true for 'dirty float'?

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  1. It is a purely fixed exchange rate system

  2. It is compromise between fixed and floating exchange rate systems

  3. Central banks sometimes intervene in the forex market to curb sharp changes.

  4. Both (B) and (C) above

  5. All of (A), (B) and (C) above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In order to reduce the inefficiencies in the foreign exchange market central banks generally intervene in the currency markets to smoothen the fluctuations. Though officially the exchange rate may be floating, in reality the central bank  may intervene regularly in the currency market,unofficially keeping it fixed. Such a system is referred to as a 'managed float' or a 'dirty float'.

Source of funds for an entrepreneur can be _______.

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  1. Personal investment

  2. Venture capital

  3. Investment from 'Angels'

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
 Every entrepreneur need some source of funds to implement his idea to run a business. Source of funds for an entrepreneur can be:
a) personal investment
b) venture capital
c) investment from 'Angels': here 'angels' mean investors.

A trading concern for example, may require ____ amount of fixed capital as compared to a manufacturing concern.

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  1. Large

  2. Small

  3. Fixed

  4. Half

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A trading concern for example, may require small amount of fixed capital as compared to a manufacturing concern since trading does not involve physical assets for production purpose. Whereas, manufacturing sector requires huge amount of investment.

Which is of the following is / are false?

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  1. In the FIFO method the issue is in the order of receipt.

  2. In the replacement method the current realizable value is taken for pricing the issues.

  3. In the weighted average method issue price is the weighted average of quantity and price and the weight being the percentage of value of each lot in the total stock.

  4. Under inflationary conditions LIFO method will show low value of inventory.

  5. Both (B) and (D) above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the Weighted average cost method the pricing of the materials is done on weighted average basis and the weights will be based on the quantity.

A stock dividend is paid out of ________________.

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  1. current earnings

  2. retained earnings

  3. capital surplus

  4. paid-in-surplus

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following is/are the source(s) of short term finance?

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  1. Trade Credit

  2. Cash advance loan

  3. Short term Borrowings

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Short term finance is type of business financing where it is obtained for a year or less. The sources of short term finance are: trade credit, cash advance loan and short term borrowings.

In each bank, within a credit-rating scale, borrowers are classified into _____________________.

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  1. Excellent, Good and Average

  2. Below Average or Unsatisfactory

  3. Excellent and Below Average

  4. Both (a) and (b)

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Correct Option: D