Economics Department

M.E.S. ASMABI COLLEGE

First Internal Examination - August, 2018

Economics of Capital Market (ECO5 B09) Max. Credits: 55

Semester: Fifth Semester B.A Economics

(Answer all questions)

1. Regulator of stock exchanges in India is................

2. Market for new securities is known as....................

3. Market deals with exchange of currencies are………….

4. Money market is a market for.....................

5. The head quarters of NSE is situated in …… ( 5x 1 =5)

Answer in two or three sentences

6. Define stock exchange

7. Define financial intermediaries

8. Debenture

9. Owner ship securities

10. Demat share (5x2=10)

Short essay questions (Answer any four)

11. Features of money market and Capital market

12. Government securities market

13. Explain the role capital market in economic development.

14. Difference between share and debenture

15. Capital market instruments (4 x 5 = 20) Essay: Answer any two of the following

16. Explain the Functions of financial system in economic development

17. Evaluate the performance of new issue market in India

18. Explain the defects of Indian financial system (2x10=20)

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M.E.S. ASMABI COLLEGE

First Internal Examination - August, 2018

International Economics (ECO5 B10) Max. Credits: 55

Semester: Fifth Semester B.A Economics

(Answer all questions)

1. Expand WTO................

2. “Wealth of Nations published in the year....................

3. H-O theory formulated by………….

4. Bilateral Trade means....................

5. Absolute Cost Advantage theory was developed by …… ( 5x 1 =5)

Answer in two or three sentences

6. Define International Economics

7. Division of labour

8. Inter-regional Trade

9. Give an outline about the division of international economics

10. Define Protection (5x2=10)

Short essay questions (Answer any four)

11. Objectives of Protection

12. Explain Absolute Cost Advantage Theory

13. Explain the difference between inter-regional and International Trade.

14. Explain Ricardian theory of International trade

15. Explain the theoretical aspects of International Trade (4 x 5 = 20) Essay: Answer any two of the following

16. Explain how international trade acts does as an “engine of growth” for the developing countries

17. Explain H-O Theorem and its main conceptions

18. Define free trade. Examine the case for and against free trade (2x10=20)

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M.E.S. ASMABI COLLEGE

First Internal Examination - August, 2018

Macro Economics -1 (ECO5 B07) Max. Credits: 55

Semester: Fifth Semester B.A Economics

(Answer all questions)

1. The word macro was first used by................

2. Ceteris Paribus means....................

3. Ex-ante and ex-post was introduced by………….

4. GNP gap =.....................

5. NNP = …… ( 5x 1 =5)

Answer in two or three sentences

6. Neutrality of money and classical dichotomy

7. Micro and macro economics

8. National income

9. Wage price flexibility

10. Pigou effect (5x2=10)

Short essay questions (Answer any four)

11. Scope and limitations of macro economics

12. Explain national income concepts

13. Methods of measuring national income.

14. Macroeconomic paradoxes

15. Explain statics and dynamics (4 x 5 = 20) Essay: Answer any two of the following

16. Critically examine Say’s Law of Market

17. Explain circular flow of income in a four sector opens Economy.

18. Explain classical theory of output and employment. (2x10=20)

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M.E.S. ASMABI COLLEGE

First Internal Examination - August, 2018

Macro Economics -1 (ECO5 B07) Max. Credits: 55

Semester: Fifth Semester B.A Economics

(Answer all questions)

1. The word macro was first used by................

2. Ceteris Paribus means....................

3. Ex-ante and ex-post was introduced by………….

4. GNP gap =.....................

5. NNP = …… ( 5x 1 =5)

Answer in two or three sentences

6. Neutrality of money and classical dichotomy

7. Micro and macro economics

8. National income

9. Wage price flexibility

10. Pigou effect (5x2=10)

Short essay questions (Answer any four)

11. Scope and limitations of macro economics

12. Explain national income concepts

13. Methods of measuring national income.

14. Macroeconomic paradoxes

15. Explain statics and dynamics (4 x 5 = 20) Essay: Answer any two of the following

16. Critically examine Say’s Law of Market

17. Explain circular flow of income in a four sector opens Economy.

18. Explain classical theory of output and employment. (2x10=20)

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M.E.S. ASMABI COLLEGE

First Internal Examination - August, 2018

Modern Banking and Insurance (ECO3 B04) Max. Credits: 55

Semester: Third Semester B.A Economics

(Answer all questions)

1. IDBI was established in................

2. RBI was nationalized in....................

3. Merging of SBI and its associate banks occurred in………….

4. Money market is a market for.....................

5. The head quarters of RBI is situated in …… ( 5x 1 =5)

Answer in two or three sentences

6. Commercial paper and Certificate of deposit

7. Money market

8. Define commercial bank

9. Objectives of ICICI bank

10. ATM (5x2=10)

Short essay questions (Answer any four)

11. Features of money market and Capital market

12. Development banks and its functions

13. Explain different types of banking.

14. Features of Indian money market

15. Difference between development bank and commercial bank (4 x 5 = 20) Essay: Answer any two of the following

16. Explain the Functions of commercial banks

17. What do you mean by a development bank? Explain the role of development banks in economic development.

18. Explain the recent trends in banking industry of India. (2x10=20)

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First Internal Examination - August, 2018

Programme: BA Economics (Open Course) ECO5 B02

International Trade and Finance Max. Credits: 20

Semester: V

I Objective type questions

1. The purchasing power parity theory was put forward by --------------

2. The comparative cost advantage theory was introduced by …………..

3. Foreign exchange market is a ------------- market

4. The absolute purchasing power parity theory is closely related to the law of --------------.

( 4x1/4=1)

II Short essay/paragraph type:

5. Define international trade

6.What do you mean by specialization in international trade.

7. Fixed exchange rate system

8. Functions of Foreign exchange market

9. Spot and Forward market

(5x1=5)

111 Answer any Two questions (Short essay/paragraph type):

10 Explain the difference between BOT and BOP.

11. Discuss the mint parity theory of exchange rate determination.

12. Absolute Cost Advantage theory (2 x 2 = 4 )

IV Essay question (1x10=10)

1. H O Theory (1x10=10)

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Max.Time:2 Hours Max. Marks: 55

PART A Multiple choice questions (5 x 1=5 )

1. The matrix A= is

a) Symmetric b) diagonal c) skew symmetric d) triangular

2. Which of the following is a singular matrix

a) b) c) d)

3. Solve 7x - 21- 3x + 13 = 7 + 6x – 19

4. Harmonic mean

5. Define

a)Skewness and b) Kurtosis

PART B Short note questions (5 X 2 =10)

6. Solve, 4x² – 9 = 0

7. Solve, (x + 1)(x + 2) – 3 = 0

8. If A= and B= show that A+B = B+A

9. Show that 1/log_aN + 1/log_b N + 1/log_c N =1 if abc=N

10. Find the median for the following values:

4,45,60,20,83,19,26,11,27,12,52

Part C Short essay questions (4 x 5=20)

11. Show that log 2 + 16 log (16/15) + 12 log(25/24) + 7 log (81/80) = 1

12. If A= B= show that (AB)^T = B^T.A^T

13. Solve, x + Y = 5

2x² – Y² -10x – 2xY -28 = 0

14. Find the Adjoint of the Matrix A. If A=

15.Find the co-efficient of rank correlation from the following data

X: 48 33 40 9 16 16 65 24 16 57

Y: 13 13 24 6 15 4 20 9 6 19

PART D Essay questions (Answer any two questions 2 x 10 = 20)

16. Solve the following equations by using matrix inversion method.

3x+3y-z=11

2x-y+2z=9

4x+3y+2z=25

17.Solve the following system of equations applying Crammer’s rule.

2x-3y+5z=11

5x+2y-7z=-12

-4x+3y+z=5

18. Find Karl Pearson’s co-efficient of correlation between the values of X and Y given below. Also find probable error.

X: 78 89 96 69 59 79 68 61

Y: 125 137 156 112 107 136 123 108

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MES ASMABI COLLEGE P VEMBALLUR KODUNGALLUR

Fifth Semester B A Economics

First Internal Examination August 2018

EC05B08 India’s Economic Development: National and Regional

Max. Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 55

Part A (Objective type questions 7x1=7)

1. Among the following states which has the highest PCI ?

(a)Goa (b)Punjab (c)Kerala (d) Maharashtra

2. TRYSEM was started in

(a)1996 (b)1990 (c)1980 (d)1979

3. For a rural person the minimum calorie needed to reach above poverty line is:

(a)2400 calorie (b)2100 calorie (c)1995 calorie (d)2011 calorie

4. When the first industrial policy was introduced ?

(a) 1951. (b) 1991. (c) 1948. (d) 1956

5. How many industries are reserved for the public sector in the new Industrial policy 1991.

(a) 60 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 12

6. Which of the following committee was appointed by the Ministry of rural development to recommend a suitable methodology for identification of BPL families in rural areas

(a)N.C.Saxena (b) Tendulkar (c)Sengupta (d)Jai

7. PDS Stands for:

(a) Public Distribution System (b) Public Division System (c) Price Distribution System (d) All of these

Part B (Short answer questions 4x2=8)

8. Difference between frictional and disguised unemployment

9.IRDP

10. Liberaliztion

11. Unemployment and Under employment

Part C (Short essay questions 5x4=20)

12. Industrial Policy 1948 and 1956

13. MGNREGA

14. Industrial Sickness

15. Small Scale Industries

16. SGRY

Part D Essay questions (Answer any two questions 2x10=20)

17. New Industrial Policy

18. Poverty Alleviation Programmes in India

19. Unemployment, types, Causes and measurement

M.E.S. Asmabi College, P. Vemballur

VI Semester first internal examination, January 2019

AQ6B20 Fisheries Economics, Business Administration, Extension and Tourism

Time: 2hrs Total marks: 50

I. Answer all questions (1X10= 10)

1. The relationship between input and output of a firm is ………

(demand function, primary function, production function, products function)

2. Father of Economics is ………

(Alfred Marshell, Alfred Smith, Lionnel Adam Robbins, Adam Smith)

3. According to Law of …….. price of a commodity increases when demand increases and vice versa.

(Law of supply, Law of demand, Law of supply and demand)

4. ……… is the want satisfying power of goods.

(need, services, utility, scarcity)

5. According to law of supply, an increase in price will cause sellers to increase their ……….

(price, demand, supply, utility)

6. Demand curve is …………

(parallel to X axis, parallel to Y axis, Downward sloping, Upward sloping)

7. Law of diminishing marginal utility is given by ………

(Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, Wilson MC, Robbins V)

8. …….. refers to change in price of a commodity followed by a change in quantity demanded.

(Elasticity of supply, Elasticity of demand, Perfectly elastic)

9. In perfect elastic demand, the coefficient of elasticity is ……….

(Less than one, zero, more than one)

10. The demand curve shifts rightward when ………

(Rise in price of a substitute, fall in price of a substitute, rise in price of complement)

II. Write short answer on any five of the following (2X5 = 10)

1. Law of diminishing marginal utility

2. Marginal revenue

3. Law of supply

4. Law of returns

5. Elasticity of demand

6. Factors of production

7. Goods and services

III. Answer any two of the following(2X15=30)

1. What is Production function? How does it help an aqua culturist?

2. Explain basic concepts of economics.

3. What is the nature and scope of managerial economics?

MES ASMABI COLLEGE P VEMBALLUR KODUNGALLUR

PG Department of Economics

First Semester M A Economics-First Internal Examination August 2018

Indian Economy ECO1C03

Max. Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks:55

Part A Short Essay Questions (5x5=25)

1. Financial Planning

2. NITI Aayog

3. Fiscal crisis

4. Finance commission

5. Federal finance

Part B Essay Questions (3x10=30)

1. Major health issues identified in urban Kerala

2. Causes for BOP crisis of India during 1990’s

3. Impact of FTAs in India’s foreign trade

4. How regional disparities affect growth and development

MES ASMABI COLLEGE P VEMBALLUR KODUNGALLUR

PG Department of Economics

Third Semester M A Economics-First Internal Examination August 2018

Banking-theory and practices ECO 3C011

Max. Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks:55

Part A Short Essay Questions (5x5=25)

1. Federal reserve system

2. Uropean central bank

3. Lead bank scheme

4. Credit policy of RBI

5. State co-operative banks

Part B Essay Questions (3x10=30)

1. Reserve bank of India

2. Impact of monetary policy on growth and inflation

3. NBFI

4. Development financial Insstitutions

MES ASMABI COLLEGE P VEMBALLUR KODUNGALLUR

PG Department of Economics

Fourth Semester M A Economics-Second Internal Examination March 2018

Business Economics (ECO4C17)

Max. Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 55

Part A Short Essay Questions Answer any five (5x5=25)

1. Explain the problems facing Multinationals?

2. Distinguish between quantitative and qualitative forecast?

3. Explain Break even analysis?

4. Time value of money?

5. Explain the importance of Capital budgeting?

6. Explain types of risk?

Part B Essay Questions Answer any three (3x10=30)

7. Explain Capital budgeting and decision rules?

8. Explain demand forecasting?

9. Multinational Corporations.

10. Financial Statements.