RBI Grade B (DR) General / DEPR

India · Reserve Bank of India · civil-service · unverified source

300practice questions written to this syllabus
12subjects

Format

Reported: Phase II of 300 marks covering Economic & Social Issues, English (writing), and Finance & Management.

Sections

Over the years

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Official source: https://opportunities.rbi.org.in

Subjects this exam draws on

Principles of Management & Organisational Behaviour17 questionsManagerial (Applied Agribusiness) Economics18 questionsMacroeconomics & Policy25 questionsBusiness Communication5 questionsHuman Resource Management30 questionsFinancial Management in Agribusiness31 questionsAgricultural Finance, Credit & Rural Banking22 questionsInternational Agri Trade & Export Management10 questionsAgricultural Development & Policy Analysis6 questionsDevelopment Economics31 questionsPublic Finance36 questionsEconomic Development and Agricultural Economies of the World69 questions

Five practice questions, worked

Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.

1. Why do most textbooks describe management as at most a partial profession rather than a full one like medicine or law?

  1. It has no organised body of knowledge and cannot be taught in universities or institutes
  2. Its principles are universal laws that can be applied mechanically without any judgement
  3. Managers are not paid for their services and so cannot form professional associations
  4. There is usually no compulsory licence to practise and no single enforceable code of conduct
Answer and working

D. There is usually no compulsory licence to practise and no single enforceable code of conduct

Management has a body of knowledge, formal education and associations, but, unlike medicine or law, generally no compulsory licensing or enforceable code. The other statements are false: it is taught widely, its principles need judgement, and managers are paid.

Principles of Management & Organisational Behaviour · Nature and scope of management

2. An economy has consumption 600, investment 200, government purchases 150, exports 100 and imports 120 (all in billion). Its GDP by the expenditure method is

  1. 1,050 billion
  2. 1,170 billion
  3. 930 billion
  4. 830 billion
Answer and working

C. 930 billion

GDP = C + I + G + (X - M) = 600 + 200 + 150 + (100 - 120) = 930. 1,050 ignores imports; 1,170 adds imports instead of subtracting them. 830 leaves out exports.

Managerial (Applied Agribusiness) Economics · National income and the circular flow

3. Gross value added at basic prices is 900, taxes on products are 120 and subsidies on products are 40. What is GDP at market prices?

  1. 1,060
  2. 1,020
  3. 820
  4. 980
Answer and working

D. 980

GDP at market prices = GVA at basic prices + product taxes - product subsidies = 900 + 120 - 40 = 980. Adding subsidies gives 1060; reversing both signs gives 820; ignoring subsidies gives 1020.

Macroeconomics & Policy · National income concepts and measurement

4. A loan officer has a 40-page tender document and needs only the date by which bids must be submitted. The reading technique to use is

  1. extensive reading
  2. scanning
  3. intensive reading
  4. skimming
Answer and working

B. scanning

Scanning is a quick search for a specific item such as a date or figure. Skimming gets the general idea; intensive reading is slow and complete; extensive reading is wide reading for general understanding.

Business Communication · Reading comprehension

5. A plantation company pays thousands of daily-rated workers across many estates, some through labour contractors. Which HRIS problem is it most likely to face first?

  1. Duplicate or 'ghost' workers and inconsistent attendance records across estates
  2. Too few data fields to store the chief executive's quarterly performance goals and board-level targets
  3. Inability to compute the weighted average cost of capital
  4. Excessive use of competency models for field workers
Answer and working

A. Duplicate or 'ghost' workers and inconsistent attendance records across estates

With dispersed, daily-paid and contractor-supplied workers, data integrity of the worker master and field attendance is the core HRIS risk, leading to payroll leakage. The other options are either not HRIS issues or not the binding constraint in this setting.

Human Resource Management · Strategic human resource management

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