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Model question paper for Entrance Examination for Ph.D. Programme:

Section A

1 On the eve of the departure of the British, on 14 August 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru declared:
‘Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall
redeem our pledge’. ‘The achievement we celebrate today’, Nehru went on, ‘is but a step,
an opening of opportunity, to the great triumphs and achievements that await us.’ He
reminded the country that the task ahead included ‘the ending of poverty and ignorance
and disease and inequality of opportunity.’
(Dreze and Sen, India: Economic Development and Social Opportunity, 1995:1)

Read the passage above carefully and choose the correct answers to the following
questions:

i) What achievement was being celebrated by Nehru and others?
a) eradication of poverty in India;
b) social equality of opportunity;
c) independence from the British rule;
d) fulfillment of long-standing pledge

ii) What were the triumphs and achievements that awaited us on the day of
independence?
a) nuclear bomb;
b) total literacy and social equality;
c) victory in war with neighbourng nations;
d) having Indians amongst the top richest corporate houses of the world

2. Hot : Scalding as
a) Cold: Freezing
b) Cold: Lukewarm
c) Cold: Warm
d) None of the above

3 4:16 as 16:
a) 256
b) 32
c) 48
d) 16
e) None of the above

4 Complete the sequence a, c, f, j ,
a) o
b) n
c) p
d) D

5. What is the next number in the sequence 8 13 5 15 20 12 ?
a. 17
b. 15
c. 36
d. None of the above

Section B

1. Where a tax can be shifted the incidence depends on
a) how many producers there are
b) who is legally obliged to pay the tax
c) elasticities of demand and supply
d) whether there is perfect or imperfect information

2. The models used for planning in India are based on the idea of
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Manavendra Nath Roy
c) J. R. D. Tata
d) P. C. Mahalanobis

3. L-Shaped indifference curves arise when
a) Commodities are unrelated to one another
b) Commodities are perfect substitutes of one another
c) When one commodity is a necessity and the other a luxury
d) Commodities are perfect complements of one another

4 The production function α β Q = AL K obeys constant returns to scale if
a) α+β=1
b) α+β=0
c) α+β=-1
d) none of the above

5 . You are an analyst for a metropolitan transportation authority. You are asked if it would improve eficiency to buy more buses, and if so, how many more should be bought. The operating cost of
a bus is 30 during the day and 60 during the night, when higher wages must be paid to drivers and
other workers. The daily capital cost of a bus, whether or not it is used, is 10. The demand for
buses aggregated over persons and stops during the 12 hours of day and night, respectively D and
N, are
QD = 160 − PD
QN = 80 − PN

What prices should be charged to induce efficient ridership?
a) PD = 45, PN = 55
b) PD = 40, PN = 60
c) PD = 70, PN = 80
d) PD = 60, PN = 40