University of Hyderabad Ph.D.Economics Entrance Exam Question Paper : igmlnet.uohyd.ac.in

Name of the University : University of Hyderabad
Exam : Entrance Examinations
Paper: Ph.D.Economics
Document Type : Model Question Paper
Year : 2016

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4. Handover the OMR answer sheet at the end of the examination.
5. Use of non-programmable calculators is allowed.

6. There are 75 questions in this paper. The Question Paper has two parts – PART-A and PART-B. The PART-A contains 25 questions and the PART-B contains 50 questions. Marks obtained in PART-A will determine the merit rank in case of a tie in the total number of marks obtained.

7. Each correct answer carries one mark.
8. There is negative marking. Each wrong answer carries – 0’33 marks.
9. This question paper contains 15 pages including the cover page and pages for rough work.

PART.A :
1. The value of a commodity according to Marx is:
A. Directly related to productivity.
B. Unrelated to productivity.
C. indirectly related to productivity.
D. inversely related to productivity.

2. Paul Sweezy, Maurice Dobb, Robert Brenner are names associated with
A. The Transitive Debate
B. The Transition Debate
C. The Transaction Debate
D. The Transcending Debate

3. Which of the following is associated with the concept of ‘Deskilling’?
A. Theodore Schultz
B. Amartya Sen
C. Harry Braverman
D. MichaelJ. Sabel

4. Formalism in economics refers to use of in building economics theories.
A. Statistics
B. Mathematics
C. Definitions
D. Formal Statements

5. After the independence of India, JC Kumarappa Committee was constituted to suggest a comprehensive policy of
A. Social Reforms
B. Cooperative Movement
C. Land Reforms
D. Agrarian Reforms

6. ln Ricardian model of growth, economy is likely to reach a stationary state due to the distributive conflict between :
A. Workers and Capitalists
B. Capitalists and Landlords
C. Landlords and Workers
D. Consumers and Producers

7. The book titled: “Capital in 21’t century” is authored by:
A. joseph Stiglitz
B. Raghurama Rajan
C. Thomas Picketty
D. Herald Mynsky

8. which of the following agencies estimate and publish “whole sale price A. lndex,, in lndia?
A. Central Statistical Organization
B. N.S.S.O.
C. Ministry of Finance
D. Reserve Bank of India

9. orthodox view in economics holds that either bond-financed (through deficit financing) or tax-financed public expenditure leads to internalised expectations about future taxes, resulting in no change in aggregate demand for public spending. This is known as:
A. Ricardian Equivalence
B. Crowding out Effect
C. Money Neutrality
D. None of the above.

10. A statistic is defined as:
A. A discipline
B. Data
C. Any measure obtained from the sample
D. All the above.

11.’Simple’ production means:
A. Producing with traditional techniques of production
B. Producing simple consumer goods
C. A capitalist system where there is no accumulation
D. None of the above.

12′ The ‘inverse relation’ debate in Indian agriculture refers to a situation where:
A. Profitability increases with size of holding
B’ Productivity per acre decreases with increases in size of holding
C. lnput use decreases with increase in size of holding
D. All the above.

13. A stochastic process is said to be weakly stationary when
A. lts mean is zero
B. lts variance is constant
C. lts covariance is independent of time
D. lt is free from time trend

14. Which of the following is a unit root test?
A. Johansen-Juselius test
B. ARDL Bounds test
C. KPSS test
D. Ljung-Box test

15. A random walk Process is:
A. Mean reverting
B. Non-stationary
C. Used to Predict future Prices
D. Associated with non-linear processes only