Which of the following statements are true in the context of dilution of equity shares?
A. Dilution is a reduction in loss per share
B. Dilution is an estimation of the future growth of share price
C. Dilution is stagnation of the future share price
D. Dilution is the result of an increase in the total number of equity shares
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Which of the following can be termed as the source of permanent working capital?
A. Owner's funds
B. Bond financing, depending upon the maturity period
C. Term loan
D. All of the above
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'Dividend is not relevant in determining the value of the company'. Who among the following held this opinion?
A. J. E. Walter
B. Ezra Soloman
C. Modigliani Miller
D. M. J. Gordon
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Corporations today are operating in an environment in which exchange rate changes may adversely affect their competitive positions in the marketplace. This situation, in turn, makes it necessary for many firms to
A. Carefully manage their exchange risk exposure
B. Carefully measure their exchange risk exposure
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
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In case, cost of capital is 10%, EPS Rs. 10, IRR 8% and retention ratio is 60%, then the value of equity share as per Gordon's Model will be
A. Rs. 100
B. Rs. 87
C. Rs. 90
D. Rs. 77
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Which of the following variables is not known in internal rate of return method of capital budgeting?
A. Amount of cash inflows
B. Life of the project
C. Amount of cash outflows
D. Discount rate
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The euro zone is remarkably comparable to the United States in terms of
A. Population size
B. GDP
C. International trade share
D. All of the above
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Which of the following is included in international liquidity?
1. Foreigner exchange reserve.
2. Borrowing capacity of the various countries.
3. Gold reserves.
A. 1 and 3
B. 1 and 2
C. 2 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
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Which of the following statement is not correct?
A. The cost of capital is required rate of return to ascertain the value of the firm
B. Different sources of funds have a specific cost of capital related to that source only
C. Cost of capital does not comprise any risk premium
D. Cost of capital is basic data for NPV technique
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Statement I: In payback period method, the risk of the project is adjusted by lessening the target payback period.
Statement II: Sensitivity analysis helps in calculation of net present value of the proposal.
A. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is wrong
B. Statement I is wrong, but Statement II is correct
C. Both statements are correct
D. Both statement are wrong
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The portion of eamings which is distributed among shareholders in the form of dividend is called
A. Proprietary ratio
B. Earnings-yield ratio
C. Payout ratio
D. Retention ratio
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Which one of the following methods of capital budgeting assumes that cash inflows are reinvested at the project's rate of return?
A. Net Present Value
B. Accounting Rate of Return
C. Internal Rate of Return
D. Discounted Payback Period
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List I
List II
a. Extended Fund Facility
1. 1986
b. Compensatory Financing Facility
2. 1963
c. Compensatory and Contingency Facility
3. 1988
d. Structural Adjustment Facility
4. 1974
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
D. a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
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The elimination of riskless profit opportunities in the futures market is
A. Hedging
B. Arbitrage
C. Speculation
D. Diversification
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From the following techniques of capital budgeting decision, indicate the correct combination of discounting techniques.
1. Profitability index
2. Net present value
3. Accounting rate of return
4. Internal rate of return
A. 1, 2, 3
B. 2, 3, 4
C. 1, 2, 4
D. 1, 3, 4
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Which of the following techniques for appraisal of investment proposals are based on time value of money?
1. Accounting rate of return
2. Internal rate of return
3. Profitability index method
4. Earnings per share
Select the correct answer:
A. Both 1 and 2
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Both 1 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 4
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In a traditional approach, which of the following statement is true in the context of the average cost of capital?
A. It remains constant up to a degree of leverage and rises sharply thereafter with every increase in leverage
B. It rises constantly with an increase in leverage
C. It decreases up to a certain point, remains unchanged for a moderate increase in leverage, and rises beyond a certain point
D. It decreases at an increasing rate with an increase in leverage
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. Payback rate of return
1. Discounted cash flow technique
b. Internal rate of return
2. Cornpounded values of investments and returns
c. Benefit cost ratio
3. Crude method for project evaluation
d. Net terminal value method
4. Varying sized projects evaluation
A. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
B. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
C. a-1, b-4, c-2, d-3
D. a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
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Assertion (A): Arbitrage keeps the cost of capital constant despite change in the capital structure.
Reason (R): It ensures compensating inverse change in cost of equity capital with a change in the cost of debt capital.
A. (A) and (R) both are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B. (A) and (R) both are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C. (A) is true, but (R) is false
D. (A) is not true, but (R) is true
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Cash flow management involves
1. Lock-box system
2. Marketable securities
3. Playing the float
4. Concentration bank account
Select the correct answer:
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 4
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