MARKETING AWARENESS FOR S B I CLERK
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1) Proper marketing requires
a) Planning
b) Sympathy
c) knowledge of Products
d) 1 and 2 both
e) 1 and 3 both
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Ans e
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2) Marketing information means
a) Knowledge of companies
b) Cross-country information
c) knowledge of related markets
d) Selling to existing customers
e) None of these
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Ans c
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3) Market Research is needed
a) For extra service charges
b) For levy of VAT
c) For good customer service
d) For effective selling
e) There is no need for Market Research
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Ans c
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4) 4P's of Marketing means
a) Primary Marketing Techniques.
b) Person.Place,Product and Promotion
c) Promoting Authority.
d) Purpose,Place,Passion and Product
e) None of these
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Ans b
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5) Market Segmentation means
a) Dividing the market into various groups
b) Segmentation by Age
c) Segmentation by tastes
d) Segmentation geographically
e) All of the above
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Ans e
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6) Bank Marketing is necessary due to
a) Globalization
b) Recession
c) Merger of banks
d) Shortage of resources
e) Selling various different items in Banks
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Ans e
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7) Customization means
a) Designing Products to suit the company
b) Designing Strategies to suit the company
c) Designing Products to suit individual customers
d) All of the above
e) None of these
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Ans d
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8) Product mix means
a) Distributing a mix of products
b) Collectings ideas to sell better.
c) Satisfying the customers
d) Bundle of products required by the customer
e) various products designed by the company
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Ans e
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9) Selling skills are judged by
a) Number of goods sold
b) Amount of Profit earned
c) Number of customers convertedd
d) All of the above
e) None of these
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Ans d
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10) Rural Marketing involves
a) Selling to Rural banks
b) Selling by Rural banks
c) Selling to Rural customer
d) Arranging industrial exhibitions
e) All of the above
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Ans e
11. Market Expansion means—
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(A) hiring more staff
(B) firing more staff
(C) buying more products
(D) buying more companies
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
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12. A series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it is called a—
(A) program
(B) command
(C) user response
(D) processor
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
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13. Effective marketing helps in—
(A) developing new products
(B) creating a competitive environment
(C) building demand for products
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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14. Which is the part of a computer that one can touch and feel ?
(A) Hardware
(B) Software
(C) Programs
(D) Output
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
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15. A Call in Marketing means—
(A) to phone the customers
(B) to visit the customers
(C) to visit the marketing site
(D) to call on prospective customers
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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16. Delivery Channel means—
(A) maternity wards
(B) handing over the products to the buyers
(C) places where products are made available to the buyers
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
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17. Processing involves—
(A) inputting data into a computer system
(B) transforming input into output
(C) displaying output in a useful manner
(D) providing relevant answers
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
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18. One of the following is a target group for the marketing of Internet Banking.
(A) All the customers
(B) All the educated customers
(C) All the computer educated customers
(D) Only creditors
(E) All of these
Ans : (C)
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19. Innovation mean—
(A) Product Designing
(B) New ideas
(C) Impulse
(D) Both (A) and (B)
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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20. One of the following is a target group for the marketing of educational loan.
(A) All the customers
(B) Students
(C) Only poor students
(D) Students having promising educational track record
(E) All of these
Ans : (B)
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21. Service after sale is not the function of—
(A) Marketing staff
(B) Seller
(C) Director of the company
(D) Employees of the company
(E) All of the above are wrong
Ans : (A)
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22. If done through………the rural marketing would be more effective.
(A) fairs
(B) village fairs
(C) door to door campaign
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
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23. Market Survey means—
(A) Market Research
(B) Market Planning
(C) Marketing Strategies
(D) Market Monitering
(E) All of these
Ans : (A)
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24. ………can be done through digital Banking ?
(A) Mobile phone
(B) Internet
(C) Telephone
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
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25. A good seller should have the following quality/qualities ?
(A) Devotion to the work
(B) Submissive
(C)
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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36. The rural marketing is not required because—
(A) rural people do not understand marketing
(B) its not practical from the cost point of view
(C) it is sheer wastage of time
(D) All are wrong
(E) All are correct
Ans : (D)
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27. Planned-cost service means—
(A) Costly products
(B) Extra profit on the same cost
(C) Extra work by seller
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
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28. Internet marketing means—
(A) Self-marketing
(B) Core Groups monitering
(C) Employees marketing
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
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Ans : (E)
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29. The aim of successful marketing is—
(A) to increase the sale
(B) to increase the profit
(C) to increase the output of sellers
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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30. The networking becomes……through networking.
(A) very difficult
(B) dull
(C) easy
(D) has no role in marketing
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
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SBI: Financial Awareness and Marketing Sample Question Paper
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The Option which is not underlined and italic is the right answer
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1. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is better known as
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(A) World Bank
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(B) Asian Development Bank
(C) IMF
(D) It is known by its name
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2. When was the Reserve Bank of India established?
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(A) 1935
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(B) 1920
(C) 1928
(D) 1947
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3. Which is the largest commercial bank in India?
(A) Reserve Bank of India
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(B) State Bank of India
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(C) ICICI Bank
(D) Bank of India
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4. The Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were merged in 1921 to form
(A) Reserve Bank of India
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(B) Imperial Bank of India
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(C) Bank of India
(D) Union Bank of India
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5. Which sister organization of the World Bank helps private activity in developing countries by
financing projects with long-term capital in the form of equity and loans?
(A) Asian Development Bank
(B) IMF
(C) International Developmental Association
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(D) International Finance Corporation
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6. Which sister organization of the World Bank provides long term loans at zero interest to the
poorest developing countries?
(A) Asian Development Bank
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(B) IMF
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(C) International Developmental Association
(D) International Finance Corporation
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7. Which was the first Indian Bank to introduce credit card?
(A) State Bank of India
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(B) Central Bank of India
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(C) Union Bank of India
(D) ICICI
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8. What does devaluation of a currency mean?
(A) decrease in the internal value of money
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(B) decrease in the external value of money
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(C) decrease both in the external and internal values of money
(D) none of these
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9.Which of the following is known as plastic money?
(A) bearer cheques
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(B) credit cards
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(C) demand drafts
(D) gift cheques
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10. Which of the following statements best describes the concept of involvement in the context
of buyer behaviour?
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(A) The length of time involved in the buying process
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(B) The potential impact of a product on an individual's self-identity
(C) The number of people involved in the decision-making unit
(D) The complexity of an order
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11. Buying decisions generally follow a pattern of overlapping stages. Which of the following
best describes the typical stages of the buying process?
(A) Need recognition > Information search > Evaluation > Decision > Post purchase evaluation
(B) Need recognition > Evaluation > Information search > Decision > Post purchase evaluation
(C) Information search > Need recognition > Evaluation > Decision > Post purchase evaluation
(D) Need recognition > Information search > Decision > Evaluation > Post purchase evaluation
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12. Needs differ from wants because:
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(A) Wants are a socialized manifestation of underlying needs
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(B) Needs are a socialized manifest Needs are historical; wants are about the futuretation of
underlying wants
(C) Needs are historical; wants are about the future
(D) Needs and wants are exactly the same
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13. Which of the following levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is most likely to be associated
with consumers' purchase of goods which appeal to their inner sense of peace of mind (e.g. art
classes)?
(A) Self-actualization
(B) Love
(C) Security
(D) Physiological
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14. An individual is considering buying a new microwave cooker and is faced with the possibility
of several models. Which of the following describes the widest range of microwave cookers,
which the buyer considers in some form?
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(A) The choice set
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(B) The awareness set
(C) The total set
(D) The pre-evaluation set
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15. A company uses The Coors to endorse its range of snack foods. This endorsement is likely
to be particularly effective if the Coors are seen by Large numbers of the company's target
market as:
(A) A primary reference group.
(B) A tertiary reference group.
(C) A secondary reference group.
(D) A non-reference group.
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16. Which of the following consumer responses is LEAST likely to overcome cognitive
dissonance experienced by a consumer who is dissatisfied with their purchase?
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(A) Rationalizing to ourselves that a product is actually quite good
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(B) Seeing the product in a different light so that we emphasize the bad aspects of a product
(C) Seeing the product in a different light so that we emphasize the good aspects of a product
(D) Complaining and returning goods to the supplier
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17.Which of the following labels is NOT associated with a role in a buying Decision Making Unit?
(A) Supplier
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(B) Gatekeeper
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(C) Decision maker
(D) User
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17. A secretary who answers calls for a company buyer may be taking on which role within the
company's decision-making unit?
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(A) User
(B) Influencer
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(D) Buyer
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(C) Gatekeeper
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20. Which of the following is NOT an element of a Marketing Information System?
(A) Marketing research
(B) Decision support system
(C) Production monitoring system
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(D) None of these
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SBI MARKETING AWARENESS QUESTION
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1. Regulations that arise to ensure that firms take responsibility for the social costs of their
products or production processes stem from which reason for government legislation of
business?
(a) To protect companies from each other
(b) To protect consumers from unfair business practices
(c) To protect the interests of society
(d) To protect businesses from unfair consumer demands
Ans : C
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2. A “three-day cooling off period” in which buyers can cancel a contract after re-thinking it is to
protect the consumer from:
(a) creative selling
(b) high pressure selling
(c) detail selling
(d) hard core selling
Ans : B
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3. One of the most promising developments in multivariable segmentation is called _____
where a host of demographic and socioeconomic factors are used
(a) terragraphic segmentation
(b) fermagraphic segmentation
(c) geothermy segmentation
(d) geodemographic segmentation
Ans : D
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4. One of the most common problems with using internal database information is that :
(a) since it was probably collected for some other purpose, it may be incomplete or wrong.
(b) it is usually expensive to retrieve.
(c) top executives are usually unwilling to relinquish data, therefore, the data has limits.
(d) the data is almost always unsecured and therefore, suspect as to reliability
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Ans : A
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5. The last stage in the selling process is the _____ stage.
(a) approach
(b) handling objections
(c) closing
(d) follow-up
Ans : D
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6. When Coca-Cola and Nestle formed a joint venture to market a ready-to-drink coffee and tea
worldwide, the type of marketing system that was formed would best be described as being
a(n):
(a) vertical marketing system
(b) parallel marketing system
(c) diversified marketing system
(d) horizontal marketing system
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Ans : D
7. The major advantage of survey research is its :
(a) simplicity
(b) structure
(c) organization
(d) flexibility
Ans : D
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8. The _____ holds that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable
(therefore, work on improving production and distribution efficiency)
(a) product concept
(b) production concept
(c) production cost expansion concept
(d) marketing concept
Ans : B
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9. A ____ is any activity or benefit offered for sale that is essentially intangible and does not
result in the ownership of anything
(a) demand
(b) basic staple
(c) product
(d) service
Ans : D
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10. _____ is a person’s distinguishing psychological characteristics that lead to relatively
consistent and lasting responses to his or her own environment
(a) Psychographics
(b) Personality
(c) Demographics
(d) Lifestyle
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Ans : B
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11. The place in the business buying behavior model where interpersonal and individual
influence might interact is called the
(a) environment
(b) response
(c) stimuli
(d) buying center
Ans : D
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12. The course of a product’s sales and profits over its lifetime is called
(a) the sales chart
(b) the dynamic growth curve
(c) the adoption cycle
(d) the product life cycle
Ans : D
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13. When companies make marketing decisions by considering consumer’s wants and the long-
run interests of the company, consumer, and the general population, they are practicing which
of the following principles?
(a) Innovative marketing
(b) Consumer-oriented marketing
(c) Value marketing
(d) Societal marketing
Ans : D
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14. All of the following are thought to be sources if new product ideas EXCEPT.
(a) internal sources
(b) customers
(c) competitors
(d) the local library
Ans : D
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15. If Honda uses its company name to cover such different products as its automobiles, lawn
mowers, and motorcycles, it is practicing which of the following strategies?
(a) new brand strategy
(b) line extension strategy
(c) multibrand strategy
(d) brand extension strategy
Ans : D
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16. If a company (considering its options on the product/market expansion grid) chooses to
move into different unrelated fields (from what it has ever done before) with new products as a
means to stimulate growth, the company would be following which of the following general
strategies?
(a) market penetration
(b) market development
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(c) product development
(d) diversification
Ans : D
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17. When a marketing research organization chooses a segment of the population that
represents the population as a whole, they have chosen a _____
(a) group
(b) bi-variant population
(c) sample
(d) market target
Ans : C
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18. Joining with foreign companies to produce or market products and services is called
(a) direct exporting
(b) indirect exporting
(c) licensing
(d) joint venturing
Ans : D
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19. If advertising constantly sends out messages about materialism, sex, power, and status,
which of the following categories of social criticism most closely matches this problem?
(a) Too much advertising
(b) Too few social goods
(c) Cultural pollution
(d) Too much political power
Ans : C
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20. A(n) ____ is a name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or a combination of these that identifies
the marker or seller of a product or service.
(a) product feature
(b) sponsorship
(c) brand
(d) logo
Ans : C
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21. If an advertiser wants flexibility, timeliness, good local market coverage, broad acceptability
and high believability, the advertiser will probably choose which of the following mass media
types?
(a) Newspapers
(b) Television
(c) Direct Mail
(d) Radio
Ans : A
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22. When producers, wholesalers, and retailers as a unified system, they comprise a
(a) conventional marketing system
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(b) power-based marketing system
(c) horizontal marketing system
(d) vertical marketing system
Ans : D
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23. The type of trade-promotion discount in which manufacturers agree to reduce the price to
the retailer in exchange for the retailer’s agreement to feature the manufacture’s products in
some way is called
(a) discount
(b) allowance
(c) premium
(d) rebate
Ans : B
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24. The study of human populations in terms of size, density, location, age, gender, race,
occupation, and other statistics is called :
(a) Geothermy
(b) Demography
(c) Ethnography
(d) Hemos-popography
Ans : B
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25. Today, advertising captures about ___ percent of total promotion spending
(a) 15
(b) 23
(c) 29
(d) 33
Ans : B
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26. The process that turns marketing strategies and plans into marketing actions in order to
accomplish strategic marketing objectives is called :
(a) Marketing strategy
(b) Marketing control
(c) Marketing analysis
(d) Marketing implementation
Ans : D
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27. The goal of the marketing logistics system should be to provide :
(a) a targeted level of promotional support.
(b) a targeted level of customer service at the least cost.
(c) a targeted level of transportation expense ratio.
(d) a targeted level of field support.
Ans : B
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28. The practice of going after a large share of a smaller market or subsets of a few markets is
called :
(a) undifferentiated marketing
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(b) differentiated marketing
(c) concentrated marketing
(d) turbo marketing
Ans : C
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29. The shrinking of distances due to technological advance such as computer and fax
connections by telephone, are one characteristic of what new challenge to marketing?
(a) Rapid globalization
(b) The changing world economy
(c) The call for more socially responsible marketing
(d) The micro-chip revolution
Ans : A
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30. If Mark Mars pays Hershey Foods Corporation for the right to use their name on his line of
T-shirts, then Mr. Mars is using which type of branding?
(a) Licensed brand
(b) Manufacturer’s brand
(c) Private brand
(d) Co-brand
Ans : A
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31. If your company were to make light bulbs to be used in photocopies, you would most likely
be selling to a ______ market.
(a) reseller
(b) business
(c) government
(d) service
Ans : B
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32. _____ has the advantage of being high in selectivity; low cost, immediacy, and interactive
capabilities
(a) Direct Mail
(b) Outdoor
(c) Online
(d) Radio
Ans : C
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33. If your company were to make a product such as a suit of clothes and sold that product to
a retailer, your company would have sold to the _______market.
(a) reseller
(b) business
(c) government
(d) service
Ans : A
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34. In 1985, the Coca-Cola Company made a classic marketing blunder with its deletion of its
popular Coca-Cola product and introduction of what it called New Coke. Analysts now believe
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that most of the company’s problems resulted from poor marketing research. As the public
demanded their “old Coke” back, the company relented and reintroduced Coca-Cola Classic
(which has regained and surpassed its former position) while New Coke owns only 0.1 percent
of the market. Which of the following marketing research mistakes did coca-Cola make?
(a) They did not investigate pricing correctly and priced the product too high.
(b) They defined not investigate dealer reaction and had inadequate distribution.
(c) They defined their marketing research problem too narrowly
(d) They failed to account for the Pepsi challenge taste test in their marketing efforts
Ans : C
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35. Marketers are sometimes accused of deceptive practices that lead consumers to believe
they will get get more value than they actually do. ____ includes practices such as falsely
advertising “factory” or “wholesale” prices or a large price reduction from a phony high retail
price.
(a) Deceptive promotion
(b) Deceptive packaging
(c) Deceptive pricing
(d) Deceptive cost structure
Ans : C
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36. The advantages of audience selectivity, no ad competition and personalization apply to
which type of media?
(a) Newspapers
(b) Television
(c) Direct Mail
(d) Radio
Ans : C
37. The first modern environmental movement in the United States began in theAns :
(a) 1940s
(b) 1950s
(c) 1960s and 1970s
(d) mid 1980s
Ans : C
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38. Costs that do not vary with production or sales levels are called :
(a) fixed costs
(b) variable costs
(c) standard costs
(d) independent costs
Ans : A
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39. Each salesperson is assigned to an exclusive area in which to sell the company’s full line of
products or services in which type of sales force structure?
(a) Territorial sales force
(b) Product sales force
(c) Customer sales force
(d) Hybrid sales force
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Ans : A
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40. Techonological advances, shifts in consumer tastes, and increased competition, all of which
reduce demand for a product are typical of which stage in the PLC?
(a) decline stage
(b) introduction stage
(c) growth stage
(d) maturity stage
Ans : A
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41. Setting the promotion budget so as to match the budgets of the competition is
characteristic of which of the following budget methods?
(a) Affordable method
(b) Percentage-of-Sales method
(c) Competitive-and-parity method
(d) Objective -and-task method
Ans : C
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42. ____ is screening new-product ideas in order to spot good ideas and drop poor ones as
soon as possible.
(a) Idea generation
(b) Concept development and testing
(c) Idea screening
(d) Brainstorming
Ans : C
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43. The type of sales force structure in which the sales force sells along product lines is called a
(a) territorial sales force
(b) product sales force
(c) customer sales force
(d) retail sales force
Ans : B
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44. A company is in the _____ stage of the new product development process when the
company develops the product concept into a physical product in order to assure that the
product idea can be turned into a workable product.
(a) product development
(b) commercialization
(c) marketing strategy
(d) business analysis
Ans : A
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45. When personal interviewing involves inviting six to ten people to gather for a few hours with
a trained interviewer to talk about a product, service, or organization, the method is called :
(a) selective sponsorship
(b) probing
(c) focus group interviewing
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(d) the Delphi method
Ans : C
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46. All of the following factors can affect the attractiveness of a market segment
EXCEPT :
(a) the presence of many strong and aggressive competitors
(b) the likelihood of government monitoring
(c) actual or potential substitute products
(d) the power of buyers in the segment
Ans : B
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47. If a government uses barriers to foreign products such as biases against a foreign
company’s bids, or product standards that go against a foreign company’s product features, the
government is using
(a) protectionism
(b) exchange controls
(c) exchange facilitators
(d) non-tariff trade barriers
Ans : D
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48. The choice between high markups and high volume is part of which of the following retailer
marketing decisions?
(a) Target market decisions
(b) Product assortment and services decisions
(c) Pricing decisions
(d) Promotion decisions
Ans : C
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49. One common misuse of marketing research findings in contemporary business is the
tendency for marketing research to :
(a) become a vehicle for pitching the sponsor’s products
(b) become a vehicle for discriminating in the marketplace
(c) become a means for raising prices
(d) become a means for unfair competition
Ans : A
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50. The most logical budget setting method is found in the list below. Which is it?
(a) Affordable method
(b) Percentage-of-Sales method
(c) Competitive-parity method
(d) Objective-and-task method
Ans : D
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SPECIAL QUESTIONS ON MARKETING APTITUDE
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‘Definitely Male’ this advertisement line is for which Motor Cycle?
1Hero Honda
2TVS
3Bajaj
4LML
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Delivery channels other than Bank counters are .......
1ATM's
2Internet Banking
3Tele Banking
4All of these
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Marketing is best suited in .....
1Buyers' market
2Sellers' market
3Internal marketing
4Direct marketing
Ans: 1
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Customer's Relationship with the Bank is influenced by .....
1Customers' attitudes
2Attitudes of Bank staff
3Interest rates of the Bank
4Attitudes of salespersons
Ans: 2
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Marketing is Find the wrong option .....
1an ancient concept
2a modern need
3a continuous affair
4a term effort
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Indirect Marketing means ......
1Marketing by non-sales persons
2Market Survey
3Market Research
4Advertisements
Ans: 4
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Direct Marketing means .......
1Face-to-face marketing
2Melas
3Seminars
4Indoor marketing
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Effective Bank Marketing requires .....
1proper pricing
2customised products
3simple procedures
4All of these
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Selling is a function undertaken by .....
1All the sales persons
2All the employees
3Entire organization
4Outsourced agencies
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One of the following is not a sales activity. Find the same.
1Identifying leads
2Making a call
3Negotiation
4After-sales service
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"Relationship" in karketing means ......
1Relation between salesperson
2Relation between buyer and seller
3Relation between company and consumer
4All of these
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"Making a Call" means .....
1Calling on a prospective customer
2Explaining product details
3Negotiating a deal
4Arguing with a customer
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Marketing is termed as successful, when -.
1There is a rise in the number of salesmen
2There is no need for post-sales service
3There is no need to give discounts
4There is rise in sales through
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Market Research is needed for-
1Choosing the right sales persons
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forecasting involves study of -.
Proper selling price
Sales planning
Distribution outlets
All of these
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Advertisements are required for
1Boosting the production levels
2Motivating the employees
3Boosting the sales
4All of these
Ans: 3
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Price(P) is an important factor for effective marketing. What are the other P's?
1Product, Promotion and Place
2Place, Persuasion and Promotion
3Pride, Person and Place
4Product, Paper and Person
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Only one of the following is true. Find the same.
1Marketing is not required in monopolistic situation
2Marketing has no role to play in production levels
3Marketing depends on competitors' performance
4Marketing is not required in Public enterprises
Ans: 3
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Market segmentation helps in -.
1Focused marketing
2Improved lead generation
3Identifying the target group
4All of the above
Ans: 4
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CROSS selling means -.
1 Selling to Red Cross members
2 Selling to Blue Cross members
3 Selling across countries
4 Selling other products to existing customers
Ans: 4
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Bank assurance means -.
1Assurance given by banks to Loanees
2Assurance to bank with one bank
3Assurance to repay loans
4Selling insurance products through banks
Ans: 4
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The Target Group for Credit Cards is -.
1All Card holders
2All existing borrowers
3Individuals with taxable income
4All of these
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A `Target Group' in Marketing means -.
1To whom the sales should be directed
2A Group of Sellers
3A Group of Buyers
4A Group of Products
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Value-added services means -.
1Giving full value for money
2Better value for higher price
3Costlier service
4Additional service
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`Benchamark' means -.
1Products lined up on a bench
2Salesmen sitting on a bench
3Set standards
4Mark on a bench
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A DSA means -.
1 Directly Selling Authority
2 Directly Selling Agent
3 Direct Selling Authorit
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4 Direct Selling Agent
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A `Call Centre' is -.
1A place where Salesmen meet every day
2A Training Centre
3A Back Office set up where customer queries are answered
4Customers' meeting place
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A `Call' means -.
1A Profession
2Teletalk
3Calling on a Prospect
4A Call Centre
Ans: 3
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Internal Marketing means -.
1Selling to onself
2Selling of samples
3Selling to the employees
4Selling to foreign markets
Ans: 3
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Market share means -.
1Market price of shares
2Sensex
3Share market
4Share of business among peers
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Market size means -.
1Size of marketing staff
2Size of the Organisation
3Scope for profits
4Scope for marketing
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Service Marketing is the same as -.
1Relationship Marketing
2Transaction Marketing
3Internal Marketing
4All of those
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SBI Solved Sample Paper for Marketing
Aptitude and Computer Knowledge
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1) Which of the following functions is not performed by CPU?
a) Graphical Display of data.
b) Arithmetic calculations.
c) Managing Memory.
d) Managing Input and Output.
e) None of these.
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Ans a
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2) The Feature that keeps track of the right margins is
a) Find and Replace
b) Word Wrap
c) Right justified
d) Left justified
e) Ragged Right.
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Ans e
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3) Keyboard shortcuts are used to move the
a) I-beam
b) Insertion Point
c) Scroll Bar
d) Mouse
e) None of these
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Ans b
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4) To specify margins in word, the user has to select page setup option from the ------- menu?
a) Edit
b) Table
c) Autocorrect
d) File
e) Format
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Ans d
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5) What is the name of the package which helps to create,manipulate and analyze data arranged in rows
and columns?
a) Application Package
b) Word Processing package
b) Outlining Package
d) Outline processors
e) Spreadsheet package.
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Ans e
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6) Which of the following options is used to display information such as title,page number of the
document?
a) Insert Table
b) Auto correct
c) Thesaurus
d) Spelling and grammar
e) Header and Footer
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Ans e
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7) The processor is a -------- chip plugged onto the motherboard in a computer system.
a) LSI
b) VLSI
c) ULSI
d) XLSI
e) WLSI
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Ans b
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8) A register that keeps track of the next instruction to be executed is called a ---------
a) Data Register
b) Instruction Register
c) Action Register
d) Program Counter
e) Accumulator
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Ans d
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9) Which of the following will be used if a sender of e-mail wants to bold,italics etc
the text message?
a) Reach Signature
b) Reach Text
c) Reach Format
d) Plain Format
e) Plain Text
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Ans b
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10) What is the full form of LIS?
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a) Low-Scale Internet
b) Large-Scale Internet
c) Low-Scale Integration
d) Large-Scale Integration
e) Local-Scale Integration
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Ans d
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11) Proper marketing requires--
a) Planning
b) Sympathy
c) knowledge of Products
d) 1 and 2 both
e) 1 and 3 both
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Ans e
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12) Marketing information means
a) Knowledge of companies
b) Cross-country information
c) knowledge of related markets
d) Selling to existing customers
e) None of these
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Ans c
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13) Market Research is needed
a) For extra service charges
b) For levy of VAT
c) For good customer service
d) For effective selling
e) There is no need for Market Research
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Ans c
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14) 4P's of Marketing means
a) Primary Marketing Techniques.
b) Person.Place,Product and Promotion
c) Promoting Authority.
d) Purpose,Place,Passion and Product
e) None of these
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Ans b
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15) Market Segmentation means
a) Dividing the market into various groups
b) Segmentation by Age
c) Segmentation by tastes
d) Segmentation geographically
e) All of the above
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Ans e
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16) Bank Marketing is necessary due to
a) Globalization
b) Recession
c) Merger of banks
d) Shortage of resources
e) Selling various different items in Banks
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Ans e
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17) Customization means
a) Designing Products to suit the company
b) Designing Strategies to suit the company
c) Designing Products to suit individual customers
d) All of the above
e) None of these
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Ans d
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18) Product mix means
a) Distributing a mix of products
b) Collectings ideas to sell better.
c) Satisfying the customers
d) Bundle of products required by the customer
e) various products designed by the company
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Ans e
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19) Selling skills are judged by
a) Number of goods sold
b) Amount of Profit earned
c) Number of customers convertedd
d) All of the above
e) None of these
Ans d
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20) Rural Marketing involves
a) Selling to Rural banks
b) Selling by Rural banks
c) Selling to Rural customer
d) Arranging industrial exhibitions
e) All of the above
Ans e
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MCQ ON MARKETING
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1) Consumer information sources are
1) Personal Source and Commercial Source
2) Public Source
3) Experiential source
4) All of the three above
5) Only (1) and 2)
Ans 4
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2) Zero-Based Budgeting(ZBB) means
1) a tool for marketing cost analysis
3) a tool for financial analysis
3) each year, budgeting starts from a scratch
4) a certain percentage of sales
5) Only (1) and (2)
Ans 3
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3) The advantages of telephone - Interview are
1) relatively low cost per interview
2) good for reaching important people who are inaccessible
3)securing cooperation which is not always possible
4) all of these
5) Only (1) and (2)
Ans 5
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4) The abbreviation ISP stands for
1) International Spy Project
2) Indian Social Planning
3) Initial Service Provider
4) Internet service provider
5) None of these
Ans 4
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5) The best advertisement is
1) glow sign boards
2) Internet
3) T.V. Media
4) Print Media
5) a satisfied Customer
Ans 3
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6) Acid-test of a brand is
1) Brand preference
2) Brand awareness
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3) Brand acceptability
4) Brand loyalty
5) Brand equity
Ans 3
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7) In Banks ROA means
1) Rate of allocation
2) Return of Assets
3) Return on Advances
4) Ratio of Assets
5) Only 2 and 3
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Ans 2
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8) In the Context of Globalization, BPO means
1) British Petroleum Organization
2) British Passport Office
3) Budgeting Process Orientation
4) Business Process Orientation
5) Business Process Outsourcing
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9) Which of the Following expresses Maslow's Motivation theory best ?
1) Importance of motivation of Customer development
2) Why People are driven by particular need at particular times
3) Why human needs are arranged in a hierarchy
4) All of these
5) Only 2 and 3
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10) This Component is required to Process data into information and consists of integrated Circuits
1) Hard disk
2) RAM
3) CPU
4) ROM
5) None of these
Ans 4
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11) one advantage of Dial-up Internet access is
1) It utilizes broadband technology
2) It utilizes existing telephone Service
3) It uses a router for security
4) Modem Speeds are very Fast
5) None of these
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12) What is Back Up ?
1) Adding more component to your network
2) Protecting Data by copying it from the original source to a different destination
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3) Filtering old data from the new data
4) Accessing data on Tape
5) None of these
Ans 2
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13) Network Component are Connected to the Same Cable in the -------------- Topology ?
1) Star
2) Ring
3) Bus
4) Mesh
5) Mixed
Ans 3
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14) Two or more Computers are Connected to each other for sharing Information form a
1) Network
2) Router
3) Server
4) Tunnel
5) Pipeline
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15) What is the term for unsolicited e-mail ?
1) Newsgroup
2) Usenet
3) Backbone
4) Flaming
5) Spam
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1) Proper marketing requires--
a) Planning
b) Sympathy
c) knowledge of Products
d) 1 and 2 both
e) 1 and 3 both
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Ans e
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2) Marketing information means
a) Knowledge of companies
b) Cross-country information
c) knowledge of related markets
d) Selling to existing customers
e) None of these
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Ans c
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3) Market Research is needed
a) For extra service charges
b) For levy of VAT
c) For good customer service
d) For effective selling
e) There is no need for Market Research
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Ans c
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4) 4P's of Marketing means
a) Primary Marketing Techniques.
b) Person.Place,Product and Promotion
c) Promoting Authority.
d) Purpose,Place,Passion and Product
e) None of these
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Ans b
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5) Market Segmentation means
a) Dividing the market into various groups
b) Segmentation by Age
c) Segmentation by tastes
d) Segmentation geographically
e) All of the above
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Ans e
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6) Bank Marketing is necessary due to
a) Globalization
b) Recession
c) Merger of banks
d) Shortage of resources
e) Selling various different items in Banks
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Ans e
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7) Customization means
a) Designing Products to suit the company
b) Designing Strategies to suit the company
c) Designing Products to suit individual customers
d) All of the above
e) None of these
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Ans d
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8) Product mix means
a) Distributing a mix of products
b) Collectings ideas to sell better.
c) Satisfying the customers
d) Bundle of products required by the customer
e) various products designed by the company
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Ans e
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9) Selling skills are judged by
a) Number of goods sold
b) Amount of Profit earned
c) Number of customers convertedd
d) All of the above
e) None of these
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Ans d
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10) Rural Marketing involves
a) Selling to Rural banks
b) Selling by Rural banks
c) Selling to Rural customer
d) Arranging industrial exhibitions
e) All of the above
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Ans e
11. Market Expansion means—
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(A) hiring more staff
(B) firing more staff
(C) buying more products
(D) buying more companies
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
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12. A series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it is called a—
(A) program
(B) command
(C) user response
(D) processor
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
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13. Effective marketing helps in—
(A) developing new products
(B) creating a competitive environment
(C) building demand for products
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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14. Which is the part of a computer that one can touch and feel ?
(A) Hardware
(B) Software
(C) Programs
(D) Output
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
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15. A Call in Marketing means—
(A) to phone the customers
(B) to visit the customers
(C) to visit the marketing site
(D) to call on prospective customers
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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16. Delivery Channel means—
(A) maternity wards
(B) handing over the products to the buyers
(C) places where products are made available to the buyers
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
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17. Processing involves—
(A) inputting data into a computer system
(B) transforming input into output
(C) displaying output in a useful manner
(D) providing relevant answers
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
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18. One of the following is a target group for the marketing of Internet Banking.
(A) All the customers
(B) All the educated customers
(C) All the computer educated customers
(D) Only creditors
(E) All of these
Ans : (C)
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19. Innovation mean—
(A) Product Designing
(B) New ideas
(C) Impulse
(D) Both (A) and (B)
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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20. One of the following is a target group for the marketing of educational loan.
(A) All the customers
(B) Students
(C) Only poor students
(D) Students having promising educational track record
(E) All of these
Ans : (B)
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21. Service after sale is not the function of—
(A) Marketing staff
(B) Seller
(C) Director of the company
(D) Employees of the company
(E) All of the above are wrong
Ans : (A)
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22. If done through………the rural marketing would be more effective.
(A) fairs
(B) village fairs
(C) door to door campaign
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
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23. Market Survey means—
(A) Market Research
(B) Market Planning
(C) Marketing Strategies
(D) Market Monitering
(E) All of these
Ans : (A)
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24. ………can be done through digital Banking ?
(A) Mobile phone
(B) Internet
(C) Telephone
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
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25. A good seller should have the following quality/qualities ?
(A) Devotion to the work
(B) Submissive
(C)
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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36. The rural marketing is not required because—
(A) rural people do not understand marketing
(B) its not practical from the cost point of view
(C) it is sheer wastage of time
(D) All are wrong
(E) All are correct
Ans : (D)
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27. Planned-cost service means—
(A) Costly products
(B) Extra profit on the same cost
(C) Extra work by seller
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
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28. Internet marketing means—
(A) Self-marketing
(B) Core Groups monitering
(C) Employees marketing
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
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29. The aim of successful marketing is—
(A) to increase the sale
(B) to increase the profit
(C) to increase the output of sellers
(D) All of these
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
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30. The networking becomes……through networking.
(A) very difficult
(B) dull
(C) easy
(D) has no role in marketing
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
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SBI: Financial Awareness and Marketing Sample Question Paper
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The Option which is not underlined and italic is the right answer
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1. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is better known as
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(A) World Bank
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(B) Asian Development Bank
(C) IMF
(D) It is known by its name
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2. When was the Reserve Bank of India established?
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(A) 1935
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(B) 1920
(C) 1928
(D) 1947
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3. Which is the largest commercial bank in India?
(A) Reserve Bank of India
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(B) State Bank of India
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(C) ICICI Bank
(D) Bank of India
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4. The Bank of Calcutta, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were merged in 1921 to form
(A) Reserve Bank of India
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(B) Imperial Bank of India
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(C) Bank of India
(D) Union Bank of India
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5. Which sister organization of the World Bank helps private activity in developing countries by
financing projects with long-term capital in the form of equity and loans?
(A) Asian Development Bank
(B) IMF
(C) International Developmental Association
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(D) International Finance Corporation
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6. Which sister organization of the World Bank provides long term loans at zero interest to the
poorest developing countries?
(A) Asian Development Bank
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(B) IMF
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(C) International Developmental Association
(D) International Finance Corporation
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7. Which was the first Indian Bank to introduce credit card?
(A) State Bank of India
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(B) Central Bank of India
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(C) Union Bank of India
(D) ICICI
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8. What does devaluation of a currency mean?
(A) decrease in the internal value of money
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(B) decrease in the external value of money
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(C) decrease both in the external and internal values of money
(D) none of these
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9.Which of the following is known as plastic money?
(A) bearer cheques
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(B) credit cards
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(C) demand drafts
(D) gift cheques
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10. Which of the following statements best describes the concept of involvement in the context
of buyer behaviour?
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(A) The length of time involved in the buying process
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(B) The potential impact of a product on an individual's self-identity
(C) The number of people involved in the decision-making unit
(D) The complexity of an order
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11. Buying decisions generally follow a pattern of overlapping stages. Which of the following
best describes the typical stages of the buying process?
(A) Need recognition > Information search > Evaluation > Decision > Post purchase evaluation
(B) Need recognition > Evaluation > Information search > Decision > Post purchase evaluation
(C) Information search > Need recognition > Evaluation > Decision > Post purchase evaluation
(D) Need recognition > Information search > Decision > Evaluation > Post purchase evaluation
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12. Needs differ from wants because:
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(A) Wants are a socialized manifestation of underlying needs
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(B) Needs are a socialized manifest Needs are historical; wants are about the futuretation of
underlying wants
(C) Needs are historical; wants are about the future
(D) Needs and wants are exactly the same
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13. Which of the following levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs is most likely to be associated
with consumers' purchase of goods which appeal to their inner sense of peace of mind (e.g. art
classes)?
(A) Self-actualization
(B) Love
(C) Security
(D) Physiological
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14. An individual is considering buying a new microwave cooker and is faced with the possibility
of several models. Which of the following describes the widest range of microwave cookers,
which the buyer considers in some form?
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(A) The choice set
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(B) The awareness set
(C) The total set
(D) The pre-evaluation set
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15. A company uses The Coors to endorse its range of snack foods. This endorsement is likely
to be particularly effective if the Coors are seen by Large numbers of the company's target
market as:
(A) A primary reference group.
(B) A tertiary reference group.
(C) A secondary reference group.
(D) A non-reference group.
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16. Which of the following consumer responses is LEAST likely to overcome cognitive
dissonance experienced by a consumer who is dissatisfied with their purchase?
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(A) Rationalizing to ourselves that a product is actually quite good
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(B) Seeing the product in a different light so that we emphasize the bad aspects of a product
(C) Seeing the product in a different light so that we emphasize the good aspects of a product
(D) Complaining and returning goods to the supplier
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17.Which of the following labels is NOT associated with a role in a buying Decision Making Unit?
(A) Supplier
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(B) Gatekeeper
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(C) Decision maker
(D) User
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17. A secretary who answers calls for a company buyer may be taking on which role within the
company's decision-making unit?
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(A) User
(B) Influencer
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(D) Buyer
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(C) Gatekeeper
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20. Which of the following is NOT an element of a Marketing Information System?
(A) Marketing research
(B) Decision support system
(C) Production monitoring system
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(D) None of these
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SBI MARKETING AWARENESS QUESTION
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1. Regulations that arise to ensure that firms take responsibility for the social costs of their
products or production processes stem from which reason for government legislation of
business?
(a) To protect companies from each other
(b) To protect consumers from unfair business practices
(c) To protect the interests of society
(d) To protect businesses from unfair consumer demands
Ans : C
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2. A “three-day cooling off period” in which buyers can cancel a contract after re-thinking it is to
protect the consumer from:
(a) creative selling
(b) high pressure selling
(c) detail selling
(d) hard core selling
Ans : B
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3. One of the most promising developments in multivariable segmentation is called _____
where a host of demographic and socioeconomic factors are used
(a) terragraphic segmentation
(b) fermagraphic segmentation
(c) geothermy segmentation
(d) geodemographic segmentation
Ans : D
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4. One of the most common problems with using internal database information is that :
(a) since it was probably collected for some other purpose, it may be incomplete or wrong.
(b) it is usually expensive to retrieve.
(c) top executives are usually unwilling to relinquish data, therefore, the data has limits.
(d) the data is almost always unsecured and therefore, suspect as to reliability
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Ans : A
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5. The last stage in the selling process is the _____ stage.
(a) approach
(b) handling objections
(c) closing
(d) follow-up
Ans : D
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6. When Coca-Cola and Nestle formed a joint venture to market a ready-to-drink coffee and tea
worldwide, the type of marketing system that was formed would best be described as being
a(n):
(a) vertical marketing system
(b) parallel marketing system
(c) diversified marketing system
(d) horizontal marketing system
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Ans : D
7. The major advantage of survey research is its :
(a) simplicity
(b) structure
(c) organization
(d) flexibility
Ans : D
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8. The _____ holds that consumers will favor products that are available and highly affordable
(therefore, work on improving production and distribution efficiency)
(a) product concept
(b) production concept
(c) production cost expansion concept
(d) marketing concept
Ans : B
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9. A ____ is any activity or benefit offered for sale that is essentially intangible and does not
result in the ownership of anything
(a) demand
(b) basic staple
(c) product
(d) service
Ans : D
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10. _____ is a person’s distinguishing psychological characteristics that lead to relatively
consistent and lasting responses to his or her own environment
(a) Psychographics
(b) Personality
(c) Demographics
(d) Lifestyle
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Ans : B
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11. The place in the business buying behavior model where interpersonal and individual
influence might interact is called the
(a) environment
(b) response
(c) stimuli
(d) buying center
Ans : D
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12. The course of a product’s sales and profits over its lifetime is called
(a) the sales chart
(b) the dynamic growth curve
(c) the adoption cycle
(d) the product life cycle
Ans : D
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13. When companies make marketing decisions by considering consumer’s wants and the long-
run interests of the company, consumer, and the general population, they are practicing which
of the following principles?
(a) Innovative marketing
(b) Consumer-oriented marketing
(c) Value marketing
(d) Societal marketing
Ans : D
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14. All of the following are thought to be sources if new product ideas EXCEPT.
(a) internal sources
(b) customers
(c) competitors
(d) the local library
Ans : D
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15. If Honda uses its company name to cover such different products as its automobiles, lawn
mowers, and motorcycles, it is practicing which of the following strategies?
(a) new brand strategy
(b) line extension strategy
(c) multibrand strategy
(d) brand extension strategy
Ans : D
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16. If a company (considering its options on the product/market expansion grid) chooses to
move into different unrelated fields (from what it has ever done before) with new products as a
means to stimulate growth, the company would be following which of the following general
strategies?
(a) market penetration
(b) market development
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(c) product development
(d) diversification
Ans : D
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17. When a marketing research organization chooses a segment of the population that
represents the population as a whole, they have chosen a _____
(a) group
(b) bi-variant population
(c) sample
(d) market target
Ans : C
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18. Joining with foreign companies to produce or market products and services is called
(a) direct exporting
(b) indirect exporting
(c) licensing
(d) joint venturing
Ans : D
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19. If advertising constantly sends out messages about materialism, sex, power, and status,
which of the following categories of social criticism most closely matches this problem?
(a) Too much advertising
(b) Too few social goods
(c) Cultural pollution
(d) Too much political power
Ans : C
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20. A(n) ____ is a name, term, sign, symbol, or design, or a combination of these that identifies
the marker or seller of a product or service.
(a) product feature
(b) sponsorship
(c) brand
(d) logo
Ans : C
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21. If an advertiser wants flexibility, timeliness, good local market coverage, broad acceptability
and high believability, the advertiser will probably choose which of the following mass media
types?
(a) Newspapers
(b) Television
(c) Direct Mail
(d) Radio
Ans : A
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22. When producers, wholesalers, and retailers as a unified system, they comprise a
(a) conventional marketing system
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(b) power-based marketing system
(c) horizontal marketing system
(d) vertical marketing system
Ans : D
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23. The type of trade-promotion discount in which manufacturers agree to reduce the price to
the retailer in exchange for the retailer’s agreement to feature the manufacture’s products in
some way is called
(a) discount
(b) allowance
(c) premium
(d) rebate
Ans : B
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24. The study of human populations in terms of size, density, location, age, gender, race,
occupation, and other statistics is called :
(a) Geothermy
(b) Demography
(c) Ethnography
(d) Hemos-popography
Ans : B
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25. Today, advertising captures about ___ percent of total promotion spending
(a) 15
(b) 23
(c) 29
(d) 33
Ans : B
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26. The process that turns marketing strategies and plans into marketing actions in order to
accomplish strategic marketing objectives is called :
(a) Marketing strategy
(b) Marketing control
(c) Marketing analysis
(d) Marketing implementation
Ans : D
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27. The goal of the marketing logistics system should be to provide :
(a) a targeted level of promotional support.
(b) a targeted level of customer service at the least cost.
(c) a targeted level of transportation expense ratio.
(d) a targeted level of field support.
Ans : B
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28. The practice of going after a large share of a smaller market or subsets of a few markets is
called :
(a) undifferentiated marketing
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(b) differentiated marketing
(c) concentrated marketing
(d) turbo marketing
Ans : C
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29. The shrinking of distances due to technological advance such as computer and fax
connections by telephone, are one characteristic of what new challenge to marketing?
(a) Rapid globalization
(b) The changing world economy
(c) The call for more socially responsible marketing
(d) The micro-chip revolution
Ans : A
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30. If Mark Mars pays Hershey Foods Corporation for the right to use their name on his line of
T-shirts, then Mr. Mars is using which type of branding?
(a) Licensed brand
(b) Manufacturer’s brand
(c) Private brand
(d) Co-brand
Ans : A
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31. If your company were to make light bulbs to be used in photocopies, you would most likely
be selling to a ______ market.
(a) reseller
(b) business
(c) government
(d) service
Ans : B
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32. _____ has the advantage of being high in selectivity; low cost, immediacy, and interactive
capabilities
(a) Direct Mail
(b) Outdoor
(c) Online
(d) Radio
Ans : C
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33. If your company were to make a product such as a suit of clothes and sold that product to
a retailer, your company would have sold to the _______market.
(a) reseller
(b) business
(c) government
(d) service
Ans : A
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34. In 1985, the Coca-Cola Company made a classic marketing blunder with its deletion of its
popular Coca-Cola product and introduction of what it called New Coke. Analysts now believe
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that most of the company’s problems resulted from poor marketing research. As the public
demanded their “old Coke” back, the company relented and reintroduced Coca-Cola Classic
(which has regained and surpassed its former position) while New Coke owns only 0.1 percent
of the market. Which of the following marketing research mistakes did coca-Cola make?
(a) They did not investigate pricing correctly and priced the product too high.
(b) They defined not investigate dealer reaction and had inadequate distribution.
(c) They defined their marketing research problem too narrowly
(d) They failed to account for the Pepsi challenge taste test in their marketing efforts
Ans : C
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35. Marketers are sometimes accused of deceptive practices that lead consumers to believe
they will get get more value than they actually do. ____ includes practices such as falsely
advertising “factory” or “wholesale” prices or a large price reduction from a phony high retail
price.
(a) Deceptive promotion
(b) Deceptive packaging
(c) Deceptive pricing
(d) Deceptive cost structure
Ans : C
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36. The advantages of audience selectivity, no ad competition and personalization apply to
which type of media?
(a) Newspapers
(b) Television
(c) Direct Mail
(d) Radio
Ans : C
37. The first modern environmental movement in the United States began in theAns :
(a) 1940s
(b) 1950s
(c) 1960s and 1970s
(d) mid 1980s
Ans : C
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38. Costs that do not vary with production or sales levels are called :
(a) fixed costs
(b) variable costs
(c) standard costs
(d) independent costs
Ans : A
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39. Each salesperson is assigned to an exclusive area in which to sell the company’s full line of
products or services in which type of sales force structure?
(a) Territorial sales force
(b) Product sales force
(c) Customer sales force
(d) Hybrid sales force
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Ans : A
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40. Techonological advances, shifts in consumer tastes, and increased competition, all of which
reduce demand for a product are typical of which stage in the PLC?
(a) decline stage
(b) introduction stage
(c) growth stage
(d) maturity stage
Ans : A
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41. Setting the promotion budget so as to match the budgets of the competition is
characteristic of which of the following budget methods?
(a) Affordable method
(b) Percentage-of-Sales method
(c) Competitive-and-parity method
(d) Objective -and-task method
Ans : C
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42. ____ is screening new-product ideas in order to spot good ideas and drop poor ones as
soon as possible.
(a) Idea generation
(b) Concept development and testing
(c) Idea screening
(d) Brainstorming
Ans : C
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43. The type of sales force structure in which the sales force sells along product lines is called a
(a) territorial sales force
(b) product sales force
(c) customer sales force
(d) retail sales force
Ans : B
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44. A company is in the _____ stage of the new product development process when the
company develops the product concept into a physical product in order to assure that the
product idea can be turned into a workable product.
(a) product development
(b) commercialization
(c) marketing strategy
(d) business analysis
Ans : A
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45. When personal interviewing involves inviting six to ten people to gather for a few hours with
a trained interviewer to talk about a product, service, or organization, the method is called :
(a) selective sponsorship
(b) probing
(c) focus group interviewing
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(d) the Delphi method
Ans : C
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46. All of the following factors can affect the attractiveness of a market segment
EXCEPT :
(a) the presence of many strong and aggressive competitors
(b) the likelihood of government monitoring
(c) actual or potential substitute products
(d) the power of buyers in the segment
Ans : B
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47. If a government uses barriers to foreign products such as biases against a foreign
company’s bids, or product standards that go against a foreign company’s product features, the
government is using
(a) protectionism
(b) exchange controls
(c) exchange facilitators
(d) non-tariff trade barriers
Ans : D
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48. The choice between high markups and high volume is part of which of the following retailer
marketing decisions?
(a) Target market decisions
(b) Product assortment and services decisions
(c) Pricing decisions
(d) Promotion decisions
Ans : C
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49. One common misuse of marketing research findings in contemporary business is the
tendency for marketing research to :
(a) become a vehicle for pitching the sponsor’s products
(b) become a vehicle for discriminating in the marketplace
(c) become a means for raising prices
(d) become a means for unfair competition
Ans : A
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50. The most logical budget setting method is found in the list below. Which is it?
(a) Affordable method
(b) Percentage-of-Sales method
(c) Competitive-parity method
(d) Objective-and-task method
Ans : D
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SPECIAL QUESTIONS ON MARKETING APTITUDE
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‘Definitely Male’ this advertisement line is for which Motor Cycle?
1Hero Honda
2TVS
3Bajaj
4LML
Ans: 3
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Delivery channels other than Bank counters are .......
1ATM's
2Internet Banking
3Tele Banking
4All of these
Ans: 4
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Marketing is best suited in .....
1Buyers' market
2Sellers' market
3Internal marketing
4Direct marketing
Ans: 1
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Customer's Relationship with the Bank is influenced by .....
1Customers' attitudes
2Attitudes of Bank staff
3Interest rates of the Bank
4Attitudes of salespersons
Ans: 2
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Marketing is Find the wrong option .....
1an ancient concept
2a modern need
3a continuous affair
4a term effort
Ans: 1
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Indirect Marketing means ......
1Marketing by non-sales persons
2Market Survey
3Market Research
4Advertisements
Ans: 4
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Effective Bank Marketing requires .....
1proper pricing
2customised products
3simple procedures
4All of these
Ans: 4
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Selling is a function undertaken by .....
1All the sales persons
2All the employees
3Entire organization
4Outsourced agencies
Ans: 1
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One of the following is not a sales activity. Find the same.
1Identifying leads
2Making a call
3Negotiation
4After-sales service
Ans: 4
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"Relationship" in karketing means ......
1Relation between salesperson
2Relation between buyer and seller
3Relation between company and consumer
4All of these
Ans: 3
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"Making a Call" means .....
1Calling on a prospective customer
2Explaining product details
3Negotiating a deal
4Arguing with a customer
Ans: 1
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Marketing is termed as successful, when -.
1There is a rise in the number of salesmen
2There is no need for post-sales service
3There is no need to give discounts
4There is rise in sales through
Ans: 4
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forecasting involves study of -.
Proper selling price
Sales planning
Distribution outlets
All of these
Ans: 4
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Advertisements are required for
1Boosting the production levels
2Motivating the employees
3Boosting the sales
4All of these
Ans: 3
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Price(P) is an important factor for effective marketing. What are the other P's?
1Product, Promotion and Place
2Place, Persuasion and Promotion
3Pride, Person and Place
4Product, Paper and Person
Ans: 1
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Only one of the following is true. Find the same.
1Marketing is not required in monopolistic situation
2Marketing has no role to play in production levels
3Marketing depends on competitors' performance
4Marketing is not required in Public enterprises
Ans: 3
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Market segmentation helps in -.
1Focused marketing
2Improved lead generation
3Identifying the target group
4All of the above
Ans: 4
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- CROSS selling means -.
Selling to Red Cross members
Selling to Blue Cross members
Selling across countries
Selling other products to existing customers
Ans: 4
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Bank assurance means -.
1Assurance given by banks to Loanees
2Assurance to bank with one bank
3Assurance to repay loans
4Selling insurance products through banks
Ans: 4
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The Target Group for Credit Cards is -.
1All Card holders
2All existing borrowers
3Individuals with taxable income
4All of these
Ans: 4
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A `Target Group' in Marketing means -.
1To whom the sales should be directed
2A Group of Sellers
3A Group of Buyers
4A Group of Products
Ans: 1
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Value-added services means -.
1Giving full value for money
2Better value for higher price
3Costlier service
4Additional service
Ans: 4
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`Benchamark' means -.
1Products lined up on a bench
2Salesmen sitting on a bench
3Set standards
4Mark on a bench
Ans: 3
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A DSA means -.
1Directly Selling Authority
2Directly Selling Agent
3Direct Selling Authority
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4 Direct Selling Agent
Ans: 4
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A `Call Centre' is -.
1A place where Salesmen meet every day
2A Training Centre
3A Back Office set up where customer queries are answered
4Customers' meeting place
Ans: 3
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A `Call' means -.
1A Profession
2Teletalk
3Calling on a Prospect
4A Call Centre
Ans: 3
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Internal Marketing means -.
1Selling to onself
2Selling of samples
3Selling to the employees
4Selling to foreign markets
Ans: 3
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Market share means -.
1Market price of shares
2Sensex
3Share market
4Share of business among peers
Ans: 4
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Market size means -.
1Size of marketing staff
2Size of the Organisation
3Scope for profits
4Scope for marketing
Ans: 4
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Service Marketing is the same as -.
1Relationship Marketing
2Transaction Marketing
3Internal Marketing
4All of those
Ans: 1
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Marketing in Banks is required for -.
1Getting new customers
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Lending
Accepting of deposits
All of these
Ans: 4
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SBI Solved Sample Paper for Marketing
Aptitude and Computer Knowledge
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1) Which of the following functions is not performed by CPU?
a) Graphical Display of data.
b) Arithmetic calculations.
c) Managing Memory.
d) Managing Input and Output.
e) None of these.
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Ans a
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2) The Feature that keeps track of the right margins is
a) Find and Replace
b) Word Wrap
c) Right justified
d) Left justified
e) Ragged Right.
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Ans e
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3) Keyboard shortcuts are used to move the
a) I-beam
b) Insertion Point
c) Scroll Bar
d) Mouse
e) None of these
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Ans b
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4) To specify margins in word, the user has to select page setup option from the ------- menu?
a) Edit
b) Table
c) Autocorrect
d) File
e) Format
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Ans d
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5) What is the name of the package which helps to create,manipulate and analyze data arranged in rows
and columns?
a) Application Package
b) Word Processing package
b) Outlining Package
d) Outline processors
e) Spreadsheet package.
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Ans e
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6) Which of the following options is used to display information such as title,page number of the
document?
a) Insert Table
b) Auto correct
c) Thesaurus
d) Spelling and grammar
e) Header and Footer
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Ans e
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7) The processor is a -------- chip plugged onto the motherboard in a computer system.
a) LSI
b) VLSI
c) ULSI
d) XLSI
e) WLSI
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Ans b
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8) A register that keeps track of the next instruction to be executed is called a ---------
a) Data Register
b) Instruction Register
c) Action Register
d) Program Counter
e) Accumulator
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Ans d
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9) Which of the following will be used if a sender of e-mail wants to bold,italics etc
the text message?
a) Reach Signature
b) Reach Text
c) Reach Format
d) Plain Format
e) Plain Text
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Ans b
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10) What is the full form of LIS?
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a) Low-Scale Internet
b) Large-Scale Internet
c) Low-Scale Integration
d) Large-Scale Integration
e) Local-Scale Integration
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Ans d
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11) Proper marketing requires--
a) Planning
b) Sympathy
c) knowledge of Products
d) 1 and 2 both
e) 1 and 3 both
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Ans e
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12) Marketing information means
a) Knowledge of companies
b) Cross-country information
c) knowledge of related markets
d) Selling to existing customers
e) None of these
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Ans c
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13) Market Research is needed
a) For extra service charges
b) For levy of VAT
c) For good customer service
d) For effective selling
e) There is no need for Market Research
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Ans c
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14) 4P's of Marketing means
a) Primary Marketing Techniques.
b) Person.Place,Product and Promotion
c) Promoting Authority.
d) Purpose,Place,Passion and Product
e) None of these
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Ans b
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15) Market Segmentation means
a) Dividing the market into various groups
b) Segmentation by Age
c) Segmentation by tastes
d) Segmentation geographically
e) All of the above
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Ans e
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16) Bank Marketing is necessary due to
a) Globalization
b) Recession
c) Merger of banks
d) Shortage of resources
e) Selling various different items in Banks
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Ans e
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17) Customization means
a) Designing Products to suit the company
b) Designing Strategies to suit the company
c) Designing Products to suit individual customers
d) All of the above
e) None of these
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Ans d
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18) Product mix means
a) Distributing a mix of products
b) Collectings ideas to sell better.
c) Satisfying the customers
d) Bundle of products required by the customer
e) various products designed by the company
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19) Selling skills are judged by
a) Number of goods sold
b) Amount of Profit earned
c) Number of customers convertedd
d) All of the above
e) None of these
Ans d
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20) Rural Marketing involves
a) Selling to Rural banks
b) Selling by Rural banks
c) Selling to Rural customer
d) Arranging industrial exhibitions
e) All of the above
Ans e
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MCQ ON MARKETING
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1) Consumer information sources are
1) Personal Source and Commercial Source
2) Public Source
3) Experiential source
4) All of the three above
5) Only (1) and 2)
Ans 4
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2) Zero-Based Budgeting(ZBB) means
1) a tool for marketing cost analysis
3) a tool for financial analysis
3) each year, budgeting starts from a scratch
4) a certain percentage of sales
5) Only (1) and (2)
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3) The advantages of telephone - Interview are
1) relatively low cost per interview
2) good for reaching important people who are inaccessible
3)securing cooperation which is not always possible
4) all of these
5) Only (1) and (2)
Ans 5
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4) The abbreviation ISP stands for
1) International Spy Project
2) Indian Social Planning
3) Initial Service Provider
4) Internet service provider
5) None of these
Ans 4
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5) The best advertisement is
1) glow sign boards
2) Internet
3) T.V. Media
4) Print Media
5) a satisfied Customer
Ans 3
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6) Acid-test of a brand is
1) Brand preference
2) Brand awareness
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3) Brand acceptability
4) Brand loyalty
5) Brand equity
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7) In Banks ROA means
1) Rate of allocation
2) Return of Assets
3) Return on Advances
4) Ratio of Assets
5) Only 2 and 3
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8) In the Context of Globalization, BPO means
1) British Petroleum Organization
2) British Passport Office
3) Budgeting Process Orientation
4) Business Process Orientation
5) Business Process Outsourcing
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9) Which of the Following expresses Maslow's Motivation theory best ?
1) Importance of motivation of Customer development
2) Why People are driven by particular need at particular times
3) Why human needs are arranged in a hierarchy
4) All of these
5) Only 2 and 3
Ans 1
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10) This Component is required to Process data into information and consists of integrated Circuits
1) Hard disk
2) RAM
3) CPU
4) ROM
5) None of these
Ans 4
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11) one advantage of Dial-up Internet access is
1) It utilizes broadband technology
2) It utilizes existing telephone Service
3) It uses a router for security
4) Modem Speeds are very Fast
5) None of these
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12) What is Back Up ?
1) Adding more component to your network
2) Protecting Data by copying it from the original source to a different destination
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3) Filtering old data from the new data
4) Accessing data on Tape
5) None of these
Ans 2
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13) Network Component are Connected to the Same Cable in the -------------- Topology ?
1) Star
2) Ring
3) Bus
4) Mesh
5) Mixed
Ans 3
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14) Two or more Computers are Connected to each other for sharing Information form a
1) Network
2) Router
3) Server
4) Tunnel
5) Pipeline
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15) What is the term for unsolicited e-mail ?
1) Newsgroup
2) Usenet
3) Backbone
4) Flaming
5) Spam
Ans 2
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