INTERVIEW DATABASE: FOR ARTS STUDENTS

INTERVIEW DATABASE: FOR ARTS STUDENTS

Economics Questions

1 What is the difference between macro economics and micro economics? Explain with an example
2 What is meant by the IS-LM curve?
3 What is meant by the monetary policy?
4 What is meant by CRR. Explain.
5 What is the current CRR?
6 What is the difference between Repo rate and Reverse Repo rate?
7 What are the current Repo and reverse Repo rates?
8 What is meant by the Bank Rate?
9 How does the RBI try to control inflation?
10 How can the Government try to control inflation?
11 Is inflation always bad for the economy?
12 Is the fiscal deficit always bad for the economy?
13 What is meant by exchange rate controls?
14 What are ECBs?
15 What is M3?
16 How is M3 different from M1?
17 What is the current employment rate in India?
18 Explain the ‘Food for Work’ programme
19 Name some of the schemes started by the Government aimed at uplifting the weaker sections of society
20 What kind of exchange rate system does India follow?
21 How is a mixed economy different from a capitalist one?
22 Is the US Government nationalizing its banks indirectly?
23 Who is the head of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council?
24 What is the difference between direct and indirect taxes?
25 Explain the VAT system.
26 What is the GST system?
27 What is MAT?
28 Is service tax a direct or indirect tax?
29 What is the difference between real and nominal interest rates?
30 What is meant by Purchasing Power Parity?
31 What influences the value of the Rupee in international markets?
32 What is the difference between FDI and FII investment?
33 What is meant by BOP?
34 What is meant by the capital account?
35 What is the current account?
36 What do you understand by capital account convertibility?
37 Who was Irving Fischer?
38 Who was John Maynard Keynes. Explain his theories?
39 What theories did Amartya Sen propound?
40 Who is the latest Nobel Prize winner in Economics? What theories did he propose?
41 Who is the Governor of the RBI?
42 Who is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of the US?
43 Do you think a common currency for Asia is workable?
44 What do you think about the formation of regional trade blocs (such as SAARC, ASEAN etc)
45 What are the characteristics of an oligopolistic market?
46 What are the characteristics of a monopolistic market?
47 What are the characteristics of a market with monopolistic competition?
48 Name some sectors where oligopolistic markets exist
49 Name some sectors where monopolies exist
50 Is there any such thing as perfect competition?
51 Where do we see perfect competition, if anywhere?
52 What is a cartel?
53 Name a famous cartel
54 What is meant by liquidity?
55 What is the most liquid asset?
56 What is meant by marginal costing?
57 Differentiate between fixed and variable costs
58 Is insurance a fixed or variable cost?
59 What is meant by MR=MC? Where is this seen?
60 What do you understand by economies of scale?
61 What is meant by economies of scope?
62 Name some major M&A deals that have taken place recently
63 What is a kinked demand curve?
64 How does ‘rent’ arise?
65 What is meant by ‘rent seeking behaviour’?
66 What is meant by super-normal profits?
67 What is meant by the term ‘normal profits’?
68 What is meant by ‘break-even’ point?
69 What is elasticity of demand?
70 What is price elasticity?
71 Why are the interest rates high on credit cards?
72 What is meant by the risk-reward trade-off?


For Commerce Students

1 What is the difference between a Balance Sheet and a PL statement?
2 Is Profit a Liability?
3 What is meant by ‘break-even’ point?
4 When was the Indian Companies Act framed?
5 What is meant by Limited Liability?
6 What is a Limited Liability Partnership?
7 What are current assets?
8 What is the importance of ratio analysis?
9 Name some important ratios derived from a Balance Sheet/ PL statement?
10 How is a Cash Flow Statement and Funds Flow Statement different?
11 What is meany by ‘Cash from Financing Activity’?
12 What are NPAs?
13 What does transfer pricing mean? When is it applicable?
14 What are debentures?
15 What are the basic rules of accounting?
16 What is the difference between a real and nominal account?
17 What are Convertible debentures?
18 What is meant by the AUM of a Mutual Fund?
19 What is NAV?
20 What is EVA?
21 What does Working Capital mean?
22 What is meant by the principle of Prudence in Accounting?
23 Name one firm with negative working capital? Is it good or bad?
24 What is meant by the term ‘Commercial Paper’? Why is it used?
25 What are Bills of Lading?
26 Who is the Chairman of SEBI?
27 What is the difference between FDI and FII investment?
28 What is meant by ‘leveraging’?
29 What is meant by BOP?
30 What is meant by ‘acid test Ratio’?
31 What is meant by the debt-equity ratio?
32 What is the interest coverage ratio?
33 Explain how Net Profit is arrived at from Sales/ Revenues?
34 What is meant by the term ‘Going Concern’?
35 What is meant by amortization?
36 What are ‘deferred expenses’?
37 What is the difference between direct and indirect taxes?
38 Explain the VAT system.
39 What is the GST system?
40 What is MAT?
41 Is service tax a direct or indirect tax?
42 What is meant by the capital account?
43 What is the current account?
44 Why are the interest rates high on credit cards?
45 What is meant by the risk-reward trade-off?
46 Is there any ideal Debt-Equity ratio?
47 What is meant by PLR?
48 What is meant by CRR. Explain.
49 What is the current CRR?
50 What is the difference between Repo rate and Reverse Repo rate?
51 What are the current Repo and reverse Repo rates?
52 What is meant by the Bank Rate?
53 How does the RBI try to control inflation?
54 How can the Government try to control inflation?
55 Is inflation always bad for the economy?
56 Is the fiscal deficit always bad for the economy?
57 What is meant by ‘due diligence’?
58 What is meant by exchange rate controls?



History Questions

1 Who deciphered the Brahmi script?
2 Why did Buddhism spread in India in ancient times?
3 Speak a little about the Buddha?
4 Name some famous Buddhist sites.
5 Name some of the famous temple towns of south India?
6 Tell us something about the Vijaynagar empire. What was its most famous city?
7 Tell us a little about the H arappan civilization.
8 Name some major sites of the Harappan civilization
9 Tell us about the medieval rulers of Delhi. Which cities did they build?
10 Name the sons of Shahjahan
11 Speak a little about the battles of Panipat? Why are they so famous?
12 Who do you consider to be the best ruler in Indian history? Why?
13 Which religion was founded by Akbar?
14 Name some of the nine gems of Akbar’s court.
15 Who wrote the Akbar-nama?
16 Name some of the famous literary works of the medieval period.
17 Name some Sufi saints.
18 Who translated the Ashokan inscriptions?
19 Who discovered the city of Troy?
20 When did the split between the moderates and extremists in the Indian National Congress occur pre-independence?
21 Name some of the ‘moderates’ and ‘extremists’?
22 What is the Kakori conspiracy case?
23 Do you agree with the methods of Bhagat Singh? Why?
24 Who were the associates of Bhagat Singh?
25 Why is the Lahore session of the Congress in 1929 so famous?
26 What was the Gandhi-Irwin pact all about?
27 Tell us about the Quit India movement. On what date was it launched?
28 Do you agree with the methods of Subhas Chandra Bose? Why?
29 Who was Thomas McCaulay?
30 Tell us something about Mohammed-bin-Tughlaq?
31 Who built the Qutb Minar?
32 Whose capital city was Fatehpur Sikri?
33 Name some of the dynasties of south India?
34 Who designed the modern capital city of New Delhi?



For Geography Graduates

1 What is India’s base station in Antarctica called?
2 What are laterite soils? Where are they found?
3 What are ‘black cotton’ soils? Where are they found?
4 Name some states where sugarcane is cultivated?
5 Name some states where tobacco is cultivated?
6 Which is considered to be the oldest mountain range in India?
7 Name some places where uranium is mined?
8 Which are India’s largest coal fields?
9 Name some places known for iron-ore mining?
10 What is the Pamir plateau?
11 Which is the highest plateau in the world?
12 Name some of the mountain ranges in Kashmir.
13 Name some of the mountain ranges in north-east India
14 Name some of the tribes of north-east India
15 Which place receives the highest rainfall in India? Why does it do so?
16 What is the El-Nino affect?
17 How places in the US are known for hurricanes? Name some of the recent big hurricanes?
18 Which is the highest mountain in Europe?
19 Which is the highest mountain in Africa?
20 Name some major deserts in the world.
21 Name some of the world’s major mountain ranges.