POST SAU : Let's discuss !!!

[Anjali]

With SAU now over , we all be must be having so many things to discuss , so many questions to ask, so many topics to look again at , and last but not the least , our experiences to share. So friends , let's begin !
Well my paper was okay , but nothing great. Infact , the worst part was , that when I arrived on integration questions , I was almost blank. That's something I regretted the most.
Now coming to questions , which option did you people mark for Lewis dual economy question - classical , neoclassical , keynesian or none of the above ?

[Homer Simpson]

@Anjali - I wrote Keynesian for that Lewis model question (guess really) My memory is hazy but here goes with some problems.

please explain your reasoning where required :)

1) Human capital theory - is it a means to an end of development, means and end both, none or a mean itself?

2) Rejecting a true hypothesis means, committing-

(a) Type I error
(b) Type II error
(c) Both
(d) structural error

3) Gini co-efficient question - Basically, top 10% have income that is 10 times more than bottom 10%. Now it has gone become 100 times the income of the bottom 10%. So, has gini value -

(a) gone up
(b) decreased
(c) same
(d) up, down and same

4) Afghani and Nepalese currency question where uncovered interest parity condition is given :

     R(a) = R(n) + (expected afghani/Nepalese rate - e)/e

     where e = afghani/Nepalese rate

So if the government wants to promote printing of local currency and stop illegal printing, then effect would be -

(a) depreciation of afghani vis-a-vis Nepalese currency
(b) appreciation of afghani vis-a-vis Nepalese currency
(c) prices in Afghanistan go up relative to Nepal
(d) stagflation in both countries

Also, i dont distincting remember the function but there was a question with joint CDF with x and y given. How did you find the joint pdf of x and y in that?

[AnonymousNow]

I wrote that as classical assumption. Wasnt it assumed in classical theory like during ricardo's times that supply of labor is unlimited and they work under subsistence wages?
And That will be type 1 error.
And that will be means to an end which is eco.growth, i think.
And could not do the cdf , pdf problem. Didnt understand anything of that problem.

[AnonymousNow]

@tsuki Afghani - nepal wala question i think u didnt state some option correctly. There was one option wch was smthing like the afghani currency will bcome more stable now. I marked that as my answer. dunno if right or wrong but it seemed reasonable. Hey wat about the IT IS A SUNNY DAY wala question. I wrote dat its expectation is 13/5. explain it to me? isnt "a" a word ??? hws it found out ???

[AnonymousNow]

@tsuki The gini ratio has increased after it has become 100 times

[The Villain]

For pdf differntiate cdf once wrt to x and then wrt y

[The Villain]

13/5 is the answer

[AnonymousNow]

Yayyy i wrote 13/ 5  Are u sure ron? I hardly did expectation before. Have it this semester though hvnt started it. there was one option 4/13 too. And after finding wrt x and wrt y wat are we supposed to do to find pdf? add dem up? wat r pdf n cdf? full forms?

[The Villain]

yah 13/5..
cdf stands for cumulative dist fn...
we.need to diff twice...once wrt x and once wrt y

[Anjali]

I had no idea about that Lewis model , so I marked none of the above. But I guess its classical , not sure. Sunny day is 13/5
Ginni ratio - should increase
Afghan currency dep
N no idea about that PDF n CDF
Anyone did that subset of square question ?
And @ Jaydee are you sure about that human capital question ?
By the way how is SAU ? I have heard that it's not UGC certified .
Please post syllabus/important topics for MSE on the post that I have created today.

[AnonymousNow]

Yeah i think what i told about Human capital is correct.
And how can  SAU be not UGC certified. it has been formed by the Ministries of ext. affairs of saarc nations. Don't go by hoax news. this is the letter of UGC accredition to SAU

http://www.sau.ac.in/images/files/ugcrecognition.pdf

[AnonymousNow]

@anjali Yup. The question was like "find prob of x and y to be equal where x and y lie between 0 to 1 the points lie within the area of the square i.e. are subsets of it" I wrote that 0.5 i.e 2/4. Other options were 0.2, 0.1 etc. What should it be?? anyone???

[Amita_IITM]

determinant where a11= 1, a12= loga base b, a21= logb base a, a22= 1. I got 0.

For the last differentiation question- It was -4/(Denominator)^2?

For the question where TC and TR were given and we had to find optimum Q, I got an equation like this- x^2-38x+105. So got 3, 35. optimum was thus 35.

Remember the new currency in afgani question? I will be same no, as contract will be written in new currency?

Macro was very tough for me, being non-DU i had a lot of problems in it. Maths was cake-walk.

They didnt give any logic based question. That sucked. :/

And, for the passage the options were so close. I got confused.
There was no negative marking, right? It wasnt mentioned in instructions, so I attempted all, with loads of guesswork.  What are you guys expecting to score? Any idea about past year cutoffs? I am sure of nothing more than 55-60. It's too low for such a paper, right?

[Amita_IITM]

@jaydee, even i wrote 0.5, is it correct?

[Anjali]

@Jaydee , it was only yesterday that I got to know about that UGC thing. Iam just not sure. But yes your article contradicts it. I suppose , the limitation with SAU is that it is recognised only within the boundaries of the SAARC countries and not beyond. Like if you wish to go for your further studies to US or UK, post grad of SAU will not be accepted there.
@Amota , most of my maths answers are matching with that of yours. Iam not sure about that subset one - I also made the same guess - 0.5. But one of my friends told me that since x=y , they must be collinear , and probability on line is 0.
@Amita , yes for new currency , output and everything must remain same.

[Ashima]

The assumption to Lewis Model wala question is definitely classical.

What about Human capital one?

[Ashima]

The questions were a bit difficult this time know guys?

Last year my friend got some 63 marks and he got 46th rank, and he got a call too!

Let's keep up our hopes high

[Anjali]

Yup , SAU wasn't easy this time. I guess they will be posting results by 10th April. Someone told me about it at the exam centre. Iam not sure .

[Homer Simpson]

whoah, 10th april? thats really early. do they have some interview stage as well or just direct call? also, i am confused - its UGC recognized but affiliated to SAARC countries. Does that mean the degree wont be recognized when applying for studies outside SAARC?

[Ashima]

10th april :( Hey did you people gave UOH exam?