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For questions below, the candidates are required to tick mark the option having the right chronological order.

1. (i) Theory of monopolistic competition

(ii) Gurnot’s Theory of Duopoly

(iii) Marshall’s Theory of Quasi-rent.

(iv) Sweezy’s kinked demand curve Analysis

Codes :
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

2. (i) Peacock-Wiseman hypothesis
(ii) Buchanan’s ‘An Economic Theory of Clubs’
(iii) Wagner hypothesis
(iv) Findlay Shirras’s canons of public expenditure
Codes :
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
3. (i) Inventory Theoretic Approach
(ii) Restatement of the Quantity Theory of Money
(iii) Fisher’s Equation of Exchange
(iv) Tableau Economique
Codes :
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

4. (i) Introduction of Rolling Plan
(ii) The movement from Planning to Market mechanism
(iii) Feldman-Mahalanobis Model
(iv) Declaration of Plan holiday
Codes :
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
5. (i) Specific Target-group Oriented Programmes
(ii) Introduction of Family Planning
(iii) Direct Anti-poverty Programmes
(iv) Minimum Needs Programme
Codes :( A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(D) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
6. (i) WTO Ministerial Meeting at Cancun
(ii) WTO Ministerial Meeting at Hong Kong
(iii) WTO Ministerial Meeting at Singapore
(iv) WTO Ministerial Meeting at DohaCodes :
(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
7. (i) National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (N.R.E.G.P.)
(ii) Sampooran Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SG.R.Y.)
(iii) Antyodaya Anna Yojana (A.A.Y.)
(iv) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (P.MG.SY.)
Codes :
(A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
8. Chairman of the Finance Commission
(i) N.K.P. Salve
(ii) C. Rangarajan
(iii) P.V. Rajmannar
(iv) K.C.Niyogi
Codes :( A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
(B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
9. ( i) General theory of employment, interest and money:
(ii) Affluent society
(iii) Wealth of Nations
(iv) Principles of Economics
Codes:
(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(D) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
10. (i) Milton Friedman’s Approach
(ii) Fishers Approach
(iii) Stock Balance Approach
(iv) Keynes Approach
Codes:
(A) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(D) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)

answers: 1.c 2. b 3. c 4. c5. b6.c 7. 8. b 9.a 10. a


Jan 20

Elective : English

Paper II: Multiple Choice Questions

Sample Test: V

Q.1 Keats took Endymion story from
1. Irish Folklore
2. Greek Mythology
3. Bible
4. Indian Folktales

Q.2 Author of the work ‘Essay on Criticism’
Coleridge.
T.S. Eliot
Samuel Johnson
ALexander Pope

Q.3 ‘Old morality’ is a novel by
Virginia Wolf
Hemmingway
Wlater Scott
James smith

Q.4 “When passions rise, faith is lost ” – is an observation by:
Keats
Tagore
W.B. Yeats
kamaladas

Q.5 Which was the first poem of Keats?
1. Ode to Nightingale
2. Endymion
3. To autumn
4. None of the above

Q.6 Who wrote preface to Gitanjali?
Keats
W.B.Yeats
Goethe
Shelley

Q.7 Which of the following Indian novelist can be considered as existentialist?
Anita Nair
Anita Desai
R.K. Narayan
Shasi Tharoor

Q.8 The tragedy ‘Mouring Bride was written by
Congreve
Pope
Dryden
Shelley

Q.9 Who coined the word ‘The lost Generation’
Hemingway
Mathew Arnold
Leo Tolstoy
Gertude Stein

Q.10 According to Arnold ‘Who is next to Shakespeare’?
Dryden
Shelley
Keats
Wordsworth


Jan 20

Economics:
Part: II Sample Questions
1. The goods which are non-rival in consumption are called :
(A) Private goods (B) Free goods
(C) Public goods (D) Non-economic goods
2. A competitive firm achieves long-run equilibrium in the product market when :
(A) AR = MR (B) MR = AC
(C) MR = MC (D) Price = AR
3. The statement that the compensation principle of welfare economics is capable of givingcontradictory results is associated with the name of :
(A) T.Scitovsky (B) A. Pareto
(C) ABergson (D) P.A Samuelson
4. A rational consumer choosing between uncertain events will make a choice on thebasis of:
(A) expected monetary benefits (B) expected utility
(C) expected prices (D) expected incomes in future
5. Which of the following is not an element of selling cost:
(A) salary of the salesmen (B) expenses incurred in advertising
(C) transportation cost (D) costs incurred on window displays
6. Keynesian economics lays more emphasis on :
(A) monetary policy (B) fiscal policy
(C) interest-rate determination (D) free market mechanism
7. High-powered money is produced by :
(A) Commercial banks (B) Co-operative banks
(C) Ministry of Finance (D) Reserve Bank of India
8. A person who left the job to find another job would be classified as :
(A) fractionally unemployed
(B) structurally unemployed
(C) cyclically unemployed
(D) no longer in the labour force
9. Second Five Year plan was based on a model developed by :
(A) C.H. Hanumantha Rao (B) P.C. Mahalanobis
(C) A.K. Sen (D) K.N. Raj
10. The theory of unlimited supply of labour was proposed by :
(A) J.M. Keynes (B) Robert Solo
(C) A. Lewis (D) Roy Harrod



ECONOMICS:PAPER II

Sample Questions Part II

1. Vicious Circle of Poverty was proposed by :
(A) A. Marshall (B) J.M.Keynes
(C) RagnerNurkse (D) M.Friedman
2. In Harrod-Domar model, if the growth rate of income is 5% and capital-output ratio is3, then saving rate must be:
(A) 5% (B) 3% (C) 8% (D) 15%
3. Union Excise Duties are a part of Central Government’s :

(A) Non-tax Revenue (B) Tax revenue
(C) Capital receipts (D) None of the above
4. Pump priming’ should be resorted to at a time of :

(A) Inflation (B) Deflation
(C) Reflation (D) None of the above
5. VAT is imposed:
(A) on final stage of production
(B) on first stage of production
(C) directly on consumers
(D) at every stage between production and consumption
6. Tax on inherited property is an example of :
(A) Sales Tax (B) Income Tax (C) Wealth Tax (D) VAT

7. When government expenditure exceeds total government receipts, the budget deficitis:
(A) positive (B) negative (C) zero (D) indeterminate

8. The Laffer curve demonstrates the relationship between :
(A) inflation and the nominal interest rate
(B) tax rate and total tax revenues
(C) the real interest rate and investment demand
(D) none of the above
9. Devaluation, other things remaining the same, will make the balance of payments of a country worse if the elasticity of exports and elasticity of imports of a developing country will be:
(A) greater than 1 (B) less than 1 (C) equal to 1 (D) none of the above
10. The secular deterioration of terms of trade hypothesis initially was advanced by :
(A) RaulPrevisch (B) J.M.Keynes (C) Adam Smith (D) J.S. Mill

Answers: 1.C, 2. D, 3. B, 4.B, 5. D, 6. C, 7.A, 8.B, 9. B, 10. A


Jan 20

PART I

This is an exhaustive question bank for commerce (PaperIII),UGC NET Examination. Try to find answers.
1. Explain the concept of amalgamation
2. Discuss in brief the various methods valuation shares
3. What is human resource accounting? What is its suitability
4. Explain Indian accounting standards with regard to cash flow analysis.
5. Explain the significant long-tern liquidity ratios.
6. What are the assumptions of marginal costing analysis? Explain
7. Differentiate between standard costing and budgetary control
8. Discuss the techniques of capital budgeting.
9. How is the cost of equity capital computed?
10. How does a firm manages efficiently in cash resources
11. Discuss the need and importance of inflation accounting. Explain its methods with examples.
12. What is standard costing and how does it assist in cost control
13. Discuss the factors determining the requirement of working capital in an organization.
14. Explain the concept of development banks and their utility.
15. What are the functions of cooperative banks?
16. Distinguish between unit banking and branch banking
17. Discuss the functions and importance of stock exchanges.
18. What are the intellectual property rights as initiated by WTO
19. Write important provisions of foreign exchange management act.
20. Discuss the functions of RBI
21. What measures have been taken by the government of India for export promotion?
22. Explain the salient features of ADB
23. What are the achievements of IFCI
24. Review the work done by special financial institutions established in india in the field of industrial finance
25. Discuss the role of SEBI in regulating the stock exchanges and protecting the investors, interest.
26. Write a detailed note on euro-currency markets.
27. Explain Maslow’s need hierarchy theory
28. What is productivity? Suggest methods to improve productivity
29. What are the essential conditions for the successful participative management
30. What is test marketing? When it is adopted by companies.
31. What factors determine the advertisement outlay of a company?
32. Differentiate between consumer marketing research and industrial marketing research.
33. Explain the utility of capital budgeting techniques
34. Explain the concept of trading on equity
35. What are the steps involved in the process of production control
36. Which methods are recommended by you for pricing the issue of materials in an inflationary situation?
37. Examine the link between morale and productivity. Suggest measures to improve the morale in the organization.
38. What is strategic budgeting? How does it help in efficient resource allocation
39. “Advertising adds to the cost and not to the utility of the product but it is still necessary”. Comment.
40. Write salient features of a government company.
41. What are the various forms of public accountability of public sector undertakings?
42. Examine the present policy of the government of India in respect of the private sector. How is it different from earlier one?
43. What are the different categories into which the assesses are divided with regard to residence
44. Write a note on casual income in the context of income tax
45. What are the rules regarding the valuation of these perquisites
(a) Value of rent-free house
(b) Value of house provided at concessional rent.
46. What deductions are allowed to a business man in computing profits?
47. What do you understand by the term capital gain?
48. Explain tax-free commercial securities and tax free government securities.
49. In what circumstances is the income of one person treated as the income of another.
50. Explain the provisions regarding set off and carry forward of losses under the head income from other sources.


Jan 20

COMMERCE (PAPER III)
PART II

This is an exhaustive question bank for commerce (PaperIII),UGC NET Examination. Try to find answers.

 

1. Who are entitled to rebate under sec.88 and to what extent.
2. Differentiate between tax planning, evasion, and avoidance.
3. What are the various authorities envisaged in Indian income tax law and what are their functions.
4. What do you understand by the term capital gains used in the income tax act? What are the rules regarding taxation and exemption of capital gains with regard to foreign institutional investors.
5. Discuss the recent changes that have taken place with regard to custom duty laws and procedures in India
6. Explain the empirical relationship between the mean median and mode.
7. What do you mean by dispersion? How does it differ from skew ness?
8. Discuss the utility of interpolation and extrapolation in statistical studies.
9. Distinguish between correlation analysis and regression analysis.
10. State the salient features of probability distribution.
11. Explain the importance of time series analysis in business with suitable examples.
12. What is meant by association of attributes? How does it differ from correlation?
13. What are the various sources of agricultural statistics in India?
14. Define statistics. Explain the importance of statistics in business decision making.
15. What do you mean by quality control? Describe various techniques of statistical quality control.
16. “Legal environment of business is not favourable to the industrialists.” Do you agree with this statement? Comment with special reference to labour legislations in India.
17. Give a critical evaluation of the recent financial sector reforms in India.
18. “Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a company for an accounting period”. Explain and draw a proforma of a balance-sheet of a joint stock company as provided under schedule vi of the companies act, 1956.
19. With the help of imaginary figures calculate the good will and its distribution in the following cases
(a) Admission of a partner.
(b) Retirement of a partner.
(c) Death of a partner.
(d) Dissolution of the firm.
20. Distinguish between equilibrium of a firm and an industry in short period under perfect competition.
21. Describe various pricing strategies available to a business firm.
22. How far computer can be useful in inventory control and accounting operations for cost reduction and quality improvement.
23. How are leadership theory and styles related to motivation?
24. The technique of budget appears to be as much a technique of planning as it is of control. In what way is this true? Explain with suitable example.
25. The technique of budget appears to be as much a technique of planning as it is of control. In what way is this true? Explain with suitable examples.
26. Briefly explain the consumer buying decision process. How can a marketing manager benefit from the study of consumer’s post purchase behavior?
27. Explain the importance of product planning. Suggest appropriate strategies for test marketing.
28. Explain Sharpe’s capital asset pricing model
29. Describe the factors responsible for NPV and IRR giving conflicting conclusions.
30. Explain the concepts of subsistence wage, minimum wage, fair wage, and living wage. How these concepts are different. How minimum wages are determined under the minimum wages act.
31. Briefly explain: the impact of non performing assets on the bank performance, and capital adequacy norms.
32. Critically evaluate the working of regional rural banks in India.
33. Examine the tariff structure of industrial nations. Why is this of special concern to developing nations?
34. What incentives for foreign direct investment do you believe are most likely to attract investment into India? Why India is lagging behind chine in attracting foreign direct investment.
35. Explain the differences in the working of NSE & other stock exchanges in India.
36. Explain the applications of computers in accounting and finance areas.
37. Describe the process of marketing research.
38. Explain the statutory measures for the regulation of misleading advertising in India.
39. How far worker’s participation in management has been successful at lower level of management in India.
40. How do you maintain objectivity in the measurement of morale?
41. Compare and contrast succession planning and career planning
42. How do you develop interpersonal skill among executives?
43. Why has the competitive environment in international business intensified?
44. What are the important risks that international financial managers face today? How can a firm reduce its foreign exchange risk?
45. What is business income? How business income is computed. Explain the admissible and inadmissible expenses while computing income from business.
46. “Economic planning leads to a road of serfdom” do you agree with this statement.
47. Explain the impact of consumer protection act, 1986, on business in india.
48. Explain break even analysis with the help of a diagram and its application in decision making.
49. Explain the applications of indifference curve analysis in (a) determining whether a direct tax is better than an indirect tax. (b) determining whether the cash subsidy is better than the price subsidy.
50. Explain the dominant firm model under oligopoly


Jan 20

PART III

This is an exhaustive question bank for commerce (PaperIII),UGC NET Examination. Try to find answers.

1. What do you mean by a questionnaire? How does it differ from a schedule? Prepare a questionnaire for the collection of data on “consumption pattern of the middle class families of rural India.”
2. How computer can be useful to marketing executives for formulating strategies during various stages of plc.
3. “The only planning tool needed in a company is the budget. If everyone meets his budget, we need nothing else, and management by objectives would be an unnecessary frill”. Comment.
4. Distinguish between strategies and policies. Are strategies and policies as important in a non-business organization as they are in a business? Why and how.
5. Explain the AIDA model. Also explain its relevance to advertising and personal selling.
6. Explain the role of packaging and labeling in the marketing of a consumer product.
7. How do you ascertain the intrinsic value of financial assets?
8. How does the management ensure efficiency in working capital management?
9. What is a ‘cafeteria approach’ of fringe benefits? What is the negative effect of these benefits in India?
10. What is meant by quality of work life? Discuss the role of human resource manager in this regard.
11. Briefly describe the recent banking sector reforms in India.
12. Explain. 1. Local area banking (lab) 2. V/s in nationalized banks.
13. What are the technical administrative and other non-tariff barriers to trade? What is the importance of these non-tariff trade barriers?
14. What are the characteristics of a good international monetary system? What role IMF is playing in evolving a good international monetary system.
15. Explain the various symbols used by CRISIL, ICRA, and CARE for different debt instruments.
16. How global depository receipt (GDR) is issued.
17. Explain the 5-ms of advertising.
18. Explain the legal aspects of pricing in India.
19. What are the sources of occupational stress in factories in India?
20. Compare and contrast variable compensation and supplementary compensation.
21. What does reference in the hiring procedure have to do with the right to privacy?
22. How far collective bargaining has been successful in establishing sound industrial relations in India.
23. What are the major international financial problems facing developing countries to-day? What are their causes? How do developing countries propose to resolve the major problems that they face today?
24. What are the circumstances under which an assessing officer may make a best judgment assessment? What are its remedies and consequences? What precautions should the assessing officer take before making such an assessment?

25. What are the liabilities of the employer in regard to the deductions of tax at source?
26. State the provisions relating to deductions of income from house property.
27. Point out the investments the interest on which can be claimed exemption under the income tax act.
28. What are the various appellate authorities under income tax act?
29. Critically examine the concept of income under the income tax act.
30. Explain the term clubbing of income.
31. Discuss the procedure relating to the assessment of wealth tax
32. What is best judgement assessment? Can it be revised?
33. How do you determine the annual value of house property for purpose of income tax?
34. Give some examples of deemed incomes under the income tax act.
35. What are the income tax provisions regarding depreciation of business assets
36. State the circumstances under which an owner from newly constructed house and occupied by him can claim set off.
37. Discuss the procedure involved in assessment, appeals and revisions under income tax act.
38. Explain the scope of statistics in accounting.
39. Define moments and illustrate them with the help of examples.
40. Discuss the merits and demerits of the measures of central tendency.
41. Define probability with an illustration.
42. Explain type i error and type ii error in hypothesis testing.
43. What is fisher’s ideal index? Why it is called ideal?
44. Distinguish between the statistical sampling and the cluster sampling?
45. How do you find the control limits in establishing a quality control chart.
46. Distinguish between correlation and association.
47. Define binomial and poison distributions. Explain their importance in business decision making.
48. Distinguish between partial and multiple correlations. When there are three independent factors affecting the fourth one, in what way are the partial regression coefficients reflected in the forecasting equation? Explain and illustrate.
49. Explain the concept of amalgamation
50. Discuss in brief the various methods of valuation of shares.


Jan 20

PART IV

This is an exhaustive question bank for commerce (PaperIII),UGC NET Examination. Try to find answers.

1. What is human resource accounting? What is the suitability?
2. Explain Indian accounting standards with regard to cash flow analysis.
3. Explain the significant long-term liquidity ratios
4. What are the assumptions of marginal costing analysis-explain.
5. Difference between standard costing and budgetary control.
6. How is the cost of equity capital computed
7. Discuss the techniques of capital budgeting
8. How a firm does manages efficiently in cash resources.
9. Discuss the need and importance of inflation accounting. Explain the methods with examples.
10. What is standard costing show does it assist in cost control
11. Discuss the factors determining the requirement of working capital in an organization.
12. Explain the concept of development banks and their utility
13. What are the functions of cooperative banks
14. Difference between unit banking and branch banking
15. Discuss the functions and importance of stock exchanges
16. What are the intellectual property rights as initiated by WTO
17. What re the functions of RBI
18. What measures have been taken by government of India for expert promotion?
19. Explain the salient features of ADB.
20. What re the achievements of IFCI.
21. Review the work done by special financial institutions established in India in the field of industrial finance.
22. Discuss he role of SEBI in regulating stock exchanges and protecting the investor’s interest.
23. Write a detailed note on euro currency markets.
24. Explain Maslow’s need hierarchy theory.
25. What is productivity? Suggest methods to improve productivity.
26. What are the essential conditions for the success of participative management?
27. What is test marketing? When it is adopted by companies.
28. What factors determine the advertisement outlay of a company?
29. Difference between consumer marketing research and industrial marketing research.
30. Explain the utility of capital budgeting techniques
31. Explain the concept of trading on equity.
32. What are the steps involved in the process of production control.
33. Examine the link between morale and productivity. Suggest measures to improve the morale in organization.
34. What is strategic budgeting? How does in help in efficient resource allocation.
35. Advertising adds to the cost not to the utility of the product but it is still necessary .comment
36. What are the different categories into which the assesses are divided with regard to residence?
37. Write note on casual income in the context of income tax?
38. What are the rules regarding the valuation of perquisites? A] value of rent free house b]value of house provided at concessional rent.
39. What deductions are allowed to businessman in computing profits?
40. What do you understand by the term capital gains?
41. Explain clearly the meaning of a] tax free commercial securities
42. B]tax free government securities
43. In what circumstances is the income of one person treated as the income of another?
44. Explain the provisions regarding set-off and carry forward of losses under head i-o-s?
45. Who are entitled to rebate u/s 88 and to what extent?
46. Distinguish between tax planning, evasion and avoidance
47. What are the various authorities envisaged in Indian income tax and what are their functions?
48. What do you understand by the term capital gain used in income tax act? What are the rules regarding taxation and exemption of capital gains with regard to FIIs?
49. Discuss the recent changes that have taken place with regard to customs duty laws and procedures in India?
50. Explain the empirical relationship between x .m and z


Jan 20

COMMERCE (PAPER III)

 
PART V

This is an exhaustive question bank for commerce (PaperIII),UGC NET Examination. Try to find answers.

1. Discuss the utility of intrapolation and extrapolation in statistical studies?2. What do you mean by dispersion? How does it differ from skewness?3. Distinguish between correlation analysis and regression analysis
4. State the salient features of probability distribution
5. Explain the importance of time series analysis in business with suitable examples
6. What is meant by association of attributes? How does it differ from correlation?
7. What are the various sources of agricultural statistics in India?
8. Define statistics. Explain the importance of statistics in business decision making.
9. What do you mean by statistical quality control? Describe the various techniques of SQC?
10. Explain three logic of showing profit on liability side and loss on the asset side of balance sheet?
11. Explain giving illustrations, the matching concept applied in accounting
12. Is depreciation a source of fund? Explain your views
13. Clearly distinguish between internal and external reconstruction of companies and journal entries involved in internal reconstruction
14. Explain the objectives of management audit
15. Explain the effect of change in a] volume b] price c] fixed cost on contribution ratio
16. Explain the objectives of human resource accounting
17. Explain the meaning and scope of differential costing
18. Explain how the application of responsibility accounting can better control cost and revenue?
19. Briefly explain the methods of valuing goodwill
20. What is cost of capital? Discuss in detail the concept of weighted average cost of capital and how it is estimated?
21. Goodwill is capitalized value of super earning profits of a company. Explain
22. Explain AIDA model. also explain its relevance to advertising and personal selling
23. Explain the role of packing and labeling the marketing of a consumer product
24. How do you ascertain the intrinsic value of financial assets?
25. How does the management ensure efficiency in working capital management?
26. What is cafeteria approach to fringe benefits? What are the –ve effects of these benefits in India?
27. What is meant by quality of work life? Write the role of HRM manager in this regard.
28. Briefly explain the recent banking sector reforms in India
29. Explain the nationalized banks v/s local area banking
30. What are the features of good international monetary system? What role IMF is playing in achieving a good international monetary system?
31. What is the technical administrative and non tariff barriers t o trade? What is the importance of non tariff trade barriers?
32. Explain the various symbols used by CRISIL, ICRA and CARE for different debt instruments and GDR is issued
33. Explain 5 m’s of advertising. Explain the legal aspects of pricing in India
34. Give the rationale of permitting entry of private sector and foreign commercial banks in India
35. What is the focus of second generation reforms as suggested by the Narasimham committee 1998
36. Explain how does performance budgeting help in planning and controlling the activities of banking institution
37. Discuss the broad financial services rendered by merchant banks in India
38. Why is stock exchange as secondary market important when capital formation takes place only in the primary new issue market?
39. In what specific aspects is the foreign exchange management act an improvement over FERA?
40. In view of their poor track record, should co-operative and RRBs be liquidated or merged with commercial banks?
41. Write brief note on the operations of the CRISIL, ICRA and CARE in rating the corporate and government securities/
42. What and why have the changes been made in the major credit control instruments of RBI during the last 1 to two years
43. What is euro? Has its emergence proved a boon or threat to the international trade in general and India in particular
44. Write a note on the relative productivity, profitability and efficiency of public and private sector banks in India?
45. Give the functioning of SEBI in terms of 5 operational departments
46. Make a critical comment on the focus and trends of foreign capital inflows in the country
47. State three importance of man power planning
48. Distinguish between lay off and retrenchment as per the industrial disputes act
49. Dow ids development different from training
50. What constitutes AIO
51. Explain the role of packaging in marketing
52. What is vertical marketing system
53. What is zero base budgeting
54. State the major problems of management of earnings
55. Explain briefly the JIT manufacturing system
56. Explain briefly tailors time and motion studies
57. Explain the concept of amalgamation
58. Discuss in brief the various methods of valuation of shares



SECTION-I

The section consists of 5 questions. Answer all questions. Each question carries 5 scores. (30 words)

1“Government plays a vital role in development, but there is no simple set of rules that tells them what to do” world development report (1999-2000).Analyse the statement

2 Concentration, Equalization & Dispersion are the soul of Marketing “Comment

3 “Statistics only formalities a tool necessary though imported, which is dangerous in the hands of those who don’t know its use 4 decencies” Bowley. Elucidate

4 Akio Morita, the founder of Sony Corporation once remarked as, ‘There is no magic in the success of Japanese Companies in general and Sony in particular. The secret of their success is simply the way they treat their employees”. What does his statement highlights?

5”The process of buying selling securities in those markets having highly priced and selling them in those markets under priced thereby bringing an equilibrium in market price”. Identify the concept and its utility

(5*5=25 scores)

SECTION –II

The section consists of 15 questions. Answer all questions. Each question carries 5 scores. Paper III (Part –A- 10 Units) (30 words)

6. Comment on the salient features of FEMA Act.
7. What is AIOD FRAME WORK in consumer behaviour analysis?
8. Briefly comment on the cost based pricing methods.
9. What is green marketing? What are its implications on marketers?
10. Examine the structure of rural banking in India.
11. Evaluate the different approaches to determine the appropriate working capital mix
12. What are the inefficiencies of monopolistic competition?
13. How shall you undertake hypothesis testing?
14. List down the assumptions of break even analysis.
15. Critically examine the need hierarchy theory of motivation.
16. Elucidate the steps of a typical training process
17. Comment on implications of the Basel II recommendations on Indian banking sector
18. Discuss various performance appraisal methods employed in an organisation
19. How shall estimate value of equity share as per “asset valuation method”?
20. Write short note on corporate governance

(15*5=75 scores)

SECTION-III

The section consists of 5 questions from each elective Paper III (Part-B). Answer all 5 questions from any of the 5 electives. Each question carries 12 scores. (200 words)

ELECTIVE –I ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

21. Write short note inflation accounting methods.
22. Write a brief note on the operations of CRISIL, ICRA & CARE in the rating of corporates and government securities.
23. Why is stock exchange as a secondary market important when capital formation takes place only in the primary issue market?
24. Give the functioning of SEBI in terms of its five operational departments
25. Evaluate the pros and cons of mutual funds as an investment option.

ELECTIVE-II MARKETING

21. What factors shall you consider while selecting an advertising media?
22. What are the weaknesses of PLC (Product Life Cycle) concept in marketing?
23. Explain direct marketing and its different forms.
24. Explain the concept “product”. Examine the concept in the light of What shall a buyer expect to buy on a product
25. Comment on consumer protection legislations in India

ELECTIVE-III HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

21. Explain the factors governing the Recruitment policy of an organization.
22. What are the major factors influencing employee remuneration?
23. Examine the scope and different methods of workers participation in management.
24. Comment on labour law legislations in India
25 Give out different approaches to the study of labour welfare

ELECTIVE-IV INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

21. Make a critical comment on the focus and trends of foreign capital inflows in the country.
22. How shall the capital account convertibility adversely affect India?
23. Explain the role played by FIIs in Indian capital market
24. Evaluate the functions of SAARC in Indian context
25. “Intellectual property is a kind of private sovereignty over primary good information”. Discuss the problems of intellectual property in the light of this statement.

ELECTIVE-V INCOME TAX LAW AND PLANNING

21. What are the deductions allowed to a businessman in computing profits?
22. Explain the provisions relating to interest on loan in computing income from house property?
23. Which are the situations ehere taxes should be paid in advance?
24. Discuss the provisions regarding set-off and carry forward and set-off losses under income tax act 1961?
25. What is grossing up of interest on securities? Explain how and why incomes are grossed up?

SECTION-IV

Answer any 1 question. It carries 40 scores. (Words 1000)

26. Evaluate the responses/Measures of RBI to handle the global financial crisis with specific reference to Indian banking sector

OR

Evaluate the implications of IFRS implementation in Indian corporates. What is the role of ICAI in this regard?

OR

How does Future market in Commodities influence the price level situation? And Give your comments on the implications of futures market with reference to policy frame work of Govt of India and FMC