UPKAR PRAKASHAN, AGRA2
ByDr. L. N. Koli
[M. Com. (ABST), NET (JRF), SLET, Ph.D., D.Lit.]
&Madan Singh
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CONTENTS
Previous Years Solved Papers
Part-A (Core Group)
UnitIBusiness Environment ............................................................................................ 350
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 33
UnitIIFinancial and Management Accounting ................................................................. 51132
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 107
UnitIIIBusiness Economics ............................................................................................... 133177
* Questions ............................................................................................................ 162
UnitIVBusiness Statistics and Data Processing................................................................. 178233
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 219
UnitVBusiness Management ............................................................................................ 234289
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 275
UnitVIMarketing Management ......................................................................................... 290329
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 316
UnitVIIFinancial Management ........................................................................................... 330366
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 351
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UnitVIIIHuman Resource Management............................................................................... 367405
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 392
UnitIXBanking and Financial Institutions ......................................................................... 406460
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 441
UnitXInternational Business ............................................................................................ 461499
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 486
Part-B (Optional)
ElectiveIAccounting and Finance ......................................................................................... 500546
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 528
ElectiveIIMarketing ............................................................................................................... 547587
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 575
ElectiveIIIHuman Resource Management............................................................................... 588621
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 607
ElectiveIVInternational Business ............................................................................................ 622657
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 642
ElectiveVIncome Tax Law and Tax Planning........................................................................ 658688
* Objective Questions ........................................................................................... 680
SYLLABUS
PAPERII & III (A)(CORE GROUP)
UnitIBusiness Environment
Meaning and Elements of Business Environ-ment.
Economic environment, Economic Policies,Economic Planning.
Legal environment of Business in India,Competition policy, Consumer protection,Environment protection.
Policy Environment : Liberalization, Priva-tisation and globalisation, Second generationreforms, Industrial policy and implementation.Industrial growth and structural changes.
UnitIIFinancial & Management Accounting
Basic Accounting concepts, Capital andRevenue, Financial statements.
Partnership Accounts : Admission, Retire-ment, Death, Dissolution and Cash Distribution.
Advanced Company Accounts : Issue,forfeiture, Purchase of Business, Liquidation,Valuation of shares, Amalgamation, Absorptionand Reconstruction, Holding Company Accounts.
Cost and Management Accounting : RatioAnalysis, Funds Flow Analysis, Cash FlowAnalysis, Marginal costing and Break-evenanalysis, Standard costing, Budgetary control,Costing for decision-making Responsibilityaccounting.
UnitIIIBusiness Economics
Nature and uses of Business Economics,Concept of Profit and Wealth maximization.Demand Analysis and Elasticity of Demand,Curve Analysis, Law.
Utility Analysis and Indifference of Returnsand Law of variable proportions.
Cost, Revenue, Price determination indifferent market situations : Perfect competition,Monopolistic competition, Monopoly, Price dis-crimination and Oligopoly, Pricing strategies.UnitIVBusiness Statistics & Data Processing
Data types, Data collection and analysis,sampling, need, errors and methods of sampling,Normal distribution, Hypothesis testing, Analysisand Interpretation of Data.
Correlation and Regression, small sampletestst-test, F-test and chi-square test.
Data processingElements, Data entry, Dataprocessing and Computer applications.
Computer Application to Functional AreasAccounting, Inventory control, Marketing.
UnitVBusiness Management
Principles of Management.
PlanningObjectives, Strategies, Planningprocess, Decision-making.
Organising, Organisational structure, Formaland Informal organisations, Organisational culture.
Staffing.
Leading : Motivation, Leadership, Commit-tees, Communication.
Controlling.
Corporate Governance and Business Ethics.
UnitVIMarketing Management
The evolution of marketing, Concepts, Con-cept of marketing, Marketing mix, Marketingenvironment.
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Elements of consumer behaviour, Marketsegmentation.
Product decisions.
Pricing decisions.Distribution decisions.Promotion decisions.
Marketing planning, Organising and Control.
UnitVIIFinancial Management
Capital Structure, Financial and Operatingleverage Cost of capital, Capital budgeting Work-ing capital management Dividend Policy.
UnitVIIIHuman Resources Management
Concepts, Role and Functions of HumanResource management, Human Resource Planning,Recruitment and Selection Training and Develop-ment, Succession Planning.
Compensation : Wage and Salary Adminis-tration, Incentive and Fringe benefits, Morale andProductivity.
Performance Appraisal.
Industrial Relations in India, Health, Safety,Welfare and Social Security, Workers' Participa-tion in Management.
UnitIXBanking and Financial Institution
Importance of Banking to Business, Types ofBanks and Their Functions, Reserve Bank ofIndia, NABARD and Rural Banking.
Banking Sector Reforms in India, NPA,Capital adequacy norms.
E-banking.
Development Banking : IDBI, IFCI, SFCs,UTI, SIDBI.
UnitXInternational Business
Theoretical foundations of international busi-ness, Balance of Payments.
International liquidity, International Econo-mic InstitutionsIMF, World Bank IFC, IDA,ADB.
World Trade OrganisationIts functionsand policies.
Structure of India's Foreign Trade :Composition and direction, EXIM Bank, EXIMPolicy of India, Regulation and promotion ofForeign Trade.
PAPERIII (B)[ELECTIVE / OPTIONAL]
ElectiveI : Accounting and FinanceAccounting standards in India, Inflation
Accounting, Human Resource Accounting, Res-ponsibility Accounting, Social Accounting.
Money and Ca