Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship

1 Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship_hmam > am ` `m `mVmnXmgmR>r am ` Var` nm Vm MmMUr (goQ>) narjmConducted by University of Pune(AS THE State AGENCY) syllabus AND SAMPLE QUESTIONSS ubject SubjectCode OF PUNEG aneshkhind, Pune-411007 SET ( commerce ) / 3commerce_SET syllabus (03-09)[50] : COMMERCESYLLABUS AND SAMPLE QUESTIONSNOTE : STRUCTURE OF PAPER II AND REVISED STRUCTURE OF PAPER III PLEASESEE PAGE NUMBER & PAPER-III(A) [CORE GROUP]Unit IBusiness EnvironmentMeaning and elements of Business environment. Economic Policies, Economic environment of business in India. Competition policy. Consumer protection, Environment : Liberalization, privatisation and globalisation. Second generation reforms, Industrialpolicy and implementation, Industrial growth and structural IIFinancial & Management AccountingBasic Accounting Concepts, Capital and Revenue, Financial Accounts : Admission, Retirement, Death, Dissolution and Cash Company Accounts : Issue, forfeiture, Purchase of Business Liquidation.

2 Valuation ofshares, Amalgamation, Absorption and Reconstruciton, Holding Company and Management Accounting : Ratio Analysis, Funds Flow Analysis, Cash Flow Analysis,Marginal Costing and Break-even analysis. Standard Costing, Budgetary Control. Costing for IIIB usiness EconomicsNature and uses of Business Economics. Concept of Profit and Wealth Maximization. DemandAnalysis and Elasticity of Demand. Curve Analysis Analysis and Indifference of Returns and Law of variable proportions cost. determination in different market situations. Perfect competition, Monopolistic Price discrimination and oligopoly, Pricing ( commerce ) / 4commerce_SET syllabus (03-09)Unit IVBusiness Statistics & Data ProcessingData types, Data collection and analysis, sampling, need, errors and methods of sampling. Normaldistribution. Hypothesis testing. Analysis and Interpretation of and Regression. small sample tests - t-test f-test and chi-square Processing Elements.

3 Data entry, Data processing and Computer Application to Functional Areas Accounting. Inventory control. VBusiness ManagementPrinciples of ManagementPlanning Objectives, Strategies, Planning Process, , Organisational Structure, Formal and Informal : Motivation, Leadership, Committees, Communication Governance and Business VIMarketing ManagementThe evolution of marketing. Concepts. Concept of marketing, Marketing mix. Marketing of consumer behaviour, Market planning. Organising and VIIF inancial ManagementCapital Structure. Financial and Operating of Capital. Capital Capital VIIIH uman Resources ManagementConcepts. Role and Functions of Human Resource Resource Planning. Recruitment and and Development. Succession : Wage and Salary Administration. Incentive and Fringe Benefits. Morale Relations in India. Health, Safety, Welfare and Social Security, Workers. Participation ( commerce ) / 5commerce_SET syllabus (03-09)Unit IXBanking and Financial InstitutionsImportance of Banking to Business, Types of Banks and Their Bank of India.

4 NABARD and Rural Sector Reforms in India, NPA, Capital Adequacy Banking : IDBI, IFCI, SFCs, UTI, XInternational BusinessTheoretical foundations of international business, Balance of liquidity, International Economic Institutions IMF, World Bank, IFC, IDA, Trade Organisation Its functions and of India s Foreign Trade : Composition and direction, EXIM Bank, EXIM Policy of India,Regulation and promotion of Foreign III (B)[ ELECTIVE/OPTIONAL ]Elective I : Accounting and FinanceAccounting standards in India, Inflation Accounting, Human Resource Accounting, ResponsibilityAccounting, Social and Capital Market, Working of Stock Exchanges in India, NSE, OTCEI, and Authorities : SEBI, Rating Agencies : New Instruments : GDRs, Capital Funds, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mutual Funds, Lease Financing, Factoring,Measurement of risk and returns securities and Application in Accounting and II : MarketingMarketing Tasks, Concepts and Tools, Marketing Behaviour and Market Marketing : Social, ethical and legal aspects of marketing in ( commerce ) / 6commerce_SET syllabus (03-09)Elective III : Human Resource ManagementConcept, Role and Functions of Human Resource Resource Planning, Job Analysis, Job description and specifications, Use of Job analysisinformation, Recruitment and and development, Succession : Wage and salary administration incentives and fringe benefits.

5 Morale and of Relations in India. Health, Safety. Welfare and Social Security. Workers participation IV : International BusinessForeign Direct Investment and Multinational Corporations-MNCs Culture MNCS and LDCs. Economic Integration : SAARC, ASEAN, EC, and WTO, Intellectual Property Exchange Exchange rate, Mechanism, Risk Management, Transfer of International Payments,Convertibility of Rupee, Current and Capital Accounts; Issues and Perceptions. Derivatives Investment Institutions; Instruments; GDRs, ADRs, Flls their role in Indian Capital V : Income-tax Law and Tax PlanningBasic concepts, residential status and tax incidence, exempted incomes, computation of taxableincome under various of taxable income of individuals and of tax, filing of returns, different types of assessment; Defaults and Planning : Concept, significance and problems of tax planning, tax evasion and tax avoidance,methods of tax considerations in specific business decisions, viz.

6 , make or buy; own or lease, retain or replace;export or domestic sales; shut-down or closure; expand or contract; invest or Application in Income Tax and Tax QUESTIONSPAPER II1. Under the National Equity Scheme of SIDBI, the collateral insisted upon for soft loan is :(A) land(B) land and machine(C) plant(D) none of the ( commerce ) / 7commerce_SET syllabus (03-09)2. The process by which an individual organizes and interprets his impression of the environmentaround him is known as :(A) attitude(B) perception(C) personality(D) value3. According to the marketing concept, the different functional areas of the firm should blendtheir efforts in order to maximize :(A) profit(B) sales(C) market share(D) customer satisfaction