ECONOMICS-PAPER II

 Candidates will be expected to have completed two projects from any topic covered in Theory. The practical work will be assessed by the teacher and a Visiting Examiner appointed locally and approved by the Council.

 Mark allocation for each Project [10 marks]: Overall format 1 mark Content 4 marks Findings 2 marks Viva-voce based on the Project 3 marks

 A list of suggested Projects is given below:

1. Study a Public Sector Enterprise with reference to its relevance to the Indian Economy and its future prospects. Analyse the trend of its growth for the last ten years.

2. Conduct a Socio-Economic survey of a locality (minimum sample size should be 30 households) with reference to:

(a) Demographic features.

(b) Consumption Pattern – Expenditure on necessities, comforts and luxuries.

 (c) Occupational structure.

3. Compare the contribution made by different sectors of the economy towards GDP growth during the planning period.

 4. Prepare a report on the competition in the Aviation Sector in India with reference to:

(a) Performance of the Public Sector and Private Sector.

(b) Operational strategies adopted by budget/low cost carriers.  

5. Make a comparative analysis of lending performance of five Commercial Banks in the past six years with reference to the changing CRR and SLR.

6. Many thinkers believe that we are rapidly depleting our natural resources. Assume that there are only two inputs (labour and natural resources) producing two goods (wheat and gasoline) with no improvement in technology over time. Show what would happen to the Production Possibility Curve over time as natural resources are exhausted. How would invention and technological improvement modify your answer? On the basis of this example, explain why it is said “economic growth is a race between depletion and invention.”

7. Make a comparative study of the allocation of financial resources of the Central Government Budget on Agriculture, Defense, Industry and Education in the last ten years. Prepare a report on your observations.

8. Prepare a trend Analysis of Growth and Productivity of any one industry such as: Textile / Automobiles / Electronic and Tele-communication, etc. in India for the past ten years.

COMMERCE Paper II-20 Marks

 Candidates will be expected to have completed two projects from any topic covered in Theory. The project work will be assessed by the teacher and a Visiting Examiner appointed locally and approved by the Council.

Mark allocation for each Project [10 marks]: Overall format 1 mark Content 4 marks Findings 2 marks Viva-voce based on the Project 3 marks

 A list of suggested Projects is given below:

1. Compare marketing strategies adopted by two different companies of the same industry (FMCG / Telecommunication / media / education industry etc.) keeping in mind the following:

− Product mix

− Price Mix

− Place Mix

− Promotion Mix

 2. Collect newspaper/magazine clippings of five cases filed by consumers in the Consumer Court. Find out the rights violated, and the redressal mechanism used. What was the outcome of each case?

3. Visit a commercial Bank. Find out the procedure to open a savings account. Find out the details of various Agency & General utility services provided by the bank.

4. Compare the interest rates offered by five different commercial banks on fixed deposits under various categories (general and senior citizens) and various time durations. Find out the procedure and formalities for opening a fixed deposit account. What is the procedure for closing the account on maturity and before maturity period?

5. Select five different companies across varying industries such as I.T., textiles, FMCG, Health Care, etc., included in the SENSEX. Keeping a hypothetical base money of Rupees One Lakh, invest in the shares of the selected companies. The movement of share prices selected by you should be monitored over a period of one month on a daily basis. A uniform / standard practice of either using the opening price or the closing price on a particular day of the week should be used by all students in the class. At the end of the month, analyse your investment in a spread sheet and give reasons for your choice of scripts.

 6. Find out the names of companies under various sectors (FMCG, Pharma, automobile, etc) included in the NIFTY and the SENSEX. Make a chart of the same and track its movements over a period of one week.

7. (a) Study the sources of recruitment and steps involved in the selection procedure adopted by two companies of the same industry.

(b) Compare and evaluate the sources of recruitment and the selection process adopted by the selected companies.

8. Formulate a capital plan for a hypothetical business organization. Justify your formulated plan.

9. Choose two companies of the same industry. Study their organizational structure. Also give information with regard to:

(i) Hierarchy

(ii) Centralization and delegation of authority

(iii)Flow of information (scalar chain)

 (iv) Span of control

 (v) Channel of communication.

10. Select any business undertaking. Study the selected business in terms of ownership, capital and profitability. Make a S.W.O.T. analysis and present it in a tabular form.

BUSINESS STUDIES Paper II 20 Marks

Candidates will be expected to have completed two projects from any topic covered in Theory. The project work will be assessed by the teacher and a Visiting Examiner appointed locally and approved by the Council. Mark allocation for each Project [10 marks]: Overall format 1 mark Content 4 marks Findings 2 marks Viva-voce based on the Project 3 marks

A list of suggested Projects is given below:

1. Analyse the recruitment process in any two companies of your choice. List the loopholes if any and give suggestions for improving the process. (You may also make a comparative study of the recruitment process).

2. Evaluate the selection process of any two firms from the corporate world and discuss their benefits and drawbacks vis-a-vis each other.

3. Study any two business organizations (one Multi National Company and one Indian Company) with regards to their Policies of Compensation (Increment policy, Incentive policy, Bonus and reward policy, retirement benefits).

 4. Study the various types of leaves made available to employees. Leaves can be considered as financial cost to the organization. What other tangible and nontangible benefits does the organization stand to gain from incurring this cost? Do the benefits justify the cost?

5. Consider any two successful business leaders. Give a brief account of their leadership styles. Explain the impact of their leadership styles in the achievement of the organizational goals of their respective organizations.

6. Analyze the emerging trends in human resource management and discuss their implementation in India (Comparative study of five organizations).

 7. Make a comparative study of any two E-Businesses in terms of their Nature, Size, Products and Services offered, Functioning and Policies.

 8. Select any two companies and study their sources of finance with respect to the amount procured and advantages and disadvantages of each source of finance

9. Select any BPO or KPO and explain the outsourced functions that it performs. Discuss the impact of outsourcing in general and specifically on the profitability of the outsourcing organization.

10. Study any one regulator and the intermediaries under it. Give an account of their functions and how it helps the common man.

ACCOUNTS PAPER II – 20 Marks

Candidates will be expected to have completed two

Projects from any topic covered in Theory.

The project work will be assessed by the teacher and a Visiting Examiner appointed locally and approved by the Council.

Mark allocation for each Project [10marks]:

Overall format1 mark
Content4 marks
Findings2 marks
Viva-voce based on the Project only3 marks

A list of suggested Projects is given below:

  1. Preparation of Journal / sub-division of journal, Ledger, Trial balance and Financial Statements of a partnership form of business on the basis of a case study.
    1. Develop a case study showing how two or more friends decide to come together and start a business with a certain amount of capital.
    2. Prepare their Partnership Deed including interest on capital, partner’s salary, commission, interest on drawings, interest on partner’s loan and rent paid to a partner.
    3. Write in detail, their transactions during the year: purchases – cash and credit, sales – cash and credit, expenses, purchase of fixed assets and depreciation charged on them, any outstanding expenses, prepaid expenses, accrued income, drawing bills of exchange, accepting bills payable etc.
    4. From this case study developed (which should have at least 15 transactions), pass the journal entries, post them into the ledger, prepare a Trial Balance and the Trading and Profit and Loss Account, Profit and Loss Appropriation Account and Balance Sheet.
    5. The various expenses, for comparison purposes, could be depicted in the form of bar diagrams and pie charts.
    6. Calculate relevant accounting ratios like liquidity, solvency, activity and profitability giving their formulae and computation (all this could be part of the viva-voce).
    7. The ratios could also be shown graphically and/ or pictorially (bar diagrams and pie charts) and if possible, could be compared with the ratios of the industry.
  2. Preparation of a Cash Flow Statement with the help of audited / unaudited / imaginary Balance Sheets of a company for two consecutive accounting years or two consecutive quarters of an accounting year could be taken along with at least five additional information (depreciation, purchase/ sale of fixed assets, dividend paid/ proposed, tax paid/ proposed, amortization of intangible assets, profit or loss on sale of fixed assets including provision for depreciation on them and profit or loss on sale of investment).
    1. The results of the operating, investing and financing activities could be shown graphically and/ or pictorially (bar diagrams and pie charts).
  3. Preparation of Common Size and Comparative Income Statement and Balance Sheet of a company by taking into account its audited, unaudited / imaginary financial results of two consecutive quarters of an accounting year or of two consecutive accounting years.
    1. The comparison has to be made in the form of Common Size and Comparative Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
    2. The comparison could also be shown graphically and/ or pictorially (bar diagrams and pie charts).
  4. Taking the audited/ unaudited / imaginary financial results of any leading company, its liquidity, solvency, activity and profitability ratios of two consecutive accounting years or of two consecutive quarters of an accounting year should be calculated and the comparison of the ratios of both the years or quarters should be shown graphically and/ or pictorially (bar diagrams and pie charts).
  5. Employee Salary Sheet:
  6. Design a spreadsheet using the following fields:

Employee’s Name: String Variable of maximum size of 40 characters

Date of Joining: Date in English U.K. format

Basic Salary: up to 2 places after decimal

Calculate their net salary using the Employee’s data. [Feed in random data for 20 to 25 employees]

Some of the instructions are given below:

Important Instructions:

Dearness Allowance (DA) is paid @ 45% of Basic Salary.

House Rent Allowance (HRA) is paid @ 15% of (Basic Salary + DA)

City Compensatory Allowance (CCA) is paid @ 8.3% of (Basic Salary + DA + HRA)

Provident Fund (PF) is deducted @ 12% of (Basic Salary + DA)

Income Tax (IT) is deducted @ 10% of (Basic Salary + DA + HRA + CCA)

Net Salary is summation of Basic Salary +

DA + HRA + CCA less PF and IT

  • Save your worksheet on the desktops

Employee Salary.

  • Print a Hard Copy of your work and close the file.
  • Revenue and Commission Statement

Prepare a Spreadsheet for a certain Company, which pays a commission based upon books sold.

Prepare revenue and commission statement based upon the following information:

  Name of SalespersonNumber of Soft Cover Books soldNumber of Hard Cover Books sold
Suresh Mehta1546360
Gladstone David1788315
Manish Arora1340294
Manmeet Singh990450
VineetSaighal1105689
Note NumberFace ValuePeriod Days  Issue Date
1Rs. 525907/2/2011
2Rs. 6126014/3/2011
3Rs. 2104519/5/2011
4Rs. 80012010/6/2011
5Rs. 14693024/6/2011
     
   
  • Spreadsheet on Outstanding Report

Prepare and Present a Spreadsheet for a list of outstanding notes receivable each month. The information for a particular month is as follows:

Use the following financial information:

Face ValueInterest RateOther details
010.8%Late Penalty:11%
5009.2%Report date: July 30, 2011
10008.96%Days / Year: 365

Assumption:

Price of Hard Cover Books: @Rs. Book 34.45 perShow the Interest rate, Days outstanding, Interest earned late penalty and Total due.

Use appropriate Lines and Shading to make the report interesting and easy to read. Use two places after the decimals where appropriate.

Prepare a chart to show the above information.

Price of Soft Cover Books: @ Rs. 22.05 per Book

Commission on Hard Cover Books: 9.0% Commission on Soft Cover Books: 12%

Prepare a spreadsheet showing your calculation to determine:

  • Revenue (Hard Cover Books and Soft Cover Books)
  • Total Revenue
  • Commission (Hard Cover Books and Soft Cover Books)
  • Total Commission
  • Create a Chart (any style) showing the above information.

Open the original page (with lines and shading) as well as a formula page. (The entire formula must been shown)

Use “=round (.0)” where applicable so that all columns add correctly.

8.    Database Management

  • Create a Database with at least 10 records with each record having the following fields:

Employees Details: PAN Number, Name,

Address and Phone Number

  • Sort the names in alphabetical order.
  • The Employee database has another table called Loan Details that stores the details of loan taken by various employees. Create a query that gives a list of employee’s names along with loan details.

The loan details table has following fields:

Loan Amount, Loan Date, Interest Rate, Amount Paid and Amount Balance.

  • Create a Report as per the format given below:

Employee Loan Details:

Emp. No.Emp. NameLoan AmountLoan DateAmount PaidBalance Amount

Decide tables, relationships etc. on your own.

  • Database Management:
  • Create an Accounts Table by following the steps given below:
    • Click on the new button and highlight Design View in the dialog box that appears.
    • Click the OK button and the Table Design View will appear.
  • Fill in the Field Name, Data Type and Description for each column/field in the Account Table.
Field NameData TypeDescription
Customer IDNumberThe Unique Identifier for a Customer
Account NoNumberThe Unique Identifier for a Bank Account
Account TypeTextThe type  of       account (Checking, Saving etc.)
Date OpenedDateThe date the account was opened
BalanceNumberThe  current        balance (money) in this account.
  • Define a Primary Key for the Accounts table. Click on the Account Number field with the right mouse button and choose Primary Key from the pop-up menu.
  • Save the new Accounts Table.
  1. Selection Grade Card
  2. Make a Spreadsheet of a Selection Grading Chart using the following details:

Candidate’s Name:       String type

Test1:                             Integer type

Test2:                             Integer type

Test3:                             Integer type

Test4:                             Integer Type

The Worksheet format is as follows:

    S.N.  Name of the CandidateTest-1 (Max 25 Mks)Test- 2 (Max 25 Mks)Test-3 (Max 25 Mks)Test- 4 (Max 25 Mks)
  1Alfred Gomes  24  22  18  23
  2Shankar Pandey  17  20  17  20
  3Ali Hassan Raza  22  19  20  14
  4P. Subba Rao  20  19  19  17
  5Sushanto Mukerjee  19  21  24  22
  • Compute the percentage for each candidate’s total. Show the total score and the percentage for each candidate.
  • Create a Header for the Chart. Include your name.
  • Save your work on the desk tops

Merit Project.

  • Print a hard copy of your work and close the file.

COMPUTER SCIENCE PAPER II: PRACTICAL – 30 MARKS

 This paper of three hours’ duration will be evaluated by the Visiting Examiner appointed locally and approved by the Council. The paper shall consist of three programming problems from which a candidate has to attempt any one.

 The practical consists of the two parts:

1. Planning Session

2. Examination Session

The total time to be spent on the Planning session and the Examination session is three hours. A maximum of 90 minutes is permitted for the Planning session and 90 minutes for the Examination session.

Candidates are to be permitted to proceed to the Examination Session only after the 90 minutes of the Planning Session are over.

Planning Session

The candidates will be required to prepare an algorithm and a hand written Java program to solve the problem.

 Examination Session

The program handed in at the end of the Planning session shall be returned to the candidates. The candidates will be required to key-in and execute the Java program on seen and unseen inputs individually on the Computer and show execution to the Visiting Examiner. A printout of the program listing including output results should be attached to the answer script containing the algorithm and handwritten program. This should be returned to the examiner. The program should be sufficiently documented so that the algorithm, representation and development process is clear from reading the program. Large differences between the planned program and the printout will result in loss of marks.

 Teachers should maintain a record of all the assignments done as part of the practical work through the year and give it due credit at the time of cumulative evaluation at the end of the year. Students are expected to do a minimum of twenty-five assignments for the year