Exam Details
| Subject | economic environment for business | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | mba | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | solapur university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | November, 2016 | |
| City, State | maharashtra, solapur |
Question Paper
M.B.A. (Part (Semester II) Examination, 2016
ECONOMICS
Economic Environment For Business (Paper XIII)
Day and Date Saturday, 3-12-2016 Total Marks 70
Time 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Instructions Question No. one is compulsory.
Attempt any two questions out of question No. two to four.
Attempt any two questions out of question No. five to
seven.
Figures at right indicate marks.
1. Read the following case and answer the questions given at the end. 14
In 2009, 1,500 farmers committed suicide in India, after being driven to debt by
crop failure most of them being the small and marginal acreage farmers. This
has become a trend, since the past few years. Reasons like failure of monsoons,
lack of irrigation facilities, depleting surface and ground water resources, etc.,
have forced them towards acute poverty. Although the government has been
charting out various policies for the development of agriculture and irrigation, the
small farmer hardly enjoyed the benefits.
Ever since long time, Indian farmers have been the victims of vagaries of nature
and corruption in the system. India, being an agrarian nation, has almost twothirds
of its work-force relying on farming for their livelihoods. However, almost
70% of farming is rain-fed, due to poorly maintained irrigation systems and lack
of extension services like allocation of water, electricity, etc. These conditions
are threatening the conventional agricultural practices resulting in them being
neither economically nor environmentally sustainable. Besides, the Land ceiling
Acts, family disputes, and Zamindari (land lord) system have led to the
fragmentation of land and in turn resulting in disguised unemployment, low
productivity of farm labour and poverty.
P.T.O.
Seat
No.
SLR-T 21
Identifying the link between water scarcity and poverty, Amitabha Sadangi, started
a non-governmental organization, International Development Enterprise India
(IDEI) in 1984, focusing on the empowerment of rural farmers by making simple
and affordable farming equipment like the Treadle Pump. The organization initiated
various other programmes like Affordable Drip Irrigation Technology Intervention
Business Development Programme, Integrating Poor into Market
Systems, Crop Post Harvest Programme, which have gained acceptance among
small farmers. The company over a period of time has achieved success not
only in selling its low-cost irrigation kits but also ensured increased yield and
revenues for the small and marginal farmers through them.
Case Questions.
Given the socio-political scenario in India, can such businesses scale up and
cater to the market gaps in the bottom of the pyramid. Discuss.
Suggest suitable measures to improve economic condition of small and
marginal farmers.
2. Write short answers on any two 14
Differentiate between FDI and FII.
Fixed and flexible exchange rate.
RBI.
3. Write short notes on any two 14
Problems associated with privatization.
Differentiate between balance of trade and balance of payments.
Problems of Agricultural Marketing.
4. Write short notes on any two 14
Issues of water management in India.
Industrial sickness.
IMF.
5. Explain fully achievements and failures of Economic Planning in India. 14
6. What are the characteristics of Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) Argue for
and against MNCs. 14
7. Describe the composition and direction of India's foreign trade. What measures
would you suggest to increase our exports 14
ECONOMICS
Economic Environment For Business (Paper XIII)
Day and Date Saturday, 3-12-2016 Total Marks 70
Time 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Instructions Question No. one is compulsory.
Attempt any two questions out of question No. two to four.
Attempt any two questions out of question No. five to
seven.
Figures at right indicate marks.
1. Read the following case and answer the questions given at the end. 14
In 2009, 1,500 farmers committed suicide in India, after being driven to debt by
crop failure most of them being the small and marginal acreage farmers. This
has become a trend, since the past few years. Reasons like failure of monsoons,
lack of irrigation facilities, depleting surface and ground water resources, etc.,
have forced them towards acute poverty. Although the government has been
charting out various policies for the development of agriculture and irrigation, the
small farmer hardly enjoyed the benefits.
Ever since long time, Indian farmers have been the victims of vagaries of nature
and corruption in the system. India, being an agrarian nation, has almost twothirds
of its work-force relying on farming for their livelihoods. However, almost
70% of farming is rain-fed, due to poorly maintained irrigation systems and lack
of extension services like allocation of water, electricity, etc. These conditions
are threatening the conventional agricultural practices resulting in them being
neither economically nor environmentally sustainable. Besides, the Land ceiling
Acts, family disputes, and Zamindari (land lord) system have led to the
fragmentation of land and in turn resulting in disguised unemployment, low
productivity of farm labour and poverty.
P.T.O.
Seat
No.
SLR-T 21
Identifying the link between water scarcity and poverty, Amitabha Sadangi, started
a non-governmental organization, International Development Enterprise India
(IDEI) in 1984, focusing on the empowerment of rural farmers by making simple
and affordable farming equipment like the Treadle Pump. The organization initiated
various other programmes like Affordable Drip Irrigation Technology Intervention
Business Development Programme, Integrating Poor into Market
Systems, Crop Post Harvest Programme, which have gained acceptance among
small farmers. The company over a period of time has achieved success not
only in selling its low-cost irrigation kits but also ensured increased yield and
revenues for the small and marginal farmers through them.
Case Questions.
Given the socio-political scenario in India, can such businesses scale up and
cater to the market gaps in the bottom of the pyramid. Discuss.
Suggest suitable measures to improve economic condition of small and
marginal farmers.
2. Write short answers on any two 14
Differentiate between FDI and FII.
Fixed and flexible exchange rate.
RBI.
3. Write short notes on any two 14
Problems associated with privatization.
Differentiate between balance of trade and balance of payments.
Problems of Agricultural Marketing.
4. Write short notes on any two 14
Issues of water management in India.
Industrial sickness.
IMF.
5. Explain fully achievements and failures of Economic Planning in India. 14
6. What are the characteristics of Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) Argue for
and against MNCs. 14
7. Describe the composition and direction of India's foreign trade. What measures
would you suggest to increase our exports 14
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- (paper – xi) human resource management
- accounting for management
- accounting for managers
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- agricultural production management
- agro-processing industries and rural industrialization
- banking and insurance (paper – xvi)
- brand management and social marketing
- busines ethics
- business ethics (new) (cbcs)
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- corporate planning and strategic management (old)
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- excel
- excellence in management
- export policy, procedure and documents (paper – ii)
- financial decision analysis
- financial management
- fundamentals of agriculture and co-operative management
- fundamentals of agriculture and co-operative management (new cbcs)
- global human resource management
- group d – system management (paper – ii)
- human resource initiatives (paper – ii)
- human resource management
- indian financial system
- indian financial system (paper – xix)
- industrial engineering
- industrial relations and labour regulations
- integrated marketing communication and consumer behaviour
- international busines (paper – xiii)
- international business environment (old)
- international business environment (paper – i)
- international finance
- international financial system and markets
- international financial systems and markets
- international logistics
- international marketing
- international trade and agriculture
- international trade procedures and documentation
- international trade procedures and documentations
- investment management
- it for management
- legal aspects of busines
- legal aspects of business
- logistics and supply chain management
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- management accounting
- management accounting (paper–xviii)
- management acounting
- management information system
- managerial communication – i
- managerial communication – ii
- managerial economics
- managerial excellence
- marketing management
- marketing management (cbcs)
- operations management
- organisational behaviour
- organizational behaviour
- paper – ix : marketing management
- paper – xii : production and materials management (old)
- paper – xiii : economic environment of busines
- paper – xiv : managerial comunication – ii
- paper – xv : research methodology
- paper – xvi : event management(new)
- paper – xvi : operations management
- paper – xvii : strategic management
- performance management and compensation
- perspectives of management
- principles of management
- product and brand management
- product and brand management (paper – i)
- production and materials management
- production management and operations research (paper – xii)
- programing concepts and advanced
- programming concepts and advanced excel
- project planning and working capital management
- purchasing and inventory management
- purchasing and inventory management (paper – xix)
- quality management
- relational database management system
- research methodology
- research methodology (paper – xv)
- retail and rural marketing
- sales and distribution management (new) paper – xx
- sales and strategic marketing
- sales and strategic marketing (new cbcs)
- sales and strategic marketing (old)
- security and control information system
- skill development (paper – xix)
- statistical methods
- statistics for management
- strategic financial management
- strategic financial management (paper – ii)
- strategic human resource management
- strategic human resource management (old)
- strategic human resource management (paper – xix)
- system management
- system management security and control information system
- systems management
- systems management (paper – i)
- systems management (paper – ii)
- taxation
- training and development
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