Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University 2007 M.B.A Fy - Question Paper
CP1010/EE/20070513
Human Resource Management Time : Three Hours Marks : 100
Instructions to Candidates ;
1) There are two sections.
2) Section 1 carries 60 marks and Section II carries <10 marks.
3) Attempt any four questions from Section I.
i) In Section II all questions are compulsory.
5) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
6) Answers to the two sections should be written in one and the same answer book
7) "Use of calculator is allowed.
Define human resource management. Explain the human resource . 15 planning process.
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What is Personal Appraisal ? Discuss the modern methods orpersonal 15 appraisals'.
Define motivation. Explain any two theories of motivation. 10
What do you mean by Human Resource' policies ? Explain its typen 15 and the steps involved in the formulation of policies.
Kxplain the different 'approaches of human resource valuation 1 5
What, is re-engineering ? Discuss the HRs role in the re-engineering lo process.
\ ,-'7. Explain the importance of human resources management. 5
8. ;Types of Training- Explain in brief. . -.5
. z-9. Give some suggestions for improving personal appraisals. , 5
Y 10. Explain the,importance of moti vation. .5
\ ,,--11. Explain some measures to buildup high employee morale. 5
, 12. State the principles of human resource policies. 5
13. Explain in brief, the wage policy in developing economy.. 5
14. Whrtt; are the types ofbargaining? , 5
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CP1009/E E/20070512
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x' 1 Wit at iw marketing- V Tlxplairt the functions of marketing. 15
L 2, What is diversification ? Discuss the various types of diversification 15 strategies.
3. What is a Brand ? What factors are Lo be considered in building a 15 brand ?
4. What.'is relationship marketing ? Why is it important for companies 15 now more than ever before ?
\y 5. Do you think there will be an increase in global Indian brands in the 15 next live years ? Explain giving reasons.
0. What is innovation ? Explain the various steps in the innovation 15 process.
"7, Product repositioning.
Typas of product.
0. Types of Brands.
10. Sales promotion objectives.
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v.-li, Characteristics of publicity.
12. Sales concept Vs, marketing concept.
\__-13. Mode of entry in a foreign market,
v__>' 14. Direct marketing techniques.
CP1008/EE/20070511
Instructions to Candidates :
1) There are two sections.
2) Section I carries 60 marks and Section II carries 40 marks.
3) Attempt any four questions from Section I.
4) In Section II all questions are compulsory,
5) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
6) Answers to the two sections should be written in one and the same answer book.
7) Use of calculator is allowed.
SECTION I
1. Wha t a re types of layout ? Kxpi ain in d e ta'i 1.
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v/2. Define production planning and control. Discuss different techniques 15 of production planning and control.
Explain functions of Purchase department, Discuss various methods 15
of purchasing and explain the advantages and disadvantages of each method of purchasing.
4. Define the term method study. Explain, in detail, the process of method 15 study.
5. What do you mean by sales forecasting ? Explain the importance of 15 sales forecasting. What are the steps necessary for sales forecasting ?
V. 0. What do you mean by operations research* ? Give any five techniques 15 of operations research and discuss their essentials.
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What, art; the objecti-ves and areas of material handling ? |
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State any ton points of objectives of production planning and control. |
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Explain unplanned maintenance system. |
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Discuss the functions of the industrial engineers. |
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State the objectives of work measurement, |
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Explain the integrated approach to-materials management. |
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Discuss the product development process. |
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Explain the different types of stores. |
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CP IOOH/EE/20070511 : 2
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CP1007/EE/20070510
Research & Communications Methodology Time ; Three Hours Marks : 100
Instructions to Candidates :
1) There are two sections.
2) Section I carries GO marks and Section II carries 40 murks.
3) Attempt any four questions from Section I.
4) In Section II all questions are compulsory.
5) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
6) Answers to the two sections should be written in one and the answer book.
same
7) Use of calculator is allowed.
SECTION I
'Creative management, whether in public administration or private industry, depends on methods of inquiry that maintain, objectivity, clarity accuracy and consistency.'' Discuss this statement and examine the significance of research.
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Give your understanding of a good research design. Is a single researh design suitable in all research studies ? If not, why ?
Define the concept of experimental design and the conditions through which the reliability of an experimental design can be verified.
Explain how the data can be collected using schedules. Also explain its objectives.
Explain the concept of communication. How can communication be made effective ? Also, state the limitations of communication.
The changing technology is also changing the communication in an organisationJustify your answer
v/8. Write a note on current status of research in India. f>
,'9.' Define null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis. 5
10, What are the main considerations necessary for selecting a sealo ? 5
11. Explain the internal-operational communication and personal o communication,
w/12. Explain briefly the steps in the process of communication. 5
> / 13. What are the steps to overcome the communication barrier ? 5
14. Explain the principle of proposal. 5
Management and Organisational Behaviour Time : Three Hours Marks : 100
Instructions to Candidates :
1) There are two sections.
2) Section I carries 60 marks and Section II carries 40 marks.
3) Attempt any four questions from Section I.
4) In Section II all questions are compulsory.
5) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
G) Answers to Lhe two sections should be written in one and the same answer book.
7) Use of calculator is allowed.
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Define management. Explain the nature of management. |
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What is forecasting ? Enumerate the techniques of forecasting. |
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What is corporate planning ? Explain the corporate planning process. |
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Define the term organisation. Explain the organisation process. |
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What is delegation ? Explain the problems' with delegation and discuss some measures to overcome them. |
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Human behaviour is influenced by a variety of factors/ Explain. |
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Outline the scope of management; |
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What are the disadvantages of management by objectives. (M.U.Q.) ? |
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Enumerate the- different approaches to corporate planning. |
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11. Enumerate the advantages of centralisation.
. 12. What are the principles of direction ?
13. What are the stages in team development1 ?
/14. Write a note on business values'.
C PI 005/EE/20070508
Instructions to Candidates :
1) There are two sections.
2) Answer to the two sections should be written in one and the same answer book.
3) Section I carries 60 marks and Section II carries 40 marks.
.4) Attempt any four questions from Section I* and all questions are compulsory from Section II.
5) Questions carrying 15 marks (as given in Section I) should be written in approximately 300-350 words.
(>) Draw the neat diagrams wherever necessary.
7) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
8) Use of calculators is allowed.
1. State and explain the Law of Demand. 15
2. Define indifference curve. Explain the various properties of indifference 15 curves
3. Discuss the law of variable proportions with the help of suitable 15 examples.
4. What, are the features of perfect competition ? Show graphically the 15 long rnn equilibrium of the firm under perfect competition.
5. Cri Iica 11y cxa mi ne the Keynesian theory of interes1. 15
{>, Write notes on the foilowing '. 15
i) Internal Economics of scale
b) Oligopoly
c) Significance of Acceleration principle
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7. Suppose a cjemand function is given as D = 20-2Pand a supply function is given as S = - 40 + 2 P. Compute the equilibrium price.
8. Demand function I'oc a product is given as Q = 10 - (J.iS P. Find point elasticity of demand when the price is Rs. 8 pnr unit-,
9. Complete the following table
Output Total cost Average Marginal
(units' (Kp.) eost(Rs.) cost(Rs.)
1 . 240
2 - - '30
291
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5 360
10. Distinguish between Explicit and Implicit Cost.
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11. State the type of market structure which is likely to prevail in the following, industries
Sr. No. Name of the Number of
Industry firms
1 Sugar 050
2 Passenger Cars 02
3 Textiles 425
4 Computer 08
5 Kail ways 01
12. Suppose, the consumption function of a two sector economy is given as C = 200 + 0.6Y. Compute the equilibrium level of income.
13. The consumption of function and investment of ihe community are given as follows :
C = 10,000 + .f> Y
1 -- 30,000
Compute aggregate demand at the income level of Rs. 1,00,000
14. Compute investment multiplier il Marginal propensity to consume is
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-*. a) Solve the following assignment problem so as to minimize total 10 cost. Also obtain the alternate solution.
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b) ExplainStratified Sampling Method. 5.
7. State salient features of normal distribution.
8, What is sampling ? Discuss the advantages of sampling.
9. Distinguish between transportation problem and assignment problem. 5
10. In a railway marshalling yard, goods trams arrive at a rate oHJO trains 5 per day. Assuming that the inter-arrival time follows an exponential distribution and the service time distribution is also exponential with
an average of 36 minutes, calculate the following :
a) traffic intensity.
b) mean queue size
c) waiting time of a goods train in the yard.
11. A soft drink manufacturing company has two bottling plants P and Q Each plant produces three different soft drinks A, S, and C The production capacities of the two plants in number of bottles per day are as follows :
Soft drink Plant P Plant Q
A 3000 1000
-B 1000 1000
C 2000 - GOOD
A marked survey indicates that during certain month there will be a demand for 24,000 bottles of A. 16000 bottles of B and 48.000 bottles of The operating cost per day of running plants P and Q are respectively
0,000 and Ks. 4,000. Konnulate the above as LP problem so as lo minimize total product ion cost.
12. The mean height of 50 male students who showed above average participation in collage athletics was 173.23 cm with a standard deviation of 6,35 ern while 50 male students who showed no interest in such participation had a mean height-of 171.45 cm with a standard deviation of 7.12 cm. Test the hypothesis that male students who participated in college athletics are. taller than other male students. Uye u -- 0.05.
13. (Certain mass produced articles of which 0.5% are defective, are packed in cartons each containing 200 articles. What proportion of cartons are. free from defective articles ? What proportion of cartons contain 2 or more defectives ?
14. In a bolt factory, machines A, B, C manufacture respectively 40%, 25%, 35% of the total output. Of their output 23b, 5%, 4% are defective bolts. If a bolt selected at random from the product is defective, what is the probability that it is produced by machine A ?
CP1004/EE/20070507
Quantitative Techniques in Management 'Fime : Three Hoars Marks : 100
* Instructions to Candidates :
1) There are two sections.
2) Section I carries 60 marks and Section II carries 40 marks.
3) Answer any four qliesti ons IVom Section I.
4) All questions in Section II are compulsory.
5) Figures to the right indicate marks.
6) Answer to the two sections should be written in one and the same answer book.
1) Use of calculators, log tables and statistical tables is allowed.
SECTION I
1. a) Define the terms - cquiprobable events, compound events, classical 5
probability, exhaustive events, disjoint events.
b) A bag contains 7 white and 9 black balls. Two balls are drawn in 5
succcsslon at random. What is the probability that one of them is white and the other is black ?
c) In an army battalion 3/5 of the soldiers are known to be married 5 Find the probability that, there arc at least 3 married soldiers in a row of 5 soldiers.
2. a) Solve the following LP problem using Simplex Method. 10
Maximize; Z - 14 x] + i \ x2 Subject to oxI s 216 5.v, + 2x., < 192 0
b) (Jive any two real situations where queuing tl 1 eory ca 11 be appIi0d 5 What happens if arrival rate is more than departure rate V
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a) A steel company has three open hearth furnaces and I mills. Transportation costs (Rs. per quintal) for shipping furnaces to rolling mills are shown in the table below.
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Find the schedule to minimize total cost. |
Explain the procedure to test the hypothesis H0: fi - //,, lb small sample.
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The following table gives the ages and blood pressure employees
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Age.(X} : 56- 42 36 47 49
Blood pressure (Y): 147 125 1 IS 128 145 Age (X) 42 59 52 43 55
RIMY) 140 155 100 149 150
Find the correlation coefficient between X and Y.
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In a teat given to two groups of students, the marks obtaine as follows :
Group 1 :
18 20 3 ft 50 49 3fi 34 49 29 28 26 35 30 44 46
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Examine the significance of difference between the mean.1-; i marks secured by the students ofthe two groups. Use 5% le significance.
Timo : Throe Hours Marks : "00
Instructions U> Candidates :
J) There are two sections.
21 I'Yom Section I answer any (our questions. Section 11 is compulsory
,'!i Figures to t,hc ripht indicate full marks.
') i Answers l.cj l-lu* two section.- should hi': wriU.cn m one .ind the1 same
answer book.
I. Define void agreement. anil discuss briefly. expre;?;;]y vIl;c I;11 e<i void jjj agreements under Lhe Indian Contract Act.
2- 1? nelly explain the duties of an agon I. towards hi:, principal. What an1 his 15 rit'hL;-. against the principal ?
ij. Dofino the term delivery', as used in a contract of scale aim iii.-i_i>>.. ' '
rules relating to delivery of poods.
4. Define and draw a specimen of promissory note- VVhal are its essentia! 1T> elements ?
5. - Disouss the powers of ('.onstsmer lonuns "namely Dir.trid. JKoruni. State 15
(.'runmission and National (onunission undei' Lhe (liiiisunier lYolecliori Art, I<:-bi,
(i. Define a Vublic Company'. J low does it. differ from a IVivale Company 9 la
7. What, are the essentials of a valid acceptance ?
8. Distinguish between a contract of guarantee and a contract, of indemnity,
i). Discuss the essential characteristics of a contract of sale .of floods.
10. What are the various ways in which une or more parties to a negotiable instrument is/neo discharged from liability ? Discuss.
11. Define arbitration agreement. Discuss the requisites of a valid arbitration agreement
12. Discuss the powers of 'Controller of Certifying Authorities' under the Information Technology Act, 2000,
13. Write the essential characteristics of ;;i company.
14. What are the contents of Memorandum of Association ?
CPI 002/EE/20070505 Information Technology for Managers Time : Three Hours Murks : 100
Instructions to Candidates :
J) Therr are two .sections.
2) Section I carries 60 marks and Section II carries 40 marks.
3) Attempt any four questions from Section. L
4.) In Section II all questions are compulsory.
5) Figures to the right indicate full marks.
6) Answers to the two sections should be written in one and the same answer book.
7) Use of calculator is allowed.
SECTION I
1. Define the term computer Explain the various characteristics of a 15 computer.
2, What is multimedia ? What are the elements of multimedia ? Explain, ] 5 in brief, the applications of multimedia.
X What is Linux ? Explain the functions of Kernel and Shell. 15
4. List all types of network. How is internet different from all other types 15 of network ? For what purpose is internet used ?
5. Wlia (. i s Wi n d 0 w s Kx p 1 o re r ? What a re the ta s k s w e en n do u s i n g 15 windows explorer ?
0. What is cell ? What do you mean by absolute address and relative 15 address ? Explain the data-sori feature of excel in brief.
7. Write short note on Auto Content Wizard.
8. What are the applications of data mining ?
9. List and explain in brief the various protocols used in internet
10. Define and explain the term open-source software.
11. What are the functions of operating system ?
12. What are the key elements of Windows Desktop ?
13. Explain the pie-chart with suitable example,
14. Write a short note on E-mail.
0 Stationary nf'Ks. 200 is ufiusod ftir the curront yem [>) ClOKing .stock was K.s. 21,400.
'Tlv' expenses for a budgeted production o{ 10,000 units in a iactory 15 n i't* hs per below ; J . /
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Variable overheads |
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Fixed overhead (Rs. 1,00,000) |
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Variable Expenses (Direct) |
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Selling Expenses (10% Fixed) |
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Distribution Expenses (20% Fixed) |
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Administrative Expenses (Rs. 50,000) |
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Total cost per unit (To make an'd sell) |
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Pii.'p.-ire ;i budget for production of
a) 8,000 units
b) 6,000 units
c) Indicate the cost per unit at both the levels.
Assume that administration expenses are fixed for all 'levels of prod i.i ctkm.
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Th(> Balance Sheet of MH Ltd. as on 31.12.2005 and 3 1.12.2006 tsr? ( givun below : / | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Th? following additional information f<r the year 2006 i>-- rdso av/silablr; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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a) Not profit Rs. 27,050.
b) Depreciation charged Rs. 10,000
c} Cash dividend paid during year Rs. 12,000.
d) An addition, to the building ws made during the year at a cost of Ks.' 78,000 and fully depreciated equipment costing Rs. 30,000 was discarded. No salvage realised.
Prepare a Cash Flow Statement.
SECTION II
.7. A project of Rs. 20,00,000 yielded annually a profit of Rs. 3,00,000 5 after depreciation @ 12.f>% and is subject to Income Tax @50%' Calculate payback period.
8. From the following information compute the following variances. 5/
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9. From the following calculate P/V Ratio, B.E.P. and Margin of Safety. 5
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Sales 1,00,000
Fixed Cost 20,000
Variable Cost 60,000
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Differentiate between Cash and Mercantile System of Accounting. |
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What do you mean by Bonus Shares' ? |
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Write a note on Zero-Base Budgeting. |
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State any five objectives of Accounting. |
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Point out any five elements involved under Activity Based Costing. |
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Accounting & Finance for Managers
Time* : Three Hours . V Marks : 100 ____-4----------i
Instructions to Candidates : -
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There are two sections. | |
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Section I carries 60 marks and Section II carries |
40 marks. |
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Attempt any four questions from Section I. |
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In Section 11 all questions are compulsory. | |
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Figures to the right indicate full marks. | |
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Answers to the two sections should be written ansV/er book. |
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Use of calculator is allowed. | |
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Define Accounting. Point, out the various functions of Accounting. IS | ||
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Explain the meaning of Financial Management, objectives ? Explain its functions. |
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3. Discuss the various methods of evaluating investment proposals. 15
4, Following is the trial balance of Mr. Deslcumar for the year ended 15 31.3.200G, Prepare Trading P&L A7c for ihe year ended 31,3.2006 and / the Balance Sheet as on that date.
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RDI) |
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Outstanding wages |
1,700 | |
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SI ,200 | |
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Purchase Return |
7,500 | |
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3,62,500 | |
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Furniture |
. 40,000 | |
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Debtors |
31,300 | |
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10% Investments |
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Fixed Deposit with Bank of India |
12,000 | |
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1,600 | |
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Bank Balance |
8,300 | |
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Stock on 1.4.2005 |
17,400 | |
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Purchases |
87,300 | |
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Salaries |
19,200 | |
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Advertising |
4,200' | |
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Prepaid Insurance |
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Wages |
11,200 | |
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8,400 | |
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5,600 | |
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Electricity charges (office) |
4,800 | |
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a) Depreciate Machinery at 10% on cost price and furniture is revalued at Rs. 35,000.
U) Write off Rs, 1,300 as bad debts and provide 5% on debtors for doubtful debts.
c) InLcresL on Fixed Deposit with Bank of India is outstanding for 'the year at 11% p.a.
d) Bank charges Rs. 20 which appear in Lhe pasr. book are not recorded in the cash book.
<;) A part of the building is sublet and rent receivable is outstanding to Rs. 4.000.
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