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1. Briefly describe the Management processes. Explain any one of them with respect to its significance and importance in
organisational performance and efficiency. Explain with your organisational experience. Briefly describe the organisation,
you are referring to.
2. What are the techniques used in different steps of Decision-making? Based on your organisational experience, discuss
the importance and rules of Brainstorming in the process. Briefly describe the organisation and the situation, you are
referring to.
3. What are the major antecedent conditions for change? Based on your organisational experience, discuss the necessity or
otherwise of why all organisations must change in the background of how an organisation grows . Explain the situation
and organisational settings you are referring to.
4. Base on your organisational experience/exposure critically discuss the role and impact of formal and informal groups
on Management . Briefly describe the organsational setting, you are referring to.
1. Explain the process of human resource planning. Describe how HR forecast is carried out in the organisation you are
working with or an organisation you are familiar with.
2. Discuss the concept of performance appraisal . Explain any two methods of performance appraisal that you are familiar
with citing suitable organisational examples.
3. Define mentoring and distinguish it from performance coaching. Assume you are responsible for mentoring of
employees in a large organisation. Discuss how you will make mentoring a strategic function. Illustrate.
4. Discuss the laws covering wages. Analyse the recent amendments and trends in laws covering wages in India.
5. Critically evaluate the state of workers participation in Management in the present day business scenario. Explain with
examples your answer giving due details of the organizations and the sources you are referring to.
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2. Differentiate between Economic Growth and Economic Development. Why is growth and development synonymously
used in economic discussion?
4. An important factor which influences the Balance of Payment of an economy is the exchange rate of its currency vis- -
vis other major currencies . Explain the statement given above.
5. How the twin objective of equity and justice was met by the economic reforms of 1991? Explain.
1. How is Financial Accounting different form Management Accounting ? Discuss the role and activities of an
Accountant.
2. The Balance Sheets of XYZ Ltd as on 31st December, 2016 and 2017 are as given below:
(i) Depreciation provided on plant was 8,000 and on building was Rs. 8,000.
(ii) Provision for taxation made during the year is Rs. 38,000.
(iii) Interim dividend paid during the year is Rs. 16,000.
From the above information, you are required to prepare Schedule of changes in Working Capital and Funds Flow
Statement.
3. What do you understand by CVP Analysis. Explain the effect of Price and Volume on the Net Profit, with the help of a
suitable illustration.
4. The Management of ABC Ltd. is considering a proposal to purchase an improved model of a machine which gives
increased output. Its existing machine which has been in operation for 2 years has current market value of Rs. 1,00,000, its
remaining estimated useful life is 10 years, with no salvage value at the end. The relevant particulars are as follows:
Existing Machine New Machine
5. As a Finance Manager how would you determine the Optimal Cash balance that would be required by your
Organisation? What measures you would take to ensure the smooth and efficient Management of Cashflows in the
Orgnisation?
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1. It is generally felt that rural areas are good for locating large plant, semi-urban areas for locating medium-sized plants,
and urban areas for small-scale plants . Comment.
2. (a) Define job design. How has management viewed job design since the industrial revolution?
(b) List the important factors that must be addressed in job design and briefly discuss the importance of each one.
3. Under what circumstances would you use PERT as opposed to CPM in project management? Give some example of
projects where each would be more applicable than the other.
4. What do you understand by acceptance sampling? In what situations it is used? Briefly discuss the sampling plans.
5. Inventory management for slow moving expensive items should focus more on lead time reduction than anything else .
Critically examine the statement.
1. (a) Define the term Marketing with suitable examples. Discuss the scope and significance of marketing function in a
developing and fast emerging economy like India.
(b) What are the various components/ elements of marketing mix in case of products and services marketing. Discuss with
suitable examples of your choice.
2. (a) Explain the concept of Product Life Cycle by taking an example one each from a consumer durable and any service
offering of your choice.
(b) Distinguish the concept of market vs the concept of a segment and their relationship in marketing, with suitable
illustration.
3. (a) Discuss the various steps involved in the marketing research process that help in decision making process. Briefly
discuss a few application areas of marketing research in the current business environment.
(b) Distinguish a Product from a Brand with suitable examples. Explain packaging as a market development tool.
4. (a) Why pricing and promotional elements of marketing mix primarily decide the success of any brand? Explain.
Discuss the strategic and tactical decisions that a manager should consider in pricing and promoting the firms offering.
Take one product and one service offering and discuss their success story.
(b) Consumer is the king does this statement still holds good in the era of online/digital marketing? If yes or no
substantiate and justify accordingly.
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1. Why is the Central Processing Unit (CPU) is called the Brain of the Computer? What are the components of a CPU?
What factors affects the speed of a computer?
2. Define data and information. What is the difference between the two? What are the main characteristics of information?
3. What are the types of inventory management systems? Define them and partition them into further classes. Also, briefly
explain each subdivision.
4. How can you use the Web as a data source for your data warehouse? What types of information can you get from the
Web? Explain briefly the steps needed to ensure that only good quality, reliable data is loaded into the data warehouse
from the Web.
5. What are expert systems? Mention the working principles of expert systems. Also discuss how knowledge can be
represented in expert systems.
1. A sample survey of 100 families belonging to the middle income group revealed the following distribution according to
their annual savings. Find a) average annual sayings, using the efficient method, b) 5th decile, and c) 90th percentile.
Savings (Rs 000) 05-09 09-13 13-17 17-21 21-25 25-30 30-35
Number of Families 07 10 15 23 25 14 06
2. It is known that the number of heavy trucks arriving at a railway station follows the Poisson distribution. If the average
number of truck arrivals during a specified period of half an hour is 2, find the probabilities that during a given half an
hour a) no heavy truck will arrive, b) at least two heavy trucks will arrive, c) at the most 3 heavy trucks will arrive, and d)
between 1 and 3 heavy trucks will arrive.
3. A sample survey of tax-payers belonging to business class and professional class yielded the following results:
Business class Professional class
Sample size n1 = 400 n2 = 420
Defaulters in tax payment x1 = 80 x2 = 65
Test the hypothesis at = 0.01 level of significance that
a) defaulter rate is the same for the two classes of tax-payers, and
b) defaulter rate is higher in the business class than in the professional class by 0.03.
4. A set of paired data on X and Y has mean of X as 36, mean of Y as 85, standard deviation of X as 11, standard
deviation of Y as 8, and coefficient of correlation between X and Y as 0.66. Obtain a) the two regression equations, and b)
value of X when Y= 75.
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1. Explain the Opportunity Cost Principle? Substantiate with the help of an example how production possibility reflects
opportunity costs?
2. How are Demand, Price Elasticity and Revenue determined? Explain Price Elasticity with the help of any particular
example of your choice.
3. Discuss Economies and Diseconomies of Scale. How is Economies of Scope different from Economies of Scale?
Explain.
4. Explain Barriers to Entry of a firm. Differentiate between legal barriers and natural barriers with the help of any
example of your choice.
5. Trace the chronology of deregulation of Indian Telecom from 1992 to 2003. Explain the special role played by Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
1. Describe the factors that affect organisational design and explain different approaches in assessing organisational
effectiveness with the help of examples.
2. Describe and discuss the trends in the present day work organisations and the role of management in quality of work
life .
3. What are the different sources of resistance to change? Describe the process of overcoming resistance to change.
Discuss with examples.
4. Enlist the types of organisation structure. Discuss few organisational structures and identify their type.
5. Explain the concept of workplace and architectural ergonomics with the help of examples.
1. Discuss in what sense the top management takes decisions for a company and in what sense it does not takes the
strategic decisions for a company alone? Illustrate with suitable examples.
2. Explain any two of the growth strategies you have studied and highlight the conditions under which each is the most
appropriate. Illustrate your answer with the help of examples.
3. Identify two companies that have recently merged. Read the published information on both the companies. Based on
the study, identify the issues and challenges the two companies are currently facing in combining their respective
organizational cultures.
4. Select an organization of your choice which has adopted focus strategy. Analyze as to how the focus strategy has been
useful for the organization to build its competitive advantage.
5. Describe different styles of leadership for Top Management with the help of real world examples.
SET A
1. Describe the emerging scenario of organizations. Explain the steps to be taken by management into bring in the mindset
of employees conducive to changing reality of business in an organization you are aware of. Briefly describe the
organization you are referring to.
2. Explain the relevance of behaviour modification in organizations and briefly discuss the role of ethics in behaviour
modification.
3. Briefly discuss how organizational culture can be developed and describe the attributes of work culture and their
relevance.
4. Describe the process of perception. How behaviour is influenced by perception? Explain with the help of examples
5. Roles and norms are control mechanisms of groups. Discuss with the help of examples.
SET B
2. Differentiate between counseling, guidance and psychotherapy. Explain various approaches to counseling with the help
of examples,
5. Explain the statement, Words are symbols and meaning exist in mind . Supplement with relevant examples.
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1. What is the Concept of Career? In our society people face many career transition in changing their profession,
organisation, and geographic location, to name a few. What is the role of HRD in dealing with this issue at organisational
level? Explain with the organisational examples you are aware of. Briefly describe the situation and the organisation, you
are referring to.
2. What are the major methods and movements to increase organisational performance? Explain any one of them based on
your organisational experience. Briefly describe the organisation, you are referring to.
3. What are the basic tenets of Rewarding System? Briefly explain with organisational examples you have come across.
Explain the situation and the organisation, you are referring to.
4. Managing Diversity is currently enjoying a great deal of support from the world of business. Proponents of diversity in
organisations have emphasized its benefits, and managing diversity is portrayed as a product of enlightened corporate self
interest. Elaborate the above statement and discuss the underlying concepts based on organisational experience, you have
or you are aware of. Briefly describe the organisation, you are referring to.
1. Explain the concept of human resource forecasting. Describe various techniques used in forecasting human resource
planning.
2. Discuss the objectives of job evaluation. Explain the various job evaluation methods. Briefly describe the recent
developments in job evaluation system.
3. Discuss the aims and objectives of career planning. Describe the benefits of career planning. What are the factors which
go into the shaping of a career?
4. Explain the significance of information system in Human Resource Management. Describe the various approaches to
managing information at the macro and micro level.
5. Explain the concept, need and scope of HR audit. Describe the essential steps being involved in the Auditing process.
1. Explain the procedure for registration of a Trade Union under the Trade Unions Act. Discuss the objects general and
political funds are spent under the Trade Union Act.
2. Describe the present position of Trade Unions in India. What are your suggestions for strengthening the Trade Unions
in India.
3. Explain the meaning and concept of Collective Bargaining. Describe the process of collective bargaining. Discuss the
conditions for success of collective bargaining.
4. Discuss the aims and objectives of workers participation in Management. Describe the workers participation, employee
involvement practices of any organisation you are familiar with.
5. Explain various cultural aspects of employment relations. Discuss the recent developments in employment relations.
Discuss the impact of specialization, centralization and globalisation on new employment relations.
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2. Give a complete overview of the different marketable securities that are available for investments.
3. Select any financial Institution/ Organisation of your choice and obtain information about the important components of
its credit policy and the attributes that they take into consideration while deciding the credit wortheness about its
customers.
4. Describe the creation of Euro Money and Eurocurrency Markets? Discuss the factors contributing to the growth of the
Euromarkets.
5. The Working Captal Module is divided into three additional parts beyond the investment information presented in the
Capital Investment (CI) module . Discuss of objectives and operation sequential operation of the working capital module.
Discuss the objectives and operation of each these three parts.
1. What is meant by a firm's capital structure? Explain the Modigilian - Miller (MM) theory and Traditional approach to
capital structure of a firm.
2. Explain the concept of project life cycle? How are the work breakdown structure and linear responsibility chart
prepared?
3. What is Project Risk? Briefly explain the techniques used for the measurement of project risk
4. Explain the various instruments through which corporates procure finance both for long term and short term. Discuss
the circumstances under which they are preferred. Give reasons for the same.
5. What is Corporate Restructuring? What factors motivate an enterprise to undertake restructuring exercise?
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1. Explain the concept of Strategy? Describe the different Models that help in formulating business unit strategies.
3. Discuss in detail the three organisational Incentives systems viz the Scanlon plan, the Kaiser-United Steel Workers plan
and profit sharing and explain their applicability.
4. Select any Bank/ Insurance company of your choice and discuss the management control system, that is prevalent, in
that Institution.
5. Study the Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore case and answer the questions given at the end of the case.
1. Solve graphically:
Minimize Z=6x1 + 14x2
Subject to
5x1 + 4x2 60
3x1 + 7x2 84
x1 + 2x2 18
x1, x2 0
2. Five employees of a company are to be assigned to five jobs, which can be done by any of them. The workers get
different wages per hour. These are: Rs 5 per hour for A, B, and C each, and Rs 3 per hour for D and E each. The amount
of time taken by each employee to do a given job is given in the following table. Determine the assignment pattern that (a)
minimizes the total time taken, and (b) minimizes the total cost, of getting five units of work done.
JOB EMPLOYEE
ABCDE
179332
261665
3 3 4 9 10 7
415224
566942
3. What is the importance of integer programming models in supporting managerial decisions? Describe the rationale
behind Cutting Plane Method used for solving integer programming models.
4. A wholesaler supplies 30 stuffed dolls each day to various shops. Dolls are purchased from the manufacturer in lots of
120 each at Rs. 1200 per lot. Every order incurs a handling charge of Rs 60 plus a freight charge of Rs 250 per lot.
Multiple and fractional lots can also be ordered, and all orders are met the next day. The incremental cost is Rs 0.60 per
year to store a doll in inventory. The wholesaler finances inventory investments by paying its holding company 2%
monthly for borrowed funds.
How many dolls should be ordered at a time in order to minimize the total annual inventory cost? Assume that there are
250 week-days in a year. How frequently should he order?
5. What is simulation? Describe the simulation process. State the major two reasons for using simulation to solve a
problem. What are the advantages and limitations of simulation?
1. What are the phases of a project development cycle? Give the salient tasks under each phase. What are the outlines of
opportunity studies in project management? How do there impact upon project feasibility studies?
2. Doubled Project Report (DPR) forms the foundation on which the entire superstructure of the project is built if it is
weak, project cannot weather the turbulent times ahead. Bring out the do s and don ts of a good DPR.
3. Meticulous Management of activities on the critical path is crucial to completing projects on time. How can we beat the
critical path and improve our on-time performance?
4. A good tem-work speed up project implementation justify. Developing self directed project teams is the key to
improving effectiveness in project management. Elucidate.
5. Explain the importance of project review in the context of control of a project. How are cybernetics concepts applied to
project management?
1. Over the years many variations on classical Delphi have been forwarded. Discuss these variants.
2. Capacity will be modified in response to demand. Demand will be modified in response to capacity. Which of these two
statement is correct? Why?
(b) What approach would you suggest for increasing throughput rate of assembly lines and why?
4. Inventory of materials provides operational flexibility. But, many flexible operational systems need little inventory.
Explain this seeming contradiction.
5. Discuss preventive maintenance. In what ways is preventive maintenance absolutely necessary in JIT/ kanban/ pull
manufacturing as opposed to push manufacturing.
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1. How the functional areas can be separated from MIS point of view. List down major subsystems and the typical
generated within the functional area in your organization.
2. How much importance should be accorded to implementation phase as part of the total MIS development activity?
Explain. Briefly discuss the various implementation strategies. Under what circumstances are they suitable?
3. What are expert systems and how do they help in decision-making? Can you give examples to illustrate the same? What
kinds of decisions can be appropriately programmed on expert systems? Give examples.
4. Outline the basic sequence of steps to acquiring a DMBS. What steps are the mists important? Why should an
organization be careful about placing over reliance on benchmark tests in selecting a DBMS?
5. Differentiate among Trojans, Worms and Viruses. Give one example for each. Computer virus is a major threat to
computer security . Justify the statement.
1. What do you understand by the term consumer behaviour ? Explain the scope of consumer behavior giving suitable
examples.
2. With the help of examples discuss the characteristics that distinguish organizational buying from individual buying.
5. Explain the concept of culture and subculture. Discuss the relevance of subcultural segmentation in case of the
following products:
6. As a marketer of consumer durables like refrigerators, washing machines etc., what strategies would you adopt for
responding to post purchase feelings of your consumers? Discuss.
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1. (a) Discuss the role and responsibilities of a Sales Manager, associated with a fast moveing consumer goods firm with
pan India operations.
(b) Why is Personal Selling method is still very much in vogue in the current market environment. Elaborate with suitable
examples. Briefly discuss the various situations conductive for Personal selling other than the list mentioned in the study/
course material.
2. (a) Discuss the AIDAS theory of selling by taking a suitable example of your choice. What are its merits and drawbacks
of this theory.
(b) What are Selling skills. List out and explain the various types of skills. How does these skills help a salesman in
effectively discharging the responsibilities assigned to him.
3. (a) As a Sales Manager of a Publishing House what methods would you adopt in identifying training needs for the sales
force. Discuss briefly the various steps in training process.
(b) What are the basic components of a compensation package? Why and how the compensation package differ between
the companies selling similar and different types of products?
What is territory Planning? What are the steps involved in territory Planning and its importance in achieving the sales
objectives. Discuss.
(b) Discuss the meaning and importance of Sales Budgeting. What are the different methods of Sales Budgeting that are
generally adopted by a firm.
1. What is a product? Taking the example of T.V., explain the anatomy of the product i.e. the core benefits, tangible
specifications, and augmented features.
2. Briefly explain the concept of Product Life Cycle (PLC). Do all the products follow the bell shaped curve of PLC?
Discuss giving suitable examples.
3. What are the objectives of test marketing? How would you go about test marketing a new chocolate? Discuss.
4. Explain the stages involved in new product development process, giving suitable examples.
5. Indian toothpaste market is witnessing a lot of changes, with many FMCG companies, Indian as well as MNCs,
launching herbal toothpastes. This segment is growing fast and every player wants to corner a significant share of it. You
are a product manager-incharge of toothpaste category-in a FMCG company which also intends to enter herbal toothpaste
segment.
(a) How can you use Attribute Analysis to generate new product ideas for the proposed herbal toothpaste? Discuss.
(c) Discuss the functions that packaging can perform in marketing of toothpaste.
(d) Suggest a brand name for the new product to be introduced by the company, giving reasons why your choice is a good
one.
2. Discuss the significance of letter of credit in international marketing. Explain the operations of a letter of credit.
3. Explain the scope of international marketing research. What are the advantages and limitations of online surveys?
4. How does culture influence international marketing decisions? Explain with the help of suitable examples.
5. You are the marketing executive in a food processing company producing and marketing fruit juices and frozen
vegetables in India. The company is exploring the possibilities of entering international markets. The management has
asked you to prepare a preliminary report covering the following five aspects:
(a) Advantages and challenges for the company in entering the international markets;
(b) Different modes of entering international markets and potential difficulties involved with each option;
(c) Whether making exercises for product adaptation for different markets is worth it;
(d) Physical distribution implications and
(e) Support the company can receive from the institutional framework for export available in India.
1. What are the implications of the services marketing triangle? Explain giving suitable examples.
2. What are the differences between search , experience and credence qualities? Explain with the help of examples.
(a) A restaurant
(b) An insurance company.
4. As a customer relationship manager of a luxury resort, you have a received a mail from a guest who stayed with his
family at your resort last week. He has complained that the quality of food served was not satisfactory. Also, he has
criticized the staff members that they did not listen to his complaint properly. What steps would you take in response to
this letter? Discuss.
5. Explain the role of non-monetary costs in pricing of services by taking the example of a service of your choice.
6. Identify and explain the product support services which a washing machine marketer can offer for gaining competitive
advantage.
1. Explain the role of Strategists in Corporate Management. Discuss with reference to any company of your choice.
2. Discuss how good Corporate Governance as a system of governance is essential from all points of view. Explain with
reference to Corporate Governance at TISCO.
4. What are Web-based Business Models? Explain the impact of E-Business on organizations.
6. How do Lupin Human Welfare and Research Foundation built up long term supply arrangements and manufacturing
capacity?
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1. How is Ownership and Management decided for Public Sector Enterprises? Why is co-ordination and control an
important aspect of Public Enterprises? Explain.
2. Describe the three phases of development of Public Sector Enterprises in India. Explain in detail the reasons for
disinvestment of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) with reference to any particular PSU of your choice.
3. What are the distinct modes and services of India s transport system. Explain the role of Ministry of Road Transport
and Highways in the development of Road Transport and Highways.
4. Wage Policy is part of Compensation Management. Trace the evolution of Wage Policy in India from Payment of
Wages Act 1936 to Pay Commissions keeping in mind the institutions related to compensation for private sector and
public sector.
5. What are the oldest and the traditional form of Public Enterprises and how does the government undertake and perform
various economic and social strategic functions? Cite examples from any two of the PSUs.
1. Define Competence. What are the various components of entrepreneurial competencies? Explain any particular
entrepreneurial competency which is most important for an entrepreneur.
2. Differentiate between Marketing and Selling? Explain the need for market assessment. Why is selling more important
than marketing explain with reference to air travel?
3. What are the general financing schemes of the banks with respect to MSME? Briefly explain the financing programmes
of SIDBI.
4. How do you explain productivity? Substantiate work measurement and work measurement techniques.
(a) SEBI
(b) Manpower
(c) Partnership
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1. How would you distinguish between a management decision problem and a management research problem? Do all
decision problems require research? Explain and illustrate with examples.
2. Majority of the researches make use of primary sources of data and secondary data sources do not really contribute to a
scientific enquiry. Do you agree/ disagree with this statement. Explain.
3. Explain an itemized rating scale. What are the various issues involved in constructing an itemized rating scale?
4. A researcher conducts a survey to find out whether the inhabitants of a metro town are in favour of capital punishment
(F) or against it (A). The sequence of responses to the question asked is given below. Use the run test at = 0.05 to test
whether the responses are random.
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1. Take any Stock Exchange of your choice and discuss the services offered by it.
2. What do you understand by the term Green Shoe option? Explain the concept of Market Maker and the SEBI guidelines
of Market Making.
3. Discuss the methods of grievance Redressal followed by the Stock Exchange while handling investor grievances
against listed companies, misleading advertisements, payment of interest on debentures, non-payment of dividends and
trading members.
4. What are the popular Charting Techniques? Discuss the charting tools & techniques and analyse the methods to apply
in real-time environment.
5. Taking a suitable example explain the Capital Asset Pricing Model and Arbitrage pricing theory.
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1. (a)What do you mean by 'Derivative Markets'? Why are they needed? Discuss the different segments of Derivative
Market. Discuss the criteria for scrip selection for Derivative Segment.
(b)What is 'Quarter Sigma'? Discuss the procedure adopted for calculating the Quarter Sigma order size.
2. Explain the different indicators of futures market. Discuss the significance of volume and open interest in
understanding the dynamics of the future markets. Discuss the various strategies used for risk management in Futures
trading.
3. What are the important dates that need to be taken care off while adjusting the stock prices when dividend is paid out?
Explain the adjustment of derivative contract when company announces dividends.
4. Explain the different strategies that are applied for using hedging options.
5. What is Value at Risk? Explain the different kinds of margins on Futures positions that are required to be paid by the
clients to the Exchange.
1. What do you mean by Commodity Market Ecosystem ? How do different components of the commodity market
ecosystem interact? Discuss the basic characteristics that entitle a commodity for Future Trading.
2. Discuss the role and significance of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) of USA. What are the major
operating divisions of this Commission?
3. Meet a Broker who deals in the commodities trading. Discuss the delivery and settlement procedure for trades in the
commodity markets. Write a detailed note on your discussions.
4. What are Warehouse Receipts ? Explain the advantages of dematerialised warehouse receipts over the physical ones.
Discuss the procedure adopted for dematerialization and rematerialization of warehouse receipts.
5. Describe the methodology usually used for investments in commodity derivative markets and explain why are
commodities an effective asset class for diversification of portfolio risk.
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