ANDHRA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

VISAKHAPATNAM 530 003 : ANDHRA PRADESH
Phone: 0891- 2844142, 2550223, 2575745 Fax No.0891-2575752
Website: www.andhrauniversity.edu.in

Prof. P. HARI PRAKASH

I/c DIRECTOR
No.: SDE /M.Com/PCP-WE/2018-2019 Date:28.11.2018

Dear Learner,

Greetings from School of Distance Education, Andhra University.

We are happy to inform you that we have scheduled theM.Com. Week-End Classes at School
of Distance Education (SDE), Andhra University Campus, Visakhapatnam as per the schedule given
below for the academic year 2018-19 in which lectures will be delivered by well experienced teachers.
Your participation in the programme can supplement effectively your study requirements. If you intend to
attend the programme you are advised to report with your Identity Card at SDE, AU Campus at 9 a.m.
on 9th December,2018. Time-table and other instructions about the classes will be given at the time of
Registration.
Venue Previous/ Final
December, 2018 : 9, 16, 23, 30
January, 2019 : 6, 20, 27
School of Distance Education, February, 2019 : 3, 10, 17, 24
A.U. Campus, Visakhapatnam. March, 2019 : 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
April, 2019 : 7, 21, 28
May, 2019 : 7
(20 Sundays)
Display of Assignment Question Papers onWebsite 28th November, 2018
Last date for submission of Assignments 6th June, 2019
Announcement of Examination schedule April / May, 2019
Examination (Tentatively) June/July, 2019
. Tuition Fee Payment (2017 - 2019 batch – Final Year Students) : Rs. 2,500/-
(For details, please see overleaf)
. For further information and guidance contact Dr. M. Manisekhar, Course Coordinator on
Mobile 9966490248.

With best wishes, Yours sincerely,

Enclosures: Assignment Question Papers (P. HARI PRAKASH)

Please visit our website www.andhrauniversity.edu.infor latest updates

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  
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Visakhapatnam - 530 003, Andhra Pradesh. 
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 SCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
ANDHRA UNIVERSITY
GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION & SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS
Dear Students,
Greetings from School of Distance Education, Andhra University.
We are happy to inform you that Andhra University has introduced the Assignment method for the
benefit of the students of School of Distance Education as part of preserving standards and maintaining
quality of Higher Education suggested by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
The assignment method of examinatino is introduced for MA/M.Com./M.Sc., Maths, courses w.e.f.
the admited batch of 2011-12. In this scheme the annual examination for each of the papers of examination
of a course will be held for a maximum of 80 marks and the assignments ie., home-based answer books,
submitted by the students consist for a maximum of 20 marks. The exact marks for each assignment
question paper will be given in the paper.You are required to submit one assignment book separately for
each of the papers of your course. These assignments are only valid for 2019 June/July examinations,
February / March 2020 supplmentary examinations only.
Please follow the below instructions :
1) Consult the Study Material sent by SDE, while preparing the answers for the questions given by the
subject coordinators paper-wise. ( find a separate instruction - cum - question paper from the subject
Coordinator appended to this Circular).
2) You are advised to consult other standard and reference material available from any other sources for
preparing your answers besides the study material. You are also advised to consult local libraries and
any competent faculty members available locally for gaining insights in the subjects.
3) Assignments are required to be in the own handwriting of the student.
4) Assignments are to be written on A-4 Paper and only on One Side.
5) Answers prepared as part of the assignment of a paper are to be bounded as one book.
6) The cover page of the assignment book required to contain details of the Code Number of the
student; Name of the Subject, Date of submission of the Book, besides signature and address
of the Candidate.
7) Assignment book are to be submitted to the Director, School of Distance Education, Andhra
University, Visakhapatnam - 530 0003, Andhra Pradesh.
Note : Assignments have to submitted on or before 06-06-2019.
8) There is no provision for revaluation of assignment books.
9) Candidates who do not appear for theory examinations may also submit the assignments.
10) Attending weekend classes will help the candidates to answer assignments.
You are requested to observe the above guidelines along with the specific instructions from your
subject coordinators while preparing your assignment books. Hope you will prepare answers marked by
depth in your own handwriting.
With Best Wishes,
Prof. P. Hari Prakash
I/c DIRECTOR

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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION PAPER 2018-2019
Paper I — ADVANCED BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Answer ALL Questions (Each question carries 4marks) (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. a) Nature & Scope of Business Economics
b) Profit Maximisation Vs Wealth Maximisation
2. a) Determinants of Demand
b) Demand forecasting for new products
3. a) Cobb - Duglas Production functions
b) Monopoly Vs Monopolistic Competition
4. a) Kinked Demand curve theory of oligopoly prices.
b) Concept of Profit and factors responsible for limiting profits
5. a) Business cycles
b) Multiplier and Accelerators

Paper II — ADVANCED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Answer ALL Questions (Each question carries 4marks) (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. a) Nature of Scope of Management Accounting
b) Distinction between Management Accounting, Cost Accounting and Financial Accounting
2. a) Break Even Analysis
b) Features of Variable Cost
3. a) Make or buy decisions
b) Pricing strategies
4. a) Optimum price
b) Multi Product firm
5. a) Zero based Budgeting
b) Flexible Budgets

Paper III — INDIAN AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Answer ALL Questions (Each question carries 4marks) (5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. a) Features of Mixed Economy
b) Political Factors influencing Business Environment
2. a) Concept of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
b) Forms of Disinvestment of Public Sector Enterprises
3. a) Types of disequilibrium in balance of payments
b) Arguments in favour of free trade
4. a) Merits of Flexible Exchange Rates
b) Objectives of Special Economic Zones
5. a) Aministrative Structure of IBRD
b) Sources of International Liquidity

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Paper IV — MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Answer ALL Questions (Each question carries 4marks)

(5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. a) Is Management Science or Art? Discuss
b) Distinction between Management and Administration
2. a) Social Responsibilities of Management
b) Principles of Management
3. a) Types of Plans
b) M.B.O
4. a) Delegation Vs Decentralisation
b) Span of Management
5. a) Force Field Analysis
b) OD Interventions
Paper V — STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS

Answer ALL Questions (Each question carries 4marks)

(5 x 4 = 20 Marks)
1. a) Write explicitly about four important Types of Averages.
b) Narrate three Techniques of Sampling
2. a) Describe three Types of Correlation.
b) Elucidate three theoretical Distributions.
3. a) Write about the Probable Error of correlation coefficient.
b) Compute the Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation and the Probable Error from the
following date:
N = 10; ∑ X = 140; ∑ Y = 150

∑ ( X −10) = 180; ∑ (Y − 15) = 225

2 2

∑ ( X − 1 0 )( Y − 1 5 ) = 6 0
4. a) Write vividly about the t-distribution and give the formulas
b) A Wholesaler in apples claims that only 4% of the apples supplied by him are defective. A
random sample of 600 apples contained 36 defective apples. Is the claim tenable?
5. a) In a survey of 200 boys, of which 75 were intelligent, 40 had educated father while 85 of
the unintelligent boys had uneducated fathers. Do these figures support the hypothesis
that educated father have intelligent boys?
 χ 2 (1) = 3.84
Use χ − test . 
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 0.05 
b) Explain the Techniques ANOVA.