Download PTU MBA 2020 March 1st Sem Business Environment And Indian Economy Question Paper

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Total No. of Questions : 17

Total No. of Pages : 03

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MBA/MBA(IB) (2018 & Onwards) (Sem.-1)

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND INDIAN ECONOMY

Subject Code : MBA-105-18

M.Code : 75406

Time : 3 Hrs.

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Max. Marks : 60

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES :

1. SECTION-A contains EIGHT questions carrying TWO marks each and students have to attempt ALL questions.
2. SECTION-B consists of FOUR Subsections: Units-I, II, III & IV. Each Subsection contains TWO questions each carrying EIGHT marks each and student has to attempt any ONE question from each Subsection.
3. SECTION-C is COMPULSORY and consist of ONE Case Study carrying TWELVE marks.

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SECTION-A

Answer briefly :

1. Micro environment
2. Capitalism structure of market
3. Disinvestment

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4. Environment Protection Act 1986
5. Anti-Dumping measures
6. Issues related to Urbanisation
7. Structural unemployment
8. Social infrastructure in India

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SECTION- B

UNIT-I

9. Discuss in detail the importance of analysing the environment for business along with the components to be analysed.
10. What are the objectives of Monetary and Fiscal Policy?

UNIT-II

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11. Discuss in detail the redressal mechanism under Consumer Protection Act 1986.
12. What are the implications of privatisation on the Indian economy since adoption of new economic policy of 1991?

UNIT-III

13. What is the role of WTO in promoting international trade?
14. Discuss the various poverty alleviation programmes launched in India and critically evaluate their performance.

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UNIT-IV

15. "Informalisation has increased in India". Give the reasons to justify the statement.
16. What are the various rural financing measures available to Indian farmers? Also discuss the implications of borrowing from the unorganised sector.

SECTION-C

17. Case Study :

    The public sector Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the major oil refining and marketing company which was also the canalising agency for oil imports and the only Indian company in the Fortune 500, in terms of sales, planned to make a foray in to the foreign market by acquiring a substantial stake in the Bafal Oil field in Iran of the Premier Oil. The project was estimated to have recoverable oil reserves of about 11 million tonnes and IOC was supposed to get nearly four million tonnes.

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    When IOC started talking to the Iranian company for the acquisition in October, 1998, oil prices were at rock bottom ($ 11 per barrel) and most refining companies were closing shop due to falling margins. Indeed, a number of good oil properties in the Middle East were up for sale. Using this opportunity, several developing countries "made a killing by acquiring oil equities abroad."

    IOC needed Government's permission to invest abroad. Application by Indian company for investing abroad is to be scrutinised by a special committee represented by the Reserve Bank of India and the finance and commerce ministries. By the time the government gave the clearance for the acquisition in December 1999 (i.e., more than a year after the application was made), the prices had bounced back to $24 per barrel. And the Elf of France had virtually took away the deal from under IOC's nose by acquiring the Premier Oil.

    The RBI, which gave IOC the approval for $15million investment, took more than a year for clearing the deal because the structure for such investments were not in place, it was reported.

    Questions:

    1. Discuss internal, domestic and global environments of business revealed by this case.

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    2. Discuss whether it is the domestic or global environment that hinders the globalisation of Indian business.
    3. Even if Elf had not acquired Premier Oil, what would have been the impact of the delay in the clearance on IOC?
    4. What would have been the significance of the foreign acquisition to IOC?
    5. What are the lessons of this case?

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