DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Syllabus

For

Under Graduate Course (B. Com)

Examinations: 2017-18 and Onwards

Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University

Tehri Garhwal
 ORDINANCES

B.Com. (Three Year Degree Course)

1. (a) The examination for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) shall consist of
three parts
(i) B.Com. Part – I

(ii) B.Com. Part – II

(iii) B.Com. Part – III

(b) A candidate who has passed the following examinations shall be eligible for admission
to B.Com. Part I:

The Intermediate Examination of Commerce of the Board of High School and Intermediate
Education, Uttaranchal or the Central Board of Secondary Education or any other
examination recognized by the University as equivalent there to with a minimum of 40%
marks in aggregate.

(c) A candidate who has not passed the Intermediate examination in commerce shall be
required to pass an additional course on Elementary Book-keeping and Accountancy. It will
be a “Qualifying Course” and shall be offered by those candidate who have not passed
Book-keeping and Accountancy as a subject in Intermediate or equivalent examination. If a
candidate has passed 1st year examination of the Three year Degree Course and has not
offered Book-keeping & Accountancy as a subject, he/ she shall be required to offer this
“Qualifying Course”. Marks obtained by him in the qualifying course shall not be added to
the marks obtained by him in aggregate.

2. A candidate who has passed Part I/II B.Com. Examination of another university may also
be admitted to part II/III. B.Com. examination provided that he/ she has offered for his/ her
part I/II examination of course of equivalent standard with almost identical syllabus as is
required for part I/II examination of this University and has attended a regular course of
study for an academic year in constituent/ affiliated college of the university. Prior
Permission is necessary from university with this regard.
3. (a) A candidate shall be examined in three groups of B.Com. Part I / II examination and
total four groups in B.Com – III examination. In B.com. – III, Group – V is compulsory for
regular and private students.
(b) There will be one Computerized Accounting Group i.e. Group - IV

Computerized Accounting (Group - IV) can be opted by a maximum number of 30 students

in B.Com. I (to continue without change to B.Com. II and III) in place of Group II i.e.
Accounting Group. This group can be run only where appropriate computers laboratory and
staff is available. Private students can not opt group of computerized accounting. Practical
examination will be held in group IV as under:
B.Com. I Paper I – Theory [50 max. marks]

Paper II – Theory 35 marks, Practical 15 marks [50 max. marks]

B.Com. II Paper I – Theory [50 max. marks]

Paper II – Theory 35 marks, Practical 15 marks [50 max. marks]

B.Com. III Paper I – Theory 35 marks, Practical 15 marks [50 max. marks]

Paper II – Theory 35 marks, Practical 15 marks [50 max. marks]

The Following shall be the number of paper in each group:

Group No. of Papers

Group Part I Part II Part III

I 2 2 2

II 2 2 2

III 2 2 2

IV 2 2 2

V - - 2 (Compulsory Group)

4. In B.Com. Part I, II & III examination, each group shall carry 100 marks. In order to
pass B.Com. Part I, Part II and Part III examination, a candidate must obtain 33%
marks in each group and also in aggregate.
5. Each candidate shall have to pass the B.Com. Part I, B.Com. Part II and B.Com. III
examinations separately, but the division shall be awarded on the basis of the
aggregate marks obtained by him/her in all the three examinations together.
6. A candidate who has obtained 33% marks and above but less than 45% marks in the
aggregate shall be placed in III division, a candidate who has obtained 45% marks and
above but less than 60% marks shall be placed in II division, a candidate who has
obtained 60% marks and above shall be placed in I division.
 7. In B.Com. Part III, three grace marks in any one group shall be awarded on the basis
of one mark on every 10 marks, over and above the minimum pass marks.
8. The details of the courses of each group of study shall be as contained in the syllabi
and the existing regulations, to the extent they are inconsistent with the new
ordinances and regulations, shall stand amended or superseded, as the case may be.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

(1) The examination for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce shall consist of B.Com. Part I,
Part II and Part III examinations spread over three years.

B. Com. Part - I Examination, 2017 and onwards

Group I – Management Group Marks

Paper I – Principles of Management 50

Paper II – Business Environment 50

Group II – Accounting Group

Paper I – Financial Accounting 50

Paper II – Business Statistics 50

Group III – Business Economics & Legal Aspects of Business

Paper I – Business Economics 50

Paper II – Business Laws 50

Group IV – Computerized Accounting

Paper I – Financial Accounting 50

Paper II – Computerized Financial Accounting 50

Qualifying Course (Only for Non commerce students who have passed class 12th with
science or arts subjects and not studied commerce and accounts in class 12th)

Elementary
Book-Keeping & Accountancy 50

Those who fail to pass this paper in B. Com. Part I shall be required to pass this paper
either in B. Com. Part II or B. Com. III examination. Candidates shall not be awarded the
B.Com. degree unless they qualify in this paper or unless exempted. Minimum pass
percentage is 33% in the group. If a candidate has passed any of the following courses of
national Institute of Banking Mgt./Institute of chartered Accountants/ Cost & works
Accountants/Company Administration/Management he/she will be exempted from appearing
in the qualifying paper.

Division will be assigned on the following basis:-

First : 60% marks or above.

Second : 45% marks or above but below 60% marks

Third : 33% marks or above but below 45%

B. Com. Part - II Examination, 2017 and onwards

Group I – Management Group Marks

Paper I – Basic Business Finance 50

Paper II – Personnel Management 50

Group II – Accounting Group

Paper I – Cost Accounting 50

Paper II – Corporate Accounting 50

Group III – Business Economics & Legal Aspects of Business

Paper I – Money Banking and Financial Institutions 50

Paper II – Legal Aspects of business 50

Group IV – Computerized Accounting

Paper I – Cost Accounting 50

Paper II – Computerized Cost Accounting 50

B. Com. Part - III Examination, 2017 and onwards

Group I – Management Group Marks

Paper I – Marketing Management 50

Paper II – Management Accounting 50

Group II – Accounting Group

Paper I – Income Tax Law 50

Paper II – Auditing 50

Group III – Business Economics & Legal Aspects of Business

Paper I – Goods and Services Tax (GST) 50

Paper II – Fundamentals of Insurance 50

Group IV – Computerized Accounting

Paper I – Computer Applications in Management Accounting 50

Paper II – Computer Applications in Income Tax 50

Group V – Communication group (Compulsory for all)

Paper I–Business Communication 50

Paper II–Viva Voce (Oral Communication) 50

 B. Com. - I

Group – I: Management Group

Paper – I: Principles of Management

1. Management – Meaning, nature and importance, Different Schools of management

thought. Contribution of Taylor, Henri Fayol and Elton Mayo.
2. Planning. Concepts, Types of plans, Process and limitations of planning.
3. Communication – Concept, types and process, barriers to communication.
4. Organisation – Departmentation, types of organisation, line, staff and functional
organisation.
5. Staffing – Recruitment, selection procedure, training methods, performance appraisal.
6. Motivation – Meaning and importance, Financial and non-financial incentives.
7. Leadership ;styles, traits, theories,
8. Coordination - Meaning, importance and methods.
9. Decision making – Meaning process and importance.
10. Control – Meaning and importance, relationship with planning, Process & techniques
of control.
Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Paper – II: Business Environment

1. Business Environment: Concept, importance, components, micro and macro

environment,internal environment.
2. Economic Trends (overview) : Income; Savings and investment; industry; Trade and
balance of payments, Money; Finance; Prices.
3. Problems of Growth: Unemployment; Poverty; Regional imbalances; Social
injustices; Inflation; Parallel economy; Industrial sickness.
4. Role of Government: Monetary and fiscal policy; Industrial policy; Industrial
licensing, Privatization, Liberalisation and Globalisation; Devaluation; Export-Import
Policy; Regulation of foreign investment; Collaborations in the light of recent
changes.
5. The Current Five Year Plan: Major policies; Resource allocation.
6. The Consumer Protection Act 1986: Basic Concepts: Consumer, goods, service,
defects in goods, deficiency in service, Grievance redressal machinery.
7. Foreign Exchange Management Act 2000: Basic Concepts and overview of major
provisions.
8. International environment:trends in world trade and problems faced by developing
countries;trends in foreign trade and economic growth.
 9. International economic grouping:GATT,WTO,UNCTAD,WORLD BANK, IMF
,counter trade

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end
of the syllabus

Group – II: Accounting Group

Paper – I: Financial Accounting

1. Nature of financial statements, Accounting concepts and conventions.

2. Accounts of Insurance companies(as per revised proforma)
3. Double accounting system.
4. Accounts of Banking Companies – Accounting requirements of banking companies.
The classification of Book Debts, Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet of
Banking companies.
5. Departmental and Branch Accounts – Preparation of departmental accounts-allocation
of expenses. Preparation of Accounts of branches keeping incomplete records,
Account of independent branches maintaining complete records,stock and debtors
method; Foreign branches; Inter-branches transactions.
6. Insolvency accounts of sole trader and partnership firms-statements of affairs and
deficiency account.
7. Hire purchase account(including problems of default in hire purchase, H P trading
A/c,goods of small value, stock and debtors method of branch), Instalment payment
system.
8. Royalty accounts.
9. Partnership Accounts: Fundamentals (including treatment of goodwill as per AS10
revised), Admission of a Partner, Retirement and Death of a Partner, Dissolution of
Partnership including Insolvency.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the
end of the syllabus

Paper – II: Business Statistics

1. Introduction: Nature, scope, importance and limitations of statistics, Misuse of

statistics.
2. Statistical Investigation: Collection and classification of data, planning a statistical
investigation, questionnaire, methods of collecting primary and secondary data,
Methods and principle of sampling. Methods of classification and tabulation.
3. Diagrammatic and Graphic Presentation: Location of median, quartiles and mode
graphically; one and two dimensional diagrams.
 4. Statistical Average: Uses, limitation and calculations of various averages, Mean,
Mode, Median, Partition Values, Geometrical and Harmonic Mean.
5. Dispersion and Skewness: Various measures.
6. Correlation and Regression analysis: Simple correlation, scatter diagram, methods of
computing correlation, Karl Pearson and rank correlation, Standard error and probable
error.Regression analysis ,Regression coefficients,
7. Index Number: Fixed base and chain base, base shifting, weighted index
numbers,consumer price Index no., Fisher’s Index, tests of reversibility.
8. Analysis of time series: Meaning, components of time series, measurements of trend.
9. Indian Statistics: National income, population census, statistics relating to agriculture,
statistical organisations at the centre and in Uttaranchal.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Group – III: Business Economics and Legal Aspects of Business

Paper – I: Business Economics

1. Introduction: Definition and nature of economics, Scope and methodology of

economics, Micro and macro economics.
2. Consumption: Measurements of Utility, Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, Law of
Equi-marginal Utility.
3. Law of Demand: Demand Schedules and Curves, Elasticity of Demand, methods of
measurement of elasticity of demand, measurement of cross elasticity, Law of Supply
,Measurement of Elasticity of Supply, ,
4. Consumer’s surplus, Study of Consumer Behaviour through indifference curve
technique.
5. Production: The Factors of Production and their characteristics, Factors affecting
productivity of labour and capital, Theories of Population. Law of variable proportion,
The laws of return, economy of scale, law of return to scale, different concepts of cost
of production. SAC curve ,LAC curve ,
6. Exchange: The theory of exchange, Definition and extent of market, Determination of
price under conditions of perfect competition, imperfect competition and monopoly.
Effect of monopoly in economic life, monopolistic competion,oligopoly,
7. Theories of distribution, marginal productivity theory of distribution
8. Concept and theories of profit and wages

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end of
the syllabus

Paper – II: Business Laws

 1. The Indian Contract Act, 1872: Nature of contract: Classification; Offer and
acceptance; Capacity of parties to contract; Free consent; Consideration Legality of
object; Agreement declared void; Performance of contract; Discharge of contract;
Remedies for breach of contract. Special Contracts; Indemnity; Guarantee; Bailment
and pledge; Agency.
2. The Sale of Goods Act, 1930. Formation of contracts of sale; Goods and their
classification, price; Conditions and warranties; Transfer of property in goods;
Performance of the contract of sale; Unpaid seller and his rights, sale by auction;
Hire - purchase agreement.
3. The Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881: Definition of negotiable instruments;
Features; Promissory note; Bill of Exchange, Cheque; Holder and holder in due
course; Crossing of a cheque, Types of crossing, Negotiation, Dishonour and
discharge of negotiable instruments.
4. The Partnership Act, 1932 and Limited Liability Partnership Rules.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end
of the syllabus

QUALIFYING COURSE

Book-Keeping and Accountancy

(It is compulsory for students joining B. Com. Part I, who have not studied
commerce and accountancy before (pass marks 17 out of 50).

Note: The objective is to impart to non-commerce students who join B.Com., and elementary
knowledge of Book-keeping & Accountancy.

The Principle of double entry Book-keeping. The Journal, The Ledger, The Trial
Balance, The Trading Account, Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet of a Sole-
Trader, Bill of Exchange, Capital and Revenue, Depreciation Reserves and Sinking
Funds, Receipts and Payments, Income & Expenditure Accounts.

(There shall be one compulsory question on Final Accounts).

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the
end of the syllabus
Group IV – Computerized Accounting

Paper – I: Financial Accounting

1. Nature of financial statements, Accounting concepts and conventions.

2. Accounts of Insurance Companies(as per revised proforma).
3. Double accounting system.
4. Accounts of Banking Companies – Accounting requirements of Banking companies.
The classification of Book Debts, Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet of
Banking companies.
5. Departmental and Branch Accounts – Preparation of departmental accounts-allocation
of expenses. Preparation of Accounts of branches keeping incomplete records,
Account of independent branches maintaining complete records, stock and debtors
method; Foreign branches; Inter-branches transactions.
6. Insolvency accounts of sole trader and partnership firms-statements of affairs and
deficiency account.
7. Hire purchase accounts (including problems of default, hirepurchase trading
A/c,goods of small value, stock and debtors method), Instalment payment system.
8. Royalty accounts.
9. Partnership Accounts: Fundamentals (including treatment of goodwill as per revised
AS10), Admission of a Partner, Retirement and Death of a Partner, Dissolution of
Partnership including Insolvency.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Paper – II: Computerized Financial Accounting

1. Computer Fundamentals Brief History, Hardware and Software, Classification of

Computer introduction to different computer languages, Memory Concepts, Operating
System and its types, Elementary idea of MS-DOS and Window operating system.
2. Treatment of Data and Basic Statistical Analysis: Mean mode median and hypothesis
testing (t test and x2 test) on Computer.
3. Tally and its basics.
4. Basic rules of journal entries ,ledgers ,trial balance and final accounts.
5. Use of Tally to obtain financial accounting output for the following:

1. Day books 5. Trial Balance

2. Journals 6. Balance Sheet

3. Journal Ledger 7. Profit and Loss Account

4. Subsidiary Ledger 8. Other statement

Note:separate practical will be held for 15 marks in computerised accounting.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the
end of the syllabus
 B.Com. - II

Group I: Management Group

Paper – I: Basic Business Finance

1. Financial Management: Financial goals; Profit Vs. wealth maximization; Financial

functions – investment, financing, and dividend decisions, Financial planning.
2. Capital Budgeting: Nature of investment decisions, investment evaluation criteria,
payback period, accounting rate of return, net present value, internal rate of return,
profitability index: NPV and IRR comparison.
3. Cost of Capital: significance of cost of capital: calculating cost of debt; Preference
shares, equity capital, and retained earnings; Combined (weighted) cost of capital.
4. Operating and Financial Leverage: Their measure; Effects on profit, analysing
alternate financial plans, combined financial and operating leverage.
5. Capital Structure: Theories and determinants.
6. Dividend Policies; Issues in dividend policies; Walter’s model Gordon’s model; M.M.
Hypothesis, forms of dividends and stability of dividends, determinants.
7. Management of Working Capital: nature of Working capital, Significance of working
capital, operating cycle, factors determining working capital requirements;
Management of working capital – cash, receivables, and inventory.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Paper – II: Personnel Management

1. Personnel Management: Meaning, importance and scope, Organisation and functions

of personnel department: Personnel policies.
2. Manpower Planning – Meaning, importance and process.
3. Recruitment & Selection: Job description and Job specification, selection procedure.
4. Training: Need, methods, induction of new employees.
5. Promotion, demotion, transfer, discipline, discharge and dismissal and related
problems and procedures.
6. Motivation concept and theories (Maslow, McGregor, Herzberg etc.).
 7. Compensation: Wage and Salary administration. Methods of wage payment including
incentive wage plan
8. Performance Appraisal: Nature, importance and techniques.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Group II: Accounting Group

Paper – I: Cost Accounting

1. Introduction: Nature and scope of cost accounting; Cost concepts and classifications;
Methods and techniques; Installation of costing system: Concept of cost audit.
2. Accounting for Material: Material control; concept and techniques, Pricing of material
issues; Treatment of material losses.
3. Accounting for Labour: Labour cost control procedure; Labour turnover; Idle time
and overtime; Methods of wage payment – time and piece rates; Incentive Schemes.
4. Accounting for Overheads: Classification and departmentalization;
Allocation,Apportionment,Reapportionment and Absorption of overheads;
Determination of overhead rates, Under and over absorption, and its accounting
treatments.
5. Cost Ascertainment: Unit costing, Job, batch and contract costing: Operating costing;
Process costing – including joint and by-products.
6. Cost Records: Integral and non-integral system;
7. Standard costing and variance analysis, material, labour and overhead
8. Reconciliation of cost and financial accounts.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

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Paper – II: Corporate Accounting

Note: Students are requested to follow Revised Schedule VI for presenting Final Account
wherever needed

1. Company Accounts: Issue of Shares . Forfeiture & reissue of shares(including

problems of prorata)
2. Issue and Redemption of Debentures
3. Redemption of preference shares
4. Profits prior and after incorporation.
5. Preparation of final A/C of joint stock company(including problems of managerial
remuneration)with adjustment as per revised schedule VI of companies act
6. Underwriting of shares.
7. Amalgamation, Absorption and Reconstruction. As per accounting standard - 14.
8. Liquidation of companies.
9. Holding companies: Preparation of consolidated Profit and Loss Accounts and
Balance Sheet.
10. Valuation of shares and valuation of goodwill.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Group III: Business Economics and Legal Aspects of Business

Paper – I: Money, Banking and Financial Institutions

1. Money and Monetary System: Evolution, Function and Importance of Money, kinds
of Money, Money Standards: Essentials of a good currency system. Gold Standard
Bimetalism: Paper standard, Various methods of Note Issue with particular reference
to their working in India Managed Money.
2. The value of money. The Quantity Theory of Money – Fisher’s equation and its
criticism; Inflation and deflation, Present monetary system.
3. Banks and Banking System: The definition of Banking, types of Banks: Functions of
different types of Banks: Central Banking; Functions of Central bank, Critical study
of method of credit control.
4. The Indian Money Market – Its constituents and its defects, Banking operations,
sources of funds, Principles of investment, Uses of Banks funds.
5. Foreign Exchange: Mint par; Specie points and Purchasing Power Parity Theory:
Balance of payment, Exchange Control Regulation of Foreign Exchange.
6. Major financial institution: IDBI, IFCI, SIDBI and SFCs..
Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Paper II: Legal Aspects of Business

Section “A” Company Law (50%)

Provisions of the Companies Act, amended up to date with special reference to:

1. Incorporation; raising of capital, commencement of business, membership- types,

rights & duties.
2. Management of companies: Board of Directors, Manager, Company Secretary.
3. Meetings and Resolutions.
4. Oppression and Mis-management.
5. Winding up : Various kinds and consequences.

Section “B” Industrial Laws (50%)

Statutory provisions of the following legislations:

1. The Factories Act, 1948.

2. The Trade Unions Act, 1926
3. The Workmen Compensation Act, 1923
4. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
5. The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Group IV: Computerized Accounting

Paper – I: Cost Accounting

 1. Introduction: Nature and scope of cost accounting; Cost concepts and
classifications; Methods and techniques; Installation of costing system : Concept
of cost audit.
2. Accounting for Material: Material control; concept and techniques, Pricing of
material issues; Treatment of material losses.
3. Accounting for Labour: Labour cost control procedure; Labour turnover; Idle time
and overtime; Methods of wage payment – time and piece rates; Incentive
Schemes.
4. Accounting for Overheads: Classification and departmentalization; Absorption of
overheads; Determination of overhead rates, under and over absorption, and its
accounting treatments.
5. Cost Ascertainment: Unit costing, Job, batch and contract costing: Operating
costing; Process costing – including joint and by-products excluding problems of
inter process profits
6. Cost Records: Integral and non-integral system;
7. standard cost and variance analysis,material,labour and overheads
8. Reconciliation of cost and financial accounts.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Paper – II: Computerized Cost Accounting

1. Introduction to spread sheets, working on spread sheet, MS excel and its

applications working of MS-Excel.
2. Cost Accounting System: Elements of cost; Classification; Cost sheet; Cost
accounting methods and techniques.
3. Use of Tally and MS-Excel to obtain cost accounting outputs for the following:
1. Analysis of cost – Cost centres wise

2. Analysis of cost – Cost elements wise

3. Allocation of overheads

4. Apportionment of overheads

5. Preparation of cost sheet, contract A/c and process A/c.

6. Variable and fixed costs – BEP, P/V analysis

7. Standard cost and variance analysis

8. Differential cost

Note:separate practical will be held for 15 marks in computerised accounting

Note: Kindly refer instructions for paper setting given at the end of the syllabus of B.Com

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus
 B.Com. – III

Group I – Management Group

Paper I: Marketing Management

1. Introduction: Nature and scope of marketing; Importance of marketing, Marketing

concepts – traditional and modern, Selling Vs. marketing, Marketing mix, Marketing
environment.
2. Consumer Behaviour and Market Segmentation: An introduction to factors affecting
consume behaviour; Market segmentation – concept and importance; Bases for
market segmentation.
3. Product: Concept of product, consumer and industrial goods : Product planning and
development; packaging – role and functions; Brand name and trade mark; After -
sales service; Product life cycle concept.
4. Price: Importance of price in the marketing - mix, factors affecting price of a product/
service: Discounts and rebates.
5. Distribution Channels and Physical Distribution: Distribution Channel – concept and
role: Types of distribution channels: Factors affecting choice of a distribution
channel; Retailer and wholesaler; Physical distribution of goods, Transportation;
Warehousing, Inventory control; Order processing.
6. Promotion: Methods of promotion, Optimum promotion mix; Advertising media –
their relative merits and limitations; Characteristics of an effective advertisement;
Personal selling, Selling as a career, Characteristics of a successful sales person:
Functions of salesman.
7.
Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Paper – II: Management Accounting

1. Management Accounting: Nature, scope and functions of management accounting;

Role of management accounting in decision - making; Management accounting Vs.
financial accounting : Tools and techniques of management accounting
2. Ratio analysis; Classification of ratios – profitability ratios, turnover ratios, solvency
and liquidity ratios, ratios for investors, Advantages of ratio analysis; Limitations of
accounting ratios.
3. Funds Flow Statement, Cash Flow Statement(as per revised AS)
4. Absorption and Marginal Costing: Marginal and differential costing as a tool for
decision making – make or buy; Change of product mix, Pricing, Exploring new
markets, Shutdown decisions, Break-even analysis.
5. Budgeting for Profit Planning and control: Meaning of budget and budgetary control;
Objectives; Merits and limitations; Types of budgets; Cash budget, Fixed and flexible
budgeting; Zero base budgeting, Performance budging.
6. Capital Investment decisions(capital budgeting),methods,
 7. Standard Costing and Variance Analysis: Meaning of standard cost and standard
costing: advantages and applications; Variance analysis: material, Labour and
overhead variances.
8. Responsibility accounting.Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical
question paper printed at the end of the syllabus

Group II – Accounting Group

Paper – I: Income Tax Law

1. Important Definitions including income, Agricultural income, Assessee, Previous

year, assessment year, Person.
2. Residential status and incidence of residence on Tax Liability, computation of Total
income with reference to the residence.
3. Exemption and Exclusions: Exempted Incomes and Incomes included in total income
but not Taxable.
4. Computation of Income: Salaries; Income from House Property : Profits and gains
from business or profession; Capital gains and Income from other sources.
5. provisions of carry forward and set off.
6. Deductions and Reliefs: Deductions to be made in computing Total income:
Provisions regarding rebates of Income Tax and Relief.
7. Deductions and collection of Tax at source; Advance payment of Tax and Payment of
Tax After Assessment.
8. Assessment of Individuals and Hindu Undivided Family and Computation of Tax
Liability.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the
end of the syllabus

Paper – II: Auditing

1. Introduction: Meaning and objectives of Auditing: Types of audit; Internal audit.

2. Audit Process: Audit programme; Working paper and evidences; Consideration for
commencing an audit; routine checking and test checking.
3. Internal control, Internal Check System and Internal Audit.
4. Audit Procedure: Vouching: Verification of assets and liabilities.
5. Audit of Limited Companies :
a. Company auditor – Appointment, power, duties, and liabilities.

b. Divisible profits and dividend.

c. Auditor’s report – types of reports with specimen.

d. Special audit of banking companies.

e. Audit of educational institutions.

 f. Audit of insurance companies.

g. Audit of non profit companies.

6. Investigation: reasons , merits , difference between auditing and investigation,

procedure
a. where fraud is suspected, and

b. when buying of a business is proposed.

7. Recent Trends in Auditing: Nature and significance of cost audit; Tax audit;
Management audit.
Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Group III – Business Economics and Legal Aspects of Business

Paper – I: Goods & Services Tax (GST)

Objectives: To provide the basic knowledge and to equip students with the provisions of
Goods and Services Tax Act.

UNIT I. Introduction

Indirect taxes before GST: An overview; Concept of VAT; Meaning and Methods; Major
shortcomings in the structure of Indirect taxes prior to the GST; Need of GST in India;
Genesis, Salient features of GST; Taxes subsumed in GST; Advantages and challenges of
GST; Innovation and best practices; Structure of GST including SGST, CGST, UTGST and
IGST

UNIT II. Registration: Process of Registration; Compulsory Registration, Liability for

Registration, Exemption from Registration.

GST Unique Identity Number (GSTIN), Deemed Registration, Amendments, cancellation

and revocation of registration, Migration of existing taxpayers to GST.

Unit II: Levy and Collection of GST

Taxable event;“Supply” of Goods and Services; Place of Supply: Within State, Interstate,
Import and Export; Time of supply; Meaning, Provisions to determine time of supply of
Goods and Services, Harmonized System of Goods (HSN), Tariff classifications

Valuation for GST; Valuation rules, taxability of reimbursement of expenses; Exemption

from GST; Small supplies and Composition Scheme; Classification of Goods and Services;
Composite and Mixed Supplies.
UNIT V. Input Tax Credit(ITC)

Eligible and Ineligible Input Tax Credit; Apportionment of Credit and Blocked Credits; Tax
Credit in respect of Capital Goods; Recovery of Excess Tax Credit; Availability of Tax
Credit in special circumstances; Transfer of Input Credit (Input Service Distribution);
Payments of Taxes; Refund; Doctrine of unjust enrichment; Tax Deducted at Source(TDS),
Tax Collected at Source(TCS). Reverse Charge Mechanism, Job work.

UNIT VI. Payment of Taxes, maintenance of records & Submission of Return:

Maintenance of Records, Mode of payment, Process of payment, Maintenance of e- ledgers,
ITC utilization rules.

Types and periodicity of Returns: Monthly Returns, Quarterly Return for Taxpayers under
Composition Scheme, Rectification of Return, Processing of Returns, Matching Input Tax
Credit.

UNIT VII: (a) Assessment and Audits: Types of Assessments: Self assessment,
Reassessment, Provisional assessment, Summary assessment, Best Judgment assessment,
Scrutiny of Return, Auditory tax authorities, Special Audit, Audit Methodology.

(b)Audit ,Accounts and Records : Audit by Tax Authorities, Special Audit, Audit
Methodology, Accounts and Records, Accounts of Stock, Records in Electronic Form

Suggested Readings:

1. Chaudhary, Dalmia and Girdharwal, GST : A Practical Approach, Taxmann

Publications,New Delhi
2. Haldia Arpit, GST Made Easy, Taxmann Publications.New Delhi
3. Datey V.S., GST Ready Reckoner, Taxmann Publications.New Delhi
4. Singhania Vinod K. & Singhania Monica, Students Guide to Indirect Tax Laws,
Taxman Publications.
5. Gupta, S.S., GST;How to meet your obligations , Taxman Publications
6. GST Manual, Taxmann Publications.
7. Garg Keshav , GST Ready Reckoner, Bharat Law House.
8. Sudhir Halakhandi , (Vastu Evam Sewa Kar) GST in Hindi.
9. Bare Act on Goods and Services Tax,Government of India,Ministry of Finance
10. S K Singh,”Goods and Services Tax”;The Tasks and Challenges Ahead”Nice Journal
of Business,Vol II Nos 122 ,Pages 1-10
Paper – II: Fundamentals of Insurance

1. Principles of Insurance: Concepts of Insurable Risk, Methods of handling risk;

Concepts, characteristics, importance and advantages, functions, principles and
classification of insurance, kinds of insurance organizations; essentials of insurance
contract,Insurable interest, Indemnity,warranty,utmost good faith, Doctrine of
subrogation, Doctrine of Contribution, Double Insurance and Reinsurance.

2. Life Insurance: Features, Importance, Advantages, contract of life insurance, Hazards;

Procedure of effecting life insurance (from proposal to policy); Selection,
Substandard Lives; Kinds of policies, Annuities, Policy conditions; Computation of
premium,numericals of pemium computations Mortality table ,kinds ,methods of
construction of mortality table, investment of life fund, valuation and bonus,
Organization and working of the Life Insurance Corporation of India. entry of private
sector insurance companies in life insurance business.

3. Marine Insurance: Elements of Contract, subject matter of marine insurance,

Procedure; kinds of policies, fixation and return of premium. Policy conditions, perils
of marine insurance, doctrine of cause proxima,warranty, marine losses.

4. Fire Insurance: Meaning, scope, hazards, functions of fire insurance, kinds of policies,
policy conditions, computation of premium.settlement of claims,numericals of
premium computations and settlement of claims ,application of average clause.

5. Miscellaneous Insurance: Types, extent of coverage and the policy conditions in

respect of motor insurance, workmen’s compensation insurance, export risk insurance
and war risk insurance.

6. General insurance business in India.Nationalisation ,entry of private sector in general

insurance business.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end of the

syllabus
Group IV – Computerized Accounting

Paper – I: Computer Applications in Management Accounting

Retracing management accounting system and use of Tally and MS-Excel packages to obtain
different management accounting outputs for the following:

1. Fund flow statement

2. Ratio analysis

3. Budget and budget variances

4. Analysis of account payable, account receivable and sales.

5. Inventory control

6. Projected financial statements

7. Cash forecasting

8. Standard costing

9. Marginal costing

Note: separate practical will be held for 15 marks in this paper .

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Paper – II: Computer Applications in Income Tax

1. Important Definitions including income, Agricultural income, Assessee, Previous

year, assessment year, Person.
2. Residential status and incidence of residence on Tax Liability, computation of
Total income with reference to the residence.
3. Exemption and Exclusions: Exempted Incomes and Incomes included in total
income but not Taxable.
 4. Computation of Income: Salaries; Income from House Property : Profits and gains
from business or profession; Capital gains and Income from other sources.
5. provisions of carry forward and set off
6. Deductions and Reliefs: Deductions to be made in computing Total income:
Provisions regarding rebates of Income Tax and Relieves.
7. Deductions and collection of Tax at source; Advance payment of Tax and
Payment of Tax After Assessment.
8. Assessment of Individuals and Hindu Undivided Family and Computation of Tax
Liability. Using Tally and MS-Excel.
Note: separate practical will be held for 15 marks in this paper .

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the numerical question paper printed at the end of
the syllabus

Group V – Communication Group (Compulsory for all)

Paper – I: Business Communication

1. Meaning, Importance, Process, Types: Oral, Written, Verbal, Non-Verbal, Problems

of Communication, Listening as a Communication Tool, Techniques of Better
Communication.
2. Communication and decision making in small groups: roll of groups, characteristics
of small groups, solving problems in small groups etc., examining group discussions –
its role in team work.
3. Communication within the organisation:
a) Memo writing

b) Proposal writing

c) Report writing

d) Office orders, circular, writing notes

4. Communication outside the organization:

a) Business Correspondence: request for quotations, tenders, orders, drafting of sales
letters, circular letters, proposals, correspondence with local and foreign customers
and suppliers regarding dues, complaints, follow-up letters.
 b) Correspondence with banks regarding overdrafts, cash credit and current account.

5. Resume Writing
Suggested Readings:

Business communication, Urmila Rai and S.M. Rai.

Business Communication by Rajender Paul

Business Communication by Asha Kaul

Business Communication by Rohini Aggarwal.

Note: Kindly refer the pattern of the theoretical question paper printed at the end of the
syllabus

Paper – II: Viva Voce

Objective of viva voce exam is to boost the confidence of students in oral communication
skill so that they can face the challenges of competitive world. Questions will be asked based
on the general awareness related to commerce economics and accounts. Students should
update their knowledge related to latest events in the field of commerce ,economics and
accounts.More questions will be asked from the syllabus of B.Com IIIrd year.
Pattern of Question Papers for Theoretical Subjects in B.Com. I/II/III for the
examination 2013-14 and onwards.

Instruction: Theoretical papers in B.Com. I/II/III will follow the under mentioned
pattern of question paper in annual examination.
SECTION – A
All questions shall be compulsory. Five objective type questions (T/F or multiple choice
giving brief reasons for the choice). Each question will carry 2 marks including 1 marks for
the correct choice and 1 mark for the correct reason).

[10 marks maximum]

Question: 1 – 5 (Such types of questions should be asked for which students can give reason
in support of the answer).

SECTION – B
Note: All questions are compulsory. Five short answer questions shall be asked. Each
question shall carry 2 marks. [10 marks maximum]
Question : 6 – 10

SECTION – C
Note: Total number of questions in this section will be 8 (eight) of which any four are to be
answered. Each question shall carry 7½ marks.

[Maximum 30 marks]

Question: 11 to 18 (Essay type)

Pattern of Question Papers for Numerical Subjects in B.Com. I/II/III for the
examination 2013-14 and onward.
Instruction: Numerical papers in B.Com. I/II/III will follow the under mentioned
pattern of question paper in annual examination.

SECTION – A
All questions shall be compulsory. Five objective type questions (T/F or multiple choice
giving brief reasons for the choice). Each question will carry 2 marks including 1 marks for
the correct choice and 1 mark for the correct reason).

[10 marks maximum]

Question: 1 – 5 (Such types of questions should be asked for which students can give reason
in support of the answer).

SECTION – B
Note: All questions are compulsory. Five short answer questions shall be asked. Each
question shall carry 2 marks. [10 marks maximum]
Question : 6 – 10

SECTION – C
Note: Total number of questions in this section will be 8 (eight) of which any four are to be
answered. Each question shall carry 7½ marks.

[Maximum 30 marks]

Question: 11 to 15 (Numerical type)

Question: 16 to 18 (Theoretical type)
Following papers are termed as numerical papers.

B.Com Ist Year

Group II
Paper I – Financial Accounting

Paper II – Business Statistics

Group IV – Computerized Accounting

Paper I – Financial Accounting (same as Group II Paper I)

Paper II – Computerized Financial Accounting

B.Com IInd Year

Group I

Paper I -Basic Business Finance

Group II
Paper I – Corporate Accounting

Paper II – Cost Accounting

Group IV – Computerized Accounting

Paper I – Cost Accounting(same as group II paper II )

Paper II – Computerized Cost Accounting

B.Com III
Group I
Paper II – Management Accounting

Group II
Paper I – Income Tax Laws and Practice

Group IV
Paper I – Computer Applications in Management Accounting

Paper II – Computer Applications in Income Tax

Qualifying course for non commerce students: Book-Keeping and Accountancy will also
be treated as numerical paper

Ordinances