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M.Com. DEGREE EXAMINATION – COMMERCE

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

CO 2951 – ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SMALL BUSINESS

 

 

Date & Time: 26/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00      Dept. No.                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

Section  A:

Answer ALL Questions                                                          (10×2=20  Marks)

 

1. List the major objectives of small -scale enterprise.
2. How is a project formulated?
3. Enumerate the differences between PERT and CPM.
4. Mention the stages for promoting small entrepreneurship.
5. Which are the important environment pollution related clearances?
6. Mention the central level institutions supporting small business enterprises in India.
7. What is depreciation allowance in the context of incentives and subsidies.
8. What do you mean by joint ventures?
9. When is payback method suitable in appraising projects?
10. Why is ‘Seed Capital’ insisted to be supplied by the entrepreneurs?

 

Section B

Answer any FIVE Questions                                                    (5×8=40 Marks)

 

11. ‘None of the four forms of business ownership is best in all respects’-

Discuss.

12. Why is a business plan so important for an entrepreneur; an investor a customer; a supplier?
13. Examine the various industry associations supporting small- scale sector in India.
14. Examine the models suggested for the development of entrepreneurship.
15. How do joint ventures differ from merger activity? In what ways are they similar?
16. Explain the type of entrepreneurial decision to be taken while launching a new small-scale enterprise.
17. What is Internal rate of return? Explain its superiority over the traditional methods of project evaluation.
18. Explain how the family background of a person influences the growth of entrepreneurship.

 

 

Section C

Answer any TWO Questions                                            (2×20=40 Marks)

 

19. ‘Small-scale industries serve as seed-bed of entrepreneurship

development’-  Discuss. Examine role played by small- scale enterprises

in the development of   national economy.

20. What is feasibility Report? Highlight the salient features of a feasibility

report. Present the feasibility report of hypothetical unit of your choice.

21. ‘One of the most important inhibitory factors restrict the supply of

entrepreneurs in India is the availability and supply of Capital’ –

comment. Critically examine the role played by various sources of capital

and growth of entrepreneurship in India.

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Com. DEGREE EXAMINATION – COMMERCE

SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2008

CO 2951 – ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SMALL BUSINESS

 

 

 

Date : 02-05-08                  Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

Section A

Answer ALL Questions                                                                    (10×2=20 Marks)

1. ‘An entrepreneur faces several problems on exports’. – Comment.
2. Define ‘ancillary industrial undertakings’.
3. Mention the functions of entrepreneur.
4. Comment on the barriers to entrepreneurship.
5. What are the objectives of identifying business opportunities?
6. State the tools for project appraisal.
7. Mention the main difference between feasibility report and project report.
8. Enumerate the main functions of ICICI.
9. ‘The incentives are classified into three different categories’. – Comment.
10. Enumerate the factors governing the selection of location of an enterprise.

 

Section B

Answer any FIVE Questions                                                    (5×8=40 Marks)

1. Critically examine the government policy with regard to location of industries in India.
2. Discuss the different phases of project life cycle.
3. Explain the factors that motivate people to go into entrepreneurship.
4. As an entrepreneur how will you select a particular project?
5. Examine the investment method of Accounting Rate of Return Method. Highlight its advantages and limitations.
6. Explain ‘growth strategies’ for entrepreneurship? Comment on the approaches to growth strategy.
7. Discuss the need of infrastructural facilities in the context of entrepreneurship development.
8. Discuss and the need and importance of promoting women, rural and small entrepreneurs. How can women and rural entrepreneurship be developed?

 

Section C

Answer any TWO Questions                                                           (2×20=40 Marks)

1. ‘Entrepreneurs are not born, but made.’ Discuss. Describe the various factors required in achieving success in entrepreneurship in India.
2.  What is Project Design? Examine the factors affecting project design. Discuss the two important network techniques in project designing.
3. Comment on the Institutional support system for SSIs in India. Examine the various measures taken by the government for the institutional sources of finance for SSIs and offer your valuable suggestion.

 

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