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CSS Business Administration Past Paper 2016

CSS Business Administration 2016 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 6 questions.

Marks
100
Time
3 hours
Questions
6

Years

How to attempt: Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.

Questions

Question 1 (Part I) is the paper's MCQs, which are not reproduced here.

  1. Q. 2
    Enumerate the important steps you will follow for completing the Strategic Management Process for a Garment Manufacturing Company.
    (20)
  2. Q. 3
    What are the various types of Pricing? Propose the Pricing Strategy for a new, high quality brand of shoes.
    (20)
  3. Q. 4
    Discuss the features of the various types of Financial Markets.
    (20)
  4. Q. 5
    The following data relates to Bright Star Company (millions of Rs.)
    (20)
    Cash & equivalentsRs 100.00
    Fixed Assets283.50
    Sales1000.00
    Net Income50.00
    Current Liabilities105.50
    Current Ratio3.00
    Days Sales Outstanding (DSO)40.55Days
    Return on Equity12.00%

    The Company has no Preferred Stocks- only Common Equity, Current Liabilities, Long Term Debt.

    • (a)
      Find the Company’s
      • (i)
        Accounts Receivable
      • (ii)
        Current Assets
      • (iii)
        Total Assets
      • (iv)
        Return on Total Assets
      • (v)
        Common Equity
      • (vi)
        Quick Ratio
      • (vii)
        Long term Debt
    • (b)
      In part a) you should have found that the Company’s Accounts Receivable (A/R) = Rs. 111.1 million. If Bright Star Company reduces its DSO from 40.55 days to 30.4 days, while holding other things constant, how much cash would it generate?
  5. Q. 6
    Propose a ‘Recruitment Yield Pyramid’ for a Five Star Hotel.
    (20)
  6. Q. 7
    Discuss the significance of major ‘Supply Chain Drivers’ in accomplishing business goals.
    (20)
  1. Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
  2. Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
  3. All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
  4. Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
  5. No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
  6. Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
  7. Use of Calculator is allowed.