CSS past paper

CSS Business Administration Past Paper 2019

CSS Business Administration 2019 carries 100 marks over 3 hours. It has 7 questions.

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

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

Q. 2
What is the significance of strategic management for an organization? Explain the various steps of strategic management process.
(20)
Q. 3
What are the internal sources of job candidates? How can managers forecast the supply of internal candidate?
(20)
Q. 4
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different methods a manager can adopt for effective performance appraisal of employees.
(20)
Q. 5
Discuss the three common capital budgeting decision techniques with examples and formulas.
(20)
Q. 6
An international manufacturing concern has provided the income statement data. Give formulas to calculate the following ratios. Also explain how to interpret them?
(20)
- (i)
  Current ratio
- (ii)
  Quick ratio
- (iii)
  Average collection period
- (iv)
  Time interest earned
- (v)
  Inventory turnover
Q. 7
The impact of different levels of decision phases of supply chain depends on timeframe. Explain the decision phases in supply chains with examples.
(20)
Q. 8
Compare the advantages of mass marketing to those of market segmentation for a company. Discuss with relevant business examples.
(20)

Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.
Use of calculator is allowed.