CSS past paper

CSS Business Administration Past Paper 2020

CSS Business Administration 2020 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
Discuss that Management is evolutionary process. Substantiate your answer through commenting on contribution made by Fredrick Taylor, Max Weber and Elton Mayo.
(20)
Q. 3
What are the key elements involved in designing organizational structure?
(20)
Q. 4
What is the importance of Employees Performance Appraisal? Discuss the problems faced in Employee Appraisal.
(20)
Q. 5
Describe how would you plan Integrated Communication Process for launching a product.
(20)
Q. 6
What is Bullwhip effect and how does it relate to lack of coordination in the supply chain.
(20)
Q. 7
Explain the following analytical tools of Financial Management: (05 each)
(20)
- (a)
  Time series analysis versus cross sectional analysis.
- (b)
  Horizontal analysis versus vertical analysis.
- (c)
  Liquidity ratios versus debt ratios.
- (d)
  Turnover ratios versus profitability ratios.
Q. 8
Tiger Corporation is considering to invest in a given project. After tax cash flows of the project are given below:
(20)
Years Project ($)
Initial Cash Flow 150,000
1 50,000
2 56,000
3 64,000
4 68,000
5 72,000
Determine Payback Period, Net Present Value and Profitability Index using 13% as required rate of return.

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.