EDP (NOE-071)

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Comment on govt policies for starting small scale industries and stages of starting
small scale industries.
2. What is project formulation? What are the sequential stages of project formulation
3. Explain the term growth of SSI in India.
4. What are different types of decision.
5. Elaborate different types of inventory models.
6. What are the different functions of production planning and control?
7. The entrepreneur is an important input of economic development. Elaborate.
8. What steps are generally taken by the entrepreneurs for screening of a project idea
and its formulation? Describe those steps systematically.
9. Discuss the objectives and features of a feasibility studies in project management.
What are the major contents of a feasibility report?
10. Critically examine the role played by SIDBI in facilitating the entrepreneurial
entry in starting a business unit.
11. Discuss various laws concerning entrepreneurs in India
12. Discuss the role of various national and state agencies which render assistance to
SSIs
13. Project planning and control is the backbone of success of an entrepreneurial
project. Comment.
14. What are the differences between an entrepreneur and a manager?
15. Discuss various types of risk involved in entrepreneurship.
16. Explain various types of SSIs. also explain their characteristics.
17. Entrepreneurs are made, not born. Comment.
18. Entrepreneurship can be considered as the creator of economy. Comment.
19. What is project report and how a good project is prepared?
20. An entrepreneur is required to consider a large number of factors for managing a
project successfully. Discuss this statement. How is the targeting and positioning
of a project done?
21. Describe the traits found in successful entrepreneurs.
22. Define quality management. Total quality revolves on some concept s, what are
these concepts?
23. Why are markets, money and motivation considered essential ingredients to small
business?
24. Give examples of assets, liabilities, net worth, revenues, expenses, direct material,
direct labour and overheads.
25. What are mission and strategies? How does SWOT analysis help in setting up
strategy for small business?
26. What is the difference between capital funding and operation funding in the
business? What are different source of fund for small business?
27. Entrepreneurs planning a business will most likely be asked for cash flow
statements. The statement would help you plan expenditure and receipts of cash.
Can you describe the steps that are needed to make a cash flow statement?
28. What is meant by limited liability in a limited partnership? What are the
advantages of changing the ownership (partnership) to a company form?
29. What is depreciation and why it is charged? Why it is called non cash flow?
30. What is the role of govt financial institution in financing business? What tax
benefits they offer to export oriented goods?
31. Discuss the problems of small scale and cottage industries in India. Suggest
remedies.
32. How do lack of financial control and inappropriate marketing cause sickness.
33. What is project life cycle? Explain different phases of project life cycle.
34. What do you mean by production planning and control? Explain the steps
involved in production control.
35. Offer practical suggestions to maintain good industrial relations in an industrial
enterprise.
36. Discuss trading, profit and loss, with performa.
37. Describe capital expenditure. How to calculate it?
38. Discuss profit planning in a business enterprise.
39. Explain tax and its need in detail.
40. Define marketing and explain its objectives. How does it differ from selling?
41. What do you mean by inventory control? Give objectives and advantages of
inventory control.
42. Define the assessment of economic viability and discuss its important techniques.
43. What are the types of SSIs? describe briefly.
44. How does an entrepreneur contributes to the economy and to the society?
45. What do you understand by the term partnership? What is partnership firm?
Discuss its advantages and disadvantages.

Short notes
a) Sales and income taxes
b) Features of factories act 1948
c) Workmens compensation act
d) Types of business ownership.
e) Benefit cost analysis
f) Govt support to SSIs
g) Financial functions
h) Internal rate of return
i) Net present value
j) Assessment of viability
k) Methods of collection of information.
l) Cost of capital approach
m) Total quality management
n) Fixed capital
o) Project control
p) Project management
q) Discounted cash flow
r) NABARD and SFC
s) ABC analysis
t) Role of financial incentives
46. What do you understand by the term partnership? What is partnership firm?
Discuss its advantages and disadvantages.

47. Discuss the role of various national and state agencies which render assistance to
SSIs
Features of factories act 1948
a) Workmens compensation act
b) Sales and income taxes
48. What is the difference between capital funding and operation funding in the
business? What are different source of fund for small business?
49. Entrepreneurs planning a business will most likely be asked for cash flow
statements. The statement would help you plan expenditure and receipts of cash.
Can you describe the steps that are needed to make a cash flow statement?
50. Give examples of assets, liabilities, net worth, revenues, expenses, direct material,
direct labour and overheads.
Cost of capital approach
Types of business ownership
Risk analysis
Policies in public enterprise

Internal rate of return

Net present value

Project planning and control is the backbone of success of an entrepreneurial project.

Comment.
Discuss various laws concerning entrepreneurs in India

Financial functions
Discuss Balance sheet, with performa.

What do you mean by inventory control? Give objectives and advantages of inventory
control.
Define marketing and explain its objectives. How does it differ from selling?

Differentiate between capital and revenue expenditure.