NOTICE

It is hereby notified for information of all students of new syllabus that the Institute has revised the
question pattern which will be effective from December 2018 Examination. The revised question pattern is
given below:
1. KNOWLEDGE LEVEL: IE 01: Principles of Accounting and IE 02: Principles of Business and Economics
IE 03: Business Communications
Marks Allocation 100% 100%
Number of Questions 8 10
Marks per Question Question 1- 6 - 10 marks per each 10 marks
Question 7- 8 – 20 marks per each
Number of Sub-questions 1 – 3 Questions 1 – 3 questions
Marks per Sub-question Can be varied in between questions Can be varied in between questions
Type of Questions Short and Narrative answers Short and Narrative answers
Knowledge Test Level Theory and Practical Theory and Practical

2. BUSINESS LEVEL: GE 01: Fundamentals of Financial GE 03: Fundamentals of Business

Accounting and Mathematics
GE 02: Fundamentals of Management GE 04: Fundamentals of Business Economics
Accounting GE 05: Fundamentals of Ethics, Corporate
Governance and Business Law
Marks Allocation 100% 100%
Number of Questions 8 10
Marks per Question Question 1- 6 - 10 marks per each 10 marks
Question 7- 8 – 20 marks per each
Number of Sub-questions 1 – 3 Questions 1 – 3 questions
Marks per Sub-question Can be varied in between questions Can be varied in between questions
Type of Questions Short and Narrative answers Short and Narrative answers
Knowledge Test Level Theory and Practical Theory and Practical

3. OPERATIONAL LEVEL: E1: Enterprise Operations, P1: Performance Operations and F1: Financial Operations
Section A B C
Marks Allocation 20% 30% 50%
Number of Questions 1 1 2
Marks per Question 20 marks 30 marks 25 marks
Number of Sub-questions 8 5 Varies
Marks per Sub-question 2.5 marks 6 marks Varies
Type of Questions Sort & Narrative Descriptive Answers Scenario based and practical
Answers
Knowledge Test Level Overall Theory Theory and Practical Applicability of practical
knowledge from learning
outcomes
Syllabus Coverage Overall coverage from Overall Coverage from Specific arrears that correlate with
the theory (A, B,C,D,E) the theory (A, B,C,D,E) practical scenarios (A, B,C,D,E)

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R1: Legal Environment of Business
Section A B C D
Marks Allocation 40% 20% 10% 30%
Number of Questions 2 2 1 2
Marks per Question 20 marks 10 marks 10 marks 15 marks
Number of Sub-questions 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3
Marks per Sub-question Varies Varies Varies Varies
Type of Questions Short, Narrative, Descriptive, Scenario based and practical
Knowledge Test Level Theory and Practical
Syllabus Coverage Overall coverage Overall coverage Overall coverage Overall coverage
from Section A from Section B from Section C from Section D

4. MANAGEMENT LEVEL: Question Pattern for all subjects of Management Level

Section A B C
Marks Allocation 20% 30% 50%
Number of Questions 1 1 2
Marks per Question 20 marks 30 marks 25 marks
Number of Sub-questions 8 5 Varies
Marks per Sub-question 2.5 marks 6 marks Varies
Short & Narrative
Type of Questions Descriptive Answers Scenario based and practical
Answers
Applicability of practical
Knowledge Test Level Overall Theory Theory and Practical knowledge from learning
outcomes
Overall coverage Specific arrears that correlate
Overall Coverage from the
Syllabus Coverage from the theory (A, with practical scenarios (A, B,
theory (A, B, C, D, E)
B, C, D, E) C, D, E)
5. STRATEGIC LEVEL: Question Pattern for all subjects of Strategic Level
Section A B C
Marks Allocation 20% 40% 40%
Number of Questions 1 1 2
Marks per Question 20 marks 40 marks 20 marks
Number of Sub-questions 8 5 2
Marks per Sub-question 2.5 marks 8 marks Varies
Type of Questions Short Answers Descriptive Answers Case Study Questions
(Questions with/without a
case)
Knowledge Test Level Overall Theory Theory and Practical Applicability of practical
knowledge from learning
outcomes
Syllabus Coverage Overall coverage Overall Coverage from the Specific arrears that
from the theory (A, theory (A, B, C, D, E) correlate with practical
B, C, D, E) scenarios (A, B, C, D, E)

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