TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Course Code : AED-01

Course Title : Export Procedures & Documentation
Assignment Code : AED-01/TMA/2018-19
Coverage : All Blocks

Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt all the questions.
1. State the steps involved in the processing of an export order. Explain them briefly.
(5+15)

2. Distinguish between pre-shipment and post-shipment finance. Explain various post-

shipment finance available to Indian Exporters.
(6+14)

3. Explain various technical and specialized services assistance related to institutional

set-up for export promotion in India. Do you think that these Institutions help in
promoting export from India.
(16+4)

4. Comment on the following statements.

(i) International trade may not help in better use of country’s resources.
(ii) Forfaiting does not convert credit sale into cash for exporter.
(iii) Clearing and Forwarding agents are not a link between the owners of goods and
owners of means of transport.
(iv) Exporters are not allowed to remove the goods without the examination of Central
Excise Authority.
(5X4)

5. Write notes on the following?

(i) Deemed exports
(ii) Letter of Credit
(iii) Open Cover
(iv) Strengthening export marketing effort.
(5X4)
 TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : ECO-13
Course Title : Business Environment
Assignment Code : ECO-13/TMA/2018-19
Coverage : All Blocks

Maximum Marks: 100

Attempt all the questions
1. What is meant by social responsibilities of business? Describe various views in favour of and against
social responsibilities of business. (5+15)

2. How does the government implement its regulatory role in business? What are its objectives?
(15+5)

3. Explain the concept of workers’ participation in management. Discuss its different schemes.
(5+15)

4. Discuss salient features of the Export-Import Policy 1997-2002. (20)

5. Write short notes on the following (5x4)

(a) Mixed economy in India
(b) Consumer Protection Act, 1986
(c) Industrial sickness
(d) Importance of foreign trade
 Assignment
English for Business Communication (BEGE-104)

Assignment Code: BDP/BEGE-104/TMA/2018-19

Max. Marks: 100
Note: Answer all questions

1 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.

At the Harvard Negotiation Project we have been developing a new method of

negotiation explicitly designed to produce good results efficiently and amicably. This
method, called principled negotiations or negotiations on the merits, can be boiled
down to four basic points.

The first point recognizes that human beings are not computers. People have strong
emotions, often see things very differently, and do not always communicate clearly.
In negotiation it often happens that emotions get mixed up with the objective rights
and wrongs of the situation. Taking up a fixed position makes this worse because
people’s personalities become identified with their positions. So before the actual
negotiation begins we need to distinguish between personal differences and
differences over solutions to the problem.

The second point distinguish between what people say they want, their stated
positions, and what they really want, their underlying interests. Negotiating positions
often hide what you really want. A compromise between two positions is not likely to
produce an agreement which satisfies the need underlying each position.

The third point acknowledges the problem of having to find a perfect solution while
you’re under pressure. Making up your mind in the presence of your opponent
restricts your ideas. Deciding on something very important or trying to find the
perfect answer limits creative thought. You can get around these limitations by
arranging a set amount of time to think up a wide range of possible solutions which
help both sides and creatively bring them together.

When both sides find that their interests are directly opposed, one negotiator may try
to win simply by being stubborn. However, you can respond to such tactics by
insisting that his/her opinion alone is not enough and that some fair independent
standard is needed. This does not mean that you yourself select the independent
standard, rather that both of you decide on one, such as market value expert opinion,
or law. By discussing such criteria neither side need give in to the other.

Briefly answer the following questions:

1a What situation is created when emotions intrude into the negotiation process? 2
1b People do not always state what they desire. What do they do instead? Discuss. 2
1c Negotiators need to have a fixed ‘time-alone’ period. Why? 2
1d Why does it often become necessary to consult a specialist in the process of
negotiation? Who should these people be? 2
1e Suggest an appropriate title to the passage. 2
1f State whether the following statements are true or false with reference to the passage.
5
i People's emotions often complicate matters in life.
ii The writer believes that negotiation is creativity under pressure.
3
 iii An example of the use of objective reference points is to consult a specialist.
iv People often win by not budging from their position.
v A negotiating position often makes it hard to identify real needs.

1g Make sentences of your own with the following phrases: 5

i get mixed up ii fixed position iii to think up

iv give in to v bring them together

2 Imagine that you work in a company’s public relations department. An American

company has written asking for some information about your company. Draft a short
letter briefly summarizing your company’s structure and the product(s) it deals with.
10

3 The “Adventure Club” in your college is planning to go on a trekking expedition to

Manali. As secretary of the club, prepare a notice for the college notice board giving
the necessary information in about 100 words. 10

4 Write short notes on any two of the following: 10

i Features of a business proposal iii Guidelines for writing e-mails

ii An effective group discussion iv Body language

5 You are about to complete your Bachelor’s degree and want to apply to several
universities for an appropriate job. Prepare a detailed CV and covering letter. 20

6 Complete the conversation with the correct forms of the verbs given. One is done for
you. 5

A: How did you end up studying (study) here?

B: My friend recommended this school, so I decided ………………. (sign up) for
this class. How about you?
A: Well, I wasn’t planning on ………………. (learn) English, but my company
offered ………………. (pay) for my classes. I agreed ………………. (come),
and here I am! I want to keep on ………………. (take) classes if I can.

7a Rewrite the sentences with the form of adjectives given in brackets without changing
their meaning. One is done for you: 5

i No residential building is as tall as the new Global tower in Mumbai. (change

to superlative.)
The tallest building in Mumbai is the new Global Tower.
ii Rekha is not as tall as Deepika. (change to comparative)
iii He is the most handsome man in the room.( change to positive)
iv This stream is not as clear as the one we left behind. (change to comparative)
v No college president has been as charismatic as Nandita Som. (change to
superlative)
vi Of all the men he is the strongest. (change to positive)

7b Say the following sentences politely. You may use appropriate modals: 5

i I need to use your cellphone.

ii Lend me your pen.

4
 iii I want to leave early today.
iv I want some more coffee.
v I am going to turn off the TV.
7c Complete the following sentences. 5
i If you do not sleep early, ………..
ii If you meet the Principal, …….
iii If it rains, ………….
iv If you leave now, ………….
v If you do not exercise, ……..
7d Read the introductory speech made by the Team Leader to the new recruits at the
BPO centre. Complete it with sentences given in the box. There are more sentences
in the box than required. 5
‘The Great Communications Call Centre’ welcomes all the newcomers on board.
Mind you I said ‘on board’ because the organization is a ship that ……………………
and secondly because the organization promises that …………………… while you
are here on duty. I would like to mention that …………………… . It is also expected
that …………………… . It is also suggested that…………………… . Then on it is
smooth sailing.

a) you will maintain confidentiality regarding the strategies and projects of the company.
b) needs to be kept afloat
c) no business, personal or otherwise, will be given priority over work here.
d) your food and comfort would be looked after.
e) you feel at home here
f) the company expects you to abide by the rules and regulations.
g) the company will reach new heights with your contribution.

8 Complete these words or expressions, using the words below. 5

down, in, out, over, up, up

Example: Buyout purchase of a company by the management

i ……………..put contribution
ii ……………..load to transfer files from one computer to another
iii ……………..dated modernized, brought up to date
iv ……………..heads day to day costs of running a business
v wind …………….. to liquidate or close a company, or division

5
 Foundation Course in English-2 (FEG-02)
Assignment

Course Code: FEG-02

Assignment Code: FEG-02/TMA/2018-19
Max. Marks: 100

1. Read the following passage and make notes in an appropriate format. (15)

Chocolate. There are few foods that people feel as passionate about – a passion that goes
beyond a love for the “sweetness” of most candies or desserts: after all, few people crave
caramel, whipped cream, or bubble gum. Chocolate is, well, different. For the true chocoholic,
just thinking about chocolate can evoke a pleasurable response.

Two years ago, my wife and I travelled to the Amazon. On one of our expeditions, our guide
pointed out a cacao tree growing wild in the jungle. I had never seen one before.

Looking strangely alien, dozens of yellow-green pods hung from the trunk and stems of the
tree. Our guide picked one of the hand-sized fruits, stripped off the rippled outer layer with his
knife, and handed us chunks of the fibrous white pulp inside – the fruit of the cacao tree. Two
local children who had followed us into the forest waited impatiently for their own turn. With
practiced hands, a girl of about six borrowed the guide’s knife, hacked off the covering from
another pod, and shared a big chunk of pulp with her brother.

Few people get to sample the fruit of the cacao tree. It was mild tasting, with a subtle,
bittersweet chocolate flavour. Embedded in the pulp were dark, purple-colored seeds that,
after being dried and processed, chocolate lovers like myself have come to recognize as
“chocolate beans.”

The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) is a native of Central and South America. Today, it is
cultivated around the equator, and can be found in the Caribbean, Africa, South-East Asia, and
even in the South Pacific Islands of Samoa and New Guinea.

By the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Aztecs had an advanced and powerful civilization
located in what is now central Mexico. Many people believe that the Aztecs first developed

3
chocolate. However, chocolate goes back much farther. The ancient Maya, who inhabited what
is now parts of southern Mexico and Central America, certainly consumed chocolate. In fact,
the word “cacao” is Mayan: as early as 500 A.D., the Mayans were writing about cacao on their
pottery. Some think chocolate may be even older, dating back to the Olmec civilization that
preceded the Maya.
The chocolate of these Mesoamerican civilizations was consumed as a bitter-tasting drink made
of ground cacao beans mixed with a variety of local ingredients, a drink that was said to build
up resistance and fight fatigue.

2. Write a summary of the passage and suggest a suitable title. (15)

3. Write a paragraph of 100-150 words on any one of the following topics: (10)

a. The joint family system.

b. Humility is a sign of scholarship.
c. The role of art in our life.
d. Childhood memories.

4. Write a composition of 250-300 words based on any one of the pictures given below: (20)

A B C D E

5. You are the Culture Secretary of your institution. Write a report in 250 words of a meeting
held to discuss the forthcoming Annual Day. (20)

6. A survey was recently conducted in your residential area regarding the creation and
maintenance of green sections which would be strictly for senior citizens and out of bounds for
children. Write a report of the survey outlining both the advantages and disadvantages of the
proposal. (20)

4
 Foundation Course in English (FEG-01/BEGF-101)
Assignment
Course Code: FEG-01/BEGF-101
Assignment Code: FEG-1/BEGF-101/TMA/2018-19
Max. Marks: 100
Answer all the questions

1 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

A lot of people are involved with nature conservation, taking care of the plants and
animals which share the planet. Until the beginning of the 20th century, people thought
we could conserve nature by looking after individual species by putting wild animals in
zoos, or plants in botanical gardens. Now we understand that we need to conserve whole
habitats, the places where these plants and animals live.
Polar bears may be able to survive as individual animals in concrete pools in Zoos. But to
conserve the species properly they each need hundreds of square kilometers of Arctic
landscape where they can hunt in seas free from pollution and roam across snowfields
that are not disturbed by people. Nearer home, hedgehogs need a whole neighbourhood to
live in, with quiet leafy corners for hibernation, and plenty of undergrowth where they
can hunt for slugs and worms, without any danger of eating poisonous chemicals.
We can grow primroses in plant pots, but to conserve these wildflowers properly, we
need to conserve the woodlands where they grow naturally. Nature reserves are important
for providing a safe environment for wildlife, but nature conservation can take place
anywhere.
Lots of people are creating new habitats such as ponds and wildflower meadows, in
gardens and school grounds. In fact some species thrive best in special artificial habitats.
Many starlings, for instance, spend the cold winter nights roosting on the windowsills of
centrally heated office blocks in towns, and then feed all day on the grubs and worms that
live in the soil beneath school playing fields, sports pitches and parks. Most of the
wildflowers we call weeds can survive only if a farmer or a gardener cultivates the soil
and accidentally makes a new seed bed for them each year.

1a What do you think is meant by nature conservation? 2

1b A zoo or a botanical garden is not a suitable place for many species to survive. Which are
these species? Say why it is difficult for them to survive. 4

1c Name some species that survive most successfully in artificial habitats. How do they
survive? 3

1d Find out the words that mean the following: 3

i the plants’ or animals’ natural environment in which it normally lives.

ii bushes and plants growing together under the trees in forests.

3
 iii an area of land that is kept separate or private in order to protect the animals or
birds or people living there.

1e Give a suitable title to the passage. 1

1f Make sentences of your own with the following words/phrases from the passage: 4

i share the planet ii conserve

iii survive iv roam across

1g Give opposites of the following words from the text: 3

i conserve ii danger
iii naturally

2a Make passives of the following sentences: 2

i Renu spoke sharply to the Manager.

ii Australia lost the cricket match by an inning.

2b Fill in the blanks with appropriate gerunds: 2

i ___________ clothes and shoes is her hobby.

ii ___________ letters is a lost art now.

2c Rewrite the sentences using a polite structure 2

i Close the door when you leave.

ii Do not park your car here.

2d Complete the sentences with the correct similes: 2

(as cunning as a fox, as fresh as a lily)

i Her radiant face looked _____________ even after long hours of work.
ii The detective could solve the case although the culprit was _____________.

2e Pick out the Main and Subordinate clause in the following sentences 2

i Had she been honest, she wouldn't have faced this humiliation.
ii The teacher, who motivates students, is always remembered.

3 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles (a/an or the). 10

Africa is .............. second largest continent. Although it begins less than fifty miles south
of Spain, Africa remained ............ mystery to .................. old world explorers for hundred

4
 of years. The northern part of Africa is ............. huge bleak desert - ............... Sahara –
which made overland travel from ...............Mediterranean coast difficult and dangerous.
Added to this, ................ Arabs who lived there did not welcome Christians and without
their help ............... journey was just about impossible. It was not until ...............
eighteenth century that northern explorers managed to get past ................. Sahara desert
in ‘darkest Africa’.

4 Frame question to which the following statement are answers. Use the question word
given in the bracket. e.g. 10

The key is on the table. (Where)

Where is the key?

i. I arrived at ten this morning. (When)

ii. I couldn’t come as it was raining. (Why)
iii. Azad came with me to the station. (Who)
iv. I have come by plane. (How)
v. I took the night bus. (Which)
vi. Gauri decorated the hall. (Who)
vii. She put an ice cube on the cut to stop the bleeding. (How)
viii. Hafiz tailor stitched the achkan. (Who)
ix. I came home early to watch the match. (Why)
x. There was a traffic jam which delayed us. (What)

5 Given below is some biographical information on the Dalai Lama. Use this information
to write a short biographical sketch of the Tibetan spiritual leader (about 200 words).
20
Birth: Small village of Taktser Northeast Tibet in 1935.
Parents: Humble peasants, main livelihood agriculture.
Two sisters and 4 brothers
Education: Informal
Beliefs: Religious tenets of Buddhism, steadfast follower of non-violence
Early life: Spiritual head of Tibetans; expelled in 1950 by the Chinese; took
asylum in India; made Dharamshala his exiled- headquarters.
Notable works: Numerous treatises on religion and spiritualism; most notable is his
Memoir 'My Land and My People' in which he gives a personal
account of life in Tibet 'and of the sad events which totally disrupted
the Tibetan way of life.
Presently in the news: Decision to give up his political career and the right to be the
leader of Tibetans to usher in a democratic process.

6 Write a composition in about 200 words choosing one of the topics given below: 20

i A historical event that interests you

5
 ii Things you do to keep healthy
iii The measures that government should take to improve public transport
iv Use of technology in the home

7 Put the verbs into the correct form, past perfect or simple past: 10

i By the time I ……………..(come) out of the theatre my brother ………… (leave,

already)
By the time I came out of the theatre my brother had left already.
ii Rakesh …………(see) the film before, so he …………(find) it very boring.
iii He …………(not find) the joke interesting because someone …………(tell) him
earlier.
iv When he …………(reach) the class, the teacher …………(finish, already) the
lesson on tenses.
v My mother …………(cook) lunch when I …………(reach) home after school.
vi I ………(invite) my cousin to dinner last night but he ………….(say) ‘no’
because he had decided to watch a film.

6
 Foundation Course in Humanities and Social Sciences
TMA
Course Code: BSHF-101
Assignment Code : BSHF-101/AST/TMA/2018-19
Total Marks: 100

Note: All questions are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question.

DCQ: Answer any two in about 500 words each.

1. How do we study society? Discuss. 20

2. Are the Fundamental Rights are basic to our Constitution? Discuss. 20

3. How has the nature of peace and conflict changed in the current phase of 20
globalisation?

4. What do you understand by the term 'human security'? Discuss. 20

MCQ: Answer any four questions in about 250 words each.

5. What do you understand by the term 'Directive Principles' in our Constitution? 12

Discuss.

6. What do you understand by the term 'renaissance'. Discuss. 12

7. What do you understand by the term 'social structure'? 12

8. How has globalisation affected the Indian economy? Discuss. 12

9. Discuss the nature of bharatnatyam as an art form. 12

10. Who are the Scheduled Tribes? 12

11. What are the functions of the family? Briefly discuss. 12

12. Briefly comment on the evolution of human being as a thinking animal. 12

SCQ: Write short notes on any two in about 100 words each: 6+6

13. (i) The Iron Age

(ii) Denotified Tribes
(iii) Social Change
(iv) Mixed Economy