OBJECTIVE :-

        This courses in basically means for partial purposes. It aims at :
        (I)   Acquainting students with specific commercial terms to comprehend business and banking  correspondence.
        (II)  developing skills of drafting letters for commercial purposes, and
        (III) developing skills of drafting resolutions and questionnaires for specific purposes.

SECTION- I
        (I)   Vocabulary                                                                  07 Marks
        (II)  Commercial terms                                                        05 Marks 
       (III) Bank correspondence                                                  10 Marks
       (IV) Developing a theme                                                     10 Marks
        (V)   Drafting resolutions                                                      08 Marks
       (VI)  Framing Questionnaires                                               10 Marks

SECTION - II
        (VII) A prescribed textbook  { The prescribed textbook is 
               for general study only }                                                 20 Marks

SYLLABUS IN DETAIL :

        (I)    VOCABULARY :

            *     anticipation of, allocation, affluence, acquire, accept {a tender/an offer}, ask for {a question}, ask to/for/about, authorize, ascertain, ,
            *   by way of, be insured, bankrupt, bankruptcy, buffer, bargain, break { a partner-ship/an agreement},
            *   collapse, convenience, campaign, contract,  conclusive, customary, consignment,  commence on, credit, cancel {an order} 
            *   durable, display, disappointed with/at/in, deal in/deal with, depreciation disposal, dissatisfied with, debase, de code, deed,
                diverse, debit, dissolve an agreement/ a partnership}  
           *   endorse, endorsement, the extent of, enable, explore, comply with/to, convenient with/to, correspond with/to, contrary to,
               concerned with, completion, convertibility, in collaboration with, encase, enter into {a partnership/agreement}, for cast, for
               mat, fluctuate, flexibility, hazard, to keep the accounts, cashbooks/ledgers, inflation, involve, incurs, invoice, insist on,
               indicate, liability, install, levy on, lay out, extensive, expense, excess, expiry, enterprise, recur, extraordinary, emphasize,
               pending, reflect on, resume, respond, reliable, reluctant, rotation, stagnant, submit, withdraw, slack, transaction, take up,
               vigilant, unanimous, unique, keep in touch with, on the threshold of,  monopoly, mandate, negotiate, make profit/loss, 
               proposal, promote, pertain to, pledge, potential, to be responsible for/to/in case of, with regard to, to be aware of, to
               arrange for, at the cost of, to the cost of, with respect to, by way of, to keep pace with, to make out {a cheque /
               an invoice/a voucher/a receipt}

      (II)  COMMERCIAL TERMS :
                A list of commercial terms as given below is prescribed for making students familiar with them as they often occur in
              commercial situations. Their familiarity may be tested by sup lay-type, matching type, or multiple-choice type of questions.

                              COMMERCIAL TERMS        

               Current account     Ex-Right Demand Draft                  Ante-date Mail transfer

Post-date Bank statement                Clearing House Letter of Credit                 Grant

Pay Order                        Subsidy Assets                             Warranty Dividend

Guaranty Interest                             Hypothecation Broker                              Mortgage
                  Bonus shares                     Lease] Right shares                      Lien Cum-Dividend

Ex-dividend Can-right

     (III) BANK CORRESPONDENCE :
              Drafting of letters as a customer is required to write to the bank regarding the following:
              2.01    Request for stop-payment of cheques.
              2.02    Request for change of address and transfer of amount from a Saving Bank Account to the Recurring Account.
              2.03    Complaints regarding the errors in calculating interest and in the entries made in the passbook.
     (IV)  DEVELOPING A THEME :
         To develop a theme in not more than 200 words, It will be for or against a proposition on a subject within the experience
            range of the students.
      (V)   DRAFTING  RESOLUTION :
               Drafting resolution for the meeting of a joint stock company {points to be given}
               4.01    Appointment of   Bankers/Auditors/Directors .
               4.02    Issue of new shares/Bonus shares/Right shares.
               4.03    Declaration of dividend.
     (VI)   FARMING QUESTIONNAIRES :
               Farming Questionnaires relating to be the following.
               5.01    Survey of the living candidates of the different sections of society.
               5.02    Marker research for a particular product.
     (VII) A PRESCRIBED TEXT-BOOK :
               An appropriate anthology of prose short stories will be prescribed the Board of studies from time to time.
               Prescribed textbook    :    Easy short stories
                                                        By parsed
                                                        Publishers :  Macmillan & Co.
 
                             BOOKS RECOMMENDED

               1.    Brian M.H.Robinson,            -    Communicative competence in Business English,
                       V.S.Trakanti,                              { This may be Prescribed as a text book}
               2.    Dr.H.V.Shimtre                     -     Business Communication
                      Raj U.S. & Raj S.M                    Publishers : Himalayan Publishing House, Bombay 1989,
               3.    Sharma R.C. & Mohan K.      -    Business Correspondence & Report Writing publishers :

Type of Examination Paper

1.  

   1. Draw a character sketch of 'The Miser'                                                            10
                                                OR
      "Jealousy triumphs over generosity" - Discuss with reference to "A cup of Tea"        10

2. Write Short notes on any two                                                                                 10 

   1. Moral of the story the selfish giant.

   2. Orpheus love for eurydice

   3. Suspense in the story the wrong house.

   4. Kali through your eyes.

   5. Jim and dela.

3.  

   1. Write a latter to the manager, bank of India about the impolite behaviour of Mr. x in his bank.  10
                                                  OR
      Write on behalf of a customer who wants to procure loan for the education of his son.

4.  

   1. Draft a circular letter announcing the shifting of your factory to a new premises.        10
                                                  OR
      Inspite of your reminder the customer has not settled the account write a letter to him asking him to pay the due amount failing which he shall fall legal action.

5.  

   1. Write an advertisement in 25 words introducing a new brand of hair oil or detergent powder.    05.

   2. Write an advertisement in 25 words promoting the sale of a particular brand of a washing machine or a  wrist watch.

6. Write a paragraph of about 150 words on any one of the following :                            10

   1. Corruption.

   2. Price-hike

   3. Role of a salesman in business.

7.  

   1. Match the words in 'A' with their meaning in 'B                                                        04
                   A                                        B
      
      

   2. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the correct option from the braclet.        03.

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