ECONOMICS VIVA- PSU Q & A -Broad guidelines 31/12/2021

1. What is a PSU?

Ans. Government owned enterprises are termed as Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
In a PSU, majority (more than 50%) of shareholding is owned by central government or
state government or both together.

2. Chairman/ CEO of your PSU? Headquarters? Ministry? Minister?

Ans. Specific to your PSU

3. %age of Govt. shareholding in your PSU? Are the shares listed on any stock
exchange? BSE or NSE or both stock exchanges? What is the current market price of
the shares?

Ans. Specific to your PSU. (Check the market price of the shares one day before your viva)

4. What is the tagline/slogan/ brand ambassador for your PSU?

Ans. Specific to your PSU. (If yes, then you must know the same)

5. Vision, Mission, of your PSU. (try to remember the key words & terms)
6. Objectives of your PSU. (try to remember 2 or 3)
7. Name few products and services of your PSU.

Ans. Specific to your PSU (You must know 2 or 3)

8. Where are the locations of units, factories, mines of your PSU?

Ans. Specific to your PSU (if applicable, know 2 or 3)

9. Whether your PSU is making profit or loss in the past two years?

Ans. Specific to your PSU. (You must only know whether it’s making profit or loss. No need
to remember any figure)

10. What is your PSU’s Contribution to Society? (speak about a few CSR activities of
your PSU, maybe 3 or 4 activities. CSR stands for Corporate Social responsibility)
11. What is your PSU’s Contribution to the Economy? (speak briefly about the
importance of the products & services, employment opportunities generated by the
PSU, profits and dividend given to the government exchequer, foreign exchange
earnings etc.)
12. What are the future plans of your PSU?

Ans. Specific to your PSU. (Know this in short. Include expansion plans, new products
plans, etc.).

13. From SWOT analysis, learn 2 strengths, 2 weaknesses, 2 threats (including names of
1 or 2 competitors), 2 opportunities regarding your PSU.

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 14. Under which market structure does your PSU fall?

Ans. Decide on a market structure applicable to your PSU as per Chapter 9, with justification
as you feel appropriate

15. What is Disinvestment in PSU?

Ans. Disinvestment in PSU means selling of government shareholdings in the PSU to

interested buyers, like private investors, other PSUs, banks, financial institutions, etc.
Government disinvests in profit-making PSUs, to raise resources, mainly to finance the
budgetary deficit.

16. Has Government disinvested in your PSU?

Ans. You should know only whether it is yes or no. No need to know any figure.

IMPORTANT: You need to update yourself from your selected PSU official website on all
current information of your selected PSU.

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