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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, SIRMAUR

POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT
Course: ITC, Term I
Quiz and END-Term Examination

Max. Marks – 5 + 50 Time: 15 Minutes + 2 Hours

Instructions
1. This question paper contains 2 sections. Section 1 comprises of quiz for 15 minutes and section
two End term examination having 5 questions. You are required to answer all the questions.
2. Marks are indicated in the right parenthesis against each question.
3. This is a Close book examination. You are expected to follow all the norms of the examination.
4. Besides the main answer book you are required to submit the excel file. Attempt each question
in separate worksheet of single excel file. Name of excel file should be as per exam guideline.
5. Wherever asked, give proper justification for your answer.

Section 1 – Quiz
(answer in beginning of the Word file)

I- Differentiate Vloolup and Index & Match function. (2.5

Marks)
II- Differentiate NPV and IRR functions of excel (2.5
Marks)

Section 2- End Term Examination

Question 1: Attempt any two (answer in Word file) (5X2 = 10 Marks)

A. In present context no organization can survive without the Information Technology (IT).
Elaborate giving suitable examples.

B. Write your opinion either in favour or against the following statement.

“Block chain will change all the organizations of 21st century”.

C. How does Industry 4.0 is impacting the existing business environment? Which industry is
getting impacted the most and which is the least explain why?

Question 2: The spreadsheet mentioned next contains Student Roll No., Marks Obtained, and Total
Marks of various students of MBA class. Write a formula for cell D2 (that can be copied down up to
D11) to determine the percentage of marks obtained by the student. Write a formula for cell E2
(that can be copied down up to E11) to determine the grades obtained by the student. The grade
scheme is <=50% C Grade, >50% but <=70% is B Grade, and >70% is A Grade.

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Answer in Excel file (4 +6 Marks)

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 A B C D E
1 Total Grade
Student Marks
Mark Percentage
Roll No. Obtained
s
2 MBA1 23 100
3 MBA2 42 100
4 MBA 3 13 100
5 MBA 4 54 100
6 MBA 5 90 100
7 MBA 6 16 100
8 MBA 7 42 100
9 MBA 8 85 100
10 MBA 9 74 100
11 MBA
70 100
10

Question 3: In the spreadsheet layout mentioned below, column A contains names of seven
different business regions and columns B contain respective revenues of a company. Write a
formula for Cell B11 using Vlookup functions to return the revenue from the region which is
entered in the cell A11. Also demonstrate the same in B12 cell using Index and Match function.
Answer in Excel file (3+5 Marks)
A B
1 Regions Revenue
2 Andhra Pradesh ₹ 844,500.00
3 Maharashtra ₹ 950,600.00
4 Himachal Pradesh ₹ 787,000.00
5 North East ₹ 392,345.00
6 Haryana ₹ 655,555.00
7 Punjab ₹ 759666.00
8
9
10 Region Revenue
11 North East
12 North East

Question 4: The spreadsheet mentioned next contains sales data for three different products (car,
2-Wheelar, and 3-Wheelar) across seven different months of a year from January through July.
Write a formula for Cell I4, I5, and I6 that can return the forecasted sales data for the products for
the month of August. In the recalculation it was found that the actual forecasted figures are 72,
112, and 130 and the mistake in data entry was committed for the month of February. What are the
correct sales data for February? Write in cell number J4, J5, and J6. If the data is for year 2020,
please explain the reliability of forecasted figure with justification.
First two parts answer in Excel file and third in Word file (3+ 3 +4 Marks)

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 A B C D E F G H I J
1 Mont
  h              
2   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul  Aug Feb
3 Product 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  2
4 car 128 50 107 86 54 86 89  
5 2-Wheelar 75 90 139 90 146 88 133  
6 3-Wheelar 124 146 130 65 78 111 122  
7                  

Question 5
Micro-units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA) is an organisation established by the
government of India to provide business finance to micro-business units. The loans under the
scheme are given on the pretext of ‘funding the unfunded’. Since small companies and startups are
often left to their own devices for financing their venture, the government has created the concept
of low-cost credit to such undertakings. MUDRA Loans are also a refinanced business loans,
approved and disbursed through public sector banks, private sector banks, co-operative societies,
small banks, scheduled commercial banks and rural banks that come under the scheme. The loans
are generally given to micro or small businesses operating in the manufacturing, trading and
services sector. By taking government loan under MUDRA scheme, a young business graduate
would like to establish his business of 3D printing. He would like to establish his 3D printing unit in a
rural area besides the industrial hub dominated by automobile industry. As per his business plan,
he requires 10,000,00/-. In the said business context please answer the followings:
A & B sections should be attempted in word file and C & D in Excel file.

A) Comment on the growth prospect of the proposed business.

(3 Marks)
B) What should be the ideal payment term (loan period) for him and why?

(3 Marks)
C) For the above loan term calculate the EMI. (3
Marks)
D) What are the principle and interest components for each month? (3
Marks)

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