Note :-

1. All questions carry equal marks.
2. There will be Negative Marking.
3. Medium of Competitive Exam: Bilingual in English & Hindi.

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Syllabus : Economic Administration & Financial Management-II

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1. Unit – I- Banking and Financial Institutions:
   1. Banks: Types, Functions and Importance.
   2. Reserve Bank of India, NABARD, Rural Banking.
   3. Banking Sector Reforms in India.
   4. E-Banking.
   5. Development Banking: IDBI, IFCI, SFCs, UTI, SIDBI.
   6. Challenges before Commercial Banks in 21st Century.
   7. Problems of Banking Sector in India.
   8. Financial Sector Reforms in India.

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2. Unit – II- International Finance and Foreign Exchange:
   1. Nature and Scope of International Finance.
   2. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Institutional Investors.
   3. International Capital Markets, GDRs and ADRs.
   4. Balance of Payment & Balance of Trade.
   5. W.T.O. and India.
   6. International Financial Institutions- IMF, IBRD, ADB, EXIM BANK and ECGC.
   7. Foreign Exchange Rate - Mechanism, Risk and its Management.
   8. Convertibility of Rupee, Devaluation of Currency.

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3. Unit – III- Security Analysis and Portfolio Management:
   1. Management of Securities.
   2. Investment Spectrum.
   3. Primary and Secondary Market Operations.
   4. Credit Ratings in India.
   5. Government Securities Market.
   6. Theories of Portfolio Management.
   7. Mutual Funds, Investors' Protection.
   8. Regulation of Capital Market.
   9. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Objectives, Functions and Role.

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4. Unit – IV- Financial Management:
   1. Meaning, Nature and Scope of Financial Management, Concept of Financial Technology (FinTech).
   2. Capital Budgeting – Concept, Techniques and Importance.
   3. Cost of Capital.
   4. Capital Structure, Leverage.
   5. Ratio Analysis.
   6. Fund Flow and Cash Flow Analysis.
   7. Working Capital Management.
   8. Marginal Cost Analysis, Dividend Policy, Bonus Issue.

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5. Unit – V- Quantitative Techniques:
   1. Correlation and Regression for Business Decisions.
   2. Probability – Basic Concepts, Different Approaches.
   3. Index Numbers, Time Series Analysis.
   4. Hypothesis: Definition, Types, Objectives, Steps in Hypothesis Testing.
   5. Sampling, Probability and Non-Probability Sampling, Sampling Methods.
   6. Chi-Square Test, Goodness of Fit.
   7. ANOVA (Analysis of Variance).
   8. Linear Programming, Queuing Theory, Game Theory, PERT and CPM