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• Business Communication (Three hours)
• Fundamentals of Accounting (Three hours)
• Economic and Business Environment (Three hours)
• Business Laws and Management (Two hours)

1

Essentials of Good English

• English Grammar and its usage-Noun, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjection, Voice, Articles, Tenses, Prefix and Suffix, Punctuations etc.
• Enriching Vocabulary-Choice of words, Synonyms and Antonyms
• Common errors in English
• Words with multiple meanings
• One word substitution
• Words frequently mis-spelt
• Homophones
• Idioms and phrases
• Proverbs
• Abbreviations
• Para jumbles
• Sentence completion
• Sentence arrangement
• Sentence correction
• Foreign words and phrases commonly used
• Comprehension of passage and art of Summarizing

2

Communication

• Concept of Communication,
• Meaning and Significance of Good Communication
• Business Communication- Principles and Process
• Means of Communication- Written, Oral, Visual, Audiovisual
• Choice of Modes of Communication
• Communication Networks- Vertical, Circuit, Chain, Wheel, Star
• Commonly used Mediums of Digital CommunicationEmail, SMS, Voice mail, Multimedia, Teleconferencing, Mobile Phone Conversation, Video Conferencing etc.
• Listening Skills-Types, Purpose, Steps to Effective Listening, Barriers to Effective Listening and Ways to overcome the Barriers
• Barriers to Effective Communication and Ways to overcome the Barriers

3

Business Correspondence

• Business Letters - Its Essentials, Parts, Types, Salutations
• Positive Messages, Negative Messages and Persuasive Messages
• Business Reports, Inter and Intra-departmental Communication- Office Orders, Office Circulars, Memorandum, Office Notes, Management Information System (MIS)
• Concept of Web, Internet and E-correspondence
• Intranet- Benefit and Purpose
• Email - Features, Procedure to Write a Formal Email, Email Etiquettes
• Essential Elements of Email- Subject line, Formal Greeting, Target Audience (Reader), Clarity and Conciseness, Formal Closing, Proofreading, Feedback
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Email

4

Common Business Terminologies

Terms defined under various Laws, Rules and Regulations including Financial and Non-Financial terms and expressions.

Part A - Legal Aptitude (25 Marks)

1

Indian Constitution

• Preamble
• Citizenship
• Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties
• Directive Principles of State Policy
• State under Constitution
• President and Governors
• Council of Ministers and Prime Minister
• Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council
• Supreme Court and High Courts
• Landmark Amendment in Constitution
• List of subjects-Centre, State and Concurrent

2

Elements of General Laws (Indian Contract Act and Law of Torts)

Part A: Law of Contract

• Offer, Acceptance, Consideration and Competency to Contract.
• Agreement
• Types of Contract: Void, Voidable, Unenforceable
• Performance of Contract
• Frustration of Contract
• Quasi Contract
• Breach of Contract and Remedies

Part B: Law of Torts

• Basics of Torts
• Specific Defenses
• Nuisance and Negligence
• Strict, Absolute and Vicarious Liability
• Trespass
• Malicious Prosecution

3

Elements of Company Secretaries Legislation

• The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
• Vision, Mission, Motto and Core Values of the Institute
• Company Secretary under Company Secretaries Act, 1980.
• Functions of Company Secretary under the Companies Act, 2013
• Role of Company Secretary in Employment
• Role of Company Secretary in Practice

4

Elements of Company Law

• Meaning and Nature of Company
• Types of Companies
• Incorporation of a Company
• Types of capital
• Board of Directors -(Concept, Appointment and Removal of Directors)
• Board Meetings & Shareholders Meetings
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Business Ethics
• Ethical Dilemma

5

Legal Reasoning

• Legal Fundamentals and Terms
• Legal Problems – Reading and understanding a case
• Legal Terminology and Maxims
• Legal Reasoning-

(a) Reasoning by Analogy

(b) Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

• Questions of Fact (or factual issues)
• Questions of Law (or legal issues)
• Landmark Judgments of Supreme Court and High Court
• Reading Comprehension

Part B: Logical Reasoning

6

Logical Reasoning

• Calendars
• Cause and Effect Reasoning
• Clocks
• Coding and Decoding
• Deriving Conclusion from Passages
• Drawing Inference
• Number Test
• Sequence and Series
• Statement and Assumptions

7

Verbal Reasoning

• Alphabet Test
• Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle
• Analogy
• Assertion and Reason
• Blood Relations
• Decision Making
• Inserting Missing Characters
• Logical Sequence Test
• Logical Venn Diagram
• Number, Ranking and Time Sequence Test
• Syllogism
• Truth Tellers and Liars

8

Non Verbal Reasoning

• Analytical Reasoning
• Classification
• Completion of Incomplete Pattern
• Figure Matrix
• Grouping of Identical Figures
• Mirror Image
• Rule Detection
• Numeric and Alphabet Series