Analysis of Management subject Code 17 of UGC NET held on 04 Dec 2019
The UGC NET for Management (Code 17) was conducted in the second half of 04 Dec 2019. The difficulty level of the paper was average.
Before anything else, let us look at the Cut off in last 2 exams. The cut off in June 2019 and Dec 2018 were, as below:
Cut off in Jun 2019
Unreserved: 68% (JRF) and 60% (NET)
OBC: 63% (JRF) and 53% (NET)
SC: 61% (JRF) and 50% (NET)
ST: 62% (JRF) and 49% (NET)
Cut off in Dec 2018
Unreserved: 62% (JRF) and 54% (NET)
OBC: 58% (JRF) and 49% (NET)
SC: 55% (JRF) and 47% (NET)
ST: 54% (JRF) and 46% (NET)
This time, the cut off is likely to remain same. For JRF you can expect cut off to be around 68% and for NET you need around 60%.
After every NET exam, we at Human Peritus, analyse, how many questions appeared from Study Material Package of Human Peritus. During Dec 2019 exam, 87 out of 100 Questions were covered in Package of Human Peritus. Yes, if someone would have studied only from Human Peritus Package (and nothing else, no other book, no previous paper), She/he would have easily scored above 87% in Dec 19 exam of Commerce subject. This “question by question analysis” for 04 Dec exam is available at the bottom of this page. This number was 82% in June 2019, 90% in Dec 2018 and 78% in July 2018. You can see previous years analysis here Jun 2019 and Dec 2018 and July 2018
Overall Summary- Our Advice for Dec 2020 students
On social media, we hear so many gurus saying with confidence that “1 question comes from XXX topic”. Please note that, there are no such trends. If you want to have 100% confidence of cracking UGC NET, you have to stick to these 2 rules.
Rule 1 : Go through every keyword of syllabus.
Rule 2: Treat every keyword of syllabus with equal respect. Nothing is less important.
Highlights of Management subject Code 17 Paper held on 04 Dec 2019 are:
1. Earlier UGC NET in Management was about learning few keywords only. Now the approach is changing and you need to understand the concepts. There were 10 RC based questions, which were on “application of concepts”.
2. Another example is using Ansoff fmatrix or Merger and Acquisition.
3. In every exam you will find 5-6 questions, which hardly anyone can answer, For example, examples of companies names with Merger, Continuous Compounding etc. These questions should not scare you
4. Question on SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organization was definitely out of syllabus.
5. Largest Coverage was from HRM and OB topics.
6. Some Questions on new terms like Hubris Hypothesis, Novation, 2/10 net 30.
7. Pretty easy & straight forward questions from Operation Management (considered to be tough subject) like Queuing theory, CPM, Locational Analysis, ERP, Kaizen.
8. Question in FM were from NI Approach assumptions, Portfolio Analysis, CAPM.
9. Overall the pattern is shifting towards “understanding of concept”, rather than just “remebering keywords“. Thus it is becoming like UPSC and other tougher exams in terms of question pattern and concept testing.
The paper was “predictable” and more than 85% questions were from Human Peritus package.
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We have been consistently seeing that more than 80% questions appear from our content in Management subject for UGC NET. The credit for this goes to our “Structured Methodology” of preparing content. Our team, analysed every question, that appeared in any paper since year 2009. Our subject matter expert team (all of whom are NET/JRF qualified), had brainstorming session on each keyword of revised syllabus, to identity, what should be excluded/included in the content. Lot of research is conducted before finalizing anything in content.
Human Peritus does not just provide study material. We provide you all previous questions with detailed explanation, fresh questions by our team, full length practice papers, online platform practice.
If you choose to go with us, you need not look at any other book, you need not look at you tube videos, you need not worry about previous questions. Nothing else. You can DEPEND COMPLETELY on Us.
You also get continuous guidance on what to study, what to ignore, what to focus upon etc. We also request you to view the video given at the bottom of this page. There is 1 hour video of Paper 2 and another 1 hour video of Paper 1. Please note that it is not 30,000 feet overview, but detailed topic by topic analysis of every keyword of syllabus. It discusses everything about; how to prepare, expected cut off, how many questions were from which topic in June 19, what to do on exam day, time management etc. Therefore our advise is- please sit patiently for 1 hour with a pen and paper.
We update our Study Material package every 6 months. Next updated package for Jun 2020, will be available from 18 Dec 2019, which you can order by following the steps listed on the home page of website (Click on the Green boxes, as per your subject). This time, we are making number of MAJOR changes in the entire content, to take you closest to actual exam.
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S No |
Question |
Source in Human Peritus Package |
1 |
Budget planning steps |
Online Question bank- Levels of Strategy, Vision, Mission Q1, Booklet Name- Business Management, Page- 5, Planning Process |
2 |
Psychological barriers to communication |
Online Question bank- Communication Q9, Booklet Name- Business Management, Page- 54, Barriers in Communication |
3 |
source of opportunity identification |
Booklet Name- Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance, Generic Question on Idea Generation |
4 |
Branding strategies (match the following) |
Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page- 99 (Brand Extension),101 (Brand Relaunch), 105 (Brand Rejuvenation and Brand Proliferation) |
5 |
retail outlet formats or types |
Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page- 64, Types of Retailers |
6 |
line extention, brand extension, cobranding |
Online Question bank- Brand Management Q8, Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page- 99, Brand Strategy |
7 |
Theories of International trade (Match the following) |
Online Question bank- Theories of international trade; Government intervention in international trade Q28, Booklet Name- International Business, Page- 16-17, Theories of International Trade |
8 |
Hubris Hypothesis |
Not Covered |
9 |
HRM; cross border alliance |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 106, Generic Question on International HRM |
10 |
corporate restructuring |
Booklet Name- Financial Management, Page- 108, Advantages of Mergers and Acquisitions |
11 |
HR procedures; decision making |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 18, Introduction of Strategic HRM |
12 |
global pay system steps |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 63, Generic Question on International Compensation Management |
13 |
CPM activities |
Not Covered |
14 |
combined leverage |
Online Question bank- Leverage Q7, Booklet Name-Financial Management, Page- 51, Leverage |
15 |
Marketing feasibility |
Booklet Name- Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance, Page- 24, 2nd Question in Booklet |
16 |
Career planning, development (match the following) |
Online Question bank- Career Planning and Development Q12, Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 51, Career Planning and Development |
17 |
Public Relations; promotion |
Online Question bank- Promotion, Advertising Management, Sales Promotion and PR, Direct Marketing and Personal Selling Q39, Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page- 86, Promotion Decisions |
18 |
Foreign exchange risk exposure |
Online Question bank- International Finance Q23, Booklet Name- Financial Management, Page- 120, Exchange Rate risk |
19 |
Queuing theory |
Booklet Name- Operations Management, Page- 66, Queuing theory |
20 |
4 P’s of marketing |
Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page- 6, Marketing Mix |
21 |
Accounting concepts |
Online Question bank- Accounting Standards, Concepts and Principles Q15, Booklet Name- Accounting, Page- 5, Basic Accounting Principles |
22 |
continuous compunding |
Not Covered |
23 |
Theory of comparative advantage |
Online Question bank- Theories of international trade; Government intervention in international trade Q1, Booklet Name- International Business, Page- 17, Theories of International Trade |
24 |
strategic management; decision making |
Booklet Name- Strategic Management, Page- 5, Concept of Strategic Management |
25 |
Novation |
Not Covered |
26 |
properties of point estimates |
Booklet Name- Manegerial Statistics, Page- 7, Properties of Point estimate |
27 |
balance sheet question |
Booklet Name- Accounting, Page-17, Concepts of Accounting |
28 |
Foreign trade policy (A & R) |
Booklet Name- International Business, Page-43, Generic Question on Foreign Trade Policy |
29 |
nature of decision making |
Booklet Name- Business Management, Page- 57, Steps of Decision Making |
30 |
Ansoff matrix strategy for M & A |
Online Question bank- Portfolio Analysis, BCG, GE, PLC, Grand Strategy Matrix, SPACE Q7, Booklet Name- Strategic Management, Page- 30, Ansoff’s Matrix |
31 |
Portfolio theory |
Booklet Name- Financial Management, Page- 44, Portfolio Risk Management and CAPM |
32 |
Objective of HR planning |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 22, HR Planning process |
33 |
Regiocentricism, Geocentricisim |
Booklet Name- International Business, Page- 12, EPRG Framework |
34 |
ROE calculation |
Booklet Name- Accounting, Page- 41, DuPont Analysis |
35 |
sampling; strata |
Online Question bank- Research Design & Sampling Theory Q47 |
36 |
Mintzberg model of strategic decision making |
Online Question bank- June 2019 Management Paper |
37 |
Andrew Carnegie- The Gospel of Wealth |
Not Covered |
38 |
Force field theory |
Online Question bank- Change Management Q7, Booklet Name- Organization Behavior , Page- 127, Change Management Theory |
39 |
whistle blowing |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 96, Whistle Blowing |
40 |
QUEST technique steps |
Not Covered |
41 |
Collusion |
Booklet Name- Manegerial Economics, Page- 48, Oligopoly |
42 |
NI approach assumptions |
Booklet Name- Financial Management, Page- 20, Capital Structure Theories |
43 |
sale of long term investment |
Booklet Name- Accounting, Page- 30, Cash Flow and Fund Flow theory |
44 |
Theories of dividend (match the following |
Online Question bank- Dividend Decision Q5, Booklet Name- Financial Management, Page- 60, Dividend Decisions |
45 |
coupon, strips, warrants |
Not Covered |
46 |
capital budgeting methods |
Booklet Name- Financial Management, Page- 70, Capital Budgeting Methods |
47 |
primary data collection methods |
Booklet Name- Manegerial Statistics, Page- 25, Types of Data |
48 |
Customer Life time value |
Not Covered |
49 |
steps of personal selling |
Online Question bank- Promotion, Advertising Management, Sales Promotion and PR, Direct Marketing and Personal Selling Q4, Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page- 89, Personal Selling |
50 |
selection process sequence |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page 34, Process of Selection |
51 |
stages of group development sequence |
Online Question bank- Group Behaviour Q1, Booklet Name- Business Management, Page- 99, Stages of Group Formation |
52 |
market segmentation |
Online Question bank- Segmentation Targeting and Positioning Q2, Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page- 32, Market Segmentation |
53 |
forms of direct marketing |
Online Question bank- Promotion, Advertising Management, Sales Promotion and PR, Direct Marketing and Personal Selling Q47 |
54 |
demand function |
Booklet Name- Manegerial Economics, Page- 10, Determinants of Demand |
55 |
sampling error, estimation error |
Online Question bank- Research Design & Sampling Theory Q30, Booklet Name- Manegerial Statistics, Page- 66, Probable and Standard Error |
56 |
row minima column minima rule |
Booklet Name- Operations Management, Page- 64, Transportation Problem |
57 |
bureaucratic form of organization |
Booklet Name- Business Management, Generic Question on Bureaucracy |
58 |
Service quality GAPS model |
Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page- 60, GAP analysis for Services |
59 |
Quality certification marks (match the following) |
Not Covered |
60 |
Independent variable; prediction error (A&R) |
Booklet Name- Manegerial Statistics, Page- 65, Coefficient of Determination Theory based |
61 |
Retail firm strategic issues |
Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page- 63, Retailing and Distribution Decisions |
62 |
Growth of financial markets globally |
Booklet Name- Financial Management, Page- 114, International Financial Market theory based |
63 |
International negotiation steps sequence |
Booklet Name- Business Management, Page- 111, Generic Question on Negotiation Process |
64 |
HR forecasting techniques |
Online Question bank- HR Planning Q21, Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 23, HR forecasting method |
65 |
marketing strategy for foregin market (A&R) |
Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page-117, International Marketing Theory based |
66 |
Interactionalism, Productivity approach |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management , Page- 20, 2nd Question (Contingency), HR Approach from Hawthrone Experiment |
67 |
Entry modes sequence according to risk |
Booklet Name- International Business, Page- 8, Stages of Going global |
68 |
Indifference curve |
Online Question bank- Consumer Behaviour Q1, Booklet Name- Manegerial Economics, Page- 33, Properties of Indiffernce curve |
69 |
New product development |
Online Question bank- New Products Development, Product Life Cycle, Product Management, Competitor Strategies Q16, Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page-41, New Product Development |
70 |
Methods of off-the-job training |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 67, Off-the-Job training |
71 |
Entrepreneurs motivation factors |
Booklet Name- Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance, Page 5, Generic question on Drivers of Enterpreneurship |
72 |
Shanghai Cooperation Organization |
Not Covered |
73 |
Branding concept (A&R) |
Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page-93, Generic Question on Branding |
74 |
SIP in market trageting |
Not Covered |
75 |
Moral reasoning; Propounders (match the following) |
Not Covered |
76 |
Delphi technique |
Online Question bank- HR Planning Q2, Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 23, HR Forecasting |
77 |
Executive Support Systems |
Online Question bank- June 2019 Paper, Booklet Name- Stretegic Management and MIS, Page- 46, Types of Informations System |
78 |
Characteristics of “Hyper-competition” |
Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page-37, Generic Question on Competitor Strategies |
79 |
Autonomation; Kaizen; Bakayoke |
Booklet Name- Operations Management, Page-36, Quality Management |
80 |
2/10 net 30 |
Not Covered |
81 |
Asset pricing construct; Proposer (Match the following) |
Online Question bank- June 2019 Management Paper Q10(Portfolio), Booklet Name- Financial Management, Page- 33 (CAPM) partially covered |
82 |
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) |
Booklet Name- Operations Management, Page- 28, ERP Defination |
83 |
microeconomic issues of business sequence |
Booklet Name- Managerial Economics, Page- 5, Concept of Managerial Economic Theory Based |
84 |
Human resource selection |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page- 33, Defination of selection |
85 |
Significance level |
Booklet Name- Managerial Statistics, Page- 40, Theory Based question on Hypothesis testing |
86 |
Description of Attitude |
Booklet Name- Business Management, Page- 64, Attitude Defination |
87 |
Plant location decision (A&R) |
Booklet Name- Operations Management, Page-9, Factors of Plant location |
88 |
RBI guidelines (2008) incipient sickness |
Booklet Name- Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance, Page 52, Defination of Sickness |
89 |
International expansion entry modes sequence |
Booklet Name- Marketing Management, Page-116, International Marketing- Global Entry Strategy |
90 |
M&A strategy; examples (Match the following) |
Booklet Name- Financial Management, Page- 103, Strategies of Merger and Acquisition |
91 |
Labour efficiency variance calculation (DI type) |
Booklet Name- managerial Accounting , Page-69, Question on Varience Analysis |
92 |
overhead volume variance calculation (DI type) |
Booklet Name- managerial Accounting , Page-69, Question on Varience Analysis |
93 |
Direct material price variance (DI type) |
Booklet Name- managerial Accounting , Page-69, Question on Varience Analysis |
94 |
Overhead spending variance (DI type) |
Booklet Name- managerial Accounting , Page-69, Question on Varience Analysis |
95 |
Material quantity variance (DI type) |
Booklet Name- managerial Accounting , Page-69, Question on Varience Analysis |
96 |
counselling mode (HR comprehension) |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Generic Question on HRM |
97 |
Management approach (HR comprehension) |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Page 12, Various Approaches to HR |
98 |
Manager Skills (HR comprehension) |
Booklet Name- Business management, Page 8, Skills of Manager |
99 |
Promotion policy (HR comprehension) |
Booklet Name- Human Resource Management, Generic Question on Employee Promotion |
100 |
Transactional Analysis life position (HR comprehension) |
Booklet Name- Business management, Page 78, Transactional Analysis |