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UGC NET Commerce Syllabus 2024

University Grants Commission (UGC) has prescribed the syllabus for the UGC NET Commerce subject. Candidates
who are looking forward to appearing for the UGC NET 2024 exam for Commerce subject should be aware of the
detailed syllabus in order to prepare well in advance. Here, we have shared the detailed UGC NET Commerce
syllabus 2024 for the ease of candidates. The UGC NET Commerce syllabus PDF is also provided below in Hindi as
well as English languages.

Also Read: UGC NET Admit Card 2024 Live Updates

The UGC NET is conducted for a total of 83 subjects, of which, Commerce is also a choice for the candidates.
Candidates who did their post-graduation in Commerce subject can choose the same for the NTA UGC NET 2024.
Candidates who want to choose the Commerce subject for NTA UGC NET 2024 must select ‘Subject Code 08’ while
filling up the UGC NET application form 2024. The UGC NET Commerce exam is scheduled for June 16, 2024.

UGC NET Commerce Syllabus 2024: Names of Units


The UGC NET syllabus for the Commerce subject is divided into ten units. The units of the UGC NET Commerce
syllabus are as follows:

Unit 1: Business Environment and International Business

Unit 2: Accounting and Auditing

Unit 3: Business Economics

Unit 4: Business Finance

Unit 5: Business Statistics and Research Methods

Unit 6: Business Management and Human Resource Management

Unit 7: Banking and Financial Institutions

Unit 8: Marketing Management

Unit 9: Legal Aspects of Business Open


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Unit 10: Income-tax and Corporate Tax Planning

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UGC NET Commerce Syllabus 2024: Unit-Wise & Topic-Wise


Let’s have a look at the detailed unit-wise UGC NET syllabus 2024 for Commerce below:

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Unit 1: Business Environment and International Business
Concepts and elements of business environment: Economic environment- Economic systems, Economic
policies(Monetary and fiscal policies); Political environment- Role of government in business; Legal environment-
Consumer Protection Act, FEMA; Socio-cultural factors and their influence on business; Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR)

Scope and importance of international business; Globalization and its drivers; Modes of entry into international
business

Theories of international trade; Government intervention in international trade; Tariff and non-tariff barriers;
India’s foreign trade policy

Foreign direct investment (FDI) and Foreign portfolio investment (FPI); Types of FDI, Costs and benefits of FDI to
home and host countries; Trends in FDI; India’s FDI policy

Balance of payments (BOP): Importance and components of BOP

Regional Economic Integration: Levels of Regional Economic Integration; Trade creation and diversion effects;
Regional Trade Agreements: European Union (EU), ASEAN, SAARC, NAFTA

International Economic Institutions: IMF, World Bank, UNCTAD

World Trade Organisation (WTO): Functions and objectives of WTO; Agriculture Agreement; GATS; TRIPS; TRIMS

Unit 2: Accounting and Auditing


Basic accounting principles; concepts and postulates

Partnership Accounts: Admission, Retirement, Death, Dissolution and Insolvency of partnership firms

Corporate Accounting: Issue, forfeiture and reissue of shares; Liquidation of companies; Acquisition, merger,
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Holding company accounts

Cost and Management Accounting: Marginal costing and Break-even analysis; Standard costing; Budgetary
control; Process costing; Activity Based Costing (ABC); Costing for decision-making; Life cycle costing, Target
costing, Kaizen costing and JIT

Financial Statements Analysis: Ratio analysis; Funds flow Analysis; Cash flow analysis

Human Resources Accounting; Inflation Accounting; Environmental Accounting

Indian Accounting Standards and IFRS

Auditing: Independent financial audit; Vouching; Verification ad valuation of assets and liabilities; Audit of
financial statements and audit report; Cost audit

Recent Trends in Auditing: Management audit; Energy audit; Environment audit; Systems audit; Safety audit

Unit 3: Business Economics


Meaning and scope of business economics

Objectives of business firms

Demand analysis: Law of demand; Elasticity of demand and its measurement; Relationship between AR and MR

Consumer behaviour: Utility analysis; Indifference curve analysis

Law of Variable Proportions: Law of Returns to Scale

Theory of cost: Short-run and long-run cost curves


Price determination under different market forms: Perfect competition; Monopolistic competition; Oligopoly-
Price leadership model; Monopoly; Price discrimination

Pricing strategies: Price skimming; Price penetration; Peak-load pricing

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Unit 4: Business Finance


Scope and sources of finance; Lease financing

Cost of capital and time value of money

Capital structure

Capital budgeting decisions: Conventional and scientific techniques of capital budgeting analysis

Working capital management; Dividend decision: Theories and policies

Risk and return analysis; Asset securitization

International monetary system

Foreign exchange market; Exchange rate risk and hedging techniques

International financial markets and instruments: Euro currency; GDRs; ADRs

International arbitrage; Multinational capital budgeting

Unit 5: Business Statistics and Research Methods


Measures of central tendency

Measures of dispersion
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Correlation and regression of two variables

Probability: Approaches to probability; Bayes’ theorem

Probability distributions: Binomial, Poisson and normal distributions

Research: Concept and types; Research designs

Data: Collection and classification of data

Sampling and estimation: Concepts; Methods of sampling - probability and non-probability methods; Sampling
distribution; Central limit theorem; Standard error; Statistical estimation

Hypothesis testing: z-test; t-test; ANOVA; Chi-square test; Mann-Whitney test (U- test); Kruskal Wallis test (H-test);
Rank correlation test

Report writing

Unit 6: Business Management and Human Resource Management


Principles and functions of management

Organization structure: Formal and informal organizations; Span of control

Responsibility and authority: Delegation of authority and decentralization

Motivation and leadership: Concept and theories

Corporate governance and business ethics

Human resource management: Concept, role and functions of HRM; Human resource planning; Recruitment and
selection; Training and development; Succession planning
Compensation management: Job evaluation; Incentives and fringe benefits

Performance appraisal including 360-degree performance appraisal

Collective bargaining and workers’ participation in management

Personality: Perception; Attitudes; Emotions; Group dynamics; Power and politics; Conflict and negotiation;
Stress management

Organizational Culture: Organizational development and organizational change

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Unit 7: Banking and Financial Institutions


Overview of the Indian financial system

Types of banks: Commercial banks; Regional Rural Banks (RRBs); Foreign banks; Cooperative banks

Reserve Bank of India: Functions; Role and monetary policy management

Banking sector reforms in India: Basel norms; Risk management; NPA management

Financial markets: Money market; Capital market; Government securities market

Financial Institutions: Development Finance Institutions (DFIs); Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs);
Mutual Funds; Pension Funds

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Financial sector reforms including financial inclusion

Digitisation of banking and other financial services: Internet banking; mobile banking; Digital payments systems

Insurance: Types of insurance- Life and Non-life insurance; Risk classification and management; Factors limiting
the insurability of risk; Re-insurance; Regulatory framework of insurance- IRDA and its role

Unit 8: Marketing Management


Marketing: Concept and approaches; Marketing channels; Marketing mix; Strategic marketing planning; Market
segmentation, targeting and positioning

Product decisions: Concept; Product line; Product mix decisions; Product life cycle; New product development

Pricing decisions: Factors affecting price determination; Pricing policies and strategies

Promotion decisions: Role of promotion in marketing; Promotion methods - Advertising; Personal selling;
Publicity; Sales promotion tools and techniques; Promotion mix

Distribution decisions: Channels of distribution; Channel management

Consumer Behaviour; Consumer buying process; factors influencing consumer buying decisions

Service marketing

Trends in marketing: Social marketing; Online marketing; Green marketing; Direct marketing; Rural marketing;
CRM

Logistics management

Unit 9: Legal Aspects of Business


Indian Contract Act, 1872: Elements of a valid contract; Capacity of parties; Free consent; Discharge of a
contract; Breach of contract and remedies against breach; Quasi-contracts;

Special contracts: Contracts of indemnity and guarantee; contracts of bailment and pledge; Contracts of agency

Sale of Goods Act, 1930: Sale and agreement to sell; Doctrine of Caveat Emptor; Rights of unpaid seller and
rights of buyer

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881: Types of negotiable instruments; Negotiation and assignment; Dishonour and
discharge of negotiable instruments

The Companies Act, 2013: Nature and kinds of companies; Company formation; Management, meetings and
winding up of a joint stock company

Limited Liability Partnership: Structure and procedure of formation of LLP in India

The Competition Act, 2002: Objectives and main provisions

The Information Technology Act, 2000: Objectives and main provisions; Cybercrimes and penalties

The RTI Act, 2005: Objectives and main provisions

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs): Patents, trademarks and copyrights; Emerging issues in intellectual property

Goods and Services Tax (GST): Objectives and main provisions; Benefits of GST; Implementation mechanism;
Working of dual GST

Unit 10: Income-tax and Corporate Tax Planning


Income-tax: Basic concepts; Residential status and tax incidence; Exempted incomes; Agricultural income;
Computation of taxable income under various heads; Deductions from Gross total income; Assessment of
Individuals; Clubbing of incomes
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International Taxation: Double taxation and its avoidance mechanism; Transfer pricing

Corporate Tax Planning: Concepts and significance of corporate tax planning; Tax avoidance versus tax evasion;
Techniques of corporate tax planning; Tax considerations in specific business situations: Make or buy decisions;
Own or lease an asset; Retain; Renewal or replacement of asset; Shut down or continue operations

Deduction and collection of tax at source; Advance payment of tax; E-filing of income tax returns

UGC NET Commerce Syllabus PDF: Hindi & English


In order to appear for the UGC NET Commerce paper, candidates should have a thorough understanding of the
syllabus. The UGC has released the latest syllabus for the Commerce subject in Hindi as well as English languages
for the ease of candidates. Download the UGC NET Commerce syllabus 2024 PDF below

Medium of UGC NET Commerce Syllabus Download PDF

UGC NET Commerce Syllabus in Hindi Download Here

UGC NET Commerce Syllabus in English Download Here

Best Books for UGC NET Commerce Preparation


Though there are numerous books available for the UGC NET Commerce subject in the market, here are some of the
best books for exam preparation.

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Trueman's UGC NET Commerce Parveen Kataria, Anshu Kataria, M Shivani

NTA UGC NET / JRF /SET Commerce Paper 2 Arihant Experts


NTA UGC NET / JRF /SET Vanjya Paper 2 (Hindi) Arihant Experts

NTA UGC NET Commerce 2 Solved Papers Editorial Board

NTA UGC NET/SET/JRF: Paper-II – Commerce KVS Madaan

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UGC NET Commerce Preparation Tips to Score High Marks


Have a look at some of the best UGC NET preparation tips 2024 below to score high in the Commerce subject:

Go through the detailed UGC NET Commerce exam pattern and syllabus thoroughly.

Undertake deep studies initially to cover the whole syllabus.

Prepare study notes for quick revision at a later stage.

Practice more with the help of UGC NET previous year’s question papers 2024

Solve more and more UGC NET mock tests 2024.

Revise the UGC NET important topics on a daily basis.

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