AHSEC Class 11 Business Studies Syllabus 2024-2025: Download in PDF

Assam HS 1st Year Business Studies Syllabus 2025: Students of AHSEC Class 11 can get the Business Studies Syllabus for the 2024-25 academic session here. This syllabus is officially released by the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) to help students prepare the right content for their upcoming examinations. We have provided the syllabus in PDF format so that students can download and use it in offline mode.

Contents of the AHSEC Class 11 Business Studies Syllabus

The AHSEC HS 1st year syllabus includes details about the course contents and exam pattern. It includes:

• Weightage distribution across different units
• Suggestive number of periods for each unit
• Details of topics to be covered
• Format and marking scheme of project work
• Topics of project work

Students can access the complete syllabus below to prepare effectively and perform well in their AHSEC Class 11 Business Studies Exam 2024-2025.

Unit-wise Distribution of Marks & Periods: 2024-2025

AHSEC Class 11 Business Studies Syllabus 2024-2025

For the AHSEC Class 11 Business Studies assessment, there will be one theory paper for 80 marks and a project for 20 marks. The time allowed to write the theory paper will be 3 hours while 15 minutes will be provided to read the question paper. Check the detailed syllabus below for the course contents for Assam board class 11 Business Studies theory exam and project assignments.

Unitwise Distribution of Course Contents

Part-A: Foundation of Business

Unit-1: BUSINESS, TRADE AND COMMERCE:

• Concept of Business, Characteristics and Objectives.
• Comparison of Business, Profession and Employment.
• Classification of Business activities- Industry and Commerce.
• Industry- Types: Primary, Secondary, Tertiary- Meaning and Sub-groups.
• Commerce-Trade and Auxiliaries to Trade.
• Business Risk- Concept, Nature and Causes.
• Starting a Business- Basic factors.
• Role of Business in the Development of Economy.

Unit-2: FORMS OF BUSINESS ORGANISATION:

• Sole Proprietorship- Concept, Features, Merits and Limitations.
• Joint Hindu Family Business- Concept, Features, Merits and Limitations.
• Partnership- Concept, Features, Merits and Limitations, Types of partners, Types of Partnerships, Partnership Deed, Registration.
• Cooperative Society- Concept, Features, Merits and Limitations. Types of Cooperative Societies.
• Joint Stock Company- Meaning, Features, Merits, Limitations, Types of Companies, Difference between Private and Public Company.
• Choice of forms of Business Organisation- Factors affecting.

Unit-3: PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND GLOBAL ENTERPRISE:

• Public Sector and Private Sector - Concept.
• Forms of organising, Public Sector Enterprises:

Departmental Undertakings- Features, Merits and Limitations.

Statutory Corporation- Features, Merits and Limitations.

Government Company- Features, Merits and Limitations.

• Changing Role of Public Sector.
• Global Enterprise- Concept, Features.
• Joint Ventures- Meaning, Types, Benefits.
• Public Private Partnership (PPP).

Unit-4: BUSINESS SERVICES:

• Introduction, Nature of Services, Difference between Services and Goods, Types of Services.
• Business Services: Banking- Types of Banks, Functions of Commercial Banks, e-BankingBenefits. Insurance- Principles of Insurance, Its Types- Life, Fire and Marine. Difference between Life, Fire and Marine Insurance.
• Communication Services: Postal and Telecom Services.
• Warehousing: Concept, Types and Functions.

Unit-5: EMERGING MODES OF BUSINESS:

• E-Business- Concept, Scope and Benefits, Limitations. Traditional Vs e-Business.
• Online Transactions-Security and Safety of e-Transactions.

Unit-6: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF BUSINESS AND BUSINESS ETHICS:

• Concept of Social Responsibility.
• Need for Social Responsibility: Arguments for and against Social Responsibility.
• Responsibility towards Owners, Investors, Employees, Consumers, Government and Community.
• Business and Environmental protection: Types of Pollution, Role of Business in Environmental Pollution.
• Business Ethics- Concept and Elements.

Part-B: Corporate Organisation, Finance and Trade

Unit-7: FORMATION OF COMPANY:

• Introduction, Formation of a Company- Its different stages, Promotion of a Company: Promoter- Meaning, Functions, Registration or Incorporation of Company, Documents required for Incorporation of Company- Memorandum of Association- Its meaning & Different clauses, Articles of Association- Its meaning and contents, Capital Subscription Stage, Memorandum of Association Vs Articles of Association, Prospectus, Statement in lieu of Prospectus.

Unit-8: SOURCES OF BUSINESS FINANCE:

• Meaning, Nature and Significance of Business Finance, Classification of Sources of Funds, Sources of Finance: Retained Earnings- Merits & Limitations, Trade Credit- Merits & Limitations, Public Deposits- Merits & Limitations, Factoring- Merits and Demerits, Lease Financing- Merits and Demerits, Issue of Shares, Types of Shares, Preference Share- Its types, Debenture-Its types.
• International Financing, GDRs, ADRs & IDRs, FCCBs.
• Factors affecting the choice of the Sources of Funds.

Unit-9: MSME AND BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP:

• Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Concept, Role of MSME, Problems associated with MSME, MSME and Entrepreneurship Development.
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - Its Importance for Entrepreneurs, Types of Intellectual Properties-Trademark, Geographical Indication, Patent, Design, Plant Variety, Semiconductor, Integrated Circuits Layout Design.

Unit-10: INTERNAL TRADE: Marks-08

• Internal Trade- Meaning, Wholesale Trade- Meaning, Services of Wholesalers, Retail tradeMeaning, Services of Retailers.
• Types of Retailing Trade-Itinerant Retailers, Fixed shop Retailers- Fixed shop small RetailersIts types, Fixed Shop Large Store-(Departmental stores, Chain store or Multiple shops), Their Features, Merits and Limitations, Departmental Store Vs Multiple Shop.
• Mail Order Houses- Meaning, Merits and Limitations.
• Super Markets-Meaning, Merits and Limitations.
• Vending Machine- Meaning
• Goods and Services Tax (GST) –Concept and key features.
• Role of Commerce and Industry Associations in Promotion of Internal Trade.

Unit-11: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS:

• Meaning of International Business, International Business Vs Domestic Business, Scope of International Business, Benefits of International Business, Modes of Entry into International Business- Exporting and Importing, Contract Manufacturing, Licensing and Franchising, Joint Ventures, Wholly owned Subsidiaries.
• Export- Import Procedures and Documentation.

Export Procedure.

Import Procedure.

• Documents used in Export and Import Trade.

Part C: Project Work for AHSEC HS 1st Year Business Studies

Project Work - 20 Marks.

• Project Preparation - 12 Marks
• Project VIVA VOCE - 08Marks

Format for Project Work of Business Studies (H.S. First Year)

Cover Page:-

1. Title of the Project.
2. Information of the student (Name, Roll No, Registration No, Year)
3. Name of the Supervisor/Guide.
4. Name of the Institution.
5. Year.

Second Page: Acknowledgement.

Third Page: Declaration by the students.

Forth Page: Certificate from Supervisor/Guide.

Certificate from Head of the Institution/Department.

Fifth Page: Contents/Index.

Main text of the project

References /Bibliography.

The project work for H.S. First Year students may include topics like:

1. Field work/visit to Consumer Co-operative Societies/Handloom/handicraft units, wholesale market, Shopping malls, Local Hut (bazaar-weekly, daily, regulated markets).
2. Visit to some service sector units like Hotels/Insurance/Restaurants/Travel Agencies/Tent houses and likewise.
3. E-marketing and its popularity.
4. Visit to village industries units like piggery, poultry, fishery, cane and bamboo, diary, specially promoted by SHGs.
5. E-banking.
6. Social responsibilities of Business discharged by leading organisations.
7. Study on leading entrepreneurs of your city/town/locality.
8. Visit to Micro, small and medium industry.
9. Food processing industry.
10. Study on various Government schemes that support MSMEs of your area.

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