2016 (November)
COMMERCE (Speciality)
Course: 302 (Financial Management)
The figures in the margin indicate full
marks for the questions
(New Course)
Full Marks:
80
Pass Marks: 24
Time: 3 hours
1.
(a) Fill in the blanks: 1x4=4
a) Financial
function is the most important of all ____ functions.
b) ____
working capital helps in maintaining solvency of the business by providing
uninterrupted flow of production.
c) Cost
of capital is the ____ rate of return expected by its investors.
d) The
value of the firm can be maximized, if the shareholders’ wealth is ____.
(b) Write ‘True’ or ‘False’: 1x4=4
a) ‘Finance’
has been rightly termed as universal lubricant which keeps the enterprise
dynamic.
b) Working
capital is also known as revolving or circulating capital.
c) Operating
Leverage x Composite Leverage = Financial Leverage.
d) Payment
of dividend at the usual rate is termed as regular dividend.
2. Write short notes on any four of the following: 4x4=16
a) Financial
forecasting and planning.
b) Working
capital management.
c) Capital
budgeting decisions.
d) Payback
period method.
e) Stable
dividend policy.
3. (a) “Maximization of profit is regarded as the proper
objective of investment decisions, but it is not as exclusive as maximizing
shareholders’ wealth” Comment. 14
Or
(b) What is finance function? Critically analyze the functions
of financial manager in a large-scale industrial establishment. 2+12=14
4. (a) Define the term ‘Working capital’. On the formation of
new business, what considerations are taken into account in estimating the
amount of working capital needed? 3+11=14
Or
(b) J.K. Ltd. requests you to prepare a statement showing the
working capital requirements for a level of activity of 156000 units of
production. The following information is available for you calculations: 14
|
|
Rs. (per unit)
|
|
Raw
Materials
Direct
Labour
Overheads
|
90
40
75
|
|
Profit
|
205
60
|
|
Selling Price
|
265
|
a)
Raw materials are in stock, on average one
month.
b)
Materials are in process, on average 2 weeks.
c)
Finished goods are in stock, on average one
month.
d)
Credit allowed by suppliers’ one month.
e)
Time lag in payment from debtors, 2 months.
f)
Lag in payment of wages, 1½ weeks.
g)
Lag in payment of overheads is one month.
20% of the output is sold against cash. Cash in hand and at
bank is expected to be Rs. 60,000. It is to be assumed that production is
carried on evenly throughout the year, wages and overheads accrue similarly and
a time period of 4 weeks is equivalent to a month.
5. (a) What is cost of capital? Explain its significance. A
firm has the following capital structure and after tax costs for the different
sources of funds used:
|
Sources of funds
|
Amount
(Rs.)
|
Proportion
|
After-tax cost
(%)
|
|
Debt
Preference
shares
Equity
shares
Retained
earnings
|
15,00,000
12,00,000
18,00,000
15,00,000
|
25
20
30
25
|
5
10
12
11
|
|
|
60,00,000
|
100
|
|
You are required to compute weighted average cost of capital. 2+4+8=14
Or
(b) What do you mean by ‘financial leverage’? Distinguish
between financial leverage and operating leverage. Do you think that they are
related to capital structure? 3+6+5=14
6. (a) Discuss the various types of dividend policies. State
the various forms of dividends on the basis of payments. 8+6=14
Or
(b) Discuss the MM theory of dividend distribution. What are
the criticisms of this theory of irrelevance? 8+6=14
(Old Course)
Full Marks: 80
Pass Marks: 32
Time: 3 hours
1.
(a) Write ‘True’ or ‘False’: 1x4=4
a) Corporation
finance is a wider term than business finance.
b) Net
working capital is the excess of current liabilities over current assets.
c) Dividend
policy of a firm affects both the long-term financing and shareholders’ wealth.
d) Equity
shareholders have a residual claim on the assets of the company.
(b) Fill in the
blanks: 1x4=4
a)
It is better for a company to remain in ____
gear during the period of depression.
b)
The rate of return on investments ____ with the
shortage of working capital.
c)
Capital investment decisions are generally of
____ nature.
d)
A firm will have favourable leverage if its ____
are more than the debt cost.
2. Write short notes on any four of the following: 4x4=16
a)
Wealth maximization.
b)
Capital market.
c)
Management of receivables.
d)
Stable dividend policy.
e)
Trading on equity.
3. (a)
What do you mean by business finance? What is the scope of finance function in
a business enterprise? Should the goal of financial decision-making be profit
maximization or wealth maximization? 2+4+6=12
Or
(b) What is financial management? What major decisions are
required to be taken in finance? 4+8=12
4.
(a) Distinguish between operating leverage and financial leverage. Do you think
that they are related to capital structure? 7+4=11
Or
(b) (i) A company issues 10000, 10% preference shares of Rs. 100
each. Cost of issue is Rs. 2 per share. These shares are redeemable after 10
years at a premium of 5%. Calculate the cost of preference capital.
(ii) A company issues 1000, 10% preference shares of
Rs. 100 each at a discount of 5%. Costs of raising capital are Rs. 2,000.
Compute the cost of preference capital.
(iii) A company raises Rs. 90,000 be the issue of 1000,
10% debentures of Rs. 100 each at a discount of 10% repayable at par after 10
years. If the rate of the company’s tax is 50%, what is the cost of debt
capital to the firm? 3+4+4=11
5. (a) Describe the various natures of short-term and
long-term requirement of finance in a business and sources from which those can
be arranged. 5+6=11
Or
(b) What do you understand by leasing? State its
advantages and limitations. 3+4+4=11
6. (a) Explain the various factors which influence the
dividend decision of a firm. 11
Or
(b) There is a strong view prevalent among financial
experts that the irrelevant hypothesis underlying the MM theory of dividend
distribution is outdated and unsuited to present conditions. Do you agree with
the view? Discuss. 11
7. (a) What is cash management? Explain various methods
of investing surplus cash. What criteria should a firm use for investing idle
cash in marketable securities? 2+6+3=11
Or
(b) The management of Vishal Ltd. has called for
statement showing the working capital needed to finance a level of activity of
300000 units of output for the year. The cost structure for the company’s
product, for the above-mentioned activity level is detailed below:
|
|
Rs. (per unit)
|
|
Raw
Materials
Direct
Labour
Overheads
|
20
5
15
|
|
Profit
|
40
10
|
|
Selling Price
|
50
|
a)
Past experience indicates that raw materials are
held in stock on an average for two months.
b)
Work-in-process (100% complete in regard to
materials and 50% for labour and overheads) will approximately be half a
month’s production.
c)
Finished goods remain in warehouse, on an
average for a month
d)
Suppliers of raw materials extend a month’s
credit.
e)
Two months credit is allowed to debtors,
calculation of debtors may be made at selling price.
f)
A minimum cash balance of Rs. 25,000 is expected
to be maintained.
g)
The production pattern is assumed to be even
during the year.
Prepare the statement of working capital requirements. 11