How To Prepare Commerce And Accountancy Optional For WBCS Main Exam – Commerce And Accountancy Book List

Commerce as optional subject for WBCS mains-

If WBCS aspirant has a commerce as their degree, it is the right subject to choose as their optional subject for WBCS Exam. The syllabus of Commerce optional syllabus matches coordinates well with the degree syllabus for both Paper I and Paper II. WBCS Commerce Paper 1 is full of Practical Problems and the Paper II  of commerce optional subject is totally theoretical. It approached with practice and thorough understanding one can easily score good marks.Continue Reading How To Prepare Commerce And Accountancy Optional For WBCS Main Exam – Commerce And Accountancy Book List.

How is Commerce and Accountancy as an Optional?

It is one of the lengthy optional in terms of time needed for preparation & revision and the larger part of the syllabus is static in nature. The biggest hurdle that arises during preparation is that it requires vast reading and then integration form different sources so that coverage is comprehensive. Supply of study material is limited hence there is more reliance on coaching is increased. It provides advantage as graduation and professional studies are utilized .

HOW TO PREPARE-

Step 1 : Know the Syllabus – Commerce and Accountancy Paper

Step 2 : Select the Best Reference Books for Commerce and Accountancy Paper

Commerce and Accountancy consists of two papers i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 2 is full of theory which, in my view, anybody can do it with ease. Questions are straightforward unlike that of Public Administration, etc. Some sort of problem you will face is in Paper 1. For a commerce graduate,  Commerce & Accounting optional choice is very good. Because these two subjects are your parent subjects and it is easy to you for preparation. But for a science student it may not be a very wise choice to opt for this optional.

Step 3 : Prepare Important Topics

The preparation for Mains must be over before you start with Preliminary preparation, as the Main exam syllabus covers nearly 75% of the requirements of the Preliminary examination.

If a student has not done graduation with Commerce and Accountancy, the suggested strategy would be as follows.

(1) Surveying the syllabus of Commerce and Accountancy carefully and identifying the completely unfamiliar areas.

(2)  Going through at least 2 basic books with a purpose to acquaint yourself with the unfamiliar areas.

(b) Commerce and Accountancy for Degree Students

(3)  Doing a careful survey of the past 5 years’ Main Examination Question Papers and identifying the areas of significance.

(4)  Identifying the most fruitful areas.

Study approach for Commerce and Accountancy

Strategy For Paper – 1: There will definitely be some unpredictable and unexpected questions which need to be smarty avoided in choice. For compulsory questions don’t beat around the bush if answer is not known. Invest the time in known questions & numerical types which will get you easy marks. Even if 40-50 marks questions are unanswered then also around 140 is achievable easily.

Strategy For Paper – 2: Remember for the compulsory questions the strategy will be the same as for Paper 1. Choice making here is more important as you will have a little knowledge of every question shall be there. After choosing careful reading of question is needed, before writing & while writing so that you do not miss any important point.

How to write answers in Commerce and Accountancy paper?

Introduction should be there and can be either indirect through some lines or quotes or direct with general explanation followed by exact definition. Thereafter topic need to be explained in short followed by establishing links with other chapters and focusing on the question again.

Diagrams can be used effectively. Ending of answers should always be visionary or positive with example if needed or with some lines. There should be mixed use of paragraphs and points. Examples should be quoted wherever possible but refrain from using one enterprise again & again in many different questions.

Books for Commerce optional Paper I

• Accounting Corporate Accounting – Naseem Ahmed
• Accounting Standards- D. S. Rawat
• Auditing Students’ Guide to Auditing- Aruna Jha(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Income Tax book by- V.K. Singhania or Girish Ahuja
• Cost Accounting; Theory & Problems- Maheshwari & Mittal(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Financial Management
• Taxation- Income Tax, Service Tax & VAT
• Financial Management; Text and Problems- Khan and Jain
• Financial Markets & Institutions
• Indian Financial System- M.Y. Khan
• Financial Institutions & Markets- L.M. Bhole

Books for Commerce optional Paper II

• Human Resource Management- C.B. Gupta
• Industrial Relations- T.N. Chabra and R.K. Suri(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Dynamics of Industrial Relations- C.B. Mamoria and Satish Mamoria
• Human Resource Management- K. Aswathappa
• Organisation Theory and Behaviour- B.P. Singha and T.N. Chabra
• Organization Behaviour- L.M. Prasad

W.B.C.S. Main Examination 2019 Optional Commerce And Accountancy Question Paper I And II Download

W.B.C.S. Main Examination  Commerce  syllabus

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