MICROSOFT EXCEL ASSIGNMENT, B COM III

(A & B Groups)
2020-21
By Dr. Mohammad Shahid
Department of Commerce
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Note:
(i) Attempt any Five from any section.
(ii) Opting practical section is desirable and will have more weightage on overall marks.
(iii) Descriptive section is hand written and only for those who are not able to perform
practical section due to some valid reasons.

Descriptive Section
Q. 1 What do you mean Excel function? Explain any ten excel functions with their name, syntax
and examples.
Q. 2 What are charts in MS-Excel? Explain any seven excel charts with imaginary data.
Q. 3 Write short notes on
(i). Freezing panes
(ii).Fill handle
(iii). Naming range
(iv). Wrap Text
(v). Name Box
Q. 4 Difference between COUNT, COUNTA, COUNTIF and COUNTBLANK in Ms-Excel with
suitable examples.
Q. 5 Difference between SUM, SUMIF and SUMIFS in Ms-Excel with suitable examples.
Q. 6 What is the "What If analysis" in Excel formulas? Explain goals seek or scenario manager
using some assumed data/ conditions.
Q. 8 What filter will you use, if you want more than two conditions or if you want to analyze
the list using database function? Explain the same with assumed data table with some
column.
Q. 9 What is sorting in Ms-Excel? Explain the procedure to sort a given multi-column data table
according to a specific column.

OR
 Practical Section
Note: Attempt any Five

PRACTICAL EXERCISE #1
Using the data given, get the sum of all the figures within the range.
A B C D E F G
1 Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri TOTAL
2 Breakfast 3,560 3,186 2,952 3,395 3,436
3 Lunch 20,163 21,416 19,912 19,681 18,628
4 Bar 9,873 12,172 12,642 12,711 18,846
5 Snacks 2,405 3,544 2,694 3,120 3,712
6 TOTALS

PRACTICAL EXERCISE #2
Using the information given in the table below, format the sheet as per instructions and calculate the
followings by using excel functions namely SUM, AVERAGE, COUNTIF, SUMIF, MAX, MIN
etc.
A B C D E
1 Date Name Rate Hours Worked Amount
2 26-Nov Kennedy 70 5
3 26-Nov Kennedy 100 5
6 26-Nov Mary 100 5
7 26-Nov Lewis 100 4
8 30-Nov Judy 100 3
9 30-Nov Kennedy 70 6
10 30-Nov Lewis 100 5
11 30-Nov Kennedy 70 4
12 30-Nov Judy 100 5
13 30-Nov Lewis 100 5
14 02-Dec Judy 70 4
15 Total Amount
(i). Format the worksheet as follows:
Make all the Totals bold, values two decimal places, comma, center the title across columns
A-E and make it size 16, bold and Italic.
(ii). Put a double border round the whole table and a single line border inside the table.
(i). How does one delete an entire row or column and all its cells?
(iii). Insert a column before A and named it S. No. , enter the values from 1 -11 by using fill handle
(automatic filling the numbers) starting with cell A2 (newly).
(iv). Insert a row at top and write “Extra work payment analysis” merge all cells from A-F and
center the title written.
(v). Calculate the amount paid for each entry across the Amount column.
(vi). Calculate the total amount payable by the company to the employees.
(vii). Find total number of employees in the company.
(viii). How many total hours worked are in the table for Judy.
(ix). Find the amount received by each employee from the company.
(x). Find the average of amount paid by company to employees.
(xi). Find out the maximum amount paid to the particular employee.
(xii). Find out the minimum amount paid to the particular employee.
(xiii). Save the worksheet as Payment Analysis.
PRACTICAL EXERCISE #3

Mr. Kumar has taken a Loan of Rs.2, 00,000 from a bank at an interest rate of 10% p.a. The loan is
to be repaid in 36 monthly installments over the next 3 years. Assuming that the monthly
installments are paid at the end of each month, calculate the amount of interest paid by him in the
2nd year only. Use CUMIPMT Function in excel library.

PRACTICAL EXERCISE #4

Use the worksheet given to answer the questions that follow:

Expenses for the Month

of January vs. Budget

Budget Savings
Salaries and Wages 156675.00
Rent 4300.00
Electricity 1000.00
Telephone 200.00
Advertisements 20000.00
Freight and clearing 15650.00
Security 3800.00

Questions

(i). Insert a new column between Budget and Savings column.

(ii). Enter the title „Actual‟ in cell C3.
(iii). Enter the following figures in the new column.

Actual
Salaries and Wages 145200
Rent 4300
Electricity 1207
Telephone 142
Advertisements 18550
Freight and clearing 13400
Security 3800
(iv). Calculate the savings in cells D4:D10.
(v). Format the sheet title to Arial Black, size 14, and
Bold. (vi). Save the file as Audit 1.
(vii). Format the range B4:D10 to two decimal places.
(viii). Adjust column C such that all the values are displayed.
(ix). Add the title Savings % in cell E3 and calculate the savings as a percentage of the
budget. (x). Format the range E4:E10 as a percentage.
(xi). Enter the row title Total in cell A12 and obtain totals for Budget, Actual, and
Savings columns.
(xii). Copy the formula in E10 to E12.
(xiii). Format the new heading to match the existing headings and Align the heading to
Right. (xiv). Save and Close the worksheet.
 PRACTICAL EXERCISE #5

From the given table below, compute the following statistical parameters using excel functions.
S. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Marks 76 56 78 90 34 67 63

(i) Mean, median & mode

(ii) Mean Deviation, standard deviation & Variance

PRACTICAL EXERCISE #6
From the data given in the table below, do the following as per instructions given below.
A B C D E F
1 ABC Company Sales Performance Report
2
3 Salesman Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4 Total
4 Albert 148 156 171 140 615
5 Carl 122 131 153 118 524
6 Cornell 211 243 246 250 950
7 Edwin 129 150 92 218 589
8 Francis 311 270 247 322 1,150

(i). Create a Pie Chart to show the distribution of the total amount amongst the various salesmen.
(ii). You are asked to compare Qtr1 and Qtr4 sales for all salespersons in the above table using a
chart:
a. What range of cells do you need to select and how would you select it?
b. What type of graph would you use?
(iii). Create a Line chart to show the distribution of various quarters.
(iv). How can you edit a chart once it is created, lets say, to change the series from columns to
rows, to change the legend, etc?
(v). Select layout having data of each quarter value is embedded as part of chart for better
presentation.
(vi). Change the Line chart into Column Chart using change chart type option.
(vii). Show legends at top, not overlapping with the chart area. Edit legends making all uppercase.
(viii).Delete Qtrr1form the chart by using Format the chart option. And add again the same in the
chart.
(ix). Save charts by name as Pie and Column into a folder at desktop with name Graph. And
import the same on word file.