Case study class 11 chapter 1

1. Armaan Is very fond of playing indoor games, he requested his father to buy him some indoor games. His
father sold his old laptop on OLX.com and bought him a new play station from Cromaelectronlx.com. Can
the transaction by Armaan's father to sell the laptop be termed as a business transaction?
Name the related feature of business to support your answer.

2. GMR industries ent ered the airports. space in the early 2000s and is today counted amongst the top 5
airport private airport developer and operators globally. GMR industries presently owns and operates
Delhi International Airport and Hyderabad international Airports. Apart from being the largest private
airport company in India, GMR Industries Is the only Indian airport developer to have developer to have
developed and operated airports outside India.
Identify the types of industry and its category being discussed in above case.

3. Shlela after graduating from college ...back to her hometown in Meghalaya. It was small town with
very few Job opportunities. The karbi tribal women in that area were uneducated but still practiced
the method of obtaining traditional colours from natural wild herbs. Their most popular dye was
Indigo obtained from the leave called ‘sibu’. Using these colours they added variety to their textiles.
The women were mainly confined to their homes, and they did not know how to make a living out
their talent. Shlela went from door to door and analyzed the problem that existed. She thought of
setting up the business of buying textiles from them and converting them to suits in her factory in
Noida. Her business turns out to be a great success. On the basis of the given Information about
Shiela, answer the following questions:
a) identify the types of business activity Shiela is engaged in.
b) Specify the category of the type of business activity performed by Shiela.
c) Which type of business activity is undertaken by Karbi tribal women by getting indigo obtained from
the leave called ‘sibu’?

4. Apoorvi, from the young age had a deep connection with traditional Indian textiles and craftsmanship.
Founder and designer Apoorvi kher fulfilled her lifelong dream of making a career in fashion by leaving
her professional life behind and pursued a design programme at the Los Angeles School of Design and
Merchandising. Thus, Apoorvi got maximum real world fashion exposure. With her love from these
Indian fabrics and her arsenal of fashion knowledge she now intends to glorify these national treasures
with her readymade store "Armaniya'.
'Armaniya' Is an initiative to incorporate a perfect mix of latest trends, luxury fabrics, Indian traditional
weaves, and culture all under one roof. She manages the business along with two employees i.e.,
salesman and a cashier. She usually takes advice from her father in case of any managerial issue.
Now-a-days, Apoorvl is facing a lot of problem as trends in the field are continually changing, meaning
businesses must continually adapt to market demands, this ever-changing market along with strong
competition has added to the trouble of declining sales. Furthermore, one day Apoorvi found her cashier
doing some embezzlement of cash.
a) Identify the different causes of business risks discussed in the above case. Also quote the lines for the
Identified cause.
b) Are the above identified risks pure risk or speculative risk? Give reason in support of your answer.

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5. The merchant community derived power and prestige from guilds. Even kings were supposed to accept
and respect the rules of these guilds. The guild chief dealt directly with the king or tax collectors and
settled the market toll on behalf of its fellow merchants at a fixed sum of money. The guild merchants
also acted as custodians of religious interests. They undertook the task of building temples and made
donations by levying a corporate tax on their members. The commercial activity... big merchants to gain
power in society.
On the basis of the given information about the merchant community, answer the following questions:
a) -Even kings were supposed to accept and respect the rules of these guilds-.Identity the guild being
specified In the case.
b) Enlist the main functions of the guilds whose rules were accepted by even kings.

6. Monica Khanna is a jewellery designer. She started hero., from scratch and took advanced designing
course at Jewellery Product Development Center. In the completion of the course, she got the job at
Gitanjall Gems. Being an experienced Jewell designer, Monica Khanna focuses on maintaining the
originality and creativity of the ornaments that are custom designed and developed by her.
On the basis of the given information about Monica Khanna, answer the following questions:
a) Identify the type of economic activity that Monica Khanna Is engaged in.
b) State any three features of the type of economic activity is identified in part la).

7. Sunstar Steel Ltd, a leading manufactures dlr. and steel decided to open up a new branch Ina remote
area in Rajasthan. So that unemployed youth from the rural areas could get same opportunities as those
available in the urban areas. This initiative has raised the standard of living of people in rural areas. All
children in these families are getting a good education and these families are also actively contributing to
the nation building process through their dedicated work.
On the basis of the given Information about Sunstar Steel Ltd.,answer the following questions:
a) Identify and mcplain the objective of business which is followed by the company.
b) Explain one other objective which the company should follow apart ...bled. identified In part (a).

8. Ajit. s running a trading business in Mdia now he extended its operations to Dubai and USA by
establishing places business in these countries. In order to Increase sales In Dubai the company adopted
selling strategies like sales promotion and advertising. Ast he company had an excellent credibility in the
capital market, it was able to meet all its financial requirements by borrowing from Citi Bank.
On the basis of the given Information about Ajit, answer the following questions:
a) identify and explain the auxiliaries to trade used by Ajit for running his business. Also quote lines.
b) identify the type of trade carried on by Ajit earlier and now.

9. Rohit and Gurvinder are partners selling electronic products across India. They import the components
from their friend Atul who does his business in China and assemble thern in their factory established in a
rural area Jharkhand most of the workers in the factory are children and women. They are paid very less
salaries thus owner save on labour cost. They store their stocks in a warehouse but do not take proper
safety measurs against fire, burglary. There was a short circuit in the factory and as a result most of the
stock was damaged. On the basis of the given information about Rohit and Gurvinder, answer the
following questions:
a) Specify the type of business activity performed by Rohit and Gurvinder.
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b) Specify the type of business activity performed by Atul.
c) Specify the auxiliary to trade used by Rohit and Gurvinder.
d) identify any value which has been violated by Rohit and Gurvinder.

11. Katherine wants to start a retail business of fashionable items. Change in taste and preferences of
customers may result in loss in such type of business. She is hesitating as she is aware of risks which are
inherent in every business. She approaches her friends Kristina who is the owner of a retail shop. Krishtina
advises her to go ahead with her idea as she will get profit as return for undertaking risk. She also told her
that some risks in business can be insured by taking insurance policy. On the basis of the given information
about Katherine answer the following questions:
a) What is Business Risk?
b) Identify the main features of business risk discussed in the above case. Also quote the lines for the
identified features.
c) is change in taste and preferences of customers, pure risk or speculative, why?

12. Ratan, after doing his B.Pharma degree from a reputed government college, started two chemist
shops in two different localities of his home town. Encouraged by the success of these shops, he
started six more shops in different cities of the state. His strategy was to cut prices, focus on lower-
and middle-class patients and open shops near hospitals. tie earned good profit margins. But the staff
of the shops did not give much attention to the customers. Because of this mismanagement he
started incurring huge losses and his business failed. On the basis of the given information about
Ratan, answer the following questions:
a) Identify and explain the main cause behind the business failure of Ratan.
b) Explain any two other causes of risk associated with Ratan's business.

13. It was the early 1970s, when Sh.M.P. Sharma started the journey towards a brighter future. Then the
small, sweet shop has now flourished into a family-owned enterprise which consist of many outlets in
Delhi. These outlets serve sweets, and cuisines spanning Indian, Continental, Chinese, South Indian
and Regional foods. Mehar sweets follows the casual dining concept and provides a warm and
hospitable ambience in the outlets. Today, Mehar Sweets Is a food business group with special
ventures focused on Bengali Sweets and Multicusine. During Diwall season this year, the shop owner
prepared more Bengali Sweets than he could sell year. He employed women and children for meeting
the urgent orders and paid them marginal and limited salary. This way Mehar sweets generated more
than expected profit. On the basis of the given information abo. Mehar sweets, answer the following
questions:
a) Do you think Mehar SweetSts is fulfilling all the objectives of business? If not which aspects of this
objective are not being fulfilled?
b) Identify any two values which the company has violated.