Financial Management, B.Com (Hons)
Capital budgeting techniques
Every paper it came up in, with its marks and how they split between numerical and theory.
No. 6in the study order: adds 4 marks to a 90-mark paper10/11papers it came in, 2017 to 2025, 1 of them only as the OR choice
11.4marks on average when it comes
20most marks it has carried in one paper
Numerical 68%Theory 32%of its marks over all papers
Where it appeared one per sitting
December 2025Q2 in this paperDecember 2024Q2 in this paperDecember 2023Q2, Q3 in this paper
2024, older paperQ1, Q4, CBCS syllabus
2023, older paperQ2, CBCS syllabus
2022, older paperQ1, CBCS syllabus
2021, older paperQ2, CBCS syllabus
2019, older paperQ1, CBCS syllabus
2018, older paperQ2, CBCS syllabus
2017, older paperQ1, CBCS syllabus
Current syllabus UGCF papers, newest first
- Limitations of the payback period3 marksQuestion 2 (b), December 2025
- The discounted payback period3 marksQuestion 2 OR (b), December 2025
- Overcoming the shortcomings of the payback period3 marksQuestion 2 (b), December 2024
- NPV and IRR of two mutually exclusive projects12 marksQuestion 2 OR (a), December 2024
- Profitability index and accounting rate of return6 marksQuestion 2 OR (b), December 2024
- ARR, NPV and IRR of an investment proposal12 marksQuestion 2 OR (b), December 2023
- Payback period: a measure of liquidity rather than profitability6 marksQuestion 3 (a), December 2023
- Why capital budgeting focuses on cash flows rather than profits6 marksQuestion 3 OR (a), December 2023
Older papers CBCS syllabus, newest first
- Payback period method: a critical evaluation5 marksQuestion 1 OR (a), 2024 older paper
- ARR and payback period10 marksQuestion 1 OR (b), 2024 older paper
- Purchase of a machine: NPV with depreciation and tax10 marksQuestion 1 (b), 2024 older paper
- Factors to be considered in a capital budgeting decision5 marksQuestion 4 (a), 2024 older paper
- Mechanisation project: payback period and NPV15 marksQuestion 2 OR, 2023 older paper
- Payback period method: a critical evaluation5 marksQuestion 1 (a), 2022 older paper
- NPV of a machine with working capital10 marksQuestion 1 OR (b), 2022 older paper
- Two strategies: NPV at four rates, IRR and choice18.75 marksQuestion 2, 2021 older paper
- Payback period method: a critical evaluation4 marksQuestion 1 OR (a), 2019 older paper
- Incorporating risk in capital budgeting4 marksQuestion 1 (a), 2019 older paper
- NPV versus profitability index4 marksQuestion 2 OR (a), 2018 older paper
- Capital budgeting and the irreversibility of its decisions4 marksQuestion 2 (a), 2018 older paper
- Traditional methods of evaluating long-term projects4 marksQuestion 1 (a), 2017 older paper
See the whole order.Every topic of Financial Management ranked by what it adds, with the OR choices accounted for.
Study order