51 MBA Interview Questions for Commerce Students

Academic questions are an important part of MBA interviews, especially for freshers, recent graduates, and people with less work experience. In this article, we have listed MBA interview questions for commerce students to help you prepare effectively. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list but is based on students' recent PI experiences. For subject-wise questions, you can also check: 51 Economics Questions for PI and Marketing Concepts for MBA Interviews.

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50+ Important MBA Interview Questions for Commerce Students 

1. Accountancy vs Accounting
2. NPV and IRR
3. Depreciation Vs Amortization 
4. Accounting Equation and three golden rules of accounting.
5. Accounting ratios and their importance.
6. How are deferred revenue expenditure, goodwill, and trademark treated in a balance sheet?
7. Difference between operating, net, and gross profit.
8. Rising NBFCs in Economy. 
9. What is an IPO? How does it benefit an economy?
10. What is One Person Company?
11. Current Income Tax Laws.
12. Issues with GST. What are a few goods that are wrongly taxed?
13. What is a holding company?
14. What are different leadership styles?
15. Define Mergers and Acquisitions.
16. Difference between authorized, paid-up, and issued capital.
17. Time value of money.
18. Role of Stock Exchange in an Economy.
19. Explain mutual funds.
20. Why is working capital important?
21. What are some of the challenges startups face in the present Indian Economy?
22. Explain Corporate Social Responsibility.
23. What is the P/E ratio?
24. Fixed Costs vs Variable Costs.
25. Difference between Capital Reserve and Reserve Capital.
26. LIFO vs FIFO
27. Define General Ledger and Trial Balance
28. What is the Capital Budgeting Line?
29. What is CAPM?
30. What is the beta risk factor in investments?
31. Define risk-free rate of return.
32. What are the different types of tools RBI uses to manage the economy?
33. What is sunk cost?
34. What are zero coupon bonds?
35. What is the difference between Yield to Maturity and Yield to Call?
36. What are the different ways in which a company can raise money?
37. How can we calculate return on portfolio?
38. Investment vs Income
39. What is the indifference curve?
40. Cost of Goods Produced and Cost of Goods Sold.
41. How can we calculate the cost of Equity?
42. Explain operating, financial, and combined leverage.
43. What is India’s GDP?
44. Recent exchange rates- Dollar, Pound, Euro
45. What is the state of Forex reserves in India?
46. Fixed vs Current Assets
47. Payback Period Calculation
48. Do you invest your money? / Which sector/ form would you advise to invest your money in?
49. How is the stock market performing currently?
50. Explain a few important subjects from the latest budget.
51. What is the current fiscal deficit?
52. Fiscal Deficit vs Revenue Deficit vs Primary deficit

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