UGC NET Commerce

Welcome

Commerce is the bridge between economic theory and the everyday business of trade, finance, accounting, and management. UGC-NET Commerce (Subject Code 08) tests the breadth of this bridge — from international trade and accounting standards to banking, marketing, business law and taxation — and asks candidates to demonstrate both conceptual depth and applied judgement.

This book is organised around the ten units of the official UGC-NET Commerce syllabus: business environment and international business; accounting and auditing; business economics; business finance; business statistics and research methods; business management and human resource management; banking and financial institutions; marketing management; legal aspects of business; and income tax and corporate tax planning. Each unit moves from foundational concept to exam-relevant application, with worked examples and revision questions drawn from the kinds of items the examination has historically tested.

Whether you are preparing for the UGC-NET, JRF, SET, or pursuing M.Com or related programmes, this book offers a structured pathway through the discipline — built to help you score in the examination and to think well about commerce long after the exam is over.

References

  • UGC NET/JRF/SET Commerce (Paper-II). Madaan, K.V.S. Pearson Education India.
  • Trueman’s UGC NET/SET Commerce. Choudhary, A., & Sahu, P. Danika Publishing Company.
  • UGC NET Commerce. Arihant Experts. Arihant Publications.
  • International Business: Text and Cases. Cherunilam, Francis. (6th ed.). Himalaya Publishing House.
  • Advanced Accounts. Shukla, M.C., Grewal, T.S., & Gupta, S.C. (19th ed.). S. Chand Publishing.
  • Cost Accounting: Theory and Practice. Maheshwari, S.N., & Mittal, S.N. Shree Mahavir Book Depot.
  • Managerial Economics. Gupta, G.S. (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Financial Management. Khan, M.Y., & Jain, P.K. (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Statistical Methods. Gupta, S.P. (45th ed.). Sultan Chand & Sons.
  • Marketing Management: A South Asian Perspective. Kotler, Philip, Keller, Kevin Lane, Koshy, Abraham, & Jha, Mithileshwar. (15th ed.). Pearson.

Reference Books

  • Indian Financial System. Pathak, Bharati V. (5th ed.). Pearson.
  • Business Law. Kuchhal, M.C., & Kuchhal, Vivek. (8th ed.). Vikas Publishing House.
  • Direct Taxes Law and Practice. Singhania, Vinod K., & Singhania, Kapil. Taxmann Publications.
  • Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. Kothari, C.R., & Garg, Gaurav. (4th ed.). New Age International Publishers.
  • Auditing: Principles and Practice. Kumar, Ravinder, & Sharma, Virender. (3rd ed.). PHI Learning.