Previous year question paper for GSED (Diploma Mechanical Engineering 5th)

1. Introduction to Generic Skills (02 Hrs)

1.1 Concept and importance

1.2 Local and global scenario

1.3 Concept of life-long learning (LLL)

2. Self Management and Development (07 Hrs)

2.1 Concept of Personality Development, Ethics and Moral values

2.2 Concept of Intelligence and Multiple intelligence Types viz, linguistic,

mathematical & Logical reasoning, emotional, and social intelligence

(interpersonal & intrapersonal).

2.3 Concept of Physical Development; significance of health, hygiene, body

gestures & kinesics.

2.4 Time Management concept and its importance

2.5 Intellectual Development; reading skills (systematic reading, types and

SQ5R), speaking, listening skills, writing skills (Note taking, rough draft,

revision, editing and final drafting), concept of critical Thinking and

problem solving (approaches, steps and cases).

2.6 Psychological Management; stress, emotions, anxiety and techniques to

manage these.

2.7 ICT & Presentation skills; use of IT tools for good and impressive

presentations

3. Team Management (03 Hrs)

3.1 Concept  Team Dynamics. Team related skills such as; sympathy,

empathy, leading, coordination, negotiating and synergy. Managing

cultural, social and ethnic diversity.

3.2 Effective group communication and conversations.

3.3 Team building and its various stages like forming, storming, norming,

performing and adjourning (Bruce Tuckman’s five stage Model)

4. Project Management (02 Hrs)

4.1 Concept of Management and features 

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4.2 Stages of Project Management; initiation, planning, execution, closing

and review (through case studies)

4.3 SWOT analysis concept.

5. Introduction to Entrepreneurship (02 Hrs)

5.1 Entrepreneurship, Need of entrepreneurship, and its concept, Qualities of

a good entrepreneur

5.2 Business ownerships and its features; sole proprietorship, partnership,

joint stock companies, cooperative, private limited, limited, public limited,

PPP mode.

5.3 Types of industries viz, micro, small, medium and large

6. Entrepreneurial Support System (features and roles in brief) (03 Hrs)

IndustrieDistrict Industry Centres (DIC’s), State Financial Corporation’s (SFC’s), Smalls Service Institutes(SISI), Commercial Banks, Micro FinancingInstitutions, SIDBI, NABARD, National Small Industry Corporations (NSIC),

Cooperative Societies and Venture Capitalists. Various Consultancy

Organizations; HIMCON, Khadi and Gramodyog Board (H.P.) etc.

7. Market Study and Opportunity Identification (04 Hrs)

Types of study; primary and secondary, product or service identification,

assessment of demand and supply, type of surveys and important features;

qualitative, empirical, schedules, questionnaire, interview.

8. Project Report Preparation (05 Hrs)

8.1 Preliminary Report, Techno-Economic Feasibility Report, Detailed Project

Report (DPR) and illustration of these through examples.

8.2 Exercises on writing project reports of micro and small projects.