CHSE Odisha Vocational BFSI (BC/BF) study materials
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CHSE Odisha Vocational BFSI (BC/BF) study plan

CHSE Odisha Vocational BFSI (BC/BF) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Introduction to Banking and Financial Services & Banking Operations and Procedures

  • Define the core functions of a bank and distinguish commercial, cooperative, and regional rural banks in the Indian context, writing a one-line definition for each type

  • Classify at least fifteen financial services (deposits, loans, remittances, locker, bancassurance, mutual fund distribution) into asset, liability, and fee-based categories

  • Sequence the steps of opening a savings account and a current account, listing the KYC documents required at each step

  • Explain the difference between a demand deposit and a time deposit, and compute simple interest on a fixed deposit for three different tenors

Your checkpoint

A two-page comparison chart of Indian bank types plus a labelled flowchart of the account-opening process with KYC documents listed at each stage

Week 2

Banking Operations and Procedures & Accounting and Financial Management

  • Trace the life cycle of a cheque from presentation to clearing, and state the reason a cheque may be returned unpaid in at least six distinct scenarios

  • Describe the operation of NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, and UPI in terms of settlement timing, typical value limits, and availability, without quoting figures you cannot verify

  • Record a set of ten given transactions in a simple bank ledger and reconcile a passbook against a cash book to locate two planted errors

  • Prepare a basic balance sheet and profit and loss statement from a list of assets, liabilities, income, and expenses for a small business

Your checkpoint

A worked reconciliation statement that identifies and corrects two deliberate discrepancies, plus a one-page balance sheet and P&L for the sample business

Week 3

Insurance Fundamentals and Products

  • Distinguish the seven core principles of insurance (insurable interest, utmost good faith, indemnity, contribution, subrogation, proximate cause, mitigation of loss) and match each to a worked example

  • Compare life insurance and general insurance products across purpose, term, and claim basis, covering term, endowment, whole life, money-back, motor, health, fire, and marine

  • Explain the roles of the insurer, insured, agent, broker, surveyor, and third-party administrator in the claim journey

  • Calculate the premium payable and the claim settlement amount for two indemnity-based scenarios and one benefit-based scenario

Your checkpoint

A one-page product comparison table plus fully worked calculations for three claim scenarios with each principle of insurance tagged to the relevant step

Week 4

Financial Markets and Instruments & Regulatory Framework and Compliance

  • Map the primary market and secondary market, naming the regulators and intermediaries involved at each stage of an initial public offering

  • Distinguish equity shares, preference shares, debentures, bonds, and mutual fund units by risk, return, and voting rights

  • Summarise the core obligations placed on banks by RBI directions on KYC, cash reserve ratio, statutory liquidity ratio, and priority sector lending

  • Explain the mandate of SEBI, IRDAI, RBI, and FEMA in relation to banking, securities, and insurance activity

Your checkpoint

A one-page regulator-to-market map plus a ten-row instrument comparison table covering risk, return, tenure, and voting rights

Milestones

Week 4: Score at least 70 percent on a self-made 40-question test drawn from domains 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7, and confirm the reconciliation and claim-calculation deliverables from weeks 2 and 3 are complete and error-free

Week 6: Complete one full mock paper under timed conditions covering domains 1 to 7 and record the score per domain so weak areas are visible before the final two weeks

Week 8: Deliver the complete project report and rehearse the viva answers aloud twice, and score at least 80 percent on a second timed mock covering all ten domains