UPMSP Co-operative Studies study materials

UPMSP Co-operative Studies study guide

UPMSP Co-operative Studies · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.

Co-operative Studies is a subject offered under the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) secondary and intermediate school curriculum, examined in Hindi as a board subject for students who choose it as part of their elective combination. The syllabus introduces co-operation as an economic and social model: its principles and values, the world and Indian co-operative movements, the legal framework governing societies, management and governance of a society, basic co-operative accounting and audit, credit and banking structures, marketing and consumer societies, processing and dairy societies, education and training, and the state and national institutions that support the sector. The UPMSP Co-operative Studies study guide has 10 sections and about 2,604 words.

Nature, Scope and Principles of Co-operation

This domain tests whether you can define a co-operative, distinguish it from a company or partnership, and apply the ICA principles to a village society. A co-operative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet common economic, social and cultural needs through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.

352 words, about 2 min 02

History and Development of the Co-operative Movement (World and India)

This domain tests dates, models and the sequence of Indian co-operative law and institutions. World history: the Rochdale Pioneers (1844) ran a consumer store on democratic principles; Schulze-Delitzsch built urban credit co-operatives and Raiffeisen rural credit co-operatives in Germany; the International Co-operative Alliance was founded in 1895.

287 words, about 1 min 03

Co-operative Legislation and Legal Framework

This domain tests how a society is created, regulated and wound up, and which law applies. Co-operation is mainly a State subject; single-State societies are registered under the State Co-operative Societies Act-in Uttar Pradesh, the U.P.

287 words, about 1 min 04

Co-operative Management, Governance and Administration

This domain tests who decides, who executes and who is accountable. General body: all members; elects the managing committee, approves accounts and major policy.

230 words, about 1 min 05

Co-operative Accounting, Finance and Audit

This domain tests books of account, sources of funds, profit appropriation and the audit trail. Cash book, journal, ledger, trial balance, receipt and payment account, income and expenditure account, balance sheet, member/share registers, stock register, minutes book and loan ledger.

259 words, about 1 min 06

Co-operative Credit and Banking

This domain tests the short-term and long-term credit structure and the lending logic of primary societies. Short-term: PACS → District Central Co-operative Bank (DCCB) → State Co-operative Bank (StCB) → NABARD refinance.

239 words, about 1 min 07

Co-operative Marketing and Consumer Co-operatives

This domain tests how member produce is pooled and sold, and how consumer stores work. They collect member produce, grade, weigh, store, process where needed and sell.

244 words, about 1 min 08

Co-operative Processing, Dairy and Agro-based Societies

This domain tests value addition through member-owned processing and the Anand pattern. Sugar mills, cotton ginning and spinning, oil crushing, rice mills and cold storage.

246 words, about 1 min 09

Co-operative Education, Training and Extension

This domain tests how members and office-bearers are made capable of democratic control. Co-operative education builds awareness of principles, rights and duties.

223 words, about 1 min 10

State and National Co-operative Institutions and Support Structures

This domain tests which body does what-an easy source of matching questions. Ministry of Cooperation (2021) coordinates policy.

237 words, about 1 min