CBSE Class 12 Business Studies Sample Paper 2023

CLASS XII
BUSINESS STUDIES
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 2022-23
MM – 80 TIME: 3 HOURS

General instructions :
1 This question paper contains 34 questions.
2. Marks are indicated against each question.
3. Answers should be brief and to the point.
4. Answers to the questions carrying 3 marks may be from 50 to 75 words.
5. Answers to the questions carrying 4 marks may be about 150 words.
6. Answers to the questions carrying 6 marks may be about 200 words.
7. Attempt all parts of the questions together.

1. Rishabh joined an entertainment company Avtaar, as a creative hea(d) As a manager looking after the creative unit of the company, one of the functions he has to perform is the process of organizing. Which step of the process will he need to perform after identifying and dividing the work that has to be done in accordance with previously determined plans?
(a) Identification and division of work
(b) Departmentalisation
(c) Assignment of Duties
(d) Establishing Reporting Relationships

Answer : B

2. Which characteristic of the business environment is highlighted when changes are taking place too frequently and it becomes difficult to predict the future?
(a) Uncertainty
(b) Complexity
(c) Inter-relatedness
(d) Relativity

Answer : A

3. Aarohan Lt(d) is a company manufacturing automobiles where division of work into key areas includes production, purchase, marketing, accounts and personnel. Which of the following is a disadvantage of the organization structure of Aarohan Lt(d)?
(a) It may lead to increase in cost
(b) Managers may gain power and assert independence and ignore organization interests.
(c) It ensures that different functions get due attention.
(d) Heads do not get training for top management positions.

Answer : D

Identify the dimensions of the business environment illustrated by the picture given above in which Sapna who has joined the workforce recently is working on an accounting software.
(a) Technological and social.
(b) Technological and political
(c) Political and economic
(d) Social and legal

Answer : A

5. Identify the reason which makes management important in the light of the fact that it is generally seen that individuals in an organization resist change, as a change often means moving from a familiar, secure environment into a newer and a more challenging one.
(a) Management helps in achieving group goals.
(b) Management creates a dynamic organization
(c) Management increases efficiency
(d) Management helps in the development of society.

Answer : B

6. The government of India made an announcement regarding Demonetization of the Indian economy on November 8, 2016 with profound implications for it. The process which put restrictions on convertibility of domestic money and bank deposits was meant to create a less-cash economy. One argument against the cash-lite economy is that:
(a) Internet connectivity is a prerequisite
(b) More people will be introduced into the formal economy.
(c) Financial saving will increase
(d) Tax evasion will be reduced

Answer : C

7. Airlines will be able to offer the benefit of lower pricing to customers on sectors/routes due to the decision of the civil aviation ministry to remove price caps from August 31, 2022. This can help an airline to do better performance if they take early decisions regarding future courses of action after understanding and doing analysis. Which importance of business environment and its understanding by managers is not highlighted above:
(a) It helps in improving performance
(b) It helps in assisting in planning and policy formulation
(c) It helps in tapping useful resources
(d) It enables a firm to identify opportunities and get first mover advantage.

Answer : C

8. Alo a mobility platform is in the process of laying off 400-500 employees in a move aimed at driving cost efficiency. Which objective of management will the firm not be able to achieve by carrying out this process.
(a) Efficiency
(b) Social
(c) Profit
(d) Survival

Answer : B

9. Radha started a home cooked food delivery Dabba service. Her mother, who is a great cook, decided to help her. They relied on friends and family for orders and then on word of mouth. As a step in the process of ensuring that activities are performed as per her plan of supplying healthy, good quality, reasonable food and earning profit, she decided to keep both qualitative and quantitative benchmarks towards which she would strive to work. A function of management is being discussed above. An important characteristic of this function of management is :
(a) It is the first function of management
(b) It is the Last function of management
(c) It is both forward looking and backward looking.
(d) It is required only in business organizations.

Answer : C

10. Raman and Vasudev were two employees who were embezzling an import-export company in Varanasi where they were working. The finance manager of the company Sampat Singh became suspicious of the two employees when he realized that their activities were not being performed as per the plans. He installed a software program that could secretly log every single stroke of the suspects’ computer keys and send an encrypted email report to the Cyber police. The police were able to catch the two dishonest employees red handed and arrest them. Identify the function of management being discussed above.
(a) Staffing
(b) Coordination
(c) Controlling
(d) Organizing

Answer : C

11. Name the outcome of the function of management which includes designing of roles to be filled by suitably skilled people and defining the inter relationship between roles so that ambiguity in performance of duties can be eliminate(d)
(a) Organization structure
(b) Delegation of authority
(c) Decentralization
(d) controlling

Answer : A

12. Statement-I Transportation helps in creating time utility and warehousing helps in creating place utility
Statement-II The process of classification of products into different groups on the basis of their important characteristics is known as standardization.
Choose the correct option from the options given below:
(a) Statement I is true and II is false
(b) Statement II is true and I is false
(c) Both the statements are true
(d) Both the statements are false

Answer : D