Sample Paper
Class: XII
PRE - BOARD EXAMINATION 2021-22
Subject: Business Studies
Time: 2 HOURS Max. Marks= 40
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General Instructions:
This is a Subjective Question Paper containing 12 questions.
This paper contains 4 questions of 2 marks each, 4 questions of 3 marks each and 4 questions of 5 marks each.
2 marks questions are Short Answer Type Questions and are to be answered in 30-50 words.
3 marks questions are Short Answer Type Questions and are to be answered in 50-80 words.
5 marks questions are Long Answer Type Questions and are to be answered in 80-120 words.
This question paper contains Case/Source Based Questions.
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Q.1 Identify and explain the two sources of the source of recruitment which cannot be used when the existing staff is either insufficient or
does not fulfil the eligibility criteria of the jobs to be filled. (2 marks)
Q.2 Krishna is holding 100 shares of “Radhika Industries Ltd.’ Radhika Industries Ltd.’ is wanting to expand its operations. For this it decides to issue shares. It also decides to offer its existing shareholders the privilege to subscribe to its new issue of shares in the proportion of 2 : 1. This means that for every two shares held by the shareholders, they will be offered one share.
Identify and explain the method of floatation of new issue described in the above case. (2 marks)
Q.3 Explain the two concepts which are part of the exercise which would reveal whether a company is understaffed, overstaffed or optimally staffed. (2 marks)
Q.4 “Measurement of a company’s progress may involve calculation of certain ratios like gross profit ratio, net profit ratio, and return on investment etc. at periodic intervals”.
Identify the function of management involved in the above context. Also briefly explain the step in the process of the identified function discussed above. (2 marks)
Q.5 Mr. Pawan Kumar, the CEO of an E-Commerce start up, which was facing the problem of huge employee turnover, decided to hold a meeting with the managers to discuss the issue. While addressing the managers in the meeting, he advised them to take certain measures which focus on psychological, social and emotional factors, in order to motivate employees.
Explain any two such measures discussed by him, when he suggested that job should be made Interesting so that the job itself becomes a source of motivation, employees should be congratulated for good performance, also, stability regarding future income and work should be provided to employees, in order to develop a positive attitude among the subordinates. (3 marks)
Q.6 State any three points of importance of Directing. (3 marks)
OR
Define leadership as an element of Directing? Enumerate any two styles of Leadership.
Q.7 List any three factors affecting the Working Capital requirement of a company. (3 marks)
Q.8 Priya is a regional manager of XYZ. Ltd. She is a hardworking employee and is trying to reduce wastage of resources in her met according to these standards with minimal wastage of resources. She has set up CCTV cameras which helps her to keep a close check on the activities of the subordinates and know how the employees are performing. She also rewards the employees with a bonus when
these standards are met. She is trying her best to ensure a good performance of her team this year through the application of an important function of management.
Explain any two benefits of the function of management highlighted above.
OR
When Lenovo India decided to strengthen its diversity numbers, it decided to tap into its referral system. The company asked its employees to recommend candidates, and decided to reward those who successfully recommended more women for the same roles. As employee referrals become an established method to hire quality lateral talent, companies are using technology platforms to build a steady talent pipeline through referrals. A majority of companies (nearly 41%, according to one study) across India use top technology for referral hires. According to the study India Recruiting Trends 2016 conducted by Linked In Talent Solutions, employee referrals are on the rise. This year, referrals were the top source of quality hires. “Nearly 55% of talent leaders see employee referral programmes as the top source of quality hire,” says Irfan Abdulla, director, talent solutions, LinkedIn India. Top players such as Coca-Cola, Infosys, Genpact, Capgemini, Deloitte, Dabur, Jubilant and more are reporting that over 40% of their hires come through referrals.
(a) The above discussion is indicating an important function of management. Name the function of management
(b) The management function identified in part (a) follows a particular process. Explain the step of this process which is being discussed in the above para.
(c) Identify the source of the step identified in part (b). (3 marks)
Q.9 Enumerate any five rights of a consumer under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. (5 marks)
OR
Enumerate any five responsibilities of a consumer under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
Q.10 State any five regulatory functions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. (5 marks)
Q.11 In an interview with a leading news channel, Mr. Rakesh Kwatra, CEO of ‘Get My Job” has suggested that the Companies which want more and more people to apply for jobs in their organisation should make the process of applying for jobs easier and candidate friendly. It is for this reason, he said, that most progressive companies today have a short application process. He
also said that the application form filled by the candidate is very important as it is the information supplied in the application forms, which helps the manager in eliminating unqualified or unfit job seekers. The company can create a mechanism that attempts to measure certain characteristics of individuals like aptitude, manual dexterity, and intelligence to personality. The candidate may then be called for an in-depth conversation to evaluate their suitability for the job.
(a) Name the process and steps in the process of identifying and choosing the best person out of a number of prospective candidates for a job discussed above.
(b) Also explain the next three steps in the process which can be subsequently performed by the company. (5 marks)
Q.12 Vedansh Limited has a share capital of `10,00,000 divided into shares of `100 each. For expansion purpose ,the company requires additional funds of ` 5,00,000. The management is considering the following alternatives for raising funds :
Alternative 1: Issue of 5000 Equity shares of `100 each
Alternative 2: Issue of 10% Debentures of `5,00,000
The company’s present Earnings Before Interest and Tax ( EBIT) is `4,00,000 p.a. Assuming that the rate of Return of Investment remains the same after expansion, which alternative should be used by the company in order to maximise the returns to the equity shareholders. The Tax rate is 50%. Show the working. (5 marks)
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Pre-Board-1 EXAMINATION (2022-23)
Practice paper
CLASS: XII
SUBJECT: BUSINESS
STUDIES
TIME: 03 HOURS M.M. : 80
General
Instructions:
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Answers to
questions carrying 1 mark may be from one word to one sentence.
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Answers to
questions carrying 3 marks may be from 50-75 words.
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Answers to
questions carrying 4-5 marks may be about 150 words.
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Answers to
questions carrying 6 marks may be about 200 words.
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Marks of the
questions are cited against them.
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Read the question
paper very carefully before attempting questions.
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Q.
No. |
Multiple
Choice Questions |
Marks allocated |
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1. |
Rishabh
joined an entertainment company Avtaarish, as a creative head. 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) Departmentalization (c) Assignment
of Duties (d) Establishing
Reporting Relationships |
(1) |
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2. |
‘Twinkle Stars’ is a well-known resort for organising
parties, especially for children. However, in past 6 months its popularity
has reduced considerably as a new resort with better ambience and facilities
has opened within its vicinity. Name the related feature of business
environment which has influenced the business of ‘Twinkle Stars’ adversely. Branches (a) Totality of external forces (b) Dynamic nature (c) Interrelatedness (d) Uncertainty |
(1) |
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3. |
As
the span of management increases in an organization, the number of levels of
management in the organization: (a)
Increases (b)
Decreases (c)
Remain
unaffected (d) None of the above |
(1) |
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4. |
In
order to boost and double India’s export of goods and services to over USD
1,000 billion by 2025, it is important to lower effective corporate tax rate,
bring down cost of capital and simplify regulatory and tax framework.
Identify the related dimension of business environment. (a) Social dimension and Legal dimension (b) Technological dimension and Political dimension (c) Political dimension and Social dimension (d) Economic dimension and Legal dimension |
(1) |
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5. |
Successful management ensures that : (a) Goals
are achieved with least cost (b) Timely
achievement of goals (c) Both
of the above (d) None of them |
(1) |
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6. |
‘Yo
Tummy’ began its business by offering the classic combo of hamburgers and
fries. But over time, their customers wanted healthier foods, so ‘Yo Tummy’
responded and began offering healthy alternatives such as salads, fruits,
wraps and oatmeal. If ‘Yo Tummy’ hadn’t responded, they may have lost
customers that wanted to eat healthier foods. The above case highlights one
of the points related to the importance of business environment and its
understanding by managers. Identify it. (a)
It helps in coping with rapid changes. (b)
It helps in improving performance. (c)
It helps the firm to identify threats and early
warning signals. (d)
It enables the firm to identify opportunities and
getting the first mover advantage. |
(1) |
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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. |
(1) |
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8. |
Alokit 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 |
(1) |
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9. |
Radhika 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. |
(1) |
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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 |
(1) |
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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 eliminated. (a)
Organization
structure (b)
Delegation
of authority (c)
Decentralization (d) Controlling |
(1) |
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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 |
(1) |
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13. |
Delegation is the process of
sharing the “Authority” and “Responsibility”. (a) At two Level (b) At three level (c) At multiple level (d) Authority and Responsibility
cannot be shared
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(1) |
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14. |
Which
of the following is a financial incentive? (a) Status (b) Perquisites (c) Job Security (d)
Job enrichment |
(1) |
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15. |
One of the important decision areas under
the marketing function of …………………….. is managing inventory. (a)
Branding (b)
Pricing (c)
Promotion (d) Physical Distribution |
(1) |
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16. |
When was NIFTY (National Stock Exchange Fifty)
established? (a)
1992 (b)
1994 (c)
1998 (d) None of the above |
(1) |
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17. |
One of the following is considered to be an
extension of the marketing concept, which apart from customer satisfaction
pays attention to ethical and ecological aspects of marketing. Identify the
concept. (a)
Product
Concept (b)
Production
Concept (c)
Selling
Concept (d) Societal Marketing Concept |
(1) |
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18. |
While the product costs set the lower
limits of the price for a product, the upper limit of price which a buyer
would be prepared to pay is decided by: (a)
Utility
and demand of the product (b)
The
marketing manager of the firm (c)
The
Government (d)
The
competitors of the firm |
(1) |
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19. |
The
mandatory detail that an investor has to provide to the broker at the time of
opening a D-mat account is _____. (a) Date of
Birth and Address (b) PAN card (c) Bank
Account Details (d) Residential
Status |
(1) |
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20. |
A
company manufacturing motorcycles and cars should have separate divisions for
both, headed by separate divisional managers, separate plans and resources.
Identify the principle with the help of this example. |
(1) |
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21. |
Staffing is searching for prospective candidates?(True
or false) |
(1) |
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22. |
Labeling involves putting identification
marks on the package?(True or False) |
(1) |
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23. |
Buying standardized products is a consumer responsibility?
(True or false) |
(1) |
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24. |
Right to be informed says that the consumer
has the right to acquire knowledge and be well-informed throughout his life.(True
or False) |
(1) |
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25. |
Identify the most crucial step in planning
process? |
(1) |
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26. |
Define Demutualization. |
(1) |
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27. |
Which of the following statements about
Advertising is incorrect?? (a)
It is a
personal form of communication (b)
It is a
paid form of communication (c)
It is a
mass selling technique. (d)
It is
inflexible as the message can’t be adjusted to the needs of the buyer. |
(1) |
|
28. |
Mrs. Ahilya Pasi is the
Principal of a prestigious school in New Delhi. The school has a vacancy of a
headmistress/headmaster of the junior wing of the school. The senior teachers
of the school have the opinion that only internal candidates should be
considered for this post. However, Mrs. Pasi and the management would like to
invite applications from external sources too. Briefly explain any three
justifications the management can provide to convince the staff for inviting
applications of external candidates for the vacant post. |
(3) |
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29. |
Explain “Critical point control” with
respect to Analyzing deviations, a step in the process of controlling. Give a
suitable example. OR Explain “Management by exception” with
respect to Analyzing deviations, a step in the process of controlling. Give a
suitable example. |
(3) |
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30. |
State any three objectives of the
Securities Exchange Board of India. Or State any three functions performed by the
Stock Exchange. |
(3) |
|
31. |
In Vishal Steel several initiatives have
been taken to further improve the motivation levels of employees through
designing jobs that include greater variety of work content, providing
certain stability about future income and work, providing fringe benefits
like housing, medical aid, etc., allotment of shares in line with various
incentives. Identify and briefly explain the incentives
being given by the organization to the employees. |
(4) |
|
32. |
Enumerate any four benefits of the process
by which the aptitudes, skills and abilities of employees to perform specific
jobs are increased. OR Name the mechanism that attempts to measure
certain characteristics of individuals in the process of identifying and
choosing the best person out of the number of prospective candidates for the
job. Enumerate any three of its types. |
(4) |
|
33. |
State any four barriers to communication
which are concerned with problems and obstructions in the process of encoding
and decoding the message into words or impressions. OR State any four barriers to communication
which are related to authority relationships, rules and regulations of the
company |
(4) |
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34. |
State any four factors affecting the
financial decision that is concerned with raising of finance using
shareholders’ funds and borrowed funds. |
(4) |
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35. |
Briefly explain any three of the following
techniques of Scientific Management as given by F.W. Taylor: a. Method study b. Functional foremanship c. Standardization d. Differential piece wage system OR Briefly explain any three of the following
principles of management given by Henry Fayol: a.
Unity of command b. Equity c. Remuneration d. Initiative |
(6) |
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36. |
‘The pros and cons of each alternative need
to be weighed.’ Name and briefly explain the logical steps in the process of
planning which are followed by a manager before performing the step
highlighted in the above statement. OR Briefly explain the next three steps in the process of
planning which the manager will have to have to follow after using
presumption about what might happen in the future. |
(6) |
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37. |
Jojo and Jojo is a company known for its
consumer business of baby oil and bandages, but many people do not know that
the company also runs a medical device and diagnostics business, as well as a
pharmaceutical company. With more than 1,80,000 employees worldwide the company
has chosen to share decision making authority with lower levels and place it
nearest to the point of action. Therefore the response does not take time.
This 6 propagates the belief that people are competent, capable and
resourceful who can get a chance to prove their abilities. And enables the
company in identifying those executives who have the necessary potential to
become dynamic leaders, so that the checking required on decisions taken by
lower levels of management is the least. This makes it possible to evaluate
performance at each level and each department can be individually held
accountable for their results. By
quoting the lines given above identify and briefly explain the
benefits of the concept discussed above. |
(6) |
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38. |
Choco Ltd. offers a wide variety of
chocolate products. It has an action program of not selling its products by
their generic name but under different names like Choco-silk bar,
Choco-Munchy and Choco-crunchy etc. for different customer segments. All
these names have great popularity and acceptability in the markets. As the
company policy the products were offered at reasonable and affordable prices
for targeting a mass customer base. During the festive season the company
launched a massive promotional campaign to increase its revenue and achieve
its communication objectives. The company introduced free gifts for the
customers. Their on-ground sales team delivers the product not only to the
departmental stores but also to small shops, so that all segments of
customers can easily get the products. They also provide information and
support services to customers to ensure repeat sales. From the viewpoint of the management
function, briefly explain any four activities of marketing which the
firm will be involved in, apart from the above-mentioned ones it's already
performing. |
(6) |
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