KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, CHENNAI REGION
FIRST PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION, 2024-25
BUSINESS STUDIES (054)
CLASS XII (2024-25)
ANSWER KEY
1 A. Organisational Objectives 1
2 B. Political Environment 1
3 A. Setting performance standards 1
4 A. Technological 1
5 B. Management as an Art 1
6 A. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the 1
correct explanation of Assertion (A)
7 D. Tax evasion control measure 1
8 B. Trading on equity 1
9 C. Centralisation to delegation 1
10 C.Both the Statements I and II are correct 1
11 D. 1-I, 2-iii, 3-ii 1
12 D.Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true, 1
13 D.Personal Selling. 1
14 D. Organising 1
15 B.Secondary Market 1
16 C. Packaging, 1
17 B.Pan Number 1
18 B.Marketing Concept 1
19 D.(ii);(iii);(iv);(i) 1
20 B.ROI is higher than the cost of debt, 1
21 (a) (i) Motivating employees (ii) Creating Cooperation. 3
(b) Middle Level Management
22 In this case, company needs to recruit unskilled workers to meet the 3
seasonal/temporary increase in demand of the company’s products. Here,
‘Labour Contractors’ will be the most suitable method of recruitment
because of following reasons:
(i) Labour contractors maintain close contacts with labourers; and
(ii) They can provide the required number of unskilled workers at
short notice.
(OR)
Next two steps of staffing process:
(i) Placement and Orientation: Placement means to join the post for
which he/she has been selected. Under orientation, the employee
is given a brief presentation about the company and is introduced
to his superiors, subordinates and colleagues.
(ii) Training and development: At this step of process of staffing,
training and development are imparted to the employees to his
superiors, subordinates and colleagues.
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FIRST PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION, 2024-25
BUSINESS STUDIES (054)
CLASS XII (2024-25)
ANSWER KEY
1 A. Organisational Objectives 1
2 B. Political Environment 1
3 A. Setting performance standards 1
4 A. Technological 1
5 B. Management as an Art 1
6 A. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the 1
correct explanation of Assertion (A)
7 D. Tax evasion control measure 1
8 B. Trading on equity 1
9 C. Centralisation to delegation 1
10 C.Both the Statements I and II are correct 1
11 D. 1-I, 2-iii, 3-ii 1
12 D.Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true, 1
13 D.Personal Selling. 1
14 D. Organising 1
15 B.Secondary Market 1
16 C. Packaging, 1
17 B.Pan Number 1
18 B.Marketing Concept 1
19 D.(ii);(iii);(iv);(i) 1
20 B.ROI is higher than the cost of debt, 1
21 (a) (i) Motivating employees (ii) Creating Cooperation. 3
(b) Middle Level Management
22 In this case, company needs to recruit unskilled workers to meet the 3
seasonal/temporary increase in demand of the company’s products. Here,
‘Labour Contractors’ will be the most suitable method of recruitment
because of following reasons:
(i) Labour contractors maintain close contacts with labourers; and
(ii) They can provide the required number of unskilled workers at
short notice.
(OR)
Next two steps of staffing process:
(i) Placement and Orientation: Placement means to join the post for
which he/she has been selected. Under orientation, the employee
is given a brief presentation about the company and is introduced
to his superiors, subordinates and colleagues.
(ii) Training and development: At this step of process of staffing,
training and development are imparted to the employees to his
superiors, subordinates and colleagues.
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