CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2024-25: question 8
From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2024-25, section A, question 8, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.
Q8 · 1 mark · Assertion-reasonCompetency-basedControlling
Read the following statements: Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct alternative from those given below:
ASSERTION (A): Controlling can prevent deviations.
REASON (R): Controlling helps in minimising deviations by taking actions and decisions that reduce their recurrence.
- (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
- (B)Both Assertion(A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
- (C)Assertion (A) is true, Reason (R) is false.
- (D)Assertion(A) is false, Reason(R) is true.
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Hints
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Hint 1
Can any system stop deviations from ever happening?
Hint 2
What does controlling do with deviations?
Step-by-step solution
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The Assertion is false: controlling cannot prevent deviations altogether. The Reason is true: it minimises deviations by actions that reduce their recurrence.
- 1 mark
So A is false and R is true. Option (D).
Answer: (D) Assertion (A) is false, Reason (R) is true.
Where the marks are
- Control minimises, does not prevent, deviations (1 mark)
Revise the chapter
- Chapter: Controlling (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
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