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Match the… (Class 12 Business Studies SQP 2025-26, Q13)

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Business StudiesCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 1 mark · MCQ

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2025-26: question 13

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section A, question 13, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q13 · 1 mark · MCQNature and Significance of Management

Match the concepts of management given in column I with their meaning given in column II

COLUMN ICOLUMN II
AManagement HierarchyiInvolves defining and grouping of activities, resource allocation and establishment of authority relationships.
BCoordinationiiInvolves establishing performance standards measuring actual performance and taking corrective action
COrganisingiiiIt shows orderly arrangement of individual and group efforts to ensure unity of action in realisation of common objectives.
DControllingivRefers to different levels in the organisation created as a result of authority responsibility relationships binding individuals as superiors and subordinates.

Choose the correct option from the following:

  1. (A)A-iv, B-iii, C-ii, D-i
  2. (B)A-ii, B-iii, C-iv, D-ii
  3. (C)A-iv, B-iii, C-i, D-ii
  4. (D)A-iii, B-iv, C-i, D-ii

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.

Hints

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Hint 1

Which definition mentions superiors and subordinates?

Hint 2

Which one mentions corrective action?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. Hierarchy = levels created by authority-responsibility relationships (iv); coordination = orderly arrangement of efforts for unity of action (iii).

  2. Organising = defining and grouping activities, allocating resources and setting authority relations (i); controlling = standards, measurement and corrective action (ii). Option (C).

    1 mark

Answer: (C) A-iv, B-iii, C-i, D-ii

Where the marks are

  • Matching management concepts (1 mark)

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Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Nature and Significance of Management, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2025-26: every question, by section.

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