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Explain why… (Class 12 Business Studies SQP 2025-26, Q26A)

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Business StudiesCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 4 marks · Short answer

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2025-26: question 26(A)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section C, question 26(A), for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q26(A) · 4 marks · Short answerPlanning

Explain why planning is considered as
a) pervasive
b) futuristic function of management.

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

Does only the top manager plan?

Hint 2

Planning always deals with which time: past, present or future?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. a) Planning is pervasive: Planning is needed at all levels and in all departments, not only by top management, although its scope differs: top management plans for the whole organisation, middle management for departments and lower levels for day-to-day operations.

    2 marks

  2. b) Planning is futuristic: Planning looks ahead and prepares for the future; through forecasting, future events are anticipated so that the organisation can meet them to its best advantage.

    2 marks

Answer: Planning is pervasive because it is done at every level and in every department; it is futuristic because it looks ahead through forecasting.

Where the marks are

  • Each feature: 2 marks

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Planning (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Planning, 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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