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

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2025-26: question 3

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section A, question 3, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q3 · 1 mark · Assertion-reasonCompetency-basedDirecting

Read the following statements: Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct alternative from those given below:

ASSERTION(A): Maslow’s need hierarchy theory of motivation is widely recognised and appreciated yet criticised.

REASON(R): Even though Maslow's theory focuses on needs as a basis of motivation and helps to develop understanding about the motivation phenomenon, his propositions are questioned on their classification and hierarchy.

  1. (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true.
  2. (B)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are false.
  3. (C)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
  4. (D)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

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Hints

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Hint 1

Is the theory both appreciated and criticised?

Hint 2

Does R say why it is criticised?

Step-by-step solution

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  1. The Assertion is true: Maslow's theory is widely recognised yet criticised. The Reason is true: it explains motivation through needs, but its classification and hierarchy of needs are questioned.

  2. The questioning of the classification and hierarchy is exactly why the theory is criticised, so R correctly explains A. Option (D).

    1 mark

Answer: (D) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Where the marks are

  • Both true, R explains A (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

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