CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2025-26: question 30
From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section C, question 30, for 4 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.
Q30 · 4 marks · Short answerCompetency-basedStaffing
PP Motors is a reputed automobile company known for manufacturing high performance four wheelers. The company plans to hire eight new engineers. Akhilesh Banerjee, the Human Resource Manager has eliminated unfit job seekers based on the information supplied in the application forms, conducted various tests and interviews and verified the information of the applicants.
Identify and explain the remaining steps that Mr Banerjee must undertake in order to ensure that the organisation gets the best among the available, from the pool of prospective job candidates.
Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.
Hints
Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.
Hint 1
Screening, tests, interviews and background checks are done: what comes next?
Hint 2
The process ends with a signed document.
Step-by-step solution
Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.
- 1 mark
Selection decision: The final choice is made from candidates who passed the tests, interviews and reference checks, giving weight to the views of the manager concerned.
- 1 mark
Medical examination: Before the job offer the candidate must pass a medical fitness test.
- 1 mark
Job offer: A letter of appointment is issued to those who cleared every stage, with reasonable time to report.
- 1 mark
Contract of employment: Documents such as the attestation form and a written contract (title, duties, pay, hours, leave, termination, etc.) are executed.
Answer: The remaining steps are selection decision, medical examination, job offer and contract of employment.
Where the marks are
- Four remaining steps: 1 mark each
Revise the chapter
- Chapter: Staffing (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
- Topic: Selection Process
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