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Out of the… (Class 12 Business Studies SQP 2025-26, Q6)

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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 6

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section A, question 6, for 1 mark. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q6 · 1 mark · MCQCompetency-basedBusiness Environment

Out of the following, which is/are the component(s) of the social environment.
1) Rate of inflation has increased by 2% leading to a higher total cost for business enterprises.
2) Various specialty health food and grocery shops have opened in an area where fitness and health enthusiasts live.
3) Life expectancy rate in India has improved over the past 20 years due to adequate health facilities and infrastructure.
4) A company in its human resource manual discloses a zero tolerance policy for racial discrimination and discriminatory practices against employees with disability.
5) The Advertising Standards Council of India prohibits the advertisement that promotes products or services that are banned by law.
Choose the correct option :

  1. (A)only 2
  2. (B)1,2,3
  3. (C)2,4,5
  4. (D)2,3,4

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

Rule out the economic and the legal statements first.

Hint 2

Life expectancy and health consciousness are social trends.

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. (1) Inflation is economic. (5) An advertising regulator's prohibition is legal. (2) Health-food shops for fitness enthusiasts reflect lifestyle trends, (3) life expectancy is a demographic trend, and (4) a zero-tolerance policy on discrimination reflects social values.

  2. So 2, 3 and 4 are components of the social environment. Option (D).

    1 mark

Answer: (D) 2,3,4

Where the marks are

  • Social environment: lifestyle, demography, social values (1 mark)

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