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Explain the… (Class 12 Business Studies SQP 2026-27, Q34B)

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Business StudiesCBSE Class 12 · Sample paper, session 2026-27 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies sample paper 2026-27: question 34(B)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2026-27, section A, question 34(B), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q34(B) · 6 marks · Long answerPlanning

Explain the following benefits of planning:
a) Planning facilitates decision making
b) Planning reduces the risk of uncertainty
c) Planning establishes standards of controlling

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2026-27.

Hints

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Hint 1

Decision making = choosing among alternatives.

Hint 2

Without planned goals, what would control measure against?

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. a) Facilitates decision making: Planning looks ahead, sets targets and predicts conditions, helping the manager evaluate alternatives and choose the most viable one.

    2 marks

  2. b) Reduces the risk of uncertainty: By anticipating changes and deciding tasks in advance, planning prepares responses to uncertain events, though changes cannot be eliminated.

    2 marks

  3. c) Establishes standards for controlling: Planning sets goals that act as standards against which actual performance is measured and deviations corrected.

    2 marks

Answer: Planning aids rational choice among alternatives, prepares for uncertainty and provides the standards for control.

Where the marks are

  • Each benefit: ½ heading + 1½ explanation

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 2026-27: every question, by section.

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