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Business StudiesCBSE Class 12 · Board exam 2026, set 66/1/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies 2026: question 32(a)

Set in the CBSE Class 12 board exam of 2026, paper 66/1/1, section D, question 32(a), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q32(a) · 6 marks · Long answerStaffing

Explain the following steps in the staffing process :
(i) Estimating manpower requirements
(ii) Selection
(iii) Placement and orientation

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 66/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Workload and workforce analysis.

Hint 2

Selection follows recruitment.

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. (i) Estimating manpower requirements: Finding how many and what type of people are needed, through workload and workforce analysis, which show whether the firm is under-, over- or optimally staffed.

    2 marks

  2. (ii) Selection: Choosing from the pool of candidates developed by recruitment so that the firm gets the best available; it also raises the self-esteem of those selected.

    2 marks

  3. (iii) Placement and orientation: Placement is the employee occupying the post for which selected; orientation introduces the employee to colleagues and to the organisation's rules and policies.

    2 marks

Answer: Manpower estimation by workload/workforce analysis; selection of the best from the pool; placement in the post and orientation to the organisation.

Where the marks are

  • Each step explained, 2 marks

Revise the chapter

  • Chapter: Staffing (notes, formulas, where marks are lost and every past question)
Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Staffing, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2026 board paper, set 66/1/1: every question, by section.

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