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Business StudiesCBSE Class 12 · Board exam 2026, set 66/5/1 · 1 mark · Assertion-reason

CBSE Class 12 Business Studies 2026: question 3

Set in the CBSE Class 12 board exam of 2026, paper 66/5/1, 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-basedBusiness Environment

Read the following statements : Assertion (A) and Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : General forces such as social, political, legal and technological conditions affect an individual firm only indirectly.

Reason (R) : General forces have an impact on all business enterprises, in contrast to, specific forces that affect individual firms directly and immediately in their day-to-day working.

Choose the correct alternative from the following :

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

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2026 board paper, set 66/5/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Contrast general and specific forces.

Hint 2

Which forces touch a firm day to day?

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. Assertion: Correct. General forces (social, political, legal, technological) affect an individual firm only indirectly.

    Reason: Correct. General forces affect all businesses, whereas specific forces (customers, competitors, suppliers) affect individual firms directly and immediately.

  2. Because general forces act on all firms at once, they reach any one firm only indirectly, so R explains A. Option (A).

    1 mark

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

Where the marks are

  • Truth of A and R and the link between them (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Business Environment, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2026 board paper, set 66/5/1: every question, by section.

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