CBSE Class 12 Business Studies Exam Pattern

Updated: Friday, December 5, 2014, 15:06 [IST]

Total (A)The weightage to marks over different dimensions of the question paper shall be as under :

A. Weightage to Content/ Subject units

S.No.	Content Unit	Marks
	Part A : Principles and Functions of Management
1	Nature and Significance of Management	7
2	Principles of Management	7
3	Business Environment	-
4	Planning	7
5	Organizing	10
6	Staffing	10
7	Directing	12
8	Controlling	7
	Total (A)	60
	Part B : Business Finance and Marketing
9	Financial Management	12
10	Financial Markets	8
11	Marketing	14
12	Consumer Protection	6
	Total (B)	40
	Grand total (A+B)	100

B. Weightage to forms of Questions

S.No	Forms of Questions	Marks for each question	No. of questions	Total Marks
1	Very short answer type	1	10	10
2	Short answer type (SAI)	3	5	15
3	Short answer type (SAII)	4	5	20
4	Long answer type I (LA I)	5	5	25
5	Long answer type (LA II)	6	5	30
6	Total		30	100

C. Scheme of Options: There will be no overall choice. However, there is an internal choice in every question of 6 marks

D. Weightage to difficulty level of questions

S.No	Estimated difficulty level of questions	Percentage
1	Easy	30%
2	Average	50%
3	Difficult	20%

E. Typology of Questions : In order to assess different abilities related to the subject, the question paper is likely to include questions based on higher order skills, such as open-ended questions, questions based on case-study, diagrams, cartoons given in the text book.

Units	Very Short Answer (1 mark)	Short Answer I & II (3 and 4 marks)	Long Answer I & II (5 and 6 marks)	Total
Unit-1	1(2)	-	5(1)	7(3)
Unit-2	1(2)	-	5(1)	7(3)
Unit-3	-	-	-	-
Unit-4	1(2)	-	5(1)	7(3)
Unit-5	-	4(1)	6(1)	10(2)
Unit-6	-	4(1)	6(1)	10(2)
Unit-7	-	4(1)	6(1)	12(4)
Unit-8	-	3(1), 4(1)	-	7(2)
Unit-9	1(2)	3(2)	6(1)	12(3)
Unit-10	1(2)	3(1)	5(1)	8(2)
Unit-11	1(2)	3(1)	5(1) ,6(1)	14(3)
Unit-12	1(2)	4(1)	-	6(3)
	10(10)	35(10)	55(10)	100(30)