CUET Business Studies 2025 3 June Shift 2 PYQs

"The health and fitness trend has become popular among many urban dwellers. This has created a demand for products like organic food, gyms, bottled (mineral) water and food supplements". Identify the component of the business environment highlighted in the aforesaid statement.

From the options given below, identify the steps that are involved in the process of ensuring that actual activities conform to planned activities: (A) Setting performance standards and measurement of actual performance (B) Comparison of actual performance with standards (C) Taking corrective action (D) Analysis of deviations Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following components are important activities involved in physical distribution?

"Entrepreneurship is not a mysterious gift or charm and something that happens by chance! It is step by step and a purposeful activity". Identify the characteristic of entrepreneurship highlighted in the aforesaid statement.

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Component | Dimension of Business Environment | | (A) The nature of the relationship of our country with foreign countries | (I) Economic Environment | | (B) Scientific improvements | (II) Social Environment | | (C) Rates of saving and investment | (III) Political Environment | | (D) Attitudes towards product innovations | (IV) Technological environment | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The buyers are willing to spend a lot of time and effort on the purchase of _________.

Delegation refers to the ______ transfer of authority from a superior to a subordinate.

If a firm's objective is to obtain a larger share of the market, it will keep the price of its products at ________ levels so that ________ number of people are attracted to purchase the product.

"A manager can leave routine decision-making to his subordinates and deal with exceptional situations which require her/his expertise by following the principles of delegation". Identify the significance of the management principle highlighted in the aforesaid statement.

Human Resource Management includes many specialised activities and duties which the human resource personnel must perform. Identify such activities from the options given below: (A) Developing compensation and incentive plans. (B) Training and development of employees for efficient performance and career growth. (C) Analysing jobs, collecting information about jobs to prepare job descriptions. (D) Recruitment, i.e., search for qualified people Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Identify the correct sequence of the process of financial planning from the options given below: (A) The preparation of a sales forecast. (B) Estimates showing expected profits are made to know how much fund requirements can be met internally. (C) The preparation of financial statements. (D) Estimation of the requirement for external funds. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Elements of Communication | Nature | | --- | --- | | (A) Media | (I) The path through which the encoded message is transmitted to the receiver. | | (B) Decoding | (II) All those actions of the receiver indicating that he has received and understood the message from the sender. | | (C) Feedback | (III) The process of converting encoded symbols of the sender. | | (D) Noise | (IV) Hindrance to communication. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Divisional structure is suitable for which of the following business enterprises? 1. A large-sized organization requiring functional specialization. 2. Organisation has diversified activities where emphasis is placed on specific functions. 3. An organization where operations require a high degree of specialization 4. Organization producing a large variety of products using different productive resources

Identify the benefits offered to the organization through proper staffing. 1. Helps in discovering and obtaining competent personnel for various jobs. 2. It contributes to lower performance of employees, by putting the right person in the right job. 3. Ensures the temporary survival and growth of the enterprise through the succession planning for managers. 4. Helps to ensure limited utilization of human resources.

"The consumer has a right to get relief against unfair trade practices, restrictive trade practices or unscrupulous exploitation in case the product or a service falls short of his expectations". Which consumer right has been exhibited in this statement?

Identify the advantages of the functional structure from the options given below. <ol> <li>(A) It leads to occupational specialisation since emphasis is placed on specific functions. This promotes efficiency in the utilisation of manpower as employees perform similar tasks within a department and are able to improve performance.</li> <li>(B) It promotes control and coordination within a department because of similarity in the tasks being performed.</li> <li>(C) It promotes flexibility and initiative because each unit functions as an autonomous sector, which leads to faster decision-making.</li> <li>(D) It helps in increasing managerial and operational efficiency and this results in increased profit.</li> </ol> Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Identify the correct sequence of the process of selection from the options given below. A. Selection Decision B. Reference and Background Checks C. Job Offer D. Medical Examination Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

"At times, it may be difficult to know the extent of the relative impact of the social, economic, political, technological or legal factors on changes in demand for a product in the market". Identify the feature of the business environment highlighted in the aforesaid statement.

Identify from the options given below, the competency of an entrepreneur, which focuses on "observing the symptoms, diagnosing and curing".

Which of the following is not a factor affecting the working capital requirements of a business firm?

"The common thread that runs through all activities such as purchase, production, sales, and finance to ensure continuity in the work of the organization, for achieving harmony among individual efforts towards the accomplishment of group goals". Identify the concept of management highlighted in the aforesaid statement.

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Aspects | Type of needs | | (A) Stability of income | (I) Safety/Security Needs | | (B) Hunger & thirst | (II) Physiological Needs | | (C) Self-respect & autonomy | (III) Affiliation/Belonging Needs | | (D) Acceptance and friendship | (IV) Esteem Needs | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A good manager __________ through praise and criticism in such a way that it brings out the best in the employee.

Which of the following responsibilities a consumer should keep in mind while purchasing, using and consuming goods and services?

Identify the benefits of training and development activities for employees from the options given below: (A) Improved skills and knowledge due to training lead to a better career for the individual. (B) Increased performance by the individual helps him to earn more. (C) Training increases the satisfaction and morale of employees. (D) Training reduces absenteeism and employee turnover. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

"A good control system enables management to verify whether the standards set are accurate and objective". Identify the importance of controlling highlighted in the aforesaid statement.

Which step of controlling states that "performance should be measured in an objective and reliable manner"?

Identify the advantages of formal organization from the options given below. (A) It is easier to fix responsibility since mutual relationships are clearly defined. (B) There is no ambiguity in the role that each member has to play as duties are specified. This also helps in avoiding duplication of effort. (C) It helps to fulfill the social needs of the members and allows them to find like minded people. This enhances their job satisfaction since it gives them a sense of belongingness in the organisation. (D) Unity of command is maintained through an established chain of command. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following is not a valid aspect of formal organization ?

Efficiency is increased when for the same benefit or outputs _________.

Identify the type of plan which provides the manner in which a task has to be performed considering the objective.

"According to Taylor, there should be an almost equal division of work and responsibility between workers and management. All day long, the management should work almost side by side with the workers helping, encouraging and smoothing the way for them". Identify the principle of scientific management highlighted in the aforesaid statement.

The term "Caveat Emptor" means:

| **List–I (Functions of Marketing)** | **List–II (Description/Function)** | | ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | (A) Customer Support Services | (I) Classification of products into different groups | | (B) Standardisation | (II) Identification of the needs of customers | | (C) Grading | (III) Collection and analysis of market-related information | | (D) Gathering and Analysing Market Information | (IV) Producing goods according to predetermined specifications |

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Types of Training | Aspects | | (A) Internship Training | (I) Puts the trainee under the guidance of a master worker. | | (B) Job Rotation | (II) Employees learn their jobs on the equipment they will be using, but the training is conducted away from the actual workplace. | | (C) Apprenticeship Programmes | (III) A joint programme of training in which educational institutions and business firms cooperate. | | (D) Vestibule Training | (IV) Shifting the trainee from one department to another or from one job to another. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which function of management is considered as the "thinking function"?

Identify the correct sequence of the process of staffing from the options given below: (A) Estimating the Manpower Requirements (B) Recruitment and Selection (C) Placement and Orientation (D) Training and Development Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Identify the basic features of "Management as an Art". (A) Universal Validity (B) Existence of theoretical knowledge (C) Based on creativity (D) Personalised Application Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Since planning is an activity, there are certain logical steps for every manager to follow. Identify the correct sequence from the options given below: <ol type='A'> <li>Selecting an alternative: This is the real point of decision-making.</li> <li>Evaluating alternative courses: The next step is to weigh the pros and cons of each alternative. The best plan has to be adopted and implemented.</li> <li>Follow-up action: Monitoring the plans is equally important to ensure that objectives are achieved.</li> <li>Implement the plan: This is concerned with putting the plan into action.</li> </ol> Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Procedures are steps to be carried out within a broad ________ framework.