business studies

Design of question Paper
Business Studies(Code No. 054)
Class – XII
(2013-2014)
Time-3 Hrs.

Max. Marks – 90

The weightage to Content/Subject units
S.No.

Content Unit

Marks

Part A : Principles and Function of Management
1.

Nature and Significance of Management

5

2.

Principles of Management

6

3.

Business Environment

5

4.

Planning

6

5.

Organizing

8

6.

Staffing

6

7.

Directing

8

8.

Controlling

6

Total (A)

50

Part B : Business Finance and Marketing
9.

Financial Management

12

10.

Financial Markets

8

11.

Marketing

14

12.

Consumer Protection

6

Total (B)
Grand Total (A+B)

40
90

B. Weightage to forms of Questions
S.No. Forms of Questions

Marks for each question No. of question

Total Marks

1.

Very short answer type (VSA)

1

12

12

2.

Short answer type I
(SAI)

3

6

18

3.

Short answer type II
(SAII)

4

4

16

4.

Long answer type I
(LA I)

5

4

20

5.

Long answer type II
(LA II)

6

4

24

6.

Total

30

90

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

Percentage

1.

Easy

30%

2.

Average

50%

3.

E.

Estimated difficulty level of questions

Difficult

20%

Typology of Questions

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

Blue Print
Units
Unit-1(5)

Very Short
Answer (1)

Short Answer
Question(3,4)

Long Answer
I & II(5,6)

TOTAL

1(1)

4(1)

-

5(2)

3(2)

-

6(2)

Unit-2(6)
Unit-3(5)

1(1)

4(1)

-

5(2)

Unit-4(6)

1(2)

4(1)

-

6(3)