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Business Studies · 2025 · 1 mark
CBSE 2025 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q4
CVX Ltd. was a leading company, manufacturing home
appliances like food processors, juicers and mixer grinders.
The company was earning good profits and was paying
high dividends to its shareholders consistently. The
company now decided to manufacture soup-making
machines, pop-up toasters and electric irons. The company
wanted to enter into emerging markets out of India also.
Entering these markets will require additional capital
investment which will facilitate in production and
distribution infrastructure etc. For this, the management
decided to retain money out of their earnings to finance the
required investment and distribute smaller dividend to the
shareholders.
The factor affecting dividend decision which was kept in
mind by the management of CVX Ltd. for entering into
emerging markets and launching new products was:
Official answer
From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
(D)
Growth Opportunities
Marking-scheme solution
(D)
Growth Opportunities
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CBSE Class 12 Business Studies past-paper question from the 2025board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.