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Business Studies · 2024 · 1 mark
CBSE 2024 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q5
‘Mudro Infratech’ got a short-term contract for building two villas within
a period of ten months with the expectation to earn a huge amount of
profit. The Works Manager accepted this challenge and completed the
work within the given time period. The profit of the company went up by
% due to this temporary order. The Finance Manager was aware that
the company would not earn this huge profit in the near future. So, he
decided not to increase dividend per share as earnings for the year had
gone up, but not the earning potential of the company. He also knew that
this increase in earnings was temporary in nature.
The factor affecting Dividend Decision being highlighted above is :
Official answer
From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
(D)
Stability of dividends
Marking-scheme solution
(D)
Stability of dividends
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