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Business Studies · 2026 · 1 mark
CBSE 2026 · Region 5 · Set 1 · Q3
Read the following statements : Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : General forces such as social, political, legal and
technological conditions affect an individual firm only
indirectly.
Reason (R) : General forces have an impact on all business
enterprises, in contrast to, specific forces that affect
individual firms directly and immediately in their
day-to-day working.
Choose the correct alternative from the following :
Official answer
From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
(A)
Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Marking-scheme solution
(A)
Both assertion (A) and Reason (R) are correct and Reason (R) is
the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
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