CBSE Class 12 Entrepreneurship Question Paper 2017

CBSE Class 12 entrepreneurship paper is based on the following 6 units in the stream:

• Entrepreneurial Opportunities

• Entrepreneurial Planning

• Enterprise Marketing

• Enterprise Growth Strategies

• Business Arithmetic

• Resource Mobilization

Project work and theory paper together make up for a 100 marks examination with 70 marks distributed for theoretical paper and the rest 30 marks are awarded based on scoring in the project work.

Unit 1 - Entrepreneurial Opportunities

The first unit comprises of following topics on which the questions will be based in the theoretical question paper:

• Sensing Entrepreneurial Opportunities

• Environment Scanning

• Problem Identification

• Spotting Trends

• Creativity and Innovation

• Selecting the Right Opportunity

Unit 2 - Entrepreneurial Planning

The second unit comprises of the following topics based on which the questions may appear in the exam:

• Forms of Business Entities – Sole proprietorship, Joint Stock Company, etc.

• Business Plan

• Organisational plan

• Operational plan and production plan.

• Financial plan

• Marketing Plan

• Human Resource Planning

• Creating the Plan

• Formalities for starting a business.

Unit 3 - Enterprise Marketing

Mentioned below are the topics from unit 3:

• Goals of Business; Goal Setting. SMART Goals.

• Marketing and Sales strategy.

• Branding – Business name, logo, tag line.

• Promotion strategy.

• Negotiations – Importance and methods.

• Customer Relations

• Employee and Vendor Management

• Business Failure – Reasons

Unit 4 - Enterprise Growth Strategies

The topics based on this unit are as follows:

• Franchising

• Merger and Acquisition

• Moving up the Value Chain and Value Addition

Unit 5 - Business Arithmetic

Unit 5 is divided into the following topics:

• Business Arithmetic

• Unit Cost for multiple products or services and Unit of Sale.

• Break even Analysis for multiple products or services.

• Importance and use of cash flow projections.

• Budgeting and managing the finances.

• Computation of working capital.

• Inventory control and EOQ.

• Return on Investment (ROI).

• Return on equity (ROE).

Unit 6 - Resource Mobilization

The last is more about resources and mobilization and the topics are:

• Resource Mobilization

• Angel Investor

• Venture Capital Funds.

• Stock Market – raising funds.

• Specialized Financial Institutions.

CBSE Class 12 Entrepreneurship Question Paper 2017

The CBSE Grade 12 Entrepreneurship Paper 2017 consisted of 12 pages in total with 24 questions. There is a code number on every question paper which the applicant is supposed to write on the title page of the answer book. The applicant is given 3 hours to attempt the entire question paper.

Rules to follow:

• Candidate must write down the serial number of the question before attempting the questions.

• As a good practice, it is suggested that students take the first 15 minutes of the allotted time to read the question paper carefully before attempting it.

• For this purpose, after the papers are distributed, candidates are given fifteen minutes in which candidates are not allowed to write anything in the answer book. Candidates will read the question book only and not write any answer in this period.

Other Instructions for Writing Grade 12 Entrepreneurship Paper

1. All the questions are compulsory to attempt in the paper and there are no alternative questions.

2. The question paper comprises a total of 24 questions which the candidate will be answering as per the syllabus and marks carried by the question.

3. Marks carried by each question are indicated against the question.

Questions 1 to 5

• These are very short answer type questions.

• Each question carries 1 mark for which you’re expected to write very short one to two sentence answers that are brief and to the point.

Questions 6 to 10

• Questions 6 to 10 are short answer type questions.

• Each question carries 2 marks and you are expected to write short answers for these questions.

Questions 11 to 17

• Questions from no. 11 to no. 17 are long answer type questions.

• These questions carry 3 marks each and these are type I long answer questions for which you will have to write answers in about 10 to 15 lines.

Questions 18 to 21

• These are type II long answer type questions.

• All the questions between 18 to 21 carry 4 marks each for which you are expected to write to the point and brief long answers.

Question 22 to 24

• The last set of questions from no. 22 to 24 are all essay type questions.

• These questions carry 6 marks each and you are expected to write very long essay type answers for these questions.