Business Studies

How businesses are organised and managed: management, marketing, finance and trade.

What you study

Nature of business, forms of business organisation, business services, trade; Class 12: principles of management, planning, organising, staffing, marketing, financial management, consumer protection.

Based on the CBSE curriculum outline. Check the current year's syllabus PDF on cbseacademic.nic.in for exact units and marks.

Who it suits

Persuader (E)Organiser (C)Helper (S)

Draws most on: Verbal, Memory comfort.

Check your fit with the test

Entrance exams that ask for it

CA FoundationThe first level of the Chartered Accountancy course, open to any stream after Class 12. Often asked CSEETThe Company Secretary Executive Entrance Test, the first step towards the CS qualification. Often asked BBA entrance tests (NPAT, SET, CUET and others)The university-level tests for BBA, BMS and integrated management programmes. Often asked

Routes where it matters

Chartered Accountancy, CS, CMAICAI Foundation, CSEET, CMA Foundation Helpful B.Com (Hons)CUET UG Helpful BBA / BMS / Integrated MBAIPMAT, CUET UG, NPAT, SET Helpful Entrepreneurship & StartupsNo fixed exam Helpful