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Nature and Scope of Business — Syllabus
NIOS · Class 12 · Business Studies
What Nature and Scope of Business covers in NIOS Class 12 Business Studies: 4 topics, for the 2026-27 session.
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4 Topics · NIOS Class 12 Business Studies · 2026-27
Topics in Nature and Scope of Business
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1. Human Activities and Economic Activities
- All activities performed by human beings to satisfy their needs or wants are called Human Activities.
- Human activities are divided into two broad categories: Economic Activities and Non-Economic Activities.
- Economic Activities are those undertaken with the objective of earning money or livelihood. Examples: a farmer growing crops, a worker working in a factory, a businessman buying and selling goods.
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2. Classification of Economic Activities – Business, Profession, and Employment
- Business: Economic activity involving regular production or purchase of goods and services for sale, transfer, or exchange with the objective of earning PROFIT. Example: a shopkeeper, Tata Companies.
- Profession: Economic activity requiring special knowledge, skill, and training. The reward is called a 'fee'. Example: doctor, lawyer, chartered accountant.
- Employment: Economic activity where a person (employee) works for another (employer) under a contract of service for a wage or salary. Example: postman working for the Department of Posts.
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3. Importance of Business
- Business improves the standard of living by providing better quality and variety of goods and services.
- It generates employment, which reduces poverty in the country.
- It utilises scarce national resources and facilitates mass production.
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4. Objectives of Business
- Business objectives are what a business organisation wants to achieve over a specified time period.
- Modern businesses do NOT have only one objective (profit). They have FIVE categories of objectives.
- Economic Objectives: Earning adequate profit, exploring new markets, growth and expansion, innovation, optimal use of resources.
Key Concepts
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Key topics in Nature and Scope of Business include Human Activities and Economic Activities, Classification of Economic Activities – Business, Profession, and Employment, Importance of Business, Objectives of Business. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the NIOS Class 12 board exam.
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