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LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

True/FalseQuestion Robert Owen was a railroad builder in America.

Correct Answer False

Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is lacking in Indian business companies management?

Correct Answer Professionalism

Your Answer Professionalism

Match The Following

Question Correct Answer Your Answer

Social effectiveness This component allowsyou to settle disputesamicably

This component allows youto settle disputes amicably

Alfred Bennet He is the father ofintelligence quotient

He is the father ofintelligence quotient

Daniel Goleman He is an AmericanBehavioural Scientist

He is an AmericanBehavioural Scientist

Empathy It is a component ofleadership due to therapid pace of globalisation

It is a component ofleadership due to the rapidpace of globalisation

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Features of direction would be :-

Correct Answer Pervasive function , Communication , Continuous process

Your Answer Pervasive function , Communication , Continuous process

Select The BlankQuestion Management as a discipline does not require any ________ of

practice.Correct Answer Certificate

Your Answer Certificate

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Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What would essentially shape the growth and future of any

economy?Correct Answer Adequate and quality corporate governance

Your Answer Corporate laws

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is possible to enforce among workers when morale is high

and when they are given participating opportunities?Correct Answer Self-discipline

Your Answer Self-motivating

Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question "The structure of consumer demand in India is like an iceberg".What is the rationale behind this statement?

Correct Answer We see only parts of ready potential on the surface

Your Answer We see only parts of ready potential on the surface

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which of the following is not an area of operation of event

management?Correct Answer Banking

Your Answer Banking

True/FalseQuestion Wrong medium of communication is a physical barrier.


Your Answer False

Select The BlankQuestion Chesterd Bernard developed a theory of organization and

________ functions.Correct Answer Executive

Your Answer Executive

True/FalseQuestion The Indian consumer does not see shopping as an end in itself.

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Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion David C M cCelland identified three motives. Those are :-

Correct Answer Affiliation , Power , Achievement

Your Answer Affiliation , Power , Achievement

Select The BlankQuestion Different rates are levied by different states for ________ tax.

Correct Answer Entertainment

Your Answer Entertainment

True/FalseQuestion Board members should have an independent sense of judgment.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question Any morale improvement programme of management mustembrace the following rules :-Correct Answer Respect individual , Be fair and just , Encourage initiative

Your Answer Respect individual , Be fair and just , Encourage initiative

Select The BlankQuestion The basic assumptions regarding human nature has been

classified in ________ which says he is gullible, not very brightand by nature resistant to change.

Correct Answer Theory X

Your Answer Theory X

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The various departments that an event management company

will have are :-Correct Answer Creative , Production , Client servicing

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Your Answer Creative , Production , Client servicing

True/False

Question Insider trading issue is an important aspect of corporategovernance.Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Communication forms the link between every individual and

between one group and the other groups. What are the mainfacts which flow through individuals at various levels?

Correct Answer Concepts, opinions

Your Answer Concepts, co-ordination

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Vedanta being a systematic and formulated knowledge of life

and living, helps us to gain :-Correct Answer Harmony , Peace , Bliss

Your Answer Harmony , Peace , Bliss

True/FalseQuestion In principle the chairman and the CGO have the same role to

play.Correct Answer False

Your Answer False

Select The BlankQuestion Management is management of people and not the ________of

things.Correct Answer Direction

Your Answer Direction

True/FalseQuestion You should never measure the process and develop tools that

will measure your progress.Correct Answer False

Your Answer True

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Select The BlankQuestion Business ________ is the calculation of probable events to

provide against future.

Correct Answer Forecasting

Your Answer Planning

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion A responsible leader always encourages his team members to :-

Correct Answer Think creatively , Think differently

Your Answer Think creatively , Think differently , Think logically

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who is primarily known for his Time and motion studies?

Correct Answer Frank Gilberth

Your Answer F.W.Taylor

Select The BlankQuestion Govt. services comprise ________, defence and social goods.

Correct Answer Public administration

Your Answer Public administration

Select The BlankQuestion Physical needs are at the base of the hierarchy theory of

motivation while self actualization needs are at the ________.Correct Answer Apex

Your Answer Apex

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which theory assumes that people are naturally lazy and will

avoid work and responsibilities if possible?Correct Answer Theory X

Your Answer Theory X

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Objectives are classified on the basis of :-

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Correct Answer Time and Levels

Your Answer Time and Levels

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion EQ is born largely in the neurotransmitters if the brains limbic

system that governs the following :-Correct Answer Drives , Impulses , Feelings

Your Answer Drives , Impulses , Feelings

Select The BlankQuestion In management process, the most misinterpreted word is

________.Correct Answer Organizing

Your Answer Organizing

Select The BlankQuestion The four A's of the service section are acceptability, ________ ,

affordability, availability.Correct Answer Awareness

Your Answer Awareness

Select The Blank

Question Management is a creative and ________ process.

Correct Answer Continuous

Your Answer Continuous

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The old control techniques which were used through the years

are :-Correct Answer Unity of policies , Break-even analysis , Budgetary control

Your Answer Unity of policies , Break-even analysis , Budgetary control

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Emotional intelligence is said to be the ability to sense,

understand and effectively apply the power and acumen ofemotions as a source of :-

Correct Answer Information , Trust , Human energy

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Your Answer Information , Trust , Human energy

True/False

Question Correction of deviations is the point at which control can be seenas a part of the whole system of management and can berelated to other managerial functions.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said "Management is a multi-purpose organ that manages

a business, manages workers and work?Correct Answer Peter Drucker

Your Answer Peter Drucker

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Name the need under the level of hierarchy which has the

highest potency and a person who lacks basic necessities of lifewill primarily be motivated by such needs :-

Correct Answer Physiological

Your Answer Physiological

True/False

Question "When an insurance policy is sold, a promise is sold".

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

True/FalseQuestion The purpose of control is not to appraise current and completed

action but to provide a basis for regulating future activities.Correct Answer False

Your Answer True

Match The Following


W.Edward Deming Introduced quality controlin Japan

Introduced quality controlin Japan

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Henry Fayol Referred to as 'The fatherof modern managementtheory'

Referred to as 'The fatherof modern managementtheory'

Federick W.Taylor Referred to as 'The father

of scientific management'

Referred to as 'The father

of scientific management'

Vilfredo Pareto Referred to as 'The fatherof the social systemsapproach' to organizationand management

Referred to as 'The fatherof the social systemsapproach' to organizationand management

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Components of planning would include :-

Correct Answer Objectives , Budgets , Procedures

Your Answer Objectives , Budgets , Procedures

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The family owned businesses like Tata and Birla, also face major

fears likeCorrect Answer Right successor , Stumbling self confidence , Lack of

professional managementYour Answer Right successor , Stumbling self confidence , Lack of

professional management

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Of which type of knowledge is science a body of?

Correct Answer Organized

Your Answer Organized

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Budgetary control involves budgets such as :-

Correct Answer Sales , Production , Cash

Your Answer Sales , Production , Cash

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Select The BlankQuestion Positive motivation makes people willing to do their work in the best way

they can and improve their ________.

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Correct Answer Performance

Your Answer Productivity

Select The BlankQuestion ________ degree of delegation is that in which a superior states a

particular task to his subordinates and tells them to investigate on thattask and report back.

Correct Answer LowYour Answer Moderate

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said, Management is the creation and maintenance of internal

environment in an enterprise, where individuals working in groups canperform efficiently and effectively towards the attainment of gr

Correct Answer Koontz & O Donell

Your Answer Koontz & O Donell

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said, 'Direction is telling people what to do and seeing that they do it

to the best of their ability'?Correct Answer Dale

Your Answer Dale

True/FalseQuestion It is said that always lines of communication should be open.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which ethical factor argues that there is no universal set of principles by

which to judge mortality?Correct Answer Ethical Relativism

Your Answer Ethical Relativism


Question Who said, Management is a multiple organ that manages a business,manages a manager and manages workers and work?

Correct Answer Peter Drucker


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Question ________ activities include co-ordination and control.

Correct Answer Managerial

Your Answer Managerial

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The following are the elements of control

Correct Answer Authority and knowledge , Guidance and direction , Constraint andrestraint

Your Answer Guidance and direction , Comparison and correctiveness

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The negative type of motivators will include :-

Correct Answer Fear , Force , Reprimands

Your Answer Fear , Force

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion The share of services in GDP changes with the economic cycle. A

cyclical upturn would thus result in :-Correct Answer Resource allocation away from the service sector

Your Answer Resource allocation away from the service sector

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The different components of EQ would be :-

Correct Answer Self-awareness , Emotional management , Empathy

Your Answer Self-awareness , Emotional management , Empathy

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What should be kept open for effective delegation?

Correct Answer Communication

Your Answer Communication

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion To get over tensions and stress one must practice the yogic exercises

that consist of :-Correct Answer Abstinence , Meditation , Breath-control

Your Answer Abstinence , Meditation , Breath-control

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Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion One of the external environment factors that influences Management is

Correct Answer Legal

Your Answer Legal

Select The BlankQuestion Brands are associated with lifestyles and people's ________.

Correct Answer Aspirations

Your Answer Expectations

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Management is

Correct Answer Creative

Your Answer Supportive

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion This is a type of motivational technique training given to the groups of

managers themselves so that they may behave with and motivate theirsubordinates better :-

Correct Answer Sensitivity training

Your Answer Leadership training

True/FalseQuestion Under pre-requisites of planning performance budgeting is meaningful

without control.Correct Answer False

Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Management is the combination of Arts, Science and

Correct Answer Profession

Your Answer Profession

Select The BlankQuestion Management is a creative and ________ process.

Correct Answer Continuous

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Your Answer Continuous

True/FalseQuestion Demand forecast is one of the popular forecasts.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Management is not just a

Correct Answer Process

Your Answer Process

Select The BlankQuestion ________ means draw prior conclusions about the probable of

production, sales, profits in the future, on the basis of research.Correct Answer Forecasting

Your Answer Forecasting

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The family owned businesses like Tata and Birla, also face major fears

likeCorrect Answer Right successor , Stumbling self confidence , Lack of professional

management

Your Answer Right successor , Stumbling self confidence , Lack of professionalmanagement

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What hampers organisational communication?

Correct Answer Barrier

Your Answer Barrier

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Under the kinds of motivation, employees are different individually yet,

they all want the following things from the job :-Correct Answer Job security , Congenial associates , Fair wages

Your Answer Job security , Congenial associates , Fair wages

True/FalseQuestion The larger the organization, the more easier is the control process with

respect to overall results.

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Your Answer False

True/FalseQuestion Good motivation lead to low morale. High morale is the manifestation of a

weak or defective motivating process.Correct Answer False

Your Answer False

True/FalseQuestion Vision without mission is incomplete and mission without vision is

meaningless.Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The neocortex governs the abilities such as :-

Correct Answer Technical , Analytical , Conceptual

Your Answer Technical , Analytical

Match The Following


Management requireslearning

Art requires knowledge Art requires knowledge

Science is developed Over a period of time Over a period of time

Management as a discipline Has no centralized rule-making authority

Has no centralized rule-making authority

Management is amultipurpose organ

That manages a business That manages a business

Management is understoodby performance

Management is whatmanagement does

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Question The general management challenges faced by the service sector are :-

Correct Answer Communicating the concept , Differentiating factors , Revenue model

Your Answer Communicating the concept , Differentiating factors , Revenue model

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Under the role of management consultant, consultant acts as a :-

Correct Answer Motivator , Leader , Counselor

Your Answer Motivator , Leader , Counselor

True/FalseQuestion Learning organizations must adopt processes that encourage interaction

across boundaries

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Select The BlankQuestion The service sector has expanded because of the virtual stagnation of the

________ sector.Correct Answer Agricultural

Your Answer Agricultural

Select The BlankQuestion ________ with sympathy can reduce some of the daily frustrations inorganised life and result in better communication.

Correct Answer Listening

Your Answer Listening

Match The Following


Disclosures Transparent Transparent

Shareholder democracy Myth in India Myth in India

Planning Board of directors Board of directors

Trust Corporate governance Corporate governance


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Question Some of the management functions mentioned by Henry Fayol are :-

Correct Answer Planning , Control , Co-ordination

Your Answer Planning , Control , Co-ordination

Select The BlankQuestion ________ is a tool for corporate governance.

Correct Answer Communication

Your Answer Communication

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who is the father of Intelligence Quotient ?

Correct Answer Alfred Bennet

Your Answer Alfred Bennet

True/FalseQuestion Standard Batteries is a flagship company of the Thapar Group.


Your Answer False

True/FalseQuestion Good competitive skills are a potential external opportunity of learning

organizations.Correct Answer False

Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said, Management is management of Men, Money, Machinery

Materials and Information?

Correct Answer Anonymous

Your Answer Anonymous

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Virtuous acts include:-

Correct Answer Honesty , Integrity , Tolerance

Your Answer Honesty , Tolerance

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True/FalseQuestion Safety needs are those where the person feel important and must also

receive recognition from others.Correct Answer False

Your Answer True

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Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Ethical concepts include:

Correct Answer Ethical subjectivism , Consequentialism , Ethics of Virtue

Your Answer Ethical subjectivism , Consequentialism , Ethics of Virtue

Select The BlankQuestion Producer services are trade,________communication and financial

services.

Correct Answer transport

Your Answer transport

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Management is the combination of Arts, Science and



Select The BlankQuestion As Koonfz comments, ________ is deciding in advance what to do,how to do it and who is to do it.

Correct Answer Planning

Your Answer Planning

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Objectives can be classified as

Correct Answer On the basis of time , On the basis of functions , On the basis oflevels

Your Answer On the basis of time , On the basis of functions , On the basis oflevels

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said, Management is the creation and maintenance of internal

environment in an enterprise, where individuals working in groupscan perform efficiently and effectively towards the attainment of gr

Correct Answer Koontz & O Donell

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Your Answer Koontz & O Donell

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Components of planning would include

Correct Answer objectives , budgets , procedures

Your Answer objectives , budgets , procedures


Correct Answer Creative

Your Answer Creative

Select The BlankQuestion Objectives' is a wider term and ________ is part of parcel of it.

Correct Answer mission

Your Answer vision

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The different types of motivators would be

Correct Answer Positive , External , Financial

Your Answer Positive , External , Financial


Correct Answer Multidisciplinary

Your Answer Multidisciplinary

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Organization is apart of which type of system?

Correct Answer Social

Your Answer Social

True/FalseQuestion It is said that always lines of communication should be open.

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Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion The main role of management consultant to the organisation is to

provideCorrect Answer Recommendations

Your Answer Recommendations

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said, Management is a multiple organ that manages a

business, manages a manager and manages workers and work?Correct Answer Peter Drucker


Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said, 'Direction is telling people what to do and seeing that they

do it to the best of their ability'.Correct Answer Dale

Your Answer Dale

Select The BlankQuestion Govt. services comprise________, defence and social goods.

Correct Answer public administration

Your Answer public administration

True/FalseQuestion Demand forecast is one of the popular forecasts.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

True/FalseQuestion Board members should have an independent sense of judgment.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Select The Blank

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Question The process of control is complete only when the organisation take________ action.

Correct Answer corrective

Your Answer corrective

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Advantages of SBU's are

Correct Answer Quick response to environmental changes , Increased focus onproducts and market , Facilitating development of General Managers

Your Answer Quick response to environmental changes , Increased focus onproducts and market , Facilitating development of General Managers

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion In addition to Place, Labor and Money which other internal

environment Factor influences Management?Correct Answer Machines

Your Answer Machines

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Research into the average Indian buying habits have brought about

the following factsCorrect Answer they prefer to pay in cash , they like to touch and feel the

merchandise , they want attention to be given to all members of theirgroup

Your Answer they prefer to pay in cash , they like to touch and feel the

merchandise , they want attention to be given to all members of theirgroup

True/FalseQuestion Decision-making is a primary part of the managerial process.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Few of the management principles given by Henry Fayol are:

Correct Answer Division of work , Discipline , Authority and responsibility

Your Answer Division of work , Discipline , Authority and responsibility

True/FalseQuestion Expectancy theory of motivation predicts that an individual will

generally be a high performer when he see a high probability that his

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efforts will lead to high performance.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion One of the external factors that influence management is


Your Answer Legal

Match The Following


Appley L Management ismanagement of people andnot the direction of things

Management ismanagement of people andnot the direction of things

Definition of Management Management ismanagement of men,money, machinery,materials and information

Management ismanagement of men,money, machinery, materialsand information

Koontz and O'Donell Management is the creationand maintenance of internalenvironment in anenterprise

Management is the creationand maintenance of internalenvironment in an enterprise

Peter Drucker Management is a multi-purpose organ thatmanages a business,manages workers and work

Management is a multi-purpose organ that managesa business, managesworkers and work

Select The BlankQuestion ________ is effective only in big organizations.

Correct Answer Decentralization

Your Answer Decentralization

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion People with high EQ understand people's which factor ?

Correct Answer Expectations

Your Answer Expectations

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Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Decision-making is what type of process ?

Correct Answer Intellectual

Your Answer Managerial

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which among the following is a general management challenge in

the insurance sector?Correct Answer Training

Your Answer Training


Question The purpose of communication is informing others and becominginformed, directing others and being directed andCorrect Answer Influencing others and being influenced

Your Answer understanding others and being understood

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Franchisee stores can be categorized as

Correct Answer Gift and Card Stores , Apparel Stores , Jewellery Stores

Your Answer Gift and Card Stores , Apparel Stores , Jewellery Stores

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said, Management is management of Men, Money, Machinery

Materials and Information?Correct Answer Anonymous


Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion One of the external environment factors that influences Management

is


Your Answer Legal

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said "Management is a multi-purpose organ that manages a

business, manages workers and work?

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Correct Answer Peter Drucker


True/FalseQuestion Correction of deviations is the point at which control can be seen as

a part of the whole system of management and can be related toother managerial functions.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion One of the popular forecast is

Correct Answer Demand

Your Answer Demand

True/FalseQuestion Indian business families are still avoiding joint ventures and tie-ups.


Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion One of the internal environment factors that influences management

isCorrect Answer Place

Your Answer Place

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The experts who dealt in Behavioral Sciences are :

Correct Answer Max Weber , Vilfredo Pareto , Elton Mayo

Your Answer Max Weber , Vilfredo Pareto , Elton Mayo

True/FalseQuestion Science is a body of organized knowledge

Correct Answer True

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Your Answer True


Question Management is not just a


Your Answer Process

Select The BlankQuestion A new sector has emerged in modern times, known as ________

management.Correct Answer event

Your Answer event

True/FalseQuestion The essence of control is that it is aimed at results and not

necessarily at people as such.Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

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Select The BlankQuestion A rule governing Indian companies states that policy holder's

funds must be________only in India.Correct Answer invested

Your Answer invested

Select The BlankQuestion Events like trade fairs are handled by government

authorities, for example the biggest concourse under thesun, ________ is again handled by Allahabad MunicipalCorporation.

Correct Answer Kumbhmela

Your Answer Kumbhmela


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Question Name the flagship companies under the group of "AdityaBirla"

Correct Answer Hindalco , Indo-Gulf Fertilizers , Birla Corporation

Your Answer Hindalco , Indo-Gulf Fertilizers , Birla Corporation

True/FalseQuestion Financial institutions should maintain a close relationship to

seek a seat on the board.Correct Answer False

Your Answer True

Select The BlankQuestion The retailing sector in India has been quite________.

Correct Answer staid and boring

Your Answer staid and boring

Match The Following


Robert Owen He was a cotton millowner, pioneered ideasabout better treatment of

workers

He was a cotton millowner, pioneered ideasabout better treatment of

workersMax Weber His ideas have had great

influence on how peopleview large organizations

His ideas have had greatinfluence on how peopleview large organizations

Hugo Munsterberg He applied psychology toadvertising, marketingand personnel

He was a Germanpsychologist pioneered inthe field of industrialpsychology

Henry Towne He was an engineer andrealized the importanceof good business skills

He was an engineer andrealized the importance ofgood business skills

Select The BlankQuestion To solve the HR issues, one of the remedy is to emphasis on

overall ________ development through training andexposure.

Correct Answer Personality

Your Answer Personality

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Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Name the group of related businesses that can be taken for

the sake of strategic planning, distinct from the rest of the

businessesCorrect Answer strategic business units

Your Answer strategic business units

True/FalseQuestion 'Span of control' is also referred to as span of management.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion How many billion dollars is our Retailing sector estimated to

be?Correct Answer $ 180 billion

Your Answer $ 180 billion

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What would essentially shape the growth and future of any

economy?

Correct Answer Adequate and quality corporate governance

Your Answer Insider training

True/FalseQuestion Planning can eliminate risk, but can not minimize it.


Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The summary of important trends in retailing is

Correct Answer non store retailing , global players vs local players , efficiencyand focus

Your Answer non store retailing , global players vs local players , efficiencyand focus


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Question RBI's present report on currency and finance divides thesector into

Correct Answer consumer services , Govt. services , producer services

Your Answer consumer services , Govt. services , producer services

Match The Following


Functional managementchallenges

Management accountingand taxation

Management accountingand taxation

Corporatization ofservices

Accountants Accountants

Reason for expansion ofservice sector

Failure to sustain anadvantage inmanufacturing activities

Failure to sustain anadvantage inmanufacturing activities

Service sector is notinfluenced by this system

licensing system licensing system

True/FalseQuestion Decreased productivity is a cost of low IQ.


Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Corporate governance aims at

Correct Answer better transparency , ethics , accountability

Your Answer better transparency , ethics , accountability

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion In the complex new liberalized economy business families

face common problems such asCorrect Answer Unproductive labour , Falling share value , Transnational

attachYour Answer Unproductive labour , Falling share value , Transnational

attach

Select The BlankQuestion The statement "We sell for Less" is deliberately ambiguous,

it raises the question; 'Less than what', this is called as,________ to communication.

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Correct Answer Semantic barrier

Your Answer Semantic barrier

True/FalseQuestion Good competitive skills are a potential external opportunity of

learning organizationsCorrect Answer False

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which among the following is a component of planning ?

Correct Answer Rules

Your Answer Rules

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which of the options best describes the employment

capacity of the retailing sector? It is theCorrect Answer second largest employer after agriculture

Your Answer second largest employer after agriculture

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Any morale improvement programme of management must

embrace the following rules.Correct Answer Be fair and just , Encourage initiative , Respect individual

Your Answer Respect individual , Be fair and just , Encourage initiative

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Under principle of effective communication what should be

fully understood by all concerned.Correct Answer tasks , policies , responsibilities

Your Answer tasks , policies , responsibilities

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which of the options mentioned below would be categorized

as a Franchisee store?Correct Answer Footwear stores

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Your Answer Footwear stores


Question Indians like to be served

Correct Answer preferably by the same salesman every time

Your Answer preferably by the same salesman every time

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which of the following business houses has gone the retail

way?Correct Answer Rahejas

Your Answer Rahejas

True/FalseQuestion Empathy is important for the need to retain talent.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who included Espirit De Corps as a management principle?

Correct Answer Henry Fayol

Your Answer Henry Fayol

Select The BlankQuestion Direction is a ________ function performed by all the

managers at all levels of the organisation.Correct Answer managerial

Your Answer managerial

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The channels through which corporate governance may bear

on performance areCorrect Answer managerial incentives , disciplining , corporate restructuring

Your Answer managerial incentives , disciplining , corporate restructuring

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Select The BlankQuestion Actuary is one who specializes in the________of insurance.

Correct Answer mathematics

Your Answer mathematics

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Fredrick Winslow Taylor's Mechanism of scientific

management includes,Correct Answer Scientific task setting , Planning task setting ,

Standardization of toolsYour Answer Scientific task setting , Planning task setting ,

Standardization of tools

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is the essential process of adaption in organizations?

Correct Answer Decision

Your Answer Co-ordinating

Select The BlankQuestion Govt. services comprise________, defence and social

goods.Correct Answer public administration

Your Answer public administration

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Application of general management functions to the

insurance sector isCorrect Answer co-ordinating , controlling , directing

Your Answer co-ordinating , controlling , directing

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What are the difficulties business houses face while

restructuring their businesses.Correct Answer Painful, expensive

Your Answer Painful, expensive

True/FalseQuestion The unorganized sector is mainly concentrated in

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metropolitan cities.


Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Name the factors determining decentralization of authority.

Correct Answer Size of the organization , Uniformity of policy , History of theenterprise

Your Answer Size of the organization , Uniformity of policy , History of theenterprise

True/FalseQuestion W.Edward Deming introduced quality control in Japan.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

True/FalseQuestion India should borrow management skill from other countries

but one should never borrow the use of the mechanical artsand applied sciences -


Your Answer True

True/FalseQuestion You should never measure the process and develop tools

that will measure your progress.Correct Answer False

Your Answer False

Select The BlankQuestion Planning, organizing and controlling demand effective

________ at all stages if they are to be successful.Correct Answer decision making

Your Answer decision making

Select The BlankQuestion The scope for retailing in India is great as it is dominated by

the________.

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Correct Answer unorganized sector

Your Answer unorganized sector

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion "The structure of consumer demand in India is like an

iceberg". What is the rationale behind this statement?Correct Answer we see only parts of ready potential on the surface

Your Answer we see only parts of ready potential on the surface

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Certain important motivational techniques are

Correct Answer Monetary incentives , Job-based techniques , MBO

techniquesYour Answer Monetary incentives , Job-based techniques , MBO

techniques

Select The BlankQuestion ________ degree of delegation is that in which a superior

states a particular task to his subordinates and tells them toinvestigate on that task and report back.

Correct Answer Low

Your Answer Low

PPM assgn :12: Mayur


Question Corporatization of the service sector is essentially

Correct

Answer

professionally managed services

YourAnswer

professionally managed services

True/False

Question Management as a discipline needs certificate of practice.

CorrectAnswer

False

YourAnswer

False

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Question Peter Durcker's classic book is known as 'The ________ ofmanagement'.

Correct

Answer

Practice

YourAnswer Practice

Match The Following



Management as a discipline Has no centralized rule-

making authority

Has no centralized rule-

making authority

Management is a

multipurpose organ

That manages a business That manages a business

Management is understood

by performance

Management is what

management does

Management is what

management does

Management requires

learning


Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is that the consultant must be able to recognise about the

client's future needs ?

CorrectAnswer

Vision

Your

Answer

Vision

True/FalseQuestion Management is the combination of Arts,Science and Profession.

Correct

Answer

True

YourAnswer

True

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Name the leading ad agencies in India that have a separate event

section.Correct

Answer

Vigennet , Ogilvy , Mathers

YourAnswer

Vigennet , Ogilvy , Mathers

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion State Bank of India has collaborated with which foreign insurance

company?

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CorrectAnswer

Cardiff

Your

Answer

IWG Group

True/False

Question Delegation and decentralization are closely related to each other.

CorrectAnswer

True

Your

Answer

True

True/FalseQuestion Event management in India is an ancient activity.

Correct

Answer

False

YourAnswer

False

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Management is purposeful and what?

CorrectAnswer

Goal oriented

Your

Answer

Goal oriented

True/FalseQuestion Science is a body of organized knowledge.

Correct

Answer

True

YourAnswer

True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion This is the most suitable form of communication but if misused, it is

the most stupid form, what is it ?

Correct

Answer

Silence

YourAnswer

Body language

True/False

Question Gita has nothing to do with leadership in management

Correct

Answer

False

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YourAnswer

False


Question The external environmental factors that influence management are

Correct

Answer

Economic , Political , Technological

YourAnswer

Economic , Political , Technological


Question Successful consultants should promote their consultancy through

what ?Correct

AnswerNetwork

Your

Answer

Network

Select The Blank

Question To enhance emotional intelligence, ________ must refocus theirtraining to include the limbic system.

CorrectAnswer

Organisations

YourAnswer

Organisations


Question A business unit must meet specific criteria, if it wants to be called an

SBU. These areCorrect

Answer

Definable group of competitors

YourAnswer

Definable group of competitors


Question The various departments that an event management company willhave are

Correct

Answer

creative , production , client servicing

Your

Answer

creative , production , client servicing


Question Planning is based on future conditions which are dynamic, hence it issaid to be

Correct

Answer

Flexible

YourAnswer

Flexible

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Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Profession requires definite period of what?

CorrectAnswer

Learning

Your

Answer

Learning

True/False

Question Science has no predictive power

CorrectAnswer

False

Your

Answer

False

True/FalseQuestion An organization consists of individuals in which their formal roles and

structural positions bring them closer.Correct

Answer

True

YourAnswer

True

Select The BlankQuestion ________ learning requires skills for sharing information and

knowledge, particularly implicit knowledge, assumptions and benefitsthat are traditionally beneath the surface.

Correct

Answer

Collective

YourAnswer

Collective


Question What are the difficulties business houses face while restructuring theirbusinesses.

CorrectAnswer

Painful, expensive

Your

Answer

Expensive, low profit

True/FalseQuestion Unity of command means that employees should receive orders from

one superior only.

CorrectAnswer

True

YourAnswer

True

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Select The BlankQuestion Many large corporations consist of a number of SBU's. Each SBU will

have its own ________.

Correct

Answer

CEO

Your

Answer

Director

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which ethical factor argues that there is no universal set of principles

by which to judge mortality?

CorrectAnswer

Ethical Relativism

YourAnswer

Ethical Subjectivism


Question Science is a body of which type of Knowledge?

Correct

Answer

Organized

Your

Answer

Organized

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which leading television channel has separate event sections that

work for the promotion of the programmes aired by their network?

CorrectAnswer

Zee T.V.

YourAnswer MTV

True/FalseQuestion Human thoughts are classified under Tamas Rajas and Hettwa

CorrectAnswer

False

YourAnswer

True

Select The BlankQuestion ________ is effective only in big organizations.

Correct

Answer

Decentralization

Your

Answer

Decentralization

True/FalseQuestion Indian companies because of confused status have lacked self-

confidence.

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CorrectAnswer

True

Your

Answer

True


Question What type of planning Indian business families are doing

CorrectAnswer

Succession

Your

Answer

Succession

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion In addition to Place, Labor and Money which other internal

environment Factor influences Management?

Correct

Answer

Machines

Your

Answer

Machines

True/False

Question Before 1990, Global players were allowed to enter and operate inIndian Market.

CorrectAnswer

False

YourAnswer

False

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion David C Mc Celland identified three motives those are

CorrectAnswer

Affiliation , Power , Achievement

YourAnswer

Affiliation , Power , Achievement

True/False

Question Demand forecast is one of the popular forecasts.

Correct

Answer

True

YourAnswer

True

True/FalseQuestion Procedures establish a useful method of doing work and thus it can

eliminate friction between departments.

Correct

Answer

True

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YourAnswer

True


Question Management exists at which levels of the organization?

CorrectAnswer

All

Your

Answer

All


Question The defination of decision involves following characteristics

CorrectAnswer

Involves Rationality , Involves Commitment , Involves Mental Process

Your

Answer

Involves Rationality , Involves Commitment , Involves Mental Process

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Delegation becomes a necessity due to the following reasons:

Correct

Answer

Structure of authority , Accountability , Superiors need to address

important issuesYour

Answer

Structure of authority , Accountability , Superiors need to address

important issues

Brow ser Name:


True/FalseQuestion Positive morale definitely influences the productivity of a group

and reduces the amount of supervision necessary for the desiredoutput.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Match The FollowingQuestion Correct Answer Your Answer

Feature of management Management is dynamic Management is dynamic

Fundamental functions ofmanagement

Planning, organizing,actuating and controlling

Planning, organizing,actuating and controlling

Characteristic of Management is an Management is an

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management endeavour to achieve thepre-determined objectives

endeavour to achieve thepre-determined objectives

Scope of management Management is an inter-disciplinary approach

Management is an inter-disciplinary approach

Select The BlankQuestion One of the earlier users of this strategic business unit was

________.Correct Answer General Electrical Co.

Your Answer General Electrical Co.

Select The BlankQuestion The ________ appeared in the book, In search of Excellence.

Correct Answer 7 S model

Your Answer 7 S model

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Research into the average Indian buying habits have brought

about the following factsCorrect Answer they prefer to pay in cash , they like to touch and feel the

merchandise , they want attention to be given to all members oftheir group

Your Answer they prefer to pay in cash , they like to touch and feel themerchandise , they want attention to be given to all members of

their group

True/FalseQuestion Standard Batteries is a flagship company of the Thapar Group.


Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The components of competitive analysis are :

Correct Answer Future goals , Current strategy , Capabilities

Your Answer Future goals , Current strategy , Capabilities

True/FalseQuestion A wisdom worker is one who focuses on self-control.

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Correct Answer True

Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The concept of SBU includes

Correct Answer unrelated products and businesses that are separated , the factthat each SBU has its own CEO , a scientific method of groupingthe business

Your Answer unrelated products and businesses that are separated , the factthat each SBU has its own CEO , a scientific method of groupingthe business

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion The service sector is the most diverse sector in the economy

and one of the oldest professions present today areCorrect Answer Indian administrative services

Your Answer Indian administrative services

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion One of the external environment factors that influences

Management isCorrect Answer Legal

Your Answer Legal

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion In which form does event management exist in India?

Correct Answer nascent

Your Answer nascent

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Who said, Management is management of Men, Money,

Machinery Materials and Information?Correct Answer Anonymous


Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The process of forecasting is based on

Correct Answer Future trends , Current analysis , Past performance

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Your Answer Future trends , Current analysis , Past performance


Question Management is the combination of Arts, Science and



Select The BlankQuestion Management as a discipline is the function of________.

Correct Answer creativity

Your Answer creativity

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is the authority for the SBU which is delegated to each

person heading it, and can adapt quickly to any environmentalchange?

Correct Answer Decision-making

Your Answer Decision-making

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion To become a successful consultant, name the skill required

Correct Answer negotiation

Your Answer negotiation

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Management is not just a


Your Answer Process

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Types of degree of delegations are:

Correct Answer Low degree , Moderate degree , High degree

Your Answer Low degree , Moderate degree , High degree

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Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is possible to enforce among workers when morale is high

and when they are given participating opportunitiesCorrect Answer Self-discipline

Your Answer Self-motivating

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Some of the limitations of business planning are

Correct Answer Time Consuming , Expensive device , Heavy cost of planning

Your Answer Time Consuming , Expensive device , Heavy cost of planning


Question The goal of human activity is pure consciousness but some alsopreferCorrect Answer Patanjali Yoga Sutra

Your Answer Patanjali Yoga Sutra

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Delegation becomes a necessity due to the following reasons:

Correct Answer Structure of authority , Accountability , Superiors need toaddress important issues

Your Answer Structure of authority , Accountability , Superiors need to

address important issues

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion One of the internal environment factors that influences

management isCorrect Answer Place

Your Answer Place

True/FalseQuestion Fast food chains are not a corporatised service.


Your Answer False

Select The BlankQuestion ________means that private and foreign investors can

participate in the Indian Insurance Sector.

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Correct Answer Liberalization

Your Answer Liberalization

True/FalseQuestion There are three central ideas associated with consequentialism.


Your Answer False

True/FalseQuestion Science is a body of organized knowledge

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion State the barriers to delegation of authority?

Correct Answer Over-confidence

Your Answer Over-confidence

True/False

Question The purpose of control is not to appraise current and completedaction but to provide a basis for regulating future activities.Correct Answer False

Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion The fundamental objective of corporate governance is

essentiallyCorrect Answer enhancement of long term shareholder value

Your Answer enhancement of long term shareholder value

True/FalseQuestion It is said that no company is allowed to deal in life and non-life

insurance as a single entity.Correct Answer True

Your Answer False

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Select The BlankQuestion Training your subordinate means ________ them.

Correct Answer Motivating

Your Answer Motivating

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion How many rules govern Indian and Foreign insurance

companies?Correct Answer 12

Your Answer 12

Select The BlankQuestion LPG stands for liberalization, ________ and globalization.

Correct Answer Privatization

Your Answer Privatization

Select The BlankQuestion ________ is said to be the first contributor to management.

Correct Answer Robert Owen

Your Answer Henry Fayol

True/FalseQuestion Management is that important process which continues till the

objectives set by the administrator are actually achieved.Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Match The Following


Management requireslearning



Management as adiscipline



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Question Taj Mahal are living symbols of 'creation and result ofmanagement practices'.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The major books on social and political analysis by Peter

Drucker are :Correct Answer The future of industrial man , The age of discontinuity , Drucker

on AsiaYour Answer The future of industrial man , The age of discontinuity , Drucker

on Asia

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Research indicates that the limbic system learns best through

Correct Answer motivation , extended practice , feedback

Your Answer motivation , extended practice , feedback

Z249J3RvcCcgY Brow ser Name:


Select The BlankQuestion General Insurance corporation was nationalized in________.

Correct Answer 1972

Your Answer 1972

True/FalseQuestion The theory of Bureaucracy was first propounded by Henry

L.Gantt.Correct Answer False

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The qualities that matter for International teamwork are,

Correct Answer Mutual respect , Sense of time , Team spirit

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Your Answer Automation spirit , Mutual respect , Sense of time , Team spirit

Select The Blank

Question ________ decisions relate to the day to day operations of theenterprise generally taken by middle and lower levelmanagement.

Correct Answer Operative

Your Answer Organisational

True/FalseQuestion Event management in India is an ancient activity.


Your Answer False

Select The BlankQuestion The board should set up________committee to determine

package for executive directors.Correct Answer remuneration

Your Answer remuneration

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The experts who dealt in Behavioral Sciences are :

Correct Answer Max Weber , Vilfredo Pareto , Elton Mayo

Your Answer Max Weber , Vilfredo Pareto , Elton Mayo

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Name the group of related businesses that can be taken for the

sake of strategic planning, distinct from the rest of thebusinesses

Correct Answer strategic business units

Your Answer strategic business units

True/FalseQuestion Learning organizations should imitate a task force.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

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Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion A business unit must meet specific criteria, if it wants to be called

an SBU. These are

Correct Answer Definable group of competitors

Your Answer Definable group of competitors

True/FalseQuestion Fast food chains are not a corporatised service.


Your Answer False

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is vital to all management activities and helps to set

definite objectives, prepare plans of action and introduceinnovations ?

Correct Answer Decision making

Your Answer Decision making

Select The BlankQuestion Physical needs are at the base of the hierarchy theory of

motivation while self actualisation needs are at the ________.Correct Answer apex

Your Answer second level

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Emotional intelligence is said to be the ability to sense,

understand and effectively apply the power and acumen ofemotions as a source of

Correct Answer information , trust , human energy

Your Answer information , trust , human energy

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Under the climate of morale what is the result of broadening the

interest of the individual to include the whole group.Correct Answer Team-work

Your Answer Team-work

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Select The BlankQuestion The ________ appeared in the book, In search of Excellence.

Correct Answer 7 S model

Your Answer 7 S model

Select The BlankQuestion One of the merits of ________ is that it recognizes importance of

various individual needs and motivation, and yields acontingency model.

Correct Answer Vroom's theory

Your Answer Vroom's theory

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The channels through which corporate governance may bear onperformance are activated through several structural andinstitutional factors as follows

Correct Answer legal, political and regulatory environment , financial structure ofcorporation , structure and functioning of co.

Your Answer structure and functioning of co. , legal, political and regulatoryenvironment , financial structure of corporation

True/FalseQuestion Taj Mahal are living symbols of 'creation and result of

management practices'.Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which among the following is an event management company?

Correct Answer Planet E

Your Answer Planet E

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is the reason that Indian Business houses were not able to

take courageous decisions.Correct Answer stagger or stumbling self-confidence

Your Answer over-self-confidence

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Question ________, weakness, threats, opportunities are the long formSWOT analysis.

Correct Answer strength

Your Answer strength

Select The BlankQuestion It is said that waking and dream world are both illusions,

according to vedanta world as ________.Correct Answer Maya Mithya

Your Answer Maya Mithya

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Certain important motivational techniques are

Correct Answer Monetary incentives , Job-based techniques , MBO techniques

Your Answer Security technique , Monetary incentives , Job-based techniques

True/FalseQuestion 'Span of control' is also referred to as span of management.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Which is the technique where the completion of all tasks is

checked in the order planned in the time scheduled is known asCorrect Answer Critical path method

Your Answer Critical path method

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What does an SBU do to unrelated products and businesses?

Correct Answer It separates them

Your Answer It dissolves them

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What did chanakya write ?

Correct Answer Arthashastra

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Your Answer Arthashastra

True/False

Question Successful consultants must be foreign culture savvy.

Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Select The BlankQuestion In management process, the most misinterpreted word is

________.Correct Answer Organizing

Your Answer Organizing

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Some of the external factors that limit control are

Correct Answer govt. policies , market changes , economic changes

Your Answer govt. policies , market changes , economic changes

Select The BlankQuestion Management as a discipline is the function of________.

Correct Answer creativity

Your Answer creativity

Match The Following


Internet Further development ofretail sector in India

Further development ofretail sector in India

Important trends inretailing

Market concentration Market concentration

Exclusive retailing Apparel retailing stores Strength to any largeretailer

Retailing category basedon shop area/location

High street stores Apparel retailing stores

Match The Following


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Making sense of situations organizing information andthoughts

embedding new knowledgeinto mental models

Creativity brainstorming, associatingideas

organizing information andthoughts

Inquiry interviewing, seekinginformation

interviewing, seekinginformation

Making choices deciding courses ofactions

deciding courses of actions

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Some of the public insurance companies are

Correct Answer LIC , Oriental Insurance , General Insurance

Your Answer LIC , Oriental Insurance , General Insurance

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion In the insurance sector the rules governing the foreign

companiesCorrect Answer are 26% of equity participation , affect only special resolutions ,

do not appoint majority directors on the company boardYour Answer are 26% of equity participation , affect only special resolutions ,

do not appoint majority directors on the company board

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is the authority for the SBU which is delegated to each

person heading it, and can adapt quickly to any environmental

change?Correct Answer Decision-making

Your Answer Decision-making

True/FalseQuestion Competitive is a common word in all of Michael E.Porter's three

famous books.Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Corporate governance aims at

Correct Answer better transparency , ethics , accountability

Your Answer better transparency , ethics , accountability

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True/FalseQuestion Insurance never faces the challenges of branding, packaging

and revenue model.Correct Answer False

Your Answer False

True/FalseQuestion The 7 S Framework first appeared in 'The Art of Japanese

management' by Richard Pascale and Anthony Athos in 1981.Correct Answer True

Your Answer True


Question To which practice is the term "corporate governance" given?

Correct Answer Management

Your Answer Management

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Some of the limitations of business planning are

Correct Answer Time Consuming , Expensive device , Heavy cost of planning

Your Answer Time Consuming , Expensive device , Heavy cost of planning

Select The BlankQuestion Learning organizations are adaptive to

their________environmentCorrect Answer external

Your Answer external




Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Select the guidelines for effective decision making.

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Correct Answer Adopt a diagnostic approach to decision making , Involvesubordinates in decision making process , Evaluate the results

Your Answer Adopt a diagnostic approach to decision making , Involvesubordinates in decision making process , Evaluate the results

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Name the books on management written by Peter Drucker.

Correct Answer Frontiers of Management , The practice of management ,Management, tasks, responsibility

Your Answer Drucker on Asia , The practice of management

Brow ser Name:


Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Some of the popular forecasts are

Correct Answer Specific industry forecast , Demand forecast , Sales forecast

Your Answer Demand forecast , Sales forecast , Specific industry forecast

Select The Blank

Question There are ________ forces of competition.

Correct Answer Five

Your Answer Five

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion What is the fundamental tool employed by managers in

directing their subordinates ?Correct Answer Order

Your Answer Order

Match The Following


Definition ofManagement

Management ismanagement of men,money, machinery,

Management ismanagement of men,money, machinery,

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materials and information materials and information

Koontz and O'Donell Management is thecreation and

maintenance of internalenvironment in anenterprise

Management is thecreation and maintenance

of internal environment inan enterprise

Peter Drucker Management is a multi-purpose organ thatmanages a business,manages workers andwork

Management is a multi-purpose organ thatmanages a business,manages workers andwork

Appley L Management ismanagement of peopleand not the direction of

things

Management ismanagement of peopleand not the direction of

things

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion Whose feelings and difficulties should the manager know for

direction to become effective ?Correct Answer Subordinates

Your Answer Subordinates

Select The BlankQuestion ________means that private and foreign investors can

participate in the Indian Insurance Sector.Correct Answer Liberalization

Your Answer Liberalization

Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion The old control techniques which were used through years

areCorrect Answer Unity of policies , break-even analysis , budgetary control

Your Answer Unity of policies , break-even analysis , budgetary control

Multiple Choice Single AnswerQuestion How many event management companies are there in

Pune?Correct Answer 215

Your Answer 215

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Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerQuestion Objectives can be classified as

Correct Answer On the basis of time , On the basis of functions , On the

basis of levelsYour Answer On the basis of time , On the basis of functions , On thebasis of levels

True/FalseQuestion Management is the combination of Arts, Science and

profession.Correct Answer True

Your Answer True

True/False

Questio

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