Q1:

Nature & Significance

Easy

Rajat is working in an organisation for the last one month and he is very happy with the way the work is done. He notices that all the employees in the organisation are satisfied by the working environment and despite having a total workforce of 10,000 employees there is no chaos.

Identify the feature of management discussed above.

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2022: 30 Aug Shift 1 BST question 1

Q2:

Nature & Significance

Easy

A good manager counsels through praise and criticism in such a way that it brings out the best in the employee. Identify the function of Management

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Option 2
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Q3:

Controlling

Easy

Which function of management refers to monitoring organisational performance towards the attainment of organisational goals ?

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2022: 30 Aug Shift 1 BST question 3

Q4:

Principles of Management

Easy

Work must be divided into small tasks. A competent specialist is required to perform each job. Identify the principle of management.

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2022: 30 Aug Shift 1 BST question 4

Q5:

Principles of Management

Easy

"The Intererst of an organisation should take priority over the interest of any individual employee". Identify the Principle of Management referred to in the statement given above.

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2022: 30 Aug Shift 1 BST question 5

Q6:

Principles of Management

Medium

Match the items of List - I with the corect items of List - II.

List - IList - II
(a) Science not rule of thumb(i) Managers served as a link between owners and workers
(b) Harmony, not discord(ii) Developed through study and analysis
(c) Cooperation not individualism(iii) One best way to doing the job
(d) Method study(iv) Complete Cooperation between the Labour and Management

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Option 4
Correct Answer
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Q7:

Business Environment

Easy

Attitudes towards product innovations, lifestyles, occupational distribution and consumer preferences constitute _____ dimension of business environment.

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Option 2
Correct Answer
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Q8:

Business Environment

Medium

Business Environment doesn't help in :

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Option 3
Correct Answer
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Q9:

Business Environment

Easy

SwarnaBhoomi is a resort in the outskirts of Delhi at Delhi-Gurgoan Express way. The unique feature of this resort was being a gadget free zone where families enjoy their time together. However, recently the visitors have been requesting for wifi, pet care facilities and room pantry. The manager sensing the shift in consumer preference upgraded these facilities by providing :

(a) Free Wi-fi zone

(b) A cretch for pets

(c) A cook-top with essentials for cooking in selected villas and rooms

The above case highlights that :

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2022: 30 Aug Shift 1 BST question 9

Q10:

Planning

Medium

Arrange the process of planning in correct sequence.

(a) Setting objectives

(b) Identifying alternative course of actions

(c) Developing premises

(d) Selecting an alternative

(e) Evaluating alternative courses

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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Q11:

Planning

Easy

Reena is working in a car manufacturing company. One day she approaches her supervisor to discuss a better procedure of manufacturing the car. But the superior informs her that he is helpless and cannot change the procedure as it is set by the higher level Management. Identify the limitation of planning highlighted here i.e. Planning :

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Q12:

Planning

Easy

The purpose of planning is to meet future events effectively to the best advantage of an organisation. Identify the feature of planning highlighted here :

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Q13:

Organising

Easy

Span of Management refers to _____.

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Q14:

Organising

Medium

"Delegation does not mean abdication". This statement means :

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Q15:

Staffing

Medium

Staffing is putting people to jobs. It includes workforce planning and comprises the following process. State the correct sequence of the process.

(a) Estimating the Manpower Recruitment

(b) Placement and Orientation

(c) Training and Development

(d) Recruitment

(e) Selection

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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Q16:

Staffing

Easy

The objective of the step of Staffing Process is to create a pool of prospective candidates for the job. Identify the step of Staffing Process highlighted in the above statement.

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Q17:

Directing

Easy

The manager does not have confidence on his subordinates so he does not ask for any suggestions from them. Identify the type of Personal Barrier being highlighted in the above situation.

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Q18:

Directing

Medium

Match the items of List - I with the correct items of List - II.

List - IList - II
(a) Employee empowerment(i) Leadership style
(b) Grapevine(ii) Financial incentive
(c) Laissez Faire(iii) Non financial incentives
(d) Co-Partnership(iv) Internal communications

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q19:

Directing

Medium

Arrange the elements of communication in a proper sequence.

(a) Sender

(b) Encoding

(c) Receiver

(d) Message

(e) Decoding

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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Q21:

Controlling

Easy

Maya, the owner of the firm, sets production target for each day and month, in consultation with the Production Manager and supervisors. They decided that deviation between standard production and actual production up to 5% is acceptable. Deviations beyond this, should be reported. Identify the concept mentioned above.

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Q22:

Controlling

Medium

Arrange the following steps of controlling in proper order.

(a) Analysing deviation

(b) Comparing actual performance with standards

(c) Setting performance standards

(d) Taking corrective action

(e) Measurement of actual performance

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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Q23:

Controlling

Medium

Match the items of List - I with the correct items of List - II.

List - IList - II
(a) Personal Observation(i) operations are planned in advance in the form of financial statement and actual results compared
(b) Budgetary Control(ii) Technique used to study relationship between cost, volume and profits
(c) Break even Analysis(iii) enables manager to collect first hand information
(d) Statistical Reports(iv) information presented in the form of chart, graph, table etc.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Q24:

Controlling

Easy

Which one of the following is NOT a limitation of controlling ?

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Q25:

Financial Markets

Easy

Which one of the following is NOT the function of Financial Market ?

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Q26:

Financial Markets

Medium

Name the intermediary who is authorised to maintain the accounts of dematerialised shares :

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Q27:

Financial Markets

Easy

Name the money market instrument, used by large and credit worthy companies to raise the short term funds at lower rates of interest than market rates.

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Q28:

Financial Markets

Easy

In order to raise share capital, ABC Ltd., is issuing shares and giving privilege to the existing shareholders to subscribe to the new issue of shares according to the terms of conditions of the company. Identify the method of floatation used by the company.

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Q29:

Financial Markets

Easy

"Financial Markets help to save time, efforts and money of both buyers and sellers of financial assets". Identify the function of financial markets being highlighted in the statement.

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Q30:

Business Finance

Medium

Dividend decision is affected by many factors. Identify the factors affecting dividend decisions.

(a) State of Capital market

(b) Control Consideration

(c) Shareholder's Preference

(d) Taxation Policy

(e) Floatation Cost

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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Q31:

Marketing

Easy

Ravi has started his online business of selling Garments because of low cost of production. Identify the distributions channel used by Ravi.

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Q32:

Marketing

Medium

Identify the function of marketing that is also given by F.W. Taylor as one of the Techniques of Scientific Management.

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Q33:

Marketing

Medium

Identify the correct sequence of factors affecting Price Determination from the following.

(a) Product cost

(b) Environmental factors

(c) The Utility and Demand

(d) Company Characteristics

(e) The Extent of competition in the market

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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Q34:

Consumer Protection

Easy

Richa purchased an ISI marked steam iron from a branded shop. When she switched the steam iron on, she got an electric shock. Due to the electric shock she got her fingers burnt. Identify the consumer right violated by the company.

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Q35:

Consumer Protection

Easy

Many Business Organisations have set up their own consumer services and grievance cells so that the consumer can file a complaint in case of dissatisfaction with a good or service. Name the Consumer Right on which the Business Organisations are focussing :

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Q36:

Consumer Protection

Easy

When DTH was launched in India all service providers were charging a flat rate in which all channels were provided. Consumers even had to pay for those channels which they did not want to see. Which consumer right is ignored by the DTH service providers ?

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Q37:

Consumer Protection

Medium

Match the items of List - I with the correct items of List - II.

List - I (Marks)List - II (Name)
(a) ISI mark logo(i) Food Process Order
(b) FPO mark logo(ii) Electrical Goods
(c) Eco-Mark logo(iii) Eco-Mark
(d) BIS Hallmark logo(iv) BIS Hallmark
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Q38:

Consumer Protection

Easy

Rohit died in a car accident as the air bags of the car did not open on impact. His family and friends are very angry about this defect in the car. They decided to file a case on the car company. Who can file a case on the car company under Consumer Protection Act. ?

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Q39:

Entrepreneurship Development

Medium

Identify the Characteristics of entrepreneurship from the following.

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Q40:

Organising

Medium

Which step in the process of organisation leads to creation of management hierarchy ?

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Q41:

Staffing

Easy

Read the passage given below and answer the question.

Saksham, a newly appointed servicemen at M/s. Ghaziabad Petrol Station, G.T. Road, usually encounters problems while performing his job, 'like swiping the card when customer's pay; generally forgetting to bring down the meter to zero before filling the petrol tanks of various vehicles; considerable amount of petrol spills while filling the petrol tank and so on. Overall, he doesn't respond in the manner as expected. Hence, customers get irritated and often complain about him. Saksham feels sad that dispite his best efforts, he is not being able to perform his job properly. Saksham was appointed on the request of one of the close relatives of Petrol Pump Manager. Hence, the Petrol Pump Manager tries to improve Saksham's performance through maintaing good personal relations with him and thus to achieve goals of the organisation. Otherwise Petrol Pump Manager likes to give orders and expects his subordinates to obey them without any contradiction. He believes reward and punishment both can be given depending upon the result.

The concept of staffing that may be used to improve Saksham's performance is :

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Q42:

Staffing

Medium

Read the passage given below and answer the question.

Saksham, a newly appointed servicemen at M/s. Ghaziabad Petrol Station, G.T. Road, usually encounters problems while performing his job, 'like swiping the card when customer's pay; generally forgetting to bring down the meter to zero before filling the petrol tanks of various vehicles; considerable amount of petrol spills while filling the petrol tank and so on. Overall, he doesn't respond in the manner as expected. Hence, customers get irritated and often complain about him. Saksham feels sad that dispite his best efforts, he is not being able to perform his job properly. Saksham was appointed on the request of one of the close relatives of Petrol Pump Manager. Hence, the Petrol Pump Manager tries to improve Saksham's performance through maintaing good personal relations with him and thus to achieve goals of the organisation. Otherwise Petrol Pump Manager likes to give orders and expects his subordinates to obey them without any contradiction. He believes reward and punishment both can be given depending upon the result.

Identify the most suitable method that may be applied to make Saksham an efficient worker.

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Q43:

Staffing

Easy

Read the passage given below and answer the question.

Saksham, a newly appointed servicemen at M/s. Ghaziabad Petrol Station, G.T. Road, usually encounters problems while performing his job, 'like swiping the card when customer's pay; generally forgetting to bring down the meter to zero before filling the petrol tanks of various vehicles; considerable amount of petrol spills while filling the petrol tank and so on. Overall, he doesn't respond in the manner as expected. Hence, customers get irritated and often complain about him. Saksham feels sad that dispite his best efforts, he is not being able to perform his job properly. Saksham was appointed on the request of one of the close relatives of Petrol Pump Manager. Hence, the Petrol Pump Manager tries to improve Saksham's performance through maintaing good personal relations with him and thus to achieve goals of the organisation. Otherwise Petrol Pump Manager likes to give orders and expects his subordinates to obey them without any contradiction. He believes reward and punishment both can be given depending upon the result.

Identify the source of recruitment through which Saksham was appointed.

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Q44:

Directing

Medium

Read the passage given below and answer the question.

Saksham, a newly appointed servicemen at M/s. Ghaziabad Petrol Station, G.T. Road, usually encounters problems while performing his job, 'like swiping the card when customer's pay; generally forgetting to bring down the meter to zero before filling the petrol tanks of various vehicles; considerable amount of petrol spills while filling the petrol tank and so on. Overall, he doesn't respond in the manner as expected. Hence, customers get irritated and often complain about him. Saksham feels sad that dispite his best efforts, he is not being able to perform his job properly. Saksham was appointed on the request of one of the close relatives of Petrol Pump Manager. Hence, the Petrol Pump Manager tries to improve Saksham's performance through maintaing good personal relations with him and thus to achieve goals of the organisation. Otherwise Petrol Pump Manager likes to give orders and expects his subordinates to obey them without any contradiction. He believes reward and punishment both can be given depending upon the result.

Name the element of one of the functions of management being discussed in the above case :

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Q45:

Directing

Medium

Read the passage given below and answer the question.

Saksham, a newly appointed servicemen at M/s. Ghaziabad Petrol Station, G.T. Road, usually encounters problems while performing his job, 'like swiping the card when customer's pay; generally forgetting to bring down the meter to zero before filling the petrol tanks of various vehicles; considerable amount of petrol spills while filling the petrol tank and so on. Overall, he doesn't respond in the manner as expected. Hence, customers get irritated and often complain about him. Saksham feels sad that dispite his best efforts, he is not being able to perform his job properly. Saksham was appointed on the request of one of the close relatives of Petrol Pump Manager. Hence, the Petrol Pump Manager tries to improve Saksham's performance through maintaing good personal relations with him and thus to achieve goals of the organisation. Otherwise Petrol Pump Manager likes to give orders and expects his subordinates to obey them without any contradiction. He believes reward and punishment both can be given depending upon the result.

The leadership style usually followed by the Petrol Pump Manager is :

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Q46:

Business Finance

Easy

Read the passage carefully and answer the question.

Mr. Rajesh Gulati is the Finance Manager of 'Health and Life Ltd.' a company dealing with health and organic food items. The company sells its products in smaller quantities in attractive containers. Moreover they have also decided to provide an additional layer of packaging for their products for the purpose of protections along with necessary storage, identification and even convenient transportation.

Keeping up with the latest packaging technology the company decided to upgrade its machinery. This, however, involved a major decision making as to how funds should be invested, so what the company is able to earn highest possible return.

Mr. Gulati estimated the amount of funds required for this purpose. He began with the preparation of sales forecast for the next four years.

He also collected the relevant data about the profit estimates in the coming years. By doing this he wanted to be sure about the availability of funds from internal sources. For the remaining funds he is trying to find out alternative sources.

Identify the concept of Financial Management being mentioned in the above case.

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Q47:

Business Finance

Medium

Read the passage carefully and answer the question.

Mr. Rajesh Gulati is the Finance Manager of 'Health and Life Ltd.' a company dealing with health and organic food items. The company sells its products in smaller quantities in attractive containers. Moreover they have also decided to provide an additional layer of packaging for their products for the purpose of protections along with necessary storage, identification and even convenient transportation.

Keeping up with the latest packaging technology the company decided to upgrade its machinery. This, however, involved a major decision making as to how funds should be invested, so what the company is able to earn highest possible return.

Mr. Gulati estimated the amount of funds required for this purpose. He began with the preparation of sales forecast for the next four years.

He also collected the relevant data about the profit estimates in the coming years. By doing this he wanted to be sure about the availability of funds from internal sources. For the remaining funds he is trying to find out alternative sources.

The various objectives of financial planning concept identified in the case study are :

(a) To see for stock market reactions

(b) To ensure availability of funds whenever required

(c) To prepare financial budget

(d) To take care of purchasing raw material

(e) To see that the firm does not raise resources unnecessarily

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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Q48:

Business Finance

Easy

Read the passage carefully and answer the question.

Mr. Rajesh Gulati is the Finance Manager of 'Health and Life Ltd.' a company dealing with health and organic food items. The company sells its products in smaller quantities in attractive containers. Moreover they have also decided to provide an additional layer of packaging for their products for the purpose of protections along with necessary storage, identification and even convenient transportation.

Keeping up with the latest packaging technology the company decided to upgrade its machinery. This, however, involved a major decision making as to how funds should be invested, so what the company is able to earn highest possible return.

Mr. Gulati estimated the amount of funds required for this purpose. He began with the preparation of sales forecast for the next four years.

He also collected the relevant data about the profit estimates in the coming years. By doing this he wanted to be sure about the availability of funds from internal sources. For the remaining funds he is trying to find out alternative sources.

Identify the financial decision taken by 'Health and Life Ltd.' that involves allocation of funds.

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Q49:

Business Finance

Easy

Read the passage carefully and answer the question.

Mr. Rajesh Gulati is the Finance Manager of 'Health and Life Ltd.' a company dealing with health and organic food items. The company sells its products in smaller quantities in attractive containers. Moreover they have also decided to provide an additional layer of packaging for their products for the purpose of protections along with necessary storage, identification and even convenient transportation.

Keeping up with the latest packaging technology the company decided to upgrade its machinery. This, however, involved a major decision making as to how funds should be invested, so what the company is able to earn highest possible return.

Mr. Gulati estimated the amount of funds required for this purpose. He began with the preparation of sales forecast for the next four years.

He also collected the relevant data about the profit estimates in the coming years. By doing this he wanted to be sure about the availability of funds from internal sources. For the remaining funds he is trying to find out alternative sources.

Identify the financial decision of Mr. Gulati about the requirement of finance to be raised for the company from various sources.

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Q50:

Marketing

Medium

Read the passage carefully and answer the question.

Mr. Rajesh Gulati is the Finance Manager of 'Health and Life Ltd.' a company dealing with health and organic food items. The company sells its products in smaller quantities in attractive containers. Moreover they have also decided to provide an additional layer of packaging for their products for the purpose of protections along with necessary storage, identification and even convenient transportation.

Keeping up with the latest packaging technology the company decided to upgrade its machinery. This, however, involved a major decision making as to how funds should be invested, so what the company is able to earn highest possible return.

Mr. Gulati estimated the amount of funds required for this purpose. He began with the preparation of sales forecast for the next four years.

He also collected the relevant data about the profit estimates in the coming years. By doing this he wanted to be sure about the availability of funds from internal sources. For the remaining funds he is trying to find out alternative sources.

Name the various levels of packaging used by 'Health and Life Ltd.' as mentioned in the case study.

(a) Primary Package

(b) Secondary Package

(c) Tertiary Package

(d) Transportation Package

(e) Fancy Package

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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