Q1:
Business Studies
Planning
Easy
Planning is sometimes considered rigid because:
Business Studies
Planning
Easy
Planning is sometimes considered rigid because:
Business Studies
Staffing
Medium
Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I (Recruitment Methods) | List-II (Explanation) |
|---|---|
| (A) Advertisement | (I) For recruiting technical, professional and managerial personnel. |
| (B) Management Consultants | (II) Generally used when a wider choice is required. |
| (C) Casual Callers | (III) Helps to match personnel demand and supply by serving as a link between job-seekers and employees. |
| (D) Employment Exchange | (IV) A database of unsolicited applicants |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Business Finance
Medium
Identify the ratio with which the following formula is associated:
Business Studies
Directing
Easy
"Vinod Kumar is guiding the efforts of employees and other resources to accomplish the desired objectives". Identify the element of directing function of management which is being reflected in the above statement:
Business Studies
Directing
Easy
"For some people, money can act as a powerful motivator, while for others, promotion may act as an effective motivator" Identify the principle of directing reflected:
Business Studies
Controlling
Easy
The steps of Controlling Process are:
(A) Standards are set in quantitative as well as qualitative terms.
(B) Performance is measured in an objective and reliable manner.
(C) Use critical point control or management by exception techniques.
(D) Correct the deviation if it is beyond the acceptable limit.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Directing
Medium
Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I (Communication barriers) | List-II (Example) |
|---|---|
| (A) Personal barriers | (I) Complexity in organization structure |
| (B) Psychological barrier | (II) Unwillingness to communicate |
| (C) Semantic barriers | (III) Badly expressed message |
| (D) Organizational barrier | (IV) Premature evaluation |
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Business Studies
Financial Markets
Easy
The government and the stock exchange were rather helpless in addressing the investors' problems because of the lack of proper penal provisions in the existing legislation, so it was decided to set up a regulatory body known as:
Business Studies
Directing
Easy
The primary function of directing in management is:
Business Studies
Financial Markets
Medium
Rohit wanted to buy 200 shares of a tech company. He contacted a stock exchange broker to buy the said shares. The broker opened his DEMAT account and placed an order to buy shares. He then went online to connect to the main stock exchange and matched the shares and the best price available. When the shares can be bought at the mentioned price, it will be communicated to the brokers terminal and the order will be executed electronically. The next step involved in the trading and settlement procedure would be:
Business Studies
Consumer Protection
Medium
Mr. Khanna is a renowned lawyer dealing in cases related to consumer courts. He was addressing a joint meeting of the lawyers of his association and briefing them. He said," Where the District or State or National Commission is satisfied about defect in goods, or deficiency in services on any unfair trade practice or claim for compensation under product liability, issues an order":
(A) To discontinue the fair trade practice and not to repeat it in the future.
(B) To pay punitive damages in appropriate circumstances.
(C) To replace the defective product with a new one, free from any defect.
(D) To cease the manufacture of hazardous goods and to desist from offering hazardous services.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Nature & Significance
Easy
"It involves synchronization of the different actions or efforts of the various units of an organization". Identify the function of management described here:
Business Studies
Business Environment
Easy
What does the term "Business Environment" refer to?
Business Studies
Financial Markets
Easy
A certain degree of __________ speculation is necessary to ensure liquidity and price continuity in the stock market.
Business Studies
Planning
Easy
Dravid worked in the advertising unit of Disha Ltd. He is being assigned the task of planning an innovative advertising campaign for their upcoming product designed for youngsters. The sequence of steps he would undertake would be:
(A) He is required to make certain assumptions about the future.
(B) He would set objectives or goals to specify what the organization wants to achieve.
(C) The best plan would be adopted and implemented.
(D) All the alternative courses of action will be identified and evaluated.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Principles of Management
Medium
F.W. Taylor was prompted to suggest functional foremanship through eight specialists. They are
(A) Inspection clerk
(B) Route clerk
(C) Discipline and speed clerk
(D) Time and cost clerk
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Consumer Protection
Medium
The following are the consumer rights under Consumer Protection Act 2019:
(A) Right to Consumer Education
(B) Right to Protection
(C) Right to be Heard
(D) Right to Seek Redressal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Planning
Easy
The following is not a type of standing plan:
Business Studies
Nature & Significance
Easy
"This provides the requisite amount, quality, timing and sequence of efforts which ensures that planned objectives are achieved with a minimum of conflict". Identify the function of management:
Business Studies
Consumer Protection
Hard
Consumer organisations and NGOs perform several functions for the protection and promotion of the interests of consumers. Identify which of the following is not a function performed by them:
Business Studies
Financial Markets
Medium
Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I (Explanation) | List-II (Function/Objective of SEBI) |
|---|---|
| (A) Training of intermediaries of the securities market. | (I) Development function |
| (B) Audits of stock exchanges. | (II) Regulatory function |
| (C) To regulate the securities industry to promote its orderly functioning. | (III) Protective function |
| (D) Imposing penalties for insider trading. | (IV) Objective of SEBI |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Directing
Medium
Akshita works as Marketing manager for Royal Ltd., a multinational company dealing in cosmetics. She has been assigned the task of coordinating and communicating with the foreign subsidiaries to discuss the upcoming cosmetic products. The correct order of steps which she would undertake would be:
(A) The message will be converted into the encoded symbols of the sender and the receiver will receive the message
(B) She will convert the message or ideas into words.
(C) She will prepare the content of ideas, feelings, suggestions, order, etc., intended to be communicated.
(D) She will decide the path through which the encoded message is transmitted to the receiver.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Directing
Easy
"In many companies, these programmes are in practice in the form of joint management committees, work committees, canteen committees etc." Identify the incentive:
Business Studies
Staffing
Easy
"This enables the trainee to gain a broader understanding of all parts of the business and how the organisation as a whole functions ". Identify the method of training:
Business Studies
Business Finance
Easy
Which of the following term indicates the capital invested in Plant and Machinery:
Business Studies
Marketing
Medium
The various functions performed by a package are as follows:
(A) Identification of the Product or Brand
(B) Product Protection
(C) Grading of Products
(D) Facilitating Use of the Product
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Business Finance
Medium
How much of the profits earned by a company will be distributed as profit and how much will be retained in the business is affected by many factors. Identify which of the factor listed below is incorrect:
Business Studies
Business Finance
Easy
"It aims at enabling the company to tackle the uncertainty in respect of the availability and timing of the funds and helps in the smooth functioning of an organisation".Identify the financial concept discussed in the statement:
Business Studies
Business Finance
Medium
The order of liquidity of Current Assets is:
(A) Cash in Hand
(B) Marketable Securities
(C) Bills Receivable
(D) Debtors
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Staffing
Easy
__________is referred to as both a line as well as a staff activity, i.e., an essential function of the manager, as well as an advisory role played by the Human Resource Department.
Business Studies
Business Finance
Easy
Identify the factors affecting the requirement of Working Capital?
(A) Seasonal Factors
(B) Production Cycle
(C) Credit Policy
(D) Level of Competition
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Principles of Management
Easy
"For greater productivity, work should be divided into small tasks and each employee should be trained to perform his/her specialized job. This principle is applicable to a government office where there is a diary/dispatch clerk whose job is to receive and send mail or documents, a data entry operator whose task is to input data on the computer, a peon and an officer etc". Identify the nature of Principles of Management:
Business Studies
Financial Markets
Easy
The following is not an advantage of the Electronic Trading System:
Business Studies
Business Environment
Easy
Which of the following is part of the Economic Environment?
Business Studies
Controlling
Easy
Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I (Functional areas) | List-II (Standards of control to gauge performance) |
|---|---|
| (A) Production | (I) Employee absenteeism |
| (B) Marketing | (II) Liquidity |
| (C) Human Resource Management | (III) Advertising expenditures |
| (D) Finance and Accounting | (IV) Quality |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Principles of Management
Medium
Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I (Scientific Principles) | List-II (Explanation) |
|---|---|
| (A) Harmony, Not Discord | (I) Scientific method involved investigation of traditional methods through work-study, unifying the best practices and developing a standard method. |
| (B) Development of Each and Every Person to His or Her Greatest Efficiency and Prosperity | (II) Management should not close its ears to any constructive suggestions made by the employees. |
| (C) Science not Rule of Thumb | (III) Prosperity for the employer cannot exist for a long time unless it is accompanied by prosperity for the employees and vice versa'. |
| (D) Cooperation, Not Individualism | (IV) Each person should be scientifically selected, and the work assigned should suit her/his physical, mental and intellectual capabilities. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Marketing
Easy
__________advise top management to adopt certain programmes, which will add to their public image and ensure that negative publicity does not take place at all.
Business Studies
Staffing
Easy
"At every stage, many are eliminated and a few move on to the next stage until the right type is found". Identify the element of staffing:
Business Studies
Nature & Significance
Easy
"We know that all music is based on seven basic notes. However, what makes the composition of a musician unique or different is his use of these notes in a creative manner that is entirely his own interpretation." Identify the nature of management:
Business Studies
Staffing
Easy
The steps in the Staffing Process are :
(A) Workload analysis
(B) Selection
(C) Recruitment
(D) Familiarization with the company
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Business Studies
Marketing
Easy
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Marketing
Easy
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Marketing
Easy
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Marketing
Easy
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Marketing
Easy
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Organising
Easy
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Organising
Easy
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Organising
Easy
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Organising
Easy
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Organising
Easy
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