CUET Business Studies Business Studies > Principles of Management PYQs

"A manager can leave routine decision-making to his subordinates and deal with exceptional situations which require her/his expertise by following the principles of delegation". Identify the significance of the management principle highlighted in the aforesaid statement.

"According to Taylor, there should be an almost equal division of work and responsibility between workers and management. All day long, the management should work almost side by side with the workers helping, encouraging and smoothing the way for them". Identify the principle of scientific management highlighted in the aforesaid statement.

Which of the following is NOT related to the significance of Principles of Management?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Principles of Scientific Management | Explanation | | (A) Science not Rule of Thumb | (I) Use of the method of scientific inquiry into the domain of management practice. | | (B) Harmony, Not Discord | (II) No conflict between managers and workers. | | (C) Cooperation, Not Individualism | (III) Industrial efficiency depends to a large extent on personnel competencies. | | (D) Development of Each and Every person to his or her greatest efficiency and prosperity | (IV) There should be an equal division of work and responsibility between workers and management. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following principles are related to scientific management? (A) Science not Rule of Thumb (B) Development of Each and Every Person to His or Her Greatest Efficiency and Prosperity (C) Unity of Command (D) Cooperation, Not Individualism Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which among the following does NOT relate with the nature of principles of management?

Which of the following represents the scientific principles of F W Taylor? (A) Science, not rule of thumb (B) Harmony, not discord (C) Cooperation, not individualism (D) Development of each and every person to his/her greatest efficiency and prosperity. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following points summarise the nature of principles of management? (A) Universal applicability (B) Rigidity (C) Contingent (D) Mainly behavioral Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Principle | Description | | (A) Order | (I) A chain of authority and communication should be in place. | | (B) Equity | (II) People and materials must be in suitable places at appropriate time for maximum efficiency. | | (C) Discipline | (III) Employees should be treated as fairly as possible. | | (D) Scalar Chain | (IV) Obedience to organisational rules and employment agreement. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Principle of Management | Explanation | | (A) Harmony, Not Discord | (I) Scientific selection of the workers | | (B) Cooperation, Not Individualism | (II) Management and workers should realise that each one is important. | | (C) Replacing the Rule of Thumb with Science | (III) Competition should be replaced by cooperation, by realizing that they need each other. | | (D) Development of Workers | (IV) Scientific methods are used by unifying the best practices and developing a standard method. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

According to Taylor, is an extension of the principle of division of work and specialisation to the shop floor.

Which of the following is not the principle of Scientific Management developed by Taylor on the basis of his experiments?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | (A) Esprit de corps | (I) One head on a group of activities with common objectives. | | (B) Unity of Direction | (II) Team spirit of unity and harmony among employees | | (C) Scalar Chain | (III) Thinking out and executing a plan. | | (D) Initiative | (IV) Superior-subordinate relations throughout the organisation. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following is not related to Henry Fayol?

The main elements of Scientific Management are: (A) Functional or specialised supervision (B) Standardisation of work methods (C) Manangement by exception principle (D) Coordinate with employees to ensure implementation of professionalism Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | (A) Fatigue study | (I) This study refers to finding out one best way of doing the job. | | (B) Method Study | (II) This study refers to the study of movements like lifting, putting objects, sitting and changing positions. | | (C) Time study | (III) The objective of this study is to determine the number of workers to be employed. | | (D) Motion Study | (IV) This study seeks to determine the amount and frequency of rest intervals in completing a task. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

"A manager should replace 'I' with 'We' in all his conversations with workers to foster team spirit". Which Principle of Management is related to this statement?

"The principles of management provide the basic groundwork for the development of management as a discipline". This statement is related to which point of significance of principles of management?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | (Fayol's principles) | (Explanation) | | (A) Equity | (I) Employee turnover should be minimized to maintain organizational efficiency. | | (B) Order | (II) Management should promote a team spirit of unity and harmony among employees. | | (C) Stability of Personnel | (III) Good sense and experience are needed to ensure fairness to all employees, who should be treated as fairly as possible. | | (D) Esprit De Corps | (IV) People and materials must be in suitable places at the appropriate time for maximum efficiency. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following principles emphasizes minimizing waste and improving efficiency?

What is the focus of "Functional Foremanship"?

Which of the following principles emphasizes that subordinates should report to one and only one superior?

Which technique of Scientific Management is used to determine the best way of doing a task?

The "gangplank" in the Scalar Chain principle emphasizes:

Who emphasized that there should be complete harmony between the management and the workers?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Fayol' Principle | Purpose | | (A) Division of Work | (I) To produce more and secure better performance with the same effort. | | (B) Order | (II) To emphasize the need for teamwork. | | (C) Equity | (III) To ensure everything is at its appointed place. | | (D) Esprit de corps | (IV) To promote equality of treatment while dealing with people. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Savitri is biased towards her female subordinates when it comes to solving the conflicts among the employees. Which principle is being violated here? 1. Order 2. Equity 3. Discipline 4. Span of control

Sandhya, the Plant Supervisor, found that there were many unnecessary movements while doing a job which could be eliminated. Which technique can be used to solve the problem?

Which of the following concepts is not related to F W Taylor? <ol> <li>Scalar Chain</li> <li>Harmony, not discord</li> <li>Standardisation and simplification of work</li> <li>Cooperation, not individualism</li> </ol>

Who is popularly known as the 'Father of Scientific Management'?

Which principle of management is violated if a worker takes orders from two or more superiors?

Fayol says that discipline requires: (A) Good supervisors at all levels (B) Agreements should be clear and fair (C) Removal of the employee (D) Penalties should be fairly imposed Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Taylor believed that contemporary management was amateurish and should be studied as a discipline. He is known for the coinage of the term ‘Scientific Management’ in his article ‘The Principles of Scientific Management’ published in the year ________.

"A sales person is asked to clinch a deal with a buyer and is allowed to be given a $10\\%$ discount by the marketing manager. But the finance department tells her/ him not to offer more than a $5\\%$ discount". Identify the principle of management violated in the aforesaid statement.

"A sales manager has to negotiate a deal with a buyer. She finds that if she can offer a credit period of 60 days, she is likely to clinch the deal which is supposed to fetch the company a net margin of say Rs. 50 crores. The company entrusts her the task of clinching the deal but gives her power to offer a credit period of only 40 days". Identify the principle of management violated in the aforesaid statement.

"According to a management expert, "even a small production activity like loading pigs of iron into boxcars can be scientifically planned and managed. This can result in tremendous saving of human energy as well as wastage of time and materials." Identify the principle of scientific management advocated in the aforesaid statement.

Which of the following are not the correct differences between Fayol's principle of management and Taylor's principle of scientific management? (A) Fayol's principles are applicable in specialized situations, but Taylor's principles are universally applicable. (B) Fayol's perspective is top level management, but Taylor's perspective is the shop floor level of a factory. (C) Fayol's principles increase the productivity of the organisation, but Taylor's principles improve the overall administration of the organisation. (D) Fayol was a practitioner whereas Taylor was a scientist. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

"Management should not close its ears to any constructive suggestions made by the employees". Which principle of Scientific Management is referred here?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Foreman | Meaning | | --- | --- | | (A) Cost Clerk | (I) To ensure discipline. | | (B) Instruction Card Clerk | (II) To specify the route of production. | | (C) Route Clerk | (III) To prepare the cost sheet. | | (D) Disciplinarian | (IV) To draft instructions for the workers. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following Fayol's principle of management advocates that workers should be encouraged to develop and carry out their plans for improvements?

The principle of division of work was given by ________. 1. Henry Fayol 2. Henry Lawrence Gantt 3. Frederick Taylor 4. Mc-Gregor

The following are techniques of Scientific Management, except: 1. Functional foremanship 2. Standardisation 3. Differential piece wage system 4. Initiative

Which management principle focuses on maintaining high morale among employees?

To find out the best way of doing the job is known as:

All the units of an organisation should move towards the same objectives through coordinated and focused efforts. Identify this principle of management.

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | (A) Scalar Chain | (I) Employee turnover should be minimized to maintain organisational efficiency. | | (B) Equity | (II) Promote a team spirit of unity and harmony among employees. | | (C) Stability of Personnel | (III) The formal lines of authority from highest to lowest ranks. | | (D) Esprit De Corps | (IV) To ensure fairness to all employees, who should be treated fairly. | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Who gave the concepts of 'mental revolution' and 'Harmony, Not Discord'?

Which of the following statements is true regarding the nature of Principles of Management:

### Match List–I with List–II | List–I | List–II | |----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------| | (A) No worker should be unduly favoured | (I) Equity | | (B) Right material should be placed at right place | (II) Stability of Personnel | | (C) Employees should not be transferred so frequently | (III) Order | | (D) Manager should replace "I" with "We" in all his conversations | (IV) Esprit de Corps | **Choose the correct answer from the options given below:**

"Adherence to the principles of management adds to knowledge, ability and understanding of managerial situations and circumstances". Identify the point of importance of principles of management stated here.

The application of principles of management is dependent upon the prevailing situation and has to be changed as per requirements. This defines which nature of principle of management?

A finance manager was asked to pitch an offer to an automobile firm to buy some equity. The CEO and General Manager had different opinions on the percentage of the equity that should be acquired. The finance manager was in a dilemma and could not close the deal. Which principle is violated here?

Ram, the production manager, ensures that the workers are given tasks according to their specialization. However, workers complain that Ram favors some employees over others on the grounds of their caste. Which principle of management is followed and ignored here?

Which of the following are the objectives of standardisation in a business organisation? (A) To reduce a given line or product to fixed types, sizes and characteristics. (B) To establish interchange ability of manufactured parts and products. (C) To establish standards of excellence and quality in materials. (D) To establish standards of performance appraisal for human resources only. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | <b>Statement</b> | <b>Fayol's Principles</b> | | (A) Each individual should be assigned one part of the work. | (I) Principles of Order | | (B) There should be one plan of actions for a group of activities. | (II) Unity of Command | | (C) An employee should take orders from one superior only. | (III) Unity of Direction | | (D) A place for everything and everything in its place. | (IV) Division of work | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following schools of thought of management is NOT referred to as the 'Classical' school?

When ______ workers go on strike, they wear a black badge but work more than normal working hours to gain the sympathy of the management.

In functional foremanship technique, who among the following works under the planning incharge: (A) Instruction Card Clerk (B) Inspector (C) Disciplinarian (D) Time and cost Clerk Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following terms represents the number of subordinates that a superior can effectively manage?

For designing a tractor, the assembly line production would entail deciding the sequence of various operations, place for men, machines and raw materials etc. All these are part of:

Which of the following principles are taken from the 14-Principles suggested by Henry Fayol? (A) Discipline (B) Scalar Chain (C) Stability of the business organisation (D) Equity Choose the <b>correct</b> answer from the options given below:

The management principles given by F W Taylor are scientific in nature whereas management principles given by Henry Fayol are _________ in nature.

Who is known as the father of general management?

Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | Principles | Statement | | --- | --- | | (A) Equity | (I) To ensure obedience to organizational rules | | (B) Unity of direction | (II) Kindliness and justice in the behavior of managers towards workers | | (C) Order | (III) A group of activities with common objectives must have one head and one plan | | (D) Discipline | (IV) Every employee must be in his appointed place | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

_______provide useful insights to managerial behaviour and influence managerial practices.

"Standardisation refers to the process of setting standards for every business activity; it can be standardisation of process, raw material, time, product, machinery, methods or working conditions". The phenomenon of standardisation was specified by:

Identify the Principle of Management where Taylor pioneered the introduction of method of scientific inquiry into the domain of management practice.

The aim of which technique given by F.W. Taylor is to reduce a given line or a product to fixed types, sizes and characteristics?

Select the term that indicates Principles of Management are not rigid prescriptions.

Identify the correct combinations of Principles of Management. A. Division of work and motion study B. Equity and scalar chain C. Authority and Responsibility and Method Study D. Discipline and Order E. Initiative and Fatigue Study Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

In the principle of Scalar Chain, the shortest route for communication in case of emergency is called:

"People and materials must be in suitable places at appropriate time for maximum effeciency." Application of this principle will lead to:

To reduce a given line or product to fixed types, sizes and characteristics is an objective of one of the techniques of Taylor. Identify that technique.

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I | List - II | | --- | --- | | (A) Time study | (I) Amount and frequency of rest intervals to complete a task | | (B) Motion study | (II) Different wage rate for efficient and inefficient workers | | (C) Fatigue study | (III) Study of various movements | | (D) Differential piece wage system | (IV) Determining standard time taken for performing a well defined job | Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Under functional foremanship Taylor proposed.

Match List I with List II | LIST I | | LIST II | |---|---|---| | A. Advertising Expenditure | I. | Human Resource Management | | B. Quality | II. | Finance and Accounting | | C. Labour Turnover | III. | Marketing | | D. Liquidity | IV. | Production | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

"Dependence on technological gadgets is comparatively higher in America than in India". Which feature of business environment is highlighted by the statement?

Social Environment includes:

Identify the specific forces of Business Environment from following A. Investors B. Customers C. Social D. Political E. Competitors Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Process which provides for learning opportunities that helps employee growth is-

Staffing is the part of which functional area of Management ?

"The principles of management are not rigid prescriptions, these can be modified by the manager when the situation so demands." What nature of principles of management has been indicated in above statement?

Planning is an intellectual process that requires logic rather than wishful thinking. Which feature of planning is highlighted by the statement?

Which technique of Scientific Management violates Fayol's principle of Equity?

A company has replaced their obsolete machinery with a Hi-Tech machine as it could not achieve its target in the previous month due to slow production process. Which step in the process of controlling is executed by the company?

Which quality of a leader requires that he should understand people and maintain good human relations with them

Arrange the following functions of Management A. Staffing B. Planning C. Organizing D. Controlling E. Directing Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Planning is pervasive because:-

Which technique of Scientific Management violates Unity of Command?

Identify the correct sequence of first five steps of staffing process:- A. Estimating the manpower requirement B. Recruitment C. Training and development D. Placement and orientation E. Selection Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

According to which principle of management, "Organisation should have a chain of authority and communication that runs from top to bottom and should be followed by managers and the subordinates."

Arrange following elements of communication process in a sequence A. Sender B. Receiver C. Message D. Media E. Feedback Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List I with List II | LIST I | | LIST II | |---|---|---| | A. Job Enrichment | I. | Indicates the characteristics which describe an organisation | | B. Organisational Climate | II. | Informal Communication | | C. Laissez-faire | III. | Leadership Style | | D. Grapevine | IV. | Concerned with designing jobs that include greater variety of work content | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Fredrick Winslow Taylor was an American _______ who sought to improve industrial efficiency.

Identify the correct features of Principles of Management : (A) Flexible (B) Interrelated (C) General Guidelines (D) Pervasive (E) Contingent Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Mohan, a Production Manager of 'X' Ltd. has divided his factory operations under - Planning Incharge and Production Incharge. Identify the technique of Scientific Management being followed by Mohan.

Match List - I with List - II. | List - I | List - II | |---|---| | (A) Unity of Command | (I) Study of movements | | (B) Unity of Direction | (II) Differentiates between efficient and inefficient workers. | | (C) Motion Study | (III) One subordinate one superior | | (D) Differential Piece wage system | (IV) One head and One plan | Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which of the following is not a nature of Principles of Management ?

_____ is the scientific technique through which F.W Taylor devised the concept of Assembly line

Match list I with list II | LIST I | LIST II | | --- | --- | | A. People and material must be in suitable places at appropriate time for maximum efficiency | I. Espirit de corps | | B. This principle resembles with military organisation | II. Order | | C. It will minimize the need for using penalties | III. Stability of tenure | | D. Employees should be given reasonable time to show results | IV. Unity of command | Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Match list I with list II | LIST I | LIST II | | --- | --- | | A. Separation of planning and execution function | I. Standardisation of work | | B. Setting benchmarks for every business activity which must be adhered during production | II. Simplification of work | | C. Eliminating superflous varieties, sizes and dimensions | III. Method study | | D. Minimizing the cost of production and maximising the quality and satisfaction of the customers. | IV. Functional foremanship | Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

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

"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.

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

Name the principle of the management under which it is believed that there is only one best way to maximise efficiency and it can be developed through scientific study and analysis.

A manager should not fall into the temptations of misusing her/his powers for individual/family benefit at the cost of larger general interest of the workers/company. The relevant principle of management is ___.

The following statements explains the concept of standardization of simplification of work. A. They seek to determine the amount and frequency of rest intervals B. They aim at eliminating superfluous variety, sizes and dimension C. Unnecessary movements are eliminated so that less time is required to complete the jobs. D. They help to determine the number of workers to be employed E. They help the organisation in devising new varieties instead of existing one. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

According to Fayol lazy personnel should be dealt with sternly for sending the message that everyone is equal in the eyes of management. This will ensure loyalty and devotion. The relevant principle of management is ___.