PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT A

1. On what basis the principles of management were derived?

• (a) On the basis of observation

• (b) On the basis of experimental studies

• (c) On the basis of both (a) and (b)

• (d) None of these

2. Where are the principles of management applicable?

• (a) In the field of business

• (b) In the non-business field

• (c) In both (a) and (b)

• (d) None of these

3.Which of the following, according to Foyal, happens to be the meaning of the division of work?

• (a) Equitable division of the whole work among the persons available

• (b) Alloting a specific part of the whole work to every person

• (c) Both the above

• (d) None of the above

4. ‘Three subordinates- S1, S2 and S3 receive orders from M1’. In such a situation which principle of management is being observed?

• (a) Equity

• (b) Order

• (c) Unity of command

• (d) Unity of direction

A purchase manager of a company has to purchase 500 tonnes of raw material. Apart from the other suppliers in the market, his son also supplies that raw material. The manager purchases the raw material from the firm of his son at a rate higher than the market rate, which principle of management has been violated by this situation?

• (a) Unity of command

• (b) Unity of direction

• (c) Subordinating personal interest to general interest

• (c) Subordinating personal interest to general interest

What type of centralisation Fayol talks about?

• (a) Little Centralisation

• (b) More Centralisation

• (c) Effective Centralisation

• (d) No Centralisation

The violation of which principle of management results in ‘disorderly flow of information’

• (a) Scalar Chain

• (b) Unity of Command

• (c) Authority and Responsibility

• (d) Stability of employees

What principle of management has been given by Henry Fayol?

• (a) Principle of Unity of command

• (b) Principle of optimum production

• (c) Principle of using science instead of rule of thumb

• (d) None of these

Which one is not the Henry Fayol’s principle of management:

• (a) Division of Work

• (b) Differential wages

• (c) Scalar chain

• (d) Equity

. How many Principles of Management has been given by Henry Fayol?

• 5

• 14

• 16

• 20