Free Printable PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT A

1.

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

a)

(a) On the basis of observation

b)

(b) On the basis of experimental studies

c)

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

d)

(d) None of these

2.

2. Where are the principles of management applicable?

a)

(a) In the field of business

b)

(b) In the non-business field

c)

(c) In both (a) and (b)

d)

(d) None of these

3.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

(c) Both the above

d)

(d) None of the above

4.

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

a)

(a) Equity

b)

(b) Order

c)

(c) Unity of command

d)

(d) Unity of direction

5.

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)

(a) Unity of command

b)

(b) Unity of direction

c)

(c) Subordinating personal interest to general interest

d)

(c) Subordinating personal interest to general interest

6.

What type of centralisation Fayol talks about?

a)

(a) Little Centralisation

b)

(b) More Centralisation

c)

(c) Effective Centralisation

d)

(d) No Centralisation

7.

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

a)

(a) Scalar Chain

b)

(b) Unity of Command

c)

(c) Authority and Responsibility

d)

(d) Stability of employees

8.

What principle of management has been given by Henry Fayol?

a)

(a) Principle of Unity of command

b)

(b) Principle of optimum production

c)

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

d)

(d) None of these

9.

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

a)

(a) Division of Work

b)

(b) Differential wages

c)

(c) Scalar chain

d)

(d) Equity

10.

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

a)

5

b)

14

c)

16

d)

20

11.

Which of the following system of management talks about cheap and efficient way of doing a job?

a)

(a) Administrative

b)

(b) Scientific

c)

(c) Both the above

d)

(d) None of the above

12.

Which system of management gives due importance to ‘specialisation’?

a)

(a) Scientific management

b)

(b) Administrative management

c)

(c) Both (a) and (b)

d)

(d) None of these

13.

What did Taylor want to standardise?

a)

(a) Material

b)

(b) Machine and Tools

c)

(c) Methods

d)

(d) All of these

14.

What type of revolutionary change is talked about by F.W. Taylor?

a)

(a) Green Revolution

b)

(b) White Revolution

c)

(c) Mental Revolution

d)

(d) None of these

15.

What was the title of the research paper written by Taylor in 1903?

a)

(a) Factory management

b)

(b) Shop management

c)

(c) Office management

d)

(d) Production management

16.

Under fatigue study:

a)

(a) Tiring work is given to employees

b)

(b) Employee’s movements are increased

c)

(c) Record is maintained for time consumed on employee’s work

d)

(d) Rest is given to employees during work

17.

Scientific management brings:

a)

(a) Social change

b)

(b) Economic change

c)

(c) Mental change

d)

(d) Industrial change

18.

Principles of management are NOT

a)

(a) Universal

b)

(b) Flexible

c)

(c) By experiences of customers

d)

(d) By propagation of social scientists

19.

The principles of management are significant because of

a)

(a) Increase in efficiency

b)

(b) Initiative

c)

(c) Optimum utilisation of resources

d)

(d) Adaptation to changing technology

20.

Which of the following statements best describes the principle of ‘Division of Work’?

a)

(a) Work should be divided into small task

b)

(b) Labour should be divided

c)

(c) Resources should be divided among jobs

d)

(d) It leads to specialisation

21.

Coordination is

a)

(a) function of management

b)

(b) the essence of management

c)

(c) an objective of management

d)

(d) none of the above

22.

Which is not a function of management of the following:

a)

(a) planning

b)

(b) staffing

c)

(c) cooperating

d)

(d) controlling

23.

Management is

a)

(a) an art

b)

(b) a science

c)

(c) both art and science

d)

(d) none of the above

24.

Policy formulation is the function of

a)

(a) top level managers

b)

(b) middle level managers

c)

(c) operational management

d)

(d) all of the above

25.

The following is not an objective of management

a)

(a) earning profits

b)

(b) growth of the organisation

c)

(c) providing employment

d)

(d) policy making

PRINCIPLE OF MANAGEMENT A

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