CBSE Class 12 Business Studies Principles of Management MCQs Set B

Question. ‘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

Answer : C

Question. Under fatigue study:
(a) Tiring work is given to employees
(b) Employee’s movements are increased
(c) Record is maintained for time consumed on employee’s work
(d) Rest is given to employees during work

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following elements should be kept in mind while determining fair remuneration?
(a) Cost of living
(b) Demand of labourers
(c) Qualification
(d) All of the options

Answer : D

Question. In what situation has Fayol permitted the violation of the Principle of Scalar Chain?
(a) When the employee is extraordinarily capable
(b) At the time of sudden happening
(c) In all conditions and circumstances
(d) In no condition or situation

Answer : B

Question. What was the title of the research paper written by Taylor in 1903?
(a) Factory management
(b) Shop management
(c) Office management
(d) Production management

Answer : A

Question. 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

Answer : A

Question. Which nature is not present in Principles of management
(a) Behavioural
(b) Absolute
(c) Flexible
(d) Universal

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following is not considered with F W Taylor?
(a) Method Study
(b) Motion Study
(c) Time Study
(d) Scalar chain

Answer : D

Question. In which two departments did Taylor divide the work of a factory manager?
(a) Department of Planning and Production
(b) Department of Planning and Finance
(c) Department of Planning and Marketing
(d) Department of Planning and Research

Answer : A

Question. Principles of Management are not:
(a) Applicable only in large firms
(b) Formed by practice and experience of managers
(c) Flexible
(d) Contingent

Answer : A

Question. In which book Henry Fayol has mentioned the 14 principles of management:
(a) General and industrial management
(b) Principles based management
(c) General management
(d) Industrial management

Answer : A

Question. What did Taylor want to standardise?
(a) Material
(b) Machine and Tools
(c) Methods
(d) All of the options

Answer : D

Question. 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
(d) Equity

Answer : C

Question. What type of revolutionary change is talked about by F.W. Taylor?
(a) Green Revolution
(b) White Revolution
(c) Mental Revolution
(d) None of the options

Answer : C

Question. How are the principles developed
(a) On the basis of observation
(b) on the basis of experimentation
(c) Personal experiences of the managers
(d) All of the options

Answer : C

Question. _________________study seeks to determine the amount and frequency of rest intervals in completing a task
(a) Fatigue Study Fatigue
(b) Method study
(c) Motion study
(d) Time Study

Answer : A

Question. Which one is not the Henry Fayol’s principle of management:
(a) Division of Work
(b) Differential wages
(c) Scalar chain
(d) Equity

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following system of management talks about cheap and efficient way of doing a job?
(a) Administrative
(b) Scientific
(c) Both the above
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. 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 the options

Answer : C

Question. 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 options

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following principles aims at checking the ignoring of activities?
(a) Unity of command
(b) Unity of direction
(c) Discipline
(d) All of the options

Answer : B

Question. In what two departments did Taylor divide the work of a factory manager?
(a) Department of Planning and Production
(b) Department of Planning and Finance
(c) Department of Planning and Marketing
(d) Department of Planning and Research

Answer : A

Question. Which system of management gives due importance to ‘specialisation’?
(a) Scientific management
(b) Administrative management
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the options

Answer : A

Question. ‘A proper place for everything and everything in its right place’, with which order is this statement connected as explained in the principle of order?
(a) Material
(b) Social
(c) Both the above
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

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Question. Name the technique of Taylor which is based on his scientific principles of management, ‘science not rule of thumb’.
Answer : Standardisation and simplification

Question. One of the techniques given by F.W. Taylor is the extension of a principle given by Henry Fayol. Identify such technique and principle.
Answer : The technique of ‘functional foremanship’ / division of work

Question. Name the principle of scientific management which emphasises on the study and analysis of methods rather than estimation.
Answer : Science, not rule of thumb

Question. Techniques, “Functional Foremanship” suggested by F.W. Taylor violates a principle given by Henry Fayol. Identify the principle.
Answer : Unity of command

Question. Identify the techniques of scientific management when standard tools, equipments, methods and techniques are set after rigorous research.
Answer : Standardisation.

Question. Name the technique of Scientific Management given by Taylor which helps differentiate between the efficient and the inefficient workers.
Answer : Differential Piece Wage System

Question. Principle of cooperation, not individualism, is an extension of which principle given by Fayol?
Answer : Principle of Harmony, not Discord

Question. Name the principle of Fayol which is similar to the Taylor’s principle, ‘harmony, not discord’.
Answer : Esprit de Corps

Question. Which principle prescribes that work should be divided into small tasks to attain specialisation in the work performance of each worker?
Answer : Fayol’s principle of “Division of Work

Question. “In order to be successful, an organisation must change itself and its goals according to the needs of the environment.” Which point of importance of principles of management is referred to here?
Answer : Meeting changing environment requirements

Question. Name the technique in which the factory manager is assisted by two incharges.
Answer : Taylor’s technique of “Functional Foremanship

True or False

Question. Principles of scientific management are universally applicable.
Answer : False

Question. Management principles are as rigid as principles of pure science.
Answer : False

Question. Fayol is also known as father of functional management.
Answer : True

Question. Functional Foremanship violates the principle of unity of command.
Answer : True

Question. Management principles are flexible to adapt to dynamic business environment.
Answer : Answer

Question. Sharing of gains with the workers is the objective of the principle, ‘Harmony, not Discord’.
Answer : True

Question. When a principle is applied to a particular situation, it is known as ‘cause’ and the result of application of the principle is known as ‘effect’.
Answer : True

Question. Application of principles has to be changed depending upon specific requirements.
Answer : True

Question. Taylor suggested mental revolution as a scientific technique to change the mindset of the employees.
Answer : True