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This section includes 1531 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Management knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 551. |
Which of the following is not an objective of modern performance appraisal system? |
| A. | Salary increase |
| B. | Indentifying training needs |
| C. | Punishing the employees |
| D. | Promotion decision |
| Answer» D. Promotion decision | |
| 552. |
Which of the following is the correct sequence of training evaluation? |
| A. | Reaction, learning, behavior and results |
| B. | Learning, reaction, behavior and results |
| C. | Learning, behavior, reaction and results |
| D. | Reaction, learning, results and behavior |
| Answer» B. Learning, reaction, behavior and results | |
| 553. |
Which of the following performance appraisal method, rates the appraise on various parameters on point scale |
| A. | Critical incident method |
| B. | MBO method |
| C. | Graphic rating scale |
| D. | Bell curve methods |
| Answer» D. Bell curve methods | |
| 554. |
What did the Hawthorne experiments discover? |
| A. | That people need to belong to a 'social group' |
| B. | That people need heat and good lighting to work well |
| C. | Money is a motivator |
| D. | It makes no difference how you treat people at work in relation to their behaviour |
| Answer» B. That people need heat and good lighting to work well | |
| 555. |
Conferences and Seminars are method of training and development. |
| A. | On the Job |
| B. | Off the Job |
| C. | Personal |
| D. | Public |
| Answer» C. Personal | |
| 556. |
__________ practices will help to overcome the HR promotions. |
| A. | employment |
| B. | economic |
| C. | innovative |
| D. | cultural changes |
| Answer» D. cultural changes | |
| 557. |
Flexible working practices include |
| A. | no job sharing |
| B. | Fixed hours |
| C. | Work from home |
| D. | Work at office only |
| Answer» D. Work at office only | |
| 558. |
HRD is related to |
| A. | Work improvement |
| B. | error |
| C. | PROFIT |
| D. | pricing |
| Answer» B. error | |
| 559. |
____________________evaluates the job and not the job holder |
| A. | Job evaluation |
| B. | Job description |
| C. | Job specification |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Job description | |
| 560. |
Which of the following is a method used in group or organisational training needs assessment? |
| A. | consideration of current and projected changes |
| B. | rating scales |
| C. | interviews |
| D. | questionnaires |
| Answer» E. | |
| 561. |
_________ is used to weekly and monthly rates paid to clerical, administrative, and professional employees |
| A. | Wage |
| B. | Wage fund |
| C. | Salary |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 562. |
_________ employees make companies more competitive. |
| A. | Motivated |
| B. | Empowered |
| C. | Qualified |
| D. | Skilled |
| Answer» C. Qualified | |
| 563. |
______ is used to payment to hourly production and services |
| A. | Wage |
| B. | Wage fund |
| C. | Salary |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Wage fund | |
| 564. |
Who does not play a key role in the process of training and not entrusted with any responsibility in the entire process |
| A. | Top management personnel |
| B. | HR department/ supervisors |
| C. | Supervisors/ employees |
| D. | Customers/ vendors |
| Answer» E. | |
| 565. |
Which of the following is the objective of wage and salary administration |
| A. | To establish to fair and equitable compensation |
| B. | To attract qualified and competent personnel |
| C. | To improve motivation and morale of employees |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 566. |
Which is/are type of test? |
| A. | Interest test |
| B. | aptitude test |
| C. | personality test |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 567. |
Which of these items would be in the highest security category of a typical HRIS? |
| A. | Employee name |
| B. | Former employers |
| C. | Salary |
| D. | Work location |
| Answer» D. Work location | |
| 568. |
Wide range of abilities and attributes possessed by people are called as |
| A. | Management |
| B. | Human resources |
| C. | Entrepreneur |
| D. | Intreprenur |
| Answer» C. Entrepreneur | |
| 569. |
HRM policy is |
| A. | place of action |
| B. | a decision making |
| C. | is a mission |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» B. a decision making | |
| 570. |
Which of the below given options is a pre - requisite for an effective incentive system? |
| A. | increased need for planning |
| B. | co-operation of workers |
| C. | management\s commitment to the cost and time necessary to administer incentive schemes |
| D. | all of the these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 571. |
style of leadership gets work done by offering rewards & punishments |
| A. | Laissez Faire |
| B. | Paternalistic |
| C. | Transformational |
| D. | Transactional |
| Answer» E. | |
| 572. |
Sensitivity training is a part of |
| A. | In-house development |
| B. | Behavior modeling |
| C. | Organizational development |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 573. |
_______________is an attempt to create a match between job requirement and human attribute |
| A. | Job description |
| B. | Job specification |
| C. | Job design |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 574. |
The process of forecasting, developing and controlling human resource in an organisation is called as . |
| A. | Human Resource planning |
| B. | Human Resource Development |
| C. | Human Resource Management |
| D. | Strategic Human Resource Management |
| Answer» B. Human Resource Development | |
| 575. |
____________________is the best method to improve inter personnel skills, ability to comprehended and present himself efficiency in short period of time |
| A. | Group discussion |
| B. | Seminar |
| C. | Coaching |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Seminar | |
| 576. |
Collecting data on job activities, required employee behaviors, working conditions, and human traits and abilities needed to perform the job is the _____ step in the job analysis process. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 577. |
______________refers to expansion of the no:of different tasks performed by an employee in a single job |
| A. | Job enlargement |
| B. | Job enrichment |
| C. | Job rotation |
| D. | Job design |
| Answer» B. Job enrichment | |
| 578. |
The first step in conducting a job analysis is _____. |
| A. | deciding how to use the information |
| B. | reviewing relevant background information |
| C. | selecting representative positions |
| D. | collecting data on job activities |
| Answer» B. reviewing relevant background information | |
| 579. |
Experience ,education, skills and knowledge are the main components of ____________, which need to be specified |
| A. | Job specification |
| B. | Job analysis |
| C. | Job description |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Job analysis | |
| 580. |
In which of the following kinds of interview the questions are predetermined |
| A. | Panel |
| B. | Stress |
| C. | Group |
| D. | Structured |
| Answer» E. | |
| 581. |
An employee terminated due to Alcoholism, dishonesty or inefficiency is called as |
| A. | Discharge |
| B. | Dismissal |
| C. | Suspend |
| D. | Layoff |
| Answer» B. Dismissal | |
| 582. |
Certain jobs require planning activities projecting 1 or 2 even more years in future. These jobs are: |
| A. | Unskilled jobs |
| B. | Semi skilled jobs |
| C. | High skilled jobs |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 583. |
The major defect is that the ………….. Method tends to irritate raters, who feel they are not beingtrusted. |
| A. | forced-choice |
| B. | ranking |
| C. | checklist |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. ranking | |
| 584. |
………….. Is the first stage in career planning? |
| A. | Career development |
| B. | career planning |
| C. | Self-assessment |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» D. none of these. | |
| 585. |
The perspective for the need of HR is |
| A. | select the legal employee |
| B. | promote the skill employee |
| C. | distinguishing the features of employees |
| D. | to right person for the right job |
| Answer» E. | |
| 586. |
What is Harmonious relationship at workplace? |
| A. | friendly in nature |
| B. | pleasing and consistent |
| C. | cordial and available |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 587. |
The third step in conducting a job analysis is _____. |
| A. | deciding how to use the information |
| B. | reviewing relevant background information |
| C. | selecting representative positions |
| D. | collecting data on job activities |
| Answer» D. collecting data on job activities | |
| 588. |
What influences the bank employees’ attitude on work culture? |
| A. | educational qualification |
| B. | ownership of bank |
| C. | location of the branch |
| D. | all above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 589. |
Union function arises as a result of employee |
| A. | Problem of communication |
| B. | belonging |
| C. | Dissatisfaction |
| D. | Change in technology |
| Answer» D. Change in technology | |
| 590. |
What techniques are used while analysing the internal supply? |
| A. | inflows and outflows |
| B. | turnover rate |
| C. | conditions of work and absenteeism |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 591. |
Workforce has created new challenges for human resource management |
| A. | Uniformity |
| B. | Diversity |
| C. | Equality |
| D. | Regularity |
| Answer» C. Equality | |
| 592. |
HRM has primary responsibility for all of these implementation variables except: |
| A. | Task design |
| B. | People |
| C. | Reward systems |
| D. | Organization structure |
| Answer» E. | |
| 593. |
The origin of personnel management was an outcome of |
| A. | Welfare workers |
| B. | Legislation relating factory Reform |
| C. | The govt. notification |
| D. | The work of 19th century social reformers and employee |
| Answer» B. Legislation relating factory Reform | |
| 594. |
Which of the following is not a stage in the systematic training cycle? |
| A. | Evaluation |
| B. | Assessing training needs |
| C. | Planning the training |
| D. | Job instruction on a one to one bias |
| Answer» E. | |
| 595. |
‘A behaviour which has rewarding experience is likely to be repeated’ is postulated by |
| A. | reinforcement and expectancy theory |
| B. | equity theory |
| C. | agency theory |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. equity theory | |
| 596. |
The task of assigning duties and fixing the responsibilities will be concerned with |
| A. | Planning |
| B. | organizing |
| C. | coordinating |
| D. | staffing |
| Answer» C. coordinating | |
| 597. |
…………………gave the different aspects to quality of work life. |
| A. | Richard Walton |
| B. | Charles Babbage |
| C. | Bill Gates |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Charles Babbage | |
| 598. |
The …………………gives an opportunity to an employee to showcase his talent to the fullest and make his reach to the other departments also. |
| A. | Job rotation |
| B. | Vestibule training |
| C. | Coaching |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Vestibule training | |
| 599. |
The loss of employees who quit the organization for various reasons |
| A. | Careers |
| B. | Attrition |
| C. | BARS |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. BARS | |
| 600. |
Participation can be in the form of |
| A. | Collective bargaining |
| B. | Risk |
| C. | wages |
| D. | rating |
| Answer» B. Risk | |