NCERT MCQ ON Principles of Management :
Question1: Who is the considered as the father of Scientific Management?
a) Henry Fayol
b) Gilberth
c) F W Taylor
d) Harold Koontz
Answer: C
Question2: Who is known as father of General Management?
a) Henry Fayol
b) Gilberth
c) F W Taylor
d) Harold Koontz.
Answer: A
Question3: Harmony Not discord principle is concerned with
a) Management should share the gain of the company with workers
b) Investigation of Task
c) Scientific inquiry
d) Observation and Analysis.
Answer: A
Question4: Unity of Direction is concerned with
a) One head one plan
b) One head different plans
c) Planning by employee
d) Planning by production manager
Answer: A
Question5: Espirit De Corps mean
a) Gang plank
b) Gang boss
c) Order
d) Union is strength.
Answer: D
Question6: Gang plank is concerned about ______________
a) Contact not allowed
b) Indirect contact
c) Direct contact
d) Contact before application.
Answer: C
Question7: 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
Question8: Functional foremanship is concerned with ______
a) Marketing
b) Division of work
c) Insurance
d) Gang plank
Answer: B
Question9: The main objective of functional foremanship is _____
a) Not to provide free time to workers
b) Separate planning functions from executive functions
c) To separate top level management from CEO
d) Not to divide the work.
Answer: B
Question10: The main objective of the motion Study is ______
a) To provide more work to the workers
b) To separate planning functions with other functions
c) To eliminate unproductive movement
d) To study standard time.
Answer: C
Question11: Science not rule of thumb principle is given by _______
a) Hanry Fayol
b) L M Prasad
c) F W Taylor
d) L H Haney.
Answer: C
Question12: What is the main motive of Fatigue Study?
a) Calculation of standard time
b) Calculation of standard output
c) Calculation of frequent rest interval to be given to the employees
d) Direct contact.
Answer: C
Question13: Which principle of management discuss about route clerk and gang boss?
a) Equity
b) Order
c) Functional Foremanship
d) Motion study.
Answer: C
Question14: Principle of Order is concerned with
a) Orderly arrangements of various resources
b) Giving order to employees
c) Receiving order from top level
d) None of the above.
Answer: A
Question15: Which principle of management suggest the concept of replacing I with we.
a) Order
b) Equity
c) Espirit De Corp
d) None of these.
Answer: C
Question16: Which is the principles of management given by Fayol
- a) All the options
- b) Unity of direction
- c) Equity
- d) Centralisation and decentralisation
Answer: All the options
Question17: Which is the techniques of scientific work
- a) All the options
- b) Time study
- c) Motion study
- d) Fatigue study
Answer: All the options
Question18: Which is determines the standard time taken to perform a well-defined job.
- a) Time Study
- b) Motion study
- c) Fatigue study
- d) Method study
Answer: Time Study
Question19: The method of time study will depend Upon
- a) Volume and frequency of the task
- b) Volume
- c) frequency of the task
- d) None of the options
Answer: Volume and frequency of the task
Question20: Which are the objectives achieved through time study
- a) All the options
- b) Determine the number of workers
- c) Frame suitable incentive schemes.
- d) Determines labour costs
Answer: All the options
Question21: ___________study refers to the study of movements like lifting, putting objects, sitting and changing positions
- a) Motion study
- b) Time Study
- c) Fatigue study
- d) Method study
Answer: Motion study
Question22: On close examination of body motions, e.g., it is possible to find out Which types motions
- a) All the options
- b) Motions which are productive
- c) Motions which are incidental
- d) Motions which are unproductive.
Answer: All the options
Question23: _________________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: Fatigue Study Fatigue
Question24: Which is the objective of standardisation
- a) All the options
- b) To reduce product to fixed types, sizes, features etc.
- c) To establish interchangeability of various parts.
- d) To establish standards of excellence and quality in materials.
Answer: All the options
Question25: Which nature is not present in Principles of management
- a) Absolute
- b) Behavioural
- c) Flexible
- d) Universal
Answer: Absolute
Question26: What is the aim of Method study
- a) To find one best method of doing the job
- b) To find None method of doing the job
- c) To find Time method of doing the job
- d) All the options
Answer: To find one best method of doing the job
Question27: Who was the first to identity functions of management
- a) Henry Fayol
- b) James Lundy
- c) Harold Koontz
- d) F.W.Taylor
Answer: Henry Fayol
Question28: How are the principles developed
- a) All the options
- b) On the basis of observation
- c) on the basis of experimentation
- d) Personal experiences of the managers
Answer: All the options
Question29: Harmony, Not Discord principle is concerned with______________
- a) Management should share the gains of company with workers
- b) Observation and Analysis
- c) Scientific inquiry
- d) Investigation of Task
Answer: Management should share the gains of company with workers
Question30: Which is the objective of standardisation
- a) All the options
- b) To reduce product to fixed types, sizes, features etc.
- c) To establish interchangeability of various parts.
- d) To establish standards of excellence and quality in materials.
Answer: All the options
Question31: Which is determines the standard time taken to perform a well-defined job.
- a) Time Study
- b) Motion study
- c) Fatigue study
- d) Method study
Answer: Time Study
Question32: How many principles are given by Henry Fayol
- a) 14
- b) 20
- c) 18
- d) 16
Answer: 14
Question33: Lifetime of Henry Fayol is ______________
- a) 1841 to 1925
- b) 1841 to 1930
- c) 1845 to 1925
- d) 1845 to 1930
Answer: 1841 to 1925
Question34: Name and explain that principle of Fayol which suggest that communication from top to bottom should follow the official lines of command?
- a) Principle of Scalar Chain
- b) Remuneration of Employees
- c) Centralization and Decentralization
- d) Unity of Direction
Answer: Principle of Scalar Chain
Question35: Identify the technique of scientific management When uniformity is introduced in materials. Machine, tools, method of works and working conditions after, due research.
- a) Standardization of works
- b) Method Study
- c) Differential Piece Wage system
- d) Fatigue study
Answer: Standardization of works
Question36: Identify the technique of scientific management when specialists supervise each worker
- a) Functional Foremanship
- b) Method Study
- c) Motion Study
- d) Time study
Answer: Functional Foremanship
Question37: Which of the following is not an objective of management
- a) Earning profits
- b) Growth of the organisation
- c) Providing employment
- d) Policy making
Answer: Earning profits
Question38: Which is not a function of management of the following
- a) Cooperating
- b) Planning
- c) Controlling
- d) Staffing
Answer: Cooperating
Question39: Hina & Harish are typist in a company having same educational qualification. Hina is getting Rs.3000 per month and Harish Rs. 4000 per month as salary far the same working hour. Which principle of management is violated in this case? Name and explain the principle?
- a) Principle of fair remuneration.
- b) Principle of Equity
- c) Principle of Order
- d) Principle of initiative
Answer: Principle of fair remuneration.
Question40: Why is it said that principles of management are flexible
- a) Because they can be modified
- b) Because they can be Fixed
- c) Because they can be modified and Because they can be Fixed
- d) None of the options
Answer: Because they can be modified
Question41: Who gave 14 general principles of Management
- a) Henri Fayol
- b) F.W.Taylor
- c) Harold Koontz
- d) Gilbreth
Answer: Henri Fayol
Question42: Henri Fayol was a
- a) Mechanical engineer
- b) French Doctor
- c) Russian Mechanical engineer
- d) All the options
Answer: Mechanical engineer
Question43: Henri Fayol Period was
- a) 1841-1925
- b) 1851-1925
- c) 1861-1925
- d) 1841-1926
Answer: 1841-1925
Question44: Henri Fayol was a
- a) French Mechanical engineer
- b) French Doctor
- c) Russian Mechanical engineer
- d) All the options
Answer: French Mechanical engineer
Question45: Taylors book Principles of Scientific Management was published
- a) 1911
- b) 1912
- c) 1914
- d) 1915
Answer: 1911
Question46: F.W. Taylor period was
- a) 1856 to 1915
- b) 1856 to 1925
- c) 1756 to 1925
- d) 1750 to 1925
Answer: 1856 to 1915
Question47: Significance of the Principles of Management
- a) All the options
- b) Providing managers with useful insights into reality
- c) Optimum utilization of resource and effective administration
- d) Scientific decisions.
Answer: All the options
Question48: Which principle of management aims at securing the loyalty and devotion of the employees by giving them fair and just treatment?
- a) Principle of Equity.
- b) Principle of Order.
- c) Unity of Direction
- d) None of the options
Answer: Principle of Equity.
Question49: Which principle of management is violated if an employee is asked to receive orders from two superiors?
- a) Principle of unity of Command
- b) Principle of Order.
- c) Principle of Equity.
- d) All the options
Answer: Principle of unity of Command
Question50: Workers should be encouraged to develop and carry out their plans for improvements. Identify the principle of management formulated by Fayol.
- a) Principle of initiative.
- b) Unity of Direction
- c) Principle of Order.
- d) Principle of Equity.
Answer: Principle of initiative.
Question51: Taylors principles are specific as they are
- a) Scientific in nature.
- b) Doctor in nature.
- c) Manager in nature.
- d) All the options
Answer: Scientific in nature.
Question52: Taylors principles are
- a) Specific
- b) General
- c) Universal
- d) None of the options
Answer: Specific
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