Nature and Significance of Management-MCQ

CLASS :XII

SUBJECT: BUSINESS STUDIES

1. Superintendent belongs to
(a)Operational management (b)Middle management
(c)Top management (d)None of these

2. Which process integrates activities of different departments?

(a)Management (b)Coordination (c)Organising (d)Controlling

3. Which function of management determines the future course of action?

(a)Staffing (b)Directing (c)Planning (d)Controlling

4. Management aim at achieving

(a)Efficiency (b)Effectiveness (c)Both (a) and (b) (d)None of these

5. Management should be considered as

(a)Developing profession (b)Not a profession
(c)Full fledged profession (d)None of these

6. Management is
(a)A pure service (b)Natural science (c)An inexact service (d)Not a science

7. Management is needed at
(a)Lower level (b)All levels (c)Top level (d)Middle level

8. Top management consists of

(a)CEO (b)Board of Directors (c)Departmental heads (d)Both (a) & (b)

9. The functions performed by top management are the most important because they take care of
(a)Routing problems (b)Specific problems
(c)Overall organizations (d)Extraordinary problems

10. Which of the following is not an organizational objective?

(a)Profit (b)Growth (c)Generation of employment (d)Survival

11. All of the following are the objectives of management except

(a)Organisational objectives (b)Political objectives
(c)Social objectives (d)Personal objectives

12. Efficiency means

(a) Doing the task with minimum cost
(b) Deriving more benefits by using less resources
(c) Doing the task correctly
(d) All of the above

13. Which are the functions performed by operational level of management?

(a) Looking to safety of workers
(b) Representing the problems of workers before the middle level management
(c) To ensure quality standards are properly followed
(d) All of these

14. Which function of management is concerned with assigning duties, grouping tasks, establishing
authority and allocating resources required to carry out a specific plan?
(a)Planning (b)Directing (c)Organising (d)Controlling

15. Which function of management refers to monitoring organizational performance towards the
attainment of organizational goals.
(a)Staffing (b)Directing (c)Controlling (d)Planning

16. Doing the task with minimum cost. Name the term associated with management
(a)Staffing (b)Organising (c)Efficiency (d)Directing

17. Management is essential for successful running of an enterprise. How?

 (a) Management helps in achieving group goals
(b) Management creates a dynamic organisation
(c) Management helps in the development of society
(d) All of these

18. Why management is considered as Multi-dimensional function?

(a)Management of people (b)Management of work
(c)Management of operation (d)All the options

19. Which function of management refers to determining in advance, what is to be done and who is
to do it?
(a)Organising (b)Planning (c)Staffing (d)Directing

20. Survival, profit and growth are essential target of any business. Which objective of management
is referred here?
(a)Social objective (b)Personal objective
(c)Organisational objective (d)All of the above

21. Management is not

(a)Goal oriented (b)Group activity (c)Tangible force (d)Intangible force

22. Gurmeet is working as Regional Manager in ABC Ltd. Name the level of management at which
he is working
(a)Middle level (b)Top level (c)Lower level (d)All of these

23. Providing facilities of schools, crèches, hospitals is the _______objective of management

(a)Personal objective (b)Organisational objective
(c)Social objective (d)All of the above

24. Why is management also considered as a profession?

(a) Profession are bound by code of conduct
(b) Entry to profession is restricted
(c) Well-defined body of knowledge
(d) Membership of professional association is compulsory

25. Which is the scope of management?

(a)Financial management (b)Production management
(c)Marketing management (d)All of the above

26. Management is
(a)Not required in small business organizations (b)Individual activity
(c)Tangible force (d)Multi-dimensional

27. Effectiveness is concerned with

(a) Doing the task correctly with minimum cost
(b) Doing the right task, completing activities and achieving goals
(c) Getting thing done with the aim of achieving goals effectively and efficiently
(d) None of the above

28. Management is both science and art. Science can be defined as

(a)Systematised body of knowledge (b)Restricted entry
(c)How to apply knowledge (d)All of the above

29. The word management is used as

(a)A process (b)A time waste (c)A subject (d)All of these

30. Management is a ___________process.

(a)Very easy (b)Goal oriented (c)Continuous (d)Both (b) & (c)

31. Management is considered as art due to

(a)Personalised application (b)Based on practice and creativity
(c)Existence of theoretical knowledge (d)All of the above

32. Management is needed at

(a)Top level (b)Middle level (c)Supervisory level (d)All of the above
33. Management is considered as multi-functional concept because it is a complex activity that has
_________ main dimensions.
(a)2 (b)3 (c)4 (d)5

34. According to the nature of management, management can be consider as

(a)Only art (b)Only science (c)Both (a) & (b) (d)None of these

35. The task of management is to make people work towards achieving the organisation’s goals by
making their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant. Which dimension of
management is being referred here?
(a)Management of operations (b)Management of work
(c)Management of people (d)None of the above

36. Coordination is the essence of management because

(a) Coordination is a part of planning function of management
(b) Coordination is a part of staffing function of management
(c) Coordination is a part of controlling function of management
(d) Coordination is a part of all functions of management

37. To meet the objectives of the firm the management of ABC Ltd., offers employment to
physically challenged person. Identify the objective of management it is trying to achieve
(a)Personal objective (b)Organisational objective
(c)Profit (d)Social objective

38. Management main considerations are

(a)Time and cost (b)Cost (c)Time (d)None of these

39. Management can be defined as the process of getting things done with the aim of achieving
organizational goals
(a)Efficiency (b)Effectiveness (c)Both (a) & (b) (d)None of these

40. At which level of management the managers are responsible for the welfare and survival of the
organisation?
(a)Middle level (b)Top level (c)Supervisory (d)All of the above

41. Wadhwa Enterprises Ltd. Manufactures toy. The production department produces more number
of toys than required and sales department is not able to sell the total production. What quality
of management do you think the company is lacking?
(a)Staffing (b)Coordination (c)Controlling (d)None of these

42. A petrol pump needs to be managed as much as a school or a hospital. Which feature of
management has been highlighted here?
(a)Only school (b)Management is all pervasive
(c)Management is a dynamic function (d)All the options.

43. In order to be successful an organisation must change itself and its goals according to the needs
of the environment. Which characteristic of management is highlighted here?
(a)Dynamic (b)Intangible force (c)All pervasive (d)All of the above

44. Effectiveness is synonymous with

(a)Cost minimization (b)Resource control (c)Goal attainment (d)Efficiency

45. In successful organizations,

(a) Low efficiency and high effectiveness go hand in hand
(b) High efficiency and low effectiveness go hand in hand
(c) High efficiency and high effectiveness go hand in hand
(d) High efficiency and high equity go hand in hand

46. How does a manager want to achieve his objectives?

(a)Effectively (b)Efficiently (c)Efficiently and effectively (d)None of the above

47. A manager obtains the required capital at 10% interest while the prevailing rate of interest
happens to be 8%. How would you describe such a manager?
(a)Effective (b)Efficient
 (c)Inefficient (d)Efficient and Effective

48. What happens when the management of an organisation gets weakened?

(aPProduction increases (b)Organisation progresses
(c)Organisation faces heavy loss (d)Profit increases

49. Which one of the following sequence of process of management is correct?

(a) Planning, Controlling, Organising, Staffing and Directing
(b) Staffing, Planning, Organising, Controlling and Directing
(c) Planning, Organising, Staffing, Directing and Controlling
(d) Organising, Planning, Staffing, Controlling and Directing

50. Management is
(a)An Activity (b)A Tradition (c)A Process (d)An Illusion

51. Which degree is essential to become a manager?

(a)B.Com. (b)M.B.A. (c)M.Com. (d)None of these

52. For which of following minimum qualification has not been prescribed?
(a)Chartered Accountant (b)Lawyer
(c)Manager (d)Doctor

53. What is the name of the management institute established in India?

(a)IIT (b)AIMA (c)IIM (d)ICICI

54. Name the country in which management is accepted as profession.

(a)America (b)India (c)Japan (d)America and Japan

55. ‘Thinking before doing’, under which function of management is this performed?
(a)Organising (b)Controlling (c)Directing (d)Planning

56. Under what function of management does the determining of structure of roles fall?
(a)Planning (b)Organising (c)Controlling (d)Directing

57. Under what function of management does the work of filling posts with people fall?
(A)Planning (b)Staffing (c)Directing (d)Organising

58. Under what function of management does the ‘corrective action’ fall?
(a)Directing (b)Controlling (c)Planning (d)Organising

59. What, out of the following, does not fall under directing?
(a)Planning (b)Leadership (c)Supervision (d)Motivation

60. Which of the following is true?

(a) Coordination is not equally important at all levels of management
(b) Coordination is equally important at all levels of management
(c) Coordination has no importance
(d) None of the above

61. To what function of management is coordination associated with?

(a)Planning (b)Organising
(c)Staffing, directing and controlling (d)All of these

62. What out of the following has been called the essence of management?
(a)communication (b)Supervision (c)Coordination (d)Leadership

63. What contributes to the elimination of complexities of large-scale organisation?

(a)Planning (b)Controlling (c)Directing (d)Coordination