MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs):

1. Principles of management are NOT:

(a) Universal (b) Flexible (c) Absolute (d) Behavioural
2. How are principles of management formed?
(a) By experiments in a laboratory (b) By experiences of managers
(c) By experiences of customers (d) By propagation of social scientists

3. The principles of management are significant because of:

(a) Increase in efficiency (b) Initiative
(c) Optimum utilisation of resources (d) Adaptation to changing technology

4. Henry Fayol was a:

(a) Social scientist (b) Mining engineer
(c) Accountant (d) Production engineer

5. Which of the following statement best describes the principle of ‘Division of Work’?
(a) Work should be divided into small tasks.
(b) Labour should be divided.
(c) Resources should be divided among jobs.
(d) It leads to specialisation.

6. ‘She/he keeps machines, materials, tools, etc., ready for operations by concerned
workers’. Whose work is described by this sentence under functional
foremanship?
(a) Instruction Card Clerk (b) Repair Boss
(c) Gang Boss (d) Route Clerk

7. Which of the following is NOT a Principle of management given by Taylor?

(a) Science, not Rule of Thumb (b) Functional Foremanship
(c) Maximum not Restricted Output (d) Harmony not Discord

8. Which technique of scientific management proposed by F.W. Taylor violates the

principle of ‘Unity of Command’?
(a) Differential Piece Wage System
(b) Functional Foremanship
(c) Work Study (including Method, Motion, Time and Fatigue Studies)
(d) Standardisation and Simplification
 9. Which of the following is not a principle of management as given by F.W. Taylor:
(a) Harmony, not Discord (b) Science, not Rule of Thumb
(c) Functional Foremanship (d) Maximum, not Restricted Output

10. Gang Plank is related with which principle of management?

(a) Unity of Direction (b) Unity of Command
(c) Scalar Chain (d) Order

11. Management should find ‘One best way’ to perform a task. Which technique of
scientific management is defined in this sentence?
(a) Time Study (b) Motion Study (c) Fatigue Study (d) Method Study

FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CORRECT WORDS

1. A managerial principle is a broad and guideline for decision making and

behaviour.

2. Management principles are not as as principles of pure science.

3. Principles of management have been developed on the basis of__________and

of the managers.

4. Derivation of principles of management may be said to be a matter of and

their creative application may be regarded as an .

5. Principles of management denote a and relationship.

6. The principles are guidelines to action but do not provide readymade, to

all managerial problems.

7. The principles of management are prescriptions.

8. means knowing exactly what you want men to do and seeing that they
do it in the best and cheapest way.

9. Sharing of gains between management and workers leading to complete .

10. Principle, is an extension of principle of 'Harmony not discord'.

11. Industrial efficiency depends to a large extent on competencies.

12. Taylor advocated separation of and functions.

13. Functional foremanship is an extension of the principle of .

14. refers to the process of setting standards for every business activity.

15. aims at eliminating superfluous varieties, sizes and dimensions.

16. The objective of is to find out one best way of doing the job.

17. refers to the study of movements like lifting, putting objects.

18. system helps differentiate between efficient and inefficient workers.

19. involves a change in the attitude of workers and management towards

one another from competition to cooperation.

20. The latest development in scientific management is .

21. is the right to give orders and obtain obedience, and responsibility is
the corollary of authority.

22. requires good superiors at all levels, clear and fair agreements and
judicious application of penalties.

23. __________ ensures units of an organisation should be moving towards the same
objectives.

24. The principle, ensures interests of an organisation should take priority

over the interests of any one individual employee.

25. The principle, ensures one subordinate should receive orders from
and should be responsible to only one superior.

26. The principle ensures congenial atmosphere and good relations

between workers and management.

27. Principle of order talks about order and order.

28. Principle of emphasises kindliness and justice in the behaviour of

managers towards workers.
29. Employee should be minimised to maintain organisational efficiency.

STATE WHETHER THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE OR FALSE:

1. Employees' turnover refers to the turnover achieved by employees.

2. Management principles are as rigid as principles of pure science.

3. Principles of management contribute towards the development of management

both as a science and as an art.

4. The extent of the applicability of princples of management vary with the nature of
the organisation.

5. The principles of management are formed by experience and collective wisdom of

managers.

6. The principles of management are rigid prescriptions, which have to be followed

absolutely.

7. Principles enable a better understanding of the relationship between human and

material resources.

8. The principles of management are intended to establish relationship between

cause and effect.

9. Contingency is dependent upon the prevailing situation at a particular point of time.

10. Adherence to the management principles ensures control over managerial

situations and circumstances.

11. The principles of management have not evolved by chance but they have been
derived by the management experts.

12. Principle of order relates to orders and instructions given by superior to his subordinates.

13. 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’.

14. Application of principles has to be changed depending upon specific requirements.

15. Taylor worked at top level whereas Fayol worked at operative level.

16. Rule of thumb means doing something just because others have been doing it.

17. Taylor suggested mental revolution as a scientific technique to change the mindset
of the employees.
18. Competition is replaced with cooperation when the people work in team.

19. Discipline refers to compliance of rules and regulations by subordinates working at

different levels in an organisation.

20. One group of workers should receive orders and instructions from and be
answerable to only one boss.