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Question : Case Study: ABC Retail Corporation aims to improve efficiency by optimizing work methods and eliminating unnecessary actions. Which scientific management technique is appropriate for this purpose?

 

Option 1: Time study

Option 2: Motion study

Option 3: Method analysis

Option 4: Fatigue study

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Method analysis


Solution : The correct answer is (c) Method analysis

Method analysis, a scientific management technique, is appropriate for improving efficiency by optimizing work methods and eliminating unnecessary actions. It involves analyzing and breaking down a task into its constituent steps, studying each step, and identifying the

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Question : Lord William Bentinck with the support of Raja Ram Mohan Roy abolished the practice of _____.

Option 1: religion

Option 2: sati

Option 3: brahmacharya

Option 4: polyandry

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: sati


Solution : The correct answer is sati.

Sati practice was abolished during the reign of Lord William Bentinck with the support of Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Lord William Bentinck became the first governor-general of India in 1833. Sati was banned by Lord William Bentinck in British

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Question : "This function of management is vital not only for effective teamwork among the employees but also for clarification of the scope of authority, accountability for results, and logical grouping of operations." Name the managerial function that was noted above.

Option 1: Planning

Option 2: Organising

Option 3: Directing

Option 4: Controlling

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Organising


Solution : Identifying and classifying various organisational activities falls within the management function of organising. In addition, it deals with assembling the material, financial, and people resources necessary and established to accomplish organisational goals. Hence, the correct option is 2.

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Question : Case Study 81

OPQ Ltd. is a technology startup planning to trade its shares on a stock exchange. The company's management is reviewing the protective functions of SEBI.

Question : 

What is the main aim of SEBI's protective functions?

Option 1: Promoting economic growth
 

Option 2: Ensuring transparency
 

Option 3: Encouraging mergers

 

Option 4: Setting dividend rates

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Ensuring transparency
 


Solution : The correct answer is (b) Ensuring transparency

The main aim of SEBI's protective functions is to ensure transparency in the securities market. SEBI's protective functions are designed to safeguard the interests of investors and maintain the integrity and fairness of the market. By enforcing

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Question : Case Study: ABC Educational Institute

ABC Educational Institute is a reputed school with a large student population. The management is planning to introduce a new curriculum to meet the changing educational needs.
Question:
The type of plan that ABC Educational Institute should develop to implement the new curriculum is:

Option 1: Tactical plan
  

Option 2: Strategic plan
   

Option 3: Contingency plan

  

Option 4: Operational plan

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Strategic plan
   


Solution : The correct answer is (b) Strategic plan

A strategic plan is most appropriate when an organization, in this case, a school like ABC Educational Institute, is making significant changes such as introducing a new curriculum. A strategic plan would involve setting long-term goals, outlining

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Question : Assertion: Scientific management principles aim to optimize worker output.

Reason: It does not promotes standardization and specialization in tasks.

Option 1: Both assertions and reasons are correct, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

Option 2: Both are correct, but the reason is not the correct explanation.

Option 3: The assertion is correct, the reason is incorrect.

Option 4: The assertion is incorrect, the reason is correct.

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: The assertion is correct, the reason is incorrect.


Solution : The correct answer is (c) The assertion is correct, the reason is incorrect.

The assertion that scientific management principles aim to optimize worker output is correct. Scientific management principles, as advocated by Frederick Taylor, focus on optimizing productivity

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Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Such examples of commercial success, of innovation, drive, vision, determination, adaptability, and adventure are anchored in the basic Indian openness to and talent for acquiring material wealth. For every success story, there are, of course, dozens of failures. Traditional Indian firms have their strengths but also their weaknesses, and of these, perhaps the most debilitating are a lack of teamwork and a weakness for quick profit. These reflect ingrained ways of thinking and planning, as does the distrust of anyone outside the family, which inhibits the adoption of modern practices of management. But such weaknesses are more than compensated for by the desire to succeed, which is probably more intense in India, given the omnipresent fear of poverty, the cut-throat competition for each opportunity, and the asphyxiating hold of hierarchy.
Question:
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word with reference to its usage in the passage.
Asphyxiating

Option 1: Emancipating

Option 2: Liberating

Option 3: Smothering

Option 4: Unfettering

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Smothering


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

"Asphyxiating" means to cause someone or something to suffocate or be deprived of air, resulting in a feeling of being unable to breathe. In the passage, it is used metaphorically to describe the feeling of being held

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