1.

Mismatch between personality and organization may leads to

(A) Confusion and chaos

(B) Loss of interest by members in organization

(C) Low morale and job satisfaction

(D) All of the above

2. A ________ person has a cause and an ideology to fight for achieving the set goal.
(A) Self-actualized

(B) Self-confident

(C) Self-driven

(D) Self-disciplined 

3. The techniques such as interviews, questionnaires, etc. are used in the ________ stage
related to management of change.
(A)Training

(B) Diagnosis

(C) Recruitment

(D) All of the above 

4. The team whose members collaborate through use of various information

technologies is known as ________ team.
(A) Virtual

(B) Ideal

(C) Real

(D) None of the above

5. Which personality theories give recognition to continuity of personalities?

(A) Humanistic

(B) Integrative

(C) Trait
(D) None of the above

ANSWERS:

1-(D), 2-(A), 3-(B), 4-(A), 5-(C)

6. Major determinants of personality
(A) Biological
(B) Situation
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
7. Caused by travails of life to meet deadlines
(A) Hyper work stress
(B) Eustress
(C) Distress
(D) All of the above
8. Caused by less than optimum activity
(A) Distress
(B) Eustress
(C) Hypo stress
(D) None of the above
9. Identify the process influence personality development.
(A) Socialization process
(B) Identification process
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
10. Roger’s defines the ________ as an organized, consistent, conceptual gestalt
composed of perceptions of the characteristics of the ‘I’ or ‘me’.
(A) The self concept
(B) The work concept
(C) The team concept
(D) None of the above

ANSWERS:

6-(C), 7-(A), 8-(C), 9-(C), 10-(A)

11. Identify the primary levels of conflicts
(A) Intrapersonal
(B) Interpersona
(C) Intergroup
(D) All of the abov
12. State the reason(s) for individual resistance
(A) Personal reasons
(B) Economic reasons
(C) Social reasons
(D) All of the above
13. Fiedler has described situational favorableness in terms of three empirically derived
dimensions, viz:
(A) The leader member relationship, The degree of task structure, The leader’s positional
power
(B) The leader member relationship, The degree of organization structure, The leader’s
positional power
(C) The leader member relationship, The degree of task structure, The leader’s positional
level
(D) The leader member relationship, The degree of organization structure, The leader’s
positional level
14. Identify the main reason(s) for resistance to change, as advocated by Keith Davis
(A) Obsolescence of skills
(B) Fear of unknown
(C) Preference for status quo
(D) All of the above
15. _____ is the science of human behavior.
(A) Psychology
(B) Philosophy
(C) Sociology
(D) None of the above
ANSWERS:
11-(D), 12-(D), 13-(A), 14-(D), 15-(A)
16. Identify the key principle(s) for integrative (win-win) negotiations
(A), Invent options for mutual gains
(B) Focus on interests and not positions
(C) Insist on using objective criteria
(D) All of the above
17. ________ is caused because of the modern life and anxiety to cope with them.
(A) Depression
(B) Distress
(C) Eustress
(D) None of the above
18. A person of lower than normal intelligence is less bored by ________ work.
(A) Repetitive
(B) Continuous
(C) Daily
(D) All of the above
19. What is the other name for vertical job loading?
(A)Job satisfaction
(B) Job enlargement
(C) Job enrichment
(D) None of the above
20. John and Peter are members of the Six-sigma team. What factor(s) may give rise to
conflict between these two qualified members?
(A) John and Peter have incompatible needs
(B) Limited availability of resources
(C) Perception relating to the concerned issue
(D) All of the above
ANSWERS:

16-(D), 17-(B), 18-(A), 19-(C), 20-(D)

21- The conflict management style which refers to cooperative but unassertive behavior
is known as ________
(A) Accommodating style
(B) Working style
(C) Cooperative style
(D) None of the above
22- According to Frend the human mind is composed of
(A) Preconscious mind
(B) Conscious min
(C) Unconscious mind
(D) All of the above
23- Behavioral scientists are focusing their attention on
(A) Relationship of organizational structure to human behavior
(B) Organizational adaptability
(C) Decision making
(D) All of the above
24- The process by which a third party helps two or more other parties to resolve their
conflicts is known as ________.
(A) Mediation
(B) Cooperation
(C) Mutation
(D) None of the above
25- Ego controls
(A) The gateway of actions
(B) Select the feature of environment
(C) Decides what instincts will be satisfied
(D) All of the above
ANSWERS:

21-(A), 22-(D), 23-(D), 24-(A), 25-(D)

26- The relationship in which one person influences others to work together willingly on
related tasks is known as ________.
(A) Delegation
(B) Leadership
(C) Management
(D) None of the above
27- Desire to be accepted by others
(A) Affiliation motive
(B) Achievement motive
(C) Primary motive
(D) Power motive
28- Desire to be successful
(A) Achievement motive
(B) Affiliation motive
(C) Primary motive
(D) Power motive
29- Avoidance of pain
(A) Achievement motive
(B) Affiliation motive
(C) Primary motive
(D) Power motive
30- Desire to control others
(A) Achievement motive
(B) Affiliation motive
(C) Power motive
(D) Primary motive
ANSWERS:

26-(B), 27-(A), 28-(A), 29-(C), 30-(C)

31- Good match between individual personality and organization is essential because of
(A) Some people have passion for bureaucracy
(B) Some people prefer autonomy flexibility in operation
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
32- Ego reduces tension by performing task of
(A) Perceiving outside world
(B) Remembering experience with outside world
(C) Acting to satisfy the instinctual wishes
(D) All of the above
33- Following is the specific characteristic(s) of high achiever
(A) Moderate risk taker
(B) Satisfied with his accomplishment
(C) Need for immediate feedback
(D) All of the above
34- Organizational socialization includes
(A) Developing competencies
(B) Developing organizational values
(C) Developing social and working relationship
(D) All of the above
35- According to Vroom’s theory, ________ is the result of multiplication of valence and
expectancy.
(A) Motivation
(B) Management
(C) Delegation
(D) Organization
ANSWERS:

31-(C), 32-(D), 33-(D), 34-(D), 35-(A)

36- Which type of motivator(s) is (are) involved in granting additional authority to an
employee in his activity?
(A) Responsibility
(B) Recognition
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
37- An individual can cope with stress through ________.
(A) Regular exercise
(B) The self concept
(C) Self control
(D) Self motivation
38- In order to understand the Rogers’ theory one needs to understand which of the
following?
(A) The self concept
(B) The organism
(C) The development of self
(D) All of the above
39- ___ is an event which leads to creation of a life stressor.
(A) Festival
(B) Marriage
(C) Conference
(D) Workshop
40- Personality is affected by which of the following factors?
(A) Heredit
(B) Culture
(C) Family
(D) All of the above
ANSWERS:

36-(C), 37-(A), 38-(D), 39-(B), 40-(D)

41- Trait theories
(A) Allport, Cattell and Sheldon
(B) Likert’s scale
(C) Sigmund Freud
(D) Carl Rogers
42- Summed rating measure
(A) Allport, Cattell and Sheldo
(B) Likert’s scale
(C) Sigmund Freud
(D) Carl Rogers
43- Self theory
(A) Allport, Cattell and Sheldon
(B) Likert’s scale
(C) Sigmund Freud
(D) Carl Rogers
44- Intrapsychic theory
(A) Allport, Cattell and Sheldon
(B) Likert’s scale
(C) Sigmund Freud
(D) Carl Roger
45- Manager’s role changed from that of a leader to that of partner in a ________ type
of organization.
(A) Collegial
(B) Autocratic
(C) Custodial
(D) Supportive

ANSWERS:

41-(A), 42-(B), 43-(D), 44-(C), 45-(A)

46- Identify the situation(s) which reflect upward communicatio
(A) Suggestion boxes kept in the worker’s cantee
(B) Performance reports of workers
(C) Employee attitude surveys
(D) All of the above
47- The blue print of human behavior at work is represented by
(A) Procedures, Rules, Regulations
(B) Procedures, Rules, Coordination
(C) Procedures, Motivation, Regulations
(D) Procedures, Motivation, Coordination
48- Select the factor(s) which is (are) helpful in understanding perceptual organization.
(A) Perceptual grouping
(B) Perceptual constancy
(C) Closure principle
(D) All of the above
49- Two factor theory of motivation
(A) Harold Kelley
(B) Douglas McGregor
(C) Herzberg
(D) J. Stacy Adams
50- Commonalities and differences suggest in certain respects, every person is like
(A) All other people
(B) Some other people
(C) No other person
(D) All of the above

ANSWERS:

46-(D), 47-(A), 48-(D), 49-(C), 50-(D)

51-The Hawthorne studies are of utmost significance as they form an honest and
concerted attempt to understand:
(A) The human factor
(B) Employee attitudes
(C) The workers social situations
(D)All of the above
52-The ________ leadership style is an expression of the leader’s trust in the abilities of
his subordinates.
(A) Participativ
(B) Delegative
(C) Authoritarian
(D) All of the above
53-Work attitudes can be reflected in an organization through
(A) Job satisfaction
(B) Organizational commitment
(C) Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
(D) None of the above
54-The two dimensions of leadership which emerged from the Leader Behavior
Description Questionnaire were ‘consideration’ and ‘________’.
(A) Energizin
(B) Initiating structure
(C) Deliberate
(D) Commanding
55-The model(s) of Organizational Behaviour is (are):
(A) Autocrati
(B) Custodial
(C) Supportive
(D) All of the above
ANSWERS:
51-(D). 52-(A), 53-(C), 54-(B), 55-(D)
56-At the norming stage, the team is involved in defining
(A) Goals
(B) Roles
(C) Relations
D ) All of the above
57-Identify the steps involved in achieving improvement in communication within the
organization.
(A) Sending messages, Use of multiple channels, Promoting inter-group communication
(B) Simple messages, Use of multiple channels, promoting inter-group interaction
(C) Simple messages, Use of multiple channels, promoting inter-group communication
(D) Simple messages, Use of multiple methods, promoting inter-group communicatio
58-The philosophy that guides an organization’s policies towards its employees and
customers is an important part of
(A) Management strategy
(B) Organization behavior
(C) Organizational culture
(D) Organization development
59-Feature(s) of Maslow’s need hierarchy theory is (are):
(A) Theory of human motives
(B) Classifies basic human needs in a hierarchy
(C)Theory of human motivation
(D) All of the above
60-What is play to some people maybe to others.
(A) Responsibility
(B) Dut
(C) Work
(D) None of the above
ANSWER :

56-(A), 57-(C), 58-(C), 59-(D), 60-(C)