Daily Practice Paper 2

Business Studies
Q1. Bhagwati Enterprises is a company engaged in the marketing of air
conditioners of a famous brand. The company has a functional structure with
four main functions; purchases, sales, finance and staffing. As the demand for
the product grew, the company decided to recruit more employees. Identify the
concept which will help the human resource manager to find out the number
and type of personnel available so that he could decide and recruit the required
number of persons for each department.
(a) Work force analysis
(b) Work load analysis
(c) Job description
(d) Job enrichment

Q2. A company gets application on and off even without declaring any vacancy.
However, as and when the vacancy arises, the company makes use of such
applications. Name the sources of recruitment used by the company.
(a) Casual callers
(b) Campus selection
(c) Direct recruitment
(d) Placement agencies

Q3. The test used to measure existing skills of the individual is called… .
(a) Interest test
(b) Trade test
(c) Personality test
(d) Aptitude test

Q4. Suggest what can be done to develop the skills and abilities of employees for
producing high quality products by using the hi-tech machines.
(a) Placement
(b) Selection
(c) Incentives
(d) Training
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Q5. Training is provided to employees on the actual machines, but away from actual
work floor is known as vestibule training. It is provided where the employees are
supposed to work on
(a) sophisticated machinery
(b) clients
(c) outdated technology
(d) None of the above

Q6. State the meaning of placement as a staffing function.

Q7. It is a test used for selection of employees to measure an individual's potential

for learning new skills. Mention its name and explain two other tests?

Q8. These are run by the Government as a source of recruitment for unskilled and
skilled operative jobs. What is being referred to here?

Q9. "Staffing makes for higher performance by putting the right person on the right
job". Is this statement true or false?

Q10. Why is "employment interview'' conducted in the process of selection?

Q11. Define training. How is it different from education?

Q12. What is the importance of staffing function in today’s environment?

Q13. What is meant by recruitment? How is it different from selection?

Q14. “There is no need of human resource planning as so many people are available
in the market these days.” Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons.

Q15. State and explain the method of training in the below statement.
Trainee is put under the guidance of a master worker to acquire a higher level of
skill. For example to become plumber, electrician, etc.
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Q16. The employees across many software companies have won themselves iPod or
Asian holidays, motor bikes. Clearly employee referrals or buddy recruitment are
increasingly becoming ticket incetives with employees enjoying freebies along with
in bonus. Identify the source of recruitment on which IT companies are dependent
upon.

Q17. The “Nagaland Vision 2030” outlines the broad contours of development which
the state seeks to undertake over the next decades or so. In case of employment, it
argues that envisioning change in Nagaland‘s economy is closely associated with
generating employment opportunities to a fast growing young labour force. The
support the state vision Rai Bros Ltd. of Kolkata, leading manufacturer of irrigation
sets decided to open up a new plant in Nagaland so that unemployed youth from the
rural areas could get same opportunities as those available in the urban areas. For
recruitment and selection of candidates for different posts, the company gave an
advertisement in the local newspaper of candidates for different posts the company
gave an advertisement in the local newspaper of that area. On the basis of the given
information about Rai Bros Ltd., answer the following questions:
(a) Identify the managerial function by which the task of recruitment and selection
of candidate is performed by Rai Bros

Q18. Identify the source of recruitment used in the following case:

(a) Requirement for casual workers during Diwali season is place on a cracker
manufacturing factory‘s notice board.
(b) Taj Hotel goes to Institute of Hotel Management for recruitment of fresher.
(c) Unitech Amusement Parks Ltd. has a “BOND” program where an employee can
refer his friend or relative who is qualified for a post.
(d) Tasty Bite Ltd. is searching for eligible candidates for the post of marketing
executive using www.monster.com

Q19. Mrs. Rajlaxmi is working as the Human Resource Consultant in a firm that
manufactures cosmetics, which is facing a problem of high employee turnover. The
CEO of the company has invited suggestion from her for retaining the talented
employees and reducing the employee turnover. Mrs. Rajlaxmi recommends that the
good employees be rewarded in a way that it creates a feeling of ownership among
the employees and at the same time, makes them contribute towards the growth of
the organisation.
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- Identify the incentive and explain its type which has been suggested by Mrs.
Rajlaxmi to the CEO of the company.
- Also explain any two other incentives of the same type. (CBSE, Sample Paper 2016)

Q20. Blue Heavens Ltd. purchased a new machinery from Germany for
manufacturing some auto components. It was a cost-effective and quality
production machine but during the production process, manager observed that the
quality of the production was not as per standards. On investigation, it was found
that there was lack of knowledge of using these hi-tech machines. So, frequent visits
by engineers were required from Germany but this resulted in high overhead
charges.

Suggest what can be done to develop the skills and abilities of employees for
producing quality products by using these hi-tech machines. Also state how the
employees or the organisation will be benefited by your suggestion. (CBSE, Sample
Paper 2015)