QUIZZERIA

Weekly Quiz
11-05-2013
Department of Business Administration

Geethanjali Institute of PG Studies

Class of 2012-14

ROUND-1
Elimination Round

1
Which of the following theories of communication says that effectiveness of communication depends on spatial and geographical nearness among the individuals?
a. b. c. d. Balance theory Homans theory Exchange theory Propinquity theory

2
Which of the following doesnt come under the 6Cs of communication?
a. b. c. d. Clarity Complaintness Conciseness Consideration

3
Which of the following Cs of communication explains the importance of adapting You-attitude rather than I- or we- attitude?
a. b. c. d. Clarity Completeness Conciseness Consideration

4
A word may have a variety of meanings and the meaning attributed to a word by the communicator in a language may not be the same as that of the receivers in that same language. Name the type of barrier which stands for the above statement.
a. b. c. d. Lack of common language Semantic barriers Physical barriers Socio-psychological barriers

5
According to Socio-psychological Barrier of communication, position or social ranks held by a person is termed as _______ a. b. c. d. Status Personality Cadre Any of the above

6
Opinion survey in demand forecasting refers to
a. b. c. d. Quantitative survey Qualitative survey Statistical survey None of these

7
In Law of Variable Proportions how many no. of factors of production are/is constant and other factors are changed.
a. b. c. d. One Two All Nothing

8
The price determined under Perfect Competition market is at
a. b. c. d. Participate point Equilibrium point Output point General

9
Equilibrium is the point where
a. b. c. d. Demand is more than supply Demand is less than supply Demand equals supply Demand and supply are constant

10
For the demand function x = 400/P the estimated value of demand at P=20, the units will be
a. b. c. d. 25 units 20 units 30 units 15 units

11
Hygiene theory of motivation was proposed by _________
a. b. c. d. Maslow Herzberg Mc Cclelland Porter and Lawler

12
The span of control means
a. b. c. d. Number of subordinates a superior has Controlling power Plan of control The time of control

13
Employees are de-motivated under the following leadership style a. b. c. d. Democratic Autocratic Participative Consultative

14
Evaluating the inputs and taking corrective action is known as
a. b. c. d. Feedback control Feed forward control Concurrent control Management by exception

15
A person in the organisation should receive orders from only a single superior, this principle is known as ______
a. b. c. d. Unity of direction Unity of command Discipline Scalar chain

16
The other name to balance sheet is
a. b. c. d. Statement of financial position Statement of operations Profit and loss account None of the above

17
Which of the following is a category or element of the balance sheet?
a. b. c. d. Expense Loss Liability Gains

18
What is the normal balance of asset account?
a. b. c. d. Debit Credit Balance sheet None

ROUND-2
Specialization Round

ROUND-2

FILL-UPS
Fill-in the blanks

1
Name the pair who coined and further developed the concept of Marketing Mix, also called the 4Ps of marketing. Answer: Neil H. Borden and Jerome Mc Carthy

2
The study of how individuals make decisions to spend their available resources (time, money and effort) on consumption related items (what they buy, why they buy, when they buy, where they buy, how often they buy and use a product or service) is known as _______ Answer: Consumer (Buying) Behavior

3
The set of rules, values, beliefs, behavior and concepts that is common to and binds together the members of a society is called __________ Answer: Culture

4
The classification of members of the society into a hierarchy of distinct classes so that every individual in a class has approximately same position in the society. Answer: Social class

5
_______ is a process of encouraging the employees to work with the organization for a maximum time period. Answer: Employee retention

6
The number of employees quitting the jobs over a time period in the organisation is termed as ________ Answer: Employee turnover

7
A systematic procedure for collecting, storing, maintaining, retrieving and validating data needed by an organization about its Human resources is known as ______________

Answer: Human Resource Information System

8
The process of hiring the competitors employees by offering higher pay benefits is known as Answer: Employee poaching

9
To the bondholder, the most important ratio is ___________
Answer: Profit margin

10
To the banker/creditor the most important ratio is _________
Answer: Profitability ratio or debt ratio

11
Which ratio is used to calculate growth of earnings position? Answer: P/E ratio

12
If the firms debt ratio is 55%, how much percentage is financed by the equity holders? Answers: 45%

13
Process layout is also called as Answer: Functional layout

14
Application of process to the raw material to add the use and economic values to arrive at desired product by the best method without sacrificing the desired quality is called Answer: Production

15
The product cycle starts from Answer: Market research

16
Product layout is also called Answer: Product line layout

ROUND-2

IMAGES
Identifying the Pictures

1
The adjacent image shows the pics of
a. a junior executive b. a small business owner or a shop keeper c. an academician such as a teacher or lecturer d. a sales person

Identify under which Cultural Factors does the above people fall.

2
Identify the name of this world renowned personality who usually tops in worlds richest persons.

3
This image explains the various factors of consumer behaviour. Identify under which factor does age, income, occupation etc. come ?

4
Name this person who needs no introduction in Indian business

ROUND-2

BRANDS & ADS

Identifying the Brands

1
The OOH (Out-Of-Home)
ad. belongs which brand?

2
When King Khan tastes
this drink, players watches him like kids. Name this brand.

3
This Amul baby is
popularly known as _____

4
This dad and baby are
playing with which brand of cookies?

ROUND-3

CURRENT NEWS AWARENESS

Questions from Business Line

1
Which global technology major has invented last week the worlds smallest movie whose film name is The Boy and His Atom which tracks the movement of atoms magnified 100 million times
a. b. c. d. Dell Samsung Google IBM

2
Name the Indian prisoner who was killed in Pak jail by the brutal assaults of the inmates.
a. b. c. d. Surjit Singh Sarabjit Sigh Sukhwinder Singh Harbhajan Singh

3
Name the country which is very popular in nuclear power that has signed last week with UAE.
a. b. c. d. America North Korea Japan India

4
Name the dairy company which owns the chain of retail stores on the name Safal that was in news last week for selling poor quality vegetables and fruits in India.
a. b. c. d. Mother dairy Heritage dairy Vijaya dairy Amul dairy

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