Industrial Sociology Prjt1

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1. Multiple Choice Single AnswerLess noise, more accuracy & more cleanliness at work are the features of :

New technological advances

2. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe substitution of mechanical, hydraulic, electric and electronic devices for human organs of

decision & effort is known as :Automation

3. Multiple Choice Single AnswerTechnological advances induce :

Deskilling of workers

4. Multiple Choice Single AnswerTo meet changing skill requirements, retraining or continuing-education programmes is better

solution than additional training for the :

Young workers

5. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe net displacement of jobs resulting from the introduction of new technologies is called

Technological displacement

6. Multiple Choice Single AnswerAdvanced technology have negative effects for white-collar workers one of which is :

Loss of informal working relationships

7. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerAutomation of office work will lead to :

Intensify the pace of clerical work , Increase alienation among workers

8. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerJob displacement problems for workers are resulting for :

Limits in adjustments , Retraining , Relocation programs

9. Select The BlankAdvanced technology tends to disperse ________ more broadly

Information & authority

10.True/FalseRapid technological advances in the industrialized countries has no relative effect on the economies of

less developed countries

False

11.True/FalseComputers destroy hierarchy

True

12.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerWork relationship exist between :

Employer & employee , Colleagues , Suppliers & consumers

13.Select The BlankAutomated technology has ________ effect on wider social issues

Little


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14.True/FalseLeisure values are increasingly influencing work

True

15.Match The FollowingExtension pattern

Work extends into leisureNeutrality pattern

A fairly clear distinction is made between work & leisure

Opposition pattern

Work is sharply distinguished from leisure

Job enlargement

Increases the worker's area of responsibility

16.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerOver-protective labour legislation resulted into :

The payment of wages not based directly on production , Not directly connected with individual efforts

17.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe occupation of women are restricted to :

Nursing , Teaching , Packing

18.True/FalseDuring the early stage of industrialization, the factory replaced the family as the unit of production

True

19.Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn the ideal type of the enterprises, labeled as 'An open international economy', the key characteristic

is that they retain strong links to:

Particular national locations

20.Multiple Choice Single AnswerConsultative form of participation in Swedon is called as :National economic planning boards

21.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerBarriers to job redesign are :

Large organizational size , Opposition from supervisors & middle level managers , Desire to control

investments with neglect of employment growth

22.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIn marginal sector, worker's participation is adversely affected because of :

Little unionization , Lack of sufficient bargaining strength , Threat of technological displacements for

workers

23.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe average span of life spent in the labour force has decreased because of :

More years spent in getting education , Earlier retirement

24.Select The BlankHE' vision of future foresee gives more importance to ________ values & goals

Quantitative

25.Select The BlankThe Affluent Society may be considered as the economic & social counterpart of ________society


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26.True/FalseTo engage workers' fullest abilities in innovative structure requires that they have full freedom to

design their work & sharing in decision making

True

27.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerLarge corporations exploit customers through :High prices , Production of shoddy goods which degrade the environment

28.Match The FollowingPredatory pricing

Monopoly firms intentionally underbid competitors to drive them out

Collaborative pricing

Informal agreements to hold prices at a specified level

Merger

Acquisition of other firms for corporate growth

Diversification

Large firms diversify across a variety of industries

29.Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn Central & South America, the removal of small producers from the land & concentration of land

ownership in large plantation was known as :

Latifundia

30.True/FalsePosition of United State has split dramatically as a producer of industrial goods since 1960

True

31.Multiple Choice Single AnswerWork in the post-industrial society will be overwhelmingly :

White-collar

32.Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn information era, a larger proportion of income will be spent on :

Personal services

33.Select The BlankIn Japanese corporate system, absence of ________ makes possible highly flexible organizational

structures

Rigid specialization

34.Select The BlankWork is changing its meaning for people in a ________

Consumption-oriented economy

35.True/FalseThe industrial mode of production has given rise to an economic organization which influences all

arts of society

True

36.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe study of groups as well as the individuals from the point of view of social interaction & structure

is called :

Psycho-sociology


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37.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIndividualism implies reliance on :

Individual effort , Free contract , Personal solvency

38.Select The BlankIn place of ________ two classes emerged such as merchant capitalists & putting-out system.

Free artisans39.Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

During the Hawthorne experiments, Elton mayo & his men neglected the effects of increasing

depression on workers, which were :

Psychological , Social

40.Multiple Choice Single AnswerDepartments not directly concerned with production are often considered under the title :

Staff departments

41.Multiple Choice Single AnswerAuthority in General staff relationship is :

Representative

42.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerTo meet organizational aims, those who run it must have the ability for power to :

Create & maintain a co-ordinate production system , Mobilize a working force , Handle external pressure

43.True/FalseMost workers' jobs are semi-skilled or unskilled

True

44.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe big boss or chief is primarily concerned with :

Growth & survival of the work plant

45.True/FalseThe line supervisor has become more & more like a staff supervisor because the internal differences

in the important functions are diminished

True

46.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe set of rules & procedures for the workers and machinery that produce a good or service is known

as :

Operations technology

47.Select The BlankCentralization of decision making include ________ made by one or a few persons at the top of the

organization

Key decisions

48. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe departments which are most remote from line production are :

Advertising departments , Departments devoted to Labour relations

49.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe earliest technologies included hand tools made from :

Bone , Stone , Woven baskets

50.Match The Following


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Leisure services

Theme parks, Holidays

Business services

Transportation, Wholesaling, Banking Manufacturing of goods

Public services

Health, Welfare Transportation, Wholesaling, BankingPersonal services

Domestic, Artisen, Professional Domestic, Artisen, Professional

51.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe authority that runs vertically from top to bottom is known as :

Line authority

52.Multiple Choice Single AnswerWhen employment became the dominant form of work, the distinction between work & leisure

became :

Sharper

53.True/FalseMNCs sometimes benefit third world nations by transferring technology & expertise to them

True

54.Select The BlankThe tendency of people in 'SHE' vision of future forsee, related to health problems will be to ________

Prevent them by positive cultivation of health measures

55.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe decay of Guild system was on account of :

Failure to define the boundaries of rights & duties of each guild , The rigid approach to the competition &

change , Emergence of the rights of merchant or middleman

56.Multiple Choice Single AnswerHigh technological systems result in :Deterioration of working situation

57.True/FalseThe general staff officer has no authority of his own

True

58.Multiple Choice Single AnswerUpgrading of skills appears to be occurring through the creation of :

Highly skilled jobs

59.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe work of different organizational sub-units would be integrated by the use of :

Electronic methods

60.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe characteristics of factory system were :

Concentration of productive processes in large factories , Concentration of wealth , Application of

mechanical power

61.Select The BlankUnder ________ , Employees develop a low & temporary identification with many segments of

organisation.


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Bureaucracy

62.True/FalseIt was clear from the experiments that the operatives were reacting to the 'external objects' & not to

the 'Total situation' of which these objects were parts & components

False

63.True/FalseTo engage workers' fullest abilities in innovative structure requires that they have full freedom to


True

64.True/FalseThe industrial mode of production has given rise to an economic organization which influences all arts

of society

True

65.Select The BlankIn the ________stage , the child's growing dependence heralded the dependence of women in marriage

and their to the home

Early Industrial

66.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe technological advances generate a stress on workers partly due to :

Growing isolation at work

67.True/FalseThe findings of interview programme proved that, men never react in isolation but as a member of

group, influenced by feelings & sentiments towards other group members

True

68.Multiple Choice Single AnswerIncompetent managers can devastate worker's morale as well as :

Long run productivity69.Multiple Choice Single Answer

The system in which, the merchant put out the raw materials to be worked up & would later collected

the finished products to be sold was known as:

Putting-out Industry

70.Select The BlankEach vertical segment represents a group which has a ________ function to perform

Distinct

71.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe growth of innovative sector is a result of :

Development of electronic technologies , Desire to overcome inefficiencies of bureaucratic & hierarchical

structures

72.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe net displacement of jobs resulting from the introduction of new technologies is called

Technological displacement

73.Multiple Choice Single AnswerTechnological changes are capable of increasing both :

Productivity & Job satisfaction


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74.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe work relations in industrial societies are:

Hierarchical , Unequal

75.Select The BlankA ________, consideration of 'right and wrong' effect on industrial organization

Human value76.Multiple Choice Single Answer

IT helps server to keep balance between mass production & economies of scale by allowing :

Production at low cost

77.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerOver-protective labour legislation results in difficulty in:

Discharging ineffiecient workers , Strengthening the collective bargaining process

78.True/FalseIn 'Business As Usual' vision of future forsee, health is given more importance than other visions

False

79.True/FalseThe marginal sector would be typified by extensive subcontracting

True

80.Select The BlankIn 'HE' vision of future forsee, ________ will be the part of a food service industry expanding in

response to 'leisure market'

Fast food chain

81.True/FalseLine relations can not be easily understood

False

82.Select The BlankLeisure operates in ________ to work where worker is liable to be frustrated and unfulfilled at workconcentrates on the fulfilling his family

Opposition

83.Select The BlankIn hunting & gathering societies, ________ was the motivation to work to the members.

Day-to-day existence

84.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe functional pattern of a president which is built on the conception of an organization in which

members are knit into overlapping functional groups is known as:

Group pattern

85.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe attitude that means you accept the situation as something desirable, try to live up to it, accept the

consequences & endeavour to improve it & make a success of it is called :

Commitment

86.Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn order to achieve its aim, industry must engage in a process of production with :

Most efficient manner

87.Multiple Choice Single Answer


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Advanced technology have negative effects for white-collar workers one of which is :


88.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe term comprises of all the material and nonmaterial means and techniques used to produce goods

and services is :

Social relations of production89.select The Blank

_______ refers to the span of authority & it decides the shape of the organization

Configuration

90.Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe system of division, delegation & application of power is called as :

Authority system

91.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerCompared to other forms of organization, tasks in a bureaucracy are performed with :

Greater precision & speed , Less friction , Lower costs

92.Match The FollowingSpecialists &Technicians

Engaged in application of their rare knowledge & skills for organization

Skilled workers

Large number of operatives endowed with technical or specialized skills

Big boss or Executive

Primary job is to make policy & its practical application

Foreman

Supervision of the actual production or service

93.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerModern industrial societies are distinguished from their pre-industrial counterparts by :

Number , Size , Scope94.Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Preconditions for increasing the innovative sector are :

Sufficient power to demand participation & innovation , Education & learning

95.True/FalseFormal organization assumes all the workers as unrelated individuals

True

96.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerTo meet organizational aims, those who run it must have the ability for power to :

Create & maintain a co-ordinated production system , Mobilize a working force , Handle external pressure

97.Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe Three characteristics of Japanese corporate system are :

Lifelong environment offered by the large corporations , Lack the specialized career paths , Groups

predominates over individual

98.True/FalseThe girls' attitude to work reflect their school experience and the general cultural definitions of

women's roles

True


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99.True/FalseThe introduction of factories separated 'work' from the 'home'.

True

100. Select The BlankThe variation of work organization in terms of ________ reduces the problem of alienation to some

extentJob rotation & job enlargement

101. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn R.A.T.R., when innovations were introduced carefully, with regards to the actual sentiments of the

worker, it results into :

Emergence of new social & ethical outlook

102. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe emergence of high technology created misconception due to its emphasis on fastest growth rates &

little attention is paid on :

Number of jobs created by it

103. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe relations described as socio-technical or socio-functional are called:

Mixed relations

104. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerAccording to the roles the specialists & technicians perform, they can be divided into categories such

as :

Internal operations of the organization , External operations of the organization , Scientific, technical and

basic research

105. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerMembers of modern forms of work receive unequal shares based on their position in :

Division of labour , Structure of authority

106. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIn marginal sector, common features of employees will be :

Discontent , Subtle form of non compliance , Sabotage

107. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe intensification of worldwide social relations, which link distant localities in such a way that local

happening are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa is known as :

Globalization

108. True/FalseAgriculture under feudalism was heavily mechanized & capital-intensive.

True

109. Match The FollowingCapitalism

Money power

Pre-industrial era

Animal power was used

Industrial capitalists society

Use machine power

Hunting society


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Human power was used

110. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe big boss's range of social contact on the job is :

Relatively small

111. Multiple Choice Single AnswerCapitalism is a system of cutthroat competition & concerned with :The maximization of profit

112. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIndividualism implies reliance on :

Individual effort , Free contract , Personal solvency

113. True/FalseThe technology transferred by MNCs to third world nations is often outdated

True

114. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn many Pre-literate societies & in most of the early civilizations, One can find a system prevalent

which can be called :

Early Industrialism

115. Match The FollowingElectronic technology

The automation of many production processes

Simple tool technology

Used by primitive humans & use of hand tools

Craft technology

Use of more advanced tools which require greater effort to manufacture

Mass production technology

Depends upon availability of a variety of specialized goods

116. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe atomistic & mechanistic hypothesis of stimulus & response was totally inadequate to deal with :

The human situation

117. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe departments which are most remote from line production are :

Advertising departments , Departments devoted to Labour relations

118. Multiple Choice Single AnswerStaff relationships with the offices or departments which they supposed to serve run :

Horizontally

119. Select The BlankThe ________ work would be common in marginal sector

Part-time & temporary

120. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIndustry can adapt leisure value by the provision of :

Recreational facilities , Flexi-hours

121. Select The BlankQuality control functions are sometimes reintegrated into ________ rather than being allocated to

separate divisions


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Production

122. Select The BlankLarge batches of production are ________ to produce per unit than small batches

Less expensive

123. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerSelect The Blank________ of technological changes is necessary to give union's time to study their impacts & to decide

strategies to accommodate with these changes

Advance notice

124. Select The BlankIn the ________ work is sharply distinguished from leisure

Opposition pattern

125. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn information era, a larger proportion of income will be spent on :

Personal services

126. Multiple Choice Single AnswerTechnological advances induce :

Deskilling of workers

127. Multiple Choice Single AnswerTo restructure operations that depend upon information for the purposes of transaction, record

keeping, analysis, control or communication is the unique capability of :

Information technology

128. True/FalseTwenty first economy will be typified by two very different employment sectors namely the innovative

sector & the marginal sector

True

129. Select The BlankPutting-out was the earliest form of the system of ________ typical of industrial production

Wage labour

130. True/FalseThe marginal sector is associated with high wages

False

131. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe craft technology is associated with a division of labour into different crafts such as :

Glass blowing , Iron working , Boot making

132. True/FalseMonopoly firms may have privileged access to credit

True

133. Multiple Choice Single AnswerA firm can also achieve monopoly power through :

Advertising

134. True/FalseDifference between relationship of work & leisure can be understood only in terms of difference in the

cultural settings


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True

135. Select The BlankHigh technology industries make ________ investment per worker

Large capital

136. True/FalseMostly investment in training and career development are, will remain focused on core employeesalone

True

137. Select The BlankIn the extension pattern ________ is central life of interest:

Work

138. Multiple Choice Single AnswerSmall work groups can be an important source of :

Innovation

139. Select The Blank________ usually contains a larger number of workers than were found in earlier types of production

organizations.

The factory

140. True/FalseThe authority the specialist staff man derives is necessarily indirect

True

141. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe need for specialized knowledge reflects in the :

Increasing complexity of industrial systems , Complexity of new product , Need to control outside forces

142. Select The BlankTop management is an ________ conscious group

Authority143. Multiple Choice Single Answer

The technological advances generate a stress on workers partly due to :

Growing isolation at work

144. True/FalseIn the Feudal system, the citizens of Medieval towns had a large degree of self governance.

True

145. Match The FollowingWorld system theory

World economy as integrated economic unit

Commoditization of agriculture

Agricultural production from domestic market to international commodity markets

Dependency theory

Relationship of inequality between industrialized and less industrialized countries

Modernization theory

Advancement of society from agricultural to industrial based on internal dynamics

146. Multiple Choice Multiple Answer


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The guilds were concerned not only with economic interests of their members, but also discharged

functions like :

Social , Political , Religious

147. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe guilds engaged in regulating :

Prices of goods , Quality & quantity of goods to be produced , Tools could be used148. Multiple Choice Single Answer

Restructuring of older economies results in increasing employment of :

White-collar jobs

149. Select The BlankUnion rules,being fixed by contract, define precedents and relationships that create ________ on the

plant floor

Order & stability

150. Multiple Choice Single AnswerAdvanced technology have negative effects for white-collar workers one of which is :


151. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe efficiency resulting from large size production is called :

Economies-of-scale

152. True/FalseIn the extension pattern activities of work & leisure are dissimilar

False

153. True/FalseThe new technologies provide the worker little control over his work & reduce job satisfaction

True

154. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe view of 'HE' vision of future forsee towards organizational work will be :Intellectual , Rational , Detached

155. Multiple Choice Single AnswerUpgrading of skills appears to be occurring through the creation of :

Highly skilled jobs

156. Select The BlankA basic distinction between industrial management and workers is that the means of ________ &

means of production are in the hands of management.

Administration

157. Select The BlankIn modern Industrial economy, the non-manufacturing organizations(service industries) are also

becoming ________

Factories

158. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerMass production technology depends on :

Availability of variety of specialized goods & services , Ability to integrate specialized goods into

mechanized production

159. Multiple Choice Single Answer


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The seized amounts of wealth from the Dutch Colonial empire in Africa & the pacific countries to

expand European manufacturing was called as :

Primitive accumulation

160. Select The BlankThe Affluent Society may be considered as the economic & social counterpart of ________ society

Cybernetic161. Multiple Choice Single Answer

The organization free to make its own decisions and establish its own agenda without reporting to a

larger governing body can be called as :

Autonomy of the organization

162. True/FalsePerception of employability now relate more to attributes of future potential and availability than to

skills

True

163. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe workers were centralized under one roof in the system called :

Factory system

164. True/FalseMNCs sometimes benefit third world nations by transferring technology & expertise to them

True

165. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe examples of tertiary sector services are :

Repair of washing machines , Diagnosis by a doctor , Case dealt with by a social worker

166. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe types of services are :

Business services , Public services , Personal services

167. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe overall effect of post industrial society on nature of employment & quality of work available is :

Diversified employment

168. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe theory of industrial development that suggests the advancement of society from agricultural

production to industrial production is called as :

Modernization theory

169. Select The BlankThe over protectiveness by the family members results in ________ among Indian workers

Dependency culture

170. Select The BlankThe ________ of multinational firms provides them the ability to influence the actions of governments

Large size

171. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn the ideal type of the enterprises, labeled as 'An open international economy', the key characteristic

is that they retain strong links to:

Particular national locations

172. Select The Blank


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According to 'HE' vision of future forsee, there will be ________ of work

Centralization

173. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerJob displacement is often moderated by the techniques used to prevent layoffs, such as :

Retraining , Providing notice , Reassigning displaced employees to new jobs

174. True/FalseWorkers' participation represents a new system of industrial relation

True

175. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe self direction, improvisation, having responsibility over other people or resources or combination

of these constitute :

Autonomy

176. Select The BlankBureaucracies rely heavily on ________ to control workers.

Rewards and inducements

177. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerSkills are based on aspects of work or combination of these aspects such as :

Manual aspects , Mental aspects , Interpersonal aspects

178. True/FalseOrganic systems are best suited for stable conditions

False

179. Select The Blank________ combined with Industrial sociology, helps in building up comparative study of formal

organizations

Organizational Sociology

180. Select The BlankThe modern industrial workers depend for their progress on ________Their own efforts

181. True/FalseThe transition from putting-out industry to industrial capitalism was peaceful.

False

182. True/FalseAs high technology work takes place in very large companies, negative effects on job satisfaction may

rise

True

183. Select The BlankHigh technology production systems require a highly trained labour force and ________

Large capital outlays

184. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerTechnology transfer made by MNCs to third world results into :

Failure in improved rate of economic growth in third world , Failure in significant improvement in the

quality of work life

185. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerMembers of modern forms of work receive unequal shares based on their position in :


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Division of labour , Structure of authority

186. Select The BlankThe staff organization is supposed to ________ to line organization

Advise & assist

187. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerConsequences of telecommuting are :Increased flexibility , Reduced personal contact , Reduced commuting time

188. True/FalseThe difference between views of British & American managers suggest that there is no simple, direct

relationship between work & leisure

True

189. Multiple Choice Single AnswerCapitalism is based on :

Exploitation of workmen

190. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe markets which develop in the mature industrial economy are :

Covering the nation , Covering the areas abroad , larger in scope



192. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn hierarchical principle of authority & control, major decisions travel from :

Top to bottom

193. True/FalseTo engage workers' fullest abilities in innovative structure requires that they have full freedom to


True194. True/False

In post industrial society service sectors will expand continually independent of manufacturing

True

195. Select The BlankIn the extension pattern ________ is central life of interest:

Work

196. Select The BlankThe important consequence of group ethos characterized by ________ is largely absent in Japan

Lack of trust & deep routed suspicion

197. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe workers were centralized under one roof in the system called :

Factory system

198. Select The Blank________ depends heavily on workers' understanding of job and on their motivation & commitment

High technology

199. Select The BlankIn bureaucracy, the top ranking officials suffer from ________


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Superiority complex

200. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe view of 'SHE' vision of future forsee towards organizational work will be :

Intuitive , Experimental , Empathetic

201. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe need for specialized knowledge reflects in the :Increasing complexity of industrial systems , Complexity of new product , Need to control outside forces

202. Multiple Choice Single AnswerAccording to classical economists, every man was naturally :

An idler

203. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe barriers to the small firms in competing with the large monopoly firms are :

Large firms have 'economies of scale' , Backward linkage of monopoly firms , Predatory pricing by

monopoly firms

204. True/FalseIn neutrality pattern of work a fairly distinction is made between work & leisure

True

205. Multiple Choice Single AnswerImportance of white-collar employees is due to :

A market value attached to personality characteristic

206. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerTelecommuting generated problems for clerical workers such as :

Isolation from the work groups & sources of information , Problems of working on piece-rate , Paying high

rental charges for equipment

207. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe most fundamental change in the nature of work due to social organization at work is :

Increasing division of labour208. True/False

MNCs are more likely to transfer mangers & professional workers than to be recruited locally

True

209. True/FalseThe men monopolize position of power by dominance which is a sex-linked characteristic

True

210. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe atomistic & mechanistic hypothesis of stimulus & response was totally inadequate to deal with :

The human situation



212. Match The FollowingCommand

Legitimate authority

Power

Ability to get things done


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Authority

Application of power

Responsibility

Ability to produce expected results

213. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe daily life in the early factory system was :Extremely Monotonous

214. Select The BlankThe line organization is directly concerned with ________

The process of production

215. True/FalseFeudalism emerged out of 'Dark ages'.

True

216. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe study of groups as well as the individuals from the point of view of social interaction & structure

is called :

Psycho-sociology

217. Select The BlankIn place of ________ two classes emerged such as merchant capitalists & putting-out system.

Free artisans

218. True/FalseResearch people are far from professional & technical knowledge

False

219. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIn industrial society, there is increasing provision for public goods which include :

Education , Retirement income , Health care

220. Match The FollowingLocalized economy

Exchange between local business or trades

Globalization

Exchange between transnational economies

International economy

Exchange between Relatively distinct national economies

Nationalized economy

Exchange between nationalized sectors

221. Select The BlankLarge batches of production are ________ to produce per unit than small batches

Less expensive

222. Select The BlankThe line between management & workers tends to become blurred since their relationship is based on

________

Consultation

223. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe factory system resulted in:


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Increase in the length of working day , Increase in the intensity of work , Decrease in number of religious &

personal holidays

224. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerPreconditions for increasing the innovative sector are :

Sufficient power to demand participation & innovation , Education & learning

225. True/FalseMostly investment in training and career development are, will remain focused on core employees

alone

True

226. True/FalseThe line supervisor has become more & more like a staff supervisor because the internal differences in

the important functions are diminished

True

227. True/FalseIn neutrality pattern of work a fairly distinction is made between work & leisure

True

228. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe characteristic of North American pattern of worker's participation is :

Absence of broad policy agenda & social theory

229. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIn neutrality pattern, satisfaction is with :

Pay of work , Conditions of work

230. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerWith the advent of merchant capitalism, daily lives of artisans were affected in terms of :

Fall of wages of craftsman , Increase in hours of work , Threat to as a member of middle class

231. True/FalseLoss of job due to automation can be replaced in the short-runFalse

232. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn post-industrial societies, power & authority will lie in the hands of :

Technocrats & mangers of large organizations

233. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe development in technology entails the use of more advanced tools, which require :

Greater effort to manufacture



235. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThere are three fundamental relationships in formal organization, namely :

Line relationships , Specialized relationships , General staff relationships

236. True/FalseThe output of service industry is consumed the moment, it is produced

True



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Bureaucracy is a system of :

Control

238. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe need for staff personnel comes about because of :

Advance of science & technology , Complexities of social life , Need for assistance of expert in these field

239. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe relationship of inequality between industrialized and less industrialized countries is the central

focus in a theory of economic development is called :

Dependency theory

240. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerWomen are less likely to get the jobs with :

Interesting work , Opportunities for promotion



242. Multiple Choice Single AnswerPeasants working under Feudal system were called :

Serfs

243. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn Globalization, the economic, political & cultural activities are :

Interdependent

244. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThird world nations by increased dependence on foreign technologies results in the lost opportunities

to cultivate the development of :

Technology , Local infrastructure , Skills

245. Select The BlankThe ________ industries operate independently of suppliers, wholesalers & distributorsMonopolistic

246. True/FalseDuring the early stage of industrialization, the factory replaced the family as the unit of production

True

247. True/FalseIn bureaucracy, the rules & regulations are rigidly followed.

True

248. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn an economic system based on barter system, the worker is related to the product of his labour as to

an :

Alien object

249. Select The BlankMonopoly firms may engage in ________, in which they intentionally underbid competitors until they

drive them out of the market

Predatory pricing

250. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn information era, work will take place mainly in :


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Small units of production

251. Match The FollowingMica Splitting Test Room

To study effect of different working conditions on production

Interview programmes

Systematic study of employees' attitudesBank Wiring Observation Room

To get exact information about social groups within company

Second Relay Assembly Test Room

To find relation between group incentive system & output

252. Multiple Choice Single AnswerA capitalists infrastructure inevitably produces :

High level of alienation between workers & employers

253. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe barriers to the small firms in competing with the large monopoly firms are :

Large firms have 'economies of scale' , Backward linkage of monopoly firms , Predatory pricing by

monopoly firms

254. True/FalseMany people considers supervisor as at the bottom of the management hierarchy

True

255. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe guilds engaged in regulating :

Prices of goods , Quality & quantity of goods to be produced , Tools could be used

256. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe wholesale or retail outlets of goods can be called as :

Forward linkage

257. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe changing nature of work has important implications for:

Cohesiveness of society , Workers' satisfaction

258. Select The BlankThe modern industrial workers depend fro their progress on ________

Their own efforts

259. True/FalseAssembly line workers mainly work for climbing hierarchical ladders & to have separate identity

False

260. Select The BlankThe ________ work would be common in marginal sector

Part-time & temporary

261. True/FalseMergers & acquisitions expanded the control of large companies into product lines which were out of

their expertise

True



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The society in which the people had to give, a part of surplus as a tax to the landlords, as well as

render services to the Landlord's portion of land was known as :

Feudal or Manorial system

263. True/FalseA clearly defined division of labour allows experts to specialize in particular tasks

True264. Multiple Choice Single Answer

In industrial societies, the axial principle is :

Economizing

265. Multiple Choice Single AnswerA predictable pattern of consequences attending industrialisation; seen in the history of western

societies can be called as:

Logic of Industrialism

266. True/FalseImperial agricultural societies gave rise to first large cities.

True

267. Select The BlankTariff is ________ for lagging growth rates in industrial advanced economies

No panacea

268. True/FalseThe marginal sector would be typified by extensive subcontracting

True

269. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIn many third world nations wages are low compared to U.S. because of:

Lack of trade unions , Lack of ability to bargain for higher wages

270. True/FalseIn many organizations the most highly qualified members are found in the middle rather than thehighest levels of the hierarchy

True

271. True/FalseOrganic systems are best suited for stable conditions

False

272. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn fordist regime of accumulation, there is :

Price-competitive production

273. Select The BlankWith the introduction of money as a medium of exchange, products of labour became ________ in the

market

Mere objects

274. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn order to coordinate the many specialized tasks in the division of labour, it is necessary to have :

Hierarchy of authority



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According to 'SHE' vision of future forsee, we are accelerating along ________ of development we

have followed during the industrial age

The changed direction of path

276. True/FalseThe findings of interview programme proved that, men never react in isolation but as a member of

group, influenced by feelings & sentiments towards other group membersTrue

277. Multiple Choice Single AnswerWhen employment became the dominant form of work, the distinction between work & leisure

became :

Sharper

278. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerHousewife is :

Privatized , Unpaid , Isolated

279. Multiple Choice Single Answerfew individuals, who are interconnected with personal or face-to face relations with each other form :

The nuclear primary group

280. Select The BlankAccording to 'SHE' vision of future forsee, there will be ________ of work

Localization

281. Select The BlankIn hunting & gathering societies, ________ was the motivation to work to the members.

Day-to-day existence

282. Multiple Choice Single AnswerWorker's participation which occurs at every level even at boardroom level is called as :

Consultative participation

283. Select The BlankHigh tariffs on foreign imports ________ the competitive advantage of products made elsewhere in the

world

Decreases

284. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe United States declined as leading industrial nation in the world because :

Largest share of its R&D money spent on military relations , It is no longer sole supplier , High paid workers

compared to that of third world

285. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIn factory system, the centralized work robbed the workers of :

Skills , Autonomy in their work , Creativity

286. Select The BlankCommunity sociologists are joining to Industrial sociologists to share their research on ________

Industry-Labour community relations

287. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe Hawthorne studies were blamed in the context with :

Omissions of social problems , Management bias , Empirical bias



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The term comprises of all the material and nonmaterial means and techniques used to produce goods

and services is :

Social relations of production

289. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe erosion of the line authority as the only authority system has occurred because of two changes :

Democratization of labour force , Growth in importance of staff functions290. Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

In marginal sector, it will be a common feature to have :

Disregard of minimum wage restrictions , Disregard to fair time

291. True/FalseGlobalization tends to switch from undifferentiated mass-consumer market towards mass

customization

True

292. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe socio-economic system in which means of production,distribution & exchange are privately owned

is known as :

Capitalism

293. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerElton Mayo pointed out that all supervisors and managers share three major functions namely :

Technical , Administrative , Human relations functions

294. Select The BlankIn bureaucracy, the top ranking officials suffer from ________

Superiority complex

295. True/FalseTransport system in 'SHE' vision of future forsee will increase the travel between homes & place of

work rather than travel for leisure

True296. Select The Blank

The knowledge and skill of the ________ is of a higher order than that of the skilled workers

Specialist

297. Multiple Choice Single AnswerElectronic technology leads to:

Isolation of workers from social groups

298. Multiple Choice Single AnswerWherever people interact on a continuous basis in pursuit of common goals there arises:

Social organization

299. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe competitors of the guilds were :

Rural craftsmen , Independent artisans , Monastic orders

300. True/FalseAny large-scale industrial organization is a mixture of line and staff principles

True

301. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerAccording to 'SHE' vision of future forsees, the revolution breakthrough will be primarily in :


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Social aspects , Economical aspects , Psychological aspects

302. Select The Blank________ combined with Industrial sociology, helps in building up comparative study of formal

organizations

Organizational Sociology

303. True/FalseThe transition from putting-out industry to industrial capitalism was peaceful.

False

304. Select The BlankAccording to 'SHE' vision of future forsee, there will be ________ of work

Localization

305. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe attitude which implies that one accepts a job or situation, though he does not like it is called as :

Reluctance

306. Match The FollowingBureaucracy

Governance by rules

Communication

Transmission of messages & ideas

Specialization

Division of labour

Controlling

Setting & comparing standards

307. Multiple Choice Single AnswerTechnological changes are capable of increasing both :

Productivity & Job satisfaction

308. Select The Blank________ depends heavily on workers' understanding of job and on their motivation & commitment

High technology

309. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe work of different organizational sub-units would be integrated by the use of :

Electronic methods

310. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerOrganizational size has a huge impact on the workplace for two main reasons which are :

Coordination of Specialization & increased complexity , Bureaucratic rules & procedures replace direct

control

311. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIn many third world nations wages are low compared to U.S. because of:

Lack of trade unions , Lack of ability to bargain for higher wages

312. True/FalseIn post industrial society service sectors will expand continually independent of manufacturing

True



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The ________ organization of the R.A.T.R. was characterized by a network of personal relationships

spontaneously developed in the work situation.

Informal

314. True/FalseEvery worker in each level of the supervisory structure is preoccupied with what his boss thinks of

himTrue

315. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerThe 'HE' vision of future forsee, appeals to :

Many scientist , Technologists , Industrialists

316. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe application of knowledge & skills for the achievement of practical purposes is called as :

Technology

317. Multiple Choice Single AnswerCapitalism is based on :

Exploitation of workmen

318. Select The BlankCommunity sociologists are joining to Industrial sociologists to share their research on ________

Industry-Labour community relations

319. True/FalseThe working conditions in marginal sector would be different from early 19th century industrial

revolution

True

320. True/FalseIn traditional industrial workers level of education is high than that of modern industrial workers

False

321. select The Blank_______ approach to work tends to high level of strikes and unrest in the industry

Instrumental

322. Multiple Choice Multiple AnswerIn developing countries, the labour is becoming cheap because of :

Low levels of unionization , Predominance of female & part-time labour

323. True/FalseA clearly defined division of labour allows experts to specialize in particular tasks

True

324. Multiple Choice Single AnswerThe regularized use of rules and the creation of formalised job positions with clearly delineated duties

is called :

Bureaucracy

325. Multiple Choice Single AnswerIn post-industrial societies, power & authority will lie in the hands of :

Technocrats & mangers of large organizations

326. Sociology ismeant to be the science of society.


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327. The psychologists thinks in the form offatigue and nutrition.

328. As a science the discipline should have neitherpro management nor a pro union bias.

329. The staff departments which are closely connected with the line areengineering departments, maintenance departments, quality control departments.

330. The carrying out tasks which enable people to make a living within the environment in which theyfind themselves is known as

work.

331. Bureaucracy may be defined as thepyramiding of unit organizations.

332. The part of the structure which is dedicated to getting the work out is called theline organization.

333. Any large scale industrial organization is certain to represent a mixture ofline and staff principles.

334. Urwick holds three fundamental relationships of formal organization they areline, specialized, general.

335. The tendency of a larger group to divide into smaller ones is calledsegmentation tendency.

336. Peer communication ishorizontal in nature.

337. The line acts as asieve or filter.

338. Technology and the organization are the two sides of the same coin.339. Technology has three parts

operations, materials and knowledge.

340. Daniel bell predicted that theeconomy would become knowledge intensive rather than capital intensive.

341. Women received more opportunities in the year1970 1980s

342. In B.W.O.R the restriction of the output was an enforced used to keep the internal connection ofthe group.

343. A consensual tie is one in which people are united because each has something to give which theother needs.

344. HEs vision hasorganizational values and goals

345. Many third world nations have come to be typified bycombined and uneven development.

346. Leisure is likely to have a neutral relationship to work where there is less autonomy and potentialself fulfillment.

347. Eltano Mayo and his friends neglected to inquire intosocial background of the workers.

348. The authority in general relationship isRepresentative


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349. The small groups subordinate their purpose to the larger organization effective coordination isattained and there are no organizational problems in

Segmentation

350. The percentage of skilled and semiskilled manual workers in the labour force has remainedrelatively stable in post industrial society

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