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Organisational Behaviour

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Which of the following is/are not considered as managerial challenge(s) for organisational behaviour?

  1. Workforce diversity

  2. Dual career couples

  3. Gender factor

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. Unionism


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Organisation needs to take extra precautions to ensure that workers are treated fairly. It is included in workplace issues and challenges. So, it is the right answer.

Which of the following stages is/are not included in the psychoanalytical theory?

  1. The Id

  2. The Superego

  3. The Ego

  4. The Super Id

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There is no such stage in the psychoanalytical theory. This is just to divert the thinking process. So, it is the right answer.

According to perception process, which of the following is/are included in the internal factors of perceptual selectivity?

  1. Size

  2. Repetition

  3. Status

  4. Movement

  5. Learning


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Learning may play the simple biggest role in developing perceptual set. It is the right answer as it is included in the internal factors of perceptual selectivity.

Judging someone on the basis of one's perception of the group to which that person belongs is known as

  1. stereotyping

  2. halo effect

  3. attribution

  4. selective perception

  5. projection


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Judging someone on the basis of one's perception of the group to which that person belongs is known as stereotyping. So, it is the right answer.

Attitude is a tendency or predisposition to evaluate an object or symbol of that object in a certain way. This statement was given by

  1. Katz and Scotland

  2. Sigmund Freud

  3. Fredrick Herzberg

  4. Maslow

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, it is the right answer.

According to the theories of personality, which of the following stages is/are not included in the Erikson stages?

  1. Infancy: Trust vs. Mistrust

  2. School age: Industry vs. Inferiority

  3. Play age: Initiative vs. Guilt

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. None of these


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

As all of the above are included in the Erikson stages, so it is the right answer.

Who is the developer of 'Cognitive Theory' of learning?

  1. Ivan Pavlov

  2. Edward Tolman

  3. B. F. Skinner

  4. F. Heider

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Yes, it is the right answer.

A person does not have favourable attitude towards Indian cars. His father gifts him the latest model of Alto (an Indian car). In this situation, he will either change his attitude or negative relation with Indian cars or he can ask his father to change his attitude and give him an imported car. The above example describes which theory of attitude?

  1. Congruity Theory

  2. Affective Cognitive Consistency Theory

  3. Balance Theory

  4. Cognitive Dissonance Theory

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, it is the right answer as in the above example, either the father or the son will change his attitude and bring balance in the situation.

Which of the following is/are considered as non-financial motivator(s)?

  1. Recognition

  2. Bonus

  3. Medical reimbursements

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. Both (2) and (3)


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The recognition may be in the form of a word of praise, a pat on the back, a word of praise, etc. Yes, it is a non-financial motivator.

Equity theory of motivation was given by

  1. J. Stacey Adam

  2. Lyman Porter

  3. Victor Vroom

  4. Douglas McGregor

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yes, it is the right answer.

Who among the following won the Nobel Prize for his experiment on the theory of learning?

  1. Edward Tolman

  2. B. F. Skinner

  3. Ivan Pavlov

  4. Both (1) and (2)

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Yes, Pavlov won the Noble Prize for his experiment. He developed Classical Conditioning Theory.

All of the following are centralised communication network systems, except

  1. Circle network

  2. Wheel network

  3. Chain network

  4. Y network

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In a chain network of communication, each member of the group can interact with the adjoining members. It is not considered as a centralised network.

According to McClelland's Theory of Motivation, which of the following is/are the major motive(s) which motivate(s) the people working at a workplace?

  1. Need for achievement

  2. Need for power

  3. Need for affiliation

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yes, it is the right answer.

The areas of organisational behaviour constitute all of the following topics, except

  1. group decision making

  2. international influence

  3. motivation

  4. individual behaviour

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Organisational behaviour is not at all concerned with international influence. So, it is the right answer.

Which of the following disciplines contribute(s) to organisational behaviour?

  1. Psychology

  2. Sociology

  3. Anthropology

  4. Political science

  5. All of the above


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

It is the right answer as all the given options are correct.

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