Educational Planning & Management

The leadership styles given by Rensis Likert include –

A. Democratic, Participative, Benevolent and Exploitation styles

B. Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez – faire and Paternalistic styles

C. Telling, Selling, Participative and Delegating styles

D. Directive, Supportive, Participative and Achiement-oriented styles

Answer» A. Democratic, Participative, Benevolent and Exploitation styles

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269.

The leadership styles given by Robert House include –

A. Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez – faire and Paternalistic styles

B. Democratic, Participative, Benevolent and Exploitation styles

C. Directive, Supportive, Participative and Achiement-oriented styles

D. Telling, Selling, Participative and Delegating styles

Answer» C. Directive, Supportive, Participative and Achiement-oriented styles

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270.

The leadership styles given by Hersey and Blanchard include –

A. Telling, Selling, Directing and Delegating styles

B. Telling, Selling, Participative and Delegating styles

C. Telling, Selling, Directing and Controlling styles

D. Telling, Selling, Leading and Delegating styles

Answer» B. Telling, Selling, Participative and Delegating styles

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271.

Telling followers what needs to be done and giving appropriate guidance along the way is known as –

A. Telling style

B. Directive style

C. Selling style

D. Supportive style

Answer» B. Directive style

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272.

Setting challenging goals in work and expecting high standards and success is known as –

A. Laissex-faire style

B. Achievement – oriented style

C. Exploitation style

D. Benevolent style

Answer» B. Achievement – oriented style

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273.

Which leadership style is most effective when followers are at a very low level of maturity?

A. Delegating style

B. Participative style

C. Telling style

D. Authoritarian style

Answer» C. Telling style

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274.

Which leadership style is most effective when followers are at a very high level of maturity?

A. Selling style

B. Telling style

C. Directive style

D. Delegating style

Answer» D. Delegating style

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275.

Which leadership style is best when the work is stressful, boring or hazardous?

A. Directive style

B. Delegating style

C. Supportive style

D. Benevolent style

Answer» C. Supportive style

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276.

Which leadership style is the odd one out?

A. Democratic style

B. Participative style

C. Exploitative style

D. Supportive style

Answer» C. Exploitative style

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277.

“Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen”.Who said this?

A. D.R. Davies

B. Alan Keith

C. M. Chemers

D. Keith Davies

Answer» B. Alan Keith

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278.

“Leadership is the ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically”. Who said this?

A. D.R. Davies

B. Alan Keith

C. M. Chemers

D. Keith Davies

Answer» D. Keith Davies

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279.

“Leadership is the process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task”. Who said this?

A. D.R. Davies

B. Alan Keith

C. M. Chemers

D. Keith Davies

Answer» C. M. Chemers

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280.

The factor which does not affect the managerial behaviour is

A. Personal factor

B. Social factor

C. Geographical factor

D. Political factor

Answer» C. Geographical factor

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281.

Under decentralised management, all powers and responsibilities are distributed and shared by

A. Central body

B. Top to bottom

C. Local body

D. Autonomous body

Answer» A. Central body

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282.

Opposite to autocratic leadership style is

A. Free-rein leadership style

B. Participative or democratic style

C. Employee-oriented style

D. Task oriented style

Answer» A. Free-rein leadership style

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283.

Who named the two major types of leadership behaviour pattern as system oriented and person oriented

A. Fedler

B. Parson and Bales

C. Stogdill, Coins and Brown

D. Parson and Brown

Answer» C. Stogdill, Coins and Brown

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284.

The term ‘manager’ points out to a person whois holding a managerial position such as

A. Vice Chancellor of a university

B. Principal of a college

C. Director of an institution

D. All of the above

Answer» D. All of the above

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285.

A leader who gives orders only after consulting the group is called

A. Autocratic leader

B. Laissez-faire leader

C. Democratic leader

D. None of the above

Answer» C. Democratic leader

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286.

The managerial behaviour is mainly

A. The preference for maintaining status quo

B. To control the subordinates strictly

C. To receive bribes from others

D. To obey the boss

Answer» A. The preference for maintaining status quo

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287.

All decisions are centralised in

A. Democratic leadership

B. Laissez-faire leadership

C. Autocratic leadership

D. None of the above

Answer» C. Autocratic leadership

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288.

Under centralised management, authority and powers rest in a/an

A. Local body

B. Central body

C. Autonomous body

D. None of the above

Answer» A. Local body

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289.

Which of the following factors determines education allocation

A. Constitutional provision

B. National income

C. Proper motivation

D. Unity of demand

Answer» A. Constitutional provision

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290.

The term manager, in fact, is a________ concept

A. Multi-meaning

B. Organisational

C. Managerial

D. Meaningful

Answer» A. Multi-meaning

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291.

The variable determining the quality of managerial behaviour are

A. The manager himself

B. The persons with whom he works

C. The cultural accomplishments and setting of the workers

D. All of the above

Answer» D. All of the above

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292.

What is one characteristic of a Laissez-faire leadership style?

A. Leader gives opinion only when asked

B. Leader takes charge

C. Everyone work together and participate together

D. None of the above

Answer» A. Leader gives opinion only when asked

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293.

________ is increasing leadership rapidly

A. Strategy

B. Command

C. Getting others to follow

D. Control

Answer» D. Control

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294.

Regarding leadership, which statement is false?

A. Leadership does not necessarily take place within

B. Hierarchical structure of an organisation

C. When people operate as leaders their role is alaways clearly established and defined

D. Not every leader is a manager

Answer» B. Hierarchical structure of an organisation

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295.

According to leaders experts________, are what are called “action logics”.

A. Bill Torbert and David Rooke

B. Torbert and Susanne Cook-Greuter

C. Parson and Bales

D. None of the above

Answer» A. Bill Torbert and David Rooke

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296.

_________ is one of the most effective leadership styles because it allows lower-level employees to exercise authority.

A. Strategic leadership

B. Autocratic leadership

C. Democratic leadership

D. Laissez-faire leadership

Answer» C. Democratic leadership

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297.

Under_______ the leader tends to reject an employee’s input if it conflicts with company policy or past practices.

A. Bureaucratic leadership

B. Transformational leadership

C. Transactional leadership

D. Strategic leadership

Answer» A. Bureaucratic leadership

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298.

A marketing team that receives a scheduled bonus for helping generate a certain number of leads by the end of the quarter is an example of

A. Democratic

B. Autocratic

C. Laissez-faire

D. Bureaucratic

Answer» B. Autocratic

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299.

________ leadership is the least intrusive form of leadership

A. Democratic

B. Autocratic

C. Laissez-faire

D. Bureaucratic0

Answer» C. Laissez-faire

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300.

Transformational leadership is always________ and improving upon the company’s conventions.

A. Transacting

B. Conformity

C. Depending

D. Transforming

Answer» D. Transforming