Industrial Sociology - 1

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Question Less noise, more accuracy & more cleanliness at work are the features of :
Correct Answer New technological advances
Your Answer New technological advances


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Question The substitution of mechanical, hydraulic, electric and electronic devices for human organs of decision & effort is known as :
Correct Answer Automation
Your Answer Automation


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Question Technological advances induce :
Correct Answer Deskilling of workers
Your Answer Deskilling of workers


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Question To meet changing skill requirements, retraining or continuing-education programmes is better solution than additional training for the :
Correct Answer Young workers
Your Answer Young workers


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Question The net displacement of jobs resulting from the introduction of new technologies is called
Correct Answer Technological displacement
Your Answer Technological displacement


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Question Advanced technology have negative effects for white-collar workers one of which is :
Correct Answer Loss of informal working relationships
Your Answer Loss of informal working relationships


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Question Automation of office work will lead to :
Correct Answer Intensify the pace of clerical work , Increase alienation among workers
Your Answer Intensify the pace of clerical work , Increase alienation among workers


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Question Job displacement problems for workers are resulting for :
Correct Answer Limits in adjustments , Retraining , Relocation programs
Your Answer Limits in adjustments , Retraining , Relocation programs


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Question Advanced technology tends to disperse ________ more broadly
Correct Answer Information & authority
Your Answer Information & authority


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Question Rapid technological advances in the industrialized countries has no relative effect on the economies of less developed countries
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False


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Question Computers destroy hierarchy
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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Question Work relationship exist between :
Correct Answer Employer & employee , Colleagues , Suppliers & consumers
Your Answer Employer & employee , Colleagues , Suppliers & consumers


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Question Automated technology has ________ effect on wider social issues
Correct Answer Little
Your Answer Little


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Question Leisure values are increasingly influencing work
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer

Extension pattern Work extends into leisure Work extends into leisure

Neutrality pattern A fairly clear distinction is made between work & leisure A fairly clear distinction is made between work & leisure

Opposition pattern Work is sharply distinguished from leisure Work is sharply distinguished from leisure

Job enlargement Increases the worker's area of responsibility Increases the worker's area of responsibility



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Question Over-protective labour legislation resulted into :
Correct Answer The payment of wages not based directly on production , Not directly connected with individual efforts
Your Answer The payment of wages not based directly on production , Not directly connected with individual efforts


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Question The occupation of women are restricted to :
Correct Answer Nursing , Teaching , Packing
Your Answer Nursing , Teaching , Packing


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Question During the early stage of industrialization, the factory replaced the family as the unit of production
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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Question In the ideal type of the enterprises, labeled as 'An open international economy', the key characteristic is that they retain strong links to:
Correct Answer Particular national locations
Your Answer Particular national locations


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Question Consultative form of participation in Swedon is called as :
Correct Answer National economic planning boards
Your Answer National economic planning boards


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Question Barriers to job redesign are :
Correct Answer Large organizational size , Opposition from supervisors & middle level managers , Desire to control investments with neglect of employment growth
Your Answer Small organizational size , Opposition from supervisors & middle level managers


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Question In marginal sector, worker's participation is adversely affected because of :
Correct Answer Little unionization , Lack of sufficient bargaining strength , Threat of technological displacements for workers
Your Answer Little unionization , Lack of sufficient bargaining strength , Threat of technological displacements for workers


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Question The average span of life spent in the labour force has decreased because of :
Correct Answer More years spent in getting education , Earlier retirement
Your Answer More years spent in getting education , Earlier retirement


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Question HE' vision of future forsee gives more importance to ________ values & goals
Correct Answer Quantitative
Your Answer Quantitative


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Question The Affluent Society may be considered as the economic & social counterpart of ________ society
Correct Answer Cybernetic
Your Answer Cybernetic


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Question To engage workers' fullest abilities in innovative structure requires that they have full freedom to design their work & sharing in decision making
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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Question Large corporations exploit customers through :
Correct Answer High prices , Production of shoddy goods which degrade the environment
Your Answer High prices , Production of shoddy goods which degrade the environment


Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer

Predatory pricing Monopoly firms intentionally underbid competitors to drive them out Monopoly firms intentionally underbid competitors to drive them out

Collaborative pricing Informal agreements to hold prices at a specified level Informal agreements to hold prices at a specified level

Merger Acquisition of other firms for corporate growth Acquisition of other firms for corporate growth

Diversification Large firms diversify across a variety of industries Large firms diversify across a variety of industries



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Question In Central & South America, the removal of small producers from the land & concentration of land ownership in large plantation was known as :
Correct Answer Latifundia
Your Answer Latifundia


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Question Position of United State has slipt dramatically as a producer of industrial goods since 1960
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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Question Work in the post-industrial society will be overwhelmingly :
Correct Answer White-collar
Your Answer White-collar


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Question In information era, a larger proportion of income will be spent on :
Correct Answer Personal services
Your Answer Personal services


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Question In Japanese corporate system, absence of ________ makes possible highly flexible organizational structures
Correct Answer Rigid specialization
Your Answer Rigid specialization


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Question Work is changing its meaning for people in a ________
Correct Answer Consumption-oriented economy
Your Answer Consumption-oriented economy


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Question The industrial mode of production has given rise to an economic organization which influences all arts of society
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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Question The study of groups as well as the individuals from the point of view of social interaction & structure is called :
Correct Answer Psycho-sociology
Your Answer Psycho-sociology


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Question Individualism implies reliance on :
Correct Answer Individual effort , Free contract , Personal solvency
Your Answer Individual effort , Free contract , Personal solvency


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Question In place of ________ two classes emerged such as merchant capitalists & putting-out system.
Correct Answer Free artisans
Your Answer Free artisans


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Question During the Hawthorne experiments, Elton mayo & his men neglected the effects of increasing depression on workers, which were :
Correct Answer Psychological , Social
Your Answer Psychological , Economical , Social


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Question Departments not directly concerned with production are often considered under the title :
Correct Answer Staff departments
Your Answer Staff departments


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Question Authority in General staff relationship is :
Correct Answer Representative
Your Answer Representative


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Question To meet organizational aims, those who run it must have the ability for power to :
Correct Answer Create & maintain a co-ordinated production system , Mobilize a working force , Handle external pressure
Your Answer Create & maintain a co-ordinated production system , Mobilize a working force , Handle external pressure


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Question Most workers' jobs are semi-skilled or unskilled
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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Question The big boss or chief is primarily concerned with :
Correct Answer Growth & survival of the work plant
Your Answer Growth & survival of the work plant


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Question The line supervisor has become more & more like a staff supervisor because the internal differences in the important functions are diminished
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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Question The set of rules & procedures for the workers and machinery that produce a good or service is known as :
Correct Answer Operations technology
Your Answer Operations technology


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Question Centralization of decision making include ________ made by one or a few persons at the top of the organization
Correct Answer Key decisions
Your Answer Day-to-day decisions