Explore topic-wise MCQs in General Management.

This section includes 606 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Management knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

301.

Which of the following is /are not 7Cs of presentation?

A. Clarity
B. Consideration
C. Concreteness
D. Collectiveness
Answer» E.
302.

Audio Visual communication combines

A. Auditory only.
B. Visual only.
C. Both auditory & visual.
D. Written.
Answer» D. Written.
303.

--------- Communication can be inward or outward:

A. Vertical communication
B. Horizontal communication
C. Internal communication
D. External communication
Answer» E.
304.

Which of the following is not a compulsory part of a business letter?

A. Salutation
B. Close
C. Attention line
D. Body
Answer» C. Attention line
305.

Lateral communication is between

A. Superior and subordinate.
B. Same cadre of personal.
C. Subordinate and superior.
D. Among all.
Answer» C. Subordinate and superior.
306.

Communication is derived from a Latin word “Communis” which means

A. Community
B. Share
C. Common
D. Marxist
Answer» C. Common
307.

Type of listening in which we learn to discern the difference in sounds.

A. Discriminative listening
B. Biased listening
C. Evaluative listening
D. Appreciative listening
Answer» B. Biased listening
308.

. ------------ is an assigned communication for a purpose and for specificreceiver or reader.

A. Report
B. Memos
C. Letters
D. Circulars
Answer» B. Memos
309.

A summary of your educational and academic backgrounds as well as teaching and research experience, publications, presentations, awards, honours and affiliations.

A. Resume
B. Curriculum vitae
C. Application letter
D. Hand-outs
Answer» C. Application letter
310.

--- -----is exchange of messages between two persons such as conversation,dialogue, interview etc.

A. Soliloquies
B. Interpersonal communication
C. Intrapersonal communication
D. Mass communication.
Answer» C. Intrapersonal communication
311.

Errors in language, grammar or visual representation of facts take away:

A. Clarity
B. Correctness
C. Crispness
D. Conciseness
Answer» C. Crispness
312.

The number of key elements in the communication process is :MCQs-Business Communication

A. Five
B. Six
C. Seven
D. Four
Answer» B. Six
313.

----------- is a person's belief about his' or her chances of successfullyaccomplishing a specific task.

A. Self esteem
B. Self perception
C. Self concept
D. Self Efficacy
Answer» E.
314.

Informal communication is otherwise known as ______ communication.

A. Grapevine.
B. Lateral.
C. Visual.
D. Horizontal.
Answer» B. Lateral.
315.

Which of the following is / are 7 Cs of presentation?

A. Clarity
B. Conciseness
C. Candidness
D. All the above
Answer» E.
316.

An important function of -------- listening is to build a rapport with anotherperson

A. Deep listening
B. False listening
C. Relationship listening
D. None of these.
Answer» D. None of these.
317.

The main objective of communication is:

A. Information and persuasion.
B. Skill and personality development.
C. Control and management.
D. Need.
Answer» B. Skill and personality development.
318.

Placement of purchase order to supplier of material is ---------- communication.

A. Vertical communication
B. Horizontal communication
C. Internal communication
D. External communication
Answer» E.
319.

All the following are principles of business letter writing, except:

A. Consideration
B. Correctness
C. Conciseness
D. Concurrency
Answer» E.
320.

Readability is determined mainly by :

A. Punctuation
B. Length of words
C. Active and passive voice
D. Spelling
Answer» C. Active and passive voice
321.

Consideration in a business letter means:

A. Stressing the “me” attitude
B. Using first person pronouns
C. Stressing the “you” attitude
D. Appealing to the sender’s interest
Answer» D. Appealing to the sender’s interest
322.

Mental turbulence refers to:

A. Inability to understand
B. Confusion in the mind of receiver
C. Confusion in the mind of sender
D. Inability to speak
Answer» C. Confusion in the mind of sender
323.

Communication is a ___________

A. one way process
B. Two way process
C. Three way process.
D. four way process
Answer» C. Three way process.
324.

Which of the following is/are business letters?

A. Refusal letter
B. Customer relation letter
C. Order status letter
D. All of these.
Answer» E.
325.

In ............. , the receiver holds preconceived notions, which shape the way a receiverdecodes the sender's message.

A. Discriminative listening
B. Biased listening
C. Evaluative listening
D. Appreciative listening
Answer» C. Evaluative listening
326.

A................ focuses on your skills and experience, rather than on your chronologicalwork history

A. Functional resume
B. Mini resume
C. Combination resume
D. Chronological resume
Answer» B. Mini resume
327.

Which of the following is /are element of body of a business report?

A. Glossary
B. Cover letter
C. Recommendation
D. Executive summery
Answer» D. Executive summery
328.

Goals help us to ________

A. ommunicate
B. uccess
C. ork
D. otivate
Answer» B. uccess
329.

A common fallacy about manager is that he must be

A. oud
B. lamboyant
C. rinker
D. ll of the above
Answer» E.
330.

________ of the letter consists of main message.

A. eading
B. ody
C. reeting
D. losing
Answer» C. reeting
331.

The trump card during __________ should be brought out at the crucial moment.

A. nterview
B. egotiation
C. raining
D. urchasing
Answer» C. raining
332.

The whole concept of achieving success begins with how you __________

A. ehave
B. hink
C. ork
D. ll of the above
Answer» E.
333.

The foremost barrier to oral communication is

A. nterestedness
B. umility
C. oncentration
D. oor listening
Answer» E.
334.

Oral communication is the interchange of _____________ between the sender and receiver.

A. ritten messages
B. erbal messages
C. ues and clues
D. igns and gestures
Answer» C. ues and clues
335.

_____________barriers are caused due to the faulty physical conditions such as ringing telephone, poor listening, etc

A. nterpersonal
B. hysical
C. echnological
D. rganizational
Answer» C. echnological
336.

_________barrier is related to the process of coding and decoding the message

A. rganisational
B. emantic
C. echnological
D. ndividual
Answer» C. echnological
337.

If the employees do not abide by the norms of organisation, or violate the rules and regulations the employer will give_________ to employee

A. arning
B. uggestion
C. ounselling
D. dvice
Answer» B. uggestion
338.

__________ is a particular type of order in which the subordinate is not only ordered to do a job but also given guidance on how to do it

A. nstruction
B. rocedural
C. ersuasion
D. dvice
Answer» B. rocedural
339.

__________type of orders are issued if there are a number of operational specialties

A. ritten
B. eneral
C. andatory
D. rocedural
Answer» C. andatory
340.

Internal information for MIS may come from any one of the following department.

A. ustomers care department
B. R department
C. arketing department
D. roduction department
Answer» B. R department
341.

The information of MIS comes from the

A. nternal source
B. xternal source
C. oth Internal and External sources
D. one of the above
Answer» D. one of the above
342.

_____________ include investigation of an issue or problem or Calculation of financial ratios of a company.

A. ormal report
B. nalytical Letter Reports
C. cientific Reports
D. nformational Letter Reports
Answer» C. cientific Reports
343.

In claim letter the initial statement should contain

A. ood news
B. ad news
C. ixed news
D. mbiguous
Answer» B. ad news
344.

MIS normally found in a manufacturing organization will not be suitable in the __________.

A. ervice sector
B. anking sector
C. griculture sector
D. one of the above
Answer» B. anking sector
345.

Surveys, suggestion boxes, and employee newsletters are considered to be __________ types of communication.

A. ownward
B. pward
C. rapevine
D. ateral
Answer» C. rapevine
346.

Which of the following is a communication issue facing today organizations?

A. ow technology can best serve the organization
B. elationships and their effects on organizations
C. exual harassment in the workplace
D. ll of the above
Answer» E.
347.

Organizational communication includes

A. nterviewing potential employees
B. esolving conflicts
C. resenting and selling ideas
D. ll of the above
Answer» E.
348.

What type of communication does a report to a customer from an employer is

A. anager communication
B. fficer communication
C. dministrator communication
D. fficial communication
Answer» E.
349.

Which of the following is a good example of horizontal flow in an organization?

A. hen employees give their supervisors reports listing their accomplishments during the last year
B. hen the department heads of marketing and research get together for a meeting
C. hen, at a party, the vice-president's secretary tells the husband of one of the employees about plans for layoffs
D. hen a supervisor issues a statement to all subordinates explaining new travel policies
Answer» C. hen, at a party, the vice-president's secretary tells the husband of one of the employees about plans for layoffs
350.

Three ways in which communication flows through formal organizational channels are called

A. oose coupling, tight coupling, and uncoupling
B. ositive flow, negative flow, and peripheral flow
C. ownward flow, upward flow, and horizontal flow
D. he grapevine, the gatekeeper, and the network
Answer» D. he grapevine, the gatekeeper, and the network