Ministry of Defense Assistant Director Past Paper Dated: 2008
1- Planning involves which of the following?
A. Analyzing current situation
B. Determining rewards for goals achievement
C. Motivating employees
D. Implementing necessary damages
View Answer
Answer : A. Analyzing current situation
Description
2- ____ Is specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate action needed to achieve those goals:
A. Staffing
B. Leading
C. Organizing
D. Planning
View Answer
Answer : D. Planning
Description
3- _____ trends regarding how people think and behave have major implications for management of the labor force, corporate social actions, and strategic decisions about products and markets:
A. Societal
B. Technological
C. Economic
D. Psychological
View Answer
Answer : A. Societal
Description
4- Which of the following is a step in the decision-making process?
A. Good business planning
B. Delegating a task
C. Generating an idea
D. Evaluating the decision
View Answer
Answer : D. Evaluating the decision
Description
5- Identify the best definition of planning?
A. The core activity of planners and planning departments
B. Devising ways of achieving the objectives of an organisation
C. An integrated process in which plans are formulated, carried out and controlled
D. Both B and C
View Answer
Answer : D. Both B and C
Description
6- Planning process:
A. Identifies the goals or objectives to be achieved
B. Formulates strategies to achieve them
C. Arranges or creates the means required
D. Implements, directs, and monitors all steps in their proper sequence
E. All of the above
View Answer
Answer : D. All of the above
Description
7- Top management works on:
A. Strategic plan
B. Corporate plan
C. Budgeting
D. Both A and B
View Answer
Answer : D. Both A and B
Description
8- A "Strategic plan" is also called:
A. Long term plan
B. Short term plan
C. Both A and B
D. None of above
View Answer
Answer : A. Long term plan
Description
9- First step in planning process is to:
A. Set an objective
B. Evaluate alternatives
C. Determine strength and weaknesses
D. None of above
View Answer
Answer : A. Set an objective
Description
10- Which of the following is an assumption of rationality to rationalize decision making?
A. Preferences are clear
B. Final choice will maximise payoff
C. The problem is clear and unambiguous
D. All of the above
View Answer
Answer : D. All of the above
Description
11- ______ is accepting solutions that are "good enough".
A. Bounded rationality
B. Satisfying
C. Escalation of commitment
D. None of the above
View Answer
Answer : B. Satisfying
Description
12- Making decisions on the basis of experience, feelings and accumulated judgement is called as ______.
A. Decision making
B. Structured problems
C. Intuitive decision making
D. None of these
View Answer
Answer : C. Intuitive decision making
Description
13- Who invented the chronometer?
A. John Harrison
B. Marconi
C. Dalton
D. None of these
View Answer
Answer : A. John Harrison
Description
14- Which is called the "Land of the Midnight Sun"?
A. Canada
B. Norway
C. Belgium
D. Denmark
View Answer
Answer : B. Norway
Description
15- Wimbledon, known for lawn tennis courts, is in:
A. Geneva
B. Washington
C. New York
D. London
View Answer
Answer : D. London
Description
16- Britain's highest military award is:
A. Iron Cross
B. Victoria Cross
C. Military Cross
D. Medal of Honour
View Answer
Answer : B. Victoria Cross
Description
17- The book "A Farewell to Arms" was written by:
A. Huxley
B. Thomas Hardy
C. Ernest Hemingway
D. Charles Dickens
View Answer
Answer : D. Ernest Hemingway
Description
18- The oldest monarchy in the world is that of:
A. Japan
B. Nepal
C. UK
D. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
View Answer
Answer : A. Japan
Description
19- The dress made out of which of the following materials is safest to wear while cooking?
A. Silk
B. Nylon
C. Cotton
D. Terence
View Answer
Answer : C. Cotton
Description
20- Which of the following gases is used for refrigeration?
