Exam Details

Subject
Paper
Exam / Course
Department
Organization Kerala Public Service Commission
Position personnel officer
Exam Date 15, July, 2015
City, State kerala,


Question Paper

133/2015

Maximum: 100 marks
Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
1. Horizontal loading of additional responsibilities in the job is a feature:

Job Enlightenment Job Enrichment


Job Enlargement Job Upliftment


2. Choose the quantitative method of Job Analysis:

Ranking Classification


Grading Point rating


3. Job Enrichment is the concept developed by

F.W. Taylor . Peter Drucker


Federick Herzberg Elton Mayo


4. is related with:

Training . Selection


Recruitment Counselling


5. Expand TWl

Technical Wiring Institute Training Within Industry


Temporary Work Initiative Total Work Life


6. The most widely used classroom method for improving the problem solving skills is

Case study Lectures


Vestibule training Conference


7. Through this training the members learn about their own behaviours and also learn from others behaviour.

Simulation Vestibule training


Role play T-Group


8. Which one of these help the organization to develop an equitable compensation package.

Work study Job Evaluation


Job Specification Productivity


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9. Maximum fine in a wage period shall not exceed

10%





10. Human Development Report is published by

World Bank ADB


UNDP UNICEF


11. Name the Managerial functiqn ofHRM

Development Compensation


Controlling Integration


12. The concept of HRD Score Card was introduced in India by

T.V.Rao Udai Pareek


Peter Drucker Henry fayol


13. Delphi technique is used in

Organising Operating


Staffing Forecasting


14. Which of the following factors are included in the calculation of Human Development Index

Life expectancy Adult literacy


Decent standard of living All the above


15. Who is the champion of the 'Welfare movement' propagated in mid 19th century?

Frederick Winslow Taylor Peter Drucker


Henry.L. Gantt Robert Owen


16. Money Wage is otherwise called as

Real wage Living wage


Nominal wage Fair wage


17. Which of the following is not a determinant of wages?
Prevailing wages Bargaining strength of Unions
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18. The basic role of policy is

To provide guidelines for action To set procedures


To give direction for motivation To prescribe methods


19. Grievance Handing Machinery is given in

Industrial Disputes Act Factories Act


Both and None of the above


20. Under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 the maximum limit on deductions should not ordinarily cross

50 percent generally and 65 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives


60 percent generally and 75 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives


50 percent generally and 75 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives


40 percent generally and 75 percent in case of payments due to the cooperatives


21. Narrow span of control results into

Tall structure Flat structure


Mechanistic structure All the above


22. Which of the following is a single use plan?

Budget Rule


Procedure Policy


23. Time of Payment of wages in industrial establishments than 1000 people

10th day 5th day


7th day 15th day


24. The change in specialization and integration in organization context is called

Co-ordination Co-operation


Organizational restructuring Feedback


25. Who has given the concept of OCTAPACE culture?

Dharni P. Sinha T. V. Rao


D.M. Pestonjee Udai Pareek


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26. Broad Banding is the concept related with

Training Recruitment


Compensation Induction


27. In the event of termination of employment wages to be paid before the expiry of the

2nd working day 7th working day


5th working day 3,d working day


28. Expand CTC

Cost To Customer Customer To Customer


Cost To Company Cost To Consumer


29. The Government revises the DA rates every

12 months 3 months


6 months 8 months


30. Every claim for nonpayment of minimum wages shall be presented within

3 months 6 months


12 months 2 months


31. Joint Management Councils are voluntarily setup in organizations employing more than

150 workers 250 workers


500 workers 1000 workers


32. Name the Tripartite body for regulating Industrial Relations

Joint Council Shop Council


Indian Labour Council Indian Labour Conference


33. The notice period required for effecting changes in the conditions of service of Workmen under Section (9·A) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is

30 days 21 days


15 days 10 days


34. The code of discipline was ratified by the Indian Labour Conference to ensure discipline in industry. Identify the year of ratification out of the following

1957 1958


1942 1962


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35. Recognition of trade union is made by the provision of
Trade unions act of 1926 Industrial Disputes Act 1947 Code of discipline Factories Act, 1948
36. Who has propounded the system concept of industrial relations? Find out from the following

L. N. Allen Flander L. N. Flax


John T. Dunlop Neil N. Chamberlein


37. Industrial Employment (Standing Order) Act, 1946 is applicable to Organisations employing

100 or more 125 or more


150 or more 50 or more


38. Which is the correct order of settlement of industrial disputes?

Industrial Tribunal National Tribunal


Conciliation Labour Court


b
b
39. Whichis not a structure of Trade Union of Industrial Organisation?
Craft union
Industrial union Consumers' union
40. The goal of ILO is

Creation of jobs for men and women


Not just creation ofjobs but the creation ofjobs of acceptable quality


Not overcoming under employment


Not to provide freedom of choice in employment


41. Court is commanding the appropriate authority to discharge the constitutional duties

Writ of Certiorari Writ of Mandamus


Writ of Habeus Corpus Writ of Prohibition


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42. Relevant section pertaining to payment of Subsistence allowance

Section Section 15


Section (11 Section (10


43. The settlement mode for Labour court, Industrial Tribunal and National Tribunal is through

Conciliation Consultation


Adjudication Advice


44. Matters which fall within the jurisdiction of Labour Courts are mentioned in

Third Schedule Second Schedule


Fifth Schedule First Schedule


45. The process in which conditions of employment are determined by agreement between representatives of the union and the employer

Conciliation Arbitration


Collective Bargaining Coalition


46. Relevant section pertaining to appointment of welfare officer as per Factories Act, 1948

Section 49 Section 41


Section 46 Section 45


47. Find out the provision which is not applicable to employment of young persons

Certificate of fitness 41/2 hours of work


Holidays Overtime


48. The total number ofleaves that may be carried"forward to a succeeding year, in the case of an adult shall not exceed
25 20
30 50
49. As per Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, Loss of a hand and a foot amounts to

Permanent total disablement Temporary partial disablement


Permanent partial disablement Temporary total disablement


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50. Memorandum of Settlement and Report are the procedures connected with

Arbitration Conciliation


Voluntary settlement Adjudication


51. As per the Factories Act, 1948 Minimum space for a person is

14 cubic meters 14.2 cubic meters


11.2 cubic meters 10.2 cubic meters


52. In case of Earned Learn or Annual Leave a worker has to apply for it before

18 days 15 days


21 days One month


53. A canteen is compulsory as per The Factories Act 1948 for establishments employing

300 workers 500 workers


250 workers 100 workers


54. The cash benefit payable to insured persons in the productive age group for undergoing Sterilisation operation as per The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948

Sickness Benefit Enhanced Sickness Benefit


Extended Sickness Benefit Disablement Benefit


55. If 1st October to 31't March is the contribution period under Employee State Insurance Act, 1948. Find out the benefit period

January to 30th June 1,t April to 30th September


July to 31,t Dec l,t May to 30th September


56. Occupational diseases as per The Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 are mentioned in

Schedule II Schedule I


Schedule III Schedule V


57. Rate of employee contribution III EDLI under The Employee's Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
12% 15%
. 25% None

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58. Who is an 'exempted employee' under the Employee's state Insurance Act, 1948

Employee who is minor


Employee who is not liable under the Act to pay the employee's contribution


Minor employee who is not liable under the Act to pay the employee's contribution None of the above


59. The employer shall arrange to pay the amount of gratuity within

15 days 30 days


45 days 10 days


60. The provision authorising certain employers to maintain their own provident fund account in relation to their establishment, has to employ more than

250 employees 100 employees


500 employees 1000 employees


61. Acceptable stands of behaviour within a group that are shared by the group members

Policies Norms


Status None of the above


62. Adjusting one's behaviour to align with the norms of the group

Group cohesiveness Group Conflict


Conformity None of the above


63. A verbal reporting by person undergoing psychoanalysis of everything that passes through their mind no matter how trivial it may appear to be. The process is named

Resistance Free Association


Ventillation Transference


64. The readily observed traits which sometimes may not be part of the core of personality

Source Traits Central Traits


Surface traits Cardinal Traits


65. Expand MBTI

Mary-Brigg Thematic Index Myers-Ben Test Indicator


Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Mary-Brigg Thematic Indicator


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66. An active mental process by which a person 'forgets' by 'pushing down' into the unconscious any thoughts that arouse anxiety. The defense mechanism explained is

Rationalisation Regression


Displacement Repression


67. Thematic Appreception Test was developed by

Herman Rorschah Henry Murray


Sigmund Freud Albert Bandura


68. The group to which a person would like to belong is known as

Primary Group Membership Group


Reference Group None of the above



69. Extension of behavior modification into organization is called

.Enrichment Enlargement


OB Mod OB Ext'


70. Which of the following theory is proposed by Clayton Alderfer

Theory X and Theory Y Hierarchy of Needs


ERG Theory Two factor theory


71. Least Preferred Co-worker model of leadership was developed by
Martin Evans Robert House
Fred Fielder Whetton

72. When a group gives some of its leadership positions to the members of other group, it is

Contracting Co-opting


Coalition Competition


73. The OD intervention designed to clarify role expectations and obligations of team members to improve team effectiveness

Role Negotiation Technique Interdependancy Exercise


Role Analysis Technique Responsibility Charting


74. General Adaptation Syndrome is related with

Attitude Stress


Perception Training


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75. OD interventions directed towards structure, management practices, policies and procedures result in

Second-order change Crisis management


First -order change None of the above


76. Situation where the employee and the company share the same goals and values

Organisational Citizenship Behaviour


Organisational Identification


Organisational Climate


Organisational Effectiveness


77. The term 'Knowledge Worker' was coined by

Peter Drucker Kurt Lewin


Burke and Litwin Blake and Mouton


78. A group decision making technique that uses debate between highly different sets of recommendations and assumptions to encourage full discussion

Delphi Technique Brain Storming


Devil's Advocacy Dialectical Inquiry


79. In the Hawthrone Experiments, the variables like Change in working hours and working conditions are connected with

Illumination study Bank wiring observation room


Relay Assembly Test Room Mass interviewing Programme


80. The geographical proximity of group formation is well sated in

Exchange theory Propinquity theory


Balance theory Classical theory


81. Who said "Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India"?

Raja Ram Mohan Roy Benkim Chandra Chatterji


Swami Vivekananda Swami Dayananda Sarasw.athi


82. In which session ofIndian National Congress 'wearing of Khadi' was made compulsory for its workers?

Guwahati Lahore


Haripura Belgam


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83. Who is the chairman of 14th finance commission?

Yaga Venugopal Reddy C.Rengarajan


P.Chidambaram Vijay Kelkar


84. Who was the founder of Sidhasraman at Alathur in Palakkad district?

Chattampi Swamikal Sree Narayana Guru


Sankaracharya Brahmananda Swami Sivayogi


85. Who won the Nobel prize for literature in 2013?

GuanMayo Alice Munro


Alwin E. Roth John B. Gurdon


86. In February 1947 Prime Minister Clement Attlee declared that the British would quit India by:


August 1947 January 1948


. June 1948 July 1948


87. Who won the Gandhi peace prize of 2013?

A.K.Antony Ban Ki-moon


Chandi Prasad Bhatt None of these


88. When did the partition of Bengal come into being?

16 November 1905 16 December 1905


16 September 1905 16 October 1905


89. Which country won the twenty 20 world cup cricket tournament of 2014?

India Sri Lanka


West Indies South Mrica


90. Who called Jinnah the ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity?

Sarojini Naidu Annie Basant


Jawaharlal Nehru Mahatma Gandhi


91. Who is the first woman chairperson of state bank of India?
Krishna Arora Mini Mathew
Deepak Sandhu Arundhati Bhatacharya A 13 133/2015
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92. The period of 12th five year plan is

2010 -2015 2011 -2016


2012 -2017 2013 -2018


93. Which organisation was associated with Kakori train robbery?

Hindustan republican association Abhinav Bharat


Anuseelan samiti Ghadar party


94. Which among the following is not a Himalayan river?

Indus Ganges


Godavari Brahmaputra


95. In which state salal hydro-electric power project is located?

Gujarat Hariyana


Punjab Jammu and Kashmir


96. Who made the famous Kozhancheri speech?

T.K. Madhavan K.Kelappan


Dr. Palpu C.Kesavan


97. In which year" did Vaikunda Swami found Samatva Samajam

1856 1836


1859 1907


98. Which among the following is a Kharif crop?

Paddy Wheat


Barley Mustard


99. In which district Tattekkad Bird Sanctuary is situated?

Idukki Ernakulam


Wayanad Kottayam


100. Who among the following is the author of Darsanamala?

Sankaracharya Ramanuja


Sree Narayana Guru Pandit Karuppan


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