IBPS Specialist Officer (SO)

1.Companies are required to hold a meeting every year. What is this meeting called?
(a) Extraordinary meeting
(b) Statutory meeting
(c) Committee meeting
(d) Annual general meeting
(e) None of these

2.Common uses of information generated via performance appraisal include all of the following except?
(a) administrative/personal decisions
(b) organisational training and development programme
(c) input to job content evaluation
(d) feedback to individuals performance
(e) None of these

3.The ultimate goal of organisational development ?
(a) structure the organizational environment so that managers and employers can use their developed skills and abilities to the fullest
(b) reduce the levels of uncertainty in managerial decision-making throughout the organisation
(c) create an internal environment which is conducive to self expression
(d) change the traditional relationship between the supervisors and sub-ordinates
(e) None of these

4.Which of the following is not a typically used procedure to reduce the total number of employees?
(a) Layoff
(b) Terminations
(c) Downsizing
(d) Early retirement inducements
(e) None of these

5.In which of the following kinds of interview, the questions are predetermined?
(a) Panel
(b) Stress
(c) Group
(d) Structured
(e) None of these

6.Which one of the following is not an important feature of effective raining plan?
(a) Shorter training plan?
(b) Lower costs per participant
(c) Reduced travel cost
(d) Going far-flung places
(e) None of these

7.Total training cost include?
(a) participants ongoing salaries
(b) overheads during training
(c) cost of R & D in training needs analysis
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these

8.Which of the following is not an integral part of training programme?
(a) Pre-training phase
(b) Post training phase
(c) Training implementation phase
(d) Training recognition phase
(e) None of these

9.The time scale for performance appraisals?
(a) annually
(b) biannually
(c) monthly
(d) weekly
(e) None of these

10.Which of the following aspect of job cannot be considered under quality of work life?
(a) Freedom and autonomy to make decisions on the job
(b) Freedom and autonomy to leave work place without taking permission from the superiors
(c) Satisfactory physical surroundings
(d) Job satisfaction and job safety
(e) None of these

Answers:
1.(d)
2.(c)
3.(a)
4.(c)
5.(d)
6.(d)
7.(d)
8.(a)
9.(a)
10.(b)