Question : The concept of "Participatory Development" in the context of Development-Affected People's Movements emphasizes:  
 

Option 1: Top-down decision-making  
 

Option 2: Involvement of affected communities in planning  
 

Option 3: Private sector-led development  

Option 4: Centralized control of resources  

Question : Statement 1: Management is considered a profession.

Statement 2: It requires specialized knowledge, skills, and ethical standards.

Option 1: Both statements are true
 

Option 2: Both are incorrect
 

Option 3: Statement 1 is true, and Statement 2 is false.

Option 4: Statement 1 is false, and Statement 2 is true.

Question : Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
"This inhuman place makes human monsters," wrote Stephen King in his novel The Shining. Many academics agree that monsters lurk in the deepest recesses, they prowl through our ancestral minds appearing in the half-light, under the bed - or at the bottom of the sea.
"They don't really exist, but they play a huge role in our mindscapes, in our dreams, stories, nightmares, myths and so on," says Matthias Classen, assistant professor of literature and media at Aarhus University in Denmark, who studies monsters in literature. "Monsters say something about human psychology, not the world."
One Norse legend talks of the Kraken, a deep-sea creature that was the curse of fishermen. If sailors found a place with many fish, most likely it was the monster that was driving them to the surface. If it saw the ship it would pluck the hapless sailors from the boat and drag them to a watery grave.

This terrifying legend occupied the mind and pen of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson too. In his short 1830 poem "The Kraken" he wrote: "Below the thunders of the upper deep, / Far far beneath in the abysmal sea, / His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep / The Kraken sleepeth."

The deeper we travel into the ocean, the deeper we delve into our own psyche. And when we can go no further - there lurks the Kraken.

Most likely the Kraken is based on a real creature - the giant squid. The huge mollusc takes pride of place as the personification of the terrors of the deep sea. Sailors would have encountered it at the surface, dying, and probably thrashing about. It would have made a weird sight, "about the most alien thing you can imagine," says Edith Widder, CEO at the Ocean Research and Conservation Association.

The giant squid continued to dominate stories of sea monsters with the famous 1870 novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne. Verne's submarine fantasy is a classic story of a puny man against a gigantic squid.

The monster needed no embellishment - this creature was scary enough, and Verne incorporated as many facts as possible into the story, says Emily Alder from Edinburgh Napier University. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and another contemporaneous book, Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea, both tried to represent the giant squid as they might have been actual zoological animals, much more taking the squid as a biological creature than a mythical creature." It was a given that the squid was vicious and would readily attack humans given the chance.
That myth wasn't busted until 2012 when Edith Widder and her colleagues were the first people to successfully film giant squid underwater and see first-hand the true character of the monster of the deep. They realised previous attempts to film squids had failed because the bright lights and noisy thrusters on submersibles had frightened them away.

By quietening down the engines and using bioluminescence to attract it, they managed to see this most extraordinary animal in its natural habitat. It serenely glided into view, its body rippled with metallic colours of bronze and silver. Its huge, intelligent eye watched the submarine warily as it delicately picked at the bait with its beak. It was balletic and mesmeric. It could not have been further from the gnashing, human-destroying creature of myth and literature. In reality, this is a gentle giant that is easily scared and pecks at its food.

Another giant squid lies peacefully in the Natural History Museum in London, in the Spirit Room, where it is preserved in a huge glass case. In 2004 it was caught in a fishing net off the Falkland Islands and died at the surface. The crew immediately froze its body and it was sent to be preserved in the museum by the Curator of Molluscs, Jon Ablett. It is called Archie, an affectionate short version of its Latin name Architeuthis dux. It is the longest preserved specimen of a giant squid in the world.

"It really has brought science to life for many people," says Ablett. "Sometimes I feel a bit overshadowed by Archie, most of my work is on slugs and snails but unfortunately most people don't want to talk about that!"

Question:
Which of these following words is the similar meaning to 'specimen'?
 

Option 1: Sore
 

Option 2: Event
 

Option 3: Sample
 

Option 4: Sight

Question : Statement 1: Entrepreneurship development leads to regional development and reduces regional disparities by attracting investments in underdeveloped areas.

Statement 2: The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana  does not provides credit support to small entrepreneurs for setting up or expanding their businesses.

Option 1: Both statements are true.
 

Option 2: Statement 1 is true, but statement 2 is false.
 

Option 3: Statement 2 is true, but statement 1 is false.

Option 4: Both statements are false.

Question : Case Study 2:

XYZ Ltd. is a well-established pharmaceutical company that is planning to diversify its product range. The HR department is faced with the challenge of sourcing and training employees for the new divisions. Evaluate the following scenarios and choose the correct option:

Question:

The HR department at XYZ Ltd. plans to use group discussions and interviews to assess candidates' communication skills and teamwork abilities. What aspect of staffing does this represent?

Option 1: Recruitment
   

Option 2: Selection
  

Option 3: Training and development

Option 4: Performance appraisal

Question : Sun pharma Ltd., reported Net Profit after Tax of Rs. 6,10,000 for the year ended 31 st March, 2020. The relevant extract from Balance Sheet as at 31 st March, 2020 is:

Depreciation charged on Plant and Machinery Rs. 55,000, tax provided during the year Rs 15,000 and insurance claim received Rs. 50,000, gain (profit) on sale of investment Rs. 20,000 appeared in the Statement of Profit and Loss for the year ended 31st March, 2020.

Cash Flow from Operating Activities are ____________.

Option 1: Rs 6,36,000

Option 2: Rs 6,66,000

Option 3: Rs 6,96,000

Option 4: Rs 6,86,000

Question : Case Study 16: Overcoming Communication Challenges at ABC Tech

ABC Tech prioritizes overcoming communication challenges for seamless information exchange. Consider the following scenario to answer the questions.

Question :

How does effective communication contribute to the directing process at ABC Tech?

Option 1: Increases conflicts among employees
 

Option 2: Reduces employee motivation
 

Option 3: Enhances understanding and collaboration

Option 4: Promotes autocratic decision-making

Question : What is the value of autonomous consumption from the following consumption function-

C=120+0.85Y and also determine consumption at Y=520.

Option 1: 200, 650

Option 2: 0.85, 650

Option 3: 0.15, 562

Option 4: 120, 562

Question : Compliance is best described as:  

Option 1: Following orders from an authority figure  

Option 2: Changing one's behavior to match the group's norms  

Option 3: Agreeing to a request made by another person  

Option 4: Competing with others for a reward  

Question : Assertion: The management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are interrelated and interdependent.

Reason: Each function supports and complements the others to achieve organizational goals.

Option 1: Both assertion and reason are correct, and the reason explains the assertion.
 

Option 2: Both assertion and reason are incorrect.
 

Option 3: The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect.
 

Option 4: The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct.

Option 5: Both assertion and reason are correct, and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.