Human Resource Management

JKPSC Assistant Professor (Commerce) · Commerce · 53 practice questions with answers and explanations: 16 Easy, 35 Medium, 2 Hard.

Sample questions

Sample Easy question 1

Which of these is a statutory social security benefit for employees in India?

  1. A free lunch
  2. An annual picnic
  3. Provident fund
  4. A company car
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Answer: C. It is governed by the EPF Act.

Sample Easy question 2

ESI stands for:

  1. Employees' Savings Investment
  2. Education and Skill Index
  3. Employer Safety Inspection
  4. Employees' State Insurance
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Answer: D. It gives medical and cash benefits.

Sample Easy question 3

A career path is:

  1. A road to the office
  2. An office map
  3. The sequence of positions an employee may hold over time
  4. A pay slip
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Answer: C. It shows possible movements.

Sample Medium question 4

Job enrichment means:

  1. Shortening hours
  2. Cutting pay
  3. Reducing duties
  4. Adding more responsibility and challenge to a job
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Answer: D. It is a vertical loading of the job.

Sample Medium question 5

Job enlargement means:

  1. Adding higher responsibility
  2. Shifting jobs
  3. Reducing tasks
  4. Adding more tasks of the same level
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Answer: D. It is a horizontal loading of the job.

Sample Medium question 6

A job specification states:

  1. The duties and tasks of the job
  2. The pay scale of the job
  3. The qualifications and personal qualities needed to do the job
  4. The working hours only
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Answer: C. The job description lists the duties.

Sample Hard question 7

In strategic HRM, the 'best fit' approach holds that HR practices should:

  1. Be universal 'best practices'
  2. Be copied from the market leader
  3. Be the same in every firm
  4. Match the organisation's strategy and context
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Answer: D. The 'best practice' view says one set of practices suits all.

Sample Hard question 8

The 4 Cs of HR outcomes in the Harvard model of Beer et al. are:

  1. Culture, conflict, change and communication
  2. Commitment, competence, congruence and cost-effectiveness
  3. Control, competition, cost and compliance
  4. Cash, credit, capital and cost
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Answer: B. They are the outcomes that the HRM policies aim for.

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