MGT111 Midterm MCQs 2025 by VUBuddy

Q1. The book by Kautilya is one of the oldest books on Public Administration has written during:

1. Maurya period
2. Mughal period
3. British period
4. None of the given options

Correct answer: Maurya period

Q2. Who among the following presented the idea of “Value free” science of management?

1. Henry L. Gantt
2. W. F Willoughby
3. Henri Fayol
4. Max Weber

Correct answer: Max Weber

Q3. In which of the following year "Pakistan Customs and Excise services" were established?

1. 1969
2. 1979
3. 1959
4. 1989

Correct answer: 1959

Q4. The Latin word “ministiare” in the term administration refers to:

1. Organize
2. Plan
3. Serve
4. Report

Correct answer: Plan

Q5. A conflict among employees over some issue can have ________ effect for organization.

1. All of the mentioned
2. Positive
3. Harmful
4. Negative

Correct answer: All of the mentioned

Q6. A situation where “there is disagreement and dissension between the people over some issue or a point” refers to:

1. Politics
2. Power
3. Conflict
4. All of the mentioned

Correct answer: Conflict

Q7. Which among the following were the main concerns of Classical school of thought?

1. All of the mentioned
2. Make government institutions should be effective
3. Increase the efficiency of government agencies
4. The correct market imperfections

Correct answer: All of the mentioned

Q8. The concept of the ‘zone of indifference’ is associated with:

1. Authority
2. Decision-Making
3. Motivation
4. Leadership

Correct answer: Authority

Q9. Henri Fayol found that activities of industrial undertaking could be grouped in:

1. 5 Parts
2. 4 Parts
3. 6 Parts
4. 7 Parts

Correct answer: 7 Parts

Q10. The government arranges funds to run affairs of the state mainly through:

1. Tax collection
2. All of the mentioned
3. Maintenance of mint
4. Maintenance of money

Correct answer: All of the mentioned

Q1. Before 1957, Pakistan Taxation Service recruited the people on which of the following basis?

1. Ad-hoc
2. Contractual
3. Daily wager
4. Permanent

Correct answer: Ad-hoc

Q2. According to the structure of Government, which among the following can be established both under federal and provincial governments?

1. Ministry
2. Autonomous Bodies
3. Division
4. All of the mentioned

Correct answer: All of the mentioned

Q3. According to the experiment of F.W Taylor what is the right load of rice coal a worker can lift through his or her shovel?

1. 3.75lbs
2. 3.65lbs
3. 3.80lbs
4. 3.85lbs

Correct answer: 3.75lbs

Q4. Conflict can be a __________force because it challenges the status quo, encourages new ideas and approaches, and leads to change.

1. Neutral
2. Positive
3. None of the above
4. Negative

Correct answer: Positive

Q5. The Hawthorne studies conducted at General Electric studied the effect of:

1. Authority on workers’ productivity
2. Efficiency in workers’ productivity
3. Illumination on workers’ productivity
4. Both efficiency and productivity

Correct answer: Illumination on workers’ productivity

Q6. In autonomous bodies board of governors are responsible for:

1. Policy making decisions
2. Elimination of poverty
3. Administration of organizations
4. Hiring of lower level employees

Correct answer: Policy making decisions

Q7. Who is the founder of Theory of Hierarchy of Needs?

1. Herbert Simon
2. Douglas McGregor
3. Chester I. Bernard
4. Abraham Maslow

Correct answer: Abraham Maslow