Issues of Gender, Poverty, Disability and Migration – Psychology UGC NET – Solved PYQs

Included Topics: Issues of Gender, Poverty, Disability, and Migration: Cultural Bias and Discrimination. Stigma, Marginalisation, and Social Suffering; Child Abuse and Domestic Violence.

1. Which one of the following laid down the social foundation of organisational behaviour? [JUNE 2015]

(1) Morris Viteles

(2) Hugo Munsterberg

(3) Frederick Winslow Taylor

(4) Elton Mayo

2. Which one of the following was not an assumption of the foundation of ‘Scientific Management’ propounded by Frederick Winslow Taylor? [JUNE 2015]

(1) Interest of employer and employees are the same

(2) Employees mostly want high wages/salary

(3) Employer want a low labour cost

(4) Management of incentives has great value

3. Which one of the following may not be put in the category of ‘Absolute Standard’ methods of performance appraisal? [JUNE 2015]

(1) Critical Incidents method

(2) Behaviourally Anchored Rating method

(3) Ranking method

(4) Checklist method

4. Which one of the following is not included in J. Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham’s Job characteristics model of work motivation? [JUNE 2015]

(1) Variety of skill

(2) Significance of the task

(3) Quality of job life

(4) Autonomy

5. Read each of the following two statements, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and indicate your answer using the codes given below. [DEC 2015]

Assertion (A): Leaders exert powerful effects on followers through the attributions followers make about them.

Reason (R): Leaders have self-confidence and environmental sensitivity.

Codes:

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true