This set of Industrial Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Styles of Leadership”.
1. Which of the following is not a leadership style?
a) Autocratic leadership
b) Participative leadership
c) Free-Rein leadership
d) Socialist leadership
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Explanation: According to the leadership models in an organization, there are three styles of leadership.
i. Autocratic leadership
ii. Democratic leadership
iii. Free-Rein Leadership
Socialist leadership is not a leadership style in an organization.
2. Which of the following leadership style is also known as Laissez-Faire leadership?
a) Autocratic leadership
b) Participative leadership
c) Free-rein leadership
d) Democratic leadership
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Explanation: Free-rein leadership is also known as Laissez-Faire leadership. Autocratic leadership is also known as authoritarian leadership and participative leadership is also called Democratic leadership.
3. Which of the following is not a good quality of a leader?
a) Persuasiveness
b) Foresightedness
c) Little vision for the future
d) Decisiveness
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Explanation: Good qualities of a leader are knowledge, courage, will power, decisiveness, persuasiveness, foresightedness, technical skill, integrity, faith, stability, flexibility, intelligence, good communication skills, humanist, ability to motivate own as well as others etc. Little vision for the future cannot be regarded as a good quality of the leader.
4. Which of the following styles of leadership allows a leader to act like a dictator with his/her subordinates?
a) Autocratic leadership
b) Participative leadership
c) Free-rein leadership
d) Democratic leadership
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Explanation: Autocratic leadership which is also known by authoritarian leadership allows the leader to act as a dictator towards his/her subordinates. He will take decisions on his/her own.
5. Which of the following styles of leadership allows a leader to frame the policies without the consent of sub-ordinates?
a) Autocratic leadership
b) Participative leadership
c) Free-rein leadership
d) Democratic leadership
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Explanation: Autocratic leadership which is also known by authoritarian leadership allows the leader to act as a dictator towards his/her subordinates. He will take decisions on his/her own. The leader himself frames policies without consulting the sub-ordinates.
6. Which leadership style credits the leader for accomplishment and blames the followers for failures?
a) Autocratic leadership
b) Participative leadership
c) Free-rein leadership
d) Democratic leadership
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Explanation: Autocratic leadership which is also known by authoritarian leadership allows the leader to act as a dictator towards his/her subordinates. He will take decisions on his/her own. The leader himself frames policies without consulting the sub-ordinates. The leader takes the credits for accomplishment and blames the followers for failures.
7. In which of the following styles of leadership the leader do not consider the feelings of his/her subordinates?
a) Autocratic leadership
b) Participative leadership
c) Free-rein leadership
d) Democratic leadership
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Explanation: Autocratic leadership which is also known by authoritarian leadership allows the leader to act as a dictator towards his/her subordinates. He will take decisions on his/her own. The leader himself frames policies without consulting the sub-ordinates. The leader takes the credits for accomplishment and blames the followers for failures. The leader does not consider the feelings of his/her sub-ordinates.
8. Which of the following styles of leadership allows the leader to discuss, consult his subordinates and allows them to set policies?
a) Autocratic leadership
b) Participative leadership
c) Free-rein leadership
d) Laissez-Faire leadership
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Explanation: Participative leadership which is also known as democratic leadership allows a leader to discuss and consult his sub-ordinates. The leader can collect ideas from subordinates, supervises and allows them to set policies.
9. Which of the following styles of leadership allows the participation of sub-ordinates along with the leader in framing the policies?
a) Autocratic leadership
b) Participative leadership
c) Free-rein leadership
d) Laissez-Faire leadership
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Explanation: Participative leadership which is also known as democratic leadership allows a leader to discuss and consult his sub-ordinates. The leader can collect ideas from subordinates, supervises and allows them to set policies. It allows sub-ordinates to participate in group discussions.
10. In which of the following styles of leadership the leader just acts as an information center?
a) Autocratic leadership
b) Participative leadership
c) Free-rein leadership
d) Democratic leadership
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Explanation: Free-rein leadership is also known as Laissez-Faire leadership. In this style of leadership, a leader just acts as an information center and entire decision-making power is in the hands of subordinates.
11. A free-rein leader does not lead the sub-ordinates.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: Free-rein leadership is also known as Laissez-Faire leadership. In this style of leadership, a leader just acts as an information center and entire decision-making power is in the hands of subordinates. A free-rein leader does not lead the sub-ordinates.
12. What is the other name for the trait theory of leadership?
a) Great man theory
b) Hooke’s theory
c) Rankine theory
d) Bayes theory
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Explanation: Trait theory of leadership is also known as ‘Great man theory’ of leadership. It assumes that ’leaders are born but not made’. It highlights charismatic leadership.
13. Which of the following is/are not the category of traits proposed by ‘Great man’ theory?
a) Physical traits
b) Personality traits
c) Task-related
d) Economic traits
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Explanation: Great man theory proposes the following traits a successful leader should possess:
i. Physical viz., height, health etc.
ii. Intelligence and ability viz., reasoning, judgment etc.
iii. Personality viz., courage, tolerance etc.,
iv. Task-related viz., technical, achievement, performance etc.
v. Social trait viz., friendliness, sociability etc.
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