Span of Control - Political Science Coaching Centre

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Dr. S. H. Sarkar

Span of Control

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1. Consider the following statements regarding Span of Control (KARNATAKA SET 2016 PAPER III)

1. An employee should receive orders from only one superior

2. The number of sub-ordinate staff which an administrator can effectively direct

3. The control of the superior over sub- ordinates

4. The number of employees being controlled by the superior.

Of the above statements

(A) 1, 2 and 3 are correct

(B) 2, 3 and 4 are correct

(C) 1, 2 and 4 are correct

(D) 1, 3 and 4 are correct

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2. The principle of ‘span of control’ means: (KERALA SET 2022 JULY)

A) An employee should receive orders from one superior only

B) The number of subordinate employees that an administrator can effectively supervise

C) The control or supervision of the superior over the subordinate

D) The number of people being controlled

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3. “Span of Attention” has been described by: (KERALA SET 2022 JANUARY)

A) Henry Fayol

B) Graicunas

C) M. P Follet

D) Luther Gullick

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4. The principle of span of control means: (GUJARAT SET 2014 PAPER II)

(A) An employee should receive orders from one superior only

(B) The number of subordinate employees that an administrator can effectively handle

(C) The control of supervision of the supervisor over the subordinates

(D) The number of people being controlled

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5. Span of control is (University of Hyderabad MA 2016)

a. a law of political parties

b. a principle of organization

c. an instrument of MNCs

d. a strategy of market

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6. The principle of the span of control has been elaborated by: (NET December 2004)

(A) Garicunas

(B) H. Simon

(C) Peter Blau

(D) L. D. White

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7. 'Span of Control' is also known as (NET June 2012 Paper II)

(a) The Repair Boss

(b) The Gang Boss

(c) Military Type of Foreman

(d) Business Frontline

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8. The principle of 'span of control' means (University of Hyderabad M.A. 2011)

A. An employee should receive orders from one superior only

B. The number of subordinate employees that an administrator can effectively direct

C. The control or supervision of the superior over the subordinate

D. The number of people being controlled

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9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

Assertion (A): Span of Control depends on personal qualities , skills and experience.

Reason (R): Empirical studies have found that the Span of Control will be small if organizational units are located at different places.

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

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

C) (A) is true but(R) is false

D) (A) is false but(R) is true

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10. Which among the following is not a factor affecting span of control? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Function

B) Personality

C) Time

D) None of the above

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11. The basic limitation of span of control is: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Political Profligacy

B) Human capacity

C) Orthodox practice of leadership

D) Frequently changing social phenomena

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12. The principle of ‘span of control’ means: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) An employee should receive orders from one superior only

B) The number of subordinate employees that an administrator can effectively supervise

C) The control or supervision of the superior over the subordinate

D) The number of people being controlled

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13. The term used to refer to the number of subordinates under a supervisor is (University of Hyderabad MA 2020)

A. Span of supervision

B. Span of command

C. Span of decision-making

D. Span of Control

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14. Match List - I with List - II and. the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2007)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

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15. Which of the following is the odd one out? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)

(A) Hierarchy

(B) Unity of Command

(C) Span of Control

(D) E-governance

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