390+ Educational Planning and Management Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Education (CBCS) .

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201.	Which one of the following is the main source of income for educational organisation?
A.	Fees from the students
B.	Endowments and land grants
C.	Donations
D.	All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above

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202.	Major factors that influences educational finance is
A.	Removal of disparities in educational opportunities
B.	Maintenance of normal service
C.	Demand for education
D.	Unemployment of youth
Answer» A. Removal of disparities in educational opportunities

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203.	“Finance is the art and science of managing money”.Who says this?
A.	Lawrence J. Gitman
B.	Taylor
C.	Hawthorne
D.	Elton
Answer» A. Lawrence J. Gitman

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204.	Which one of the following is not the objective of financial management?
A.	To ensure human capital development
B.	To ensure adequate returns to the shareholders
C.	To ensure optimum fund utilisation
D.	To ensure safety on investment
Answer» A. To ensure human capital development

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205.	Financial management is concerned with
A.	Profit and loss of the organisation
B.	Procurement and utilisation of funds
C.	Loan from banks
D.	Exchange of money with other countries
Answer» B. Procurement and utilisation of funds

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206.	Which one of the following is not a source of income for educational organisation?
A.	Land grants and endowments
B.	Government funds
C.	Loan from State Bank of India
D.	Fees from the students
Answer» C. Loan from State Bank of India

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207.	The success of any business organisation depends on the
A.	Knowledge of the workers
B.	Provision of sufficient money
C.	Geographical area
D.	Road contributions
Answer» A. Knowledge of the workers

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208.	The main source of income of the educational institution is received from
A.	The Village Community
B.	The United Nation
C.	The State Government
D.	The fee of students
Answer» D. The fee of students

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209.	Under centralised management, authority and powers rest in a/an
A.	Local body
B.	Autonomous body
C.	Central body
D.	None of the above
Answer» C. Central body

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210.	“Shareholder wealth” in a firm is represented by:
A.	The number of people employed in the firm
B.	The book value of the firm’s assets less the book value of its liabilities
C.	The amount of salary paid to its employees
D.	The market price per share of the firm’s common stock
Answer» D. The market price per share of the firm’s common stock

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211.	The objective of financial management is to:
A.	Maximize earnings per share
B.	Maximize the value of the firm’s common stock
C.	Maximize return on investment
D.	Maximize market share
Answer» C. Maximize return on investment

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212.	“Financial management is that activity of management which is concerned with the planning, procuring and controlling of the firm’s financial resources”. Who says this?
A.	Weston and Brigham
B.	J.F. Bradlery
C.	Deepika& Maya Rani
D.	Ezra Solomon
Answer» C. Deepika& Maya Rani

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213.	“Financial management is an area of financial decision making, harmonizing individual motives and enterprise goals”. Who define this?
A.	J.F. Bradlery
B.	Ezra Solomon
C.	Deepika& Maya Rani
D.	Weston and Brigham
Answer» D. Weston and Brigham

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214.	“Financial management is the area of business management devoted to a judicious use of capital and a careful selection of sources of capital in order to enable a business firm to move in the direction of reaching its goals” Who says this?
A.	Guthman and Dougal
B.	Weston and Brigham
C.	J.F. Bradlery
D.	Deepika& Maya Rai
Answer» C. J.F. Bradlery

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215.	“Financial management is properly viewed as an integral part of overall management rather than as a staff specially concerned with funds raising operations”.
A.	Deepika& Maya Rai
B.	J.F. Bradlery
C.	Guthman and Dougal
D.	Ezra Solomon
Answer» C. Guthman and Dougal

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216.	“The activity concerned with the planning, raising, controlling and administering of funds used in the business”. Who defines this?
A.	Ezra Solomon
B.	J.F. Bradlery
C.	Guthman and Dougal
D.	Weston Brigham
Answer» D. Weston Brigham

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217.	The most common cause of financial problems are:
A.	Undercapitalization
B.	Inadequate expense control
C.	Credit terms
D.	All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above

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218.	A statement that projects management’s expectations for revenues and, based on those financial expectations, allocates the use of specific resources throughout the firm is called:
A.	Capital budget
B.	Operating budget
C.	Cash budget
D.	Resource budget
Answer» D. Resource budget

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219.	An example of fixed asset is
A.	Live stock
B.	Value stock
C.	Income stock
D.	All of the above
Answer» A. Live stock

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220.	The total cost that arises when the quantity produced is increased by one unit is called
A.	The number of people employed in the firm
B.	The book value of the firm’s assets less the book value of its liabilities
C.	The amount of salary paid to its employees
D.	The market price per share of the firm’s common stock
Answer» B. The book value of the firm’s assets less the book value of its liabilities

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221.	______ varies inversely with profitability.
A.	Liquidity
B.	Risk
C.	Financing
D.	Liabilities
Answer» A. Liquidity

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222.	_________ of a firm refers to the composition of its long term funds and its capital structure.
A.	Capitalisation
B.	Over-capitalistion
C.	Under-capitalisation
D.	Market capitalisation
Answer» A. Capitalisation

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223.	In finance, “working capital” means the same thing as
A.	Total assets
B.	Fixed assets
C.	Current assets
D.	Current assets minus current liabilities
Answer» C. Current assets

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224.	Which of the following would be consistent with a more aggressive approach to financing working capital
A.	Financing short term needs with short term funds
B.	Financing permanent inventory build up with long term debt
C.	Financing seasonal needs with short term funds
D.	Financing some long term needs with short term funds
Answer» D. Financing some long term needs with short term funds

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225.	Which of the following is not the responsibility of financial management?
A.	Allocation of funds to current and capital assets
B.	Obtaining the best mix of financing alternatives
C.	Preparation of the firm’s accounting statements
D.	Development of an appropriate dividend policy
Answer» C. Preparation of the firm’s accounting statements

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226.	Uses of funds include a(an):
A.	Decrease in cash
B.	Increase in any liability
C.	Tax refund
D.	Increased in fixed assets
Answer» C. Tax refund

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227.	A capital investment is one that
A.	Has the prospect of long term benefits
B.	Has the prospect of short term benefits
C.	Is only undertaken by large corporations
D.	Applies only to investment in fixed assets
Answer» A. Has the prospect of long term benefits

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228.	Which one of the following factors that influence educational finance?
A.	Demand for education
B.	Financial control
C.	Concentration of wealth
D.	Level of national income
Answer» A. Demand for education

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229.	The main problem of financing a scheme of post-secondary education that faced with serious difficulties
A.	expansion of educational services
B.	Removal of disparities in educational opportunities
C.	Inadequacy of funds
D.	None of the above
Answer» C. Inadequacy of funds

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230.	Modern industrial development has caused________
A.	Private enterprise
B.	Economic imbalances
C.	Social change
D.	Economic contribution
Answer» B. Economic imbalances

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231.	The control of________ is a very important problem because ‘power follows the purse’ and this power may be easily misused
A.	Economy
B.	Population
C.	Government
D.	Finance
Answer» D. Finance

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232.	Economists believe in the law of diminishing marginal utility’. This ‘utility’ means
A.	Ability
B.	Efficiency
C.	Satisfaction
D.	Reduction
Answer» C. Satisfaction

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233.	Efficiency can be much improved if there is only a________ planning.
A.	Short term and long term
B.	Short term
C.	Long term
D.	None of the above
Answer» C. Long term

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234.	It has been decided that______ of schooling will be made available to majority of our youth
A.	12 years
B.	10 years
C.	5 years
D.	None of the above
Answer» A. 12 years

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235.	To solve the problem of mobility of population and overcrowding in the cities the government has to adopt
A.	Appropriate measures both at the economic and educational levels
B.	Evolving a new finance structure in which the Central government will have to play significant role
C.	Maintenance of a high level of national income
D.	Financing of education
Answer» A. Appropriate measures both at the economic and educational levels

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236.	Which one is not educational finances needed for purposes in education?
A.	Maintenance of normal educational services
B.	Expansion of educational services
C.	Expansion of disparities in educational opportunities
D.	Planning, organising, directing and controlling the financial activities
Answer» D. Planning, organising, directing and controlling the financial activities

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237.	The most important method used in Ancient and medieval times in financing education is
A.	Land grants and income yielding endowmwnts
B.	Learning while earning
C.	Donation from the public
D.	Government funds
Answer» A. Land grants and income yielding endowmwnts

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238.	One of the following is not include in the important activities in the field of education undertaken by UNESCO
A.	Centre for Educational Technology
B.	Secondary School Teaching License Project
C.	Organisation of meetings, seminars, workshops etc
D.	Expansion of educational services
Answer» D. Expansion of educational services

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239.	An important problem of social change, which cannot be solved by half-harted measures is
A.	Unemployment of youth
B.	Population mobility
C.	Age distribution of population
D.	Extension of educational opportunities
Answer» C. Age distribution of population

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240.	Besides the provision for special education, ___________ will require additional adjustments in the policies of educational financing
A.	Vocational education, professional training course etc
B.	Financial resource
C.	Distribution of funds
D.	School fees
Answer» A. Vocational education, professional training course etc

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241.	Managerial Behaviour means the behaviour, attitude, personality traits, intelligence, etc of the -
A.	teacher
B.	manager
C.	principal
D.	head
Answer» B. manager

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242.	The social qualities of a good administrator/ manager should comprise of –
A.	social tact and good judgement
B.	personal charm
C.	sense of humour
D.	all the above
Answer» D. all the above

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243.	Educational Leadership is a term applied to –
A.	principals or
B.	administrators
C.	department heads or academic deans
D.	all the above
Answer» D. all the above

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244.	Leadership style refers to the –
A.	personality pattern of a leader
B.	attitude pattern of a leader
C.	behavior pattern of a leader
D.	none of the above
Answer» C. behavior pattern of a leader

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245.	When the leader expects complete obedience from his followers and all decision making power is concentrated in the leader, it is called –
A.	Dictatorial style
B.	Autocratic style
C.	Monarchial style
D.	none of the above
Answer» B. Autocratic style

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246.	When freedom is allowed to subordinates and they are given free hand in deciding their own policies and methods and the leader rarely interferes, it is called –
A.	Democratic style
B.	Delegating Style
C.	Laissez – faire style
D.	Autocratic style
Answer» C. Laissez – faire style

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247.	When a leader acts like a father to his sub-ordinates and protects and guides them, it is called –
A.	Benevolent style
B.	Paternalistic style
C.	Participative style
D.	Maternalistic style
Answer» B. Paternalistic style

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248.	Theory X and Theory Y of Leadership style was proposed by –
A.	Douglas McGregor
B.	Hersey and Blanchard
C.	Rensis Likert
D.	None of the above
Answer» A. Douglas McGregor

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249.	Rensis Likert proposed __________ leadership styles.
A.	4
B.	3
C.	5
D.	6
Answer» A. 4

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250.	Achievement-Oriented style of leadership was given by –
A.	Rensis Likert
B.	Robert House
C.	Hersey and Blanchard
D.	Douglas McGregor
Answer» B. Robert House

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390+ Educational Planning and Management Solved MCQs

Which one of the following is the main source of income for educational organisation?

Major factors that influences educational finance is

“Finance is the art and science of managing money”.Who says this?

Which one of the following is not the objective of financial management?

Financial management is concerned with

Which one of the following is not a source of income for educational organisation?

The success of any business organisation depends on the

The main source of income of the educational institution is received from

Under centralised management, authority and powers rest in a/an

“Shareholder wealth” in a firm is represented by:

The objective of financial management is to:

“Financial management is that activity of management which is concerned with the planning, procuring and controlling of the firm’s financial resources”. Who says this?

“Financial management is an area of financial decision making, harmonizing individual motives and enterprise goals”. Who define this?

“Financial management is the area of business management devoted to a judicious use of capital and a careful selection of sources of capital in order to enable a business firm to move in the direction of reaching its goals” Who says this?

“Financial management is properly viewed as an integral part of overall management rather than as a staff specially concerned with funds raising operations”.

“The activity concerned with the planning, raising, controlling and administering of funds used in the business”. Who defines this?

The most common cause of financial problems are:

A statement that projects management’s expectations for revenues and, based on those financial expectations, allocates the use of specific resources throughout the firm is called:

An example of fixed asset is

The total cost that arises when the quantity produced is increased by one unit is called

______ varies inversely with profitability.

_________ of a firm refers to the composition of its long term funds and its capital structure.

In finance, “working capital” means the same thing as

Which of the following would be consistent with a more aggressive approach to financing working capital

Which of the following is not the responsibility of financial management?

Uses of funds include a(an):

A capital investment is one that

Which one of the following factors that influence educational finance?

The main problem of financing a scheme of post-secondary education that faced with serious difficulties

Modern industrial development has caused________

The control of________ is a very important problem because ‘power follows the purse’ and this power may be easily misused

Economists believe in the law of diminishing marginal utility’. This ‘utility’ means

Efficiency can be much improved if there is only a________ planning.

It has been decided that______ of schooling will be made available to majority of our youth

To solve the problem of mobility of population and overcrowding in the cities the government has to adopt

Which one is not educational finances needed for purposes in education?

The most important method used in Ancient and medieval times in financing education is

One of the following is not include in the important activities in the field of education undertaken by UNESCO

An important problem of social change, which cannot be solved by half-harted measures is

Besides the provision for special education, ___________ will require additional adjustments in the policies of educational financing

Managerial Behaviour means the behaviour, attitude, personality traits, intelligence, etc of the -

The social qualities of a good administrator/ manager should comprise of –

Educational Leadership is a term applied to –

Leadership style refers to the –

When the leader expects complete obedience from his followers and all decision making power is concentrated in the leader, it is called –

When freedom is allowed to subordinates and they are given free hand in deciding their own policies and methods and the leader rarely interferes, it is called –

When a leader acts like a father to his sub-ordinates and protects and guides them, it is called –

Theory X and Theory Y of Leadership style was proposed by –

Rensis Likert proposed __________ leadership styles.

Achievement-Oriented style of leadership was given by –