Arts (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Mr. Vikas Mehra was the Chairman of 'IBM Bank'. The Bank was earning good profits. Shareholders were happy as the bank was paying regular dividends. The market price of their shares was also steadily rising. The bank was about to announce the taking over of 'UK Bank'. Mr. Vikas Mehra knew that the share price of 'IBM Bank' would rise on this announcement. Being a part of the Bank, he was not allowed to buy shares of the bank. He called one of his rich friends Mukand and asked him to invest Rs 4 crores in shares of his bank promising him the capital gains. As expected after the announcement, the share prices went up by 50% and the market price of Mukand's shares was now Rs 6 crores. Mukand earned a profit of Rs 2 crores. He gave Rs 1 crore to Vikas Mehra and kept Rs 1 crore with him. On regular inspection and by conducting enquiries of the brokers involved, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was able to detect this irregularity. SEBI imposed a heavy penalty on Vikas Mehra.

Quoting the lines from the above para identify and state any two functions performed by SEBI in the above case.

Mr. Aditya Gupta was the chairman of ‘Vandan Bank’. The Bank was earning good profits. Shareholders were happy as the bank was paying regular dividends. The market price of their shares was also steadily rising. The bank announced taking over of ‘Karur Bank’. Aditya Gupta knew that the share price of Vandan Bank would rise on this announcement. Being a part of the bank, he was not allowed to buy shares of the bank. He called one of his rich friends Nimesh and asked him to invest Rs 6 crores in the shares of his bank promising him the capital gain.

As expected, the share prices went up by 40% and the market price of Nimesh’s shares was now Rs 8.4 crores. He had earned a profit of Rs 2.4 crores. He gave Rs 1.2 crore to Mr. Aditya Gupta and kept Rs 1.2 crore with him. On regular inspection and by conducting enquiries of the brokers involved, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was able to detect this irregularity. SEBI imposed a heavy penalty on Aditya Gupta. By quoting the lines from the above para identify and state any two functions that were performed by SEBI in the above case.

What is meant by 'Decentralization'?

State the protective functions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Explain briefly any three semantic barriers to communication.

Neeraj, a sales representative of 'Omida Ltd' has changed seven jobs in the last one year. He
is a hard-working person but is not a table to finalise deals with the customers due to his inadequate vocabulary and omission of needed words. Sometimes he uses wrong words
because of which intended meaning is not conveyed. All this created a misunderstanding
between him and his clients.

a. Identify the communication barrier discussed above.
b. State the category of this communication barrier.
c. Explain any other communication barrier of the same category

Samir Gupta started a telecommunication company, 'Donira Ltd' to manufacture economical mobile phones for the Indian rural market with 15 employees. The company did very well in its initial years. As the product was good and marketed well, the demand of its products went up. To increase production the company decided to recruit additional employees. Samir Gupta, who was earlier taking all decisions for the company had to selectively disperse the authority. He believed that subordinates are competent, capable and resourceful and can assume responsibility for effective implementation of their decisions. This paid off and the company was not only able to increase its production but also expanded its product range.

1) Identify the concept used by Samir Gupta through which he was able to steer his company to greater heights.

2) Also, explain any three points of importance of this concept.

Jaideep recently joined as the Managing Director of 'Tivori Ltd.', an apparel designing company. He observed that the company had a number of experienced fashion designers on its payroll. They regularly offered useful suggestions which were neither appreciated nor rewarded by the company. Instead, the company outsourced its services to some renowned fashion designers and paid them a good compensation for their services. Because of this the employees felt disheartened and stopped giving useful suggestions

a. Identify the communication barrier discussed above.
b. State the category of this communication barrier.
c. Explain any other communication barrier of the same category.

Neeraj Gupta started a company 'YoYo Ltd'. with ten employees, to assemble economical
computers for the Indian rural market. The company did very well in its initial years. As the product was good and marketed well, the demand went up. To increase production the company decided to recruit additional employees. Neeraj Gupta, who was earlier taking all decisions for the company, had to selectively disperse the authority. He believed that people are competent, capable and resourceful and can assume responsibility for effective implementation of their decisions. This paid off and the company was not only able to increase its production but also expanded its product range with different features

a. Identify the concept used by Neeraj Gupta through which he was able to steer his company to greater heights.
b. Also, explain any three points of importance of this concept.

KPM Ltd.’ is manufacturing bread and biscuits for many years. It has approximately 150 employees and most of them are not happy with the working environment. Because of this, the labour turnover rate is very high. Therefore the company appoints a new Human Resource Manager, Naveen, to analyse the situation. Naveen finds that there is no free flow of communication, and there is no suggestion box for the employees to voice their suggestions or grievances. The company rarely organises a social or cultural gathering, the employees just come, finish their work and leave the organisation.

a. Identify the communication barrier discussed above.
b. State the category of this communication barrier.
c. Explain any other communication barrier of the same category.

Harsh started a company ‘Tiny-Toys Ltd.’ to manufacture economical toys for the Indian rural market, with 20 employees. The company did very well in its initial years. As the products were good and marketed well, the demand of its products went up. To increase the production the company decided to recruit additional employees. Harsh who was earlier taking all decisions for the company had to selectively disperse the authority. He believed that subordinates are competent, capable and resourceful and can assume responsibility for effective implementation of their decisions. This paid off and the company was not only able to increase its production but also expanded its product range with different features.

a. Identify the concept used by Harsh through which he was able to steer his company to greater heights.
b. Also, explain any three points of the importance of this concept.

What is meant by ‘Encoding’ as an element of communication?

What is meant by 'Decoding' as an element of communication?

What is meant by ‘Feedback’ in the concept of communication?

Can a large sized organisation be totally centralised of  decentralised? Give your opinion. 

Decentralisation is extending delegation to the lowest level.  Comment.

The production manager asked the foreman to achieve a target production of 200 units per day, but he doesn’t give him the  authority to requisition tools and materials from the stores  department. Can the production manager blame the foreman  if he is not able to achieve the desired target? Give reasons. 

Distinguish Between Centralisation and Decentralisation.

Which element in the communication process involves  converting the message into words, symbols, gestures etc.?

What are the objectives of SEBI?