Bachelor of Arts (English) Semester – 4
Course Category: SEC
Paper Title - Leadership Skills
Unit 1
Leadership is mainly about:
a) Doing all work alone
b) Guiding and influencing others
c) Ignoring team members
d) Following rules blindly
Answer: b) Guiding and influencing others
A good leader can:
a) Motivate and inspire others
b) Avoid responsibility
c) Only control people
d) Work without planning
Answer: a) Motivate and inspire others
Leadership is different from management because it focuses on:
a) Guiding people
b) Only planning tasks
c) Controlling budgets
d) Writing reports
Answer: a) Guiding people
Effective leadership can improve:
a) Employee morale
b) Office decoration
c) Break times
d) Only profits
Answer: a) Employee morale
A leader is expected to:
a) Support and guide the team
b) Ignore employees
c) Avoid decisions
d) Work alone
Answer: a) Support and guide the team
A key quality of a leader is:
a) Honesty
b) Laziness
c) Fearfulness
d) Selfishness
Answer: a) Honesty
Leaders should be:
a) Flexible and adaptable
b) Pessimistic
c) Inflexible
d) Avoidant
Answer: a) Flexible and adaptable
Empathy in a leader means:
a) Understanding others’ feelings
b) Ignoring the team
c) Being strict only
d) Avoiding communication
Answer: a) Understanding others’ feelings
Vision is important for a leader because it:
a) Gives direction
b) Reduces work
c) Replaces skills
d) Helps decorate office
Answer: a) Gives direction
Confidence in a leader helps to:
a) Take decisions
b) Avoid responsibility
c) Delegate everything
d) Ignore employees
Answer: a) Take decisions
An autocratic leader:
a) Makes decisions alone
b) Involves the team in decisions
c) Gives full freedom
d) Avoids responsibility
Answer: a) Makes decisions alone
A democratic leader:
a) Involves the team in decisions
b) Makes all decisions alone
c) Avoids involvement
d) Works silently
Answer: a) Involves the team in decisions
Laissez-faire leadership is useful when:
a) Team needs freedom
b) Strict control is needed
c) Immediate supervision is required
d) Rules must be strictly followed
Answer: a) Team needs freedom
Transformational leaders mainly:
a) Inspire and motivate change
b) Punish mistakes
c) Avoid interaction
d) Follow strict rules
Answer: a) Inspire and motivate change
Autocratic leadership is not suitable for:
a) Creative projects
b) Emergency situations
c) Quick decisions
d) Small tasks
Answer: a) Creative projects
Communication skills help a leader to:
a) Share ideas clearly
b) Work alone
c) Avoid the team
d) Ignore feedback
Answer: a) Share ideas clearly
Problem-solving skills help leaders:
a) Find solutions to challenges
b) Avoid responsibility
c) Delay decisions
d) Only follow rules
Answer: a) Find solutions to challenges
Time management helps a leader to:
a) Complete tasks on time
b) Delay work
c) Avoid supervision
d) Reduce productivity
Answer: a) Complete tasks on time
Decision-making skills help a leader:
a) Choose the best action
b) Avoid responsibility
c) Delay work
d) Ignore the team
Answer: a) Choose the best action
Emotional intelligence allows a leader to:
a) Understand and manage emotions
b) Avoid feelings
c) Be strict only
d) Ignore feedback
Answer: a) Understand and manage emotions
Female leaders often face:
a) Gender biases
b) No challenges
c) Less responsibility
d) Equal treatment always
Answer: a) Gender biases
Work-life balance is a challenge for:
a) Female leaders
b) Only male leaders
c) Interns
d) Employees only
Answer: a) Female leaders
Female leaders contribute by:
a) Encouraging teamwork
b) Reducing productivity
c) Avoiding innovation
d) Ignoring team needs
Answer: a) Encouraging teamwork
Mentoring programs help female leaders by:
a) Providing guidance
b) Increasing workload
c) Limiting promotions
d) Reducing opportunities
Answer: a) Providing guidance
Promoting female leadership benefits organizations by:
a) Increasing diversity and innovation
b) Reducing teamwork
c) Limiting decision-making
d) Creating unfair advantage
Answer: a) Increasing diversity and innovation
Unit 2
One common challenge before a leader is:
a) Motivating the team
b) Ignoring the team
c) Avoiding work
d) Delegating everything
Answer: a) Motivating the team
Leaders often face difficulties in:
a) Making decisions
b) Sleeping
c) Reading reports only
d) Avoiding meetings
Answer: a) Making decisions
Handling conflicts within a team is:
a) A challenge for leaders
b) Not a leader’s job
c) Only for HR
d) Easy and automatic
Answer: a) A challenge for leaders
Leaders must adapt to:
a) Change and uncertainty
b) Doing the same routine always
c) Ignoring employees
d) Avoiding responsibility
Answer: a) Change and uncertainty
One challenge is maintaining:
a) Team morale
b) Desk cleanliness
c) Break schedules
d) Office decoration
Answer: a) Team morale
Constructive criticism is given to:
a) Help someone improve
b) Hurt someone
c) Ignore mistakes
d) Praise everything
Answer: a) Help someone improve
A good leader gives feedback that is:
a) Clear and helpful
b) Confusing
c) Harsh and personal
d) Ignored
Answer: a) Clear and helpful
Constructive criticism focuses on:
a) Behavior or performance
b) Personal traits
c) Ignoring errors
d) Complaining only
Answer: a) Behavior or performance
When giving constructive criticism, a leader should:
a) Be specific
b) Be vague
c) Avoid details
d) Be angry
Answer: a) Be specific
Constructive criticism encourages:
a) Improvement and learning
b) Fear and mistakes
c) Avoiding tasks
d) Gossiping
Answer: a) Improvement and learning
Criticism from a superior should be:
a) Taken positively
b) Ignored
c) Retaliated
d) Shared with everyone
Answer: a) Taken positively
If a superior gives feedback, a leader should:
a) Listen carefully
b) Interrupt them
c) Ignore it
d) Complain immediately
Answer: a) Listen carefully
Criticism from a superior helps in:
a) Professional growth
b) Losing motivation
c) Avoiding work
d) Delaying tasks
Answer: a) Professional growth
Responding to criticism politely shows:
a) Maturity and professionalism
b) Weakness
c) Anger
d) Disinterest
Answer: a) Maturity and professionalism
Constructive feedback from a superior should be:
a) Accepted and applied
b) Ignored
c) Complained about
d) Forgotten
Answer: a) Accepted and applied
Performance reviews are conducted to:
a) Assess employee performance
b) Decorate offices
c) Assign random tasks
d) Reduce work hours
Answer: a) Assess employee performance
A good performance review is:
a) Fair and honest
b) Random
c) Harsh and personal
d) Ignored by employees
Answer: a) Fair and honest
During a performance review, leaders should:
a) Give feedback politely
b) Avoid discussion
c) Criticize publicly
d) Ignore employees’ questions
Answer: a) Give feedback politely
Performance reviews help in:
a) Identifying strengths and weaknesses
b) Avoiding work
c) Reducing salaries randomly
d) Gossiping about employees
Answer: a) Identifying strengths and weaknesses
Constructive feedback in reviews encourages:
a) Improvement
b) Complaints
c) Laziness
d) Ignoring tasks
Answer: a) Improvement
A leader supervises others to:
a) Ensure work is done correctly
b) Avoid responsibility
c) Relax completely
d) Skip tasks
Answer: a) Ensure work is done correctly
Training new employees is important to:
a) Build skills and knowledge
b) Waste time
c) Avoid work
d) Punish them
Answer: a) Build skills and knowledge
A leader should supervise:
a) Regularly and fairly
b) Rarely
c) Harshly
d) Only when asked
Answer: a) Regularly and fairly
Training helps employees to:
a) Perform better
b) Ignore responsibilities
c) Complain more
d) Avoid teamwork
Answer: a) Perform better
Supervising and training improve:
a) Team productivity
b) Office decoration
c) Break time
d) Gossip in office
Answer: a) Team productivity