1. men are inconsistent and therefore one should not be confident even about one's closest friends
2. men are unpredictable, one can never tell what they will do next; hence, one should be very careful in one's dealings.
3. no matter how closely you know somebody there still exists an unknown facet of his personality.
4. None of these
no matter how closely you know somebody there still exists an unknown facet of his personality.
1. i and ii
2. ii only
3. ii and iii
4. i, ii and iii
i and ii
1. in their approach to life in general and business in particular.
2. in their approach to the planning process for the journey.
3. in their inherent character with the carefully planned approach of the Chinese to the recklessaggression of the Turki driver.
4. in the nature of markets they service, which dictates their basic approach to transportmanagement styles.
in their inherent character with the carefully planned approach of the Chinese to the recklessaggression of the Turki driver.
1. the Chinese believe that the principles of ta-suan can be applied all spheres of civilized life.
2. the reason for the success of the Chinese in conquering foreign lands was the practice ofta-suan.
3. if ta-suan is applied, then the journey across the desert for the Turki driver would be financiallymore profitable.
4. professional bankers apply ta-suan learning and benefit from the wisdom of the Chinesegeneral.
the Chinese believe that the principles of ta-suan can be applied all spheres of civilized life.
1. The Chinese carter benefits more from the trade of his modes of transport than the trade ofactual goods.
2. By buying certain class of transport vehicles (animals) in places where they cost lesser, it ispossible to make profits by selling them where demand for the same is higher.
3. The Chinese are good at planning their resource requirements and eliminate non-beneficialresources or tasks.
4. If the goods are of higher value, then the preferred mode of transport across the Gobi is thecamel caravan.
The Chinese carter benefits more from the trade of his modes of transport than the trade ofactual goods.
1. Modern historians disagree on terming the changes in English industrial landscape in theeighteenth century as “an industrial revolution”.
2. For the people living between 1760 and 1830, the changing industrial landscape far outpacedtheir expectations.
3. The handloom weavers benefited immensely from the mechanization of weaving and spinning.
4. Modern historians are incorrect in their interpretation of the importance of the years ofindustrial revolution.
For the people living between 1760 and 1830, the changing industrial landscape far outpacedtheir expectations.
1. was borrowed as an analogy to juxtapose the industrial changes in England to the politicalchanges in France.
2. was used to demonstrate the increasing command of man on forces of nature.
3. was coined by magazines to amplify the leaps that Britain was making in inventions ofmachines and development of processes.
4. was a misnomer as no “real” industrial revolution was actually recorded till the invention ofsteam engines
was borrowed as an analogy to juxtapose the industrial changes in England to the politicalchanges in France.
1. a savior of the British industry
2. a catalyst to overall economic growth.
3. a harbinger to British dominance of the globe.
4. a feat larger than conquests.
a feat larger than conquests.
1. Darwin believed that the invention of steam would result in a better quality of life for thecommon man.
2. Napoleon could not defeat England as the later could finance the war and its allies by profitsfrom trade in iron and cotton.
3. Cotton and iron trade acted as a catalyst to the British economy during the American war.
4. The eighteenth century people lived in complete oblivion of the baneful effects of industrial revolution.
Napoleon could not defeat England as the later could finance the war and its allies by profitsfrom trade in iron and cotton.
1. the fishing analogy did not leave scope for creative problem solving.
2. the fishing analogy involved a search procedure for fitting something into some specific setting.
3. the circumstances around the recruitment problem were significantly different from thosementioned in the fishing analogy.
4. other analogies like looking for antiques or buying a new suit were better fits than the fishinganalogy, to solve the problem.
the fishing analogy did not leave scope for creative problem solving.