Match List-I with List-II on Narayana Murthy of Infosys: List-I | Lis… | Business Studies CUET question

Match List-I with List-II on Narayana Murthy of Infosys:

List-I | List-II |

(A) | Narayana Murthy's leadership style | (I) | Closeness and empowerment |

(B) | Narayana Murthy's management style | (II) | Humble and straight-forward, quite uncommon in Indian business |

(C) | What Narayana Murthy is credited with creating at Infosys | (III) | Based on western ideas, rare among Indian business leaders |

(D) | What Narayana Murthy believes in | (IV) | Sharing wealth with employees and leading by example |

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(IV)

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Narayana Murthy’s leadership style	(II) Humble and straight-forward, quite uncommon in Indian business	Leadership style is the way he leads people. He leads in a humble and straight-forward way, which few Indian business leaders do.
(B) Narayana Murthy’s management style	(III) Based on western ideas, rare among Indian business leaders	Management style is the way he runs the company. It is based on western management, which is rare among Indian business leaders.
(C) What Narayana Murthy is credited with creating at Infosys	(I) Closeness and empowerment	He is credited with creating a culture of closeness and empowerment at Infosys. In it employees are given the power to act.
(D) What Narayana Murthy believes in	(IV) Sharing wealth with employees and leading by example	His beliefs are about how a leader should behave. He believes in sharing wealth with employees and in setting an example himself.

Note: The Infosys case at the very start of the chapter is easy to skip. Here it gave a whole match question, so read the opening case too.

NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Management of Human Resources at INFOSYS … Most of the current human resource practices at Infosys result from the vision of the leaders and the culture that they have created. Narayana Murthy, known for his leadership and vision is the public image of Infosys. His leadership style is humble and straight-forward, quite uncommon in the world of Indian business. He believes in sharing wealth with his employees and in leading by example. In a knowledge-based business like Infosys, he sees the importance of consistency in rhetoric and action in empowering employees. He is credited with creating a culture of closeness and empowerment at Infosys. His management style, rare among Indian business leaders, is based on western management.”