Match List-I (Practice in IT firms) with List-II (Reason given for it…

Match List-I (Practice in IT firms) with List-II (Reason given for it).

List-I	List-II
(A) Conference calls held in the evening	(I) The management practice of flexi-time
(B) Engineers putting in extra hours and days	(II) Time difference with the client site
(C) Staying late in office with no real work pressure	(III) Wanting to show the boss they work hard
(D) Working as long as necessary to finish a task	(IV) Mandays based on an eight-hour day

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

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

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Conference calls held in the evening	(II) Time difference with the client site	Conference calls fall in the evening because of the time difference between India and the client site. The working day in the U.S. begins only then.
(B) Engineers putting in extra hours and days	(IV) Mandays based on an eight-hour day	Projects are costed in mandays of eight hours, and timelines are underestimated. So engineers must add extra hours and days to meet the deadlines.
(C) Staying late in office with no real work pressure	(III) Wanting to show the boss they work hard	Even with no real work pressure, engineers stay late in office. They do it from peer pressure or to show the boss that they are working hard.
(D) Working as long as necessary to finish a task	(I) The management practice of flexi-time	Flexi-time in theory lets an employee choose working hours within limits. In practice it means working as long as necessary to finish the task at hand.

NCERT (2026-27): “5.4 How is work carried out …
In part, this is due to the time difference between India and the client site, such that conference calls tend to take place in the evening when the working day in the U.S. begins. Another reason is that overwork is built into the structure of outsourced projects: project costs and timelines are usually underestimated in terms of mandays, and because mandays are based on an eight-hour day, engineers have to put in extra hours and days in order to meet the deadlines. Extended working hours are legitimised by the common management practice of ‘flexi-time’, which in theory gives an employee freedom to choose his or her working hours (within limits) but, which in practice, means that they have to work as long as necessary to finish the task at hand. But even when there is no real work pressure, they tend to stay late in office either due to peer pressure or because they want to show the boss that they are working hard.”

“As a result of these working hours, in places like Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Gurugram, where many IT firms or call centres are located, shops and restaurants have also changed their opening hours, and are open late. …”

Match List-I (Practice in IT firms) with List-II (Reason given for it).

List-I	List-II
(A) Conference calls held in the evening	(I) The management practice of flexi-time
(B) Engineers putting in extra hours and days	(II) Time difference with the client site
(C) Staying late in office with no real work pressure	(III) Wanting to show the boss they work hard
(D) Working as long as necessary to finish a task	(IV) Mandays based on an eight-hour day

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

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

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Conference calls held in the evening	(II) Time difference with the client site	Conference calls fall in the evening because of the time difference between India and the client site. The working day in the U.S. begins only then.
(B) Engineers putting in extra hours and days	(IV) Mandays based on an eight-hour day	Projects are costed in mandays of eight hours, and timelines are underestimated. So engineers must add extra hours and days to meet the deadlines.
(C) Staying late in office with no real work pressure	(III) Wanting to show the boss they work hard	Even with no real work pressure, engineers stay late in office. They do it from peer pressure or to show the boss that they are working hard.
(D) Working as long as necessary to finish a task	(I) The management practice of flexi-time	Flexi-time in theory lets an employee choose working hours within limits. In practice it means working as long as necessary to finish the task at hand.