Match List-I with List-II:
| List-I | List-II |
| (Recruitment Methods) | (Explanation) |
| (A) Advertisement | (I) For recruiting technical, professional and managerial personnel. |
| (B) Management Consultants | (II) Generally used when a wider choice is required. |
| (C) Casual Callers | (III) Helps to match personnel demand and supply by serving as a link between job-seekers and employees. |
| (D) Employment Exchange | (IV) A database of unsolicited applicants |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)
(A) Advertisement — this matches (II) Generally used when a wider choice is required. An advertisement in a leading newspaper reaches a very large number of readers. It therefore brings in many applicants and gives the widest choice. The drawback is that it can also bring a flood of unsuitable applications.
(B) Management Consultants — this matches (I) For recruiting technical, professional and managerial personnel. Consultants keep records of qualified and experienced people. Firms use them to find specialists and senior staff, who are hard to reach through general sources.
(C) Casual Callers — this matches (IV) A database of unsolicited applicants. Many people apply to a firm on their own, when no vacancy has been advertised. The firm keeps these unsolicited applications and draws on them when a post falls vacant. This saves the cost of a fresh search.
(D) Employment Exchange — this matches (III) Helps to match personnel demand and supply by serving as a link between job-seekers and employees. Employment exchanges are run by the government. People looking for work register there, and firms notify their vacancies there. The exchange brings the two sides together. It is a good source for unskilled and skilled operative jobs.
Note: It seems that there is a mistake in the original NTA paper, which prints “a link between job-seekers and employees” when it should read “a link between job-seekers and employers”. An employment exchange connects people looking for work with the firms that hire them. The matching is not affected, because (III) can only describe an employment exchange.
NCERT (2026-27 Edition): “Casual Callers: Many reputed business organisations keep a database of unsolicited applicants in their offices. Such job-seekers can be a valuable source of manpower. A list of such job-seekers can be prepared and can be screened to fill the vacancies as they arise. …” “Advertisement: Advertisement in newspapers or trade and professional journals is generally used when a wider choice is required. Most of the senior positions of industry as well as commerce are filled by this method. …” “Employment Exchange: Employment exchanges run by the Government are regarded as a good source of recruitment for unskilled and skilled operative jobs. In some cases, compulsory notification of vacancies to employment exchange is required by law. Thus, employment exchanges help to match personnel demand and supply by serving as link between job-seekers and employers. …” “Placement Agencies and Management Consultants: In technical and professional areas, private agencies and professional bodies appear to be doing substantive work. Placement agencies provide a nationwide service in matching personnel demand and supply. These agencies compile bio-data of a large number of candidates and recommend suitable names to their clients. Such agencies charge fee for their services and they are useful where extensive screening is required. These professional recruiters can entice the needed top executives from other companies by making the right offers.” |