Public Administration

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Multiple Questions Unit – I 1. In Luther Gullick’s acronym ‘POSDCORB’, ‘R’ stands for – (a) Reliable (c) Reporting (b) Responsive (d) Responsibility 2. Which of the following is not a feature of New Public Administration? (a) Relevance (c) Values (b) Social Equity (d) Measurement 3. Which of the following is included in Fayol’s 14 principles of administration? (a) Equity (c) Budgeting (b) Planning (d) Co-coordinating 4. Who is associated with public choice approach? (a) Max Weber (c) Frank Marini (c) Vincent Ostrom (d) Woodrow Wilson 5. The statement ‘Administration is a long and slightly pampas word’ is given by – (a) E. N. Gladden (c) Luther Gullick (b) Woodrow Wilson (d) P. Fittner Unit – II 1. Chronologically arrange the Speakers of Lok Sabha in descending order. (a) Rabi Ray (c) Bali ram Bhagat (b) P. A. Sangma (d) Somnath Chatterjee (a) – a, b, c, d (b) – d, a, b, c (c) – b, c, d, a (d) – d, b, a, c 2. Which of the following match is wrong? (a) Money Bill – Art 110 (b) Collective Responsibility of Ministers in Lok Sabha – Art 75 (c) Term of Governor – Art 155 (d) Financing Engagers – Art 360 3. The Prime Minister in India is responsible to – (a) Parliament (c) Lok Sabha (b) Rajya Sabha (d) Supreme Court of India 4. New All India Services can be created by – (a) Rajya Sabha (c) President (b) UPSC (d) Parliament 5. Art 21 (A) is related to – (a) Right to Equality (c) Right to Education (b) Right to Freedom (d) Right against Exploitation Unit – III 1. The Balwantray Committees’ recommendation was related to – (a) Democratic Decentralization. (b) Centre – State relations. (c) Administrative arrangement for rural development. (d) Community Development Programmes. 2. Who introduced the office of District Collector under British rle in India? (a) Warren Hastings (c) Lord Chelmsford (b) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Wellesley 3. ‘PURA’ is a – (a) Rural Development Programme (b) Urban Development Programme (c) Woman Development Programme (d) Child Development Programme 4. On dissolution of Panchayat, which is the maximum interval within which election has to be conducted? (a) 6 Months (c) 2 Months (b) 1 Year (d) 1 Month 5. Which one of the following constitutional amendments introduced reservation of seats for women in Panchayats? (a) 73rd Amendment Act (b) 42nd Amendment Act (c) 81st Amendment Act (d) 44th Amendment Act Unit – IV 1. Which one of the following is not a need in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? (a) Self Actualization (c) Social Need (b) Physiological Need (d) Cognitive Need 2. Bounded Rationality model of Decision Making is given by – (a) Likert (c) Simon (b) Alder fer (d) Drucker 3. Which theory of motivation is associated with Herzberg? (a) Two – Factor Theory (c) Hierarchy of Needs (b) Expectancy Theory (d) Theory Z 4. Managerial Grid Theory was propounded by – (a) Likert (c) Osborne and Gaebler (b) Blake and Mouton (d) Gleen and Stahl 5. Four System of Management style is advocated by – (a) Rensis Likert (c) Peter Drucker (b) B F Skinner (d) M. P. Follett Unit – V 1. Which one of the following is not a feature of Prismatic Society? (a) Overlapping (c) Formalism (b) heterogeneity (d) Longevity 2. Which Country had plasticized ‘Spoils’ system of recruitment? (a) India (c) USA (b) France (d) UK 3. Which one of the following has recommended for Civil Service Preliminary examination? (a) Kothari Committee (c) Sarkaria Commission (b) Ling do Commission (d) P C Hota Committee 4. Match List – I with List – II and answer from codes given below : List – I List – II . Terms Constitutional Provisions A) Consolidated Fund of India i) Art – 110 B) Contingency Fund of India ii) Art – 112 C) Money Bill iii) Art – 265 D) Annual Financial Statement iv) Art – 266 v) Art – 267 Codes A B C D (a) iv ii i iii (b) iv i ii v (c) i ii iii iv (d) ii iii i v 5. Dror Yetzeki has propounded the theory of – (a) Scientific Management (b) New Public Management (c) Public Policy (d) Public Choice _____________________*******************_____________________ ANSWER KEYS UNIT - I 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (a) UNIT - II 1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4.(a) 5. (c) UNIT - III 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (a) 4.(a) 5. (a) UNIT - IV 1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4.(b) 5. (a) UNIT - V 1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4.(b) 5. (c).

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