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1. Who has defined Public Administration as "the work which the government does to give effect to a law."

Herbert Simon Dwight Waldo


F.A. Nigro Harvey Walker


2. Who among the following first coined the term 'Bureaucracy':

Vincent de Gournay 1.M. Pfiffner


Max Weber F.W. Taylor


3. Red-Tapism does not involve:

Excessive routine and paperwork


Reluctance to take decisions


Administrative agencies misusing discretionary power


Rapid application of rules


4. Public Administration as a science is challenged by:

Urwick Robert Dahl


Gullick None ofthe above


5. The Philosophical Approach to Public Administration:

Uses administrative realities and acquaints the scholars with them


Interprets the information pertaining to administrative agencies in chronological order


Deals with formal structure, organization, powers and funtions ofpublic authorities


Consider all facets of administrative activities


6. "The administration is politics since it must be responsive to the public interest". This statement is given by:

Paul.H. Appleby L. Urwick


F.W. taylor Henry Fayol


7. Who has-authored 'Frontiers of Public Administration'?

10hn Veig 1.M. Gaus


L.D. White F.W. Taylor


8. Who calls Classical Principles ofAdministration as proverbs?

Herbert Simon A. Etizioni


Chester Bernard Robert Presthus


9. Which among the following is rejected by the Human Relations Theory?

Formal Institutionalization


Human Motivation


Informal Functioning


None ofthe above


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10. The organisation is a formal organisation if it is:

Duly sanctioned by competent authority


Properly designed


Deliberately planned


All of the above


11. Which one of the following experiments was not included in the Hawthorne experiments?

Bank Wiring Observation Room


Relay Assembly Test Room


Cutting Metals


Great l1lumination


12. The principles of Scientific Management developed by F W. Taylor did not include:

Scientific selection and training


Division of responsibility


Esprit de corps


Mental revolution


13. According to Herbert. A. Simon 'Satisficing' refers to satisfaction, that is:

Subjective Good enough


Client-oriented Objective


14. The numbers and range of habitual contacts between superior and subordinate is called as:

Delegation Span ofcontrol


Decentralization Division of work


15. Which ofthe following committee conduct the examination of Appropriated Accounts?

Estimates Committee


Public Accounts Committee


Committee on Subordinate Legislation


Committee on Public Undertakings


16. Riggs has identified all ofthe following as trends prominent in Comparative Public
Administration except?


Legal-formal to behavioural Normative to empirical


Ideographic to nomothetic Non-ecological to ecological


17. The economy cut-motion seeks to reduce the proposed expenditure of a demand for grant by:

Rupees one hundred Rupee one


Rupee one lakh A specified amount


18. Interview helps in assessing a candidate's:

Intellectual ability General knowledge


Expressions Personal qualities


19. Which one of the following Act laid the foundation ofthe British Administration in India?

The Regulating Act, 1773 Pitt's India Act, 1784


Indian Councils Act, 1861 Indian Councils Act, 1892


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Preparation of the Central Budget


Assessing income tax proceeds


Determining the principles governing grants-in-aid to States


Exercising control over Government expenditure


21. Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) is implemented entirely at the level of:

District Panchayat Intermediate Panchayat


Village Panchayat Nagar Panchayat


22. Deficit financing is resorted to by the Government:

To increase the budget allocation for different ministries


To meet the gap between the revenue and expenditure budgets


To increase government expenditure on specific items


To pay the salaries of government employees


23. The main role ofspecialized staff is:

Collection of data and its analysis


Looking after personnel administration


Maintenance of diary of different engagements ofline officials


Functions directly contributing to goal achievement


24. Who appoints the chairman of Public Accounts Committee?

President ofindia Speaker ofLok Sabha


Prime Minister ofindia Minister for Parliamentary Affairs


25. The adjournment motion is use to:

Propose a reduction in the budget


Seek the approval of the house on a proposal


Draw the attention of the house to a matter of urgent public importance


Seek the leave of the house to introduce a government bill


26. Which ofthe following committee/ commission has strongly suggested that a Public Service Commission to be set up in India without delay?

Northcote -Trevelyan Committee Aitcheson Commission


Islington Commission Lee Commission


27. The concept of 'level jumping' is given by:

Henri Fayol F.W. Taylor


V A Graicunas Luther Gulick


28. The acronym POSDCoRB includes:

Communicating Cooperation


Coercion None ofthe above


29. Which Article of the Indian Constitution provides for the set up cfthe Contingency Fund of India?

Article 266 Article 266


Article 267 Article 265


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30. The concept of Federal Scheme of Government has come out of:

Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909


Government of India Act, 1935


Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919


Indian Councils Act, 1861


31. Who described the Panchayats as "Little Republics"?

Lord Wellesley Lord Ripon


Lord Hob House Mahatma Gandhi


32. 'The Recruitment is a process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for the jobs in the organisation.' This definition of Recruitment has been given by:

Paul Appleby Edwin B. Flippo


Nigro L D White


33. Which ofthe following is a 'Maharatna' company?

Oil India Limited


Oil Natural Gas Corporation Limited


Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited


Hindustan Aeronautics Limited


34. Expectancy theory of motivation is given by:

Herzberg Victor H Vroom


Maslow McGregor


35. The Contingency theory of Leadership is propounded by: .

Fred Fiedler Robert House Stogdill


Keith Davis Amatai Etzion


36. The Commission on Official Language is created under which Article of Constitution of India?

Article 280 Article 340


Article 324 Article 344


37. Employee Centered Leadership does not:

Earn and get the confidence of the subordinates


Exercise close and detailed supervision


Help subordinates when mistakes and problems occur


None of the above


38. The three types ofleadership as distinguished by Mary Parker Follet are:

Leadership ofPosition, Personality and Function


Leadership of Position, Expertise and Personality


Leadership ofExpertise, Personality and Situation


Leadership of Personality, Function and Situation


39.
To resolve the problems ofemployer-employee relations, the concept ofStaffCouncil was

40.
The duties of Comptroller and Auditor General ofIndia include:


advocated by: Whitley Committee Masterman Committee Tomlin Commission Priestley Commission
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Audit ofCentral Government Accounts


Audit of State Government Accounts


Audit ofany other authority or body as may be prescribed by or under any laV made by Parliament


All ofthe above


41. The concept ofHygiene factors is given by:

F.W. Taylor Henry Fayol


Chester Bernard Fredrick Herzberg


42. The Equal Employtpent Opportunities Commission exists in:

France UK


USA Switzerland


43. Which of the following is the dominant role played by Public Administration in a developing country like India?

Revenue Mobilisation Socio-economic Reconstruction


Participative Management Law and Order


44. The unit of revenue hierarchy that has been carried forward from Mughal Administration is:
Firka Taluk Pargana Circle
45. The Board of Revenue was first set up in 1786 at:
Bengal Surat Madras Bombay
46. The Article of the Constitution ofIndia that empowers Parliament to cr.eate an All India Service is:
Article 300 Article 320 Article 312 Article 301
47. The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act provided for the creation of:

Nagar Panchayats Housing Boards


Improvement Trusts All ofthe above


48. Among the following, who is not associated with the Development Administration?

F.W. Riggs J. Montgomery


Herbert Simon R. Braibanti


49. Which ofthe following recommended the introduction ofDesk Officer System?

A.D. Gorwala Report Administrative Reforms Commission


Ayyanger Committee Estimates 'Committee (Third Lok Sabha)


50. In the Weberian Model ofBureaucracy, the civil servants are not expected to be:
Impartial Neutral Committed Annonymous
51. The committee that does not exercise Parliamentary control over administration is:

The Estimates Committee The Rules Committee


The Public Accounts Committee The Committee on Public Undertakings


52. Commune is the unit of local government in:
UK USA France India
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53. Janpad Panchayat exists in which ofthe following state:

Karnataka Madhya Pradesh


Gujrat Haryana


54. Which ofthe following is the correct sequence ofstages in decision-making, as identified by Herbert Simon?

Design activity-Choice activity-Intelligence activity


Intelligence activity-Design activity-Choice activity


Choice activity-Design activity-Intelligence activity
. Intelligence activity-Choice activity-Design activity



5.5. Charles Lindblom has advocated:

Mixed-scanning model Incremental model


Economic rationality model Bounded rationality model


56. The correct order of the steps in the position classification plan is:

Job analysis-Grouping of positions-Standardization-Position allocation


Standardization-Job analysis-Grouping of positions-Position allocation


Grouping of positions-Job analysis-Position allocation-Standardization


Job analysis-Grouping of positions-Position allocation-Standardization


57. The provision of 'workers' participation in the management of undertakings is given in which Article of the Constitution of India?

Article 42 Article 42 A


Article 43 Article 43 A


58. The decisions of the Council ofMinisters are binding on the President ofIndia under which of the Constitutional Amendment Act!Acts? .

42nd and 44th Amendment Acts 43rd Amendment Act


40th Amendment Act only 40th and 41 st Amendment Acts


59. An interesting and practical method of training for disposal of paper work is:

In basket method Syndicate method


T group method Role play


60. Duration ofMunicipalities comes under which Article as per the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act:

Article 243T Article 243Q


Article 243U Article 243Y


61. International Institute for Population Sciences is located at:

Hyderabad Ahmedabad


New Delhi Mumbai


62. A 'Shadow Cabinet' is:

A group of members of the ruling party


A group of prominent members of the parliamentary opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.


A team of intellectuals who advise the Cabinet


A Cabinet Committee that functions under the guidance ofthe Cabinet


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63. The Chief Information Commissioner holds the office for a period of:

6 years or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier


5 years or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier


4 years or till he attains the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier


6 years or till he attains the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier


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64. Article 16 of the Indian Constitution provides reservation in Civil Services of Other Backward Classes
in order to ensure:
Equality of all castes Representation as per the community population

Security of backward classes


Equality of opportunity in public employment


65. All of the following are sources of income of Panchayats except:

Matching grants Professional tax


House tax Donations and involuntary contributions


66. The four propounded by Luther Gullick are:

Purpose, process, programmes, persons


Purpose, project, process, place


Project, process, people, place


Purpose, process, persons, place


67. The primary function ofthe National Development Council is:

To effect cooperation of efforts between the Union Executive and the parliament


To achieve the targets ofthe plans and to promote administrative efficiency


To effect coordination of plan efforts among the Union Government, the Planning Commission and the State Governments


To effect coordination of efforts between the Union state Political Executive and the Bureaucracy


68. The following method that systematizes and simplifies personnel administration is:
Coordination Classification Appointment Recruitment
69. The receipts and expenditure of which ofthe following is not audited by the Comptroller and Auditor Generaloflndia?

Government companies Municipal undertakings'


Central Government State Governments


70. The employees learn by doing the work and acquire administrative skills through practice in:

Formal training Orientation training


Informal training Pre entry training


71. The Broader definition of Public Administration is given by:
Smith L.D. White Thompson All ofthe above
72. The need for sound recruitment policy was first realized centuries ago by:
Prussia China Sweden Britain
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73. A Money Bill can originate:

Only in the Lok Sabha Only in the Rajya Sabha


In both the houses simultaneously Joint sitting ofboth the houses


74. The post of Civil Judge is created by:

Lord Cornwallis Warren Hastings


Lord Rippon Lord Wellesley


75. Which one of the following means a command?

Certiorari Mandamus


Quo Warranto Prohibition


76. Who can refuse to allow a question to be raised in the Lower House ofthe Parliament during the Question hour?

The Leader ofthe House The Speaker ofthe Lower House


The Prime Minister. The President


77. The process of reforms in society, economy and policy in USSR is known as:

Perestroika and Glasnost Supreme Soviet


Presidium None ofthe above


78. Which country allows the civil servants to participate in the politics and continue to hold their office as well?
USA USSR France UK
79. The Planning Commission was set up in 1950 by:

Act ofParliament Prltsidential Ordinance


Cabinet resolution Constitutional Amendment


80. In the Constitution ofIndia, economic and social planning is included in the:

Union List ofthe VII Schedule State List ofthe VII Schedule


Concurrent list ofthe VII Schedule None ofthe above


81. The committee that scrutinizes and reports to the Parliament whether the power to make rules and regulations conferred by the Constitution or Statutes is being properly exercised by the delegated authority is:

Committee on Government Assurances


Committee on Subordinate Legislation


Rules Committee


General Purposes Committee


82. According to the Managerial view ofadministration:

Administration is not doing things but getting things done


Every particular application oflaw is an act ofgetting things done


Public administration is directed by the chiefexecutive as the general manager


Public administration is concerned with the ends ofthe state


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83. The Public Administration and Private Administration differs with respect to:

Different environments


Account-keeping and audit


Organizational structure


Techniques ofmanagement


84. The informal communication system in the organisation is referred as:

Proper channel Close circuit


Grapevine Circular


85. In the context ofMaslow's Need theory which ofthe following statement is correct?

Security needs to be fulfilled before Physiological needs


Esteem needs to be fulfilled before SelfActualization needs


A person can move to higher needs without satisfying lower level needs


All of the above


86. All-India Services include:

Indian Administrative Service


Indian Forest Service


Indian Police Service


All of the above


87. Tax levied by Union but distributed between the Union and the State is:

Sales tax Excise tax


Income tax Road tax


88. The Scientific Management is not concerned with:

Production Efficiency


Mechanistic methods Rationality


89. Max Weber has preferred:

Traditional Authority Charismatic Authority


Legal Rational Authority Official Authority


90. An issue that involves the resolution ofa factual dispute or controversy and is within the sphere ofthe decisions to be made by ajury:
Error of law Error offact finding
(C)Abuse ofpower (D)Error ofauthority
91. The doctrine of 'Rule ofLaw' is given by:

L.D. White . A.V. Dicey


Robert Presthus Max Weber


92. Administrative provisions pertaining to the Tribal areas in the state ofAssam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram comes under which Schedule ofthe Indian Constitution?

Second schedule Fifth schedule


Sixth schedule Seventh schedule


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93. One who tells a supervisor anything negative about an associate is called as:
Inspector Squealer Rate-buster Chiseller
94. The President of USA:

Can convene the ordinary session ofthe Senate.


Cannot convene the ordinary session ofthe Congress.


Cannot convene the special session ofthe Congress.


Can convene the special session ofthe Congress.


95. Which one ofthe following is not the criticism ofRiggs Agraria-Transitia-Industria Model?

It is too rigid focusing only on the underdeveloped and developed countries.


It assumes a unidirectional movement from an Agraria stage to an Industria stage.


It stresses upon the environment ofthe administrative system but not on the administrative system per se.


None ofthe above


96. The President ofIndia must be:

The Member ofLok Sabha The Member ofParliament


The Member of Legislative Assembly None ofthe above


97. The relation between the specialists and generalists is dealt by:

Haldane Committee Report Santhanam Committee Report


Fulton Committee Report Kothari Commission Report


98. An operating, planning and budgeting process which requires each manager to justify his entire budget request in detail from scratch is:

Zero Based budgeting Sunset Legislation


Performance Budgeting Line Item budgeting


99. The 'Bazaar-Canteen model' represents:

Marketization in new public management


Economic sub-system ofprismatic society


Financial system of fused authority


Economic freedom under public-private partnership


100. Which one of the following is not an assumption of Theory Y ofmotivation?

People will exercise self-direction ifthey are committed to the objectives.


People learn to accept and seek responsibility.


Commitment to objectives is a function ofthe rewards associated with their achievement.


People work better when they are put under pressure.



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