1. Who wrote that 'Administration is determined action in pursuit of common purpose'

(A)John A. Veig


J.Nehru


Simon


L.D. White


2. "The Art of administration is the direction, coordination and control of more persons to achieve some purpose or objectives." Whose words are these

(A)Dwight Waldo


Marshall E. Dimock


(C)L.D. White


Max Weber


3. The essay on 'The Study of Administration' was written by

(A)Urwick


Gullick


(C)Simon


Wilson


4. Which one of the following is a common feature of public administration

(A)Efficiency


Flexible rules


(C)Rigid rules


Profit Oriented


5. Who is the author of the book 'General and Industrial Management'

(A)Gullick


Fayol


(C)Urwick


Simon


6. Public Policy formulation primarily relates to which of the following

(A)Legislature


Executive


(C)Judiciary


President


7. The term Scientific Management was first given by

(A)Taylor


Brandis


(C)Weber


Simon


8. Which of the following is not one of Luther Gullick's 10 principles of organization

(A)Specialization


Centralization


(C)Bases of Department


Delegation


9. Which of the following authors was not a critic of the scientific principles of Administrative

(A)Simon


Dahl


(C)Waldo


Gullick


10. Who is the author of the book 'Public Administration as a Developing Discipline'

(A)L.D. White


D. Waldo


Golembiewski


F. Goodnow


11. Which of the following kinds of theory for Public Administration was not stressed by Stephen
K. Bailey

(A)Descriptive


Normative


(C)Communicative


Assumptive


12. In which year the Comparative Administration Group was founded

(A)1960


1962


(C)1966


1970


13. Which of the following writers criticised human relationists for neglecting economic dimension

(A)L.D. White


Peter Drucker


(C)Herbert Simon


B.M. Gross


14. Which of the following is a feature of Classical Theory of Organization

(A)Social System


Informal System


(C)Closed System


Ecological System


15. Which of the following is not one of the problems of science of Public Administration as identified by Robert Dahl

(A)Efficiency


Values


(C)Individual Personality


Social Framework


16. Who defined organization as "a system of consciously coordinated personal activities of two or more persons"

(A)White


Follet


(C)Weber


Barnard


17. Which of the following kinds of studies of administrative systems was not advocated by F.W. Riggs

(A)Empirical


Economical


(C)Nomothetic


Ecological


18. Which of the following was not a major theme of New Public Administration

(A)Market Orientation


Client Orientation


(C)Social Equity


Values


19. Which of the following is a major contributor to 'Public Choice School'

Waldo


Vincent Ostrom


Bhattacharya


Frederickson


20. Which one of the following human characteristics is close to an assumption under McGregor's Theory X

(A)Commitent


Self-Direction


(C)Avoidance


Creativity


21. Which of the following is generally regarded as the proponent of ZBB

(A)Peter Drucker


Robert McNamara


Roosevelt


Peter Phyrr


22. 'Bounded Rationality Model' was given by which of the following authors

(A)Etzioni


Barnard


(C)Drucker


None of these


23. Which of the following is not a legislative motion to control finances

(A)Token Cut


Policy Cut


(C)Substantial Cut


Economy Cut


24. Which of the following is the Parliamentary Committee to control delegated legislation

(A)Committee on Subordinate Legislation


(B)Committee on Executive Legislation


(C)Committee on Delegated Legislation


(D)Committee on Administrative Legislation


25. Who wrote the book "Dynamics of Bureaucracy"

(A)Max Weber


Robert Micheals


(C)Peter Blau


Karl Marx


26. In an informal organization the stress is on which of the following

(A)Vertical communication


Lateral communication


(C)Written communication


None of these


27. Who introduced the concept of 'constructive conflict' as a normal process of organization

(A)Chester Barnard


M.P. Follet


(C)Dwight Waldo


Frank Marini


28. In USA which of the following form of government is there

(A)Parliamentary


Presidential


(C)Unitary


None of the above


29. British Legislature is having which of the following system

(A)Bicameral


Unicameral


(C)Unitary


Multi cameral


30. Who suggested the 'Multiplicity of Command' in place of 'Military type of foreman'

(A)Henry Fayol


Luther Gulick


(C)F.W. Taylor


Lyndall Urwick


31. Who enunciated the Bureaucratic Theory of Organization

(A)F.W. Taylor


Max Weber


(C)Elton Mayo


Robert Dahl


32. Which one of the following is a feature of Weber's Ideal Bureaucracy

(A)Line and staff


Impersonality


(C)Effectiveness


Informal organization


33. The concept of Comparative Public Administration arose in the context of which of the following

(A)USA


Developing countries


(C)Developed countries


East Europe


34. The book entitled "Scientific Management" was authored by

(A)C.I. Barnard


A.K. Rice


(C)F.W. Taylor


E.L. Trist


35. The main focus of Development Administration was on

(A)Developing countries


Communist countries


(C)The developed countries of the west


All of the above


36. "Papers on the Science of Administration" was edited by

(A)Dimock and Dimock


Rudolph and Rudolph


(C)Gullick and Urwick


Awasthi and Maheswari


37. Which of the following authors popularized the concept of "Management by Objective"

(A)Taylor


Drucker


(C)Etzioni


Argyris


38. Which one of the following is not a primary thrust of New Public Management

(A)Market Orientation


Privatization


(C)Cost Cutting


Centralization


39. In which year Audit was separated from Accounts in India

(A)1952


1956


(C)1972


1976


40. Which of the following states never passed any Act on Right to Information

K


Tamil Nadu


(C)Punjab


Goa


41. Which of the Parliamentary Committee examines the report of C AG

(A)Estimates Committee


Public Accounts Committee


(C)Committee on Public Undertakings


Committee on Company Affairs


42. Which of the following is the Central Financial Agency in USA

(A)Chief Comptroller


Ministry of Finance


(C)Budget Deptt.


Office of the Management Budget


43. 'Whitley Councils' were originated in which of the following countries




USA


(C)France


Japan


44. By which title the institute of Ombudsman is known in UK

(A)Chancellor


Chief Jurist


(C)Parliamentary Commissioner


Chief Ombudsman


45. 'Droit Administratif' is a part of administrative system of which of the following countries




USA


(C)France


Russia


46. In which country 'department' is a unit of local Government

(A)India


UK


(C)USA


France


47. A gram-sabha consists of which of following range of members

to 13


10 to 25


to 50


None of these


48. Withdrawal of money from 'Consolidated Fund of India' in authorized by which of the following

(A)Finance Act


Appropriation Act


(C)Money Bill


Expenditure Act


49. Which of the following is not a common training method

(A)Syndicate


Role Play


(C)Desensitivity


Incedence


50. At which of the following places National Forest Academy is situated

(A)Hyderabad


Shimla


(C)Nagpur


Dehradun


51. Indian Institute of Public Administration was established on the recommendation of which of the committee

(A)Gorwala


Santhanam


(C)Appleby


Kohli


52. Which of the following is not a unit of Joint Consultative Machinery in India

(A)National Council


Regional Council


(C)Departmental Council


Local Council


53. Which of the following is not a kind of granted to government employees in India

(A)Study Leave


Paternity Leave


(C)Excursion Leave


Extra-ordinary Leave


54. Which of the following commissions held for the first time that "the Minister is responsible for the action taken by his secretary"

(A)ARC


Apple by


(C)Gorwala


Chagla


55. Which of the following is not an accepted principle of sound budgeting

(A)Rule of Lapse


Net Budgeting


(C)Cash Basis


Departmental Basis


56. The word "CLECT" is associated with which of the following

(A)Diffracted administrative system


Fused administrative system


(C)Prismatic administrative system


Ancient administrative system


57. The years in which the two Minnow Brook Conferences were held are

(A)1969 and 1989


1967 and 1987


(C)1968 and 1988


1970 and 1990


58. Herbert A. Simon is among the pioneers of which of the following approaches

(A)Behavioural approach


Philosophical approach


(C)Legal approach


Structural approach


59. The term 'Bureaucracy' was coined first of all by

(A)F.W. Taylor


Louis Brandies


(C)Vincent de Gourney


L.D. White


60. Classical Theory of organization is also known as

(A)The Structural theory


Behaviouralist theory


(C)Bureaucratic theory


Historical theory


61. Hawthrone Experiments were carried out in which of the following countries

(A)USA


UK


(C)Japan


France


62. In the opinion of Likert which of the following types of leaders are more effective

(A)Job centred


Production centred


(C)Task oriented


Organization centred


63. 'Zone of Indifference' is associated with the authority concept given by which of the following authors

(A)Henry Fayol


Max Weber


(C)H.A. Simon


Chester Barnard


64. The ecological approach in the study of Public Administration was emphasized by

(A)John M. Gaus


Robert Dahl


(C)Heady


Riggs


65. Henry Fayol suggested 'Gang Plank' to avoid which of the following

(A)Centralization


Corruption


(C)Disorder


Delay


66. The concept of 'Self-Actualization' is propounded by which of the following

(A)Herzberg


Maslow


(C)Rensis Likert


Mc Gregor


67. Development Administration is basically regarded as which of the following

(A)Goal-oriented System


Value-oriented System


(C)Rule-oriented System


Knowledge-oriented System


68. Which of the following models was given by Herbert Simon

(A)Incremental model


Bounded Rationality model


(C)Mixed scanning model


Optimal model


69. In total how many demands are included in General Budget in India




102


(C)109


117


70. Employees of which of the following organization are generally the 'civil servants'

(A)Public Corporation


Departmental undertaking


(C)Government Company


Holding Company


71. In 1997 a total how many public enterprises were listed as "Navratans"







10


11
72. Which of the following Parliamentary Committees has the primary task to suggest economies and improvements

(A)PAC


Committee Public Undertakings


(C)Committee on Govt. Assurances


Estimates Committee


73. In which year Railway Budget was separated from General Budget

(A)1921


1935


(C)1948


1952


74. Who is the author of 'Public Policy Making Reexamined"

(A)Laswell


Wildavasky


(C)Caiden


Drorr


75. The office of the CVC was established on the recommendations of which of the committee

(A)Ashoka Mehta


ARC


(C)Santhanam


Gorwala


76. Which of the following authors is generally associated with mathematical expression of Span of Control

(A)Fayol


Simon


(C)Graicunas


Hudson


77. Which of the following authors regarded New Public Administration as anti-positivist, anti­technical and anti-bureaucratic

(A)Golembiewski


Simon


(C)Fredrickson


Marini


78. In which year the 'Department of Disinvestment' came up

(A)1997


1999


(C)2001


2003


79. Which of the following is not levied by a State Government

(A)Taxes on Mineral Rights


Taxes on Land and Building


(C)Duties on succession to agricultural land


Stamp duties on bills of exchange


80. Normally how many days are allotted for voting of budget demands in India




22





26



81. The first Municipal Corporation established in India was at

(A)Bombay


Madras


(C)Calcutta


Hyderabad


82. Which of the following is the term of the office of C AG

Yrs.


5 Yrs.


Yrs.


3 Yrs.


83. To meet the unexpected expenses through which of the following grants are made by the Parliament

(A)Policy Grant


Extraordinary Grant


(C)Vote of Credit


Surplus Grants


84. Under which article of the Constitution an Inter-State Council is established

(A)256


263


(C)270


272


85. The 'split system' refers to the separation of which of the following

(A)Audit and Accounts


Line and Staff


(C)Legislative and Executive


Policy Making and Executive


86. A Public Corporation is created by under which of the following

(A)Legislative


Executive


(C)Constitution


Indian Companies Act


87. Which of the following is a Staff Agency

(A)Independent Regulatory Commission of USA


Damodar Valley Corporation


(C)Health Department


Planning Commission


88. Path-goal model of leadership has been developed by

(A)Leland P. Broadford


Robert J. House


(C)Fred E. Fiodlor


Ronald Uppot


89. The concept of 'Grapevine' is associated with which of the following

(A)Span of Control


Communication


(C)Coordination


Supervision


90. 'Span of Control' originally means which of the following

(A)Number of subordinates that an officer can effectively supervise


(B)Range of activities that a Supervisor can supervise


(C)Number of units that a Supervision can supervise


(D)Number of field agencies that a supervisor can supervise


91. In which year the Merit Principle, as the basis of recruitment was started in Britain

(A)1854


1885


(C)1886


1857


92. 'Rule of Lapse' means which of the following

(A)All appropriations voted by the legislature expire at the end of the financial year


(B)All pending bills in Parliament lapse


(C)The demand for grants of a ministry lapse with criticism of its policy by the opposition


(D)The appropriation bill lapses if it is not returned by the Rajya Sabha within 14 days


93. How many types of emergencies have been envisaged under the Indian Constitution

(A)Two


Three


(C)Four


Five


94. Which one of the following statement about the Planning Commission in India is true

is a constitutional body


It is a statutory body


is a body created by an executive order


It is quasi-judicial in character


95. Who was the Chairman of the First Finance Commission

(A)K.C. Neogi


Sri Santhanam


(C)Narahari Rao


R.A. Gopala Swamy


96. Which one of the following is not an All India Service

(A)Indian Forest Service


Indian Administrative Service


(C)Indian Railway Service


Indian Police Service


97. The President of India is an integral part of the which of the following

(A)All the State Legislative Assemblies


The Council of Ministers


(C)The Parliament


The Rajya Sabha


98. In which year National Development Council was set up

(A)1957


1971


(C)1980


1952


99. Which was the first All India Service created on the basis of Macaulay's Report

(A)Indian Police Service


Indian Foreign Service


(C)Indian Civil Service


Indian Medical Service


100. Which of the following states was the first one to adopt the Panchayati Raj System

(A)Maharashtra


Haryana


(C)Rajasthan


Gujarat


101. Which article of the Constitution prescribes the appointment of the Union Public Service Commission

(A)Article 309


Article 317


(C)Article 310


Article 316


102. The Vice-President of India is elected by the members of

(A)Lok Sabha only


Rajya Sabha only


(C)Both the houses of Parliament


State Assemblies and Parliament


103. The Constitution of India is broadly patterned in structure upon

(A)The Government of India Act, 1858


The Government of India Act, 1935


(C)The Government of India Act, 1919


The Government of India Act, 1909


104. If the President of India wants to resign, to whom shall he address his letter of resignation

(A)The Prime Minister


The Speaker of the Lok Sabha


(C)The Chief Justice of India


The Vice-President of India


105. All executive actions of State are taken in the name of

(A)The President of India


The Chief Minister of State


(C)The Chief Justice of the State


The Governor of the State


106. A State Legislature is empowered to legislate on which of these

subjects


61 subjects


subjects


58 subjects


107. Which of the following writ literally means 'Command'

(A)Certiorari


Quo Warranto


(C)Mandamus


Prohibition


108. The Right to Constitutional Remedies is enshrined in which of these

(A)Article 32


Article 33


(C)Article 48


Article 53


109. The Directive Principles of State Policy are enshrined in which part of the Constitution

(A)Part III


Part IV


(C)Part V


Part VI


110. The Mandal as a unit of local self government was recommended by the

(A)Balwantrai Mehta Committee


Ashok Mehta Committee


(C)Vengal Rao Committee


M.T. Raju Committee


111. The Finance Commission is constituted after how many years

(A)Ten Years


Five Years


(C)Seven Years


Two Years


112. High Court Judges are appointed by which of the following

(A)The Chief Minister


The Governor


(C)The Chief Justice of India


The President of India


113. A Directorate primarily acts as which of the following

(A)Policy making body


Policy execution body


(C)Staff agency


Advisory body


114. In which year the office of District Collector came into existence

(A)1773


1772


(C)1787


1790


115. The State Finance Commission was set up under which of the following

(A)73rdConstitutional Amendment Act


72nd Constitutional Amendment Act


(C)68thConstitutional Amendment Act


69thConstitutional Amendment Act


116. Which one of the following was an important contribution of F.W. Taylor

(A)Mental Revolution


Labour Revolution


(C)Social Revolution


Communication Revolution


117. Which one of the following is an essential feature of informal organization

(A)Scalar Chain


Planned


(C)Social Group


Unity of Direction


118. Which of the following authors is associated with 'agriara-industria' model

(A)Riggs


Weidner


(C)Stone


Heady


119. Which of the following is not an item added under the Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution

(A)Urban Planning


Public Health


(C)Sports Stadium


Cattle Ponds


120. Removal of the C AG has been provided under which of the Article of the Constitution

(A)147


148


(C)149


151