Reading Text 1 AP

What is the meaning of the word 'Administration'?

• To serve

• To manage

• To care for

• All of the above

Who defined administration as 'the direction, coordination and control of many persons to achieve some purpose or objective'?

• E.N. Gladden

• L.D. White

• F.A. Nigro

• H.A. Simon

According to K. Henderson, administration is the arrangement of ________ in the rational carrying out of purposes.

• men and materials

• resources and goals

• tasks and objectives

• ideas and plans

What is the primary goal of administration?

• To achieve common goals

• To coordinate social energies

• To integrate human effort

• All of the above

According to F.M. Marx, administration is a determined action taken in pursuit of a ________ purpose.

• conscious

• rational

• defined

• systematic

What does administration primarily involve?

• Direction of people

• Integration of human effort

• Achievement of shared goals

• All of the above

According to Piffner and Presthus, administration is the organization and direction of ________ to achieve desired ends.

• human and material resources

• intellectual and physical resources

• financial and technological resources

• natural and cultural resources

What are the four different perspectives of the term 'Administration'?

• Discipline, vocation, process, executive

• Learning, trade, implementation, government

• Branch, occupation, policy, body

• Study, profession, service, authority

Which group of people is in supreme charge of affairs in the context of 'Administration'?

• Legislature

• Judiciary

• Executive

• Bureaucracy

Who is the current head of administration in India?

• George W. Bush

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Narendra Modi

• None of the above