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Public Administration 6-7-2019

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament appointed by?

a)

Speaker of Lok Sabha

b)

Prime Minister of India

c)

President of India

d)

Chariman of Rajya Sabha

2.

The economy cut motion seeks to reduce the proposed expenditure of a demand for grand by?

a)

Rupee One hundred

b)

Rupee one

c)

A specified amount

d)

An unspecified amount

3.

In which year was the decision of separating accounting function from audit function taken by the Central Government for its financial administration?

a)

1950

b)

1965

c)

1976

d)

2000

4.

"Position Classification" is the classification of

a)

Salaries

b)

Duties

c)

Department

d)

Personal Status of Incumbents

5.

The civil service was define as "Professional body of Officials, permanent, paid andskilld" by

a)

Herman Finer

b)

O. G. Stahl

c)

Felix Nigro

d)

E.N. Gladden

6.

The British concept of civil service neutralit is laid down by

a)

Fulton Committee

b)

Assheton Committee

c)

Masterman Committee

d)

Northcote Committee

7.

The ' Spoil System" in the USA began during the period of

a)

Jefferson

b)

Jackson

c)

Washington

d)

Adams

8.

The Union Public Service Commission of India has been established under the

a)

Artcile 135

b)

Article 320

c)

Article 325

d)

Article 335

9.

Reservation for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribesin the services has been providedin theIndian Constitution under

a)

Artcile 135

b)

Article 335

c)

Article 265

d)

Article 320

10.

When the second Minnow Brook conference was held?

a)

1975

b)

1988

c)

1990

d)

1992

11.

Who is coined acronym POSDCORB?

a)

Gulick and Urwick

b)

Urwick

c)

Gulick

d)

Henry Fayol

12.

Who declared that, "If our civilization fails, it will be mainly because of a breakdown of administration:

a)

Charles A Beard

b)

L.D. White

c)

Donham

d)

Ordway Tead

13.

" Public Administration is the heart of the problem of modern government" is said by

a)

W. B Donham

b)

Charles A. Beard

c)

L. D White

d)

P. H Appleby

14.

The state is everywhere: it leaves hardly a gap". This statement eplains the concept of:

a)

Democratic state

b)

Federal State

c)

Welfare State

d)

Police State

15.

The term " Developnment Administration" was coined by

a)

Democratic state

b)

Montgomery

c)

Goswami

d)

F.W. Riggs

16.

Which of the following is described as anti-theoretic, anti-positivist and anti-hierarchical?

a)

Development Administration

b)

New Public Administration

c)

Comparative Administration

d)

Administrative Development

17.

Who said that " Bureaucracy can exist only where the whole service of the State is removed from the common political life of the people, its cheifs as as its rank and life".

a)

Max Weber

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

R. K. Merton

d)

L. D. White

18.

Politics - Administration dichotomy is a misleading distinction which had become a fetish, a stero type in the minds of theorists and practitioners alike," is said by

a)

M.E. Dimock

b)

C. J. Friedrick

c)

P.H. Appleby

d)

Dwight Waldo

19.

Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

a)

Politics and Administration - 1900

b)

Principles of Public Administration - 1928

c)

Papers on the Science of Administration - 1937

d)

Introduction to the Study of Public Administration - 1926

20.

The concept of "Administrative Development" got crystallized first in the hands of:

a)

Edward Weidner

b)

Dwight Waldo

c)

Joseph La Palombara

d)

F.W. Riggs

21.

Who of the following is called the Father of American Public Administration?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

L.D. White

c)

Goodnow

d)

Willoughby

22.

"A theory of Public Administration means in our time a theory of politics also". This statement is associated with

a)

Roscoe Martin

b)

Dwight Waldo

c)

John Gaus

d)

Wallace Sayer

23.

According to Riggs, which of the following is not an element of the overlapping feature of the prismatic society?

a)

Polycommunalism

b)

Formalism

c)

Polynarmativism

d)

Nepotism

24.

The book Essential Frankfurt School Reader deals with

a)

New Public Administration

b)

Public Choice School

c)

Public Policy Approach

d)

Critical Perspective

25.

Who of the following has called hierarchy as the scalar process?

a)

Mooney

b)

Reiley

c)

Mooney and Reiley

d)

L.D. White

26.

" Every organisation must have its scalar chain just as every house must have its drain:. This statement is attributed to:

a)

Mooney

b)

L.D. White

c)

J.D. Millet

d)

Urwick

27.

Who of the following said that scalar chain is auniversal phenomenon?

a)

Urwick

b)

L.D. White

c)

J.D. Millet

d)

Mooney

28.

The concept of unit of command is complementary to the principle of

a)

Span of control

b)

Authority

c)

Scalar Chain

d)

Supervision

29.

Who has the following suggested "multiplicity of command in the place of "military type of foreman".

a)

Henry Fayol

b)

Luther Gulick

c)

F.W. Taylor`

d)

Lyndall Urwick

30.

Which of the following have affected the principle of unity of command?

a)

Staff Agencies

b)

Line Agencies

c)

Auxilary Agencies

d)

Staff and Auxilary Agencies

31.

Which of the following have affected the principle of unity of command?

a)

Staff Agencies

b)

Line Agencies

c)

Auxilary Agencies

d)

Staff and Auxilary Agencies