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1. With the advent of development administration - the Collector has emerged as-”
2. The body that examines the expenditure of the Departments and questions the propriety of these expenditures is-”
3. In USA the authority to regulate the formation and dissolution of Federal Departments is vested in-”
4. Until administrative description reaches a higher level of sophistication - there is little reason to hope that rapid progress will be made towards the identification and verification of valid administrative principles.- Who said it ?,Henri Fayol ,Leonard White,Herbert Simon ,Robert Dahl,d Which of the following attempts to construct a theory of public organization in tune with consumer interests and individual preferences ?,Development Administration Approach ,Public Choice Approach,Co-optation Concept ,Behavioural Approach,b Who theorized that -˜Every person has certain basic assumptions about other people-™s attitude toward work and organization.-™ ?,Elton Mayo ,Frederick Herzberg,Chris Argyris ,Douglas McGregor,d Which of the following has been termed as the biological parent of Public Administration ?,Sociology ,Political Science,Business Administration ,Psychology,b The central theme of Comparative Public Administration is-”,Administrative structure ,Bureaucracy,Citizen-Administration Relations ,Leadership,b Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer : List-I (Theme), Job Enrichment,Mechanical Study of the Process, Human Dimensions,Social Equity Attitude List-II (Thinker)1. D. Waldo 2. W. F. Willoughby3. F. Herzberg 4. Herbert Simon Codes :3 2 1 4,4 3 2 1,3 2 4 1,2 4 1 3,a The most preferred perspective to distinguish public and private in administration is-”,Agency ,Interest ,Access ,Commitment,b Lack of courage to delegate properly and of knowledge how to do it is one of the most general causes of failure in organization.- Who said it ?
5. Which of the following statements are true about Lokayukta in Rajasthan ?
6. The political rights granted to the Civil Servants in France are-”
7. It transforms the representative democracy into participatory democracy.- This statement has a reference to-”,Parliamentary System of the Government ,Article 40 of the Constitution,73rd Constitutional Amendment ,74th Constitutional Amendment,c Which of the following is not a corporation form ?,Unit Trust of India ,Indian Oil Corporation,Food Corporation of India ,State Bank of India,b Which of the following statements are correct about the National Development Council ?, It symbolises a federal approach to planning., It was set up by a proposal of the Cabinet Secretariat in August 1952., It was reconstituted in 1968 on the recommendation of the Administrative Reforms Commission., The initiative to convene its meeting lies with the Planning Commission.,c For which form of Public Enterprise it is said that It is a child of the State which grows into maturity as soon as it is born- ?
8. Grants from Centre to the States are regulated by the following Articles of the Constitution-”
9. The recommendation to the Union Government for the grant of financial assistance to the States is made by-”
10. Which one of the following is not a function of the Directorate ?
11. Who was the Chairman of the Comparative Administration Group 1963 ?
12. The semantic barrier to communication is not-”
13. Gram Sabha has been called "Embodiment of Direct Democracy- by-”
14. Which of the following is not a feature of U.S. personnel system ?
15. Who referred the interaction between politicians and administrators as -˜administrative politics-™ ?
16. Reappropriation is permissible only-”
17. Among the critical dimensions of the leadership situation the most important dimension - according to Fiedler - is-”
18. Which of the following - according to Bruce Stone - is not a -˜Bottom-Up-™ concept of accountability ?
19. The most effective means of citizens-™ control over administration is-”
20. The conditions necessary to ensure that neutrality does not lead to a state of inertia and status-quo maintenance are-”
21. An urban body in the modern sense was first established in the year-”
22. Voluntary provisions of 73rd Constitutional Amendment include-”
23. Which of the following provided for the appointment of the same person as Governor of two or more States ?
24. Budget is a document which is unstitched and reassembled by the Appropriation Committees of both the Houses.- This statement of Aaron Wildrasky applies to the budget of-”,United States of America ,United Kingdom ,France ,India,a The best check on bureaucratic power - according to Weber - lies with-”,Powerful Private Groups ,Strong Bureaucratic leadership,Strong Parliament ,Superior Technical Knowledge of the Chief Executive,d -˜If a society is not at all differentiated - if there are no specialists - if everyone can do everything.-™ Riggs calls it a-”,Society ,Prismatic Society ,Diffracted Society ,Transitional Society,b Which one is not correctly matched ?,Compromiser-”poor decision maker ,Executive-”good motivator,Bureaucrat-”control of situation by rules ,Developer-”interest in harmony - avoids conflicts,b Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer : List-I (Books), The New Science of Management decision,Organization and Innovation, The Achieving Society,Eupsychian Management List-II (Author) 1. David McClelland 2. Abraham Maslow 3. Chris Argyris 4. Herbert Simon Codes :,1 2 3 4,3 1 4 2,4 3 1 2,4 2 3 1,c -˜The bureaucracy is a circle - which no one can escape - its hierarchy is a hierarchy of knowledge.-™ Who said it ?,Max Weber ,Karl Marx,Blau and Scott ,T. Parsons,b Which of the following is an area of Planning Commission ?,Review of the Union and State Finances,Maintaining Macro-economic Stability,Public and Foreign Loans,Suggesting Ways and Means to Restructure Public Finance,a The advantages of a departmental undertaking are-”, Optimum Utilisation of Financial Resources,Operational Flexibility, High Degree of Accountability,Autonomy in working Codes :,, and ,,, and ,,, - ,and ,,, - ,and ,,b Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer : List-I, Endo-prismatic,Exo-prismatic, Ortho prismatic,Diffracted List-II 1. Semi differentiated and malintegrated 2. Congruence of aspiration and reality 3. Impetus from outside 4. Internally generated movement towards diffraction Codes :, 2 4 1,4 3 1 2,2 4 3 1,1 2 3 4,b The authority which can make rules for the transaction of the business of the Government of India is-”,President ,Prime Minister,Parliament ,Ministry of Home Affairs,a Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer : List-I (Concept), Knowledge Worker,Domination by Organization personality, Action-centred Leadership Theory,Organization as Bureaucracy List-II (Thinkers) 1. John Adair 2. Max Weber 3. Chester Barnard 4. Peter Drucker Codes :,1 2 3 4,1 3 2 4,4 3 1 2,4 3 2 1,c -˜No money shall be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund except under appropriation made by law.-™ This has been provided in-”,Article 110 ,Article 112 ,Article 113 ,Article 114,d Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer : List-I, All India Services,Classification of Civil Services, Regulation of Recruitment and Conditions of Service, General Policies Regarding all Central Services List-II 1. Parliamentary Act 2. Ministry of Personnel - Public Grievances and Pensions 3. Article 312 4. Civil Service Rules 1930 Codes :,,, ,,1 2 3 4,3 4 1 2,3 2 4 1,1 2 4 3,b Increasing efficiency must begin with those higher ups. This is the essence of scientific management.- Who said it ?
25. Which of the following theories focuses on informal organization and participative management ?