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1. Voluntary provisions of 73rd Constitutional Amendment include-”
2. 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 ?
3. Reappropriation is permissible only-”
4. Which of the following statements are true about Lokayukta in Rajasthan ?
5. Grants from Centre to the States are regulated by the following Articles of the Constitution-”
6. 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- ?
7. The most effective means of citizens-™ control over administration is-”
8. With the advent of development administration - the Collector has emerged as-”
9. Which of the following provided for the appointment of the same person as Governor of two or more States ?
10. What falls within the purview of consultation of Union Public Service Commission ?
11. Who recommended that the National Development Council should be given a constitutional status under Article 263 and renamed as National Economic and Development Council ?
12. Rigg-™s concept of development considers penetration as a factor of integration. Consider the following-”
13. Which of the following - according to Bruce Stone - is not a -˜Bottom-Up-™ concept of accountability ?
14. Gram Sabha has been called "Embodiment of Direct Democracy- by-”
15. It is a comprehensive account of the receipts and expenditure of the Government under various heads and sub-heads of the Budget-”
16. Who was the Chairman of the Comparative Administration Group 1963 ?
17. Which of the following is not an informal training type ?
18. The political rights granted to the Civil Servants in France are-”
19. The Bills which can be introduced but cannot be considered without the prior recommendation of the President is-”
20. As long as the study of Public Administration is not comparative - claims for a science of Public Administration is rather hollow.- Who said it ?,Fred Riggs ,Max Weber ,Robert Dahl ,Ferrel Heady,c In Britain the -˜Priestly formula-™ relates to-”,Recruitment ,Promotion ,Pay ,Disciplinary Action,b Whitley Council in UK is not a forum for-”,Discussion and Negotiation,Ventilation of Grievances,Settlement of Disputes on Service Conditions,Settlement of Individual cases relating to Promotion and Disciplinary Action,d Neutral bureaucracy can be found only in a secular political culture.- Who said it ?
21. The concept of Citizens-™ Charter as a means to greater accountability and openness was first introduced in 1991 in-”
22. In the past the man was first. In the future the system will be the first.- Who said it ?,Frederick Taylor ,Peter Drucker,Marshall Dimock ,Leonard White,b Rensis Likert-™s System I is characterised by-”,Supportive Leadership ,Low Motivation,Self Regulation ,Openness,b The basic premise of New Public Management is-”,Governments as the primary agent of all social action,Large governmental bureaucracies,More flexible and open governments,Paternal governments,c Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer : List-I, Direct Authority,Delegated Authority, Functional Authority,Personal Authority List-II 1. Seniority 2. Unbroken line between Issuer and Acceptor 3. An Intermediate Agency between Issuer and Acceptor 4. Intrinsic by special knowledge Codes :1 2 3 4,2 1 4 3,2 3 4 1,1 3 2 4,c According to Mary Parker Follett - the principles of effective coordination are-”, Intellectual Ability,Continuity, Reciprocity,Mutual Consultationc Dwight Waldo in his book -˜The Administrative State-™ has attacked-”, Notion of Unchanging Principles of Administration, Human Emotions in Organization, Narrowness of Values of Economy and Efficiency, Inconsistencies in Methodology used in determining the principles,c Human Relations Theory believed that the people are-”,Economic Men,Homogeneous,Heterogeneous,Atomistic,c Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer : List-I, Substantive Coordination,Internal Coordination, Horizontal Coordination,Procedural Coordination List-II 1. Between Units in the same level 2. Between different units within the organisation 3. Generalised description of the behaviour and relationship of the members of the organization 4. Content of the organization-™s activities ,4 2 1 3,1 4 2 3,3 4 1 2,2 1 3 4,a The linking process for interaction under systems approach does not include-”,Communication ,Delegation,Balance ,Decision Making,b Work division is the foundation of organization - indeed - the reason for organization.- Who said it ?
23. The recommendation to the Union Government for the grant of financial assistance to the States is made by-”
24. Among the critical dimensions of the leadership situation the most important dimension - according to Fiedler - is-”
25. Politicisation of bureaucracy means-”