Questions of Public Administration, H.P.A.S. Preliminary Examination, 2008-Set 1 (Q.1 to 20)

1. The World Bank’s view did not espouse which one of the following?

(a) An increased role of NGOs in governance of developing countries
(b) A more meaningful role by public servants in development
(c) Higher weight age to market forces of privatization
(d) Induction of sophisticated technology even without an adequate infrastructure

2. The hallmark of Public Administration is:

(a) Public Responsibility
(b) Consistency of treatment
(c) Community service
(d) Neutrality

3. Arrange the following landmarks in the growth and emergence of NPA in paper order:

(1) Philidipia Conference
(2) Honey report
(3) Minnowbrook Conference
(4) Publication of ‘ Public Administration in a Time of Turbulence’
(5) Publication of ‘ Toward a New Public Administration’

(A) (1),(2),(3),(4),(5)
(B) (2),(3),(1),(4),(5)
(C) (2),(1),(3),(5),(4)
(D) (2),(1),(3),(4),(5)

4. Which of the following is incorrect matched?

(a) The Ecology of Public Administration-1960
(b) The Administrative State-1948
(c) Big Democracy-1945
(d) Organization and Innovation-1965

5. Which of the following are reasons or facts that made Goodnow separate from the sphere of politics and administration?

(1) Both were separate discipline
(2) Separation of powers provided the basis of distinction
(3) He was keen to promote Administration as an independent discipline
(4) Politics and Administration are two separate functions of government

Choose the correct answers from the code4s given below:

(A) (1),(2) and (3)
(B) (1),(2) and (4)
(C) (1),(3) and (4)
(D) (2),(3) and (4)

6. “ Administration is politics since it must be responsive to the public interest”. This statement was made by:

(a) L. Urwick
(b) J.M. Pfiffner
(c) P.H. Appleby
(d) L. Gulick

7. The Public Choice School sets a concept of:

(a) Bureaucratic Administration
(b) Hierarchical Administration
(c) Democratic Administration
(d) Oligarchic Administration

8. In Public Administration which of the following types of ‘ efficiency ‘ have been advocated by Peter Self?

(a) Administrative efficiency
(b) Policy efficiency
(c) Service efficiency
(d) Profit- making efficiency

Select the correct answer
(A) (1),(2) and (3)
(B) (1),(2) and (4)
(C) (1),(3) and (4)
(D) (2),(3) and (4)

9. Which one of the following factors could place limitation on the authority of a superior?

(1) Group Behavior
(2) Social Relationship
(3) Organizational norms
(4) Bonafide instructions
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
(A) (1),(2),(3) and 4
(B) (1) and (2)
(C) (3) and (4)
(D) (1),(2) and (3)

10. The most logical criterion to distinguish a line function from staff is:

(a) The authority relationship
(b) The functional relationship
(c) The grouping of functions
(d) The departmentalization

11. According to Chester Barnard, orders are authoritative when they are:

(a) Issued by the superior
(b) Issued by the top executive
(c) Accepted by the subordinates
(d) Understood by the subordinates

12. Urwick’s distinction between ‘direct supervision’ and ‘ access to the boss’ in the cade of span of control is related to the factor of:

(a) Personality
(b) Space
(c) Function
(d) Age

13. Who of the following distinguished between ‘ substantive supervision’ and ‘ technical supervision’?

(a) Williamson
(b) Halsey
(c ) Millet
(d) Seckler Hudson

14.Principle of scientific management developed by F.W Taylor didn’t include:

(a) Division of responsibility
(b) Esprit de corps
(c ) Mental revolution
(d) Scientific training

15. Who is well known for his Michigan studies?

(a) Argyris
(b) Follet
(c) Elton Mayo
(d) Likert

16.” The focal of classical theory is on organizations without people”, said by:

(a) W. Bennis
(b) McGregor
( c) Chris Argyris
(d) None of these

17. The Code of Conduct was maintained for group solidarity and informal pressure was used to set right the erring members of the group during the Hawthorne experiments. It did not include on being a:

(a) Rate buster
(b) Squealer
( c) Chiseler
(d) Recluse

18. Consider the following developments:

(1) End of politics-public administration dichotomy
(2) Questioning of subjectivity in administrative decision- making
(3) Critique of administrative state
(4) Rawl’s contribution to justice

Which of these developments led to emphasis on ethics in Public Administration?
(a) (1),(2) and (3)
(b) (2), (3) and (4)
(c) (1),(3) and (4)
(d) (2) and (4)

19. ‘Management by Exception’ was advocated by:

(a) Dupont
(b) F.W. Taylor
( c) Hamilton
(d)Peter Drucker

20. Consider the following statements:

(1) Bernard thought that organizational leadership was the most important factor in organizational management
(2) Simon focus on the cognitive aspects of organizational operation

Which of the following statements is/ are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 3

Questions of Public Administration, H.P.A.S. Preliminary Examination, 2008-Set 1 (Q.1 to 20)

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