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Theories and Principles of Public Administration | Set 2

1. Who among the following opposed the separation of politics from public administration?

Correct : D. all the above

2. Who among the following wrote the book- “the ecology of public administration?

Correct : A. fred w riggs

3. The term “development administration” was first coined by:

Correct : C. goswami

4. The concept of “development administration” was first introduced by:

Correct : B. edward w weidner

5. Who said that development administration is concerned primarily with the tasks and process of formulating and implementing the four P’S?

Correct : C. donald c. stones

6. Which of the following is a characteristic of the development administration?

Correct : D. all the above

7. Gang Plank is:

Correct : C. permitting horizontal communication

8. The primary focus of human relations theory is on:

Correct : C. individual as socio-psychological being and what motivates him

9. Hierarchy means:

Correct : B. control of the higher over the lower

10. Which of the following is an advantage of the scalar process?

Correct : D. all the above.

11. Which of the following is true regarding hierarchy?

Correct : D. all the above

12. Which of the following is relevant to the span of control?

Correct : D. all the above

13. The term “performance Budget “ was coined by

Correct : D. first hoover commission of usa

14. The Chairman of the Public Account Committee of the Parliament is appointed by

Correct : A. speaker of lok sabha

15. The Civil Service was defined as “professional body of officials ,permanent ,paid and skilled by

Correct : A. herman finer

16. Which of the following agency is not a staff agency in India?

Correct : D. monopolies and restricted trade practices commission

17. Span of control is concerned with:

Correct : C. determining the number of subordinates to be supervised by each manger

18. Weber mentions three types of authority. Which of the following is not in them?

Correct : B. official authority

19. Centralisation is the result of certain factors. Which of the following is not in them?

Correct : C. popular participation in the administration

20. Some of the techniques of coordination ae mentioned below. Which of them is not a technique of voluntary coordination?

Correct : B. organizational hierarchy

21. Which of the following ways are useful for securing coordination in the organization?

Correct : D. all the above

22. Luther Gulick mentions some difficulties in the way of effective coordination. Which of the following is not among them?

Correct : C. size and complexity of the organization

23. Max Weber mentions some causes which led to the rise of bureaucracy. Which of the following is not among them?

Correct : D. advent of the nation state.

24. Which of the following features of bureaucracy is mentioned by Max Weber?

Correct : D. all the above

25. Spoils system of recruitment of public services was prevalent in:

Correct : C. u.s.a

26. The merit system of recruitment of public services in U.S.A was introduced in the year:

Correct : A. 1884

27. Which of the following functions does not belong to civil service?

Correct : D. policy formulation

28. Which of the following is not part of the financial management?

Correct : C. approval of the budget by the cabinet

29. India follows the practice of:

Correct : A. plural budget

30. Which of the following rule is not part of the budget making?

Correct : B. guillotine

31. Which of the following types is practised in India?

Correct : C. incremental budgeting

32. Performance budgeting was first started in :

Correct : B. u.s.a

33. The term performance budgeting was first coined by:

Correct : B. first hoover commission in u.s.a

34. Which of the following agencies is concerned with budget making?

Correct : D. all the above

35. Rajya Sabha in India consists of

Correct : B. 250 members

36. Zero-based budgeting first started in:

Correct : A. u.s.a

37. In India the budget is prepared by the Union Finance Minister to:

Correct : C. lok sabha

38. The institution of Ombudsman was first introduced in:

Correct : C. sweden

39. The Ombudsman in Sweden is an independent authority to ensure:

Correct : D. that rights and freedoms of citizens are not violated

40. The ombudsman in Sweden has the power to;

Correct : A. investigate complaints and recommend action

41. In India the institution of Ombudsman is known as:

Correct : B. lokpal and lokayukta

42. Who is appointed as the first Lokpal in India?

Correct : A. justice pinaki chandra ghosh

43. First Lokpal in India was appointed in the year:

Correct : B. 2019

44. Bhoomi project in Karnataka is an example of

Correct : B. government to citizen initiative

45. Computerization of land records is an example of:

Correct : B. government to citizen initiative

46. Gyandoot in Madhyapradesh is an example of:

Correct : B. government to citizen initiative

47. Lokvani project in Uttarpradesh is an example of:

Correct : B. government to citizen initiative

48. Project “ FRIENDS in Kerala” is an example of:

Correct : B. government to citizen initiative

49. ------------ is a government to citizen initiative in Rajasthan

Correct : A. e- mitra project

50. e-Seva is a ----------------------initiative in Andhra Pradesh

Correct : B. government to citizen initiative

51. Select the government to business initiative:

Correct : A. mca21

52. ------------- is a government to government initiative

Correct : A. smart gov

53. Khajane Project is an example of:

Correct : A. government to government initiative

54. National e-governance plan was formulated in the year:

Correct : B. 2006

55. ------------- is an online platform to engage citizens in the task of good governance.

Correct : A. mygov

56. Advantages of e-governance are:

Correct : D. all the above

57. ------------ is the application of ICT to the process of government functioning for good governance.

Correct : A. e -governance

58. Who defined development administration as “a goal oriented and change oriented administration”?

Correct : A. edward weidner

59. Who is the First Finance Minister of India?

Correct : A. sri.r.k shanmukham chetty

60. The Right to Information Act came into force in -----------.

Correct : A. october 2005

61. Who is the First Prime Minister of India?

Correct : A. pandit jawaharlal nehru

62. Select The models of e-governance:

Correct : D. all the above

63. Which of the following is not a demerit of decentralisation?

Correct : A. promotes completion between different units

64. Management by exception is related to:

Correct : B. scalar chain

65. The role of public administration is to execute the:

Correct : A. programme of political parties

66. The recruitment of All India Services is the function of :

Correct : A. upsc

67. Who is appointing authority of the chairman of the UPSC?

Correct : A. president

68. The term “public” in the public administration stands for:

Correct : B. the governmental administration

69. Which of the following is the main cause of the scalar system?

Correct : B. hierarchy

70. Karl Marx regarded bureaucracy as:

Correct : C. an instrument of dominant ruling class promoting particular interests

71. Which among the following is empowered to create more All India Services?

Correct : B. parliament

72. The principle of unity of command ensures:

Correct : A. accountability

73. Who said “An organization has three elements- persons, combined efforts and common purpose?

Correct : A. l.d white

74. The last stage in the process of recruitment is:

Correct : B. orientation

75. The administrative staff college of India was established:

Correct : A. 1957

76. The first country in the world to introduce the right to information was:

Correct : B. sweden

77. Uniformity of treatment is considered as an important feature of -------- administration:

Correct : B. public

78. Public administration is:

Correct : D. all the above

79. The Prime Minister’s office in India is a:

Correct : B. auxiliary agency

80. Which of the following factors helps to build up morale of the employees in the organization?

Correct : D. all the above

81. In which year railway budget merged with union budget in India?

Correct : B. 2017