1. .Who said ‘Personnel is the sovereign factor in public administration’
Correct : A. Herman Finer
2. In POSDCORB, the letter ‘C’ stands for
Correct : B. Coordinating
3. Public Personnel Administration function involves
Correct : C. POSDCORB
4. Aristocratic type of Personnel system developed in
Correct : B. England
5. The standard and efficiency of Public Administration depends on
Correct : C. integrity of the civil service
6. Public Personnel Administration involves
Correct : A. recruitment, training and classification
7. Spoils system is associated with
Correct : B. USA
8. Bureaucratic system rests on the notion of
Correct : C. hierarchy of divisions
9. Equality of opportunity is ensured in
Correct : B. merit system
10. In the USA,the spoils system was discarded by which Act
Correct : A. Pendleton Act,1883
11. The requirements of the civil service include
Correct : B. impartial selection and political neutrality
12. Who used the term "manpower management" instead of "personnel management"
Correct : A. Dale Yoder
13. One of the aims of Personnel Management is
Correct : C. to enable people to make their best contribution
14. Personnel are required to perform
Correct : A. Line functions and Staff functions
15. Personnel Administration functions in
Correct : C. Formal and Informal organisations
16. Personnel Administration include within its scope
Correct : A. recruitment, training, promotion
17. An occupation which one takes up with expectation of advancement till retirement is
Correct : B. career
18. A person who specializes in some particular field is called
Correct : C. specialist
19. In POSDCORB,the letter P stands for
Correct : A. planning
20. The word’Aristocracy’means
Correct : C. government by the nobles
21. The word ‘bureaucracy’was coined by
Correct : A. Gourney
22. One of the advantages of the Bureaucratic system is
Correct : B. it brings skilled mind to solution of technical problems
23. The greatest disadvantage of the Bureaucratic system is
Correct : A. it exempts public service from popular control
24. Who said ‘To the victor belongs the spoils’
Correct : C. William Marcy
25. Who said ,’My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest should have the same
opportunity as the strongest’
Correct : A. Mahatma Gandhi
26. The merit system was introduced in USA after the passage of which Act
Correct : B. Pendleton Act,1883
27. A system by which appointments and promotions in the civil service are based on
competence rather than political favoritism is
Correct : C. Merit system
28. The advantage of the Merit system
Correct : A. ensures selection of qualified candidate on the basis of merit
29. The Spoils system began in the year
Correct : B. 1829
30. The word ‘Personnel’ means
Correct : A. a body of persons employed in an organization
31. The home of the Spoils system is
Correct : C. USA
32. Equality of opportunity is ensured under the
Correct : A. Merit system
33. What is meant by the term ‘Merit’
Correct : C. worthiness
34. The most widely prevalent type of personnel system is
Correct : B. Merit system
35. In India,the merit principle has been in existence since
Correct : C. 1854
36. Britain adopted the merit principle in
Correct : A. 1857
37. The Civil Service Act of USA in 1883 is also known as
Correct : B. Pendleton Act
38. In USA,the immediate cause of substitution of spoils system by merit system was
Correct : A. Assassination of Garfield
39. The principle of employment on the basis of open competitive examinations is
Correct : B. Merit system
40. Spoils system is also known as
Correct : C. Patronage system
41. Who said ‘Unless recruitment policy is soundly conceived, there can be little hope for building
a first rate staff’
Correct : A. Glenn Stahl
42. When vacant posts are filled up by suitable candidates who are already in service it is called
Correct : B. recruitment from within
43. Negative recruitment stands for
Correct : C. Keeping the ‘rascals’out
44. Positive recruitment emphasizes on an aggressive search for
Correct : A. most talented personnel
45. The first country to adopt the scientific system of recruitment based on the merit principle
was
Correct : B. China
46. The disadvantage of recruitment from within-
Correct : C. the source of supply is narrow and restricted
47. Posting of the recruited candidate in the right job is called
Correct : B. Placement
48. Induction of recruited candidate through training is called
Correct : C. Orientation
49. Although technically different, the term ‘recruitment’ is sometimes used interchangeably with
Correct : B. examination
50. The corner-stone of the whole public personnel structure is
Correct : C. recruitment
51. The first country in modern times to have evolved a sound recruitment system was
Correct : A. Prussia
52. The recruitment, which aims at keeping the unqualified and unfit candidates out is
Correct : B. negative recruitment
53. The process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating to apply for jobs is
Correct : C. recruitment
54. Recruitment, in the real sense of the term is
Correct : A. Direct recruitment
55. The demerit of direct recruitment is
Correct : B. It necessitates intensive and expensive training
56. The process of recruitment to higher civil service in the states is conducted by
Correct : C. State Public Service Commission
57. A Joint Public Service Commission can be created by
Correct : B. an Act of the Parliament
58. When a large number of unskilled post is to be filled up, which of the following methods is
used
Correct : A. Mass recruitment
59. The UPSC is created under which Article of the Indian Constitution
Correct : C. 315
60. A system of recruitment in which higher position is open to all the qualified candidates
who may apply is
Correct : A. direct recruitment
61. The Central Personnel Agency in India is
Correct : C. Union Public service Commission
62. UPSC is a
Correct : A. recruiting agency
63. Indirect recruitment is also known as
Correct : B. recruitment within
64. The Chairman of the State Public Service Commission is appointed by
Correct : A. the President of India
65. Prior to 1922,the ICS exam was held in
Correct : B. England
66. After Independence, the Federal Public Service Commission was redesignated as
Correct : A. Union Public Service Commission
67. In the 1952,the examination viva-voce was renamed as
Correct : C. Personality Test
68. The Committee on Recruitment Policy and Selection Methods,1974 was also known as
Correct : A. Kothari Commitee
69. Who of the following is associated with the concept of new Despotism
Correct : B. Lord Hewart
70. The final work of the UPSC in the recruitment process
Correct : C. Certification
71. Who appoints the Chairman and members of the Union Public Service Commission?
Correct : A. The President
72. The members of the Union Public Service Commission submit their resignation to
Correct : C. To the President
73. How can the members and Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission be removed
from the post?
Correct : B. Proven Misbehaviour
74. The chairman of the Union Public Service Commission submit its Annual Report to
Correct : C. the President
75. The salary, pension and allowances of the chairman and members of the Union Public
Service Commission is borne by
Correct : A. Consolidated fund of India
76. In which part of the Indian Constitution there is a provision for the establishment of the State
Public Service Commission and the Union Public Service Commission?
Correct : C. 14th
77. Who appoints the Chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission?
Correct : B. The Governor of the state
78. Chairman and the member of the State Public Service Commission submit their resignation
to
Correct : A. the President of India
79. Who can remove the Chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission?
Correct : C. President
80. What is the tenure of the Chairman and Members of the State Public Service Commission?
Correct : B. 6 years or 65 years (whichever is earlier)
81. Classification of personnel is the grouping of
Correct : B. various positions on the basis of their duties and responsibilities
82. Classification and standardization of public employment constitutes
Correct : C. the starting point or the basis upon which the whole personnel structure must rest
83. The classification of services in India are governed by the
Correct : A. Civil Services Rules of 1930
84. Dimock & Dimock defined classification as “The systematic sorting and ranking of the
positions in a hierarchical sequence according to
Correct : B. comparative difficulty and responsibility”
85. Under Classification, a number of similar or identical positions are
Correct : A. put together to form a class
86. Classification ensures the enforcement of
Correct : C. the principle of equal pay for equal work
87. Classification helps the employees in undertaking
Correct : A. clearly defined duties and responsibilities and removes confusion
88. Position Classification is also known as
Correct : B. duties classification
89. In position classification, the status an salary of the government servant depends on
Correct : A. his duties and responsibilities
90. Position classification lays emphasis on
Correct : C. merit than seniority
91. In position classification, there is
Correct : B. a match between the requirements of a job and the qualification of the incumbent
92. Position classification brings an element of
Correct : C. rigidity in personnel administration which hinders horizontal and vertical mobility
93. Position classification is difficult to administer as it
Correct : A. requires various types of sophisticated technical skills
94. In Rank Classification, the employees are classified in a
Correct : B. hierarchical order according to their rank
95. The salary and status of an employee in rank classification depends on his
Correct : A. ranking in a group or service, and not on posting
96. Rank classification lays emphasis on the career opportunities of individual civil servants
by establishing an
Correct : C. identity between his post and the one of his promotion
97. Rank classification lays premium on
Correct : B. generalist rather than specialist qualities in the civil servants
98. Rank Classification violates the principle of
Correct : C. equal pay for equal work
99. Training is the process of preparing the personnel
Correct : B. mentally and physically
100. Training is also an action or process by which
Correct : A. capabilities of the personnel can be improved