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Madhya Pradesh P.S.C. (Pre.) Exam., 2008

(Held on 11-01-2009)

Public Administration : Solved Paper

1. Which of the following administrative thinkers has defined administration as “the organization and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends” ?

• L. D. White
• J. M. Pfiffner
• J. A. Veig
• H. A. Simon

2. Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of New Public Management ?

• It has market orientation
• It upholds public interest
• It advocates managerial autonomy
• It focuses on performance appraisal

3. ‘Good Governance’ and ‘Participating Civil Society for Development’ were stressed in World Bank Report of—

• (A) 1992
• 1997
• 2000
• 2003

4. If the administrative authority within a department is vested in a single individual, then that system is known as—

• Board
• Bureau
• Commission
• Council

5. Globalisation means—

• Financial market system is centered in a single state
• The growth of a single unified world market
• Geographical location of a firm is of utmost importance
• Foreign capitalist transactions

 6. By whom was the ‘Managerial Grid’ developed ?

• Blake and White
• Blake and Schmidt
• Blake and Mouton
• Mouton and Shophan

7. Who among the following says that public administration includes the operations of only the executive branch of government ?

• L. D. White and Luther Gulick
• L. D. White
• Luther Gulick
• W. F. Willoughby

8. The concept of the ‘zone of indifference’ is associated with—

• Decision-Making
• Leadership
• Authority
• Motivation

9. Who has analysed the leadership in terms of ‘circular response’ ?

• C. I. Barnard
• M. P. Follett
• Millet
• Taylor

10. Simon proposed a new concept of administration based on the methodology of—

• Decision-making
• Bounded rationality
• Logical positivism
• Satisfying

11.Who wrote the book ‘Towards A New Public Administration:The Minnowbrook Perspective’?

• Frank Marini
• Dwight Waldo
• C. J. Charlesworth
• J. M. Pfiffner

12. Who rejected the principles of administration as ‘myths’ and ‘proverbs’ ?

• W. F. Willoughby
• Herbert Simon
• Chester Barnard
• L. D. White

13. The classical theory of administration is also known as the—

• Historical theory
• (B) Mechanistic theory
• Locational theory
• Human Relations theory

14. How many principles of organization were propounded by Henry Fayol ?

• 10
• 14
• 5
• 9

15. Simon was positively influenced by ideas of—

• Terry
• (B) Barnard
• L. D. White
• Henry Fayol

16. Negative motivation is based on—

• Fear
• Reward
• Money
• Status

17. ‘Job loading’ means—

• Shifting of an employee from one job to another
• Deliberate upgrading of responsibility, scope and challenge
• Making the job more interesting
• None of the above

18. The theory of ‘Prismatic Society’ in Public Administration is based on—

• Study of public services in developed and developing countries
• Institutional comparision of public administration in developed countries
• Structural-functional analysis of public administration in developing countries
• Historical studies of public administration in different societies

19. Who among the following is an odd thinker ?

• Taylor
• Maslow
• Herzberg
• Likert

20. Which of the following is not included in ‘hygiene’ factors in the Herzberg’s two-factor theory of motivation ?

• Salary
• Working conditions
• Company’s policy
• Responsibility

21. The ‘Gang-Plank’ refers to—

• Discipline
• Initiative
• Equity
• Level jumping

22. The history of evolution of the Public Administration is generally divided into—

• Three phases
• Four phases
• Five phases
• Six phases

23. Henry Fayol’s General theory of Administration is applicable at—

• Policy management level
• Top management level
• Middle management level
• Workshop management level

24. F. W. Taylor, the founding father of Scientific Management movement propounded the theory which was conceived to be a scientific methodology of—

• Careful observation
• Measurement
• Generalization
• All of these

25. In which of the following are public and private administrations not common ?

• Filing
• Managerial techniques
• Scope and complexity
• Accounting

26. Bureaucracy that is committed to the programmes of the political party in power is called—

• Depoliticised bureaucracy
• Semi-politicised bureaucracy
• Committed bureaucracy
• Fully politicised bureaucracy

27. The principle of ‘span of control’ means—

• An employee should receive orders from one superior only
• (B) The number of subordinate employees that an administrator can effectively direct
• The control or supervision of the superior over the subordinate
• The number of people being controlled

28. Which of the following is not a function of staff agency ?

• Planning
• Advising
• Consultation
• Achieving goals

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

• Cabinet Secretariat
• Cabinet Committees
• Planning Commission
• Economic Affairs Department

30. In hierarchy, the term ‘scalar’ means—

• Step
• Ladder
• Position
• Process

31. The 4Ps theory of departmentalization as advocated by Luther Gulick are—

• Purpose, process, plan, place
• Place, person, programme, process
• Purpose, process, place, programme
• Purpose, process, person, place

32. One who tells one’s supervisor anything detrimental to an associate is called—

• A squealer
• A rate buster
• A chiseller
• None of these

33. According to Urwick, where the work is of a more simple and routine nature, the span of control varies from—

• 9 to 12
• 8 to 12
• 7 to 9
• 10 to 12

34. Delegation of authority by a Sales Manger to his saleman is an example of—

• Upward delegation
• Side-ward delegation
• Downward delegation
• None of these

35. A virtual organisation is—

• One which has profit as the major goal
• One in which leadership always tends to fulfil psychological needs of the subordinates
• A small, core organization that outsources major business functions
• One which has concern of the employees as its top priority

36. The most effective means of citizen’s control over administration is—

• Election
• Pressure Groups
• Advisory Committees
• Public Opinion

37. The Santhanam Committee on prevention of corruption was appointed in—

• 1961
• 1964
• 1963
• 1962

38. The first country in the world to introduce the right to information was—

• Norway
• USA
• Sweden
• Finland

39. What is meant by the Doctrine of State Immunity ?

• The State is immune to being sued
• The State can be sued but not in the national courts
• The State cannot be sued in its own court without its consent
• None of the above

40. ‘Habeas Corpus’ literally means—

• To have the body of
• To command
• To prohibit
• None of the above

41. The system of ‘Rule of Law’ was propounded by—

• A. V. Dicey
• Lowell
• W. F. Willoughby
• H. Finer

42. Who says that “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” ?

• L. D. White
• Lord Beveridge
• Lord Acton
• Josiah Stamp

43. The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament in India consists of—

• 15 members
• 22 members
• 25 members
• 30 members

44. If a public servant imposes upon the citizens duties and obligations which are not required by law, it can lead to—

• Error of law
• Abuse of power
• Error of authority
• Error of fact finding

45. Of which of the following administrative systems is the absence of judicial review a feature?

1. USA

2. UK

3. France

4. India

• 3
• 2 and 3
• 1 and 3
• 2

46. The present constitution of the USA was adopted in—

• 1786
• 1778
• 1787
• 1789

47. ‘Grand Corps’ in French Civil Service stands for—

• Senior level of specialist administrators
• Senior level of generalist administrators
• Senior level of generalist cum-specialist administrators
• Senior level of defence administrators

48. In France, the term of the President is—

• Four years
• Five years
• Six years
• Seven years

49. In England, the Cabinet must resign from office as soon as it loses the confidence of—

• The King or the Queen
• The House of Commons
• The House of Lords
• All of these

50. Under their service rules, the British Civil servants—

• Are required to be neutral in politics
• Can be partisan
• Can be partly neutral and partly partisan
• Can pursue active party politics

51. The term ‘Performance Budget’ was coined by—

• Administrative Reforms Commission of India
• Second Hoover Commission of USA
• Estimates Committee of India
• First Hoover Commission of USA

52. During passing of budget in the Parliament ‘Guilotine’ is applied to those demands which are—

• Discussed and approved
• Discussed but not approved
• Discussed and reduced
• Not discussed for want of time

53. Audit of State Government is—

• A state subject
• A union subject
• In the concurrent list
• None of these

54. In which year was the Committee on Public Undertakings constituted by the Lok Sabha ?

• 1953
• 1956
• 1963
• 1964

55. The number of demands in the general budget for civil expenditure is—

• 103
• 106
• 102
• 109

56. The rule of lapse means—

• All appropriations voted by the legislature expire at the end of the financial year
• All pending bills in Parliament lapse with its prorogation
• The demand for grants of a ministry lapse with criticism of its policy by the opposition
• The appropriation bill lapses if it is not returned by the Rajya Sabha within 14 days

57. The C & AG of India does not audit the receipts and expenditure of—

• Municipal undertakings
• State Governments
• Government companies
• Central Government

58. The role of the Finance Commission in Central-State fiscal relations has been undermined by—

• The State Governments
• The Zonal Councils
• The Planning Commission
• The Election Commission

59. The Railway Budget was separated from the Central Budget in the year—

• 1920
• (B) 1921
• 1922
• 1923

60. The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament is appointed by—

• Speaker of Lok Sabha
• Prime Minister of India
• President of India
• Chairman of Rajya Sabha

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