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(1) The recommendation to set up statewide municipal cadre under integrated personnel system was first made by which of the following committee/commission ?
(1) Committee on service conditions of Municipal Employees
(2) Central government’s High Powered Expert Committee on urbanization
(3) Second Administrative Reforms Commission
(4) 12th plan Steering Committee on urbanization
Answer: Committee on service conditions of Municipal Employees
(2) Which one of the following is not a subject of 12th schedule of the Constitution ?
(1) Women and Child Development
(2) Roads and Bridges
(3) Planning for economics and social development
(4) Planning for economics and social development
Answer: Women and Child Development

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(3) Which one of the following variable is dropped by 14th Finance Commission in effecting horizontal devolution of funds to the States ?
(1) Population
(2) Fiscal Discipline
(3) Area
(4) Forest Cover
Answer: Fiscal Discipline
(4) Department of personnel and training of Central Government is under which of the following ministries ?
(1) Home Affairs
(2) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(3) Human Resource Development
(4) Ministry of Law and Justice
Answer: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(5) Which one of following is not characteristic of British Constitution ?
(1) Flexible Constitution
(2) Supremacy of Parliament
(3) Unitary Government
(4) Based on separation of powers
Answer: Based on separation of powers
(6) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 was launched on which of the following date
(1) 2nd February, 2005
(2) 2nd February, 2006
(3) 2nd October, 2005
(4) 2nd October, 2006
Answer: 2nd February, 2006
(7) Which one of the following is a feature of an informal organization ?
(1) Legal status
(2) Shared values and common standards of behaviour
(3) Primacy of structure
(4) Permanence
Answer: Shared values and common standards of behaviour
(8) Who among the following has given the concept of routinization of charismatic authority
(1) Max Weber
(2) Robert Merton
(3) Oliver Sheldon
(4) Philip Selznick
Answer: Max Weber
(9) In order to address the difficulties due to lack of coordination among various governmental institutions/agencies, the Third Minnowbrook Conference introduced a new concept of
(1) boundary spanning
(2) Inter operability
(3) Inter disciplinary
(4) Supportive collaborative research
Answer: Inter operability
(10) Which of the following is not the method to keep the employee’s morale high ?
(1) Creating an ownership feeling among employees of the organization.
(2) Recognize and celebrate significant work achievements of the employees
(3) Restraining employees from undertaking any community service.
(4) Train employees to develop friendly culture and positive attitudes.
Answer: Restraining employees from undertaking any community service.
(11) The processes that account for an individual’s intensity, direction and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal in an organization is called
(1) Direction
(2) Control
(3) Leadership
(4) Motivation
Answer: Motivation
(12) Which of the following reasons is not the justification for delegated legislation ?
(1) Certain emergency situation requires speedy and appropriate action.
(2) Parliament has no time for the consideration of complicated and technical matters
(3) Certain matters covered by delegated legislation are of technical nature that require handling by experts.
(4) Delegated legislation facilitates and protects the liberties of the people.
Answer: Delegated legislation facilitates and protects the liberties of the people.
(13) Leader-Participation model of leadership is developed by which of the following ?
(1) Robert House
(2) J.P. Kotter
(3) Victor Vroom and Yetton
(4) R. Kahn and D. Katz
Answer: Victor Vroom and Yetton
(14) Which one of the following statements about Managerial Grid Theory of Blake and Mouton is false ?
(1) In impoverished style managers have low concern for both people and production.
(2) In country club management style managers have high concern for people and low concern for production.
(3) In team management style managers have high concern for production only.
(4) In middle of the road style managers maintain a balance between company goals and workers’ needs
Answer: In team management style managers have high concern for production only.
(15) Herzberg’s ‘Hygiene Factor’ of motivation means which of the following ?
(1) Sanitation
(2) Maintenance
(3) Responsibility
(4) Challenges
Answer: Maintenance

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