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(1) As an economic measure what is not true of merger of PSU Banks in India ?
(1) In India there are 21 PSU Banks.
(2) Union cabinet recently decided to set up a Ministerial panel to consider the mergers.
(3) The idea of bank mergers was recommended by M. Narasimham in 1991.
(4) In 2014, P.J. Nayak Panel suggested to drop the proposal of bank mergers.
Answer: In 2014, P.J. Nayak Panel suggested to drop the proposal of bank mergers.
(2) Rural India’s version of ‘Start up India’ is known as :
(1) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Swaniyojan Yojana
(2) D.D. Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana
(3) D.D. Upadhyay Skill Development Yojana
(4) D.D. Upadhyay Gram Sadak Yojana
Answer: Deen Dayal Upadhyay Swaniyojan Yojana

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(3) Government of India has launched GST training programme to skill youth under which one of the following schemes ?
(1) Digital India Programme
(2) INSPIRE Programme
(3) National Social Assistance Scheme
(4) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Answer: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
(4) Accountability and Transparency should be ensured in local bodies by establishing audit committees at the district level. This has been suggested by :
(1) L.M. Singhvi Committee
(2) Ministry of Urban Development
(3) Second Administrative Reforms Commission
(4) 14th Finance Commission of India
Answer: Second Administrative Reforms Commission
(5) Which one of the following statements of Felix A. Nigro about definition of Public Administration is not correct ?
(1) Public Administration is a cooperative group effort in a public setting.
(2) Public Administration is different in significant ways from Private Administration.
(3) Public Administration accomplishes politically determined objectives.
(4) Public Administration covers all the three branches - executive, legislative and judicial and their inter relationships.
Answer: Public Administration accomplishes politically determined objectives.
(6) The ‘New Public Services’ is in line with more humanistic tradition of public administration theory particular phenomenology, critical theory and most modernisation, who of the following made this statement ?
(1) Rosemary O’ Leary
(2) Osborne and Gaebler
(3) Lane, Jan-Erik
(4) Denhardt
Answer: Denhardt
(7) Which one of the following is not in encompass of the scaler principle ?
(1) Leadership
(2) Delegation
(3) Coordination
(4) Functional definition
Answer: Coordination
(8) Which of the following is not a merits of unity of command ?
(1) Better relations between superior and sub-ordinates
(2) Reduction of duplication of work
(3) Speedy decision making
(4) Flexibility of action
Answer: Flexibility of action
(9) Which of the following statements about local government reforms in U.K. and France is not correct ?
(1) In England, the traditional government by committee system has been replaced by a system resembling the position of a local Prime Minister
(2) The quasi-parliamentarian council plus council elected Mayor form was invented in France by the Municipal Legislation of 1890.
(3) Significant organisational changes were triggered in England by compulsory competitive tendering.
(4) Great number of small municipalities have remained ‘administrative wasteland’.
Answer: The quasi-parliamentarian council plus council elected Mayor form was invented in France by the Municipal Legislation of 1890.
(10) Which of the following is not a function of co-ordination ?
(1) Encouraging team spirit
(2) Making optimum utilization of resources
(3) Leading to higher efficiency
(4) Worker satisfaction
Answer: Worker satisfaction
(11) Which one of the following factors according to Fesler does not govern the decision of central authority to make its field agencies centralized or decentralized ?
(1) Financial Factor
(2) External Factor
(3) Functional Factor
(4) Administrative Factor
Answer: Financial Factor
(12) Which of the following statements is correct about the concept of rationality of Herbert Simon ?
(1) Rationality is unidimensional.
(2) Total rationality is necessary for decision making.
(3) Every decision maker has full knowledge about alternatives.
(4) Rationality is limited by skills, values, purpose and knowledge.
Answer: Rationality is limited by skills, values, purpose and knowledge.
(13) Immaturity - Maturity Continuum concept is given by which of the following scholar ?
(1) Rensis Likert
(2) Chris Argyris
(3) Tom Harris
(4) Kurt Levin
Answer: Chris Argyris
(14) An approach in which generalization, law, hypotheses assert regularities of behaviour, and correlation with variable is called by F.W. Riggs as :
(1) Ecological
(2) Non-ecological
(3) Ideographic
(4) Nomothetic
Answer: Nomothetic
(15) Which of the following is not correct regarding the objectives of Administrative Development ?
(1) To bring desired change in the administrative set up
(2) To bring desired change in the administrative procedures
(3) To ensure work culture in public organizations
(4) To make Administration free from the environmental impacts
Answer: To make Administration free from the environmental impacts

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