Public Administration Questions and Answers - Set 17 | Public Administration MCQs

1 Which of the following is not among the values as tests of good management advocated by Millet ?

1 Satisfactory service

2 Responsible performance

3 Good government

4 Professionally approved

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Answer: Professionally approved

2 ‘The Idea of Digital Era of Governance’ (DEG) is linked to which of the following ?

1 James M. Buchanan

2 Dennis C. Mueller

3 Patrick Dunleavy

4 Gordon Tullock

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Answer: Patrick Dunleavy

3 Which one of the following is the basis for creation of Prime Minister’s office ?

1 Resolution by the Cabinet

2 Order of the President

3 An Act of Parliament

4 Allocation of Business Rules (Govt. of India) 1961

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Answer: Allocation of Business Rules (Govt. of India) 1961

4 Article 263 of Indian Constitution deals with which of the following ?

1 Zonal Council

2 Inter-State Council

3 Finance Commission

4 Minorities Commission

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Answer: Inter-State Council

5 NITI Aayog is :

1 a staff agency

2 a line agency

3 an auxiliary agency

4 a constitutional agency

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Answer: a staff agency

6 Co-ordination and determination of standards in institutions for higher education or research and scientific and technical institutions is mentioned in which of the following List of the Constitution of India ?

1 List I – Union List

2 List II – State List

3 List III – Concurrent List

4 Residuary Matter

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Answer: List I – Union List

7 95th Amendment Act, 2010 extended the reservation of seats for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies for another 10 years is upto 2020 by amending which one of the following articles of Indian Constitution ?

1 Article 330

2 Article 332

3 Article 334

4 Article 336

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Answer: Article 334

8 Which one of the following is a direction given to the Union Government by the Supreme Court of India on police reforms ?

1 To establish a Police Establishment Board

2 To outline the procedures for selection of Director General of Police

3 To constitute National Security Commission

4 To separate law and order function from the investigating function

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Answer: To constitute National Security Commission

9 Mr. X whose date of birth is 2nd March 1955 is appointed as a member of UPSC on 2nd March 2016. Upto which of the following date he can hold office as per the current constitutional provisions ?

1 1-3-2020

2 1-3-2021

3 1-3-2022

4 1-3-2023

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Answer: 1-3-2020

10 An intentional course of action followed by a government institution or official for resolving an issue of public concern is known as

1 Public law

2 Public policy

3 Public statement

4 Strategy

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Answer: Public policy

11 Which one of the following is not a policy typology developed by Lowi (1964) ?

1 Narrowly concentrated policies

2 Regulatory policies

3 Redistributive policies

4 Distributive policies

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Answer: Narrowly concentrated policies

12 Stuart S. Nagel has identified four key elements to policy analysis research. Which one of the following is not one element ?

1 Goals

2 Methods

3 Outcomes

4 Profession of Policy

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Answer: Outcomes

13 Which one of the following methods of data collection helps in collecting supplementary information about the informant’s personal characteristics ?

1 Questionnaire

2 Interview

3 Projective Techniques

4 Content Analysis

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