Public Administration Questions and Answers - Set 19 | Public Administration MCQs

1 Which one of the following statement is a characteristic of systemic agenda ?

1 It is also known as ‘action agenda’.

2 It is relatively more specific and concrete.

3 It refers to all social problems that demand public attention.

4 It contains a set of problems requiring serious consideration.

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Answer: It refers to all social problems that demand public attention.

2 The ‘most senior civil servant’ in a department of United Kingdom is designated as

1 Principal Secretary

2 Special Secretary

3 Permanent Secretary

4 Cabinet Secretary

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Answer: Permanent Secretary

3 Which one of the following schemes provides financial assistance to rural poor for construction of their houses ?

1 Indira Gandhi Matritva Shayog Yojana

2 Indira Awas Yojana

3 Rajiv Awas Yojana

4 Jan Awas Yojana

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Answer: Indira Awas Yojana

4 The Constitution allows to provide funds in advance for the estimated expenditure which finally becomes a part of the Appropriation Bill is called

1 Vote on Credit

2 Exceptional Grant

3 Appropriation Account

4 Vote on Account

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Answer: Vote on Account

5 The theory that provided an ideological basis for reforms in administration in the 19th century America, belongs to

1 Woodrow Wilson

2 F.W. Taylor

3 M.P. Follett

4 Elton Mayo

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Answer: Woodrow Wilson

6 New Public Administration does not stand for

1 Client focus

2 Social equity

3 Relevance

4 Structural changes in administration

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Answer: Structural changes in administration

7 Which of the following approach has aim to establish a body of knowledge that facilitates understanding, explaining and prediction of human behaviour in administrative situation ?

1 Systems Approach

2 Behavioural Approach

3 Ecological Approach

4 Structural Approach

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Answer: Behavioural Approach

8 The term ‘Iron-cage’ for bureaucracy has been coined by whom of the following ?

1 Max Weber

2 A. Maslow

3 McGregor

4 C.I. Barnard

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Answer: Max Weber

9 Which one of the following has not contributed to the concept of ‘co-ordination’ ?

1 Mac Farland

2 M.P. Follet

3 Luther Gulick

4 Patrick Dunleavy

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Answer: Patrick Dunleavy

10 Who among the following has introduced the concept of knowledge worker ?

1 McGregor

2 Peter Drucker

3 Chris Argyris

4 R. Likert

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Answer: Peter Drucker

11 Maslow’s expanded transcendence needs mean

1 Knowledge requirement

2 Appreciation and search for beauty

3 Helping others to achieve self-actualization

4 Realizing personal potential

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Answer: Helping others to achieve self-actualization

12 Situational theory of leadership was developed by which of the following ?

1 Kurt Lewin

2 Fred Fielder

3 Robert R. Blake and J.S. Mouton

4 Robert R. Blake and J.S. Mouton

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Answer: Robert R. Blake and J.S. Mouton

13 The concept of Representative Bureaucracy is propounded by

1 Robert Merton

2 Donald J. Kingsley

3 F.M. Marx

4 Herman Finer

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Answer: Donald J. Kingsley

14 Currently the relationship between the President and the Council of Ministers is governed by which one of the following Amendments to the Constitution of India ?

1 54th Amendment Act

2 52nd Amendment Act

3 44th Amendment Act

4 42nd Amendment Act

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