Public Administration Questions and Answers - Set 2 | Public Administration MCQs

1 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development commenced lending for India in the year :

1 1947

2 1948

3 1949

4 1950

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Answer: 1949

2 Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board in India ?

1 Principal Secretary to PMO

2 Home Secretary

3 Chairman of UPSC

4 Cabinet Secretary

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Answer: Cabinet Secretary

3 Cabinet Secretariat is :

1 Constitutional body

2 Line agency

3 Auxiliary agency

4 Staff agency

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Answer: Staff agency

4 The Second Administrative Reforms Commission on “Organizational Structure of Government of India” has recommended that the number of levels through which a file passes for a decision should not exceed

1 Two

2 Four

3 Three

4 Five

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Answer: Three

5 Which one of the following departments of Ministry of Finance is responsible for the preparation of budget of Government of India ?

1 The Department of Revenue

2 The Department of Expenditure

3 The Department of Economic Affairs

4 The Department of Financial Services

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Answer: The Department of Economic Affairs

6 Ajay Tyagi Committee set up under Department of Economic Affairs recommended for which of the following ?

1 Digital Payment

2 Setting up of Financial Data Management Centre (FDMC)

3 Setting up of NITI Aayog

4 Reconstitution of Krishna River Management Board (KRMB)

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Answer: Setting up of Financial Data Management Centre (FDMC)

7 Which of the following is a subject included in the concurrent List of Schedule 7 of the Constitution

1 Railways

2 Post and Telegraphs

3 Betting and Gambling

4 Population Control

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Answer: Population Control

8 Training framework of the Probationers of Indian Foreign Services as per the framework of the Ministry of External Affairs should not exceed a total period of :

1 12 months

2 13 months

3 14 months

4 15 months

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Answer: 15 months

9 Which one of the following district is the smallest by territorial area in India as per 2011 census ?

1 Central Delhi

2 Yanam

3 Mahe

4 Daman

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Answer: Mahe

10 Who narrated this statement, “Finance is as universally involved in administration as oxygen is in the atmosphere “ ?

1 Lord Hewart

2 David Lloyd George

3 Morstein Marx

4 Davis Keith

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Answer: Morstein Marx

11 The Second Commission on Centre State Relations Known as the Punchhi Commission was appointed in the year :

1 2007

2 2010

3 1997

4 1999

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Answer: 2007

12 Which of the following is not a department of the Ministry of Home Affairs ?

1 Department of Boarder Management

2 Department of Official Language

3 Department of Social Defence

4 Department of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs

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Answer: Department of Social Defence

13 Who among the following is not part of the collegium recommended by the Second Administrative Reforms Commission to recommend a panal of names to the Chief Minister/ Cabinet for the post of Chief Secretary ?

1 A Minister nominated by the Chief Minister

2 The incumbent Chief Secretary

3 The leader of the opposition in the State Legislative Assembly

4 Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly

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Answer: Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly

14 Who defined research as “manipulation of things, concepts or symbols for the purpose of generalizing, to extend, correct or verify knowledge, whether that knowledge aids in construction of theory or practice of an art” ?

1 Einstein

2 D. Slesinger

3 Einstein and Infled

4 D. Slesinger and M. Stephenson

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