Public Administration Questions and Answers - Set 6 | Public Administration MCQs

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.

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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

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Answer: Deen Dayal Upadhyay Swaniyojan Yojana

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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’.

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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

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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

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