PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MCQ-2

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
MCQ TEST-2

1. Which among the following is NOT one of the attributes of a Fused Society, according to Fred W Riggs?
(a) Ascription
(b) Paritcularism
(c) Functional Diffusion
(d) Selectivism

The Locus and Focus of Public Administration are respectively
(a) body of knowledge and expertise and politics
(b) governmental bureaucracy and evolution of the discipline of administration
(c) governmental bureaucracy and body of knowledge and expertise
(d) politics- administration dichotomy and principles of administration

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer.

List I List II
(Book) (Year of Publication)
A. Principles of Public Administration 1. 1937
B. Papers on the Science of Administration 2. 1900
C. Politics and Administration 3. 1938
D. The Functions of the Executive 4. 1927

A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 4 1 3 2
(d) 3 4 1 2

The “Scientization of the Democracy” means
(a) Applying principles of physical science to democracy
(b) Contempt for the masses
(c) Make public opinion efficient without suffering it to be meddlesome
(d) Making democracy scientific

5. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true
Assertion: If organisation were to maximise effective communication and to reduce distortion then there should be as few hierarchical layers as possible.
Reason: Fewer people up or down the hierarchy, the more likely it would be that the message would arrive intact and undistorted.

6. Which among the following factors are responsible for growing importance of Comparative Administration during 1960’s?
1. It was a response to Robert Dahl’s contention that public administration can achieve the status of science only when it establishes universally valid propositions about administrative behaviour
2. The growing global cooperation between different countries
3. To bring to light administrative innovations that are prevailing in various countries
4. To make use of American administrative experience in other European and Asian countries.
a. 1,2 and 4 only
b. 2,3 and 4 only
c. 1,2 and 3 only
d. all of the above

(7) Which among the following is NOT one of the functions performed by the Government?
(a) Provide a minimum of public order
(b) Provide for the common defence and for dealing with other governments
(c) Solve problems related to private sector workers union
(d) Provide orderly means for replacing those who rule – legitimate means

(8) Which among the following are the reasons for the decline of Development Administration, according to Nef and Dwivedi?
Crisis of social science paradigm
crisis of development theory
crisis of administrative thought
crisis in developing countries

(a) 1,2 and 3 only
(b) 2,3 and 4 only
(c) 1,2 and 4 only
(d) 1,3 and 4 only

(9) “The post colonial state was to feed the starving people and clothe the naked masses, and to give every Indian fullest opportunity to develop himself according to his capacity”. The above statement was made by
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Sardar Vallabhai Patel
(d) Babu Rajendra Prasad

(10) Which of the following were recommendations of the Fulton Committee?
1. Generalism
2. Unified grading structure
3. specialism
4. professionalism

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
(a) 2,3 and 4
(b) 2 And 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1 and 2

(11) American concept of civil service neutrality was described by
(a) Second Hoover Commission
(b) Masterman Committee
(c) Brownlow Committee
(d) First Hoover Commission
(12) Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :
Assertion (A) : According to Gleen Stahl, unless recruitment policy is soundly conceived, there can be little hope for building a first rate staff.
Reason (R) : He considers recruitment as the cornerstone of the whole public personnel structure.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

(13) Which one of the following is NOT one of the administrative reform initiatives of the Union Government?
(a) The constitution of a Working Group on Right to information and Transparency to draft legislative proposals.
(b) Steps to initiate the formulation of Citizens', Charter by a number of Central Ministries and Departments with public interface, and the introduction of various citizen friendly procedures and decentralised services by Railways, Posts, Telecom, Petroleum Ministry, Customs and Excise, Income Tax, etc.
(c) Constitution of an Expert Group for drawing up short term and long term plans for the computerisation of Government operations and the provision of services. to the public, and steps already taken for computerisation in many Ministries.
(d) State scheme for the computerisation of land records, digitisation of village cadastral maps, and consolidation of land holdings, with substantial benefits to cultivators, revenue administration, agricultural operations etc.

(14) Which among the following is NOT correctly matched?
(a) National Academy of Administration : Mussoorie
(b) National Institute of Rural Development : Chennai
(c) Institute of Secretariat Training and Management : New Delhi
(d) National Forest Academy : Dehradun

(15) Match List I with List II and select the correct the right answer.

List I List II
A. Induction Training 1. imparted to those candidates who aspire to enter
Into public service in the near future
B. Vestibule Training 2. involves instruction in a new field of
Specialisation
C. Pre-Entry Training 3. kind of on entry training
D. Retraining 4. involves a series of introductory lecture followed
By inspection trips to the departments

A B C D
(a) 3 1 4 2
(b) 4 1 2 3
(c) 4 1 3 2
(d) 3 4 1 2

(16) In which of the following directions does public administration move at present?
1. Multi-foci in study
2. Mini-paradigms
3. New Public Administration
4. Locus and focus approach

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 4 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1 and 3

(17) The 5th pay commission recommended
(a) Group System in the place of functional classification
(b) Abolition of both functional and group systems
(c) Functional classification in the place of group system
(d) Co-existence of both functional and group systems

(18) Which among the following is NOT one of the features of Civil Services?
(a) It is a body of professional administrators as opposed to amateur politicians
(b) They are paid regularly by the state and have the incentive of private profit while in civil service
(c) It does not include those persons who hold political offices
(d) Includes impartial selection

(19) Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(a) Guardian Bureaucracy: civil servant is considered as the guardian of justice and welfare of the community
(b) Patronage Bureaucracy: recruitment is based on personal favour or political reward
(c) Caste Bureaucracy: Persons belonging only to the lower castes and classes become the civil servants
(d) Merit Bureaucracy: civil servants are selected and appointed on the basis of their merit only

(20) Who among the following has criticised bureaucracy as Frankenstein’s Monster?
(a) H J Laski
(b) Parkinson
(c) C K Allen
(d) Ramsay Muir

(21) Which among the following is NOT one of the four steps in the development of position classification?
(a) Grouping the positions into classes on the bases of their similarities
(b) Installation by allocating individual positions to the classes thus described
(c) Description of minimum classifications
(d) Analysing and recording the duties and other distinctive characteristics of the positions to be classified

(22) Which among the following are the advantages of rank classification?
It is easy to understand as well as administer
It is conductive to prepare scientific and objective standards
It emphasises on the career opportunities of civil servants
It promotes loyalty to the civil service as a whole

(a) 1,2 and 3 only
(b) all of the above
(c) 1,2 and 4 only
(d) 1,3 and 4 only

(23) Which among the following is NOT correctly matched?
(a) First Pay Commission : Srinivasa Varadachariar
(b) Second Pay Commission: P N Singhal
(c) Third Pay Commission: Raghubir Dayal
(d) Fifth Pay Commission: Ratnavel Pandian

(24) Which Pay Commission has recommended that civil servants should enjoy the right to strike?
(a) First Pay Commission
(b) Second Pay Commission
(c) Fourth Pay Commission
(d) Fifth Pay Commission

(25) Arrange the following committees in chronological order.
A D Gorwala’s Report on Public Administration
Bengal Administration Enquiry Committee
Santhanam Committee on Prevention of Corruption
Railway Corruption Enquiry Committee

(a) 2-1-3-4
(b) 1-3-2-4
(c) 2-1-4-3
(d) 1-3-4-2


Answers

1. c
2. c
3. b
4. c ( N Henry p32)
5. a ( N Henry p34)
6. c
7. c (2B p 12)
8. a (Fresh Perspectives, Koteswara Rao article p3)
9. b (Fresh Perspectives, DA: New Agenda)
10. a
11. d
12. b
13. d
14. b
15. d
16. c
17. c
18. b
19. c
20. d
21. c
22. d
23. b
24. b
25. c