PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PRELIMS 2007 KEY

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION*

TEST BOOKLET – D

1. Consider the following statements

1. Functional authority is not restricted…….

Ans. C.

2. Consider the following statements

1. Assessment Centre implies an evaluation….

Ans. C

3. Who introduced the terms clects?

Ans. C

4. Who among the following contributed to ….. CAG?

Ans. A

5. According to Free Riggs in his study of CPA

Ans. D

6. Underpinnings of Max Weber’s legal rational authority….

Ans. A

7. As per the provisions of the Art. 77 of the Constitution,

Ans. A

8. Who among the following choose a member of the Council of States…

Ans. D

9. The Second Schedule of the Constitution

Ans. D

10. Which of the following is NOT a part of State List

Ans. D

11. Match the following .

Phillip Yetton….. Contingency Leadership

Ans. D

12. Which one of the…… motivation of an employee in an organization?

Ans. D

13. The National Commission for Women…..

Ans. D

14. Which of the following is NOT Correct ….6^th Pay Commission?

Ans. A

15. Match the following.

Aitchison Commission ………. Reorganization of the Secretariat System

Ans. B

16. Consider the following.

1. Difficulty in defining staff authority…

Ans. A.

17. Which of the following….. matrix form of organization?

Ans. D.

18. Which one of the following is correct?

Vestibule training…..

Ans. A

19. Who among…. Author of Development Administration…..?

Ans. B

20. There are three distinct ears related to behavioral approach?

Ans. B

21. Which of the following were conclusions of Hawthorne Studies?

Ans. B

22. Garbage Can Model……?

Ans. C

23. Which one…. Not Correct in respect of group decision making..?

Ans. C

24. In the context of orgn. Communication…. Not correct?

Ans. A

25. Consider the following Statements.

In an open control system…

Ans. C.

26. Consider the following Statements

According to Douglas McGregor’s…

Ans. C

27. Which one….. is NOT a part of MP Follet’s thought?

Ans. D

28. Which one of the … is NOT a correct depiction of emotional intelligence?

Ans. B

29. H Simon is NOT associated with….?

Ans. D

30. Who opined…..French Higher Civil Service?

Ans. A

31. Which;.. NOT correct in respect of Simon’s thought?

Ans. C

32. The Science of Communication and Control is known as?

Ans. D

33. Which of the following Committees/report for Committee on Public Undertakings?

Ans. A

34. Among the seven organs of the State…. Kautilya?

Ans. D

35. Max Weber’s ideal-typical bureaucratic model….?

Ans. A

36. Who among the …. Created the office of District Collect?

Ans. B

37. Match the following.

Charlest Lindblom ……… Rational Approach

Ans. A

38. While comparing Akbar’s revenue administrative system….?

Ans. D.

39. A prismatic society is characterized by….?

Ans. A

40. Which…. Missing in Wilson’s Article?

Ans. B

41. Which one of the…. NOT correct in respect of decentralisaiton?

Ans. :B

42. Which … departmentation by product?

Ans. D

43. Which… Not correct. Functional departmentation of an organisaiton?

Ans. C

44. Which of the following pairs concerning span of control is/are correctly matched?

Ans. B

45. Consider the following.

In the least-preferred co-worker (LPC) questionnaire developed by Fred Fiedler?

Ans. D

46. Which one of the following is NOT a hypothesis…of the path-goal theory of leadership?

Ans. C

47. Which of the following Contingency factors impact extent of delegation?

Ans. C

48. Which of the following is correct?

Zero-base budgeting is preferred

Ans. A

49. Consider…. In respect of communication networks…

Ans. B

50. A New All India Services can be created if….

Ans. D

51. The First Public Services Commission in India was set up in 1926….

Ans. C

52. Which of the following were created under the provisions of Constitution of India?

Ans. C

53. Which of the following fall within the duties of the CAG of India?

Ans. C

54. Which one of the following committees recommended establishment of LokPal…?

Ans. C

55. Like India, the same system of Courts administering both the Union and State laws…?

Ans. B

56. Which of the following is NOT correct?

Part IX A of the Constitution of India pertaining to Municipalities?

Ans. B

57. ‘Great Technical Corps of the State…”?

Ans. C

58. During the period of British rule in India, the rules made under … Devolution Rules?

Ans. A

59. Which one of the following is NOT correct?

Part IX of the Constitution of India?

Ans. D

60. Match the following…

Dyarchy in the provinces…. GoI Act 1935…

Ans. C

61. Behavioural Approach is known for….

Ans. B

62. Who among the following developed a measurement scale of public service….

Ans. C

63. Who among the following developed the rational choice model of bureaucracy?

Ans. C

64. Consider the following statements:

The Kothari Committee on Recruitment Policy…

Ans. A

65. The Committee appointed by the GoI in the year 1971….under M S Gore?

Ans. B

66. The President of India is empowered by the Constitution of India to….

Ans. C

67. If the Union Parliament is to assume legislative power over any subject….?

Ans. B

68. As regards legislative powers, the Governor of a State is not a part of the State legislature…

Ans. B

69. What is Gendarmerie Nationale in the administrative set up of France?

Ans. B

70. Which of the following constitutional provisions facilitate union control over states in India?

Ans. A

71. Zonal Councils have been set up under a provision of the Constitution of India

Ans. D

72. Who advocated the concept of ‘democratic administration’….?

Ans. A

73. Which one of the following was not supported by F W Taylor?

Ans. D

74. The contribution of M P Follet includes…

Ans. B

75. Consider the following in respect of reforms in the civil service in the UK?

Ans. D

76. Which one of the following is NOT a similarity between Weber and Riggs?

Ans. C

77. An exceptional grant under Article 116 of the Constitution ..

Ans. C

78. In its administrative approach, kautilya’s arthashastra
    
    

Ans. B

79. The Masterman Committee referred to…

Ans. B.

Qns. 80 to 85 Assertion and Reasoning.

80. A: District Collectors…

R: Census is a subject in the Union List

Ans. B

81. A: The First ARC recommendation…

B: The Kothari Committee….

Ans. C

82. A: No criminal proceedings can be instituted…

R: There is a provision under the Constitution of India

Ans: A

83. A: By World War II, sharp criticism of Max Weber…

R: The social scientists argued that..

Ans: A

84. A: The local jurisdictions of Japan largely..

R: Japan has a unitary rather than a federal system…

Ans: A

85. A: Notwithstanding the introduction of Provincial Autonomy, the GOI Act.

R: The Governor was required to act in his own discretion..

Ans. A

86. Match the following.

Authority-obedience management … 1,9

Ans: C

87. Fred Friedler’s leadership theory is based on matching manager’s….

Ans: B

88. Which one of the following is NOT a traditional characteristic of Japanese work force?

Ans. C

89. The Closed Model of organization is based on the premise that what is good…

Ans. D

90. Lord Bentinck …….. Creation of the post of Accountant General

Ans. A or D

91. One of the following recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission was to bring out about the Right to Information Act…

Ans: D

92. In respect of the organizational configuration model given by Henry Mintzberg…

Ans: A ( Standardization of work process: Machine Organisations)

93. Same procedure for cadre allocation is used for directly recruited and promotee officers to the AIS

Ans: B

94. Which of the following were recommended by the Fifth Central Pay Commission to be introduced as new AIS?

Ans. A or D

95. The Public Enterprises Selection Board works under the administrative control of the ….

Ans: D

96. Whose work inspired the US Congress to establish child labour laws and develop..

Ans. B

97. correctly matched.

Kurt Lewin ……. Group Behaviour

Ans: B

98. There is a bar to the selection of a Governor of a State from amongst the members of the Legislature of the State

Ans: C

99. The maximum number of judges in the Supreme Court and of those in any High Court…

Ans. C

100. With the consent of the GoI, the governor of a state may entrust on the Union Government…

Ans. D

101. Which of the …. Are recommendations to be made by the Finance Commission to the President of India….

Ans. A

102. There is no provision in the Constitution of India to provide for immunity of the Union property…

Ans. B

103. Match the following.

Finance, Property, contracts and suits….. Part V

Ans: B

104. Match the following.

Ayyangar Committee Efficient Conduct of State Enterprises…

Ans. D

105. Consider the following with respect to the first ARC set up in India.

Ans. A

106. Which one of the following was NOT a subject of the various reports submitted by first ARC?

Ans. D

107. Consider the following Commissions set up in India:

National Police Commission..

Ans. D

108. The National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention was set up…

Ans: D

109. The Cabinet Secretariat is responsible for the administration of which of the following?

Ans: C

110. Who among the following developed the concept of zone of indifference…

Ans: B

111. Who is the chairman of the committee on infrastructure constituted in 2004?

Ans: A

112. The Dept of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance

Ans: ?

113. Where was the first position of ombudsman instituted to safeguard…?

Ans: B

114. Which of the following were outlined by Max Weber as key characteristics of bureaucracy?

Ans: D

115. Which one of the following characteristics does NOT apply to structure-functional approach?

Ans: b

116. Which of the following factors which promote delegation of authority in an organization?

Ans. D

117. Which of the following are desirable features of an effective control system in an organisaiton?

Ans. D

118. Who among the following is the author of History of the United States Civil Services?

Ans. D

119. According to Max Weber, the modern bureaucracy includes ….?

Ans. D

120. Which one of the following is the correct statement?

When an organisaiton is departmentalized, decision making is vertically altered…

Ans. D

*The key is made by a group of Professors who are experts in their respective fields- theory, principles, Indian Constitution, contemporary developments and so on. The Key is given by Sriram's IAS, New Delhi.