Question 1

Public Administration deals with&#10;A)Administration of affairs.&#10;B)Management of affairs of people&#10;C)Popular sovereignty&#10;D)None of these.

Accepted Answer

Public Administration primarily focuses on the management and implementation of government policies and affairs concerning the people.

Question 2

Committee stage in the passing of bill falls in&#10;A)First Reading&#10;B)Second Reading&#10;C)Third Reading.&#10;D)After Third Reading.

Accepted Answer

The Committee stage is a part of the Second Reading in the legislative process, where detailed examination, discussion, and amendment of the bill occur.

Question 3

National Development Council comprises of&#10;A)All Governors of states&#10;B)All Chief Ministers of states&#10;C)All Central ministers&#10;D)Central Cabinet ministers only.

Accepted Answer

The National Development Council includes all the Chief Ministers of states, making it a body that brings together the heads of the states and the national leadership to discuss and strategize on matters of national development.

Question 4

The Directive Principles of State Policy is&#10;A)Ideals to be followed by state while making laws&#10;B)Justifiable rights of states.&#10;C)Compulsory add-ons to establishment of fundamental rights&#10;D)In part III of Indian constitution

Accepted Answer

The Directive Principles of State Policy are guidelines or principles given to the federal institutes governing the state of India, to be kept in mind while framing laws and policies. These are non-justiciable in nature, meaning they are not enforceable by any court, but the principles laid down are considered fundamental in the governance of the country. They are found in Part IV of the Indian Constitution, not Part III, which contains the Fundamental Rights.

Question 5

Economic rights of Indian citizen is visualised in&#10;A)Fundamental rights&#10;B)DPSP&#10;C)Article 32&#10;D)Schedule VI

Accepted Answer

Economic rights of Indian citizens are primarily outlined in the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP), which are guidelines for the framing of laws by the government. These principles, found in Part IV of the Indian Constitution, aim to establish a social and economic framework that ensures justice and equality, including aspects related to the distribution of wealth, means of production, and prevention of concentration of wealth.

Question 6

District collector is selected on&#10;A)Prerogative of ruling party&#10;B)Spoil system&#10;C)Patronage system&#10;D)Merit system.

Accepted Answer

District collectors are selected based on the merit system, which involves competitive exams and evaluations to ensure that the candidates are qualified for the position.

Question 7

The extra constitutional body who is authorised to make assessment of national wealth is&#10;A)Finance Commission&#10;B)Comptroller and auditor General&#10;C)Planning Commission&#10;D)National Development Council.

Accepted Answer

The Planning Commission, though not a constitutional body, was tasked with assessing the national wealth, among other functions, before it was replaced by the NITI Aayog in 2015.

Question 8

&#34;By public Administration is meant in common usage the activities of the executive branches of the National, State and Local Governments&#34;: commented by-&#10;A)L D White&#10;B)Nigro and Nigro&#10;C)W. Waldo&#10;D)H. Simon

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The answer of &#34;By public Administration is meant in common...

Question 9

The book Principles of Organisation is written by&#10;A)Mooney and Reiley&#10;B)M.P Follet&#10;C)W.F. Willoughby&#10;D)Luther H. Gulick.

Accepted Answer

The book "Principles of Organization" was written by James D. Mooney and Alan C. Reiley, making option A the correct answer.

Question 10

The &#34;CO&#34; in the acrimonious word POSDCORB stands for&#10;A)Co-operation&#10;B)Company&#10;C)Co-ordination&#10;D)Compilation

Accepted Answer

The "CO" in POSDCORB stands for "Co-ordination." POSDCORB is an acronym representing the functions of management: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, CO-ordinating, Reporting, and Budgeting.

Question 11

The Western Electrical Company is associated with..&#10;A)Scientific Management.&#10;B)Hawthrone Studies.&#10;C)Behaviouralism&#10;D)Ecology of Administration

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The answer of The Western Electrical Company is associated with..&#10;A)Scientific...

Question 12

The essay &#34;The Science of Public Administration&#34; is a contribution of&#10;A)Almond and Powell&#10;B)Robert Dahl&#10;C)Herbert Simon&#10;D)Luther Gullik

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The answer of The essay &#34;The Science of Public Administration&#34;...

Question 13

&#34;agraria-transitia-industria&#34;is associated with&#10;A)Martin Shubuk&#10;B)Talcot Parson&#10;C)F.W Riggs.&#10;D)Marrion Levy.

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The answer of &#34;agraria-transitia-industria&#34;is associated with&#10;A)Martin Shubuk&#10;B)Talcot Parson&#10;C)F.W Riggs.&#10;D)Marrion Levy....

Question 14

Development administration &#34;refers to the process of guiding an organization toward the achievement of progressive political, economic and social objectives that are authoritatively determined in one manner or another&#34;. Commented by&#10;A)Weidner&#10;B)F.X. Sutton&#10;C)Charles Lindblom&#10;D)Talcott Parsons

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The answer of Development administration &#34;refers to the process of...

Question 15

The branch of Public administration system which directs socio-economic and political change in the society.&#10;A)Personnel administration&#10;B)Development Administration&#10;C)O & M&#10;D)Financial Administration.

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The answer of The branch of Public administration system which...

Question 16

Administrative Staff College is located at&#10;A)Shimla&#10;B)Hyderabad&#10;C)Kolkatta&#10;D)Thrivananthapuram

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The answer of Administrative Staff College is located at&#10;A)Shimla&#10;B)Hyderabad&#10;C)Kolkatta&#10;D)Thrivananthapuram...

Question 17

&#34;Minnow brook Perspective&#34; was edited by&#10;A)Frank Marini&#10;B)Dwight Waldo&#10;C)Campbell&#10;D)F.X. Sutton

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The answer of &#34;Minnow brook Perspective&#34; was edited by&#10;A)Frank Marini&#10;B)Dwight...

Question 18

&#34;A theory of public administration means in our time a theory of politics also.&#34; Remarked by&#10;A)John Merriman Gaus&#10;B)Fritz Morstein Marx&#10;C)Chester Bernard&#10;D)Paul Appleby

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The answer of &#34;A theory of public administration means in...

Question 19

Administrative Platonists is associated with&#10;A)Campbell&#10;B)Paul Appleby&#10;C)F.X. Sutton&#10;D)Frank J Goodnow.

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The answer of Administrative Platonists is associated with&#10;A)Campbell&#10;B)Paul Appleby&#10;C)F.X. Sutton&#10;D)Frank...

Question 20

Elections to the local self governments are conducted by&#10;A)State Governments&#10;B)Election Commission of India&#10;C)State Election Commission&#10;D)Collector of respective Districts.

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The answer of Elections to the local self governments are...

Question 21

Prime minister of India is &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by the President of India&#10;A)Nominated&#10;B)Selected&#10;C)Appointed&#10;D)Suggested

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The answer of Prime minister of India is &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by...

Question 22

India is &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. State&#10;A)Federal&#10;B)Unitary&#10;C)Quasi federal&#10;D)Union of

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The answer of India is &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. State&#10;A)Federal&#10;B)Unitary&#10;C)Quasi federal&#10;D)Union of...

Question 23

Development Administration has an orientation towards&#10;A)Administration in Developed nations&#10;B)Third world countries&#10;C)Administrative development&#10;D)Internal adminstraion. 100. For Development Administration social changes are

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The answer of Development Administration has an orientation towards&#10;A)Administration in...

Deck 4: Public Administration: Concepts and Theories