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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (BA political science) .
| 51. |
The first Minnowbrook conference was held in the year |
| A. | 1965 |
| B. | 1968 |
| C. | 1990 |
| D. | 1982 |
| Answer» B. 1968 | |
| 52. |
Select the themes of “ New Public Administration” |
| A. | relevance and values |
| B. | social equity and change |
| C. | client focus |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 53. |
The first Minnowbrook conference gave rise to |
| A. | new public administration |
| B. | politics administration dichotomy |
| C. | comparative public administration |
| D. | development administration |
| Answer» A. new public administration | |
| 54. |
Which are the perspectives of new public administration pointed out by Dwight Waldo |
| A. | client oriented bureaucracy |
| B. | representative bureaucracy |
| C. | peoples participation in administration |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 55. |
Who is the major exponent of comparative approach to public administration? |
| A. | fred riggs |
| B. | max weber |
| C. | elton mayo |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. fred riggs | |
| 56. |
Who is considered as the father of Comparative Public Administration? |
| A. | alfred diamant |
| B. | ferrel heady |
| C. | john montgomary |
| D. | fred riggs |
| Answer» D. fred riggs | |
| 57. |
According to Fred Riggs, Comparative Public Administration is |
| A. | empirical |
| B. | nomothetic |
| C. | ecological |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 58. |
Agraria- Industria model was constructed by |
| A. | ferrel heady |
| B. | fred riggs |
| C. | dwight waldo |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. fred riggs | |
| 59. |
Who developed “ gangplank” in public administration? |
| A. | u.l goswami |
| B. | henry fayol |
| C. | elton mayo |
| D. | max weber |
| Answer» B. henry fayol | |
| 60. |
Find out the characteristics of Development Administration |
| A. | change orientation |
| B. | commitment |
| C. | citizen participative orientation |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 61. |
The term “new public management” was coined by |
| A. | elton mayo |
| B. | christopher hood |
| C. | fred riggs |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. christopher hood | |
| 62. |
The “ new public management “ aims at |
| A. | economy |
| B. | efficiency |
| C. | effectiveness |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 63. |
Public choice approach advocates |
| A. | bureaucratic administration |
| B. | democratic administration |
| C. | personnel administration |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. bureaucratic administration | |
| 64. |
The term public administration was coined in the year |
| A. | 1812 |
| B. | 1897 |
| C. | 1815 |
| D. | 1903 |
| Answer» A. 1812 | |
| 65. |
The first text book on Public Administration was: |
| A. | introduction to the study of public administration |
| B. | principles of public administration |
| C. | creative experience |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. introduction to the study of public administration | |
| 66. |
------------ means filling up the vacant posts in civil service. |
| A. | promotion |
| B. | training |
| C. | recruitment |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. recruitment | |
| 67. |
Negative recruitment stands for: |
| A. | elimination of political influence |
| B. | prevention of favouritism |
| C. | keeping the rascals out |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 68. |
Which was the first country to adopt the scientific system of recruitment based on the merit principle? |
| A. | india |
| B. | china |
| C. | u.s.a |
| D. | u.k |
| Answer» B. china | |
| 69. |
-------------means filling up of vacant posts in the civil service by suitable and qualified candidates available in the open market. |
| A. | indirect recruitment |
| B. | direct recruitment |
| C. | negative recruitment |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. direct recruitment | |
| 70. |
-----------means filling up vacant posts by suitable and experienced candidates who are already in the service of the government. |
| A. | direct recruitment |
| B. | negative recruitment |
| C. | indirect recruitment |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. indirect recruitment | |
| 71. |
Indirect recruitment is also known as: |
| A. | recruitment from with out |
| B. | promotion |
| C. | negative recruitment |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. promotion | |
| 72. |
Find out the general qualifications required to the public servants |
| A. | citizenship |
| B. | domicile |
| C. | age |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 73. |
Find out the special qualifications required to the public servants |
| A. | education and experience |
| B. | technical knowledge |
| C. | personnel qualifications |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 74. |
Select the formal training: |
| A. | orientation training |
| B. | inservice training |
| C. | post entry training |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 75. |
----------- training is meant for providing the employees with the knowledge of particular technique, procedure, rule, regulation and method. |
| A. | departmental training |
| B. | background training |
| C. | skill training |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. skill training | |
| 76. |
------------is the oldest technique of training. |
| A. | lecture method |
| B. | syndicate method |
| C. | role play |
| D. | management games |
| Answer» A. lecture method | |
| 77. |
“Sensitivity training” was suggested by: |
| A. | woodrow wilson |
| B. | chris argyris |
| C. | elton mayo |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. chris argyris | |
| 78. |
Which of the following systems of recruitment is most widely prevalent in modern states? |
| A. | spoils system |
| B. | merit system |
| C. | patronage system |
| D. | sale of public offices |
| Answer» B. merit system | |
| 79. |
Which of the following is relevant to the merit system of recruitment? |
| A. | public servants will have restricted political rights |
| B. | permanent tenure of office of public servants |
| C. | independent and neutral agency to conduct recruitment into public services |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 80. |
Promotion in public services or recruitment from within is justified on certain grounds which of the following is a valid justification? |
| A. | it is a reward for honest and hard work and raises the morale of the employees |
| B. | it is free from defects which inherent in direct recruitment |
| C. | it is an essential element of the career service |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 81. |
Which of the following is not an advantage of the direct recruitment system? |
| A. | it is economical |
| B. | it is in consonance with the principle of democracy |
| C. | it ensures continuous supply of new ideas and outlook into public service |
| D. | it widens the area of selection |
| Answer» A. it is economical | |
| 82. |
Elements of promotion are: |
| A. | change of position and duties |
| B. | change of responsibility and title |
| C. | change of pay |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 83. |
Promotion can also be called: |
| A. | indirect recruitment |
| B. | direct recruitment |
| C. | negative recruitment |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. indirect recruitment | |
| 84. |
------------implies the degradation of an employee from higher position to a lower position. |
| A. | recruitment from within |
| B. | indirect recruitment |
| C. | demotion |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. demotion | |
| 85. |
Select the principles of promotion |
| A. | seniority principle |
| B. | merit principle |
| C. | seniority cum merit principle |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 86. |
“Toward a New Public Administration” was written by: |
| A. | dwight waldo |
| B. | frank marini |
| C. | george frederickson |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. frank marini | |
| 87. |
Illumination experiment relates with: |
| A. | human relations theory |
| B. | bureaucratic theory |
| C. | scientific management theory |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. scientific management theory | |
| 88. |
Relay assembly test room experiment relates with: |
| A. | human relations theory |
| B. | bureaucratic theory |
| C. | scientific management theory |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. scientific management theory | |
| 89. |
The administrative staff under the legal-rational authority system consists of: |
| A. | bureaucracy |
| B. | servants and relatives of the ruler |
| C. | feudal lords |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. bureaucracy | |
| 90. |
Which one of the following are not covered under POSDCORB? |
| A. | reporting |
| B. | budgeting |
| C. | discipline |
| D. | planning |
| Answer» C. discipline | |
| 91. |
Who defines “morale as the capacity of a group of people to pull together persistently in pursuit of a common purpose”? |
| A. | leighton |
| B. | frank marini |
| C. | herbert simon |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. leighton | |
| 92. |
Exception principle relates with: |
| A. | scientific management theory |
| B. | bureaucratic theory |
| C. | human relations theory |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. scientific management theory | |
| 93. |
Who advocates the theory of “Dual Supervision”? |
| A. | j.d millet |
| B. | f.w taylor |
| C. | max weber |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. j.d millet | |
| 94. |
The second phase in the history of public administration was known for: |
| A. | rejection of the claim of public administration to be regarded as a science |
| B. | search for finding the principles of administration |
| C. | interdisciplinary approach |
| D. | rejection of politics -administration dichotomy |
| Answer» B. search for finding the principles of administration | |
| 95. |
The study of public administration became interdisciplinary in approach in |
| A. | first phase |
| B. | second phase |
| C. | fifth phase |
| D. | fourth phase |
| Answer» C. fifth phase | |
| 96. |
Which of the following factors has contributed to the growing importance of public administration in recent times? |
| A. | concept of welfare state and planned development |
| B. | role of bureaucracy in developing countries |
| C. | industrial revolution and technical development |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 97. |
“New public administration” laid emphasis on: |
| A. | economy and efficiency |
| B. | values and ethics |
| C. | both a and b |
| D. | neither a nor b |
| Answer» B. values and ethics | |
| 98. |
The “ new public administration” regarded-----------as the centre of all administrative activity: |
| A. | efficiency |
| B. | economy |
| C. | man |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» C. man | |
| 99. |
Which of the following statements is correct about “ New Public Administration”? |
| A. | its literature is anti-positivist |
| B. | its ant technical |
| C. | it is antibureaucratic and antihierarchical |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 100. |
Who among the following supported the concept of “ politics and public administration dichotomy” ? |
| A. | albert stickney |
| B. | j.goodnow |
| C. | john m pfiffner |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
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