Chapters
| 1. |
.Who said ‘Personnel is the sovereign factor in public administration’ |
| A. | Herman Finer |
| B. | Woodrow Wilson |
| C. | Robert Dahl |
| Answer» A. Herman Finer | |
| 2. |
In POSDCORB, the letter ‘C’ stands for |
| A. | Control |
| B. | Coordinating |
| C. | Centre |
| Answer» B. Coordinating | |
| 3. |
Public Personnel Administration function involves |
| A. | POSNCORB |
| B. | POLSCORB |
| C. | POSDCORB |
| Answer» C. POSDCORB | |
| 4. |
Aristocratic type of Personnel system developed in |
| A. | USA |
| B. | England |
| C. | India |
| Answer» B. England | |
| 5. |
The standard and efficiency of Public Administration depends on |
| A. | outlook of the employer |
| B. | educational qualification of the civil servants |
| C. | integrity of the civil service |
| Answer» C. integrity of the civil service | |
| 6. |
Public Personnel Administration involves |
| A. | recruitment, training and classification |
| B. | recruitment only |
| C. | appointment only |
| Answer» A. recruitment, training and classification | |
| 7. |
Spoils system is associated with |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | USA |
| C. | UK |
| Answer» B. USA | |
| 8. |
Bureaucratic system rests on the notion of |
| A. | political favouritism |
| B. | imperfection |
| C. | hierarchy of divisions |
| Answer» C. hierarchy of divisions | |
| 9. |
Equality of opportunity is ensured in |
| A. | spoils system |
| B. | merit system |
| C. | aristocratic system |
| Answer» B. merit system | |
| 10. |
In the USA,the spoils system was discarded by which Act |
| A. | Pendleton Act,1883 |
| B. | Hatch Act,1939 |
| C. | Civil Service Act,1853 |
| Answer» A. Pendleton Act,1883 | |
| 11. |
The requirements of the civil service include |
| A. | partial selection and nepotism |
| B. | impartial selection and political neutrality |
| C. | fraudulence and deceit |
| Answer» B. impartial selection and political neutrality | |
| 12. |
Who used the term "manpower management" instead of "personnel management" |
| A. | Dale Yoder |
| B. | Thomas Spates |
| C. | Michael Jucius |
| Answer» A. Dale Yoder | |
| 13. |
One of the aims of Personnel Management is |
| A. | to maintain impartiality |
| B. | to create competition amongst the public servants |
| C. | to enable people to make their best contribution |
| Answer» C. to enable people to make their best contribution | |
| 14. |
Personnel are required to perform |
| A. | Line functions and Staff functions |
| B. | Line functions only |
| C. | Staff functions only |
| Answer» A. Line functions and Staff functions | |
| 15. |
Personnel Administration functions in |
| A. | Formal Organisations |
| B. | Informal Organisations |
| C. | Formal and Informal organisations |
| Answer» C. Formal and Informal organisations | |
| 16. |
Personnel Administration include within its scope |
| A. | recruitment, training, promotion |
| B. | selection and retirement only |
| C. | providing services only |
| Answer» A. recruitment, training, promotion | |
| 17. |
An occupation which one takes up with expectation of advancement till retirement is |
| A. | promotion |
| B. | career |
| C. | recruitment |
| Answer» B. career | |
| 18. |
A person who specializes in some particular field is called |
| A. | generalist |
| B. | idealist |
| C. | specialist |
| Answer» C. specialist | |
| 19. |
In POSDCORB,the letter P stands for |
| A. | planning |
| B. | position |
| C. | promotion |
| Answer» A. planning | |
| 20. |
The word’Aristocracy’means |
| A. | government by a king |
| B. | government by the people |
| C. | government by the nobles |
| Answer» C. government by the nobles | |
| 21. |
The word ‘bureaucracy’was coined by |
| A. | Gourney |
| B. | Taylor |
| C. | Weber |
| Answer» A. Gourney | |
| 22. |
One of the advantages of the Bureaucratic system is |
| A. | it produces the highest degree of pride |
| B. | it brings skilled mind to solution of technical problems |
| C. | it serves as an instrument of oppressing the employee’s ideas |
| Answer» B. it brings skilled mind to solution of technical problems | |
| 23. |
The greatest disadvantage of the Bureaucratic system is |
| A. | it exempts public service from popular control |
| B. | it is incompetent |
| C. | it is inefficient |
| Answer» A. it exempts public service from popular control | |
| 24. |
Who said ‘To the victor belongs the spoils’ |
| A. | Andrew Jackson |
| B. | Woodrow Wilson |
| C. | William Marcy |
| Answer» C. William Marcy | |
| 25. |
Who said ,’My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest’ |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Abraham Lincoln |
| C. | Clement Atlee |
| Answer» A. Mahatma Gandhi | |
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