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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) .
| 1. |
Literally the term ‘administration’ means--------------------- |
| A. | Manage the laws |
| B. | Manage the trade |
| C. | Manage the affairs of public or private |
| D. | Education |
| Answer» C. Manage the affairs of public or private | |
| 2. |
Public administration is the sum total of all the activities undertaken in pursuit of and in fulfilment of public policy, belongs to which view? |
| A. | Managerial view |
| B. | Integral view |
| C. | POSDCORB view |
| D. | Subject matter view |
| Answer» B. Integral view | |
| 3. |
The human relations theory focussed on the |
| A. | Physiological factors |
| B. | biological factors |
| C. | Social and psychological factors |
| D. | Economic factors |
| Answer» C. Social and psychological factors | |
| 4. |
The discipline of public administration originated in---- |
| A. | U.K |
| B. | U.S.A |
| C. | Germany |
| D. | India |
| Answer» B. U.S.A | |
| 5. |
Who was the originator of Politics-administration dichotomy? |
| A. | Woodrow Wilson |
| B. | W.F.Willoughby |
| C. | .Mary Parker Follet |
| D. | Henry Fayol |
| Answer» A. Woodrow Wilson | |
| 6. |
The ‘POSDCORB’ relates to the --------------- of the public administration? |
| A. | Scope |
| B. | Meaning |
| C. | Purpose |
| D. | Philosophy |
| Answer» A. Scope | |
| 7. |
Which one of the following activities are not covered in ‘POSDCORB’? |
| A. | Budgeting |
| B. | Planning |
| C. | Reporting |
| D. | Discipline |
| Answer» D. Discipline | |
| 8. |
New Public administration laid emphasis on ------------ |
| A. | Economy and efficiency |
| B. | Values and ethics |
| C. | Behaviour of the public |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Values and ethics | |
| 9. |
Scalar chain refers to: |
| A. | All managers in a company |
| B. | Chain of command |
| C. | Chain of communication |
| D. | Chain of managers from top to bottom linked stepwise |
| Answer» D. Chain of managers from top to bottom linked stepwise | |
| 10. |
The name of Max Weber is associated with ------- |
| A. | Bureaucratic theory |
| B. | System theory |
| C. | Human relations theory |
| D. | Administrative theory |
| Answer» A. Bureaucratic theory | |
| 11. |
The primary focus of human relations theory is on: |
| A. | Increasing labour productivity |
| B. | Economic and efficiency |
| C. | Individual as socio- psychological being and what motive him |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Individual as socio- psychological being and what motive him | |
| 12. |
The organisation theory which highlights the social and psychological influences on organisational behaviour is called: |
| A. | human relations theory |
| B. | system theory |
| C. | bureaucratic theory |
| D. | classical theory |
| Answer» A. human relations theory | |
| 13. |
Which of the following are required in organisation as a process? |
| A. | division of work |
| B. | grouping jobs and departments |
| C. | establishing authority relationship |
| D. | all the three |
| Answer» D. all the three | |
| 14. |
The history of evolution of the discipline of public administration is generally divided into: |
| A. | four phases |
| B. | three phases |
| C. | six phases |
| D. | five phases |
| Answer» D. five phases | |
| 15. |
The integral view of public administration is supported by: |
| A. | L D. White |
| B. | Dimock |
| C. | Gladden |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 16. |
The word “POSDCORB” was coined by: |
| A. | J M. Pfiffner |
| B. | Marshal Dimock |
| C. | Luther Gullick |
| D. | L D. White |
| Answer» C. Luther Gullick | |
| 17. |
Which of the following is the main point of difference between public administration and private administration? |
| A. | Profit motive |
| B. | Public responsibility |
| C. | Nature of functions |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 18. |
Which of the following statement is correct regarding the increasingly important role of public administration in modern state? |
| A. | The complexities of the modern industrial and urbanised world |
| B. | It is a great instrument of social change |
| C. | Concept of welfare state and total war |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 19. |
The term “development administration” was first coined by: |
| A. | Fred W. Riggs |
| B. | Edward W. Weidner |
| C. | Goswami |
| D. | Joseph la Palombra |
| Answer» C. Goswami | |
| 20. |
Which of the following is a feature of Max Weber’s bureaucratic organisation? |
| A. | A well defined hierarchy |
| B. | Division of labour based on functional specialisation |
| C. | Office holder cannot appropriate his office |
| D. | All the above. |
| Answer» C. Office holder cannot appropriate his office | |
| 21. |
Which of the following is required in organisation as a process |
| A. | Division of work |
| B. | Grouping jobs and departments |
| C. | Establishing authority relationships |
| D. | All the three above |
| Answer» D. All the three above | |
| 22. |
Which of the following is important in the organisational structure? |
| A. | Well defined jobs |
| B. | Coordination. |
| C. | Clarifying authority and power |
| D. | All the above. |
| Answer» D. All the above. | |
| 23. |
Which of the following is not one of the principles of organisation? |
| A. | Hierarchy or scalar principle |
| B. | Staffing |
| C. | Unity of command |
| D. | Span of control |
| Answer» B. Staffing | |
| 24. |
Hierarchy means: |
| A. | Officials at different levels of organisation. |
| B. | Control of the higher over the lower |
| C. | Gang plank |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Control of the higher over the lower | |
| 25. |
The principle of scalar chain was devised by |
| A. | Henry Fayol |
| B. | L.Urwick |
| C. | Frederick Taylor |
| D. | Chester .I.Bernard. |
| Answer» A. Henry Fayol | |
| 26. |
The functions of public management are described in PODSCORB by: |
| A. | Henry Fayol |
| B. | Luther Gullick |
| C. | Frederick Taylor |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Luther Gullick | |
| 27. |
Which of the following is not a part of the departmental organisation? |
| A. | Line agency |
| B. | voluntary agency |
| C. | staff agency |
| D. | auxiliary agency |
| Answer» B. voluntary agency | |
| 28. |
Which is the most widely prevalent form of governmental organisation |
| A. | Public corporation |
| B. | Independent regulatory commission |
| C. | Department |
| D. | Public limited company |
| Answer» C. Department | |
| 29. |
Which of the following functions is not performed by a staff agency? |
| A. | To do research and to provide information |
| B. | To take decisions |
| C. | Contact and liaison |
| D. | Assisting the line. |
| Answer» B. To take decisions | |
| 30. |
Which of the following is a true statement about staff agencies? |
| A. | They stand outside the main line of administrative hierarchy. |
| B. | They are an expansion of the personality of the chief executive |
| C. | They are a help or reinforcement. |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 31. |
Which of the following is not an advantage of the auxiliary agencies? |
| A. | they secure economy in the administration |
| B. | they ensure specialisation of functions |
| C. | they help save the time of line agencies |
| D. | helpful to all organisations ,even small ones |
| Answer» D. helpful to all organisations ,even small ones | |
| 32. |
Which of the following is not a staff agency in India? |
| A. | Cabinet secretariat |
| B. | planning commission |
| C. | union public service commission |
| D. | Monopolies and restricted trade practices commission |
| Answer» D. Monopolies and restricted trade practices commission | |
| 33. |
The establishment of Independent Regulatory Commissions is a feature of the system of administration? |
| A. | British |
| B. | Chinese |
| C. | American |
| D. | Indian |
| Answer» C. American | |
| 34. |
The Independent Regulatory Commissions perform |
| A. | regulatory functions |
| B. | administrative functions |
| C. | quasi-judicial functions |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 35. |
Public corporations are created to perform: |
| A. | Economic functions |
| B. | civil functions |
| C. | regulatory functions |
| D. | police functions |
| Answer» A. Economic functions | |
| 36. |
The creation of public corporations was necessitated due to : |
| A. | governments undertaking commercial and financial functions |
| B. | increasing demand made by the public |
| C. | inability of the governments to levy more and more taxes |
| D. | historical reasons |
| Answer» A. governments undertaking commercial and financial functions | |
| 37. |
Bureau type or single-head agency is not suitable because: |
| A. | It can lead to one man’s despotism |
| B. | It cannot resist political pressure |
| C. | It cannot avoid political partiality |
| D. | All the three above |
| Answer» D. All the three above | |
| 38. |
Span of control is concerned with |
| A. | Number of field establishments which can be controlled by the head quarters |
| B. | Number of levels of authority which can be created in an organisation. |
| C. | Determining the number of subordinates to be supervised by each manager |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Determining the number of subordinates to be supervised by each manager | |
| 39. |
It is recognised that the span of control varies with: |
| A. | Function ,personality, time, space |
| B. | Personality and function |
| C. | Time and space |
| D. | All the four above |
| Answer» D. All the four above | |
| 40. |
Administrative accountability is enforced through such means as; |
| A. | Legislative surveillance |
| B. | Judicial review |
| C. | Ministerial responsibility |
| D. | All the three above |
| Answer» D. All the three above | |
| 41. |
Which of the following help establish accountability in the administration |
| A. | Decentralisation |
| B. | Delegation of authority |
| C. | Devolution or deconcentration |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 42. |
Which of the following is not a principle of effective delegation? |
| A. | Responsibility is absolute and cannot be delegated |
| B. | Authority to have parity with responsibility |
| C. | Limits of authority to be well defined |
| D. | No need to delegate in small organisation |
| Answer» D. No need to delegate in small organisation | |
| 43. |
In delegation of authority,where no third person or intermediate link intervenes between the two parties to the delegation it is called : |
| A. | Direct or immediate delegation |
| B. | Indirect or mediate delegation |
| C. | Full delegation |
| D. | Partial delegation |
| Answer» A. Direct or immediate delegation | |
| 44. |
Which of the following does not influence decentralisation in an organisation? |
| A. | Nature of growth of an organisation |
| B. | Extent of diversification |
| C. | Outlook of top management |
| D. | Nearness to the head quarters |
| Answer» D. Nearness to the head quarters | |
| 45. |
Which of the following powers cannot be delegated? |
| A. | Power to sanction new policies and plans |
| B. | Supervision of the work of the first line or immediate subordinates |
| C. | General financial supervision |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 46. |
Some of the technique of coordination are mentioned below. Which of them is not a technique of voluntary coordination? |
| A. | prior reference, consultation and clearance |
| B. | organisational hierarchy |
| C. | conference |
| D. | standardization of procedure |
| Answer» B. organisational hierarchy | |
| 47. |
Dicey’s name is associated with: |
| A. | ecological study of public administration |
| B. | organisational hierarchy |
| C. | Rule of Law |
| D. | scientific theory of management |
| Answer» C. Rule of Law | |
| 48. |
Administrative law is a legal concept prevailing in: |
| A. | U K |
| B. | USA |
| C. | China |
| D. | France |
| Answer» D. France | |
| 49. |
The system Rule of Law as adopted many countries, developed in: |
| A. | USA |
| B. | UK |
| C. | Switzerland |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» B. UK | |
| 50. |
Which of the following is an attribute of the Rule of Law? |
| A. | all the persons are equal before law |
| B. | all the persons whether officials or non-officials are responsible to the ordinary court of |
| C. | right and liberties of the citizens emanate from the rule of law rather than constitutional guarantees |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» B. all the persons whether officials or non-officials are responsible to the ordinary court of | |
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