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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Public Administration .
| 201. |
Frederick Herzberg Motivation Factors are also called as |
| A. | Growth Factors |
| B. | Extrinsic Factors |
| C. | Maintenance Factors |
| Answer» A. Growth Factors | |
| 202. |
Which among the following is a ‘Hygiene Factor’? |
| A. | Achievement |
| B. | Salary |
| C. | Recognition |
| Answer» B. Salary | |
| 203. |
Which among the following is a ‘Motivation Factor’? |
| A. | Working Conditions |
| B. | Supervision |
| C. | Responsibility |
| Answer» C. Responsibility | |
| 204. |
According to Frederick Herzberg the Motivation Factors describe man’s relationship to |
| A. | Job Content |
| B. | Environment |
| Answer» A. Job Content | |
| 205. |
Which of the following is correct about Hygiene Factors? |
| A. | Their presence brings satisfaction |
| B. | Motivate the individuals |
| C. | Their presence do not bring satisfaction |
| Answer» C. Their presence do not bring satisfaction | |
| 206. |
The word ‘motivation’ is derived from |
| A. | Latin |
| B. | Greek |
| C. | French |
| Answer» A. Latin | |
| 207. |
According to Herzberg, ‘motivators’ are mainly |
| A. | unipolar |
| B. | bipolar |
| C. | tripolar |
| Answer» A. unipolar | |
| 208. |
Persons motivated by the nature of environment in an organization are |
| A. | Motivation Seeker |
| B. | Hygiene Seeker |
| C. | Joy Seeker |
| Answer» B. Hygiene Seeker | |
| 209. |
Herzberg describes persons motivated by the nature of task in an organization as |
| A. | Adventure Seeker |
| B. | Motivation Seeker |
| C. | Hygiene Seeker |
| Answer» B. Motivation Seeker | |
| 210. |
Frederick Herzberg propounded the Motivation-Hygiene Theory in |
| A. | 1959 |
| B. | 1962 |
| C. | 1945 |
| Answer» A. 1959 | |
| 211. |
The study of public administration on a comparative basis is called |
| A. | Comparative Public Administration |
| B. | Behavioural Approach |
| C. | Development Administration |
| Answer» A. Comparative Public Administration | |
| 212. |
Comparative Public Administration was developed after |
| A. | World War I |
| B. | World War II |
| C. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. World War II | |
| 213. |
Comparative Public Administration aims at the development of a more scientific public administration by |
| A. | Building and strengthening theory in public administration. |
| B. | Motivating workers in an organization |
| C. | Introducing new techniques of administration |
| Answer» A. Building and strengthening theory in public administration. | |
| 214. |
Comparative public administration focuses on |
| A. | environmental administration |
| B. | cross-cultural and cross-national public administration |
| C. | rural and tribal administration |
| Answer» B. cross-cultural and cross-national public administration | |
| 215. |
The most important single contribution to the growth of comparative public administration came from |
| A. | the Minnowbrook Conference |
| B. | the Western Electrical Company |
| C. | the Comparative Administration Group |
| Answer» C. the Comparative Administration Group | |
| 216. |
The CAG was established in |
| A. | 1960 |
| B. | 1979 |
| C. | 1985 |
| Answer» A. 1960 | |
| 217. |
The full form of ASPA is |
| A. | American Society for Public Associations |
| B. | American Society for Public Administration |
| C. | American Society for People’s Assistance |
| Answer» B. American Society for Public Administration | |
| 218. |
ASPA was founded in |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1939 |
| Answer» C. 1939 | |
| 219. |
The father of Comparative Public Administration is |
| A. | F. W. Riggs |
| B. | Ferrel Heady |
| C. | Henry Fayol |
| Answer» A. F. W. Riggs | |
| 220. |
The type of study ‘which deals with what is’ is called |
| A. | Nomothetic studies |
| B. | Ideographic studies |
| C. | Empirical studies |
| Answer» C. Empirical studies | |
| 221. |
Universal studies of various administrative systems in a comparative context is |
| A. | Normative studies |
| B. | Nomothetic studies |
| C. | Ecological studies |
| Answer» B. Nomothetic studies | |
| 222. |
The examination of administrative phenomena in relation to its external environment is |
| A. | Ideographic studies |
| B. | Empirical studies |
| C. | Ecological studies |
| Answer» C. Ecological studies | |
| 223. |
Who said "Comparative Public Administration" is a study of public administration on a comparative basis"? |
| A. | Waldo |
| B. | Riggs |
| C. | Raphaeli |
| Answer» C. Raphaeli | |
| 224. |
Which of the following is not a trend enumerated by Riggs for the comparative Study of Public Administration? |
| A. | From normative to empirical |
| B. | From ideographic to nomothetic |
| C. | From nomothetic to ideographic |
| Answer» C. From nomothetic to ideographic | |
| 225. |
Comparative Administration Group was established in |
| A. | India |
| B. | America |
| C. | Germany |
| Answer» B. America | |
| 226. |
‘Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective’ was written by |
| A. | F. W. Riggs |
| B. | Ferrel Heady |
| C. | Dwight Waldo |
| Answer» B. Ferrel Heady | |
| 227. |
The Bazaar- Canteen model is associated with |
| A. | Economy |
| B. | Administration |
| C. | Politics |
| Answer» A. Economy | |
| 228. |
F.W. Riggs describes functionally specific societies as |
| A. | Fused |
| B. | Prismatic |
| C. | Diffracted |
| Answer» C. Diffracted | |
| 229. |
The word ‘Sala’ in Sala model of F.W. Riggs is derived from a |
| A. | Greek Word |
| B. | Spanish Word |
| C. | Latin Word |
| Answer» B. Spanish Word | |
| 230. |
How many analytical tools were employed by Riggs to explain his administrative theories? |
| A. | Two |
| B. | Three |
| C. | Four |
| Answer» B. Three | |
| 231. |
F.W. Riggs termed the economic sub-system of a Prismatic society as |
| A. | Bazaar-Canteen |
| B. | Clects |
| C. | Sala |
| Answer» A. Bazaar-Canteen | |
| 232. |
A society which relies on agriculture as its main source of income is a |
| A. | Fused Society |
| B. | Prismatic Society |
| C. | Diffracted Society |
| Answer» A. Fused Society | |
| 233. |
F.W. Riggs has termed the functionally diffused societies as |
| A. | Diffracted |
| B. | Prismatic |
| C. | Fused |
| Answer» C. Fused | |
| 234. |
How many functions are performed in each society according to F.W. Riggs? |
| A. | Four |
| B. | Five |
| C. | Six |
| Answer» A. Four | |
| 235. |
Who written the book ‘Administration in Developing Countries: Theory of Prismatic Society’? |
| A. | Elton Mayo |
| B. | J.M. Gaus |
| C. | F.W. Riggs |
| Answer» C. F.W. Riggs | |
| 236. |
According to F.W. Riggs, which of the following is not an element of the overlapping feature of the Prismatic Society? |
| A. | Poly communalism |
| B. | Nepotism |
| C. | Formalism |
| Answer» C. Formalism | |
| 237. |
Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched? |
| A. | Fused Society-Selectivism |
| B. | Fused Society-Ascription |
| C. | Diffracted Society-Functional Specificity |
| Answer» A. Fused Society-Selectivism | |
| 238. |
F.W. Riggs describes ‘Sala Model’ as |
| A. | Economic Sub-system |
| B. | Administrative Sub-system |
| C. | None of the Above |
| Answer» B. Administrative Sub-system | |
| 239. |
According to F.W. Riggs, which of the following is the feature of Diffracted society? |
| A. | Universalism |
| B. | Selectivism |
| C. | Particularism |
| Answer» A. Universalism | |
| 240. |
According to F.W. Riggs, which of the following is the feature of Fused society? |
| A. | Attainment |
| B. | Achievement |
| C. | Ascription |
| Answer» C. Ascription | |
| 241. |
Which of the following is the Transitional society according to F.W. Riggs? |
| A. | Diffracted Society |
| B. | Prismatic Society |
| C. | Fused Society |
| Answer» B. Prismatic Society | |
| 242. |
F.W. Riggs Agrarian model is based on which country |
| A. | Imperial China |
| B. | U.S.A |
| C. | Japan |
| Answer» A. Imperial China | |
| 243. |
Which of the statement of F.W. Riggs is correct? |
| A. | Ascriptive values is the feature of Industria societies |
| B. | Transitional societies having the attributes of only Agraria societies |
| C. | All societies move from Agraria to Industria stage |
| Answer» C. All societies move from Agraria to Industria stage | |
| 244. |
In Sala model, which factor plays a dominant role in appointments to various administrative posts? |
| A. | Nepotism |
| B. | Merit |
| C. | Administrative Capability |
| Answer» A. Nepotism | |
| 245. |
F.W. Rigss was born in |
| A. | 1918 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1919 |
| Answer» B. 1917 | |
| 246. |
Comparative Public Administration emphasizes on |
| A. | Generalization |
| B. | Ecological factors |
| C. | Both a) & b) |
| Answer» C. Both a) & b) | |
| 247. |
Which of the following is not a point of significance of Comparative Public Administration? |
| A. | It has widened the scope of Public Administration |
| B. | It promotes narrow regional outlook |
| C. | It has brought politics and administration closer to each other |
| Answer» B. It promotes narrow regional outlook | |
| 248. |
The agrarian-industria model of Riggs is based on |
| A. | Ecological Approach |
| B. | Behavioural Approach |
| C. | Structural Funcional Approach |
| Answer» C. Structural Funcional Approach | |
| 249. |
“Public administration is influenced by external environment". This approach is related with |
| A. | Classical Approach |
| B. | Human Relation Approach |
| C. | Ecological Approach |
| Answer» C. Ecological Approach | |
| 250. |
Comparative Public Administration is |
| A. | Cross-cultural |
| B. | Culture-bound |
| C. | Convention-oriented |
| Answer» A. Cross-cultural | |
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