Theories And Principles Of Public Administration Set 5 MCQs

Q1 | Who among the following opposed the separation of politics from publicadministration?

luther gulick

marshall e dimock

dwight waldo

all the above

Q2 | Who among the following wrote the book- “the ecology of publicadministration?

fred w riggs

robert dahl

john m gaus

none of these

Q3 | The term “development administration” was first coined by:

fred w riggs

edward w weidner

goswami

joseph la palombara

Q4 | The concept of “development administration” was first introduced by:

fred w riggs

edward w weidner

albert waterson

goswami

Q5 | Who said that development administration is concerned primarily with thetasks and process of formulating and implementing the four P’S?

goswami

weidner

donald c. stones

fred w riggs

Q6 | Which of the following is a characteristic of the development administration?

change and result oriented

client oriented

commitment

all the above

Q7 | Gang Plank is:

group working in a workshop

bridging the gap of management education

permitting horizontal communication

none of these

Q8 | The primary focus of human relations theory is on:

increasing labour productivity

economy and efficiency

individual as socio-psychological being and what motivates him

none of the above

Q9 | Hierarchy means:

officials at different levels of organization

control of the higher over the lower

gangplank

all the above

Q10 | Which of the following is an advantage of the scalar process?

it serves as an instrument of integration and coherence in an organization

it enables to fix up responsibility at each level

it simplifies the procedure of file movements

all the above.

Q11 | Which of the following is true regarding hierarchy?

it does not take into account the informal organization

undue delay in making decisions

it contributes nothing to reposing mutual trust between the officials

all the above

Q12 | Which of the following is relevant to the span of control?

nature of work

leadership

age of the agency

all the above

Q13 | The term “performance Budget “ was coined by

administrative reforms commission in india

second hoover commission of usa

estimate committee of india

first hoover commission of usa

Q14 | The Chairman of the Public Account Committee of the Parliament isappointed by

speaker of lok sabha

prime minister of india

president of india

chairman of rajya sabha

Q15 | The Civil Service was defined as “professional body of officials ,permanent,paid and skilled by

herman finer

o.g stahl

felix nigro

e.n gladden

Q16 | Which of the following agency is not a staff agency in India?

cabinet secretariat

planning commission

union public service commission

monopolies and restricted trade practices commission

Q17 | Span of control is concerned with:

number of field establishments which can be controlled by the head quarters

number of levels of authority which can be created in an organization

determining the number of subordinates to be supervised by each manger

none of the above

Q18 | Weber mentions three types of authority. Which of the following is not inthem?

legal rational authority

official authority

traditional authority

charismatic authority

Q19 | Centralisation is the result of certain factors. Which of the following is not inthem?

central control makes for efficiency and economy

economic planning and modern wars

popular participation in the administration

modern means of communication

Q20 | Some of the techniques of coordination ae mentioned below. Which of them isnot a technique of voluntary coordination?

prior reference, consultation and clearance

organizational hierarchy

conferences

standardization of procedures

Q21 | Which of the following ways are useful for securing coordination in theorganization?

clarifying authority and responsibility

facilitating effective communication

through leadership

all the above

Q22 | Luther Gulick mentions some difficulties in the way of effective coordination.Which of the following is not among them?

uncertainty of the future

lack of knowledge and experience in the leaders

size and complexity of the organization

lack of administrative skill and technique

Q23 | Max Weber mentions some causes which led to the rise of bureaucracy.Which of the following is not among them?

the creation of money economy

the emergence of capitalist economy

democracy

advent of the nation state.

Q24 | Which of the following features of bureaucracy is mentioned by Max Weber?

offices are ordered in a hierarchy

there is a complete segregation of official activity from private life

official duties are conducted in a spirit of impersonality

all the above

Q25 | Spoils system of recruitment of public services was prevalent in:

india

u.k

u.s.a

france