NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 27 of 104)
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- Consider the following factors:
- Nature of work
- Age of the agency
- Leadership
- Location of the organizational units
- These factors are the determinants of which one of the following?
- Delegation
- Supervision
- Authority
- Span of control
- Who among the following is not in favor of coordination as a separate function?
- Mooney
- Tead
- Simon
- Fayol
- Consider the following statements: Pressures for centralization throughout the administrative system arise
- From the economic angle about centralized purchasing of stores
- From the demand of public employees for more equality of treatment by centralizing the personnel management
- From the skill angle which justify uniform treatment to a particular specialized work
- From the need for imposition of controls by respective heads of departments
- Which of these statements are correct?
- 1 and 2
- 1,2 and 3
- 3 and 4
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Consider the following:
- Granting prior approval of the projects
- Placing budgetary limitations upon the magnitude of operations
- Seeking reports on work programme
- All these techniques relate to which one of the following?
- Coordination
- Delegation
- Supervision
- Planning
- Influenced by the works of Taylor and Fayol; Gullick and Urwick developed the classical theory of organization, which is known as
- Traditional Management Theory
- Theory of Functionalism
- Administrative Management Theory
- Theory of Departmentalism
- What is the correct chronological sequence of the following events?
- Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
- Inauguration of Provincial Autonomy
- Morley-Minto Reforms Bill
- Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- 1,2, 3
- 2,3, 1
- 3,2, 1
- 3,1, 2
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 27 of 104) List-I (Author) List-II (Contribution) - Henry Fayol
- Gulick and Urwick
- Mary Parker Follett
- Mooney and Reily
- POSDCORB
- Four principles
- Motivation and leadership
- Fourteen principles of organization
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 27 of 104) List-I (Critics of Weber) List-II (Points of Criticism) - Gouldner
- Merton
- Bennis
- Presthus
- Lack of flexibility
- Outmoded form
- Product of alien culture
- Internal contradictions
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- Which one of the following statements is not correct? Weberian model of bureaucracy is criticized because it insists on
- Rigid adherence to the principle of hierarchy
- Emphasis on maintenance of written documents
- Belief in increase of efficiency on account of structure
- Recognition of informal organization in formal organization
- An organization exists when the following conditions are fulfilled:
- There are persons able to communicate with each other
- They are willing to contribute to the action
- They attempt to accomplish a common purpose
- Who amongst the following proposed these conditions?
- E Mayo
- CI Bernard
- Max Weber
- Henry Fayol
- Consider the following statements: Human behavior in terms of decisionmaking
- Is totally rational
- Is totally irrational
- Depends upon degree of satisfaction
- Depends upon degree of dissatisfaction
- Which of these statements is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 4
- 3 and 4
- Behavioral approach recognizes three major factors in decision-making process. These are
- Legal-rational authority, values and influence
- Values, facts and policies
- Purpose, place and people
- Goals, policies and orders
- Which one of the following is not correct about the Hawthorne Studies?
- Results in the relay room were practically illumination experiment
- The wage incentive in itself was not an independent effect on the individual
- Information about employee attitudes and group dynamics was ably collected
- Positive relationship between the capacity to perform and actual performance was revealed
- Which one of the experiments was carried out as Bank Wiring Observation Room experiments?
- Experiments investigating the relationship between illumination and productivity
- Experiments investigating the relationship between hours of work, rest periods and productivity
- Experiments concerned with the analysis of employees attitudes
- Experiments investigating the analysis of the social organizations of work groups
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Hawthorne Experiments) | List-II (Focus) |
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- A
- B
- C
- D
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1