NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 1 of 104)
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- Which one of the following pairs of authors held the view that ‘A theory of public administration means in our time a theory of politics also’
- John Gaus and Dwight Waldo
- Dwight Waldo and L D White
- Dwight Waldo and Herbert A Simon
- Herbert A Simon and L D White
- 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 1 of 104) List-I List-II - Managerial Choice
- Organisation and Innovation
- New Patterns of Management
- The Bureaucratic Phenomenon
- Chris Argyris
- Rensis Likert
- Michel Crozier
- Frederick Herzberg
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- Consider the following statements: Public administrationists used both ‘carrot’ and ‘stick’ to remain within Political Science and underline
- public policy-making process
- prospect of developing it as pure science
- cultivation of engineering mentality
- epistemological benefits of both Political Science and Public Administration
- Which of these statements are correct?
- 1 and 4
- 2 and 3
- 2 and 4
- 1,3 and 4
- The policy view of Public Administration is
- a narrow view of the scope of Public Administration
- the end of Wilsonian dichotomy
- the view of Henry Fayol
- the beginning of New Public
- Administration
- The view that there ought to be greater emphasis on normative concerns in Public Administration is held by
- Fred Riggs
- H A Simon
- Frank Marini
- Ferrel Heady
- 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 1 of 104) List-I (Book) List-II (Author) - The Administrative State
- The Golden Book of Administration
- Organisation and Management
- Bureaucracy
- Max Weber
- Albrow Mortin
- Dwight Waldo
- Seckler Hudson
- Lyndall F Urwick
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 5
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 4
- Which of the following statements regarding the two conferences-Minnowbrook I (1968) and Minnowbrook II (1988) , is correct?
- The former was more pragmatic and less radical in thought
- The former was concerned with social equity and later was not
- Both the conferences reaffirmed democratic values with special focus on ethics, accountability and administrative leadership
- Both the conferences highlighted the debate between normative and behaviouralist perspectives with emphasis on epistemological questions
- Under proper conditions, the average human being teams not only to accept but to seek responsibility. This view has been eked by
- Chris Argyris
- Frederick Herzberg
- Abraham Maslow
- Douglas McGregor
- Consider the following statements:
- The evolution of Public Administration as an academic discipline was accelerated by socio-psychological insights in the thirties.
- Chester Barnard was a great classical thinker.
- Behaviouralism was a natural consequence of socio-psychological inquests.
- New Public Administration stresses on scientific method of study.
- Which of these statements are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 4
- Consider the following developments:
- End of politics-Public Administration dichotomy
- Questioning of subjectivity in administrative decision making
- Critique of administrative State
- Rawl՚s contribution to justice
- Which of these developments led to emphasis on ethics in Public
- Administration?
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,3 and 4
- 2 and 4
- Administration?
- Consider the following:
- Functional foremanship
- Unity of command
- Centralisation
- Time and motion study
- Which of these are associated with
- Scientific Management Movement?
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1 and 3
- 1 and 4
- Scientific Management Movement?
- The principles of Scientific management developed by F W. Taylor DID NOT include?
- scientific selection and training
- division of responsibility
- esprit de corps
- mental revolution
- 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 1 of 104) List-I List-II - Max Weber
- Laski
- F. Riggs
- S. N. Eisenstadt
- In developing countries bureaucracy also performs political roles
- Bureaucracy faces similar development conflicts as exist in the society
- Bureaucracy is the most rational form of organisation
- Bureaucracy is a threat to democratic government
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
- Consider the following factors:
- The mode of operation
- Large-scale organisation
- A stable state and well-organised administration
- Growth of technology
- Which of these factors did Max Weber identify as those which contributed to the growth and spread of bureaucracy in modem times?
- 1,2 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,3 and 4
- The statement, ‘Bureaucracy is characterised by a passion for routine in administration, the sacrifice of flexibility to rule delay in the making of decisions and refusal to embark upon experiments’ was made by
- Lord Hewart
- R K Merton
- Harold Laski
- Herbert Simon