NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 102 of 104)
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- Assertion (A) : The cornerstone of a public personnel system is built upon a sound recruitment policy.
- Reason (R) : Open competitive examinations are answer to twin demands of democracy and good administration.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Government provides for various types of training for its employees.
- Reason (R) : Training enhances the efficiency of employees by improving their knowledge and skills.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Lok Ayuktas have been appointed in all the States of India.
- Reason (R) : An independent institution is required to redress grievances of people against the actions of civil servants.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : The salary and conditions of service of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India cannot be varied to his/her disadvantage after he/she is appointed.
- Reason (R) : The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India is a Constitutional office.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Estimates of income and expenditure should be on cash basis.
- Reason (R) : All money that Government deals with during the current financial year should be included in estimates.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : The American Civil Service is more specialised than British Civil Service.
- Reason (R) : In the selection of civil servants, the Britishers prefer career staffing while Americans prefer programme staffing.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Efficiency rating is undertaken regularly in personnel management. In the US.
- Reason (R) : In the USA, there is greater stress on professionalization.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : The Secretariat maybe said to be the brain-centre of the administrative body, directing and overseeing all administrative activity.
- Reason (R) : The Secretariat provides the Minister with materials and expert advice for the formulation of policies and watches over their application once they have been formulated.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : The strength of the State Council of Ministers has not been specified in the Constitution of India.
- Reason (R) : A number of pressures operate in the determination of the strength of tire Ministry.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : In a democracy, the functioning of bureaucracy is conditioned by the operation of party system.
- Reason (R) : Where the party system is unable to produce a stable government, bureaucracy acquires a special position.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : The Constitution of India now provides a mechanism for regular flow of funds to Panchayati Raj institutions.
- Reason (R) : The Panchayati Raj institutions have been greatly handicapped in the performance of their assigned duties by paucity of funds.
- Both A and Rare true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- The term “Public” in Public Administration stands for
- the citizens in a democracy
- the formally constituted government
- any administration having its impact on everybody
- the defining characteristic of a kind of administration
- The scope of conventional public administration has been under attack from Public Choice Theorists, as they
- reject the idea of welfare state and services
- propose restrictions on bureaucratic functioning
- consider the market as a more efficient provider of goods and services
- view the politician as being in league with the bureaucrat
- Which of the following reasons prompted Woodrow Wilson to advocate a ‘science of administration’
- The desire to straighten the paths of government.
- The idea of making government business less un-businesslike.
- The intention to strengthen and purify government organisation.
- The need to raise a band of dutiful civil servants.
- 1 and 4
- 2 and 3
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- The New Public Administration is a quest for
- ethical values and scientific analysis
- scientific, analysis and relevance
- relevance and ethical values
- excellence