Public Administration 2011-Solved MCQs Competitive Exams Set 1
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(i) Public administration refers to:
(a) A process
(b) A discipline
(c) A field of study
(d) All of these
Answer: (d)
(ii) The concept of “separation between politics and public administration” was first propounded by:
(a) Aristotle
(b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Machiavelli
Answer: (b)
(iii) The famous fourteen principles of organization were given by:
(a) Plato
(b) Henri Fayol
(c) Fredrick Taylor
(d) Max Weber
Answer: (b)
(iv) The author of the famous essay “The Study of Administration” was:
(a) Dwight Waldo
(b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Fredrick Taylor
(d) Margaret Thatcher
Answer: (b)
(v) Span of control means:
(a) Tenure on a post
(b) Geographical jurisdiction
(c) Power to control others
(d) Number of subordinates under a superior
Answer: (d)
(vi) Job description relates to appointing a suitable person on a job:
(a) True
(b) False
Answer: (b)
(vii) Job specification defines the parameters of the job to be done:
(a) True
(b) False
Answer: (a)
(viii) Proper job analysis is based on:
(a) Job description
(b) Job specification
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
Answer: (d)
(ix) Bureaucracy refers to:
(a) Red tape
(b) The totality of government officials
(c) A specific set of structural arrangement
(d) All of these
Answer: (d)
(x) The mnemonic POSDCORB for management was introduced by:
(a) James Mooney
(b) Adam Smith
(c) Luther Gulick
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)