NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 35 of 104)
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- Which one of the following elements is ignored by the classical theory?
- Formal structure
- Managerial techniques
- Informal patterns
- Principles of organization
- ‘In developing States, bureaucratic administration has been transformed into an institution that emphasizes the sovereignty of politics rather than the supremacy of administration’ -was commented by
- David C. Potter
- K R Hope
- Max Weber
- F M Marx
- Consider the following statements: The concept of new public management is based on:
- adoption of private sector management practices in public administration.
- laying of implicit standards and measures of performance.
- stress on greater discipline and parsimony in resource use.
- shift to greater emphasis on procedures.
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1 and 2
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- Heuristics in the context of decisionmaking imply
- Judgmental shortcuts in decision making
- Judgment based on deep analysis
- Reviewing elaborate training methods for employees
- Reviewing elaborate recruitment methods for employees
- Staff agency is of the nature of
- Executive control over administration
- Parliamentary control over administration
- In-built control over administration
- Quasi-judicial control over administration
- Match List-I (Statement) with List-II (Scholar) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 35 of 104) List-I (Statement) List-II (Scholar) - Wherever authority is exercised, responsibility arises
- Authority as expressed in legal terms is essentially static
- The principle of correspondence between authority and responsibility should be applied
- Authority depends upon the willingness of the subordinates to accept orders from their superiors
- Chester I Bernard
- Henri Fayol
- F M Marx
- L F Urwick
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- Consider the following:
- Consultation and training
- Coordination
- Fact finding and research
- Planning
- Above are the main functions of which or the following?
- Staff agencies
- Auxiliary agencies
- Line agencies
- Independent regulatory bodies
- Consider the following statements: Taylor՚s principles of scientific management were based on
- first-hand experimentation
- observation
- work procedure
- industrial unrest which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- Which one of the following is not a feature of Max Weber՚s bureaucratic theory?
- Division of work is based on functional specialization
- Tasks are divided into personal spheres of authority
- Rules of conduct are applied uniformly
- Transaction of official business must be recorded in writing
- Consider the following statements: Weber՚s model makes bureaucracy
- rule-oriented
- value-neutral
- client-centred
- impersonal
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 1,2 and 4
- 3 and 4
- Which one of the following does not consist of the ideal characteristics of bureaucracy as propounded by Max Weber?
- Impersonal order
- Monocratic type
- Hierarchy
- Informal methods
- Consider the following statements: Classical theorists were concerned with the
- structuring of authority
- principles of organization
- fatigue caused by work
- work arrangement
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- 1 and 2
- 1,2 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,3 and 4
- Which theory makes a complete distinction between the office and the incumbent, thereby stressing the fact that personal and public spheres are distinct and separate?
- Behavioural theory
- System theory
- Human relations theory
- Bureaucratic theory
- Who advocated the situational theory of leadership?
- Mary Parker Follett
- Elton Mayo
- Douglas McGregor
- Chris Argyris
- According to Mary Parker Follett, a leader is one
- who energizes his group
- to whom the total inter-relatedness is clear
- who is at the apex of the organization
- who possesses expert knowledge
- Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- 1 and 2
- 3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- 1,2, 3 and 4