NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 44 of 104)
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- Consider the following statements about managerial grid in the context of leadership theories:
- It portrays a three-dimensional view of leadership style.
- The grid shows dominating factors in a leader՚s thinking in regard to getting results.
- The grid does not show results produced.
- The grid offers a framework for conceptualizing leadership style.
- Which of the statements given above are correct?
- Only 1,2 and 3
- Only 2,3 and 4
- Only 1 and 4
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Consider the following statements:
- Control helps to monitor environment changes and their effects on the organization՚s progress.
- Delegation of authority in participative management does not change the nature of the control process.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Consider the following statements:
- The New Public Management relies heavily on third parties of manage and deliver government services.
- The New Public Management as a discipline withdrew from both political science and management.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Consider the following statements:
- Zero-base budgeting is useful for comparing programmes and assisting financial decision makers.
- Zero-base budgeting involves allocation of resources to agencies based on periodic re-evaluation by those agencies of the need for different programmes.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of the rational comprehensive approach of decisionmaking in an organization?
- It cannot be simulated under laboratory conditions
- Values to be realized are usually not set out distinctly
- Individual decision-maker cannot take a comprehensive view of the whole problem
- The need for speed compels decisions to be taken on the basis of incomplete data
- Who handles the work relating to the drafting of the Rules of Business of the Union Government?
- Office of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Cabinet Secretariat
- Prime Minister՚s Office
- Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Who among the following is responsible for evaluation and processing of proposals relating to the capital restructuring of various Central Public Sector Undertakings of the Union Government?
- Controller General of Accounts
- Comptroller and Auditor-General
- Department of Industrial Policy and promotion
- Department of Public Enterprises
- Which of the following techniques used by organizations engaged in public administration are based on network analysis?
- Organization and Methods (O. And M.)
- PERT
- Critical Path Method
- Work Study
- Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Only 1 and 2
- Only 2 and 3
- Only 1 and 4
- Consider the following statements:
- Defects in co-ordination inherent in large-organizations may apply to an organization whether the organization is bureaucratic or not.
- Chester Barnard criticized Weber for falling to analyse the correspondence of behaviour in organizations with organizational blueprints.
- Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
- Who among the following are administratively linked with the Department of Personnel and Training?
- Central Bureau of Investigation
- Union Public Service Commission
- Central Vigilance Commission.
- Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- Only 1 and 2
- Only 2 and 3
- Only 1 and 3
- 1,2 and 3
- The competitive examination to the ICS was for the first time held in India, consequent to the
- Indian Councils Act, 1892
- Indian Councils Act, 1909
- Government of India Act, 1919
- Government of India Act, 1935
- Assertion (A) : The President of India causes every recommendation made by the Finance Commission under the provisions of the Constitution of India to be laid before the Lok Sabha only.
- Reason (R) : The Finance Commission is a body set up under the provisions of the
- Constitution of India.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually 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 principle of Cabinet responsibility in the States differs from that in the Union of India.
- Reason (R) : The Constitution of India does not empower the President of India to exercise any function ‘in his discretion’ it authorizes the Governor to exercise some functions ‘in his direction’
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually 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) : An Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India cannot be removed from office except on the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner.
- Reason (R) : An Election Commissioner is appointed on the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually 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 Annual Financial Statement presented in the Lok Sabha contains apart from the estimates of expenditure, ways and means to raise revenue.
- Reason (R) : After the Annual Financial Statement is presented in the Lok Sabha, the Estimates Committee examines it.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true