Competitive Exams: Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 6 of 104)
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- Match List I (Provisions) with List II (Schedules of Constitution of India) and select the correct answer:
List-I List-II - The tribal areas in the state of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
- All-India Services
- Control of Schedules Areas and Scheduled Tribes
- Comptrollers and Auditor-General of India
- Second Schedule
- Fifth Schedule
- Sixth Schedule
- Seventh Schedule
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 1
- New Public Administration emphasizes
- social equity
- lean government
- performance appraisal
- management by objectives
- Consider the following functions
- Preparation of agenda for Cabinet meetings
- Recording decisions of the Cabinet
- Supervising the implementation of Cabinet decisions
- Coordinating the work of various ministries
Which of these are the functions of the
Cabinet Secretariat?
- 1 and 2
- 1,3 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- Consider the following functions
- Assisting the government in policy formulation
- Reviewing periodically the working of the National plan
- Recommending measures for the achievement of the aims and targets set out in the National plan
- Assessing the material, capital and human resources of the country
Which of these are the functions of the
National Development Council?
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- 1 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- Which one of the following statements about Comptroller and Auditor-General of India is NOT correct?
- He has no direct access to the Parliament and no minister can represent him
- His salary and emoluments are chargeable on the Consolidated Fund of India
- He cannot disallow any expenditure which in his opinion violates the Constitution
- He has been debarred from holding any office of profit under the Union or
State Governments after his retirement
- Which one of the following was not among the recommendations of the Satish Chandra Committee?
- Negative marking for objective-type test
- Common competitive examinations for all services
- Exemption from preliminary examination to those candidates who had qualified once for interview
- Introduction of education as an optional subject
- Consider the following types of trainings programmes
- Induction
- Pre-selection
- Refresher
- Specialized
- In-service
The training programmes gone through by the IAS and IPS officers include
- 1,2 and 5
- 2,3 and 4
- 1,3, 4 and 5
- 2,3, 4 and 5
- Match List I with List II and select the correct answer:
List-I List-II - Appleby Report
- Gorwala Report
- Assheton Report
- Fulton Report
- Year 1944
- Year 1951
- Year 1953
- Year 1966
- A
- B
- C
- D
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
- A Joint Public Service Commission for two or more States can be established by
- the concerned States
- an Act of Parliament
- the Union Public Service Commission
- the Government of India
- According to which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, is the Government bound to seek the advice of the UPSC?
- Article 120
- Article 220
- Article 320
- Article 420
- Who among the following said, There can be no doubt that the standard of administration depends upon the calibre of civil servants who are appointed to these posts?
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Dr. B R Ambedkar
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- Warren Hastings
- Which one of the following statements is NOT true?
- A member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) holds office for a term of six years or until he or she attains the age of 65 years
- The Chairperson of UPSC is not eligible for further employment under the Government of India or Government of any State after retirement
- One half of the members of the UPSC should be persons who have held office for at least 10 years either under Government of India or Government of State
- The Chairperson and other members of the UPSC are appointed by the Prime
Minister
- Which one of the following Committees was appointed by the UPSC in 1974 to go into the issue of recruitment and selection methods?
- A. D. Gorwala Committee
- D. S. Kothari Committee
- Santhanam Committee
- Joint Committee on Administrative
Reforms
- The Staff College at Vadodara imparts training to the recruits of the
- Central Secretariat Service
- Railway Traffic, Transportation and Accounts Service
- Indian Civil Accounts Service
- Income Tax Service
- Consider the following statements: The Governor of a state
- is vested with executive power under the Constitution of India
- is needed because of the federal structure of government
- was to be elected according to the original Draft Constitution of India
- is chosen only from among the categories laid down in the
Constitution of India
Which of these statements are correct?
- 1 and 4
- 2 and 3
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4