Competitive Exams: Public Administration MCQs (Practice_Test 7 of 104)
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- Consider the following powers/functions
- Appointing ministers and allocating portfolios to them
- Presiding over the meetings of the Cabinet
- Resolving conflicts between ministers
- Communicating with the Governor
The powers/functions of the Chief
Minister of a State in India include
- 2,3 and 4
- 1 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- The principal function of the Secretariat of a State Government is to
- carry on day to day administration of the State
- supervise the work of field agencies
- assist in policy formulation and its implementation
- manage public relations
- Consider the following statements: The Chief Secretary of a State
- works as principal advisor to the Chief Minister
- looks after all such matters which do not fall within the jurisdiction of any other Secretary
- works as advisor to the Governor during the President՚s Rule
- works as Chairman of the Zonal
Council by rotation
Which of these statements are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- 1 and 4
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- The principal function of Directorates in a State Government is to
- facilitate policy formulation
- undertake policy implementation
- promote inter-agency cooperation and coordination
- render auxiliary services
- Consider the following statements: As the custodian of law and order in the district, the District Collector is effective if he
- adopts formal and informal measures
- uses provocative means
- practices good public relations
- uses a two-way communication system
Which of these statements are correct?
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 1,3 and 4
- 2,3 and 4
- Which one of the following statements about the duties and responsibilities of the District Collector holds good in every State?
- The State Government is represented by him at the district level
- Upward reporting by departmental officers is done through him.
- Handling of crisis situations is passed on by him to departmental officers
- He is the hub of all development activities
- Which one of the following does not form a part of Swarna Jayanti Village Self-Employment Scheme?
- Lifting up the families living below the poverty line as the aim
- Rural individual poor as the focus
- Prior identification and selection of activities
- Implementation in the same manner as a project
- Consider he following statements: In the post- 73rd Amendment era, there has to be decentralisation of
- decision-making powers
- system as a whole
- judicial powers
- administrative powers
- reporting requirements
Which of these statements are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 1,2 and 4
- 2,3 and 5
- 3,4 and 5
- Consider the following objectives
- Bringing about uniformity in the structure of local governments throughout the country
- Ensuring regular and rational flow of funds from the State՚s revenue
- Having properly elected Governments of regular intervals
- Having single unified authority f or the city՚s management and development
Which of these did the 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India, try to inject into the working of urban local bodies?
- 1 and 2
- 1,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 4
- Consider the following statements: The pressure on the finances of urban local bodies has enormously risen during the past several years on account of
- inelastic sources of tax revenue
- continuous rise in population size
- increase in the wages of municipal employees
- increase in the cost of service provided
- increase in developmental needs of the city
Which of these statements are correct?
- 1,2 and 3
- 2,3 and 5
- 1,2, 4 and 5
- 2,3, 4 and 5
- Assertion (A) : The difference between Private and Public Administrations is narrowing down:
- Reason (R) : Private Administration all over the world is getting more and more accountable.
- Both A and R are 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) : New Public Administration emphasized that the discipline of public administration should shed its positivist character.
- Reason (R) : Positivism is not scientific.
- Both A and R are 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) : Classical theory treats organisation as a closed system.
- Reason (R) : Classicists lacked behavioural analysis
- Both A and R are 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 quality of work in an organisation depends to some extent on the effectiveness of control of the superior over the subordinates.
- Reason (R) : A superior cannot exercise control over unlimited number of persons because the span of control is limited by the span of human attention.
- Both A and R are 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 concepts of power and leadership have much in common and they, more or less, mean the same thing.
- Reason (R) : Power indicates coercion, authority and command but a good leader cannot always rely on these instruments along.
- Both A and R are 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