Public Administration 2011 - Solved MCQs NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc. Set 2
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(xi) The famous Hawthorne experiments were conducted by:
(a) Elton Mayo
(b) Abraham H. Maslow
(c) Mark Twain
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
(xii) “Hawthorne effect” refers to increase in productivity because of:
(a) Good physical working environment
(b) Secure job
(c) Presence of observers
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
(xiii) Maslow՚s highest need in his “hierarchy of needs” was:
(a) Love or affiliation needs
(b) Self – actualization needs
(c) Esteem needs
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
(xiv) “The average human being inherently dislikes work”
(a) An assumption of theory X
(b) An assumption of theory Y
(c) An assumption of theory Z
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
(xv) Spoils system refers to:
(a) Management through objectives
(b) Public sector concept of staffing
(c) Awarding jobs to political supporters
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
(xvi) Deficit financing is:
(a) Excess revenues
(b) Excess expenditures
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
(xvii) Performance audit is used as a comparison between:
(a) Actual expenditure and booked expenditure
(b) Revenue collected and potential revenue
(c) Activities of an organization with the assigned objectives
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
(xviii) A whistle blower in an organization is a person:
(a) Who reveals bad things about his department to the public
(b) Who is a good singer
(c) Who is assigned security duties
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
(xix) The budget cycle is:
(a) The duration for which it is applicable
(b) The process through which it has to go
(c) The time frame of preparation
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
(xx) Group dynamics refers to:
(a) Nature of a group
(b) Development of a group
(c) Interrelationship of a group
(d) All of these
Answer: (c)