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This section includes 255 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Public Administration knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
Obedience owed to the legally established impersonal order is |
| A. | Charismatic Authority |
| B. | Legal Rational Authority |
| C. | Traditional Authority |
| Answer» C. Traditional Authority | |
| 152. |
Determining the best set of motions amongst different set of motion in completing a job is called |
| A. | Motion study |
| B. | Time study |
| C. | Mental Revolution |
| Answer» B. Time study | |
| 153. |
In Theory X , communication in managerial functions is |
| A. | Downward |
| B. | Upward |
| C. | Downward and Upward |
| Answer» B. Upward | |
| 154. |
The power of thinking out a plan and executing it to ensure its success is |
| A. | Initiative |
| B. | Progress |
| C. | Idea |
| Answer» B. Progress | |
| 155. |
When an employee should receive orders from one superior only, it is called |
| A. | Unity of command |
| B. | Supervision |
| C. | Span of control |
| Answer» B. Supervision | |
| 156. |
Behavioural Theory believes in |
| A. | What should be |
| B. | What ought to be |
| C. | What is |
| Answer» D. | |
| 157. |
The type of study which deals with what is is called |
| A. | Nomothetic studies |
| B. | Ideographic studies |
| C. | Empirical studies |
| Answer» D. | |
| 158. |
When both sides surrender what they want, it is called |
| A. | compromise |
| B. | integration |
| C. | domination |
| Answer» B. integration | |
| 159. |
The aim of Scientific Management is the replacement of traditional techniques by |
| A. | new techniques |
| B. | modern techniques |
| C. | scientific techniques |
| Answer» D. | |
| 160. |
The structural-functional approach in explaining administrative systems from ecologoical perspective was first suggested by |
| A. | F. W.Riggs |
| B. | Dwight Waldo |
| C. | David Apter |
| Answer» C. David Apter | |
| 161. |
The tendency on the part of the workers to restrict output is called |
| A. | regression |
| B. | soldiering |
| C. | refraining |
| Answer» C. refraining | |
| 162. |
Mary Parker Follett was born in |
| A. | 1875 |
| B. | 1868 |
| C. | 1854 |
| Answer» C. 1854 | |
| 163. |
The adoption of the structural-functional approach in the field of public administration was first suggested in |
| A. | 1964 |
| B. | 1948 |
| C. | 1955 |
| Answer» D. | |
| 164. |
The origin of Behavioural Theory can be traced to ______________. |
| A. | Hawthorne Experiments |
| B. | Classical Experiments |
| C. | None of the Above |
| Answer» B. Classical Experiments | |
| 165. |
The Scientific Management Approach developed |
| A. | during 10th Century |
| B. | during 19th Century |
| C. | during early 20th Century |
| Answer» D. | |
| 166. |
How many ways of resolving did Mary Parker Follett suggest? |
| A. | two |
| B. | one |
| C. | three |
| Answer» D. | |
| 167. |
Satisficing is a term associated with |
| A. | Herbert Simon |
| B. | Abraham Maslow |
| C. | Douglas McGregor |
| Answer» B. Abraham Maslow | |
| 168. |
Who is associated with the Scientific Management doctrine? |
| A. | Henri Fayol |
| B. | Adam Smith |
| C. | Frederick Winslow Taylor |
| Answer» D. | |
| 169. |
The right to give orders and the power to exact obedience is |
| A. | responsibility |
| B. | control |
| C. | authority |
| Answer» D. | |
| 170. |
Douglas McGregor Theory X represents |
| A. | Classical approach to Management |
| B. | Behavioural approach to Management |
| C. | Participative approach to Management |
| Answer» B. Behavioural approach to Management | |
| 171. |
According to McGregor, in managerial strategy, ___________ will be more beneficial for the individual and the organization. |
| A. | Theory V |
| B. | Theory X |
| C. | Theory Y |
| Answer» D. | |
| 172. |
Bheda refers to |
| A. | Chivalry |
| B. | Training |
| C. | Internal competition |
| Answer» D. | |
| 173. |
The realisation on part of both the parties (workers and managers) that their mutual interest is not contradictory is |
| A. | clinical method |
| B. | hygiene factor |
| C. | mental revolution |
| Answer» D. | |
| 174. |
Douglas McGregor Theory Y deals with |
| A. | Bureaucracy |
| B. | Administration |
| C. | Motivation |
| Answer» D. | |
| 175. |
In Theory X, Douglas McGregor believes that average human being |
| A. | Accepts responsibilities |
| B. | Does not resist organisational needs |
| C. | Dislikes Work |
| Answer» D. | |
| 176. |
The Bazaar- Canteen model is associated with |
| A. | Economy |
| B. | Administration |
| C. | Politics |
| Answer» B. Administration | |
| 177. |
When a worker is supervised and guided by eight functional foreman, it is called |
| A. | Differential piece rate plan |
| B. | Functional foremanship |
| C. | Unity of Command |
| Answer» C. Unity of Command | |
| 178. |
Scientific Management is also known as |
| A. | Taylorism |
| B. | Fayolism |
| C. | Leninism |
| Answer» B. Fayolism | |
| 179. |
According to Taylor, the workers in an organization should be selected on the basis of |
| A. | outlook |
| B. | aptitude |
| C. | status |
| Answer» C. status | |
| 180. |
Scientific Management focused on the |
| A. | lowest level |
| B. | middle level |
| C. | highest level |
| Answer» B. middle level | |
| 181. |
To Follet, conflicts in an organization are inevitable due to individual |
| A. | feelings |
| B. | emotions |
| C. | differences |
| Answer» D. | |
| 182. |
Who said that before a science can develop principles it must possess concepts ? |
| A. | Chester Barnard |
| B. | Herbert Simon |
| C. | Elton Mayo |
| Answer» C. Elton Mayo | |
| 183. |
Which of the following is not associated with Mary Parker Follett? |
| A. | Conflict |
| B. | Bottom-Up Approach |
| C. | Integration |
| Answer» C. Integration | |
| 184. |
The term Self-Actualisation was first coined by |
| A. | Kurt Goldstein |
| B. | Abraham Maslow |
| C. | Douglas Mcgregor |
| Answer» B. Abraham Maslow | |
| 185. |
Scientific Management is based on the principle of |
| A. | Development of hygiene factors of work |
| B. | Development of motivational factors of work |
| C. | Development of true science of work |
| Answer» D. | |
| 186. |
The scientific study of human behaviour in organisation is also called __________ |
| A. | Classical Theory |
| B. | Behavioural Theory |
| C. | Scientific Theory |
| Answer» C. Scientific Theory | |
| 187. |
Scientific Management Theory was advocated by |
| A. | Elton Mayo |
| B. | F. W. Taylor |
| C. | Luther Gulick |
| Answer» C. Luther Gulick | |
| 188. |
The central tenet of Classical Theory is |
| A. | division of labour |
| B. | responsibility |
| C. | increased production |
| Answer» B. responsibility | |
| 189. |
Douglas McGregor Theory X considers man as |
| A. | A negative being |
| B. | A positive being |
| C. | None of the Above |
| Answer» B. A positive being | |
| 190. |
Classical writers give importance on |
| A. | formal organisation |
| B. | informal organisation |
| C. | social-psychological factors |
| Answer» B. informal organisation | |
| 191. |
Which of the following theory is associated with the integration of individual and organisational goals? |
| A. | Theory W |
| B. | Theory X |
| C. | Theory Y |
| Answer» D. | |
| 192. |
Classical Theorists consider every worker as |
| A. | economic man |
| B. | social man |
| C. | communal man |
| Answer» B. social man | |
| 193. |
Abraham Maslow s Love, Affection and Belongingness are |
| A. | Safety Needs |
| B. | Social Needs |
| C. | Physiological Needs |
| Answer» C. Physiological Needs | |
| 194. |
Sama, dama,danda and bheda are |
| A. | Motivation means |
| B. | Personality Traits |
| C. | Means of communication |
| Answer» B. Personality Traits | |
| 195. |
Which of the following theory is associated with the traditional view of Direction and Control ? |
| A. | Theory W |
| B. | Theory X |
| C. | Theory Y |
| Answer» C. Theory Y | |
| 196. |
Which of the following is true about Abraham Maslow Theory? |
| A. | It is the first theory of motivation |
| B. | It is based on Psychoanalysis |
| C. | It is not based on the idea of prepotency of needs |
| Answer» C. It is not based on the idea of prepotency of needs | |
| 197. |
F.W. Taylor puts emphasis on |
| A. | Decision-Making |
| B. | Performance |
| C. | Division of Labour |
| Answer» D. | |
| 198. |
Which of the following does Comparative Public Administration emphasize? |
| A. | The search for theory* |
| B. | The study of a particular administrative system |
| C. | The relationship of workers in an organization |
| Answer» B. The study of a particular administrative system | |
| 199. |
To Maslow, status, importance and appreciation are |
| A. | achievement needs |
| B. | recognition needs |
| C. | security needs |
| Answer» C. security needs | |
| 200. |
Classical theorists believe that the Principles of organization can be applied |
| A. | individually |
| B. | universally |
| C. | simultaneously |
| Answer» C. simultaneously | |