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This section includes 199 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Public Administration knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
In POSDCORB, the letter C stands for |
| A. | Control |
| B. | Coordinating |
| C. | Centre |
| Answer» C. Centre | |
| 2. |
Public Personnel Administration function involves |
| A. | POSNCORB |
| B. | POLSCORB |
| C. | POSDCORB |
| Answer» D. | |
| 3. |
.Who said Personnel is the sovereign factor in public administration |
| A. | Herman Finer |
| B. | Woodrow Wilson |
| C. | Robert Dahl |
| Answer» B. Woodrow Wilson | |
| 4. |
The standard and efficiency of Public Administration depends on |
| A. | outlook of the employer |
| B. | educational qualification of the civil servants |
| C. | integrity of the civil service |
| Answer» D. | |
| 5. |
Public Personnel Administration involves |
| A. | recruitment, training and classification |
| B. | recruitment only |
| C. | appointment only |
| Answer» B. recruitment only | |
| 6. |
Aristocratic type of Personnel system developed in |
| A. | USA |
| B. | England |
| C. | India |
| Answer» C. India | |
| 7. |
Spoils system is associated with |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | USA |
| C. | UK |
| Answer» C. UK | |
| 8. |
In the USA,the spoils system was discarded by which Act |
| A. | Pendleton Act,1883 |
| B. | Hatch Act,1939 |
| C. | Civil Service Act,1853 |
| Answer» B. Hatch Act,1939 | |
| 9. |
Equality of opportunity is ensured in |
| A. | spoils system |
| B. | merit system |
| C. | aristocratic system |
| Answer» C. aristocratic system | |
| 10. |
Bureaucratic system rests on the notion of |
| A. | political favouritism |
| B. | imperfection |
| C. | hierarchy of divisions |
| Answer» D. | |
| 11. |
The requirements of the civil service include |
| A. | partial selection and nepotism |
| B. | impartial selection and political neutrality |
| C. | fraudulence and deceit |
| Answer» C. fraudulence and deceit | |
| 12. |
One of the aims of Personnel Management is |
| A. | to maintain impartiality |
| B. | to create competition amongst the public servants |
| C. | to enable people to make their best contribution |
| Answer» D. | |
| 13. |
Personnel are required to perform |
| A. | Line functions and Staff functions |
| B. | Line functions only |
| C. | Staff functions only |
| Answer» B. Line functions only | |
| 14. |
Who used the term "manpower management" instead of "personnel management" |
| A. | Dale Yoder |
| B. | Thomas Spates |
| C. | Michael Jucius |
| Answer» B. Thomas Spates | |
| 15. |
Personnel Administration functions in |
| A. | Formal Organisations |
| B. | Informal Organisations |
| C. | Formal and Informal organisations |
| Answer» D. | |
| 16. |
Personnel Administration include within its scope |
| A. | recruitment, training, promotion |
| B. | selection and retirement only |
| C. | providing services only |
| Answer» B. selection and retirement only | |
| 17. |
Success of the development programmes depend largely on the |
| A. | people included in the programme alone |
| B. | government alone |
| C. | conduct and behavior of personnel engaged in the programmes. |
| Answer» D. | |
| 18. |
The departmental enquiry is intended to give |
| A. | the government servant concerned a chance to prove his innocence |
| B. | the employer a time to collect more charges against the offender |
| C. | the government servant a chance to perform better at his job |
| Answer» D. | |
| 19. |
An occupation which one takes up with expectation of advancement till retirement is |
| A. | promotion |
| B. | career |
| C. | recruitment |
| Answer» C. recruitment | |
| 20. |
In the 1952,the examination viva-voce was renamed as |
| A. | Aptitude Test |
| B. | Personal Interview |
| C. | Personality Test |
| Answer» D. | |
| 21. |
Prior to 1922,the ICS exam was held in |
| A. | India |
| B. | England |
| C. | Both India and England |
| Answer» C. Both India and England | |
| 22. |
In POSDCORB,the letter P stands for |
| A. | planning |
| B. | position |
| C. | promotion |
| Answer» B. position | |
| 23. |
A person who specializes in some particular field is called |
| A. | generalist |
| B. | idealist |
| C. | specialist |
| Answer» D. | |
| 24. |
The word Aristocracy means |
| A. | government by a king |
| B. | government by the people |
| C. | government by the nobles |
| Answer» D. | |
| 25. |
The word bureaucracy was coined by |
| A. | Gourney |
| B. | Taylor |
| C. | Weber |
| Answer» B. Taylor | |
| 26. |
The greatest disadvantage of the Bureaucratic system is |
| A. | it exempts public service from popular control |
| B. | it is incompetent |
| C. | it is inefficient |
| Answer» B. it is incompetent | |
| 27. |
One of the advantages of the Bureaucratic system is |
| A. | it produces the highest degree of pride |
| B. | it brings skilled mind to solution of technical problems |
| C. | it serves as an instrument of oppressing the employee s ideas |
| Answer» C. it serves as an instrument of oppressing the employee s ideas | |
| 28. |
Who said , My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest should have the same opportunity as the strongest |
| A. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| B. | Abraham Lincoln |
| C. | Clement Atlee |
| Answer» B. Abraham Lincoln | |
| 29. |
Who said To the victor belongs the spoils |
| A. | Andrew Jackson |
| B. | Woodrow Wilson |
| C. | William Marcy |
| Answer» D. | |
| 30. |
Misconduct is |
| A. | an act of commission of good behavior |
| B. | selling of office infrastructure |
| C. | an act or omission which is violative of the express or implies obligations of |
| Answer» D. | |
| 31. |
Misconduct of personnel may be caused by |
| A. | over-confidence of the employee |
| B. | dissatisfaction of the employee towards their work and colleagues |
| C. | poor condition of the office |
| Answer» C. poor condition of the office | |
| 32. |
The climatic, temperamental and other features of the country are taken into consideration while fixing up the |
| A. | voluntary pension |
| B. | superannuation age |
| C. | forced pension |
| Answer» C. forced pension | |
| 33. |
Misconduct is a specific word with a specific connotation and it cannot be |
| A. | mere inefficiency or slackness |
| B. | damaging of office goods |
| C. | merely creating argument |
| Answer» B. damaging of office goods | |
| 34. |
Every member of the government service shall maintain |
| A. | absolute integrity and devotion to duty |
| B. | their own service book |
| C. | complete discretion in their job |
| Answer» B. their own service book | |
| 35. |
The procedure to be followed in disciplinary cases against Government is laid down in conformity with the provisions of |
| A. | Article 300 of the Indian Constitution |
| B. | Article 211 of the Indian Constitution |
| C. | Article 311 of the Indian Constitution |
| Answer» D. | |
| 36. |
A member of the All India Service may appeal from the order of a |
| A. | State Government to the President |
| B. | Governor to the President |
| C. | President to the Chief Justice of India |
| Answer» B. Governor to the President | |
| 37. |
Under Rule 22, government servant may prefer an appeal against certain orders, imposing of penalties, etc . However no appeal can be made against the |
| A. | order of the High Court Judge |
| B. | order from the Supreme Court Judge |
| C. | order made by the President |
| Answer» D. | |
| 38. |
New Pension Scheme (New Pension Scheme), is launched on |
| A. | 1st January 2014 |
| B. | 1st January, 2004 |
| C. | 1stApril, 2004 |
| Answer» C. 1stApril, 2004 | |
| 39. |
The civil servants in India are not granted unlimited |
| A. | service rights |
| B. | political rights |
| C. | right to association |
| Answer» C. right to association | |
| 40. |
The Administrative Reforms Commission (1966-1970), set up by the Central Government recommended |
| A. | complete prohibition of strikes by civil servants |
| B. | partial prohibition of strikes by civil servants |
| C. | complete prohibition of strikes by any citizen of India |
| Answer» B. partial prohibition of strikes by civil servants | |
| 41. |
Pension are paid wholly by the government but they cannot be |
| A. | transferred to any family member |
| B. | provide anymore once the pensioner passed away |
| C. | claimed as a right |
| Answer» D. | |
| 42. |
Pension given to an officer who retires at the prescribed age is |
| A. | Prescribed pension |
| B. | superannuation pension |
| C. | old age pension |
| Answer» C. old age pension | |
| 43. |
The salary, pension and allowances of the chairman and members of the Union Public Service Commission is borne by |
| A. | Consolidated fund of India |
| B. | Contingency fund of India |
| C. | Ministry of Finance |
| Answer» B. Contingency fund of India | |
| 44. |
A public servant may be forced to retire due to |
| A. | his slothful nature |
| B. | unprofessional behavior towards his superior |
| C. | physical disability or ill health |
| Answer» D. | |
| 45. |
A disciplined employee is a |
| A. | boon for the organization |
| B. | bane for his colleagues |
| C. | troublesome co-worker |
| Answer» B. bane for his colleagues | |
| 46. |
When an employee is retired at reaching a fixed age of 60 as it is in India it is |
| A. | Necessary Retirement |
| B. | Valid Pension |
| C. | Compulsory Retirement |
| Answer» D. | |
| 47. |
Discipline in its widest sense denotes |
| A. | the condition of one s heart at work place |
| B. | attitude among employees which enables them to work in harmony |
| C. | arguing with co-workers |
| Answer» C. arguing with co-workers | |
| 48. |
The government needs to enforce discipline to |
| A. | make itself respectable |
| B. | make the people respect its employees |
| C. | promote loyalty of the personnel |
| Answer» D. | |
| 49. |
Discipline also carries the meaning of punishment which is |
| A. | imposed due to one s misbehavior |
| B. | self induced |
| C. | one kind of a reward |
| Answer» D. | |
| 50. |
An employee who is appointed through promotion |
| A. | cannot be removed or dismissed by any authority subordinate to the authority by which he was appointed or promoted |
| B. | can be removed by any authority as long as the reason for removal is just |
| C. | cannot be removed by any authority till retirement |
| Answer» B. can be removed by any authority as long as the reason for removal is just | |