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This section includes 177 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in Political Science knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
Simon proposed a new concept of administration based on the methodology of..? |
| A. | decision-making |
| B. | bounded rationality |
| C. | logical positivism |
| D. | satisfying |
| Answer» D. satisfying | |
| 152. |
Who has analysed the leadership in terms of ‘circular response’ ? |
| A. | c. i. barnard |
| B. | m. p. follett |
| C. | millet |
| D. | taylor |
| Answer» C. millet | |
| 153. |
Who among the following says that public administration includes the operations of only the executive branch of government ? |
| A. | l. d. white and luther gulick |
| B. | l. d. white |
| C. | luther gulick |
| D. | w. f. willoughby |
| Answer» D. w. f. willoughby | |
| 154. |
By whom was the ‘Managerial Grid’ developed ? |
| A. | blake and white |
| B. | blake and schmidt |
| C. | blake and mouton |
| D. | mouton and shophan |
| Answer» D. mouton and shophan | |
| 155. |
Globalisation means….? |
| A. | financial market system is centered in a single state |
| B. | the growth of a single unified world market |
| C. | geographical location of a firm is of utmost importance |
| D. | foreign capitalist transactions |
| Answer» C. geographical location of a firm is of utmost importance | |
| 156. |
If the administrative authority within a department is vested in a single individual, then that system is known as…? |
| A. | board |
| B. | bureau |
| C. | commission |
| D. | council |
| Answer» C. commission | |
| 157. |
‘Good Governance’ and ‘Participating Civil Society for Development’ were stressed in World Bank Report of….? |
| A. | 1992 |
| B. | 1997 |
| C. | 2000 |
| D. | 2003 |
| Answer» B. 1997 | |
| 158. |
Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of New Public Management? |
| A. | it has market orientation |
| B. | it upholds public interest |
| C. | it advocates managerial autonomy |
| D. | it focuses on performance appraisal |
| Answer» C. it advocates managerial autonomy | |
| 159. |
Which of the following administrative thinkers has defined administration as “the organization and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends†? |
| A. | l. d. white |
| B. | j. m. pfiffner |
| C. | j. a. veig |
| D. | h. a. simon |
| Answer» C. j. a. veig | |
| 160. |
The administrative reforms under which various services were merged in occupational groups were introduced in…? |
| A. | 1960 |
| B. | 1973 |
| C. | 1989 |
| D. | 1994 |
| Answer» C. 1989 | |
| 161. |
Pressure groups in public administration work for..? |
| A. | public interest |
| B. | self interest |
| C. | foreign interest |
| D. | sectoral interest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 162. |
The Ideal Model of bureaucracy is based on authority of…? |
| A. | tradition |
| B. | charisma |
| C. | legal rational |
| D. | money |
| Answer» D. money | |
| 163. |
The President of U. S. who laid the foundation of the study of public administration was: |
| A. | president wilson |
| B. | president hoover |
| C. | president kennedy |
| D. | president roosevelt |
| Answer» B. president hoover | |
| 164. |
The concept of Politics-Administration dichotomy was given by…? |
| A. | frank henry goodnow |
| B. | james w. fes1er |
| C. | w paul appleby |
| D. | ordway tead |
| Answer» B. james w. fes1er | |
| 165. |
Performance budgeting is based on..? |
| A. | items of expenditure |
| B. | items of investment |
| C. | objectives of expenditure |
| D. | plan of implementation |
| Answer» D. plan of implementation | |
| 166. |
Formal relationship in an organization is based on…? |
| A. | friendship |
| B. | peer groups |
| C. | authority on subordinates |
| D. | rules and regulations |
| Answer» E. | |
| 167. |
Systems theory of management is based on the concept of components having: |
| A. | independence |
| B. | inter- dependence |
| C. | dependence |
| D. | contingency |
| Answer» C. dependence | |
| 168. |
Communication runs faster in…? |
| A. | centralized structure |
| B. | decentralized structure |
| C. | matrix structure |
| D. | line structure |
| Answer» B. decentralized structure | |
| 169. |
Public Administration is the study of…? |
| A. | maintenance of law and order |
| B. | control of trade and commerce |
| C. | public policy implementation |
| D. | politico-administrative dynamics |
| Answer» D. politico-administrative dynamics | |
| 170. |
The first book on Public Administration was written by? |
| A. | pfiffner and presthus |
| B. | l. d. white |
| C. | simon, smithburg and thompson |
| D. | e.n. gladden |
| Answer» C. simon, smithburg and thompson | |
| 171. |
Administrative accountability is established in government organizations by: |
| A. | executive |
| B. | legislature |
| C. | judiciary |
| D. | all the three above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 172. |
The founding father of theory of Bureaucracy was: |
| A. | herman finer |
| B. | la palombra |
| C. | max weber |
| D. | albert lepawsky |
| Answer» D. albert lepawsky | |
| 173. |
The father of Human Relations theory was..? |
| A. | douglas m. mcgregor |
| B. | elton mayo |
| C. | e.n.gladden |
| D. | l. urwick |
| Answer» C. e.n.gladden | |
| 174. |
The founder of Scientific Management School of thought was..? |
| A. | f.w. taylor |
| B. | herber simon |
| C. | pfiffner john |
| D. | mary parker follet |
| Answer» B. herber simon | |
| 175. |
Bureaucracy is based on…? |
| A. | personal authority |
| B. | corporate authority |
| C. | traditional authority |
| D. | charishmatic authority |
| Answer» E. | |
| 176. |
Public Administration may be defined as…? |
| A. | administrative capacity |
| B. | management of industry |
| C. | management of property |
| D. | administrative of public |
| Answer» E. | |
| 177. |
Who is known as ‘the father of local government’ in India? |
| A. | lord ripon |
| B. | mahatma gandhi |
| C. | lord cunning |
| D. | lord wellesley |
| Answer» D. lord wellesley | |