Which one of the following is not a function of a leader in an organization?

Consider the following statements:

1. Decentralization has the same advantages as delegation.
2. Decentralization leads to more flexibility in an organization.
3. Decentralization leads to slower decision making in rapidly changing environment. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. After the demands for grants in the annual financial statement are voted by the Lok Sabha, the grants so made, as well as the expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund of India are incorporated in the Annual Finance Bill.

2. The taxing proposals of the budget are included in an Appropriation Bill.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) had recommended that the Department of Personnel of a state should be put under the charge of the Chief Secretary of the state.

2. Chief Secretary of a state is not involved in any manner in the promotion of state civil officers to the All-India Services.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Activities classified for line authority differ in each organization.
2. For small organization, all positions may be line positions.
3. Staff authority is based on expert power. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. In India, whether the expenditure is charged on the Consolidated Fund of India or it is an amount voted by the Lok Sabha, no money can be issued out of the Consolidated Fund of India unless the expenditure is authorized by an Appropriation Act.

2. The Rajya Sabha has no power of amending or rejecting the Appropriation Bill or the Annual finance Bill.

3. The Rajya Sabha has no further business with the annual financial statement beyond the general discussion.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Administrative expenses of the Supreme Court of India are not subject to a vote in the Parliament.
2. No discussion on the conduct of a Judge of the Supreme Court of India can take place in Parliament except upon a motion for an address to the President of India for removal of the Judge. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following is not included in 'hygiene' factors in the Herzberg two-factor theory of motivation?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Estimate Committee comprises 20 members elected each year by the Lok Sabha from its elected members and 10 members elected each year by the Rajya Sabha from its elected members.
2. The Estimate Committee has no role in suggesting the form in which the estimates shall be presented to the Parliament as that is a function of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one among the following is responsible for all policy issues pertaining to external aid received by the Government of India?

Who among the following introduced the concepts and phrases-'conflict resolution' and'the task of leadership'?

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements:

1. The twelfth Finance Commission has not recommended the continuation of fiscal reforms facility.

2. In the twelfth Finance Commission Report for the period 2005-10, the grants-in-aid recommended for maintaining public buildings is five times more than that for maintaining forests.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Local government including self-government institutions in both urban and rural areas is a subject under the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.

2. Provisions inserted in the Constitution of India by article 243-243ZG are in the nature of basic provisions.

3. These provisions have to be supplemented by laws made by the respective state Legislatures.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

When the Lok Sabha makes any grant in advances in respect of the estimated expenditure for a part of any financial year pending for the completion of the procedure prescribed in the Constitution of India, this is called

Match List-I (Institute) with List-II (Place) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

Regarding the municipalities, who makes the provisions with respect to the composition and the territorial area of a Wards Committee?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Council of Ministers of a state in India is collectively, as well as individually responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the state.

2. The Governor of a state has the power to appoint the members of the State Public Service Commission as well as the state High Court Judges.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The chairperson of a District Planning Committee forwards the development plan recommended by the committee to which one of the following?

Who recommends to the Governor, the principles which should govern the distribution between the state and the panchayats of the net proceeds of the taxes, tolls and fees leviable by the state which may be divided between them?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Constitution of India grants personnel immunity to the President of India and the Governor of a state for official acts, but no such immunity is granted to the ministers.

2. Civil proceedings may be brought against the President of India or the Governor of a state in respect of their personal acts only if six months notice has been delivered to them.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Match List-I (Name of Local Body) with List-II (State) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

Consider the following statements:

1. In the British system, the accounts are prepared by its Comptroller and Auditor-General.
2. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India is substantially modeled upon that of the Auditor-General under the Government of India Act, 1935. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The minimum prescribed age for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years.
2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period.
3. The 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution of India do not apply to Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu And Kashmir, and Delhi. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of the Union Public Service Commission?

The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has the power to audit which of the following?

1. All expenditure from the Contingency Fund and the Public Account of the Union..

2. All expenditure from the Contingency Fund and the Public Account of a state.

3. All expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of each Union Territory having a Legislative Assembly of its own.

4. Accounts of all Government companies set up under the Indian Companies Act.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements:

1. The Central Vigilance Commission comprises a Central Vigilance Commissioner and three Vigilance Commissioners.
2. The Central Vigilance Commission became a multi-member Commission with statutory status in the year 1998 after promulgation of an Ordinance by the President of India.
3. The Committee for the selection to the post of the Director in the Directorate of Enforcement, Ministry of Finance, Government of India is chaired by the Central Vigilance Commissioner. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

How can functions of the Union Public Service Commission be extended in respect of the services of the Union and also in respect of the services of any local authority or other body corporate constituted by law or of any public institution?

Who among the following come under the jurisdiction of the Central Vigilance Commission?

1. Members of All-India Services serving in connection with the affairs of the Union and Group A officers of the Central Government.
2. Senior officers in the Public Sector Undertakings of the Central Government.
3. Senior officers in the Public Sector Banks.
4. Senior officers in the Insurance Companies in the Public Sector. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Contingency approach to leadership focuses on which of the following?

1. Task requirements
2. Peers' expectations
3. Employees' expectations
4. Organizational policies. Select the correct answer using the code given below

Consider the following Committees set up to study the structure, powers and functions to be assigned to Panchayati Raj Institutions:

1. Santhanam Committee

2. Ashok Mehta Committee

3. Balwantrai Mehta Committee

4. G.V.K. Rao Committee

Which one of the following is their correct chronological order?

Consider the following statements:

1. Motivation cannot be used as a tool to arrange job relationships in an organization.
2. Individuals make conscious decisions about their behaviour in the organization.
3. Motivation factors are related to the job content and the rewards of work performance. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Performance budgeting is a system of resource allocation that

1. organises the budget document by operations and programmes.

2. links performance levels of operations and programmes with specific budget.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Development of comparative approach of public administration was funded by the American Government.
2. One reason for funding the development of comparative approach of public administration was political interest to arrest communication. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Decision making in the public sector, in comparison to the private sector, involves

Match List-I (Early Model of Motivation) with List-II (Person) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

Who among the following expressed the view that virtually all the decisions in an organization are such that they do not maximize, but only suffice?

Consider the following statements:

Organization development is different from

1. management development, which is action oriented.

2. operations research, which is not human value oriented.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following are the outcomes of organizational development?

1. Improvement in interpersonal skills of members
2. More organic organization
3. Resolution of conflict through interactive methods Select the correct answer using the code given below

Consider the following statements:

1. There is no provision in respect of the Secretariat of state Legislature in the Constitution of India.

2. The Constitution of India does not list the powers and functions of the Chief Secretary of a state.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Model synthesis of organization is based on the fact that all organizations must deal with uncertainty.
2. Sources of uncertainty are external as well as internal.
3. If the sources of organizational uncertainty are internal, then the organization will try to reduce uncertainty by decentralizing. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Computer technology has made the concept of

1. authority more relevant

2. authority less relevant

3. chain of command more relevant

4. unity of command less relevant

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In case of difference of opinion amongst the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India

Who among the following is widely regarded as the scholar whose published book started getting academic recognition for public administration as an academic discipline?

Consider the following statements:

1. Much of current knowledge of selection techniques, employee training and work design is built on the work of Hugo Munsterberg.
2. Hugo Munsterberg combined scientific management and industrial psychology in his work. Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

Who developed the concept that tension between worker's 'logic of sentiment' and manager's 'logic of cost and efficiency' could lead to conflict within the organization?

Consider the following statements:

1. Through the Hawthorne Studies, Elton Mayo could support Mary Parker Follett's theory that the lack of attention to human relationship was a major flaw in other management theories.
2. The book-The Human Problems of an Industrialised Civilisation was written by Mary Parker Follett. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The systems approach is mainly based on the work of which one of the following?

In the Constitution of India, economic and social planning is included in the

Who among the following developed the classic three-step model, of organizational change?

Which one of the following committees scrutinizes and reports to the Parliament whether the power to make rules and regulations conferred by the Constitution or Statutes is being properly exercised by the delegated authority?

In pursuance of which Article of the Constitution of India are the conditions of service including recruitment to the Central Services regulated by a large number of rules?

Consider the following statements about managerial grid in the context of leadership theories:

1. It portrays a three-dimensional view of leadership style.
2. The grid shows dominating factors in a leader's thinking in regard to getting results.
3. The grid does not show results produced.
4. The grid offers a framework for conceptualizing leadership style. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The New Public Management relies heavily on third parties of manage and deliver government services.
2. The New Public Management as a discipline withdrew from both political science and management. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. Zero-base budgeting is useful for comparing programmes and assisting financial decision makers.
2. Zero-base budgeting involves allocation of resources to agencies based on periodic re-evaluation by those agencies of the need for different programmes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of the rational comprehensive approach of decision-making in an organization?

Who handles the work relating to the drafting of the Rules of Business of the Union Government?

Consider the following statements:

1. Control helps to monitor environment changes and their effects on the organization's progress.
2. Delegation of authority in participative management does not change the nature of the control process. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who among the following is responsible for evaluation and processing of proposals relating to the capital restructuring of various Central Public Sector Undertakings of the Union Government?

Which one of the following is not a component of Max Weber's ideal bureaucracy?

Who among the following conducted one of the most widely cited pig iron experiment as an example of scientific management?

The competitive examination to the ICS was for the first time held in India, consequent to the

Which one of the following is not a defence public sector undertaking?

Consider the following statements :

1. When a state government suspends an officer of All-India Services, a detailed report of the case is required to be sent to the centre within 3 months.

2. A state government cannot stop the increment nor withhold the promotion of an officer of All-India Services without prior permission of the Central Government.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following taxes belong to a state of Indian Union exclusively?

1. Taxes on lands and buildings.

2. Taxes on mineral rights

3. Taxes on entry of goods into local areas.

4. Taxes on income other than agricultural income.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The Fifth Central Pay Commission suggested that no IAS officer should be posted as a District Collector unless he has completed

Who among the following are administratively linked with the Department of Personnel and Training?

1. Central Bureau of Investigation
2. Union Public Service Commission
3. Central Vigilance Commission. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Whenever the Governor of a state has to address the state legislature, who among the following prepares his address?

What is the time-limit within which a non money bill has to be sent to the legislature by the Governor for reconsideration?

Which one of the following statements about the Central Board of Direct Taxes is not correct?

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

In the matrix structure of organization, there is

The Wagner Act which proved to be the Magna Carta of labour was introduced in which country?

Which of the following are among the 14 principles of management in the classical management work of Henri Fayol?

1. Personnel tenure
2. Unity of command
3. Core competence
4. Scalar chain Select the correct answer using the code given below

Consider the following statements about open model of organization:

1. Means (or the proper way to do a job) are emphasized in the open model.
2. Non-routine tasks occur in unstable conditions in the open model.
3. The beginning of the open model can be traced to Saint-Simon and Auguste Comte. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Wider span of control is consistent with efforts of the organizations to

Consider the following statements:

1. Defects in co-ordination inherent in large-organizations may apply to an organization whether the organization is bureaucratic or not.
2. Chester Barnard criticized Weber for falling to analyse the correspondence of behaviour in organizations with organizational blueprints. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Management Information System (MIS) provides decision making assistance for unstructured problems.
2. Decision Support System (DSS) is structured around analytic decision models on a specialized management database. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following techniques used by organizations engaged in public administration are based on network analysis?

1. Organization and Methods (O. and M.)
2. PERT
3. Critical Path Method
4. Work Study Select the correct answer using the code given below

Which of the following is/are essential to delegate authority in an organization?

1. Establish feedback channels
2. Others must not know that delegation has occurred
3. Delegatee's range of discretion should not be specified Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements :

1. The rationalist paradigm of public policy is dominated by scholars of public administration rather than by political scientists.
2. The incrementalist paradigm of public policy making and implementation is theoretical, effectual, prescriptive and normative. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

Human diseconomies from increasing work specialization beyond a limit surface in the form of

1. stress

2. poor quality of output

3. increased absenteeism

4. high turnover from the organization

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Us Civil Service Commission was established by the Pendleton Act.
2. The Hatch Act was responsible for replacing the patronage system for appointing civil servants in the United States of America, by the merit system. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following states has a joint All-India Service cadre with Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, and Union Territories?

Which of the following Departments of the Government of India were put under the Cabinet Secretariat at the time of their creation?

1. Department of Electronics
2. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
3. Department of Personnel Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements in respect of the Fulton Committee appointed to review the British Civil Service:

1. Civil Service Department was set up after the recommendations of the Fulton Committee.

2. The Fulton Committee noticed inadequacy of contact between the services and public.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Assertion (A):The agenda for meetings of the National Development Council is prepared by the Planning Commission Secretariat. Reason (R):The Secretary of the National Development Council is also the Secretary of the Planning Commission.

Consider the following statements:

1. The British Civil Service developed during the period of laissez-faire, whereas the French Civil Service developed when there was an emphasis on state intervention.
2. French higher education is much more career-oriented than the British system. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Assertion (A):A bureaucrat's capacity to adapt to changing circumstances is far less than that conceived by those who drew up the organizational rules.

Reason (R):In order to be perceived as effective, the bureaucrat behaves consistently and follows rules strictly.

Consider the following statements about the features of the administrative system in France:

1. Ministers are more concerned with direct administration in the provinces.
2. Specialist personnel are found only in small numbers in the advisory and policy-making roles.
3. Freedom of executive action from the legislature's supervision increased under the Fifth Republic. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Assertion (A):Any legislative power of the executive, independent of the Legislature is unimaginable in the United States of America.

Reason (R):The Doctrine of Separation of Powers underlies the American Constitution.

Assertion (A):The Annual Financial Statement presented in the Lok Sabha contains apart from the estimates of expenditure, ways and means to raise revenue. Reason (R):After the Annual Financial Statement is presented in the Lok Sabha, the Estimates Committee examines it.

Match List-I (Leadership Type) with List-II (Main Idea/Model) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

Assertion (A):Behavioural approach to leadership believes that individuals trained in appropriate leadership would be able to lead more effectively. Reason (R):Behaviours unlike traits can be learned

Assertion (A):The principle of Cabinet responsibility in the states differs from that in the Union of India.

Reason (R):The Constitution of India does not empower the President of India to exercise any function 'in his discretion'; it authorizes the Governor to exercise some functions 'in his direction'.

Assertion (A):An Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India cannot be removed from office except on the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner. Reason (R):An Election Commissioner is appointed on the recommendation of the Chief Election Commissioner.

Consider the following statements about the civil service system of Japan:

1. Permanent employees are generally hired as generalists, and not as specialists, for specific positions.
2. Career progression is highly predictable, regulated and automatic.
3. Salary increases and promotions each year are generally uniform for members of the same graduating class who join an employer together. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Assertion (A):The President of India causes every recommendation made by the Finance Commission under the provisions of the Constitution of India to be laid before the Lok Sabha only. Reason (R):The Finance Commission is a body set up under the provisions of the Constitution of India.

Consider the following statements:

1. Henri Fayol was the first to describe the five functions of management.

2. Henri Fayol was a French management theorist whose theories concerning human relations were widely influential in the beginning of the 20th Century.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following is not a component of expectancy model of motivation?

Consider the following statements in respect of the New Pension System for the new entrants to the service under the Central Government:

1. The New Pension System was operationalises from January 1, 2004.
2. The New Pension System is based on a defined contribution-twelve and a half percent of the salary and dearness allowance by the employee, which is matched by the Central Government. Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

Assertion (A):The District Collector in independent India has less judicial authority than in pre-Independent India.

Reason (R):Article 50 of the Constitution of India separates the Judiciary from the Executive.

Who is the chairman of the Civil Service Board in India?

Who among the following is not a member of the committee which makes recommendation to President of India for appointment as Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners?

How can a new All-India Service be created?

Consider the following statements :

1. Like a member of the Union Public Service Commission, the Chief Information Commissioner holds the office for a period of 6 years or till he attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.

2. The Chief Information Commissioner shall only be removed from his office in like manner an don the like grounds as that for a member of the Union Public Service Commission.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in respect of the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission:

1. Flexible Complementing Scheme of promotion first introduced by the Third Central Pay Commission should be withdrawn.
2. Cadre reviews should ensure that an across the board reduction of 1% of manpower per year is achieved. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who among the following was in the forefront in the development of the concept of New Public Administration?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management(FRBM) Act, 2003 mandates the Union Government to eliminate the revenue deficit by the year 2010-11.
2. Under the FRBM Act, 2003 and the FRBM Rules,2004, the Union Government is under obligation not to borrow directly from the Reserve Bank of India with effect from April 1, 2008. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Constitution of India classifies the members of the Council of Ministers at the centre into different ranks.

2. A member of one house of the Parliament who has been chosen as a Union Minister does not have the right to vote in the house of which he is not a member.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India provides that every person who is a member of a defence service or of a civil service of the Union or of All-India Services holds the office during the pleasure of the President of India?

In which year was the decision of separating accounting function from audit function taken by the Central Government for its financial administration?

Match List-I (Person) with List-II (Major Area) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

What is the pre-tax disparity ratio i.e. the ratio of the maximum basic pay (of the post of Secretary to the Government of India) and minimum basic pay for the Central Government employees on the basis of the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission?

In the present context, the Planning Commission of India is focusing on which of the following?

1. Information dissemination role
2. Systems change role
3. Indicative planning for the Indian economy Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The President of India may from time to time fix the number of Election Commissioners of the Election Commission of India on the basis of

What is a 'Shadow Cabinet' in the British political system?