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Public Administration Test-4

Description: Public Administration General Knowledge Test Preparation and Free Online Practice Papers for UPSC, PSC, Civil Services Exams and also useful for Other Exams Preparation MBA, Bank PO, CDS, SSC, B.Ed/M.Ed
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Amongst the following, who studied Public Administration from the perspective of Administrative Law?

  1. Herbert Simon

  2. Paul Meyer

  3. Lyndal Urwick

  4. Frank J. Goodnow


Correct Option: D

'Administration is politics since it must be responsible to the public interest.' This statement was made by :

  1. Luther Gullick

  2. John M. Pfiffner

  3. Paul H. Appleby

  4. L. Urwick


Correct Option: C

The 'Administrative State' is written by:

  1. Woodrow Wilson

  2. Herman Finer

  3. Dwight Waldo

  4. O.P. Dwivedi and R.B. Jain


Correct Option: C

What is not the quality of private management?

  1. Not responsible to the people

  2. Research and new techniques

  3. Profit motivated

  4. Limited field


Correct Option: A

In a developing society like that of India, the dominant role of Public Administration is one of

  1. law and order

  2. revenue mobilisation

  3. participative management

  4. socio-economic reconstruction


Correct Option: D

According to dictionary, the meaning of administration is:

  1. management of functions

  2. to run the government

  3. service

  4. politics


Correct Option: A

'Administration is the organisation and control of human and material resources to achieve desired needs.' Who defined administration this way?

  1. Marshall Dimock

  2. Pfiffner

  3. Abraham Lincoln

  4. L.D. White


Correct Option: B

Who defines that 'Public Administration consists of all those operations having for their purpose and fulfilment or enforcement of public policy?'

  1. Willoughby

  2. L.D. White

  3. Woodrow Wilson

  4. Luther Gullick


Correct Option: B

If the Public Administration consists of all the functions of government, then it will be:

  1. narrow view of Public Administration

  2. broader view of Public Administration

  3. managerial view of Public Administration

  4. subject-matter view of Public Administration


Correct Option: B

As a discipline, Public Administration

  1. is oriented toward political science

  2. draws heavily from management science

  3. has no subject-matter

  4. is a multi-disciplinary study of public policies and administration for public service and welfare


Correct Option: D

'If there were no administration, government would be a discussion club if indeed, it could exist at all.' This was observed by:

  1. A.D. Gorwala

  2. Paul H. Appleby

  3. K. Hanumanthaiyya

  4. L.D. White


Correct Option: B

The essay 'The Study of Administration' was published in:

  1. 1887

  2. 1910

  3. 1955

  4. 1968


Correct Option: A

The POSDCORB view of Public Administration is vehemently criticised by:

  1. Waldo

  2. L.D. White

  3. Lewis Merriam

  4. Luther Gullick


Correct Option: C

Who says that 'Public Administration is policy making?'

  1. Max Weber

  2. Paul H. Appleby

  3. F.W. W Taylor

  4. Woodrow Wilson


Correct Option: B

The basic role of Public Administration in developing society is:

  1. to establish law and order

  2. economic development

  3. social welfare

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

The main problem of Public Administration in developing countries is:

  1. lack of administrative structure

  2. lack of management skill

  3. lack of specialist services

  4. all the above


Correct Option: D

Which report is relevant in the context of New Public Administration?

  1. Honey Report

  2. Halden Report

  3. Fulton Report

  4. Appleby Report


Correct Option: A

Administration is accepted as an art by:

  1. Socrates

  2. Plato

  3. Machiavelli

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: A

The implication of 'Public' in Public Administration is:

  1. state

  2. people

  3. executive

  4. government


Correct Option: D

The most crucial aspect of 'Public Administration' in a democracy is:

  1. ownership of Government

  2. publicness of Public Administration

  3. benefit of the political party in power

  4. public opinion about the services rendered by government


Correct Option: B

The most significant difference between public and private administration lies in:

  1. accountability

  2. concern for productivity

  3. uniformity of structures

  4. legal basis


Correct Option: A

The word 'Administration' meaning 'to carefor' or 'to look after people', 'to manage affairs' is derived from :

  1. Latin Word

  2. Greek Word

  3. French Word

  4. Spanish Word


Correct Option: A

The credit for initiating the movement of New Public Administration goes to:

  1. Dwight Waldo

  2. Herbert Simon

  3. Fred Riggs

  4. Robert Goleembiewisky


Correct Option: A

The study of Public Administration as an independent discipline originated in:

  1. France

  2. West Germany

  3. U.S.A.

  4. Great Britain


Correct Option: C

Which among the following is the basic difference between Public Administration and Private Administration?

  1. Different environments

  2. Accounts-keeping and Audit

  3. Organisational structure

  4. Techniques of Management


Correct Option: A
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