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Public Administration 1

Description: Public Administration Test - Free Online Test for UPSC Civil Services Examination, Grade I Jobs Exams and Other Public Administration Exams
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Which is the most effective means of control of administartion by the citizens?

  1. Lobbies - Pressure

  2. Media - Houses

  3. Election- Voting

  4. Committees - Parliamentary


Correct Option: C

Classical theory of Administration is also known as the

  1. New Public administration theory

  2. Human Relations theory

  3. Negotiation theory

  4. Mechanistic theory


Correct Option: D

A new concept of administration based on the methodology of Logical positivism was proposed by

  1. W.F. Willoughby

  2. Herbert Simon

  3. L.D White

  4. Chester Barnard


Correct Option: B

Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration was started in

  1. Sept 1959

  2. Sept 1949

  3. Sept 1965

  4. Sept 1951


Correct Option: A

The General theory of Administration by Henry Fayol is applicable at which level?

  1. Top management level

  2. Middle management level

  3. Board managment level

  4. Policy management level


Correct Option: A

Right to information was introduced first in which country?

  1. USA

  2. Sweden

  3. Germany

  4. France


Correct Option: B

What is based on Negative motivation ?

  1. Anger

  2. Fear

  3. Retention

  4. Status


Correct Option: B

The term scalar in hierarchy means

  1. promotion

  2. position

  3. hike

  4. ladder


Correct Option: D

What does promotion in civil services means?

  1. Transfer to other countries abroad

  2. Change of state and department

  3. Changes, which indicate more important responsibilty

  4. Increase in pay


Correct Option: C

Who defined administration as - 'The organisation and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends'?

  1. J. M. Pfiffner

  2. H. A.Simon

  3. J. K.Smith

  4. D. White


Correct Option: A

Who siad the famous statement, Officials make work for each other?

  1. Willougby

  2. Parkinson

  3. Drucker

  4. Simon


Correct Option: B

Level jumping is also refered as

  1. 'Gang-Plank'

  2. 'Higher-Up'

  3. 'Glass-Ceiling'

  4. 'Inititative-Taking'


Correct Option: A

Luther Gulick advocated four ps of departmenatlisation, what were they?

  1. Purpose, process, person and place

  2. Programme, place, person and property

  3. Plan, programme, place and person

  4. Person, place, purpose and proposal


Correct Option: A

What is the literal meaning of 'Habeas Corpus'?

  1. To be present

  2. To command

  3. To stay in one place

  4. You may have the body


Correct Option: D

Herman Finer defined civil service as

  1. a professional body of officials, permanent , paid and skilled.

  2. a body of officials planning and executing.

  3. a body of officials paid by the government for executing the plans.

  4. a body of officials permanent and paid.


Correct Option: A

What is meant by the principle 'Span of control'?

  1. A time period of control.

  2. The number of subordinates controlled in a fixed period of time.

  3. The number of subordinate employees that an administrator can effectively direct.

  4. The control or supervision of the superior over the subordinate.


Correct Option: C

'Zone of indifference' concept is associated with ____________ .

  1. behaviour

  2. motivation

  3. leadership

  4. authority


Correct Option: D

Among the following who is the author of 'Towards A New Public Administration: The Minnowbrook Perspective'?

  1. M.P Follet

  2. L.D. White

  3. C.J Barnard

  4. Frank Marini


Correct Option: D

'Managerial Grid ' was developed by

  1. Blake & Mouton

  2. Blake & Shopan

  3. Blake & Simon

  4. Blake & Smith


Correct Option: A

What does the term 'Job loading' mean?

  1. Loading a person with extra work

  2. Extra work hours

  3. Delibrate upgrading of responsibility, scope and challenge

  4. Constant rotation of tasks alloted to employees


Correct Option: C

Among the following which is not a function of staff agency?

  1. Target Achieving

  2. Consultation

  3. Advising

  4. Planning


Correct Option: A

Among the following, which best defines globalisation?

  1. Growth of the same product market

  2. Growth of a single unified world market

  3. Growth of market share of every product

  4. Growth of financial market


Correct Option: B

A small, but core organisation that outsources major business functions is called a

  1. mother organisation

  2. visible organisation

  3. substitute organistaion

  4. virtual organisation


Correct Option: D

In a department when the power is vested in an individual, then that system is called

  1. Council

  2. Committee

  3. Board

  4. Bureau


Correct Option: D

Bureaucracy, which is fully committed to the programmes of the ruling political party is called

  1. demi-politicised bureaucracy

  2. politicised bureaucracy

  3. committed bureaucracy

  4. partial committed bureaucracy


Correct Option: C
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