Who prepares the Five Year Plans?
A. The Planning Commission
B. The Finance Commission
C. The State Finance Minister
D. None of the above
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Which of the following is not a function of PMO?
A. Provide secretarial assistance to political affair committee
B. Deals with all government files
C. Tender advice to the PM on foreign and domestic matter
D. Coordinate activity of various personal in office
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State Finance Commission is appointed by a State Government every five year to determine
A. miss print resources of the state for placing state's requirements before the Union Government
B. development requirements of the state for formulating State Five Year Plan
C. budgetary requirements of various departments of the State Government
D. pattern of distribution of state's tax revenue between the State Government and local bodies (both Rural and Urban) and the pattern of grant-in-aid to local bodies
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The Legislative control over executive are mainly on:
1. Power to assess works of the executive through the question hour and zero hour
2. Impeachment of the President
3. The executive acting through Ministers cannot raise money by taxation
4. The executive borrowing or otherwise without the authority of Parliament
Select the correct option:
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 3 and 4
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Public policy in India was started by
A. Britishers
B. Mughals
C. Guptas
D. Started with the IVC
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Which state's Lokayukta's office is considered to be the strongest in terms of power and scope?
A. Bihar
B. Karnataka
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Maharashtra
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In context of judicial control over administration malfeasance stands for
A. error of law
B. error of fact finding
C. abuse of authority
D. error of procedure
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The term state has often been confused with:
A. Sovereignty
B. Association
C. Nation
D. Government
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The Committee on Public Undertaking was set up on the recommendation of
A. Administrative Reform Commission
B. Lanka Sundaran
C. Krishna Menon committee
D. Chagla Commission
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Panchayati Raj has received constitutional status with the Amendment Act
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What is the objective of the 'covid19.odisha.gov.in' portal launched by Odisha in tackling the crisis faced due to Covid-19?
A. Provide official data on positive cases
B. Registration of migrant workers
C. Registration for Public Distribution System
D. Provide tele-medicine facility
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Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution relating to the Panchayats contains
A. 18 items
B. 28 items
C. 19 items
D. 29 items
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Right to Information Act covers all the states across India except
A. Jammu and Kashmir
B. Assam
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
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The Parliament controls the administration through
A. Appropriation or budgetary control
B. Debates and discussions in the Parliament
C. Question hour, resolutions and motions
D. All of the above
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Twelfth Schedule in the Constitution of India was added by which of the following Amendment Act?
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. . . . . . . . refers to the action or decisional pattern of public administration on a particular issue.
A. Citizen Charter
B. Public Policy
C. Social Audit
D. Public Guidelines
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Which one of the following is not a system of internal control?
A. Budgetary system
B. Leadership
C. Administrative ethics
D. Elections
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Which is the oldest known system designed for the redressal of citizen's grievance?
A. Ombudsman system
B. Lokpal
C. Lokayukta
D. None of these
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Technology Sub-Mission is a part of which of the following schemes?
A. Indira Awas Yojana
B. PMAY-Rural
C. PMAY-Urban
D. All of the above
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Which of the following is not chief characteristic of planning?
A. Goal oriented
B. Looking ahead
C. Non-pervasive
D. Flexible
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