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According to Peter Self, the study of public administration developed as an off shoot of which one of the following?

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Taking an extreme view of the distinction between public and private administration, who said the all organisations share public and private features?

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"Government administration differ from all other administrative work to a degree not even at faintly realised outside, by virtue of its public nature, the way in which it is subject to public scrutiny and outcry". This statement was nade by:

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Who among the following has criticised classical theory as 'homely proverbs, myths, slogans and pompous identities'?

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What are the factors that have contributed towards the growth of the study of Public Administration in the U. S. A. as a separate academic discipline?
1. Evaluation of the concept of walfare state
2. Scientific management movement
3. Industrialisation
4. Movement for government reform
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Who among the following said that behaviour in administration should be studied through psycho-analysis?

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Riggsian Agraria model is characterised by which of the following?
1. Clan-based organisation
2. Communalistic value
3. Impersonal human actions
4. Divine authority source
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Which one of the following is not one of the styles of leadership given by Likert?

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Who among the following considered the concept of delegation as a mere myth of organisational (administrative) theory?

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Max Weber used the Greek world 'Charisma' to refer to
1. Qualities acquired by experience
2. Inherited qualities
3. Supernatural qualities
4. Super human qualities
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"Politics and Administration dichotomy is a misleading distinction which had become a stereo type in the winds of theorists and practitioner alike." Who said this:

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Which of the following are the salient features of the New Public Management?
1. Empowerment of citizens
2. Disaggregation of public bureaucracy
3. Cost-cutting
4. Organisational centralisation
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Books) List-II (Authors)
a. Frontiers of Development Administration 1. Braibanti
b. Political and Administrative Development 2. Ferrel Heady
c. Bureaucracy and Political Development 3. Fred W. Riggs
d. Public Administration : A Comparative Perspective 4. J. La. Palombara

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Which one of the following is not a base of organisation?

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Which one of the following is not a feature of Barnard's Theory of Formal Organisation?

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Which one of the following is not a formulation of Max Weber?

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The Santhanam committee on prevention of corruption was appointed in:

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The literature on new public administration lays emphasis on
1. Relevance
2. Values
3. Equity
4. Change
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Who among the following said, "Like Physics or Chemistry, Administration is governed by principles"?

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Which of the following approaches in the precursor of the Ecological approach?

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