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ERG theory of motivation was given by

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Bass and Burn came under which theory of leadership?

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Who of the following thinkers supported distinction between public and private administrations?
1. Simon
2. Stamp
3. Appleby
4. Follet

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Who gave 14 principles of organisation?

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'Development administration' was first used by

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Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

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Which of the following statements about Administration are correct?
1. It permeates all planned human activities
2. It is a co-operative effort
3. The term 'Administration' is derived from the Greek word
4. It is always in pursuit of attaining desired ends

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Match the following
List-I List-II
a. White 1. Administration is determined action taken in pursuit of conscious purpose
b. Pfiffner 2. In its broadest sense, administration can be defined as the activities of groups cooperating to accomplish common goals
c. H. A. Simon 3. The art of administration is the direction coordination and control of many persons to achieve some purpose or objective
d. John A. Veig 4. Administration is the organisation and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends

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Match the following
List-I List-II
a. Herzberg 1. Theory X
b. M. C. Gregor 2. Satisficing
c. Argyris 3. Motivation-hygiene
d. Simon 4. Immaturity-maturity

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The word 'Bureaucracy' was first coined by

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Assertion (A): The study of comparative public administration and development administration, a field virtually unknown before the IInd World War has broken through cultural barriers in the study of Public Administration.
Reason (R): F. W. Riggs pioneered a new administrative vocabulary to describe different societalty pologies, administrative cultures and administrative system.

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A leader's people oriented functions include

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Which of the following pair is not correctly matched?

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"Administrations in the organisation and use of men and materials to accomplish a purpose". Who made this statement?

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"Public Administration is the heart of the problem of modern government" who stated this:

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Assertion (A): Public Administration is subject to external financial control.
Reason (R): It is the legislature that passes the appropriation Act, authorising the executive branch to spend money.

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Herbert A. Simon has described the principles of administration as proverbs because.
1. They are not based upon scientific research
2. They are logically in-consistent and mutually contradictory
3. Their universal application is upheld
4. They are common sense conclusions derived from experience.
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Match the following
List-I List-II
a. Millet 1. Coordination
b. Mooney 2. Unity of command
c. Urwick 3. Span of control
d. Fayol 4. Supervision

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Match the following.
List-I List-II
a. Democratic Administration 1. Weidner
b. Social Equity 2. Fredrickson
c. Formalism 3. Riggs
d. Action Oriented Administration 4. Habermas

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Which one of the following is not the characteristics of Fused model?

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