'New public administration' is
A. closely associated with numerous private groups and individuals
B. concerned with bureaucracy and its activities
C. accepts a rational and deterministic View of mankind
D. stresses ethics, values innovation and social equality
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Who criticised Simon for not recognising the role of intuition, tradition and faith in decision-making?
A. Argyris
B. Nigro
C. Selznick
D. All of these
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What is not the feature of Development Administration?
A. Change orientation
B. Client oriented administration
C. Participation-oriented administration
D. Value-orientation
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Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
A. New Public Administration ⟺ Dwight Waldo
B. Development Administration ⟺ Weidner
C. Administrative Development ⟺ Robert Dahl
D. Comparative Public ⟺ Riggs
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Arrange the following in correct sequence.
1. New patterns of management
2. The human organisation
3. New way of managing conflict
4. The ecology of public administration
A. 1, 2, 3, 4
B. 4, 1, 2, 3
C. 4, 2, 1, 3
D. 1, 4, 2, 3
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Position classification is the classification of
A. Salaries
B. Duties
C. Departments
D. Personal status of incumbents
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Administrative sub system is known as the
A. Sala model
B. Bazaar-Canteen model
C. Participatory State model
D. None of these
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Weberian bureaucracy is also known as
A. Scientific management bureaucracy
B. Ideal type bureaucracy
C. Systematic bureaucracy
D. None of the above
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What is not the approach to the study of systems?
A. Organisation as a cooperative system
B. Scientific approach
C. Decision-making approach
D. None of the above
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Assertion (A): Public Administration is charactrised by an absence of profit mative.
Reason (R): The basic aim of governmental activities is not to maximise profit, but to promote community welfare.
A. A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
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Consider the following statements.
1. Simon felt that the principles of administration are the best criteria for describing and diagnosing administrative situations.
2. Simon observes that these principles of administration are not scientifically valid.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Both 1 and 2
C. Only 2
D. None of these
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"Politics has to do with the policies or expressions of the state whereas administration has to do with the execution of these policies." This statement expresses the:
1. Interaction between Politics and Administration
2. Dichotomy between Politics and Administration
3. Principles of Administration
4. Interdependence of Politics and Administration
5. Principles of Politics
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A. 1, 3 and 4
B. 2, 3 and 5
C. 2 and 3
D. Only 2
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Match the
List-I with
List-II -
List-I
List-II
a. L. D. White
1. Administration is a long and slightly pompous word but it has a humble meaning
b. E. N. Gladden
2. Administration is the direction, co-ordination and control of many persons to achieve some purpose of objective
c. Pfiffner and Presthus
3. Administration is a determined action taken in pursuit of conscious purpose
d. John A. Vieg
4. Administration is the organization and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends
A. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
B. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
C. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
D. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
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Which stage is known as the Politics Administration or Public-Private Dichotomy?
A. 1927-1937
B. 1948-1970
C. 1970 onwards
D. 1887-1926
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According to Fred W. Riggs, the comparative public administration approach stands for a distinctive orientation. Which one of the following is typical of that approach?
A. Behavioural approach
B. Public policy approach
C. Ecological approach and empirical approach
D. Logical approach
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Public Administration must scrupulously observe the principle of:
A. Differential treatment
B. Internal financial control
C. Consistency of treatment
D. Redressal of all grievances
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The ecological approach in the study of public administration was initiated (In the order) by:
A. J. M. Gaus and R. A. Dahl
B. F. W. Riggs and R. A. Dahl
C. R. A. Dahl and F. W. Riggs
D. F. W. Riggs and J. M. Gaus
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"Before a science can develop principles, it must possess concepts". Who said this?
A. Barnard
B. Mayo
C. Likert
D. Simon
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"Administration is determined action taken in pursuit of conscious purpose". Who made the statement?
A. H. A. Cimon
B. Dimock
C. L. Gullick
D. J. A. Veig
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Which of the following is not an hindrance in the evolution of the science of Public Administration according to Robert Dahl?
A. Values permeating administration
B. Uncertainty of human behaviour
C. Intellectual capacity of Public Administrationists
D. Sociol-cultural impact on administration
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