Who among the following gave the Bounded Rationality model of decision-making?
A. Herbert Simon
B. Elton Mayo
C. D. Osborne
D. Edward Weidner
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The traditional home of patronage bureaucracy is
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Easton described his drastic revision in political science in 1969 as
A. Counter reformation
B. Genuine revolution
C. Correction to earlier studies
D. Abandoning his own earlier research
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Who among the following is not associated with evolving the principles of organisation?
A. Henry Fayol
B. L. D. White
C. L. F. Urwiek
D. Luther Gulick
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Books)
List-II (Authors)
a. An Introduction to Administrative Law
1. Frank J. Goodnow
b. Justice and Administrative Law
2. A. V. Dicey
c. Comparative Administrative Law
3. James Hart
d. Introduction of the Study of the Law of the Constitution
4. W. A. Robson
A. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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Who among the following do not make a distinction between public and private administration?
1. Henry Fayol
2. M. P. Follet
3. Luther Gulick
4. L. Urwick
Select the correct answer:
A. 1 and 3
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Which one of the following is not a part or the underlying ideas of traditional or mechanistic theory of organisation?
A. It takes an administrative view of human relationship
B. It considers economic incentives to be the sole motivating factor
C. It ignores the dynamics of organisational behaviour
D. It gives more importance to informal relationship
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Given below are four definitions given by four authors on Administration. Which one was given by Simon?
A. Administration "consists of all activities performed with a defined goal."
B. Administration consists of "the activities of groups co-operating to accomplish common goals."
C. Administration is "a process of formulation execution, co-operation and evaluation of Institutional policy."
D. Administration "refers of doing and getting things done."
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Garbage Can Model' was developed by
1. Michael D. Cohen
2. James G. March
3. Peter Drucker
4. Johan P. Olsen
Select the correct answer:
A. 1 and 4
B. 2 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 2, 3 and 4
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The science of administration is the latest fruit of that study of the science of politics which was begun some twenty-two hundred years ago. This statement was made by:
A. J. M. Gaus
B. Frank Goodnow
C. L. D. White
D. Woodraw Wilson
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The Hawthorne experiments belong to the era of:
A. Mid 1930's
B. Late 1930's
C. Early 1920's
D. Late 1920's
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Who views public administration as embracing the executive branch of government only?
A. L. D. White and Luther Gulick
B. L. D. White
C. Luther Gulick
D. W. F. Willoughby
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Squealer the Human Relations theory is
A. One who does too much work
B. One who does too little work
C. One who absents himself from work
D. One who communicates detrimental information about others to the supervisor
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In his 'Principles of Administration', Pfiffner did not include
A. Material and supply
B. Functions and power of local authorities
C. Methods and procedures
D. Administrative accountability
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. Behavioural
1. Administrative syestem as a sub-system of the society
b. Bureaucratic
2. Agrarian-Transitia-Industria
c. Ecological
3. Legal-Rational aulthority
d. General system
4. Analysis of human behaviour in administrative settings
A. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
B. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
C. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
D. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
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Beliefs and symbols are the distinctive features of the notion of authority in
A. Marx
B. Parsons
C. Verba
D. Weber
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Assertion (A): Public Administration is a great stabilizing force in the society.
Reason (R): Government often change but administration seldom experience violent change.
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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Who has analysed leadership in terms of 'circular response'?
A. L. Urwick
B. H. Simon
C. C. I. Barnard
D. M. P. Follett
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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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Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R) . Select the correct answer:
Assertion (A) The system of democracy recognises the equality of all people and stands for the government of common people.
Reason (R) It is commonly believed that government is largely controlled and managed by 'power elite'.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both 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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