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According to the Managerial view:
1. Administration consists only of the top level functions.
2. It adopts a broader approach to administrations than integral approach.
3. Administration differs from one area to another depending upon the subject-matter.
4. It adopts a narrower approach to administration than integral approach.
5. Administration is uniform irrespective of the area of application.
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"The term Administration in its broadest sense denotes the work involved in the actual conduct of governmental affairs. In its narrowest sense, it denotes the operations of the Administrative branch only." Which of the following Administrative thinkers gave the above statement?

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Match the following
List-I List-II
a. Fayol 1. Grapevine
b. Simon 2. Cybernetics
c. Shamnon 3. Gangplank
d. Weiner 4. Noise

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Which one of the following is not the principle of scientific management?

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3rd Minnowbrook Conference was held in year of

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Human Relation theory is also called as

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In the context of pursuing the objectives of the Indian administrative system as laid down in our constitution, administrative theory should address itself to the problem of:

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According to Woodrow Wilson, there should be a science of administration:
1. To straighten the path of government
2. To make its business less unbusiness like
3. To strengthen and purify its organisation
4. To crown its duties with dutifulness

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Arrange the following administrative thinkers in correct chronological order.
1. Riggs
2. Follet
3. Bernard
4. Dahl
5. Willoughby

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Assertion (A): L. D. White's "Introduction to the Study of Public Administration" (1926) was the first text book on the subject.
Reason (R): The book faithfully reflected the dominant theme of the contemprorary period.

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Match the following
List-I List-II
a. A continun of leadership styles 1. Philip Yetton
b. Three-dimensional model of leadership 2. Tannenbaum
c. Managerial Grid 3. W. Reddin
d. Decision-participation model of leadership 4. Blake
5. Kurt Levin

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Consider the following statements -
1. The terms 'Administration' and Management are synonymous
2. Administration is a wider term than Administration
3. Management is a wider term than Administration
4. Management is a narrower term than Administration
5. Administration encompasses activities like the spelling out of policies and objectivities; designing the organisational structure etc.
6. Management is concerned with those operations leading an organisation towards success which is the broader frame work set up by Administration.
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Match the following
List-I List-II
a. Textile Mill Experiment 1. Social Organisation
b. Reiley Assembly Text Room Experiment 2. The First Enquiry
c. Bank Wiring Experiment 3. Human Attitude
d. Mass Interviewing Programme 4. Great Illumination

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Arrange Maslow's Need Hierarchy in descending order.
1. Ego
2. Self-actualisation
3. Security
4. Physiological
5. Social

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Public administration emerged as a discipline in

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Arrange these significant books in the order of their appearance.
1. Prismatic Society Revisited
2. Applied Prismatic
3. Development Debate
4. Public Policy-Making Re-examined

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Which of the following are reasons for the bureaucratic model being most useful for comparative study?
1. The model is set in a wide framework that spans history and culture.
2. Weber developed the model by following the historical method.
3. Bureaucracy is the most powerful instrument of the executive in all countries.
4. It focuses attention upon the chief structural functional characteristics of bureaucracy.
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Assertion (A): The difference between private and public administration is only of degree, not of kind.
Reason (R): Many of the managerial techniques are common to both.

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Match the following
List-I List-II
a. Bureaucracy and Political Development 1. Bendix
b. The Temporary Society 2. Blau
c. Max Weber: An intellectual Portrait 3. Palambara
d. Bureaucracy in Modern Society 4. Bennis
5. Gouldner

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Line and staff agency principle is given by

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