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First Minnowbrook Conference was held in year

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Assertion (A): Public Administration is indispensably present in all states, be they capitalist, socialist or developing in nature.
Reason (R): Modern Public Administration has usurped more and more functions within its scope.

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Which one of the following statement is connected with the managerial view of administration?

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New public administration shared following features of development administration.
1. Orientation of goals
2. Effective coordination
3. Temoral dimension
4. Ecological approach

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Theory Y managers of Mc Gregor concept believe that

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Consider the following statements.
1. Classical thinkers believed that principles of organisation have universally validated.
2. According to classical thinkers, administration is administration irrespective of the nature, type or context of work.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Assertion (A): Bureaucracy in the developing countries is likely to play a predominant role.
Reason (R): In many of the developing countries, political institutions are comparatively weaker.

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What did Herzberg call factors that could potentially lead to performance deterioration?

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According to the Administrative Reforms Commission, the institution of Lokpal and Lokayukta should be characterised by which of the following features?
1. Their investigation and procedure should be conducted in public and should be formal in character.
2. Their appointment should as far as possible, be non political.
3. Their status should compare with the speaker of Lok Sabha.
4. Their preceeding should be subject to judicial interference.
5. They should not look forward to any benefit from the executive.
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Match the List-I with List-II-
List-I List-II
a. Principles of organisation 1. M. P. Follet
b. Creative Experience 2. Henri Fayol
c. Papers the science of Administration 3. Mooney and Reilay
d. Industrial and general management 4. Gulick and Urwick

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Who is the founder of public administration as discipline

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Match the following.
List-I List-II
a. New Public Administration 1. Willoughby
b. Comparative Public Administration 2. Wilson
c. Science of Public Administration 3. Dahl
d. Principles of Public Administration 4. Waldo
5. Riggs

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Consider the following statements.
1. According to Fayol, there is limit to the number of principles in administration.
2. Fayol says that codification of principle is indispensable.
3. According to Fayol, unity of direction must not be confused with unity of command.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Arrange the following administrative thinkers in the chronological order:
1. Chester Barnard
2. M. P. Follet
3. Robert Dahl
4. F. W. Riggs
5. Willoughby

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Assertion (A): To Wilson, Public Administration is detailed and systematic application of law.
Reason (R): Every particular application of law is not an act of administration.
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. . . . . . . . leaders solve problems and make decisions alone.

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Who first used the Scientific Management concept?

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Who among the following has not talked about public and private administration?

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Match the following.
List-I List-II
a. Problems of Science of Public Administration 1. Dahl
b. Ecology of Administration 2. Polombara
c. Proverbs of Administration 3. Simon
d. Development Administration 4. Riggs

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Which one of the following is not true about the emergence of New Public Administration?

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