The following are the lists, in order of merit of 326 (239+65+22) candidates who have qualified on the basis of the results of the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2012 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission in September, 2012 and SSB interviews held by the Services Selection Board of the Ministry of Defence for admission to the 135th Course of Indian Military

CRICKET:

• Indian Women Cricket Team defeated Bangladesh Women 3-0
• Indian Women’s Cricket Team Won the Twenty20 International Series against Bangladesh
• ICC Test Rankings
• Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Championship Title

TENNIS:

• India completed a 5-0 Whitewash of Indonesia
• Women’s Tennis Ranking
• Monterrey Open Tennis Tournament 2013
• Miami Masters open Tennis Tournament 2013
• Miami Masters 2013 Men’s
• Family Circle Cup 2013
• Indian Tennis Players Association
• Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Tournament
• Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

APPOINTED:

• PJ Kurien
• Nicolas Maduro
• Rajan Bharti Mittal
• Sunil Bharti Mittal
• Krishna Kumar Natrajan
• M F Farooqui
• Giorgio Napolitano
• Uhuru Kenyatta
• Kenya Presidential Election 2013
• Narendra Kumar Verma
• Aruna Bahuguna
• S Gopalakrishnan
• H.R. Mohan

IAS Mains Previous Year Paper Public Administration (2011)

Paper I

SECTION A

IAS Mains Previous Year Paper Public Administration (2010)

Paper I:

Section - A

1. Answer any three of the following questions in not more than 200 words each: 20×3=60
(a) " Not merely governance but good governance is the key factor in achieving the United Nations Millennium Goals (2000)." Explain.
(b) " In McGregor's view, the managerial cosmology meaningfully addresses the understanding of manager and his role perceptions." Explain.
(c) " The successful management leaders are found in Likerts's 'System-4' approach to organistational leadership." Examine.
(d) " The study of administration shgould start from the base of management rather than the foundation of law." Explain.

2. (a) " Simon's indentifying decision-making as the core field of public administration appears logically acceptable but his positivist underpinning is problematic." Critically examine the statement. 40
(b) "New Public Management is dead; long live digital era of governance." Comment. 20

3. Explain the impact of privatisation on public administration with special reference to 20×3=60 (a) the issue of user fees.
(b) public - private partnership. (c) outsourcing technique.

4. Explain the basic principles underlying Citizen's Charter with special reference to 20×3=60
(a) its administrative philosophy
(b) promoting public accountability.
(c) ensuring standards of public service.

SECTION B

5. Answer any three of the following question questions in not more than 200 words each: 20×3=60
(a) " The concept of development is multi-dimensional and ever-expanding." Explain.
(b) " The Prismatic model of Riggs is equally applicable to developing as well as developed society." Comment.
(c) " The market has become the new icon of developmentalism." Comment.
(d) " Public administration can be portrayed as a whell of relationships bfocussed on the formulation and implementation of public policy." Explain.

IAS Mains Previous Year Paper Public Administration (2009)

Paper I

SECTION – A

1. Comments on any THREE of the following statements in not more than 200 words each: 20×3=60
a) ― The Field of Public Administration is a field of business. ( Woodrow Wilson )
b) ― New Public Administration is …… a revolution or radicalism in words , and ( at best ) status –quo in skills or technologies.
c) ― Taylor‘s contribution was not a set of general principles for organizing work efficiency , nut a set of operating procedures that could be employed in each concrete situation to secure their application.
d) ― The Barnard – Simon Theory of organization is essentially a theory of motivation.

IAS Mains Previous Year Paper Public Administration (2008)

1.write any three of the following.20*3=60.
a) calling woodrow wilson, the father of public administration is doing injustice to equally or even more eminent contributions made prior to him. comment.
b) leaders do the right things, manager do them rightly. (bennis). comment.
c) mary parker follett was far ahead of her times. discuss.
d) instruments of public accountability can be truly effective only if the people & their associations, backed by a responsible media, are assertively pro-active. comment.

2. in the last two decades, almost all countries of the world have experienced transformations in their administrative systems. explain this phenomenon with examples from the developed & the developing nations in the context of new public management movement. 60mks

3. examine the respective roles of facts & values in the decision-making process. is it possible to make value-free decisions in government system? how can government decisions be made more rational? 60mks

4. to claim that a company / a corporation form is always more effective than a departmental form of organisation is an outdated view. the real test of a sound structure is its capacity to balance decisional autonomy & operational flexibility with optimal accountability. critically examine this statement. 60mks

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DAYS WITH EFFECT FROM 08.07.2013 TO 11.07.2013