Sriram's IAS: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PRELIMS 2007 KEY:

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION:-

TEST BOOKLET – D

   1. As regards legislative powers, the Governor of a State is not a part of the State legislature…

Ans. B

   1. What is Gendarmerie Nationale in the administrative set up of France?

Ans. B

   1. Which of the following constitutional provisions facilitate union control over states in India?

Ans. A

   1. Zonal Councils have been set up under a provision of the Constitution of India

Ans. D

   1. Who advocated the concept of ‘democratic administration’….?

Ans. A

   1. Which one of the following was not supported by F W Taylor?

Ans. D

   1. The contribution of M P Follet includes…

Ans. B

   1. Consider the following in respect of reforms in the civil service in the UK?

Ans. D

   1. Which one of the following is NOT a similarity between Weber and Riggs?

Ans. C

   1. An exceptional grant under Article 116 of the Constitution ..

Ans. C

   1. In its administrative approach, kautilya’s arthashastra

Ans. B

   1. The Masterman Committee referred to…

Ans. B.

Qns. 80 to 85 Assertion and Reasoning.

   1. A: District Collectors…

R: Census is a subject in the Union List

Ans. B

   1. A: The First ARC recommendation…

B: The Kothari Committee….

Ans. C

   1. A: No criminal proceedings can be instituted…

R: There is a provision under the Constitution of India

Ans: A

   1. A: By World War II, sharp criticism of Max Weber…

R: The social scientists argued that..

Ans: A

   1. A: The local jurisdictions of Japan largely..

R: Japan has a unitary rather than a federal system…

Ans: A

   1. A: Notwithstanding the introduction of Provincial Autonomy, the GOI Act.

R: The Governor was required to act in his own discretion..

Ans. A

   1. Match the following.

Authority-obedience management … 1,9

Ans: C

   1. Fred Friedler’s leadership theory is based on matching manager’s….

Ans: B

   1. Which one of the following is NOT a traditional characteristic of Japanese work force?

Ans. C

   1. The Closed Model of organization is based on the premise that what is good…

Ans. D

90. Lord Bentinck …….. Creation of the post of Accountant General

Ans. A or D

   1. One of the following recommendations of the Fifth Pay Commission was to bring out about the Right to Information Act…

Ans: D

   1. In respect of the organizational configuration model given by Henry Mintzberg…

Ans: A ( Standardization of work process: Machine Organisations)

   1. Same procedure for cadre allocation is used for directly recruited and promotee officers to the AIS

Ans: B

   1. Which of the following were recommended by the Fifth Central Pay Commission to be introduced as new AIS?

Ans. A or D

   1. The Public Enterprises Selection Board works under the administrative control of the ….

Ans: D

   1. Whose work inspired the US Congress to establish child labour laws and develop..

Ans. B

   1. correctly matched.

Kurt Lewin ……. Group Behaviour

Ans: B

   1. There is a bar to the selection of a Governor of a State from amongst the members of the Legislature of the State

Ans: C

   1. The maximum number of judges in the Supreme Court and of those in any High Court…

Ans. C

   1. With the consent of the GoI, the governor of a state may entrust on the Union Government…

Ans. D

   1. Which of the …. Are recommendations to be made by the Finance Commission to the President of India….

Ans. A

   1. There is no provision in the Constitution of India to provide for immunity of the Union property…

Ans. B

   1. Match the following.

Finance, Property, contracts and suits….. Part V

Ans: B

   1. Match the following.

Ayyangar Committee Efficient Conduct of State Enterprises…

Ans. D

   1. Consider the following with respect to the first ARC set up in India.

Ans. A

   1. Which one of the following was NOT a subject of the various reports submitted by first ARC?

Ans. D

   1. Consider the following Commissions set up in India:

National Police Commission..

Ans. D

   1. The National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention was set up…

Ans: D

   1. The Cabinet Secretariat is responsible for the administration of which of the following?

Ans: C

   1. Who among the following developed the concept of zone of indifference…

Ans: B

   1. Who is the chairman of the committee on infrastructure constituted in 2004?

Ans: A

   1. The Dept of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance

Ans: ?

   1. Where was the first position of ombudsman instituted to safeguard…?

Ans: B

   1. Which of the following were outlined by Max Weber as key characteristics of bureaucracy?

Ans: D

   1. Which one of the following characteristics does NOT apply to structure-functional approach?

Ans: b

   1. Which of the following factors which promote delegation of authority in an organization?

Ans. D

   1. Which of the following are desirable features of an effective control system in an organisaiton?

Ans. D

   1. Who among the following is the author of History of the United States Civil Services?

Ans. D

   1. According to Max Weber, the modern bureaucracy includes ….?

Ans. D

   1. Which one of the following is the correct statement?

When an organisaiton is departmentalized, decision making is vertically altered…

Ans. D



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