MP PSC (Pre) Exam, 2008 : Public Administration Madhya Pradesh P.S.C. (Pre.) Exam., 2008 (Held on 11-01-2009) Public Administration: Solved Paper 1. Which of the following administrative thinkers has defined administration as “the organization and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends” ? (A) L. D. White (B) J. M. Pfiffner (C) J. A. Veig (D) H. A. Simon Ans : (B) 2. Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of New Public Management ? (A) It has market orientation (B) It upholds public interest (C) It advocates managerial autonomy (D) It focuses on performance appraisal Ans : (B) 3. ‘Good Governance’ and ‘Participating Civil Society for Development’ were stressed in World Bank Report of— (A) 1992 (B) 1997 (C) 2000 (D) 2003 Ans : (A) 4. If the administrative authority within a department is vested in a single individual, then that system is known as— (A) Board (B) Bureau (C) Commission (D) Council Ans : (B) 5. Globalisation means— (A) Financial market system is centered in a single state (B) The growth of a single unified world market (C) Geographical location of a firm is of utmost importance (D) Foreign capitalist transactions Ans : (B) 6. By whom was the ‘Managerial Grid’ developed ? (A) Blake and White (B) Blake and Schmidt (C) Blake and Mouton (D) Mouton and Shophan Ans : (C) 7. Who among the following says that public administration includes the operations of only the executive branch of government ? (A) L. D. White and Luther Gulick (B) L. D. White (C) Luther Gulick (D) W. F. Willoughby Ans : (C) 8. The concept of the ‘zone of indifference’ is associated with— (A) Decision-Making (B) Leadership (C) Authority (D) Motivation Ans : (C) 9. Who has analysed the leadership in terms of ‘circular response’ ? (A) C. I. Barnard (B) M. P. Follett (C) Millet (D) Taylor Ans : (B) 10. Simon proposed a new concept of administration based on the methodology of— (A) Decision-making (B) Bounded rationality (C) Logical positivism (D) Satisfying Ans : (C) 11. Who wrote the book ‘Towards A New Public Administration : The Minnowbrook Perspective’ ? (A) Frank Marini (B) Dwight Waldo (C) C. J. Charlesworth (D) J. M. Pfiffner Ans : (A) 12. Who rejected the principles of administration as ‘myths’ and ‘proverbs’ ? (A) W. F. Willoughby (B) Herbert Simon (C) Chester Barnard (D) L. D. White Ans : (B) 13. The classical theory of administration is also known as the— (A) Historical theory (B) Mechanistic theory (C) Locational theory (D) Human Relations theory Ans : (B) 14. How many principles of organization were propounded by Henry Fayol ? (A) 10 (B) 14 (C) 5 (D) 9 Ans : (B) 15. Simon was positively influenced by ideas of— (A) Terry (B) Barnard (C) L. D. White (D) Henry Fayol Ans : (B) 16. Negative motivation is based on— (A) Fear (B) Reward (C) Money (D) Status Ans : (A) 17. ‘Job loading’ means— (A) Shifting of an employee from one job to another (B) Deliberate upgrading of responsibility, scope and challenge (C) Making the job more interesting (D) None of the above Ans : (B) 18. The theory of ‘Prismatic Society’ in Public Administration is based on— (A) Study of public services in developed and developing countries (B) Institutional comparision of public administration in developed countries (C) Structural-functional analysis of public administration in developing countries (D) Historical studies of public administration in different societies Ans : (C) 19. Who among the following is an odd thinker ? (A) Taylor (B) Maslow (C) Herzberg (D) Likert Ans : (A) 20. Which of the following is not included in ‘hygiene’ factors in the Herzberg’s two-factor theory of motivation ? (A) Salary (B) Working conditions (C) Company’s policy (D) Responsibility Ans : (D) 21. The ‘Gang-Plank’ refers to— (A) Discipline (B) Initiative (C) Equity (D) Level jumping Ans : (D) 22. The history of evolution of the Public Administration is generally divided into— (A) Three phases (B) Four phases (C) Five phases (D) Six phases Ans : (C) 23. Henry Fayol’s General theory of Administration is applicable at— (A) Policy management level (B) Top management level (C) Middle management level (D) Workshop management level Ans : (B) 24. F. W. Taylor, the founding father of Scientific Management movement propounded the theory which was conceived to be a scientific methodology of— (A) Careful observation (B) Measurement (C) Generalisation (D) All of these Ans : (D) 25. In which of the following are public and private administrations not common ? (A) Filing (B) Managerial techniques (C) Scope and complexity (D) Accounting Ans : (C)
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