Question 1

Which of the following is not a hindrance in the evolution of the science of public administration, according to Robert Dayal?

Accepted Answer

A)   Values permeating administration
B)   Uncertainty of human behaviour
C)   Intellectual capacity of public administrationists
D)   Socio cultural impact on administration. C

Question 2

Who among the following is known as the father of American Public Administration ?

Accepted Answer

A)   Woodrow Wilson
B)   L D. White
C)   Goodnow
D)   Willoughby A

Question 3

Which of the following is not advocate by the New Public Administration

Accepted Answer

A)   humanism
B)   behaviouralism
C)   Decentralisation and delegation
D)   pluralism B

Question 4

Public administration includes all the activities of the government whether falling in the sphere of the legislative executive or judicial branch of the government. This statement reflects the

Accepted Answer

A)   Integral view of administration
B)   Wider view of administration
C)   Managerial view of administration
D)   Narrower view of administration

Question 5

Who coined the acronym POSDCORB?

Accepted Answer

A)   Gulick and Urwick
B)   Urwick
C)   Gulick
D)   Henry Fayol

Question 6

Uniformity of treatment is considered as an important feature of .......... administration:

Accepted Answer

A)   private
B)   public
C)   private and public
D)   none of the above

Question 7

Who among the following administrative thinkers has defined administration as "the organisation and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends?"

Accepted Answer

A)   L. D. White
B)   John. A. Vieg
C)   J. M. Pfiffner
D)   H. A. Simon

Question 8

"Public administration is the heart of the problem of modern government" is said by

Accepted Answer

A)   W. B. Donham
B)   Charles. A. Beard
C)   L. D. White
D)   P. H. Appleby

Question 9

The concept of unity of command is complementary to the principle of :

Accepted Answer

A)   span of control
B)   authority
C)   scalar chain
D)   supervision

Question 10

Administration would differ from one field to another according to the subject matter. This statement explains the

Accepted Answer

A)   Managerial view of administration
B)   Wider view of administration
C)   Integral view of administration
D)   Narrower view of administration

Question 11

The English word 'administer' is derived from Latin words..............and .......

Accepted Answer

A)   advocate and minister
B)   ad and magistrate
C)   ad and ministrate
D)   ad and mission

Question 12

Which of the following is not a component of a depoliticised bureaucracy?

Accepted Answer

A)   neutrality
B)   anomaly
C)   committed bureaucracy
D)   apolitical character

Question 13

Which of the following is the basic difference between public and private administration?

Accepted Answer

A)   different environment
B)   account keeping and audit
C)   organisational structure
D)   techniques of management

Question 14

Who declared that "If our civilisation fails, it will be mainly because of a breakdown of administration?"

Accepted Answer

A)   Charles A. Beard
B)   L. D. White
C)   Donham
D)   Ordway Tead

Question 15

"Administration is a long and slightly pompous word, but it has a humble meaning" who said this?

Accepted Answer

A)   Herbert Simon
B)   Piffifner
C)   E. N. Gladden
D)   L. D. White

Question 16

According to Rule of Law..............?

Accepted Answer

A)   all are equal
B)   all are equal before law
C)   some are more equal
D)   bureaucrats are above law

Question 17

Public administration is ---------------

Accepted Answer

A)   The basis of government
B)   An instrument of national integration
C)   A stabilising force in society
D)   An instrument for providing services

Question 18

Who among the following has called hierarchy as the scalar process?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mooney
B)   Reiley
C)   L. D. White
D)   Gullic

Question 19

Who among the following states that public administration includes the operations of only the executive branch of government?

Accepted Answer

A)   l. D White and Luther Gulick
B)   L. D. White
C)   Luther Gulick
D)   W. F Willoughby

Question 20

Who among the following said scalar chain is a universal phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)   Gullic
B)   L D. White
C)   J. D. Millet
D)   Mooney

Exam 5: Public Administration and Bureaucracy