Test Preparation on UGC NET Public Admin Practice set -10
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Assertion (a) : Public corporations emerged inorder to shoulder the economic and financialresponsibility of the State particularly after theSecond World War.Reason (R) : The expanding activities of the staterequired a new type of organisation.
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Assertion (a) : Riggs holds that the degrees ofdifferentiation are potentially quantifiable on adiffraction scale.Reason (R) : The ecological models enable us tomake functional comparisons of impressionablecategories.
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Assertion (a) : ?Public policy is not anindependent variable and human history showslittle evidence of systematic learning from policyexperience.?Reason (R) : ?The public policy analysts do nothave availability of the kind of data required toestimate costs and benefits.?
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Assertion (a) : Generalists play an importantrole in the policy function of the government.Reason (R) : A large number of the top posts inthe Union and State Governments are mannedby the specialists.
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Assertion (a) : Much of the time of the Head ofDepartment could be saved by adequate, clearand proper financial and administrativedelegation to him.Reason (R) : The Head of the Department has todevote much of his time sending up cases forfinancial sanction and administrative approval.
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Assertion (a) : Responsive government wouldrequire complete decentralisation of delivery ofservices through fully empowered elected localgovernment bodies consistent with the spirit ofthe 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments.Reason (R) : State Governments are required totake steps to strengthen the financial andadministrative capacity of the local bodies andvest them with adequate resources and powers.
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The public choice model known as the paradigmof democratic administration was advocated by
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Who among the following mooted theMinnowbrook Conference of 1968?
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Consider the following statements:According to F. W. Riggs, comparative publicadministration involves a shift from1. Normative to empirical2. Non-ecological to ecological3. Idiographic to nomothetic4. Inter-disciplinary to intra-disciplinary.Which of these statements is are correct?
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The marketisation of public administration mayresult in
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Which one of the following statement of Lockeconfirms that he was an Individualist
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According to Locke property comprises of
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Of the three powers of state envisaged by Locke,
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According to Locke the decision regardingrevolt against the sovereign is to be taken
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According to Locke
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Consider the following statements:The new public management perspective1. Theorises proactive participation of publicminded communities2. Emphasises on inter-agency adhocracies3. Does not dismiss non-public administrativestructures as extra legal4. Concentrates on existing institutions,organisations and bureaucracies.Which of these statements is/are correct?
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Consider the following statements:In public choice model, the organisation ofpublic services is strongly inclined towards1. Small-scale rather than large scaleenterprises in public service provision.2. Single all purpose provider structures ofpublic service rather than multiple providerstructures.3. User charges rather than general tax fundsas the basis of funding public services otherthan pure public goods.4. Private or independent enterprise rather thanpublic bureaucracy as the instrument ofservice provisionWhich of these statements is are correct?
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Who among the following said that in ahierarchy, every employee tends to rise to hislevel of incompetence?
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Consider the following statements:Advantages of the principle of hierarchy arethat it1. Enables to fix the responsibility at each level2. Leads to centralised decision-making at toplevel3. Provides a channel of commandcommunication.4. Binds all units into an integrated whole.Which of these statements is are correct?
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The principle of unity of command ensures
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