Test Preparation on UGC NET Public Admin Practice set -13
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Assertion (a) : The difference between Privateand Public Administrations is narrowing down.Reason (R) : Private Administration all over theworld is getting more and more accountable.
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Assertion (a) : New Public Administration emphasisedthat the discipline of public administrationshould shed its positivist character.Reason (R) : Positivism is not scientific.
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Assertion (a) : Classical theory treatsorganisation as a closed system.Reason (R) : Classicists lacked behaviouralanalysis.
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Assertion (a) : The quality of work in anorganisation depends to some extent on theeffectiveness of control of the superior over thesubordinates.Reason (R) : A superior cannot exercise controlover unlimited number of persons because thespan of control is limited by the span of humanattention.
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Assertion (a) : The concepts of power andleadership have much in common and they moreor less, mean the same thing.Reason (R) : Power indicates coercion, authorityand command but a good leader cannot alwaysrely on these instruments alone.
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correctanswer using the codes given below the lists:List-I (Book) List-II (Author)A. The Adminis- 1. Max Webertrative StateB. The Golden Book 2. Albrow Mortinof AdministrationC. Organisation 3. Dwight Waldoand ManagementD. Bureaucracy 4. Seckler Hudson5. Lyndall F. UrwickCodes:A B C D
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Which of the following statements regarding thetwo conferences?Minnowbrook I (1968) andMinnowbrook II (1988), is correct?
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Under proper conditions, the average humanbeing learns not only to accept but to seekresponsibility. This view has been expressed by
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Consider the following statements:1. The evolution of Public Administration asan academic discipline was accelerated bysocio-psychological insights in the thirties.2. Chester Barnard was a great classical thinker.3. Behaviouralism was a natural consequenceof socio-psychological inquests.4. New Public Administration stresses onscientific method of study.Which of these statements are correct?
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Consider the following developments :1. End of politics?Public Administrationdichotomy2. Questioning of subjectivity in administrativedecision-making3. Critique of administrative State4. Rawl?s contribution to justiceWhich of these developments led to emphasison ethics in Public Administration?
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Which one of the following pairs of authors heldthe view that ?A theory of public administrationmeans in our time a theory of politics also??
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correctanswer using the codes given below the lists:List-I List-IIA. Managerial Choice 1. Chris ArgyrisB. Organisation 2. Rensis Likertand InnovationC. New Patterns 3. Michel Crozierof ManagementD. The Bureaucratic 4. FrederickHerzbergPhenomenonCodes:A B C D
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Consider the following statements:Public administrationists used both ?carrot? and?stick? to remain within Political Science andunderline1. Public policy-making process2. Prospect of developing it as pure science3. Cultivation of engineering mentality4. Epistemological benefits of both PoliticalScience and Public AdministrationWhich of these statements are correct?
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The policy view of Public Administration is
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The view that there ought to be greater emphasison normative concerns in Public Administrationis held by
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Assertion (a) : Line and Staff agencies are soinextricably intermingled in practice that manyscholars and practitioners of management do noteven attempt to clarify a Line and Staff concept.Reason (R) : Many ministries such as Financeand Education are neither purely Line agenciesnor purely Staff agencies.
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Assertion (a) : Leadership qualities are not fixed,though they are essentially viewed in terms ofrelationship between the leader and the led.Reason (R) : Leadership depends upon thecapacity to control the over-changingorganisational environment.
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Assertion (a) : The function of communicationis not just to send out a message.Reason (R) : Communication must satisfy thereceiver for moving towards the desired end.
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Assertion (a) : Recruitment rules are generallyframed by Government to provide forcompetition and selection on merit throughwritten examination and/or interviews.Reason (R) : Subjectivity prevails in thedetermination of merit.
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Assertion (a) : Some of the developing societieshave realised that their country is over-governed.Reason (R) : They feel that downsizing ofgovernment would be in every one?s interest.
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