Mock Test Presidency University Unit 9: Public Administration
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1. Who coined the term 'New Public Management'? (PUMDET 2024)
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2. Where will you find a 'Sala Model'? (PUMDET 2024)
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3. In Public Administration, 3E refers to: (PUMDET 2024)
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4. The Decision-making approach is associated with (PUMDET 2024)
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5. The 2nd Minnowbrook conference was held in the year of: (PUMDET 2024)
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6. With which concept are the words “Ideal types” most commonly associated: (Presidency University Masters Entrance Questions 2018)
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7. To Weber, bureaucracy is (Presidency University Masters Entrance Questions 2017)
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8. The term 'Bureaucratia' was coined by (Presidency University Masters Entrance Questions 2017)
A French economist Vincent de Gourney is said to have coined the term ‘bureaucracy’ in 1745. It is derived from the French word ‘bureau’, and 'Cratia' meaning a desk and rule. In this sense, bureaucracy simply means a desk government, or rule by administrative offices. Today ‘bureaucracy’ and ‘bureaucrats’ are often used as terms of derision, connoting red-tape, in efficiency and unresponsiveness. Freed from its derogatory sense bureaucracy actually refers to any large-scale organisation of appointed officials whose primary function is to implement the policies of the decision-makers. Bureaucracy is a type of organisation designed to accomplish large-scale administrative tasks by systematically coordinating the work of many individuals. In organised structure that puts laws and policies into effect effectively and efficiently.
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9. The process of 'Routinization of charisma' is given by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)
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10. The theories of managerial control popularly known as Theory X and Theroy Y were developed by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)
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11. The classical theory of organization is not marked by which of the following features? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)
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12. With which model/theory of decision making do we associate the name of Charles Lindblow? (WB SET 2015 Paper III)
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13. The Hawthorne experiments carried out in the Western Electric Company between 1927 to 1932 were conducted by the team led by (WB SET 2015 Paper III)
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14. The concept of 'public value' in Public Administration is primarily associated with: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)
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15. The Scientific Management theory laid maximum stress on: (WB SET 2017 Paper III)
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16. Which of the following scholars is associated with the Incremental Model of decision making? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)
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17. Which of the following is not a feature of Max Weber’s theory of bureaucracy? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)
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18. The Hawthorne Studies were based on the following organization (WB SET 2017 Paper II)
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19. The Functions of the Chief Executive was written by (WB SET 2017 Paper II)
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20. Who said, “Development Administration is an action-oriented, goal-oriented administrative system”? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)
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21. The four major themes of the New Public Administration are: (WB SET 2017 Paper II)
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22. Who wrote the book The Administrative State? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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23. Who among the following is a major protagonist of the public choice school? (WB SET 2017 Paper II)
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24. What is the Riggsian Model of ecological approach to public administration? (WB PSC 2022)
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25. According to Max Weber bureaucracy (WB PSC 2022)
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26. What is/are the source/s of authority? (WB PSC 2022)
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27. Who propounded of Scientific Management Theory? (WB PSC 2022)
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28. What is grapevine communication? (WB PSC 2022)
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29. Which one of the following principles is not included in the concept of POSDCORB? (WEST BENGAL SET 2015)
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30. The basic premise of New Public Management (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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31. Who among the following is a leading proponent of the Public Choice Approach? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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32. Legal-Rational Authority is a core concept in (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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33. 'Leaders are born and not made' is the contention of (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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34. The Motivation Hygiene theory is associated with (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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35. Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of New Public Management? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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36. Who is known as the Founding Father of the Human Relations School? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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37. In which year did the Minnowbrook Conference III take place? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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38. Who described the principles of administration as 'myths' and 'proverbs'? (WEST BENGAL SET 2018 PAPER II)
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39. The idea of development administration as consisting of 4Ps : Plans, Policies, Programme and Projects was proposed by (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)
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40. Which one of the following is regarded as a bridge between Scientific Management era and Social Man era? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)
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41. Herbert Simon identified which model(s) of decision making? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)
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42. Which one of the following was not emphasised under New Public Management? (WEST BENGAL SET 2020)
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43. Who wrote the book, The Functions of the Executive? (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)
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44. 'Administrative Behaviour: A Study of Decision Making Processes in Administrative Organization' was authored by (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)
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45. Marx visualised the role of bureaucracy in the context of (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)
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46. 'Four Principles of organization' were identified by (WEST BENGAL SET 2022)
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47. New Public Administration emphasises on (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)
(I) Relevance
(II) Politics-administration dichotomy
(III) Values
(IV) Equity
Choose the correct answer from the options below:
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48. Who characterised Taylorism as a tool of monopoly capital? (WEST BENGAL SET DECEMBER 2023)
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49. The phrase 'developmental bureaucracy' was "coined by whom? (WEST BENGAL SET JANUARY 2023)
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