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1. Which one of the following mechanisms is used to exercise judicial control over administration in India? (GUJARAT SET 2021 DEC)

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

i. Judicial Review

ii. Writs

iii. Public Interest Litigation

iv. Pre-policy making review.

Codes:

(A) i, ii and iv

(B) ii, iii and iv

(C) i, ii and iii

(D) i, iii and iv

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2. The principle of anonymity flows directly from the doctrine of (GUJARAT SET 2021 DEC)

(A) Legal responsibility

(B) Collective responsibility

(C) Ministerial responsibility

(D) Professional responsibility

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3. Enhancing both internal and external civil service accountability requires: (TELANGANA SET 2023)

A. Improved information systems and accountability for inputs

B. Better audit and face-to-face meetings with stakeholder groups

C. Publishing budget summaries in a form accessible to the public

D. A stronger performance evaluation system and scrutiny

1. A, B, C and D

2. A, B and C only

3. A, B and D only

4. B and D only

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4. Match the following 'Ends' (List-I) of accountability with the 'tools' (List-II) of accountability: (TELANGANA SET 2022)

1

2

3

4

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5. Accountability requires: (TELANGANA SET 2022)

1. Making laws that work as intended with a minimum of waste and delay

2. . Exercise personal discretion based on intuition in the administrative process

3. Recommend new policies and propose changes in existing policies and programmes as needed

4. Enhance citizen confidence in the administrative institutions of government

Choose the correct code:

1. 1, 3 & 4 only

2. 2, 3 & 4 only

3. 1, 2 & 4 only

4. 1, 2, 3 & 4

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6. Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding accountability and control over administration? (NET June 2023 Shift I)

A. Administrative Accountability may refer to the legal and hierarchical locus of Responsibility

B. Administrative responsibility has ethical and normative connotations

C. Administrative responsibility implies that the public officials will adhere to the explicit and implicit values of proper administration and policy.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. A and C only

2. B and C only

3. A and B only

4. A. B and C only

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7. Which of the following are the tools of executive control over administration? (NET June 2023 Shift I)

A. Civil Service Code

B. Staff agencies

C. Budget

D. Ordinances

E. suits against public officials.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, C, D and E only

2. B, C, D and E only

3. A. B. C and D only

4. A and E only

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8. How do people demand for accountability in democracy? (RAJASTHAN SET 2023)

(A) Through budget processes only

(B) Through civil society actions

(C) Through elections only

(D) Only through agitations on streets

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9. Judiciary ensures accountability of administration through: (MAHARASHTRA SET 2020 PAPER II)

(a) Curbing arbitrariness of administrative agencies

(b) Safeguarding the rights and liberty of the citizens

(c) Declaring ultra vires the acts of administration if they exceed their jurisdiction

Codes:

(A) (a) and (c)

(B) (a) and (b)

(C) (a), (b) and (c)

(D) (b) and (c)

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10. Who among the following coined the term Ecofeminism? (NET December 2021 and June 2022 Shift II)

1. Francoise d'Eaubonne

2. Okin

3. Kate Millett

4. Germaine Greer

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11. Who among the following authored the book 'The Rights of Man? (NET December 2021 and June 2022 Shift II)

1. J. S. Mill

2. Thomas Paine

3. Thomas Hill Green

4. John Locke

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12. Assertion (A): Control over public administration is shifting from legislature to executive.

Reason (R): Parliament does not have sufficient time for detailed examination and scrutiny of governmental activities.

(NET December 2007)

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true

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13. The Committee on Assurances of the Parliament of India is an instrument of (NET December 2012 Paper III)

(a) Executive Control

(b) Judicial Control

(c) Civil-Society Control

(d) Legislative Control

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14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (TELANGANA SET 2023)

A. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2

B. a-2, b-3, c-5, d-1

C. a-4, b-1, c-5, d-3

D. a-3, b-1, c-5, d-2

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