1. F.W. Taylor’s concept of ‘Scientific Management’ was criticised by (NET June 2010 Paper II)

2. Which of the following is not one of the main characteristics of Taylor's scientific management? (NET December 2012 Paper III)

3. Match List-I with List-II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2012 Paper III)

4. Taylor's concept of Mental Revolution stands for (NET June 2012 Paper III)

5. Match the thinkers with the concepts: (NET June 2012 Paper II)

6. Which one among the following is considered as the first coherent theory of organization? (NET June 2014 Paper III)

7. Which one of the following was not supported by Taylor in his Scientific Management theory? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

8. Match List I with List II  (NET March 2023 Shift 1)

9. Who said, "successful management involves management by objectives"? (NET December 2012 Paper II) 

10. Who among the following are the critics of the bureaucratic theory?

(A) Talcott Parsons

(B) Michel Crozier

(C) Robert Presthus

(D) F.W. Riggs

Select the correct answer from the code given below: (NET November 2017 Paper III)

11. The term 'spoil system' applies to: (NET June 2014 Paper III )

12. Which of the following are the characteristics of Weber's ideal bureaucracy?

1. Staff and line

2. Impersonality

3. Hierarchy

4. Informal organization

Select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET June 2014 Paper II)

13. Who among the following coined the term 'representative bureaucracy'? (NET December 2015 Paper III)

14. The traditional home of patronage bureaucracy is: (NET December 2015 Paper III)

15. What is the correct sequence of F.M. Marx's classification of bureaucracy?

(A) Merit

(B) Guardian

(C) Patronage

(D) Caste

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:  (NET December 2015 Paper II)

16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from codes given below: (NET June 2015 Paper III)

17. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Assertion (A): Bureaucracy is an important feature of all democratic governments.

Reason (R): Bureaucracy is an ancient institution.

Codes: (NET June 2015 Paper III)

18. Who called bureaucrats as 'ruling servants'? (NET June 2015 Paper II)

19. Assertion (A) : Bureaucracy has contributed to the growth of democracy but it has also stood in the way of democratisation.

Reason (R) : Democracy does not need bureaucracy. (NET December 2009 Paper II)

20. Identify the correct sequence in which the following theories / approaches appeared:

(i) Human Relations Theory

(ii) Max Weber’s Bureaucratic Theory

(iii) New Public Management

(iv) Decision-Making Theory

Codes: (NET December 2010 Paper II)

21. According to Max Weber, which one of the following types of authority is the basis of modern bureaucracy? (NET June 2010 Paper II)

22. The scholar who after finding Max Weber’s model of bureaucracy irrelevant and inappropriate for explaining the administrative ecology of developing and transitional societies, developed Prismatic and Sala Models for the study of such societies, was (NET December 2011 Paper II)

23. Who among the following has called Weber's ideal type of bureaucracy as unsuitable for developing societies? (NET December 2012 Paper III)

24. Which one of the following is not a feature of F.M. Marx's guardian bureaucracy? (NET December 2012 Paper II)

25. The word 'Bureaucracy' was first coined by (NET June 2012 Paper II)

26. Who among the following has termed bureaucracy as "an organization that cannot correct its behaviour by learning from its errors"? (NET December 2013 Paper III)

27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (NET December 2013 Paper III)

28. According to Max Weber which one of the following is not a feature of bureaucracy? (NET June 2013 Paper III)

29. Summarising the defects of bureaucracy, W.A. Robson did not include: (NET July 2016 Paper III)

30. Which one of the following types of bureaucracy exhibits a bias towards party interests? (NET July 2016 Paper III)

31. Which one of the following types of bureaucracy tend to exhibit a bias towards party interests? (NET November 2017 Paper II)

32. What is the correct sequence of Morstein Marx's classification of bureaucracy given below:

A. Merit

B. Patronage

C. Caste

D. Gurdian

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes: (NET January 2017 Paper III)

33. Which of the following types of bureaucracy regards itself as the custodian of public interest but is independent of and unresponsive to public opinion? (NET January 2017 Paper II)

34. Who among the following described bureaucracy as "The continental nuisance"? (NET July 2018 Paper II)

35. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:  (NET July 2018 Paper II)

36. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy?

(A) It is an iron cage of rule-based rational control.

(B) It is a key part of the "rational- legal authority."

(C) Bureaucracy means "domination through knowledge" in the form of merit.

(D) It enjoys popular acceptability in a democracy.

Choose the correct answer from the below: (NET July 2018 Paper II)

37. Which one of the following is the drawback of the Bureaucratic Model? (NET March 2023 Shift 2)

38. Match List I with List II  (NET March 2023 Shift 1)