Kerala SET Unit 9: Public Administration Part I - Political Science Coaching Centre

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Kerala SET Unit 9: Public Administration Part I

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1. The phrase ‘developmental bureaucracy’ was coined by? (Kerala SET July 2024)

A) La Palombara

B) Riggs

C) Goswami

D) Alfred Diamont

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2. New Public Administration lay emphasis on: (Kerala SET July 2024)

A) Relevance, Value, Equity, Change

B) Equity, Value, Transparency, Efficiency

C) Value, Priority, Efficiency, Economy

D) Value, Transparency, Change, Culture

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3. Who among the following is considered as the father of politics-administration dichotomy? (Kerala SET July 2024)

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) Mooney

C) Frank Goodnow

D) Waldo

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4. Assertion (A): Development administration signifies action oriented and target oriented programmes suitable for developing countries.

Reason (R): The success of rural development plans acts as a strong impetus for imitating other developmental plans.

(Kerala SET July 2024)

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

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (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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5. Assertion (A): Scientific management believes that the most efficient organisation is the most satisfying one.

Reason (R): Human Relations School believed that the most satisfying organisation is the most efficient organisation.

(Kerala SET July 2024)

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

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (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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6. The first book on New Public Administration was edited by: (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Frank Marini

B) D. Waldo

C) Charlesworth

D) L. D. White14

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7. Who made 18 definitions of Public Administration and put them in four categories of political, legal, occupational and managerial? (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Paul. H. Appleby

B) Dimock

C) Woodro Wilson

D) F. M. Marx

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8. Mary Parker Follet is known as: (Kerala SET January 2024)

A) Bridge between Classical theory and Human Rights theory

B) High Priest of administrative change

C) First advocate of Organizational Chart

D) Mother of the principles of administration

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9. Who coined the acronym POSDCORB? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Gulick and Urwick

B) Urwick

C) Gulick

D) Henry Fayol

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10. The author of Politics-Administration Dichotomy (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Herbert Simon

B) Charles Beard

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) Max Weber

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11. Consider the following statements about the civil service system of Japan (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

1. Permanent employees are generally hired as generalists, and not as specialists, for specific positions

2. Career progression is highly predictable, regulated and automatic

3. Salary increases and promotions each year are generally uniform for members of the same graduating class who join an employer together

Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

A) Only 1

B) Only 2 and 3

C) Only 1 and 3

D) 1, 2 and 3

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12. Who of the following Administrative thinkers have defined administration as “the organization and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends?” (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) L. D. White

B) J. M. Pfiffner

C) John A Veig

D) H. A. Simon

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13. Who declared that, “If our civilization fails, it will be mainly because of a breakdown of administration?” (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Charles A Beard

B) L. D. White

C) Donham

D) Ordway Tead

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14. Decision making theorists focus on (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Foreign policy decisions made by a State

B) Impact of domestic politics on foreign policy decisions

C) Specific decision makers who speak and act in the name of a state

D) Actual or objective environment that influence foreign policy decisions

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15. “Public Administration is the heart of the problem of modern government”, is said by (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) W B Donham

B) Charles A Beard

C) L. D White

D) P. H. Appleby

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16. The concept of ‘Line and Staff’ Agencies in Public Administration is borrowed from (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Revenue Administration

B) Police Administration

C) Military Administration

D) International Administration

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17. Development Administration was defined as a ‘goal oriented’ and ‘change oriented’ administration by (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Milton Essman

B) Fred Riggs

C) Nicholas Henry

D) Edward Weidner

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18. According to Max Weber, which one of the following types of authority is the basis of modern bureaucracy? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) Traditional

C) Legal – Rational

D) Popular

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19. Who has criticized Bureaucracy for creating ‘red-tapism’? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) E N Gladden

B) W B Munro

C) Ramsay Muir

D) Charles E Merriam

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20. Which one of the following has enhanced its power most from the system of delegated legislation? (KERALA SET 2013 DECEMBER)

A) The Legislature

B) The Legislative Committees

C) Bureaucracy

D) The Council of Ministers

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21. Who has the credit of initiating public administration as a discipline? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Woodrow Wilson

B) W. F. Willoughby

C) Marshall Dimock

D) L. Gullick

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22. Which of the following is a NOT a feature of bureaucracy envisaged by Max Weber? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Each office has defined competence

B) Promotions are by merit only

C) Organised in hierarchy of offices

D) Officials are subject to discipline in the conduct of office

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23. Who among the following belongs to ecological approach to the study of public administration? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Martin Landau

B) Alfred Diamant

C) Peter M. Blau

D) John M. Gaus

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24. Who said: “By public administration is meant, in common usage, the activities of the executive branches of the national, state and local governments”? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Marshall E. Dimock

B) Herbert Simon

C) L. D. White

D) Percy McQueen

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25. The administration of Prismatic Society is known as _________ model (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Bazar-canteen

B) Sala Model

C) Heterogeneity

D) Nepotism

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26. Who coined the term POSDCORB? (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Luther Gullick

B) Herbert Simon

C) Mooney

D) Riggs

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27. ‘Mental Revolution’ is related with ________ approach in Public Administration. (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Human Relations

B) Systems Approach

C) Scientific Management

D) Structural Functional

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28. In international politics, Richard C. Synder is associated with: (KERALA SET 2015 DECEMBER)

A) Decision making approach

B) General System theory

C) Idealist approach

D) Game theory

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29. New Public Administration laid emphasis on (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Administration

B) Economy

C) Economy and Efficiency

D) Values and Ethics

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30. Who among the following rejected the principle of Unity of Command? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Henry Fayol

B) Newman

C) Urwick

D) F. W. Taylor

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31. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

Assertion (A): Span of Control depends on personal qualities , skills and experience.

Reason (R): Empirical studies have found that the Span of Control will be small if organizational units are located at different places.

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

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (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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32. Who pointed out three defects of Indian bureaucracy as Procrastination, Yesmanship and Corruption? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Appleby

B) Gorewala

C) Sardar Patel

D) Gopalaswamy Aiyyangar

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33. Who called auxiliary agencies as ‘House keeping’ agencies? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Willoughby

B) L. D. White

C) Mooney

D) Pfiffner

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34. According to Maslow, the correct sequence of the following ‘hierarchy of needs’ is (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

1. Safety needs

2. Esteem needs

3. Social needs

4. Self actualisation needs

5. Physiological needs

A) 3, 4, 5, 2, 1

B) 5, 1, 3, 2, 4

C) 5, 4, 2, 1, 3

D) 3, 2, 1, 5, 4

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35. Who classified bureaucracy as ‘Cosmopolitans’ and ‘Locals’? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) La Palambara

B) Etzioni

C) M. P. Follet

D) Alvin Gouldner

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36. In which country ‘the Doctrine of Co-Directorship’ prevalent as a method of control over administration? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) USA

B) France

C) China

D) U K

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37. ‘Rabble Hypothesis’ is associated with (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Herzberg

B) Mayo

C) Maslow

D) Taylor

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38. How many qualities were prescribed by Taylor for a good foreman? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) 7

B) 8

C) 9

8

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39. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below. (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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40. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

Assertion (A): Scientific Management believed that the most efficient organization is the most satisfying one.

Reason (R): Human Relations School believed that the most satisfying organization is the most efficient organization.

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

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

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

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

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41. Which one of the following is a drawback in Max Weber’s bureaucratic model? (KERALA SET 2017 FEBRUARY)

A) Lack of normative factors as guiding action

B) Lack of legal rational principles

C) Lack of a theoretically integrated total system of action

D) Lack of rule of law upon the functioning of bureaucratic organization.

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42. Which among the following are the ingredients of inputs in the System Approach to public administration by David Easton? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

1. Demand

2. Policies

3. Laws

4. Resource

A) Both 1&2

B) Both 1&4

C) Both 2&4

D) Both 1&3

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43. Who among the following is related to public choice approach? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Herbert Marcuse

B) Peter Drucker

C) Duncan Black

D) Steve Fuller

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44. Who authored the book ‘Reinventing Government’? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Robert Putnam

B) John Rawls

C) Ted Gabler

D) Harold J Laski

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45. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from codes given below. (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A)

B)

C)

D)

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46. The POSDCRRB view of Public Administration was proposed by (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Luther Gullick

B) L. D White

C) Henri Fayol

D) Nicholas Henry

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47. Which among the following is not a factor affecting span of control? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Function

B) Personality

C) Time

D) None of the above

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48. “ If our civilization fails, it will be mainly because of a breakdown of administration.” Who made this statement? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) W.B Donham

B) Charles A Beard

C) L. D White

D) Woodrow Wilson

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49. Arrange the following events in chronological order (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

1. First Minnobrok Conference

2. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

3, Appleby Report

4. Lee Commission

A) 1, 2, 3, 4

B) 2, 1, 4, 3

C) 4, 3, 2, 1

D) 4, 2, 1, 3

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50. Find out the right statements on the characteristics of legal-rational bureaucracy (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

1. Administration is conducted on the basis of written documents

2. Official business is conducted on a continuous basis

3. Officials have their own characteristics as social beings

4. Every official is part of a hierarchy

A) 1, 2, 3 & 4

B) 1 & 2 only

C) 3 only

D) 4 only

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51. Identify the book not authored by Peter F Drucker? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) The ecology of public administration

B) The age of Discontinuity

C) The future of Industrial Management

D) The New Society

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52. According to Woodrow Wilson one reason for the slow progress in the science of administration in USA was……. (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Wrong recruitment

B) Popular sovereignty

C) Economic issues

D) Absence of accountablity

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53. Which among the following is not a component of New Public Administration? (KERALA SET 2018 JULY)

A) Change

B) Neutrality

C) Economy

D) Efficiency

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54. In the ERG Theory in Administration, ERG stands for (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Existence, Relatedness and Growth

B) Entrepreneur, Regeneration and Goodness

C) Environment, Revitalisation and Growth

D) Existence, Revaluation and Grouping

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55. Who termed New Public Administration as ‘Second Generation Behaviouralism’? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Urwick

B) Barnard

C) Frederickson

D) Mayo

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56. ‘The First Enquiry’ is the name of a study by: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Taylor

B) Simon

C) Weidner

D) Mayo

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57. ‘Authority and Reponsibility must go together’. This is known as: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Hierarchy

B) Correspondence

C) Span of Control

D) Centralisation

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58. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

Assertion (A): Development Administration signifies action-oriented and target oriented.

Reason (R): The success of rural development plans acts as a strong impetus for initiating other developmental plans

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

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (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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59. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

Assertion (A): The relation between a Generalist and a Specialist is that of senior and subordinate.

Reason (R): A Specialist is required to assist the Generalist in the formulation and implementation of public policy.

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

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (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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60. The concept of ‘Job enrichment’ was introduced by: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Herzberg

B) Mc Gregor

C) Maslow

D) Urwick

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61. Who among the following have emphasised environmental factor in decision making approach? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Harold Sprout & Margaret Sprout

B) Simon & Burton

C) Talcott Parsons & Edward Shills

D) Mackinder & Spykman

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62. The basic limitation of span of control is: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Political Profligacy

B) Human capacity

C) Orthodox practice of leadership

D) Frequently changing social phenomena

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63. Who defined development administration as ‘an action oriented, goal oriented administrative system’? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Edward Weidner

B) F W. Riggs

C) Goswami

D) La Palambora

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64. Camera list Scholars in Public Administration mainly belonged to: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Germany & Austria

B) USA & Germany

C) Prussia & Germany

D) Prussia & Austria

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65. Who said the progress of transfer of administrative authority from a lower to a higher level of government is called ‘Centralisation’? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) L. D. White

B) Luther Gullick

C) Simon

D) Henry Fayol

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66. Who postulated the law: ‘officials make work for each other’? (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Max Weber

B) Northcote Parkinson

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) Peter Drucker

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67. P. Follet is known as: (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) high priest of administrative change

B) first advocate of organisational charts

C) bridge between classical theory and human relations theory

D) mother of the principles of administration

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68. Rabble Hypothesis of motivation has been propounded by (KERALA SET 2018 FEBRUARY)

A) Chris Argyris

B) Elton Mayo

C) Mc Gregor

D) Herzberg

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69. Ecological approach to the study of public administration is associated with: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Luther Gullick

B) F. W Riggs

D) Simon

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70. The report which deals with the relations between the Specialist and Generalists: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Santhanam Committee Report

B) Haldane Committee Report

C) Kothari Commission Report

D) Gorwala Report

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71. Which one of the following is incorrectly matched? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Merit Bureaucracy – 19thcentury Prussian Civil Service

B) Patronage Bureaucracy – 19thcentury American Civil Service

C) Guardian Bureaucracy – 16thcentury Chinese Civil Service

D) Caste Bureaucracy – 18thcentury British Civil Service

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72. Indian Institute of Public Administration was founded on the recommendation of______. (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Gorewala

B) Santhanam

C) First Administrative Reforms Commission

D) Appleby

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73. The idea of ‘Committed Bureaucracy’ in India was advocated by: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Indira Gandhi

B) Jawaharlal Nehru

C) Morarji Desai

D) Sardar Patel

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74. The concept of ‘New Public Administration’ is associated with: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Princeton School

B) Minnobrook Conference

C) Philadelphia Conference

D) Frankfurt School

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75. The 4Ps theory as advocated by Luther Gullick are: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Purpose, Process, Penuary, Place

B) Place, Persons, Programmes, Process

C) Purpose, Process, Persons, Places

D) Purpose, Process, Places, Programme

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76. “Administration is concerned with ‘What’ and ‘How’ of Government” – Who said? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Marshal E. Dimock

B) Woodrow Wilson

C) Luther Gullick

D) Max Weber

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77. Hawthorne experiments are related to the: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Classical theory

B) System theory

C) Scientific Management theory

D) Human Relations theory

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78. Who among the following termed auxiliary function as the ‘housekeeping function’? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Elton Mayo

B) L. D White

C) Willoughby

D) F. M Marx

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79. Assertion (A): According to the managerial school, administration is the organization and use of men and materials in the pursuit of common objectives.

Reason (R): The managerial school limited the scope of public administration to the techniques of management.

(KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

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

B) Both A and R are true but 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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80. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) L. D. White – Introduction to the Study of Public Administration

B) Willoughby – Principles of Public Administration

C) E. N Gladden – An Introduction to Public Administration

D) Herbert Simon – A Philosophy of Administration

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81. The integral view of administration was supported by (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) L. D White

B) E. N Gladden

C) Marshall E. Dimock

D) All the above

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82. Which one of the following is attributed to C. I. Bernard? (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Science of muddling through

B) Zone of Indifference

C) Bounded rationality

D) Management by Integration

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83. ‘Michigan Studies’ is related to the study of: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) Leadership

B) Recruitment

C) Training

D) Disciplinary action

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84. The country which is regarded as the traditional home of Patronage Bureaucracy: (KERALA SET 2019 JULY)

A) France

B) USA

C) Britain

D) China

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85. The traditional home of patronage bureaucracy is: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) UK

B) France

C) China

D) USA

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86. Which among the following is not a feature of development administration? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Change oriented

B) Dynamic and flexible

C) Objectives are complex and multiple

D) Believes in centralisation

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87. The idea of Scientific Management was developed by: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Luther Gullick

B) F. W. Taylor

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) F. W Riggs

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88. Who propounded the theory of hierarchy of needs in public administration? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Kurt Lewin

B) Maslow

C) F. W Taylor

D) Blake and Mouton

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89. Which of the following is not correctly matched? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) New Despotism - Hewart

B) Administrative State - Finer

C) Philosophy of Administration - Marsahll E. Dimock

D) The Ecology of Public Administration- F.W Riggs

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90. Who among the following is associated with the concept of ‘White man’s burden?’ (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Edward Weidner

B) F. W. Riggs

C) Rudyard Kipling

D) T. H. Green

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91. Who among the following subscribed the Integral view of public administration? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) L. D. White

B) Luther Gulick

C) Herbert Simon

D) Thomson

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92. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

Assertion (A): Politicisation of profession is inescapable as well as desirable

Reason (R): Members of learned discipline bear the responsibilities of all intellectuals

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

B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (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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93. Match List I wish List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

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

B) a-3, b-4, c- 1, d-2

C) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2

D) a-4, b-2, c- 1, d-3

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94. Which among the following is not a characteristic of Weberian model of Bureaucracy? (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Administration conducted on the basis of written documents

B) Officials are accountable for use of official resources

C) Official business in continuous basis

D) Offices are inherited

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95. Theory X and Theory Y of management has been propounded by: (KERALA SET 2019 FEBRUARY)

A) Chris Argyris

B) Elton Mayo

C) M P Follet

D) Mc Gregor

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96. Identify the core theme of public choice approach (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Public services and goods

B) Institutional pluralism and

C) Democratic administration

D) All the above

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97. Which among the following is not a principle of scientific management? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Science of work

B) Division of work

C) Output maximisation

D) Human relations

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98. David Osborne and Ted Gaebler are associated with: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Comparative public administration

B) New Public service

C) New Public Management

D) Public Choice Theory

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99. “ Public administration is detailed and systematic application of law”. Whose definition is this? (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) L D White

B) Woodrow Wilson

C) Luther Gullick

D) Herbert A Simon

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100. New Public Management Emphasizes: (KERALA SET 2020 FEBRUARY)

A) Lean Government

B) Social Equity

C) Management by Objectives

D) Performance Appraisal

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