Public Administration MCQs 2008
Excel in your exam with this set of solved MCQs from the CSS Public Administration 2008 paper. This collection is ideal for reviewing classical management theories and organizational principles. It covers scientific management, Henri Fayol’s principles, and the Human Relations approach that emerged from the Hawthorne studies. Key concepts like unity of command, span of management, decentralization, and job description are also tested, making it a perfect tool for a fundamental revision of management theory.
Job description implies ___________.
A. Personal capacities and inclinations deemed necessary for successful job performance.
B. Written statement of the main duties and responsibilities which job entails
C. Process that ensures that right kind of people at the right placed at the right time do thing for which they are economically most useful
D. None of these
All are the characteristics of Administration except:
A. It is a science and art
B. Has techniques that are universally applicable
C. Is a profession
D. Is not distinct from ownership
An individual who systematically develops a subordinate’s abilities through intensive tutoring is named as __________.
A. Mentor
B. Manager
C. supervisor
D. Peer
According to an early definition that kind of management which conducts a business or affairs by standards established by facts or truth gained through systematic observation experiments or reasoning is known as ____________.
A. Classical management
B. Bureaucratic management
C. Neo-classical management
D. Scientific management
A plan for allowing each employee to determine the make-up of his or her fringe benefit Package is _____________.
A. Compensation
B. Salary administration
C. Cafeteria compensation
D. Loaning
H.Foyal, Terry, Koontz and O’ Donnel had the following view regarding Administration and management.
A. Management and Administration are one
B. Administration is a part of Management
C. Management and Administration are different
D. Depends on the type of organization
Which of the following statement regarding the communication is false ______________.
A. communication is perception
B. communication is expectation
C. communication provides for feedback mechanism
D. communication and information are synonymous
Human Relations approach was a metamorphic step in management theory and practice. The studies for this movement were carried out at _____________.
A. Hawthorne plant at Western Electric Company, Chicago
B. Hawthorne plant at Harvard University
C. HRD Department, Stanford University
D. General Electric Company, New York
Open door policy is an aid to ____________.
A. Downward communication
B. Upward communication
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
The Principle of unity of command implies ____________.
A. In union there is strength
B. Employees should receive orders from one superior only
C. Group to be assigned the responsibility of commanding
D. Command be equally distributed among horizontal line