Public Administration MCQs 2011

Maslow’s highest need in his “hierarchy of needs” was:
A. Love or affiliation needs
B. Self-actualization needs
C. Esteem needs
D. None of these

“The average human being inherently dislikes work”.
A. An assumption of theory X
B. An assumption of theory Y
C. An assumption of theory Z
D. None of these

Spoils system refers to:
A. Management through objectives
B. Public sector concept of staffing
C. Awarding jobs to political supporters
D. None of these

Deficit financing is:
A. Excess revenues
B. Excess expenditures
C. Both of these
D. None of these

Performance audit is used as a comparison between:
A. Actual expenditure and booked expenditure
B. Revenue collected and potential revenue
C. Activities of an organization with the assigned objectives
D. None of these

Public administration refers to:
A. A process
B. A discipline
C. A field of study
D. All of these

A whistle blower in an organization is a person:
A. Who reveals bad things about his department to the public
B. Who is a good singer
C. Who is assigned security duties
D. None of these

The concept of “separation between politics and public administration” was first propounded by:
A. Aristotle
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Karl Marx
D. Machiavelli

The budget cycle is:
A. The duration for which it is applicable
B. The process through which it has to go
C. The time frame of preparation
D. None of these

The famous fourteen principles of organization were given by:
A. Plato
B. Henri Fayol
C. Fredrick Taylor
D. Max Weber