Public Administration MCQs 2016

Who of the following said that “the real significance of the budget system lies in providing for the orderly administration of financial affairs of Government”?
A. W. F. Willoughby
B. A. Wildavasky
C. Chris Argyris
D. Lindblom

Good governance by a municipal body, among other things, depends upon:
A. Committed representatives
B. Committed municipal bureaucracy
C. Awakened citizenry and State vigilance on its functioning
D. All of these

Who of the following said that ‘Cabinet’ is a hyphen that joins the buckle that binds the executive and the legislative departments together?
A. Lowell
B. Laski
C. Muir
D. Bagehot

‘Administrative Man’ model represents the real situation by:
A. Organization behavior
B. Decision making behavior
C. Money making behavior
D. Supportive behavior

‘Great man’ Theory of Leadership led to the rise of:
A. Behavioral Theory of Leadership
B. Situational Theory of Leadership
C. Trait Theory of Leadership
D. None of the above

Which of the following covers Taylor’s scientific management?
A. Differential piecework plan
B. Separation of planning and execution
C. Time study and assuming worker as machine
D. All of these

Planning is often called the primary management function because it ________.
A. Offers some basis for future decision making
B. Creates the vision for the organizational members to work toward
C. Establishes the basis for all the other functions
D. Sets the tone for the organizational culture

What is the threefold classification of authority as given by A. Etzioni?
A. Programme, Organizational and Normative
B. Budgetary, Personnel and Utilitarian
C. Coercive, Normative and Utilitarian
D. Coercive, Normative and Organizational

The Budget was formally introduced in Subcontinent in:
A. 1857
B. 1860
C. 1868
D. 1919

Effective public participation in development projects majorly needs which of the following?
A. Active association with the whole project cycle
B. Gender sensitivity
C. Poverty sensitivity
D. All of these