Public Administration MCQs 2017

Continuous improvement is involved in:
A. Total quality management
B. Human resource maintenance
C. The manager’s challenge
D. Organizational behavior

The Police force of a district maintains law and order under the general supervision of:
A. Home Minister of the State
B. Law Minister of the State
C. Federal Police ministry
D. DPO

The concept of “separation between politics and public administration” was first propounded by:
A. Frederick Taylor
B. Henry L Gant
C. Woodrow Wilson
D. Max Weber

The Study of Administration an article by Woodrow Wilson Published in:
A. 1885
B. 1887
C. 1889
D. 1891

Which scholar first argued that citizens are not customers, but owners?
A. Gaebler
B. Osbome
C. Frederickson
D. Hammer

Who among the following further developed the Politics-Administration dichotomy-a fairly constant line of thought at the initial stages of the evolution of Public Administration?
A. H. Fayol
B. L. Gulick
C. L. Urwick
D. F. Goodrow

‘Acceptance theory of Authority’ was propounded by:
A. Chester Barnard
B. Herbert Simon
C. Robert Merton
D. Elton Mayo

The classical theorists attached more importance to:
A. Role of people in organization
B. Structural designing of organization
C. Interpersonal relations in organization
D. Rational bureaucracy

Which one of the following is correct about ‘Behavioral Approach’?
A. Use of traditional tools of analysis
B. Use of non-ecological studies
C. Belief in philosophical definition of the term
D. Use of empirical studies

_________ is the process of acquiring, training, appraising and compensating employees, attending to their labour relations, health and safety and fairness concerns.
A. Labor Relations
B. Organizational Behavior
C. Human Resource Management
D. Organizational Health and Safety Management