Public Administration MCQs 2024

The managerial approach to public administration promotes the organizations, essentially along the line of:
A. Adam Smith’s Productive Labor
B. Frederick W. Taylor’s Scientific Management
C. Contingency Administration
D. None of these

The rationale for public administration to be an academic discipline and professional specialty was initially given by?
A. Karl Heinrich Marx
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Alfred Marshall
D. None of these

The theory that highlights formal and informal governance structures within societies and examines individual’s social processes is called:
A. Institutional Theory of Governance
B. Transitional Administration
C. Contingency Administration
D. None of these

Performance appraisals and periodic reports on the output of individuals and departments are part of the?
A. Performance Management System
B. Rewards awarding mechanism
C. Promotion and upgradation system
D. None of these

Under the Civil Servants Rules of 1973, appointments, promotions, and transfers of civil servants in Pakistan are based on?
A. Education and qualifications
B. Rewards awarding mechanisms
C. Combination of merit and seniority
D. None of these

With respect to one of the definitions, public administration as a field is mainly concerned with the means for:
A. Implementing Political Values
B. Maintaining Cultural Values
C. Promoting bureaucratic governance
D. None of the Above

Rational choice theory is based on the assumption the person making a decision or taking an action will do so on the basis of his/her?
A. Assessment of personal needs
B. Assessment of community needs
C. Assessment of family needs
D. None of these

"New Public Management" (NPM) is a variant of public administration's:
A. Political Approach
B. Managerial Approach
C. Legal Approach
D. None of the Above

Monetary policy involving use of different financial instruments to influence interest rate and money supply is prepared and implemented by?
A. State-owned stock exchange
B. Consortium of commercial banks
C. Central or State Bank of the country
D. None of these

Main structural elements of Max Weber's concept of bureaucracy include?
A. Hierarchy of authority
B. Career structure through specializations
C. Both (A) & (B)
D. None of the Above