Public Administration MCQs 2010
This page contains the solved Public Administration MCQs from the CSS 2010 past paper, a vital resource for understanding the comparison between different administrative models. The questions explore the differences between public and business administration, the principles of New Public Management (NPM), and the core ideas of Taylor’s scientific management. It also tests knowledge of Max Weber’s three types of leadership authority and budgetary concepts like line-item and performance budgets, providing a well-rounded practice session.
The line-item budget covers:
A. inputs only
B. outputs only
C. inputs and outputs
D. neither inputs nor outputs
Performance budget covers:
A. inputs only
B. outputs only
C. neither inputs nor outputs
D. inputs and outputs
The emphasis of the politics-administration dichotomy is on:
A. the focus or “what” of public administration
B. the actors or “who” of public administration
C. the span or “when” of public administration
D. the locus or “where” of public administration
The essential difference between management-by-objectives and planning-programming-budgeting is that:
A. MBO does not necessarily focus on inputs
B. MBO does not necessarily focus on outputs
C. MBO does not necessarily focus on alternatives
D. MBO necessarily focus on alternatives
Gulick and Urwick’s POSDCORB anagram was:
A. reference to the locus of public administration
B. a listing of when to utilize public administration
C. an expression of administrative principles to follow
D. a means of identifying the problem associate with bureaucracy
One of the salient feature of civil service system of Pakistan is:
A. preference for contract appointments
B. preference for professionals
C. preference for generalists
D. preference for doctors
The three components that compromise publicness and privateness in society are:
A. bureaucracy, consistency and budget
B. administration, management and organization
C. execution, regulation and structure
D. agency, access, interest
Public goods differ from private goods on the basis of:
A. price
B. delivery
C. exclusion
D. public interest
Simon refuted the administrative ___________.
A. Revealing the administrative principles
B. Showing that for every principle there is a counter-principle
C. Explaining that administrative principles can only be used in complex organization
D. None of these
The New Public Management can be best described as:
A. Public administration in 21st century
B. Bureaucratic model of public administration
C. Application of business practices in public management
D. A mechanism for improving service delivery