Public Administration MCQs 2011
Build a strong foundation with the complete set of solved MCQs from the CSS Public Administration 2011 paper. This collection is perfect for beginners and for those looking for a comprehensive revision. It covers the basics, including the definition of public administration, Henri Fayol’s fourteen principles, and the POSDCORB mnemonic by Luther Gulick. The paper also delves into the famous Hawthorne experiments conducted by Elton Mayo, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, and practical concepts like the spoils system and whistleblowing.
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
Group dynamics refers to:
A. Nature of a group
B. Development of a group
C. Interrelationship of a group
D. All of these
The author of the famous essay “The Study of Administration” was:
A. Dwight Waldo
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Fredrick Taylor
D. Margaret Thatcher
Span of control means:
A. Tenure on a post
B. Geographical jurisdiction
C. Power to control others
D. Number of subordinates under a superior
Job description relates to appointing a suitable person on a job:
A. True
B. False
C. Both of these
D. None of these