Public Administration MCQs 2013

Line agencies perform ____________ activities in an organization.
A. Command
B. Supervisory
C. Decision Making
D. All of these

Government is a “sovereign factor in administration.” This was stated by:
A. L.D. White
B. J.H. William
C. H. Finer
D. None of these

The Relay Assembly Test Room Experiments were conducted to test the relationship between:
A. Productivity and social relationship
B. Productivity and working condition
C. Productivity and economic incentives
D. None of these

The Rule of Business of Federal Government are read with the Secretariat Instructions issued under rule ___________ of the Rule of Business.
A. 5(15)
B. 15(5)
C. 15(15)
D. None of these

Who among the following is the founder of zero based budgeting?
A. L.D. White
B. Lyndon Johnson
C. Peter A. Phyrr
D. None of these

Management is a ____________ use of resources.
A. Proper
B. Systematic
C. Maximum
D. None of these

Span of control means:
A. Number of superior over the subordinates

Who wrote the book “Politic and Administration”.
A. Woodrow Wilson
B. Willoughby
C. Frank Johnson Goodnow
D. None of these

Who among the following defined civil services as “professional body of officials, permanent, paid and skilled”?
A. Ogg and Zink
B. Herman Finer
C. L.D. White
D. None of these

The traditional theory of motivation is the theory of:
A. Path-goal
B. Participation
C. Motivation hygiene
D. Fear and punishment