Public Administration MCQs 2016

‘Great man’ Theory of Leadership led to the rise of:
A. Behavioral Theory of Leadership
B. Situational Theory of Leadership
C. Trait Theory of Leadership
D. None of the above

Which of the following covers Taylor’s scientific management?
A. Differential piecework plan
B. Separation of planning and execution
C. Time study and assuming worker as machine
D. All of these

Planning is often called the primary management function because it ________.
A. Offers some basis for future decision making
B. Creates the vision for the organizational members to work toward
C. Establishes the basis for all the other functions
D. Sets the tone for the organizational culture

What is the threefold classification of authority as given by A. Etzioni?
A. Programme, Organizational and Normative
B. Budgetary, Personnel and Utilitarian
C. Coercive, Normative and Utilitarian
D. Coercive, Normative and Organizational

The Budget was formally introduced in Subcontinent in:
A. 1857
B. 1860
C. 1868
D. 1919

Effective public participation in development projects majorly needs which of the following?
A. Active association with the whole project cycle
B. Gender sensitivity
C. Poverty sensitivity
D. All of these

Which one of the following is the correct meaning of the principle of ‘Unity of Command’?
A. More than one superior official should command the subordinates
B. There should be uniformity in commands by higher officials
C. Subordinates must receive command from only one higher official
D. Subordinate should follow the commands from all the superior officials

Who defined bureaucracy as a ‘state mystifying’ institution?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Mao-Tse-Tung
C. Karl Marx
D. V. I. Lenin

O and M stands for ______.
A. Organization & Management
B. Owls & Mules
C. Organization & Methods
D. Officers & Ministers

Who among the following established the Executive Office of the President of the U.S.A?
A. F. Roosevelt
B. A. Jackson
C. G. Washington
D. T. Jefferson