Public Administration MCQs 2019

A condition in which the availability of each alternative and its potential Payoff and costs are all associated with probability estimates is:
A. State of risk
B. State of certainty
C. State of mild certainty
D. State of high certainty

_______ is the central problem of political societies who must determine who has it and how it is distributed.
A. Power
B. Structure
C. Bureaucracy
D. Organization

“Public Administration is detailed and systematic application of law.” The above definition has been given by:
A. L. D. White
B. Luther Gullick
C. E.N. Gladden
D. Woodrow Wilson

Zero-base budgeting evaluates current and new activities and programs which solve:
A. The governmental programs in detail
B. The risks involving decision-developing and ranking packages
C. The organizational services programs
D. The basic developmental issues

Who wrote the famous book “Research on the Bureaucracy in Pakistan”?
A. Muneer Ahmad
B. Brian Chapman
C. Inayatullah
D. Ralph Braibanti

Content motivation theories are represented by:
A. Maslow
B. Alderfer
C. Herzberg
D. McClland

Formal Communication usually flows in:
A. Six directions
B. Four directions
C. Three directions
D. Nine directions

Which one of the following is not correct among the assumptions made by a Theory ‘Y’ leader?
A. Expenditure of energy is undesirable.
B. Self-direction and self-control is desirable.
C. Self-actualization is a motivating force.
D. Working conditions conducive for acceptance of responsibilities are desirable.

The book ‘Prismatic Society Revisited’ has been authored by ________.
A. Robert A. Dahl
B. Robert A. Merton
C. Fred W. Riggs
D. G.M. Gaus

Public Administration is the study of:
A. Principle view of Personal Administration
B. The organizational programs
C. The basic developmental issues
D. Public Policy implementation