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1 Test Booklet No. F Signature and Name of Invigilator 1. (Signature)... (Name) (Signature)... (Name)... AUG PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Seat No. (In figures as in Admit Card) Seat No.... (In words) OMR Sheet No. (To be filled by the Candidate) Time Allowed : 1¼ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 100 Number of Pages in this Booklet : 24 Number of Questions in this Booklet : 50 Instructions for the Candidates 1. Write your Seat No. and OMR Sheet No. in the space provided on the top of this page. 2. This paper consists of 50 objective type questions. Each question will carry two marks. All questions of Paper-II will be compulsory, covering entire syllabus (including all electives, without options). 3. At the commencement of examination, the question booklet will be given to the student. In the first 5 minutes, you are requested to open the booklet and compulsorily examine it as follows : (i) To have access to the Question Booklet, tear off the paper seal on the edge of this cover page. Do not accept a booklet without sticker-seal or open booklet. (ii) Tally the number of pages and number of questions in the booklet with the information printed on the cover page. Faulty booklets due to missing pages/ questions or questions repeated or not in serial order or any other discrepancy should not be accepted and correct booklet should be obtained from the invigilator within the period of 5 minutes. Afterwards, neither the Question Booklet will be replaced nor any extra time will be given. The same may please be noted. (iii) After this verification is over, the OMR Sheet Number should be entered on this Test Booklet. 4. Each question has four alternative responses marked,, and. You have to darken the circle as indicated below on the correct response against each item. Example : where is the correct response (i) (ii) (iii) 4.,, A B D 5. Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the OMR Sheet given inside the Booklet only. If you mark at any place other than in the circle in the OMR Sheet, it will not be evaluated. 6. Read instructions given inside carefully. 7. Rough Work is to be done at the end of this booklet. 8. If you write your Name, Seat Number, Phone Number or put any mark on any part of the OMR Sheet, except for the space allotted for the relevant entries, which may disclose your identity, or use abusive language or employ any other unfair means, you will render yourself liable to disqualification. 9. You have to return original OMR Sheet to the invigilator at the end of the examination compulsorily and must not carry it with you outside the Examination Hall. You are, however, allowed to carry the Test Booklet and duplicate copy of OMR Sheet on conclusion of examination. 10. Use only Blue/Black Ball point pen. 11. Use of any calculator or log table, etc., is prohibited. 12. There is no negative marking for incorrect answers A B D

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3 Public Administration Paper II Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100 Note : This paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions. Each question carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions. (50) (2) II 1. According to whom Administration can be defined as activities of groups cooperating to accomplish common goals? E.A. Nigro H. Simon L.D. White Waldo 2. According to whom Public Administration is policy execution and policy formation, it is bureaucracy and it is public? Paul Appleby Ferrel Heady James Fesler McGregor [P.T.O.

4 3. Which of the following is not a similarity between public and private administration? 3. Principle of marginal return Principle of external financial control Principle of profit Principle of uniformity 4. Central theme of New Public Administration is : Decentralisation Productivity Humanism Cost-effectiveness 5. Public Administration includes the operations of only the executive branch of Government. This view is attributed to : F.W. Taylor L.D. White L.D. White and Luther Gulick Luther Gulick

5 6. The claim that Public 6. Administration is a science was challenged by : Robert Dahl C.I. Barnard L. Urwick F.W. Willoughby 7. In its approach Arthshastra 7. is : Idealistic Philosophical Prescriptive Empirical 5 [P.T.O.

6 8. According to Chester Barnard which of the following is not a function of 8. Leadership? Manipulation of means Stimulation of coordinated action Defence of institutional integrity Motivation 9. The functions of staff agencies do not 9. include : (1) Coordination (2) Planning (3) Execution (4) Supervision (5) Housekeeping (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Choose the correct answer : (1), (2) and (5) (3) and (5) (2), (3) and (5) (3) and (4) (1), (2) (5) (3) (5) (2), (3) (5) (3) (4) 6

7 10. Comparative public administration 10. does not uphold : Cross-cultural administration Theory building in administration Adoption of normative approaches to administration Practical application of knowledge to administration 11. The word Sala comes from : 11. English Sanskrit Spanish German 7 [P.T.O.

8 12. Match the following and select the 12. correct answer from the codes given below : I II List I (a) Written constitution (b) Unitary constitution (c) Unwritten constitution (d) Federal constitution List II (1) Britain (2) USA (3) India (4) France (a) (1) (b) (2) (c) (3) (d) (4) Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (2) (1) (4) (3) (4) (1) (3) (2) (3) (4) (1) (2) (3) (1) (4) (2) (a) (b) (c) (d) (2) (1) (4) (3) (4) (1) (3) (2) (3) (4) (1) (2) (3) (1) (4) (2) 13. Ecological approach originated from 13. the application of : Systems theory Behavioural theory Elite theory Motivational theory 8

9 14. The most popular form of city Government in the USA is : 14. The Mayor Council Plan The Commission Plan The City Manager Plan The Mayor Administration Plan 15. The characteristic of administration 15. of UK is : Dominance of specialists Merit-based recruitment Pre-entry training Administrative law 16. Bureaucracy in development 16. administration needs to be : Conservative Responsive Generalist Rigid 9 [P.T.O.

10 17. Social feature of modernization is : 17. Mobility Commercialization Specific functions Opinion formation 18. Development administration in 18. India is closely interwoven with : Revenue administration Police Administration Panchayati Raj Bureaucracy 19. Development as modernization 19. approach was adopted by : D. Apter Fred Riggs G. Almond S. Rudolph 10

11 20. Development decisions in 20. developing countries are influenced by : Politician Bureaucracy Social scientist People 21. In developing countries influences decision content. Departmental committees Legislative committees Interest groups Commercial Lobbies 11 [P.T.O.

12 22. When was the Act relating to 22. transfer of Government of India from the control of company to the crown, was passed? Government of India Act 1919 was the first step towards setting up of : Central Rule in India Public Service Commission Planning Commission Local-self Government 12

13 24. In vote on accounts, the money involved is of estimated budget : 24. 1/3 1/4 1/6 1/10 1/3 1/4 1/6 1/ India adopted Whitley Councils on 25. the recommendation of : ARC-I First Pay Commission Second Pay Commission Third Pay Commission -I 26. It prevents illegal assumption of a 26. public office : Injunction Quo warranto Mandamus Prohibition 13 [P.T.O.

14 27. Consolidated estimates are finally considered by : 27. President Finance Minister Cabinet Special Cabinet Committee 28. Which state in India pioneered in 28. introducing Lokayukta? Rajasthan Orissa M.P. Maharashtra 29. Which of the following recommended 29. complete fan on the strike of Civil Servants? ARC-I Gorwala Report First Pay Commission Second Pay Commission -I 14

15 30. In which state educational 30. qualification for election to Panchayat Raj Institutions has been made mandatory? Kerala Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Bihar 31. New pattern of Civil Service 31. Examination benefited most : English medium candidates Hindi medium candidates Regional language candidates Northern language candidates 15 [P.T.O.

16 32. Assertion : Religion is influential in developing countries. Reason (R) : Political struggle in developing countries is not secular. Answer the question by using the codes given below : Codes : Both and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of Both and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of is true but (R) is false is false but (R) is true 33. In Parliament, the CAG s report is looked into by : 32. : (R) : (R) (R) (R) (R) 33. (R) (R) Committee of the Whole House Public Accounts Committee Estimate Committee Committee on Assurances 16

17 34. If X = 48, median is 47, mode value will be : 34. X = 48, The theoretical goal of social research is : 35. Problem solution Programme evaluation Theory verification Planning change 36. Case studies are types of : 36. Survey study Inter-relationship study Casual-comparative studies Developmental studies 17 [P.T.O.

18 37. The most common method of 37. sampling in marketing researches is : Random system Stratified random system Quota sampling Proportionate random sampling 38. Content analysis, as a qualitative 38. technique, aims at : Objective information Subjective information Time frequency Duration of event 18

19 39. The population that provides 39. the basis for sampling is known as : Sample Sampling frame Target population Sampling unit 40. The Central Welfare Board was 40. founded in which year? [P.T.O.

20 41. The child development centres 41. mainly concern with : Education Vocational training Malnutrition Scholarships 42. Which of the following is not a 42. Public Undertaking? BHEL SAIL GAIL TISCO 43. The priority sector under Industrial Policy 1991 was : Agriculture Industry Essential infrastructure Export 20

21 44. Commanding heights of economy resulted in : 44. More Government Control over PSUs Creation of more Navratna companies Merger of private companies in public sector Expansion of Public Sector 45. In which country the consideration 45. of expenditures and tax measures is not coordinated? USA UK India France 21 [P.T.O.

22 46. Magna Carta of Local Self 46. Government is related to : Lord Mayo s Resolution Lord Ripon s Resolution Royal Commission Diarchial Scheme 47. The 64th Constitutional Amendment 47. Bill in Lok Sabha in 1989 was in response to recommendation of : G.V.K. Rao Committee Ashok Mehta Committee L.M. Singhavi Committee K. Santhanam Committee 48. Reservation of women at Panchayat 48. Level ensures mainly : Economic Welfare Gender Equality Participation in Public Life Social empowerment 22

23 49. Which committee recommended the 49. Mandal system? Ashok Mehta Committee Balwant Ray Mehta Committee Singhavi Committee ARC 50. Match the following list and choose the correct answer from the codes given below : List I List II 50. I II I II (Village Functionaries) (a) Lekhpal (b) Talathi (c) Karnam (d) Patel (State) (1) Gujarat (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Maharashtra (4) Uttar Pradesh (a) (1) (b) (2) (c) (3) (d) (4) Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (4) (3) (2) (1) (3) (4) (2) (1) (4) (3) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) (1) (a) (b) (c) (d) (4) (3) (2) (1) (3) (4) (2) (1) (4) (3) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) (1) 23 [P.T.O.

24 ROUGH WORK 24