RAS Public Administration 2007 Prel Solution
The basis of influence in informal organisation is
closeness with higher people
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Name of Writer) (A) Paul H. Appleby �. List-II (Book) 1. Big Democracy
A1, B3, C4, D2
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Name of Thinker) (A) Maslow �. List-II (Theory) 1. Need Hierarchy Thoery
A1, B4, C5, D3
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A significant approach to communication event is based on Laswell formula, that deal with
communication- interpretation modes
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Which one of the following leadership styles permits substantial delegation of authority to subordinates and allows them to set objective an solve problems themselves ?
democratic leadership
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (A) Veblen �. List-II 1. Professional Deformation
A4, B2, C1, D5
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Which of the following book is called an apt text of Entrepreneurial Govt. ?
Reinventing government (David Osborne and Ted Gaeber)
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Which one of the following is not created by Act of Parliament ?
?
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Book) (A) Oranizations �. List-II (Author) 1. March
4th choice is closest.
A4, B1, C3, D2
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Which one of the following administrative theories is called Genric Management ?
administrative management
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Which of the following is defined as a process of analysing and collecting information relation to operation and responsibilities of a specific job ?
job analysis
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For which of the following the President's recommendation is required for introduction of Bill ?
both 1 & 2
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To whom the Union Service Commission presents its annual report as to work done by the Commission ?
president
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On which date the Governor of Rajasthan assented The Rajasthan Panchayat Raj Act ?
23rd april, 1994
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Consider the following advantages claimed by the Centre for All India Services. �. (A) Control over State Administration �. Which are correct in above ?
B, C & D
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When was the first Central Service Commission set up ?
1926
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Who had coined the term All India Service ?
committee on division of Function,1918
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Who was called the Father of Local Self Government during British Rule ?
Ripon
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Which one is not mission of organisation development ?
avoid human emotions
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The tenure system for Civil Services in India was started during the period of
curzon
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Which one of the following country first developed scientific method for recruitment ?
china
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Administration is a moral act and administrator is a moral agent.' Who said it ?
Ordway Tead
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Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act has made provisions for Gram Sabha. Which Articles of above Act is related with Gram Sabha ?
Articles 1,2,3,4,5
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There will be one or more Vigilance Committees to supervise the functions, implementation of schemes and other activities of Gram Panchayat in Rajasthan. Who will constitute the Vigilance Committee ?
gram sabha
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The middle-tier of Panchayati Raj Institution in Rajasthan in Panchayat Samiti, which is compsed by �. (A) Direct elected members for Panchayat Samiti
A & C
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Consider the following with reference to Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act. �. (A) Direct Elections of members as all levels �. Which of above are existed in Rajasthan ?
A, B, D
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Who will make rules for the more convenient transaction of business of Govt. of India and for allocation among Ministers of the said business ?
president
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Under which Article of Constitution the Governor of State is bound to lay before House of Legislature the Annual Financial Statement of State ?
Article 202
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In Britain, responsibility for Central Co-ordination an Management of Civil Services is divided between :
Treasury and home department
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Who is in-charge of Office of Public Service and Science in Britain ?
Chancellor of Exchequer
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The term 'Economic and Social Planning' is included in Indian Constitution. In which part of following this provision has been made ?
concurrent list
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Who was the first Lokayukta of Rajasthan ?
I G Dua
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Kind of Budget) (A) Line Item Budget �. List-II (Basic Orientation of Budget) 1. Control
A1, B4, C2, D3
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Personnel administration of employees of Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti in Rajasthan is managed by
state government
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The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration in England is Parliamentary Omudsman. Consider the following : �. (A) is independent of Govt. �. What are the characteristics of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration ?
A, B and D
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Which one is not characteristics of 'Sala Model' of Riggs ?
actual behaviour is similar to formal expectations
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Discussion on organisation of Planning Commission is incomplete without reference to its attached bodies. Consider the following �. (A) Programme Evaluation Organisation �. Which organisations are attached to Planning Commission ?
A and C
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In which year the institution of Lokayaukta was established in Rajasthan ?
1973
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Who has recommended for productive planning with a constitutional status in India ?
KC Neogi
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"The Collector sometimes when overburdened with work, grumbles that he has the life of a dog, but knows that he has work of a man.' Who said it ?
Mangat Rai
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The CLECTS in prismatic society of Riggs are
Elite groups who use traditional clouts to win election
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In a communication process, the sender of information seeks to establish a commonness with the receiver of information. Consider the following : �. (A) When interacting with others, words, letters etc. are used �. What are the characteristics of communication ?
D
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Who has coined the term Cybernetics ?
Norbett Weiner
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Consider the following steps : (A) Identification of problem �. Which of the above is the correct step of decision-making ?
A,B,C,D
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According to Likert, which of the following types of leadership is the most successful and effective ?
participative
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The Theory X assumption did not cover which of the following ?
most of workers not inherently dislike work.
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Which one of the following is covered under Eleventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution ?
jurisdiction of functions of panchayats
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Which one of the following is not the merit of Rank classification ?
it defines the contents of any job in detail
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Which of the following Provisions of Indian Constitution provides constitutional safeguards to Civil Servants ?
Article 311
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Before the introduction of money bill in Lok Sabha, whose recommendation is necessary ?
president
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The reservation in appointments in favour of any backward class has a constitutional base. In which Article of Indian Constitution such provision has been made ?
Article 16(iv)
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Statements) (A) Budget is series of goals with price tag attached �. List-II (Thinkers) 1. Kautilya
A4,B3,C2,D1
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Thinkers) (A) Mouney and Reile �. List-II (Kinds of Leadership) 1. Institutionists, Specials, Hybrids
A2,B3,C1,D4
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No Tax shall be levied or collected except by authority of Law'. Which Article of Indian Constitution provides this ?
265
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Item) (A) Constutution of Municipalities �. List-II (Articles of the Constitution) 1. 243 Q
A1,B2,C3,D4
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Which one of the following Writs gives the direction of an official for performance of duty ?
mandamus
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Which of the following are the tools of budgetary control exercised by the Parliament ?
A and B
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Which one of the following is not the function of Public Officials ?
to make the decision on policy
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Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of French Civil Services ?
Ecole Polytechnique does not conduct training for higher technical corps
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The 'quorum' for meetings of any Panchayati Raj body as per Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act is
1/10 of total members
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The elections for various Panchayati Raj bodies in Rajasthan are managed by
state election commission
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The body of apex of the system of Administrative Court in France is the
council of state
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Who among the following is considered as first comparativist in Public Administration ?
Woodrow wilson
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Which of the following is not characteristic of Development Administration ?
effectiveness
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Which one of the following is not correct about anonymity of Civil Servants ?
they cannot be held responsible for their acts of omission and commission
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In Rajasthan, State Planning Board was created on the recommendation of
Rajasthan administrative reforms committee, 1967
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The Chief Secretary's Job is not a technician's or even a professional's, he is not a knowledgable engineer, nor even a first class magistrate, he is a part of process of Govt. and in a democratic republic, part of human process.' Who said it ?
?
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Heuristics' in context of decision making imply
Error and trial method
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Model) (A) Linking Pin Model �. List-II (Given by) 1. Mc Gregor
A2,B3,C4,D1
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Assertion (A) : The Council of Ministers shall be collective responsible to the House of People. Reason (R) : The Minister shall hold office during the pleasre of President.
Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
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Assertion (A) : Ordinances should be promulgated only where absolutely necessary. A responsible Govt. should be careful about it. Reason (R) : It gives the executive a clear power to legislate and is an encroachment on the jurisdiction of the Parliament.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
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Consider the following statements : (A) Budget is an economic horoscope of the country �. Which of the above are characteristics of Budget ?
B, C and D
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While making comparison with private administration, who said that Public Administration us adrift wit compass or anchor ?
Ludwig von Mises
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Who said that in the science of administration whether public or private, the basic good is efficiency ?
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Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Statements) (A) Public Administration stand in danger of senescence �. List-II (Authors) 1. Martin Landau
A4,B3,C2,D1
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Who said that Politics has to do with policies or expression of State will while Administration has to do with the execution of these policies ?
Goodnow
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Who said that administration is knowledge, knowledge is power. Administration is power, this simplistic syllogism is major reality of our post-industrial age.
John F Kennedy
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Organisation is the form of every human association for attainment of a common purpose. Who has given this definition ?
Simon
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Willy-nilly, administration is every one's concern. If we wish to survive, we had better be intelligent about it. Who said it ?
Adams Brooks
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Hierarchy is the linchpin that locks the form. Who said it ?
?
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Which one is not characteristics of closed model of organisation ?
conflict within organisation is adjusted by interaction with peers
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Which one of the following is not a driving paradigm of New Public Management ?
emphasis on procedure
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Public Management is merger of normative orientation of Traditional Public Administration and the instrumental orientation of general management. Who said it ?
Christopher Hood
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Who was the first person to give red-tape its sociological baptism ?
Spencer
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Who said that organisation is the machine of management in its achievement of the ends determined by administration ?
Oliver Sheldon
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Which of the following is concerned with the modification of role expectancies and welding of divergent elements of preserve organisation integrity ?
Bakke's Fusion Process
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The older thoery of organisation is not science, as often claimed, but theology is sense that it is a set of beliefs accepted on faith, not on demonstration of empirical reality. Who has given this statement ?
Herbert simon
88
Match list-I with list-II and select the correct answer using the code given below : List-I (Organisation) (A) Project Organisation �. List-II (Characteristics) 1. Existence of horizontal and diagonal relationship
A1,B4,C2,D3
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Assertion (A) : Administration is now so vast an area that a philosophy of administration come close to being a philosophy of life. Reason (R) : Administration is concerned with both ends and means
Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
90
Assertion (A) : The Principle of Organisation is from the literature of Business Administration. Reason (R) : There is larger area of overlapping interest and ideas between two fields, however, and in the matter of organisational analysis. Public Administration is heavily indebted to Business Administration
Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
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Assertion (A) : Administration is a fine art. Reason (R) : It summons an imposing body of special talents on behalf of a collaborative creation which is integral to the conduct of civilized living today
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
92
Assertion (A) : Open an theorists dislike the rigidity, the inflexibility, emphasis on means and anti-humanist view of bureaucracy. Reason (R) : Close model theorists consider organisation as a fluid network structure.
A is true but R is false
93
Assertion (A) : Generalists play an important role in the policy function of the Govt. in India. Reason (R) : A large number of top post in the Union and State Administrations are manned by the speecialists.
A is true but R is false
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Assertion (A) : The system approach is based on the concept that organisation should be studied as a whole because the behaviour of one part has a considerable impact on the others. Reason (R) : The system approach ignores the interactions between a system and its environment.
A is true but R is false
95
Assertion (A) : The concept of civil service neutrality is changing in developing countries. Reason (R) : Civil servants play a povotal role in the developing countries.
Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
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Assertion (A) : Paul Appleby suggested two basic types of changes in administration, constant and episoic Reason (R) : Constant change is reorganisation and episodic is incremental change
A is true but R is false
97
Assertion (A) : The grapevine supplements the formal sources of information in the organisation. It has its usefulness in organisation life. Reason (R) : It creates an actual system of relationship in the organisation which is vastly different from what is formally prescribe
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
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Assertion (A) : Administrative State is the name given to that State in which the executive branch is dominate one even though it has the legislature and the judiciary. Reason (R) : The function of Publci Administration have expanded in scale, range and nature
Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
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Bureaucracy is the term usually applied to a system of Govt. to control of which is so completely in the hands of officials that their power jeopardise the liberty of ordinary citizens.' Who has given this statement ?
H J Laski
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Which one is major role of formal organisation ?
profitability of enterprises
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