Top 250+ Solved Public Administration Theory and Practice MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Literally the term ‘administration’ means---------------------
a. Manage the laws
b. Manage the trade
c. Manage the affairs of public or private
d. Education
Q. Public administration is the sum total of all the activities undertaken in pursuit of and in fulfilment of public policy, belongs to which view?
a. Managerial view
b. Integral view
c. POSDCORB view
d. Subject matter view
Q. The human relations theory focussed on the
a. Physiological factors
b. biological factors
c. Social and psychological factors
d. Economic factors
Q. Who was the originator of Politics-administration dichotomy?
a. Woodrow Wilson
b. W.F.Willoughby
c. .Mary Parker Follet
d. Henry Fayol
Q. The ‘POSDCORB’ relates to the --------------- of the public administration?
a. Scope
b. Meaning
c. Purpose
d. Philosophy
Q. Which one of the following activities are not covered in ‘POSDCORB’?
a. Budgeting
b. Planning
c. Reporting
d. Discipline
Q. New Public administration laid emphasis on ------------
a. Economy and efficiency
b. Values and ethics
c. Behaviour of the public
d. None of the above
Q. Scalar chain refers to:
a. All managers in a company
b. Chain of command
c. Chain of communication
d. Chain of managers from top to bottom linked stepwise
Q. The name of Max Weber is associated with -------
a. Bureaucratic theory
b. System theory
c. Human relations theory
d. Administrative theory
Q. The primary focus of human relations theory is on:
a. Increasing labour productivity
b. Economic and efficiency
c. Individual as socio- psychological being and what motive him
d. None of the above
Q. The organisation theory which highlights the social and psychological influences on organisational behaviour is called:
a. human relations theory
b. system theory
c. bureaucratic theory
d. classical theory
Q. Which of the following are required in organisation as a process?
a. division of work
b. grouping jobs and departments
c. establishing authority relationship
d. all the three
Q. The history of evolution of the discipline of public administration is generally divided into:
a. four phases
b. three phases
c. six phases
d. five phases
Q. The integral view of public administration is supported by:
a. L D. White
b. Dimock
c. Gladden
d. all the above