Top 250+ Solved Public Administration Theory and Practice MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The word “POSDCORB” was coined by:
a. J M. Pfiffner
b. Marshal Dimock
c. Luther Gullick
d. L D. White
Q. Which of the following is the main point of difference between public administration and private administration?
a. Profit motive
b. Public responsibility
c. Nature of functions
d. All the above
Q. Which of the following statement is correct regarding the increasingly important role of public administration in modern state?
a. The complexities of the modern industrial and urbanised world
b. It is a great instrument of social change
c. Concept of welfare state and total war
d. All the above
Q. The term “development administration” was first coined by:
a. Fred W. Riggs
b. Edward W. Weidner
c. Goswami
d. Joseph la Palombra
Q. Which of the following is a feature of Max Weber’s bureaucratic organisation?
a. A well defined hierarchy
b. Division of labour based on functional specialisation
c. Office holder cannot appropriate his office
d. All the above.
Q. Which of the following is required in organisation as a process
a. Division of work
b. Grouping jobs and departments
c. Establishing authority relationships
d. All the three above
Q. Which of the following is important in the organisational structure?
a. Well defined jobs
b. Coordination.
c. Clarifying authority and power
d. All the above.
Q. Which of the following is not one of the principles of organisation?
a. Hierarchy or scalar principle
b. Staffing
c. Unity of command
d. Span of control
Q. Hierarchy means:
a. Officials at different levels of organisation.
b. Control of the higher over the lower
c. Gang plank
d. All of these
Q. The principle of scalar chain was devised by
a. Henry Fayol
b. L.Urwick
c. Frederick Taylor
d. Chester .I.Bernar
Q. Which of the following is not relevant to the position classification in public services?
a. It emphasises and simplicises personal administration
b. It ensures equal pay for equal work
c. It protects public services from political interference
d. It facilitates the problem of recruitment
Q. Which of the following activities is included in staffing?
a. Recruitment
b. selection
c. transfers
d. All the above
Q. Why is recruitment through public service commission considered necessity for public services?
a. Recruitment through independent agency shall ensure that the selection of candidates is based on merit
b. Government departments are not competent to do that job
c. Selection has become too technical a job in modern state
d. None of the above
Q. The executive power of the Union government in India is vested by the constitution ------
a. The Prime Minister
b. The President
c. The Cabinet
d. None of the above