Top 250+ Solved Public Administration Theory and Practice MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The functions of public management are described in PODSCORB by:
a. Henry Fayol
b. Luther Gullick
c. Frederick Taylor
d. none of these
Q. Which of the following is not a part of the departmental organisation?
a. Line agency
b. voluntary agency
c. staff agency
d. auxiliary agency
Q. Which is the most widely prevalent form of governmental organisation
a. Public corporation
b. Independent regulatory commission
c. Department
d. Public limited company
Q. Which of the following functions is not performed by a staff agency?
a. To do research and to provide information
b. To take decisions
c. Contact and liaison
d. Assisting the line.
Q. Which of the following is a true statement about staff agencies?
a. They stand outside the main line of administrative hierarchy.
b. They are an expansion of the personality of the chief executive
c. They are a help or reinforcement.
d. All the above
Q. Which of the following is not an advantage of the auxiliary agencies?
a. they secure economy in the administration
b. they ensure specialisation of functions
c. they help save the time of line agencies
d. helpful to all organisations ,even small ones
Q. Which of the following is not a staff agency in India?
a. Cabinet secretariat
b. planning commission
c. union public service commission
d. Monopolies and restricted trade practices commission
Q. The establishment of Independent Regulatory Commissions is a feature of the system of administration?
a. British
b. Chinese
c. American
d. Indian
Q. The Independent Regulatory Commissions perform
a. regulatory functions
b. administrative functions
c. quasi-judicial functions
d. all the above
Q. Public corporations are created to perform:
a. Economic functions
b. civil functions
c. regulatory functions
d. police functions
Q. The creation of public corporations was necessitated due to :
a. governments undertaking commercial and financial functions
b. increasing demand made by the public
c. inability of the governments to levy more and more taxes
d. historical reasons
Q. Bureau type or single-head agency is not suitable because:
a. It can lead to one man’s despotism
b. It cannot resist political pressure
c. It cannot avoid political partiality
d. All the three above
Q. Span of control is concerned with
a. Number of field establishments which can be controlled by the head quarters
b. Number of levels of authority which can be created in an organisation.
c. Determining the number of subordinates to be supervised by each manager
d. None of the above
Q. It is recognised that the span of control varies with:
a. Function ,personality, time, space
b. Personality and function
c. Time and space
d. All the four above
Q. Administrative accountability is enforced through such means as;
a. Legislative surveillance
b. Judicial review
c. Ministerial responsibility
d. All the three above