Top 250+ Solved Public Administration Theory and Practice MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which of the following help establish accountability in the administration
a. Decentralisation
b. Delegation of authority
c. Devolution or deconcentration
d. All the above
Q. Which of the following is not a principle of effective delegation?
a. Responsibility is absolute and cannot be delegated
b. Authority to have parity with responsibility
c. Limits of authority to be well defined
d. No need to delegate in small organisation
Q. In delegation of authority,where no third person or intermediate link intervenes between the two parties to the delegation it is called :
a. Direct or immediate delegation
b. Indirect or mediate delegation
c. Full delegation
d. Partial delegation
Q. Which of the following does not influence decentralisation in an organisation?
a. Nature of growth of an organisation
b. Extent of diversification
c. Outlook of top management
d. Nearness to the head quarters
Q. Which of the following powers cannot be delegated?
a. Power to sanction new policies and plans
b. Supervision of the work of the first line or immediate subordinates
c. General financial supervision
d. All the above
Q. Some of the technique of coordination are mentioned below. Which of them is not a technique of voluntary coordination?
a. prior reference, consultation and clearance
b. organisational hierarchy
c. conference
d. standardization of procedure
Q. Dicey’s name is associated with:
a. ecological study of public administration
b. organisational hierarchy
c. Rule of Law
d. scientific theory of management
Q. The system Rule of Law as adopted many countries, developed in:
a. USA
b. UK
c. Switzerland
d. Germany
Q. Which of the following is an attribute of the Rule of Law?
a. all the persons are equal before law
b. all the persons whether officials or non-officials are responsible to the ordinary court of
c. right and liberties of the citizens emanate from the rule of law rather than constitutional guarantees
d. all the above
Q. Which of the following does not come within the ambit of administrative law?
a. illegal acts done by officials not in their official capacity
b. claims against government
c. remedies against administrative action
d. problems of public personals
Q. Which of the following responsible for the growth of administrative law?
a. expansion of the functions of the government
b. social and economic consequences in industrial revolution
c. increasing complexities of the modern administration
d. all the above
Q. Generally the leaders are of the three types . Which of the following is not one of them?
a. authoritarian
b. democratic
c. traditional
d. charismatic
Q. Which of the following functions are assigned to leadership?
a. goal settings
b. designing jobs
c. communication
d. all the three above
Q. Which of the following ways are useful for securing coordination in the organisation?
a. clarifying authority and responsibility
b. facilitating effective communications
c. through leadership
d. all the three above