hpsc.gov.in Public Administration Question Paper : Haryana Public Service Commission

Name of the Organization : Haryana Public Service Commission
Name of the Exam : HCS Preliminary Examination
Subject : Public Administration
Document Type : Previous Question Paper
Year : 2014

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Public Administration Question Paper :

Code : 16
Time Allowed : Two Hours
Marks: 100

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l. Who has defined Public Administration as “the work which the government does to give effect to a law.”
(A) Herbert Simon
(B) Dwight Waldo
(C) F.A. Nigro
(D) Harvey Walker

2. Who among the following first coined the term ‘Bureaucracy’
(A) Vincent de Gournay
(B) J.M. Pfiffner
(C) Max Weber
(D) F.W. Taylor

3. Red-Tapism does not involve
(A) Excessive routine and paperwork
(B) Reluctance to take decisions
(C) Administrative agencies misusing discretionary power
(D) Rapid application of rules

4. Public Administration as a science is challenged by:
(A) Urwick
(B) Robert Dahl
(C) Gullick
(D) None of the above

5. The Philosophical Approach to Public Administration:
(A) Uses administrative realities and acquaints the scholars with them
(B) Interprets the information pertaining to administrative agencies in chronological order
(C) Deals with formal structure, organization, powers and functions of public authorities
(D) Consider all facets of administrative activities

6. “The administration is politics since it must be responsive to the public interest”. This statement is given by : (A) Paul.H. Appleby (B) L. Urwick
(C) F.W. taylo
r (D) Henry Fayol

7. Who has authored Frontiers of Public Administration’?
(A) John Veig
(C) L.D. White
(B) J.M. Gaus
(D) F.W. Taylor

8. Who calls Classical Principles of Administration as proverbs?
(A) Herbert Simon
(B) A. Etizioni
(C) Chester Bernard
(D) Robert Presthus

9. Which among the following is rejected by the Human Relations Theory?
(A) Formal Instituti onali zation
(B) Human Motivation
(C) Informal Functioning
(D) None of the above

10. Who calls Classical Principles of Administration as proverbs?
(A) Herbert Simon
(B) A. Etizioni
(C) Chester Bernard
(D) Robert Presthus

I l. Which one of the following experiments was not included in the Hawthorne experiments?
(A) Bank Wiring Observation Room
(B) Relay Assembly Test Room
(C) Cutting Metals
(D)Great Illumination

12. The principles of Scientific Management developed by F W. Taylor did not include:
(A) Scientific selection and training
(B) Division of responsibility
(C) Esprit de corps
(D) Mental revolution

13. According to Herbert. A. Simon ‘Satisficing’ refers to satisfaction, that is:
(A) Subjective
(B) Good enough
(C) Client-oriented
(D) Objective

14. The numbers and range ofhabitual contacts between superior and subordinate is called as:
(A) Delegation
(B) Span of control
(C) Decentralization
(D) Division of work

15. Which of the following committee conduct the examination of Appropriator  Accounts?
(A) Estimates Committee
(B) Public Accounts Committee
(C) Committee on Subordinate Legislation
(D) Committee on Public Undertakings