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Name of the University : Uttarakhand Open University
Degree : B.A
Subject Code/Name : PA02 Public Administration in India
Year : I
Document Type : Old Question Papers
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Public Administration in India :
B.A.-10 (Bachelor of Art)
First Year, Examination 2012
Time : 3 Hours
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Max. Marks: 60
Note : The question paper is divided into three sections ‘A’ ‘B’ and ‘C’. Attempt questions of each section according to given instructions.
Section A
Long Answer Questions
Note : Answer any two questions. Each question carries 15 marks 15X2=30
Q.1 Discuss the composition, functions and powers of the Union Council of Ministers.
Q.2 What is public corporation? Explain their distinctive characteristics. For what purposes are they created?
Q.3 Discuss the Various methods of recruitment to civil service.
Q.4 Discuss the parliamentry control over Public Administration.
Section B
Short Answer Questions
Note : Answer any four questions. Each question carries 05 marks 5X4=20
Q.1 Describe the Emergency Power of the President of India.
Q.2 The Role of Prime Minister’s in contemporary politics.
Q.3 What do you understand by Budget-
Q.4 Describe the functions of Public Service Commission.
Q.5 Evaluate the various tools of Judicial control over Administration.
Q.6 Discuss the Development of Public Administration in Post-Independent India.
Q.7 Highlight the role of Public Administration in public Welfare activities.
Q.8 Point out the reason of increasing corruption in India. .
Section C
Objective Questions
Note : Answer all questions. Each question carries 01 mark.
1X10=10
Choose the correct alternative.
Q.1 73rd Constitutional Amendment is related
a. Rural local self Government
b. Urban Local self Government
c. Right to Information
d. None of these
Q.2 Under which article of Indian Constitution impeachment imposed on President of IndiaPA-
a. Article 356
b. Article 75
c. Article 76
d. Article 61
Q.3 Grant provided to state, from Indian Consolidated Fund on the recommendation of Central Government, by
a. Planning Commission
b. Finance Commission
c. Public Account Committee
d. Estimate Committee
Q.4 Who directs the name of Chairman of Indian Parliamentary Public Account Committee
a. Prime Minister
b. President
c. Speaker of Loksabha
d. Speaker of Rajyasabha
Q.5 Which one will not be sufficient base for declaration of National Emergency
a. war
b. External Attack
c. Armed revolt
d. Internal violence
Write true/false against the following :
Q.6 Prime Minister and his council of ministers are real Read in Union executive T/F
Q.7 Judicial control provides more legitimacy on Administration. T/F
Q.8 Right of Information Act passed in 2006. T/F
Q.9 One new All India service can be constructed by proposal of council of State T/F
Q.10 Jawahar Lal Nehru said to Government of India Act 1935 ‘A new authority letter of slavery.’ T/F
First Year Examination-2015 :
PA-02 Public Administration in India :
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 60
Note : This paper is of sixty (60) marks divided into three (03) sections A, B, and C. Attempt the questions contained in these sections according to the detailed instructions given therein.
Section – A : (Long Answer Type Questions)
Note : Section ‘A’ contains four (04) long-answer-type questions of fifteen (15) marks each. Learners are required to answer any two (02) questions only. (2×15=30)
1. Evaluate the role and functions of P.M.O. (Prime Minister’s Office).
2. Critically examine the parliamentary control over public expenditure in India.
3. Describe the Budget making process in India.
4. Evaluate various efforts of administrative reforms in India after independence.
Section – B : (Short Answer Type Questions)
Note : Section ‘B’ contains eight (08) short-answer-type questions of five (05) marks each. Learners are required to answer any four (04) questions only. (4×5=20)
1. Discuss the features of Indian administration after independence.
2. “The Prime Ministrer is the pivot of Indian Cabinet”. Clarify.
3. Examine the composition and functions of the Public Accounts Committee.
4. What do you understand by “Citizen Charter”? Explain its significance in the modern context.
5. Critically examine the Judicial Control over Administration.
6. Write a short note on Right to Information Act.
7. Explain varieties of corruption in administration.
8. Write a short note on welfare administration in India.