Public Administration – 50 Objective Questions
Public administration is the implementation of:
a) Laws and policies (a)
b) Military orders
c) Judiciary decisions
d) Elections only
Public administration deals with:
a) Management of government (a)
b) Trade
c) Army
d) Judiciary
Woodrow Wilson is called the:
a) Father of Public Administration (a)
b) Father of Political Science
c) Father of Sociology
d) Father of Economics
The main goal of public administration is:
a) Efficient delivery of services (a)
b) Military power
c) Tax collection only
d) Law making
Public administration is part of:
a) Political Science (a)
b) Economics only
c) Sociology only
d) History only
In India, the top bureaucrat in a ministry is:
a) Secretary (a)
b) Minister
c) Prime Minister
d) President
Civil services are:
a) Permanent executive personnel (a)
b) Military officials
c) Judges only
d) Politicians only
IAS stands for:
a) Indian Administrative Service (a)
b) Indian Army Service
c) Indian Audit Service
d) Indian Agriculture Service
IPS stands for:
a) Indian Police Service (a)
b) Indian Public Service
c) Indian Political Service
d) Indian Postal Service
Central Secretariat handles:
, a) Policy formulation (a)
b) Judiciary
c) Military
d) Election only
Public administration is concerned with:
a) Policy implementation (a)
b) Law making
c) Military
d) Trade only
Max Weber contributed to public administration by:
a) Bureaucracy theory (a)
b) Political theory
c) Military strategy
d) Economics
Features of bureaucracy include:
a) Hierarchy, specialization, rules (a)
b) Democracy only
c) Monarchy only
d) Dictatorship only
Span of control in bureaucracy means:
a) Number of subordinates a superior can manage (a)
b) Salary only
c) Power of PM
d) Military control
Delegation of authority ensures:
a) Decentralized decision making (a)
b) Centralization
c) Military control
d) Judiciary control
Line agencies are:
a) Directly responsible for achieving goals (a)
b) Advisory only
c) Judiciary
d) Army
Staff agencies are:
a) Advisory in nature (a)
b) Military
c) Tax authorities
d) Executive only
New Public Administration (NPA) emphasizes:
a) Social equity (a)
b) Military control
c) Tax collection
d) Judiciary only
Accountability in administration means:
a) Officials answerable to legislature or public (a)
b) Only PM control
c) President control
Public administration is the implementation of:
a) Laws and policies (a)
b) Military orders
c) Judiciary decisions
d) Elections only
Public administration deals with:
a) Management of government (a)
b) Trade
c) Army
d) Judiciary
Woodrow Wilson is called the:
a) Father of Public Administration (a)
b) Father of Political Science
c) Father of Sociology
d) Father of Economics
The main goal of public administration is:
a) Efficient delivery of services (a)
b) Military power
c) Tax collection only
d) Law making
Public administration is part of:
a) Political Science (a)
b) Economics only
c) Sociology only
d) History only
In India, the top bureaucrat in a ministry is:
a) Secretary (a)
b) Minister
c) Prime Minister
d) President
Civil services are:
a) Permanent executive personnel (a)
b) Military officials
c) Judges only
d) Politicians only
IAS stands for:
a) Indian Administrative Service (a)
b) Indian Army Service
c) Indian Audit Service
d) Indian Agriculture Service
IPS stands for:
a) Indian Police Service (a)
b) Indian Public Service
c) Indian Political Service
d) Indian Postal Service
Central Secretariat handles:
, a) Policy formulation (a)
b) Judiciary
c) Military
d) Election only
Public administration is concerned with:
a) Policy implementation (a)
b) Law making
c) Military
d) Trade only
Max Weber contributed to public administration by:
a) Bureaucracy theory (a)
b) Political theory
c) Military strategy
d) Economics
Features of bureaucracy include:
a) Hierarchy, specialization, rules (a)
b) Democracy only
c) Monarchy only
d) Dictatorship only
Span of control in bureaucracy means:
a) Number of subordinates a superior can manage (a)
b) Salary only
c) Power of PM
d) Military control
Delegation of authority ensures:
a) Decentralized decision making (a)
b) Centralization
c) Military control
d) Judiciary control
Line agencies are:
a) Directly responsible for achieving goals (a)
b) Advisory only
c) Judiciary
d) Army
Staff agencies are:
a) Advisory in nature (a)
b) Military
c) Tax authorities
d) Executive only
New Public Administration (NPA) emphasizes:
a) Social equity (a)
b) Military control
c) Tax collection
d) Judiciary only
Accountability in administration means:
a) Officials answerable to legislature or public (a)
b) Only PM control
c) President control
