Deck 3: Administrative Law and Public Service Recruitment

Question 1

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

Answer 1

illegal acts done by officials not in their official capacity

Question 2

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

Answer 2

all the above

Question 3

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

Answer 3

traditional

Question 4

Which of the following functions are assigned to leadership?

A) goal settings
B) designing jobs
C) communication
D) all the three above

Question 5

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

Question 6

Coordination to be effective must not be:

A) intermittent
B) encourage through participative management
C) horizontal as well as vertical
D) started at the outset of the activity

Question 7

Luther Gullick mentions some difficulties in the way of effective coordination. Which of the following is not among them ?

A) uncertainty of the future
B) lack of knowledge and experience in the leaders
C) size and complexity of the organisation
D) lack of administrative skill and technique

Question 8

Which of the following is out of place here in the communication process?

A) sender and the receiver
B) communication channel
C) symbols of feedback
D) none of the above

Question 9

Which of the following can create barriers in communication?

A) mechanical problems
B) organisational problems
C) personal problems
D) all the three above

Question 10

Which of the following will acts an incentive to motivate employees?

A) work recognition
B) job security
C) promotion
D) all these

Question 11

The part of the management which deals with human element in the organisation is known as .......

A) personal management
B) manpower management
C) human resources management
D) any of the three above

Question 12

The theory of bureaucracy was developed by:

A) Max Webber
B) Gullick
C) Fayol
D) Piffiner

Question 13

The tradition of neutrality of public services was developed in:

A) india
B) U K
C) France
D) USA

Question 14

Which of the following features of bureaucracy is mentioned by max Webber?

A) offices are ordered in a hierarchy
B) there is a complete segregation of official activity from private life
C) official duties are conducted in a spirit of impersonality
D) all the three above

Question 15

Spoil system of recruitment of public services was prevalent in:

A) India
B) USA
C) UK
D) France

Question 16

Which of the following functions does not belong to civil service?

A) giving advice
B) programme and operational planning
C) production of services
D) policy formulation

Question 17

Which system of recruitment of public service is prevalent in India?

A) merit system
B) spoil system
C) authoritative system
D) semi -merit system

Question 18

Which of the following systems of recruitment is most widely prevalent in modern states?

A) merit system
B) spoil system
C) authoritative system
D) semi -merit system

Question 19

Which of the following is not the consequence of spoil system of recruitment?

A) sheer efficiency
B) political corruption
C) no relation between job and fitness of the candidate
D) permanent tenure

Question 20

Which of the following is relevant to the merit system of recruitment?

A) public servant will have restricted political rights
B) permanent tenure of office of public servant
C) independent and neutral agency to conduct recruitment into public services
D) all the above

Question 21

Promotion in public service or recruitment from within is justified on certain grounds which of the following is a valid justification?

A) it is a reward for honest and hard work
B) it is free from the defects which are inherent in direct
C) it is essential element of the career service
D) all the above

Question 22

The chairman of the UPSC is appointed by:

A) President of India
B) Governor
C) Prime Minister
D) Chief Justice of India

Question 23

The chairman and members of the UPSC are appointed by:

A) President of India
B) Governor
C) Prime Minister
D) Chief Justice of India

Question 24

The members of the State PSCs appointed by:

A) President of India
B) Governor
C) Prime Minister
D) Chief Justice of India