Exam Details

Subject public administration
Paper
Exam / Course mains
Department
Organization Karnataka Public Service Commission
Position
Exam Date 2005
City, State karnataka,


Question Paper

2005 I20/1
PUBLIC ADMINISTRAliON
Paper 1
Time.' 8 Hours 1 Maximum Marhs 300

INSTRUCTIONS
Each question is printed both in English and in Kannada.
Answers /n1l8t be written in the medium specified (English or Kannada) in the Admission Tic/let issued to you, which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer book in the space provided for this purpose. No creda will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Ticket. In case of any doubt in the Kanrwda text, please refer to EnglIsh text.
This paper has four parts
A 20 marks
B 100 marks
C 90 marks
D 90 marks

Marks allotted to each question are indicated in each part.
All questions in Part Part B and Part Cure compulsory. Answer any three questions in Part D.

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PART A 4x5=L.L.
Answer each question in about 50 words. Each question carries 5 marks.
1. Define the scope of Public Administration in the contemporary world.

Explain the significance of having Line and Staff agencies in an administrative organization.


Enumerate the advantages of Delegation of Authority III the chain of command.


Cd) Discuss the usefulness of ensurmg Unity of Command in an organization.
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Answer each question in about 100 words.
10 marks.

1.
"Hierarchy is a method whereby the efforts of many individuals are geared together". -Explain.

2.
Describe the major steps in the process of planning in an organization.

3.
Explain the need and objectives of training in a public bureaucracy.

4.
Distinguish between Public and Private Administration.

5.
Explain the concept of 'Span of Control' in an organization.

6.
Does the Mechanistic or Structural-Functional theory of organization adequately capture the nature of modern Public Administration?

7.
What are the essential features of "Administrative Leadership"

8.
Explain "Position-Classification System" in modern Public Administration.

9.
What are the advantages/disadvantages of the Seniority Principle for promotion in modern organizations?

10.
In what ways is the Budget a tool of legislative control over the public purse?





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Answer each question En about 150 words. Each
15 marks.

1.
"Development Administration includes the entire process of nation-building both in its historical perspective and in the newly emerging states of the contemporary world". -Discuss.

2.
Why is Coordination called the "First Principle of Management"

3.
A good recruitment system is the backbone of Public Administration. -Discuss.

4.
What are the maIn principles of "Systems Theory" III Public Administration

5.
Explain what POSDCORB is in Public Administration.

6.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Single and Plural Headship of an organization.


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Answer any three of the following questions, each m Each question carries 30 marks.
1.
Discuss the-impact of the "Scientific Management Movement" in Public Administration.

2.
Discuss Herbert Simon's theory of Administrative Behaviour and its implication for the development of the discipline of Public Administration.

3.
The Public Corporation has been described as the "most important innovation in political organization and constitutional practice in the twentieth century". -Comment.

4.
Has the emergence of the concept of Public Policy redefined the scope and nature of Public Administration?

5.
Discuss the administrative implications of a federal structure of government.


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PUBLIC ADMINISTRAnON
Paper 2
Tune.' 3 Hours I [Maximum Marhs 300

INSTRUCTIONS
Each question is printed both m English and in Kannada.
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answers written a medium other than that specified in the
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please refer to English text.

'This paper has (our parts:
A 20 marks
B 100 marks
C 90 marks
D 90 marks

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All questions in Part Part B and Part C urc compulsory. Answer any three questions in Part D.
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PART A
Answer each question in about 50 words. Each question fl

1. Enumerate the basic features of the Civil Service in India.

Discuss the advantages/disadvantages of the Departemntal System in India.


Enumerate the main features of Performance Budgeting in India,


Explain the significance of the Central Services (Conduct) Rules of 1964.



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Answer each question in about 100 words. Each question carnes 10 marks.
1.
What are the techniques of 0 and M in India

2.
What are the terms of reference of the Finance Commission in India?

3.
What is the role' of the National Development Council in the planning process?

4.
What is meant by the "Merit System" Is it a feature of the Indian administrative system?

5.
Is the term "Steel Frame" still an adequate term to describe the Indian Administrative Service in India?

6.
What is the role played by the Auditor and Comptroller General of India?

7.
What are the principal characteristics of a Public Corporation which make it perferable to the departmental form of organization?

8.
Explain Parkinson's Law of Organization and its relevance 10 understanding the Indian Administrative Service.

9.
Identify the major policy formulation organs in the Indian government.

10.
What are the functions of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency?




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1.
The system of recruitment to the Indian Administrative Service was described in the immediate post-independence era as "not imaginative and aggressive enough". Is this true today?

2.
Describe the working of parliamentary control over delegated legislation in India.

3.
With the establishment of Panchayati Raj as a third constitutional tier of government, has the role of the District ColleetorlDeputy Commissioner undergone change?

4.
Has the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) contributed to poverty alleviation in India?

5.
Analyse the advantages of the Generalist versus the Specialist in administration in the Indian context.

6.
The Planning Commission was described as a "Super·Cabinet". Does it still retain its importance today?


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1. What, according to you, are the main legacies of Colonialism in the functioning of the administrative services in India?
2.
2. Discuss the working of financial relations between the Central and the
State governments in an era of liberalization.


3.
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4.
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5. Neutrality is a highly desirable feature of the Indian Administrative Service. -Discuss.

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