Q1. Who is regarded as the Father of Public Administration?
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Max Weber
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Herbert Simon
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Woodrow Wilson
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Gulick
Answer: 3
Explanation: Wilson’s 1887 essay The Study of Administration established Public Administration as a separate discipline.
Q2. Who gave the Scientific Management Theory?
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Elton Mayo
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Fayol
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F.W. Taylor
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L.D. White
Answer: 3
Explanation: Taylor emphasized efficiency through time study, motion study and standardization.
Q3. POSDCORB was introduced by—
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Fayol
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Luther Gulick
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Max Weber
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Elton Mayo
Answer: 2
Explanation: POSDCORB = Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting, Budgeting.
Q4. Who propounded the Bureaucratic Model of administration?
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Weber
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Simon
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Taylor
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Gulick
Answer: 1
Explanation: Weber’s ideal bureaucracy consists of hierarchy, rules, merit system, specialization and impersonality.
Q5. The Human Relations Theory was developed by—
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Elton Mayo
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Taylor
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Weber
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Follett
Answer: 1
Explanation: Based on Hawthorne experiments, emphasizing morale, motivation & informal groups.
Q6. The concept of Development Administration was popularised by—
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Herbert Simon
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Edward Weidner
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Riggs
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Waldo
Answer: 2
Explanation: Weidner defined administration focused on socio-economic development & nation-building.
Q7. The New Public Administration emphasizes—
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Value-neutrality
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Efficiency only
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Relevance, equity & change
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Bureaucratic hierarchy
Answer: 3
Explanation: NPA calls for social justice, citizen-orientation and change-oriented administration.
Q8. Bounded Rationality is associated with—
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Weber
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Simon
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Taylor
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Gulick
Answer: 2
Explanation: Simon argued decision-makers operate under limited information and constraints.
Q9. Comparative Public Administration focuses on—
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Only Western systems
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Cross-cultural comparison of administrative systems
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Study of rules and regulations
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Judicial procedures
Answer: 2
Explanation: CPA compares administrative systems to identify differences and patterns.
Q10. New Public Management emphasizes—
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State monopoly
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Market orientation, privatization & efficiency
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Excessive hierarchy
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Political control
Answer: 2
Explanation: NPM introduces private-sector managerial practices into public sector administration.
Assertion – Reason Questions
Q11
Assertion (A): Weberian bureaucracy is based on rational-legal authority.
Reason (R): It emphasizes written rules, hierarchy and merit-based recruitment.
Answer: Both A and R true, R explains A
Q12
Assertion (A): NPM seeks to transform public administration into more efficient systems.
Reason (R): It promotes decentralization and customer-oriented service delivery.
Answer: Both A and R are true & R explains A
Match the Following
Q13
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| A. Weber | 1. Ideal bureaucracy |
| B. Simon | 2. Decision-making theory |
| C. Riggs | 3. Prismatic model |
| D. Taylor | 4. Scientific management |
Answer: A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
Q14
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| A. Elton Mayo | 1. Human relations |
| B. Gulick | 2. POSDCORB |
| C. Weidner | 3. Development Administration |
| D. Wilson | 4. Study of Public Administration (1887) |
Answer: A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
Short Explanation Notes (Simple & Clear)
1. Evolution of Public Administration
| Phase | Features |
|---|---|
| Classical | Efficiency, hierarchy, rules |
| Neo-classical | Human factors & informality |
| Modern |
Decision-making & systems theory |
| NPA | Equity, values & change |
| NPM |
Privatization, competition & result orientation |
2. Key Approaches
| Approach | Key Focus |
|---|---|
| Scientific management | Productivity |
| Bureaucratic | Rational structure |
| Human relations | Motivation |
| Behavioural | Decision-making |
| Systems approach | Input–Output interactions |
| Ecological (Riggs) |
Society–administration relationship |
3. Development Administration
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Administrative systems promoting development goals
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Features: planning, participation, administrative reform, nation building
4. New Public Management
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Privatization, performance measurement, PPP, decentralization, e-governance
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Citizens treated as customers
5. Comparative Public Administration
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Studies administrative systems in cross-cultural context
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Uses ecological and structural–functional models