FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1992.
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all. All questions carry equal marks.
1. “The bureaucratic machinery necessary for implementing new social ideals invariably destroys them.” Comment upon this particular viewpoint in the context of the role of bureaucracy in a welfare state.
2. Write a detailed note on the various forms of administrative leadership.
3. Discuss the salient features of pubic personnel management in Pakistan. What kinds of reforms, if any, are needed to improve the system?
4. Describe the economic and socio-political ecology in which Pakistan's bureaucracy works. In what ways does it hinder efforts to promote efficiency in administrative processes?
5. Comment upon the state of administrative accountability in Pakistan. Are various forms of international and external controls sufficient to ensure accountability?
6. Analyse the recruitment system prevalent in the government of Pakistan. Also comment upon the advisability of the lateral entry policy as adopted in the early 1970s.
7. Trace the evolution of planning machinery in Pakistan and discuss its role in monitoring and evaluation of development programmes.
8. Describe various theories of organizations. Also discuss the principles governing organization development.