FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1996.
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS:100
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all. Including question No. 8 which is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Identify the major school of through in Administration. Give a detailed account of one of these schools.
2. Enumerate critical problems of coordination in Public Administration in Pakistan. Suggest a comprehensive solution to solve these problems,
3. Define Public Administration. What changes do you foresee in the role of government to meet the demands of the public in the twenty-first century?
4. Describe the elementary elements of financial administration. How the system of financial administration can be made efficient and trustworthy by using the principles of Budgeting, Accounting and Auditing?
5. Highlight the negative and positive characteristics of Bureaucracy. Examine the role of the Civil Servant of Pakistan as a change agent.
6. How the speed and accuracy of communication process can be increased in an organization to solve the chronic problems of administrative delays?
7. Describe the organization and functions of Wafaqi Mohtasib (OMBUDSMAN) in Pakistan.
8. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.
(1) The first text-book of Public Administration was written by:
(a) W. F. Willoughby
(b) Leonard D. White
(c) Frederick W. Taylor
(d) Woodrow Wilson
(2) The Ideal model of Bureaucracy was propounded by:
(a) Henri Fayol
(b) Marshal Dimock
(c) Dwight Waldo
(d) Max Weber
(3) According to Scientific Management School of Administration:
(a) Human motivation affect to better performance
(b) Social relationships affect the good performance
(c) Political patronage is necessary for good performance
(d) Economic incentives lead to better performance.
(4) In a democratic politico-administrative system, the leadership pattern is:
(a) Authoritarian
(b) Aristocratic
(c) Charismatic
(d) Participative
(5) Administrative accountability is established in the public service by:
(a) Communication
(b) Coordination
(c) Cooperation
(d) Control
(6) Planning machinery in Pakistan is:
(a) Highly centralized
(b) Highly decentralized
(c) Highly independent of federating units
(d) Highly dependent on federating units
(7) The Humanistic Theory of Organization considers that:
(a) Human relationships are atomistic
(b) Human behaviour is completely rationalistic
(c) Individuals are immune from control of groups and other social factors
(d) Formal and informal organizations coincide in a healthy organization.
(8) Public personnel management in Pakistan is based on:
(a) Merit system
(b) Spoils system
(c) Patronage system
(d) Aristocratic system
(9) The speed and accuracy of communications is faster and better in:
(a) Centralized organization structure.
(b) Decentralized organization structure
(c) Under close supervision
(d) Under wide span of supervision
(10) The Comptroller and Auditor General of Pakistan is appointed by:
(a) Prime Minister of Pakistan
(b) President of Pakistan
(c) Establishment Division
(d) Federal Public Service Commission