FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 1998.
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. Write an essay on, “The role of Public Administration in a modern welfare state”.
2. Identify the major schools of thought in administration. Give arguments in favour of a school of thought which may guide us to change the orientation of governmental administration in Pakistan from status-quo to development.
3. Define the concept of bureaucracy. Elaborate the performance of bureaucracy of Pakistan as a change agent.
4. Suggest with justification an appropriate leadership approach to make the ends of administrative and political leadership meet in a developing country having weak democratic institutions.
5. Discuss the problems of administrative accountability in Pakistan. How should we solve these problems?
6. Describe the structural and functional composition of planning machinery in Pakistan. How can the big between planning and implementation can be bridged to reduce the cost of development in future?
7. Prepare a list of salient features of the system of public personnel management in Pakistan. How the growing trend of political patronage can be checked to reduce the magnitude of corruption in public service.
8. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.
(1) The author of the book “Public Administration for a Welfare Sate” is written by:
(a) E. N. Gladden
(b) L. D. White
(c) Paul Appleby
(d) James W. Fesler
(2) The title of the book written by Charles F. Kennedy is:
(a) Research on the Bureaucracy of Pakistan
(b) The Human side of Enterprise
(c) Pakistan: the Enigma of Political Development
(d) The Bureaucracy of Pakistan
(3) The theory of “Ideal Model” Bureaucracy was presented by:
(a) Peter M. Blau
(b) Max Weber
(c) I. D. White
(d) Herbert A. Simon
(4) Scientific Management School of thought in administration was established by:
(a) F. W. Taylor
(b) E. N. Gladden
(c) Douglas McGregor
(d) Pfiffner and Presthus
(5) OMBUDSMAN is a word for:
(a) Government official
(b) Representative of People
(c) Business Executive
(d) A senior lawyer
(6) Communication feedback means:
(a) Processing of information
(b) Transmission of information
(c) Retrieval of information
(d) Monitoring through information
(7) Budgeting in Pakistan is based on:
(a) Performance units
(b) Performance packages
(c) Expenditure items
(d) Investment policies
(8) Under the centralized structure of organization communication flow is:
(a) Fast
(b) Slow
(9) Under the centralized structure of organization coordination becomes:
(a) Easy
(b) Difficult
(10) Ecology of Bureaucracy consists of:
(a) Internal environments
(b) External environments
(c) Internal and external environments
(d) Environmental isolation.