Dear All,

I am starting this thread to submit the mcqs "Topic Vise" & will be using sultan khan's book for the purpose. I have read book for CSS-2010 attempt and have started for CSS-2011 with subject. I hope you will find it use full.

1. Aristotle's "Politics" & Machiavelli's "The Prince" are the books discussing:

a. Public Administration.
b. Political Science.
c. Sociology.
d. None

2. The practice of public admin traces back its history to ancient times but the formal study of the subject started after.

a. World War II
b. World War I
c. American revolution
d. None of These

3. PA was taught to the probationary officers by the prof. of cameral sciences and then the experts of legislative sciences in:

a. Persia
b. Egypt
c. Syria
d. China
e. None

4. An Essay in 1887 paved the way for the formal study of PA, the essay was written by:

a. Woodrow wilson
b. Pfiffner
c. Gulick
d. Urwick

5. The history of PA can be divided into how many stages:
a. five stages
b. six stages
c. seven stages
d. none

6. "The study of public administration" was written by:

a. woodrow wilson
b. gulic
c. none

7. who wrote the book "politics and administration"
a. woodrow wilson
b. gulic
c. none

8. which era of PA is known as era of "Politics-Administration Dichotomy"
a. 1st
b. 2nd
c. Last
d. none

9. Introduction to the study of public administration" was written by Dr. LD white in which year:

a. 1925
b. 1926
c. 1927
d. none

10. Wolloughbay, Follet, Fayol, Urwick & Gulick publised paper and wrote book to inforce which idea:

a. "Politics-Administration Dichotomy"
b. "Humanitarian approach in study of PA"
c. "mechanistic approach
d. None

11. Who coined the term POSDCORB:

a. Gulick
b. urwick
c. White
d. None

12. Experiments conducted at General Electric in 1920 were centered to study:

a. Huminstic structure of administration
b. Mechanistic structure of administartion
c. Formal structure of administration
d. none

13. Function of the executive" was a book discussing humanitarian approach to administration written by:

a. Simon
b. Rober dhal
c. Chester Barnard
d. none

14. Peter Drucker published his book "Practise of management" in which year:

a. 1953
b. 1954
c. 1955
d. none

15. Administrative behavior" was written by:

a. Simon
b. Rober dhal
c. Chester Barnard
d. none


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16. Honey report on Higher Education for public services, Philadelphia conference and Minnobrook conference marked the start of the which state of PA:

1. Final
2. Second
3. Third
4. None

17. New public administration in 1971 was written by:

a. Mirini
b. Dwight waldo
c. Simon
d. None

18. Which of the following does not consider the PA as the enforcement of Law.

a. LD White
b. woodrow wilson
c. gulick
d. None

19. Who is of the opinion that all the three branches of govt. come under PA

a. LD White
b. woodrow wilson
c. willoughbay
d. None


20. Who described the managerial view of PA with 3 M's

a. LD White
b. woodrow wilson
c. Maqueen
d. None

21. Who described the PA into Principles and spheres while preaching subject matter approach to it:

a. Pfiffner
b. woodrow wilson
c. Maqueen
d. None

22. who divided the subject into Administrative theory and Applied administration while enforceing the subject view:

a. Pfiffner
b. woodrow wilson
c. Walker
d. None


[This ends the First Part, Plz comment, suggest i will post answers soon.]

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Please continue your contribution. Waiting for your more material on this subject.

1. The task of administration is not political and not technical is amongst the assumption of:

a. The classical approach
b. The scientific approach
c. The ecological approach
d. none

2. LD White, Gulick and urwick supports:

a. The classical approach
b. The scientific approach
c. The ecological approach
d. none

3. which requires complete dichotomy of politics and administration:

a. The classical approach
b. The scientific approach
c. The ecological approach
d. none


4. In 1940, who rejected the classical approach stating that dichotomy of politics and administration is not possible:

a. urwick
b. galock
c. white
d. pfiffner
e. none


5. F W taylor was basically:

a. an engineer
b. a sociologist
c. an economist
d. a prose writer

6. Adovcaters of scientific approach was not supported by one of the following:

a. mooney
b. Frank
c. gilbirth
d. white


7. Which approaches develops mechanical organization under mechanical laws:

a. The classical approach
b. The scientific approach
c. The ecological approach
d. none


8. Which approach established dichotomy of politics and administration:

a. The classical approach
b. The scientific approach
c. The ecological approach
d. none

9. Chester Bernard and Herber simon provided bases for which of the following:

a. The classical approach
b. The scientific approach
c. The ecological approach
d. none

10. Which of the following is not true for humanitarian approach

a. it is empirical and factual
b. it pays attention to individuals
c. it pays attention to informal relations in organization
d. none

11. which of the following is not the area of the study of humanitarian approaches to PA

a. role of individual
b. leadership in organization
c. group dynamics
d. motivation and satisfaction
e. none of these
f. all of above

12. Gaus, Fred, and rober dahl were the supports of which of the following:

a. The classical approach
b. The scientific approach
c. The ecological approach
d. none


13. Reflections on public administration was written by whom in 1940

a. Gaus
b. Fred
c. rober dahl
d. none

14. The case study approach was first developed in 1930 in:

a. usa
b. britain
c. france
d. russia


15. The word "case study is borrowed from

a. administrative law
b. social sciences
c. mathematics
d. none

16. Which approach to the study of PA puts lights on the reasons on which a decision was made:

a. The classical approach
b. The scientific approach
c. The case study approach
d. none

17. NIPA in Pakistan are NOT meant to provide services to which grade of govt. officers.

a. 17
b. 18
c. 19
d. 20

18. The district management training institute has been located in:

a. Islamabad
b. Karachi
c. Lahore
d. Peshawar


19. At provincial level the training for revenue admin, judicial administration is provided to internees at institute located in:

a. Islamabad
b. Karachi
c. Lahore
d. Peshawar


20. CTP programme of CSS probationers are conduted at CSA located in:

a. Islamabad
b. Karachi
c. Lahore
d. Peshawar

21. The principle of state policy was declared in which constitution;

a. 1949
b. 1956
c. 1973
d. none

22. According to the article 41 of the constitution of 1973, which is the head of the state elected by the members of the national assembely:

a. President
b. Prime Minister
c. Faderal ombudsman
d. None

23. Federal Cabinet consists of how many ministreis:

a. 33
b. 34
c. 35
d. none of these

24. The no. of minister for state in Pakistan is:

a. 19
b. 20
c. 21
d. 22
e. none of these

25. The number of advisers to the Prime Minister in accordance with the constitution of 1973 is three, which one of the following is not included in the list:

a. Adviser (Establishment Division)
b. Adviser (Political Affairs)
c. Adviser (Finance)
d. Adviser (Foreign Affairs)

26. Which of the following is not the area of EXCLUSIVE Federal Jurisdiction in accordance with the constitution of 1973:

a. Defence of the faderation
b. External Affairs
c. Citizenship and nationality
d. Foreign Exchange


27. Civil Services currently consists of how many groups:

a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. none

28. According to which article the strength of the senate is defined:

a. 159 of 1973
b. 158 of 1973
c. 160 of 1965
d. none of the above


29. The no. of members from each province in senate is:

a. 22
b. 23
c. 24
d. none

30. The no. of ulema in the senate is:

a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 12


31. The total members of senate is:

a. 100
b. 102
c. 110
d. 120

32. The lower house of national assembly consists of how many members:

a. 345
b. 342
c. 339

33. In case the national assembly is dis-solved the next election are to be held in time frame of:

a. 90 days
b. 120 days
c. 100 days
d. as per the discretion of president

It has been a long time since i posted on this thread, but today i found this thread refereed to my USER CP so i goggled out the topic and have found some more on PA, I hope these will be useful.

Public Administration Multiple Choice Questions (Solved)

1. Which of the following administrative thinkers has defined administration as “the organization and direction of human and material resources to achieve desired ends” ?
(A) L. D. White
(B) J. M. Pfiffner
(C) J. A. Veig
(D) H. A. Simon
Ans : (B)

2. Which one of the following statements is not correct in respect of New Public Management ?
(A) It has market orientation
(B) It upholds public interest
(C) It advocates managerial autonomy
(D) It focuses on performance appraisal
Ans : (B)

3. ‘Good Governance’ and ‘Participating Civil Society for Development’ were stressed in World Bank Report of—
(A) 1992
(B) 1997
(C) 2000
(D) 2003
Ans : (A)

4. If the administrative authority within a department is vested in a single individual, then that system is known as—
(A) Board
(B) Bureau
(C) Commission
(D) Council
Ans : (B)

5. Globalisation means—
(A) Financial market system is centered in a single state
(B) The growth of a single unified world market
(C) Geographical location of a firm is of utmost importance
(D) Foreign capitalist transactions
Ans : (B)

6. By whom was the ‘Managerial Grid’ developed ?
(A) Blake and White
(B) Blake and Schmidt
(C) Blake and Mouton
(D) Mouton and Shophan
Ans : (C)

7. Who among the following says that public administration includes the operations of only the executive branch of government ?
(A) L. D. White and Luther Gulick
(B) L. D. White
(C) Luther Gulick
(D) W. F. Willoughby
Ans : (C)

8. The concept of the ‘zone of indifference’ is associated with—
(A) Decision-Making
(B) Leadership
(C) Authority
(D) Motivation
Ans : (C)

9. Who has analysed the leadership in terms of ‘circular response’ ?
(A) C. I. Barnard
(B) M. P. Follett
(C) Millet
(D) Taylor
Ans : (B)

10. Simon proposed a new concept of administration based on the methodology of—
(A) Decision-making
(B) Bounded rationality
(C) Logical positivism
(D) Satisfying
Ans : (C)

11. Who wrote the book ‘Towards A New Public Administration : The Minnowbrook Perspective’ ?
(A) Frank Marini
(B) Dwight Waldo
(C) C. J. Charlesworth
(D) J. M. Pfiffner
Ans : (A)

12. Who rejected the principles of administration as ‘myths’ and ‘proverbs’ ?
(A) W. F. Willoughby
(B) Herbert Simon
(C) Chester Barnard
(D) L. D. White
Ans : (B)

13. The classical theory of administration is also known as the—
(A) Historical theory
(B) Mechanistic theory
(C) Locational theory
(D) Human Relations theory
Ans : (B)

14. How many principles of organization were propounded by Henry Fayol ?
(A) 10
(B) 14
(C) 5
(D) 9
Ans : (B)

15. Simon was positively influenced by ideas of—
(A) Terry
(B) Barnard
(C) L. D. White
(D) Henry Fayol
Ans : (B)

16. Negative motivation is based on—
(A) Fear
(B) Reward
(C) Money
(D) Status
Ans : (A)

17. ‘Job loading’ means—
(A) Shifting of an employee from one job to another
(B) Deliberate upgrading of responsibility, scope and challenge
(C) Making the job more interesting
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)

18. The theory of ‘Prismatic Society’ in Public Administration is based on—
(A) Study of public services in developed and developing countries
(B) Institutional comparision of public administration in developed countries
(C) Structural-functional analysis of public administration in developing countries
(D) Historical studies of public administration in different societies
Ans : (C)

19. Who among the following is an odd thinker ?
(A) Taylor
(B) Maslow
(C) Herzberg
(D) Likert
Ans : (A)

20. Which of the following is not included in ‘hygiene’ factors in the Herzberg’s two-factor theory of motivation ?
(A) Salary
(B) Working conditions
(C) Company’s policy
(D) Responsibility
Ans : (D)

21. The ‘Gang-Plank’ refers to—
(A) Discipline
(B) Initiative
(C) Equity
(D) Level jumping
Ans : (D)

22. The history of evolution of the Public Administration is generally divided into—
(A) Three phases
(B) Four phases
(C) Five phases
(D) Six phases
Ans : (C)

23. Henry Fayol’s General theory of Administration is applicable at—
(A) Policy management level
(B) Top management level
(C) Middle management level
(D) Workshop management level
Ans : (B)

24. F. W. Taylor, the founding father of Scientific Management movement propounded the theory which was conceived to be a scientific methodology of—
(A) Careful observation
(B) Measurement
(C) Generalisation
(D) All of these
Ans : (D)

25. In which of the following are public and private administrations not common ?
(A) Filing
(B) Managerial techniques
(C) Scope and complexity
(D) Accounting
Ans : (C)

26. Bureaucracy that is committed to the programmes of the political party in power is called—
(A) Depoliticised bureaucracy
(B) Semi-politicised bureaucracy
(C) Committed bureaucracy
(D) Fully politicised bureaucracy
Ans : (C)

27. The principle of ‘span of control’ means—
(A) An employee should receive orders from one superior only
(B) The number of subordinate employees that an administrator can effectively direct
(C) The control or supervision of the superior over the subordinate
(D) The number of people being controlled
Ans : (B)

28. Which of the following is not a function of staff agency ?
(A) Planning
(B) Advising
(C) Consultation
(D) Achieving goals
Ans : (D)

29. Which of the following is not a staff agency in India ?
(A) Cabinet Secretariat
(B) Cabinet Committees
(C) Planning Commission
(D) Economic Affairs Department
Ans : (D)

30. In hierarchy, the term ‘scalar’ means—
(A) Step
(B) Ladder
(C) Position
(D) Process
Ans : (B)

31. The 4Ps theory of departmentalization as advocated by Luther Gulick are—
(A) Purpose, process, plan, place
(B) Place, person, programme, process
(C) Purpose, process, place, programme
(D) Purpose, process, person, place
Ans : (D)

32. One who tells one’s supervisor anything detrimental to an associate is called—
(A) A squealer
(B) A rate buster
(C) A chiseller
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

33. According to Urwick, where the work is of a more simple and routine nature, the span of control varies from—
(A) 9 to 12
(B) 8 to 12
(C) 7 to 9
(D) 10 to 12
Ans : (B)

34. Delegation of authority by a Sales Manger to his saleman is an example of—
(A) Upward delegation
(B) Sideward delegation
(C) Downward delegation
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

35. A virtual organisation is—
(A) One which has profit as the major goal
(B) One in which leadership always tends to fulfil psychological needs of the subordinates
(C) A small, core organization that outsources major busi-ness functions
(D) One which has concern of the employees as its top priority
Ans : (C)

36. The most effective means of citizen’s control over administration is—
(A) Election
(B) Pressure Groups
(C) Advisory Committees
(D) Public Opinion
Ans : (A)

37. The Santhanam Committee on prevention of corruption was appointed in—
(A) 1961
(B) 1964
(C) 1963
(D) 1962
Ans : (D)

38. The first country in the world to introduce the right to information was—
(A) Norway
(B) USA
(C) Sweden
(D) Finland
Ans : (C)

39. What is meant by the Doctrine of State Immunity ?
(A) The State is immune to being sued
(B) The State can be sued but not in the national courts
(C) The State cannot be sued in its own court without its consent
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

40. ‘Habeas Corpus’ literally means—
(A) To have the body of
(B) To command
(C) To prohibit
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

41. The system of ‘Rule of Law’ was propounded by—
(A) A. V. Dicey
(B) Lowell
(C) W. F. Willoughby
(D) H. Finer
Ans : (A)

42. Who says that “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” ?
(A) L. D. White
(B) Lord Beveridge
(C) Lord Acton
(D) Josiah Stamp
Ans : (C)

44. If a public servant imposes upon the citizens duties and obligations which are not required by law, it
can lead to—
(A) Error of law
(B) Abuse of power
(C) Error of authority
(D) Error of fact finding
Ans : (B)

45. Of which of the following administrative systems is the absence of judicial review a feature ?
1. USA
2. UK
3. France
4. India
(A) 3
(B) 2 and 3
(C) 1 and 3
(D) 2
Ans : (B)

46. The present constitution of the USA was adopted in—
(A) 1786
(B) 1778
(C) 1787
(D) 1789
Ans : (C)

47. ‘Grand Corps’ in French Civil Service stands for—
(A) Senior level of specialist administrators
(B) Senior level of generalist administrators
(C) Senior level of generalistcum-specialist administra-tors
(D) Senior level of defence administrators
Ans : (C)

48. In France, the term of the President is—
(A) Four years
(B) Five years
(C) Six years
(D) Seven years
Ans : (D)

49. In England, the Cabinet must resign from office as soon as it loses the confidence of—
(A) The King or the Queen
(B) The House of Commons
(C) The House of Lords
(D) All of these
Ans : (B)

50. Under their service rules, the British Civil servants—
(A) Are required to be neutral in politics
(B) Can be partisan
(C) Can be partly neutral and partly partian
(D) Can pursue active party politics
Ans : (A)

Suggestion and constructive criticism is always welcomed.

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Faseeh

Hey thanks alot, but can you kindly post the answers too... of the ones that are missing

great Job Faseeh .