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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION - 2017
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BS - 17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION


TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART - I (MCQs): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES
PART - I (MCQs): MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART - II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80

NOTE:
(i) Part - II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART - II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in Accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(v) No Page / Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(iv) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.

PART - II

Q.2. Appropriate separation of powers between the legislative, executive and judicial branches ensure effective check and balance and hence accountable public administration. Discuss the statement in the light of historic Watergate scandal, which forced Nixon to resign as head of public bureaucracy.

Q.3. Privatization as a global phenomenon has major implications for Bureaucratic role and scope, especially in state dominated political system. Discuss the statement with for or against arguments.

Q.4. Discuss in detail the Prismatic-Sala model enunciated by Fred Riggs in order to evaluate the under-developing society and its implications for public administration.

Q.5. Harnessing intrinsic motivation within the public servants is prelude to better public service delivery and effective curb on corruption. Discuss the statement in the light of public service motivation paradigm and its requisite ingredients enunciated by James L. Perry.

Q.6. Public sector innovation creates value for society either through new or improved processes or services. Discuss factors which hamper procedural innovation in public sector in Pakistan.

Q.7. There are three major forms of administrative decentralization; deconcentration, delegation and devolution each with different set of characteristics. Argue which one is the most suitable form within the Pakistan's socio-political context?

Q.8. Write substantive notes on any TWO of the following:
(a) Zero based budgeting
(b) Judicial Activism
(c) Social Policy
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Systems theory of management is based on the concept of components having: Inter- dependence

Planning machinery in Pakistan is: Centralized

Performance budgeting is based on:
items of expenditure
items of investment
objectives of expenditure
none of the above

The difference between the work of federal, provincial, and district governments depends on:
Size of budget
Scale
Scope
None of these

The basic building block of public corporation is:
Organisation
Hierarchy

Continuous improvement is involved in: Total quality management

The concept of “separation between politics and public administration” was first propounded by: Woodrow Wilson

Process accountability is concerned with:
Who performed the task
Why it was performed
How it was performed
None of the above
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Tough paper !
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Plz some one upload the MCQs for 2017 Pub Ad.
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The Study of Administration an article by Woodrow Wilson Published in: 1885,[1887],1889

Meaning of Bureauphilic [I choosed decreasing political apointees]

The difference between the work of federal, provincial, and district governments depends on:
Size of budget, Scale, Scope, None of these ( i think 1 option was Level something)

The basic building block of Large Interprise is
Organisation, Hierarchy, [Structure]

Humanist is to Leadership as [Pluralist] is to employee. ( i think there were 3 options, one of them was Pluralist)

Continuous improvement is involved in: Total quality management

17. Which scholar first argued that citizens are not customers, but owners?
a. Gaebler, b. Osborne, c. (), d. None of these
a. Gaebler, b. Osborne, c. Frederickson, d. Hammer (copied from an online source, dont know whether FPSC dropped option C or D)

The concept of “separation between politics and public administration” was first propounded by: Woodrow Wilson

Systems theory of management is based on the concept of components having: Inter- dependence

Planning machinery in Pakistan is: Centralized

Performance budgeting is based on:
items of expenditure, items of investment, objectives of expenditure, none of the above

Process accountability is concerned with:
Who performed the task, Why it was performed, How it was performed, None of the above
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