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Basic functions of administration include planning, ____________.

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  1. Organizing

  2. Directing

  3. Controlling

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Administration means running organization with the skill to achieve the objective. To run the organization efficiently, the work has to be first planned, preparation for the particular work should be done. After planning, it has to be organized in a systematic manner. Then Controlling, it has to be supervise the running of that particular work to be done.

Which of the following system is adopted for classification of higher civil services in India? 

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  1. Rank Classification

  2. Position classification

  3. Unified Grading Structure

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Higher civil services in India comprise of All India services (AIS) and Central Services (Group A) and rank classification system is used for classifying them.

In position classification system, an employee’s rank and salary are a function of the position she holds, i.e. the kind of functions and responsibilities attached to the job. For example, an education secretary will be paid for the work associated with the position and not on other factors like the service alloted to her.

On the contrary, in rank classification system, an employee’s status and salary are determined with reference to the service she is assigned after recruitment and not on the position she holds or the work she does. For example, an IAS officer gets same salary irrespective of the fact whether she works in the field or in secretariat.

Gandhiji's concept of Gram Swaraj influenced India's outlook of public administration to a great extent.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

True, Gandhiji's concept of Gram Swaraj influenced India's outlook of public administration to a great extent. Gram Swaraj, also called the village self-rule, focused on the decentralization of village rule. This means that all the villages should have their own working mechanism and means to obtain necessities of life such as, food, clothing, etc. rather being dependent on others. 

Match the following:
       Institutions                                     Functions

1. Degree College a. Maintains law and order
2. Primary Health Centre b. Provides higher education
3. Krishi Bhavan c. Provide treatment facilities
4. Police Station d. Promotes agriculture
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  1. 1 - b; 2 - c; 3 - d; 4 - a

  2. 1 - a; 2 - b; 3 - c; 4 - d

  3. 1 - c; 2 - b; 3 - d; 4 - a

  4. 1 - d; 2 - c; 3 - b; 4 - a

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Degree college provides higher education to the students to achieve their goal.

Primary health centre provide treatment facilities to the people with various health care.
Krishi Bhavan helps in promoting the growth of the agriculture.
Police station maintains law and order.

In India on an average one post office serves _________ persons approximately.

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  1. $5500$

  2. $6600$

  3. $7500$

  4. $8500$

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Correct Option: D

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Select the correct statements about 14th Finance Commission which submitted its report to President
1. It covers the period between 1 April, 2015 and 31 March, 2020.
2. The Commission headed by former RBI Governor Y.V. Reddy.
3. Provides for devolution of tax receipts form the Centre to the States.
4. Article 280 of Constitution provides for appointment of Finance Commission 
5. 1st and 13th Finance Commission was headed by ICC. Neogy & Dr. Vijay Kelkar respectively. 

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  1. 1,3 & 5 are correct

  2. 1,2 & 3 are correct

  3. 1,3 & 4 are correct

  4. All are correct

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

All are correct .

  • The Fourteenth Finance Commission of India was a finance commission constituted on 2 January 2013. The commission's chairman was former Reserve Bank of India governor Y.V. Reddy and its members were Sushma Nath, M. Govinda Rao, Abhijit Sen, Sudipto Mundle, and AN Jha. The recommendations of the commission entered force on April 2015; they take effect for a five-year period from that date.
  • The fourteenth finance commission is of the view that tax devolution should be the primary route of resources to the states. The commission recommends to increase the tax devolution of the divisible pool to states to 42% for years 2015 to 2020.
  • The Finance Commission is constituted by the President under article 280 of the Constitution, mainly to give its recommendations on distribution of tax revenues between the Union and the States and amongst the States themselves.
  • The First Finance Commission of India was appointed in 1951, for the period 1952-57 by the President of India and was chaired by K. C. Neogy.Thirteenth Finance Commission of India was constituted by the President of India under the chairmanship of Vijay L. Kelkar on 13 November 2007.

"Public administration is concerned with the administration of the government." Who gave this definition of public administration?

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  1. Gladden

  2. Dwight Waldo

  3. L D White

  4. Herbert A Simon

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

E.N.Gladden defines Public administration as " Public Administration is concerned with the administration of government." It is an organization which use manpower and materials to complete the purpose. Public administration is plays  very vital role in the efficient running of the government. It is an action process of the government.

The founding father of theory of Bureaucracy was _____________.

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  1. Herman Finer

  2. La Palomba

  3. Max Weber

  4. Albert Lepawsky

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bureaucracy is a government administration which is carried by departments staffed with non-elected officials. The founding father theory of Bureaucracy was Max Weber. He was a German Sociologist. According to him, Bureaucracy was a administration which is carried out by the trained professionals along with a rules which is fixed by the government.

Public administration is the effective utilization of men and materials for the implementation of _______________.

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  1. Existing laws

  2. Government policies

  3. Developmental projects

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Public administration consist of coordinating the work of the government  They have to work very effectively with the proper use of  men and material for the means by which the goals of the government are realized.

_______________ is a business activity.

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  1. Public administration

  2. Private administration

  3. Social administration

  4. Religious administration

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Private administration is a business activity. Private administration is the operation, management and organization of the business enterprise. It is non-governmental set-up. Private administration is profit oriented.