Public Administration Free Test

TEST SERIES (MAIN) - 2013QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME

CODE: 01/PA/0707 (PAPER-I)

PUBLICADMINISTRATION

by ASHUTOSH PANDEY

INSTRUCTIONSEach question is printed only in English. Each question carries 50 Marks.Answer must be written in the medium specified in the admission Certificate issued to you,which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for thepurpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specifiedin the Admission Certificate.Candidates should attempt Question Nos. 1 and 5, which are compulsory, and any THREEof the remaining questions selecting at least ONE question from each Section.The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.Assume suitable data if considered necessary and indicate the same clearly.Symbols/notations carry their usual meanings, unless otherwise indicated.All questions carry equal marks.Important Note: Whenever a question is being attempted, all its parts/ sub-parts must beattempted contiguously. This means that before moving on to the next question to beattempted, candidates must finish attempting all parts/ sub-parts of the previous questionattempted. This is to be strictly followed.Pages left blank in the answer-book are to be clearly struck out in ink. Any answers that followpages left blank may not be given credit.

Time: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 250

Topical Test: Unit-I: Introduction & Unit-II: Administrative Thought

Module answers, corrected copies and assement sheet would begiven on the DISCUSSION DAY (11 July, 2013)

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SECTION - A

1. (a) ‘‘The business of government is to organise the commoninterest against the special interest’’ (Wilson) Comment. (10)

(b) ‘‘Anything government can do, business can do better’’.Critically evaluate. (10)

(c) ‘‘To maintain that efficiency is value – neutral and to propose atthe same time that it be used as the central concept in a ‘‘Science’’of administration is to commit one’s self to nihilism, so long asthe prescription is actually followed’’. (Waldo) elaborate. (10)

(d) ‘‘NPA could be best described as second generationbehaviouralism’’ (Fredrickson) evaluate. (10)

(e) ‘‘e-Governance can lead to policy – paralysis by analysis’’.Comment. (10)

2. (a) ‘‘Bureaucrats are rent–seekers and not society’s benevolentguardians’’ Bentham, evaluate the above statement in the lightof public choice theory. (25)

(b) ‘‘Worst law is better than bureaucratic tyranny’’. [Ludwig vonMises] Explain. (25)

3. (a) In the context of evolution of public administration, Nicholas Henry’sparadigm VI talks about ‘intermeshing’, ‘a networkedinterdependency’. With respect to the above paradigm, explain howpublic administration as Governance justifies the above. (25)

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8. (a) Argyris has developed a theory of human behaviour based onthe characteristics of the-individual, the work group and formalorganization. Deliberate (25)

(b) Not only did Simon move to psychology to answer economicand organiational issues, but he also revolutionized psychologyby the introduction of information - processing paradigm.Comment (25)

(i)(iv)

(b) ‘Big democracy’ paradigm is under scanner by the neo-managerialists’ elaborate. (25)

4. (a) ‘Group is the manifestation of individual motives’ (Barnard)Comment. (25)

(b) ‘NPM does not attenuate bureaucratic principles as much asit reinforces them’ Comment. (25)

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SECTION - B

5. (a) Blacksburg Manifesto, the example of high modernism, callsfor a dialogue that evokes reason through process in the traditionof MP follet. Elaborate (10)

(b) ‘Wilson’s particular form of administration was at odds withthe constitution’. Elaborate. (John Rohr) (10)

(c) Methodological Individualism. Elaborate (10)

(d) ‘Good Governance is not a binary variable or an on/off system’(Bob Currie). Elaborate (10)

(e) Likert’s system 4 is analogous to McGregor’s Theory Y.Comment (10)

6. (a) The concept of Global Public Policy (Stone, 2008) has emergedto refer to the interaction of ‘multiple and fluid regimes, to therole of actors, events, laws and policies that fall outside thetraditional boundaries of the state.’ Illustrate the above usingany globally contentious issue that has emerged in the recenttimes. (50)

7. (a) ‘Post – Weberian developments have either been endorsements orrefutations of the Weber’s bureaucratic theory. Evaluate (25)

(b) ‘Neo-Marxists can be best described as Relative AutonomyTheorists’. Explain (25)

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(ii) (iii)

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