V.A.  Graicunas theory on span of management/ control was based on :

Who stated, "Administration is now so vast an area that a philosophy of administration comes to bring a Philosophy of life" ?

Which of the following is viewed as an alternative to market and hierarchy in public policy and management literature ?

The book "The Frontiers of Public Administration" written by John M. Gaus was co-authored by which of the following ?

Who among the following, made distinction between obedience and acceptance of Authority ?

The public-choice school sets a concept of :

The aim of Napoleonic code introduced in 1804 during the regime of Napoleon Bonaparte was to :

Which one of the following is a characteristic feature of participative management ?

Michael Crozier's "The Bureaucratic Phenomenon" was a study of the bureaucracy of :

"Zone of Indifference" as a concept is attributed to .

Which one of the following thinkers did not accept duality or dichotomy between individuals and group ?

Who has referred to the Comparative Public Administrative Movement as "self-conscious movement" ?

Who has distinguished between ‘normally conceived planning’ and ‘unplanned change planning’ ?

In comparative studies of Administrative Systems and processes which one of the following factors are valid ?

Which country's administration has been called modernizing administration ?

The concept of Judicial Review was borrowed for Indian Constitution from :

The Indian Council Act of 1909 is also known as :

In which year, the office of the special officer for Linguistic Minorities was created under the provision of Article 350-B of the constitution ?

Which Article of the Constitution of India guarantees protection from social injustice and all forms of exploitation ?

In which year was a separate Department of Disability Affairs created within Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ?

Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the National Commission for Backward Classes ?

In which year was the maintenance and welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act enacted by the Parliament ?

Which agency has the authority to consolidate the plans prepared by Panchayats and Municipalities in the district ?

Which one of the following is not in the preview of the Governor of a State ?

Who succeeds the office of the Governor, if it falls vacant suddenly ?

Which one of the following is the oldest and a traditional form of organising public enterprises ?

Which one of the following industrial policy was also named as the economic constitution of the country ?

Which one of the following committee recommended that the civil servants should not be appointed as Chairmen of the Governing Boards of the public enterprises ?

What is the recommendation of the 15th Finance Commission regarding the present tax devolution to the states ?

How many public sector undertaking were recognised as 'Maharatnas' in India till January, 2020 ?

Which among the following are elements of Liberalism ?
I. Individual should have the right to develop his own personality
II. Man is a rational creature
III. Society should not be plural
IV. It believes in constitutionalism
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In which year did Pandita Ramabai open her Sharda Sadan (Home for Learning) ?

Given below are two statements .
Statement I Tagore and Gandhi met for the first time at Shantiniketan
Statement II Tagore and Gandhi met for the first time at Gurukul Kangri
In light of the above statements, choose the answer from the options given below

Local Bodies Ombudsman may be established to hear complaints of corruption against local bodies .
This was the view of the

Who among the following envisaged that liberal democracy as a political apparatus would ensure the accountability of the Governors to the governed ?

Which theory of Rights claims that Rights are inalienable and cannot be separated or taken away from the individual as they are inharent and prior to society and state ?

Who among the following coined the term Ecofeminism ?

Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights-1966
II. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities-2000
III. Convention on the Rights of Child-1989
IV. Optional Protocol on Economic Social Rights-2006
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Which of the following book is NOT written by Machiavelli ?

Which of the following is NOT written by Mary Wollstonecraft ?

Lohia opined .
l. Freedom and bread are inseparable
II. The removal of inequality from human society was one of the seven revolutions
III. If socialism is to be defined in two words then they are equality and prosperity
IV. The desire for equality in the modern world has become the desire of being similar and not equal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Who wrote 'Neo-Colonialism : The Last Stage of Capitalism' ?

'Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives .' This was said by .

How many new languages were added by the 92nd Constitutional Amendment, 2003 ?

Consider the following movements and arrange them in chronological order .
I. Naxalbari Movement
II. Kheda Movement
III. Champaran Movement
IV. Khilafat Movement
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The rise and growth of the concept of New Public Administrative can be traced to
I. Honey Report on Higher Education for Public Services, 1967
II. Minnowbrook Conference II, 1988
III. Philadelphia Conference on the Theory and Practice of Public Administration, 1967
IV. Public Administration in a Time of Turbulence, 1971
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Which of the following functions have been laid down in the 12th Schedule of the Constitution of India for Municipalities ? 
I. Urban poverty alleviation
II. Planning for economic and social development
III. Roads and bridges 
IV. Public safety services
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Which of the following principles are correct with regard to liberal democracy ?
I. Government by consent
II. Public Accountability
III. Suitable for Socialism
IV. Constitutional Government
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The book 'Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History' was written by .

Match List I and List II .
    List I                                                                                List II
  (Stages in the Evolution)                                                 (Duration)
A. Principles of Administration                                         I. 1938-1947
B. Era of Challenges                                                       II. 1948-1970
C. Politics-Administration Dichotomy                              III. 1887-1926 
D. Crisis of Identity                                                          IV. 1927-1937
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. Operation Raahat-Yemen
II. Vande Bharat Mission-Sri Lanka
III. Operation Maitri-Nepal
IV. Operation Sukoon-Iraq
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

In which Indian state's assembly election, Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) was used for the first time ?

Who among the following has provided 'Revisionist Theory of Modernity' ?

In which one of the following years, the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Scheme was launched ?

Which among the following are included in Nine Pillars of Digital India ?
l. Information for all
II. Early harvest programme
III. Electronic manufacturing
IV. Connect only metro cities of the country
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

According to Hagel
I. war is not to be regarded as an evil but a virtue
II. war effectively displays the "irony of the divine idea"
III. war destroys selfish egoism of the individual
IV. the State of War, "shows the Omnipotence of the state in its individuality"
V. humanity never needed war and the gun is a chance of invention
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Match List I with List II .
List I                                                                                                                         List II
(Provisions)                                                                                                             (Schedules)
A. Administration and control  of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes             I. 5th Schedule
B. List of Official Languages                                                                                   II. 3rd Schedule
C. Provision of Lists (Union, State, Concurrent)                                                     III. 7th Schedule 
D. Oath needs to be made by the Union and State Ministers                                 IV. 8th Schedule
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Arrange the establishment of the following commissions in chronological order .
I. National Commission for Women
II. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
III. National Commission for Protection of child Rights
IV. National Human Rights Commission
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which ones are true about the Passive Resistance and Satyagraha ?
I. Passive Resistance is equivalent to Satyagraha
II. Passive Resistance is not afraid of the physical strength while Satyagraha is afraid of physical Strength
III. Passive Resistance is negative in practice whereas Satyagraha is positive morality
IV. Passive Resistance is weapon of the weaker sections, Satyagraha never desires to terrorise the opponent
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Swami Vivekananda ?
l. He was the disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhans
II. In 1893, he proceeded to participate in the Chicago Parliament of Religions
III. He never visited USA
IV. He said that Man is not higher than all animals
V. He was the founder member of the Arya Samaj
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Apology is a dialogue written by Plato . Which among the following are the characters of this dialogue ?

Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. Fast-Track Diplomacy       -     Narendra Modi
II. Project Mausam              -     Rajiv Gandhi
III. Look East Policy            -     Narasimha Rao
IV. Act IV. East Policy         -     Manmohan Singh
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which among the following inter-state water disputes is correctly matched ?
I. Cauvery Water Dispute         -        Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
II. Narmada Water Dispute      -        Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra
III. Krishna Water Dispute       -        Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
IV. Tungabhadra                    -         Tamil Nadu and Kerala Water Dispute
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which among the following languages are conferred with Classical Language status ?
I. Sanskrit
II. Tamil
III. Kannada
IV. Hindi
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which of the following is NOT correct about the Comptroller and Auditor General of India ?

India is a signatory of

Which of the following are correctly matched ?
I. International Court of Justice      -   The Hague
II. WHO                                          -    London
III. international Criminal Court      -    Rome
IV. IAEA                                         -     New York
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which one of the following is NOT hallmark of Development Administration ?

Consider the following about Post-Modernism ?
l. Post Modernism is a reaction against traditionalism
Il Post Modernism recognises pluralism
III Post- Modernism criticises Meta-Narratives
IV. Post Modernism criticises Local-Narratives
Choose the correct answer from the options given below .

Which among the following is NOT a type of orientation in a political culture in Robert Dahl's view ?