PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION – 2005
(MAIN) PAPER – 1
SECTION
A
1. Answer any THREE of the following in
not more than 200 words each:
(a) “Administrative question are not
political questions.” Discuss.
(b) “Organisation is a system of
consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons.” Comment.
(c) In Follett’s view, “authority belongs
to the job and stays with the job.” Explain
(d) “The failure of classical science of
administration lies in its capacity to confront theory with evidence.” Discuss
2. “In what ways can information
technology play a crucial role in effective government-citizen interaction in
the context of good governance?
3. “Today the content of administrative
law is driven primarily by the scope of public administration activity.”
Explain.
4. What is judicial activism? How far has
it been successful in exercising a check over administration?
SECTION
– B
5. Answer any three of the following in
not more than 200 words each:
(a) “Development administration is starved
for theories which will guide the pooling of empirical Knowledge, orient new
research, and recommend administrative policy.” Explain.
(b) “If positions are the raw material of
classification, the class is the operating unit.” Discuss.
(c) “The budget is an instrument of
coordination.” Explain.
(d) “No science of public administration
is possible unless… there is a body of comparative studies from which it may be
possible to discover principles and generalities that transcend national
boundaries and peculiar historical experiences.” Discuss.
6. Why do public organisations evaluate
employees’ performance? How can performance evaluation systems affect
employees’ behaviour? How can administration effectively evaluate employees?
7. Give an assessment of the processes of
policy formulation and discuss the problems of policy implementation.
8. Why does the issue of budgeting as
politics versus budgeting as analysis remain important in the budgeting
process? Do you agree that some synthesis of the two positions seems possible?
IIIustrate.
PAPER
– II - 2005
Time
Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300
Candidates should attempt Questions 1
and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining question selecting
at least one question from each Section. The number of marks carried by each
question is indicated at the end of question.
SECTION
A
1. Comment on any three of the following
in not more than 200 words each:
(a) “The Mughal Administrative System was
a military rule by nature and was centralized despotism.”
(b) “The veto-power of the Indian
President is a combination of the absolute, suspensive and pocket veto.”
(c) “The District Collector is an
overburdened officer due to the expansion and increasing developmental
activities.”
(d) “A strong PMO is a salvation for any
Indian Prime Minister, but concentration of power is a danger to democracy.”
2. “The Chief Minister Symbolizes ruling
power structure and is the real executive head of the State Government.”
Discuss the above statement in the light of his position in a Coalition
Government.”
3. (a) “The Cabinet Secretariat provides
the eyes and ears for the Prime Minister to Keep in touch with the process of
official business in Central Government.” Comment.
(b)
“The primary emphasis in District Administration has to be on implementation of
development programmes in cooperation with active support of people.”
Elucidate.
4.
“Even after a decade of having adopted the 73rd Amendment to the
Constitution, the Panchayat Raj institution still faces a number of problems
towards making it a strong and vibrant unit of Government.” Comment.
SECTION
– B
5. Comment on any three of
the following in not more than 200 words each:
(a) “One of the most
distinctive characteristics of Indian Administration Service is its
multipurpose character.”
(b) “Public Account
Committee conducts a post-mortem examination of Public Accounts.”
(c) “Efforts made towards
administrative reforms so far have been lacking in congruence between strategy,
structure and substance.”
(d) “The role played by
Central and State Governments in maintaining law and order is inadequate and
unmatched to growing criminalization.”
6. “From highly
centralized planning system, India has moved towards indicative planning under
which long-term strategic vision of the future is built and nation’s priorities
are decided.” Elucidate.
7. (a) “Audit provides a
healthy safeguard against public money going down the drain.” Comment.
(b) “National Development
Council is criticized as an usurping authority-functioning as a virtual
super-cabinet.” Explain.
8. “The Lokayuktas in
States have not succeeded in tackling maladministration, while the Bill on
Lokpal still faces stiff opposition on the floor of the Parliament.” Comment.
