PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION – 2006
PAPER
- 1
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. Answer any three
of the following questions in not ,ore than 200 words each:
(a) “If public
administration is to play a major legitimizing role in governing our complex
society, it needs to be more fully conceptualised.” Discuss.
(b) “Simon’s work has
had major implications for the study of public administration and the practice
of public administration professionalism.” Comment.
(c) “The main problem
with Mary Parker Follett’s work is that her idealism is showing.” Explain.
(d) “Autonomy and
accountability in Public Enterprises cannot walk together.” Explain.
2. Critically examine
the Classical Science of Administration with special reference to its criticism
by Dwight Waldo and Robert Dahl.
3. Define the term
‘civil society’. How does civil society influence the public policy?
4. “Today the content
of administration law is driven primarily by the scope of public administration
activity.” Explain.
SECTION
B
5. Answer any three
of the following questions in not more than 200 words each:
(a) “The rise of
information technology is an opportunity to overcome historical disabilities.”
Explain.
(b) “Audit countries
to be considered as something alien, something extraneous and something of the
nature of an impediment.” Explain.
(c) “Nothing comes
across more strongly than the great naivete about policy implementation.”
Discuss.
(d) “Successfully
implementing budgeting approach requires favourable incentive structures.”
Discuss.
6. Do you agree with
the view that development administration has in recent years lost its impetus
without making any significant intellectual breakthrough? Discuss.
7. To what extent has the human relations
movement contributed to the Knowledge and practice within the field of personal
administration?
8. Discuss the main approaches to
increase the efficiency of government and public administration.
PAPER
- II
SECTION
A
1. Comment on any three of the following
in not more than 200 words each:
(a) “In the happiness
of his subjects lies the King’s happiness; in their welfare his welfare.”
Comment on Kautilyan state administration. In what respects is modern
democratic rulers’ behaviour different from Kautilyan rulers?
(b) “The basic values
of the Constitution of India enshrine social, political and economic philosophy
symbolizing sovereignty of the people, rule of law and basic characteristics of
a socialist, secular, democratic republic.” Comment.
(c) “The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments are major landmarks in India’s Constitutional History and Local Governance.” Comment.
(d) “Not the Potomac,
but the Thames, Fertilizes the flow of Yamuna.” In the light of the statement
comment on the symbolic institution of the President of India.
2. “The role played by the National Human
Rights Commission in maintaining and preserving dignity of India’s citizens has been satisfactory and up to the expectations.” Elucidate.
3. “Indian Prime Minister should not only
be accountable to the Indian Parliament but should appear to be so.” Comment on
the accountability of the Prime Minster to the Indian Parliament in the context
of extra constitutional power.
4. “The District Collector, the
Additional Deputy Commissioner and Sub-Divisional Officer, have virtually
become ‘officers-in-attendance’ and have lost initiative and independence of
judgement.” Comment.
SECTION
B
5. Comment on any three of the following
in not more than 200 words each:
(a) “The generalist character of I.A.S. is
its chief characteristic as well as its chief criticism.” Comment.
(b) “All efforts in the field of reforms
in public administration by the political executive have resulted in no
significant output.” Comment.
(c) “By taking some offices out of the
jurisdiction of the Office of Profit Act, the Government of India has doubly
assured the public mind of its duplicity.” Comment
(d) “Audit, like the judiciary, the
executive and the legislature is one of the important ingredients of
democracy.” Comment
6. “The main problem of Centre-State
relations in India is bottlenecks in fiscal federalism.” Comment.
7. “Lok-Ayuktas are judicial institutions
without adequate teeth.” Comment.
8. (a) Critically evaluate the policies
of the Union Government with regard to the welfare of women and children of India in not more than 200 words.
(b)
What measures have been taken by the Union and the States for the welfare of
women in the profession of sex?
(c)
What concrete steps have been taken by the Union and the States Governments to
protect child labour and prevent abuse of children?
