PUBLIC
ADMINISTARTION
(MAIN) PAPER 1 – 1997
Time
Allowed: 3 hours Maximum
Marks : 300
Candidates
should attempt 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining
questions selecting at last one question from each Section.,
All
questions carry equal marks.
SECTION
A
Comment
on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:
(a) “In the science of administration,
whether public or private, the basic ‘good is efficiency.”
(b) “That is, to be a successful
administration one must have a catholic curiosity.”
(c) “Once fully established, bureaucracy
is among those social structures which are the hardest to destroy.”
(d) “Theoretically the board
administration violates the distinction between government and politics because
through it politics is injected in the administration.”
2.
Examine the basic postulates of the Human Relations Theory and show how far it
differs from the classical theory of organizations.
3. (a)“Frederick
Herzberg’s Two-factor theory is more or less an extension of Abraham Maslow’s
theory of motivation.” Explain.
(b)
“Centralization inclines toward power and domination. Decentralization, on
other hand, inclines toward competition and self-determination.” Discuss.
4. How
far is it true to state that for a developing democracy the concept of civil
service neutrality is outdated; instead there is a need for a civil service
with professional competence and commitment?
SECTION
B
1. comment on any three of the following
in not more than 200 words each:
(a) “The controls exercised over administration
by legislature are, in sum, of greater theoretical than practical efficiency.
(b) Development administration is
basically an action-oriented, goal oriented administrative system”
(c) The central concern of administrative
law has been the legal limitation of administrative ‘discretion’.
(d) “Administrative reforms are induced
changes in the machinery of government undertaken in order to bridge the gap
between reality and desirability.”
2. Bring out the importance of Organisation
and Methods (O &M). Do you think that there should be a separate O & M
organization?
3. (a) “Time – honoured and yet often not
sufficiently appreciated are the fiscal techniques for securing responsible
conduct of administrative business.” Discuss.
(b) How far is it true to state that
delegated legislation has become a present day necessity and it has come to
stay, it is both inevitable and indispensable.
4. “Policy making does not end once a
decision is made. The implementation of the decision can have just as great an
impact on public policy as the decision itself.” Discuss.
PAPER-II-1997
Section
A
1. Comment on any three of the following
in not more than 200 words each:
(a) “Under the company’s rule a
distinction was drawn between Regulation and Non- Regulation Provinces.”
(b) “The Preamble to the constitution is a
key to open the mind of the markers.”
(c) “The Directive Principles of State
Policy are Socialistic in their direction and content.”
(d) “The legislative relations between Union and State governments are more biased towards Union government.”
2. Examine the motives and intensions of
the framers of the Indian Constitution as they opted for the system of
parliamentary democracy in India.
3. (a) “The efficiency of the cabinet
depends to a large extent on the Cabinet Secretariat” Elucidate.
(b)
“For national planning, the commission type of organisation was deliberately
preferred.” Examine the statement.
4. “The
states are constitutionally obliged to ensure that the laws passed by
Parliament are implemented.” Explain the constitutional position fully.
Section
-B
5. Comment
on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:
(a) The main function of the Public
Accounts Committee is to ascertain that the money granted by Parliament has
been spent by the government within the scope of the demand.”
(b) “The word ‘Police’ in the title of the
Central Reserve Police Force and the Indo- Tibetan Border Police is a
misnomer.”
(c) “A singular feature of the 74th Constitutional Amendment is the new role assigned to the urban local bodies in
the field of planning.”
(d) “The machinery of administrative
tribunals has been provided for the purpose of speedy and cheap justice against
official excesses.”
6.
Critically examine the role of the Finance Ministry as the Custodian of all
public revenues.
7. (a)
“The District Rural Development Agency is presently serving as the nodal agency
of rural development at the district level.” Explain.
(b)
“The most momentous recommendation of the Ashoka Mehta Committee was the
creation of a two-tier system of Panchayati Raj.” Examine the statement.
8.
Trace the origin of the lokayukta plan and comment on its working.
