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Solved Public Administration MCQs (2000-2011)  
 
 
(1) The founder of Scientific Management School of thought was: 
(a) F.W. Taylor  
(b) Herber Simon  
(c) Pfiffner John  
(d) Mary Parker Follet 
 
(2) The father of Human Relations theory was: 
(a) Douglas M. McGregor  
(b) Elton Mayo 
(c) E.N.Gladden 
(d) L. Urwick 
 
(3) The founding father of theory of Bureaucracy was: 
(a)Herman Finer  
(b) La Palombra  
(b) Max Weber  
(d) Albert Lepawsky 
 
(4) Systems theory of management is based on the concept of components having: 
(a) Independence  
(b) Inter- dependence 
(c) Dependence  
(d) Contingency 
 
(5) Bureaucracy of Pakistan is: 
(a) Elitist  
(b) Agilitarian  
(c) Oligarchy  
(d) Paternalistic 
 
(6) Administrative accountability is established in government organizations by: 
(a) Executive  
(b) Legislature 
(c) Judiciary  
(d) All the three above 
 
(7) The first book on Public Administration was written by: 
(a) Pfiffner and Presthus  
(b) L. D. White 
(c). Simon, Smithburg and Thompson 
(d) E.N. Gladden 
 
(8) Public Administration is the study of: 
(a) Maintenance of Law and Order  
(b) Control of trade and commerce 
(c) Public Policy implementation 
(d) Politico-administrative dynamics of the state. 
 
(9) Planning machinery in Pakistan is: 
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Solved Public Administration MCQs (2000-2011)  
 
 
(1) The founder of Scientific Management School of thought was: 
(a) F.W. Taylor  
(b) Herber Simon  
(c) Pfiffner John  
(d) Mary Parker Follet 
 
(2) The father of Human Relations theory was: 
(a) Douglas M. McGregor  
(b) Elton Mayo 
(c) E.N.Gladden 
(d) L. Urwick 
 
(3) The founding father of theory of Bureaucracy was: 
(a)Herman Finer  
(b) La Palombra  
(b) Max Weber  
(d) Albert Lepawsky 
 
(4) Systems theory of management is based on the concept of components having: 
(a) Independence  
(b) Inter- dependence 
(c) Dependence  
(d) Contingency 
 
(5) Bureaucracy of Pakistan is: 
(a) Elitist  
(b) Agilitarian  
(c) Oligarchy  
(d) Paternalistic 
 
(6) Administrative accountability is established in government organizations by: 
(a) Executive  
(b) Legislature 
(c) Judiciary  
(d) All the three above 
 
(7) The first book on Public Administration was written by: 
(a) Pfiffner and Presthus  
(b) L. D. White 
(c). Simon, Smithburg and Thompson 
(d) E.N. Gladden 
 
(8) Public Administration is the study of: 
(a) Maintenance of Law and Order  
(b) Control of trade and commerce 
(c) Public Policy implementation 
(d) Politico-administrative dynamics of the state. 
 
(9) Planning machinery in Pakistan is: 
(a) Centralized 
(b) Decentralized 
(c) Departmentalized  
(d) Compartmentalized 
 
(10) Financially the performance of public corporations in Pakistan during the last decade 
has been: 
(a) Excellent  
(b) Good 
(c) Satisfactory  
(d) Poor 
 
(11) Public Personnel Management in Pakistan is based on the principle of: 
(a) Spoils  
(b) Patronage 
(c) Merit  
(d) Give and take 
 
(12) Communication runs faster in: 
(a) Centralized structure  
(b) Decentralized structure 
(c) Matrix structure  
(d) Line structure 
 
(13) Performance budgeting is based on: 
(a) items of expenditure  
(b) items of investment 
(c) objectives of expenditure  
(d) plan of implementation 
 
(14) The concept of Politics-Administration dichotomy was given by: 
(a) Frank Henry Goodnow 
(b) James W. Fes1er 
(c) W Paul Appleby  
(d) Ordway Tead 
 
(15) The form of Leadership in the bureaucracy of Pakistan js: 
(a) Aristocratic  
(b) Democratic 
(c) Dictatorial  
(d) Paternalistic 
 
(16) The President of U. S. who laid the foundation of the study of public administration 
was: 
(a) President Wilson 
(b) President Hoover 
(c) President Kennedy  
(d) President Roosevelt 
 
(17) Formal relationship in an organization is based On: 
(a) Friendship  
(b) Peer groups 
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Solved Public Administration MCQs (2000-2011)  
 
 
(1) The founder of Scientific Management School of thought was: 
(a) F.W. Taylor  
(b) Herber Simon  
(c) Pfiffner John  
(d) Mary Parker Follet 
 
(2) The father of Human Relations theory was: 
(a) Douglas M. McGregor  
(b) Elton Mayo 
(c) E.N.Gladden 
(d) L. Urwick 
 
(3) The founding father of theory of Bureaucracy was: 
(a)Herman Finer  
(b) La Palombra  
(b) Max Weber  
(d) Albert Lepawsky 
 
(4) Systems theory of management is based on the concept of components having: 
(a) Independence  
(b) Inter- dependence 
(c) Dependence  
(d) Contingency 
 
(5) Bureaucracy of Pakistan is: 
(a) Elitist  
(b) Agilitarian  
(c) Oligarchy  
(d) Paternalistic 
 
(6) Administrative accountability is established in government organizations by: 
(a) Executive  
(b) Legislature 
(c) Judiciary  
(d) All the three above 
 
(7) The first book on Public Administration was written by: 
(a) Pfiffner and Presthus  
(b) L. D. White 
(c). Simon, Smithburg and Thompson 
(d) E.N. Gladden 
 
(8) Public Administration is the study of: 
(a) Maintenance of Law and Order  
(b) Control of trade and commerce 
(c) Public Policy implementation 
(d) Politico-administrative dynamics of the state. 
 
(9) Planning machinery in Pakistan is: 
(a) Centralized 
(b) Decentralized 
(c) Departmentalized  
(d) Compartmentalized 
 
(10) Financially the performance of public corporations in Pakistan during the last decade 
has been: 
(a) Excellent  
(b) Good 
(c) Satisfactory  
(d) Poor 
 
(11) Public Personnel Management in Pakistan is based on the principle of: 
(a) Spoils  
(b) Patronage 
(c) Merit  
(d) Give and take 
 
(12) Communication runs faster in: 
(a) Centralized structure  
(b) Decentralized structure 
(c) Matrix structure  
(d) Line structure 
 
(13) Performance budgeting is based on: 
(a) items of expenditure  
(b) items of investment 
(c) objectives of expenditure  
(d) plan of implementation 
 
(14) The concept of Politics-Administration dichotomy was given by: 
(a) Frank Henry Goodnow 
(b) James W. Fes1er 
(c) W Paul Appleby  
(d) Ordway Tead 
 
(15) The form of Leadership in the bureaucracy of Pakistan js: 
(a) Aristocratic  
(b) Democratic 
(c) Dictatorial  
(d) Paternalistic 
 
(16) The President of U. S. who laid the foundation of the study of public administration 
was: 
(a) President Wilson 
(b) President Hoover 
(c) President Kennedy  
(d) President Roosevelt 
 
(17) Formal relationship in an organization is based On: 
(a) Friendship  
(b) Peer groups 
(c) Authority on subordinates  
(d) Rules and Regulations 
 
(18) The Ideal Model of bureaucracy is based on authority of: 
(a) Tradition  
(b) Charisma 
(c) Legal rational 
(d) Money 
 
(19) Pressure groups in public administration work for: 
(a) Public interest  
(b) Self interest 
(c) Foreign interest  
(d) Sectoral interest 
 
(20) The administrative reforms under which various services were merged in occupational 
groups were introduced in: 
(a)1960  
(b) 1973  
(c) 1989  
(d) 1994   
COMPULSORY QUESTION 2001 
 
(I) Public Administration may be defined as: 
(A) Management of industry 
(B) Administration of Public 
(C) Management of Property 
(D) Administrative Capacity 
(E) None of these 
 
(2) The concept of "bounded rationality" was given by: 
(A) Wax Weber 
(B) F. W. Riggs 
(C) Herbert Simon 
(D) Abraham Maslow 
(E) None of these 
 
(3) Bureaucracy is based on: 
(A) Traditional Authority 
(B) Personal Authority 
(C) Charismatic Authority 
(D) Corporate Authority 
(E) None of these 
 
(4) Behaviorism is associated with: 
(A) Rationalism. 
(B) Communication. 
(C) Socialism. 
(D) Humanism 
(E) None of these 
 
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Solved Public Administration MCQs (2000-2011)  
 
 
(1) The founder of Scientific Management School of thought was: 
(a) F.W. Taylor  
(b) Herber Simon  
(c) Pfiffner John  
(d) Mary Parker Follet 
 
(2) The father of Human Relations theory was: 
(a) Douglas M. McGregor  
(b) Elton Mayo 
(c) E.N.Gladden 
(d) L. Urwick 
 
(3) The founding father of theory of Bureaucracy was: 
(a)Herman Finer  
(b) La Palombra  
(b) Max Weber  
(d) Albert Lepawsky 
 
(4) Systems theory of management is based on the concept of components having: 
(a) Independence  
(b) Inter- dependence 
(c) Dependence  
(d) Contingency 
 
(5) Bureaucracy of Pakistan is: 
(a) Elitist  
(b) Agilitarian  
(c) Oligarchy  
(d) Paternalistic 
 
(6) Administrative accountability is established in government organizations by: 
(a) Executive  
(b) Legislature 
(c) Judiciary  
(d) All the three above 
 
(7) The first book on Public Administration was written by: 
(a) Pfiffner and Presthus  
(b) L. D. White 
(c). Simon, Smithburg and Thompson 
(d) E.N. Gladden 
 
(8) Public Administration is the study of: 
(a) Maintenance of Law and Order  
(b) Control of trade and commerce 
(c) Public Policy implementation 
(d) Politico-administrative dynamics of the state. 
 
(9) Planning machinery in Pakistan is: 
(a) Centralized 
(b) Decentralized 
(c) Departmentalized  
(d) Compartmentalized 
 
(10) Financially the performance of public corporations in Pakistan during the last decade 
has been: 
(a) Excellent  
(b) Good 
(c) Satisfactory  
(d) Poor 
 
(11) Public Personnel Management in Pakistan is based on the principle of: 
(a) Spoils  
(b) Patronage 
(c) Merit  
(d) Give and take 
 
(12) Communication runs faster in: 
(a) Centralized structure  
(b) Decentralized structure 
(c) Matrix structure  
(d) Line structure 
 
(13) Performance budgeting is based on: 
(a) items of expenditure  
(b) items of investment 
(c) objectives of expenditure  
(d) plan of implementation 
 
(14) The concept of Politics-Administration dichotomy was given by: 
(a) Frank Henry Goodnow 
(b) James W. Fes1er 
(c) W Paul Appleby  
(d) Ordway Tead 
 
(15) The form of Leadership in the bureaucracy of Pakistan js: 
(a) Aristocratic  
(b) Democratic 
(c) Dictatorial  
(d) Paternalistic 
 
(16) The President of U. S. who laid the foundation of the study of public administration 
was: 
(a) President Wilson 
(b) President Hoover 
(c) President Kennedy  
(d) President Roosevelt 
 
(17) Formal relationship in an organization is based On: 
(a) Friendship  
(b) Peer groups 
(c) Authority on subordinates  
(d) Rules and Regulations 
 
(18) The Ideal Model of bureaucracy is based on authority of: 
(a) Tradition  
(b) Charisma 
(c) Legal rational 
(d) Money 
 
(19) Pressure groups in public administration work for: 
(a) Public interest  
(b) Self interest 
(c) Foreign interest  
(d) Sectoral interest 
 
(20) The administrative reforms under which various services were merged in occupational 
groups were introduced in: 
(a)1960  
(b) 1973  
(c) 1989  
(d) 1994   
COMPULSORY QUESTION 2001 
 
(I) Public Administration may be defined as: 
(A) Management of industry 
(B) Administration of Public 
(C) Management of Property 
(D) Administrative Capacity 
(E) None of these 
 
(2) The concept of "bounded rationality" was given by: 
(A) Wax Weber 
(B) F. W. Riggs 
(C) Herbert Simon 
(D) Abraham Maslow 
(E) None of these 
 
(3) Bureaucracy is based on: 
(A) Traditional Authority 
(B) Personal Authority 
(C) Charismatic Authority 
(D) Corporate Authority 
(E) None of these 
 
(4) Behaviorism is associated with: 
(A) Rationalism. 
(B) Communication. 
(C) Socialism. 
(D) Humanism 
(E) None of these 
 
(5) The author of "The Function of the Executive" is: 
(A) F. W. Taylor 
(B) Chester Bernard 
(C) Mary Parker Follet 
(D) Henry Fayol 
(E) None of these 
 
(6) Which of the following is not of the core values of public administration? 
(A) Equity 
(B) Efficiency 
(C) Effectiveness 
(D) Bureaucracy 
(E) None of these 
 
(7) Which of the following is one of the features of bureaucracy conceived by 
Max Weber? 
(A) Authority 
(B) Hierarchy 
(C) Publicness 
(D) Civil society 
(E) None of these. 
 
(8) Which of the following is an essential component of a formal organization? 
(A) Decentralization 
(B) Formal Structure 
(C) Power 
(D) Centralization 
(E) None of these 
 
(9) Bureaucracy is a form of: 
(A) Political Organization. 
(B) Social Organization 
(C) Community Organization 
(D) Private organization 
(E) None of these 
 
(10) McGregor's name is most commonly associated with one of the following: 
(A) Bureaucratic Theory 
(B) Scientific Management 
C) Theory X and theory Y 
(D) Human Relations 
(E) None of these 
 
(11) Legal-rational authority" is a core concept of: 
(A) Public Choice Theory 
(B) Theory of Emergency 
(C) Maslow's Theory of Motivation 
(D) Theory of Bureaucracy 
(E) None of these 
 
(12}One of the four functional imperative of a system identified by the Talcott Parsons is: 
(A) Efficiency 
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Solved Public Administration MCQs (2000-2011)  
 
 
(1) The founder of Scientific Management School of thought was: 
(a) F.W. Taylor  
(b) Herber Simon  
(c) Pfiffner John  
(d) Mary Parker Follet 
 
(2) The father of Human Relations theory was: 
(a) Douglas M. McGregor  
(b) Elton Mayo 
(c) E.N.Gladden 
(d) L. Urwick 
 
(3) The founding father of theory of Bureaucracy was: 
(a)Herman Finer  
(b) La Palombra  
(b) Max Weber  
(d) Albert Lepawsky 
 
(4) Systems theory of management is based on the concept of components having: 
(a) Independence  
(b) Inter- dependence 
(c) Dependence  
(d) Contingency 
 
(5) Bureaucracy of Pakistan is: 
(a) Elitist  
(b) Agilitarian  
(c) Oligarchy  
(d) Paternalistic 
 
(6) Administrative accountability is established in government organizations by: 
(a) Executive  
(b) Legislature 
(c) Judiciary  
(d) All the three above 
 
(7) The first book on Public Administration was written by: 
(a) Pfiffner and Presthus  
(b) L. D. White 
(c). Simon, Smithburg and Thompson 
(d) E.N. Gladden 
 
(8) Public Administration is the study of: 
(a) Maintenance of Law and Order  
(b) Control of trade and commerce 
(c) Public Policy implementation 
(d) Politico-administrative dynamics of the state. 
 
(9) Planning machinery in Pakistan is: 
(a) Centralized 
(b) Decentralized 
(c) Departmentalized  
(d) Compartmentalized 
 
(10) Financially the performance of public corporations in Pakistan during the last decade 
has been: 
(a) Excellent  
(b) Good 
(c) Satisfactory  
(d) Poor 
 
(11) Public Personnel Management in Pakistan is based on the principle of: 
(a) Spoils  
(b) Patronage 
(c) Merit  
(d) Give and take 
 
(12) Communication runs faster in: 
(a) Centralized structure  
(b) Decentralized structure 
(c) Matrix structure  
(d) Line structure 
 
(13) Performance budgeting is based on: 
(a) items of expenditure  
(b) items of investment 
(c) objectives of expenditure  
(d) plan of implementation 
 
(14) The concept of Politics-Administration dichotomy was given by: 
(a) Frank Henry Goodnow 
(b) James W. Fes1er 
(c) W Paul Appleby  
(d) Ordway Tead 
 
(15) The form of Leadership in the bureaucracy of Pakistan js: 
(a) Aristocratic  
(b) Democratic 
(c) Dictatorial  
(d) Paternalistic 
 
(16) The President of U. S. who laid the foundation of the study of public administration 
was: 
(a) President Wilson 
(b) President Hoover 
(c) President Kennedy  
(d) President Roosevelt 
 
(17) Formal relationship in an organization is based On: 
(a) Friendship  
(b) Peer groups 
(c) Authority on subordinates  
(d) Rules and Regulations 
 
(18) The Ideal Model of bureaucracy is based on authority of: 
(a) Tradition  
(b) Charisma 
(c) Legal rational 
(d) Money 
 
(19) Pressure groups in public administration work for: 
(a) Public interest  
(b) Self interest 
(c) Foreign interest  
(d) Sectoral interest 
 
(20) The administrative reforms under which various services were merged in occupational 
groups were introduced in: 
(a)1960  
(b) 1973  
(c) 1989  
(d) 1994   
COMPULSORY QUESTION 2001 
 
(I) Public Administration may be defined as: 
(A) Management of industry 
(B) Administration of Public 
(C) Management of Property 
(D) Administrative Capacity 
(E) None of these 
 
(2) The concept of "bounded rationality" was given by: 
(A) Wax Weber 
(B) F. W. Riggs 
(C) Herbert Simon 
(D) Abraham Maslow 
(E) None of these 
 
(3) Bureaucracy is based on: 
(A) Traditional Authority 
(B) Personal Authority 
(C) Charismatic Authority 
(D) Corporate Authority 
(E) None of these 
 
(4) Behaviorism is associated with: 
(A) Rationalism. 
(B) Communication. 
(C) Socialism. 
(D) Humanism 
(E) None of these 
 
(5) The author of "The Function of the Executive" is: 
(A) F. W. Taylor 
(B) Chester Bernard 
(C) Mary Parker Follet 
(D) Henry Fayol 
(E) None of these 
 
(6) Which of the following is not of the core values of public administration? 
(A) Equity 
(B) Efficiency 
(C) Effectiveness 
(D) Bureaucracy 
(E) None of these 
 
(7) Which of the following is one of the features of bureaucracy conceived by 
Max Weber? 
(A) Authority 
(B) Hierarchy 
(C) Publicness 
(D) Civil society 
(E) None of these. 
 
(8) Which of the following is an essential component of a formal organization? 
(A) Decentralization 
(B) Formal Structure 
(C) Power 
(D) Centralization 
(E) None of these 
 
(9) Bureaucracy is a form of: 
(A) Political Organization. 
(B) Social Organization 
(C) Community Organization 
(D) Private organization 
(E) None of these 
 
(10) McGregor's name is most commonly associated with one of the following: 
(A) Bureaucratic Theory 
(B) Scientific Management 
C) Theory X and theory Y 
(D) Human Relations 
(E) None of these 
 
(11) Legal-rational authority" is a core concept of: 
(A) Public Choice Theory 
(B) Theory of Emergency 
(C) Maslow's Theory of Motivation 
(D) Theory of Bureaucracy 
(E) None of these 
 
(12}One of the four functional imperative of a system identified by the Talcott Parsons is: 
(A) Efficiency 
(B) Effectiveness 
(C) Adaptation 
(D) Entropy  
(E) None of these 
 
(13) "Entropy" is a law of nature in which all forms of organizations move towards: 
(A) Growth and Continuity 
(D) Continuous Improvement 
(C) Rebirth and Emergency 
(D) Disorganization and Death 
(E) None of these 
 
(14) One choice theory is economic explanation of: 
(A) Religion 
(B) Islam. 
(C) Political decision making 
(D) Psychology. 
(E) None of these. 
 
(15) System. Theory is associated with the work of following: 
(A) Leonard While 
(B) Mary Parker Follet 
(C) Talcott Parsons 
(D) F.W. Taylor 
(E) None of these 
 
(16) Which one of the following is the foundation of modern Human Resource 
(A) Specialization 
(B) Compensation 
(C) Job Analysis 
(D) Job Evaluation 
(E) None of these 
 
(17) The process of transmitting the idea or thought into meaningful symbols is called: 
(A) Decoding 
(B) Feedback 
(C) Reception 
(D) Encoding 
(E) None of these 
 
(18) Which of the following will not be considered as a formal organization? 
(A) A Hospital 
(B) A University 
(C) A Group of Friends 
(D) A Service Industry 
(E) None of these 
 
(19) Which of the following violates the principle of Utility of Command? 
(A) Bureaucratic Organization 
(B) Functional Organization 
(C) Manufacturing Organization 
(D) Product Organization