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100 Public Administration Question Bank
100 Public Administration Question Bank
3. Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution provides security to the office of the collector?
(a) Article 123 (b) Article 301 (c) Article 311 (d) Article 352 (Ans : c)
4. Which committee has recommended creation of a separate office to relive district collector of development
responsibilities?
(a) Balwant Raj Mehta Committee (b) Ashok Mehta Committee
(c) Raj Mannar Committee (d) Sarkaria Commission (Ans : b)
5. Which one of the following does not form a part of Swarna Jayanti Village Self-Employment Scheme?
(a) Lifting up the families living below the poverty line as the rain (b) Rural individual poor as the focus
(c) Prior identification and selection of activities (d) Implementation in the same manner as a project (Ans : b)
8. In which part of the Indian Constitution, has the provision for panchayats been made?
(a) IX (b) IV (c) III (d) IX A (Ans : a)
9. In which one of the following states, is provision relating to reservation for Scheduled Castes in panchayats under
73rd Constitutional Amendment not applicable?
(a) Nagaland (b) Mizoram (c) Meghalaya (d) Arunachal Pradesh (Ans : d)
10. Which of the following committee recommended for integration of union, state and local finances?
(a) Taxation enquiry commission (b) Local finance enquiry commission
(c) Rural-urban relationship committee (d) Singhvi committee (Ans : d)
11. In which of the following schedules of the constitution of India is urban local self government-mentional?
(a) Seventh (b) Eighth (c) Eleventh (d) Twelth (Ans : d)
12. Which of the following conducts elections of the urban and rural local bodies in India?
(a) Election commission of India (b) Chief election commissioner
(c) State election commission (d) Chief election officer of the state (Ans : c)
14. Which one of the following is not a function of the District Collector?
(a) Collection of revenue (b) Realisation of taqavi laons
(c) Hearing of cases in Nayaya Panchayats (d) Maintenance of land records (Ans : c)
15. Which of the following officers of the Agricultural Departments is/are most Prominently associated with the
formulation of policy at the State level?
(a) The Director of Agriculture
(b) The Secretary of the Department concerned
(c) Both the Secretary and the Director of Agriculture
(d) Directors, Joint Directors and District Officers of Agriculture (Ans : c)
16. Which one of the following is not explicitly or implicitly provided for in the Constitution of India?
(a) A minister of State may have the independent charge of a ministry
(b) Civil servants have to observe the principle of political neutrality
(c) There are a number of all India services
(d) The Union may direct a State to maintain a road of national importance (Ans : a)
18. Which one amount the following is not function of the State Secretariat?
(a) To assist the Minister in the formulation of policy
(b) To act as a channel of communication between one Government and another
(c) To prepare drafts of legislation to be introduced in the Assembly
(d) To assist the legislature in its secretariat work (Ans : d)
19. In which one of the following districts has the ‘Files to Field’ programme been introduced?
(a) Sirmour (H.P.) (b) Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
(c) Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) (d) Sambalpur (Orissa) (Ans : c)
20. Which one of the following is not a function of Deputy Commissioner/District Collector?
(a) Maintenance of law and order (b) Survey and Settlement
(c) Trail of cases under IPC (d) Enforcing provision of Cr.P.C. (Ans : c)
21. Which one of the following statements about the duties and responsibilities of the District Collector holds good in
every State?
(a) The State Government is represented by him at the district level
(b) Upward reporting by departmental officers is done through him
(c) Handling of crisis situations is passed on by him to departmental officers
(d) He is the hub of all development activities (Ans : a)
22. The collector performs many functions. Which of the following is not of them?
(a) Collection of revenue
(b) Maintenance of law and order
(c) Direction and coordination of development programmes
(d) Advising Union Government in framing public policies (Ans : d)
24. Who is the head of the entire Civil Services of the State?
(a) Joint Secretary (b) Special Secretary
(c) Chief Secretary (d) Home Secretary (Ans : c)
27. The collector has varied functions. Which of the following is not one of them?
(a) Maintenance of law and order (b) Collection of revenue
(c) Direction and fulfillment of development plans
(d) Propagation of policies and programmes of Union Government (Ans : d)
28. Which of the following State Governors does not have the responsivility to ensure that there is a Minister-in-
charge of Trible welfare in the State Government?
(a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Punjab (d) Orisa (Ans : c)
29. Who among the following is a Constitutional authority for whose removal from office by the President a reference
to the Supreme Court in necessary?
(a) Chairman and Member of the Union Public Service Commission (b) Judge of the Supreme Court
(c) Comtroller and Auditor-General (d) The Chief Election Commissioner (Ans : a)
32. Which one of the following countries does not have a Civil Services Commission charged with the responsibility
for recruitment of the higher civil service?
(a) Canada (b) USA (c) Britain (d) France (Ans : b)
33. Which of the following is the function of Union Public Service Commission?
(a) Appointing civil servants to various positions in Government Departments
(b) Training of All-India Services
(c) Advising Government regarding recruitment, promotion and disciplinary cases of higher civil services in central
government
(d) Transfer of Central Services Officers (Ans : c)
37. Which was the first All-India Service created on the basis of Macaulay Report?
(a) Indian Civil Service (b) Indian Police Service
(c) Indian Medical Service (d) Indian Education Service (Ans : a)
39. In which year the UPSC permitted candidates to write their answers in Hindi and regional languages?
(a) 1949 (b) 1959 (c) 1969 (d) 1979 (Ans : d)
41. Who among the following advocated the need for psychological tests in recruitments of the civil services in India?
(a) Paul Appleby (b) A.D. Gorwala (c) Harry W. Blair (d) V. Subramaniam (Ans : b)
42. Which among the following is empowered to create more All-India Services?
(a) Rajya Sabha (b) Union Parliament (c) Lok Sabha (d) Union Cabinet (Ans : b)
43. Which one of the following Commissions recommended functional specialization in the Indian Administrative
Service?
(a) Expenditure Reforms Commission (b) Administrative Reforms Commission
(c) IVth Central Pay Commission (d) Vth Central pay Commission (Ans : b)
44. Which one of the following reports deals with the relations between the specialists and generalists?
(a) Haldane Committee Report (b) Santhanam Committee Report
(c) Fulton Committee Report (d) Kothari Commission Report (Ans : c)
45. Which one of the following agencies is responsible for both recruitment and training of civil servants for the
administrative class?
(a) Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, USA (b) Ecole National d’Administration, France
(c) Civil Service College, UK (d) Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, India (Ans : b)
46. Which one of the following is not a British legacy to the Central Administration in India?
(a) Deputation System in Public Service (b) Committee System
(c) Conduct of general elections by the Election Commission (d) Merit selection by Public Service Commissions
(Ans : c)
47. Which one of the following is not a department in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India?
(a) Department of Economic Affairs (b) Department of Expenditure
(c) Board of Direct Taxes (d) Department of Company Affairs (Ans : c)
48. Which one of the undermentioned cases has affected the power of the Indian parliament?
(a) Sajjan Singh vs. State of Rajasthan (b) Keshwanand Bharti vs. State of Kerala
(c) Shankari Prasad vs. Union of India (d) Golak Nath vs. State of Punjab (Ans : d)
49. Which one of the following is not a pattern of management of Public Enterprises in India?
(a) Department (b) Public Corporation (c) Joint Company (d) Operating Contract (Ans : d)
51. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India submits three reports to the Parliament/State Legislatures. Which
one of the following reports does not come under that category?
(a) Audit Report on Finance Accounts (b) Audit Report on Appropriation Accounts
(c) Audit Report on Capital Accounts (d) Audit Report on Commercial and Public (Ans : c)
54. If the President wants to resign, to whom shall he address his letter of resignation?
(a) Chief Justice of India (b) Prime Minister of India
(c) Vice-President of India (d) Speaker of Lok Sabha (Ans : c)
55. How long can a minister remain in office without being member of parliament?
(a) For one full term of Parliament (b) For two years
(c) For six months (d) For three months (Ans : c)
56. To whom the Cabinet Secretariat does not keep informed of the major activities of the Government of India?
(a) President (b) Vice-President (c) Speaker of Lok Sabha (d) Prime Minister (Ans : c)
57. The Planning Commission was set up in March 1950. Which of the following was not then envisaged as its main
objective?
(a) To raise standard of living (b) To open new opportunities for the people
(c) To raise per capita income (d) To remove disparity between rich and poor (Ans : b)
58. Who allocates the business to various Ministries and Departments in the Government of India?
(a) President’s Secretariat (b) Prime Minister’s Secretariat
(c) Parliament’s Secretariat (d) Cabinet Secretariat (Ans : d)
59. Which one of the following statements about the planning Commission in India is true?
(a) It is a constitutional body (b) It is a statutory body
(c) It has been created by an executive order (d) It is quasi-Judicial in character (Ans : c)
60. Which one of the following is not a function of the Planning Commission in India?
(a) Formulation of Plan (b) Execution of development plan
(c) Appraisal of plan progress (d) Making recommendations on policy and administration (Ans : d)
67. Who among the following has said that ‘company form of public enterprise is a fraud on the Indian Constitution’?
(a) Paul Appleby (b) A.D. Gorwala (c) Morarjee Desai (d) Asok Chanda (Ans : d)
68. Which one of the following recommended the setting up of a Finance Commission Cell in the Planning
Commission?
(a) Administrative reforms Commission (b) Sri Krishna Commission
(c) Sarkari Commission (d) Chhagla Commission (Ans : c)
69. Which one of the following is the function of the Finance Commission?
(a) Preparation of the Central Budget (b) Assessing income-tax proceeds
(c) Determining the principles governing grants-in-aid to States (d) Exercising control over Government expenditure
(Ans : c)
71. Which one of the following bodies regularly reviews the progress of the Five Year Plans?
(a) National Development Council (b) Planning Commission
(c) Cabinet Secretariat (d) Union Cabinet (Ans : b)
72. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India empowers the President to appoint comptroller and
Auditor General of India?
(a) Article 148 (b) Article 149 (c) Article 150 (d) Article 151 (Ans : a)
73. Who discharges the duties of the office of President in case the vice-president as acting president also tenders
his resignation?
(a) The Prime Minister (b) The Chief Justice of India
(c) The Chief Election Commissioner (d) The Attorney General of India (Ans : b)
74. Which one of the following is not the disadvantage of the Line-Item (Traditional) Budget?
(a) It does not help long-term planning (b) It does not relate to physical targets
(c) It encourages unhealthy competition for funds (d) It provides for control of expenditure (Ans : a)
75. Which one of the following is a common objective of the ‘Rule of Lapse’, ‘Sunset Legislation’ and ‘Zero-Based
Budgeting’?
(a) Economy in expenditure (b) Legislative control
(c) Review and reauthorization of expenditures (d) Ensuring achievement of physical targets (Ans : c)
76. Which one of the following is not the occasion for criticising the administration in the Lok Sabha?
(a) General discussion on the budget (b) Voting on demands for grants
(c) Motion of thanks to the President (d) Discussion on the Finance Bill (Ans : c)
78. Which one of the following does not form a part of the Budget?
(a) Review of public Finance of the previous year (b) Estimates of receipts and expenditure of the current year
(c) The actual receipts and expenditure of the previous three years (d) Proposals for meeting the requirements of the
following year (Ans : c)
79. Which one of the following statements about ‘Audit’ is not correct?
(a) It adopts a fault-finding approach (b) It concerns itself with financial propriety
(c) It is concerned with adherence to rules, regulations and procedures (d) It critically examines income, expenditure
and performance (Ans : a)
80. Which one of the following is not a primary function of the accounting system?
(a) To reveal financial conditions of the or ganisation (b) To protect those who handle funds
(c) To prevent necessary adjustment in expenditure (d) To help auditing (Ans : b)
81. Which Committee of Parliament in India examines the Audit Report of Comptroller and Auditor General?
(a) Estimates Committee (b) Committee on Public Undertakings
(c) Assurance Committee (d) Public Accounts Committee (Ans : d)
82. Dimock ejoins that a soundly conceived budget should have five major qualities. Which of the following does not
find its place among than?
(a) Responsibility (b) Reliability (c) Comprehensiveness (d) Aggressiveness (Ans : d)
83. Which of the following functions is not the responsibility of the Central Budget Agency?
(a) Making adequate resources available (b) Ensuring proper utilization available
(c) Preparing new programmes for achieving governmental objectives (d) Evaluating the targets fixed and achieved
(Ans : d)
84. If the financial administration is to become effective, which of the following principles could be dispensed with
without much disadvantage?
(a) Responsibility (b) Accountability (c) Control (d) Expansion (Ans : d)
85. In which country trade unions are also associated with the work of audit?
(a) United States of America (b) Japan (c) Sweden (d) France (Ans : b)
86. Which Committee of Parliament in India examines the Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General?
(a) Estimates Committee (b) Assurance Committee
(c) Public Accounts Committee (d) Committee on Public Undertakings (Ans : c)
87. Who prepares the ‘Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts’ of the Centre and State Governments?
(a) Public Accounts Committee (b) Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(c) Planning Commission (d) Audit and Accounts Department (Ans : d)
88. Who among the following has defined the civil service as a “Professional body of officials, permanent, paid and
skilled”?
(a) Ogg and Zink (b) Herman Finer (c) L.D. White (d) W.F. Willoughby (Ans : b)
89. Which of the following does not concern the Union Public Services Commission?
(a) Recruitment (b) Classification of Services (c) Disciplinary matters (d) Promotion (Ans : b)
90. Which one of the following explains the concept of ‘Selection from within’?
(a) Selection of candidates through direct recruitment (b) Selection based on merit
(c) Selection through promotions (d) Selection based on seniority (Ans : c)
91. Who among the following said, “There can be no doubt that the standard of administration depends upon the
caliber of civil servants who are appointed to these posts”?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (d) Warren Hastings (Ans : a)
92. Which one of the following Committee was appointed by the UPSC in 1974 to go into the issue of recruitment and
selection methods?
(a) A.D. Gorwala Committee (b) D.S. Kothari Committee
(c) Santhanam Committee (d) Joint Committee on Administrative Reforms (Ans : b)
93. Which of the following system is adopted for classification of higher civil services in India?
(a) Rank Classification (b) Position classification
(c) Unified Grading Structure (d) All of these (Ans : a)
94. On what equal basis, positions are grouped under ‘position classification’?
(a) Salary structure (b) Duties and Responsibility
(c) Seniority in services (d) Age (Ans : b)
100. Which of the following principles is related to salary determination of civil servants?
(a) Demand and Supply (b) Merit
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1. In what way does the “Merging” of Ministry of over seas affairs with that of
Ministry of External Affairs help? Comment. (150 Words)
2. Comment on the relevance of Bicameral system. Examine the demand to remove
Rajya Sabha over its continued delay in passing bills. (150 Words)
3. Is there a need for separate ministry of Panchayati Raj or should it be made as
department in the rural development ministry? Comment (250 Words)
4. “Indian Government has so far dismissed, removed or compulsorily retired 13
bureaucrats and imposed pension cut on 45 others for unsatisfactory performance
and delivery in public service” Examine the importance of this decision. (150
Words)
5. Examine the role of regulatory bodies in achieving SDG goal of “Responsible
Consumption and Production” (Hint – with respect to FSSAI and CCI) (150
Words)
6. How Constitutional values of post Independent India are relevant to the countries
like Srilanka and Nepal today. (250 Words)
7. Indian Bureaucracy is a major hindrance to the Make in India, StartUp India
schemes. Do you agree? (250 Words)
8. Classical theorists had been condemned to the extent that they were discarded
only to come back in the form of Neo-Taylorism. Critically comment. (150
Words)
9. Strong value based administration is an essential component of GG. Examine
Corporate governance in the light of morality. (200 Words)
10.Plato’s idealism is in sharp contrast with Kautilya’s realism. Elucidate. (200
Words)
11.Compare and Contrast the performance of PRIs in different states. Examine
how political ideologies affect the performance of PRIs. (150 Words)
12.Over 6 Million people have been displaced in India after its Independence.
Examine how LARR act and PESA would help in development along with
conservation without compromising lives and livelihoods of marginalised
sections especially tribals. (150 Words)
13.Discuss the procedure to ratify an Agreement in the light of recent ratification
of Paris Climate agreement.(150 Words)
14.How does the UPI affect the role of Indian Administration. Examine with
special focus on development administration. (250 Words)
15.Comment on the electoral reforms needed with respect to EC as a bulwark of
democracy. (250 Words)
16.Administrative law is not blind to environmental ethics – comment with respect
to recent NGT verdicts (ex: on issues like Yamuna flood plain, Delhi Banning
vehicles > 2000cc) (250 Words)
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18.India could successfully handle Indus Water dispute with Pakistan. But unable
to solve dispute between its own states. Examine in context on recent Cauvery
issue. Suggest solutions. (250 Words)
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proposed. Examine the suggestion. (150 Words)
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uneasy balance of power between Executive and Judiciary” Examine the
“Contours” of in the statement. (250 Words)
21.Comment on the recent suggestion of “Simultaneous elections”. Also comment
on electoral reforms of last decade. (150 Words)
22.”The Current India governance discourse seems more directed towards
‘efficiency’ than strengthening ”democratic governance.” Analyse. (200
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With a vast coastline of about 7600 kilometres, island territories on both sides of the
peninsula are sizeable Exclusive Economic Zone and sea borne trade, the greater part
of which moves by ship; there are many strands to India’s composite maritime
security including the safety of major ports plus aircraft carriers and nuclear
submarines at strategic levels. India’s maritime vulnerability came into sharp focus in
November 2008 when Mumbai was the target of an audacious terrorist attack and
many lessons were learnt in that tragic experience.
Analysis:
1. There have been considerable improvements since the Mumbai attack in the
coastal security of India. Bothcapacity and capability has been built across all
the maritime forces especially in the navy and coastguard. There has also been a
structured attempt to improve coordination between these forces.
2. There are some areas where still India needs to work on primarily in the field
of intelligence, coordination among intelligence agencies and in setting up
a structure i.e. a National Apex Maritime Authoritywhich would help to
coordinate policy and to ensure that there is no duplication of effort and iron
out all the differences which do come up. Coastal security involves a host of
organizations and departments of Government of India and it is not an easy task
to coordinate policy among these organizations.
3. The seas are porous. There are no roads or indicators and therefore, the entry to
a port is porous. The port security has improved with the use of biometric
systems at entrance of naval dockyards. There is a much larger awareness in
State Governments post 2008 and in state police forces.
4. As far as marine police is concerned, it came into being after the Coastal
Security Scheme was introduced in 2005-06. The performance of the marine
police in those states which have adequately invested in maritime security has
improved in a significant way like Tamil Nadu. However, there are some states
which do not think there is any kind of threat from the sea and have kind of
neglected the issue such as West Bengal. The marine police have very
important functions but they are in the domain of legal sector plus in patrolling
the coast next to the sea. In these areas, the coastguard is more than adequate
for patrolling and surveillance.
5. The maritime zones of India or seas adjacent to the coasts cannot be
divided into concrete silos as the nature of threat may be very different.
For example, if there is a threat from submarines, it has to be handled by the
navy even if it is few miles away from the coast. Various organizations have to
deal with various types of threats rather than being compartmentalized by
distance from the coast.
6. The issue of establishing a Central Marine Police Force started when it was
proposed by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and some other states endorsed
this idea as well. This is not a new issue because the Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Home Affairs had submitted a Report on Coastal Security in
April 2014 and they had also proposed that the Centre should think about
establishing what was called Marine Indian Reserve Battalion. However, some
of the states are reluctant of all this and believe that the marine police should be
funded by the Centre. The business of state police versus coastal police is
basically a question of funding and money. States find it difficult in
allocating funds for the coastal police set ups.
7. The new Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2015 has not been passed by
the Parliament yet. It says that there would be a convoy system for piracy and
the Indian navy proved that India became piracy free near its coast waters.
There needs to be some sort of registration for every boat and Mumbai police
even ordered for some sort of colours on the boats to recognize this.
Coastguards can be given the overall authority for coastal security.
Conclusion:
At the end of the day, India’s maritime security challenges and opportunities are both
complex and varied. While 2008 Mumbai attack was a dramatic experience, in the
intervening years a concentrated effort has been made to enhance capacity and
coordination among different agencies. Yet there are many wrinkles that need to be
ironed and capacity gaps that call for an effective National Maritime blueprint and
a steady infusion of funds both material and human resources. Despite being
smallest of the three armed forces, the Indian Navy ably complemented by the Indian
Coastguard has acquired a creditable profile in the extended Indian Ocean region.
Whether it is Tsunami 2004 or humanitarian efforts, the Indian Navy has made the
nation proud.
Currently, the achievements in indigenous warship design and building has given the
Navy a distinctive Make in India head start. Nuclear submarine Arihant symbolizes
this determination and steady progress made across the board. Prime Minister Mr.
Narendra Modi had been advocating SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in
the Region) with India as the net security provider. This focus on the maritime
domain is valuable and hopefully marks the beginning of the end of India’s traditional
sea blindness. But still it is a long voyage while sustaining the collective effort.
The government’s recent push towards a digital economy by incentivisation has been
widely appreciated. However, poised at a juncture when people are transforming
payment habits by embracing a particular payment mode, especially the unbanked
segments of society, the digital transaction regulatory framework requires a
comprehensive legal framework assessment.
Concerns:
The government is pushing very strongly for a cashless society. After the
demonetisation move, several initiatives have been seen to further encourage
going cashless. However, while cashless transactions are a convenience and the
future, it is being pushed without addressing critical concerns.
The government’s demonetisation move might have warranted an increase in
transaction activity on digital wallets, but measures to ensure the underlying cyber
security parameters for digital payments is still kept largely under the ambit of the
Information Technology Act. India lacks laws to protect consumers if they lose
money during digital.
The electronic infrastructure space is also still under-developed in India and
technology governance is weak. The e-infrastructure today is woefully inadequate
to serve the people in semi-urban and rural areas. Internet penetration is low at
30%, and smartphone penetration lower at 17%.
Anomalies also exist in the form of gaps in the regulatory mechanism of credit
and debit cards, and mobile wallets. For instance, the discount rate, charged to a
merchant accepting card payments, and sometimes to consumers, is by the banks
themselves, and not by the regulator — the Reserve Bank of India, in this case.
Way ahead:
Government’s recent move to incentivise digital transactions is only one step towards
a cashless economy. Both front-end and back-end changes are required to spread
awareness and enhance usability of various digital payment modes.
Special efforts are required to teach both the less tech-savy as well as the
unlettered on how they could use such modes of transaction.
Infrastructure creation — from networks and connectivity to ensuring last-mile
availability of ATMs and POS machines, specially in the rural areas — needs to
be massively stepped up.
Ensuring greater acceptability of digital money is also imperative. It is important
to dispel doubts and fears that people have about digital money and the security of
their transactions.
Conclusion:
The digital payment revolution is the best disruption demonetisation has unleashed.
An aspiring economy like India should welcome this brave new world. The Centre
must now wake up to the need to make digital payments more secure.