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1. TEST SERIES (MAIN) - 2013
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME
CODE: 01/PA/0707 (PAPER-I)
PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
by ASHUTOSH PANDEY
INSTRUCTIONS
Each question is printed only in English. Each question carries 50 Marks.
Answer must be written in the medium specified in the admission Certificate issued to you,
which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the
purpose. No marks will be given for the answers written in a medium other than that specified
in the Admission Certificate.
Candidates should attempt Question Nos. 1 and 5, which are compulsory, and any THREE
of the remaining questions selecting at least ONE question from each Section.
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Assume suitable data if considered necessary and indicate the same clearly.
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All questions carry equal marks.
Important Note: Whenever a question is being attempted, all its parts/ sub-parts must be
attempted contiguously. This means that before moving on to the next question to be
attempted, candidates must finish attempting all parts/ sub-parts of the previous question
attempted. This is to be strictly followed.
Pages left blank in the answer-book are to be clearly struck out in ink. Any answers that follow
pages left blank may not be given credit.
Time: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 250
Topical Test: Unit-I: Introduction & Unit-II: Administrative Thought
Module answers, corrected copies and assement sheet would be
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3. SECTION - A
1. (a) ‘‘The business of government is to organise the common
interest against the specialinterest’’(Wilson)Comment. (10)
(b) ‘‘Anything government can do, business can do better’’.
Criticallyevaluate. (10)
(c) ‘‘To maintainthat efficiency isvalue–neutralandto proposeat
thesametimethatitbeusedasthecentralconceptina‘‘Science’’
ofadministrationis to commit one’sselfto nihilism, so long as
the prescriptionis actuallyfollowed’’. (Waldo) elaborate. (10)
(d) ‘‘NPA could be best described as second generation
behaviouralism’’(Fredrickson) evaluate. (10)
(e) ‘‘e-Governance can lead to policy – paralysis by analysis’’.
Comment. (10)
2. (a) ‘‘Bureaucrats are rent–seekers and not society’s benevolent
guardians’’Bentham, evaluate the above statement inthe light
ofpublic choice theory. (25)
(b) ‘‘Worst lawis better thanbureaucratictyranny’’. [Ludwig von
Mises]Explain. (25)
3. (a) Inthecontextofevolutionofpublicadministration,NicholasHenry’s
paradigm VI talks about ‘intermeshing’, ‘a networked
interdependency’.Withrespecttotheaboveparadigm,explainhow
public administration as Governance justifies the above. (25)
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8. (a) Argyris has developed a theoryofhumanbehaviour based on
thecharacteristicsofthe-individual, the workgroupandformal
organization. Deliberate (25)
(b) Not onlydidSimon move to psychologyto answer economic
andorganiationalissues, but healsorevolutionizedpsychology
by the introduction of information - processing paradigm.
Comment (25)
(i)(iv)

4. (b) ‘Big democracy’ paradigm is under scanner by the neo-
managerialists’elaborate. (25)
4. (a) ‘Group is the manifestation ofindividualmotives’ (Barnard)
Comment. (25)
(b) ‘NPM does not attenuate bureaucratic principles as much as
it reinforcesthem’Comment. (25)
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SECTION - B
5. (a) Blacksburg Manifesto, the example ofhighmodernism, calls
foradialoguethatevokesreasonthroughprocessinthetradition
ofMP follet. Elaborate (10)
(b) ‘Wilson’s particular formofadministration was at odds with
the constitution’. Elaborate. (JohnRohr) (10)
(c) MethodologicalIndividualism. Elaborate (10)
(d) ‘GoodGovernanceisnot abinaryvariable oranon/offsystem’
(BobCurrie). Elaborate (10)
(e) Likert’s system 4 is analogous to McGregor’s Theory Y.
Comment (10)
6. (a) TheconceptofGlobalPublicPolicy(Stone,2008)hasemerged
to refer to the interactionof‘multiple and fluid regimes, to the
role of actors, events, laws and policies that fall outside the
traditionalboundaries ofthe state.’Illustrate the above using
anygloballycontentious issue that has emerged in the recent
times. (50)
7. (a) ‘Post–Weberiandevelopmentshaveeitherbeenendorsementsor
refutationsofthe Weber’sbureaucratictheory.Evaluate (25)
(b) ‘Neo-Marxists canbe best described as RelativeAutonomy
Theorists’. Explain (25)
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(ii) (iii)