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Rajasthan Public Service Commission Placement Paper

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1. The dominant focus of the classical theory was
on
(a) Decision-making
(b) Human relations
(c) Motivation
(d) Organisational structure
Answer .d

2. Consider the following statements:
Asser1ion(A):The study of public administration
is a Science according to classical thinkers.
Reason (R): The organisation and management
of public administration is based on principles
of universal application.
ln the context of the above two statements which ~
one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Anwer.a

3. Which one of the following is not correct?
(a) informal organisations are spontaneous and sentimental. ‘
(b) Informal organisations are customary and societal.
(c) informal organisations are legal and rational.
(d) informal organisations are personal and ` emotional.
Anwer.c

4. Match List l with List ll and select the correct
answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. informal 1. Minimax
Organisation
B. TheoryX 2. Small group
C. Two factor 3. Need for direction
Theory
D. Bounded 4. Hygiene
Bationality
5. Participative
management
Codes: A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 2 5 3 4
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 4 1 4 3
Anwer.a

5. Which one of the following is not related to
human relations theory?
(a) Men are not inert or isolated creatures, on the contrary they react in their own way.
(b) Solving human problems with non-human tools and in terms of non—human data.
(c) A human problem requires a human solution.
(d) An organisation is also a social system; a group of people behaving in their own way.
Anwer.b

6. Behavioural approach emphasizes that ‘insight ninto the structure and function of an organisation
can best be gained by analyzing the manner in which the decisions and the behaviour of
employees are influenced within and by the organisation’, Which of the following are conveyed by the above statement regarding the emphasis by behaviouralism?
1. Analysis of tasks and positions
2. Analysis of decision processes
3. Analysis of the influences on decision makers
4. Analysis of the rules governing decisions Choose the correct answer from the codes given below;
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
Anwer.b

7. According to Chester Barnard, an administrative organisation is
(a) a system of inter-related sub-systems
(b) a cooperative system of individuals
(c) a rational system of behaviour
(d) an informal system of cooperating men
Anwer.b

8. Which one of the following is suitable for realising high performance goals of management?
(a) Whitley councils and quality circles
(b) Workers’ participation in management
(c) Effective inspection
(d) Effective supervision
Anwer.b

9. Which of the following are characteristics of a System?
1. Unlimited boundary
2. Comprehensiveness
3. lnter-dependence
4. Bargaining
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 3 and 4
Anwer.c

10. Match List l with List ll and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
Lisf•I List-II
(Statement of (Names oftheory) principles with which the given statements are associated).
A. The universal
1. Unity of command
application of
the superior-
subordinate
relationship
through a
number of
levels of
responsibility
reaching from
the top to the
bottom.
B. An employee 2. Hierarchy
should receive
orders from one
superior only.
C. The number of
3. Delegation
subordinates
that an
administrator
can personally
direct.
D. To confer
4. Span of Control
authority from
one executive
or an organisation
unit to another.

Codes: A B C D
(a) 2 1 4 3
(ia) 2 4 1 3
(c) 1 2 4 3
(d) 3 1 4 2
Anwer.a

11. Which of the following are true with regard to the span of control’?
1. ‘Person‘ refers to the worker who is supervised.
2. ‘Function’ means the supenrisor’s function.
3. ‘Age’ refers to the age of the supervisor.
4. ‘Space’ refers to the place of work.
Choose the correct answer from the codes
given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
Anwer.d

12. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Neither administrative theory nor
practice can lay down a definite number
constituting the span of control.
Reason (R): The span of control varies with four
factors : function, personality, time and space.
ln the context of the above two statements which
one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is note correct
explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Anwer.a

13. If the administrative authority within a department is vested in a single individual, then
that system is known as
(a) Board
(b) Bureau
(c) Commission
(d) Council
Anwer.b

14. ‘Authority and responsibility must go together This is known as:
(a) the principle of hierarchy.
(b) the principle of correspondence.
(c) the principle of span of control.
(cl) the principle of centralisation.
Anwer.b

15. Which of the following associated with
co•ordination are correct ?
1. Exercise of hierarchical authority.
2. The orderly synchronisation of efforts.
3. The integration of several parts into an orderly whole.
4. Provision and improvement of skilled personnel.

Choose the correct answer from the codes
given below:
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Anwer.a

16. Which one of the following provides the meaning of co-ordination ‘?
(a) Specialisation of the task among the groups.
(b) Avoidance of overlap.
(c) The separation between staff and line activities.
(d) Establishment of organisation outside the control of the chief executive.
Anwer.b

17. Consider the following two statements:
Assertion (A): Delegation does not mean the
final transfer of power and responsibility to the
delegated authority.
Reason (R): Delegation is the devolution of
authority by a superior person to his agency or
subordinate without a right to supervise and
control.
In the context of the above two statements which
one of the following is correct?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Anwer.c

18. Which of the following hinder delegation?
1. The poor caliber of the staff at the lower level.
2. Organisational policies, rules and regulations
3. Hierarchy of the organisation
4. Personality of the delegating official
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4
Anwer.d

19. Which of the following reflect supervision?
1. Watching the work of the subordinates
2. Ensuring proper and efficient performance
3. Guiding subordinates for efficient performance
4. Finding fault with the work of the subordinates
Choose the correct answer from the codes
given below:
(a) 2, 3 and 4 1
(b) 1, 2 and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Anwer.d

20. Which one of the following does not relate to inspection in administration? ‘
(a) Inspection of some kind or the other has been an integral part of public administration,
(b) inspection work and investigation work mostly go together.
(c) The purpose of inspection is to acquire information.
(d) To acquaint top management with the operating problems faced at the subordinate levels.
Anwer.b

21. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A); A staff officer protects the time
of the line officer.
Reason (R): A staff officer is an adviser to the
chief executive.
ln the context of the above two statements which
one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Anwer.a

22. Which of the following will help reduce rivalry and rancour in line-staff relationship?
1. Opportunities to exchange roles
2. Training to line people in staff work and vice-versa
3. Special pay to line people
4, Departmentalism
Choose the correct answer from the codes
given below:
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 4 ‘
Anwer.a

23. What is the correct sequence of the following?
1. The Fourth Central Pay Commission
2. All-India Services (Conduct) Rules ‘
3. The Masterman Committee (Great Britain)
4. The Central Administrative Tribunal
Choose the correct answer from the
following codes:
(a) 1,3,4,2
(b) 2,4,1,3
(c) 3,1,4,2
(d) 3,2,1,4
Anwer.d

24. To examine the system of recruitment to the All-India and Central Services, the Kothari
Committee was set up in
(a) 1974 _
(b) 1976
(c) 1985
(d) 1986
Ans. a

25. The civil services was defined as “the
professional body of officials, permanent, paid
and skilled” by
(a) Paul Appleby
(b) L D White
(c) Herman Finer
(d) Woodrow Wilson
Anwer.c

26. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Civil service is accountable to the
political executive.
Reason (R) : Since civil service is governed by
the principle of anonymity, the civil servant is
protected by the political executive and is not
accountable to the Parliament.
ln the context of the above two statements,
which one of the following is correct?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A.
(0) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Anwer.a

27. The present recruitment system in India is
based on the recommendations of the
(a) Curzon Committee
(b) Rippon Committee
(c) Macaulay Committee
(d) Dalhousie Committee
Anwer.c

28. The phrase developmental bureaucracy‘ was coined by
(a) La Palambora
(b) Pred Riggs
(c) Alfred Diamant
(d) William Siffin
Anwer.b

29. Which of the following are the various types of decisions in an organisation’?
1. Intra-organisational and inter-organi- sational
2. Routine and strategic
3. Policy and operative decisions
4. Research and analysis
Choose the correct answer from the codes
i given below:
(a) 1,2and4
(b) 2,3and4
(c)1,3and4
(d)1,2and3
Anwer.d

30. The Article in the Constitution of India that says that the Parliament may by law provide for the
creation of an All India Service is
(a) Article 300
(b) Article 312
(0) Article 320
(d) Article 420
Anwer.b

31. Which one of the following explains the impact of halo effect _
(a) A persons choice to behave quite opposite to an image as formed by others.
(b) A person’s efforts to display a gaudy image of himself without possessing such an image.
(c) The incredible image of an individual as perceived by others.
(d) An individual’s tendency to conform to the perception of his image as formed by others.
Anwer.d

32. Match List l with List ll and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Cybernetics 1. Grapevine
B. Language 2. Entropy
C. informal 3. Barrier
Communication
4. Feedback
D. System 5. Attitudes
Codes: A B C D
(a) 1 3 2 5
(b) 3 1 4 2
(c) 4 3 1 2
(d) 4 5 3 1
Anwer.c

33. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) Company : Production and quality
man
(b) Sportsman : Self actualisation
(c) Jungle : Security and social drives
Fighter
(d) Craftsman : Power and esteem drives
Anwer.b

34. According to Paul Appleby, the quality of a good
administrator is
(a) Self—confidence
(b) intelligence
(c) integrity
(d) Loyalty
Anwer.a

35. According to Miss Follett, formal authority refers to
(a) Leadership of personality
(b) Leadership of position
(c) Leadership of expert knowledge
(d) Leadership by function
Anwer.b

36. Which one of the following is not what a leader in administration is expected to do’?
(a) Setting organisational goals in the light of internal and external demands.
(b) Defining the task of each individual so that ‘no man should serve more than one
master?
(c) Helping the meaning of policy to percolate down to the lower levels of the organisations.
(d) Maintaining the core values of the organisation and its distinctive identity.
Anwer.b

37. Yehezkel Dror’s ideas are not in favour of
(a) Policy analysis
(b) Policy science
(c) Science of muddling through
(d) Pluralistic approach
Anwer.c

38. What are the elements of premises in a decision
making situation?
1. Opinions of subordinates
2. Previous decisions and action rules
3. Preferences of peers and politicians
4. Preferences and values of superiors
Select the correct answer from the codes
given below:
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(0) 2and4
(d) 1,2and4
Anwer.d

39. Herbert Simon’s concept of administration is based on
(a) structural—functional approach
(b) logical positivism
(c) systems approach
(d) elite approach
Anwer.b

40. Who among the following made the suggestionthat while exercising administrative discretion
administrative agency must of necessity be responsive to the community values?
(a) Henri Fayol
(b) Chester Barnard
(c) Elton Mayo
(d) Herbert A Simon
Anwer.d

41. On which of the following the classification of positions in civil services is based ?
1. Duties and responsibilities
2. Hank
3. Salary level
4. Personal characteristics of the incumbent
Choose the correct answer from the codes
given below:
(a) 1,2ancl4
(b) 2,3and4
(c) 1,2and3
(d) 1,3, and4
Anwer.c

42. Which of the following are true of a gazetted officer?
1. He can draw his own salary.
2. His placement particulars are published in a gazette.
3. He begins to write the confidential reports
of his subordinates.
4. He can process applications for passports.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 4
Anwer.a

43. Which of the following purposes is not served by the budget in India’?
(a) Outlining the functions and activities of the government departments.
(b) Exercising financial control over the activities of the government departments.
(c) Providing information on the state of economy and national income.
(d) Providing information on the physical targets reached by the government
departments.
Anwer.c

44. Which one of the following is not the disadvantage of the line-item (traditional ) budget?
(a) lt does not help in long—term planning.
(b) lt does not relate to physical targets.
(c) lt encourages unhealthy competition for funds.
(d) It provides for control of expenditure.
Anwer.d

45. Payments from the Consolidated Fund of India are authorised by the
(a) Money bill
(b) Appropriation Act
(c) Finance Act
(d) Consolidated Fund Act
Anwer.b

46. Demands for grants can emanate only from:
(a) the leader of the Opposition.
(b) the Executive.
(c) the chairman of the Estimates Committee.
(d) any member who is not a member of the ruling party.
Anwer.b

47. The provision for the Contingency Fund of india results in:
(a) absolving the executive from preparing the estimates of the expenditure.
(b) compelling the legislature to approve the expenditure.
(c) reducing the legislative control over the executive.
(d) providing a safety-valve to tide over a crisis.
Anwer.d

48. During a discussion in the Parliament ‘Guillotine‘ is applied to those demands which are:
(a) discussed and approved.
(b) discussed but not approved.
(c) discussed and reduced.
(d) not discussed for want of time.
Anwer.d

49. Consider the following two statements:
Assertion (A): ln India the estimates that relate
to the expenditure charged upon the
Consolidate Fund of India shall not be submitted
to the vote of Parliament.
Reason (R): Parliament is not empowered to
discuss expenditure charged upon the
Consolidated Fund of India.
ln the context of the above two statements which
one of the following is correct
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the
correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a
correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Anwer.c

50. Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): Accounting and Auditing powers
should not be vested in an individual or an
agency.
Reason (R): Separation of accounting and
auditing functions is in consonance with the
spirit of theory of separation of powers.
ln the context of the above two statements which
one of the following is correct ?
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Anwer.a

Rajasthan Public Service Commission Placement Paper

About Rajasthan Public Service Commission

Rajasthan Public Service Commission had a glorious past of nearly 70 years. During 1923, the Lee Commission had recommended setting up of a Central Public Service Commission in India, but it did not give much thought to the need of establishing similar commissions in provinces. It was left largely to the discretion of provincial Governments to recruit and exercise control over their Services, as they thought proper.

At the time of formation of Rajasthan, the institution of Public Service Commission existed in only three of the 22 covenanting states viz. Jaipur, Jodhpur and Bikaner. The successor administration after the merger of the princely states promulgated an ordinance on 16th August, 1949 establishing the Rajasthan Public Service Commission Ajmer which was published in Raj. Gazette at 20th August, 1949. In thrid para of point no. 1 of this ordinance, it is clearly mentioned that the Commission will come in to effect from the date on which notification regarding appointment is published in Govt. Gazette. However the notification regarding appointment was published in the Rajasthan Gazettee on 22th December, 1949 and it was on this date that RPSC came into effect. It provided for the abolition of the PSCs or other institution performing duties in the nature of those of a PSC in the constituent states. The ordinance also provided inter-alia, for the composition of the Commission, the staff and the functions of the Commission. visit offical website of Rajasthan Public Service Commission for more details.

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