UPSC CSE (Main) 2022 · Optional
Public Administration · Paper I · 2022
28 questions from UPSC's own paper, Administrative Theory.
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- Section A
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Q1(a) · 10 marks · 150 words
Public Management takes 'what' and 'why from Public Administration and 'how' from Business Management. Elaborate.
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Q1(b) · 10 marks · 150 words
Every human organisation shall start from System-I and ultimately end up with System-IV. Comment on Likert's statement.
2. Administrative Thought Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q1(c) · 10 marks · 150 words
All tribunals are courts, but all courts are not tribunals. Explain.
6. Administrative Law Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q1(d) · 10 marks · 150 words
Classical Organisation Theory formed the bedrock for the modern organisation theories. Analyse.
2. Administrative Thought Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q1(e) · 10 marks · 150 words
Interaction between the State and Civil society has hitherto been largely neglected, especially in developing countries. Examine.
5. Accountability and Control Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q2(a) · 20 marks
'The administrative state is the creation of a power to bind us, with rules ... that are not made by legislature.' Discuss the constitutionality of the administrative state and its future.
6. Administrative Law Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q2(b) · 15 marks
Transformational leadership requires high degree of coordination, communication and cooperation. Explain.
3. Administrative Behaviour Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q2(c) · 15 marks
Human relationists postulate that 'what is important to a worker and what influences his/her productivity level may not be the organisational chart but his or her associations with other workers'. Is it more relevant today?
2. Administrative Thought Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q3(a) · 20 marks
Barnard posits the zone of indifference as the human condition that animates authority relationships and cooperation in modern organisations. Examine.
2. Administrative Thought Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q3(b) · 15 marks
New public service celebrates what is distinctive, important and meaningful about public service. Discuss.
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Q3(c) · 15 marks
Strategic communication ought to be an agile management process. Discuss the conceptualization of strategic communication for the government actions.
3. Administrative Behaviour Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q4(a) · 20 marks
Leadership is seen as dealing with change, whereas administration is viewed as coping with complexity? In this context, discuss the contextuality of leadership and administration for the success of organisations.
3. Administrative Behaviour Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q4(b) · 15 marks
Regulatory governance frameworks have become essential building blocks of world society. Discuss their potential and impact in fulfilling the hopes and demands.
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Q4(c) · 15 marks
Social auditing is not just saving the money, it creates positive impact on governance. Comment.
5. Accountability and Control Write this answer — get it evaluated →
- Section B
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Q5(a) · 10 marks · 150 words
Development Administration 'embraces the array of new functions assumed by the developing countries'. Explain.
8. Development Dynamics Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q5(b) · 10 marks · 150 words
Policy evaluation contributes fundamentally to sound public governance. Discuss.
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Q5(c) · 10 marks · 150 words
Weber's construct of bureaucracy has served a great heuristic purpose in furthering research in the field of Comparative Public Administration. Do you agree with the statement? Give reasons.
7. Comparative Public Administration Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q5(d) · 10 marks · 150 words
Standards are the foundation which do not replace regulations but complement them. Comment.
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Q5(e) · 10 marks · 150 words
'Outcome budgeting addresses the weaknesses of performance budgeting.' Elaborate.
12. Financial Administration Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q6(a) · 20 marks
'The more exogenetic the process of diffraction, the more formalistic and heterogenous its prismatic phase; the more endogenetic, the less formalistic and heterogenous.' Examine this hypothesis of Riggs.
7. Comparative Public Administration Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q6(b) · 15 marks
The environment and situational conditions under which the government operates have an important bearing on its human resource development practices. Examine.
9. Personnel Administration Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q6(c) · 15 marks
'Lindblom regarded rational decision-making as an unattainable goal.' In the light of the statement, suggest measures to avoid policy failures.
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Q7(a) · 20 marks
The results of Washington Consensus were far from optimal for transitional economies. In this background, discuss the change of direction towards post-Washington Consensus.
8. Development Dynamics Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q7(b) · 15 marks
A sound budgeting system is one which engenders trust among citizens that the government is listening to their concerns. Elaborate this in the context of budgetary governance.
12. Financial Administration Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q7(c) · 15 marks
Performance problems are rarely caused simply by lack of training and rarely can performance be improved by training alone. Critically analyse the statement.
9. Personnel Administration Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q8(a) · 20 marks
The audit function has always been viewed as an integral part of government financial management. Discuss the significance of internal audit in improving the performance of the government sector.
12. Financial Administration Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q8(b) · 15 marks
Most civil service regimes still equate 'Public Sector Ethics' with anti-corruption efforts. Discuss the insufficiency of Ethics-code in this background.
9. Personnel Administration Write this answer — get it evaluated →
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Q8(c) · 15 marks
Failure of public policies has often been attributed to problems of implementation, while implementors question the policy design. Discuss the contestation.