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IAS Mains Previous Year Paper Public Administration (Paper -I) (2009)

IAS Mains Previous Year Paper Public Administration (Paper -I) (2009)

Sub Date: 12/18/2010

SECTION � A

 

1. Comments on any THREE of the following statements in not

more than 200 words each: 20*3=60

 

a) " The Field of Public Administration is a field of

business." ( Woodrow Wilson )

 

b) " New Public Administration is �� a revolution or

radicalism in words , and ( at best ) status �quo in skills

or technologies."

 

c) " Taylor's contribution was not a set of general principles

for organizing work efficiency , nut a set of operating

procedures that could be employed in each concrete

situation to secure their application."

 

d) " The Barnard � Simon Theory of organization is

essentially a theory of motivation."

 

2. Answer the following in about 300 words each: 30*2=60

 

a) Consider the statement below :

i). "Technically, the bureaucracy represents the purest

type of legal rational authority"

ii). "Bureaucracy does not represent the only type of

legal authority"

Identify the theoretical context and analyze the above

Statements.

 

b) Which of the model(s) in development administration

is / are characterised by ' Selectivism' , ' Attainment'

and ' Poly-functionalism' ? Describe the corresponding

theoretical roots and attributes.

 

3. It is said that " the perspective of public administration ,

developed over a century , with a tradition of management

of Public institution and services has received a jolt from

the novelty of New Public Management".

Bring out the core values , approaches and assumptions of

traditional public administration and show how the new

new Public Management has attempted to change or retain

them , and to what extent. 60

 

4. From Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Simon most writers

on public administration have taken the achievement of

efficiency as the central objective. Justify the

statement with reference to the work of major writers.

60

 

SECTION � B

 

5. Answer any THREE of the following questions in not more

than 200 words each: 20*3=60

 

a) " There is no doubts that departmentalization is fraught

with complexities. These are in part technical , in part

political ." Discuss.

 

b) " Technical like PERT and CPM help in effective

office management." Elaborate.

 

c) " �.. non �western states often , If not always , have

unbalance politics , but these may not necessarily be

bureaucratic politics." Discuss.

 

d) " Yehezkel Dror's normative models of policy making

tend to be academic in perspective with poor

operational utility." Comment.

6. Consider the statement below:

 

a). Self-Help Groups ( SHGs ) enables women to realize their

full potential in some spheres of life.

 

b). Self-Help Groups ( SHGs ) are providing avenues of

political mobilization.

Examine the implication of these two statements and assess

the potential of SHGs for development. 60

 

7. It is said that ' position classification', as originally

conceived is sound in terms of its operational

characterics , but complicated and unresponsive in

practice. Why is it still considered better than other models

of civil service classification ? 60

 

8." ��.. even if policies are well organized , efficiently

operated , widely utilized , adequately financed and

supported , we may still ask , so what ? Do they work?

�. What about their costs , outputs and impact ?"

Discuss. 60

 



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