PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MAIN PAPER 1 -1995 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks 300 Candidates should attempt 1 and

5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section. All questions carry equal marks. SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in about 200 words each: (a) A theory of public administration means in our time a theory of politics also. (b) Riggs key concepts have alerted the researcher that Weberian bureaucracy might not be entirely predictive of behavior in most Third World countries. (c) Authority has been defined in part as a character of a communication in a formal organization. (d) New Public Administration are likely to be forthright advocates for social equity and would doubtless seek a supporting clientele. 2. Be it an occupation or a profession, Public Personnel has certainly developed a series of sub specialists and techniques that, over the years, have combined to produce an organizational subsystem that must be staffed by experts if it is to meet the standards set by Public Personnel Administration, Explain. 3. (a) Much of what the recruit learns in an organisation is communicated after the fashion of Benthams dog law, Discuss. (b) The Interest or power group base provides a member of an organisation with negotiable goods that can be cashed in for recognition, status and rewards. Examine. 4 The study of decision-making is proceeding in so many directions that we can lose sight of the basic administrative and that so many men have been trying to improve. Elucidate.

SECTION B 5 Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Program budgeting is often considered interchangeable with performance budgeting, but there is a significant difference, at least in theory. (b) Hierarchic control, whereby instruction are passed down the line is not the only dimension of control. (c) The field of administrative law, after a century of litigation and adjudication, remains alive with simmering issues. (d) A major problem with comparative public administration is that it has been behavioral. 6. Explain how factors such as communications, resources, self interests and bureaucratic structures affect implementation of public policies. 7. (a) Bring out the reasons for the growth and the dangers of delegated legislation. (b) Outline the features of development administration and explain the reasons for its marginal performance. 8. Describe the methods by which the Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee control administration. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MAIN PAPER II 1995 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks : 300 Candidates should attempt 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions selecting at least one question from each Section. SECTION A 1. Comment upon any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The purpose of Clives famous double government was to mask Companys sovereignty. (b) The Indian Constitution is a bag to borrowed materials. (c) While discussing the Presidents position in the Constitution, the model of the British monarch being impracticable and the model of the French Presidency having been ruled out, the compromise model had to fall back upon some such device as the German one. (d) The development public undertaking have necessary been placed under the full control of the government and Parliament. 2 The purists have criticized the Indian Constitution as not conforming to the conception of a federation and so being unduly rigid. Examine the statement.

(a) The Secretariat system of work has lent balance, consistency and continuity to the total machinery of the ministry. Explain. (b) The Satish Chandra Committee made a valiant attempt to correct the imbalances introducted in the selection process for civil servants during the late 1970s. Comment. 2. Conceptually, district planning introduces a spatial dimension to the planning process at the state level. Examine, in the context, the role of district planning in practice in different states. 3 SECTION B 5. Comment upon any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The Estimates Committee merely gives a big list of advices. (b) The most important feature of the second generation panchayats is their change from local developmental organization to local political institutions. (c) Special development programmes seek to solve special problems, but their successful implementation depends on complex inter-institutional linkages. (d) In rural development, people are the starting point centre and end goal of all development programmes. 6. Critically review the evolving relationship between the district magistrate and the superintendent of police in the field of law and order management in a district. 7. (a) Development administration ultimately boils down to effective project implementation, and it is implementation that has been badly neglected in Indian planning. Critically examine the statement. (b) The emphasis in womens development programmes has in recent years shifted from a purely welfare and consumption oriented one to a realistic one which recognizes women as contributors to the countrys economy. Elaborate. 8. Between social background and administrative culture, it is the latter that has a dominating influence on integrity in administration in the Indian situation. Review the statement in the light of research findings in the area.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MAIN PAPER 1 -1996 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 300 Candidates should attempt 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions selection at least one question from each Section. All questions carry equal marks. SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The scope of Public Administration is ever expanding. (b) Although the theory of V.A. Graicunas is admittedly crude, it is useful as reference against which variations between organisations as well as within organisations can be examined. (c) In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. (d) Bureaucracy is a system of government the control of which is so completely in the hands of officials that their power jeopardizes the liberties of ordinary citizens. 2. It is said that the generalist rationale was part of a revealed truth. All of us should have known better, for in a world of increasing scientific and technical complexity, it has compelling inadequacies. Discuss. 3. (a) Show how Barnard while analysing the multiplicity of satisfactions, clearly identifies four specific inducements. (b) Examine the view that systems theory, despite its promises to the contrary, followed similar patterns that characterised the structural classical theory. 4. How far is it true to state that the bureaucratic state began to displace the administrative state; when the predominant function of the government changed from regulation to operation of business?

SECTION B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) An attack has been made on the top down character of the Kind of implementation studies and an alternative bottom up approach has been development. (b) Committed bureaucracy is unsuitable in a Parliamentary democracy. (c) Public Agencies have a number of sources and procedures for measuring Performance. (d) At one extreme, the vigour of judicial control may paralyse effective administration, at the other the result may be offensive bureaucratic tyranny, exactly where the balance may be best struck is a major problem of judicial administration relationship. 6. Whatever is purpose it is true that reform always rakes place against resistance and that failure to recognise the various sources of opposition, and to plan and to neutralise them, is a major reason for the widespread failure of reform efforts. Examine. 7. (a) What, according to Riggs, are the three important characteristic features of the prismatic society? (b) Budgeting and fiscal administration require the public administrator to resolve a variety of operational, managerial and strategic issues. Examine. 8. Sketch and overview of the State of Public Policy Analysis as it is most likely to interest those who have a public administration perspective. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MAIN PAPER II - 1996 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks :300 Candidates should attempt 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining question selecting at least one question from each Section. All question carry equal marks. 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) It is not wholly correct to suggest that British rule had seriously attempted to bring about unity in Indias administration. (b) The first Article of the draft Constitution of India provided that India shall be a federation. (c) The Union-State financial relations, as provided in the Constitution, are biased towards Union Government in the context of borrowing. Comment. (d) The public services in India have been conferred a Constitutional status. 2. Rather than describing the Prime Ministers position through phrases, it is better to examine how the office of the Prime Minister has actually evolved over time. Explain. 3. (a) The essential purpose of Cabinet Committee is relieve the Cabinet of some burden of work. Discuss. (b) Independence of the Public Service Commissions has been ensured under specific provisions of the Constitution. Examine.

4. After the creation of the Planning Commission, the role of the finance Commission has started diminishing. Review the statement. SECTION B 4. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The Comptroller and Auditor-General is the friend, philosopher and guide of the Public Accounts Committee. (b) The Governor of a State wears two hats, and therefore, dilemmas have arisen in practice. (c) The institution of Nagar Panchayat as mentioned in the 74 th Constitutional Amendment has to be created with utmost care. (d) The constitutional provisions for the appointment of a special officer for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are more investigative than executive in orientation. 6. Examine the provisions of the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments from the point of view of the autonomy of the local bodies. 7. (a) The works of crime prevention has gone down in the priority list of police activities in recent years. (b)The Panchayati Raj institutions at grass-roots level are ensuring greater peoples participation and involvement in development work. Comment. 8. Rigidity in administration and centralization have greatly incapacitated the Central Social Welfare Board. Examine, in the light of this statement, the organization and working of the Central Social Welfare Board.

PUBLIC ADMINISTARTION (MAIN) PAPER 1 1997 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks : 300 Candidates should attempt 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions selecting at last one question from each Section., All questions carry equal marks. SECTION A Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) In the science of administration, whether public or private, the basic good is efficiency. (b) That is, to be a successful administration one must have a catholic curiosity. (c) Once fully established, bureaucracy is among those social structures which are the hardest to destroy. (d) Theoretically the board administration violates the distinction between government and politics because through it politics is injected in the administration. 2. Examine the basic postulates of the Human Relations Theory and show how far it differs from the classical theory of organizations. 3. (a)Frederick Herzbergs Two-factor theory is more or less an extension of Abraham Maslows theory of motivation. Explain. (b) Centralization inclines toward power and domination. Decentralization, on other hand, inclines toward competition and self-determination. Discuss. 4. How far is it true to state that for a developing democracy the concept of civil service neutrality is outdated; instead there is a need for a civil service with professional competence and commitment? SECTION B 1. comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The controls exercised over administration by legislature are, in sum, of greater theoretical than practical efficiency. (b) Development administration is basically an action-oriented, goal oriented administrative system (c) The central concern of administrative law has been the legal limitation of administrative discretion. (d) Administrative reforms are induced changes in the machinery of government undertaken in order to bridge the gap between reality and desirability. 2. Bring out the importance of Organisation and Methods (O &M). Do you think that there should be a separate O & M organization? 3. (a) Time honoured and yet often not sufficiently appreciated are the fiscal techniques for securing responsible conduct of administrative business. Discuss. (b) How far is it true to state that delegated legislation has become a present day necessity and it has come to stay, it is both inevitable and indispensable. 4. Policy making does not end once a decision is made. The implementation of the decision can have just as great an impact on public policy as the decision itself. Discuss.

PAPER-II-1997 Section A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Under the companys rule a distinction was drawn between Regulation and NonRegulation Provinces. (b) The Preamble to the constitution is a key to open the mind of the markers. (c) The Directive Principles of State Policy are Socialistic in their direction and content. (d) The legislative relations between Union and State governments are more biased towards Union government. 2. Examine the motives and intensions of the framers of the Indian Constitution as they opted for the system of parliamentary democracy in India. 3. (a) The efficiency of the cabinet depends to a large extent on the Cabinet Secretariat Elucidate. (b) For national planning, the commission type of organisation was deliberately preferred. Examine the statement. 4. The states are constitutionally obliged to ensure that the laws passed by Parliament are implemented. Explain the constitutional position fully. Section -B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The main function of the Public Accounts Committee is to ascertain that the money granted by Parliament has been spent by the government within the scope of the demand. (b) The word Police in the title of the Central Reserve Police Force and the IndoTibetan Border Police is a misnomer. (c) A singular feature of the 74th Constitutional Amendment is the new role assigned to the urban local bodies in the field of planning. (d) The machinery of administrative tribunals has been provided for the purpose of speedy and cheap justice against official excesses. 6. Critically examine the role of the Finance Ministry as the Custodian of all public revenues. 7. (a) The District Rural Development Agency is presently serving as the nodal agency of rural development at the district level. Explain. (b) The most momentous recommendation of the Ashoka Mehta Committee was the creation of a two-tier system of Panchayati Raj. Examine the statement. 8. Trace the origin of the lokayukta plan and comment on its working.

PUBLIC ADMINISTARTION (MAIN) PAPER 1 1998 Time Allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 300 Candidates should attempt 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions selecting at last one question from each Section., All questions carry equal marks. SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each : (a) The scope of administration is determined by the scope of the government functions which is decided politically. (b) Communication holds the organisation together. (c) Headquarter and Field relationships determine the tendor of implementation of programmes. (d) Consensus and Unanimity are used as styles in decision-making. 2. Why is it that the behavioral approach to the study of organisations is a continuous phenomenon. Discuss Chester Barnards contributions to this approach. 3. (a) Differentiate between managerial and functional aspects of co-ordination. How this coordination achieved? (b) The themes developed at 1988 MINNOWBROOK conference (20 years after the first conference) largely focus on the current and future vision in the field of public administration. Elucidate. 4. Public Personnel Administration is concerned with a number of functions. Elaborate. Why are PROCUREMENT and DEVELOPMENT functions important? Section -B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Budget is a tool which serves many purposes. (b) Executives control over administration is much more real. (c) Administrative law in modern government system is inevitable. (d) Policy implementation in less Developed Countries needs to be effective. 6. Work study succeeds because it is systematic in investigating a problem and also in developing a solution for it. Explain. Also discuss the components of works Study and their usefulness. 7. (a) What are the objectives of Development Administration? Also examine the demands D.A places on the structure and practices of administration. (b) As long as the study of public administration is not comparative, claim for a science of public administration sounds rather hollow. Explain. 8. All policy- making is decision making, but all decision making is not policy making. Elaborate. How does a policy emanate and what course does policy- making in government follow. PUBLIC ADMINISTARTION (MAIN) PAPER II 1998 Time Allowed: 3 hours

Maximum Marks : 300

. Candidates should attempt 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions selecting at last one question from each Section., All questions carry equal marks SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each : a) Kautilyas Arhashastra has significant relevance to the contemporary Indian administration. b) Art 78 of the constitution confers Executive Power on the President. c) Central Services are more All-India in character than are the all-India Services. d) State and district planning bodies in India have not been effective in achieving their goals. 2. It is argued that the recruitment and training of all India and Central Services have not kept pace with the changing needs and time. Give suggestions for improving these processes in order to make administrators more effective, committed and honest. 3. (a) Indian public enterprises are neither adequately public nor truly enterprising. Comment. (b) The Indian Constitution considerably influences the nature, role and structure of Indian administration. Elucidate. 4. Explain the role and structure of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. What are the challenges being faced by this Ministry? Give suggestions for enhancing the capacity of this organization to meet these challenges. SECTION B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each : (a) The success of administrative reforms in a country like India depends upon political as well as administrative will (b) Rural development programmes in India suffer from lack of coordination and a sound appraisal system. (c) Corruption is more of an environment than an administrative problem. (d) CAG should be watch- dog and not a blood-hound. 6. In tune with the winds of administrative change blowing throughout the world, the Indian administration has also taken certain noticeable initiatives in administrative restructuring in the nineteen ninety. What are these initiative have they been. 7. Do you think that the Indian police legislation, structure, technology, attitudes and behaviour are appropriate to meet the law and order problems in the country? What fundamental changes would you suggest in these realms to make the central and the state police forces more effective in their role performance? 8. The State Finance commission under Panchayat Raj Law is designed to ensure regional balance in the distribution of State and Central Funds. Comments.

PUBLIC ADMINISTARTION (MAIN) PAPER 1 2000 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 300 Candidates should attempt 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions selecting at last one question from each Section. All questions carry equal marks. SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Administrative efficiency is enhanced by keeping at a minimum the number of organizational levels through which a matter must pass before it is acted upon. (Herbert A. Simon) (b) A science of administration would be a body of formal statements describing invariant relationships between measurable objects, units, or elements. Unquestionably, administrative research has produced definite precepts and hypotheses that are applicable to concrete situation.(Fritz Morstein Marx) (c) .a more thorough consideration leads to the under-standing that communication, authority, specialisation and purpose are all aspects comprehended in coordination. (d) Political environment conditions administrative system. (F.W. Riggs) 2. . The paradigms of public administration may be understood in terms of locus and focus. Golembiewski In the light of the above statements describe the five-paradigms of Nicholas Henry about the evolution of the discipline of public administration. 3. Information constitutes the life-blood of the functioning of the functioning of organization. In the light of this statement, explain the utility and importance of communication in decision making. 4. What opportunities are available to All India Services and state services in career development? Do you agree that days of generalists in modern administrative state are numbered?

SECTION B 5. Write short notes on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Budget as an instrument of socio-economic transformation. (b) Judicial control over administration in India and concept of judicial activism. (c) Effectiveness and utility of Central and state Administration Tribunals. (d) Work study and work -measurement in Indian Administration. 6. Give reasons for the failure of Government of India to introduce the performance programme budgetary technique in Union Ministry? What type of budgetary system being currently practiced in India and why? 7. The weakest aspect of Indian Administration System is utter disregard of accountability. Examine the current mechanism for enforcing accountability. What steps are necessary to make it more effective? 8. Critically examine the approach and methodology adopted by Fred W.Riggs in his study of prismatic and sala societies. What is valid-content of Raj Krishnas criticism of refraction? PAPER II 2000 Time Allowed : Three hours Maximum Marks : 300 Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any THREE of the remaining questions selecting at least ONE question from each Section. All questions carry equal marks. SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The period of British rule generated most of the structural and behavioral values of Indian Administration not by imitation but through interaction. (b) Though the dictatorship of the Cabinet is a stark reality in modern times, it does not mean that the Cabinet is omnipotent. (c) National Development Council, it seems, is like a super-Cabinet. (d) Indian Constitution confers vast legislative powers on the President. 2.Among several other problems, the problem of financial relationship is perhaps the most complex one. Explain in the context of recent developments in Union-State relations in India. 3. (a) The leadership qualities of a civil servant are test most during his tenure as the Cabinet Secretary-a dream post for every bureaucrat. Elucidate. (b) All India Services play a crucial unifying role in the whole administration system of the country. Explain. 4. Discuss the major problems of management and working of Public Sector Undertakings in India. Give suggestions in the light of liberalization policy to improve their performance. SECTION B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Maintenance of law and order is a State subject but the Union Government can deploy armed forces in any State. (b) Most administration reforms have a political cost.

(c) It is a major challenge to balance the role of District Collector with the powers of democratic bodies. (d) A middle way should be worked out to utilize the services of both generalists and specialists for the national development. 6. Do you think that our administration is sensitive to public grievances? Discuss the existing grievances redressal mechanism and give suggestions for enhancing its capabilities. 7. (a) Reservation policy and its implementation has had some positive impact in relation to terms on the socio-economic development of the SCs and STs but it is very meager in absolute terms. Comment. (b) In the Chief Secretary, the State Government has an officer whose counterpart does not obtain in the Union Government. Elucidate. 8. Do you agree that globalization, liberalization and privatization policies are going to change the very fabric of Indian Administration? What, according to you, are the major challenges before it in the 21st century?

PUBLIC ADMINISTARTION (MAIN) PAPER 1 2001 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 300 Candidates should attempt 1 and 5 which are compulsory and any three of the remaining questions selecting at last one question from each Section., SECTION A 1. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Publicness of Public Administration in an ideal democratic government remains the ultimate value in theory and practice. Elucidate. (b) Minnobrook Conference in USA identified four features crucial to new public administration, Explain. (c) The nature and role of communication in administration indicates that Communication is authority. Comment. (d) Critically examine the models of Max Weber and Chester I Barnard with reference to bureaucratic authority. 2. The decision-making scheme and satisfying model of Herbert A Simon is the major component of administrative theory. Comment. 3. Why do all administration organizations consider hierarchy as the many splendoured technique? Discuss. 4. In what respects, the powers of proposed institution of Lok Pal in the Bill already introduced in Indian Parliament, will strengthen the institution as compared to Parliamentary Commissioner of UK? SECTION B 5. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The inculcation of belief in the real existence of a common purpose is an essential executive function. Comment. (b) Burekehead says: Budget in Government is a vehicle of fiscal policy and a tool of management. Examine this statement. (c) Critically comment on Riggsian Prismatic Sala model of administration of developing societies. To what extent Indian Administrative system exhibits prismatic characteristics? (d) Statutory External auditing is one of the protectors of democracy in the parliamentary form of government. Comment. 6. A fairy adequate analysis of the Administrative Organisation in Government is possible when we treat bureaucracy as a structure and administration as a function. Discuss. 7. What techniques the Government of India have employed to evaluate (appraise) the performance of senior level employees, i.e., Class I and Class II? Are you satisfied with these techniques? 8. Critically examine the monetary and fiscal policies of Government of India in the decade 1971 to 2001. Do you think world financial institutions had a role to play in

opening Indian economy to global force? Give reasons to substantiate your argument. PAPER II 2001 Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 300 Instructions: Same as in Paper - 1 SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The machinery of government designed in Kautilyas Arthashastra does not exactly resemble our modern day polity, but it does contain some principles which could be said to be the part of todays science of public administration. (b) The use of the word Socialist in the Indian Constitution has become redundant in the context of the liberalization of economy. (c) The Prime Minister stands out as the most powerful authority even today. (d) The District Collector admirably survived the historical change of role from an alien regime to a national one. 2. It is axiomatic that a countrys public administration system, including its bureaucracy, must fit into and respond to its overall political system. In the light of this statement discuss the mutual relations between the civil servants and the ministers since Independence. 3. (a) State Directorates are administrative and implementation units assisting the Departments functioning from the Secretariat. Explain (b) Despite the serious commitment on the part of the government, the benefits of the rural development programmes do not seem to reach the intended targets and they fail to serve fully the purpose for which they were intended. Elucidate 4. Despite liberalization, privatization and globalization of economy, the public sector has its own relevance for India. Discuss the functions and role of public sector in the new economic scenario and the changes that they need to bring about in them. SECTION B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The need and significance of all India services has been well recognized in political as well as administrative circles. (b) It is the audit of property that distinguishes the audit of the Comptroller and Auditors General of India (CAG) from the audit made by any professional auditor. (c) Although District Planning Committee and Metropolitan planning committees have been provided, those remain mostly on paper. (d) Administrative Reforms in India are not necessarily the result of the recommendations of any specific committees or commissions. 6. Control over public expenditure is an essential feature of accountable and responsible financial administration. In the light of this statement discuss various methods of control over public expenditure which are exercised by the Indian Parliament.

7. (a) The policy of the government is reflected by various items of the budget. Explain by distinguishing between a commercial budget and a government budget. (b) Indian administration is yet to fully appreciate and adopt the benefits of the information technology. Elucidate. 8. The Central social Welfare Board has become an anomalous institution. In the light of this statement, examine the functions and role of the Central Social Welfare Board and suggest measures for making it an effective institution.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 2002 (MAIN) PAPER 1 Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks :300 Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining question selecting at least one question from each Section. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of question. SECTION A 1. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Though there are certain points of similarity between public and private administration yet no private organisation can ever be exactly the same as a public one. Examine. (b) Civil society exists to ensure that government does provide good governance. Discuss. (c) Public corporations are not an end in themselves but an extension of the government activities designed to promote public welfare. Substantiate. (d) Dicey was wrong not only in his concept of the rule of law, but he also overlooked the significance of the administration law.-Comment. 2. Describe the evolution of the discipline of public administration with special emphasis on post-1970 developments. 3. Explain the contribution of George. Elton Mayo to the development of the Human Relations School. How did behavioural scientists modify his basic findings ? 4. Compare Abraham Maslows theory of motivation and Herzbergs motivation-hygiene theory. Do you think that they are universally applicable? If so, why not? SECTION B 5. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Development administration is concerned with maximizing innovation for development. Discuss. (b) Public policy is that politics is about. Substantiate. (c) The doctrine of political neutrality and anonymity is no more relevant to modern civil service. Comment. (d) Auditing in Government is an exercise in post-mortem. Examine. 6. Analyse the constitutional, political and operational dimensions of employeremployee relations. What are your suggestions to bring about a satisfactory relationship between them? 7. How did Fred W. Riggs conceptualize the interactions between administrative systems and their environment? 8. Examine the government budget as an instrument of public policy and a tool of legislative control. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 2002 (MAIN) PAPER II Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300

Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining question selecting at least one question from each Section. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of question. SECTION A 1. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The value premises of our Constitution in the era of global constitutionalism. (b) Indian federalism is described as federal in form but unitary in spirit. (c) Rural and urban development programmes have gained in importance, but implementation has been a failure. (d) The role of public sector has been changing tremendously in the context of liberalization. 2. After independence, despite the change in socio-economic and political milieu, the basic features of colonial impact on administration countries to exit in our administration system. Comment. 3. (a) The central secretariat is a policy formulating, coordinating and supervisory agency besides being the principal executive agency of the government. Explain. (b) Collector is the representative of the state government in the district and also represents public interest. Comment. 4. The role of local self government in the state administration is of considerable importance. Evaluate the statement in the context of the 73 rdand 74th amendments made. SECTION B 5. Comment on any THREE of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The India Services is an institution is the result of history. (b) The role of Comptroller and Auditor General is a Limited one. (c) National Development Council has virtually become a super-cabinet and tries to arrogate itself the functions of Parliament. (d) Public undertakings no longer occupy commanding heights, 6. The machinery for welfare administration at the national and state level tricking down to grassroots becomes meaningless in the context of global constitutionalism. Discuss. 7. (a) Culturally sanctioned values and symbols have acted as important influencing catalyst in administration. Elaborate. (b) The problems of administration improvement in India are larger and more complex than in any other country in the world. - Comment. 8. Womens development programmes of recent have shifted from welfarist approach to empowerment of women. Elaborate.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 2003 (MAIN) PAPER I Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300 Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining question selecting at least one question from each Section. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of question. SECTION A 1. Answer any THREE of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The advent of the concept of roll black of the state since the nineteen eighties has been altering the role of Public Administration but certainly not diminishing its central place in human society. Discuss. (b) Weberian model of bureaucracy lacks empirical validity when applied to modern democratic administration. Examine. (c) The New Public Management (NPM) is an incarnation of a new model of public sector management in response of the challenges of liberalization, international competitiveness and technological change. Discuss. (d) Citizens charter the most important innovation in the context of promotion of customer-orientation of administration. Discuss. 2. Give an account of major landmarks in the growth of the discipline of Public administration in the 20th century? 3. Account for the increasing corruption in Administration corruption. Suggest remedies to curb administrative corruption. 4. What is morale? State its significance and suggest methods to foster and sustain morale in an organization. SECTION B 5. Answer any THREE of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Organisations today seem to invest in information and information systems, but their investments often do not seem to make sense. Comment. (b) Development Administration has two important aspects viz, the administration of development and the development of administration. Explain. (c) Training is practical education in any profession, not only to improve skills but also to develop attitudes and scheme of values necessary for effective performance. Elaborate. (d) Legislative controls over finances are inadequate and incomplete. Comment. 6. Examine the needs and facets of administration reforms in the fast changing scenario of the 21st century. What are the obstacles to administration reforms? Give suggestions to overcome them. 7. Comment on the role of public administration in policy making and its implementations. What are the other factors influencing the policy process? 8. What are the various institutional devices available for the redressal of citizens grievances against the excesses and malfunctioning of administration? How successful have they been?

PAPER II 2003 SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The Arthashastra is Indias oldest complete text on public administration. (b) Thought India emerged as a sovereign state after Independence, the administrative system remained the same as was during the British period. (c) Despite all the powers that he has, the Indian Prime Minister cannot become a dictator. (d) District Collector has increasingly because multi-dimensional. 2. Looking back to our past experience, the fears that the emergency provisions can be misused have at times proved right and wrong at other times. Discuss with examples. 3. (a) Article 163 makes the governor the sole judge in matters in which he is required to act in his discretion. Explain. 4. The steady expansion and the gradual decline of the public sector has been one of the most conspicuous development in post-Independence India. Discuss this statement and suggest measures to arrest the decline of the public sector in India. SECTION B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The size of the leviathan goes on expanding, despite the countrys recent commitment to downsizing or rightsizing. (b) Questions represent a powerful technique of parliamentary control over expenditure. (c) A distinctive feature of the Indian administration, since Independence, has been the noticeable efforts undertaken to make the administrative systems effectively reach and respond to citizens grievance. (d) Indian planning is highly centralized. 6. In-service training of officers belonging to higher civil services has been perhaps the most conspicuous development in Indian administration. Discuss with reference to training designed for the Indian Administrative Service officers. 7. (a) Criminalization of politics in India has been extended to politician of criminals. Comment. (b) NGOs are fast replacing the government in the implementation of a large number of programmes. Elucidate. 8. Information technology, if properly used, can bring about sweeping changes in the nature of governance in India. Discuss the current status and future possibilities about the use of information technology in the governance of India.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 2004 (MAIN) PAPER 1 SECTION A 1. Answer any THREE of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Bureaucracy can exit only where the whole service of the state is removed from the common political life of the people, its chiefs as well as rank and file. Its motives, its objectives, its policy, its standards must be bureaucratic.-Discuss. (b) Motivation theory is not synonymous with behaviour theory. The motivations are only one class of determinants of behaviour while behaviour is almost always motivated, it is also almost always biologically, culturally and situationally determined as well. Comment (c) Delegated Legislation is not absolute. Explain. (d) Public Policy is not an independent variable and human history shows little evidence of systematic learning from policy experience. Discuss 2 Democracy and good governance are contradictions in terms. Discuss with examples. 3 Webers ideas of impersonal detachment and esprit de corps are incompatible. Explain. 4 Discuss the legal and political implications of Right to information. Is it a feasible concept in the developing countries? SECTION B 5. Answer on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Policy is a decision driven model of research use. Explain. (b) Civil Service neutrality is a thing of the Past. Discuss. (c) Recruitment is the backbone of Public Administration Explain (d) The administrator needs autonomy and discretion in much the same way as the politician needs control and intervention. Discuss. 6. What is Information Technology? Describe its impact on Public Administration. 7. Explain the meaning, significance and models of Comparative Public Administration 8. Describe the changing profile of Development Administration and identify its efforts towards peoples empowerment. PAPER II 2004 SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The main features of British governmental and administrative systems continue to influence the present Administrative System. (b) The National Human Rights Commission is unable to play its role effectively due to various hindrances. (c) Presidents of India prior to the passage of 42 nd and 44th amendment could afford to be more assertive. (d) The highly significant and elevated position of Chief Secretary is significantly undermined in practice today.

2. The position of Governors towards exercising their discretion and powers has considerably changed after 1967.Discuss. 3. (a) The district officers as a chief agent and representative of state serves as a channel of communication between the government and the resident of the district. Explain. (b) In the context of liberalization the role of Public Sector and its welfarist approach is being drastically changed. Elucidate. 4. The special development programmes taken up for poverty alleviation with a hope that benefits of these programmes may reach to the people living below poverty linehave utterly failed to achieve its objectives. Comment SECTION B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The estimate Committee is a continuous economy committee (b) Values, more than techniques are the eventual determinants of the actions of the administrators. (c) National Development Council was established to coordinate between Union government, the Planning Commission and the State governments. (d) Criminalization of politics has been responsible for the problems related to law and order in our nation. 6. Welfare of the people has been a constitutional and legal obligation of the state, wherein-both the Centre and the State Governments are required to discharge the obligation within available resources. Does this stand true in the context of globalization? 7. (a) In spite of valuable suggestions through Administrative Reforms, still we have not been able to come up to the expectations of the people. Discuss. (b) Effective implementation of plan projects has been the weakest link in the chain of the entire planning programme. Elucidate. 8. One of the greatest weakness inherent in a federal polity is the possibility of conflict of loyalty and responsibility on the part of public servants as between Central and State Governments. Elaborate and comment.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 2005 (MAIN) PAPER 1 SECTION A 1. Answer any THREE of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Administrative question are not political questions. Discuss. (b) Organisation is a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons. Comment. (c) In Folletts view, authority belongs to the job and stays with the job. Explain (d) The failure of classical science of administration lies in its capacity to confront theory with evidence. Discuss 2. In what ways can information technology play a crucial role in effective governmentcitizen interaction in the context of good governance? 3. Today the content of administrative law is driven primarily by the scope of public administration activity. Explain. 4. What is judicial activism? How far has it been successful in exercising a check over administration? SECTION B 5. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) Development administration is starved for theories which will guide the pooling of empirical Knowledge, orient new research, and recommend administrative policy. Explain. (b) If positions are the raw material of classification, the class is the operating unit. Discuss. (c) The budget is an instrument of coordination. Explain. (d) No science of public administration is possible unless there is a body of comparative studies from which it may be possible to discover principles and generalities that transcend national boundaries and peculiar historical experiences. Discuss. 6. Why do public organisations evaluate employees performance? How can performance evaluation systems affect employees behaviour? How can administration effectively evaluate employees? 7. Give an assessment of the processes of policy formulation and discuss the problems of policy implementation. 8. Why does the issue of budgeting as politics versus budgeting as analysis remain important in the budgeting process? Do you agree that some synthesis of the two positions seems possible? IIIustrate. PAPER II - 2005 Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300 Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining question selecting at least one question from each Section. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of question. SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each:

(a) The Mughal Administrative System was a military rule by nature and was centralized despotism. (b) The veto-power of the Indian President is a combination of the absolute, suspensive and pocket veto. (c) The District Collector is an overburdened officer due to the expansion and increasing developmental activities. (d) A strong PMO is a salvation for any Indian Prime Minister, but concentration of power is a danger to democracy. 2. The Chief Minister Symbolizes ruling power structure and is the real executive head of the State Government. Discuss the above statement in the light of his position in a Coalition Government. 3. (a) The Cabinet Secretariat provides the eyes and ears for the Prime Minister to Keep in touch with the process of official business in Central Government. Comment. (b) The primary emphasis in District Administration has to be on implementation of development programmes in cooperation with active support of people. Elucidate. 4. Even after a decade of having adopted the 73 rd Amendment to the Constitution, the Panchayat Raj institution still faces a number of problems towards making it a strong and vibrant unit of Government. Comment. SECTION B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) One of the most distinctive characteristics of Indian Administration Service is its multipurpose character. (b) Public Account Committee conducts a post-mortem examination of Public Accounts. (c) Efforts made towards administrative reforms so far have been lacking in congruence between strategy, structure and substance. (d) The role played by Central and State Governments in maintaining law and order is inadequate and unmatched to growing criminalization. 6. From highly centralized planning system, India has moved towards indicative planning under which long-term strategic vision of the future is built and nations priorities are decided. Elucidate. 7. (a) Audit provides a healthy safeguard against public money going down the drain. Comment. (b) National Development Council is criticized as an usurping authority-functioning as a virtual super-cabinet. Explain. 8. The Lokayuktas in States have not succeeded in tackling maladministration, while the Bill on Lokpal still faces stiff opposition on the floor of the Parliament. Comment.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 2006 PAPER - 1 Time Allowed: Three Hours Maximum Marks: 300 Candidates should attempt Questions 1 and 5 which are compulsory, and any three of the remaining question selecting at least one question from each Section. The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of question. SECTION A 1. Answer any three of the following questions in not ,ore than 200 words each: (a) If public administration is to play a major legitimizing role in governing our complex society, it needs to be more fully conceptualised. Discuss. (b) Simons work has had major implications for the study of public administration and the practice of public administration professionalism. Comment. (c) The main problem with Mary Parker Folletts work is that her idealism is showing. Explain. (d) Autonomy and accountability in Public Enterprises cannot walk together. Explain. 2. Critically examine the Classical Science of Administration with special reference to its criticism by Dwight Waldo and Robert Dahl. 3. Define the term civil society. How does civil society influence the public policy? 4. Today the content of administration law is driven primarily by the scope of public administration activity. Explain. SECTION B 5. Answer any three of the following questions in not more than 200 words each: (a) The rise of information technology is an opportunity to overcome historical disabilities. Explain. (b) Audit countries to be considered as something alien, something extraneous and something of the nature of an impediment. Explain. (c) Nothing comes across more strongly than the great naivete about policy implementation. Discuss. (d) Successfully implementing budgeting approach requires favourable incentive structures. Discuss. 6. Do you agree with the view that development administration has in recent years lost its impetus without making any significant intellectual breakthrough? Discuss. 7. To what extent has the human relations movement contributed to the Knowledge and practice within the field of personal administration? 8. Discuss the main approaches to increase the efficiency of government and public administration. PAPER - II SECTION A 1. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) In the happiness of his subjects lies the Kings happiness; in their welfare his welfare. Comment on Kautilyan state administration. In what respects is modern democratic rulers behaviour different from Kautilyan rulers?

(b) The basic values of the Constitution of India enshrine social, political and economic philosophy symbolizing sovereignty of the people, rule of law and basic characteristics of a socialist, secular, democratic republic. Comment. (c) The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments are major landmarks in Indias Constitutional History and Local Governance. Comment. (d) Not the Potomac, but the Thames, Fertilizes the flow of Yamuna. In the light of the statement comment on the symbolic institution of the President of India. 2. The role played by the National Human Rights Commission in maintaining and preserving dignity of Indias citizens has been satisfactory and up to the expectations. Elucidate. 3. Indian Prime Minister should not only be accountable to the Indian Parliament but should appear to be so. Comment on the accountability of the Prime Minster to the Indian Parliament in the context of extra constitutional power. 4. The District Collector, the Additional Deputy Commissioner and Sub-Divisional Officer, have virtually become officers-in-attendance and have lost initiative and independence of judgement. Comment. SECTION B 5. Comment on any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The generalist character of I.A.S. is its chief characteristic as well as its chief criticism. Comment. (b) All efforts in the field of reforms in public administration by the political executive have resulted in no significant output. Comment. (c) By taking some offices out of the jurisdiction of the Office of Profit Act, the Government of India has doubly assured the public mind of its duplicity. Comment (d) Audit, like the judiciary, the executive and the legislature is one of the important ingredients of democracy. Comment 6. The main problem of Centre-State relations in India is bottlenecks in fiscal federalism. Comment. 7. Lok-Ayuktas are judicial institutions without adequate teeth. Comment. 8. (a) Critically evaluate the policies of the Union Government with regard to the welfare of women and children of India in not more than 200 words. (b) What measures have been taken by the Union and the States for the welfare of women in the profession of sex? (c) What concrete steps have been taken by the Union and the States Governments to protect child labour and prevent abuse of children?

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 2007 PAPER - 1 SECTION A 1. Answer any three of the following questions in not more than 200 words each: (a) Public and Private Administrations are two species of the same genus, but they also have special values and techniques of their own. Comment. (b) Taylors scientific management ignored social and psychological factors. Comment (c) The distinction between line and staff is relative rather than absolute. Discuss. (d) Delegated legislation is a necessary evil. Examine 2. Analyze McGregors theory X and Theory Y. Do you agree with the view that with every passing year, McGregors message has become more relevant and more important? Substantiate your answer. 3. What is meant by morale? There is a belief that moral and productivity go hand in hand and higher the morale, higher the productivity. Do you agree? Substantiate. 4. Right to information promotes transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. Explain SECTION B 5. Attempt any three of the following questioning not more than 200 words each: (a) Peoples participation is crucial to development administration. Comment. (b) Training is not essential not only for efficiency and effectiveness but also for broadening the vision of the employees. Substantiate. (c) Not to be comparative is to be naively parochial (Riggs). Comment. (d) Implementing a public policy is a process of discovering what works and what does not. Examine 6. Bring out the various techniques of O & M adopted in India to improve efficiency in administration. 7. The widening gap in emoluments of government employees versus the public sector corporations and private sectors employees has a strong bearing on the motivation and ability to work. Comment 8. What is performance budgeting? Bring out its merits, limitations and difficulties. PAPER-II SECTION A 1. Answer any three of the following in not more than that 200 words each: (a) Kautilya was not only the foremost politico-administrative thinker of ancient India but he has an advocate and preacher of moral values too. Comment. (b) Because of several judicial pronouncements, Governors in States are no longer viewed as agents of the Party in power at the Central level. Evaluate (c) The president of India acts like grand-parent in a family. If younger generation does not follow his/her advice, he/she is just unable to do anything. Comment. (d) Memorandum of understanding scheme between government and public enterprise has forced public undertaking to improve the overall performance. Comment.

2. There is a separate Central Ministry or Department on each subject allocated to State list. Does it mean supremacy of the union Government or an emphasis on development administration? Analyse 3. 73rd Constitutional Amendment has provided permanent structural framework to PRIs resulting into silent social revolution. Comment. 4. The dispute between Secretariat and Directorate is the result of Generalist vs Specialist controversy. Analyse. SECTION B 5. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The blame for our poor public sector performance can be laid on the way our bureaucracy is structured. Comment. (b) Parliamentary Departmental Committees have played their role effectively in analysing the demands for grants. Evaluate. (c) In spite of having Constitutional status the District Planning Committee is not able to implements decentralized planning due to centralised nature of economic planning. Comment. (d) A well-designed module-based training for Civil Servants is the best way to achieve the goals of good governance. Analyse. 6. If information is power, nothing can perhaps empower a citizen more than the secret and developmental informations held by various public authorities. Analyse the merits and demerits of RTI Act, 2005 in the light of this statement. 7. National Commission to review the working of the Constitution has suggested revolutionary changes in administration culture. Analyse its major recommendations on Civil Services and Administration. 8. Critically analyse the functions and role of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with regards to development of disabled persons in India in not more than 200 words. (b) Define Civil Society. Is it an effective organ to control administration machinery? Comment. (C) Social (Welfare) Administration in India is witnessing specialization and faster expansion of its administration agencies. Evaluate.

PUBLIC ADMINISTARTION 2008 PAPER - 1 SECTION A 1. Answer any three of the following questions in not more than 200 words each: (a) Calling Woodrow Wilson, the father of Public Administration is doing injustice to equally or even more eminent contributions made prior to him. Comment. (b) Leaders do the right things, managers do them rightly.(Bennis) Comment. (c) Mary Parker Follett was far ahead of her times. Discuss. (d) Instruments of Public accountability can be truly effective only if the people and their associations, backed by a responsible media, are assertively proactive, Comment. 2. In the last two decades, almost all countries of the world have experienced transformation in their administrative system. Explain this phenomenon with examples from the developed and the developing nations in the context of New Public Management Movement. 3. Examine the respective roles of facts and values in the decision-making process. Is it possible to make value-free decisions in government system? How can government decisions be made more rational? 4. To claim that a company or a corporation form is always more effective than a departmental form of organisation is an outdated view. The real test of a sound structure is its capacity to balance decisional autonomy and operational flexibility with optimal accountability. Critically examine this statement. SECTION B 5. Answer any three of the following questions in not more than 200 words each: (a) Laxity in monitoring and evaluation can render even the best policies infructuous. Discuss. (b) e-governance has the potentiality to emerge as the most effective in structure of efficiency, transparency and accountability. Comment. (c) Truly comparative administrative studies are empirical, nomothetic and ecological.(Riggs) In this perspective, examine the current status of Comparative Public Administration. (d) Training has proved its incapacity to change the attitudes, behaviour and values of civil servants. Do you agree with this statement? 6. To talk of administration modernization and still continue with the conventional practice of public personnel administration is a grass incongruity. Offer suggestions to initiate radical reforms in Human Resource management of public administration system. 7. Good economics and bad politics cannot coexist in a sound budgetary process. Discuss this statement in the context of the developmental challengers in countries experiencing competitive politics. 8. In certain discourses, there is a reflected basic distrust against bureaucracy as an instrument of development. Do you think bureaucracy is more appropriate for regulatory administration than for development administration in a liberalizing environment, what role of bureaucracy can be envisaged?

PAPER II - 2008 SECTION - A 1. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) The shift from Nehruvian to the liberalization model of development has necessitated reinventing government. Comment. (b) Economic Development and Social Justice are the hallmarks of the 1992 Constitutional Amendment Acts Elucidate. (c) District Administration is like a small tortoise carrying the load of an elephant. Discuss. (d) Some features of Mughal Administration, in essence, do exist in Indian Administration. Elaborate. 2. There is constant and continuous collision between bureaucratic values and democratic vales which adversely affects development. In the light of this statement examine the role of bureaucracy in development. 3. (a) What are the tension areas in Union- state relations in planning? (b) Discuss the problems in the planning process at the state and sub state levels. 4. The Chief Minister is the real executive of the State, whose effectiveness is largely related to his personality traits and equation with central leadership. Explain and illustrate with relevant examples. SECTION B 5. Answer any three of the following in not more than 200 words each: (a) In urban governance, uni-functional agencies and development authorities create a functional jungle. Explain (b) In India, there appears to be more disaster of management than management of disaster. Comment (c) The budget is more than the economic horoscope of the nation. Comment (d) Right to information Act has led to greater transparency and accountability of administration. Comment 6. (a) Training of civil servants for capacity building should be in consonance with the needs of the socio-economic and technological development of the country. Explain. (b) What are the basic hurdles and pitfalls in the implementation of the national Rural Employment Guarantee Act? 7. Describe the changing character and new orientations of Public services in India since Independence. 8. New Localism is identified with the new Local State and local activism. Examine how this has impacted city management in India.