PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: 05 November 2016
Paper 1
- ”The positivist methods of policy analysis have served intentionally or unintentionally to facilitate and bolster bureaucratic governance.” Fisher . Analyse. (150 Words)
- ‘In the era of globalization, the policy making sovereignty of government has been abdicated.” Explain. (150 Words)
- “Trying to view organisational effectiveness as a single dimension is much like trying to visualise a cube without depth perception – result is distortion ” Analyse(150 Words)
- “Public administration is not simply kind of technology but a special form of moral endeavour” comment (150 Words)
- “Development of bureaucracy greatly favours levelling of social classes ” – webber. Analyse the statement with regard to gender issue (150 Words)
- “Good governance is resurrection of classical administrative theory in a new context ” analyse (150 Words)
- “Decisions are fret with idiosyncratic problems” comment in the context of Indian society (150 Words)
- “Budget is more than a mere estimate of revenues and expenditures ” explain (150 Words)
- “Pluralist political theory supports fragmentation as opposed to traditional democratic theory which favours synthesis “. Discuss (150 Words)
- “Post modernism has demystified bureaucratic rationalism” critically comment science and reasoning approach of Modernity (150 Words)
- “In many democracies “Form” has overtaken ” substance ” ” analyse in Indian context (250 Words)
- Simon’s work is a combination of disjunctures and continuities impressive in the evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, character of the views he advance. Explain. (250 Words)
- Compare and contrast Economic man, Social man and Organizational man. (200 Words)
- Fundamental basis for efficiency is Self-Actualization. Most of modern and contemporary thinkers in management seems to believe so. Elucidate. (250 Words)
- What is market exchange model of policy making. Explain it with its critiques. (200 Words)
- The state services personnel are considered perpetual Vice Presidents in relation to AIS. (200 Words)
- Examine the validity of the statement “Scientific decision-making and bias in decisions cannot go together”. Support your answer with examples. (250 Words)
- “Man is a non-linear machine; a machine that is programmed with a tape, one cannot find anywhere; a machine that continually changes its programming without any prior warning; a machine that may try to out guess one in one’s attempts to find out what makes the machine tick.” — Comment. (200 Words)
- Clarify a linear programming model and try to identify the limitations of linear programming. (250 Words)
Paper 2
- Recently, the President of India said that the IPC, 1860, requires a thorough revision to meet the needs of the 21st century. On contemporary relevance or modernity, what substantial changes does the IPC need? Critically examine (250 Words)
- Briefly discuss the recommendations of Malimath committee on overhaul of criminal Justice system. (150 Words)
- “Prisons are for rehabilitation and reformation. But Indians prisons seem to be aimed at punishment.” Comments on the need for Prison reforms; Briefly identify the lacunae in implementing IPC 436A. (150 Words)
- Judicial activism for “Constitutional supremacy” which is the basic feature of Indian constitution undermines “Separation of powers” – Illustrate.(150 Words)
- Medical Council of India needs urgent therapy. Comment on Ranjit Roy committee recommendations along with Parliamentary standing committee report in this regard. (150 Words)
- Identify the changes envisaged by “Time bound delivery of goods and services and redressal of grievances bill” – Examine its current status. Comment on the prerequisites for the operation of the bill. (150 Words)
- Vidyanjali boosts community participation in government schools. Examine Challenges and opportunities here. Comment on the sectors where Community participation can complement Indian Administration. (150 Words)
- Critically examine some of the important points of contention raised by various stakeholders associated with conducting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET). (150 Words)
- Examine Citizen Centric administration in the light of Swachh Survekshan 2017. (150 Words)
- Recently NITI Aayog identified land leasing, land titling and the Right To Education Act as focus areas to engage in. Examine how this will aid in better administration. (150 Words)
- Comment on the ethical issues with Electoral trusts – suggest measures to be adopted in indian administration with respect to elections. (250 Words)
- Discuss the fiscal challenges which states have to face if 14th FC recommendations are implemented. (150 Words)
- Examine history of O&M in India. How do you rate it – Poor, OK, Good or Excellent? Justify your choice. (250 Words)
- Public State Approach focuses on Pro-market and Anti-state paradigm while Neo-Marxism emphasized autonomy of the State sector. Discuss relevance of both the schools in modern Administrative management. (250 Words)
- Discuss the Grievance Redressing Mechanism operating in GoI. Also discuss the challenges and how far it succeeded. (200 Words)
- What’s accrual based accounting? Illustrate. (200 Words)
- The Mughal empire became a hopeless failure in eighteenth century though it had all the resources at its disposal. Substantiate. (200 Words)
- Under British rule, Indian administration went through continuous innovation & experimentation even adopting features from Mughal administration. Such combination of continuity & change has been striking feature of Indian Administrative legacy. Explain (200 Words)
- India needs to choose between two paths to get out of systemic deadlock. One would be emulating the UK which would leave Rajya Sabha voting intact but reduced powers & another US, which would keep RS veto power but make its election direct. Analyze. (250 Words)
