(Download) UPSC IAS Mains Exam 2017 - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (Paper-1)
(Download) UPSC IAS Mains Exam 2017
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (Paper-1)
Exam Name: UPSC IAS Mains Public Administration (Paper-I)
Marks: 250
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
SECTION A
Q1. Answer the following questions in about 150 words each:
(a) Even after 130 years of its publication, Woodrow Wilson’s essay “The
Study of Administration” continues to have great relevance even today.” Comment
(10 Marks)
(b) “What is distinctive about the Classic al and Human Relations Schools of
thought administration is their complementarity to each other “. Analyse (10
Marks)
(c) “Conflict is the appearance of differences –the difference of opinion s
and of interest”. (Mary Parker Follet). Comment (10 Marks)
(d) “Leaders do the right things; managers do them rightfully” –(Warren
Bennis) . Is this distinction by him valid ? Explain (10 Marks)
(e) “Administrative Law is recognized by its substance rather than its form
.” Discuss (10 Marks)
Q2.
(a) New Public Management has been branded by certain scholars as
‘Neo-Taylorism’ . Is it a justified comparison? What factors have led to the
decline of NPM as soon after its birth? (20 Marks)
(b) “Abraham Maslow’s ‘ Hierarchy of Needs’ and Frederick Herzberg’s “Two
Factor Theory” have commonalities in the analysis of human motivation .” Comment
(15 Marks)
(c) Civil Society supplement s and complements the State. However, its
capacity and role depend upon the will of the State. Comment (15 Marks)
Q3.
(a) The Participative Management School of Argyris and Likert advocates
democracy within the administrative system. Will this approach be equally useful
to developing countries with evolving democracies? (20 Marks)
(b) “Executive position imply a complex morality and require a high capacity
of responsibility” – (Chester Bernand). Comment (15 Marks)
(c) When the media is controlled by vested interest s, how can it control the
vested interests in the government? How can the media become more responsible
and impartial? (15 Marks)
Q4.
(a) “With every major transformation in the applied world of Public
Administration , the study of Public Administration has grown in scope and
intensity.” Discuss the relationship between the evolution of the discipline and
profession of Public Administration. (15 Marks)
(b)”Systems Theory” in essence is not a theory , but an approach to the study
of administrative phenomena .” Comment (15 Marks)
(c) The principle of delegated legislation is, I think right, but I was
emphasise that it is well for Parliament to keep a watchful and even zealous eye
on it at all stages “- (Herbert Morrison ) Analyze. (15 Marks)
SECTION B:
Q1. Answer the following questions in about 150 words each:
(a) “Budgeting is apolitical process” – (Aaron Wildavsky) (10 Marks)
(b) “Development Administration and Administrative Development have a chicken
and egg kind of relationship”.-(Riggs) . Elaborate (10 Marks)
(c) “Digitalization provides great impetus to E-governance .” Discuss (10
Marks)
(d) “360 degree performance appraisal system is a rational idea, but it
involves complex and inauthentic procedures”. How can it be made foolproof?
(10 Marks)
(e) “A large public debt forces the adoption of tax and spending policies
that result into higher taxes and reduced services.” Analyze (10 Marks)
Q6.
(a) “Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization have transformed the
nature of development administration .” Discuss (20 Marks)
(b)” Lateral entry of competent experts into the government will promote
freshness and innovation, but it can create problems of accountability.” (15
Marks)
(c) “There can be no performance auditing without performance budgeting “.
( 15 Marks)
Q7.
(a) “The Riggsian models of Fusion –Prismatic-Diffracted Societies and
their administrative systems have been inspired by Max Weber’s typology of
Traditional Charismatic Legal-Rational Authorities .” Analyze ( 20 Marks)
(b) “Bureaucracy has inbuilt limitations to act as the prime catalyst to
multi-faceted development in a democratic country”. Analyze this statement with
appropriate examples ( 15 Marks)
(c) Can be say that statutory audit and social audit are two sides of the
same coin? Or, are they separate coins with varying values? (15 Marks)
Q8.
( a) “Various components of Human Resource Management a re inter-related
.” Discuss (20 Marks)
(b) “Administrative ethics includes the code of conduct of civil servants,
but goes beyond it as well.” Discuss (15 Marks)
(c) “Off all the processes involved in public policy, implementation is of
greatest importance.”Examine the impediments in policy implementation (15
Marks)
