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Public Administration Paper 1 2013

This document contains 8 questions from a 2013 public administration exam paper. The questions cover a range of topics in public administration, including: - The Charter Act of 1853 and the beginning of parliamentary system in India. - Civil service neutrality and the principles of rule of law. - Reforms to Panchayati Raj institutions and their role in local development. - The role and functions of the Finance Commission in India. - The methodology and benefits of planning in India. Other questions discuss administrative flexibility in disaster management, the influence of liberal democracy on the Indian constitution, autonomy of public sector undertakings, and the role of police in child protection. Overall, the exam paper tests knowledge across

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Public Administration Paper 1 2013

This document contains 8 questions from a 2013 public administration exam paper. The questions cover a range of topics in public administration, including: - The Charter Act of 1853 and the beginning of parliamentary system in India. - Civil service neutrality and the principles of rule of law. - Reforms to Panchayati Raj institutions and their role in local development. - The role and functions of the Finance Commission in India. - The methodology and benefits of planning in India. Other questions discuss administrative flexibility in disaster management, the influence of liberal democracy on the Indian constitution, autonomy of public sector undertakings, and the role of police in child protection. Overall, the exam paper tests knowledge across

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Public Administration 2013

Paper 1

Q. 1. Attempt the following in about 150 words each:


(a) “The Charter Act of 1853 marked the beginning of parliamentary system in India.”
Explain.
(b) “Civil services neutrality is founded on the application of the principles of Rule of Law”.
Comment.
(c) “The second generation reforms in the Panchayati Raj institutions have changed
Panchayats from the agency of development at local level into a political institution.”
Discuss.
(d) “Finance Commission in India performs the job of statics aggregation.” Comment
(e) “Planning enables comprehensive and scientific understanding of problems.” Examine the
statements in the context of planning methodology.
Q. 2.
(a) “Bureaucratic agencies, characterized by established procedures, specialization,
leadership, clear objective, are not ideal to handle disaster management.” Examine with
reference to the need for administrative flexibility in managing disaster. (in about 250 words)
(b) “The liberal-democratic ideology of the West influenced the shaping of
value premises of the India Constitution.” Discuss. (In about 250 words)
(c) “Autonomy to public sector understating is a myth.” Analysis in the
context of the use of government expenditure by politicians who control government at
different levels. (In about 150 words).
Q. 3.
(a) “Laws are enacted without involving the police in the conception stage, with the result
implementation of these laws leaves much to be desired.” Examine the role of police in
protection of children. (In about 250 words)
(b) “Central Secretariat is the nodal agency for administering the Union subjects and
establishing coordination among the various activities of the government.” Discuss. (In about
250 words)
(c) Is there a need to dispense with the office of the Governor? Examine the context of
coalition governments. (In about 150 words) 10
Q. 4.
(a) “There is a tendency of centralism in Indian federalism, but it is not because of its
institutional framework but because of its socialist goals and centrally devised plan
development.” Explain the statement in the context of Union-State relationship. (In about 250
words) 20
(b) “Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Panchayat’s functions
enhances efficiency, transparency and accountability and also induces mass ICT culture.”
Examine. (In about 250 words) 20
(c) “Judicial review of administrative tribunal’s decisions defeats the very objective of
establishing tribunals.” Comment with reference to Central Administrative Tribunal. (In
about 150 words)
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Q. 5. Attempt the following is not more than 150 words each: 50


(a) “Public Administration today tends to be less public quantitative terms, but more
responsive to public needs than before in qualitative terms.” Examine with reference to
citizen-centric administration.
(b) “Performance budgeting failed because it was applied to sectors/programmes where
quantitative evaluation was not feasible.” Examine the principles underlying performance
budgeting techniques.
(c) “The design of the Indian Polices was to subjugate the Indian People in the aftermath of
1857.” Analyse in the context of the Indian Police Act of 1861.
(d) “Reducing the size (geographical area) of the district will provide relief to the
overburdened and overworked collector.” Comment.
(e) “The concept of social audit is more comprehensive than that of
traditional audit.” Comment.
Q. 6.
(a) “Gandhian model of decentralization is similar to the process of reinventing governance. “
Analyze in the context of good governance. (In about 250 words) 20
(b) “According is the essence of producing promptly and clearly the facts relating to financial
condition and operations that are required as a basis of management.” Substantiate the
statement in the context of accounting methods and techniques in government. (In about 250
words) 20
(c) Explain the important recommendation of V.T. Krishnamachary Committee (1962) on
Indian and State Administrative Services and problems of District Administration. (In about
150 words) 10
Q. 7.
(a) “The 73rd Amendment, it is felt, may accentuate fiscal indiscipline by establishing
between State and Local Governments a system of transfers similar to the one in the place
between the Central and State Governments.” (World Bank) Comment. (In about 250 words)
20 (b) “Municipal Administration in India faces both structural and operational
challenges.” Examine in the context of post-74th Amendment Act. (In about 250 words) 10
(c) “Self-Help Groups (SHGs) have contributed to a change in the role of rural women in
development — from symbolic participation to empowerment.” Discuss. (In about 150
words) 10
Q.8.
(a) “There is both criminalization of politics and politicization of criminals in India.”
Examine and identify the challenges they cause for law and order administration. (In about
250 words)20
(b) “The basic ethical problem for an administrator is to determine how he/she values.”
Comment with reference to corruption in administration. (In about 250 words). 20
(c) Justify the constructional provision to treat certain expenditure as charged upon the
Consolidated Fund of India. (In about 150 words)

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