‘Efficiency record’ method for determining the merit for promotion is practised in:
(a) Japan
(b) France
(c) The USA
(d) The UK
Answer: c
Pressure groups in public administration work for:
(a) Public interest
(b) Self interest
(c) Foreign interest
(d) Sectoral interest
Answer: d
Who has signed an order to regulate social media platforms?
(a) Donald Trump
(b) Tsai Ing-wen
(c) Angela Merkel
(d) Kim Jong Un
Answer: (a)
Explanation: President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed – in theory – to make it easier to sue social media companies such as Twitter, days after the site placed a fact check label on two of his tweets. While the order calls for changes in regulations that shield social media companies from legal liability, the Trump administration cannot do that on its own. Those changes can only be made by independent agencies and, ultimately, the courts.
Which among the following nations has banned Hezbollah and designated it a terrorist organisation?
(a) France
(b) Denmark
(c) Switzerland
(d) Germany
Answer: (d)
Explanation: Germany has banned all Iran-backed Hezbollah activity on its soil and designated it a terrorist organization. Israel and the United States had been pushing Germany to ban the organisation. Germany had previously distinguished between Hezbollah’s political arm and its military units, which have fought alongside President Bashar al-Assad’s army in Syria. Last December (2019) , Germany’s parliament approved a motion urging Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to ban all activities by Hezbollah on German soil, citing its “terrorist activities” especially in Syria.
The first work on the study of public administration is attributed to:
(a) Woodrow Wilson
(b) Frederick Taylor
(c) Henry L Gant
(d) Max Weber
Answer: a
Note: Woodrow Wilson was the first to write about how public administration and politics should be separated so that one doesn’t interfere with the other. Since his 1887 essay “The Study of Public Administration” gave recognition to this discipline as a distinct subject matter.
Public Administration may be defined as:
(a) Management of industry
(b) Administration of Public
(c) Management of Property
(d) Administrative Capacity
Answer: b
Note: Woodrow Wilson defined public administration as a detailed and systematic execution of public law, he divided government institutions into two separate sectors, administration and politics.
The study of government decision making, the analysis of the policies themselves, the various inputs that have produced them, and the inputs necessary to produce alternative policies is called
(a) Administration of Authority
(b) Public administration
(c) Property administration
(d) Administrative Capacity
Answer: b
Note: The management of public programs is called Public administration.
The “translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day” is called Public administration.