Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC)
Competitive Examination for Recruitment to BPS-17 Posts under the Federal Government
Time Allowed: 3 Hours
MAXIMUM MARKS: 100 Marks
Paper : Public Administration
PART-2 (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Define Normative and Empirical approaches of Public Administration, and their implications to Pakistan’s administrative system.
Q. No. 3. Discuss the need for Civil Service neutrality in development administration. Suggest measures for achieving and stretching its practical application in Pakistan.
Q. No. 4. Inspite of numerous advantages of social audit, its arrangement have been mostly ineffective because there is no legal provision for punitive action. Comment.
Q. No. 5. The idea of performance-budget lies beneath the word ‘results’. In the light of statement, examine the elements of performance-based budgeting with reference to Pakistan.
Q. No. 6. Discuss “Hawthorne Effects”, undertaken by George Elton Mayo in the development of Human Relations School of thought, and its subsequent implications for the administrative behaviour.
Q. No. 7. Examine how corruption in public services undermines democracy. Discuss its possible redressal mechanism.
Q. No. 8. Write short notes on any TWO of the following:
(a) Management by Objectives (MBO)
(b) Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
(c) Differentiate between the Authoritarian and Transformational styles of Leadership.
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