Q.9- “If public administration is to play a major legitimizing role in governing our complex society, it
needs to be more fully conceptualized.” Discuss. (06,20)
Q.10- “Administrative question are not political questions.” Discuss. (05,20)
Q.11- In what ways and how can information technology play a crucial role in effective government-
citizen interaction in the context of good governance? (05,60)
Q.12- Democracy and good governance are contradictions in terms. Discuss with examples.(04,60)
Q.13- Give an account on major landmarks in the growth of the discipline of Public Administration in
the 20th century. What are the possible trends in its growth in the first decade of 21st Century?
(03,60)
Q.14- “The ‘New Public Management’ (NPM) is an incarnation of a new model of public sector
management in response of the challenges of liberalization, international competitiveness and
technologies changes.” Explain. (03,20)
Q.15- “The advent of the concept of “roll back of the state” since the nineteen eighties has been altering
the role of Public Administration but certainly not diminishing its central place in human society.”
Discuss. (03,20)
Q.16- Describe the evolution of the discipline of public administration with special emphasis on post-
1970 developments. (02,60)
Q.17- “Civil society exists to ensure that government does provide good governance.” Discuss. (02,20)
Q.18- “Though there are certain points of similarity between public and private administration yet no
private organization can ever be exactly the same as a public one.” –Examine. (02,20)
Q.19- ‘ “Publicness” of Public Administration in an ideal democratic government remains the ultimate
value in theory and practice.’ Elucidate. ( 01,20).
Q.20- Minnowbrook Conference in USA identified four features crucial to ‘new public administration.’
Explain. (01-20).
Q.21- “…..The paradigms of public administration may be understood in terms of locus and focus.” –
Golembiewski.
needs to be more fully conceptualized.” Discuss. (06,20)
Q.10- “Administrative question are not political questions.” Discuss. (05,20)
Q.11- In what ways and how can information technology play a crucial role in effective government-
citizen interaction in the context of good governance? (05,60)
Q.12- Democracy and good governance are contradictions in terms. Discuss with examples.(04,60)
Q.13- Give an account on major landmarks in the growth of the discipline of Public Administration in
the 20th century. What are the possible trends in its growth in the first decade of 21st Century?
(03,60)
Q.14- “The ‘New Public Management’ (NPM) is an incarnation of a new model of public sector
management in response of the challenges of liberalization, international competitiveness and
technologies changes.” Explain. (03,20)
Q.15- “The advent of the concept of “roll back of the state” since the nineteen eighties has been altering
the role of Public Administration but certainly not diminishing its central place in human society.”
Discuss. (03,20)
Q.16- Describe the evolution of the discipline of public administration with special emphasis on post-
1970 developments. (02,60)
Q.17- “Civil society exists to ensure that government does provide good governance.” Discuss. (02,20)
Q.18- “Though there are certain points of similarity between public and private administration yet no
private organization can ever be exactly the same as a public one.” –Examine. (02,20)
Q.19- ‘ “Publicness” of Public Administration in an ideal democratic government remains the ultimate
value in theory and practice.’ Elucidate. ( 01,20).
Q.20- Minnowbrook Conference in USA identified four features crucial to ‘new public administration.’
Explain. (01-20).
Q.21- “…..The paradigms of public administration may be understood in terms of locus and focus.” –
Golembiewski.