PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IAS MAINS: QUESTIONS TREND ANALYSIS   
PAPER-I: TOPICS ( 1 TO 6)          2009 - 1995 
1:  Introduction 

Q.1- From Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Simon most writers on administration have taken the
achievement of efficiency as the central objective. Justify the statement with references to the
work of major writers.     (09,60)

Q.2- It is said that “the perspective of public administration, developed over a century, with a tradition
of management of public institutions and services has received a jolt from the novelty of New
Public Managements”.

Bring out the core values, approaches and assumptions of traditional public administration and
show how the New Public Management has attempted to change or retain them, and to what
extent.        (09,60)

Q.3- “New Public Administration is ……… a revolution or radicalism in words, and (at best) status-
quo in skills or technologies.” Comment.     (09,20)

Q.4- The field of Public Administration is a field of business.” (Woodrow Wilson). Comment. (09,20)

Q.5- “In the last two decades, almost all countries of the world have experienced  transformations in
their administrative systems.” Explain this phenomenon with examples from the developed and
the developing nations in the context of New Public Management Movement.  (08,20)

Q.6- “Calling Woodrow Wilson, the father of Public Administration is doing injustice to equally or
even more eminent contributions made prior to him.” Comment.    (08,20)

Q.7- “The widening gap in emoluments of government employees versus the public sector corporations
and private sector employees has a strong bearing on the motivation and ability to work.” Comment.   
 (07,20)

Q.8- “Public and Private Administrations are two species of the same genus, but they also have special
values and techniques of their own.” Comment.   
(07,20)