FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION – 2021
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POST IN BS – 17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS
PART – I (MCQs): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES
PART – I (MCQs): MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART – II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE:
(i) Part – II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART – II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different places.
(iv) Candidate must write Q. No. in the Answer Book in Accordance with Q. No. in the Q. Paper.
(v) No Page / Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must be crossed.
(iv) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the attempted question will not be considered.
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Define Normative and Empirical approaches of Public Administration and their implications to Pakistan’s administrative system. (20)
Q. No. 3. Discuss the need for Civil Service neutrality in development administration. Suggest measures for achieving and stretching its practical application in Pakistan. (20)
Q. No. 4. In spite of the numerous advantages of social audit, its arrangement has been mostly ineffective because there is no legal provision for punitive action. Comment. (20)
Q. No. 5. The idea of performance-budget lies beneath the word ‘results’. In the light of the statement, examine the elements of performance-based budgeting with reference to Pakistan. (20)
Q. No. 6. Discuss “Hawthorne Effects”, undertaken by George Elton Mayo in the development of the Human Relations School of thought, and its subsequent implications for administrative behaviour. (20)
Q. No. 7. Examine how corruption in public services undermines democracy. Discuss its possible redressal mechanism. (20)
Q. No. 8. Write short notes on any TWO of the followings:-(10 each) (20)
(a) Management by Objectives(MBO)
(b) Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
(c) Differentiate between the Authoritarian and Transformational styles of leadership