KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION POR THE POSTS OF PROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES (BPS-17) 2010
Public Administration
TIME ALLOWED: 03 HOURS MAX MARKS 100
NOTE: (i) Attempt any FIVE Questions. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
(ii) Candidates must draw two straight lines ============ at the end to separate each question attempted in answer books.
Q. 1. Explain the nature of Public Administration and differentiate it from private administration. (20)
Q. 2. Analyze the characteristics and importance of bureaucracy as an implementing arm of a Government. (20)
Q. 3. Define leadership. Is it an aggregate of motivational traits and situational factors? Discuss this in detail. (20)
Q. 4. Discuss the significance of administrative accountability and narrate its problems in Pakistan. (20)
Q. 5. Describe the principles and desirability of planning in management. (20)
Q. 6. Define political decentralization and discuss its impacts in Pakistan, keeping in mind the presently amended constitution of Pakistan 1973. (20)
Q. 7. Describe the place of communication in administration. How can effective communication be achieved and maintained? (20)
Q. 8. What is meant by financial administration? Gove suggestions to improve financial management in Pakistan. (20)