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111.

Arrange the following in chronological order of their origin. Use the codes given below :

(i) 1st Administrative Reforms Commission
(ii) 3rd Minnowbrook Conference
(iii) K. Santhanam Committee
(iv) Sarkaria Commission

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The chronological order is the K. Santhanam Committee on the prevention of corruption (1962-64), the first Administrative Reforms Commission (1966), the Sarkaria Commission on Centre-State relations (1983) and the third Minnowbrook Conference (2008). So the sequence is (iii), (i), (iv), (ii). Options A and B put the Minnowbrook conference first or second, and option D puts it before the Sarkaria Commission, which is the wrong order. The order of the second option is wrong because the Minnowbrook conference (2008) is the latest of the four events.

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112.

Which is the correct sequence in descending order of following organization ? Give correct answer from codes given below :

(i) Cabinet Secretariat
(ii) Department
(iii) Ministry
(iv) Directorate

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

In descending order of the organisations of the Government of India, the Cabinet Secretariat is at the top, then the Ministry, then the Department within the Ministry, and finally the Directorate, which is an attached executive office under it. So the sequence is (i), (iii), (ii), (iv). The options that put the Department before the Ministry, or the Directorate before the Department, invert the order of authority. In the Government of India the Cabinet Secretariat works under the Prime Minister, a Ministry is headed by a minister and has one or more Departments each under a Secretary, and attached offices such as directorates carry out the executive work.

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113.

Arrange the following in their chronological order. Use the codes given below :

(i) Paul H. Appleby Report
(ii) Gopalaswamy Ayyangar Report
(iii) N.N. Vohra Report
(iv) Raja J. Chelliah Report

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The chronological order is the Gopalaswamy Ayyangar report on the reorganisation of the machinery of government (1949), the Paul H. Appleby report on public administration in India (1953), the Raja J. Chelliah report on tax reform (1991-93) and the N. N. Vohra report on the criminalisation of politics (1993). So the sequence is (ii), (i), (iv), (iii). The options that put Appleby before Ayyangar or Vohra before Chelliah are not in the correct date order.

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114.

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List - IList - II
(a) Aitchison Commission(i) 1935
(b) Federal Public Service Commission(ii) 1924
(c) Islington Commission(iii) 1886
(d) Lee Commission(iv) 1912

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Aitchison Commission (Public Service Commission) was in 1886, the Federal Public Service Commission was set up in 1935, the Islington Commission (Royal Commission on the Public Services) in 1912 and the Lee Commission in 1924. So the code is (iii) (i) (iv) (ii). The other codes give the Aitchison Commission a date such as 1935 or 1912, and these dates belong to other bodies. The dates also show the order: Aitchison 1886, Islington 1912, Lee 1924, Federal Public Service Commission 1935, each linked with a stage in the reform of the Indian civil services before independence.

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115.

Match List - I with List - II. Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List - IList - II
(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration(i) Bangaluru
(b) National Police Academy(ii) New Delhi
(c) Indian Audit and Accounts Service School(iii) Shimla
(d) Indian Institute of Public Administration(iv) Hyderabad
(v) Mussoorie

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration is at Mussoorie (v), the National Police Academy at Hyderabad (iv), the Indian Audit and Accounts Service School at Shimla (iii), and the Indian Institute of Public Administration at New Delhi (ii). The code is (v) (iv) (iii) (ii). The other codes place the Academy of Administration at Bangaluru or Delhi, which is wrong. Mussoorie is the home of the national training academy for the civil services, Hyderabad has the police academy, Shimla has the audit and accounts school, and New Delhi has the Indian Institute of Public Administration on Indraprastha Estate.

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116.

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer by using the codes :

List - IList - II
(a) Mandamus(i) Writ will not be issued by a High Court to another High Court.
(b) Quo Warranto(ii) Writ will not be issued against the Governor of a State for the performance of his official duties.
(c) Prohibition(iii) Writ enables the court to examine the legality of the claim of a person to a public office.
(d) Certiorari(iv) Writ cannot be issued against private persons or associations.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The writ of mandamus will not be issued against the Governor of a State for the performance of his official duties (ii). Quo warranto enables the court to examine the legality of a person's claim to a public office (iii). Prohibition is a writ that cannot be issued against private persons or associations (iv), and certiorari will not be issued by a High Court to another High Court (i). The code is (ii) (iii) (iv) (i). In the other codes, quo warranto is not linked to the legality of a claim to office.

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117.

The Cabinet is the integral core of the Council of Ministers and it is -

(i) an extra-constitutional body
(ii) an extra legal creation
(iii) institutionalised by usage
(iv) comprising most important ministers
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

All four statements are accepted. The Cabinet is an extra-constitutional and extra legal body in the sense that the Constitution speaks of the Council of Ministers and, in the original text, did not describe the Cabinet; it has been institutionalised by usage and is made up of the most important ministers, the inner core of the Council.

The options that give only two or three of the statements leave out part of a description that the key accepts in full, so they are incomplete.

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118.

Which one of the following is the basis for Prime Minister's Office ?

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The basis for the Prime Minister's Office is the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. The Office is not mentioned in the Constitution and has not been created by an Act of Parliament or a Cabinet resolution; it is a part of the executive set up under the Rules framed by the President.

A resolution of the Cabinet, the Constitution and an Act of Parliament are therefore wrong, since none of them is the legal source of the office.

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119.

Consider the following statements regarding the Cabinet Secretariate in India and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

(i) It is a successor of the Secretariate of the Governor General's Executive Council.
(ii) It performs co-ordinating role in the process of policy making at the highest level.
(iii) The office of the Cabinet Secretariate came into existence in 1947.
(iv) The First ARC had recommended that the Cabinet Secretary should ordinarily have a tenure of three years.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The statements about the Cabinet Secretariat that the key accepts are (i), (ii) and (iii). It succeeded the Secretariat of the Governor General's Executive Council, it plays a coordinating role in policy making at the highest level, and it came into existence in 1947. The key does not accept statement (iv).

The options that include statement (iv), about the First ARC recommending a three year tenure for the Cabinet Secretary, are rejected for that reason, and the key accepts only option A.

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120.

While assisting the Minister in formulation of policies, the Secretariate performs which of the following functions ?

(i) Making and modifying policies from time to time.
(ii) Drafting bills, rules and regulations.
(iii) Coordinating and interpreting policies.
(iv) To direct the States Government
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

In assisting the Minister in the formulation of policies, the Secretariat makes and modifies policies from time to time, drafts bills, rules and regulations, and coordinates and interprets policies. These are (i), (ii) and (iii).

Statement (iv), to direct the State Governments, is not a function of the Secretariat of a ministry. Direction of the States is by constitutional and legal provisions, and the Secretariat only assists the Minister, so the options that include it are wrong, and those with only two items are incomplete.

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