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1. Who studied statistical study of the transmission of various traits?
A. Lamarck
B. Darwin
C. Galton
D. Weismann
Answer: C. Galton
2. The standard deviation is the __________ of the variance.
A. cube
B. cube root
C. square
D. square root
Answer: D. square root
3. For __________, 'Experimentation' the standard procedure to know the truth?
A. Science
B. Geography
C. Archeology
D. Public Administration
Answer: A. Science
4. International Institute of Educational Planning is at
A. Paris
B. New Delhi
C. London
D. New York
Answer: A. Paris
5. Value that divides the data into two equal parts is?
A. Mean
B. Mode
C. Median
D. None
Answer: C. Median
6. Micro planning is done in
A. Top Management
B. Middle Management
C. Lower Management
D. Middle and Lower Management
Answer: D. Middle and Lower Management
7. In planning and implementing curricula school makes its selection from:
A. Nation
B. Region
C. Culture
D. Mass communication
Answer: C. Culture
8. Who had suggested that questions are a powerful means of triggering thinking and can lead people from “unconscious ignorance to conscious ignorance”?
A. Plato
B. Aristotle
C. Socrates
D. Chanakya
Answer: C. Socrates
9. The term heuristic means __________ in decision making.
A. calculations
B. thoroughness
C. brain storming
D. mental shortcuts
Answer: D. mental shortcuts
10. The history of administration goes back to
A. 1000 BC
B. 2000 BC
C. 3000 BC
D. 5000 BC
Answer: D. 5000 BC
11. Which is not the type of administration?
A. Authoritarian administration
B. Instructional administration
C. Laissez Faire administration
D. Democratic administration
Answer: B. Instructional administration
12. Administration means
A. To run
B. To protect
C. To establish
D. To look after
Answer: D. To look after
13. Which is not the characteristic of authoritative administration
A. Sharing
B. Rudeness
C. Strict discipline
D. Suppression the subordinates
Answer: A. Sharing
14. The main types of administration are
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: C. 3
15. The history of administration goes back to
A. 1000 BC
B. 2000 BC
C. 3000 BC
D. 5000 BC
Answer: D. 5000 BC
16. Administration means
A. To run
B. To protect
C. To establish
D. To look after
Answer: D. To look after
17. The main types of administration are
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: C. 3
18. Which is not the type of administration
A. Authoritarian administration
B. Instructional administration
C. Laissez Faire administration
D. Democratic administration
Answer: B. Instructional administration
19. Which is not the characteristic of authoritative administration
A. Sharing
B. Rudeness
C. Strict discipline
D. Suppression the subordinates
Answer: A. Sharing
20. According to Gulick and Urwick, elements of administration are
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7
Answer: D. 7
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