In modern times the powers of the bureaucracy have:

A. Greatly increased
B. Considerably declined
C. Bneither increased nor declined
D. None of the above

Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as a factor for the increase in the powers of bureaucracy?

A. The state has assumed police and military functions
B. The state has assumed greater responsibilities due to adoption of goal of ‘welfare state’
C. The complexity of administration has necessitated services of experts
D. The growth of delegated legislation has added to the importance of civil service

Which one of the following descriptions gives a definition of bureaucracy?

A. A set of government officials, possessed of certain traits of excessive formality, the use of verbiage and jargon as the basis of communication, inflexibility of procedure and insistence on the powers of their office
B. A career based appointed administrative service of fixed status and tenure with salary limited to rank and a known rank order of advancement
C. A particular pattern of administrative behaviour, associated with certain types of social organization and identificable by reference to a constellation of objective criteria
D. The activity concerned with the implementation of policies by the direction or management of efforts of individuals and groups towards specific goals

Who said that bureaucracy is “a system of government, the control of which is so completely in the hands of the officials that their power jeopardizes the liberties of the ordinary citizens?”

A. Laski
B. Barker
C. Green
D. Liner

Which one of the following functions is not performed by the bureaucrats in the financial sphere?

A. They formulate the budget proposals
B. They get the budget proposals approved by the legislature
C. They implement the budget proposals after they are approved by the legislature
D. All the above functions

In view of the growing power of the bureaucracy, which one of the following writers has that a “no form of despotism” has emerged?

A. Lord hewart
B. Ramsay munir
C. Sir william beveridge
D. Harold laski

Who expressed the view that under Parliamentary system of government bureaucracy thrives under the cloak of ministerial responsibility?

A. Ramway macdonald
B. Ramsay muir
C. William beveridge
D. Lord hewart

The bureaucracy performs:

A. Only administrative functions
B. Legislative as well as financial functions
C. Only judicial function
D. All the above types of functions

Which one of the following has not been in any way responsible for increase in the powers of bureaucracy?

A. National emergencies like war, natural calamities, etc.
B. Enormous growth in the functions of the parliament resulting in enactment of skeleton laws
C. Introduction of universal franchise
D. Making of civil services a life long career

In Parliamentary System of Government the bills are:

A. Prepared by the civil servants but introduced by the ministers
B. Prepared as well as introduced by the civil servants
C. Prepared as well as introduced by the ministers
D. None of the above