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Question Paper Name : Ph.D in Public Administration 4t
Subject Name : Ph.D in Public Administration
Creation Date : 2020-10-04 13:31:38
Duration : 180
Number of Questions : 100
Total Marks : 100
Display Marks: Yes

Ph.D in Public Administration

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Group Number : 1
Group Id : 92862753
Group Maximum Duration : 0
Group Minimum Duration : 150
Show Attended Group? : No
Edit Attended Group? : No
Break time : 0
Group Marks : 100
Is this Group for Examiner? : No

SECTION A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Section Id : 928627116
Section Number : 1
Section type : Online
Mandatory or Optional : Mandatory
Number of Questions : 50
Number of Questions to be attempted : 50
Section Marks : 50
Mark As Answered Required? : Yes
Sub-Section Number : 1
Sub-Section Id : 928627376
Question Shuffling Allowed : Yes

Question Number : 1 Question Id : 9286276428 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Quality Circles first emerged in which of the following countries ?

Options:

  1. US

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  2. China

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  3. Japan

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  4. France

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Question Number : 1 Question Id : 9286276428 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Options:

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  2. ?

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  3. ?

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  4. ?

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Question Number : 2 Question Id : 9286276429 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Chester Barnard subscribed to which of the following schools of thought?

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Options:

  1. Structuralist school

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  2. Rational school

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  3. Public policy school

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  4. Both Structuralist school and Rational school

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Question Number : 2 Question Id : 9286276429 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Question Number : 3 Question Id : 9286276430 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

The Utilitarian Approach to administration makes it more

Options:

  1. Organised

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  2. Equitable

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  3. Planned

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  4. Remunerative

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Question Number : 3 Question Id : 9286276430 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Question Number : 4 Question Id : 9286276431 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Whose words are, 'the modern cages of reason can be prone to logic of patrimonialism

Options:

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  1. Woodrow Wilson

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  2. James Buchanan

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  3. Herbert Simon

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  4. Max Weber

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Question Number : 4 Question Id : 9286276431 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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  4. ? ?

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Question Number : 5 Question Id : 9286276432 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Who amongst the following does not support theory 'Y' of management?

Options:

  1. Douglas McGregor

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  2. Frederick W. Herzberg

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  3. Victor H. Vroom

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  4. F.W. Taylor

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Question Number : 5 Question Id : 9286276432 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Question Number : 6 Question Id : 9286276433 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Who amongst the following gave the concept of System 4 for improving Public Administration?

Options:

  1. Victor H. Vroom

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  2. Rensis Likert

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  3. Dewey Johnson

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  4. Chris Argyris

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Question Number : 6 Question Id : 9286276433 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Options:

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  2. ? ?

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  3. ? ?

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  4. ? ?

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Question Number : 7 Question Id : 9286276434 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Which one of the following is not a study conducted by F.W. Taylor?

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Options:

  1. Moving Pig Iron

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  2. Studying the science of shovelling

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  3. Bank wiring

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  4. Bricklaying

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Question Number : 7 Question Id : 9286276434 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Options:

  1. ? ? ?

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  2. ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  3. ? ?

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Question Number : 8 Question Id : 9286276435 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Mary Parker Follett suggested which of the following ways of resolving conflict in an organisation?

Options:

  1. Domination and Compromise

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  2. Compromise and Integration

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  3. Integration and Assimilation

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  4. Both Domination and Compromise and Compromise and Integration

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Question Number : 8 Question Id : 9286276435 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Options:

  1. ? (?) ? ?

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  2. ? ? ?

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  3. ? ? ?

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  4. ? (?) ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Question Number : 9 Question Id : 9286276436 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Which of the following is not true of Hawthorne Studies?

Options:

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  1. Intensified interaction and cooperation created a high level of group cohesi

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  2. Individual worker has to be treated in isolation and worked upon

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  3. Job satisfaction and output is dependent on cooperation

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  4. Productivity is impacted by social and psychological factors

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Question Number : 9 Question Id : 9286276436 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Options:

  1. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  2. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  3. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  4. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Question Number : 10 Question Id : 9286276437 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Who amongst the following do not subscribe to the Public Choice Approach

Options:

  1. James Buchanan and George Stigler

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  2. Gary Becker and Vernon Smith

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  3. Vincent Ostrom and Elinor Ostrom

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  4. Jean Piaget and Fredrick Lesiaur

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Question Number : 10 Question Id : 9286276437 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Options:

  1. ? ? ? ? ?

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  2. ? ? ? ? ?

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  3. ? ? ? ? ?

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  4. ? ? ? ? ?

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Question Number : 11 Question Id : 9286276438 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

'Reinvention Project of 1993' in Public Administration in USA is related to

Options:

  1. Neo-classical Approach

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  2. National Performance Review

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  3. Human Relations Perspective

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  4. Socio-psychological Paradigm

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Question Number : 11 Question Id : 9286276438 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

?.?. ? ? ? ? ? '? ? 1993' ? ? ?

Options:

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  1. ?-? ?

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  2. ? ? ?

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  3. ? ? ?

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  4. ?-? ?

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Question Number : 12 Question Id : 9286276439 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Which of the following is not a feature subscribed to Prismatic Societies by Fred Riggs

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Options:

  1. Formalism

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  2. Overlapping

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  3. Nomotheticism

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  4. Heterogeneity

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Question Number : 12 Question Id : 9286276439 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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? ? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

  1. ?

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  2. ?

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  3. ? (Nomotheticism)

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  4. ? (?)

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Question Number : 13 Question Id : 9286276440 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

The Honey Report of 1966 aimed at

Options:

  1. Theoretical Development of Public Administration

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  2. Higher Education for Public Service

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  3. Promotion of Social Equity

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  4. Understanding 'Honeybee Web Syndrome' among public administ

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Question Number : 13 Question Id : 9286276440 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

1966 ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

  1. ? ? ? ? ?

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  2. ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  3. ? ? ? ? (?)

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  4. ? ? ? ? '? ? ? ?' ? ?

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Question Number : 14 Question Id : 9286276441 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Which of the following is not true of Minnowbrook Conference of 1968 ?

Options:

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  1. Public administrators are sole effective implementors of government decisio

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  2. Responsive governments need to manage change along with growth

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  3. There is a need to provide for ethics and honesty in provision of public serv

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  4. Pluralism is useful in exercising public power

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Question Number : 14 Question Id : 9286276441 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

1968 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Options:

  1. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  2. ? ? ? ? ? ?-? ? ? ? ? ?

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  3. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  4. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Question Number : 15 Question Id : 9286276442 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Under whose leadership was 'Minnowbrook III' held in 2008?

Options:

  1. Vincent Ostrom

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  2. Marshall Dimock

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  3. Rosemary O'Leary

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  4. Robert Golembiewski

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Question Number : 15 Question Id : 9286276442 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

2008 ? '? III' ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

  1. ? ?

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  2. ? ?

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  3. ? ?'?

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  4. ? ?

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Question Number : 16 Question Id : 9286276443 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Which of the following is not true?

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  1. Citizens' Charter is a tool for delivery of services to citizens

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  2. Citizens' Charter is legally enforceable and justiciable

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  3. Citizens' Charter is the vision and mission of the organisation

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  4. Citizens' Charter promotes grievance redressal and accessibility

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Question Number : 16 Question Id : 9286276443 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Options:

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  1. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  2. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  3. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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  4. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Question Number : 17 Question Id : 9286276444 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

Who amongst the following discovered the 'social person' in an organisational setup ?

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Options:

  1. Luther Gulick

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  2. Chester Barnard

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  3. Herbert Simon

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  4. Elton Mayo

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Question Number : 17 Question Id : 9286276444 Question Type : MCQ Option Shuffling : Yes Is Question M Correct Marks : 1 Wrong Marks : 0

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Options:

  1. ? ?

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  2. ? ?

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  3. ? ?

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  4. ? ?

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