BPAC-131 · December 2024 · English

IGNOU BPAC-131 December 2024 Previous Year Question Paper

PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Structured previous year question paper for BPAC-131, December 2024 session.

Max marks: 100 · Questions: 8 · Sections: 2

Verified: 22 Aug 2026

BACHELOR OF ARTS (GENERAL)

Public Administration (BAG)

Term-End Examination

December, 2024

BPAC-131 : PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATION

Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note : Attempt any five of the following questions in

about 400 words each, selecting at least two

questions from each Section. All questions

carry equal marks.

Section—I

Q1.Discuss the meaning, nature and scope of Public Administration.

Q2.“Henri Fayol and Lyndal Urwick have made significant contribution to Administrative Management Approach.” Elucidate.

Q3.Write a note on pre-Weberian Bureaucratic narratives.

Q4.Examine the different models of decision- making.

Section—II

Q5.Analyse the different viewpoints on public policy approach.

Q6.Discuss Harold Lasswell’s vision of Policy Sciences.

Q7.“New Right Philosophy has had a pertinent impact on New Public Management Approach.” Comment.

Q8.Bring out the interrelationship of concepts of ‘Gender of Governance and Governance of Gender’.