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Public Administration prelim 2010

Topic wise Analysis
By
Mrunal Patel

( th is an alysis isn t 1 0 0 % tech n ically correct )

CONTENTS
Overall ......................................................................................................................................................................1
Markwise...............................................................................................................................................................1
Percentage wise....................................................................................................................................................2
Nature Scope Evolution............................................................................................................................................4
Comparative And Development Administration (Cpa And Da) ...............................................................................4
Thinkers ....................................................................................................................................................................4
Basic Concepts .........................................................................................................................................................4
Behavior....................................................................................................................................................................5
Accountability And Control ......................................................................................................................................5
Foreign Administrative System ................................................................................................................................5
Finance .....................................................................................................................................................................5
Personnel & Civil Service In India............................................................................................................................6
Polity.........................................................................................................................................................................6
Union ........................................................................................................................................................................6
State .........................................................................................................................................................................6
Local .........................................................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................7
Cramming was of no use .........................................................................................................................................7
The importance of following topics is reduced ..........................................................................................................7
trend change ..........................................................................................................................................................7
Why paper was difficult?.........................................................................................................................................8

OVERALL
MARKWISE

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PERCENTAGE WISE

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Area

Question

Nature Scope Evolution

24
Cpa Da
7
Thinkers
19
Basic Concepts
4
Administrative Behavior
9
Accountability
10
Foreign Administrative System
8
Finance
12
Personnel
5
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Polity
Union
State Administration
Local Administration

4
7
3
8

NATURE SCOPE EVOLUTION

Nature Scope (Introduction) & Evolution

Npm / Lpg/ Modern Trend

Citizen's Charters
PCA (Public choice approach)
Npa / Waldo
State Vs. Market

5
2
3
4
1
24

COMPARATIVE AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (CPA AND DA)

Fred Riggs On Development And Administration 1
Da - Robert Chamber's Reversals
Metaphor
Open Model
Riggs Model
Cpa Group's Contribution

1
1
1
2
1
7

THINKERS
Mayo

Urwick & Gullick

Weber & Bureaucracy (Antony Down/Feinsood Etc)
Fayol
Follet
Taylor & Scientific Management

4
7
1
1
5
19

BASIC CONCEPTS
Decentralization Vs. Deconcentration 1
Mooney And Coordination
Supervision
Hierarchy

1
1
1
4

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BEHAVIOR
Leadership Theories

Simon & Decision Making

Maslow
Communication Weaver's Model
Herzberge

3
1
1
1
9

ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTROL

Weber On Ethics

Statutory Oversight On Public Expenditure

Civil Society -Robert Putnam's Research
Control -Amitai
Types
Cic
Rti 2005
Sherry Arnstein's Ladder Of Citizen Participation
Normative Control -Carl Friedrich
Shamsul Haque's Entrepernual Management

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
10

FOREIGN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM

Japanese Promotion

Uk Masterman Committee
Ena -France
Us Bureaucracy
Line Item Veto
Brownlow On Irc
Council -Manager
Nicholas-American Context

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8

FINANCE
Vote On Account

Money Bill Deals With

1
Finance Commission & President
1
13th Finance Commission's Report 1
Line Item Budget
1
Performance Budget
2
State Finance Commission
1
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Fiscal Deficit
Pac Finance
Vote On Credit
Cag

1
1
1
1
12

PERSONNEL & CIVIL SERVICE IN INDIA

Satish Chandra

Whitleyism
Staff Council
All India Services
Haileybury School

1
1
1
1
5

POLITY
Delimitation

Emergency
1
6th Schedule 1
Art 78
1
4

UNION
Psu Related

2nd Arc
1st Arc On Acr
Planning Commission

2
1
1
7

STATE
Governer Doesn't Appoint 1
Directorates
Collector's Changing Role

1
1
3

LOCAL
Chronology Of Reports 1
73rd Amend

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Metropolitan Planning
Ashok Mehta
Muni Election
243g
Municipal Evolution
74th Power

1
1
1
1
1
1
8

CONCLUSION
These are my personal conclusions and Im not interesting in debating about it with anyone.
We all have been living in a mythical world and boundary made by the coaching classes and previous years
trends which pushes us to cram the micro-items rather than paying attention to the macro-understanding.
Just like the general studies paper, UPSC had put more stress on clarity and understanding of theory rather
than mere cramming from Laxmikanth. So theoretically paper wasnt tough but it looks tough because weve
been preparing according to the previous trends.

CRAMMING WAS OF NO USE

-

Cramming up Constitutions article numbers, 500 book-author list and year of publication was useless.

Same goes for Quotes from 1000 different small time (no0b) thinkers from Laxmikanth

Same goes with Union Government and polity part which used to be about 20+ marks in earlier papers

Since there is nothing new to ask from Administrative system (from Laxmikanth) its is of no surprise
that they asked things like Line Item Veto and Fragmented bureaucratic system in America.

Cramming up all those timelines regarding US ,UK,Japan,France wasnt useful

Pre-independence Committees on civil service (Lee, Macaulay etc) wasnt useful either.

100 laws made by Britishers (charter act, etc etc) their timeline and provisions- remembering that
wasnt useful either.

2 dozen of more Committee list from local administration chapter in Laxmikanth

UPSC has intentionally ignored all those small-time thinkers (and their quotes and books) and (small
time-Panchayati Raj Committees because their existence or non-existence doesnt really matter to the
evolution of theory or practice of Public Administration.

THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING TOPICS IS REDUCED

-

Earlier there were many questions from basic-concepts part but no more.

Same goes for union Government , earlier it used to be 18 marks now its only 8 marks.

Budgetings normal cramming/ Quote type like Integrated financial advisors post was created in the
year 19** etc. questions ignored.

TREND CHANGE
-

Since there is nothing new left to ask from Laxmikanth, its about time UPSC picks up new topics or
twist the old topics.
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NPA, NPM and CPA and the post-1990 or post LPG topics have gained importance like never before.
Just like economy and Development gained importance in the General studies paper.

Some questions were beyond the topics covered in normal reading of the usual books, but if UPSC asks
everything from the routine books then what difference will be there between UPSC and Primary
school-exams?

WHY PAPER WAS DIFFICULT?

-

Anyone who excessively relies on Laxmikanth for Public Administration, automatically ends up digging
his own grave (like I had dug mine in 2008s Prelim)

People found the paper difficult, only because they dont pay much attention to understand the heart
of theories and thinkers from the big books like Nicholas, Mohit, Avasthi and Sadana . Just readymade
fast-food of Laxmikanth or coaching class material spoils the digestive system sooner or later, and it
did.

Otherwise at least 80 questions were of the level which any candidate with a moderate level preparation
and good understanding of all major-chapters, could have ticked without mistakes.

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