The Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University is situated in the educational city of rajasthan, Kota. It imparts education in almost all the fields of art science and commerce. The VMOU B.A in Public Administration- Public Policy (EPA-06) Papers are prepared keeping in mind that the candidates taking the exam are well versed in the various ways of dealing with the general people in the society.

Importance of the paper

The aim of VMOU B.A in Public Administration- Public Policy (EPA-06) Papers is to test the candidates taking the exam on their ability of handling different kinds of people. To help somebody understand something and make them follow, it is very important that they are understood first. This is one of the biggest challenges students pursuing in this field of interest most commonly face.

Paper pattern

Public Policy paper, which is of 70 marks, has two parts. In first part 3 questions are there and candidates have to answer all. Though there are alternatives with every question. In this section questions have a weightage of 14 marks and answers have been limited to 500 words. In second part 7 questions are there and and 4 questions you have to answer. In this section weighatge is 7 marks and limit for answer is 150 words.

Marking

This is a 70 marks paper with questions of 14 and 7 marks.

Some questions from the question paper

The questions that most frequently feature in the question paper are

Discuss the role of the Cabinet Secretariat and Prime Minister’s office in Policy Making.

Discuss the role of the government agencies in Policy execution.

Describe the various problems of panchayti raj Institutions.

Evaluate the role of mass communication media in influencing the public policy making.

What do you understand by Policy Analysis? Describe the various stages of Policy analysis.

Time allotted

For this 70 marks 3 hours is enough.

Recommended books

The most popular books are “New Horizons of Public Administration by

Nicholas Henry and Theories of Administration D. Ravindra Prasad, V.S. Prasad and P. Satyanarayana”.

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