Section (A) - 10 Marks × 3 Questions = 30 Marks
1. State and Governance
1.1 Fundamentals of governance: concept, context, and
characteristics
1.2 Political and administrative structures of governance
1.3 Right to information and transparency
1.4 Nation-building and state-building
1.5 Governance systems in Nepal
1.6 National security management: concept, scope, and existing
provisions of national security in Nepal
1.7 Multi-level governance and Nepal: informal governance, civil society governance, local governance, cooperative governance, corporate governance, and the United Nations Organization
Section (B) - 10 Marks × 2 Questions = 20 Marks
2. Constitution and Law
2.1 Constitutionalism
2.2 Constitutional development in Nepal
2.3 Present constitution of Nepal
2.3.1 Salient features, executive, legislative and
judiciary
2.3.2 Fundamental rights, directive principles and policies of
the State
2.3.3 Function and jurisdiction of constitutional and statutory
bodies
2.4 Human rights
2.5 Civic sense, duties and responsibilities of people
2.6 Sources of law and law-making process in Nepal
2.7 Rule of law, democratic values, and norms, inclusion, proportional representation and affirmative action
Section (C) - 10 Marks × 3 Questions = 30 Marks
3. Public Service and Public Management
3.1 Concept, functions, characteristics, and role of public
service
3.2 Public Service delivery
3.3 Political neutrality, commitment, transparency, and
accountability
3.4 Utilization of public funds, ethics, and morality 3.5
Public management, civil service, and bureaucracy
3.6 Public policy: formulation process and analysis
3.7 Public Service Charter
3.8 E-governance
Section (D) - 10 Marks × 2 Questions = 20 Marks
4. Resource Management and Planning
4.1 Human Resource Management: procurement, development,
utilization and maintenance
4.2 Public financial management: planning and budgeting system
in Nepal
4.3 Government accounting and auditing system in Nepal
4.4 Financial management and social accountability
4.5 Development planning and current periodic plan
4.6 Participatory planning and development.
Sample Questions:
Paper-II- Governance System
Section (A) - 10 Marks × 3 Questions = 30
Marks
1. Clarifying the concept of governance, mention its
fundamental aspects as well as features.
2. Discuss the contribution of transparency in strengthening
the Right to Information and also mention the limitation of transparency.
3. Mention the scope of National Security Management. Briefly comment on the prevailing provisions of the national security of Nepal.
Section (B) - 10 Marks × 2 Questions = 20 Marks
4. Mentioning the sources of law, present the process of law
formulation in Nepal.
5. What do you understand by democratic values and norms? How
are such values and norms practiced in Nepal? Mention.
Section (C) - 10 Marks × 3 Questions = 30 Marks
6. Mention the concept of public service delivery. State your
own view in the context of the saying that there is the vital role of political
neutrality, commitment, transparency, and accountability to make public service
delivery effective.
7. Mention the major functions of public management.
8. Defining public policy, present the process of how public the policy is formulated.
Section (D) - 10 Marks × 2 Questions = 20 Marks
9. Briefly discuss the major dimensions of human resource
management.
10. Mentioning the major features of participatory planning, present the status of the practice of participatory planning in the development administration of Nepal.
Paper III: - Contemporary Issues
Section (A) - 10 Marks × 3 Questions = 30 Marks
1. Social issues
1.1 Social disputes and conflict
1.2 Social justice and equality
1.3 Social and cultural transformation
1.4 Distributive justice of resources: disparities and
marginalization (regional, caste/ethnicity, gender, rural and urban)
1.5 Social protection, social security, and social responsibility
1.6 Cultural diversity and social mobilization
1.7 Population (settlement, migration, urbanization, aging,
refugee, displaced population)
1.8 Organized crime: cybercrime, trafficking,
cartelling/monopoly, terrorism, corruption, and money laundering
1.9 Food sovereignty and security
Section (B) - 10 Marks × 2 Questions = 20
Marks
2. Economic issues
2.1 Economic growth and economic development
2.2 Major aspects of economic development: agriculture,
industry, trade, tourism, foreign employment and human resource
2.3 Role of the public sector, private sector, and cooperative
in economic development
2.4 Foreign assistance and international co-operation
2.5 Foreign Investment: portfolio and direct
2.6 Technology transfer including intellectual property
rights
2.7 Trade, market and labor liberalization
2.8 Economic diplomacy 2.9 Poverty and unemployment
Section (C) - 10 Marks × 3 Questions = 30
Marks
3. Developmental Issues
3.1 Human development
3.2 Infrastructure development
3.3 Sustainable development (land, water, and natural
resources: carrying capacity and development policy)
3.4 Role of state and non-state actors in the development process
3.5 Peace and conflict-sensitive development 3.6
Decentralization and local self-governance
3.7 Citizen engagement in development
3.8 Partnership development and community-based
development
3.9 Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in
development
3.10 Globalization and development
Section (D) - 10 Marks × 2 Questions = 20
Marks
4. Environmental Issues
4.1 Ecosystem
4.2 Bio-diversity and conservation
4.3 Climate change and carbon trade
4.4 Environment degradation
4.5 Deforestation
4.6 Crisis/Disaster management
4.7 Environment and development
4.8 Energy crisis and energy conservation
4.9 Pollution and waste management
Sample Questions:
Paper III- Contemporary Issues
Section (A) - 10 Marks × 3 Questions = 30
Marks
1. Mention the positive and negative effects of conflict in
social and cultural transformation?
2. Corruption is the great enemy of social justice and equality". Clearly present your view in this regard. 3. Clearly spell out the concept of "food sovereignty", and also mention the major hindrances of the healthy and convenient supply of food materials in developing countries.
Section (B) - 10 Marks × 2 Questions = 20 Marks
4. Discuss the role of the co-operative sector in the economic
development of developing nations.
5. Clearly present the interrelationship between poverty and unemployment and suggest effective measures for minimizing both of them.
Section (C) - 10 Marks × 3 Questions = 30 Marks
6. Write down the human development indicators and also justify
that human is both the means and ends of social-economic development.
7. Briefly discuss the fundamental elements of peace and
conflict-sensitive development.
8. Identifying the main characteristics of community-based development, justify the rationale of such kind of development in rural development.
Section (D) - 10 Marks × 2 Questions = 20 Marks
9. Identify the major factors responsible for environmental
degradation and also mention the effective measures for their control.
10. Mention the meaning of disaster management. In your opinion, what factors should be taken in consideration to make the disaster management effective?
Paper IV: Service-related subject
Section (A) - 30 Marks
1. Public Management
1.1 Introduction and scope of public management
1.2 Various aspects of personnel management: classification of
civil service, recruitment, selection, appointment, placement, promotion,
compensation, motivation, career development, performance appraisal and
separation from the service
1.3 Organization: concept, nature, type and organizational
development
1.4 Directing, controlling, hierarchy, decision-making,
leadership, coordination, delegation and devolution of authority, supervision,
monitoring, and evaluation in public management
1.5 Evolution of the public administration of Nepal, basic
structure, features, efforts for reforms and challenges
1.6 Management audit
1.7 Professionalism, discipline, and code of conduct
1.8 Citizens' involvement in the evaluation of the public sector
performances: Public hearing, social audit, public testing, and third-party
evaluation
1.9 Innovative trends in public management
1.10 Use of computer, internet, social networking, information-communication technology in public service delivery; opportunities and challenges
Section (B) - 20 Marks
2. Revenue Administration
2.1 Financial procedures
2.2 Concept and principles of revenue
2.3 Concepts of public income, public expenditure, and public
debt
2.4 Tax system in Nepal: current structure and implement
ability (value-added tax, income tax, excise duty, customs duty, local taxes,
and other taxes)
2.5 Intergovernmental financial transfer and revenue
allocation
2.6 Economic policy, financial policy, and monetary
policy
2.7 Budget cycle: budget formulation, implementation, and evaluation
Section (C) - 30 Marks
3. Accounting and Reporting of Government Financial
Transactions (20 Marks)
3.1 Government financial transactions: Introduction, features,
transaction analysis, primary record, ledger posting, and provision related
reporting system
3.2 Double entry-accounting system, cash, and accrual-based
accounting system
3.3 General information about Chart of Accounts, Treasury
Single Account (TSA) and Revenue Management Information System (RMIS)
3.4 Public assets, store/inventory, and deposit
accounting
3.5 Nepal Public Sector Accounting Standards and related legal
provisions on financial procedures
3.6 Public procurement management and related legal provisions on public procurement
4. Auditing System (10 Marks)
4.1 Introduction, purpose, types, basic principles, and
importance of the auditing
4.2 Government and corporate sector auditing standards
4.3 Provisions related to irregularities and settlement of
irregularities
4.4 Audit of federal, provincial, and local levels and the
state-owned enterprises
4.5 Legal provisions related to the Auditor General and
auditing
4.6 National and international institutions related to auditing (ICAN, INTOSAI, ASOSAI)
Section (D) - 20 Marks
5. Parliamentary Process and Federal System
5.1 Federal system and federalism in Nepal
5.2 Legislative interrelation among the federal, provincial,
and local levels
5.3 Management procedures and law-making process
5.4 Interrelation between the House of Representative and the
National Assembly
5.5 Interrelation among Parliament, Parliamentary Committees,
and Constitutional Bodies
5.6 Role of Parliamentary Officials, Parliamentary Parties, and
Opposition in Parliament
5.7 Role of the Secretariat of Conduction and Management
Committee
5.8 Jurisdictions and policy provisions related to the
operation of government services in the federal, provincial, and local
levels
5.9 Code of conduct, discipline, integrity, and ethics of
Parliamentarians and elected representatives
Officer Notes
