2024 · Q88
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
- 1The Muddiman Committee recommended the separation of Accounts from Audit as a necessary financial reform
- 2Indian Institute of Public Administration was set up on the lines recommended by Dr. Paul H. Appleby Select the answer using the code given below:
indian-polity-economygovernance-administration
- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Statement 1 is not correct: the Muddiman Committee (the Reforms Enquiry Committee of 1924) was appointed to examine the working of dyarchy under the Government of India Act, 1919, and did not recommend the separation of accounts from audit — that reform came much later. Statement 2 is correct: the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, was established in 1954 on the recommendation of Paul H. Appleby, who submitted his report on public administration in India in 1953. With only statement 2 correct, the answer is B.