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Managing goshthis, workshops and seminars in government offices.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Public Management · For: Nayab Subba, Kharidar, Section Officer · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 50 questions with answers and explanations
A working session where participants work together to produce an output is a:
- A) Workshop ✔
- B) Seminar
- C) Symposium
- D) Rally
Why: A workshop is hands-on and output-oriented.
An event where experts present papers on a topic followed by discussion is a:
- A) Seminar ✔
- B) Workshop
- C) Picnic
- D) Procession
Why: Paper presentation by experts is the hallmark of a seminar.
A goshthi mainly involves:
- A) Discussion and sharing of views ✔
- B) Only entertainment
- C) Exams
- D) Voting
Why: Goshthi is a discussion meeting.
An event where several experts present different views on one topic is a:
- A) Symposium ✔
- B) Workshop
- C) Tippani
- D) Darta
Why: A symposium has multiple speakers on one theme.
A seminar held online is called a:
- A) Webinar ✔
- B) Conference hall
- C) Darta
- D) Circular
Why: Web + seminar = webinar.
The first step in organising a workshop is to:
- A) Book lunch
- B) Fix the objective and expected output ✔
- C) Print banners
- D) Send thank-you letters
Why: Everything else depends on the objective.
Approval for a programme and its budget is usually taken through a:
- A) Tippani (note) ✔
- B) Newspaper ad
- C) Phone call only
- D) Rumour
Why: A tippani seeks a decision from the authorised official.
The person who records the main points and suggestions is the:
- A) Rapporteur ✔
- B) Chief guest
- C) Driver
- D) Security guard
Why: The rapporteur keeps the record.
Which is done DURING the event?
- A) Registration of participants ✔
- B) Writing the concept note
- C) Settling accounts
- D) Follow-up of decisions
Why: Registration happens at the event.
Which is done AFTER the event?
- A) Preparing the report and settling accounts ✔
- B) Sending invitations
- C) Booking the venue
- D) Selecting presenters
Why: Reporting and accounts come afterwards.
Programme expenses must follow:
- A) Government expenditure norms and the approved budget ✔
- B) The organiser's wish
- C) Participants' demand
- D) No rules
Why: Spending must be legal and within budget.
Uncleared advances after a programme can lead to:
- A) Beruju (audit objection) ✔
- B) Promotion
- C) Extra leave
- D) A prize
Why: Unsettled advances are audit issues.
A larger, formal meeting of many participants over days is a:
- A) Conference ✔
- B) Tippani
- C) Darta
- D) Circular
Why: Conferences are large and formal.
Which is a purpose of organising a goshthi?
- A) Collecting suggestions from stakeholders ✔
- B) Hiding information
- C) Avoiding coordination
- D) Delaying work
Why: Goshthis gather views and feedback.
Attendance sheets with signatures are important because they:
- A) Support payments and records ✔
- B) Decorate the hall
- C) Replace the report
- D) Are optional always
Why: Attendance supports allowance payments and audit.
The Nepali word for "workshop" is:
- A) गोष्ठी
- B) सम्मेलन
- C) कार्यशाला ✔
- D) प्रतिवेदन
Why: कार्यशाला means workshop, a hands-on working session.
The Nepali word सम्मेलन refers to a:
- A) Conference ✔
- B) Workshop
- C) Note
- D) Report
Why: सम्मेलन is a larger, formal meeting called a conference.
The main feature of a workshop is that it is:
- A) Only a lecture by one guest
- B) A social gathering
- C) A press briefing
- D) Hands-on and produces an output such as a plan or draft ✔
Why: A workshop is output-oriented; participants work together to produce something.
The main advantage of a webinar is that it:
- A) Needs a large hall
- B) Saves travel time and cost ✔
- C) Needs no participants
- D) Avoids any discussion
Why: Being online, a webinar saves travel time and cost.
A conference usually ends with:
- A) Resolutions or declarations ✔
- B) A tippani only
- C) Darta of letters
- D) No output at all
Why: Conferences have many sessions and often end with resolutions or declarations.
Which is NOT a reason why offices organise goshthis and seminars?
- A) Sharing new laws and policies
- B) Building staff capacity
- C) Keeping information secret from stakeholders ✔
- D) Improving coordination between offices
Why: These events aim to share information, not to hide it.
Preparing guidelines and plans through participation of staff is a purpose best served by a:
- A) Rally
- B) Workshop ✔
- C) Webinar on entertainment
- D) Holiday
Why: Workshops produce outputs like plans and guidelines through participation.
When choosing the date of a programme, the organiser should:
- A) Avoid clashes with holidays and other programmes ✔
- B) Always choose a public holiday
- C) Not inform participants
- D) Choose the date after the event
Why: Avoiding clashes ensures participants can attend.
A document that explains the background, objective and programme of a seminar is the:
- A) Concept note ✔
- B) Beruju report
- C) Attendance sheet
- D) Thank-you letter
Why: A concept note sets out the purpose and plan of the event.
The person who guides sessions and helps participants work together in a workshop is the:
- A) Driver
- B) Rapporteur
- C) Auditor
- D) Facilitator ✔
Why: A facilitator guides the sessions and group work.
Invitations to participants should be sent:
- A) After the programme
- B) In time, with confirmation of attendance ✔
- C) Only by rumour
- D) Never
Why: Timely invitations and confirmation help ensure attendance.
Which item is part of logistics arrangement for a seminar?
- A) Hall, sound system, projector and banner ✔
- B) Writing the final report
- C) Settling advances
- D) Follow-up of decisions
Why: Logistics means physical arrangements like hall, sound and projector.
Equipment like the projector and sound system should be checked:
- A) After the event ends
- B) Never
- C) A day before the event ✔
- D) Only if the chief guest asks
Why: Checking a day before avoids technical problems during the event.
A section officer is asked to organise a workshop. Before booking the venue, she should first:
- A) Send thank-you letters
- B) Settle accounts
- C) Write the report
- D) Get approval with budget through a tippani ✔
Why: Approval from the authorised official with budget comes before arrangements.
Which of the following is done BEFORE the event?
- A) Preparing the concept note and programme schedule ✔
- B) Registration of participants
- C) Preparing the report
- D) Settling bills
Why: The concept note and schedule are prepared in advance.
During the event, sessions should:
- A) Start late and end whenever
- B) Start and finish on time, following the agenda ✔
- C) Ignore the agenda
- D) Skip the objective
Why: Good time management and following the agenda are key during the event.
At the beginning of a goshthi, the organiser should:
- A) Introduce the objective of the programme ✔
- B) Distribute allowances first
- C) Write the final report
- D) Close the hall
Why: Introducing the objective sets the direction for discussion.
Taking photographs during a programme is useful mainly for:
- A) Personal social media only
- B) Decoration
- C) Keeping a record of the event ✔
- D) Replacing the attendance sheet
Why: Photographs form part of the programme record.
The Nepali term for report is:
- A) टिप्पणी
- B) प्रतिवेदन ✔
- C) फछ्र्यौट
- D) कार्यशाला
Why: प्रतिवेदन means report. टिप्पणी is a note on a file, फछ्र्यौट is disposal and कार्यशाला is a workshop.
A programme report should include:
- A) Objective, participants, main points, suggestions and conclusions ✔
- B) Only the menu of lunch
- C) Only the names of drivers
- D) Personal opinions about participants
Why: The report summarises what happened and what was concluded.
The programme report is submitted to:
- A) A newspaper first
- B) Participants' families
- C) The concerned authority ✔
- D) No one
Why: The report goes to the authority for information and decision.
The Nepali term फछ्र्यौट in programme management means:
- A) Invitation
- B) Registration
- C) Banner
- D) Settlement of accounts and advances ✔
Why: फछ्र्यौट means clearing or settling advances and accounts.
Settlement of programme accounts must follow the:
- A) Financial Procedures and Fiscal Accountability Rules and expenditure norms ✔
- B) Organiser's personal rules
- C) Hotel's rules only
- D) Participants' votes
Why: Government spending is settled according to financial rules and norms.
The Nepali term for government expenditure norms is:
- A) खर्च मापदण्ड ✔
- B) कार्यशाला
- C) प्रतिवेदन
- D) गोष्ठी
Why: खर्च मापदण्ड sets limits for allowances, food, hall rent and materials.
Which documents are needed for making payments after a seminar?
- A) Proper bills, attendance sheets and approval ✔
- B) Only verbal claims
- C) Only photographs
- D) No documents
Why: Payments must be supported by bills, attendance and approval.
Expenses of a workshop must be charged to:
- A) Any budget head the organiser likes
- B) Participants' pockets
- C) Next year's budget always
- D) The approved budget head ✔
Why: Expenses must remain within the approved budget head.
After the programme, the decisions and suggestions should be:
- A) Forgotten
- B) Followed up ✔
- C) Kept secret
- D) Rejected automatically
Why: Follow-up turns suggestions into action.
Sending thank-you letters after a programme is done:
- A) Before the invitation
- B) During registration
- C) If appropriate, after the event ✔
- D) Instead of the report
Why: Thank-you letters are an after-event activity when appropriate.
Which is a quality of a good programme?
- A) No clear objective
- B) Very long, unfocused sessions
- C) No record or report
- D) Right participants and short, focused sessions ✔
Why: Good programmes have the right participants and focused sessions.
Which statement is TRUE?
- A) A goshthi is about discussion; a seminar is about expert papers ✔
- B) A workshop never produces any output
- C) A webinar must be held in a physical hall
- D) A symposium has only one speaker
Why: Goshthi = discussion, seminar = expert papers.
Match correctly: Symposium is to ___ as Workshop is to ___.
- A) Entertainment; voting
- B) Multiple speakers on one theme; hands-on output ✔
- C) One speaker; no output
- D) Online meeting; paper presentation
Why: A symposium has many speakers on one theme; a workshop produces an output.
Who usually arranges goshthis and workshops in a government office?
- A) Only the minister personally
- B) The visitors
- C) Officials such as the Nayab Subba or Kharidar ✔
- D) The press
Why: The note says a Nayab Subba or Kharidar often arranges such events.
Which is NOT a step after the event?
- A) Preparing the report
- B) Settling accounts
- C) Following up decisions
- D) Selecting presenters ✔
Why: Selecting presenters is a preparation step before the event.
Which is NOT a logistics item?
- A) Registration sheet and stationery
- B) Snacks and lunch
- C) Transport and accommodation if needed
- D) Follow-up of decisions ✔
Why: Follow-up is an after-event management task, not logistics.
Group work and question-answer sessions are managed:
- A) During the event ✔
- B) Before approval
- C) After settling accounts
- D) Only in the report
Why: Sessions, Q&A and group work happen during the event.