EPA-4 Personnel Administration Topics Covered Block- 1 Personnel Administration Unit-1 Concept, Nature and Scope of Personnel Administration Unit-2 Functions and Significance of Personnel Administration Unit-3 Public Services and their Role in Administrative System Unit-4 Characteristics of Public Personnel Administration in India Block- 2 Civil Services in India Unit-5 Civil Service in the Context of Modern Bureaucracy Unit-6 Bases of Bureaucracy Unit-7 Development of Public Services in India Unit-8 Classification of Services (Cadres) Unit-9 Generalists and Specialists Block- 3 Personnel Agencies Unit-10 Personnel/UPSC/SPSC/SSC Unit-11 Central and State Training Institutes Unit-12 Administrative Tribunals Unit-13 Career Planning and Development Block- 4 Personnel Management Policies & Practices Unit-14 Personnel Policy Unit-15 Recruitment (Reservation in Services) Unit-16 Promotion Unit-17 Training Unit-18 Performance Appraisal Block- 5 Working Conditions, Conditions of Service Unit-19 Salary Administration (Including Incentives & Other Benefits) Unit-20 Conduct and Discipline Unit-21 Administrative Ethics and Integrity in Civil Services Block- 6 Employer-Employee Relations Unit-22 Employee Unions Unit-23 Joint Consultative Machinery Unit-24 Rights of Public Servants Unit-25 Motivation and Morale QUESTION PAPERS 1. Question Paper - June 2006 2. Question Paper - Dec 2006 3. Solution Paper - June 2007 4. Solution Paper - Dec 2007 5. Solution Paper - June 2008 6. Solution Paper - Dec 2008 7. Solution Paper - June 2009 8. Question Paper - Dec 2009 9. Solution Paper - June 2010 10. Question Paper - Dec 2010 11. Solution Paper - June 2011 12. Question Paper - Dec 2011 13. Solution Paper - June 2012 14. Question Paper - Dec 2012 15. Question Paper - June 2013 16. Question Paper - Dec 2013 17. Question Paper - June 2014 18. Question Paper - Dec 2014 19. Question Paper - June 2015 20. Question Paper - Dec 2015 21. Question Paper - June 2016 22. Question Paper - Dec 2016 23. Question Paper - June 2017 24. Question Paper - Dec 2017 25. Question Paper - June 2018 26. Question Paper - Dec 2018 27. Question Paper - June 2019 28. Question Paper - Dec 2019 29. Question Paper - June 2020