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Past Questions — 2025

Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

Withholding of increments of pay is one of the __________ penalties.

A) Major
B) Minor
C) Secondary
Option B is correct: Minor.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

In Common Proceedings, the order shall specify the authority which may function as the _____________ for the purpose of such common proceeding.

A) Inquiring Authority
B) Defence Assistant
C) Disciplinary Authority
Option A is correct: Inquiring Authority.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

In cases of loss to Government on account of __________ of Government servants, the loss should be borne by the Central Government Department or State Government concerned with the transaction.

A) accountability
B) liability
C) culpability
Option C is correct: culpability.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

What is the maximum time allowed for a Government servant to appear before Inquiring Authority after the receipt of Article of Charge by the Inquiring Authority?

A) 7 working days
B) 15 working days
C) 10 working days
Option C is correct: 10 working days.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

On the date fixed for the inquiry, the witnesses shall be examined by or on behalf of the _________________ and may be cross-examined by or on behalf of the Government servant.

A) Presenting Officer
B) Inquiring Authority
C) Disciplinary Authority
Option A is correct: Presenting Officer.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

If a Government servant is transferred to foreign service, his service book must be sent to the ____.

A) Auditor’s Office
B) Controlling Officer
C) Audit Officer
Option C is correct: Audit Officer.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

An officer shall begin to draw the pay and allowances attached to his tenure of a post with effect from the date when he __________ the duties of that post.

A) resumes
B) joins
C) assumes
Option C is correct: assumes.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

Dismissal from service which shall ordinarily be a disqualification for _______under the Government is one of the major penalties that can be imposed.

A) fresh engagement
B) future employment
C) appointment
Option B is correct: future employment.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

A period spent in __________ shall count as duty if contribution towards leave salary is paid on account of such period.

A) deputation
B) ex-cadre posting
C) foreign service
Option C is correct: foreign service.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

On appointment to a new regular post, a Government servant shall exercise his pay fixation option within ___________ from the date of appointment.

A) one month
B) two months
C) three weeks
Option A is correct: one month.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

The ____________ must see that all entries in the service book of a Government servant are duly made and attested.

A) Head of the Office
B) Administrative Head
C) Superior
Option A is correct: Head of the Office.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

A Government servant shall not willfully cause delays in ________ of the work assigned to him.

A) disposal
B) approval
C) finalization
Option A is correct: disposal.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

An officer shall be held personally responsible for any loss sustained by the Government through fraud or ___________ on his part.

A) theft
B) negligence
C) misappropriation
Option B is correct: negligence.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

___________ recorded during the inquiry is not included in the report prepared after the conclusion of inquiry.

A) Daily order sheet
B) Articles of charge
C) Findings on article of charge
Option A is correct: Daily order sheet.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

Making normal arrangement during election tours of Ministers to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers __________ to contravention of Rule 5(4).

A) amounts
B) does not amount
C) conforms
Option B is correct: does not amount.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

The First Edition of the Central Secretariat Manual of e-Office Procedure (CSMeOP) was brought out in the year:

A) 2012
B) 2011
C) 2013
Option A is correct: 2012.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

No Government servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding ____.

A) three years
B) five years
C) six years
Option A is correct: three years.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

The reports which the Head of Department cannot finally dispose of under delegated powers, shall be submitted to the ______________.

A) Government
B) Financial Adviser
C) Ministry of Finance
Option A is correct: Government.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

All losses above the value of ___________ due to suspected fire, theft, fraud, etc., shall be invariably reported to the Police for investigation as early as possible.

A) Rupees ten thousand
B) Rupees one lakh
C) Rupees five thousand
Option A is correct: Rupees ten thousand.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

A record of the services of a ____________ will be kept by such Audit Officer and in such form as the Comptroller and Auditor-General mat prescribe.

A) Government servant
B) Gazetted Government servant
C) Non-Gazetted Government servant
Option C is correct: Non-Gazetted Government servant.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

The CSMOP was first published in:

A) April, 1957
B) March, 1955
C) March, 1956
Option B is correct: March, 1955.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

Absence from work on account of participation in ‘Gherao’ should in all cases be treated as unauthorized absence involving _________.

A) break in service
B) disciplinary proceeding
C) EOL
Option A is correct: break in service.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

No Government servant shall be granted leave of any kind for a continuous period exceeding _____ years.

A) five
B) three
C) six
Option B is correct: three.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

Leave Not Due shall be debited against the ____________ the Government servant may earn subsequently.

A) Earned Leave
B) Half pay leave
C) Casual Leave
Option B is correct: Half pay leave.
Departmental (other) • 2025 • Paper-V

No Government servant shall subscribe in aid of, or ________ in any other manner, any political movement or activity.

A) assist
B) support
C) follow
Option A is correct: assist.