Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

The holder of a post, the pay of which is changed, shall be treated as if he were transferred, to a new post on the_________.

A) Permanent Basis
B) Temporary Basis
C) New Pay
Option B is correct: Temporary Basis.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

All drawing and disbursing officers shall maintain separate _________ in Form GFR 5, physically or electronically for allocation under each minor or sub-head of account with which they are concerned.

A) cashbook
B) account
C) register
Option C is correct: register.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

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

A) individual
B) officer
C) official
Option B is correct: officer.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

An officer who is absent from _________ without any authority shall not be entitled to any pay and allowances during the period of such absent.

A) duty
B) office
C) premises
Option B is correct: office.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

All duty in a post on a _________ counts for increments in that timescale

A) time-scale;
B) time-pay
C) pay-scale.
Option A is correct: time-scale;.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

β€œ_________” means civil/ electrical works including public buildings, public services, transport infrastructure etc., both original and repair works and any other project, including infrastructure which is for the use of general public;

A) Public Works
B) Civil Works
C) Contract Works
Option A is correct: Public Works.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

Government servant shall have the option, to be exercised within _________ from the date of promotion or appointment.

A) 1 month
B) 2 months
C) 3 months
Option A is correct: 1 month.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

A claim to _________ shall not be remitted or abandoned save with the sanction of the competent authority.

A) pay
B) tax
C) revenue
Option C is correct: revenue.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

If a Government servant is reduced as a measure of _________ to a lower stage in his time-scale, the authority ordering such reduction shall state the period for which it shall be effective.

A) reduction;
B) penalty
C) preventive.
Option B is correct: penalty.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

An increment may be withheld from a Government servant by the Central Government or by any authority to whom the Central Government may delegate this power under _________.

A) Rule 5
B) Rule 6
C) Rule 7
Option C is correct: Rule 7.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

All proposals for sanction to _________, shall indicate whether such expenditure can be met by valid appropriation or re- appropriation.

A) expenditure
B) claim
C) budget.
Option A is correct: expenditure.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

All moneys received by or on behalf of the Government either as dues of Government or for deposit, remittance or otherwise, shall be brought into _________ without delay.

A) cashbook
B) government Account
C) subsidiary Cashbook
Option B is correct: government Account.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

Head of the Department should not be lower than that of a Deputy Secretary to Government of India.

A) Secretary to Government of India
B) Joint Secretary to Government of India
C) Deputy Secretary to Government of India
Option C is correct: Deputy Secretary to Government of India.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

DFP Rules provide that the powers cannot be delegated to a:

A) Retired Officer
B) Non-Gazetted Officer
C) Junior Officer
Option B is correct: Non-Gazetted Officer.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

It is the duty of the Department of the Central Government concerned to ensure that the receipts and dues of the Government are correctly and promptly ____________.

A) entered
B) registered
C) assessed.
Option C is correct: assessed..
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

The date from which a person recruited overseas shall commence to draw pay on first appointment shall be determined by the general or special orders of the authority by whom he is _________.

A) appointed
B) recruited
C) recommended
Option B is correct: recruited.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

No funds will be appropriated/ re- appropriated to meet expenditure which has not been sanctioned by an:

A) Officer competent to sanction it
B) Department competent to sanction it
C) Authority competent to sanction it
Option C is correct: Authority competent to sanction it.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

A Government servant may be required to subscribe to a provident fund, _________or other similar fund in accordance with such rules as the President may by order prescribe.

A) IF & SF
B) NPS
C) family pension fund
Option C is correct: family pension fund.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

The Central Government may make rules prescribing the form in which _________ should be prepared,

A) service statement
B) medical certificate
C) sension
Option B is correct: medical certificate.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

Where the minimum pay of the time-scale of the new post is higher than his pay in respect of the post held by him regularly, he shall draw the _________ as the initial pay.

A) maximum
B) minimum
C) full pay
Option B is correct: minimum.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

Sanctions or orders shall come into _________ from the date of issue unless any other date from which they shall come into force is specified therein.

A) effect
B) contract
C) force
Option C is correct: force.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

A Government servant’s _________on a post shall stand terminated on his acquiring a lien on another post.

A) confirmation
B) lien
C) officiating
Option B is correct: lien.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

A Government servant may be required to subscribe to a provident fund, a family pension fund or other similar fund in accordance with such rules as the _________ may by order prescribe

A) government
B) department
C) president.
Option C is correct: president..
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

The Central Government may _________ the pay of an officiating Government servant at an amount less than that admissible under these rules.

A) fix
B) credit
C) decide
Option A is correct: fix.
Departmental (other) β€’ 2025 β€’ Paper-II

When appointment to the new post is made on his own request under sub-rule (a) of Rule 15 of the said rules, and the maximum pay in the timescale of that post is lower than his pay in respect of the old post held regularly, he shall draw that maximum as his _________.

A) salary
B) initial pay
C) emolument
Option B is correct: initial pay.