Department Test KERALA SERVICE RULES MODEL QUESTIONS

1 The rate of compassionate allowance payable to an employee shall not exceed ………………. of normal pension

• 2/3
• 1/2
• 1/3
• none of these

Answer is Option A: 2/3

2. The minimum period of service required for superannuation pension is ………………….

• 20 years
• Below 20 years
• 5 years
• 10 years

Answer is Option D: 10 years

3. Permanent conveyance allowance can be drawn during

• Leave
• During absence from head quarters
• Temporary transfer
• During joining time

Answer is Option B: During absence from head quarters

4. Leave without allowance for 60 days taken in continuation of maternity leave …………..

• Will not count for increment
• will count for increment
• will count for increment only if the leave is taken with medical certificate
• None of these

Answer is Option B: will count for increment

5. Commuted leave can be granted to an officer

• only if he is in permanent employee
• only if has completed 3 years service
• Both of the above
• None of the above

Answer is Option B: only if has completed 3 years service

6. An application for commutation of pension shall be addressed to ……………..

• Accountant General
• Head of Department
• Head of Office
• Pension sanctioning Authority

Answer is Option D: Pension sanctioning authority

7. Foreign Service means …………………….

• A service in which an officer receives his pay from foreign countries
• A service in which an officer receives his pay from gulf countries
• A service in which an officer receives his pay with sanction of government from other than consolidated fund
• None of these

Answer is Option C: A service in which an officer receives his pay with sanction of government from other than consolidated fund

8. A person deputed for training with a view to employment in Govt. service is known as …………….

• Trainee
• Apprentice
• Probationer
• Contract employee

Answer is Option B: Apprentice

9. Payment receive by an officer from a source other than the General Revenues of the state is called …………….

• Honorarium
• Fee
• Income from dividents
• Remuneration for special work

Answer is Option B: Fee

10. Who is competent to declare that any specified kind of service shall qualify for pension

• Head of the Department
• Government
• Head of Office
• Accountant General

Answer is Option B: Government

11. When recovery of excess payments made to an officer is recovered from the pension, the rate of recovery should not exceed

• 50% of monthly pension
• 25% of monthly pension
• 10% of monthly pension
• 2/5 of monthly pension

Answer is Option C: 10% of the family pension

12. The authorisation from AG is not needed for the withdrawal of money by a gazetted officer in which of the following cases

• Leave Salary
• Transit pay
• Travelling allowance
• None

Answer is Option C: Travelling Allowance

13. Compensation leave is not eligible to

• Gazetted Officers
• Police Officers
• Doctors
• Head of Officers

Answer is Option D: Head of Officers

14. The disbursement of political pension ceases if it is not drawn for …………… years

• 2
• 3
• 5
• 6

Answer is Option D: 6

15. The returns to be given to Accountant General due on a holiday, may be sent

• One day earlier
• One day late
• Two days earlier
• Two days late

Answer is Option B: One day late

16. Lien means the title of an officer to hold ……………….. post

• Permanent
• Substantively Permanent
• Officiating
• Subordinate

Answer is Option B: Substantively Permanent

17. Leave for miscarriage to female employee does not exceed

• 3 weeks
• 4 weeks
• 5 weeks
• 6 weeks

Answer is Option D: 6 weeks

18. Overall limit of joining time is

• 1 year
• 3 months
• 4 months
• 30 days

Answer is Option D: 30 days

19. Overall limit of joining time isAnnual verification of service books should be done by the head of office in the month of …………… every year

• March
• April
• January
• December

Answer is Option B: April

20. Lien of an officer may be suspended if he is transfered to a post in another cader if he will remain absent from the post for a period of

• 1 year
• 2 year
• 3 year
• None of these

Answer is Option C: 3 year

21. The Rate of HRA payable to an employee is determined with reference to

• Actual place of duty
• Place of officer to which the employee is attached
• Place of residence
• Place of duty or place of residence at the option of the employee

Answer is Option B : Place of officer to which the employee is attached

22. When an officer is promoted to a post which do not involve change of duties from the day of occurance of vacancy, monetary benefit will be admissible for a maximum period of

• 6 months prior to the date of order of promotion
• 2 year prior to the date of order of promotion
• 1 year prior to the date of order of promotion
• No time limit

Answer is Option C : 1 year prior to the date of order of promotion

23. Non refundable GPF can be sanctioned after the completion of …………… years of service

• 15
• 20
• 10
• 30

Answer is Option C : 10

24. Maternity leave(Rule 100, KSR Part-1) does not treat as duty for the purpose of

• Probation
• Earned Leave
• Increment
• Higher Grade Promotion

Answer is Option B : Earned Leave

25. A Government servant working in district head quarters is transfered to an office in a panchayath area on working arrangements for two months. The Government servant is eligible for an HRA applicable to

• District Head Quarters
• Panchayath Area
• Corporation Area
• Municipal Area

Answer is Option A : District Head Quarters

26. An allowance granted to meet personal expenditure necessitated by the special circumstances in which duty is performed. It includes TA. This is called

• Compensating Allowance
• Personal Allowance
• Imprest
• Honararium

Answer is Option A : Compensating Allowance

27. When a Government servant retired from service before his pension is finally fixed, he may be granted

• Anticipatory Pension
• Provisional Pension
• Ex-gratia Pension
• Compensation Pension

Answer is Option A : Anticipatory Pension

28. In which month annual life certificate has to be produced by a pensioner every year

• January
• April
• December
• March

Answer is Option C : December

29. When holidays follow joining time, normal date of joining may be

• Extended to cover such holidays
• To join the previous day
• On the day when holidays begin
• None of these

Answer is Option A : Extended to cover such holidays

30. Pension ceases to be payable if it remains unpaid for more than

• 2 years
• 3 years
• 7 years
• 5 years

Answer is Option B : 3 years

31. Family pension at higher rate is payable for a maximum period of

• 3 Years
• 4 Years
• 5 Years
• 7 Years

Answer is Option D : 7 Years

32. TA has to be preferred within …………… months of the claim falling due

• 12 months
• 6 months
• 24 months
• No time limit

Answer is Option C : 24 months

33. In the case of an officer whose year of birth only is known, for pension his date of birth is taken as

• 1st January
• 31st March
• 1st July
• 1st June

Answer is Option C : 1st July

34. An officer on promotion and transfer can draw joining time pay applicable to

• Pay of new post
• Pay of old post
• Average pay of both
• None of the above

Answer is Option B : Pay of old post

35. Overtime allowance is classified as

• Special pay
• Honararium
• Personal pay
• Compensatory Allowance

Answer is Option B : Honararium

36. Minimum service required for voluntry retirement for an employee

• 10 Years
• 12 Years
• 15 Years
• 20 Years

Answer is Option D : 20 Years

37. Medical examination shall be neessary for commutation of pension in which of the following cases

• Compensation Pension
• Anticipatory Pension
• Voluntary Retirement
• Invalid Pensioners

Answer is Option D : Invalid Pensioners

38. Cash award to a state government employee by central government will come under the category of

• Honararium
• Fees
• Personal Pay
• Special Pay

Answer is Option B : Fees

39. An increment sanctioned to an officer in advance in consideration of his meritorious service in the discharge of his duties and responsibilities is called

• Stagnation Increment
• Advance Increment
• Personal Increment
• None of the above

Answer is Option B : Advance Increment

40. When an officer is transferred his family should follow him within …………….. from the date of transfer in order to claim TA for family

• 3 months
• 1 month
• 6 months
• 12 months

Answer is Option C : 6 months

41. On confirmation of service of an officer, earned leave will be calculated at a rate of

• 1/22
• 1/3
• 1/11
• 1/2

Answer is Option C : 1/11

42. Who can grant joining time beyond 45 days

• Head of Department
• Head of office
• Appointing Authority
• Government

Answer is Option D : Government

43. The minimum service required for payment of DCRG is

• 5 year
• 1 year
• 10 year
• 3 year

Answer is Option A : 5 year

44. An officer who is disabled by injury intentionally inflicted may be granted

• Hospital Leave
• Special Disability leave
• Special Casual leave
• Leave not due

Answer is Option B : Special Disability Leave

45. Maximum period of LND can be granted at a time

• 180 days
• 360 days
• 30 days
• 90 days

Answer is Option D : 90 days

46. If the deceased government employee has no surviving wife or children the person eligible to get family pension is

• Father
• Mother
• Brother below age of 18
• Unmarried sister

Answer is Option A : Father

47. An officer placed under suspension is paid subsistance allowance equal to the leave salary on

• Casual Leave
• Hospital Leave
• HPL
• Earned leave

Answer is Option C : HPL

48. …………. are authorised to sanction leave travel concession to their subordinate officers

• Head of office
• Government
• Head of Department
• Controlling officers

Answer is Option C : Head of department

49. Earned leave is calculated at the rate of ……………… of the period spent on duty is admissible during the first year of service

• 1/11
• 1/120
• 1/22
• 1/3

Answer is Option C : 1/22

50. The pay granted to an officer in addition to the pay of an officer in consideration of factors like additional and or higher responsibilities, specially arduous nature of work etc. is called

• Personal Pay
• Special Pay
• Presumptive pay
• Charge allowance

Answer is Option B : Special pay