KERALA SERVICE RULES ONLINE TEST No. 1

KERALA SERVICE RULES- TEST PAPER No. 1

ONLINE TEST

 

1. The maximum number of stagnation increment allowed is
   
   1.   6
   2.   4
   3.   5
   4.   3
2. An officer is late for the last 3 days when he had no casual leave to be forfeited then the controlling officer may ____________
   1.   forfeit a casual leave from the next year
   2.   forfeit earned leave from his credit
   3.   forfeit half-pay leave from his credit
   4.   take disciplinary action against the officer
3. Kerala Service Rule Part I and Part II shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from
   1.   1.11.1956
   2.   1.11.1959
   3.   1.11.1960
   4.   15.10.1967
4. The title of an officer to hold substantively, either immediately or on termination of a period or periods of absence, a permanent post to which he has appointed substantively is called
   1.   Substantive post
   2.   Permanent post
   3.   Cadre
   4.   Lein
5. Which of the following powers can be delegated to any of its officers subject to any conditions, by the Government in consultation with the finance department?
   1.   Power to make rules
   2.   Power to sanction leave
   3.   Power to regulate the terms and conditions for grant of compensatory allowances
   4.   To determine the standard rent of buildings and rent recoverable from any officer occupying the residence
6. As per which rule in the KSR than all new recruits shall produce a form for SPARK in form No. 15 duly filled up at the time of joining duty for registering their details
   1.   Rule 22C
   2.   Rule 13
   3.   Rule 22B
   4.   Rule 13A
7. During Dies-Non, an employee is eligible for?
   1.   Pay and allowances for the period
   2.   the period shall be counted from the admissibility of earned leave
   3.   the period shall count for increment
   4.   eligible for the all the above 1, 2 and 3
8. How many days of leave at a time, an officer is eligible to get HRA along with his leave salary, which he is eligible in his station along with his pay and allowance before he proceeded for such leave
   1.   No HRA can be allowed during leave
   2.   30 days of leave
   3.   120 days of leave
   4.   180 days of leave
9. The maximum period of special allowance can be granted to an officer for holding full additional charge of additional post is
   1.   1 year
   2.   6 months
   3.   3 months
   4.   2 months
10. What is the maximum number of days of leave that can be taken at a time as combination of earned leave and commuted leave?
    1.   180 days
    2.   240 days
    3.   300 days
    4.   360 days
11. Which of the following is not an ordinary leave?
    1.   Earned Leave
    2.   Half-pay leave
    3.   Leave not due
    4.   Hospital leave
12. Half pay leave admissible to a permanent officer in respect of each completed years of service is
    1.   30 days
    2.   15 days
    3.   20 days
    4.   33 days
13. A female recruit who has been advised by The Public Service Commission joins duty on the 60th date of delivery, then how many days, she can avail maternity leave from the date of joining?
    1.   120
    2.   60
    3.   90
    4.   180
14. The maximum number of days of Paternity leave that can be granted to a male government servant during the confinement of his wife for delivery is
    1.   7 days
    2.   10 days
    3.   15 days
    4.   30 days
15. Which of the following periods of leave shall be counted for increment?
    1.   60 days Leave Without Allowance taken in continuation of maternity leave
    2.   Leave without allowance other than medical certificate
    3.   LWA taken for study purpose under Rule 91 A, but could not complete the study
    4.   All the above 1, 2 and 3
16. An officer, who wishes to get his prior service, whether provisional or regular, in any department, counted for any service benefit on entering Government service shall apply before the competent authority within a period of ___________ from the date of entry in the service
    1.   1 year
    2.   2 years
    3.   5 years
    4.   10 years
17. The period of probation of an Assistant in the Secretariat service who has joined in the service on 25.04.15 was two years. His probation was declared in the FN of 15.05.17. The delay in declaration of probation is due to the delay in passing of obligatory departmental test.
    From which date his IIIrd increment will be sanctioned, if he is continuing in the service without any break?
    1.   25.04.18
    2.   01.04.18
    3.   15.05.18
    4.   01.05.18
18. As per the provision in the KSR a period of 3 months 14 days from 5.02.17 ends on
    1.   18.05.17
    2.   19.05.17
    3.   20.05.17
    4.   21.05.17
19. In which of the following cases, production of medical certificate is not necessary?
    1.   A person is re-employed after resignation of forfeiture of past service
    2.   An officer is promoted from non-qualifying service paid from Local fund to a post in Government service other than last grade
    3.   An officer in the last grade appointed to a temporary vacancy of less than six months duration
    4.   In all the two cases of 1 and 2 above
20. In which of the following circumstances the lien of an officer holding substantively a permanent post can be retained?
    1.   while under suspension
    2.   while on leave
    3.   if he is appointment substantively to a permanent post outside the cadre on which he is borne
    4.   Both 1 and 2
21. Which of the following is not treated as honoraria?
    1.   Remuneration given to officers for conduct of Examination for Kerala State Co-operative Union
    2.   Allowance given to Wardens and Assistant Wardens of hotels
    3.   travelling Allowance given to officer for his official journey
    4.   Over time allowance to officers
22. Which of the following should not be deducted from the subsistence allowance of an officer who is an suspension?
    1.   House rent and allied charges
    2.   Subscription to General Provident Fund
    3.   Amounts due to C-operative Society
    4.   Subscription to Family Benefits Scheme
23. When an officer is placed on suspension while on leave, which of the following statement is not true?
    1.   He is not eligible for any subsistence allowance during leave without allowance
    2.   The order of suspension shall have the effect of cancelling the leave, if the leave taken is with allowance
    3.   When the officer is reinstated before the expiry of leave without allowance, he shall continue to be on leave till the expiry, unless the officer otherwise desires
    4.   He is entitled to subsistence allowance for the whole period of suspension, even the leave taken is leave without allowance
24. In respect of leave which of the following statement is correct?
    1.   Leave is a right of an employee
    2.   Leave cannot be claimed as a matter of right
    3.   The sanctioning authority cannot revoke or refuse the leave which an employee is applied for
    4.   The sanctioning authority can alter the nature of leave applied for
25. What is the minimum period of service required for sanctioning minimum pension to all physically handicapped Government employees with 40% permanent / partial disability of the upper or lower extremity deformities, inclusive of blind, deaf and dumb?
    1.   3 years
    2.   5 years
    3.   10 years
    4.   15 years
26. Liabilities fixed against a pensioner can be recovered from his pension. But such recovery shall not exceed
    1.   30% of the pension sanctioned
    2.   One third of the pension after commutation
    3.   One half of the pension sanctioned
    4.   One third of the pension originally sanctioned
27. When an employee is discharged from service owing to the abolition of a permanent post which pension can be allowed him in such situation if he has not opted another appointment or transfer to another establishment?
    1.   Compensation Pension
    2.   Invalid Pension
    3.   Superannuation Pension
    4.   Retiring Pension
28. The last day in service of an employee retiring on invalid pension will be
    1.   the date of sanction
    2.   the date on which the employee willing to retire noted in the application
    3.   date of application
    4.   date of the medical certificate
29. When an employee voluntarily retired on 31.03.18, his total qualifying service increased by 4 years and thus his total qualifying service is 30 years. Which of the following statement is correct?
    1.   National fixation is permissible on the basis of increase of qualifying service 4 years
    2.   Gratuity and pension is calculated based on the notional fixation due to increase in the qualifying service
    3.   The employee is not permitted to encash the leave at credit as on the date of voluntary retirement
    4.   No notional fixation of pay shall be permissible on the basis of increase in qualifying service
30. Which of the following is premature retirement?
    1.   An employee wish to retire before the date of retirement on superannuation, the appointing authority allow him to retire as premature retirement
    2.   An appointing authority may require an employee who has been completed 30 years of service, to retire at any time in public interest, by giving 3 months prior notice or 3 months pay and allowances in lieu of such notice
    3.   -Premature retirement is, when an employee is suffering from contagious disease or other diseases which incapacitated him for doing service, he may retired from service before the date of superannuation
    4.   -Premature retirement is retirement due to dismissal or removal from service on account of misconduct or inefficiency, before he attaining the age of superannuation
31. Emoluments for the purpose of pension does not includes
    1.   Pay
    2.   Interim relief
    3.   Class I (a) special pay
    4.   Dearness pay the employee was actually in receipt of
32. In respect of nomination conferring right to receive any gratuity admissible to the employee, on his death, which of the following statement is true?
    1.   Nomination once made cannot be changed in his entire service period or after retirement
    2.   Chance of nomination shall be made before the retirement
    3.   Nomination can be changed even after retirement, but before making payment
    4.   Nomination can be made if favour of any person who need not be a member of his family
33. In which of the following case, family pension as per KSR Part III is not admissible?
    1.   If the pensioner is receiving compensation pension
    2.   If the pensioner is receiving invalid pension
    3.   If the employee is retired on compulsory retirement by way of penalty
    4.   If the employee is joined in the service after 1.04.2013
34. The maximum period up to which the family pensions payable to the husband of the deceased officer is
    1.   till death
    2.   till remarriage
    3.   till death or remarriage whichever is earlier
    4.   till death or remarriage whichever is later
35. Normal rate of family pension is
    1.   30% of the pay last drawn
    2.   30% of the pension
    3.   50% of the pension
    4.   30% of the average emoluments
36. The maximum DCRG admissible to an officer who retires from service is
    1.   16 and half times of the emoluments
    2.   33 times of the emoluments
    3.   30 times of the emoluments
    4.   15 times of the emoluments
37. Higher rate of family pension to the family of the deceased pensioner who retired from the service attaining the age of 56 years, will be paid up to
    1.   7 years or till the date on which the deceased pensioner attained the age of 63 years which every is earlier
    2.   7 years from the date of retirement of the deceased pensioner
    3.   the date on which the deceased pensioner would have attained the age of 62 years
    4.   the date on which the deceased pensioner would have attained the age of 63 years
38. The service book of a retired employee shall be retained by the head of officer for a period of
    1.   15 years from the date of retirement
    2.   10 years from the date of retirement
    3.   25 years from the date of retirement
    4.   30 years from the date of retirement
39. The commuted portion of pension shall be restored from
    1.   the first of the month following the month in which a period of 10 years elapses from the date of commutation
    2.   the first of the month following the month in which a period of 12 years elapses from the date of commutation
    3.   the first of the month following the month in which a period of 15 years elapses from the date of commutation
    4.   the first of the month following the month in which a period of 13 years elapses from the date of commutation
40. Amount of reduction in the family pension, in case 40% of the pension is commuted by the pensioner?
    1.   20%
    2.   30%
    3.   40%
    4.   No reduction in the family pension
41. An officer proceeds on invalid pension from 21.04.18 on his 53rd birthday after completing 31 years of qualifying service. How many years weightage will he get due to the retirement on invalid pension?
    1.   1 year
    2.   2 years
    3.   3 years
    4.   No weightage
42. The additional pay granted to an officer to save him from the loss of substantive pay in respect of a permanent post due to a revision of pay is
    1.   special pay
    2.   presumptive pay
    3.   personal pay
    4.   officiating pay
43. Maximum period of joining time that can be allowed an officer on transfer is
    1.   30 days including all holidays
    2.   30 days including all holidays but excluding Sundays
    3.   30 days excluding all holidays
    4.   7 days excluding all holidays
44. An officer in the Collectorate Kasaragod was transferred in the public interest to Kottarakkara, He relieved on 12.07.19 AN. On which date he has to joint after taking joining time? The rail distance from Kasaragod to Kollam is 496 Kms and Road distance from Kollam to Kottarakkara is 60 Kms, 13.07.19 is second Saturday
    1.   20.07.19 FN
    2.   22.07.19 FN
    3.   23.07.19 FN
    4.   24.07.19 FN
45. The Leave Not Due is eligible for
    1.   an officiating officer
    2.   temporary officer who completed three years of service
    3.   temporary officer
    4.   Permanent officer
46. The maximum number of days, the Special Disability leave can be granted is
    1.   180 days
    2.   120 days
    3.   12 months
    4.   24 months
47. The title of an officer to hold substantively, either immediately or on termination of a period or periods of absence, a permanent post to which he has appointed substantively is called
    1.   Temporary post
    2.   Permanent post
    3.   Officiating
    4.   Lein
48. A senior superintendent of RDO office is holding the full additional charge of Junior superintendent of his office on his retirement.
    What percentage of charge allowance can be sanctioned?
    1.   2%
    2.   3%
    3.   4%
    4.   No charge allowance
49. The earned leave admissible to an officer in permanent employee is __________ of the period spent on duty
    1.   one-eleventh
    2.   one-twenty seconds
    3.   one twentieth
    4.   one thirtieth
50. Earned leave ceases to earn when the leave at credit reaches at
    1.   180 days
    2.   240 days
    3.   300 days
    4.   12 months
51. The service in which an officer receives his pay and allowances with the sanction of government from any source other than consolidated fund is
    1.   General Service
    2.   Ex-Cadre
    3.   Foreign Service
    4.   Administrative Service
52. Which class of travel by train is eligible for Grade II (b) Officers for the getting Travelling Allowance?
    1.   II AC
    2.   I Class, if the train doesn’t have I class, II AC
    3.   III AC, if the train doesn’t have III AC, I class
    4.   All the above
53. An officer working in the Rural department started from his Head Quarter, for an official journey on 10.04.2017 10 am to the Directorate Thiruvananthapuram which was 55 KM away from his Head Quarter. He reached the Head Quarter on 11.04.17 9 am. His absence from Head Quarter is reckoned as
    1.   1 day
    2.   2 days
    3.   3 days
    4.   1/2 day
54. What amount of travelling allowance can be granted to the family of an officer who dies while in service, to reside his home or to any where they wish to reside?
    1.   the travelling allowance which would be admissible to the office under rules of journey on transfer less than admissible to the officer
    2.   no travelling allowance will be admissible to the family
    3.   actual fare will be allowed
    4.   the travelling allowance which would be admissible to the officer under rules of journey on tour
55. Rate of Incidental charges allowed to eligible officers for each air journey is
    1.   One DA
    2.   Half of DA
    3.   2 times of DA
    4.   5 times of DA
56. An officer on tour is provided with free Boarding and Lodging the rate of DA admissible to each days of halt will be
    1.   One DA
    2.   Two-third of DA
    3.   One fourth of the DA
    4.   Half DA
57. An officer who is not authorized to travel by air performed an official journey by air, is
    1.   eligible to draw actual air change
    2.   eligible to draw TA which he would have been entitled to travel either by Road, Rail, or steamer
    3.   eligible to draw 5 times of DA
    4.   not eligible to TA
58. At what rate of DA shall be paid as daily allowance to officers deputed for training at Trivandrum?
    1.   Full rate for the first 10 days, three-fourth for the next 20 days and half rate there after
    2.   Full rate for the first 20 days, three-fourth for the next 30 days and half rate there after
    3.   Full rate for the first 30 days, three-fourth for the next 30 days and half rate there after
    4.   Full rate for the first 30 days, three-fourth for the next 60 days and half rate there after
59. If the family members follow the officer within six months from the date of his transfer or precedes him not more than one months, can be treated as family members are accompanying him on his transfer. Which date is taken as date of this transfer while the family members precede him?
    1.   Date on which the officer handed over charge at old station
    2.   Date on which the officer taken over the charge at new station
    3.   Date of order of transfer
    4.   Date of receipt of transfer order
60. A journey on tour of an officer is held to begin
    1.   from the residence to duty point
    2.   duty point to duty point
    3.   residence to head quarter
    4.   head quarter to residence
61. For claiming transfer Travelling allowance for members of the family, the family member should follow him within
    1.   six months
    2.   three months
    3.   five months
    4.   one month
62. The minimum travelling allowance eligible to an officer who travels outside Head Quarter in a departmental vehicle within 24 hours is
    1.   No travelling allowance for journey in departmental vehicle
    2.   Half DA
    3.   One DA
    4.   3/4 of DA
63. When an officer is compulsorily recalled to duty before the expiry of his leave he is entitled to mileage allowance, which of the following are true
    1.   if the leave thereby curtailed is less than one month
    2.   if the leave thereby curtailed is not less than one month
    3.   if the leave thereby curtailed is two months
    4.   2 and 3
64. The amount of TA allowable to an officer on leave summoned to give evidence in a court is
    1.   Since he is on leave, no TA is eligible
    2.   He is eligible for actual travelling expense
    3.   TA as he is eligible while on duty
    4.   He is eligible for only half DA
65. When an officer draws a conveyance allowance, which of the following statement is true?
    1.   Conveyance allowance is forfeited for the days the officer is absent from the head quarter
    2.   He is not eligible for Travelling Allowance for the journey performed outside of his sphere of duty
    3.   He should travel at least 20 days in a month
    4.   Conveyance allowance need not be forfeited for the days he is absent from the head quarter
66. An officer working at Kasaragod is attending a training at Thiruvananthapuram halting there for 54 hours. What will be the DA for his halt?
    1.   3 DA
    2.   2 and 1/2 DA
    3.   2 DA
    4.   4 DA
67. In which case an officer on tour, his Daily Allowance can be exchanged for mileage allowance?
    1.   When the distance travelled is exceeds 32 Kms in a day
    2.   When the distance travelled is less than 32 Kms in a day
    3.   When the distance travelled is beyond 8 Kms
    4.   When the distance travelled is exceeds 20 Kms
68. On temporary transfer, the officer is eligible for Daily Allowances and Travelling allowance that would have been admissible for journeys as tour, provided, the period of relieving duties is not more than
    1.   One month
    2.   Two months
    3.   Three months
    4.   4 months
69. What is the minimum distance the employee has to travel for taking one day before and one day after the official business on his official tour?
    1.   32 Kms
    2.   50 Kms
    3.   100 Kms
    4.   200 Kms
70. When an officer travels in a departmental vehicle, the DA for intermediate halt beyond 200 Kms is
    1.   1/2 DA
    2.   1/4 DA
    3.   1 DA
    4.   3/4 DA
71. What additional mileage allowance, in addition to the twice mileage he is eligible for on transfer, when two members of his family are accompanying the officer travelling by road?
    1.   one mileage
    2.   twice the mileage
    3.   thrice the mileage
    4.   no mileage is allowed for family
72. Which of the following allowances is not eligible during the period of joining time?
    1.   Dearness Allowance
    2.   HRA old applicable to old station
    3.   Permanent Travelling Allowance
    4.   City Compensatory Allowance
73. The claim of Travelling allowance of a Government Servant is not preferred within a period of __________, it shall be deemed to have been relinquished the claim.
    1.   3 months
    2.   6 months
    3.   1 year
    4.   2 years
74. A Grade III officer was an official tour for 5 days from 1.06.2021 and he claimed TA as per rules 1.07.2021 and drew the amount on 10.07.2021. His 4th increment was due on 1.05.2021 but was sanctioned by AG on 15.07.2021 with effect from 1.05.2021. Due to this increment he became Grade II (b) officer. Whether he is eligible for the difference in amount of TA already drawn?
    1.   A revised claim is not admissible
    2.   Yes. He can pay the difference
    3.   Eligible to draw subject to special audit by AG
    4.   The controlling officer can decide
75. The term duty does not includes
    1.   Joining time
    2.   Probation period
    3.   Temporary appointment
    4.   None