Corrections to Swamy’s Question Bank

Cat. No. Q-9 - (First Edition)

Chapter 2 - The Constitution of India

1. In Page 9, in Question No. 18, delete the word “Vice”.

2. In Page 11, substitute Question No. 35 as below:

35. (i) Reservation of seats and special representation of Scheduled
Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the houses of the People
and the Legislative Assembly of the States will cease to have
effect after ......... years from commencement of Constitution.
(ii) In the options substitute (a) with the figure ‘80’.

3. In Page 17, in the answers to Question No. 82, substitute the

option (d) with “Bihar”.

4. In Page 17, in the answers to Question No. 84, substitute the

option (b) with “5 rights”.

5. In Page 18, substitute the Question No. 91 as below:

Who is a citizen of India at the commencement of the
Constitution?
(a) Those who are born in India
(b) Those who has been ordinarily resident in India for 5 years
preceding commencement of the Constitution
(c) Those who have migrated to India from Pakistan before
19-7-1948
(d) All of the above

6. In Page 21, substitute the answer to Question No. 97 as below:-

97. d
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Chapter 3 - Discipline Rules

1. In Page 34, substitute Question No. 62 as below:

62. Under which of the following circumstances should a Government
servant report to the Authority, while entering into a transaction of
insurance policies?
(a) If the value of the annual premia exceeds two months’ basic pay
(b) If the value of the premia exceeds one month’s basic pay
(c) If the value of the premia exceeds three months’ basic pay
(d) If the value of the policy exceeds ₹ l lakh

2. In Page 36, substitute Question No. 68 as below:

68. What is the upper monetary limit of transaction in shares or
debentures in a calendar year for providing intimation by a Government
employee to the Prescribed Authority ?
(a) If the total transaction exceeds six months’ basic pay
(b) If the total transaction exceeds ₹ 50,000
(c) If the total transaction exceeds two months’ basic pay
(d) If the total transaction exceeds four months’ basic pay

3. In Page 36, in Question No. 69, substitute the existing

option (a) as below:

(a) If the estimation exceeds two months’ basic pay

4. In Page 41, substitute Question No. 99 as below :

99. What is the time-limit given to an employee to prefer

a revision petition to the Appellate Authority?
(a) 3 months’ from the date of order
(b) 6 months from the date of order
(c) One month from the date of order
(d) One year from the date of order
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5. In Page 46, in Question No. 119.

Substitute the existing option (a) as “Enquiry Report”.

6. In Page 74, substitute the answer to Question No. 177 as

below:

177. c

Chapter 5 - General Pool Residential Accommodation Rules

1. In Page 132, in Question No. 47 in option (d), delete the word

“leave” /.
2. In Page 141, in Question No. 86, substitute the existing option (d)
with “Eight Units”.

3. In Page 152, in Question No. 128, substitute the option (b) with
“Half Pay Leave”.

4. In Page 153, in Question Nos. 131 and 132, add the following
after the word “CPWD” as below.-
“posted to Border Works Projects”.

5. In Page 155, substitute Question No. 141 as below:-

141. When shall an allottee not be eligible for change in same type
of accommodation?
(a) Within 6 months of the date of superannuation
(b) When it is requested for a second time
(c) When a request is made before taking physical possession
of accommodation allotted
(d) All the above

6. In Page 178, substitute the answer to Question No. 83 as below:-

83. c
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7. In Page 178, substitute the answer to Question No. 127 as

below:

127. c

8. In Page 179, substitute the answer to Question No. 141 as below:-

141. d

Chapter 6 - General Provident Fund Rules

1. In Page 183, in Question No. 13, substitute the option (c) with
“Leave which does not carry any leave salary”.

2. In Page 184, in Question No. 20, substitute the options (a), (b)
and (c) with “4%, 5% and 6%” respectively.

3. In Page 190, substitute the answer to Question No. 7 as below:

7. b

Chapter 7- General Rules

1. In Page 192, in Question No. 10 in option (b), substitute

the word “CGHS” with the words “the posts included in Central
Health Services”.

2. In Page 217, in Question No. 140 substitute the options given for
answer as below:-
(a) Date on which the Government servant proceeds on Foreign
Service
(b) Basic Pay of the post held at the time of proceeding on foreign
service
(c) Dearness Allowance on the date of calculation of Pension
Contribution
(d) All the above
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3. In Page 217, substitute the Question No. 141 and its options as below :
141. Is there any minimum service required to be eligible for
Pension Contribution during Foreign Service?
(a) 5 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 15 years
(d) No minimum service required

4. In Page 217, substitute the Question No. 142 and its options with
the following:-
142. What is the percentage of pension contribution in respect of a
Group ‘A’ Officer, governed by NPS, proceeding on foreign
service from 1-10-2020 with 8 years’ experience?
(a) 24% (b) 14% (c) 28% (d) 10%
5. In Page 220, in Question No. 155, substitute the option (a) with
“5 years”.
6. In Page 223, in Question No. 172 in option (a), delete the words
“and allowance”.
7. In Page 232, in Question No. 220, substitute the option (c) in
the answers with the words “(c) Kite-fighting”.

8. In Page 237, substitute the answer to Question No. 79, as below:-

79. c

9. In Page 238, substitute the answer to Question No. 192 as below:-

192. a

10. In Page 238, substitute the answer to Question Nos. 176 and 187
as below:

176. a

187. a
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Chapter 8 - Group Insurance Scheme

1. In Page 241, in Question No. 16, in option (c):
Substitute the words “on the date of actual payment of” with the
words “By reduction from the”.
2. In Page 246, substitute the answer to Question No. 12 as below:

12. a

Chapter 9 - Leave Rules

1. In Page 263, in Question No. 107, after the word “LTC”, add the
following as “after taking into account the period of leave being
availed of”.

2. In Page 276, substitute the option (c) of Question No. 183,

as below :-
‘(c) both (a) and (b)’.

In Page 277, Question No. 184 and its answer key in Page 317
3.
stands deleted.

4. In Page 315, substitute the answer to Question No. 63 as below:

63. a

5. In Page 317, substitute the answer to Question No. 178,

as below:-
178. b

6. In Page 317, substitute the answer to Question No. 183,

as below:-

183. c

Chapter 10 - Leave Travel Concession Rules

1. In Page 341, in Question No. 100, in option (c), the words
“or” and “from” may be interchanged.
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2. In Page 368, substitute the answer to Question No. 204,

as below:-

204. a

Chapter 11 - Medical Attendance Rules

1. In Page 392, substitute the answer to Question No. 26 as below:-

26. d

Chapter 13 - Pension Rules

1. In Page 473, in Question No. 194, insert the word “enhanced”

before the word “family”.

2. In Page 474, in the answer to Question No. 198, substitute

option (d) with the words ‘No minimum period of service
required’. The answer to the above question in Page 518 is to be
corrected as below:-

198. d

Chapter 14 - Right to Information

1. In Page 529, in Question No. 46, substitute the option (b) with
the words ‘for such term as may be prescribed by the Central
Government’.

2. In Page 530, in Question Nos. 49 and 50, delete the words ‘that of’
and substitute the option (d) as below:

49. (d) May be prescribed by the Central Government

50. (d) May be prescribed by the Central Government
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3. In Page 531, in the answer to Question No. 56, substitute

option (c) with the words ‘for such term as may be prescribed by
the Central Government’.

4. In Page 532, in the answer to Question No. 58, substitute

option (a) with the words ‘shall be the same as may be prescribed
by the Central Government’.

5. In Page 532, in Question No. 59 delete the words “that of” and in the
answer substitute option (d) with the words ‘the same as may be
prescribed by the Central Government’.

6. In Page 551, substitute the answer to Question No. 98 as below:

98. c

Chapter 15 - Travelling Allowances

1. In Page 599, substitute the answer to Question No. 104 as below:-

104. d

2. In Page 600, substitute the answer to Question No. 183 as below:-

183. d