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var(--ok)}\r\n.cdrill .opt.right .key{color:#086945}\r\n.cdrill .opt.wrong{border-color:var(--bad);background:#FEF4F4;box-shadow:0 0 0 1px var(--bad)}\r\n.cdrill .opt.wrong .key{color:#A81F2B}\r\n.cdrill .mark{margin-left:auto;font-family:'Plus Jakarta Sans',sans-serif;font-weight:800;font-size:10.5px;\r\n  letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;white-space:nowrap;align-self:center}\r\n.cdrill .mark.r{color:var(--ok)} .cdrill .mark.w{color:var(--bad)}\r\n@media(prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){.cdrill .opt:hover:not(:disabled){transform:none}}\r\n.cdrill .hint{margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13.5px;font-weight:600;color:#8A6206;background:var(--gold-bg);\r\n  border:1px solid #F2DFAE;border-radius:10px;padding:10px 14px}\r\n.cdrill .actions{display:flex;gap:9px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:18px;align-items:center}\r\n.cdrill .btn{padding:11px 20px;border-radius:11px;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;background:var(--blue-700);color:#fff;transition:.15s}\r\n.cdrill .btn:hover{background:var(--blue-800)}\r\n.cdrill .btn:disabled{opacity:.4;cursor:not-allowed}\r\n.cdrill .btn.ghost{background:var(--paper);border:1.5px solid var(--line);color:var(--ink)}\r\n.cdrill .btn.ghost:hover{border-color:var(--blue-700);color:var(--blue-800);background:var(--blue-50)}\r\n.cdrill .flagbtn{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:7px;padding:11px 18px;border-radius:11px;font-weight:700;font-size:14px;\r\n  border:1.5px solid var(--line);background:var(--paper);color:var(--slate);margin-left:auto;transition:.15s}\r\n.cdrill .flagbtn:hover{border-color:var(--gold);color:#8A6206;background:var(--gold-bg)}\r\n.cdrill .flagbtn[aria-pressed=true]{border-color:var(--gold);background:linear-gradient(180deg,var(--gold-lt),var(--gold));color:#3A2A02}\r\n.cdrill .kbd{display:inline-block;font-family:ui-monospace,Menlo,monospace;font-size:10.5px;padding:3px 6px;background:#fff;\r\n  border:1px solid 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font-weight:600;font-size:13px;color:var(--blue-800);transition:.14s}\r\n.cdrill .chip:hover:not(:disabled){background:var(--blue-700);border-color:var(--blue-700);color:#fff}\r\n.cdrill .ai-out{margin-top:12px;background:var(--paper);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:10px;padding:14px 16px;\r\n  font-size:14px;line-height:1.65}\r\n.cdrill .ai-out b{color:var(--blue-800)}\r\n.cdrill .offline{margin-top:12px;padding-top:10px;border-top:1px dashed #CBD8F6;font-size:11.5px;color:var(--slate);line-height:1.5}\r\n.cdrill .dots span{display:inline-block;width:6px;height:6px;border-radius:99px;background:var(--blue-700);margin-right:4px;animation:cdb 1.1s infinite}\r\n.cdrill .dots span:nth-child(2){animation-delay:.16s} .cdrill .dots span:nth-child(3){animation-delay:.32s}\r\n@keyframes cdb{0%,80%{opacity:.25;transform:translateY(0)}40%{opacity:1;transform:translateY(-3px)}}\r\n\r\n\/* ---------- rail ---------- *\/\r\n.cdrill .rail{display:grid;gap:16px;align-content:start}\r\n.cdrill .rail .card{padding:16px}\r\n.cdrill .rail h3{margin:0;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--slate);font-weight:800}\r\n.cdrill .score{display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:8px;margin:10px 0 4px}\r\n.cdrill .score b{font-size:32px;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-.03em}\r\n.cdrill .score i{font-style:normal;color:var(--slate);font-size:13px;font-weight:600}\r\n.cdrill .bar{height:7px;border-radius:99px;background:var(--wash);overflow:hidden;margin-top:10px}\r\n.cdrill .bar>i{display:block;height:100%;background:linear-gradient(90deg,var(--ok),#37B37E);border-radius:99px;transition:width .4s}\r\n.cdrill .mini{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;font-size:12.5px;color:var(--slate);margin-top:8px;font-weight:600}\r\n.cdrill .streak{display:flex;gap:4px;margin-top:12px}\r\n.cdrill .streak i{flex:1;height:26px;border-radius:5px;background:var(--wash);border:1px solid var(--line)}\r\n.cdrill 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.pbtag{flex:none;font-size:10.5px;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:.07em;text-transform:uppercase;\r\n  color:var(--blue-800);background:var(--blue-100);border-radius:99px;padding:6px 13px;white-space:nowrap}\r\n.cdrill .bars{padding:8px 24px 18px}\r\n.cdrill .subhead{display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap;padding:18px 24px 2px;\r\n  border-top:1px solid #EEF2F9;margin-top:6px}\r\n.cdrill .subhead:first-of-type{border-top:0;margin-top:0}\r\n.cdrill .subhead h5{font-size:12.5px;font-weight:800;color:var(--ink);letter-spacing:.01em;margin:0}\r\n.cdrill .subhead span{font-size:11.8px;color:var(--slate);font-weight:600}\r\n.cdrill .hero2{display:grid;grid-template-columns:260px 1fr;gap:18px}\r\n@media(max-width:860px){.cdrill .hero2{grid-template-columns:1fr}}\r\n.cdrill .ring-card{background:linear-gradient(150deg,var(--blue-900),var(--blue-800) 70%,var(--blue-700));border-radius:var(--r);\r\n  padding:24px 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.pbtn.primary{background:linear-gradient(180deg,var(--gold-lt),var(--gold));color:#3A2A02;border-color:var(--gold)}\r\n.cdrill .pbtn.navy{background:var(--blue-900);border-color:var(--blue-900);color:#fff}\r\n.cdrill .pbtn.navy:hover{background:var(--blue-800);border-color:var(--blue-800)}\r\n.cdrill .kpis{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(150px,1fr));gap:12px}\r\n.cdrill .kpi{border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:12px;padding:15px;background:linear-gradient(180deg,#fff,var(--blue-50))}\r\n.cdrill .kpi b{display:block;font-size:26px;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-.03em}\r\n.cdrill .kpi span{font-size:11.5px;color:var(--slate);font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.06em}\r\n.cdrill .tblwrap{overflow-x:auto;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:12px;background:#fff}\r\n\/* nested two-tier header, PYQ and concept side by side *\/\r\n.cdrill table.nested{min-width:880px}\r\n.cdrill table.nested thead th{background:var(--blue-700);border-bottom:0;padding:11px 10px;\r\n  font-size:10.6px;letter-spacing:.06em;vertical-align:middle}\r\n.cdrill table.nested thead th.grp{background:var(--blue-900);border-left:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16);\r\n  border-right:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.16);font-size:11.4px;letter-spacing:.04em}\r\n.cdrill table.nested thead th.sub2{background:#2F62EA;font-size:10.2px;font-weight:600;padding:8px 10px}\r\n.cdrill table.nested thead th.lft{text-align:left;padding-left:14px}\r\n.cdrill table.nested td{padding:12px 10px;font-size:12.6px}\r\n.cdrill table.nested td.lft{text-align:left;padding-left:14px;font-weight:700;max-width:270px;\r\n  line-height:1.4;background:#FBFCFE;font-size:12.8px}\r\n.cdrill .wt{font-size:15px;font-weight:800;color:var(--blue-900)}\r\n.cdrill .wsub{font-size:10.6px;color:var(--slate);font-weight:700;margin-left:5px}\r\n.cdrill .nil{color:#B6C2D6;font-weight:700}\r\n.cdrill .minibar{height:6px;width:62px;margin:0 auto 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class=\"tabs\" role=\"tablist\">\r\n        <button class=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"quiz\">\u270f\ufe0f Practice<\/button>\r\n        <button class=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"perf\">\ud83d\udcca My Performance <span class=\"pill hide\" id=\"perfPill\">!<\/span><\/button>\r\n        <button class=\"tab hide\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"exam\" id=\"tabExam\">\ud83d\udcdc Exam Analytics<\/button>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/header>\r\n  <div class=\"goldrule\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"filters\" id=\"cdFilters\">\r\n    <div class=\"wrap\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Filter questions\">\r\n      <button class=\"pill-f\" data-f=\"all\" aria-pressed=\"true\">\ud83d\udccb All questions<span class=\"n tnum\" id=\"fAll\">0<\/span><\/button>\r\n      <button class=\"pill-f navy\" data-f=\"pyq\">\ud83d\udcdc PYQs only<span class=\"n tnum\" id=\"fPyq\">0<\/span><\/button>\r\n      <button 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stroke-width=\"2.2\"><circle cx=\"11\" cy=\"11\" r=\"7\"\/><path d=\"M20 20l-3.5-3.5\"\/><\/svg>\r\n            <input id=\"cdSearch\" placeholder=\"Search a phrase or a rule number\" aria-label=\"Search questions\">\r\n          <\/div>\r\n          <button class=\"tgl\" id=\"tglUn\" aria-pressed=\"false\">\u25fb Unattempted only<\/button>\r\n          <button class=\"tgl\" id=\"tglReset\">\u21ba Reset session<\/button>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <section class=\"card chapcard hide\" id=\"chapPanel\">\r\n          <div class=\"chaphead\">\r\n            <b>\ud83d\udcda Filter by chapter<\/b><i id=\"chapHint\"><\/i>\r\n            <span class=\"bankseg\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Which bank\">\r\n              <button data-bank=\"all\" aria-pressed=\"true\">Both<\/button>\r\n              <button data-bank=\"pyq\" aria-pressed=\"false\">PYQs<\/button>\r\n              <button data-bank=\"concept\" aria-pressed=\"false\">Concept<\/button>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            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intimation required \"even though he might have subsequently been released on bail\"<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 No 48-hour threshold exists - intimation must be \"prompt\" regardless of detention period<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Conviction stage is too late - intimation required at arrest stage itself, not after conviction`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 2,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants',\r\n    question: \"Permission of the government under the CCS (Conduct) Rules is not necessary for a government servant:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"for holding an elective office in a cooperative society\",\r\n      \"to join Bharat Sevak Samaj\",\r\n      \"for doing editorial work of a periodical devoted to cultural activities\",\r\n      \"for becoming a member of Samyukta Sadachar Samiti\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - for becoming a member of Samyukta Sadachar Samiti<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision (13) under Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>\"For becoming members of the Samyukta Sadachar Samiti, no prior permission of the Government will be necessary, but such membership should be with the knowledge of the Head of the Department concerned.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 15(1)(c) - Holding elective office in any body requires previous sanction of Government<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 GID (11) under Rule 5 - Joining Bharat Sevak Samaj requires prior permission from Head of Office\/Department<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 8(1) - Participating in editing or management of any periodical publication requires previous sanction of Government`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 3,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants',\r\n    question: \"In civil suits where a government servant is impleaded for his liability to damages for negligence in discharge of his official duties, and the government for its vicarious liability, and the defence for both is substantially the same:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"they necessarily have to be defended independently both by the government servant and the government\",\r\n      \"it is not necessary for the government to defend the case since its liability would be of a vicarious nature\",\r\n      \"the government will arrange for the defence of the government servant also\",\r\n      \"None of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - the government will arrange for the defence of the government servant also<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 19 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - Government of India's Decision (1)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>When both Government servant and Government are defendants with substantially the same defence, the Government arranges for common defence to avoid duplication and conflicting positions.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Independent defence is NOT necessary when defence is substantially the same - common defence is arranged<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Vicarious liability does not absolve Government of defending the case - Government must defend both<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Option C correctly states the position under Rule 19`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 4,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"In cases where family members of a government servant enter into transactions of movable or immovable property out of their own funds in their own names, such transactions:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"would be treated as transactions out of the funds of the government servant and the relevant provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 would be applicable\",\r\n      \"should be reported to the government within one month from the dates of the transactions\",\r\n      \"cannot be done without obtaining prior approval of the government\",\r\n      \"need not be reported to the government as they do not come within the purview of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - need not be reported to the government as they do not come within the purview of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - Government of India's Decision (8)(ii)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>\"Transactions entered into by the spouse or any other member of family of a Government servant out of his or her own funds (including stridhan, gifts, inheritance, etc.), as distinct from the funds of the Government servant himself, in his or her own name and in his or her own right, would not attract the provisions of sub-rules (2) and (3) of Rule 18.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Only transactions from Government servant's funds attract Rule 18 - own funds of family members are excluded<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 One-month reporting applies only to movable property transactions from Government servant's funds under Rule 18(3)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Prior approval required only for transactions with persons having official dealings - not applicable here`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 5,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following activities is not considered as misconduct on the part of a government servant?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Not informing the government of the involvement of his spouse in an activity that is felt to be of a subversive nature\",\r\n      \"Occasional attendance in political meetings or making normal arrangements during election tours of Ministers to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers, in due discharge of his official duties\",\r\n      \"Attending meetings organized by political parties when such meetings are not in the nature of public meetings\",\r\n      \"Displaying on his person, vehicle, or residence the electoral symbol of a political party\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Occasional attendance in political meetings or making normal arrangements during election tours of Ministers to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers, in due discharge of his official duties<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - Government of India's Decision (3)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>\"The following action by a Government servant does not amount to contravention of Rule 5(4): (i) Making normal arrangement during election tours of Ministers to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 5(2) - Duty to report if unable to prevent family member from subversive activities; failure to report is misconduct<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 GID (2) under Rule 5 - Attending political party meetings (even non-public) is prohibited unless all conditions in GID are met<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 5(4) Explanation - Displaying electoral symbol amounts to using influence in connection with election - prohibited`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 6,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 12 - Subscriptions',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following actions of a government servant is not a violation of Rule 12 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Collection of contributions from the public without permission of the government for welfare activities of an employees' union\",\r\n      \"His association with a national leader's memorial fund in a campaign for raising funds\",\r\n      \"Raising of subscriptions from members of an employees' association for defending a case against the government in a service matter\",\r\n      \"None of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - Raising of subscriptions from members of an employees' association for defending a case against the government in a service matter<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 12 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - Government of India's Decision (2)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>\"In a union where a matter affecting the general interest of the members of the union is in dispute and it is permissible under the rules of the union to spend its funds over such a matter, its members should be free to collect funds, especially for that special purpose from amongst its members.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 12 & GID (2) - Collection from PUBLIC requires prior permission; internal collection from members does not<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 GID (5) under Rule 12 - Government servants cannot associate with collection of subscriptions for Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund (or similar national leader's memorial funds)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 7,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 9 - Criticism of Government',\r\n    question: \"As per Rule 9 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, no government servant shall, through any broadcast, telecast, published documents, and communication to the press or in any public place, make any statement which has the effect of an adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of the Central or a State Government. This Rule:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"is not applicable when a government servant addresses the gathering of government employees in his capacity as a member or office bearer of a recognized association of government employees\",\r\n      \"need not be followed when the government servant gives factual evidence before a Committee of the Parliament or a State Legislative Assembly\",\r\n      \"is not violated by a government servant when he makes such criticism during informal discussions among friends and relatives\",\r\n      \"should always be observed by a government servant including the situations in A, B, and C above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - should always be observed by a government servant including the situations in A, B, and C above<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 9 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>The Proviso to Rule 9 only exempts \"statements made or views expressed by a Government servant in his official capacity or in the due performance of the duties assigned to him.\" The prohibition otherwise applies universally.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 9 proviso for trade union office-bearers is limited to \"bona fide expression of views for safeguarding conditions of service\" - not blanket exemption for adverse criticism of Government policy<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Parliamentary Committee evidence must be factual only - adverse criticism of policy is still prohibited<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 \"Public utterance\" in Rule 9 covers any public place including informal discussions if accessible to public`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 8,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following does not attract the provisions of Rule 22 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Consumption of liquor by a government servant in a club meant exclusively for members where it is permissible for members to invite non-members as guests\",\r\n      \"Taking liquor in a public place or appearing there in a state of intoxication in a State where Prohibition Law is not in force\",\r\n      \"In neither of the cases referred to in A and B above\",\r\n      \"Provisions of Rule would be applicable in both the cases\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - In neither of the cases referred to in A and B above<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 22 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - Government of India's Decision (3)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis of each situation:<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Situation A - Members' Club:<\/b> GID (3) clarifies that \"The club of the nature mentioned above would be a public place not only for the non-member guests, but also for members who may be Government servants.\" However, the question asks about Rule 22 attraction - in states without prohibition, mere consumption in members' club does not violate Rule 22(a) (no prohibition law) and Rule 22(bb) restricts only \"public place\" consumption where public has unrestricted access.<br><br>\r\n<b>Situation B - No Prohibition State:<\/b> Rule 22(a) requires abiding by prohibition law - where none exists, no violation. Rule 22(bb) prohibits consumption in public place, but Rule 22(c) only prohibits \"appearing in state of intoxication\" - mere consumption without intoxication is not covered.<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Partially incorrect - members' club may be public place but Rule 22 provisions are nuanced<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Partially incorrect - without prohibition law, Rule 22(a) is not attracted<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Incorrect - as analyzed above, neither situation fully attracts Rule 22`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 9,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18-A - Restrictions in relation to acquisition and disposal of immovable property outside India and transactions with foreigners',\r\n    question: \"A government servant proposes to acquire an immovable property owned by a foreign organization in India and has accordingly sought permission of the government before entering into the transaction but no response has been received from the authority concerned even after 60 days of making the request. The option available to him in such a situation is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"the transaction cannot be done in the absence of permission of the government\",\r\n      \"to go ahead with the transaction since no response has been received from the government even after 60 days\",\r\n      \"to take up the matter with the higher authorities in the department seeking their permission for the transaction\",\r\n      \"to file a writ petition before the appropriate court of law seeking directions to the government to take a decision in the matter\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - to go ahead with the transaction since no response has been received from the government even after 60 days<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with Government of India's Decision under Rule 8<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Time-limit for Rule 18-A (Transactions with foreigners): 60 days. \"In the event of failure on the part of the Competent Authority to communicate its decision to the Government employee concerned within the time-limits indicated above, the employee concerned shall be free to assume that permission has been granted to him.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Deemed permission provision exists - transaction CAN proceed after 60 days without response<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 No need to approach higher authorities - deemed permission already granted by operation of rules<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Court intervention unnecessary - administrative remedy (deemed permission) already available`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 10,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"A Group A government servant proposes to acquire an immovable property in the name of his wife. In this case, he is required to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"obtain prior approval of the government before such transaction\",\r\n      \"give intimation to the prescribed authority within a period of one month from the date of the transaction\",\r\n      \"give prior intimation to the prescribed authority regarding such transaction\",\r\n      \"No intimation or approval of any authority is necessary since the transaction is not in his name\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - give prior intimation to the prescribed authority regarding such transaction<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>\"No Government servant shall, except with the previous knowledge of the prescribed authority, acquire or dispose of any immovable property by lease, mortgage, purchase, sale, gift or otherwise either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 \"Prior approval\/sanction\" required only under Rule 18(2) proviso - when transaction is with person having official dealings<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 One-month post-transaction intimation applies to MOVABLE property under Rule 18(3), not immovable property<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 18(2) explicitly covers transactions \"in the name of any member of his family\" - wife's name transactions require prior intimation`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 11,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 14 - Public demonstration in honour of Government servants',\r\n    question: \"A government servant has received intimation from a private organization engaged in social welfare activities that it has decided to confer an award on him in recognition of the meritorious work done by him towards cultural upliftment of the people in the area and he has been invited to participate in a function organized by it in that connection. The course of action open to him in such a situation is to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"obtain prior permission of the government for participation in the function and to accept the award\",\r\n      \"participate in the function and accept the award and inform the government thereafter\",\r\n      \"participate in the function but not accept the award\",\r\n      \"None of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - obtain prior permission of the government for participation in the function and to accept the award<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 14 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>\"No Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, receive any complimentary or valedictory address or accept any testimonial or attend any meeting or entertainment held in his honour.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Post-facto intimation NOT sufficient - Rule 14 mandates \"previous sanction\" before participation and acceptance<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Attending function held in his honour also requires prior permission - cannot attend even without accepting award<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Option A correctly states the requirement under Rule 14`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 12,\r\n    year: '2009-11',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants',\r\n    question: \"Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists, for permissions sought by a government servant, with the time limit prescribed for action:\\n\\nList-I\\nA. Permission for participation in the editing of a periodical\\nB. Permission for transactions in immovable properties outside India with a foreign national\\nC. Permission to institute proceedings to vindicate his conduct as a government servant\\n\\nList-II\\n1. 60 days\\n2. 3 months\\n3. 30 days\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"A-3, B-1, C-2\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-1, C-3\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-2, C-1\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-3, C-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - A-3, B-1, C-2<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b><br>\r\n<i>GID under Rule 8 - Time-limits for granting or refusing permission<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>\"The following time-limits are prescribed:<br>\r\nRule 8(1) - Connection with press: 30 days<br>\r\nRule 18-A - Transactions with foreigners: 60 days<br>\r\nRule 19 - Vindication proceedings: 3 months (as per proviso to Rule 19(1))\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Correct Matching:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A. Rule 8 (Editing of periodical):<\/b> 30 days \u2192 matches with (3)<br>\r\n<b>B. Rule 18-A (Transaction with foreigner):<\/b> 60 days \u2192 matches with (1)<br>\r\n<b>C. Rule 19 (Vindication):<\/b> 3 months \u2192 matches with (2)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 A-2 is wrong - Rule 8 time limit is 30 days, not 3 months<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 B-2 and C-1 both wrong - Rule 18-A is 60 days (not 3 months); Rule 19 is 3 months (not 60 days)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 All three matchings are incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  \/\/2012-13\r\n  {\r\n    id: 13,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"A complaint of sexual harassment has been made by a female employee working in a Ministry against an officer of the level of Additional Secretary in the Ministry. Which among the following authorities is required to consider the complaint and recommend further action?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"The Departmental Complaints Committee headed by a woman officer of sufficiently higher rank\",\r\n      \"The Committee constituted in terms of Order No: 1 dated 26.9.2008 of Cabinet Secretariat\",\r\n      \"A Committee constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in consultation with Department of Personnel and Training\",\r\n      \"A Committee constituted by the National Commission for Women in consultation with Ministry of Law\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - The Committee constituted in terms of Order No: 1 dated 26.9.2008 of Cabinet Secretariat<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with GID (25-B)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (25-B): \"For inquiring into complaints made against officers of the level of Secretary and Additional Secretary and equivalent level in the Government of India in the Ministries\/Departments... it has been decided with the approval of the Prime Minister to constitute a Complaints Committee in terms of Cabinet Secretariat's Order No. 1, dated 26-9-2008.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Departmental Committee - GID (25-C)(vi) specifically excludes Secretary\/Additional Secretary level from departmental committee jurisdiction<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 No such provision exists - Ministry of Women and Child Development does not constitute such committees<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 No such provision exists - National Commission for Women does not constitute such committees under CCS Rules`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 14,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"A Committee is required to be constituted for redressal of the complaint made by any victim of sexual harassment in the organization. Which of the following statements is not correct in this context?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Such a committee should be headed by a woman\",\r\n      \"Not less than half of its members should be women\",\r\n      \"The complaints committee should involve a third party, which could also be an NGO\",\r\n      \"The Report of the Complaints Committee shall not be treated as an enquiry report\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - The Report of the Complaints Committee shall not be treated as an enquiry report (This statement is INCORRECT)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with GID (25)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (25) Follow-up Action: \"The report of the Complaints Committee should be treated as an enquiry report against the accused Government servant.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis of statements:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (25-C)(iii): \"The Complaints Committee should be headed by a woman\"<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (25-C)(iii): \"not less than half of its members should be women\"<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (25-C)(iii): \"such Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body who is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment\"<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - The report SHALL BE treated as inquiry report (not \"shall not be\") per GID (25)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 15,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following acts of a Government servant may amount to misconduct in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. If the act is prejudicial to the reputation of the master\\n2. If the act is inconsistent or incompatible with the due discharge of his\/her duty to the master\\n3. If the misconduct makes it unsafe for the employer to retain the Government servant in service\\n4. If the misconduct is so grossly immoral that all reasonable men will say that the employee cannot be trusted\\n\\nCode:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - GID (23) Acts and conducts which amount to misconduct<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (23): \"The act or conduct of a servant may amount to misconduct:<br>\r\n(1) if the act or conduct is prejudicial or likely to be prejudicial to the interests of the master or to the reputation of the master;<br>\r\n(2) if the act or conduct is inconsistent or incompatible with the due or peaceful discharge of his duty to his master;<br>\r\n(3) if the act or conduct of a servant makes it unsafe for the employer to retain him in service;<br>\r\n(4) if the act or conduct of the servant is so grossly immoral that all reasonable men will say that the employee cannot be trusted...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>All four statements are directly from GID (23).<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Incomplete - statements 3 and 4 are also correct per GID (23)<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Incomplete - statements 1 and 4 are also correct per GID (23)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Incomplete - statements 1 and 2 are also correct per GID (23)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 16,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants',\r\n    question: \"The associations\/unions may be allowed to display notices relating to matters of general interest to its members, provided such notices\\n1. are not in the nature of criticism.\\n2. are not subversive of discipline.\\n3. do not contain offensive language.\\n4. do not contain any direct attack on any individual.\\n\\nCode:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2\",\r\n      \"2 and 3\",\r\n      \"3 and 4\",\r\n      \"None of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - None of the above<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6 - Ministry of Labour and Employment O.M. No. 18\/21\/60-LRI, dated 9th May, 1961<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>\"Announcements relating to matters of general interest to the members of Association\/Union provided:<br>\r\n(a) they are not in the nature of criticism;<br>\r\n(b) they are not subversive of discipline;<br>\r\n(c) they do not contain objectionable or offensive language; and<br>\r\n(d) they do not contain attacks on individuals, directly or indirectly\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>ALL FOUR conditions must be satisfied simultaneously.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Only mentions 1 and 2 - conditions 3 and 4 are also mandatory per GID<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Only mentions 2 and 3 - conditions 1 and 4 are also mandatory per GID<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Only mentions 3 and 4 - conditions 1 and 2 are also mandatory per GID<br><br>\r\nSince all four conditions must be met, none of the partial combinations is correct.`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 17,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes',\r\n    question: \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 'Strike' means\\n1. Mass abstention from work without permission, which is often described as 'mass casual leave'.\\n2. Refusal to work overtime even when it is in public interest.\\n3. Absence from work for participating in a 'Bandh'.\\n4. Attending the office but not doing any work as a mark of protest.\\n\\nCode:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - GID (2) Interpretation of what constitutes a \"strike\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (2): \"'Strike' means refusal to work or stoppage or slowing down of work by a group of employees acting in combination and includes:<br>\r\n(i) mass abstention from work without permission (which is wrongly described as 'mass casual leave');<br>\r\n(ii) refusal to work overtime where such overtime work is necessary in the public interest;<br>\r\n(iii) resort to practices... Such practices would include, what are called, 'go-slow', 'sit-down', 'pen-down', 'stay-in', 'token', 'sympathetic' or any other similar strike; as also absence from work for participation in a Bandh or any similar movements.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Mass casual leave - GID (2)(i)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Refusal to work overtime - GID (2)(ii)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Bandh participation - GID (2)(iii)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 Pen-down\/go-slow - GID (2)(iii)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all four are specifically included in GID (2)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 18,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 12 - Subscriptions',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following is not permissible for the Government servants under the CCS (Conduct) Rules?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Flag Day collection\",\r\n      \"Collection of contribution for National Defence Fund\",\r\n      \"Collection of funds for Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund\",\r\n      \"Fund raising for the National Foundation for Communal Harmony\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - Collection of funds for Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 12 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - GID (5)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (5): \"The Government of India have decided that the Government servants should not be allowed to associate themselves with collection of subscriptions for the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund though they are free to make their personal contributions to the Fund.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect (these ARE permitted):<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2713 PERMITTED - GID (3): Flag Day collection permitted on voluntary basis<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2713 PERMITTED - GID (4): Sanction accorded for National Defence Fund collection<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2713 PERMITTED - GID (6): \"Government of India have decided to relax the provisions of Rule 12 to allow Central Government servants to participate in the Fund raising efforts of the Foundation on a voluntary basis\"`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 19,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections',\r\n    question: \"An Under Secretary in a Ministry wanted to do a foreign language course being conducted by one Indo-Foreign cultural organization in Delhi. A colleague advised him to take prior permission of the competent authority. Some others advised that no such permission was necessary. What should the Under Secretary do?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"He need not take any prior permission\",\r\n      \"He may send intimation to his Head of Office\",\r\n      \"He should seek prior permission of the Ministry\/Office in which he is serving\",\r\n      \"None of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - He should seek prior permission of the Ministry\/Office in which he is serving<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (14) under Rule 5 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (14): \"The question of regulating the participation of Government servants in foreign language classes conducted by Indo-Foreign Cultural Organizations like the German-Indian Association, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, Indo-Soviet Cultural Society, etc., has been considered by Government and it has been decided that Government servants desirous of joining such classes should obtain prior permission from the Ministry or office in which they are serving.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Prior permission IS required - GID (14) is clear on this<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Mere intimation NOT sufficient - GID (14) requires prior PERMISSION, not just intimation<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Option C correctly states the requirement per GID (14)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 20,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 13 - Gifts',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following is not included in the expression 'gift' as per the CCS (Conduct) Rules?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Free transport\",\r\n      \"Boarding\",\r\n      \"Lodging\",\r\n      \"Casual social hospitality by a person who is not a relative or a personal friend and has no official dealings with the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - Casual social hospitality by a person who is not a relative or a personal friend and has no official dealings with the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - Explanation and Note 1<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Explanation to Rule 13(1): \"The expression 'gift' shall include free transport, boarding, lodging or other service or any other pecuniary advantage provided by any person other than a near relative or personal friend having no official dealings with the Government servant.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Note 1: \"A casual meal, lift or other social hospitality shall not be deemed to be a gift.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect (these ARE included in \"gift\"):<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Free transport - specifically included in Explanation to Rule 13(1)<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Boarding - specifically included in Explanation to Rule 13(1)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Lodging - specifically included in Explanation to Rule 13(1)<br><br>\r\n<b>Note 1 provides blanket exclusion for \"casual meal, lift or other social hospitality\" from definition of gift.<\/b>`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 21,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"A Government servant who is arrested is not required to intimate the fact of his\/her arrest and the circumstances connected therewith to the official superior if\\n1. the detention was preventive in nature.\\n2. he\/she is released on bail within 48 hours.\\n3. the detention is on account of a non-cognizable offence.\\n4. he\/she is let off with a warning after being detained.\\n\\nWhich of the above statement(s) is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3\",\r\n      \"2 and 4\",\r\n      \"None of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - None of the above<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - GID (2) Intimation about detention<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (2): \"It shall be the duty of a Government servant who may be arrested for any reason to intimate the fact of his arrest and the circumstances connected therewith to his official superior promptly even though he might have subsequently been released on bail.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>The intimation requirement is ABSOLUTE with NO exceptions.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis - ALL statements are INCORRECT:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 Preventive detention - intimation still required (\"arrested for any reason\")<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Released on bail within 48 hours - intimation still required (\"even though he might have subsequently been released on bail\")<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Non-cognizable offence - intimation still required (no distinction based on nature of offence in GID)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 Let off with warning - intimation still required (arrest itself triggers duty, regardless of outcome)<br><br>\r\n<b>There are NO exceptions to the intimation requirement under GID (2).<\/b>`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 22,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application',\r\n    question: \"The CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, apply to Government servants appointed to a civil service or a post in connection with the affairs of the Union.\\n1. Civilians in Defence Services.\\n2. Members of All India Services.\\n3. A holder of any post under the administrative control of the Railway Board or of the Financial Commissioner of Railways.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"3 only\",\r\n      \"None of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 1(3): \"...these rules shall apply to every person appointed to a civil service or post (including a civilian in Defence Service) in connection with the affairs of the Union:<br><br>\r\nProvided that nothing in these rules shall apply to any Government servant who is-<br>\r\n(a)(i) a Railway servant...<br>\r\n(a)(iii) holding any post under the administrative control of the Railway Board or of the Financial Commissioner of Railways;<br>\r\n(b) a member of an All India Service...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 1(3) explicitly INCLUDES \"civilian in Defence Service\"<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rule 1(3) proviso (b) specifically EXCLUDES members of All India Services (governed by AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rule 1(3) proviso (a)(iii) specifically EXCLUDES posts under Railway Board\/Financial Commissioner of Railways (governed by Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is incorrect - AIS members are EXCLUDED per proviso (b)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is incorrect - Railway employees are EXCLUDED per proviso (a)(iii)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is correct - civilians in Defence Service are included`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 23,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"CCS (Conduct) Rules prohibit any act of sexual harassment of any woman at the workplace. Sexual harassment includes\\n1. Physical contact and advances.\\n2. Sexually coloured remarks.\\n3. Undue attention at the workplace.\\n4. Showing pornographic material.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - 1, 2 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3-C(1): \"'Sexual harassment' includes such unwelcome sexually determined behaviour, whether directly or otherwise, as-<br>\r\n(a) physical contact and advances;<br>\r\n(b) demand or request for sexual favours;<br>\r\n(c) sexually coloured remarks;<br>\r\n(d) showing any pornography; or<br>\r\n(e) any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3-C(1)(a): \"physical contact and advances\"<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3-C(1)(c): \"sexually coloured remarks\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - \"Undue attention\" is NOT specifically listed in Rule 3-C(1)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3-C(1)(d): \"showing any pornography\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Includes statement 3 which is not in Rule 3-C(1)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Includes statement 3 which is not in Rule 3-C(1)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Includes statement 3 which is not in Rule 3-C(1)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 24,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements:\\n1. Every Government servant holding a supervisory post shall take all possible steps to ensure integrity and devotion to duty of all Government servants for the time being under his control and authority.\\n2. In the performance of his\/her official duties, no Government servant shall act in a discourteous manner.\\n3. Every Government servant shall, at all times, act in accordance with Government's policy regarding protection of cultural heritage.\\n4. The directions of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(2)(i) - Supervisory responsibility<\/i><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3-A - Promptness and Courtesy<\/i><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3-B - Observance of Government's policies<\/i><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(2)(ii)\/(iii) - Written directions<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3(2)(i): \"Every Government servant holding a supervisory post shall take all possible steps to ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of all Government servants for the time being under his control and authority\"<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3-A: \"Every Government servant shall in the discharge of his duties act in a courteous manner and shall not adopt dilatory tactics\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3-B(c): Includes observance of Government's policy regarding \"protection of environment including... cultural heritage\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3(2)(iii): Directions shall ordinarily be in writing; if oral, Rule 3(2)(iv) requires written confirmation<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, D.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all four statements are correct per respective rules`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 25,\r\n    year: '2012-13',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Each communication received from a Member of Parliament, a member of the public, a recognized association, or a public body, will be acknowledged within:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"3 days\",\r\n      \"7 days\",\r\n      \"10 days\",\r\n      \"15 days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 15 days<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with Manual of Office Procedure - GID (17-E)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Manual of Office Procedure Para 66(1): \"Each communication received from the Member of Parliament, a member of the public, a recognized association or a public body will be acknowledged within 15 days, followed by a reply within the next 15 days of acknowledgement sent.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 3 days - No such provision in Manual of Office Procedure<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 7 days - No such provision; 7 days is for transferring wrongly addressed communications per Para 66(3)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 10 days - No such provision in Manual of Office Procedure<br><br>\r\nThe 15-day timeline is specifically prescribed in the Manual of Office Procedure and referenced in GID under Rule 3-A.`\r\n  },\r\n  \/\/2014\r\n  {\r\n    id: 26,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following in the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules:\\n1. Every Government servant shall at all times maintain devotion to duty.\\n2. Every Government servant shall do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant.\\n3. A Government servant who has received oral direction from his official superior will require no further order in writing in that context.\\n4. Every Government servant shall maintain absolute integrity.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1, 2 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 - General of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(1)(i): \"Every Government servant shall at all times maintain absolute integrity.\"<\/i><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(1)(ii): \"Every Government servant shall at all times maintain devotion to duty.\"<\/i><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(1)(iii): \"Every Government servant shall do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant.\"<\/i><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(2)(iv): \"A Government servant who has received oral direction from his official superior shall seek confirmation of the same in writing as early as possible.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3(1)(ii) mandates devotion to duty<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3(1)(iii) mandates nothing unbecoming<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rule 3(2)(iv) REQUIRES seeking written confirmation of oral directions<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3(1)(i) mandates absolute integrity<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Includes statement 3 which contradicts Rule 3(2)(iv)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Includes statement 3 which contradicts Rule 3(2)(iv)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Includes statement 3 which contradicts Rule 3(2)(iv)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 27,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 2 - Definitions',\r\n    question: \"Under CCS (Conduct) Rules, 'Members of the Family' in relation to a Government servant includes\\n1. Wife or husband, as the case may be\\n2. A child or stepchild even if not dependent on the Government servant\\n3. Son or daughter dependent on the Government servant\\n4. Wife or husband, as the case may be, even if separated from the Government servant by a decree of a competent court.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"4 only\",\r\n      \"2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c) - Definitions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 2(c): \"Members of Family\" in relation to a Government servant includes-<br>\r\n(i) the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the Government servant, whether residing with the Government servant or not but does not include a wife or husband, as the case may be, separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court;<br>\r\n(ii) son or daughter or step-son or step-daughter of the Government servant and wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child or step-child who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 2(c)(i) includes wife\/husband<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rule 2(c)(ii) requires child to be \"wholly dependent\" - non-dependent children EXCLUDED<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 2(c)(ii) includes dependent son\/daughter<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rule 2(c)(i) specifically EXCLUDES spouse \"separated by a decree or order of a competent Court\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is incorrect - separated spouse is excluded<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is incorrect - only dependent children included<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Both statements 2 and 4 are incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 28,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"A Government servant who habitually fails to perform the task assigned to him within the time set for the purpose and with the quality of performance expected of him shall be deemed to be lacking within the meaning of which of the following clauses of CCS (Conduct) Rules?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Rule 3 (1) (i)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3 (1) (ii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3 (1) (iii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3 (2) (ii)\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Rule 3 (1) (ii)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - Explanation I<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Explanation I to Rule 3: \"A Government servant who habitually fails to perform the task assigned to him within the time set for the purpose and with the quality of performance expected of him shall be deemed to be lacking in devotion to duty within the meaning of Clause (ii) of sub-rule (1).\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1)(i) - relates to \"absolute integrity\", not performance\/devotion to duty<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1)(iii) - relates to \"unbecoming conduct\", not habitual failure in performance<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(2)(ii) - relates to acting under direction of superior, not performance quality<br><br>\r\n<b>Explanation I specifically links habitual failure in timely\/quality performance to Rule 3(1)(ii) - devotion to duty.<\/b>`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 29,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following activities are permissible under CCS (Conduct) Rules in relation to a Government servant?\\n1. Participation in Political activities.\\n2. Making normal arrangements during election tours of Ministers to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers.\\n3. Acting as polling agent.\\n4. Joining Samyukta Sadachar Samiti.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 2 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b><br>\r\n<i>Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections<\/i><br>\r\n<i>GID (3) under Rule 5 - Normal arrangements for Ministers' tours<\/i><br>\r\n<i>GID (13) under Rule 6 - Joining Samyukta Sadachar Samiti<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 5(1): \"No Government servant shall be a member of, or be otherwise associated with, any political party or any organization which takes part in politics...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (3) under Rule 5: \"Making normal arrangement during election tours of Ministers to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers\" does NOT amount to contravention of Rule 5(4).<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (13) under Rule 6: \"For becoming members of the Samyukta Sadachar Samiti, no prior permission of the Government will be necessary.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 PROHIBITED - Rule 5(1) prohibits political activities<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 PERMITTED - GID (3) allows normal ministerial tour arrangements as official duty<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 PROHIBITED - Rule 5(4) prohibits acting as polling\/counting agent<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 PERMITTED - GID (13) allows joining Samyukta Sadachar Samiti (non-political ethical body)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Both statements 1 and 3 are prohibited activities<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is prohibited under Rule 5(1)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is prohibited under Rule 5(4)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 30,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority',\r\n    question: \"In which of the following cases will previous sanction of the Government be required for a Government servant to give evidence before a Committee or any other authority?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"To give evidence in connection with any enquiry conducted by any person, committee or authority\",\r\n      \"To give evidence in any judicial enquiry\",\r\n      \"To give evidence at any departmental enquiry ordered by authorities subordinate to the Government\",\r\n      \"To give evidence at an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government or Parliament\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - To give evidence in connection with any enquiry conducted by any person, committee or authority<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 10(1): \"Save as provided in sub-rule (3), no Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, give evidence in connection with any enquiry conducted by any person, committee or authority.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 10(3) - Exceptions (NO sanction required):<br>\r\n(a) evidence given at an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government, Parliament or a State Legislature; or<br>\r\n(b) evidence given in any judicial enquiry; or<br>\r\n(c) evidence given at any departmental enquiry ordered by authorities subordinate to the Government.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect (these are EXEMPTED under Rule 10(3)):<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Judicial enquiry - exempted under Rule 10(3)(b), NO sanction required<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Departmental enquiry by subordinate authority - exempted under Rule 10(3)(c), NO sanction required<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Government\/Parliament appointed authority - exempted under Rule 10(3)(a), NO sanction required<br><br>\r\n<b>Only Option A (general enquiry by any person\/committee\/authority) requires previous sanction.<\/b>`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 31,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 11 - Communication of official information',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following amount to unauthorized communication of information by a Government servant within the meaning of CCS (Conduct) Rules?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Communication of any official document or any part thereof to any other person to whom he is not authorized to do so\",\r\n      \"Communication of information to a person in accordance with RTI Act, 2005 and rules made thereunder\",\r\n      \"Quotation by a Government servant of any final order passed in case of another Government servant whose case is similar to his own\",\r\n      \"All of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - Communication of any official document or any part thereof to any other person to whom he is not authorized to do so<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 11 - Communication of official information of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 11: \"Every Government servant shall, in performance of his duties in good faith, communicate information to a person in accordance with the Right to Information Act, 2005...<br><br>\r\nProvided that no Government servant shall, except in accordance with any general or special order of the Government or in performance in good faith of the duties assigned to him, communicate, directly or indirectly, any official document or any part thereof or classified information to any Government servant or any other person to whom he is not authorized to communicate such document or classified information.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect (these are PERMITTED):<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 RTI Act communication - Rule 11 specifically PERMITS communication under RTI Act, 2005<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Quoting final orders in similar cases - GID clarifies this is permissible for seeking parity in service matters<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Not all - only Option A constitutes unauthorized communication`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 32,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 15 - Private trade or employment',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of the Government of India's decisions regarding private trade and employment by a Government servant:\\n1. There may be no objection to giving permission for acceptance of part-time examinership of examination papers set by recognized Universities.\\n2. Part-time lectureship amounts to regular remunerative occupation attracting the need for Government sanction.\\n3. A Government servant may take part in the management of a Co-operative Society with the previous sanction of the Government.\\n4. No previous sanction of the Government is required for a Government servant for holding an elective office in socio-religious bodies.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15 - Private trade or employment of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (1) under Rule 15: \"Acceptance of part-time Examinership of examination papers set by recognized Universities may be permitted.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (2) under Rule 15: \"Part-time lectureship amounts to regular remunerative occupation\" requiring sanction.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 15(2)(e): Taking part in management of co-operative society \"substantially for the benefit of Government servants\" is permitted WITHOUT sanction. But for commercial co-operative societies, Rule 15(1)(e) requires previous sanction.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 15(1)(c): Holding ELECTIVE office in ANY body requires previous sanction of Government.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (1) permits part-time examinership<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (2) clarifies part-time lectureship requires sanction<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT as stated - Statement is incomplete. Management participation in beneficial co-op is permitted without sanction per Rule 15(2)(e)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rule 15(1)(c) requires previous sanction for elective office in ANY body including socio-religious bodies<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is not accurately stated per rules<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is incorrect - elective office requires sanction<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 33,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of honorary workers employed in a civil post:\\n1. Honorary employment should be offered only to such persons as have rendered meritorious services or are eminent in public life.\\n2. Services of an honorary worker should be utilized only in an advisory capacity and not involving the exercise of executive or administrative powers.\\n3. Honorary workers should be paid a nominal salary of Rs. 1 per month so that they may be technically a Government servant governed by CCS (Conduct) Rules and other Service Rules.\\n4. There is no obligation on the part of the Government to provide residential accommodation to the honorary worker employed in a civil post.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1 - Applicability to Honorary workers employed in civil posts<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Government instructions on honorary workers specify the following conditions:<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Honorary employment offered to persons of eminence or meritorious service<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Services utilized only in advisory capacity, not executive\/administrative<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Nominal salary of Rs. 1 per month to make them technically Government servants subject to CCS (Conduct) Rules<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - No obligation to provide residential accommodation<br><br>\r\n<b>All four statements correctly reflect Government policy on honorary workers.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is also correct - no accommodation obligation<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is also correct - Rs. 1 nominal salary policy<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is also correct - eminence\/meritorious service requirement`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 34,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following are the provisions contained in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 in relation to a Government servant?\\n1. Promptness and Courtesy\\n2. Observance of Government's policies\\n3. Medical examination for appointment in a civil post\\n4. Prohibition of sexual harassment of working women\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1, 2 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3-A: \"Promptness and Courtesy\" - No Government servant shall act in a discourteous manner or adopt dilatory tactics.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3-B: \"Observance of Government's policies\" - Every Government servant shall act in accordance with Government's policies regarding age of marriage, environment, wildlife, cultural heritage, prevention of crime against women.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3-C: \"Prohibition of sexual harassment of working women\" - No Government servant shall indulge in any act of sexual harassment.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3-B of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Medical examination is NOT in CCS (Conduct) Rules. It is covered under CCS (Medical Examination) Rules and Recruitment Rules<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is not part of Conduct Rules<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is not part of Conduct Rules<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is not part of Conduct Rules`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 35,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs',\r\n    question: \"Under CCS (Conduct) Rules, a Government servant shall refrain from consuming any intoxicating drink or drug in a public place and also not appear in a public place in a state of intoxication. In this context, 'public place' means\\n1. Lodging room in a hotel.\\n2. A bar or restaurant.\\n3. A club exclusively meant for members who may be Government servants where it is permissible for members to invite non-members as guests.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 22 Explanation: \"'Public place' means any place or premises (including a conveyance) to which the public have, or are permitted to have, access, whether on payment or otherwise.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (3) under Rule 22 clarifies:<br>\r\n(i) \"The club of the nature mentioned above would be a public place not only for the non-member guests, but also for members who may be Government servants.\"<br>\r\n(ii) \"Drinking in the lodging room in a hotel will NOT attract the provisions of Rule 22 but drinking at the bar or restaurant where the public is permitted would attract the aforesaid rule.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 NOT a public place - GID (3)(ii) specifically states lodging room is NOT public place<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 IS a public place - GID (3)(ii) confirms bar\/restaurant is public place<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 IS a public place - GID (3)(i) confirms club with guest facility is public place even for members<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect - lodging room is private space<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect - lodging room is private space<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect - lodging room is private space`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 36,\r\n    year: '2014',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following shall not amount to misconduct in terms of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Habitual absence without permission\",\r\n      \"Habitual late attendance\",\r\n      \"Habitual borrowing\",\r\n      \"Untrustworthiness in connection with employees business\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - Habitual borrowing<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3 - General of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br>\r\n<i>Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing<\/i><br>\r\n<i>GID (23) under Rule 3 - Acts and conducts which amount to misconduct<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (23) lists specific acts constituting misconduct including:<br>\r\n\"(6) Habitual late attendance.<br>\r\n(8) Habitual absence without permission and over-staying leave.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 16(4): Restricts borrowing only from persons \"within the local limits of his authority or with whom he is likely to have official dealings.\"<br><br>\r\nProviso to Rule 16(4): \"A Government servant may give to, or accept from a relative or a personal friend a purely temporary loan of a small amount free of interest.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 IS misconduct - GID (23)(8) lists habitual absence without permission as misconduct<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 IS misconduct - GID (23)(6) lists habitual late attendance as misconduct<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2713 NOT misconduct per se - Rule 16 restricts borrowing only from persons with official dealings. Borrowing from banks, relatives, friends without official dealings is NOT prohibited<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 IS misconduct - GID (23)(2) lists \"Infidelity, unfaithfulness, dishonesty, untrustworthiness\" as misconduct<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, D.<\/b> \u2717 All constitute misconduct under GID (23) or Rule 3(1)(i)`\r\n  },\r\n  \/\/2015\r\n   {\r\n    id: 37,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following statements is correct in the context of Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 regarding the investments, lending, and borrowing of money by a Government servant?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"He\/she may lend money to any person at interest.\",\r\n      \"He\/she may give or accept from a relative or a friend a purely temporary loan of a small amount free of interest.\",\r\n      \"He\/she may speculate and indulge in frequent sales\/purchase of stocks\/shares.\",\r\n      \"He\/she may lend or borrow or deposit money as a principal or an agent to a firm or a private limited company, with whom he\/she is likely to have official dealings.\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - He\/she may give or accept from a relative or a friend a purely temporary loan of a small amount free of interest.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 16(4) Proviso: \"Provided that a Government servant may give to, or accept from a relative or a personal friend a purely temporary loan of a small amount free of interest, or operate credit account with a bona fide tradesman or make an advance of pay to his private employee.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 PROHIBITED - Rule 16(4)(b): \"No Government servant shall lend money to any person at interest or in a manner whereby return in money or in kind is charged or paid\"<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 PROHIBITED - Rule 16(1): \"No Government servant shall speculate in any stock, share or other investment.\" Explanation: \"Frequent purchase or sale or both, of shares, securities or other investments shall be deemed to be speculation\"<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 PROHIBITED - Rule 16(4)(a): Prohibits lending\/borrowing\/depositing money with persons \"within the local limits of his authority or with whom he is likely to have official dealings\"`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 38,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 15 - Private trade or employment',\r\n    question: \"A Government servant may, without the previous sanction of the Government:\\n1. Undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature.\\n2. Undertake occasional work of literary, artistic, or scientific character.\\n3. Participate in sports activities as an amateur.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(2) - Private trade or employment of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 15(2): \"A Government servant may, without the previous sanction of the Government,<br>\r\n(a) undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature, or<br>\r\n(b) undertake occasional work of a literary, artistic or scientific character, or<br>\r\n(c) participate in sports activities as an amateur...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 15(2)(a) exempts honorary work of social\/charitable nature<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 15(2)(b) exempts occasional literary\/artistic\/scientific work<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 15(2)(c) exempts participation in sports as amateur<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all three activities are exempted under Rule 15(2)(a), (b), and (c) respectively`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 39,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"According to Rule 3-C of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Complaints Committee for dealing with the cases of sexual harassment should be headed by a woman. The number of women members in the Committee, other than the woman head, should not be less than:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Half of the total members\",\r\n      \"One-third of the total members\",\r\n      \"One-fourth of the total members\",\r\n      \"One-fifth of the total members\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - Half of the total members<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with GID (25-C)(iii)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (25-C)(iii): \"The Complaints Committee should be headed by a woman and not less than half of its members should be women. The Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body who is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Committee Composition Requirements:<\/b><br>\r\n- Chairperson: Must be a woman<br>\r\n- Other members: Not less than 50% (half) shall be women<br>\r\n- Third party involvement: NGO or other body familiar with sexual harassment issues<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 One-third - GID specifies \"not less than half\", not one-third<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 One-fourth - GID specifies \"not less than half\", not one-fourth<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 One-fifth - GID specifies \"not less than half\", not one-fifth`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 40,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is required to report every transaction concerning movable property either in his own name or in the name of his family members within one month from the date of such transaction, if the value of such transaction exceeds:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"One month's basic pay of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"Two months' basic pay of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"Three months' basic pay of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"Four months' basic pay of the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Two months' basic pay of the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(3) - Movable, immovable and valuable property of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 18(3): \"Where a Government servant enters into a transaction in respect of movable property either in his own name or in the name of the member of his family, he shall, within one month from the date of such transaction, report the same to the prescribed authority, if the value of such property exceeds two months' basic pay of the Government servant.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Key Points:<\/b><br>\r\n- Timeline: Within ONE MONTH of transaction<br>\r\n- Threshold: TWO MONTHS' basic pay<br>\r\n- Applicability: Own name OR family member's name<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 One month's basic pay - Rule 18(3) specifies TWO months' basic pay<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Three months' basic pay - Rule 18(3) specifies TWO months' basic pay<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Four months' basic pay - Rule 18(3) specifies TWO months' basic pay`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 41,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"In the context of 'observance of proper decorum' by the Government servants during the lunch break:\\n1. No Government employee should play cards on the lawns and other such places, inside and outside office buildings.\\n2. The game of cards should be confined to the recreation rooms.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"2 only\",\r\n      \"Both 1 and 2\",\r\n      \"Neither 1 nor 2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - Both 1 and 2<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 - General of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with GID (22) - Observance of proper decorum<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (22): \"It has been decided that:<br>\r\n(i) No Government employee should play cards on the lawns and such other places inside and outside office buildings.<br>\r\n(ii) The game of cards should be confined to the recreation rooms or places approved for such purposes.<br>\r\n(iii) No indoor games should be played in office buildings after 7.00 p.m. except on special occasions such as tournaments, etc.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>Statement 1:<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (22)(i) prohibits card playing on lawns\/public areas<br>\r\n<b>Statement 2:<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (22)(ii) confines card games to recreation rooms only<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is also correct per GID (22)(ii)<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is also correct per GID (22)(i)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Both statements are correct per GID (22)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 42,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes',\r\n    question: \"Absence from work on account of participation in 'Gherao' should in all cases be treated as:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Special casual leave\",\r\n      \"Unauthorized absence involving break in service\",\r\n      \"Earned leave\",\r\n      \"Extraordinary leave\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Unauthorized absence involving break in service<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with GID (3)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (3) on Gherao: \"Participation in them by Government servants amounts to conduct wholly unbecoming of Government servants... It has been decided that:<br>\r\n(i) Disciplinary action should be taken against the prominent participants in the 'Gherao' for contravention of Rules 3 and 7.<br>\r\n(ii) Absence from work on account of participation in 'Gherao' should in all cases be treated as unauthorized absence involving break in service. The absence should not be regularized as leave of any kind.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Special casual leave - GID (3)(ii) explicitly states absence should NOT be regularized as any kind of leave<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Earned leave - GID (3)(ii) explicitly states absence should NOT be regularized as any kind of leave<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Extraordinary leave - GID (3)(ii) explicitly states absence should NOT be regularized as any kind of leave<br><br>\r\n<b>Gherao is treated as serious misconduct resulting in unauthorized absence with break in service.<\/b>`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 43,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application',\r\n    question: \"The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 are applicable to:\\n1. A person appointed to a Civil Service\\n2. A member of an All India Service\\n3. A Railway servant\\n4. A civilian in Defence Service\\n\\nSelect the correct answer by using the codes given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3) - Short title, commencement and application of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 1(3): \"...these rules shall apply to every person appointed to a civil service or post (including a civilian in Defence Service) in connection with the affairs of the Union:<br><br>\r\nProvided that nothing in these rules shall apply to any Government servant who is-<br>\r\n(a)(i) a Railway servant...<br>\r\n(a)(iii) holding any post under the administrative control of the Railway Board...<br>\r\n(b) a member of an All India Service...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 APPLICABLE - Rule 1(3) applies to persons appointed to civil service<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 EXCLUDED - Proviso (b) excludes AIS members (governed by AIS Conduct Rules, 1968)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 EXCLUDED - Proviso (a)(i) excludes Railway servants (governed by Railway Services Conduct Rules, 1966)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 APPLICABLE - Rule 1(3) explicitly includes \"civilian in Defence Service\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 (AIS members) is excluded under proviso (b)<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 (Railway servants) is excluded under proviso (a)(i)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 (Railway servants) is excluded under proviso (a)(i)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 44,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 12 - Subscriptions',\r\n    question: \"Under Rule 12 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, no Government servant may accept contributions or associate himself with the raising of any fund except for collections relating to one of the following:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Flag Day\",\r\n      \"National Youth Day\",\r\n      \"Pravasi Bharatiya Divas\",\r\n      \"May Day\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - Flag Day<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 12 - Subscriptions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with GID (3)<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 12: \"No Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government or the prescribed authority, ask for or accept contributions to, or otherwise associate himself with the raising of any funds or other collections in cash or in kind in pursuance of any object whatsoever.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (3): \"The Government of India have decided that Government servants may be allowed to associate themselves with the Flag Day collections for the welfare of Armed Forces personnel.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Permitted collections without sanction:<\/b><br>\r\n- Flag Day (Armed Forces welfare)<br>\r\n- National Defence Fund (GID 4)<br>\r\n- National Foundation for Communal Harmony (GID 6)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 National Youth Day - No specific exemption under Rule 12 GIDs<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas - No specific exemption under Rule 12 GIDs<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 May Day - No specific exemption under Rule 12 GIDs`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 45,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 15 - Private trade or employment',\r\n    question: \"A Government servant may, without the previous sanction of the Government:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature\",\r\n      \"Accept remuneration for services rendered to Cooperative Societies\",\r\n      \"Participate in a media programme commissioned by the government but produced by a private agency\",\r\n      \"Canvas for a candidate for an elective office in a body that is incorporated\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - Undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15 - Private trade or employment of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 15(2)(a): \"A Government servant may, without the previous sanction of the Government, undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Accepting remuneration from Cooperative Societies - GID (4) under Rule 15 clarifies that accepting fee\/remuneration requires prior permission as it amounts to private employment<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Media programme by private agency - Rule 15(1)(f)(ii) requires previous sanction for \"a media programme commissioned by Government media but produced by a private agency\"<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Canvassing for elective office - Rule 15(1)(c) requires previous sanction to \"hold an elective office, or canvass for a candidate or candidates for an elective office, in any body, whether incorporated or not\"`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 46,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 13 - Gifts',\r\n    question: \"Regarding the eligibility of a Government servant to receive and retain rewards:\\n1. Any reward offered for the arrest of a criminal or for information or special services in connection with the administration of justice.\\n2. Any reward payable in accordance with the provisions of any Act, Regulation, or Rule framed thereunder.\\n3. Any reward sanctioned for services in connection with the administration of the Customs and Excise Laws.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13 - Gifts of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\nGovernment servants are permitted to receive and retain without special permission:<br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rewards for arrest of criminals\/information\/special services in administration of justice are exempted<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Statutory rewards payable under any Act\/Regulation\/Rule are exempted<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rewards for services in Customs and Excise administration are exempted<br><br>\r\n<b>All three categories are specifically exempted from the general prohibition on accepting gifts.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all three categories are permitted`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 47,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Prevention of Corruption Act',\r\n    question: \"The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is applicable to:\\n1. The whole of India except the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.\\n2. The whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.\\n3. All citizens of India outside India.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Section 1(2) - Extent and Application of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Section 1(2): \"It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir and it shall also apply to all citizens of India outside India.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis (as per position in 2015 when question was set):<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - The Act DOES apply to Andaman and Nicobar Islands (no exclusion)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - J&K was excluded at that time due to Article 370<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Extra-territorial jurisdiction over Indian citizens abroad<br><br>\r\n<b>Note:<\/b> Post-August 2019 (abrogation of Article 370), the Act now extends to J&K as well.<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect - A&N Islands are covered<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect - A&N Islands are covered<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect - A&N Islands are covered`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 48,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants',\r\n    question: \"The Chairman of the group constituted for taking a view on the complaints against Secretaries to the Government of India is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Secretary to the Prime Minister\",\r\n      \"Cabinet Secretary\",\r\n      \"Central Vigilance Commissioner\",\r\n      \"Secretary, DoPT\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Cabinet Secretary<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 19 - Complaints against Secretaries to Government of India - Procedure for handling<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (3): \"It has been decided to constitute a group, under the Chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary, to take a view on such complaints. The composition of the group shall be as follows:<br>\r\n(i) Cabinet Secretary (Chairman)<br>\r\n(ii) Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister<br>\r\n(iii) Secretary (Co-ordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat<br>\r\n(iv) Secretary, DoP&T, and<br>\r\n(v) Secretary, CVC\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Secretary to PM - Is a member but not Chairman<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Central Vigilance Commissioner - Secretary, CVC is a member but CVC is not Chairman<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Secretary, DoPT - Is a member but not Chairman<br><br>\r\n<b>The Cabinet Secretary, as head of civil services, chairs this group.<\/b>`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 49,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"A representation made by a Government servant requiring examination only in a Ministry\/Department, and not requiring inter-departmental consultation, should be disposed of within a maximum period of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"2 weeks\",\r\n      \"4 weeks\",\r\n      \"6 weeks\",\r\n      \"8 weeks\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 6 weeks<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-A - Promptness and Courtesy of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with Government Instructions<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Government instructions on disposal of representations specify:<br>\r\n- Representations requiring examination only within a Ministry\/Department: 6 weeks<br>\r\n- Representations requiring inter-departmental consultation: Longer timeline permitted<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Timeline for disposal:<\/b><br>\r\n- Single Ministry\/Department examination: <b>6 weeks maximum<\/b><br>\r\n- With inter-departmental consultation: Extended timeline<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 2 weeks - Too short; 6 weeks is the prescribed timeline<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 4 weeks - Incorrect; 6 weeks is the prescribed timeline<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 8 weeks - Exceeds the prescribed maximum of 6 weeks`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 50,\r\n    year: '2015',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 13 - Gifts',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements:\\nA Government servant is eligible to receive and retain without special permission from the Government:\\n1. Any reward offered for the arrest of a criminal or for information or special services in connection with the administration of justice.\\n2. Any reward payable in accordance with the provisions of any Act, Regulation, or Rule framed thereunder.\\n3. Any reward sanctioned for services in connection with the administration of the Customs and Excise Laws.\\n\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13 - Gifts of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Exempted categories of rewards (no special permission required):<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rewards for arrest of criminals, information, or special services in administration of justice<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Statutory rewards payable under any Act, Regulation, or Rule framed thereunder<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rewards sanctioned for services in Customs and Excise administration<br><br>\r\n<b>These exemptions recognize that certain rewards are part of official incentive mechanisms and should not be treated as \"gifts\" requiring permission.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all three categories are specifically exempted under Rule 13`\r\n  },\r\n  \/\/2016-17\r\n    {\r\n    id: 51,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Submission of representations by Government servants for their service matters directly to other authorities by-passing the prescribed channel of communication is in violation of which one of the following CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Rule 3(1) (ii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1) (iii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1) (vi)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1) (ix)\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Rule 3(1)(iii)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(iii) & GID (26) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(1)(iii): \"Every Government servant shall do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (26-C): \"Submission of representations directly to higher authorities by-passing the prescribed channel of communication, has to be viewed seriously... This can rightly be treated as an unbecoming conduct attracting the provisions of Rule 3(1)(iii) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1)(ii) - relates to devotion to duty, not channel bypassing<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1)(vi) - relates to high ethical standards<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1)(ix) - relates to accountability and transparency`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 52,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 13 - Gifts',\r\n    question: \"On occasions such as weddings\/anniversaries, a Government servant holding any Group 'A' post may accept gifts from his near relatives having no official dealings with him, but shall make a report to the Government if the value of such gift exceeds rupees:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"15,000\",\r\n      \"25,000\",\r\n      \"50,000\",\r\n      \"75,000\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 25,000<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(2) - Gifts of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 13(2): \"On occasions such as weddings, anniversaries, funerals or religious functions... a Government servant may accept gifts from his near relatives or from his personal friends having no official dealings with him, but shall make a report to the Government, if the value of such gift exceeds:<br>\r\n(i) rupees twenty-five thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'A' post;<br>\r\n(ii) rupees fifteen thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'B' post;<br>\r\n(iii) rupees seven thousand five hundred in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'C' post.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 15,000 - This is the limit for Group 'B' officers<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 50,000 - No such limit exists in the rules<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 75,000 - No such limit exists in the rules`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 53,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Through which one of the following mechanisms will it be ensured that undue pressure or influence from senior levels on the Complaints Committee constituted to inquire into the complaints of sexual harassment of working women is prevented?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"The Committee should be headed by a woman.\",\r\n      \"Not less than half of its members should be women.\",\r\n      \"Such Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body familiar with the issue of sexual harassment.\",\r\n      \"The proceedings of the Complaints Committee should be videographed.\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - Such Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body familiar with the issue of sexual harassment.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C read with GID (25-C)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (25-C)(iii): \"The Complaints Committee should be headed by a woman and not less than half of its members should be women. The Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body who is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\nThe third party (NGO\/external body) is specifically included to prevent undue pressure from senior levels within the organization and ensure independence of the inquiry.<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Woman head - ensures gender sensitivity but not protection from senior influence<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Half women members - ensures representation but not protection from hierarchy<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Videographing - no such provision exists; third party ensures independence`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 54,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following activities on the part of a Government servant constitute a violation of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. Transactions in immovable property without prior knowledge of the prescribed authority.\\n2. Charging 'Pugri' for renting his\/her flat.\\n3. Not reporting to the Government about the purchase of Postal certificates worth Rs. 5,000.\\n4. Non-submission of Annual Property Return.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 4\",\r\n      \"1, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 1, 2, and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>Rules 18 & GID (13) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 18(2): \"No Government servant shall, except with the previous knowledge of the prescribed authority, acquire or dispose of any immovable property...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (13) under Rule 18: \"'Pugri' charged by Government servants in renting their houses and flats amounts to corruption.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 18(1)(ii): Group A & B officers must submit Annual Property Returns.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - Rule 18(2) requires prior knowledge for immovable property transactions<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - GID (13) treats charging Pugri as corruption<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 NOT a violation - Postal certificates are NOT included in \"movable property\" definition under Explanation I to Rule 18; reporting threshold is two months' basic pay<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - Non-submission of Annual Property Return violates Rule 18(1)(ii)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is NOT a violation - postal certificates of Rs. 5,000 do not require reporting`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 55,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following are required to be included in the return of his assets and liabilities to be submitted by a Government servant on his first appointment to any service or post?\\n1. Jewellery, shares, securities, and debentures.\\n2. Clothes, utensils, and books.\\n3. Refrigerators and television sets.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18 Explanation I & Note 2 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Explanation I to Rule 18: \"The expression 'movable property' includes-<br>\r\n(a) jewellery, insurance policies... shares, securities and debentures;<br>\r\n(d) refrigerators, radios, radiograms and television sets.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Note 2 to Rule 18(1): \"The value of articles of daily use such as clothes, utensils, crockery, books, etc., need not be included in such return.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Jewellery, shares, securities, debentures per Explanation I(a)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 EXCLUDED - Clothes, utensils, books are \"articles of daily use\" excluded under Note 2<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Refrigerators, TV sets per Explanation I(d)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 (clothes, utensils, books) is excluded<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is excluded; Statement 1 should be included<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is specifically excluded under Note 2`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 56,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes',\r\n    question: \"In the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, \\\"strike\\\" means:\\n1. Mass abstention from work without permission.\\n2. Refusal to work overtime where such overtime is necessary in the public interest.\\n3. Practices like 'go-slow,' 'sit-down,' 'token' strike.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7 - GID (2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (2): \"'Strike' means refusal to work or stoppage or slowing down of work by a group of employees acting in combination and includes-<br>\r\n(i) mass abstention from work without permission (which is wrongly described as 'mass casual leave');<br>\r\n(ii) refusal to work overtime where such overtime work is necessary in the public interest;<br>\r\n(iii) resort to practices or conduct which is likely to result in or results in the cessation or substantial retardation of work in any organization. Such practices would include, what are called, 'go-slow', 'sit-down', 'pen-down', 'stay-in', 'token', 'sympathetic' or any other similar strike...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Mass abstention from work is strike per GID (2)(i)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Refusal to work overtime in public interest is strike per GID (2)(ii)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Go-slow, sit-down, token strikes included per GID (2)(iii)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all three constitute \"strike\" under GID (2)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 57,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 2 - Definitions',\r\n    question: \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, \\\"Members of the family\\\" does not include:\\n1. Wife or husband, as the case may be.\\n2. Judicially separated wife or husband.\\n3. Child not dependent on the Government servant.\\n4. Stepson of the Government servant wholly dependent on him.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c) - Definitions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 2(c): \"'Members of Family' in relation to a Government servant includes-<br>\r\n(i) the wife or husband... but does not include a wife or husband, as the case may be, separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court;<br>\r\n(ii) son or daughter or step-son or step-daughter of the Government servant and wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child or step-child who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis - NOT included:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 Wife\/husband IS included under Rule 2(c)(i)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Judicially separated spouse is EXCLUDED per Rule 2(c)(i)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Non-dependent child is EXCLUDED per Rule 2(c)(ii)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 Wholly dependent stepson IS included under Rule 2(c)(ii)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statements 1 and 4 ARE included in family definition<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 (dependent stepson) IS included<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statements 1 and 4 ARE included`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 58,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following amounts to misconduct on the part of a Government servant as per the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. Willful insubordination or disobedience.\\n2. Habitual late attendance.\\n3. Habitual absence without permission.\\n4. Disorderly behavior during working hours at the establishment.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3, and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 - GID (23) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (23) - Acts and conducts which amount to misconduct:<br>\r\n\"(1) Wilful insubordination or disobedience, whether alone or in combination with others, to any lawful and reasonable order of a superior.<br>\r\n(4) Gross moral misconduct - Acts subversive of discipline - Riotous or disorderly behaviour during working hours at the establishment or any act subversive of discipline.<br>\r\n(6) Habitual late attendance.<br>\r\n(8) Habitual absence without permission and over-staying leave.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 MISCONDUCT - GID (23)(1)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 MISCONDUCT - GID (23)(6)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 MISCONDUCT - GID (23)(8)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 MISCONDUCT - GID (23)(4)<br><br>\r\n<b>All four constitute misconduct under GID (23).<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all four are listed as misconduct`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 59,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"As per the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, every Government servant shall, at all times:\\n1. Act in accordance with the Government's policies regarding the age of marriage, preservation of the environment, protection of wildlife, and cultural heritage.\\n2. Observe the Government's policies regarding the prevention of crime against women.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"2 only\",\r\n      \"Both 1 and 2\",\r\n      \"Neither 1 nor 2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - Both 1 and 2<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-B - Observance of Government's policies of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3-B: \"Every Government servant shall, at all times-<br>\r\n(i) act in accordance with the Government's policies regarding age of marriage, preservation of environment, protection of wildlife and cultural heritage;<br>\r\n(ii) observe the Government's policies regarding prevention of crime against women.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Exactly matches Rule 3-B(i)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Exactly matches Rule 3-B(ii)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is also correct under Rule 3-B(ii)<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is also correct under Rule 3-B(i)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Both statements are correct`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 60,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"As per CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Government servants while interacting with the Members of Parliament and State Legislatures should:\\n1. Show courtesy and consideration.\\n2. Listen patiently to what MPs and MLAs may have to say.\\n3. Be meticulously correct and rise to receive and see off a Member visiting him.\\n4. Not approach MPs\/MLAs for sponsoring his individual case.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3, and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-A & GID (17-A) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (17-A) - Observance of courtesy by Officers in their dealings with Members of Parliament:<br>\r\n\"Members of Parliament and State Legislatures occupy in our democratic set up a very important place as accredited representatives of the people. Officers should show courtesy and consideration... listen patiently... be meticulously correct and rise to receive and see off a Member visiting him...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 20: \"No Government servant shall bring or attempt to bring any political or other outside influence to bear upon any superior authority to further his interests...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Show courtesy and consideration per GID (17-A)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Listen patiently per GID (17-A)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rise to receive\/see off per GID (17-A)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 20 prohibits seeking MP\/MLA sponsorship for individual cases<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all four requirements apply`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 61,\r\n    year: '2016-17',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following shall constitute a breach of privilege and contempt of Parliament for a witness appearing before the Committees of Parliament?\\n1. Refusal to answer questions.\\n2. Prevarication or willfully suppressing the truth or misleading the Committee.\\n3. Destroying a material document relating to the inquiry.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10 - GID (1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (1)(7): \"The witness should note that the following acts shall constitute breaches of privilege and contempt of Parliament:-<br>\r\n(a) Refusal to answer questions.<br>\r\n(b) Prevarication or wilfully suppressing the truth or misleading the Committee.<br>\r\n(c) Trifling with the Committee; using saucy language; returning insulting answers.<br>\r\n(d) Destroying or damaging a material document relating to the enquiry.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Refusal to answer is breach per GID (1)(7)(a)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Prevarication\/suppressing truth is breach per GID (1)(7)(b)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Destroying documents is breach per GID (1)(7)(d)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all three constitute breach of privilege`\r\n  },\r\n  \/\/2018\r\n  {\r\n    id: 62,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections',\r\n    question: \"Taking part in politics by a Government servant is in violation of which one of the following rules of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Rule 3-B\",\r\n      \"Rule 5\",\r\n      \"Rule 6\",\r\n      \"Rule 7\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Rule 5<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 5(1): \"No Government servant shall be a member of, or be otherwise associated with, any political party or any organization which takes part in politics nor shall he take part in, subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3-B - relates to Observance of Government's policies (age of marriage, environment, wildlife)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 6 - relates to Joining of associations by Government servants<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 7 - relates to Demonstration and Strikes`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 63,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 12 - Subscriptions',\r\n    question: \"In which of the following case(s), previous sanction of the Government or of the prescribed authority would not be necessary for a Government servant in terms of Rule 12 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. Raising of subscriptions from members of employees' union to defend a case against a Government servant.\\n2. Collection of subscriptions by Government servant for Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Fund.\\n3. Participation in fund-raising efforts of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2\",\r\n      \"2 and 3\",\r\n      \"1 and 3\",\r\n      \"3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 12 & GIDs (1), (5), (6) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (1) under Rule 12: Raising subscriptions from union members for defending cases REQUIRES sanction - \"it would not be appropriate to raise the fund by imposing any levy on members\".<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (5): \"Government servants should not be allowed to associate themselves with collection of subscriptions for the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (6): \"Government of India have decided to relax the provisions of Rule 12 to allow Central Government servants to participate in the Fund raising efforts of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony on a voluntary basis.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 REQUIRES sanction - GID (1) prohibits levy on union members<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 NOT PERMITTED - GID (5) prohibits JN Memorial Fund collection<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 NO sanction required - GID (6) specifically exempts NFCH fund-raising<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Only statement 3 (NFCH) is exempted from sanction requirement`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 64,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"In the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following is not correct regarding the provisions on 'oral instructions by superior officers?'\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"As far as possible, senior officers should not issue oral instructions to their subordinates.\",\r\n      \"If a junior officer receives oral instructions from his superior officer, he should seek confirmation in writing as early as practicable.\",\r\n      \"If a junior officer seeks confirmation to all the oral instructions given by a senior officer, the latter should confirm it in writing whenever such confirmation is sought.\",\r\n      \"Whenever a member of the personal staff of a Minister communicates an oral order on behalf of the Minister, there may be no need for written confirmation by him.\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - Whenever a member of the personal staff of a Minister communicates an oral order on behalf of the Minister, there may be no need for written confirmation by him. (This is INCORRECT)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(2) & GID (16-A) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(2)(iii): \"The direction of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing. Oral direction to subordinates shall be avoided, as far as possible.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (16-A): \"Whenever a member of the personal staff of a Minister communicates an oral order on behalf of the Minister, it should be confirmed by him in writing immediately thereafter.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Statement D is INCORRECT because written confirmation IS REQUIRED for Minister's oral orders.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are correct:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2713 Correct - Rule 3(2)(iii) requires avoiding oral instructions<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2713 Correct - Rule 3(2)(iv) requires seeking written confirmation<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2713 Correct - GID (16-A)(iii) mandates written confirmation when sought`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 65,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing',\r\n    question: \"A senior Government servant approaches his subordinate for standing surety for a loan by his relative from a private sector bank. In terms of the provisions stipulated in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following statements is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"There is no problem in the subordinate standing surety for such a loan.\",\r\n      \"The senior Government servant should be advised not to approach his subordinate for standing surety in such a case.\",\r\n      \"The senior Government servant should keep his higher officer informed while obtaining surety from his subordinate.\",\r\n      \"The senior Government servant should obtain prior approval from his next higher officer before obtaining surety from his subordinate.\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - The senior Government servant should be advised not to approach his subordinate for standing surety in such a case.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16 - GID (3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (3): \"Senior officers not to approach their subordinates for standing surety for loans taken by them or by their relatives. Where a Government servant stands surety for loans taken by his official superiors or their friends or relatives, it might create an impression that official pressure has been exerted for this purpose. Apart from this, the superior officer will be putting himself under obligation to the subordinate and such a situation is not conducive to efficient office management and maintenance of discipline. It has, therefore, been decided that all officers should be advised not to approach their subordinates for standing surety for loans taken from private sources either by them or by their relatives or friends.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 There IS a problem - creates impression of official pressure<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 No provision for informing higher officer; approach itself is discouraged<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 No provision for prior approval; approach itself is discouraged`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 66,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 2 - Definitions',\r\n    question: \"Who among the following is not included in the definition of 'members of family' of a Government servant as per CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Wife or husband, as the case may be, of the Government servant residing with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"Wife or husband, as the case may be, of the Government servant not residing with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"Son of the Government servant not dependent on him\",\r\n      \"Stepdaughter of the Government servant wholly dependent on him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - Son of the Government servant not dependent on him<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c) - Definitions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 2(c): \"'Members of Family' includes-<br>\r\n(i) the wife or husband, as the case may be, whether residing with the Government servant or not but does not include a wife or husband separated by a decree or order of a competent Court;<br>\r\n(ii) son or daughter or step-son or step-daughter of the Government servant and wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child or step-child who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Spouse residing with Govt servant per Rule 2(c)(i)<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Spouse not residing is also included per Rule 2(c)(i) \"whether residing... or not\"<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 NOT INCLUDED - Non-dependent son excluded per Rule 2(c)(ii)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Wholly dependent stepdaughter per Rule 2(c)(ii)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 67,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following acts\/conducts shall amount to a Government servant canvassing or using his influence in connection with an election to any legislature or local authority, thereby contravening the relevant provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. Making normal arrangements during election tours of Ministers to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers\\n2. Organizing election meetings for Ministers\\n3. Displaying on his residence an electoral symbol\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(4) & GID (3), (4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 5(4): \"No Government servant shall canvass or otherwise interfere with, or use his influence in connection with or take part in, an election to any legislature or local authority...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (3): \"Making normal arrangements during election tours of Ministers to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers\" does NOT amount to contravention of Rule 5(4).<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (4): Lists prohibited acts including \"organizing meetings... displaying on his person, vehicle or residence any electoral symbol...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 NOT contravention - GID (3) specifically permits normal ministerial arrangements<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CONTRAVENTION - Organizing election meetings is prohibited per GID (4)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CONTRAVENTION - Displaying electoral symbol is prohibited per GID (4)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is NOT contravention<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is NOT contravention<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is permitted`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 68,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following recommendations may be made to the employer by the Complaints Committee constituted in each Ministry\/Department\/Office under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 to inquire into complaints of sexual harassment against women?\\n1. To transfer the aggrieved woman to any other workplace\\n2. To transfer the respondent to any other workplace\\n3. To grant leave to the aggrieved woman up to a period of three months\\n4. To deduct from the salary or wages of the respondent such sum as it may consider appropriate to be paid to the aggrieved woman or to her legal heirs\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3, and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 - Sections 12 & 13<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Section 12 - Interim relief: The Committee may recommend:<br>\r\n(a) transfer of the aggrieved woman or the respondent to any other workplace;<br>\r\n(b) grant leave to the aggrieved woman up to a period of three months.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Section 13 - Inquiry Report: The Committee may recommend deduction from salary\/wages of respondent to be paid to aggrieved woman or legal heirs.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Section 12(a) allows transfer of aggrieved woman<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Section 12(a) allows transfer of respondent<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Section 12(b) allows leave up to 3 months<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Section 13 allows salary deduction for compensation<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all four recommendations are permitted`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 69,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following acts and omissions on the part of a Government servant amount to 'misconduct'?\\n1. Habitual late attendance\\n2. Habitual absence without permission\\n3. Habitual overstayal of leave\\n4. Conviction by a Criminal Court\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3, and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 - GID (23) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (23) - Acts and conducts which amount to misconduct:<br>\r\n\"(6) Habitual late attendance.<br>\r\n(8) Habitual absence without permission and over-staying leave.<br>\r\n(9) Conviction by a Criminal Court.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 MISCONDUCT - GID (23)(6)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 MISCONDUCT - GID (23)(8)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 MISCONDUCT - GID (23)(8) \"over-staying leave\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 MISCONDUCT - GID (23)(9)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all four constitute misconduct`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 70,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Which one of the following provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 shall be deemed to be violated by a Government servant who is found habitually failing to perform the task assigned to him within the time set for the purpose and with the quality of performance expected from him?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Rule 3(1) (ii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1) (iii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1) (xix)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1) (xxi)\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - Rule 3(1)(ii)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(ii) & Explanation I of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(1)(ii): \"Every Government servant shall at all times maintain devotion to duty.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Explanation I to Rule 3: \"A Government servant who habitually fails to perform the task assigned to him within the time set for the purpose and with the quality of performance expected of him shall be deemed to be lacking in devotion to duty within the meaning of Clause (ii) of sub-rule (1).\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1)(iii) - relates to \"unbecoming conduct\", not habitual failure<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1)(xix) - relates to \"maintaining discipline\"<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1)(xxi) - relates to \"highest degree of professionalism\"`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 71,\r\n    year: '2018',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants',\r\n    question: \"In respect of which of the following activities prior permission\/sanction of the prescribed authority is necessary under CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. To join Territorial Army\\n2. To join Civil Defence Service\\n3. To become a member of Samyukta Sadachar Samiti\\n4. To accept membership of Book Clubs run by Foreign Agencies\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 1, 2, and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>Rule 6 & GIDs of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (7) under Rule 6: \"Prior permission is necessary for joining the Territorial Army.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (8) under Rule 6: \"Prior permission is necessary for joining the Civil Defence Service.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (13) under Rule 6: \"For becoming members of the Samyukta Sadachar Samiti, no prior permission of the Government will be necessary.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (8) under Rule 13: \"A Government servant should obtain prior permission of the Government before he becomes a member of book clubs run by foreign agencies.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 PERMISSION required - GID (7) under Rule 6<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 PERMISSION required - GID (8) under Rule 6<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 NO permission required - GID (13) exempts Samyukta Sadachar Samiti<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 PERMISSION required - GID (8) under Rule 13<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 does NOT require permission<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 does NOT require permission<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 does NOT require permission`\r\n  },\r\n    \/\/2019-20\r\n  {\r\n    id: 72,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes',\r\n    question: \"Which one of the following CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 shall get violated if a Government servant engages himself in any demonstration which is prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Rule 3-C(1)\",\r\n      \"Rule 5\",\r\n      \"Rule 7\",\r\n      \"Rule 9\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - Rule 7<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 7: \"No Government servant shall-<br>\r\n(i) engage himself or participate in any demonstration which is prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or which involves contempt of Court, defamation or incitement to an offence, or<br>\r\n(ii) resort to or in any way abet any form of strike or coercion...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3-C(1) - relates to Prohibition of sexual harassment<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 5 - relates to Taking part in politics and elections<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 9 - relates to Criticism of Government`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 73,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following actions violate the restrictions on a Government servant under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 for participating in politics?\\n1. Canvassing for a candidate during an election while on Study Leave\\n2. Displaying an electoral symbol at his residence\\n3. Attending a political meeting organized by the Residents' Welfare Association at the community hall of the residential complex\\n4. Proposing the name of a candidate at an election under intimation to the appropriate authority\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below.\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3, and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 5(4): \"No Government servant shall canvass or otherwise interfere with, or use his influence in connection with or take part in, an election to any Legislature or Local Authority.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 5(4) Explanation: \"The display by a Government servant on his person, vehicle or residence of any electoral symbol shall amount to using his influence in connection with an election.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (1): Attendance at political meetings - even occasional attendance at such meetings may be construed as participating in political activity.<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (5): \"The above rule clearly prohibits proposing or seconding by a Government servant of a candidate for election, as such action would constitute 'taking part in an election' within the meaning of Rule 5(4).\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - Canvassing prohibited even on Study Leave; leave status doesn't exempt from Conduct Rules<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - Explanation to Rule 5(4) explicitly prohibits displaying electoral symbols at residence<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - Attending political meetings violates Rule 5(1) per GID (1)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - GID (5) prohibits proposing candidates; intimation doesn't authorize violation<br><br>\r\n<b>All four activities violate Rule 5.<\/b>`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 74,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"What is the time limit beyond which permission may be assumed to have been granted by the competent authority to a Government servant for carrying out a transaction in immovable property, if no communication is issued by the competent authority?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"45 days\",\r\n      \"30 days\",\r\n      \"15 days\",\r\n      \"No limit\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 30 days<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25) under Rule 18 & GID under Rule 8 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID under Rule 8: \"Time-limits for granting or refusing permission:<br>\r\nRule 18(3) - Transaction in movable and immovable property: 30 days<br>\r\nRule 18-A - Transactions in immovable property outside India or with foreigners: 60 days\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>\"In the event of failure on the part of the Competent Authority to communicate its decision to the Government employee concerned within the time-limits indicated above, the employee concerned shall be free to assume that permission has been granted to him.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 45 days - No such limit prescribed<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 15 days - Too short; 30 days is the prescribed limit<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 No limit - There IS a 30-day limit after which permission is deemed granted`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 75,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority',\r\n    question: \"Which one of the following statements in relation to the provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 is not correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"The general prohibition on criticizing Government policies also applies to evidence given by a Government servant in a judicial inquiry.\",\r\n      \"Government servants can express their opinion freely to the Administrative Reforms Commission.\",\r\n      \"Government servants can submit memoranda in their individual capacity to the Pay Commission.\",\r\n      \"No Government servant can give evidence in any inquiry conducted by any person, committee, or authority without the previous sanction of the Government.\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - The general prohibition on criticizing Government policies also applies to evidence given by a Government servant in a judicial inquiry. (This statement is INCORRECT)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 9 & 10 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 10(3): \"Nothing in this rule shall apply to-<br>\r\n(a) evidence given at an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government, Parliament or a State Legislature; or<br>\r\n(b) evidence given in any judicial enquiry; or<br>\r\n(c) evidence given at any departmental enquiry...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\nStatement A is INCORRECT because judicial inquiry is specifically exempted under Rule 10(3)(b).<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are correct:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2713 Correct - GID (2) under Rule 10: \"Government servants are free to give frank expression to their personal views\" to Administrative Reforms Commission<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2713 Correct - GID (3) under Rule 10: \"There is no objection to individual Government servants submitting memoranda, etc., to the Pay Commission in their individual capacity\"<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2713 Correct - Rule 10(1) requires previous sanction for giving evidence in inquiries`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 76,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application',\r\n    question: \"The provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 do not apply to which one of the following categories of employees?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Defence civilians whose salary is paid from the Defence Budget\",\r\n      \"Members of the All India Services serving in the Union Territories\",\r\n      \"Persons appointed as personal staff of a Minister whose tenure is coterminous with the term of office of the Minister\",\r\n      \"Employees of non-statutory departmental canteens\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Members of the All India Services serving in the Union Territories<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3) Proviso (b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 1(3) Proviso: \"Nothing in these rules shall apply to any Government servant who is-<br>\r\n(b) a member of an All India Service\"<\/i><br><br>\r\nAIS members are governed by All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, NOT CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - Rules DO apply to:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Defence civilians - Rule 1(3) includes \"civilian in Defence Service\"<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Minister's personal staff - GID (5) under Rule 1: Though coterminous, \"they hold civil posts and... all provisions of the Conduct Rules would be applicable to them\"<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Canteen employees - GID (6) under Rule 1: Non-statutory canteen employees declared as Government employees from 1-10-1991, subject to CCS Rules`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 77,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 13 - Gifts',\r\n    question: \"What is the financial limit prescribed by the Government for acceptance of gifts by Group 'B' Government servant without Government sanction from persons other than near relatives or personal friends?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"\u20b95,000\",\r\n      \"\u20b910,000\",\r\n      \"\u20b915,000\",\r\n      \"\u20b920,000\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - \u20b95,000<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(3) - Gifts of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 13(3): \"In any other case, a Government servant shall not accept any gift without the sanction of the Government, if the value exceeds-<br>\r\n(i) rupees five thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'A' or Group 'B' post; and<br>\r\n(ii) rupees two thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'C' post.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Note:<\/b> This is for gifts from persons OTHER than near relatives or personal friends. For gifts from near relatives on occasions like weddings, the limits are higher (Rs. 25,000 for Group A, Rs. 15,000 for Group B under Rule 13(2)).<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 10,000 - Not the prescribed limit<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 15,000 - This is for occasions like weddings from near relatives (Group B)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 20,000 - No such limit exists`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 78,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 15 - Private trade or employment',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following statements regarding the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 is\/are correct?\\n1. A Government servant cannot be permitted to enroll himself as an Advocate.\\n2. In rare cases, a Government servant may be given permission by the competent authority to accept part-time employment after office hours.\\n3. A Government servant may join a socio-religious organization for charitable work without prior sanction of the Government after satisfying himself that its activities and objectives are not likely to attract any action under any provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules.\\n4. A Government servant cannot enter into negotiations for commercial employment without prior permission.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below.\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 2, 3, and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>Rules 15, 6, 21 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (8) under Rule 15 permits retired Government servants to enroll as Advocates; serving officers can also be permitted in exceptional cases<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (3) under Rule 15: \"In rare cases where it is proposed to give permission to a Government servant to accept part-time employment, prior sanction of Government should be obtained\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (5) under Rule 15: Government servants can join socio-religious bodies for charitable work without prior sanction, but \"the responsibility for the consequences of the decision to join any organization... will rest with the employee himself\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 21: No Government servant shall, while in service, negotiate for any private commercial employment without prior permission<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is also correct`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 79,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following statements is\/are not in conformity with the provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. Purchase of shares from the quota reserved for the Directors of a company is permissible.\\n2. A Government servant may operate a credit account with a bona fide tradesman.\\n3. A purely temporary loan of a small amount, free of interest, can be taken by a Government servant from a personal friend.\\n4. The term 'small amount,' which can be taken by a Government servant from a personal friend, is defined in the Rules as the amount not exceeding ten times the monthly emoluments of the borrower.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below.\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"2 and 3\",\r\n      \"1 and 2\",\r\n      \"4 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1 and 4 (These are NOT in conformity)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis - Statements NOT in conformity:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 NOT CONFORMING - Rule 16(2)(i): \"any purchase of shares out of the quotas reserved for Directors of Companies or their friends and associates shall be deemed to be an investment which is likely to embarrass the Government servant\" - hence PROHIBITED<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 NOT CONFORMING - GID (2)(ii): \"It is not possible to define the term 'small amount' comprehensively. Each case should be decided on merits.\" No specific multiple like \"ten times monthly emoluments\" is defined<br><br>\r\n<b>Statements in conformity (correct):<\/b><br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 16(4) Proviso permits operating credit account with bona fide tradesman<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 16(4) Proviso permits temporary loan of small amount free of interest from personal friend<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statements 2 and 3 ARE in conformity<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 IS in conformity<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is also NOT in conformity`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 80,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following items are required to be included in the return of assets and liabilities submitted by every Government servant on his first appointment?\\n1. Movable property inherited by him\\n2. Debts and other liabilities incurred by him indirectly\\n3. Immovable property owned by the Government servant in the name of his wife\\n4. Items of movable property worth less than \u20b910,000 each\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below.\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(1) & Note 2 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 18(1)(i): \"Every Government servant shall on his first appointment... submit a return of his assets and liabilities... giving full particulars regarding-<br>\r\n(a) immovable property... in his own name or in the name of any member of his family or in the name of any other person;<br>\r\n(b) shares, debentures and cash...<br>\r\n(c) other movable property inherited by him or similarly owned, acquired or held by him;<br>\r\n(d) debts and other liabilities incurred by him directly or indirectly.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Note 2: \"In all returns, the values of items of movable property worth less than Rs. 10,000 may be added and shown as a lumpsum.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 REQUIRED - Rule 18(1)(c) includes inherited movable property<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 REQUIRED - Rule 18(1)(d) includes debts incurred \"directly or indirectly\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 REQUIRED - Rule 18(1)(a) includes property \"in the name of any member of his family\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 NOT REQUIRED as individual items - Note 2 allows items worth less than Rs. 10,000 to be shown as lump sum, not individually<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is NOT required as individual items`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 81,\r\n    year: '2019-20',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"In accordance with the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which of the following items are included in the expression 'movable property'?\\n1. Insurance policies, the annual premiums of which exceed two months' basic pay of the Government servant\\n2. All unsecured loans taken by the Government servant\\n3. Any means of conveyance owned by the Government servant\\n4. Refrigerators\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below.\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3, and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18 Explanation I of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Explanation I to Rule 18: \"For the purposes of this rule-<br>\r\n(1) the expression 'movable property' includes-<br>\r\n(a) jewellery, insurance policies, the annual premia of which exceeds two months' basic pay of the Government servant, shares, securities and debentures;<br>\r\n(b) all loans, whether secured or not, advanced or taken by the Government servant;<br>\r\n(c) motor cars, motor cycles, horses or any other means of conveyance; and<br>\r\n(d) refrigerators, radios, radiograms and television sets.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Explanation I(a)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Explanation I(b) \"all loans, whether secured or not\" includes unsecured loans<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Explanation I(c) \"any other means of conveyance\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Explanation I(d) specifically mentions refrigerators<br><br>\r\n<b>All four items are included in 'movable property'.<\/b>`\r\n  },\r\n  \/\/2021-22\r\n  {\r\n    id: 82,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority',\r\n    question: \"In which of the following circumstances, sanction of the Government is not required for a Government servant to give evidence in connection with an inquiry?\\n1. Evidence to be given before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament\\n2. Submission of Memoranda to the Pay Commission in his\/her individual capacity\\n3. Submission of Memoranda to the Administrative Reforms Commission\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below.\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10 & GIDs of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 10(3)(a): \"Nothing in this rule shall apply to evidence given at an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government, Parliament or a State Legislature.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (2): \"Tendering evidence before the Administrative Reforms Commission - Government servants are free to give frank expression to their personal views... No permission of Government or of the Head of Department is required.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (3): \"Tendering evidence before the Pay Commission - There is no objection to individual Government servants submitting memoranda, etc., to the Pay Commission in their individual capacity.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 NO SANCTION required - PAC is a Parliamentary Committee, covered under Rule 10(3)(a)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 NO SANCTION required - GID (3) permits individual memoranda to Pay Commission<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 NO SANCTION required - GID (2) permits frank expression to ARC<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all three do not require sanction`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 83,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Which one of the following statements regarding the composition of the Complaints Committee for dealing with complaints of sexual harassment is not correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"It should be headed by a woman\",\r\n      \"Not less than half of its members should be women\",\r\n      \"It should include a third party familiar with the issue of sexual harassment\",\r\n      \"At least one of the members should be a male\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - At least one of the members should be a male (This statement is INCORRECT)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C & GID (25-C)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (25-C)(iii): \"The Complaints Committee should be headed by a woman and not less than half of its members should be women. The Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body who is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>There is NO requirement for male members.<\/b> The rules focus on:<br>\r\n- Woman chairperson<br>\r\n- Not less than half women members<br>\r\n- Third party involvement (NGO\/body familiar with sexual harassment)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are correct:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2713 Correct - Committee should be headed by a woman<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2713 Correct - Not less than half of members should be women<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2713 Correct - Third party (NGO\/body) required`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 84,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Frequent purchase and sale of shares in the National Stock Exchange through an authorized stockbroker is not in contravention of Rule 16 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n2. Prior sanction of the prescribed authority shall be required for a District Collector to lend money to his\/her friend possessing land within the local limits of his\/her authority.\\n3. A Government servant can enter into an occasional transaction relating to the purchase of shares in the name of his wife from the stock exchange through an authorized stockbroker without prior sanction of the Government.\\n4. There is no requirement for the Government servant to report the purchase of a Life Insurance Policy irrespective of the annual premium amount.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16 & Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rule 16(1) Explanation: \"Frequent purchase or sale or both, of shares, securities or other investments shall be deemed to be speculation\" - which is PROHIBITED<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 16(4)(a): Prohibits lending to persons \"within the local limits of his authority\" - District Collector lending to friend with land in his jurisdiction requires sanction<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 16(1) Proviso: \"nothing in this sub-rule shall apply to occasional investments made through stock brokers... duly authorized and licensed\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (6) under Rule 18: If annual premium exceeds two months' basic pay, reporting is required under Rule 18(3)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect (frequent = speculation)<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect; Statement 4 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 85,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application',\r\n    question: \"In the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which of the following statements is\/are correct?\\n1. Members of Central Para Military Forces (CPMFs) are covered by the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n2. Personal staff of a Union Minister, other than regular Government employees, appointed on a co-terminus basis, are not under the ambit of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n3. In cases involving failure on the part of a Government servant to maintain his family, action can be taken against him without invoking any of the Conduct Rules.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below.\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1 & GIDs of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - CPMFs (like CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP) are covered by CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 as they are not excluded under Rule 1(3) provisos<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (5) under Rule 1: \"Although the persons appointed on the personal staff of a Minister... have a tenure coterminous with the office of the Minister... they hold civil posts and, therefore,... all provisions of the Conduct Rules would be applicable to them\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Failure to maintain family can be addressed under general service rules and constitutional provisions without specifically invoking Conduct Rules<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is also correct`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 86,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. 'No Objection Certificate' can be granted to a Central Government employee for seeking emigration to Canada.\\n2. Arrangements by District Officers for affording normal courtesies to Ministers on their visits connected with the election campaign are not in contravention of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n3. Prior permission is not necessary for a Government servant to join French language classes conducted by Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de Delhi.\\n\\nWhich of the statement(s) given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5 & GIDs of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - A serving Government servant cannot be granted NOC for emigration as this would imply intention to leave service; emigration clearance is for persons not in government service<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (3) under Rule 5: \"Arrangements by district officers for affording normal courtesies and security to Ministers on their visits connected with election campaign\" does NOT amount to contravention of Rule 5(4)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Alliance Fran\u00e7aise is a foreign agency; GID (8) under Rule 13: \"A Government servant should obtain prior permission of the Government before he becomes a member of such a book club\" (by analogy, foreign agency involvement requires permission)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statements 1 and 3 are incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 87,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Provisions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, are violative of Article 19 of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed under the Constitution of India.\\n2. Staff car provided to a female Government official for a journey from home to office and back qualifies as 'workplace' under Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n3. A Central Government servant approaching the Central Administrative Tribunal to challenge his\/her transfer order without obtaining Government permission is not violative of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n4. A Government servant holding a supervisory post can be proceeded against for his failure to take all reasonable and necessary steps to ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of the subordinate staff under his\/her control and authority.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 2, 3, and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>Rules 3, 3-C, 19 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - CCS (Conduct) Rules are NOT violative of Article 19; reasonable restrictions on Government servants are constitutionally valid under Article 19(6)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, \"workplace\" includes any transport provided by the employer for journey to and from place of employment<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Approaching CAT for transfer matter does not require prior permission; Rule 19 applies to vindication of official acts, not normal legal remedies for service matters<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (3) under Rule 3: Supervisory officers can be held accountable for failure to ensure integrity and devotion to duty of subordinates<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is also correct<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 88,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Cash prize won by a Government servant which exceeds his two months' basic pay needs to be reported to the Government.\\n2. Government servants should not bid in the auctions arranged by their own offices.\\n3. Transactions of movable property entered into by a Government servant's spouse out of her own funds such as Stridhan, etc., also need to be reported to the Government.\\n4. Fixed deposits in the bank made by a Government servant out of his accumulated savings are mandatorily to be reported to the Government in case their value exceeds his two months' basic pay.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are not correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 3 and 4 only (These are NOT correct)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18 & GIDs of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Statements that are NOT correct:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 NOT CORRECT - GID (8)(ii): \"Transactions entered into by the spouse or any other member of family of a Government servant out of his or her own funds (including stridhan, gifts, inheritance, etc.)... would not attract the provisions of sub-rules (2) and (3) of Rule 18\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 NOT CORRECT - GID (10): \"Fixed deposits in a Bank... made by a Government servant from out of his salary or accumulated savings would not come within the scope of Rule 18\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Statements that ARE correct:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (1): \"Winning of cash prizes from competitions, etc., exceeding the prescribed monetary limit in value should be regarded as 'transactions'\" requiring reporting<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (11): Government servants should not bid in auctions arranged by their own offices to avoid conflict of interest<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 IS correct<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 IS correct<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 IS correct`\r\n  },\r\n   {\r\n    id: 89,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant in his representation for transfer to another station cites a Secret Circular.\\n2. A Government servant acts as an election or polling agent of a candidate at an election.\\n3. The members of a Service Association collect funds from the public for staff welfare without seeking any permission from the appropriate authority.\\n4. A Group 'A' Government servant accepts a gift of \u20b9 5,000 in value from a friend with whom he has no official dealings without prior sanction of the Government.\\n\\nWhich of the actions mentioned above amount to a violation of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1, 2, and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>Rules 11, 5, 12, 13 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - Rule 11 & GID (2): Citing secret circulars in representations amounts to unauthorized communication of classified information<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - Rule 5(4) & GID (5): \"Acting as an election agent or polling agent of a candidate at an election\" is prohibited under Rule 5(4) and Section 134-A of Representation of the People Act<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 VIOLATION - Rule 12: Collecting funds from public without prior sanction violates Rule 12 which prohibits associating with raising of funds without permission<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 NOT A VIOLATION - Rule 13(3): Group A\/B officers can accept gifts up to Rs. 5,000 from persons other than near relatives\/personal friends without sanction. Since the friend has no official dealings, the limit is Rs. 5,000 - exactly at the threshold, so no sanction required<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is also a violation<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is NOT a violation (within Rs. 5,000 limit)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 and 3 are also violations`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 90,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"To 'maintain absolute integrity' is relevant to which one of the following Rules of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Rule 3-A(a)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3 (1) (i)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3 (1) (m)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3-B (i)\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Rule 3(1)(i)<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(1): \"Every Government servant shall at all times-<br>\r\n(i) maintain absolute integrity;<br>\r\n(ii) maintain devotion to duty; and<br>\r\n(iii) do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3-A - relates to Promptness and Courtesy<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1)(m) - This clause number doesn't exist in the original numbering; the expanded clauses (iv) to (xxi) were added later<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3-B(i) - relates to Observance of Government's policies (age of marriage, environment, wildlife)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 91,\r\n    year: '2021-22',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 2 - Definitions',\r\n    question: \"In accordance with the provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following is not treated as a part of the family of a Government servant?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Spouse of the Government servant living separately as per mutual understanding\",\r\n      \"An employed step-daughter living with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"Children of the Government servant studying abroad\",\r\n      \"Parents of the spouse residing with, and wholly dependent on, the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - An employed step-daughter living with the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c) - Definitions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 2(c): \"'Members of Family' includes-<br>\r\n(i) the wife or husband... whether residing with the Government servant or not but does not include a wife or husband... separated by a decree or order of a competent Court;<br>\r\n(ii) son or daughter or stepson or stepdaughter of the Government servant and wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child or stepchild who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant;<br>\r\n(iii) any other person related, whether by blood or marriage... wholly dependent on the Government servant.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Spouse living separately by mutual understanding (not judicial separation) is still part of family<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 NOT INCLUDED - Employed step-daughter is NOT wholly dependent, hence excluded under Rule 2(c)(ii)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Children studying abroad can still be dependent on the Government servant<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Parents of spouse residing with and wholly dependent are covered under Rule 2(c)(iii)`\r\n  },\r\n  \/\/2023\r\n  {\r\n    id: 92,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of Rule 3-C, 'Prohibition of Sexual Harassment of Working Women,' of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The Chairperson of the Internal Complaints Committee has to be senior in rank to the officer against whom the allegation of sexual harassment has been brought.\\n2. Leave up to a maximum of 90 days may be granted to an aggrieved female government servant during the pendency of an inquiry under the Sexual Harassment of Woman at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act, 2013.\\n3. Any woman working or visiting any office of the Central Government can file a complaint related to sexual harassment at the workplace through SHe-Box.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C & GIDs (25-A), (25-J), (25-K) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (25-A): The Committee should be headed by \"an officer sufficiently higher in rank so as to lend credibility to the investigations\" - this means higher in hierarchy generally, NOT necessarily senior to the respondent specifically<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (25-J): \"Leave up to a maximum of 90 days may be granted to an aggrieved female Government servant... during the pendency of inquiry under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (25-K): \"SHe-Box is an initiative to provide a platform to the women working or visiting any office of Central Government... to file complaints related to sexual harassment at workplace\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect - no specific requirement that Chairperson be senior to the respondent`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 93,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding joining associations by Government servants in terms of Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. No Government servant shall join or continue to be a member of an association the objects or activities of which are prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, or public order or morality.\\n2. Action for the violation of Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, can be taken by a disciplinary authority only when an authority not below the level of a Head of Department has decided that the objects or activities of the association concerned are such as would attract Rule 6.\\n3. A disciplinary authority may take action for violation of Rule 6 without a decision by the Head of the Department.\\n\\nWhich of the statement(s) given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 6 & GID (2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 6: \"No Government servant shall join, or continue to be a member of, an association the objects or activities of which are prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, or public order or morality.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (2): \"Action for alleged violation of Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, can be taken by a disciplinary authority only when an authority not below the level of a Head of Department has decided that the objects or activities of the Association concerned are such as would attract Rule 6 ibid.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Exact wording of Rule 6<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (2) mandates Head of Department level decision before action<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Contradicts GID (2); Head of Department decision IS required<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is also correct<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 94,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority',\r\n    question: \"To which of the following, the provisions of Rule 10 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, regarding evidence before a Committee or any other authority do not apply?\\n1. Evidence given at an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government, Parliament, or a State Legislature.\\n2. Evidence given at any judicial inquiry.\\n3. Evidence given at any departmental inquiry ordered by authority subordinate to the Government.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1, 2, and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 10(3): \"Nothing in this rule shall apply to-<br>\r\n(a) evidence given at an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government, Parliament or a State Legislature; or<br>\r\n(b) evidence given in any judicial enquiry; or<br>\r\n(c) evidence given at any departmental enquiry ordered by authorities subordinate to the Government.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>All three are exempted from the requirement of prior sanction under Rule 10.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 EXEMPTED - Rule 10(3)(a)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 EXEMPTED - Rule 10(3)(b)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 EXEMPTED - Rule 10(3)(c)<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 All three are exempted, not just some`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 95,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 8 - Connection with press or other media',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following statements is\/are correct in the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. No Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, own, wholly or in part, or conduct or participate in the editing or management of any newspaper or other periodical publication or electronic media.\\n2. It is not mandatory for a Government servant publishing a book or participating in public media to clarify that the views expressed by him are his own and not that of the Government.\\n3. The prescribed time-limit for grant of permission relating to transaction in immovable property outside India or with foreigners, beyond which permission may be assumed to have been granted by the competent authority, is 30 days.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\",\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>Rules 8 & 18-A GID of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 8(1): \"No Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, own wholly or in part, or conduct or participate in the editing or management of, any newspaper or other periodical publication or electronic media.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 8(3): \"A Government servant publishing a book or participating in a public media shall at all times make it clear that the views expressed by him are his own and not that of Government.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID under Rule 18-A: \"Time-limit beyond which permission may be assumed to have been granted... Rule 18-A (Transactions in immovable property outside India or with foreigners) - 60 days\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Exact wording of Rule 8(1)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rule 8(3) makes it MANDATORY to clarify that views are personal<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Time limit for Rule 18-A is 60 days, NOT 30 days<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Statements 2 and 3 are incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 96,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following categories of employees are covered by CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. Civilians in Defence Service\\n2. A member of an All India Service\\n3. A Railway servant\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\",\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 1(3): \"...these rules shall apply to every person appointed to a civil service or post (including a civilian in Defence Service) in connection with the affairs of the Union:<br><br>\r\nProvided that nothing in these rules shall apply to any Government servant who is-<br>\r\n(a)(i) a Railway servant as defined in Section 3 of the Indian Railways Act...<br>\r\n(b) a member of an All India Service...\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 COVERED - Rule 1(3) specifically includes \"civilian in Defence Service\"<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 NOT COVERED - Rule 1(3) Proviso (b) excludes AIS members; they are governed by AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 NOT COVERED - Rule 1(3) Proviso (a) excludes Railway servants; they are governed by Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 AIS members and Railway servants are explicitly excluded`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 97,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 2 - Definitions',\r\n    question: \"In terms of Rule 2 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which of the following fall under the category of \\\"Members of Family\\\"?\\n1. Child or step-child who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant\\n2. Wife or Husband, as the case may be, of the Government servant separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court\\n3. Any person, related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant or to the Government servant's wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government servant\\n4. Wife or husband, as the case may be, of the Government servant, not residing with the Government servant\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 3 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c) - Definitions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 2(c): \"'Members of Family' includes-<br>\r\n(i) the wife or husband, as the case may be, whether residing with the Government servant or not but does not include a wife or husband... separated... by a decree or order of a competent Court;<br>\r\n(ii) son or daughter or stepson or stepdaughter... wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child or stepchild who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant;<br>\r\n(iii) any other person related, whether by blood or marriage... wholly dependent on the Government servant.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis - Who IS included:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Rule 2(c)(iii) covers persons related by blood\/marriage who are wholly dependent<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Rule 2(c)(i) states \"whether residing with the Government servant or not\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Who is NOT included:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 NOT INCLUDED - Rule 2(c)(ii) explicitly excludes non-dependent children<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 NOT INCLUDED - Rule 2(c)(i) explicitly excludes judicially separated spouse<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is NOT included<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is NOT included<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statements 1 and 2 are NOT included`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 98,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 13 - Gifts',\r\n    question: \"What is the value of gifts accepted by a Government servant from his near relatives or from his personal friends having no official dealings with him, on occasions of weddings or anniversaries, beyond which he is required to make a report to the Government?\\n1. Rupees twenty-five thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'A' post\\n2. Rupees ten thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'C' post\\n3. Rupees fifteen thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'B' post\\n4. Rupees fifty thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'A' post\\n5. Rupees seven thousand five hundred in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'C' post\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"3, 4, and 5 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3, and 5 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1, 3, and 5 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(2) - Gifts of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 13(2): \"On occasions such as weddings, anniversaries, funerals or religious functions... a Government servant may accept gifts from his near relatives or from his personal friends having no official dealings with him, but shall make a report to the Government, if the value of such gift exceeds-<br>\r\n(i) rupees twenty-five thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'A' post;<br>\r\n(ii) rupees fifteen thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'B' post;<br>\r\n(iii) rupees seven thousand five hundred in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'C' post.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rs. 25,000 for Group A<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rs. 10,000 is wrong; correct is Rs. 7,500 for Group C<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rs. 15,000 for Group B<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Rs. 50,000 is wrong; correct is Rs. 25,000 for Group A<br>\r\n<b>5.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rs. 7,500 for Group C<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is incorrect (Rs. 50,000 wrong)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is incorrect (Rs. 10,000 wrong)<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statements 2 and 4 are both incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 99,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants',\r\n    question: \"Who among the following are part of the group constituted by the Government to scrutinize complaints against Secretaries to the Government of India, whether pseudonymous or otherwise?\\n1. Cabinet Secretary\\n2. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister\\n3. Secretary (Co-ordination), in the Cabinet Secretariat\\n4. Secretary, MHA\\n5. Secretary, CVC\\n6. Secretary, DoP&T\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 4, and 5\",\r\n      \"3, 4, and 5 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, 5, and 6\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 19 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (3): \"It has been decided to constitute a group, under the Chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary, to take a view on such complaints. The composition of the group shall be as follows:<br>\r\n(i) Cabinet Secretary<br>\r\n(ii) Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister<br>\r\n(iii) Secretary (Co-ordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat<br>\r\n(iv) Secretary, DoP&T, and<br>\r\n(v) Secretary, CVC\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 PART OF GROUP - Cabinet Secretary (Chairperson)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 PART OF GROUP - Principal Secretary to PM<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 PART OF GROUP - Secretary (Co-ordination)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 NOT PART OF GROUP - Secretary, MHA is NOT included<br>\r\n<b>5.<\/b> \u2713 PART OF GROUP - Secretary, CVC<br>\r\n<b>6.<\/b> \u2713 PART OF GROUP - Secretary, DoP&T<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Incomplete - excludes Secretary CVC and Secretary DoP&T<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Includes Secretary MHA (wrong) and excludes Secretary DoP&T<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Excludes Cabinet Secretary and Principal Secy to PM`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 100,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes',\r\n    question: \"Which of the following are covered under the definition of 'strike' in terms of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. Mass abstention from work without permission\\n2. Refusal to work overtime where such overtime work is necessary in the public interest\\n3. Resorting to practices or conduct which is likely to result in cessation or substantial retardation of work in any organization\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - 1, 2, and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7 - GID (2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (2): \"'Strike' means refusal to work or stoppage or slowing down of work by a group of employees acting in combination and includes-<br>\r\n(i) mass abstention from work without permission (which is wrongly described as 'mass casual leave');<br>\r\n(ii) refusal to work overtime where such overtime work is necessary in the public interest;<br>\r\n(iii) resort to practices or conduct which is likely to result in or results in the cessation or substantial retardation of work in any organization.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - GID (2)(i)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - GID (2)(ii)<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - GID (2)(iii)<br><br>\r\n<b>All three are included in the definition of 'strike'.<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 All incomplete - all three are covered under 'strike'`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 101,\r\n    year: '2023',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Under CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which of the following statements regarding directions of superior officers are correct?\\n1. The directions of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing.\\n2. The directions given by the official superior shall ordinarily be in the form of oral instructions only.\\n3. A Government servant who has received oral direction from his official superior shall seek confirmation of the oral instruction where practicable.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(2) & GID (16-A) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(2)(iii): \"The direction of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing. Oral direction to subordinates shall be avoided, as far as possible.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 3(2)(iv) \/ GID (16-A)(iv): \"A junior officer who has received oral orders from his superior officer should seek confirmation in writing as early as practicable.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3(2)(iii) mandates written directions ordinarily<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - Directly contradicts Rule 3(2)(iii); oral instructions should be AVOIDED, not the ordinary form<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (16-A)(iv) requires seeking written confirmation<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 2 is incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  \/\/2024\r\n  {\r\n    id: 102,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of Rule 5 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Occasional attendance by a Government servant at meeting organized by a political party may not be construed as participation in a political movement.\\n2. A Government employee is not permitted to second the nomination of a candidate at an election.\\n3. No prior permission is required by a Government servant to join foreign language courses organized by the German-Indian Association.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, and 3\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>Rule 5 & GIDs of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (2): \"While occasional attendance at such meetings may not be construed as participation in a political movement, frequent or regular attendance by a Government servant at meetings of any particular political party is bound to create the impression that he is a sympathizer\"<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (5): \"The above rule clearly prohibits proposing or seconding by a Government servant of a candidate for election, as such action would constitute 'taking part in an election' within the meaning of Rule 5(4)\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (14): \"Government servants desirous of joining such classes (foreign language classes conducted by Indo-Foreign Cultural Organizations like the German-Indian Association, Alliance Francaise de Delhi, etc.) should obtain prior permission from the Ministry or office in which they are serving\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 3 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is correct (occasional attendance allowed)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 103,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes',\r\n    question: \"In the context of Rule 7 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the term 'strike' includes:\\n1. Mass abstention from work without permission\\n2. Absence from work for participation in a Bandh\\n3. Refusal to work overtime where such overtime work is necessary in the public interest\\n4. Practice of 'stay-in'\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - 1, 2, 3, and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7 - GID (2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (2): \"'Strike' means refusal to work or stoppage or slowing down of work by a group of employees acting in combination and includes-<br>\r\n(i) mass abstention from work without permission (which is wrongly described as 'mass casual leave');<br>\r\n(ii) refusal to work overtime where such overtime work is necessary in the public interest;<br>\r\n(iii) resort to practices or conduct which is likely to result in or results in the cessation or substantial retardation of work in any organization. Such practices would include, what are called, 'go-slow', 'sit-down', 'pen-down', 'stay-in', 'token', 'sympathetic' or any other similar strike; as also absence from work for participation in a Bandh or any similar movements.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - GID (2)(i)<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - GID (2)(iii) specifically mentions \"participation in a Bandh\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - GID (2)(ii)<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - GID (2)(iii) specifically mentions \"stay-in\"<br><br>\r\n<b>All four are included in the definition of 'strike'.<\/b>`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 104,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 15 - Private trade or employment',\r\n    question: \"In the context of Rule 15 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, consider the following statements regarding private trade or employment:\\n1. Prior permission is not necessary for accepting remuneration for services rendered to a registered Co-operative Society.\\n2. Employees of Government institutions are not permitted to undertake private consultancy work.\\n3. Permission can be granted to a Government employee to do Homeopathy practice, if he\/she is registered as practitioner under the relevant law of the State concerned.\\n4. A Government servant can take up agency for selling National Saving Certificates.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 4\",\r\n      \"3 and 4\",\r\n      \"2 and 3\",\r\n      \"1 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15 & GIDs of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (4): \"Prior permission of the Government under Rule 15 of the said rules is necessary\" for accepting remuneration for services rendered to Co-operative Societies<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (8): \"Private practice (whether it be in the nature of consultancy work or of some other type of work) shall not be permitted to any member of the staff in any Government institution\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (13): \"A Government servant who is registered as a practitioner in Homoeopathic system of medicine under the relevant law of the State concerned may be granted permission to practise... even though he may not possess recognized qualifications\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (11): \"Government servants should be advised not to take up an agency for selling various savings certificates, etc., introduced by Government\" - such appointments attract Rule 15<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Statements 1 and 4 are incorrect<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 105,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"In the context of Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following is not included in the expression \\\"movable property\\\"?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Health insurance policy taken for parents, annual premium of which exceeds two months' basic pay\",\r\n      \"Saving Bank Deposit made out of his\/her salary\",\r\n      \"Government Securities\",\r\n      \"Loan taken by a Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Saving Bank Deposit made out of his\/her salary<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18 Explanation I & GID (10) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Explanation I to Rule 18: \"The expression 'movable property' includes-<br>\r\n(a) jewellery, insurance policies, the annual premia of which exceeds two months' basic pay of the Government servant, shares, securities and debentures;<br>\r\n(b) all loans, whether secured or not, advanced or taken by the Government servant;<br>\r\n(c) motor cars, motor cycles, horses or any other means of conveyance; and<br>\r\n(d) refrigerators, radios, radiograms and television sets.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>GID (10): \"Deposits in a Savings Bank Account made by a Government servant from out of his salary or accumulated savings would not come within the scope of Rule 18(3).\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Insurance policies with annual premium exceeding 2 months' basic pay<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 NOT INCLUDED - Savings Bank deposits from salary explicitly excluded per GID (10)<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Government Securities fall under \"securities\"<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Explanation I(b) \"all loans... taken by the Government servant\"`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 106,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application',\r\n    question: \"CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 are not applicable to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Employees of non-statutory departmental canteens\",\r\n      \"Person appointed as personal staff of a Minister on co-terminus basis\",\r\n      \"An IAS officer appointed as Joint Secretary to the Government of India\",\r\n      \"Employees of Central Public Undertakings partly financed by the Central Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - An IAS officer appointed as Joint Secretary to the Government of India<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3) Proviso (b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 1(3) Proviso: \"Nothing in these rules shall apply to any Government servant who is-<br>\r\n(b) a member of an All India Service\"<\/i><br><br>\r\nIAS officers are members of All India Services and are governed by AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968, NOT CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - Rules DO apply to:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Non-statutory canteen employees - GID (6): \"Declared as Government employees with effect from 1-10-1991 and have been extended all benefits as are available to other Government employees\" - CCS Rules apply<br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Minister's personal staff (coterminous) - GID (5): \"They hold civil posts and... all provisions of the Conduct Rules would be applicable to them\"<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 CPU employees - Not explicitly excluded; specific rules depend on their status`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 107,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant may be allowed to join educational institution outside normal office hours without any restriction.\\n2. A Government servant should seek permission of the Government before approaching a Court of Law to redress his\/her grievances.\\n3. Departmental action against a Government employee can be taken for neglecting his wife and family without invoking any Conduct Rules.\\n4. If any oral instruction has been issued by any senior officer, he\/she should confirm it in writing immediately thereafter.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 3 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>Rules 3(2), GIDs (4)(11)(12) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (4): \"Ordinarily, there can be no objection... But this must be subject to the condition that such pursuit does in no way detract from their efficiency. Wherever found necessary, the administrative authorities may require that Government servants under their control should take prior permission\" - NOT without any restriction<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (11): \"Permission to sue Government in a Court of Law for the redress of such grievances... is not necessary\" - No permission required<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (12): \"In cases where a Government servant is reported to have acted in a manner unbecoming of a Government servant, as for instance, by neglecting his wife and family, departmental action can be taken against him on that score without invoking any of the Conduct Rules\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Rule 3(2)(iii): \"Where the issue of oral direction becomes unavoidable, the official superior shall confirm it in writing immediately thereafter\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Include incorrect statements (1 and\/or 2)`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 108,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 2 - Definitions',\r\n    question: \"In the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which of the following are included as \\\"Members of Family\\\"?\\n1. Stepson wholly dependent on Government servant\\n2. Brother-in-law not wholly dependent on the Government servant\\n3. Legally separated husband of a Government servant\\n4. Unmarried daughter of a Government servant wholly dependent on him\/her\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"1 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c) - Definitions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<i>Rule 2(c): \"'Members of Family' includes-<br>\r\n(i) the wife or husband... but does not include a wife or husband... separated... by a decree or order of a competent Court;<br>\r\n(ii) son or daughter or stepson or stepdaughter of the Government servant and wholly dependent on him...<br>\r\n(iii) any other person related, whether by blood or marriage... wholly dependent on the Government servant.\"<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis - Who IS included:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Rule 2(c)(ii) includes \"stepson... wholly dependent on him\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 INCLUDED - Rule 2(c)(ii) includes \"daughter... wholly dependent on him\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Who is NOT included:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 NOT INCLUDED - Rule 2(c)(iii) requires \"wholly dependent\"; brother-in-law NOT wholly dependent is excluded<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 NOT INCLUDED - Rule 2(c)(i) explicitly excludes spouse \"separated... by a decree or order of a competent Court\"<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, D.<\/b> \u2717 Include non-dependent brother-in-law or legally separated spouse`\r\n  },\r\n {\r\n    id: 109,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence',\r\n    question: \"In the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, consider the following statements regarding official dealings with the Members of Parliament (MP):\\n1. The enclosure reserved for MPs when invited en bloc to major state function should be next to the Governors, Chief Justice, Lok Sabha Speaker, etc.\\n2. Government servant may approach a Member of Parliament or a Member of Legislative Assembly for sponsoring his\/her individual case.\\n3. To promptly attend references from Committees of Parliament, an officer at the level of Joint Secretary or equivalent should be charged with the responsibility.\\n4. A communication received from the MP should be acknowledged within 15 days.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - 1, 3, and 4<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 20 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with Government of India Decisions (GIDs) on Official dealings with MPs<\/i><br><br>\r\n\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - As per GID on Warrant of Precedence, MPs should be accorded prominent seating at state functions<br><br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - <i>Rule 20 (Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence)<\/i> PROHIBITS government servants from bringing any outside influence to bear upon any superior authority to further their interests in service matters. Approaching MPs to sponsor individual cases is a clear violation of this rule<br><br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Administrative instruction requires a Joint Secretary level officer to ensure prompt attention to Parliament Committee references<br><br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - Manual of Office Procedure requires acknowledgment of MP communications within 15 days<br><br>\r\n<b>Key Point:<\/b> Statement 2 is the ONLY incorrect statement as it violates Rule 20 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964. Hence, statements 1, 3, and 4 are correct.<br><br>\r\n`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 110,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"In the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, consider the following statements regarding \\\"Prohibition of Sexual Harassment of Working Women\\\":\\n1. The Complaints Committee should be headed by a woman and not less than half of its members should be women.\\n2. The findings of the Complaints Committee are not binding on the disciplinary authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the Government servant(s) concerned under the provisions of CCS (CCA) Rules.\\n3. The Complaints Committee has the powers to recommend to the employer the transfer of the aggrieved woman or the charged official to any other workplace.\\n4. Third party such as NGO shall not be a part of the Complaints Committee.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3, and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C & GIDs (25), (25-C) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (25-C)(iii): \"The Complaints Committee should be headed by a woman and not less than half of its members should be women\"<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (25) Follow-up Action: \"The findings of the Complaints Committee regarding sexual harassment... will be binding on the disciplinary authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings\" - Findings ARE binding<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (25-C)(vi) under SHWW Act: \"The Committee will have the powers to recommend to the employer: (a) to transfer the aggrieved woman or the charged officer to any other workplace\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (25-C)(iii): \"The Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body who is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment\" - Third party IS required<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Include statements 2 and\/or 4 which are incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 111,\r\n    year: '2024',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant may obtain 'No Objection Certificate' from the Government if he\/she wishes to migrate to foreign countries.\\n2. Disciplinary proceedings could be initiated against an officer adopting dilatory attitude leading to delay in decision-making.\\n3. A representation made by a Government servant involving inter-departmental consultation should be disposed of normally within a maximum period of three months.\\n4. The term 'employment' does not include unpaid apprenticeships.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3, and 4\",\r\n      \"1 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule References:<\/b> <i>Rules 3-A, 4 & GIDs of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - A serving Government servant cannot obtain NOC for emigration\/migration to foreign countries as this implies intent to resign\/leave service; emigration clearance is for persons leaving Government service<br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (31-B): \"Disciplinary proceedings could be initiated if an officer adopts a dilatory attitude, leading to delay in decision-making and\/or harassment of the public\"<br>\r\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 CORRECT - GID (31-A): \"A representation made by a Government employee... if requiring inter-departmental consultation, such representation should be replied to normally within a maximum period of three months\"<br>\r\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 INCORRECT - GID (1) under Rule 4: \"The term 'Employment' in the rule includes apprenticeship, whether paid or unpaid, with firms\" - Unpaid apprenticeship IS included<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 1 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Statement 4 is incorrect<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Statements 1 and 4 are both incorrect`\r\n  },\r\n  \/\/2025\r\n    {\r\n    id: 112,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes',\r\n    question: \"Participation of Central Government servants in \\\"gherao\\\" is construed as violation of which of the following Rule(s) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n\\n(a) Rule 3 only\\n(b) Rule 7 only\\n(c) Both Rule 3 and Rule 7\\n(d) Rule 6\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Rule 3 only\",\r\n      \"Rule 7 only\",\r\n      \"Both Rule 3 and Rule 7\",\r\n      \"Rule 6\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - Both Rule 3 and Rule 7<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 (General) and Rule 7 (Demonstrations and Strikes) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>1.<\/b> <i>Rule 3 (General)<\/i> - Every Government servant shall maintain absolute integrity, devotion to duty, and do nothing unbecoming of a Government servant. Gherao involves coercion and intimidation which violates general standards of conduct.<br><br>\r\n<b>2.<\/b> <i>Rule 7 (Demonstrations and Strikes)<\/i> - Prohibits Government servants from participating in any demonstration or resort to any form of strike. Gherao is a form of coercive demonstration where a person is surrounded and prevented from leaving.<br><br>\r\n<b>Why Option D is wrong:<\/b> Rule 6 deals with \"Joining of associations\" which is not directly related to gherao activities.`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 113,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms',\r\n    question: \"In the context of Rule 4 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 relating to 'employment of near relatives of Government servants in companies or firms', which of the following are included in the definition of \\\"Members of Family\\\"?\\n\\n1. Father dependent on the Government servant\\n2. Brother-in-law (sister's husband) not dependent on the Government servant\\n3. Unmarried daughter wholly dependent on the Government servant\\n4. Sister-in-law (brother's wife) not dependent on the Government servant\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the codes given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\",\r\n      \"1 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 4 read with Rule 2(c) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>\"Members of Family\"<\/b> under Rule 2(c) includes:<br>\r\n- Wife or husband<br>\r\n- Son or daughter (including stepson\/stepdaughter) whether residing with the Government servant or not, but <b>wholly dependent<\/b> on the Government servant<br>\r\n- Any other person related by blood or marriage to the Government servant or spouse and <b>wholly dependent<\/b> on the Government servant<br><br>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\">\r\n<tr><th>Statement<\/th><th>Status<\/th><th>Reason<\/th><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>1. Father dependent on Government servant<\/td><td>\u2713 Included<\/td><td>Related by blood AND dependent<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>2. Brother-in-law NOT dependent<\/td><td>\u2717 Not Included<\/td><td>NOT wholly dependent<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>3. Unmarried daughter wholly dependent<\/td><td>\u2713 Included<\/td><td>Daughter AND wholly dependent<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>4. Sister-in-law NOT dependent<\/td><td>\u2717 Not Included<\/td><td>NOT wholly dependent<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table><br>\r\n<b>Key Point:<\/b> The crucial requirement is \"wholly dependent\" - relatives who are not dependent do not fall within the definition regardless of their relationship.`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 114,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 24 - Delegation of Powers',\r\n    question: \"In terms of the delegation of powers under Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, who among the following is the Competent Authority to grant permission for employment of near relatives in private firms having official dealings in the case of an officer of Central Civil Service Group 'A' on deputation in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Administrative Ministry or Department of Government of India\",\r\n      \"Administrator of the Union Territory concerned\",\r\n      \"Head of Department\",\r\n      \"Department of Personnel and Training\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - Administrator of the Union Territory concerned<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 24 (Delegation of Powers) read with Rule 4 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\nAs per the Schedule to Rule 24 regarding delegation of powers:<br><br>\r\n<b>For Group 'A' officers on deputation to Union Territories:<\/b><br>\r\nThe <b>Administrator of the Union Territory concerned<\/b> is the competent authority to grant permissions under various rules including Rule 4 (Employment of near relatives).<br><br>\r\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\r\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Administrative Ministry would be competent only if the officer is serving under them directly, not on deputation to UT<br>\r\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Head of Department is typically competent for Group 'B' and below officers<br>\r\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 DoPT is not the competent authority for individual permissions; it frames rules and policies`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 115,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n\\n1. Humiliating treatment likely to affect the health or safety of a working woman is in the nature of sexual harassment.\\n2. Joint representation from Government servants should be viewed as subversive of discipline.\\n3. During lunch break, the Government servants cannot play cards in the recreation rooms.\\n4. A member of an All India Service is governed by the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2 and 4\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3 and 4\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C (Sexual Harassment), Rule 6 (Joining of associations), and Rule 1 (Application) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\">\r\n<tr><th>Statement<\/th><th>Status<\/th><th>Rule\/Reason<\/th><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>1. Humiliating treatment affecting health\/safety of working woman is sexual harassment<\/td><td>\u2713 CORRECT<\/td><td><i>Rule 3-C<\/i> - Explanation (v) specifically includes \"any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature\" and humiliating treatment affecting health\/safety<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>2. Joint representation is subversive of discipline<\/td><td>\u2713 CORRECT<\/td><td><i>Rule 6<\/i> - GID clarifies that joint representations should be viewed as subversive of good discipline<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>3. Cannot play cards during lunch break in recreation rooms<\/td><td>\u2717 INCORRECT<\/td><td>Government servants CAN play cards during lunch break in recreation rooms specifically provided for this purpose<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>4. AIS members governed by CCS Conduct Rules<\/td><td>\u2717 INCORRECT<\/td><td><i>Rule 1<\/i> - CCS Conduct Rules apply to Central Civil Services, NOT to All India Services (IAS, IPS, IFoS) who are governed by AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table>`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 116,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property',\r\n    question: \"What is the period, from the date of any transaction in movable property by a Government servant either in his name or in the name of any member of his family, within which he is required to report the transaction to the prescribed authority, if the value of such transaction exceeds two months' basic pay of the Government servant?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"Within one month\",\r\n      \"Within two months\",\r\n      \"Within three months\",\r\n      \"Within fifteen days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - Within one month<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule 18(3)<\/b> states that every Government servant shall report to the prescribed authority every transaction concerning movable property owned or held by him either in his own name or in the name of a member of his family, if the value of such property exceeds <b>two months' basic pay<\/b> of the Government servant.<br><br>\r\n<b>Time Limit:<\/b> Such report shall be made <b>within one month<\/b> from the date of such transaction.<br><br>\r\n<b>Key Points:<\/b><br>\r\n- Threshold: Value exceeding two months' basic pay<br>\r\n- Reporting period: Within ONE MONTH from transaction date<br>\r\n- Applies to transactions in own name OR family member's name<br>\r\n- Includes both acquisition and disposal of movable property`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 117,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"In terms of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which of the following acts, conducts and omissions on the part of a Government servant may amount to misconduct?\\n\\n1. If the Government servant is abusive\\n2. If the neglect of the Government servant though isolated, tends to cause serious consequences\\n3. Conviction by a Criminal Court\\n4. Wilful disobedience, whether alone or in combination with others, to any reasonable order of a superior officer\\n5. Over-staying leave\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the codes given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"2, 3 and 5 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2, 4 and 5 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3, 4 and 5\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 (General) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with GIDs on Misconduct<\/i><br><br>\r\n<b>ALL the listed acts constitute misconduct:<\/b><br><br>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\">\r\n<tr><th>Act\/Conduct<\/th><th>Status<\/th><th>Reason<\/th><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>1. Being abusive<\/td><td>\u2713 Misconduct<\/td><td>Violates standard of conduct expected; unbecoming of a Government servant<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>2. Isolated neglect causing serious consequences<\/td><td>\u2713 Misconduct<\/td><td>Even isolated neglect amounts to misconduct if it tends to cause serious consequences<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>3. Conviction by Criminal Court<\/td><td>\u2713 Misconduct<\/td><td>Conviction for criminal offence involving moral turpitude is misconduct<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>4. Wilful disobedience to superior's order<\/td><td>\u2713 Misconduct<\/td><td>Clear violation of Rule 3; insubordination is serious misconduct<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>5. Over-staying leave<\/td><td>\u2713 Misconduct<\/td><td>Unauthorized absence is misconduct warranting disciplinary action<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table><br>\r\n<b>Key Point:<\/b> Misconduct is not specifically defined in the Rules but includes any act, omission, or conduct prejudicial to good order and service discipline, or unbecoming of a Government servant.`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 118,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 2 - Definitions',\r\n    question: \"In the context of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which of the following statement(s) is\/are correct?\\n\\n1. \\\"Government servant\\\" means any person appointed by the Central or State Government to a post in connection with the affairs of the Union or the State.\\n2. \\\"Government servant\\\" means any person appointed by the Central Government to a post in connection with the affairs of the Union.\\n3. A Government servant whose services are placed at the disposal of a Corporation by the Government and his salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India shall be governed by the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the codes given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"2 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(b) and Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\">\r\n<tr><th>Statement<\/th><th>Status<\/th><th>Reason<\/th><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>1. Person appointed by Central or State Government to post in connection with affairs of Union or State<\/td><td>\u2717 INCORRECT<\/td><td><i>Rule 2(b)<\/i> defines Government servant as person appointed by <b>Central Government only<\/b> to post in connection with <b>affairs of Union only<\/b> - NOT State Government or State affairs<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>2. Person appointed by Central Government to post in connection with affairs of Union<\/td><td>\u2713 CORRECT<\/td><td>This is the exact definition under <i>Rule 2(b)<\/i><\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>3. Person on deputation to Corporation with salary from non-CFI sources is governed by CCS Conduct Rules<\/td><td>\u2713 CORRECT<\/td><td><i>Rule 1(3)<\/i> - CCS Conduct Rules continue to apply to Government servants whose services are placed at disposal of company, corporation, organization or local authority<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table><br>\r\n<b>Key Point:<\/b> CCS Conduct Rules apply only to Central Government servants, not State Government servants who are governed by their respective State Civil Services Conduct Rules.`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 119,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority',\r\n    question: \"In terms of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in which of the following cases, prior permission\/sanction of the prescribed authority is necessary for a Government servant?\\n\\n1. Giving evidence at any departmental enquiry ordered by authorities subordinate to the Government\\n2. To join Home Guards organization\\n3. Giving evidence in any judicial enquiry\\n4. To accept fee for work done for a public body\\n\\nSelect the correct answer using the codes given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: A - 2 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10 (Evidence before Committee or authority) and Rule 15 (Private trade or employment) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\">\r\n<tr><th>Activity<\/th><th>Prior Permission Required?<\/th><th>Rule\/Reason<\/th><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>1. Evidence at departmental enquiry by subordinate authorities<\/td><td>\u2717 NOT Required<\/td><td><i>Rule 10(2)<\/i> - No sanction required for evidence at departmental inquiry ordered by authorities subordinate to Government<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>2. Joining Home Guards<\/td><td>\u2713 Required<\/td><td><i>Rule 15<\/i> - Prior permission needed to undertake any other employment\/work<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>3. Evidence in judicial enquiry<\/td><td>\u2717 NOT Required<\/td><td><i>Rule 10(2)<\/i> - No sanction required for giving evidence in judicial inquiry<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>4. Accept fee for work done for public body<\/td><td>\u2713 Required<\/td><td><i>Rule 15<\/i> - Prior sanction needed to accept fee for work done for any public body<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table><br>\r\n<b>Rule 10(2) Exceptions:<\/b> Sanction NOT required for evidence:<br>\r\n- At inquiry before authority appointed by Government\/Parliament\/State Legislature<br>\r\n- In judicial inquiry<br>\r\n- At departmental inquiry ordered by authorities subordinate to Government`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 120,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n\\n1. The staff engaged in non-statutory departmental canteens\/tiffin rooms are governed under the provisions of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n2. Participation of the Government servants in the activities of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh shall attract the provisions of sub-rule (1) of Rule 5 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\n3. Failure on the part of a Government servant to inform his official superior about his detention by the Police Authorities and the fact of his arrest and the circumstances connected therewith will render him liable to disciplinary action on this ground alone.\\n\\nWhich of the statement(s) given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\",\r\n      \"2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: B - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1 (Application), Rule 5 (Taking part in politics) and Rule 3 (General) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\">\r\n<tr><th>Statement<\/th><th>Status<\/th><th>Rule\/Reason<\/th><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>1. Staff in non-statutory departmental canteens\/tiffin rooms are governed by CCS Conduct Rules<\/td><td>\u2713 CORRECT<\/td><td>As per GID under <i>Rule 1<\/i>, staff engaged in non-statutory departmental canteens\/tiffin rooms set up in Government offices are covered by CCS Conduct Rules<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>2. Participation in RSS activities attracts Rule 5(1)<\/td><td>\u2713 CORRECT<\/td><td><i>Rule 5(1)<\/i> read with Office Memorandum - RSS is included in the list of organizations whose activities Government servants are prohibited from participating in<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>3. Failure to inform about arrest\/detention renders liable to disciplinary action<\/td><td>\u2713 CORRECT<\/td><td>As per GID under <i>Rule 3<\/i>, failure to intimate official superior about arrest\/detention is itself ground for disciplinary action, independent of outcome of criminal proceedings<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table><br>\r\n<b>Key Points:<\/b><br>\r\n- RSS, Jamaat-e-Islami and SIMI are specifically mentioned organizations under Rule 5<br>\r\n- Duty to report arrest\/detention is part of maintaining absolute integrity under Rule 3`\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    id: 121,\r\n    year: '2025',\r\n    chapter: 'Rule 3: General',\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding 'oral instructions' in the context of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n\\n1. All points emerging from discussions between two or more officers of the same department and the conclusions reached will be recorded on the relevant file by the officer authorizing action.\\n2. Oral instructions may not be confirmed in writing.\\n3. An officer working in a Ministry receiving oral instructions from the Minister which are not in accordance with rules should seek further clear orders from the Secretary about the line of action.\\n\\nWhich of the statement(s) given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\",\r\n      \"2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: `<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\r\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 read with GIDs on Oral Instructions and Manual of Office Procedure<\/i><br><br>\r\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"8\" cellspacing=\"0\">\r\n<tr><th>Statement<\/th><th>Status<\/th><th>Reason<\/th><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>1. Points from discussions and conclusions recorded on file by authorizing officer<\/td><td>\u2713 CORRECT<\/td><td>As per established procedure, all significant points and conclusions from inter-officer discussions must be recorded on the relevant file by the officer authorizing action<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>2. Oral instructions may not be confirmed in writing<\/td><td>\u2717 INCORRECT<\/td><td>Oral instructions SHOULD be confirmed in writing. The correct position is that oral instructions SHALL be confirmed in writing as soon as possible for record purposes<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<tr><td>3. Officer receiving oral instructions from Minister not in accordance with rules should seek orders from Secretary<\/td><td>\u2713 CORRECT<\/td><td>As per GID, if oral instructions from Minister are not in accordance with rules\/prescribed procedure, the officer should seek clear written orders from the Secretary about the line of action to be taken<\/td><\/tr>\r\n<\/table><br>\r\n<b>Key Principle:<\/b> Written records are essential for accountability and transparency. Oral instructions, especially those that may be irregular, require proper documentation and escalation through appropriate channels.`\r\n  }\r\n];\r\n\r\nconst conceptQuestions = [\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 1,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"With regard to their commencement, the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 provide that they shall come into force:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"at once\",\r\n      \"on the 12th December, 1964, being the date of their publication in the Gazette of India\",\r\n      \"on such date as the President may, by notification, appoint\",\r\n      \"three months after their publication in the Gazette of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - at once<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(2) They shall come into force at once.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rules were issued on 30th November, 1964 and took effect from that date; the Gazette publication as S.O. 4177 on 12th December, 1964 was only a subsequent act of notification and did not postpone commencement.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 12-12-1964 is genuinely the date of publication as S.O. 4177, which is what makes it the sharpest distractor here; but publication is a subsequent act of notification and does not fix commencement<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 No appointed-day mechanism exists in Rule 1(2); the rules are self-executing<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 No such lag is provided anywhere in Rule 1\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 2,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 apply to persons appointed to a civil service or post in connection with the affairs of the Union subject to the provisions of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968\",\r\n      \"the Indian Foreign Service (Conduct and Discipline) Rules, 1961\",\r\n      \"the Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966\",\r\n      \"the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Indian Foreign Service (Conduct and Discipline) Rules, 1961<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Save as otherwise provided in these rules and subject to the provisions of the Indian Foreign Service (Conduct and Discipline) Rules, 1961, these rules shall apply to every person appointed to a civil service or post (including civilian in Defence Service) in connection with the affairs of the Union.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 AIS members are dealt with by way of <i>exclusion<\/i> under proviso (b), not by a \\\"subject to\\\" clause<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Railway servants are likewise <i>excluded<\/i> under proviso (a)(i) and (a)(ii), not accommodated<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The CCA Rules, 1965 govern penalties and procedure, not the field of application of the Conduct Rules\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 3,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Which one of the following is expressly brought within the persons to whom the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 apply?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A member of an All India Service serving under the Central Government\",\r\n      \"A person holding a post in the Railway Board\",\r\n      \"A civilian in a Defence Service\",\r\n      \"An Extra-Departmental Agent in the Posts and Telegraphs Department holding no other post\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - A civilian in a Defence Service<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3) read with Rule 2(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...these rules shall apply to every person appointed to a civil service or post (including civilian in Defence Service) in connection with the affairs of the Union.\\\"<\/i> Rule 2(b) reinforces this by providing that \\\"Government servant\\\" <i>\\\"includes a civilian in a Defence Service\\\"<\/i>.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Excluded by proviso (b) to Rule 1(3); governed by the AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Excluded by proviso (a)(ii), being subject to the Railway Services (Conduct) Rules<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Excluded by the notification issued under Clause (c) of Rule 1(3), dated 25-1-1959\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 4,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following categories of persons:\\n1. A Railway servant\\n2. A person holding a post under the administrative control of the Financial Commissioner of Railways\\n3. A member of an All India Service\\n4. A holder of a post in respect of which the President has directed that the said Rules shall not apply\\n\\nWhich of the above stand excluded from the operation of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2, 3 and 4<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>First proviso to Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that nothing in these rules shall apply to any Government servant who is - (a)(i) a Railway servant... (a)(iii) holding any post under the administrative control of the Railway Board or of the Financial Commissioner of Railways; (b) a member of an All India Service; (c) a holder of any post in respect of which the President has, by a general or special order, directed that these rules shall not apply.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Each omits one or more of the four exclusions, all of which are set out in the same proviso\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 5,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"For the purpose of the exclusion of Railway servants from the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the expression \\\"Railway servant\\\" carries the meaning assigned to it in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Section 3 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890\",\r\n      \"Section 2 of the Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966\",\r\n      \"Section 2 of the Indian Railway Board Act, 1905\",\r\n      \"Section 3 of the Railways Act, 1989\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Section 3 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso (a)(i) to Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(a)(i) a Railway servant as defined in Section 3 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe proviso borrows a statutory definition rather than defining the term afresh.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 are the rules that <i>govern<\/i> such servants under proviso (a)(ii); they are not the definition source<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The Railway Board Act, 1905 is nowhere referred to in Rule 1<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Attribution trap using the later consolidating Act; Rule 1 as framed refers to the Act of 1890\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 6,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a direction that the rules shall not apply to the holder of a particular post may be made by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Cabinet Secretary, by a special order\",\r\n      \"the Department of Personnel and Training, by a general order\",\r\n      \"the President, by a general or special order\",\r\n      \"the Head of the Department, with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the President, by a general or special order<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso (c) to Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(c) a holder of any post in respect of which the President has, by a general or special order, directed that these rules shall not apply.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis power was exercised, for instance, to exclude P&T Extra-Departmental Agents by Notification F. 25\/29\/57-Ests. (A), dated 25-1-1959.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Attribution traps; the power to exclude a post from the field of the rules is reserved to the President alone<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Heads of Departments are declared \\\"prescribed authorities\\\" for limited purposes under Rule 18, not for excluding posts from the rules\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 7,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the partial exemption from certain rules extends to a Government servant who holds a non-Gazetted post in specified establishments and draws a pay not exceeding:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"\u20b9 500 per mensem\",\r\n      \"\u20b9 750 per mensem\",\r\n      \"\u20b9 1,000 per mensem\",\r\n      \"\u20b9 2,000 per mensem\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - \u20b9 500 per mensem<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Second proviso to Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided further that Rules 4, 6, 7, 12 and 14, sub-rule (3) of Rule 15, Rule 16, sub-rules (1), (2) and (3) of Rule 18, Rules 19, 20 and 21 shall not apply to any Government servant who draws a pay which does not exceed \u20b9 500 per mensem and holds a non-Gazetted post in any of the following establishments, owned or managed by the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Two cumulative conditions apply:<\/b> the pay ceiling AND a non-Gazetted post in a listed establishment.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 No such ceilings appear in Rule 1; \u20b9 500 is the only figure prescribed\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 8,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following rules of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Employment of near relatives of Government servants in companies or firms\\n2. Criticism of Government\\n3. Investments, lending and borrowing\\n4. Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\\n\\nWhich of the above continue to apply to a non-Gazetted employee drawing pay not exceeding \u20b9 500 per mensem in a specified establishment?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 and 4 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Second proviso to Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe proviso disapplies only <i>\\\"Rules 4, 6, 7, 12 and 14, sub-rule (3) of Rule 15, Rule 16, sub-rules (1), (2) and (3) of Rule 18, Rules 19, 20 and 21\\\"<\/i>.<br><br>\\n<b>Analysis:<\/b><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 4 is in the exempted list<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Rule 9 (Criticism of Government) is NOT in the list and continues to apply<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 16 is in the exempted list<br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 Rule 22 is NOT in the list and continues to apply<br><br>\\nRules 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 22 and 23 to 25 remain fully applicable to such employees.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 9,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following establishments attract the partial exemption available to low-paid non-Gazetted staff EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"ports, docks, wharves or jetties\",\r\n      \"irrigation and electric power establishments\",\r\n      \"defence installations, including training establishments\",\r\n      \"field units of the Central Tractor Organization employing workmen governed by labour laws\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - defence installations, including training establishments<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Second proviso to Rule 1(3), Clause (ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(ii) defence installations except training establishments\\\"<\/i>.<br><br>\\nThe carve-out is the trap: defence <i>training<\/i> establishments are deliberately kept outside the exemption, so staff there remain subject to Rules 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 16 and the rest of the exempted list.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (i) covers ports, docks, wharves or jetties<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (iv) covers irrigation and electric power establishments<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (vii) covers field units of the Central Tractor Organization employing workmen governed by labour laws\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 10,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"For the purpose of the partial exemption available to low-paid non-Gazetted staff under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the expressions \\\"mines\\\" and \\\"factories\\\" take their meaning respectively from:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Mines Act, 1923 and the Factories Act, 1934\",\r\n      \"the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 and the Factories Act, 1948\",\r\n      \"the Mines Act, 1952 and the Factories Act, 1948\",\r\n      \"the Mines Act, 1952 and the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Mines Act, 1952 and the Factories Act, 1948<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Second proviso to Rule 1(3), Clauses (v) and (vi) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(v) mines as defined in Clause (j) of Section 2 of the Mines Act, 1952 (35 of 1952); (vi) factories as defined in Clause (m) of Section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote the precise clause references: <b>Section 2(j)<\/b> for mines and <b>Section 2(m)<\/b> for factories.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Wrong statutes; the repealed Acts of 1923 and 1934 and the 1957 Act are nowhere referred to<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The Standing Orders Act, 1946 appears in a different context - GID (25) under Rule 3-C, on sexual harassment provisions for private employers\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 11,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the partial exemption available to low-paid non-Gazetted staff in public works establishments operates only in so far as they relate to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"casual labour engaged on daily wages\",\r\n      \"staff employed on deposit works\",\r\n      \"contingent employees paid from office contingencies\",\r\n      \"work-charged staff\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - work-charged staff<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Second proviso to Rule 1(3), Clause (iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(iii) public works establishments, in so far as they relate to work-charged staff\\\"<\/i>.<br><br>\\nThe qualification narrows the exemption sharply: within a public works establishment, only work-charged staff drawing pay up to \u20b9 500 and holding non-Gazetted posts get the benefit.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Categories not mentioned in Clause (iii); the proviso confines itself to work-charged staff alone\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 12,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following in relation to the meaning of \\\"establishment\\\" for the purpose of the partial exemption under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. It does not include any Railway establishment.\\n2. It does not include an office mainly concerned with security functions.\\n3. It does not include an office mainly concerned with welfare functions.\\n4. It does not include an office mainly concerned with supervisory functions.\\n\\nHow many of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to the second proviso to Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For the purposes of the second proviso, the expression 'establishment' shall not include any Railway establishment or any office mainly concerned with administrative, managerial, supervisory, security or welfare functions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nFive categories of office are excluded from the word \\\"establishment\\\" - administrative, managerial, supervisory, security and welfare - besides Railway establishments as a whole. All four statements therefore reproduce the Explanation correctly.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 13,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"A Government servant to whom the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 would otherwise apply is temporarily transferred to a post under the administrative control of the Railway Board. In such a case:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the rules shall cease to apply to him for the period of the transfer\",\r\n      \"the Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966 shall apply to him from the date of transfer\",\r\n      \"the rules shall continue to apply to him\",\r\n      \"the applicability of the rules shall be determined by the President by a special order\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the rules shall continue to apply to him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Third proviso to Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided further that these rules shall apply to any person temporarily transferred to a service or post specified in Clause (a) of the first proviso to whom but for such transfer these rules would have otherwise applied.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe proviso is an anti-avoidance device: a temporary posting into the Railway stream cannot be used to shed the Conduct Rules.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Directly contrary to the third proviso, which preserves applicability<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The President's power under Clause (c) relates to excluding a post generally, not to individual temporary transfers\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 14,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I\\nA. \\\"Railway servant\\\"\\nB. \\\"Mines\\\"\\nC. \\\"Factories\\\"\\nD. Rules subject to which the said Rules apply\\n\\nList-II\\n1. Factories Act, 1948\\n2. Indian Foreign Service (Conduct and Discipline) Rules, 1961\\n3. Indian Railways Act, 1890\\n4. Mines Act, 1952\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3), first proviso (a)(i), second proviso Clauses (v) and (vi) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Correct matching:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> Railway servant - Section 3, <i>Indian Railways Act, 1890<\/i> (3)<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> Mines - Section 2(j), <i>Mines Act, 1952<\/i> (4)<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> Factories - Section 2(m), <i>Factories Act, 1948<\/i> (1)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> The rules apply <i>\\\"subject to the provisions of the Indian Foreign Service (Conduct and Discipline) Rules, 1961\\\"<\/i> (2)<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Interchanges the Mines and Railways statutes<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Interchanges the Mines and Factories statutes<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Wrongly ties the definition of Railway servant to the IFS Rules\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 15,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the applicability of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the employment of honorary workers in civil posts is to be resorted to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"as a normal method of filling all advisory posts\",\r\n      \"only in abnormal circumstances or when suitable paid employees are not available\",\r\n      \"only where the post carries no executive responsibility, irrespective of the availability of paid employees\",\r\n      \"only with the prior concurrence of the Union Public Service Commission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - only in abnormal circumstances or when suitable paid employees are not available<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 2(i) - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Employment of honorary workers in civil posts should be an exceptional procedure to be resorted to only in abnormal circumstances or when suitable paid employees are not available.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The instruction expressly calls it \\\"an exceptional procedure\\\", not a normal one<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Confuses the separate condition in Para 2(iii) that the work must be advisory only, with the threshold test for resorting to honorary employment<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Para 5 requires prior concurrence of the <i>Ministry of Home Affairs<\/i>, not the UPSC\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 16,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, regarding the persons to whom honorary employment in a civil post may be offered:\\n1. They should have rendered meritorious services or be eminent in public life.\\n2. They should have a striking reputation for integrity.\\n3. They should have previously held a high office under Government.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 2(ii) - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Honorary employment should be offered only to such persons as have rendered meritorious services or are eminent in public life and have a striking reputation for integrity.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Statement 3<\/b> \u2717 is a trap drawn from Para 3, which uses prior high office as an example of a case where the <i>advisory-capacity condition<\/i> in Para 2(iii) may not need to be enforced. It is a ground for relaxation, not an eligibility requirement for offering honorary employment.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 17,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the services of an honorary worker employed in a civil post are required to be utilized:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in an executive capacity under the supervision of the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"in an advisory capacity, with power to exercise judicial functions\",\r\n      \"in any capacity other than one involving the sanction of expenditure\",\r\n      \"in an advisory capacity only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - in an advisory capacity only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 2(iii) - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Services of an honorary worker should be utilized only in an advisory capacity. The work to be entrusted to him should not be such as would involve exercise of executive, administrative or judicial powers as the holder of a civil post or exercise of authority in the name, or on behalf of Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Executive, administrative and judicial powers are all expressly barred<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The bar is not limited to financial sanction; it extends to the exercise of authority in the name of Government generally\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 18,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an honorary worker employed in a civil post is required to be paid a nominal salary of \u20b9 1 per month principally in order to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"bring him within the ambit of the Government Servants' Conduct Rules and other service rules\",\r\n      \"make him eligible for pensionary and other terminal benefits under the service rules\",\r\n      \"satisfy the requirement of consideration in the contract of service\",\r\n      \"enable his appointment to be notified in the Official Gazette\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - bring him within the ambit of the Government Servants' Conduct Rules and other service rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 2(iv) - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"An honorary worker should be paid a nominal salary of \u20b9 1 per month in respect of the civil post, the duties of which he is required to perform. This is necessary in order to bring him within the ambit of the Government Servants' Conduct Rules and other service rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (3) under Rule 1 later refined this: the true test is whether the person has been <i>formally appointed to a civil service or post<\/i>, and not merely whether he receives remuneration.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 None of these purposes is stated; the device is purely to attract the service rules\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 19,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, regarding the nominal salary payable to an honorary worker employed in a civil post:\\n1. He may voluntarily surrender it by writing to the Accounts Officer concerned.\\n2. He need not actually draw it.\\n3. It need not be fixed or specified in the order of appointment.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 2(iv) - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"An honorary worker need not, however, actually draw the nominal salary and may, by writing to the Accounts Officer concerned, voluntarily surrender it. For the purpose of official records however, such nominal salary must be fixed and specified in the order of appointment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Statement 3<\/b> \u2717 reverses the closing sentence - the nominal salary <i>must<\/i> be fixed and specified in the appointment order even though it may never be drawn. Surrender of the money does not dispense with the record.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 20,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following is correct in relation to honorary workers employed in civil posts and the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"The Act applies to them only if they are paid the nominal salary\",\r\n      \"They are required to sign a declaration under the Act at the time of appointment\",\r\n      \"The Act applies to them only where they are entrusted with classified information\",\r\n      \"They are subject to the Act proprio vigore, and no declaration need be signed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - They are subject to the Act proprio vigore, and no declaration need be signed<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 2(v) - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All honorary workers should automatically and proprio vigore be subject to the provisions of the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923. They need not be required to sign any declaration in this connection, but the position should, expressly be made clear to each honorary worker at the time of his appointment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 The Act operates automatically and is not conditioned on salary or on the nature of the material handled<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Precisely the opposite - no declaration is required, only an express intimation of the position\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 21,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the case of honorary workers who are prominent in the public or political life of the country, the provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 relating to which of the following ought not to be enforced in so far as participation in politics is concerned?\\n1. Connection with the press\\n2. Criticism of Government\\n3. Taking part in politics\\n4. Acceptance of gifts\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1, 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...honorary workers who are prominent in the public or political life of the country cannot reasonably be expected to sever their lifelong association with the political parties to which they belong; as a working arrangement, therefore, Rules 18 (connection with the press), 20 (criticism of Government) and 23 (taking part in politics) of the Government Servant's Conduct Rules (cf. Rules 8, 9 and 5 respectively) ought not to be enforced against such persons in so far as participation in politics is concerned. In all other respects, however, such persons should be governed by the provisions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Statement 4<\/b> \u2717 Rule 13 (Gifts) is not relaxed; the concession is confined to the three political-neutrality provisions.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 23,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Member of Parliament is employed in an honorary capacity in a civil post, the correct position is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the requirement of advisory capacity may be relaxed, but the nominal salary must be paid\",\r\n      \"both the requirement of advisory capacity and the payment of nominal salary are to be strictly enforced\",\r\n      \"the requirement of advisory capacity is to be strictly adhered to, but the nominal salary is not to be enforced at all\",\r\n      \"neither the requirement of advisory capacity nor the payment of nominal salary need be enforced\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the requirement of advisory capacity is to be strictly adhered to, but the nominal salary is not to be enforced at all<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 4 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In such cases, the requirements of Clause (iii) in Paragraph 2 above should be strictly adhered to while the requirements of Clause (iv) should not be enforced at all.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe logic is constitutional: Clause (iii) confines the work to advice, which keeps the post free of executive authority; Clause (iv), the \u20b9 1 salary, would create the very element of \\\"profit\\\" that Article 102(1)(a) forbids.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B, D.<\/b> \u2717 Each inverts or dilutes one limb of the para\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 24,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the instructions governing the applicability of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all proposals for the employment of honorary workers in civil posts, and all proposals for exceptional treatment relaxing the basic principles, were required to be referred for prior concurrence to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Ministry of Finance\",\r\n      \"the Union Public Service Commission\",\r\n      \"the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India\",\r\n      \"the Ministry of Home Affairs\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the Ministry of Home Affairs<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 5 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All proposals for the employment of honorary workers in civil posts as well as all proposals for exceptional treatment in cases in which the Ministry concerned consider that the requirements of any of the basic principles laid down in Paragraph 2 above, should be relaxed, should be referred to the Ministry of Home Affairs for prior concurrence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Attribution traps. The C&AG is consulted in a different setting - for instructions affecting the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, as under GID (29) below Rule 18\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 25,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, regarding an honorary worker employed in a civil post:\\n1. There is no obligation on the part of Government to provide him with residential accommodation.\\n2. He may normally be allowed a substantial amount by way of honorarium.\\n3. He need not produce a medical certificate of fitness unless the pay and honorarium exceed \u20b9 5 per month.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20-6-1951 (Para 6); O.M. No. 9\/2\/50-Ests. (B), dated 30-4-1965; O.M. No. 5\/12\/56-RPS, dated 24-12-1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>Para 6: \\\"there is no obligation on the part of Government to provide them with residential accommodation or any other concessions usually allowed to salaried employees of Government. Each such case would be treated on its merits.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>O.M. dated 24-12-1956: \\\"Honorary workers should not be required to produce Medical Certificate of fitness unless in respect of pay and honorarium exceeding \u20b9 5 p.m.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Statement 2<\/b> \u2717 is the reverse of the O.M. dated 30-4-1965: <i>\\\"An honorary worker should be employed in the true sense of the term and should not normally be allowed a substantial amount by way of honorarium.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 26,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where an honorary worker has previously held a high office under Government, the condition which may not be necessary to enforce against him relates to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"his reputation for integrity\",\r\n      \"the fixation of a nominal salary in the order of appointment\",\r\n      \"the applicability of the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923\",\r\n      \"the restriction of his services to an advisory capacity\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the restriction of his services to an advisory capacity<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For example, it may not be necessary to enforce the requirements of Clause (iii) in Paragraph 2 above in the case of persons who have previously held a high office under Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (iii) is the advisory-capacity condition. The relaxation recognizes that a former senior office-holder can safely be entrusted with more than advice.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Integrity under Clause (ii) is an eligibility test and is never relaxed<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (iv) is relaxed only for Members of Parliament under Para 4, on the office-of-profit ground<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The Official Secrets Act applies proprio vigore under Clause (v) to every honorary worker\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 27,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Arrange the following steps relating to the employment of an honorary worker in a civil post under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 in their correct order:\\n1. Reference of the proposal for prior concurrence\\n2. Fixation and specification of the nominal salary in the order of appointment\\n3. Communication of the governing instructions to the worker along with the orders of his appointment\\n4. Voluntary surrender of the nominal salary by writing to the Accounts Officer\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"2 - 1 - 3 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 3 - 2 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 2 - 3 - 4\",\r\n      \"2 - 3 - 1 - 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Paras 2(iv), 5 and 7 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>The sequence follows the text:<\/b><br>\\n<b>Para 5<\/b> - the proposal goes to the Ministry of Home Affairs for <i>prior<\/i> concurrence, so this must come first<br>\\n<b>Para 2(iv)<\/b> - the nominal salary <i>\\\"must be fixed and specified in the order of appointment\\\"<\/i>, so it is settled when the order is made<br>\\n<b>Para 7<\/b> - <i>\\\"A copy of this Office Memorandum should be communicated to every honorary worker along with the orders of his appointment\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Para 2(iv)<\/b> - surrender by writing to the Accounts Officer can only follow appointment and fixation<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, D.<\/b> \u2717 Place fixation of salary before the mandatory prior concurrence<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Places communication of the appointment orders before the salary is fixed in them\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 28,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are conditions governing the employment of honorary workers in civil posts EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"their services should be utilized only in an advisory capacity\",\r\n      \"they should be paid a nominal salary of \u20b9 1 per month\",\r\n      \"they should be required to sign a declaration under the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923\",\r\n      \"they should be persons who have rendered meritorious services or are eminent in public life\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - they should be required to sign a declaration under the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 1, Para 2(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) - MHA O.M. No. 25\/2\/50-Ests., dated 20th June, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>Para 2(v): \\\"All honorary workers should automatically and proprio vigore be subject to the provisions of the Indian Official Secrets Act, 1923. They need not be required to sign any declaration in this connection, but the position should, expressly be made clear to each honorary worker at the time of his appointment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are correct conditions:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2713 Para 2(iii) - advisory capacity only<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2713 Para 2(iv) - nominal salary of \u20b9 1 per month<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2713 Para 2(ii) - meritorious service or eminence in public life, with a striking reputation for integrity\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 29,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the case of a corporate undertaking in which the whole of the capital is invested by the State, the activities of the employees, for the purpose of applying restrictions of the kind contained in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, are required to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"left to be regulated exclusively by the relevant labour laws\",\r\n      \"restricted in the same manner as those of persons working directly under Government\",\r\n      \"regulated only by such standing orders as the undertaking may itself frame\",\r\n      \"restricted only in respect of the provisions relating to integrity\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - restricted in the same manner as those of persons working directly under Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 1 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/55\/53-Ests. (A), dated 14th March, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has been decided that in corporate undertakings entirely financed by the Central Government, i.e., where the whole capital is invested by the State, the activities of the employees should be restricted in the same manner as for those working directly under Government. In such cases action should be taken to extend the provisions of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules to the employees either by a self-contained set of rules under the specific statutory authority for framing such rules, or as terms of the contract.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 Labour laws and standing orders are only the residual position for bodies not so financed<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The integrity provisions were separately emphasized in O.M. dated 14-6-1965, but the restriction is not confined to them\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 30,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"The extent to which restrictions of the kind contained in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 can be applied to the employees of a statutory Corporation depends primarily upon:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the extent of Central Government shareholding in the Corporation\",\r\n      \"the terms of the individual contract of service of each employee\",\r\n      \"a general or special order issued by the President\",\r\n      \"the provisions of the statute setting up the Corporation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the provisions of the statute setting up the Corporation<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 1 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/55\/53-Ests. (A), dated 14th March, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The extent to which such conditions can be applied to employees of a statutory Corporation would naturally depend on the provisions of the statute setting up the Corporation. The statute may provide for suitable rules being made by the Corporation itself or by Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The degree of financing determines only the <i>policy<\/i> to be adopted, once the statutory question is answered<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Contract terms govern only where \\\"there is no such statutory provision or the body is non-statutory\\\"<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The President's order under Rule 1(3)(c) excludes posts from these rules; it does not extend them to corporations\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 31,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of extending the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 to a corporate undertaking which is non-statutory, or whose statute contains no provision for framing rules, the conditions of service of its employees fall to be determined by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"these rules applied proprio vigore\",\r\n      \"the terms, express or implied, of the contract of service\",\r\n      \"the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 as adopted by the body\",\r\n      \"the standing orders issued by the administrative Ministry concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the terms, express or implied, of the contract of service<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 1 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/55\/53-Ests. (A), dated 14th March, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where there is no such statutory provision or the body is non-statutory, the conditions of service of employees would be determined by the terms, expressed or implied, of the contract of service. It will then be open to the employer subject to the relevant labour laws where they apply, to lay down conditions of service which would operate as terms of a contract.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The Conduct Rules do not operate automatically on such bodies; they must be <i>extended<\/i> as contractual terms<br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Attribution traps; neither the CCA Rules nor Ministry standing orders are the source identified\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 32,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Public Sector Undertakings were advised to bring their own Conduct Rules on the lines of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, and in particular to incorporate the provisions relating to integrity, following the recommendations of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Administrative Reforms Commission in its report on the machinery of the Government of India\",\r\n      \"the Estimates Committee\",\r\n      \"the Committee on Service Litigations\",\r\n      \"the Committee on Prevention of Corruption (Santhanam Committee)\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the Committee on Prevention of Corruption (Santhanam Committee)<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 1 - MHA O.M. No. 7\/30\/62-Ests. (A), dated 14th June, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules which have been recently revised contain certain important provisions such as those relating to integrity, which have been made or modified on the recommendations of the Committee on Prevention of Corruption (Santhanam Committee)... statutory and other corporate Public Sector Undertakings... may be advised to bring their Conduct Rules on the lines of the revised CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The ARC figures in GID (2) under Rule 10, on tendering of evidence<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The Estimates Committee's Ninety-third Report underlies GID (18) under Rule 3 and GID (3) under Rule 9<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The Committee on Service Litigations underlies GID (31-A) under Rule 3, on time-limits for representations\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 33,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"The criterion for deciding whether the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 apply to a person appointed to a Commission, Board or Committee of enquiry set up by Government is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"whether he is in receipt of remuneration from Government\",\r\n      \"whether his appointment has been notified in the Official Gazette in the manner required for appointments to that grade of post\",\r\n      \"whether he devotes his whole time to the work of the Commission\",\r\n      \"whether he has been formally appointed to a civil service or post under the Central Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - whether he has been formally appointed to a civil service or post under the Central Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 1 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/39\/58-Ests. (A), dated 25th October, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the criterion for deciding whether the rules apply in a particular case is, whether the person concerned has been formally appointed to a civil service or post under the Central Government and not merely whether he is in receipt of remuneration from Government. Accordingly, where the intention is that the person to be appointed should be governed by the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, the appointment should be made to a specific civil service or post.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option A<\/b> \u2717 is the classic trap: this decision expressly displaces the older \u20b9 1-salary reasoning of GID (1) as the operative test.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 34,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Where the intention is that a non-official member of a Commission of enquiry set up by the Central Government should NOT be governed by the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, he should be appointed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"to a specific civil service or post on a nominal salary of \u20b9 1 per month\",\r\n      \"on contract, with these rules expressly excluded by the terms of the contract of appointment entered into with the Government\",\r\n      \"as Chairman or Member without reference to any civil service or post, on such honoraria as may be considered suitable\",\r\n      \"only with the prior concurrence of the Union Public Service Commission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - as Chairman or Member without reference to any civil service or post, on such honoraria as may be considered suitable<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 1, Para 2 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/39\/58-Ests. (A), dated 25th October, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In such cases, if the intention is that the said rules should not apply, the person concerned should not be appointed to any Central Civil Service or post, but should be appointed as Chairman or Member of the Commission or Committee, as the case may be, without reference to any civil service or post, on such honoraria as may be considered suitable.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Appointment to a specific civil post is the route for bringing him <i>within<\/i> the rules<br>\\n<b>B, D.<\/b> \u2717 No such contractual-exclusion or UPSC-concurrence route is provided\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 35,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Where a person appointed to a Commission or Committee set up by the Central Government desires to maintain his non-official status and not to be governed by the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the remuneration allowed to him as honorarium should be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"fixed at \u20b9 1 per month in every case\",\r\n      \"equal to the pay of the post he would otherwise have held\",\r\n      \"determined by the Ministry of Finance on a case-to-case basis\",\r\n      \"nominal and not equivalent to what would have been allowed as salary for a regular post\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - nominal and not equivalent to what would have been allowed as salary for a regular post<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 1, Para 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/39\/58-Ests. (A), dated 25th October, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Government of India do not consider it proper to fix the amount of honorarium at such a figure that the honorary character of the employment is lost. Moreover, if the person desires to maintain his non-official status and does not wish to be regarded as a Government servant, it follows that the remuneration allowed to him as honorarium should be nominal and not equivalent to what would have been allowed to him as salary if he had been appointed to a regular post.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option A<\/b> \u2717 The \u20b9 1 figure belongs to GID (1), which applies where the intention is the opposite - to bring the person <i>within<\/i> the rules.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 36,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"The CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 were declared inapplicable to an Extra-Departmental Agent in the Posts and Telegraphs Department subject to the condition that he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"does not hold any other post in connection with the affairs of the Union\",\r\n      \"does not draw any remuneration from the Consolidated Fund of India\",\r\n      \"is not required to attend office for the whole of the working day\",\r\n      \"has not completed three years of continuous engagement\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - does not hold any other post in connection with the affairs of the Union<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 1 - MHA Notification No. F. 25\/29\/57-Ests. (A), dated 25th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In pursuance of Clause (c) of sub-rule (3) of Rule 1 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, the President hereby declares that the said rules shall not apply to any Extra-Departmental Agent in the Posts and Telegraphs Department who does not hold any other post in connection with the affairs of the Union.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The Consolidated Fund test appears in the Explanation to Rule 2(b), on deputationists, and is irrelevant here<br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Neither attendance hours nor length of engagement figures in the notification\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 38,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, persons appointed to the personal staff of a Minister on a basis coterminous with the term of office of the Minister:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are outside the purview of these rules on account of their coterminous tenure\",\r\n      \"hold civil posts, and all the provisions of these rules apply to them\",\r\n      \"are governed only by the provisions relating to integrity, communication of information and taking part in politics\",\r\n      \"are governed by these rules only if they belong to an organized service\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - hold civil posts, and all the provisions of these rules apply to them<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 1 - DoP&T O.M. No. 8\/1\/97-CS. II, dated 20th January, 1997<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"although the persons appointed on the personal staff of a Minister \/ Deputy Minister \/ Parliamentary Secretary have a tenure coterminous with the office of the Minister... they, as long as they are in the employment of the Government, hold civil posts and, therefore, according to Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, all provisions of the Conduct Rules would be applicable to them.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option D<\/b> \u2717 is the trap: it is the prerogative of the Minister to appoint <i>outsiders<\/i> to his personal staff, and those outsiders are equally bound.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 39,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, regarding a person appointed from outside to the personal staff of a Minister:\\n1. He is required to submit property returns as stipulated under the said Rules.\\n2. He is required to intimate or seek permission of the competent authority for transactions in movable and immovable property.\\n3. His character and antecedents are required to be verified.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 1 - DoP&T O.M. No. 8\/1\/97-CS. II, dated 20th January, 1997, read with O.M. No. 8\/3\/92-CS. II, dated 14th January, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"those on the personal staff of a Minister \/ Deputy Minister \/ Parliamentary Secretary are required to submit the property returns as stipulated under the above-mentioned Conduct Rules, as also to intimate \/ seek permission of the competent authority in respect of any transactions in movable \/ immovable property made by them.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>Para 11 of the O.M. dated 14-1-1994: \\\"the verification of the character and antecedents of the persons to be appointed to the personal staff of the Ministers... has to be done in the light of the general instructions issued by the Department of Personnel and Training.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nAll three obligations follow from their holding civil posts.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 40,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"For the purpose of the applicability of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the employees serving in non-statutory registered departmental canteens and tiffin rooms were declared to be Government employees with effect from:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1st October, 1991\",\r\n      \"29th January, 1992\",\r\n      \"15th December, 1994\",\r\n      \"26th February, 1997\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1st October, 1991<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 1 - DoP&T O.M. No. 3\/2\/95-Dir (C), dated 26th February, 1997, referring to O.M. No. 12\/5\/91-Dir. (C), dated 29th January, 1992<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the employees serving in non-statutory registered departmental canteens \/ tiffin rooms have been declared as Government employees with effect from 1-10-1991 and have been extended all benefits as are available to other Government employees of comparable status from that date, viz., 1-10-1991.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - these are the other real dates in the same Decision:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 29-1-1992 is the date of the O.M. making the declaration, not the date of effect<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 15-12-1994 is the date of the notification repealing the 1980 Rules<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 26-2-1997 is the date of the consolidating O.M. reiterating the position\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 41,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"On being brought within the purview of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and the other Central Civil Services Rules, the status of the staff of non-statutory departmental canteens changed from:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"\\\"casual employees\\\" to \\\"holders of civil posts\\\"\",\r\n      \"\\\"work-charged staff\\\" to \\\"regular Government employees\\\"\",\r\n      \"\\\"holders of civil posts\\\" to \\\"full-fledged Government employees\\\"\",\r\n      \"\\\"contingent employees\\\" to \\\"holders of civil posts\\\"\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - \\\"holders of civil posts\\\" to \\\"full-fledged Government employees\\\"<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 1, Para 2 - DoP&T O.M. No. 3\/2\/95-Dir (C), dated 26th February, 1997<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"with the declaration of employees serving in non-statutory canteens \/ tiffin rooms as Government employees with effect from 1-10-1991 and change in their status from 'Holders of Civil Posts' to 'full-fledged Government Employees', these employees have automatically come under the purview of various CCS Rules applicable to other Government employees of comparable status.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe consequence stated in the Decision is automatic coverage by the CCS Rules, including the Conduct Rules.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B, D.<\/b> \u2717 Invented status pairs; the Decision names only these two descriptions\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 43,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, together with the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, were adopted for the regular employees of the Haj Committee of India in exercise of the powers conferred by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Section 35 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002\",\r\n      \"Section 44 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002\",\r\n      \"Section 44 of the Haj Committee Act, 1959\",\r\n      \"Article 309 of the Constitution\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Section 44 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 1 - Ministry of Minority Affairs Notification, F. No. HAJ-13\/14\/2023-HAJ-MoMA, dated 3rd February, 2025<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 44 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002 (35 of 2002), the Central Government hereby adopts the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 for the regular employees of Haj Committee of India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 Number and year traps; the Act is of 2002 and the enabling section is 44<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Article 309 is the source of the Conduct Rules themselves for Union civil servants; the extension to the Haj Committee rests on the special statute\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 44,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the notification adopting the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 for the Haj Committee of India, the Disciplinary Authority for the imposition of minor penalties on regular employees up to the level of Superintendent is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Chairperson, Haj Committee of India\",\r\n      \"the Chief Executive Officer, Haj Committee of India\",\r\n      \"the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Administration), Haj Committee of India\",\r\n      \"the Joint Secretary (Haj), Ministry of Minority Affairs acting with the concurrence of the Haj Committee of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Administration), Haj Committee of India<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 1, Schedule - Ministry of Minority Affairs Notification, F. No. HAJ-13\/14\/2023-HAJ-MoMA, dated 3rd February, 2025<\/i><br><br>\\nFor <b>minor penalties<\/b> in respect of all regular employees up to the level of Superintendent - Disciplinary Authority: <i>Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Administration)<\/i>; Appellate Authority: <i>Chief Executive Officer<\/i>; Reviewing Authority: <i>Chairperson<\/i>.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The CEO is the <i>Appellate<\/i> Authority for minor penalties and the <i>Disciplinary<\/i> Authority for major penalties<br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The Chairperson is the Reviewing Authority for minor penalties and the Appellate Authority for major penalties<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The Joint Secretary (Haj) appears only as Reviewing Authority in major penalty cases\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 45,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the notification adopting the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 for the Haj Committee of India, the Reviewing Authority in the case of major penalty proceedings against a regular employee is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Chairperson, Haj Committee of India\",\r\n      \"the Chief Executive Officer, Haj Committee of India\",\r\n      \"the Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs\",\r\n      \"the Joint Secretary (Haj), Ministry of Minority Affairs\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the Joint Secretary (Haj), Ministry of Minority Affairs<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 1, Schedule - Ministry of Minority Affairs Notification, F. No. HAJ-13\/14\/2023-HAJ-MoMA, dated 3rd February, 2025<\/i><br><br>\\nFor <b>major penalties<\/b> - Disciplinary Authority: <i>Chief Executive Officer<\/i>; Appellate Authority: <i>Chairperson<\/i>; Reviewing Authority: <i>Joint Secretary (Haj), Ministry of Minority Affairs<\/i>.<br><br>\\nOnly in major penalty cases does the reviewing power travel outside the Haj Committee and into the administrative Ministry.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The Chairperson is the Appellate Authority in major penalty cases and the Reviewing Authority in minor penalty cases<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The CEO is the Disciplinary Authority in major penalty cases<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The Secretary of the Ministry is nowhere assigned a role in the Schedule\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 46,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in relation to major penalty proceedings against regular employees of the Haj Committee of India, to whom the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 have been made applicable, and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I\\nA. Disciplinary Authority\\nB. Appellate Authority\\nC. Reviewing Authority\\nD. Disciplinary Authority in minor penalty cases\\n\\nList-II\\n1. Chairperson, Haj Committee of India\\n2. Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Administration)\\n3. Joint Secretary (Haj), Ministry of Minority Affairs\\n4. Chief Executive Officer, Haj Committee of India\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 1, Schedule - Ministry of Minority Affairs Notification, F. No. HAJ-13\/14\/2023-HAJ-MoMA, dated 3rd February, 2025<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Major penalties:<\/b> Disciplinary Authority - Chief Executive Officer (4); Appellate Authority - Chairperson (1); Reviewing Authority - Joint Secretary (Haj), Ministry of Minority Affairs (3).<br>\\n<b>Minor penalties:<\/b> Disciplinary Authority - Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Administration) (2).<br><br>\\nThe design of the Schedule is that each authority moves up one rung when the proceedings move from minor to major penalties.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Interchanges the CEO and the Chairperson at the disciplinary and appellate stages<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Interchanges the Chairperson and the Joint Secretary (Haj)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Wrongly makes the Deputy CEO the Disciplinary Authority for major penalties\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 47,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding the applicability of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The rules apply to a civilian in a Defence Service.\\n2. The rules apply to a member of an All India Service serving in a Union Territory.\\n3. The rules apply to a person on the personal staff of a Minister whose tenure is coterminous with the Minister's term of office.\\n4. The rules apply to an Extra-Departmental Agent in the Posts and Telegraphs Department who holds no other post under the Union.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3) read with GIDs (4) and (5) under Rule 1<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Rule 1(3) expressly includes a <i>\\\"civilian in Defence Service\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Proviso (b) excludes members of an All India Service, and the place of posting makes no difference; they are governed by the AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 GID (5): <i>\\\"they hold civil posts and, therefore, according to Rule 1(3)... all provisions of the Conduct Rules would be applicable to them\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 GID (4): the President has, under Clause (c) of Rule 1(3), declared these rules inapplicable to such an Agent\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 48,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following categories of persons:\\n1. Employees of non-statutory departmental canteens\\n2. Regular employees of the Haj Committee of India\\n3. Members of the Central Para Military Forces\\n4. Persons holding a post under the administrative control of the Railway Board\\n\\nHow many of the above are governed by the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Only three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 1(3) with its first proviso, read with GIDs (6) and (7) under Rule 1<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Covered - GID (6): declared full-fledged Government employees from 1-10-1991 and automatically brought under the CCS Rules<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Covered - GID (7): the rules were adopted for them under Section 44 of the Haj Committee Act, 2002<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Covered - CPMF personnel hold civil posts in connection with the affairs of the Union and find no place in any of the exclusions under the first proviso<br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 Excluded - proviso (a)(iii) expressly excludes a person <i>\\\"holding any post under the administrative control of the Railway Board or of the Financial Commissioner of Railways\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 49,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"The provisions of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 do NOT apply to which one of the following?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"An employee of a non-statutory departmental canteen run in a Government office\",\r\n      \"An officer of an All India Service appointed as Joint Secretary to the Government of India\",\r\n      \"A defence civilian whose salary is paid from the Defence Services Estimates\",\r\n      \"A person appointed as personal staff of a Minister on a coterminous basis\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - An officer of an All India Service appointed as Joint Secretary to the Government of India<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso (b) to Rule 1(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that nothing in these rules shall apply to any Government servant who is - (b) a member of an All India Service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe exclusion attaches to <i>membership of the Service<\/i>, not to the post held. An IAS, IPS or IFoS officer functioning as Joint Secretary in a Ministry therefore continues to be governed by the AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Covered from 1-10-1991 - GID (6) under Rule 1<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 1(3) expressly includes a \\\"civilian in Defence Service\\\"; the source of the salary is immaterial<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Covered - GID (5) under Rule 1, since they hold civil posts\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 50,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 1 - Short title, commencement and application\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding the application of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 to public undertakings:\\n1. Where the whole capital of an undertaking is invested by the State, the activities of its employees should be restricted in the same manner as for those working directly under Government.\\n2. In the case of undertakings only partly financed by the Central Government, the provisions of the said Rules should, wherever possible, be applied with such modifications as may be necessary.\\n3. In the case of a statutory Corporation, the extent to which these conditions can be applied depends on the provisions of the statute setting it up.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 1 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/55\/53-Ests. (A), dated 14th March, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\nAll three reproduce the graded scheme of the Decision:<br>\\n<i>\\\"The extent to which such conditions can be applied to employees of a statutory Corporation would naturally depend on the provisions of the statute setting up the Corporation.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<i>\\\"...in corporate undertakings entirely financed by the Central Government, i.e., where the whole capital is invested by the State, the activities of the employees should be restricted in the same manner as for those working directly under Government.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<i>\\\"In regard to employees of corporate undertakings controlled or partly financed by the Central Government also, the provisions of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules should, wherever possible, be applied with such modifications as may be necessary.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 51,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the widowed sister of the wife of a Government servant resides with the couple and is maintained wholly out of the independent earnings of the wife. In relation to the Government servant, she:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a member of his family, being related by blood to his wife\",\r\n      \"is not a member of his family, not being wholly dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is a member of his family, being resident with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is not a member of his family, the relationship not being one of blood with the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is not a member of his family, not being wholly dependent on the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant or to the Government servant's wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (iii) has <b>two limbs and both must be satisfied<\/b>. The relationship limb is met - she is related by blood to the wife, and relations of the spouse are expressly brought in. The dependency limb fails, because the clause requires dependency <b>on the Government servant<\/b>, not on the spouse. Being maintained out of the wife's independent earnings therefore takes her outside the definition.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Drops the dependency limb altogether; relationship by itself is never enough under Clause (iii)<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Imports a residence test. Residence appears nowhere in Clause (iii), and is expressly made immaterial only for the spouse under Clause (i)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Wrongly confines the clause to the Government servant's own blood relations; relations of the wife or husband, whether by blood or marriage, are squarely covered\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 52,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"For the purpose of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, \\\"the Government\\\" denotes:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Central Government\",\r\n      \"the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be\",\r\n      \"the President acting through the Department of Personnel and Training\",\r\n      \"the administrative Ministry or Department in which the Government servant is serving\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the Central Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(a) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'The Government' means the Central Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nWherever a rule speaks of \\\"previous sanction of the Government\\\" - as in Rules 8(1), 10(1), 12, 14 and 15(1) - the sanctioning authority is thus the Central Government, subject to any delegation made under Rule 24.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 These rules do not extend to State Governments at all; State servants are governed by their own State Conduct Rules<br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Attribution traps. DoP&T and the administrative Ministry act <i>on behalf of<\/i> the Central Government; the definition names the Government itself\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 53,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, \\\"Government servant\\\" denotes any person appointed by Government to any civil service or post in connection with the affairs of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Union or a State\",\r\n      \"the Union, a State or a Union Territory\",\r\n      \"the Union\",\r\n      \"the Union, including a local authority financed by the Union\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Union<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'Government servant' means any person appointed by Government to any civil service or post in connection with the affairs of the Union and includes a civilian in a Defence Service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nRead with Rule 2(a), the definition is doubly confined - appointment must be <b>by the Central Government<\/b> and to a post <b>in connection with the affairs of the Union<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 State and Union Territory affairs are outside the definition; State servants are governed by their own State Conduct Rules<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Local authorities enter the rule only through the Explanation, and only in respect of a Government servant whose services are <i>placed at their disposal<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 54,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding the expression \\\"Government servant\\\" as defined in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. It means any person appointed by the Central Government to a civil service or post in connection with the affairs of the Union.\\n2. It includes a civilian in a Defence Service.\\n3. It includes any person appointed by a State Government to a post in connection with the affairs of that State.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(a) and 2(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'The Government' means the Central Government\\\"<\/i>; <i>\\\"'Government servant' means any person appointed by Government to any civil service or post in connection with the affairs of the Union and includes a civilian in a Defence Service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Statement 3<\/b> \u2717 is the standard trap: it widens the definition to State appointments and State affairs. Neither limb survives Rule 2(a) and 2(b), which restrict the expression to appointment by the <i>Central<\/i> Government to posts connected with the affairs of the <i>Union<\/i>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 55,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant whose services are placed at the disposal of a corporation by the Government, and whose salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"ceases to be a Government servant for the purposes of these rules\",\r\n      \"is governed by these rules only to the extent provided in the terms of his deputation\",\r\n      \"is governed by the conduct rules framed by the corporation concerned\",\r\n      \"is deemed to be a Government servant serving under the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is deemed to be a Government servant serving under the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 2(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant whose services are placed at the disposal of a company, corporation, organization or a local authority by the Government shall, for the purposes of these rules, be deemed to be a Government servant serving under the Government notwithstanding that his salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe deeming provision is unconditional; the source of pay is expressly declared irrelevant.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Each makes the applicability of the rules turn on the source of salary or the terms settled with the borrowing body, which the Explanation squarely excludes\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 56,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the deeming provision relating to a Government servant on deputation applies where his services are placed at the disposal of:\\n1. a company\\n2. a corporation\\n3. an organization\\n4. a local authority\\n\\nHow many of the above are covered?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 2(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant whose services are placed at the disposal of a company, corporation, organization or a local authority by the Government shall, for the purposes of these rules, be deemed to be a Government servant serving under the Government...\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nAll four descriptions of borrowing body are named in the Explanation, and no distinction is drawn between statutory and non-statutory bodies or between commercial and non-commercial ones.<br><br>\\nNote the contrast with Rule 18(1) Explanation I(2)(b), which addresses the separate question of who the <i>prescribed authority<\/i> is for a Government servant on foreign service or deputation - namely the parent department on whose cadre he is borne.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 57,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the deeming of a deputationist as a Government servant serving under the Government operates notwithstanding that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"his lien continues to be retained in his parent Department\",\r\n      \"his salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India\",\r\n      \"the body to which he is deputed is a statutory corporation\",\r\n      \"his tenure with that body is coterminous with a specified project\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - his salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 2(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...shall, for the purposes of these rules, be deemed to be a Government servant serving under the Government notwithstanding that his salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe single objection anticipated and overruled by the non obstante words is the source of pay. It was framed to defeat the argument that a person paid out of a corporation's own funds has ceased to serve the Government.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 None of these circumstances is mentioned in the Explanation; the lien, the statutory character of the borrowing body and the length of tenure are all irrelevant to the deeming\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 58,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Which one of the following is NOT included in the expression \\\"Government servant\\\" as defined in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A civilian in a Defence Service\",\r\n      \"A person whose services have been placed at the disposal of a corporation by the Government\",\r\n      \"A person appointed by a State Government to a post in connection with the affairs of that State\",\r\n      \"A person appointed by the Central Government to a civil post in connection with the affairs of the Union\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - A person appointed by a State Government to a post in connection with the affairs of that State<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(a) and 2(b), with the Explanation, of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'Government servant' means any person appointed by Government to any civil service or post in connection with the affairs of the Union and includes a civilian in a Defence Service.\\\"<\/i> Since \\\"the Government\\\" means the Central Government under Rule 2(a), a State appointment to State affairs falls wholly outside the expression.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Expressly included by the closing words of Rule 2(b)<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Deemed to be a Government servant by the Explanation to Rule 2(b)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The core case falling squarely within the definition\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 59,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. \\\"Government servant\\\" means any person appointed by the Central or State Government to a post in connection with the affairs of the Union or the State.\\n2. A Government servant whose services are placed at the disposal of a corporation is deemed to be a Government servant serving under the Government notwithstanding that his salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India.\\n3. \\\"The Government\\\" means the Central Government.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(a) and 2(b) with the Explanation, CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 Two errors in one sentence - the appointing authority must be the <i>Central<\/i> Government alone, and the post must relate to the affairs of the <i>Union<\/i> alone<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Exact reproduction of the Explanation to Rule 2(b)<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Exact reproduction of Rule 2(a)<br><br>\\nStatement 1 is the classic distractor built by widening a definition by a single clause; it is a paraphrase of the true rule with \\\"Central\\\" changed to \\\"Central or State\\\".\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 60,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the wife or husband of a Government servant is treated as a member of his or her family:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"only if residing with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"only if wholly dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"whether residing with the Government servant or not\",\r\n      \"only if not separately employed under Government or elsewhere\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - whether residing with the Government servant or not<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the Government servant, whether residing with the Government servant or not but does not include a wife or husband, as the case may be, separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo tests that govern the other two clauses are conspicuously absent for the spouse: <b>residence is irrelevant<\/b>, and so is <b>dependency<\/b>. The only disqualification is judicial separation.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Residence is expressly made immaterial<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The \\\"wholly dependent\\\" test applies to Clauses (ii) and (iii), not to the spouse<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Employment of the spouse is nowhere made a disqualification\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 61,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a spouse stands excluded from the expression \\\"members of family\\\" where the separation is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"by mutual understanding between the parties\",\r\n      \"evidenced by a duly registered written agreement\",\r\n      \"on account of posting at different stations\",\r\n      \"by a decree or order of a competent Court\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - by a decree or order of a competent Court<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...but does not include a wife or husband, as the case may be, separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNothing short of judicial separation will do. A spouse living separately by private arrangement, or by reason of separate postings, remains a member of the family, since Clause (i) makes residence immaterial.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Informal or de facto separation, however documented, does not answer the description \\\"decree or order of a competent Court\\\"\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 62,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a son, daughter, stepson or stepdaughter of a Government servant is a member of his family only if:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"he or she is wholly dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"he or she is residing with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"he or she is unmarried and below twenty-five years of age\",\r\n      \"he or she is not separately assessed to income tax\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - he or she is wholly dependent on the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"son or daughter or stepson or stepdaughter of the Government servant and wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child or stepchild who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant or of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by or under any law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nDependency, not residence, is the operative test in Clause (ii); and the exclusion is worded stringently - the child must be <i>\\\"no longer in any way dependent\\\"<\/i>.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Residence is the express test in neither Clause (i) nor Clause (ii)<br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Age, marital status and income-tax assessment find no place in the definition\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 63,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following circumstances in which a child or stepchild is excluded from the expression \\\"members of family\\\" under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Where the child is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant\\n2. Where the Government servant has been deprived of the child's custody by or under any law\\n3. Where the child is residing away from the Government servant for the purpose of study\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...but does not include a child or stepchild who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant or of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by or under any law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nExactly two grounds of exclusion are stated - loss of dependency and loss of custody under law.<br><br>\\n<b>Statement 3<\/b> \u2717 Living away for study neither breaks dependency nor divests custody. A child studying elsewhere but still maintained by the Government servant remains a member of his family.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 64,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant has been deprived of the custody of his child by or under any law, the child:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"continues to be a member of his family so long as he maintains the child\",\r\n      \"is not a member of his family\",\r\n      \"is a member of his family only for the purposes of the rules relating to property transactions\",\r\n      \"is a member of his family until the child attains majority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is not a member of his family<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...but does not include a child or stepchild who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant or of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by or under any law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two grounds of exclusion in Clause (ii) operate independently and are joined by \\\"or\\\". Deprivation of custody therefore excludes the child even where the Government servant continues to make payments towards maintenance.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Reads the two grounds cumulatively when the rule makes them alternative<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 2 applies across the rules, subject only to the \\\"unless the context otherwise requires\\\" qualification<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Attainment of majority is not the operative event\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 65,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the residuary clause of the definition of \\\"members of family\\\" covers any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Government servant only, and wholly dependent on him\",\r\n      \"the Government servant or his wife or husband, and wholly dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"the Government servant or his wife or husband, whether dependent on him or not provided the relationship is one of blood and not of marriage\",\r\n      \"the Government servant only, whether dependent on him or not\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Government servant or his wife or husband, and wholly dependent on the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant or to the Government servant's wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (iii) has <b>two limbs, both of which must be satisfied<\/b> - a relationship, by blood or marriage, either with the Government servant or with the spouse; and total dependency on the Government servant.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, D.<\/b> \u2717 Drop the spouse's relations, who are expressly brought in<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Drops the dependency requirement, which is the decisive filter in this clause\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 66,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following is a member of the family of a Government servant?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A son who is employed and no longer dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"A husband separated from the Government servant by a decree of a competent Court and not since restored to cohabitation with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"A brother of the Government servant who is not dependent on him\",\r\n      \"The mother of the Government servant's spouse, residing with and wholly dependent on the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - The mother of the Government servant's spouse, residing with and wholly dependent on the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant or to the Government servant's wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i> A parent-in-law is related by blood to the spouse and, being wholly dependent, satisfies both limbs.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 2(c)(ii) excludes a child <i>\\\"no longer in any way dependent\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 2(c)(i) excludes a spouse separated by decree or order of a competent Court<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 A brother falls under Clause (iii), which requires total dependency; absent that, he is excluded\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 67,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are members of the family of a Government servant EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a wife who is not residing with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"a stepdaughter wholly dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"an employed stepson living with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"a father wholly dependent on the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - an employed stepson living with the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>Clause (ii): \\\"son or daughter or stepson or stepdaughter of the Government servant and wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child or stepchild who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nAn employed stepson is not wholly dependent, and residence with the Government servant cannot cure that - residence is nowhere a substitute for dependency under Clause (ii).<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are correct inclusions:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (i) - residence is immaterial for a spouse<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (ii) - a wholly dependent stepdaughter is expressly covered<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (iii) - a father is related by blood and, being wholly dependent, qualifies\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 68,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following persons in relation to a Government servant, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A wife judicially separated from the Government servant\\n2. An unmarried daughter wholly dependent on the Government servant\\n3. A stepson wholly dependent on the Government servant\\n4. A married son not in any way dependent on the Government servant\\n\\nHow many of the above are members of family?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Only two<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i) and (ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (i) excludes a spouse <i>\\\"separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (ii) - a daughter wholly dependent on him<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (ii) - a stepson wholly dependent on him; stepchildren are placed on the same footing as natural children<br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (ii) excludes a child <i>\\\"no longer in any way dependent\\\"<\/i>; marriage is not the test, dependency is\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 69,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the definition of \\\"members of family\\\" in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I\\nA. Wife not residing with the Government servant\\nB. Stepson wholly dependent on the Government servant\\nC. Son no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant\\nD. Wife separated by a decree of a competent Court\\n\\nList-II\\n1. Excluded on account of an order of Court\\n2. Included, residence being immaterial\\n3. Excluded for want of dependency\\n4. Included, being wholly dependent\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i) and (ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> Clause (i) - a spouse counts <i>\\\"whether residing with the Government servant or not\\\"<\/i> (2)<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> Clause (ii) - a stepson <i>\\\"wholly dependent on him\\\"<\/i> is included (4)<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> Clause (ii) - the definition <i>\\\"does not include a child or stepchild who is no longer in any way dependent\\\"<\/i> (3)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> Clause (i) - the definition <i>\\\"does not include a wife or husband... separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court\\\"<\/i> (1)<br><br>\\nThe matching turns on which test governs which clause: <b>residence is irrelevant for the spouse<\/b>, <b>dependency is decisive for children<\/b>, and <b>judicial separation is the only spousal disqualification<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 70,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding the definition of \\\"members of family\\\" in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Residence with the Government servant is immaterial in the case of the spouse.\\n2. Dependency is immaterial in the case of a stepdaughter.\\n3. Dependency is the decisive test in the case of a person related by marriage to the Government servant's spouse.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (i) - <i>\\\"whether residing with the Government servant or not\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Reverses Clause (ii), under which a stepdaughter qualifies only if <i>\\\"wholly dependent on him\\\"<\/i>, and is excluded if <i>\\\"no longer in any way dependent\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (iii) - a person related by marriage to the spouse is a member of family only if <i>\\\"wholly dependent on the Government servant\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe pattern is consistent: dependency governs Clauses (ii) and (iii); only the spouse under Clause (i) is exempt from both the residence and the dependency tests.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 71,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the parents of a Government servant are members of his family:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in all cases, being related to him by blood\",\r\n      \"only if he is the sole surviving child\",\r\n      \"only if they are residing with him\",\r\n      \"only if they are wholly dependent on him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - only if they are wholly dependent on him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant or to the Government servant's wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nParents are not separately named in Clauses (i) or (ii); they fall in the residuary Clause (iii), where the relationship alone is not enough and dependency must be established.<br><br>\\n<b>Contrast:<\/b> under GID (3) below Rule 4, for the limited purposes of Rules 4(1) and 4(3), <i>\\\"'Members of Family'... include the wife or husband, son or daughter, parents, brothers or sisters or any person related to any of them by blood or marriage, whether they are dependent on the Government servant or not.\\\"<\/i> There, parents are named expressly and dependency is dispensed with.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 72,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a person related by marriage to the wife of a Government servant, and wholly dependent on the Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a member of the family of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is not a member of the family, the relationship being through the spouse\",\r\n      \"is a member of the family only if he also resides with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is a member of the family only for the purpose of the provisions relating to employment of near relatives\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is a member of the family of the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant or to the Government servant's wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (iii) is deliberately drawn to reach <b>two circles of relations<\/b> - those of the Government servant and those of the spouse - and to catch relationships arising <b>by marriage as well as by blood<\/b>. Dependency being satisfied, the person qualifies.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Relations of the spouse are expressly brought in<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Residence is not a requirement anywhere in Clause (iii)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 2(c) governs generally, subject only to the \\\"unless the context otherwise requires\\\" qualification\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 73,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following persons in relation to a Government servant, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A wife residing at a station different from that of the Government servant\\n2. An employed son\\n3. A widowed sister wholly dependent on the Government servant\\n4. A stepdaughter of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived under a law\\n\\nHow many of the above are members of family?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Only two<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (i) - a spouse counts <i>\\\"whether residing with the Government servant or not\\\"<\/i>; separate stations are not judicial separation<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (ii) - an employed son is <i>\\\"no longer in any way dependent\\\"<\/i> and is excluded<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (iii) - a sister is related by blood and, being wholly dependent, qualifies<br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (ii) - a stepchild <i>\\\"of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by or under any law\\\"<\/i> is excluded\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 74,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the definition of \\\"members of family\\\" in relation to a Government servant is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"exhaustive, the word \\\"means\\\" having been used\",\r\n      \"inclusive, the word \\\"includes\\\" having been used\",\r\n      \"confined to persons residing with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"confined to persons wholly dependent on the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - inclusive, the word \\\"includes\\\" having been used<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'Members of family' in relation to a Government servant includes -\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe drafting is deliberate and stands in contrast with Rule 2(a) and 2(b), both of which use <i>\\\"means\\\"<\/i>. The inclusive form, coupled with the opening words <i>\\\"unless the context otherwise requires\\\"<\/i>, is what permitted GID (3) under Rule 4 to supply a wider set of relations for Rules 4(1) and 4(3).<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 \\\"Means\\\" is used in Clauses (a) and (b), not in Clause (c)<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Residence is expressly made immaterial for the spouse<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Dependency governs Clauses (ii) and (iii) but not Clause (i)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 75,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"For the limited purpose of the restrictions imposed by the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 on employment of near relatives of Government servants in companies or firms, the expression \\\"members of family\\\" has been clarified to include:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"only such persons as are specified in the general definition clause\",\r\n      \"the wife or husband, son or daughter, parents, brothers or sisters and any person related to any of them by blood or marriage, whether dependent or not\",\r\n      \"only such relatives as are wholly dependent on the Government servant at the time the question of employment arises\",\r\n      \"the wife or husband and children only, whether dependent or not\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the wife or husband, son or daughter, parents, brothers or sisters and any person related to any of them by blood or marriage, whether dependent or not<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 4 - DoP&T O.M. No. F. No. 11013\/4\/2016-Estt. (A-III), dated 20th July, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For removal of doubts, it is clarified that in the context of Rule 4(1) and 4(3) 'Members of Family' in relation to a Government servant include the wife or husband, son or daughter, parents, brothers or sisters or any person related to any of them by blood or marriage, whether they are dependent on the Government servant or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis wider meaning is possible only because Rule 2 opens with <i>\\\"unless the context otherwise requires\\\"<\/i>, and the same O.M. expressly invokes that qualification.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 Both retain the dependency filter, which the clarification removes for Rule 4<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Omits parents, brothers and sisters, who are expressly named\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 76,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a brother-in-law of a Government servant who is not dependent on him:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a member of the family, being related by marriage\",\r\n      \"is a member of the family only if he resides with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is not a member of the family under the general definition, dependency being absent\",\r\n      \"is not a member of the family in any context whatsoever\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is not a member of the family under the general definition, dependency being absent<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant or to the Government servant's wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i> The relationship exists, but the second limb - total dependency - is not satisfied.<br><br>\\n<b>Option D<\/b> \u2717 is deliberately over-stated. Under GID (3) below Rule 4, for the purposes of Rules 4(1) and 4(3) the expression covers relations by blood or marriage <i>\\\"whether they are dependent on the Government servant or not\\\"<\/i>, so the same person may well be a member of the family in that specific context.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 77,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Under the general definition clause, dependency is not required in the case of the wife or husband of a Government servant.\\n2. Under the general definition clause, a person related by marriage to the Government servant's spouse can never be a member of his family.\\n3. The general definition applies unless the context of a particular rule otherwise requires.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Opening words of Rule 2 and Rule 2(c)(i) and (iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (i) applies to the spouse <i>\\\"whether residing with the Government servant or not\\\"<\/i> and imposes no dependency test; only judicial separation excludes<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (iii) expressly reaches a person related <i>\\\"by blood or marriage... to the Government servant's wife or husband\\\"<\/i>, provided he is wholly dependent on the Government servant<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 <i>\\\"In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires -\\\"<\/i>; this is exactly what GID (3) under Rule 4 relies on in supplying a wider meaning for Rules 4(1) and 4(3)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 78,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the definitions contained in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I\\nA. \\\"The Government\\\"\\nB. \\\"Government servant\\\"\\nC. Government servant on deputation to a local authority\\nD. \\\"Members of family\\\"\\n\\nList-II\\n1. Deemed to serve under the Government despite the source of his salary\\n2. An inclusive expression covering spouse, dependent children and dependent relations\\n3. The Central Government\\n4. A person appointed to a civil service or post in connection with the affairs of the Union\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(a), 2(b) with its Explanation, and 2(c) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> Rule 2(a) - <i>\\\"'The Government' means the Central Government\\\"<\/i> (3)<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> Rule 2(b) - <i>\\\"any person appointed by Government to any civil service or post in connection with the affairs of the Union\\\"<\/i> (4)<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> Explanation to Rule 2(b) - <i>\\\"deemed to be a Government servant serving under the Government notwithstanding that his salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of India\\\"<\/i> (1)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> Rule 2(c) - an inclusive definition covering the spouse, wholly dependent children and stepchildren, and other wholly dependent relations by blood or marriage (2)<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Interchanges the definitions in Clauses (a) and (b)<br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Misplace the deeming Explanation, which attaches only to the deputationist\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 79,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the obligation of a Government servant to maintain absolute integrity at all times is contained in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Rule 3(1)(i)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1)(ii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1)(iii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(2)(i)\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Rule 3(1)(i)<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Every Government servant shall at all times - (i) maintain absolute integrity; (ii) maintain devotion to duty; and (iii) do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (ii) is devotion to duty, and is the clause to which Explanation I attaches<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (iii) is unbecoming conduct, invoked for bypassing the prescribed channel of representation - GID (26)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(2)(i) casts a duty on a supervisory officer in respect of his <i>subordinates'<\/i> integrity, not his own\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 80,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I\\nA. Maintain absolute integrity\\nB. Maintain devotion to duty\\nC. Do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant\\nD. Ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of those under one's control and authority\\n\\nList-II\\n1. Rule 3(1)(iii)\\n2. Rule 3(2)(i)\\n3. Rule 3(1)(i)\\n4. Rule 3(1)(ii)\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1) and Rule 3(2)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>Rule 3(1): \\\"(i) maintain absolute integrity; (ii) maintain devotion to duty; and (iii) do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>Rule 3(2)(i): \\\"Every Government servant holding a supervisory post shall take all possible steps to ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of all Government servants for the time being under his control and authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe distinction the matching turns on is that sub-rule (1) imposes personal obligations, while sub-rule (2)(i) imposes a supervisory obligation in respect of others.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 81,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who habitually fails to perform the task assigned to him within the time set for the purpose and with the quality of performance expected of him shall be deemed to be lacking in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"absolute integrity, within the meaning of Rule 3(1)(i)\",\r\n      \"devotion to duty, within the meaning of Rule 3(1)(ii)\",\r\n      \"discipline, within the meaning of Rule 3(1)(xix)\",\r\n      \"professionalism, within the meaning of Rule 3(1)(xxi)\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - devotion to duty, within the meaning of Rule 3(1)(ii)<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I to Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant who habitually fails to perform the task assigned to him within the time set for the purpose and with the quality of performance expected of him shall be deemed to be lacking in devotion to duty within the meaning of Clause (ii) of sub-rule (1).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (i) concerns absolute integrity, not the standard of performance<br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Clauses (xix) and (xxi), inserted in 2014, are real obligations but the Explanation names Clause (ii) alone\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 82,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the deeming provision relating to failure to perform an assigned task is attracted where the failure is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"habitual, both as to the time set for the purpose and the quality of performance expected\",\r\n      \"on a single occasion, if the neglect is of a kind which tends to cause serious consequences\",\r\n      \"on not less than three occasions in a calendar month, irrespective of the quality of performance\",\r\n      \"established after a preliminary enquiry conducted by a supervisory officer of the department\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - habitual, both as to the time set for the purpose and the quality of performance expected<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I to Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant who habitually fails to perform the task assigned to him within the time set for the purpose and with the quality of performance expected of him...\\\"<\/i> The word <b>habitually<\/b> qualifies the failure, and the standard has two limbs - timeliness and quality.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Draws on GID (23), under which isolated neglect may amount to misconduct if it tends to cause serious consequences; that is a different test<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Borrows the two-occasions-a-month condonation limit for late attendance from GID (22-B)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 A preliminary enquiry is not a condition of the deeming\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 83,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant may not evade his responsibilities by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"acting under the direction of his official superior in the exercise of the powers conferred on him, where that direction has been confirmed in writing\",\r\n      \"seeking confirmation in writing of an oral direction received from his official superior, as early as possible after the direction is received\",\r\n      \"seeking instructions from, or approval of, a superior officer when such instructions are not necessary under the scheme of distribution of powers and responsibilities\",\r\n      \"referring to his official superior for orders a contract or other matter in which a member of his family is interested, and abstaining from dealing with it himself\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - seeking instructions from, or approval of, a superior officer when such instructions are not necessary under the scheme of distribution of powers and responsibilities<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation II to Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Nothing in Clause (ii) of sub-rule (2) shall be construed as empowering a Government servant to evade his responsibilities by seeking instructions from, or approval of, a superior officer or authority when such instructions are not necessary under the scheme of distribution of powers and responsibilities.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - each is expressly permitted or required:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(2)(ii) allows exactly this<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(2)(iv) makes it a duty<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 4(3) requires such a reference\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 84,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the performance of his official duties or in the exercise of powers conferred on him, a Government servant shall not act otherwise than in his best judgment:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in any circumstances whatsoever\",\r\n      \"except where the matter has been referred to the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"except where he has obtained the prior approval of the disciplinary authority\",\r\n      \"except when he is acting under the direction of his official superior\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - except when he is acting under the direction of his official superior<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(2)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall, in the performance of his official duties, or in the exercise of powers conferred on him, act otherwise than in his best judgment except when he is acting under the direction of his official superior.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe single exception is direction by the official superior - and even then, Explanation II bars the Government servant from manufacturing such a direction to shed his own responsibility.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Ignores the express exception<br>\\n<b>B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Neither a reference to the Head of Department nor approval of the disciplinary authority figures in the sub-rule\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 85,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the issue of an oral direction by an official superior becomes unavoidable, he shall:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"record the direction on the relevant file within seven days\",\r\n      \"confirm it in writing immediately thereafter\",\r\n      \"confirm it in writing only if the subordinate seeks such confirmation\",\r\n      \"obtain the approval of the next higher authority for the direction\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - confirm it in writing immediately thereafter<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(2)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The direction of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing. Oral direction to subordinates shall be avoided, as far as possible. Where the issue of oral direction becomes unavoidable, the official superior shall confirm it in writing immediately thereafter.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option C is the sharpest trap.<\/b> Confirming when confirmation is <i>sought<\/i> is a separate and additional duty under Rule 3(2)(iv) and GID (16-A)(iii). Rule 3(2)(iii) imposes a duty on the superior that operates whether or not the subordinate asks.<br><br>\\n<b>A, D.<\/b> \u2717 Neither a seven-day limit nor higher approval is prescribed\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 86,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who has received an oral direction from his official superior shall seek confirmation of the same in writing as early as possible, whereupon:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"it shall be the duty of the official superior to confirm the direction in writing\",\r\n      \"the direction shall be deemed to have been withdrawn if not confirmed within one month\",\r\n      \"he may decline to act upon the direction until it is so confirmed\",\r\n      \"the matter shall be reported to the Head of the Department\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - it shall be the duty of the official superior to confirm the direction in writing<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(2)(iv) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant who has received oral direction from his official superior shall seek confirmation of the same in writing as early as possible, whereupon it shall be the duty of the official superior to confirm the direction in writing.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sub-rule creates a matching pair of duties - the junior must ask, and the senior must then confirm. GID (16-A) puts it beyond doubt: <i>\\\"It is not open to the superior officer to refuse to confirm in writing the direction given by him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 No deeming of withdrawal, no right to suspend compliance, and no reporting requirement is created\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 87,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding the directions of an official superior under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The direction of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing.\\n2. Oral direction to subordinates shall be avoided, as far as possible.\\n3. A Government servant who has received an oral direction shall seek confirmation of the same in writing as early as possible.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(2)(iii) and (iv) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(iii) The direction of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing. Oral direction to subordinates shall be avoided, as far as possible. Where the issue of oral direction becomes unavoidable, the official superior shall confirm it in writing immediately thereafter; (iv) A Government servant who has received oral direction from his official superior shall seek confirmation of the same in writing as early as possible.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nAll three reproduce the sub-rules exactly. The statement that is commonly planted as false in this set is that oral instructions are the ordinary form - it is written direction that is ordinary, oral direction that is exceptional.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 88,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the obligation to take all possible steps to ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of Government servants for the time being under one's control and authority rests upon:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"every Government servant, whatever the post he may be holding\",\r\n      \"every Government servant holding a supervisory post\",\r\n      \"every Head of Department and every Head of Office\",\r\n      \"every Government servant holding a Group 'A' post\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - every Government servant holding a supervisory post<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(2)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Every Government servant holding a supervisory post shall take all possible steps to ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of all Government servants for the time being under his control and authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe test is the <b>nature of the post<\/b> - supervisory - and not the group classification or the designation.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Over-broad; sub-rule (1) applies to every Government servant, sub-rule (2)(i) only to supervisors<br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Head of Department and Group 'A' are classifications used elsewhere, for instance as prescribed authorities under Rule 18\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 89,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the provision casting supervisory responsibility for the integrity and devotion to duty of subordinates is intended to be invoked against a supervisory officer only where:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"there has been a failure on his part to take all reasonable and necessary steps to ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of those under his control and authority\",\r\n      \"an act of misconduct by a subordinate under his control and authority has been established against that subordinate after a regular inquiry\",\r\n      \"the subordinate concerned belongs to the same organized service as the supervisory officer and is borne on the same cadre and seniority list maintained for that service by the administrative Ministry\",\r\n      \"the loss caused to Government by the act of the subordinate exceeds the monetary limit prescribed in that behalf\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - there has been a failure on his part to take all reasonable and necessary steps<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15) under Rule 3 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.) O.M. No. 25\/2\/72-Ests. (A), dated 10th January, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"clarification may be issued that sub-rule (i) of Rule 3(2) is intended to be invoked only in cases where there has been a failure on the part of supervisory officer concerned to take all reasonable and necessary steps to ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of Government servants under his control and authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification protects the supervisor from vicarious liability: proof of a subordinate's misconduct is not by itself proof of the supervisor's default.<br><br>\\n<b>B, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 None of these is made a condition by the clarification\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 90,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the clarification confining the operation of the supervisory-responsibility provision to a failure to take all reasonable and necessary steps was adopted on the recommendation of a committee set up by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Estimates Committee, in its Ninety-third Report on the role of the Public Services\",\r\n      \"the Committee on Prevention of Corruption, in its report on integrity in the public services\",\r\n      \"the National Council set up under the Machinery for Joint Consultation and Compulsory Arbitration\",\r\n      \"the Administrative Reforms Commission, in its report on personnel administration\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the National Council set up under the Machinery for Joint Consultation and Compulsory Arbitration<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15) under Rule 3 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.) O.M. No. 25\/2\/72-Ests. (A), dated 10th January, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The National Council set up under the Machinery for Joint Consultation and Compulsory Arbitration, in its meeting held on 28th July, 1972, adopted a recommendation of the committees set up by the Council to consider the item 'Amendment of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964'.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The Estimates Committee's Ninety-third Report underlies GID (18) on discourtesy and GID (3) under Rule 9<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The Santhanam Committee underlies the integrity provisions and GID (2) under Rule 1<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The ARC appears in GID (2) under Rule 10, on tendering evidence\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 91,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following obligations of a Government servant under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. To commit himself to and uphold the supremacy of the Constitution and democratic values\\n2. To maintain political neutrality\\n3. To maintain responsiveness to the public, particularly to the weaker section\\n4. To declare any private interests relating to his public duties\\n\\nHow many of the above are obligations to be discharged at all times?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(iv), (vii), (x) and (xiii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted vide Notification No. 11013\/6\/2014-Estt. (A), dated 27th November, 2014<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(iv) commit himself to and uphold the supremacy of the Constitution and democratic values; ... (vii) maintain political neutrality; ... (x) maintain responsiveness to the public, particularly to the weaker section; ... (xiii) declare any private interests relating to his public duties and take steps to resolve any conflicts in a way that protects the public interest.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nAll eighteen clauses (iv) to (xxi) are governed by the same opening words, <i>\\\"Every Government servant shall at all times.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 92,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are obligations of a Government servant at all times EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"to maintain high ethical standards and honesty in the discharge of his official duties\",\r\n      \"to make choices, take decisions and make recommendations on merit alone and on no other consideration\",\r\n      \"to obtain the prior permission of the Government before joining any educational institution\",\r\n      \"to maintain courtesy and good behaviour with the members of the public\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - to obtain the prior permission of the Government before joining any educational institution<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(vi), (xi) and (xvi) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964; GID (4) under Rule 3<\/i><br><br>\\nClauses (vi), (xi) and (xvi) contain the other three obligations verbatim. Joining an educational institution is not an obligation at all, and even the requirement of permission is conditional - GID (4) states that <i>\\\"Wherever found necessary, the administrative authorities may require that Government servants under their control should take prior permission,\\\"<\/i> and that <i>\\\"Ordinarily, permission is to be granted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe trap works twice over: it is not in Rule 3(1) at all, and it overstates the position under GID (4).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 93,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is required not to misuse his position as a civil servant and not to take decisions in order to derive financial or material benefits for:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"himself alone\",\r\n      \"himself and the members of his family only\",\r\n      \"himself, his family or his friends\",\r\n      \"himself, his family or any person having official dealings with him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - himself, his family or his friends<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(xv) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"not misuse his position as civil servant and not take decisions in order to derive financial or material benefits for himself, his family or his friends.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause deliberately extends beyond the defined expression \\\"members of family\\\" in Rule 2(c) to reach <b>friends<\/b> - a category nowhere defined, and not limited by any test of dependency.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Both stop short of friends<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 \\\"Persons having official dealings\\\" is the formula used in Rules 13, 16(4) and 18(2) and (3); it is not the language of Clause (xv)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 94,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant shall not place himself under any financial or other obligations to any individual or organization which:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is engaged in any trade or business\",\r\n      \"may influence him in the performance of his official duties\",\r\n      \"is situated within the local limits of his authority\",\r\n      \"has had any official dealings with the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - may influence him in the performance of his official duties<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(xiv) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"not place himself under any financial or other obligations to any individual or organization which may influence him in the performance of his official duties.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe test is the <b>capacity to influence<\/b>, not the character of the individual or the geography of the transaction.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - each borrows a test from a different rule:<\/b><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 \\\"Within the local limits of his authority\\\" is the test in Rule 16(4)(a) on lending and borrowing<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 \\\"Official dealings\\\" is the test in the Explanation to Rule 13(1) on gifts and in the provisos to Rule 18(2) and (3)<br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Trade and business is the subject of Rule 15\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 95,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to private interests relating to his public duties, a Government servant is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"declare them and take steps to resolve any conflicts in a way that protects the public interest\",\r\n      \"refrain altogether from acquiring any such interest while he continues in Government service\",\r\n      \"report them to the prescribed authority within one month of the date on which they are acquired\",\r\n      \"obtain the previous sanction of the prescribed authority before acquiring any such interest\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - declare them and take steps to resolve any conflicts in a way that protects the public interest<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(xiii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"declare any private interests relating to his public duties and take steps to resolve any conflicts in a way that protects the public interest.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause does not prohibit the holding of private interests; it requires <b>disclosure plus resolution<\/b>, with the public interest as the governing standard.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 No prohibition on acquisition is imposed<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The one-month reporting period belongs to Rule 18(3), on transactions in movable property<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Previous sanction is the scheme of Rules 8, 12, 14 and 15, not of Clause (xiii)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 96,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the obligation to maintain confidentiality in the performance of official duties extends particularly to information the disclosure of which may:\\n1. prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India\\n2. prejudicially affect the strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State\\n3. lead to the incitement of an offence\\n4. lead to illegal or unlawful gain to any person\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(xx) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"maintain confidentiality in the performance of his official duties as required by any laws for the time being in force, particularly with regard to information, disclosure of which may prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, friendly relation with foreign countries or lead to incitement of an offence or illegal or unlawful gain to any person.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause also names the security of the State and friendly relations with foreign countries. Note that the obligation is expressly framed <i>\\\"as required by any laws for the time being in force\\\"<\/i>, which is what reconciles it with Rule 11 and the Right to Information Act, 2005.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 97,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is required to take decisions solely in public interest and to use or cause to use public resources:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"economically, and with the prior approval of the Ministry of Finance\",\r\n      \"efficiently, effectively and economically\",\r\n      \"in accordance with the General Financial Rules alone\",\r\n      \"in the manner directed by his official superior\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - efficiently, effectively and economically<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(xii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"take decisions solely in public interest and use or cause to use public resources efficiently, effectively and economically.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree distinct standards are prescribed and all three must be satisfied - economy alone is not enough.<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 Neither the approval of the Ministry of Finance nor the General Financial Rules is referred to in the clause<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Would subordinate the standard to the superior's direction, which Rule 3(2)(ii) read with Explanation II does not permit\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 98,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in discharging the obligation to maintain discipline in the performance of his duties, a Government servant is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"liable to implement the lawful orders duly communicated to him\",\r\n      \"liable to implement all orders of his official superior, whether lawful or otherwise\",\r\n      \"liable to implement only such orders as are issued to him in writing\",\r\n      \"entitled to decline any order which he considers inexpedient\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - liable to implement the lawful orders duly communicated to him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(xix) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"maintain discipline in the discharge of his duties and be liable to implement the lawful orders duly communicated to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo qualifications are built in - the order must be <b>lawful<\/b> and it must be <b>duly communicated<\/b>. GID (23) treats the converse as misconduct: <i>\\\"Wilful insubordination or disobedience... to any lawful and reasonable order of a superior.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Drops the requirement of lawfulness<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 An oral direction, once duly communicated, is still binding; Rule 3(2)(iii) regulates its <i>record<\/i>, not its validity<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Confers a discretion the clause does not give\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 99,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I\\nA. Maintain political neutrality\\nB. Maintain responsiveness to the public, particularly to the weaker section\\nC. Perform and discharge duties with the highest degree of professionalism and dedication\\nD. Commit himself to and uphold the supremacy of the Constitution and democratic values\\n\\nList-II\\n1. Rule 3(1)(iv)\\n2. Rule 3(1)(vii)\\n3. Rule 3(1)(x)\\n4. Rule 3(1)(xxi)\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(iv), (vii), (x) and (xxi) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(iv) commit himself to and uphold the supremacy of the Constitution and democratic values; (vii) maintain political neutrality; (x) maintain responsiveness to the public, particularly to the weaker section; (xxi) perform and discharge his duties with the highest degree of professionalism and dedication to the best of his abilities.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (iv) opens the eighteen obligations inserted in 2014 and Clause (xxi) closes them - a useful anchor for the whole list.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 100,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the obligation to act with fairness and impartiality and not to discriminate against anyone is expressed with particular reference to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"members of recognized service associations\",\r\n      \"the poor and the under-privileged sections of society\",\r\n      \"persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes\",\r\n      \"women employees at the workplace\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the poor and the under-privileged sections of society<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(xvii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"act with fairness and impartiality and not discriminate against anyone, particularly the poor and the under-privileged sections of society.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 SC\/ST employees are separately dealt with in GID (4) under Rule 3, on educational facilities, and in GID (20) on untouchability<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Women at the workplace are the subject of Rule 3-C<br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Service associations are the subject of Rules 6 and 7 and GID (2) under Rule 9\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 101,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are matters which a Government servant is required at all times to defend and uphold EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the sovereignty and integrity of India\",\r\n      \"the security of the State\",\r\n      \"friendly relations with foreign States\",\r\n      \"public order, decency and morality\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - friendly relations with foreign States<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(v) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"defend and uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, public order, decency and morality.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nFriendly relations with foreign States is a real formula in these Rules, but it belongs elsewhere: <b>Rule 7(i)<\/b> forbids a demonstration prejudicial to <i>\\\"friendly relations with foreign States\\\"<\/i>, and <b>Rule 9(iii)<\/b> forbids a statement capable of embarrassing relations between the Central Government and a foreign State. That is what makes it the sharpest distractor here.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 102,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding the obligations of a Government servant under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. He is required to refrain from doing anything which is or may be contrary to any law, rules, regulations and established practices.\\n2. He is required to promote the principles of merit, fairness and impartiality in the discharge of duties.\\n3. He is required to maintain accountability and transparency.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1)(viii), (ix) and (xviii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(viii) promote the principles of merit, fairness and impartiality in the discharge of duties; (ix) maintain accountability and transparency; ... (xviii) refrain from doing anything which is or may be contrary to any law, rules, regulations and established practices.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote the reach of Clause (xviii): it extends beyond written law to <b>established practices<\/b>, and covers what \\\"may be\\\" contrary as well as what is.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 103,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who is convicted by a Criminal Court is required to inform his official superiors:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"only where the offence of which he has been convicted is one involving moral turpitude\",\r\n      \"only where the conviction entails a sentence of imprisonment and not where a fine alone is imposed or where the sentence of imprisonment is for a term exceeding six months\",\r\n      \"of the fact of his conviction and the circumstances connected therewith, as soon as it is possible for him to do so\",\r\n      \"within one month of the date of the judgment, whether or not an appeal has been preferred\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - of the fact of his conviction and the circumstances connected therewith, as soon as it is possible for him to do so<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/70\/49-Ests., dated 20th December, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it shall hereafter be the duty of a Government servant who may be convicted in a Criminal Court to inform his official superiors of the fact of his conviction and the circumstances, connected therewith, as soon as it is possible for him to do so.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe duty is absolute. The same Decision records that every Government servant is expected to report a conviction <i>\\\"whether the offence is of serious nature or is purely technical.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Moral turpitude and imprisonment go to the <i>penalty<\/i> to be imposed, not to the duty to report<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 No one-month period is prescribed\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 104,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, failure on the part of a Government servant to inform his official superiors of the fact of his conviction by a Criminal Court:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is regarded as suppression of material information and renders him liable to disciplinary action on that ground alone\",\r\n      \"is condoned if the conviction is subsequently set aside in appeal or in revision by a superior Court\",\r\n      \"attracts no separate consequence, the penalty being determined solely by the offence on which the conviction rests\",\r\n      \"is a matter to be taken into account only when his case is next considered for promotion\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is regarded as suppression of material information and renders him liable to disciplinary action on that ground alone<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/70\/49-Ests., dated 20th December, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Failure on the part of any Government servant so to inform his official superiors will be regarded as suppression of material information and will render him liable to disciplinary action on this ground alone, apart from the penalty called for on the basis of the offence on which his conviction was based.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe non-reporting is thus a <b>distinct and independent<\/b> delinquency, standing apart from the offence itself.<br><br>\\n<b>B, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Each treats the failure as absorbed into, or excused by, the criminal proceedings\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 105,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a departmental penalty is proposed on the basis of facts which have led to a Government servant's conviction in a Criminal Court:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"dismissal from service follows automatically upon the conviction, and no separate consideration of the facts is called for\",\r\n      \"each case is to be examined on its merits, and an order imposing the appropriate penalty passed only where the charges show moral turpitude or grave misconduct\",\r\n      \"the penalty imposed may in no case exceed compulsory retirement, whatever the nature of the offence on which the conviction is based and the circumstances in which it was committed\",\r\n      \"the prescribed inquiry procedure must invariably be followed before an order imposing any penalty on that basis is passed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - each case is to be examined on its merits, and an order imposing the appropriate penalty passed only where the charges show moral turpitude or grave misconduct<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/70\/49-Ests., dated 20th December, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Dismissal, etc., in such cases is not to be automatic; each case should be examined on its merits and orders imposing the appropriate penalty passed only where the charges against the Government servant on which his conviction is based show that he was guilty of moral turpitude or of grave misconduct which is likely to render his further retention in service undesirable or contrary to public interest.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Is the precise opposite: the Decision opens by noting that the inquiry procedure <i>need not<\/i> be followed where the penalty rests on facts leading to conviction\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 106,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who has been arrested is required to intimate the fact of his arrest and the circumstances connected therewith to his official superior:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in all cases of arrest, promptly, even though he might subsequently have been released on bail\",\r\n      \"only where he has not been released on bail and continues to be in detention\",\r\n      \"only where the period of his detention exceeds forty-eight hours from the time of arrest\",\r\n      \"only after the Police case against him has been concluded one way or the other\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - in all cases of arrest, promptly, even though he might subsequently have been released on bail<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 3 - MHA Letter No. 39\/59\/54-Estt. (A), dated 25th February, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It shall be the duty of a Government servant who may be arrested for any reason to intimate the fact of his arrest and the circumstances connected therewith to his official superior promptly even though he might have subsequently been released on bail.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <i>\\\"for any reason\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"even though... released on bail\\\"<\/i> together shut out every exception.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Release on bail is expressly made irrelevant<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 No period of detention is prescribed<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Intimation is due at the stage of arrest, not on conclusion of the case\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 107,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, failure of a Government servant to inform his official superior of the fact of his arrest:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a matter to be considered only along with the outcome of the Police case launched against him\",\r\n      \"attracts no consequence where the detention was preventive in nature and no charge was framed\",\r\n      \"renders him liable to disciplinary action on that ground alone, apart from the action called for on the outcome of the Police case\",\r\n      \"is to be treated as unauthorized absence involving a break in service for the period of the detention and to be regularized only as leave due\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - renders him liable to disciplinary action on that ground alone, apart from the action called for on the outcome of the Police case<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 3 - MHA Letter No. 39\/59\/54-Estt. (A), dated 25th February, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Failure on the part of any Government servant to so inform his official superior will be regarded as suppression of material information and will render him liable to disciplinary action on this ground alone, apart from the action that may be called for on the outcome of the Police case against him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Is a real consequence in these Rules, but of a different act altogether - GID (3) under Rule 7 provides that absence on account of participation in a \\\"Gherao\\\" is to be treated as unauthorized absence involving break in service\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 108,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In which of the following circumstances is a Government servant relieved, under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, of the duty to intimate to his official superior the fact of his arrest?\\n1. Where the detention was preventive in nature\\n2. Where he is released on bail within forty-eight hours\\n3. Where he is let off with a warning after being detained\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"None of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - None of the above<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 3 - MHA Letter No. 39\/59\/54-Estt. (A), dated 25th February, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It shall be the duty of a Government servant who may be arrested for any reason to intimate the fact of his arrest and the circumstances connected therewith to his official superior promptly even though he might have subsequently been released on bail.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 <i>\\\"For any reason\\\"<\/i> covers preventive detention<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Release on bail is expressly declared irrelevant, and no period is prescribed<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The duty is triggered by the arrest itself, not by its outcome<br><br>\\nThe intimation requirement admits of <b>no exception whatsoever<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 109,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the provisions which place restrictions on the freedom of speech and expression of Government servants and on their right to form associations:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution\",\r\n      \"are saved only by Article 33 of the Constitution\",\r\n      \"are valid only in respect of Government servants holding Group 'A' posts\",\r\n      \"operate only during office hours\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 3 - MHA Letter No. 141\/51-Ests., dated 11th August, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Government of India are accordingly of the opinion that the provisions in the Conduct Rules which place any restrictions on the freedom of speech and expression of Government servants and on their right to form associations, are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Article 33 was needed for the Armed Forces for a different reason - because maintaining discipline there <i>\\\"necessarily and frequently required action in contravention of certain provisions of Part-III\\\"<\/i>, such as detention otherwise than in accordance with Article 21<br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 No such limitation of grade or of hours is suggested\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 110,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the reasoning by which the restrictions contained in the Conduct Rules are held not to invade Fundamental Rights rests on the proposition that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Article 33 of the Constitution expressly authorizes the abrogation of these rights in the case of civil servants, as it does for the Armed Forces whose members are similarly placed in relation to Part III\",\r\n      \"the relationship between the Government and a civil servant rests on a contractual basis, the restrictions being accepted voluntarily in his own interest\",\r\n      \"Government servants are not to be regarded as citizens for the purposes of Part III of the Constitution while they remain in service\",\r\n      \"Part III of the Constitution has no application to matters relating to the conditions of service of a civil servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the relationship between the Government and a civil servant rests on a contractual basis, the restrictions being accepted voluntarily in his own interest<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 3 - MHA Letter No. 141\/51-Ests., dated 11th August, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the relationship between the Government and a civil servant rests on contractual basis... A person who voluntarily enters Government service, therefore, accepts these rules and conditions voluntarily in his own interest... The restrictions imposed by the rules are not in truth and substance imposed upon him externally, but he accepts and abides by them voluntarily in his own interest.\\\"<\/i> The Decision cites <i>Gould v. Stewart, 1896 AC 576<\/i>.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Article 33 concerns the Armed Forces and, as the Decision notes, its presence does not affect this position<br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Neither proposition is advanced\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 111,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who wishes to exercise his Fundamental Rights to the fullest, unrestricted by the Conduct Rules, may do so by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"resigning from the civil service\",\r\n      \"applying to the Government for a relaxation under the interpretation clause\",\r\n      \"approaching the appropriate High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution\",\r\n      \"obtaining a declaration to that effect from the disciplinary authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - resigning from the civil service<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 3 - MHA Letter No. 141\/51-Ests., dated 11th August, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If the civil servant does not exercise these Fundamental Rights to the fullest, he does so merely because he considers it in his interest not to do so. But it is open to him at any time to exercise his Fundamental Rights by resigning from the civil service. He has no Fundamental Rights to insist that he should be retained in Government service and that he should have the benefit of all the rights and privilege of the contract of service, if, on his own part, he does not abide by his own obligations.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The power under Rule 23 to relax rules is to prevent hardship, not to release a servant from conduct obligations\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 112,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a Government servant joining an educational institution outside normal office hours:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"prior permission of the Government is required in every case, whatever the nature of the course\",\r\n      \"prior permission is never required, the pursuit of knowledge being confined to his leisure hours\",\r\n      \"the administrative authority may, wherever found necessary, require prior permission, which is ordinarily to be granted\",\r\n      \"permission may be granted only to employees belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and to such other categories as the Government may from time to time specify\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the administrative authority may, wherever found necessary, require prior permission, which is ordinarily to be granted<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 130\/54-Ests. (A), dated 26th February, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Ordinarily, there can be no objection to the pursuit of knowledge by Government servants in their leisure hours. But this must be subject to the condition that such pursuit does in no way detract from their efficiency. Wherever found necessary, the administrative authorities may require that Government servants under their control should take prior permission... Ordinarily, permission is to be granted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe position is thus <b>neither an absolute requirement nor an absolute freedom<\/b>. Options A and B state the two extremes; D inverts the concluding para, which merely directs that SC\/ST employees be allowed to take full advantage of educational facilities.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 113,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where permission is granted to a Government servant to join a course of study, a condition may be attached that the permission:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"shall stand withdrawn if he fails to pass the examination\",\r\n      \"may be withdrawn at any moment without assigning any reasons\",\r\n      \"shall be reviewed at the end of each academic year\",\r\n      \"shall not entitle him to any leave for appearing at examinations\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - may be withdrawn at any moment without assigning any reasons<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 130\/54-Ests. (A), dated 26th February, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"with a view to summarily dealing with cases where it is noticed that the Government servant has been neglecting his duties for the sake of his studies, a condition may be attached saying that the permission may be withdrawn at any moment without assigning any reasons. This will, of course, be without prejudice to any other departmental action being taken where mere withdrawal of the permission is not considered adequate.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe purpose of the condition is summary disposal without an inquiry into reasons; A, C and D substitute tests the Decision does not prescribe.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 114,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the reason for which administrative authorities may require prior permission before a Government servant joins an educational institution is that such joining:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"involves an advance commitment about attendance at specific hours and absence from duty during periods of examinations\",\r\n      \"amounts to the undertaking of other employment within the meaning of the rules relating to private trade and of the restriction on undertaking any other employment\",\r\n      \"requires the Government servant to communicate official information and documents to the institution\",\r\n      \"attracts the restriction on canvassing for, or holding, an elective office in any body or society\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - involves an advance commitment about attendance at specific hours and absence from duty during periods of examinations<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 130\/54-Ests. (A), dated 26th February, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...as the joining of educational institutions involve advance commitment about attendance at specific hours and absence from duty during periods of examinations.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe concern is the effect on <b>availability for duty<\/b>, which is why the governing condition is that the pursuit <i>\\\"does in no way detract from their efficiency.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Other employment is the subject of Rule 15(1)(b); a course of study is not employment<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Communication of information is Rule 11<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Elective office is Rule 15(1)(c)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 115,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, while deciding a request for permission to attend a course of study outside office hours, the period of tenure of the Government servant is required to be taken into account so that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the course of study is completed well before he attains the age of superannuation\",\r\n      \"occasions do not ordinarily arise to ask for extension of his tenure to cover the period of the course\",\r\n      \"he is not transferred out of the station during the currency of the course of study\",\r\n      \"the expenditure incurred on the course is recovered from him before his repatriation to his parent office at the end of the tenure\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - occasions do not ordinarily arise to ask for extension of his tenure to cover the period of the course<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 11013\/4\/77-Ests. (A), dated 21st May, 1977<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the period of tenure of the Government servant concerned should also be taken into account so that in the ordinary course, occasions do not arise to ask for extension of tenure to cover the period of the course attended by him which may continue beyond the expiry of the tenure.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision adds that where such a case does arise, <i>\\\"the Department of Personnel and A.R. may please be consulted before the permission is granted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 None of these considerations is mentioned\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 116,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to online courses on the iGOT Karmayogi platform, a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is required to obtain the prior permission of his office\",\r\n      \"is required to give prior intimation to his Head of Department\",\r\n      \"is not required to seek permission from his office\",\r\n      \"is required to obtain permission only where the course extends beyond three months\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is not required to seek permission from his office<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. T-19011\/1\/2024-NTP, dated 15th January, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the provisions of the OMs indicated in Para. 1 \/ supra do not apply to online courses intended to be pursued by Government servants on iGoT Karmayogi.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification was issued precisely because the earlier instructions on joining educational institutions - GID (4) and GID (5) - <i>\\\"are being interpreted to mean that Government servants... are required to seek permission to enrol for and consume courses available on iGoT Karmayogi platform.\\\"<\/i> Options A, B and D each import a requirement the clarification removes.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 117,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the iGOT Karmayogi platform is central to which one of the following programmes?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"The National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building - Mission Karmayogi\",\r\n      \"The National e-Governance Plan for citizen-centric service delivery\",\r\n      \"The Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System for Central Government offices\",\r\n      \"The Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - The National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building - Mission Karmayogi<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. T-19011\/1\/2024-NTP, dated 15th January, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the Government of India is implementing a flagship programme, namely, the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) - Mission Karmayogi... Central to the programme is competency-driven capacity building approach enabled through the comprehensive online platform - iGOT Karmayogi.\\\"<\/i> Ministries prepare <b>Capacity Building Plans (CBPs)<\/b> under it.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 AEBAS is the attendance system dealt with in GIDs (22-A) and (22-B)<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 CPGRAMS is the grievances platform dealt with in GID (26-G)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 118,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, participation by a Government servant in his spare time in a \\\"Shramdan\\\" drive is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"prohibited in all cases, whether or not his official duties are affected\",\r\n      \"permissible only with the previous sanction of the Government in each individual case\",\r\n      \"not only unobjectionable but even welcome, so long as official duties are not unduly interfered with\",\r\n      \"permissible only where the activity is organized by a recognized service association of employees\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - not only unobjectionable but even welcome, so long as official duties are not unduly interfered with<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/8\/55-Ests. (A), dated 3rd May, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Participation of a Government servant in such activity in his spare time is not only unobjectionable but even welcome, subject, of course, to the consideration that such activity does not interfere with the performance of his official duties. It is in fact considered desirable that Government servants should be encouraged to participate in such activities.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Service associations are irrelevant here; the limitation that does exist is as to the <i>organizer<\/i> being a Government department or the Bharat Sevak Samaj\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 119,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the instructions encouraging participation by Government servants in \\\"Shramdan\\\" apply only to activities organized by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a Government department or the Bharat Sevak Samaj\",\r\n      \"any voluntary organization registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860\",\r\n      \"a local authority or a co-operative society\",\r\n      \"the Home Guards Organization or the Civil Defence Service\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a Government department or the Bharat Sevak Samaj<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/8\/55-Ests. (A), dated 3rd May, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It should, however, be made clear that these instructions apply only to activities organized by Government department or the Bharat Sevak Samaj and not by private organizations.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Bharat Sevak Samaj recurs in these Rules: GID (11) under Rule 5 records that it is <i>\\\"a nationwide non-official and non-political organization... started at the instance of the Planning Commission\\\"<\/i>, and that permission to join it may be granted freely.<br><br>\\n<b>B, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 None of these bodies is named in the Decision\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 120,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, Government servants may be permitted to join the Civil Defence Service as volunteers, but permission need not be given to those who:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are holding key posts and cannot be released during an emergency\",\r\n      \"are due to attain the age of superannuation within one year\",\r\n      \"hold posts included in Group 'A' of the Central Civil Services\",\r\n      \"have already been enrolled in the Home Guards Organization\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - are holding key posts and cannot be released during an emergency<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 47\/7\/63-Ests. (A), dated 23rd May, 1963<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Such of the Government servants as are holding key posts and as cannot be released during an emergency need not be permitted to join the Service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe identical reservation appears in GID (9) for the Home Guards Organization, and a comparable one in GID (10) for the Territorial Army in respect of employees on operational or maintenance duties.<br><br>\\n<b>B, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Neither impending retirement, nor grade, nor existing membership of another auxiliary organization is made a disqualification\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 121,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant enrolled as a member of the Civil Defence Service is required in an emergency to perform duties during office hours, the period of absence shall be treated as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"casual leave to the extent such leave is due\",\r\n      \"special casual leave\",\r\n      \"earned leave\",\r\n      \"duty\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - special casual leave<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 47\/7\/63-Ests. (A), dated 23rd May, 1963<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"if, in an emergency, a Government servant, who is enrolled as a member of the Civil Defence Service, is required under the Civil Defence Service Rules, 1962, to perform any duties and functions during office hours, the period of absence shall be treated as special casual leave.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option A is the trap.<\/b> The two-stage treatment - casual leave to the extent due, and special casual leave to the extent it is not - belongs to the <b>St. John Ambulance Brigade<\/b> under GID (8). For the Civil Defence Service the treatment is special casual leave outright.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 122,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the instructions permitting Government servants to join the Civil Defence Service:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"do not apply to those desiring to join on a wholetime paid basis\",\r\n      \"apply also to those desiring to join on a wholetime paid basis\",\r\n      \"prohibit the receipt of any allowance in addition to civil pay\",\r\n      \"require the Government servant to forgo his civil pay for the period of training\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - do not apply to those desiring to join on a wholetime paid basis<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 47\/7\/63-Ests. (A), dated 23rd May, 1963<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"These orders are not applicable to Government servants desiring to join Civil Defence Organization on a wholetime paid basis. Such Government servants would be sent on deputation basis if they are permanent, and other individual cases should be examined on its merit.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Both invert the position. The same Decision provides that the Government servants concerned <i>\\\"may also be permitted to receive in addition to their Civil pay, such allowances as may be prescribed for them under the Civil Defence Service Rules, 1962.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 123,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who is a member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade may be allowed special casual leave to cover his absence on special duties assigned to him by the Brigade, not exceeding:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"five days per annum\",\r\n      \"seven days per annum\",\r\n      \"ten days per annum\",\r\n      \"fifteen days per annum\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - seven days per annum<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8) under Rule 3 - C.S., Dept. of Per., O.M. No. F. 27\/5\/70-Ests. (B), dated 12th January, 1971 and DoP&T O.M. No. 21011\/2\/88-Estt. (A), dated 21st March, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"special casual leave not exceeding seven days per annum may be allowed to Government servants who are members of the Brigade to cover their absence on any special duties that may be assigned to them by the Brigade.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe context is duty at <i>\\\"first-aid posts organized by them in fairs and on important occasions.\\\"<\/i> This seven-day ceiling is distinct from the treatment of <i>training<\/i> absence, which is governed by the casual-leave-then-special-casual-leave formula in the same Decision.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 124,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following conditions, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, subject to which special casual leave is admissible to a member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade for special duties assigned by the Brigade:\\n1. The duties are performed during office hours on working days.\\n2. Where the duties extend only to half a day, only half a day's special casual leave is allowed.\\n3. The Government servant holds a non-Gazetted post.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8) under Rule 3 - C.S., Dept. of Per., O.M. No. F. 27\/5\/70-Ests. (B), dated 12th January, 1971<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"provided that (i) such duties are performed during office hours on working days, and (ii) if the duties so performed extend only to half a day, only half day's special casual leave should be allowed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Statement 3<\/b> \u2717 Grade or classification is nowhere made a condition. It is a plausible distractor because non-Gazetted status <i>is<\/i> a condition elsewhere in these Rules - in the second proviso to Rule 1(3), which confers a partial exemption on low-paid non-Gazetted staff in specified establishments.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 125,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant permitted to join the St. John Ambulance Brigade is required to undergo the necessary training during office hours, the period is treated as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"casual leave to the extent such leave is due, and special casual leave to the extent it is not due\",\r\n      \"special casual leave, whether or not casual leave is due to him on that date\",\r\n      \"duty, the training being undergone in the public interest and at the instance of the Brigade\",\r\n      \"earned leave, to the extent it stands at his credit on the date of the training\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - casual leave to the extent such leave is due, and special casual leave to the extent it is not due<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/21\/49-Ests., dated 31st May, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"in cases where Government servants who may be permitted to join the Brigade and required to undergo the necessary training, etc., during office hours, there will be no objection to the period of training, etc., being treated as casual leave to the extent such leave is due and to the extent such leave is not due, as special casual leave.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nContrast <b>GID (7)<\/b>, under which absence for Civil Defence Service duties in an emergency is treated as special casual leave outright, and <b>GID (9)<\/b>, under which the period of training and duty as a Home Guard is treated as special casual leave.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 126,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, permission to a Government servant to enrol himself in the Home Guards Organization is subject to the condition that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Government of India will not be responsible for any risks, injuries, damages or other consequences arising out of or during the course of such employment\",\r\n      \"he shall not receive any emoluments from the State Government in addition to his pay, the period being treated as duty\",\r\n      \"he shall not be deputed for duty outside the local limits of his headquarters during the period of his training\",\r\n      \"he shall relinquish his membership of the Organization on his promotion to a post included in Group 'A' of the Central Civil Services or on his appointment to a supervisory post\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the Government of India will not be responsible for any risks, injuries, damages or other consequences<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (9) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/1\/49-Ests., dated 10th January, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The grant of permission to join such forces will be subject to the conditions - (i) That the period of training and duty as Home Guards, etc., will be treated as Special Casual Leave and the person concerned permitted to receive in addition to their pay such emoluments as the Provincial Government may offer; and (ii) That the Government of India will not be responsible for any risks, injuries, damages or other consequences arising out of or during the course of employment in the Home Guards, etc., Organization.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Directly contradicts condition (i), which permits emoluments <i>in addition to<\/i> pay\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 127,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the case of Government servants engaged in operational or maintenance duties, permission to join the Home Guards Organization:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is not to be granted at all\",\r\n      \"is subject to the exigencies of public service\",\r\n      \"requires the prior concurrence of the Ministry of Home Affairs\",\r\n      \"may be granted only for the period of training\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is subject to the exigencies of public service<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (9) under Rule 3 - MHA (Dept. of Per. & A.R.) O.M. No. 39021 (i)\/79-Estt. (C), dated 7th September, 1979<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In the case of those employees who are engaged in operational or maintenance duties, the permission will be subject to exigencies of Public Service. Such of the Government servants as are holding key posts and as cannot be released during an emergency, need not be permitted to join the Organization.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision distinguishes two categories: operational or maintenance staff, whose permission is conditional; and key-post holders, who need not be permitted at all. The general direction is that permission be granted <b>freely<\/b>, the Organization having <i>\\\"an important and useful role in the life of the citizens.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 128,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Territorial Army has been described as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the second line of defence of the country\",\r\n      \"the reserve force of the Central Armed Police Forces\",\r\n      \"an officially sponsored auxiliary police organization\",\r\n      \"a wholetime paid civil defence organization\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the second line of defence of the country<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 39021\/1\/95-Estt. (C), dated 12th October, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Territorial Army is the second line of defence of the country which plays an important and useful role for the defence of the country in an emergency as also during natural calamities and the main source of recruitment to the Territorial Army is Civil Government servants, employees of Public Sector Undertakings \/ Corporations and also employees of Public Utility Institutions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 \\\"Officially sponsored Auxiliary Police Organizations\\\" is the description used in GID (9) for the Home Guards, National Volunteers Corps and similar bodies\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 129,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the imposition by certain Public Sector Banks and Financial Institutions of restrictions on their employees volunteering for enrolment in the Territorial Army was held to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"permissible, having regard to the exigencies of banking operations\",\r\n      \"violative of the concept and spirit of 'volunteerism' for which the Force is conceived\",\r\n      \"a matter falling within the exclusive competence of the Reserve Bank of India acting in consultation with the Ministry of Defence\",\r\n      \"permissible only in the case of employees on operational duties\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - violative of the concept and spirit of 'volunteerism' for which the Force is conceived<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 39021\/1\/95-Estt. (C), dated 12th October, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"some Public Sector Banks and Financial Institutions have imposed restrictions on their employees to volunteer for enrolment \/ commission in the Territorial Army which is violative of the concept and spirit of 'volunteerism' for which the Force is conceived.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision was issued because the Review Committee on Territorial Army had reported that <i>\\\"the response from the Civil Government servants and the PSU \/ Public Utility employees has been poor.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Borrows the operational-duties reservation, which qualifies permission but does not validate a blanket restriction\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 130,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant asks for permission to sue the Government in a Court of Law for the redress of a grievance arising out of his employment or conditions of service, he may be informed that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"such permission is not necessary\",\r\n      \"permission is granted subject to the outcome of the departmental remedy\",\r\n      \"permission may be granted only after the normal official channels have been exhausted\",\r\n      \"permission may be granted only by the Head of the Department\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - such permission is not necessary<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/3\/59-Ests. (A), dated 21st April, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where, however, permission to sue Government in a Court of Law for the redress of such grievances is asked for by any Government servant either before exhausting the normal official channels of redress or after exhausting them, he may be informed that such permission is not necessary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option C is the trap.<\/b> Exhausting the official channels first is <i>advised<\/i> in the Government servant's own interest, but it is not a condition of permission - because no permission is needed at all, whether he has exhausted them or not. Contrast <b>Rule 19(1)<\/b>, which does require previous sanction, but only for proceedings to vindicate an <i>official act<\/i> that has been adversely criticized.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 131,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant seeking redress of a grievance arising out of his employment is advised, in his own interest and consistently with official propriety and discipline, to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"obtain the previous sanction of the Government before moving a Court of Law\",\r\n      \"first exhaust the normal official channels of redress before taking the issue to a Court of Law\",\r\n      \"submit a joint representation along with other similarly placed employees\",\r\n      \"route his claim through the recognized service association of which he is a member so that it may be sponsored and pursued on his behalf\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - first exhaust the normal official channels of redress before taking the issue to a Court of Law<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/3\/59-Ests. (A), dated 21st April, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants seeking redress of their grievances arising out of their employment or conditions of service should, in their own interest and also consistently with official propriety and discipline, first exhaust the normal official channels of redress before they take the issue to a Court of Law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Is the opposite of the position: GID (21) holds that <i>\\\"making of joint representations by Government servants should be viewed as subversive of discipline\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Sanction is expressly declared unnecessary by Clause (b) of the same Decision\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 132,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in a case where a Government servant is reported to have acted in a manner unbecoming of a Government servant by neglecting his wife and family:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"departmental action can be taken against him on that score without invoking any of the Conduct Rules\",\r\n      \"no action can be taken, there being no provision in the Conduct Rules on the subject\",\r\n      \"action can be taken only under the provision relating to conduct unbecoming of a Government servant\",\r\n      \"action can be taken only after a decree for maintenance has been passed against him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - departmental action can be taken against him on that score without invoking any of the Conduct Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (12) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/16\/59-Ests. (A), dated 1st September, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In cases where a Government servant is reported to have acted in a manner unbecoming of a Government servant, as for instance, by neglecting his wife and family, departmental action can be taken against him on that score without invoking any of the Conduct Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe action rests on <b>Rule 11 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965<\/b>, under which penalties may be imposed <i>\\\"for good and sufficient reasons\\\"<\/i>. It has been held that such neglect <i>\\\"may be regarded as a good and sufficient reason to justify action being taken against him under this rule.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 133,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a specific provision enabling action against a Government servant who does not look after his family properly was not inserted in the rules because:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the matter falls exclusively within the jurisdiction of the civil courts\",\r\n      \"it would entail administrative difficulties in implementing and enforcing it\",\r\n      \"it would offend the personal law applicable to the Government servant\",\r\n      \"the subject is already covered by the provision relating to restriction regarding marriage\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - it would entail administrative difficulties in implementing and enforcing it<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (12) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/16\/59-Ests. (A), dated 1st September, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided that it will not be possible to make such a provision in the Conduct Rules as it would entail administrative difficulties in implementing and enforcing it. However, a Government servant is expected to maintain a responsible and decent standard of conduct in his private life and not bring discredit to his service by his misdemeanours.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis is the same drafting technique used in <b>GID (19)<\/b> on proselytization - no express provision is added, but the conduct remains actionable as good and sufficient reason.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 21 deals with bigamous marriage and with marriage to a foreign national, not with maintenance\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 134,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where legal proceedings for maintenance are pending in a Court of Law, action by the Government against the Government servant on that ground:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"would not be correct, as such action may be construed by the Court to amount to contempt\",\r\n      \"should proceed independently of, and without regard to, the proceedings pending before the Court\",\r\n      \"should be deferred until the Government servant is convicted by the Court of the offence\",\r\n      \"should be taken only after obtaining the previous sanction of the Ministry of Law and Justice\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - would not be correct, as such action may be construed by the Court to amount to contempt<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (12) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/16\/59-Ests. (A), dated 1st September, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It should, however, be noted that in such cases the party affected has a legal right to claim maintenance. If any legal proceedings in this behalf should be pending in a Court of Law, it would not be correct for Government to take action against the Government servant on this ground as such action may be construed by the Court to amount to contempt.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision therefore has two limbs that must be read together - departmental action is competent without invoking the Conduct Rules, <b>but it must stand aside while the Court is seized of the maintenance claim<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 135,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, Government servants holding positions of trust and responsibility are expected:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"to be honest and impartial in the discharge of their official duties\",\r\n      \"not only to be honest and impartial but also to have the reputation of being so\",\r\n      \"to abstain from all social relations with persons outside Government service\",\r\n      \"to disclose their social relations to the prescribed authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - not only to be honest and impartial but also to have the reputation of being so<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (13) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 41\/2\/55 (II)-Ests. (A), dated 23rd April, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is, in fact, axiomatic that Government servants, especially those holding positions of trust and responsibility, should not only be honest and impartial in the discharge of their official duties but also have the reputation of being so.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision, drawing on Chapter VI of the First Five-Year Plan, adds that <i>\\\"in their social relations and dealings; those holding responsible posts should ensure that there is no ground or occasion to suggest that some individuals have greater access or influence with them than others.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Social relations are to be conducted with care, not abstained from\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 136,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who is found to misuse his official position, or to abet and connive at improper and illegal acts, renders himself liable to disciplinary action for violation of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Rule 3\",\r\n      \"Rule 11\",\r\n      \"Rule 16\",\r\n      \"Rule 20\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Rule 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (13) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/93-Estt. (A), dated 6th October, 1993<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is again stressed that a Government servant must be impartial and must not show undue favour or ill will in his official dealings. If a Government servant is found to misuse his official position or to abet and connive at improper and illegal acts, he would render himself liable for disciplinary action for violation of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 11 governs communication of official information<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 16 governs investments, lending and borrowing<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 20 forbids canvassing of non-official or other outside influence in one's own service matters\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 137,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to postings to positions in which there is considerable scope for discretion, the principle laid down is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"no officer who does not have a reputation for honesty should be placed in such a position\",\r\n      \"only officers who have completed ten years of service should be placed in such positions\",\r\n      \"such postings should be made only with the concurrence of the Central Vigilance Commission\",\r\n      \"such postings should be rotated at intervals of not more than two years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - no officer who does not have a reputation for honesty should be placed in such a position<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (14) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 41\/2\/55 (II)-Ests. (A), dated 23rd April, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In Para. 7 of Chapter VI of the First Five-Year Plan, the Planning Commission have observed that no officer who does not have a reputation for honesty should be placed in a position in which there is considerable scope for discretion. The Government of India fully agree with this observation.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision requires recommending authorities, before recommending officers for responsible posts, to <i>\\\"take into account all relevant factors regarding their integrity and reputation for honesty and impartiality.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B, C, D.<\/b> \u2717 None of these tests is prescribed\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 138,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, while requiring recommending authorities to take into account an officer's reputation for honesty and impartiality, the instructions make it clear that there is no intention that an officer should be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"penalized or condemned merely on hearsay evidence\",\r\n      \"denied promotion on the ground of a pending inquiry\",\r\n      \"transferred without his consent\",\r\n      \"required to furnish a declaration of his assets and liabilities\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - penalized or condemned merely on hearsay evidence<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (14) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 41\/2\/55 (II)-Ests. (A), dated 23rd April, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"While there is no intention that an officer should be penalized or condemned merely on hearsay evidence, it is necessary that all recommending authorities should, before recommending officers for responsible posts where there is considerable scope for discretion, take into account all relevant factors regarding their integrity and reputation for honesty and impartiality.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe safeguard and the requirement sit in the same sentence: reputation is relevant to <b>posting<\/b>, but it cannot by itself found a <b>penalty<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The declaration of assets and liabilities is a positive requirement under Rule 18(1), not something disclaimed here\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 139,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, whenever a member of the personal staff of a Minister communicates an oral order on behalf of the Minister:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"no written confirmation is necessary, the order being that of the Minister\",\r\n      \"it should be confirmed by him in writing immediately thereafter\",\r\n      \"it should be recorded on the relevant file by the officer receiving it\",\r\n      \"it should be referred to the Secretary of the Ministry for confirmation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - it should be confirmed by him in writing immediately thereafter<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-A)(v) under Rule 3 - DP&AR O.M. No. 11013\/12\/78-Ests. (A), dated 1st August, 1978; Para 25-B(1) of the Manual of Office Procedure<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"whenever a member of the personal staff of a Minister communicates an oral order on behalf of the Minister, it should be confirmed by him in writing immediately thereafter.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe duty lies on the <b>member of the personal staff who communicates the order<\/b>, not on the officer who receives it. GID (16-A) further records that the personal staff of a Minister are themselves governed by the Conduct Rules and are required to observe these instructions.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Recording on file by the officer authorizing action is the separate rule in Para 25(1) of the Manual, on oral discussions between officers of the same department\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 140,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a junior officer receives oral instructions from a Minister or from his personal staff and the orders are NOT in accordance with the norms, rules, regulations or procedures, he should:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"carry out the orders as communicated to him and record on the relevant file the fact that they were received orally\",\r\n      \"decline to act upon the orders altogether and inform the Minister or his personal staff of the reasons for declining\",\r\n      \"seek further clear orders from the Secretary or the Head of the Department, stating clearly that the oral instructions are not in accordance with the rules\",\r\n      \"bring the orders to the notice of the Secretary or the Head of the Department, as the case may be, for information and record in the file relating to the subject\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - seek further clear orders from the Secretary or the Head of the Department, stating clearly that the oral instructions are not in accordance with the rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-A)(vii) under Rule 3 - DP&AR O.M. No. 11013\/12\/78-Ests. (A), dated 1st August, 1978; Para 25-B(3) of the Manual of Office Procedure<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"if a junior officer receives oral instructions from the Minister or from his personal staff and the orders are not in accordance with the norms, rules, regulations or procedures, they should seek further clear orders from the Secretary or the Head of the Department, as the case may be, about the line of action to be taken, stating clearly that the oral instructions are not in accordance with the rules, regulations, norms or procedures.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option D is the deliberate trap<\/b> - it is the course prescribed by Clause (vi) for orders which <b>are<\/b> in accordance with the norms, where the Secretary is informed but no further orders are sought.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 141,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a junior officer receives oral instructions from a Minister or from his personal staff and the orders ARE in accordance with the norms, rules, regulations or procedures, they should be brought to the notice of the Secretary or the Head of the Department:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"for information\",\r\n      \"for confirmation in writing\",\r\n      \"for approval before implementation\",\r\n      \"for record in his Confidential Report\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - for information<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-A)(vi) under Rule 3 - DP&AR O.M. No. 11013\/12\/78-Ests. (A), dated 1st August, 1978; Para 25-B(2) of the Manual of Office Procedure<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"if a junior officer receives oral instructions from the Minister or from his personal staff and the orders are in accordance with the norms, rules, regulations or procedures, they should be brought to the notice of the Secretary or the Head of the Department, as the case may be, for information.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe scheme is graded: <b>information<\/b> where the order conforms to the rules, and <b>further clear orders<\/b> where it does not. Options B and C would convert a duty of intimation into a requirement of prior sanction, which the Clause does not impose.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 142,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a junior officer seeks confirmation of an oral instruction given by his senior, the senior officer:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may decline to confirm it if the instruction was given informally\",\r\n      \"should confirm it only where the matter involves a departure from prescribed policy\",\r\n      \"should confirm it in writing whenever such confirmation is sought\",\r\n      \"should refer the matter to the next higher authority for orders\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - should confirm it in writing whenever such confirmation is sought<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-A)(iii) under Rule 3 - DP&AR O.M. No. 11013\/12\/78-Ests. (A), dated 1st August, 1978; Para 25-C(1) of the Manual of Office Procedure<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"if a junior officer seeks confirmation to the oral instructions given by the senior, the latter should confirm it in writing whenever such confirmation is sought.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis duplicates and reinforces the statutory duty in <b>Rule 3(2)(iv)<\/b>, under which, once confirmation is sought, <i>\\\"it shall be the duty of the official superior to confirm the direction in writing.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Departure from prescribed policy is one of the circumstances in Para 25(2) that make confirmation of <i>oral discussions<\/i> particularly desirable; it is not a filter on this duty\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 143,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a request by a subordinate for written confirmation of an oral direction, the correct position is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"it is open to the superior officer to refuse to confirm the direction in writing if he considers it unnecessary\",\r\n      \"it is not open to the superior officer to refuse confirmation, just as it is open to him to state immediately that no such direction was given\",\r\n      \"the superior officer may communicate his confirmation of the direction only through his personal staff\",\r\n      \"the superior officer must obtain the orders of the Head of the Department before confirming the direction in writing and communicating it to the subordinate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - it is not open to the superior officer to refuse confirmation, just as it is open to him to state immediately that no such direction was given<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-A) under Rule 3, Para 3 - referring to O.M. No. 11013\/18\/76-Estt. (A), dated 7th February, 1977<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is the duty of the superior official giving direction to confirm it in writing when such confirmation is sought by his subordinates. It is not open to the superior officer to refuse to confirm in writing the direction given by him, just as it is open to him to state immediately that no such direction was given.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe superior has exactly two lawful courses - confirm, or deny that any direction was given. What he may not do is stay silent.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 144,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the instructions relating to oral orders are required to be observed by the personal staff of a Minister:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"only where they belong to an organized service\",\r\n      \"only in respect of orders concerning service matters\",\r\n      \"whether they belong to an organized service or otherwise\",\r\n      \"only where the order is addressed to an officer holding a Group 'A' post\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - whether they belong to an organized service or otherwise<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-A) under Rule 3, Para 5 - DP&AR O.M. No. 11013\/12\/78-Ests. (A), dated 1st August, 1978<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Since the personal staff of Minister, whether belonging to organized services or otherwise are governed by the provisions of the Conduct Rules, 1964, they are also required to observe the orders outlined in the preceding paragraph.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis follows from <b>GID (5) under Rule 1<\/b>, which establishes that persons appointed to the personal staff of a Minister hold civil posts and that all provisions of the Conduct Rules apply to them, notwithstanding their coterminous tenure.<br><br>\\n<b>B, D.<\/b> \u2717 No limitation by subject-matter or by the grade of the recipient is imposed\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 145,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all points emerging from discussions between two or more officers of the same department, and the conclusions reached, are required to be recorded on the relevant file by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the officer authorizing action\",\r\n      \"the senior-most officer participating in the discussion\",\r\n      \"the officer who convened the discussion\",\r\n      \"the Section Officer of the section concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the officer authorizing action<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-B) under Rule 3, Para 25(1) of the Manual of Office Procedure - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/88-Estt. (A), dated 19th April, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All points emerging from discussions between two or more officers of the same department and the conclusions reached will be recorded on the relevant file by the officer authorizing action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe responsibility is fixed by reference to <b>who authorizes the action<\/b>, not by seniority or by who called the meeting. That is what makes options B and C attractive but wrong - they substitute a hierarchical or procedural test for a functional one.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 146,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following circumstances, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in which getting oral discussions, instructions or decisions confirmed by all who participated in them is stated to be particularly desirable:\\n1. Where the policy of the Government is not clear\\n2. Where some important departure from the prescribed policy is involved\\n3. Where two or more levels differ on significant issues\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-B) under Rule 3, Para 25(2) of the Manual of Office Procedure - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/88-Estt. (A), dated 19th April, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All discussions \/ instructions \/ decisions which the officer recording them considers to be important enough for the purpose, should be got confirmed by all those who have participated in or are responsible for them. This is particularly desirable in cases where the policy of the Government is not clear or where some important departure from the prescribed policy is involved or where two or more levels differ on significant issues or the decision itself, though agreed upon by all concerned, is an important one.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nA fourth circumstance is also named - an important decision even where everyone agrees.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 147,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where an officer receives instructions from an officer who is not his immediate superior but is higher to him in the hierarchy, he shall:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"decline to act upon them until they are routed through his immediate superior\",\r\n      \"bring such instructions to the notice of his immediate superior at the earliest\",\r\n      \"obtain the confirmation of the Head of the Department before acting\",\r\n      \"record them on the relevant file and act upon them without further reference\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - bring such instructions to the notice of his immediate superior at the earliest<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-B) under Rule 3, Para 25-A(2) of the Manual of Office Procedure - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/88-Estt. (A), dated 19th April, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If the officer giving the instructions is not his immediate superior but one higher to him in the hierarchy, he shall bring such instructions to the notice of his immediate superior at the earliest.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe obligation is one of <b>intimation, not of suspension<\/b>: the officer is not entitled to withhold compliance, but the chain of command must be kept informed.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Omits the intimation to the immediate superior, which is the whole point of the provision\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 148,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, communications received from junior officers seeking confirmation of oral instructions are required to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"disposed of within fifteen days of the date of their receipt in the office\",\r\n      \"placed before the Secretary of the Ministry or Department concerned for orders\",\r\n      \"acknowledged by the senior officers or their personal staff, or the personal staff of the Minister\",\r\n      \"filed without acknowledgement in cases where the oral instruction has since been complied with\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - acknowledged by the senior officers or their personal staff, or the personal staff of the Minister<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-B) under Rule 3, Para 25-C(2) of the Manual of Office Procedure - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/88-Estt. (A), dated 19th April, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Receipt of communications from junior officers seeking confirmation of oral instructions should be acknowledged by the senior officers or their personal staff, or the personal staff of the Minister, as the case may be.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The fifteen-day period belongs elsewhere - Para 66(1) of the Manual, which requires each communication from a Member of Parliament, a member of the public, a recognized association or a public body to be acknowledged within 15 days\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 149,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement of keeping a proper written record of decisions taken on the basis of oral instructions:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"does not apply to matters which are considered sensitive or secret\",\r\n      \"applies equally to matters which may be considered sensitive or secret\",\r\n      \"applies only to matters involving the sanction of expenditure\",\r\n      \"applies only where the decision is taken at the level of Joint Secretary and above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - applies equally to matters which may be considered sensitive or secret<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-B) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/88-Estt. (A), dated 19th April, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is clarified that these provisions apply equally to matters, which may be considered sensitive or secret. In such cases of sensitive nature, adequate care should, however, be taken to accord proper security classification to the relevant papers and to ensure their safe custody as envisaged in the Manual of Departmental Security Instructions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nSensitivity therefore changes the <b>handling<\/b> of the record, not the <b>duty to make<\/b> it.<br><br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 No monetary or hierarchical threshold is prescribed\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 150,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the purpose of keeping a proper written record of policy decisions, where action is initiated on the basis of oral instructions given by senior officers, is to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"enable the Central Vigilance Commission to scrutinize the file and the decision taken at a later stage\",\r\n      \"satisfy the requirements of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in respect of disclosure of file notings\",\r\n      \"ensure proper accountability for the decisions taken on important matters and to have a record of the considerations leading to the decision\",\r\n      \"facilitate the disposal of representations and appeals within the time-limits prescribed for the purpose under the instructions on the subject\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - ensure proper accountability for the decisions taken on important matters and to have a record of the considerations leading to the decision<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16-B) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/88-Estt. (A), dated 19th April, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The purpose for keeping a proper written record of policy decisions taken by the various Government functionaries, when action in this regard is to be initiated on the basis of oral instructions given by senior officers, is to ensure proper accountability of the decisions taken on important matters and have a record of the considerations leading to the decision.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision adds that the procedure must be followed <i>\\\"in order to avoid ambiguity or doubts and to specify responsibility when important decisions are taken.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A, B, D.<\/b> \u2717 None of these purposes is stated; the Decision of 1988 in any event predates the RTI Act\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 151,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Arrange the following steps, prescribed under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and the connected instructions, in the correct order in which they arise where an official superior finds it unavoidable to issue an oral direction:\\n1. Issue of the oral direction to the subordinate\\n2. Confirmation of the direction in writing by the superior immediately thereafter\\n3. Seeking of written confirmation by the subordinate, as early as possible\\n4. Acknowledgement of the subordinate's communication by the senior officer or his personal staff\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 - 3 - 2 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 2 - 3 - 4\",\r\n      \"3 - 1 - 2 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 3 - 4 - 2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(2)(iii) and (iv) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964; GID (16-B), Para 25-C(2) of the Manual of Office Procedure<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Rule 3(2)(iii)<\/b> - once the oral direction is issued, <i>\\\"the official superior shall confirm it in writing immediately thereafter\\\"<\/i>. That duty is unconditional and arises first.<br>\\n<b>Rule 3(2)(iv)<\/b> - the subordinate <i>\\\"shall seek confirmation of the same in writing as early as possible.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Para 25-C(2)<\/b> - that communication from the junior officer is then acknowledged by the senior officer or his personal staff.<br><br>\\n<b>Option A is the trap<\/b>: it places the superior's own duty of confirmation after the subordinate's request, whereas Rule 3(2)(iii) makes it immediate and independent of any request.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 152,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a complaint is received against a Government servant that he has acted in a discourteous manner or adopted dilatory tactics in his dealings with the public, and it is established that he has so acted:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"he should be advised to desist from such conduct in future\",\r\n      \"an adverse entry should be made in his Confidential Report\",\r\n      \"deterrent and prompt action should be taken against him\",\r\n      \"the matter should be referred to the Central Vigilance Commission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - deterrent and prompt action should be taken against him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 14\/9\/66-Ests. (A)-1, dated 3rd August, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If any complaint is received against any Government servant that he has acted in a discourteous manner or adopted dilatory tactics in his dealings with the public and if it is established that he has so acted, deterrent and prompt action should be taken against him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision also directs that the recommendations be brought to the notice of training institutions, which are to <i>\\\"lay special emphasis in their training programmes\\\"<\/i> on them. The same conduct is now separately prohibited by <b>Rule 3-A<\/b>, inserted in 1995.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 154,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to participation by a Government servant in proselytizing activities:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a specific provision expressly prohibiting such participation has been added to the Conduct Rules\",\r\n      \"no specific provision has been added, but such participation may be treated as good and sufficient reason for disciplinary action\",\r\n      \"such participation is permissible provided no official position or influence is used, directly or indirectly and no attempt is made to influence the persons concerned\",\r\n      \"such participation requires the previous sanction of the Government in each individual case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - no specific provision has been added, but such participation may be treated as good and sufficient reason for disciplinary action<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (19) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/50\/57-Ests. (A), dated 15th January, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"As such cases are not likely to be very frequent, it has been decided that no specific provision need be added to the existing Conduct Rules. Nevertheless, participating in proselytizing activities or the direct or indirect use of official position and influence in such activities on the part of a Government servant may be treated as good and sufficient reasons for taking disciplinary action against him under the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The Decision treats participation itself as objectionable; misuse of official position merely makes it <i>\\\"even more reprehensible\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 155,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, although servants of the State are entitled in their private lives freely to profess, practise or propagate any religion, they are required so to conduct themselves in public as to leave no room for an impression that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"they hold views which are inconsistent with the declared policy of the Government of the day\",\r\n      \"they are associated with an organization or movement which takes part in politics\",\r\n      \"they are likely, in their official dealings, to favour persons belonging to any particular religion\",\r\n      \"they are members of a body or association having official dealings with the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - they are likely, in their official dealings, to favour persons belonging to any particular religion<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (19) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/50\/57-Ests. (A), dated 15th January, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"though servants of the State are entitled in their private lives freely to profess, practise or propagate any religion, they should so conduct themselves in public as to leave no room for an impression to arise that they are likely, in their official dealings, to favour persons belonging to any particular religion.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reasoning is drawn from the Constitution being <i>\\\"based on the principle of a Secular State\\\"<\/i> and expressly prohibiting discrimination on religious grounds.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Association with a political organization is the subject of Rule 5(1)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 156,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who is found guilty of the practice of untouchability in any form:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"will be liable only to prosecution under the relevant law and to no departmental action\",\r\n      \"will be considered unfit for public service, and disciplinary action will be taken against him\",\r\n      \"will be liable to the imposition of one of the minor penalties only\",\r\n      \"will be transferred out of the office in which the practice occurred\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - will be considered unfit for public service, and disciplinary action will be taken against him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (20) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. F.\/70\/17\/61-Ests. (A), dated 8th December, 1961, as clarified by O.M. No. 25\/29\/66-Ests. (A), dated 21st January, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant who is found guilty of the practice of untouchability in any form, will be considered unfit for public service and disciplinary action will be taken against him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Understates the position: he is <i>\\\"liable to prosecution and such conduct on his part will constitute a sufficient ground for imposing a suitable penalty\\\"<\/i> - the two run together, not in the alternative<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 No ceiling on the penalty is prescribed; the Decision expects the reverse\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 157,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a special obligation to enforce the provisions of the Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955 was recognized as resting on:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"all Heads of Departments\",\r\n      \"the Central Advisory Board for Harijan Welfare\",\r\n      \"the Police and the magistracy\",\r\n      \"the disciplinary authorities of each Ministry\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Police and the magistracy<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (20) under Rule 3 - MHA O.M. No. F.\/70\/17\/61-Ests. (A), dated 8th December, 1961<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"That the Police and the magistracy have a special obligation to enforce the provisions of the Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955, and it is the duty of all Government servants to help them in the enforcement of the Act and in creating the necessary climate to remove untouchability from the mind of the orthodox section of the community.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision therefore draws a distinction: a <b>special obligation<\/b> on the Police and magistracy, and a <b>general duty to assist<\/b> on all Government servants.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The Central Advisory Board for Harijan Welfare made the recommendations at its meeting of 27-4-1961; it does not enforce the Act\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 159,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the making of joint representations by Government servants in matters of common interest:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible where the matter is one which affects an identifiable group of employees and the representation is confined to that matter alone\",\r\n      \"should be viewed as subversive of discipline, and such representations should not be entertained\",\r\n      \"is permissible if the representation is routed through a recognized service association\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Head of the Department in each case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - should be viewed as subversive of discipline, and such representations should not be entertained<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (21) under Rule 3 - Ministry of W.H. & S., A.V., Circular No. 305, dated 21st February, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been held that making of joint representations by Government servants should be viewed as subversive of discipline and such representations should not, therefore, be entertained. Every Government servant making a representation should do so separately and in his own name.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe bar operates on <b>both sides<\/b> - the Government servant must not make such a representation, and the authority must not entertain it. Options A and C would create exceptions the Decision does not admit.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 160,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, every Government servant making a representation is required to do so:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"through the recognized service association of which he is a member\",\r\n      \"in the form prescribed by the Manual of Office Procedure\",\r\n      \"separately and in his own name\",\r\n      \"with an advance copy invariably endorsed to the next higher authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - separately and in his own name<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (21) under Rule 3 - Ministry of W.H. & S., A.V., Circular No. 305, dated 21st February, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Every Government servant making a representation should do so separately and in his own name.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo related propositions elsewhere in these Rules reinforce this. Under <b>GID (4) below Rule 20<\/b>, a representation submitted by a <i>relative<\/i> of a Government servant is treated as outside influence and is not to be entertained. Under <b>GID (26)<\/b>, an advance copy to a higher authority is permissible only at a defined stage, and never as a matter of course - which is why option D is wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 161,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, regarding the observance of proper decorum during the lunch break:\\n1. No Government employee should play cards on the lawns and such other places inside and outside office buildings.\\n2. The game of cards should be confined to the recreation rooms or places approved for such purposes.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"2 only\",\r\n      \"Both 1 and 2\",\r\n      \"Neither 1 nor 2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Both 1 and 2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22) under Rule 3 - MHA D.O. No. 15\/45\/67-SSO, dated 11th August, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has, therefore, been decided that - (i) No Government employee should play cards on the lawns and such other places inside and outside office buildings. (ii) The game of cards should be confined to the recreation rooms or places approved for such purposes.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two limbs are complementary, not contradictory: cards are barred in open and public areas, and <b>permitted<\/b> in recreation rooms. A statement that cards may not be played even in recreation rooms is therefore false - a distinction that has been tested directly.<br><br>\\nPersons violating these instructions are liable to disciplinary action.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 162,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, indoor games are not to be played in office buildings after:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"6.00 p.m.\",\r\n      \"7.00 p.m.\",\r\n      \"8.00 p.m.\",\r\n      \"the close of office hours\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 7.00 p.m.<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22) under Rule 3 - MHA D.O. No. 15\/45\/67-SSO, dated 11th August, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(iii) No indoor games should be played in office buildings after 7.00 p.m. except on special occasions such as tournaments, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote the express exception for <b>special occasions such as tournaments<\/b>. The reason recorded for the restriction is that continuing indoor games till late in the evening <i>\\\"puts a strain on the security arrangements in Government buildings.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The restriction is pegged to a fixed clock hour, not to the close of office hours, which vary\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 163,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the half-hour limit for the lunch break is required to be scrupulously observed by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the subordinate staff only\",\r\n      \"all employees other than those holding Group 'A' posts\",\r\n      \"the subordinate staff as well as supervisory officers\",\r\n      \"such categories of staff as the Head of Office may specify\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the subordinate staff as well as supervisory officers<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22) under Rule 3 - MHA, Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/20\/83-Estt. (A), dated 21st November, 1983<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Instructions also exist to the effect that the half hour limit for lunch-break must be scrupulously observed not only by the subordinate staff but also by supervisory officers and that periodic, surprise checks should be made to ensure that this limit is not exceeded by any one.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe phrase <i>\\\"by any one\\\"<\/i> forecloses any exemption by grade. That is what makes options A and C wrong - each carves out a class the Decision expressly refuses to carve out.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 164,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, to ensure that the limit prescribed for the lunch break is not exceeded, the instructions require:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the marking of attendance on return from the break\",\r\n      \"periodic surprise checks\",\r\n      \"the maintenance of a movement register by each section\",\r\n      \"the debiting of half a day's casual leave for each contravention\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - periodic surprise checks<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22) under Rule 3 - MHA, Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/20\/83-Estt. (A), dated 21st November, 1983<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"periodic, surprise checks should be made to ensure that this limit is not exceeded by any one.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option D is the sharpest trap.<\/b> Debiting half a day's Casual Leave is a real prescription in these Rules, but it applies to <b>late attendance<\/b> under GID (22-B), read with DoPT O.M. No. 28034\/8\/75-Estt. (A), dated 4-7-1975 - not to overstaying the lunch break.<br><br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 Neither a re-marking of attendance nor a movement register is prescribed\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 165,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for each day of late attendance by a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"half a day's Casual Leave should be debited\",\r\n      \"a full day's Casual Leave should be debited\",\r\n      \"half a day's Earned Leave should be debited\",\r\n      \"the absence should be treated as unauthorized absence\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - half a day's Casual Leave should be debited<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22-B) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/13\/2023-Pers. Policy-A.III, dated 15th June, 2024, read with O.M. No. 28034\/8\/75-Estt. (A), dated 4th July, 1975<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"half-a-day's Casual Leave (CL) should be debited for each day of late attendance, but late attendance up to an hour, on not more than two occasions in a month, and for justifiable reasons may be condoned by the competent authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nEarned Leave is debited only <b>where no Casual Leave is available<\/b>, which is why option C is wrong as stated. Option D imports the treatment prescribed by GID (3) under Rule 7 for absence on account of a \\\"Gherao\\\".\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 166,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, late attendance may be condoned by the competent authority where it is for justifiable reasons and is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"up to half an hour, on not more than three occasions in a month\",\r\n      \"up to an hour, on not more than four occasions in a month\",\r\n      \"up to an hour, on not more than two occasions in a month\",\r\n      \"up to two hours, on not more than two occasions in a month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - up to an hour, on not more than two occasions in a month<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22-B) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/13\/2023-Pers. Policy-A.III, dated 15th June, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"late attendance up to an hour, on not more than two occasions in a month, and for justifiable reasons may be condoned by the competent authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree conditions operate cumulatively - the delay must not exceed <b>one hour<\/b>, it must not occur on more than <b>two occasions in a month<\/b>, and there must be <b>justifiable reasons<\/b>. Condonation is in any event discretionary, the provision reading \\\"may be condoned\\\".\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 167,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Early leaving is to be treated in the same manner as late coming.\\n2. Coming to office habitually late amounts to misconduct, and disciplinary action may be initiated in addition to the debiting of leave.\\n3. Where no Casual Leave is available, Earned Leave may be debited.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22-B) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/13\/2023-Pers. Policy-A.III, dated 15th June, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In addition to debiting Casual Leave (or Earned Leave, when no CL is available), disciplinary action may also be initiated against Government servants coming to office habitually late as it amounts to 'misconduct' under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964. Early leaving is also to be treated in the same manner as late coming.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nStatement 2 is independently supported by <b>GID (23)<\/b>, which lists <i>\\\"Habitual late attendance\\\"<\/i> among the acts and omissions amounting to misconduct. The debiting of leave and the disciplinary action are therefore cumulative, not alternative.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 168,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to the use of a Government servant's punctuality and attendance data:\\n1. While considering him for important assignments\\n2. While considering him for trainings\\n3. While considering him for deputations\\n4. While considering him for transfers or postings\\n\\nHow many of the above are purposes for which such data is required to be taken into account?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22-B) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/13\/2023-Pers. Policy-A.III, dated 15th June, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The data relating to punctuality and attendance of an employee should also be taken into account, while considering him\/her for important assignments, trainings, deputations and transfers \/ postings.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nPunctuality therefore carries a <b>career consequence in addition to the leave and disciplinary consequences<\/b> - the Decision expressly makes it relevant to selection decisions, not merely to the leave account.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 169,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in respect of Divyaang employees, the arrangements required to be made for marking attendance under the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System include:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"exemption from the requirement of marking attendance through the System, on a certificate from the Head of Office granted on a certificate from the Head of the Department concerned\",\r\n      \"provision of easily accessible machines at lower heights or at their desks, and capture of biometrics through Face Recognition Machines\",\r\n      \"marking of attendance through a manual register maintained separately and countersigned by the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"marking of attendance by an official nominated for the purpose to act on their behalf\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - provision of easily accessible machines at lower heights or at their desks, and capture of biometrics through Face Recognition Machines<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/13\/2023-Pers. Policy-A.III, dated 23rd June, 2023<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In respect of Divyaang employees, Ministries \/ Departments \/ Organizations will make appropriate arrangements for providing easily accessible machines at lower heights or at their desks and for capturing biometrics through Face Recognition Machines.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe scheme is one of <b>accommodation, not exemption<\/b> - the obligation to mark attendance is preserved and the means of marking it is adapted. Options A, C and D each substitute an exemption or a proxy for the accommodation actually prescribed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 170,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the responsibility for periodically monitoring the marking of attendance so as to ensure punctuality, and for sensitizing employees to the instructions relating to office hours and late attendance, rests with:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Nodal Officer of the National Informatics Centre wing concerned\",\r\n      \"the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Ministry or Department concerned\",\r\n      \"the Heads of Departments of the Ministries, Departments and Organizations\",\r\n      \"the Department of Personnel and Training as the nodal Department\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Heads of Departments of the Ministries, Departments and Organizations<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/13\/2023-Pers. Policy-A.III, dated 23rd June, 2023<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"HODs of the Ministries \/ Departments \/ Organizations shall periodically monitor the marking of attendance to ensure punctuality and sensitize their employees to adhere to the instructions relating to office hours, late attendance, etc. Habitual late attendance and early leaving of office should be viewed seriously and essentially discouraged.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The NIC Wings have a different and narrower role - to <i>\\\"provide information \/ attendance data including any discrepancy in Registered and Active Users\\\"<\/i> to the Ministries concerned\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 171,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, before attendance can be marked through the face authentication application on a personal mobile phone, the Nodal Officer of the Ministry or Department is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"configure the personal mobile policy on the attendance portal and have the geo-coordinates of the entry locations of the office fed in\",\r\n      \"obtain the written consent of every employee of the office before the facility is enabled for him\",\r\n      \"certify that the mobile phone used for the purpose stands registered in the employee's own name\",\r\n      \"forward the biometric data of every employee of the office to the Unique Identification Authority of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - configure the personal mobile policy on the attendance portal and have the geo-coordinates of the entry locations of the office fed in<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22-B) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/13\/2023-Pers. Policy-A.III, dated 15th June, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Nodal Officer of the Ministry \/ Department may configure the personal mobile policy on attendance.gov.in portal and get the geo-coordinates of the entry locations of the office fed in the portal.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two steps are what make location-verified marking possible - the policy permits the personal device, and the geo-coordinates fix the place from which marking is valid. The application offers <i>\\\"faster authentication, live location detection, geo-tagging, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 No consent formality is prescribed; marking attendance is an obligation, not an option<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 No requirement of registration of the handset in the employee's name appears in the instructions<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Reverses the position - authentication is performed against UIDAI's own records; the office does not transmit biometric data to it\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 172,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the act or conduct of a servant may amount to misconduct if it is:\\n1. prejudicial, or likely to be prejudicial, to the interests or to the reputation of the master\\n2. inconsistent or incompatible with the due or peaceful discharge of his duty to his master\\n3. such as to make it unsafe for the employer to retain him in service\\n4. so grossly immoral that all reasonable men will say that the employee cannot be trusted\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (23) under Rule 3 - \\\"Notes on CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\\\", MHA, D.P. & A.R., 3rd Edition, 1980<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The act or conduct of a servant may amount to misconduct - (1) if the act or conduct is prejudicial or likely to be prejudicial to the interests of the master or to the reputation of the master; (2) if the act or conduct is inconsistent or incompatible with the due or peaceful discharge of his duty to his master; (3) if the act or conduct of a servant makes it unsafe for the employer to retain him in service; (4) if the act or conduct of the servant is so grossly immoral that all reasonable men will say that the employee cannot be trusted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe list runs to ten such descriptions in all.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 173,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to negligence on the part of a Government servant, the act or conduct may amount to misconduct where he is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"habitually negligent, but not where the neglect complained of is an isolated one however serious its consequences may have been\",\r\n      \"habitually negligent, and also where the neglect, though isolated, tends to cause serious consequences\",\r\n      \"negligent on more than three occasions in the course of a calendar year\",\r\n      \"negligent in a matter which has resulted in a financial loss to the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - habitually negligent, and also where the neglect, though isolated, tends to cause serious consequences<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (23) under Rule 3, items (9) and (10) - \\\"Notes on CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\\\", MHA, D.P. & A.R., 3rd Edition, 1980<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(9) if the servant is habitually negligent in respect of the duties for which he is engaged; (10) if the neglect of the servant though isolated, tends to cause serious consequences.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo independent routes are therefore recognized - <b>frequency<\/b>, and <b>gravity of consequence<\/b>. This should be contrasted with Explanation I to Rule 3, where the deeming of a want of devotion to duty requires that the failure be <i>habitual<\/i>; an isolated lapse will not attract that Explanation, though it may still be misconduct under item (10).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 174,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following is expressly recognized as an act or conduct which may amount to misconduct on the part of a Government servant?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Declining to accept a gift offered by a near relative\",\r\n      \"Applying for leave without stating the leave address\",\r\n      \"Being abusive, or disturbing the peace at the place of his employment\",\r\n      \"Purchasing shares occasionally through a duly authorized stock broker\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Being abusive, or disturbing the peace at the place of his employment<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (23) under Rule 3, item (7) - \\\"Notes on CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\\\", MHA, D.P. & A.R., 3rd Edition, 1980<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(7) if the servant is abusive or if he disturbs the peace at the place of his employment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - none is misconduct:<\/b><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Acceptance of a gift is regulated by Rule 13; declining one is not an offence<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 GID (30-A) treats indicating the leave address as the means by which separate permission to leave headquarters becomes unnecessary; its omission is not itself misconduct<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Expressly saved by the proviso to Rule 16(1), which exempts <i>\\\"occasional investments made through stock brokers... duly authorized and licensed\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 175,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following acts and omissions in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Wilful insubordination or disobedience to any lawful and reasonable order of a superior\\n2. Habitual late attendance\\n3. Habitual absence without permission and over-staying leave\\n4. Conviction by a Criminal Court\\n\\nHow many of the above amount to misconduct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (23) under Rule 3, items (1), (6), (8) and (9) of the second list - \\\"Notes on CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\\\", MHA, D.P. & A.R., 3rd Edition, 1980<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The following acts and omissions amount to misconduct - (1) Wilful insubordination or disobedience, whether alone or in combination with others, to any lawful and reasonable order of a superior... (6) Habitual late attendance... (8) Habitual absence without permission and over-staying leave. (9) Conviction by a Criminal Court.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote that item (1) covers disobedience <b>whether alone or in combination with others<\/b>, and that the order disobeyed must be both <b>lawful and reasonable<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 176,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following amount to misconduct on the part of a Government servant EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Habitual absence without permission and over-staying leave\",\r\n      \"Habitual late attendance at the place of employment\",\r\n      \"Habitual borrowing of small amounts, free of interest, from a personal friend\",\r\n      \"Untrustworthiness in connection with the employer's business or property\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Habitual borrowing of small amounts, free of interest, from a personal friend<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (23) under Rule 3, items (2), (6) and (8); proviso to Rule 16(4)<\/i><br><br>\\nItems (2), (6) and (8) of the second list cover <i>\\\"Infidelity, unfaithfulness, dishonesty, untrustworthiness... in connection with the employer's business or property\\\"<\/i>, <i>\\\"Habitual late attendance\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"Habitual absence without permission and over-staying leave.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBorrowing is not on the list at all, and the proviso to <b>Rule 16(4)<\/b> expressly saves it: <i>\\\"a Government servant may give to, or accept from a relative or a personal friend a purely temporary loan of a small amount free of interest.\\\"<\/i> Rule 16(4)(a) restricts borrowing only from persons within the local limits of his authority or with whom he is likely to have official dealings.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 177,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following amounts to misconduct on the part of a Government servant?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Inciting others to strike work in contravention of a rule having the force of law\",\r\n      \"Making a representation to his immediate official superior on a service matter\",\r\n      \"Participating in a Shramdan drive organized by a Government department\",\r\n      \"Joining the Home Guards Organization with the permission of the Head of his Office\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Inciting others to strike work in contravention of a rule having the force of law<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (23) under Rule 3, item (3) of the second list - \\\"Notes on CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\\\", MHA, D.P. & A.R., 3rd Edition, 1980<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(3) Strike, picketing, gherao - Striking work or inciting others to strike work in contravention of the provisions of any law, or rule having the force of law.\\\"<\/i> This is reinforced by <b>Rule 7(ii)<\/b>, which forbids a Government servant to <i>\\\"resort to or in any way abet any form of strike.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - each is expressly lawful:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 GID (26) prescribes this as the <i>proper<\/i> course<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 GID (6) calls such participation \\\"welcome\\\" and \\\"desirable\\\"<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 GID (9) directs that permission be granted freely\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 178,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Where the conduct of a servant is such that the master cannot rely on his faithfulness\\n2. Where the conduct is such as to open before him temptations for not discharging his duties properly\\n3. Where the servant is insulting and insubordinate to such a degree as to be incompatible with the continuance of the relation of master and servant\\n\\nWhich of the above may amount to misconduct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (23) under Rule 3, items (5), (6) and (8) of the first list - \\\"Notes on CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\\\", MHA, D.P. & A.R., 3rd Edition, 1980<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(5) if the act or conduct of the employee is such that the master cannot rely on the faithfulness of his employee; (6) if the act or conduct of the employee is such as to open before him temptations for not discharging his duties properly; ... (8) if he is insulting and insubordinate to such a degree as to be incompatible with the continuance of the relation of master and servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nItem (6) is notable in that misconduct is recognized at the stage of <b>exposure to temptation<\/b>, without proof that the temptation was yielded to.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 179,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the general provision requiring a Government servant to maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty and to do nothing unbecoming serves the specific purpose of covering acts of misconduct which are:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"committed outside office hours\",\r\n      \"not covered by the other specific provisions of the rules\",\r\n      \"established after a preliminary enquiry by a senior officer\",\r\n      \"committed by Government servants holding supervisory posts\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - not covered by the other specific provisions of the rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (24) under Rule 3 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/18\/76-Estt. (A), dated 7th February, 1977, Para 2.2<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Rule 3(1) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, provides that a Government servant shall at all times maintain absolute integrity and devotion to duty and do nothing unbecoming of a Government servant. This rule serves the specific purpose of covering acts of misconduct not covered by other specific provisions of the rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nRule 3(1) is thus <b>residuary<\/b>, which is precisely why the Decision goes on to require Disciplinary Authorities to check first whether a specific rule applies.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 180,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, before taking recourse to the general provision in Rule 3(1), a Disciplinary Authority is required first to satisfy itself that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Government servant has been given an opportunity of explanation in respect of the acts of misconduct alleged against him\",\r\n      \"the acts complained of have caused loss to Government\",\r\n      \"the alleged acts of misconduct do not attract the provisions of any specific rule\",\r\n      \"the Central Vigilance Commission has been consulted in the matter\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the alleged acts of misconduct do not attract the provisions of any specific rule<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (24) under Rule 3 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/18\/76-Estt. (A), dated 7th February, 1977, Para 2.2<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is, therefore, necessary that Disciplinary Authorities should first satisfy themselves that the alleged acts of misconduct do not attract the provisions of any specific rule before taking recourse to Rule 3(1) ibid.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sequence matters: the <b>specific rule is to be applied in preference to the residuary one<\/b>, and Rule 3(1) is reached only when no specific rule fits.<br><br>\\n<b>A, B, D.<\/b> \u2717 None is made a precondition by the Decision\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 181,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where action is taken on grounds of unbecoming conduct, special care is required to be taken to eliminate cases of a trivial nature, and this is to be looked into by supervisory officers during:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the annual performance appraisal of the officers concerned\",\r\n      \"periodic inspections\",\r\n      \"the review of vigilance clearance\",\r\n      \"the half-yearly review of pending disciplinary cases\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - periodic inspections<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (24) under Rule 3 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/18\/76-Estt. (A), dated 7th February, 1977, Para 2.2<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where action is taken under Rule 3(1) particularly on grounds of unbecoming conduct, special care should be taken to eliminate cases of a trivial nature. Supervisory Officers should look into this matter during periodic inspections and ensure that disciplinary proceedings under Rule 3(1) are not initiated on grounds which are unjustified.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis is a safeguard against the residuary rule being used oppressively, and it complements the supervisory duty in Rule 3(2)(i).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 182,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant wishes to press a claim or to seek redress of a grievance in a matter connected with his service rights or conditions, the proper course for him is to address:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Head of the Department, whatever the nature of the claim or grievance he wishes to press and irrespective of the level at which it arose\",\r\n      \"the disciplinary authority which is competent to impose a major penalty on him under the rules\",\r\n      \"his immediate official superior, the Head of his Office, or such other authority at the lowest level as is competent to deal with the matter\",\r\n      \"the Ministry or Department which is administratively concerned with his service and cadre\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - his immediate official superior, the Head of his Office, or such other authority at the lowest level as is competent to deal with the matter<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/99-Estt. (A), dated 1st November, 1999, read with MHA O.M. No. 118\/52-Ests., dated 30th April, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"whenever, in any matter connected with his service rights or conditions, a Government servant wishes to press a claim or to seek redress of a grievance, the proper course for him is to address his immediate official superior, or the Head of his office, or such other authority at the lowest level as he is competent to deal with the matter.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe controlling idea is the <b>lowest competent level<\/b>. Options A, B and D each start the process higher up the chain than the instructions permit.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 183,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the submission of a representation directly to a higher authority, by-passing the prescribed channel of communication, is treated as unbecoming conduct attracting:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Rule 3(1)(i)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1)(ii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1)(iii)\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(2)(i)\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Rule 3(1)(iii)<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/99-Estt. (A), dated 1st November, 1999<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"submission of representations directly to higher authorities by-passing the prescribed channel of communication, has to be viewed seriously and appropriate disciplinary action should be taken against those who violate these instructions as it can rightly be treated as an unbecoming conduct attracting the provisions of Rule 3(1)(iii) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nRule 3(1)(iii) is the clause requiring a Government servant to <i>\\\"do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant.\\\"<\/i> The same conclusion is reiterated in GIDs (26-B), (26-C) and (26-D).<br><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Integrity and devotion to duty are not in issue in a bypassing case\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 184,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following categories of representations from Government servants on service matters, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Representations or complaints regarding non-payment of salary, allowances or other dues\\n2. Representations against the orders of the immediate superior authority\\n3. Appeals and petitions under statutory rules and orders\\n4. Representations on other service matters\\n\\nHow many of the above are recognized categories?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 3, Enclosure 1 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/34\/68-Estt. (A), dated 20th December, 1968<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The representations from Government servants on service matters may be broadly classified as follows - (1) Representations \/ complaints regarding non-payment of salary \/ allowances or other dues; (2) Representations on other service matters; (3) Representations against the orders of the immediate superior authority; and (4) Appeals and petitions under statutory rules and orders (e.g., Classification, Control and Appeal Rules and the petition instructions).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe classification matters because <b>different treatment is prescribed for each<\/b> - categories (1) and (2) carry the one-month escalation right, while category (4) carries the requirement of an interim reply.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 185,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant has submitted a representation regarding non-payment of his dues and has not received a reply within one month of its submission, he may:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"submit the representation afresh to the same authority after a further month\",\r\n      \"address, or ask for an interview with, the next higher officer for redress of his grievance\",\r\n      \"approach a Court of Law after obtaining the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"forward a copy of the representation to the recognized service association concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - address, or ask for an interview with, the next higher officer for redress of his grievance<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 3, Enclosure 1, Para 3 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/34\/68-Estt. (A), dated 20th December, 1968<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"if the individual has not received a reply thereto within a month of its submission, he could address, or ask for an interview with the next higher officer for redress of his grievances. Such superior officer should immediately send for the papers and take such action as may be called for, without delay.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe right is to escalate <b>one step<\/b>, not to leapfrog to the top. Option C is wrong twice over - moving a Court requires no sanction at all under GID (11), and the one-month rule does not concern courts.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 186,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in regard to appeals and petitions submitted under statutory rules and orders, where it is anticipated that the appeal or petition cannot be disposed of within one month of its submission:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"it should be rejected summarily, the brief reasons being communicated to him\",\r\n      \"the disposal should in any event be completed within a period of six weeks\",\r\n      \"an acknowledgement or an interim reply should be sent to the individual within a month\",\r\n      \"the individual should be advised to approach the next higher authority for redress\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - an acknowledgement or an interim reply should be sent to the individual within a month<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 3, Enclosure 1, Para 5 - MHA O.M. No. 25\/34\/68-Estt. (A), dated 20th December, 1968<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"although the relevant rules or orders do not prescribe a time-limit for disposing of appeals and petitions by the competent authority, it should be ensured that all such appeals and petitions receive prompt attention and are disposed within a reasonable time. If it is anticipated that an appeal or a petition cannot be disposed of within a month of its submission, an acknowledgement or an interim reply should be sent to the individual within a month.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The six-week limit belongs to GID (31-A), and applies to representations requiring examination only within a Ministry or Department\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 187,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an advance copy of a representation may be sent direct to a higher authority:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"at any stage, provided the original is simultaneously submitted through the proper channel and a copy is endorsed to the authority which rejected the claim\",\r\n      \"only at the stage at which all appropriate lower authorities have been duly addressed and exhausted\",\r\n      \"only with the previous permission of the Head of his Office in writing\",\r\n      \"only where the representation relates to non-payment of salary, allowances or other dues\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - only at the stage at which all appropriate lower authorities have been duly addressed and exhausted<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 3, Enclosure 2, Para 2 - MHA O.M. No. 118\/52-Ests., dated 30th April, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"An appeal or representation to a higher authority must not be made unless the appropriate lower authority has already rejected the claim or refusal relief or ignored or unduly delayed the disposal of the case. Representations to still higher authorities... must be submitted through the proper channel. There will be no objection at that stage, but only at that stage to an advance copy of the representation being sent direct.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"but only at that stage\\\"<\/b> are the operative limitation, and they are what makes option A wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 188,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant persists in prematurely addressing higher authorities by advance copies which do not show that all means of redress from the lower authorities have been tried and exhausted:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the representation should be forwarded to the appropriate lower authority for report and comments\",\r\n      \"the representation should be placed before the next higher authority for orders\",\r\n      \"suitable disciplinary action should be taken against him\",\r\n      \"an interim reply should be sent to him within a month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - suitable disciplinary action should be taken against him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 3, Enclosure 2, Para 3(a) - MHA O.M. No. 118\/52-Ests., dated 30th April, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If the advance copy does not clearly show that all means of securing attention or redress from lower authorities have been duly tried and exhausted, the representation should be ignored or rejected summarily on that ground, the reasons being communicated briefly to the Government servants. If the Government servant persists in thus prematurely addressing the higher authorities, suitable disciplinary action should be taken against him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote the graded response: a <b>first<\/b> premature advance copy is ignored or summarily rejected with brief reasons; <b>persistence<\/b> attracts disciplinary action.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 189,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, even where some grounds for interference or further consideration appear to exist on an advance copy of a representation, the higher authority is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"pass orders on the advance copy itself, without more, so as to avoid delay in the disposal of the representation and to save the Government servant from further avoidable delay\",\r\n      \"ask the appropriate lower authority, within a reasonable time, to forward the original representation with its report and comments\",\r\n      \"call for the personal file and the service record of the Government servant concerned\",\r\n      \"refer the matter to the Department of Personnel and Training, being the nodal Department\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - ask the appropriate lower authority, within a reasonable time, to forward the original representation with its report and comments<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 3, Enclosure 2, Para 3(c) - MHA O.M. No. 118\/52-Ests., dated 30th April, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Even where some grounds for interference or further consideration appear to exist, the appropriate lower authority should be asked, within a reasonable time, to forward the original representation, with its report and comments on the points urged. There is ordinarily no justification for the passing of any orders on any representation without thus ascertaining the comments of the appropriate lower authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe safeguard cuts both ways - it protects the lower authority from being bypassed, and the higher authority from deciding on one side's account alone.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 190,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the practice of a Government servant sending copies of his representation to authorities who are not directly concerned with its consideration is described as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"irregular, but not objectionable provided the proper channel is also used\",\r\n      \"permissible where the representation has remained undisposed of for over a month and no reminder has evoked any response from the authority concerned\",\r\n      \"a most objectionable practice, contrary to official propriety and subversive of good discipline\",\r\n      \"permissible only in the case of appeals under statutory rules and orders\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - a most objectionable practice, contrary to official propriety and subversive of good discipline<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 3, Enclosure 2, Para 4 - MHA O.M. No. 118\/52-Ests., dated 30th April, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Some Government servants are in the habit of sending copies of their representations, also to outside authorities, i.e., authorities who are not directly concerned with the consideration thereof (e.g., other Honourable Minister, Secretary, Members of Parliament, etc.) This is a most objectionable practice, contrary to official propriety and subversive of good discipline and all Government servants are expected scrupulously to eschew it.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nWhere the outside authority is a Member of Parliament, the conduct additionally attracts <b>Rule 20<\/b>, on canvassing outside influence.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 191,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where representations on an issue have already been considered and replied to, further representations on the same issue:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are to be examined afresh in every case\",\r\n      \"exceeding two on the same issue are to be ignored\",\r\n      \"are to be forwarded to the next higher authority for orders\",\r\n      \"are to be examined only if submitted within six months of the earlier reply\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - exceeding two on the same issue are to be ignored<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/2010-Estt. (A), dated 19th April, 2010, read with the Corrigendum dated 5th May, 2010<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has been decided that when representations have already been considered and replied, further representations exceeding two on the same issue will henceforth be ignored.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reason recorded is that repeated representations involve <i>\\\"repeated examination of the same issue and bogs down the official machinery to the detriment of consideration of more important and time-bound issues.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The limitation is on the <i>number<\/i> of representations, not on the time within which they are made\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 192,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a second representation on the same issue is to be examined only if it:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is submitted through the prescribed channel of communication in the usual manner\",\r\n      \"is supported by the recognized service association of which he is a member\",\r\n      \"contains fresh points regarding new developments or facts having a bearing on the issue\",\r\n      \"relates to a matter of common interest to an identifiable group of employees\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - contains fresh points regarding new developments or facts having a bearing on the issue<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/2010-Estt. (A), dated 19th April, 2010<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The second representation on the same issue will be examined only if it contains any fresh points regarding new developments or facts having a bearing on the issue.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Using the prescribed channel is a requirement for <i>every<\/i> representation under GID (26); it does not by itself entitle a repeat representation to fresh examination<br>\\n<b>B, D.<\/b> \u2717 Association support is irrelevant, and a representation on a matter of common interest submitted jointly would in any event be subversive of discipline under GID (21)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 193,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant may make a representation to an authority higher than the lowest competent authority only when he is able to establish that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the lowest competent authority has not replied to him within one month of submission of the representation through the proper channel\",\r\n      \"the matter has remained pending with the lower authority for more than three months\",\r\n      \"the matter involves an interpretation of the rules on which there is a doubt\",\r\n      \"all the points or submissions made therein have not been fully and properly considered by the lower authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - all the points or submissions made therein have not been fully and properly considered by the lower authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/2010-Estt. (A), dated 19th April, 2010<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant may make a representation to an Authority higher than the lowest Competent Authority only when he is able to establish that all the points or submissions made therein have not been fully and properly considered by his immediate official superior, or the Head of Office concerned or such other authority at the lowest level competent to deal with the matter. Government servants should desist from prematurely addressing the higher authorities.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe burden lies on the Government servant to <b>establish<\/b> the inadequacy of the consideration, and mere delay - option A - is dealt with separately by the one-month rule in GID (26).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 194,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the prohibition on submitting representations directly to higher authorities by-passing the prescribed channel:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"applies only to representations submitted in writing on paper through the proper channel\",\r\n      \"applies only to representations addressed to the Prime Minister or to a Minister\",\r\n      \"does not apply to officers and officials of the paramilitary forces\",\r\n      \"includes all forms of communication, including e-mails and the public grievances portal\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - includes all forms of communication, including e-mails and the public grievances portal<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26-D) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/08\/2013-Estt. (A-III), dated 31st August, 2015<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This can rightly be treated as an unbecoming conduct attracting the provisions of Rule 3(1)(iii) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964. It is clarified that this would include all forms of communication including through e-mails or public grievances portal, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The same Decision expressly extends to <i>\\\"officers \/ officials of paramilitary forces and member of Armed Forces\\\"<\/i>, having been issued because such personnel continued to represent directly<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The Decision names the Prime Minister, the Minister and Secretary (P) among others, but is not confined to any of them\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 195,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a representation on a service matter submitted by a relative of a Government servant is treated as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a representation made by the Government servant himself through the proper channel\",\r\n      \"a joint representation which is subversive of discipline and not to be entertained\",\r\n      \"a communication required to be acknowledged within fifteen days\",\r\n      \"outside influence, attracting the prohibition on canvassing non-official influence\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - outside influence, attracting the prohibition on canvassing non-official influence<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26-D) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/08\/2013-Estt. (A-III), dated 31st August, 2015, referring to MHA O.M. No. F. 25\/21\/63-Estt. (A), dated 19th September, 1963<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Attention in this connection is also invited to the provision of Rule 20 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 prohibiting Government servants from bringing outside influence in respect of matter pertaining to his service matter. Representation by relatives of Government servant is also treated as outside influence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nUnder GID (4) below Rule 20, no notice is to be taken of such a representation, the only exception being where death or physical disability makes it impossible for the Government servant to represent himself.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 196,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an official addressing letters or communications directly to officers of the level of Secretary or Joint Secretary without following the due channel:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible where an advance copy is simultaneously sent through the proper channel\",\r\n      \"is permissible after a reminder has remained unanswered for one month\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the matter concerns cadre management\",\r\n      \"is not in consonance with the Conduct Rules and may attract disciplinary proceedings\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is not in consonance with the Conduct Rules and may attract disciplinary proceedings<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26-E) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 6\/2\/2009-CS.I (S), dated 28th October, 2009<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Addressing letters directly to Secretary (P) \/ Joint Secretary, DoP&T without following the due channels are not in consonance with the CCS (Conduct) Rules and may attract disciplinary proceedings under the provision of these rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe prescribed course is to <i>\\\"invariably route all correspondence to DoP & T only through proper channel and send the same to the concerned dealing officer in CS Division in the first instance,\\\"<\/i> and only <i>\\\"in case no response is received within a reasonable time\\\"<\/i> to escalate.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 197,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following matters in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Matters relating to the Right to Information\\n2. Court-related or sub judice matters\\n3. Religious matters\\n4. Suggestions\\n\\nHow many of the above are not required to be taken up for redressal on the Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26-G) under Rule 3 - Dept. of Posts Letter No. X-20\/21\/2021-SPN-II-DOP, dated 31st July, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"As per the mandate of CPGRAMS, following issues are not required to be taken up for redressal - (a) RTI Matters (b) Court related \/ Sub judice matters (c) Religious matters (d) Suggestions (e) Grievances of Government employees concerning their service matters including disciplinary proceedings, etc. unless the aggrieved employee has already exhausted the prescribed channels.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe fifth head - service grievances - is the one that carries a qualification; the four listed above are excluded outright.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 198,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a grievance of a Government employee concerning his service matter, including disciplinary proceedings, is not required to be taken up for redressal on the public grievances portal:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in any circumstances whatsoever, the portal being meant for the general public\",\r\n      \"unless it is forwarded to the portal by the Head of his Office\",\r\n      \"unless it has remained pending in the Department for more than three months\",\r\n      \"unless the aggrieved employee has already exhausted the prescribed channels\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - unless the aggrieved employee has already exhausted the prescribed channels<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26-G) under Rule 3 - Dept. of Posts Letter No. X-20\/21\/2021-SPN-II-DOP, dated 31st July, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(e) Grievances of Government employees concerning their service matters including disciplinary proceedings, etc. unless the aggrieved employee has already exhausted the prescribed channels keeping in view the DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/08\/2013-Estt. (A-III), dated 31-8-2015.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option A overstates the position.<\/b> Unlike RTI, sub judice, religious matters and suggestions - which are excluded absolutely - service grievances are excluded <b>conditionally<\/b>, the condition being prior exhaustion of the departmental channel.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 199,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the nodal Ministries responsible for formulating policies and framing rules and regulations relating to service conditions and other aspects of personnel administration of Government servants are:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Law and Justice\",\r\n      \"the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and the Ministry of Home Affairs\",\r\n      \"the Cabinet Secretariat and the Ministry of Finance\",\r\n      \"the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and the Ministry of Finance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and the Ministry of Finance<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (27) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/6\/94-Estt. (A), dated 27th May, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and the Ministry of Finance are the nodal Ministries responsible for formulating policies and framing rules and regulations relating to service conditions and other aspects of personnel administration of Government servants.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nHistorically the Ministry of Home Affairs discharged this function - which is why so many of the earlier Decisions issue from it - but the Decision of 1994 records the position as it now stands.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 200,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the responsibility for considering individual cases of Government servants and issuing appropriate orders thereon in accordance with the rules rests with:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the nodal Ministries referred to above\",\r\n      \"the Central Administrative Tribunal\",\r\n      \"the Department of Expenditure in the Ministry of Finance\",\r\n      \"the administrative Ministries or Departments\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the administrative Ministries or Departments<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (27) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/6\/94-Estt. (A), dated 27th May, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The administrative Ministries \/ Departments are responsible for considering individual cases of Government servants and issuing appropriate orders thereon in accordance with the rules and instructions on the subject.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe division is deliberate - the nodal Ministries <b>make<\/b> the rules, the administrative Ministries <b>apply<\/b> them. The Decision was issued because complaints had been received that <i>\\\"litigation on service matters is on the increase due to non-implementation or incorrect implementation of laid down policies and rules.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 201,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as a matter of general policy, Secretaries to the Government of India:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be appointed to the Boards of Public Sector Undertakings with the approval of the Prime Minister in each case\",\r\n      \"may be appointed to such Boards only after obtaining vigilance clearance in respect of the officer\",\r\n      \"may be appointed to such Boards only in respect of those Undertakings which are under their own administrative control and with which they are intimately involved in an official capacity\",\r\n      \"need not be appointed to the Boards of Public Sector Undertakings, or to companies with which such Undertakings are intimately involved\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - need not be appointed to the Boards of Public Sector Undertakings, or to companies with which such Undertakings are intimately involved<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (28) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/11\/93-Estt. (A), dated 25th October, 1993, referring to O.M. No. 11017\/11\/93-AIS (III), dated 12th July, 1993<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it was conveyed, with the approval of Prime Minister, that as a general policy, Secretaries to Government need not be appointed to the Boards of Public Sector Undertakings or in such companies with which Public Sector Undertakings are intimately involved.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Option A inverts the position<\/b>: the approval of the Prime Minister is what the <i>policy of non-appointment<\/i> was based on, not a route by which an appointment may be made.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 202,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the policy relating to the association of Secretaries to the Government of India with Public Sector Undertakings applies to Secretaries of Departments:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"belonging to the Central Secretariat Service only\",\r\n      \"holding charge of Ministries which administer commercial undertakings\",\r\n      \"other than those belonging to an All India Service\",\r\n      \"irrespective of the service to which they belong\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - irrespective of the service to which they belong<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (28) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/11\/93-Estt. (A), dated 25th October, 1993<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is hereby clarified that the policy referred to above would apply to Secretaries of Departments irrespective of the service to which they belong.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification was necessary because the original instruction of 12-7-1993 issued from the All India Services Division, which might have suggested that it bound only AIS officers. The test is therefore the <b>post held<\/b>, not the parent service - and option C is the precise error the clarification was issued to correct.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 203,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a Government servant who wishes to migrate to a foreign country:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a 'No Objection Certificate' may be granted with the approval of the Head of his Department\",\r\n      \"permission may be granted subject to his resigning from service within one year\",\r\n      \"a 'No Objection Certificate' may be granted after he has completed twenty years of qualifying service and has obtained the previous sanction of the administrative Ministry\",\r\n      \"no Government servant should apply for or seek emigration to any other country so long as he is in Government service\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - no Government servant should apply for or seek emigration to any other country so long as he is in Government service<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (29) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 28034\/34\/86-Estt. (A), dated 14th July, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided that no Government servant should apply for or seek emigration to any other country so long as he is in Government service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe bar attaches to the act of <b>applying or seeking<\/b>, and not merely to actual departure. This is distinct from a private visit abroad, which is permissible with the prior permission required by GID (30-A).<br><br>\\n<b>A, B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Each assumes a route to an NOC that the Decision closes off entirely\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 204,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the question of issuing a 'No Objection Certificate' to a serving Government servant who wishes to migrate to a foreign country:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is to be decided by the administrative Ministry on the merits of each case\",\r\n      \"arises only where the migration is for the purpose of employment\",\r\n      \"is to be referred to the Ministry of External Affairs\",\r\n      \"does not arise\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - does not arise<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (29) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 28034\/34\/86-Estt. (A), dated 14th July, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The question of issuing 'No Objection Certificate' to a Government servant, who wishes to migrate to a foreign country, therefore, does not arise.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe conclusion follows from the prohibition itself: since no serving Government servant may apply for or seek emigration at all, there is nothing on which a certificate could operate. The Decision does not create a discretion to be exercised case by case, which is why option A is wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 205,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement that a Government servant obtain permission before leaving his station or headquarters is implicit in the provision that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the whole time of a Government servant is at the disposal of the Government which pays him\",\r\n      \"no Government servant shall be absent from duty without leave duly sanctioned except with the previous permission of the authority competent to sanction leave\",\r\n      \"every Government servant shall at all times maintain devotion to duty\",\r\n      \"the direction of the official superior shall ordinarily be in writing\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the whole time of a Government servant is at the disposal of the Government which pays him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/94-Estt. (A), dated 18th May, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"attention... is invited in this connection to the provisions of FR 11 which provides that 'unless in any case it be otherwise distinctly provided, the whole time of a Government servant is at the disposal of the Government which pays him'. Article 56 of the Civil Service Regulations also provides that 'no officer is entitled to pay and allowance for any time he may spend beyond the limits of his charge without authority'. It is implicit in these provisions that a Government servant is required to take permission for leaving station \/ headquarters.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 206,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, separate permission for leaving headquarters may not be necessary where a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is proceeding on casual leave for a period of not more than three days at a time\",\r\n      \"is travelling to a place situated within the same State as his headquarters\",\r\n      \"informs his immediate official superior orally of his intention before his departure and records the fact in the movement register of the office\",\r\n      \"has indicated his intention of leaving headquarters, along with his leave address, while applying for leave\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - has indicated his intention of leaving headquarters, along with his leave address, while applying for leave<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/94-Estt. (A), dated 18th May, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"separate permission may not be necessary where a Government servant has indicated his intention of leaving headquarters \/ station along with leave address while applying for leave. The leave application form prescribed under the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 contains necessary columns in this regard.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision adds that where leave for the purpose of visiting a foreign country is sanctioned, <i>\\\"it would imply that permission for going abroad is also granted\\\"<\/i> - so leave-sanctioning authorities must keep that consequence in mind.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 207,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, officers who are themselves competent to sanction leave for themselves are required to obtain permission for leaving station from:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Department of Personnel and Training\",\r\n      \"the Ministry administratively concerned\",\r\n      \"the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"their superior authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - their superior authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/94-Estt. (A), dated 18th May, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In the case of officers who are competent to sanction leave for themselves, they should obtain permission for leaving station from their superior authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe provision closes an obvious gap: an officer who sanctions his own leave cannot thereby also grant himself permission to leave headquarters, and must go one level up. Options A, B and C each name an authority the Decision does not.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 208,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, failure to obtain the permission of the competent authority before leaving station or headquarters, especially for a foreign visit:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is to be regularized by the grant of ex post facto permission\",\r\n      \"is a matter to be recorded in the Confidential Report only\",\r\n      \"attracts the deduction of pay and allowances for the period of absence\",\r\n      \"is to be viewed seriously and may entail disciplinary action\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is to be viewed seriously and may entail disciplinary action<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/94-Estt. (A), dated 18th May, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Failure to obtain permission of competent authority before leaving station \/ headquarters especially for foreign visits is to be viewed seriously and may entail disciplinary action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Requests for <i>ex post facto<\/i> sanction are, on the contrary, discouraged in these Rules - GID (1) under Rule 16 records that they <i>\\\"render the provisions of the rules completely ineffective and defeat the purpose for which the rules have been framed\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Article 56 of the Civil Service Regulations bears on entitlement to pay, but the sanction named in this Decision is disciplinary\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 209,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, guidelines on private foreign visits by Government servants came to be framed pursuant to a direction of the High Court of Delhi in a case in which a Government servant had visited foreign countries on private visits, without permission, on:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"61 occasions\",\r\n      \"106 occasions\",\r\n      \"116 occasions\",\r\n      \"161 occasions\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 161 occasions<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30-C) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2004-Estt. (A), dated 5th October, 2004, as amended on 15th December, 2004<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The High Court of Delhi, in its judgment, dated the 28th May, 2004 in the Criminal Writ Petition No. 1004\/03 (Chandra Kumar Jain v. Union of India) has observed that a Government servant who had visited some foreign countries 161 times on private visits without permission was never questioned... The High Court has, therefore, directed the Central Government to frame guidelines on foreign private visits of the Government servants.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nIt was this direction that produced the pro forma requiring particulars of proposed and past private foreign travel.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 210,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following particulars, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which a Government servant is required to furnish when seeking permission for a private visit abroad:\\n1. His passport number\\n2. The estimated expenditure on travel, board, lodging and visa\\n3. The source of funds\\n4. Details of previous private foreign travel undertaken during the last four years\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30-C) under Rule 3, pro forma - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2004-Estt. (A), dated 5th October, 2004<\/i><br><br>\\nThe pro forma calls for the name, designation, pay, Ministry or Department and <b>Passport No.<\/b> of the officer; the period of the visit, countries to be visited, purpose, <b>estimated expenditure (travel, board \/ lodging, visa, miscellaneous)<\/b>, <b>source of funds<\/b> and remarks; and, at item 7, <i>\\\"Details of previous private foreign travel, if any, undertaken during the last four years.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe source-of-funds column is the significant one - it was added because the concern was the financing of unexplained repeated travel.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 211,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a representation made by a Government employee which requires examination only in a Ministry or Department should be disposed of within a maximum period of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"four weeks\",\r\n      \"three months\",\r\n      \"two months\",\r\n      \"six weeks\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - six weeks<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (31-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 28034\/6\/2002-Estt. (A), dated 11th January, 2002<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A representation made by a Government employee requiring examination only in a Ministry \/ Department, should be disposed of within a maximum period of six weeks and if requiring inter-departmental consultation, such representation should be replied to normally within a maximum period of three months.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Three months is the limit for the <i>other<\/i> category - representations requiring inter-departmental consultation - and is the standard trap in this pair<br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 Neither four weeks nor two months appears in the Decision\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 212,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"As per Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a representation made by a Government employee which requires inter-departmental consultation should normally be replied to within a maximum period of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"six weeks\",\r\n      \"two months\",\r\n      \"three months\",\r\n      \"six months\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - three months<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (31-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 28034\/6\/2002-Estt. (A), dated 11th January, 2002<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"if requiring inter-departmental consultation, such representation should be replied to normally within a maximum period of three months.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe pair of limits should be memorised together: <b>six weeks<\/b> where the matter stays within one Ministry or Department, <b>three months<\/b> where another Department must be consulted.<br><br>\\nDistinguish the separate one-month rule in GID (26), which is not a disposal limit at all but the point at which an acknowledgement or interim reply falls due on an appeal or petition.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 213,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the final reply sent to a Government servant on his representation is required to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"confined to the operative decision alone, without disclosing the reasons on which it rests\",\r\n      \"issued within fifteen days of the date of receipt of the representation in the office\",\r\n      \"issued under the signature of an officer of a rank not below that of Deputy Secretary to the Government and dealing with each point in a separate paragraph\",\r\n      \"self-contained, covering all the points raised by him, and, where the representation is rejected, clearly indicating the grounds\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - self-contained, covering all the points raised by him, and, where the representation is rejected, clearly indicating the grounds<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (31-A) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 28034\/6\/2002-Estt. (A), dated 11th January, 2002<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Final reply sent to a Government servant on his representation should be self-contained, cover all the points raised by him and in a case where the representation of the Government servant is rejected, the grounds therefor, should be clearly indicated.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis requirement dovetails with GID (26-A): a reply that answers every point is what forecloses a further representation, since a second one is examinable only if it raises fresh points not already considered.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 214,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, disciplinary proceedings could be initiated against an officer who:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"fails to dispose of a representation within the period of six weeks prescribed\",\r\n      \"requires his subordinates to seek written confirmation of every oral direction given even in cases where the direction has already been acted upon\",\r\n      \"declines to accept an advance copy of a representation sent to him direct\",\r\n      \"adopts a dilatory attitude, leading to delay in decision-making and\/or harassment of the public\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - adopts a dilatory attitude, leading to delay in decision-making and\/or harassment of the public<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (31-B) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2004-Estt. (A), dated 16th February, 2004<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"disciplinary proceedings could be initiated if an officer adopts a dilatory attitude, leading to delay in decision-making and\/or harassment of the public.\\\"<\/i> The Decision adds that officers <i>\\\"found responsible for wilful delay in disposal of the various types of cases dealt with by them, finally leading to delay in decision-making,... shall be liable for disciplinary action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Is the opposite of a delinquency; Rule 3(2)(iv) makes the seeking of written confirmation a duty\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 215,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In terms of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the provision which enables penalties to be imposed on a Government servant who violates the Conduct Rules, on the footing that such violation constitutes 'good and sufficient reasons', is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Rule 3(1)(iii) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\",\r\n      \"Rule 23 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\",\r\n      \"Rule 14 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965\",\r\n      \"Rule 11 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - Rule 11 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (31-B) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2004-Estt. (A), dated 16th February, 2004<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Rule 11 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 provides that the penalties (ranging from 'censure' to 'dismissal') mentioned therein may be imposed on a Government servant 'for good and sufficient reasons'. Thus, any Government servants violating the provisions of Conduct Rules can be proceeded against as it will form 'good and sufficient reasons' for imposing the penalties prescribed in Rule 11.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same provision is the hinge in <b>GID (12)<\/b>, under which a Government servant who neglects his family may be proceeded against without invoking any Conduct Rule at all.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 14 of the CCA Rules prescribes the <i>procedure<\/i> for imposing major penalties<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 23 of the Conduct Rules is the interpretation clause\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 216,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Arrange the following steps, prescribed under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and the connected instructions, in the correct order in which a Government servant is to pursue a grievance relating to his service conditions:\\n1. Addressing the authority at the lowest level competent to deal with the matter\\n2. Addressing, or asking for an interview with, the next higher officer on the expiry of a month without a reply\\n3. Sending an advance copy of a representation direct to a still higher authority\\n4. Taking the issue to a Court of Law\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 - 2 - 3 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 3 - 2 - 4\",\r\n      \"2 - 1 - 3 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 2 - 4 - 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11) and GID (26) under Rule 3<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>GID (26), Enclosure 2<\/b> - the proper course is first to address <i>\\\"such other authority at the lowest level as he is competent to deal with the matter.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>GID (26), Enclosure 1, Para 3<\/b> - if no reply comes within a month, he <i>\\\"could address, or ask for an interview with the next higher officer.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>GID (26), Enclosure 2, Para 2<\/b> - an advance copy direct to a still higher authority is permissible only once the lower authorities have been exhausted, and <i>\\\"only at that stage.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>GID (11)<\/b> - a Government servant should <i>\\\"first exhaust the normal official channels of redress before they take the issue to a Court of Law,\\\"<\/i> for which no permission is needed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 217,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Promptness and courtesy\\n2. Observance of Government's policies\\n3. Prohibition of sexual harassment of working women\\n4. Medical examination before appointment to a civil post\\n\\nHow many of the above find a place in the said Rules?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Only three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 3-A, 3-B and 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Rule 3-A<\/b> is headed <i>\\\"Promptness and Courtesy\\\"<\/i>; <b>Rule 3-B<\/b>, <i>\\\"Observance of Government's policies\\\"<\/i>; and <b>Rule 3-C<\/b>, <i>\\\"Prohibition of sexual harassment of working women.\\\"<\/i> All three were inserted after Rule 3 and sit alongside it.<br><br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 Medical examination is nowhere in these Rules. It belongs to the recruitment and medical examination rules, which regulate <i>fitness for appointment<\/i>, not <i>conduct in service<\/i> - and that distinction is the point of the item.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 218,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I\\nA. Acting in a courteous manner and not adopting dilatory tactics\\nB. Acting in accordance with the Government's policy on preservation of environment\\nC. Not indulging in any act of sexual harassment of a woman at her workplace\\nD. Taking all possible steps to ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of subordinates\\n\\nList-II\\n1. Rule 3(2)(i)\\n2. Rule 3-A\\n3. Rule 3-B\\n4. Rule 3-C\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 3(2)(i), 3-A, 3-B and 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Rule 3-A<\/b> - courtesy and the bar on dilatory tactics.<br>\\n<b>Rule 3-B<\/b> - the Government's policies on the age of marriage, preservation of environment, protection of wildlife and cultural heritage, and prevention of crime against women.<br>\\n<b>Rule 3-C<\/b> - prohibition of sexual harassment of working women.<br>\\n<b>Rule 3(2)(i)<\/b> - <i>\\\"Every Government servant holding a supervisory post shall take all possible steps to ensure the integrity and devotion to duty of all Government servants for the time being under his control and authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe four are habitually mixed in one question, so knowing which heading carries which duty is what is actually being tested.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 219,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, participation by a Government servant in a \\\"Gherao\\\" is treated as a contravention of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Rule 3 only, the conduct being unbecoming of a Government servant\",\r\n      \"Rule 7 only, a Gherao being a form of demonstration and coercion\",\r\n      \"both Rule 3 and Rule 7\",\r\n      \"Rule 6 only, the participants acting as members of an association\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - both Rule 3 and Rule 7<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 7 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Disciplinary action should be taken against the prominent participants in the 'Gherao' for contravention of Rules 3 and 7 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same Decision holds that participation <i>\\\"amounts to conduct wholly unbecoming of Government servants\\\"<\/i> - which is Rule 3(1)(iii) - while the Gherao itself is a coercive demonstration falling under Rule 7. A second consequence follows: the absence <i>\\\"should in all cases be treated as unauthorized absence involving break in service\\\"<\/i> and is not to be regularized as leave of any kind.<br><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Each takes only one half of a two-rule contravention\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 220,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Which one of the following statements regarding the constitutional validity of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 is correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"The restrictions they impose on freedom of speech and on the right to form associations are violative of Article 19 of the Constitution\",\r\n      \"The restrictions they impose are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution\",\r\n      \"The restrictions are saved only because Article 33 of the Constitution permits the abrogation of Fundamental Rights for civil servants\",\r\n      \"The restrictions operate only in respect of a Government servant's official life and have no application to his private life\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - The restrictions they impose are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 3 - MHA Letter No. 141\/51-Ests., dated 11th August, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the provisions in the Conduct Rules which place any restrictions on the freedom of speech and expression of Government servants and on their right to form associations, are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Article 33 concerns the Armed Forces, and the Decision explains that its presence there was needed for a different reason; it is not the basis on which the Conduct Rules are saved<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 3(1) binds a Government servant <i>\\\"at all times\\\"<\/i>, and GID (12) makes conduct in private life - neglect of wife and family - actionable\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 221,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In which of the following cases is the permission of the competent authority necessary for a Government servant under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964?\\n1. Enrolment in the Home Guards Organization\\n2. Joining the Civil Defence Service as a volunteer\\n3. Participation, in his spare time, in a Shramdan drive organized by a Government department\\n4. Pursuing an online course on the iGOT Karmayogi platform\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (6), (7), (9) and (5-A) under Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 GID (9) - applications for enrolment are to be <i>\\\"addressed to the Commandant-General... through the Heads of Offices\\\"<\/i>, and permission, though granted freely, is required<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 GID (7) - Government servants <i>\\\"may be permitted to join the Civil Defence Service as volunteers\\\"<\/i>, and key-post holders need not be permitted at all<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 GID (6) - spare-time participation is <i>\\\"not only unobjectionable but even welcome\\\"<\/i>; no permission is called for<br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 GID (5-A) - the earlier instructions <i>\\\"do not apply to online courses intended to be pursued by Government servants on iGoT Karmayogi\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe item turns on the distinction between <b>enrolment in an organization<\/b>, which needs permission, and <b>an activity in one's own time<\/b>, which does not.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 222,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant gets his representation on a service matter forwarded to the Ministry through a Member of Parliament. This course of action:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible, provided the representation is simultaneously submitted through the proper channel as well\",\r\n      \"attracts the prohibition on canvassing outside influence, and violates the instructions on submission of representations\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the representation has already remained undisposed of for more than three months\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the Member of Parliament represents the constituency in which he is posted\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - attracts the prohibition on canvassing outside influence, and violates the instructions on submission of representations<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26-C) under Rule 3 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/08\/2013-Estt. (A)-III, dated 6th June, 2013; Rule 20<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Some of these representations are also forwarded through the Members of Parliament, in violation of the provisions of Rule 20 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo provisions bite at once. <b>Rule 20<\/b> forbids bringing outside influence to bear on a superior authority in one's own service matters, and <b>GID (26)<\/b> treats bypassing the prescribed channel as unbecoming conduct attracting <b>Rule 3(1)(iii)<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Simultaneous submission does not cure the canvassing; GID (26) permits an advance copy direct only after the lower authorities have been exhausted, and never through an outside authority\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 223,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Prior permission is required in every case before a Government servant joins an educational institution outside normal office hours.\\n2. Permission is not necessary for a Government servant to sue the Government in a Court of Law for the redress of a grievance arising out of his conditions of service.\\n3. A Government servant who is arrested must intimate the fact to his official superior even though he is subsequently released on bail.\\n4. A Government servant may apply for emigration to a foreign country with the permission of his Head of Department.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (4), (11), (2) and (29) under Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 GID (4) - permission is required only <i>\\\"wherever found necessary\\\"<\/i> in the view of the administrative authority, and is then <i>\\\"ordinarily... to be granted\\\"<\/i>; it is not a universal requirement<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 GID (11) - he may be informed that <i>\\\"such permission is not necessary\\\"<\/i>, whether or not he has exhausted the official channels<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 GID (2) - the duty arises on arrest <i>\\\"for any reason\\\"<\/i> and survives release on bail<br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 GID (29) - <i>\\\"no Government servant should apply for or seek emigration to any other country so long as he is in Government service\\\"<\/i>; no authority can permit it<br><br>\\nStatements 1 and 4 are the two that overstate the requirement of permission - the classic trap in this set.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 224,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The question of issuing a 'No Objection Certificate' to a serving Government servant who wishes to migrate to a foreign country does not arise.\\n2. A representation requiring examination only within a Ministry or Department should be disposed of within a maximum period of three months.\\n3. Disciplinary proceedings could be initiated against an officer who adopts a dilatory attitude leading to delay in decision-making.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (29), (31-A) and (31-B) under Rule 3 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 GID (29) - <i>\\\"The question of issuing 'No Objection Certificate' to a Government servant, who wishes to migrate to a foreign country, therefore, does not arise.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 GID (31-A) - a representation confined to one Ministry or Department carries a limit of <b>six weeks<\/b>; three months is the limit for one requiring <b>inter-departmental consultation<\/b>. Swapping the two figures is the standard trap<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 GID (31-B) - <i>\\\"disciplinary proceedings could be initiated if an officer adopts a dilatory attitude, leading to delay in decision-making and\/or harassment of the public.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 225,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following amount to misconduct on the part of a Government servant EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Wilful insubordination or disobedience, whether alone or in combination with others, to a lawful and reasonable order of a superior\",\r\n      \"Riotous or disorderly behaviour during working hours at the establishment, being an act subversive of discipline\",\r\n      \"Habitual negligence in respect of the duties for which he is engaged by his employer\",\r\n      \"Seeking confirmation in writing of an oral direction received from his official superior\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - Seeking confirmation in writing of an oral direction received from his official superior<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (23) under Rule 3; Rule 3(2)(iv) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce items (1), (4) and (9) of the lists in GID (23) - wilful insubordination, riotous or disorderly behaviour subversive of discipline, and habitual negligence.<br><br>\\nOption D is not merely permitted but <b>compulsory<\/b>. Rule 3(2)(iv) provides that a Government servant who has received an oral direction <i>\\\"shall seek confirmation of the same in writing as early as possible, whereupon it shall be the duty of the official superior to confirm the direction in writing.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote the wording of option A: the order disobeyed must be both <b>lawful and reasonable<\/b> before disobedience becomes misconduct.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 226,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant and her husband have been living apart from each other for several years by mutual understanding, no decree or order of any Court having been passed. In relation to the Government servant, her husband:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a member of her family, the exclusion operating only where the separation is by a decree or order of a competent Court\",\r\n      \"is not a member of her family, the parties having ceased to reside with each other\",\r\n      \"is a member of her family only for so long as he is wholly dependent on her earnings\",\r\n      \"is not a member of her family, the separation having continued for a substantial period\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is a member of her family, the exclusion operating only where the separation is by a decree or order of a competent Court<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the Government servant, whether residing with the Government servant or not but does not include a wife or husband, as the case may be, separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (i) does two things at once: it makes residence <b>expressly immaterial<\/b>, and it admits <b>one exclusion only<\/b> - judicial separation. A separation by private arrangement, however long, does not meet it.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Imports a residence test the clause negates in terms<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Imports the dependency test, which governs Clauses (ii) and (iii) but not the spouse<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 No period of separation is prescribed anywhere in the clause\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 227,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the stepdaughter of a Government servant resides with him in his allotted quarters but is in full-time employment and meets her own expenses. In relation to the Government servant, she:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a member of his family, being a stepdaughter who resides with him\",\r\n      \"is not a member of his family, not being wholly dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is a member of his family until such time as she marries and sets up a separate household\",\r\n      \"is not a member of his family, a stepdaughter falling outside the clause altogether\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is not a member of his family, not being wholly dependent on the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"son or daughter or step-son or step-daughter of the Government servant and wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child or step-child who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant or of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by or under any law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (ii) contains <b>no residence test at all<\/b> - dependency is the whole of it. Living under the same roof is therefore irrelevant once she is earning and meeting her own expenses.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Substitutes residence for the statutory test<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Invents a marriage-based cut-off; the clause turns on dependency, not marital status<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Step-children are named in the clause in terms\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 228,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the father of a Government servant resides with him and draws a pension of his own, the balance of his expenses being met by the Government servant. In relation to the Government servant, his father:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a member of his family, being related to him by blood and residing under the same roof\",\r\n      \"is a member of his family, the Government servant meeting the greater part of his expenses\",\r\n      \"is not a member of his family, not being wholly dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is not a member of his family, a parent falling outside the definition altogether\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is not a member of his family, not being wholly dependent on the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant or to the Government servant's wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe word is <b>wholly<\/b>, not mainly. A parent with an independent source of income - here, a pension - fails the second limb however large the Government servant's contribution may be.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Drops the dependency limb and adds a residence test that Clause (iii) does not contain<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Substitutes a \\\"greater part\\\" test for the statutory \\\"wholly\\\"<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Parents are squarely within \\\"any other person related... by blood\\\"; the objection is dependency, not relationship\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 229,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following persons, in relation to a Government servant, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. His wife, who is separately employed and not dependent on him\\n2. His unmarried daughter, who is wholly dependent on him\\n3. His brother, who is wholly dependent on the earnings of the Government servant's wife and not on the Government servant\\n4. His widowed mother, who is wholly dependent on him\\n\\nHow many of the above are members of his family?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"All four\",\r\n      \"Only three\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - Only three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (i) carries <b>no dependency test<\/b> for the spouse - <i>\\\"whether residing with the Government servant or not\\\"<\/i> - the sole exclusion being judicial separation<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (ii) - a daughter <i>\\\"wholly dependent on him\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (iii) requires dependency <b>on the Government servant<\/b>, not on the spouse; the relationship limb is met but the dependency limb is not<br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (iii) - related by blood and wholly dependent on him<br><br>\\nThe set is built to isolate the single most-tested feature of the definition: dependency is required by Clauses (ii) and (iii) but never by Clause (i), and where it is required it must run to the Government servant himself.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 230,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the test of being wholly dependent on the Government servant applies to all of the following EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"a stepson or stepdaughter of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"a person related by blood to the wife of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"a person related by marriage to the Government servant himself\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the wife or husband, as the case may be, of the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (i) brings in the spouse <i>\\\"whether residing with the Government servant or not\\\"<\/i>, and excludes only a spouse <i>\\\"separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court.\\\"<\/i> Dependency is nowhere mentioned.<br><br>\\nBy contrast, Clause (ii) requires a son, daughter, stepson or stepdaughter to be <i>\\\"wholly dependent on him\\\"<\/i>, and Clause (iii) requires any other person, related by blood or marriage to the Government servant <b>or to the spouse<\/b>, to be <i>\\\"wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions B, C and D all fall under Clauses (ii) and (iii), where the dependency test squarely applies.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 231,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (person excluded)\\nA. Wife separated from the Government servant by a decree of a competent Court\\nB. Son who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant\\nC. Child of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by or under any law\\nD. Brother of the Government servant's wife, wholly dependent on the wife alone\\n\\nList-II (ground of exclusion)\\n1. Fails the requirement of being wholly dependent on the Government servant\\n2. Excluded by the limb relating to deprivation of custody\\n3. Excluded by the limb relating to judicial separation\\n4. Excluded by the limb relating to a child no longer in any way dependent\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (i) excludes a spouse <i>\\\"separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court.\\\"<\/i><br>\\nClause (ii) excludes <i>\\\"a child or step-child who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government servant or of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by or under any law\\\"<\/i> - two distinct grounds, which is why B and C do not share an entry.<br>\\nClause (iii) requires the person to be <i>\\\"wholly dependent on the Government servant\\\"<\/i>, and dependency on the spouse alone does not satisfy it.<br><br>\\nThe matching turns on keeping the four exclusion grounds separate; they are habitually run together.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 232,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant proposes to acquire an immovable property in the name of his mother, who resides with him and is wholly dependent on him. The requirement of previous knowledge of the prescribed authority:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"does not apply, the property not being acquired by him in his own name\",\r\n      \"does not apply, a parent not being covered by the expression \\\"members of family\\\"\",\r\n      \"applies, his mother being a member of his family within the meaning of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"applies only where the value of the property exceeds two months' basic pay of the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - applies, his mother being a member of his family within the meaning of the said Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(iii) read with Rule 18(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nRule 18(2) extends to acquisition or disposal of immovable property <i>\\\"either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family.\\\"<\/i> Whether the requirement bites therefore turns wholly on Rule 2(c) - which is what makes the definition operative rather than academic.<br><br>\\nA mother who is wholly dependent on the Government servant falls within Clause (iii) as <i>\\\"any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant... and wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The two months' basic pay threshold belongs to Rule 18(3), which governs <b>movable<\/b> property; no such threshold qualifies Rule 18(2)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 233,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 1 and Rule 2\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 2 - Definitions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the nephew of the husband of a woman Government servant is wholly dependent on the Government servant. In relation to her, he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is not a member of her family, being related to her only through her husband\",\r\n      \"is not a member of her family, a nephew being too remote for the residuary clause which reaches only relations of the first degree\",\r\n      \"is a member of her family only if he also resides with her and her husband\",\r\n      \"is a member of her family, being related by blood to her husband and wholly dependent on her\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is a member of her family, being related by blood to her husband and wholly dependent on her<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 2(c)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government servant or to the Government servant's wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBoth limbs are satisfied. Relationship <b>through the spouse<\/b> is expressly brought in, and the dependency runs to the Government servant herself.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Misreads the clause as confined to the Government servant's own relations<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (iii) is not limited by degree of relationship; it is limited by dependency<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Imports a residence test which appears nowhere in Clause (iii), and which Clause (i) makes immaterial even for the spouse\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 234,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 18 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the return of assets and liabilities in the prescribed form is required to be submitted by a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"on his first appointment to any service or post\",\r\n      \"on his first appointment, and thereafter in the month of January every year\",\r\n      \"on his confirmation in the service or post to which he is appointed\",\r\n      \"on his first promotion to a post included in Group 'A' or Group 'B'\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - on his first appointment to any service or post<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(1)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Every Government servant shall on his first appointment to any service or post submit a return of his assets and liabilities, in such form as may be prescribed by the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The <i>annual<\/i> return under Rule 18(1)(ii) is confined to immovable property and to Groups 'A' and 'B'; the assets-and-liabilities return is a one-time requirement on first appointment<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Confirmation is nowhere the trigger<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Promotion into Group 'A' or 'B' attracts the annual immovable property return, not a fresh assets-and-liabilities return\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 235,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following particulars which a Government servant is required to furnish in the return of assets and liabilities under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Immovable property inherited by him, or owned or acquired by him, or held by him on lease or mortgage\\n2. Shares, debentures and cash including bank deposits inherited by him or similarly owned, acquired or held by him\\n3. Other movable property inherited by him or similarly owned, acquired or held by him\\n4. Debts and other liabilities incurred by him directly or indirectly\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(1)(i)(a) to (d) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(a) the immovable property inherited by him, or owned or acquired by him or held by him on lease or mortgage, either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family or in the name of any other person; (b) shares, debentures and cash including bank deposits inherited by him or similarly owned, acquired, or held by him; (c) other movable property inherited by him or similarly owned, acquired or held by him; and (d) debts and other liabilities incurred by him directly or indirectly.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote that Clause (a) alone extends to property held in the name of a family member <b>or of any other person<\/b>; and Clause (d) covers liabilities incurred <b>indirectly<\/b> as well.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 236,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement to disclose immovable property in the return of assets and liabilities extends to property held:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in the Government servant's own name alone\",\r\n      \"in the Government servant's own name or in the name of any member of his family\",\r\n      \"in the Government servant's own name, in the name of any member of his family, or in the name of any other person\",\r\n      \"in the Government servant's own name or in the name of any person wholly dependent upon him at the time the return is submitted\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - in the Government servant's own name, in the name of any member of his family, or in the name of any other person<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(1)(i)(a) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the immovable property inherited by him, or owned or acquired by him or held by him on lease or mortgage, either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family or in the name of any other person.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe third limb - <b>any other person<\/b> - is the one habitually dropped, and it is the limb that makes benami holdings disclosable. Contrast <b>Rule 18(2)<\/b>, which regulates transactions only where they are in the Government servant's own name or in the name of a member of his family, and does not carry the \\\"any other person\\\" limb.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 237,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement to submit a return of assets and liabilities on first appointment does not ordinarily apply to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Class IV servants\",\r\n      \"Government servants holding a post included in Group 'C'\",\r\n      \"Government servants on deputation to another Ministry\",\r\n      \"Government servants appointed on a purely temporary basis\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Class IV servants<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 1 below Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Sub-rule (1) shall not ordinarily apply to Class IV servants but the Government may direct that it shall apply to any such Government servant or class of such Government servants.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe exemption is <b>not absolute<\/b> - the Government may direct otherwise for any individual or class. GID (18) records the working position: the return is required of Groups 'A', 'B' and 'C' officers, and <i>\\\"Government servants in Group 'D' services and posts are not required to submit these returns by virtue of Note I below Rule 18(1).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Group 'C' is covered, subject only to a case-by-case exemption under Rule 18(5)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 238,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the return of assets and liabilities, the values of items of movable property may be added together and shown as a lumpsum where each such item is worth less than:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"\u20b9 1,000\",\r\n      \"\u20b9 5,000\",\r\n      \"\u20b9 10,000\",\r\n      \"\u20b9 25,000\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - \u20b9 10,000<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 2 below Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification No. 11013\/20\/91-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1992<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In all returns, the values of items of movable property worth less than \u20b9 10,000 may be added and shown as a lumpsum.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 \u20b9 1,000 is a real figure in this rule but belongs to the <b>Forms<\/b>: Note 1 to Form III requires separate disclosure of articles whose value individually exceeds \u20b9 1,000, and Note 1 to Form V excludes individual loans not exceeding three months' emoluments or \u20b9 1,000, whichever is less. That is what makes it the sharpest distractor here.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 239,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the value of which of the following need NOT be included in the return of assets and liabilities?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Jewellery owned by the Government servant\",\r\n      \"Articles of daily use such as clothes, utensils, crockery and books\",\r\n      \"Shares, securities and debentures held by the Government servant\",\r\n      \"Refrigerators, radios, radiograms and television sets\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Articles of daily use such as clothes, utensils, crockery and books<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 2 below Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The value of articles of daily use such as clothes, utensils, crockery, books, etc., need not be included in such return.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - each is expressly within the expression \\\"movable property\\\":<\/b><br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 Explanation I(1)(a) covers <i>\\\"jewellery, insurance policies... shares, securities and debentures\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Explanation I(1)(d) covers <i>\\\"refrigerators, radios, radiograms and television sets\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 240,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant already belonging to a service or holding a post is appointed to any other civil service or post, he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"shall submit a fresh return of his assets and liabilities within three months of the appointment\",\r\n      \"shall not be required to submit a fresh return of assets and liabilities\",\r\n      \"shall submit a fresh return only if the new post is included in Group 'A' or Group 'B'\",\r\n      \"shall submit a fresh return only where the appointment involves a change of cadre\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - shall not be required to submit a fresh return of assets and liabilities<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 3 below Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where a Government servant already belonging to a service or holding a post is appointed to any other civil service or post, he shall not be required to submit a fresh return under this clause.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe return is tied to <b>entry into Government service<\/b>, not to each subsequent appointment within it.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The three-month period is real but belongs to the Government of India's Order S.O. 114, which fixes it for the <i>first<\/i> return on first appointment\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 241,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the obligation to submit an annual return of immovable property rests on every Government servant belonging to any service or holding any post included in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Group 'A' only\",\r\n      \"Group 'A' and Group 'B'\",\r\n      \"Group 'A', Group 'B' and Group 'C'\",\r\n      \"every Group, other than Group 'D'\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Group 'A' and Group 'B'<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(1)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. 11013\/19\/75-Ests. (A), dated 6th July, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Every Government servant belonging to any service or holding any post included in Group 'A' and Group 'B' shall submit an annual return in such form as may be prescribed by the Government in this regard giving full particulars regarding the immovable property inherited by him or owned or acquired by him or held by him on lease or mortgage either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family or in the name of any other person.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Groups 'A', 'B' and 'C' is the scope of the <i>assets and liabilities<\/i> return under GID (18), a different return altogether\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 242,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the annual return required of Group 'A' and Group 'B' officers relates to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"immovable property only\",\r\n      \"movable property only\",\r\n      \"both movable and immovable property\",\r\n      \"immovable property together with debts and other liabilities\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - immovable property only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(1)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause requires particulars <i>\\\"regarding the immovable property inherited by him or owned or acquired by him or held by him on lease or mortgage.\\\"<\/i> Movable property finds no place in it.<br><br>\\nThe distinction runs through the whole rule: <b>movable<\/b> property is dealt with by the one-time return under Rule 18(1)(i), by the reporting duty under Rule 18(3), and by a call for a statement under Rule 18(4) - but never by the annual return.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Debts and liabilities appear in Rule 18(1)(i)(d), which governs the first-appointment return\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 243,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the annual return of immovable property of the previous year is required to be filed by a Group 'A' or Group 'B' Government servant by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the 31st day of January of the following year\",\r\n      \"the 31st day of March of the following year\",\r\n      \"the 30th day of June of the following year\",\r\n      \"the 31st day of December of the same year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the 31st day of January of the following year<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (32) under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/17\/2023-PP-A III, dated 14th July, 2023, read with GID (23)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"all Group 'A' and Group 'B' Government servants are required to file Annual Immovable Property Return of the previous year latest by 31st January of the following year invariably.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 31st March is the date by which the Immovable Property Returns are to be <b>placed in the public domain<\/b>, per DoP&T O.M. dated 23-9-2013 referred to in the same Decision; it is also the date fixed by Order S.O. 114 for the five-yearly assets-and-liabilities return. Both are real dates in this rule, which is what makes the option tempting\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 244,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where no change has taken place during the year in the immovable property holdings of a Government servant, the annual return:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"need not be submitted at all for that year\",\r\n      \"may be endorsed with the words \\\"No change\\\" or \\\"Same as last year\\\"\",\r\n      \"must nevertheless reproduce the full details furnished in the previous year\",\r\n      \"may be submitted at any time before the close of the following calendar year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - may be endorsed with the words \\\"No change\\\" or \\\"Same as last year\\\"<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16) under Rule 18 - M.W.H. & S., O.M. No. A.V. (168), dated 8th November, 1968<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"in cases, where there are no changes to account for, no useful purpose would be served by the reproduction of the details given in the previous year and that in such cases, the entry 'No change' or 'Same as last year' would serve the purpose equally well.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nWhere there <i>is<\/i> a change, the position is the opposite: <i>\\\"it would be necessary for the officer concerned, to indicate full details of the property, explaining the changes suitably.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The return is still due; only its content is abridged\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 245,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, failure on the part of a Government servant to submit the annual immovable property return in time:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"attracts only the withholding of his next increment until the return is filed\",\r\n      \"is a matter to be recorded in his Annual Confidential Report and taken no further\",\r\n      \"can form good and sufficient reason for instituting disciplinary proceedings against him\",\r\n      \"is condoned if the return is submitted before the close of the financial year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - can form good and sufficient reason for instituting disciplinary proceedings against him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (23) under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/12\/93-Estt. (A), dated 24th January, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It may be impressed upon them that failure on the part of a Government servant to comply with the requirement of the aforesaid rule can form good and sufficient reason for instituting disciplinary proceedings against him. Strict action may be taken against employees who fail to submit the returns in time or furnishing wrong information.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe expression <b>\\\"good and sufficient reasons\\\"<\/b> is the language of Rule 11 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965, which is what carries the penalty.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Understates it, though a column on timely filing was in fact added to the ACR format by GID (22)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 246,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a column requiring an officer to state whether the annual return of immovable property was filed within the prescribed date was directed to be included in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the vigilance clearance pro forma of the Ministry concerned maintained by its Vigilance Division\",\r\n      \"the Annual Confidential Report format of Group 'A' and Group 'B' officers\",\r\n      \"the service book of every Group 'A' and Group 'B' officer\",\r\n      \"the Character Roll maintained by the Establishment Officer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Annual Confidential Report format of Group 'A' and Group 'B' officers<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (22) under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 21011\/28\/93-Estt. (A), dated 20th December, 1993<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided to include a column in the ACR format of Groups 'A' and 'B' officers which shall be placed as Column 4 in Part-II (Self-appraisal) of the ACR.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe column reads: <i>\\\"Please state whether the annual return of immovable property for the preceding calendar year was filed within the prescribed date, i.e., 31st January of the year following the calendar year.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Character Rolls are where the returns themselves are <i>kept<\/i> under GID (6), which is a different arrangement\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 247,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, no Government servant shall acquire or dispose of any immovable property, either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family, except with:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the previous knowledge of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"the previous sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"intimation to the prescribed authority within one month of the transaction\",\r\n      \"the previous sanction of the Government in every case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the previous knowledge of the prescribed authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall, except with the previous knowledge of the prescribed authority, acquire or dispose of any immovable property by lease, mortgage, purchase, sale, gift or otherwise either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule draws a deliberate distinction that is the single most tested point in it:<br>\\n<b>previous knowledge<\/b> - the general requirement for immovable property;<br>\\n<b>previous sanction<\/b> - required only by the proviso, where the transaction is with a person having official dealings with him;<br>\\n<b>report within one month<\/b> - the requirement for <i>movable<\/i> property under Rule 18(3)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 248,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following modes of dealing with immovable property, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Lease\\n2. Mortgage\\n3. Purchase or sale\\n4. Gift\\n\\nHow many of the above attract the requirement of previous knowledge of the prescribed authority?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...acquire or dispose of any immovable property by lease, mortgage, purchase, sale, gift or otherwise...\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"or otherwise\\\"<\/b> close the list, so the enumeration is illustrative rather than exhaustive. Two consequences follow from the Decisions: under <b>GID (4)<\/b> the construction of a house is itself an acquisition of immovable property; and under <b>GID (28)<\/b> a transaction effected through a General Power of Attorney attracts Rule 18(2), the Ministry of Law having advised that it <i>\\\"affects de facto transfer of possession of the immovable property.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 249,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the previous sanction of the prescribed authority is required for a transaction in immovable property where the transaction is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"of a value exceeding two months' basic pay of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"with a person having official dealings with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"entered into in the name of a member of the Government servant's family\",\r\n      \"in respect of property situated outside the Government servant's headquarters\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - with a person having official dealings with the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 18(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification No. 11013\/11\/85-Estt. (A), dated 7th March, 1986<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that the previous sanction of the prescribed authority shall be obtained by the Government servant if any such transaction is with a person having official dealings with him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The two months' basic pay threshold governs <b>movable<\/b> property under Rule 18(3); no monetary threshold qualifies Rule 18(2) at all<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 A transaction in a family member's name still attracts only previous <i>knowledge<\/i>, unless the official-dealings proviso is also attracted<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Location within India is irrelevant; property outside India is governed by Rule 18-A\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 250,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who enters into a transaction in respect of movable property is required to report it to the prescribed authority:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"within one month from the date of such transaction\",\r\n      \"forthwith, and in any case before the transaction is concluded\",\r\n      \"within three months from the date of such transaction\",\r\n      \"in the annual return for the year in which the transaction falls\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - within one month from the date of such transaction<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification No. 11013\/8\/2009-Estt. (A), dated 9th May, 2011<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where a Government servant enters into a transaction in respect of movable property either in his own name or in the name of the member of his family, he shall, within one month from the date of such transaction, report the same to the prescribed authority, if the value of such property exceeds two months' basic pay of the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe 2011 substitution is what replaced the earlier requirement of a \\\"forthwith\\\" report with a definite one-month period - which is why option A, the pre-2011 language, remains the sharpest distractor.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 251,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a transaction in movable property is required to be reported to the prescribed authority only where the value of such property exceeds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one month's basic pay of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"two months' basic pay of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"three months' emoluments of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"six months' basic pay of the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - two months' basic pay of the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe threshold, substituted with effect from 9th May, 2011, is <i>\\\"two months' basic pay of the Government servant.\\\"<\/i> The same figure governs the insurance-policy limb of Explanation I(1)(a).<br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - each is a real figure elsewhere in this rule:<\/b><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Three months' emoluments is the threshold in Form II for disclosing cash and bank balances, and in Note 1 to Form V for omitting small loans<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Six months' basic pay is the limit under GID (31) for the <b>cumulative<\/b> yearly intimation of transactions in shares, securities, debentures and mutual funds\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 252,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a transaction in movable property exceeding the prescribed value is entered into with a person having official dealings with the Government servant, he is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"report the transaction within one month of its completion, as in any other case\",\r\n      \"obtain the previous sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"obtain the previous sanction of the Government, whatever the value involved\",\r\n      \"report the transaction to the Vigilance Officer of his Ministry\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - obtain the previous sanction of the prescribed authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 18(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that the previous sanction of the prescribed authority shall be obtained by the Government servant if any such transaction is with a person having official dealings with him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe official-dealings proviso operates identically under Rule 18(2) and Rule 18(3): it converts what would otherwise be knowledge or a report into a requirement of <b>previous sanction<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Reverts to the general rule and ignores the proviso<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Names the wrong authority; the prescribed authority, not the Government, sanctions\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 253,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the power to require a Government servant to furnish, within a specified period, a full and complete statement of movable or immovable property held or acquired by him or on his behalf, is exercisable:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"only at the time of his first appointment to any service or post\",\r\n      \"only where disciplinary proceedings have been instituted against him and a charge-sheet has been served on him\",\r\n      \"at any time, by the Government or the prescribed authority, by general or special order\",\r\n      \"only once in every five years, by the Head of the Department\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - at any time, by the Government or the prescribed authority, by general or special order<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Government or the prescribed authority may, at any time, by general or special order, require a Government servant to furnish, within a period specified in the order, a full and complete statement of such movable or immovable property held or acquired by him or on his behalf or by any member of his family as may be specified in the order.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (27) confirms that this power is additional to the first-appointment and annual returns, and invites administrative authorities to <i>\\\"make use of these provisions, as and when considered necessary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 No disciplinary proceeding is a precondition\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 254,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a statement of property called for from a Government servant may, if so required, also include:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the details of the means by which, or the source from which, such property was acquired\",\r\n      \"a certificate of valuation signed by a Civil Engineer of repute\",\r\n      \"the income-tax returns filed by the Government servant for the preceding three years\",\r\n      \"a declaration that the property is free from encumbrance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the details of the means by which, or the source from which, such property was acquired<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Such statement shall, if so required by the Government or by the prescribed authority, include the details of the means by which, or the source from which, such property was acquired.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis is the provision that gives teeth to GID (12), under which <i>\\\"a presumption of corruption fairly and reasonably arises against an officer who cannot account for large accretion of wealth which he could not possibly have saved from his known sources of income.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The valuation certificate is a real requirement, but it arises under GID (4) and GID (11), on completion of construction of a house\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 255,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the power to exempt any category of Government servants belonging to Class III or Class IV from the provisions relating to property returns:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"extends to every provision of the rule without exception\",\r\n      \"extends to every provision of the rule except the power to call for a complete statement of property\",\r\n      \"is exercisable only in respect of Class IV servants\",\r\n      \"is exercisable only with the previous approval of the Central Vigilance Commission in respect of each category so exempted\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - extends to every provision of the rule except the power to call for a complete statement of property<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(5) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Government may exempt any category of Government servants belonging to Class III or Class IV from any of the provisions of this rule except sub-rule (4). No such exemption shall, however, be made without the concurrence of the Cabinet Secretariat (Department of Personnel).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nSub-rule (4) - the power to call for a full statement at any time - is deliberately kept beyond the reach of any exemption.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Names the wrong body; the concurrence required is that of the <b>Cabinet Secretariat (Department of Personnel)<\/b>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 256,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an exemption granted to a category of Class III or Class IV Government servants from the provisions relating to property returns requires the concurrence of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India of India\",\r\n      \"the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure\",\r\n      \"the Cabinet Secretariat (Department of Personnel)\",\r\n      \"the Central Vigilance Commission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Cabinet Secretariat (Department of Personnel)<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(5) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No such exemption shall, however, be made without the concurrence of the Cabinet Secretariat (Department of Personnel).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (18) sets out how the power works in practice for Group 'C': the Head of the Department recommends exclusion of specified categories to the Ministry, which takes a decision <i>\\\"with the concurrence of the Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Personnel.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The Comptroller and Auditor-General does appear in this rule - GID (15) preserves his powers as prescribed authority for Heads of Departments in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department - but not here\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 257,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an insurance policy is included in the expression \\\"movable property\\\" where the annual premia of the policy exceeds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one month's basic pay of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"one-sixth of the total annual emoluments of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"three months' emoluments of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"two months' basic pay of the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - two months' basic pay of the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(1)(a) below Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification No. 11013\/8\/2009-Estt. (A), dated 9th May, 2011<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"jewellery, insurance policies, the annual premia of which exceeds two months' basic pay of the Government servant, shares, securities and debentures.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 One-sixth of total annual emoluments is a real test, and a closely related one: under GID (24), a report is due <i>\\\"if the annual premia on Insurance Policies exceed the prescribed monetary limit or one-sixth of his total annual emoluments received from Government, whichever is less.\\\"<\/i> But the definitional threshold in Explanation I(1)(a) is two months' basic pay\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 258,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which of the following are included in the expression \\\"movable property\\\"?\\n1. All loans, whether secured or not, advanced or taken by the Government servant\\n2. Motor cars, motor cycles, horses or any other means of conveyance\\n3. Refrigerators, radios, radiograms and television sets\\n4. Shares, securities and debentures\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(1)(a) to (d) below Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(a) jewellery, insurance policies... shares, securities and debentures; (b) all loans, whether secured or not, advanced or taken by the Government servant; (c) motor cars, motor cycles, horses or any other means of conveyance; and (d) refrigerators, radios, radiograms and television sets.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features repay attention. Clause (b) covers loans <b>both ways<\/b> - advanced as well as taken - and whether or not secured. Clause (c) closes with <b>\\\"any other means of conveyance\\\"<\/b>, so the enumeration is illustrative; \\\"television sets\\\" was added to Clause (d) only in 1973.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 259,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following is NOT included in the expression \\\"movable property\\\"?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A loan advanced by the Government servant to another person without security\",\r\n      \"A deposit in a Savings Bank Account made by the Government servant out of his salary\",\r\n      \"Units of the Unit Trust of India purchased by the Government servant out of his accumulated savings\",\r\n      \"A horse owned by the Government servant and kept at his residence\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - A deposit in a Savings Bank Account made by the Government servant out of his salary<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(1) below Rule 18; GID (10) and GID (24) under Rule 18<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>GID (24): \\\"Deposits in a Savings Bank account made by a Government servant from out of his salary or accumulated saving would not come within the purview of Rule 18 (3).\\\"<\/i> GID (10) says the same of Current Accounts and fixed deposits with banks, which are instead <i>\\\"covered by Rule 18 (1) (i) (b).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A, D.<\/b> \u2717 Clauses (b) and (c) name loans, whether secured or not, and horses<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 GID (10) holds that <i>\\\"'Units' are securities and, therefore, fall within the purview of Rule 18 (3)\\\"<\/i>, and that purchase of Units cannot be equated with fixed deposits\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 260,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the case of a Government servant holding a Class II post, the prescribed authority for the purposes of the rule relating to property is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Government\",\r\n      \"the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"the Head of Department\",\r\n      \"the Ministry administratively concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Head of Department<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(2)(a)(ii) below Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe scheme is graded by the class of post:<br>\\n<b>Class I<\/b> - the Government, <i>\\\"except where any lower authority is specifically specified by the Government for any purpose\\\"<\/i>;<br>\\n<b>Class II<\/b> - the Head of Department;<br>\\n<b>Class III or Class IV<\/b> - the Head of Office.<br><br>\\nThe saving in the Class I entry is what allowed GID (15) to declare Heads of Departments to be prescribed authorities for Group 'A' officers serving under their control, subject to two conditions.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Head of Office is the authority for Class III and Class IV posts\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 261,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (Government servant)\\nA. Holding a Class I post\\nB. Holding a Class II post\\nC. Holding a Class III or Class IV post\\nD. On foreign service or on deputation to another Ministry\\n\\nList-II (prescribed authority)\\n1. Head of Office\\n2. Head of Department\\n3. The parent department on whose cadre he is borne\\n4. The Government\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(2)(a) and (b) below Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(a)(i) the Government, in the case of a Government servant holding any Class I post, except where any lower authority is specifically specified by the Government for any purpose; (ii) Head of Department, in the case of a Government servant holding any Class II post; (iii) Head of Office, in the case of a Government servant holding any Class III or Class IV post; (b) in respect of a Government servant on foreign service or on deputation to any other Ministry or any other Government, the parent department on the cadre of which such Government servant is borne or the Ministry to which he is administratively subordinate as member of that cadre.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 262,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in respect of a Government servant on deputation to another Ministry, the responsibility for obtaining, scrutinizing and keeping on record his property returns rests with:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the borrowing Ministry to which he is deputed\",\r\n      \"the Vigilance Officer of the Ministry in which he is serving\",\r\n      \"the prescribed authority in the parent department\",\r\n      \"the Establishment Officer to the Government of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the prescribed authority in the parent department<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18) under Rule 18, Para 6, read with Explanation I(2)(b)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"As regards officers on deputation, the prescribed authority in the parent Department will be responsible for obtaining, scrutinizing and keeping the returns on record.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis follows from Explanation I(2)(b), which fixes the prescribed authority for a deputationist as <i>\\\"the parent department on the cadre of which such Government servant is borne.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The Vigilance Officer has a role, but only as a stage in routing: the return travels from the Administration Wing <i>\\\"through the Vigilance Officer of the Ministry \/ Department \/ Office to the prescribed authority\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 263,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, except where it is obtained from, or granted to, a person having official dealings with the Government servant, the expression \\\"lease\\\" in relation to immovable property means a lease:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"for any term exceeding three years, or reserving a monthly rent, whoever the other party to it may be\",\r\n      \"from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent\",\r\n      \"of any duration, whatever the periodicity of payment of rent\",\r\n      \"registered under the provisions of the Registration Act, 1908\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation II below Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. 25\/57\/64-Ests. (A), dated 5th January, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'lease' means, except where it is obtained from, or granted to, a person having official dealings with the Government servant, a lease of immovable property from year to year or for any term exceeding one year or reserving a yearly rent.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 States the position that applies only within the <b>exception<\/b>: where the other party has official dealings, GID (19) holds that the general meaning in Section 105 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 applies instead, <i>\\\"irrespective of the duration of such agreement... or the mode of payment of rent\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 264,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a lease of immovable property is obtained from a person having official dealings with a Government servant, the meaning of \\\"lease\\\" to be applied is that given in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Registration Act, 1908\",\r\n      \"the Delhi Rent Control Act\",\r\n      \"the Indian Contract Act, 1872, which governs agreements of every description\",\r\n      \"Section 105 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - Section 105 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (19) under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), No. 25\/57\/69-Ests. (A), dated 5th February, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Thus where the lessee or the lessor is a person having official dealings with the Government servant the general meaning of the term 'lease' as given in Section 105 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 would apply.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat general meaning is far wider - it takes in <i>\\\"any agreement giving rise to the relationship of landlord or tenant\\\"<\/i> whatever its duration or mode of payment. The same Decision records that this wider meaning also governs <b>Rule 18-A<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The Delhi Rent Control Act is invoked by GID (21), on advance rent, for an entirely different purpose\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 265,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the first return of assets and liabilities of a Government servant on his first appointment is required to be as on the date of such appointment and to be submitted within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one month from that date\",\r\n      \"two months from that date\",\r\n      \"three months from that date\",\r\n      \"six months from that date\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - three months from that date<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Order S.O. 114, Clause (b)(i) - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), Order No. 25\/7\/65-Ests. (A), dated 6th January, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the first return in respect of a Government servant on his first appointment to any service or post shall be as on the date of such appointment and shall be submitted within three months from that date.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nA proviso softens the sequence: <i>\\\"if the interval between the date of submission of the first return and the date on which a subsequent return is due is less than six months, the latter return need not be submitted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 One month is the period for reporting a movable property transaction under Rule 18(3)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 266,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, after the first return, returns of assets and liabilities are required to be submitted at an interval of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one year\",\r\n      \"three years\",\r\n      \"five years\",\r\n      \"ten years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - five years<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Order S.O. 114, Clause (c)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"every Government servant shall submit such returns after the first, at an interval of five years, on or before the 31st day of March of the year immediately following the year to which the return relates and every such return shall be as on the 31st day of December of the year immediately preceding the said 31st day of March.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo dates work together: the return speaks as on <b>31st December<\/b>, and is filed by <b>31st March<\/b> following.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The yearly return is the annual <i>immovable property<\/i> return under Rule 18(1)(ii), which is a different return with a different deadline of 31st January\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 267,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, every return of assets and liabilities submitted by a Government servant is directed to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"placed in the public domain within three months of its receipt\",\r\n      \"filed in the Character Roll of the Government servant concerned and preserved along with his confidential reports\",\r\n      \"forwarded to the Central Vigilance Commission for scrutiny\",\r\n      \"handled as a secret document, the rule on communication of official information applying to it\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - handled as a secret document, the rule on communication of official information applying to it<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Order S.O. 114, Clause (d)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"every such return shall be handled as secret document and the provisions of Rule 11 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, shall, as far as may be, apply thereto.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Placing returns in the public domain is a real requirement, but it attaches to the <b>annual immovable property return<\/b>: GID (32) records that IPRs <i>\\\"may be placed in public domain by 31st March of that year\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 M.H.A. O.M. dated 12-1-1956 says the opposite - the returns are kept in the custody of the authority maintaining the Character Rolls, but <i>\\\"should not, however, be filed in the Character Roll itself\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 268,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the statement of liquid assets to be furnished on first appointment, cash and bank balances are required to be disclosed where they exceed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one month's basic pay\",\r\n      \"two months' basic pay\",\r\n      \"three months' emoluments\",\r\n      \"six months' emoluments\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - three months' emoluments<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Form No. II of the Schedule to Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nForm II is headed <i>\\\"Statement of liquid assets\\\"<\/i> and its first item is <i>\\\"Cash and Bank balance exceeding 3 months' emoluments.\\\"<\/i> Note 2 to the Form defines the term: <i>\\\"The term 'emoluments' means the pay and allowances received by the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote the deliberate difference in the yardstick. The Forms use <b>emoluments<\/b> - pay <i>and allowances<\/i> - whereas Rule 18(3) and Explanation I(1)(a) use <b>basic pay<\/b>. Options A and B apply the wrong measure as well as the wrong figure.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 269,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the statement of debts and other liabilities furnished on first appointment, individual items of loans need not be included where they do not exceed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"three months' emoluments or \u20b9 1,000, whichever is less\",\r\n      \"three months' emoluments or \u20b9 10,000, whichever is more\",\r\n      \"two months' basic pay in any case\",\r\n      \"one month's emoluments or \u20b9 5,000, whichever is less\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - three months' emoluments or \u20b9 1,000, whichever is less<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 1 to Form No. V of the Schedule to Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Individual items of loans not exceeding three months emoluments or \u20b9 1,000 whichever is less, need not be included.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote 4 to the same Form fixes what the statement must nevertheless take in: <i>\\\"various loans and advances available to Government servants like advance for purchase of conveyance, house building advance, etc.\\\"<\/i> - while excluding advances of pay and travelling allowance, advances from the GP Fund, and loans on Life Insurance Policies and fixed deposits.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 270,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant is a member of a Hindu Undivided Family with coparcenary rights in the family properties, he is required in his return to indicate:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the full value of the family property, without reference to his own share in it as a coparcener\",\r\n      \"nothing at all, such property being outside the scope of the return\",\r\n      \"the value of his share in such property, or where that is not possible, its approximate value\",\r\n      \"only the income received by him from such property during the year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the value of his share in such property, or where that is not possible, its approximate value<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 2 to the Schedule to Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If a Government servant is a member of Hindu Undivided Family with copercenary rights in the properties of the family either as a 'Karta' or as a member, he should indicate in the return in Form No. 1 the value of his share in such property and where it is not possible to indicate the exact value of such share, it's approximate value.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (8)(iv) supplies the fallback where even that is impracticable: <i>\\\"If a Government servant is unable to give an idea of his share of such property, he may give details of the full property and the names of the members who share it.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 271,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, transactions entered into by a Government servant as a member of a Hindu undivided joint family:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"require the previous sanction of the prescribed authority in every case\",\r\n      \"do not require the Government's prior permission\",\r\n      \"are wholly outside the scope of the rule relating to property\",\r\n      \"require previous sanction only where the Government servant is the Karta of the family\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - do not require the Government's prior permission<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8)(iv) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/18\/59-Ests. (A), dated 28th August, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Transactions as members of Hindu undivided joint family do not require Government's prior permission. In such cases, transactions in immovable property should be included in the annual property returns and those in movable property should be reported to the prescribed authority immediately after completion or immediately after the Government servant comes to know of them.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Overstates the exemption. Prior permission is dispensed with, but the <b>disclosure<\/b> obligations survive in full - through the annual return for immovable property, and through a report for movable property\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 272,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, transactions entered into by the spouse of a Government servant out of her own funds, including stridhan, gifts and inheritance, in her own name and in her own right:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"would not attract the provisions relating to transactions in immovable and movable property\",\r\n      \"are required to be reported within one month of completion of the transaction\",\r\n      \"are governed by the rule in the same manner as the Government servant's own transactions\",\r\n      \"require the previous sanction of the prescribed authority where the value exceeds two months' basic pay\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - would not attract the provisions relating to transactions in immovable and movable property<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8)(ii) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/18\/59-Ests. (A), dated 28th August, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Transactions entered into by the spouse or any other member of family of a Government servant out of his or her own funds (including stridhan, gifts, inheritance, etc.), as distinct from the funds of the Government servant himself, in his or her own name and in his or her own right, would not attract the provisions of sub-rules (2) and (3) of Rule 18.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe decisive question is <b>whose funds<\/b>, not whose name. GID (8)(i) states the converse: transactions made out of the Government servant's funds are governed strictly by Rule 18 <i>\\\"irrespective of the person in whose name the transaction is made.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 273,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant transfers any immovable property, or movable property exceeding the prescribed monetary limit in value, to a member of his family, he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is under no obligation, the property remaining within the family\",\r\n      \"is required to report the transfer only in his next annual return\",\r\n      \"is required to obtain the previous sanction of the Government in every case, the transfer being within the family\",\r\n      \"should report or obtain the sanction of the prescribed authority in accordance with the rule\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - should report or obtain the sanction of the prescribed authority in accordance with the rule<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8)(iii) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/18\/59-Ests. (A), dated 28th August, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant who transfers any immovable property, or movable property exceeding the prescribed monetary limit in value, to a member of his family, should report or obtain sanction of the prescribed authority in accordance with Rule 18.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe purpose of the whole set of executive instructions is stated at the outset - to ensure <i>\\\"that Government servants do not indulge in benami transactions or ostensible transfers and acquisitions to secret assets illegally earned\\\"<\/i>, while avoiding unnecessary restraint on their dependants. A transfer within the family is precisely the transaction that could otherwise be used to defeat the rule.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 274,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the winning by a Government servant of a cash prize in a competition, exceeding the prescribed monetary limit in value:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is not a transaction, no consideration having passed from the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is required to be reported only where the prize is won by the Government servant himself\",\r\n      \"should be regarded as a transaction in movable property and reported accordingly\",\r\n      \"is required to be included only in the return of assets and liabilities on first appointment\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - should be regarded as a transaction in movable property and reported accordingly<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 18 - Min. of W.H. & S., O.M. No. A.V. (33), dated 1st October, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the winning of cash prizes from competitions, etc., exceeding the prescribed monetary limit in value should be regarded as 'transactions' for the purpose of the said rule.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision arose on a prize won by a Government servant's <b>wife<\/b> in a crossword competition, and it advises that <i>\\\"irrespective of whether the rules require such transactions of a Government servant's dependants to be reported or not, it is a matter of ordinary caution for a Government servant to do so\\\"<\/i> - which is why option B is wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 275,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all purchases made at the same time, in the same shop, and charged for in the same bill are to be treated as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"separate transactions, each judged against the monetary limit on its own\",\r\n      \"one transaction, whether or not they relate to the same item\",\r\n      \"one transaction only where they relate to the same item\",\r\n      \"separate transactions, unless the seller has official dealings with the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - one transaction, whether or not they relate to the same item<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(2) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/8\/57-Ests. (A), dated 25th March, 1957 and U.O. No. 71\/33\/58-Ests. (A), dated 3rd April, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All purchases made at the same time, in the same place (shop, etc.), and charged for in the same bill should he treated as one transaction for the Purpose of Rule 18 (2) whether or not they relate to the same item.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule of aggregation prevents a single large purchase being split across items to stay below the reporting threshold. The same Decision treats <i>\\\"'On account' payments to Co-operative House Building Societies for purchase, development, etc., of land\\\"<\/i> as transactions concerning movable property.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 276,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the construction of a house by a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"does not attract the rule, no property being acquired from another person\",\r\n      \"attracts the rule only where the cost of construction exceeds two months' basic pay\",\r\n      \"amounts to the acquisition of immovable property, requiring previous knowledge or sanction as the case may be\",\r\n      \"requires only a report to the prescribed authority after the construction is complete, accompanied by a valuation certificate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - amounts to the acquisition of immovable property, requiring previous knowledge or sanction as the case may be<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/21\/57-Ests. (A), dated 11th June, 1957<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the construction of a house amounted to acquisition of immovable property for which the previous knowledge or sanction, as the case may be, of the prescribed authority was required under Rule 18.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe prescribed procedure has <b>two stages<\/b>: <i>\\\"Before starting construction of the house, he should report or seek permission, as the case may be, and after completion of the house, he should report to the prescribed authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Takes only the second stage and drops the first, which is where the requirement actually bites\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 277,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, purchases of materials made by a Government servant in connection with the construction of his house, for which permission has already been given:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"must each be reported separately to the prescribed authority as movable property transactions\",\r\n      \"are covered by the two-stage procedure of a report before commencement and after completion\",\r\n      \"require the previous sanction of the prescribed authority in every case\",\r\n      \"are exempt from the rule altogether once construction has begun\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - are covered by the two-stage procedure of a report before commencement and after completion<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/21\/57-Ests. (A), dated 11th June, 1957<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision poses the very question and answers it: <i>\\\"It would obviously be cumbersome and inconvenient if such reports have to be made in respect of purchases made in connection with the building of the house. At the same time, the purpose of the rule would be defeated if a check is not kept on such purchases merely because permission has been given for the building of the house.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two-stage procedure is the compromise adopted. Option A restores the inconvenience the Decision was issued to avoid; option D creates the gap it was issued to close.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 278,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in respect of expenditure incurred on repairs or minor additions to an immovable property belonging to a Government servant, an intimation to the prescribed authority is necessary only where the estimate exceeds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"\u20b9 10,000, as prescribed before the year 2018\",\r\n      \"\u20b9 25,000, as proposed at one stage\",\r\n      \"the limit prescribed for transactions in movable property\",\r\n      \"six months' basic pay of the Government servant, whatever the nature of the work\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the limit prescribed for transactions in movable property<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (29) under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/2\/2018-Estt. A-III, dated 17th December, 2018<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"in supersession of the said OM, it has now been decided that in respect of the expenditure incurred on repairs and minor additions to an immovable property by a Government servant, an intimation shall be necessary to be given to the prescribed authority only if the estimate exceeds the limit prescribed in Rule 18 (3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 \u20b9 10,000 was the limit under the earlier O.M. dated 27-11-1990, which the 2018 Decision expressly <b>supersedes<\/b>. It remains the sharpest distractor precisely because it was the correct answer until 2018.<br><br>\\nPrior sanction is separately required, regardless of amount, where the material purchase or contract is with a person having official dealings.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 279,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the contract for repairs to a Government servant's house, or the purchase of material for it, is with a person with whom he has official dealings, the previous sanction of the prescribed authority:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is required only where the estimate exceeds the limit prescribed for movable property\",\r\n      \"is not required, an intimation after completion being sufficient\",\r\n      \"is required only where the property is situated within the local limits of his authority\",\r\n      \"is required in all cases, regardless of the amount involved\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is required in all cases, regardless of the amount involved<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (29) under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/2\/2018-Estt. A-III, dated 17th December, 2018<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"However, prior sanction of the prescribed authority should be obtained in all cases regardless of amount involved, where the transaction regarding the material purchases or contract for such repairs or minor construction, is with a person with whom the Government servant concerned has official dealings.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe structure mirrors Rules 18(2) and 18(3): a monetary threshold governs the ordinary case, and the presence of <b>official dealings<\/b> displaces the threshold entirely and raises the requirement to previous sanction.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 \\\"Local limits of his authority\\\" is the test in Rule 16(4)(a) on lending and borrowing, not here\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 280,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who bids at an auction of property arranged by his own Ministry or Department:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"would be regarded as indulging in conduct unbecoming of a Government servant\",\r\n      \"commits no irregularity, provided he reports the purchase within one month\",\r\n      \"commits no irregularity, provided the auction was conducted by open public bidding\",\r\n      \"is required to obtain the previous sanction of the Central Vigilance Commission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - would be regarded as indulging in conduct unbecoming of a Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/12\/57-Ests. (A), dated 21st January, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is obviously undesirable for Government servants to bid at auctions arranged by their own Ministries or Departments. Any Government servant who does so would be regarded as indulging in conduct unbecoming of a Government servant within the meaning of the Conduct Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reasoning is that of appearances rather than proof: <i>\\\"Even if the transaction is, in fact, free of any element of undue influence or dishonesty, the suspicion that all is not above board is bound to arise.\\\"<\/i> No specific Conduct Rule was framed for the purpose; <b>Rule 3(1)(iii)<\/b> was thought sufficient.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 281,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the property returns submitted by officers of the Central Secretariat Service and the Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service are required to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"scrutinized regularly and continuously by the Ministry concerned\",\r\n      \"scrutinized only if and when there is ground for suspicion in a particular case\",\r\n      \"forwarded to the Central Vigilance Commission for annual scrutiny\",\r\n      \"scrutinized by the Establishment Officer before being placed on record\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - scrutinized only if and when there is ground for suspicion in a particular case<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 12\/9\/58-C.S. (A), dated 21st June, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"there need be no regular and continuous scrutiny of the property returns submitted by the officers of these Services and that the returns need be scrutinized only if and when there is ground for suspicion in any particular case.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe returns are instead <i>\\\"passed on to the authority which maintains the Character Rolls of the officers.\\\"<\/i> For Selection Grade and Grades I to III of the CSS, and Grade I of the CSSS, that authority is the <b>Establishment Officer to the Government of India<\/b> - but his role is custody and record, not scrutiny, which is why option D is wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 282,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant proposes to sell a car purchased with an advance from the Government, before repayment of the advance, and the sale is otherwise than through a regular or reputed dealer:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the sanction under the General Financial Rules carries with it the permission required under the Conduct Rules\",\r\n      \"no sanction under the Conduct Rules is needed, the car having been purchased with Government money\",\r\n      \"separate sanctions are required under the General Financial Rules and under the Conduct Rules\",\r\n      \"the sanction of the Comptroller and Auditor-General is required in addition to that of the prescribed authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - separate sanctions are required under the General Financial Rules and under the Conduct Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/47\/58-Ests. (A), dated 5th August, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Since the objects of according sanctions under the two sets or rules are quite different, it has been decided that separate sanctions under the General Financial Rules and under the Conduct Rules should be taken by a Government servant when the sale of the conveyance is made otherwise than through a regular or reputed dealer or agent.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sanction under Para 256(v) of the General Financial Rules protects the Government's money; the sanction under Rule 18(3) guards against an improper transaction. The Comptroller and Auditor-General was <i>consulted<\/i> on the question, but is not a sanctioning authority here.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 283,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where both a sanction under the General Financial Rules and a sanction under the Conduct Rules are needed for the sale of a conveyance, a Government servant is advised to obtain:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the sanction under the General Financial Rules first, details of the purchaser not being required at that stage\",\r\n      \"the sanction under the Conduct Rules first, so that the price may be settled with the purchaser before the advance is repaid\",\r\n      \"both sanctions simultaneously from the same authority\",\r\n      \"the sanction of the Head of the Department, which operates for both purposes\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the sanction under the General Financial Rules first, details of the purchaser not being required at that stage<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/47\/58-Ests. (A), dated 5th August, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the Government servant will be well advised to obtain first the sanction under the General Financial Rules, as at that stage he will not be required to furnish details of the prospective purchaser, sale price, etc., which would be required before the permission under the Conduct Rules is given.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sanctioning authority under the General Financial Rules is required to state in its own sanction that the sale, if made otherwise than through a reputed or regular dealer, is subject to the Government servant also obtaining prior sanction under the Conduct Rules, <i>\\\"so that this requirement is not overlooked.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 284,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following as the objects underlying the requirement of previous knowledge of the prescribed authority for transactions in immovable property under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. That the transaction proposed to be entered into is for bona fide purposes\\n2. That the acquisition or sale is at fair prevailing market prices and does not involve profiteering or speculation\\n3. That there is no reasonable ground to hold that the transaction is the result of the exercise of undue official influence\\n4. That there is nothing otherwise objectionable in relation to the proposed transaction\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (9) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 2\/6\/60-C.S. (A), dated 10th March, 1960<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision sets out the four guiding principles in terms, the third being illustrated as <i>\\\"in return for any official favours conferred or likely to be conferred upon the prospective seller \/ buyer of property.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThese are the tests the prescribed authority applies; they explain why the requirement is of <b>previous knowledge<\/b> rather than a mere post-facto report - the authority must be in a position to object before the transaction is closed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 285,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the purchase by a Government servant of Postal or National Savings Certificates exceeding the prescribed monetary limit in value, out of his accumulated savings:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"need not be reported, such certificates being small savings instruments\",\r\n      \"need not be reported, the funds having already been disclosed as bank deposits\",\r\n      \"is required to be reported, such certificates falling in the same category as securities\",\r\n      \"is required to be reported only where purchased in the name of a member of his family\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is required to be reported, such certificates falling in the same category as securities<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) under Rule 18 - M.I. & P., O.M. No. 2\/4\/60, dated 2nd May, 1960<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it would be necessary for the officer to report to Government the purchase of Postal or National Savings Certificates exceeding the prescribed monetary limit in value, from such accumulated savings or deposits in Bank or Post Offices, as these come in the same category as Insurance Policies, Shares, Securities and Debentures.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe contrast within the same Decision is the point: <i>fixed deposits and Savings Bank deposits<\/i> made out of salary or accumulated savings fall outside Rule 18(3), while <b>certificates and Units are securities<\/b> and fall inside it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 286,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the encashment by a Government servant of National Savings Certificates which were duly reported at the time of their purchase:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is not required to be reported, being a consequence of the initial transaction and not a separate one\",\r\n      \"is required to be reported within one month of encashment\",\r\n      \"is required to be reported only where the maturity proceeds exceed two months' basic pay of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is required to be reported in the next annual return of immovable property\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is not required to be reported, being a consequence of the initial transaction and not a separate one<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) under Rule 18 - M.I. & P., O.M. No. 2\/4\/60, dated 2nd May, 1960<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Encashment of such certificates, however, is not required to be reported as this is not a separate transaction but is a consequence to the initial transaction of the purchase of these Certificates.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe principle - that a consequence of a reported transaction is not itself a fresh transaction - should be contrasted with the position on <b>life insurance policies<\/b> under GID (24), where receipt of the sum assured <i>is<\/i> reportable in the very case where the annual premium was below the limit and so was never reported at the outset.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Names the wrong return; the annual return covers immovable property only\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 287,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a valuation certificate in respect of a house constructed by a Government servant may be accepted where it is issued by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Government servant himself, if he is a qualified Civil Engineer\",\r\n      \"an engineer employed in the same Department as the Government servant concerned, provided he has no direct official dealings with him\",\r\n      \"an Overseer of the Public Works Department of the State concerned\",\r\n      \"an engineer who is a public servant in another Department, with whom he has no direct official dealings\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - an engineer who is a public servant in another Department, with whom he has no direct official dealings<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11) under Rule 18 - M.W.H. & S., O.M. No. A.V. (196), dated 31st August, 1963<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Certificates issued by engineers who are public servants and are employed in a Department other than the Department of the Government servant concerned, with whom the Government servant has no direct official dealings, can be accepted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Expressly rejected - <i>\\\"a certificate of valuation given by him cannot be accepted as he is a party to the transaction\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Expressly rejected - certificates from engineers in the same Department cannot be accepted<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Under GID (4) read with GID (11), <i>\\\"Certificates from Overseers should not be accepted\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 288,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the case of buildings constructed in villages and town areas at a cost not exceeding \u20b9 10,000, a valuation certificate may be accepted from:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a Tahsildar\",\r\n      \"an Overseer of the local Public Works Division\",\r\n      \"the Head of Office of the Government servant concerned\",\r\n      \"any retired engineer of the Government, whether or not in private practice\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a Tahsildar<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11)(1) under Rule 18 - M.W.H. & S., O.M. No. A.V. (196), dated 31st August, 1963<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For buildings constructed at a cost not exceeding \u20b9 10,000 in villages and town areas, a certificate from a Tahsildar could be accepted. Certificates from Overseers should not be accepted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Overstates the position on retired engineers. The Decision accepts their certificates, including from engineers with whom the Government servant may have worked, but only <i>\\\"provided the retired engineers are engaged in regular private practice\\\"<\/i> - the qualification which option D drops\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 289,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where an officer cannot account for a large accretion of wealth which he could not possibly have saved from his known sources of income:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a presumption of corruption fairly and reasonably arises against him\",\r\n      \"the burden remains on the department to prove a specific act of corruption\",\r\n      \"the excess is liable to be recovered from him as an unauthorized gain\",\r\n      \"he is liable to be placed under suspension pending an explanation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a presumption of corruption fairly and reasonably arises against him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (12) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 39\/19\/63-Ests. (A), dated 16th December, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A presumption of corruption fairly and reasonably arises against an officer who cannot account for large accretion of wealth which he could not possibly have saved from his known sources of income.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision records that the principle <i>\\\"has received statutory recognition in Section 5 (3) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947\\\"<\/i> and was upheld by the Supreme Court in <i>Shri G.R. Mankar v. Union of India<\/i>. Presenting Officers are required to bring this legal position to the notice of the Enquiring Officer in departmental enquiries.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Is precisely what the presumption displaces\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 290,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the practice of charging \\\"pugri\\\" or \\\"premium\\\" by Government servants when renting out their houses and flats is treated as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a permissible commercial arrangement between landlord and tenant\",\r\n      \"a source of corruption calling for drastic steps\",\r\n      \"a matter falling exclusively within the Income Tax Act, 1961\",\r\n      \"a transaction in movable property requiring a report within one month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a source of corruption calling for drastic steps<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (13) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 43\/49\/64-A.V.D., dated 19th November, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The habit of charging 'pugri' or 'premium' for renting houses and flats is a similar source of corruption for which some drastic steps have to be taken.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision arises from Recommendation No. 32 in Para 6.19 of the Report of the <b>Committee on Prevention of Corruption<\/b>, which was concerned with property transactions recorded below their true value as <i>\\\"a convenient method of transferring black money.\\\"<\/i> On the pugri limb, the State Governments were requested to take appropriate action.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Letting out a house is a transaction in <b>immovable<\/b> property under Rule 18(2), per GID (21)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 291,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a transaction in movable property between two Government servants who are not connected with each other in their official capacity:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is exempt from the requirement of prior permission of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"is exempt only where both of them hold Gazetted posts\",\r\n      \"is exempt only where the transaction is at the prevailing market price\",\r\n      \"is not exempt from the operation of the rule\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is not exempt from the operation of the rule<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (14) under Rule 18 - Min. of W.H. & S., A.V. No. 34, dated 3rd June, 1968<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Transactions between two Government servants do not acquire any different character just because these are transactions between Government servants.\\\"<\/i> The Decision holds that <i>\\\"it will not be appropriate to make an exception in the case of any particular kind of transaction (to the exclusion of others) from the operations of Rule 18 (2).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe difficulty urged - that an offer may lapse while sanction is awaited - was answered not by an exemption but by expedition: <i>\\\"The remedy, therefore, lies not in making any exception... but in expediting the issue of the required sanction where there is no prima facie reason to probe into the intention of a transaction.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 292,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the powers of the prescribed authority in respect of transactions in property by Group 'A' officers serving under their control have been made exercisable also by Heads of Departments, subject to the condition that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"all cases of sanction accorded by them shall be reported to the Central Government or the Comptroller and Auditor-General, as the case may be\",\r\n      \"no sanction shall be accorded by them where the value of the transaction exceeds two months' basic pay of the officer concerned, as prescribed for movable property\",\r\n      \"every such sanction shall be preceded by a report to the Central Vigilance Commission\",\r\n      \"the powers shall be exercised only in respect of immovable property situated within India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - all cases of sanction accorded by them shall be reported to the Central Government or the Comptroller and Auditor-General, as the case may be<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., No. 25\/11\/68-Ests. (A), dated 5th August, 1968<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo conditions attach to the delegation. First, <i>\\\"In relation to the Heads of Departments themselves, the said powers shall continue to be exercised by the Central Government or the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, as the case may be\\\"<\/i> - a Head of Department cannot sanction his own transaction. Second, the reporting condition in the answer.<br><br>\\nThe delegation was possible only because Explanation I(2)(a)(i) saves the case <i>\\\"where any lower authority is specifically specified by the Government for any purpose.\\\"<\/i> GID (17) adds that, the delegation having been made, such cases <i>\\\"should no longer be referred\\\"<\/i> upward to the Directorate.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 293,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to the transactions in property of a Head of Department himself, the powers of the prescribed authority continue to be exercised by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Head of Office of the Department concerned\",\r\n      \"the next senior Head of Department in the same Ministry or the administrative Ministry to which he is subordinate\",\r\n      \"the Central Government or the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, as the case may be\",\r\n      \"the Establishment Officer to the Government of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Central Government or the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, as the case may be<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15)(a) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., No. 25\/11\/68-Ests. (A), dated 5th August, 1968<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In relation to the Heads of Departments themselves, the said powers shall continue to be exercised by the Central Government or the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, as the case may be.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reservation embodies the same principle that runs through GID (11) on valuation certificates - that no one may pass upon his own transaction. The reference to the <b>Comptroller and Auditor-General<\/b> is what preserves the position for Heads of Departments in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 294,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a return of assets and liabilities submitted by a Government servant travels to the prescribed authority through:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Administration Wing of his Ministry, Department or Office, and thereafter through the Vigilance Officer\",\r\n      \"the Central Vigilance Commission, which records its comments before transmission to the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"the Head of Office alone, no other stage being prescribed\",\r\n      \"the Establishment Officer to the Government of India in every case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the Administration Wing of his Ministry, Department or Office, and thereafter through the Vigilance Officer<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18), Para 5, under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/7\/65-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The returns will be submitted by the Government servants to the prescribed authority through the Administration Wing of the Ministry \/ Department \/ Office in which the Government servant is for the time being serving. On receipt of the return, it would be scrutinized with reference to sanctions \/ reports, etc., already on record and thereafter forwarded with such remarks as may be necessary in the light of the scrutiny through the Vigilance Officer... to the prescribed authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nIt is then <b>the prescribed authority<\/b> that makes such further scrutiny as is necessary and retains the return in its custody.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 295,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, when a Government servant lets out his premises to a tenant, the letting:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is not a transaction at all, ownership of the property remaining unchanged\",\r\n      \"constitutes a transaction in immovable property requiring previous knowledge of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"is required only to be shown in the next annual return of immovable property submitted by him in the month of January\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the prescribed authority in every case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - constitutes a transaction in immovable property requiring previous knowledge of the prescribed authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (21), Para 2, under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/18\/75-Estt. (A), dated 21st February, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"When a Government servant lets out the premises to a tenant, it obviously, constitutes a transaction in immovable property under Rule 18 (2) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which inter alia provides that no Government servant shall except with the previous knowledge of the prescribed authority, acquire or dispose of any immovable property by lease, mortgage, purchase, sale, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Previous sanction is required only where the transaction is with a person having official dealings with him - the standard distinction between the main provision and its proviso\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 296,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to the acceptance of substantial amounts as advance rent by a Government servant letting out his premises, the appropriate authorities are required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"refrain from sanctioning it where it would be in violation of the provisions of the applicable Rent Control Act\",\r\n      \"sanction it in every case, the amount of rent being a matter between landlord and tenant to be settled between themselves\",\r\n      \"sanction it only where the advance does not exceed six months' rent\",\r\n      \"refer every such case to the Ministry of Law for opinion\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - refrain from sanctioning it where it would be in violation of the provisions of the applicable Rent Control Act<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (21), Para 3, under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/18\/75-Estt. (A), dated 21st February, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The appropriate authorities should refrain from sanctioning acceptance of substantial amounts as advance rent, if this is proposed to be done in violation of the provisions of the Delhi Rent Control Act.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nAuthorities are directed, where necessary, to call for the lease agreement and examine it. Section 5(2)(b) of that Act bars claiming or receiving <i>\\\"any sum exceeding one month's rent of such premises as rent in advance\\\"<\/i> without the Controller's permission; Section 5(4)(b) carves out construction-financing agreements up to five years' agreed rent.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 297,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a transaction in immovable property effected by a Government servant through a General Power of Attorney:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"falls outside the rule, the legal title not passing under such an instrument\",\r\n      \"requires only an intimation to the prescribed authority after execution\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Ministry of Law\",\r\n      \"attracts the requirement of previous knowledge of the prescribed authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - attracts the requirement of previous knowledge of the prescribed authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (28) under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/9\/98-Estt. (D), dated 29th December, 1998<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Ministry of Law has observed that acquisition \/ disposal of immovable property for a consideration, through Power of Attorney affects de facto transfer of possession of the immovable property. Hence, the transaction of immovable property under Power of Attorney will attract the provisions of CCS (Conduct) Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification proceeds on <b>de facto transfer of possession<\/b> rather than on the passing of legal title, which is exactly the argument option A relies on. The Ministry of Law was consulted, but it is the prescribed authority whose previous knowledge is required.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 298,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the subscriptions paid by a Government servant to a chit fund are:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"outside the rule, a chit fund subscription not being property of any kind\",\r\n      \"a transaction in movable property, reportable if the subscription exceeds the prescribed monetary limit\",\r\n      \"a transaction requiring previous sanction of the prescribed authority in every case, whatever the amount of the subscription\",\r\n      \"reportable only at the time the chit fund matures\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a transaction in movable property, reportable if the subscription exceeds the prescribed monetary limit<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (24), Para 2, under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/12\/76-Ests. (A), dated 4th October, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The subscriptions which a Government servant gives to a chit fund would be a transaction in movable property within the meaning of sub-rule (3) of Rule 18... If the monthly \/ annual subscription to the chit fund exceeds the monetary limits prescribed in Rule 18 (3), the Government servant has to report it.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nPrevious sanction is needed <i>\\\"only if the Government servant concerned has official dealings with the chit fund.\\\"<\/i> A later clarification adds that the <b>periodicity<\/b> of the subscriptions - daily, fortnightly, monthly or quarterly - <i>\\\"does not make any change in this position.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 299,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an amount received by a Government servant from a chit fund by bid, before the expiry of the period up to which the subscription is to be made:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"amounts to a loan received from the chit fund company, to be regulated under the rule on lending and borrowing\",\r\n      \"amounts to a gift requiring the sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"is not a transaction at all, being a return of his own subscriptions before the amount is received from the chit fund company\",\r\n      \"is required to be reported only at the time of maturity of the chit\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - amounts to a loan received from the chit fund company, to be regulated under the rule on lending and borrowing<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (24), Para 2.2, under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/12\/76-Ests. (A), dated 4th October, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"since the amount received by a subscriber from the chit fund by bid would be more than the amount subscribed by him and the difference will have to be made good by him by future subscriptions... the amount received in such case would amount to a loan received from the chit fund company.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBecause a chit fund company is not a banking company, the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 does not apply, and the loan <i>\\\"may be regulated under sub-rule (4) of Rule 16\\\"<\/i>. Where the amount is instead received <b>at maturity<\/b>, it is reportable under Rule 18(3), since it includes the company's commission and is not merely a return of his own money.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 300,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a Life Insurance Policy taken by a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the previous permission of the prescribed authority is required before the policy is taken\",\r\n      \"no permission is required, but a report is due if the annual premium exceeds the prescribed limit\",\r\n      \"neither permission nor any report is required at any stage\",\r\n      \"a report is required in every case, whatever the amount of the annual premium\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - no permission is required, but a report is due if the annual premium exceeds the prescribed limit<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (24), Para 3.1, under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/12\/76-Ests. (A), dated 4th October, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"a Government servant need not obtain prior permission from the prescribed authority for taking a Life Insurance Policy. He should, however, submit a report to the prescribed authority, if the annual premium on an insurance policy exceeds the monetary limits laid down in Rule 18 (3).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo refinements follow. If the premium was initially below the limit but <b>exceeds it on conversion<\/b>, a report is due at that stage. And where a policy never crosses the limit, no report is due on taking it - but one <b>is<\/b> due when the sum assured is received on maturity or as survival benefit.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 301,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a report to the prescribed authority is due where the annual premia on insurance policies exceed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the prescribed monetary limit, in every case, whatever his total annual emoluments may be\",\r\n      \"one-sixth of the total annual emoluments received from Government, in every case, whatever the prescribed monetary limit may be\",\r\n      \"the prescribed monetary limit or one-sixth of the total annual emoluments received from Government, whichever is less\",\r\n      \"the prescribed monetary limit or one-sixth of the total annual emoluments received from Government, whichever is more\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the prescribed monetary limit or one-sixth of the total annual emoluments received from Government, whichever is less<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (24) under Rule 18 - D.G., P. & T.'s Letter No. 15\/21\/76-Disc. I, dated 19th January, 1978<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Government servant should submit a report to the prescribed authority if the annual premia on Insurance Policies exceed the prescribed monetary limit or one-sixth of his total annual emoluments received from Government, whichever is less.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOption D inverts the test and is the standard trap - taking the <b>lower<\/b> of the two thresholds makes the reporting obligation wider, not narrower. A further clarification of 9-9-1980 confines the computation to <i>\\\"the annual premia of an Insurance Policy \/ Policies taken at a time\\\"<\/i>, so premia on past policies are not aggregated for this purpose.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 302,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the purpose of requiring returns of property from Government servants is to ensure that properties acquired after joining service:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are registered in the name of the Government servant himself and of no other person at the time of their acquisition\",\r\n      \"are disposed of before the Government servant attains the age of superannuation\",\r\n      \"do not exceed in value the total emoluments drawn by him during his service\",\r\n      \"are within his means as known to the Government, and are acquired after due intimation or permission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - are within his means as known to the Government, and are acquired after due intimation or permission<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (20) under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 28034\/6\/2007-Estt. (A), dated 6th March, 2007<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The purpose of the above provisions is to ensure that the immovable \/ movable properties acquired by the Government servant after joining the Government service are within the means of his income known to the Government and that the acquisition of properties after his\/her joining the Government service is not only after the due intimation \/ permission as required under the Conduct Rules, but also that the information of such acquisition is held and properly monitored by the respective office.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision was issued because Annual Immovable Property Returns were <i>\\\"neither verified nor kept track of.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 303,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the competent authority does not communicate any decision on a request for permission for a transaction in property, permission may be assumed to have been granted after:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"30 days\",\r\n      \"45 days\",\r\n      \"60 days\",\r\n      \"three months\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 30 days<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25) under Rule 18, read with the Decision under Rule 8 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (25) is expressed simply as <i>\\\"30 days \u2014 See Decision under Rule 8.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 60 days is the corresponding period under <b>Rule 18-A<\/b>, for immovable property situated outside India and for transactions with foreigners - a deliberately longer period, because such cases need wider consultation. Distinguishing the two is the most frequently tested point in this pair<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Three months is the period under Rule 19, for permission to institute proceedings to vindicate one's conduct\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 304,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (matter)\\nA. Transaction in movable or immovable property within India\\nB. Transaction in immovable property outside India, or with a foreigner\\nC. Report of a transaction in movable property exceeding the prescribed value\\nD. Annual return of immovable property of the previous year\\n\\nList-II (period)\\n1. Within one month of the transaction\\n2. By the 31st day of January of the following year\\n3. 30 days, after which permission may be assumed\\n4. 60 days, after which permission may be assumed\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18(3), Rule 18(1)(ii), GID (25) under Rule 18 and GID (2) under Rule 18-A<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>30 days<\/b> - deemed permission for transactions under Rule 18, per GID (25).<br>\\n<b>60 days<\/b> - deemed permission under Rule 18-A, for property outside India and transactions with foreigners.<br>\\n<b>One month<\/b> - the period within which a movable property transaction exceeding two months' basic pay must be reported under Rule 18(3).<br>\\n<b>31st January<\/b> - the date by which the annual immovable property return of the previous year is to be filed, per GID (32).<br><br>\\nThe 30-day and 60-day periods are the pair most often swapped in this rule.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 305,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an intimation to the prescribed authority is required where the total transactions in shares, securities, debentures or mutual fund schemes of a Government servant during a calendar year exceed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"\u20b9 50,000 in the case of Group 'A' and Group 'B' officers\",\r\n      \"\u20b9 25,000 in the case of Group 'C' officers\",\r\n      \"two months' basic pay of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"six months' basic pay of the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - six months' basic pay of the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (31) under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/6\/2018-Estt. (A-III), dated 7th February, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided that an intimation may be sent in the enclosed pro forma to the prescribed authority in respect of all Government servants, if the total transactions in shares, securities, debentures, mutual funds scheme, etc. exceeds six months' basic pay of Government servant during the calendar year (to be submitted by 31st January of subsequent calendar year).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 \u20b9 50,000 for Groups 'A' and 'B' and \u20b9 25,000 for Groups 'C' and 'D' were the limits under the O.M. dated 8-4-1992, which the 2019 Decision expressly <b>supersedes<\/b>. They are the sharpest distractors because they were correct until 2019\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 306,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the yearly intimation in respect of cumulative transactions in shares, securities, debentures and mutual funds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"replaces the requirement of reporting an individual transaction under the rule on movable property\",\r\n      \"is in addition to the requirement of reporting an individual transaction which exceeds the prescribed value\",\r\n      \"is required only from Government servants holding Group 'A' posts\",\r\n      \"is required only where the Government servant deals otherwise than through an authorized stock broker\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is in addition to the requirement of reporting an individual transaction which exceeds the prescribed value<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (31), Para 3, under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/6\/2018-Estt. (A-III), dated 7th February, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is also clarified that since shares, securities, debentures, etc., are treated as movable property for the purpose of Rule 18 (3)... if an individual transaction exceeds the amount prescribed in Rule 18 (3), the intimation to the prescribed authority would still be necessary. The intimation prescribed in Para. 2 above will be in addition to this.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo independent thresholds therefore operate: <b>two months' basic pay<\/b> per transaction under Rule 18(3), and <b>six months' basic pay<\/b> cumulatively over the calendar year under GID (31).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 307,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the yearly intimation regarding transactions in shares, securities, debentures and mutual funds is required to be submitted by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the 31st day of January of the subsequent calendar year\",\r\n      \"the 31st day of March of the subsequent calendar year\",\r\n      \"the last day of the calendar year to which it relates\",\r\n      \"the 30th day of June of the subsequent calendar year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the 31st day of January of the subsequent calendar year<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (31), Para 2, under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/6\/2018-Estt. (A-III), dated 7th February, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\nThe intimation is <i>\\\"to be submitted by 31st January of subsequent calendar year\\\"<\/i> - the same date as the annual immovable property return, which makes the two convenient to remember together.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 31st March is the date for placing Immovable Property Returns in the public domain under GID (32), and the date for the five-yearly assets-and-liabilities return under Order S.O. 114. Both are genuine dates in this rule, which is what makes the option attractive\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 308,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, vigilance clearance is liable to be denied to a Government servant who:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"has not disposed of immovable property acquired before entering Government service\",\r\n      \"has entered into a transaction in movable property with another Government servant and shown in his first return of assets and liabilities\",\r\n      \"fails to submit the annual Immovable Property Return of the previous year by the 31st day of January of the current year\",\r\n      \"has been transferred more than once during the preceding calendar year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - fails to submit the annual Immovable Property Return of the previous year by the 31st day of January of the current year<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30), Para 8(k), under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/33\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Vigilance clearance shall be denied on the following grounds:... (k) The officer fails to submit annual Immovable Property Return of the previous year latest by 31st January of the current year, as required under Rule 18 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis is what gives the filing deadline its practical bite. GID (32) lists the consequences that follow - clearance being denied for empanelment, for deputation, for appointment to sensitive posts and for assignment to training programmes other than mandatory training.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 309,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a minor penalty has been imposed on an officer, vigilance clearance will not be granted for a period of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one year after the currency of the penalty\",\r\n      \"two years after the currency of the penalty\",\r\n      \"five years after the currency of the penalty\",\r\n      \"three years after the currency of the penalty\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - three years after the currency of the penalty<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30), Para 8(l), under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/33\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In cases where a minor penalty has been imposed on an officer, vigilance clearance will not be granted for a period of three years after the currency of the penalty. In cases where a major penalty has been imposed on an officer, vigilance clearance will not be granted for a period of five years after the currency of the punishment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe pair - <b>three years for a minor penalty, five for a major<\/b> - is the point of the provision, and option C is its other half. Even after that period, <i>\\\"the performance of the officer should be closely watched and vigilance clearance will continue to be denied if the performance is not found satisfactory.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 310,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, vigilance clearance shall be granted notwithstanding a complaint against the officer where the preliminary inquiry:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"has not been initiated within three months of receipt of the complaint, or has remained pending for more than three months\",\r\n      \"has not been initiated within six months of receipt of the complaint\",\r\n      \"has been initiated but the officer has not been placed under suspension\",\r\n      \"relates to a matter which does not involve any monetary loss to the Government or any allegation of possession of disproportionate assets\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - has not been initiated within three months of receipt of the complaint, or has remained pending for more than three months<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30), Para 8(a)(II), under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/33\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Vigilance clearance shall be granted if preliminary inquiry, if so required, and as envisaged at (I) above is not initiated by the concerned Government within three months from the date of receipt of the complaint, or if the preliminary inquiry after initiation remains pending for more than three months without completion.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe provision protects the officer against indefinite delay by the department. Among the grounds on which clearance <b>is<\/b> denied under Para 8(a)(I) is <i>\\\"Violation of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\\\"<\/i>, alongside corruption, disproportionate assets, misappropriation and moral turpitude.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 311,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are grounds on which vigilance clearance is to be denied to an officer EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the officer is under suspension\",\r\n      \"the officer is on the Agreed List, the position being revisited after one year\",\r\n      \"sanction for prosecution has been granted and the case is pending in the trial court under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988\",\r\n      \"the officer has entered into a transaction in immovable property with the previous knowledge of the prescribed authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the officer has entered into a transaction in immovable property with the previous knowledge of the prescribed authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30), Para 8(b), (c) and (g), under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/33\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce grounds (b), (c) and (g) of Para 8. Option D describes a Government servant <b>complying<\/b> with Rule 18(2) - previous knowledge is exactly what the rule requires - and compliance is not a ground for denial of anything.<br><br>\\nThe trap works because so many of the listed grounds concern property: disproportionate assets under (a)(I)(ii), and failure to file the Immovable Property Return under (k).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 312,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for the purposes of the guidelines on vigilance clearance, the posts to be treated as sensitive include:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"all posts carrying the power to sanction expenditure\",\r\n      \"all posts of Joint Secretary and above in the Ministries and Departments\",\r\n      \"all posts of Director and above in the Ministries and Departments\",\r\n      \"only such posts as the Central Vigilance Commission may notify\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - all posts of Joint Secretary and above in the Ministries and Departments<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30), Para 9(b), under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/33\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Ministries \/ Departments will identify sensitive posts within their organizations forthwith. All posts of Joint Secretary and above (not equivalent) in the Ministries \/ Departments shall be treated as sensitive, inter alia.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote the parenthesis <b>\\\"(not equivalent)\\\"<\/b> - the rank itself is what counts, not posts equated with it. Ministries retain the duty to identify further sensitive posts of their own.<br><br>\\nThe vigilance clearance issued in the situations under Para 9 entitles the officer to be considered only for <b>non-sensitive<\/b> posts and for premature repatriation to the cadre.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 313,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, vigilance clearance in respect of officers up to the level of Deputy Secretary or Director in a Ministry is required to be issued with the approval of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Head of the Vigilance Division\",\r\n      \"the Secretary of the Ministry or Department\",\r\n      \"the Central Vigilance Commission\",\r\n      \"the Establishment Officer to the Government of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the Head of the Vigilance Division<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30), Para 11, under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/33\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The vigilance clearance will be issued with the approval of Head of Vigilance Division for officers up to the level of Deputy Secretary \/ Director in the Ministry \/ Department. For Joint Secretary \/ Additional Secretary \/ Secretary, vigilance clearance will be issued with the approval of the Secretary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The Secretary's approval is required for officers of Joint Secretary rank and above; in a case of doubt his orders are obtained in any event<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The comments of the Central Vigilance Commission are obtained for all cases of <b>empanelment<\/b>, which is a different stage\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 314,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Immovable Property Returns of Group 'A' and Group 'B' officers are required to be placed in the public domain by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the 31st day of January of the year in which they are filed\",\r\n      \"the 30th day of April of the year in which they are filed\",\r\n      \"the 31st day of March of the year in which they are filed\",\r\n      \"the 31st day of December of the year in which they are filed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the 31st day of March of the year in which they are filed<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (32), Para 4, under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/17\/2023-PP-A III, dated 14th July, 2023, referring to O.M. No. 11013\/3\/2011-Estt. (A), dated 23rd September, 2013<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"all Cadre Controlling Authorities that the IPRs (to be submitted by 31st January each year) may be placed in public domain by 31st March of that year.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two dates work in sequence - <b>filed by 31st January, published by 31st March<\/b>. Ministries are also required to conduct an internal audit <i>\\\"to ensure that these instructions are being followed in letter and spirit.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 31st January is the filing date, not the publication date\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 315,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Arrange the following steps, prescribed under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and the connected instructions, in the correct order in which they arise where a Government servant proposes to build a house:\\n1. Report to, or seeking of permission from, the prescribed authority before construction is started\\n2. Purchase of the materials required for the construction\\n3. Report to the prescribed authority after the house is completed\\n4. Furnishing of a valuation report signed by an independent Civil Engineer\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"2 - 1 - 3 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 3 - 2 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 2 - 4 - 3\",\r\n      \"1 - 2 - 3 - 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) and GID (11) under Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>GID (4): \\\"Before starting construction of the house, he should report or seek permission, as the case may be, and after completion of the house, he should report to the prescribed authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe purchases of material fall between the two reports and are not separately reportable - that is precisely the convenience the two-stage procedure was designed to achieve. The valuation report comes last, being required <i>\\\"after the completion of the construction of a house or additions and alterations to an existing house\\\"<\/i>, and it must be signed by an engineer who is not a party to the transaction and not of the Government servant's own Department.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 316,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, requests for obtaining prior sanction and intimations about transactions in immovable and movable property are required to be made:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in the standard forms devised for the purpose\",\r\n      \"by a self-contained letter addressed to the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"in the forms prescribed under the General Financial Rules\",\r\n      \"in the form in which the annual return of immovable property is submitted\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - in the standard forms devised for the purpose<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (26) under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/11\/85-Ests. (A), dated 23rd June, 1986, reiterated by GID (29)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"all requests for obtaining prior sanction and making intimation about transactions in immovable and movable property may be made in the enclosed standard Forms devised for this purpose.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe forms carry the basic information the prescribed authority needs, but the authority <i>\\\"may seek any additional information \/ clarification about the transaction entered into by the Government servant, depending upon the facts and circumstances of the case.\\\"<\/i> Applications concerning the <b>construction of a house<\/b> continue to be made in the separate form prescribed by the O.M. dated 20-6-1975.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 317,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Fixed deposits made by a Government servant in a bank out of his salary or accumulated savings need not be reported under the rule relating to movable property.\\n2. The purchase of Units of the Unit Trust of India exceeding the prescribed monetary limit is exempt from that rule in the same way as fixed deposits.\\n3. A report is required in respect of fixed deposits if the monetary limits laid down are exceeded.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) and GID (24), Para 4, under Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 GID (24) is explicit: <i>\\\"a report should be made to the prescribed authority under Rule 18 (3) in regard to Fixed Deposits if the monetary limits laid down are exceeded.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 What is exempt is a <b>Savings Bank account<\/b> deposit made out of salary or accumulated savings - not fixed deposits<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Expressly rejected: <i>\\\"Purchase of 'Units' cannot be equated with the fixed deposits in Banks. 'Units' are securities and, therefore, fall within the purview of Rule 18 (3).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe earlier GID (10) had said that fixed deposits <i>\\\"need not be reported\\\"<\/i> under Rule 18(3), being covered instead by Rule 18(1)(i)(b); GID (24) is the later and operative clarification.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 318,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the action directed to be taken in pursuance of the Order prescribing forms for the return of assets and liabilities was, pending a further review:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"extended to Group 'D' Government servants as well\",\r\n      \"held in abeyance until further orders\",\r\n      \"made applicable only to Group 'A' officers\",\r\n      \"transferred to the Central Vigilance Commission for implementation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - held in abeyance until further orders<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/7\/65-Ests. (A), dated 4th July, 1973, below the Government of India's Order S.O. 114<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Pending a further review of the question of submission of return of Assets and Liabilities by Government servants prescribed in the Department's Order No. 25\/7\/65-Ests. (A), dated the 6th January, 1973... the Central Government... directs that action in pursuance of the aforesaid order be held in abeyance until further orders.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe abeyance is of the <b>Order and its forms<\/b>, not of Rule 18(1) itself. GID (18), which elaborates that Order, carries the compiler's note that it too has been held in abeyance.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 319,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18-A - Property outside India and transactions with foreigners\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the acquisition by a Government servant of any immovable property situated outside India, either in his own name or in the name of a member of his family, requires:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the previous knowledge of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"a report to the prescribed authority within one month of the acquisition\",\r\n      \"the previous sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"the previous sanction of the Ministry of External Affairs\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the previous sanction of the prescribed authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18-A(a) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (2) of Rule 18, no Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the prescribed authority - (a) acquire, by purchase, mortgage, lease, gift or otherwise, either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family, any immovable property situated outside India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe non obstante clause is the whole point: for property <b>within<\/b> India, Rule 18(2) requires only previous <i>knowledge<\/i> unless the other party has official dealings; for property <b>outside<\/b> India, previous <b>sanction<\/b> is required in every case.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 320,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18-A - Property outside India and transactions with foreigners\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement of previous sanction in relation to transactions with a foreigner, foreign Government, foreign organization or concern applies to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the acquisition of any immovable property, wherever situated\",\r\n      \"the acquisition or disposal of, or the grant of any lease in respect of, any immovable property\",\r\n      \"the acquisition or disposal of movable property exceeding two months' basic pay of the Government servant concerned\",\r\n      \"the acquisition of immovable property situated outside India alone\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the acquisition or disposal of, or the grant of any lease in respect of, any immovable property<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18-A(c)(i) and (ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(c) enter into any transaction with any foreigner, foreign Government, foreign organization or concern - (i) for the acquisition, by purchase, mortgage, lease, gift or otherwise... of any immovable property; (ii) for the disposal of, by sale, mortgage, gift or otherwise, or the grant of any lease in respect of any immovable property which was acquired or is held by him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote the scope. Clauses (a) and (b) turn on <b>where the property is<\/b> - outside India. Clause (c) turns on <b>who the other party is<\/b>, and applies to any immovable property, including property situated in India. Option A takes only half of clause (c), omitting disposal and lease.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 321,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18-A - Property outside India and transactions with foreigners\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a transaction in immovable property outside India or with a foreigner, permission may be assumed to have been granted in the absence of any communication from the competent authority after:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"30 days\",\r\n      \"45 days\",\r\n      \"three months\",\r\n      \"60 days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 60 days<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 18-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, read with the Decision under Rule 8<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision is expressed as <i>\\\"60 days \u2014 See Decision under Rule 8.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 30 days is the corresponding period for transactions under Rule 18, per GID (25) below that rule. The two periods are deliberately different - a foreign element requires wider examination - and swapping them is the single most common error on this pair<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Three months is the period under Rule 19, for permission to institute legal proceedings to vindicate one's conduct as a Government servant\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 322,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18-A - Property outside India and transactions with foreigners\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for the purposes of the restrictions on property outside India and transactions with foreigners, the expression \\\"prescribed authority\\\":\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"means the Ministry of External Affairs in every case, that Ministry dealing with all foreign transactions\",\r\n      \"has the same meaning as in the rule relating to movable and immovable property generally\",\r\n      \"means the Head of the Department, whatever the post held by the Government servant\",\r\n      \"means the Central Government in every case, acting through the administrative Ministry concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - has the same meaning as in the rule relating to movable and immovable property generally<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 18-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In this rule, 'prescribed authority' has the same meaning as in Rule 18.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe graded scheme of Explanation I(2) below Rule 18 therefore carries over intact - the Government for a Class I post, the Head of Department for Class II, the Head of Office for Class III or Class IV, and the parent department for a Government servant on foreign service or deputation.<br><br>\\nWhat Rule 18-A changes is not <b>who<\/b> decides but <b>what is required<\/b> - previous sanction rather than previous knowledge.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 323,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18-A - Property outside India and transactions with foreigners\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a lease of immovable property falling within the restrictions on transactions with foreigners, the meaning of \\\"lease\\\" to be applied is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a lease from year to year, or for a term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent\",\r\n      \"a lease of any duration, in the general sense given by the Transfer of Property Act, 1882\",\r\n      \"a lease registered under the law in force in the country where the property is situated\",\r\n      \"a lease for a term exceeding three years only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a lease of any duration, in the general sense given by the Transfer of Property Act, 1882<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 18-A, read with GID (19) under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), No. 25\/57\/69-Ests. (A), dated 5th February, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This general meaning of the term 'lease' would also apply to the new Rule 18-A which has been introduced, relating to a transaction entered into by a Government servant in respect of immovable property situated outside India as also to any transaction with a foreigner, foreign Government, foreign organization or concern.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 States the <b>restricted<\/b> meaning in Explanation II below Rule 18, which governs ordinary domestic transactions. Under Rule 18-A the wider Section 105 meaning applies, taking in short-term arrangements <i>\\\"irrespective of the duration of such agreement... or the mode of payment of rent\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 324,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18-A - Property outside India and transactions with foreigners\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The restrictions relating to immovable property situated outside India operate notwithstanding the general provision requiring previous knowledge for transactions in immovable property.\\n2. The restrictions extend to the grant of a lease in respect of immovable property situated outside India.\\n3. The restrictions apply to property acquired or held in the name of a member of the Government servant's family.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18-A(a) and (b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 The rule opens <i>\\\"Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (2) of Rule 18\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (b) covers disposal <i>\\\"by sale, mortgage, gift or otherwise or grant any lease in respect of any immovable property situated outside India\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Both clauses (a) and (b) extend to property held <i>\\\"either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote what the clauses do <b>not<\/b> carry: unlike Rule 18(1)(i)(a), there is no reference to property held in the name of \\\"any other person\\\".\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 325,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The return of assets and liabilities in the prescribed forms is required to be submitted by Group 'A', Group 'B' and Group 'C' officers.\\n2. Government servants in Group 'D' services and posts are not required to submit these returns.\\n3. Specified categories of Group 'C' employees may be excluded from the requirement if the nature of their work justifies the exemption.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18), Paras 2 and 3, under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/7\/65-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The return of assets and liabilities in the prescribed forms is required to be submitted by only Group 'A', 'B' and Group 'C' officers... Government servants in Group 'D' services and posts are not required to submit these returns by virtue of Note I below Rule 18 (1).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nFor Group 'C', the Head of the Department recommends exclusion to the Ministry, which decides <i>\\\"with the concurrence of the Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Personnel\\\"<\/i> - the route laid down by Rule 18(5).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 326,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding the custody of property returns under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The returns are to be treated as secret.\\n2. The returns are to be kept in the custody of the authority which maintains the Character Rolls of the officers concerned.\\n3. The returns are to be filed in the Character Roll itself.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/10\/55-Estt. (A), dated 12th January, 1956, enclosed with GID (22) under Rule 18<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"These returns shall be treated as secret and shall, after such scrutiny as may be considered necessary, be kept in the custody of the authority which maintains the Character Rolls of the officers concerned; they should not, however, be filed in the Character Roll itself, but kept separately.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nStatement 3 is the deliberate inversion. Secrecy is reinforced by Clause (d) of Order S.O. 114, under which every return is <i>\\\"handled as secret document\\\"<\/i> with Rule 11 applying to it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 327,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Where the first sanction for the purchase of immovable property specifies the details of the transaction and the amount involved, a further report on conclusion is not necessary.\\n2. Where such details were not furnished at the time of sanction, a further report after the acquisition, giving full details, should be made.\\n3. In either case, the property should figure in the Government servant's subsequent annual returns of immovable property.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 18 - Min. of W.H. & S., O.M. No. A.V. (37), dated 5th December, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If the first sanction specifies the details of the transaction and the amount involved, a further report is not necessary but if such details are not furnished at the time of sanction, a further report after the acquisition giving full details should be made. The property should, of course, figure in his subsequent annual returns of immovable property in either case.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision distinguishes the <b>permission<\/b> stage from the <b>disclosure<\/b> stage: a fully particularised sanction absorbs the former, but never the latter.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 328,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as loans and advances which are required to be included in the statement of debts and other liabilities:\\n1. Advance taken for the purchase of a conveyance\\n2. House building advance\\n3. Advances of pay and travelling allowance\\n4. Advances taken from the General Provident Fund\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Only two<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 4 to Form No. V of the Schedule to Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The statement should also include various loans and advances available to Government servants like advance for purchase of conveyance, house building advance, etc. (other than advances of pay and travelling allowance, advances from the GP Fund and loans on Life Insurance Policies and fixed deposits.)\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOnly the conveyance advance and the house building advance are within the statement. The excluded category also takes in loans raised on Life Insurance Policies and on fixed deposits - which fits the wider treatment of such deposits as instruments already disclosed elsewhere.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 329,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding the disclosure of movable property in the prescribed forms under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Articles whose value individually exceeds \u20b9 1,000 are to be shown separately.\\n2. Items of movable property individually worth less than \u20b9 1,000 may be added together and shown as a lumpsum.\\n3. Articles of daily use such as clothes, utensils, books and crockery are to be included in that lumpsum.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 1 to Form No. III of the Schedule to Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Note requires separate disclosure of motor cars, scooters, motor cycles, refrigerators, air-conditioners, radios, radiograms, television sets <i>\\\"and any other articles, the value of which individually exceeds \u20b9 1,000\\\"<\/i>, and permits items <i>\\\"individually worth less than \u20b9 1,000 other than articles of daily use such as clothes, utensils, books, crockery, etc., added together as lumpsum.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Statement 3<\/b> \u2717 Articles of daily use are excluded from the lumpsum, not included in it - the same exclusion that Note 2 below Rule 18(1) makes for the return as a whole.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 330,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the statement of immovable property, a lease obtained from a person having official dealings with the Government servant is required to be shown:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"only where the term of the lease exceeds one year, the shorter term being disregarded\",\r\n      \"only where the lease reserves a yearly rent, a monthly rent being disregarded\",\r\n      \"only where the lease has been registered under the law in force in the State where the property is situated\",\r\n      \"irrespective of the term of the lease and of the periodicity of the payment of rent\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - irrespective of the term of the lease and of the periodicity of the payment of rent<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 1 to Form No. I of the Schedule to Rule 18(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where, however, the lease of immovable property is obtained from a person having official dealings with the Government servant, such a lease should be shown in this column irrespective of the term of the lease, whether it is short term or long term, and the periodicity of the payment of rent.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nFor all other leases the restricted meaning in Explanation II applies - <i>\\\"from year to year or for any term exceeding one year or reserving a yearly rent\\\"<\/i> - which is what options A and B state. The presence of <b>official dealings<\/b> displaces that restriction, exactly as it displaces the knowledge requirement in the proviso to Rule 18(2).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 331,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (mode of acquisition of immovable property)\\nA. Purchase or mortgage\\nB. Lease\\nC. Inheritance, gift or exchange\\nD. Construction of a house\\n\\nList-II (what is to be shown or done)\\n1. The approximate value of the property so acquired\\n2. A report before commencement and a report after completion\\n3. The price or premium paid for the acquisition\\n4. The price or premium paid, and the total annual rent also\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 2 to Form No. I of the Schedule to Rule 18(1), and GID (4) under Rule 18<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(a) Where the property has been acquired by purchase, mortgage or lease, the price or premium paid for such acquisition; (b) Where it has been acquired by lease, the total annual rent thereof also; and (c) Where the acquisition is by inheritance, gift or exchange, the approximate value of the property so acquired.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nA lease therefore attracts <b>both<\/b> limbs - the premium and the annual rent - which is what distinguishes entry 4 from entry 3. Construction of a house is governed by the two-stage procedure in GID (4).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 332,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as purposes for which vigilance clearance is required:\\n1. Empanelment\\n2. Ex-India study leave\\n3. Appointment to a sensitive post\\n4. Post-retirement commercial employment\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\",\r\n      \"Only one\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (30), Para 7, under Rule 18 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/33\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\nThe paragraph lists ten purposes, including inclusion in the offer list, empanelment, ex-India study leave, any deputation for which clearance is necessary, appointments to sensitive posts, assignments to training programmes except mandatory training, confirmation in service, retirement on voluntary retirement, post-retirement commercial employment and premature voluntary repatriation from deputation.<br><br>\\nIn all these cases <i>\\\"the vigilance status may be placed before and considered by the Competent Authority before a decision is taken\\\"<\/i> - which is what makes the failure to file an Immovable Property Return under Para 8(k) so consequential.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 333,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. \\\"On account\\\" payments made to a Co-operative House Building Society for the purchase or development of land are treated as transactions concerning movable property.\\n2. A cash prize won in a competition, exceeding the prescribed monetary limit, is treated as a transaction.\\n3. Purchases made at the same time, in the same shop and charged in one bill are treated as separate transactions where they relate to different items.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (1) and (3) under Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 <i>\\\"'On account' payments to Co-operative House Building Societies for purchase, development, etc., of land are to be treated as transactions concerning movable properties\\\"<\/i> - notably <b>movable<\/b>, though the ultimate subject is land<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 GID (1) treats winnings from competitions exceeding the monetary limit as transactions<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The rule is the opposite - such purchases are treated as <b>one<\/b> transaction <i>\\\"whether or not they relate to the same item\\\"<\/i>, so that a single large outlay cannot be split below the threshold\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 334,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Cases relating to the acquisition or disposal of immovable property by Group 'A' officers of the Central Secretariat Service may be dealt with and finally decided by the administrative Ministries or Departments concerned.\\n2. Annual returns of immovable property of officers of the Selection Grade and Grades I to III of that Service are nevertheless to continue to be sent for purposes of record.\\n3. Once powers have been delegated to Heads of Departments, cases falling under the sub-rules relating to transactions in property should continue to be referred upward for orders.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (9), (15) and (17) under Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1, 2.<\/b> \u2713 GID (9) delegates the decision to the administrative Ministries, while directing that the annual returns of the Selection Grade and Grades I to III <i>\\\"should, however, as at present, continue to be sent regularly to the Ministry of Home Affairs (Office of the Establishment Officer) for purposes of record\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 GID (17) says the reverse: since Heads of Circles <i>\\\"have been delegated the powers to deal with these cases of Group 'A' Officers serving under their control, they should no longer be referred to this office\\\"<\/i> - only the sanctions accorded are reported upward\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 335,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Fixed deposits made in a bank out of accumulated savings are covered by the clause of the first-appointment return relating to shares, debentures and cash including bank deposits.\\n2. The purchase of National Savings Certificates exceeding the prescribed monetary limit is required to be reported.\\n3. Current Accounts and Savings Bank Accounts need not be reported under the sub-rule relating to transactions in movable property.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) under Rule 18 - M.W.H. & S., A.V., Circular No. 327, dated 13th December, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Current Accounts, Savings Bank Accounts and fixed deposits with Banks need not be reported by Government servants under Rule 18 (3)... Such transactions will be covered by Rule 18 (1) (i) (b) of those Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nStatement 2 reflects the other half of the same Decision - certificates and Units are securities and do attract Rule 18(3).<br><br>\\nNote the later refinement in GID (24): a report <b>is<\/b> due in regard to fixed deposits where the monetary limits are exceeded, so the two Decisions must be read together, GID (24) being the later.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 336,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are correct in relation to transactions in property by members of a Government servant's family EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"transactions made out of the funds of the Government servant are governed by the rule irrespective of the person in whose name they are made\",\r\n      \"transactions by the spouse out of her own stridhan, in her own name and in her own right, do not attract the sub-rules on transactions\",\r\n      \"a transfer of immovable property by the Government servant to a member of his family requires a report or sanction under the rule\",\r\n      \"transactions entered into as a member of a Hindu undivided joint family require the previous permission of the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - transactions entered into as a member of a Hindu undivided joint family require the previous permission of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8)(i) to (iv) under Rule 18 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/18\/59-Ests. (A), dated 28th August, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Transactions as members of Hindu undivided joint family do not require Government's prior permission.\\\"<\/i> What survives is disclosure - through the annual return for immovable property, and through a report for movable property.<br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii). The whole set is directed at benami holdings, and the instructions are to be <i>\\\"implemented liberally in order to avoid a detailed probe into the private affairs of the Government servants or their dependants\\\"<\/i>, while suspicious cases are investigated with firmness and speed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 337,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant is required to obtain prior permission before joining a chit fund.\\n2. A Government servant is required to obtain prior permission before taking a Life Insurance Policy.\\n3. A Government servant is required to obtain prior sanction before making a fixed deposit in a bank.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"None of the above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - None of the above<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (24) under Rule 18 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/12\/76-Ests. (A), dated 4th October, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision was issued to answer these three questions and, on each, the answer is that <b>no prior permission is required<\/b>. What is required is a <b>report<\/b>, and only where a threshold is crossed:<br>\\na chit fund subscription exceeding the Rule 18(3) limit is reportable, and previous sanction is needed <i>\\\"only if the Government servant concerned has official dealings with the chit fund\\\"<\/i>;<br>\\n<i>\\\"a Government servant need not obtain prior permission from the prescribed authority for taking a Life Insurance Policy\\\"<\/i>;<br>\\na fixed deposit is reportable if the monetary limits are exceeded.<br><br>\\nThe distinction between <b>permission<\/b> and <b>report<\/b> is the substance of the item.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 338,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18-A - Property outside India and transactions with foreigners\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following transactions by a Government servant, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Acquisition of immovable property situated outside India\\n2. Grant of a lease of immovable property situated outside India\\n3. Purchase of immovable property situated in India from a foreign organization\\n4. Sale of immovable property situated in India to a foreign national\\n\\nHow many of the above require the previous sanction of the prescribed authority?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 18-A(a), (b) and (c) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule bites in two independent ways. Clauses (a) and (b) turn on the <b>situation of the property<\/b> - anything outside India, whether acquired or disposed of, and including the grant of a lease. Clause (c) turns on the <b>identity of the other party<\/b> - any foreigner, foreign Government, foreign organization or concern - and it applies to <i>\\\"any immovable property\\\"<\/i>, which takes in property situated in India.<br><br>\\nStatements 3 and 4 therefore fall under Clause (c) even though the property never leaves India, and that is the feature of the rule most often missed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 339,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Sanction accorded under the General Financial Rules for the sale of a conveyance purchased with a Government advance carries with it the permission required under the Conduct Rules.\\n2. The authority issuing sanction under the General Financial Rules is required to specify in the sanction that prior sanction under the Conduct Rules must also be obtained where the sale is otherwise than through a reputed or regular dealer.\\n3. A transaction in movable property between two Gazetted Officers not connected with each other officially is exempt from the requirement of prior permission.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (7) and (14) under Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 The sanctioning authority must so specify <i>\\\"so that this requirement is not overlooked by the Government servant\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 Reversed - <i>\\\"Since the objects of according sanctions under the two sets or rules are quite different... separate sanctions... should be taken\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Reversed - <i>\\\"transactions between two Gazetted Officers not connected with each other in their official capacity are in any way different from transactions between a Government servant and a private party who have no connection with each other\\\"<\/i> cannot be said; no exception is made\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 340,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 18 and Rule 18-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 18 - Movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Government servants may bid at auctions of property arranged by their own Ministries or Departments, provided the bidding is open and public.\\n2. Charging \\\"pugri\\\" or \\\"premium\\\" for renting out houses and flats is treated as a source of corruption.\\n3. A Government servant who cannot account for a large accretion of wealth beyond his known sources of income attracts a presumption of corruption.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (5), (12) and (13) under Rule 18 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 GID (13) - the habit of charging pugri is <i>\\\"a similar source of corruption for which some drastic steps have to be taken\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 GID (12) - the presumption <i>\\\"fairly and reasonably arises\\\"<\/i>, and has statutory recognition in Section 5(3) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947<br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 Openness of the auction is precisely what GID (5) holds to be insufficient: <i>\\\"Even if the transaction is, in fact, free of any element of undue influence or dishonesty, the suspicion that all is not above board is bound to arise\\\"<\/i>, and such bidding is unbecoming conduct\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 341,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3-A of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden, in the performance of his official duties, to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"act in a discourteous manner\",\r\n      \"act otherwise than in his own best judgment as the case may be\",\r\n      \"communicate any official document to a person not authorized to receive it\",\r\n      \"accept any gift from a person having official dealings with him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - act in a discourteous manner<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-A(a) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. 11013\/4\/93-Estt. (A), dated 12th July, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall - (a) in the performance of his official duties, act in a discourteous manner.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - each belongs to a different rule:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Acting in one's best judgment is Rule 3(2)(ii), and the bar there is against departing from it save under a superior's direction<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Communication of official documents is Rule 11<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Acceptance of gifts is Rule 13\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 342,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3-A of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the prohibition against adopting dilatory tactics or wilfully causing delays in the disposal of work assigned operates in a Government servant's dealings:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"with the public only\",\r\n      \"with his official superiors only\",\r\n      \"with the public or otherwise\",\r\n      \"with recognized service associations only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - with the public or otherwise<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-A(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(b) in his official dealings with the public or otherwise adopt dilatory tactics or wilfully cause delays in disposal of the work assigned to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"or otherwise\\\"<\/b> carry the clause beyond dealings with the public, so delay in purely internal work is equally within it. This is what allows GID (31-B) under Rule 3 to found disciplinary proceedings where an officer <i>\\\"adopts a dilatory attitude, leading to delay in decision-making and\/or harassment of the public.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Reads the clause as if it stopped at \\\"with the public\\\"\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 343,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding Rule 3-A of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. It was inserted into the said Rules with effect from the year 1995.\\n2. It forbids a Government servant to act in a discourteous manner in the performance of his official duties.\\n3. It forbids a Government servant to wilfully cause delays in the disposal of the work assigned to him.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. 11013\/4\/93-Estt. (A), dated 12th July, 1995 and published as G.S.R. 355 in the Gazette of India dated 29th July, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same Notification inserted <b>Rule 3-B<\/b> on observance of the Government's policies. Both therefore post-date the eighteen clauses added to Rule 3(1) in 2014, and both pre-date Rule 3-C in its present form, substituted in 2014.<br><br>\\nNote that the conduct now covered by Rule 3-A was actionable long before 1995 - GID (18), issued in 1966, already required <i>\\\"deterrent and prompt action\\\"<\/i> against discourtesy and dilatory tactics, resting on Rule 3(1)(iii).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 344,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the two basic principles governing the relations between Government servants and Members of Parliament and of State Legislatures are that Government servants should show courtesy and consideration, and that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"they should give effect to the suggestions made by a Member wherever it is administratively possible under the instructions on the subject under the instructions on the subject\",\r\n      \"they should furnish to the Members any information asked for, whether or not it is confidential\",\r\n      \"they should refer every suggestion made by a Member to their official superior for orders\",\r\n      \"while considering carefully or listening patiently to what the Members may have to say, they should always act according to their own best judgment\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - while considering carefully or listening patiently, they should always act according to their own best judgment<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-A), Para 2, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/88-Estt. (A), dated 23rd June, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The two basic principles to be borne in mind are (i) that Government servants should show courtesy and consideration to Members of Parliament and of State Legislatures and (ii) that while they should consider carefully or listen patiently to what the Members of Parliament and of State Legislatures may have to say, they should always act according to their own best judgment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nCourtesy and independence of judgment are therefore held together, not traded off. Where an officer cannot accede to a request, <i>\\\"the reasons for his inability to do so should be courteously explained to the Member.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 345,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a visitor has come to an officer by previous appointment and a Member of Parliament has come without an appointment, the officer should:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"see the Member of Parliament first, in view of his position in the Warrant of Precedence for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"ask the Member of Parliament to fix a fresh appointment for another day\",\r\n      \"see the Member of Parliament immediately after he has met the visitor who had come by previous appointment\",\r\n      \"decline to see either of them until the day's programme of work has been completed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - see the Member of Parliament immediately after he has met the visitor who had come by previous appointment<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-A), Para 4, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/88-Estt. (A), dated 23rd June, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\nAn officer must give priority to Members <i>\\\"except when a visitor has come by previous appointment and a Member of Parliament or of a State Legislature has come without an appointment. In such a case, he should see the Member of Parliament or of a State Legislature immediately after he has met the visitor who had come by previous appointment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe instruction protects the person who kept an appointment without displacing the Member's priority - which is why option A, though it sounds deferential, is wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 346,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, any deviation from an appointment made with a Member of Parliament or of a State Legislature:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"must promptly be explained to the Member, and a fresh appointment fixed in consultation with him\",\r\n      \"requires the prior approval of the Head of the Department concerned\",\r\n      \"should be recorded on the relevant file for the information of the Secretary\",\r\n      \"need be explained only where the Member has travelled from outside the station at the relevant time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - must promptly be explained to the Member, and a fresh appointment fixed in consultation with him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-A), Para 4, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/88-Estt. (A), dated 23rd June, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Any deviation from an appointment made with a Member of Parliament or of a State Legislature or indeed with any other person must promptly be explained to the Member concerned so that the least possible inconvenience is caused to him and a fresh appointment should be fixed in consultation with him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features are worth noting. The duty to explain extends to <b>any other person<\/b> as well, and the fresh appointment is to be fixed <b>in consultation with<\/b> the Member, not unilaterally.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 347,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, when a Member of Parliament or of a State Legislature comes to see an officer, the officer:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should receive him seated, and depute a subordinate to see him off\",\r\n      \"should rise in his seat to receive the Member and to see him off\",\r\n      \"should meet him only in the presence of a second officer of the Department\",\r\n      \"should record the substance of the discussion on the relevant file before the Member leaves\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - should rise in his seat to receive the Member and to see him off<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-A), Para 5, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/88-Estt. (A), dated 23rd June, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"When a Member of Parliament or of a State Legislature comes to see him, an officer should rise in his seat to receive the Member and to see him off. Small gestures have symbolic value and officers should therefore, be meticulously correct and courteous in their dealings with Members.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (17-F) adds two later refinements - arrangements are to be made to <b>receive<\/b> Members who visit after taking a prior appointment, and to <b>permit entry of their vehicles<\/b> to the office, subject to security requirements.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 348,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where Members of Parliament are invited en bloc to a major State function, the enclosure reserved for them should be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"immediately behind the enclosure reserved for Secretaries to the Government of India\",\r\n      \"at the same level as that reserved for Heads of Departments of the host Ministry\",\r\n      \"next to that of the Governors, the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Ambassadors\",\r\n      \"determined by the officer organizing the function, having regard to the space available under the instructions on the subject\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - next to that of the Governors, the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Ambassadors<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-A), Para 6, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/88-Estt. (A), dated 23rd June, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"when Members of Parliament are invited en bloc to major State functions, the enclosure reserved for them should be next to the Governors, Chief Justice, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ambassadors, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe position rests on the <b>Warrant of Precedence<\/b> approved by the President, in which Members of Parliament appear at Article 30, <b>above<\/b> officers of the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. Members of State Legislatures present in Delhi and invited to State functions <i>\\\"should be assigned rank just after Members of Parliament.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 349,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the block seats reserved at a public function for Members of Parliament and of State Legislatures who may come late:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be released to other invitees once the function has begun\",\r\n      \"should be kept reserved till the end of the function and should not be occupied by other persons\",\r\n      \"should be released to officials of the rank of Secretary if they remain vacant in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"should be reduced in number after the first half hour of the function\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - should be kept reserved till the end of the function and should not be occupied by other persons<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-A), Para 6, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/88-Estt. (A), dated 23rd June, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"To avoid inconvenience to Members of Parliament and of State Legislatures who may come late, the block seats meant for them should be kept reserved till the end of the function and should not be occupied by other persons, even though they may be vacant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same paragraph fixes the quality of the seating as well: <i>\\\"The seats provided for them should be at least as comfortable and as prominently placed as those for officials.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 350,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, information or statistics relating to matters of local importance are required to be furnished to a Member of Parliament when asked for, provided such information:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"relates to the constituency which the Member represents\",\r\n      \"has been cleared by the Secretary of the Ministry concerned\",\r\n      \"has already been placed before Parliament in answer to a question\",\r\n      \"is readily available and is not confidential\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is readily available and is not confidential<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-A), Para 7, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/88-Estt. (A), dated 23rd June, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The officers should furnish to Members of Parliament and of State Legislatures when asked for, such information or statistics relating to matters of local importance as are readily available and are not confidential. In doubtful cases, instructions should be taken from a higher authority before refusing request.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote where the burden falls in a doubtful case - the officer must go <b>up<\/b> for instructions before refusing, not before granting. GID (17-F) supplies a further test: information <i>\\\"should be supplied unless it is of such a nature that it would have been denied to him, if similar information had been sought in Parliament.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 351,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who approaches a Member of Parliament for sponsoring his own case in a matter pertaining to his conditions of service:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"acts within his rights, a Member of Parliament being an accredited representative of the people\",\r\n      \"may do so provided he simultaneously informs his Head of Office\",\r\n      \"acts contrary to the prohibition on bringing outside influence to bear upon a superior authority\",\r\n      \"may do so only where his representation has remained undisposed of for over three months\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - acts contrary to the prohibition on bringing outside influence to bear upon a superior authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-A), Para 8, under Rule 3-A, read with Rule 20 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants are prohibited from bringing or attempting to bring any political or other influence to bear upon any superior authority to further their interests in respect of matters pertaining to their service under the Government. Therefore, a Government servant is not expected to approach a Member of Parliament or of a State Legislature for sponsoring his individual case.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (17-F)(xiv) names the provision expressly - <b>Rule 20<\/b> of these Rules. GID (26-C) under Rule 3 adds that a representation so forwarded is <i>\\\"in violation of the provisions of Rule 20\\\"<\/i> and is also unbecoming conduct under Rule 3(1)(iii).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 352,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in order that references from Committees of Parliament are attended to promptly and not passed on routinely down the line, each Ministry or Department is required to identify:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a senior officer at the level of Joint Secretary or equivalent, charged with that responsibility\",\r\n      \"an officer of the rank of Under Secretary in the Parliament Section\",\r\n      \"the Vigilance Officer of the Ministry concerned\",\r\n      \"the Secretary of the Ministry, who alone may deal with such references in every such case in every such case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a senior officer at the level of Joint Secretary or equivalent, charged with that responsibility<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-B), Para 3, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/92-Estt. (A), dated 21st December, 1992<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has, therefore, been decided that all such references should be attended to promptly and should not be passed on routinely down the line. Ministries \/ Departments should immediately identify a senior officer at the level of Joint Secretary or equivalent who should be charged with the responsibility of ensuring that the references are attended to promptly.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe requirement is repeated as principle (ix) in GID (17-C) and as principle (xi) in GID (17-F), which shows how persistent the difficulty was.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 353,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in official correspondence a Member of Parliament is required to be addressed as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Member of the Lok Sabha or Member of the Rajya Sabha, as the case may be\",\r\n      \"Member of Parliament, or MP\",\r\n      \"Honourable Representative of the constituency concerned in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"Member of the House to which he has been elected or nominated\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Member of Parliament, or MP<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-B), Para 6, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/92-Estt. (A), dated 21st December, 1992<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Care should also be taken to address each of them as Member of Parliament (or MP) and not as Member of Lok Sabha or Member of Rajya Sabha. If it is desired to be more specific about the House to which they belong, they may be addressed as Member of Parliament or MP (Lok Sabha) \/ (Rajya Sabha).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same paragraph requires that where the name of a Member appears alongside others in official correspondence, <i>\\\"the name should be listed according to the position assigned to the MPs in the Warrant of Precedence.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 354,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a communication received from a Member of Parliament is required to be acknowledged within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"seven days\",\r\n      \"ten days\",\r\n      \"fifteen days\",\r\n      \"one month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - fifteen days<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-E) under Rule 3-A - Para 66(1) of the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/6\/2005-Estt. (A), dated 17th\/21st August, 2007<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Each communication received from the Member of Parliament, a member of the public, a recognized association or a public body will be acknowledged within 15 days, followed by a reply within the next 15 days of acknowledgement sent.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree periods run together and are habitually confused: <b>15 days<\/b> to acknowledge, a further <b>15 days<\/b> to reply, and <b>one month<\/b> for an interim reply where delay is anticipated or information must be obtained from another Ministry.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Seven days is the period within which a wrongly addressed communication is to be transferred to the appropriate department\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 355,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a delay is anticipated in sending a final reply to a Member of Parliament, or where information has to be obtained from another Ministry, an interim reply is required to be sent within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"fifteen days from the date of receipt\",\r\n      \"three months from the date of receipt\",\r\n      \"six weeks from the date of receipt\",\r\n      \"one month from the date of receipt\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - one month from the date of receipt<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-E) under Rule 3-A - Para 66(2) of the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where (i) delay is anticipated in sending a final reply, or (ii) information has to be obtained from another Ministry or another office, an interim reply will be sent within a month (from the date of receipt) indicating the possible date by which a final reply can be given.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe interim reply must do more than acknowledge - it must indicate <b>the possible date by which a final reply can be given<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Six weeks is the limit under GID (31-A) under Rule 3, for disposal of a Government servant's own representation within one Ministry\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 356,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a communication from a Member of Parliament which has been wrongly addressed to a department is required to be transferred to the appropriate department:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"within a week, under intimation to the party concerned\",\r\n      \"within fifteen days, without any intimation being necessary\",\r\n      \"within one month, along with the department's own comments\",\r\n      \"only after obtaining the approval of the Secretary of the department\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - within a week, under intimation to the party concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-F) under Rule 3-A - Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/2011-Estt. (A), dated 1st December, 2011<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If any such communication is wrongly addressed to a department, it should be transferred promptly (within a week) to the appropriate department under intimation to the party concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBoth limbs matter - the <b>one-week<\/b> transfer and the <b>intimation<\/b> to the sender, so that the Member is not left waiting on a department that will never reply.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 357,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a communication from a Member of Parliament is addressed to a Minister and it is not practicable for the Minister to reply, the reply should normally be issued under the signature of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Under Secretary in charge of the subject\",\r\n      \"the Head of the attached or subordinate office concerned\",\r\n      \"an officer of the rank of Secretary to the Government\",\r\n      \"any officer authorized by the Minister's personal staff\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - an officer of the rank of Secretary to the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-F) under Rule 3-A - Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, item (2)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where a communication is addressed to a Minister or a Secretary to the Government, it should, as far as practicable, be replied to by the Minister or the Secretary himself as the case may be. Where it is not practicable for the Minister to reply, a reply should normally be issued under the signature of an Officer of the rank of Secretary to the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nWhere the communication is instead addressed to the head of an attached or subordinate office, or to a Division in charge, <i>\\\"it should be replied to by the addressee himself\\\"<\/i> - and in every case the <b>minimum level<\/b> at which a reply may go to a Member is that of Under Secretary, and then only in polite letter form.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 358,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the minimum level at which a reply may be sent to a Member of Parliament is that of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Section Officer\",\r\n      \"Under Secretary\",\r\n      \"Deputy Secretary\",\r\n      \"Joint Secretary\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Under Secretary<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-F) under Rule 3-A - Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, items (3) and (6)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It should, however, be ensured that the minimum level at which such replies are sent to Member of Parliament is that of Under Secretary and that also in a polite letter form only.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same floor applies to replies to an <b>ex-Member of Parliament<\/b>. Where a reference from an ex-Member is addressed to a Minister or Secretary, the reply is sent by the Divisional Head after obtaining the Secretary's approval; where it is addressed to a lower-level officer, that officer may reply himself in non-policy cases.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Joint Secretary is the level charged with references from <b>Committees of Parliament<\/b>, which is a different matter\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 359,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, information sought by a Member of Parliament is required to be supplied unless it is of such a nature that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"it relates to a matter which is sub judice before a Court of Law\",\r\n      \"it would have been denied to him if similar information had been sought in Parliament\",\r\n      \"it concerns the internal administration of the Ministry or Department\",\r\n      \"its compilation would involve a disproportionate expenditure of time and labour\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - it would have been denied to him if similar information had been sought in Parliament<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-F) under Rule 3-A - Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, item (4)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Information sought by a Member of Parliament should be supplied unless it is of such a nature that it would have been denied to him, if similar information had been sought in Parliament.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe test is deliberately borrowed from the floor of the House, so that an officer cannot withhold outside Parliament what would have been disclosed inside it. Where information <b>is<\/b> to be refused, GID (17-F)(ix) requires instructions from a higher authority and that <i>\\\"the reasons for not furnishing the information should be given in the reply.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 360,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in corresponding with Members of Parliament, officers are required to ensure that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the letter is legible and that pre-printed or cyclostyled replies are scrupulously avoided\",\r\n      \"every reply is issued in the language in which the original communication was received\",\r\n      \"a copy of every reply is endorsed to the Secretary General of the House concerned\",\r\n      \"the reply is despatched by registered post with acknowledgement due\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the letter is legible and that pre-printed or cyclostyled replies are scrupulously avoided<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-F) under Rule 3-A - Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, item (5)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"While corresponding with Members of Parliament, it should be ensured that the letter is legible. Pre-printed or cyclostyled replies should be scrupulously avoided.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Overstates a real but narrower instruction. GID (17-F)(x) provides that where a letter from a Member is in English and the reply must be given in Hindi under the Official Languages Act, 1963, <i>\\\"an English translation should also be sent along with the reply for the convenience of such Members of Parliament from non-Hindi speaking areas\\\"<\/i> - a translation accompanying the reply, not a reply in the original language\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 361,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to telephonic messages left by Members of Parliament or of State Legislatures for an officer in his absence, the officer:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should not ignore them, and should try to contact the Member concerned at the earliest\",\r\n      \"should return the call only if the Member has indicated the subject of the message\",\r\n      \"may leave them to be dealt with by his personal staff\",\r\n      \"should record them in a register maintained for the purpose and reply in writing\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - should not ignore them, and should try to contact the Member concerned at the earliest<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-C)(x) under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2000-Estt. (A), dated 23rd May, 2000<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The officers should not ignore telephonic messages left for them by the Members of Parliament \/ State Legislatures in their absence and should try to contact at the earliest the concerned Member of Parliament \/ State Legislature.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (17-F)(xii) extends the same duty to modern channels: <i>\\\"These instructions also include SMS and e-mails received on official mobile telephones which also should be replied to promptly and on priority.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 362,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the constituency of a Member of Parliament is spread over more than one District, the Member:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be invited only to functions held in the District in which he ordinarily resides\",\r\n      \"should be invited only to functions held in the District which contains the larger part of the constituency\",\r\n      \"should be invited to functions held in any of the Districts which are part of his constituency\",\r\n      \"should be invited only where the function is organized by the Central Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - should be invited to functions held in any of the Districts which are part of his constituency<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-F)(v) under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/2011-Estt. (A), dated 1st December, 2011<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is clarified that if a constituency of any Member of Parliament is spread over more than one District, the M.P. should invariably be invited to all the functions held in any of the Districts which are part of his \/ her constituency.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same clause requires that invitation cards and media events for a function held in the constituency <i>\\\"may include the names of the Members of that constituency who have confirmed participation.\\\"<\/i> GID (17-K) adds that the requirement covers functions of Government Departments, their subordinate offices <b>and Public Undertakings<\/b> under them.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 363,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following requirements, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to intimation to Members of Parliament about public meetings and functions:\\n1. Intimations should be sent through speedier communication devices so that they reach the Members well in time.\\n2. Receipt of the intimation by the Member should be confirmed by the officer or official concerned.\\n3. Such functions should be held, as far as possible, when Parliament is not in session.\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"All three\",\r\n      \"None\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - All three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (17-J) and (17-K) under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2000-Estt. (A), dated 25th August, 2000 and O.M. No. 11013\/6\/2005-Estt. (A), dated 27th June, 2005<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (17-J) requires that <i>\\\"Intimations regarding public meetings \/ functions be sent through speedier communication devices\\\"<\/i> and that <i>\\\"receipt of intimation by the Member is confirmed by the officer \/ official concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (17-K) adds the third: <i>\\\"Such functions should be held, as far as possible, when Parliament is not in session.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBoth Decisions arose from notices of question of privilege given by Members who had not been invited, or not invited in time.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 364,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a meeting convened by the Government is to be attended by Members of Parliament, special care is required to be taken:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"to see that notice is given to them in good time regarding the date, time and venue of the meeting\",\r\n      \"to see that the agenda papers are circulated only after the meeting has concluded\",\r\n      \"to see that the meeting is presided over by an officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary\",\r\n      \"to see that a verbatim record of the proceedings is supplied to each Member\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - to see that notice is given to them in good time regarding the date, time and venue of the meeting<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-J), Para 2, under Rule 3-A, referring to M.H.A. O.M. No. 25\/6\/68-Ests. (A), dated 27th March, 1968<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"where any meeting convened by the Government is to be attended by Members of Parliament, special care should be taken to see that notice is given to them in good time regarding the date, time, venue, etc., of the meeting, and it should be ensured that there is no slip in any matter of detail, however, minor it may be.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe closing words - <b>\\\"no slip in any matter of detail, however minor\\\"<\/b> - are what the Decisions on protocol repeatedly return to; GID (17-A) makes the same point in saying that <i>\\\"Small gestures have symbolic value.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 365,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Committee of Privileges of the Thirteenth Lok Sabha, which considered a complaint against a District Collector for having ordered a search of a Member's hotel room, recommended that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the District Collector be proceeded against departmentally for contempt of the House as the case may be as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"no further action need be taken in view of the apologies tendered, and that the Union Government issue appropriate guidelines to executive functionaries\",\r\n      \"the Member be compensated for the injury to his reputation\",\r\n      \"the Police authorities complete the investigation within a period of two years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - no further action need be taken in view of the apologies tendered, and that the Union Government issue appropriate guidelines to executive functionaries<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-D) under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2001-Estt. (A), dated 9th July, 2001<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Committee made two recommendations: <i>\\\"(i) In view of the unconditional and repeated apologies tendered by the District Collector, no further action need be taken in the matter and it may be dropped; (ii) The Union Government should issue appropriate guidelines \/ instructions to executive functionaries to obviate recurrence of such incidents.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Inverts a criticism into a direction - the Committee <i>\\\"found it intriguing that the Police authorities took more than two years in completing the investigation\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 366,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of Government Officers with Members of Lok Sabha, in its Third Report, recommended:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"that all references from Committees of Parliament be disposed of within fifteen days\",\r\n      \"that a permanent protocol officer be appointed in every District\",\r\n      \"that Members of Parliament be given the powers of an Inquiring Authority in protocol matters in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case as the case may be\",\r\n      \"discouraging and desisting the State Governments from involving private companies or agencies in organizing or sponsoring functions falling within the domain of State Governments\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - discouraging and desisting the State Governments from involving private companies or agencies in organizing or sponsoring functions falling within the domain of State Governments<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-H), Para 4, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/2018-Estt. A-III, dated 7th February, 2018<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Committee on Violation of Protocol Norms and Contemptuous Behaviour of Government Officers with Members of Lok Sabha in Paragraph 43 of its Third Report tabled in the Lok Sabha on 4-1-2018 has recommended discouraging and desisting the State Governments to involve Private companies \/ agencies in organizing \/ sponsoring functions which essentially fall under the domain of State Governments.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Second Report, tabled the same day, recommended strict compliance with the consolidated instructions of 1-12-2011 <i>\\\"both in letter and spirit.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 367,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (communication or reference)\\nA. Acknowledgement of a communication received from a Member of Parliament\\nB. Reply following such acknowledgement\\nC. Interim reply where delay is anticipated\\nD. Transfer of a wrongly addressed communication\\n\\nList-II (period)\\n1. Within a week\\n2. Within one month of receipt\\n3. Within 15 days of receipt\\n4. Within the next 15 days\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (17-E) and (17-F) under Rule 3-A - Para 66 of the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Each communication received from the Member of Parliament, a member of the public, a recognized association or a public body will be acknowledged within 15 days, followed by a reply within the next 15 days of acknowledgement sent.\\\"<\/i> An interim reply, where delay is anticipated or information must come from another Ministry, goes <i>\\\"within a month (from the date of receipt)\\\"<\/i>; a wrongly addressed communication is transferred <i>\\\"promptly (within a week).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe pairing of 15 days for acknowledgement with a further 15 days for the reply is the point most often reversed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 368,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Members of Parliament appear in the Warrant of Precedence above officers of the rank of Secretary to the Government of India.\\n2. Members of State Legislatures invited to State functions in Delhi are to be assigned rank just after Members of Parliament.\\n3. An officer may set apart some hours in the day when he can refuse to meet visitors without being considered guilty of discourtesy.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-A), Paras 4 and 6, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/88-Estt. (A), dated 23rd June, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"MPs appear at Article 30 above, officers of the rank of full Central or equivalent, Secretaries to the Government of India, etc.\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"the Members of State Legislatures, who, owing to their presence in Delhi happen to be invited to State functions, should be assigned rank just after Members of Parliament.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOn statement 3, the Decision is explicit that heavy public duties are recognized: <i>\\\"An officer should feel free to set apart some hour when he can refuse to meet visitors without being considered guilty of discourtesy.\\\"<\/i> He must nevertheless <b>set apart some time every day<\/b> when anybody can see him.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 370,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to the powers of Members of Parliament and State Legislatures as Chairpersons or Members of Committees under Centrally Sponsored or Central Sector Schemes, Ministries and Departments are required to ensure that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"such powers are clearly and adequately defined\",\r\n      \"such powers are exercised only with the concurrence of the administrative Ministry\",\r\n      \"such Committees are chaired by an officer of the Government in every case\",\r\n      \"such Committees meet only when Parliament is not in session\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - such powers are clearly and adequately defined<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-F)(xiii) under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/2011-Estt. (A), dated 1st December, 2011<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All Ministries \/ Departments may ensure that the powers of Members of Parliament \/ State Legislatures as Chairpersons \/ Members of Committees under various Centrally Sponsored \/ Central Sector Government Schemes are clearly and adequately defined.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe instruction is preventive - much of the friction the protocol Decisions address arises from undefined roles rather than from deliberate discourtesy.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Borrows the \\\"Parliament not in session\\\" test from GID (17-K), where it governs the timing of <b>public functions<\/b>, not Committee meetings\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 371,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Information supplied to a Member of Parliament should be specific and answer the points raised.\\n2. A soft copy of the information supplied should also be sent to the Member by e-mail.\\n3. Where information is refused, the reasons for not furnishing it should be given in the reply.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-F)(viii) and (ix) under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/2011-Estt. (A), dated 1st December, 2011<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Information or statistics relating to matters of local importance must be furnished to the MPs and MLAs when asked for. The information so supplied should be specific and answer the points raised. A soft copy of the information should also be sent to the Member via e-mail.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If the information sought by a Member of Parliament cannot be given and is to be refused, instructions from a higher authority should be taken and the reasons for not furnishing the information should be given in the reply.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe 2011 Decision thus tightens the 1988 position in two ways - the answer must be responsive, and a refusal must be reasoned.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 372,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a violation of the guidelines on official dealings with Members of Parliament and State Legislatures, established after due enquiry:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"attracts only an administrative caution, the guidelines being advisory in nature as the case may be\",\r\n      \"renders the Government servant concerned liable for appropriate punishment under the rules\",\r\n      \"is required to be reported to the Secretary General of the House concerned\",\r\n      \"is to be dealt with by the Committee of Privileges and not departmentally\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - renders the Government servant concerned liable for appropriate punishment under the rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17-F), Paras 6 and 7, under Rule 3-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/4\/2011-Estt. (A), dated 1st December, 2011<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Violation of the guidelines laid down on this subject will be viewed seriously. Any violation of relevant Conduct Rules in this regard, which violation is established after due enquiry will render the Government servant concerned liable for appropriate punishment as per Rule.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe guidelines are therefore not merely advisory. They are read with <b>Rule 3-A<\/b> itself, which GID (17-F) quotes, and with Rule 20 where the Government servant has canvassed a Member in his own service matter.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 373,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3-B of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, every Government servant is required at all times to act in accordance with the Government's policies regarding:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the age of marriage, preservation of environment, protection of wildlife and cultural heritage\",\r\n      \"the age of marriage, family welfare, adult literacy and rural sanitation\",\r\n      \"preservation of environment, protection of wildlife, cultural heritage and communal harmony\",\r\n      \"the age of marriage, preservation of environment and conservation of energy\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the age of marriage, preservation of environment, protection of wildlife and cultural heritage<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-B(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. 11013\/4\/93-Estt. (A), dated 12th July, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Every Government servant shall, at all times - (i) act in accordance with the Government's policies regarding age of marriage, preservation of environment, protection of wildlife and cultural heritage.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe list is closed and must be learnt exactly; the distractors are built from policy areas that sound equally plausible but find no place in the clause. Clause (ii) adds a fifth head - <b>prevention of crime against women<\/b> - which is separately worded and is not part of Clause (i).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 374,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3-B of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the obligation of a Government servant in relation to the Government's policies regarding prevention of crime against women is expressed as an obligation to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"act in accordance with those policies for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"observe those policies\",\r\n      \"promote those policies actively in his official dealings\",\r\n      \"report every contravention of those policies to his official superior\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - observe those policies<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-B(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(ii) observe the Government's policies regarding prevention of crime against women.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule uses two different verbs in its two clauses - a Government servant must <b>act in accordance with<\/b> the policies in Clause (i), and <b>observe<\/b> the policy in Clause (ii). Reproducing the correct verb against the correct subject-matter is precisely what a match-the-following or statement-set item on this rule turns on.<br><br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 Neither active promotion nor a reporting duty is imposed by the clause\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 375,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Age of marriage\\n2. Preservation of environment\\n3. Protection of wildlife\\n4. Prevention of crime against women\\n\\nHow many of the above are matters in respect of which a Government servant is bound by the Government's policies?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-B(i) and (ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (i) covers the age of marriage, preservation of environment, protection of wildlife and cultural heritage; Clause (ii) covers prevention of crime against women. All five heads, and therefore all four items listed, are within the rule.<br><br>\\nRule 3-B is short but is regularly set as one statement in a mixed set alongside Rule 3-A and Rule 3-C, the candidate being asked which of the three provisions carries which subject. Keeping the five heads of Rule 3-B distinct from the courtesy obligation of Rule 3-A is the whole of the difficulty.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 376,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the advice first issued to Central Government employees to get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19 was addressed to employees:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"of the age of 45 years and above\",\r\n      \"of the age of 50 years and above\",\r\n      \"of the age of 18 years and above\",\r\n      \"holding posts in Group 'A' and Group 'B' alone\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - of the age of 45 years and above<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 3-B - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/9\/2014-Estt. A.III, dated 6th April, 2021<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"currently, all persons of the age of 45 years and above can participate in the vaccination exercise... all Central Government employees of the age of 45 years and above are advised to get themselves vaccinated, so as to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 18 years and above is the position under the <b>later<\/b> Decision, GID (2) dated 22nd April, 2021, which extended the advice to all Central Government employees in partial modification of the O.M. of 6th April, 2021. Distinguishing the two Decisions by their dates and age limits is the point of this pair\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 377,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Decision of April 2021 extending the advice on COVID-19 vaccination to all Central Government employees was issued:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in supersession of the earlier Office Memorandum on the subject\",\r\n      \"in partial modification of the earlier Office Memorandum on the subject\",\r\n      \"as a fresh Office Memorandum unconnected with the earlier one\",\r\n      \"as a clarification issued at the instance of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - in partial modification of the earlier Office Memorandum on the subject<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 3-B - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/9\/2014-Estt. A.III, dated 22nd April, 2021<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided to vaccinate all the citizens who have attained the age of 18 years and above. Accordingly, in partial modification of the O.M. No. F. No. 11013\/9\/2014-Estt. A.III, dated 6-4-2021, all Central Government employees are advised to get themselves vaccinated.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe distinction between <b>partial modification<\/b> and <b>supersession<\/b> matters: the earlier Decision survives except as to the age limit, so its advice to continue COVID-appropriate behaviour after vaccination continues to apply.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 378,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, Central Government employees who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 were advised:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"that COVID-appropriate behaviour was no longer necessary for them\",\r\n      \"to continue to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour even after vaccination\",\r\n      \"to resume attendance without marking biometric attendance\",\r\n      \"to furnish a certificate of vaccination to the prescribed authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - to continue to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour even after vaccination<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 3-B - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/9\/2014-Estt. A.III, dated 6th April, 2021<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"They are further advised to continue to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour, even after vaccination, by frequent washing of hands \/ sanitization, wearing a mask \/ face cover and observing social distancing, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (2) of 22nd April, 2021 repeats the direction, adding that employees <i>\\\"may continue to follow COVID protocols, even after vaccination, as advised vide the said O.M.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Suspension of biometric attendance was a separate measure, dealt with under GID (22-A) below Rule 3, and marking resumed from 16th February, 2022\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 379,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Rule 3-A and Rule 3-B were both inserted into the said Rules by the same Notification.\\n2. Rule 3-B requires a Government servant to act in accordance with the Government's policy on protection of cultural heritage.\\n3. Rule 3-B imposes its obligations on a Government servant at all times.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 3-A and 3-B of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, both inserted by Notification No. 11013\/4\/93-Estt. (A), dated 12th July, 1995, published as G.S.R. 355 in the Gazette of India dated 29th July, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\nRule 3-B opens with the words <i>\\\"Every Government servant shall, at all times\\\"<\/i> - the same formula used in Rule 3(1), which is what carries the obligation into a Government servant's private life as well as his official conduct.<br><br>\\nCultural heritage is the fourth head in Clause (i), following the age of marriage, preservation of environment and protection of wildlife.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 380,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3-C of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the prohibition against indulging in any act of sexual harassment extends to such an act committed against:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any woman employed in the same office as the Government servant\",\r\n      \"any woman at any workplace\",\r\n      \"any woman subordinate to the Government servant in the same establishment\",\r\n      \"any woman who is a Government servant, at any workplace\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - any woman at any workplace<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, substituted by Notification No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt. (A), dated 19th November, 2014<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall indulge in any act of sexual harassment of any woman at any workplace.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBoth expressions are deliberately unqualified. The woman need not be a Government servant, nor an employee of the same office, nor a subordinate; and the place need only be a workplace within the meaning of Explanation I(c), which is itself widely defined.<br><br>\\nGID (25-K) reflects the same width in practice - the SHe-Box portal is open to <i>\\\"any woman working or visiting any office of Central Government.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 381,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 3-C of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the obligation to take appropriate steps to prevent sexual harassment to any woman at a workplace rests on:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Head of Department of the office concerned\",\r\n      \"every Government servant holding a post included in Group 'A'\",\r\n      \"every Government servant who is in charge of a workplace\",\r\n      \"the Chairperson of the Complaints Committee of the Ministry\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - every Government servant who is in charge of a workplace<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3-C(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Every Government servant who is in charge of a workplace shall take appropriate steps to prevent sexual harassment to any woman at such workplace.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe test is <b>charge of a workplace<\/b>, not grade or designation - the same technique as Rule 3(2)(i), which fixes supervisory responsibility on <i>\\\"every Government servant holding a supervisory post.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (25-E) links this sub-rule to <b>Section 19<\/b> of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, which sets out the duties of an employer.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 382,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following is NOT among the acts or behaviour included in the expression \\\"sexual harassment\\\"?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Physical contact and advances\",\r\n      \"A demand or request for sexual favours under the instructions on the subject\",\r\n      \"Paying a woman employee undue attention at the workplace\",\r\n      \"Making sexually coloured remarks\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Paying a woman employee undue attention at the workplace<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(a) below Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'sexual harassment' includes any one or more of the following acts or behaviour, (whether directly or by implication), namely - (i) physical contact and advances; or (ii) a demand or request for sexual favours; or (iii) making sexually coloured remarks; or (iv) showing pornography; or (v) any other unwelcome physical, verbal, non-verbal conduct of a sexual nature.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n\\\"Undue attention\\\" appears nowhere in the clause. It is the classic planted statement in this set, and its attraction lies in sounding like the kind of conduct the rule addresses without matching any of the five heads. Conduct of that description could still be caught, but only through limb (v), and then only if it is <b>of a sexual nature<\/b> and <b>unwelcome<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 383,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the acts or behaviour comprised in the expression \\\"sexual harassment\\\" are those committed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"directly only\",\r\n      \"whether directly or by implication\",\r\n      \"in the presence of at least one other person\",\r\n      \"during office hours only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - whether directly or by implication<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(a) below Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe definition opens: <i>\\\"'sexual harassment' includes any one or more of the following acts or behaviour, (whether directly or by implication).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"or by implication\\\"<\/b> are what allow the rule to reach conduct that is never expressed in terms - a suggestion conveyed by manner rather than words. The Vishaka guidelines reproduced in GID (25) use the same formula, defining sexual harassment as <i>\\\"unwelcome sexually determined behaviour (whether directly or by implication).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote also that any <b>one<\/b> of the five heads suffices; they are not cumulative.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 384,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following circumstances which, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, may amount to sexual harassment if present in relation to any act or behaviour:\\n1. Implied or explicit promise of preferential treatment in employment\\n2. Implied or explicit threat of detrimental treatment in employment\\n3. Implied or explicit threat about her present or future employment status\\n4. Humiliating treatment likely to affect her health or safety\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(b) below Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause lists five circumstances, the fifth being <i>\\\"interference with her work or creating an intimidating or offensive or hostile work environment for her.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features repay attention. The clause opens with <b>\\\"the following circumstances, among other circumstances\\\"<\/b>, so the list is illustrative, not exhaustive. And each circumstance operates only <i>\\\"in relation to or connected with any act or behaviour of sexual harassment\\\"<\/i> under Clause (a) - the circumstances aggravate, they do not by themselves constitute the offence.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 385,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the creation of an intimidating, offensive or hostile work environment for a woman is dealt with as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"an act or behaviour which by itself constitutes sexual harassment\",\r\n      \"a circumstance which, if present in relation to an act or behaviour of sexual harassment, may amount to sexual harassment\",\r\n      \"a ground on which the woman may seek her own transfer, but not a form of harassment\",\r\n      \"a matter falling outside the said Rules and within the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 in every such case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a circumstance which, if present in relation to an act or behaviour of sexual harassment, may amount to sexual harassment<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(b)(iv) below Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the following circumstances, among other circumstances, if it occurs or is present in relation to or connected with any act or behaviour of sexual harassment may amount to sexual harassment - ... (iv) interference with her work or creating an intimidating or offensive or hostile work environment for her.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe structure of the Explanation is two-tiered: <b>Clause (a)<\/b> defines the acts, <b>Clause (b)<\/b> defines the circumstances in which those acts take on the character of harassment. Option A collapses the two tiers, which is the error the drafting is designed to prevent.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 386,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as places included in the expression \\\"workplace\\\":\\n1. Hospitals or nursing homes\\n2. A sports complex or games venue, whether residential or not, used for training or sports\\n3. Transportation provided by the employer for a journey arising out of or during the course of employment\\n4. A dwelling place or a house\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(c) below Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'workplace' includes - (i) any department, organization, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit which is established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the Central Government; (ii) hospitals or nursing homes; (iii) any sports institute, stadium, sports complex or competition or games venue, whether residential or not used for training, sports or other activities relating thereto; (iv) any place visited by the employee arising out of or during the course of employment including transportation provided by the employer for undertaking such journey; (v) a dwelling place or a house.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nLimb (iv) is the one most often tested: a staff car provided for the journey to and from office is a workplace.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 387,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a staff car provided by the employer to a woman Government official for the journey from her home to office and back:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is not a workplace, the journey being outside the hours of duty\",\r\n      \"is a workplace only where another employee of the office is also travelling in it under the instructions on the subject\",\r\n      \"is a workplace, being transportation provided by the employer for a journey arising out of or during the course of employment\",\r\n      \"is a workplace only where the driver is an employee of the same office\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is a workplace, being transportation provided by the employer for a journey arising out of or during the course of employment<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(c)(iv) below Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any place visited by the employee arising out of or during the course of employment including transportation provided by the employer for undertaking such journey.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe limb has two independent parts - <b>any place visited<\/b> in the course of employment, and <b>the transport itself<\/b>. Neither is qualified by the presence of other employees or by the identity of the driver, which is what makes options B and D wrong.<br><br>\\nThe width of the limb also explains why Clause (c)(v) can extend to <i>\\\"a dwelling place or a house\\\"<\/i>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 388,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an establishment is included in the expression \\\"workplace\\\" where it is established, owned, controlled or:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"wholly financed by funds provided directly by the Central Government\",\r\n      \"wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the Central Government\",\r\n      \"financed to the extent of not less than one-half by the Central Government\",\r\n      \"registered with the Central Government under any law for the time being in force under the instructions on the subject\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the Central Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(c)(i) below Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"any department, organization, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit which is established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the Central Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo pairs of alternatives widen the limb at each step: <b>wholly or substantially<\/b> financed, and funds provided <b>directly or indirectly<\/b>. Option A drops both alternatives and option C substitutes an arithmetical test the clause does not contain.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 389,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the guidelines and norms first prescribed for the prevention of sexual harassment of working women were laid down by the Supreme Court in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Vishaka and others v. State of Rajasthan and others\",\r\n      \"Shri G.R. Mankar v. Union of India\",\r\n      \"Smt. Shobha Goswami v. State of U.P. and others\",\r\n      \"Chandra Kumar Jain v. Union of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Vishaka and others v. State of Rajasthan and others<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/97-Estt. (A), dated 13th February, 1998, citing JT 1997 (7) SC 384<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In the case of Vishaka and others v. State of Rajasthan and others [JT 1997 (7) SC 384], the Hon'ble Supreme Court has laid down guidelines and norms to be observed to prevent sexual harassment of working women.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Why other options are incorrect - each is a real case cited elsewhere in these Rules:<\/b><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 <i>G.R. Mankar<\/i> is cited in GID (12) under Rule 18, on the presumption of corruption from disproportionate assets<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 <i>Shobha Goswami<\/i> is an Allahabad High Court decision cited in GID (25-H), on the seniority of the Chairperson<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 <i>Chandra Kumar Jain<\/i> is the Delhi High Court case in GID (30-C) under Rule 3, on private foreign visits\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 390,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an act of sexual harassment of a woman employee by a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is unbecoming of a Government servant and amounts to a misconduct\",\r\n      \"is actionable only where it also constitutes an offence under the Indian Penal Code\",\r\n      \"is actionable only after the Complaints Committee has recorded a finding of guilt\",\r\n      \"is a matter to be dealt with exclusively under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is unbecoming of a Government servant and amounts to a misconduct<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25), Para 3, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/97-Estt. (A), dated 13th February, 1998<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Attention in this connection is invited to Rule 3 (1)(iii) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which provides that every Government servant shall at all times do nothing which is unbecoming of a Government servant. Any act of sexual harassment of women employees is definitely unbecoming of a Government servant and amounts to a misconduct.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision predates the insertion of Rule 3-C, which is why it rests on <b>Rule 3(1)(iii)<\/b>. Para 8 records that a specific provision <i>\\\"is, however, being made in the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\\\"<\/i> in compliance with the judgment - that provision being Rule 3-C.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Where the conduct is also an offence, criminal action is taken <b>in addition<\/b>, not instead\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 391,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in dealing with complaints of sexual harassment, it is required to be ensured that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the complaint is disposed of before any transfer is ordered\",\r\n      \"victims or witnesses are not victimized or discriminated against\",\r\n      \"the identity of the witnesses is disclosed to the charged officer at the outset\",\r\n      \"the complainant bears the burden of proving the allegation beyond reasonable doubt\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - victims or witnesses are not victimized or discriminated against<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25), Para 5, under Rule 3-C, reproducing guideline 4 of the Vishaka guidelines<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In particular, it should be ensured that victims, or witnesses are not victimized or discriminated against while dealing with complaints of sexual harassment. The victims of sexual harassment should have the option to seek transfer of the perpetrator or their own transfer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote that the option to seek transfer belongs to the <b>victim<\/b>, and extends both to the transfer of the perpetrator and to her own.<br><br>\\nGID (25-I) later builds a long-term safeguard on the same principle: for <b>five years<\/b> after a decision in a proven case, a watch is kept to ensure the complainant is not subjected to vendetta.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 392,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an appropriate complaint mechanism for the redress of complaints of sexual harassment is required to be created in every organization:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"whether or not such conduct constitutes an offence under law or a breach of the service rules\",\r\n      \"only where the conduct complained of amounts to a breach of the service rules\",\r\n      \"only where the conduct complained of constitutes an offence under the general law in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"only where the organization employs more than a prescribed number of women\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - whether or not such conduct constitutes an offence under law or a breach of the service rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25), Para 6, under Rule 3-C, reproducing guideline 6 of the Vishaka guidelines<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Whether or not such conduct constitutes an offence under law or a breach of the service rules, an appropriate complaint mechanism should be created in every organization for redress of the complaint made by the victim. Such complaint mechanism should ensure time-bound treatment of complaints.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features follow: the mechanism is <b>unconditional<\/b>, and it must be <b>time-bound<\/b>. Where machinery already exists it is to be made more effective, and <i>\\\"in particular women officers should preferably handle such complaints.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 393,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Complaints Committee constituted for the redress of complaints of sexual harassment is required to be headed by a woman, and the proportion of women among its members must be not less than:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one-fourth of the total members\",\r\n      \"one-third of the total members\",\r\n      \"one-half of the total members\",\r\n      \"two-thirds of the total members\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - one-half of the total members<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25) under Rule 3-C, guideline 7 of the Vishaka guidelines, reiterated in GID (25-C)(iii)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Complaints Committee should be headed by a woman and not less than half of its members should be women.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree requirements go together and are habitually mixed up in a single question: a <b>woman head<\/b>; <b>not less than half<\/b> the members women; and a <b>third party<\/b>, either an NGO or other body familiar with the issue.<br><br>\\nThere is no requirement that any member be male, and GID (25-H) records that there is no bar to the Chairperson being <b>junior in rank<\/b> to the charged officer.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 394,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement that the Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either an NGO or other body familiar with the issue of sexual harassment, is directed to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"prevent the possibility of any undue pressure or influence from senior levels\",\r\n      \"provide technical assistance in recording the evidence of the complainant\",\r\n      \"satisfy the reporting requirements of the Ministry of Women and Child Development\",\r\n      \"reduce the burden of work on the departmental members of the Committee\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - prevent the possibility of any undue pressure or influence from senior levels<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25) under Rule 3-C, guideline 7 of the Vishaka guidelines, reiterated in GID (25-C)(iii)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Further, to prevent the possibility of any undue pressure or influence from senior levels, such Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body who is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe purpose is <b>independence<\/b>, and it is what distinguishes this requirement from the woman-head and half-women requirements, which go to gender sensitivity and representation. That distinction is what a question asking for the mechanism against senior-level pressure is testing.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 395,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the findings of the Complaints Committee regarding sexual harassment of the complainant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are binding on the Disciplinary Authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the Government servant concerned\",\r\n      \"are recommendatory, the Disciplinary Authority being free to differ from them\",\r\n      \"require confirmation by the Central Vigilance Commission before they can be acted upon in every such case for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"operate as a finding of guilt, no further proceedings being necessary\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - are binding on the Disciplinary Authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the Government servant concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25), Follow-up Action, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/11\/2001-Estt. (A), dated 12th December, 2002 as amended on 4th August, 2005<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the findings of the Complaints Committee regarding sexual harassment of the complainant \/ victim will be binding on the disciplinary authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the Government servant(s) concerned under the provisions of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same Decision adds that <i>\\\"The report of the Complaints Committee should be treated as an enquiry report against the accused Government servant\\\"<\/i> - so the inquiry stage is not repeated. Option D goes too far in the other direction: the report founds proceedings, it does not conclude them.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 396,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the report of the Complaints Committee inquiring into a complaint of sexual harassment is to be treated as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a preliminary enquiry report, to be followed by a regular inquiry\",\r\n      \"an advisory opinion for the consideration of the Disciplinary Authority\",\r\n      \"a confidential communication not to be shown to the charged officer\",\r\n      \"an enquiry report against the accused Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - an enquiry report against the accused Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25), Follow-up Action, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/11\/2001-Estt. (A), dated 12th December, 2002<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The report of the Complaints Committee should be treated as an enquiry report against the accused Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis dovetails with GID (25-C)(v), under which the Complaints Committee <i>\\\"shall be deemed to be the Inquiring Authority appointed by the Disciplinary Authority\\\"<\/i> and holds its inquiry, so far as practicable, under the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 - a proviso to Rule 14(2) of those Rules having been added in 2004 to that effect.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Would duplicate the inquiry, which is precisely what the deeming provision avoids\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 397,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Complaints Committee established in a Ministry or Department for inquiring into complaints of sexual harassment:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is deemed to be the Inquiring Authority appointed by the Disciplinary Authority\",\r\n      \"is deemed to be the Disciplinary Authority in respect of the charged officer\",\r\n      \"functions as an advisory body to the Central Complaints Committee\",\r\n      \"exercises the powers of an Appellate Authority under the service rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is deemed to be the Inquiring Authority appointed by the Disciplinary Authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-C)(v) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/3\/2009-Estt. (A), dated 21st July, 2009<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Complaints Committee established in each Ministry or Department or Office for inquiring into complaints of sexual harassment shall be deemed to be the Inquiring Authority appointed by the Disciplinary Authority and the Complaints Committee shall hold, if separate procedure has not been prescribed for the Complaints Committee for holding the inquiry into such complaints, the inquiry, as far as practicable in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe deeming is what makes the Committee's report an inquiry report; it does not make the Committee a Disciplinary Authority, which remains a separate office.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 398,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Committee constituted for the redress of complaints by victims of sexual harassment is required to be headed by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"an officer of the rank of Joint Secretary or equivalent\",\r\n      \"an officer sufficiently higher in rank, so as to lend credibility to the investigations\",\r\n      \"an officer of the same rank as the officer against whom the complaint is made as the case may be\",\r\n      \"a woman officer nominated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - an officer sufficiently higher in rank, so as to lend credibility to the investigations<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-A) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/97-Estt. (A), dated 13th July, 1999<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision arose because in one Central Government office <i>\\\"the Committee constituted for the purpose was headed by an official of the rank of Upper Division Clerk.\\\"<\/i> The reasoning is recorded: <i>\\\"As an official not sufficiently higher in rank may not be able to express views independently \/ freely, especially when the perpetrator is holding an higher position, the arrangement makes mockery of the system.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe requirement is <b>relative and functional<\/b> - sufficiently higher to lend credibility - not a fixed rank, which is what makes option A wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 399,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the Chairperson of a Complaints Committee happens to be junior in rank to the officer against whom allegations of sexual harassment are made:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the inquiry is vitiated, and the Committee must be reconstituted\",\r\n      \"the Chairperson must obtain the concurrence of an officer senior to the charged officer\",\r\n      \"there is no bar to the Chairperson being junior to the charged officer\",\r\n      \"the inquiry must be transferred to the Complaints Committee of another Ministry\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - there is no bar to the Chairperson being junior to the charged officer<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-H) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt.A-III, dated 9th September, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is clarified that there is no bar either in the CCS (CCA) Rules or under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 to the Chairperson of the Complaints Committee being junior to the suspect officer or the charged officer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Allahabad High Court in <i>Smt. Shobha Goswami v. State of U.P.<\/i> held that <i>\\\"The language of Section 4 of the Act only requires the lady member to be the Senior Level.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTo secure fairness the Decision suggests a different remedy - <b>transferring the charged officer<\/b> so that he cannot use the authority of his office to influence the proceedings.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 400,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a complaint of sexual harassment made against an officer of the level of Secretary or Additional Secretary to the Government of India is required to be inquired into by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Complaints Committee established in the Ministry or Department concerned\",\r\n      \"the Complaints Committee constituted in terms of the Cabinet Secretariat's Order No. 1, dated 26th September, 2008\",\r\n      \"a Committee constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development for the purpose at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"a Committee constituted by the Central Vigilance Commission for the purpose\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Complaints Committee constituted in terms of the Cabinet Secretariat's Order No. 1, dated 26th September, 2008<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-B) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/3\/2009-Estt. (A), dated 2nd February, 2009<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided with the approval of the Prime Minister to constitute a Complaints Committee in terms of Cabinet Secretariat's Order No. 1, dated 26-9-2008.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe jurisdictional line is drawn expressly: <i>\\\"Existing Complaints Committee established in each Ministry or Department or Office will, therefore, inquire into fresh complaints of sexual harassment against only those Government servants who are not covered by the Cabinet Secretariat's Order No. 1, dated 26-9-2008.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe special Committee covers Ministries, Departments and organizations directly under the Central Government, <b>other than the Central Public Sector Undertakings<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 401,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, it has been held desirable that the Complaints Committee should meet:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"once a quarter, even if there is no live case, and review preparedness\",\r\n      \"once a month, whether or not any complaint is pending before it\",\r\n      \"only when a complaint has been referred to it by the Disciplinary Authority\",\r\n      \"once a year, to draw up the annual report of complaints received\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - once a quarter, even if there is no live case, and review preparedness<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-D) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/3\/2009-Estt. (A), dated 3rd August, 2009, conveying the decision of a Committee of Secretaries<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It would also be desirable for the Committees to meet once a quarter, even if there is no live case, and review preparedness to fulfil all requirements of the Vishakha judgment in the Department \/ Ministry \/ organization concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe purpose is that the mechanism should be <i>\\\"effective and functional at all times\\\"<\/i>. GID (25-C)(vii) makes the same point structurally - the Committee <i>\\\"shall at all times be in existence\\\"<\/i>, changes in composition are to be made promptly and publicized, and the composition posted on the Ministry's website.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 402,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the composition of the Complaints Committee is required to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"communicated only to the Ministry of Women and Child Development\",\r\n      \"kept confidential, so as to protect the members from influence\",\r\n      \"posted on the website of the Ministry, Department or Office concerned\",\r\n      \"reviewed and reconstituted at the beginning of every financial year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - posted on the website of the Ministry, Department or Office concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-C)(vii) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/3\/2009-Estt. (A), dated 21st July, 2009, reiterated in GID (25-F)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It may be ensured that the Complaints Committee shall at all times be in existence and changes in its composition, whenever necessary, should be made promptly and adequately publicized. The composition of the Complaints Committee be also posted on the websites of the concerned Ministries \/ Departments \/ Offices concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nPublicity is treated as a condition of the mechanism working at all - a woman cannot approach a Committee whose membership she does not know. Option B inverts the requirement; confidentiality attaches to the <b>proceedings<\/b>, not to the composition.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 404,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules were notified on 9th December, 2013.\\n2. Rule 3-C of the said Rules was substituted with effect from 19th November, 2014.\\n3. The CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 were amended on the same date as Rule 3-C.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-E) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt. (A. III), dated 27th November, 2014<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 have been amended vide Notifications of even number, published as GSR 823 (E) and GSR 822 (E) in the Gazette of India - Extraordinary, dated 19-11-2014.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sequence is worth holding together: the <b>Act<\/b> of 22-4-2013, the <b>Rules<\/b> under it of 9-12-2013, and the <b>amendments to the service rules<\/b> of 19-11-2014 - the last being what brought the present definition of sexual harassment and of \\\"workplace\\\" into Rule 3-C.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 405,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a complaint of sexual harassment is received directly by the Complaints Committee, the Committee is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"forward it to the Ministry of Women and Child Development for orders\",\r\n      \"inquire into it at once, without any reference to the Disciplinary Authority\",\r\n      \"refer it to the appropriate Disciplinary Authority, and inquire into it on its being referred back by that Authority\",\r\n      \"return it to the complainant with a direction to route it through the proper channel for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - refer it to the appropriate Disciplinary Authority, and inquire into it on its being referred back by that Authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-E), Para 5(iv), under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt. (A. III), dated 27th November, 2014<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If any complaint is received directly by the committee, the same shall be referred to the appropriate Disciplinary Authority and the Committee shall inquire into the complaint on the complaint being referred to it by the Disciplinary Authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe procedure follows from the Committee's status: it is deemed to be the <b>Inquiring Authority appointed by the Disciplinary Authority<\/b>, so its jurisdiction is engaged by a reference from that Authority.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The complaint is never returned to the woman; only its routing within the administration is corrected\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 406,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as recommendations which the Complaints Committee has the power to make to the employer:\\n1. To transfer the aggrieved woman or the charged officer to any other workplace\\n2. To grant leave to the aggrieved woman up to a period of three months\\n3. To deduct from the salary or wages of the charged officer such sum as it may consider appropriate\\n4. To grant such other relief to the aggrieved woman as may be prescribed\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-E), Para 6, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt. (A. III), dated 27th November, 2014<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Committee may recommend transfer of the aggrieved woman <b>or<\/b> the charged officer, leave up to three months, such other relief as may be prescribed, and a deduction from the salary or wages of the charged officer to be paid to the aggrieved woman or her legal heirs.<br><br>\\nTwo riders attach. The leave <i>\\\"shall be in addition to the leave she would be otherwise entitled to.\\\"<\/i> And any amount outstanding when the charged officer's service ceases <i>\\\"may be recovered from the terminal benefits payable to the officer or his heirs.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 407,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a sum ordered to be deducted from the salary of a charged officer and paid to the aggrieved woman:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a penalty of recovery from pay within the meaning of the disciplinary rules\",\r\n      \"does not amount to a penalty under the disciplinary rules\",\r\n      \"may be recovered only after the conclusion of criminal proceedings, if any\",\r\n      \"may not exceed one month's pay of the charged officer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - does not amount to a penalty under the disciplinary rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-E), Para 6(d), under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt. (A. III), dated 27th November, 2014<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Such compensation will not amount to penalty under Rule 11 of CCS (CCA) Rules in terms of the Explanation (ix) to Rule 11 inserted vide Notification of even number, dated 19-11-2014.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe point is structural. Compensation is a <b>remedy for the woman<\/b>, not a punishment of the officer, and treating it as a penalty would both limit it and expose it to appeal as a penalty. Explanation (ix) to Rule 11 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, inserted on the same day as the amendment to Rule 3-C, puts the matter beyond doubt.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 408,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the Complaints Committee concludes that an allegation of sexual harassment is malicious, or that the complaint was made knowing it to be false, the Committee:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"must refer the matter to the police for prosecution\",\r\n      \"must direct the complainant to pay costs to the charged officer\",\r\n      \"may recommend action to be taken against the person who has made the complaint\",\r\n      \"has no power in the matter, its jurisdiction being confined to the charged officer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - may recommend action to be taken against the person who has made the complaint<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-E), Para 7, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt. (A. III), dated 27th November, 2014<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the Committee may recommend action to be taken against the person who has made a complaint, if the Committee arrives at the conclusion that the allegation is malicious or the aggrieved woman or the person making the complaint has made the complaint knowing it to be false or has produced any forged or misleading document.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same power extends to a <b>witness<\/b> who has given false evidence or produced a forged or misleading document. The power is discretionary - \\\"may recommend\\\" - and turns on malice or knowledge of falsity, not on the mere failure of the complaint.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 409,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 which prohibit the publication or making known of the contents of a complaint and of the inquiry proceedings are contained in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Sections 16 and 17 of that Act\",\r\n      \"Sections 13 and 14 of that Act\",\r\n      \"Sections 21 and 22 of that Act\",\r\n      \"Section 19 of that Act\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Sections 16 and 17 of that Act<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-E), Para 8, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt. (A. III), dated 27th November, 2014<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Sections 16 & 17: Prohibition of publication or making known contents of complaint, inquiry proceedings and recommendations of the Committee.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same paragraph identifies the other provisions a Government servant must know:<br>\\n<b>Section 19<\/b> - duties of the employer, to be read with Rule 3-C(2);<br>\\n<b>Sections 21 and 22<\/b>, with Rule 14 of the 2013 Rules - annual reports.<br><br>\\nSections 13 and 14 concern the inquiry report and false or malicious complaints, and are referred to in GID (25-G) in the context of appeals.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 410,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the annual return on cases of sexual harassment is required to be furnished by every Ministry or Department to the Department of Personnel and Training:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"as on 31st December, by 31st January every year\",\r\n      \"as on 31st March, by 30th April every year\",\r\n      \"as on 31st March, by 30th June every year\",\r\n      \"as on 30th September, by 31st October every year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - as on 31st March, by 30th April every year<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-F), Para 7, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt. (A-III), dated 2nd February, 2015<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All Ministries \/ Departments are also requested to furnish an annual return (as on 31st March) in the enclosed pro forma to this Department by 30th April every year.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe return covers the period <b>1st April to 31st March<\/b>, and consolidates the position for the Ministry as a whole, including its attached and subordinate offices, with a separate column for autonomous bodies.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 31st December and 31st January are real dates in these Rules, but they belong to the annual immovable property return under Rule 18\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 411,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following particulars required to be furnished in the annual return on cases of sexual harassment under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Number of complaints received in the year\\n2. Number of complaints disposed of during the year\\n3. Number of cases pending for more than 90 days\\n4. Number of workshops or awareness programmes conducted during the year\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-F), Annual Return pro forma, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt. (A-III), dated 2nd February, 2015<\/i><br><br>\\nThe pro forma has five items, the fifth being the <b>nature of action<\/b> taken. The inclusion of item 3 - cases pending for more than 90 days - is not accidental: 90 days is the outer limit fixed for completion of an inquiry by GID (25-I), so the return is designed to expose delay against that standard.<br><br>\\nSeparately, under Section 22 of the 2013 Act, information on the number of cases filed and their disposal is to be included in the Ministry's own <b>Annual Report<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 412,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the Complaints Committee has not recommended any action against the employee against whom allegations of sexual harassment were made, the Disciplinary Authority is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"record its concurrence with the report and close the matter\",\r\n      \"direct a fresh inquiry by a differently constituted Committee\",\r\n      \"supply a copy of the report to the complainant and consider her representation, if any, before coming to a final conclusion\",\r\n      \"refer the report to the Ministry of Women and Child Development for advice as the case may be as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - supply a copy of the report to the complainant and consider her representation, if any, before coming to a final conclusion<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-G), Para 3, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11012\/5\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 2nd August, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where a Complaint Committee has not recommended any action against the employee against whom the allegation have been made... the Disciplinary Authority shall supply a copy of the Report of the Complaint Committee to the complainant and shall consider her representation, if any submitted, before coming to a final conclusion.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe representation so submitted <i>\\\"shall be deemed to be an appeal under Section 18 (1)\\\"<\/i> of the 2013 Act - which is what gives the complainant a remedy against an adverse report without a separate appellate procedure.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 413,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a representation submitted by a complainant against a report of the Complaints Committee which recommends no action is deemed to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a fresh complaint, to be inquired into afresh by the Committee\",\r\n      \"an appeal under Section 18(1) of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013\",\r\n      \"a memorial to the President under the petition instructions\",\r\n      \"a representation on a service matter, governed by the six-week time-limit at the relevant time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - an appeal under Section 18(1) of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-G), Para 3, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11012\/5\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 2nd August, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The representation shall be deemed to be an appeal under Section 18 (1) of the Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nSection 18(1) allows a person aggrieved by the recommendations, or by their non-implementation, to appeal in accordance with the service rules applicable to him or her. The deeming saves the complainant from having to identify and invoke a separate appellate forum.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The six-week limit belongs to GID (31-A) under Rule 3, on ordinary service representations\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 414,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an inquiry into a complaint of sexual harassment should, as far as practicable, be completed within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one month, and in no case should it take more than 90 days\",\r\n      \"45 days, and in no case should it take more than six months\",\r\n      \"90 days, and in no case should it take more than six months\",\r\n      \"15 days, and in no case should it take more than 45 days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - one month, and in no case should it take more than 90 days<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-I)(2) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2016-Estt.A-III, dated 22nd December, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"As far as practicable, the inquiry in such cases should be completed within 1 month and in no case should it take more than 90 days as per the limit prescribed under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision followed a meeting chaired by the Minister for Women and Child Development at which <i>\\\"concern was expressed that the inquiries in such cases are taking unduly long time.\\\"<\/i> The <b>90-day<\/b> figure is statutory; the <b>one-month<\/b> figure is the administrative target set above it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 415,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, after a decision in a proven case of sexual harassment, a watch is required to be kept to ensure that the complainant is not subjected to vendetta, for a period of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one year\",\r\n      \"three years\",\r\n      \"five years\",\r\n      \"two years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - five years<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-I)(3) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2016-Estt.A-III, dated 22nd December, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For a period of five years after a decision in a proven case of sexual harassment, a watch should be kept to ensure that she is not subjected to vendetta. She should not be posted under the Respondent, or any other person where there may be a reasonable ground to believe that she may be subjected to harassment on this account.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo distinct protections operate together - a <b>watch<\/b> for five years, and a <b>posting bar<\/b> in relation to the Respondent and to anyone else who might harass her on that account.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 416,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a representation submitted by a complainant alleging victimization in connection with a complaint of sexual harassment is required to be decided within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"seven days of its submission\",\r\n      \"one month of its submission\",\r\n      \"six weeks of its submission\",\r\n      \"15 days of its submission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 15 days of its submission<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-I)(3) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2016-Estt.A-III, dated 22nd December, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In case of any victimization, the complainant may submit a representation to the Secretary in the case of Ministries \/ Departments and Head of the Organization in other cases. These representations should be dealt with sensitivity, in consultation with the Complaints Committee, and a decision taken within 15 days of the submission of the same.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree features: the representation goes to the <b>Secretary<\/b> or the Head of the Organization, it is dealt with <b>in consultation with the Complaints Committee<\/b>, and the decision is due in <b>15 days<\/b> - markedly shorter than the six weeks allowed for an ordinary service representation under GID (31-A).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 417,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, every Ministry or Department is required to furnish to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, giving details of the number of complaints of sexual harassment received, disposed of and the action taken:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a monthly report\",\r\n      \"a quarterly report\",\r\n      \"a half-yearly report\",\r\n      \"an annual report\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a monthly report<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-I)(4) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2016-Estt.A-III, dated 22nd December, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All Ministries \/ Departments shall furnish a monthly report to the Ministry of Women and Child Development giving details of number of complaints received, disposed of and action taken in the case.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree separate reporting streams must be kept apart:<br>\\n<b>monthly<\/b> - to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, under GID (25-I);<br>\\n<b>annual return as on 31st March, by 30th April<\/b> - to the Department of Personnel and Training, under GID (25-F);<br>\\n<b>annual<\/b> - in the Ministry's own Annual Report, under Section 22 of the 2013 Act.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 418,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, leave granted to an aggrieved female Government servant during the pendency of an inquiry into a complaint of sexual harassment may extend up to a maximum of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"30 days\",\r\n      \"60 days\",\r\n      \"90 days\",\r\n      \"180 days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 90 days<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-J) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 13026\/2\/2016-Estt. (L), dated 14th July, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Leave up to a maximum of 90 days may be granted to an aggrieved female Government servant on the recommendation of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be, during the pendency of inquiry under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo conditions and one consequence: the leave is granted <b>on the recommendation of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee<\/b>, during the <b>pendency<\/b> of the inquiry, and <i>\\\"shall not be debited against the leave account.\\\"<\/i> GID (25-E) makes the same point in saying it is in addition to the leave she would otherwise be entitled to.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 419,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the special leave granted to an aggrieved female Government servant during the pendency of an inquiry into sexual harassment:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is to be debited against her earned leave account\",\r\n      \"is to be debited against her half pay leave account\",\r\n      \"may be granted only after the inquiry has been concluded in her favour\",\r\n      \"is not to be debited against her leave account\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is not to be debited against her leave account<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-J) under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 13026\/2\/2016-Estt. (L), dated 14th July, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The leave so granted to the aggrieved woman under this rule shall not be debited against the leave account.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe provision was framed as a new rule proposed for insertion in the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972, under the heading <b>\\\"Special Leave connected with inquiry on sexual harassment\\\"<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Inverts the purpose. The leave is available <b>during the pendency<\/b> of the inquiry, which is when the woman is most likely to need distance from the workplace; making it depend on the outcome would defeat it entirely\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 421,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a complaint submitted through the Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box):\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is examined by the Ministry of Women and Child Development before being forwarded in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"is sent directly to the Internal Complaints Committee of the concerned Ministry, Department, Public Sector Undertaking or Autonomous Body having jurisdiction\",\r\n      \"is forwarded to the Disciplinary Authority of the charged officer for orders\",\r\n      \"is registered only after the complainant has exhausted the departmental channel\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is sent directly to the Internal Complaints Committee of the concerned Ministry, Department, Public Sector Undertaking or Autonomous Body having jurisdiction<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-K), Paras 2 and 3(iii), under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/7\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 1st November, 2017<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Once a complaint is submitted to SHe-Box, it will be directly sent to the Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) of the concerned Ministry \/ Department \/ PSU \/ Autonomous Body, etc., having jurisdiction to inquire into the complaint.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe system also allows <b>both the complainant and the nodal administrative authority<\/b> to monitor the progress of the inquiry, the status being viewable through the \\\"View Status of Your Complaint\\\" tab.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 422,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a complaint may be filed through the Sexual Harassment electronic-Box (SHe-Box) by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any woman holding a civil post under the Central Government\",\r\n      \"any woman employed in a Ministry or Department of the Central Government\",\r\n      \"any woman working in or visiting any office of the Central Government\",\r\n      \"any woman who has first approached the Internal Complaints Committee of her office\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - any woman working in or visiting any office of the Central Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-K), Paras 1 and 3(ii), under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/7\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 1st November, 2017<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Any woman working or visiting any office of Central Government (Central Ministries, Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous Bodies and Institutions, etc.) can file complaint related to sexual harassment at workplace through this SHe-Box.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe width matches Rule 3-C(1) itself, which protects <i>\\\"any woman at any workplace\\\"<\/i> and does not require her to be a Government servant. Options A and B narrow the class to employees; option D imports an exhaustion requirement the Decision does not contain.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 423,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a complaint registered on the Sexual Harassment electronic-Box contains only a brief description of the incident, and the Internal Complaints Committee is therefore required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"reject it and direct the complainant to file a detailed complaint afresh in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"call upon the complainant to provide a detailed complaint along with all the relevant evidence\",\r\n      \"record the complainant's statement before any other step is taken\",\r\n      \"obtain the comments of the charged officer before proceeding further\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - call upon the complainant to provide a detailed complaint along with all the relevant evidence<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-K), Para 4, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/7\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 1st November, 2017<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The complaint registered in the SHe-Box contains only a brief description of the incident of sexual harassment at workplace. The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) is required to initiate inquiry as prescribed under Section 11 of the [ Act ]... by calling upon the complainant to provide detailed complaint along with all the relevant evidences (documentary or otherwise).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe brevity of the online form is therefore not a defect in the complaint - it is a starting point, and the Committee's first act is to complete the record, not to reject it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 424,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Where an act of sexual harassment amounts to a specific offence under the Indian Penal Code, the concerned authorities are to initiate appropriate action in accordance with law.\\n2. Awareness of the rights of female employees should be created by prominently notifying the guidelines.\\n3. Where machinery for the redressal of grievances already exists, women officers should preferably handle complaints of sexual harassment.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25), Paras 4, 6 and 7, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/10\/97-Estt. (A), dated 13th February, 1998<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where such conduct amounts to a specific offence under the Indian Penal Code or under any other law, the concerned authorities shall initiate appropriate action in accordance with law by making a complaint with the Appropriate Authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Wherever such machineries for redressal of grievance already exist, they may be made more effective and in particular women officers should preferably handle such complaints.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Awareness of the rights of female employees in this regard should be created in particular by prominently notifying the guidelines in a suitable manner.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nCriminal action and departmental action run in parallel; neither displaces the other.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 425,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (matter)\\nA. Completion of an inquiry into a complaint of sexual harassment\\nB. Leave to the aggrieved woman during pendency of the inquiry\\nC. Decision on a representation alleging victimization\\nD. Annual return on cases of sexual harassment to the Department of Personnel and Training\\n\\nList-II (period or date)\\n1. 15 days of submission\\n2. Maximum of 90 days\\n3. By 30th April every year\\n4. One month as far as practicable, and in no case more than 90 days\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (25-F), (25-I) and (25-J) under Rule 3-C<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Inquiry<\/b> - GID (25-I)(2): <i>\\\"as far as practicable... within 1 month and in no case should it take more than 90 days.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Leave<\/b> - GID (25-J): <i>\\\"Leave up to a maximum of 90 days.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Victimization representation<\/b> - GID (25-I)(3): <i>\\\"a decision taken within 15 days of the submission of the same.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Annual return<\/b> - GID (25-F): as on 31st March, furnished <i>\\\"by 30th April every year.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe trap lies in items A and B, which both carry the figure 90 days but in different senses - an outer limit for the inquiry, and a maximum quantum of leave.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 426,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements regarding the Complaints Committee under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. It should be headed by a woman.\\n2. Not less than half of its members should be women.\\n3. It should involve a third party, either an NGO or another body familiar with the issue of sexual harassment.\\n4. At least one of its members should be a male officer.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1, 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25) and GID (25-C)(iii) under Rule 3-C<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Complaints Committee should be headed by a woman and not less than half of its members should be women. Further to prevent the possibility of any undue pressure or influence from senior levels, such Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body who is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Statement 4<\/b> \u2717 No requirement of a male member appears anywhere in the guidelines. It is the standard planted statement in this set, and it is attractive because \\\"not less than half\\\" leaves room for men without requiring any.<br><br>\\nGID (25-H) adds that where a woman officer of sufficiently senior level is not available in a particular office, <i>\\\"an officer from another office may be so appointed.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 427,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a woman officer of sufficiently senior level is not available in a particular office to head the Complaints Committee:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Committee may be headed by the senior-most male officer of that office\",\r\n      \"an officer from another office may be appointed to head the Committee\",\r\n      \"the complaint is to be transferred to the Complaints Committee of the administrative Ministry\",\r\n      \"the requirement that the Committee be headed by a woman stands relaxed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - an officer from another office may be appointed to head the Committee<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-H), Para 1, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt.A-III, dated 9th September, 2016, referring to the O.M. dated 16th July, 2015<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In case a woman officer of sufficiently senior level is not available in a particular office, an officer from another office may be so appointed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe solution preserves both requirements at once - the head remains a woman, and she is of sufficient seniority - by widening the pool beyond the office concerned. Options A and D each abandon one of the two requirements, which the Decision does not permit.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 428,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in order to obviate any risk of the charged officer using the authority of his office to influence the proceedings of the Complaints Committee, Ministries and Departments may consider:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"transferring the charged officer to another office\",\r\n      \"placing the charged officer under suspension until the inquiry is concluded\",\r\n      \"appointing an officer senior to the charged officer as Chairperson\",\r\n      \"conducting the proceedings outside the premises of the office concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - transferring the charged officer to another office<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25-H), Para 3, under Rule 3-C - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/2\/2014-Estt.A-III, dated 9th September, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Further, to ensure fair inquiry, Ministries \/ Departments may also consider transferring the suspect officer \/ charged officer to another office to obviate any risk of that officer using the authority of his office to influence the proceedings of the Complaints Committee.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Is precisely what the same Decision holds to be unnecessary - there is no bar to the Chairperson being junior to the charged officer, and the remedy for the risk of influence is <b>moving the officer<\/b>, not re-ranking the Committee<br><br>\\nThis power is separate from the Committee's own power under GID (25-E) to recommend the transfer of the aggrieved woman or the charged officer.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 429,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The Complaints Committee must make an annual report to the Government department concerned of the complaints received and the action taken.\\n2. The employer and the person in charge are also to report on compliance with the guidelines, including on the reports of the Complaints Committee.\\n3. The complaint mechanism should provide, where necessary, a special counsellor or other support service, including the maintenance of confidentiality.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25) under Rule 3-C, guideline 7 of the Vishaka guidelines, reiterated in GID (25-C)(iii)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The complaint mechanism... should be adequate to provide, where necessary, a Complaints Committee, a special Counsellor or other support service, including the maintenance of confidentiality. ... The Complaints Committee must make an annual report to the Government department concerned of the complaints and action taken by them. The employers and person in charge will also report on the compliance with the aforesaid guidelines including on the reports of the Complaints Committee to the Government department.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe mechanism is thus not merely adjudicatory - counselling, support and confidentiality are part of it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 430,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, among the preventive steps prescribed by the Vishaka guidelines, the express prohibition of sexual harassment at the workplace is required to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"notified, published and circulated in appropriate ways\",\r\n      \"displayed only on the notice board of the office concerned\",\r\n      \"communicated individually to every woman employee in writing\",\r\n      \"incorporated in the terms of appointment of every employee\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - notified, published and circulated in appropriate ways<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25) under Rule 3-C, guideline 3(a) of the Vishaka guidelines<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Express prohibition of sexual harassment as defined above at the work place should be notified, published and circulated in appropriate ways.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe remaining preventive steps are equally practical: the conduct and discipline rules of Government and public sector bodies are to include such a prohibition with penalties; private employers are to include it in their standing orders under the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946; and appropriate work conditions are to be provided <i>\\\"in respect of work, leisure, health and hygiene\\\"<\/i> so that no woman employee has reasonable grounds to believe she is disadvantaged.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 431,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, under the Vishaka guidelines the duty to prevent or deter the commission of acts of sexual harassment, and to provide the procedure for their resolution, settlement or prosecution, rests on:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Complaints Committee of the organization\",\r\n      \"the Government department administratively concerned\",\r\n      \"the employer or other responsible persons in workplaces or other institutions\",\r\n      \"the woman aggrieved, who must set the mechanism in motion as the case may be\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the employer or other responsible persons in workplaces or other institutions<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25), Para 2, under Rule 3-C, reproducing guideline 1 of the Vishaka guidelines<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It shall be the duty of the employer or other responsible persons in work places or other institutions to prevent or deter the commission of acts of sexual harassment and to provide the procedures for the resolution, settlement or prosecution of acts of sexual harassment by taking all steps required.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe duty is <b>preventive and anterior<\/b> to any complaint, which is why it is cast on the employer rather than on the Committee - and it is this guideline that Rule 3-C(2) translates into the Conduct Rules, binding every Government servant in charge of a workplace.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 432,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Sexual harassment includes any one or more of the acts or behaviour specified, and it is not necessary that all of them be present.\\n2. The circumstances specified as amounting to sexual harassment are exhaustive.\\n3. The expression \\\"workplace\\\" includes a dwelling place or a house.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation I(a), (b) and (c) below Rule 3-C of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (a) reads <i>\\\"any one or more of the following acts or behaviour\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Clause (c)(v) expressly includes <i>\\\"a dwelling place or a house\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (b) opens with <i>\\\"the following circumstances, among other circumstances\\\"<\/i> - the enumeration is illustrative, not exhaustive<br><br>\\nThe words \\\"among other circumstances\\\" are easy to pass over, and a statement asserting that the list is closed is the standard way of testing whether they were noticed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 433,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are correct in relation to complaints of sexual harassment EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the findings of the Complaints Committee are binding on the Disciplinary Authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings\",\r\n      \"the report of the Complaints Committee is to be treated as an enquiry report against the accused Government servant\",\r\n      \"the Complaints Committee is deemed to be the Inquiring Authority appointed by the Disciplinary Authority\",\r\n      \"a third party such as an NGO shall not form part of the Complaints Committee\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - a third party such as an NGO shall not form part of the Complaints Committee<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25) and GID (25-C)(iii) and (v) under Rule 3-C<\/i><br><br>\\nThe position is the reverse of what option D states: <i>\\\"such Complaints Committee should involve a third party, either NGO or other body who is familiar with the issue of sexual harassment\\\"<\/i>, and its purpose is <i>\\\"to prevent the possibility of any undue pressure or influence from senior levels.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce the Follow-up Action note to GID (25) and GID (25-C)(v) accurately. The three together describe a single scheme - the Committee inquires as the Inquiring Authority, its report is the inquiry report, and its findings bind the Disciplinary Authority to proceed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 434,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 3\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 3 - General\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the guidelines laid down in the Vishaka judgment were formulated having regard to the definition of \\\"human rights\\\" contained in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Constitution of India\",\r\n      \"the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993\",\r\n      \"the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946\",\r\n      \"the Universal Declaration of Human Rights\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (25), Enclosure, under Rule 3-C - the Vishaka guidelines<\/i><br><br>\\nThe guidelines open: <i>\\\"HAVING REGARD to the definition of 'human rights' in Section 2 (d) of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, TAKING NOTE of the fact that the present civil and penal laws in India do not adequately provide for specific protection of women from sexual harassment in work places and that enactment of such legislation will take considerable time.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat second recital explains why the Court laid down guidelines at all - and why they held the field until the Act of 2013 was enacted sixteen years later.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The Standing Orders Act of 1946 is referred to in guideline 3(c), but only as the vehicle by which private employers are to adopt the prohibition\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 435,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, no Government servant shall use his position or influence, directly or indirectly, to secure employment for any member of his family in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any company or firm\",\r\n      \"any company or firm having official dealings with him\",\r\n      \"any company or firm situated within the local limits of his authority\",\r\n      \"any company or firm in which he himself holds any share or interest\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - any company or firm<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 4(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall use his position or influence directly or indirectly to secure employment for any member of his family in any company or firm.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe prohibition is <b>unqualified as to the company<\/b>. Official dealings become relevant only under Rule 4(2)(i), which regulates a Class I officer permitting his son, daughter or other dependant to accept employment; and under Rule 4(3), which bars him from dealing officially with such a company.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 \\\"Local limits of his authority\\\" is the test in Rule 16(4)(a) on lending and borrowing\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 436,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the previous sanction of the Government is required before a Class I officer permits his son, daughter or other dependant to accept employment in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any company or firm, whatever its dealings with the Government\",\r\n      \"any company or firm with which he has official dealings, or any other company or firm having official dealings with the Government\",\r\n      \"any company or firm incorporated outside India\",\r\n      \"any company or firm in which the Government holds not less than one-half of the share capital for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - any company or firm with which he has official dealings, or any other company or firm having official dealings with the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 4(2)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Class I officer shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, permit his son, daughter or other dependant, to accept employment in any company or firm with which he has official dealings or in any other company or firm having official dealings with the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause casts the net twice - the officer's <b>own<\/b> official dealings, and the company's dealings with <b>the Government<\/b> at large. Option A ignores both limbs and would make every employment subject to sanction, which the sub-rule does not do.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 437,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement of previous sanction in respect of employment accepted by a son, daughter or other dependant applies to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"every Government servant\",\r\n      \"every Government servant holding a supervisory post\",\r\n      \"every Government servant other than one holding a Class IV post\",\r\n      \"a Class I officer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - a Class I officer<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 4(2)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sub-rule opens <i>\\\"No Class I officer shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government...\\\"<\/i>, and it is the only limb of Rule 4 confined to a class of post.<br><br>\\nThe scheme of the rule is graded:<br>\\n<b>Rule 4(1)<\/b> - binds every Government servant, and bars the use of position or influence;<br>\\n<b>Rule 4(2)(i)<\/b> - binds a Class I officer, and requires previous sanction;<br>\\n<b>Rule 4(2)(ii)<\/b> - binds every Government servant, and requires intimation;<br>\\n<b>Rule 4(3)<\/b> - binds every Government servant, and requires a reference to the official superior.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 438,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the acceptance of employment by the dependant of a Class I officer cannot await the prior permission of the Government, or is otherwise considered urgent:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the employment may be accepted, no permission being necessary in an urgent case\",\r\n      \"the matter shall be reported to the Government, and the employment may be accepted provisionally subject to the permission of the Government\",\r\n      \"the employment may be accepted with the permission of the Head of the Department as the case may be as the case may be as the case may be\",\r\n      \"the officer shall decline to permit the employment until sanction is received\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the matter shall be reported to the Government, and the employment may be accepted provisionally subject to the permission of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 4(2)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that where the acceptance of the employment cannot await prior permission of the Government or is otherwise considered urgent, the matter shall be reported to the Government; and the employment may be accepted provisionally subject to the permission of the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe proviso relaxes the <b>timing<\/b>, not the requirement: a report is still mandatory, and the acceptance remains <b>provisional<\/b> until permission issues. Option A treats urgency as an exemption; option D denies the relaxation altogether.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 439,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is required to intimate to the prescribed authority the acceptance by a member of his family of employment in a company or firm:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"within one month of the date on which the employment is accepted\",\r\n      \"in his annual return for the year in which the employment is accepted\",\r\n      \"as soon as he becomes aware of the acceptance\",\r\n      \"only where the company or firm has official dealings with him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - as soon as he becomes aware of the acceptance<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 4(2)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant shall, as soon as he becomes aware of the acceptance by a member of his family of an employment in any company or firm, intimate such acceptance to the prescribed authority and shall also intimate whether he has or has had any official dealings with that company or firm.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe trigger is <b>his own awareness<\/b>, not the date of the employment - which matters where a family member takes up work without telling him at once.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Official dealings do not condition the duty; they are a <b>second particular<\/b> that the same intimation must state\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 440,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the intimation regarding acceptance of employment by a member of a Government servant's family is required to state, in addition to the fact of acceptance:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"whether he has or has had any official dealings with that company or firm\",\r\n      \"the emoluments attaching to the employment so accepted\",\r\n      \"whether the member of the family is wholly dependent upon him in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"the period for which the employment is expected to continue\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - whether he has or has had any official dealings with that company or firm<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 4(2)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...intimate such acceptance to the prescribed authority and shall also intimate whether he has or has had any official dealings with that company or firm.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote the tense - <b>\\\"has or has had\\\"<\/b> - which brings past dealings within the intimation as well as current ones.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Dependency is the test under Rule 2(c), but GID (3) of 20-7-2016 makes it expressly <b>irrelevant<\/b> for Rules 4(1) and 4(3); and Rule 4(2)(ii) speaks simply of \\\"a member of his family\\\"\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 441,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Class I officer is relieved of the obligation to give intimation of the acceptance of employment by a member of his family where:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the company or firm has no official dealings with the Government in every such case under the instructions on the subject\",\r\n      \"the member of the family is not dependent upon him\",\r\n      \"the employment is unpaid\",\r\n      \"he has already obtained the sanction of, or sent a report to, the Government in respect of that employment\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - he has already obtained the sanction of, or sent a report to, the Government in respect of that employment<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 4(2)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that no such intimation shall be necessary in the case of a Class I officer if he has already obtained the sanction of, or sent a report to the Government under Clause (i).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe proviso avoids duplication: a Class I officer who has taken the Rule 4(2)(i) route - sanction, or a report under the urgency proviso - need not repeat the exercise as an intimation.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Unpaid employment is expressly <b>within<\/b> the rule; GID (1) holds that \\\"Employment\\\" includes apprenticeship, <i>\\\"whether paid or unpaid\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 442,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a member of a Government servant's family is employed in a company, and a matter or contract relating to that company comes before him in the discharge of his official duties, he is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"deal with the matter himself, but record the relationship on the file\",\r\n      \"refer the matter or contract to his official superior\",\r\n      \"obtain the previous sanction of the Government before dealing with it\",\r\n      \"transfer the matter to another officer of the same rank in his office\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - refer the matter or contract to his official superior<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 4(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall in the discharge of his official duties deal with any matter or give or sanction any contract to any company or firm or any other person if any member of his family is employed in that company or firm or under that person... and the Government servant shall refer every such matter or contract to his official superior and the matter or contract shall thereafter be disposed of according to the instructions of the authority to whom the reference is made.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo duties operate together - an <b>abstention<\/b> and a <b>reference<\/b>. The officer neither decides nor chooses his replacement; disposal follows the instructions of the authority to whom he refers, which is why option D is wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 443,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the bar on dealing officially with a matter or contract is attracted where:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a member of the Government servant's family is employed in the company or firm concerned\",\r\n      \"the Government servant or any member of his family is interested in the matter or contract in any other manner\",\r\n      \"a member of his family is employed under the person to whom the contract is to be given\",\r\n      \"any of the above circumstances exists\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - any of the above circumstances exists<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 4(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...if any member of his family is employed in that company or firm or under that person or if he or any member of his family is interested in such matter or contract in any other manner.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree separate triggers are set out, and any one suffices: employment <b>in the company or firm<\/b>, employment <b>under the person<\/b>, and an interest <b>in any other manner<\/b> - the last being deliberately open-ended so that a financial or other stake short of employment is caught.<br><br>\\nThe sub-rule also covers the Government servant's <b>own<\/b> interest, not merely that of his family.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 444,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 4 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a matter or contract referred by a Government servant to his official superior on account of a family interest:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"shall be disposed of according to the instructions of the authority to whom the reference is made\",\r\n      \"shall be returned to him for disposal after the interest has been recorded as the case may be\",\r\n      \"shall be referred by that authority to the Government for orders\",\r\n      \"shall be kept pending until the family member ceases to be so employed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - shall be disposed of according to the instructions of the authority to whom the reference is made<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 4(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...the matter or contract shall thereafter be disposed of according to the instructions of the authority to whom the reference is made.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reference does not paralyse the file. The superior may deal with it himself, entrust it to another officer, or give directions - the point being that the decision on how to proceed passes out of the hands of the officer with the interest.<br><br>\\nThis is the provision that Explanation II to Rule 3 has in mind when it forbids a Government servant to evade responsibility by seeking instructions <i>\\\"when such instructions are not necessary\\\"<\/i> - here they plainly are.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 445,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the term \\\"employment\\\" in relation to the restriction on employment of near relatives in companies or firms:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"excludes apprenticeship, an apprentice not being an employee\",\r\n      \"includes apprenticeship only where it is paid\",\r\n      \"includes apprenticeship, whether paid or unpaid, with firms\",\r\n      \"includes apprenticeship only where it exceeds one year in duration\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - includes apprenticeship, whether paid or unpaid, with firms<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 4 - Ministry of W.H. & S., A.V. No. 134, dated 30th March, 1961<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has since been decided after consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs that the term 'Employment' in the rule includes apprenticeship, whether paid or unpaid, with firms.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"whether paid or unpaid\\\"<\/b> close the obvious avoidance route. The mischief the rule addresses is the <b>relationship<\/b> between the family member and a company with which the officer deals officially, and that relationship exists whether or not wages are drawn.<br><br>\\nThis Decision has been tested directly, a statement that unpaid apprenticeship is outside the term being the planted error.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 446,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement to furnish information regarding close relations at the time of first appointment applies to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"all future employees of the Government of India except Group 'D' employees\",\r\n      \"all future employees holding posts included in Group 'A' alone\",\r\n      \"all future employees holding posts included in Group 'A' and Group 'B'\",\r\n      \"all future employees, without any exception\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - all future employees of the Government of India except Group 'D' employees<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 4 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 3\/12 (5)\/64-Ests. (B), dated 12th October, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has been decided that all future employees under the Government of India except the Group 'D' employees on first appointments in service, should furnish information in respect of their close relations in the enclosed pro forma which should be added to the confidential report dossier of the employee concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe exclusion of Group 'D' parallels Note 1 below Rule 18(1), which exempts Class IV servants from the return of assets and liabilities. The information goes into the <b>confidential report dossier<\/b>, and the Administrative Ministry keeps it up to date.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 447,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the pro forma to be filled in by a Government employee on first appointment calls for particulars of close relations who are:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"employed in any company or firm having official dealings with the Government in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"residing with the employee at the time of his appointment\",\r\n      \"wholly dependent upon the employee at the time of his appointment\",\r\n      \"nationals of or domiciled in other countries, and those resident in India who are of non-Indian origin\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - nationals of or domiciled in other countries, and those resident in India who are of non-Indian origin<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 4, Form to be filled by Government employees on first employment<\/i><br><br>\\nThe pro forma has two parts - <i>\\\"Close relations who are nationals of or are domiciled in other countries\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"Close relations resident in India, who are of non-Indian origin\\\"<\/i> - each calling for the father, mother, wife or husband, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters, with name, nationality, present address, place of birth and occupation.<br><br>\\nWhere the occupation is public service, <i>\\\"full particulars regarding designation of the post held, name of department \/ office\\\"<\/i> and the date of that employment are required.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 448,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, suppression of information in the pro forma relating to close relations is to be considered:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a minor irregularity, to be rectified by a supplementary declaration\",\r\n      \"a ground for withholding the employee's confirmation in service\",\r\n      \"a major departmental offence for which the punishment may extend to dismissal from service\",\r\n      \"a matter to be recorded in the employee's Annual Confidential Report in every such case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - a major departmental offence for which the punishment may extend to dismissal from service<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 1 to the Form under GID (2) below Rule 4 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Suppression of information in this form will be considered a major departmental offence for which the punishment may extend to dismissal from service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe severity is the point of the Note - the declaration is treated as going to the employee's suitability for public service, not merely to a procedural formality.<br><br>\\nNote 2 adds a continuing obligation: <i>\\\"Subsequent changes, if any, in the above data should be reported to the Head of Office \/ Department, at the end of each year.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 449,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, changes in the particulars of close relations furnished by a Government employee are required to be reported:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"within one month of the change occurring\",\r\n      \"at the end of each year, to the Head of Office or Department\",\r\n      \"only at the time of the employee's next promotion\",\r\n      \"only where the change relates to a relation who is a foreign national\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - at the end of each year, to the Head of Office or Department<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 4, and Note 2 to the Form - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 3\/12 (5)\/64-Ests. (B), dated 12th October, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Any change in the particulars given in the pro forma should be furnished by the official at the end of each year to the Administrative Ministry \/ Department where he is employed. The Administrative Ministry \/ Department will incorporate the information in the dossier and keep it up-to-date.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reporting is therefore <b>annual and comprehensive<\/b>, not event-driven - unlike the intimation under Rule 4(2)(ii), which is due as soon as the Government servant becomes aware of an acceptance of employment.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 450,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for the purposes of the restrictions on the use of position or influence to secure employment for a member of the family, and on dealing officially with a matter in which a family member is interested, \\\"members of family\\\" includes the listed relations:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"only where they are wholly dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"only where they reside with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"whether they are dependent on the Government servant or not\",\r\n      \"only where they are related to him by blood and not by marriage\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - whether they are dependent on the Government servant or not<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 4 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/4\/2016-Estt. (A-III), dated 20th July, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For removal of doubts, it is clarified that in the context of Rule 4 (1) and 4 (3) 'Members of Family' in relation to a Government servant include the wife or husband, son or daughter, parents, brothers or sisters or any person related to any of them by blood or marriage, whether they are dependent on the Government servant or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis is the single most consequential point in Rule 4. Under <b>Rule 2(c)<\/b> dependency is decisive; under <b>Rules 4(1) and 4(3)<\/b> it is expressly irrelevant. The O.M. rests on the opening words of Rule 2 - the general definition applies <i>\\\"unless the context otherwise requires\\\"<\/i> - and here the context does require otherwise.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 451,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following persons in relation to a Government servant, in the context of the restrictions imposed by the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 on the employment of near relatives in companies or firms:\\n1. His father, who is not dependent on him\\n2. His brother, who is not dependent on him\\n3. His sister's husband, who is not dependent on him\\n4. His unmarried daughter, who is wholly dependent on him\\n\\nHow many of the above are members of his family for this purpose?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 4 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/4\/2016-Estt. (A-III), dated 20th July, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification covers <i>\\\"the wife or husband, son or daughter, parents, brothers or sisters or any person related to any of them by blood or marriage, whether they are dependent on the Government servant or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1, 2, 4.<\/b> \u2713 Parents, brothers and children are named expressly, and dependency is irrelevant<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 A sister's husband is a person related to a sister by marriage, and is therefore within the closing limb<br><br>\\nUnder Rule 2(c) items 1, 2 and 3 would all be excluded for want of dependency - which is exactly why the 2016 O.M. was issued <i>\\\"for removal of doubts.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 452,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the clarification that dependency is irrelevant to the expression \\\"members of family\\\" was issued with reference to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Rule 4(1) and Rule 4(3)\",\r\n      \"Rule 4(2)(i) and Rule 4(2)(ii)\",\r\n      \"the whole of Rule 4 and of Rule 18\",\r\n      \"Rule 2(c) as it applies throughout the said Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Rule 4(1) and Rule 4(3)<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 4 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/4\/2016-Estt. (A-III), dated 20th July, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\nThe O.M. sets out Rule 4(1) and reproduces Rule 4(3) in full before clarifying that <i>\\\"in the context of Rule 4 (1) and 4 (3) 'Members of Family'... include... whether they are dependent on the Government servant or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Reverses the reasoning. The O.M. expressly proceeds on the footing that <i>\\\"the definition of 'Members of Family' may differ from that given in the Rule 2, sub-clause (c) in the context of a Rule\\\"<\/i> - so Rule 2(c), with its dependency test, continues to govern elsewhere, including Rule 18<br><br>\\nAll Disciplinary Authorities were to be informed of the clarification.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 453,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following categories of foreign organizations, employment in which by a member of a Government servant's family is subject to prior permission or prior intimation in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Foreign missions and related organizations\\n2. International organizations of which India is a member\\n3. Foreign commercial organizations\\n\\nWhich of the categories given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 4 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. C-30014\/4\/88-E. I (A), dated 17th May, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Acceptance of employment in any of the following categories of foreign organizations in India by any member of family of a Government servant would be subject to prior permission or prior intimation, etc., as the case may be - (1) Foreign missions and related organizations like United States International Communications Agency, British Council, Co-operative for American Relief Everywhere, Catholic Relief Services, etc. (2) International organizations, namely, UN and other related organizations or any other similar body of which India is a member. (3) Foreign commercial organizations...\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote that the organizations are those <b>in India<\/b> - the Decision regulates employment with a foreign entity operating locally.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 454,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a company registered in India is treated as a foreign commercial organization where more than one-half of the nominal value of its share capital is held by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Government of a foreign country, citizens of a foreign country, corporations incorporated abroad, or trusts and societies formed abroad, singly or in the aggregate\",\r\n      \"citizens of a foreign country alone\",\r\n      \"a single foreign corporation\",\r\n      \"any person not ordinarily resident in India in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the Government of a foreign country, citizens of a foreign country, corporations incorporated abroad, or trusts and societies formed abroad, singly or in the aggregate<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(3)(iv) under Rule 4 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. C-30014\/4\/88-E. I (A), dated 17th May, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"a company within the meaning of the Companies Act, 1956, if more than one-half of the nominal value of its share capital is held, either singly or in the aggregate by one or more of the following, namely - (a) Government of a foreign country or territory, (b) citizens of a foreign country or territory, (c) corporation incorporated in a foreign country or territory, (d) trusts, societies or other associations of individuals... formed or registered in a foreign country or territory.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"either singly or in the aggregate\\\"<\/b> prevent the holding being split among the four categories to escape the definition.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 455,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a business, whether proprietary, partnership, incorporated or in the form of a co-operative society, is treated as a foreign commercial organization where:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any part of its capital has been contributed from outside India for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"its registered office is situated outside India\",\r\n      \"the management or the effective control of the business is in the hands of foreigners\",\r\n      \"it is engaged in trade with a foreign country or territory\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the management or the effective control of the business is in the hands of foreigners<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(3)(v) under Rule 4 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. C-30014\/4\/88-E. I (A), dated 17th May, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Any business, whether proprietary, partnership incorporated or in the form of a co-operative society, where the management or the effective control of the business is in the hands of foreigners.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis limb turns on <b>control<\/b> rather than on capital or incorporation, and so catches an entity that would pass the share-capital test in limb (iv). Taken together, the five limbs approach the question from every direction - incorporation abroad, subsidiary status, multinational character under the Companies Act or the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, share capital, and control.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 456,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for the purpose of the restrictions on employment in foreign organizations, \\\"members of family\\\" includes the spouse of a Government servant, but not:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a spouse who is not dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"a separated spouse, or one living separately while judicial separation proceedings are on\",\r\n      \"a spouse who is not residing with the Government servant at the relevant time under the instructions on the subject\",\r\n      \"a spouse who is himself or herself a Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a separated spouse, or one living separately while judicial separation proceedings are on<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4), Para 2(a), under Rule 4 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. C-30014\/4\/88-E. I (A), dated 17th May, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Members of family for this purpose would include - (a) the spouse, but not including a separated spouse or one living separately while judicial separation proceedings are on.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe exclusion is wider than that in Rule 2(c)(i), which bars only a spouse <i>\\\"separated from the Government servant by a decree or order of a competent Court.\\\"<\/i> Here the exclusion begins earlier - while the proceedings are still pending.<br><br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 Neither dependency nor residence qualifies the spouse limb in either provision\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 457,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for the purpose of the restrictions on employment in foreign organizations, children and stepchildren are members of a Government servant's family, but not those:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"who have attained majority\",\r\n      \"who are in employment and are not dependent on him at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by law\",\r\n      \"who are not residing with the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by law<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4), Para 2(b), under Rule 4 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. C-30014\/4\/88-E. I (A), dated 17th May, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(b) children and stepchildren but not including children and stepchildren of whose custody the Government servant has been deprived by law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe custody exclusion mirrors Rule 2(c)(ii). What this Decision <b>omits<\/b> is the dependency test that Rule 2(c)(ii) also carries - so a child in independent employment remains within the definition for this purpose, which is why option B is wrong.<br><br>\\nThe third limb, Para 2(c), covers <i>\\\"other persons such as wards who are dependent on and normally live with the Government servant\\\"<\/i> - and there both dependency and residence are required.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 458,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for the purpose of the restrictions on employment in foreign organizations, persons such as wards are members of a Government servant's family where they are:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"dependent on him and normally live with him\",\r\n      \"dependent on him, whether or not they live with him\",\r\n      \"living with him, whether or not they are dependent on him\",\r\n      \"related to him by blood or marriage, whether or not dependent\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - dependent on him and normally live with him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4), Para 2(c), under Rule 4 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. C-30014\/4\/88-E. I (A), dated 17th May, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(c) other persons such as wards who are dependent on and normally live with the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBoth conditions are cumulative - <b>dependence and residence<\/b>. This is the only limb of the three in Para 2 that carries either test; the spouse limb carries neither, and the children limb carries only the custody exclusion.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 States the test under GID (3) of 20-7-2016, which governs Rules 4(1) and 4(3); the definition in GID (4) is a separate one, framed for the foreign-organization instructions alone\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 459,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, employment on a commission or agency basis, for the purpose of the instructions on employment in foreign organizations:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is outside the instructions, no relationship of employer and employee arising\",\r\n      \"is deemed to be regular employment, limited to contracts or dealings with Government Departments and Public Sector Undertakings\",\r\n      \"is deemed to be regular employment in every case, whatever the dealings involved under the instructions on the subject as the case may be\",\r\n      \"requires prior permission only where the commission exceeds a prescribed amount\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is deemed to be regular employment, limited to contracts or dealings with Government Departments and Public Sector Undertakings<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4), Para 3, under Rule 4 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. C-30014\/4\/88-E. I (A), dated 17th May, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Employment on commission or agency basis will also be deemed to be regular employment and will be governed by the instructions applicable to regular employment but this will be limited to contracts or dealings with Government Departments and Public Sector Undertakings.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe deeming and its limitation must be taken together. Option C keeps the deeming but drops the limitation; option A denies the deeming altogether, which would leave an obvious route round the instructions - the same mischief that GID (1) closes by bringing <b>unpaid apprenticeship<\/b> within \\\"employment\\\".\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 460,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (situation)\\nA. A Government servant uses his influence to secure employment for his son in a firm\\nB. A Class I officer permits his daughter to accept employment in a firm having official dealings with the Government\\nC. A Government servant learns that his wife has accepted employment in a company\\nD. A contract to a firm in which the Government servant's brother is employed comes before him\\n\\nList-II (what the rule requires)\\n1. Intimation to the prescribed authority\\n2. Reference to his official superior\\n3. Absolute prohibition\\n4. Previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 4(1), 4(2)(i), 4(2)(ii) and 4(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Rule 4(1)<\/b> is an outright bar - <i>\\\"No Government servant shall use his position or influence directly or indirectly to secure employment\\\"<\/i> - with no permission mechanism at all.<br>\\n<b>Rule 4(2)(i)<\/b> requires the <i>\\\"previous sanction of the Government\\\"<\/i>.<br>\\n<b>Rule 4(2)(ii)<\/b> requires intimation to the prescribed authority as soon as he becomes aware.<br>\\n<b>Rule 4(3)<\/b> requires him to <i>\\\"refer every such matter or contract to his official superior.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nFour different consequences for four different situations - and telling them apart is the whole of Rule 4.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 461,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The prohibition on using one's position or influence to secure employment for a member of the family applies to every Government servant.\\n2. The requirement of previous sanction before permitting a son, daughter or other dependant to accept employment applies only to a Class I officer.\\n3. The duty to intimate the acceptance of employment by a member of the family applies to every Government servant.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 4(1), 4(2)(i) and 4(2)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nRules 4(1) and 4(2)(ii) both open with <i>\\\"No Government servant\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"A Government servant\\\"<\/i> respectively, and so bind the whole service. Rule 4(2)(i) alone begins <i>\\\"No Class I officer\\\"<\/i>.<br><br>\\nThe asymmetry is deliberate. The <b>sanction<\/b> requirement, being the most onerous, is confined to the class of officer whose official dealings are likely to matter most; the <b>prohibition<\/b> and the <b>intimation<\/b> requirements, being general safeguards, apply to everyone.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 462,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 4\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 4 - Employment of near relatives in companies or firms\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are correct in relation to the employment of near relatives in companies or firms EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the term \\\"employment\\\" includes apprenticeship, whether paid or unpaid\",\r\n      \"a Government servant must intimate the acceptance of employment by a member of his family as soon as he becomes aware of it\",\r\n      \"for the purposes of Rules 4(1) and 4(3), a relation must be dependent on the Government servant to be a member of his family\",\r\n      \"suppression of information regarding close relations is a major departmental offence\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - for the purposes of Rules 4(1) and 4(3), a relation must be dependent on the Government servant to be a member of his family<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 4 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/4\/2016-Estt. (A-III), dated 20th July, 2016<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification says the opposite: the listed relations are members of the family <i>\\\"whether they are dependent on the Government servant or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A, B and D reproduce GID (1), Rule 4(2)(ii) and Note 1 to the Form under GID (2) accurately.<br><br>\\nThis is the statement most likely to be keyed wrongly, because the dependency test is correct almost everywhere else in these Rules - under Rule 2(c)(ii) and 2(c)(iii), and under Para 2(c) of GID (4) for wards. Rules 4(1) and 4(3) are the express exception.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 463,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden to be a member of, or be otherwise associated with:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any political party alone\",\r\n      \"any political party, or any organization which takes part in politics\",\r\n      \"any organization whose objects are prejudicial to public order or morality\",\r\n      \"any association which has not been recognized by the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - any political party, or any organization which takes part in politics<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall be a member of, or be otherwise associated with, any political party or any organization which takes part in politics nor shall he take part in, subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sub-rule has <b>two limbs<\/b>: association with a body, and participation in a movement or activity. An organization need not be a political party at all - it is enough that it <i>takes part in politics<\/i>.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Objects prejudicial to public order or morality is the test in <b>Rule 6<\/b>, on joining of associations<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Recognition of service associations is dealt with under Rule 6 and its Decisions\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 464,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a political movement or activity, a Government servant is forbidden to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"take part in it, except where he does so outside office hours\",\r\n      \"take part in it or subscribe in aid of it, but not to express his views on it\",\r\n      \"take part in it, subscribe in aid of it, or assist it in any other manner\",\r\n      \"take part in it, unless the movement has been declared lawful by the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - take part in it, subscribe in aid of it, or assist it in any other manner<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe three verbs are cumulative in their reach - <i>\\\"take part in, subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner.\\\"<\/i> The last is a residuary limb, and it is on that limb that GID (8) rests in holding that taking an active part in a meeting organized by a political party <i>\\\"may well be construed as assisting a political movement.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 5(1) carries no limitation as to office hours; GID (2) treats even attendance in a Government servant's own time as capable of contravening the rule\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 465,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the duty of a Government servant in relation to a member of his family taking part in a movement subversive of the Government as by law established is to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"prevent such participation in every case, failing which he is liable to disciplinary action as the case may be\",\r\n      \"endeavour to prevent such participation, and where he is unable to do so, to make a report to the Government\",\r\n      \"report the participation to the police authorities of the district concerned\",\r\n      \"dissociate himself publicly from the movement in question\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - endeavour to prevent such participation, and where he is unable to do so, to make a report to the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It shall be the duty of every Government servant to endeavour to prevent any member of his family from taking part in, subscribing in aid of, or assisting in any other manner any movement or activity which is, or tends directly or indirectly to be, subversive of the Government as by law established and where a Government servant is unable to prevent a member of his family... he shall make a report to that effect to the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe obligation is one of <b>endeavour, not result<\/b>. Failure to prevent is not itself a contravention; failure to <b>report<\/b> after being unable to prevent is.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 466,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the movement or activity in respect of which a Government servant must endeavour to restrain a member of his family is one which is, or tends directly or indirectly to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India\",\r\n      \"of a communal or sectarian character\",\r\n      \"subversive of the Government as by law established\",\r\n      \"in support of a particular political party at an election\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - subversive of the Government as by law established<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"or tends directly or indirectly to be\\\"<\/b> extend the sub-rule well beyond movements that are openly subversive.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 \\\"Prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India\\\" is the test in <b>Rule 7(i)<\/b> for demonstrations, and in Rule 6 for associations<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Election-related conduct is governed by Rule 5(4), and that sub-rule regulates the Government servant himself, not his family\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 467,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a question arises whether a party is a political party, or whether an organization takes part in politics, the decision:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"of the Government thereon shall be final\",\r\n      \"of the Head of the Department concerned shall be final\",\r\n      \"rests with the disciplinary authority competent to impose a major penalty\",\r\n      \"rests with the Election Commission of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - of the Government thereon shall be final<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If any question arises whether a party is a political party or whether any organization takes part in politics or whether any movement or activity falls within the scope of sub-rule (2), the decision of the Government thereon shall be final.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree distinct questions are committed to the Government, and its decision on each is <b>final<\/b>. It is under this power that the Decisions declaring particular organizations to be within Rule 5(1) - GIDs (15), (18) and (19) - were issued, and under the same power that GID (18-A) of 9-7-2024 removed one of those names.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 468,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden to canvass or otherwise interfere with, or use his influence in connection with, or take part in an election to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"either House of Parliament only\",\r\n      \"any Legislature only\",\r\n      \"any Legislature or Local Authority\",\r\n      \"any Legislature, Local Authority or co-operative society\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - any Legislature or Local Authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall canvass or otherwise interfere with, or use his influence in connection with or take part in an election to any Legislature or Local Authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sub-rule reaches four kinds of conduct - canvassing, interference, use of influence, and taking part - and applies to <b>Local Authority elections<\/b> as much as to legislative ones.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Elections in a co-operative society are not within Rule 5(4); holding an elective office in any body, incorporated or not, is separately regulated by <b>Rule 15(1)(c)<\/b>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 469,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant qualified to vote at an election:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may not exercise his right to vote while he holds a civil post\",\r\n      \"may exercise his right to vote, but shall give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted\",\r\n      \"may exercise his right to vote only where he is not on election duty\",\r\n      \"may exercise his right to vote after obtaining the permission of the Head of his Office for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - may exercise his right to vote, but shall give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso (i) to Rule 5(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"a Government servant qualified to vote at such election may exercise his right to vote, but where he does so, he shall give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe franchise is preserved; what is regulated is <b>disclosure<\/b>, and in both directions of time - how he <i>proposes<\/i> to vote and how he <i>has<\/i> voted.<br><br>\\nGID (5) makes the same point: <i>\\\"There is, however, no bar against a Government servant who is qualified to vote at such election, exercising his right to vote.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 470,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is not deemed to have contravened the restriction relating to elections by reason only that he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"attends a public meeting organized by a political party without speaking at it\",\r\n      \"assists in the conduct of an election in the due performance of a duty imposed on him by or under any law\",\r\n      \"proposes or seconds the nomination of a candidate at an election\",\r\n      \"acts as a polling agent of a candidate at the request of the Returning Officer under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - assists in the conduct of an election in the due performance of a duty imposed on him by or under any law<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso (ii) to Rule 5(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"a Government servant shall not be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this sub-rule by reason only that he assists in the conduct of an election in the due performance of a duty imposed on him by or under any law for the time being in force.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe saving protects the Returning Officer, the Presiding Officer and the polling staff, whose participation is a <b>legal duty<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 GID (5) holds both to be breaches of the Conduct Rules, and Section 134-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 makes acting as a polling agent a punishable offence\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 471,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the display by a Government servant of any electoral symbol on his person, vehicle or residence:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a matter of his private choice and outside the said Rules\",\r\n      \"amounts to using his influence in connection with an election\",\r\n      \"is permissible during the period between the poll and the declaration of the result\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the symbol is displayed at his residence alone\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - amounts to using his influence in connection with an election<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 5(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The display by a Government servant on his person, vehicle or residence of any electoral symbol shall amount to using his influence in connection with an election within the meaning of this sub-rule.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Explanation is a <b>deeming provision<\/b>: no separate proof of influence is needed once display is established. All three locations are named - <b>person, vehicle and residence<\/b> - so option D, which would save a display at home, is wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 472,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the making of normal arrangements during the election tours of Ministers, to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"amounts to taking part in an election within the meaning of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"requires the previous permission of the Head of the Department concerned\",\r\n      \"does not amount to a contravention of the restriction relating to elections\",\r\n      \"is permissible only where the Government servant is not qualified to vote at that election\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - does not amount to a contravention of the restriction relating to elections<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/59\/51-Ests., dated 5th September, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The following action by a Government servant does not amount to contravention of Rule 5 (4) - (i) Making normal arrangement during election tours of Ministers to enable them to carry out their responsibilities as Ministers. (ii) Arrangements by district officers for affording normal courtesies and security to Ministers on their visits connected with election campaign.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe saving turns on the word <b>normal<\/b>. The officer is discharging an official function towards a Minister, not assisting a campaign - which is why GID (10) treats the arranging of <b>crowds and transport for rallies<\/b> as squarely within Rule 5(1).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 473,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, arrangements made by district officers for affording normal courtesies and security to Ministers on visits connected with an election campaign:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"do not amount to a contravention of the restriction relating to elections\",\r\n      \"amount to using influence in connection with an election\",\r\n      \"are permissible only with the previous approval of the Election Commission\",\r\n      \"are permissible only during the period before the notification of the election\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - do not amount to a contravention of the restriction relating to elections<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(ii) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/59\/51-Ests., dated 5th September, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision names this expressly as action which <i>\\\"does not amount to contravention of Rule 5 (4).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words that carry the saving are <b>\\\"normal courtesies and security\\\"<\/b>. A Minister remains a Minister during a campaign, and the district administration's protocol and security obligations do not lapse for that period. What the officer may not do is lend the machinery of his office to the campaign itself.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 474,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a report by a Government servant that he has been unable to prevent a member of his family from taking part in a subversive movement is required to be submitted:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"directly to the Government in the administrative Ministry concerned in the circumstances of the case as the case may be\",\r\n      \"to his immediate superior, who will forward it through the normal channels to the authority competent to remove or dismiss him\",\r\n      \"to the Head of the Department, who will decide the matter finally\",\r\n      \"to the Vigilance Officer of the Ministry or Department concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - to his immediate superior, who will forward it through the normal channels to the authority competent to remove or dismiss him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/40\/55-Ests. (A), dated 22nd February, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Reports under Rule 5 (2) should be submitted by a Government servant to his immediate superior who will forward them through the normal channels to the authority competent to remove or dismiss him from service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat authority then considers the report and passes appropriate orders, except where it requires guidance from a higher authority; and <i>\\\"If it is proposed to impose any penalty the procedure prescribed in the CCS (CCA) Rules, should be followed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe report is therefore <b>routed upward<\/b>, not addressed directly to the Government.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 475,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the proposing or seconding by a Government servant of the nomination of a candidate at an election:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible, the Supreme Court having held that it is not forbidden under the Election Law\",\r\n      \"is permissible where he simultaneously informs the Head of his Office\",\r\n      \"constitutes taking part in an election and is a breach of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the candidate is not set up by any political party\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - constitutes taking part in an election and is a breach of the said Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., Memo. No. 25\/59\/52-Ests., dated 30th June, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The above rule clearly prohibits proposing or seconding by a Government servant of a candidate for election, as such action would constitute 'taking part in an election' within the meaning of Rule 5 (4), proposing or seconding being an essential preliminary to an election.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Misreads the Supreme Court. The Court decided only that an election is not <b>void<\/b> merely because a Government servant proposed or seconded the nomination - a question under Section 123(8) read with Section 33(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. As the Decision records, <i>\\\"That decision in no manner affects the obligation of the Government servants under Rule 5.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 476,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant proposes or seconds the nomination of a candidate, or acts as a polling agent:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the election of that candidate is liable to be declared void on that ground\",\r\n      \"the election is not thereby vitiated, but he commits a breach of the said Rules for which he may be penalized\",\r\n      \"no consequence follows, the matter being governed exclusively by the Election Law at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"the Returning Officer is required to reject the nomination paper\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the election is not thereby vitiated, but he commits a breach of the said Rules for which he may be penalized<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., Memo. No. 25\/59\/52-Ests., dated 30th June, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"though Government servant proposing or seconding the nomination of a candidate at an election or acting as a polling agent may not vitiate the election, he, nevertheless, commits thereby a breach of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules for which he may be suitably penalized in accordance with the rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo legal systems run in parallel and reach different results on the same act - the <b>Election Law<\/b> asks whether the election stands, the <b>Conduct Rules<\/b> ask whether the servant has misconducted himself. Option C treats the first as displacing the second.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 477,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a person in the service of the Government who acts as an election agent or a polling agent of a candidate at an election is punishable under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 with imprisonment for a term which may extend to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one month\",\r\n      \"three months\",\r\n      \"six months\",\r\n      \"one year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - three months<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 5, quoting Section 134-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/2\/71-Ests. (A), dated 23rd January, 1971<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"134-A. Penalty for Government servant for acting as election agent, polling or counting agent. - If any person in the service of the Government acts as an election agent or a polling agent of a candidate at an election, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for term which may extend to three months or with fine, or with both.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe section is <b>criminal<\/b> and operates independently of the departmental consequence under Rule 5(4). Sections 129 and 134 of the same Act are also drawn to the attention of Government servants by the Election Commission's letter.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 478,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, attendance by a Government servant at a meeting organized by a political party would always be contrary to the said Rules unless:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the meeting is a public meeting and not in any sense a private or restricted meeting\",\r\n      \"the meeting is not held contrary to any prohibitory order or without permission where permission is needed\",\r\n      \"he does not himself speak at, or take an active or prominent part in organizing or conducting, the meeting\",\r\n      \"all of the above conditions are satisfied\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - all of the above conditions are satisfied<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/44\/49-Ests., dated 10th October, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Attendance at meetings, organized by a political party would always be contrary to Rule 23 (i)... unless all the following conditions are satisfied - (a) that the meeting is a public meeting and not in any sense a private or restricted meeting; (b) that the meeting is not held contrary to any prohibitory order or without permission where permission is needed; and (c) that the Government servant in question does not himself speak at, or take active or prominent part in organizing or conducting the meeting.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe three conditions are <b>cumulative<\/b>, and satisfying them only opens the door - the frequency test in the next paragraph must still be met.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 479,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, even where the prescribed conditions are satisfied, attendance by a Government servant at meetings of a particular political party may be construed as assisting a political movement where the attendance is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"occasional\",\r\n      \"frequent or regular\",\r\n      \"in his private capacity\",\r\n      \"outside the district in which he is posted\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - frequent or regular<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2), Para 2, under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/44\/49-Ests., dated 10th October, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"while occasional attendance at such meetings may not be construed as participation in a political movement, frequent or regular attendance by a Government servant at meetings of any particular political party is bound to create the impression that he is a sympathizer of the aims and objects of that party and that in his official capacity he may favour or support the members of that particular party. Conduct which gives cause for such an impression may well be construed as assisting a political movement.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe test is one of <b>impression<\/b>, which is why GID (6) requires that a Government servant not only maintain political neutrality but <i>\\\"also appear to do so.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 480,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant wishes to join or take part in the activities of any association or organization, it is his duty to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"obtain a certificate from the Government that the organization is not political in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"positively satisfy himself that its aims and activities are not of an objectionable nature\",\r\n      \"give intimation to the Head of his Office within one month of joining\",\r\n      \"ascertain whether the organization has been recognized by the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - positively satisfy himself that its aims and activities are not of an objectionable nature<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(a) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/44\/49-Ests. (A), dated 17th September, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is the duty of the Government servant who wishes to join, or take part in the activities of any association or organization positively to satisfy himself that its aim and activities are not of such a nature as are likely to be objectionable.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe burden of enquiry is placed on the Government servant himself. The Decision adds that <i>\\\"the responsibility for the consequences of his decision and action must rest squarely on his shoulders and that a plea of ignorance or misconception as to Government's attitude towards the association or organization would not be tenable.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 481,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a plea by a Government servant of ignorance or misconception as to the Government's attitude towards an association whose activities he has joined:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a complete answer where he has acted in good faith\",\r\n      \"may be accepted where no instructions have been issued about that association\",\r\n      \"would not be tenable\",\r\n      \"may be accepted where he has consulted a colleague of equal rank\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - would not be tenable<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(b) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/44\/49-Ests. (A), dated 17th September, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the responsibility for the consequences of his decision and action must rest squarely on his shoulders and that a plea of ignorance or misconception as to Government's attitude towards the association or organization would not be tenable.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision does provide a safe course, and it is not consultation with a colleague: <i>\\\"in cases where the slightest doubt exists as to whether participation in the activities of an association or organization involves an infringement of [the rule], the Government servant would be well advised to consult his official superiors.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 482,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the question whether the aims and activities of an organization are political is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a question of fact to be decided on the merits of each case\",\r\n      \"determined solely by whether the organization has contested any election\",\r\n      \"determined by the Election Commission of India on a reference\",\r\n      \"governed by the objects stated in the memorandum of the organization\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a question of fact to be decided on the merits of each case<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/44\/49-Ests. (A), dated 17th September, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Whether or not the aims and activities of any organization are political is a question of fact which has to be decided on the merits of each case.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (2) applies the same approach to conduct: <i>\\\"whether or not the conduct of any particular nature amounts to participation in a political movement is a question of fact to be decided on merits and in the circumstances of each particular case.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nWhere a formal determination is needed, <b>Rule 5(3)<\/b> makes the decision of the Government final - which is the route by which particular organizations have been named in GIDs (15), (18) and (19).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 483,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, it is required of Government servants that they should not participate in the activities of, or associate themselves with, any organization in respect of which:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Government has issued specific instructions declaring it to be political\",\r\n      \"there is the slightest reason to think that the organization has a political aspect\",\r\n      \"a complaint has been received from any member of the public\",\r\n      \"any office-bearer has contested an election to a Legislature\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - there is the slightest reason to think that the organization has a political aspect<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 6\/6\/69-Ests. (B), dated 18th July, 1969<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is essential that Government servants should not only maintain political neutrality but should also appear to do so and they should not participate in the activities of, or associate themselves with, any organization in respect of which there is the slightest reason to think that the organization has a political aspect.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Understates the position. Specific instructions do exist for some organizations, and association with those attracts disciplinary action - but the Decision was issued precisely because <i>\\\"there are several other organizations in regard to which such instructions have not been issued\\\"<\/i>, and the standard for those is the <b>slightest reason to think<\/b>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 484,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, participation by a Government servant in a public meeting or demonstration organized by a political party is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"permissible, a public meeting being open to every citizen\",\r\n      \"permissible where he does not speak at the meeting\",\r\n      \"something he would be well advised not to engage in, so as to avoid doubts about his political neutrality\",\r\n      \"permissible where the meeting is held outside office hours for the purpose of these Rules under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - something he would be well advised not to engage in, so as to avoid doubts about his political neutrality<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8), Para 3, under Rule 5 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/4\/73-Ests. (A), dated 17th February, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In order, therefore, to avoid any doubts about their political neutrality, it would be in the interest of the Government servants themselves not to participate in such meetings or demonstrations.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision identifies the conduct that will create the wrong impression: taking an <b>active or prominent part<\/b> in organizing or conducting the meeting, <b>speaking<\/b> at it, or attending <b>regularly or even frequently<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Not speaking is only one of the three conditions in GID (2), and even satisfying all three does not answer the frequency objection\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 485,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a demonstration organized by a political party is held in or passes through the vicinity of a Government office, the employees working in that office are advised to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"stay inside their offices and keep away from the demonstrators or the crowd\",\r\n      \"come out and observe the demonstration from a safe distance\",\r\n      \"record the names of any colleagues found among the demonstrators as the case may be\",\r\n      \"leave the office premises until the demonstration has dispersed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - stay inside their offices and keep away from the demonstrators or the crowd<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (9) under Rule 5 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/6\/73-Ests. (A), dated 9th March, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is desirable on such occasions that they stay inside their offices and keep away from the demonstrators or the crowd near the place of demonstration.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reason recorded is practical rather than disciplinary: employees who came out to watch <i>\\\"sometimes got mixed up with the demonstrators and it became difficult to segregate the demonstrators from the Government employees.\\\"<\/i> The advice protects the employee from being taken for a participant - a risk that follows directly from the impression-based test in GIDs (2) and (6).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 486,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the arranging of crowds for a rally in support of a political party, and of transport for bringing those crowds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is outside the said Rules, the Government servant taking no part in the rally itself\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the arrangements are made outside office hours\",\r\n      \"clearly attracts the prohibition on assisting a political movement or activity\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the rally is addressed by a Minister\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - clearly attracts the prohibition on assisting a political movement or activity<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) under Rule 5 - M.H.A. (Dept. of Per. & A.R.), O.M. No. 28034\/5\/78-Estt. (A), dated 1st September, 1978<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Taking active part in holding rallies in support of any political party, by arranging for crowds and arranging transport for bringing those crowds would, therefore, clearly attract the provisions of the aforesaid rule.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Is the sharpest trap, because GID (3) does save <i>\\\"normal arrangement during election tours of Ministers.\\\"<\/i> The distinction is between discharging an official protocol duty towards a Minister and mobilizing a crowd for a party rally - the latter is assistance to the party, whoever addresses it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 487,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who has arranged crowds and transport for a political rally pleads that he did so on the orders of his superior officer. This plea:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a complete defence, the responsibility resting on the officer who gave the order\",\r\n      \"will not suffice, a Government servant not being empowered to evade his own responsibilities\",\r\n      \"is a defence only where the order was given in writing\",\r\n      \"is a defence where he has reported the matter to the Government afterwards\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - will not suffice, a Government servant not being empowered to evade his own responsibilities<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) under Rule 5 - M.H.A. (Dept. of Per. & A.R.), O.M. No. 28034\/5\/78-Estt. (A), dated 1st September, 1978<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It will not suffice to say that such arrangements were made by the orders of superior officers as the Explanation below sub-rule (2) of Rule 3 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, clarifies that nothing in Clause (ii) of the aforesaid sub-rule (2) shall be construed as empowering a Government employee to evade his own responsibilities.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nRule 3(2)(ii) permits a Government servant to act otherwise than in his best judgment <i>\\\"when he is acting under the direction of his official superior\\\"<\/i>; Explanation II shuts that door where the direction is used to shed personal responsibility.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 488,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant wishing to join the Bharat Sewak Samaj:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires no permission, the organization being non-political in character\",\r\n      \"should obtain prior permission from the appropriate Head of the Office or Department\",\r\n      \"should obtain the previous sanction of the Government in the administrative Ministry\",\r\n      \"should give intimation to the Head of the Department after joining\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - should obtain prior permission from the appropriate Head of the Office or Department<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11)(1) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/49\/52-Ests., dated 11th October, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants wishing to join the Bharat Sewak Samaj should obtain prior permission from the appropriate Head of the Office or Department concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nPermission is required even though the Samaj is described as <i>\\\"a nationwide non-official and non-political organization recently started at the instance of the Planning Commission\\\"<\/i> - which is exactly why option A is tempting and wrong.<br><br>\\nContrast <b>GID (13)<\/b>: for the Samyukta Sadachar Samiti, equally non-political, <b>no prior permission is necessary<\/b> and knowledge of the Head of Department suffices.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 489,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, permission to a Government servant to join the Bharat Sewak Samaj:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"once granted, cannot be revoked during the period of his service\",\r\n      \"should be freely granted, provided participation will not interfere with the due discharge of his official duties\",\r\n      \"should be granted only where he undertakes not to hold any office in the Samaj under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"should be granted only to Government servants holding non-Gazetted posts\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - should be freely granted, provided participation will not interfere with the due discharge of his official duties<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11)(2) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/49\/52-Ests., dated 11th October, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Permission should be freely granted, provided, the Head of the Office or Department satisfies himself in each case that participation in the Samaj's activities will not interfere with the due discharge by the Government servant concerned of his official duties.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The same clause provides the opposite: <i>\\\"If actual experience in any individual case or class of cases shows that this condition cannot be satisfied, the permission already granted may be revoked.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (3) adds that permission <i>\\\"will not absolve them from the due observance at all times of all the rules and instructions relating to the conduct and behaviour of Government servants.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 490,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, for becoming a member of the Samyukta Sadachar Samiti, a Central Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the prior permission of the Government\",\r\n      \"requires the prior permission of the Head of the Department as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"requires no prior permission, but such membership should be with the knowledge of the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"requires no permission and no intimation of any kind\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - requires no prior permission, but such membership should be with the knowledge of the Head of the Department<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (13) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/21\/64-Ests. (A), dated 15th July, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For becoming members of the Samyukta Sadachar Samiti, no prior permission of the Government will be necessary, but such membership should be with the knowledge of the Head of the Department concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe middle position - <b>no permission, but knowledge<\/b> - is what the item tests, and options A, B and D each collapse it in one direction or the other.<br><br>\\nThe Samiti's objects are to create a social and moral climate against corruption; members must restrict their activities to improving ethical standards and <i>\\\"should not use the forum of the Samiti to lodge information or complaints against Government servants or Government agencies.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 491,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who is a member of the Samyukta Sadachar Samiti is required to restrict his activities in the Samiti to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the improvement of the ethical standards and the moral tone of society\",\r\n      \"the reporting of corrupt practices coming to his notice in his own office\",\r\n      \"such activities as the Head of the Department may from time to time approve\",\r\n      \"activities carried on outside the district in which he is posted\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the improvement of the ethical standards and the moral tone of society<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (13) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/21\/64-Ests. (A), dated 15th July, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants, as members of the Samiti, should restrict their activities to the improvement of the ethical standards and the moral tone of society only and should not use the forum of the Samiti to lodge information or complaints against Government servants or Government agencies.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Is precisely the use of the forum that the Decision forbids. Complaints about Government servants belong to the departmental and vigilance machinery, not to an outside body - and using the Samiti for that purpose would also engage Rule 11 on communication of official information.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 492,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to Indo-Foreign Cultural Organizations such as the German-Indian Association or the Indo-Soviet Cultural Society, the position is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Government servants may become members but not office-bearers\",\r\n      \"Government servants may become members with the prior permission of the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"there is objection in principle to Government servants becoming members or office holders of such organizations\",\r\n      \"Government servants may associate with them where the organization has been assisted by the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - there is objection in principle to Government servants becoming members or office holders of such organizations<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (12) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/35\/56-Ests. (A), dated 24th January, 1957<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the conclusion reached is that, there is objection in principle to Government servants becoming members or office holders of such organizations despite the fact that their objectives may be praiseworthy and unobjectionable.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo reasons are given: addresses presented to visiting foreign dignitaries with which it may not be desirable for Government servants to be associated; and the fact that some such organizations <i>\\\"on occasions take a political stand which may be embarrassing.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The Decision does say such organizations may be <i>\\\"looked upon with favour and assisted\\\"<\/i> - but immediately adds that <i>\\\"the association of Government servants with such organizations should be avoided\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 493,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant desirous of joining a foreign language class conducted by an Indo-Foreign Cultural Organization:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should obtain prior permission from the Ministry or office in which he is serving\",\r\n      \"requires no permission, a language class being a course of study in his leisure hours\",\r\n      \"should give intimation to the Head of his Office before joining\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Ministry of External Affairs\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - should obtain prior permission from the Ministry or office in which he is serving<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (14) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/40\/65-Ests. (A), dated 18th May, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants desirous of joining such classes should obtain prior permission from the Ministry or office in which they are serving.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe organizations named are the German-Indian Association, Alliance Francaise de Delhi and the Indo-Soviet Cultural Society.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Is the natural but wrong inference from GID (4) under Rule 3, which treats joining an educational institution outside office hours as ordinarily unobjectionable. The controlling factor here is not the study but the <b>character of the organization<\/b> conducting it, which is why GID (12) counsels avoidance of association with such bodies generally.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 494,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Prior permission is necessary for a Government servant to join the Bharat Sewak Samaj.\\n2. Prior permission is necessary for a Government servant to become a member of the Samyukta Sadachar Samiti.\\n3. Prior permission is necessary for a Government servant to join a foreign language class conducted by an Indo-Foreign Cultural Organization.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (11), (13) and (14) under Rule 5 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 GID (11)(1) - prior permission from the Head of Office or Department, though it is to be freely granted<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 GID (14) - prior permission from the Ministry or office in which he is serving<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 GID (13) - <i>\\\"no prior permission of the Government will be necessary, but such membership should be with the knowledge of the Head of the Department concerned\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Samyukta Sadachar Samiti is the standing exception in this group, and the contrast with the Bharat Sewak Samaj - both non-political, both encouraged, but treated differently on permission - is what the set is built to test.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 495,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the words \\\"Jamaat-e-Islami\\\" used in the instructions relating to participation by Government servants in the activities of that organization:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"cover the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind alone\",\r\n      \"cover both the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir\",\r\n      \"cover only such branches as have been declared unlawful under any law\",\r\n      \"cover only the organization as it existed at the date of the original instructions\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - cover both the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 15014\/3\/(S)\/80-Estt. (B), dated 21st January, 1981<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is clarified that the words, 'Jamaat-e-Islami' mentioned in the above OM would cover both the 'Jamaat-e-Islami Hind' and 'Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir'.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification of 1981 supplements the original Decision of 30th November, 1966, under which the Government <i>\\\"have always held the activities of these... organizations to be of such a nature that participation in them by Government servants would attract the provisions of sub-rule (1) of Rule 5\\\"<\/i>, membership or association rendering the servant <b>liable to disciplinary action<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 496,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the writ petitions in which the vires of the rule prohibiting a Government employee from participating in political activity were challenged, the Supreme Court held the Anand Marg to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"an organization which takes part in politics\",\r\n      \"an organization whose activities are subversive of the Government as by law established\",\r\n      \"an unlawful association within the meaning of the law for the time being in force\",\r\n      \"a religious denomination\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - a religious denomination<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17) under Rule 5 - Order of the Supreme Court dated 8th July, 1996 in W.P. Nos. 393\/72 and others<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This Court in Acharya Jagdishwarananda Avadhuta and others v. Commissioner of Police and others [1983 (4) SCC 522] has held the Anand Marg to be religious denomination. In view of the matter, the Constitution question raised in these petitions do not survive.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBecause the body was religious rather than political, the challenge to the vires of Rule 5 fell away without the Court having to rule on it. The petitioners in the writ petitions were themselves members of the Anand Marg.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 497,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in disposing of the writ petitions relating to the Anand Marg, the Supreme Court:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"held that no Government employee could thereafter be proceeded against for association with that organization\",\r\n      \"struck down the rule prohibiting participation in political activity as ultra vires\",\r\n      \"directed that the individual notices issued to the petitioners be enforced forthwith\",\r\n      \"left open the question whether the activity of an individual petitioner amounted to a political activity\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - left open the question whether the activity of an individual petitioner amounted to a political activity<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17) under Rule 5 - Order of the Supreme Court dated 8th July, 1996<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"We, however, leave the question whether the activity of an individual petitioner in each case amounts to a political activity in terms of Rule 5 of the rules open.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Court did two further things. It held that the individual notices, issued two decades earlier, <i>\\\"have outlived their utility and shall not be enforced.\\\"<\/i> And it added a saving that disposes of option A: <i>\\\"This would, however, not preclude the Government from taking any appropriate action against the Government employees indulging in political activities, in accordance with law.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 498,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, participation by a Government servant in the activities of the Dharma Parcharak Sanstha of Shri Jai Gurudev or of the Door Darshi Party:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible, both being religious rather than political bodies at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"requires the prior permission of the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"attracts the prohibition on association with organizations taking part in politics\",\r\n      \"is permissible where he holds no office in the organization\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - attracts the prohibition on association with organizations taking part in politics<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (19) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 15014\/1\/81-Estt. (B), dated 3rd March, 1981<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is clarified that Government have held the activities of these two organizations to be of such a nature that participation in them by Government servants would attract the provisions of sub-rule (1) of Rule 5... Any Government servant, who is a member of or is otherwise associated with the aforesaid organizations or with their activities is liable to disciplinary action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision extends to <b>branches or affiliated bodies<\/b> of the two organizations as well, so association at one remove is equally within it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 499,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to petitions or representations made on a communal basis, the instructions require that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"such petitions be forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs for orders\",\r\n      \"such petitions be entertained only where they disclose a violation of law in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"such petitions be acknowledged, but disposed of without any inquiry\",\r\n      \"no notice be taken of them by Government and its officers, local bodies or State-aided institutions\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - no notice be taken of them by Government and its officers, local bodies or State-aided institutions<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 15014\/3\/(S)\/80-Estt. (E), dated 28th October, 1980<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No notice should be taken by Government and its officers, local bodies, State-aided institutions of petitions or representations on communal basis, and no patronage whatsoever should be extended to any communal organization.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo prohibitions run together - <b>no notice<\/b> of the petition, and <b>no patronage whatsoever<\/b> to the organization. The Decision states the reason: <i>\\\"the need to ensure secular outlook on the part of Government servants is all the more important. The need to eradicate communal feelings and communal bias cannot be overemphasized.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 500,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, any disregard by a Government servant of the instructions relating to association with banned organizations and extremist parties is to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"brought to notice in his Annual Confidential Report\",\r\n      \"dealt with by a written warning from the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"considered as a serious act of indiscipline, and suitable action initiated against him\",\r\n      \"referred to the Central Vigilance Commission for advice in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - considered as a serious act of indiscipline, and suitable action initiated against him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 15014\/3\/(S)\/80-Estt. (E), dated 28th October, 1980<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is emphasized that any disregard of these instructions should be considered as a serious act of indiscipline and suitable action initiated against the erring employees.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same formula - <b>\\\"a serious act of indiscipline\\\"<\/b> - appears in the Election Commission's letter reproduced in GID (7), in relation to a Government servant's conduct during elections. Both rest on the proposition that political neutrality is not a matter of advice but of discipline.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 501,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the mention of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh in the Office Memoranda dated 30th November, 1966, 25th July, 1970 and 28th October, 1980:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"was extended in 2024 to cover its affiliated bodies as well\",\r\n      \"was reiterated in 2024 after a review of the instructions\",\r\n      \"was substituted in 2024 by a reference to organizations declared unlawful\",\r\n      \"was removed in 2024 after a review of the instructions\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - was removed in 2024 after a review of the instructions<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18-A) under Rule 5 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 34013\/1(S)\/2016-Estt. (B), dated 9th July, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The aforesaid instructions have been reviewed and it has been decided to remove the mention of Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh (R.S.S.S.) from the impugned OMs, dated 30-11-1966, 25-7-1970 and 28-10-1980. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis is the most recent change in Rule 5 and it displaces the position stated in the earlier Decisions. Any material written before <b>9th July, 2024<\/b> will show the pre-review position, and must now be read subject to this Office Memorandum.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 503,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The Government's decision on the question whether an organization takes part in politics is final.\\n2. Where instructions declaring an organization to be political are in force, a civil servant associating himself with it is liable to disciplinary action.\\n3. Instructions once issued declaring the activities of an organization to be political can never be reviewed.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(3); GIDs (6) and (18-A) under Rule 5 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Rule 5(3) - <i>\\\"the decision of the Government thereon shall be final\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 GID (6) - <i>\\\"While such instructions are in force, a civil servant would be liable to disciplinary action, if he were to associate himself with any organization mentioned in such instructions\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 GID (18-A) of 9-7-2024 is itself the answer: the instructions <i>\\\"have been reviewed\\\"<\/i> and a name was removed from three Office Memoranda<br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"While such instructions are in force\\\"<\/b> in GID (6) anticipate exactly this - the list is a live administrative determination, not a fixed one.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 504,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following actions of a Government servant, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Exercising his right to vote at an election to a Legislature\\n2. Assisting in the conduct of an election in the due performance of a duty imposed on him by law\\n3. Making normal arrangements during the election tour of a Minister\\n4. Displaying an electoral symbol on his vehicle\\n\\nHow many of the above are permissible?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Only three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(4) with its provisos and Explanation; GID (3) under Rule 5<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Proviso (i) preserves the franchise, subject to his giving no indication of how he proposes to vote or has voted<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Proviso (ii) saves assistance rendered in the due performance of a legal duty<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 GID (3)(i) - such arrangements <i>\\\"do not amount to contravention of Rule 5 (4)\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 The Explanation deems the display of an electoral symbol on the person, vehicle or residence to be <b>using his influence<\/b> in connection with an election<br><br>\\nThe set is built so that the three savings sit against the one deeming provision.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 505,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following actions of a Government servant, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Proposing the nomination of a candidate at an election\\n2. Acting as a polling agent of a candidate at an election\\n3. Arranging transport to bring crowds to a rally in support of a political party\\n4. Indicating, after the poll, the manner in which he has voted\\n\\nHow many of the above are impermissible?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(4) with proviso (i); GIDs (5), (7) and (10) under Rule 5<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1, 2.<\/b> \u2717 GID (5) - proposing or seconding a nomination, and acting as a polling agent, are breaches of these Rules; and Section 134-A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 makes the latter punishable with imprisonment up to three months, or fine, or both<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 GID (10) - arranging crowds and transport <i>\\\"would... clearly attract the provisions of the aforesaid rule\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 Proviso (i) permits the vote but requires that he <i>\\\"give no indication of the manner in which he proposes to vote or has voted\\\"<\/i> - the bar operates after the poll as much as before it\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 506,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (organization)\\nA. Bharat Sewak Samaj\\nB. Samyukta Sadachar Samiti\\nC. Indo-Foreign Cultural Organization\\nD. Door Darshi Party\\n\\nList-II (position of a Government servant)\\n1. Membership attracts the prohibition on association with political organizations\\n2. No prior permission necessary, but membership to be with the knowledge of the Head of Department\\n3. Prior permission of the Head of Office or Department required, to be freely granted\\n4. Association to be avoided, there being objection in principle to membership\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (11), (12), (13) and (19) under Rule 5 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Bharat Sewak Samaj<\/b> - GID (11): prior permission from the Head of Office or Department, <i>\\\"freely granted\\\"<\/i>, revocable.<br>\\n<b>Samyukta Sadachar Samiti<\/b> - GID (13): <i>\\\"no prior permission... will be necessary, but such membership should be with the knowledge of the Head of the Department.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Indo-Foreign Cultural Organization<\/b> - GID (12): <i>\\\"objection in principle to Government servants becoming members or office holders.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Door Darshi Party<\/b> - GID (19): participation <i>\\\"would attract the provisions of sub-rule (1) of Rule 5.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nFour bodies, four different regimes - which is the whole point of the matching.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 507,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are correct EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a Government servant qualified to vote may exercise his right to vote\",\r\n      \"assisting in the conduct of an election in the due performance of a legal duty is not a contravention\",\r\n      \"the decision of the Government on whether an organization takes part in politics is final\",\r\n      \"a Government servant may display an electoral symbol at his residence, that being a private place\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - a Government servant may display an electoral symbol at his residence, that being a private place<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 5(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The display by a Government servant on his person, vehicle or residence of any electoral symbol shall amount to using his influence in connection with an election within the meaning of this sub-rule.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe <b>residence is named expressly<\/b>, alongside the person and the vehicle, so the privacy of the location is no answer.<br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce proviso (i), proviso (ii) and Rule 5(3) accurately. The deeming in the Explanation is the only one of the four that is misstated.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 508,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Election Commission has emphasized that Government employees appointed for election purposes, such as returning officers, presiding officers and polling officers, should be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"guided by the instructions of the district administration in matters of doubt\",\r\n      \"drawn only from offices unconnected with the constituency concerned\",\r\n      \"relieved of their normal duties for the entire period of the election\",\r\n      \"and also appear to be absolutely impartial, independent and neutral\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - and also appear to be absolutely impartial, independent and neutral<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 5 - Extracts from the Election Commission's Letter No. 62\/71, reproduced in C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/2\/71-Ests. (A), dated 23rd January, 1971<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the Commission would take the opportunity to make an appeal to all Government employees, especially to election officers, to be and also appear to be absolutely impartial, independent and neutral, in the performance of their election duties, whether at the time of acceptance or scrutiny of nomination papers, or at the time of polling in the polling stations, or at the time of counting of votes at the counting places.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe formulation <b>\\\"to be and also appear to be\\\"<\/b> is the same one used in GID (6) for political neutrality generally.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 509,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the instructions issued for the guidance of Government servants in relation to elections require that a Government servant should:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"take scrupulous care not to lend his name, official position or authority to assist one group as against any other\",\r\n      \"abstain from voting where he is posted in the constituency concerned\",\r\n      \"obtain the permission of the Returning Officer before attending any election meeting as the case may be\",\r\n      \"record in writing any approach made to him by a candidate or his agent\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - take scrupulous care not to lend his name, official position or authority to assist one group as against any other<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 5 - Extracts from the Election Commission's Letter No. 62\/71<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The other points stressed in these instructions were that a Government servant should take no part in any election campaign or in canvassing and that he should take scrupulous care not to lend his name, official position or authority to assist one group as against any other.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe instructions also record that employees were required to <i>\\\"so conduct themselves as to inspire confidence in the public in regard to their impartiality\\\"<\/i> and to <i>\\\"avoid giving room for any suspicion that they were favouring any party or any candidate.\\\"<\/i> The points summarized are expressly <b>illustrative and not exhaustive<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 510,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the slightest doubt exists as to whether participation in the activities of an association would infringe the restriction on taking part in politics, a Government servant is well advised to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"consult his official superiors\",\r\n      \"seek a written opinion from the Ministry of Law and Justice\",\r\n      \"join the association and report the fact within one month\",\r\n      \"abstain from the association until the Government issues instructions about it\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - consult his official superiors<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/44\/49-Ests. (A), dated 17th September, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"in cases where the slightest doubt exists as to whether participation in the activities of an association or organization involves an infringement of Rule 23 (now Rule 5), the Government servant would be well advised to consult his official superiors.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Election Commission's letter in GID (7) gives the same advice for the election context: <i>\\\"in cases of doubt a Government servant should not hesitate to consult his superior officer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Reverses the sequence; the whole point of GID (1) is that the enquiry must precede the joining, the responsibility resting <i>\\\"squarely on his shoulders.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 511,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Government servants have ample facilities through the medium of the press to keep themselves informed regarding the aims and activities of the different political parties.\\n2. Such facilities enable them to equip themselves to exercise intelligently their civic rights, such as the right to vote.\\n3. Attendance at meetings of a political party is the recognized means by which they are expected to inform themselves.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2), Para 3, under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/44\/49-Ests., dated 10th October, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants have ample facilities through the medium of the press to keep themselves informed regarding the aims, objects and activities of the different political parties and to equip themselves to exercise intelligently their civic rights, e.g., the right to vote at elections to Legislatures or Local Self Government institutions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Statement 3<\/b> \u2717 Inverts the purpose of the paragraph. It is placed at the end of the Decision precisely to remove the justification for attending party meetings - the press, not the meeting, is the recognized source of information.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 512,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement that a Government servant maintain political neutrality is expressed as a requirement that he should:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"not only maintain political neutrality but also appear to do so\",\r\n      \"maintain political neutrality in the discharge of his official duties\",\r\n      \"maintain political neutrality during the period of any election\",\r\n      \"declare his political affiliations, if any, to the prescribed authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - not only maintain political neutrality but also appear to do so<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 6\/6\/69-Ests. (B), dated 18th July, 1969<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is essential that Government servants should not only maintain political neutrality but should also appear to do so.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe formulation is repeated in GID (10) on rallies and, in a different context, in GID (13) under Rule 3, which requires that officers <i>\\\"not only be honest and impartial in the discharge of their official duties but also have the reputation of being so.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Each confines the obligation - to official duties, or to election periods - whereas Rule 5(1) operates at all times and in every capacity\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 513,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Taking an active or prominent part in organizing a meeting held by a political party is likely to create the impression that a Government servant is assisting a political movement.\\n2. Speaking at such a meeting is likely to create the same impression.\\n3. Attending such meetings regularly or even frequently is likely to create the same impression.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8), Para 3, under Rule 5 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/4\/73-Ests. (A), dated 17th February, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"if a Government servant takes active or prominent part in organizing or conducting such a meeting or demonstration or speaks himself therein or attends regularly or even frequently any such meetings, etc., such action on his part is likely to create an impression that he is taking part in or assisting a political movement or activity.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree separate routes to the same impression, and any one suffices. The Decision's conclusion follows: it would be <i>\\\"in the interest of the Government servants themselves not to participate in such meetings or demonstrations.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 514,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Explanation to the older rule defined a \\\"political movement\\\" as including any movement or activity tending directly or indirectly to excite disaffection against, or to embarrass, the Government as by law established. That Explanation was:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"only illustrative, and not intended to be an exhaustive definition\",\r\n      \"an exhaustive definition, binding on all authorities\",\r\n      \"confined to movements operating within India\",\r\n      \"applicable only to organizations registered under any law\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - only illustrative, and not intended to be an exhaustive definition<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/44\/49-Ests. (A), dated 17th September, 1949<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This explanation is only illustrative and is not intended, in any sense, to be an exhaustive definition of 'political movement'.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nIt is because the definition was illustrative that the Decision falls back on the test of fact - <i>\\\"Whether or not the aims and activities of any organization are political is a question of fact which has to be decided on the merits of each case.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Explanation itself does not appear in the present Rule 5; the compilation notes it as <i>\\\"not in the new rule\\\"<\/i>, so the position now rests on Rule 5(3) and on the Decisions.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 515,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, permission granted to a Government servant to participate in the activities of the Bharat Sewak Samaj:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"absolves him from the conduct rules for the duration of that participation\",\r\n      \"extends to any other similar organization of a non-political character\",\r\n      \"operates until it is revoked by the Government in the administrative Ministry at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"does not absolve him from the due observance at all times of the rules relating to the conduct of Government servants\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - does not absolve him from the due observance at all times of the rules relating to the conduct of Government servants<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11)(3) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/49\/52-Ests., dated 11th October, 1952<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It should be made clear to all Government servants concerned that permission to participate in the activities of the Bharat Sewak Samaj will not absolve them from the due observance at all times of all the rules and instructions relating to the conduct and behaviour of Government servants.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Names the wrong authority: under Clause (2), the permission is granted by the <b>Head of the Office or Department<\/b> and may be revoked by him if experience shows that official duties are being affected\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 516,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The duty to endeavour to prevent participation in a subversive movement extends to any member of a Government servant's family.\\n2. Where he is unable to prevent such participation, he is required to make a report to that effect.\\n3. Failure to prevent such participation is itself a contravention of the said Rules, whatever efforts he may have made.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 5(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sub-rule imposes a duty <i>\\\"to endeavour to prevent\\\"<\/i>, and provides for what is to happen <i>\\\"where a Government servant is unable to prevent a member of his family\\\"<\/i> - language which assumes that he may fail despite genuine effort.<br><br>\\n<b>Statement 3<\/b> \u2717 Would convert an obligation of effort into one of result, and would leave the reporting provision with nothing to operate on. What is actionable is the failure to <b>report<\/b> after being unable to prevent.<br><br>\\nGID (4) prescribes how such a report travels - through the immediate superior to the authority competent to remove or dismiss him.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 517,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a report made by a Government servant that he could not prevent a member of his family from taking part in a subversive movement is considered, and it is proposed to impose a penalty:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the penalty may be imposed on the report itself, no further procedure being necessary\",\r\n      \"the matter must first be referred to the Central Vigilance Commission\",\r\n      \"the procedure prescribed in the Classification, Control and Appeal Rules should be followed\",\r\n      \"the penalty may not exceed censure\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the procedure prescribed in the Classification, Control and Appeal Rules should be followed<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 5 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/40\/55-Ests. (A), dated 22nd February, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Except where such authority requires guidance or Clarification from a higher authority, it shall consider the report and pass appropriate orders. If it is proposed to impose any penalty the procedure prescribed in the CCS (CCA) Rules, should be followed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe report is therefore not a substitute for disciplinary procedure. It informs the competent authority, and if that authority proposes a penalty the ordinary safeguards - charge, inquiry and the rest - apply in full.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 No ceiling on the penalty is prescribed\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 518,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Arrange the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the correct chronological order of the Decisions in which they were laid down:\\n1. That Government servants should not only maintain political neutrality but should also appear to do so\\n2. That the responsibility for a Government servant's decision to join an organization must rest squarely on his shoulders\\n3. That arranging crowds and transport for a political rally attracts the prohibition on assisting a political movement\\n4. That the mention of a named organization be removed from the earlier instructions\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 - 2 - 3 - 4\",\r\n      \"2 - 3 - 1 - 4\",\r\n      \"3 - 2 - 1 - 4\",\r\n      \"2 - 1 - 3 - 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 2 - 1 - 3 - 4<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (1), (6), (10) and (18-A) under Rule 5 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>GID (1)<\/b> - O.M. dated 17th September, <b>1949<\/b>: responsibility rests squarely on his shoulders.<br>\\n<b>GID (6)<\/b> - O.M. dated 18th July, <b>1969<\/b>: not only maintain political neutrality but also appear to do so.<br>\\n<b>GID (10)<\/b> - O.M. dated 1st September, <b>1978<\/b>: rallies, crowds and transport.<br>\\n<b>GID (18-A)<\/b> - O.M. dated 9th July, <b>2024<\/b>: removal of the mention of a named organization.<br><br>\\nThe sequence traces the whole arc of the rule - from placing the burden of enquiry on the individual, through the appearance-based standard, to its application to organized political work, and finally to the review of the list itself.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 519,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Election Commission's letter reproduced in the Decisions draws the attention of Government servants to the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 contained in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Sections 8 and 9 of that Act\",\r\n      \"Sections 33 and 36 of that Act\",\r\n      \"Sections 123 and 125 of that Act\",\r\n      \"Sections 129 and 134 of that Act\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - Sections 129 and 134 of that Act<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 5 - Extracts from the Election Commission's Letter No. 62\/71<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Attention is invited to Sections 129 and 134 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, in connection with the conduct of Government servants during the elections.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Commission separately reproduces <b>Section 134-A<\/b>, which penalizes a person in the service of the Government who acts as an election agent or polling agent.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Section 123(8) is a real and closely related provision - GID (5) discusses it, along with Section 33(2), in explaining why the Supreme Court held that an election is not void merely because a Government servant proposed or seconded a nomination. But it is not among the sections to which the Commission drew attention here\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 520,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 5\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 5 - Taking part in politics and elections\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant may not be a member of an organization which takes part in politics, even if it is not a political party.\\n2. The restriction on taking part in an election extends to an election to a Local Authority.\\n3. Association by a Government servant with an organization named in instructions in force declaring its activities to be political renders him liable to disciplinary action.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 5(1) and 5(4); GID (6) under Rule 5 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 Rule 5(1) covers <i>\\\"any political party or any organization which takes part in politics\\\"<\/i> - the second limb is independent of the first<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Rule 5(4) applies to <i>\\\"an election to any Legislature or Local Authority\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 GID (6) - <i>\\\"While such instructions are in force, a civil servant would be liable to disciplinary action, if he were to associate himself with any organization mentioned in such instructions\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nStatement 3 must now be read with GID (18-A) of 9-7-2024, which removed one name from the list - the liability attaches to whatever names are <b>in force at the material time<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 521,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 6 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden to join, or to continue to be a member of, an association the objects or activities of which are prejudicial to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, or the security of the State\",\r\n      \"the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, or public order or morality\",\r\n      \"friendly relations with foreign States, or public order or decency\",\r\n      \"the discipline of the service, or the reputation of the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, or public order or morality<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall join, or continue to be a member of, an association the objects or activities of which are prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, or public order or morality.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOnly <b>three<\/b> grounds are named. The longer list in the distractors belongs to <b>Rule 7(i)<\/b>, which forbids a demonstration prejudicial to <i>\\\"the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality\\\"<\/i> - so \\\"security of the State\\\", \\\"friendly relations with foreign States\\\" and \\\"decency\\\" are real formulae, but of the neighbouring rule.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 522,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 6 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the prohibition relating to an association whose objects or activities are objectionable extends to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"joining such an association alone\",\r\n      \"subscribing to the funds of such an association alone for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"holding office in such an association alone\",\r\n      \"joining such an association, and continuing to be a member of it\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - joining such an association, and continuing to be a member of it<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall join, or continue to be a member of, an association...\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe second limb is what makes the obligation a <b>continuing<\/b> one. A Government servant who joined an association before its objects became objectionable, or before he knew of them, is not saved by the innocence of his original act - he must cease to be a member.<br><br>\\n<b>B, C.<\/b> \u2717 Each is narrower than the rule. Office-holding and subscription are dealt with under Rule 15(1)(c) and Rule 12 respectively\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 523,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, action for an alleged violation of the restriction on joining associations may be taken by a disciplinary authority:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"at any time, on its own satisfaction that the association is objectionable\",\r\n      \"only after the association has been declared unlawful under any law for the time being in force as the case may be as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"only when an authority not below the level of a Head of Department has decided that the objects or activities of the Association attract that rule\",\r\n      \"only after obtaining the concurrence of the Central Vigilance Commission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - only when an authority not below the level of a Head of Department has decided that the objects or activities of the Association attract that rule<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 6 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 11013\/2\/77-Ests. (A), dated 7th June, 1978<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided that action for alleged violation of Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, can be taken by a disciplinary authority only when an authority not below the level of a Head of Department has decided that the objects or activities of the Association concerned are such as would attract Rule 6 ibid.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe safeguard was introduced because the Staff Side apprehended <i>\\\"the possibility of arbitrary action at lower levels\\\"<\/i> - the disciplinary authority may be junior, and the determination is lifted above it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 524,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Head of Department is himself in doubt whether the objects or activities of an Association attract the restriction on joining associations, he is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"seek the advice of the Administrative Ministry or Department concerned\",\r\n      \"refer the question to the Ministry of Home Affairs for a decision\",\r\n      \"resolve the doubt in favour of the Government servant and drop the matter\",\r\n      \"refer the question to the National Council of the Joint Consultative Machinery\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - seek the advice of the Administrative Ministry or Department concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 6 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 11013\/2\/77-Ests. (A), dated 7th June, 1978<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where the Head of Department is himself in doubt, he shall seek the advice of the Administrative Ministry \/ Department concerned before action for the alleged violation of Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, is initiated.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reference must be made <b>before<\/b> action is initiated, not during it. Together with the Head-of-Department threshold, this builds a two-stage filter ahead of any charge under Rule 6.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The National Council (JCM) is where the Staff Side <i>raised<\/i> the difficulty, at its Committee meeting of 28th January, 1977; it is not the body that resolves individual doubts\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 525,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the reason given for not laying down an exhaustive list of the objects or activities which would attract the restriction on joining associations is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"such a list would require the approval of Parliament\",\r\n      \"a comprehensive and exhaustive enumeration is not practicable\",\r\n      \"the Government's decision on the question is in any event final\",\r\n      \"the associations concerned would be able to alter their stated objects\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a comprehensive and exhaustive enumeration is not practicable<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 6 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 11013\/2\/77-Ests. (A), dated 7th June, 1978<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"As a comprehensive and exhaustive enumeration of various objects or activities which would attract Rule 6 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, is not practicable and as the apprehension of the Staff Side was mainly in regard to the possibility of arbitrary action at lower levels, it has been decided...\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe impracticability of a list is what produced the <b>procedural<\/b> answer instead - raising the level at which the determination is made, rather than defining the offence more tightly. Rule 5 takes a similar course, leaving the question of fact to be decided on merits under Rule 5(3).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 526,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the facility to display notices on notice boards in office premises is available to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any Government servant, at places specified for the purpose\",\r\n      \"any association or union of Government servants, whether recognized or not under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"recognized associations or trade unions, with the permission of the competent authority\",\r\n      \"recognized associations alone, without any permission being necessary\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - recognized associations or trade unions, with the permission of the competent authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/17\/71-Ests. (A), dated 26th August, 1971<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision refers to the instructions <i>\\\"which prescribes the nature of posters that can be displayed by the recognized associations \/ trade unions on notice boards in the office premises with the permission of the competent authority at the places specified for this purpose.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree conditions operate together - the body must be <b>recognized<\/b>, the <b>permission<\/b> of the competent authority is needed, and the display must be at the <b>specified places<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 527,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the facility granted to recognized associations to display notices in office premises:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"confers on individual Government servants a corresponding right to display notices\",\r\n      \"extends to the affixing of posters on the walls and doors of office premises\",\r\n      \"may be exercised by an unrecognized union with the permission of the Head of Office in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case as the case may be\",\r\n      \"does not confer on individual Government servants or their associations any right to display posters or notices on the walls or doors of the office premises\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - does not confer on individual Government servants or their associations any right to display posters or notices on the walls or doors of the office premises<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/17\/71-Ests. (A), dated 26th August, 1971<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The facility so provided to recognized associations \/ unions does not confer on individual Government servants or their associations \/ unions any right to display posters or other notices on the walls, doors, etc., of the office premises.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo limits are drawn at once - as to <b>who<\/b> may display, and as to <b>where<\/b>. A notice board at a specified place is one thing; walls and doors are another. Government servants who display notices in violation <i>\\\"would be rendering themselves liable to appropriate action.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 528,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following matters, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in respect of which a recognized association may be allowed to display notices in office premises:\\n1. The date, time, place and purpose of a meeting\\n2. Statements of accounts of income and expenditure of the association\\n3. Announcements regarding the holding of elections and the result thereof\\n4. Reminders to the membership in a general way about the dues outstanding against them\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6, extract from Ministry of Labour and Employment O.M. No. 18\/21\/60-LRI, dated 9th May, 1961<\/i><br><br>\\nThe five permitted classes are the four listed above, together with <i>\\\"Announcements relating to matters of general interest to the members\\\"<\/i> subject to four conditions.<br><br>\\nOne qualification in item 3 is easily missed and is regularly tested: announcements regarding the holding of elections are permitted <b>\\\"excluding canvassing therefor\\\"<\/b> - the notice may state that an election is being held and what the result was, but may not solicit votes.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 529,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a notice displayed by a recognized association regarding the holding of its elections may cover:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the holding of the elections and the result thereof, but not canvassing for them\",\r\n      \"the holding of the elections, canvassing for them and the result thereof\",\r\n      \"the result of the elections alone\",\r\n      \"the holding of the elections alone, the result being a matter of internal record\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the holding of the elections and the result thereof, but not canvassing for them<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6, extract from Ministry of Labour and Employment O.M. No. 18\/21\/60-LRI, dated 9th May, 1961, item (iii)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Announcements regarding holding of elections excluding canvassing therefor and result thereof.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe permission is for the <b>announcement<\/b> of the process and its outcome; what is excluded is the <b>solicitation of support<\/b>. The distinction runs parallel to the fourth condition attaching to general-interest notices, which bars attacks on individuals - both are directed at keeping the notice board free of contest between members.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 530,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following conditions, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, subject to which a recognized association may display notices relating to matters of general interest to its members:\\n1. They are not in the nature of criticism.\\n2. They are not subversive of discipline.\\n3. They do not contain objectionable or offensive language.\\n4. They do not contain attacks on individuals, directly or indirectly.\\n\\nWhich of the conditions given above must be satisfied?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"3 and 4 only\",\r\n      \"All of them\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All of them<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6, extract from Ministry of Labour and Employment O.M. No. 18\/21\/60-LRI, dated 9th May, 1961, item (v)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Announcements relating to matters of general interest to the members of Association \/ Union provided - (a) they are not in the nature of criticism; (b) they are not subversive of discipline; (c) they do not contain objectionable or offensive language; and (d) they do not contain attacks on individuals, directly or indirectly.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nAll four are <b>cumulative<\/b>, which is why a question offering any pair of them as the answer is wrong however accurate each pair may look. Note also that condition (d) covers attacks made <b>indirectly<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 531,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the condition that a notice displayed by a recognized association should not contain attacks on individuals operates in respect of attacks made:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in express terms only\",\r\n      \"directly or indirectly\",\r\n      \"against Government servants of the same office only\",\r\n      \"against office-bearers of the association only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - directly or indirectly<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6, extract from Ministry of Labour and Employment O.M. No. 18\/21\/60-LRI, dated 9th May, 1961, item (v)(d)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"they do not contain attacks on individuals, directly or indirectly.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"directly or indirectly\\\"<\/b> defeat the obvious evasion of attacking a person by description rather than by name. The formula recurs in these Rules wherever indirect conduct would otherwise escape - in Rule 4(1) on securing employment, in Rule 5(2) on subversive movements, and in Rule 18(1)(i)(d) on liabilities incurred indirectly.<br><br>\\n<b>C, D.<\/b> \u2717 The condition is not limited by the identity of the person attacked\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 532,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who affixes posters on the walls and doors of office premises, or is responsible for their display:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"commits no irregularity if the poster relates to a permitted class of notice\",\r\n      \"commits no irregularity if he is an office-bearer of a recognized association\",\r\n      \"renders himself liable to appropriate action\",\r\n      \"is liable only to be required to remove the poster at his own cost\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - renders himself liable to appropriate action<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/17\/71-Ests. (A), dated 26th August, 1971<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants who affix or display posters \/ notices or are responsible for the display of such notices in violation of these instructions, would be rendering themselves liable to appropriate action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features of the wording matter. Liability attaches to the person <b>responsible for<\/b> the display as much as to the one who affixes it; and it turns on the <b>place<\/b> of display, so the permitted subject-matter of the notice is no answer where it has been put up on a wall or door.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 533,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the instructions relating to the display of posters in Government offices were issued with the object of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"restricting the activities of recognized service associations\",\r\n      \"ensuring maintenance of the neat and tidy appearance of office buildings and premises\",\r\n      \"ensuring that no notice is displayed without the approval of the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"preventing the circulation of information about association elections\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - ensuring maintenance of the neat and tidy appearance of office buildings and premises<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/17\/71-Ests. (A), dated 26th August, 1971<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Ministry of Finance, etc., are requested to enlist the co-operation of their employees and the recognized staff associations \/ unions in the matter for ensuring maintenance of neat and tidy appearance of the office buildings and premises.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision is therefore directed at the <b>appearance of the premises<\/b>, not at the content of association communication - which continues to be permitted on notice boards. The occasion for it was <i>\\\"growing tendency... among Government servants acting individually or through their Unions \/ Associations, of affixing posters and other notices on the walls, doors, etc.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 534,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant shall not join an association the objects or activities of which are prejudicial to public order.\\n2. Action for an alleged violation of that provision may be taken by a disciplinary authority only after a determination by an authority not below the level of a Head of Department.\\n3. A disciplinary authority may take action for such a violation without any such determination.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 6 and GID (2) under Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nStatement 3 contradicts statement 2, and it is statement 2 that reflects the Decision: <i>\\\"action for alleged violation of Rule 6... can be taken by a disciplinary authority only when an authority not below the level of a Head of Department has decided that the objects or activities of the Association concerned are such as would attract Rule 6.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nSets of this shape - two statements that cannot both be true - reward reading the whole set before answering, since identifying the contradiction fixes the answer without further knowledge.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 535,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement of a determination by an authority not below the level of a Head of Department, before action is taken for joining an objectionable association, was introduced following representations made by the Staff Side in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Committee of the National Council of the Joint Consultative Machinery\",\r\n      \"the Central Administrative Tribunal\",\r\n      \"the Committee on Prevention of Corruption for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"the Estimates Committee of Parliament\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the Committee of the National Council of the Joint Consultative Machinery<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 6 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 11013\/2\/77-Ests. (A), dated 7th June, 1978<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In the meeting of the Committee of the National Council (JCM) held on 28th January, 1977, the Staff Side referred to their request that it should be clearly laid down as to how it should be decided whether the objects or activities of an Association attract the provisions of Rule 6.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe National Council (JCM) is the same forum through which the clarification on supervisory responsibility under Rule 3(2)(i) was adopted - GID (15) under Rule 3 records its meeting of 28th July, 1972. Both changes narrowed the scope for action against the individual.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 536,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (provision)\\nA. Joining an association whose objects are prejudicial to public order\\nB. Engaging in a demonstration prejudicial to friendly relations with foreign States\\nC. Being a member of an organization which takes part in politics\\nD. Bringing outside influence to bear upon a superior authority in one's own service matter\\n\\nList-II (rule)\\n1. Rule 5\\n2. Rule 6\\n3. Rule 7\\n4. Rule 20\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 5(1), 6, 7(i) and 20 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Rule 6<\/b> - associations whose objects or activities are prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, public order or morality.<br>\\n<b>Rule 7(i)<\/b> - demonstrations, and its list alone contains <i>\\\"friendly relations with foreign States.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Rule 5(1)<\/b> - political parties and organizations which take part in politics.<br>\\n<b>Rule 20<\/b> - canvassing of non-official or other outside influence.<br><br>\\nRules 5, 6 and 7 are habitually set together because their opening words are so similar; the distinguishing feature is the <b>object of the prohibition<\/b> - a party, an association, or a demonstration.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 537,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the notices which a recognized association may display in office premises are described as notices of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"an official character\",\r\n      \"a non-controversial nature\",\r\n      \"a purely internal character\",\r\n      \"general public interest\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a non-controversial nature<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6, extract from Ministry of Labour and Employment O.M. No. 18\/21\/60-LRI, dated 9th May, 1961<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The facility for display of notices of a non-controversial nature in office premises had been granted to recognized associations \/ trade unions by some of the Ministries and Departments, in some cases subject to prior approval of notices other than those of specified types.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe description explains the five permitted classes that follow. Each is essentially administrative - meetings, accounts, elections, dues - and the fifth is admitted only on conditions that keep it non-controversial: no criticism, nothing subversive of discipline, no offensive language, no attacks on individuals.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 538,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are matters in respect of which a recognized association may display a notice in office premises EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the date, time, place and purpose of a meeting of the association\",\r\n      \"statements of accounts of the income and expenditure of the association\",\r\n      \"criticism of a decision of the Government affecting the members of the association\",\r\n      \"reminders to the membership in a general way about the dues outstanding against them\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - criticism of a decision of the Government affecting the members of the association<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6, extract from Ministry of Labour and Employment O.M. No. 18\/21\/60-LRI, dated 9th May, 1961<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A, B and D reproduce items (i), (ii) and (iv) of the permitted list. Criticism appears in the list only to be excluded - condition (a) attaching to item (v) requires that announcements of general interest <i>\\\"are not in the nature of criticism.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe bar is reinforced elsewhere. <b>Rule 9<\/b> forbids adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of the Central or a State Government, subject to the saving for bona fide expression of views by an office-bearer of a recognized association in safeguarding conditions of service.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 539,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the display of notices by recognized associations was in some Ministries made subject to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"prior approval of notices other than those of specified types\",\r\n      \"prior approval of every notice without exception\",\r\n      \"verification by the Vigilance Officer of the Ministry\",\r\n      \"a limit on the number of notices displayed at any one time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - prior approval of notices other than those of specified types<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6, extract from Ministry of Labour and Employment O.M. No. 18\/21\/60-LRI, dated 9th May, 1961<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The facility for display of notices of a non-controversial nature in office premises had been granted to recognized associations \/ trade unions by some of the Ministries and Departments, in some cases subject to prior approval of notices other than those of specified types.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe arrangement is a graded one - routine notices of the specified types pass without approval, and anything outside them is submitted first. The Decision of 1961 was issued to extend the facility to <i>\\\"other Departments \/ Establishments where such facilities have not been granted hitherto.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 540,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The restriction on joining associations applies to an association whose activities, as distinct from its objects, are objectionable.\\n2. A Government servant who is already a member of such an association is required to cease to be a member.\\n3. The restriction operates only where the association has been declared unlawful by the Government.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 6 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall join, or continue to be a member of, an association the objects or activities of which are prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, or public order or morality.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 The rule reads <b>\\\"objects or activities\\\"<\/b>, so a body whose stated objects are unexceptionable is caught by what it actually does<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 The second limb, \\\"continue to be a member of\\\", makes the duty continuing<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 No declaration of unlawfulness is required. What GID (2) does require is a determination by an authority not below the level of Head of Department - an administrative step within the department, not a proscription under any law\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 541,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the convention that an officer who deals in a responsible capacity with representations from a Service Association should not himself be connected with that Association operates in respect of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"office-bearers of the Association alone\",\r\n      \"members of the Executive Committee of the Association alone at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"an office-bearer or a member of the Executive Committee of the Association\",\r\n      \"every member of the Association\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - an office-bearer or a member of the Executive Committee of the Association<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/1\/60-Ests. (B), dated 25th January, 1960<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has been decided that any Government servant who is an office-bearer or a member of the Executive Committee of a Service Association should not himself deal in his official capacity with any representation or other matters connected with that Association.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule is one of <b>conflict of interest<\/b>, not of membership - ordinary members are unaffected. The question arose after the promulgation of the <b>Central Civil Services (Recognition of Service Associations) Rules, 1959<\/b>, and the Decision confirms that the earlier convention survives those Rules.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 542,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an office-bearer of a Service Association is forbidden to deal in his official capacity with:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any representation or other matter connected with that Association\",\r\n      \"any representation submitted by a member of that Association in his personal capacity\",\r\n      \"any matter concerning the recognition of Service Associations generally\",\r\n      \"any disciplinary case against a member of that Association\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - any representation or other matter connected with that Association<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/1\/60-Ests. (B), dated 25th January, 1960<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...should not himself deal in his official capacity with any representation or other matters connected with that Association.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe bar is defined by the <b>connection with the Association<\/b>, and the words \\\"or other matters\\\" carry it beyond representations to any business of that body coming before him officially.<br><br>\\n<b>B, D.<\/b> \u2717 Each narrows the bar to a particular kind of case; a representation by an individual member in his personal capacity, or a disciplinary case against him, is not by that fact a matter connected with the Association\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 543,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 6\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 6 - Joining of associations by Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Notices of a non-controversial nature may be displayed by recognized associations on notice boards in office premises.\\n2. The display of posters on the walls and doors of office premises is equally permitted to recognized associations.\\n3. A Government servant responsible for the display of a poster in violation of the instructions is liable to appropriate action.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 6 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/17\/71-Ests. (A), dated 26th August, 1971<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 The Decision was issued precisely to stop this. The facility given to recognized associations <i>\\\"does not confer on individual Government servants or their associations \/ unions any right to display posters or other notices on the walls, doors, etc., of the office premises.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe permitted display is on <b>notice boards<\/b>, at places specified for the purpose, with the permission of the competent authority. Statement 2 takes a facility granted for one place and extends it to another, which is the commonest way of misstating this Decision.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 544,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 7 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden to engage himself or participate in any demonstration which is prejudicial to:\\n1. the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India\\n2. the security of the State\\n3. friendly relations with foreign States\\n4. public order, decency or morality\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall - (i) engage himself or participate in any demonstration which is prejudicial to the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or which involves contempt of Court, defamation or incitement to an offence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause has <b>two halves<\/b>. The first lists the interests that may be prejudiced; the second names three things the demonstration may <i>involve<\/i> - contempt of Court, defamation, and incitement to an offence. Rule 6, by contrast, names only three grounds.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 545,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 7 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a demonstration is also forbidden where it involves:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"contempt of Court, defamation or incitement to an offence\",\r\n      \"the presence of persons who are not Government servants\",\r\n      \"the use of loudspeakers or other amplifying equipment\",\r\n      \"the display of banners bearing the name of a service association\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - contempt of Court, defamation or incitement to an offence<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words are <i>\\\"or which involves contempt of Court, defamation or incitement to an offence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis second limb operates <b>independently<\/b> of the first: a demonstration which prejudices none of the listed interests is still within the rule if it involves any of these three. The limb matters in practice because <b>GID (3)<\/b> treats a \\\"Gherao\\\" as involving criminal offences - wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, criminal trespass, and incitement to such offences.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 546,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 7 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant shall not resort to, or in any way abet, any form of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"strike alone\",\r\n      \"strike or coercion alone\",\r\n      \"strike, coercion or physical duress\",\r\n      \"strike, coercion, physical duress or public demonstration\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - strike, coercion or physical duress<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"resort to or in any way abet any form of strike or coercion or physical duress in connection with any matter pertaining to his service or the service of any other Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree things are named, and each is preceded by <b>\\\"any form of\\\"<\/b>. The words <b>\\\"or in any way abet\\\"<\/b> bring in the Government servant who does not himself strike but supports or instigates those who do.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Demonstrations are dealt with by Clause (i), and on a different test - prejudice to specified interests - not by Clause (ii)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 547,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 7 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the prohibition on resorting to or abetting a strike operates in connection with:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any matter pertaining to his own service alone\",\r\n      \"any matter pertaining to his service or the service of any other Government servant\",\r\n      \"any matter of public interest whatsoever\",\r\n      \"any matter pertaining to the service of Government servants of his own Department\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - any matter pertaining to his service or the service of any other Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words are <i>\\\"in connection with any matter pertaining to his service or the service of any other Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe second limb is what brings the <b>sympathetic strike<\/b> within the rule - a Government servant who stops work over a grievance that is not his own is squarely within Clause (ii). GID (2) confirms this by naming the <i>\\\"'sympathetic'\\\"<\/i> strike among the practices covered.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 There is no limitation to the servant's own Department\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 548,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, \\\"strike\\\" means refusal to work, or stoppage or slowing down of work, by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a Government servant acting individually\",\r\n      \"a group of employees acting in combination\",\r\n      \"a recognized service association acting through its office-bearers\",\r\n      \"any number of employees, whether or not acting together\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a group of employees acting in combination<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is, therefore, clarified that 'strike' means refusal to work or stoppage or slowing down of work by a group of employees acting in combination.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe element of <b>combination<\/b> is what distinguishes a strike from individual misconduct: a single employee who stops work is guilty of some other breach, not of a strike. Note also that the definition takes in <b>slowing down<\/b> as well as stopping - which is what brings the \\\"go-slow\\\" within it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 549,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as being included in the expression \\\"strike\\\":\\n1. Mass abstention from work without permission\\n2. Refusal to work overtime where such overtime work is necessary in the public interest\\n3. Resort to practices likely to result in the cessation or substantial retardation of work in any organization\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"and includes - (i) mass abstention from work without permission (which is wrongly described as 'mass casual leave'); (ii) refusal to work overtime where such overtime work is necessary in the public interest; (iii) resort to practices or conduct which is likely to result in or results in the cessation or substantial retardation of work in any organization.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nLimb (ii) is the surprising one - a <b>refusal to do overtime<\/b>, which no one is ordinarily bound to work, becomes a strike where the overtime is necessary in the public interest.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 550,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, mass abstention from work without permission is described in the Decisions as being:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a form of demonstration within the meaning of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"wrongly described as \\\"mass casual leave\\\"\",\r\n      \"permissible where casual leave is due to each of the employees concerned\",\r\n      \"a matter to be regularized as leave after the event\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - wrongly described as \\\"mass casual leave\\\"<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(i) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"mass abstention from work without permission (which is wrongly described as 'mass casual leave').\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe parenthesis is doing real work. Calling the abstention \\\"casual leave\\\" suggests it is an exercise of an entitlement; the Decision says it is nothing of the kind, because leave requires <b>permission<\/b> and none has been given.<br><br>\\nGID (5) of 2008 draws the consequence in pay: for such a day <i>\\\"the salary of such employees for the day \/ days in question shall not be paid.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 551,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following practices, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Go-slow\\n2. Pen-down\\n3. Stay-in\\n4. Token or sympathetic strike\\n\\nHow many of the above are covered by the expression \\\"strike\\\"?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(iii) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Such practices would include, what are called, 'go-slow', 'sit-down', 'pen-down', 'stay-in', 'token', 'sympathetic' or any other similar strike; as also absence from work for participation in a Bandh or any similar movements.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nSix named forms in all - the fifth and sixth being the <b>sit-down<\/b> strike and absence for a <b>Bandh<\/b>. The closing words <i>\\\"or any other similar strike\\\"<\/i> keep the list open, and the Decision says so expressly.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 552,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, absence from work for participation in a Bandh or any similar movement:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"falls outside the expression \\\"strike\\\", a Bandh not being a service matter\",\r\n      \"is covered by the expression \\\"strike\\\"\",\r\n      \"is covered only where the Bandh has been called by a recognized service association\",\r\n      \"is covered only where the Government servant has publicly supported the Bandh\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is covered by the expression \\\"strike\\\"<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(iii) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision brings within the definition <i>\\\"absence from work for participation in a Bandh or any similar movements.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Is the natural objection - a Bandh is usually called over a public rather than a service question - but the Decision answers it by making the <b>absence from work<\/b> the operative fact, whatever the cause espoused. Options C and D add conditions the Decision does not impose.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 553,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the list of activities covered by the definition of \\\"strike\\\" set out in the Decisions is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"exhaustive, and confined to the practices named in it\",\r\n      \"confined to practices resorted to in connection with a service grievance\",\r\n      \"illustrative and not exhaustive\",\r\n      \"subject to revision only by an amendment of the said Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - illustrative and not exhaustive<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It may be noted that the list of activities which are covered under the definition of strike as enumerated above is only illustrative and not exhaustive. It only clarifies the position in respect of practices which are often resorted to at present.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe definition itself supports this - it opens with \\\"means\\\" but continues with <b>\\\"and includes\\\"<\/b>, and closes limb (iii) with <i>\\\"or any other similar strike\\\"<\/i>. A new form of protest devised tomorrow is therefore not outside the rule merely because it is unnamed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 554,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who resorts to a go-slow or a pen-down agitation:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"commits no breach, since he remains present at his place of work\",\r\n      \"violates the provision relating to strikes, and disciplinary action can be taken against him\",\r\n      \"is liable only to the deduction of pay for the period of the agitation at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"is liable only where the agitation has been called by an association\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - violates the provision relating to strikes, and disciplinary action can be taken against him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants who resort to action of the above kind violate Rule 7 (ii) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, and disciplinary action can be taken against them.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rests on presence at work, which the definition makes irrelevant: a strike includes the <b>slowing down of work<\/b>, and the sit-down, pen-down and stay-in forms all involve remaining at the workplace<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Deduction of pay is a consequence under GID (5), but it is expressly <i>\\\"without prejudice to any disciplinary action\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 555,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, participation by Government servants in a \\\"Gherao\\\" is regarded as a contravention of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the rule relating to demonstrations and strikes alone under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"the rule relating to general conduct alone\",\r\n      \"both the rule relating to general conduct and that relating to demonstrations and strikes\",\r\n      \"the rule relating to joining of associations\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - both the rule relating to general conduct and that relating to demonstrations and strikes<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(i) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Disciplinary action should be taken against the prominent participants in the 'Gherao' for contravention of Rules 3 and 7 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe double contravention follows from the nature of the act: a Gherao is a coercive demonstration under <b>Rule 7<\/b>, and participation in it <i>\\\"amounts to conduct wholly unbecoming of Government servants\\\"<\/i> under <b>Rule 3(1)(iii)<\/b>. The Decision adds that it would constitute good and sufficient reason within the meaning of Rule 11 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 556,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a \\\"Gherao\\\" is described as involving:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the forcible confinement of public servants within office premises by surrounding their places of duty\",\r\n      \"the picketing of the entrances to office premises before the commencement of office hours\",\r\n      \"the presentation of a collective representation by employees at the residence of an officer under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"the refusal of employees to work overtime in support of a demand\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the forcible confinement of public servants within office premises by surrounding their places of duty<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"employees of certain Central Government Offices staged what is called 'Gherao' involving forcible confinement of public servants within office premises by surrounding their places of duty and have held demonstrations \/ meetings both within office premises during office hours and also outside the office premises beyond office hours, tending to forcible confinement of public servants within office premises.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision covers meetings held <b>both inside office premises during office hours and outside them beyond office hours<\/b>, so the timing and location afford no defence.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 557,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following criminal offences which, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a \\\"Gherao\\\" is stated to involve:\\n1. Wrongful restraint\\n2. Wrongful confinement\\n3. Criminal trespass\\n4. Incitement to commit offences\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Such demonstrations \/ activities are prejudicial to public order and also involve criminal offences like wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, criminal trespass or incitement to commit offences.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe four are to be <b>specified in the charge-sheet<\/b>, to the extent the facts justify, along with the allegations that the conduct was subversive of discipline, harmful to the public interest and wholly unbecoming of a Government servant. Incitement to an offence is also one of the three matters expressly named in Rule 7(i) itself.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 558,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, absence from work on account of participation in a \\\"Gherao\\\" should:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"be regularized as casual leave to the extent such leave is due\",\r\n      \"be regularized as extraordinary leave in every case\",\r\n      \"be treated as unauthorized absence involving break in service, and not regularized as leave of any kind\",\r\n      \"be condoned where the Government servant was present at his place of duty throughout under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - be treated as unauthorized absence involving break in service, and not regularized as leave of any kind<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(ii) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Absence from work on account of participation in 'Gherao' should in all cases be treated as unauthorized absence involving break in service. The absence should not be regularized as leave of any kind.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo consequences, not one: the absence is <b>unauthorized<\/b>, and it involves a <b>break in service<\/b> - which affects continuity for purposes beyond the pay of those days. The words <i>\\\"in all cases\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"leave of any kind\\\"<\/i> leave no room for regularization.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 559,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where there is a case of \\\"Gherao\\\", wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, criminal trespass or any other cognizable offence, a written report should be made to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Home Secretary to the State Government concerned\",\r\n      \"the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station having jurisdiction\",\r\n      \"the Superintendent of Police of the district concerned in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"the Central Bureau of Investigation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station having jurisdiction<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(iii) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"a written report should be made to the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station having jurisdiction, requesting him to register the offence and to take action under the law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe report must include <i>\\\"the names of the offenders to the extent known, and of responsible witnesses to the offences.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A, C.<\/b> \u2717 Both are real recipients, but of <b>copies<\/b>: <i>\\\"Copies of the report should be endorsed to the Police Commissioner \/ Superintendent of Police and the Home Secretary to the State Government concerned.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 560,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the written report made to the police in a case of \\\"Gherao\\\" is required to include:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the names of the offenders to the extent known, and of responsible witnesses to the offences\",\r\n      \"the names of all the employees present in the office premises on the day in question as the case may be\",\r\n      \"an estimate of the loss caused to Government by the stoppage of work\",\r\n      \"the names of the office-bearers of the service association concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the names of the offenders to the extent known, and of responsible witnesses to the offences<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(iii) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The names of the offenders to the extent known, and of responsible witnesses to the offences should be included in the written report.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe qualification <b>\\\"to the extent known\\\"<\/b> makes the point that an incomplete list is no reason to delay the report. The parallel requirement of naming <b>witnesses<\/b> is what makes the report usable if the police fail to act and a complaint has to be filed before a Magistrate under Clause (iv).<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Office-bearers are named only if they are themselves offenders or witnesses; the departmental action under Clause (i) is against <b>prominent participants<\/b>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 561,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where, notwithstanding the mandatory provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, the police take no action on a report of a \\\"Gherao\\\", action should be taken:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"to move the State Government for a direction to the police\",\r\n      \"to refer the matter to the Central Bureau of Investigation for investigation in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"to place the matter before the Magistrate for a departmental inquiry\",\r\n      \"promptly to file a complaint before the appropriate Magistrate in respect of the substantive offences\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - promptly to file a complaint before the appropriate Magistrate in respect of the substantive offences<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(iv) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If, notwithstanding the mandatory provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, Police take no action on such a report, action should be taken promptly to file a complaint before the appropriate Magistrate in respect of the substantive offences under the Indian Penal Code or other laws.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision adds a further, guarded option: <i>\\\"In certain circumstances, a petition could be filed before the High Court for issue of the appropriate writ, but this should be done after taking legal advice.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 562,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a petition to the High Court for the issue of an appropriate writ, where the police have not acted on a report of a \\\"Gherao\\\":\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be filed simultaneously with the complaint before the Magistrate\",\r\n      \"may be filed in certain circumstances, but only after taking legal advice\",\r\n      \"is the course to be adopted in every such case\",\r\n      \"may be filed only with the previous sanction of the Ministry of Law\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - may be filed in certain circumstances, but only after taking legal advice<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(iv) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In certain circumstances, a petition could be filed before the High Court for issue of the appropriate writ, but this should be done after taking legal advice.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe writ petition is therefore a <b>reserve course<\/b>, not the primary one. The primary course on police inaction is the complaint before the Magistrate, and in drafting that complaint <i>\\\"the assistance of the officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation, if any, available locally, may also be taken.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 563,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in drafting a complaint to be filed before a Magistrate in a case of \\\"Gherao\\\", and in deciding the manner in which evidence should be collected and produced, assistance may be taken from:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Ministry of Law and Justice\",\r\n      \"the Standing Counsel of the Ministry concerned\",\r\n      \"the officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation, if any, available locally\",\r\n      \"the Public Prosecutor attached to the Court concerned as the case may be\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation, if any, available locally<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 15th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"While taking action to file a complaint before the appropriate Magistrate, the assistance of the officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation, if any, available locally, may also be taken in drafting the complaints and deciding the manner, in which evidence should be collected and produced.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis supplementary Decision was issued two days after the main one. The words <b>\\\"if any, available locally\\\"<\/b> make the assistance a facility rather than a requirement, so its absence does not hold up the complaint.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 564,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, participation by Government servants in a \\\"Gherao\\\" is stated to constitute good and sufficient reason within the meaning of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Rule 11 of the CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965\",\r\n      \"Rule 14 of the CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965\",\r\n      \"Rule 3(1)(i) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\",\r\n      \"Rule 23 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Rule 11 of the CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"participation in them by Government servants amounts to conduct wholly unbecoming of Government servants and would constitute good and sufficient reason within the meaning of Rule 11 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Rule 11<\/b> of the CCA Rules is the penalties provision, under which penalties from censure to dismissal may be imposed <i>\\\"for good and sufficient reasons.\\\"<\/i> It is the same hinge relied on in GID (12) under Rule 3 for neglect of family and in GID (31-B) for delay in decision-making.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 14 of the CCA Rules prescribes the <i>procedure<\/i> for major penalties\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 565,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the holding of a meeting or demonstration by a Government servant within his office premises without permission is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"permissible outside office hours\",\r\n      \"permissible where no member of the public is present\",\r\n      \"strictly prohibited\",\r\n      \"permissible where it is organized by a recognized service association\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - strictly prohibited<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 7 - Ministry of W. & H.A.V., No. 366, dated 10th June, 1969<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Government of India hereby want to make it clear that holding of meeting \/ demonstration by any Government servant(s) without permission within his \/ their office premises is strictly prohibited and any violation of these instructions will be taken serious note of and those concerned will be dealt with suitably under the disciplinary rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision is headed as making such conduct <b>violative of Rule 7(i)<\/b>. No exception is made for the hour, for the audience, or for the organizer - which disposes of options A, B and D. GID (3) records that Gheraos too were held <i>\\\"both within office premises during office hours and also outside the office premises beyond office hours.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 566,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Supreme Court has agreed in several judgments that going on a strike is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a civil wrong for which damages may be recovered from the employees\",\r\n      \"a grave misconduct under the Conduct Rules\",\r\n      \"an offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code\",\r\n      \"a matter to be resolved through the Joint Consultative Machinery alone\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a grave misconduct under the Conduct Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 7 - DoP&T O.M. No. 33012\/1 (s)\/2008-Estt. (B) (pt.), dated 12th September, 2008<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Supreme Court has also agreed in several judgments that going on a strike is a grave misconduct under the Conduct Rules and that misconduct by the Government employees is required to be dealt with in accordance with law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision continues: <i>\\\"Any employee going on strike in any form would face the consequences which, besides deduction of wages, may also include appropriate disciplinary action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The Joint Consultative Machinery is offered as the <b>alternative<\/b> to a strike, not as a substitute for disciplinary consequences\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 567,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where employees indulge in any form of strike or boycott of work in pursuance of alleged demands, the salary of such employees for the day or days in question:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"shall be paid, the deduction of pay being a penalty requiring a formal inquiry\",\r\n      \"shall be paid only if the absence is later regularized as leave\",\r\n      \"shall be reduced to one-half for the days in question\",\r\n      \"shall not be paid\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - shall not be paid<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 3, under Rule 7 - DoP&T O.M. No. 33012\/1 (s)\/2008-Estt. (B) (pt.), dated 12th September, 2008<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the salary of such employees for the day \/ days in question shall not be paid and the details of such employees shall have to be intimated by the concerned office where such an event took place to the Administrative Ministry \/ Department concerned, within 15 days of such incident.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features: non-payment follows the <b>fact of the strike<\/b>, and it is expressly <i>\\\"without prejudice to any disciplinary action that may be initiated against such employees.\\\"<\/i> Non-payment is therefore not a penalty in substitution for disciplinary action, which is why option A misstates the position.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 568,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the details of employees who have indulged in any form of strike or boycott of work are required to be intimated to the Administrative Ministry or Department concerned within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"seven days of the incident\",\r\n      \"one month of the incident\",\r\n      \"15 days of the incident\",\r\n      \"three days of the incident\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 15 days of the incident<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 3, under Rule 7 - DoP&T O.M. No. 33012\/1 (s)\/2008-Estt. (B) (pt.), dated 12th September, 2008<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the details of such employees shall have to be intimated by the concerned office where such an event took place to the Administrative Ministry \/ Department concerned, within 15 days of such incident for a decision on how to treat the unauthorized absence occasioned by such an action by the employees.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe purpose of the intimation is stated - <b>a decision on how to treat the unauthorized absence<\/b>. That decision is separate from the withholding of salary, which follows automatically.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 569,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the consequence in pay of participation in a strike attaches where an employee, or an association or group of employees:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"indulges in a strike or boycott of work, or sends a letter conveying an intention to organize any such event\",\r\n      \"indulges in a strike or boycott of work which continues for more than one working day for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"indulges in a strike called by a recognized service association\",\r\n      \"indulges in a strike after a demand has been rejected by the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - indulges in a strike or boycott of work, or sends a letter conveying an intention to organize any such event<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 3, under Rule 7 - DoP&T O.M. No. 33012\/1 (s)\/2008-Estt. (B) (pt.), dated 12th September, 2008<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"if any employee or an association \/ group of employees, under any nomenclature, indulge in any form of strike \/ boycott of work in pursuance of any alleged demands, or send any letter conveying of their intention to organize any such event...\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features widen the paragraph: the phrase <b>\\\"under any nomenclature\\\"<\/b>, which prevents a body escaping by calling itself something else; and the inclusion of a <b>letter of intention<\/b>, so that the announcement itself engages the consequence.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 570,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the object with which the Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government employees was introduced is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"to adjudicate disputes between the Government and recognized service associations as the case may be as the case may be\",\r\n      \"to regulate the recognition of service associations\",\r\n      \"to provide a forum in which strikes may be notified in advance\",\r\n      \"to promote harmonious relations and secure the greatest measure of co-operation between the Government as employer and the general body of its employees\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - to promote harmonious relations and secure the greatest measure of co-operation between the Government as employer and the general body of its employees<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 2, under Rule 7 - DoP&T O.M. No. 33012\/1 (s)\/2008-Estt. (B) (pt.), dated 12th September, 2008<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This scheme has been introduced with the object of promoting harmonious relations and of securing the greatest measure of co-operation between the Government, in its capacity as employer and the general body of its employees in matters of common concern and with the object, further of increasing the efficiency of the public service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe paragraph is placed in the Decision to make a practical point - a machinery for consultation already exists, so <i>\\\"going on any form of strike will also not be in the interest of the employees.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 571,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who is an office-bearer or a member of the Executive Committee of a Service Association:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should not himself deal in his official capacity with any representation or other matter connected with that Association\",\r\n      \"should relinquish that position on being posted to a supervisory appointment\",\r\n      \"should obtain the previous sanction of the Government before accepting that position\",\r\n      \"may deal officially with matters connected with that Association after recording his interest on the file for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - should not himself deal in his official capacity with any representation or other matter connected with that Association<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/1\/60-Ests. (B), dated 25th January, 1960<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has been decided that any Government servant who is an office-bearer or a member of the Executive Committee of a Service Association should not himself deal in his official capacity with any representation or other matters connected with that Association.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision confirms that this convention survived the promulgation of the <b>Central Civil Services (Recognition of Service Associations) Rules, 1959<\/b>. The technique is the same as Rule 4(3) - a Government servant with an interest in a matter must not decide it, whether the interest arises from family employment or from office in an association.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 572,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (act)\\nA. Mass abstention from work without permission\\nB. Refusal to work overtime where such work is necessary in the public interest\\nC. Absence from work for participation in a Bandh\\nD. Forcible confinement of public servants by surrounding their places of duty\\n\\nList-II (how it is characterized)\\n1. A practice tending to the cessation or substantial retardation of work\\n2. A form of strike, wrongly described as mass casual leave\\n3. A Gherao, involving criminal offences\\n4. A form of strike, though no work is refused during working hours\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (2) and (3) under Rule 7 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Mass abstention<\/b> - limb (i), which the Decision notes is <i>\\\"wrongly described as 'mass casual leave'.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Refusal of overtime<\/b> - limb (ii); no work during working hours is refused, yet it is a strike where the overtime is necessary in the public interest.<br>\\n<b>Bandh<\/b> - grouped with limb (iii), the practices likely to result in cessation or substantial retardation of work.<br>\\n<b>Gherao<\/b> - GID (3), a demonstration involving wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement and criminal trespass.<br><br>\\nThe matching turns on which limb of the definition each act falls under, not merely on whether it is a strike.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 573,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are covered by the expression \\\"strike\\\" EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a token strike\",\r\n      \"a sympathetic strike for the purpose of these Rules at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"a sit-down strike\",\r\n      \"a demonstration held outside office premises after office hours\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - a demonstration held outside office premises after office hours<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(iii) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\nToken, sympathetic and sit-down strikes are all named in limb (iii): <i>\\\"'go-slow', 'sit-down', 'pen-down', 'stay-in', 'token', 'sympathetic' or any other similar strike.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nA demonstration is regulated by <b>Rule 7(i)<\/b> on a different test - whether it is prejudicial to the specified interests or involves contempt of Court, defamation or incitement to an offence. It is not brought within the definition of \\\"strike\\\" merely by being a demonstration, though GID (3) shows that a demonstration held outside office premises beyond office hours may still be actionable if it tends to forcible confinement.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 574,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant who abets a strike, without himself striking, contravenes the said Rules.\\n2. The prohibition extends to coercion and physical duress as well as to a strike.\\n3. The prohibition operates only in connection with a matter pertaining to the Government servant's own service.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 7(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"resort to or in any way abet any form of strike or coercion or physical duress in connection with any matter pertaining to his service or the service of any other Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 The words <i>\\\"or in any way abet\\\"<\/i> catch the abettor<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Three things are named - strike, coercion, physical duress<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The clause extends to <b>\\\"the service of any other Government servant\\\"<\/b>, which is what brings the sympathetic strike within it<br><br>\\nStatement 3 is the standard planted error, because it states half the clause accurately and stops.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 575,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the reason recorded for treating a Gherao as subversive of discipline and harmful to the public interest is that such activities:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"cause loss of working hours to the office concerned\",\r\n      \"are held without the permission of the competent authority\",\r\n      \"involve the participation of persons who are not Government servants\",\r\n      \"are prejudicial to public order and involve criminal offences\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - are prejudicial to public order and involve criminal offences<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Such demonstrations \/ activities are prejudicial to public order and also involve criminal offences like wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement, criminal trespass or incitement to commit offences. They are also subversive of discipline and harmful to the public interest.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe chain of reasoning matters. <b>Prejudice to public order<\/b> is what brings the act within Rule 7(i); the <b>criminal offences<\/b> are what justify the report to the police under Clause (iii); and being <b>subversive of discipline<\/b> is what makes the conduct wholly unbecoming under Rule 3(1)(iii).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 576,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in a charge-sheet served on a prominent participant in a \\\"Gherao\\\", it should be specified, to the extent the facts justify, that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a demonstration prejudicial to public order and involving criminal offences was held, that the conduct was subversive of discipline and harmful to the public interest, and that it was wholly unbecoming of a Government servant\",\r\n      \"the Government servant was absent from duty without leave on the day in question\",\r\n      \"the Government servant had been previously warned against such conduct\",\r\n      \"the Government servant acted at the instance of a recognized service association in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a demonstration prejudicial to public order and involving criminal offences was held, that the conduct was subversive of discipline and harmful to the public interest, and that it was wholly unbecoming of a Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(i) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In the charge-sheet to be served in pursuance of such disciplinary action, it should be specified to the extent that the facts justify, that demonstration prejudicial to public order and involving criminal offences, namely, wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement criminal trespass and incitement to such offences, have been held; that such conduct was subversive of discipline and harmful to the public interest; and that the conduct was wholly unbecoming of a Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree distinct allegations, tracking Rule 7(i) and Rule 3(1)(iii) respectively.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 577,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, disciplinary action in a case of \\\"Gherao\\\" is directed to be taken against:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"every Government servant present at the place of the Gherao\",\r\n      \"the prominent participants in the Gherao\",\r\n      \"the office-bearers of the association to which the participants belong\",\r\n      \"such participants as are named by the police in the report of the offence\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the prominent participants in the Gherao<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(i) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Disciplinary action should be taken against the prominent participants in the 'Gherao' for contravention of Rules 3 and 7.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe word <b>\\\"prominent\\\"<\/b> is a deliberate limitation - departmental action is directed at those who led or played a conspicuous part, not at everyone present. The consequence in Clause (ii), by contrast, is expressed without that limitation: <i>\\\"Absence from work on account of participation in 'Gherao' should in all cases be treated as unauthorized absence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Departmental action does not wait upon the police report, which is a parallel course under Clause (iii)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 578,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The withholding of salary for the days of a strike is without prejudice to any disciplinary action that may be initiated.\\n2. The consequence follows whatever the nomenclature under which the association or group of employees acts.\\n3. The consequence follows only where the strike has been called in pursuance of demands which the Government has already rejected.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 3, under Rule 7 - DoP&T O.M. No. 33012\/1 (s)\/2008-Estt. (B) (pt.), dated 12th September, 2008<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 <i>\\\"This will be without prejudice to any disciplinary action that may be initiated against such employees.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 The paragraph applies to <i>\\\"any employee or an association \/ group of employees, under any nomenclature.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The words used are <i>\\\"in pursuance of any alleged demands\\\"<\/i> - the merits of the demand, and whether it has been considered or rejected, are irrelevant<br><br>\\nStatement 3 is attractive because it sounds like a fair qualification, but the Decision deliberately declines to make the lawfulness of the grievance a defence.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 579,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the practices covered by limb (iii) of the definition of \\\"strike\\\" are those likely to result in, or resulting in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any inconvenience to members of the public dealing with the office\",\r\n      \"the cessation or substantial retardation of work in any organization\",\r\n      \"the closure of the office for the whole of a working day\",\r\n      \"a loss of revenue to the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the cessation or substantial retardation of work in any organization<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(iii) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"resort to practices or conduct which is likely to result in or results in the cessation or substantial retardation of work in any organization.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features widen the limb. It covers conduct <b>likely to result<\/b> in that effect as well as conduct that actually does, so the agitation need not have succeeded; and <b>substantial retardation<\/b> suffices, so work need not have stopped. Between them, these words are what bring the go-slow within the definition.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 580,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the clarification as to what constitutes a \\\"strike\\\" was issued because:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the expression had been differently construed by the High Courts\",\r\n      \"the said Rules contained no provision prohibiting strikes\",\r\n      \"employees resorted to various methods of protest, some of which are tantamount to a strike\",\r\n      \"recognized service associations had sought a definition of the expression in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - employees resorted to various methods of protest, some of which are tantamount to a strike<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Instances have come to the notice of Government where employees resort to various methods of protests for redress of grievances, some of which are tantamount to strike. References have been received seeking clarification whether certain acts are covered under the definition of 'strike' and if so, whether action can be taken against such employees for violation of the Conduct Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The prohibition was already in Rule 7(ii); what was missing was not the rule but the <b>content of the expression<\/b>, which is why the Decision opens by reciting that sub-clause\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 581,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A demonstration held by Government servants within office premises without permission is prohibited.\\n2. Violation of that prohibition will be taken serious note of and those concerned dealt with under the disciplinary rules.\\n3. The prohibition applies only to demonstrations held during office hours.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 7 - Ministry of W. & H.A.V., No. 366, dated 10th June, 1969<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"holding of meeting \/ demonstration by any Government servant(s) without permission within his \/ their office premises is strictly prohibited and any violation of these instructions will be taken serious note of and those concerned will be dealt with suitably under the disciplinary rules by which they are governed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 No limitation as to hours appears in the Decision. GID (3) shows why: Gheraos were held <i>\\\"both within office premises during office hours and also outside the office premises beyond office hours\\\"<\/i>, and both were treated as objectionable.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 582,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Arrange the following steps, prescribed in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the correct order in which they are to be taken where Government servants stage a \\\"Gherao\\\":\\n1. Disciplinary action against the prominent participants\\n2. A written report to the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station having jurisdiction\\n3. Filing of a complaint before the appropriate Magistrate, the police having taken no action\\n4. A petition before the High Court for the issue of an appropriate writ, after taking legal advice\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"2 - 1 - 3 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 3 - 2 - 4\",\r\n      \"3 - 2 - 1 - 4\",\r\n      \"1 - 2 - 3 - 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(i) to (iv) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision sets the four courses out in that order: disciplinary action against the prominent participants; the written report to the police, with copies to the Police Commissioner or Superintendent of Police and the Home Secretary; on police inaction, a prompt complaint before the appropriate Magistrate; and, <i>\\\"in certain circumstances\\\"<\/i> and after legal advice, a writ petition.<br><br>\\nSteps 1 and 2 are independent of each other - departmental action does not wait on the police - but steps 3 and 4 arise only on the failure of what precedes them.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 583,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, copies of the written report made to the police in a case of \\\"Gherao\\\" are required to be endorsed to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Ministry of Home Affairs\",\r\n      \"the Police Commissioner or Superintendent of Police, and the Home Secretary to the State Government concerned\",\r\n      \"the District Magistrate and the Chief Secretary to the State Government\",\r\n      \"the Administrative Ministry and the Department of Personnel and Training at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Police Commissioner or Superintendent of Police, and the Home Secretary to the State Government concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(iii) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Copies of the report should be endorsed to the Police Commissioner \/ Superintendent of Police and the Home Secretary to the State Government concerned for necessary action according to law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe endorsement serves a purpose that becomes clear from Clause (iv) - if the Station House Officer does not act, the matter is already before authorities who can direct that he does, before the department has to move a Magistrate.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The CBI's role under this Decision is confined to <b>assistance in drafting<\/b> a complaint, where an officer is locally available\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 585,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The definition of \\\"strike\\\" requires that the employees be acting in combination.\\n2. A slowing down of work falls within the definition.\\n3. Refusal to work overtime falls within the definition in every case.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/23\/66-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1, 2.<\/b> \u2713 <i>\\\"'strike' means refusal to work or stoppage or slowing down of work by a group of employees acting in combination.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Limb (ii) is qualified: refusal to work overtime is a strike only <i>\\\"where such overtime work is necessary in the public interest.\\\"<\/i> Dropping that qualification would make every refusal of overtime a strike, which the Decision does not say<br><br>\\nStatement sets on this Decision almost always turn on whether the candidate has carried the qualification in limb (ii) across with the limb itself.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 586,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are correct in relation to participation in a \\\"Gherao\\\" EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"disciplinary action should be taken against the prominent participants\",\r\n      \"the absence from work should be treated as unauthorized absence involving break in service\",\r\n      \"a written report should be made to the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station having jurisdiction\",\r\n      \"the absence may be regularized as extraordinary leave where no other leave is due\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the absence may be regularized as extraordinary leave where no other leave is due<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(ii) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The absence should not be regularized as leave of any kind.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"of any kind\\\"<\/b> exclude extraordinary leave along with every other description of leave, and the same clause requires the absence to be treated <i>\\\"in all cases\\\"<\/i> as unauthorized absence involving break in service.<br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce Clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) accurately. Option D is attractive because extraordinary leave is the usual device for regularizing absence for which no leave is due - and it is precisely that device the Decision forecloses.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 587,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the consequences which an employee going on strike in any form would face are stated to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"deduction of wages alone\",\r\n      \"appropriate disciplinary action alone\",\r\n      \"deduction of wages, and also, as the case may be, appropriate disciplinary action\",\r\n      \"a break in service alone, no deduction of wages being permissible as the case may be\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - deduction of wages, and also, as the case may be, appropriate disciplinary action<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 1, under Rule 7 - DoP&T O.M. No. 33012\/1 (s)\/2008-Estt. (B) (pt.), dated 12th September, 2008<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Any employee going on strike in any form would face the consequences which, besides deduction of wages, may also include appropriate disciplinary action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two consequences are cumulative and of different character. <b>Deduction of wages<\/b> reflects the simple fact that work was not done; <b>disciplinary action<\/b> answers the misconduct. Para 3 puts the point beyond doubt in providing that non-payment of salary is <i>\\\"without prejudice to any disciplinary action.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 588,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 7\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 7 - Demonstration and Strikes\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Gherao amounts to conduct wholly unbecoming of a Government servant.\\n2. A Gherao would constitute good and sufficient reason within the meaning of the penalties provision of the disciplinary rules.\\n3. Departmental action in a case of Gherao must await the outcome of the criminal proceedings.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 7 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/(S)\/11\/67-Ests. (A), dated 13th April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1, 2.<\/b> \u2713 <i>\\\"participation in them by Government servants amounts to conduct wholly unbecoming of Government servants and would constitute good and sufficient reason within the meaning of Rule 11 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The four courses in the Decision run in parallel, not in sequence. Disciplinary action under Clause (i) is directed independently of the police report under Clause (iii), and the Decision requires that <i>\\\"a serious view should be taken of such acts of lawlessness and insubordination\\\"<\/i> - which would be impossible if departmental action had to wait on a trial\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 589,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the general prohibition against the acceptance of a gift binds a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in respect of gifts accepted by himself alone\",\r\n      \"in respect of gifts accepted by himself or by any member of his family\",\r\n      \"in respect of gifts accepted by himself, by any member of his family, or by any other person acting on his behalf\",\r\n      \"in respect of gifts accepted by himself or by any person residing with him as the case may be so far as this rule is concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - in respect of gifts accepted by himself, by any member of his family, or by any other person acting on his behalf<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Save as otherwise provided in these rules, no Government servant shall accept, or permit any member of his family or any other person acting on his behalf to accept any gift.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe third limb - <b>any other person acting on his behalf<\/b> - is what prevents the rule being defeated by routing a gift through someone outside the family. Note also that as regards family and agents the obligation is to <b>not permit<\/b>, so the Government servant answers for what he allows as much as for what he takes.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 590,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the expression \\\"gift\\\" includes free transport, boarding, lodging or other service or any other pecuniary advantage when provided by any person other than:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a person from whom the Government servant is entitled to accept hospitality\",\r\n      \"a near relative of the Government servant\",\r\n      \"a personal friend of the Government servant, whether or not he has official dealings with him\",\r\n      \"a near relative or a personal friend having no official dealings with the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - a near relative or a personal friend having no official dealings with the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 13(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The expression 'gift' shall include free transport, boarding, lodging or other service or any other pecuniary advantage when provided by any person other than a near relative or a personal friend having no official dealings with the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo conditions must be read together - the person must be a <b>near relative or personal friend<\/b> <i>and<\/i> must have <b>no official dealings<\/b>. A personal friend who deals with the Government servant officially is therefore outside the exclusion, which is why option C is wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 591,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which one of the following is NOT deemed to be a gift?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Free transport provided by a person having official dealings with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"A casual meal, lift or other social hospitality\",\r\n      \"Free boarding provided by a foreign firm contracting with the Government\",\r\n      \"Any other pecuniary advantage provided by a person having official dealings with him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - A casual meal, lift or other social hospitality<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 1 below Rule 13(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A casual meal, lift or other social hospitality shall not be deemed to be a gift.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe word that carries the exemption is <b>casual<\/b>. Note 2 immediately qualifies it: a Government servant <i>\\\"shall avoid accepting lavish hospitality or frequent hospitality from any individual, industrial or commercial firms, organizations, etc., having official dealings with him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A, C and D are all within the Explanation, which names free transport, boarding, lodging, other service and any other pecuniary advantage.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 592,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is required to avoid accepting hospitality from an individual or a commercial firm having official dealings with him where the hospitality is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"of any kind whatsoever\",\r\n      \"offered at a place outside his headquarters\",\r\n      \"lavish, or frequent\",\r\n      \"offered otherwise than at a public function\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - lavish, or frequent<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 2 below Rule 13(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant shall avoid accepting lavish hospitality or frequent hospitality from any individual, industrial or commercial firms, organizations, etc., having official dealings with him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two tests are alternatives - hospitality that is modest but <b>frequent<\/b> is as objectionable as a single lavish entertainment. Read with Note 1, the position is that a casual meal is not a gift, but a series of casual meals from the same interested source is to be avoided.<br><br>\\nGID (2) supplies the reason: <i>\\\"It is essential to avoid the familiarity arising out of private hospitality.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 593,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, on occasions such as weddings, anniversaries, funerals or religious functions, a Government servant holding a Group 'A' post is required to report the gift to the Government if its value exceeds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"rupees fifteen thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees twenty-five thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees seven thousand five hundred\",\r\n      \"rupees fifty thousand\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - rupees twenty-five thousand<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(2)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification F. No. 11013\/3\/2013-Estt. (A), dated 4th March, 2014, published as G.S.R. 149 (E)<\/i><br><br>\\nThe three ceilings under sub-rule (2) are <b>Rs. 25,000<\/b> for Group 'A', <b>Rs. 15,000<\/b> for Group 'B' and <b>Rs. 7,500<\/b> for Group 'C'.<br><br>\\nOptions A and C are the Group 'B' and Group 'C' figures from the same sub-rule, which is what makes them the sharpest distractors. Note that the gift must in any event be from a <b>near relative or personal friend having no official dealings<\/b>, and the making of it must be <i>\\\"in conformity with the prevailing religious and social practice.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 594,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the value of a gift received on an occasion such as a wedding, beyond which a Government servant holding a Group 'C' post must make a report to the Government, is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"rupees two thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees five thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees seven thousand five hundred\",\r\n      \"rupees fifteen thousand\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - rupees seven thousand five hundred<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(2)(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"rupees seven thousand five hundred in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'C' post.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A, B.<\/b> \u2717 Both belong to <b>sub-rule (3)<\/b>, which governs gifts in any <i>other<\/i> case: Rs. 2,000 for Group 'C' and Rs. 5,000 for Groups 'A' and 'B'<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 15,000 is the Group 'B' figure under sub-rule (2)<br><br>\\nKeeping the two sub-rules apart is the whole difficulty of this rule: sub-rule (2) is about <b>social occasions<\/b> and requires only a <b>report<\/b>; sub-rule (3) covers everything else and requires <b>sanction<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 595,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (post held)\\nA. Group 'A' post, gift on the occasion of a wedding\\nB. Group 'B' post, gift on the occasion of a wedding\\nC. Group 'C' post, gift on the occasion of a wedding\\nD. Group 'C' post, gift in any other case\\n\\nList-II (value beyond which a report or sanction is required)\\n1. Rupees seven thousand five hundred\\n2. Rupees twenty-five thousand\\n3. Rupees two thousand\\n4. Rupees fifteen thousand\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(2) and 13(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Sub-rule (2)<\/b> - social occasions, gift from a near relative or personal friend having no official dealings, <b>report<\/b> required above Rs. 25,000 (Group 'A'), Rs. 15,000 (Group 'B') and Rs. 7,500 (Group 'C').<br>\\n<b>Sub-rule (3)<\/b> - any other case, <b>sanction<\/b> required above Rs. 5,000 (Groups 'A' and 'B') and Rs. 2,000 (Group 'C').<br><br>\\nSub-rule (3) makes no separate provision for Group 'A' and Group 'B' - they share a single ceiling - whereas sub-rule (2) gives each of the three groups its own figure.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 596,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in a case other than a wedding, anniversary, funeral or religious function, a Government servant holding a Group 'A' or Group 'B' post shall not accept a gift without the sanction of the Government if its value exceeds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"rupees one thousand five hundred\",\r\n      \"rupees two thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees five thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees fifteen thousand\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - rupees five thousand<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(3)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification No. 11013\/2\/2019-Estt. A-III, dated 29th July, 2019, published as G.S.R. 531 (E)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Rupees five thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'A' or Group 'B' post.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 1,500 was the figure <b>before<\/b> the amendment of 29-7-2019, and Rs. 500 was then the Group 'C' and 'D' figure. GID (16) sets both out in a before-and-after table. Any material printed before August 2019 will carry the old figures, which is what makes this the single most dated point in the rule<br><br>\\nNote that sub-rule (3) requires <b>sanction<\/b>, not merely a report.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 597,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in a case other than a social occasion, a Government servant holding a Group 'C' post shall not accept a gift without the sanction of the Government if its value exceeds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"rupees five hundred\",\r\n      \"rupees two thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees five thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees seven thousand five hundred\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - rupees two thousand<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(3)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted on 29th July, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Rupees two thousand in the case of a Government servant holding any Group 'C' post.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 500 was the pre-2019 figure, and it then applied to Group 'C' <b>and Group 'D'<\/b> together; the substituted clause refers to Group 'C' alone<br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 5,000 is the Groups 'A' and 'B' figure under the same sub-rule<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 7,500 is the Group 'C' figure under sub-rule (2), for social occasions\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 598,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. On the occasion of a wedding, a gift from a near relative having no official dealings requires only a report if it exceeds the prescribed value.\\n2. In any other case, a gift exceeding the prescribed value requires the sanction of the Government.\\n3. The ceilings under both provisions are the same for a Government servant holding a Group 'A' post.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(2) and 13(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The ceilings differ sharply. For a Group 'A' officer the figure under sub-rule (2) is <b>Rs. 25,000<\/b> and under sub-rule (3) <b>Rs. 5,000<\/b> - a fivefold difference, reflecting that a gift on a social occasion from a relative or friend is far less suspect than a gift in any other circumstance.<br><br>\\nThe difference in <b>consequence<\/b> matches the difference in figure: sub-rule (2) requires a report after the event, sub-rule (3) requires sanction before acceptance.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 599,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the receipt and retention of gifts from foreign dignitaries by a Government servant, whether or not as a member of an Indian delegation, is governed by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a ceiling of rupees one thousand on the market value of gifts received on one occasion in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"the provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012\",\r\n      \"the ceilings prescribed for gifts on social occasions\",\r\n      \"the sanction of the Ministry of External Affairs in every case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted on 29th July, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rules (2) and (3), a Government servant, being a member of the Indian delegation or otherwise, may receive and retain gifts from foreign dignitaries in accordance with the provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012, as amended from time to time.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The Rs. 1,000 single-occasion ceiling was the position <b>before<\/b> the 2019 substitution, as GID (16) records. The amendment replaced a fixed figure with a cross-reference, so that the Conduct Rules track the foreign contribution regime automatically\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 600,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant shall not accept any gift from a foreign firm which:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is contracting with the Government of India, or is one with which he had, has or is likely to have official dealings\",\r\n      \"is contracting with the Government of India alone\",\r\n      \"has an office or place of business in India\",\r\n      \"is engaged in any business for which a licence from the Government is required for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is contracting with the Government of India, or is one with which he had, has or is likely to have official dealings<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(5) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant shall not accept any gifts from any foreign firm which is either contracting with the Government of India or is one with which the Government servant had, has or is likely to have official dealings. Acceptance of gifts by a Government servant from any other firm shall be subject to the provisions of sub-rule (3).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe tense is deliberately threefold - <b>had, has or is likely to have<\/b> - so past and prospective dealings count as much as current ones. The bar here is absolute; it is not a ceiling. Gifts from any <i>other<\/i> foreign firm fall back on the sanction requirement in sub-rule (3).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 601,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant may be permitted to accept a gift of more than trifling value from the members of his staff:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"on the occasion of his transfer\",\r\n      \"on the occasion of either his transfer or his retirement under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"on the occasion of his retirement, subject to prior permission where such permission is necessary\",\r\n      \"on neither occasion\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - on the occasion of his retirement, subject to prior permission where such permission is necessary<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/22\/62-Ests. (A), dated 12th November, 1962<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has, therefore, been decided that in future no Government servant should be given permission to accept gifts of more than trifling value at the time of his transfer. There is, however, no objection to his accepting gifts at the time of his retirement from the members of the staff, subject, however, to prior permission of Government, wherever such permission is necessary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe distinction is between the officer who is <b>leaving the service<\/b> and one who is merely moving on within it and may deal with the same staff again.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 602,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a farewell entertainment held in honour of a Government servant on the eve of his retirement or transfer is permissible where it is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"attended only by members of his own office\",\r\n      \"of a substantially private and informal character\",\r\n      \"held outside office premises and outside office hours\",\r\n      \"financed wholly by officers senior to him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - of a substantially private and informal character<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/40\/58-Ests. (A), dated 24th July, 1958, read with the proviso to Rule 14<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"While a farewell entertainment of a substantially private and informal character may be held in honour of such officers on the eve of retirement or transfer, as permitted under the proviso to Rule 14 of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and gift of trifling value presented and accepted on such occasion, it is hardly healthy or desirable to allow the practice of accepting gifts from the staff.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo limits therefore operate together - the entertainment must be private and informal, and any gift must be of <b>trifling value<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 603,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where an officer is in doubt whether to accept a private invitation, the position is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"he should accept it and record the fact for the information of his superior\",\r\n      \"he should accept it if a Minister has also accepted an invitation to the same function at the relevant time at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"he should abstain from accepting it, and should not accept invitations particularly from persons who have cases pending before him\",\r\n      \"he should refer the question to the Head of his Department for orders\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - he should abstain from accepting it, and should not accept invitations particularly from persons who have cases pending before him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(ii) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 43\/60\/64-AVD, dated 18th January, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is essential to avoid the familiarity arising out of private hospitality. When in doubt, an officer should abstain from accepting an invitation and he should not accept invitations particularly from persons who have cases pending before him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Is expressly answered in the same Decision: <i>\\\"A doubt was also expressed whether if a Minister accepts an invitation, it should be incumbent on the official to accept it. It has been decided that in such cases it would not be incumbent on the official to accept the invitation.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 604,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the suggestion that a distinction be drawn between officers of Economic Ministries and those of other Ministries, for the purpose of restrictions on private hospitality, was rejected on the ground that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"officers are liable to transfer, and a business house may find it worthwhile to invest in an officer even in a non-Economic Ministry\",\r\n      \"the volume of hospitality offered in non-Economic Ministries is negligible so far as this rule is concerned for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"such a distinction would be difficult to apply to officers on deputation\",\r\n      \"the Ministries could not be classified with any certainty\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - officers are liable to transfer, and a business house may find it worthwhile to invest in an officer even in a non-Economic Ministry<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(i) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 43\/60\/64-AVD, dated 18th January, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The distinction between Economic Ministries and other Ministries may not serve any useful purpose as officers were liable to transfer and a business house may find it worthwhile to invest in an officer even though he were in a non-Economic Ministry, in the hope that this investment would be useful later on.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision was taken on Recommendation No. 24 in Paragraph 6.11 of the report of the <b>Committee on Prevention of Corruption<\/b>. The reasoning - that the relationship is built now for a return later - is why the rule looks to dealings a Government servant <i>\\\"is likely to have\\\"<\/i> as well as those he has.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 605,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an invitation extended to a Government servant to participate free of cost in an inaugural flight:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is not a gift, being an invitation to a public event\",\r\n      \"amounts to a gift within the meaning of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"is a gift only where extended by a foreign air transport company\",\r\n      \"is a gift only where the Government servant's family is also invited\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - amounts to a gift within the meaning of the said Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/34\/64-Ests. (A), dated 25th May, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Such invitations amount to 'gift', vide Explanation below Rule 13 (1) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Explanation expressly includes <b>free transport<\/b>. The concern recorded is that such favours should not place Government servants <i>\\\"exercising a measure of discretion on behalf of Government, in a position where their impartial judgment would be affected, or would seem to be so affected to an outside observer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The Decision covers Air India and the Indian Airlines Corporation as well as foreign airlines\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 606,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to invitations to join an inaugural flight, passage clearance is allowed only to officials of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Ministry of Civil Aviation alone\",\r\n      \"the Ministry of External Affairs and the Department of Tourism\",\r\n      \"the Civil Aviation Department and the Department of Tourism\",\r\n      \"any Ministry, with the approval of the Minister concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Civil Aviation Department and the Department of Tourism<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 13 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. F. 3 (328)-EC\/65, dated 20th October, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Only the officials of the Civil Aviation Department and the Department of Tourism will be allowed to accept these invitations. The families of the officers shall not, in any case, be permitted to join the inaugural flight.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo further conditions attach: in every such case <i>\\\"the orders of the Minister concerned shall also be obtained\\\"<\/i>, and the <b>Ministry of Civil Aviation is to be consulted<\/b> in all cases before permission is granted or withheld.<br><br>\\nNote the absolute exclusion of <b>families<\/b>, expressed as \\\"shall not, in any case\\\".\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 607,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, presents received by a Government servant at the time of his marriage from persons other than relatives and personal friends are regulated by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the sub-rule relating to gifts on social occasions\",\r\n      \"the general prohibition on the acceptance of gifts, read with the provision relating to gifts from foreign dignitaries\",\r\n      \"the provision relating to transactions in movable property under the instructions in force in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"the provision relating to subscriptions\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the general prohibition on the acceptance of gifts, read with the provision relating to gifts from foreign dignitaries<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/37\/65-Ests. (A), dated 30th August, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The receipt of such presents, from persons other than relatives and personal friends will be regulated by sub-rule (1) of Rule 13 ibid., read with sub-rule (4) thereof.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nPresents from <b>relatives and personal friends<\/b> are instead regulated by sub-rules (2) and (3). The Decision adds a third limb that is easily missed: <i>\\\"Purchases of items of movable property for giving presents at the time of marriage will be regulated by Rule 18 (3)\\\"<\/i> - so buying the present is a transaction in movable property in its own right.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 608,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, presents received by a Government servant at the time of his marriage are regulated by the said Rules where they are received:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"otherwise than as consideration for the marriage\",\r\n      \"only where they take the form of cash or ornaments\",\r\n      \"only where their value exceeds two months' basic pay\",\r\n      \"only where they are received after the date of the marriage\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - otherwise than as consideration for the marriage<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/37\/65-Ests. (A), dated 30th August, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Receipt of presents by Government servants at the time of their marriage, in the form of cash, ornaments, clothes or other articles, otherwise than as consideration for marriage, from relatives and personal friends, will be regulated by sub-rules (2) and (3) of Rule 13.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe qualification matters because a present given <b>as consideration for the marriage<\/b> is not a gift at all but <b>dowry<\/b>, which <b>Rule 13-A<\/b> forbids outright. The line between the two is drawn by the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, to which Rule 13-A refers for the meaning of the term.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 609,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an offer by a foreign firm contracting with the Government to bear the cost of an officer's passage abroad and his board and lodging there:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be accepted with the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"may be accepted where the visit is in the public interest\",\r\n      \"should neither be accepted, nor be permitted to be accepted\",\r\n      \"may be accepted where the firm has no case pending before the officer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - should neither be accepted, nor be permitted to be accepted<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/4\/67-Ests. (A), dated 3rd April, 1967 and 6th November, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government have decided that officers should neither accept, nor be permitted to accept offers of the cost of passage to foreign countries and hospitality by way of free board and lodging there, if such offers are made by foreign firms contracting with Government either directly or through their agents \/ representatives in India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"nor be permitted to accept\\\"<\/b> close off sanction as a route, which is why option A is wrong. One exception exists - facilities for <b>training abroad<\/b> offered as part of aid programmes or of an agreement entered into by the Government or a Public Sector Undertaking.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 610,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the only exception to the bar on accepting passage and hospitality from a foreign contracting firm is in respect of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"visits undertaken during leave at the officer's own expense\",\r\n      \"facilities for training abroad offered as part of aid programmes or of an agreement entered into by the Government or a Public Sector Undertaking\",\r\n      \"visits undertaken at the invitation of a foreign Government\",\r\n      \"conferences organized by international organizations of which India is a member at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules at the relevant time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - facilities for training abroad offered as part of aid programmes or of an agreement entered into by the Government or a Public Sector Undertaking<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/4\/67-Ests. (A), dated 3rd April, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The only exception to this will be in respect of facilities for training abroad offered by foreign firms (who obtain reimbursement from the foreign Government concerned) as part of aid programmes or as part of agreement of contract entered into by Government of India or a Public Sector Undertaking with a foreign organization.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe parenthesis explains why the exception is safe - the firm is <b>reimbursed by the foreign Government<\/b>, so the benefit does not come out of the contractor's own pocket and creates no personal obligation.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 611,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the acceptance by a Government servant of a gift from his subordinate on an occasion such as a wedding:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the sanction of the Government in every case\",\r\n      \"requires no sanction if the prescribed limits are not exceeded, but is against the spirit of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"is prohibited in all circumstances\",\r\n      \"is permissible only where the gift is presented by the subordinates collectively as the case may be\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - requires no sanction if the prescribed limits are not exceeded, but is against the spirit of the said Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 13 - D.G., P. & T., Letter No. 15\/4\/67-Disc., dated 20th September, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In the circumstances, technically speaking, no sanction is necessary for acceptance of gifts from subordinates if the limits specified in the rules are not exceeded. However, it does not seem proper on the part of the officer to accept gifts from their subordinates, as such action is against the spirit of Rule 13 (3) and Rule 3 (1)(ii) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe word <b>\\\"technically\\\"<\/b> is doing the work: the letter of the rule is satisfied, but the spirit of it, and the obligation of devotion to duty, are not.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 612,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where gifts are received by a Government servant on an occasion such as a wedding from persons having official dealings with him, the monetary limit prescribed applies to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the value of the individual gift\",\r\n      \"the aggregate value of all the gifts received on that occasion\",\r\n      \"the aggregate value of gifts received from all the officials of his own office put together\",\r\n      \"the value of the most expensive gift received on that occasion\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the value of the individual gift<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 13 - D.G., P. & T., Letter No. 15\/4\/67-Disc., dated 20th September, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision was issued on precisely this question - <i>\\\"whether the limits laid down in Rule 13... pertain to the value of gifts from each individual or from all the officials put together\\\"<\/i> - and answers that sanction is necessary <i>\\\"if the amount of individual gifts exceeds the limit specified therein.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe contrast with the foreign contribution regime is instructive. Under the Rules of 2012 an <b>aggregate<\/b> test does apply: where more than one gift is received and their aggregate market value exceeds Rs. 15,000, all of them must be deposited.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 613,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a gift offered to a Government official by a foreign Government or dignitary consists of arms and ammunition in the prohibited category, the official:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should accept the gift and deposit it with the Toshakhana\",\r\n      \"should accept the gift and surrender it to the police authorities\",\r\n      \"should accept the gift and apply for a licence under the Arms Act so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"should politely decline the present, explaining the import restrictions imposed by the Government of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - should politely decline the present, explaining the import restrictions imposed by the Government of India<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 13 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/13\/65-Ests. (B), dated 10th December, 1969<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It has accordingly been decided that arms and ammunitions in the prohibited category should not be accepted by Government officials. The concerned official may politely decline the present explaining the import restrictions imposed by the Government of India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe category referred to is <b>Category I of Schedule I to the Arms Rules, 1962<\/b>, comprising prohibited arms and ammunition, certain semi-automatic firearms, bolt action or semi-automatic rifles of service calibre, and silencers or flash suppressors.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 614,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who wishes to become a member of a book club run by a foreign agency:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should obtain prior permission of the Government\",\r\n      \"requires no permission, membership of a book club not being a gift\",\r\n      \"should give intimation to the prescribed authority within one month\",\r\n      \"requires permission only where membership is free of charge\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - should obtain prior permission of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8) under Rule 13 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/16\/73-Estt. (A), dated 3rd July, 1973<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is clarified that a Government servant should obtain prior permission of the Government before he becomes a member of such a book club. If membership of the foreign book club entitled the Government servant to receive books, etc., by way of gifts, the question of acceptance of such gifts would be governed by Rule 13.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo distinct requirements follow in sequence - <b>permission to join<\/b>, and then the ordinary gift rules for anything received through the membership.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 615,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an award or prize offered to a Government servant by a Rotary Club or a private firm in appreciation of his outstanding work:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be accepted with the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"may be accepted where its value does not exceed the prescribed ceiling\",\r\n      \"should not be permitted, and any such offer should be declined politely\",\r\n      \"may be accepted where the award carries no monetary component\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - should not be permitted, and any such offer should be declined politely<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (9) under Rule 13 - D.G., P. & T., Letter No. 37\/3\/73-S. P.B.I., dated 14th September, 1973, and Ministry of Works & Housing, O.M. No. AV-484, dated 15th February, 1974<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"no official of this Department be permitted to accept any prize \/ award from a Rotary Club or a private firm, in appreciation of his performance. Any such offer of a prize or award if and when made, should be declined politely.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reasoning is one of principle rather than value: <i>\\\"if a Government servant has done some outstanding work, there are various methods, open to Government themselves, to recognize his merit and service and it would not be appropriate for a private body to give a reward.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 616,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an article of gift received from a foreign source is not treated as \\\"foreign contribution\\\" where its market value in India on the date of the gift does not exceed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"rupees one thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees five thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees fifteen thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees twenty-five thousand\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - rupees one thousand<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10), Para 3, under Rule 13 - M.E.A., O.M. No. Q\/TK\/461\/9\/90, dated 23rd August, 1991<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"an article of gift, the market value of which, in India, on the date of such gift, does not exceed one thousand rupees, is not treated as 'foreign contribution' and is out of the purview of the Act. Acceptance of such gifts is to be regulated under Rule 13 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe consequence is a two-tier scheme: below the threshold the ordinary gift rules apply; above it, the foreign contribution regime takes over. Gifts received otherwise than as a member of an Indian delegation are dealt with under <b>Section 4<\/b> of that Act.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 617,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a member of an Indian delegation who receives a gift or presentation from a foreign source is required to furnish the prescribed information in writing to the Secretary of the sponsoring Ministry or Department within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"fifteen days of the receipt of such gift\",\r\n      \"thirty days of the receipt of such gift\",\r\n      \"sixty days of the receipt of such gift\",\r\n      \"three months of the receipt of such gift\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - thirty days of the receipt of such gift<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(1) of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012, reproduced in GID (10) under Rule 13<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"such person shall, within a period of thirty days of the receipt of such gift or presentation, furnish the following information in writing to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry or the Department that has sponsored the programme.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nWhere the gift is received during a visit abroad, the same thirty days run <b>from the date of return to India<\/b>. Five particulars are required - the fact of receipt, the foreign source, the approximate market value, the date and place of receipt, and any other appropriate details.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 618,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a gift or presentation received from a foreign source by a member of an Indian delegation must be deposited with the Secretary of the sponsoring Ministry where its approximate market value exceeds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"rupees one thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees two thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees five thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees fifteen thousand\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - rupees five thousand<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>First proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012, in GID (10) under Rule 13<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that where the approximate market value of such gift or presentation exceeds the equivalent of five thousand rupees in the opinion of such person, he shall deposit such gift or presentation with the Secretary of such Ministry or Department.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rs. 15,000 is the <b>aggregate<\/b> threshold under the second proviso: where more than one gift is received and their combined market value exceeds that figure, <i>\\\"he shall deposit all such gifts or presentations.\\\"<\/i> Both thresholds must be watched, since several small gifts can cross the aggregate line while none crosses the single-gift line.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 619,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, gifts deposited by a member of an Indian delegation are forwarded for assessment of their market value to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Customs authorities at the port of entry\",\r\n      \"the Toshakhana in the Ministry of External Affairs\",\r\n      \"the Ministry of Home Affairs\",\r\n      \"the Department of Personnel and Training\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Toshakhana in the Ministry of External Affairs<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(3) of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012, in GID (10) under Rule 13<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Secretary to the Government of India, referred to in sub-rule (1) shall, forward every such gift or presentation deposited with him or her to the Toshakhana in the Ministry of External Affairs for assessment of its market value.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe assessment is made <b>within thirty days<\/b> of receipt in the Toshakhana. Where a question arises on the assessment, it is referred to the <b>Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs<\/b>, whose decision settles it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 620,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as members of the Board which assesses the market value of a gift deposited in the Toshakhana:\\n1. Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs\\n2. Under Secretary or Attache in the Ministry of External Affairs\\n3. Customs Appraiser, Foreign Post Office, in the Ministry of Finance\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"All three\",\r\n      \"None\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - All three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(4) of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012, in GID (10) under Rule 13<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Board consists of exactly those three members, and the assessment is to be made <i>\\\"within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the gift or presentation in the Toshakhana.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe composition is deliberately mixed - two officers of the Ministry which holds the Toshakhana, and one <b>valuation specialist from the Customs side<\/b> - so that the market value is fixed by someone whose ordinary business is assessing imported articles.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 621,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a single gift deposited in the Toshakhana is returned to the person concerned for retention where its assessed market value does not exceed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"rupees one thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees two thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees fifteen thousand\",\r\n      \"rupees five thousand\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - rupees five thousand<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 3(7) of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012, in GID (10) under Rule 13<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If the Market value of the single gift or presentation as assessed under sub-rule (4) does not exceed five thousand rupees, it shall be returned to the person concerned for retention by him or her.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nWhere there is more than one gift, only <b>one of his choice<\/b> is returned, and then only if the aggregate assessed value does not exceed Rs. 5,000. He may within thirty days <b>purchase<\/b> another gift of his choice on paying the difference between the aggregate assessed value and Rs. 5,000 - and <i>\\\"the option so exercised shall be final.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 622,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a person who has deposited more than one gift wishes to retain a gift other than the one returned to him, he may:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"purchase it on payment of the difference between the aggregate assessed market value and rupees five thousand\",\r\n      \"purchase it on payment of its full assessed market value\",\r\n      \"exchange it for the gift returned to him at any time\",\r\n      \"apply to the Ministry of Home Affairs for its release without payment in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - purchase it on payment of the difference between the aggregate assessed market value and rupees five thousand<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Third proviso to Rule 3(7) of the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012, in GID (10) under Rule 13<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided further that such person shall, within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of any communication in this regard, have the option to purchase such other gift or presentation of his choice, other than the gift or presentation returned to him for retention, on payment of the difference between the aggregate market value of such gifts or presentations as assessed under sub-rule (4) and five thousand rupees: Provided also that the option so exercised shall be final.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe person therefore keeps value up to Rs. 5,000 free, and pays for anything above it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 623,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as purposes for which a person or group of persons nominated by a Ministry may be deemed to constitute an \\\"Indian Delegation\\\":\\n1. To perform a specific duty in a foreign country\\n2. To represent the country on behalf of the Government in a conference or seminar\\n3. To participate in a festival or funeral function in a foreign country on behalf of the Government\\n4. To receive or accompany foreign dignitaries or delegations in or outside India\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>M.H.A., O.M. No. II\/21022\/10 (2)\/82-FCRA-I, dated 6th May, 1983, reproduced as Annexure II to GID (10) under Rule 13<\/i><br><br>\\nAn Indian Delegation is one <i>\\\"sponsored by a Ministry \/ Department of the Central \/ State Government or any of its subordinate agencies\\\"<\/i> and <b>\\\"may consist of a single person or a group of persons\\\"<\/b> - so a delegation of one is possible.<br><br>\\nThe clarification is expressly <i>\\\"not intended as an exhaustive definition\\\"<\/i>, and in case of doubt the matter is to be referred to the Ministry of Home Affairs for advice.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 624,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the demand or acceptance of \\\"tips\\\" or bakshish by a Government servant from members of the public:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible where the amount is trifling and the offer is voluntary\",\r\n      \"is permissible on the occasion of festivals\",\r\n      \"is derogatory to his position, and a violation of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"requires the prior permission of the Head of Office\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is derogatory to his position, and a violation of the said Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11) under Rule 13 - D.G., P. & T., No. 15\/8\/74-Disc. I, dated 20th November, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"asking for or accepting 'Tips' is derogatory to their position as Government servants and it adversely affects the reputation and image of the Department in the eyes of the public. Therefore, it should be a matter of self-respect for the Government servant not only not to demand any 'Tips' or a Bakshish but also to refuse them even if they are voluntarily offered.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo rules are engaged - <b>Rule 13<\/b>, which prohibits acceptance of a gift of this type, and <b>Rule 3(1)(iii)<\/b>, unbecoming conduct. That the offer was voluntary and the occasion festive is expressly no answer.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 625,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant is required to maintain contact with outsiders to gain information in the public interest about the violation of rules, he is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"obtain the previous permission of his Head of Department for each such contact as the case may be under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"exercise adequate care and discretion so that neither the Government nor he personally becomes obliged or committed to the contact\",\r\n      \"report each such contact to the Vigilance Officer of the Ministry\",\r\n      \"avoid all such contacts, whatever the public interest involved\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - exercise adequate care and discretion so that neither the Government nor he personally becomes obliged or committed to the contact<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (13) under Rule 13 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/1\/88-Estt. (A), dated 10th May, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In such cases, the Government servant concerned has to exercise adequate care and discretion in making use of such outside contacts so that neither the Government nor the Government servant personally becomes obliged or committed to the said contact in any manner.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision recognizes that such contact is sometimes necessary <b>in the public interest<\/b>, so option D is too absolute. What must be avoided is the <b>obligation<\/b> that the contact may create - the same concern that underlies Note 2 on lavish or frequent hospitality and Rule 3(1)(xiv).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 626,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a request for permission to accept a gift, permission may be assumed to have been granted, in the absence of any communication from the competent authority, after:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"60 days\",\r\n      \"45 days\",\r\n      \"30 days\",\r\n      \"three months\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 30 days<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (12) under Rule 13, read with the Decision under Rule 8 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (12) reads simply: <i>\\\"30 days \u2014 See Decision under Rule 8.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same period applies to transactions under Rule 18 and to permission under Rule 8. The exceptions are <b>Rule 18-A<\/b>, where property outside India or a transaction with a foreigner carries <b>60 days<\/b>, and <b>Rule 19<\/b>, where permission to institute proceedings to vindicate one's conduct carries <b>three months<\/b>. All three periods appear as the distractors here.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 627,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the position regarding acceptance by a Government servant of free tickets earned under a \\\"Frequent Flier\\\" or \\\"Flying Return\\\" programme is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"there is no objection to his availing of such programmes of Indian and foreign airlines alike\",\r\n      \"he may avail of such programmes of the national carriers alone\",\r\n      \"he may not avail of any such programme\",\r\n      \"he may avail of such programmes only with the previous sanction of the Government in relation to that Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - there is no objection to his availing of such programmes of Indian and foreign airlines alike<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15), Clarification (2), under Rule 13 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/97-Estt. (A), dated 15th September, 1998<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided that there would be no objection to Government servants availing of the benefit of such 'Frequent Flier Programme' or the 'Flying Return Programmes' of other Airlines also. In so far as the 'Free Companion Scheme' is concerned, the availing of this facility should remain confined to National Carriers only.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two schemes are treated differently, which is the point of the item - <b>Frequent Flier benefits<\/b> extend to all airlines, while the <b>Free Companion Scheme<\/b> was then confined to the national carriers.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 628,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, mileage points earned by a Government servant on tickets purchased for official travel:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be used by him for private travel with the permission of his Head of Office\",\r\n      \"shall be utilized by the department concerned for other official travel by its officers\",\r\n      \"may be used by him for private travel by the national carriers only\",\r\n      \"lapse at the end of the financial year in which they are earned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - shall be utilized by the department concerned for other official travel by its officers<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15), Clarification (3), under Rule 13 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2008-Estt. (A), dated 6th October, 2008, quoting the amended Travelling Allowance Rules<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Henceforth all mileage points earned by Government employees on tickets purchased for official travel shall be utilized by the concerned department for other official travel by their officers. Any usage of these mileage points for purposes of private travel by an officer will attract departmental action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe principle is stated in the same amendment: <i>\\\"the benefits out of official travel which is funded by the Government should accrue to the Government.\\\"<\/i> The change followed a recommendation of the <b>Sixth Central Pay Commission<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 629,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the facility of free companion tickets offered by airlines may be availed of by a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"for domestic travel only\",\r\n      \"for international travel only\",\r\n      \"for both domestic and international travel\",\r\n      \"for travel by the national carriers only, whether domestic or international\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - for international travel only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15), Clarification (4), under Rule 13 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2008-Estt. (A), dated 3rd June, 2009<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided to modify the instructions... to the extent that the Government servants shall be allowed to avail the facility of free companion tickets offered by the airlines for International travel only.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClarification (5) of 9-8-2010 explains why domestic travel is excluded: free companion tickets for domestic travel are given <b>only against full fare tickets<\/b>, and <i>\\\"Purchase of full fare tickets defeats the purpose of instructions issued.\\\"<\/i> Officials are instead to use coupon supersaver booklets, the business-class supersaver scheme, or the cheapest Air India fare.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 630,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the reason for which a free companion ticket offered on a domestic official tour cannot be availed of is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"such tickets are offered only by foreign airlines\",\r\n      \"the companion would be a member of the Government servant's family\",\r\n      \"such tickets are provided only against full fare tickets, and the purchase of full fare tickets defeats the purpose of the instructions\",\r\n      \"the value of such a ticket exceeds the ceiling prescribed for gifts for the purpose of these Rules at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - such tickets are provided only against full fare tickets, and the purchase of full fare tickets defeats the purpose of the instructions<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15), Clarification (5), under Rule 13 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/7\/2008-Estt. (A), dated 9th August, 2010<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"free companion tickets are provided by the Airlines for domestic travel against full fare tickets only. Purchase of full fare tickets defeats the purpose of instructions issued.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe objection is one of <b>economy in official travel<\/b> rather than of gift-taking: a full fare ticket costs the Government more than the companion ticket is worth. Officials are directed to the supersaver options or <i>\\\"the cheapest Air India fare\\\"<\/i> instead.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 631,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the amendment of 2019 raising the ceilings for the acceptance of gifts was made with the object of bringing uniformity between the said Rules, the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968 and:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012\",\r\n      \"the Railway Services (Conduct) Rules, 1966\",\r\n      \"the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16) under Rule 13 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/02\/2019-Estt. A-III, dated 6th August, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the following rules of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 prescribing ceiling for receiving gifts by Government servants, have been amended vide G.S.R. No. 531 (E), dated 29-7-2019 as to bring the uniformity in provisions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, AIS (Conduct) Rules, 1968 and Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat object explains the shape of the amendment - sub-rule (4) ceased to carry a figure of its own and now simply <b>cross-refers<\/b> to the 2012 Rules.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 632,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Before the amendment of 2019, the ceiling under the sub-rule relating to gifts in cases other than social occasions was rupees one thousand five hundred for Group 'A' and Group 'B' officers.\\n2. Before that amendment, the ceiling for Group 'C' and Group 'D' officers under that sub-rule was rupees five hundred.\\n3. Before that amendment, a Government servant could receive and retain gifts from foreign dignitaries where the market value on one occasion did not exceed rupees one thousand.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16) under Rule 13 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/02\/2019-Estt. A-III, dated 6th August, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision sets the position out in a before-and-after table, and all three statements reproduce the \\\"before\\\" column accurately.<br><br>\\nThe present figures are <b>Rs. 5,000<\/b> and <b>Rs. 2,000<\/b> under sub-rule (3), and sub-rule (4) now carries no figure at all, referring instead to the Rules of 2012.<br><br>\\nNote that the old sub-rule (3) spoke of Group 'C' <b>or Group 'D'<\/b> posts; the substituted clause mentions Group 'C' alone.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 633,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following amount to a gift EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"free lodging provided by a firm having official dealings with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"an invitation to participate free of cost in an inaugural flight\",\r\n      \"a casual lift given to the Government servant by an acquaintance\",\r\n      \"a pecuniary advantage provided by a person who is neither a near relative nor a personal friend\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - a casual lift given to the Government servant by an acquaintance<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note 1 below Rule 13(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A casual meal, lift or other social hospitality shall not be deemed to be a gift.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A and D fall squarely within the Explanation, which names free lodging and <i>\\\"any other pecuniary advantage\\\"<\/i>; option B is held to be a gift by GID (3), free transport being expressly included.<br><br>\\nThe exemption in Note 1 is narrow and turns on the word <b>casual<\/b> - Note 2 requires that lavish or frequent hospitality from an interested source be avoided even though each instance might be described as social.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 634,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Gifts received on the occasion of a wedding from near relatives having no official dealings require only a report where the prescribed value is exceeded.\\n2. Where gifts are received on such an occasion from persons having official dealings, sanction is necessary if an individual gift exceeds the prescribed limit.\\n3. It is proper for an officer to accept gifts from his subordinates so long as the prescribed limits are not exceeded.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(2) and GID (6) under Rule 13 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Reverses the Decision. Although <i>\\\"technically speaking, no sanction is necessary\\\"<\/i> where the limits are not exceeded, the Decision continues: <i>\\\"However, it does not seem proper on the part of the officer to accept gifts from their subordinates, as such action is against the spirit of Rule 13 (3) and Rule 3 (1)(ii).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nStatement 3 is the standard planted error in this set because it takes the first half of the Decision and stops before the qualification - and the first half, read alone, is perfectly accurate.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 635,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13 - Gifts\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement that a gift received on a social occasion be in conformity with the prevailing religious and social practice applies to gifts received:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"from any person whatsoever\",\r\n      \"from near relatives or personal friends having no official dealings with the Government servant\",\r\n      \"from persons having official dealings with the Government servant so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"from foreign dignitaries and foreign sources\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - from near relatives or personal friends having no official dealings with the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"On occasions such as weddings, anniversaries, funerals or religious functions, when the making of gift is in conformity with the prevailing religious and social practice, a Government servant may accept gifts from his near relatives or from his personal friends having no official dealings with him, but shall make a report to the Government, if the value of such gift exceeds...\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree conditions must all be met before the relaxed ceiling applies - the <b>occasion<\/b>, the <b>conformity with practice<\/b>, and the <b>character of the giver<\/b>. A gift from a person having official dealings falls outside sub-rule (2) altogether and is dealt with under sub-rule (3).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 636,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13-A of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"give or take dowry alone\",\r\n      \"take dowry, or demand it from the parent or guardian of a bride or bridegroom as the case may be as the case may be as the case may be as the case may be\",\r\n      \"give or take dowry, but not to abet the giving or taking of it\",\r\n      \"give or take or abet the giving or taking of dowry, or to demand dowry directly or indirectly from the parent or guardian of a bride or bridegroom\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - give or take or abet the giving or taking of dowry, or to demand dowry directly or indirectly from the parent or guardian of a bride or bridegroom<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. 11013\/12\/75-Ests. (A), dated 13th February, 1976, published as S.O. 846<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall - (i) give or take or abet the giving or taking of dowry; or (ii) demand directly or indirectly, from the parent or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as the case may be, any dowry.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule is deliberately comprehensive: it covers <b>giving<\/b> as well as taking, <b>abetment<\/b> of either, and a <b>demand<\/b> made directly or indirectly - and the demand limb applies whether the Government servant is on the bride's side or the bridegroom's.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 637,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 13-A of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the expression \\\"dowry\\\" has the same meaning as in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Indian Penal Code, 1860\",\r\n      \"the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955\",\r\n      \"the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005\",\r\n      \"the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 13-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For the purposes of this rule, 'dowry' has the same meaning as in the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe technique is the same as that used in Rule 3-C, which borrows its definitions from the general law rather than restating them - so that the Conduct Rules move with the statute.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The Indian Penal Code is nevertheless relevant at one remove: Explanation II to Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act gives <b>\\\"valuable security\\\"<\/b> the meaning it bears in Section 30 of the Penal Code\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 638,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, \\\"dowry\\\" means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given, directly or indirectly, in connection with the marriage of the parties:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"at the time of the marriage alone\",\r\n      \"at or before the marriage alone\",\r\n      \"before the marriage alone\",\r\n      \"at or before, or any time after, the marriage\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - at or before, or any time after, the marriage<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, extracted below Rule 13-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'Dowry' means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly... at or before or any time after the marriage in connection with the marriage of the said parties.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"any time after\\\"<\/b> are what prevent the definition being escaped by deferring the transfer. Note also that a mere <b>agreement<\/b> to give is enough - the property need never change hands - and that an indirect giving is covered.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 639,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, property given in connection with a marriage falls within the definition of \\\"dowry\\\" where it is given:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"by one party to the marriage to the other party alone\",\r\n      \"by the parents of either party to the marriage alone\",\r\n      \"by one party to the other party, or by the parents of either party or by any other person, to either party or to any other person\",\r\n      \"by any person to the bride, whether or not in connection with the marriage in the circumstances of the case under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - by one party to the other party, or by the parents of either party or by any other person, to either party or to any other person<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Section 2(a) and (b) of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, extracted below Rule 13-A<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(a) by one party to a marriage to the other party to the marriage; or (b) by the parents of either party to a marriage or by any other person to either party to the marriage or to any other person.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (b) is remarkably wide at both ends - the giver may be <b>any other person<\/b>, and so may the recipient. What holds the definition together is the requirement that the property be given <b>\\\"in connection with the marriage\\\"<\/b>, which is what option D omits.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 640,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the definition of \\\"dowry\\\" expressly does not include:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"presents given by the parents of the bride to the bridegroom\",\r\n      \"presents given after the solemnization of the marriage\",\r\n      \"property given by a person other than a party to the marriage for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"dower or mahar in the case of persons to whom the Muslim Personal Law applies\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - dower or mahar in the case of persons to whom the Muslim Personal Law applies<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, extracted below Rule 13-A<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"...but does not include dower or mahar in the case of persons to whom the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) applies.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe exclusion recognizes an institution of personal law that is legally owed <b>to the bride<\/b>, which is the opposite of the mischief the Act addresses.<br><br>\\nBy contrast, the compilation records a Note that pulls in another customary institution: <i>\\\"Streedhanam, among Christians, falls within the definition of 'Dowry'\\\"<\/i> - <b>Thomas v. Sarakutty, 1965 K.L.T. 368<\/b>. So the personal-law carve-out is confined to dower and mahar.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 641,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, \\\"Streedhanam\\\" among Christians has been held to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"outside the definition of dowry, being a customary gift\",\r\n      \"outside the definition of dowry, being property of the bride\",\r\n      \"outside the definition of dowry, unless demanded before the marriage\",\r\n      \"within the definition of dowry\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - within the definition of dowry<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note below Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, as extracted under Rule 13-A - Thomas v. Sarakutty, 1965 K.L.T. 368<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Streedhanam, among Christians, falls within the definition of 'Dowry'.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe decision matters because it shows that a customary name does not take a payment outside the Act. Only <b>dower or mahar<\/b> under the Muslim Personal Law is expressly excluded by the section itself; every other customary description is tested against the substance of the transaction.<br><br>\\nThis is reinforced by the Decision under Rule 13-A, which records that dowry <i>\\\"can, therefore, no longer be treated as 'customary gift'.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 642,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the expression \\\"valuable security\\\", as used in the definition of dowry, denotes a document whereby:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any property is transferred for consideration\",\r\n      \"any sum of money is acknowledged to be due\",\r\n      \"any interest in immovable property is created in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"any legal right is created, extended, transferred, restricted, extinguished or released, or whereby any person acknowledges that he lies under legal liability or has not a certain legal right\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - any legal right is created, extended, transferred, restricted, extinguished or released, or whereby any person acknowledges that he lies under legal liability or has not a certain legal right<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Section 30 of the Indian Penal Code, extracted below Rule 13-A, applied by Explanation II to Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961<\/i><br><br>\\nThe definition is unusually wide, covering six things that may be done to a legal right - created, extended, transferred, restricted, extinguished or released - and adding two forms of <b>acknowledgement<\/b>.<br><br>\\nIts width matters here because dowry is defined as <i>\\\"any property or valuable security\\\"<\/i>: a promissory note, a release of a claim, or an acknowledgement of liability can be dowry as much as cash or ornaments can.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 643,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, presents made at the time of a marriage to a party to the marriage in the form of cash, ornaments, clothes or other articles:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are deemed to be dowry in every case\",\r\n      \"are deemed to be dowry where their value exceeds the prescribed ceiling\",\r\n      \"are deemed to be dowry where they are given by the parents of the other party\",\r\n      \"shall not be deemed to be dowry unless they are made as consideration for the marriage\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - shall not be deemed to be dowry unless they are made as consideration for the marriage<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 13-A - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/37\/65-Ests. (A), dated 30th August, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For removal of doubts, Explanation I below Section 2 declares that 'any presents made at the time of marriage to other party to the marriage in the form of cash, ornaments, clothes or other articles, shall not be deemed to be dowry within the meaning of this section, unless they are made as consideration for the marriage of the said parties'.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Consideration for the marriage<\/b> is therefore the dividing line. It is the same expression that appears in GID (4) under Rule 13, where presents received at a Government servant's marriage <i>\\\"otherwise than as consideration for marriage\\\"<\/i> are regulated as ordinary gifts.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 644,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the position that dowry may be regarded as a customary gift which a Government servant may accept without prior sanction:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"continues to hold good, subject to a report being made\",\r\n      \"holds good only where the dowry is received by a member of his family under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"holds good only in respect of marriages solemnized before 1961\",\r\n      \"no longer holds good, dowry not being capable of being treated as a customary gift\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - no longer holds good, dowry not being capable of being treated as a customary gift<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 13-A - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/37\/65-Ests. (A), dated 30th August, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision opens by reciting the earlier position - <i>\\\"It was provided that dowry should be regarded as customary gift which a Government servant may accept without prior sanction\\\"<\/i> - and then records the review made in the light of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, concluding: <i>\\\"Dowry, can, therefore, no longer be treated as 'customary gift'.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nRule 13-A, inserted in 1976, later gave that conclusion the force of a rule.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 645,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a violation of the provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 by a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a matter for the criminal courts alone, no departmental action being competent\",\r\n      \"attracts departmental action only after his conviction by a criminal court\",\r\n      \"attracts departmental action only where the dowry exceeds the ceiling prescribed for gifts at the relevant time so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"constitutes a good and sufficient reason for instituting disciplinary proceedings, in addition to legal action under the Act\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - constitutes a good and sufficient reason for instituting disciplinary proceedings, in addition to legal action under the Act<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 13-A - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/37\/65-Ests. (A), dated 30th August, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Any violation of the provisions of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, by a Government servant will constitute a good and sufficient reason for instituting disciplinary proceedings against him, in addition to such legal actions as may be taken against him in accordance with the provisions of the Act.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two proceedings run in <b>parallel<\/b>, and the departmental one does not wait on the criminal. \\\"Good and sufficient reason\\\" is the language of Rule 11 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965, the same hinge relied on in GID (12) under Rule 3 and GID (3) under Rule 7.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 646,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, persons guilty of giving or taking or abetting the giving or taking of dowry, or of demanding dowry, are liable to the punishments prescribed in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961\",\r\n      \"Sections 2 and 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961\",\r\n      \"Section 30 of the Indian Penal Code\",\r\n      \"Rule 11 of the CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 13-A - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/37\/65-Ests. (A), dated 30th August, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Persons who are guilty of giving or taking or abetting the giving or taking of dowry, or demanding any dowry, directly or indirectly from the parents or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as the case may be, are liable to the punishments prescribed in Sections 3 and 4 of the Act.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Section 2 is the <b>definition<\/b> clause, not a penal one<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 11 of the CCA Rules supplies the <b>departmental<\/b> penalties, which the same Decision says may be imposed in addition; it is not where the criminal punishment is prescribed\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 647,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant is forbidden to abet the giving or taking of dowry.\\n2. A demand for dowry made indirectly is within the prohibition.\\n3. The prohibition on demanding dowry operates only in relation to the parent or guardian of a bride.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13-A(i) and (ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The clause reads <i>\\\"from the parent or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as the case may be\\\"<\/i> - it operates in both directions, so a Government servant on the bride's side who demands dowry from the bridegroom's parents is equally within it.<br><br>\\nThe symmetry is deliberate and matches Clause (i), which forbids the <b>giving<\/b> of dowry as well as the taking of it. A rule directed only at the bridegroom's family would leave half the transaction untouched.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 648,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Dowry includes property agreed to be given, even though it has not been given.\\n2. Dowry includes property given indirectly.\\n3. Dowry includes dower or mahar in the case of persons to whom the Muslim Personal Law applies.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, extracted below Rule 13-A<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"'Dowry' means any property or valuable security given or agreed to be given either directly or indirectly... but does not include dower or mahar in the case of persons to whom the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) applies.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1, 2.<\/b> \u2713 Both the words <i>\\\"agreed to be given\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"indirectly\\\"<\/i> appear in the section<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Dower and mahar are the one category the definition expressly <b>excludes<\/b><br><br>\\nStatement 3 is the standard trap because it names the only exclusion in the section and asserts the opposite of it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 650,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I\\nA. Meaning of \\\"dowry\\\"\\nB. Meaning of \\\"valuable security\\\"\\nC. Punishments for giving, taking or demanding dowry\\nD. Departmental penalties for a violation\\n\\nList-II\\n1. Section 30 of the Indian Penal Code\\n2. Rule 11 of the CCS (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965\\n3. Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961\\n4. Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13-A and the Decision thereunder, with the extracts from the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and the Indian Penal Code<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Section 2<\/b> of the 1961 Act defines dowry, and the Explanation to Rule 13-A adopts that meaning.<br>\\n<b>Section 30<\/b> of the Penal Code defines \\\"valuable security\\\", which Explanation II to Section 2 borrows.<br>\\n<b>Sections 3 and 4<\/b> of the 1961 Act carry the criminal punishments.<br>\\n<b>Rule 11<\/b> of the CCA Rules carries the departmental penalties, a violation being <i>\\\"a good and sufficient reason for instituting disciplinary proceedings.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nFour provisions in three different enactments - which is what makes this rule a natural matching item.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 651,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are correct in relation to the prohibition of dowry EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the giving of dowry is forbidden as much as the taking of it for the purpose of these Rules as the case may be\",\r\n      \"the abetment of the giving or taking of dowry is forbidden\",\r\n      \"a demand for dowry made indirectly is forbidden\",\r\n      \"a present made at the time of marriage is deemed to be dowry irrespective of the purpose for which it is made\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - a present made at the time of marriage is deemed to be dowry irrespective of the purpose for which it is made<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 13-A and the Decision thereunder of 30th August, 1965<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision reproduces Explanation I to Section 2 of the Dowry Prohibition Act: presents in the form of cash, ornaments, clothes or other articles <i>\\\"shall not be deemed to be dowry within the meaning of this section, unless they are made as consideration for the marriage of the said parties.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nPurpose is therefore decisive, and option D removes precisely the qualification that separates a wedding present from dowry.<br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce the two clauses of Rule 13-A accurately.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 652,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 13 and Rule 13-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 13-A - Dowry\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A present received by a Government servant at the time of his marriage, otherwise than as consideration for the marriage, is regulated by the rule relating to gifts.\\n2. The purchase of items of movable property for giving presents at the time of a marriage is regulated by the rule relating to transactions in movable property.\\n3. A payment made as consideration for a marriage is regulated by the rule relating to gifts in the same way as any other present.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 13, and Rule 13-A with the Decision thereunder<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1, 2.<\/b> \u2713 GID (4) provides that presents received <i>\\\"otherwise than as consideration for marriage\\\"<\/i> are regulated by Rule 13, and that <i>\\\"Purchases of items of movable property for giving presents at the time of marriage will be regulated by Rule 18 (3)... like any other transaction in movable property.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 A payment made <b>as consideration for the marriage<\/b> is dowry, and Rule 13-A forbids it outright. It is not regulated as a gift at all - there is no ceiling above which it becomes reportable and none below which it is permissible<br><br>\\nThree rules therefore meet at a marriage - Rule 13, Rule 13-A and Rule 18.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 653,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 10 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the previous sanction of the Government is required for a Government servant to give evidence in connection with:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any enquiry conducted by any person, committee or authority\",\r\n      \"any enquiry conducted by a committee appointed by the Government alone\",\r\n      \"any enquiry conducted by a body other than a Court of Law\",\r\n      \"any enquiry in which the Government is not itself a party\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - any enquiry conducted by any person, committee or authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Save as provided in sub-rule (3), no Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, give evidence in connection with any enquiry conducted by any person, committee or authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe opening words of the sub-rule are deliberately wide - <b>any person, committee or authority<\/b> - and the enquiry need not be formal or statutory. The narrowing is done not by the sub-rule itself but by the three exceptions in sub-rule (3), which is why the sub-rule opens <i>\\\"Save as provided in sub-rule (3).\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 654,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as cases to which the rule requiring previous sanction for giving evidence does not apply:\\n1. Evidence given at an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government, Parliament or a State Legislature\\n2. Evidence given in any judicial enquiry\\n3. Evidence given at any departmental enquiry ordered by authorities subordinate to the Government\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"All three\",\r\n      \"None\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - All three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(3)(a) to (c) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Nothing in this rule shall apply to - (a) evidence given at an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government, Parliament or a State Legislature; or (b) evidence given in any judicial enquiry; or (c) evidence given at any departmental enquiry ordered by authorities subordinate to the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe common thread is that in each case the enquiry is itself an act of the State - a body it has set up, a Court, or its own disciplinary machinery. Only where the Government servant is asked to depose before an <b>outside<\/b> body does the sanction requirement bite.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 655,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 10 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, evidence given by a Government servant in a judicial enquiry:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Government in every case\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Government where the Government is a party\",\r\n      \"is outside the requirement of previous sanction\",\r\n      \"requires intimation to the Head of the Department before it is given\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is outside the requirement of previous sanction<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(3)(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Nothing in this rule shall apply to... (b) evidence given in any judicial enquiry.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe exception is unqualified. A Government servant summoned as a witness by a Court answers to the Court, and it would be constitutionally impossible for the executive to condition that on its own permission.<br><br>\\nNote, however, that the rule which is displaced is <b>Rule 10<\/b> alone. Rule 9, on adverse criticism of Government policy, and Rule 11, on communication of official information, continue to apply of their own force.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 656,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 10 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, evidence given by a Government servant at a departmental enquiry:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is outside the requirement of previous sanction where the enquiry has been ordered by an authority subordinate to the Government\",\r\n      \"is outside that requirement in every case\",\r\n      \"is outside that requirement only where the enquiry concerns the Government servant himself as the case may be as the case may be\",\r\n      \"requires previous sanction unless the enquiry has been ordered by the Government itself\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is outside the requirement of previous sanction where the enquiry has been ordered by an authority subordinate to the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(3)(c) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"evidence given at any departmental enquiry ordered by authorities subordinate to the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause is precisely worded and the qualification matters: the exception attaches to an enquiry ordered by an authority <b>subordinate to the Government<\/b>. Where the Government itself has ordered the enquiry, Clause (a) is the relevant exception, since the enquiring authority is then one appointed by the Government.<br><br>\\nBetween clauses (a) and (c), therefore, departmental enquiries at every level are covered - which is what makes option D wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 657,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 10 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where sanction has been accorded for a Government servant to give evidence, he is forbidden, while giving such evidence, to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"disclose any official document in his possession\",\r\n      \"criticize the policy or any action of the Central Government or of a State Government\",\r\n      \"express any personal view on the matter in issue\",\r\n      \"answer any question not put to him by the presiding authority at the relevant time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - criticize the policy or any action of the Central Government or of a State Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where any sanction has been accorded under sub-rule (1), no Government servant giving such evidence shall criticize the policy or any action of the Central Government or of a State Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features are worth noting. The bar extends to a <b>State Government<\/b> as well as the Centre; and it attaches specifically to evidence given <b>under sanction<\/b> - it is a condition of the permission, not a free-standing prohibition. The free-standing prohibition on adverse criticism is in <b>Rule 9<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 658,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The prohibition on criticizing Government policy while giving evidence under sanction extends to the policy of a State Government.\\n2. That prohibition applies to evidence given at an enquiry before an authority appointed by Parliament.\\n3. A Government servant giving evidence in a judicial enquiry requires no sanction.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(2) and 10(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Sub-rule (2) is expressly tied to evidence given <b>after sanction under sub-rule (1)<\/b>. An enquiry before an authority appointed by Parliament falls under the exception in sub-rule (3)(a), where no sanction arises at all, so sub-rule (2) has nothing to attach to.<br><br>\\nThat does not leave such evidence unregulated. <b>Rule 9<\/b> independently forbids adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of the Central or a State Government, and GID (2) invokes Rules 9 and 11 in exactly that way for evidence before the Administrative Reforms Commission.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 659,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a witness appearing before a Committee of Parliament should take his seat:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"opposite to the seat of the Chairman\",\r\n      \"to the right of the Chairman\",\r\n      \"at the place indicated by the Secretary of the Committee\",\r\n      \"behind the officer of his Department who has accompanied him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - opposite to the seat of the Chairman<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(2) under Rule 10 - Parliament Secretariat, O.M. No. 132-FC\/54, dated 8th March, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The witness should take his seat opposite to the seat of the Chairman.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision sets out seven points of conduct and etiquette for witnesses appearing before Committees such as the <b>Public Accounts Committee<\/b> and the <b>Estimates Committee<\/b> and their Sub-Committees. Point (1) requires that due respect be shown <i>\\\"by bowing while entering the room and when taking the seat.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 660,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a witness appearing before a Committee of Parliament should speak:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"whenever he considers a clarification necessary\",\r\n      \"only after the Chairman has completed his questions in the circumstances of the case for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"only when asked by the Chairman of the Committee\",\r\n      \"only when asked by the Chairman, by a Member of the Committee, or by any other person authorized by the Chairman\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - only when asked by the Chairman, by a Member of the Committee, or by any other person authorized by the Chairman<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(3) under Rule 10 - Parliament Secretariat, O.M. No. 132-FC\/54, dated 8th March, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The witness should speak only when he is asked either by the Chairman or by a Member of the Committee or any other person authorized by the Chairman. He should answer to the Chair rising up in his seat.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo directions are joined in the point - <b>when<\/b> he may speak, and <b>how<\/b>: the answer is addressed to the Chair, and he rises in his seat to give it. The same requirement of rising and bowing attaches at the end, when he is asked to withdraw.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 661,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, when the evidence of a witness before a Committee of Parliament is completed and he is asked to withdraw, he should:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"leave the room without any formality, so as not to interrupt the proceedings\",\r\n      \"seek the permission of the Secretary of the Committee before leaving\",\r\n      \"bow to the Chair, rising up in his seat\",\r\n      \"remain seated until the Chairman has left the room\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - bow to the Chair, rising up in his seat<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(5) under Rule 10 - Parliament Secretariat, O.M. No. 132-FC\/54, dated 8th March, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"When the evidence is completed and the witness is asked to withdraw, he should bow to the Chair rising up in his seat.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe point mirrors the first, which requires a bow <i>\\\"while entering the room and when taking the seat\\\"<\/i>. Point (6) adds a plain prohibition that is often set as a question in its own right: <i>\\\"The witness should not smoke or chew when he is seated before the Committee.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 662,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all submissions made by a witness to the Chair and the Committee of Parliament should be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"confined to matters within his own sphere of work\",\r\n      \"made in writing wherever practicable\",\r\n      \"supported by the documents on which they are based\",\r\n      \"couched in courteous and polite language\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - couched in courteous and polite language<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(4) under Rule 10 - Parliament Secretariat, O.M. No. 132-FC\/54, dated 8th March, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All submissions to the Chair and the Committee should be couched in courteous and polite language.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe requirement is not merely a matter of manners. Point (7)(c) makes the converse a breach of privilege and contempt of Parliament - <i>\\\"Trifling with the Committee; using saucy language; returning insulting answers.\\\"<\/i> Discourtesy before a Committee is therefore actionable both as contempt and, under Rule 3-A, as departmental misconduct.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 663,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following acts of a witness appearing before a Committee of Parliament, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Refusal to answer questions\\n2. Prevarication, or wilfully suppressing the truth or misleading the Committee\\n3. Trifling with the Committee, using saucy language, or returning insulting answers\\n4. Destroying or damaging a material document relating to the enquiry\\n\\nHow many of the above constitute breaches of privilege and contempt of Parliament?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(7) under Rule 10 - Parliament Secretariat, O.M. No. 132-FC\/54, dated 8th March, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The witness should note that the following acts shall constitute breaches of privilege and contempt of Parliament - (a) Refusal to answer questions. (b) Prevarication or wilfully suppressing the truth or misleading the Committee. (c) Trifling with the Committee; using saucy language; returning insulting answers. (d) Destroying or damaging a material document relating to the enquiry.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe four cover the whole range of possible obstruction - <b>silence, falsehood, insolence and destruction of evidence<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 664,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who is interviewed by the Administrative Reforms Commission:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the previous permission of the Head of his Department\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"may give evidence only on matters within his own sphere of work under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"is free to give frank expression to his personal views, no permission being required\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is free to give frank expression to his personal views, no permission being required<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/8\/66-Ests. (A), dated 26th July, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants who are interviewed by the Commission are free to give frank expression to their personal views, vide Rule 10 (3) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules. No permission of Government or of the Head of Department is required for this purpose.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe freedom rests on the exception in <b>Rule 10(3)(a)<\/b>, the Commission being an authority appointed by the Government. Government servants are also free to <i>\\\"submit memoranda, of their own accord direct to the Commission, on any subject included in their terms of reference.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 665,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, evidence tendered by a Government servant before the Administrative Reforms Commission:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be given publicity once the Commission has submitted its report\",\r\n      \"should not be given publicity, as that would amount to public criticism of Government or unauthorized communication of information\",\r\n      \"may be given publicity with the previous permission of the Commission as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"may be given publicity provided no official document is disclosed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - should not be given publicity, as that would amount to public criticism of Government or unauthorized communication of information<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/8\/66-Ests. (A), dated 26th July, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"But evidence tendered before Commission should not be given publicity as that would amount to public criticism of Government or unauthorized communication of information, vide Rules 9 and 11 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe scheme is a careful balance: <b>Rule 10<\/b> is displaced, so the officer may speak freely to the Commission; but <b>Rules 9 and 11<\/b> are not displaced, so he may not publish what he has said. The same Decision requires care to ensure that memoranda <i>\\\"do not reach any person \/ authority other than the Commission.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 666,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to memoranda submitted by a Government servant to the Administrative Reforms Commission, care is required to be taken to ensure that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"they are routed through the Head of the Department concerned\",\r\n      \"they are confined to matters on which he has been interviewed\",\r\n      \"they do not reach any person or authority other than the Commission\",\r\n      \"they carry the concurrence of the Ministry administratively concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - they do not reach any person or authority other than the Commission<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/8\/66-Ests. (A), dated 26th July, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Care should also be taken to ensure that such memoranda do not reach any person \/ authority other than the Commission.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Is expressly negatived: Government servants are free to submit memoranda <i>\\\"of their own accord direct to the Commission\\\"<\/i>, so no routing through the Department is required<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The permitted scope is wider - <i>\\\"on any subject included in their terms of reference\\\"<\/i>, whether or not he was interviewed on it\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 667,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an individual Government servant may submit a memorandum to the Pay Commission in his individual capacity:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"provided he is authorized to do so by a recognized Service Association\",\r\n      \"provided the memorandum is routed through his Head of Office\",\r\n      \"provided he has obtained the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"provided individual grievances are not put to the Commission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - provided individual grievances are not put to the Commission<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., Letter No. 6\/1\/(S)\/76-Ests. (A), dated 20th July, 1970<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"There is no objection to individual Government servants submitting memoranda, etc., to the Pay Commission in their individual capacity, provided that individual grievances will not be put to the Commission.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe distinction is between <b>views on the terms of reference<\/b>, which the Commission exists to receive, and a <b>personal claim<\/b>, which belongs to the departmental channel under GID (26) below Rule 3. GID (4) repeats the same proviso when dealing with the Fourth Central Pay Commission.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 668,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, among Secretariat Officers of the Central Government, the officers who may give their personal views to the Pay Commission in the light of their own knowledge and experience, if they so desire, are:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Joint Secretaries and above\",\r\n      \"Secretaries\",\r\n      \"Heads of Departments alone\",\r\n      \"Additional Secretaries and above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Secretaries<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(i) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/16\/83-Estt. (A), dated 16th November, 1983<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Among Secretariat Officers of the Central Government, Secretaries may, if they so desire, give their personal views in the light of their own knowledge and experience.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe distinction drawn in the Decision is one of <b>permission<\/b>. A Secretary may do so of his own volition; every other Secretariat Officer - Additional, Joint, Deputy or Under Secretary - and Heads of Departments <i>\\\"may also be permitted by Government\\\"<\/i>, and <i>\\\"should, however, obtain the prior permission of Government before they appear before the Commission.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 669,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an Additional, Joint, Deputy or Under Secretary, or a Head of Department, who wishes to give evidence before the Pay Commission on matters within his sphere of work:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may do so of his own volition, as a Secretary may\",\r\n      \"may do so only in writing and not orally\",\r\n      \"should obtain the prior permission of the Government before appearing before the Commission\",\r\n      \"may do so only if nominated by the Ministry administratively concerned so far as this rule is concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - should obtain the prior permission of the Government before appearing before the Commission<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(i) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/16\/83-Estt. (A), dated 16th November, 1983<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Other Secretariat Officers, i.e., Additional, Joint, Deputy or Under Secretaries as well as Heads of Departments may also be permitted by Government to give evidence orally or in writing to the Pay Commission on matters coming within their respective spheres of work. Such officers should, however, obtain the prior permission of Government before they appear before the Commission.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The evidence may be given <b>orally or in writing<\/b>; what is regulated is the permission, not the form\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 670,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who appears before the Pay Commission on behalf of a Service Association:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the prior permission of the Government, as any other officer does\",\r\n      \"may do so without the prior permission of the Government, if so authorized by the Service Association he represents\",\r\n      \"may do so only if he holds an office in that Association\",\r\n      \"may do so only where the Association has been recognized by the Government under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - may do so without the prior permission of the Government, if so authorized by the Service Association he represents<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(i) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/16\/83-Estt. (A), dated 16th November, 1983<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The above procedure will not apply to Government servants who appear before the Pay Commission on behalf of Service Associations. They may do so without the prior permission of Government, if so authorized by the Service Associations whom they represent.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe authority he needs comes from the <b>Association<\/b>, not from the Government. The exemption reflects the position under Rule 9, whose proviso preserves the bona fide expression of views by an office-bearer of a recognized association in safeguarding conditions of service.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 671,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in furnishing factual information to the Pay Commission, Ministries and Departments are required to furnish, wherever necessary:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"their own recommendations on the matters in issue\",\r\n      \"the financial implications of every proposal placed before the Commission for the purpose of these Rules for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"the views of the recognized Service Associations concerned\",\r\n      \"the reasons for decisions taken by the Government in the past, or the circumstances in which certain action was taken\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the reasons for decisions taken by the Government in the past, or the circumstances in which certain action was taken<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(ii) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/16\/83-Estt. (A), dated 16th November, 1983<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"They should also furnish, wherever necessary, the reasons for the decision taken by the Government in the past or circumstances in which certain action was taken. This would help the Commission in understanding the policy of Government as it has emerged from time to time.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Is expressly excluded at that stage: Ministries <i>\\\"should not formulate their opinion at that stage, as the final views of Government can be formulated only after the recommendations of the Pay Commission are received\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 672,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, while furnishing factual information to the Pay Commission, Ministries and Departments:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should formulate their opinion so that the Commission may know the Government's view so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"should not formulate their opinion at that stage, but are not precluded from placing the arguments for and against a proposal\",\r\n      \"should confine themselves to statistics and refrain from any analysis\",\r\n      \"should place their views before the Commission only through the Ministry of Finance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - should not formulate their opinion at that stage, but are not precluded from placing the arguments for and against a proposal<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(ii) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/16\/83-Estt. (A), dated 16th November, 1983<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"While furnishing the factual information as above, Ministries and Departments should not formulate their opinion at that stage... However, Ministries and Departments are not precluded from analyzing the various factors relating to a matter and placing before the Commission, the arguments for and against a particular proposal.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe line is between <b>analysis<\/b>, which assists the Commission, and a <b>concluded departmental view<\/b>, which would pre-empt the Government's own decision on the report.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 673,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (person giving evidence before the Pay Commission)\\nA. A Secretary to the Government of India\\nB. A Joint Secretary, on a matter within his sphere of work\\nC. A Government servant appearing on behalf of a Service Association\\nD. An individual Government servant submitting a memorandum\\n\\nList-II (position)\\n1. Prior permission of the Government required\\n2. No prior permission, if authorized by the Association\\n3. Permissible provided individual grievances are not put to the Commission\\n4. May give personal views if he so desires\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (3) and (4)(i) under Rule 10 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nFour different positions arise on the same occasion:<br>\\n<b>Secretaries<\/b> - <i>\\\"may, if they so desire, give their personal views.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Other Secretariat Officers and Heads of Departments<\/b> - may be permitted, but <i>\\\"should... obtain the prior permission of Government before they appear.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Those appearing for a Service Association<\/b> - <i>\\\"may do so without the prior permission of Government, if so authorized.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Individual memoranda<\/b> - no objection, <i>\\\"provided that individual grievances will not be put to the Commission.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 674,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant giving evidence before the Public Accounts Committee requires the previous sanction of the Government.\\n2. A Government servant giving evidence before the Administrative Reforms Commission requires no permission.\\n3. A Government servant may submit a memorandum to the Pay Commission in his individual capacity.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(3)(a); GIDs (2) and (3) under Rule 10<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 The Public Accounts Committee is a Committee of Parliament, and evidence before <i>\\\"an authority appointed by the Government, Parliament or a State Legislature\\\"<\/i> falls within the exception in Rule 10(3)(a). No sanction is required.<br><br>\\nWhat does apply to such a witness is the code of conduct in GID (1) - the seven points of etiquette, and the four acts which constitute breach of privilege and contempt of Parliament.<br><br>\\nStatement 1 is the standard planted error, because a Parliamentary Committee feels like the most formal of the three bodies and therefore the likeliest to need permission.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 675,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the freedom of a Government servant to give frank expression to his personal views before the Administrative Reforms Commission rests upon:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the exception relating to an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government\",\r\n      \"a special exemption granted by the Commission's terms of reference\",\r\n      \"the proviso relating to office-bearers of recognized Service Associations\",\r\n      \"a general sanction accorded by the Government under the said Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the exception relating to an enquiry before an authority appointed by the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 10, referring to Rule 10(3)<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants who are interviewed by the Commission are free to give frank expression to their personal views, vide Rule 10 (3) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Commission being an authority appointed by the Government, Clause (a) of sub-rule (3) applies and the whole of Rule 10 is displaced - which is why <b>no sanction<\/b> is needed and, in consequence, why the bar in sub-rule (2) on criticizing Government policy does not attach either.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The proviso relating to office-bearers of recognized associations belongs to <b>Rule 9<\/b>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 676,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a witness appearing before a Committee of Parliament is required to show due respect to the Chairman and the Committee by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"standing throughout the proceedings\",\r\n      \"addressing the Chairman and the Members individually by name\",\r\n      \"bowing while entering the room and when taking the seat\",\r\n      \"presenting a written statement of his evidence in advance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - bowing while entering the room and when taking the seat<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(1) under Rule 10 - Parliament Secretariat, O.M. No. 132-FC\/54, dated 8th March, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Due respect to the Chairman and the Committee \/ Sub-Committee should be shown by the witness by bowing while entering the room and when taking the seat.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Overstates the position. The witness <b>sits<\/b> - opposite the Chairman - and rises only to answer, and again to bow when asked to withdraw. It is the rising for each answer, not standing throughout, that the Decision requires.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 677,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, regarding a witness appearing before a Committee of Parliament:\\n1. He should answer to the Chair, rising up in his seat.\\n2. He should not smoke or chew when he is seated before the Committee.\\n3. He may decline to answer a question which he considers irrelevant to the enquiry.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(3), (6) and (7)(a) under Rule 10 - Parliament Secretariat, O.M. No. 132-FC\/54, dated 8th March, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Is the direct opposite of the position. Point (7)(a) lists <b>\\\"Refusal to answer questions\\\"<\/b> as an act constituting a breach of privilege and contempt of Parliament, and no exception is made for a question the witness thinks irrelevant.<br><br>\\nRelevance is a matter for the Committee, not the witness. The other three acts listed alongside refusal are prevarication or suppression of the truth, trifling or insolence, and destruction of a material document.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 678,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the factual information which the Pay Commission may ask for:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be supplied by every Ministry and Department of the Government of India\",\r\n      \"should be supplied only through the Ministry of Finance\",\r\n      \"should be supplied only in respect of the period covered by the Commission's terms of reference\",\r\n      \"should be supplied only after the Government has taken a view on the proposal concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - should be supplied by every Ministry and Department of the Government of India<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(ii) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/16\/83-Estt. (A), dated 16th November, 1983<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Such factual information as the Commission may ask for, should be supplied to them by every Ministry and Department of the Government of India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe obligation is unqualified as to source and unrouted - each Ministry answers for its own information.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Reverses the sequence. Information is furnished <b>first<\/b>; the Government's view comes last, since <i>\\\"the final views of Government can be formulated only after the recommendations of the Pay Commission are received\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 679,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are outside the requirement of previous sanction for giving evidence EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"evidence given at an enquiry before an authority appointed by a State Legislature\",\r\n      \"evidence given in a judicial enquiry\",\r\n      \"evidence given at a departmental enquiry ordered by an authority subordinate to the Government\",\r\n      \"evidence given at an enquiry conducted by a private body into a matter of public interest\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - evidence given at an enquiry conducted by a private body into a matter of public interest<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(1) and 10(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce the three exceptions in sub-rule (3). A private body is none of them, and evidence before it falls squarely within sub-rule (1) - <i>\\\"any enquiry conducted by any person, committee or authority\\\"<\/i> - so <b>previous sanction<\/b> is required.<br><br>\\nThe subject-matter being one of public interest makes no difference; what the exceptions turn on is the <b>character of the body<\/b> conducting the enquiry, not the importance of the question before it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 680,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant who gives evidence under sanction may not criticize the policy of a State Government.\\n2. A Government servant may publicize the evidence he has tendered before a Commission appointed by the Government.\\n3. A Government servant giving evidence in a departmental enquiry ordered by a subordinate authority requires no sanction.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 10(2), 10(3)(c) and GID (2) under Rule 10<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 GID (2) is explicit that evidence tendered before the Administrative Reforms Commission <i>\\\"should not be given publicity as that would amount to public criticism of Government or unauthorized communication of information, vide Rules 9 and 11.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe point of the set is that the exception in Rule 10(3) removes only the <b>sanction requirement<\/b>. It does not license publication, and it does not displace Rules 9 and 11, which operate independently of Rule 10 altogether.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 681,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the points of conduct and etiquette prescribed for witnesses were issued with reference to appearances before:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Central Vigilance Commission and its officers\",\r\n      \"Committees of Parliament, such as the Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee, and their Sub-Committees\",\r\n      \"Commissions of Inquiry appointed under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 at the relevant time in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"the Central Administrative Tribunal and its Benches\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Committees of Parliament, such as the Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee, and their Sub-Committees<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 10 - Parliament Secretariat, O.M. No. 132-FC\/54, dated 8th March, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The witnesses should note the following points while appearing before a Parliamentary Committee, such as Public Accounts Committee, Estimates Committee and their Sub-Committees.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat the Decision issued from the <b>Parliament Secretariat<\/b> rather than from a Ministry is itself a pointer to its subject. The Estimates Committee appears elsewhere in these Rules too - its Ninety-third Report underlies GID (18) under Rule 3 on discourtesy and dilatory tactics.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 682,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 10\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 10 - Evidence before Committee or any other authority\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the freedom of Government servants to submit memoranda directly to the Administrative Reforms Commission extends to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any subject included in the Commission's terms of reference\",\r\n      \"matters coming within their own spheres of work alone\",\r\n      \"matters on which they have been interviewed by the Commission\",\r\n      \"matters concerning the conditions of service of Government servants alone\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - any subject included in the Commission's terms of reference<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 10 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/8\/66-Ests. (A), dated 26th July, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants are also free to submit memoranda, of their own accord direct to the Commission, on any subject included in their terms of reference. In such memoranda, Government servants can give frank expression to their personal views; but the views so expressed should not be given any publicity.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The limitation to <i>\\\"matters coming within their respective spheres of work\\\"<\/i> is real, but it belongs to GID (4) and governs evidence before the <b>Pay Commission<\/b> by officers below the rank of Secretary - a different body and a different Decision\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 683,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the previous sanction of the Government is required before a Government servant may:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"engage directly in any trade or business\",\r\n      \"engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business\",\r\n      \"engage in any trade or business carried on for profit\",\r\n      \"engage in any trade or business within the local limits of his authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(1)(a) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification No. 11013\/16\/85-Estt. (A), dated 10th September, 1986<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"no Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government - (a) engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"or indirectly\\\"<\/b> are what allow GID (6) to treat a Government servant carrying on life insurance business <i>\\\"in the names of their wives or dependants\\\"<\/i> as within the clause, and GID (11) to bring an appointment as Authorized Agent for National Savings within it.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 \\\"Local limits of his authority\\\" is the test in Rule 16(4)(a) on lending and borrowing\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 684,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as acts requiring the previous sanction of the Government:\\n1. Negotiating for, or undertaking, any other employment\\n2. Holding an elective office in any body, whether incorporated or not\\n3. Canvassing for a candidate for an elective office in any body\\n4. Canvassing in support of the business of an insurance agency owned or managed by a member of his family\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(1)(b), (c) and (d) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(b) negotiate for, or undertake, any other employment; or (c) hold an elective office, or canvass for a candidate or candidates for an elective office, in any body, whether incorporated or not; or (d) canvass in support of any business of insurance agency, commission agency, etc., owned or managed by any member of his family.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (b) catches the <b>negotiation<\/b> as well as the employment - which is the foundation of GID (10) on negotiating for commercial employment while in service. Clause (c) covers <b>canvassing for another<\/b> as much as standing oneself.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 685,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, taking part in the registration, promotion or management of a Bank or other company, or of a co-operative society for commercial purposes, requires previous sanction:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"except where the Government servant does so in the discharge of his official duties\",\r\n      \"in every case, without exception\",\r\n      \"except where the company is registered under the Companies Act, 1956\",\r\n      \"except where the Government servant holds no office in the body concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - except where the Government servant does so in the discharge of his official duties<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(1)(e) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"take part except in the discharge of his official duties, in the registration, promotion or management of any Bank or other company registered or required to be registered, under the Companies Act, 1956... or of any co-operative society for commercial purposes.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe saving for official duties is essential - a Government servant nominated to the board of a public undertaking acts in his official capacity, not his private one.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Inverts the clause, which covers a company <b>\\\"registered or required to be registered\\\"<\/b> under that Act or any other law - a body that ought to have registered and has not is equally within it\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 686,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as media programmes in the making of which a Government servant may not participate except with previous sanction:\\n1. A sponsored radio or television programme\\n2. A media programme commissioned by Government media but produced by a private agency\\n3. A privately produced media programme, including a video magazine\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"All three\",\r\n      \"None\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - All three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(1)(f) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. 11013\/4\/93-Estt. (A), dated 16th August, 1996<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"participate in or associate himself in any manner in the making of - (i) a sponsored media (radio or television) programme; or (ii) a media programme commissioned by Government media but produced by a private agency; or (iii) a privately produced media programme including video magazine.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nLimb (ii) is the one habitually missed - the fact that <b>Government media commissioned<\/b> the programme does not save it if a <b>private agency produced<\/b> it. The proviso saves only participation <i>\\\"in a programme produced or commissioned by Government media in his official capacity.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 687,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, no previous permission is necessary for a Government servant to participate in a media programme where the programme is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"produced or commissioned by Government media, and he participates in his official capacity\",\r\n      \"produced by a private agency but commissioned by Government media in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"sponsored by a public sector undertaking\",\r\n      \"broadcast without any commercial sponsorship\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - produced or commissioned by Government media, and he participates in his official capacity<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 15(1)(f) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that no previous permission shall be necessary in case where the Government servant participates in a programme produced or commissioned by Government media in his official capacity.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo conditions must both be met - the programme must be <b>produced or commissioned by Government media<\/b>, and his participation must be <b>in his official capacity<\/b>.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Is expressly the subject of Clause (f)(ii) and <b>requires<\/b> sanction. A programme commissioned by Government media but produced privately falls outside the proviso, which speaks of a programme \\\"produced or commissioned by Government media\\\"\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 688,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as activities which a Government servant may undertake without the previous sanction of the Government:\\n1. Honorary work of a social or charitable nature\\n2. Occasional work of a literary, artistic or scientific character\\n3. Participation in sports activities as an amateur\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"All three\",\r\n      \"None\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - All three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(2)(a), (b) and (c) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant may, without the previous sanction of the Government, - (a) undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature, or (b) undertake occasional work of a literary, artistic or scientific character, or (c) participate in sports activities as an amateur.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nEach carries a limiting word that repays attention - the work must be <b>honorary<\/b>, or <b>occasional<\/b>, and sports participation must be <b>as an amateur<\/b>. GID (2) uses exactly this distinction to hold that a part-time lecturership, being <i>\\\"a regular remunerative occupation\\\"<\/i>, is not occasional work and does require sanction.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 689,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant may take part in the registration, promotion or management of a literary, scientific or charitable society, or of a club whose objects relate to sports, cultural or recreational activities, without previous sanction, provided such participation:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"does not involve the holding of an elective office\",\r\n      \"is confined to societies registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860\",\r\n      \"is undertaken outside office hours\",\r\n      \"is reported to the Government before it is undertaken\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - does not involve the holding of an elective office<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(2)(d) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"take part in the registration, promotion or management (not involving the holding of an elective office) of a literary, scientific or charitable society or of a club or similar organization, the aims or objects of which relate to promotion of sports, cultural or recreational activities.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe parenthesis is the whole point of the clause: management is free, but an <b>elective office<\/b> throws the case back to Rule 15(1)(c) and its requirement of previous sanction.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Reverses the timing. Proviso (ii) requires a report <i>\\\"within a period of one month of his taking part in such activity\\\"<\/i> - afterwards, not before\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 690,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant may take part, without previous sanction, in the registration, promotion or management of a co-operative society where the society is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912, whatever its objects\",\r\n      \"not carrying on any commercial activity of any kind\",\r\n      \"substantially for the benefit of Government servants\",\r\n      \"one in which he holds no share or interest\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - substantially for the benefit of Government servants<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(2)(e) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"take part in the registration, promotion or management (not involving the holding of elective office) of a co-operative society substantially for the benefit of Government servants, registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912... or any other law for the time being in force.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo conditions apply together with the parenthesis about elective office - the society must be <b>substantially for the benefit of Government servants<\/b>, and it must be registered.<br><br>\\nA co-operative society <b>for commercial purposes<\/b> is dealt with by Rule 15(1)(e) and needs sanction, which is what makes option A wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 691,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant takes part, without previous sanction, in the management of a charitable society or of a co-operative society for the benefit of Government servants, he is required to report to the Government the details of the nature of his participation within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one week of taking part in such activity\",\r\n      \"one month of taking part in such activity\",\r\n      \"three months of taking part in such activity\",\r\n      \"the same financial year in which he takes part\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - one month of taking part in such activity<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso (ii) to Rule 15(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"in a case falling under Clause (d) or Clause (e) of this sub-rule, his official duties shall not suffer thereby and he shall, within a period of one month of his taking part in such activity, report to the Government giving details of the nature of his participation.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote that the proviso applies <b>only<\/b> to Clauses (d) and (e) - not to honorary social work, occasional literary work or amateur sport under Clauses (a) to (c), where no report is due at all. Proviso (i) adds a further condition applying to the whole sub-rule: he must discontinue the activity <b>if so directed by the Government<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 692,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to activities which may be undertaken without previous sanction, a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"shall discontinue taking part in such activities if so directed by the Government\",\r\n      \"may continue them for so long as his official duties do not suffer\",\r\n      \"may continue them until the permission of the Government is expressly withdrawn in writing\",\r\n      \"shall discontinue them on his transfer to another station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - shall discontinue taking part in such activities if so directed by the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso (i) to Rule 15(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that - (i) he shall discontinue taking part in such activities, if so directed by the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe proviso attaches to the whole of sub-rule (2), so even the activities that need no sanction at the outset remain subject to a <b>direction to stop<\/b>. GID (5) restates the point for socio-religious bodies: no previous sanction is required for honorary work of a social or charitable nature, <i>\\\"but he should discontinue taking part in such activities, if so directed by the Government.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 693,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is required to report to the Government where a member of his family:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is engaged in a trade or business, or owns or manages an insurance agency or commission agency\",\r\n      \"is engaged in any employment whatsoever\",\r\n      \"is engaged in a trade or business having official dealings with him so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"owns any immovable property in his or her own name\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is engaged in a trade or business, or owns or manages an insurance agency or commission agency<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Every Government shall report to the Government if any member of his family is engaged in a trade or business or owns or manages an insurance agency or commission agency.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe duty is one of <b>report<\/b>, not of prevention - the family member's business is not forbidden. What Clause 15(1)(d) forbids is the Government servant <b>canvassing<\/b> in support of it.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The sub-rule carries no requirement of official dealings; the report is due whatever the trade\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 694,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant may not accept any fee for work done by him for a private or public body or a private person:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in any circumstances whatsoever\",\r\n      \"without the sanction of the prescribed authority, unless otherwise provided by general or special orders of the Government\",\r\n      \"where the fee exceeds one month's basic pay\",\r\n      \"where the body concerned has official dealings with him as the case may be in the circumstances of the case as the case may be\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - without the sanction of the prescribed authority, unless otherwise provided by general or special orders of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Unless otherwise provided by general or special orders of the Government, no Government servant may accept any fee for any work done by him for any private or public body or any private person without the sanction of the prescribed authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Explanation ties the key word to the pay rules: <i>\\\"The term 'fee' used here shall have the meaning assigned to it in Fundamental Rule 9 (6-A).\\\"<\/i> The opening words also leave room for general orders relaxing the requirement - as GID (1) did for part-time examinership.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 695,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the term \\\"fee\\\" bears the meaning assigned to it in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Payment of Wages Act, 1936\",\r\n      \"the Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules\",\r\n      \"Fundamental Rule 9(6-A)\",\r\n      \"Supplementary Rule 12\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Fundamental Rule 9(6-A)<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 15(4) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The term 'fee' used here shall have the meaning assigned to it in Fundamental Rule 9 (6-A).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Supplementary Rule 12 is a real and closely related provision, which is what makes it the sharpest distractor - GID (4) records that under SR 12 <i>\\\"one-third of the fees in excess of \u20b9 400 paid to a Government servant should be credited to general revenues\\\"<\/i>. But SR 12 governs the <b>sharing<\/b> of a fee, not its definition; SR 11 governs permission for casual or occasional work.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 696,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the acceptance of part-time examinership of examination papers set by a recognized University:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be permitted, subject to the condition that the official duties of the individual do not in any way suffer\",\r\n      \"may not be permitted in any circumstances\",\r\n      \"may be permitted only where no fee is received\",\r\n      \"may be permitted only to Government servants holding teaching posts under the instructions in force in relation to that Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - may be permitted, subject to the condition that the official duties of the individual do not in any way suffer<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 15 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/5\/56-Ests. (A), dated 6th September, 1957<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision agrees to permission <i>\\\"subject to the condition that the official duties of the individual concerned do not in any way suffer\\\"<\/i>, and adds that the fees so received <i>\\\"will not be subject to SR 12.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reason recorded is that <i>\\\"the offers of Examinership are generally of a casual nature, occurring once or twice a year for a few days.\\\"<\/i> It is that <b>casual character<\/b> which distinguishes examinership from a part-time lecturership, which GID (2) treats as a regular remunerative occupation requiring sanction.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 697,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the acceptance by a Government servant of a part-time lecturership in an educational institution:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be permitted by the Head of Department under the powers delegated to him\",\r\n      \"requires no permission, being work of an occasional literary or scientific character\",\r\n      \"is to be regarded as a regular remunerative occupation requiring the sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"may be permitted only where it is undertaken on an honorary basis\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is to be regarded as a regular remunerative occupation requiring the sanction of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 15 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. F. 10 (94)-E. II (B)\/58, dated 13th September, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the powers delegated under SR 11 should only be exercised in cases where a Government servant undertakes to perform some work of a casual or occasional nature but where the work done is of the nature of a regular remunerative occupation, Conduct Rule 15 will be attracted and the sanction of Government will be necessary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe dividing line is therefore between work that is <b>casual or occasional<\/b>, for which the delegated power under SR 11 suffices, and a <b>regular remunerative occupation<\/b>, which needs the Government's sanction under Rule 15.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 698,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the acceptance by a whole-time Government servant of regular part-time employment, even after office hours:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible where the employment is under another Government department in the circumstances of the case under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"requires only the permission of the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"is permissible where it does not exceed two hours on any day\",\r\n      \"should not ordinarily be allowed, and requires prior sanction of the Government in rare cases where it is proposed to permit it\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - should not ordinarily be allowed, and requires prior sanction of the Government in rare cases where it is proposed to permit it<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 15 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/42\/58-Ests. (A), dated 16th October, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"a whole time Government servant should not ordinarily be allowed to accept any part-time employment whether under Government or elsewhere, even though such employment may be after office hours. In rare cases where it is proposed to give permission to a Government servant to accept part-time employment, prior sanction of Government should be obtained.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo reasons are recorded: he <i>\\\"may not get sufficient time for rest and recreation\\\"<\/i> and so cannot give undivided attention to his work; and such employment <i>\\\"leads generally to depriving unemployed people of work.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 699,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant accepts remuneration for services rendered regularly to a registered co-operative society:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the case is covered by the exemption relating to participation in the management of a co-operative society\",\r\n      \"the prior permission of the Government is necessary, he being engaged in private employment regularly\",\r\n      \"the sanction of the competent authority under the Supplementary Rules alone is necessary\",\r\n      \"no permission is necessary where the remuneration is nominal in amount\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the prior permission of the Government is necessary, he being engaged in private employment regularly<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 15 - Ministry of W. & H., A.V. No. 126, dated 15th September, 1960<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"such cases are not covered by the proviso to sub-rule (2) of Rule 15... and that since the Government servant will be engaging himself in private employment regularly, the prior permission of the Government under Rule 15 of the said is necessary. It is not necessary to obtain sanction of the competent authority under SR 11 also.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe case arose on a Government servant working as an Honorary Accountant for a Thrift and Credit Society and drawing Rs. 20 a month. <b>SR 12<\/b> will normally apply to such a fee unless special exemption is given - so the amount is no answer, which disposes of option D.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 700,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a Government servant becoming a member of a socio-religious body, prior permission is essential only if he seeks to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"participate in the fund-raising activities of the body\",\r\n      \"hold an elective office\",\r\n      \"attend the meetings of the body during office hours\",\r\n      \"become a member of its general body\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - hold an elective office<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 2, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/5\/88-Estt. (A), dated 11th July, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"no previous sanction of the Government is required for a Central Government servant to undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature but he should discontinue taking part in such activities, if so directed by the Government. Prior permission is essential only if the Government servant seeks to hold an elective office.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Is not covered by <b>this<\/b> Decision, but is separately regulated: <b>Rule 12<\/b> requires previous sanction for asking for or accepting contributions or otherwise associating with the raising of any funds\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 701,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to organizations and movements claiming to aim at social and religious reform, a Government servant is advised to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"be very cautious in associating himself with any organization whose activities are liable to be construed as sectarian or communal\",\r\n      \"seek a ruling from the Government in every case before joining\",\r\n      \"confine his membership to organizations registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"abstain from all such organizations while he remains in service\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - be very cautious in associating himself with any organization whose activities are liable to be construed as sectarian or communal<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 3, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/5\/88-Estt. (A), dated 11th July, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It will, therefore, be desirable on the part of the Government servants to be very cautious in associating themselves with any organization or movement the activities of which are liable to be construed as sectarian or communal in nature. It is not possible to give an exhaustive list of such activities.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision places the burden on the individual in the same terms as GID (1) under Rule 5: <i>\\\"The responsibility for the consequences of the decision to join any organization... will rest with the employee himself\\\"<\/i>, and <i>\\\"any plea of ignorance or misconception as to the Government's attitude... would not be tenable.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 702,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, while Government servants are free in their private lives to profess and practise any religion, they should so conduct themselves in public as to leave no room for any impression that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"they are members of any organization which has not been recognized\",\r\n      \"they attend religious gatherings during office hours\",\r\n      \"they do not subscribe to the secular philosophy of the State\",\r\n      \"they favour persons professing the same religion in matters of recruitment\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - they do not subscribe to the secular philosophy of the State<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 2, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/5\/88-Estt. (A), dated 11th July, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Since, however, the Constitution of India is based on the principle of secular State, the Government servants, while they are free to profess and practise any religion in their private lives, should so conduct themselves in public as to leave no room for any impression to arise that they do not subscribe to the secular philosophy of the State.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Is a real formula but from a different Decision - GID (19) under Rule 3, on proselytization, which requires that no impression arise that a Government servant is <i>\\\"likely, in their official dealings, to favour persons belonging to any particular religion\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 703,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, canvassing by a Government servant in support of the business of an advertising agency owned or managed by a member of his family:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is outside the said Rules, an advertising agency being neither an insurance nor a commission agency\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the agency has no dealings with the Government\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"requires only a report to the Government within one month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - requires the previous sanction of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/1\/89-Estt. (A), dated 17th March, 1989<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The business of advertising agencies carried on by a member of the family of a Government servant, besides other similar services, is thus covered under the aforesaid rules. A Government servant shall not, except with the previous sanction of the Government, canvass in support of any such business.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause reaches it because Rule 15(1)(d) speaks of <i>\\\"insurance agency, commission agency, etc.\\\"<\/i> - the <b>\\\"etc.\\\"<\/b> carries it to similar businesses. Separately, Rule 15(3) requires a <b>report<\/b> where a family member is engaged in any trade or business; the two obligations run together.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 704,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, private practice, whether in the nature of consultancy work or of some other type of work:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be permitted to members of the staff of a Government institution with the sanction of the Head of the institution\",\r\n      \"shall not be permitted to any member of the staff in any Government institution\",\r\n      \"may be permitted where the fees received are credited to general revenues\",\r\n      \"may be permitted where it is undertaken outside office hours\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - shall not be permitted to any member of the staff in any Government institution<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8) under Rule 15 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. F. 11 (2)-E. II (B)\/63, dated 6th May, 1963<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it has been decided by the Government that private practice (whether it be in the nature of consultancy work or of some other type of work) shall not be permitted to any member of the staff in any Government institution.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision answers the obvious objection - that consultancy keeps professionals abreast of their field - by relocating the activity rather than permitting it: that purpose <i>\\\"can be served by the institution concerned itself taking up the consultancy work.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 705,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, permission to a Government servant qualified in a system of medicine, but employed in a post whose duties do not require such qualifications, to undertake medical practice, may be granted by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"the Government in the administrative Ministry\",\r\n      \"the Head of Office in which he is serving\",\r\n      \"the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the Head of the Department<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (9) under Rule 15 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/4\/64-Ests. (A), dated 29th February, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Heads of Departments may grant the required permission, provided the practice is undertaken during spare time, on a purely charitable basis, without detriment to the official duties of the Government servant concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree conditions attach - <b>spare time<\/b>, <b>purely charitable basis<\/b>, and <b>no detriment to official duties<\/b>. A clarification of 12-8-1965 confines the whole Decision to those employed in posts not requiring medical qualifications; it is <i>\\\"not intended to be applied to persons possessing these qualifications and employed as physicians, surgeons, etc., under Government.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 706,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, permission to undertake medical practice during spare time is granted subject to the condition that it is undertaken:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"on payment of the usual professional fees, which are to be reported\",\r\n      \"only in a hospital or dispensary maintained by the Government\",\r\n      \"on a purely charitable basis, without detriment to official duties\",\r\n      \"only in the district in which the Government servant is posted\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - on a purely charitable basis, without detriment to official duties<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (9) under Rule 15 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/4\/64-Ests. (A), dated 29th February, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"provided the practice is undertaken during spare time, on a purely charitable basis, without detriment to the official duties of the Government servant concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"purely charitable basis\\\"<\/b> exclude the receipt of any fee, which is why option A is wrong - and consistently with GID (8), under which private practice for reward is not permitted at all in Government institutions.<br><br>\\nThe same three conditions were carried forward into GID (9-A) for teleconsultation during the COVID-19 pandemic.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 707,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Central Government employee holding a recognized qualification in a system of medicine and registered under the relevant State law, who wishes to provide teleconsultation during the COVID-19 pandemic:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the prior permission of the Head of Department concerned\",\r\n      \"requires the concurrence of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare\",\r\n      \"requires the prior sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"requires no permission from the Head of Department concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - requires no permission from the Head of Department concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (9-A) under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/9\/2014-Estt.A-III, dated 12th May, 2021<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the Central Government employees holding recognized qualifications in any system of medicine and registered under the relevant law in force in the State or Union Territory concerned requires no permission from the Head of Departments concerned to undertake the practice \/ provide teleconsultation.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe relaxation is conditional on the same three requirements as GID (9) - <b>spare time, purely charitable basis, no detriment to official duties<\/b> - and the Decision adds that <i>\\\"it is desirable that the Government servants should keep their departments concerned informed for record purposes only.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 708,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant registered as a practitioner in the Homoeopathic system of medicine under the relevant State law, but not possessing recognized qualifications in Homoeopathy:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be granted permission to practise in that system, subject to the prescribed conditions\",\r\n      \"may not be granted permission, registration on an experience basis being insufficient\",\r\n      \"may be granted permission only where he also holds a qualification in modern medicine\",\r\n      \"may be granted permission only in the State in which he is posted\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - may be granted permission to practise in that system, subject to the prescribed conditions<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (13) under Rule 15 - C.S., Dept. of Per., O.M. No. 11013\/3\/77-Estt. (A), dated 22nd March, 1977<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"a Government servant who is registered as a practitioner in Homoeopathic system of medicine under relevant law of the State concerned may be granted permission to practise in Homoeopathic system of medicine subject to the conditions laid down in Decision No. (9) above, even though he may not possess recognized qualifications.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reasoning is that <i>\\\"There is a provision for registration of practitioners in Homoeopathy on qualifications as well as on experience basis\\\"<\/i>, and a person so registered on either basis <b>is entitled to practise in the State of registration<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 709,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who wishes to negotiate for commercial employment while still in service:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may do so freely, no employment being actually taken up during service\",\r\n      \"may do so with the permission of his immediate official superior\",\r\n      \"should obtain the prior permission of the Head of Department, or of the Ministry or Department administratively concerned\",\r\n      \"should obtain the prior permission of the Central Vigilance Commission as the case may be under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - should obtain the prior permission of the Head of Department, or of the Ministry or Department administratively concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) under Rule 15 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 29\/3\/66-Ests. (A), dated 8th February, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"no Government servant should negotiate for commercial employment without obtaining the prior permission of the Head of Department or, if he is a Government servant serving in a Ministry or Department of the Government of India or as Group 'A' Officer serving in an office under its control, of the Ministry or Department administratively concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision adds that <b>\\\"such permission should not be given, unless there are any special reasons for doing so.\\\"<\/b> The rule itself is Rule 15(1)(b), which forbids a Government servant to <i>\\\"negotiate for, or undertake, any other employment.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 710,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the reasons recorded for requiring prior permission before a Government servant negotiates for commercial employment include that he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is under an obligation to devote his energies wholeheartedly to his duties, and may utilize his official position to further his interests\",\r\n      \"may disclose classified information to the prospective employer\",\r\n      \"may thereby become liable to the restrictions on private trade after his retirement so far as this rule is concerned at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"may be required to serve a period of notice before leaving Government service\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is under an obligation to devote his energies wholeheartedly to his duties, and may utilize his official position to further his interests<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (10) under Rule 15 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 29\/3\/66-Ests. (A), dated 8th February, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant is under an obligation to devote his energies wholeheartedly to the performance of his duties and not to divide his attention and effort in search of employment elsewhere. It is, moreover, likely that in initiating such negotiations, the Government servant may in some measure utilize his official position or the official position of his friends and colleagues to further his interests... or at any rate give reason for an impression that he might have done so.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe closing words - <b>\\\"or at any rate give reason for an impression\\\"<\/b> - show the same appearance-based standard that runs through Rule 5 and GID (13) under Rule 3.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 711,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an appointment as Authorized Agent for National Savings:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"does not attract the said Rules, the agency being for a Government scheme in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"may be taken up provided no commission is drawn\",\r\n      \"may be taken up with the permission of the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"stands on the same footing as an insurance agency, and Government servants are to be advised not to take it up\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - stands on the same footing as an insurance agency, and Government servants are to be advised not to take it up<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (11) under Rule 15 - C.A.G.'s Letter No. 2521-NGE. III\/1-70 (ii), dated 6th December, 1970<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Department of Personnel have clarified that such an appointment stands on the same footings as Insurance Agencies and Government servants should be advised not to take up an agency for selling various savings certificates, etc., introduced by Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Is the natural but wrong inference. That the scheme is a Government one does not take the agency outside Rule 15(1)(a) - what matters is that the Government servant would be <b>engaging in a trade or business<\/b>, directly or indirectly.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 712,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the position of a Government servant in relation to enrolment with a Bar Association is that he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may not be permitted to enrol himself as an Advocate at all\",\r\n      \"may be permitted to enrol only after he has given notice of resignation for the purpose of these Rules at the relevant time so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"may be permitted to enrol and to practise outside office hours\",\r\n      \"may be permitted to enrol himself as an Advocate, but should not engage in the legal profession while he continues in Government service\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - may be permitted to enrol himself as an Advocate, but should not engage in the legal profession while he continues in Government service<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (12) under Rule 15 - Dept. of Per. & A.R., U.O. No. D. 207\/74-Ests. (A), dated 15th January, 1974<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is clarified that the Government servant can be permitted to enrol himself as an Advocate, but should not engage himself in the legal profession either independently or otherwise for so long as he continues in Government service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe distinction is between <b>enrolment<\/b>, which is a professional qualification and confers no employment, and <b>practice<\/b>, which would be the undertaking of another employment or a trade within Rule 15(1). The words <i>\\\"either independently or otherwise\\\"<\/i> close off practice through a firm or in partnership.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 713,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, participation by a Government servant in a social event organized by a private company purely with the intention of promoting the business interests of the company, and in which competitiveness among the participants is not relevant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible, no trade or business being engaged in by the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the event is held outside office hours\",\r\n      \"is permissible only where no prize is awarded\",\r\n      \"requires the prior sanction of the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - requires the prior sanction of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (14), Para 3, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/89-Estt. (A), dated 28th March, 1989<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Government servants are advised not to take part in any competition or social event referred to in item (i) of Para. 2 organized by private companies or organizations, the primary objective of which is only to promote their business activities or their products, without the prior sanction of the Government. Such a participation without the previous sanction is liable to be construed as a violation of the provisions of Rule 15.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe test is what stands <b>in the forefront<\/b> - the sponsor's product, or the contest itself.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 714,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, participation by a Government servant in a competition by way of games and sports sponsored by a private company, in which the spirit of competitiveness among the participants is evident:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the prior sanction of the Government, the event being sponsored by a private company\",\r\n      \"requires the prior sanction of the Government where any prize money is involved\",\r\n      \"requires only intimation to the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"does not require any previous sanction of the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - does not require any previous sanction of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (14), Para 3, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/89-Estt. (A), dated 28th March, 1989<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"However, the participation in the events referred to in item (ii) of the preceding Para. does not require any previous sanction of the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reason is given in Para 2: in such a case <i>\\\"it is the competition or the event which remains in the forefront and not the sponsors and as such the involvement of the private companies as sponsors cannot be taken as solely for the purpose of promotion of their business interests.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis dovetails with <b>Rule 15(2)(c)<\/b>, which permits participation in sports activities as an amateur without sanction.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 715,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a Government servant holding an elective office in a body, the position is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"there is a bar on his holding such an office, which can be lifted only by the Government\",\r\n      \"there is a bar on his holding such an office in a body engaged in commercial activity\",\r\n      \"he may hold such an office in a co-operative society but not in any other body\",\r\n      \"there is no bar as such, the rules only requiring the previous sanction of the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - there is no bar as such, the rules only requiring the previous sanction of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15), Para 2, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. 35014\/6\/92-Estt. (A), dated 10th June, 1993<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Thus, there is no bar, as such, on a Government servant holding an elective office and the rules only provide for previous sanction of the Government being taken for this purpose.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification was issued because the Staff Side in the <b>National Council (JCM)<\/b> reported that officials were being prohibited from holding elective offices in co-operative societies. The Official Side held that <i>\\\"no amendment of the rule is necessary\\\"<\/i> and issued clarificatory instructions instead.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 716,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in considering a request for permission to hold an elective office, the Administrative Authority is required to satisfy itself that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the body concerned is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"the Government servant will receive no remuneration from the body\",\r\n      \"the Government servant has not previously held any elective office\",\r\n      \"holding the office will not interfere in any manner with the discharge of his official duties\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - holding the office will not interfere in any manner with the discharge of his official duties<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (15), Para 2, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. 35014\/6\/92-Estt. (A), dated 10th June, 1993<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Holding an elective office in a body or society covered under Rules 15 (1)(c) and 15 (2)(d) would generally involve exercise of some administrative responsibilities in that organization. Subject to the Administrative Authority satisfying itself that this will not interfere in any manner with the discharge of official duties by the Government servant concerned, the question of permitting Government servants to hold elective office can be considered.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (16) states the underlying principle: <i>\\\"the entire time of the Government servant should be available to the Government.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 717,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant seeking or holding an elective office in a sports federation or association is required to refrain from:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"accepting any office other than that of a member of the executive committee for the purpose of these Rules for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"raising funds or other collections from official as well as non-official sources for the promotion of sports at any level\",\r\n      \"participating in any sporting event organized by that federation\",\r\n      \"holding office in more than one such federation at a time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - raising funds or other collections from official as well as non-official sources for the promotion of sports at any level<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17)(iii) under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. F. 11013\/9\/93-Estt. (A), dated 22nd April, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant must refrain from raising of funds or other collections from official as well as non-official sources for the promotion of sports at any level.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe prohibition is absolute in a way the rest of the Decision is not - it admits of no sanction. That reflects <b>Rule 12<\/b>, under which previous sanction is required for associating oneself with the raising of funds <i>\\\"in pursuance of any object whatsoever\\\"<\/i>; here the Decision goes further and forbids it outright.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 718,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant permitted to travel abroad in connection with the work of a sports federation is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"bear the cost of the travel from his own resources in every case\",\r\n      \"obtain prior clearance from the Government of India, indicate the source of funding, and travel by availing leave due and admissible to him\",\r\n      \"obtain the previous sanction of the Ministry of External Affairs in the circumstances of the case as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"furnish a report on the visit within one month of his return\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - obtain prior clearance from the Government of India, indicate the source of funding, and travel by availing leave due and admissible to him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (17)(iv) under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M. No. F. 11013\/9\/93-Estt. (A), dated 22nd April, 1994<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Prior clearance from the Government of India must be obtained for any travels abroad in connection with the work or other activities of any sports federation \/ association. While seeking such clearance, the officer must indicate the source of funding for the foreign trip including travel, hospitality and other expenses and when permitted to go, he must do so by availing of leave due and admissible to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe requirement to disclose the <b>source of funding<\/b> mirrors the pro forma for private foreign visits under GID (30-C) below Rule 3.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 719,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as the position now stands, a Government servant may be allowed to hold an elective office in any body, whether incorporated or not, for:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one term or four years, whichever is less\",\r\n      \"two terms or four years, whichever is earlier\",\r\n      \"three terms or six years, whichever is earlier\",\r\n      \"two terms or five years, whichever is earlier\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - two terms or five years, whichever is earlier<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (19) under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/1\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 27th February, 2020<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"a Government servant may be allowed to hold elective office in any body, whether incorporated or not, for period of two terms or for a period of 5 years, whichever is earlier, for which prior sanction would be required.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe other options are the two <b>superseded<\/b> positions, which is what makes them dangerous:<br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 <i>\\\"more than 4 years, or for one term, whichever is less\\\"<\/i> - GID (17) of 22-4-1994, confined to sports bodies<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 <i>\\\"two terms or... 4 years, whichever is earlier\\\"<\/i> - GID (18) of 5-8-2019, since modified\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 720,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the instructions of 1994 fixing the tenure for which a Government servant might hold elective office in a sports association:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"continue in force alongside the later instructions\",\r\n      \"were extended in 2019 to bodies of every description\",\r\n      \"apply only to associations at the National level\",\r\n      \"were superseded by the instructions issued in 2019\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - were superseded by the instructions issued in 2019<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18), Para 5, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/1\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 5th August, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This OM issues in supersession of DoP&T's 11013\/9\/93-Estt. (A), dated 22-4-1994.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Is close but wrong in form. The 2019 Office Memorandum did not <i>extend<\/i> the 1994 instructions; it <b>superseded<\/b> them and laid down a fresh policy for <i>\\\"any body, whether incorporated or not\\\"<\/i>. The distinction matters because supersession removes the 1994 four-year-or-one-term ceiling altogether, rather than carrying it across to new bodies.<br><br>\\nThe 2019 policy was itself modified in 2020, when the ceiling became <b>two terms or five years<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 721,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, among the mischiefs which led to the fixing of an upper limit on the tenure of elective office was that Government servants were reported to have:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"held elective offices in bodies having official dealings with their own Departments at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"got themselves re-elected after a gap, or got a family member or close relative elected as a surrogate, in order to keep control of such bodies\",\r\n      \"drawn remuneration from such bodies without reporting it\",\r\n      \"used official transport and staff for the work of such bodies\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - got themselves re-elected after a gap, or got a family member or close relative elected as a surrogate, in order to keep control of such bodies<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18), Para 2, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/1\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 5th August, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In some cases, where bye-laws of these bodies place restrictions on the number of consecutive terms a person may hold an office, Government servants are reported to have either got themselves re-elected after a gap or have got a family member \/ close relative elected as a surrogate in order to keep control of such bodies.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo consequences are recorded - inadequate attention to official duties, and the apprehension <i>\\\"that such Government servants also develop vested interests, particularly if the body is involved in commercial activities.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 722,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a permission earlier granted to hold an elective office is revoked and the Government servant is directed to resign from that office, he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may continue to function until his resignation is accepted by the body\",\r\n      \"may continue to function until the end of the term for which he was elected\",\r\n      \"ceases to discharge any function from the date the direction is conveyed to him, whether or not his resignation is accepted\",\r\n      \"may continue to function in an honorary capacity without exercising any powers at the relevant time as the case may be\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - ceases to discharge any function from the date the direction is conveyed to him, whether or not his resignation is accepted<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18), Para 4, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/1\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 5th August, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the Government servant concerned may be directed to resign from his office in such body immediately. He will cease to discharge any function from the date such direction is conveyed to him, irrespective of the fact whether his resignation from the body is accepted or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe provision anticipates the obvious evasion - a body declining to accept the resignation so that its office-bearer stays in place. The date that matters is the date the <b>direction is conveyed<\/b>, not the date the body acts on it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 723,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, permissions earlier granted to hold an elective office are liable to be reviewed and revoked where the Government servant has been holding office for more than four years, or where there are:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"charges of corruption, adverse audit paragraphs and the like\",\r\n      \"complaints from other members of the body concerned\",\r\n      \"changes in the bye-laws of the body concerned\",\r\n      \"proceedings pending against the body under any law\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - charges of corruption, adverse audit paragraphs and the like<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (18), Para 4, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/1\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 5th August, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It may also be necessary that cases of such sanctions are reviewed from time to time and permissions earlier granted revoked where Government servants have been holding office in any body, whether incorporated or not, for more than four years or in cases there are charges of corruption, adverse audit paras., etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same two grounds - <b>corruption charges and adverse audit paragraphs<\/b> - reappear in GID (19) as the exception to the transitional protection given to those who had assumed charge before 5th August, 2019.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 724,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, Government servants who had assumed charge of elected posts before the issue of the Office Memorandum of 5th August, 2019:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"were required to resign forthwith on the issue of that Office Memorandum\",\r\n      \"were required to seek fresh sanction within one month\",\r\n      \"may be allowed to complete the full period of their current tenure, except where there are charges of corruption or adverse audit paragraphs\",\r\n      \"may continue only until the expiry of four years from the date they assumed charge under the instructions in force in relation to that Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - may be allowed to complete the full period of their current tenure, except where there are charges of corruption or adverse audit paragraphs<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (19) under Rule 15, modifying Para 4 of the O.M. of 5-8-2019 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/1\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 27th February, 2020<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In cases where the Government servants have assumed charge of elected posts prior to the issuing of OM, dated 5-8-2019, they may be allowed to complete the full period of their current tenure, except in cases where there are charges of corruption and adverse audit paras., etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe modification of 2020 therefore did two things at once - it raised the ceiling from four years to <b>five<\/b>, and it introduced this <b>transitional protection<\/b> for sitting office-bearers.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 725,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following particulars, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, which are required to be obtained from employees in the pro forma prescribed for reviewing the holding of elective office:\\n1. The different periods during which he has held an elective office in the body\\n2. Whether any family member or relative is holding or has held any elective office in the body\\n3. Whether he receives any remuneration from the body as honorarium or allowance\\n4. Any perks or facilities given by the body, such as a car or air-conditioner\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Pro forma annexed to GID (18) under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/1\/2016-Estt. A-III, dated 5th August, 2019<\/i><br><br>\\nThe pro forma has six columns, the first two being the name and designation of the Government servant and the name of the body with the office held.<br><br>\\nColumn 4 - on a <b>family member or relative<\/b> holding office - is directed squarely at the surrogate arrangement described in Para 2. Columns 5 and 6, on <b>remuneration and perks<\/b>, go to the vested interest that Para 2 apprehends, particularly where the body is engaged in commercial activity.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 726,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in considering a request from a Government servant for permission to participate in the activities of a co-operative society, the Ministry is required to keep in view, apart from the said Rules:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the recommendations of the National Council of the Joint Consultative Machinery\",\r\n      \"the provisions of the relevant Act and bye-laws governing the activities of such societies\",\r\n      \"the financial position of the society concerned\",\r\n      \"the number of Government servants already holding office in that society\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the provisions of the relevant Act and bye-laws governing the activities of such societies<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (16), Paras 3 and 4, under Rule 15 - DoP&T O.M., F. No. 11013\/4\/2007-Estt. (A), dated 13th November, 2007<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The relevant Acts and bye-laws of the Co-operative Societies contain necessary provisions regarding eligibility of candidates to contest election including restrictions on tenure \/ number of terms. The request from Government servants for permission to participate in the activities of Co-operative Societies and other bodies may also be examined keeping in view the provisions of the relevant Act and bye-laws.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo sets of restrictions therefore operate together - the Conduct Rules, and the society's own law. GID (18) later records that Government servants were circumventing the second by re-election after a gap or through a surrogate.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 727,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (activity)\\nA. Taking part in the management of a charitable society, not involving an elective office\\nB. Holding an elective office in a co-operative society\\nC. Undertaking a part-time lecturership in an educational institution\\nD. Participating in a games competition sponsored by a private company\\n\\nList-II (position)\\n1. Sanction of the Government necessary, the work being a regular remunerative occupation\\n2. No previous sanction, but a report within one month\\n3. No previous sanction of the Government required\\n4. Previous sanction of the Government required\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 15(1)(c) and 15(2)(d) with proviso (ii); GIDs (2) and (14) under Rule 15<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Rule 15(2)(d)<\/b> - management of a charitable society not involving elective office needs no sanction, but proviso (ii) requires a report <i>\\\"within a period of one month.\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>Rule 15(1)(c)<\/b> - an elective office in any body requires previous sanction.<br>\\n<b>GID (2)<\/b> - a part-time lecturership is <i>\\\"a regular remunerative occupation\\\"<\/i> needing the Government's sanction.<br>\\n<b>GID (14)<\/b> - a genuine sports competition, though privately sponsored, <i>\\\"does not require any previous sanction.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nFour activities, four different answers - which is what the rule is really testing.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 728,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant may undertake honorary work of a social or charitable nature without previous sanction.\\n2. A Government servant may participate in sports activities as an amateur without previous sanction.\\n3. A Government servant may hold an elective office in a club promoting recreational activities without previous sanction.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(1)(c) and 15(2)(a), (c) and (d) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Rule 15(2)(d) exempts participation in the registration, promotion or management of such a club only where it is <b>\\\"not involving the holding of an elective office\\\"<\/b>. The moment an elective office is in question, Rule 15(1)(c) applies and previous sanction is required.<br><br>\\nThe parenthesis in Clauses (d) and (e) is the single most tested feature of this rule, and a statement which omits it - as statement 3 does - is the standard planted error.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 729,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15 - Private trade or employment\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following require the previous sanction of the Government EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"negotiating for any other employment\",\r\n      \"canvassing for a candidate for an elective office in any body under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"engaging indirectly in any trade or business\",\r\n      \"undertaking occasional work of a literary, artistic or scientific character\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - undertaking occasional work of a literary, artistic or scientific character<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15(1)(a), (b) and (c), and Rule 15(2)(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce Clauses (b), (c) and (a) of sub-rule (1). Clause (b) of sub-rule (2) permits <i>\\\"occasional work of a literary, artistic or scientific character\\\"<\/i> without sanction.<br><br>\\nThe qualifying word is <b>occasional<\/b>. GID (2) shows what happens when it is absent: a part-time lecturership, though academic in character, is <i>\\\"a regular remunerative occupation\\\"<\/i> and therefore falls back under Rule 15(1) and needs the Government's sanction.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 730,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15-A of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden, in relation to Government accommodation allotted to him, to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"sublet it alone\",\r\n      \"sublet or lease it alone\",\r\n      \"sublet or lease it, or otherwise allow its occupation by any other person\",\r\n      \"allow its occupation by any person other than a member of his family\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - sublet or lease it, or otherwise allow its occupation by any other person<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15-A(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. 11013\/4\/93-Estt. (A), dated 16th August, 1996<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Save as otherwise provided in any other law for the time being in force, no Government servant shall sublet, lease or otherwise allow occupation by any other person of Government accommodation which has been allotted to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe third limb - <b>\\\"or otherwise allow occupation\\\"<\/b> - is what carries the rule beyond formal arrangements. No rent or agreement need be shown; permitting occupation is enough.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 731,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 15-A of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, after the cancellation of his allotment of Government accommodation, a Government servant is required to vacate it:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"within one month of the cancellation\",\r\n      \"within the time-limit prescribed by the allotting authority\",\r\n      \"within three months of the cancellation\",\r\n      \"before he is relieved of his duties at that station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - within the time-limit prescribed by the allotting authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15-A(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant shall, after the cancellation of his allotment of Government accommodation vacate the same within the time-limit prescribed by the allotting authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule fixes no period of its own. It makes the period set by the <b>allotting authority<\/b> - in practice the Directorate of Estates - binding as a matter of conduct, so that overstaying becomes a disciplinary matter and not merely a question of damage rent.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 732,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the subletting by a Government servant of the Government accommodation allotted to him:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"amounts to misconduct only where it is established that he received rent for it\",\r\n      \"amounts per se to misconduct\",\r\n      \"amounts to misconduct only where the allotment has been cancelled on that ground\",\r\n      \"is a matter to be dealt with by the Directorate of Estates and not departmentally\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - amounts per se to misconduct<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 15-A, quoting the order of the Supreme Court dated 29th November, 1996 in Writ Petition No. 585\/94, S.S. Tiwari v. Union of India<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is thus obvious that a Government servant who sublets the Government accommodation or otherwise allows occupation by any other person of the said accommodation, that would per se amount to misconduct.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Court added a further step for the case where money changes hands: <i>\\\"the subletting of the Government accommodation by the Government servant for pecuniary gain is a grave misconduct.\\\"<\/i> So gain aggravates the misconduct but is not an ingredient of it - which is why option A is wrong.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 733,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as soon as an allotment of Government accommodation is cancelled by the Directorate of Estates on the ground of subletting, the disciplinary authority of the Department concerned:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"shall initiate disciplinary proceedings against the Government servant concerned\",\r\n      \"shall await the outcome of any appeal against the cancellation\",\r\n      \"may consider whether the facts warrant an inquiry\",\r\n      \"shall call for the explanation of the Government servant and close the matter if it is satisfactory\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - shall initiate disciplinary proceedings against the Government servant concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 15-A, quoting S.S. Tiwari v. Union of India, order dated 29th November, 1996<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is, therefore, obligatory for the disciplinary authority of the department concerned to initiate disciplinary proceedings against concerned Government servant under Rule 14 of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965. As soon as the allotment is cancelled by the Directorate of Estate on the ground of subletting, the disciplinary authority of the Department concerned shall initiate disciplinary proceedings.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe word used is <b>\\\"obligatory\\\"<\/b>, and the proceedings are under <b>Rule 14<\/b> of the CCA Rules - the major penalty procedure - because the charge is one of grave misconduct.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 734,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the findings of the Directorate of Estates regarding subletting of Government accommodation:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are advisory, the disciplinary authority being free to differ from them\",\r\n      \"are binding on the disciplinary authority for the purpose of initiating the disciplinary proceedings\",\r\n      \"operate as a finding of guilt, no inquiry being necessary\",\r\n      \"require confirmation by the allotting authority before they can be acted upon for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - are binding on the disciplinary authority for the purpose of initiating the disciplinary proceedings<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 15-A, quoting S.S. Tiwari v. Union of India<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The findings of the Directorate of Estates regarding subletting shall be binding on the disciplinary authority for the purpose of initiating the disciplinary proceedings. Once the disciplinary proceedings are initiated, the procedure laid down under the CCS (CCA) Rules shall take its own course.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"for the purpose of initiating\\\"<\/b> are the limit of the binding effect. The findings compel the charge to be framed; they do not decide it. The inquiry that follows runs its ordinary course under the CCA Rules, which is why option C goes too far.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 735,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in a case of subletting of Government accommodation, the competent authority:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"must place the delinquent Government servant under suspension\",\r\n      \"may consider placing the delinquent Government servant under suspension\",\r\n      \"may place him under suspension only after the inquiry report is received\",\r\n      \"may not place him under suspension, the misconduct being unconnected with his duties\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - may consider placing the delinquent Government servant under suspension<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 15-A, quoting S.S. Tiwari v. Union of India<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Since the disciplinary proceedings in such cases would be initiated on a charge of grave misconduct, the competent authority may consider placing the delinquent Government servant under suspension.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe verb is permissive - <b>\\\"may consider\\\"<\/b> - so suspension is neither automatic nor barred. What makes it available is the characterization of the charge as <b>grave<\/b> misconduct, which follows from the subletting being for pecuniary gain.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 736,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in cases of established subletting, charge-sheets are required to be issued immediately where the persons concerned are likely to retire shortly, or where the cases are likely to become time-barred by virtue of the misconduct being more than:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"two years old\",\r\n      \"three years old\",\r\n      \"four years old\",\r\n      \"five years old\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - four years old<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 2, under Rule 15-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11012\/2\/97-Estt. (A), dated 31st December, 1997<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It may be ensured that charge-sheets are issued immediately in cases where persons are likely to retire shortly or those cases which are likely to become time-barred by virtue of the misconduct being more than four years old.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo categories of urgency are identified - <b>impending retirement<\/b>, after which the departmental machinery is largely spent, and the <b>four-year limitation<\/b> on proceedings in respect of past misconduct. Both are reasons to act on the Directorate of Estates' findings without delay.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 737,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to general pool residential accommodation, an officer may share the residence allotted to him, or any of the out-houses, garages and stables appurtenant to it:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"with any person, provided no rent is received\",\r\n      \"with his family and immediate relations\",\r\n      \"with any other Government servant of the same office\",\r\n      \"with any person, provided the allotting authority is informed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - with his family and immediate relations<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 15-A, referring to the amended SR 317-B-20 and SR 317-B-21 of the Allotment of Government Residences (General Pool in Delhi) Rules, 1963<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"no officer shall share the residence allotted to him or any of the out-houses, garages and stables appurtenant thereto except with his family and immediate relations. Such out-houses, garages, stables and servant quarters shall be used only for bona fide purposes.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote that the restriction extends to the <b>appurtenances<\/b> - out-houses, garages, stables and servant quarters - and not merely to the residence. The absence of rent is no answer, since Rule 15-A(1) itself forbids allowing occupation \\\"otherwise\\\" than by subletting or lease.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 738,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the misuse by an allottee of a garage attached to general pool residential accommodation was noted as objectionable because it:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"deprives other allottees of parking space in the colony\",\r\n      \"amounts to a transaction in immovable property requiring intimation in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"gives rise to an unhygienic atmosphere and may involve antisocial elements, posing security threats\",\r\n      \"results in the recovery of damage rent from the allottee\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - gives rise to an unhygienic atmosphere and may involve antisocial elements, posing security threats<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2), Para 2, under Rule 15-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"some of the allottees of general pool residential accommodation misuse the allotted garage, i.e. for purposes other than the purpose for which the garage has been provided to them. This also gives rise to unhygienic atmosphere and may involve antisocial elements in the Government colonies and thus, pose security threats.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision records that the Directorate of Estates inspects Government colonies and <b>recommends disciplinary action<\/b> against allottees found subletting residential accommodation or garages, or misusing garages.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 739,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Subletting of Government accommodation was made an express contravention of the said Rules only in 1996.\\n2. The Supreme Court has held that subletting for pecuniary gain is a grave misconduct.\\n3. Once disciplinary proceedings are initiated on that ground, the procedure laid down under the disciplinary rules takes its own course.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 15-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, and GID (1) thereunder<\/i><br><br>\\nRule 15-A was inserted by the Notification of <b>16th August, 1996<\/b>, published as G.S.R. 367 on 31st August, 1996 - the same Notification that inserted Rule 15(1)(f) on media programmes and substituted sub-rules (2) to (6) of Rule 13.<br><br>\\nThe Supreme Court's order of 29th November, 1996 sets out the rule and holds the conduct to be <i>\\\"a grave misconduct\\\"<\/i>, adding that <i>\\\"Once the disciplinary proceedings are initiated, the procedure laid down under the CCS (CCA) Rules shall take its own course.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 740,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 15 and Rule 15-A\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 15-A - Sub-letting and vacation of Government accommodation\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the consideration which the Supreme Court took into account in characterizing subletting of Government accommodation as a grave misconduct was:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the shortage of Government accommodation and the thousands of Government employees on the wait list for years together\",\r\n      \"the loss of revenue caused to the Government by the subletting\",\r\n      \"the difficulty of recovering possession from the sub-tenant\",\r\n      \"the effect of subletting on the maintenance of the accommodation in relation to that Government servant at the relevant time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the shortage of Government accommodation and the thousands of Government employees on the wait list for years together<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 15-A, quoting S.S. Tiwari v. Union of India, order dated 29th November, 1996<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Even otherwise, keeping in view the shortage of Government accommodation and thousands of Government employees on wait list for years together (even today... the wait list in certain types of houses is 20 years), the subletting of the Government accommodation by the Government servant for pecuniary gain is a grave misconduct.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reasoning is one of <b>deprivation of colleagues<\/b> rather than loss to the exchequer - the same kind of consideration that GID (3) under Rule 15 invokes against part-time employment, which <i>\\\"leads generally to depriving unemployed people of work.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 741,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 12 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the previous sanction of the Government or of the prescribed authority is required before a Government servant may:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"ask for or accept contributions to any fund\",\r\n      \"ask for or accept contributions to, or otherwise associate himself with the raising of, any funds or other collections in cash or in kind\",\r\n      \"accept any contribution in cash towards any fund\",\r\n      \"organize the collection of any fund from members of the public in the circumstances of the case as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - ask for or accept contributions to, or otherwise associate himself with the raising of, any funds or other collections in cash or in kind<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 12 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government or of the prescribed authority, ask for or accept contributions to, or otherwise associate himself with the raising of, any funds or other collections in cash or in kind in pursuance of any object whatsoever.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree features widen the rule at once - <b>\\\"otherwise associate himself with\\\"<\/b> catches indirect involvement, <b>\\\"in cash or in kind\\\"<\/b> catches collections of goods, and <b>\\\"in pursuance of any object whatsoever\\\"<\/b> removes any defence based on the worthiness of the cause.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 742,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 12 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the restriction on associating oneself with the raising of funds applies to collections made:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in pursuance of any object whatsoever\",\r\n      \"in pursuance of any commercial object only\",\r\n      \"in pursuance of any object other than a charitable one\",\r\n      \"from members of the public only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - in pursuance of any object whatsoever<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 12 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe closing words of the rule are <i>\\\"in pursuance of any object whatsoever.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat is why every relaxation has had to be granted expressly. Flag Day collections, the National Defence Fund and the National Foundation for Communal Harmony are all objects of obvious public merit, yet each required a separate Decision <b>relaxing<\/b> the rule - GIDs (3), (4) and (6) - rather than being treated as outside it.<br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 Is precisely the exception the rule declines to make\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 743,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the mere payment by a Government servant of a subscription to a charitable or benevolent fund:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"amounts to participation in the raising of that fund\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"does not by itself amount to participation in the raising of such a fund, and is permissible\",\r\n      \"requires intimation to the Head of Office within one month for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - does not by itself amount to participation in the raising of such a fund, and is permissible<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 3, under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/4\/48-Ests., dated 28th February, 1948<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the mere payment of a subscription to some charitable or benevolent fund would not, by itself, amount to participation in the raising of such fund; and is permissible except in circumstances specified in the Rule 23 (Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964) of the Government Servants Conduct Rules (taking part in politics).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe distinction the rule draws is between <b>giving<\/b> and <b>collecting<\/b>. The saving is expressly subject to Rule 5, so a subscription <i>in aid of a political movement<\/i> remains forbidden.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 744,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the permissibility of a Government servant's subscription to a charitable fund is subject to the provisions relating to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"gifts\",\r\n      \"connection with the press or other media\",\r\n      \"communication of official information\",\r\n      \"taking part in politics\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - taking part in politics<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 3, under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/4\/48-Ests., dated 28th February, 1948<\/i><br><br>\\nThe saving is <i>\\\"permissible except in circumstances specified in the Rule 23 (Rule 5 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964)... (taking part in politics).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe cross-reference matters because <b>Rule 5(1)<\/b> forbids a Government servant to <i>\\\"subscribe in aid of, or assist in any other manner, any political movement or activity.\\\"<\/i> A subscription that would be innocuous if given to a charity therefore becomes a contravention if the recipient is a political movement.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 745,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, members of a Service Association may collect subscriptions for the welfare activities of the union:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"freely among themselves, no permission being needed so long as the appeal is confined to members\",\r\n      \"freely from the public, the union being registered under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926 for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"only with the previous sanction of the Government in every case\",\r\n      \"only where the union has been recognized by the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - freely among themselves, no permission being needed so long as the appeal is confined to members<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/20\/55-Ests. (B), dated 10th August, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The members of a union can freely collect subscription among themselves for welfare activities of the union. So long as their appeal is confined to the members, no permission need be sought. If any approach to the public is made, whether directly or indirectly, such permission should be necessary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe dividing line is <b>membership<\/b>. The words <i>\\\"whether directly or indirectly\\\"<\/i> mean that an appeal routed through some other body but reaching the public still needs permission.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 746,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the fact that a Service Association has been registered as a trade union under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926, which permits trade unions to raise funds:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"gives its members immunity from the rule relating to subscriptions\",\r\n      \"gives its office-bearers, but not its ordinary members, such immunity\",\r\n      \"gives immunity only in respect of collections from members\",\r\n      \"gives no immunity to Government servants in the matter\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - gives no immunity to Government servants in the matter<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/20\/55-Ests. (B), dated 10th August, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Neither the constitution of the unions which may envisage collection of funds for the purposes of the unions, nor the fact that unions have been registered as trade unions under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926, which permits trade unions to raise funds gives any immunity to Government servants in the matter.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Conduct Rules bind the <b>individual Government servant<\/b>, whatever powers the union may have as a body. The general permission to collect among members was granted as a matter of administrative convenience - <i>\\\"in order to assist in the smooth working of the unions\\\"<\/i> - not because the legal position required it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 747,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a matter affecting the general interest of the members of a union is in dispute, and it is permissible under the rules of the union to spend its funds on such a matter, its members:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be free to collect funds for that special purpose from amongst its members\",\r\n      \"may collect funds from the public with the sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"may collect funds only after the dispute has been decided\",\r\n      \"may not collect any funds, the matter being one of litigation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - should be free to collect funds for that special purpose from amongst its members<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/20\/55-Ests. (B), dated 10th August, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"in a union where a matter affecting the general interest of the members of the union is in dispute and it is permissible under the rules of the union to spend its funds over such a matter, its members should be free to collect funds, especially for that special purpose from amongst its members.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo conditions run together - the matter must affect the <b>general interest<\/b> of the members, and the union's own rules must permit the expenditure. The collection remains confined to members.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 748,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where action is taken against a person who happens to be a member of a union, in his personal capacity or on grounds which concern him in particular:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"funds may be collected for his defence from among the members of the union\",\r\n      \"funds may be collected for his defence from the public with previous sanction\",\r\n      \"no funds should be collected by the union for his defence, even from among its members\",\r\n      \"funds may be collected for his defence only where the union's rules so permit in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - no funds should be collected by the union for his defence, even from among its members<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/20\/55-Ests. (B), dated 10th August, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where, however, action is taken against a person who happens to be a member of the union, in his personal capacity or on grounds which concern him in particular, no funds should be collected from even amongst its members by the union for his defence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe contrast with the preceding sentence is the whole point. A matter affecting the <b>general interest of members<\/b> may be funded from among them; a matter <b>personal to one member<\/b> may not - even though the collection would be internal.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 749,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the participation of Central Government servants in Flag Day collections:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is prohibited, such collections being made from office staff\",\r\n      \"is permitted on a voluntary basis, the provisions of the rule having been relaxed for this purpose\",\r\n      \"is permitted only to officers of the Ministry of Defence\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Head of the Department in each case under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is permitted on a voluntary basis, the provisions of the rule having been relaxed for this purpose<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., Memo No. 25\/33\/55-Ests., dated 31st October, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"in view of the object underlying the Flag Day collections, the Government of India have decided to relax the provisions of the above rule for this purpose and to allow Central Government servants to participate in such collections on a voluntary basis.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision arose because a Head of Office <b>refused<\/b> the token and car flags offered to him for raising collections for the benefit of Ex-Servicemen. The Decision records that <i>\\\"The stand taken by the official was, no doubt, correct under the rules\\\"<\/i> - which is precisely why an express relaxation was needed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 750,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to the National Defence Fund in the Union Territories and the attached and subordinate offices under the Home Ministry, sanction to associate with the raising of the Fund was accorded to officers up to the level of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Under Secretaries in the Ministry\",\r\n      \"Sub-Divisional Officers and Heads of Departments\",\r\n      \"Joint Secretaries and equivalent officers for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"District Magistrates alone\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Sub-Divisional Officers and Heads of Departments<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/64\/62-Ests. (A), dated 1st November, 1962<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"So far as Union Territories and Attached and Subordinate Offices under the Home Ministry are concerned, sanction is hereby accorded to officers up to the level of Sub-Divisional Officers and Heads of Departments to associate themselves with the raising of the above fund.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision then builds a chain of delegation: <b>Heads of Departments and District Magistrates<\/b> may sanction such other officers under them as they consider suitable, and Ministries may sanction Heads of Departments and empower them to sanction others.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 751,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the collection by Government servants of subscriptions for the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible on a voluntary basis, as with Flag Day collections\",\r\n      \"is permissible with the previous sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"is not permitted, though Government servants are free to make their personal contributions to the Fund\",\r\n      \"is permissible only where the collection is confined to Government servants at the relevant time at the relevant time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is not permitted, though Government servants are free to make their personal contributions to the Fund<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/33\/64-Ests., dated 31st October, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the Government servants should not be allowed to associate themselves with collection of subscriptions for the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund though they are free to make their personal contributions to the Fund.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision is the clearest illustration of the distinction drawn in GID (1) between <b>giving<\/b> and <b>collecting<\/b> - the personal contribution is unaffected, only the association with the collection is barred. It also shows that the merit of the object is no guide to the answer.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 752,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, participation by Central Government servants in the fund-raising efforts of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permitted on a voluntary basis, the provisions of the rule having been relaxed\",\r\n      \"is permitted only during the Fund Raising Week observed by the Foundation as the case may be\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Government in each case\",\r\n      \"is not permitted, the Foundation being a body outside the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is permitted on a voluntary basis, the provisions of the rule having been relaxed<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 12 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/9\/95-Estt. (A), dated 2nd November, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"keeping in view the objectives of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony, the Government of India have decided to relax the provisions of Rule 12 to allow Central Government servants to participate in the Fund raising efforts of the Foundation on a voluntary basis.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Foundation was set up <i>\\\"for promoting communal harmony and particularly for the physical and psychological rehabilitation of children rendered orphans and destitutes in communal violence.\\\"<\/i> It observes a <b>Fund Raising Week<\/b> and a <b>Flag Day<\/b> every year; the relaxation is not confined to those occasions.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 753,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as collections in which Central Government servants have been permitted to participate:\\n1. Flag Day collections for the benefit of Ex-Servicemen\\n2. Contributions to the National Defence Fund\\n3. Fund-raising efforts of the National Foundation for Communal Harmony\\n4. Collection of subscriptions for the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Only three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (3), (4), (5) and (6) under Rule 12 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1, 2, 3.<\/b> \u2713 Each is the subject of an express relaxation or sanction - GID (3) for Flag Day, GID (4) for the National Defence Fund, GID (6) for the National Foundation for Communal Harmony<br>\\n<b>4.<\/b> \u2717 GID (5) is the one Decision in this group that goes the other way: Government servants <i>\\\"should not be allowed to associate themselves with collection of subscriptions\\\"<\/i> for that Fund<br><br>\\nThe Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund is the standing exception in this set, and it has been tested directly more than once.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 754,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (fund or collection)\\nA. Flag Day collections\\nB. National Defence Fund\\nC. Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund\\nD. National Foundation for Communal Harmony\\n\\nList-II (position of Central Government servants)\\n1. Sanction accorded to officers up to the level of Sub-Divisional Officers and Heads of Departments\\n2. Participation permitted on a voluntary basis, by relaxation of 1995\\n3. Association with collection not permitted, personal contribution free\\n4. Participation permitted on a voluntary basis, by relaxation of 1955\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GIDs (3) to (6) under Rule 12 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Flag Day<\/b> - relaxation of 31st October, <b>1955<\/b>, participation on a voluntary basis.<br>\\n<b>National Defence Fund<\/b> - O.M. of 1st November, 1962, sanction accorded up to the level of Sub-Divisional Officers and Heads of Departments, with power to sanction others below them.<br>\\n<b>Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund<\/b> - O.M. of 31st October, 1964, association with collection not allowed.<br>\\n<b>National Foundation for Communal Harmony<\/b> - relaxation of 2nd November, <b>1995<\/b>.<br><br>\\nNote that the National Defence Fund alone was dealt with by a <b>sanction<\/b> to named levels rather than by a general relaxation.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 755,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to the National Defence Fund, Heads of Departments and District Magistrates were empowered to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"accord sanction to such other officers working under them as they consider suitable to associate themselves with raising contributions\",\r\n      \"receive contributions directly from members of the public\",\r\n      \"fix the quantum of contribution to be made by each Government servant as the case may be in the circumstances of the case as the case may be\",\r\n      \"sanction the collection of contributions in kind as well as in cash\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - accord sanction to such other officers working under them as they consider suitable to associate themselves with raising contributions<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/64\/62-Ests. (A), dated 1st November, 1962<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Heads of Departments and District Magistrates are further empowered under Rule 10 of the AIS (Conduct) Rules \/ Rule 12 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, to accord sanction to such other officers working under them as they consider suitable to associate themselves with raising contributions, etc., to the said Fund.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision was issued in the emergency of 1962, and it uses the machinery of the rule itself - <b>the prescribed authority's power to sanction<\/b> - rather than suspending it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 756,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Government servants should not sponsor the raising of funds from the public for any purpose whatsoever without previous permission.\\n2. Payment of a subscription to a benevolent fund by a Government servant is by itself participation in the raising of that fund.\\n3. The rule on subscriptions applies to collections in kind as well as in cash.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 12 and GID (1) under Rule 12 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 GID (1) - <i>\\\"they should not sponsor the raising of funds from the public for any purpose whatsoever, without previous permission\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 The rule covers <i>\\\"any funds or other collections in cash or in kind\\\"<\/i><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 GID (1) says the opposite: <i>\\\"the mere payment of a subscription to some charitable or benevolent fund would not, by itself, amount to participation in the raising of such fund\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nStatement 2 is the standard planted error because the rule speaks of \\\"contributions\\\", and a subscription is a contribution - but the rule bites on <b>asking for or accepting<\/b> them, not on paying one.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 757,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the suggestion of the Staff Side that members of Service Associations should be free to sponsor collections was answered by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"amending the rule to exempt registered trade unions\",\r\n      \"leaving each case to be decided on its own merits by the Government\",\r\n      \"requiring every such collection to be sanctioned by the Head of Department so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"granting general permission in a defined class of cases, to assist the smooth working of the unions\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - granting general permission in a defined class of cases, to assist the smooth working of the unions<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/20\/55-Ests. (B), dated 10th August, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This is the legal position, but in order to assist in the smooth working of the unions, as well as to avoid too many references on the subject, it has been decided to grant general permission in the class of cases mentioned below.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe technique is worth noting - the Government did <b>not amend the rule<\/b>, which continues to apply in terms; it exercised the power of sanction the rule itself confers, generally and in advance. The same approach was taken in GID (2) under Rule 6 on the level at which action may be initiated.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 758,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Service Association makes an approach to the public for funds, whether directly or indirectly:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"no permission is necessary, the approach being made by the union and not by its members\",\r\n      \"permission is necessary only where the amount collected exceeds a prescribed limit\",\r\n      \"permission is necessary only where the collection is for the defence of an individual member\",\r\n      \"the previous permission of the Government or the prescribed authority is necessary\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the previous permission of the Government or the prescribed authority is necessary<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/20\/55-Ests. (B), dated 10th August, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If any approach to the public is made, whether directly or indirectly, such permission should be necessary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe general permission granted by the Decision extends only to collections <b>among members<\/b>. The moment the appeal reaches the public it falls back on the rule.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Is answered by the earlier part of the same Decision - neither the union's constitution nor its registration as a trade union <i>\\\"gives any immunity to Government servants in the matter.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 759,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a Government servant who is a member of a Service Association and sponsors collections on its behalf without prior permission, the legal position is that he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"would be contravening the provisions of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"would be protected by the constitution of the union\",\r\n      \"would be protected by the registration of the union as a trade union\",\r\n      \"would be liable only if the collection were made from the public\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - would be contravening the provisions of the said Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/20\/55-Ests. (B), dated 10th August, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Strictly speaking, in sponsoring such collections without prior permission, the Government servants would be contravening the provisions of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat is the <b>legal position<\/b> stated by the Decision, and it is on that footing that the general permission was then granted for collections among members. Option D confuses the legal position with the effect of the general permission that followed it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 760,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following require the previous sanction of the Government or the prescribed authority EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"asking for contributions to a fund raised for a charitable object\",\r\n      \"associating oneself with the raising of a collection in kind\",\r\n      \"accepting contributions to a fund raised for a benevolent object\",\r\n      \"paying a subscription to a benevolent fund out of one's own money\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - paying a subscription to a benevolent fund out of one's own money<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 12, and GID (1), Para 3, under Rule 12<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A, B and C reproduce the three limbs of the rule - <i>\\\"ask for or accept contributions to, or otherwise associate himself with the raising of, any funds or other collections in cash or in kind.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (1) puts paying a subscription outside all three: <i>\\\"the mere payment of a subscription... would not, by itself, amount to participation in the raising of such fund; and is permissible.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe one qualification is Rule 5 - a subscription <b>in aid of a political movement<\/b> remains forbidden however it is characterized.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 761,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the National Foundation for Communal Harmony observes every year:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a Fund Raising Week and a Flag Day\",\r\n      \"a Communal Harmony Week alone\",\r\n      \"a Flag Day alone\",\r\n      \"a National Integration Fortnight\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a Fund Raising Week and a Flag Day<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6), Para 2, under Rule 12 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/9\/95-Estt. (A), dated 2nd November, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Foundation has been engaging in efforts to collect contributions and observes every year a 'Fund Raising Week' and 'Flag Day'.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe coincidence of names is worth noting: the <b>Flag Day<\/b> of GID (3), relaxed in 1955, is the one for the benefit of <b>Ex-Servicemen<\/b>, and it is a different occasion from the Flag Day observed by this Foundation. Both attract relaxations, but under separate Decisions forty years apart.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 762,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Members of a union may collect funds among themselves for a matter affecting the general interest of the members which is in dispute.\\n2. A union may collect funds among its members for the defence of a member against whom action has been taken in his personal capacity.\\n3. An approach to the public for funds by a union requires previous permission.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - 1 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 24\/20\/55-Ests. (B), dated 10th August, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2717 Is expressly excluded: <i>\\\"Where, however, action is taken against a person who happens to be a member of the union, in his personal capacity or on grounds which concern him in particular, no funds should be collected from even amongst its members by the union for his defence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words <b>\\\"from even amongst its members\\\"<\/b> are decisive - the internal-collection concession does not extend to a personal cause. The distinction is between the interest of the <b>body of members<\/b> and the interest of <b>one member<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 764,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 12\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 12 - Subscriptions\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Decision permitting participation in Flag Day collections arose from an instance in which:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a Government servant collected funds from the public without permission\",\r\n      \"a Head of Office refused to accept the token and car flags given to him for raising collections\",\r\n      \"a service association sought permission to organize a Flag Day collection\",\r\n      \"a Government servant declined to make a personal contribution on Flag Day in relation to that Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a Head of Office refused to accept the token and car flags given to him for raising collections<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 12 - M.H.A., Memo No. 25\/33\/55-Ests., dated 31st October, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"An instance has come to the notice of Government in which the Head of an Office refused to accept token and car flags given to him on Flag Day, for the purpose of raising collections from his office staff for the benefits of Ex-Servicemen. The reason given by the official was that, the Government servants Conduct Rules prohibited him from making such collections.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision goes out of its way to vindicate him - <i>\\\"The stand taken by the official was, no doubt, correct under the rules\\\"<\/i> - and then relaxes the rule. The collection in question was from his <b>own office staff<\/b>, which shows how far the rule reaches even without any approach to the public.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 765,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, frequent purchase or sale, or both, of shares, securities or other investments:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible where made through an authorized stock broker\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"is required to be reported to the prescribed authority within one month\",\r\n      \"shall be deemed to be speculation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - shall be deemed to be speculation<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 16(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification No. 11013\/4\/93-Estt. (A), dated 16th August, 1996<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Frequent purchase or sale or both of shares, securities or other investments shall be deemed to be speculation within the meaning of this sub-rule.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nSub-rule (1) forbids speculation outright - <i>\\\"No Government servant shall speculate in any stock, share or other investment\\\"<\/i> - so the deeming converts frequency into a prohibited act, not merely a reportable one.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Confuses the deeming with the proviso, which saves only <b>occasional<\/b> investments made through an authorized broker\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 766,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the bar on speculation does not apply to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"investments made out of the Government servant's own savings in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"investments in securities issued by the Government\",\r\n      \"investments made in the name of a member of his family\",\r\n      \"occasional investments made through stock brokers or other persons duly authorized and licensed, or who have obtained a certificate of registration under the relevant law\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - occasional investments made through stock brokers or other persons duly authorized and licensed, or who have obtained a certificate of registration under the relevant law<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 16(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that nothing in this sub-rule shall apply to occasional investments made through stock brokers or other persons duly authorized and licensed or who have obtained a certificate of registration under the relevant law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe saving has <b>two limbs and both must be satisfied<\/b> - the investment must be <b>occasional<\/b>, and it must be routed through a duly authorized, licensed or registered intermediary. Investing occasionally through an unlicensed person, or frequently through a licensed one, is outside the proviso.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 767,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant shall not make, or permit any member of his family or any person acting on his behalf to make, any investment which:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"exceeds two months' basic pay in value\",\r\n      \"is likely to embarrass or influence him in the discharge of his official duties\",\r\n      \"is made in the shares of a Central Public Sector Enterprise under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"is made otherwise than through an authorized stock broker\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is likely to embarrass or influence him in the discharge of his official duties<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(2)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall make, or permit any member of his family or any person acting on his behalf to make, any investment which is likely to embarrass or influence him in the discharge of his official duties.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo words carry different weights - an investment that would <b>influence<\/b> him is caught, and so is one that would merely <b>embarrass<\/b> him, even if his judgment would in fact be unaffected. As with Rule 13(1), the prohibition extends to investments made by a family member or by a person acting on his behalf.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 768,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the purchase of shares out of the quotas reserved for Directors of Companies, or their friends and associates:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible where the purchase is occasional and made through an authorized broker\",\r\n      \"requires a report to the prescribed authority within one month\",\r\n      \"shall be deemed to be an investment which is likely to embarrass the Government servant\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the company has no official dealings with the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - shall be deemed to be an investment which is likely to embarrass the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(2)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For this purpose, any purchase of shares out of the quotas reserved for Directors of Companies or their friends and associates shall be deemed to be an investment which is likely to embarrass the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe deeming makes any enquiry into actual embarrassment unnecessary. The mischief is that such a quota is <b>not available to the public<\/b>, so obtaining shares from it necessarily reflects a personal connection with the company's directors.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 The proviso to sub-rule (1) saves occasional investments from the bar on <i>speculation<\/i>; it has nothing to do with sub-rule (2)\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 769,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who is involved in the decision-making process of fixation of the price of an Initial Public Offering of shares of a Central Public Sector Enterprise shall not apply for allotment of shares in that offering:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in his own name\",\r\n      \"in his own name, or through any member of his family\",\r\n      \"in his own name, through any member of his family, or through any other person acting on his behalf\",\r\n      \"in his own name, unless the application is made through an authorized stock broker in relation to that Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - in his own name, through any member of his family, or through any other person acting on his behalf<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(2)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. F. No. 11013\/12\/2008-Estt. (A), dated 27th January, 2009<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant who is involved in the decision-making process of fixation of price of an Initial Public Offering or Follow-up Public Offering of shares of a Central Public Sector Enterprise shall apply either himself or through any member of his family or through any other person acting on his behalf, for allotment of shares in the Initial Public Offering or Follow-up Public Offerings of such Central Public Sector Enterprise.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause covers a <b>Follow-up<\/b> Public Offering as well as an Initial one, and it is an absolute bar - no sanction is contemplated.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 770,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, if a question arises whether a transaction is of the nature referred to in the sub-rules relating to speculation and to embarrassing investments:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the decision of the Government thereon shall be final\",\r\n      \"the decision of the prescribed authority shall be final\",\r\n      \"the question shall be referred to the Central Vigilance Commission\",\r\n      \"the question shall be decided by the disciplinary authority in the disciplinary proceedings\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the decision of the Government thereon shall be final<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If any question arises whether any transaction is of the nature referred to in sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2), the decision of the Government thereon shall be final.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe technique is the same as Rule 5(3), which makes the Government's decision final on whether a body takes part in politics, and Rule 25, which makes its interpretation of the Rules final. In each case the rule uses a broad standard - speculation, embarrassment, political character - and then commits its application to the Government.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 771,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the restriction on lending, borrowing or depositing money applies to a person, firm or private limited company:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"within the local limits of the Government servant's authority alone at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"with whom he is likely to have official dealings alone\",\r\n      \"which is engaged in any trade or business\",\r\n      \"within the local limits of his authority, or with whom he is likely to have official dealings\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - within the local limits of his authority, or with whom he is likely to have official dealings<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(4)(i)(a) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"lend or borrow or deposit money, as a principal or an agent, to, or from or with, any person or firm or private limited company within the local limits of his authority or with whom he is likely to have official dealings or otherwise place himself under any pecuniary obligation to such person or firm or private limited company.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two tests are <b>alternatives<\/b>, and the closing limb - <i>\\\"or otherwise place himself under any pecuniary obligation\\\"<\/i> - catches an obligation created by some means other than a loan or deposit.<br><br>\\nThe whole clause is subject to the opening saving: <i>\\\"save in the ordinary course of business with a Bank or a public limited company.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 772,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden to lend money to any person:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"at interest, or in a manner whereby return in money or in kind is charged or paid\",\r\n      \"at interest exceeding the rate prescribed by the Government\",\r\n      \"at interest, unless the person resides outside the local limits of his authority\",\r\n      \"at interest, unless the loan is secured against immovable property\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - at interest, or in a manner whereby return in money or in kind is charged or paid<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(4)(i)(b) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"lend money to any person at interest or in a manner whereby return in money or in kind is charged or paid.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (b) is far wider than Clause (a) in one respect - it applies to <b>any person<\/b>, without reference to local limits or official dealings. What it forbids is money-lending as such, and the closing words <b>\\\"or in kind\\\"<\/b> defeat the device of taking the return in goods or services rather than in interest.<br><br>\\nThe first proviso saves <i>\\\"a purely temporary loan of a small amount free of interest\\\"<\/i> to a relative or personal friend.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 773,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as transactions saved by the proviso to the sub-rule relating to lending and borrowing:\\n1. Giving to, or accepting from, a relative or a personal friend a purely temporary loan of a small amount free of interest\\n2. Operating a credit account with a bona fide tradesman\\n3. Making an advance of pay to his private employee\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"All three\",\r\n      \"None\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - All three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>First proviso to Rule 16(4)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that a Government servant may give to, or accept from, a relative or a personal friend a purely temporary loan of a small amount free of interest, or operate a credit account with a bona fide tradesman or make an advance of pay to his private employee.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe first saving carries four conditions at once - the other party must be a <b>relative or personal friend<\/b>, and the loan must be <b>purely temporary<\/b>, of a <b>small amount<\/b>, and <b>free of interest<\/b>. A second proviso saves any transaction entered into <i>\\\"with the previous sanction of the Government.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 774,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 16 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant is appointed or transferred to a post of such a nature as would involve him in a breach of the sub-rules relating to investments or to lending and borrowing, he shall:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"seek a transfer to another post within one month\",\r\n      \"dispose of the investment or terminate the transaction before assuming charge under the instructions in force in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"apply for the previous sanction of the Government within one month\",\r\n      \"forthwith report the circumstances to the prescribed authority and thereafter act in accordance with such order as may be made\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - forthwith report the circumstances to the prescribed authority and thereafter act in accordance with such order as may be made<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(4)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"When a Government servant is appointed or transferred to a post of such nature as would involve him in the breach of any of the provisions of sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (4), he shall forthwith report the circumstances to the prescribed authority and shall thereafter act in accordance with such order as may be made by such authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause meets the case where the breach arises from a <b>change of post<\/b> rather than from any act of the Government servant. He neither decides for himself nor is left in breach - he reports, and the prescribed authority directs.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 775,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the case of officers who do not have a definite territorial jurisdiction, the expression \\\"within the local limits of his authority\\\" means:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the district in which he is posted\",\r\n      \"the persons with whom the officer has official dealings\",\r\n      \"the area over which his Ministry exercises administrative control\",\r\n      \"the station at which his office is located\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the persons with whom the officer has official dealings<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(i) under Rule 16 - Ministry of W.H. & S., Circular No. A.V. (2)\/7, dated 26th October, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In the case of officers who do not have a definite territorial jurisdiction, the term persons 'within the local limits of his authority' would mean the persons with whom the officer has official dealings.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification is necessary because most Secretariat officers have no territorial charge at all. For them the geographical test in Rule 16(4)(i)(a) would be meaningless, so it is read as the <b>functional<\/b> test that stands beside it in the same clause.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 776,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in deciding whether an amount is a \\\"small amount\\\" for the purposes of the saving relating to temporary loans:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a fixed ceiling of one month's basic pay applies\",\r\n      \"a fixed ceiling of two months' basic pay applies\",\r\n      \"each case should be decided on merits, taking into account the status of the individual and the amount involved\",\r\n      \"the amount is to be determined by the prescribed authority in advance as the case may be under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - each case should be decided on merits, taking into account the status of the individual and the amount involved<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(ii) under Rule 16 - Ministry of W.H. & S., Circular No. A.V. (2)\/7, dated 26th October, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is not possible to define the term 'small amount' comprehensively. Each case should be decided on merits, and in deciding such cases, the status of the individual concerned and the amount involved should be taken into account.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe refusal to fix a figure is deliberate - what is small for a Secretary is not small for a clerk, which is why <b>status<\/b> is one of the two factors. A question asserting any fixed multiple of pay is therefore wrong, however plausible the figure.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 777,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a purely temporary loan of a small amount, free of interest, taken by a Government servant from a personal friend who resides within the local limits of his authority:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"requires a report to the prescribed authority within one month\",\r\n      \"may be taken, no sanction of the Government being necessary\",\r\n      \"may be taken only where the friend has no official dealings with him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - may be taken, no sanction of the Government being necessary<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2)(iii) under Rule 16 - Ministry of W.H. & S., Circular No. A.V. (2)\/7, dated 26th October, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Purely temporary loans of small amounts, free of interest, can be taken by a Government servant from personal friends and relatives even if they reside within the local limits of his authority. No sanction of the Government will be necessary in such cases. However, if the amount is large, previous sanction of the Government will be necessary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nResidence within the local limits therefore does <b>not<\/b> defeat the proviso. What does defeat it is the amount - once the loan is large, the proviso ceases to apply and previous sanction is required.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 778,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a senior officer who approaches his subordinate to stand surety for a loan taken from private sources by the officer or by his relatives:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"acts properly, provided the subordinate is under no compulsion for the purpose of these Rules for the purpose of these Rules for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"may do so with the knowledge of the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"may do so where the loan is from a nationalized bank\",\r\n      \"acts contrary to the advice given to all officers, such conduct being liable to create an impression that official pressure has been exerted\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - acts contrary to the advice given to all officers, such conduct being liable to create an impression that official pressure has been exerted<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 16 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/5\/65-Ests. (A), dated 25th May, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where a Government servant stands surety for loans taken by his official superiors or their friends or relatives, it might create an impression that official pressure has been exerted for this purpose. Apart from this, the superior officer will be putting himself under obligation to the subordinate and such a situation is not conducive to efficient office management and maintenance of discipline.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo distinct objections are recorded - the <b>appearance of pressure<\/b>, and the <b>obligation running upward<\/b> from superior to subordinate, which is the reverse of what discipline requires.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 779,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a fixed deposit made by a Government servant with a public limited company, whether in the private sector or the public sector:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is covered by the saving clause in the sub-rule relating to lending and borrowing\",\r\n      \"is prohibited by the sub-rule relating to lending and borrowing so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"is treated as a loan to that company\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is covered by the saving clause in the sub-rule relating to lending and borrowing<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(1) under Rule 16 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/5\/81-Estt. (A), dated 12th May, 1982<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Fixed Deposits with Public Limited Companies: whether in the private sector or the public sector will be covered by the saving clause in Rule 16 (4)... as public limited companies receive deposits from the public on authorization given by the Government under the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits from the Public) Rules, 1975.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe saving clause is the opening phrase of Rule 16(4)(i) - <i>\\\"save in the ordinary course of business with a Bank or a public limited company.\\\"<\/i> A report under <b>Rule 18(3)<\/b> is nevertheless due if the deposit exceeds the monetary limits there.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 780,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, deposits made by a Government servant with private limited companies and firms:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are covered by the saving clause, as deposits with public limited companies are in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"are in the nature of loans to those companies and firms, and are regulated by the sub-rule relating to lending and borrowing\",\r\n      \"are outside the said Rules altogether\",\r\n      \"require only a report under the rule relating to movable property\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - are in the nature of loans to those companies and firms, and are regulated by the sub-rule relating to lending and borrowing<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(2) under Rule 16 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/5\/81-Estt. (A), dated 12th May, 1982<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Deposits with private limited companies and firms are in the nature of loans to those companies and firms and they should be regulated with reference to the provisions of Rule 16 (4).\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe contrast with the previous item is the substance of this Decision. A <b>public<\/b> limited company takes deposits from the public under statutory authorization, and is within the saving clause; a <b>private<\/b> limited company or firm does not, and a deposit with it is treated as a loan - which Rule 16(4)(i)(a) names expressly.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 781,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, fixed deposits made by a Government servant with a Bank:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are exempt from the sub-rule relating to lending and borrowing, but a report is due under the rule relating to movable property if the monetary limits are exceeded\",\r\n      \"are exempt from both the said sub-rule and the rule relating to movable property as the case may be as the case may be in the circumstances of the case as the case may be\",\r\n      \"require the previous sanction of the prescribed authority in every case\",\r\n      \"are regulated in the same manner as deposits with private limited companies\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - are exempt from the sub-rule relating to lending and borrowing, but a report is due under the rule relating to movable property if the monetary limits are exceeded<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(3) under Rule 16 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/5\/81-Estt. (A), dated 12th May, 1982<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Fixed Deposits with Banks are, as already provided in Rule 16 (4)... exempt from the operation of this rule. However, in regard to Fixed Deposits with Banks also, a report should be made to the prescribed authority under Rule 18 (3)... if the monetary limits laid down therein are exceeded.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two rules must be applied separately. <b>Rule 16(4)<\/b> asks whether the transaction is permissible; <b>Rule 18(3)<\/b> asks whether it must be reported. Exemption from the first says nothing about the second.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 782,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, day-to-day Savings Bank transactions of a Government servant, whether with a Bank or with a Post Office:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"require a report where the monetary limits for movable property are exceeded for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"require the previous sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"do not come within the purview of the rule relating to transactions in movable property\",\r\n      \"are regulated by the sub-rule relating to lending and borrowing\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - do not come within the purview of the rule relating to transactions in movable property<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(4) under Rule 16 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/5\/81-Estt. (A), dated 12th May, 1982<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Day-to-day Savings Bank transactions, either with a Bank or with a Post Office would not, however, come within the purview of Rule 18 (3)... as already provided in Para. 4 of GID (24) below Rule 18.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nGID (24) under Rule 18 says the same in different words: <i>\\\"Deposits in a Savings Bank account made by a Government servant from out of his salary or accumulated saving would not come within the purview of Rule 18 (3).\\\"<\/i> Such balances are instead disclosed in the first-appointment return under Rule 18(1)(i)(b).\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 783,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, requests by Government servants for ex post facto sanction to transactions already entered into are to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"granted where no impropriety is disclosed\",\r\n      \"granted subject to a warning being administered\",\r\n      \"referred to the Central Vigilance Commission for advice in the circumstances of the case at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"severely discouraged, such a procedure rendering the provisions of the rules completely ineffective\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - severely discouraged, such a procedure rendering the provisions of the rules completely ineffective<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 16 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/25\/61-Ests. (A), dated 26th June, 1961<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Instances have come to the notice of the Government where certain Government servants have entered into transactions regarding movable and immovable property without the previous sanction of the prescribed authority and they have afterwards sought ex post facto sanction. Such a procedure renders the provisions of the rules completely ineffective and defeats the purpose for which the rules have been framed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe point is structural: a rule requiring <b>previous<\/b> sanction exists so that the authority may object <i>before<\/i> the transaction closes. Sanction after the event cannot serve that purpose.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 784,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the instructions discouraging ex post facto sanction apply:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"to the rule relating to lending and borrowing alone\",\r\n      \"to the rules relating to lending and borrowing and to property alone\",\r\n      \"mutatis mutandis to the provisions of the other rules which require previous knowledge, consent or sanction of the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"only where the transaction has resulted in pecuniary advantage to the Government servant so far as this rule is concerned as the case may be\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - mutatis mutandis to the provisions of the other rules which require previous knowledge, consent or sanction of the prescribed authority<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 2, under Rule 16 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/25\/61-Ests. (A), dated 26th June, 1961<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"These instructions will apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of the other rules which require previous knowledge, consent or sanction of the prescribed authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe extension is what makes this Decision important beyond Rule 16. The same reasoning is applied under Rule 18 - GID (30-A) below Rule 3 records that failure to obtain permission before leaving station <i>\\\"is to be viewed seriously and may entail disciplinary action\\\"<\/i>, and nowhere in these Rules is regularization after the event contemplated as a matter of course.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 785,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant may lend money to any person at interest, provided that person is outside the local limits of his authority.\\n2. A Government servant may operate a credit account with a bona fide tradesman.\\n3. A Government servant may make an advance of pay to his private employee.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 2 and 3 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(4)(i)(b) and its first proviso, of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (b) is not qualified by local limits at all. It forbids a Government servant to <i>\\\"lend money to any person at interest or in a manner whereby return in money or in kind is charged or paid\\\"<\/i> - the geographical test belongs to Clause (a), which deals with lending, borrowing and deposits generally.<br><br>\\nStatement 1 is the standard planted error because the two clauses sit together and it is natural to read the qualification in Clause (a) as governing both. What the proviso permits is a loan <b>free of interest<\/b>, to a relative or personal friend.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 786,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (transaction)\\nA. Fixed deposit with a public limited company\\nB. Deposit with a private limited company\\nC. Fixed deposit with a Bank\\nD. Day-to-day Savings Bank transactions\\n\\nList-II (treatment)\\n1. In the nature of a loan, regulated by the sub-rule on lending and borrowing\\n2. Outside the rule on transactions in movable property\\n3. Covered by the saving clause, but reportable if the movable property limits are exceeded\\n4. Exempt from the sub-rule on lending and borrowing, but reportable if those limits are exceeded\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 16 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/5\/81-Estt. (A), dated 12th May, 1982<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision deals with four situations in four numbered paragraphs, and the distinctions are fine:<br>\\n<b>Public limited company<\/b> - within the saving clause, because such companies take deposits under the Rules of 1975.<br>\\n<b>Private limited company or firm<\/b> - a loan, regulated by Rule 16(4).<br>\\n<b>Bank<\/b> - expressly exempt under Rule 16(4) itself.<br>\\n<b>Savings Bank day-to-day transactions<\/b> - outside Rule 18(3) altogether.<br><br>\\nThree of the four remain reportable under Rule 18(3) once its monetary limits are crossed.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 787,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, transactions in shares, securities and debentures exceeding the prescribed limits are dealt with by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a Decision under the rule relating to gifts\",\r\n      \"a Decision under the rule relating to movable, immovable and valuable property\",\r\n      \"a Decision under the rule relating to subscriptions for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"a proviso to the sub-rule relating to speculation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - a Decision under the rule relating to movable, immovable and valuable property<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 16, which reads in full: \\\"Transactions in Shares, Debentures, etc. See GID (31) below Rule 18.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat Decision - the DoP&T O.M. of 7th February, 2019 - requires an intimation where the total transactions in shares, securities, debentures or mutual fund schemes exceed <b>six months' basic pay<\/b> during a calendar year, to be submitted by 31st January of the following year, and additionally requires the ordinary <b>Rule 18(3)<\/b> intimation where an individual transaction exceeds two months' basic pay.<br><br>\\nRule 16 therefore governs whether the dealing is <b>permissible<\/b>; Rule 18 governs whether it must be <b>reported<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 788,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The restriction on lending, borrowing or depositing money applies to transactions entered into through a member of the Government servant's family.\\n2. It applies to transactions entered into through any other person acting on his behalf.\\n3. It applies whether the Government servant acts as a principal or as an agent.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(4)(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall, save in the ordinary course of business with a Bank or a public limited company, either himself or through any member of his family or any other person acting on his behalf - (a) lend or borrow or deposit money, as a principal or an agent...\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree separate widening phrases operate together - the <b>family member<\/b>, the <b>person acting on his behalf<\/b>, and the capacity as <b>principal or agent<\/b>. The same triple formula appears in Rule 16(2), and in Rule 13(1) for gifts.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 789,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are forbidden EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"frequent purchase and sale of shares through an authorized stock broker\",\r\n      \"purchase of shares out of the quota reserved for the Directors of a company\",\r\n      \"an occasional investment made through a duly licensed stock broker\",\r\n      \"lending money at interest to a person outside the local limits of one's authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - an occasional investment made through a duly licensed stock broker<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(1) with its proviso and Explanation, Rule 16(2)(i) and Rule 16(4)(i)(b)<\/i><br><br>\\nOption C is precisely what the proviso to sub-rule (1) saves.<br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Frequency is deemed to be speculation, and the proviso saves only <b>occasional<\/b> investments - the licensed broker does not cure the frequency<br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Deemed by Rule 16(2)(i) to be an investment likely to embarrass<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (b) forbids lending at interest to <b>any person<\/b>; the local-limits test belongs to Clause (a) and does not qualify it\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 792,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The bar on lending, borrowing and depositing money is subject to a saving for the ordinary course of business with a Bank or a public limited company.\\n2. A transaction entered into with the previous sanction of the Government is outside that sub-rule.\\n3. A Government servant may place himself under a pecuniary obligation to a firm with which he is likely to have official dealings, provided no money is lent or borrowed.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(4)(i)(a) and the second proviso to Rule 16(4)(i)<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Clause (a) closes with the words <i>\\\"or otherwise place himself under any pecuniary obligation to such person or firm or private limited company.\\\"<\/i> That limb exists precisely to catch an obligation created without a loan or deposit.<br><br>\\nThe second proviso supports statement 2: <i>\\\"nothing in this sub-rule shall apply in respect of any transaction entered into by a Government servant with the previous sanction of the Government.\\\"<\/i> Sanction therefore removes the transaction from the sub-rule altogether.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 793,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the reason for which fixed deposits with public limited companies are treated differently from deposits with private limited companies is that public limited companies:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"receive deposits from the public on authorization given by the Government under the rules relating to acceptance of deposits\",\r\n      \"are subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India\",\r\n      \"are prohibited from having official dealings with Government servants\",\r\n      \"are required to register their depositors with the Registrar of Companies at the relevant time at the relevant time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - receive deposits from the public on authorization given by the Government under the rules relating to acceptance of deposits<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4)(1) under Rule 16 - M.H.A., Dept. of Per. & A.R., O.M. No. 11013\/5\/81-Estt. (A), dated 12th May, 1982<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"as public limited companies receive deposits from the public on authorization given by the Government under the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits from the Public) Rules, 1975.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reasoning explains the shape of the saving clause in Rule 16(4)(i), which speaks of the <b>\\\"ordinary course of business with a Bank or a public limited company.\\\"<\/b> Both take money from the public generally under a regulated scheme, so a deposit with either creates no personal obligation to an interested party.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 794,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 16\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 16 - Investments, lending and borrowing\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The prohibition on speculation extends to any stock, share or other investment.\\n2. Whether a transaction amounts to speculation is a question on which the decision of the Government is final.\\n3. A Government servant who is appointed to a post which would place him in breach of the sub-rule on investments must report the circumstances forthwith.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 16(1), 16(3) and 16(4)(ii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>1.<\/b> \u2713 <i>\\\"No Government servant shall speculate in any stock, share or other investment\\\"<\/i> - the closing words carry it beyond the securities market<br>\\n<b>2.<\/b> \u2713 Rule 16(3) makes the Government's decision final on whether a transaction is of the nature referred to in sub-rule (1) or (2)<br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2713 Rule 16(4)(ii) requires him to <i>\\\"forthwith report the circumstances to the prescribed authority\\\"<\/i>, and that clause covers a breach of sub-rule (2) as well as of sub-rule (4)<br><br>\\nThe three together show the structure of the rule - a broad prohibition, a final arbiter of its scope, and a reporting duty for the case that arises through no act of his own.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 795,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 19 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the previous sanction of the Government is required before a Government servant has recourse to any Court or to the press for the vindication of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any official act which has been the subject-matter of adverse criticism or an attack of a defamatory character\",\r\n      \"his private character\",\r\n      \"any act done by him in his private capacity\",\r\n      \"any grievance arising out of his conditions of service at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - any official act which has been the subject-matter of adverse criticism or an attack of a defamatory character<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 19(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, have recourse to any Court or to the press for the vindication of any official act which has been the subject-matter of adverse criticism or an attack of a defamatory character.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule is confined to an <b>official act<\/b>. Vindication of private character is expressly saved by sub-rule (2).<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Service grievances are governed by GID (11) under Rule 3, under which <i>\\\"such permission is not necessary\\\"<\/i> to sue the Government\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 796,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 19 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where no sanction is received by a Government servant on his request for permission to vindicate an official act, he is free to assume that permission has been granted after a period of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"30 days from the date of receipt of his request by the Government\",\r\n      \"60 days from the date of receipt of his request by the Government\",\r\n      \"six months from the date of receipt of his request by the Government\",\r\n      \"three months from the date of receipt of his request by the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - three months from the date of receipt of his request by the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 19(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that if no such sanction is received by the Government servant within a period of three months from the date of receipt of his request by the Government, he shall be free to assume that the permission as sought for has been granted to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe period runs from the <b>receipt of the request by the Government<\/b>, not from its despatch.<br><br>\\nThe three deemed-permission periods in these Rules must be kept apart: <b>30 days<\/b> under Rules 8, 13 and 18; <b>60 days<\/b> under Rule 18-A; and <b>three months<\/b> here.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 797,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 19 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant takes action to vindicate his private character or an act done by him in his private capacity, he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"shall submit a report to the prescribed authority regarding such action\",\r\n      \"shall obtain the previous permission of the Head of his Department at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"is under no obligation of any kind under the said Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - shall submit a report to the prescribed authority regarding such action<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 19(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to prohibit a Government servant from vindicating his private character or any act done by him in his private capacity and where any action for vindicating his private character or any act done by him in private capacity is taken, the Government servant shall submit a report to the prescribed authority regarding such action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe sub-rule does two things at once - it <b>saves<\/b> the private vindication from the sanction requirement, and it <b>imposes a report<\/b>. Option D takes only the first half.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 798,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Recourse to a Court to vindicate an official act criticized in the press requires previous sanction.\\n2. Recourse to the press for the same purpose requires previous sanction.\\n3. Vindication of private character requires previous sanction.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 19(1) and 19(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nSub-rule (1) names <b>both<\/b> forums - <i>\\\"recourse to any Court or to the press\\\"<\/i> - so a rejoinder in a newspaper needs sanction as much as a suit does.<br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 Sub-rule (2) opens <i>\\\"Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to prohibit a Government servant from vindicating his private character\\\"<\/i>. Only a <b>report<\/b> is due.<br><br>\\nThe line between the two sub-rules is <b>official act versus private character<\/b>, and it is the distinction the rule is built on.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 799,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where allegations are made in the press or by individuals against a Government servant in respect of his conduct in the discharge of his public functions, the first step to be taken is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a preliminary confidential enquiry by a senior officer, ordered by the Government\",\r\n      \"the issue of a rejoinder by the Government servant concerned\",\r\n      \"a reference to the Special Police Establishment for investigation so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"the institution of criminal proceedings by the Public Prosecutor\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a preliminary confidential enquiry by a senior officer, ordered by the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 2, under Rule 19 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/32\/54-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"When allegations are made in the Press or by individuals against a Government servant in respect of his conduct in the discharge of his public functions, a preliminary confidential enquiry by a senior officer should be ordered by Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nEverything else in the Decision turns on what that enquiry finds. It branches two ways - allegations based on <b>ignorance, insufficient information or even malice<\/b> lead to vindication; <b>reasonable grounds to doubt<\/b> the officer's conduct, or an inconclusive enquiry, lead to investigation or departmental proceedings.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 800,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a preliminary enquiry leads to the conclusion that allegations against a Government servant are based on ignorance, insufficient information or even malice, it is to be further considered whether action in a Court of Law is necessary, because:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Government cannot otherwise recover the costs of the enquiry\",\r\n      \"in some cases mere publication of the results of the enquiry may not always carry conviction with the public\",\r\n      \"the person making the allegations is entitled to be heard in a Court in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"the Government servant is entitled as of right to damages\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - in some cases mere publication of the results of the enquiry may not always carry conviction with the public<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 3, under Rule 19 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/32\/54-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it should be further considered whether, having regard to the nature and circumstances of the case, any action in a Court of Law is necessary to vindicate the conduct of the Government servant concerned for, in some cases, mere publication of the results of the enquiry may not always carry conviction with the public.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reasoning explains why the rule contemplates litigation at all - a departmental exoneration is the Government clearing its own officer, and may be discounted for that reason.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 801,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where it is decided to have resort to a Court of Law to vindicate the conduct of a Government servant, it should also be considered whether:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the proceedings should be civil or criminal in nature\",\r\n      \"the Government servant should be placed under suspension pending the proceedings in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"the Government should themselves initiate proceedings, or the Government servant should be required to initiate them\",\r\n      \"the results of the preliminary enquiry should first be published\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Government should themselves initiate proceedings, or the Government servant should be required to initiate them<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 3, under Rule 19 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/32\/54-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If it is decided to have resort to a Court of Law, it should also be considered whether Government should themselves initiate proceedings in a Court of Law against the party which made the allegations or whether the Government servant should be required to initiate such proceedings.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe choice matters financially. If the <b>Government<\/b> proceeds, it bears the case; if the <b>Government servant<\/b> is required to proceed, financial assistance is given under Para 5. And where he acts <b>suo motu<\/b> under Para 6, no reimbursement arises at all, though advances may be granted.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 802,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the preliminary enquiry discloses reasonable grounds to doubt the propriety and correctness of the conduct of the Government servant, or where the enquiry is not conclusive, the Government may:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"entrust the case to the Special Police Establishment, order a full departmental enquiry, or require the officer to vindicate his conduct in a Court of Law\",\r\n      \"publish the results of the enquiry and take no further action\",\r\n      \"require the officer to tender an explanation and close the matter in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case as the case may be\",\r\n      \"refer the matter to the Central Vigilance Commission for advice\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - entrust the case to the Special Police Establishment, order a full departmental enquiry, or require the officer to vindicate his conduct in a Court of Law<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 3, under Rule 19 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/32\/54-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government may entrust the case to the Special Police Establishment for investigation, or order a full departmental enquiry under the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, or require the officer to vindicate his conduct by resorting to a Court of Law.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree courses are open, and the third is notable - even where the enquiry is <b>inconclusive<\/b>, the officer may be required to clear his own name in Court rather than have the doubt left standing.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 803,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the Government decide to initiate criminal proceedings themselves in respect of allegations made against a Government servant, the complaint may be filed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"within six months of the date of the alleged offence, by the Public Prosecutor directly in a Court of Sessions with the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"within one year of the date of the alleged offence, by the Government servant himself as the case may be as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"at any time, by the Head of the Department concerned\",\r\n      \"within three months of the date of the alleged offence, before a Magistrate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - within six months of the date of the alleged offence, by the Public Prosecutor directly in a Court of Sessions with the previous sanction of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 4, under Rule 19, referring to Section 198-B of the Criminal Procedure Code<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"According to these provisions, the complaint can be filed within six months of the date of the alleged offence, by the Public Prosecutor directly in a Court of Sessions with the previous sanction of the Government and the case will thereafter be pursued by Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree features distinguish this route - the <b>six-month<\/b> limitation, the filing <b>directly in a Court of Sessions<\/b> rather than before a Magistrate, and the fact that <b>the Government pursues the case<\/b>, not the officer.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 804,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government servant desires to institute proceedings suo motu to vindicate his conduct in the course of the discharge of his official duties:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"he requires no sanction, the proceedings being at his own instance\",\r\n      \"he must obtain the previous sanction of the Government, and if sanction is granted no question of reimbursement of expenses arises\",\r\n      \"he must obtain the previous sanction of the Government, and his legal expenses will be reimbursed in full at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"he must first exhaust the departmental remedy of a preliminary enquiry\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - he must obtain the previous sanction of the Government, and if sanction is granted no question of reimbursement of expenses arises<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 6, under Rule 19 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/32\/54-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"When a Government servant desires to institute proceedings suo motu to vindicate his conduct in the course of the discharge of his official duties, he will have to obtain the previous sanction of the Government as required in Rule 19... If Government decide to grant such sanction, no question of reimbursement of any expenses to the Government servant will arise, but advances may be granted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe financial consequence turns on <b>whose initiative<\/b> it was. Where the Government <i>requires<\/i> him to go to Court, financial assistance follows under Para 5; where he goes of his own accord, only <b>advances<\/b> are available.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 805,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the appropriate authority for taking a decision on the course to be adopted where allegations are made against a Government servant in the press is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Central Vigilance Commission\",\r\n      \"the Ministry of Home Affairs in every case\",\r\n      \"the Administrative Ministry of the Government of India concerned, consulting the Finance and Law Ministries where necessary\",\r\n      \"the Head of the Department in which the Government servant is serving under the instructions in force under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Administrative Ministry of the Government of India concerned, consulting the Finance and Law Ministries where necessary<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 7, under Rule 19 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/32\/54-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The appropriate authority for taking a decision in each case will be the Administrative Ministry of the Government of India concerned who will consult the Finance and Law Ministries, where necessary. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India will exercise the powers of an Administrative Ministry in respect of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe consultation with <b>Finance<\/b> is needed because financial assistance or advances may follow, and with <b>Law<\/b> because the choice between civil and criminal proceedings has to be made.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 806,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in respect of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the powers of an Administrative Ministry in relation to vindication proceedings are exercised by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India\",\r\n      \"the Ministry of Finance\",\r\n      \"the Department of Personnel and Training\",\r\n      \"the Cabinet Secretariat\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 7, under Rule 19 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/32\/54-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India will exercise the powers of an Administrative Ministry in respect of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same reservation appears throughout these Rules, and reflects the constitutional independence of that office. GID (15) under Rule 18 preserves his powers as prescribed authority for Heads of Departments in that Department, and several later Decisions record that they issue <i>\\\"after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India\\\"<\/i>, as Article 148(5) requires.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 807,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the suggestion of the Staff Side of the National Council that individual employees should be enabled to go to the press to vindicate their position without prior permission:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"was accepted, and the rule was amended accordingly\",\r\n      \"was accepted in the case of office-bearers of recognized associations only\",\r\n      \"was referred to a Committee which is yet to report\",\r\n      \"was not favoured\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - was not favoured<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 19 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/21\/76-Estt. (A), dated 24th February, 1977<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"While the suggestion that the rule should be so amended that individual employees are enabled to go to the Press to vindicate their position without prior permission was not favoured, it was decided to issue further instructions to provide that Government should take significant or positive steps in the circumstances where the adverse criticism of Government employees in public was found to be based on wrong premises.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe answer given was therefore <b>administrative rather than legislative<\/b> - the requirement of sanction stands, but the Government undertakes to act where criticism is shown to be unfounded.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 808,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in response to the Staff Side's suggestion, it was decided to issue further instructions providing that the Government should take significant or positive steps where:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"an association of Government employees is maligned in the press\",\r\n      \"the adverse criticism of Government employees in public is found to be based on wrong premises\",\r\n      \"a Government servant has been acquitted in criminal proceedings\",\r\n      \"the press refuses to publish a rejoinder issued by the Government for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the adverse criticism of Government employees in public is found to be based on wrong premises<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 19 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/21\/76-Estt. (A), dated 24th February, 1977<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision directs attention specifically to <b>Paragraph 3<\/b> of GID (1), and states: <i>\\\"It is considered that the provisions contained therein should be invoked where it is found on an enquiry that the allegations in the Press against individual Government servant are based on ignorance, in sufficient information or even malice.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nSo the \\\"positive steps\\\" promised are the courses already set out in that paragraph - proceedings by the Government itself, or a requirement that the officer vindicate his conduct, with financial assistance.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 809,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an anonymous complaint, that is to say one which does not carry both the name and the address of the complainant, is to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"verified as to the identity of the complainant before any decision is taken in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"referred to the Chief Vigilance Officer for a preliminary examination\",\r\n      \"filed straightaway, no action being required irrespective of the nature of the allegations\",\r\n      \"acted upon where the allegations disclose a vigilance angle\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - filed straightaway, no action being required irrespective of the nature of the allegations<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 2, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Anonymous complaints, i.e. such complaints that do not carry both the name and address of the complainant, should be filed straightaway. No action is required to be taken on such complaints, irrespective of the nature of allegations, and they should be filed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features are exact and often misstated - a complaint is anonymous only if it lacks <b>both<\/b> name and address, and the direction to file it holds <b>irrespective of the nature of the allegations<\/b>, however grave.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 810,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, complaints containing non-specific and unverifiable allegations, as may be decided by the competent authority:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be filed without verification of the identity of the complainant\",\r\n      \"should be verified as to identity before being filed\",\r\n      \"should be examined by the Joint Secretary in charge of Administration\",\r\n      \"should be forwarded to the officer complained against for his comments\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - should be filed without verification of the identity of the complainant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 3, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All complaints containing non-specific and unverifiable allegations as may be decided by the competent authority should also be filed without verification of identity of the complainant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe paragraph saves the effort of the verification procedure in Para 5 where the complaint could not be pursued even if owned. Where the allegations <b>are<\/b> specific, that procedure applies: the complaint is sent to the complainant for owning or disowning it, with a reminder if no reply comes.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 811,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a complaint containing a specific allegation of corruption or attracting a vigilance angle is to be considered and processed by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Joint Secretary or Additional Secretary in charge of Administration as the case may be\",\r\n      \"the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Ministry, Department or Organization concerned\",\r\n      \"the Central Vigilance Commission\",\r\n      \"the Review Committee of the Ministry concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Ministry, Department or Organization concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 4, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Complaints, other than anonymous complaints, containing specific allegation of corruption or attracting vigilance angle... shall be considered and processed by the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Ministry \/ Department \/ Organization concerned. All other complaints, containing matters of non-vigilance nature, would be considered by the Joint Secretary \/ Additional Secretary in-charge of Administration.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe routing is therefore by <b>subject-matter<\/b> - vigilance to the CVO, everything else to the administration side. The vigilance angle is as defined in the O.M. of 9-10-2024 on vigilance clearance, reproduced as GID (30) under Rule 18.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 812,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a complaint sent to the complainant for owning or disowning it, to which no response is received, is to be filed as pseudonymous if no reply comes within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"15 days of sending the complaint for confirmation\",\r\n      \"15 days of sending a reminder, a reminder having been sent after the first 15 days\",\r\n      \"one month of sending the complaint for confirmation\",\r\n      \"three months of sending the complaint for confirmation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 15 days of sending a reminder, a reminder having been sent after the first 15 days<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 5, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If no response is received from the complainant within 15 days of sending the complaint for confirmation, a reminder should be sent. If the response is still not received within 15 days of sending the reminder, the said complaint should be filed as pseudonymous.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo periods of <b>15 days<\/b> therefore run in sequence, with a reminder between them. The complaint is sent by <i>\\\"Speed Post \/ Registered Post \/ authenticated electronic media\\\"<\/i>, and the procedure covers complaints received by e-mail as well.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 813,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the decision whether to file a complaint or to examine it further is required to be taken within:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"one month from the date of receipt of the complaint\",\r\n      \"six weeks from the date of receipt of the complaint\",\r\n      \"three months from the date of receipt of the complaint\",\r\n      \"six months from the date of receipt of the complaint\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - three months from the date of receipt of the complaint<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 6, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The decision to file the complaint or examine it further should be taken by the concerned Ministry \/ Department \/ Organization within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the complaint. Such further examination may be in the shape of a preliminary inquiry or an inquiry as decided by the Competent Authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe three-month limit is enforced by the <b>Review Committee<\/b> under Para 9, which meets monthly to monitor complaints pending beyond <b>two<\/b> months - so the monitoring begins a month before the deadline falls.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 814,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, once it is decided to examine a complaint further, a copy of the complaint is required to be made available to the officer against whom it has been made:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"within 15 days of the decision, through speed post\",\r\n      \"within one month of the decision, through the Head of Office\",\r\n      \"only after the preliminary inquiry has been completed\",\r\n      \"only where the complaint is of a non-vigilance nature\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - within 15 days of the decision, through speed post<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 7, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Once the Ministry \/ Department \/ Organization concerned decides to examine the complaint further, as a vigilance or non-vigilance matter, a copy of the complaint should be made available to the officer(s) against whom the complaint has been made through speed post, within 15 days of the decision.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe paragraph applies to <b>both<\/b> categories - vigilance and non-vigilance - which is what makes option D wrong. The same requirement is extended to State Governments by Para 8 in respect of complaints forwarded to them.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 815,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, complaints received in a Ministry of the Government of India on matters pertaining to All India Service officers, or Central Government employees working in connection with the affairs of a State Government:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are to be examined by the Chief Vigilance Officer of that Ministry as the case may be\",\r\n      \"are to be placed before the Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary\",\r\n      \"are to be filed, that Ministry having no jurisdiction\",\r\n      \"are to be forwarded to the State Government concerned for action as appropriate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - are to be forwarded to the State Government concerned for action as appropriate<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 8, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In case of complaints received in the Ministries \/ Departments of Government of India on matters pertaining to AIS officers or Central Government employees working in connection with the affairs of the State Governments, these shall be forwarded to the State Government concerned for action as appropriate.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe State Government then carries out the same exercise - the <b>verification<\/b> under Para 5 and the <b>three-month decision<\/b> under Para 6 - and shares a copy of the complaint with the officer within 15 days of deciding to examine it further.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 816,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Review Committee constituted in every Ministry to ensure expeditious disposal of complaints is required to be chaired by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"an officer not below the rank of Additional Secretary\",\r\n      \"the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Ministry\",\r\n      \"the Secretary of the Ministry\",\r\n      \"the Joint Secretary in charge of Administration for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - an officer not below the rank of Additional Secretary<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 9, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"a Review Committee shall be constituted in every Ministry \/ Department. The Review Committee shall be chaired by an officer not below the rank of Additional Secretary and shall include the CVO of the Ministry \/ Department and the Joint Secretary \/ Additional Secretary in-charge of Administration of the respective Ministry \/ Department inter alia as members.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Committee brings together the two officers who process the two streams of complaints under Para 4 - the <b>CVO<\/b> for vigilance matters and the <b>administration head<\/b> for the rest - under a chairman senior to both.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 817,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Review Committee constituted in a Ministry to monitor the disposal of complaints is required to meet:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"once a quarter, to review complaints pending beyond three months so far as this rule is concerned in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"on a monthly basis, to monitor complaints pending for a decision beyond two months from their date of receipt\",\r\n      \"once a fortnight, to monitor all complaints received\",\r\n      \"as and when the Chief Vigilance Officer so requires\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - on a monthly basis, to monitor complaints pending for a decision beyond two months from their date of receipt<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 9, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This Committee shall meet on a monthly basis to monitor the disposal of complaints that are pending for a decision beyond two months from their date of receipt.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe <b>two-month<\/b> trigger is deliberately set one month inside the <b>three-month<\/b> deadline in Para 6, so that the Committee sees a case while there is still time to dispose of it. State Governments are asked to undertake a similar exercise for complaints forwarded to them.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 818,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, complaints against Secretaries to the Government of India, whether pseudonymous or otherwise, received by the Cabinet Secretariat, the Department of Personnel and Training or the Prime Minister's Office, are first scrutinized by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Chief Vigilance Officer of the Ministry concerned\",\r\n      \"the Central Vigilance Commission\",\r\n      \"a Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary\",\r\n      \"the Review Committee of the Department of Personnel and Training\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - a Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 10, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Complaints against Secretaries to the Government of India, whether pseudonymous or otherwise, received by the Cabinet Secretariat or the DoP&T or the Prime Minister's office, will be first scrutinized by the Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote that the Group takes even <b>pseudonymous<\/b> complaints against Secretaries, though a pseudonymous complaint against anyone else is filed under Para 5. Sub-paragraph (d) extends the same procedure to complaints against <b>retired<\/b> Secretaries.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 819,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as constituting the Group which scrutinizes complaints against Secretaries to the Government of India:\\n1. Cabinet Secretary\\n2. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister\\n3. Secretary (Co-ordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat\\n4. Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 10, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\nThe composition is: <i>\\\"(i) Cabinet Secretary (ii) Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. (iii) Secretary (Co-ordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat (iv) Secretary, DoP&T, and (v) Secretary, CVC- Observer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo points repay attention. The <b>Secretary, CVC now sits as an Observer<\/b> rather than as a full member - material printed before October 2024 shows him as a member. And the <b>Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs is not on the Group at all<\/b>, which is the commonest planted name in questions on this composition.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 820,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the preliminary scrutiny by the Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary indicates that there is some substance in a complaint, or that there are verifiable allegations, the Group may:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"seek the comments of the Secretary concerned, call for the files, or call for the relevant records including annual property returns\",\r\n      \"impose a minor penalty on the officer concerned\",\r\n      \"direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to register a case\",\r\n      \"place the officer concerned under suspension pending further scrutiny for the purpose of these Rules at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - seek the comments of the Secretary concerned, call for the files, or call for the relevant records including annual property returns<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 10(a), under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Group <i>\\\"could do one or more of the following - (i) Seek the comments of the Secretary concerned; (ii) Call for the concerned file(s); (iii) Call for the relevant records, including annual property returns, other reports, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Group's function is <b>scrutiny<\/b>, not decision. Having received the inputs, it either closes the complaint or forms a view on the nature of the investigation called for, and <i>\\\"the recommendation would be submitted to the Disciplinary Authority, for action as deemed fit.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 821,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary finds that there is no substance in a complaint against a Secretary, or that the complaint is frivolous:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Group would refer the complaint to the Central Vigilance Commission for concurrence under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"the Group would close the complaint and inform the relevant officer from where the complaint was received\",\r\n      \"the Group would record its finding and forward the file to the Disciplinary Authority\",\r\n      \"the Group would direct that action be taken against the complainant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Group would close the complaint and inform the relevant officer from where the complaint was received<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 10(a), under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If there is no substance in the complaint or the complaint is frivolous in nature, the group would close the complaint and inform the relevant officer from where the complaint was received.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nSince such complaints reach the Group from the Cabinet Secretariat, the Department of Personnel and Training or the Prime Minister's Office, the intimation closes the loop with whichever of those forwarded it. The Group also handles complaints referred by the <b>CVC<\/b>, which is to be kept informed at regular intervals of the status of its references.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 822,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, complaints against officers who do not hold the post of Secretary but whose pay scales are equivalent to that of Secretaries, and who function under an administrative Ministry:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are to be placed before the Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary in the first instance\",\r\n      \"are to be looked into by the Ministry concerned, and referred to the Cabinet Secretariat only if they merit further action\",\r\n      \"are to be dealt with by the Central Vigilance Commission\",\r\n      \"are to be dealt with in the same manner as complaints against Chief Executives of Public Sector Enterprises in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - are to be looked into by the Ministry concerned, and referred to the Cabinet Secretariat only if they merit further action<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 11, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The complaints against officers who do not hold the post of the Secretary, but whose pay scales are equivalent to that of Secretaries... and who are functioning under an administrative Ministry \/ Department (i.e. where there is an administrative superior to such officers) shall be looked into by the concerned Ministry \/ Department and the matter may be referred to the Cabinet Secretariat... only if it merits further action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe parenthesis gives the reason - such an officer <b>has an administrative superior<\/b>, which a Secretary does not. The same procedure applies to those retired from Secretary-equivalent posts.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 823,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, complaints against Chief Executives of Public Sector Enterprises and Chairman-cum-Managing Directors of Public Sector Banks and Financial Institutions are considered by:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary\",\r\n      \"the Review Committee of the administrative Ministry concerned in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"the Group of Officers constituted by the Department of Public Enterprises\",\r\n      \"the Chief Vigilance Officer of the enterprise concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Group of Officers constituted by the Department of Public Enterprises<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Para 12, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Complaints against Chief Executives of Public Sector Enterprises and CMDs of Public Sector Banks and Financial Institutions will be considered by the Group of Officers constituted vide Department of Public Enterprises O.M. No. 15(1)\/2010-DPE (GM), dated 11-3-2010\/12-4-2010 as amended from time to time.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nAlthough a different Group considers them, <i>\\\"The Group of Officers shall follow the procedures enunciated in these guidelines\\\"<\/i> - so the verification, the three-month decision and the supply of a copy to the officer apply equally.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 824,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (matter)\\nA. Deemed permission where no sanction is received on a request to vindicate an official act\\nB. Decision whether to file a complaint or examine it further\\nC. Supply of a copy of the complaint to the officer complained against\\nD. Filing of a criminal complaint by the Public Prosecutor\\n\\nList-II (period)\\n1. Within 15 days of the decision\\n2. Within six months of the date of the alleged offence\\n3. Three months from the date of receipt of the request\\n4. Within three months from the date of receipt of the complaint\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 19(1); GID (1), Para 4; GID (3), Paras 6 and 7<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Three months from receipt of the request<\/b> - the deemed permission under the proviso to Rule 19(1).<br>\\n<b>Three months from receipt of the complaint<\/b> - the decision under Para 6 of the 2024 guidelines.<br>\\n<b>15 days of the decision<\/b> - supply of the complaint to the officer under Para 7.<br>\\n<b>Six months of the alleged offence<\/b> - the complaint under Section 198-B of the Criminal Procedure Code.<br><br>\\nItems A and B both carry the figure \\\"three months\\\" but run from entirely different starting points, which is the trap in this set.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 825,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. An anonymous complaint is one which does not carry both the name and the address of the complainant.\\n2. A complaint which is sent to the complainant for confirmation and evokes no response even after a reminder is filed as pseudonymous.\\n3. A pseudonymous complaint against a Secretary to the Government of India is nevertheless scrutinized by the Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3), Paras 2, 5 and 10, under Rule 19 - DoP&T O.M. No. 104\/76\/2024-AVD-IA, dated 9th October, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\nStatement 3 is the one that surprises. Para 5 directs that an unconfirmed complaint <i>\\\"should be filed as pseudonymous\\\"<\/i>, but Para 10 provides that complaints against Secretaries <b>\\\"whether pseudonymous or otherwise\\\"<\/b> go to the Group headed by the Cabinet Secretary.<br><br>\\nThe seniority of the officer complained against therefore changes the treatment of a complaint that would otherwise be filed - which is the point of drafting Para 10 in those words.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 826,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the suggestion contained in the First Five-Year Plan regarding allegations made in the press against public officers was that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the officers should be transferred pending an enquiry\",\r\n      \"the Government should invariably prosecute the newspaper concerned\",\r\n      \"the officers should be asked to clear their names in Court, the legal expenses being sanctioned by Government\",\r\n      \"the results of every departmental enquiry should be published in the press as the case may be so far as this rule is concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the officers should be asked to clear their names in Court, the legal expenses being sanctioned by Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Para 1, under Rule 19 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/32\/54-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The First Five-Year Plan contained a suggestion that when specific allegations were made in the Press against individual public officers, they should be asked to clear their names in Court. This was accompanied by a recommendation that the legal expenses in such cases should be sanctioned by Government on the understanding that if the officer lost his case, he would have to reimburse Government and if damages were awarded to him, the cost of legal proceedings would be the first charge on them.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo conditions attached to the assistance - <b>reimbursement on losing<\/b>, and <b>costs as a first charge on any damages<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 827,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, all of the following are correct EXCEPT:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"recourse to the press to vindicate an official act requires previous sanction\",\r\n      \"vindication of an act done in a private capacity requires a report to the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"a Government servant may assume permission if no sanction is received within three months of the receipt of his request\",\r\n      \"vindication of private character requires the previous sanction of the Government\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - vindication of private character requires the previous sanction of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 19(1) with its proviso, and Rule 19(2), of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nSub-rule (2) opens with the words <i>\\\"Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to prohibit a Government servant from vindicating his private character or any act done by him in his private capacity.\\\"<\/i> What is required in that case is a <b>report<\/b>, not sanction.<br><br>\\nThe distinction is between the officer's <b>public<\/b> and <b>private<\/b> capacity. The Government has an interest in how its own acts are defended in Court or in the press; it has none in a private libel, beyond knowing that the litigation exists.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 828,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rule 19\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 19 - Vindication of acts and character of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Where a Government servant is required by the Government to vindicate his conduct in a Court of Law, financial assistance is given to him.\\n2. Where he institutes such proceedings of his own accord with sanction, advances may be granted but no question of reimbursement arises.\\n3. Where the Government themselves initiate civil proceedings, the usual procedure for institution of civil proceedings by Government is followed.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1), Paras 4, 5 and 6, under Rule 19 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/32\/54-Ests. (A), dated 8th January, 1959<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In cases where the Government servant is required to vindicate his conduct in a Court of Law, Government will give financial assistance as laid down in sub-paragraph (2)(d) of M.H.A., O.M. No. 45\/5\/53-Ests. (A), dated the 8th January, 1959.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where the Government decide to institute civil proceedings, the usual procedure for institution of civil proceedings by Government may be followed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe three statements set out the three financial positions - <b>assistance<\/b> where he is required to sue, <b>advances only<\/b> where he sues suo motu, and the ordinary procedure where the <b>Government<\/b> sues.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 829,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 8 - Connection with press or other media\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 8 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the previous sanction of the Government is required before a Government servant may:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"own wholly or in part, or conduct or participate in the editing or management of, any newspaper or other periodical publication or electronic media\",\r\n      \"contribute an article to any newspaper or periodical publication under the instructions in force under the instructions in force as the case may be\",\r\n      \"grant an interview to any representative of the press\",\r\n      \"publish a book on any subject\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - own wholly or in part, or conduct or participate in the editing or management of, any newspaper or other periodical publication or electronic media<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 8(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification No. 11013\/4\/93-Estt. (A), dated 12th July, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, own wholly or in part, or conduct or participate in the editing or management of, any newspaper or other periodical publication or electronic media.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule is aimed at <b>proprietorship, editing and management<\/b> - a continuing connection with a publication - not at the occasional contribution or statement, which is regulated instead by Rule 9 and Rule 11.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 830,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 8 - Connection with press or other media\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 8 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement of previous sanction does not apply where a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"publishes a book on a subject unconnected with his official duties in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"publishes a book anonymously or under a pseudonym\",\r\n      \"participates in a public media outside office hours\",\r\n      \"publishes a book or participates in a public media in the bona fide discharge of his official duties\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - publishes a book or participates in a public media in the bona fide discharge of his official duties<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 8(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Nothing in sub-rule (1) shall apply in case a Government servant in the bona fide discharge of his official duties publishes a book or participates in a public media.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Anonymity is no protection at all. <b>Rule 9<\/b> expressly covers a document published <i>\\\"in his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person\\\"<\/i>, and GID (4-A) under Rule 11 records that officers communicating with the press <i>\\\"either in their own name or in pseudonymous names\\\"<\/i> commit serious misconduct.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 831,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 8 - Connection with press or other media\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 8 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant publishing a book or participating in a public media is required at all times to make it clear that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the publication has been approved by the Government\",\r\n      \"he holds a civil post under the Government\",\r\n      \"the views expressed by him are his own and not those of the Government\",\r\n      \"no official information has been used in the publication at the relevant time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the views expressed by him are his own and not those of the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 8(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant publishing a book or participating in a public media shall at all times make it clear that the views expressed by him are his own and not that of Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe obligation runs <b>\\\"at all times\\\"<\/b> and applies to the sub-rule (2) case as well - so even where no sanction was needed, the disclaimer is due.<br><br>\\nTwo other rules continue to operate alongside: <b>Rule 9<\/b> forbids adverse criticism of Government policy, and <b>Rule 11<\/b> forbids unauthorized communication of official information.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 832,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 8 - Connection with press or other media\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the time-limit after which permission may be assumed to have been granted, in the absence of any communication from the competent authority, in respect of connection with the press or radio, gifts and transactions in property, is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"15 days\",\r\n      \"30 days\",\r\n      \"60 days\",\r\n      \"three months\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 30 days<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 8 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/88-Ests. (A), dated 7th July, 1988 and 30th December, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision prescribes a single table of time-limits, in supersession of the earlier order of 19-4-1978. <b>Thirty days<\/b> covers Rule 8(1), Rule 13(4) and Rule 18(2) and (3); <b>sixty days<\/b> covers Rule 18-A.<br><br>\\nThe period runs <i>\\\"from the date of the receipt of the request of the Government employee\\\"<\/i>, and <i>\\\"An acknowledgement showing the date of receipt may be given to the employee, whenever the request is received.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 833,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 8 - Connection with press or other media\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the time-limits after which permission may be assumed to have been granted are reckoned from:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the date on which the request is despatched by the Government employee\",\r\n      \"the date of receipt of the request of the Government employee for grant of permission\",\r\n      \"the date on which the request is placed before the competent authority\",\r\n      \"the first day of the month following that in which the request is made for the purpose of these Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the date of receipt of the request of the Government employee for grant of permission<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 8, Para 2 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/88-Ests. (A), dated 7th July, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The above time-limits are to be reckoned from the date of the receipt of the request of the Government employee for grant of permission under the relevant rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat is why the same paragraph provides for an <b>acknowledgement showing the date of receipt<\/b> - it fixes the starting point beyond dispute. The proviso to Rule 19(1) uses the identical formula for its three-month period.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 834,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 8 - Connection with press or other media\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to the prescribed time-limits for the grant of permission:\\n1. In the event of failure of the competent authority to communicate its decision within the time-limit, the employee is free to assume that permission has been granted.\\n2. Authorities are to ensure that requests are dealt with expeditiously, so that no occasion arises for such an assumption.\\n3. The time-limits were prescribed in supersession of an earlier order on the subject.\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"All three\",\r\n      \"None\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - All three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 8 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/88-Ests. (A), dated 7th July, 1988<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In the event of failure on the part of the Competent Authority to communicate its decision to the Government employee concerned within the time-limits indicated above, the employee concerned shall be free to assume that permission has been granted to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nParagraph 3 makes the purpose plain - authorities are to act <i>\\\"so that no occasion arises where a Government servant may be enabled to act on the assumption that permission has been granted.\\\"<\/i> The deemed permission is therefore a <b>safeguard against delay<\/b>, not a route intended to be used.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 835,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 8 - Connection with press or other media\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 8 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the restriction on connection with the press extends to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"newspapers alone\",\r\n      \"newspapers and other periodical publications alone\",\r\n      \"newspapers, other periodical publications and electronic media\",\r\n      \"printed publications alone, electronic media being outside the rule\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - newspapers, other periodical publications and electronic media<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 8(1) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted with effect from 12th July, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\nThe words used are <i>\\\"any newspaper or other periodical publication or electronic media.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reference to <b>electronic media<\/b> came in with the substitution of 1995 - the same Notification that inserted Rules 3-A and 3-B. Rule 9 was amended at the same time to cover <i>\\\"any radio broadcast, telecast through any electronic media\\\"<\/i>, so the two rules were modernized together.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 836,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 9 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden to make a statement of fact or opinion which has the effect of an adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Central Government alone\",\r\n      \"the Central Government or a State Government\",\r\n      \"the Central Government or any foreign State\",\r\n      \"the Ministry or Department in which he is serving\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Central Government or a State Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 9(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"which has the effect of an adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of the Central Government or a State Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause is confined to a <b>current or recent<\/b> policy - historical comment is not caught.<br><br>\\nClauses (ii) and (iii) deal with different mischiefs: a statement <i>\\\"capable of embarrassing the relations between the Central Government and the Government of any State\\\"<\/i>, and one capable of embarrassing relations with <b>a foreign State<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 837,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 9 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the restriction on making a statement of fact or opinion applies to a statement made:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in a document published in the Government servant's own name alone for the purpose of these Rules for the purpose of these Rules at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"in a communication to the press alone\",\r\n      \"in a public utterance alone\",\r\n      \"in a radio broadcast or telecast, in a document published in his own name, anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person, in a communication to the press, or in any public utterance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - in a radio broadcast or telecast, in a document published in his own name, anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person, in a communication to the press, or in any public utterance<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 9 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe opening words sweep up every medium: <i>\\\"in any radio broadcast, telecast through any electronic media or in any document published in his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person or in any communication to the press or in any public utterance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe inclusion of <b>anonymous and pseudonymous<\/b> publication, and publication <b>in the name of another person<\/b>, is what makes the rule effective - the identity under which the statement appears is irrelevant.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 838,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 9 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the proviso which saves the bona fide expression of views by an office-bearer of a trade union or association of Government servants, for the purpose of safeguarding the conditions of service, applies to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"every Government servant\",\r\n      \"office-bearers of recognized associations alone\",\r\n      \"Government servants in the categories specified in the second proviso to the sub-rule relating to application of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"Government servants holding Group 'C' posts alone in relation to that Government servant under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - Government servants in the categories specified in the second proviso to the sub-rule relating to application of the said Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 9(i) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that in the case of any Government servant included in any category of Government servants specified in the second proviso to sub-rule (3) of Rule 1, nothing contained in this clause shall apply to bona fide expression of views by him as an office-bearer of a trade union or association of Government servants for the purpose of safeguarding the conditions of service of such Government servants or for securing an improvement thereof.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe saving is therefore <b>doubly limited<\/b> - to the categories named in Rule 1(3), and to bona fide views on <b>conditions of service<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 839,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 9 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the general proviso saving certain statements from the operation of the rule covers statements made or views expressed by a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in a scholarly publication of a purely academic character in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"before a Committee of Parliament\",\r\n      \"at a meeting of a recognized service association\",\r\n      \"in his official capacity or in the due performance of the duties assigned to him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - in his official capacity or in the due performance of the duties assigned to him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso at the end of Rule 9 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to any statements made or views expressed by a Government servant in his official capacity or in the due performance of the duties assigned to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe saving is necessary because much official work consists of stating the Government's position, including where it differs from that of a State Government.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Evidence before a Parliamentary Committee is outside <b>Rule 10<\/b>, but GID (2) under that rule shows that <b>Rules 9 and 11 continue to apply<\/b> to what is said and published\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 840,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, Government servants visiting foreign countries are required to refrain from giving expression to views on Indian or foreign affairs, and in particular from making any written or oral statement without:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the previous sanction of the Government\",\r\n      \"the specific prior approval of the Head of the Indian Mission in the country visited\",\r\n      \"the concurrence of the Ministry of External Affairs as the case may be in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"clearance from the Press Information Bureau\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the specific prior approval of the Head of the Indian Mission in the country visited<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 9 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/71\/51-Ests., dated 17th October, 1951<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants visiting foreign countries should refrain from giving expression to views on Indian or foreign affairs and in particular, from making any written or oral statements without specific prior approval of the Head of the Indian Mission in the country visited.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe approving authority is deliberately <b>local<\/b> - the Head of Mission is on the spot and knows what would embarrass relations with that State, which is the mischief Rule 9(iii) addresses.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 841,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Service Association passes a resolution which violates the rule on criticism of Government, disciplinary action may be initiated against:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the association itself, by cancelling its recognition\",\r\n      \"the office-bearers of the association alone\",\r\n      \"the editors and publishers of the association's journal alone for the purpose of these Rules in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"those individuals who are signatories or parties to the resolution, if they are serving Government employees\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - those individuals who are signatories or parties to the resolution, if they are serving Government employees<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 9 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/5\/68-Ests. (A), dated 17th February, 1968<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"to initiate disciplinary action by calling for explanation from those individuals who are signatories or parties to the resolutions or other activities mentioned above if they are serving Government employees and if they in their individual capacity or in their capacity as office-bearers of associations... or editors \/ publishers \/ office-bearers of journals issued by such associations... have violated the provisions of the above-mentioned Conduct Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Conduct Rules bind <b>individuals<\/b>, and the capacity in which the individual acted - personal, as office-bearer, or as editor - makes no difference.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 842,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Estimates Committee, in its Ninety-third Report, quoted a speech of a former Prime Minister to the effect that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the services must be given full freedom to express their differing views\",\r\n      \"the services must implement the decisions of the political executive without demur\",\r\n      \"the services should be insulated from all public criticism\",\r\n      \"the services should be consulted before any policy is announced\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the services must be given full freedom to express their differing views<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 9 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 14\/9\/66-Ests. (A)-II, dated 3rd August, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Committee quoted Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri: <i>\\\"the services, if their morale has to be kept up, must be given full freedom to express their differing views. It is entirely for the Minister to accept the view of the officers or not. If they are made to do things, then the morale of the services will go down and the administration will suffer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe freedom is to differ <b>internally<\/b>, in advice to the Minister - which is entirely consistent with Rule 9, whose subject is public criticism after the policy is settled.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 843,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Estimates Committee also recommended that the Government should act in their capacity of loco parentis to the public services and:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"provide legal aid to officers in all civil proceedings\",\r\n      \"shield them against all unjustified attacks from whichever source they are launched\",\r\n      \"publish the results of every departmental enquiry\",\r\n      \"extend to them the protection available under Article 311 of the Constitution\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - shield them against all unjustified attacks from whichever source they are launched<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 9 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 14\/9\/66-Ests. (A)-II, dated 3rd August, 1966<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"they would also like Government to act in their capacity of loco parentis to the public services and shield them against all unjustified attacks from whichever source they are launched. In the opinion of the Committee, nothing can weaken the morale of the public services more than a general feeling that, in a certain set of circumstances, they may be subjected to harassing enquiries with no prospect of any protection from any quarter, for whatever they might have done in good faith.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThis recommendation is the counterpart of <b>Rule 19<\/b> and GID (1) thereunder, which provide the machinery by which the Government vindicates an officer attacked in the press.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 844,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The rule on criticism of Government covers a statement made in a telecast through any electronic media.\\n2. It covers a statement contained in a document published pseudonymously.\\n3. It covers a statement made by a Government servant in his official capacity.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 9 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, with its concluding proviso<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The concluding proviso says the opposite: <i>\\\"nothing in this rule shall apply to any statements made or views expressed by a Government servant in his official capacity or in the due performance of the duties assigned to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule is directed at the Government servant speaking <b>as an individual<\/b> in public. When he speaks for the Government, he is doing his job, and the rule stands aside.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 845,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 9 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a statement which is capable of embarrassing the relations between the Central Government and the Government of any foreign State:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible if it is a statement of fact and not of opinion\",\r\n      \"is permissible if made outside India\",\r\n      \"is forbidden, whether it is a statement of fact or of opinion\",\r\n      \"is permissible if the Government servant makes it clear that the views are his own\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is forbidden, whether it is a statement of fact or of opinion<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 9(iii) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule opens by forbidding <i>\\\"any statement of fact or opinion\\\"<\/i> falling within its three clauses, so the distinction between fact and opinion is expressly removed.<br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 Is the precise opposite of GID (1), which is directed at Government servants <b>visiting foreign countries<\/b> and requires the prior approval of the Head of the Indian Mission before any written or oral statement<br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 The disclaimer required by Rule 8(3) satisfies that rule; it does not license a statement forbidden by Rule 9\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 846,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 9 - Criticism of Government\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, signatories or parties to resolutions passed by service associations, unions or federations which violate the rule on criticism of Government:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"render themselves liable to disciplinary action\",\r\n      \"are protected by the collective character of the resolution\",\r\n      \"are liable only if they hold office in the association\",\r\n      \"may be proceeded against only after the recognition of the association is withdrawn\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - render themselves liable to disciplinary action<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 9 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 25\/4\/72-Ests. (A), dated 18th February, 1972<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it may be reiterated that signatories or parties to resolutions, etc., passed by service associations \/ unions \/ federations which violate against the provisions of Rule 9 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules would render themselves liable to disciplinary action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe 1972 Decision was issued because, despite the O.M. of 1968, resolutions <i>\\\"criticizing the action of a State Government in regard to the dismissal of some of their employees\\\"<\/i> had come to notice - a reminder that Rule 9(i) covers criticism of a <b>State<\/b> Government too.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 847,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 11 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as it now stands, every Government servant shall, in the performance of his duties in good faith, communicate information to a person:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in accordance with the general or special orders of the Government under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"in accordance with the Right to Information Act, 2005 and the rules made thereunder\",\r\n      \"in accordance with the Official Secrets Act, 1923\",\r\n      \"in accordance with the Manual of Office Procedure\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - in accordance with the Right to Information Act, 2005 and the rules made thereunder<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 11 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as substituted by Notification No. 11013\/7\/2005-Ests. (A), dated 18th October, 2005<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Every Government servant shall, in performance of his duties in good faith, communicate information to a person in accordance with the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) and the rules made thereunder.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe 2005 substitution reversed the shape of the rule. What had been a purely prohibitory provision now opens with a <b>positive duty to disclose<\/b> under the Act, and the old prohibition survives as a <b>proviso<\/b> to it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 848,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 11 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the proviso forbids a Government servant to communicate any official document or classified information to a person to whom he is not authorized to communicate it, except:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in accordance with any general or special order of the Government, or in performance in good faith of the duties assigned to him\",\r\n      \"where the information is not marked secret or confidential\",\r\n      \"where the person receiving it is himself a Government servant for the purpose of these Rules so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"where the communication is made in writing\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - in accordance with any general or special order of the Government, or in performance in good faith of the duties assigned to him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 11 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that no Government servant shall, except in accordance with any general or special order of the Government or in performance in good faith of the duties assigned to him, communicate, directly or indirectly, any official document or any part thereof or classified information to any Government servant or any other person to whom he is not authorized to communicate such document or classified information.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>C.<\/b> \u2717 The proviso covers communication to <b>\\\"any Government servant or any other person\\\"<\/b> - a colleague is as much outside the circle as a member of the public if he is not authorized.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 849,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the quoting or copying by a Government servant, in his representation, of Government circulars, notes and other information from files which he is not ordinarily expected to have seen:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible where the representation concerns his own service matter for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"is improper, and involves a contravention of the said Rules and of the Official Secrets Act, 1923\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the document is not marked secret\",\r\n      \"requires only the previous permission of the Head of Office\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is improper, and involves a contravention of the said Rules and of the Official Secrets Act, 1923<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 11 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/54\/58-Ests., dated 12th April, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Communication of such documents, etc., to, and their retention by, unauthorized persons is not only improper but also involves contravention of Rule 11 of the Government Servants Conduct Rules and Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nRetention for personal use is separately objectionable: <i>\\\"Retention of such documents or information by a Government servant in his personal custody for use in furtherance of his personal interest, e.g., in making representation to the authorities concerned, is not only objectionable but also constitutes an offence under Section 5.\\\"<\/i> Prosecution and departmental action may both follow.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 850,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the provision that quotation by a Government servant in his representation from a file to which he is not authorized to have access amounts to unauthorized communication of information does not apply where:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the quotation is from the notings on the file\",\r\n      \"the quotation is from an order passed in the case of another Government servant whose case is similar to his own, being from the final orders passed\",\r\n      \"the quotation is from a document more than five years old\",\r\n      \"the quotation is made with the permission of the Head of Office for the purpose of these Rules at the relevant time in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the quotation is from an order passed in the case of another Government servant whose case is similar to his own, being from the final orders passed<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (8) under Rule 11 - C.S., Dept. of Per., O.M. No. 11013\/18\/76-Estt. (A), dated 7th February, 1977, Paras 3.3 and 3.4<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This provision will not apply to quotation by a Government servant of any order passed in the case of another Government servant whose case is similar to his own, provided that the quotation in such a case is from the final orders passed and not from the notings on the file.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe line is between the <b>final order<\/b>, which is a decision communicated to a party, and the <b>notings<\/b>, which are internal deliberation. Option A takes precisely the half the exception excludes.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 851,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, while communicating adverse remarks recorded in the annual confidential report of a Government servant, the identity of the superior officer who made them:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"must always be disclosed\",\r\n      \"must be disclosed where the Government servant makes a representation at the relevant time in the circumstances of the case for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"may be disclosed only with the consent of that superior officer\",\r\n      \"should not normally be disclosed, though the authority dealing with the representation may at his discretion allow it to be communicated\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - should not normally be disclosed, though the authority dealing with the representation may at his discretion allow it to be communicated<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 11 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 51\/2\/64-Ests. (A), dated 30th March, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is desirable that while communicating the adverse remarks to the Government servant concerned, the identity of the superior officer making such remarks should not normally be disclosed. If, however, in a particular case, it is considered necessary to disclose the identity of the superior officer, the authority dealing with the representation may at his discretion allow the identity to be communicated.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo reasons are given - the officer should be concerned with the <b>defects pointed out<\/b> rather than who pointed them out, and disclosure <i>\\\"is also likely to lead to unpleasantness and personal animosity.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 852,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, under the Manual of Office Procedure, the persons who may give information to, or be accessible to, representatives of the press are:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"all officers of the rank of Joint Secretary and above\",\r\n      \"Ministers, Secretaries and other officers specially authorized in that behalf\",\r\n      \"the Accredited Information Officer alone\",\r\n      \"any officer, provided a record of the discussion is kept so far as this rule is concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - Ministers, Secretaries and other officers specially authorized in that behalf<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 11, Annexure, Para 113(2) of the Manual of Office Procedure - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/9\/67-Ests. (A), dated 4th July, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Only Ministers, Secretaries and other officers specially authorized in this behalf may give information or be accessible to the representatives of the Press. Any other official, if approached by a representative of the Press, will direct him to the Press Information Bureau.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOfficial information to the press and other news media is <i>\\\"normally\\\"<\/i> to be communicated <b>through the Press Information Bureau<\/b>. Para 110 states the general rule: no official may communicate any information or document coming into his possession in the course of official duties unless authorized.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 853,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an officer other than a Secretary, specially authorized by the Minister to give information to the press, who has occasion to meet representatives of the press, is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"obtain the prior approval of the Press Information Bureau\",\r\n      \"record the substance of the discussion in the relevant file at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"furnish a transcript of the discussion to the Minister\",\r\n      \"immediately submit a gist of the subject discussed to the Secretary of the Ministry or Department in which he is working\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - immediately submit a gist of the subject discussed to the Secretary of the Ministry or Department in which he is working<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 11 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/9\/67-Ests. (A), dated 4th July, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"As a further safeguard, it has been decided that, as a general rule, any officer (other than Secretaries) specially authorized by the Minister to give information to the Press, who might have occasion to meet representatives of the Press, should immediately submit a gist of the subject discussed, to the Secretary of the Ministry \/ Department in which he is working.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe requirement was introduced because of <b>leakage of classified information<\/b> and its publication in the press - so the Secretary is kept informed of what has passed even where the meeting was authorized.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 854,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, unauthorized communication with the press by a Government servant, whether in his own name or in a pseudonymous name:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"amounts to a serious misconduct, which cadre controlling authorities are advised to view seriously\",\r\n      \"is permissible where he does not disclose his official position\",\r\n      \"is a matter to be dealt with by way of advice in the first instance as the case may be at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"is objectionable only where classified information is disclosed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - amounts to a serious misconduct, which cadre controlling authorities are advised to view seriously<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4-A) under Rule 11 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/16\/98-Estt. (A), dated 10th December, 1998<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is once again reiterated that violation of the provisions of Conduct Rules and other corresponding provisions amounts to a serious misconduct. The concerned cadre controlling authorities are advised to view such misconduct seriously.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision was issued because <i>\\\"some cases have come to notice when officers have criticized in the Press the functioning of their own Ministry and there are instances of expression of views which are in direct opposition to the views expressed by the Minister in public\\\"<\/i> - conduct which engages <b>Rule 9<\/b> as much as Rule 11.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 855,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, private or personal correspondence on matters of an official nature with members of Foreign Missions in India:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"may be entered into with the previous sanction of the Ministry of External Affairs\",\r\n      \"should not be entered into directly\",\r\n      \"may be entered into provided a copy is endorsed to the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"may be entered into where no classified information is involved\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - should not be entered into directly<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6) under Rule 11 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/34(S)\/67-Ests. (A), dated 22nd May, 1969, Annexure-I, Para 2<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Private correspondence with foreign Embassies \/ Missions \/ High Commissions should be avoided. Similarly, no private or personal correspondence on matters of an official nature should be entered into directly with members of Foreign Missions in India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe concern is the same one that underlies Rule 9(iii) - anything capable of embarrassing relations with a foreign State. A later O.M. of 7th July, 1971 was needed because <i>\\\"Instances of Government servants contravening the aforesaid instructions have come to the notice of the Government.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 856,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a recognized Union or Association of Government servants requests routine or statistical information, and the information is not readily available or would involve time and labour not commensurate with the purpose in view:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the information must nevertheless be supplied\",\r\n      \"the request should be referred to the Government for orders\",\r\n      \"the request should be treated as an application under the Right to Information Act, 2005\",\r\n      \"the Association or Union should be informed accordingly\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - the Association or Union should be informed accordingly<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (7) under Rule 11 - C.S., Dept. of Per., O.M. No. 11013\/18\/76-Estt. (A), dated 7th February, 1977, Para 3.2<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If the required information is not readily available or it will have to be collected involving time and labour not commensurate with the purpose in view, the Association or Union should be informed accordingly.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision recognizes that furnishing <b>routine or statistical<\/b> information to a recognized body is permissible - the authority having custody satisfies itself that the information is relevant to the purpose stated. What it does not require is disproportionate effort.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 857,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to matters appearing in Government publications, general permission to reproduce has been granted in respect of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"any matter which has appeared in the Gazette of India, except Central Acts and matter not first published by the Government of India\",\r\n      \"all Government publications without exception as the case may be in relation to that Government servant at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"Central Acts alone\",\r\n      \"matter first published by State Governments\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - any matter which has appeared in the Gazette of India, except Central Acts and matter not first published by the Government of India<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 11 - Department of Industries and Labour, Resolution No. A\/637, dated 22nd November, 1926, as amended in 1951<\/i><br><br>\\nThe general permission covers Gazette matter subject to those two exceptions; <b>Acts of the Legislature or Parliament<\/b> where reproduced together with original material such as commentaries; and <b>vernacular translations<\/b> of Acts or Bills.<br><br>\\nPermission for other publications is given in special circumstances, applications going to the <b>Surveyor-General<\/b> for maps, charts and plans of the Survey of India, and to the Secretary in the Ministry of Education in other cases.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 858,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The rule on communication of official information imposes a positive duty to communicate information in accordance with the Right to Information Act, 2005.\\n2. The prohibition on communicating an official document extends to indirect communication.\\n3. The prohibition applies only to documents which have been given a security classification.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 11 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, and its proviso<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The proviso covers <i>\\\"any official document or any part thereof or classified information\\\"<\/i> - the words are disjunctive, so an <b>unclassified official document<\/b> is within it. GID (5) makes the same point in dealing with an ordinary office communication that reached a private individual and was produced in Court.<br><br>\\nThe word <b>\\\"indirectly\\\"<\/b> in the proviso is what catches communication routed through an intermediary, and <b>\\\"any part thereof\\\"<\/b> catches an extract.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 859,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where official documents fall into unauthorized hands through the negligence or possible connivance of the officials in charge of their custody:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"no action lies unless the document was classified\",\r\n      \"the Government servant concerned renders himself liable to disciplinary action\",\r\n      \"action lies only against the person who received the document\",\r\n      \"the matter is to be reported to the Central Vigilance Commission in the circumstances of the case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Government servant concerned renders himself liable to disciplinary action<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5) under Rule 11 - Ministry of W. & H.A.V., No. 316, dated 19th July, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Any infringement of Rule 11, it should be noted will attract adverse notice by Government and the Government servant(s) concerned will render himself \/ themselves liable to disciplinary action.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe case which prompted the Decision was an office communication <i>\\\"produced as an exhibit in a Court of Law by a private individual who was not supposed or authorized to have access to the said document.\\\"<\/i> The Decision therefore requires <b>stricter control by those responsible for safe custody<\/b> - liability follows from negligence, not only from deliberate disclosure.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 860,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 11 - Communication of official information\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Match List-I with List-II in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and select the correct answer using the code given below:\\n\\nList-I (conduct)\\nA. Owning in part a periodical publication\\nB. Adverse criticism in public of a current policy of a State Government\\nC. Communicating an official document to a person not authorized to receive it\\nD. Attending an entertainment held in one's own honour\\n\\nList-II (rule)\\n1. Rule 9\\n2. Rule 11\\n3. Rule 14\\n4. Rule 8\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3\",\r\n      \"A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rules 8(1), 9(i), 11 and 14 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>Rule 8<\/b> - ownership, editing or management of a newspaper, periodical or electronic media.<br>\\n<b>Rule 9<\/b> - statements amounting to adverse criticism of a current or recent policy of the Central or a State Government.<br>\\n<b>Rule 11<\/b> - communication of official documents and classified information.<br>\\n<b>Rule 14<\/b> - receiving addresses or testimonials and attending meetings or entertainments held in one's honour.<br><br>\\nThe four rules sit together and are habitually confused, because each concerns a Government servant's dealings with the world outside his office.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 861,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 14 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the previous sanction of the Government is required before a Government servant may:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"receive any complimentary or valedictory address, accept any testimonial, or attend any meeting or entertainment held in his honour or in the honour of any other Government servant\",\r\n      \"receive any complimentary address in his own honour alone\",\r\n      \"attend any meeting or entertainment organized by a private body under the instructions in force under the instructions in force under the instructions in force under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"accept any testimonial having a monetary value\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - receive any complimentary or valedictory address, accept any testimonial, or attend any meeting or entertainment held in his honour or in the honour of any other Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 14 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall, except with the previous sanction of the Government, receive any complimentary or valedictory address or accept any testimonial or attend any meeting or entertainment held in his honour; or in the honour of any other Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule catches the <b>guest as well as the honorand<\/b> - attending a function in honour of a colleague is as much within it as being honoured oneself.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 862,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 14 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the requirement of previous sanction does not apply to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"a farewell entertainment of a substantially private and informal character on the occasion of retirement or transfer, and the acceptance of simple and inexpensive entertainments arranged by public bodies or institutions\",\r\n      \"any entertainment held outside office premises\",\r\n      \"any entertainment attended in a private capacity\",\r\n      \"any entertainment at which no address is presented in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case in the circumstances of the case as the case may be\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - a farewell entertainment of a substantially private and informal character on the occasion of retirement or transfer, and the acceptance of simple and inexpensive entertainments arranged by public bodies or institutions<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Provisos (i) and (ii) to Rule 14 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nProviso (i) covers a farewell entertainment for a Government servant, for any other Government servant, or for <i>\\\"any person who has recently quitted the service of any Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nEach proviso carries its own limiting words - <b>\\\"substantially private and informal\\\"<\/b> in the first, and <b>\\\"simple and inexpensive\\\"<\/b> in the second. GID (1) under Rule 13 permits a gift of trifling value on such an occasion.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 863,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 14 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the collection of subscriptions from Class III or Class IV employees for the entertainment of a Government servant not belonging to Class III or Class IV is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"permissible where the contributions are voluntary\",\r\n      \"permissible where the entertainment is of a private and informal character\",\r\n      \"forbidden under any circumstances\",\r\n      \"permissible with the previous sanction of the Head of Office\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - forbidden under any circumstances<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note below Rule 14 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Exercise of pressure or influence of any sort on any Government servant to induce him to subscribe towards any farewell entertainment even if it is of a substantially private or informal character and the collection of subscriptions from Class III or Class IV employees under any circumstances for the entertainment of any Government servant not belonging to Class III or Class IV, is forbidden.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Note forbids two things - <b>pressure of any sort<\/b> on anyone to subscribe, and the <b>upward collection<\/b> from junior to senior, the latter being absolute.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 864,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the acceptance by a Government servant of an invitation to declare a building open or to lay a foundation-stone, or the naming of a road or public institution after him:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible where the institution is maintained by the Government under the instructions in force in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"would be against the spirit of the said Rules and inconsistent with the role of detached impartiality expected of Government servants\",\r\n      \"requires only intimation to the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"is permissible where no address or testimonial is presented\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - would be against the spirit of the said Rules and inconsistent with the role of detached impartiality expected of Government servants<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 14 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/24\/57-Ests. (A), dated 16th September, 1957<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it would not only be against the spirit of Rule 14... for Government servants to act in the manner set forth above but would indeed be inappropriate and inconsistent with the role of detached impartiality legitimately expected of Government servants, and that it would generally have an unwholesome effect.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision allows for occasions of <b>cultural and sociological significance, especially in remote areas<\/b>, but says Government servants <i>\\\"should as far as possible refrain\\\"<\/i>, and in doubt should take the prior permission of their superior officers.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 865,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to ceremonies performed by others in respect of purely non-political or cultural institutions, Government servants:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"are precluded from attending them\",\r\n      \"may attend, and there is no objection to their speaking on subjects which are entirely cultural and non-political\",\r\n      \"may attend only with the previous sanction of the Government so far as this rule is concerned in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"may attend but may not speak on any subject\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - may attend, and there is no objection to their speaking on subjects which are entirely cultural and non-political<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 14 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/24\/57-Ests. (A), dated 16th September, 1957<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Government servants are not, however, precluded from attending such ceremonies performed by others in respect of purely non-political or cultural institutions. There is also no objection in their speaking at such functions on subjects which are entirely cultural and non-political.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe distinction the Decision draws is between <b>being the person honoured or performing the ceremony<\/b>, which is objectionable, and <b>attending or speaking<\/b> at someone else's function, which is not. Two conditions attach to the latter - the institution must be non-political, and so must the subject.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 866,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the main criterion to be followed in granting permission to a Government servant to accept an award from a private organization is that such an award:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be conferred at a public ceremony\",\r\n      \"should relate to work done in the discharge of his official duties\",\r\n      \"should carry the endorsement of the Ministry concerned\",\r\n      \"should not have a monetary component\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - should not have a monetary component<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2), Para 4, under Rule 14 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/99-Ests. (A), dated 24th February, 1999<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The main criteria which may be followed in granting permission to individual Government servant to accept awards from private organizations is that, such awards should not have a monetary component. The competent authority must also take their decisions on a case-to-case basis since instructions cannot precisely encompass the multitude of possibilities.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe later O.M. of 17th February, 2000 hardened the position: <i>\\\"Government servants should not be allowed to accept awards of monetary benefits instituted by private trusts \/ foundations.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 867,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, among the reasons given for not encouraging awards conferred on Government servants by private bodies is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the achievement attributed to a Government servant is almost always the result of co-ordinated efforts of a number of individuals\",\r\n      \"such awards are usually of small monetary value\",\r\n      \"private bodies are not competent to assess official work in the circumstances of the case at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"such awards would require the officer to travel abroad\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the achievement attributed to a Government servant is almost always the result of co-ordinated efforts of a number of individuals<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2), Para 3, under Rule 14 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/99-Ests. (A), dated 24th February, 1999<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the achievement which may be attributed to a Government servant is almost always a result of co-ordinated efforts and thinking by a number of individuals and not the achievement of one person alone.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree further reasons are given - some fields of Government activity are well publicized and others are not, leading to <b>unintended preference<\/b>; some awarding bodies may be involved in activities <b>embarrassing for the Government<\/b>; and a civil servant <i>\\\"should not strive to seek publicity or public recognition.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 868,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as the position now stands, the competent authority for the acceptance of an award by a Secretary to the Government of India is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Cabinet Secretary\",\r\n      \"the Central Government\",\r\n      \"the concerned Ministry or Department\",\r\n      \"the Department of Personnel and Training\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Central Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 14 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11017\/05\/2023-AIS-III, dated 21st February, 2024<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"it is clarified that in case of Secretaries to Government of India, the Competent Authority would be the Central Government. For other officers in the Pay Level 17, the Competent Authority would be the concerned Ministry \/ Department.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>A.<\/b> \u2717 Is the <b>superseded<\/b> position. The O.M. of 4th December, 2023 had provided that <i>\\\"The Competent Authority for acceptance of Awards by Secretaries to Government of India and Secretary rank Officers would be Cabinet Secretary\\\"<\/i>, and the clarification of February 2024 changed it. For officers generally, the competent authority remains the <b>Secretary<\/b> of the Ministry or Department.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 869,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an award given by a private body may be accepted by a Government servant only with the prior approval of the competent authority, and approval may be granted only in exceptional circumstances subject to the conditions that the award has no monetary component and that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the award is conferred in India\",\r\n      \"the award is confined to work done outside office hours\",\r\n      \"the credentials of the private body are unimpeachable\",\r\n      \"the award has been instituted for at least ten years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the credentials of the private body are unimpeachable<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 14 - DoP&T O.M. No. F. No. 11013\/22\/2023-Pers. Policy (A-III), dated 4th December, 2023<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Competent Authority may grant approval, only in exceptional circumstances... subject to the following conditions: (i) The award should not have any monetary component in the form of cash and\/or facilities. (ii) Credentials of the Private Bodies \/ Institutions \/ Organizations should be unimpeachable.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nNote that the monetary bar extends to <b>facilities<\/b> as well as cash, so an award consisting of travel or hospitality is equally excluded.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 870,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as guidelines to be kept in view while considering the grant of permission for acceptance of an international award:\\n1. Specific prior permission of the Government shall be obtained.\\n2. Permission shall be considered only for awards from foreign Governmental organizations, international official bodies and academic institutions including universities.\\n3. The request shall be examined by the administrative Ministry in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs.\\n4. Awards having a monetary component will be discouraged, but awards in academic, literary or scientific fields would be liberally permitted.\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 14 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2008-Estt. (A), dated 12th February, 2008<\/i><br><br>\\nThree further guidelines complete the list: a Government servant <i>\\\"should not strive to seek publicity or international recognition for securing such awards\\\"<\/i>; the existing instructions on <b>political clearance and FCRA clearance<\/b> are to be kept in view; and where the award is accompanied by gifts, their retention is governed by the instructions on foreign gifts.<br><br>\\nThe treatment of academic, literary and scientific awards is markedly more liberal than the general position under GID (2) on awards from private bodies.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 871,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where an international award accepted by a Government servant is accompanied by gifts or presents, their retention by him:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is governed by the instructions relating to the acceptance and retention of gifts\",\r\n      \"is prohibited in every case\",\r\n      \"requires the sanction of the Ministry of External Affairs\",\r\n      \"is permissible without restriction, the award having been permitted as the case may be\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - is governed by the instructions relating to the acceptance and retention of gifts<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(g) under Rule 14 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/2\/2008-Estt. (A), dated 12th February, 2008<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If the award is accompanied by gifts or presents, the retention of the same by the recipient Government servant shall be governed by the instructions laid down in the then MHA's (DP&AR) O.M. No. 11013\/4\/76-Estt. (A), dated 27-8-1976.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nSo permission to <b>accept the award<\/b> does not carry with it permission to <b>retain the gift<\/b>. The gift falls to be dealt with under Rule 13 and, where the source is foreign, under Rule 13(4) and the Foreign Contribution (Acceptance or Retention of Gifts or Presentations) Rules, 2012.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 872,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 14 - Public demonstrations in honour of Government servants\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. A Government servant may not attend an entertainment held in the honour of another Government servant without previous sanction.\\n2. The exercise of pressure on a Government servant to induce him to subscribe towards a farewell entertainment is forbidden even where the entertainment is of a substantially private character.\\n3. Simple and inexpensive entertainments arranged by public bodies or institutions may be accepted without previous sanction.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 14 with provisos (i) and (ii) and the Note below it<\/i><br><br>\\nStatement 1 reflects the closing words of the main rule - <i>\\\"held in his honour; or in the honour of any other Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br>\\nStatement 2 reflects the Note, which forbids pressure <i>\\\"even if it is of a substantially private or informal character.\\\"<\/i><br>\\nStatement 3 reflects proviso (ii), which saves <i>\\\"the acceptance of simple and inexpensive entertainments arranged by public bodies or institutions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Note is the sharper provision: proviso (i) permits the private farewell entertainment, but the Note ensures it is not financed by <b>pressure<\/b> or by <b>upward collection<\/b> from Class III and Class IV staff.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 873,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 17 - Insolvency and habitual indebtedness\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 17 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant against whom a legal proceeding is instituted for the recovery of a debt due from him, or for adjudging him an insolvent, is required to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"report the matter within one month of the institution of the proceeding\",\r\n      \"report the matter in his next annual return\",\r\n      \"forthwith report the full facts of the legal proceedings to the Government\",\r\n      \"report the matter only if a decree is passed against him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - forthwith report the full facts of the legal proceedings to the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 17 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant shall so manage his private affairs as to avoid habitual indebtedness or insolvency. A Government servant against whom any legal proceeding is instituted for the recovery of any debt due from him or for adjudging him as an insolvent, shall forthwith report the full facts of the legal proceedings to the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe word is <b>\\\"forthwith\\\"<\/b>, and the report is due on the <b>institution<\/b> of the proceeding, not on its outcome.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 874,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 17 - Insolvency and habitual indebtedness\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 17 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the burden of proving that insolvency or indebtedness resulted from circumstances beyond the Government servant's control lies:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"on the disciplinary authority\",\r\n      \"on the Government servant\",\r\n      \"on the Head of the Office\",\r\n      \"on the creditor who instituted the proceedings\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - on the Government servant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Note below Rule 17 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The burden of proving that the insolvency or indebtedness was the result of circumstances which, with the exercise of ordinary diligence, the Government servant could not have foreseen, or over which he had no control, and had not proceeded from extravagant or dissipated habits, shall be upon the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nHe must establish <b>three things<\/b> - that the circumstances could not have been foreseen with ordinary diligence, or were beyond his control, and that the indebtedness did not proceed from <b>extravagant or dissipated habits<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 875,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 17 - Insolvency and habitual indebtedness\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a report by a Government servant of habitual indebtedness or insolvency is required to be submitted:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"directly to the Government in the administrative Ministry\",\r\n      \"to the Head of the Department, who shall dispose of it finally so far as this rule is concerned in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"to the Vigilance Officer of the Ministry concerned\",\r\n      \"to his immediate superior, who shall forward it through the normal channels to the authority competent to remove or dismiss him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - to his immediate superior, who shall forward it through the normal channels to the authority competent to remove or dismiss him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 17 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/40\/55-Ests. (A), dated 22nd February, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Such report should be submitted by the Government servant to his immediate superior who should forward it through the normal channels to the authority competent to remove or dismiss him from service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThat authority considers the report and passes orders, except where it needs guidance from a higher authority. The same routing and the same Office Memorandum govern reports under <b>Rule 5(2)<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 876,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 17 - Insolvency and habitual indebtedness\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, such a state of indebtedness as renders it undesirable to retain a debtor in public service has been declared to exist where the salary of a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"has been attached at any time during the preceding year\",\r\n      \"is attached for a sum exceeding one year's pay\",\r\n      \"is consistently attached, or has been continuously under attachment for more than two years, or is attached for a sum which would ordinarily require more than two years to repay\",\r\n      \"is attached in more than one proceeding at the same time at the relevant time at the relevant time for the purpose of these Rules at the relevant time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - is consistently attached, or has been continuously under attachment for more than two years, or is attached for a sum which would ordinarily require more than two years to repay<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 17, Rules 197 and 198 of the P. & T. Manual, Volume III<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Cases where salary of a Government servant is consistently being attached for debt, or has been continuously under attachment for more than two years, or is attached for a sum which, under ordinary circumstances, it will require more than two years to repay, have been declared by the Government of India to constitute such a state of indebtedness as to render it undesirable that the debtor should be retained in the public service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree alternative tests, each turning on the <b>two-year<\/b> mark.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 877,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 17 - Insolvency and habitual indebtedness\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as points on which a report is to be drawn up where a Government servant is in a declared state of indebtedness:\\n1. What proportion the debts bear to the pay, and to what extent they detract from the debtor's efficiency as a public servant\\n2. Whether the debtor's position is irretrievable\\n3. Whether it is desirable to retain him in the particular post he occupies or in any position under Government\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"All three\",\r\n      \"None\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - All three<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 17, Rules 197 and 198 of the P. & T. Manual, Volume III<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Head of Office, or the authority immediately superior to the official, must first <i>\\\"obtain a full schedule of the latter's debts\\\"<\/i> and then report on those three points.<br><br>\\nThe proceedings go for the orders of the <b>appropriate punishing authority<\/b> through the usual channel; and where the authority immediately superior is himself that punishing authority, <i>\\\"the proceedings should be disposed of by him.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 878,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 17 - Insolvency and habitual indebtedness\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where it is proposed to impose a penalty on a Government servant following a report of habitual indebtedness:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the penalty may be imposed on the report itself\",\r\n      \"the procedure prescribed in the Classification, Control and Appeal Rules will have to be followed\",\r\n      \"the penalty may not exceed withholding of increments\",\r\n      \"the prior concurrence of the Ministry of Finance is required under the instructions in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the procedure prescribed in the Classification, Control and Appeal Rules will have to be followed<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 17 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/40\/55-Ests. (A), dated 22nd February, 1956<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If any penalty is to be imposed on the Government servant, the procedure prescribed in the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules will have to be followed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe report under Rule 17 therefore <b>informs<\/b> the competent authority; it does not dispense with the safeguards of charge and inquiry.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 879,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 17 - Insolvency and habitual indebtedness\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 17 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the primary obligation cast on a Government servant is to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"obtain the previous sanction of the prescribed authority before incurring any debt\",\r\n      \"report every loan taken by him to the prescribed authority\",\r\n      \"so manage his private affairs as to avoid habitual indebtedness or insolvency\",\r\n      \"furnish a schedule of his debts in his annual return\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - so manage his private affairs as to avoid habitual indebtedness or insolvency<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 17 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule opens: <i>\\\"A Government servant shall so manage his private affairs as to avoid habitual indebtedness or insolvency.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nIt is <b>habitual<\/b> indebtedness that is proscribed, not borrowing as such - Rule 16(4) regulates individual transactions, and its proviso permits a temporary interest-free loan from a relative or personal friend.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 A full schedule of debts is obtained by the Head of Office once the declared state of indebtedness arises, not furnished annually\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 880,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 17 - Insolvency and habitual indebtedness\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the authority immediately superior to an insolvent or indebted officer is himself the appropriate punishing authority, the proceedings:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be submitted to the next higher authority for orders\",\r\n      \"should be referred to the Head of the Department\",\r\n      \"should be disposed of by him\",\r\n      \"should be referred to the Government in the administrative Ministry\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - should be disposed of by him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 17, Rules 197 and 198 of the P. & T. Manual, Volume III<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The proceedings referred to above should be submitted for orders of the appropriate punishing authority through the usual official channel. In case the authority immediately superior to the insolvent or indebted officer is himself the appropriate punishing authority, the proceedings should be disposed of by him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe provision avoids a pointless referral upward where the officer who prepared the report is himself competent to act on it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 881,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 20 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is forbidden to bring or attempt to bring any political or other outside influence to bear upon any superior authority to further his interests in respect of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"matters pertaining to his service under Government\",\r\n      \"matters pertaining to any proceeding pending against him\",\r\n      \"matters pertaining to the service of any other Government servant\",\r\n      \"matters of a commercial or pecuniary nature\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - matters pertaining to his service under Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 20 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall bring or attempt to bring any political or other outside influence to bear upon any superior authority to further his interests in respect of matters pertaining to his service under Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nTwo features widen the rule - it covers an <b>attempt<\/b> as well as the act, and the influence may be <b>political or other outside<\/b> influence, so a non-political intercession is equally within it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 882,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government employee approaches a Member of Parliament to sponsor his individual case for the first time, the action prescribed is that he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be issued a written warning, a copy of which is placed in his CR dossier at the relevant time at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"should be transferred out of the station\",\r\n      \"should have disciplinary proceedings initiated against him at once\",\r\n      \"should be advised by the appropriate disciplinary authority to desist, a copy of the advice not being placed in his CR dossier\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - should be advised by the appropriate disciplinary authority to desist, a copy of the advice not being placed in his CR dossier<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(i) under Rule 20 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/12\/94-Estt. (A), dated 12th January, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government employee violating the aforesaid provisions of the Conduct Rules for the first time should be advised by the appropriate disciplinary authority, to desist... A copy of this advice need not, however, be placed in the CR dossier of the employee concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe scheme is graded in three stages - <b>advice<\/b> on the first occasion, a <b>written warning with a copy in the CR dossier<\/b> on the second, and <b>disciplinary action<\/b> under the CCA Rules thereafter.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 883,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a Government employee is found guilty of canvassing outside influence a second time, despite advice having been given on the earlier occasion:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"he should again be advised to desist\",\r\n      \"disciplinary proceedings should be initiated against him at once\",\r\n      \"a written warning should be issued to him and a copy placed in his CR dossier\",\r\n      \"an adverse entry should be made in his annual confidential report\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - a written warning should be issued to him and a copy placed in his CR dossier<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(ii) under Rule 20 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/12\/94-Estt. (A), dated 12th January, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If a Government employee is found guilty of violating the aforesaid provisions of the Conduct Rules a second time despite the issue of advice on the earlier occasion, a written warning should be issued to him \/ her by the appropriate disciplinary authority and a copy thereof should be placed in his\/her CR dossier.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe difference between the first and second stages is precisely that the second leaves a <b>record in the dossier<\/b>. Only on a third occasion do disciplinary proceedings follow.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 884,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, communications received from public representatives regarding the problems of groups or categories of Government functionaries:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be returned unanswered, being outside the prescribed channel in relation to that Government servant under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"should be forwarded to the individuals concerned for direct reply\",\r\n      \"must be entertained and dealt with on a time-bound basis, appropriate replies being issued at the level of the Ministries concerned\",\r\n      \"should be replied to only at the level of the Minister\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - must be entertained and dealt with on a time-bound basis, appropriate replies being issued at the level of the Ministries concerned<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(2)(a) under Rule 20 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/12\/94-Estt. (A), dated 12th January, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Communications received from public representatives regarding problems of groups \/ categories of Government functionaries must be entertained and dealt with on a time-bound basis.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe distinction is between a communication about a <b>group or category<\/b>, which is a legitimate representative function, and one sponsoring the cause of an <b>individual<\/b>, which attracts the restrictive treatment in clause (c). Clause (b) extends the same treatment to grievances of <b>retired personnel<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 885,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a public representative sponsors the cause of an individual Government servant, the prescribed course is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the communication should be forwarded to the Government servant concerned so far as this rule is concerned so far as this rule is concerned so far as this rule is concerned so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"the communication should be filed without a reply\",\r\n      \"the case should be examined on its merits and a reasoned reply sent\",\r\n      \"a formal reply should be sent from the Minister acknowledging receipt and, where necessary, suggesting that the person may be advised to represent his case through proper official channels\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - a formal reply should be sent from the Minister acknowledging receipt and, where necessary, suggesting that the person may be advised to represent his case through proper official channels<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1)(2)(c) under Rule 20 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/12\/94-Estt. (A), dated 12th January, 1995<\/i><br><br>\\nThe examples given of such individual causes are <i>\\\"recruitment, appointment, promotion, posting to particular station, appointment to a specific position, complaints against supersession, expunction of adverse remarks, allotment of Government accommodation, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nAll such communications addressed to the Minister are <b>replied to at his level<\/b>, and the formal reply <i>\\\"shall be deemed to dispose of the communication unless there are further directions from the Minister.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 886,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the bringing of indirect influence by a Government servant to further his service interests:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is outside the rule, which speaks only of influence brought to bear upon a superior authority\",\r\n      \"attracts the rule only where the attempt succeeds\",\r\n      \"attracts the rule only where the influence is political in character\",\r\n      \"would also attract the provisions of the rule on canvassing outside influence\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - would also attract the provisions of the rule on canvassing outside influence<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1-A) under Rule 20 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/11\/97-Estt. (A), dated 6th November, 1997<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is clarified that bringing of indirect influence by Government servant would also attract the provisions of Rule 20 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification was needed because <i>\\\"certain Government servants are bringing to bear outside influence indirectly to further their service interests.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>B.<\/b> \u2717 The rule catches an <b>attempt<\/b> in terms - <i>\\\"bring or attempt to bring\\\"<\/i> - so success is irrelevant\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 887,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, canvassing by a Government servant through Members of Parliament or politicians for out-of-turn allotment of residential accommodation:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is outside the rule, allotment of accommodation not being a service matter\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the request is otherwise within the allotment rules\",\r\n      \"constitutes a violation of the rule on canvassing outside influence\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the Government servant has been on the waiting list for over five years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - constitutes a violation of the rule on canvassing outside influence<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 20 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/6\/90-Estt. (A), dated 30th March, 1990<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Since the allotment of Government accommodation to a Government servant is made only because of his service under the Government, such canvassing for out-of-turn allotment through M.P.'s and other political persons, etc., constitutes a violation of the provisions of Rule 20.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reasoning answers option A directly - accommodation <b>is<\/b> a service matter, because the allotment is made only by reason of the service.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 888,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a representation on a service matter submitted by a relative of a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"should be dealt with as if made by the Government servant himself in relation to that Government servant for the purpose of these Rules as the case may be\",\r\n      \"should be forwarded to the Government servant for confirmation\",\r\n      \"should be acknowledged and disposed of on its merits\",\r\n      \"should not be taken notice of, the only exceptions being cases where death or physical disability makes it impossible for the Government servant himself to represent\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - should not be taken notice of, the only exceptions being cases where death or physical disability makes it impossible for the Government servant himself to represent<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 20 - M.H.A., O.M. No. F. 25\/21\/63-Ests. (A), dated 19th September, 1963<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"no notice should be taken of a representation on service matters submitted by a relative of a Government servant. The only exceptions may be cases in which because of the death or physical disability, etc., of the Government servant, it is impossible for the Government servant himself to submit a representation.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision records why the practice arises - to revive a representation already turned down, or <i>\\\"to get round the requirements that the Government servant should submit his representation through his official superiors.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 889,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the practice of allowing relatives to represent on a Government servant's service matters was described as:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"an affront to the personal dignity of the officials, who themselves have full right to represent\",\r\n      \"a permissible course where the Government servant is posted away from his family in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"a matter of indifference so long as the representation is factually correct\",\r\n      \"a practice to be regulated rather than discouraged\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - an affront to the personal dignity of the officials, who themselves have full right to represent<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (4) under Rule 20 - D.G., P. & T., No. 105\/42\/77-Disc. II, dated 2nd July, 1977<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"This practice is not only in utter disregard of Government orders referred to, but is also an affront to the personal dignity of the officials, when they themselves have full right to represent in regard to their service matters.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision adds a practical warning: <i>\\\"If they allow their relatives to step in, they will be running the risk of their grievances remaining unsettled, as under the rules, no attention need be paid to representations made by persons other than the officials concerned.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 890,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where a reference on behalf of a Government servant is received from a high dignitary or a Member of Parliament, the position taken is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the reference must be examined on its merits without reference to how it came to be made\",\r\n      \"no action lies against the Government servant unless he admits having approached the dignitary so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"the Government servant should be called upon to explain before any assumption is made\",\r\n      \"it would be assumed that it has been taken up only at the instance of the Government servant, and action will be taken against him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - it would be assumed that it has been taken up only at the instance of the Government servant, and action will be taken against him<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (5), Para 2, under Rule 20 - D.G., P. & T., No. 15\/23\/76-Disc. I, dated 8th August, 1977<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Any high dignitary or Member of Parliament normally sponsors the case of an individual Government servant only when he is approached or pressed to do so. If, therefore, any reference is received on behalf of a Government servant from dignitary \/ Member of Parliament, it would be assumed that it has been taken up only at the instance of the Government servant and action will be taken against him for violation of Rule 20.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision balances this with a reassurance that representations made <b>through the prescribed channel<\/b> will receive full and sympathetic consideration.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 891,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, Medical Officers of the Central Health Service who bring political pressure in the matter of their transfers and promotions were cautioned that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"they would be transferred to a station of the Government's choice\",\r\n      \"their representations would not be entertained for a period of one year as the case may be in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"an appropriate entry will be made in their confidential report, in addition to such disciplinary action as may be taken\",\r\n      \"their names would be forwarded to the Central Vigilance Commission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - an appropriate entry will be made in their confidential report, in addition to such disciplinary action as may be taken<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3) under Rule 20 - Ministry of Health, Letter No. F. 32-28\/67-CHS. I, dated 22nd May, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It may also be made clear to them that in the event of a breach of this rule, an appropriate entry will be made in the confidential report of the officer concerned in addition to such disciplinary action as may be taken against him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe reasons recorded are that such pressure <i>\\\"embarrasses not only the Government but also the persons who are made to exert the pressure\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"creates a lot of administrative difficulties and complications.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 892,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where an officer by-passes the proper administrative channel for an individual service matter and approaches authorities outside the cadre:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"no action lies, the officer having a right to represent\",\r\n      \"such actions will be deemed to be acts unbecoming of a Government servant, and appropriate administrative or disciplinary action shall be initiated\",\r\n      \"the representation will be returned for resubmission through the proper channel as the case may be so far as this rule is concerned as the case may be\",\r\n      \"action lies only where the outside authority acts on the representation\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - such actions will be deemed to be acts unbecoming of a Government servant, and appropriate administrative or disciplinary action shall be initiated<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (6), Para 3, under Rule 20 - Ministry of Finance, O.M. No. A-22012\/2018\/up to NFSG\/Gr. A\/256, dated 21st August, 2018<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"All ICAS officers are advised to refrain from by-passing the proper administrative channel for individual service matters failing which, such actions will be deemed to be acts unbecoming of a Government servant and appropriate administrative \/ disciplinary action shall be initiated as per extant rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n\\\"Unbecoming of a Government servant\\\" is the language of <b>Rule 3(1)(iii)<\/b>, and GID (26) under Rule 3 reaches the same conclusion for representations that by-pass the prescribed channel.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 893,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 20 - Canvassing of non-official or other outside influence\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. The rule on canvassing outside influence covers an attempt to bring such influence to bear.\\n2. It covers influence which is not political in character.\\n3. It covers influence brought to bear in respect of the service matters of another Government servant.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - 1 and 2 only<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 20 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<b>3.<\/b> \u2717 The rule is confined to influence brought to bear <i>\\\"to further his interests in respect of matters pertaining to his service\\\"<\/i> - that is, the Government servant's <b>own<\/b> service matters.<br><br>\\nStatements 1 and 2 both follow from the text - <i>\\\"bring or attempt to bring any political or other outside influence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe narrowing in statement 3 is genuine, but action against an officer who intercedes for a colleague would rest on <b>Rule 3(1)(iii)<\/b> rather than on Rule 20.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 894,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 21 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the restrictions regarding marriage forbid a Government servant to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"enter into a marriage with a person having a spouse living, and, having a spouse living, to enter into a marriage with any person\",\r\n      \"enter into a marriage with a person having a spouse living alone\",\r\n      \"having a spouse living, enter into a marriage with any person alone as the case may be as the case may be under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"enter into a marriage with a person not of Indian nationality\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - enter into a marriage with a person having a spouse living, and, having a spouse living, to enter into a marriage with any person<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 21(1) and 21(2) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"(1) No Government servant shall enter into, or contract, a marriage with a person having a spouse living; and (2) No Government servant having a spouse living, shall enter into, or contract, a marriage with any person.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule works in <b>both directions<\/b> - it catches the Government servant who marries into an existing marriage, and the one who already has a spouse.<br><br>\\n<b>D.<\/b> \u2717 Marriage to a person of non-Indian nationality is not forbidden; Rule 21(3) requires only an <b>intimation<\/b>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 895,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 21 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Central Government may permit a Government servant to enter into such a marriage if it is satisfied that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to the Government servant for the purpose of these Rules for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"the marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to the Government servant and the other party, and there are other grounds for so doing\",\r\n      \"the first spouse has given her written consent\",\r\n      \"adequate arrangements have been made for the maintenance of the first spouse\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to the Government servant and the other party, and there are other grounds for so doing<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 21 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that the Central Government may permit a Government servant to enter into, or contract, any such marriage... if it is satisfied that - (a) such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such Government servant and the other party to the marriage; and (b) there are other grounds for so doing.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBoth conditions must be met, and the personal law must permit it for <b>both parties<\/b>. Consent of the first spouse and maintenance arrangements are matters the enquiry examines under GID (1), but they are not the conditions in the proviso.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 896,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 21 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant who has married or marries a person other than of Indian nationality:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Central Government\",\r\n      \"shall forthwith intimate the fact to the Government\",\r\n      \"shall intimate the fact within one month of the marriage\",\r\n      \"requires the previous sanction of the Ministry of External Affairs\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - shall forthwith intimate the fact to the Government<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 21(3) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant who has married or marries a person other than of Indian nationality shall forthwith intimate the fact to the Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree features: the requirement is one of <b>intimation, not sanction<\/b>; it is due <b>\\\"forthwith\\\"<\/b>; and the words <i>\\\"has married or marries\\\"<\/i> cover a marriage contracted <b>before<\/b> entering service as well as one during it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 897,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the first point to be scrutinized when an application for permission to remarry is received is:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"whether the first wife has consented\",\r\n      \"whether adequate maintenance has been arranged for the first wife in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"whether the applicant has completed the probation period\",\r\n      \"whether such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to the applicant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - whether such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to the applicant<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 21 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 219\/51-Ests., dated 16th February, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The first point to be scrutinized when an application for permission is received, is whether such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to the applicant. If so, the question arises whether there are sufficient grounds for allowing an exception to Government's general policy.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe order follows the proviso itself - condition (a) is examined before condition (b). If the personal law does not permit the marriage, no question of \\\"other grounds\\\" arises at all.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 898,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the wife of an applicant joins in an application for permission to remarry, the enquiry should ascertain:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"whether she has willingly consented and whether any letter purporting to proceed from her is genuine and the outcome of her own free will\",\r\n      \"whether she has been separately advised by counsel\",\r\n      \"whether she has any independent means of livelihood\",\r\n      \"whether she has any objection to the proposed second wife so far as this rule is concerned in relation to that Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - whether she has willingly consented and whether any letter purporting to proceed from her is genuine and the outcome of her own free will<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 21 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 219\/51-Ests., dated 16th February, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In case the wife also joins the application, it should be ascertained whether she has willingly consented and whether any letter, etc., purporting to proceed from her is genuine and is the outcome of her own free will. For this purpose, higher officers in the department concerned may, if necessary, send for the applicant and his wife and make personal enquiries.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nWhere her views have not been stated at all, <i>\\\"they should, if possible, be ascertained.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 899,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in the case of persons governed by the Hindu Marriage Act, the question of granting permission for remarriage:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"arises only where the first wife consents\",\r\n      \"will not arise, a second marriage being possible under that Act only after a divorce has been obtained\",\r\n      \"arises in the same manner as for persons governed by any other personal law\",\r\n      \"arises only where the parties were married before the commencement of that Act so far as this rule is concerned\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - will not arise, a second marriage being possible under that Act only after a divorce has been obtained<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 21 - D.G., P. & T.'s Memo No. 62\/3\/58-Disc., dated 28th April, 1958<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The question of granting permission for remarriage will not arise in the case of persons governed by the Hindu Marriage Act, as a second marriage is possible under the said Act only after the person concerned has obtained a divorce against his present wife from a Court of Law. Once he has obtained a divorce, he is free to remarry and Government's permission is not necessary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOnce divorced there is <b>no spouse living<\/b> within the meaning of the rule, so Rule 21 is not attracted at all.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 900,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a marriage which is legally null and void by reason of there being a spouse living at the time of the marriage:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"does not attract the rules prohibiting bigamous marriage, no valid marriage having come into existence\",\r\n      \"attracts those rules only where the parties have cohabited\",\r\n      \"would disqualify the person concerned for appointment to Government service\",\r\n      \"attracts those rules only in the case of a male candidate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - would disqualify the person concerned for appointment to Government service<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 21 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/35\/60-Ests. (A), dated 9th December, 1960<\/i><br><br>\\nThe question raised was whether the rules are attracted where <i>\\\"the woman with whom the second marriage is contracted does not, under the law, acquire the status of a wife\\\"<\/i>, or where a female candidate contracts a marriage void by reason of the man already having a wife living.<br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is hereby clarified that even a marriage which is legally null and void by reason of there being a spouse living at the time of the marriage, would disqualify the person concerned for appointment to Government service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule looks to the <b>act of contracting<\/b> the marriage, not to its legal validity.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 901,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as declarations which a new entrant to Government service may be required to make:\\n1. That he is unmarried, a widower or a widow\\n2. That he is married and has only one spouse living\\n3. That he has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living\\n4. That he has entered into and contracted a marriage with another person during the lifetime of his spouse\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 21, Annexure - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/37\/67-Ests. (A), dated 22nd April, 1970<\/i><br><br>\\nThe declaration has exactly those four alternatives, the last two being accompanied by an <b>application for grant of exemption<\/b>.<br><br>\\nThe declaration closes with a solemn affirmation: <i>\\\"I solemnly affirm that the above declaration is true and I understand that in the event of the declaration being found to be incorrect after my appointment, I shall be liable to be dismissed from service.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 902,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where the declaration made by a new entrant regarding marriage is found to be incorrect after his appointment, he:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"shall be liable to be dismissed from service\",\r\n      \"shall be liable to the withholding of increments\",\r\n      \"shall be required to furnish a fresh declaration\",\r\n      \"shall be liable to be reverted to his former post\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - shall be liable to be dismissed from service<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 21, Annexure, Declaration - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/37\/67-Ests. (A), dated 22nd April, 1970<\/i><br><br>\\nThe declarant affirms: <i>\\\"I understand that in the event of the declaration being found to be incorrect after my appointment, I shall be liable to be dismissed from service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe severity matches Note 1 to the pro forma under GID (2) below <b>Rule 4<\/b>, where suppression of information about close relations is <i>\\\"a major departmental offence for which the punishment may extend to dismissal from service.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 903,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the standard provision inserted in the Recruitment Rules in consequence of the restriction regarding marriage provides that no person who has contracted such a marriage shall be eligible for appointment, unless:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"he applies for exemption within one month of appointment as the case may be as the case may be as the case may be in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"the Central Government exempts him, being satisfied that the marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to him and the other party and that there are other grounds for so doing\",\r\n      \"the first spouse gives her written consent\",\r\n      \"the marriage has been registered under the law in force\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Central Government exempts him, being satisfied that the marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to him and the other party and that there are other grounds for so doing<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 21, Annexure - M.H.A., O.M. No. 25\/37\/67-Ests. (A), dated 22nd April, 1970<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that the Central Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and there are other grounds for so doing, exempt any person from the operation of this rule.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Recruitment Rules provision therefore <b>mirrors the proviso to Rule 21<\/b> exactly, so that the same test governs entry into service and conduct during it.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 904,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 21 - Restriction regarding marriage\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following statements in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964:\\n1. Permission to contract a marriage during the lifetime of a spouse is granted by the Central Government.\\n2. Where permission is sought on grounds of alleged sickness of the wife, information should be obtained in consultation with the medical authorities.\\n3. The arrangements made by the husband for the maintenance of the first wife should be ascertained and examined.\\n\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n      \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n      \"1, 2 and 3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - 1, 2 and 3<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Proviso to Rule 21, and GID (1) thereunder - M.H.A., O.M. No. 219\/51-Ests., dated 16th February, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If permission is sought on grounds of alleged sickness of the wife, as much information as possible should be obtained in consultation with the medical authorities. The arrangements made by the husband for the maintenance of the first wife should also be ascertained and it should be examined whether they are satisfactory.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision was issued because cases were being referred to the Home Ministry <i>\\\"without any preliminary enquiry into the facts alleged\\\"<\/i>, causing loss of time - so the enquiry must precede the reference.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 905,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 22 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a Government servant is required to strictly abide by any law relating to intoxicating drinks or drugs in force:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"in the State in which he is posted\",\r\n      \"in the State of which he is a permanent resident\",\r\n      \"in any area in which he may happen to be for the time being\",\r\n      \"in the National Capital Territory of Delhi\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - in any area in which he may happen to be for the time being<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 22(a) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"A Government servant shall - (a) strictly abide by any law relating to intoxicating drinks or drugs in force in any area in which he may happen to be for the time being.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clause fixes the obligation to <b>where he is<\/b>, not to where he serves or belongs. That is why prohibition law binds him while he is in a prohibition State even if he is posted elsewhere.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 906,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Consider the following, in the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as obligations of a Government servant in relation to intoxicating drinks and drugs:\\n1. Not to be under the influence of any intoxicating drink or drug during the course of his duty\\n2. To refrain from consuming any intoxicating drink or drug in a public place\\n3. Not to appear in a public place in a state of intoxication\\n4. Not to use any intoxicating drink or drug to excess\\n\\nHow many of the above are correct?\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"Only one\",\r\n      \"Only two\",\r\n      \"Only three\",\r\n      \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - All four<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 22(b), (bb), (c) and (d) of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (b) adds a further limb often overlooked: he <i>\\\"shall also take due care that the performance of his duties at any time is not affected in any way by the influence of such drink or drug.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nClause (bb) - refraining from consumption in a public place - is separate from clause (c), which forbids <b>appearing<\/b> in a public place in a state of intoxication. A Government servant who drinks at a public bar contravenes (bb) even if he is not intoxicated.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 907,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 22 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, \\\"public place\\\" means any place or premises to which the public have, or are permitted to have, access:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"on payment only\",\r\n      \"otherwise than on payment only\",\r\n      \"whether on payment or otherwise, and the expression includes a conveyance\",\r\n      \"during such hours as the place is open to the public in relation to that Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - whether on payment or otherwise, and the expression includes a conveyance<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Explanation to Rule 22 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"For the purpose of this rule 'public place' means any place or premises (including a conveyance) to which the public have, or are permitted to have, access, whether on payment or otherwise.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThree features widen it - the inclusion of a <b>conveyance<\/b>, the words <b>\\\"or are permitted to have\\\"<\/b>, and the irrelevance of <b>payment<\/b>. It is on the second of these that GID (3) holds a members-only club to be a public place.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 908,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a club meant exclusively for members, where members may invite non-members as guests:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is a public place for the non-member guests alone\",\r\n      \"is not a public place, admission being confined to members and their guests in the circumstances of the case\",\r\n      \"is a public place only during functions open to the public\",\r\n      \"is a public place not only for the non-member guests but also for members who may be Government servants\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is a public place not only for the non-member guests but also for members who may be Government servants<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(2)(i) under Rule 22 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/16\/76-Estt. (A), dated 30th October, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The club of the nature mentioned above would be a public place not only for the non-member guests, but also for members who may be Government servants.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe clarification closes the obvious argument that a member is in his own club rather than in a public place. Because the public are <b>permitted to have access<\/b> as guests, the premises answer the Explanation.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 909,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a hotel, the position is that:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the hotel is a public place only where it is approved by the Ministry of Tourism under the instructions in force as the case may be\",\r\n      \"the whole of the hotel is a public place\",\r\n      \"no part of a hotel is a public place, admission being on payment\",\r\n      \"drinking in the lodging room will not attract the rule, but drinking at the bar or restaurant where the public is permitted would attract it\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - drinking in the lodging room will not attract the rule, but drinking at the bar or restaurant where the public is permitted would attract it<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (3)(2)(ii) under Rule 22 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/16\/76-Estt. (A), dated 30th October, 1976<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Drinking in the lodging room in a hotel will not attract the provisions of Rule 22 but drinking at the bar or restaurant where the public is permitted would attract the aforesaid rule.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe test applied is <b>access by the public<\/b>, applied room by room rather than to the building as a whole. A lodging room is let to one guest; a bar or restaurant is open to whoever comes.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 910,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, as the position now stands, the consumption of intoxicating drinks by a Government servant at an official party arranged by a Foreign Mission in a hall exclusively reserved for the purpose:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is permissible, the place being exclusively reserved and not open to the public at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"is permissible where he attends in the discharge of his official duties\",\r\n      \"is permissible where the number of invitees does not exceed 100\",\r\n      \"is to be refrained from, Government servants having been directed to abstain even at such parties\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - is to be refrained from, Government servants having been directed to abstain even at such parties<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 22 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 11013\/10\/77-Estt. (A), dated 7th December, 1977<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"In partial modification of Paragraphs 4 (a), (b) and (c) above, it has been decided that Government servants should refrain from consuming intoxicating drinks even at official parties arranged by Foreign Missions, whether within the Mission premises or in halls \/ lounges exclusively reserved.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nOptions A and B state the <b>superseded<\/b> position under the O.M. of 30th October, 1976, and are the sharpest distractors for that reason. The 1977 Decision extends the abstention to parties arranged by Government or semi-Government organizations where foreigners are entertained.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 911,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, a conviction of a Government servant under a Prohibition Law:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"attracts the proviso to Article 311(2) of the Constitution, and departmental action can be taken in addition to action under that law\",\r\n      \"does not attract that proviso, prohibition offences not involving moral turpitude\",\r\n      \"bars any departmental action, the matter having been dealt with by a criminal court in the circumstances of the case so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"attracts that proviso only where a sentence of imprisonment is passed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - attracts the proviso to Article 311(2) of the Constitution, and departmental action can be taken in addition to action under that law<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 22 - D.G., P. & T., Letter No. 6\/4\/67-Disc., dated 4th August, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Criminal charge used in proviso (a) to Clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution includes conviction under any law which provides for punishment for a criminal offence, whether by fine or imprisonment. No distinction is made between crimes involving moral turpitude and other crimes. Conviction under Prohibition Law would, therefore, attract proviso (a) to Clause (2) of Article 311.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe quantum of punishment remains a matter for the competent authority on the merits, and <i>\\\"the mere fact of conviction need not necessarily lead to the extreme penalty of dismissal \/ removal.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 912,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in areas where there is no prohibition law in force, a Government servant:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is outside the operation of the rule relating to intoxicating drinks\",\r\n      \"is required to observe the clauses of that rule other than the one requiring him to abide by the local law, and departmental action can be taken for their violation\",\r\n      \"is required only to avoid appearing in a public place in a state of intoxication at the relevant time in the circumstances of the case for the purpose of these Rules\",\r\n      \"may consume intoxicating drinks in a public place\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - is required to observe the clauses of that rule other than the one requiring him to abide by the local law, and departmental action can be taken for their violation<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (1) under Rule 22 - D.G., P. & T., Letter No. 6\/4\/67-Disc., dated 4th August, 1967<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is true that there cannot be any violation of the Prohibition Law where there is no prohibition, but even in such areas Government servants are required to observe the provisions of Clauses (b), (c) and (d) of Rule 22... and departmental action can be taken against them also for violation of any of those provisions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision notes that this <i>\\\"adequately ensures uniformity in treatment\\\"<\/i> between Government servants serving where prohibition is in force and those serving elsewhere.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 913,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22 - Consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in relation to a violation of the rule on intoxicating drinks and drugs, the disciplinary authorities have been directed:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"to take a lenient view where the conduct occurred outside duty hours in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"to confine themselves to the imposition of minor penalties\",\r\n      \"to take a very serious view and not to hesitate to impose the severest punishment on those proved guilty\",\r\n      \"to refer every such case to the Central Vigilance Commission\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - to take a very serious view and not to hesitate to impose the severest punishment on those proved guilty<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>GID (2) under Rule 22 - C.S. (Dept. of Per.), O.M. No. 11013\/17\/75-Ests. (A), dated 28th November, 1975, reiterated by O.M. dated 29th March, 1984<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"the disciplinary authorities should take a very serious view of any violation of Rule 22... and should not hesitate to impose the severest punishment on such Government servants as are proved guilty of violating the said rule.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nViolation of the rule is stated to <i>\\\"constitute a good and sufficient reason for taking disciplinary action\\\"<\/i> - the formula of Rule 11 of the CCA Rules. Disciplinary authorities are also to <b>keep a strict watch<\/b> on conduct in these matters.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 914,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22-A - Employment of children below 14 years of age\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 22-A of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, no Government servant shall employ to work any child below the age of:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"12 years\",\r\n      \"14 years\",\r\n      \"16 years\",\r\n      \"18 years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - 14 years<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 22-A of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, inserted by Notification No. 11013\/5\/97-Estt. (A), dated 14th October, 1999, published as G.S.R. 342 in the Gazette of India dated 23rd October, 1999<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"No Government servant shall employ to work any child below the age of 14 years.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe rule is absolute - there is no provision for sanction, no monetary or occupational qualification, and no exception for domestic employment. The figure of <b>14 years<\/b> matches the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 915,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22-A - Employment of children below 14 years of age\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the occupations added to the Schedule to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 with effect from 10th October, 2006 include:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"employment of children as domestic workers or servants, and in dhabas, restaurants, hotels, motels, tea-shops, resorts, spas or other recreational centres\",\r\n      \"employment of children in agriculture and allied activities in the circumstances of the case as the case may be in relation to that Government servant\",\r\n      \"employment of children in the construction industry\",\r\n      \"employment of children in transport and warehousing\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - employment of children as domestic workers or servants, and in dhabas, restaurants, hotels, motels, tea-shops, resorts, spas or other recreational centres<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 22-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/6\/2006-Estt. (A), dated 31st August, 2006, citing Ministry of Labour and Employment Notification S.O. 1029 (E), dated 10th July, 2006<\/i><br><br>\\nItems (14) and (15) were added to Part A of the Schedule with effect from <b>10th October, 2006<\/b>.<br><br>\\nThe addition of <b>domestic workers<\/b> is what makes the notification directly relevant to Government servants, and it is why the Decision warns that employing such a child is <i>\\\"not only a violation of the Conduct Rules\\\"<\/i> but also an offence under the Act.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 916,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22-A - Employment of children below 14 years of age\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the penal provisions attaching to the entries added to the Schedule to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 are:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"fine up to Rs. 10,000, or imprisonment up to six months, or both\",\r\n      \"fine up to Rs. 20,000, or imprisonment up to one year, or both\",\r\n      \"fine up to Rs. 50,000, or imprisonment up to two years, or both\",\r\n      \"imprisonment up to three months only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - fine up to Rs. 20,000, or imprisonment up to one year, or both<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 22-A - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/6\/2006-Estt. (A), dated 31st August, 2006<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The above Notification will come into effect from 10th October, 2006 and has penal provisions of fine (up to Rs. 20,000) or imprisonment (up to one year), or both.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision directs that where a violation is noticed, <b>both<\/b> courses be taken - <i>\\\"necessary disciplinary action for violating the Conduct Rules as well as legal action may be taken against such a Government servant.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 917,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rule 22-A - Employment of children below 14 years of age\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the constitutional foundation invoked for the prohibition on employing children below the age of 14 years is found in:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Fundamental Rights in Part III of the Constitution\",\r\n      \"the Fundamental Duties in Part IV-A of the Constitution\",\r\n      \"the Directive Principles of State Policy in Part IV of the Constitution\",\r\n      \"the provisions relating to services under the Union in Part XIV of the Constitution\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - the Directive Principles of State Policy in Part IV of the Constitution<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 22-A, Para 2 - DoP&T O.M. No. 11013\/6\/2006-Estt. (A), dated 31st August, 2006<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It is enshrined in Part-IV of the Constitution relating to Directive Principles of State Policy that the State shall, in particular direct its policy towards securing that the citizens, men and women equally have the right to an adequate means of livelihood and that children are given opportunities and facilities to develop in a healthy manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity and that childhood and youth are protected against exploitation and against moral and material abandonment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nRule 22-A is thus one of the few provisions in these Rules resting on a <b>Directive Principle<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 918,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rules 23, 24 and 25 - Interpretation, Delegation and Repeal\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 23 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, where any question arises relating to the interpretation of the said Rules, it shall be referred to:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the Ministry of Law and Justice, whose opinion shall be binding\",\r\n      \"the Government, whose decision thereon shall be final\",\r\n      \"the Department of Personnel and Training, whose clarification shall be final\",\r\n      \"the Central Administrative Tribunal\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - the Government, whose decision thereon shall be final<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 23 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"If any question arises relating to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred to the Government whose decision thereon shall be final.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe same technique appears in <b>Rule 5(3)<\/b>, on whether an organization takes part in politics, and in <b>Rule 16(3)<\/b>, on whether a transaction is speculative - each committing a broad standard to the Government's final decision.<br><br>\\nRule 24 expressly excludes the power under Rule 23 from delegation.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 919,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rules 23, 24 and 25 - Interpretation, Delegation and Repeal\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the power of the Central Government to dispense with or relax the requirements of a rule regulating conditions of service is exercisable where it is satisfied that the operation of the rule:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"is no longer consistent with the policy of the Government\",\r\n      \"has been rendered obsolete by subsequent instructions\",\r\n      \"has given rise to conflicting interpretations\",\r\n      \"causes undue hardship in any particular case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 3,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: D - causes undue hardship in any particular case<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 23 - M.H.A., Notification No. 108\/54-Ests. (A), dated 20th November, 1954<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Where the Central Government is satisfied that the operation of any rule regulating the conditions of service of Union Government servants... causes undue hardship in any particular case, it may, by order, dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such conditions as it may consider necessary, for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\n\\\"Union Government servants\\\" is defined as all persons whose conditions of service may be regulated by rules made by the President under the proviso to <b>Article 309<\/b> or Clause (5) of <b>Article 148<\/b>.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 920,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rules 23, 24 and 25 - Interpretation, Delegation and Repeal\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the power of the Central Government to relax a rule to deal with a particular case in a just and equitable manner is intended to be invoked:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"only in rare and exceptional cases\",\r\n      \"wherever a Government servant makes a request in that behalf\",\r\n      \"only in respect of Government servants holding Group 'A' posts\",\r\n      \"only where the rule in question has been in force for more than ten years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - only in rare and exceptional cases<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 23 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 180\/54-Ests. (A), dated 25th March, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The power of the Central Government to relax a rules as and when considered necessary to deal with any particular case in a just and equitable manner is intended, as in the past, to be invoked only in rare and exceptional cases.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe Decision also records that the rule <i>\\\"does not introduce a new principle or procedure which was not in vogue, but merely serves to make explicit the position which was assumed to have prevailed heretofore.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 921,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rules 23, 24 and 25 - Interpretation, Delegation and Repeal\",\r\n    \"question\": \"In the context of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, an order of the Central Government dispensing with or relaxing the requirement of any rule in a particular case is required to be:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"published in the Gazette of India\",\r\n      \"laid before both Houses of Parliament\",\r\n      \"authenticated as an order of the President in accordance with the requirements of Article 77 of the Constitution\",\r\n      \"countersigned by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India in relation to that Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 2,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: C - authenticated as an order of the President in accordance with the requirements of Article 77 of the Constitution<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Government of India's Decision under Rule 23 - M.H.A., O.M. No. 180\/54-Ests. (A), dated 25th March, 1955<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"It should be noted that any order of the Central Government which may be issued dispensing with or relaxing the requirement of any rules in any particular case should be authenticated as an order of the President in accordance with the requirements of Article 77 of the Constitution.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nBefore such an order is passed, the Ministry which <b>made the rule<\/b> proposed to be relaxed, and other Ministries such as Home Affairs or Finance as may be appropriate, are to be consulted.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 922,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rules 23, 24 and 25 - Interpretation, Delegation and Repeal\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 24 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the Government may direct that any power exercisable by it or by a Head of Department under the said Rules shall be exercisable also by another officer or authority, except the powers under:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"the rule relating to interpretation and the rule relating to delegation itself\",\r\n      \"the rule relating to property returns\",\r\n      \"the rules relating to gifts and to private trade at the relevant time\",\r\n      \"the rule relating to repeal and saving\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 0,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: A - the rule relating to interpretation and the rule relating to delegation itself<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Rule 24 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"The Government may, by general or special order, direct that any power exercisable by it or any Head of Department under these rules (except the powers under Rule 23 and this rule) shall, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the order, be exercisable also by such officer or authority as may be specified in the order.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two excepted powers are the power of <b>final interpretation<\/b> and the <b>power to delegate<\/b> itself - the first because it must remain with one authority for consistency, the second to prevent sub-delegation.<br><br>\\nNote also the word <b>\\\"also\\\"<\/b>: delegation does not divest the Government of the power.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 923,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rules 23, 24 and 25 - Interpretation, Delegation and Repeal\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 25 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, any order made or action taken under the rules repealed by the said Rules:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"ceases to have effect from the commencement of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provisions of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"requires to be ratified afresh under the corresponding provisions under the instructions in force\",\r\n      \"continues in force only until it is expressly superseded\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provisions of the said Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>First proviso to Rule 25 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided that any order made or action taken under the rules so repealed shall be deemed to have been made or taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe deeming preserves the continuity of sanctions, permissions and reports given under the old rules, so that nothing had to be done again in 1964. That is why so many Decisions in this compilation, issued in the 1940s and 1950s under the old Government Servants' Conduct Rules, continue to be printed as Decisions under the corresponding rules today.\"\r\n  },\r\n  {\r\n    \"id\": 924,\r\n    \"rule\": \"Rules 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22-A, 23, 24 and 25\",\r\n    \"chapter\": \"Rules 23, 24 and 25 - Interpretation, Delegation and Repeal\",\r\n    \"question\": \"Under Rule 25 of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, the repeal of the corresponding earlier rules:\",\r\n    \"options\": [\r\n      \"extinguishes liability for any contravention of those rules committed before the repeal\",\r\n      \"shall not affect the previous operation of the rules so repealed, and a contravention of them shall be punishable as if it were a contravention of the said Rules\",\r\n      \"operates only in respect of Government servants appointed after the commencement of the said Rules in the circumstances of the case so far as this rule is concerned\",\r\n      \"requires fresh proceedings to be instituted in respect of any pending contravention\"\r\n    ],\r\n    \"correct\": 1,\r\n    \"explanation\": \"<b>Correct Answer: B - shall not affect the previous operation of the rules so repealed, and a contravention of them shall be punishable as if it were a contravention of the said Rules<\/b><br><br>\\n<b>Rule Reference:<\/b> <i>Second proviso to Rule 25 of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964<\/i><br><br>\\n<i>\\\"Provided further that such repeal shall not affect the previous operation of the rules so repealed and a contravention of any of the said rules shall be punishable as if it were a contravention of these rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\\nThe two provisos work together - the first carries forward <b>orders and actions<\/b>, the second carries forward <b>liability<\/b>. Without the second, every contravention committed before the commencement of these Rules would have escaped punishment on the day they came into force.\"\r\n  }\r\n];\r\n\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   3. SANITISE + INDEX\r\n   Both banks are checked the same way; bad rows are dropped with a\r\n   console note rather than blanking the widget.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction sanitise(list, kind){\r\n  if(!Array.isArray(list)) return [];\r\n  const ok=[], bad=[];\r\n  list.forEach((q,i)=>{\r\n    const good = q && q.id!==undefined && typeof q.question==='string'\r\n      && Array.isArray(q.options) && q.options.length>=2\r\n      && Number.isInteger(q.correct) && q.correct>=0 && q.correct<q.options.length\r\n      && typeof q.chapter==='string' && q.chapter.length;\r\n    if(good){ q.bank = kind; ok.push(q); } else bad.push({row:i, id:q&&q.id});\r\n  });\r\n  if(bad.length) console.warn('['+kind+' bank] skipped '+bad.length+' malformed question(s):', bad);\r\n  return ok;\r\n}\r\nconst PYQ = sanitise(pyqQuestions,'pyq');\r\nconst CON = sanitise(conceptQuestions,'concept');\r\nconst QS  = PYQ.concat(CON);\r\n\r\nconst L = ['A','B','C','D','E','F'];\r\nconst uid = q => q.bank+'##'+q.chapter+'##'+q.id;\r\nconst BY_UID = new Map(QS.map(q=>[uid(q), q]));\r\n\r\n\/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n   Chapters are keyed on their number, so the two banks do not have to\r\n   spell the name identically. 'Ch 2', 'CH 2: Right to Information...'\r\n   and 'Chapter-2' all resolve to the same chapter; the longest spelling\r\n   found in either bank becomes the display name.\r\n   --------------------------------------------------------------------- *\/\r\nconst ROMAN = {i:1,ii:2,iii:3,iv:4,v:5,vi:6,vii:7,viii:8,ix:9,x:10,xi:11,xii:12};\r\nfunction chKey(str){\r\n  const t = String(str).toUpperCase().replace(\/[\\u2010-\\u2015]\/g,'-').trim();\r\n  let m = t.match(\/^(?:CH|CHAP|CHAPTER)\\s*[-.:]?\\s*(\\d+)\/);\r\n  if(m) return 'CH'+(+m[1]);\r\n  m = t.match(\/^(?:APPENDICES|APPENDIX|ANNEXURES?|ANNEXES?|APNDX|APPX|APDX|APP)\\s*[-.:]?\\s*(\\d+|[IVX]+)\\b\/);\r\n  if(m){ const v=m[1]; return 'APP'+(\/^\\d+$\/.test(v) ? +v : (ROMAN[v.toLowerCase()]||v)); }\r\n  m = t.match(\/^(\\d+)\\s*[-.:)]\/);\r\n  if(m) return 'CH'+(+m[1]);\r\n  return 'T:'+t.replace(\/[^A-Z0-9]+\/g,' ').trim();\r\n}\r\nconst CH_NAME = (function(){\r\n  const best={};\r\n  QS.forEach(q=>{ const k=chKey(q.chapter);\r\n    if(!best[k] || q.chapter.length>best[k].length) best[k]=q.chapter; });\r\n  return best;\r\n})();\r\nQS.forEach(q=>{ q.chKey = chKey(q.chapter); q.chapter = CH_NAME[q.chKey]; });\r\n\r\nconst CHAPTERS = (function(){\r\n  const seen=[]; QS.forEach(q=>{ if(!seen.includes(q.chapter)) seen.push(q.chapter); }); return seen;\r\n})();\r\nconst BY_CH = (()=>{ const m=new Map();\r\n  QS.forEach(q=>{ if(!m.has(q.chapter)) m.set(q.chapter,[]); m.get(q.chapter).push(q); }); return m; })();\r\nconst inCh   = c => BY_CH.get(c) || [];\r\nconst inChB  = (c,b) => inCh(c).filter(q=>q.bank===b);\r\n\r\nfunction chOrder(c){\r\n  const k = chKey(c);\r\n  if(k.startsWith('CH'))  return [0, +k.slice(2)||0, c];\r\n  if(k.startsWith('APP')) return [1, +k.slice(3)||99, c];\r\n  return [2, 0, c];\r\n}\r\nfunction byChapterOrder(a,b){\r\n  const x=chOrder(a.chapter||a), y=chOrder(b.chapter||b);\r\n  return x[0]-y[0] || x[1]-y[1] || String(x[2]).localeCompare(String(y[2]));\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* a bank that stores chapter names in block capitals is softened for display *\/\r\nfunction titleCase(str){\r\n  const t=String(str), letters=t.replace(\/[^A-Za-z]\/g,'');\r\n  if(!letters || letters !== letters.toUpperCase()) return t;\r\n  const small=new Set(['of','the','and','for','in','to','a','an','on','by','or','with','from','as','at','under']);\r\n  return t.toLowerCase().replace(\/[A-Za-z][A-Za-z'\\u2019]*\/g,(w,i)=>\r\n    (i>0 && small.has(w)) ? w : w.charAt(0).toUpperCase()+w.slice(1))\r\n    .replace(\/\\bCh\\b\/g,'Ch').replace(\/\\bC&ag\\b\/gi,'C&AG').replace(\/\\bRti\\b\/g,'RTI');\r\n}\r\nconst chShort = c => { const k=chKey(c);\r\n  return k.startsWith('CH') ? 'Ch '+k.slice(2) : k.startsWith('APP') ? 'Appx '+k.slice(3) : titleCase(c).slice(0,22); };\r\nconst chBrief = c => { const m=String(c).match(\/^\\s*(?:CH|CHAPTER)\\s*(\\d+)\\s*:\\s*(.+)$\/i);\r\n  const cap=t=>t.length>40?t.slice(0,38).trim()+'\\u2026':t;\r\n  return m ? 'Ch '+m[1]+': '+cap(titleCase(m[2])) : cap(titleCase(String(c))); };\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   4. EXAM WEIGHT \u2014 counted, not declared\r\n   A chapter's weight is its share of the PYQ bank. Nothing is set by\r\n   hand, so adding a year of papers re-weights the whole page. If there\r\n   are no PYQs at all, the page falls back to the concept bank's shape\r\n   and stops calling it exam weight.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst W = (function(){\r\n  const pyqCount={}, conCount={};\r\n  CHAPTERS.forEach(c=>{ pyqCount[c]=inChB(c,'pyq').length; conCount[c]=inChB(c,'concept').length; });\r\n  const totalPyq = PYQ.length, totalCon = CON.length;\r\n  const weights={};\r\n  if(totalPyq>0) CHAPTERS.forEach(c=>weights[c]=pyqCount[c]\/totalPyq);\r\n  else           CHAPTERS.forEach(c=>weights[c]= totalCon?conCount[c]\/totalCon:0);\r\n  \/\/ chapters the paper has never touched\r\n  const untested = CHAPTERS.filter(c=>pyqCount[c]===0 && conCount[c]>0);\r\n  return {weights, pyqCount, conCount, totalPyq, totalCon, untested, measured: totalPyq>0};\r\n})();\r\nconst weightOf = c => W.weights[c] || 0;\r\nconst pctLabel = x => { const v=(x||0)*100; if(!(v>0)) return '0%';\r\n  return (v<10 ? Math.round(v*10)\/10 : Math.round(v)) + '%'; };\r\n\r\n\/* wording \u2014 weights are counted from real papers here, so the exam\r\n   language is accurate; it softens on its own if no PYQs are loaded *\/\r\nconst WT = W.measured;\r\nconst T = {\r\n  ofPaper   : WT ? 'of the exam'          : 'of this bank',\r\n  onScreen  : WT ? 'Exam weight on screen': 'Share on screen',\r\n  colWeight : WT ? 'Exam weight'          : 'Share of bank',\r\n  covered   : WT ? 'Paper weight touched' : 'Bank covered',\r\n  projected : WT ? 'Projected paper score': 'Projected score',\r\n  leakHead  : WT ? 'Where your marks are leaking' : 'Where you are losing the most',\r\n  leakUnit  : WT ? 'marks \/100'           : 'points \/100',\r\n  leakWord  : WT ? 'marks'                : 'points',\r\n  readyDef  : WT ? 'Readiness = \\u03a3 (exam weight \\u00d7 mastery)' : 'Readiness = \\u03a3 (share of the bank \\u00d7 mastery)',\r\n  paperOut  : WT ? 'the paper would come out near' : 'you would score around'\r\n};\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   6. PROGRESS (localStorage, one record per quizId)\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst SCHEMA = 1;\r\nconst KEY = 'pe_chapterdrill_' + CFG.quizId;\r\nfunction blank(){ return { schema:SCHEMA, stats:{}, weak:[], flags:[], log:[], queue:[], queueLabel:'', queueKind:'', lastUid:null }; }\r\nlet P = (function(){\r\n  const p = blank();\r\n  try{\r\n    const s = localStorage.getItem(KEY);\r\n    if(s){ const j=JSON.parse(s);\r\n      if(j && j.schema===SCHEMA) Object.assign(p, j);\r\n      else if(j) console.warn('[storage] older schema found; starting fresh.');\r\n    }\r\n  }catch(e){ console.warn('progress load failed', e); }\r\n  ['weak','flags','log','queue'].forEach(k=>{ if(!Array.isArray(p[k])) p[k]=[]; });\r\n  if(!p.stats) p.stats={};\r\n  return p;\r\n})();\r\nlet storageWarned=false;\r\nfunction save(){\r\n  try{\r\n    if(P.log.length>400) P.log = P.log.slice(-400);\r\n    localStorage.setItem(KEY, JSON.stringify(P));\r\n  }catch(e){\r\n    try{ P.log = P.log.slice(-80); localStorage.setItem(KEY, JSON.stringify(P)); }\r\n    catch(e2){ if(!storageWarned){ storageWarned=true; toast('Your browser is blocking saved progress \u2014 this sitting will not be remembered'); } }\r\n  }\r\n}\r\nfunction stat(u){ if(!P.stats[u]) P.stats[u]={correct:0,incorrect:0,last:null,lastOk:null}; return P.stats[u]; }\r\nconst flags = new Set(P.flags);\r\nconst weak  = new Set(P.weak);\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   7. SESSION STATE\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst S = { tab:'quiz', filter:'all', chapter:null, bank:'all', i:0, pick:null, nudge:false,\r\n            query:'', unattempted:false, ans:{}, order:[] };\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   8. FORMAT + TRAIT MODEL\r\n   SHAPE  = how the question is built (one per question)\r\n   TRAIT  = what it turns on (a question may carry several)\r\n   A shape gap is a reading habit; a trait gap is recall. Same number,\r\n   opposite remedy \u2014 so they are reported separately.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst SHAPES = [\r\n  { key:'match',  label:'Match the following (List-I \/ List-II)',\r\n    test:q => \/list\\s*-?\\s*i\\b\/i.test(q.question) },\r\n  { key:'multi',  label:'Multi-statement \/ how many are correct',\r\n    test:q => q.question.split(\/<br\\s*\\\/?>|\\n\/).filter(x=>\/^\\s*\\d+[.)]\/.test(x)).length>=2 },\r\n  { key:'direct', label:'Explanation', test:()=>true }  \/\/ catch-all\r\n];\r\nconst TRAITS = [\r\n  { key:'cite',      label:'Para, rule, article or article-number recall',\r\n    test:q => \/\\b(para|paragraph|rule|article|section|appendix|schedule|clause)\\s*[-\u2013]?\\s*\\d\/i.test(q.question+' '+q.options.join(' ')) },\r\n  { key:'period',    label:'Time limits and periods',\r\n    test:q => \/\\b\\d+\\s*(day|week|month|year|hour)s?\\b|\\b(one|two|three|four|five|six|seven|ten|fourteen|fifteen|twenty|twenty-five|thirty|forty-five|sixty|ninety)[\\s-](day|week|month|year)s?\\b\/i.test(q.options.join(' ')) },\r\n  { key:'money',     label:'Numbers, monetary limits and percentages',\r\n    test:q => \/\u20b9|\\bRs\\.?\\s*\\d|\\blakhs?\\b|\\bcrores?\\b|per\\s*cent|%|\\bone-(third|fourth|half|tenth)\\b\/i.test(q.options.join(' ')) },\r\n  { key:'authority', label:'Competent authority \/ level \/ who does what',\r\n    test:q => \/\\bwho\\b|\\bby whom\\b|\\bauthority\\b|\\brank of\\b|\\blevel of\\b|\\bnot below\\b|addressed to|shall be (signed|issued|approved|maintained|prepared|submitted)\/i.test(q.question+' '+q.options.join(' ')) },\r\n  { key:'negative',  label:'Negatively phrased (\u201cNOT correct\u201d, \u201cexcept\u201d)',\r\n    test:q => \/\\bnot correct\\b|\\bis incorrect\\b|\\bare not correct\\b|\\bexcept\\b|\\bdoes not\\b|\\bcannot\\b|\\bnot required\\b|\\bneed not\\b|\\bis\\\/are not\\b\/i.test(q.question) }\r\n];\r\nconst _shape = {};\r\nfunction shapeOf(q){ const u=uid(q); return _shape[u] || (_shape[u] = SHAPES.find(s=>s.test(q)) || SHAPES[SHAPES.length-1]); }\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   9. MODELS\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction smoothed(c,i){ const k=CFG.priorStrength, p0=CFG.priorAccuracy; return (c + k*p0)\/(c + i + k); }\r\nfunction expectedRate(c,i,coverage){ return smoothed(c,i)*coverage + CFG.priorAccuracy*(1-coverage); }\r\nfunction recall(st){\r\n  if(!st || !st.last || st.correct<2) return null;\r\n  const R=CFG.retention, reps=Math.max(1, st.correct - st.incorrect);\r\n  const stability = R.baseDays * Math.pow(R.growth, reps-1);\r\n  return Math.exp(-((Date.now()-st.last)\/86400000)\/stability);\r\n}\r\nfunction retentionIndex(){\r\n  let s=0,n=0; QS.forEach(q=>{ const r=recall(P.stats[uid(q)]); if(r!==null){s+=r;n++;} });\r\n  return n ? Math.round(s\/n*100) : null;\r\n}\r\nfunction bankStats(c, bank){\r\n  const qs = inChB(c, bank);\r\n  let att=0, ok=0, bad=0, mastSum=0;\r\n  qs.forEach(q=>{ const st=P.stats[uid(q)];\r\n    if(st && (st.correct+st.incorrect)>0){ att++; ok+=st.correct; bad+=st.incorrect; }\r\n    mastSum += st ? Math.min(st.correct\/CFG.masteryThreshold,1) : 0; });\r\n  return { count:qs.length, att, ok, bad,\r\n           acc:(ok+bad)?ok\/(ok+bad):null,\r\n           coverage: qs.length?att\/qs.length:0,\r\n           mastery: qs.length?mastSum\/qs.length:0 };\r\n}\r\nfunction chapterRows(){\r\n  return CHAPTERS.map(c=>{\r\n    const pyq = bankStats(c,'pyq'), con = bankStats(c,'concept');\r\n    const count = pyq.count+con.count, att = pyq.att+con.att;\r\n    const ok = pyq.ok+con.ok, bad = pyq.bad+con.bad;\r\n    const acc = (ok+bad) ? ok\/(ok+bad) : null;\r\n    const weight = weightOf(c);\r\n    const coverage = count?att\/count:0;\r\n    const mastery  = count ? (pyq.mastery*pyq.count + con.mastery*con.count)\/count : 0;\r\n    const expected = expectedRate(ok,bad,coverage);\r\n    const leak = weight*(1-expected);\r\n    const difficulty = acc===null ? 1 : (1.4 - 0.6*acc);\r\n    return { chapter:c, count, weight, pyq, con, att, ok, bad,\r\n             coverage, acc, mastery, expected, leak,\r\n             priority: weight*(1-mastery)*difficulty };\r\n  }).sort((a,b)=>b.weight-a.weight);\r\n}\r\nfunction readiness(){\r\n  const rows=chapterRows();\r\n  return {\r\n    score     : Math.round(rows.reduce((a,r)=>a+r.weight*r.mastery,0)*100),\r\n    projected : Math.round(rows.reduce((a,r)=>a+r.weight*r.expected,0)*100),\r\n    covered   : Math.round(rows.reduce((a,r)=>a+r.weight*r.coverage,0)*100),\r\n    touched   : Object.values(P.stats).some(s=>(s.correct+s.incorrect)>0),\r\n    rows\r\n  };\r\n}\r\nfunction masteredCount(){ return QS.filter(q=>{ const s=P.stats[uid(q)]; return s && s.correct>=CFG.masteryThreshold; }).length; }\r\nfunction formatRows(){\r\n  const acc={};\r\n  const ensure=(k,l,kind)=> acc[k] || (acc[k]={key:k,label:l,kind:kind,ok:0,bad:0,total:0,seen:0});\r\n  SHAPES.forEach(s=>ensure(s.key,s.label,'shape'));\r\n  TRAITS.forEach(t=>ensure(t.key,t.label,'trait'));\r\n  QS.forEach(q=>{\r\n    const s=P.stats[uid(q)], buckets=[acc[shapeOf(q).key]];\r\n    TRAITS.forEach(t=>{ if(t.test(q)) buckets.push(acc[t.key]); });\r\n    buckets.forEach(r=>{ r.total++; if(s && (s.correct+s.incorrect)>0){ r.seen++; r.ok+=s.correct; r.bad+=s.incorrect; } });\r\n  });\r\n  return Object.values(acc).map(r=>{ const n=r.ok+r.bad; r.attempts=n; r.acc = n? r.ok\/n : null; return r; })\r\n    .filter(r=>r.total>0);\r\n}\r\nfunction dueForRevision(){\r\n  const risk=CFG.retention.riskBelow;\r\n  return QS.map(q=>{\r\n    const st=P.stats[uid(q)], r=recall(st);\r\n    if(r===null || r>=risk) return null;\r\n    return { q, recall:r, days:Math.floor((Date.now()-st.last)\/86400000), urgency: weightOf(q.chapter)*(1-r) };\r\n  }).filter(Boolean).sort((a,b)=>b.urgency-a.urgency);\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   10. SESSION PLANNER\r\n   Focused set \u2014 chapter time in proportion to the marks leaking out.\r\n   Mock paper  \u2014 ignores your history, mirrors the shape of the bank.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction gain(q){\r\n  const u=uid(q), st=P.stats[u], c=st?st.correct:0, i=st?st.incorrect:0;\r\n  const deficit = 1 - Math.min(c\/CFG.masteryThreshold, 1);\r\n  let urgency = 1 + 0.15*deficit;\r\n  if(weak.has(u)) urgency += 0.60;\r\n  const r = recall(st);\r\n  if(r!==null && r<CFG.retention.riskBelow) urgency += (1-r);\r\n  if(c+i===0) urgency += 0.15;\r\n  return weightOf(q.chapter)*(deficit+0.12)*urgency;\r\n}\r\nfunction allocate(rows,n,shareOf){\r\n  const total = rows.reduce((a,r)=>a+Math.max(0,shareOf(r)),0);\r\n  if(!(total>0)) return rows.map(r=>({r,slots:0}));\r\n  const out = rows.map(r=>{ const exact=n*Math.max(0,shareOf(r))\/total;\r\n    return {r, exact, slots:Math.min(Math.floor(exact), r.count)}; });\r\n  let left = n - out.reduce((a,x)=>a+x.slots,0);\r\n  out.slice().sort((a,b)=>(b.exact-b.slots)-(a.exact-a.slots))\r\n     .forEach(x=>{ if(left>0 && x.slots<x.r.count){ x.slots++; left--; } });\r\n  if(left>0) out.slice().sort((a,b)=>shareOf(b.r)-shareOf(a.r))\r\n     .forEach(x=>{ while(left>0 && x.slots<x.r.count){ x.slots++; left--; } });\r\n  return out;\r\n}\r\n\/* Fisher\u2013Yates, so the order of a sitting is never the order of the bank *\/\r\nfunction shuffle(a){\r\n  for(let i=a.length-1;i>0;i--){ const j=Math.floor(Math.random()*(i+1)); [a[i],a[j]]=[a[j],a[i]]; }\r\n  return a;\r\n}\r\n\/* Weighted sampling without replacement: a high score makes a question\r\n   likely, never certain. Two sittings built back to back therefore share\r\n   only part of their content instead of being identical. *\/\r\nfunction sampleWeighted(pool, n, scoreFn){\r\n  const items = pool.map(q=>({q, w:Math.max(scoreFn(q), 1e-9)}));\r\n  const out=[];\r\n  n = Math.min(n, items.length);\r\n  for(let k=0;k<n;k++){\r\n    let total=0; items.forEach(x=>total+=x.w);\r\n    let r=Math.random()*total, hit=items.length-1;\r\n    for(let i=0;i<items.length;i++){ r-=items[i].w; if(r<=0){ hit=i; break; } }\r\n    out.push(items[hit].q);\r\n    items.splice(hit,1);\r\n  }\r\n  return out;\r\n}\r\nfunction buildSession(kind){\r\n  const only = kind==='pyq' ? 'pyq' : null;\r\n  const rows = chapterRows().filter(r=> only ? r[only].count>0 : r.count>0);\r\n  if(!rows.length) return 0;\r\n  const cap = kind==='mock' ? CFG.mockSize : kind==='pyq' ? CFG.pyqSize : CFG.sessionSize;\r\n  const n = Math.min(cap, only==='pyq' ? PYQ.length : QS.length);\r\n  const share = kind==='focus' ? (r=>r.leak) : (r=>r.weight);\r\n  const alloc = allocate(rows.map(r=>only?Object.assign({},r,{count:r[only].count}):r), n, share);\r\n\r\n  \/\/ whatever you were given last time is pushed down, not banned\r\n  const last = new Set(P.queue||[]);\r\n  const fresh = u => last.has(u) ? 0.3 : 1;\r\n\r\n  const picked=[];\r\n  alloc.forEach(({r,slots})=>{\r\n    if(!slots) return;\r\n    const pool = only ? inChB(r.chapter,only).slice() : inCh(r.chapter).slice();\r\n    if(kind==='mock' || kind==='pyq'){\r\n      \/\/ the mock ignores how well you know a question and simply spreads\r\n      \/\/ itself over the bank, favouring what you have seen least\r\n      picked.push(...sampleWeighted(pool, slots, q=>{\r\n        const st=P.stats[uid(q)], seen=st?(st.correct+st.incorrect):0;\r\n        const stale=(st&&st.last) ? Math.min((Date.now()-st.last)\/(86400000*30),1) : 1;\r\n        return (1\/(1+seen*1.6) + 0.35*stale) * fresh(uid(q));\r\n      }));\r\n    } else {\r\n      picked.push(...sampleWeighted(pool, slots, q=>gain(q)*fresh(uid(q))));\r\n    }\r\n  });\r\n  shuffle(picked);\r\n  P.queue = picked.map(uid);\r\n  P.queueLabel = kind==='mock' ? 'Mock paper' : kind==='pyq' ? 'PYQ paper' : 'Focused set';\r\n  P.queueKind = kind;\r\n  save();\r\n  return picked.length;\r\n}\r\nfunction startSession(kind){\r\n  const had = (P.queue||[]).length;\r\n  const n = buildSession(kind);\r\n  if(!n){ toast('Nothing to build a session from yet'); return; }\r\n  setTab('quiz'); setFilter('session');\r\n  S.ans = {};                                   \/\/ a new sitting starts clean\r\n  toast(P.queueLabel+' ready \u2014 '+n+' fresh questions'+(had?' (previous set replaced)':''), true);\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   11. POOL \/ FILTERS\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction pool(){\r\n  let p = QS.slice();\r\n  if(S.filter==='pyq')     p = p.filter(q=>q.bank==='pyq');\r\n  if(S.filter==='concept') p = p.filter(q=>q.bank==='concept');\r\n  if(S.filter==='chapter' && S.chapter){\r\n    p = inCh(S.chapter).slice();\r\n    if(S.bank!=='all') p = p.filter(q=>q.bank===S.bank);\r\n  }\r\n  if(S.filter==='weak')    p = p.filter(q=>weak.has(uid(q)));\r\n  if(S.filter==='flagged') p = p.filter(q=>flags.has(uid(q)));\r\n  if(S.filter==='session') p = (P.queue||[]).map(u=>BY_UID.get(u)).filter(Boolean);\r\n  if(S.query){ const t=S.query.toLowerCase();\r\n    p = p.filter(q=>(q.question+' '+q.options.join(' ')+' '+q.explanation).toLowerCase().includes(t)); }\r\n  if(S.unattempted) p = p.filter(q=>S.ans[uid(q)]==null);\r\n  return p;\r\n}\r\nfunction refreshWeak(){\r\n  weak.clear();\r\n  QS.forEach(q=>{ const s=P.stats[uid(q)];\r\n    if(s && s.incorrect>=CFG.weakThreshold && s.correct<CFG.masteryThreshold) weak.add(uid(q)); });\r\n  P.weak=[...weak];\r\n}\r\nrefreshWeak();\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   12. STEM RENDERING (statements + List-I \/ List-II)\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst cleanStem = t => String(t).replace(\/^\\s*(?:Q|Question)\\s*\\.?\\s*\\d+\\s*[.):\\-]\\s*\/i,'').trim();\r\nconst QN = '<span class=\"qno\">Q.<\/span>';   \/\/ the marker printed before every stem\r\nfunction buildStem(raw){\r\n  const lines = raw.split(\/<br\\s*\\\/?>|\\n\/).map(s=>s.trim()).filter(Boolean);\r\n  const plain = s => s.replace(\/<\\\/?b>\/g,'').trim();\r\n  const isMatch = lines.some(l=>\/^List\\s*[-\u2013\u2014]?\\s*I\\b\/i.test(plain(l)));\r\n  const numbered = lines.filter(l=>\/^\\d+[.)]\\s\/.test(plain(l)));\r\n  if(isMatch) return matchCard(lines, plain);\r\n  if(numbered.length>=2) return stmtCard(lines, plain);\r\n  return plainCard(lines);\r\n}\r\n\/* a single-statement question gets the same sheet as the other two, so\r\n   every question on the page reads the same way *\/\r\nfunction plainCard(lines){\r\n  return '<div class=\"stem\" id=\"qStem\"><div class=\"qsheet\">'\r\n    + lines.map((l,i)=>'<p class=\"'+(i===0?'lead':'close')+'\">'+(i===0?QN:'')+l+'<\/p>').join('')\r\n    + '<\/div><\/div>';\r\n}\r\nfunction stmtCard(lines, plain){\r\n  const isN = l => \/^\\d+[.)]\\s\/.test(plain(l));\r\n  const first = lines.findIndex(isN);\r\n  let last=-1; lines.forEach((l,i)=>{ if(isN(l)) last=i; });\r\n  const head = lines.slice(0,first), tail = lines.slice(last+1);\r\n  const items = lines.slice(first,last+1).filter(isN).map(l=>plain(l).replace(\/^\\d+[.)]\\s*\/,''));\r\n  return '<div class=\"stem\" id=\"qStem\"><div class=\"qsheet\">'\r\n    + head.map((l,i)=>'<p class=\"'+(i===0?'lead':'intro')+'\">'+(i===0?QN:'')+l+'<\/p>').join('')\r\n    + '<ol class=\"stmts\">'+items.map(t=>'<li><span>'+t+'<\/span><\/li>').join('')+'<\/ol>'\r\n    + tail.map(l=>'<p class=\"close\">'+l+'<\/p>').join('')\r\n    + '<\/div><\/div>';\r\n}\r\n\/* Match-the-following comes in every shape: one item per line, or the\r\n   whole list run together on a single line separated by semicolons or\r\n   commas, or nothing at all between items. All three are split here so\r\n   the two columns always come out as proper rows. *\/\r\nfunction splitItems(body, kind){\r\n  const lab = kind==='alpha' ? '[A-Fa-f]' : '\\\\d{1,2}';\r\n  const mk  = re => new RegExp(re.replace('LAB', lab), 'g');\r\n  let parts = body.split(mk('\\\\s*[;\\\\n]\\\\s*(?=LAB\\\\s*[.):]\\\\s)'));\r\n  if(parts.length < 2) parts = body.split(mk('\\\\s*,\\\\s*(?=LAB\\\\s*[.):]\\\\s)'));\r\n  if(parts.length < 2) parts = body.split(mk('(?<=\\\\S)\\\\s+(?=LAB\\\\s*[.)]\\\\s)'));\r\n  const re = new RegExp('^\\\\s*('+lab+')\\\\s*[.):]\\\\s*(.+?)\\\\s*[;,.]?\\\\s*$');\r\n  return parts.map(p=>{ const m=String(p).match(re);\r\n    return m ? {k:m[1].toUpperCase(), v:m[2]} : null; }).filter(Boolean);\r\n}\r\nfunction matchCard(lines, plain){\r\n  \/\/ keep line breaks, normalise only runs of spaces\r\n  const text = lines.map(plain).join('\\n').replace(\/[ \\t]+\/g,' ').trim();\r\n\r\n  \/* The opening line almost always names both lists \u2014 \"Match List-I with\r\n     List-II and select\u2026\" \u2014 so the first occurrence of each is the wrong\r\n     one. Take the last List-I that actually has items after it, and the\r\n     first List-II following that. *\/\r\n  const at = re => [...text.matchAll(re)].map(m=>m.index);\r\n  const posI  = at(\/List\\s*[-\u2013\u2014]?\\s*I\\b\/gi);\r\n  const posII = at(\/List\\s*[-\u2013\u2014]?\\s*II\\b\/gi);\r\n  const hasItems = (str,kind) =>\r\n    (kind==='alpha' ? \/[A-F]\\s*[.):]\\s\/ : \/\\d{1,2}\\s*[.):]\\s\/).test(str);\r\n  let iI=-1, iII=-1;\r\n  for(let k=posI.length-1;k>=0 && iI<0;k--){\r\n    const ii = posII.find(x=>x>posI[k]);\r\n    if(ii===undefined) continue;\r\n    if(hasItems(text.slice(posI[k],ii),'alpha') && hasItems(text.slice(ii),'num')){ iI=posI[k]; iII=ii; }\r\n  }\r\n  if(iI<0 || iII<0) return plainCard(lines);\r\n\r\n  const head  = text.slice(0, iI).trim();\r\n  let segI    = text.slice(iI, iII).trim();\r\n  let segII   = text.slice(iII).trim();\r\n\r\n  \/\/ anything after the lists \u2014 \"Code :\", \"Select the correct answer\u2026\"\r\n  let tail = '';\r\n  const t = segII.match(\/(?:\\n|\\s)(Code\\s*[:.]?\\s*$|(?:Select|Choose)\\b[\\s\\S]*$)\/i);\r\n  if(t){ tail = t[1].trim(); segII = segII.slice(0, t.index).trim(); }\r\n\r\n  \/\/ column captions: \"List-I (Purpose of Leave) :\"\r\n  const capRe = \/^List\\s*[-\u2013\u2014]?\\s*I{1,2}\\b\\s*(\\([^)]*\\))?\\s*[:.]?\\s*\/i;\r\n  const hI  = segI.match(capRe),  hII = segII.match(capRe);\r\n  const capI  = hI  ? hI[0].replace(\/[\\s:.]+$\/,'')  : 'List-I';\r\n  const capII = hII ? hII[0].replace(\/[\\s:.]+$\/,'') : 'List-II';\r\n  const rowsI  = splitItems(hI  ? segI.slice(hI[0].length)  : segI,  'alpha');\r\n  const rowsII = splitItems(hII ? segII.slice(hII[0].length): segII, 'num');\r\n  if(!rowsI.length || !rowsII.length) return plainCard(lines);\r\n\r\n  const cell = x => '<li><b>'+x.k+'.<\/b><span>'+x.v+'<\/span><\/li>';\r\n  const headLines = head ? head.split('\\n').filter(Boolean) : [];\r\n  return '<div class=\"stem\" id=\"qStem\"><div class=\"qsheet\">'\r\n    + (headLines.length\r\n        ? headLines.map((l,i)=>'<p class=\"'+(i===0?'lead':'intro')+'\">'+(i===0?QN:'')+l+'<\/p>').join('')\r\n        : '<p class=\"lead\">'+QN+'Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:<\/p>')\r\n    + '<div class=\"lists\">'\r\n      + '<div class=\"lcol\"><h5>'+capI+'<\/h5><ul>'+rowsI.map(cell).join('')+'<\/ul><\/div>'\r\n      + '<div class=\"lcol\"><h5>'+capII+'<\/h5><ul>'+rowsII.map(cell).join('')+'<\/ul><\/div>'\r\n    + '<\/div>'\r\n    + '<p class=\"close\">'+(tail || 'Select the correct answer using the code given below:')+'<\/p>'\r\n    + '<\/div><\/div>';\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   13. UI HELPERS\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst $ = id => document.getElementById(id);\r\nlet toastTimer=null;\r\nfunction toast(msg, ok){\r\n  const t=$('toast'); t.innerHTML=msg; t.className='toast show'+(ok?' ok':'');\r\n  clearTimeout(toastTimer); toastTimer=setTimeout(()=>t.className='toast',3000);\r\n}\r\nconst SRC_ON = !!(CFG.sourceUrl && CFG.sourceUrl.trim());\r\nconst stripHtml = s => String(s).replace(\/<[^>]+>\/g,'').replace(\/\\s+\/g,' ').trim();\r\nconst preview = (q,n) => { const t=stripHtml(q.question); return t.length>n ? t.slice(0,n)+'\u2026' : t; };\r\nfunction stars(u){\r\n  const s=P.stats[u]; if(!s || (s.correct+s.incorrect)===0) return null;\r\n  return { filled: Math.min(s.correct, CFG.masteryThreshold), c:s.correct, i:s.incorrect };\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   14. RENDER \u2014 PRACTICE\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction renderCtx(){\r\n  const panel=$('chapPanel');\r\n  const on = S.filter==='chapter';\r\n  panel.classList.toggle('hide', !on);\r\n  if(!on) return;\r\n  document.querySelectorAll('#cdRoot .bankseg button').forEach(b=>\r\n    b.setAttribute('aria-pressed', b.dataset.bank===S.bank));\r\n  const rows = chapterRows().filter(r=>r.count>0).sort(byChapterOrder);\r\n  if(!S.chapter || !rows.some(r=>r.chapter===S.chapter)) S.chapter = rows[0] ? rows[0].chapter : null;\r\n  $('chapList').innerHTML = rows.map((r,n)=>{\r\n    const sel = r.chapter===S.chapter;\r\n    const mastered = inCh(r.chapter).filter(q=>{ const s=P.stats[uid(q)]; return s && s.correct>=CFG.masteryThreshold; }).length;\r\n    const title = r.chapter+(WT?' \u2014 '+pctLabel(r.weight)+' of the exam':'')\r\n                + ' \u00b7 '+r.pyq.count+' PYQs, '+r.con.count+' concept MCQs \u00b7 '\r\n                + Math.round(r.coverage*100)+'% seen'+(mastered?' \u00b7 '+mastered+' mastered':'');\r\n    return '<button class=\"chapchip\" aria-pressed=\"'+sel+'\" data-ch=\"'+encodeURIComponent(r.chapter)+'\" title=\"'+title+'\">'\r\n      + '<span class=\"no\">'+(n+1)+'<\/span>'\r\n      + '<span class=\"cn\">'+titleCase(r.chapter)+'<\/span>'\r\n      + (WT ? '<span class=\"cw\">'+pctLabel(r.weight)+' of exam<\/span>' : '')\r\n      + (mastered===r.count ? '<span class=\"done\">\u2713<\/span>' : '')\r\n      + '<span class=\"cc pyq\" title=\"previous year questions\">'+r.pyq.count+'<\/span>'\r\n      + '<span class=\"cc con\" title=\"concept MCQs\">'+r.con.count+'<\/span><\/button>';\r\n  }).join('');\r\n  const r = rows.find(x=>x.chapter===S.chapter);\r\n  $('ctxMeta').textContent = r\r\n    ? Math.round(r.coverage*100)+'% seen \u00b7 '+(r.acc===null?'not attempted':Math.round(r.acc*100)+'% accurate')\r\n    : '';\r\n}\r\nfunction render(){\r\n  renderCtx();\r\n  const p = pool();\r\n  const ec = $('emptyCard');\r\n  if(!p.length){\r\n    $('qCard').classList.add('hide'); ec.classList.remove('hide');\r\n    $('emptyBody').innerHTML =\r\n      S.query    ? '<b>No match for \u201c'+S.query+'\u201d<\/b>Try a rule or paragraph number, or a phrase like \u201cpart file\u201d.' :\r\n      S.filter==='weak'    ? '<b>No weak areas yet<\/b>Anything you answer wrong lands here until you have it right '+CFG.masteryThreshold+' times.' :\r\n      S.filter==='flagged' ? '<b>Nothing flagged yet<\/b>Press <b style=\"display:inline\">Flag for review<\/b> under any question and it collects here.' :\r\n      S.filter==='session' ? '<b>No session built yet<\/b>Open My Performance and build a Focused set or a Mock paper.' :\r\n      S.unattempted        ? '<b>You have attempted everything here<\/b>Turn off \u201cUnattempted only\u201d to revise what you have done.' :\r\n                             '<b>No questions in this selection<\/b>Clear the search or pick another chapter.';\r\n    renderNav(p); rail(p); return;\r\n  }\r\n  ec.classList.add('hide'); $('qCard').classList.remove('hide');\r\n  if(S.i>=p.length) S.i=0; if(S.i<0) S.i=p.length-1;\r\n\r\n  const q=p[S.i], u=uid(q), given=S.ans[u];\r\n  $('qCount').textContent = 'Question '+(S.i+1)+' of '+p.length;\r\n  $('qChap').textContent  = chBrief(q.chapter);\r\n  const src=$('qSrc');\r\n  src.className = 'badge-src '+(q.bank==='pyq'?'pyq':'con');\r\n  src.textContent = q.bank==='pyq' ? ('PYQ'+(q.year?' '+q.year:'')) : 'Concept';\r\n  const tags=[];\r\n  if(weak.has(u))  tags.push('<span class=\"qtag weak\">\u26a0\ufe0f Weak<\/span>');\r\n  if(flags.has(u)) tags.push('<span class=\"qtag flag\">\ud83d\udd16 Flagged<\/span>');\r\n  const sMast=P.stats[u];\r\n  if(sMast && sMast.correct>=CFG.masteryThreshold) tags.push('<span class=\"qtag done\">\u2713 Mastered<\/span>');\r\n  $('qTags').innerHTML = tags.join('');\r\n  const st = stars(u), badge=$('qMastery');\r\n  if(!st){ badge.textContent='Not seen yet'; badge.className='badge-m'; }\r\n  else {\r\n    const done = st.c>=CFG.masteryThreshold;\r\n    badge.textContent = '\u2605'.repeat(st.filled)+'\u2606'.repeat(Math.max(0,CFG.masteryThreshold-st.filled))+'  '+st.c+'\u2713 '+st.i+'\u2717';\r\n    badge.className = 'badge-m'+(weak.has(u)&&!done?' weak':'');\r\n  }\r\n  $('qStem').outerHTML = buildStem(cleanStem(q.question));\r\n\r\n  const box=$('qOpts'); box.innerHTML='';\r\n  q.options.forEach((o,k)=>{\r\n    const b=document.createElement('button');\r\n    b.className='opt';\r\n    b.innerHTML='<span class=\"key\">('+L[k].toLowerCase()+')<\/span><span class=\"txt\">'+o+'<\/span>';\r\n    if(given!=null){\r\n      b.disabled=true;\r\n      if(k===q.correct){ b.classList.add('right'); b.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend','<span class=\"mark r\">Correct<\/span>'); }\r\n      else if(k===given){ b.classList.add('wrong'); b.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend','<span class=\"mark w\">Your answer<\/span>'); }\r\n    } else if(S.pick===k) b.classList.add('sel');\r\n    b.onclick=()=>{ if(given!=null) return; S.pick=k; S.nudge=false; render(); };\r\n    box.appendChild(b);\r\n  });\r\n\r\n  const bc=$('btnCheck');\r\n  bc.disabled = given!=null;\r\n  bc.textContent = given!=null ? 'Answered \u2713' : 'Check answer';\r\n  $('pickHint').classList.toggle('hide', !(given==null && S.pick==null && S.nudge));\r\n  const on = flags.has(u);\r\n  $('btnFlag').setAttribute('aria-pressed', on);\r\n  $('flagIco').textContent = on ? '\ud83d\udd16' : '\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f';\r\n  $('flagTxt').textContent = on ? 'Flagged' : 'Flag for review';\r\n\r\n  const res=$('result');\r\n  res.classList.toggle('hide', given==null);\r\n  if(given!=null){\r\n    const ok = given===q.correct, v=$('verdict');\r\n    v.className='verdict '+(ok?'r':'w');\r\n    v.innerHTML = ok ? '\u2713 Correct \u2014 '+L[q.correct]+' is right'\r\n                     : '\u2715 Not quite \u2014 the answer is '+L[q.correct];\r\n    $('explBody').innerHTML = q.explanation;\r\n  }\r\n  renderNav(p); rail(p);\r\n}\r\nlet navOpen=true;\r\nfunction renderNav(p){\r\n  const card=$('navCard');\r\n  if(!p.length){ card.classList.add('hide'); return; }\r\n  card.classList.remove('hide');\r\n  const done=p.filter(q=>S.ans[uid(q)]!=null).length;\r\n  $('navTitle').textContent = 'Navigator \u2014 '+done+' of '+p.length+' attempted';\r\n  const g=$('navGrid');\r\n  g.classList.toggle('hide', !navOpen);\r\n  $('navToggle').textContent = navOpen ? 'Hide' : 'Show';\r\n  if(!navOpen) return;\r\n  g.innerHTML='';\r\n  p.forEach((q,k)=>{\r\n    const u=uid(q), a=S.ans[u], s=P.stats[u];\r\n    const b=document.createElement('button');\r\n    b.className='nq'+(k===S.i?' cur':(a!=null?(a===q.correct?' r':' w'):''))\r\n              + (s && s.correct>=CFG.masteryThreshold ? ' mastered':'');\r\n    b.innerHTML=(k+1)+(flags.has(u)?'<span class=\"fl\">\ud83d\udd16<\/span>':'');\r\n    b.title = 'Q'+(k+1)+' \u00b7 '+chBrief(q.chapter)+(a!=null?(a===q.correct?' \u00b7 correct':' \u00b7 wrong'):'');\r\n    b.setAttribute('aria-label','Go to question '+(k+1));\r\n    b.onclick=()=>{ S.i=k; S.pick=null; render(); };\r\n    g.appendChild(b);\r\n  });\r\n}\r\nfunction rail(p){\r\n  const seen=Object.keys(S.ans).length;\r\n  const right=Object.entries(S.ans).filter(([u,a])=>BY_UID.get(u) && BY_UID.get(u).correct===a).length;\r\n  $('sPct').textContent = seen ? Math.round(right\/seen*100)+'%' : '\u2014';\r\n  $('sFrac').textContent = right+' of '+seen+' correct';\r\n  $('sBar').style.width = (seen?right\/seen*100:0)+'%';\r\n  $('sSeen').textContent = seen+' attempted';\r\n  $('sLeft').textContent = Math.max(0,p.length-S.i-1)+' left here';\r\n  const st=$('streak'); st.innerHTML='';\r\n  Object.entries(S.ans).slice(-10).forEach(([u,a])=>{\r\n    const q=BY_UID.get(u); if(!q) return;\r\n    const el=document.createElement('i'); el.className = q.correct===a?'r':'w'; st.appendChild(el);\r\n  });\r\n  const chs=[...new Set(p.map(q=>q.chapter))];\r\n  const w=chs.reduce((s,c)=>s+weightOf(c),0)*100;\r\n  $('wPct').textContent = w.toFixed(1)+'%';\r\n  $('wNote').textContent = p.length+' questions on screen, from '+chs.length+' '+(chs.length===1?'chapter':'chapters')+'. '\r\n    + (w>=35 ? 'That is a big slice in one sitting \u2014 worth clearing properly.' : 'Useful for topping up once the bigger chapters are secure.');\r\n  hdr();\r\n}\r\nfunction hdr(){\r\n  $('hQ').textContent = QS.length;\r\n  $('hCh').textContent = CHAPTERS.length;\r\n  $('hMastered').textContent = (QS.length ? Math.round(masteredCount()\/QS.length*100) : 0)+'%';\r\n  const r=readiness();\r\n  $('hReady').textContent = r.touched ? r.score+'%' : '\u2014';\r\n  $('fAll').textContent  = QS.length;\r\n  $('fPyq').textContent  = PYQ.length;\r\n  $('fCon').textContent  = CON.length;\r\n  $('fWeak').textContent = weak.size;\r\n  $('fFlag').textContent = flags.size;\r\n  $('fSess').textContent = (P.queue||[]).length;\r\n  $('pillSession').classList.toggle('hide', !(P.queue||[]).length);\r\n  $('sessLabel').textContent = P.queueLabel || 'My session';\r\n  $('perfPill').classList.toggle('hide', weak.size<5);\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   15. RENDER \u2014 PERFORMANCE\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction renderPerf(){\r\n  const body=$('perfBody');\r\n  const seen=Object.values(P.stats).filter(s=>(s.correct+s.incorrect)>0).length;\r\n  $('perfCount').textContent = seen+' questions attempted';\r\n\r\n  if(!QS.length){ body.innerHTML='<div class=\"empty\"><b>No questions loaded<\/b>Paste your bank into <code>chapterQuestions<\/code> and reload.<\/div>'; return; }\r\n  const R = readiness();\r\n  if(!R.touched){\r\n    body.innerHTML = '<div class=\"empty\"><b>Your coach is waiting for data<\/b>Answer a few questions in Practice. '\r\n      + 'The coach then scores your readiness against the weightage of each chapter, works out where marks are leaking, and builds the next sitting for you.<\/div>'\r\n      + plannerHTML(true);\r\n    bindPerf(); return;\r\n  }\r\n  const rows=R.rows, byPriority=[...rows].sort((a,b)=>b.priority-a.priority);\r\n  const allC=Object.values(P.stats).reduce((a,s)=>a+s.correct,0);\r\n  const allI=Object.values(P.stats).reduce((a,s)=>a+s.incorrect,0);\r\n  const accAll = (allC+allI) ? Math.round(allC\/(allC+allI)*100) : 0;\r\n  const recent = P.log.slice(-20);\r\n  const accRec = recent.length ? Math.round(recent.filter(x=>x.ok).length\/recent.length*100) : 0;\r\n  const trend = recent.length>=5 ? (accRec>accAll?' \u2197':(accRec<accAll?' \u2198':'')) : '';\r\n  const ret = retentionIndex();\r\n  const due = dueForRevision();\r\n  const band=(v,hi,mid)=> v>=hi?'var(--ok)': v>=mid?'#8A6206':'var(--bad)';\r\n\r\n  const verdict = R.score>=80 ? '<b>In good shape.<\/b> Hold it there with the revision queue and weak-area drills.'\r\n    : R.score>=60 ? '<b>Strong base.<\/b> Close the gaps in the biggest chapters below to cross 80.'\r\n    : R.score>=35 ? '<b>Building up.<\/b> Work the plan top-down \u2014 it is ordered by what will move this number fastest.'\r\n    : '<b>Early stage.<\/b> Start at the top of the plan; the biggest chapters move this number fastest.';\r\n\r\n  body.innerHTML =\r\n  '<div class=\"hero2\">'\r\n  + '<div class=\"ring-card\"><div class=\"ring\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Readiness '+R.score+' out of 100\">'\r\n    + '<svg width=\"150\" height=\"150\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle class=\"bg\" cx=\"75\" cy=\"75\" r=\"64\"><\/circle>'\r\n    + '<circle class=\"fg\" cx=\"75\" cy=\"75\" r=\"64\" stroke-dasharray=\"402\" stroke-dashoffset=\"'+(402-402*R.score\/100)+'\"><\/circle><\/svg>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"ring-txt\"><b>'+R.score+'<\/b><span>Readiness \/ 100<\/span><\/div><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"verdict2\">'+verdict+'<br><span style=\"font-size:11.6px;opacity:.85\">'+T.readyDef+' across '+CHAPTERS.length\r\n    + ' chapters. On today\\u2019s form '+T.paperOut+' <b>'+R.projected+'%<\/b>.<\/span><\/div><\/div>'\r\n  + '<div class=\"coach\"><h4>\ud83e\udded What to do next<\/h4><div id=\"recoList\"><\/div><\/div>'\r\n  + '<\/div>'\r\n\r\n  + plannerHTML(false)\r\n\r\n  + '<div class=\"kpis\">'\r\n    + kpi(R.projected+'%',T.projected, band(R.projected,65,45))\r\n    + kpi(R.covered+'%',T.covered, band(R.covered,70,40))\r\n    + kpi(ret===null?'\u2014':ret+'%','Retention now', ret===null?'var(--slate)':band(ret,75,55))\r\n    + kpi(accAll+'%','Lifetime accuracy', band(accAll,70,45))\r\n    + kpi(accRec+'%'+trend,'Last 20 attempts', band(accRec,70,45))\r\n    + kpi(masteredCount(),'Mastered ('+CFG.masteryThreshold+'\u2713)','var(--ok)')\r\n    + kpi(weak.size,'Weak questions','var(--bad)')\r\n    + kpi(flags.size,'Flagged','#8A6206')\r\n  + '<\/div>'\r\n\r\n  + '<section class=\"pblock\"><div class=\"pbh\"><div class=\"txt\">'\r\n    + '<h4><span class=\"secno\">02<\/span>Chapter performance vs '+(WT?'exam weight':'bank share')+'<\/h4>'\r\n    + '<p>Both banks scored separately, so you can see a chapter that is fine on practice questions and weak on the real paper.<\/p><\/div>'\r\n    + '<span class=\"sechint\">priority = high weight \\u00d7 low accuracy<\/span><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"tblwrap\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0\"><table class=\"perf-t nested\"><thead>'\r\n    + '<tr><th rowspan=\"2\" class=\"lft\">Chapter<\/th><th rowspan=\"2\">'+T.colWeight+'<\/th>'\r\n    + '<th colspan=\"2\" class=\"grp pyq\">PYQs<\/th>'\r\n    + '<th colspan=\"2\" class=\"grp con\">Concept MCQs<\/th>'\r\n    + '<th rowspan=\"2\">Status<\/th><th rowspan=\"2\">Practice<\/th><\/tr>'\r\n    + '<tr><th class=\"sub2\">Covered<\/th><th class=\"sub2\">Accuracy<\/th>'\r\n    + '<th class=\"sub2\">Covered<\/th><th class=\"sub2\">Accuracy<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>'\r\n    + byPriority.map(r=>{\r\n        const a = r.acc===null?null:Math.round(r.acc*100);\r\n        const tag = r.count===0 ? '<span class=\"tag na\">No questions<\/span>'\r\n          : r.acc===null ? '<span class=\"tag na\">Not started<\/span>'\r\n          : a<45 ? '<span class=\"tag hot\">Critical<\/span>'\r\n          : a<65 ? '<span class=\"tag warm\">Needs work<\/span>'\r\n          : a<85 ? '<span class=\"tag ok\">On track<\/span>'\r\n                 : '<span class=\"tag good\">Strong<\/span>';\r\n        const cov = b => b.count ? b.att+'\/'+b.count : '<span class=\"nil\">\\u2014<\/span>';\r\n        const accCell = b => {\r\n          if(b.acc===null) return '<span class=\"nil\">\\u2014<\/span>';\r\n          const v=Math.round(b.acc*100);\r\n          const col = v<45?'var(--bad)':v<65?'var(--gold)':'var(--ok)';\r\n          return '<div class=\"minibar\"><i style=\"width:'+Math.max(v,4)+'%;background:'+col+'\"><\/i><\/div>'\r\n               + '<span class=\"miniv\" style=\"color:'+col+'\">'+v+'%<\/span>';\r\n        };\r\n        const wcell = '<b class=\"wt\">'+pctLabel(r.weight)+'<\/b>'\r\n          + (WT ? '<span class=\"wsub\">('+r.pyq.count+' PYQ'+(r.pyq.count===1?'':'s')+')<\/span>' : '');\r\n        return '<tr><td class=\"lft\" title=\"'+r.chapter+'\">'+chBrief(r.chapter)+'<\/td>'\r\n          + '<td>'+wcell+'<\/td>'\r\n          + '<td>'+cov(r.pyq)+'<\/td><td>'+accCell(r.pyq)+'<\/td>'\r\n          + '<td>'+cov(r.con)+'<\/td><td>'+accCell(r.con)+'<\/td>'\r\n          + '<td>'+tag+'<\/td>'\r\n          + '<td class=\"prac\">'\r\n            + (r.pyq.count?'<button class=\"mini-go pyq\" data-goch=\"'+encodeURIComponent(r.chapter)+'\" data-bank=\"pyq\">PYQ<\/button>':'')\r\n            + (r.con.count?'<button class=\"mini-go\" data-goch=\"'+encodeURIComponent(r.chapter)+'\" data-bank=\"concept\">Drill<\/button>':'')\r\n          + '<\/td><\/tr>';\r\n      }).join('')\r\n    + '<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/section>'\r\n\r\n  + '<section class=\"pblock\"><div class=\"pbh\"><div class=\"txt\">'\r\n    + '<h4><span class=\"secno\">03<\/span>'+T.leakHead+'<\/h4>'\r\n    + '<p id=\"leakNote\"><\/p><\/div>'\r\n    + '<span class=\"sechint\">'+rows.filter(r=>r.count>0).length+' chapters<\/span><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"bars\" id=\"leakBars\"><\/div><\/section>'\r\n\r\n  + '<section class=\"pblock\"><div class=\"pbh\"><div class=\"txt\">'\r\n    + '<h4><span class=\"secno\">04<\/span>How you handle each kind of question<\/h4>'\r\n    + '<p id=\"fmtNote\"><\/p><\/div>'\r\n    + '<span class=\"sechint\">format beats topic when the gap is wide<\/span><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"subhead\"><h5>How the question is built<\/h5><span>one shape per question<\/span><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"bars\" id=\"shapeBars\"><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"subhead\"><h5>What the question turns on<\/h5><span>a question can sit in more than one \u2014 a time limit asked as a multi-statement code counts on both<\/span><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"bars\" id=\"traitBars\"><\/div><\/section>'\r\n\r\n  + '<div class=\"split\">'\r\n    + '<div class=\"panel\"><h4 class=\"ph\"><span class=\"secno\">05<\/span> Revision queue \u2014 what is fading fastest<\/h4><div id=\"revQ\"><\/div><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"panel\"><h4 class=\"ph\"><span class=\"secno\">06<\/span> Mastery distribution<\/h4><div id=\"mastDist\"><\/div><\/div>'\r\n  + '<\/div>'\r\n\r\n  + '<div class=\"danger\"><p><b>Danger zone.<\/b> This permanently erases your lifetime performance for this subject \u2014 mastery, weak areas, flags, accuracy history and the readiness score. Reset session on the Practice tab does <b>not<\/b> touch this.<\/p>'\r\n    + '<button class=\"dbtn\" id=\"btnWipe\">\ud83d\uddd1\ufe0f Reset my performance<\/button><\/div>';\r\n\r\n  renderRecos(byPriority, rows, due);\r\n  renderLeaks(rows);\r\n  renderFormats();\r\n  renderRevision(due);\r\n  renderMastery();\r\n  bindPerf();\r\n}\r\nfunction kpi(v,l,color){ return '<div class=\"kpi\"><b style=\"color:'+color+'\">'+v+'<\/b><span>'+l+'<\/span><\/div>'; }\r\nfunction plannerHTML(empty){\r\n  const rows=chapterRows().filter(r=>r.count>0).sort((a,b)=>b.leak-a.leak).slice(0,2).map(r=>chShort(r.chapter));\r\n  return '<div class=\"planner\"><div><h4><span class=\"secno\">01<\/span>Plan the next sitting<\/h4><p id=\"plannerNote\">'\r\n    + (empty\r\n        ? 'The focused set gives each chapter time in proportion to what you are losing in it. The mock paper ignores your history and mirrors the shape of the whole bank. Neither is fixed \\u2014 build again and you get a fresh set of questions.'\r\n        : 'The focused set gives each chapter time in proportion to what is leaking out of it \\u2014 right now mostly <b>'+rows.join('<\/b> and <b>')+'<\/b>. The mock paper mirrors the exam weight across both banks, and the PYQ paper drills nothing but real papers. None of them is fixed: press again for a fresh set, and last time\\u2019s questions are pushed to the back of the queue.')\r\n    + '<\/p><\/div><div class=\"pbtns\">'\r\n    + '<button class=\"pbtn primary\" id=\"btnFocus\">\ud83e\udde9 Focused set \u2014 '+Math.min(CFG.sessionSize,QS.length)+' Q<\/button>'\r\n    + '<button class=\"pbtn\" id=\"btnMock\">\ud83d\udcc4 Mock paper \u2014 '+Math.min(CFG.mockSize,QS.length)+' Q<\/button>'\r\n    + (PYQ.length ? '<button class=\"pbtn navy\" id=\"btnPyq\">\ud83d\udcdc PYQ paper \u2014 '+Math.min(CFG.pyqSize,PYQ.length)+' Q<\/button>' : '')\r\n    + '<\/div><\/div>';\r\n}\r\nfunction renderRecos(byPriority, rows, due){\r\n  const out=[], named=new Set();\r\n  byPriority.slice(0,3).forEach(r=>{\r\n    if(!r.count) return;\r\n    named.add(r.chapter);\r\n    const imp = WT ? '<b>'+pctLabel(r.weight)+'<\/b> of the exam ('+r.pyq.count+' PYQ'+(r.pyq.count===1?'':'s')+')' : '';\r\n    if(r.acc===null)\r\n      out.push({ic:'warm',icon:'\ud83e\udded',txt:'<b>'+chBrief(r.chapter)+'<\/b>'+(imp?' is '+imp+' and':'')+' you have not touched it yet \u2014 start here.',ch:r.chapter});\r\n    else if(r.acc<0.6)\r\n      out.push({ic:'hot',icon:'\ud83d\udd25',txt:'<b>'+chBrief(r.chapter)+'<\/b>'+(imp?', '+imp+',':'')+' is running at only <b>'+Math.round(r.acc*100)+'%<\/b> \u2014 about <b>'+(r.leak*100).toFixed(1)+' '+T.leakWord+' per 100<\/b> are going here.',ch:r.chapter});\r\n    else if(r.coverage<0.6)\r\n      out.push({ic:'cool',icon:'\ud83d\udd0d',txt:'<b>'+chBrief(r.chapter)+'<\/b>: accuracy is fine at '+Math.round(r.acc*100)+'%, but you have seen only <b>'+Math.round(r.coverage*100)+'%<\/b> of a chapter'+(imp?' '+imp:'')+' \u2014 finish the set.',ch:r.chapter});\r\n    else\r\n      out.push({ic:'good',icon:'\u2705',txt:'<b>'+chBrief(r.chapter)+'<\/b>'+(imp?' ('+stripHtml(imp)+')':'')+' is in good shape at '+Math.round(r.acc*100)+'% \u2014 keep it warm through the revision queue.',ch:r.chapter});\r\n  });\r\n\r\n  \/\/ a format gap costs you in every chapter at once\r\n  const f = formatRows().filter(r=>r.acc!==null && r.attempts>=8).sort((a,b)=>a.acc-b.acc);\r\n  if(f.length>=2){\r\n    const worst=f[0], best=f[f.length-1];\r\n    if(best.acc-worst.acc >= 0.12){\r\n      const tail = worst.kind==='shape'\r\n        ? 'That is a reading habit, not a gap in the rules \u2014 and it costs you in every chapter at once.'\r\n        : 'That is recall, not comprehension \u2014 these have to be committed to memory, and they turn up everywhere.';\r\n      out.push({ic:'hot',icon:'\ud83e\udde9',txt:'<b>'+worst.label+'<\/b> questions are running at <b>'+Math.round(worst.acc*100)+'%<\/b> while you sit at '+Math.round(best.acc*100)+'% on '+best.label.toLowerCase()+'. '+tail});\r\n    }\r\n  }\r\n  \/\/ big chapter you have exhausted\r\n  const done = rows.filter(r=>!named.has(r.chapter) && r.weight>=0.08 && r.coverage>=0.9 && r.count>0).sort((a,b)=>b.weight-a.weight)[0];\r\n  if(done) out.push({ic:'warm',icon:'\ud83d\udcd8',txt:'You have worked nearly every question in <b>'+chBrief(done.chapter)+'<\/b>'+(WT?', '+pctLabel(done.weight)+' of the exam':'')+'. Practice has given what it can \u2014 go back to the source text for the rest.',ch:done.chapter});\r\n\r\n  \/\/ a chapter drilled hard that the paper has never actually asked from\r\n  if(WT && W.untested.length){\r\n    const worked = W.untested.map(c=>rows.find(r=>r.chapter===c)).filter(r=>r&&r.coverage>0.5)\r\n                    .sort((a,b)=>b.con.count-a.con.count)[0];\r\n    if(worked) out.push({ic:'cool',icon:'\u2696\ufe0f',txt:'<b>'+chBrief(worked.chapter)+'<\/b> has <b>no previous year questions<\/b> at all, and you are already '+Math.round(worked.coverage*100)+'% through its concept MCQs. Worth knowing before you spend another evening on it.',ch:worked.chapter});\r\n  }\r\n  \/\/ heavy on the paper, thin on practice material\r\n  const thin = rows.filter(r=>r.weight>=0.10 && r.con.count>0 && r.con.count < r.pyq.count)\r\n                   .sort((a,b)=>b.weight-a.weight)[0];\r\n  if(WT && thin) out.push({ic:'warm',icon:'\ud83d\udcda',txt:'<b>'+chBrief(thin.chapter)+'<\/b> is <b>'+pctLabel(thin.weight)+'<\/b> of the exam but has only '+thin.con.count+' concept MCQ'+(thin.con.count===1?'':'s')+' against '+thin.pyq.count+' PYQs. The bank is thin exactly where the paper is heavy.',ch:thin.chapter});\r\n  if(weak.size>=3) out.push({ic:'hot',icon:'\u26a0\ufe0f',txt:'You have <b>'+weak.size+' weak questions<\/b> flagged, biggest chapter first. One Weak-areas sitting clears the backlog.',weak:true});\r\n  if(due.length) out.push({ic:'warm',icon:'\ud83d\udd01',txt:'<b>'+due.length+' questions<\/b> you had mastered have decayed below <b>'+Math.round(CFG.retention.riskBelow*100)+'% recall<\/b>. Re-answering one costs seconds; re-learning it later costs an evening.'});\r\n  if(flags.size) out.push({ic:'cool',icon:'\ud83d\udd16',txt:'<b>'+flags.size+'<\/b> question'+(flags.size>1?'s are':' is')+' flagged for review. Clear the flags before the next mock.',flag:true});\r\n\r\n  $('recoList').innerHTML = out.map(r=>{\r\n    let btn='';\r\n    if(r.ch)        btn='<button class=\"go\" data-goch=\"'+encodeURIComponent(r.ch)+'\">Practice \u2192<\/button>';\r\n    else if(r.weak) btn='<button class=\"go\" data-goweak=\"1\">Start \u2192<\/button>';\r\n    else if(r.flag) btn='<button class=\"go\" data-goflag=\"1\">Open \u2192<\/button>';\r\n    return '<div class=\"reco\"><span class=\"ic '+r.ic+'\">'+r.icon+'<\/span><p>'+r.txt+'<\/p>'+btn+'<\/div>';\r\n  }).join('');\r\n}\r\nfunction renderLeaks(rows){\r\n  const list = rows.filter(r=>r.count>0).sort((a,b)=>b.leak-a.leak);\r\n  if(!list.length) return;\r\n  const max = Math.max(0.0001, ...list.map(r=>r.leak));\r\n  const total = list.reduce((a,r)=>a+r.leak,0)*100;\r\n  const top3 = list.slice(0,3);\r\n  $('leakNote').innerHTML = 'On today\\u2019s form you would expect to drop about <b>'+Math.round(total)+' '+T.leakWord+' in every 100<\/b>. <b>'\r\n    + top3.map(r=>chShort(r.chapter)).join(', ')+'<\/b> alone account for <b>'+Math.round(top3.reduce((a,r)=>a+r.leak,0)*100)\r\n    + '<\/b> of them \u2014 the shortest route to a better score.';\r\n  $('leakBars').innerHTML = list.map(r=>{\r\n    const m=r.leak*100;\r\n    const col = m>=8?'linear-gradient(90deg,#F08A92,var(--bad))' : m>=4?'linear-gradient(90deg,var(--gold-lt),var(--gold))' : 'linear-gradient(90deg,#9DB6EE,var(--blue-700))';\r\n    return '<div class=\"lrow\"><div><span class=\"lname\" title=\"'+r.chapter+'\">'+chBrief(r.chapter)+'<\/span>'\r\n      + '<span class=\"lsub\">'+(WT?pctLabel(r.weight)+' of the exam \u00b7 ':'')+'you would clear about '+Math.round(r.expected*100)+'% today<\/span><\/div>'\r\n      + '<div class=\"ltrack\"><div class=\"lfill\" style=\"width:'+(r.leak\/max*100)+'%;background:'+col+'\"><\/div><\/div>'\r\n      + '<div class=\"lval\">'+m.toFixed(1)+'<small>'+T.leakUnit+'<\/small><\/div><\/div>';\r\n  }).join('');\r\n}\r\nfunction renderFormats(){\r\n  const rows=formatRows();\r\n  const bar = r => {\r\n    const p = r.acc===null?null:Math.round(r.acc*100);\r\n    const col = p===null?'#CBD5E1' : p<50?'linear-gradient(90deg,#F08A92,var(--bad))' : p<70?'linear-gradient(90deg,var(--gold-lt),var(--gold))' : 'linear-gradient(90deg,#6EE7B7,var(--ok))';\r\n    return '<div class=\"lrow\"><div><span class=\"lname\">'+r.label+'<\/span>'\r\n      + '<span class=\"lsub\">'+r.total+' in this bank \u00b7 '+r.seen+' attempted<\/span><\/div>'\r\n      + '<div class=\"ltrack\"><div class=\"lfill\" style=\"width:'+(p===null?0:p)+'%;background:'+col+'\"><\/div><\/div>'\r\n      + '<div class=\"lval\">'+(p===null?'\u2014':p+'%')+'<small>accuracy<\/small><\/div><\/div>';\r\n  };\r\n  const sorter=(a,b)=>(a.acc===null)-(b.acc===null)||(a.acc-b.acc);\r\n  $('shapeBars').innerHTML = rows.filter(r=>r.kind==='shape').sort(sorter).map(bar).join('');\r\n  $('traitBars').innerHTML = rows.filter(r=>r.kind==='trait').sort(sorter).map(bar).join('');\r\n  const rated = rows.filter(r=>r.acc!==null && r.attempts>=8).sort(sorter);\r\n  $('fmtNote').innerHTML = rated.length>=2\r\n    ? (()=>{ const w=rated[0], b=rated[rated.length-1], gap=Math.round((b.acc-w.acc)*100);\r\n        return gap>=12\r\n          ? 'Your weakest kind of question is <b>'+w.label+'<\/b> at <b>'+Math.round(w.acc*100)+'%<\/b>, against <b>'+Math.round(b.acc*100)+'%<\/b> on '+b.label.toLowerCase()+' \u2014 a <b>'+gap+'-point<\/b> gap. That is worth more than any single chapter, because these turn up in all of them.'\r\n          : 'You handle the different kinds of question evenly, within <b>'+gap+' points<\/b> of each other. Nothing to fix here \u2014 keep working the chapter list.'; })()\r\n    : 'Attempt a few more and this will show whether the format is costing you more than the topic.';\r\n}\r\nfunction renderRevision(due){\r\n  $('revQ').innerHTML = due.length\r\n    ? due.slice(0,8).map(d=>'<button class=\"rev\" data-gouid=\"'+encodeURIComponent(uid(d.q))+'\">'\r\n        + '<span class=\"n\">Q'+d.q.id+'<\/span><span class=\"t\">'+preview(d.q,58)+'<\/span>'\r\n        + '<span class=\"d\">'+Math.round(d.recall*100)+'% recall<\/span><\/button>').join('')\r\n    : '<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:var(--slate);line-height:1.6\">Nothing decaying right now. Mastered questions return here as their estimated recall drops below '+Math.round(CFG.retention.riskBelow*100)+'%.<\/p>';\r\n}\r\nfunction renderMastery(){\r\n  const b=[0,0,0,0];\r\n  QS.forEach(q=>{ const s=P.stats[uid(q)];\r\n    if(!s || (s.correct+s.incorrect)===0) b[0]++;\r\n    else if(s.correct>=CFG.masteryThreshold) b[3]++;\r\n    else if(s.correct>=2) b[2]++;\r\n    else b[1]++; });\r\n  const labels=['Untouched','Learning (0\u20131 \u2713)','Almost there (2 \u2713)','Mastered ('+CFG.masteryThreshold+' \u2713+)'];\r\n  const cols=['#CBD5E1','var(--gold)','var(--blue-700)','var(--ok)'];\r\n  $('mastDist').innerHTML = b.map((n,i)=>\r\n    '<div class=\"lrow\" style=\"grid-template-columns:minmax(120px,1fr) 2fr 54px\"><span class=\"lname\">'+labels[i]+'<\/span>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"ltrack\"><div class=\"lfill\" style=\"width:'+(QS.length?n\/QS.length*100:0)+'%;background:'+cols[i]+'\"><\/div><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"lval\" style=\"font-size:15px\">'+n+'<\/div><\/div>').join('');\r\n}\r\nfunction bindPerf(){\r\n  const f=$('btnFocus'), m=$('btnMock'), y=$('btnPyq'), w=$('btnWipe');\r\n  if(f) f.onclick=()=>startSession('focus');\r\n  if(m) m.onclick=()=>startSession('mock');\r\n  if(y) y.onclick=()=>startSession('pyq');\r\n  if(w) w.onclick=wipe;\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   15b. EXAM ANALYTICS  \u2014  what the paper has actually asked\r\n   Everything here is counted from the PYQ bank's year field. Nothing is\r\n   estimated, so the tab hides itself when no years are recorded.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst YEAR_ORDER = y => { const m=String(y).match(\/\\d{4}\/); return m ? +m[0] : 9999; };\r\nfunction examData(){\r\n  const years=[...new Set(PYQ.map(q=>q.year).filter(y=>y!==undefined && y!==null && y!==''))]\r\n              .sort((a,b)=>YEAR_ORDER(a)-YEAR_ORDER(b) || String(a).localeCompare(String(b)));\r\n  const rows = CHAPTERS.map(c=>{\r\n    const qs=inChB(c,'pyq'), byYear={};\r\n    years.forEach(y=>byYear[y]=0);\r\n    qs.forEach(q=>{ if(byYear[q.year]!==undefined) byYear[q.year]++; });\r\n    return { chapter:c, total:qs.length, byYear,\r\n             share: PYQ.length?qs.length\/PYQ.length:0 };\r\n  }).filter(r=>r.total>0).sort((a,b)=>b.total-a.total);\r\n  const perYear={}; years.forEach(y=>perYear[y]=PYQ.filter(q=>q.year===y).length);\r\n  return {years, rows, perYear, total:PYQ.length};\r\n}\r\nfunction renderExam(){\r\n  const d = examData(), body=$('examBody');\r\n  $('examCount').textContent = PYQ.length+' previous year questions';\r\n  if(!PYQ.length){ body.innerHTML='<div class=\"empty\"><b>No previous year questions loaded<\/b>Paste them into <code>pyqQuestions<\/code>, each with its year.<\/div>'; return; }\r\n\r\n  const hi = CFG.highYield, maxTot = Math.max(...d.rows.map(r=>r.total), 1);\r\n  const maxCell = Math.max(1, ...d.rows.map(r=>Math.max(...Object.values(r.byYear))));\r\n  const shade = n => { if(!n) return '';\r\n    const t=n\/maxCell;\r\n    return 'background:'+(t>0.8?'#D99B12':t>0.6?'#E8B44A':t>0.4?'#F2D28C':t>0.2?'#F9E9C4':'#FDF6E6')\r\n         + ';color:'+(t>0.6?'#3A2A02':'#8A6206')+';font-weight:800';\r\n  };\r\n  const maxYear = Math.max(...Object.values(d.perYear), 1);\r\n  const heavy = d.rows.filter(r=>r.total>=hi);\r\n  const heavyShare = heavy.reduce((a,r)=>a+r.share,0);\r\n  const spread = d.rows.filter(r=>Object.values(r.byYear).filter(Boolean).length >= Math.ceil(d.years.length*0.6));\r\n\r\n  body.innerHTML =\r\n  \/\/ ---------- 01 ranked ----------\r\n  '<section class=\"pblock\"><div class=\"pbh\"><div class=\"txt\">'\r\n    + '<h4><span class=\"secno\">01<\/span>Ranked \u2014 previous year questions per chapter<\/h4>'\r\n    + '<p>'+(heavy.length\r\n        ? '<b>'+heavy.length+' chapter'+(heavy.length===1?'':'s')+'<\/b> carry '+hi+' questions or more and together hold <b>'\r\n          + Math.round(heavyShare*100)+'%<\/b> of every paper on record. They are shown in gold.'\r\n        : 'No chapter has reached '+hi+' questions yet, so nothing is marked high-yield.')+'<\/p><\/div>'\r\n    + '<span class=\"sechint\">gold = high-yield ('+hi+'+ Qs)<\/span><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"bars\">'\r\n    + d.rows.map((r,i)=>{\r\n        const gold = r.total>=hi;\r\n        return '<div class=\"rankrow\"><span class=\"rk\">'+(i+1)+'<\/span>'\r\n          + '<span class=\"rname'+(gold?' gold':'')+'\" title=\"'+r.chapter+'\">'+titleCase(r.chapter)+'<\/span>'\r\n          + '<div class=\"rtrack\"><i style=\"width:'+(r.total\/maxTot*100)+'%;background:'\r\n            + (gold?'linear-gradient(90deg,var(--gold-lt),#D99B12)':'linear-gradient(90deg,#93B4F7,var(--blue-700))')+'\"><\/i><\/div>'\r\n          + '<span class=\"rv\">'+r.total+'<\/span><span class=\"rp\">'+(r.share*100).toFixed(1)+'%<\/span><\/div>';\r\n      }).join('')\r\n    + '<\/div><\/section>'\r\n\r\n  \/\/ ---------- 02 heatmap ----------\r\n  + '<section class=\"pblock\"><div class=\"pbh\"><div class=\"txt\">'\r\n    + '<h4><span class=\"secno\">02<\/span>Heatmap matrix \u2014 chapter \\u00d7 exam year<\/h4>'\r\n    + '<p>'+(spread.length\r\n        ? '<b>'+spread.map(r=>chShort(r.chapter)).slice(0,3).join(', ')+'<\/b> appear in most papers on record \u2014 those are the standing favourites, not one-off spikes.'\r\n        : 'Read down a column to see what a single paper favoured; read across a row to see whether a chapter is a regular or a one-off.')+'<\/p><\/div>'\r\n    + '<span class=\"sechint\">darker gold = more questions<\/span><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"tblwrap\" style=\"border:0;border-radius:0\"><table class=\"perf-t hm\"><thead><tr>'\r\n    + '<th class=\"lft\">Chapter<\/th>'+d.years.map(y=>'<th>'+y+'<\/th>').join('')+'<th class=\"tot\">Total<\/th>'\r\n    + '<\/tr><\/thead><tbody>'\r\n    + d.rows.map(r=>'<tr><td class=\"lft\" title=\"'+r.chapter+'\">'+titleCase(r.chapter)+'<\/td>'\r\n        + d.years.map(y=>{ const n=r.byYear[y];\r\n            return '<td style=\"'+shade(n)+'\">'+(n||'<span class=\"nil\">\\u00b7<\/span>')+'<\/td>'; }).join('')\r\n        + '<td class=\"tot\">'+r.total+'<\/td><\/tr>').join('')\r\n    + '<\/tbody><tfoot><tr><td class=\"lft\">Total<\/td>'\r\n    + d.years.map(y=>'<td>'+d.perYear[y]+'<\/td>').join('')+'<td>'+d.total+'<\/td><\/tr><\/tfoot><\/table><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"hmlegend\"><span>Low<\/span>'\r\n    + ['#FDF6E6','#F9E9C4','#F2D28C','#E8B44A','#D99B12'].map(c=>'<i style=\"background:'+c+'\"><\/i>').join('')\r\n    + '<span>High<\/span><\/div><\/section>'\r\n\r\n  \/\/ ---------- 03 per cycle ----------\r\n  + '<section class=\"pblock\"><div class=\"pbh\"><div class=\"txt\">'\r\n    + '<h4><span class=\"secno\">03<\/span>Questions per exam cycle<\/h4>'\r\n    + '<p>How many questions each paper on record contributed. A short bar usually means a partly recovered paper rather than a shorter exam \\u2014 worth knowing before you read too much into that year\\u2019s pattern.<\/p><\/div>'\r\n    + '<span class=\"sechint\">'+d.years.length+' cycles \\u00b7 '+d.total+' questions<\/span><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"cyc\">'\r\n    + d.years.map(y=>{ const n=d.perYear[y];\r\n        return '<div class=\"cycbar\"><span class=\"cn\">'+n+'<\/span>'\r\n          + '<div class=\"cbar\" style=\"height:'+Math.max(n\/maxYear*140,6)+'px\"><\/div>'\r\n          + '<span class=\"cy\">'+y+'<\/span><\/div>'; }).join('')\r\n    + '<\/div><\/section>'\r\n\r\n  \/\/ ---------- 04 what this means for you ----------\r\n  + '<section class=\"pblock\"><div class=\"pbh\"><div class=\"txt\">'\r\n    + '<h4><span class=\"secno\">04<\/span>What this means for your revision<\/h4>'\r\n    + '<p>The same counts, read against how you are actually performing.<\/p><\/div><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"bars\" id=\"examReco\"><\/div><\/section>';\r\n\r\n  \/\/ recommendations tie the counts back to the learner's own record\r\n  const perf = chapterRows();\r\n  const out=[];\r\n  d.rows.slice(0,3).forEach(r=>{\r\n    const p = perf.find(x=>x.chapter===r.chapter);\r\n    const acc = p && p.acc!==null ? Math.round(p.acc*100) : null;\r\n    out.push({ic: acc===null?'warm':acc<60?'hot':'good', icon: acc===null?'\\ud83e\\udded':acc<60?'\\ud83d\\udd25':'\\u2705',\r\n      txt:'<b>'+chBrief(r.chapter)+'<\/b> has produced <b>'+r.total+' questions<\/b> across '\r\n        + Object.values(r.byYear).filter(Boolean).length+' of '+d.years.length+' papers'\r\n        + (acc===null ? ' and you have not attempted it yet.' : ' and you are at <b>'+acc+'%<\/b> on it.'),\r\n      ch:r.chapter});\r\n  });\r\n  const recent = d.years.slice(-3);\r\n  const rising = d.rows.map(r=>{\r\n    const late = recent.reduce((a,y)=>a+(r.byYear[y]||0),0);\r\n    const early = d.years.slice(0,-3).reduce((a,y)=>a+(r.byYear[y]||0),0);\r\n    return {r, late, early, rate: late\/Math.max(recent.length,1)};\r\n  }).filter(x=>x.late>=2 && x.rate > (x.early\/Math.max(d.years.length-3,1))*1.5)\r\n    .sort((a,b)=>b.late-a.late)[0];\r\n  if(rising) out.push({ic:'warm',icon:'\\ud83d\\udcc8',\r\n    txt:'<b>'+chBrief(rising.r.chapter)+'<\/b> has been asked <b>'+rising.late+' times in the last '+recent.length\r\n      + ' papers<\/b>, well above its own earlier rate. Recent papers are the better guide to the next one.',ch:rising.r.chapter});\r\n  const silent = CHAPTERS.filter(c=>inChB(c,'pyq').length===0 && inChB(c,'concept').length>0);\r\n  if(silent.length) out.push({ic:'cool',icon:'\\ud83d\\udd07',\r\n    txt:'<b>'+silent.length+' chapter'+(silent.length===1?' has':'s have')+' never been asked<\/b> in the papers on record \\u2014 '\r\n      + silent.slice(0,3).map(chBrief).join(', ')+(silent.length>3?' and others':'')\r\n      + '. They still carry concept MCQs, so decide deliberately how much time they deserve.'});\r\n  $('examReco').innerHTML = out.map(r=>\r\n    '<div class=\"reco\"><span class=\"ic '+r.ic+'\">'+r.icon+'<\/span><p>'+r.txt+'<\/p>'\r\n    + (r.ch?'<button class=\"go\" data-goch=\"'+encodeURIComponent(r.ch)+'\" data-bank=\"pyq\">Drill PYQs \\u2192<\/button>':'')+'<\/div>').join('');\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   16. ANSWERING\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction check(){\r\n  const p=pool(), q=p[S.i]; if(!q) return;\r\n  if(S.pick==null){ S.nudge=true; render(); return; }\r\n  const u=uid(q), ok = S.pick===q.correct;\r\n  S.ans[u]=S.pick; S.pick=null; S.nudge=false;\r\n  const s=stat(u);\r\n  ok ? s.correct++ : s.incorrect++;\r\n  s.last=Date.now(); s.lastOk=ok;\r\n  P.log.push({u, ok, ts:Date.now()});\r\n  P.lastUid=u;\r\n  refreshWeak(); save(); render();\r\n  const res=$('result'); if(res && res.scrollIntoView) try{ res.scrollIntoView({block:'nearest',behavior:'smooth'}); }catch(e){}\r\n}\r\nfunction wipe(){\r\n  if(!confirm('Permanently erase ALL lifetime performance for this subject?\\n\\nMastery, weak areas, flags, accuracy history, the built session and the readiness score all go. 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EVENTS\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction setTab(t){\r\n  S.tab=t;\r\n  document.querySelectorAll('#cdRoot .tab').forEach(b=>b.setAttribute('aria-selected', b.dataset.tab===t));\r\n  $('viewQuiz').classList.toggle('hide', t!=='quiz');\r\n  $('viewPerf').classList.toggle('hide', t!=='perf');\r\n  $('viewExam').classList.toggle('hide', t!=='exam');\r\n  $('cdFilters').classList.toggle('hide', t!=='quiz');\r\n  if(t==='perf') renderPerf();\r\n  if(t==='exam') renderExam();\r\n}\r\nfunction setFilter(f, ch){\r\n  S.filter=f; S.i=0; S.pick=null;\r\n  if(ch) S.chapter=ch;\r\n  document.querySelectorAll('#cdRoot .pill-f').forEach(b=>b.setAttribute('aria-pressed', b.dataset.f===f));\r\n  render();\r\n}\r\ndocument.querySelectorAll('#cdRoot .tab').forEach(b=>b.onclick=()=>setTab(b.dataset.tab));\r\ndocument.querySelectorAll('#cdRoot .pill-f').forEach(b=>b.onclick=()=>setFilter(b.dataset.f));\r\n$('chapList').addEventListener('click', e=>{\r\n  const chip=e.target.closest('.chapchip'); if(!chip) return;\r\n  S.chapter = decodeURIComponent(chip.dataset.ch);\r\n  S.i=0; S.pick=null; render();\r\n});\r\n$('btnCheck').onclick = check;\r\n$('btnNext').onclick  = ()=>{ S.i++; S.pick=null; render(); };\r\n$('btnPrev').onclick  = ()=>{ S.i--; S.pick=null; render(); };\r\n$('btnFlag').onclick  = ()=>{\r\n  const p=pool(), q=p[S.i]; if(!q) return;\r\n  const u=uid(q);\r\n  flags.has(u) ? flags.delete(u) : flags.add(u);\r\n  P.flags=[...flags]; save(); render();\r\n};\r\n$('navToggle').onclick = ()=>{ navOpen=!navOpen; renderNav(pool()); };\r\nlet tmr;\r\n$('cdSearch').addEventListener('input', e=>{\r\n  clearTimeout(tmr);\r\n  tmr=setTimeout(()=>{ S.query=e.target.value.trim(); S.i=0; S.pick=null; render(); },220);\r\n});\r\n$('tglUn').onclick = e=>{\r\n  S.unattempted=!S.unattempted;\r\n  e.currentTarget.setAttribute('aria-pressed',S.unattempted);\r\n  e.currentTarget.firstChild.textContent = S.unattempted?'\u2611 ':'\u25fb ';\r\n  S.i=0; S.pick=null; render();\r\n};\r\n$('tglReset').onclick = ()=>{\r\n  if(!Object.keys(S.ans).length) return;\r\n  if(!confirm('Reset this sitting? 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