{"id":17523,"date":"2026-10-05T14:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T14:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/promotionexams.com\/?page_id=17523"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T12:23:22","slug":"combined-pyq-chapterwise-mcqs-travelling-allowance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/promotionexams.com\/?page_id=17523","title":{"rendered":"Combined (PYQ + Chapterwise) MCQs -Travelling Allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17523\" class=\"elementor elementor-17523\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c17c27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c17c27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d929c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5d929c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!--\r\n=====================================================================\r\nCSS ADDA \u00b7 PromotionExams.com\r\nPYQ + CHAPTER-WISE AI TEST SERIES  \u2014  generic template, one subject per page\r\n=====================================================================\r\n\r\nWHAT THIS IS\r\n  A drill page for one subject, carrying two banks side by side \u2014\r\n  previous year questions and concept MCQs. Three tabs:\r\n     PRACTICE        filters (All \/ PYQs \/ Concept \/ chapter \/ weak \/\r\n                     flagged), search, flagging, OMR answer sheet\r\n     MY PERFORMANCE  readiness engine, PYQ and concept accuracy per\r\n                     chapter, PYQ paper\r\n     EXAM ANALYTICS  counted from the PYQ bank: chapters ranked by PYQ\r\n                     count, chapter x year heatmap, questions per cycle.\r\n                     The tab appears only once PYQs are loaded.\r\n\r\nWHAT CHANGED IN v4\r\n  The OMR sheet and the Exam score box are replaced by:\r\n  1. SCORECARD (rail) \u2014 the set on screen, scored as the exam would:\r\n     answered, not answered, right, wrong, accuracy, net score after\r\n     negative marking, marks lost, time on the set and seconds per\r\n     question against a target pace. \"Review wrong\" and \"Unanswered\"\r\n     open just those questions.\r\n  2. PER-QUESTION TIMER on every question. It counts only while the\r\n     question is unanswered, on screen and you are active \u2014 it pauses\r\n     when you switch away or go idle (CFG.idleSeconds).\r\n\r\nWHAT CHANGED IN v3\r\n  1. TWO BANKS \u2014 pyqQuestions and conceptQuestions (section 3). The bank\r\n     from the earlier version of this page goes into conceptQuestions\r\n     unchanged; its saved progress carries over, because a concept\r\n     question keeps the same progress key (chapter + id) as before.\r\n  2. EXAM WEIGHT IS COUNTED FROM THE PYQ BANK once it has questions: a\r\n     chapter holding 30 of 120 PYQs is 25% of the paper, and the page\r\n     says so with the count behind it. With no PYQs loaded, your\r\n     chapterImportance ratings are used exactly as before.\r\n     CFG.weightSource forces one or the other.\r\n  3. EXAM ANALYTICS tab, as on the DFPR PYQ page.\r\n  4. OMR ANSWER SHEET in the rail, in place of \"This session\": every\r\n     question in the set on screen, with the option you marked filled\r\n     in. Tap a row to open that question.\r\n  5. The Exam score box no longer lists \"Revise these\".\r\n\r\nWHAT CHANGED IN v2\r\n  1. PROGRESS FOLLOWS THE ACCOUNT, NOT THE BROWSER\r\n     localStorage stays as the fast local cache; mastery, flags, weak\r\n     areas, the sitting on screen and the resume point are mirrored to\r\n     the learner's WordPress account.\r\n     REQUIRES the Code Snippet \"CSS ADDA \u2014 Quiz Progress Sync v1.0\".\r\n     Without it, or when logged out, the page runs local-only as before.\r\n     CFG.quizId is now also the server-side meta key: keep it UNIQUE PER\r\n     PAGE. Letters, digits, - and _ only, 50 characters max.\r\n  2. INSTANT FEEDBACK\r\n     Picking an option marks it right or wrong at once. The explanation\r\n     stays folded behind the See Explanation button. Previous \/ Next work\r\n     at any time. CFG.instantCheck = false restores the two-step flow.\r\n\r\nSETTING UP A NEW SUBJECT \u2014 all edits at the top of the script\r\n  1. CFG.quizId   unique per page. Progress is stored under this key, so\r\n                  two subjects on the same site never mix. Change it.\r\n     CFG.topic    the subject name shown in the header.\r\n     CFG.eyebrow  the exam line above it, or blank.\r\n  2. CFG.sourceUrl  the page on your site carrying the full text of the\r\n                  subject. A \"Read the source\" card then appears in the\r\n                  rail. Leave it blank and the card disappears.\r\n  3. pyqQuestions       every previous year question, each with its year:\r\n                          { id, year:'2022', chapter, question, options[],\r\n                            correct, explanation }\r\n                        This bank decides the exam weights and feeds the\r\n                        Exam Analytics tab.\r\n     conceptQuestions   your chapter-wise practice bank, same schema\r\n                        without the year.\r\n                  Chapter strings are matched across the two banks on the\r\n                  chapter NUMBER \u2014 'CH 2', 'Ch-2' and 'Chapter 2: General\r\n                  Outlines...' are one chapter. The longest spelling found\r\n                  is the one displayed.\r\n                  ids: unique within a chapter of a bank. Never change an\r\n                  id once published \u2014 saved progress follows it.\r\n  4. chapterImportance  only used while no PYQs are loaded (or with\r\n                  CFG.weightSource = 'importance'). Any relative numbers;\r\n                  they need not total 100. Empty it and importance is never\r\n                  mentioned.\r\nRESUMING A SITTING\r\n  The position, the filter in force and every answer given are written to\r\n  localStorage under the same quizId key as mastery and flags. 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.qbody{padding:22px}\r\n.cdrill .stem{font-family:var(--serif) !important;font-size:18.5px !important;line-height:1.7;\r\n  font-weight:600;margin:0 0 18px;color:#161b26;text-align:justify;hyphens:auto;-webkit-hyphens:auto}\r\n.cdrill .stem b{font-weight:700}\r\n.cdrill .qno{font-family:var(--serif);font-weight:700;color:#8A6206;margin-right:7px;\r\n  hyphens:none;-webkit-hyphens:none}\r\n.cdrill .qsheet{background:#fffef9;border:1px solid #e9e3d2;border-left:4px solid var(--gold);\r\n  border-radius:12px;padding:20px 22px;margin:0 0 18px}\r\n.cdrill .qsheet .lead,\r\n.cdrill .qsheet .intro,\r\n.cdrill .qsheet .close{font-family:var(--serif) !important;font-size:18.5px !important;line-height:1.7;\r\n  font-weight:600;color:#161b26;text-align:justify;hyphens:auto;-webkit-hyphens:auto}\r\n.cdrill .qsheet .intro{margin:16px 0 0}\r\n.cdrill .qsheet .close{margin:16px 0 0;text-align:left;hyphens:none;-webkit-hyphens:none}\r\n.cdrill .stmts{list-style:none;counter-reset:s;margin:4px 0 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!important;font-weight:600;font-size:17.3px !important;\r\n  color:#161b26;flex-shrink:0;line-height:1.6}\r\n.cdrill .opt.sel{border-color:var(--blue-700);background:#EFF5FF;box-shadow:0 0 0 1px var(--blue-700)}\r\n.cdrill .opt.sel::after{content:\"Selected\";font-family:'Plus Jakarta Sans',sans-serif;font-weight:800;\r\n  font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--blue-800);align-self:center;white-space:nowrap}\r\n.cdrill .opt.right{border-color:var(--ok);background:#F0FDF6;box-shadow:0 0 0 1px 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 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.expl{margin-top:12px;border:1px solid var(--line);border-left:4px solid var(--gold);border-radius:0 12px 12px 0;\r\n  background:#FCFDFF;padding:16px 18px;font-size:14.2px;line-height:1.68}\r\n.cdrill .expl .body{font-family:'Newsreader',Georgia,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7}\r\n.cdrill .expl b{color:var(--blue-800)}\r\n.cdrill .expl-h{font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--slate);font-weight:800;margin-bottom:8px}\r\n\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 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.nav-head b{min-width:0;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap}\r\n.cdrill .navtoggle:hover{border-color:var(--blue-700);background:var(--blue-50)}\r\n.cdrill .navgrid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(6,minmax(0,1fr));gap:6px;\r\n  padding:14px 16px 12px;max-height:238px;overflow-y:auto;overflow-x:hidden}\r\n.cdrill .navgrid::-webkit-scrollbar{width:6px}\r\n.cdrill .navgrid::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb{background:#CBD5E1;border-radius:99px}\r\n.cdrill .navgrid::-webkit-scrollbar-track{background:transparent}\r\n.cdrill .nq{position:relative;box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;min-width:0;height:34px;padding:0;margin:0;\r\n  border-radius:8px;border:1px solid var(--line);background:var(--paper);\r\n  font-family:'Plus Jakarta Sans',system-ui,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:11.5px;line-height:1;\r\n  color:var(--slate);display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;overflow:visible;\r\n  transition:background .12s,border-color .12s,color 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.legend{display:flex;gap:12px;flex-wrap:wrap;font-size:10.5px;color:var(--slate);font-weight:600;\r\n  padding:10px 16px 14px;border-top:1px solid var(--line);margin-top:4px}\r\n.cdrill .legend i{display:inline-block;width:9px;height:9px;border-radius:3px;margin-right:5px;vertical-align:-1px}\r\n\r\n\/* ---------- performance ---------- *\/\r\n.cdrill .perf{padding:24px 24px 32px;display:grid;gap:34px}\r\n.cdrill .ph{margin:0 0 10px;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--slate);font-weight:800}\r\n.cdrill .ph .secno{color:var(--gold);font-size:12px;letter-spacing:0}\r\n\r\n\/* ---------- performance blocks ---------- *\/\r\n.cdrill .pblock{border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:16px;background:var(--paper);overflow:hidden}\r\n.cdrill .pbh{display:flex;align-items:flex-start;gap:16px;padding:20px 24px 18px;\r\n  background:linear-gradient(180deg,#FBFCFF,#F6F9FF);border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)}\r\n.cdrill .pbh .txt{flex:1;min-width:0}\r\n.cdrill .pbh h4{font-size:17px;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-.015em;color:var(--ink);margin:0 0 7px;\r\n  display:flex;align-items:center;gap:9px}\r\n.cdrill .pbh h4 .dot{width:7px;height:7px;border-radius:99px;background:var(--gold);flex:none}\r\n.cdrill .pbh p{font-size:13px;color:var(--slate);line-height:1.6;margin:0}\r\n.cdrill .pbh .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 20px;color:#fff;text-align:center;display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;justify-content:center}\r\n.cdrill .ring{position:relative;width:150px;height:150px}\r\n.cdrill .ring svg{transform:rotate(-90deg)}\r\n.cdrill .ring .bg{fill:none;stroke:rgba(255,255,255,.14);stroke-width:11}\r\n.cdrill .ring .fg{fill:none;stroke:var(--gold-lt);stroke-width:11;stroke-linecap:round;transition:stroke-dashoffset 1s ease}\r\n.cdrill .ring-txt{position:absolute;inset:0;display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;justify-content:center}\r\n.cdrill .ring-txt b{font-size:40px;font-weight:800;color:var(--gold-lt);letter-spacing:-.03em;line-height:1}\r\n.cdrill .ring-txt span{font-size:9.5px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#BFDBFE;margin-top:5px;font-weight:700}\r\n.cdrill .verdict2{margin-top:14px;font-size:13.4px;color:#DBEAFE;line-height:1.55}\r\n.cdrill .verdict2 b{color:#fff}\r\n.cdrill .coach{border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:var(--r);padding:18px 20px;background:var(--paper)}\r\n.cdrill .coach h4{font-size:14.5px;font-weight:800;margin-bottom:12px;display:flex;gap:8px;align-items:center}\r\n.cdrill .reco{display:flex;gap:12px;padding:11px 0;border-bottom:1px dashed var(--line);align-items:flex-start}\r\n.cdrill .reco:last-child{border-bottom:0}\r\n.cdrill .reco .ic{width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:8px;display:grid;place-items:center;font-size:13px;flex:none;margin-top:1px}\r\n.cdrill .reco .ic.hot{background:var(--bad-bg);color:var(--bad)}\r\n.cdrill .reco .ic.warm{background:var(--gold-bg);color:#8A6206}\r\n.cdrill .reco .ic.cool{background:var(--blue-100);color:var(--blue-800)}\r\n.cdrill .reco .ic.good{background:var(--ok-bg);color:var(--ok)}\r\n.cdrill .reco p{font-size:13.8px;line-height:1.55}\r\n.cdrill .reco .go{margin-left:auto;flex:none;background:var(--blue-50);color:var(--blue-800);border:1px solid #D4E2FB;\r\n  border-radius:8px;padding:6px 12px;font-size:11.5px;font-weight:800;white-space:nowrap;transition:.15s}\r\n.cdrill .reco .go:hover{background:var(--blue-700);color:#fff}\r\n.cdrill .planner{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#FFFDF6,#FFF8E8);border:1px solid #EADFC2;border-left:4px solid var(--gold);\r\n  border-radius:0 var(--r) var(--r) 0;padding:18px 20px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;gap:18px;flex-wrap:wrap}\r\n.cdrill .planner h4{font-size:17px;font-weight:800;margin-bottom:5px;letter-spacing:-.01em;\r\n  display:flex;align-items:center;gap:9px}\r\n.cdrill .planner p{font-size:13px;color:var(--slate);line-height:1.55;max-width:62ch}\r\n.cdrill .pbtns{display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap}\r\n.cdrill .pbtn{padding:11px 18px;border:1.5px solid var(--gold);border-radius:11px;background:#fff;color:#8A6206;\r\n  font-weight:800;font-size:13.5px;display:flex;gap:7px;align-items:center;white-space:nowrap;transition:.15s}\r\n.cdrill .pbtn:hover{background:var(--gold-bg)}\r\n.cdrill .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.cdrill table.perf-t{border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;font-size:13px;min-width:760px}\r\n.cdrill table.perf-t th,.cdrill table.perf-t td{padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #EEF2F9;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle}\r\n.cdrill table.perf-t thead th{background:var(--blue-900);color:#fff;font-weight:700;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.05em;text-transform:uppercase}\r\n.cdrill table.perf-t th:first-child,.cdrill table.perf-t td:first-child{text-align:left;padding-left:14px}\r\n.cdrill table.perf-t td:first-child{font-weight:700;max-width:280px;line-height:1.35;background:#FBFCFE}\r\n.cdrill .sub{display:block;font-size:10.6px;color:var(--slate);font-weight:600;margin-top:3px}\r\n.cdrill .tbar{height:6px;border-radius:99px;background:var(--wash);overflow:hidden;min-width:80px}\r\n.cdrill .tbar>i{display:block;height:100%;border-radius:99px}\r\n\/* nested two-tier header, PYQ and concept 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*\/\r\n.cdrill{-webkit-user-select:none;-moz-user-select:none;-ms-user-select:none;user-select:none;\r\n  -webkit-touch-callout:none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent}\r\n\/* inputs must stay usable, or the search box cannot be edited *\/\r\n.cdrill input,.cdrill textarea,.cdrill select{-webkit-user-select:text;user-select:text}\r\n.cdrill.allow-select{-webkit-user-select:text;user-select:text}\r\n.cdrill img,.cdrill svg{-webkit-user-drag:none;user-drag:none;pointer-events:none}\r\n.cdrill .navtoggle,.cdrill .tab,.cdrill button{-webkit-user-drag:none}\r\n\/* screen obscured while the window is not in front *\/\r\n.cdrill.veiled .qbody,.cdrill.veiled .perf,.cdrill.veiled .chaplist,.cdrill.veiled .yearlist{\r\n  filter:blur(9px);transition:filter .12s}\r\n.cdrill .veilmsg{position:absolute;inset:0;display:none;align-items:center;justify-content:center;\r\n  background:rgba(244,247,253,.72);z-index:40;font-weight:800;font-size:13.5px;color:var(--blue-900);\r\n  text-align:center;padding:20px;border-radius:var(--r)}\r\n.cdrill.veiled .veilmsg{display:flex}\r\n\/* watermark over the question sheet \u2014 set by the script from CFG.watermark *\/\r\n.cdrill.wm .qbody{position:relative}\r\n.cdrill.wm .qbody::after{content:\"\";position:absolute;inset:0;pointer-events:none;z-index:3;\r\n  background-image:var(--wm);background-repeat:repeat;background-position:0 0}\r\n.cdrill{position:relative}\r\n\/* what a print or PDF export gets instead of the paper *\/\r\n.cdrill-printblock{display:none}\r\n@media print{\r\n  .cdrill{display:none!important}\r\n  .cdrill-printblock{display:block!important;padding:60px 40px;text-align:center;\r\n    font-family:'Plus Jakarta Sans',system-ui,sans-serif;color:#12246E}\r\n  .cdrill-printblock h2{font-size:20px;font-weight:800;margin:0 0 10px}\r\n  .cdrill-printblock p{font-size:13.5px;color:#5B6B85;line-height:1.7;max-width:60ch;margin:0 auto}\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* ---------- mobile ---------- 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span{font-size:10.4px}\r\n  .cdrill .panel{padding:14px}\r\n  .cdrill .danger{padding:14px}\r\n  .cdrill .dbtn{width:100%}\r\n  .cdrill .cyc{padding:20px 14px 14px;gap:8px}\r\n  .cdrill .cycbar{min-width:42px}\r\n  .cdrill .toast{left:14px;right:14px;transform:none;text-align:center;bottom:16px}\r\n}\r\n@media(max-width:380px){\r\n  .cdrill .hstat b{font-size:15.5px}\r\n  .cdrill .navgrid{grid-template-columns:repeat(6,minmax(0,1fr))}\r\n  .cdrill .ychip{flex:1 1 calc(50% - 5px)}\r\n  .cdrill .kpis{grid-template-columns:1fr}\r\n}\r\n\/* ===================================================================\r\n   UPSC PAPER SKIN  \u2014  scoped to .cdrill.paper\r\n   Remove the \"paper\" class on #cdRoot (or set CFG.paperMode = false)\r\n   to get the original card look back. 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GoI Order (1) under the same Appendix: <i>\\\"Specific terms in regard to travelling allowance to be allowed to Government servants for journeys on transfer to foreign service and on reversion therefrom, should invariably be prescribed in future by sanctioning authorities in consultation and agreement with the foreign employer.\\\"<\/i> GoI Order (6): where a Government servant moves from one foreign employer to another without reverting, <i>\\\"the transit pay and allowances and transfer Travelling Allowance ... should be borne by the foreign employer to whom the employee proceeds on transfer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>GoI Decision (1) below SR 1 [MoF OM No. F. 5(66)-E.IV(B)\/64 dated 09.02.1965]: Government servants deputed on foreign service to bodies wholly or substantially owned or controlled by Government <i>\\\"will be governed for purposes of travelling allowance, by the rules of such organizations in respect of their journeys in connection with the affairs of the bodies ... as also of the journeys undertaken by them to join the above bodies, etc., and on reversion therefrom to Government service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The same principle appears in the Standard Terms of Deputation (Appendix-5, Section V, item (5)) for Central Government servants deputed to State Governments: T.A. and joining time <i>\\\"both on joining the post on deputation and on reversion therefrom\\\"<\/i> are borne by the borrowing Government. (Under DoPT's consolidated deputation guidelines, Travelling Allowance and Transfer T.A. are now regulated by mutual consent of the lending and borrowing organisations, para 7.6(b).)<br><br>Options (a) and (d) wrongly place the charge on the Government of India, and option (b) splits the liability; the whole of it is borne by the foreign employer.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 2,\r\n    year: \"2014\",\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"For the purpose of TA on transfer, which of the following are included in the definition of 'Family'?\\n1. Spouse residing with the Government servant.\\n2. Parents residing with the Government servant and wholly dependent.\\n3. Unmarried sisters and minor brothers residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant.\\n4. Stepfather residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant.\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1, 2 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: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 2(8)<\/b> \u2014 Statements 1, 2 and 3 fall within 'family'; a stepfather does not.<br><br>SR 2(8): <i>\\\"'Family' means a Government servant's wife or husband, as the case may be, residing with the Government servant and legitimate children and stepchildren residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>GoI Order (2) below SR 2(8) [MoF OMs No. 19030\/1\/73-E.IV(B) dated 29.06.1974 and 31.12.1975]: <i>\\\"The definition of 'family' under SR 2 (8) for transfer travelling allowance will also include parents, stepmother, sisters and minor brothers residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant.\\\"<\/i> 'Sisters' means unmarried sisters, and widowed sisters whose father is not alive or is himself wholly dependent on the Government servant [MoF Letter No. 769-E.IV\/86 dated 25.03.1986].<br><br>Stepfather NOT included: Department of Expenditure Letter No. 300\/E.IV\/2008 dated 20.11.2008 clarified that the Sixth CPC <i>\\\"has not mentioned the inclusion of Stepfather in the definition of family for the purpose of T.A. on transfer.\\\"<\/i> (A stepfather is a family member for LTC, not for transfer TA.) Hence 1, 2 and 3 only.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 3,\r\n    year: \"2021-22\",\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"The travelling allowance of a Government servant, both in respect of the journey on transfer to foreign service, and the journey on reversion therefrom to Government service will be borne:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"by the employee\",\r\n        \"by the lending employer\",\r\n        \"by the foreign employer\",\r\n        \"On transfer to foreign service by the lending employer, and the journey on reversion to Government service, by the foreign employer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>FR 114 orders (Appendix-1, 'Remuneration during Foreign Service')<\/b> \u2014 The travelling allowance for both journeys \u2014 on transfer to foreign service and on reversion to Government service \u2014 is a charge on the foreign employer, not on the lending Government.<br><br>FR 114 orders (Appendix-1, 'Remuneration during Foreign Service'): the terms of transfer must not impose an unnecessarily heavy burden on the foreign employer, and among the concessions that may be granted <i>\\\"by the foreign employer\\\"<\/i> is <i>\\\"(b) The grant of Travelling Allowance under the ordinary Travelling Allowance rules of the Central Government or under the local rules of the foreign employer\\\"<\/i>. GoI Order (1) under the same Appendix: <i>\\\"Specific terms in regard to travelling allowance to be allowed to Government servants for journeys on transfer to foreign service and on reversion therefrom, should invariably be prescribed in future by sanctioning authorities in consultation and agreement with the foreign employer.\\\"<\/i> GoI Order (6): where a Government servant moves from one foreign employer to another without reverting, <i>\\\"the transit pay and allowances and transfer Travelling Allowance ... should be borne by the foreign employer to whom the employee proceeds on transfer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>GoI Decision (1) below SR 1 [MoF OM No. F. 5(66)-E.IV(B)\/64 dated 09.02.1965]: Government servants deputed on foreign service to bodies wholly or substantially owned or controlled by Government <i>\\\"will be governed for purposes of travelling allowance, by the rules of such organizations in respect of their journeys in connection with the affairs of the bodies ... as also of the journeys undertaken by them to join the above bodies, etc., and on reversion therefrom to Government service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The same principle appears in the Standard Terms of Deputation (Appendix-5, Section V, item (5)) for Central Government servants deputed to State Governments: T.A. and joining time <i>\\\"both on joining the post on deputation and on reversion therefrom\\\"<\/i> are borne by the borrowing Government. (Under DoPT's consolidated deputation guidelines, Travelling Allowance and Transfer T.A. are now regulated by mutual consent of the lending and borrowing organisations, para 7.6(b).)<br><br>The lending employer bears neither journey, so options (b) and (d) are wrong.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 4,\r\n    year: \"2023\",\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Which one of the following statements in the context of applicability of Supplementary Rules for regulation of Travelling Allowance entitlements is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"These rules are also applicable to Government servants who are deputed on foreign service to autonomous bodies substantially controlled by the Central Government after 09.02.1965\",\r\n        \"Divisional Accountants whose pay is debitable to the State Revenues are not governed by Supplementary Rules of the Central Government for regulation of their Travelling Allowance entitlements\",\r\n        \"Travelling Allowance as admissible to regular Government servants under FR & SR is not admissible to work-charged staff\",\r\n        \"Traveling Allowance entitlements of persons paid out of Defence Services Estimates are also regulated in terms of Supplementary Rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 1<\/b> \u2014 Only statement (b) is correct.<br><br>(b) Correct \u2014 Note 1 below SR 1: <i>\\\"Government servants under the administrative control of the Central Government, whether paid from the Central or State Revenues, will be governed by these rules, provided that the travelling allowance of the Divisional Accountants whose pay is debitable to the State Revenues will be regulated under the rules of the respective State Governments.\\\"<\/i><br><br>(a) Incorrect \u2014 GoI Decision (1) below SR 1 [MoF OM dated 09.02.1965]: Government servants deputed on foreign service on or after 9th February, 1965 to bodies wholly or substantially owned or controlled by Government <i>\\\"will be governed for purposes of travelling allowance, by the rules of such organizations\\\"<\/i>, not by the Supplementary Rules.<br>(c) Incorrect \u2014 GoI Decision (2) below SR 1 [MoF OM No. 5(44)-E.IV(B)\/60 dated 06.08.1960]: <i>\\\"travelling allowance as admissible to regular Government servants under the Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules ... may be granted to work-charged staff also\\\"<\/i>.<br>(d) Incorrect \u2014 SR 1: the rules <i>\\\"apply to those Government servants only, who are subject to the Fundamental Rules, and whose pay is debitable to Central Revenues\\\"<\/i>. Personnel paid from Defence Services Estimates are governed by their own (Defence) regulations.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 5,\r\n    year: \"2024\",\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Which one of the following, residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant concerned, is not a part of the \\\"Family\\\" for the purpose of the Travelling Allowances Rules?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Unmarried sisters\",\r\n        \"Widowed sisters where father is not alive\",\r\n        \"Widowed sisters where father is alive and is wholly dependent on the Government servant\",\r\n        \"Married sisters\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 2(8)<\/b> \u2014 A married sister is not a member of the 'family'.<br><br>GoI Order (2) below SR 2(8): the definition of 'family' for transfer TA <i>\\\"will also include parents, stepmother, sisters and minor brothers residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Department of Expenditure Letter No. 769-E.IV\/86 dated 25.03.1986 explains which sisters are covered: <i>\\\"the term 'sisters' occurring above, will mean only unmarried sisters ... Thus only unmarried sisters residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant and widowed sisters residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant (provided, their father is either not alive or is himself wholly dependent on the Government servant concerned) are included in the definition of 'family' under SR 2 (8).\\\"<\/i><br><br>Options (a), (b) and (c) are therefore included; a married sister (option d) is not.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 6,\r\n    year: \"2025\",\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Which of the following are covered in the definition of 'family' for the purpose of transfer travelling allowance?\\n1. Divorced daughter residing with the Government servant and wholly dependent on him\\n2. Stepfather\\n3. Unmarried sister residing with the Government servant and wholly dependent on him\\n4. Stepmother residing with the Government servant and wholly dependent on him\\nSelect the correct answer using the codes given below :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 2(8)<\/b> \u2014 1, 3 and 4 fall within 'family'; a stepfather (2) does not.<br><br>1. Divorced daughter \u2014 Included. GoI Order (1) below SR 2(8): <i>\\\"The term 'children' includes major sons, married daughters including widowed daughters, so long as they are residing with and wholly dependent upon the parent\\\"<\/i>. A married daughter is wholly dependent <i>\\\"only in case of special and exceptional circumstances, such as where she has been divorced, abandoned or separated from the husband, and is financially dependent on the parent\\\"<\/i> [Dept. of Telecom Letter No. 22\/5\/88-PAT dated 27.04.1988].<br>2. Stepfather \u2014 Not included. DoE Letter No. 300\/E.IV\/2008 dated 20.11.2008: the Sixth CPC <i>\\\"has not mentioned the inclusion of Stepfather in the definition of family for the purpose of T.A. on transfer.\\\"<\/i><br>3 &amp; 4. Unmarried sister and stepmother \u2014 Included. GoI Order (2) below SR 2(8): 'family' <i>\\\"will also include parents, stepmother, sisters and minor brothers residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant\\\"<\/i> (sisters = unmarried sisters, and widowed sisters subject to conditions).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 7,\r\n    year: \"2016-17\",\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Which one of the following allowances is not categorized as travelling allowance?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Transport allowance\",\r\n        \"Mileage allowance\",\r\n        \"Daily allowance\",\r\n        \"Permanent travelling allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 21<\/b> \u2014 Transport Allowance is not a kind of travelling allowance.<br><br>SR 21: <i>\\\"The following are the different kinds of travelling allowances which may be drawn in different circumstances by Government servants:\u2014<br>(a) Permanent travelling allowance.<br>(b) Conveyance or horse allowance.<br>(c) Mileage allowance.<br>(d) Daily allowance.<br>(e) The actual cost of travelling.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Mileage allowance, daily allowance and permanent travelling allowance are listed. Transport Allowance is a separate monthly allowance paid to compensate for commuting between residence and the place of duty, and is not among the kinds of TA in SR 21.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 8,\r\n    year: \"2018\",\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A travelling allowance granted by a competent authority to a Government servant whose duties require him to travel extensively and is drawn all the year round, subject to prescribed conditions, is called :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Daily allowance\",\r\n        \"The actual cost of travelling\",\r\n        \"Permanent travelling allowance\",\r\n        \"Conveyance allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 22<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A permanent monthly travelling allowance may be granted by a competent authority to any Government servant whose duties require him to travel extensively. Such an allowance is granted in lieu of all other forms of travelling allowance for journeys within the Government servant's sphere of duty and is drawn all the year round, whether the Government servant is absent from his headquarters or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>By contrast, Conveyance Allowance (SR 25) is for travel <i>\\\"at or within a short distance from his headquarters under conditions which do not render him eligible for daily allowance\\\"<\/i>, and Daily Allowance (SR 49) is paid only for each day of absence from headquarters.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 9,\r\n    year: \"2019-20\",\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"The term 'controlled travelling' is relevant in the context of\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Permanent Travelling Allowance\",\r\n        \"Conveyance Allowance\",\r\n        \"Actual Cost of Travelling\",\r\n        \"Mileage Allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 25<\/b> \u2014 'Controlled travelling' belongs to the Fixed Conveyance Allowance under SR 25.<br><br>Under the terms for grant of conveyance allowance (GoI Order (1)(c) below SR 25, 'Initial fixation'), the Government servant maintains a log-book of official journeys; the sanctioning authority scrutinises it <i>\\\"for determining the average mileage per month justified for official work for the post and the rate of conveyance allowance should be fixed on that basis.\\\"<\/i> The order goes on: <i>\\\"The conveyance allowance will be determined for specific posts on the basis of 'controlled travelling' as above by the sanctioning authority, and the officers appointed to these posts will draw the same, unless the mode of conveyance is different, subject to their satisfying the prescribed conditions.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 10,\r\n    year: \"2023\",\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements in the context of Travelling Allowances:\\n1. The facility of Travelling Allowance for the Attendant would only be admissible to those Government servants with Disabilities, wherein it is certified by the competent Medical Authority that such a person compulsorily requires assistance of another person for travel\\n2. Daily Allowance in addition to Mileage Allowance is admissible to the Escort of the Government servant with Disabilities\\n3. Travelling Allowance for the Attendant\/Escort would also be admissible to the Government servant with Disabilities on foreign tour\\nWhich of the statement(s) given above is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3\",\r\n        \"2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"1 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 22<\/b> \u2014 Statements 1 and 3 are correct; statement 2 is incorrect. Source: GoI Order (1) below SR 22 [DoE OM No. 19030\/3\/2013-E.IV dated 17.02.2015].<br><br>1. Correct \u2014 Para 2(d): <i>\\\"The facility of Travelling Allowance for the Attendant \/ Escort would only be admissible to those Government servants with Disabilities, wherein it is certified by the competent Medical Authority that such a person compulsorily requires assistance of another person for travel.\\\"<\/i><br>2. Incorrect \u2014 Para 2(g): <i>\\\"Travelling Allowance consists of two parts : Mileage Allowance and Daily Allowance. No Daily Allowance would be admissible to the Attendant \/ Escort of the Government servant with Disabilities. Mileage Allowance would be admissible to the Attendant \/ Escort at the same rate and in the same class of accommodation, as the Government servant with Disabilities is entitled to...\\\"<\/i><br>3. Correct \u2014 Para 2(e): <i>\\\"Subject to Clause (d) above, Travelling Allowance for the Attendant \/ Escort would be admissible to the Government servant with Disabilities while on tour (domestic or foreign).\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 11,\r\n    year: \"2024\",\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"The rate of fixed monthly conveyance allowance admissible to a Central Government employee under SR-25, for average monthly travel on official duty involving 451 - 600 km by own Motor Car, is :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b92,100\",\r\n        \"\u20b93,150\",\r\n        \"\u20b93,725\",\r\n        \"\u20b94,557.50\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 25<\/b> \u2014 GoI Order (1)(a) below SR 25 [DoE OM w.e.f. 01.07.2017, superseding OM No. 19039\/2\/2008-E.IV dated 23.09.2008] fixed the Fixed Conveyance Allowance (\u20b9 per month) for journeys by own motor car as: 201-300 km \u20b91,680; 301-450 km \u20b92,520; 451-600 km \u20b92,980; 601-800 km \u20b93,646; above 800 km \u20b94,500 (other modes: \u20b9556, \u20b9720, \u20b9960, \u20b91,126, \u20b91,276). Para 2: <i>\\\"These rates shall automatically increase by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>With DA at 50% from 01.01.2024, the rate for 451-600 km by own motor car is \u20b92,980 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b93,725 per month. The other options are the enhanced rates for other distance slabs (\u20b91,680 \u2192 \u20b92,100; \u20b92,520 \u2192 \u20b93,150; \u20b93,646 \u2192 \u20b94,557.50).<br><br>SR 25: <i>\\\"A competent authority may grant ... a monthly conveyance or horse allowance to any Government servant who is required to travel extensively at or within a short distance from his headquarters under conditions which do not render him eligible for daily allowance.\\\"<\/i> No allowance is admissible unless the average monthly running on duty exceeds 200 km.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 12,\r\n    year: \"2018\",\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding mileage allowance :\\n1. Where travel by road is in public interest and sanction of the competent authority is accorded, full road mileage allowance may be admitted.\\n2. TA by longer route is not admissible in cases where the journey could not be performed by the shortest route because of non-availability of reserved accommodation of entitled class by that route.\\n3. If a Government servant travels by a route which is not the shortest but is cheaper than the shortest, his mileage allowance should be calculated on the shortest route.\\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: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 31<\/b> \u2014 Statements 1 and 2 are correct; statement 3 is incorrect.<br><br>1. Correct \u2014 GoI Order (1) below SR 31 [MoF OM No. 19030\/1\/73-E.IV(B) dated 02.07.1975]: <i>\\\"Road mileage will be limited to the rail fare of the entitled class ... Full road mileage may, however, be admitted in those cases where travel by road is in public interest and sanction of the competent authority under SR 31 is accorded.\\\"<\/i><br>2. Correct \u2014 GoI Order (2) below SR 31 [MoF OM No. F. 10(4)-E.IV(B)\/60 dated 24.10.1960]: <i>\\\"T.A. by the longer route is not admissible in cases where the journey could not be performed by the shortest route because of non-availability of reserved accommodation of the entitled class by that route.\\\"<\/i><br>3. Incorrect \u2014 SR 30(c): <i>\\\"If a Government servant travels by a route which is not the shortest but is cheaper than the shortest, his mileage allowance should be calculated on the route actually used\\\"<\/i>, not on the shortest route.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 13,\r\n    year: \"2019-20\",\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"At places where no specific rates have been prescribed either by the Directorate of Transport of the concerned State or of the neighbouring States, the admissible Mileage Allowance for journey performed in own car\/taxi shall be\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b915 per kilometre\",\r\n        \"\u20b924 per kilometre\",\r\n        \"\u20b930 per kilometre\",\r\n        \"\u20b936 per kilometre\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1)(2) below SR 46, 'Mileage Allowance for Journeys by Road with effect from 1-7-2017')<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"At places where no specific rates have been prescribed either by the Directorate of Transport of the concerned State or of the neighbouring States:\u2014 For journeys performed in own car \/ taxi \u20b9 24 per km; For journeys performed by autorickshaw, own scooter, etc. \u20b9 12 per km. At places where no specific rates have been prescribed, the rate per km will further rise by 25 % whenever DA increases by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Dearness Allowance on the 7th CPC pay structure reached 50% with effect from 01.01.2024 (DoE OM No. 1\/1\/2024-E.II(B) dated 12.03.2024). The own car\/taxi rate therefore stands at \u20b924 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b930 per km, and the autorickshaw\/own scooter rate at \u20b915 per km.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 14,\r\n    year: \"2019-20\",\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Who among the following is the competent authority to allow Mileage Allowance to be calculated by a route other than the shortest or cheapest in the case of a Government servant while on tour?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"The Head of Office\",\r\n        \"The Head of Department\",\r\n        \"The Financial Advisor of the concerned Ministry\/Department\",\r\n        \"The Secretary of the Ministry\/Department concerned with the advice of their Financial Advisor\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 31<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A competent authority may, for special reasons which should be recorded, permit mileage allowance to be calculated on a route other than the shortest or cheapest, provided that the journey is actually performed by such route.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Appendix 1 to the Supplementary Rules (authorities exercising the powers of a competent authority), Serial No. 13 \u2014 SR 31, <i>\\\"Power to allow mileage allowance to be calculated by a route other than the shortest or cheapest\\\"<\/i>: delegated to <i>\\\"All Heads of Departments\\\"<\/i> with <i>\\\"Full power, for journeys within their jurisdiction, provided that the selection of such route is in the interest of Government.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 15,\r\n    year: \"2023\",\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Central Government servants travelling on duty in specified remote areas are sanctioned the facility to engage porters at government expense. Which one of the following areas is not covered under this facility?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"District Leh in Union Territory of Ladakh\",\r\n        \"Kishtwar in Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir\",\r\n        \"Dharchula Tehsil of Pithoragarh District in Uttarakhand\",\r\n        \"Chungthang Sub-Division of North Sikkim\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (9) below SR 46<\/b> \u2014 Kishtwar is not among the notified areas.<br><br>GoI Order (9) below SR 46 [MoF OM No. 19039\/1\/2006-E.IV dated 06.11.2006] extended the facility of engaging porters and animal transport at Government expense <i>\\\"to the following areas ranging between 14,000 feet to 18,000 feet.<br>(i) District Leh in J&amp;K.<br>(ii) Tissa and Saloni Tehsil of Chamba District in H.P.<br>(iii) Dharchula and Munsyari Tehsil of Pithoragarh District, Joshimath in Chamoli District, Bhatwadi Tehsil of Uttarkashi Districts in Uttaranchal.<br>(iv) Chungthan sub-division of North Sikkim.\\\"<\/i> (District Leh is now in the Union Territory of Ladakh.)<br><br>Earlier orders (GoI Orders (7) and (8) below SR 46) cover areas beyond the Inner Line in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Lahaul and Spiti, and specified tehsils of Himachal Pradesh. Kishtwar does not appear in any of them.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 16,\r\n    year: \"2024\",\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Which of the following statements regarding entitlement of Government servants to Rail Accommodation in terms of Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules are correct?\\n1. A Government servant in Pay Level-13A of 7th CPC Pay matrix can travel on tour by AC-I.\\n2. The fare for journey performed by a Government servant by a premium train on official tour is reimbursable.\\n3. Reimbursement of service charge paid to the Traveller's Service Agents recognized by Zonal Railways for booking of tickets on Leave Travel Concession is allowed.\\n4. The system of paying incidentals to cover on the way expenses stands abolished.\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1, 2 and 4\",\r\n        \"2 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017<\/b> \u2014 Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct; statement 3 is incorrect.<br><br>1. Correct \u2014 Rail entitlement on tour (Para 2A(i) of DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, GoI Order (1) below SR 34): Level 14 and above \u2014 AC-I; 12 and 13 \u2014 AC-I; 6 to 11 \u2014 AC-II; 5 and below \u2014 First Class\/AC-III\/AC Chair car. DoE OM dated 04.09.2017: <i>\\\"TA\/DA entitlements of Officers in Pay Level 13-A ... shall be equivalent to TA\/DA entitlements of Officers in Pay Level 13\\\"<\/i>. So Level 13-A travels by AC-I.<br>2. Correct \u2014 Para 2A(ii) of the 13.07.2017 OM: <i>\\\"It has also been decided to allow the Government officials to travel by Premium Trains \/ Premium Tatkal Trains \/ Suvidha Trains, the reimbursement to Premium Tatkal Charges for booking of tickets and the reimbursement of Dynamic \/ Flexi-fare in Shatabdi \/ Rajdhani \/ Duronto Trains while on official tour \/ training.\\\"<\/i> (The earlier bar on premium-train fares applied only up to 30.06.2017.)<br>3. Incorrect \u2014 GoI Order (8) below SR 34 ('Agency Charges' reimbursable): <i>\\\"Service charges levied by the Traveller's Service Agents recognized by the Zonal Railways may be allowed to be reimbursed to the Government servants performing journeys in public interest on tour or transfer. Reimbursement of service charges paid to the recognized Traveller's Service Agents for booking of tickets on Leave Travel Concession shall not, however, be allowed.\\\"<\/i><br>4. Correct \u2014 GoI Order (1) below SR 36: <i>\\\"The system of paying incidentals to cover on the way expenses has been abolished.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 17,\r\n    year: \"2025\",\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Entitlement of a Government servant, in the Pay Level 6 to 11 in the Pay Matrix, to travel by Rail during journey on Tour is :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"AC-I\",\r\n        \"AC-II\",\r\n        \"AC-III\",\r\n        \"First Class\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017<\/b> \u2014 Rail travel entitlement on tour\/training \u2014 Para 2A(i) of DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1) below SR 34):<br>\u2022 Pay Level 14 and above \u2014 AC-I<br>\u2022 12 and 13 \u2014 AC-I<br>\u2022 6 to 11 \u2014 AC-II<br>\u2022 5 and below \u2014 First Class \/ AC-III \/ AC Chair car<br><br>In Shatabdi \/ Rajdhani \/ Duronto \/ Premium trains, Level 6 to 11 are entitled to <i>\\\"AC 2nd Class \/ Chair Car (in Shatabdi Trains)\\\"<\/i>.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 18,\r\n    year: \"2009-11\",\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements :\\nDaily allowance is given to a government servant\\n1. for his absence on duty from headquarters\\n2. for his enforced halts occurring en route\\n3. for his enforced halt at tour station\\n4. for his extension of tour on health ground\\nWhich of the above statements is\/are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 only\",\r\n        \"2 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3\",\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 49<\/b> \u2014 Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct; statement 4 is not.<br><br>1. Correct \u2014 SR 49: <i>\\\"A daily allowance is a uniform allowance for each day of absence from headquarters, which is intended to cover the ordinary daily charges incurred by a Government servant in consequence of such absence.\\\"<\/i><br>2. Correct \u2014 GoI Order (4)(a) below SR 51 [MoF OM No. 19030\/1\/73-E.IV(B) dated 17.01.1976]: in cases of <i>\\\"enforced halts occurring en route on journeys on tour, transfer, temporary transfer and journeys in connection with training, necessitated by breakdown of communications due to blockade of roads on account of floods, rains, heavy snowfall, landslide, etc.\\\"<\/i> the period of enforced halt <i>\\\"shall be included in the entire absence from headquarters for purpose of grant of daily allowance\\\"<\/i> (subject to specific sanction in each case).<br>3. Correct \u2014 GoI Order (4)(b) below SR 51: the period of absence at the tour station due to disturbances and curfew, regularised by Special Casual Leave, <i>\\\"can be compared with enforced halt for which daily allowance is admissible.\\\"<\/i><br>4. Incorrect \u2014 there is no provision allowing daily allowance for extending a tour on health grounds; a halt beyond what the Controlling Officer considers necessary may be disallowed under SR 195(a).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 19,\r\n    year: \"2014\",\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Travelling Allowance Rules, reimbursement of hotel accommodation charges of up to \u20b95,625 per day on tour (ceiling as enhanced with effect from 01.01.2024) is admissible to officers drawing pay in Pay Level :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"14 and above\",\r\n        \"12 and 13\",\r\n        \"9 to 11\",\r\n        \"6 to 8\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Para 2E(i) of DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1) below SR 51)<\/b> \u2014 Under Para 2E(i) of DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1) below SR 51), the hotel accommodation ceilings on tour were: Level 14 and above \u2014 \u20b97,500 per day; Level 12 and 13 \u2014 \u20b94,500 per day; Level 9 to 11 \u2014 \u20b92,250 per day; Level 6 to 8 \u2014 \u20b9750 per day; Level 5 and below \u2014 \u20b9450 per day.<br><br>The same OM provides: <i>\\\"The ceiling for reimbursement of hotel charges will further rise by 25% whenever DA increases by 50%.\\\"<\/i> DA on the 7th CPC pay structure reached 50% w.e.f. 01.01.2024 (DoE OM No. 1\/1\/2024-E.II(B) dated 12.03.2024), so the ceilings now stand at: Level 14 and above \u2014 \u20b99,375; Level 12 and 13 \u2014 \u20b95,625; Level 9 to 11 \u2014 \u20b92,812.50; Level 6 to 8 \u2014 \u20b9937.50; Level 5 and below \u2014 \u20b9562.50 per day.<br><br>\u20b95,625 (= \u20b94,500 \u00d7 1.25) is therefore the ceiling for Pay Level 12 and 13. Officers in Level 13-A are treated on par with Level 13 for TA\/DA [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 04.09.2017].\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 20,\r\n    year: \"2021-22\",\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Which of the following pair(s) is\/are correctly matched regarding the maximum amount reimbursable for hotel accommodation on tour, as applicable from 01.01.2024? (Pay Level in Pay Matrix \u2014 Maximum amount reimbursable for hotel accommodation)\\n1. Level 14 and above : \u20b912,500 per day\\n2. Level 13 : \u20b99,375 per day\\n3. Level 12 : \u20b95,625 per day\\n4. Level 11 : \u20b92,812.50 per day\\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        \"3 only\",\r\n        \"3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Para 2E(i) of DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1) below SR 51)<\/b> \u2014 Hotel accommodation ceilings under Para 2E(i) of DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1) below SR 51) were: Level 14 and above \u20b97,500; Level 12 and 13 \u20b94,500; Level 9 to 11 \u20b92,250; Level 6 to 8 \u20b9750; Level 5 and below \u20b9450 per day. The OM provides: <i>\\\"The ceiling for reimbursement of hotel charges will further rise by 25% whenever DA increases by 50%.\\\"<\/i> DA reached 50% w.e.f. 01.01.2024, so the current ceilings are: Level 14 and above \u20b99,375; Level 12 and 13 \u20b95,625; Level 9 to 11 \u20b92,812.50; Level 6 to 8 \u20b9937.50; Level 5 and below \u20b9562.50.<br><br>Pair 1 is wrong (Level 14+ is \u20b99,375, not \u20b912,500). Pair 2 is wrong (\u20b99,375 is the Level 14+ figure; Level 13 is \u20b95,625). Pair 3 is correct (Level 12 \u2014 \u20b95,625). Pair 4 is correct (Level 11 falls in Level 9 to 11 \u2014 \u20b92,812.50). Hence 3 and 4 only.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 21,\r\n    year: \"2023\",\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A uniform allowance for each day of absence from headquarters, which is intended to cover the ordinary daily charges incurred by a Government servant in consequence of such absence, is called:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Permanent Travelling Allowance\",\r\n        \"Mileage Allowance\",\r\n        \"Daily Allowance\",\r\n        \"Actual Expenses\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 49<\/b> \u2014 The definition in the question is the verbatim text of SR 49: <i>\\\"A daily allowance is a uniform allowance for each day of absence from headquarters, which is intended to cover the ordinary daily charges incurred by a Government servant in consequence of such absence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Permanent TA (SR 22) is a monthly allowance drawn all the year round; mileage allowance (SR 29) is <i>\\\"an allowance calculated on the distance travelled which is given to meet the cost of a particular journey\\\"<\/i>; actual expenses are reimbursements, not a uniform per-day allowance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 22,\r\n    year: \"2025\",\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"In the context of Daily Allowance on tour, Government servants drawing pay in the Pay Level 9 to 11 are entitled to reimbursement of per day food bills not exceeding :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Rs. 900\",\r\n        \"Rs. 1,125\",\r\n        \"Rs. 1,250\",\r\n        \"Rs. 1,000\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017<\/b> \u2014 Food charges on tour \u2014 Para 2E(i) of DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1) below SR 51) fixed the food charges per day as Level 14 and above \u20b91,200; Level 12 and 13 \u20b91,000; Level 9 to 11 \u20b9900; Level 6 to 8 \u20b9800; Level 5 and below \u20b9500. Para 2E(iv) of the same OM (GoI Order (1) below SR 71) states: <i>\\\"There will be no separate reimbursement of food bills. Instead, the lumpsum amount payable will be as per Table E (i) ... The lumpsum amount will increase by 25% whenever DA increase by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>DA on the 7th CPC pay structure reached 50% with effect from 01.01.2024, so the amounts now are: Level 14 and above \u20b91,500; Level 12 and 13 \u20b91,250; Level 9 to 11 \u20b91,125; Level 6 to 8 \u20b91,000; Level 5 and below \u20b9625. For Level 9 to 11 the current figure is \u20b91,125 (= \u20b9900 \u00d7 1.25).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 23,\r\n    year: \"2009-11\",\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A person went on duty to market to get some relevant books for library. The distance to the shop from his office was 6 km, but due to rush at the shop and on road he took 8 hours to return to his office. His admissible daily allowance is\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"50%\",\r\n        \"70%\",\r\n        \"100%\",\r\n        \"zero\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 71<\/b> \u2014 No daily allowance is admissible because the place visited (6 km from the office) is within the 8-km radius of the duty point; the 8 hours spent are irrelevant.<br><br>SR 71: <i>\\\"Daily allowance may not be drawn for any day on which a Government servant does not reach a point outside a radius of eight kilometres from the duty point (i.e., the place \/ office of employment) at his headquarters or return to it from a similar point.\\\"<\/i> Note below SR 71: <i>\\\"The term 'radius of eight kilometres' should be interpreted as meaning a distance of eight kilometres by the shortest practicable route...\\\"<\/i><br><br>Likewise, GoI Order (3)(b) below SR 71: <i>\\\"Travelling allowance for a local journey shall be admissible if the temporary place of duty is beyond 8 km from the normal place of duty.\\\"<\/i> For journeys within the 8-km radius, only the cost of hiring a conveyance may be reimbursed \u2014 SR 89, Note 1: <i>\\\"Reimbursement to Government servants of the cost of hiring conveyance on journeys within a radius of 8 kilometres, for which no travelling allowance is admissible under these rules, is regulated under the provisions of Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978.\\\"<\/i> No daily allowance is payable. Hence the admissible DA is zero.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 24,\r\n    year: \"2014\",\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Under which of the following circumstances, will Daily Allowance (DA) be admissible to a Government servant while on tour?\\n1. When Government servant takes casual leave.\\n2. When Government servant takes restricted holiday.\\n3. When Government servant is actually and not merely constructively present on duty station on Sunday or holiday.\\n4. The Government servant left his place of halt on Sunday and holiday in the morning and returned the same evening.\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 72 [G.I., F.D. No. F. 85\/C.S.R.\/26 dated 13.03.1926, reaffirmed by MoF OM No. 1 (14)-E.IV(B)\/66 dated 07.02.1967]<\/b> \u2014 Daily allowance is admissible in situations 3 and 4 only.<br><br>GoI Order (1) below SR 72 [G.I., F.D. No. F. 85\/C.S.R.\/26 dated 13.03.1926, reaffirmed by MoF OM No. 1 (14)-E.IV(B)\/66 dated 07.02.1967]:<br>(a) <i>\\\"a Government servant who takes casual leave or restricted holiday while on tour is not entitled to draw daily allowance during such leave\\\"<\/i> \u2014 so statements 1 and 2 are wrong;<br>(b) <i>\\\"daily allowance is not admissible for any day, whether Sunday or holiday, unless the officer is actually and not merely constructively in camp\\\"<\/i> \u2014 so statement 3 is correct.<br><br>On statement 4, the same Order records that where the Government servant <i>\\\"left his place of halt on Sundays and holidays in the morning and returned the same evening\\\"<\/i>, it has been decided that <i>\\\"daily allowance can be allowed if the Controlling Officer is satisfied that the claimant actually spent at least a portion of the particular Sundays and holidays in camp\\\"<\/i> [MoF Letter No. 1938-E.IV(B)\/56 dated 17.08.1956]. Hence 3 and 4.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 25,\r\n    year: \"2016-17\",\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"In which one of the following situations is Daily Allowance admissible to a Central Government official on tour?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"On a Sunday and holiday during halts\",\r\n        \"During casual leave for a day\",\r\n        \"During a restricted holiday availed by him\",\r\n        \"On a Sunday that was spent away from the camp\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 72<\/b> \u2014 Daily allowance is admissible on a Sunday or holiday during a halt on tour, provided the officer is actually in camp.<br><br>SR 72: <i>\\\"Subject to the conditions laid down in Rules 73 and 74, daily allowance may be drawn during a halt on tour on a holiday occurring during a tour.\\\"<\/i><br><br>GoI Order (1) below SR 72 excludes the other situations: <i>\\\"(a) ... a Government servant who takes casual leave or restricted holiday while on tour is not entitled to draw daily allowance during such leave; and<br>(b) ... daily allowance is not admissible for any day, whether Sunday or holiday, unless the officer is actually and not merely constructively in camp.\\\"<\/i> Options (b) and (c) are therefore barred, and option (d) \u2014 a Sunday spent away from the camp \u2014 fails condition (b).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 26,\r\n    year: \"2024\",\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"In terms of the Travelling Allowance Rules, what percentage of lumpsum amount would be payable on account of food charges to a Government servant for absence from headquarters for 6 to 12 hours?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"30%\",\r\n        \"50%\",\r\n        \"70%\",\r\n        \"100%\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Para 2E(v) of DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1) below SR 71, 'Regulation of Daily Allowance'), 'Timing restrictions'<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"If absence from headquarters is &lt; 6 hours \u2014 30% of Lumpsum amount<br>If absence from headquarters is between 6-12 hours \u2014 70% of Lumpsum amount<br>If absence from headquarters is &gt;12 hours \u2014 100% of Lumpsum amount<br>Absence from Headquarter will be reckoned from midnight to midnight and will be calculated on a per day basis.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Under the same OM, <i>\\\"There will be no separate reimbursement of food bills. Instead, the lumpsum amount payable will be as per Table E (i)\\\"<\/i> \u2014 for absence of 6 to 12 hours, 70% of the lumpsum is paid. (For a local journey beyond 8 km, 50% of these amounts is paid, i.e. 35% \u2014 DoE Letter dated 12.09.2018.)\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 27,\r\n    year: \"2016-17\",\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"Which of the following officials working abroad and members of their family may be allowed air passage by economy class, to the port of disembarkation in India on their selection for appointment under the Government of India?\\n1. Indian Medical Officers\\n2. Indian Scientists and Technical Officers\\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: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 105 [MoF OM No. F. 10(2)-E.IV(B)\/66 dated 13.10.1966, 10.03.1967 and 24.08.1967]<\/b> \u2014 Only Indian Scientists and Technical Officers working abroad are covered.<br><br>GoI Order (1) below SR 105 [MoF OM No. F. 10(2)-E.IV(B)\/66 dated 13.10.1966, 10.03.1967 and 24.08.1967]: <i>\\\"It has been decided that Indian Scientists\/Technical Officers working abroad may on their selection for appointment under the Government of India be allowed air passage by Economy (Tourist) Class for the Scientist\/Technical Officer and members of his family as defined in SR 2 (8) from the country where he is working to port of disembarkation in India and rail fare of the class (other than air-conditioned class) to which he shall be entitled ... provided he undertakes to serve the Government of India for a minimum period of three years from the date of joining duty in India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>SR 105 lays down the general rule that <i>\\\"travelling allowance is not admissible to any person for the journey to join his first post in Government service\\\"<\/i>. The exception in this order is confined to Scientists\/Technical Officers; Medical Officers are not named in it.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 28,\r\n    year: \"2014\",\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"In case of transfer within the same station involving a change of residence, a Government servant will be entitled to travelling allowance as under :\\n1. Composite Transfer Grant equal to 80% of the last month's Basic Pay.\\n2. Composite Transfer Grant equal to one-third of 80% of the last month's Basic Pay.\\n3. Actual cost of conveyance for self and family but not exceeding the road mileage allowance admissible under rules.\\n4. Actual cost of transportation of personal effects not exceeding the amount admissible under rules.\\nWhich of the above statements are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"2 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (20) below SR 116 [MoF OM No. F. 7(1)-E.IV(B)\/66 dated 25.03.1966, as amended including OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017]<\/b> \u2014 Statements 2, 3 and 4 are correct.<br><br>GoI Order (20) below SR 116 [MoF OM No. F. 7(1)-E.IV(B)\/66 dated 25.03.1966, as amended including OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017]: <i>\\\"In case of transfer within the same station or within a short distance from the old headquarters which may or may not involve a change of residence ...<br>(i) No travelling allowance will be admissible if no change of residence is involved.<br>(ii) If there is change of residence, as a result of transfer only the following reimbursements may be allowed:\u2014<br>Composite Transfer Grant: Equal to one-third of 80% of the last month's Basic Pay.<br>Self and Family: Actual cost of conveyance but not exceeding the road mileage allowance admissible under Supplementary Rule 116 (a) II (i) and (ii).<br>Personal effects: Actual cost of transportation not exceeding the amount admissible under SR 116 (a) II (iii).\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 1 is wrong: the full CTG (80% of last month's Basic Pay) is payable only where the stations are 20 km or more apart. Para (ii)(b) of the 13.07.2017 OM: <i>\\\"In cases of transfer to stations which are at a distance of less than 20 kms. from the old station and of transfer within the same city, one-third of the composite transfer grant will be admissible, provided a change of residence is actually involved.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 29,\r\n    year: \"2018\",\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"With reference to Composite Transfer Grant, transportation of Personal Effects up to 6000 kg by goods train\/4-wheeler wagon\/1 single container is admissible to Government servants drawing pay in Level :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"14 and above\",\r\n        \"12 and above\",\r\n        \"6 to 11\",\r\n        \"15 and above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Para III of the Annexure to DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (under SR 116)<\/b> \u2014 Transportation of personal effects on transfer \u2014 Para III of the Annexure to DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (under SR 116):<br>\u2022 Level 12 and above \u2014 6000 kg by goods train \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 double container (by road \u20b950 per km);<br>\u2022 Level 6 to 11 \u2014 6000 kg by goods train \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 single container (by road \u20b950 per km);<br>\u2022 Level 5 \u2014 3000 kg (\u20b925 per km);<br>\u2022 Level 4 and below \u2014 1500 kg (\u20b915 per km).<br><br>The '1 single container' entitlement belongs to Level 6 to 11; Level 12 and above get a double container. (The OM adds: <i>\\\"The rates will further rise by 25 per cent whenever DA increases by 50 per cent\\\"<\/i> \u2014 this affects the per-km road rates, not the weight\/container entitlement.)\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 30,\r\n    year: \"2021-22\",\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"Officers of which of the following pay levels are entitled to transportation of personal effects up to 6000 kg by goods train\/4 wheeler wagon\/1 single container under the Travelling Allowance Rules?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Level 12 and above\",\r\n        \"Level 6 to 11\",\r\n        \"Level 5\",\r\n        \"Level 4 and below\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Para III of the Annexure to DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (Transportation of Personal Effects, under SR 116)<\/b> \u2014 \u2022 Level 12 and above \u2014 6000 kg by goods train \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 double container;<br>\u2022 Level 6 to 11 \u2014 6000 kg by goods train \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 single container;<br>\u2022 Level 5 \u2014 3000 kg;<br>\u2022 Level 4 and below \u2014 1500 kg.<br><br>The 'single container' entitlement is for Level 6 to 11; Level 12 and above are entitled to a double container.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 31,\r\n    year: \"2021-22\",\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"In cases where both husband and wife are Central Government employees and their transfer takes place within six months, but after 60 days of the transfer of the spouse, what percentage of the Composite Transfer and Packing Grant (CTG) shall be allowed to the spouse transferred later?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"No CTG admissible\",\r\n        \"50% of CTG\",\r\n        \"80% of CTG\",\r\n        \"100% of CTG\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Para 2(ii)(c) of the Annexure to DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1) below SR 116)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"In cases where the transfer of husband and wife takes place within six months, but after 60 days of the transfer of the spouse, fifty per cent of the transfer grant on transfer shall be allowed to the spouse transferred later. No transfer grant shall be admissible to the spouse transferred later, in case both the transfers are ordered within 60 days. The existing provisions shall continue to be applicable in case of transfers after a period of six months or more.\\\"<\/i><br><br>So: within 60 days \u2014 no CTG; after 60 days but within six months \u2014 50% of CTG; six months or more \u2014 full CTG.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 32,\r\n    year: \"2025\",\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"Mr. 'X', a Central Government employee was posted from Delhi to Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley in the month of September, 2025. He opted to move his family from Delhi to Patna at Government expense. What would be his entitlement for Transport Allowance (inclusive of Composite Transfer Grant) for his family?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"50% of the last month's Basic Pay\",\r\n        \"90% of the last month's Basic Pay\",\r\n        \"80% of the last month's Basic Pay\",\r\n        \"No Transport Allowance would be admissible in this case\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Annexure to DoPT OM No. 18016\/3\/2018-Estt.(L) dated 14.10.2020, para I.A(i)<\/b> \u2014 The Kashmir Valley package gives the employee the option to move the family anywhere in India at Government expense, with transport allowance as on permanent transfer, inclusive of CTG at 80% of the last month's basic pay.<br><br>Annexure to DoPT OM No. 18016\/3\/2018-Estt.(L) dated 14.10.2020, para I.A(i): <i>\\\"The employees shall have an option to move their families to a selected place of their choice in India at Government expenses and the transport allowance for the families are proposed to be allowed as admissible in permanent transfer inclusive of the Composite Transfer Grant at the rate of 80 per cent of the last month's basic pay\\\"<\/i>. The package covers the ten districts of the Kashmir Valley, Srinagar included.<br><br>The package was extended for three years from 01.08.2024 by DoPT OM No. A-24011\/3\/2025-Estt.(Leave) dated 24.02.2025 on the same terms, so it applied to a posting in September 2025. 80% also matches the normal CTG rate under the 7th CPC TA orders (DoE OM dated 13.07.2017: <i>\\\"The Composite Transfer Grant shall be paid at the rate of 80% of the last month's Basic Pay\\\"<\/i>).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 33,\r\n    year: \"2025\",\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"In terms of the Travelling Allowance (TA) Rules, which of the following statement(s) is\/are correct?\\n1. Non-Practicing Allowance shall be included in the \\\"Basic Pay\\\" drawn in appropriate Pay Level in the Pay Matrix to determine the TA\/DA entitlement of a Government servant.\\n2. A temporary employee who has put in a total service of not less than ten years under the Central Government and retiring on attaining the age of superannuation shall be entitled to the TA concession.\\n3. The time limit for submission of claims for TA on retirement is 180 days, succeeding the date of completion of the journey.\\nSelect the correct answer using the codes given below :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 only\",\r\n        \"2 and 3\",\r\n        \"1 and 2\",\r\n        \"3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017<\/b> \u2014 Statements 2 and 3 are correct; statement 1 is incorrect.<br><br>1. Incorrect \u2014 Para 3 of DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017 (GoI Order (1) below SR 17): <i>\\\"The term 'Pay in the Level' for the purpose of these orders refer to Basic Pay drawn in appropriate Pay Level in the Pay Matrix as defined in Rule 3 (8) of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 and does not include Non-Practising Allowance (NPA), Military Service Pay (MSP) or any other type of pay like Special Pay, etc.\\\"<\/i><br>2. Correct \u2014 TA on retirement (GoI Order below SR 147), para 2(v): <i>\\\"The concession will also be admissible to temporary employees who retire on attaining the age of superannuation or are invalided or are retrenched from service, without being offered alternative employment, provided that they have put in a total service of not less than 10 years under the Central Government at the time of retirement \/ invalidment \/ retrenchment.\\\"<\/i><br>3. Correct \u2014 GoI Order (8) below SR 194-A [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 15.06.2021]: <i>\\\"the time-limit for submission of claims for TA on Retirement is modified from 60 days to 180 days (six months), succeeding the date of completion of the journey.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 34,\r\n    year: \"2016-17\",\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"Before signing or countersigning a travelling allowance bill, duty of a controlling officer is to :\\n1. Scrutinize the necessity, frequency and duration of journey performed\\n2. Scrutinize distances entered in the travelling allowance bills\\n3. Disallow a halt of excessive duration\\n4. Permit use of exchanging daily allowance for mileage allowance without restriction\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below :\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 4\",\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4\",\r\n        \"2, 3 and 4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 195<\/b> \u2014 Duties 1, 2 and 3 are correct. Duty 4 states the opposite of what the rule requires.<br><br>SR 195: <i>\\\"It is the duty of a Controlling Officer, before signing or countersigning a travelling allowance bill,\u2014<br>(a) to scrutinize the necessity, frequency and duration of journeys and halts for which travelling allowance is claimed, and to disallow the whole or any part of the travelling allowance claimed for any journey or halt if he considers that a journey was unnecessary or unduly protracted or that a halt was of excessive duration;<br>(b) to scrutinize carefully the distances entered in travelling allowance bills; ...<br>(d) to check any tendency to abuse the option of exchanging daily allowance for mileage allowance; ...\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 4 ('permit ... without restriction') is wrong, because clause (d) requires the Controlling Officer to check abuse of that option.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 35,\r\n    year: \"2019-20\",\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"The time limit for submission of claims for Travelling Allowance on retirement from the date succeeding the date of completion of the journey is\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"60 days\",\r\n        \"90 days\",\r\n        \"180 days\",\r\n        \"240 days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (8) below SR 194-A [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 15.06.2021]<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"...in partial modification of this Department's O.M. of even number, dated 13-3-2018, it has been decided that the time-limit for submission of claims for TA on Retirement is modified from 60 days to 180 days (six months), succeeding the date of completion of the journey. The time-limit for submission of TA claim on tour, transfer and training will remain 60 days.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Background: SR 194-A originally allowed one year. After GFR 2017 (Rule 290), DoE OM dated 13.03.2018 reduced it to sixty days for tour, transfer, training and journey on retirement. The 2021 OM restored a longer limit of 180 days for retirement claims only.\"\r\n}\r\n];\r\n\r\n\/* ---- concept MCQs \u2014 the bank from the earlier version of this page\r\n        goes here as it is; its saved progress carries straight over ---- *\/\r\nconst conceptQuestions = [\r\n{\r\n    id: 1,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"The Supplementary Rules (Travelling Allowance) apply to which of the following Government servants?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Government servants subject to the Fundamental Rules whose pay is debitable to Central Revenues\",\r\n        \"All Government servants subject to the Fundamental Rules, whatever the source of their pay\",\r\n        \"All Government servants whose pay is debitable to Central Revenues, whether or not subject to the Fundamental Rules\",\r\n        \"Only Gazetted Government servants subject to the Fundamental Rules whose pay is debitable to Central Revenues\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 1<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"These rules may be called the Supplementary Rules. They apply to those Government servants only, who are subject to the Fundamental Rules, and whose pay is debitable to Central Revenues. Except where it is otherwise expressly stated in the rules, they apply to all Government servants fulfilling these conditions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Both conditions must be met together: the Government servant must be subject to the FRs <b>and<\/b> his pay must be debitable to Central Revenues. Option (b) drops the second condition and option (c) drops the first. Option (d) is wrong because the rules apply to <i>all<\/i> Government servants fulfilling the two conditions, Gazetted or Non-Gazetted.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 2,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding the extent of application of the Supplementary Rules (Travelling Allowance):\\n1. Government servants under the administrative control of the Central Government are governed by these rules even if they are paid from State Revenues.\\n2. These rules apply to every Government servant whose pay is debitable to Central Revenues, even if he is not subject to the Fundamental Rules.\\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: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 1, Note 1<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Government servants under the administrative control of the Central Government, whether paid from the Central or State Revenues, will be governed by these rules ...\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 1 is correct. Statement 2 is incorrect: SR 1 confines the rules to <i>\\\"those Government servants only, who are subject to the Fundamental Rules, and whose pay is debitable to Central Revenues\\\"<\/i>. A Government servant not subject to the FRs is outside these rules even if his pay is debited to Central Revenues.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 3,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"A Central Government servant performed a journey on tour on 20th June, 2017 and submitted his travelling allowance claim on 10th August, 2017. The revised travelling allowance orders on the Seventh Central Pay Commission came into force on 1st July, 2017. His claim will be regulated by the rules in force on the date on which:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the claim was submitted\",\r\n        \"the journey was undertaken\",\r\n        \"the claim was passed by the Controlling Officer\",\r\n        \"the claim was paid, or the journey was undertaken, whichever is more beneficial\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Audit Instruction (1) below SR 1<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant\u2019s claims to travelling allowance should be regulated by the rules in force at the time the journey, in respect of which they are made, was undertaken.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The 7th CPC TA orders say the same thing (<b>DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, para 5<\/b>): <i>\\\"The claims submitted in respect of journey made on or after 1st July, 2017, may be regulated in accordance with these orders ... In respect of journeys performed prior to 1st July, 2017, the claims may be regulated in accordance with the previous orders, dated 23-9-2008.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The journey was on 20.06.2017, before 1.7.2017, so the earlier orders of 23.09.2008 apply. The date of submission, passing or payment of the claim is irrelevant, and there is no option to pick the more beneficial set of rules.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 4,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"A Central Government servant is sent on foreign service to a public sector undertaking wholly owned by the Government. His travelling allowance for journeys in connection with the affairs of the undertaking, for the journey to join it and for the journey on reversion to Government service is regulated by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the Supplementary Rules for all three journeys\",\r\n        \"the rules of the undertaking for its own work, and the Supplementary Rules for joining and reversion\",\r\n        \"the rules of the undertaking for all three journeys\",\r\n        \"the Supplementary Rules or the rules of the undertaking, whichever is more favourable\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Decision (1) below SR 1<\/b> [MoF OM dated 09.02.1965] \u2014 <i>\\\"Government servants who are deputed on foreign service with bodies, incorporated or not, which are wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government or a statutory body or local authority, on or after the 9th February, 1965, will be governed for purposes of travelling allowance, by the rules of such organizations in respect of their journeys in connection with the affairs of the bodies, etc., mentioned above as also of the journeys undertaken by them to join the above bodies, etc., and on reversion therefrom to Government service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The organisation's rules govern all three kinds of journey, including joining and reversion. Option (b) is the tempting split, but the order expressly brings the joining and reversion journeys under the organisation's rules too. There is no choice of the more favourable set.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 5,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, travelling allowance to work-charged staff is admissible:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"at half the rates applicable to regular Government servants\",\r\n        \"only as mileage allowance for journeys by rail or steamer\",\r\n        \"only for journeys on transfer and not for journeys on tour\",\r\n        \"at the rates and under the conditions applicable to regular Government servants\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Decision (2) below SR 1<\/b> [MoF OM dated 06.08.1960] \u2014 <i>\\\"travelling allowance as admissible to regular Government servants under the Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules as amended from time to time, may be granted to work-charged staff also, at the rates laid down and under conditions and restrictions prescribed in those rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (b) is a trap taken from <b>SR 64<\/b>, cited in the same order: where a competent authority declares that a Government servant's pay has been fixed to compensate for all journeys within his sphere of duty other than by rail or steamer, he <i>\\\"may draw no travelling allowance for such journeys, though he may draw mileage allowance for journeys by rail or steamer\\\"<\/i>. That is a restriction for a particular class declared under SR 64, not the general rule for work-charged staff.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 6,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following charges:\\n1. Ferry charges and tolls\\n2. Charges for hotels and traveller\u2019s bungalows\\n3. Charges for carriage of camp equipment, where necessary\\n4. Loss on account of breakage of crockery\\nUnder the Supplementary Rules, which of the above are included in \u2018actual travelling expenses\u2019?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"2 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 2(1)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"\u201cActual travelling expenses\u201d means the actual cost of transporting a Government servant with his servants and personal luggage, including charges for ferry and other tolls and for carriage of camp equipment, if necessary. It does not include charges for hotels, traveller\u2019s bungalows or refreshments or for the carriage of stores or conveyances or for presents to coachmen and the like; or any allowance for such incidental losses or expenses as the breakage of crockery, wear and tear of furniture and the employment of additional servants.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Items 1 and 3 are expressly included. Hotel and traveller\u2019s bungalow charges (item 2) and breakage of crockery (item 4) are expressly excluded. Under the GoI Order below SR 2(1), the \u2018servants\u2019 whose transport is covered are domestic servants.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 7,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (term) with List-II (meaning under the Supplementary Rules):\\nList-I\\nA. Camp equipage\\nB. Camp equipment\\nC. Public conveyance\\nD. Day\\nList-II\\n1. A calendar day, beginning and ending at midnight\\n2. The apparatus for moving a camp\\n3. A train, steamer or other conveyance which plies regularly for the conveyance of passengers\\n4. Tents and the requisites for pitching and furnishing them\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 2(4), 2(5), 2(16) and 2(7)<\/b> \u2014<br>SR 2(4): <i>\\\"\u201cCamp equipage\u201d means the apparatus for moving a camp.\\\"<\/i><br>SR 2(5): <i>\\\"\u201cCamp equipment\u201d means tents and the requisites for pitching and furnishing them or, where tents are not carried, such articles of camp furniture as it may be necessary, in the interests of the public service, for a Government servant to take with him on tour.\\\"<\/i><br>SR 2(16): <i>\\\"\u201cPublic conveyance\u201d means a train, steamer or other conveyance which plies regularly for the conveyance of passengers.\\\"<\/i><br>SR 2(7): <i>\\\"Except as otherwise provided in these rules, \u201cDay\u201d means a calendar day, beginning and ending at midnight\\\"<\/i><br><br>The usual trap is to swap camp equipage and camp equipment. Equipage is the apparatus that <i>moves<\/i> the camp; equipment is the tents and furniture that make it up.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 8,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding \u2018family\u2019 under the Supplementary Rules (Travelling Allowance):\\n1. The wife or husband is included only if residing with the Government servant.\\n2. Not more than one wife is included.\\n3. An adopted child is treated as a legitimate child if, under the personal law of the Government servant, adoption confers on it the status of a natural child.\\n4. Stepchildren are not included even if residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant.\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 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: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 2(8)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"\u201cFamily\u201d means a Government servant\u2019s wife or husband, as the case may be, residing with the Government servant and legitimate children and stepchildren residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><b>Note 1<\/b>: <i>\\\"Not more than one wife is included in the term \u2018family\u2019 for the purposes of these rules.\\\"<\/i><br><b>Note 2<\/b>: <i>\\\"An adopted child shall be considered to be a legitimate child if, under the personal law of the Government servant, adoption is legally recognized as conferring on it the status of a natural child.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statements 1, 2 and 3 follow directly from the rule and its notes. Statement 4 is wrong because stepchildren are expressly included, on the same conditions as legitimate children: residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant. Note that the spouse need only be <i>residing with<\/i> the Government servant; dependence is not required for the spouse.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 9,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"For the purpose of travelling allowance, a married daughter of a Government servant who is residing with him can be treated as a member of his family only if she is wholly dependent on him because:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"her husband\u2019s income is less than the minimum family pension\",\r\n        \"her husband is posted at a station other than her parent\u2019s station\",\r\n        \"she has been divorced, abandoned or separated from her husband\",\r\n        \"she is pursuing a course of study at her parent\u2019s station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 2(8)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"the married daughter can be said to be wholly dependent on the father \/ mother only in case of special and exceptional circumstances, such as where she has been divorced, abandoned or separated from the husband, and is financially dependent on the parent. The financial status of the husband of the married daughter, therefore, is not, and should not be a criterion to decide dependence on parents.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (a) is the trap. The husband\u2019s income is expressly <i>not<\/i> a criterion. The minimum family pension test applies to the daughter\u2019s own income from all sources, not her husband\u2019s.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 10,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding the restriction of travelling allowance on transfer to two dependent children:\\n1. The restriction came into effect from 1st January, 1999.\\n2. It does not apply to an employee who already had more than two children before the orders were issued.\\n3. It does not apply where an employee having one child has a multiple birth in the next pregnancy, taking the number of children beyond two.\\n4. Children born between the date of issue of the orders and 31st December, 1998 are counted within the limit of two.\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 2(8)<\/b> [MoF OM dated 17.04.1998] \u2014 <i>\\\"Travelling Allowance on transfer will be restricted to only two dependent\u2019 children of an employee. This restriction, which will come into effect from January 1, 1999, shall not, however, be applicable in respect of those employees who already have more than two children prior to the issue of these orders. Further, children of employees born between the date of issue of these orders and December 31, 1998 will also be entitled to such benefits as are admissible ... irrespective of the number of children that they may already have. This restriction shall not also be applicable in respect of those employees who are presently issueless or have only one child and the subsequent pregnancy results in multiple births as a consequence of which the number of children exceeds two.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 4 is wrong. Children born between the date of the orders (17.04.1998) and 31.12.1998 are entitled <i>irrespective of the number of children<\/i>, so they are not held within the limit of two.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 11,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"For travelling allowance purposes, a child taken as a ward by a Government servant under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 and living with him as a member of his family is included in \u2018children\u2019 provided that the Government servant has:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"adopted the ward in a manner recognised by his personal law\",\r\n        \"obtained the permission of the Head of Department to treat the ward as a child\",\r\n        \"declared the ward as a nominee for his Death-cum-Retirement Gratuity\",\r\n        \"given the ward, through a special will, the same status as a natural-born child\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 2(8)<\/b> [MoF OM dated 28.09.1989] \u2014 <i>\\\"the term \u2018Children\u2019 will now on include children taken as wards by the Government servant, under the \u201cGuardians and Wards Act, 1890\u201d, provided such a ward lives with the Government servant and is treated as a member of the family and provided the Government servant through a special will, has given such a ward the same status as that of natural-born child.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (a) describes a different route, that of an <i>adopted<\/i> child, which is treated as legitimate under <b>Note 2 below SR 2(8)<\/b> when the personal law recognises adoption. A ward is covered only by the special-will condition.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 12,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"For travelling allowance on transfer, which one of the following, though residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant, is NOT a member of his family?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Stepmother\",\r\n        \"Minor brother\",\r\n        \"Stepfather\",\r\n        \"Unmarried sister\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 2(8)<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 29.06.1974 and 31.12.1975] \u2014 <i>\\\"The definition of \u2018family\u2019 under SR 2 (8) for transfer travelling allowance will also include parents, stepmother, sisters and minor brothers residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>On the stepfather, the Department of Expenditure clarified (Letter No. 300\/E.IV\/2008 dated 20.11.2008) that the <i>\\\"Sixth Central Pay Commission has not mentioned the inclusion of Stepfather in the definition of family for the purpose of T.A. on transfer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Contrast LTC: the stepfather <i>is<\/i> included as a family member for LTC (DoPT O.M. dated 23.09.2008). Stepmother, minor brother and unmarried sister are all expressly included for transfer TA.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 13,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following relatives of a Government servant, each residing with and wholly dependent upon him:\\n1. Stepmother\\n2. Minor brother\\n3. Major brother\\n4. Divorced sister\\nHow many of the above are members of his family for the purpose of travelling allowance on transfer?\",\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>GoI Order (2) below SR 2(8)<\/b> \u2014 the family for transfer TA includes <i>\\\"parents, stepmother, sisters and minor brothers residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br>On sisters (MoF Letter dated 25.03.1986): <i>\\\"only unmarried sisters residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant and widowed sisters residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant (provided, their father is either not alive or is himself wholly dependent on the Government servant concerned) are included\\\"<\/i><br><br>So the stepmother (1) and minor brother (2) are included: only two. A major brother is outside, because only <i>minor<\/i> brothers are included. A divorced sister is outside, because only unmarried and widowed sisters are covered.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 14,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"For travelling allowance on transfer, a widowed sister residing with and wholly dependent upon a Government servant is a member of his family provided that:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"she has no children of her own\",\r\n        \"her husband was a Government servant\",\r\n        \"she is not in receipt of any family pension\",\r\n        \"their father is either not alive or is himself wholly dependent on the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 2(8)<\/b> [MoF OM dated 12.07.1978] \u2014 <i>\\\"Widowed sisters residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant (provided their father is either not alive or is himself wholly dependent on the Government servant concerned) are included in the definition of \u2018family\u2019.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The only extra condition for a widowed sister concerns the father. Unmarried sisters need no such condition: residing with and wholly dependent upon the Government servant is enough.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 15,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"The son of a Central Government servant, residing with him, receives a stipend of \u20b9 8,000 per month. For travelling allowance purposes, the son is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"a member of the family, as the stipend is less than the minimum family pension of \u20b9 9,000\",\r\n        \"not a member of the family, as the stipend exceeds \u20b9 3,500 per month\",\r\n        \"not a member of the family, as any stipend makes a child independent\",\r\n        \"a member of the family, as stipends are not counted as income at all\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) and (4) below SR 2(8)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The dependency criteria for all purposes should be the minimum family pension.\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"the term \u201cincome from all sources\u201d also covers stipend and scholarship, for purpose of dependence on the Government servant. Accordingly, children getting stipend, etc., minimum of \u20b9 3,500 p.m. (now minimum family pension \u20b9 9,000 from 1-1-2016) will not be considered as members of family\\\"<\/i><br><br>Stipends do count as income, which rules out (d). But the test is the minimum family pension, now \u20b9 9,000. \u20b9 3,500 was the old limit and is the trap in (b). A stipend of \u20b9 8,000 is below \u20b9 9,000, so the son remains wholly dependent and is a member of the family.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 16,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"A place has been declared a hill station by a State Government for the purposes of its own travelling allowance rules. For the purposes of the Supplementary Rules, that place:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"is a hill station only if separately declared so by the President\",\r\n        \"is a hill station only for Government servants serving in that State\",\r\n        \"is to be regarded as a hill station\",\r\n        \"cannot be treated as a hill station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 2(11)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"\u201cHill Station\u201d means any place which a Competent Authority may declare to be a hill station.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order below SR 2(11)<\/b>: <i>\\\"Any place which has been declared by a State Government to be a hill station for the purposes of their Travelling Allowance Rules, should be regarded as a hill station for the purposes of these rules also.\\\"<\/i><br><br>No separate Central declaration is needed, and the adoption is not confined to Government servants serving in that State.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 17,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, a \u2018holiday\u2019 includes a holiday prescribed or notified under Section 25 of which Act?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"General Clauses Act, 1897\",\r\n        \"Factories Act, 1948\",\r\n        \"Industrial Disputes Act, 1947\",\r\n        \"Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 2(12)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"\u201cHoliday\u201d means\u2014<br>(a) a holiday prescribed or notified by or under Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, and<br>(b) in relation to any particular office, a day on which such office is ordered to be closed by a Competent Authority for the transaction of Government business without reserve or qualification.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Besides the Negotiable Instruments Act holidays, a day on which a particular office is closed by a Competent Authority without reserve or qualification is also a holiday for that office.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 18,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, a person deputed for training in a trade or business with a view to employment in Government service, who draws pay at monthly rates from Government during the training but is not employed against a substantive vacancy in the cadre of a department, is called:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"an Apprentice\",\r\n        \"a Probationer\",\r\n        \"a work-charged employee\",\r\n        \"a temporary Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 2(2)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"\u201cApprentice\u201d means a person deputed for training in a trade or business with a view to employment in Government service, who draws pay at monthly rates from Government during such training but is not employed in or against a substantive vacancy in the cadre of a department.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 2(15)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"\u201cProbationer\u201d means a Government servant employed on probation in or against a substantive vacancy in the cadre of a department.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The dividing line is the substantive vacancy. A probationer is employed in or against one; an apprentice is not.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 19,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following movements of a Government servant:\\n1. Moving from one headquarters station to another to take up the duties of a new post\\n2. Moving from one headquarters station to another in consequence of a change of his headquarters, without change of post\\n3. Taking up a new post in another office within the same headquarters station\\nWhich of the above constitute a \u2018transfer\u2019 under the Supplementary Rules?\",\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>SR 2(18)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"\u201cTransfer\u201d means the movement of a Government servant from one headquarter station in which he is employed to another such station, either\u2014<br>(a) to take up the duties of a new post, or<br>(b) in consequence of a change of his headquarters.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The essential element is movement from one headquarters station to <i>another<\/i>. Both 1 and 2 qualify. Item 3 involves no change of headquarters station, so it is not a \u2018transfer\u2019 under SR 2(18), whatever its effect on the post held.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 20,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"An authority declared by the President to be the Head of a Department for the purposes of the Supplementary Rules is, for the purposes of the Fundamental Rules:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not a Head of a Department unless separately declared\",\r\n        \"a Head of Office\",\r\n        \"also to be considered the Head of a Department\",\r\n        \"a Head of a Department only for travelling allowance and leave matters\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 2(10)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"\u201cHead of a Department\u201d means any authority which the President may by order declare to be the Head of a Department for the purposes of these rules.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order below SR 2(10)<\/b>: <i>\\\"The authority declared to be the Head of a Department under this rule, is also considered to be the Head of a Department for purpose of Fundamental Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>A single declaration serves both the SRs and the FRs, without restriction to any particular subject.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 21,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"A Medical Officer draws Basic Pay of \u20b9 78,800 in Level 12 of the Pay Matrix and Non-Practising Allowance of \u20b9 15,760. For determining his travelling allowance entitlements, the \u2018Pay in the Level\u2019 to be reckoned is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 78,800\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 94,560\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 78,800 plus Dearness Allowance\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 94,560 plus Dearness Allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 17<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, paras 2 and 3] \u2014 <i>\\\"The \u2018Pay Level\u2019 for determining the TA\/DA entitlement is as indicated in Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016.\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"The term \u2018Pay in the Level\u2019 for the purpose of these orders refer to Basic Pay drawn in appropriate Pay Level in the Pay Matrix as defined in Rule 3 (8) of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 and does not include Non-Practising Allowance (NPA), Military Service Pay (MSP) or any other type of pay like Special Pay, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Only the Basic Pay of \u20b9 78,800 counts. NPA (\u20b9 15,760, i.e. 20% of Basic Pay) is expressly excluded, and DA is not part of Basic Pay.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 22,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"The revised travelling allowance entitlements on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission took effect from:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1st January, 2016\",\r\n        \"1st July, 2017\",\r\n        \"13th July, 2017\",\r\n        \"1st September, 2008\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 17<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, para 7] \u2014 <i>\\\"These orders shall take effect from 1st July, 2017.\\\"<\/i><br><br>1st January, 2016 is the date of the revised pay structure under the CCS (RP) Rules, 2016, not of the TA orders. 13th July, 2017 is only the date of the OM. Journeys before 1.7.2017 continue to be governed by the previous orders dated 23.09.2008 (para 5 of the same OM).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 23,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"If the revised travelling allowance entitlements on the Seventh Central Pay Commission result in lowering the existing entitlement of a class of employees in respect of mode of travel or class of accommodation, then:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the revised, lower entitlement applies from 1st July, 2017\",\r\n        \"the existing entitlement continues only for a period of two years\",\r\n        \"the employees concerned are given an option to choose either entitlement once in their service\",\r\n        \"the existing entitlement is not lowered and continues under the earlier orders until they become eligible for the higher entitlement in the normal course\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 17<\/b> [DoE OM dated 13.07.2017, para 4] \u2014 <i>\\\"However, if the Travelling Allowance entitlements in terms of the revised entitlements now prescribed result in a lowering of the existing entitlements in the case of any individual, groups or classes of employees, the entitlements, particularly in respect of mode of travel, class of accommodation, etc., shall not be lowered. They will instead continue to be governed by the earlier orders on the subject till such time as they become eligible, in the normal course for the higher entitlements.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The protection lasts until the employee becomes eligible for the higher entitlement in the normal course. There is no fixed time limit and no option to be exercised.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 24,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant was promoted on 15th June, 2025 with retrospective effect from 1st January, 2025, without any change in the duties he actually performed during that period. His travelling allowance for tours performed between 1st January, 2025 and 15th June, 2025 will be:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"revised on the basis of the higher post from 1st January, 2025\",\r\n        \"revised only for claims not yet paid on 15th June, 2025\",\r\n        \"not revised, since there was no actual change of duties\",\r\n        \"revised only if the promotion is on a regular basis\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 17<\/b> [MoF OM dated 15.03.1950] \u2014 <i>\\\"The travelling allowance of an officer, who is promoted or reverted or is granted an increased rate of pay with retrospective effect should not be revised in respect of the period intervening between the date of promotion or reversion or grant of an increased rate of pay and the date on which the orders are issued or notified unless it is clear that there has been an actual change of duties.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The test is an actual change of duties during the intervening period. Here there was none, so no revision is made, whether the claims are paid or pending and whether the promotion is regular or not.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 25,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"In which one of the following cases may a supplementary travelling allowance claim be admitted on the basis of enhanced pay for a past period?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Retrospective promotion, without any actual change of duties\",\r\n        \"Release, with retrospective effect, of an increment that had been withheld\",\r\n        \"Retrospective grant of an increment taking the officer above the efficiency bar stage\",\r\n        \"Late authorisation of an increment, drawn with retrospective effect\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 17, para 2<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"In the case of late authorization \/ drawal of increments with retrospective effect, other than those where increments were withheld or where the increments take an officer above the stage of efficiency bar, there is, however, no objection to the supplementary claims, if any, being admitted on the basis of the enhanced pay including the increment(s).\\\"<\/i><br><br>Options (b) and (c) are the two cases expressly carved out of this concession. Option (a) is barred by para 1 of the same order, under which TA is not revised for retrospective promotion <i>\\\"unless it is clear that there has been an actual change of duties\\\"<\/i>.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 26,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant\u2019s pay has not yet been fixed in the revised pay scales, and he waits beyond one year to submit his travelling allowance claim. The authority competent to relax the time-limit for such a claim, where the delay is due to the delay in revision or fixation of pay, is the:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Head of the Department\",\r\n        \"Controlling Officer\",\r\n        \"Head of Office\",\r\n        \"Financial Adviser of the Ministry\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 17<\/b> [MoF OM dated 16.01.1976] \u2014 <i>\\\"there is no objection to the Government servants waiting for submission of their travelling allowance claim beyond one year on their becoming due till such time as their pay is fixed in the revised scale of pay or they finally opt for retention of pre-revised scale, as the case may be. The provision of SR 194-A in such cases may be relaxed by Heads of Departments. The power to relax SR 194-A will be exercised by the Heads of Departments only in cases where the delay in submission of travelling allowance bill is due to delay in revision of scales of pay and\/or fixation of pay therein and will not extend to cases of delay attributable to other reasons.\\\"<\/i><br><br>SR 194-A fixes the time-limit for preferring a TA claim. This relaxation is limited to delay caused by pay revision or fixation; delay for any other reason is not covered.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 27,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant holding a post in Level 10 is appointed to a post in Level 12 at another station. While in transit from the old post to the new post, for travelling allowance purposes he ranks in the grade to which:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the post in Level 12 would entitle him\",\r\n        \"the higher of the two posts would entitle him, if the transfer is in public interest\",\r\n        \"the post in Level 10 would entitle him\",\r\n        \"a competent authority may declare, with due regard to his status\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 19<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant in transit from one post to another ranks in the grade to which the lower of the two posts would entitle him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The lower of the two posts here is Level 10. Option (d) is the rule for a different class: under <b>SR 20<\/b>, a Government servant <i>\\\"whose whole time is not retained for the public service, or who is remunerated wholly or partly by fees, ranks in such grade as a competent authority may, with due regard to the Government servant\u2019s status, declare.\\\"<\/i> There is no public-interest exception in SR 19.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 28,\r\n    chapter: \"EXTENT OF APPLICATION, DEFINITIONS AND GRADES\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (subject) with List-II (Supplementary Rule):\\nList-I\\nA. Grade of a Government servant in transit from one post to another\\nB. Grade of a Government servant who is remunerated wholly or partly by fees\\nC. Inclusion of a class of Government servants in a grade higher or lower than that prescribed\\nD. Definition of \u2018family\u2019\\nList-II\\n1. SR 18\\n2. SR 19\\n3. SR 20\\n4. SR 2\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-3, B-2, 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: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 18<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A competent authority may, for reasons which should be recorded, order that any Government servant or class of Government servants shall be included in a grade higher or lower than that prescribed in Rule 17.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 19<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant in transit from one post to another ranks in the grade to which the lower of the two posts would entitle him.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 20<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant whose whole time is not retained for the public service, or who is remunerated wholly or partly by fees, ranks in such grade as a competent authority may, with due regard to the Government servant\u2019s status, declare.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 2(8)<\/b> defines \u2018family\u2019.<br><br>So A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 29,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following allowances:\\n1. Permanent travelling allowance\\n2. Conveyance or horse allowance\\n3. Mileage allowance\\n4. Daily allowance\\n5. Transport allowance\\n6. The actual cost of travelling\\nWhich of the above are kinds of travelling allowance under the Supplementary Rules?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1, 2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 only\",\r\n        \"1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 21<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The following are the different kinds of travelling allowances which may be drawn in different circumstances by Government servants:\u2014<br>(a) Permanent travelling allowance.<br>(b) Conveyance or horse allowance.<br>(c) Mileage allowance.<br>(d) Daily allowance.<br>(e) The actual cost of travelling.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Items 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are the five kinds listed in SR 21. Transport Allowance (item 5) is not a kind of travelling allowance. It is a separate allowance for commuting between residence and office, granted under separate orders on the Seventh CPC (Appendix-5 of the compilation). The orders below SR 22 refer to it in exactly that sense: <i>\\\"For commuting between residence to office and back, certain categories of Government servants with Disabilities are eligible for Transport Allowance at double the normal rates.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 30,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding permanent travelling allowance under the Supplementary Rules:\\n1. It may be granted to a Government servant whose duties require him to travel extensively.\\n2. It is granted in lieu of all other forms of travelling allowance for journeys within his sphere of duty.\\n3. It is drawn only for the months in which he is actually absent from his headquarters.\\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>SR 22<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A permanent monthly travelling allowance may be granted by a competent authority to any Government servant whose duties require him to travel extensively. Such an allowance is granted in lieu of all other forms of travelling allowance for journeys within the Government servant\u2019s sphere of duty and is drawn all the year round, whether the Government servant is absent from his headquarters or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong. Permanent TA is drawn <i>all the year round<\/i>, whether or not the Government servant is absent from headquarters. It is cut only for the periods listed in SR 23.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 31,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant draws a permanent travelling allowance. During which one of the following periods can he continue to draw it?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Earned leave\",\r\n        \"Joining time\",\r\n        \"Absence from headquarters on journeys within his sphere of duty\",\r\n        \"Temporary transfer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 23<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A permanent travelling allowance may not be drawn during leave, temporary transfer, or joining time or, unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in these rules during any period for which travelling allowance of any other kind is drawn.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Journeys within the sphere of duty are exactly what the allowance is meant to cover. Under <b>SR 22<\/b> it is <i>\\\"drawn all the year round, whether the Government servant is absent from his headquarters or not\\\"<\/i>. Leave, joining time and temporary transfer are the three periods named in SR 23.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 32,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant draws a permanent travelling allowance of \u20b9 3,000 per month. The number of days in a month for which he is to travel within his sphere of duty has not been specified. He remains on leave for 6 days in a month. The amount to be deducted from his permanent travelling allowance for that month is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 500\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 580\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 600\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 900\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 23<\/b> [MoF U.O. dated 10.06.1964] \u2014 <i>\\\"In case, the number of days in a month for which the officer is to travel within the sphere of duty is specified, the amount to be deducted from the permanent travelling allowance for the period mentioned in SR 23 will be in proportion which the number of days of absence bears to such specified number of days and in case it is not so specified, the rate of deduction will be 1\/30th for each day of absence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Since no number of days is specified, the deduction is 1\/30th per day: 3,000 \u00d7 6\/30 = \u20b9 600. Dividing by the actual days in the month (for example 31, giving about \u20b9 580) is wrong, as the order fixes the divisor at 30.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 33,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant draws a permanent travelling allowance of \u20b9 3,000 per month, and he is required to travel within his sphere of duty for 20 days in a month. He remains on leave for 5 days in a month. The amount to be deducted from his permanent travelling allowance for that month is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 500\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 600\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 750\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,000\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 23<\/b> \u2014 where the number of travelling days is specified, the deduction <i>\\\"will be in proportion which the number of days of absence bears to such specified number of days\\\"<\/i>; only where it is not specified is the rate <i>\\\"1\/30th for each day of absence\\\"<\/i>.<br><br>Here 20 days are specified, so the deduction is 3,000 \u00d7 5\/20 = \u20b9 750. \u20b9 500 would result from wrongly applying the 1\/30th rate.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 34,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant holds two posts, each of which carries a permanent travelling allowance. The permanent travelling allowance admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the total of both allowances, in full\",\r\n        \"the higher of the two allowances only\",\r\n        \"the higher allowance plus one-half of the lower allowance\",\r\n        \"such amount, not exceeding the total of both allowances, as a competent authority considers necessary\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 24<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant holds, either substantively or in an officiating capacity, two or more posts to each of which a permanent travelling allowance is attached, he may be granted such permanent travelling allowance, not exceeding the total of all the allowances, as a competent authority may consider to be necessary in order to cover the travelling expenses which he has to incur.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The total of the allowances is only the ceiling, not an entitlement. The actual amount is what the competent authority considers necessary to cover the travelling expenses he has to incur. The rule applies whether the posts are held substantively or in an officiating capacity.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 35,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, a monthly conveyance allowance may be granted to a Government servant who is required to travel extensively:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"at or within a short distance from his headquarters, under conditions which do not make him eligible for daily allowance\",\r\n        \"beyond his headquarters, under conditions which make him eligible for daily allowance\",\r\n        \"on tour outside his headquarters for more than 15 days in a month\",\r\n        \"between his residence and his normal place of work\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 25<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A competent authority may grant, on such conditions as it thinks fit to impose, a monthly conveyance or horse allowance to any Government servant who is required to travel extensively at or within a short distance from his headquarters under conditions which do not render him eligible for daily allowance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (d) is excluded by <b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para (b)(i)(a): <i>\\\"Journeys between residence and normal place of work shall not be reckoned as running on official duty.\\\"<\/i> The 15-day figure in option (c) relates to a different point: the allowance is <i>not<\/i> admissible for absence on tour of 15 days or more.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 36,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Central Government servant using his own motor car for official journeys has an average monthly travel on official duty of 520 km. The fixed conveyance allowance admissible to him at present (Dearness Allowance having reached 50% from 1st January, 2024) is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 2,980 per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 3,646 per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 3,725 per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 4,557.50 per month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017] \u2014 the rates w.e.f. 01.07.2017 for journeys by own motor car are:<br>201\u2013300 km: \u20b9 1,680<br>301\u2013450 km: \u20b9 2,520<br>451\u2013600 km: \u20b9 2,980<br>601\u2013800 km: \u20b9 3,646<br>Above 800 km: \u20b9 4,500<br>Para 2: <i>\\\"These rates shall automatically increase by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>520 km falls in the 451\u2013600 km slab, base rate \u20b9 2,980. DA reached 50% w.e.f. 01.01.2024, so the rate rises by 25%: 2,980 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b9 3,725. \u20b9 2,980 is the unrevised 2017 rate. \u20b9 3,646 is the unrevised rate for the next slab, and \u20b9 4,557.50 is that slab's revised rate.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 37,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Central Government servant who does not own a motor car performs official journeys at his headquarters by other modes of conveyance, with an average monthly travel on official duty of 400 km. The fixed conveyance allowance admissible to him at present (Dearness Allowance having reached 50% from 1st January, 2024) is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 720 per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 900 per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 960 per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,200 per month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017] \u2014 the rates w.e.f. 01.07.2017 for journeys by other modes of conveyance are:<br>201\u2013300 km: \u20b9 556<br>301\u2013450 km: \u20b9 720<br>451\u2013600 km: \u20b9 960<br>601\u2013800 km: \u20b9 1,126<br>Above 800 km: \u20b9 1,276<br>Para 2: <i>\\\"These rates shall automatically increase by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>400 km falls in the 301\u2013450 km slab, base rate \u20b9 720. With DA at 50% from 01.01.2024: 720 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b9 900. \u20b9 960 and \u20b9 1,200 are the unrevised and revised rates for the 451\u2013600 km slab.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 38,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"The rates of fixed conveyance allowance fixed with effect from 1st July, 2017 are to be increased:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"by 50% whenever the Dearness Allowance goes up by 25%\",\r\n        \"by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance goes up by 25%\",\r\n        \"in proportion to every increase in the Dearness Allowance\",\r\n        \"by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance goes up by 50%\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para 2 \u2014 <i>\\\"These rates shall automatically increase by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance payable on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The increase is automatic and comes in steps: each 50% rise in DA brings a 25% rise in the rates. It is not linked to every DA instalment.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 39,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding the grant of fixed conveyance allowance:\\n1. No allowance is admissible unless the average monthly running on official duty is more than 200 km.\\n2. Journeys between residence and the normal place of work are reckoned as running on official duty.\\n3. Journeys performed on foot or by bicycle do not qualify for the allowance.\\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>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para (b)(i) \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) No allowance shall be admissible unless the average monthly running on duty is more than 200 kilometres. Journeys between residence and normal place of work shall not be reckoned as running on official duty.<br>(b) Journeys performed by foot or on bicycle shall not qualify for the grant of allowance under these orders.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 2 reverses the rule: residence\u2013office journeys are expressly <i>not<\/i> reckoned as running on official duty. The lowest slab in the rate table accordingly begins at 201 km.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 40,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in receipt of fixed conveyance allowance at his headquarters proceeds on tour for 18 days. The conveyance allowance for those 18 days is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not admissible\",\r\n        \"admissible in full\",\r\n        \"admissible at the lower rate meant for other modes of conveyance\",\r\n        \"admissible for the first 15 days only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], Note below para (b)(iii) \u2014 <i>\\\"In all cases where Government servants drawing conveyance allowance are away from their headquarters on tour, temporary duty, etc., for a period of 15 days or more, the allowance (either at higher or lower rates) will not be admissible for such periods of absence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>An absence of 18 days exceeds the 15-day threshold, so the allowance is not admissible for the whole period of absence, at either rate. Nothing is retained for the first 15 days.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 41,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"The fixed conveyance allowance at the rates for own motor car is not admissible for any period during which the Government servant does not maintain a motor car, or the car remains out of order, if that period exceeds:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"7 days at a time\",\r\n        \"15 days at a time\",\r\n        \"one month at a time\",\r\n        \"two months at a time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para (b)(iii) \u2014 <i>\\\"No allowance shall be admissible during\u2014<br>(a) joining time, leave and any period of temporary transfer, including holidays prefixed to leave or holidays suffixed to leave;<br>(b) any period of more than 15 days at a time during which a Government servant in receipt of allowance under Column (2) of the table does not maintain a motor car or the motor car maintained by him remains out of order or is not used for official journeys for any other reasons.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Contrast the cycle allowance. Under <b>GoI Order (4) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. 19039\/4\/2008-E.IV dated 14.07.2017], para 2(D), the corresponding period is <i>\\\"more than one month at a time\\\"<\/i>.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 42,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"An officer in receipt of fixed conveyance allowance performs an official journey to a place 12 km from his usual place of work at the headquarters. For this journey he is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"mileage allowance only\",\r\n        \"daily allowance only\",\r\n        \"both daily allowance and mileage allowance\",\r\n        \"no daily allowance or mileage allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para (b)(v) \u2014 <i>\\\"The officers who are granted Conveyance Allowance under these orders will not be entitled to any other travelling allowance, i.e., daily or mileage allowance for journeys up to 16 kilometres from the usual place of work at the headquarters.\\\"<\/i><br><br>12 km is within the 16 km limit, so the conveyance allowance covers the journey. For journeys beyond 16 km, TA is admissible in full if he travels otherwise than in his own conveyance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 43,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"An officer in receipt of fixed conveyance allowance performs an official journey to a place 40 km from his headquarters by train. For this journey he may draw:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the daily allowance and\/or mileage allowance admissible under the rules, in full\",\r\n        \"no travelling allowance, as the conveyance allowance covers all journeys\",\r\n        \"mileage allowance only, without daily allowance\",\r\n        \"travelling allowance reduced by the conveyance allowance for that month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para (b)(v)(a) \u2014 <i>\\\"The travelling allowance for journeys beyond 16 kilometres will be admissible as under\u2014<br>(a) If the journey is performed otherwise than in his own conveyance, the travelling allowance, i.e., daily allowance and\/or mileage allowance, admissible under the rules, may be drawn in full.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The bar on TA applies only to journeys up to 16 km. A journey beyond 16 km made otherwise than in his own conveyance attracts full TA. If he travels by road in his own conveyance instead, he may exchange his conveyance allowance at a per-day rate for the TA admissible.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 44,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"For the initial fixation of conveyance allowance, the Government servant claiming it is required to maintain a log-book of journeys on official duty for a minimum period of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one month\",\r\n        \"two months\",\r\n        \"six months\",\r\n        \"three months\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para (c) \u2014 <i>\\\"For the initial fixation of allowance under these orders, a Government servant claiming the allowance should be required to maintain a logbook of journeys on duty qualifying for the grant of allowance for a minimum period of three months. The Controlling Officer shall scrutinize the log-book as frequently as possible during this period. A longer period may be prescribed by the sanctioning authority at its discretion.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Three months is the minimum, and the sanctioning authority may prescribe a longer period. Under para 2 of the same order, <i>\\\"No allowance shall be sanctioned from a date earlier than the one from which the log-book was maintained.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 45,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following particulars:\\n1. The distance travelled daily on official duty\\n2. Places visited, with the distance covered and the purpose of each visit\\n3. The mode of conveyance maintained or used\\n4. The fuel expenditure incurred on each journey\\nWhich of the above are required to be entered in the log-book maintained for the initial fixation of conveyance allowance?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 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: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para (c) \u2014 <i>\\\"The log-book shall contain the following particulars:\u2014<br>(a) The distance travelled daily on official duty;<br>(b) Places visited with distance covered and purpose of each visit;<br>(c) The mode of conveyance maintained \/ used.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Fuel expenditure is not one of the prescribed particulars. The allowance is fixed on the average monthly mileage, not on actual expenditure.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 46,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"For a category of Government servants whose duties require the maintenance of a motor car, such as doctors under the Central Government Health Scheme, the condition of maintaining a log-book is waived with the prior concurrence of the Finance Ministry. In such cases, conveyance allowance is admissible at:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the lowest rate prescribed for own motor car\",\r\n        \"the highest rate prescribed for own motor car\",\r\n        \"the lowest rate prescribed for other modes of conveyance\",\r\n        \"the rate for the 451\u2013600 km slab for own motor car\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"For any category of Government servants the nature of whose duties requires the maintenance of motor car, for example, Doctors employed under the Central Government Health Scheme, the condition of maintaining log-books may be waived with the prior concurrence of the Finance Ministry. In all such cases the allowances shall be admissible at the lowest rates prescribed in Column (2) of the table in Para. 1. Any claim for allowance at higher rates should be supported by maintenance of a log-book as prescribed above.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Column (2) of the table holds the rates for journeys by own motor car. Waiver of the log-book earns only the lowest rate in that column; anything higher needs a log-book.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 47,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Fixed conveyance allowance is to be sanctioned for a period not exceeding:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one year at a time\",\r\n        \"two years at a time\",\r\n        \"three years at a time\",\r\n        \"five years at a time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para 5 \u2014 <i>\\\"All allowances under these rules shall be granted for a period not exceeding two years at a time and its continuance shall be reviewed at the end of each such period. The review should be made in accordance with the procedure laid down for the initial grant of an allowance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The cycle allowance has the same limit. Under <b>GoI Order (4) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. 19039\/4\/2008-E.IV dated 14.07.2017], para 3, it is <i>\\\"granted by the sanctioning authority for a period not exceeding two years at a time\\\"<\/i>.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 48,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Once conveyance allowance has been fixed, the Controlling Officer is required to endorse a certificate that there has been no change in the nature of duties or extent of touring of the Government servant in his pay bills for the months of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"January and July\",\r\n        \"April and October\",\r\n        \"January, April, July and October\",\r\n        \"March, June, September and December\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. F. II (5)-E. IV (B)\/60 dated 24.05.1961, as amended including OM No. 19039\/03\/2017-E.IV dated 19.07.2017], para 4 \u2014 <i>\\\"The allowance may be drawn during the currency of a sanction so long as the controlling officer is satisfied that there has been no change in the nature of duties of the Government servant or the extent of his touring to justify the withdrawal of or a reduction in the rate of the allowance. A certificate to this effect shall be endorsed by the controlling officer in the pay bills of the Government servants concerned for the months of January, April, July and October in each year. He will also countersign the pay bills for these months.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The certificate is quarterly. The officer himself need not maintain the log-book month to month once the allowance is fixed, unless the controlling officer so desires.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 49,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding a conveyance allowance under the Supplementary Rules, unless the sanctioning authority directs otherwise:\\n1. It is drawn all the year round.\\n2. It is forfeited during absence from headquarters.\\n3. It may be drawn in addition to any other travelling allowance admissible under the rules.\\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>SR 26<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Except as otherwise provided in these rules and unless the authority sanctioning it otherwise directs, a conveyance or horse allowance is drawn all the year round, is not forfeited during absence from headquarters and may be drawn in addition to any other travelling allowance admissible under these rules; provided that a Government servant, who is in receipt of a conveyance allowance specifically granted for the upkeep of a motor car or motor cycle, shall not draw mileage or daily allowance for a journey by the motor car or motor cycle except on such conditions as the authority which sanctions the conveyance allowance may prescribe.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 2 reverses the rule, which says the allowance is <i>not<\/i> forfeited during absence from headquarters. That is the default under SR 26. The orders under SR 25 separately withhold the allowance for absences of 15 days or more.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 50,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant receives a conveyance allowance specifically granted for the upkeep of a motor car. For an official journey performed by that motor car, he may draw mileage or daily allowance:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"in full, in addition to the conveyance allowance\",\r\n        \"only if the journey is beyond his headquarters station\",\r\n        \"at half the normal rates\",\r\n        \"only on such conditions as the authority sanctioning the conveyance allowance may prescribe\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 26<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"provided that a Government servant, who is in receipt of a conveyance allowance specifically granted for the upkeep of a motor car or motor cycle, shall not draw mileage or daily allowance for a journey by the motor car or motor cycle except on such conditions as the authority which sanctions the conveyance allowance may prescribe.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The general rule in SR 26 lets a conveyance allowance be drawn in addition to other TA. This exception applies only where the allowance is for the upkeep of the very car or motor cycle used for the journey.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 51,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in receipt of conveyance allowance of \u20b9 3,000 per month is permitted to use a staff car for an official journey to a place 50 km from his usual place of duty. Besides full charges for the use of the staff car under the Staff Car Rules, the deduction to be made from the travelling allowance admissible to him for that day is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 100\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 150\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 300\",\r\n        \"Nil\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 26<\/b> [MoF OM dated 30.09.1963] \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant in receipt of conveyance allowance should not normally use a staff car for journeys within his local jurisdiction. If, however, he is permitted by a competent authority to use a staff car for journeys, within his jurisdiction, recoveries should be made from the officer at the rates laid down in Rules 21 and 22 of the Staff Car Rules. If the journey is beyond 16 kilometres from the usual place of duty, the officer will be allowed daily allowance and\/or mileage allowance admissible under the Supplementary Rules subject to the following deductions being made therefrom:\u2014<br>(i) Full charges for the use of the staff car calculated under Rules 21 and 22 of the Staff Car Rules.<br>(ii) Deduction of 1\/30th of the monthly rate of his conveyance allowance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>1\/30th of \u20b9 3,000 = \u20b9 100, deducted in addition to the full staff car charges.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 52,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A conveyance allowance under the Supplementary Rules may not be drawn during:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"joining time only, but may be drawn during holidays suffixed to it\",\r\n        \"casual leave\",\r\n        \"joining time, and holidays suffixed to joining time\",\r\n        \"absence on tour for less than 15 days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 27<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A conveyance or horse allowance may not be drawn during joining time or holidays suffixed to joining time. Its drawal during leave or temporary transfer is governed by Rules 7 and 7-A.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The bar covers holidays suffixed to joining time as well. Casual leave is not leave under the leave rules, and a tour of under 15 days does not affect the allowance (it is lost only for absences of 15 days or more under the orders below SR 25).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 53,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Which Supplementary Rule provides that a conveyance or horse allowance may not be drawn during joining time or holidays suffixed to joining time?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"SR 24\",\r\n        \"SR 25\",\r\n        \"SR 26\",\r\n        \"SR 27\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 27<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A conveyance or horse allowance may not be drawn during joining time or holidays suffixed to joining time.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The neighbouring rules deal with different points:<br>SR 24: combination of posts each carrying a permanent TA<br>SR 25: conditions for grant of conveyance and horse allowance<br>SR 26: when a conveyance or horse allowance is drawn (all the year round, not forfeited during absence from headquarters)\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 54,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"On the Seventh Central Pay Commission, the rate of Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance under SR 25 was revised with effect from 1st July, 2017 from \u20b9 90 per month to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 120 per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 150 per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 180 per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 270 per month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. 19039\/4\/2008-E.IV dated 14.07.2017] \u2014 <i>\\\"the President is pleased to revise the rates of Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance from \u20b9 90 per month to \u20b9 180 per month subject to the provisions of SR 25.\\\"<\/i><br>Para 2(A): <i>\\\"The official concerned maintains and uses his own cycle for official journeys.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The allowance was doubled, from \u20b9 90 to \u20b9 180, and is subject to the official maintaining and using his own cycle for official journeys.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 55,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in receipt of Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance undertakes official journeys. Match List-I (journey) with List-II (travelling allowance):\\nList-I\\nA. Within a radius of 8 km from the usual place of duty\\nB. Beyond 8 km but not exceeding 16 km, destination within the local jurisdiction\\nC. Beyond 8 km but not exceeding 16 km, destination outside the local jurisdiction\\nD. Beyond 16 km from the usual place of duty\\nList-II\\n1. No TA\\n2. TA under the normal rules, provided the journey is not performed on a cycle\\n3. TA under the normal rules\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-1, C-2, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-2, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-1, C-3, D-2\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-2, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. 19039\/4\/2008-E.IV dated 14.07.2017], para 2(B) \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) For Journeys within a radius of 8 kilometres from the usual place of duty. \u2014 No T.A.<br>(ii) For journeys beyond a radius of 8 kilometres but not exceeding 16 kilometres from the place of duty\u2014<br>(a) If the destination point falls within the local jurisdiction. \u2014 No T.A.<br>(b) If the destination point falls outside the local jurisdiction. \u2014 T.A. admissible under the normal rules, provided the journey is performed otherwise than on a cycle.<br>(iii) For journeys beyond a radius of 16 kilometres from the usual place of duty. \u2014 T.A. admissible under the normal rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>So A-1, B-1, C-2, D-3. In the 8\u201316 km band the deciding factor is whether the destination is within the local jurisdiction.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 56,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance is not admissible for any period during which the Government servant does not maintain a cycle, or the cycle remains out of order, if that period exceeds:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"15 days at a time\",\r\n        \"one month at a time\",\r\n        \"two months at a time\",\r\n        \"three months at a time\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. 19039\/4\/2008-E.IV dated 14.07.2017], para 2(C) and (D) \u2014 <i>\\\"(C) The allowance will not be admissible for the calendar month(s) wholly covered by leave, training or temporary transfer.<br>(D) For any period of more than one month at a time during which a Government servant in receipt of Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance does not maintain a cycle or the cycle maintained by him remains out of order or is not used for official journeys for any other reason, the Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance will not be admissible.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The 15-day period is the trap. It belongs to the fixed conveyance allowance for own motor car, which is withheld for <i>\\\"any period of more than 15 days at a time\\\"<\/i> during which the car is not maintained (GoI Order (1) below SR 25, para (b)(iii)(b)).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 57,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance:\\n1. It is not admissible for a calendar month wholly covered by leave, training or temporary transfer.\\n2. It is sanctioned with reference to the individual incumbents and not to the posts.\\n3. It is granted for a period not exceeding two years at a time.\\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>GoI Order (4) below SR 25<\/b> [MoF OM No. 19039\/4\/2008-E.IV dated 14.07.2017], paras 2(C) and 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"The allowance will not be admissible for the calendar month(s) wholly covered by leave, training or temporary transfer.\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"The Cycle (Maintenance) Allowance under these orders shall be granted by the sanctioning authority for a period not exceeding two years at a time and its continuance shall be reviewed sufficiently in advance of the expiry of such period. ... The Allowance may be sanctioned with reference to the posts and not to the individual incumbents.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 2 reverses the order, which says the allowance is sanctioned with reference to the <i>posts<\/i>, not to the individual incumbents.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 58,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Travelling allowance in respect of an Attendant\/Escort accompanying a Government servant with disability on tour is admissible only where it is certified that he compulsorily requires the assistance of another person for travel. Such a certificate is to be obtained from:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the Chief Medical Officer of the nearest CGHS wellness centre\",\r\n        \"any registered medical practitioner\",\r\n        \"the Head of Office of the Government servant\",\r\n        \"the Head of Department of a Government Civil Hospital designated for the type of disability\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 22<\/b> [MoF OM No. 19030\/3\/2013-E.IV dated 17.02.2015], para 2(d) \u2014 <i>\\\"The facility of Travelling Allowance for the Attendant \/ Escort would only be admissible to those Government servants with Disabilities, wherein it is certified by the competent Medical Authority that such a person compulsorily requires assistance of another person for travel. Under this clause, necessary certificate is to be obtained from the Head of Department of a Government Civil Hospital designated for the type \/ form of disability of the Government servant. Based on the certificate from competent Medical Authority, Heads of Departments would have to further satisfy the need for an Attendant \/ Escort during travel of the Government servant, before allowing the journey for the Attendant \/ Escort.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Even with the medical certificate, the Head of Department must separately satisfy himself of the need before allowing the escort's journey.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 59,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Regarding travelling allowance for the Attendant\/Escort of a Government servant with disability, which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Only mileage allowance is admissible to the escort, at the same rate and in the same class as the Government servant is entitled to\",\r\n        \"Daily allowance and mileage allowance are both admissible to the escort at the rates applicable to the Government servant\",\r\n        \"Only daily allowance is admissible to the escort, at half the rate applicable to the Government servant\",\r\n        \"Mileage allowance is admissible to the escort in the lowest class of the mode used\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 22<\/b> [MoF OM No. 19030\/3\/2013-E.IV dated 17.02.2015], para 2(g) \u2014 <i>\\\"Travelling Allowance consists of two parts : Mileage Allowance and Daily Allowance. No Daily Allowance would be admissible to the Attendant \/ Escort of the Government servant with Disabilities. Mileage Allowance would be admissible to the Attendant \/ Escort at the same rate and in the same class of accommodation, as the Government servant with Disabilities is entitled to ... However, in case of travel by any of the modes of conveyance by road, as prescribed under the Travelling Allowance rules, no separate mileage allowance would be admissible to the Government servant with Disabilities, in respect of the Attendant \/ Escort, except where the travel is by public bus.\\\"<\/i><br><br>No DA at all for the escort, and mileage only at the Government servant's own rate and class. For road travel, separate mileage for the escort is admissible only when the journey is by public bus.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 60,\r\n    chapter: \"KINDS OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE, PERMANENT TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE AND CONVEYANCE ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding travelling allowance for the Attendant\/Escort of a Government servant with disability:\\n1. The claim arises only when the field office, training institute or Indian Mission at the destination officially expresses its inability to provide an escort.\\n2. For travel by Indian Railways, the Government servant may take his personal escort even when an escort is officially provided at the destination station.\\n3. On training, the facility is admissible only for a mandatory training for career progression or an induction training for probationers.\\n4. The facility is admissible for training at the headquarters station also.\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 22<\/b> [MoF OM No. 19030\/3\/2013-E.IV dated 17.02.2015], para 2 \u2014<br>(b): <i>\\\"Only when field offices \/ local administrative offices at the touring station or training institutes or Indian Missions \/ Posts at the country of visit, as the case may be, officially express their inability to provide an Attendant \/ Escort to the visiting Government servant with Disabilities, would the claim of Travelling Allowance in respect of Attendant \/ Escort accompanying the Government servant with Disabilities arise. ... a Government servant with Disabilities however, can take along his personal Attendant \/ Escort for travel by Indian Railways for assistance during journey and boarding \/ deboarding, even when an Attendant \/ Escort at destination station is provided officially.\\\"<\/i><br>(f): <i>\\\"provided it is recorded by the authority competent to depute such officials on training that such training is a mandatory training for career progression or induction training for probationers.\\\"<\/i><br>(h): <i>\\\"As no Travelling Allowance is admissible to Government servants for training at headquarter station, consequently, no claim of Travelling Allowance to the Attendant \/ Escort of the Government servant with Disabilities would be admissible for training at headquarter station.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 4 is wrong. Statements 1, 2 and 3 reproduce clauses (b) and (f).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 61,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, an allowance calculated on the distance travelled, which is given to meet the cost of a particular journey, is called:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Mileage allowance\",\r\n        \"Daily allowance\",\r\n        \"Permanent travelling allowance\",\r\n        \"Conveyance allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 29<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A mileage allowance is an allowance calculated on the distance travelled which is given to meet the cost of a particular journey.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Compare the others. Under <b>SR 49<\/b>, a daily allowance is <i>\\\"a uniform allowance for each day of absence from headquarters\\\"<\/i>. Permanent TA (<b>SR 22<\/b>) and conveyance allowance (<b>SR 25<\/b>) are monthly allowances, not tied to a particular journey.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 62,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding the calculation of mileage allowance under the Supplementary Rules:\\n1. A journey is held to have been performed by the shortest of two or more practicable routes, or by the cheapest of such routes as may be equally short.\\n2. If a Government servant travels by a route which is not the shortest but is cheaper than the shortest, his mileage allowance is calculated on the shortest route.\\n3. Where there are alternative railway routes and the difference between them in time and cost is not great, mileage allowance is calculated on the route actually used.\\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>SR 30<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) For the purpose of calculating mileage allowance, a journey between two places is held to have been performed by the shortest of two or more practicable routes or by the cheapest of such routes as may be equally short; provided that, when there are alternative railway routes and the difference between them in point of time and cost is not great, mileage allowance should be calculated on the route actually used.\\\"<\/i><br><i>\\\"(c) If a Government servant travels by a route which is not the shortest but is cheaper than the shortest, his mileage allowance should be calculated on the route actually used.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 2 is wrong. Where the cheaper (though longer) route is actually used, mileage is calculated on that route, not on the shortest route.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 63,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"For the purpose of calculating mileage allowance, the \u2018shortest route\u2019 between two places is the route by which the traveller can:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"cover the least distance, whatever the mode of travel\",\r\n        \"travel at the least cost by public conveyance\",\r\n        \"most speedily reach his destination by the ordinary modes of travelling\",\r\n        \"travel in the class of accommodation to which he is entitled\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 30(b)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The shortest route is that by which the traveller can most speedily reach his destination by the ordinary modes of travelling. In case of doubt, a competent authority may decide which shall be regarded as the shortest of two or more routes.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\u2018Shortest\u2019 is a matter of speed by the ordinary modes of travelling, not of bare distance or cost. Cost becomes relevant only to choose between routes that are equally short (SR 30(a)).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 64,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour travels by a longer railway route because reserved accommodation of his entitled class was not available on the train running by the shortest route. His travelling allowance by the longer route is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"admissible, as the journey was actually performed by that route\",\r\n        \"admissible, if the competent authority sanctions it for special reasons\",\r\n        \"admissible, limited to the fare of the class below his entitled class\",\r\n        \"not admissible, as non-availability of reservation in the entitled class is not a ground for allowing the longer route\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 31<\/b> [MoF OM dated 24.10.1960] \u2014 <i>\\\"The reservation of accommodation of the entitled class for journeys undertaken by a Government servant is the concern of the Government servant himself, and in the matter of regulating travelling allowance claims, it is the accepted policy of Government not to take cognizance of a Government servant\u2019s inability to secure reservation in the entitled class. It is, therefore, clarified that T.A. by the longer route is not admissible in cases where the journey could not be performed by the shortest route because of non-availability of reserved accommodation of the entitled class by that route.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The order was issued precisely because the SR 31 power had been used in such cases, so option (b) is ruled out as well. TA is regulated by the shortest route. (The remedy for non-availability of seats is different: under the 2017 entitlement orders, the Government servant may travel in the class below his entitled class.)\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 65,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant travels on tour by road in his own car between two places connected by rail, without any sanction under SR 31. His travelling allowance will be:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"road mileage limited to the rail fare of the entitled class, and daily allowance for the entire absence\",\r\n        \"full road mileage, and daily allowance for the entire absence\",\r\n        \"road mileage limited to the rail fare of the entitled class, and daily allowance only for the time the train journey would have taken\",\r\n        \"rail fare of the class below the entitled class, without daily allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 31<\/b> [MoF OM dated 02.07.1975] \u2014 <i>\\\"The existing system of restricting road mileage to rail mileage between places connected by rail will continue to apply. Road mileage will be limited to the rail fare of the entitled class, but daily allowance for the entire absence will be admissible whether the journey is performed by road or rail. Full road mileage may, however, be admitted in those cases where travel by road is in public interest and sanction of the competent authority under SR 31 is accorded.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Only the mileage is capped at the entitled-class rail fare. Daily allowance is for the entire absence. Full road mileage needs public interest <b>and<\/b> sanction under SR 31.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 66,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"An officer entitled to travel by AC First Class travels by own car between two places connected by rail, on a route where the trains have no AC First Class but have AC 2-tier. His road mileage is restricted to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the AC First Class fare, computed notionally\",\r\n        \"the fare of the highest entitled class of accommodation available on that route\",\r\n        \"the First Class fare\",\r\n        \"the AC 3-tier fare\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 46<\/b> [MoF U.O. dated 18.05.1989] \u2014 <i>\\\"for journeys performed by a higher class of accommodation by rail than entitled or by any other mode of conveyance more expensive than the entitled class of rail accommodation, between places connected by rail, T.A. reimbursement will be restricted to the fare of the \u201chighest entitled class of accommodation by rail, available on the particular route\u201d.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Where AC First Class does not run on that route, the cap is the fare of the highest class he is entitled to that actually runs there, here AC 2-tier. A notional fare for a class not available on the route is not used.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 67,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, a journey on transfer is held to begin or end at:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the duty point at the old and new headquarters\",\r\n        \"the railway station, airport or bus stand at either end\",\r\n        \"the actual residence of the Government servant\",\r\n        \"the office of the Head of Office at either end\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 32<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A journey on transfer is held to begin or end at the actual residence of the Government servant concerned. Any other journey (excluding a journey of the type referred to in the \u2018Note\u2019 below) is held to begin or end in any station at the duty point in that station.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The duty point is the reference for every other journey, such as a tour. Transfer alone is reckoned from the actual residence.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 68,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant reaches an outstation by train on tour and has to visit three offices there. For the purpose of calculating his travelling allowance, the \u2018duty point\u2019 at that station is the office:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"nearest to the railway station\",\r\n        \"visited first\",\r\n        \"where he spends the longest time\",\r\n        \"farthest from the railway station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 32, Explanation<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Where there are two or more such points at an outstation, the following shall be taken as the \u2018duty point\u2019:\u2014<br>(a) if the Government servant reaches that station by rail, steamer or air, the point which is farthest from the railway station, harbour (or jetty) or the airport, as the case may be; and<br>(b) if he reaches that station by road, the point which is farthest from the point where the journey to that station commenced.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Arrival by rail, so the office farthest from the railway station is the duty point. Had he come by road, it would be the office farthest from the point where his journey began.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 69,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A journey on tour commences from a station which is neither the Government servant\u2019s headquarters nor his place of duty. For travelling allowance purposes, the journey may be treated to have commenced at:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"his residence\",\r\n        \"the duty point at his headquarters\",\r\n        \"the station from which it actually commenced\",\r\n        \"the nearest railway station to his headquarters\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 32, Note<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Where a journey commences \/ ends at a station which is neither the Government servant\u2019s headquarters, nor his place of duty, it may be treated to have commenced \/ ended at his residence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The \u2018duty point\u2019 applies to journeys beginning or ending at headquarters or at a place of duty. This Note covers the residual case.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 70,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant entitled to travel by AC 2-tier travels on tour by AC 3-tier. Under the Supplementary Rules, he is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the AC 2-tier fare, since he is entitled to it\",\r\n        \"the AC 3-tier fare actually paid\",\r\n        \"the average of the AC 2-tier and AC 3-tier fares\",\r\n        \"the AC 3-tier fare, only if seats in AC 2-tier were not available\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 32-A<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant is required to travel by the class of accommodation for which travelling allowance is admissible to him. The provisions of all rules regulating mileage allowance contained in Division VI of these rules are subject to the condition that if a Government servant travels in a lower class of accommodation, he shall be entitled to the fare of the class of accommodation actually used\\\"<\/i><br><br>Travelling lower never earns the higher fare. Under the Audit Instruction below SR 32-A, the duty of seeing that the claim is restricted to the class actually used rests with the Controlling Officer, not with the Accounts Officer.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 71,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (Pay Level) with List-II (entitlement for rail travel on tour, other than in Premium\/Shatabdi\/Rajdhani\/Duronto type trains):\\nList-I\\nA. Level 14 and above\\nB. Level 12 and 13\\nC. Level 6 to 11\\nD. Level 5 and below\\nList-II\\n1. AC-I\\n2. AC-II\\n3. First Class \/ AC-III \/ AC Chair car\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-1, C-2, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-2, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-1, C-3, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 34<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 travel entitlements within the country, w.e.f. 01.07.2017:<br>14 and above: AC-I<br>12 and 13: AC-I<br>6 to 11: AC-II<br>5 and below: First Class\/AC-III\/AC Chair car<br><br>Levels 12 and 13 are entitled to AC-I in ordinary trains, the same as Level 14 and above. The distinction between the two groups arises only in air travel, where Level 14 and above travel Business\/Club class and Levels 12\u201313 travel Economy.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 72,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in Level 8 travels on official tour by Shatabdi Express. His entitled class in that train is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Executive class\",\r\n        \"AC 3rd Class\",\r\n        \"AC Chair Car\",\r\n        \"Second Sitting\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 34<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], para (ii) \u2014 entitlement in Premium\/Premium Tatkal\/Suvidha\/Shatabdi\/Rajdhani\/Duronto trains:<br>12 and above: Executive \/ AC 1st class (in case of Premium\/Premium Tatkal\/Suvidha\/Shatabdi\/Rajdhani trains as per available highest class)<br>6 to 11: AC 2nd Class \/ Chair Car (in Shatabdi Trains)<br>5 and below: AC 3rd Class \/ Chair Car<br><br>Level 8 falls in Levels 6 to 11. Since the Shatabdi runs only chair car classes, his entitlement is Chair Car (AC). Executive class is for Level 12 and above.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 73,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"For journeys on tour, training, transfer or retirement, the travel entitlement of a Central Government employee in Tejas Express trains is the same as that in:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Rajdhani trains\",\r\n        \"Duronto trains\",\r\n        \"ordinary Mail\/Express trains\",\r\n        \"Shatabdi trains\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1-B) below SR 34<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 12.09.2022] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided to allow Central Government employees to travel by Tejas Express Trains for journey on Tour \/ Training \/ Transfer \/ Retirement, in addition to the Trains as mentioned in Para. 2-A (ii) of this Department\u2019s OM of even number, dated 13-7-2017. Travel entitlement in Tejas Express Trains would be same as that of Shatabdi Trains\\\"<\/i><br><br>Tejas is a chair-car day train, and its entitlement is equated with the Shatabdi.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 74,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"For the purpose of travelling allowance and daily allowance, the entitlements of an officer in Pay Level 13-A of the Pay Matrix are equivalent to those of an officer in:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Pay Level 12\",\r\n        \"Pay Level 13\",\r\n        \"Pay Level 14\",\r\n        \"Pay Level 13 for rail travel and Pay Level 14 for air travel\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1-A) below SR 34<\/b> [DoE OM dated 04.09.2017] \u2014 <i>\\\"it has been decided that TA\/DA entitlements of Officers in Pay Level 13-A (pre-revised Grade Pay of \u20b9 8,900) shall be equivalent to TA\/DA entitlements of Officers in Pay Level 13 (pre-revised Grade Pay of \u20b9 8,700)\\\"<\/i><br><br>Level 13-A was added to the Pay Matrix after the TA orders of 13.07.2017, which is why this clarification was needed. It is equated with Level 13 for all TA\/DA purposes.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 75,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding rail travel entitlements on tour:\\n1. Between places not connected by rail, those entitled to AC II Tier and above by train may travel by AC bus.\\n2. Between places connected by rail, travel by any public transport by road is allowed, provided the total fare does not exceed the train fare by the entitled class.\\n3. In case of non-availability of seats in the entitled class, a Government servant may travel in the class next above his entitled class.\\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>GoI Order (1) below SR 34<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], para (iii) \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) In case of places not connected by rail, travel by AC bus for all those entitled to travel by AC II Tier and above by train and by Deluxe \/ ordinary bus for others is allowed.<br>(b) In case of road travel between places connected by rail, travel by any means of public transport is allowed, provided the total fare does not exceed the train fare by the entitled class.\\\"<\/i> and <i>\\\"(d) In case of non-availability of seats in entitled class, Government servants may travel in the class below their entitled class.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong: the relaxation is to travel in the class <i>below<\/i> the entitled class, never above it.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 76,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant entitled to travel by AC 3-tier \/ First Class \/ AC Chair Car has to go on tour between two stations where none of the direct trains on the shortest route provides any of these three classes. He may, at his discretion, travel by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"AC First Class\",\r\n        \"Sleeper Class only\",\r\n        \"AC 2-tier Sleeper\",\r\n        \"air, in Economy class\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 34<\/b> [DoP&T OM No. 31011\/7\/98-Estt.(A) dated 21.07.1999] \u2014 <i>\\\"All Government servants who are entitled to travel on tour \/ transfer by AC 3-tier \/ First Class \/ AC Chair Car may, at their discretion travel on tour \/ transfer by AC 2-tier Sleeper where any of the direct trains, connecting the originating and destination stations by the direct shortest route do not provide these three classes of accommodation.\\\"<\/i><br><br>This is a limited upward relaxation, one class up to AC 2-tier, and only where the direct trains on the shortest route offer none of the three entitled classes.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 77,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant performs an official journey on duty using the monthly season ticket he holds for attending office. For this journey he is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"mileage allowance at the fare of his entitled class, and daily allowance\",\r\n        \"mileage allowance limited to the proportionate cost of the season ticket, and no daily allowance\",\r\n        \"neither mileage allowance nor daily allowance\",\r\n        \"the usual daily allowance, but no mileage allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (5) below SR 34<\/b> [MoF OM dated 06.08.1976] \u2014 <i>\\\"In cases where a Government servant performs a journey on duty utilizing the monthly \/ quarterly, etc., season tickets taken out by him for his personal use for attending office, etc., he does not incur any expenditure towards fare for that particular journey and no mileage allowance will be admissible in such cases. He will, however, be entitled to the usual daily allowance admissible in such cases.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Mileage allowance reimburses expenditure actually incurred, so none is due when no fare is paid. Daily allowance, which is for absence from headquarters, remains admissible.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 78,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour travels by a longer railway route, partly in a lower class and partly in his entitled class. His mileage allowance is regulated by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the fare of the entitled class for the whole of the longer route\",\r\n        \"calculating mileage for the different classes by the shortest route, in the ratio of the distances covered in those classes on the longer route\",\r\n        \"the fare of the lower class for the whole of the shortest route\",\r\n        \"the actual fares paid on the longer route\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 34<\/b> [C&AG Letter dated 10.12.1990] \u2014 <i>\\\"the claim of the officer shall be regulated on proportionate basis, by calculating mileage allowance for different modes \/ classes by the shortest route in the ratio of distance covered by such modes \/ classes by the longer (actually used) route.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Two principles combine here. The shortest route governs the distance (SR 30), and the class actually used governs the fare (SR 32-A). So the shortest-route distance is split in the ratio of the class-wise distances on the route actually used.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 79,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding Central Government servants selected to participate in sporting events of national or international importance:\\n1. The actual days of participation and the time spent in travelling to and from the event are treated as duty.\\n2. They are entitled to daily allowance as on tour.\\n3. Tournaments conducted by the Central Civil Services Sports Board are recognised as events of national importance.\\n4. Technical officials concerned with the administration of the tournament are treated as part of the team.\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 34<\/b> [DoP&T OMs dated 16.07.1985 to 08.05.2020] \u2014 <i>\\\"the period of the actual days on which they participate in the events as also the time spent in travelling to and from such tournaments \/ meets may be treated as duty.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"The employees participating in sporting events are treated as on duty and as such they are entitled to daily allowance under the rules as on tour.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"Tournaments conducted by the Central Civil Service Sports Board are recognized as events of National importance\\\"<\/i><br>On officials (DoP&T OM dated 07.11.1988): <i>\\\"However, the technical officials concerned with the administration of the tournaments will not be treated as part of the teams, but will be given the facilities of availing of special casual leave.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 4 is wrong. Managers, coaches, masseurs and doctors approved by the Federations are treated as an integral part of the team; technical officials are not.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 80,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following charges paid by a Government servant in connection with rail journeys:\\n1. Reservation charges, on an official tour\\n2. Superfast (special supplementary) charges, on an official tour\\n3. Service charges of a Traveller\u2019s Service Agent recognised by the Zonal Railway, for booking tickets on tour\\n4. Service charges of a Traveller\u2019s Service Agent recognised by the Zonal Railway, for booking tickets on Leave Travel Concession\\nHow many of the above are reimbursable?\",\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>GoI Order (7)(d) below SR 34<\/b>: <i>\\\"Reservation charges levied by Railways in respect of all classes of rail accommodation will be reimbursed to the Government servants treating these charges as part of the fare.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (7)(c)<\/b>: special supplementary charges levied on Super Fast Express trains <i>\\\"should be reimbursed to the Government servants in the same way as the amount of rail fares for all journeys, for which travelling allowance is admissible\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (8)<\/b> [MoF OM dated 03.07.1998]: <i>\\\"Service charges levied by the Traveller\u2019s Service Agents recognized by the Zonal Railways may be allowed to be reimbursed to the Government servants performing journeys in public interest on tour or transfer.<br>Reimbursement of service charges paid to the recognized Traveller\u2019s Service Agents for booking of tickets on Leave Travel Concession shall not, however, be allowed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Items 1, 2 and 3 are reimbursable; item 4 is not. Only three.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 81,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant travels by road between two places connected by rail, and his travelling allowance is restricted to the amount admissible had he travelled by rail. In computing this restricted amount, which one of the following is NOT included?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"The rail fare of the entitled class\",\r\n        \"The passenger tax included in the rail fare\",\r\n        \"The terminal tax included in the rail fare\",\r\n        \"The special supplementary (superfast) charges\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7) below SR 34<\/b> \u2014 on passenger tax: <i>\\\"In case where the journey for which T.A. is admissible, is performed otherwise than by Railway and where T.A. is restricted under the rules to the amount which would have been admissible had the journey been performed by rail, the amount to be reimbursed shall include the element of passenger tax also.\\\"<\/i><br>On superfast charges: <i>\\\"In cases when the journey for which travelling allowance is admissible, is performed otherwise than by Railway and when travelling allowance is restricted to the amount which would have been admissible had the journey been performed by rail, the amount to be reimbursed shall not include special supplementary charges.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Under the Audit Instruction below SR 36, a terminal tax included in the fare <i>\\\"forms part of the Railway or steamer fare\\\"<\/i>. Only superfast charges are left out of the notional rail fare.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 82,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"An official journey by train is cancelled in public interest. Which of the following are reimbursable to the Government servant?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Cancellation and reservation charges, in respect of himself and also members of his family\",\r\n        \"Cancellation charges only, in respect of himself\",\r\n        \"Reservation charges only, in respect of himself\",\r\n        \"No charges, as cancellation is the concern of the Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7)(e) below SR 34<\/b> [MoF OM dated 30.01.1978] \u2014 <i>\\\"1. Where an official journey by train is cancelled in public interest, cancellation and reservation charges shall be reimbursed to the Government servant directly by the Department.<br>2. In similar circumstances, these charges in respect of members of family of a Government servant shall also be reimbursed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Both cancellation and reservation charges are covered, for the Government servant and his family alike. They are claimed in the TA bill form and classified under \u2018Travel Expenses\u2019 (MoF OM dated 18.02.1981).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 83,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"On tour, the on-the-way expenses of a Government servant are now covered by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"an allowance for incidental expenses added to the fare\",\r\n        \"a lump sum of one day\u2019s daily allowance for each journey\",\r\n        \"daily allowance for the entire absence from headquarters, from departure to arrival\",\r\n        \"actual expenses on production of receipts\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 36<\/b> [MoF OM dated 29.06.1974] \u2014 <i>\\\"The system of paying incidentals to cover on the way expenses has been abolished. A Government servant on tour will draw the actual fare for journeys by rail, sea or air, or the revised rates of road mileage, as the case may be, and in addition draw daily allowance for the entire absence from headquarters starting from departure from headquarters and ending with arrival at headquarters to cover both on the way expenses as well as expenses for halt at out-station.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The rule texts of SR 36, 38, 41 and 48-E still speak of an allowance for incidental expenses, but that system has been abolished. Daily allowance now covers both on-the-way and halt expenses.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 84,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant accompanying a visiting foreign delegation is required to stay in the same hotel as the delegation at an outstation. Both boarding and lodging are provided to him at Government expense. The daily allowance admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"nil\",\r\n        \"one-half of the normally applicable rate\",\r\n        \"the full normally applicable rate\",\r\n        \"one-fourth of the normally applicable rate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 36<\/b> [MoF OM dated 28.08.1958], para 2(d) \u2014 <i>\\\"In such cases, the accompanying Government servant would be entitled to daily allowance at one-fourth of the normally applicable rate if both boarding and lodging have been provided at Government expense, in the hotel and at one-half of such rate if only either boarding or lodging has been provided to him at Government expenses.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Both provided: one-fourth. Only one provided: one-half. At his own headquarters, para 2(e) allows <i>\\\"nor will any daily allowance be admissible to them at the place.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 85,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Through booking of a railway journey requires a Government servant to pay, for part of the journey, the rate for a class higher than his entitled class. His mileage allowance for the whole journey is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"a single railway fare for the whole journey at the rate he is actually required to pay for the through booking\",\r\n        \"the fare of his entitled class for the whole journey\",\r\n        \"the entitled-class fare for the part of the journey where the higher class was not compulsory, and actual fare for the rest\",\r\n        \"the fare of his entitled class, the excess being borne by him\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 38<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When through booking involves the payment, for part of a journey, of rates for accommodation of a class higher than that to which the Government servant concerned is entitled, the Government servant may draw a single Railway fare for the whole journey at the rate at which he is actually required to pay for the through booking\\\"<\/i><br><br>The higher rate is unavoidable under through booking, so the rule allows what is actually payable.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 86,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"For travel between the mainland and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands by ships operated by the Shipping Corporation of India, a Government servant in Pay Level 7 is entitled to travel by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Deluxe class\",\r\n        \"First \/ \u2018A\u2019 Cabin class\",\r\n        \"Second \u2018B\u2019 Cabin class\",\r\n        \"Bunk class\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 40<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Part (2) \u2014 entitlement for travel between the mainland and the A&N and Lakshadweep Islands by SCI ships:<br>9 and above: Deluxe class<br>6 to 8: First \/ \u2018A\u2019 Cabin class<br>4 and 5: Second \u2018B\u2019 Cabin class<br>3 and below: Bunk class<br><br>Level 7 falls in Levels 6 to 8, so First \/ \u2018A\u2019 Cabin class.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 87,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"For journeys by sea or river steamer, other than to or from the Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands, a Government servant in Pay Level 9 and above is entitled to travel by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the lower class, if there are two classes only\",\r\n        \"the middle or second class\",\r\n        \"the highest class\",\r\n        \"the lowest class\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 40<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Part (1):<br>9 and above: Highest class<br>6 to 8: Lower class if there be two classes only on the steamer<br>4 and 5: If two classes only, the lower class. If three classes, the middle or second class. If there be four classes, the third class.<br>3 and below: Lowest class<br><br>Level 9 is the threshold for the highest class by steamer, as it is for the Deluxe class on SCI ships to the islands.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 88,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding mileage allowance for journeys by sea or river steamer:\\n1. Where the steamer company has two rates of fare, one inclusive and one exclusive of diet, \u2018fare\u2019 means the fare inclusive of diet.\\n2. Where a particular class has two or more rates, \u2018entitled class\u2019 means the lower or lowest rate of the entitled class.\\n3. Expenditure in connection with booking of sea passages is borne by the Government servant concerned.\\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>SR 41, Note 2<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"In case where the steamer company has two rates of fare, one inclusive and one exclusive of diet, the word \u201cfare\u201d should be held to mean the fare exclusive of diet.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 41, Note 3<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"In cases where a particular class has two or more rates, the term \u2018entitled class\u2019 should be held to mean lower or lowest rate of the entitled class.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (3) below SR 40<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"all expenditure in connection with the booking of sea passages should be borne by the Government officials concerned and should not be debited to Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 1 reverses Note 2: the fare is taken <i>exclusive<\/i> of diet.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 89,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I with List-II:\\nList-I\\nA. Crossing a river by steamer during a railway journey, the charge being included in the railway fare\\nB. Travelling by canal\\nC. Suitable accommodation on a Government vessel offered to a Government servant\\nD. Travel by steam launch on a river\\nList-II\\n1. Treated as part of the railway journey\\n2. Treated as travelling by road\\n3. Travelling allowance under SR 180, and not mileage allowance\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3, D-2\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-3, D-2\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-2, C-3, D-1\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-1, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 43<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The rules in this sub-section apply to Government servants who cross a river or arm of the sea by steamer in the course of a journey, unless such crossing occurs during a railway journey and the charge for it is included in the Railway fare. In the latter case, the crossing is treated as part of the Railway journey.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 44<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"If suitable accommodation on a Government vessel is offered to a Government servant, he is entitled to travelling allowance under Rule 180 and not to mileage allowance. It is not open to him to refuse to accept such accommodation and to draw mileage allowance.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 45<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"travelling by road includes travelling by sea or river in a steam launch or any vessel other than a steamer and travelling by canal.\\\"<\/i><br><br>So A-1, B-2, C-3, D-2. A steam launch is not a \u2018steamer\u2019, so river travel by launch counts as road travel.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 90,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"At places where specific rates are prescribed, journeys by AC taxi on tour are admissible to Government servants in Pay Level:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"6 and above\",\r\n        \"9 and above\",\r\n        \"12 and above\",\r\n        \"14 and above only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 46<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 road mileage at places where specific rates have been prescribed:<br>14 or above: actual fare by any type of public bus including AC bus, OR at prescribed rates of AC taxi when the journey is actually performed by AC taxi, OR at prescribed rates for autorickshaw for journeys by autorickshaw, own car, scooter, motorcycle, moped, etc.<br>6 to 13: <i>\\\"Same as above with the exception that journeys by AC taxi will not be permissible.\\\"<\/i><br>4 and 5: actual fare by any type of public bus other than AC bus, or autorickshaw rates<br>3 and below: actual fare by ordinary public bus only, or autorickshaw rates<br><br>AC taxi is confined to Level 14 and above.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 91,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in Pay Level 4 travels by road on tour at a place where specific rates are prescribed. He is entitled to the actual fare by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"any type of public bus including AC bus\",\r\n        \"ordinary public bus only\",\r\n        \"any type of public bus other than AC bus\",\r\n        \"AC taxi, if the journey is actually so performed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 46<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 for Levels 4 and 5: <i>\\\"Actual fare by any type of public bus other than AC bus\\\"<\/i> or prescribed autorickshaw rates for journeys by autorickshaw, own car, scooter, etc.<br><br>The ladder runs: Level 14+ any bus including AC (plus AC taxi); Levels 6\u201313 any bus including AC (no AC taxi); Levels 4\u20135 any bus except AC; Level 3 and below ordinary bus only.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 92,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"At a place where no specific rates for road journeys have been prescribed by the Directorate of Transport of the State or of the neighbouring States, the mileage allowance admissible at present for a journey on tour performed in own car or taxi (Dearness Allowance having reached 50% from 1st January, 2024) is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 15 per km\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 24 per km\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 30 per km\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 36 per km\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 46<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Part (2) \u2014 rates at places where no specific rates have been prescribed:<br>For journeys performed in own car \/ taxi: \u20b9 24 per km<br>For journeys performed by autorickshaw, own scooter, etc.: \u20b9 12 per km<br><i>\\\"At places where no specific rates have been prescribed, the rate per km will further rise by 25 % whenever DA increases by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>With DA at 50% from 01.01.2024, the own car\/taxi rate is \u20b9 24 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b9 30 per km, and the autorickshaw\/scooter rate is \u20b9 12 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b9 15 per km. \u20b9 24 is the unrevised 2017 rate.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 93,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"For journeys on tour by own scooter or motor cycle anywhere in a State, the rate of road mileage admissible is the rate notified by the Directorate of Transport of that State for:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"taxis\",\r\n        \"motor cycles\",\r\n        \"ordinary buses\",\r\n        \"autorickshaws\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Orders below SR 46, Note 3<\/b> [MoF U.O. dated 03.10.1986] \u2014 <i>\\\"For journeys by own two-wheelers anywhere in a State \/ Union Territory \/ City, whether autorickshaws can ply in those particular places or not, the rates of road mileage will be rates notified by the Directorate of Transport of that State \/ Union Territory \/ City, for autorickshaw.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The autorickshaw rate applies even where autorickshaws do not actually ply. Under Note 6, tonga and cycle-rickshaw journeys are equated with scooter\/motor cycle\/autorickshaw journeys too.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 94,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour travels as a pillion rider on a friend\u2019s private scooter. The mileage allowance admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"half the rate prescribed for own scooter, or the actual cost of propulsion, whichever is less\",\r\n        \"nil, as the vehicle does not belong to him\",\r\n        \"the full rate prescribed for own scooter\",\r\n        \"the bus fare for the distance travelled\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Orders below SR 46, Note 5<\/b> [MoF U.O. dated 04.03.1986] \u2014 <i>\\\"where a car \/ two-wheeler is not a commercial vehicle for hire, it will be deemed to be own car \/ scooter, for the purpose of regulation of mileage allowance, irrespective of whether it belongs to the Government servant or not. Therefore, where a Government servant travels by a friend\u2019s scooter as a pillion rider, mileage allowance may be regulated as for journey by own scooter. The amount admissible will be of course half of the prescribed rate or the actual cost of propulsion, whichever is less, as in the case of journeys by sharing taxi \/ autorickshaw charges.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Under Note 4, the vehicle need not be registered in the Government servant\u2019s name. A private, non-commercial vehicle counts as an \u2018own\u2019 vehicle.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 95,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Two Government servants on tour share the charges of a taxi. The mileage allowance admissible to each of them is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the full taxi rate\",\r\n        \"the actual share, limited to half the rate for taxi\",\r\n        \"the actual share, limited to the autorickshaw rate\",\r\n        \"the bus fare for the distance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Orders below SR 46, Note 7<\/b> [MoF OM dated 18.02.1975] \u2014 <i>\\\"When taxi \/ autorickshaw, etc., charges are shared by more than one Government servant or where a Government servant takes a single seat in a taxi \/ autorickshaw, etc., the mileage allowance admissible will be the actual share limited to half the rate for such mode of conveyance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The autorickshaw limit in option (c) belongs to a different case. Under <b>Note 1<\/b>, officers <i>not eligible<\/i> for travel by full taxi who travel by taxi <i>\\\"can be reimbursed the actual charges limited to the rates prescribed by the Directorate of Transport for autorickshaw.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 96,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A group of Government servants on tour travel by a chartered bus between two places connected by rail, sharing the hire charges. The entitlement of each is the actual share of hire charges limited to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the fare of the regular buses plying on the route\",\r\n        \"half the rate prescribed for taxi\",\r\n        \"the autorickshaw rate for the distance\",\r\n        \"the fare of the entitled class by rail\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Orders below SR 46, Note 8<\/b> [MoF OM dated 06.08.1976] \u2014 <i>\\\"Where a group of Government servants travel by a chartered bus sharing the hire charges, the entitlement will be as follows:\u2014<br>(i) Between places connected by rail. \u2014 Actual share of the hire charges limited to fare of the entitled class by rail.<br>(ii) Between places not connected by rail. \u2014 Actual share of the hire charges limited to the fare of the regular buses plying on the route.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (a) is the limit for places <i>not<\/i> connected by rail.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 97,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is deputed for temporary duty at a point in his headquarters station which is within 8 km of his residence. He performs the journeys by autorickshaw. For these journeys he is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"no mileage allowance\",\r\n        \"the autorickshaw charges actually paid\",\r\n        \"mileage allowance at the prescribed autorickshaw rate\",\r\n        \"mileage allowance limited to the bus fare\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (11)(b) below SR 46<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 22.01.1980 to 28.08.1984] \u2014 <i>\\\"For journeys performed by taxi \/ autorickshaw \/ own car \/ scooter between the residence and temporary duty point which is within a distance of eight kilometres from the residence, no mileage allowance shall be payable. However, in cases where journeys to a temporary duty point are performed by public conveyances, such as buses, local trains, trams and ferries, fares paid for such journeys shall be reimbursed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Within 8 km, only fares on public conveyances such as buses and local trains are reimbursed. Autorickshaw, taxi or own-vehicle journeys earn nothing.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 98,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"For \u2018local journeys\u2019 beyond 8 km within the urban agglomeration of the headquarters, to a temporary duty point, the bus\/rail fare or mileage allowance is regulated with reference to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the actual distance travelled\",\r\n        \"the actual distance travelled or the distance between the normal duty point and the temporary duty point, whichever is less\",\r\n        \"the distance between the residence and the temporary duty point\",\r\n        \"the actual distance travelled or the distance between the residence and the temporary duty point, whichever is more\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (11)(a) below SR 46<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The bus \/ rail fare or mileage allowance for \u2018local journeys\u2019 should be regulated with reference to the actual distance travelled or the distance between the normal duty point and the temporary duty point, whichever is less.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Such journeys <i>\\\"should normally be performed in the same way as the Government servant performs the journey to his duty point, i.e., by bus, local trains or his own conveyance\\\"<\/i>. Taxi or scooter needs prior permission of a superior authority. Under GIO (11)(c), mileage is paid for all the days of temporary duty.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 99,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"An officer is specifically permitted to take his family with him on tour by staff car, and he pays hire charges for the use of the staff car under the Staff Car Rules. Mileage allowance for himself for that journey is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"admissible in full, since he has paid hire charges\",\r\n        \"admissible, reduced by the hire charges paid\",\r\n        \"not admissible, as he is still regarded as having been provided with free conveyance\",\r\n        \"admissible at half the normal rate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (14) below SR 46<\/b> [MoF OM dated 06.08.1976] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been clarified that as the payment for the use of staff car is made by a Government servant for family members and not for himself, he is still regarded as having been provided with free conveyance, and hence mileage allowance for himself is not admissible.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The hire charges are attributed to the family members, not to the officer. His own carriage remains free conveyance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 100,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour travels at night by a State Transport bus that provides sleeper berths, between two places connected by rail. The sleeper berth charges are:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not reimbursable\",\r\n        \"reimbursable only to Government servants in Level 6 and above\",\r\n        \"reimbursable in full, irrespective of the rail fare\",\r\n        \"reimbursable in addition to the bus fare, provided the total does not exceed the rail fare\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (15) below SR 46<\/b> [MoF OM dated 22.11.1976] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that Government servants of all Grades will be entitled to the reimbursement of charges for a sleeper berth (for night journeys) in addition to the bus fare where such a facility is provided in the State Transport Buses subject to the condition that the total does not exceed the rail fare in cases where the places are connected by rail.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The facility is for Government servants of all grades. The rail-fare ceiling applies only where the places are connected by rail.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 101,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"In the metropolitan cities, an officer on tour uses his own car for the journey from his residence to the airport and back. His mileage is limited to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one trip each only, at the time of departure and arrival, at the rate approved for taxis by the competent local authority\",\r\n        \"the actual taxi fare for each trip, on a certificate\",\r\n        \"two trips each way, at the autorickshaw rate\",\r\n        \"the prepaid taxi fare for each trip\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (5) below SR 46<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 08.12.1986 and 03.02.1987] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that whenever taxis are used for official journeys on tour from residence or office to airport \/ Railway station \/ bus stand and back, the actuals of taxi should be reimbursed. However, it is clarified that if own car is used, mileage will be limited to one trip each only at the time of arrival and departure but at the rate approved for taxis prescribed by competent local authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Actual taxi fare is for journeys by taxi, on the officer\u2019s own certificate. Own car gets one trip each way at the taxi rate. Prepaid taxi fares are reimbursable when a prepaid taxi is actually used.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 102,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"In calculating mileage allowance for journeys by road, fractions of a kilometre are:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"rounded off to the nearest kilometre in each item of the bill\",\r\n        \"omitted from the total of the bill for any one journey, but not from the various items which make up the bill\",\r\n        \"omitted from each item of the bill\",\r\n        \"counted as a full kilometre in the total of the bill\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 48<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"In calculating mileage allowance for journeys by road, fractions of a kilometre should be omitted from the total of a bill for any one journey but not from the various items which make up the bill.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Each item keeps its fraction; only the total for the journey drops the fraction. Option (c) reverses the rule.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 103,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (Pay Level) with List-II (entitlement for air travel on tour within the country):\\nList-I\\nA. Level 14 and above\\nB. Level 12 and 13\\nC. Level 6 to 11\\nList-II\\n1. Business \/ Club class\\n2. Economy class\\n3. Not entitled to travel by air\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-1, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-2, C-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 48-B<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 entitlements for air travel on tour or training within the country:<br>14 and above: Business \/ Club Class by air<br>12 and 13: Economy Class by air<br>6 to 11: Economy Class by air<br><br>So A-1, B-2, C-2. Levels 6 to 11 are entitled to air travel by Economy class. Levels 12 and 13 share AC-I by rail with Level 14+, but by air they get Economy only.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 104,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"For international travel on official duty, an officer in Pay Level 15 is entitled to travel by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"First class\",\r\n        \"Premium Economy class\",\r\n        \"Business \/ Club class\",\r\n        \"Economy class\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 48-B<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 international travel entitlement:<br>17 and above: First class<br>14 to 16: Business \/ Club class<br>13 and below: Economy class<br><br>Level 15 falls in Levels 14 to 16, so Business\/Club class. First class begins at Level 17.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 105,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Where the Government of India bears the cost of air passage, air tickets are to be purchased only through:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"any IATA-approved travel agent\",\r\n        \"Air India booking counters only\",\r\n        \"the website of the airline only\",\r\n        \"Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd., Ashok Travels & Tours and IRCTC\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (16) below SR 48-B<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19024\/03\/2021-E.IV dated 16.06.2022], para 1 \u2014 <i>\\\"it has already been decided that in all cases of air travel where the Government of India bears the cost of air passage, air tickets shall be purchased only from the three Authorized Travel Agents viz.<br>(i) M\/s. Balmer Lawrie & Company Limited (BLCL),<br>(ii) M\/s. Ashok Travels & Tours (ATT),<br>(iii) Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC).\\\"<\/i><br><br>After the disinvestment of Air India, the Air India-only rule was dropped. Under the OM dated 16.02.2022, official travel <i>\\\"can be made by private airlines. Tickets shall be purchased only through the above three authorized agents.\\\"<\/i> No agency charges or convenience fees are paid to these agencies (para 2).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 106,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I with List-II regarding air travel on Government account:\\nList-I\\nA. Employees encouraged to book tickets at least\\nB. Booking within less than this period before travel on tour requires self-declared justification\\nC. Cancellation within less than this period before travel requires self-declared justification\\nD. Certificate of completion of journey to be submitted within\\nList-II\\n1. 21 days prior to travel\\n2. 72 hours\\n3. 24 hours\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3, D-2\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-2, D-2\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-2, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (16) below SR 48-B<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19024\/03\/2021-E.IV dated 16.06.2022] \u2014<br>Para 4: <i>\\\"Employees are encouraged to book flight tickets at least 21 days prior to the intended date of travel on tour and LTC\\\"<\/i><br>Para 5: <i>\\\"Any bookings made within less than 72 hours of intended travel on Tour, will require the submission of self-declared justification by the employee.\\\"<\/i><br>Para 6: <i>\\\"Cancellations made less than 24 hours before intended travel, will require the submission of a self-declared justification by the employee.\\\"<\/i><br>Para 12: <i>\\\"the employee has to submit a certificate \/ undertaking in prescribed pro forma (enclosed as Annexure-1) within 72 hours of completion of journey.\\\"<\/i><br><br>So A-1, B-2, C-3, D-2. 72 hours appears twice: for late booking and for the completion certificate.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 107,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"While booking air tickets on Government account, an employee is to choose the flight having the Best Available Fare on the entitled class, being the Cheapest Fare available in a given slot, with provision for optimising within a price band, for convenience and comfort, of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"5%\",\r\n        \"10%\",\r\n        \"15%\",\r\n        \"20%\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (16) below SR 48-B<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19024\/03\/2021-E.IV dated 16.06.2022], para 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"Employees are to choose flight having the Best Available Fare on their entitled travel class which is the Cheapest Fare available, preferably for Non-stop flight in a given slot at the time of booking :-<br>(a) On the day of travel in the desired 3 hours slot of following time band ...<br>(b) With provision of optimizing within a 10% price band, for convenience and comfort.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The comparison is made within a 3-hour time slot on the day of travel, and the employee may go up to 10% above the cheapest fare in that slot.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 108,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"In unavoidable circumstances, where an air ticket on Government account has been booked from an unauthorised travel agent or website, relaxation may be granted by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the Controlling Officer\",\r\n        \"the Department of Expenditure only\",\r\n        \"the Financial Adviser of the Ministry\/Department and, in subordinate\/attached offices, the Head of Department not below the rank of Joint Secretary\",\r\n        \"the Secretary of the Administrative Ministry only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (16) below SR 48-B<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19024\/03\/2021-E.IV dated 16.06.2022], para 10 \u2014 <i>\\\"In case of unavoidable circumstances, where the booking of ticket is done from unauthorized travel agent \/ website, the Financial Advisors of the Ministry \/ Department and Head of Department not below the rank of Joint Secretary in subordinate \/ attached offices are authorized to grant relaxation.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The earlier arrangement (OM dated 27.02.2018), under which such cases needed the Secretary\u2019s approval before being referred to the Department of Expenditure, has been superseded. The 2022 OM is <i>\\\"issued in supersession of all existing instructions on the subject.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 109,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Regarding holding of air tickets for official travel, which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Up to three tickets may be held for each leg to keep options open\",\r\n        \"Two tickets for each leg may be held as a matter of course\",\r\n        \"Holding more than one ticket requires prior approval of the Financial Adviser\",\r\n        \"Only one ticket for each leg is to be booked; in exceptional circumstances, a maximum of two tickets for alternative flights may be booked with self-declared justification\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (16) below SR 48-B<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19024\/03\/2021-E.IV dated 16.06.2022], para 7 \u2014 <i>\\\"Employees should preferably book only one ticket for each leg of intended travel. Holding of more than one ticket is not allowed. However, in case of special exigencies or exceptional circumstances, a maximum of two tickets for the alternative flights for different time-slot may be booked for same leg of travel with the self-declared justification for the same.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The second ticket needs only a self-declared justification, not any prior approval, and the maximum is two.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 110,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant not authorised to travel by air performs a journey by air on tour between two stations connected by Rajdhani Express, to which he is entitled. His reimbursement is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the Rajdhani fare of his entitled class, or the air fare actually paid, whichever is less\",\r\n        \"the full air fare\",\r\n        \"the ordinary Mail\/Express fare of his entitled class only\",\r\n        \"nil, since he was not authorised to travel by air\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 48-D<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant who is not authorized to travel by air but who performs a journey by air on tour can draw only the mileage allowance to which he would have been entitled, if he had travelled by rail, road or steamer or the mileage allowance as calculated under SR 48-C, whichever is less.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order below SR 48-D<\/b> [MoF OM dated 17.09.2007] \u2014 <i>\\\"the reimbursement may be allowed at the rates applicable for Rajdhani \/ Shatabdi trains if operates on the route, provided the Government servant is entitled to it subject to the condition that two stations between which an journey has been performed are connected by Rajdhani \/ Shatabdi trains. In case the fare paid for air ticket on official tour is less than the fare being charged for Rajdhani \/ Shatabdi type trains, the reimbursement would be limited to the actual expenditure.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 111,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"For the purpose of mileage allowance for a journey by air on tour, \u2018standard air fare\u2019 means:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the lowest published economy fare on the route\",\r\n        \"the fare of the national carrier on the route\",\r\n        \"the actual single journey air fare payable for the service by which the journey is performed\",\r\n        \"the return fare divided by two\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 48-C, Note 1<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Standard air fare means actual single journey air fare payable for the service by which the journey is performed.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 48-C<\/b>: a Government servant authorised to travel by air on tour <i>\\\"is entitled to mileage allowance equal to one standard air fare for the journey\\\"<\/i>, and, for a connected journey by rail, road or steamer at either end, <i>\\\"he may draw the mileage allowance admissible for such journeys\\\"<\/i>.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 112,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"A Joint Secretary in a Ministry cancels an air ticket purchased for a tour. The cancellation charges are 20% of the cost of the ticket. His claim for refund of cancellation charges:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"must be scrutinised by the Secretary of the Ministry\",\r\n        \"must be scrutinised by a Deputy Secretary\",\r\n        \"is not admissible\",\r\n        \"may be claimed by himself, by appending a certificate that the cancellation was due to official reasons or unavoidable circumstances\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 48-C<\/b> [MoF OM dated 21.01.1977] \u2014 <i>\\\"The claim of a Deputy Secretary may be scrutinized by a Joint Secretary in a Ministry and that of a Joint Secretary by the Secretary in the Ministry. In case of a Secretary and Additional Secretary, the refund may be claimed by the officers themselves by recording a certificate to the effect that the cancellation of the journey was due to official reasons \/ unavoidable circumstances. In cases, where the amount of cancellation charges does not exceed 25% of the cost of the air ticket, the Joint Secretary in a Ministry may also himself claim refund by appending the above certificate.\\\"<\/i><br><br>At 20%, the charges are within the 25% limit, so the Joint Secretary may self-certify. Above 25%, his claim goes to the Secretary.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 113,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Officers deputed as Election Observers by the Election Commission of India are entitled to travel by air:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"irrespective of their basic pay or designation\",\r\n        \"only if they are in Pay Level 12 and above\",\r\n        \"only with the prior approval of the Financial Adviser\",\r\n        \"only between State capitals\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7) below SR 48-B<\/b> [MoF OM dated 07.01.1998] \u2014 <i>\\\"The Officers deputed as Election Observers by the Election Commission of India shall be entitled to travel by air irrespective of their basic pay or designation, in view of the urgency involved in the matter.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The reason given is the urgency of the duty. The same order also let them use private airlines at their discretion where necessary for valid reasons.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 114,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"An officer purchases an air ticket for official travel using a credit card and receives a \u2018cash back\u2019. The cash back:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"may be retained by the officer\",\r\n        \"is to be deposited with the Government\",\r\n        \"may be retained up to \u20b9 1,000 per ticket\",\r\n        \"is to be adjusted against his next TA claim only if it exceeds 5% of the fare\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (10) below SR 48-B<\/b> [MoF OM dated 15.12.2009] \u2014 <i>\\\"Instances have come to the notice of this Ministry where officers have retained the \u201ccash back\u201d on tickets purchased by using credit cards. This violates Conduct Rules. Therefore, it is reiterated that no such benefit accruing on account of purchase of Air Tickets by using Credit Cards, may be allowed to be retained by the officers and the \u201ccash back\u201d received should be deposited with the Government by the official.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Retaining the cash back is treated as a violation of the Conduct Rules.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 115,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Prior approval of the Screening Committee of Secretaries is required for a Government-funded Foreign Study Tour of a delegation exceeding:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"3 members\",\r\n        \"5 members\",\r\n        \"7 members\",\r\n        \"10 members\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (12) below SR 48-B<\/b> [DoE OM dated 25.11.2014] \u2014 <i>\\\"prior approval of the Screening Committee of Secretaries would be required for all FSTs of delegations exceeding 5 members (irrespective of level \/ rank of officers), where Government of India is funding such tours and which are part of career training programme(s) or stand alone tours or otherwise.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The threshold applies irrespective of the level or rank of the officers.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 116,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"One member of the personal staff of a Minister who is not entitled to air travel may be permitted to travel with the Minister by air on tour:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"only when the Minister\u2019s tour is official\",\r\n        \"only with the prior approval of the Department of Expenditure\",\r\n        \"whether the Minister\u2019s tour is official or private\",\r\n        \"only if he is in Pay Level 10 or above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3)(b) below SR 48-B<\/b> [MoF OM dated 16.09.1982] \u2014 <i>\\\"it has been decided that provisions of the said OM would apply irrespective of whether the Minister\u2019s tour is official or private. In other words, one member of the personal staff of Minister may be permitted to travel with him on tour (whether official or private) by air even if the officer\u2019s salary falls below the prescribed limit for the purpose of entitlement for travel by air.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The concession is limited to one member of the personal staff, but it covers the Minister\u2019s private tours as well.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 117,\r\n    chapter: \"MILEAGE ALLOWANCE AND TRAVEL ENTITLEMENTS\",\r\n    question: \"Which Supplementary Rule provides that a Government servant who is not authorised to travel by air but performs a journey by air on tour can draw only the lesser of the mileage allowance for rail, road or steamer and the mileage allowance for air?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"SR 48-B\",\r\n        \"SR 48-C\",\r\n        \"SR 48-D\",\r\n        \"SR 48-E\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 48-D<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant who is not authorized to travel by air but who performs a journey by air on tour can draw only the mileage allowance to which he would have been entitled, if he had travelled by rail, road or steamer or the mileage allowance as calculated under SR 48-C, whichever is less.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The neighbouring rules:<br>SR 48-B: travel by air permissible on tour or transfer (entitlements)<br>SR 48-C: mileage allowance for an authorised journey by air on tour (one standard air fare)<br>SR 48-E: return tickets at reduced rates\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 118,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, a uniform allowance for each day of absence from headquarters, intended to cover the ordinary daily charges incurred by a Government servant in consequence of such absence, is called:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Daily allowance\",\r\n        \"Mileage allowance\",\r\n        \"Permanent travelling allowance\",\r\n        \"Conveyance allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 49<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A daily allowance is a uniform allowance for each day of absence from headquarters, which is intended to cover the ordinary daily charges incurred by a Government servant in consequence of such absence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Mileage allowance (<b>SR 29<\/b>) is calculated on the distance travelled to meet the cost of a particular journey. Permanent TA (<b>SR 22<\/b>) and conveyance allowance (<b>SR 25<\/b>) are monthly allowances.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 119,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Supplementary Rules, a daily allowance may be drawn by a Government servant whose duties require him to travel:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"while on tour and during joining time\",\r\n        \"only while on tour\",\r\n        \"while on tour and during temporary transfer only\",\r\n        \"on all days of absence from his office, whether on duty or not\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 50<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in these rules, a daily allowance may be drawn while on tour by every Government servant whose duties require that he should travel, and may not be drawn except while on tour.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The rule is both permissive and restrictive. DA is drawn while on tour and may not be drawn otherwise, except where some other rule expressly provides for it.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 120,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (Pay Level) with List-II (present ceiling for reimbursement of hotel accommodation per day on tour, Dearness Allowance having reached 50% from 1st January, 2024):\\nList-I\\nA. Level 14 and above\\nB. Level 12 and 13\\nC. Level 9 to 11\\nD. Level 6 to 8\\nList-II\\n1. \u20b9 937.50\\n2. \u20b9 2,812.50\\n3. \u20b9 5,625\\n4. \u20b9 9,375\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\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-4, B-3, C-1, D-2\",\r\n        \"A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E] \u2014 the entitlement table w.e.f. 01.07.2017:<br>14 and above: hotel\/guest house up to \u20b9 7,500 per day; AC taxi as per actual expenditure commensurate with official engagements; food bills not exceeding \u20b9 1,200 per day<br>12 and 13: hotel up to \u20b9 4,500; AC taxi up to 50 km per day; food \u20b9 1,000<br>9 to 11: hotel up to \u20b9 2,250; non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 338 per day; food \u20b9 900<br>6 to 8: hotel up to \u20b9 750; non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 225 per day; food \u20b9 800<br>5 and below: hotel up to \u20b9 450; non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 113 per day; food \u20b9 500<br>Para (ii): <i>\\\"The ceiling for reimbursement of hotel charges will further rise by 25% whenever DA increases by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>With DA at 50% from 01.01.2024, each hotel ceiling rises by 25%:<br>7,500 \u2192 \u20b9 9,375<br>4,500 \u2192 \u20b9 5,625<br>2,250 \u2192 \u20b9 2,812.50<br>750 \u2192 \u20b9 937.50<br>450 \u2192 \u20b9 562.50 (Level 5 and below)<br><br>So A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 121,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"With effect from 1st July, 2017, the ceiling for reimbursement of hotel accommodation on tour for a Government servant in Pay Level 12 was:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 2,250 per day\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 4,500 per day\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 5,625 per day\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 7,500 per day\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E] \u2014 the entitlement table w.e.f. 01.07.2017:<br>14 and above: hotel\/guest house up to \u20b9 7,500 per day; AC taxi as per actual expenditure commensurate with official engagements; food bills not exceeding \u20b9 1,200 per day<br>12 and 13: hotel up to \u20b9 4,500; AC taxi up to 50 km per day; food \u20b9 1,000<br>9 to 11: hotel up to \u20b9 2,250; non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 338 per day; food \u20b9 900<br>6 to 8: hotel up to \u20b9 750; non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 225 per day; food \u20b9 800<br>5 and below: hotel up to \u20b9 450; non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 113 per day; food \u20b9 500<br><br>\u20b9 4,500 was the 2017 figure for Levels 12 and 13. \u20b9 5,625 is the present ceiling after the 25% rise on DA reaching 50%. \u20b9 2,250 and \u20b9 7,500 are the 2017 figures for Levels 9\u201311 and Level 14+.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 122,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in Pay Level 7 stays in a hotel in a class \u2018X\u2019 city while on tour (Dearness Allowance having reached 50% from 1st January, 2024). Which one of the following is correct regarding reimbursement of his hotel charges?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He may claim up to \u20b9 1,250 per day on self-certification\",\r\n        \"He may claim up to \u20b9 937.50 per day only on production of vouchers\",\r\n        \"He may claim up to \u20b9 937.50 per day on self-certification, or up to \u20b9 1,250 per day on production of vouchers\",\r\n        \"He may claim up to \u20b9 2,812.50 per day on production of vouchers\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E], para (ii) \u2014 <i>\\\"For Levels 8 and below, the amount of claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self-certified claim only. The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period of stay, name of dwelling, etc. Additionally, for stay in Class \u2018X\u2019 cities, the ceiling for all employees up to Level 8 would be \u20b9 1,000 per day, but it will only be in the form of reimbursement upon production of relevant vouchers. The ceiling for reimbursement of hotel charges will further rise by 25% whenever DA increases by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>For Levels 6\u20138 the ordinary ceiling is \u20b9 750, now \u20b9 937.50, and is payable on self-certification. In \u2018X\u2019 class cities a higher ceiling of \u20b9 1,000, now \u20b9 1,250, is available, but only against vouchers. \u20b9 2,812.50 is the Level 9\u201311 ceiling. (\u2018X\u2019 class follows the city classification for HRA.)\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 123,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"For travel within the city while on tour, a Government servant in Pay Level 13 is entitled to reimbursement of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"AC taxi charges as per actual expenditure commensurate with official engagements\",\r\n        \"non-AC taxi charges of up to \u20b9 338 per day\",\r\n        \"non-AC taxi charges of up to 50 km per day\",\r\n        \"AC taxi charges of up to 50 km per day\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E] \u2014 the entitlement table w.e.f. 01.07.2017:<br>14 and above: hotel\/guest house up to \u20b9 7,500 per day; AC taxi as per actual expenditure commensurate with official engagements; food bills not exceeding \u20b9 1,200 per day<br>12 and 13: hotel up to \u20b9 4,500; AC taxi up to 50 km per day; food \u20b9 1,000<br>9 to 11: hotel up to \u20b9 2,250; non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 338 per day; food \u20b9 900<br>6 to 8: hotel up to \u20b9 750; non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 225 per day; food \u20b9 800<br>5 and below: hotel up to \u20b9 450; non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 113 per day; food \u20b9 500<br><br>Level 13 falls in Levels 12\u201313: AC taxi up to 50 km per day. Actual AC taxi charges without a km limit are for Level 14 and above. A rupee ceiling on non-AC taxi applies to Level 11 and below.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 124,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"The ceiling for reimbursement of travelling charges for travel within the city on tour rises by 25% whenever the Dearness Allowance increases by 50%, in the case of Government servants in:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"all Pay Levels\",\r\n        \"Pay Level 8 and below\",\r\n        \"Pay Level 11 and below\",\r\n        \"Pay Level 12 and above\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E], para (iii) \u2014 <i>\\\"Similar to reimbursement of staying accommodation charges, for Levels 8 and below, the claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self-certified claim only. The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period of travel, vehicle number, etc. The ceiling for Levels 11 and below will further rise by 25 % whenever DA increases by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Only Levels 11 and below have a rupee ceiling on taxi charges (\u20b9 338 \/ \u20b9 225 \/ \u20b9 113). Level 12 and above are entitled by kilometre or by actuals, so there is nothing to index. Level 8 and below is the cut-off for <i>self-certification<\/i>, not for the 25% rise.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 125,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in Pay Level 10 is on tour (Dearness Allowance having reached 50% from 1st January, 2024). The present ceiling for reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges for travel within the city is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 281.25 per day\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 338 per day\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 422.50 per day\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 450 per day\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E] \u2014 for Levels 9 to 11: <i>\\\"Reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up to \u20b9 338 per day for travel within the city.\\\"<\/i> Para (iii): <i>\\\"The ceiling for Levels 11 and below will further rise by 25 % whenever DA increases by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\u20b9 338 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b9 422.50. \u20b9 281.25 is the revised figure for Levels 6\u20138 (\u20b9 225 \u00d7 1.25).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 126,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"The lumpsum amount payable on tour in lieu of food bills (for absence from headquarters of more than 12 hours in a day) at present, Dearness Allowance having reached 50% from 1st January, 2024, for a Government servant in Pay Level 14 and above is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,200\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,250\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,500\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,800\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E] \u2014 food bills not exceeding \u20b9 1,200 per day for Level 14 and above (\u20b9 1,000 for 12\u201313, \u20b9 900 for 9\u201311, \u20b9 800 for 6\u20138, \u20b9 500 for 5 and below).<br><b>GoI Order (1) below SR 71<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"There will be no separate reimbursement of food bills. Instead, the lumpsum amount payable will be as per Table E (i) (GID (1) below SR 51) and, depending on the length of absence from headquarters, would be regulated as per Table (v) below. Since the concept of reimbursement has been done away with, no vouchers will be required. ... The lumpsum amount will increase by 25% whenever DA increase by 50%.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\u20b9 1,200 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b9 1,500. \u20b9 1,250 is the revised figure for Levels 12\u201313 (\u20b9 1,000 \u00d7 1.25). The proportion payable for shorter absences is dealt with under SR 71.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 127,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding daily allowance on tour:\\n1. For Pay Levels 8 and below, the hotel charges up to the ceiling may be paid on a self-certified claim without production of vouchers.\\n2. For Pay Levels 9 to 11, taxi charges for travel within the city may be paid on self-certification without production of vouchers.\\n3. Vouchers are required for the lumpsum amount payable in lieu of food.\\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>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E], para (ii) \u2014 <i>\\\"For Levels 8 and below, the amount of claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self-certified claim only.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (1-A) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM dated 22.12.2020] \u2014 <i>\\\"condition of production of receipts \/ vouchers for officials in Pay Level 9 to 11, is done away with subject to furnishing of self-certification in which officials have to indicate the period of travel, vehicle Number, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (1) below SR 71<\/b> \u2014 for the food lumpsum, <i>\\\"Since the concept of reimbursement has been done away with, no vouchers will be required.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong: the food component is a lumpsum and needs no vouchers.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 128,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour performs a journey on foot. The allowance payable for the journey on foot at present, Dearness Allowance having reached 50% from 1st January, 2024, is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 12 per km\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 15 per km\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 18 per km\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 24 per km\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E], para (iii) \u2014 <i>\\\"For journeys on foot, an allowance of \u20b9 12 per kilometre travelled on foot shall be payable additionally. This rate will further increase by 25% whenever DA increases by 50%\\\"<\/i><br><br>\u20b9 12 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b9 15 per km, payable in addition to the other daily allowance components.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 129,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour is provided free boarding and lodging at the tour station. Which one of the following is correct regarding his daily allowance?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He gets 25% of the daily allowance\",\r\n        \"He gets 50% of the daily allowance\",\r\n        \"He may opt for daily allowance at Fifth CPC rates\",\r\n        \"No daily allowance is admissible, but he may claim expenditure actually incurred on local travel as per his entitlement\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1-B) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM dated 01.02.2018] \u2014 <i>\\\"Daily Allowance is given to the Government employees as a reimbursement of the expenditure incurred by him on tour for his stay, food and travel at that station. In case of free boarding and lodging, the Government employee, if incurring any expenditure on local travel, can claim the same as per Para. 2 E (i) and (iii) of the Annexure to OM of even number, dated 13-7-2017. The earlier system of giving 25% of DA is being discontinued. Also, after implementation of Seventh CPC recommendations, the facility of DA at Fifth CPC rates is done away with.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Both the 25% DA system and the option of Fifth CPC rates have been discontinued. Only local travel expenditure is claimable.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 130,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding taxes\/GST on hotel accommodation on tour:\\n1. The prescribed ceiling for hotel accommodation is exclusive of all taxes\/GST.\\n2. Taxes\/GST are reimbursed over and above the prescribed ceiling.\\n3. GST is reimbursed on the full tariff actually paid, even where the tariff exceeds the prescribed ceiling.\\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>GoI Order (1-C) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM dated 29.06.2018] \u2014 <i>\\\"it is clarified that the entitlement prescribed in respect of Hotel accommodation \/ Guest House as mentioned in Para. 2 E (i) of above-mentioned OM, is exclusive of all Taxes \/ GST and these Taxes \/ GST shall be reimbursed to the Government employee over and above the prescribed entitlement. Further, reimbursement of GST shall be calculated on the actual charges paid by the Central Government employee within his\/her prescribed entitlement.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong. GST is calculated only on the charges within the entitlement, not on the excess tariff.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 131,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour stays in an establishment which is not registered or licensed as a hotel or guest house by the proper authority. For calculating his daily allowance, his stay is treated as:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"stay in a hotel, subject to production of the bill\",\r\n        \"stay in a guest house\",\r\n        \"stay in Government accommodation\",\r\n        \"making his own arrangement\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2)(a) below SR 51<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Hotels or any establishment that are not registered \/ licensed as such by the proper authority will not be treated as Guest House or Hotel for the purpose of SR and stay in such establishments will be treated as \u201cmaking one\u2019s own arrangement\u201d for calculating daily allowance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Registration or licensing by the proper authority is what makes a place a \u2018hotel\u2019 or \u2018guest house\u2019 for DA purposes.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 132,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Two Government servants on tour share the same hotel room. For calculating the daily allowance of each, the lodging charges taken are:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the full room charges, for each of them\",\r\n        \"the proportionate share of the room charges\",\r\n        \"nil, as sharing is treated as own arrangement\",\r\n        \"the full room charges for the senior officer and nil for the other\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2)(b) below SR 51<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Where more than one Government servant share the same room, the proportionate share of lodging charges for each will be treated as his lodging charges and the daily allowance for him will be calculated in the manner indicated above. Each T.A. claim should be supported by the original receipt or an attested copy of their receipt.\\\"<\/i><br><i>\\\"Daily allowance for stay in Railway Retiring Rooms shall also be regulated in accordance with the above provisions.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 133,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding an enforced halt en route on a journey on tour, caused by blockade of roads due to landslides:\\n1. The period of enforced halt is treated as duty.\\n2. Daily allowance is admissible for the entire period spent in journey, including the enforced halt, at the rate prescribed for ordinary localities.\\n3. The concession is admissible automatically in all cases of enforced halt.\\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>GoI Order (4)(a) below SR 51<\/b> [MoF OM dated 17.01.1976] \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) The period of enforced halt will be treated as duty under FR 9 (6) (b).<br>(ii) In the cases of journeys on tour, temporary transfer and training, the period of enforced halt en route shall be included in the entire absence from headquarters for purpose of grant of daily allowance. The daily allowance will, however, be admissible at the rate prescribed for ordinary localities for the entire period spent in journey including the period of enforced halt.\\\"<\/i><br>Para 2: <i>\\\"The above concessions will not be automatically admissible in all cases of enforced halt as a matter of course but will have to be specifically sanctioned in each case, deserving grant of these benefits. The Ministries of Government of India shall be competent to decide these cases in respect of staff serving under them.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong: each case must be specifically sanctioned, by the Ministry.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 134,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour could not attend to his duties at the tour station due to imposition of curfew, and the period was regularised by grant of Special Casual Leave. For that period:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"no daily allowance is admissible, as he was on leave\",\r\n        \"daily allowance is admissible at half rate\",\r\n        \"only lodging charges are reimbursable\",\r\n        \"daily allowance is admissible, the period being comparable to an enforced halt\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4)(b) below SR 51<\/b> [C&AG Letters dated 31.12.1990 and 13.03.1991] \u2014 <i>\\\"Ministry of Finance, to whom a reference had been made, have clarified that the period of absence at tour station due to disturbances and imposition of curfew regularized by grant of Special Casual Leave can be compared with enforced halt for which daily allowance is admissible.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Special Casual Leave regularises the absence from duty, but it does not take away the daily allowance, because the halt was forced on him.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 135,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is required to perform temporary duty locally at a place beyond 8 km from his headquarters within the same station. Daily allowance is admissible to him:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"at full rates, up to 60 days\",\r\n        \"at half rates, up to 180 days\",\r\n        \"at full rates, up to 180 days\",\r\n        \"at half rates, up to 60 days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (5) below SR 51<\/b> [MoF OM dated 12.12.1986] \u2014 <i>\\\"At present, daily allowance is not payable for more than 60 days in cases where temporary duty is performed by a Government servant locally beyond 8 km from his headquarters. Hereafter, in cases of local tours also, daily allowance at half-rates will be admissible up to 180 days.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"In cases where prolonged stay is envisaged at the temporary duty station beyond 180 days, the appropriate course would be to issue the necessary transfer order.\\\"<\/i><br><br>60 days was the old limit, and half rates is the measure. Under the MoF OM dated 24.06.1982, the limit applies even where one assignment is split into two or more spells.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 136,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant goes on tour from his headquarters to another station which happens to be his place of residence, the headquarters, the temporary duty point and the residence not falling within the same municipal corporation. He is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"mileage allowance, without any daily allowance\",\r\n        \"both mileage allowance and daily allowance\",\r\n        \"daily allowance for the days of halt at the tour station, without any mileage allowance\",\r\n        \"neither mileage allowance nor daily allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7) below SR 51<\/b> [MoF OM dated 04.07.1975] \u2014 <i>\\\"in cases of the type referred to above where the headquarters, temporary duty point and the residence of the Government servant do not fall within the same municipal corporation, the orders above ... are not applicable and the official may be allowed daily allowance under SR 49 for the days of halt only at tour station without any mileage allowance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>He is allowed DA for the days of halt only, and no mileage allowance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 137,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour to an outstation returns to his headquarters every day for his own convenience, owing to non-availability of proper accommodation at the outstation. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He gets no daily allowance, since he is not absent from headquarters overnight\",\r\n        \"He gets daily allowance for all days including intervening Sundays and holidays\",\r\n        \"He gets daily allowance at half rates for all days of duty\",\r\n        \"He gets daily allowance at the rates of the place of temporary duty on all days of duty there, but not for intervening Sundays and holidays unless actually in camp\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (8) below SR 51<\/b> [MoF OM dated 06.08.1976] \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant returns to his headquarters while on tour to an outstation, due to non-availability of proper accommodation, etc., to suit his convenience, he may draw daily allowance at the rates applicable to the place of temporary duty on all days on which he performs duty there (irrespective of the place of his residence) to the same extent as would be admissible had he stayed at the place of temporary duty till the completion of tour, but on intervening Sundays and holidays, no daily allowance will be admissible unless he is actually (and not merely constructively) in camp.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 138,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"While on tour within the country or outside, an officer of the level of Secretary to the Government of India is NOT entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"a hotel suite\",\r\n        \"Business class air travel\",\r\n        \"AC taxi as per actual expenditure\",\r\n        \"AC-I by rail\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (10) below SR 51<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 22.07.1991 and 26.08.1991] \u2014 <i>\\\"officers of the level of Secretary to the Government of India shall not be entitled to travel by First Class by air or to a hotel suite either within the country or outside while on tour.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The economy restriction is on First Class air travel and on hotel suites. Business class air, AC taxi at actuals and AC-I rail remain within the entitlement of Level 14 and above.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 139,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Daily allowance for foreign travel on official duty is regulated as prescribed by the:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Department of Expenditure\",\r\n        \"Ministry of External Affairs\",\r\n        \"Department of Personnel and Training\",\r\n        \"Comptroller and Auditor-General of India\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 51<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017, Annexure para 2E], Note \u2014 <i>\\\"DA rates for foreign travel will be regulated as prescribed by Ministry of External Affairs.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The Department of Expenditure table applies only to tours within the country.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 140,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Which Supplementary Rule empowers a competent authority to sanction a daily allowance higher or lower than the prescribed rate, if it considers the prescribed allowance inadequate or excessive?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"SR 50\",\r\n        \"SR 51\",\r\n        \"SR 52\",\r\n        \"SR 53\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 52<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Competent Authority may, for reasons which should be recorded and on such conditions as it may think fit to impose, sanction for any Government servant or class of Government servants a daily allowance higher or lower than that prescribed in Rule 51, if it considers that the allowance so prescribed is inadequate or excessive.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The neighbouring rules:<br>SR 50: DA drawn only while on tour<br>SR 51: rates of daily allowance<br>SR 53: actual expenses not admissible except under a specific rule\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 141,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, the actual cost of travelling may be drawn as travelling allowance:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"in all cases, on production of receipts\",\r\n        \"only for journeys by road\",\r\n        \"only with the sanction of the Head of Department\",\r\n        \"only where a rule expressly so provides\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 53<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in these rules, no Government servant is entitled to be provided with means of conveyance by or at the expense of Government, or to draw as travelling allowance the actual cost or part of the actual cost of travelling.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Actual expenses are the exception. One such provision is <b>SR 57<\/b> (special conveyance by order of a superior authority).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 142,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A toll tax charged by a Municipality at a station is allowed to a Central Government servant proceeding on tour to that station, in addition to his travelling allowance, provided that:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the State Government concerned reimburses that toll tax to its own employees under its travelling allowance rules\",\r\n        \"the toll tax does not exceed \u20b9 100\",\r\n        \"the station is a hill station\",\r\n        \"the journey is performed by own car\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 53-A<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The toll tax charged, at any station, by the Municipality, Corporation, etc., limited to the amount actually paid may be allowed to a Government servant proceeding on tour to that station, in addition to the travelling allowance ordinarily admissible to him under the rules, provided the toll tax for that station is reimbursed by the State Government concerned to their employees under their own travelling allowance rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The amount is limited to the toll actually paid. The condition is that the State Government gives its own employees the same reimbursement for that station.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 143,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"An officer of the Government of India is permitted, on his own request, to attend a conference held in India, and some Government interest is served thereby. He is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"full travelling and daily allowance as on tour\",\r\n        \"a single railway fare of his entitled class for the journey each way, without road mileage or daily allowance for halts\",\r\n        \"daily allowance for the halt, but no railway fare\",\r\n        \"nothing, as he attends on his own request\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order below SR 54<\/b> [F.D. Endorsement dated 24.03.1944 and MoF OM dated 21.03.1955] \u2014 <i>\\\"when officers of the Government of India are permitted on their own request to attend meetings or conferences or congresses held in India, and, if any Government interest is served thereby, they are paid a single railway fare of the class of accommodation to which they are entitled under the Supplementary Rules for the journey each way, without any road mileage or daily allowance for halts at the place of meeting.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"Travelling and daily allowances, etc., under the Supplementary Rules are, however, admissible when an officer is officially sent to attend a conference, congress or meeting.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Full TA\/DA, as in option (a), is for an officer officially <i>sent<\/i> to the conference. Whether Government interest is served is decided by the Head of Department, or by the next superior authority if the officer is himself the Head of Department.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 144,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"An officer who is himself a Head of Department seeks permission to attend a conference on his own request. The authority to decide whether any Government interest is served by his attending it is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the officer himself\",\r\n        \"the Department of Expenditure\",\r\n        \"the next superior authority\",\r\n        \"the Controlling Officer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order below SR 54<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"It is for the Head of Department under whom the officer is serving to decide whether any Government interest is served or not. If the officer himself happens to be a Head of Department, the decision in the matter will be taken by the next superior authority.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The decision matters because, when attendance is on the officer's own request, a single railway fare each way is admissible only if Government interest is served.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 145,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Supplementary Rules, a Government servant making a journey for any purpose is entitled to recover from Government the cost of transporting:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"his family\",\r\n        \"his personal luggage\",\r\n        \"his conveyance\",\r\n        \"none of these\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 55<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in these rules, a Government servant making a journey for any purpose is not entitled to recover from Government the cost of transporting his family or his personal luggage, conveyances, tents and camp equipage.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Such costs are admissible only where a specific rule provides for them, for example the transfer rules (SR 116) for family and personal effects.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 146,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant below the first grade is required by order of a superior authority to travel by a special means of conveyance whose cost exceeds the daily or mileage allowance admissible to him. He may draw:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the actual cost of travelling in lieu of the daily or mileage allowance\",\r\n        \"only the daily or mileage allowance admissible under the ordinary rules\",\r\n        \"the actual cost of travelling in addition to the daily allowance\",\r\n        \"one-half of the actual cost of travelling\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 57<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant of a grade lower than the first grade is required by the order of a superior authority to travel by special means of conveyance, the cost of which exceeds the amount of the daily allowance or mileage allowance admissible to him under the ordinary rules he may draw the actual cost of travelling in lieu of such daily or mileage allowance. The bill for the actual cost must be supported by a certificate, signed by the superior authority and countersigned by the controlling officer, stating that the use of the special means of conveyance was absolutely necessary and specifying the circumstances which rendered it necessary.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Actual cost is drawn <i>in lieu of<\/i>, not in addition to, the DA or mileage. The certificate is signed by the superior authority and countersigned by the controlling officer.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 147,\r\n    chapter: \"DAILY ALLOWANCE\",\r\n    question: \"Which Supplementary Rule empowers a competent authority to increase the ordinary rates of daily allowance or mileage allowance for Government servants travelling in a locality in which travelling is unusually expensive?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"SR 54\",\r\n        \"SR 55\",\r\n        \"SR 56\",\r\n        \"SR 57\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 56<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A competent authority may, by general or special order, direct that the ordinary rates of daily allowance or mileage allowance or both shall be increased either in a definite ratio or in any other suitable manner for any or all Government servants travelling in any specified locality in which travelling is unusually expensive.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The neighbouring rules:<br>SR 54: TA calculated with reference to the purpose of the journey<br>SR 55: no recovery of the cost of transporting family or luggage unless expressly provided<br>SR 57: journeys by special conveyance\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 148,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding \u2018tour\u2019 under the Supplementary Rules:\\n1. A Government servant is on tour when absent on duty from his headquarters within his sphere of duty.\\n2. Absence on duty beyond his sphere of duty is tour only if it is with proper sanction.\\n3. A journey to a hill station is treated as a journey on tour.\\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>SR 61<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant is on tour when absent on duty from his headquarters either within or, with proper sanction, beyond his sphere of duty. For the purposes of this section, a journey to a hill station is not treated as a journey on tour.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 reverses the rule: a journey to a hill station is <i>not<\/i> a journey on tour for this section. Under <b>SR 62<\/b>, if there is doubt whether an absence is absence on duty, a Competent Authority decides.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 149,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (subject) with List-II (Supplementary Rule):\\nList-I\\nA. Headquarters of a Government servant to be in such place as a Competent Authority may prescribe\\nB. Competent Authority may define the limits of the sphere of duty\\nC. Competent Authority may decide, in case of doubt, whether an absence is absence on duty\\nD. Competent Authority may restrict the frequency and duration of tours\\nList-II\\n1. SR 59\\n2. SR 60\\n3. SR 62\\n4. SR 63\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 59<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The headquarters of a Government servant shall be in such place as a Competent Authority may prescribe.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 60<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Competent Authority may define the limits of the sphere of duty of any Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 62<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"In case of doubt a Competent Authority may decide whether a particular absence is absence on duty for the purpose of Rule 61.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 63<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Competent Authority may impose such restrictions as it may think fit upon the frequency and duration of journeys to be made on tour by any Government servant or class of Government servants.\\\"<\/i><br><br>SR 61, which sits between them, defines \u2018tour\u2019.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 150,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Competent Authority has declared that the pay of a class of Government servants has been fixed so as to compensate for the cost of all journeys within their sphere of duty other than journeys by rail or steamer. For a journey by rail within his sphere of duty, such a Government servant may draw:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"no travelling allowance at all\",\r\n        \"mileage allowance\",\r\n        \"daily allowance only\",\r\n        \"full travelling allowance under the ordinary rules\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 64<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"If a Competent Authority declares that the pay of a particular Government servant or class of Government servants has been so fixed as to compensate for the cost of all journeys, other than journeys by rail or steamer, within the Government servant\u2019s sphere of duty, such a Government servant may draw no travelling allowance for such journeys though he may draw mileage allowance, for journeys by rail or steamer. When travelling on duty, with proper sanction, beyond his sphere of duty, he may draw travelling allowance calculated under the ordinary rules for the entire journey, including such part of it as is within his sphere of duty.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Within the sphere of duty, rail and steamer journeys still earn mileage allowance. Ordinary TA for the whole journey is for duly sanctioned travel <i>beyond<\/i> the sphere of duty.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 151,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in receipt of permanent travelling allowance travels on duty, with proper sanction, beyond his sphere of duty. He may draw mileage allowance for the entire journey, in exchange for the permanent travelling allowance, EXCEPT where he makes, by road alone, a journey not exceeding:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"8 km\",\r\n        \"16 km\",\r\n        \"32 km\",\r\n        \"50 km\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 68<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant in receipt of permanent travelling allowance travels on duty, with proper sanction, beyond his sphere of duty, he may draw mileage allowance for the entire journey including such part of it as is within his sphere of duty, and may draw, in addition, permanent travelling allowance for any day of his absence for which he does not draw mileage allowance. This Rule does not apply to a Government servant who travels beyond his sphere of duty in the course of a journey from one place within that sphere to another such place, or to a Government servant who makes, by road alone, a journey not exceeding thirty-two kilometres.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The rule also does not apply where he passes beyond his sphere only in the course of a journey between two places within it. Under the Note, \u2018mileage allowance\u2019 here does not include daily allowance, even for halts beyond the sphere of duty.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 152,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"An officer of a Vacation Department proceeds on tour and then avails of vacation without returning to his headquarters. He is entitled to tour travelling allowance for:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"both the outward and the return journeys\",\r\n        \"the return journey only\",\r\n        \"neither journey, as the tour merged with vacation\",\r\n        \"the outward journey only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order below SR 70<\/b> [F.D. Endorsement dated 08.06.1943] \u2014 <i>\\\"If an officer of a Vacation Department combines tour with vacation, i.e., proceeds on tour and then avails of vacation without returning to his headquarters, he should be granted tour travelling allowance under these rules for the outward journey only.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 70<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Daily allowance may not be drawn except during absence from headquarters on duty. A period of absence from headquarters begins when a Government servant actually leaves his headquarters and ends when he actually returns to the place in which his headquarters are situated whether he halts there or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The return journey follows the vacation, not the duty, so it is not a tour journey.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 153,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, daily allowance may NOT be drawn for any day on which a Government servant does not reach a point outside a radius of how many kilometres from the duty point at his headquarters?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"5 km\",\r\n        \"8 km\",\r\n        \"16 km\",\r\n        \"32 km\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 71<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Daily allowance may not be drawn for any day on which a Government servant does not reach a point outside a radius of eight kilometres from the duty point (i.e., the place \/ office of employment) at his headquarters or return to it from a similar point.\\\"<\/i><br>Note: <i>\\\"The term \u201cradius of eight kilometres\u201d should be interpreted as meaning a distance of eight kilometres by the shortest practicable route by which a traveller can reach his destination by the ordinary modes of travelling.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The 8 km is measured from the duty point, by the shortest practicable route, not as the crow flies. 16 km is the conveyance allowance limit, and 32 km is the SR 68 road-journey limit.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 154,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (length of absence from headquarters on a day) with List-II (proportion of the lumpsum amount in lieu of food payable on tour):\\nList-I\\nA. Less than 6 hours\\nB. Between 6 and 12 hours\\nC. More than 12 hours\\nList-II\\n1. 30%\\n2. 50%\\n3. 70%\\n4. 100%\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-4\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-4\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-3, C-4\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 71<\/b> [Paras E(iv) and (v), DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 timing restrictions:<br>If absence from headquarters is &lt; 6 hours: 30% of Lumpsum amount<br>If absence from headquarters is between 6-12 hours: 70% of Lumpsum amount<br>If absence from headquarters is &gt;12 hours: 100% of Lumpsum amount<br><i>\\\"Absence from Headquarter will be reckoned from midnight to midnight and will be calculated on a per day basis.\\\"<\/i><br><br>So A-1, B-3, C-4. 50% is the overall measure for <i>local<\/i> journeys, where the proportions become 15%, 35% and 50% (GoI Order (1-A) below SR 71).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 155,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in Pay Level 10 is on tour, and his absence from headquarters on a particular day is 8 hours. The lumpsum in lieu of food for Level 9 to 11 was fixed at \u20b9 900 per day with effect from 1st July, 2017, and has since risen by 25% on Dearness Allowance reaching 50%. The amount admissible to him for that day is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 337.50\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 630\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 787.50\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,125\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 71<\/b> [Paras E(iv) and (v), DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 <i>\\\"The lumpsum amount will increase by 25% whenever DA increase by 50%.\\\"<\/i> The timing restrictions:<br>If absence from headquarters is &lt; 6 hours: 30% of Lumpsum amount<br>If absence from headquarters is between 6-12 hours: 70% of Lumpsum amount<br>If absence from headquarters is &gt;12 hours: 100% of Lumpsum amount<br><i>\\\"Absence from Headquarter will be reckoned from midnight to midnight and will be calculated on a per day basis.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Present lumpsum: 900 \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b9 1,125. For 8 hours (between 6 and 12 hours), 70% is payable: 1,125 \u00d7 70% = \u20b9 787.50.<br>\u20b9 630 is 70% of the unrevised \u20b9 900. \u20b9 337.50 is the 30% slab, and \u20b9 1,125 is the full amount for more than 12 hours.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 156,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in Pay Level 10 performs a local journey to a temporary duty point 12 km from his normal place of duty, and his absence from headquarters is 8 hours. The lumpsum in lieu of food on tour for his level is \u20b9 1,125 per day at present. The food component admissible to him for that day is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 337.50\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 393.75\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 562.50\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 787.50\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1-A) below SR 71<\/b> [DoE Letter dated 12.09.2018] \u2014 for local journeys beyond 8 km: <i>\\\"Food charges : 50 % of amount payable on tour\\\"<\/i>:<br>&lt; 6 hours: 15% of Lumpsum amount<br>6\u201312 hours: 35% of Lumpsum amount<br>&gt;12 hours: 50% of Lumpsum amount<br>Hotel accommodation: <i>\\\"Not Applicable.\\\"<\/i><br><br>8 hours falls in the 6\u201312 hour slab, so 35% of \u20b9 1,125 = \u20b9 393.75. \u20b9 787.50 (70%) would be the amount on an outstation tour. \u20b9 562.50 is the 50% figure for more than 12 hours.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 157,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant leaves his headquarters on tour at 10.00 p.m. on 5th March and returns at 8.00 p.m. on 6th March. For the purpose of the lumpsum in lieu of food, his absence is reckoned as:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one day, being less than 24 hours\",\r\n        \"two days, each calculated separately\",\r\n        \"one day and a half\",\r\n        \"one day, for 6th March only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 71<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 29.06.1974 to 30.01.1978] \u2014 <i>\\\"In case the period of absence from headquarters falls on two days, it is reckoned as two days and daily allowance is calculated for each as above. The concept of twenty-four hours is no longer operative. Similarly, daily allowance for days of departure from and arrival at headquarters, will also be regulated accordingly.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (1) below SR 71<\/b> [Paras E(iv) and (v), DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017]: <i>\\\"Absence from Headquarter will be reckoned from midnight to midnight and will be calculated on a per day basis.\\\"<\/i><br><br>5th March: 2 hours (less than 6 hours, so 30%). 6th March: 20 hours (more than 12 hours, so 100%). Each calendar day is calculated separately.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 158,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant returns from one tour and commences a second tour on the same calendar day. For that day:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"daily allowance is not admissible for the second tour\",\r\n        \"two full daily allowances are admissible\",\r\n        \"daily allowance is admissible for the longer of the two absences only\",\r\n        \"each tour is treated separately, but daily allowance for that day cannot exceed one daily allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 71<\/b>, para 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"Where the second tour commences on the same day on which a Government servant returns from the first tour, each tour may be treated separately and daily allowance may also be calculated separately subject, of course, to the condition that daily allowance calculated separately for each tour on any calendar day shall not exceed one daily allowance (half daily allowance for local journeys).\\\"<\/i><br><br>The ceiling for local journeys is half a daily allowance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 159,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant returns from tour by train scheduled to arrive at his headquarters at 11.30 p.m., but the train actually arrives at 12.20 a.m. the next day. For reckoning his absence from headquarters, the arrival time taken is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"11.30 p.m., the scheduled time\",\r\n        \"the time he actually reached his residence\",\r\n        \"12.20 a.m., the actual arrival time, as the train was late by more than fifteen minutes\",\r\n        \"midnight\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 71<\/b>, para 4 \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) Journeys by rail. \u2014 With reference to the scheduled departure \/ arrival time of the train from \/ at the railway station. However, where the train is late by more than fifteen minutes, actual arrival time will be taken into account.<br>(ii) Journeys by bus. \u2014 With reference to the actual departure \/ arrival time from \/ at the bus stand.<br>(iii) Journeys by air. \u2014 With reference to scheduled reporting \/ arrival time from \/ at the airport. However, where the plane is late by more than fifteen minutes, actual arrival time will be taken into account.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The train was 50 minutes late, more than 15 minutes, so the actual arrival time of 12.20 a.m. counts, and the absence extends into the next calendar day.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 160,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (mode of journey) with List-II (basis for reckoning departure from headquarters for daily allowance):\\nList-I\\nA. Rail\\nB. Bus\\nC. Air\\nList-II\\n1. Actual departure time from the bus stand\\n2. Scheduled reporting time at the airport\\n3. Scheduled departure time of the train\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-3, B-1, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-3, B-2, C-1\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 71<\/b>, para 4 \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) Journeys by rail. \u2014 With reference to the scheduled departure \/ arrival time of the train from \/ at the railway station. ... (ii) Journeys by bus. \u2014 With reference to the actual departure \/ arrival time from \/ at the bus stand.<br>(iii) Journeys by air. \u2014 With reference to scheduled reporting \/ arrival time from \/ at the airport.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Bus alone goes by actual time. Rail and air go by scheduled time, switching to actual arrival time only if the train or plane is more than 15 minutes late.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 161,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding \u2018local journey\u2019 for travelling allowance:\\n1. It includes journeys within the limits of suburban municipalities, notified areas or cantonments contiguous to the municipality of the city in which the duty point is located.\\n2. Journeys within the urban agglomeration in which the headquarters are located are treated as local journeys.\\n3. Journeys between Faridabad and Delhi are treated as non-local journeys, since they lie in different States.\\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>GoI Order (3)(a) below SR 71<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The phrase \u2018local journey\u2019 shall be construed to mean a journey within the municipal limits or city in which the duty point is located. It shall include journeys performed within the limits of suburban or other Municipalities, Notified Areas or Cantonments contiguous to the Municipality \/ Corporation of the town or city in which the duty point is located. Journeys within the limits of an urban agglomeration within which a Government servant\u2019s headquarters are located will also be treated as \u2018local journey\u2019.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (3)(d)<\/b> [MoF OM dated 01.08.1989] \u2014 <i>\\\"since Faridabad Municipality is contiguous to the Municipality of Delhi, journeys between Faridabad Municipality and the Municipality of Delhi, should be treated as local journeys\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong. Contiguity of municipalities is the test, not State boundaries. Journeys between Delhi and Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida or Gurgaon are uniformly treated as local (GoI Order (4) below SR 71).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 162,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant performs a local journey from his residence to a temporary place of duty which is 10 km from his normal place of duty, in a conveyance provided free of charge. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"No TA is admissible, as the conveyance was free\",\r\n        \"No TA is admissible, as the journey started from his residence\",\r\n        \"He is entitled to full daily allowance\",\r\n        \"He is entitled to 50% of the daily allowance, even though the conveyance was free\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3)(b) below SR 71<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Travelling allowance for a local journey shall be admissible if the temporary place of duty is beyond 8 km from the normal place of duty irrespective of whether the journey is performed by the Government servant from his residence or from the normal place of duty.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"For local journeys, a Government servant will draw, for journey involved, mileage allowance and in addition draw 50% of daily allowance ... He will be paid daily allowance even if the conveyance is provided free of charge for local journeys.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The 8 km is measured from the normal place of duty, not from the residence. A free conveyance removes the mileage allowance but not the 50% daily allowance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 163,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on a long road journey on tour stops overnight at an intermediate place only for rest, and performs no Government duty there. For that place:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"daily allowance is admissible for the halt\",\r\n        \"half daily allowance is admissible\",\r\n        \"no daily allowance is admissible, as no Government duty was performed there\",\r\n        \"daily allowance is admissible only if the stay is in a registered hotel\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Audit Instruction below SR 71<\/b> [Para 15(ii), Manual of Audit Instructions] \u2014 <i>\\\"The criterion for admitting daily allowances being whether any Government duty was performed at the outstation or not, no daily allowance should be allowed to Government servants simply for stopping at a place for rest or for catching the next available train on the following day or resuming their journey by road towards their destination in continuation of the previous day\u2019s journey.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 164,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding daily allowance while on tour:\\n1. Daily allowance is not admissible for a day of casual leave or restricted holiday availed while on tour.\\n2. Daily allowance is admissible for a Sunday or holiday only if the Government servant is actually, and not merely constructively, in camp.\\n3. Where half a day\u2019s casual leave is availed during the tour, no daily allowance is admissible for that calendar day.\\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>GoI Order (1) below SR 72<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) that a Government servant who takes casual leave or restricted holiday while on tour is not entitled to draw daily allowance during such leave; and<br>(b) that daily allowance is not admissible for any day, whether Sunday or holiday, unless the officer is actually and not merely constructively in camp.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (3) below SR 72<\/b> [MoF OM dated 02.07.1975] \u2014 <i>\\\"Where half-a-day\u2019s casual leave is availed of, half daily allowance for that calendar day will be deducted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong. Half a day\u2019s casual leave costs half a daily allowance, not the whole of it.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 165,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour leaves his place of halt on a Sunday morning on a private visit and returns the same evening. Daily allowance for that Sunday:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"is not admissible, as he left the place of halt\",\r\n        \"is admissible at half rate\",\r\n        \"is admissible only if he returns before noon\",\r\n        \"can be allowed if the Controlling Officer is satisfied that he actually spent at least a portion of the day in camp\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 72<\/b> [MoF Letter dated 17.08.1956] \u2014 on cases where a Government servant <i>\\\"left his place of halt on Sundays and holidays in the morning and returned the same evening\\\"<\/i>: <i>\\\"It has been decided that in the instances cited above, daily allowance can be allowed if the Controlling Officer is satisfied that the claimant actually spent at least a portion of the particular Sundays and holidays in camp.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 166,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour performs duty at station X but resides during the tour at station Y, outside the limits of X. The rate of daily allowance for the days on which he is on duty at X is determined with reference to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"station Y, the actual place of residence\",\r\n        \"station X, the place of official duty\",\r\n        \"whichever of X and Y carries the lower rate\",\r\n        \"his headquarters station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 72<\/b> [MoF Endorsement dated 26.09.1949] \u2014 <i>\\\"Daily allowance is a uniform allowance for each day of absence from headquarters and for determining the rate of daily allowance on tour, the place of official duty only is usually taken as the criterion and not the actual place of residence.\\\"<\/i><br><br>For Sundays and holidays spent at Y, outside the place of official duty, no daily allowance is admissible, because those days are not actually spent in camp.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 167,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant starts on tour earlier than necessary on account of holidays at the beginning of the tour. The authority competent to deduct the excess daily allowances so claimed is the:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Head of Office\",\r\n        \"Drawing and Disbursing Officer\",\r\n        \"Controlling Officer\",\r\n        \"Accounts Officer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 72<\/b> [MoF OM dated 02.07.1975] \u2014 <i>\\\"Daily allowance for the entire absence from headquarters should correspond to the minimum period, which in the opinion of the Controlling Officer, is necessary for the Government servant to be away on tour. If on account of holidays at either end of the tour, a Government servant starts from the headquarters earlier than it is otherwise necessary or returns to headquarters later than otherwise necessary, the Controlling Officer can make such deduction from total number of daily allowances as are excessive in his opinion.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The measure is the minimum period needed for the tour, in the Controlling Officer\u2019s opinion.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 168,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour halts continuously at one outstation for 200 days. Daily allowance is admissible to him:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"in full for the entire 200 days\",\r\n        \"in full for the first 180 days and at half rate thereafter\",\r\n        \"in full for the first 60 days and at half rate up to 180 days\",\r\n        \"in full for the first 180 days and nil thereafter\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 73<\/b> [MoF OM dated 30.01.1978] \u2014 <i>\\\"In modification of SR 73, the admissibility of daily allowance at a place outside Government servant\u2019s headquarters for a continuous halt up to 180 days or more during tour \/ temporary transfer\/training shall be as follows:\u2014<br>(i) First 180 days \u2026 Full daily allowance<br>(ii) Beyond 180 days \u2026 Nil\\\"<\/i><br><i>\\\"The intention is to relate the limit to halt and not to the entire absence. Full daily allowance will be admissible for 180 days of continuous halt at any one place.\\\"<\/i><br><br>There is no half rate beyond 180 days; the daily allowance stops altogether.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 169,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding a continuous halt at an outstation for the purpose of the 180-day limit on daily allowance:\\n1. The limit relates to the halt at any one place and not to the entire absence from headquarters.\\n2. Absence from the place of halt for some days and nights breaks the continuity of the halt.\\n3. Leave, including casual leave, availed while on tour does not break the continuity of the halt.\\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>GoI Order (1) below SR 73<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The intention is to relate the limit to halt and not to the entire absence.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (3) below SR 73<\/b> [MoF OM dated 24.03.1986] \u2014 <i>\\\"For the purpose of grant of D.A., halt at an outstation shall be treated as continuous one for the entire period of stay irrespective of any absence from the place of halt for any number of days and\/or nights.\\\"<\/i><br><b>Audit Instruction (2) below SR 73<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A period of leave (including casual leave) for which no daily allowance is admissible availed of by a Government servant while on tour does not constitute a break in continuity of a halt\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 2 is wrong. Absences from the place of halt do not break its continuity.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 170,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, a tour is held to be completed when the Government servant:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"finishes the last item of official work at the outstation\",\r\n        \"returns to his headquarters\",\r\n        \"submits his travelling allowance bill\",\r\n        \"reports for duty at his office after return\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 73<\/b> [F.D. Letter dated 12.05.1926] \u2014 <i>\\\"It is reaffirmed that a tour is held to be completed when a Government servant returns to headquarters\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 70<\/b> \u2014 the period of absence <i>\\\"ends when he actually returns to the place in which his headquarters are situated whether he halts there or not.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 171,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Gazetted Government servant performs a journey in public interest within the municipal limits of his headquarters city. The conveyance hire charges actually paid may be reimbursed to him when:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"he does not own a conveyance\",\r\n        \"the journey exceeds 8 km\",\r\n        \"the journey is performed outside office hours\",\r\n        \"a staff car is not available\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 89<\/b> [Item 3 of the Annexure to Schedule V, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978] \u2014 <i>\\\"The conveyance hire charges actually paid may be reimbursed to a Gazetted Government servant, who performs a journey in the public interest, within the municipal limits of the city in which his headquarter is situated, in a conveyance when a staff car is not available\\\"<\/i>. Condition (ii): <i>\\\"The controlling officer shall certify that the staff car could not be made available for the journey performed by the Gazetted Government servant concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Being summoned outside ordinary hours, as in option (c), is a ground for <i>non-Gazetted<\/i> staff.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 172,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"The total amount of conveyance hire reimbursable to a Government servant for local journeys in any one month shall not exceed:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 100\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 200\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 300\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 500\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 89<\/b> [Item 3 of the Annexure to Schedule V, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978], General Note (i) \u2014 <i>\\\"The total amount of conveyance hire reimbursed to a Government servant, whether Gazetted or non-Gazetted, on the basis mentioned in Paragraph 1 above in any one month shall not exceed \u20b9 300.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The same ceiling applies to Gazetted and non-Gazetted Government servants.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 173,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"For local journeys on which conveyance hire is reimbursable, an officer of Group \u2018B\u2019 service may be reimbursed:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"scooter or bus fare\",\r\n        \"taxi, scooter or bus fare\",\r\n        \"bus fare only\",\r\n        \"taxi fare only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 89<\/b> [Item 3 of the Annexure to Schedule V, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978], General Note (vii) \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) Officers of Group \u2018A\u2019 service may be allowed reimbursement of taxi or scooter or bus fare, as the case may be; and<br>(b) Officers of Groups \u2018B\u2019, \u2018C\u2019 and \u2018D\u2019 service may be allowed reimbursement of scooter or bus fare, as the case may be.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Taxi fare is for Group \u2018A\u2019 only. Under General Note (v), the normal limit is the fare by bus, tram or local train where such public conveyance connects the places; any other conveyance needs a certificate of public interest or urgency.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 174,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following situations of a non-Gazetted Government servant:\\n1. He is despatched on duty to a place at some distance from his office within the municipal limits of the city.\\n2. He is summoned to office outside the ordinary hours of duty by special order of a Gazetted Officer.\\n3. He is granted compensatory leave for the duty that necessitated the journey.\\nIn which of the above situations is conveyance hire reimbursable?\",\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>GoI Order (1) below SR 89<\/b> [Item 3 of the Annexure to Schedule V, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978], Part (B) \u2014 conveyance hire may be reimbursed to a non-Gazetted Government servant who <i>\\\"(i) is despatched on duty to a place at some distance from his office within the municipal limits of the city in which his office is situated; or<br>(ii) is summoned to office outside the ordinary hours of duty by special order of a Gazetted Officer.\\\"<\/i><br>General Note (ii): <i>\\\"The conveyance hire should not be reimbursed in respect of a journey, if the non-Gazetted Government servant concerned is granted any compensatory leave or is otherwise entitled to receive any special remuneration for the purpose of the duty which necessitated the journey. However, where such a Government servant has been recalled from his residence to perform overtime work, the Competent Authority may allow conveyance charges to him in addition to the overtime allowance admissible to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Situation 3 bars reimbursement. The exception is recall from residence for overtime work, where conveyance may be allowed in addition to the overtime allowance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 175,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"An officer uses his own car for a journey in public interest within the municipal limits of his headquarters city. He may claim reimbursement at the rates notified by the Director of Transport of that city for:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"bus\",\r\n        \"taxi\",\r\n        \"his own car, as fixed by the Head of Department\",\r\n        \"local train\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 89<\/b> [Item 3 of the Annexure to Schedule V, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978], General Note (viii) \u2014 <i>\\\"Officers using their own conveyance for journeys in public interest within the municipal limits of the city in which their headquarter is situated, may claim reimbursement at the rates notified, by the concerned Director of Transport, for taxi or, as the case may be, autorickshaw plying in that city.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The taxi rate applies to a car; for a two-wheeler the autorickshaw rate applies.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 176,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant travelling on duty within eight kilometres of his headquarters is entitled to recover:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"daily allowance at half rate\",\r\n        \"mileage allowance at the prescribed road rates\",\r\n        \"nothing, as no travelling allowance is admissible within eight kilometres\",\r\n        \"the actual amounts spent on ferry and other tolls and on fares by railway or other public conveyance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 90<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant travelling on duty within eight kilometres of his headquarters is entitled to recover the actual amounts which he may spend in payment of ferry and other tolls and fares for journeys by railway or other public conveyance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Within 8 km, no daily allowance is admissible (<b>SR 71<\/b>), but tolls and public-conveyance fares actually paid are recoverable. Hire of other conveyances is governed by <b>SR 89<\/b> and the DFPRs.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 177,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"A Gazetted officer performs a journey in public interest within municipal limits, but beyond 8 km from his duty point, so that travelling allowance is also admissible for it. He may:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"claim both conveyance hire and travelling allowance\",\r\n        \"claim either the conveyance hire or the travelling allowance, at his option\",\r\n        \"claim only the travelling allowance\",\r\n        \"claim only the conveyance hire\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 89<\/b> [Item 3 of the Annexure to Schedule V, Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1978], Part (A), first proviso \u2014 <i>\\\"Provided that where travelling allowance is also admissible for such a journey, it will be open to the officer either to claim reimbursement of the conveyance hire under these rules or travelling allowance under the Travelling Allowance Rules\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (3)(c) below SR 71<\/b> [MoF U.O. dated 17.03.1988] confirms the option for local journeys exceeding 8 km within municipal limits.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 178,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS ON TOUR\",\r\n    question: \"Which Supplementary Rule provides that daily allowance may be drawn during a halt on tour on a holiday occurring during a tour?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"SR 70\",\r\n        \"SR 71\",\r\n        \"SR 72\",\r\n        \"SR 73\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 72<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Subject to the conditions laid down in Rules 73 and 74, daily allowance may be drawn during a halt on tour on a holiday occurring during a tour.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The neighbouring rules:<br>SR 70: DA drawn only during absence from headquarters on duty<br>SR 71: the 8 km radius from the duty point<br>SR 73: daily allowance for a continuous halt (180-day limit)\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 179,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, travelling allowance for the journey of a person to join his first post in Government service is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not admissible, except as otherwise provided in the rules\",\r\n        \"admissible as for a journey on transfer\",\r\n        \"admissible as for a journey on tour, without daily allowance for halts\",\r\n        \"admissible only for journeys exceeding 400 km\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 105<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Except as otherwise provided in this section, travelling allowance is not admissible to any person for the journey to join his first post in Government service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The exceptions include first appointment in the North-Eastern Region, A&N and Lakshadweep, and Indian scientists working abroad. Re-employed pensioners and retrenched employees are covered by separate concessions.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 180,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"A person appointed for the first time to a Central Government post in Manipur performs the journey to join it by rail. The travelling allowance admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"nil, as no TA is admissible for joining the first post\",\r\n        \"second class rail fare for himself and his family for the total distance\",\r\n        \"second class rail fare for himself and his family for the distance in excess of the first 400 km\",\r\n        \"fare of his entitled class for himself only, for the total distance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 105<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 14.12.1983 to 01.12.1988] \u2014 <i>\\\"in case of journeys for taking up initial appointment to a post in the North-Eastern Region (States of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram), travelling allowance limited to ordinary bus fare\/second class rail fare for road\/rail journey for the Government servant himself and his family will be admissible for the total distance instead of for the distance in excess of first 400 km only.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (c) describes the earlier arrangement that this order replaced: TA only for the distance beyond 400 km. The concession is limited to ordinary bus or second class rail fare, but it covers the family as well.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 181,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding the concession of travelling allowance for taking up initial appointment in the North-Eastern Region:\\n1. It applies mutatis mutandis to Central Government employees posted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.\\n2. It is admissible only if the journey commences from a station outside the North-Eastern Region.\\n3. It is limited to ordinary bus fare or second class rail fare.\\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>GoI Order (2) below SR 105<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 14.12.1983 to 01.12.1988] \u2014 <i>\\\"The above order will also apply mutatis mutandis to Central Government employees posted to Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"This concession would be admissible to all appointees, irrespective of the station from which the journey commences to take up the new appointment.\\\"<\/i><br>The concession is <i>\\\"limited to ordinary bus fare\/second class rail fare for road\/rail journey\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 2 is wrong: the starting station makes no difference.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 182,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"An Indian scientist working abroad is selected for appointment under the Government of India. For the cost of his passage to India to be borne by the Government, he must undertake to serve the Government of India for a minimum period of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one year\",\r\n        \"two years\",\r\n        \"three years\",\r\n        \"five years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 105<\/b> [MoF OM dated 13.10.1966] \u2014 such scientists\/technical officers may be allowed <i>\\\"air passage by Economy (Tourist) Class for the Scientist\/Technical Officer and members of his family as defined in SR 2 (8) from the country where he is working to port of disembarkation in India and rail fare of the class (other than air-conditioned class) to which he shall be entitled after joining the post under the Government or the class by which the journey is actually performed, whichever is less, from the port of disembarkation to the place of duty, provided he undertakes to serve the Government of India for a minimum period of three years from the date of joining duty in India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The undertaking is given as a bond with two sureties. If he resigns within three years, the cost of passage is refundable with interest.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 183,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"A temporary Government servant discharged on reduction of establishment receives orders of appointment to another Central Government office while still in his old post. The appointing authority certifies that the transfer is in the public interest and that his previous service was one of the considerations for the appointment. He is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"joining time without joining time pay, and no travelling allowance\",\r\n        \"no joining time, but travelling allowance on transfer scale\",\r\n        \"travelling allowance as for a journey on tour only\",\r\n        \"joining time with joining time pay, and travelling allowance on transfer scale\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 105<\/b> [MoF OM dated 17.09.1963], para (i) \u2014 <i>\\\"Joining time with joining time pay and travelling allowance on transfer scale will be admissible in all cases where the appointing authority certifies that the transfer is in the public interest and the previous service rendered under Government is one of the considerations justifying his appointment to the new post. In cases where this certificate is not forthcoming, the Government servant shall be allowed only joining time without joining time pay and transfer travelling allowance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Without the certificate he gets joining time only, with no joining time pay and no transfer TA, which is option (a).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 184,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"A retrenched temporary Government servant receives orders of appointment to another Central Government office soon after his discharge and joins without delay. The period of break may be converted into joining time without pay, provided the break does not exceed:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"thirty days, and he has rendered not less than three years\u2019 continuous service\",\r\n        \"fifteen days, and he has rendered not less than one year\u2019s continuous service\",\r\n        \"thirty days, and he has rendered not less than five years\u2019 continuous service\",\r\n        \"sixty days, and he has rendered not less than three years\u2019 continuous service\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 105<\/b> [MoF OM dated 17.09.1963], para (ii) \u2014 <i>\\\"No travelling allowance will be admissible, but the period of break may be converted into joining time without pay by the Heads of Departments under whom the Government servant is presently employed, provided the period of break does not exceed thirty days and that the Government servant has rendered not less than three years\u2019 continuous service on the date of his discharge.\\\"<\/i><br><br>No TA is admissible in this case. The conversion is made by the Head of Department under whom he is presently employed.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 185,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"A pensioner is re-appointed to Government service. Under SR 107, the authority which sanctions his re-appointment may permit him to draw travelling allowance for:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the entire journey to join his new post, wherever it begins\",\r\n        \"so much of his journey to join his new post as falls within India\",\r\n        \"the journey within the State of his new posting only\",\r\n        \"the return journey on completion of re-employment only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 107<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a pensioner, or a Government servant who has been thrown out of employment owing to a reduction of establishment or the abolition of his post, is re-appointed to Government service, the authority which sanctions his re-appointment may in cases other than those covered by Rule 105-A permit him to draw travelling allowance for so much of his journey to join his new post as falls within India.\\\"<\/i><br><br>SR 107 covers retrenched Government servants as well as pensioners.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 186,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"A pensioner, who has already claimed TA on retirement from the office from which he retired, is re-employed in the Central Government at a station other than his place of settlement. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"No TA is admissible, as TA on retirement has already been claimed\",\r\n        \"TA is admissible for joining, reimbursed by the office from which he retired\",\r\n        \"TA is admissible only on completion of re-employment\",\r\n        \"TA is admissible for joining and on completion of re-employment, reimbursed by the office where he is re-employed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 107<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/4\/2020-E.IV dated 24.01.2022], para 1(i) \u2014 <i>\\\"Where the pensioner is re-employed and TA on retirement has already been claimed by re-employed pensioner from the office \/ organization from where he has retired \/ superannuated :<br>a. TA shall be allowed to him for such appointment if such appointment is made at station other than place of settlement or such appointment necessitates change of residence at place of settlement.<br>b. TA shall also be allowed to him after completion of his term of re-employment.<br>c. In both cases, the TA would be reimbursed by the office \/ organization where the pensioner is re-employed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (a) reflects the 2012 position that the 2022 OM relaxed. The retiring office pays for the joining journey only where TA on retirement has <i>not<\/i> yet been claimed.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 187,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"A pensioner has not claimed TA on retirement, and is re-employed in the Central Government at a station other than his last station of duty, before the expiry of one year from his retirement. The expenditure on his TA for joining the re-employment is borne by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the office from which he retired\",\r\n        \"the office where he is re-employed\",\r\n        \"the two offices equally\",\r\n        \"the pensioner himself\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 107<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/4\/2020-E.IV dated 24.01.2022], para 1(ii) \u2014 <i>\\\"In case the re-employed pensioner has not claimed TA on retirement within one year of his retirement and he is re-employed under the Central Government before the expiry of one year from the date of retirement :<br>a. TA shall be allowed to him for such appointment in case such appointment is made at station other than last station of duty or such appointment necessitates change of residence at last station of duty.<br>b. TA shall also be allowed to him after completion of his term of re-employment.<br>c. The expenditure for TA on joining such appointment shall be borne by the organization from where the pensioner is retired \/ superannuated with reference to the post held at the time of retirement. On completion of term of re-employment, the TA would be reimbursed by the office \/ organization where the pensioner is re-employed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The joining journey effectively takes the place of his unclaimed TA on retirement, which is why the retiring office pays for it. The journey on completion of re-employment is paid by the re-employing office.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 188,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding travelling allowance to pensioners re-employed in the Central Government:\\n1. The entitlement is with reference to the post last held and the last pay drawn at the time of retirement.\\n2. The provisions of SR 116, as admissible on transfer in public interest, apply.\\n3. A person re-employed from other than the Central Government is not entitled to any TA.\\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>GoI Order (2) below SR 107<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/4\/2020-E.IV dated 24.01.2022], para 2 \u2014 <i>\\\"i. The entitlement for TA would be with reference to the post last held and the last pay drawn under the Central Government at the time of retirement. In case of appointment of a re-employed person from other than Central Government, the entitlement of TA would be in accordance with the equivalence given to the post in Central Government.<br>ii. The provisions of SR-116 of the TA Rules as admissible to Government officials on transfer in public interest, as modified from time to time, would be applicable.\\\"<\/i><br>Para 1(iii): <i>\\\"In case of appointment of a re-employed person from other than Central Government, TA shall be allowed to him as per the provision at Para. 1 (i) above.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong. Such a person gets TA by the equivalence given to his post in the Central Government. TA here covers self and family, composite transfer grant, personal effects and conveyance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 189,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (subject) with List-II (Supplementary Rule):\\nList-I\\nA. Free passage by sea to a person appointed to a post he cannot join except by sea\\nB. Free passage by sea for self and family to a person appointed in India to subordinate service in the Andaman or Nicobar Islands\\nC. TA under the rules for joining calculated as for a journey on tour, without allowance for halts\\nD. Rate of mileage allowance to be that of the grade the Government servant will belong to after joining\\nList-II\\n1. SR 108\\n2. SR 109\\n3. SR 112\\n4. SR 113\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 108<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a person is appointed to a post in Government service which he cannot join except by sea, a competent authority may grant him a free passage by sea from one part of India to another such part.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 109<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a person is appointed in India to subordinate Government service in the Andaman or Nicobar Islands, the authority making the appointment may grant him a free passage by sea for himself and his family.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 112<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Travelling allowance under Rules 105-A and 107 should be calculated as for a journey on tour, but no allowance may be drawn for halts on the journeys.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 113<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When mileage allowance is drawn under Rules 105-A and 107, the rate admissible is that of the grade to which the Government servant will belong after joining his post.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 190,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"A retrenched Government servant is re-appointed and permitted travelling allowance under SR 107 to join his new post. His travelling allowance is calculated:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"as for a journey on tour, with daily allowance for halts, at the rate of his old grade\",\r\n        \"as for a journey on tour, without any allowance for halts, at the rate of the grade to which he will belong after joining\",\r\n        \"as for a journey on transfer, at the rate of his old grade\",\r\n        \"as for a journey on transfer, at the rate of the grade to which he will belong after joining\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 112<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Travelling allowance under Rules 105-A and 107 should be calculated as for a journey on tour, but no allowance may be drawn for halts on the journeys.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 113<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When mileage allowance is drawn under Rules 105-A and 107, the rate admissible is that of the grade to which the Government servant will belong after joining his post.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Tour basis, no halt allowance, at the rate of the new grade. Compare re-employed pensioners under the 2022 orders, whose entitlement is linked to the post last held and the last pay drawn at retirement.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 191,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEY TO JOIN FIRST POST AND ON RE-EMPLOYMENT\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant travels in railway accommodation reserved for him. The amount of luggage which he may transport free of cost is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the free allowance for one ticket of his entitled class\",\r\n        \"unlimited, as the accommodation is reserved for him\",\r\n        \"the amount covered by the number of tickets a member of the public would have to purchase to reserve such accommodation\",\r\n        \"the luggage admissible on transfer under SR 116\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 104<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Except where otherwise expressly provided in these rules the amount of luggage which may be transported, free of cost by a Government servant travelling in reserved accommodation, is the amount covered by the number of tickets which a member of the public would have to purchase in order to reserve such accommodation.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 192,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding travelling allowance on transfer under the Supplementary Rules:\\n1. It is admissible only if the Government servant is transferred for the public convenience.\\n2. It is admissible only if he is entitled to pay during the period occupied by the journey.\\n3. A transfer at his own request can never be treated as a transfer for the public convenience.\\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>SR 114<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Travelling allowance may not be drawn under this section by a Government servant on transfer from one station to another unless he is transferred for the public convenience and is entitled to pay during the period occupied by the journey. A transfer at his own request should not be treated as a transfer for the public convenience unless the authority sanctioning the transfer, for special reasons which should be recorded, otherwise directs.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong. The sanctioning authority may, for special reasons recorded, direct that a request transfer be treated as one for the public convenience.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 193,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A copy of the transfer order of a Gazetted Government servant is received in the Audit Office without any endorsement stating the reasons for the transfer. The Audit Officer shall:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"return the order for clarification\",\r\n        \"assume that the Government servant has been transferred for the public convenience\",\r\n        \"assume that the transfer is at the Government servant\u2019s own request\",\r\n        \"withhold the travelling allowance claim until a certificate is received\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Audit Instruction (2) below SR 114<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant is transferred otherwise than for the public convenience, a copy of the order of transfer should be sent to the Audit Office of the circle of audit in which he is serving with an endorsement stating the reasons for the transfer. In the absence of such an endorsement, the Audit Officer shall assume that the Government servant has been transferred for the public convenience.\\\"<\/i><br><i>\\\"In the case of non-Gazetted Government servants, a certificate from the Head of the Office will be accepted in lieu of the copy of the order of transfer.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 194,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A temporary Central Government employee with two years of regular continuous service is appointed to another Central Government post on the basis of an open competitive examination, after technical resignation. He is entitled to transfer travelling allowance:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"in full, as the appointment is through an open competition\",\r\n        \"only for himself and not for his family\",\r\n        \"not at all, as temporary employees with less than 3 years of regular continuous service are not entitled to joining time pay\",\r\n        \"only if the new post is at a distance of more than 20 km\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 114<\/b> [DoP&T OM dated 17.08.2016, para 3.6.3] \u2014 <i>\\\"For appointments to posts under the Central Government on the basis of results of a competition and \/ or interview open to Government servants and others, Central Government employees and permanent \/ provisionally permanent State Government employees shall be entitled to Transfer Travelling Allowance (TTA). However, temporary Central Government employees with less than 3 years of regular continuous service would not be entitled for TTA, as they are not entitled joining time pay under Joining Time Rules.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Entitlement to TTA follows entitlement to joining time pay. Two years of service is below the three-year threshold.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 195,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is temporarily transferred to another station for a period not exceeding 180 days. For purposes of travelling allowance, the journeys to and from that station are treated as:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"journeys on transfer, with composite transfer grant\",\r\n        \"journeys on tour, without any daily allowance\",\r\n        \"journeys on transfer, without composite transfer grant\",\r\n        \"journeys on tour, with daily allowance for the days of halt at that station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 114<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that in all cases of transfers for short periods not exceeding one hundred and eighty days, the journeys from the headquarters to the station of deputation and back may be treated as on tour for purposes of regulating travelling allowance, daily allowance being paid for the days of halt at that station\\\"<\/i> (full DA for the first 180 days, nil beyond).<br>Para (c): <i>\\\"The period of 180 days for drawal of daily allowance for halt at an outstation on temporary transfer shall be calculated on the basis of the period of the halt which will begin from the time the forward journey ends at the outstation and will end at the time the return journey commences.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 196,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A temporary transfer initially ordered for 120 days is later extended beyond 180 days. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"The travelling allowance already drawn is adjusted in the transfer TA claim, but the daily allowance admissible up to the date of the extension order is not adjusted\",\r\n        \"Both the travelling allowance and the daily allowance already drawn are adjusted in the transfer TA claim\",\r\n        \"Neither is adjusted, and transfer TA is admissible in addition\",\r\n        \"The daily allowance already drawn is recovered in full\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 114<\/b>, para 2 \u2014 <i>\\\"If a temporary transfer initially made for a period not exceeding 180 days, is later extended beyond this period, the travelling allowance already drawn shall be adjusted in the transfer travelling allowance claim but the daily allowance admissible up to the date of issue of orders extending the transfer, will not be so adjusted.\\\"<\/i><br><br>He keeps the DA earned until the extension order. The journey TA drawn as on tour is set off against the transfer TA.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 197,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Central Government employee is appointed to a post in a Public Sector Undertaking, and the move is not in public interest. The liability of the Government for joining time, joining time pay and transfer travelling allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"full, as he moves from one public employer to another\",\r\n        \"nil\",\r\n        \"limited to transfer travelling allowance\",\r\n        \"limited to joining time and joining time pay\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 114<\/b> [Cabinet Secretariat OM dated 02.12.1970] \u2014 <i>\\\"When the transfers of Central Government employees on getting appointment to a post under a Public Sector Undertaking, etc., are not in public interest, Government will not accept any liability for allowing the benefits of joining time, joining time pay and transfer travelling allowance. This is in keeping with the provisions of SR 114.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 198,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following:\\n1. Travel entitlement for self and family\\n2. Composite Transfer and Packing Grant\\n3. Reimbursement of charges on transportation of personal effects\\n4. Reimbursement of charges on transportation of conveyance\\n5. Daily allowance for the period of joining time\\nWhich of the above are components of travelling allowance on transfer?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3, 4 and 5 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2, 3, 4 and 5\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para II \u2014 <i>\\\"T.A. on Transfer includes 4 components : \u2014 (i) Travel entitlement for self and family, (ii) Composite Transfer and Packing Grant (CTG), (iii) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of personal effects, (iv) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of conveyance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>There is no daily allowance on transfer. The Government servant draws joining time pay for the joining time, and the CTG covers incidental expenses. Daily allowance belongs to tours.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 199,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant drawing a Basic Pay of \u20b9 56,100 is transferred in public interest from Delhi to Lucknow. The Composite Transfer Grant admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 18,700\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 28,050\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 44,880\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 56,100\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para II(ii)(a) \u2014 <i>\\\"The Composite Transfer Grant shall be paid at the rate of 80% of the last month\u2019s Basic Pay in case of transfer involving a change of station located at a distance of or more than 20 kms from each other.\\\"<\/i><br><br>80% of \u20b9 56,100 = \u20b9 44,880. \u20b9 56,100 (100%) applies only to transfers to and from Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep. \u20b9 18,700 is one-third of Basic Pay, a confusion with the one-third rule for short-distance transfers, which is one-third of the 80% grant.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 200,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Medical Officer drawing a Basic Pay of \u20b9 78,800 and Non-Practising Allowance of \u20b9 15,760 is transferred in public interest from Chennai to Port Blair. The Composite Transfer Grant admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 63,040\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 75,648\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 78,800\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 94,560\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para II(ii)(a) \u2014 <i>\\\"However, for transfer to and from the Island Territories of Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep, CTG shall be paid at the rate of 100% of last month\u2019s Basic Pay. Further, NPA and MSP shall not be included as part of Basic Pay while determining entitlement for CTG.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Transfer to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands earns 100% of Basic Pay, and NPA is excluded: CTG = \u20b9 78,800. \u20b9 94,560 wrongly adds NPA. \u20b9 63,040 is the ordinary 80% rate, and \u20b9 75,648 is 80% of Basic Pay plus NPA.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 201,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant drawing a Basic Pay of \u20b9 60,000 is transferred within the same city, and the transfer actually involves a change of residence. The Composite Transfer Grant admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Nil\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 16,000\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 20,000\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 48,000\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para II(ii)(b) \u2014 <i>\\\"In cases of transfer to stations which are at a distance of less than 20 kms. from the old station and of transfer within the same city, one-third of the composite transfer grant will be admissible, provided a change of residence is actually involved.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (20) below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OM dated 25.03.1966, as amended including OM dated 13.07.2017]: Composite Transfer Grant <i>\\\"Equal to one-third of 80% of the last month\u2019s Basic Pay.\\\"<\/i><br><br>80% of \u20b9 60,000 = \u20b9 48,000; one-third of that = \u20b9 16,000. \u20b9 20,000 is one-third of Basic Pay itself, which is wrong. Without a change of residence, CTG is nil.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 202,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is transferred from one office to another within the same city. The transfer does not require him to change his residence, though he chooses to shift to a house nearer the new office. The Composite Transfer Grant admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one-third of the grant\",\r\n        \"one-half of the grant\",\r\n        \"the full grant\",\r\n        \"nil\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OM dated 15.09.1998] \u2014 <i>\\\"the Composite Transfer Grant will be admissible in respect of transfers within the same city \/ town only if it results in an obligatory change of residence and necessitated solely on account of the transfer. In other words, a transfer within the same headquarters not involving a compulsory change of residence will not entitle a Government servant to the Composite Transfer Grant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>A voluntary shift does not qualify. The change of residence must be obligatory and caused solely by the transfer.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 203,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A husband and wife, both Central Government servants, are transferred in public interest. Match List-I (interval between the transfer of the first spouse and that of the second) with List-II (composite transfer grant admissible to the spouse transferred later):\\nList-I\\nA. Within 60 days\\nB. After 60 days but within six months\\nC. Six months or more\\nList-II\\n1. Nil\\n2. 50% of the transfer grant\\n3. Full transfer grant\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-2, C-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para II(ii)(c) \u2014 <i>\\\"In cases where the transfer of husband and wife takes place within six months, but after 60 days of the transfer of the spouse, fifty per cent of the transfer grant on transfer shall be allowed to the spouse transferred later. No transfer grant shall be admissible to the spouse transferred later, in case both the transfers are ordered within 60 days. The existing provisions shall continue to be applicable in case of transfers after a period of six months or more.\\\"<\/i><br><br>So A-1, B-2, C-3.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 204,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (Pay Level) with List-II (maximum entitlement for transportation of personal effects by train on transfer):\\nList-I\\nA. Level 12 and above\\nB. Level 6 to 11\\nC. Level 5\\nD. Level 4 and below\\nList-II\\n1. 6000 kg \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 double container\\n2. 6000 kg \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 single container\\n3. 3000 kg\\n4. 1500 kg\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-1, C-3, D-4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 Personal effects table, Para III:<br>12 and above: 6000 kg by goods train \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 double container; by road \u20b9 50 per km<br>6 to 11: 6000 kg by goods train \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 single container; by road \u20b9 50 per km<br>5: 3000 kg; by road \u20b9 25 per km<br>4 and below: 1500 kg; by road \u20b9 15 per km<br><i>\\\"The rates will further rise by 25 per cent whenever DA increases by 50 per cent.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Levels 6 to 11 and 12 and above both get 6000 kg; they differ only in the container (single vs double).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 205,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in Pay Level 5 is transferred, and transports his personal effects by road over 600 km. The present rate for reimbursement per km (Dearness Allowance having reached 50% from 1st January, 2024) is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 18.75\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 25\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 31.25\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 62.50\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 Personal effects table, Para III:<br>12 and above: 6000 kg by goods train \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 double container; by road \u20b9 50 per km<br>6 to 11: 6000 kg by goods train \/ 4 wheeler wagon \/ 1 single container; by road \u20b9 50 per km<br>5: 3000 kg; by road \u20b9 25 per km<br>4 and below: 1500 kg; by road \u20b9 15 per km<br><i>\\\"The rates will further rise by 25 per cent whenever DA increases by 50 per cent.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Level 5: \u20b9 25 per km \u00d7 1.25 = \u20b9 31.25 per km. \u20b9 18.75 is the revised rate for Level 4 and below (\u20b9 15 \u00d7 1.25), and \u20b9 62.50 the revised rate for Level 6 and above (\u20b9 50 \u00d7 1.25).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 206,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding reimbursement of the cost of transportation of personal effects on transfer:\\n1. Production of actual receipts\/vouchers is necessary.\\n2. Transportation by road is reimbursed on a per-kilometre basis only.\\n3. The rates by road differ according to the classification of the city of destination.\\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>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para III \u2014 <i>\\\"The claim for reimbursement shall be admissible subject to the production of actual receipts \/ vouchers by the Government servant.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"Transportation of personal effects by road is as per kilometer basis only. The classification of cities \/ towns for the purpose of transportation of personal effects is done away with.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong: city classification for personal effects has been done away with.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 207,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on transfer submits a bill of \u20b9 15,000 for transportation of personal effects by road, inclusive of taxes; the amount admissible to him under the rules is \u20b9 10,000. The taxes included in the bill are reimbursable:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"on the full bill amount of \u20b9 15,000\",\r\n        \"not at all\",\r\n        \"on the excess of \u20b9 5,000 only\",\r\n        \"on \u20b9 10,000 only, the admissible amount\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (10) below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OM dated 14.02.2006] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that the service tax and education cess included in the transportation bill will be reimbursed up to the permissible limit of the claim. Any tax paid beyond permissible limit of claim will not be reimbursed. To make the point clear, an example is given. If a transportation bill \/ claim has been submitted for \u20b9 15,000, but the admissible amount as per rules is \u20b9 10,000, the service tax and education cess will be reimbursed for \u20b9 10,000 only even though these taxes have been charged on the bill amount of \u20b9 15,000.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 208,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"On transfer, a Government servant in Pay Level 4 is entitled to reimbursement of the cost of transporting:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one motor car\",\r\n        \"one motor car or one motor cycle\/scooter\",\r\n        \"no conveyance\",\r\n        \"one motor cycle\/scooter\/moped\/bicycle\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para V \u2014 transportation of conveyance on transfer:<br>6 and above: 1 motor car etc., or 1 motor cycle \/ scooter<br>5 and below: 1 motor cycle \/ scooter \/ moped \/ bicycle<br><br>A motor car is for Level 6 and above.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 209,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is transferred from Delhi to Shillong and his family does not accompany him. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He is entitled to full transfer TA, including transportation of his full entitlement of personal effects\",\r\n        \"He gets TA on tour for self for the transit period and may carry personal effects up to one-third of his entitlement or take its cash equivalent\",\r\n        \"He gets no TA until the family joins him\",\r\n        \"He gets TA for self only, without any personal effects\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para VII(i) \u2014 <i>\\\"if on transfer to a station in the North-Eastern region, the family of the Government servant does not accompany him, the Government servant will be paid travelling allowance on tour for self only for transit period to join the post and will be permitted to carry personal effects up to \u2153rd of his entitlement at Government cost or have a cash equivalent of carrying \u2153rd of his entitlement\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"This concession is admissible only in cases where the Government servant is transferred from a station outside the region to a station in the N-E Region and vice versa; the same is not applicable from one station to another station within the region.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 210,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is transferred from Delhi to Port Blair without his family and claims one-third of his entitlement for transportation of personal effects. Production of receipts\/vouchers for this claim is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"mandatory\",\r\n        \"mandatory only if the claim exceeds \u20b9 25,000\",\r\n        \"not mandatory\",\r\n        \"mandatory only for transportation by sea\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (5) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM dated 16.06.2022] \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) If the family of the Government employee does not accompany him on transfer to \/ from these areas, the employee is entitled to carry personal effects up to \u2153rd of his entitlement and production of receipt \/ voucher is not mandatory to claim \u2153rd of his entitlement for transportation of personal effects.<br>(b) If the family of the Government employee accompanies him on transfer to\/from these areas, the employee is entitled to the admissible cost of transportation of personal effects and production of receipt \/ voucher is mandatory\\\"<\/i><br><br>\u2018These areas\u2019 are the North-Eastern Region, A&N, Lakshadweep and Ladakh. Vouchers are needed only when the family accompanies him and the full entitlement is claimed.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 211,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on transfer travels with his wife and three children by full taxi between two places connected by road only. His road mileage entitlement is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one road mileage only\",\r\n        \"one road mileage for self plus one additional road mileage\",\r\n        \"one road mileage for self plus two additional road mileages\",\r\n        \"one road mileage for each of the five persons\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para IV(b)(i) \u2014 between places connected by road only, for journeys in full taxi: <i>\\\"Road mileage at prescribed rates as under notwithstanding how the Government servant and members of his family travelled\\\"<\/i>:<br>For self: one road mileage<br>For one additional member of family: Nil<br>For two additional members of family: one additional road mileage<br>For more than two additional members of family: two additional road mileages<br><br>With four family members (more than two), he gets one road mileage plus two additional road mileages. Between places connected by rail, road mileage is limited to rail mileage by the entitled class.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 212,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on transfer has to leave his family and household effects behind because Government residential accommodation is not available at the new place of posting. In addition to the normal transfer TA, he is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"a second composite transfer grant\",\r\n        \"house rent allowance at the old station\",\r\n        \"daily allowance for the period the family remains behind\",\r\n        \"an additional fare by the entitled class for both onward and return journeys\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 116<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.07.2017], Para VI [MoF OM dated 24.11.1986, as amended on 06.02.2006] \u2014 <i>\\\"An employee will be entitled to an additional fare by the entitled class for both onward and return journeys, in addition to the normal transfer T.A. entitlement, if he has to leave his family \/ household effects behind because of non-availability of Government residential accommodation at the new place of posting.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 213,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding the additional fare admissible when the family is left behind for want of Government accommodation at the new station:\\n1. It is not admissible if the officer refuses the Government accommodation allotted to him on the ground that it is of a lower category.\\n2. It is admissible where Government quarters have not been constructed at the new station.\\n3. It is admissible even if the family has been brought before allotment and TA has been claimed for them.\\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>Clarification under GoI Order (1), Para VI, below SR 116<\/b> [MoF U.O. dated 12\/13.05.1988] \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) In cases where the Government accommodation is available and the officer does not accept the Government accommodation allotted to him on the ground of being of lower category or for any other reason, he is not entitled to the additional fare ...<br>(ii) When a Government servant brings family before actual allotment in such cases, if T.A. \/ D.A. has been claimed for such family members, there is no family left behind and additional fare cannot be made admissible.<br>(iii) At the stations where Government quarters have not been constructed, this may be treated as non-availability of Government accommodation and Government employee will be entitled to the additional fare\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong. Once TA has been claimed for the family, no family is left behind.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 214,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"For travelling allowance on transfer, a member of the Government servant\u2019s family is treated as accompanying him if the member:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"follows him within one month or precedes him by not more than six months\",\r\n        \"follows him within six months or precedes him by not more than one month\",\r\n        \"follows or precedes him within three months\",\r\n        \"follows him within one year or precedes him by not more than one month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 116(b)(iii)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A member of a Government servant\u2019s family who follows him within six months from the date of his transfer or precedes him by not more than one month may be treated as accompanying him. These time-limits may be extended by the competent authority in individual cases attendant with special circumstances.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The same rule adds that <i>\\\"no travelling allowance would be admissible in respect of a member added to the family after the date of transfer.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 215,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"The family of a transferred Government servant follows him to his new headquarters. The period of six months within which the family may follow him is reckoned from the date of his:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"receipt of the transfer order\",\r\n        \"handing over charge at the old station\",\r\n        \"submission of the transfer TA bill\",\r\n        \"taking over charge at the new station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (15) below SR 116<\/b> [F.D. U.O. dated 14.09.1935] \u2014 <i>\\\"When the family of a Government servant on transfer precedes or follows him and proceeds to a station other than the Government servant\u2019s new headquarters, the period of one month or six months as laid down in Clause (b) (iii) of SR 116 should be reckoned from the date of the Government servant\u2019s handing over charge at his old station. If, however, the family precedes or follows the Government servant and proceeds to his new headquarters, the above limits should be calculated with reference to the date of his taking over charge at the new station.\\\"<\/i><br><br>For the new headquarters, the reference date is taking over charge there. For any other station, it is handing over charge at the old station.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 216,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A husband and wife, both Central Government servants, are transferred from the same old station to the same new station within six months of each other. Regarding transfer travelling allowance:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"either of them may claim it, the other being treated as a member of the family, but transportation of a personal car may be reimbursed to both where separate cars are required in public interest\",\r\n        \"both may claim it independently\",\r\n        \"neither may claim it\",\r\n        \"only the spouse transferred first may claim it, and only one car is reimbursable\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (13) below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OM dated 29.04.1960] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that in such cases transfer travelling allowance will not be admissible to both of them as independent Government servants. Either of them may claim transfer travelling allowance, the other being treated as a member of his\/her family not in the Central Government\u2019s employment, on furnishing the following certificate\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (14)<\/b> [MoF OM dated 08.09.1987] \u2014 <i>\\\"In cases when both husband and wife require separate cars in public interest, it has been decided to modify the above provision to provide reimbursement of transportation expenses of personal cars to both of the husband-wife couple of Government servants on transfer from one station to another subject to the existing terms and conditions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Under Audit Instruction (5), the same treatment applies where one spouse is a Central and the other a State Government employee.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 217,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is transferred in public interest and his family does not accompany him on his first journey to the new station. Later, he travels again from the old station to bring the family. For his own transfer TA:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"he must claim it only for the first journey to join the post\",\r\n        \"he may opt to claim it either for the first journey or for the subsequent journey with his family\",\r\n        \"he may claim it for both journeys\",\r\n        \"he may claim it only for the subsequent journey\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (12) below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OM dated 18.08.1977] \u2014 Government servants whose families do not accompany them on the first journey <i>\\\"may be allowed the option to claim travelling allowance for themselves either for the first journey undertaken by them to join the post at new headquarters as at present, or for the subsequent journey that they may undertake along with their family members from the old to the new station. The grade of the Government servants and their entitlement to the class of accommodation, etc., should, however, continue to be determined with reference to the facts on the date of their transfer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The option avoids his having to travel at his own cost in the lowest class on the second trip.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 218,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"The children of a Government servant are studying in an educational institution at another station and are not residing with him at the time of his transfer, but come to spend vacations with him. For transfer travelling allowance, such children are:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not members of the family, as they were not residing with him at the time of transfer\",\r\n        \"members of the family only if below 18 years of age\",\r\n        \"treated as members of the family, and their journey may be allowed\",\r\n        \"members of the family only if studying in the new station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (11) below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OM dated 24.09.1956] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that they may be so treated and that on transfer of the Government servants from one station to another, the usual travelling allowance for the journey of the children may be allowed, provided all other conditions for the grant of Travelling Allowance are fulfilled.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The Government servant may claim either under the \u2018Journey fare of Children\u2019 scheme or as transfer TA for the outward journey, not both (Note below the order).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 219,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"For deciding whether the new station is 20 km or more from the old station for the purpose of the composite transfer grant, the distance is calculated:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"from the old residence to the new residence\",\r\n        \"from railway station to railway station\",\r\n        \"by the shorter of the rail and road routes, from residence to office\",\r\n        \"from office to office at the two stations, and where there are alternate rail and road routes, the distance by both must exceed 20 km\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (20) below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OM dated 25.03.1966, as amended including OM dated 13.07.2017], Explanation \u2014 <i>\\\"The distance of \u201820 kilometres\u2019 as aforesaid should be calculated from office to office at the two stations. If there are alternate rail and road routes, the distance by both should exceed 20 kilometres in order that the Government servant becomes entitled to the lumpsum.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 220,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding transfer within the same station involving a change of residence:\\n1. Composite transfer grant equal to one-third of 80% of the last month\u2019s Basic Pay is admissible.\\n2. The actual cost of conveyance for self and family, not exceeding the admissible road mileage, is admissible.\\n3. Personal effects are reimbursed at the rates for transportation by goods train.\\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>GoI Order (20) below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OM dated 25.03.1966, as amended including OM dated 13.07.2017] \u2014 <i>\\\"(ii) If there is change of residence, as a result of transfer only the following reimbursements may be allowed:\u2014\\\"<\/i><br>Composite Transfer Grant: <i>\\\"Equal to one-third of 80% of the last month\u2019s Basic Pay.\\\"<\/i><br>Self and Family: <i>\\\"Actual cost of conveyance but not exceeding the road mileage allowance admissible under Supplementary Rule 116 (a) II (i) and (ii).\\\"<\/i><br>Personal effects: <i>\\\"Actual cost of transportation not exceeding the amount admissible under SR 116 (a) II (iii).\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong. Personal effects within the same station are reimbursed at actual cost up to the <i>road<\/i> transport limit, not goods train rates.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 221,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is permitted to hand over charge of his old post at a place other than his headquarters. Which one of the following is NOT one of the concessions admissible to him?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"TA at tour rates for the actual journeys from the old headquarters to the place of handing over and onwards\",\r\n        \"Full transfer TA from the place of handing over charge to the new headquarters, in addition to tour TA for the same journey\",\r\n        \"Difference of TA between transfer and tour scales for the shortest distance from old to new headquarters\",\r\n        \"TA for conveyance of family and personal effects from old to new headquarters\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 116-A<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) Travelling Allowance at tour rates for the Government servant\u2019s actual journeys\u2014<br>(i) from the old headquarters to the place of handing \/ taking over charge;<br>(ii) from the place of handing over charge to the place of taking over, and<br>(iii) from the place of handing\/taking over charge to the new headquarters.<br>(b) Difference of travelling allowance between transfer and tour scales for the actual distance by the shortest route from the old headquarters, to the new headquarters\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"(c) In addition, travelling allowance for the conveyance of family and personal effects will be admissible from the old headquarters to the new headquarters at the prescribed rates and conditions.\\\"<\/i><br><br>There is no double claim: the transfer element comes in only as the <i>difference<\/i> between transfer and tour scales.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 222,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"An officer entitled to First Class is transferred from Delhi to Jaipur. In consequence of the transfer, a member of his family travels by Second Class from Delhi to Bangalore, the fare paid exceeding the First Class fare from Delhi to Jaipur. The TA admissible for that member is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the Second Class fare from Delhi to Bangalore\",\r\n        \"the First Class fare from Delhi to Jaipur\",\r\n        \"the Second Class fare from Delhi to Jaipur\",\r\n        \"nil, as the member did not go to the new headquarters\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 116-C<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"If the family of a Government servant, in consequence of his transfer, travels to a station other than the new headquarters, travelling allowance for the journey of the family may be drawn subject to the condition that it does not exceed the travelling allowance that would have been admissible if the family had proceeded to the new headquarters station.\\\"<\/i><br><b>C&AG\u2019s Decision below SR 116-C<\/b> [dated 17.11.1953] \u2014 <i>\\\"It was decided in consultation with the Government of India that in such cases T.A. of the class of accommodation in which journey was actually performed, restricted to the fare from the Government servant\u2019s place of duty to the new headquarters, should be admissible. Only Second class railway fare from Delhi to Jaipur will accordingly be admissible in the above case\\\"<\/i><br><br>Two caps apply: the class actually used (Second), and the distance to the new headquarters (Delhi\u2013Jaipur).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 223,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant goes on leave for four months after handing over charge of his old post and before taking charge of his new post. He receives the transfer order after the leave has commenced. His travelling allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not admissible, as the order was received during leave\",\r\n        \"admissible only for the journey from the leave station to the new post, as on tour\",\r\n        \"admissible only for personal effects\",\r\n        \"admissible under the transfer rules as for a journey from his old to his new post\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 124<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant who goes on leave not exceeding six months, after he has given over charge of his old post and before he has taken charge of his new post is entitled, whether the order of transfer is received before or after the commencement of his leave, to travelling allowance under this section as for a journey from his old to his new post.\\\"<\/i><br><br>With leave of six months or less, it makes no difference when the order is received.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 224,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant returns from Study Leave of eight months and is posted to a station other than the one at which he was stationed before the leave. He is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"full transfer travelling allowance as in a normal transfer\",\r\n        \"only the cost of transportation of personal effects and conveyance\",\r\n        \"travelling allowance as on tour\",\r\n        \"no travelling allowance, as the leave exceeded six months\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 126<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When on return from leave exceeding six months, a Government servant is stationed at a headquarter other than that at which he was stationed when he went on leave, the controlling officer may permit him to recover travelling allowance under sub-clauses I (iii) and (iv) and II (iii) of Rule 116 (a) as for a journey from his old to his new station.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order below SR 126<\/b> [MoF OM dated 06.12.1982] \u2014 <i>\\\"it has been decided that in cases where a Government servant has been on leave for more than six months, either on medical grounds or on Study Leave, and is posted to another station on return from such leave, he should be allowed full transfer travelling allowance as admissible under the Supplementary Rules in cases of normal transfer.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (b) is the general SR 126 position for other kinds of long leave. Medical leave and Study Leave exceeding six months earn full transfer TA.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 225,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (situation) with List-II (Supplementary Rule):\\nList-I\\nA. Government servant appointed to a new post while in transit from one post to another\\nB. Government servant taking leave not exceeding six months before joining a new post\\nC. Government servant taking leave exceeding six months while in transit\\nD. Government servant transferred to the control of another Government which has its own TA rules\\nList-II\\n1. SR 123\\n2. SR 124\\n3. SR 125\\n4. SR 126-A\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 123<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant appointed to a new post while in transit from one post to another is entitled to draw travelling allowance under this section for so much of the journey on transfer as he has accomplished when he receives the fresh orders and for the journey from the place at which he receives such orders to his new station.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 124<\/b> \u2014 leave not exceeding six months before joining: TA <i>\\\"as for a journey from his old to his new post.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 125<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant who takes leave exceeding six months while in transit from one post to another may draw travelling allowance ... for so much of the journey to join the new post as he has accomplished before the order granting his leave is received\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 126-A<\/b> \u2014 TA <i>\\\"will be governed by the rules of that Government regulating travelling allowance on transfer.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 226,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on leave of three months at a station other than his headquarters is transferred to that very station. He and his family had travelled there in consequence of the leave. Their travelling allowance for that journey is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not admissible, as the journey was made for leave\",\r\n        \"admissible on transfer scale\",\r\n        \"admissible as on tour\",\r\n        \"admissible for the Government servant only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 124<\/b> [MoF OM dated 21.12.1964] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that the Government servant and the members of his family who actually travelled to the new station in consequence of leave may be allowed travelling allowance on transfer scale.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 227,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on transfer transports his motor car by rail. Since the Railways now book motor cars only at Railway\u2019s risk, he may be allowed:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the cost at owner\u2019s risk rates only\",\r\n        \"50% of the cost at Railway\u2019s risk\",\r\n        \"the actual cost of transportation at Railway\u2019s risk\",\r\n        \"nothing, as the rule provides only for owner\u2019s risk\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (9) below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OM dated 18.02.1988] \u2014 <i>\\\"Ministry of Railways have, with effect from 1-4-1987, abolished their scheme of booking the transportation of motor car at owner\u2019s risk and instead they book the motor car at Railway\u2019s risk only. It has been decided that in partial modification of SR 116 (a) I (iv) (3), Government servants on their transfer may be allowed the actual cost of transportation of their motor car by rail at Railway\u2019s risk.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 228,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"On transfer, a Government servant sends his car under its own propulsion between two places connected by rail, and himself travels in the car. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He gets the prescribed road rate for the car and a separate rail fare for himself\",\r\n        \"He gets only a separate rail fare for himself\",\r\n        \"He gets the actual cost of fuel only\",\r\n        \"He gets the prescribed rate for the car limited to the cost of transport by passenger train, and no separate fare for himself\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Orders below SR 116<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 18.06.1976, 10.06.1986 and 13.07.1993] \u2014 when the conveyance is sent under its own propulsion between places connected by rail: <i>\\\"Prescribed rates limited to expenditure on transportation by passenger train on rail.\\\"<\/i><br>Note: <i>\\\"Where the conveyance is sent under its own propulsion and the Government servant does not travel in the car, he\/she will be entitled to a separate fare by rail \/ air or to a separate road mileage for himself \/ herself. However, when the Government servant travels in his\/her own car, he \/ she will not be entitled to any separate fare by train \/ air.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Family members travelling otherwise than in the car get appropriate mileage allowance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 229,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant not authorised to travel by air on transfer travels by air with his family between two places connected by rail. He is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the air fares actually paid\",\r\n        \"the air fares actually paid, or the rail fares by his appropriate class, whichever is less\",\r\n        \"the rail fares by the appropriate class only, even if the air fares were lower\",\r\n        \"nothing, as he was not authorised to travel by air\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 116(a) I-A(i)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant travelling by air on transfer between places connected by rail and\/or steamer, is entitled to draw\u2014<br>(a) if he is authorized to travel by air on transfer, the air fares actually paid for himself and the members of his family; or if he is not so authorized, the air fares actually paid for himself and the members of his family, or the railway and\/or steamer fares which would have been paid had he travelled by the appropriate class by rail and\/or steamer, whichever is less\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 230,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant under the administrative control of the President is transferred to the control of another Government which has made its own TA rules. His travelling allowance for the journey to join the post under that Government and for the return journey is governed by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the Supplementary Rules\",\r\n        \"the Supplementary Rules for the onward journey and the other Government\u2019s rules for the return\",\r\n        \"the rules of the other Government\",\r\n        \"whichever rules are more favourable\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 126-A<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant under the administrative control of the President is transferred to the control of a Government which has made rules prescribing amounts and conditions of travelling allowance, his travelling allowance for the journey to join his post under that Government and for the return journey will be governed by the rules of that Government regulating travelling allowance on transfer.\\\"<\/i><br><b>Audit Instruction below SR 126-A<\/b>: <i>\\\"The Controlling Officer for the purpose of travelling allowance for the journey of a Government servant to join his post under a borrowing Government as well as for the return journey will be the Controlling Officer in regard to his post under that Government.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 231,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ON TRANSFER\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is transferred from Station A to Station B and again, within a reasonably short time, to Station C. He transports some personal effects directly from A to C. The total cost reimbursable for the moves A to B, B to C and A to C must not exceed:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the amount admissible from A to C alone\",\r\n        \"twice the amount admissible from A to B\",\r\n        \"the amount admissible from B to C alone\",\r\n        \"the amount admissible from A to B plus that admissible from B to C\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Audit Instruction (2) below SR 116<\/b> \u2014 he may recover the cost of carriage of personal effects from Station A to Station C subject to the conditions <i>\\\"(a) that the total weight carried from Station B to Station C and from Station A to Station C does not exceed the maximum limit prescribed in the rule, and<br>(b) that the total cost of transporting the effects from Station A to Station B, from Station B to Station C and from Station A to Station C does not exceed the amount admissible from Station A to Station B plus that admissible from Station B to Station C.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 232,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding travelling allowance for a journey to appear in an obligatory departmental examination:\\n1. It is admissible for the journey to and from the place of the examination.\\n2. It may not be drawn more than twice for any particular examination or standard of examination.\\n3. A competent authority may disallow it to a candidate who has culpably neglected the duty of preparing himself for the examination.\\n4. Daily allowance is admissible for halts at the place of examination.\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 130<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant is entitled to draw travelling allowance for the journey to and from the place at which he appears for an examination of any of the following kinds:\u2014<br>(a) An obligatory departmental or language examination.\\\"<\/i> ... <i>\\\"Provided that\u2014<br>(1) travelling allowance shall not be drawn under this rule more than twice for any particular examination or standard of examination; and<br>(2) a competent authority may disallow travelling allowance under this rule to any candidate who, in its opinion\u2014<br>(i) has culpably neglected the duty of preparing himself for an obligatory examination,\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 133<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Travelling allowance under this section should be calculated as for a journey on tour, but no allowance may be drawn for halts on the journeys.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 4 is wrong: no allowance is admissible for halts.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 233,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant travels to the place of an obligatory departmental examination, but cannot appear because the examination is cancelled at the last moment, the intimation not having reached him when he commenced the journey. Travelling allowance for the journey:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"may be sanctioned by the Ministry or Head of Department after due verification of the facts\",\r\n        \"is not admissible, as he did not appear in the examination\",\r\n        \"is admissible only for the onward journey\",\r\n        \"is admissible only if the examination is held again within one month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 130<\/b> [MoF OM dated 18.06.1966] \u2014 <i>\\\"if a Government servant actually performs the journey to the place of examination but he is not able to appear in the examination because of its cancellation at the last moment, that is, if intimation regarding the cancellation does not reach the Government servant at the time of commencement of the journey, the Ministries of the Government of India \/ Heads of Departments may sanction to the Government servant concerned travelling allowance after due verification of the facts, subject to the conditions mentioned in SR 130 and 133.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 234,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant proceeds directly from his residence to a centre to appear in a Hindi Typewriting examination and returns to his residence. The examination centre is 15 km from his residence, and his office is 5 km from his residence. He is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"only actual conveyance expenses by public conveyance\",\r\n        \"no reimbursement, since the office is within 8 km of his residence\",\r\n        \"travelling allowance under SR 130, since 15 km minus 5 km exceeds 8 km\",\r\n        \"travelling allowance under SR 130 for 15 km each way, with daily allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2)(b) below SR 130<\/b> [MHA OM dated 03.08.1966] \u2014 <i>\\\"In cases where the officer trainee proceeds direct from his residence for Hindi \/ Hindi Typewriting \/ Hindi Stenography examination to examination centre and returns to his residence, he shall be entitled to travelling allowance under SR 130 only if the distance from his residence to examination centre minus the distance from his residence to his office is more than eight kilometres. Where this condition is not satisfied, the officer trainee will be entitled to only actual conveyance expenses by public conveyance\\\"<\/i><br><br>15 \u2212 5 = 10 km, which is more than 8 km, so TA under SR 130 is admissible, calculated as on tour without halts (SR 133).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 235,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on leave appears in a Hindi examination. Both his office and his residence are more than 8 km from the examination centre. He may be allowed:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"no travelling allowance, as he is on leave\",\r\n        \"full travelling allowance as on tour, including daily allowance\",\r\n        \"actual conveyance expenses only\",\r\n        \"travelling allowance under SR 130, limited to the amount of daily allowance admissible\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2)(a) below SR 130<\/b> [MHA OM dated 02.04.1964] \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) In cases when both the office and the residence are at a distance of more than eight kilometres from the examination centre, the Government employees may be allowed travelling allowance under SR 130.<br>(ii) In other cases, the Government employees may be allowed (subject to the condition that the distance between the examination centre and office \/ residence is more than 1.6 kilometres) actual conveyance expenses by public conveyance between residence and the examination centre.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"The entitlement under (i) and (ii) above should be limited to the amount of daily allowance admissible\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 236,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A serving Stenographer appears in the proficiency test conducted by the Staff Selection Commission at a place other than his place of duty. Travelling allowance for the to and fro journeys is admissible:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"for the first and second attempts only\",\r\n        \"for every attempt\",\r\n        \"for the first attempt only\",\r\n        \"only if he qualifies in the test\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>C&AG\u2019s Decision (1) below SR 130<\/b> [dated 20.03.1982] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that travelling allowance may be granted for the to and fro journeys to appear in the above examination under SR 132 in respect of first and second attempts only. The period spent in the journey and the dates of examination in connection with the examination should be treated as duty\\\"<\/i><br><br>This is a special concession under SR 132, which lets a Competent Authority permit TA for examinations not listed in SR 130. The journey period and the examination dates count as duty.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 237,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A candidate summoned by the UPSC for interview for an advertised post travels by rail. The Commission\u2019s contribution towards his travelling expenses is restricted to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the fare of the class to which he would be entitled after appointment\",\r\n        \"a single Second class (Mail) railway fare by the shortest route from the railway station nearest his normal place of residence or from which he actually travels, whichever is nearer, and back, or the fare actually incurred, whichever is less\",\r\n        \"a single Sleeper class fare by the route actually used\",\r\n        \"AC 3-tier fare both ways, without any limit\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 132<\/b> [MHA Letter dated 08.01.1963] \u2014 <i>\\\"In respect of journeys by rail, payment of the Commission\u2019s contribution towards the travelling expenses of a candidate shall be restricted to a single Second class (Mail) railway fare by the shortest route to the place of interview from the railway station nearest to the candidate\u2019s normal place of residence, or from which he actually performs the rail journey, whichever is nearer to the place of interview, and back to the same station or the amount of railway fare actually incurred, whichever is less.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The payment is called a \u2018contribution\u2019. Candidates certify that no TA for the journey has been claimed from any other source.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 238,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following situations of a candidate called by the UPSC:\\n1. He is invited for interview on a particular date but, owing to administrative difficulties, is interviewed on another date soon after.\\n2. He is called for interviews for different posts on two dates so close that he cannot be expected to go back and come again.\\n3. He is required to take a written test followed by an interview on a subsequent date.\\n4. He stays on at the place of interview for personal reasons after the interview.\\nIn which of the above situations may halting allowance be granted?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 132<\/b>, para 3 \u2014 halting allowance may be granted <i>\\\"(a) Where a candidate is invited for interview on a particular date, but is not interviewed on that date due to administrative difficulties and is interviewed on another date soon thereafter;<br>(b) Where a candidate is called for interview for different posts on two different dates, the interval between these days being so short that the candidate cannot be expected to go back and come again; and<br>(c) Where a candidate is required to take a written \/ practical test followed by interview on a subsequent date.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"No halting allowance shall be admissible for the particular date(s) on which an interview or a written test is held.\\\"<\/i><br><br>A personal stay (4) is not covered. Halting allowance is paid only where it is cheaper than paying for two separate to-and-fro journeys.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 239,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is called by a Ministry for interview for appointment to a post that is not advertised and with which the UPSC is not concerned. He may be granted:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"full travelling allowance as on tour, including daily allowance for halts\",\r\n        \"a contribution limited to Second class rail fare\",\r\n        \"travelling allowance as on tour without daily allowance for days of halt\",\r\n        \"no travelling allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 132<\/b> [MoF OM dated 06.05.1966] \u2014 <i>\\\"Government servants called by Ministries \/ Departments \/ Offices for interview in connection with appointment to posts, which are not advertised and with which the Union Public Service Commission is not concerned, may be granted allowances for travelling not exceeding the amount of mileage allowance admissible for a journey on tour, i.e., travelling allowance as on tour without daily allowance for days of halt, from the headquarter station to the place of interview and back.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"No travelling allowance should be granted to persons who themselves apply for interview.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 240,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Scheduled Caste candidate, not in any Government service, is called for interview for a Group \u2018C\u2019 post filled departmentally. The recruiting authority may reimburse the Second class railway fare or bus fare for the distance:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"in full, both ways\",\r\n        \"exceeding the first 250 km each way\",\r\n        \"exceeding the first 32 km, only for the onward journey\",\r\n        \"exceeding the first 30 km, both ways, the fare for the first 30 km being borne by the candidate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 132<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 06.05.1960 to 02.11.1982] \u2014 <i>\\\"the recruiting authority may reimburse Second class railway fare or bus fare, chargeable by the shortest route from Railway Station \/ Bus Stand nearest to their normal place of residence or from which they actually perform the journey, whichever is nearer to the place of interview and back to the same station, provided that the fare of the first 30 km (thirty kilometres) in both cases (i.e., rail or road), is borne by the candidates and the reimbursement restricted to the fare in respect of the balance of distance exceeding 30 km both ways. No extra charges, if any, incurred for reserving seat \/ sleeping berth in the train will, however, be reimbursed to the candidates.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The 250 km threshold belongs to the scheme for unemployed candidates for Group \u2018A\u2019 and \u2018B\u2019 posts. 32 km is the road-mileage threshold for places not connected by rail.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 241,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding travelling allowance to SC\/ST candidates called for interview or written test for posts filled otherwise than through the UPSC:\\n1. It is not admissible to SC\/ST candidates already in Central or State Government service or in a Public Sector Undertaking.\\n2. It is admissible only for interviews against vacancies reserved for SC\/ST.\\n3. It also applies to Group \u2018A\u2019 and \u2018B\u2019 posts recruited otherwise than through the UPSC.\\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>GoI Order (4) below SR 132<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 06.05.1960 to 02.11.1982], para 5 \u2014 <i>\\\"The above concessions are not admissible to those Scheduled Castes \/ Scheduled Tribes candidates who are already in Central \/ State Government service.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"The concession will also not be admissible to SC\/ST candidates who are already in service in Central \/ State Government Corporations, Public Undertakings, Local Government Institutions and Panchayats.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (5) below SR 132<\/b> [MoF OM dated 17.02.1978] \u2014 extended to Groups \u2018A\u2019 and \u2018B\u2019 posts recruited otherwise than through the UPSC, and <i>\\\"SC\/ST candidates will be entitled to T.A. under the aforesaid orders irrespective of whether the interview \/ test is for appointment against posts reserved for them or not.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 2 is wrong.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 242,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"An unemployed candidate is called for interview for a Group \u2018B\u2019 post under the Central Government (not through the UPSC). The distance from his residence to the place of interview is 400 km. He is entitled to reimbursement of Second class railway fare or bus fare for:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"150 km each way, bearing the expenses for the initial 250 km each way himself\",\r\n        \"400 km each way\",\r\n        \"nothing, as Group \u2018B\u2019 candidates get no TA\",\r\n        \"the onward journey only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (8) below SR 132<\/b> [MoF OM dated 30.01.1976] \u2014 <i>\\\"(ii) Groups \u2018A\u2019 and \u2018B\u2019 posts : No travelling allowance will be admissible to candidates for journeys up to 250 km. For journeys in excess of 250 km, the candidate himself will have to bear the expenses for initial 250 km on each of the outward and return journeys. For the remaining distance (over the initial 250 km), a single Second class railway fare or actual bus fare, depending on the mode of travel, may be paid\\\"<\/i><br><br>400 \u2212 250 = 150 km each way. For Groups \u2018C\u2019 and \u2018D\u2019, tests are to be arranged so that no candidate travels more than 250 km. Under the 1977 clarification, unemployment may be certified by an MP, an MLA or a Gazetted Officer.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 243,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, a Government servant is entitled to travelling allowance for a journey made while proceeding on or returning from leave:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"always, as for a journey on tour\",\r\n        \"never, under any circumstances\",\r\n        \"only if the leave exceeds six months\",\r\n        \"only where a Competent Authority, for special reasons, permits travelling allowance as for a journey on tour\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 134<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Except as otherwise provided in these rules, a Government servant is not entitled to any travelling allowance for a journey made during leave or while proceeding on or returning from leave.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 135<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Competent Authority may, for special reasons which should be recorded, permit any Government servant to draw, for a journey of the kind specified in Rule 134, travelling allowance as for a journey on tour.\\\"<\/i> Note: <i>\\\"Travelling Allowance under this Rule will be regulated by the pay and grade of the post which a Government servant would have held had he not proceeded on leave.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 244,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is compulsorily recalled to duty, and his leave is thereby curtailed by six weeks. He is entitled to draw mileage allowance for the journey:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"from the place at which the order of recall reaches him to the station to which he is recalled\",\r\n        \"from his headquarters to the place where he was spending leave, and back\",\r\n        \"only at the discretion of the recalling authority\",\r\n        \"only if the leave was sanctioned on medical certificate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 142(a)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant is compulsorily recalled to duty before the expiry of his leave and the leave is thereby curtailed by not less than one month, he is entitled to draw mileage allowance for the journey from the place at which the order of recall reaches him, or, if the journey involves travelling by sea, from the port at which he lands in India to the station to which he is recalled. If the period by which the leave is curtailed is less than a month, mileage allowance may be allowed at the discretion of the authority recalling the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Six weeks is not less than one month, so mileage is an entitlement. Option (c) applies when the curtailment is less than a month.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 245,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in a Vacation Department is compulsorily recalled from vacation to duty in public interest. His travelling allowance is regulated:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"as for a journey on tour, without any condition\",\r\n        \"as for recall from leave under SR 142, treating vacation as leave\",\r\n        \"as for a journey on transfer\",\r\n        \"no travelling allowance is admissible, as vacation is not leave\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 142<\/b> [MoF OM dated 10.04.1987] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that where journeys are necessitated by compulsory recall from vacation, to duty, in public interest, travelling allowance will be admissible as for recall from leave, treating vacation as leave, under SR 142. All the terms and conditions stipulated in SR 142 will be applicable in such cases.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The SR 142 conditions therefore apply, including the one-month curtailment test.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 246,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, travelling allowance for a journey made after retirement, dismissal or termination of service is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"admissible as a matter of right\",\r\n        \"admissible only to those retiring on superannuation\",\r\n        \"not admissible unless expressly provided, though a Competent Authority may for special reasons permit it\",\r\n        \"admissible only within six months of retirement\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 146<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Unless in any case it be otherwise expressly provided in this section, no person is entitled to any travelling allowance for a journey made after retirement or dismissal from Government service or after the termination of such service.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 147<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Competent Authority may, for special reasons which should be recorded, permit any Government servant to draw travelling allowance for a journey of the kind mentioned in Rule 146.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The general TA-on-retirement scheme is made under SR 147.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 247,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on retirement wishes to settle permanently at a place which is neither his last station of duty nor his declared home town. Travelling allowance on retirement is admissible:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"only up to his declared home town\",\r\n        \"only up to the State capital of the place of settlement\",\r\n        \"not at all, as the place is not his home town\",\r\n        \"to the place where he and his family are to settle down permanently, by the shortest route\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 147<\/b> [MoF OM dated 11.07.1960, as amended] \u2014 <i>\\\"The travelling allowance referred to will be admissible in respect of the journey of the Government servant and members of his family from the last station of his duty to his home town or to the place where he and his family is to settle down permanently even if it is other than his declared home town and in respect of the transportation of his personal effects between the same places.\\\"<\/i> Para 2(i): <i>\\\"The concession will be admissible by the shortest route from the last place of duty of the Government servant to his home town or to the place where he and his family are to settle down permanently even if it is other than his declared home town.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 248,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Travelling allowance on retirement may be availed of by a Government servant at any time during his leave preparatory to retirement or within:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one year of the date of retirement\",\r\n        \"six months of the date of retirement\",\r\n        \"two years of the date of retirement\",\r\n        \"three months of the date of retirement\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 147<\/b> [MoF OM dated 11.07.1960, as amended], para 2(iii) \u2014 <i>\\\"The concession may be availed of by a Government servant who is eligible for it, at any time during his leave preparatory to retirement, or within one year of the date of his retirement.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"Powers to extend the time-limit of one year will be exercised by the Administrative Ministries \/ Departments with the approval of the F.A. concerned, in individual cases attendant with special circumstances.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 249,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"For travelling allowance on retirement, a member of the family of a retiring Government servant may be treated as accompanying him if the member precedes him by not more than one month or follows him within:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"three months\",\r\n        \"one year\",\r\n        \"six months\",\r\n        \"two years\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 147<\/b> [MoF OM dated 11.07.1960, as amended], Explanation \u2014 <i>\\\"A member of a Government servant\u2019s family who follows him within six months [ now one year vide G.I., M.F., O.M. No. 19030\/1\/76-E. IV (B), dated 30-1-1978 ] or precedes him by not more than one month may, therefore, be treated as accompanying him. The period of one month or six months, as the case may be, may be counted from the date the retiring Government servant himself actually moves. The claims of travelling allowance in respect of the family members will not be payable until the head of the family himself or herself actually moves.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Six months is the original limit and still the limit on transfer. On retirement it has been raised to one year, counted from the date the retiree himself moves.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 250,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following Central Government servants:\\n1. One who quits service by resignation\\n2. One who is compulsorily retired as a measure of punishment\\n3. A temporary employee retiring on superannuation after 12 years of service\\n4. One who is removed from service\\nTo how many of the above is the travelling allowance on retirement admissible?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Only one\",\r\n        \"Only two\",\r\n        \"Only three\",\r\n        \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 147<\/b> [MoF OM dated 11.07.1960, as amended], para 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"The concession is not admissible to Government servants\u2014<br>(a) who quit service by resignation; or<br>(b) who may be dismissed or removed from service; or<br>(c) who are compulsorily retired as a measure of punishment; or<br>(d) who are temporary employees with less than ten years of service retiring on superannuation \/ invalidation \/ retrenched.\\\"<\/i><br>Para 2(v): the concession <i>\\\"will also be admissible to temporary employees who retire on attaining the age of superannuation or are invalided or are retrenched from service, without being offered alternative employment, provided that they have put in a total service of not less than 10 years under the Central Government\\\"<\/i><br><br>Only the temporary employee with 12 years of service (3) is eligible: only one.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 251,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant retires and settles down at his last station of duty, but moves to a new residence there. His last month\u2019s Basic Pay was \u20b9 1,20,000. The Composite Transfer Grant admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Nil\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 32,000\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 40,000\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 96,000\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2-A) below SR 147<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 06.01.2022] \u2014 <i>\\\"it has been decided that for the purpose of Composite Transfer Grant in respect of Central Government employee who wishes to settle down at the last station of duty or other than last station of duty after retirement, the condition of 20 km. from the last station of duty, is done away with subject to the condition that change of residence is actually involved. To settle down at the last station of duty or other than last station of duty after retirement, full CTG would be admissible i.e. at the rate of 80% of the last month\u2019s basic pay. The employee has to submit a Self-declaration Certificate regarding change of residence\\\"<\/i><br><br>80% of \u20b9 1,20,000 = \u20b9 96,000. \u20b9 32,000 (one-third of 80%) was the earlier position for settling at the last station of duty, which the 2022 order removed. A change of residence is necessary, supported by a self-declaration.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 252,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is re-employed under the Central Government while on leave preparatory to retirement. The travelling allowance on retirement may be availed of by him:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"within one year of the date of his retirement only\",\r\n        \"within six months of the expiry of the period of his re-employment\",\r\n        \"within one year of the expiry of the period of his re-employment\",\r\n        \"not at all, having been re-employed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 147<\/b> [MoF OM dated 11.07.1960, as amended], para 2(vii) \u2014 <i>\\\"Where an officer is re-employed under the Central Government while he is on leave preparatory to retirement or within six months of the date of his retirement, the concession admissible under these orders may be allowed to be availed of by him within one year of the expiry of the period of his re-employment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>(Who bears the cost when re-employment begins without TA on retirement having been claimed is now governed by the 2022 orders below SR 107.)\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 253,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant availed of Leave Travel Concession to his home town six months before his retirement. His travelling allowance on retirement is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not admissible\",\r\n        \"admissible in full\",\r\n        \"reduced by the amount of LTC availed\",\r\n        \"admissible for personal effects only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 147<\/b> [MoF OM dated 11.07.1960, as amended], para 2(viii) \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant will be eligible to the retirement travelling allowance concession in full, notwithstanding the fact that he had availed of leave travel concession to home town or any place in India during one year preceding the date of retirement or commencement of leave preparatory to retirement.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 254,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A retired Secretary to the Government of India submits his travelling allowance claim on retirement. The claim may be countersigned by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the Cabinet Secretary\",\r\n        \"the Financial Adviser of the Ministry\",\r\n        \"his successor in office\",\r\n        \"the Controller General of Accounts\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 147<\/b> [MoF OM dated 11.07.1960, as amended], para 4 \u2014 <i>\\\"The claims of officers who were their own controlling officers before retirement, will, however, be countersigned by the next superior administrative authority. The claim of an officer who before retirement was employed as the Comptroller and Auditor-General or as a Secretary to the Government of India may be countersigned by his successor in office.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 255,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Regarding advance of travelling allowance for the journey on retirement, which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"It may be sanctioned for journeys at any time within one year of retirement\",\r\n        \"It cannot be sanctioned at all\",\r\n        \"It may be sanctioned only after the last pay certificate is issued\",\r\n        \"It may be sanctioned for journeys performed during leave preparatory to retirement, but not for journeys performed after the date of retirement\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (6) below SR 147<\/b> [MoF OM dated 30.11.1969] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that an advance of travelling allowance may be sanctioned by the authorities competent to sanction such an advance in cases of journeys performed during leave preparatory to retirement but not in case of journeys performed after the date of retirement.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 256,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant dismissed from service is required, on orders of the appellate authority for a de novo departmental enquiry, to attend the enquiry. His travelling allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"admissible as on tour, from the place where the summons reaches him and back, not exceeding the TA from his home town, at the pay of the post held before dismissal\",\r\n        \"not admissible, as he is no longer in service\",\r\n        \"admissible as on transfer\",\r\n        \"admissible as on tour, at the minimum of the pay scale of the post\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 147<\/b> [MoF OM dated 19.04.1980] \u2014 <i>\\\"the Government servant concerned may be allowed travelling allowance as for a journey on tour from the place where the summons to attend the enquiry reaches him to the place of enquiry and back but not exceeding that to which he would be entitled, had he performed the journey from his home town to the place of enquiry and back. The travelling allowance may be regulated in accordance with the pay of the post held by the Government servant immediately before his removal \/ dismissal or compulsory retirement.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 257,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Travelling allowance to the family of a Government servant who dies while in service is admissible provided the journey is completed within:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"six months of the death\",\r\n        \"one year of the death, extendable by the Administrative Ministry with the approval of the Financial Adviser in special circumstances\",\r\n        \"two years of the death\",\r\n        \"three months of the death\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 148<\/b> [MoF OM dated 15.09.1956, as amended], para 1 \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that in such cases the following concessions will be admissible to members of the families, as defined in SR 2 (8) for purposes of travelling allowance rules, provided the journey is completed within one year after the death of the Government servant.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (2) below SR 148<\/b> [DoE OM dated 21.12.2016] \u2014 <i>\\\"it has been decided that the above provision below SR 147 for extension of time-limit of one year with the approval of FA of the concerned Ministry, will also be applicable in case of family of the deceased Government servant.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 258,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following:\\n1. Travel by different modes, as entitled on transfer to the deceased Government servant\\n2. Transfer grant as admissible on transfer\\n3. Actual cost of transportation of personal effects on the scale admissible under SR 116\\n4. Actual cost of transportation of conveyance as on transfer\\n5. Daily allowance for the journey as on tour\\nWhich of the above are admissible to the family of a Government servant who dies while in service?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3, 4 and 5 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2, 3, 4 and 5\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 148<\/b> [MoF OM dated 15.09.1956, as amended], para 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) for journey by different modes. \u2014 Same as the entitlement on Transfer of the deceased Government servant while in service.<br>(b) Actual cost of transportation of personal effects on the scale as admissible under SR 116.<br>(c) Transfer grant as admissible on transfer.<br>(d) Mileage allowance and allowance for carriage of personal effects between railway station \/ bus stand and place of residence at either end.<br>(e) Reimbursement of actual cost of transportation of conveyance to home town or selected place of residence as on transfer\\\"<\/i><br><br>The scheme follows the transfer pattern. Daily allowance as on tour is not part of it.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 259,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following Government servants who die while in service:\\n1. One who dies while on leave preparatory to retirement\\n2. A retired Government servant who has been re-employed\\n3. A temporary Government servant who has rendered two years\u2019 continuous service\\n4. A permanent Government servant who dies while on tour\\nIn the case of how many of the above is travelling allowance admissible to the family under the orders on death in service?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Only one\",\r\n        \"Only two\",\r\n        \"Only three\",\r\n        \"All four\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 148<\/b> [MoF OM dated 15.09.1956, as amended], para 6 \u2014 <i>\\\"These orders will not apply to\u2014 ... (e) Government servants who die while on leave preparatory to retirement.<br>(f) Retired Government servants who have been re-employed.<br>(g) Temporary Government servants who have not rendered three years continuous service.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Only the permanent Government servant who dies on tour (4) is covered: only one. A death during leave preparatory to retirement falls under the retirement scheme instead.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 260,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"The travelling allowance admissible to the family of a deceased male Government servant is paid, in the first instance, to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the eldest surviving child who has attained majority\",\r\n        \"the nominee for Death-cum-Retirement Gratuity\",\r\n        \"the surviving widow, or the eldest of them if there is more than one\",\r\n        \"any person whom the Head of Office considers fit, on execution of a bond\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 148<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 04.02.1963 and 26.12.1963] \u2014 order of precedence:<br><i>\\\"(i) The surviving widow or the eldest among them if there be more than one surviving widows (not being a minor) if the deceased Government servant was a male officer, or the husband if the deceased was a female officer.<br>(ii) The eldest surviving (dependent) child of the deceased Government servant, provided that he\/she has attained the age of majority.<br>(iii) Any person who in the opinion of the Head of Office, if fit to receive payment on behalf of the minor(s), subject to the execution by such person of a bond, duly signed by two sureties\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 261,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"An advance to meet the travelling expenses of the family of a Government servant who dies while in service may be limited to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one-half of the probable amount of travelling expenses\",\r\n        \"the full probable amount of travelling expenses\",\r\n        \"one month\u2019s pay of the deceased\",\r\n        \"three-fourths of the probable amount of travelling expenses\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 148<\/b> [MoF OM dated 31.08.1961] \u2014 <i>\\\"(ii) The amount of the advance may be limited to three-fourths of the probable amount of travelling expenses that may be admissible under Order (1) above.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"(iv) Only one advance will be admissible irrespective of the fact that the members of the deceased Government servant\u2019s family travel in separate batches from the same or different stations.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"(vii) The advance will be interest free and will be treated as an \u2018advance recoverable\u2019.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The account of the advance is to be rendered within one month of completion of the journey, or of the last batch's journey.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 262,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS FOR EXAMINATIONS AND INTERVIEWS, ON LEAVE, ON RETIREMENT AND ON DEATH\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (subject) with List-II (Supplementary Rule):\\nList-I\\nA. Travelling allowance for journeys to attend an examination calculated as on tour, without allowance for halts\\nB. Competent Authority may permit TA as on tour for a journey on leave\\nC. Competent Authority may permit TA for a journey after retirement\\nD. Competent Authority may grant TA to the family of a Government servant who dies in service\\nList-II\\n1. SR 133\\n2. SR 135\\n3. SR 147\\n4. SR 148\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 133<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Travelling allowance under this section should be calculated as for a journey on tour, but no allowance may be drawn for halts on the journeys.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 135<\/b> \u2014 the Competent Authority may permit, for a journey of the kind in SR 134, <i>\\\"travelling allowance as for a journey on tour.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 147<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Competent Authority may, for special reasons which should be recorded, permit any Government servant to draw travelling allowance for a journey of the kind mentioned in Rule 146.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 148<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Competent Authority may grant to the family of a Government servant who dies while in service such travelling allowance as it deems fit.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 263,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant under suspension, permitted to reside at a place other than his headquarters, is required to attend the departmental enquiry against him. His travelling allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"admissible as on tour, from his headquarters or from his place of residence during suspension to the place of enquiry, whichever is less\",\r\n        \"admissible as on transfer, from his headquarters\",\r\n        \"admissible as on tour, from his place of residence during suspension in all cases\",\r\n        \"not admissible, as he is under suspension\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 153-A<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant under suspension who is required to perform journey to attend the departmental enquiry may be allowed travelling allowance as for a journey on tour from his headquarters to the place where the departmental enquiry is held or from the place at which he has been permitted to reside during suspension to the place of enquiry, whichever is less. No travelling allowance will, however, be admissible if the enquiry is held at the outstation at his own request.\\\"<\/i><br>Note: <i>\\\"His travelling allowance will be regulated by the grade to which he belonged prior to his suspension.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 264,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding travelling allowance of a Government servant under suspension:\\n1. No TA is admissible if the departmental enquiry is held at an outstation at his own request.\\n2. His TA is regulated by the grade to which he belonged before suspension.\\n3. If his headquarters is changed during suspension in public interest, his TA is regulated by the grade of the lowest post in his cadre.\\n4. He may be paid an advance of daily allowance, in addition to an advance of actual fare, for attending the enquiry outside his headquarters.\\nWhich of the statements given above are correct?\",\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, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 153-A<\/b> and Note \u2014 <i>\\\"No travelling allowance will, however, be admissible if the enquiry is held at the outstation at his own request.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"His travelling allowance will be regulated by the grade to which he belonged prior to his suspension.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (3)<\/b> \u2014 the Competent Authority can change the headquarters of a Government servant under suspension in public interest, and <i>\\\"the travelling allowance of the Government servant in such case should be regulated by the grade to which he belonged prior to his suspension\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (4)<\/b> [MoF OM dated 28.08.1985] \u2014 <i>\\\"Central Government employees under suspension, who are required to attend an inquiry in connection with their suspension, outside their headquarters may be paid advance of daily allowance in addition to advance of actual fare. The advance of daily allowance would be restricted to allowance admissible for the period of journey plus daily allowance for one day at the station of inquiry.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong: the pre-suspension grade applies here too.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 265,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant facing disciplinary proceedings travels to another station to peruse official records for preparing his defence. He may be allowed travelling allowance as on tour including daily allowance for halts, restricted to a maximum of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one day\",\r\n        \"two days\",\r\n        \"three days\",\r\n        \"seven days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 153-A<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 20.10.1959 and 01.04.1987] \u2014 <i>\\\"travelling allowance as for a journey on tour including daily allowance for halts (restricted to a maximum of three days only) may be allowed to the Government servants, whether on duty or on leave or under suspension, for the journeys undertaken by them to the stations where the official records are made available.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The conditions are three certificates. The inquiring officer certifies that the records are relevant and essential. The Competent Authority certifies that originals or copies could not be sent. The Head of Office certifies that the journey was performed with his approval. Two days is the limit for halt on a second medical opinion (GoI Order (4) below SR 162).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 266,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant performs journeys to attend a Special Police Establishment enquiry in a case in which he is suspected to be involved. Travelling allowance as on tour may be allowed if the journeys are performed:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"only after he is acquitted\",\r\n        \"only if he is not under suspension\",\r\n        \"only if the enquiry is held at his headquarters\",\r\n        \"under the direction of, or with the approval of, the Head of Office in which he is employed or was employed before suspension\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 153-A<\/b> [MoF OM dated 28.02.1959] \u2014 for journeys to attend a Police\/SPE enquiry <i>\\\"whether he is under suspension or not\\\"<\/i>, <i>\\\"travelling allowance as for a journey on tour may be allowed, to a Government servant for such journeys provided that they are performed under the direction of, or with the approval of, the Head of Office in which he is for the time being employed, or was employed before suspension.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The acquittal condition belongs to the other case in that order: journeys during suspension to appear in court as an accused.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 267,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is summoned to give evidence in a criminal case about facts that came to his knowledge in the discharge of his public duties. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He draws TA as on tour on a certificate of attendance from the court, and may not accept any payment of his expenses from the court\",\r\n        \"He draws TA as on tour, and may also accept his expenses from the court\",\r\n        \"He is paid only by the court at court rates\",\r\n        \"He gets no TA, the period being treated as leave\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 154<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) He may draw travelling allowance as for a journey on tour attaching to his bill a certificate of attendance given by the court or other authority which summoned him.<br>(ii) When he draws such travelling allowance, he may not accept any payment of his expenses from the court or authority. Any fees which may be deposited in the court for the travelling and subsistence allowance of the witness must be credited to Government.\\\"<\/i><br><br>SR 154 covers criminal cases, cases before a court-martial, civil cases to which Government is a party, and departmental inquiries. The absence is treated as duty (GoI Order (3) below SR 154).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 268,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant, not in receipt of permanent travelling allowance, gives evidence on facts within his official knowledge in a court situated within 8 km of his headquarters, so that no TA is admissible for the journey. He may:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"claim conveyance hire from his department\",\r\n        \"accept such payment of actual travelling expenses as the court may make\",\r\n        \"claim half daily allowance\",\r\n        \"claim nothing at all\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 154(iii)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"If the court in which he gives evidence is situated within eight kilometres of his headquarters and no travelling allowance is, therefore, admissible for the journey, he may, if he be not in receipt of permanent travelling allowance, accept, such payment of actual travelling expenses as the court may make.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The exception does not extend to a Government servant drawing permanent TA. Under the Note to SR 154, a Government servant summoned while on leave draws TA <i>\\\"from and to the place from which he is summoned as if he were on duty.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 269,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (purpose of attendance in a Court of Law) with List-II (treatment of the period of absence):\\nList-I\\nA. To give evidence on facts that came to his knowledge in the discharge of his public duties\\nB. To give evidence on facts that came to his knowledge in his private capacity\\nC. To serve as a juror or assessor, with the permission of the Head of Department\\nList-II\\n1. Duty\\n2. Casual or ordinary leave due\\n3. Special casual leave\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-3, B-2, C-1\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3)(a) below SR 154<\/b> [MHA OM dated 26.08.1957] \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) Where a Government servant is summoned by Courts of Law, whether criminal or civil, or by a Court Martial or by a properly constituted authority holding a departmental enquiry in India, to give evidence regarding facts which came to his knowledge in the discharge of his public duties, the period of absence will be treated as duty.<br>(b) Where the Government servant is summoned as a witness by the Courts or authorities referred to in (a) above to depose about facts which came to his knowledge in his private capacity, the period of absence should be treated as casual or ordinary leave as may be due to him under the rules. No special leave will be granted for this purpose.<br>(c) The period spent by Government servants in attending Courts of Law as jurors or assessors, with the permission of their respective Heads of Departments, should be treated as special casual leave, which should not be debited to the casual leave account.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 270,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"An oral enquiry under the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 is held at a station other than the headquarters of the charged Government servant, expressly at his own request. For his journey to attend the enquiry, travelling allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"admissible as on tour\",\r\n        \"admissible as on tour, without daily allowance\",\r\n        \"not admissible\",\r\n        \"admissible at half rates\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 154<\/b> [MoF OM dated 28.11.1967] \u2014 a Government servant who has to go to another station to appear before the inquiry officer <i>\\\"may be allowed travelling allowance as on tour under SR 154.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"No travelling allowance will, however, be admissible to the charged person if the enquiry is held at a place other than his headquarters expressly at his own request.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 271,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following persons attending a departmental inquiry:\\n1. A Central Government servant called as a witness by the charged officer\\n2. A Government servant nominated by the Disciplinary Authority to present the case in support of the charges\\n3. A Government servant assisting the charged officer in presenting his case\\n4. A private person appearing as a defence witness\\nWhich of the above are entitled to travelling allowance as on tour under SR 154?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 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: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (5) below SR 154<\/b> [MHA Letter dated 18.08.1960] \u2014 <i>\\\"1. Every Government servant who is called to give evidence in a departmental inquiry by either the Government or the Government servant against whom the enquiry is being held, shall be entitled to payment of travelling and other expenses as laid down in these instructions.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"Where the witness is a Central Government servant he shall be entitled to receive ... payment of a travelling allowance as on tour under SR 154.\\\"<\/i><br>Para 6: <i>\\\"The foregoing instructions shall also apply to a person nominated by the Disciplinary Authority to present the case in support of the charge before the authority holding the departmental inquiry or assisting the Government servant against whom the inquiry is held in presenting his case\\\"<\/i><br>Note below the order: <i>\\\"In the case of private persons appearing as prosecution or defence witnesses in departmental enquiries including those conducted by the Commissioner of Departmental Enquiries, T.A.\/D.A., shall be regulated in accordance with procedure laid down in G.I., M.F., O.M. No. F. 9 (19)-E. IV (B)\/67, dated the 2nd December, 1967, reproduced in Appendix-2 to this Compilation.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Persons 1, 2 and 3 are covered: a Government servant called by the defence as much as by the prosecution, the Presenting Officer and the Defence Assistant. A private person (4) is paid under the separate Appendix-2 orders, not under SR 154.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 272,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A retired Central Government servant is required to attend a departmental enquiry instituted against him. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He gets TA as on tour from his home town or post-retirement place of residence, at the pay of the post held before retirement, and may be paid an advance\",\r\n        \"He gets TA at court rates only\",\r\n        \"He gets no TA, being a retired person\",\r\n        \"He gets TA as on tour from his home town or post-retirement place of residence, at the pay of the post held immediately prior to retirement, but no advance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (6)(a) below SR 154<\/b> [MoF U.O. dated 20.11.1961] \u2014 <i>\\\"A retired Central Government servant required to attend departmental enquiry instituted against him may be allowed travelling allowance as on tour by the shortest route for the journey in connection with the enquiry from his \u201chome town\u201d (declared as such for the purposes of the Leave Travel Concession to Central Government servants) to the place of enquiry and back.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"The travelling allowance shall be regulated in accordance with the pay of the post held by the retired Government servant immediately prior to retirement.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"No advance of travelling allowance should, however, be paid in connection with such journeys.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 273,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A retired Government servant against whom judicial proceedings are instituted by Government after his retirement attends the court from an outstation. TA as on tour with daily allowance for halts is admissible to him:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"in all cases\",\r\n        \"only if the court does not pay him\",\r\n        \"only if he is honourably acquitted by the court\",\r\n        \"never, as he is a member of the public\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (6)(c) below SR 154<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 16.04.1985 and 25.02.1987] \u2014 retired Government servants against whom judicial proceedings are instituted by Government after retirement <i>\\\"may be allowed T.A. on tour, with daily allowance for halts, for the journey they have to perform from their home town\/place of residence to the place of judicial proceedings in terms of (a) above, as in the case of departmental enquiry, if they are honourably acquitted by the Court.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 274,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A retired officer is appointed as a Departmental Inquiry Officer. His TA\/DA entitlement is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"that of the lowest grade of serving officers\",\r\n        \"that of a non-official member of a committee\",\r\n        \"fixed by the Disciplinary Authority in each case\",\r\n        \"the same as he was entitled to immediately prior to retirement\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (6)(e) below SR 154<\/b> [MoF OM dated 16.08.1999] \u2014 <i>\\\"Retired officers appointed as Departmental Inquiry Officers should be given the same T.A.\/D.A. as he\/she was entitled to immediately prior to retirement.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Similarly, a retired Government servant acting as Defence Assistant is deemed to belong to the grade he held immediately before retirement (GoI Order (6)(d)).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 275,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant attends a Court of Law as a juror, drawing full pay for those days. The Court pays him (i) an amount as compensation for devoting his time to the Court\u2019s work, and (ii) an amount to meet his ordinary daily charges of conveyance and boarding. Which of these must he credit to Government?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"(i) only\",\r\n        \"Both (i) and (ii)\",\r\n        \"(ii) only\",\r\n        \"Neither (i) nor (ii)\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 155<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant summoned to give evidence in circumstances other than those described in Rule 154 or to serve as an assessor or juror in a Court of Law is not entitled, by reason of his position as a Government servant, to any payments other than those admissible by the rules of the Court. If the Court pays him any sum as subsistence allowance or compensation, apart from payment for travelling expenses, he must credit that sum to Government before drawing full pay for the day or days of absence.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (2) below SR 155<\/b> [MoF OM dated 28.04.1960] \u2014 such terms denote <i>\\\"payments of the nature of remuneration for devoting time to the work of the Court\\\"<\/i>, whereas payments <i>\\\"to meet the ordinary daily charges (cost of conveyance and of boarding and\/or lodging) incurred by him in consequence of his absence from his headquarters, being of the nature of Daily Allowance ... are, however, not prohibited by SR 155 and may be accepted\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 276,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (nature of legal proceedings) with List-II (travelling allowance for court attendance):\\nList-I\\nA. Proceedings in respect of matters not connected with the official duties or position of the Government servant\\nB. Proceedings by a private party in respect of matters connected with official duties, the defence being undertaken by Government with his consent\\nC. Proceedings instituted by the Government servant with previous sanction of Government to vindicate his conduct connected with official duties\\nList-II\\n1. TA as for a journey on tour\\n2. No TA admissible\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-1\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-2, C-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 155<\/b> [MoF OM dated 29.07.1960] \u2014<br><i>\\\"3. Proceedings in respect of matters not connected with official duties or position of the Government servant:\u2014No T.A. is admissible.<br>4. Proceedings instituted by a Government servant with the previous sanction of Government to vindicate his conduct arising out of or connected with the official duties or position:\u2014No T.A. is admissible.<br>5. Proceedings instituted by a private party against a Government servant in respect of matters connected with his official duties or position\u2014Defence undertaken by Government themselves, with consent of Government servant:\u2014T.A. as for a journey on tour may be paid to the Government servant concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>So A-2, B-1, C-2. Contrast proceedings in which he is <i>required by Government<\/i> to vindicate his conduct (item 2 of the order), where TA as on tour may be reimbursed, subject to his legal expenses being reimbursed under Article 320(3)(d).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 277,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant stationed where there is no Government medical officer is required to obtain a medical certificate from one. Travelling allowance for the journey is admissible for a certificate in support of an application for:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"an extension of leave only\",\r\n        \"an original grant of leave only\",\r\n        \"both an original grant and an extension of leave\",\r\n        \"fitness to return to duty\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 157<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"If a Government servant, being stationed where there is no medical officer of Government, is required to obtain a medical certificate from a medical officer of Government, he may draw travelling allowance for the journey undertaken to obtain that certificate.\\\"<\/i> Note 1: <i>\\\"Travelling allowance is admissible for a journey to obtain a medical certificate in support of an application for an original grant of leave but not for an extension of leave.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (1) below SR 157<\/b>: <i>\\\"Travelling allowance should not be paid to a Government servant for journeys performed by him to appear before a medical committee for obtaining a certificate of fitness to return to duty.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 278,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following journeys:\\n1. To procure a health certificate on first appointment to Government service\\n2. To appear before a medical committee for a certificate of fitness to return to duty\\n3. To appear before a medical board for further opinion on the necessity of leave recommended for an original grant of leave\\nFor which of the above journeys is travelling allowance admissible?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 only\",\r\n        \"2 only\",\r\n        \"3 only\",\r\n        \"2 and 3 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 157<\/b>: <i>\\\"Travelling allowance is not admissible for a journey undertaken to procure health certificate on first appointment to Government service.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (1) below SR 157<\/b>: no TA <i>\\\"to appear before a medical committee for obtaining a certificate of fitness to return to duty.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 157-A<\/b> \u2014 a Government servant who, having obtained a medical certificate for an original grant of leave, <i>\\\"is required to appear before a medical board, or to appear before a nominated medical officer of Government for further opinion as to the necessity for the leave recommended in that certificate, may draw travelling allowance for the journey undertaken to obtain that opinion.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Only journey 3 qualifies.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 279,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"An employee is sent to another station for a second medical opinion. Daily allowance for the halt at that station is admissible for a maximum of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one day\",\r\n        \"three days\",\r\n        \"nil, only the journey being covered\",\r\n        \"two days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 162<\/b> [MoF OM dated 30.05.1990] \u2014 <i>\\\"Government have agreed to the request of the Staff Side for payment of daily allowance for the period of halt at outstation, in modification of SRs 157-A and 162, subject to the following conditions:\u2014<br>(i) The payment of daily allowance shall be made for a maximum period of two days, calculated as on tour.<br>(ii) The employees should be sent for second medical opinion only in genuine cases and particularly when the employee is habitually on leave on medical grounds.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Before 1990, only the journey was covered. Three days is the limit for perusal of documents in disciplinary cases.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 280,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is directed by his official superior, in the interests of the public service, to apply for an invalid pension, and has to travel to appear before a medical board. He may draw:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"full travelling allowance as on tour, with daily allowance\",\r\n        \"his actual travelling expenses, subject to a maximum of the travelling allowance calculated for the journey\",\r\n        \"nothing, as the journey is preliminary to retirement\",\r\n        \"travelling allowance as on transfer\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 160(a)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant who is directed by his official superior, in the interests of the public service, to apply for an invalid pension may, if he be required to make a journey in order to appear before a medical board, draw his actual travelling expenses, subject to a maximum of the amount of travelling allowance calculated for the journey.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 160(b)<\/b>: where he voluntarily applies for invalid pension, a Competent Authority may allow the same actual expenses <i>\\\"provided that the authority is satisfied that the circumstances of the applicant are such as to justify the concession.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 281,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Which Supplementary Rule provides that, except as provided in Rules 157-A and 160, no travelling allowance is admissible for a journey undertaken to appear before a Medical Board?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"SR 158\",\r\n        \"SR 160\",\r\n        \"SR 161\",\r\n        \"SR 162\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 161<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Except as provided in Rules 157-A and 160, no travelling allowance is admissible for a journey undertaken in order to appear before a Medical Board.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The neighbouring rules:<br>SR 158: previous permission of the controlling officer for SR 157 journeys, if obtainable<br>SR 160: medical board preliminary to retirement (invalid pension)<br>SR 162: rates, calculated as on tour without halts\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 282,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A medical examination is ordered by the employing department to ascertain whether a Government servant is fit for continuance in service, and it is held at a station other than his headquarters. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He bears all expenses himself\",\r\n        \"Government bears only the fee, and he bears the TA\",\r\n        \"TA is admissible without halting allowance\",\r\n        \"Government bears the entire expenditure, including TA as on tour with halting allowance and any fee charged\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 162<\/b> [MHA OMs dated 12.09.1957 and 28.12.1957] \u2014 <i>\\\"The entire expenditure for medical examination conducted at the instance of the employing department to ascertain whether a Government servant is fit for continuance in service or not shall be borne by the Government. This will include travelling allowance as on tour with halting allowance where the medical examination is carried out at a station other than the headquarters of the Government servant concerned and also reimbursement of fee charged, if any, for such examination.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 283,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is deputed for training at an institute located at his headquarters station, 18 km from his normal duty point. For the training period he is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"no travelling allowance or daily allowance\",\r\n        \"full TA and DA as on tour\",\r\n        \"TA as on tour with 50% DA\",\r\n        \"daily allowance only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 164<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 26.07.1965 and 12.05.1966] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has been decided that in the case of Government servants deputed for training at centres\/institutions located at their headquarters station that such centres\/institutions should be deemed to be their temporary headquarters during the period of training. No travelling\/daily allowance is admissible in such cases whatever be the distance between their normal duty point and the institutions\/schools to which they are deputed for training.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The distance, 18 km here, makes no difference. If he has to attend two or more training places in a day, actual public-conveyance expenses between them may be reimbursed.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 284,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is deputed for a training course of 120 days at an institute in another station where boarding and lodging facilities exist, his pay and allowances not having been increased for the training. His daily allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"full DA for all 120 days\",\r\n        \"full DA for the first 30 days and half DA for the remaining 90 days\",\r\n        \"half DA for all 120 days\",\r\n        \"nil, as boarding and lodging exist\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 164<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 22.09.1975 to 12.12.1986] \u2014 <i>\\\"If the period of training does not exceed 180 days in duration and if the pay and allowances of the officer deputed for training have not been increased to meet the expenses of training, he may be allowed travelling allowance and daily allowance at the sliding scales as on tour\\\"<\/i>:<br>When boarding and lodging are not provided: First 180 days: Full D.A.; Beyond 180 days: Nil.<br>Training institutes where boarding and lodging facilities exist: First 30 days: Full D.A.; Next 150 days: Half D.A.<br><br>With boarding and lodging available, he gets full DA for 30 days and half DA for the next 90 days.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 285,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant from an outstation is deputed to a residential training programme where boarding and lodging at the institute are compulsory and provided at fixed rates. In lieu of daily allowance, he is entitled to a special allowance equal to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the actual expenditure on board and lodging only\",\r\n        \"the actual expenditure on board and lodging plus one-half of full DA\",\r\n        \"the actual expenditure on board and lodging plus one-fourth of full DA\",\r\n        \"full DA, without reference to the board and lodging charges\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 164<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 22.09.1975 to 12.12.1986], para 2 \u2014 <i>\\\"In all cases of Government sponsored training programmes which are residential, and where boarding and lodging at the training institute are compulsory and are provided at fixed rates, a special allowance in lieu of daily allowance will be admissible to Government servants deputed to undergo such training courses. The special allowance, irrespective of the period of the training course, will be calculated as follows\\\"<\/i>:<br>(i) Outstation participants: Actual expenditure on board and lodging plus \u00bcth of full D.A.<br>(ii) Local participants: Actual expenditure on board and lodging only.<br><br>Option (a) is the entitlement of a <i>local<\/i> participant. Participants permitted to stay outside the institution draw only normal DA (DoP&T OM dated 12.01.1988).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 286,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is deputed for training in India for a period exceeding 180 days. He may:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"draw only TA as on transfer\",\r\n        \"draw only TA as on tour, with full DA for the entire period\",\r\n        \"draw no TA, as the training exceeds 180 days\",\r\n        \"opt to draw either TA as on transfer, or TA as on tour with DA at the sliding scale for the first 180 days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (4) below SR 164<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 22.09.1975 to 12.12.1986], para (iii) \u2014 <i>\\\"Government servants deputed to undergo training in India for periods exceeding 180 days in duration may be given the option to draw either travelling allowance as on transfer or travelling allowance as on tour with daily allowance at the above scale for the first 180 days as at (ii) above.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 287,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding travelling allowance to probationers of the All India and Central Services deputed for institutional training:\\n1. No TA is allowed for the onward journey where the probationer joins the training institution direct on first appointment.\\n2. Daily allowance is admissible for the period of stay in the training institute.\\n3. TA under the normal rules may be allowed for tours to outstations undertaken from the institution as part of the training.\\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>GoI Order (2) below SR 164<\/b> [MoF OM dated 07.03.1968] \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) No travelling allowance should be allowed for the onward journeys in cases where the probationers join the training institutions direct on first appointment to Government service.<br>(ii) Travelling allowance as on tour may be allowed to the probationers who are already in Government service or who first join their respective Department or State of allotment and then proceed to join the training institute or where they move from one training institute to another. No daily allowance will, however, be admissible in any case for the periods of their stay in the training institutes; and<br>(iii) Travelling Allowance as admissible under the normal rules may be allowed for tours to outstations undertaken from the training institutions as part of the training.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 2 is wrong.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 288,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Directly recruited Assistant Section Officers undergo Foundation Training conducted by ISTM at an outstation institute outside the NCR. Which one of the following is admissible to them?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"One-side TA for reporting to the allocated Ministry\/Department on completion of the training\",\r\n        \"TA for the onward journey to join the training institute\",\r\n        \"Daily allowance for the training period\",\r\n        \"Reimbursement of boarding and lodging charges\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 164<\/b> [DoP&T OM dated 21.01.2016] \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) No Travelling Allowance may be allowed for the onward journey for joining the training institute;<br>(ii) No Travelling Allowance may be allowed to the probationers while they are taken for outstation for training activity;<br>(iii) Probationers have to pay boarding \/ lodging \/ transport charges, if any, from their pocket.<br>(iv) No daily allowance may be admissible.<br>(v) One side TA may be allowed to the participants while reporting for duty in the allocated Ministry\/Department on completion of the Training Programme from an outstation Institute\\\"<\/i><br><br>Any reimbursement already made for boarding and lodging is to be recovered.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 289,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Daily allowance to Central Government employees deputed for training prior to appointment to higher posts (pre-promotion training) is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not admissible\",\r\n        \"admissible\",\r\n        \"admissible only if the training exceeds 180 days\",\r\n        \"admissible only for the first 30 days\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7) below SR 164<\/b> [MoF OM dated 05.03.1992] \u2014 <i>\\\"It has now been decided that Daily Allowance will be admissible to the Central Government employees deputed for training prior to appointment to higher posts.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The Staff Side's demand in the National Council (JCM) was first refused and then accepted.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 290,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"When a Government servant is selected to undergo a course of training, the scale of travelling allowance fixed by the competent authority under SR 164:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"may exceed that of Government servants of similar status on duty at the place of training\",\r\n        \"must equal the TA on transfer\",\r\n        \"must be half the TA on tour\",\r\n        \"shall not exceed that admissible to Government servants of similar status on duty at the place of training\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 164<\/b> \u2014 the competent authority may decide the scale on which he draws TA for the original and last journeys and halts, for journeys on holidays and vacations, and for journeys during the course: <i>\\\"Provided that the scale so fixed shall not exceed that admissible to Government servants of similar status on duty at the place of training.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 291,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant deputed for training at a station goes out on tour to another station during the training. For determining the rate of his daily allowance, the halt at the place of training:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"is not deemed to have terminated\",\r\n        \"is deemed to have terminated, and a fresh halt begins on return\",\r\n        \"is deemed to have terminated only if the tour exceeds 15 days\",\r\n        \"is deemed to have terminated only if the tour is to another State\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (5) below SR 164<\/b> [MoF OM dated 17.10.1979] \u2014 <i>\\\"If a Government servant sent on training to a particular station goes out on tour to another station, the halt at the place of training should not be deemed to have been terminated for the purpose of determining the rate of daily allowance admissible to him.\\\"<\/i><br><br>This matches the general rule for halts: a halt is continuous irrespective of absences (GoI Order (3) below SR 73).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 292,\r\n    chapter: \"JOURNEYS DURING SUSPENSION, TO GIVE EVIDENCE, FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AND FOR TRAINING\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following journeys by a Government servant to Delhi:\\n1. To receive a gallantry medal from the President at a formal investiture\\n2. To attend a social function on invitation by the President\\nFor which of the above is travelling allowance admissible?\",\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: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (1) below SR 165<\/b> [MHA U.O. dated 03.10.1953] \u2014 <i>\\\"Government servants who come to Delhi to receive the gallantry medals from the President at formal investitures, will be allowed travelling allowance and daily allowance under the normal rules, the expenditure being borne by their parent office.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (2) below SR 165<\/b> [MHA Letter dated 16.06.1955] \u2014 <i>\\\"when officers are invited to attend social functions by the President and others, the journey undertaken in attending such functions should not be regarded as public duty and no travelling allowance claimed for such journeys.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 293,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"The provision by Government of special railway accommodation for the exclusive use of particular Government servants requires the sanction of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the President\",\r\n        \"the Ministry of Railways\",\r\n        \"the Department of Expenditure\",\r\n        \"the Head of Department\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 166<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The provision by Government of special railway accommodation for the exclusive use of particular Government servants requires the sanction of the President.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The related facility of requisitioning a First Class compartment under SR 170 <i>\\\"is withdrawn with effect from 1-2-1978.\\\"<\/i> (GoI Order below SR 170).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 294,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour is allowed free transit by railway on a free pass, otherwise than in accommodation reserved by requisition. His mileage allowance for the journey is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"admissible in full, as the pass is a facility of his post\",\r\n        \"reduced by the amount of the fare which, but for such free transit, he would have paid\",\r\n        \"reduced by one-half of the fare\",\r\n        \"not admissible, though daily allowance is admissible at half rate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 176<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant is entitled to or is allowed free transit by railway otherwise than in accommodation reserved by requisition, whether on a free pass or otherwise, the mileage allowance which he draws for the journey must, except in cases covered by Rules 82, 83, 84 or 85, be reduced by the amount of the fare which, but for such free transit, he would have paid. This rule applies to cases in which a free pass is issued on any railway, whether worked by Government or not. The reduction made must include the full number of fares covered by the pass, unless the Government servant certifies that he did not use the pass in respect of any fare or fares for which no reduction is made.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 295,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in receipt of permanent travelling allowance uses a free railway pass for journeys within his sphere of duty. He must:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"make no deduction, as permanent TA covers all journeys within the sphere\",\r\n        \"surrender the permanent TA for that month\",\r\n        \"deduct from his permanent TA for the month the amount of railway fares he would have paid without the pass\",\r\n        \"deduct one-half of the permanent TA for the days of journey\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 177<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant in receipt of permanent travelling allowance uses a free pass on a railway within his sphere of duty, he must deduct from his permanent travelling allowance for the month the amount of the railway fares which he would have paid if he had not travelled on a pass.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Compare the deduction for leave and similar periods under the orders below SR 23, which is calculated by days of absence.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 296,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is permitted to travel in AC 2-tier on payment of the AC 3-tier fare of \u20b9 1,200. The AC 2-tier fare for the journey is \u20b9 1,800. Under the Supplementary Rules, his mileage allowance must be reduced by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Nil\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 600\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,200\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,800\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 178<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant is permitted to travel by railway in a higher class on payment of a lower fare, his mileage allowance must be reduced by the amount by which the fare of the class in which he travels exceeds the fare actually paid.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Fare of the class travelled (\u20b9 1,800) minus fare actually paid (\u20b9 1,200) = \u20b9 600. The net effect is that he is reimbursed only what he actually paid.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 297,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant travels by sea, without paying passage money, in a steamer whose cost is borne by Government. He may draw:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"mileage allowance at the steamer fare of his entitled class\",\r\n        \"mileage allowance and daily allowance\",\r\n        \"neither mileage allowance nor daily allowance\",\r\n        \"no travelling allowance except daily allowance at the ordinary rates\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 180<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant travels by sea or river, otherwise than on payment of passage money, in a steamer the cost of which is paid by Government or by a local fund, he may draw no travelling allowance except the daily allowance at the ordinary rates prescribed in Supplementary Rule 51.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Under <b>SR 44<\/b>, if suitable accommodation on a Government vessel is offered, <i>\\\"It is not open to him to refuse to accept such accommodation and to draw mileage allowance.\\\"<\/i> Under the GoI Order below SR 186-A, daily allowance on Government vessels follows the 30% \/ 70% \/ full pattern by hours of absence.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 298,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on official tour is given a free pass by a private steamship company, without cost to Government and unconnected with his official status or duties. His mileage allowance for the journey is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not required to be reduced, since the pass is not connected with his official status or duties\",\r\n        \"reduced by the fare he would otherwise have paid\",\r\n        \"reduced by one-half\",\r\n        \"not admissible at all\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 181<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant is allowed free transit by sea or river steamer, otherwise than in a Government vessel, the mileage allowance which he draws for the journey must be reduced by the amount of the fare which but for such free transit, he would have paid.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"This rule does not apply to cases in which a Government servant is allowed a free pass by a steamship company without cost to Government; unless the free pass is issued in connection with his official status or duties or as part of a regular arrangement with Government for the conveyance of mails, etc.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The deduction would apply if the pass were linked to his official status or duties, or to a mail arrangement with Government.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 299,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant travelling by air in a Government machine wishes to take with him a person not entitled to travel in it. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"No payment is required if a seat is vacant\",\r\n        \"He must pay the full air fare for that person\",\r\n        \"He must pay to Government a first class full or half railway fare for that person, and obtain the sanction of the Head of Department\",\r\n        \"Such a person can never be carried\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 181-B<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant, when making a journey by air in a Government machine or in a machine chartered by Government for the purpose, shall pay a first class full or half railway fare, as the case may be, to Government on behalf of each person not entitled to travel in that machine who may accompany him.\\\"<\/i> Note: <i>\\\"If a Government servant wishes to take with him any \u2018non-entitled\u2019 person in a Government machine or in a machine chartered by Government, he should obtain the sanction of the Head of the Department or if he himself is the Head of the Department, of the Department of the Government of India administratively concerned. The sanctioning authority, in giving such sanction, should satisfy itself that no extra expenditure is caused to Government thereby.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 300,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour travels by a Government conveyance provided free of charge, and does not pay the cost of its use or propulsion. In addition to the daily allowance for the entire absence from headquarters, he is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"mileage allowance at half the road rate\",\r\n        \"an allowance for incidental expenses for the distance\",\r\n        \"mileage allowance limited to the bus fare\",\r\n        \"no further payment\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 182<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Except where otherwise expressly provided in these rules, a Government servant who uses a means of locomotion provided free of charge and does not pay cost of its use or propulsion may draw an allowance for incidental expenses at the rates admissible under SR 36.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (1) below SR 182<\/b> [MoF OM dated 29.06.1974] \u2014 <i>\\\"As the system of incidentals has been done away with from the 1st June, 1974 and as the Government servants will be drawing daily allowance for the entire absence from headquarters, no payment over and above the daily allowance referred to above will be payable to Government servants for the journeys undertaken in Government conveyance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The incidental allowance in SR 182 no longer exists; daily allowance is all that is paid.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 301,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant is provided with a Government conveyance for a journey on tour, but pays all the cost of its use and propulsion. He may draw:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"travelling allowance under the ordinary rules, subject to deduction of the fixed hire or charge fixed by a Competent Authority\",\r\n        \"daily allowance only\",\r\n        \"travelling allowance under the ordinary rules, without any deduction\",\r\n        \"the actual cost of propulsion only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 183<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When a Government servant is provided with means of locomotion as in Rule 182, but pays all the cost of its use or propulsion, he may draw travelling allowance under the ordinary rules, subject to the deduction of such fixed hire or charge as a Competent Authority may fix.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Under <b>SR 184<\/b>, SRs 182 and 183 do not apply to a Government servant or class declared inapplicable by a Competent Authority.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 302,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant travels 72 km in a day by a motor car supplied to him at Government expense on condition that he bears its ordinary cost of maintenance. If the mileage allowance of his grade is \u20b9 30 per km, the mileage allowance admissible to him for the day is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 960\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,620\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,860\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 2,160\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 185<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Government servant, who travels by a motor car which has been supplied to him at the expense of Government on the condition that he himself bears the ordinary cost of maintenance, may draw travelling allowance as for a journey on tour, but the amount of the mileage allowance which he may draw is limited by the following conditions:\u2014<br>(a) If he travels by the motor car more than 32 kilometres in one day, he may draw for the first 32 kilometres the mileage allowance of his grade and for the remainder of the journey three-fourths of such mileage allowance.\\\"<\/i><br><br>First 32 km: 32 \u00d7 30 = \u20b9 960. Remaining 40 km at three-fourths: 40 \u00d7 22.50 = \u20b9 900. Total \u20b9 1,860. \u20b9 2,160 ignores the reduction, and \u20b9 1,620 applies three-fourths to the whole distance.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 303,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A driver of a Government vehicle performs a journey on tour on the vehicle in his charge and returns to headquarters the same day. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He gets no TA, as there is no absence of at least one night\",\r\n        \"He may draw TA under the ordinary rules, but no overtime allowance for the period for which daily allowance is drawn; he may opt for either\",\r\n        \"He gets both daily allowance and overtime allowance for the same period\",\r\n        \"He gets only the incidental allowance under SR 182\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 186<\/b> \u2014 the chauffeur or cleaner <i>\\\"may draw travelling allowance under the provisions of Rule 182 if the journey involves an absence of at least one night from his headquarters. For a journey which does not involve such an absence he is entitled to no travelling allowance.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (1) below SR 186<\/b> [MoF OM dated 25.01.1979] \u2014 <i>\\\"a driver of a Government vehicle who performs a \u2018local journey\u2019 or journey on tour on the Government vehicle in his charge, may draw travelling allowance under the ordinary rules as admissible to other Central Government employees even if the journey does not involve an absence of at least one night from his headquarters. The drawal of travelling allowance by drivers for the journeys mentioned above is subject to the condition that no overtime allowance would be payable for the period with reference to which daily allowance has been drawn. The drivers will, however, have the option to draw either overtime allowance as admissible under the Overtime Allowance Rules or daily allowance on any day on which such journeys have been undertaken.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (a) is the original SR 186 position, which this order modified.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 304,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"The facility of drawing travelling allowance under the ordinary rules for local journeys or same-day tours on the Government vehicle in their charge is NOT available to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"drivers of staff cars\",\r\n        \"drivers with fixed weekly hours of work\",\r\n        \"drivers of Group \u2018C\u2019\",\r\n        \"drivers having beat duty\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Clarification below GoI Order (1), SR 186<\/b> [MoF OM dated 29.12.1980] \u2014 <i>\\\"it is hereby clarified that the provisions of above decision would not apply to drivers having beat duty.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Drivers with fixed weekly hours (such as in Civil Aviation) are covered, but the period beyond eight hours for which DA is drawn is excluded from overtime.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 305,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"A person who is not a Government servant is required to attend a meeting of a committee convened under proper authority. Under SR 190, which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A Competent Authority may grant him TA as for a Government servant on tour, declaring with due regard to his position in life the grade to which he shall be considered to belong\",\r\n        \"He can be paid only his actual travelling expenses\",\r\n        \"He is entitled to TA at the highest grade in all cases\",\r\n        \"He is not entitled to any TA\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 190(a)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"When any person, not being a Government servant, is required to attend any meeting of a commission of inquiry or of a board, conference, committee or departmental inquiry convened under proper authority, or is required to perform any public duties in an honorary capacity, a Competent Authority may grant him travelling allowance for the journey calculated under the ordinary rules for the journey of a Government servant on tour; and for this purpose may, with due regard to such person\u2019s position in life, declare by general or special order, the grade to which he shall be considered to belong.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 190(b)<\/b>: the Competent Authority may instead grant <i>\\\"his actual travelling, hotel and carriage expenses instead of travelling allowance under that clause, if it considers that such allowance would be inadequate.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 306,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"The power of a Competent Authority under SR 190(a) to grant travelling allowance to a non-official attending a meeting of a commission may be delegated to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the Head of Office of the non-official\",\r\n        \"the Government servant presiding over the meeting of that commission or body\",\r\n        \"the Drawing and Disbursing Officer\",\r\n        \"no one; it cannot be delegated\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 190(c)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"A Competent Authority may delegate the power conferred upon it by Clause (a) of this rule to the Government servant presiding over the meeting of the commission or other body which the person concerned is required to attend.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Detailed orders for non-official members of committees and commissions are in Appendix-2 of the compilation.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 307,\r\n    chapter: \"TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE WHEN MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARE SUPPLIED FREE\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (situation) with List-II (Supplementary Rule):\\nList-I\\nA. Free transit by sea in a Government vessel without paying passage money\\nB. Free transit by sea or river steamer otherwise than in a Government vessel\\nC. Free means of locomotion, the Government servant not paying the cost of propulsion\\nD. Means of locomotion provided, the Government servant paying all the cost of propulsion\\nList-II\\n1. SR 180\\n2. SR 181\\n3. SR 182\\n4. SR 183\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 180<\/b>: Government vessel, no passage money \u2014 <i>\\\"he may draw no travelling allowance except the daily allowance at the ordinary rates\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 181<\/b>: free transit otherwise than in a Government vessel \u2014 mileage <i>\\\"must be reduced by the amount of the fare which but for such free transit, he would have paid.\\\"<\/i><br><b>SR 182<\/b>: free locomotion, propulsion not paid \u2014 now only daily allowance (GoI Order below SR 182)<br><b>SR 183<\/b>: propulsion paid \u2014 <i>\\\"travelling allowance under the ordinary rules, subject to the deduction of such fixed hire or charge as a Competent Authority may fix.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 308,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"For travelling allowance purposes, officers of which rank and above may be declared as their own Controlling Officers?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Under Secretary\",\r\n        \"Section Officer\",\r\n        \"Deputy Secretary\",\r\n        \"Joint Secretary\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Decision below SR 191<\/b> [MoF OM dated 12.08.1994] \u2014 <i>\\\"(1) One\u2019s own Controlling Officers.\u2014All Officers of the rank of Under Secretary and above may be declared as their own Controlling Officers.<br>(2) In other cases.\u2014In respect of non-Gazetted and Gazetted Staff below the rank of Under Secretary, Under Secretary concerned may be the Controlling Officer.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"The tour programme, will, however, continue to be approved by Joint Secretary and equivalent concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Under <b>SR 191<\/b>, <i>\\\"A Competent Authority shall declare what authority shall be the Controlling Officer, for travelling allowance purposes, of each Government servant or class of Government servants.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 309,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"Even though an Under Secretary is his own Controlling Officer for travelling allowance purposes, his tour programme continues to be approved by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"himself\",\r\n        \"the Joint Secretary and equivalent concerned\",\r\n        \"the Deputy Secretary concerned\",\r\n        \"the Secretary of the Ministry\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Decision below SR 191<\/b>, para 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"The tour programme, will, however, continue to be approved by Joint Secretary and equivalent concerned.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Being one's own Controlling Officer covers signing the TA bill; it does not extend to approving one's own tours.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 310,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"Under the Supplementary Rules, which kind of travelling allowance bill may be paid without being signed or countersigned by the Controlling Officer, as a general rule?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Bill for daily allowance on tour\",\r\n        \"Bill for transfer travelling allowance\",\r\n        \"Bill for permanent travelling allowance\",\r\n        \"Bill for mileage allowance\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 192<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Except as provided in Rule 193, no bill for travelling allowance other than permanent travelling allowance, shall be paid unless it be signed or countersigned by the Controlling Officer of the Government servant who presents it.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Permanent TA is a fixed monthly allowance drawn with pay. Every other kind of TA bill needs the Controlling Officer's signature, except for the specified posts in SR 193.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 311,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"A Controlling Officer may delegate his duty of countersigning travelling allowance bills to a subordinate:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"at his discretion\",\r\n        \"only during his leave\",\r\n        \"never, under any circumstances\",\r\n        \"only where expressly permitted by a Competent Authority\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 194<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Except where expressly permitted by a Competent Authority, a Controlling Officer may not delegate to a subordinate his duty of countersignature.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 312,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant completes a journey on tour on 10th March. His claim for travelling allowance is forfeited if it is not preferred within:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"sixty days succeeding the date of completion of the journey\",\r\n        \"thirty days succeeding the date of completion of the journey\",\r\n        \"one hundred and eighty days succeeding the date of completion of the journey\",\r\n        \"one year from the date on which it became due\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7) below SR 194-A<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.03.2018] \u2014 <i>\\\"Consequent upon the issuance of General Financial Rule (GFR)-2017, vide Rule 290 of GFR-2017, time-limit for submission of claim for Travelling Allowance (TA) has been changed from one year to sixty days succeeding the date of completion of the journey.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"the claim of a Government servant to Travelling Allowance \/ Daily Allowance on Tour \/ Transfer \/ Training \/ Journey on Retirement, is forfeited or deemed to have been relinquished if the claim for it is not preferred within sixty days succeeding the date of completion of the journey\\\"<\/i><br><br>One year is the time-limit still printed in SR 194-A; it has been superseded. 180 days applies only to TA on retirement.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 313,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (travelling allowance claim) with List-II (time-limit for preferring the claim, succeeding the date of completion of the journey):\\nList-I\\nA. Journey on tour\\nB. Journey on transfer\\nC. Journey on retirement\\nD. Journey on training\\nList-II\\n1. 60 days\\n2. 180 days\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-1, C-2, D-1\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-2, D-1\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-2, D-2\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-1, C-1, D-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (8) below SR 194-A<\/b> [DoE OM dated 15.06.2021] \u2014 <i>\\\"it has been decided that the time-limit for submission of claims for TA on Retirement is modified from 60 days to 180 days (six months), succeeding the date of completion of the journey.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"The time-limit for submission of TA claim on tour, transfer and training will remain 60 days.\\\"<\/i><br><br>So A-1, B-1, C-2, D-1. The 2021 order also allows claims rejected under the 60-day limit since 2018 to be reconsidered by the Ministry concerned.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 314,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"On transfer, a Government servant completes his own journey on 5th June, his family travels separately and completes its journey on 20th June, and his personal effects are delivered at the new station on 30th June. The time-limit of sixty days for preferring the claim in respect of the personal effects is reckoned from the day succeeding:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"5th June\",\r\n        \"30th June\",\r\n        \"20th June\",\r\n        \"the date of his taking over charge at the new station\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7) below SR 194-A<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.03.2018], para 2 \u2014 <i>\\\"In respect of claim for Travelling Allowance for journey performed separately by the officer and members of his family, the dates should be reckoned separately for each journey and the claim shall be submitted within sixty days succeeding the date of completion of each individual journey. Similarly, TA claims in respect of transportation of personal effects and conveyance shall be submitted within sixty days succeeding the date on which these are actually delivered to the Government servant at the new station.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Each claim has its own date: 5th June for himself, 20th June for the family, 30th June for the personal effects. The date of taking over charge is irrelevant (GoI Order (4) below SR 194-A).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 315,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"For a Government servant who is NOT his own Controlling Officer, the date of submission of a travelling allowance claim, for the purpose of the time-limit, is the date of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"presentation of the claim at the Treasury or Cash Section\",\r\n        \"countersignature by the Controlling Officer\",\r\n        \"submission of the claim to the Head of Office or Controlling Officer\",\r\n        \"passing of the claim by the Pay and Accounts Office\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7) below SR 194-A<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.03.2018], para 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) In the case of Officers who are their own Controlling Officer. The date of presentation of the claim at the Treasury \/ Cash Section.<br>(ii) In the case of Officers who are not their own Controlling Officer. The date of submission of the claim to the Head of Office \/ Controlling Officer.\\\"<\/i> Para 4: <i>\\\"In the case of claims falling under category 3 (ii), which are presented to the Treasury after a period of sixty days succeeding the date of completion of journey, the date of submission of the claim will be counted from the date when it was submitted by the Government servant to the Head of office \/ Controlling Officer within prescribed time-limit of sixty days.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (a) is the rule for officers who <i>are<\/i> their own Controlling Officer.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 316,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"A travelling allowance claim of a Government servant has been allowed to remain in abeyance for more than one year. It should be:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"treated as forfeited\",\r\n        \"referred to the Department of Expenditure for relaxation\",\r\n        \"paid without any investigation\",\r\n        \"investigated by the Head of the Department and, if found genuine with valid reasons for delay, paid after usual checks\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7) below SR 194-A<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.03.2018], para 5 \u2014 <i>\\\"A claim for Travelling Allowance of a Government servant which has been allowed to remain in abeyance for a period exceeding one year should be investigated by the Head of the Department concerned. If the Head of Department is satisfied about the genuineness of the claim on the basis of the supportive documents and there are valid reasons for the delay in preferring the claims, the claims should be paid by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer or Accounts Officer, as the case may be, after usual checks.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 317,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding the time-limit for preferring travelling allowance claims:\\n1. It applies to claims for TA on transfer and for conveyance allowance.\\n2. It applies to Leave Travel Concession claims also.\\n3. Where an advance has been drawn and the claim stands forfeited for want of the adjustment bill in time, the advance is recovered in one instalment.\\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>GoI Order (1) below SR 194-A<\/b> [MoF OM dated 18.10.1967] \u2014 <i>\\\"This rules applies to transfer travelling allowance and conveyance allowance claims also but not to Leave Travel Concession claims which are governed by separate orders.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (3)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"the advance so drawn shall be recovered from his pay bill or any other dues in one instalment by the authority competent to sanction such an advance.\\\"<\/i><br><b>GoI Order (7) below SR 194-A<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/1\/2017-E.IV dated 13.03.2018], para 6: <i>\\\"These orders are not applicable in respect of Leave Travel Concession (LTC) claims which are governed by separate set of rules of DoP&T.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 2 is wrong.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 318,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"For a retired Government servant entitled to TA for attending a Court of Law in proceedings against him on being honourably acquitted, the time-limit for preferring the claim is reckoned with reference to the date of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"completion of each journey to the Court\",\r\n        \"pronouncement of the judgment of honourable acquittal\",\r\n        \"his retirement\",\r\n        \"institution of the proceedings\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (6) below SR 194-A<\/b> [C&AG Circular dated 03.09.1985] \u2014 <i>\\\"The retired Government servant becomes eligible for reimbursement of travelling expenses only when the judgment relating to his honourable acquittal is pronounced by the Court. The submission and forfeiture of Travelling Allowance claims under SR 194-A or Note 2 below Rule 82 of GFRs (Rule 289 of GFR 2017) would, therefore, be with reference to the date of pronouncement of judgment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The entitlement itself arises only on acquittal, so the limitation period runs from the judgment.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 319,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following:\\n1. To scrutinise the necessity, frequency and duration of journeys and halts, and to disallow TA for an unnecessary journey or an excessive halt\\n2. To scrutinise carefully the distances entered in TA bills\\n3. To satisfy himself that rail or steamer mileage has been claimed at the rate of the class actually used\\n4. To fix the rates of daily allowance for the Government servants under him\\nWhich of the above are duties of a Controlling Officer before signing or countersigning a TA bill?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 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: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 195<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"It is the duty of a Controlling Officer, before signing or countersigning a travelling allowance bill,\u2014<br>(a) to scrutinize the necessity, frequency and duration of journeys and halts for which travelling allowance is claimed, and to disallow the whole or any part of the travelling allowance claimed for any journey or halt if he considers that a journey was unnecessary or unduly protracted or that a halt was of excessive duration;<br>(b) to scrutinize carefully the distances entered in travelling allowance bills;<br>(c) to satisfy himself that mileage allowance for journeys by railways or steamer ... has been claimed at the rate applicable to the class of accommodation actually used\\\"<\/i><br><br>Fixing DA rates (4) is not his function. Rates are prescribed by Government under SR 51, with a Competent Authority's power under SR 52.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 320,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"Before countersigning the travelling allowance bill of a Stenographer who accompanied an officer on tour, the Controlling Officer should see that the particulars of the journey are certified by:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the Stenographer himself\",\r\n        \"the Drawing and Disbursing Officer\",\r\n        \"the Head of Office\",\r\n        \"the Gazetted Officer under whose instructions the journey was performed\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (2) below SR 195<\/b> [MoF OM dated 27.05.1952] \u2014 <i>\\\"it is essential that all Controlling Officers, before countersigning travelling allowance bills of non-gazetted officers (particularly of Stenographers, Personal Assistants and Group \u2018D\u2019 Government servants) should see that the particulars of the journeys are certified by the Gazetted Officer under whose instructions the journeys were performed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The order followed a case in which a Stenographer claimed TA for a journey he never performed.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 321,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant on tour stays free of charge in a State Government Circuit House. Which one of the following is correct?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"He must record full particulars of the free stay in his TA bill and claim daily allowance at the appropriate reduced rate\",\r\n        \"He may claim the full hotel ceiling, as he was entitled to it\",\r\n        \"He need not mention the free stay, since no money was paid\",\r\n        \"He gets no daily allowance at all\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (3) below SR 195<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 04.09.1953 to 19.02.1963] \u2014 touring officers who <i>\\\"stay, during tours, in Circuit Houses \/ Inspection Bungalows \/ Rest Houses, etc., without having to pay any charges for accommodation\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"should record on their travelling allowance bills full particulars of the facilities by way of free board and\/or lodging enjoyed by them ... and claim daily allowance at the appropriate reduced rate.\\\"<\/i> Para 2: <i>\\\"The suppression of any material information in this regard on his part would be regarded as a breach of discipline and would render him liable to disciplinary action.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 322,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant in Pay Level 9 has misplaced the boarding pass of an air journey performed on official tour. For his TA claim, he may:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not claim the air fare at all\",\r\n        \"submit a self-declaration certificate, which need not be countersigned\",\r\n        \"submit a self-declaration certificate in lieu of the boarding pass, countersigned by the Controlling Officer\",\r\n        \"submit an affidavit sworn before a magistrate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (6) below SR 195<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19030\/3\/2014-E.IV dated 23.06.2020] \u2014 <i>\\\"it has been decided that, in case, a Government servant is unable to submit the Boarding Pass along with TA Bill, he can submit a self-declaration certificate in lieu of Boarding Pass along with TA Bill. The pro forma for self certification is enclosed as Annexure. The pro forma needs to be countersigned by the Controlling Officer in case of officials below the Under Secretary level (i.e. from Pay Level 10 and below).\\\"<\/i><br><br>Level 9 is below Under Secretary level, so countersignature is required. Boarding passes remain the normal proof (DoE OM dated 08.10.2014).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 323,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant summoned by the UPSC for interview also performs official work at the place of interview and claims travelling allowance as on tour. Where this is known to the administrative authority, he must record in his TA bill a certificate that:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the official work could not be done by any other officer\",\r\n        \"the interview was held on a holiday\",\r\n        \"the UPSC has been informed of his tour\",\r\n        \"he has not claimed or drawn any travelling allowance from the UPSC in connection with the interview\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>GoI Order (7) below SR 195<\/b> [MoF OM dated 23.07.1958] \u2014 <i>\\\"where the Government servant claims travelling allowance as on tour for performing some official work at the place of interview, he should record a certificate in the travelling allowance bill to the effect that he has not claimed or drawn any travelling allowance from the Union Public Service Commission in connection with the interview, before he is allowed to draw travelling allowance as for a journey on tour.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The certificate guards against double payment from two sources.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 324,\r\n    chapter: \"CONTROLLING OFFICERS AND TIME-LIMIT FOR CLAIMS\",\r\n    question: \"Which Supplementary Rule provides that the right of a Government servant to travelling allowance is forfeited if the claim is not preferred within the prescribed time?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"SR 192\",\r\n        \"SR 193\",\r\n        \"SR 194\",\r\n        \"SR 194-A\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>SR 194-A<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The right of a Government servant to travelling allowance, including daily allowance, is forfeited or deemed to have been relinquished if the claim for it is not preferred within one year from the date on which it became due\\\"<\/i> (now sixty days, and 180 days for TA on retirement).<br><br>The neighbouring rules:<br>SR 192: Controlling Officer's signature necessary on TA bills<br>SR 193: classes presenting bills without countersignature<br>SR 194: no delegation of countersignature without express permission\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 325,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (Pay Level) with List-II (rate of Transport Allowance per month for an employee posted in a city listed for the higher rate):\\nList-I\\nA. Level 9 and above\\nB. Level 3 to 8\\nC. Level 1 and 2 (pay below \u20b9 24,200)\\nList-II\\n1. \u20b9 7,200 + DA\\n2. \u20b9 3,600 + DA\\n3. \u20b9 1,350 + DA\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-3, C-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-5, Order 1<\/b> [DoE OM No. 21\/5\/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017] \u2014 rates of Transport Allowance per month (cities in the Annexure \/ all other places):<br>Level 9 and above: \u20b9 7,200 + DA \/ \u20b9 3,600 + DA<br>Level 3 to 8: \u20b9 3,600 + DA \/ \u20b9 1,800 + DA<br>Level 1 and 2: \u20b9 1,350 + DA \/ \u20b9 900 + DA<br><br>So A-1, B-2, C-3. For \u2018all other places\u2019 the rates are exactly half for Levels 3 and above (\u20b9 3,600 \/ \u20b9 1,800), and \u20b9 900 for Levels 1\u20132.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 326,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A Central Government employee in Pay Level 10 is posted at a place which is not among the cities listed for the higher rate of Transport Allowance. His Transport Allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 7,200 + DA per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 3,600 + DA per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,800 + DA per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 900 + DA per month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-5, Order 1<\/b> [DoE OM No. 21\/5\/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017] \u2014 rates of Transport Allowance per month (cities in the Annexure \/ all other places):<br>Level 9 and above: \u20b9 7,200 + DA \/ \u20b9 3,600 + DA<br>Level 3 to 8: \u20b9 3,600 + DA \/ \u20b9 1,800 + DA<br>Level 1 and 2: \u20b9 1,350 + DA \/ \u20b9 900 + DA<br><br>Level 10 falls in \u20189 and above\u2019. At \u2018all other places\u2019 the rate is \u20b9 3,600 + DA. \u20b9 7,200 + DA applies only in the listed cities.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 327,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"An employee in Pay Level 2 draws pay of \u20b9 25,000 and is posted at Delhi, a city listed for the higher rate. His Transport Allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,350 + DA per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 900 + DA per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 3,600 + DA per month\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,800 + DA per month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-5, Order 1<\/b> [DoE OM No. 21\/5\/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017] \u2014 <i>\\\"Employees drawing pay of \u20b9 24,200 and above in Pay Level 1 and 2 of the Pay Matrix shall be eligible for grant of Transport Allowance at \u20b9 3,600 plus DA thereon at the cities mentioned in the Annexure and at \u20b9 1,800 plus DA thereon at all other places.\\\"<\/i><br><br>His pay of \u20b9 25,000 is at least \u20b9 24,200, so he gets the Level 3\u20138 rate: \u20b9 3,600 + DA in a listed city. \u20b9 1,350 + DA is the ordinary Level 1\u20132 rate there.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 328,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding Transport Allowance:\\n1. It is not admissible to employees provided with the facility of Government transport.\\n2. Employees with specified disabilities are paid at double the normal rates, subject to a minimum of \u20b9 2,250 per month plus DA.\\n3. An officer in Level 14 or above entitled to an official car may opt for Transport Allowance at \u20b9 15,750 per month plus DA, and may change the option at any time.\\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>Appendix-5, Order 1<\/b> [DoE OM No. 21\/5\/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017], para 2 \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) The allowance shall not be admissible to those employees who have been provided with the facility of Government transport.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"(iii) Physically disabled employees ... shall continue to be paid Transport Allowance at double the normal rates, subject to fulfilment of the stipulated conditions, which shall, in no case, be less than \u20b9 2,250 p.m. plus applicable rates of Dearness Allowance.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"(iv) ... In case, an officer opts to draw Transport Allowance @ \u20b9 15,750 p.m. plus D.A. thereon, he\/she will not be allowed to change his\/her option during the remaining period of his\/her current assignment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong: the option is locked for the rest of the current assignment. The one-time relaxation during COVID-19 applied only to changes made between 01.04.2020 and 31.12.2020.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 329,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"An employee drawing Transport Allowance is on tour from 10th March to 25th April. For which month(s) is the Transport Allowance NOT admissible?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"March and April\",\r\n        \"March only\",\r\n        \"April only\",\r\n        \"Neither month\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-5, Order 1<\/b> [DoE OM No. 21\/5\/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017], para 3(c) \u2014 <i>\\\"If an employee is absent from the Headquarters \/ Place of Posting for full calendar month(s) due to tour, he\/she will not be entitled to Transport Allowance during that \/ those calendar month \/ months. However, If the absence does not cover any calendar month(s) in full, Transport Allowance will be admissible for full month.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Neither March nor April is wholly covered by the tour, so the allowance is admissible in full for both. Leave follows the same full-calendar-month test (para 3(a)).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 330,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"An employee is placed under suspension from 16th June to 31st August. Regarding his Transport Allowance:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"it is admissible in full for all three months, if the suspension is later treated as duty\",\r\n        \"it is not admissible for July and August, and is reduced proportionately for June\",\r\n        \"it is not admissible for June, July and August\",\r\n        \"it is admissible in full for June and not admissible for July and August\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-5, Order 1<\/b> [DoE OM No. 21\/5\/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017], para 3(g) \u2014 <i>\\\"As a Government employee under suspension is not required to attend office, he\/she is not entitled to Transport Allowance during suspension where suspension covers full calendar month(s). This position will hold good even if the suspension period is finally treated as duty. Where suspension period covers a calendar month partially, Transport Allowance payable for that month shall be reduced proportionately.\\\"<\/i><br><br>July and August are fully covered, so nil, even if the period is later treated as duty. June is partly covered, so a proportionate reduction. Suspension is the only case with proportionate reduction; for leave and tour, a part-month makes no difference.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 331,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A Central Government employee in Pay Level 7 is posted in an office located at Gurugram (Gurgaon). His Transport Allowance is admissible at the rate applicable to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"Delhi, the higher-rate city\",\r\n        \"Delhi, since HRA there is at Delhi rates\",\r\n        \"\u2018Other Places\u2019\",\r\n        \"the city of his residence\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-5, Order 4<\/b> [MoF OM dated 07.03.2014] \u2014 <i>\\\"Transport Allowance to Central Government Employees posted in offices located at Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Noida should be regulated as per the rates applicable to \u2018Other Places\u2019\\\"<\/i><br>The special dispensation <i>\\\"was neither based on classification of Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, or Noida as \u2018A-1\/A\u2019 Class cities nor inclusion of any of these areas into Delhi (UA) for the purpose of HRA and CCA.\\\"<\/i><br><br>The HRA special dispensation for these towns does not extend to Transport Allowance. Note that Ghaziabad (UA) has since been listed separately for the higher rate in the 2015 city list.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 332,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"An employee with a benchmark disability, eligible for Transport Allowance at double the normal rates, is allotted Government accommodation within the campus housing his place of work. His Transport Allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"not admissible, as he does not commute\",\r\n        \"admissible at the normal rate only\",\r\n        \"admissible at half the normal rate\",\r\n        \"admissible at double the normal rates plus DA\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-5, Order 5<\/b> [DoE OM dated 12.07.2018] \u2014 <i>\\\"persons with disabilities employed in Central Government ... are eligible to draw Transport Allowance at double the normal rates + DA thereon, irrespective of whether they are residing within the campus housing the place of work and residence or Government or private accommodation within one km. of office.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Under the 2022 Master OM, the Certificate of Disability from the Certified Medical Authority is enough; recommendation by the Head of Department of a Government Hospital is no longer needed.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 333,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding Transport Allowance:\\n1. It is not admissible during deputation abroad.\\n2. During training treated as duty, it may be granted if no transport facility, TA or DA is provided for attending the training institute.\\n3. Vacation staff are not entitled to it at all.\\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>Appendix-5, Order 1<\/b> [DoE OM No. 21\/5\/2017-E.II(B) dated 07.07.2017], para 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"(b) During deputation abroad: The allowance will not be admissible during the period of deputation abroad.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"(d) During training treated as duty: The allowance may be granted during such training, if no Transport Facility \/ Travelling Allowance \/ Daily Allowance is provided for attending the training institute.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"(f) To vacation staff: Vacation staff is entitled to Transport Allowance, provided no free transport facility is given to such staff. However, the allowance shall not be admissible when such vacation spell, including all kinds of leave, cover the whole calendar month(s).\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong: vacation staff are entitled, except for whole calendar months of vacation.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 334,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (category of non-official nominated on a Committee\/Board\/Panel) with List-II (TA\/DA entitlement):\\nList-I\\nA. Retired Government official\\nB. Person from various fields\\nC. Eminent personality\\nList-II\\n1. As per his entitlement at the time of retirement\\n2. As admissible to officers in Pay Level 11\\n3. As admissible to officers in Pay Level 14\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2, C-3\",\r\n        \"A-1, B-3, C-2\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1, C-3\",\r\n        \"A-3, B-2, C-1\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-2, Section H<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19047\/1\/2016-E.IV dated 14.09.2017] \u2014 <i>\\\"I. Retired Government officials nominated as Non-official in the Committees\/Boards\/Panels, etc. : TA\/DA entitlement of these Non-officials will be same as per their entitlement at the time of retirement\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"II. ... TA\/DA entitlement of these Non-officials will be same as admissible to officers in Pay Level-11 (Pre-revised Grade Pay of \u20b9 6,600) in the Pay Matrix.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"III. ... TA\/DA entitlement of these Non-officials will be same as admissible to officers in Pay Level 14 (pre-revised Grade Pay \u20b9 10,000) in the Pay Matrix.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 335,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A local non-official from a professional field attends meetings of a Committee in the city where he lives. He is entitled to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"TA and DA as admissible to officers in Pay Level 11\",\r\n        \"only mileage allowance, by way of reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges up to \u20b9 338 per day\",\r\n        \"AC taxi charges as per actual\",\r\n        \"nothing\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-2, Section H<\/b> [DoE OM No. 19047\/1\/2016-E.IV dated 14.09.2017], para 2(ii) \u2014 <i>\\\"Other Non-officials nominated from various fields. \u2014 Reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up to \u20b9 338 per day for travel within the city.\\\"<\/i> Para 3: <i>\\\"(i) These TA \/ DA entitlements will be applicable in case of Non-officials coming from outside. Local Non-officials will not be entitled for TA\/DA.<br>(ii) Local Non-officials will be entitled for Mileage Allowance only.\\\"<\/i><br><br>AC taxi as per actual is the local entitlement of an <i>eminent personality<\/i>.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 336,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A non-official member of a Committee is allowed free lodging, but not free board, at the expense of a State Government. The daily allowance admissible to him is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"one-fourth of the admissible rate\",\r\n        \"one-half of the admissible rate\",\r\n        \"three-fourths of the admissible rate\",\r\n        \"the full admissible rate\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-2, Section A(iv)<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"he shall be entitled to only one-fourth of the daily allowance admissible to him under these orders. If only board is allowed free, daily allowance shall be admissible at one-half of the admissible rate. If only lodging is allowed free, daily allowance shall be admissible at three-fourth of the admissible rates.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Both free: one-fourth. Board only free: one-half. Lodging only free: three-fourths.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 337,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A non-official is appointed to a Commission for a period of two years. For joining the post and for going back to his home town on completion, which one of the following is admissible?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"First Class\/AC 2-tier fare for self and spouse only\",\r\n        \"Air fare for self only\",\r\n        \"No TA, as he is a non-official\",\r\n        \"First Class\/AC 2-tier fare for self and family, cost of transportation of baggage, and Composite Transfer Grant at the minimum of the pay scale or fixed pay of the post\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-2, Section A<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 19.06.1982 to 09.03.1988] \u2014 for appointments <i>\\\"for periods of one year or more, travelling allowance to join the posts and for going back to home town on completion of assignment may be allowed as follows:\u2014<br>(i) First Class\/AC 2-tier fare for self and for each member of family consisting of spouse and dependent children;<br>(ii) Cost of transportation of baggage (including car) and necessary incidental charges, as admissible to a First Grade Central Government Officer; and<br>(iii) Composite Transfer Grant at the minimum of the pay scale or fixed pay of the post to which non-official is appointed.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"In the cases of short term appointments (i.e., which are of less than one year\u2019s duration), only First Class\/AC 2- tier fare for the officer and spouse may be allowed.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (a) is the entitlement for short-term appointments of less than a year.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 338,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A non-official member of a Committee, whose permanent residence is at place X, travels to the meeting from place Y. His travelling allowance is worked out on the basis of:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the distance from Y to the venue\",\r\n        \"the distance actually travelled or the distance from X to the venue, whichever is less\",\r\n        \"the distance from X to the venue\",\r\n        \"the distance actually travelled or the distance from X to the venue, whichever is more\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-2, para 2<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"Members referred to in Sections \u2018A\u2019, \u2018B\u2019 and \u2018C\u2019 are eligible for travelling allowance for the journeys actually performed in connection with the meetings of the Committees, etc., from and to the place of their permanent residence to be named in advance. If any member performs a journey from a place other than the place of his permanent residence to attend a meeting or returns to a place other than the place of his permanent residence after the termination of the meeting, travelling allowance shall be worked out on the basis of the distance actually travelled or the distance between the place of permanent residence and the venue of meeting, whichever is less.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 339,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"An officer of a State Government is appointed as a member of a Committee set up by the Central Government. Unless decided otherwise in a particular case, his travelling and daily allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"regulated under the Supplementary Rules and borne by the Central Government\",\r\n        \"regulated under the State rules and borne by the Central Government\",\r\n        \"regulated under the rules of the State Government and borne by the State Government\",\r\n        \"not admissible\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-2, Section E<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"the expenses on their Travelling Allowance\/Daily Allowance in that connection incurred in accordance with the rules in force in the parent Government\/Body, should be borne by the respective Government\/Body, unless in any particular case it is decided otherwise. The same principle should be followed in the case of Central Government servants appointed to serve on or attending meetings of Committees, Commissions of Enquiry, etc., set up by the State Governments\/ Government Undertakings, etc.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 340,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant appointed as a Government Director on the Board of a Public Sector Undertaking undertakes a journey solely in connection with the affairs of the Undertaking. The expenditure on his travelling and daily allowance is:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"borne by his Ministry, and recovered from the Undertaking\",\r\n        \"met by the Undertaking at its own rates\",\r\n        \"shared equally between the Ministry and the Undertaking\",\r\n        \"met directly by the Undertaking, at the rates applicable to him under Government rules, without entering Government accounts\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-3<\/b> [MoF OM dated 12.02.1993] \u2014 <i>\\\"3.2 If such journeys are solely or mainly in connection with the affairs of the Undertakings, etc., the whole expenditure on travelling and daily allowance of the Government servants should be directly met by the Public Sector Undertakings\/Institutions concerned without the expenditure entering into the Government accounts.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"3.3 In case, however, the journeys and halts are mainly in connection with the affairs of the Government and only partly for the work of the Public Sector Undertakings\/Institution, the entire expenditure should be met by the Ministries\/Departments and no amount need be recovered from the Undertakings, etc.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"3.4 The entitlements of the officers should correspond to the entitlements under the Government rules.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 341,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A Government servant appointed in his official capacity as a Director of a private company, which receives no financial assistance from the Central Government, receives fees for attending its Board meetings. He:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"must credit the fees to Government, drawing only TA under the rules applicable to him\",\r\n        \"may retain the fees\",\r\n        \"may retain the fees up to one-third\",\r\n        \"must refund the fees to the company\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-3, Part B<\/b> [MoF OMs dated 16.04.1971 and 17.04.1972] \u2014 <i>\\\"such a Government servant shall draw only travelling allowance under the rules applicable to him and from the source from which he draws his pay and he should credit to Government whatever fees, travelling allowance or their remuneration which may be received by him from such bodies under their rules and regulations.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 342,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"Under the orders on travelling allowance for medical attendance and treatment, TA for a journey to obtain treatment is admissible only when the journey is outside the limits of the same city and exceeds:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"5 km each way\",\r\n        \"8 km each way\",\r\n        \"16 km each way\",\r\n        \"32 km each way\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-4<\/b> [MoF OM dated 14.12.1962, as amended including OM dated 06.11.1992], para 3 \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) the journey undertaken is outside the limits of the same city\u2014Municipal or Corporation area, Military Station, Cantonment Board area, etc., and exceeds 8 kilometres each way; and<br>(b) it is certified in writing by the authorized medical attendant or by the Specialist to whom the patient was referred ... that the journey was unavoidably necessary to obtain appropriate medical attendance and treatment\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 343,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A member of the family of a Government servant (not a CGHS beneficiary) has to travel within the same city, more than 8 km each way, for medical treatment, and the medical authority certifies that a conveyance was necessary. The conveyance charges admissible are:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"actual charges limited to mileage allowance at tour rates admissible to the Government servant\",\r\n        \"actual charges in full\",\r\n        \"actual charges limited to half the mileage allowance at tour rates admissible to the Government servant\",\r\n        \"nil\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-4<\/b> [MoF OM dated 14.12.1962, as amended including OM dated 06.11.1992], para 4 \u2014 <i>\\\"(a) For the Government servants.\u2014Actual conveyance charges limited to mileage allowance at tour rates under the rules in force (without daily allowance).<br>(b) For the members of their families.\u2014Actual conveyance charges limited to half the mileage allowance at tour rates (without daily allowance) admissible to Government servants themselves under the rules in force.\\\"<\/i> Note: <i>\\\"The above concession will not be admissible to CGHS beneficiaries for the present when they are referred to Specialists\/Hospitals for medical attendance and treatment by doctors in CGHS Dispensaries.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Option (a) is the Government servant's own entitlement.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 344,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following conditions for reimbursement of ambulance charges for conveyance of a Government servant or family member for treatment:\\n1. Medical authority certifies that any other means of conveyance would endanger the life of the patient or grossly aggravate the condition.\\n2. The ambulance belongs to Government, a local fund, or a social service organisation such as the Red Cross Society.\\n3. The ambulance is used within the same city.\\n4. The ambulance belongs to a private hospital.\\nWhich of the above are conditions for the reimbursement?\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"1 and 2 only\",\r\n        \"1, 2 and 3 only\",\r\n        \"2, 3 and 4 only\",\r\n        \"1, 3 and 4 only\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-4<\/b> [MoF OM dated 14.12.1962, as amended including OM dated 06.11.1992], para 5 \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) if it is certified in writing by the medical authorities mentioned in these orders that conveyance of the patient by any other means of conveyance would definitely endanger the life of the patient or grossly aggravate the conditions of his\/her health;<br>(ii) if the ambulance is used to convey a patient to a place of treatment or to convey a patient from one hospital to another for purposes of certain medical examinations, etc.;<br>(iii) if the ambulance used belonged to Government or local fund, or a social service organization such as the Red Cross Society, etc.; and<br>(iv) if the ambulance is used within the same City\\\"<\/i><br><br>Item 4 (a private hospital's ambulance) is not covered.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 345,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"A private person donates a kidney to a Central Government servant. The travelling allowance for the donor\u2019s journeys is reimbursable at the rates applicable to:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"the donor, as a private person\",\r\n        \"the lowest grade of Government servant\",\r\n        \"a non-official member of a Committee\",\r\n        \"the recipient Government servant\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-4<\/b> [MoF OM dated 14.12.1962, as amended including OM dated 06.11.1992], para 7 \u2014 <i>\\\"(i) If the donor is a private person.\u2014T.A. will be admissible at the rates applicable to the recipient Government servant; and<br>(ii) If the donor is another Government servant or his family member.\u2014T.A. will be admissible at the rates applicable to the donor Government servant.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 346,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"An attendant accompanies a Government servant to the place of treatment, the medical authority having certified that it is unsafe for the patient to travel unattended. The attendant is entitled to travelling allowance:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"both ways, at the rates admissible to a member of the family of the Government servant\",\r\n        \"at the rates admissible to the Government servant himself\",\r\n        \"one way only\",\r\n        \"at the lowest class of rail fare\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-4<\/b> [MoF OM dated 14.12.1962, as amended including OM dated 06.11.1992], para 6 \u2014 <i>\\\"An attendant\/escort will be entitled to travelling allowance both ways at the rates admissible under these orders to a member of family of the Government servant concerned, provided it is certified in writing by the medical authorities mentioned in these orders that it is unsafe for the patient to travel unattended and that an attendant\/escort is necessary to accompany him\/her to the place of treatment.\\\"<\/i><br><br>TA is also admissible if the attendant has to travel again to fetch the patient, on the same certificate.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 347,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"To be entitled to the maximum rate of conveyance allowance, a CHS Specialist\/Medical Officer must make on average, computed over three months, a minimum number of visits to the hospital, or domiciliary visits, outside normal duty hours per month. If the visits fall below a certain number, no conveyance allowance is admissible. These two numbers respectively are:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"15 and 5\",\r\n        \"20 and 6\",\r\n        \"20 and 10\",\r\n        \"25 and 6\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 1,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-6, Order 2<\/b> [MoHFW OM dated 01.12.2021] \u2014 <i>\\\"For entitlement to the maximum amount of Conveyance Allowance mentioned in Para. 2 above, every Specialist \/ General Duty Medical Officer is required to pay on an average (to be computed for a three month period) a minimum of 20 visits in a month to the hospital or 20 domiciliary visits outside his normal duty hours. Where however, the number of domiciliary visits or visits to hospital fall short of this minimum limit of 20 but not below 6, there should be a proportionate reduction in the Conveyance Allowance, subject to minimum grant of Conveyance Allowance of \u20b9 350, \u20b9 175 and \u20b9 130 p.m. In case of number of domiciliary visits or visits to the hospital falling below six in number, no conveyance will be admissible.\\\"<\/i>\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 348,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"With effect from 1st July, 2017, the maximum rate of conveyance allowance per month for a CHS doctor who maintains his own motor car was fixed at:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"\u20b9 1,950\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 2,350\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 7,150\",\r\n        \"\u20b9 8,937.50\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 2,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-6, Order 2<\/b> [MoHFW OM dated 01.12.2021, effective 01.07.2017] \u2014 maximum\/minimum rates per month:<br>(i) own Motor Car: \u20b9 7,150 \/ \u20b9 350<br>(ii) Scooter \/ Motor Cycle: \u20b9 2,350 \/ \u20b9 175<br>(iii) neither: \u20b9 1,950 \/ \u20b9 130<br><i>\\\"The amount of the Conveyance Allowance will go up by 25 per cent each time DA rises by 50 per cent as would be done in respect of other DA linked allowances.\\\"<\/i><br><br>\u20b9 7,150 is the rate as fixed. \u20b9 8,937.50 would be the figure after the 25% rise on DA reaching 50%. The question asks for the rate fixed w.e.f. 01.07.2017.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 349,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"Match List-I (Staff Side members of JCM) with List-II (TA\/DA entitlement with effect from 1st July, 2017):\\nList-I\\nA. National \/ Departmental Council\\nB. Regional \/ Office Council\\nList-II\\n1. As admissible to officers in Pay Level 12 and 13\\n2. As admissible to officers in Pay Level 11\\n3. As admissible to officers in Pay Level 14\\nSelect the correct answer using the code given below:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"A-1, B-2\",\r\n        \"A-3, B-1\",\r\n        \"A-2, B-1\",\r\n        \"A-3, B-2\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 0,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-7<\/b>, para 2 [DoPT OM dated 20.08.2018] \u2014 A. National \/ Departmental Council JCM: <i>\\\"TA\/DA entitlement as admissible to officers in Pay Level 12 and 13\\\"<\/i> (Economy class air or AC-I train, hotel up to \u20b9 4,500, food \u20b9 1,000, AC taxi up to 50 km); B. Regional \/ Office Council (JCM): <i>\\\"TA\/DA entitlement as admissible to officers in Pay Level 11\\\"<\/i> (Economy air or AC-II, hotel up to \u20b9 2,250, food \u20b9 900, non-AC taxi up to \u20b9 338).\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 350,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"Consider the following statements regarding Staff Side members of the JCM:\\n1. The time spent in attending meetings of the National\/Departmental Council, including travel time, is treated as duty.\\n2. Retired or ex-employee members may be granted an advance of TA\/DA up to 75% of the amount admissible.\\n3. TA for appearing before the Board of Arbitration as witnesses of the Staff Side is admissible to any number of persons in respect of each dispute.\\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>Appendix-7<\/b> \u2014 <i>\\\"The time taken in attending the meetings including the time for travel will be treated as duty.\\\"<\/i> <i>\\\"Retired \/ ex-employees of the Government who are Members of the Joint Councils may be granted an advance of T.A.\/D.A. to the extent of 75% of the amount admissible to them\\\"<\/i><br>Para 5: the period before the Board of Arbitration <i>\\\"should be treated as duty, and the normal T.A. should also be granted to them. This concession will, however, be restricted to a maximum of three persons in respect of each dispute referred to the Board of Arbitration.\\\"<\/i><br><br>Statement 3 is wrong: the limit is three persons per dispute.\"\r\n},\r\n{\r\n    id: 351,\r\n    chapter: \"TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE, NON-OFFICIALS, MEDICAL ATTENDANCE AND JCM (APPENDICES)\",\r\n    question: \"The Leader of the Staff Side of a Departmental Council of the JCM may be allowed additional special casual leave for preparing Staff Side cases of not more than:\",\r\n    options: [\r\n        \"five days in a year\",\r\n        \"seven days in a year\",\r\n        \"fifteen days in a year\",\r\n        \"ten days in a year\"\r\n    ],\r\n    correct: 3,\r\n    explanation: \"<b>Appendix-7<\/b>, para 1(7)(ii) \u2014 <i>\\\"Similarly, the Leader of the Staff Side and, at above the Departmental Joint Council Level, one Secretary from the Staff Side designated as such by the Leader, may be allowed additional special casual leave of not more than ten days in a year for preparing Staff Side cases\\\"<\/i><br><br>In addition, one day's special casual leave may be sanctioned for each Departmental Council meeting (no TA\/DA for those days), plus one day's duty on the preceding day for consultations, with TA\/DA.\"\r\n},\r\n];\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   4. SANITISE + INDEX\r\n   One malformed row used to blank the whole widget. Bad rows are now\r\n   dropped with a console note; everything else still works.\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; q.srcChapter=q.chapter; ok.push(q); }\r\n    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\nconst L = ['A','B','C','D','E','F'];\r\n\r\n\/* Progress key. A concept question keeps exactly the key the single-bank\r\n   page used \u2014 the chapter as written in the bank, then the id \u2014 so\r\n   progress saved before v3 carries straight over. PYQs get their own\r\n   prefix, so an id may repeat across the two banks. The key follows the\r\n   chapter string AS WRITTEN on the question, never the merged display\r\n   name below, so adding a PYQ can never re-key a concept question. *\/\r\nconst uid = q => (q.bank==='pyq' ? 'pyq##' : '') + q.srcChapter + '##' + q.id;\r\nconst BY_UID = new Map(QS.map(q=>[uid(q), q]));\r\n(function duplicateIdCheck(){\r\n  const seen=new Set(), dup=[];\r\n  QS.forEach(q=>{ const u=uid(q); if(seen.has(u)) dup.push(u); seen.add(u); });\r\n  if(dup.length) console.warn('[bank] duplicate id(s) within a chapter \u2014 these questions will share one '\r\n    + 'progress record: ' + dup.join(', ') + '. Give every question its own id.');\r\n})();\r\n\r\n\/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n   Chapters are keyed on their number, so the two banks do not have to\r\n   spell a chapter identically. 'Ch 2', 'CH 2: GENERAL OUTLINES...' and\r\n   'Chapter-2' all resolve to one chapter; the longest spelling found in\r\n   either bank becomes the display name. Appendices work the same way\r\n   (Appendix, Apndx, Appx, Annex, Annexure \u2014 digits or roman numerals).\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  \/\/ longest spellings first, or 'APPX 5' reads its own X as a roman numeral\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 = [...new Set(QS.map(q=>q.chapter))];\r\nconst BY_CH  = (()=>{ const m=new Map(); 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\n\/* chapters list in their own order \u2014 Ch 1..n, then Appendix 1..n, then\r\n   anything else alphabetically \u2014 never by score, so the list never\r\n   shuffles under you *\/\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\/* a bank that stores chapter names in block capitals is softened for display *\/\r\nfunction titleCase(str){\r\n  const t=String(str);\r\n  const letters=t.replace(\/[^A-Za-z]\/g,'');\r\n  if(!letters || letters !== letters.toUpperCase()) return t;   \/\/ already mixed case, leave it\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(\/\\bDpc\\b\/g,'DPC');\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)\r\n       : (c.length>26 ? c.slice(0,24).trim()+'\u2026' : c); };\r\nconst chBrief = c => { const m=String(c).match(\/^\\s*(?:CH|CHAPTER)\\s*(\\d+)\\s*:\\s*(.+)$\/i);\r\n  const cap=t=>t.length>36?t.slice(0,34).trim()+'\u2026':t;\r\n  return m ? 'Ch '+m[1]+': '+cap(titleCase(m[2])) : cap(titleCase(String(c))); };\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   5. CHAPTER WEIGHT\r\n   CFG.weightSource 'auto' (the default):\r\n     PYQs loaded          \u2192 COUNTED. A chapter's weight is its share of the\r\n                            PYQ bank, and the page uses exam language\r\n                            (\"12% of the exam\") because it is measured.\r\n     no PYQs, map filled  \u2192 your chapterImportance ratings (\"importance\").\r\n     neither              \u2192 each chapter's share of the bank.\r\n   Every phrase that could over-claim is drawn from the T table below.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\n\/* importance keys are matched on the chapter number, like the banks *\/\r\nconst impKey = chKey;\r\nconst IMP_INDEX = (function(){\r\n  const idx={}, used={};\r\n  Object.keys(chapterImportance).forEach(k=>{\r\n    const v = chapterImportance[k];\r\n    if(typeof v!=='number' || !isFinite(v) || v<0) return;\r\n    const key = impKey(k);\r\n    if(idx[key]!==undefined) console.warn('[importance] two keys collapse to the same chapter: '+k);\r\n    idx[key] = v; used[key] = k;\r\n  });\r\n  return {idx, used};\r\n})();\r\nfunction importanceOf(chapter){\r\n  const k = impKey(chapter);\r\n  if(IMP_INDEX.idx[k]!==undefined) return {value:IMP_INDEX.idx[k], key:k};\r\n  \/\/ last resort for un-numbered names: one contains the other\r\n  if(k.startsWith('T:')){\r\n    const target = k.slice(2);\r\n    const hit = Object.keys(IMP_INDEX.idx).filter(x=>x.startsWith('T:')).find(x=>{\r\n      const a=x.slice(2);\r\n      return a.length>3 && target.length>3 && (target.startsWith(a) || a.startsWith(target));\r\n    });\r\n    if(hit) return {value:IMP_INDEX.idx[hit], key:hit};\r\n  }\r\n  return null;\r\n}\r\n\r\nconst W = (function(){\r\n  const pyqCount={}, conCount={}, counts={};\r\n  CHAPTERS.forEach(c=>{ pyqCount[c]=inChB(c,'pyq').length; conCount[c]=inChB(c,'concept').length;\r\n                        counts[c]=pyqCount[c]+conCount[c]; });\r\n  const totalPyq=PYQ.length, total=QS.length;\r\n  const want = CFG.weightSource || 'auto';\r\n  const usePyq = totalPyq>0 && want!=='importance';\r\n  const weights={}, source={}, derived=[];\r\n  let unstocked=[];\r\n\r\n  if(usePyq){\r\n    CHAPTERS.forEach(c=>{ weights[c]=pyqCount[c]\/totalPyq; source[c]='pyq'; });\r\n  } else {\r\n    \/* hand ratings where given; share of the bank, on the same scale, where not *\/\r\n    const raw={}, matched=new Set();\r\n    let knownSum=0, knownShare=0;\r\n    CHAPTERS.forEach(c=>{\r\n      const hit = importanceOf(c);\r\n      if(hit){ raw[c]=hit.value; source[c]='rated'; matched.add(hit.key);\r\n               knownSum+=hit.value; knownShare += total?counts[c]\/total:0; }\r\n      else   { source[c]='derived'; derived.push(c); }\r\n    });\r\n    const scale = (knownSum>0 && knownShare>0) ? knownSum\/knownShare : 1;\r\n    derived.forEach(c => raw[c] = (total?counts[c]\/total:0)*scale);\r\n    let sum=0; CHAPTERS.forEach(c=>sum+=raw[c]);\r\n    if(!(sum>0)){ CHAPTERS.forEach(c=>{ raw[c]= total?counts[c]\/total:0; source[c]='derived'; });\r\n                  sum=CHAPTERS.reduce((a,c)=>a+raw[c],0)||1; }\r\n    CHAPTERS.forEach(c=>weights[c]=raw[c]\/sum);\r\n    \/\/ keys you rated that never found a chapter in the bank\r\n    unstocked = Object.keys(IMP_INDEX.idx).filter(k=>!matched.has(k)).map(k=>IMP_INDEX.used[k]);\r\n  }\r\n  const rated = !usePyq && CHAPTERS.some(c=>source[c]==='rated');\r\n  \/\/ chapters the paper has never asked from\r\n  const untested = CHAPTERS.filter(c=>pyqCount[c]===0 && conCount[c]>0);\r\n  return {weights, source, counts, pyqCount, conCount, total, totalPyq, derived, unstocked, untested,\r\n          measured:usePyq, rated, mode: usePyq ? 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Left alone, an\r\n   orphan still counts on the Flagged pill but matches nothing in the\r\n   pool \u2014 the count says 1, the list comes back empty. Drop them here. *\/\r\nfunction pruneOrphans(){\r\n  const gone = [];\r\n  ['flags','queue'].forEach(k=>{\r\n    const before = (P[k]||[]).length;\r\n    P[k] = (P[k]||[]).filter(u=>BY_UID.has(u));\r\n    if(P[k].length !== before) gone.push(k+': '+(before-P[k].length));\r\n  });\r\n  if(P.resume && P.resume.uid && !BY_UID.has(P.resume.uid)) P.resume = null;\r\n  if(gone.length){ save(); console.info('[storage] dropped entries for questions no longer in the bank \u2014 '+gone.join(', ')); }\r\n}\r\nif(QS.length) pruneOrphans();\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 = { only:null, qtime:{},\r\n            tab:'quiz', filter:'all', chapter:null, year:null, bank:'all', i:0, pick:null, nudge:false,\r\n            query:'', unattempted:false, ans:{}, order:[], explFor:null };\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   7b. SERVER SYNC \u2014 progress follows the WordPress account\r\n   Requires the Code Snippet \"CSS ADDA \u2014 Quiz Progress Sync v1.0\".\r\n   Logged out, offline, or snippet inactive \u2192 silently local-only.\r\n   Nothing printed into a (possibly cached) page is trusted: one live\r\n   admin-ajax call decides whether the visitor is signed in and hands\r\n   back a fresh nonce, so page caching cannot break sync.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nSYNC = (function(){\r\n  const cfg = window.CSSADDA_SYNC || {};\r\n  const AJAX = (cfg.ajaxUrl && String(cfg.ajaxUrl)) || (location.origin + '\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php');\r\n  let nonce = cfg.nonce || '';\r\n  let on = false, probed = null;\r\n  let busy = false, dirty = false, timer = null, retries = 0, pulled = false;\r\n\r\n  function body(action, extra){\r\n    const f = new FormData();\r\n    f.append('action', action);\r\n    f.append('nonce', nonce);\r\n    f.append('quiz_id', CFG.quizId);\r\n    f.append('page_id', cfg.pageId || 0);\r\n    Object.keys(extra || {}).forEach(k => f.append(k, extra[k]));\r\n    return f;\r\n  }\r\n  function post(action, extra){\r\n    if(typeof fetch !== 'function') return Promise.reject(new Error('no fetch'));\r\n    return fetch(AJAX, { method:'POST', credentials:'same-origin', body:body(action, extra) })\r\n      .then(r => r.json());\r\n  }\r\n  function freshNonce(){\r\n    if(typeof fetch !== 'function') return Promise.resolve(false);\r\n    try{\r\n      const f = new FormData(); f.append('action','cssadda_progress_nonce');\r\n      return fetch(AJAX, { method:'POST', credentials:'same-origin', body:f })\r\n        .then(r => r.json())\r\n        .then(j => { if(j && j.success && j.data && j.data.nonce){ nonce = j.data.nonce; return true; } return false; })\r\n        .catch(() => false);\r\n    }catch(e){ return Promise.resolve(false); }\r\n  }\r\n  \/* runs once: is this visitor signed in, and is the snippet live? *\/\r\n  function probe(){\r\n    if(probed) return probed;\r\n    probed = freshNonce().then(okNonce => {\r\n      on = !!okNonce;\r\n      console.info('[sync] account sync ' + (on\r\n        ? 'ON \u2014 quizId: ' + CFG.quizId\r\n        : 'OFF \u2014 not signed in, or the \"Quiz Progress Sync\" snippet is not active'));\r\n      return on;\r\n    });\r\n    return probed;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  function sitting(){\r\n    let n = 0, ok = 0;\r\n    Object.keys(S.ans || {}).forEach(u => {\r\n      const q = BY_UID.get(u); if(!q) return;\r\n      n++; if(q.correct === S.ans[u]) ok++;\r\n    });\r\n    return { n:n, ok:ok };\r\n  }\r\n  function fields(){\r\n    const s = sitting();\r\n    return {\r\n      payload   : JSON.stringify(P),\r\n      score     : s.ok,\r\n      total     : s.n,\r\n      seconds   : P.startedAt ? Math.round((Date.now() - P.startedAt)\/1000) : 0,\r\n      attempt_id: P.attemptId || 0\r\n    };\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  function push(){ dirty = true; clearTimeout(timer); timer = setTimeout(flush, 1200); }\r\n\r\n  function flush(){\r\n    if(busy || !dirty) return;\r\n    if(!on){ probe().then(okp => { if(okp) flush(); }); return; }   \/\/ wait for the probe, then send\r\n    busy = true; dirty = false;\r\n    post('cssadda_progress_save', fields()).then(j => {\r\n      busy = false;\r\n      if(j && j.success){\r\n        retries = 0;\r\n        if(j.data){\r\n          if(j.data.attempt_id) P.attemptId = j.data.attempt_id;\r\n          if(j.data.updatedAt)  P.updatedAt = j.data.updatedAt;\r\n        }\r\n        try{ localStorage.setItem(KEY, JSON.stringify(P)); }catch(e){}\r\n      } else if(j && j.data && j.data.code === 'bad_nonce' && retries < 2){\r\n        retries++; freshNonce().then(okNonce => { if(okNonce){ dirty = true; flush(); } });\r\n      } else {\r\n        dirty = true;                       \/\/ retry on the next save\r\n      }\r\n    }).catch(() => { busy = false; dirty = true; });\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  function flushNow(){ clearTimeout(timer); dirty = true; flush(); }\r\n\r\n  \/* survives the tab being closed mid-sitting *\/\r\n  function beacon(){\r\n    if(!on || !navigator.sendBeacon) return;\r\n    try{ navigator.sendBeacon(AJAX, body('cssadda_progress_save', fields())); }catch(e){}\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  const answered = r => (r && r.ans && typeof r.ans==='object' && Object.keys(r.ans).length) ? r : null;\r\n\r\n  \/* merge, so one device can never wipe another *\/\r\n  function merge(local, remote){\r\n    if(!remote || typeof remote !== 'object' || remote.schema !== SCHEMA) return local;\r\n    const out = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(local));\r\n    if(!out.stats) out.stats = {};\r\n\r\n    \/\/ per question, keep whichever record carries more attempts\r\n    Object.keys(remote.stats || {}).forEach(u => {\r\n      const r = remote.stats[u], l = out.stats[u];\r\n      const rn = (r.correct||0) + (r.incorrect||0);\r\n      const ln = l ? (l.correct||0) + (l.incorrect||0) : -1;\r\n      if(rn > ln) out.stats[u] = r;\r\n    });\r\n\r\n    const seen = new Set();\r\n    out.log = (local.log||[]).concat(remote.log||[])\r\n      .filter(x => x && x.ts)\r\n      .sort((a,b) => a.ts - b.ts)\r\n      .filter(x => { const k = x.u + '|' + x.ts; if(seen.has(k)) return false; seen.add(k); return true; })\r\n      .slice(-400);\r\n\r\n    \/* flags, the built session and the sitting belong to whichever side is newer *\/\r\n    const lt = local.updatedAt || 0, rt = remote.updatedAt || 0;\r\n    const la = answered(local.resume)  ? Object.keys(local.resume.ans).length  : 0;\r\n    const ra = answered(remote.resume) ? Object.keys(remote.resume.ans).length : 0;\r\n    const newer = ((rt > lt) || (rt === lt && ra > la)) ? remote : local;\r\n\r\n    out.flags      = (newer.flags || []).slice();\r\n    out.queue      = newer.queue || [];\r\n    out.queueLabel = newer.queueLabel || '';\r\n    out.queueKind  = newer.queueKind || '';\r\n    out.attemptId  = newer.attemptId || 0;\r\n    out.startedAt  = newer.startedAt || 0;\r\n    \/* an empty sitting must never overwrite a real one *\/\r\n    out.resume     = answered(newer.resume) || answered(local.resume) || newer.resume || null;\r\n    out.updatedAt  = Math.max(lt, rt);\r\n    return out;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  function pull(){\r\n    if(pulled) return;\r\n    pulled = true;\r\n    probe().then(okp => { if(okp) load(); });\r\n  }\r\n  function load(){\r\n    post('cssadda_progress_load', {}).then(j => {\r\n      if(!j || !j.success){\r\n        if(j && j.data && j.data.code === 'bad_nonce' && retries < 2){\r\n          retries++; freshNonce().then(okNonce => { if(okNonce) load(); });\r\n        }\r\n        return;\r\n      }\r\n      const raw = j.data && j.data.payload;\r\n      if(!raw){ push(); return; }                 \/\/ first device \u2014 seed the server\r\n\r\n      let remote = null;\r\n      try{ remote = JSON.parse(raw); }catch(e){ return; }\r\n\r\n      const before = Object.keys(P.stats || {}).length;\r\n      const hadSitting = Object.keys(S.ans || {}).length;\r\n      P = merge(P, remote);\r\n      ['weak','flags','log','queue'].forEach(k=>{ if(!Array.isArray(P[k])) P[k]=[]; });\r\n      if(!P.stats) P.stats = {};\r\n      if(QS.length) pruneOrphans();\r\n\r\n      flags.clear(); (P.flags || []).forEach(u => flags.add(u));\r\n      refreshWeak();\r\n\r\n      \/* nothing answered here yet, but another device has a sitting \u2014 pick it up *\/\r\n      if(!hadSitting && answered(P.resume)){\r\n        const at = restoreResume();\r\n        if(at !== 0 && !document.querySelector('#cdRoot .resumebar')) resumeBar(at);\r\n      }\r\n      save(); render(); hdr();\r\n      if(S.tab==='perf') renderPerf();\r\n\r\n      if(Object.keys(P.stats || {}).length > before) toast('Progress restored from your account', true);\r\n    }).catch(() => {});\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  window.addEventListener('pagehide', beacon);\r\n  document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => { if(document.hidden) flushNow(); });\r\n  return { push:push, pull:pull, flushNow:flushNow, probe:probe, get enabled(){ return on; } };\r\n})();\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, source:W.source[c], 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. PYQ PAPER \u2014 real papers only, spread across chapters the way the\r\n   exam spreads them, favouring what you have seen least.\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(){\r\n  const rows = chapterRows().filter(r=>r.pyq.count>0);\r\n  if(!rows.length) return 0;\r\n  const n = Math.min(CFG.pyqSize, PYQ.length);\r\n  const alloc = allocate(rows.map(r=>Object.assign({},r,{count:r.pyq.count})), n, r=>r.weight);\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  const picked=[];\r\n  alloc.forEach(({r,slots})=>{\r\n    if(!slots) return;\r\n    picked.push(...sampleWeighted(inChB(r.chapter,'pyq').slice(), 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  });\r\n  shuffle(picked);\r\n  P.queue = picked.map(uid);\r\n  P.queueLabel = 'PYQ paper';\r\n  P.queueKind = 'pyq';\r\n  save();\r\n  return picked.length;\r\n}\r\n\/* a queue saved by the older page (kinds 'focus' \/ 'mock') is ignored *\/\r\nconst liveQueue = () => (P.queueKind==='focus' || P.queueKind==='mock') ? [] : (P.queue||[]);\r\n\/* a new sitting: answers and times start clean *\/\r\nfunction newSitting(){\r\n  S.ans={}; S.qtime={};\r\n  S.explFor=null; S.only=null; P.startedAt=0; P.attemptId=0;\r\n}\r\nfunction startSession(){\r\n  const had = liveQueue().length;\r\n  const n = buildSession();\r\n  if(!n){ toast('No previous year questions to build a paper from'); return; }\r\n  newSitting(); clearResume();                  \/\/ a new sitting starts clean\r\n  setTab('quiz'); setFilter('session');\r\n  toast('PYQ paper ready \u2014 '+n+' questions'+(had?' (previous paper replaced)':''), true);\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   11. POOL \/ FILTERS\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction pool(base){\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==='year') p = S.year==null ? [] : PYQ.filter(q=>String(q.year)===String(S.year));\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 = liveQueue().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(base) return p;                       \/\/ the SET \u2014 what the scorecard scores\r\n  if(S.unattempted) p = p.filter(q=>S.ans[uid(q)]==null);\r\n  if(S.only==='wrong') p = p.filter(q=>{ const a=S.ans[uid(q)]; return a!=null && a!==q.correct; });\r\n  if(S.only==='blank') p = p.filter(q=>S.ans[uid(q)]==null);\r\n  return p;\r\n}\r\nconst setPool = () => pool(true);\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\nlet QNUM = '';                               \/\/ set by render() just before each stem is built\r\nconst QN = () => '<span class=\"qno\">' + (QNUM || 'Q.') + '<\/span>';\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=$('toast'); t.innerHTML=msg; t.className='toast show'+(ok?' ok':'');\r\n  clearTimeout(toastTimer); toastTimer=setTimeout(()=>t.className='toast',3000);\r\n}\r\nconst SRC_ON = !!(CFG.sourceUrl && CFG.sourceUrl.trim());\r\nconst stripHtml = s => String(s).replace(\/<[^>]+>\/g,'').replace(\/\\s+\/g,' ').trim();\r\nconst preview = (q,n) => { const t=stripHtml(q.question); return t.length>n ? t.slice(0,n)+'\u2026' : t; };\r\nfunction stars(u){\r\n  const s=P.stats[u]; if(!s || (s.correct+s.incorrect)===0) return null;\r\n  return { filled: Math.min(s.correct, CFG.masteryThreshold), c:s.correct, i:s.incorrect };\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   14. RENDER \u2014 PRACTICE\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst TWO_BANKS = PYQ.length>0 && CON.length>0;\r\n\/* exam years in the PYQ bank, newest first, with what each paper gave *\/\r\nlet _years = null;\r\nfunction yearRows(){\r\n  if(!_years){\r\n    const by = new Map();\r\n    PYQ.forEach(q=>{ if(q.year===undefined || q.year===null || q.year==='') return;\r\n      const k=String(q.year); if(!by.has(k)) by.set(k,[]); by.get(k).push(q); });\r\n    _years = [...by.entries()].map(([y,qs])=>({y, qs}))\r\n      .sort((a,b)=>YEAR_ORDER(b.y)-YEAR_ORDER(a.y) || String(b.y).localeCompare(String(a.y)));\r\n  }\r\n  return _years.map(r=>{\r\n    let seen=0, ok=0, bad=0;\r\n    r.qs.forEach(q=>{ const s=P.stats[uid(q)]; if(s && (s.correct+s.incorrect)>0){ seen++; ok+=s.correct; bad+=s.incorrect; } });\r\n    return { y:r.y, n:r.qs.length, seen, acc:(ok+bad)?ok\/(ok+bad):null };\r\n  });\r\n}\r\nfunction renderYears(){\r\n  const panel=$('yearPanel');\r\n  const on = S.filter==='year';\r\n  panel.classList.toggle('hide', !on);\r\n  if(!on) return;\r\n  const rows = yearRows();\r\n  if(S.year==null || !rows.some(r=>r.y===String(S.year))) S.year = rows.length ? rows[0].y : null;\r\n  $('yearList').innerHTML = rows.map(r=>{\r\n    const sel = r.y===String(S.year), pct = r.n ? Math.round(r.seen\/r.n*100) : 0;\r\n    return '<button type=\"button\" class=\"ychip\" aria-pressed=\"'+sel+'\" data-y=\"'+esc(r.y)+'\" '\r\n      + 'title=\"'+esc(r.y)+' paper \u00b7 '+r.n+' MCQ'+(r.n===1?'':'s')+' \u00b7 '+r.seen+' done'+(r.acc==null?'':' \u00b7 '+Math.round(r.acc*100)+'% accurate')+'\">'\r\n      + '<b>'+esc(r.y)+'<\/b>'\r\n      + '<span class=\"yc\">'+r.n+' MCQ'+(r.n===1?'':'s')+'<\/span>'\r\n      + '<span class=\"ys\">'+(r.seen ? r.seen+' done'+(r.acc==null?'':' \u00b7 '+Math.round(r.acc*100)+'%') : 'not started')+'<\/span>'\r\n      + '<span class=\"ybar\"><i style=\"width:'+pct+'%\"><\/i><\/span><\/button>';\r\n  }).join('');\r\n  const tot = rows.reduce((a,r)=>a+r.n,0);\r\n  $('yearMeta').textContent = rows.length+' paper'+(rows.length===1?'':'s')+' \u00b7 '+tot+' MCQs';\r\n}\r\nfunction renderCtx(){\r\n  renderYears();\r\n  const panel=$('chapPanel');\r\n  const on = S.filter==='chapter';\r\n  panel.classList.toggle('hide', !on);\r\n  if(!on) return;\r\n  $('bankSeg').classList.toggle('hide', !TWO_BANKS);\r\n  if(!TWO_BANKS) S.bank='all';\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':'')+' \u00b7 '\r\n                + (PYQ.length ? nPyq(r.pyq.count)+', ' : '')\r\n                + r.con.count+' concept MCQ'+(r.con.count===1?'':'s')+' \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      + (PYQ.length ? '<span class=\"cc pyq\" title=\"previous year questions\">'+r.pyq.count+'<\/span>' : '')\r\n      + (CON.length ? '<span class=\"cc con\" title=\"concept MCQs\">'+r.con.count+'<\/span>' : '')\r\n      + '<\/button>';\r\n  }).join('');\r\n  const r = rows.find(x=>x.chapter===S.chapter);\r\n  $('ctxMeta').textContent = r\r\n    ? Math.round(r.coverage*100)+'% seen \u00b7 '+(r.acc===null?'not attempted':Math.round(r.acc*100)+'% accurate')\r\n    : '';\r\n}\r\n\/* --- page turn: set by the navigation handlers, consumed by render() --- *\/\r\nlet TURN = 0;                       \/* +1 forward, -1 back, 0 = no animation *\/\r\nconst REDUCED = !!(window.matchMedia && window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches);\r\nlet LEAF = null;                    \/* the overlay of a turn still running *\/\r\nfunction endTurn(){\r\n  if(!LEAF) return;\r\n  (LEAF.anims||[]).forEach(a=>{ try{ a.cancel(); }catch(e){} });\r\n  LEAF.wrap.remove();\r\n  const card=$('qCard'); if(card) card.classList.remove('turning');\r\n  LEAF = null;\r\n}\r\n\/* an inert copy of the page: no ids, no focus, no clicks *\/\r\nfunction copyPage(sheet){\r\n  const c = sheet.cloneNode(true);\r\n  c.removeAttribute('id');\r\n  c.querySelectorAll('[id]').forEach(n=>n.removeAttribute('id'));\r\n  c.querySelectorAll('button,a,input').forEach(n=>{ n.setAttribute('tabindex','-1'); });\r\n  c.classList.remove('turn-f','turn-b');\r\n  c.setAttribute('aria-hidden','true');\r\n  return c;\r\n}\r\n\/* called BEFORE the new question is drawn: keeps a picture of the old page *\/\r\nfunction snapTurn(){\r\n  endTurn();\r\n  if(!CFG.pageTurn || REDUCED || typeof Element.prototype.animate !== 'function') return null;\r\n  const sheet = document.querySelector('#qCard .qbody');\r\n  if(!sheet || !sheet.offsetHeight) return null;\r\n  return { page: copyPage(sheet), top: sheet.offsetTop, h: sheet.offsetHeight };\r\n}\r\n\/* called AFTER the new question is drawn *\/\r\nfunction playTurn(dir, snap){\r\n  const card = $('qCard'), sheet = document.querySelector('#qCard .qbody');\r\n  if(!snap || !card || !sheet){ return; }\r\n  const h = Math.max(snap.h, sheet.offsetHeight);\r\n  const wrap = document.createElement('div');\r\n  wrap.className = 'leafwrap';\r\n  wrap.style.top = snap.top+'px'; wrap.style.height = h+'px';\r\n  const leaf = document.createElement('div'); leaf.className='leaf';\r\n  const shade = document.createElement('div'); shade.className='shade';\r\n  const cast = document.createElement('div');  cast.className='cast';\r\n  const spine = document.createElement('div'); spine.className='spine';\r\n  const anims = [];\r\n  const ease = 'cubic-bezier(.45,.05,.35,1)', D = 620;\r\n\r\n  if(dir > 0){\r\n    \/* forward: the old page lifts off the new one and folds back on the spine *\/\r\n    leaf.style.height = snap.h+'px';\r\n    leaf.appendChild(snap.page); leaf.appendChild(shade);\r\n    wrap.appendChild(cast); wrap.appendChild(leaf); wrap.appendChild(spine);\r\n    card.classList.add('turning'); card.appendChild(wrap);\r\n    anims.push(leaf.animate([\r\n      { transform:'rotateY(0deg)',   boxShadow:'0 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0)' },\r\n      { transform:'rotateY(-35deg)', boxShadow:'18px 0 36px rgba(30,24,14,.22)', offset:.45 },\r\n      { transform:'rotateY(-90deg)', boxShadow:'4px 0 10px rgba(30,24,14,.10)' }\r\n    ], { duration:D, easing:ease, fill:'forwards' }));\r\n    anims.push(shade.animate([{opacity:0},{opacity:.55,offset:.5},{opacity:1}], { duration:D, easing:ease, fill:'forwards' }));\r\n    anims.push(cast.animate([{opacity:.0},{opacity:1,offset:.35},{opacity:0}], { duration:D, easing:'ease-out', fill:'forwards' }));\r\n  } else {\r\n    \/* back: the previous page swings in from the spine and settles over this one *\/\r\n    const under = document.createElement('div'); under.className='under';\r\n    under.appendChild(snap.page);\r\n    leaf.style.height = sheet.offsetHeight+'px';\r\n    leaf.appendChild(copyPage(sheet)); leaf.appendChild(shade);\r\n    wrap.appendChild(under); wrap.appendChild(cast); wrap.appendChild(leaf); wrap.appendChild(spine);\r\n    card.classList.add('turning'); card.appendChild(wrap);\r\n    anims.push(leaf.animate([\r\n      { transform:'rotateY(-90deg)', boxShadow:'4px 0 10px rgba(30,24,14,.10)' },\r\n      { transform:'rotateY(-35deg)', boxShadow:'18px 0 36px rgba(30,24,14,.22)', offset:.55 },\r\n      { transform:'rotateY(0deg)',   boxShadow:'0 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0)' }\r\n    ], { duration:D, easing:ease, fill:'forwards' }));\r\n    anims.push(shade.animate([{opacity:1},{opacity:.55,offset:.5},{opacity:0}], { duration:D, easing:ease, fill:'forwards' }));\r\n    anims.push(cast.animate([{opacity:0},{opacity:1,offset:.65},{opacity:0}], { duration:D, easing:'ease-in', fill:'forwards' }));\r\n  }\r\n  LEAF = { wrap, anims };\r\n  const mine = LEAF;\r\n  anims[0].onfinish = () => { if(LEAF === mine) endTurn(); };\r\n\r\n  if(card.getBoundingClientRect().top < 0){\r\n    try{ card.scrollIntoView({block:'start', behavior:'smooth'}); }catch(e){}\r\n  }\r\n}\r\nfunction render(){\r\n  const _turn = TURN; TURN = 0;\r\n  const _snap = _turn ? snapTurn() : (endTurn(), null);\r\n  renderCtx();\r\n  const p = pool();\r\n  const ec = $('emptyCard');\r\n  if(!p.length){\r\n    CUR_UID=null;\r\n    $('qCard').classList.add('hide'); ec.classList.remove('hide');\r\n    const back = ' <button type=\"button\" class=\"rb-btn\" data-only-off=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:12px\">Show the whole set<\/button>';\r\n    $('emptyBody').innerHTML =\r\n      S.only==='wrong' ? '<b>No wrong answers in this set<\/b>Nothing to review \u2014 every answer here is right.'+back :\r\n      S.only==='blank' ? '<b>Every question in this set is answered<\/b>The scorecard has the final count.'+back :\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<\/b> under any question and it collects here.' :\r\n      S.filter==='session' ? '<b>No PYQ paper built yet<\/b>Open My Performance and press PYQ 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  CUR_UID = u;\r\n  renderModeBar(p);\r\n  $('qCount').textContent = 'Question '+(S.i+1)+' of '+p.length;\r\n  $('qChap').textContent  = chBrief(q.chapter);\r\n  \/* PYQ tag \u2014 every question from the PYQ bank (with its year); a concept\r\n     item that still carries a year\/exam field is tagged the same way *\/\r\n  const _src = $('qSrc'), _yr = q.year || q.exam || '';\r\n  if(q.bank==='pyq' || _yr){ _src.className='badge-src pyq'; _src.textContent = (CFG.pyqLabel||'PYQ')+(_yr?' '+_yr:''); _src.style.display=''; }\r\n  else if(CFG.showConceptTag){ _src.className='badge-src con'; _src.textContent='Concept'; _src.style.display=''; }\r\n  else { _src.style.display='none'; }\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  QNUM = CFG.numberQuestions ? ((q.id != null ? q.id : (S.i + 1)) + '.') : 'Q.';\r\n  const _foot = $('cdFoot');\r\n  if(_foot) _foot.innerHTML = '<span>' + (CFG.bookletCode || '') + '<\/span>'\r\n                            + '<span>( ' + (S.i + 1) + ' \\u2013 A )<\/span>';\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;\r\n      CFG.instantCheck ? check() : render(); };\r\n    box.appendChild(b);\r\n  });\r\n\r\n  paintTime();\r\n\r\n  const bc=$('btnCheck');\r\n  const explOpen = given!=null && (!CFG.instantCheck || S.explFor===u);\r\n  if(CFG.instantCheck){\r\n    bc.disabled = given==null;\r\n    bc.textContent = explOpen ? 'Hide Explanation' : 'See Explanation';\r\n  } else {\r\n    bc.disabled = given!=null;\r\n    bc.textContent = given!=null ? 'Answered \u2713' : 'Check answer';\r\n  }\r\n  $('pickHint').classList.toggle('hide',\r\n    !!CFG.instantCheck || !(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  $('flagTxt').textContent = on ? 'Flagged' : 'Flag';\r\n\r\n  const res=$('result');\r\n  res.classList.toggle('hide', given==null);\r\n  $('explCard').classList.toggle('hide', !explOpen);\r\n  if(given!=null){\r\n    const ok = given===q.correct, v=$('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    $('explBody').innerHTML = q.explanation;\r\n  }\r\n  renderNav(p); rail(p);\r\n  if(_turn) playTurn(_turn, _snap);\r\n  if(S.tab==='quiz') markResume();\r\n}\r\nlet navOpen=true;\r\nfunction renderNav(p){\r\n  const card=$('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=()=>{ TURN=(k>S.i?1:-1); S.i=k; S.pick=null; render(); };\r\n    g.appendChild(b);\r\n  });\r\n}\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   14b. SCORECARD  \u2014  the set on screen, scored as the exam would score it\r\n   The SET is whatever the filters select (All, PYQs, a chapter, a PYQ\r\n   paper\u2026). Review modes and \"Unattempted only\" narrow what is on screen\r\n   but never the set, so the counts hold still while you review.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst fmtM = x => { const r=Math.round(x*100)\/100; return (Math.abs(r-Math.round(r))<1e-9 ? Math.round(r) : r.toFixed(2)).toString(); };\r\nconst fmtT = sec => { const t=Math.max(0,Math.round(sec||0)), h=Math.floor(t\/3600), m=Math.floor(t%3600\/60), x=t%60;\r\n  return h ? h+':'+String(m).padStart(2,'0')+':'+String(x).padStart(2,'0') : m+':'+String(x).padStart(2,'0'); };\r\nconst fmtS = sec => sec==null ? '\u2014' : (sec<60 ? Math.round(sec)+' s' : fmtT(sec));\r\nconst pctT = x => Math.round((x||0)*100)+'%';\r\nconst esc  = t => String(t).replace(\/[&<>\"]\/g, c=>({'&':'&amp;','<':'&lt;','>':'&gt;','\"':'&quot;'}[c]));\r\nconst OKC='#0B8457', BADC='#D3313E', TRACK='#E6EBF3';\r\nlet CUR_UID = null;          \/\/ the question on screen, for the timer\r\nlet SET_SECS = 0;            \/\/ time on the set, kept live by the clock\r\n\r\nfunction setLabel(){\r\n  const f=S.filter;\r\n  let l = f==='all' ? 'All questions' : f==='pyq' ? 'PYQs only' : f==='concept' ? 'Concept MCQs'\r\n        : f==='chapter' ? (S.chapter ? chShort(S.chapter) : 'Chapter')+(S.bank==='pyq'?' \u00b7 PYQs':S.bank==='concept'?' \u00b7 Concept':'')\r\n        : f==='year' ? (S.year!=null ? S.year+' paper' : 'By year')\r\n        : f==='weak' ? 'Weak areas' : f==='flagged' ? 'Flagged' : f==='session' ? (P.queueLabel||'My session') : f;\r\n  if(S.query) l += ' \u00b7 \u201c'+S.query+'\u201d';\r\n  return l;\r\n}\r\nfunction setStats(p){\r\n  const M = CFG.marking || {correct:1, wrong:0};\r\n  const r = { n:p.length, att:0, ok:0, bad:0, blank:0, secs:0, timed:0, secsAtt:0 };\r\n  p.forEach(q=>{\r\n    const u=uid(q), a=S.ans[u], t=S.qtime[u]||0;\r\n    r.secs+=t;\r\n    if(a==null){ r.blank++; return; }\r\n    r.att++;\r\n    if(t>0){ r.timed++; r.secsAtt+=t; }\r\n    a===q.correct ? r.ok++ : r.bad++;\r\n  });\r\n  r.raw=r.ok*M.correct; r.lost=r.bad*M.wrong; r.net=r.raw-r.lost; r.max=r.n*M.correct;\r\n  r.acc = r.att ? r.ok\/r.att : null;\r\n  r.avg = r.timed ? r.secsAtt\/r.timed : null;\r\n  return r;\r\n}\r\nfunction paceOf(avg){\r\n  const T=CFG.secondsPerQuestion||60;\r\n  if(avg==null) return null;\r\n  return avg<=T ? {cls:'ok', txt:'On pace'} : avg<=T*1.5 ? {cls:'warm', txt:'A little slow'} : {cls:'hot', txt:'Too slow'};\r\n}\r\n\/* a ring of right \/ wrong over the whole set; what is left is unanswered *\/\r\nfunction donut(parts, total, size, stroke){\r\n  const r=(size-stroke)\/2, C=2*Math.PI*r, cx=size\/2;\r\n  let off=0, segs='';\r\n  parts.forEach(x=>{\r\n    if(!x.v || !total) return;\r\n    const len = x.v\/total*C, gap = (len>4 && x.v<total) ? 1.6 : 0;\r\n    segs += '<circle cx=\"'+cx+'\" cy=\"'+cx+'\" r=\"'+r+'\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"'+x.col+'\" stroke-width=\"'+stroke+'\"'\r\n         +  ' stroke-dasharray=\"'+Math.max(len-gap,0.01)+' '+(C-len+gap)+'\" stroke-dashoffset=\"'+(-off)+'\"><\/circle>';\r\n    off += len;\r\n  });\r\n  return '<svg width=\"'+size+'\" height=\"'+size+'\" viewBox=\"0 0 '+size+' '+size+'\" aria-hidden=\"true\">'\r\n       + '<circle cx=\"'+cx+'\" cy=\"'+cx+'\" r=\"'+r+'\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"'+TRACK+'\" stroke-width=\"'+stroke+'\"><\/circle>'+segs+'<\/svg>';\r\n}\r\nfunction renderScorecard(){\r\n  const p=setPool(), r=setStats(p), M=CFG.marking||{correct:1,wrong:0};\r\n  SET_SECS = r.secs;\r\n  $('scSet').textContent = setLabel()+' \u00b7 '+r.n+' question'+(r.n===1?'':'s');\r\n  $('scSet').title = $('scSet').textContent;\r\n  const nt=$('negTag');\r\n  nt.textContent = M.wrong>0 ? '\u2212'+fmtM(M.wrong)+' per wrong' : 'No negative';\r\n  nt.className = 'negtag'+(M.wrong>0?'':' none');\r\n  $('scRing').innerHTML = donut([{v:r.ok,col:OKC},{v:r.bad,col:BADC}], r.n, 100, 11)\r\n    + '<div class=\"c\"><b>'+r.att+'<small>\/'+r.n+'<\/small><\/b><span>answered<\/span><\/div>';\r\n  $('scRing').setAttribute('aria-label', r.att+' of '+r.n+' answered: '+r.ok+' right, '+r.bad+' wrong');\r\n  const net=$('scNet'); net.textContent = fmtM(r.net); net.className = r.net<0 ? 'neg' : '';\r\n  $('scMax').textContent = 'of '+fmtM(r.max)+' mark'+(r.max===1?'':'s');\r\n  $('scPct').textContent = r.max ? 'Score '+(Math.round(r.net\/r.max*1000)\/10)+'%' : '';\r\n  const tile = (v,l,c) => '<div><b'+(c?' style=\"color:'+c+'\"':'')+'>'+v+'<\/b><span>'+l+'<\/span><\/div>';\r\n  $('scGrid').innerHTML =\r\n      tile(r.att,'Answered') + tile(r.blank,'Not answered','var(--slate)') + tile(r.acc==null?'\u2014':pctT(r.acc),'Accuracy','var(--blue-800)')\r\n    + tile(r.ok,'Right',OKC) + tile(r.bad,'Wrong',BADC) + tile(r.lost>0?'\u2212'+fmtM(r.lost):'0','Marks lost',r.lost>0?BADC:'');\r\n  const pace = paceOf(r.avg);\r\n  $('scTime').innerHTML = '\u23f1 <b id=\"scClock\">'+fmtT(r.secs)+'<\/b> on this set \u00b7 <b>'+fmtS(r.avg)+'<\/b> per question'\r\n    + (pace ? '<span class=\"pace '+pace.cls+'\" title=\"Target '+(CFG.secondsPerQuestion||60)+' s a question\">'+pace.txt+'<\/span>' : '');\r\n\r\n  const wb=$('scWrong'), bb=$('scBlank');\r\n  $('scWrongN').textContent = r.bad;  $('scBlankN').textContent = r.blank;\r\n  wb.disabled = !r.bad && S.only!=='wrong';  bb.disabled = !r.blank && S.only!=='blank';\r\n  wb.setAttribute('aria-pressed', S.only==='wrong');  bb.setAttribute('aria-pressed', S.only==='blank');\r\n}\r\nfunction renderModeBar(p){\r\n  const bar=$('modeBar');\r\n  if(!S.only){ bar.classList.add('hide'); return; }\r\n  bar.className = 'modebar'+(S.only==='blank'?' blank':'');\r\n  bar.innerHTML = (S.only==='wrong'\r\n      ? '<span>Reviewing <b>'+p.length+' wrong answer'+(p.length===1?'':'s')+'<\/b> \u2014 '+esc(setLabel())+'<\/span>'\r\n      : '<span><b>'+p.length+' unanswered<\/b> left in '+esc(setLabel())+' \u2014 each drops off as you answer it<\/span>')\r\n    + '<button type=\"button\" class=\"rb-btn\" data-only-off=\"1\">Show the whole set<\/button>';\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n   CLOCK \u2014 one tick a second. A question's time runs only while it is on\r\n   screen, unanswered, the page is in front and the learner is active.\r\n   --------------------------------------------------------------------- *\/\r\nlet lastAct = Date.now(), idle = false, tickN = 0;\r\n['pointerdown','pointermove','keydown','wheel','touchstart','scroll'].forEach(ev=>\r\n  window.addEventListener(ev, ()=>{ lastAct=Date.now(); if(idle){ idle=false; paintTime(); } }, {passive:true}));\r\nfunction paintTime(){\r\n  const b=$('qTime');\r\n  if(b){\r\n    if(!CUR_UID){ b.classList.add('hide'); }\r\n    else {\r\n      const t=S.qtime[CUR_UID]||0, done=S.ans[CUR_UID]!=null, T=CFG.secondsPerQuestion||60;\r\n      if(done && !t) b.classList.add('hide');\r\n      else {\r\n        const paused = idle && !done;\r\n        b.className = 'badge-t'+(done?' done':'')+(paused?' paused':t>2*T?' hot':t>T?' warm':'');\r\n        b.textContent = (paused?'\u23f8 ':'\u23f1 ')+fmtT(t);\r\n        b.title = done ? 'Answered in '+fmtT(t) : paused ? 'Timer paused \u2014 you seem to be away' : 'Time on this question (target '+T+' s)';\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n  }\r\n  const c=$('scClock'); if(c) c.textContent = fmtT(SET_SECS);\r\n}\r\nfunction stash(){                 \/* quiet local save of the timers \u2014 no server call *\/\r\n  if(P.resume) P.resume.qtime = S.qtime;\r\n  try{ localStorage.setItem(KEY, JSON.stringify(P)); }catch(e){}\r\n}\r\nsetInterval(()=>{\r\n  if(document.hidden || S.tab!=='quiz' || !CUR_UID) return;\r\n  if(Date.now()-lastAct > (CFG.idleSeconds||180)*1000){ if(!idle){ idle=true; paintTime(); } return; }\r\n  if(S.ans[CUR_UID]!=null) return;\r\n  S.qtime[CUR_UID] = (S.qtime[CUR_UID]||0) + 1;\r\n  SET_SECS++;\r\n  paintTime();\r\n  if(++tickN % 15 === 0) stash();\r\n}, 1000);\r\n\r\n\r\nfunction rail(p){\r\n  renderScorecard();\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  $('pillPyq').classList.toggle('hide', !TWO_BANKS);\r\n  $('pillCon').classList.toggle('hide', !TWO_BANKS);\r\n  $('fWeak').textContent = weak.size;\r\n  \/* counted against the live bank so the pill can never disagree with the list *\/\r\n  const nFlag = [...flags].filter(u=>BY_UID.has(u)).length;\r\n  const nSess = liveQueue().filter(u=>BY_UID.has(u)).length;\r\n  $('fFlag').textContent = nFlag;\r\n  const _yr = yearRows();\r\n  $('fYear').textContent = _yr.length;\r\n  $('pillYear').classList.toggle('hide', !_yr.length);\r\n  $('fSess').textContent = nSess;\r\n  $('pillSession').classList.toggle('hide', !nSess);\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 questions into <code>pyqQuestions<\/code> and <code>conceptQuestions<\/code>, then 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 and works out where marks are leaking.<\/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  + perfTable(byPriority)\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, on this device <b>and on your account<\/b>. 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\n\/* chapter table \u2014 with both banks loaded, PYQs and concept MCQs are scored\r\n   side by side, so a chapter that is fine on practice questions and weak\r\n   on the real paper shows up as exactly that *\/\r\nfunction perfTable(byPriority){\r\n  const nil = '<span class=\"nil\">\u2014<\/span>';\r\n  const cov = b => b.count ? b.att+'\/'+b.count : nil;\r\n  const accCell = b => {\r\n    if(b.acc===null) return nil;\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 tag = r => { const a = r.acc===null?null:Math.round(r.acc*100);\r\n    return r.count===0 ? '<span class=\"tag na\">No questions<\/span>'\r\n      : a===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 wcell = r => '<b class=\"wt\">'+pctLabel(r.weight)+'<\/b>'\r\n    + (WT ? '<span class=\"wsub\">'+nPyq(r.pyq.count)+'<\/span>'\r\n       : WR ? '<span class=\"wsub\">'+(r.source==='rated'?'you rated this':'not rated yet')+'<\/span>' : '');\r\n  const go = (r,b,label,cls) => '<button class=\"mini-go'+(cls?' '+cls:'')+'\" data-goch=\"'+encodeURIComponent(r.chapter)+'\" data-bank=\"'+b+'\">'+label+'<\/button>';\r\n  const head = TWO_BANKS\r\n    ? '<tr><th rowspan=\"2\" class=\"lft\">Chapter<\/th><th rowspan=\"2\">'+T.colWeight+'<\/th>'\r\n      + '<th colspan=\"2\" class=\"grp\">PYQs<\/th><th colspan=\"2\" class=\"grp\">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>'\r\n    : '<tr><th class=\"lft\">Chapter<\/th><th>'+T.colWeight+'<\/th><th>Covered<\/th><th>Accuracy<\/th><th>Status<\/th><th>Practice<\/th><\/tr>';\r\n  const rowsHtml = byPriority.map(r=>\r\n    '<tr><td class=\"lft\" title=\"'+r.chapter+'\">'+chBrief(r.chapter)\r\n      + '<span class=\"sub\">'+r.count+' question'+(r.count===1?'':'s')+'<\/span><\/td>'\r\n    + '<td>'+wcell(r)+'<\/td>'\r\n    + (TWO_BANKS\r\n        ? '<td>'+cov(r.pyq)+'<\/td><td>'+accCell(r.pyq)+'<\/td><td>'+cov(r.con)+'<\/td><td>'+accCell(r.con)+'<\/td>'\r\n        : '<td>'+cov(r)+'<\/td><td>'+accCell(r)+'<\/td>')\r\n    + '<td>'+tag(r)+'<\/td>'\r\n    + '<td class=\"prac\">'+(r.pyq.count?go(r,'pyq','PYQ','pyq'):'')+(r.con.count?go(r,'concept','Drill'):'')+'<\/td><\/tr>'\r\n  ).join('');\r\n  return '<section class=\"pblock\"><div class=\"pbh\"><div class=\"txt\">'\r\n    + '<h4><span class=\"secno\">02<\/span>Chapter performance vs '+T.colWeight.toLowerCase()+'<\/h4>'\r\n    + '<p>'+(TWO_BANKS\r\n        ? 'Both banks scored separately, so you can see a chapter that is fine on practice questions and weak on the real paper.'\r\n        : 'Ordered by what will move your readiness fastest, not by chapter number.')+'<\/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>'+head+'<\/thead>'\r\n    + '<tbody>'+rowsHtml+'<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/section>';\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(){\r\n  if(!PYQ.length) return '';\r\n  return '<div class=\"planner\"><div><h4><span class=\"secno\">01<\/span>PYQ paper<\/h4><p id=\"plannerNote\">'\r\n    + Math.min(CFG.pyqSize,PYQ.length)+' previous year questions, spread across chapters the way the exam spreads them and '\r\n    + 'favouring the ones you have seen least. Press again for a fresh paper \u2014 last time\u2019s questions are pushed to the back.'\r\n    + '<\/p><\/div><div class=\"pbtns\">'\r\n    + '<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 = impPhrase(r);\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?' that is '+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>'+(impPhrase(done)?', '+impPhrase(done):'')+'. 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 '+nPyq(thin.pyq.count)+'. The bank is thin exactly where the paper is heavy.',ch:thin.chapter});\r\n  if(WR && W.unstocked.length)\r\n    out.push({ic:'hot',icon:'\ud83d\udd73\ufe0f',txt:'<b>'+W.unstocked.length+' rated '+(W.unstocked.length===1?'chapter has':'chapters have')+' no questions in this bank<\/b> \u2014 '+W.unstocked.slice(0,3).map(chBrief).join(', ')+(W.unstocked.length>3?' and others':'')+'. Nothing here prepares you for them.'});\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. Clear them before the exam.',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\">'+(impPhrase(r)?stripHtml(impPhrase(r))+' \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\">'+(d.q.bank==='pyq'?'PYQ ':'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  $('mastDist').innerHTML = b.map((n,i)=>\r\n    '<div class=\"lrow\" style=\"grid-template-columns:minmax(120px,1fr) 2fr 54px\"><span class=\"lname\">'+labels[i]+'<\/span>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"ltrack\"><div class=\"lfill\" style=\"width:'+(QS.length?n\/QS.length*100:0)+'%;background:'+cols[i]+'\"><\/div><\/div>'\r\n    + '<div class=\"lval\" style=\"font-size:15px\">'+n+'<\/div><\/div>').join('');\r\n}\r\nfunction bindPerf(){\r\n  const y=$('btnPyq'), w=$('btnWipe');\r\n  if(y) y.onclick=startSession;\r\n  if(w) w.onclick=wipe;\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   15b. EXAM ANALYTICS  \u2014  what the paper has actually asked\r\n   Everything here is counted from the PYQ bank's year field. Nothing is\r\n   estimated, so the tab hides itself when no PYQs are loaded.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nconst YEAR_ORDER = y => { const m=String(y).match(\/\\d{4}\/); return m ? +m[0] : 9999; };\r\nfunction examData(){\r\n  const years=[...new Set(PYQ.map(q=>q.year).filter(y=>y!==undefined && y!==null && y!==''))]\r\n              .sort((a,b)=>YEAR_ORDER(a)-YEAR_ORDER(b) || String(a).localeCompare(String(b)));\r\n  const rows = CHAPTERS.map(c=>{\r\n    const qs=inChB(c,'pyq'), byYear={};\r\n    years.forEach(y=>byYear[y]=0);\r\n    qs.forEach(q=>{ if(byYear[q.year]!==undefined) byYear[q.year]++; });\r\n    return { chapter:c, total:qs.length, byYear,\r\n             share: PYQ.length?qs.length\/PYQ.length:0 };\r\n  }).filter(r=>r.total>0).sort((a,b)=>b.total-a.total || byChapterOrder(a,b));\r\n  const perYear={}; years.forEach(y=>perYear[y]=PYQ.filter(q=>q.year===y).length);\r\n  return {years, rows, perYear, total:PYQ.length};\r\n}\r\nfunction renderExam(){\r\n  const d = examData(), body=$('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(0, ...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.years.length ? 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  + (d.years.length ? '<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 '<button type=\"button\" class=\"cycbar\" data-goyear=\"'+esc(String(y))+'\" title=\"Drill the '+esc(String(y))+' questions\"><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><\/button>'; }).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\">'+(d.years.length?'04':'02')+'<\/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.pyq.acc!==null ? Math.round(p.pyq.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>'\r\n        + (d.years.length ? ' across '+Object.values(r.byYear).filter(Boolean).length+' of '+d.years.length+' papers' : '')\r\n        + (acc===null ? ' and you have not attempted its PYQs yet.' : ' and you are at <b>'+acc+'%<\/b> on its PYQs.'),\r\n      ch:r.chapter});\r\n  });\r\n  const recent = d.years.slice(-3);\r\n  const rising = d.years.length>3 ? 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] : null;\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  $('examReco').innerHTML = out.map(r=>\r\n    '<div class=\"reco\"><span class=\"ic '+r.ic+'\">'+r.icon+'<\/span><p>'+r.txt+'<\/p>'\r\n    + (r.ch?'<button class=\"go\" data-goch=\"'+encodeURIComponent(r.ch)+'\" data-bank=\"pyq\">Drill PYQs \u2192<\/button>':'')+'<\/div>').join('');\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   16. ANSWERING\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction check(){\r\n  const p=pool(), q=p[S.i]; if(!q) return;\r\n  if(S.pick==null){ S.nudge=true; render(); return; }\r\n  const u=uid(q), ok = S.pick===q.correct;\r\n  if(!P.startedAt) P.startedAt=Date.now();\r\n  S.ans[u]=S.pick; S.pick=null; S.nudge=false;\r\n  const s=stat(u);\r\n  ok ? s.correct++ : s.incorrect++;\r\n  s.last=Date.now(); s.lastOk=ok;\r\n  P.log.push({u, ok, ts:Date.now(), t:S.qtime[u]||0});\r\n  P.lastUid=u;\r\n  refreshWeak(); markResume(); save(); render();\r\n  const res=$('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, on this device and on your account. This cannot be undone.')) return;\r\n  P = blank(); flags.clear(); weak.clear(); newSitting(); S.i=0;\r\n  save(); SYNC.flushNow(); setFilter('all'); renderPerf(); hdr();\r\n  toast('Lifetime performance erased', true);\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   18. 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; S.only=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\n\r\n\/* =====================================================================\r\n   RESUME  \u2014  pick the sitting up where it was left\r\n   The position, the filter that was in force and the answers given so\r\n   far are written under the same quizId key as everything else, so a\r\n   subject resumes independently of every other subject.\r\n   ===================================================================== *\/\r\nfunction markResume(){\r\n  const p = pool(), q = p[S.i];\r\n  if(!q) return;\r\n  const u = uid(q), n = Object.keys(S.ans).length;\r\n  const R = P.resume;\r\n  if(R && R.uid===u && R.n===n && R.filter===S.filter && (R.bank||'all')===S.bank && (R.year==null?null:String(R.year))===(S.year==null?null:String(S.year))){\r\n    R.ans=S.ans; R.qtime=S.qtime; return;              \/* nothing moved *\/\r\n  }\r\n  P.resume = { uid:u, n:n, filter:S.filter, chapter:S.chapter, year:S.year, bank:S.bank, query:S.query,\r\n               unattempted:!!S.unattempted, ans:S.ans, qtime:S.qtime, ts:Date.now() };\r\n  save();\r\n}\r\nfunction clearResume(){ P.resume=null; save(); }\r\n\r\nfunction restoreResume(){\r\n  const R = P.resume;\r\n  if(!R || !R.uid) return 0;\r\n  if(R.ans && typeof R.ans==='object') S.ans = R.ans;\r\n  S.qtime = (R.qtime && typeof R.qtime==='object') ? R.qtime : {};\r\n  S.chapter     = R.chapter || null;\r\n  S.year        = R.year==null ? null : String(R.year);\r\n  S.bank        = (TWO_BANKS && R.bank) ? R.bank : 'all';\r\n  S.query       = R.query || '';\r\n  S.unattempted = !!R.unattempted;\r\n  const sb = $('cdSearch'); if(sb) sb.value = S.query;\r\n  const tg = $('tglUn');\r\n  if(tg){ tg.setAttribute('aria-pressed', S.unattempted);\r\n          tg.querySelector('.box').textContent = S.unattempted ? 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