SOLVED PAPER OF KERALA FINANCIAL CODE (HIGHER) EXAM /SOLVED PAPER OF KFC (HIGHER) EXAM

SOLVED PAPER OF ACCOUNT TEST (HIGHER) – PART I – PAPER II EXAM HELD ON JULY, 2012.
(THE KERALA FINANCIAL CODE VOLUMES I AND II AND KERALA BUDGET MANUAL)

 1.    Principles to be observed in making appointment of supernumeraries:
Art. 69 (c) kfc vol. I

2.    Deduction towards provident fund from pay bills:
Art. 89(1) kfc vol I.

3.    Measurement book is defined in:
Art. 189 kfc vol I.

4.    Muster roll is defined in
Art. 186 kfc vol I.

5.    Procedure to be followed when a warning slip is received:
Para 66 kbm.

6.    Distribution of reduction in demand among subheads will be done by
Finance secretary.

7.    Civil Deposits are classified in:
Art. 268 kfc vol I.

8.    Treasurer of charitable endowment is:
Director of local fund audit.

9.    Restriction towards the use of erasers is explained in:
Art. 336 kfc vol I.

10.    Write off of irrecoverable loans and advances:
Art. 265 kfc vol I.

11.    Present rate of interest of marriage advance:
8%.

12.    Revenue advance is explained in:
Art. 259 kfc vol I

13.    Payment of Annual grant in aid to Grandhasala Sangham:
Art. 215 kfc vol I.

14.    Composition and Functioning of Committee on Public Accounts is prescribed in:
Para 108 kbm.

15.    Disposal of draft para deals in:
Para 104 kbm.

16.    To authorise an increment  to a Gazetted Officer, The Accountant General requires:
[Question Deleted.]

17.    Settlement of unclaimed Provident Fund Deposit is dealt in
Art. 276 kfc vol I.

18.    Responsibility if loss is being fixed as per:
Art. 303 kfc vol I.

19.    The budget manual form -11 is prescribed for:
Details of Govt. Property leased out at concessional rate.

20.    Explanatory memorandum to budget will not include:
[Question Deleted.]

21.    Prosecution for embezzlement of public money or property deals in:
Art. 305 kfc vol. 1.

22.    Control of expenditure by Disbursing officer prescribed in:
Para 70 kbm.

23.    Standards of Financial propriety and important Financial Principles is prescribed in:
Art. 40(b) and (c) kfc vol. 1.

24.    Period of limitations in the case of arrears of pay, pension and gratuity is fixed in:
Art. 56(b) kfc vol. 1.

25.    Vacancy remission is allowed as per:
Art. 117(4) kfc vol. 1.

26.    ‘Audit Report’ is mentioned in:
Para 99 kbm.

27.    Administration, supervision and control of secret service expenditure deals in accordance with:
Appn. 6 kfc vol. 2.

28.    Forest Deposit is defined in:
Art. 278 kfc vol. 1.

29.    Realization of EMD is prescribed in:
Art. 132 kfc vol. 1.

30.    Revenue deposit is defined in:
[Question Deleted.].

31.    Waiver of revenue is explained in:
Art. 38A kfc vol. 1.

32.    Letter of credit as a measure of budgetary control is prescribed in:
Appn. 12 kbm.

33.    Items included in the criminal court deposit are stated in:
Art. 271 kfc vol. 1.

34.    Communication of Sanction to the Accountant General is insisted in:
Art. 45 kfc vol. 1.

35.    Consolidated Estimate of Plan Schemes are prepared in:
Para 16 kbm.

36.    Period of validity of an endorsed bill is:
3 Months subject to the last day of March.

37.    Remission of revenue is explained in:
Art. 38 kfc vol. 1.

38.    Procedure for supplementary grant is prescribed in:
Para 11, 87-89 kbm.

39.    Security deposit of private employer of a Government employee is prescribed in:
Art. 296 kfc vol. 1.

40.    Classification of transactions are prescribed in:
Para 9 kbm.

41.    Which is not a Local Fund?
State Insurance Fund.

42.    Inter Govt. transactions are adjusted by:
Accountant General.

43.    Committee on Estimate is mentioned in :
[Question Deleted.]

44.    Negotiated contract is mentioned in :
Art.142 kfc vol.I

45.    Rules on Refund of revenue is prescribed in :
Art.35-37 kfc vol.I

46.    Vote on account is explained in :
Para 57 kbm.

47.    Item of expenditure NOT charged on the consolidated fund of the state:
Salary and allowances of subordinate judicial officers.

48.    Write off of losses is defined in :
Art.300 kfc vol I.

49.    The term ‘New Service’ is explained  in :
Para 94 kbm.

50.    Immediate relief to Families of Person die in Harness is prescribed in :
Art.253 kfc vol .I & Appn.10 vol.2.

51.    Estimate  of a work is prepared under:
Art.173 kfc vol. 1.

52.    Rules and Regulations to grant Permananent Advance:
Art.95 kfc Vol.1.

53.    Appendix 5 kbm deals with:
Gross vote under suspense stock.

54.    Validity  period of a letter of credit is :
3 months.

55.    Appropriation bill is explained in :
Para 56 kbm.

56.    Corpus of contingency fund of Kerala is :
[Question Deleted.]

57.    Permanent advance is being used to meet:
Unforeseen expenditure.

58.    Specimen signature of a gazetted officer is to be forwarded to the Accountant General in case:
To draw leave salary in another state.

59.    Sanction will lapse in accordance with:
Art. 50kfc vol.1.

60.    Procedure for accepting “Tender” is explained in :
Art.135 kfc vol.1.

61.    Treasury officer refused to accept a non-countersigned R.T.C of an officer who assumed charge of a newly created post. Is it correct?
No, exception to Art.81 (a) kfc vol.1.

62.    Recovery of charges from local body is authorized in :
Art.311 kfc vol.1.

63.    Discretionary donation to charitable institutions are being sanctioned by:
Governor.

64.    Procedure to be followed when a defalcation or loss come to notice is specified in :
Art.297 kfc vol.1.

65.    The record that can be destroyed is :
Sub vouchers of secret service expenditure.

66.    Preparation of revised budget estimation is prescribed in :
Para 20 kbm.

67.    The units of appropriation is specified in :
Appn.11 kbm.

68.    Reporting of personal claim of a gazetted officer is as per:
Para 77 kbm.

69.    Collective fidelity guarantee insurance policy is mentioned in :
Art.286 kfc vol.1.

70.    Sub major Head is defined in:
Para 11 kbm.

71.    Refund of revenue is defined in:
Art.35 kfc vol.1

72.    Advance of purchase of motor car is sanctioned by:
Government.

73.    Preparation of indent for purchase is specified in :
Art.123 kfc vol.1.

74.    Functioning of Finance Commission of India will be determined by:
The President of India.

75.    The control of expenditure by Chief controlling officer is specified in :
Para 72 kbm.

76.    Special rule for a particular item of contingent expenditure is incorporated in :
Appn.4 kfc.vol2.

77.    Allowances not exempted from court attachment:
[Question Deleted.]

78.    ‘Draft paragraph’ is explained in :
Para 100 kbm.

79.    Budget Documents are enlisted in:
Para 51 kbm.

80.    Major divisions of accounts are specified in :
Para 8 kbm.

81.    Procedure  to be followed discrepancies found on verification of stores is explained in:
Art. 161, kfc vol.1

82.    Performance Budget:
Para 53 kbm.

83.    Which is not a part of the public account?
Forest Deposit.

84.    Repayment of security deposit is based on :
Art.295 (a) kfc Vol.1.

85.    Rules governing secret service expenditure is :
Appnx. 6 kfc vol.2

86.    Which is not an interest bearing advance?
Transfer pay advance.

87.    Expenditure on inaugural ceremony of major works are controlled by:
Art.221 kfc vol.1.

88.    Duties and responsibilities in realizing fine:
Art.23 (a) kfc vol.1.

89.    HBA to Govt servant is sanctioned under:
[Question Deleted.]

90.    Immovable property register is maintained under rule:
Art.170 kfc vol.1.

91.    Procedure for regularization excess over voted grant:
Appnx.15 kbm.

92.    Grant is aid to state co-operative union is sanctioned by :
Registrar of co-operative societies.

93.    Destruction of official records relating to accounts is specified in :
Art.338 kfc vol.1

94.    Keeping of accounts relating to Fine is under:
Art 24 kfc vol1.

95.    Rules for preparation of Muster Roll:
Art.187 kfc vol.1.

96.    Contractor’s security deposit is realized under:
Art.287 kfc vol.1

97.    The rate of penal interest on overdue installment of loan:
2.5%.

98.    Secretary to saving bank is :
Director of Treasuries.

99.    The TA bills which needs no counter signature:
Secretary to Government.

100.    List of estimating officers is incorporated in :
Appnx.6 kbm.

SOLVED PAPER OF MANUAL OF OFFICE PROCEDURE TEST/SOLVED PAPER OF MOP-JULY, 2012

SOLVED PAPER OF MOP EXAM HELD IN JULY, 2012
[Also common paper for Departmental Test for the Ministerial Staff, Vigilance Division-II Paper, Departmental Test for the Ministerial Staff of K.S.E.B.-IV Paper)
[Manual of Office Procedure for use in offices other than those Departments for which separate manuals have been prescribed (Common Paper)]

1.    Papers of ephemeral character are not entered in this register:
Distribution register.

2.    When valuables are received the tappal clerk enters the details in:
Security register.

3.    The valuables received in the office sent for safe custody of:
Manager.

4.    The stamps received in the office duly affixed on petition are defaced by:
 Tappal clerk.

5.    The acknowledgement of the manager who receive the valuables in the office to       be obtained in this place:
Margins of the communication.

6.    A new personal register is opened for every year:
Calendar year.

7.    How many entries can be made in each page of the personal register?
Three entries.

8.    The process of putting up previous correspondence is: (Question Deleted)

9.    An officer writes questions on the margin of the note file and where the clerk to furnish reply:
In continuation of the note file.

10.    At the top of note file what colour fly leaf is placed?
Yellow.

11.    Put up for reference will be placed, when two files will be linked:
Below.

12.    In the course of dealing with a subject, a fresh subject arises, what is desirable to deal it:
Opening of a fresh file.

13.    In which area of the file the arguments for and against any measure can be taken?
Note.

14.    When a reference is from bulky volume to be put up this is sufficient:
Extracts of passage.

15.    How a running note will go until the final orders?
Continuation.

16.    When drafts can be put up with note:
In simple case

17.    How a draft is written or type written in on sheet leaving margin?
Half margin.

18.    The entry in the index relating to an individual paper is called:
Title.

19.    How the amount noted in the draft is to be clearly shown?
In words as well as in figures.

20.    A petitioner submitted a complaint in a government office and requested for acknowledgement:
To be acknowledged.

21.    When a petition of a party is rejected what is to be specified in the draft?
Reason should be specified.

22.    A letter is received from a MP:
Careful Consideration.

23.    Which disposal to be sent out in original?
N Disposal.

24.    Which disposals are to be filed?
F disposal.

25.    How many index slips are prepared by the clerk?
Duplicate.

26.    When final disposal is made, the nature and date of disposal to be completed in this register?
Personal Register.

27.    One index slip is kept by the clerk:
For reference of the clerk.
28.    Inside of which the name of the department, office and date of disposal to be shown:
(Question Deleted)

29.    Before sending the final disposal to the fair copy section who is expected to verify that no further action to be taken:
Superintendent.

30.    Who will send the disposal to the record section?
Fair copy section.

31.    When the disposal is forwarded to record section what is to be obtained from record section by fair copy section:
Acknowledgement.

32.    Such closing of files are strictly prohibited:
Premature Closing.

33.    When the peons to come in the office?
Half an hour earlier.

34.    After the heads and sub. heads which is placed:
Title proper.

35.    Why each clerk to maintain the index disposal file?
To refer afterwards.

36.    How many late attendances will f forfeit one casual leave?
Three Days.

37.    The system of indexing on the basis of index slip is known as?
Slip index system.

38.    How the index slip are used in the office?
Punched with 2 holes.

39.    In record room in which way the index slips are filed in one combined index:
For whole office.

40.    What is the benefit of keeping combined index?
New slips can be inserted.

41.    When the volume of index slip became bulky?
Broken up to smaller volumes

42.    Number of letter forms are commonly known as :
Question Deleted.

43.    Which form of communication is used for addressing Govt.?
Letter Form.

44.    A regional office of a Govt. department wrote a letter to Govt. How this can be sent to Govt.?
Sent through the Head of Department.

45.    The corrections and interlineations should be avoided in :
Fair copying.

46.    To draw the personal attention of the individual officer another officer addressed, the communication taken this form:
Demi-official.

47.    In which way a communication is sent to a subordinate officer for remarks:
Endorsement Form.

48.    Who will examine the local delivery book daily?
Despatching Clerk.

49.    According to the rules for correspondence which officer can address govt. directs:
Heads of Departments.

50.    All communications are sent from an office in the name of :
Head of office.

51.    Who is to sign the proceedings issued from an office?
[Question Deleted].

52.    As far as possible, how many topics can be dealt with in one letter:
One Topic.

53.    What is the salutation form of letters in respect of a lady?
Madam.

54.    What is the subscription of all letters?
Yours faithfully.

55.    Which correspondence is undesirable to place on official records?
Demi-official

56.    Who should sign the proceedings criticizing the subordinate officer?
Head of office.


57.    Before signing the paper on which issue special care should be given by the signing authority:
Legal matters.

58.    The MP is writing a letter to the District Collector to draw his attention to an urgent matter. Who is to sign the reply to the MP:
Collector.

59.    The reply to MLA from Panchayat department Head quarters office secretariat on his petition to be signed by :
[Question Deleted]

60.    After signing of the paper to whom it is handed over:
Despatch clerk.

61.    Where the despatch clerk enters the date of despatch in?
Personal Register.

62.    Who is to affix despatch stamp on each office copy?
Despatch clerk.

63.    Which slip is pasted in the envelop?
Economy slip.

64.    In case confidential papers, what is affixed on both end of the economy slip:
Zeal.

65.    When economy slip cannot be used?
Registered Post.

66.    The letters to the office with in the head quarters are sent:
Local delivery book.

67.    Which register is to be checked by the fair copy superintendent daily?
Despatch-cum account register.

68.    What is to be handed over when a clerk goes on casual leave?
Office Key.

69.    How many pages are to be typed by a Malayalam typist daily?
[Question Deleted]

70.    Normally when  receipt of petitions will be acknowledged by Govt. office:
[Question Deleted]

71.    How many years the despatch-cum account register is to be retained?
Three years.

72.    The fair copy superintendent is to submit this register to the head of office every month for verification:
Call book.

73.    Whose responsibility is the supply of records?
Record Keeper.

74.    In whose custody the attendance register will be kept in each sections:
Superintendent.

75.    Generally who is authorised to inspect the record room periodically:
Head Ministerial officer.

76.    What will be in the place of records issued?
Slip.

77.    How many records can be used from the same time from the record section?
[Question Deleted]


78.    In which method the registers in the Govt. officer can be maintained:
Prescribed form.

79.    When telephone message are received it is treated as:
Demi-official.

80.    If an oral instruction is received from the Hon. Minister. What is to be done?
Brought to the notice of Head of the Department.

81.    Muslim officers will be granted 2 hours from 12.30 to 2.30 p.m. on this day for jumma prayers:
Friday.

82.    An interval of 45 minutes are allowed to Govt. employees from :

1.15 to 2 P.M.

83.    When the attendance closes after the office opens?
10 minutes.

84.    Each superintendent should maintain a register to record the staff going out at office …… hours.
Movement Register.
85.    How many years can keep the record issue register?
Three years.

86.    This kind of reference is also registered as the same way as  any other paper received in the tappal:
Arising reference.

87.    It is consists of the current file and note file:
 [Question Deleted]

88.    A communication received in the office is stamped and numbered is called:
Current.

89.    The preparation of any communication is called:
Drafting.

90.    The term used to denote the process of copying and despatching of communication is :
Issue.

91.    It is written by the clerk to facilitate disposal of :
Note.

92.    Reply to a reference issued from the office has to be filed with a current already pending is called:
Old case.

93.    Process of putting up previous correspondence for disposal of a case is :
Referencing.

94.    A minor division of office consisting of a superintendent and one or more clerks under him is called:
Section.

95.    The current and enclosure arranged below is punched and a tag is passed through the hole is :
Tagging.

96.    The tappal is opened and stamped in the presence of :
Head of office.

97.    The Tappal received in the office is opened and entered in:
Distribution register.

98.    In which file the concerned clerk add the current, if it is related to an unclosed case:
Current file.

99.    The authority to pass orders in the notes submitted from the section is :
Head of office.

100.    When a file is finally disposed of the file with a copy of which is sent to record room:
Index slip.

SOLVED PAPER OF KERALA SERVICE RULES/KSR (HIGHER) EXAM -2012

SOLVED PAPER OF OBJECTIVE DEPARTMENTAL TESTS HELD IN 2012.

SOLVED PAPER OF ACCOUNT TEST (HIGHER) –PART II-PAPER III-EXAM HELD IN JULY 2012.

[SOLVED PAPER OF KERALA SERVICE RULES (HIGHER)/SOLVED PAPER OF KSR (HIGHER)]

1.    New recruits in Govt. service shall produce a form for Service Payroll Administrative Repository for Kerala in Form No.15:
At the time of joining duty.

2.    An officer having a basic pay of Rs. 21,240, while on tour will be eligible for a daily allowance of rupees:
200.

3.    A claim for traveling allowance will not be sanctioned, if it is presented to the drawing officer or controlling officer:
After two years of due date.

4.    An L.D.Clerk entered Govt.Service on 1-3-2009. He has not taken any leave till 1-3-2012. The number of days of earned leave at his credit on 2-3-2012 F.N. is:
99.

5.    If an officer is appointed to hold full charge of another post in addition to his own, he will be eligible for special allowance as a percentage of the minimum of the scale of pay of that post. This percentage shall not exceed:
6%.

6.    If an officer is appointed to discharge the current duties of another post in addition to his own, he will be eligible for a special allowance as a percentage of the minimum of the scale of pay of the additional post. This percentage shall not exceed:
3%.

7.    Leave to officers in Foreign service will be sanctioned by:
The foreign employer.

8.    The retiring pension for 20 years of qualifying service is granted to:
Those who have completed 20 years of service without any rounding.

9.    Average emoluments for pension is:
Average of last 10 months emoluments.

10.    For the purpose of family pension, family does not include:
Unemployed married daughter above 25 years of age.

11.    Re-employed pensioners are not entitled to:
Dearness relief on pension.
12.    The maximum amount of pension that can be commuted at the time of retirement is :
40% of Pension.

13.    A pensioner died on 25-07-2012. His wife is eligible to get family pension with effect from:
01-08-2012.

14.    The  maximum amount of death cum retirement gratuity that can be granted at the time of retirement is :
Rs.7 Lakhs.

15.    A high school headmaster drawing a basic pay of Rs. 36,140 from 01-07-2011 retired on 30-04-2012 after 32 years of service. His monthly pension will be:
Rs.18,070/-.

16.    The daily allowances for the first grade officers for halt outside the state is :
Rs.350/-.

17.    A grade I officer is transferred from Wayanad to Idukki. The maximum amount eligible to him for packing, and loading /unloading at each end is:
Rs.600/-

18.    A Taluk supply officer is transferred from Station ‘A’ to Station ‘B’, 400 kms away. Only less than half the distance is directly connected by Railway. What is the maximum number of days he can avail for journey, provided the balance portion of the journey is to be performed by road?
5 days.

19.    The Daily allowance of a Fourth Grade officer on tour outside the state is :
Rs.175.

20.    A junior Inspector in Co-operative Dept. entered Govt. Service on 01-07-2009 and was drawing a basic pay of Rs. 14,980 from 1-07-2010 in the scale of pay of Rs.14620-360-14480-400-16980-440-18740-500-21240-560-24040-620-25280. Before completing probation he availed leave without allowance for taking up employment abroad for 2 years from 10-07-2010. On expiry of leave, he rejoined duty on 10-07-2012. What will be in basic pay on 01-07-2013?
Rs.14,980.

21.    An LD Clerk in Civil Supplier Dept. entered Govt. Service on 01-04-2000. He was promoted as U.D.Clerk with effect from 01-07-2009 and his pay was fixed as Rs.13,900 in the scale of pay of Rs.13,210-230-13540-360-14980-400-16980-440-18740-500-21240-560-22360.  He availed leave without allowances for 3 years from 15-07-2009. On expiry of leave he reported for duty on 15-07-2012. What will his basic pay on 1-07-2013?
Rs.14,260.

22.    The basic pay of a Govt.Servant cannot exceed the maximum of the scale of pay of the post(including stagnation increments) except in the following cases:
(a) Granting of advance increments.    (b) Granting of dearness pay.
(c) Granting of Personal pay.        (d) None of the above.
Ans: (c) Granting of Personal pay.   

23.    A Chief Engineer in P.W.D was drawing a basic pay of Rs.58,640 with effect from 01-07-2009 in the scale of pay of Rs.48640-1100-57440-1200-59840, consequent on fixation of pay based on pay revision orders 2011. What will be his basic pay on 01-07-2012?
Rs.59,840.

24.    The authority to grant a premature increment to an officer is :
The Government.

25.    The following kinds of leave will not be counted for increments:
(a)    Leave without allowances taken on medical certificate.
(b)    Leave without allowances taken otherwise than medical certificate.
(c)    Leave without allowances in continuation of maternity leave without medical certificate as provided in Rule 102, part I, KSK.
(d)    Earned leave for 3 months taken for joining spouse abroad.
Ans: Leave without allowances taken otherwise than medical certificate.

26.    An Asst. Commissioner of commercial taxes is requested by the Kerala Public Service Commission to be an examiner for valuation of answer scripts of Departmental Tests. He can undertake the work with the sanction of :
Without any sanction.

27.    An L.D.Clerk who entered Govt.service on 1-1-2005 was thrown out of service for want of vacancy on 30-04-2005. He was reappointed against an arising vacancy on 1-6-2005. He will get his first increment on :
1-2-2006.

28.    An officiating last grade servant drawing a basic pay of Rs.9190/- with effect from 01-07-2010 , in the scale of pay of Rs.8500-230-9190-250-9940-270-11020-300-12220-330-13210 was temporarily promoted on 01-07-2011 in the scale of pay of Rs.8730-230-9190-250-9940-270-11020-300-12220-330-13540 and he opted to fix his pay on the date of promotion. His basic pay on 01-07-2011 will be?
Rs.9940/-.

29.    An L.D.Clerk holding a provisional appointment was deputed for one month training and the period training was treated as duty. He will be eligible for pay and allowances for the training period.
If it is certified that he will continue in service after completion of training.
30.    An assistant in Government secretariat, Trivandrum was in maternity leave from 1-04-2011 and she availed leave without allowance without medical certificate for 60 days in continuation of maternity leave. Before entering on maternity leave she got an increment on 01-03-2011. What will be the date on which she will get the next increment?
01-03-2012.

31.    Daily allowance for halt on tour for 12 hours is :
Half D.A.

32.    An officer having a basic pay of Rs.14620/- when transferred from Kollam to Kannur can claim cost of carriage of personal effects for a maximum of :
2000 Kg.

33.    A Taluk supply officer retired from service while working at Alappuzha. Before his retirement he informed his controlling officer that he intends to reside at Trivandrum, after retirement. Travelling allowance will not be paid to him if his journey to Trivandrum is made:
After one year of retirement.

34.    The extended period service of teaching staff in Educational Institutions who completed the age of retirement during an academic year, beyond the date of retirement will count for:
Pay and allowances.

35.    The date of retirement of a high school teacher whose date of birth is 01-07-1956 will be:
30-06-2012.

36.    An L.D.Clerk in district police office, Malappuram is deputed for a training in Institute of Management in Government. Trivandrum for 3 months from 1.7.2012. He will get full D.A. for halts for:
30 days.

37.    The total period of halt of an under secretary in Govt. Secretariat, Trivandrum on tour at Ernakulam is 30 hours. His eligibility for daily allowances for halt is:
1 D.A.

38.    An assistant Gr. II in Legislative secretariat entered service as 1-7-1978. He could not complete his probation till the end of December 1980. He availed leave without allowance for 5 years from 1.1.1981 for taking up employment abroad and returned to Govt. service on 1.1.1986. He retired from service on 30-04-2012 as deputy secretary. His qualifying service for pension is:
26 years.
39.    A senior Supdt. in civil supplies department retired from service on 31-03-2011. His pension was fixed as Rs.12,777 . What will be the monthly reduced pension after commuting the maximum amount of pension?
7667.

40.    A deputy collector in collectorate, Kannur retired on 31-05-2009. His retirement benefits were authorised by the Accountant general on 14-8-2009. If he was eligible for the maximum amount of D.C.R.G, what is the actual amount of D.C.R.G received by him?
Rs.3,30,000.

41.    A Deputy Tahsildar retired from service on 31-05-2012. He was on suspension from 01-06-2011 to 31-12-2011, and the period was treated as leave without allowances. For calculating the average emoluments for pension, the period to be considered is:
The period from 01-01-2011 to 31-05-2011 and 01-01-2012 to 31-05-2012.

42.    A Deputy Superintendent of Police was suspended from service with effect from 01-02-2012 and reinstated with effect from 01-06-2012. The period of suspension was treated as duty for all purposes, except for full pay and allowances. A reduction in pay as punishment was imposed as a result of disciplinary  proceedings. He retired from service on 31-07-2012. For calculating average emoluments for pension, the period of 10 months on full pay and allowances will be:
01-10-2011 to 31-07-2012.


43.    An assistant surgeon in Health services Dept. was on leave without allowances without medical certificate from 01-01-2011 to 30-10-2011. He got an increment on 01-11-2010. His next increment will be on :
01-08-2012.

44.    A lecturer in a Govt.College was on maternity leave from 01-07-2011. On expiry of leave she reported for duty. She availed leave without allowances without Medical certificate from 01-01-2012 to 25-02-2012. If she got an increment on 01-06-2011, what is the date on which she will get the next increment?
01-07-2012.

45.    A Lady Village Extension Officer applied for maternity leave from 04-09-2011. What is the date on which she has to report for duty on expiry of leave?
02-03-2012.

46.    An L.D.Typist  entered Govt.Service on 15-07-2011. He will get his first increment on:
01-07-2012.

47.    The pay of an officer promoted to another post will be fixed on the date of promotion at the stage of higher time scale of the promoted post next above the pay in the lower time scale of pay. Thereafter fixation of pay will be allowed on the date of option, is date of increment in the lower post. This benefit will not be available to promotion to posts carrying a scale of pay:
The minimum pay of which exceeds Rs.36, 140.

48.    A high school assistant entered service on 01-06-2008. He completed his probation on 05-07-2010. He will get his second increment on :
05-07-2010.

49.    What is the date on which a High school assistant who entered service on 01-06-2008 and completed probation on 05-07-2010 will get his third increment?
01-06-2011.

50.     A Village Assistant in Revenue Dept. entered Govt.Service on 01-01-2000 F.N. His terms of appointment included a condition that he will be on probation for a minimum period of 2 years. He availed leave without allowances for 5 years from 30-12-2001 for taking employment abroad. On expiry of leave he returned to duty on 30-12-2006 F.N. What is the number of days of earned leave at his credit on 21-1-2007?
1

51.    A Junior Supdt. In Legal Metrology Dept.entered Govt. Service on 01-01-2000 F.N. What will be the number of days of Half Pay Leave in his account on 31-12-2012 F.N., if he was not availed any leave in his entire service, except earned leave for 370 days in different spells?
240.

52.    What is the number of days of half pay leave on the credit of a Blue Printer in Irrigation Dept. on 28-2-2008 A.N., if he entered Govt.Service on 01-02-1991 F.N. and availed no leave during his entire service except commuted leave from 01-01-2008 to 28-02-2008?
202.

53.    A permanent Glass Blower in Chemical Examiners Laboratory who entered Govt.service on 01-05-2000 was granted leave not due for 30 days from 01-04-2009. He has not taken any leave after 30-04-2009. What is the no.of days of half pay leave he had on 01-07-2011?
30.

54.    A Joint secretary in Finance Secretariat who has more than 100 days each of earned leave and half pay leave at his credit, propose to apply for leave from 01-07-2012 to 01-10-2012, for joining spouse abroad, he is eligible to apply for?
Leave without allowances.

55.    The leave earned by a female officer, while in service includes:
Earned Leave.

56.    The date of increment of a Bacteriologist in Health services Dept. is 01-10-2011. He availed leave without allowances other than on medical certificate for 30 days from 01-08-2012. What is the date on which he is eligible for the next increment?
01-10-2012.

57.    An excise guard in Excise Dept. entered Govt.Service on 01-01-1991 F.N. If he has no eligible leave at his credit on 01-01-2001, and has not availed any leave after 01-01-2001, what is the minimum number of days of earned leave at his credit on 31-12-2010 A.N.?
300.

58.    A Finance officer drawing a basic pay of Rs.22, 360 has no eligible leave at credit and is on leave without allowances for treatment of mental diseases. He is eligible for a monthly ex-gratia allowance of :
Rs.7,826/-.

59.    An Assistant Engineer, PWD working on Thrissur was placed under suspension. He is permitted to reside at Ernakulam during the period of suspension. He is required to attend a departmental enquiry at Trivandrum. His eligibility for Travelling allowance is:
Tour T.A. from Ernakulam to Trivandrum and back.

60.    Emoluments for calculation of death-cum –retirement gratuity includes:
Basic Pay and Dearness Allowance.

61.    An Agricultural assistant in agriculture Dept. died in an accident. He got a total service of 12 years. The amount eligible as D.C.R.G is :
12 times the emoluments.

62.    A curator in Fisheries Dept. retired from service on 30-04-2012. If he applies for commutation of pension on 01-06-2013 and gets his sanctioned and paid in the same month, what will be date on which the commuted amount of pension will be restored to him?
01-07-2024.

63.    An additional secretary to Govt. retired from service on 30-06-2012. For the last one year of service he was drawing charge allowance for holding full additional charge of another post. He was also in receipt of special pay in lieu of higher time scale of pay. The items to be considered for calculating average emoluments for pension are:
Basic pay and special pay.

64.    What is the rate at which Family pension is given at the first instance, in respect of a Govt.Servant died, while in service?
(a)    30% of basic pay.
(b)    50% of basic pay, subject to a maximum of the normal rate of pension.
(c)    50% of basic pay without any limitations.
(d)    None of these.
Ans: None of these.
65.    Reemployed pensioners who retired after 6-6-2000 are eligible for:
Basic pay last drawn (excluding basic pension) and allowances for the full amount.

66.    When a Gazetted officer retires from service before his pension is finally fixed, the Audit officer shall issue authorization sanctioning:
100% of probable pension as anticipatory pension and 75% of D.C.R.G.

67.    A high school headmaster retired from service on 31-03-2010. His date of birth is 20-07-1954. He was granted a monthly pension of Rs.14,987. On 25-07-2012, he submitted an application for commuting 40% of his pension. What is his commuted value of pension?
Rs.7,52,367.

68.    An officer retired on 31-03-2010. He was born on 20-07-1954. He applied for commutation of pension on 25-07-2012. If reduced pension after commutation was given from 01-09-2012 onwards, what is the date from which he will get full pension after restoration of the commuted portion?
01-09-2023.

69.    The service book  of a retired officer should be kept in safe custody for the prescribed period by:
Head of office at the time of retirement.

70.    An Assistant Engineer working in a mind Govt.Dept. was discharged from service due to abolition of the post. He is eligible for:
Compensation Pension.

71.    An associate Professor in medical college, Trivandrum voluntarily retired from service after completing 25 years of service. He is eligible for:
Retiring pension.

72.    A Govt.servant working at Kollam attended obligatory departmental tests for 5 days in January 2012 at Kannur, even though Kollam was also a centre. He is eligible for:
Only the dates of test being treated as duty.

73.    A permanent Junior Supdt. working at Palakkad is appointed as Deputy Collector as advised by the Kerala Public Service Commission and posted at Trivandrum. He is eligible for:
Transfer T.A corresponding to the grade of Junior Supdt.

74.    A Govt.servant should obtain special permission of Govt:
To apply for a patent for an invention made by him, in the course of his official duties involving scientific research.

75.    A High school Assistant in Education Dept. drawing a basic pay of Rs.16,980 with effect from 01-07-2011 was an maternity leave from 01-08-2011 to 27-01-2012 followed by leave without allowances from 28-01-2012 to 29-02-2012. She reported for duty on 01-03-2012 and again availed leave without allowances without medical certificate from 10-03-2012 to 25-03-2012. What is the date on which she will get the next increment?
01-07-2012.

76.    An assistant in Govt.Secretariat, Trivandrum drawing a basic pay of Rs.14,260 with effect from 01-07-2011 got appointed as L.D.Clerk in Civil Supplies Dept. in his native district of Kasargode. He joined duty at Kasaragod on 01-07-2012. The scale of pay of L.D. Clerk is Rs.9940-270-11020-300-12220-330-13540-360-14980-400-16580. His pay as L.D.Clerk will be fixed as :
Rs.9,940.

77.    A Gazetted officer is deputed for a training course for one year by the Govt, treating the period as duty. Another officer may be promoted to the post:
By the Govt.

78.    The services of an officer in Taluk Office, Kollam is requested by a private firm for 3 hours every day out of office hours and without detriment to his official duties. This request can be granted by:
The Govt.

79.    A last grade employee availed leave without allowances for six months, to treat his wife who was seriously injured in an accident. There was no eligible leave at his credit and he was in a financially difficult position. In such cases, the period of LWA can be counted for increments:
By the Govt.

80.    An officiating L.D.Clerk drawing a basic pay of Rs.12,220 from 01-07-2011 in the scale of pay of Rs.9940-270-11020-300-12220-330-13540-360-14980-400-16580 is promoted as U.D.Clerk with effect from 01-07-2012 in the scale of pay Rs.13210-330-13540-360-14980-400-16580-440-18740-500-21240-560-22360. He opted for fixation of pay as U.D.Clerk on the date of promotion. His pay will be fixed as :
Rs.13,210.

81.    The different kinds of travelling allowances does not include:
Dearness allowance.
82.    A Deputy Collector in Collectorate, Kollam who went on tour to Ernakulam was provided accommodation at Guest House Ernakulam at reduced rates. His eligibility for daily allowance is :
Full D.A.

83.    A Deputy Collector in Collectorate, Trivandrum inspected Taluk Office, Nedumangad, which is at a distance of 20 kms, on 05-06-2012 and 6-6-2012. The number of days he can avail for journey is :
Nil.

84.    A block development officer working at Kannur was transferred to Kottayam. Being a native of Kollam, he is proposed to shift his family to Kollam. The eligibility for transfer Travelling allowance is :
The BDO will get T.A. from Kannur to Kottayam and his family from Kannur to Kollam, but limited to that admissible up to Kottayam.

85.    A sub treasury officer working in Mavelikkara applied for direct selection as Deputy Collector, and he was called for a written test by the K.P.S.C. at a centre in Ernakulam. He requested to draw travelling allowance for his journey to Ernakulam and back to Mavelikkara. His request can be sanctioned only by :
The Govt.

86.    A District Information Officer working in Alappuzha was transferred to Malappuram on 01-12-2011. His wife, who is a Junior Supdt. in revenue Dept. in Alappuzha was transferred to Malappuram on 01-06-2012. Their eligibility for transfer travelling allowance is :
Both of them can claim separate T.A.

87.    An officer is transferred from Kottayam to Kollam. His residence at Kottayam is 5Kms away from Railway station and at Kollam is 7.5 Kms away from Railway Station. For transportation of personal effects he will get:
Only admissible rates for railway portion an no road mileage.

88.    An inspector of factories and boilers with head quarters at Trivandrum was on tour at Ernakulam from 01-06-2012 to 24-06-2012(excluding the period from 10-06-2012 to 15-06-2012, when he was an official duty at Kozhikkode). His eligibility  for full daily allowance for halts is :
Eligible for full D.A. for entire period.

89.    A Deputy Secretary in Advocate General’s office, Ernakulam was on tour at Trivandrum from 07-06-2012 to 13-06-2012,09-06-2012 and 10-06-2012 being holidays, he left Trivandrum on 08-06-2012 evening and returned to Trivandrum on 11-06-2012 morning, after visiting Kovalam and Kannyakumari, without any official programme. As part his travelling allowance, his eligibility for daily allowance for halt is :
For the entire period, excluding the period from 08-06-2012 evening to 11-06-2012 morning, when he was out of camp without official duties.

90.    The District Medical Officer, Palakkad is deputed for a training at New Delhi from 01-06-2012 to 31-07-2012. During the period of training, he was absent on casual leave from 15-06-2012 to 20-06-2012, and was away from New Delhi with prior permission. He will get full daily allowance for halts:
For 24 days.

91.    A retired Govt. servant commuted Rs.4,000 from his pension and he is drawing a reduced amount of Rs.6,000 as monthly pension. He is reemployed in service with a basic pay of Rs.12,000. For claiming travelling allowances, he will be treated as:
Grade II (a) officer.

92.    A Grade I officer having a basic pay of Rs.33,680, with headquarters at Thrissur was an official duty at New Delhi from 11-06-2012 to 13-06-2012. He was directed by the Head of Dept. to stay at New Delhi on 14-06-2012 to attend to some additional official duties. He cancelled his Air Ticket for the return journey on 14-06-2012 and left New Delhi on 15-06-2012 in first class train, in the absence of availability of Air Ticket. The delayed departure makes him eligible for:
Cancellation charges of Air Ticket and First class train fare for return journey.

93.    The date of birth of a Chief Radiographer in Health Services Dept.is 01-04-1956. The date of his retirement is :
31-03-2011.

94.    The date of retirement of a Govt.Servant is :
The last date of the month in which he completes the age of retirement.

95.    The period from 30th January 2012 to 2nd  March 2012 will be treated as:
1 month and 2 days.

96.    An assistant in Govt. Secretariat, Trivandrum attended office late by one hour on 30-12-2011, without previous permission. As he had already attended office late without previous permission on two previous days the only one day casual leave left in his account was forfeited. He was again late by an hour on 31-12-2011. This absence can be regularized by:
Recording the late attendance and ignoring it.

97.    A senior Superintendent in Civil Supplies Dept. was on leave without allowances from 01-07-2012 to 20-08-2012. In connection with a disciplinary case, he was suspended from service by an order dated 10-07-2012. A copy of the order was received by the officer only on 20-07-2012. He will be eligible for subsistence allowance with effect from:
21-08-2012.

98.    An officer under suspension died before completion of disciplinary proceedings. The period of suspension will be treated as :
Duty.

99.    From the subsistence allowance of a Govt.Servant under suspension, deductions shall be made for the following:
(a)    Subscription to general provident fund.
(b)    Income Tax
(c)    Amount due to court attachments
(d)    Recovery of loss for which he is responsible.
Ans: Income Tax.

100.    An officer transferred to a place 550km away from his headquarters will get a minimum journey time of :
2 days.

SOLVED PAPER OF KERALA TREASURY CODE(HIGHER)/SOLVED PAPER OF KTC(HIGHER)

SOLVED PAPER OF DEPARTMENTAL TESTS OF KERALA  HELD IN 2012.
SOLVED PAPER OF ACCOUNT TEST (HIGHER) –PART II-PAPER II-EXAM HELD IN JULY 2012.
(SOLVED PAPER OF KERALA TREASURY CODE VOLUMES I AND II AND KERALA ACCOUNT CODE VOLUME II)

(Question No 6, 24,30,35,58 are removed by PSC)

1.    Any defalcation or loss of money, opium and other property is discovered, the treasury officer shall send preliminary report:
To the director of treasuries, Accountant General and the Government.

2.    When government dues have to be paid by fixed date and payment made by cheque:
The cheques have to be received before the fixed date.

3.    Deposit repayment vouchers paid are to be:
Despatched along with the second list of payments.

4.    Form TA 33 is used to prepare:
Plus and minus memorandum.

5.    Every officer receiving money on behalf of government should maintain a cash book in?
Form TR 7A.

6.    The Annual report of inspection is prepared by? (Question Deleted):

7.    The plus and minus memoranda in respect of stamps and opium transactions need be?
Accompanied by a certificate of actual weighment of stock.

8.    A treasury officer should attach of certificate of actual examination and count of stamps in stock along with plus and minus memoranda for:
September and March.

9.    Every payment for credit to government shall be accompanied by:
Memorandum or chalan containing all particulars.

10.    Certificate of examination of registers of deposits and repayments should be furnished by the treasury officer:
Quarterly.

11.    When treasury received a payment in cheque a preliminary receipt may be given in:
Form TR6.

12.    The treasury officer should verify the presence of all sealed cheques and packets in safe custody in the treasury:
Periodically at intervals not exceeding 6 months.

13.    A bill or document becomes a voucher:
When the bill is receipted and stamped paid.

14.    Recoveries ordered by cooperative societies registered under co-operative act:
Should be made as it is obligatory to the drawing officer.

15.    A gazetted officer holding additional charge of a separate office can draw the charge allowance:
Along with salary bills.

16.    The different classes of receipts are exempted from stamp duty is furnished in:
Appendix 8.

17.    Changed rate and pay of allowances, leave salary should be drawn by a gazetted government servant:
Claim should be accompanied by the letter from the accountant general.

18.    When there exists permanent establishment, temporary establishment and establishment for whom service books are not maintained in an office:
Claim for the three groups are preferred in a single bill in three parts.

19.    Leave salary of a non gazetted officer holding permanent post in are office and officiating post in another office may be drawn:
From the office where he is officiating.

20.    Receipts and disbursement in state treasury as behalf of other state government should be posted in:
Form TA 1d Form TA 2.

21.    Arrear pay shall be drawn:
Arrear drawn on separate pay bill.

22.    Daily account rendered by a bank incorrectly is correctly classified and entered by the treasury officer in a register called:
Register of misclassification by bank.

23.    The salary of police guards placed at the disposal of private parties:
Should be recovered from the private party in advance.

24.    The Jeunui baram deposit register is a subsidiary register of receipts maintained in treasuries for: (Question Deleted):

25.    The cash book of a treasury is maintained by the following:
Head accountant and the treasurer.

26.    Dues outstanding against a retired officer can be adjusted:
Against the DCRG due.

27.    Bills for drawing money from treasury on account of refund of revenue shall be prepared in :
Form TR 65.

28.    Accounts of which no transactions taken place for five complete years will be transferred to:
Revenue deposit.

29.    The classes of payments which may be made of sub treasuries without the express pay order of the district treasury officer are:
Refund of registration department and discount on stamps sold to licensed vendors.

30.    The Jeunui baram pension is payable to:  (Question Deleted)

31.    The treasurer of charitable endowments. Trivandrum is permitted to effect intra-state remittances on behalf of charitable. Endowments by:
Draft at par.

32.    When an earnest money deposit made by intending tenderness in another state has to be repaid, the repayment should be arranged through:
Accountant general.

33.    The personal deposit account of treasurer of charitable endowments is operated by:
Director of local fund audit.

34.    A bill pre audited by the AG and enforced for payment in respect of non-recurring payments due to a gazetted officer should be claimed:
Before three months from the date of enfacement.

35.    The treasury officer shall not pass the contingency bill: (Question Deleted)

36.    The Reserve Bank of India (Vote refund) Rules came into force in the year:
1975.

37.    Surplus or deficit amount found in a treasury account:
Should be brought into account in the day book.

38.    The monthly accounts of each non banking should be closed:
On the last working day of each month.

39.    Negotiable instruments act came into force in the year:
1881.

40.    Money received from or on behalf of departmental officers who render special cash accounts to the audit:
Should be recorded in a register in Form TA 9.

41.    In an order of a court attachment against a self drawing officer is received before a previous attachment has not been fully complied with:
The treasury officer may do the 2nd recovery if two recoveries are with the maximum limit.

42.    The disbursement of last pay of officers who are not governed by KSR's and of reemployed pensioners shall be made:
Only after getting the claim specially verified by the accountant general.

43.    When an amount due to government by a government servant and it exceeds the leave salary and DCRG due to him the balance amount can be recovered:
From the arrears of pension with his consent.

44.    The payment of lapsed cash order can be made:
By the treasury officer as receipt of the lapsed cash order.

45.    Where a civil court deposit is to be repaid, the treasury officer should get:
The order of the civil court and the person acknowledge the receipt on the reverse of the order.

46.    For avoiding stealing of vouchers for the sake of stamps, the treasury officer should see:
That the stamps in the vouchers are defaced.

47.    When a bill or other document is paid wholly by transfer:
Should be recorded as payment by transfer and transfer credit to the concerned head of account.

48.    The treasury bill book is in Form:
TR 74.

49.    A register in TA 19 is maintained to record:
Telegraphic transfer and draft encashed.

50.    TA bills of self drawing officers are in normal course:
Need not be entered in the Treasury bill book.

51.    An officer drawing bills from more than are treasury for his office:
Shall use separate bill books as claims are from different treasuries.

52.    The cash account and list of payments in a treasury should be prepared in:
Forms TA 25 d 26.

53.    A bill passed for payment at the bank:
Need not be accompanied with bill book.

54.    When a Civil Court deposit is to be refunded the Bank should require:
Acknowledgment receipt of the amount on the reverse of the court order.

55.    A letter of credit issued under any special order of Government shall specify:
The maximum amount the officer shall have authority to draw on a particular treasury.

56.    The Bank should not make repayment of a revenue deport or a criminal court deposit:
Unless it is presented before the expiry of three months and the close of financial year from the date of order.

57.    Cheque book obtained from a particular treasury unless other wise ordered shall be:
Used in the treasury from where cheques issued.

58.    A register in Form 10 is maintained in treasuries: (Question Deleted).

59.    The unutilized amounts under letters of credit from month to month as well as quarter to quarter:
Should be carried over to subsequent months.

60.     The copies of currency chest slip retained at treasuries may be destroyed after:
Three months after verification of balance in currency chest.

61.    When an erroneous classification is discovered after the despatch of a treasury account an alteration memorandum?
Should be submitted to accountant general in Form TA VIII.

62.    Non bank treasuries should forward to the accountant general a statement in TA 34 regarding central transactions:
On 8th, 16th, 24th and last day of each month.

63.    The cash balance in a treasury shall also be verified by the collector and a certificate of the same to be send to:
Accountant general and government in finance department.

64.    Anticipatory pension order is issued by the;
Accountant general.

65.    The term 'Not involving opposite transaction' means:
Actual remittance of treasurer from one circle to another within the home circle and remittance between a chert in the home circle and another in foreign circle.

66.    Register of power of attorney and succession certificate ... etc are maintained in savings bank:
In form 24.

67.    The value of an imperfect note of a denomination of one hundred rupees or less may be paid if:
(a) The matter including the number or numbers has not become totally undecipherable.
(b) The prescribed officer is satisfied having regard to the printed matter which is decipherable in the note is genuine.
(c) Either (a) or (b) above is satisfied.
(d) Both (a) and (b) are satisfied.
Ans: (d) Both (a) and (b) are satisfied.

68.    The banking regulation act was passed in the year:
1949.

69.    The annual life certificate of a pensioner who does not appear in person for the claim:
Shall be produced in the month of December.

70.    A pension, which is terminable on marriage or attaining majority shall furnish a declaration:
In form TR 81 A.

71.    The period of reservation of pension payment order register in treasuries is:
20 years.

72.    When a pensioner has not received the pension for three months:
The disbursing officer should make enquiries through village officer.

73.    The disbursement of political pension ceases if it is not drawn:
For 6 years.

74.    Register of duplicate keys and pad lock of a treasury can be destroyed:
Shall not be destroyed.

75.    To maintain governments credit balance with Reserve Bank as large as possible, government fix:
Maximum normal balance for each district for the next financial year.

76.    The lost of objections that may arise in the course of pre audit of bills of other claims is listed in:
Appendix 27.

77.    The number and position of sentry posts and the strength of the guard in treasuries is issued by:
Superintendent of Police.

78.    Punctuality in submission of cash balance report should be watched by:
Treasury Director.

79.    All charges incurred in connection with remittance of coined notes to  and from treasuries are borne by the:
Reserve Bank.

80.    When a payment is disallowed by the Accountant General the amount should be :
Recovered by the treasury officer.

81.    The Register of disbursing officers are maintained in form:
TR 111.

82.    When contingent bills are presented for payment, the drawing officer shall:
Cancel the vouchers.

83.    The list of banking and non banking treasuries in the state of Kerala is furnished in:
Appendix 2.

84.    Register in Form  TR 96 is maintained to record:
Permanent advance disbursement.

85.    Traveling Allowance bill of non gazetted establishment are prepared in Form:
TR 56.

86.    The rules regulating transactions under treasury savings bank came into force with effect from:
February 1, 1973.

87.    Kerala Accountant Code Vol II contains directions:
To keep the accounts to be kept at treasuries and render accounts returns to Accountant General.

88.    A disputable claim shall be honoured by the Treasury officer only after getting clearance:
From the Accountant General.

89.    The forms of  initial accounts prescribed are prepared by:
Government in consultation with Accountant General.

90.    The nomination in respect of a deposit may be made by a depositor in accordance with the provisions of :
Savings Bank Act, 1873.

91.    When an intimation from Accountant General about an incorrect withdrawal is received, the treasury officer should:
Recover the amount without delay.

92.    Bank Treasury as per the account code means:
A treasury, the cash business of which is conducted by the bank.

93.    List of payments supported with vouchers should be sent by the treasury officer:
To the accountant general.

94.    Interest on the account of a deceased depositor will be allowed :
As on the month preceding the date of orders of payment.

95.    The plus and minus memo at the end of every month under saving bank is prepared by:
District Treasury.

96.    The accountant general in the exercise of any of his functions under treasury rules shall be subject to:
General control of CD AG.

97.    The treasury director being the head of department is responsible to :
The state government for proper functioning of the treasuries in the state.

98.    The actual stock of cash, opium, ganga stamps and security kept under joint lock and key are:
Annually verified by the treasury director.

99.    The annual review report of the accountant general on the working of treasuries:
Submitted to the state government.

100.    Daily reference register is maintained by the treasury officer:
To issue intimation to depositors of fixed deposits.

GENERAL KOWLEDGE-AUGUST-2012

 
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS/ PSC EXAMS /UPSC EXAMS /RRB/SSC EXAMS. 
 
1.    Which country was the first to declare Christianity as the official religion?
Armenia.

2.    Delhi Durbar was conducted in
1911.

3.    Kathakali was evolved out of the art form
Ramanattam.

4.    Which country’s official language is Hebrew?
Israel.

5.    Who was the first congress chief minister of Kerala?

R.Sankar.
He was the third Chief Minister of Kerala from 1962 to 1964. He was also the Deputy Chief Minister of the State from 1960 to 1962.

6.    In which Indian state Pahari language is spoken?
Himachal Pradesh.
The Pahari languages) are a geographic group of Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the lower ranges of the Himalayas, from Nepal in the east to the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir in the west.

7.    Project Elephant was launched in?
1992.
Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests to provide financial and technical support of wildlife management efforts by states for their free ranging populations of wild Asian Elephants.

8.    Project Tiger was launched in?
1973.
Project Tiger was launched in 1973 in India. The project aims at ensuring a viable population of Bengal tiger in their natural habitats and preserving areas of biological importance as a natural heritage for the people.

9.    Which is the world’s first smoking free country?
Bhutan.

10.    First community reserve in Kerala is?
Kadalundi-Vallikunnu.

11.    Who is the author of  “The One Straw Revolution”?

Masanobu Fukuoka.
He was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands.

12.    Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was nationalized in?
1949.

13.    Which is the birth place of Vanilla?
Mexico.

14.    Decimal system was originated in
India.

15.    Which religion is devoid of holy texts?
Shintoism.

16.    Which is the second largest maritime state in India?
Andra Pradesh.

17.    Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) formed in the year?
1965.

18.    Which city is known as City of Happiness?
Calcutta.

19.    ‘Sare Jaham Se Acha’ was originally composed in which language?
Urdu.

20.    Which country has the least population density in the world?
Mongolia

21.    When was All India Radio (AIR) renamed as “Akashavani”
1957.

22.    SBI(State Bank of India) was formerly known as
Imperial Bank.

23.    India the longest border with which country?
Bangladesh.

24.    Who is the first Indian to visit England?
Rajaram Mohan Roy.

25.    The first Portuguese viceroy in Kerala?
Francisco de Almeida
26.    The new Rupee symbol is a combination of English and ------ scripts
Devanagiri.

27.    Who was the first Keralite to become the Defence Minister of India?
V.K.Krishna Menon.

28.    Who is the father of Indian Journalism?
Chalapathi Rao

29.    Who is known as the ‘Grand old man of Indian journalism’
Thushar Gandhi Ghosh

30.    Karipur airport is situated at
Malappuram District, Kerala

31.    Who is considered to be the introducer of the Romanticism in Portugal?
Almeida Garrett.
He was a Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist and politician.

32.    The first actress who was elected to the Rajya Sabha?
Nargis Dutt.

33.    The first cricketer who is granted the honorary Lieutenant Colonel title by the Territorial Army?
Kapil Dev.

34.    Capital of Kulasekhara Dynasty?
Mahodayapuram.
Kulasekhara or Later Chera dynasty was a classical Hindu dynasty based on Kerala, India, founded by the saint King Kulashekhara Varman.

35.    The birthday of which sports personality is celebrated as the sports day of India?
Dhyan Chand.

36.    The district which is the largest producer of spices in Kerala.
Idukki.

37.    The Ganga Action plan was originally composed in
1985.

38.    Which lens is used to correct long sight defect?
Concave
39.    The gas used in fire extinguishers is
Carbon dioxide.

40.    Lift was invented by
Otis.

41.    The element with atomic number 20 is:
Calcium.

42.    Who laid the foundation of nuclear science in India?
H.J.Bhabha.

43.    Chemical name of Plaster of Paris is
Calcium Sulphate.

44.    What is the name of the radio active isotope of hydrogen?
Tritium.

45.    Which layer of atmosphere reflects radio waves?
Ionosphere.

46.    In which year Indira Gandhi received ‘Bharat Ratna’?
1971.

47.    Who propounded the theory of Continental drift?

Alfred Wegener.
He is most remembered for advancing the theory of continental drift in 1912, which hypothesized that the continents were slowly drifting around the Earth. His hypothesis was controversial and not widely accepted until the 1950s, when numerous discoveries such as palaeomagnetism provided strong support for continental drift.

48.    Name the official residence of the president of Indonesia at Jakarta?
Merdeka Palace.

49.    Which ocean is often called as “The ring of fire”?
Pacific Ocean.

50.    The difference between IST and GMT is:
5.5 hours.

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GENERAL KOWLEDGE-JULY-2012

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS/ PSC EXAMS /UPSC EXAMS /RRB/SSC EXAMS. 



1.        Muslim League observed the Direct Action Day on?

1946 August 16.

2.    When did British parliament pass Indian Independence Act?

    1947 July 18

3.    National Census Day is observed on?

    February 9.

4.    Who is the first Acting president of Indian National Congress?

    Hakkim Ajmal Khan.

   He was an Indian physician specialising in the field of South Asian traditional Unani and freedom fighter. A  close associate of Gandhi, he participated in the Non-cooperation movement, led the Khilafat Movement, and became the fifth Muslim President of the Indian National Congress during the 1921 session held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Khan was one of the founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia University, becoming its first chancellor in 1920 and remaining in office until his death in 1927.

5.    Which is the heaviest gaseous element?

    Radon.

6.    Which country celebrates its official national day on January 26?

    Australia.

  Australia Day (previously known as Anniversary Day, Foundation Day, and ANA Day) is the official national day of Australia. Australia’s national day is held on 26th January in recognition of the arrival in 1788 of the First Fleet, a group of 11 ships that sailed from England to establish a colony in Australia.

7.    The book ‘Why Socialism’ is written by?

    Jayaprakash Narayan

8.    The National High Way “NH-48” connects between?

    Bangalore – Mangalapuram

9.    Which is the first country to receive loan from World Bank?

    France.

10.    State fish of Kerala is?

    Karimeen. (The green chromide)

    The green chromide (Etroplus suratensis) is a species of cichlid fish from freshwater and brackish water in southern India and Sri Lanka. It is also known as the pearlspot or karimeen in Malayalam and koral in Bengali.

11.    Who was the Indian Viceroy at the time of formation of Muslim League?

    Lord Minto.

12.    The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna carries a cash prize of

    Rs.7,50,000/-

13.    Who is the First European Secretary General of United Nations?

    Trygve Lie

14.    Who is the last ruler of slave dynasty?

   

 Muiz ud din Qaiqabad.

15.    Who founded the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha?

    M G Ranade (Mahadev Govind Ranade).

16.    By which Article of the Constitution of India, the Presidents Rule is enabled?

    Article 356.

17.    Which has maximum area covered under forest among all the other states in India?

    Madhya Pradesh.

18.    The battle of 1556 is known as?

    Second Battle of Panipat.

    The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly called Hemu, the Hindu king who was ruling North India from Delhi, and the army of Akbar, on November 5, 1556.It was a decisive victory for Akbar's generals Khan Zaman I and Bairam Khan.

19.    Which period in India is considered as the Plan Holiday?

    1966-69.

20.    How many types of galaxies are there?

    Three.

    Galaxies come in three main types: ellipticals, spirals, and irregulars.

21.    Rajya Samacharam, the first Malayalam newspaper was published in

    1847 June.

    Rajyasamacharam was a religious journal started by Dr. Herman Gundert in 1847 and was published from Illikkunnu (Illikunnel), in Thalassery, in Kannur District of Kerala.

22.    Malampuzha Dam, the largest reservoir in Kerala is situated in?

    Palakkad.

23.    Birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is observed as

    National Youth Day.

24.    Which is the eighth most abundant element in the Earth's crust?

    Magnesium.

25.    The Panama Canal was opened in?

    1914.

26.    Who is the first chairman of National Human Rights Commission?

Ranganath Mishra

27.    Where is Tahrir Square located?

Egypt

Tahrir Square also known as "Martyr Square" is a major public town square in Downtown Cairo, Egypt.

28.    Who is the first women president of Australia?

Julia Gillard.

29.    Which year is observed as International Year of Forests?

2011.

30.    World cup Football 2014 will be held in

Brazil.

31.    Head Quarters of Konkan Railway Corporation is situated at?

Belappur

32.    The wind which is known as “Chinook” in Europe is

Foehn.

33.    First SAARC summit was held at

Dhaka.

34.    The Capital of Pakistan when it formed in 1947?

Karachi.

In 1958, the capital of Pakistan was shifted from Karachi to Islamabad and Karachi became the capital of Sindh.

35.    Which river flows between the Satpura and the Vindhya Ranges?

Narmada.

36.    Name of the bomb dropped in Hiroshima?

Little Boy.

37.    Umroi Airport is in the state of ?

Meghalaya.

Shillong Airport (also known as Umroi Airport) is an airport located at Umroi, 30 km (19 mi) from Shillong, Meghalaya.

38.    Who is called as Father of Indian family planning?

R.D.Karve.

39.    ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization ) was formed in the year?

1969

40.    Gersoppa water falls is in which river?

Sharavathi River.

Gersoppa water falls are also called Jog Falls. This is the second-highest plunge waterfall in India. Jog Falls is created by the Sharavathi River falling from a height of 253 m.

41.    Central Mining Research Station is situated at?

Dhanbad.

Dhanbad is a city in the state of Jharkhand, and is also known as the Coal Capital of India.

42.    Which State of India has the highest per capita income?

Punjab.

43.    Who has the power to dissolve Lok Sabha?

The President

44.    The country which is  also known as ‘Country of Copper’

Zambia.

45.    The first Indian Factories Act was passed in:

1881.

46.    Who is known as the father of Renaissance?

Petrarch.

Francesco Petrarca, known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar and poet, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch is also called as the "Father of Humanism"

   

47.    The temperate grasslands of South America is called

Pampas.

48.    Minamata disease is caused by?

Mercury.

Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. The disease was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan, in 1956

49.    Normal body temperature of human is?

98.6 Degree F or 36.8 Degree C.

50.    Who is the first woman chief justice of Kerala High Court

Sujatha Manohar.

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AUGUST-2012

1.    Who is the new Finance Minister of India?
P.Chidambaram.

2.    Who is named as the new Home Minister of India?
Sushil Kumar Shinde.

3.    Who is the new Power Minister of India?
Veerappa Moily.

4.    A career diplomat who has been appointed as press secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee?
Venu Rajamony.

5.    Indian dancer who popularized the Kuchipudi dance form all over the world, died on July 29, 2012?

Vempati Chinna Satyam.
He was awarded Kalidas Puraskar by the Govt of Madhya Pradesh and Kalaimamani by the Govt of Tamil Nadu. He was also awarded the Padma Bhushan by Govt. of India.

6.    Who has taken over as the Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Southern Air Command (SAC)?
Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Jolly.

7.    American writer, author of the novel ‘The City and the Pillar’ and epic historical drama ‘Benhur’, died on July 31, 2012?

Gore Vidal.

8.    The US Congress approved punishing new sanctions targeting energy and shipbuilding sectors of a country in Western Asia on August 1, 2012. Which is that country?
Iran.

9.    Who has been named the next Chief Justice of Singapore?
Justice Sundaresh Menon.
He will be sworn in as the Chief Justice from 6 November 2012. Menon is a Singaporean Judge of Appeal and a former Attorney-General of Singapore. Menon stepped down from the office of Attorney-General on 25 June 2012 assumed his new position of Judge of Appeal on 1 August 2012.

10.    Which country lifted a ban on investment from Pakistan from August1,2012?
India.

11.    Indian scientist who became one of the nine winners of the first Yuri Milner Fundamental Physics Prize, the world's most lucrative academic award?
Ashoke Sen.
He is a Theoretical physicist and a string theorist at Allahabad’s Harish Chandra Research Institute. Ashoke had received the Padma Shree in 2001 and the SS Bhatnagar Award in 1994. He was also elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1998 and to the Indian National Science Academy in 1995.

The prize, which is almost three times that of the Nobel Prize - which is frequently shared by two or three winners, has been introduced by Yuri Milner, a Russian student of physics who dropped out of graduate school in 1989 and later made billions as an investor in companies like Facebook.

12.    Indian Shooter who won silver in the 25 metres Rapid Fire Pistol competition at the London Olympics -2012?
Vijay Kumar.

13.    Former Mongolian President who has been jailed for four years after being convicted of corruption?
Nambar Enkhbayar.   
Mr Enkhbayar was arrested in April, 2012 and charged with misusing property and government power. He served as prime minister and then president until he lost office in a 2009 poll.

14.    Pakistan has allowed two of its banks to open branches in India as part of efforts to normalise economic and trade relations between the two countries. Name those two banks?
National Bank of Pakistan and United Bank Ltd.

15.    Who has been nominated as the leader of the house in the Lok Sabha?
Sushil Kumar Shinde (Home Minister).

16.    Who won the bronze medal for India in the women's badminton singles of London Olympics 2012?
Saina Nehwal
She won India its third medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games, after being declared the winner in the women's badminton play-off for the bronze medal after her Chinese opponent Wang Xin withdrew with an injured knee.

17.    Which country has test fired a new short-range missile called “The Fateh 110” in August 2012?
Iran.
 The Fateh 110 has a range of around 300km and could purportedly strike with pin-point precision.

18.    Name of the car-sized robotic rover of NASA which successfully landed on in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012?
Curiosity rover.
Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral on November 26, 2011, aboard the Mars Science Laboratory mission (MSL) spacecraft and successfully landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6, 2012.

19.    Renowned social worker, founder and chief patron of the organization that popularized the Jaipur Foot who has been selected for the 20th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award?

D. R .Mehta.
In 1975, Mehta, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, set up the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), a charitable organization based in Jaipur that provides artificial legs to the poor. The Award, which carries a citation and a cash award of five lakh rupees, is being given to him for his outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill.

20.    Who was sworn-in as the 14th Vice President of India?
Hamid Ansari.
Ansari defeated the NDA nominee Jaswant Singh by 252 votes in the electoral college of 787 Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs. This is his second consecutive term as the vice-president, only the second to do so after Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

21.    Who is the Prime Minister of Serbia?
Ivica Dacic.
He is the leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia, and from 2008 to July 2012 he served as First Deputy Prime Minister, as well as Minister of Internal Affairs. He has been the Prime Minister of Serbia since July 2012.

22.    Who has been appointed as an Election Commissioner of India on 7 August 2012?
Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi.
Zaidi was appointed to fill the vacancy which was created by the retirement of former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi and the elevation of V S Sampath as Chief Election Commissioner. H. S. Brahma is the other Election Commissioner.

23.    Winners of The Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2011:
Best novel: Subhash Chandran (‘Manushyanu Oremukham’)
Drama: Balasubramanyam (Cholliyattam)
Short-story: U K Kumaran (Polisukarante Penmakkal)
Literary criticism: B Rajeevan (Vakkukalum Vasthukkalum).
Scholarly literature: L S Rajagopalan (Eenavum Thalavum);
Biography/autobiography: K R Gowri Amma
Travelogue: T N Gopakumar (Volga Tharangangal)
Translation: K B Prasannakumar
Children’s literature: K Radhakrishnan (Gandhijiyude Athmakatha Kuttikalkku) Humour: Lalithambika (Kaliyum Karyavum).
Endowments:
Linguistics and Study of Science: Dr N K Mary (Malayala Vyakarana Sidhanthangal).
Essay: S Gopalakrishnan (Kathapole Chilathu Sambavikkumbol);
Vaidhika Sahithyam: Prof Thuravoor Viswambaran (Mahabharatha Paryadanam Bharathadarsanam: Punarvayana);
Poetry:  Aryambika (Thoniyapoloru Puzha);
Short story collection: Dhanya Raj (Pachayude Albam);
Scientific literature: Dr Aaniyil Tharakan (Bharatheeya Darsanam English Kavithayil).
24.    Who won the Man of the match award in the fifth ODI cricket played between Sri Lanka and India held in Sri Lanka on August 4, 2012?
Irfan Pathan.(India). He took 5 wickets and scored 29 runs.
India beat Sri Lanka by 20 runs.

25.    Who won the Player of the Series award in the 5 ODI Cricket series between India and Sri Lanka held in Sri Lanka in 2012?
Virat Kohli. (India).
Series Status: India wins the 5 ODI series 4-1.

26.    Who won the Man of the match award in the only T20 cricket played between Sri Lanka and India held in Sri Lanka on August 7, 2012?
Irfan Pathan. (India).
India beat Sri Lanka by 39 runs.

27.    Who became India’s first woman boxer to win a medal at the Olympics when she finished with a bronze in the 51 kg event at the London Games-2012?
MC Mary Kom.
She is a five-time World Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships

28.    Name of the medium range nuclear capable missile with a strike range of 2000 km which is successfully test fired by India on August 9, 2012 from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast?
Agni-II.

29.    Who is elected as the interim president of Libya?
Mohammed el-Megarif.

30.    The U.S. space program's prototype space lander which crashed and burned on August 9, 2012,   after rising only a few dozen feet on liftoff?
Morpheus.

31.    Which country won the ICC Under 19-Cricket World Cup-2012 held in Australia?
India.
India has won the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup for the third time, beating Australia by six wickets in the final.

32.    Who won the Man of the match award in the final of the ICC Under 19-Cricket World Cup-2012?

Unmukt Chand. (Captain of India). He scored unbeaten 111 runs.

33.    Who won the Player of the series award in the ICC Under 19-Cricket World Cup-2012 held in Australia?
W Bosisto (Australia).

34.    ICC Under 19-Cricket World Cup-2014 will be held in?
United Arab Emirates. (UAE).

35.    Former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who is appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Ministry of Finance of India?
Raghuram G. Rajan.
   
36.    Noted Indian-American journalist and author who has been suspended by his employers CNN and Time magazine after he admitted to plagiarism and apologised for the ethical lapse?
    Fareed Zakaria.
    Fareed Zakaria was briefly suspended in August 2012 while Time and CNN investigated an allegation of plagiarism involving an August 20 Zakaria column on gun control with similarities to a New Yorker article by Jill Lepore.
Six days later, after a review of his research notes and years of prior commentary, Time and CNN reinstated Zakaria.
       
37.    Indian Wrestler who won the Silver medal in the Men's 66kg Free Style Wrestling event at the 2012 London Olympics?

Sushil Kumar.
        He lost the men's freestyle 66 kg category final to his Japanese opponent Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu. He became the first Indian to win back-to-back Olympic medals. He won bronze medal in the Men's 66kg Freestyle Wrestling event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

38.    Indian wrestler who won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's 60kg Freestyle wrestling?
Yogeshwar Dutt.

39.    Indian shooter who won the Bronze Medal in the Men's 10 m Air Rifle Event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
Gagan Narang.

40.    Union Minister for Science and Technology and former Maharashtra chief minister who died on 14 August 2012 due to multiple organ failure?
Vilasrao Deshmukh.
He was two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2008. He was appointed to the Council of Ministers as Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 28 May 2009. He was appointed as Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises on 19 January 2011 cabinet reshuffle. Later on he was appointed Minister of Rural Development. He was appointed as Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences on 12 July 2011.

41.    Former American boxer in the heavyweight division nicknamed "Dynamite" who died on August 11, 2012?
Michael Dokes.
Dokes won the WBA heavyweight title against Mike Weaver in December 1982.

42.    Who won the Rogers Cup Women’s Tennis title-2012?
Petra Kvitova. (Czech Republic)
She defeated Li Na of China in the final.

43.    Who won the Rogers Cup men’s Tennis title-2012?
Novak Djokovic. (Serbia).
He defeated Richard Gasquet, of France in the final.

44.    Man of the Match winners of 2 Test cricket matches played between England and South Africa held in England in August 2012:
Second Test between England and South Africa held in Leeds from August 2, 2012:
Man of the Match: Kevin Pietersen. (England). He scored 149 runs in first innings and took 3 wickets in second innings.
Result: England drew with South Africa.

Third Test between England and South Africa held in Lords from August 16, 2012:
Man of the Match: Vernon Philander. (South Africa). He scored 61 runs in first innings and took 5 wickets in second innings.
Result: South Africa beat England by 51 runs.
Series Status: South Africa wins the 3 Test series 2-0.

45.    Who won the Player of the series award in the three Test cricket matches played between England and South Africa held in England in 2012?
Matt Prior (England) and Hashim Amla (South Africa).

46.    Man of the Match winners of 2 ODI cricket matches played between England and South Africa held in England in August 2012:
First ODI between England and South Africa: Match abandoned.
Second ODI between England and South Africa held in Southampton on August 28, 2012:
Man of the Match: Hashim Amla. (South Africa). He scored 150 runs.
Result: South Africa beat England by 80 runs.

47.    Which country granted political asylum to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange on August 15, 2012?
Ecuador.

48.    The England and Manchester United defender who has been fined £45,000 by the Football Association for the Twitter comments made about Ashley Cole?
Rio Ferdinand.

49.    Who became the first Indian to enter the semifinals of a Gold Series event after defeating Amanda Sobhy in the Australian Squash Open played in Canberra?
Dipika Pallikal.

50.    Which country has been suspended from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) because of its violent suppression of a 17-month uprising?
Syria.

51.    Who is the winner of Miss World 2012?

Wen Xia Yu.(Miss China).
            Miss World 2012, the 62nd edition of the Miss World pageant was held on August 18, 2012 in Dongsheng Fitness Center Stadium, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China.

52.    Olympic medalists who are jointly conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award-2012?
Vijay Kumar (Shooting) and Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling)

53.    Winners of other Major Sports Awards:
Arjuna Award Winners:
 Deepika Kumari (Archery), Laishram Bombayla Devi (Archery),
 Sudha Singh (Athletics), Kavita Ramdas Raut (Athletics),
 Ashwani Ponnappa (Badminton), Parupalli Kashyap (Badminton),
 Aditya S Mehta (Billiards and Snooker), Vikas Krishan (Boxing),
Yuvraj Singh (Cricket), Sardar Singh (Hockey), Yashpal Solanki (Judo),
Anup Kumar (Kabaddi), Samir Suhag (Polo), Annu Raj Singh (Shooting),
 Omkar Singh (Shooting), Joydeep Karmakar (Shooting),
 Deepika Pallikal (Squash), Sandeep Sejwal (Swimming),
Ng. Sonia Chanu (Weightlifting), Narsingh Yadav (Wrestling),
Rajinder Kumar (Wrestling), Geeta Phogat (Wrestling),
M. Bimoljit Singh (Wushu), Deepa Mallick (Athletics - Paralympics),
Ramkaran Singh (Athletics - Paralympics).
Dronacharya Awards:
Virender Poonia (Athletics), Sunil Dabas (Kabaddi), Yashvir Singh (Wrestling), Harendra Singh (Hockey), Satyapal Singh (Para Sports (Athletics), J S Bhatia (Athletics, for Life Time achievement), Bhawani Mukherjee (Table Tennis, for Life Time achievement) and B I Fernandez (Boxing).
Dhyan Chand Awards: Jagraj Singh Mann (Athletics), Gundeep Kumar (Hockey), Vinod Kumar (Wrestling) and Sukhbir Singh Tokas (Para-Sports).
Tenzing Norgay adventure award wins: Col. Anand Swaroop, SM (Land Adventure), Sub. Rajendra Singh Jalal (Land Adventure), Bhakti Sharma (Water Adventure), Mandip Singh Soin (Life Time Achievement).
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar: Community Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent -- Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), Financial Support for Sports Excellence -- Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB), Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence -- Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) and Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures -- Air India Sports Promotion.

54.    Veteran Indian batsman who announced his retirement from international cricket on August 18, 2012?
V.V.S. Laxman.
Laxman played 134 Tests since his debut in 1996, scoring 8,781 runs at an average of 45.97 with 17 centuries and 56 fifties. He also scored 2,338 runs in 86 one-day internationals with six hundreds. Laxman represents Hyderabad in domestic cricket and has played for Lancashire in English county cricket. In 2011, Laxman was awarded the Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India.
                              Laxman is noted most for his batting against Australia, in both Tests and One Day Internationals. Six out of his 17 Test hundreds and four out of his six ODI hundreds have come against Australia. He has two double-centuries in Tests, both of them against Australia: his personal best of 281 at Kolkata in 2000–01, and 200* at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008–09.

55.    Who is appointed by the United Nations as the new peace envoy to Syria, replacing Kofi Annan?
Lakhdar Brahimi.
On 17 August 2012, Brahimi was appointed as UN’s Peace Envoy to Syria. He is an Algerian veteran United Nations envoy and advisor. He is also a member of The Elders, a group of world leaders working for global peace. In 2010, Lakhdar Brahimi was Laureate of the Special Jury Prize for Conflict Prevention awarded by the Fondation Chirac, a foundation which was launched in 2008 by former French president Jacques Chirac in order to promote world peace.

56.    Name of the Indian-origin woman who has created a record by pulling a double-decker bus in Leicester by a rope tied to her hair in front of a large gathering of crowds?
Asha Rani.
Asha Rani, 21 year old, who is known as the Iron Queen, pulled the 12-tonne bus 17.2m on Humberstone Gate in Leicester.

57.    The British-born filmmaker and director of Hollywood blockbusters such as Top Gun, True Romance and Crimson Tide who has died after leaping off a bridge in Los Angeles on August 19, 2012?
Tony Scott.
His films were generally more popular with audiences than critics and include The Hunger (1983), Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Spy Game (2001), Deja Vu (2006), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) and Unstoppable (2010).

58.    Who won the Cincinnati Masters Tennis Men’s Title 2012 defeating Novak Djokovic in final?
Roger Federer

59.    Who won the Cincinnati Masters Tennis Women’s Title 2012?
Li Na (China).
She defeated Angelique Kerber of Germany in the final.

60.    A leading Canada-based Tamil human rights activist who was named for the VK Krishna Menon Institute's Personality of the Year award 2012?
Rathika Sitsabaiesan.
                She was chosen for the award in recognition of her contribution to the advancement of human rights and her uncompromising opposition to the persecution of minorities including her fellow Tamils in Sri Lanka.

61.    Which South American Country has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after taking refuge in the country's embassy in London?
Equador.

62.    Who has taken charge as the new managing director of Kochi Metro Rail Limited?
Elias George.

63.    The Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 who died on August 20, 2012?
Meles Zenawi Asres.
He was President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and became the Prime Minister of Ethiopia in 1995 following the general elections that year.

64.    Which state won the overall title of South Zone Junior Athletic Meet held in 2012?
Kerala.

65.    Name of the black farm worker who has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of South African white supremacist leader Eugene Terre'Blanche at his home?
Chris Mahlangu.
             Eugene Terre'Blanche was a former member of South Africa's Herstigte Nasionale Party who founded the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) during the apartheid era. During the 1980s and early 1990s, he became known for threatening civil war to maintain white rule in South Africa. He was given several labels during his lifetime, including "white supremacist", "nationalist," and "racist".Terre'Blanche spent three years in prison for assaulting a black petrol station worker and for the attempted murder of a black security guard in 1996. On 3 April 2010, he was hacked and beaten to death on his farm by a farm labourer, Chris Mahlangu, allegedly over a wage dispute.

66.    Man of the Match Winners of two test cricket matches played between India and New Zealand held in India in August 2012:

First Test between India and New Zealand held in Uppal, Hyderabad from August 23, 2012:
Man of the Match: Ravichandran Ashwin (India). He took 5 wickets in first innings and 6 wickets in second innings. He also scored 37 runs in first innings.
Result: India won by innings and 115 runs

Second Test between India and New Zealand held in M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru from August 31, 2012.
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli (India). He scored 103 in first innings and 53 in second innings.
Results: India beat New Zealand by 5 wickets.
Series Results: India won the two test series 2-0.

67.    Who won the Player of the Series award in the two test cricket matches played between India and New Zealand held in India in August 2012?
Ravichandran Ashwin (India).

68.    The 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement was held in?
Tehran, Iran.
The summit was held from 26 to 31 August 2012, attended by leaders of 120 countries. The summit's framework was the "Final Document" adopted during the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Coordinating Bureau which was held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from 7 to 10 May.

69.    Which South Korean company is ordered to pay over USD 1 billion in damages to Apple after a US court deemed the company had infringed a number of patents held by Apple?
Samsung.

70.    Bollywood’s distinguished character artist who played the role of the lovable old man in films like Sholay, Shaukeen and Namak Haram, died on 26 August 2012?

A.K. Hangal.
  He was an Indian freedom fighter from 1929–1947 and also stage actor from 1936–1965 and later became a character actor in Hindi language films from 1966–2005. His most notable roles are as Ram Shastri in Aaina (1977), as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Bipinlal Pandey in Namak Haraam, as Imaam Sa'ab in Sholay, as Anokhelal in Manzil and the antagonist in Prem Bandhan and the 16 films he did with Rajesh Khanna. He has acted in around 225 Hindi films in a career spanning from 1966 to 2005.

71.    Ultra-conservative Islamists destroyed the tomb of a 15th century Sufi scholar and a historical library attached to a mosque on 25 August 2012 in a country in North Africa. Which is that country?
Libya.
Libyan Conservative Islamists has burned down a historical library that contains thousands of rare books. They also destroyed a shrine of one of the Sufi figures in Libya that dates back to the 15th Century at the city of Zliten.

72.    American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon who died on August 25, 2012?

Neil Armstrong.
Neil Alden Armstrong was an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. He made his first space flight, as command pilot of Gemini 8, in 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing, in July 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent two and a half hours exploring, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the Command Module. Along with Collins and Aldrin, Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon; in 1978, President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978; he and his former crewmates received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.

73.    Former World No 1 and 3-time US Open champion who announced her retirement from Professional Tennis on August, 2012?
Kim Clijsters.
Clijsters has won 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. She has won four Grand Slam singles titles: three at the US Open, in 2005, 2009, and 2010 and one at the Australian Open in 2011. She has also been runner-up in four Grand Slam singles tournaments, and won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002, 2003, and 2010. In doubles, she won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003.
In June 2011, TIME magazine named her one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future". According to Forbes in August 2011, she became the fifth highest-paid female athlete over the past year.

74.    One of England's most successful captains after winning Ashes series at home and away who announced his retirement from cricket on 29 August 2012 after 100 test appearances?
Andrew Strauss.
He scored 7037 runs in Test cricket and 4202 in 124 ODIs. England won 24 of 50 Tests under Strauss. His international career lasted 10 years, during which he scored 21 Test centuries and six ODI hundred

75.    Spanish footballer who was crowned as the European Footballer of the Year 2012?
Andres Iniesta.

76.    A bag carrying diplomatic mail from an Asian country has been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, portions of the Alps mountain range which stand within France. Name of that Asian country?
India.
A bag carrying diplomatic mail reading “Diplomatic mail” and “Ministry of External Affairs” belonging to the Indian Government has been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, close to where an Air India plane crashed 46 years ago. The Air India plane flying from Mumbai to New York crashed in January 1966 and all 117 people on board died.

77.    Who has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after the world governing body of cycling known as UCI accepted the findings of the United States Anti-Doping Agency's investigation?
Lance Armstrong.
He is an American former professional road racing cyclist. In 2012 he was banned for life and disqualified from all his results since August 1998, for using and distributing performance-enhancing drugs. Before being stripped of the titles, Armstrong had won the Tour de France seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005, after having testicular cancer.

78.    US-based Cancer Treatment Services International (CTSI) will open its first overseas cancer centre, American Institute of Oncology (AOI) in?
Hyderabad.
The center is created as part of the first phase of the Citizens Hospital, AOI would offer a sophisticated Electronic Medical Record for anytime and anywhere access of patient information.

79.    The National Advisory Council has set up a two-member working group to study the report on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) prepared by the High Level Expert Group and the government’s proposal to expand the scope of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and convert it into a National Health Mission. The two member group comprising of?
Mirai Chatterjee and A.K. Shiva Kumar.

80.    Who has been appointed the first Chancellor of Central University, Karnataka, Gulbarga?
U.R. Ananthamurthy.

81.    Which Indian company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China Datang Corporation (CDT) to form a strategic partnership for development and operation of power and energy projects in India and abroad?
Reliance Power Limited.
Reliance Power Limited is part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. It was established to develop, construct and operate power projects in the domestic and international markets. Reliance Energy Limited, an Indian private sector power utility company along with the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group promotes Reliance Power.

82.    Who won the Man of the Match award in the first ODI cricket between Australia and Pakistan held at Sharjah on August 28, 2012?
Mitchell Starc (Australia). He took 5 wickets conceding 42 runs.
Result: Australia beat Pakistan by 4 wickets.

83.    Who has taken over as the Chief of Staff of the Southern Naval Command, Kochi?
Rear Admiral G. Ashok Kumar.

84.    Whole-time Director and head of the power business of Larsen and Toubro (L&T) who has resigned as director of the company?
Ravi Uppal.

85.    India’s largest realty firm which has decided to end its five-year long association with Indian Premier League as the title sponsor?
DLF.

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