MCQ Practice Mock Examination Accounts Key
MCQ Practice Mock Examination Accounts Key
MCQ Practice Mock Examination Accounts Key
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Question - 1
Exchequer control facilitates _______ (AFA 70% Supplementary Exam 2023)
D. All of these
Answer - 1
D. All of these
Differences between
Exchequer control Budgetary control
1. Controls cash items 1. Controls Cash and Adjustments
2. Exercised by Accounts Officers 2. Exercised by Accounts as well as
Executives
3. Period is Month 3. Period is Throughout the year
4. Cash authorisation statement is the 4. Budget Grant and Budgetary
base Reviews are the tools
Question - 2
What are Grants are distributed to Zonal Railways by Railway Board
called ____ (APO LDCE Exam 2023)
A. Budget Orders
B. Budget Allotments
C. Distribution of Grants
D. None of these
Answer - 2
B. Budget Allotments
● Budget Orders: The orders by means of which the allotments are made
are called "Budget Orders".
Question - 3
Which one of the following rules of General Financial Rules (GFR) 2017 mentions the following
“With the merger of the Railway Budget with the General budget, the Demands for Grants and
the Statement of Budget Estimates of Railways shall also be part of the General Budget with
effect from 2017‐18.” (AFA LDCE Exam 2022)
A. Rule 43(1)
B. Rule 43(2)
C. Rule 43(3)
D. Rule 43(4)
Answer - 3
B. Rule 43(2)
● Rule 43 (1) – Presentation of Budget by FM to the Parliament as per Article 112 (1) of
Constitution of India
● Rule 43 (3) - Preparation, formulation & submission of General Budget as per Articles 112 to 116
of the Constitution of India.
● Rule 43 (4) - Budget Division, Dept of Economic Affairs of Ministry of Finance shall issue
guidelines for preparation of the Budget estimates from time to time. All the
Ministries/Departments shall comply in full with these guidelines.
Question - 4
Interest component of the Extra Budgetary Resources for National Projects is
budgeted under the Major Head (AFA LDCE Exam 2022)
A. 5003
B. 3045
C. 6003
D. 3075
Answer - 4
D. 3075
A. Acworth Committee
A. Acworth Committee
Committees, Years & Events
Committee (recommended by) Year Event
Sir William Acworth Committee 1924 Separation of Railway finances from General Finances or Railway
Budget from General Budget
Sir Arthur Lowes Dicknson 1929 Separation of Accounts & Audit Functions in IR
Indian Railway Enquiry Committee 1941 Brought Railway Accounts under the control of GM (instead of FC)
(commonly known as Wedgewood
Committee)
NITI Aayog recommendations 2017-18 Merger of Railway Budget with General Budget
Question - 6
Revenue Primary Unit for cost of Electrical Energy (Traction & Non
Traction) is ______
A. 30
B. 31
C. 32
D. 61
Answer - 6
A. 30
Notes:
● Previously Cost of electric energy is charged to PU 32. Now booked to PU 30
● Previously booked initially to DN 08 & 10 and later transferred to respective DNs. Now Straight
away booked to respective DNs
● PU 32 – Contractual payments
A. 81
B. 82
C. 83
A. Major Head, Minor Head, Sub Major Head, Sub Head, Detailed Head & Object
Head
B. Major Head, Sub Major Head, Minor Head, Detailed Head, Sub Major Head,
Sub Head & Object Head
C. Major Head, Sub Major Head, Minor Head, Sub Head, Detailed Head & Object
Head
D. None of these
Answer - 8
C. Major Head, Sub Major Head, Minor Head, Sub Head,
Detailed Head & Object Head
A. PU 31 & PU 32
B. PU 21 & PU 22
C. PU 51 & PU 52
D. None of these
Answer - 9
A. PU 31 & PU 32
● PU 32 – Zonal Railways IRSP (Itemised Rolling Stock Programme) Non Bulk Orders
Stages are 1. Action taken Notes 2. Action taken Report 3. Action taken
Statement.
1. Action taken Notes: Govt take action on the recommendations of the PAC
and submit ACTION TAKEN NOTES to the Committee. At this stage,
Responsibility is fixed on Officers.
2. Action taken Report: The PAC then presents ACTION TAKEN REPORT
after considering the views of the Government.
B. Economic Cut
C. Token Cut
Answer - 11
C. Token Cut
Examples: Cut Motions
Type of Cut Demand for Amount of Demand for Remarks
Grant
proposed Cut Grant passed
Economic Cut Rs. 1,00,000 Rs. 30,000 Rs. 70,000 Any amount of cut. That is either
Rs. 30,000 or any specific amount
within Rs. 1,00,000
Token Cut Rs. 1,00,000 Rs. 100 Rs. 99,900 Here, the amount of cut
A. Category ‘B’
B. Category ‘M’
C. Category ‘C’
D. Category ‘O’
Answer - 12
D. Category ‘O’
A. 1 Month
B. 21 Days
C. 14 Days
D. None of these
Answer - 14
A. 1 Month
The remaining conditions i.e., SAG approval & e-Tender are same
Question - 16
● Calling of Limited Tenders from approved list of contractors –
PHOD is having powers up to ______
A. Full Powers
● Prohibited
● Finance concurrence
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 15 %
D. 20%
Answer - 18
B. 10%
● Up to 50 Lakhs - 10%
C. Advance against Machinery & Plant is 10% of the Contract value or 90% of
the Purchase value whichever is less
Correct answer is
1. TC not required
3. Vetting of LOA
A. SG/JAG/SS(Independent charge) – Up to Rs.5 Lakhs (all works incl: Safe running of Trains).
Annual limit is Rs. 60 Lakhs
C. Finance concurrence is necessary except for work that is of urgent nature and directly
related to safe running of trains.
D. At least 3 well experienced Contractors (need not be on Approved list of Contractors) with 7
days Notice period. (in case of emergency, it can be reduced)
Answer - 22
A. SG/JAG/SS(Independent charge) – Up to Rs.5 Lakhs (all works incl: Safe
running of Trains). Annual limit is Rs. 60 Lakhs - Incorrect
Up to Rs.5 Lakhs each (all works incl: safe running of trains) with Finance
Concurrence.
Question - 23
Which is not comes under Service Contracts ?
A. Physical Maintenance
B. Housekeeping
D. Consultancy
Answer - 23
C. Two Wheeler Parking
• The Work contemplated for delivery of services as per Drawings & Schedules set forth in the Bid forms &
required to be executed according to specification
• contract of sale of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in
goods to the buyer for a price.
Question - 24
Services: SSS stands for _______ (like RRR movie or Satyam Sivam Sundaram
movie)
D. T2 Liquidity (liquid assets, lines of credit & other financial means to meet
Cash outflow) - From any Bank
Answer - 25
A. 150 % of the Bid Value in the last 3 FY plus the Current FY - Correct
Other statements
B. Audited Balance Sheet - Certified by CA- Chartered Account. Not by the Bank
D. T2 Liquidity (liquid assets, lines of credit & other financial means to meet Cash outflow) - From
Scheduled Banks only. Not from any Bank
Question - 26
______ makes it mandatory for purchasing items
available on GeM through GeM only. (Hint: GFR –
General Financial Rules)
A. GFR 147
B. GFR 149
C. GFR 150
D. GFR 155
Answer - 26
B. GFR 149
Question - 27
GFR 155: Direct Purchases with L1. Which one is correct ?
D. None of these
Answer - 27
A. Above Rs.25,000 and upto Rs.5,00,000
B. Department of Expenditure
C. Respective Ministries
D. None of these
Answer - 28
D
● Issued within 48 hours of receipt on STC – Said To Contain Basis – term used on a Bill of lading
to indicate the carrier has not physically verified the contents of the shipment.
● Respond to auto generated PRC – within 48 hours. If not responded, then PRC becomes
uneditable.
Question - 30
Running the Assets Non-Stop and attend only when they breakdown, thus
enhancing availability at the cost of reliability. I am talking about _________
(Rolling Stock)
A. Corrective Maintenance
B. Predictive Maintenance
C. Annual Maintenance
D. Preventive Maintenance
Answer - 30
A. Corrective Maintenance
Maintenance When Enhancing Assets
D. None of these
Answer - 31
A. Workshop Accounts Management System
3. Two parts i.e., Forms for Data entry/porting & Reports for Managerial output
D. None of these
Answer - 32
D. None of these
A. Idle Time – Up to 30 minutes in each case is booked to Job card (not as Idle
Time)
B. Idle Time of Direct Workers is more than 15% - No Incentive Bonus to the
concerned Supervisors
D. Idle time can be booked for power failure of more than one hour
only
Answer - 34
B. Individual Based Incentive
Scheme (Incorrect)
Explanation:
Statement 2 – WOs broadly divided into 2 categories i.e., Revenue & Other than Revenue
Statement 5 – WOs sync with the Classification of expenditure as per Finance Code Vol. II
Question - 36
Source of Finance for Modernization of Rolling Stock is _________
A. Capital
B. IRFC Bonds
C. RRSK
D. None of these
Answer - 36
D. None of these
A. Process
B. Batch
C. Job
D. Revised
Answer - 37
A. Process Costing
Work Method
Foundry Accounts Process Costing
Shop Manufactured Items Job Costing
Rolling Stock Production Batch Costing
URC – Unit Repair Revised Costing
Costing of POH
Question - 38
Which one is not comes under Other Standing Work Orders ?
A. 30
B. 31
C. 32
D. 33
Answer - 39
B.31
A. 15 minutes
B. Half an Hour
C. One Hour
D. Half a day
Answer - 40
B. Half an Hour
Period Late Loss of Wages Remarks
Key Points:
2. Newly designated by clubbing PCO – Production Control Organisation & other offices (of
Incentive)
4. Incidentally, the Group Incentive Scheme is developed by the IED – Industrial Engineering
Division of RITES ltd.
Question - 42
In Production Units, Overheads are divided into
____ categories
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 2
Answer - 42
B. 4
1. Factory Overheads
2. Administrative Overheads
3. Stores Overheads
4. Town Overheads
Who am I ?
B. Movable Machines
D. None of these
Answer - 44
D. None of these. The Correct answer is T&P
– Tools & Plant.
1 M&P stands for Machinery & Plant 1 T&P stands for Tools & Plant
2 A Machine that remains stationary 2 An item that is movable (Machine comes to Job)
and immovable (Job comes to
Machine) and all Vehicles (all types)
3 Examples: All immovable Machines, 3 Examples: Pneumatic drills, power saws, tools and
Staff cars, Lorries, Buses, plants such as jigs & fixtures. Small tools & equipment.
Ambulances, Road Mobile cranes, Upkeep of Office such as Furniture, computers, printers
etc etc
4 Costing more than Rs. 50 Lakhs 4 Costing up to Rs. 10 Lakhs referred as T&P and
and Vehicles irrespective of its cost procured by Zonal Railways
processed through M&P Portal
(maintained by Railway Board)
A. 8 Hours
B. 8 ½ Hours
C. 9 Hours
D. 10 Hours
Answer - 45
C. 9 Hours
A. Debit Balance
B. Credit Balance
D. None of these
Answer - 46
B. Credit Balance
A. Progress Office
B. Millwright Shop
D. Time Office
Answer - 47
C. PCO – Production Control Organisation
1. Drawing
2. Planning
3. Processing
4. Rate fixing
5. Production control
6. Progress
7. Inspection
8. Quality control
Question - 48
Technical control over the Coaching Depots & Yards (coaching) in Open Line
in Zonal Railways rests with _________
Next 3 slides
CRSE/Coaching Technical control over the Coaching Depots & Yards (coaching) in Open Line
CRSE/Freight Technical control over the Freight Depots & Yards (Freight) in Open Line
CMPE Management of ARMEs/ARTs/SPART & 140T Cranes & other items of Disaster Management
CEnHM Environmental & Housekeeping management, NGT works, OBHS, CTS, ETP
CESE Technical control on the Dept of Electrical General Service (Train lighting & AC in Coaches)
incl: PRS
CEE/RS Technical control on the maintenance & operations of EMU/MEMU
110
Abbreviations – Mechanical Dept
111
Abbreviations – Mechanical Dept
Abbreviation Stands for
EMU Electrical Multiple Unit
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
Answer - 49
C. 8 (3+3+2)
A. 1001
B. 3001
C. 3002
D. 5002
Answer - 50
B. 3001
A. Erstwhile Demand No, Sub Head, Minor Head, Detailed Head & Object Head
B. Major Head, Sub Major Head, Minor Head, Detailed Head & Object Head
C. Erstwhile Demand No, Minor Head, Sub Head, Detailed Head & Object Head
D. Sub Major Head, Minor Head, Sub Head, Object Head & Detailed Head
Answer - 51
● C. Erstwhile Demand No, Minor Head, Sub
Head, Detailed Head & Object Head
A. PU 60
B. PU 61
C. PU 63
D. PU 64
Answer – 53
B. PU 61 (GTKM Debits & Credits)
Foreign Railways – Inter Rly adjustment of Wages & Labour on POH of Foreign Railways from WMS
to Revenue Heads accounted under PU 63 & 64 respectively
Earlier Inter Rly adjustment of Wages & Materials on POH of Foreign Railways from WMS to Revenue
Heads accounted under Pus 34 & 35 respectively
Home Railways – Wages & Materials – Intra Railway Adjustment of POH of Home Railways
accounted under PU 34 & 35 respectively.
Question - 54
Salary of PCSC – Principal Chief Security Commissioner chargeable to
erstwhile Demand No _____ and SMH – Sub Major Head is _____
D. None of these
Answer - 54
A. D.N. 12 & SMH 10
Explanation: Usually GM Office expenditure & DRM Office expenditure accounted under erstwhile
D.N. 03 – General Superintendence & Services.
However, the maximum 9 Minor Heads are possible under D.N. 03. They are assigned to General
Management (100), Finance (200), Personnel (300), Materials Management (400), Engineering
(500), Mechanical (600), Electrical (700), S&T (800) & Traffic (900).
Hence, Medical Dept (D.N. 11), Claims Dept (D.N.12), Catering Dept (D.N.12), Security Dept (D.No.12),
Training (D.N.12) have no place in D.N. 03.
Question - 55
IRFC Lease charges: Principal component & Interest component chargeable to
Plan Head ______ and erstwhile Demand No_____ respectively
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 1
Answer - 57
B. 03
71 – Stores Suspense
72 – Manufacturing Suspense
B. Minor Heads
C. Detailed Heads
D. Object Heads
Answer - 58
B. Minor Heads
Question - 59
PH 53 – Passenger Amenities and Other Users Amenities is renamed
as __________
A. Passenger Welfare
B. Customer Welfare
C. Customer Amenities
D. Passenger Amenities
Answer - 59
C. PH – 53 -Customer Amenities
A. PH 54 – Staff Amenities
B. PH 51 – Staff Welfare
C. PH 50 – Staff Amenities
D. PH 50 – Staff Welfare
Answer - 60
D. 15 – Appropriation to Funds
Answer - 61
D. D.N0. 15 – Appropriation to Funds (Incorrect)
The Correct Answer is Provision of Holiday Homes Source of Finance is DF Part II – Labour Welfare
Works
(A) 80
Question - 65
● Luggage booked with passenger will be
charged ____ times of scale ‘L’
● (A) 2
● (B) 1.5
● (C)1
● (D) 3
Answer - 65
●
[A] 5%
Question - 67
● Door Step Banking MoU signed between Railways
and:
A) Cross Traffic
Question - 69
Apportionment of earnings is based on
A) Tonnage carried
B) Number of trains carried
C) Earnings per rake
D) Distance involved in each Railway
Answer - 69
D) Distance involved in
each Railway
Question - 70
Part A of the Traffic Book posted from
A) Part A
B) Part B
C) Part C
D) Part D
Answer – 74
B) Part B
Question - 75
Supervisory staff (as declared) comes under
category of ________ in HWPR
A. Continuous
B. Intensive
C. Essentially Intermittent
D. Excluded
Answer - 75
D. Excluded (Apart from Supervisors, staff of Railway schools & Railway
Hospitals also come under this category)
(Section 130 of Indian Railways Act 1989 & declared by the Ministry of
Labour)
B. Work which is not classified as either intensive or Continuous or Excluded comes under
Essentially Intermittent classification.
A. PCMM Office
B. GM Office
C. PFA Office
D. None of these
Answer - 77
A. PCMM Office
Question - 78
As a normal rule, the closing balances of WMS are required to be kept at ____ &
____ of Gross Credits for Revenue Works/Repair Workshops &
Manufacturing works / Production Units respectively
A. 3% & 6%
B. 6% & 3%
C. 5% & 10%
D. None of these
Answer - 78
A
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 4
Answer - 79
B. 3
A) Rs 500/-
B) Rs 600/-
C) Rs 800/-
D) Rs 1000/-
Answer - 80
C- Rs 800/-
Question - 81
How many days of paternity leave can be sanctioned to a male employee?
A) 5 days
B) 15 days
C) 7 days
D) 10 days
Answer - 81
B- 15 days
Question - 82
Family pension is equal to ……….% of Basic pay of the employee.
A) 60%
B) 40%
C) 30%
D) 25%
Answer - 82
C- 30%
Question - 83
What is the maximum amount of Retirement Gratuity?
A) 30 Lakhs rupees
B) 25 Lakhs rupees
C) 20 Lakhs rupees
D) 15 lakhs rupees
Answer - 83
A) 3
B) 5
C) 6
D) 8
Answer - 84
B -5
Question - 85
CTG is equal to ……… % of Basic Pay of the employee.
A) 80%
B) 75%
C) 60%
D) 100%
Answer - 85
A- 80%
Question – 86
A newly recruited Group-C employee will be on probation for …………….. Years.
A) One year
B) Three years
C) Five years
D) Two years
Answer - 86
D- Two years
Question- 87
For promotion from Group-C to Group-B how many years APARS are perused
by the selection committee?
A) Last Three years
B) Last Seven years
C) Last Five Years
D) All available APARS
Answer - 87
B- 4 years
Question - 89
For whom Pre-selection coaching is mandatory?
A) SC employees
B) ST employees
C) OBC employees
D) SC and ST employees
Answer - 89
D- SC and ST employees
Question - 90
• In departmental selection OUTSTANDING means………….
C – 1/10 th
Question - 92
While in service how many times LAP can be en-cashed?
A) 10 times
B) 5 times
C) 12 times
D) 6 times
Answer - 92
D – 6 times
Question - 93
GTKM – Gross Tonne Kilo Meter – Definition is __________
B. One Tonne including Payload & Tare Carried over One Kilo Meter
D. None of these
Answer - 93
C. One Tonne including Payload, Tare &
Weight of Engine carried over One Kilo
Meter
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
Answer - 94
B. 4
The 4 Factors / Primary Units are:
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
Answer - 95
B. 5
2. Transportation Statistics
3. Commercial Statistics
5. Administrative Statistics
Question - 96
Statement 6A –Passenger Revenue Statistics: Which one of the
following is incorrect ?
A. Prepared monthly
C. Source: Invoices
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. None of these
Answer - 98
D. None of these
A. Erstwhile Demands 01 to 03
B. Erstwhile Demand 01
(Shown as percentage of
Working Expenses)
Question - 100
Book value of the Capital Assets of the Railway is called as
_________
A. Capital at charge
B. Block Account
C. Loan Account
D. None of these
Answer - 100
A. Capital at charge
Grand Mock Test – Key – 16.06.2024 10 AM
SN Ans SN Ans SN Ans SN Ans
1 D 11 C 21 D 31 A
2 B 12 D 22 A 32 D
3 B 13 C 23 C 33 A
4 D 14 A 24 D 34 B
5 A 15 A 25 A 35 C
6 A 16 D 26 B 36 D
7 D 17 D 27 A 37 A
8 C 18 B 28 D 38 D
9 A 19 C 29 C 39 B
10 A 20 C 30 A 40 B
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Grand Mock Test – Key – 16.06.2024 10 AM
SN Ans SN Ans SN Ans SN Ans
41 A 51 C 61 D 71 C
42 B 52 A 62 B 72 A
43 B 53 B 63 B 73 C
44 D 54 A 64 A 74 B
45 C 55 D 65 B 75 D
46 B 56 B 66 A 76 C
47 C 57 B 67 B 77 A
48 C 58 B 68 A 78 A
49 C 59 C 69 D 79 B
50 B 60 B 70 C 80 C
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SN Ans SN Ans
81 B 91 C
82 C 92 D
83 B 93 C
84 B 94 B
85 A 95 B
86 D 96 B
87 C 97 A
88 B 98 D
89 D 99 D
90 A 100 A
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