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Q NO.1 WHAT IS THE MINIMUM FAMILY PENSION AS ON 01/01/1986 ?

Ans. I) Rs 375/-

II) Rs. 1275/-

III) Rs. 1913/-

IV) Rs. 2550/-

Q NO.2 WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FAMILY PENSION ?

Ans. I) Rs 5250/-

II) Rs. 12750/-

III) Rs. 13500/-

IV) Rs. 22500/-

Q NO.3 WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SERVICE PENSION ?

Ans. I) Rs 25000/-

II) Rs. 22750/-

III) Rs. 20000/-

IV)  Rs. 22500/-

Q NO.4 WHO IS THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO ISSUE DUPLICATE PENSION CERTIFICATE WHERE PC IS LOST BEFORE DRAWAL OF FIRST PAYMENT ?

Ans. I) Pension Sanctioning Authy.

II) DPDO

III) Head of Office

IV) CDA (PD)

Q NO.5 ENHANCED RATE OF FAMILY PENSION TO A DEFENCE CIVILIAN IS PAYABLE UPTO ?

Ans. I) For life

II) 7 Years

III) 67 Years of age

IV) Whichever is earlier of all above

Q NO.6 HOW MANY MASTERS ARE THERE IN RNPDS ?

Ans. I) 4

II) 2

III) 5

IV) 6

Q NO.7 WHICH CATEGORY OF PENSIONERS COMES UNDER CLASS-V ?

Ans. I) Family Pensioners

II) DAD Pensioners

III) Civilian Pensioners

IV) Commissioned Officers

Q NO.8 WHICH AUTHY. DISBURSES THE DEFENCE PENSION IN NEPAL ?

Ans. I) DPDO Gorakhpur

II) Public Sector Bank

III) Military & Air attach, Indian Embassy, Nepal

iv)  All of above

Q NO.9 IN CASE THE ELIGIBLE CHILD IS PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY HANDICAPED AND UNABLE TO EARN A LIVELYHOOD, WHETHER SPECIAL FAMILY PENSION WOULD BE ADMISSIBLE TO THE CHILD UPTO ?

Ans. I) For life

II) 25 Years of age

III) Not Admissible

IV) 28 Years of age

Q NO.10 WHO IS PDA IN ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ?

Ans. I) DPDO

II) Post office Campbell Bay (A & N )

III) Public Sector Bank

IV) All of above

Q NO.11 WHICH AUTHY. DISBURSES DEFENCE PENSION IN BHUTAN ?

Ans. I) DPDO

II) Public Sector Bank

III) Political Officer of india, Thimpu, Bhutan

IV) All of above

Q NO.12 WHICH AUTHY. DISBURSES DEFENCE PENSION IN SIKKIM ?

Ans. I) DPDO

II) Finance Scy. Gangtok, Sikkim

III) Public Sector Bank

IV) All of above

Q NO.13 WHAT ARE THE RATES OF PARAM VIR CHAKRA AWARD?

Ans. I) Rs. 1500/-

II) Rs. 1400/-

III) Rs. 1200/-

IV) Rs. 1050/-

Q NO.14 IF A PENSIONER IS GRANTED GRATUITY i.e. GRATUITY WITHOUT ANY PENSION, WHETHER HO NO. WILL BE ALLOTED TO HIM/HER ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.15 IF A PENSIONER WHO HAS BEEN TRANSFFERED OUT EARLIER FROM ANY DPDO TO ANOTHER DPDO/PDA, IS SUBSEQUENTALLY TAKEN BACK ON THE PAYMENT STRENGTH, WHETHER HE/SHE WILL BE ALLOTED SAME HO NO. OR FRESH ONE ?

Ans. I) Fresh HO shall be allotted

II) Same HO shall be allotted

Q NO.16 FROM WHICH DATE CDA(P) ALLAHABAD IS REDESIGNATED AS PCDA(P) ALLAHABAD ?

Ans. I) 18/7/97

II) 1/12/85

III) 24/9/99

IV) None of above

Q NO.17 FROM WHICH DATE CDA(P) ALLAHABAD WAS RE-DESIGNATED AS CHIEF CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS9PENSION) ?

Ans. I) 24/9/99

II) 19/12/88

III) 18/7/97

IV) 1/1/2006

Q NO.18 UPTO WHICH DATE PPO WERE NOTIFIED THROUGH PENSION CIRCULAR ?

Ans. I) 30/9/51

II) 31/12/52

III) 31/12/72

IV) None of above

Q NO.19 WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF C.A.A. ?

Ans. I) Rs 300/-

II) Rs. 600/-

III) Rs. 500/-

IV) Rs. 310/-

Q NO.20 IS SPECIAL SEAL OF PSA MANDATORY ON PENSION CERTIFICATE OF A DAD PENSIONER ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.21 IMPROVEMENT IN PENSION OF PBOR CAME INTO EFFECT FROM WHICH DATE ?

Ans. I) 1/1/2004

II) 1/1/96

III) 1/1/92

IV) 1/1/2006

Q NO.22 DPDOs ARE EMPOWERED TO ADMIT LTA CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS UPTO WHICH PERIOD FROM DATE OF DEATH ?

Ans. I) 1 Year

II) 2 Year

III) 3 Year

IV) 5 Year

Q NO.23 MEDICAL ALLOWANCE TO DEFENCE CIVILIAN PENSIOER IS PAYABLE FROM WHICH DATE ?

Ans. I) 2/6/99

II) 18/7/97

III) 1/12/97

IV) 1/1/96

Q NO.24 AT WHAT DEGREE OF DISABLEMENT THE CONSTANT ATTENDENCE ALLOWANCE IS ADMISSIBLE ?

Ans. I) 50 %

II) 100 %

III) 20 %

IV) 75 %

Q NO.25 WHAT IS THE MAX. AMOUNT OF PENSION THAT CAN BE REMITTED BY MONEY ORDER BY DPDO AT GOVT. EXPENCE ?

Ans. I) Rs. 1500/- + Relief thereon

II) Rs. 1275/- + Relief thereon

III) Rs. 2550/- + Relief thereon

IV) Rs. 1973/- + Relief thereon

Q NO.26 FROM WHICH DATE DEARNESS RELIEF IS PAYABLE TO RE-EMPLOYED PENSIONERS WHERE PAY ON RE-EMPLOYMENT IS FIXED AT MINIUM OF THE PAY SCALE ?

Ans. I) 2/6/99

II) 18/7/97

III) 1/12/97

IV) 1/1/96

Q NO.27 WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING REGISTERS HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED AT THE DECENTRALISED DPDOs FOR RNPDS PROCESSING ?

Ans. I) Data Entry Register

II) Monthly Processing Register

III) DPDO control Register

IV) All above

Q NO. 28 WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF RETIREMENT GRATUITY PAYABLE ON RETIREMENT ?

Ans. I) Rs. 350000/-

II) Rs. 500000/-

III) Rs. 300000/-

IV) Rs. 625000/-

Q NO.29 UNDER WHICH SERIES OF PPO, RELATING TO CLASS I & II PENSIONERS ARE NOTIFIED ?

Ans. I) F Series

II) M Series

III) S Series

IV) C Series

Q NO.30 PPO FOR LIBRELISED FAMILY PENSION IS NOTIFIED UNDER WHICH SERIES ?

Ans. I) F Series

II) M Series

III) S Series

IV) FBC Series

Q NO.31 JANGI INAM WAS REVISED TO RS. 100/- P.M. FROM RS. 10/- W.E.F. WHICH DATE ?

Ans. I) 2/6/99

II) 18/7/97

III) 1/12/97

IV) 25/1/95

Q NO.32 WHAT IS MAX. PERIOD FOR WHICH DPDO CAN ADMIT FIRST PAYMENT CLAIMS ?

Ans. I) 2

II) 3

III) 1

IV) 5

Q NO.33 WHO IS THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY TO ACCORD REVIVAL SANCTION FOR DELETED RECORDS FROM RNPDS MASTERS ?

Ans. I) CDA (PD)

II) PCDA (P)

III) ZO(PD)

IV) CGDA

Q NO.34 DUPLICATE RECORDS ARE DELETED BY WHICH TRANS.CATION (TR) CODE ?

Ans. I) 01

II) 02

III) 04

IV) 88

Q NO.35 WHICH DR FLAG IS USED TO INDICATE PENSIONERS WHOSE PENSION HAS BEEN REVISED UNDER THE ORDERS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN PENSION OF PBOR ?

Ans. I) P

II) X

III) U

IV) D

Q NO.36 UNWANTED DATA FIELDS IN NUMERIC FIELDS CAN BE REMOVED BY MLVING THE FOLLOWING FIELD THROUGH GCF CORRECTION FORMAT/CORR. PPO ?

Ans. I) 99999999

II) 88888888

III) ********

IV) Blank Space

Q NO.37 IN WHICH TYPE OF PAYMENT POWER OF ATTORNY IS COMPULSORILY REQUIRED ?

Ans. I) Payment to Insane Pensioners

II) Payment to Convicted Pensioners

III) Payment to NRI Pensioners

IV) All of above

Q NO.38 WHAT ARE BASIC FIELDS FOR MATCHING THE MASTERS IN RNPDS ?

Ans. I) Name of Pensioner

II) PPO No.

III) PPO No. & Pentype

IV) All of above

Q NO.39 UNDER WHICH SERIES OF PPO ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION IS NOTIFIED ?

Ans. I) F Series

II) FNA Series

III) FBC Series

IV) FTI Series

Q NO.40 WHICH ORGANISATION IS INDICATED BY 08 MENTIONED ON PPOs ?

Ans. I) Air Force

II) Navy

III) Gref

IV) DAD

Q NO.41 TO WHICH AUTHORITY BEYOND CONTROL FIRST PAYMENT PPOs ARE REQUIRED TO BE RETURNED ?

Ans. I) ZO(PD)

II) CDA (PD)

III) PCDA (P)

IV) RO Concerned

Q NO.42 WHAT ARE THE RATES FOR 100% DISABILITY IN CASE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS (CO) ?

Ans. I) Rs. 1550/-

II) Rs. 1900/-

III) Rs. 5250/-

IV) Rs. 2600/-

Q NO.43 WHETHER THE PENSION OF A UNDER-TRAIL CAN BE SUSPENDED ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.44 WHETHER DPDOs ARE EMPOWERED TO ADMIT PENSION CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF PENSIONERS, WHO HAVE CHANGED THEIR NATIONALITY ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.45 WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF DISABILITY ELEMENT, PAYABLE TO A HAWALDAR IN WHOSE CASE DISABILITY HAS BEEN ASSESSED AS 19% ?

Ans. I) Rs. 310/-

II) Rs. 1275/-

III) Rs. 1550/-

IV) Rs. NIL/-

Q NO.46 CAN A PORTION OF PENSION BE ATTACHED IN FULFILMENT A DECREE OF COURT ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.47 ARE DPDOs COVERED UNDER THE PERVIEW OF RTI ACT ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.48 WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF MEDICAL ALLOWANCE PAYABLE TO A WIDOW WHO IS GETTING DIVIDED FAMILY PENSION ?

Ans. I) Rs. 100/-

II) Rs. 50/-

III) Rs. Proportionate to pension

IV) Rs. None of above

Q NO.49 NAME THE AUTHORITY WHICH CONDUCTS POST AUDIT OF RNPDS CORRECTIONS IN A DECENTRALISED DPDO ?

Ans. I) Base EDP Center

II) ZO (PD)/ IO CELL

III) CDA(PD)

IV) PCDA (P)

Q NO.50 FROM WHICH DATE TEMPORARY INCREASE WAS PAYABLE ?

Ans. I) 1/1/73

II) 1/1/53

III) 22/9/77

IV) 1/4/58

Q NO.51 FROM WHICH DATE DEARNESS RELIEF WAS INTRODUCED FOR THE PENSIONERS ?

Ans. I) 18/7/97

II) 1/1/73

III) 1/1/53

IV) 1/4/58

Q NO.52 FROM WHICH DATE REVISION OF PENSION UNDER SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT WAS IMPLEMENTED ?

Ans. I) 1/4/58

II) 1/1/73

III) 1/1/53

IV) 1/4/79

Q NO.53 FROM WHICH DATE OFP CAME INTO EFFECT ?

Ans. I) 22/9/77

II) 1/1/53

III) 1/1/64

IV) 1/1/73

Q NO.54 GRP. X, Y, Z HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED FROM WHICH DATE ?

Ans. I) 1/4/2004

II) 10/10/97

III) 1/1/2006

IV) 1/11/98

Q NO.55 ON WHICH FORM LTA CLAIM IS TO BE PREFERRED ?

Ans. I) IAF-381

II) IAF-401

III) IAF-652

IV) IAFT-1714

Q NO.56 CAN JOINT NOTIFICATION BE CARRIED OUT IN CASE OF DISABLED SON ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.57 Can DCRG be paid to the widow of deceased who dies before receiving the same ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.58 An issueless family pensioner getting OFP remarries. Can the FP be sanctioned to the parents of deceased ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.59 A Gallantry award holder PBOR sentenced to imprisonment for treason. Can his gallantry award be forfeited ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.60 Is personal appearance necessary for an An NRI pensioners at the time of Ist drawal of pension ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.61 A service pensioner went missing on 1-1-96. The FIR was lodged on 30-6-96 and the FP was also sanctioned wef 30-6-96 after lapse of 1 year. Who is competent authority to notify presumable date of death of missing pensioner. ?

Ans. I) Ministry Concerned

II) Court of Law

III) PCDA (P)

IV) A & B above

Q NO.62 A DAD pensioner retiring after 1-1-96 requests for credit of his pension in joint account with his spouse, whose FP has also been jointly notified. Can the request of pensioner be acceded to by the PDA ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.63 Which section of CDA(PD) Main office deals with time barred Arrear claim of pension ?

Ans. I) Complaint Section

II) O & M Section

III) Administration Section

IV) Technical Section

Q NO.64 What are the rates of Ex-gratia allowance payment to Hav. retired on 31-7-70 ?

Ans. I) Rs 25/-

II) Rs. 30/-

III) Rs. 10/-

IV) Rs. NIL/-

Q NO.65 A PBOR retiring with disability neither attributable to nor aggravated by military service shall be granted ?

Ans. I) Service Element

II) Service & disability element

III) Only disability element

IV) None of above

Q NO.66 Can payment of Commuted value of pension be paid to the nominated heir of pensioner who dies before receiving it ?

Ans. I) Yes

II) No

Q NO.67 A Byte contains ?

Ans. I) 4 Bits

II) 8 Bits

III) 9 Bits

IV) 16 Bits

Q NO.68 A Kilobyte contains ?

Ans. I) 1000 bytes

II) 1044 bytes

III) 1024 bytes

IV) 144 bytes

Q NO.69 Which of the following is main part of computer ?

Ans. I) Input Devices

II) C.P.U.

III) Output Devices

IV) All of above

Q NO.70 Which of the following is main part of C.P.U. ?

Ans. I) Memory Unit

II) Control Unit

III) Arithmetic Unit

IV) All of above

Q NO.71 How many divisions are there in COBOL program ?

Ans. I) 3

II) 2

III) 4

IV) 1

Q NO.72 When was the organization of CDA (PD) established ?

Ans. I) 1985

II) 1983

III) 1971

IV) 1963

Q NO.73 How many DPDOs are there in India ?

Ans. I) 50

II) 48

III) 69

IV) 62

Q NO.74. Which is the smallest DPDO ?

Ans. I) Amritsar

II) Jhajjar

III) Leh

IV) Una

Q NO.75 What is the periodicity of identification of pensioners ?

Ans. I) 12 Months

II) 15 Months

III) 6 Months

IV) 18 Months

Q NO.76 Who places cash assignment in favour of DPDOs ?

Ans. I) CDA (PD)

II) Respective ZO (PD)

III) PCDA (P)

IV) All of above

Q NO.77 In which document are the details of monthly disbursements to the pensioners recorded ?

Ans. I) PC Files

II) Demand Register

III) Check Register

IV) All of above

Q NO.78 What is the periodicity of submission of cash accounts by the DPDO to Main Office ?

Ans. I) Monthly

II) Bi-monthly

III) Quaterly

IV) Fortnightly

Q NO.79 Which of the following is Pension Sanctioning Authorities ?

Ans. I) PCDA (P) Allahabad

II) PCDA (Navy)

III) JCDA (AF) New Delhi

IV) All of above

Q NO.80 How many Zonal Offices are functioning under CDA(PD) Meerut ?

Ans. I) 5