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   What are the various Railway Funds that are financed from Railway
  Revenues? For what purpose is the amount in each Fund utilised and how is
  this purpose served when there is insufficient balance in the Funds?  | 
  
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   What do you understand by ABC analysis in Inventory  | 
  
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   How Traffic Book is reconciled with the General Books?  | 
  
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   Distinguish betweed Exchequer Control and Budgegary Contorl and
  discuss in detail the links between the two. 
  How are these controls exercised on your Railway? Role of cash budget
  as a tool of expenditure control(i.e. exchequer cont)  | 
  
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   What is a 'Station to Station' rate? Under what circumstances it is
  justified? What safeguards would you suggest to avoid  | 
  
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   Describe the appropriation accounts alongwith various  | 
  
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   7  | 
  
   Describe the system of classification, collection, and distribution
  of the ON-COST expenditure in Railways  | 
  
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   8  | 
  
   Discuss how transfers of stores from one Depot to another Depot on
  the same Railway are dealt within Stores Accounts. What are the various types
  of items that are adjusted through the Stock Adjustment Account and with what
  effect?  | 
  
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   9  | 
  
   Discuss the station outstandings arise and how these are
  cleared.  What types of these
  outstandings tend to remain  | 
  
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   10  | 
  
   How Traffic Account and Demands Payable are said to help in
  converting commercial accounts to Government accounts.  | 
  
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   Enumerate the various Advances of Government money  | 
  
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   12  | 
  
   Describe the journey of station earnings from Railway Station to the
  Railway Account in the Reserve Bank of India.  | 
  
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   How are surplus and scrap stores disposed of?  How are the sales shown in the books of
  accounts at different stages?  | 
  
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   14  | 
  
   Describe in detail the procedure by which the Parliament exercises
  control over Indian Railway's Finances?  | 
  
   1986  | 
  
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   1997  | 
  
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   15  | 
  
   what is common between the heads "Traffic Account",
  "Labour" and "Demands Payable"? Describe how they are  | 
  
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   16  | 
  
   What are the "Funds" operated on the Indian Railways?  How are they financed and for what purpose
  are they used?  | 
  
   1986  | 
  
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   17  | 
  
   Mention three types of Frauds that are possible in connection with
  Railway working and discuss in detail the procedural safeguards that exist
  which will ensure their detection.  | 
  
   1986  | 
  
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   18  | 
  
   Comment briefly on importance of local inspections.  What important points you would look into while
  inspecting a major Goods Shed or a major Stores Depot or the Office of AEN?  | 
  
   1987  | 
  
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   Explain the terms "SHOP-ON-COST", "GENERAL-ON-COST"
  and  | 
  
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   What is meant by "Traffic Suspense" and what does it
  consist of ?  What practical steps
  would you suggest for expenditious clearance of outstandings under this head?  | 
  
   1987  | 
  
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   What are the different sources of obtaining stores for the Railway
  and what precautions are taken to ensure that they have been procured in the
  most economical manner and as exdpeditiously as possible? Procurement of
  Stores.  | 
  
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   22  | 
  
   Why is stock verification necessary? 
  What is the mechanism for stock verification on Railways?  How are the results of such verification
  recorded and dealt with?  | 
  
   1987  | 
  
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   Describe briefly the procedure for remittance of cash by
  stations.  What checks are exercised to
  ensure that the cash collected at the stations is correctly remitted?  Do you have any suggestions to give in this
  regard?  | 
  
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   Stations prepare Balance Sheet. 
  Why should then separate  | 
  
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   Role of Audit and Audit objections on the Railways?  | 
  
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   Workshop Manufacturing Supsense (WMS)  | 
  
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   Inspection of GOODS SHED, STORES DEPOT, PARCEL OFFICE,  | 
  
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   Arbitration clause  | 
  
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   Estimates  | 
  
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   30  | 
  
   How the check exercised by the organisation of Principal Director of
  Audit(Statutory Audit) is different as compared to the one exercised by
  Accounts Department?  Discuss very briefly
  the various forms in which Audit Objections are compiled and communicated.  | 
  
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   31  | 
  
   What do you understand by Budget and how the Budged for expenditure
  is compiled on Indian Railways?  Also
  discuss briefly the various stages of its review.  | 
  
   1996  | 
  
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   TENDERS  | 
  
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   33  | 
  
   What are the various parts of Traffic Book? While discussing the
  importance of each part, explain how Traffic Accounts  | 
  
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   34  | 
  
   Prepare a check list for guidance of an accounts officer of the
  store accounts branch attendint Tender Committee meeting  | 
  
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   35  | 
  
   Is it necessary to maintain a single set or a double set of works
  register?  Please discuss, highlighting
  the merits and the demerits.  What are
  the main problems being encountered for drawing up the Completion Report of a  | 
  
   1999  | 
  
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   36  | 
  
   Bills recoverable  | 
  
   1999  | 
  
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   37  | 
  
   Detail the types of frauds which cannot be detected by internal
  check of station returns in the Traffic Accounts Office, explaining the TIA's
  role in this regard.  | 
  
   2001  | 
  
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   38  | 
  
   What is specific fuel consumption? 
  Describe measures to  | 
  
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