Railway Accounts Department Examinations

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Saturday, August 8, 2020

Questions analysis - Appendix3 exam - GRP paper

 Most Important Questions For Class 12 Math CBSE 2020 – MATHEMATICIA


 

 

Questions analysis  - Appendix3 exam - GRP paper of last 3 years

 

Compiled by Shri Uday Kiran Bora, SSO(A)/SCR

 

Note:

 

1. Thanks Uday.  I request to candidates to prepare such analysis of other question papers and send to me for post in the blog.   

 

2. Click the hyperlinks highlighted questions serial numbers  in Red colour for access to article in the same blog.

 

 

SHORT NOTES

 

2017-18

 

1.   Performance Guarantee

2.   Imprest Stores

3.   Wagon Turn round  (2015 also)

4.   Way Leave Charges

5.   Leave not due

6.   Accounts Office Balance Sheet

 

2016

 

1.   Workshop Manufacturing Suspense

2.   Traffic Suspense and its components

3.   Stock Adjustment Account

4.   Railway Convention Committee

5.   Demands for Grants

6.   Specific Fuel consumption

7.   Inventory Turnover Ratio

 

2015

 

1.   Benchmarking in manpower

2.   Wagon Turn round   (2017-18 also)

3.   Canons of Financial Propriety

4.   Letter of Credit

5.   Zonal Railway Users consultative committee

6.   Purchase order

 

DISTINGUISH BETWEEN:

 

2017-18

 

1.   NPS and Old Pension Scheme

2.   IRCA and IRFA Transactions

3.   Demands Recoverable and Bills Recoverable

4.   Voted and Charged Expenditure

5.   Budgetary Resources and Extra Budgetary Resources

6.   Write Off and Write Back

 

2016

 

1.   The consolidated fund of India and Contingency fund of India

2.   Fully Distributed cost and Marginal Cost

3.   Remittances into Bank and Cheques & Bills

4.   Minor penalties and Major Penalties

5.   Estimate Committee and Public Accounts Committee

6.   Financial Commissioner and Commissioner of Railway Safety

7.   Misappropriation and Re-appropriation

2015

 

1.   Acquittance Certificate and Transfer Certificate

2.   Moveable surplus and Dead surplus

3.   Idle time and Joining time

4.   Operating Ratio and Turnover ratio

5.   Fully distributed cost and Marginal cost

 

LONG QUESTIONS:

 

2017-18

 

1.   Describe the working of Public Accounts Committee and discuss its functions.

2.   What isTraffic Suspense? Briefly explain the components of Traffic Suspense. How is traffic suspense cleared? Do you have any suggestions to improve the present system of clearance of traffic suspense.

3.   Define and explain the purpose and difference between Reserve Bank Suspense and Reserve Bank Deposit.  

4.   Define Establishment suspense. What factors lead to heavy outstanding in Railway Books and what are the measures to reduce it.

5.   Trace the passage of passenger ticket from the time it is printed till the time it is destroyed, bringing out the checks that are necessary at various stages by the accounts department.

6.   What are the various kinds of estimates prepared for Works expenditure. Describe the checks exercised in verification of the estimates.

7.   What is meant by lien. Under what circumstances can it be suspended.

 

2016

 

1.   Why is it necessary to have a costing system in Railway workshops? What do you understand from Shop-on-cost, General on cost and Proforma on cost.

2.   How the check exercised by the organisation of Principal Director of Audit is different as compared to the one exercised by Accounts Department? Discuss briefly the form in which Audit objections are compiled and communicated.

3.   What do you understand by Budget and how the budget for expenditure is compiled on Indian Railways.Also discuss briefly the various stages of its review.

4.   What is Station Balance Sheet. What checks are exercised in Accounts Office to verify the Goods and Coaching Balance sheet.  

5.   What are the various parts of the Traffic Book. While discussing the importance of each part explain how Traffic accounts office proves their accuracy.

6.   Prepare the check list for guidance of an Accounts Officer of the Stores Accounts Branch attending Tender committee meetings.

7.   Why is Stock Verification necessary? What is the mechanism for Stock verification in the Railways. How are the results of such verification recorded and dealt with.

 

2015

 

1.   How is parliamentary control over Railway finance and policy exercised.

2.   What are the various types of unsanctioned expenditure. Why completion reports should be finalised expeditiously. What is specific fuel consumption. Describe the measure to reduce it.  

3.   Describe role of computerisation in improving efficiency in working of Accounts Department.

4.   What are the checks to be exercised in establishment bills? How will you co-ordinate with bil preparing units to ensure timely payments.

5.   What are the sources of financing of Railway projects? Describe any one of these in detail.

6.   Distinguish between departmental stock verification and accounts stock verification. Describe the procedure for resolving shortages and excesses found by a stock verifier and their eventual adjustment in accounts.

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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Important questions - General Expenditure



General expenditure - Most Important Short notes (5 marks) in  Appendix 3A Exam.


My advice is to read and cover entire syllabus irrespective of Important or Not Important.  Subsequently put more preference for important ones because they are repeatedly asked in previous examinations as well as for importance they associated with in working of Indian Railways.


  1. Two packet system of Tendering  Click here

  1. Asset Register - 2006 (WO)   Click here 
      3. Measurement Book 

  1. Contractor's Measurement Book Click here

  1. Cost over runs & Time over runs 

  1. Development Fund 

  1. Development Reserve Fund 

  1. Capital Fund 

  1. Railway Liability Reserve Fund /  Debt Service Fund Click here

  1. RRSK  Click here

  1. Public Private Partnership - PPP 

  1. Differences between Demands Recoverable & Bills Recoverable  Click here

  1. Differences between Lease and License Click here

  1. Differences between Concurrence and Vetting Click here

  1. EBR -Extra Budgetary Resources  

  1. EBR(IF)  Click here

  1. EBR(IRFC) Click here

  1. EBR(PPP)

  1. FDI - Foreign Direct Investments  

  1. Development Order Click here

  1. Unremunerative / Uneconomic Branch Lines Click here

  1. Standards of Financial Propriety   Click here

  1. Sources of Finance - Capital, Capital Fund, DRF, DF, RSF, EBR like IRFC, PPP, FDI etc,Click here

  1. Seigniorage Charges Click here

  1. RLDA - Rail Land Development Authority Click here

  1. Model SOP Click here

  1. Umbrella Works

  1. GeM

  1. New GCC for Works - Nov, 2018

  1. GCC for Services

  1. IRPSM - Indian Railways Projects Sanctions & Management Click here

  1. Transformation cell Click here

  1. Joint Ventures

  1. COE - Control Over Expenditure

  1. Tender/Contract documents Click here

  1. IRSDC  Click here 
  2. GFR - General Financial Rules Click here
  3. GST - Goods & Service Tax Click here
  4. OOT - Out Of Turn Works Click here
  5. RSF - Railway Safety Fund Click here
  6. Advances to Contractors  Click here
  7. Tender Notice  Click here
  8. Responsibility Accounting Click here
  9. LHC - Line Haul Cost Click here
  10. Cost Plus Tender / Cost Plus Contract Click here
  11. Differences between IRCA and IRFA transactions Click here
  12. Performance Guarantee Click here
  13. Differences between SD and PG Click here
  14. Price Variation Clause - PV clause Click here
  15. Negotiation  Click here
  16. Differences between Variation and Vitiation Click here
  17. Counter Offer  Click here
  18. Way Leave charges Click here
  19. Line Capacity Works Click here








General expenditure - Important Essay questions(20 marks) in  Appendix 3A Exam.

My advice is to read and cover entire syllabus irrespective of Important or Not Important.  Subsequently put more preference for important ones because they are repeatedly asked in previous examinations as well as for importance they associated with in working of Indian Railways.



1.     What are the Measurement Books ? How are these maintained and what is their utility ? 1988 (WO)

2.     Under what circumstances can works be started before preparation of detailed estimates ? How are these regularised ?  1988 (WO)    

3.     What are the various types of tenders for contracts of civil engineering dept ? Give critical comments on each of these and mention the checks exercised in the Accounts Office while letting out such contracts.   1988 (WO)

4.     What are the Works Registers and what purpose do they serve ?  Bring out the pros and cons of single set and double set of Works Registers.  1988 (WO)

5.     Explain the term " Unsanctioned expenditure" with suitable examples.  What is the machinery for watching such expenditure and how is it ultimately regularised ? 1988 (WO)

6.     What are the Completion Reports (CRs) for works drawn up ?  What are the points that are looked into while certifying CRs ?  What are the implications of non-drawal of CRs expeditiously after the completion of works ?  1988 (WO)

7.     What is a Material -at-Site account (MAS) and what purpose does it serve ?  Explain briefly how it is maintained and reviewed .   1988 (WO)

8.      What is Railway Safety Fund (RSF) ?  For what types of work is it used ? How does RSF get credit for the use of Railway projects? - 2012 (W)

9.     What are the items to be verified while vetting a Revised Estimate ? - 2012 (W)

10.   What is meant by earnest money, security deposit and Performance Guarantee ? What are these important for ? - 2012 (W)

11.   What is a special limited tender ? How is it processed ? Explain in detail. - 2012 (W)

12.   What is the difference between RECT and PECT surveys ? How are these conducted?  What is the importance of survey in the sanction of a project?  - 2012 (W)

13.   What are the canons of financial propriety ? In this regard, how is irregular expenditure regularized ?  - 2012 (WO)

14.   What are the checks exercised by Accounts Office on: i) On account bills ii) Final Bills - 2012 (WO)

15.     What are the various records checked during the inspection of a PWI's Office ?  In case any irregularity is detected, what action is to be taken. - 2012 (WO), 1999 (WO)

16.  What do you understand by a Zonal contract ? How is it different from other works contracts ? - 2012 (WO)

17.  What is two packet system of tendering  ?  Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this system ? - 2012 (WO)

18.   What role does the accounts department play with regard to control over revenue
     expenditure ? - 2012 (WO)