Questions analysis -
Appendix3 exam - GRP paper of last 3 years
Compiled
by Shri Uday Kiran Bora, SSO(A)/SCR
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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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