Syllabus for AFA Post - LDCE

 Syllabus for AFA Post - LDCE 

• Authority: Railway Board Letter No. E(GP)/2022/2/4 dated 22.07.2022  Click for the Railway Board letter 

SN	Topic	Marks	Marks
1	General Principles of Government Accounting and Audit with Special reference to Railways	15
2	Books & Budget including Traffic Book	15
3	Traffic Accounts & Statistics	15
4	Establishment	15
5	General Expenditure	15
6	Workshop Accounts	15
7	Stores Accounts	15
	Professional Subject	105	105 Marks
9	General Knowledge	25
10	Official Language (Optional)	15	40 Marks
	Part II	40	40 Marks
11	Part III - Management Accounts & Financial Justification for Expenditure	30	30 Marks
	Grand Total		175 Marks

  

Comparison of New Pattern with 175 marks with old pattern i.e., 2 Papers with 150 Marks each

Old Pattern		New Pattern		Change
Topic	Marks	Topic	Marks
General Knowledge	25 Marks	General Knowledge	25 Marks	No change
English	25 Marks	English	Nil	Removed English portion. Reduced 25 Marks
Official Language	15 Marks	Official Language	15 Marks	No change
General Principles of Government Accounting and Audit with Special reference to Railways	50 Marks	General Principles of Government Accounting and Audit with Special reference to Railways	15 Marks	Reduced 35 Marks
Books & Budget including Traffic Book	50 Marks	Books & Budget including Traffic Book	15 Marks	Reduced 35 Marks
Financial Justification for Expenditure	25 Marks	Financial Justification for Expenditure	15 Marks	Reduced 10 Marks
Management Accounting	25 Marks	Management Accounting	15 Marks	Reduced 10 Marks
Traffic Costing	25 Marks	Traffic Costing	Nil	Reduced 25 Marks
Traffic Accounts & Statistics (optional)	50 Marks	Traffic Accounts & Statistics (Compulsory)	15 Marks	Reduced 35 Marks
Establishment (Optional)	50 Marks	Establishment (Compulsory)	15 Marks	Reduced 25 Marks
General Expenditure (Optional)	50 Marks	General Expenditure (Compulsory)	15 Marks	Reduced 35 Marks
Stores Accounts (Optional)	25 Marks	Stores Accounts (Compulsory)	15 Marks	Reduced 10 Marks
Workshop Accounts (Optional)	25 Marks	Workshop Accounts (Compulsory)	15 Marks	Reduced 10 Marks

 

EoTT - End of Train Telemetry

 

EoTT - End of Train Telemetry

• EoTT stands for End of Train Telemetry

• EoTT consists of :

HoT - Head of Train unit / Cab Display Unit (CDU) mounted in the locomotive  

Portable EOT - End of Train Unit / Sense and Brake Unit (SBU) mounted on the
CBC - Center Buffer Coupling on the rear end of last vehicle of the Train

The above two units are paired and communicate with each other over a radio link.

 

• To replace the guard at the last coach of the train. This piece of equipment will take

• care of the roles and responsibilities of the guard of the train irrespective of passenger

• train or goods train.

 

• Cost of One set of EoTT - Rs. 10 Lakhs 

 

• First Zonal Railway to commissioned EoTT  - ECoR - East Coast Railway

• Currently 4 Freight trains with EoTT system are running without Guard / Train Manager

 

• Target  - To provide in all Freight trains - By December, 2023

 

Advantages: 

• Dependency on the attachment of the Brake Van (the last vehicle of a freight train

• meant for Guards/Train Manager. Because this device performs all  safety-related

• functions automatically, which a Guard/Train Manager performs in a Freight Train. 

 

• One additional wagon or Coach can be attached to the Freight train or Passenger train

• respectively

 

• Continuous monitoring of Air Pressure in the last vehicle thus ensuring a high level of

• safety. 

 

• Improved operational savings in terms of elimination of Guard / Train Manager & Brake

• van 

 

• Improved train monitoring & accident investigation. 

Key takeaways for MCQ 

1. EoTT stands for End of Train Telemetry 

2. HoT stands for Head of Train  

3. CDU stands for Cab Display Unit 

4. EoT stands for End of Train 

5. SBU stands for Sense & Break Unit

6. CBC stands for Center Buffler Coupling

7. First Zonal Railway commissioned EoTT - ECoR 

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