KERALA EDUCATION ACTS & RULES: B-04

Kerala Education Act and Rules

PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTION PAPERS


1. The initial appointment of a qualified teacher against a regular vacancy will be on: 

(A) Acting

(B) Substantive 

(C) Probation

(D) Not the above three

ANSWER: (C) Probation


2. The authority for issuing L.P.C. of an Asst. Teacher transferred from one school to another is: 

(A) Ednl. Officer

(B) Headmaster 

(C) Manager

(D) Senior Asst. 

ANSWER: (B) Headmaster 


3. The normal criterion for promotion of a teacher as Headmaster is:

(A) Seniority 

(B) Ability 

(C) Qualifications 

(D) Age 

ANSWER: Seniority 


4. Who is the authority to review the suspension of an aided High School Headmaster for extension beyond 6 months?

(A) D.E.O. 

(B) Govt. 

(C) D.D.E. 

(D) Director 

ANSWER: (D) Director 


5. A teacher appointed on temporary basis in a leave vacancy which terminates during vacation is to be terminated from service:

(A) On the date of termination of vacancy 

(B) On the last day of vacation 

(C) On the last working day prior to the vacation

(D) On the next sixth working day 

ANSWER: (C) On the last working day prior to the vacation


6. The first criterion for determining the seniority of two teachers who commenced their continuous service in the same grade, in the same unit on the same day is

(A) Date of first appointment under the management 

(B) Date of birth 

(C) Date of acquisition of qualification 

(D) Alphabetical order

ANSWER: (A) Date of first appointment under the management 


7. The officer who is competent to attest part of the Service Book of a aided Primary School teacher is:

(A) Deputy Director 

(B) Assistant Educational Officer 

(C) Manager

(D) Headmaster 

ANSWER: (B)Assistant Educational Officer 


8. The prescribed time limit for taking final action on a proposal for approval of appointment by an Educational Officer is:

(A) 6 months 

(B) 2 years 

(C) 30 days 

(D) One week 

ANSWER: (C) 30 days 


9. The rule under which the right of a re-trenched hand of an aided school due to termination of vacancy for re-appointment is guaranteed as per Chapter XIV, A.K.E.R. is:

(A) Rule 51 

(B) Rule 43 

(C) Rule 37 

(D) Rule 51 A 

ANSWER: (D) Rule 51 A 


10. The penalty of ‘reduction of pension’ to an aided primary school Asst. Teacher can be imposed by:

(A) D.E.O. 

(B) D.D.E. 

(C) Director 

(D)A.E.O. 

ANSWER: (A) D.E.O. 


11. The name of officer who has got immediate inspectional control over a training school is:

(A) D.D.E. 

(B) D.E.O. 

(C) D.P.I. 

(D) Director, SCERT 

ANSWER: (B) D.E.O. 


12. The seniority list of teaching and non teaching staff in respect of a primary school managed by an educational agency having that school only is to be approved by:

(A) D.D.E. 

(B) A.E.O. 

(C) Director 

(D) Headmaster 

ANSWER: (B) A.E.O. 


13. The period prescribed for submitting appeal to the Department against an order of the manager appointing Headmaster overlooking seniority is:

(A) 2 months 

(B) 6 months 

(C) 15 days 

(D) 1 month 

ANSWER: (D) 1 month 


14. Maximum percentage of transfer allowable by Managers exempting general rules for the transfer is:

(A) 20% 

(B) 50% 

(C) 25% 

(D) 30%

ANSWER: (C) 25% 

 

15. Out of the following penalties one is defined as minor penalty, Find out it:

(A). Compulsory retirement 

(B) Reduction of pension

(C) Withholding of increment 

(D) Removal from service 

ANSWER: (C) Withholding of increment 


16. The copy of annual inspection report in respect of a departmental primary school shall be submitted by the Asst. Educational Officer to the

(A) Deputy Director of Education 

(B) Director of Public Instruction

(C) Accountant General 

(D) Dist. Educational Officer 

ANSWER: (D) Dist. Educational Officer 


17. Payment of admission fee is exempted in one of the following cases of admission. Find out it:

(A) Admission of a pupil in a new school on production of transfer certificate consequent on the transfer of

his parents 

(B) When he is promoted from std. VII to Std. VIII in the same school 

(C) When he is newly admitted in a school in Std. VIII with TC 

(D) When he is admitted in Std. X with transfer certificate 

ANSWER: (A) Admission of a pupil in a new school on production of transfer certificate consequent on the transfer of


18. The transfer certificate of a pupil migrating from other state is to be countersigned by :

(A) Director of education of that state 

(B) Manager of the school of that state 

(C) Inspecting officer of that state 

(D) Headmaster of the former school

ANSWER: (C) Inspecting officer of that state 


19. The time limit prescribed for making appeal regarding approval of appointment is:

(A) 30 days 

(B) 15 days 

(C) 1 month 

(D) 7 days 

ANSWER: (B) 15 days 


20. Among the following services one will not come under the purview of Graduate service. What is it? 

(A) High School Assistant 

(B) Training School Assistant

(C) Headmaster of incomplete High School

(D) Headmaster of L.P. School 

ANSWER: (D) Headmaster of L.P. School 


21. The period prescribed for submission of appointment order and other documents to the Educational Officer from the date of appointment

(A) 7 days 

(B) 15 days 

(C) 1 month 

(D) 2 months 

ANSWER: (B) 15 days 


22. The date of birth entered in the service book of an aided - school peon can be corrected on the strength of an order of:

(A) Commissioner for Govt. Examinations 

(B) Secretary to Govt. 

(C) Manager

(D) Deputy Director 

ANSWER: (B) Secretary to Govt. 


23. The minimum required graduate service for promotion of a teacher as Headmaster of High School is:

(A) 12 years 

(B) 16 years 

(C) 20 years 

(D) 25 years 

ANSWER: (A) 12 years 


24. The authority for considering the revision regarding disciplinary action under Rules 92, chapter XIVA, K.E.R. is: 

(A) Director

(B) Educational Officer 

(C) Government

(D) Deputy Director schools is 

ANSWER: (C) Government


25. The authority for making appointments in unaided recognised

(A) PSC 

(B) Govt. 

(C) Ednl. Officer 

(D) Manager

ANSWER: (D) Manager


26. One of the following reasons will net disqualify a teacher from being continued as Teacher. What is it? 

(A) He has behaved to the Manager in a manner grossly unbecoming of a teacher 

(B) He has been declared as medically unfit by a Medical Board

(C) He has participated in a Strike for more than one month

(D) He was convicted in a case involving moral turpitude 

ANSWER: (C) He has participated in a Strike for more than one month


27. Authority who entertain the appeals against orders in. regard to the correction of date of birth in school records is

(A) DPI 

(B) Minister 

(C) Governor 

(D) Government 

ANSWER: (D) Government 


28. The conditions of service of aided school staff will be prescribed by :

(A) Government

(B) Manager 

(C) Director

(D) Educational Officer 

ANSWER: (A) Government


29. The date of determination of age of teachers in aided schools is: 

(A) First January

(B) First July 

(C) First April

(D) Date of appointment

ANSWER: (A) First January


30. The period of probation of an aided school teacher is

(A) 2 years 

(B) 6 months 

(C)3 years 

(D) 1 year 

ANSWER: (D) 1 year 


31. The authority for termination of a probationer for want of vacancy is:

(A) Educational Officer 

(B) Manager

(C) Deputy Director 

(D) Headmaster 

ANSWER: (B) Manager


32. The authority to entertain the appeals on orders of the Asst. Educational Officers in the approval of appointment are:

(A) Deputy Director 

(B) Dist. Ednl. Officer 

(C) Director

(D) Government 

ANSWER: (B) Dist. Ednl. Officer 


33. The criterion for deciding the seniority of a teacher of an aided school is:

(A) Date of Birth 

(B) Date of passing of qualifying examination 

(C) Commencement of continuous service in that category in that unit 

(D) Not the above three

ANSWER: (C) Commencement of continuous service in that category in that unit 


34. The authority to accord permission for re-marriage of a teacher who is having one living wife is: 

(A) Manager

(B) Educational Officer 

(C) Government

(D) Director 

ANSWER: (C) Government


34. Minimum No. of periods required to sanction Il nd post of (Mal) in a High School is: 

(A) 29 

(B) 16

(C) 30 

(D) 32 

ANSWER: (C) 30 


36. The minimum rank of the Medical Officer empowered to issue Medical Certificate for an Aided School Teacher for the purpose of confirmation is :

(A) D.M.O. 

(B) D.H.S. 

(C) Civil Surgeon 

(D) Asst. Surgeon 

ANSWER: (D) Asst. Surgeon 


37. The age limit of teachers for giving exemption from test qualifications for promotion as Headmaster is:

(A) 45 years 

(B) 50 years 

(C) 40 years 

(D) 42 years 

ANSWER: (B) 50 years 


38. The mode of fixation of pay of a teacher drawing pay in the master scale who got inter-management transfer to a post carrying lesser scale of pay is: 

(A) At the same stage he was drawing if it is a stage in the new scale 

(B) At the next higher stage he was drawing 

(C) By applying Rule 28 A, K.S.R. 

(D) By applying Rule 37 A, K.S.R.

ANSWER: (A) At the same stage he was drawing if it is a stage in the new scale