LTC (Leave Travel Concession) (50 MCQ with Answer)

 LTC (Leave Travel Concession)

1.    What is the minimum service required to avail the LTC facilities?

(a) Completion of one year’s continuous service

(b) Completion of two year’s continuous service

(c) Completion of three year’s continuous service

(d) Completion of five year’s continuous service

2. Who of the following are not included in the term ‘Family’?

(a) Married daughters who have been divorced and wholly dependent

(b) Stepmother residing with and wholly dependent

(c) Father-in-law / mother-in-law of Government servant

(d) Unmarried minor brothers residing with and wholly dependent on

Government servant and whose parents are not alive

 

3. What is the income limit prescribed for dependency?

(a) Income not exceeding pension of ` 9,200 p.m. and Dearness Relief

thereon

(b) Income not exceeding pension of ` 9,000 p.m. and Dearness Relief

thereon

(c) Income not exceeding pension of ` 9,500 p.m. and Dearness Relief

thereon

(d) Income not exceeding pension of ` 3,500 p.m. and Dearness Relief

thereon

 

4. Dependency is not applicable to—

(a) Son (b) Daughter (c) Parents (d) Spouse

 

5. Who is the Sanctioning Authority for LTC advance?

(a) Head of Department (b) Controlling Officer

(c) Drawing and Disbursing Officer (d) Head of Office

6. For the following members of family, condition of “residing with” is waived

for?

(a) Father and mother (b) Spouse and children

(c) Brother and sister (d) Widowed daughter

7. Who can authorize a change of Home Town already declared?

(a) Immediate Superior (b) Controlling Officer

(c) Head of Department (d) Head of Office

8. How many times can Home Town be changed during the entire service?

(a) Thrice (b) Once (c) Twice (d) Four times

9. Which of the following is correct ?

(a) The declared place of visit may be changed before commencement of

journey

(b) The declared place of visit can be changed during the journey

(c) The declared place of visit can be changed after completion of the

journey

(d) The declared place of visit can be changed at the time of submission

of LTC bill.

10. Which of the following statements are not correct in the case of admissibility

of LTC ?

(a) Admissible during Casual Leave

(b) Admissible during Special Casual Leave

(c) Admissible during Maternity Leave

(d) Admissible during closed holiday without any leave

11. Will a Government servant, who proceeds on regular leave and then resigns

his post without returning to duty, be entitled to LTC?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) Yes, subject to condition

(d) Yes, in respect of onward journey

12. Whether reimbursement of special supplementary charges for travel by

superfast express trains be allowed?

(a) Not allowed (b) Allowed only for home town LTC

(c) Allowed (d) Allowed only for All India LTC

13. Whether LTC is admissible for journeys during weekend holidays without

any leave?

(a) Admissible

(b) Admissible in exceptional cases

(c) Admissible subject to conditions

(d) Not admissible

14. Whether LTC is allowed to Government employees while on ‘Study Leave’?

(a) Not allowed (b) Allowed for self only

(c) Allowed for family only (d) Allowed

15. Can a husband and wife, both being Government servants and residing

together claim LTC?

(a) Yes, subject to conditions

(b) No

(c) Only husband can claim

(d) Only one of them can claim

16. Whether LTC facility is allowed to an escort accompanying single

handicapped Government servant?

(a) No (b) Allowed with conditions

(c) Allowed (d) None

17. Whether LTC is allowed during LPR?

(a) Allowed, subject to conditions

(b) Not allowed

(c) Allowed only to Home Town LTC

(d) Allowed only to All India LTC

18. Is there any distance limit from headquarter to Home Town / Place of visit

on LTC?

(a) Within 1000 kms.

(b) Within 5000 kms.

(c) Within 3000 kms.

(d) No limit

19. What is the entitlement of LTC to Home Town to unmarried Government

servants?

(a) Once in two years

(b) Every year

(c) Alternate years

(d) Once in three years

20. Whether travel by air is permitted between places not connected by rail

and an alternative means of travel is either not available or is more

expensive?

(a) Permitted (b) Not permitted

(c) Restricted to road mileage (d) None of the above

21. What will be the restriction of train fare in the case of air journey by

non-entitled officers having concessional train fare for his family members?

(a) 75% of train fare

(b) Actual concessional train fare

(c) 50% of train fare

(d) If full air fare has been charged and paid, then full train fare will be

reimbursed

22. Which of the following is admissible for reimbursement in respect of

Non-entitled Officers travelling by air on LTC ?

(a) Actual air fare (b) LTC - 80 fare of India

(c) Entitled class of rail fare (d) None of the above

23. Can “Facilitation Fee” levied by authorized travel agents on air tickets

booked, be included in the bills raised for air tickets?

(a) Yes (b) No

(c) Subject to maximum of ` 300 (d) ` 100 only

24. Whether reimbursement of fares is permissible in cases where an employee

travels by a longer route or breaks the journey?

(a) Actual expenses incurred is reimbursable

(b) No reimbursement will be permissible

(c) Reimbursement will be restricted to the shortest or the cheapest route

(d) With the special sanction from the Competent Authority

25. Are the incidental expenses incurred during LTC admissible for

reimbursement?

(a) Admissible for reimbursement

(b) Not admissible for reimbursement

(c) With the sanction from the Administrative Department

(d) None of the above

26. Is a Government employee eligible for reimbursement of reservation / sleeper

charges while travelling in II Class?

(a) Not eligible

(b) Only reservation charges are eligible

(c) Only sleeper charges are eligible

(d) Both reservation / sleeper charges are eligible

27. How to regulate the claim when the journey of a Government servant

commences / terminates at the place of residence and not the place of

duty?

(a) No amount admissible

(b) Actuals from the place of residence to the place of visit and back to

residence

(c) At the discretionary powers of the Competent Authority

(d) Restricted to rail fare by the shortest route between the duty station

and declared place of visit

 

28. Whether service charges levied by the Traveller’s Service Agents

recognized by railways is admissible for reimbursement on LTC?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) With the special sanction of the Administrative Department

(d) Limited to 3% of ticket fare

29. Are Internet / e-ticketing charges, admissible for reimbursement for booking

of train tickets for official tours and LTC?

(a) Admissible for reimbursement

(b) Not admissible for reimbursement

(c) Admissible with the special sanction of the Competent Authority

(d) Admissible for booking rail tickets for official tours only

30. Whether Service Tax and Education Cess, etc., charged by Government on

air travel / rail travel / steamer travel eligible for reimbursement?

(a) No

(b) Eligible with the permission of the Competent Authority

(c) Yes

(d) None of the above

31. What is the time-limit fixed to claim reimbursement of expenditure incurred

under LTC, when no advance is drawn?

(a) not exceeding 3 months

(b) within 45 days

(c) not exceeding 6 months

(d) within one year

32.What is the time-limit stipulated, to submit LTC claim for reimbursement

when LTC advance has been drawn?

(a) Within 3 months (b) Within 6 months

(c) Within 1 month (d) Within 45 days

33. What is the maximum amount of LTC advance granted to the Government

servants?

(a) Four-fifths of the cost of the journey

(b) 50% of the cost of the journey

(c) Up to 90% of the estimated fare

(d) 75% of the estimated fare

34. Is LTC advance admissible, if the family travels separately, without the

Government servant?

(a) Admissible only for the travel of the Government servant alone

(b) LTC advance not admissible for separate journeys

(c) Admissible to both Government servant and family travelling separately

to the extent admissible

(d) LTC advance is admissible either to the Government servant or the

family

35. What is the time-limit fixed for drawal of Advance for a journey by train?

(a) 30 days before the proposed date of the outward journey

(b) 45 days before the proposed date of the outward journey

(c) 65 days before the proposed date of the outward journey

(d) 125 days before the proposed date of the outward journey

36. Who will grant the LTC advance to an officer on deputation who wishes to

avail LTC, immediately on reversion to his parent office?

(a) Borrowing department

(b) Lending department

(c) Borrowing department with intimation to the lending department

(d) Lending department with intimation to the borrowing department

37. What is the procedure to be followed to recover the unutilized amount of

LTC advance if tickets are not produced within 10 days ?

(a) Recovery may be effected in monthly instalments

(b) At the discretionary powers of the Competent Authority

(c) Recovery may be effected in full immediately

(d) LTC advance can be adjusted in future LTC travels

 

38. Whether penal interest is chargeable for the unutilized advance / non submission

of adjustment bills within the stipulated period?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(c) At the discretionary powers of the Sanctioning Authority

(d) None of the above

 

39. Whether sanctioning authority has any option to waive penal interest?

(a) Yes, sanctioning authority has full option

(b) With the approval of the Head of Office

(c) No option available

(d) With the concurrence of Ministry

 

 

40. What is the rate of penal interest to be charged on unutilized advance from

the defaulters?

(a) 2.5% over the GPF rate

(b) 5% over the GPF rate

(c) Interest rate allowed for GPF from time to time by Government

(d) 2% over the interest rate allowed by the Government on the GPF

 

41. What is the maximum number of days that can be encashed at the time of

availing LTC?

(a) 10 days (b) 15 days (c) 30 days (d) 60 days

 

42. How many days can be encashed on LTC during the entire career?

(a) 90 days (b) 60 days (c) 120 days (d) 300 days

 

 

43. How many days of leave encashed at the time of LTC, be deducted from

the maximum amount of EL /LAP encashable at the time of retirement?

(a) 10 days (b) 60 days

(c) No deduction will be made (d) 90 days

 

44. Can the encashment of EL/LAP be availed at the time of availing LTC by both

the husband and wife who are Government servants?

(a) One of them can avail the encashment facility

(b) At the discretionary powers of the Administrative Authority

(c) Both husband and wife can avail the encashment facility

(d) Only husband can avail encashment

 

45. What is the minimum balance of EL/LAP to be available at the credit of an

employee, after deducting the period of encashment as well as leave while

availing LTC?

(a) 30 days (b) 60 days (c) 90 days (d) 120 days

 

46. Whether Earned Leave / LAP  encashment is admissible to Central Government

employees while availing LTC facility of their spouses employed in

PSUs / Corporation, etc.?

(a) Admissible

(b) Not admissible

(c) At the discretionary powers of the Competent Authority

(d) None of the above

 

47 . Whether encashment of EL is permissible to Central Government employees

who are not entitled to LTC, while availing the LTC facility of their spouses,

employed in National Airlines?

(a) Not admissible for encashment of EL

(b) With the special sanction of the Administrative Authority

(c) Encashment of EL is permissible to Central Government employees

(d) None of the above

 

48. Which of the following is not included for encashment of EL on LTC?

(a) Pay admissible on the date of availing of LTC

(b) Grade Pay

(c) Dearness Allowance admissible on that date

(d) House Rent Allowance

 

49. From the following, name the Allowance admissible during encashment of

EL on LTC :-

(a) Dearness Allowance (b) House Rent Allowance

(c) Children Education Allowance (d) Transport Allowance

 

50. Can LTC be availed during LPR of the Government servant?

(a) Cannot be availed during LPR

(b) At the discretionary powers of the Competent Authority

(c) Can be availed, provided the return journey is completed before the

     expiry of leave

(d) Only Home Town LTC can be availed