NVS Education Code Quiz
Comprehensive MCQs on Chapter VIII: Discipline (Articles 76.1 to 77.2)
1. Which rules govern the extension and application of suspension and disciplinary proceedings to the employees of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti?
Correct Answer: Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965
2. Under the Navodaya Education Code, which specific organizational authority has the explicit powers to place an NVS employee under suspension?
Correct Answer: The Appointing Authority or any authority to which it is subordinate
3. An NVS employee can be placed under suspension where a disciplinary proceeding against him/her is __________.
Correct Answer: Contemplated or Pending
4. Apart from the regular Appointing Authority, which other authority may be explicitly empowered by the Samiti to place an employee under suspension?
Correct Answer: The Disciplinary Authority specifically empowered by a general or special order
5. Suspension can be ordered if, in the opinion of the competent authority, the employee has engaged in activities prejudicial to the __________.
Correct Answer: Interest of the security of the State
6. When a case against an NVS employee in respect of any criminal offense is under investigation, inquiry or trial, he/she can be:
Correct Answer: Placed under suspension
7. An employee of NVS shall be deemed to have been placed under suspension by an order of the appointing authority if he/she is detained in custody for a period exceeding:
Correct Answer: 48 hours
8. From what specific moment does a deemed suspension take effect if an employee is detained in custody on a criminal charge exceeding 48 hours?
Correct Answer: From the date of such detention
9. If an NVS employee is convicted for an offense and sentenced to imprisonment for a period exceeding 48 hours, what is the status of his/her service?
Correct Answer: He/she is deemed suspended from the date of conviction
10. Where a penalty of dismissal, removal, or compulsory retirement from service imposed upon an employee under suspension is set aside in appeal or on review, the suspension shall:
Correct Answer: Be deemed to have continued in force on and from the date of the original order
11. Under what condition does a suspension continue in force after a penalty is set aside in appeal/review and the case is remitted for further inquiry?
Correct Answer: If the further inquiry is directed to be held on the same allegations
12. An order of suspension made or deemed to have been made under Article 76 shall continue to remain in force until it is __________.
Correct Answer: Modified or revoked by the authority competent to do so
13. Where an employee is suspended, who has the structural capacity to modify or revoke the suspension order?
Correct Answer: The authority which made the order or any authority to which it is subordinate
14. What occurs to an ongoing suspension order if an NVS employee is simultaneously handed a minor penalty at the finalization of the same proceeding?
Correct Answer: The suspension order must be formally revoked
15. An order of suspension can be reviewed by the competent authority on the recommendation of a __________.
Correct Answer: Review Committee constituted for this purpose
16. Under CCS (CCA) provisions linked within Article 76, a formal review of suspension must be conducted before the expiry of how many days from its effective date?
Correct Answer: 90 days
17. An extension of suspension based on a formal review shall not be valid for a period exceeding how many days at a time?
Correct Answer: 180 days
18. During the period of suspension, an NVS employee is entitled to receive a monthly payment called:
Correct Answer: Subsistence Allowance
19. To be eligible for subsistence allowance, a suspended NVS employee must produce a certificate stating that he/she is:
Correct Answer: Not engaged in any other employment, business, profession or vocation
20. If the period of suspension exceeds 3 months, the component of subsistence allowance can be increased or decreased by the competent authority depending on:
Correct Answer: Whether the reasons for delay in proceedings are directly attributable to the employee
21. Article 77 of the Navodaya Education Code classifies distinct types of penalties into which two broad categories?
Correct Answer: Minor and Major Penalties
22. Which of the following is explicitly listed as a minor penalty under Article 77.1?
Correct Answer: Censure
23. What minor penalty involves the temporary withholding of an employee's advancement in pay?
Correct Answer: Withholding of increments of pay
24. If an NVS employee causes structural asset loss to the Samiti by negligence or breach of orders, which minor penalty is applicable?
Correct Answer: Recovery from pay of the whole or part of any pecuniary loss caused to the Samiti
25. Withholding of __________ is classified specifically as a minor penalty under Article 77.1.
Correct Answer: Promotion
26. Reduction to a lower stage in the time-scale of pay for a period NOT exceeding 3 years, without cumulative effect, is a:
Correct Answer: Minor Penalty
27. Which of the following penalties falls under the category of "Major Penalties" under Article 77.2?
Correct Answer: Compulsory Retirement
28. Reduction to a lower stage in the time-scale of pay for a specified period with directions as to whether it will have cumulative effect is a:
Correct Answer: Major Penalty
29. What distinct outcome defines the major penalty of "Removal from service"?
Correct Answer: It shall not be a disqualification for future employment under the Government
30. Which major penalty explicitly acts as a absolute disqualification for future employment under the Government/Samiti?
Correct Answer: Dismissal from service
31. Reduction to a lower grade, post, or service is classified as a:
Correct Answer: Major Penalty
32. Who acts as the appellate authority if a suspension order is executed by an officer lower than the Appointing Authority?
Correct Answer: The higher competent authority specified under NVS rules
33. If an NVS employee is arrested for a debt liability, does the 48-hour detention rule for deemed suspension still apply?
Correct Answer: Yes, any detention in custody exceeding 48 hours results in deemed suspension
34. Placing an employee under suspension during an inquiry is technically considered a:
Correct Answer: Administrative action, not a formal penalty
35. Withholding of increments of pay with cumulative effect falls under:
Correct Answer: Major Penalties
36. If a suspension order is not reviewed or extended within 90 days, the suspension order becomes:
Correct Answer: Invalid
37. Compulsory retirement as a major penalty allows the scope for grant of:
Correct Answer: Compassionate allowance/pensionary benefits as admissible under the rules
38. An NVS employee under suspension is prohibited from leaving the headquarters fixed by the competent authority without obtaining:
Correct Answer: Prior written station leave permission
39. A formal warning that is permanently recorded in the service profile book of an NVS employee as a disciplinary penalty is known as:
Correct Answer: Censure
40. Deemed suspension rules ensure that tracking of criminal custody accountability aligns closely with statutory provisions of:
Correct Answer: The Code of Criminal Procedure / CCS (CCA) Rules
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