UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Finding work for disabled ex-service men

Question 1

As per the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026, the definition of 'Ex-serviceman' has been formally expanded to include which one of the following categories of personnel?

Accepted Answer

Personnel of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) of the Indian Union

Answer

Personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces with overseas deployment

Answer

Personnel of the Indian Coast Guard with more than fifteen years of service

Answer

Personnel of the Territorial Army with embodied peacetime service

Question 2

What is the percentage of vacancies reserved for ex-servicemen in Group 'D' posts under the Central Government?

Accepted Answer

20%

Answer

10%

Answer

15%

Answer

24%

Question 3

With reference to the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Rules as amended in 2026, consider the following categories of personnel:
1. Personnel of the Military Nursing Service of the Indian Union
2. Non-combatant personnel of the Regular Army
3. Serving personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force
4. Serving personnel of the Indian Coast Guard
Which of the above are correctly identified as covered by the definition of 'Ex-serviceman' under the Rules?

Accepted Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

1, 3 and 4

Answer

1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 4

The Directorate General Resettlement (DGR), which provides re-employment and skilling support to retiring service personnel and disabled ex-servicemen, functions as an attached office under which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence

Answer

Department of Military Affairs, Ministry of Defence

Answer

Directorate General of Employment, Ministry of Labour and Employment

Answer

Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Question 5

The Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026 were notified by the Central Government in exercise of powers conferred under which one of the following provisions of the Constitution of India?

Accepted Answer

Article 309

Answer

Article 16(4)

Answer

Article 320

Answer

Article 335

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Finding work for disabled ex-service men

Q1. As per the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026, the definition of 'Ex-serviceman' has been formally expanded to include which one of the following categories of personnel?

Q2. What is the percentage of vacancies reserved for ex-servicemen in Group 'D' posts under the Central Government?

Q4. The Directorate General Resettlement (DGR), which provides re-employment and skilling support to retiring service personnel and disabled ex-servicemen, functions as an attached office under which one of the following?

Q5. The Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026 were notified by the Central Government in exercise of powers conferred under which one of the following provisions of the Constitution of India?