UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Govt notifies Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules 2026

Question 1

The central change made by the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026 was to explicitly bring which of the following within the definition of 'ex-servicemen'?

Accepted Answer

Commissioned officers of the Military Nursing Service

Answer

Agniveers released after four years of engagement

Answer

Serving personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces

Answer

Territorial Army personnel embodied only for annual training

Question 2

Under which constitutional provision were the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026 notified?

Accepted Answer

Proviso to Article 309

Answer

Article 308

Answer

Article 310

Answer

Article 312

Question 3

The Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026 were notified solely by which of the following ministries?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Defence

Answer

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Answer

Ministry of Home Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Labour and Employment

Question 4

The Military Nursing Service (MNS) is a commissioned-officer cadre of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The Indian Army

Answer

The Indian Navy

Answer

The Indian Air Force

Answer

The Armed Forces Medical Services as an independent fourth service

Question 5

In which year were the members of the Military Nursing Service conferred the status of commissioned officers?

Accepted Answer

1943

Answer

1926

Answer

1888

Answer

1902

Question 6

General rules regulating recruitment and conditions of service for the central civil services under the proviso to Article 309 are framed and administered chiefly by which nodal department?

Accepted Answer

Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)

Answer

Union Public Service Commission

Answer

Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

Answer

Department of Legal Affairs

Question 7

The Directorate General of Resettlement (DGR), an attached office of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, is primarily responsible for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Pre- and post-retirement training, re-employment and self-employment of ex-servicemen

Answer

Providing healthcare to ex-servicemen and their dependents through polyclinics

Answer

Administering general welfare schemes for ex-servicemen and their dependents

Answer

Sanctioning and disbursing defence pensions to retired personnel

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Govt notifies Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules 2026

Q1. The central change made by the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026 was to explicitly bring which of the following within the definition of 'ex-servicemen'?

Q2. Under which constitutional provision were the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026 notified?

Q3. The Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules, 2026 were notified solely by which of the following ministries?

Q4. The Military Nursing Service (MNS) is a commissioned-officer cadre of which of the following?

Q5. In which year were the members of the Military Nursing Service conferred the status of commissioned officers?

Q6. General rules regulating recruitment and conditions of service for the central civil services under the proviso to Article 309 are framed and administered chiefly by which nodal department?

Q7. The Directorate General of Resettlement (DGR), an attached office of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, is primarily responsible for which of the following?