UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Govt amends Ex-Servicemen Rules to include Military Nursing Service, extending re-employment and reservation benefits
Q1. The Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, which define eligibility for reservation and re-employment benefits, are framed and administered by which of the following?
- A. Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)
- B. Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
- C. Directorate General of Resettlement
- D. Department of Military Affairs
Q2. Under the definition clause of the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, a person qualifies as an 'ex-serviceman' if he or she served in any rank in the Regular Army, Navy or Air Force of the Indian Union:
- A. whether as a combatant or a non-combatant
- B. only in a combatant capacity
- C. only if holding a commissioned rank
- D. only if granted a Permanent Commission
Q3. With reference to the evolution of military nursing in India, consider the following pairings of year and event:
1. 1888 – Arrival of the first batch of British military nurses in India
2. 1926 – Grant of permanent status to the nursing service, observed as its Raising Day
3. 1943 – Conferment of commissioned officer status on the nursing service
4. 1902 – First designation of the service as the Indian Army Nursing Service
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- 1888 – Arrival of the first batch of British military nurses in India
- 1926 – Grant of permanent status to the nursing service, observed as its Raising Day
- 1943 – Conferment of commissioned officer status on the nursing service
- 1902 – First designation of the service as the Indian Army Nursing Service
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 1, 2 and 3
- C. 3 and 4
- D. 2 and 4
Q4. The Military Nursing Service was granted permanent status in the Indian Army on 1 October 1926, a date observed as its Raising Day. In the year 2026, how many years does the service complete since that raising?
Q5. The Department of Personnel and Training, which in February 2026 notified the amendment extending Ex-Servicemen status to the Military Nursing Service, functions under which Union Ministry?
- A. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
- B. Ministry of Defence
- C. Ministry of Home Affairs
- D. Ministry of Labour and Employment
Q6. The 2026 amendment to the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979 modified Rule 2(c)(i). This provision is the clause that:
- A. defines the term 'ex-serviceman'
- B. prescribes the reservation percentages for Group 'C' and 'D' posts
- C. lists the para-military posts covered by the rules
- D. specifies the age relaxation available to ex-servicemen
Q7. Consider the following as benefits available to Ex-Servicemen under the re-employment framework for central civil posts:
1. Reservation of vacancies in Group 'C' and Group 'D' posts
2. Age relaxation in direct recruitment
3. Preference in re-employment in central civil services and posts
4. Blanket exemption from income tax on all post-retirement civil salary
Which of the above is/are NOT correctly identified as such a benefit?
- Reservation of vacancies in Group 'C' and Group 'D' posts
- Age relaxation in direct recruitment
- Preference in re-employment in central civil services and posts
- Blanket exemption from income tax on all post-retirement civil salary
- A. 4 only
- B. 1 and 2
- C. 3 only
- D. 2 and 4
Q8. Which of the following bodies maintains panels of ex-servicemen and sponsors them to prospective employers for re-employment and self-employment schemes?
- A. Directorate General of Resettlement (DGR)
- B. Department of Personnel and Training
- C. Kendriya Sainik Board
- D. Union Public Service Commission
Q9. The Military Nursing Service, an all-women commissioned corps, functions as a component of which of the following?
- A. Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS)
- B. Territorial Army
- C. Indian Nursing Council
- D. Central Armed Police Forces
Q10. With reference to women in the Indian Armed Forces, consider the following statements:
1. The military nursing service was the first service in which Indian women were granted commissioned officer rank.
2. The Indian Air Force's scheme to induct women as fighter pilots, begun in 2015, was regularised into a permanent scheme in 2022.
3. Officers of the Military Nursing Service are inducted solely through Permanent Commission, with no Short Service Commission route.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The military nursing service was the first service in which Indian women were granted commissioned officer rank.
- The Indian Air Force's scheme to induct women as fighter pilots, begun in 2015, was regularised into a permanent scheme in 2022.
- Officers of the Military Nursing Service are inducted solely through Permanent Commission, with no Short Service Commission route.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q11. The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, the nodal agency for veterans' welfare, is one of how many Departments constituting the Ministry of Defence?
Q12. From its 1888 origin as the Army Nursing Service up to its designation as the Indian Military Nursing Service in 1926, how many changes of official designation did the service undergo?