CCS (Pension) Rules 2021
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Sample questions
From the departmental-exam question corpus. These have not been through RankRacer's answer-verification gate — check the rule itself before relying on one.
1.In terms of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, an appointing authority has the powers to retire a Government servant in public interest after the Government servant has completed a qualifying service of:
- A.20 years
- B.25 years
- C.30 years
- D.33 years
Explanation
P.Rule 42: at any time after a Government servant has completed 30 years' qualifying service, the appointing authority may require him to retire in public interest (3 months' notice or pay in lieu). This is distinct from FR 56(j) which uses an AGE test (50/55 yrs). Hence 30 years.
2.In the case of death of a Government servant while in service with qualifying service of 22 years, at which one of the following rates shall the death gratuity be paid to his family?
- A.12 times of emoluments
- B.20 times of emoluments
- C.One-fourth of emoluments for every completed six monthly period of qualifying service subject to a maximum of 16½ times of emoluments
- D.Half of emoluments for every completed six-monthly period of qualifying service subject to a maximum of 33 times of the emoluments and not exceeding ₹25 Lakh
Explanation
P.Rule 45(1)(b) / Grat.Rule 22(2): for QS of "20 years or more", death gratuity = ½ emoluments for every completed six-monthly period, max 33× emoluments. Since 22 yrs > 20 yrs, option (d) applies. The ₹25 Lakh overall ceiling (A1) is correctly reflected here. (12× = 5–<11 yrs; 20× = 11–<20 yrs; one-fourth/16½× is the RETIREMENT-gratuity formula, not death gratuity.)
3.In terms of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, which of the following shall form part of 'emoluments' for calculation of retirement benefits? \n1.Non-Practicing Allowance granted to a medical officer in lieu of private practice.\n2.Increment earned by a Government servant while on leave (which was not withheld) immediately before retirement and not actually drawn.\n3.Notional increase in pay (not actually drawn) due to promotion of a retired Government servant from retrospective date on exoneration in departmental proceedings.\n4.Basic Pay
- A.1 and 4 only
- B.2 and 3 only
- C.1, 2 and 4 only
- D.1, 2, 3 and 4
Explanation
P.Rule 31 defines emoluments as basic pay (4 ✓) and specifically includes NPA to a medical officer (1 ✓). An increment earned on leave which was not withheld, though not drawn, forms part of emoluments — Rule 31(6)/32(4) (2 ✓). A notional increase in pay on retrospective promotion after exoneration/Review-DPC is also treated as emoluments — Rule 31(10)(ii) (3 ✓). All four therefore count.
4.What is the period prescribed in the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, within which an appropriate administrative authority is required to issue a certificate regarding completion of qualifying service of 20 years in response to a request made by a Government servant intending to give notice for voluntary retirement?
- A.10 days
- B.15 days
- C.30 days
- D.45 days
Explanation
✅ CORRECTED (was index 2 "30 days" → now index 1 "15 days"). The FIRST proviso to P.Rule 43(1) prescribes FIFTEEN days: "the administrative authority shall issue the required certificate within fifteen days of such request… and if no such certificate is issued within the prescribed period of fifteen days, the Government servant may give the notice… without such certificate." The 2025 key's "30 days" is not supported by the rule (verified against the CCS Pension Rules 2021 text and the pensionersportal.gov.in copy). Cf. the 2021-22 paper, which correctly marked 15 days.
5.Consider the following statements regarding Disability Pension and Invalid Pension in the context of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021: \n1.Both Disability Pension and Invalid Pension are regulated under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021.\n2.Subject to fulfilment of conditions, a Government servant in receipt of Invalid Pension may also draw Disability Pension as a separate element.\n3.The amount of Disability Pension and Invalid Pension should in no case exceed the last pay drawn.\n4.The combined amount of Disability Pension and Invalid Pension should not exceed 50% of the emoluments or average emoluments, whichever is more beneficial to the Government servant.
- A.1, 2 and 3
- B.1 and 4
- C.2 and 3 only
- D.2 and 4
Explanation
Statement 1 is FALSE: Invalid Pension is under P.Rule 39 (Pension Rules 2021), but DISABILITY Pension for a Government servant boarded out is regulated under the CCS (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023 — so the two are not both "regulated under the Pension Rules, 2021." Statement 2 is correct — the service element (invalid pension) and the disability element can co-exist. The governing cap is the "50% of emoluments/average emoluments" test (4 ✓), not simply "last pay drawn" (3 ✗). Hence 2 and 4.
6.In terms of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, the minimum qualifying service required to be completed by a Government servant to be eligible for grant of retiring pension (other than invalid pension) at the rate of 50% of emoluments or average emoluments, whichever is more beneficial to him, should not be less than:
- A.10 years
- B.15 years
- C.20 years
- D.33 years
Explanation
The class "RETIRING pension" is granted on voluntary retirement under P.Rule 43, for which the entry condition is completion of 20 years' qualifying service (or Rule 42 = 30 yrs). So to become eligible for retiring pension the minimum QS is 20 years, and it is computed at 50% of emoluments/average emoluments (Rule 44). Note the contrast with the 2018 paper (Q13), which asked about pension AT 50% generally — that only needs 10 years (Rule 44); here the pension CLASS ("retiring pension") itself demands 20 years.
7.Consider the following statements in the context of general conditions contained in the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021:\n1.In a case, where a Government servant immediately before his retirement was absent from duty on leave, the day of retirement shall be part of such leave.\n2.Where a part of pension is withheld by the competent authority, the amount of such pension can be reduced to an extent deemed fit by the competent authority.\n3.A competent authority has powers to withdraw a pension in full, permanently.
- A.3 only
- B.1 and 3 only
- C.1 and 2 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
Explanation
1 ✓ — where a Government servant is on leave immediately before retirement, the day of retirement is treated as part of that leave (a non-working day). 3 ✓ — under P.Rule 8 (as amended 2022) the competent authority may WITHDRAW a pension in full, permanently. 2 is essentially the same power (part-withholding) but ALWAYS subject to the floor that the residual pension cannot fall below the minimum pension (Rule 44). Read with that qualification all three are broadly correct, giving "1, 2 and 3." (Keep in mind the Rule 44 floor when reading statement 2.)
8.In the case of a Government servant dismissed from service, the competent authority sanctioned, on special consideration, full compassionate allowance admissible under Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021. His last pay drawn being ₹82,600 at Level-9 in the Pay Matrix, the amount of Compassionate Allowance payable to him shall work out to:
- A.₹41,300
- B.₹24,780
- C.₹27,534
- D.₹30,975
Explanation
P.Rule 41: compassionate allowance ≤ two-thirds of the pension/gratuity that would have been admissible on superannuation. Notional superannuation pension = 50% of last pay = 82,600 ÷ 2 = ₹41,300. "Full" compassionate allowance = ⅔ × 41,300 = ₹27,533.3 → rounded up to ₹27,534. (₹41,300 = full pension, not compassionate allowance.)