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Nabhi's Examination Guide with Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on Govt. Service Regulations & Financial Rules, from Nabhi Publications, is the standard self-study guide for departmental examinations on Central Government service rules and financial rules. 8th Revised Edition, 2026, 440 pages.

Departmental examinations are won on precision. The questions are not about principle; they are about whether you know the exact entitlement, the exact time limit, the exact rule number. A candidate can read the Fundamental Rules and the General Financial Rules end to end and still fail, because reading is not the same as being able to answer a four-option question in ninety seconds. This guide exists to close that gap: it converts the entire corpus of service and financial rules into multiple choice questions, so the preparation and the examination take the same form.

Nabhi Publications has been producing establishment and service-rules handbooks for sixty years, and this is the house's examination title. The contents track the syllabus as the examining authorities set it, chapter by chapter, from FR & SR through to the Central Treasury Rules, and close with the syllabus itself and a note on sources for further reference.

Key Features

• Multiple Choice Questions across the whole syllabus — the entire body of service regulations and financial rules converted to examination format.
• Twenty sections arranged in the order the rules themselves are organised, so revision follows the structure a candidate already knows.
• Syllabus for the examinations reproduced, so preparation can be checked against what is actually prescribed.
• Sources of further information listed, for candidates who need to go back to the parent rule.
• 8th Revised Edition, 2026 — revised to the current position of the rules.
• 440 pages, paperback, at a price that suits a candidate buying several titles.
• From Nabhi Publications, sixty years in Central Government establishment and service-rules publishing.

Coverage

• Fundamental Rules and Supplementary Rules (FR & SR) — the foundation of the service rules and the largest single head in most departmental papers.
• Travelling Allowance — entitlements, mileage, daily allowance, transfer TA and the rules on claims.
• Joining Time and the consequences of its overstay.
• Leave Travel Concession Rules — block years, home town and All India LTC, advances and claims.
• Leave Rules — earned leave, half pay leave, commuted leave, leave not due, child care leave, maternity and paternity leave, and encashment.
• Children Educational Assistance — eligibility, rates and reimbursement.
• House Rent Allowance — classification of cities, rates and conditions.
• Allowances generally, as revised from time to time.
• CGHS and CS (MA) Rules — medical attendance, reimbursement and the entitlements of serving employees and pensioners.
• General Provident Fund — subscription, advances, withdrawals and final payment.
• Advances to Government servants and their recovery.
• Conduct Rules — the CCS (Conduct) Rules and the obligations they impose.
• Classification, Control & Appeal Rules — penalties, the disciplinary procedure, inquiry, appeal, revision and review.
• Pension & Retirement Benefits — qualifying service, calculation, commutation, gratuity, family pension and the procedure on retirement.
• General Financial Rules (GFR) — procurement, contracts, budgeting and the general principles of financial propriety.
• Delegation of Financial Powers Rules — who may sanction what.
• Receipts and Payments Rules.
• Central Treasury Rules.
• Syllabus for the examinations.
• Sources of further information.

Who Should Buy This Book?

• Candidates for the Subordinate Accounts / Audit Service (SAS) examination.
• Candidates for Section Officer (Steno) — Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE).
• Candidates for Assistant Accounts Officer (AAO).
• Candidates for Principal, KVS and JNV.
• Candidates for Inspector of Posts and other competitive departmental examinations.
• Central Government employees appearing for promotion and departmental tests generally.
• Establishment, accounts and administration staff who need a quick way to test and refresh their working knowledge of the rules.
• Drawing and Disbursing Officers and Heads of Office whose daily decisions turn on these rules.
• Departmental training institutes and office libraries.

Why Choose This Book?

There is no shortage of compilations of the Fundamental Rules or the GFR, and most departments have a shelf of them. What there is very little of is material in the form the examination actually takes. A candidate preparing from the bare rules has to do the conversion themselves — guessing which provisions are likely to be asked about and in what way — and that guesswork is where preparation time disappears. A question bank removes it.

The other practical argument for this title is coverage in one volume. Service rules and financial rules are usually sold separately, and a candidate ends up buying two or three books that overlap at the edges and leave gaps in the middle. Here the whole prescribed range sits between one set of covers, in the examiners' own order, with the syllabus printed alongside so nothing prepared is wasted and nothing prescribed is missed.