APAR
1. What is the full form of APAR?
(A) Annual Performance Assessment Report
(B) Annual Performance Appraisal Report
(C) Either A or B
(D) None of the above
2. Which among the following is/are the objectives of writing APAR?
(A) To make aware the employee how well or otherwise, he is performing his job
(B) To help the employee to plan his career development in a systematic manner
(C) To make employee aware of his defects and helps overcomes them by taking special efforts
(D) All the above
3. Immediate superior officer of a Government servant who writes the APAR is known as?
(A) Controlling Officer
(B) Reporting Officer
(C) Reviewing Officer
(D) Accepting Authority
4. As per instructions on APAR, main focus of the Reporting Officer while writing the APAR of the subordinate should be?
(A) developmental
(B) judgemental
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of these
5. The performance of every Government servant
is assessed annually through APAR. Which among the following is the
annual year for writing the APAR?
(A) January to December
(B) July to June
(C) April to March
(D) None of the above
6. Reporting Officer, who after completing his part of the APAR submits it to his own superior, known as the ____ for review?
(A) Reviewing Officer
(B) Higher Officer
(C) Marking Officer
(D) Accepting Officer
7. Where a Government servant has only one
supervisory level above him as in the case of personal staff attached to
officers, the APAR assessment will be at the level of __ only?
(A) Reviewing Officer
(B) Reporting Officer
(C) Accepting Officer
(D) Superior Officer
8. With regard to APAR, the Reporting and
Reviewing level officers are required to have at least how many months
experience of supervising the work and conduct of the Government servant
reported upon, before they can record their assessment?
(A) 3 months
(B) 1 month
(C) 6 months
(D) 2 months
9. Which among the following with regard to APAR is/are correct?
(A) There is no objection to two or more independent APAR Reports being written during a year by different Reporting Officers
(B) In such a case, each Reporting Officer has at least three months experience on which he can base his Report
(C)
When a Report has to be written by a Reporting Officer, who is under
transfer, it should be written at the time of transfer or immediately
thereafter and not deferred till the end of the year.
(D) All the above are correct
10. Where for a period of APAR, there is no
Reporting Officer with the requisite experience to initiate the Report,
then what action will be caused?
(A) APAR for that period will not be written
(B) APAR will be treated as closed by keeping No Report Certificate
(C) Reviewing Officer himself may initiate the Report as a Reporting Officer
(D) None of the above
11. Where a Reporting officer/Reviewing
officer retires, he/she may be allowed to give the report on his
subordinates within ____ month(s) of retirement?
(A) Three Months
(B) One month
(C) Two months
(D) Six months
12. Earned Leave for a period of more than how
many days can be deducted from the total period spent on any post, for
the purposes of computing the period of 3 months which is relevant for
writing of entries in the APAR?
(A) 180 days
(B) 30 days
(C) 15 days
(D) 5 days
13. If a Reporting/Reviewing Officer is under
suspension when the Annual Performance Assessment Report has become due
to be written/reviewed, it may be?
(A) written/reviewed by the officer concerned within two months from the date of his having been placed under suspension
(B) written/reviewed by the officer concerned within one month from the date on which the Report was due
(C) A or B whichever is later
(D) None of the above
14. Concerned officer shall be given the
opportunity to make any representation against the entries and the final
grading given in the APAR Report within a period of __ days from the date of receipt of the entries in the APAR?
(A) 60 days
(B) 30 days
(C) 15 days
(D) 45 days
15. Representation submitted by the Government
Servant against the APAR grading has to be decided by the competent
authority objectively based on the material placed before him, within a
period of __ days from the date of receipt of the representation?
(A) 60 days
(B) 45 days
(C) 30 days
(D) 15 days
Answers
1. (C) Either A or B
2. (D) All the above
3. (B) Reporting Officer
4. (A) developmental
5. (C) April to March
6. (A) Reviewing Officer
7. (B) Reporting Officer
8. (A) 3 months
9. (D) All the above are correct
10. (C) Reviewing Officer himself may initiate the Report as a Reporting Officer
11. (B) One month
12. (C) 15 days
13. (C) A or B whichever is later
14. (C) 15 days
15. (C) 30 days
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