JKPSC KAS 2010 · Question 40 of 98

Which one of the following duties is not performed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India ?

Indian Polity

ATo audit and report on all expenditure from the consolidated fund of India
BTo audit and report on all expenditure from the contingency fund of India and Public Account
CTo audit and report on all trading, manufacturing profit and loss accounts
DTo control the receipt and issue of public money and to ensure that the public revenue is lodged in the exchequerCorrect

Answer: D. To control the receipt and issue of public money and to ensure that the public revenue is lodged in the exchequer

Explanation

The CAG audits and reports; it does not control receipts/issues of public money (that was the pre-independence Auditor-General's wider role, curtailed after 1950).

Source: Official JKPSC KAS Prelims 2010 paper (Series A, BKU-14158-A); answer adjudicated against standard references

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