Rule 42(a) – Petty MCQs

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Public Procurement Rules, 2004 Subcategories

Rule 1 – Date	Rule 1 – Legal basis
Rule 10 – Disposal	Rule 10 – Specifications
Rule 12 – Advertisement	Rule 13 – Response time
Rule 14 – Exceptions	Rule 15 – Pre-qualification
Rule 16 – PQ process	Rule 16A – Framework
Rule 16B – Price adjustment	Rule 17 – Qualification
Rule 18 – Disqualification	Rule 19 – Blacklisting
Rule 19 – Foreign debarment	Rule 2 – Call off order
Rule 2 – Corrupt practices	Rule 2 – Cross debarred
Rule 2 – Emergency	Rule 2 – Force account
Rule 2 – Framework	Rule 2 – Most advantageous bid
Rule 2 – Procurement assignment	Rule 2 – Repeat orders
Rule 2 – Value for money	Rule 20 – Principal method
Rule 21 – Open bidding threshold	Rule 21A – Commodity imports
Rule 25 – Bid securing declaration	Rule 25 – Bid security
Rule 26 – Bid validity	Rule 27 – Deadline extension
Rule 28 – Opening	Rule 29 – Evaluation criteria
Rule 3 – Scope	Rule 30 – Applicable rules
Rule 30 – Currency	Rule 31 – Clarification
Rule 33 – Rejection	Rule 35 – Evaluation report
Rule 36 – Procedures	Rule 36 – Two stage
Rule 37 – Choice of procedure	Rule 37A – Unsolicited
Rule 38 – Award	Rule 38A – Bid discount
Rule 38B – Single bid	Rule 39 – Performance guarantee
Rule 4 – Principles	Rule 40 – Negotiations
Rule 41 – Confidentiality	Rule 42(a) – Petty
Rule 42(b) – RFQ	Rule 42(c) – Direct contracting
Rule 42(d) – Negotiated tendering	Rule 42(e) – Force account
Rule 42(f) – SOEs	Rule 43 – Payments
Rule 44 – Entry into force	Rule 45 – Closing
Rule 46 – Records	Rule 47 – Transparency
Rule 48 – Appeal	Rule 48 – GRC
Rule 49 – Arbitration	Rule 5 – Int'l commitments
Rule 50 – Mis-procurement	Rule 6 – Language
Rule 8 – Planning	Rule 9 – Splitting

Petty purchases through a single quotation may be made where value of procurement is up to:

Rs. 40,000
Rs. 100,000
Rs. 500,000
Rs. 50,000

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