III. Syllabus of Examination:
PAPER-I: Basic Postal Knowledge and General Awareness
(Duration: 60 Minutes)
(For appointment to the posts of MTS / Postman / Mail Guard)
Part-A
Maximum Marks – 60
[30 questions of 2 marks each]
Post Office Guide Part I — 23 questions
a) Organization of the Department
b) Type of Post Offices
c) Business Hours
d) Payment of postage, stamps and stationery
e) General rules as to packing, sealing and posting, manner of affixing postage stamps
f) Methods of address
g) Post boxes and Post bags
h) Duties of Letter Box peon
i) Official postal articles
j) Prohibited postal articles
k) Products and Services: Mails, Banking & Remittances, Insurance, Stamps and Business (Reference: India Post website)
Postal Manual Volume V — 7 questions
a) Definitions
Part-B
Maximum Marks – 40
[20 questions of 2 marks each]
General Awareness/Knowledge — 10 questions
Topics to be covered (1 to 3 questions from each topic):
a) Indian Geography
b) Civics
c) General knowledge
d) Indian culture & freedom struggle
e) Ethics and morale study
Basic Arithmetic — 10 questions
Topics to be covered (1 to 2 questions from each topic):
a) BODMAS (brackets, orders, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction)
b) Percentage
c) Profit and loss
d) Simple interest
e) Average
f) Time and work
g) Time and distance
h) Unitary method
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