III. Syllabus for Postal Assistant /Sorting Assistant Limited Departmental Competitive Examination:
Paper-I (120 Minutes)
Part-A
Maximum marks – 50
[50 questions of 1 mark each]
Post Office Guide Part I (except Telegraphic Money Order) — 10 questions
Post Office Guide Part II (except British and Irish Postal order) — 10 questions
Basic terminologies related to IT Modernisation project of Department of Posts — 10 questions
Products and Services: Mails, Banking & Remittances, Insurance, Stamps and Business (Reference: India Post Website) — 10 questions
a) Postal Manual Volume VI – Part I
b) Postal Manual Volume VI – Part III (chapter I and II)
c) Updated SB Orders issued by Directorate till 31st December of the preceding year in which exam is being conducted
— 5 questions
a) Postal Manual Volume VII
b) Foreign Post Manual
— 5 questions
Part-B
Maximum marks – 50
[50 questions of 1 mark each]
General Awareness / Knowledge — 10 questions
Topics to be covered (2 questions from each topic):
a) Indian Geography
b) Civics
c) General knowledge
d) Indian culture & freedom struggle
e) Ethics and morale study
Basic Arithmetic — 20 questions
Topics to be covered (2 to 3 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
Reasoning and Analytical Ability (Non Verbal / Pictorial) — 20 questions
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Department of Posts letter (DEST ke baare mein):
No. 17-08/2018-SPN-I
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001
Dated: 19th December, 2022
To,
The Chief Postmaster General
All Circles
Subject:- Revision of parameters in Data Entry Skill Test (DEST) for appointment to the post of Postman, Mail Guard, Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant – regarding
Madam/Sir,
I am directed to refer to the subject cited above and say that vide Directorate’s letter of No. 17-08/2018-SPN-I dated 09.09.2021 parameters of Paper-III i.e. Data Entry Skill Test (DEST) for recruitment to the post of Postal Assistant, Sorting Assistant, Postman and Mail Guard were circulated. It was stipulated that the parameters of DEST communicated vide said letter of 09.09.2021 shall be applicable for the examination conducted for 2021 vacancy year. Para 3 of the said letter provided that the parameters of DEST shall be further reviewed for subsequent vacancy year in due course. Subsequently, similar pattern, syllabus and qualifying marks of Paper-III for the year 2022 was circulated vide letter No. 17-08/2018-SPN-I dated 22.07.2022.
The matter has been reviewed and Competent Authority has approved following parameters of DEST:-
(ii) Competitive examination limited to Postman / Mail Guard / Multi Tasking Staff / Gramin Dak Sevak for appointment to the post of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant:-
Maximum marks – 25 [Data Entry Skill Test (DEST)]
Skill test of data entry for 15 minutes on computer. [Data entry of 1000 key depressions (± 5%)]
Minimum Qualifying Marks for Paper-III viz. Data Entry Skill Test (DEST) (Subject to reservation policy of Government)
(a) For Gen/OBC/EWS – 75%
(c) For SC/ST/PWD (if not exempted for skill test) – 60%
Further, it has been decided that the number of candidates to be shortlisted for DEST shall be kept as three times of the number of vacancies declared at the time of notification. In case vacancy is revised upward/downward before publication of results (Paper-I &II), the revised vacancy position shall be notified and short listing shall be done three times of the revised vacancy. Revision in vacancy position after declaration of results shall not be allowed except in exceptional circumstances with prior approval of DGPS and in such cases revised vacancy shall be notified and list of candidates to be called for DEST shall also be revised accordingly.
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