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Declaration of Result of Combined Graduate
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Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Result of Combined Graduate Level (Tier-I) Examination 2013 has been announced
Friday, 23 August 2013
Postal Rates - Study Material for various departmental examination
What is the
rate of printed
post card ?
Rs 6 /-
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What is
the postage rate of
Book packet
For the
first 50 gms
RS 4/- and additional 50
grmas RS 3 /-
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If Registered News
papers accepted more
than one copy
of same issue
then what is
the postage rate ?
Weight up
to 100 grmas
0.5. for additional
100 grmas or
part thereof excess 100
grams 0.2
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What is
the postage rate
of Parcel ?
Up to
500 grams Rs 19/-
Additional 500 grams
or part thereof
Rs 16/-
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What is
the redirection fee
for parcel article
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50 %
of ordinary postage
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The period
Postal identification card
is limit to
--------------- years
Three
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The above
said questions are
commonly used for
various type of
departmental
examinations
Knowledge about
the postal rates
and conditions are one of the very important factor in departmental examination.
So here
we provide a
rate chart for
some selected items . you
can download the
chart for a
better study
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Saturday, 17 August 2013
FAQ for Post office Savings Bank Account - A study material for various Examination
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What is
the present rate
of interest for
SB Accounts
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Whether any
nomination facility is
available for Savings
Bank Account in
Post Office
Yes Nomination
facility is available
for all individual
accounts except in Minor accounts
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Whether a
minor can open
a saving account
Yes, If
he is of
10 years of age
he can open
account other wise
guaridan can open
for him
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Whether Introduction is
compulsory for Open
SB account
Yes ,
Introduction of the depositor is compulsory
for Individual accounts
unless the depositor
is known to
the post office
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Whether there
is any Limit for deposit
in SB account
From 01.10.2011
onwards , there
will be no
limit for retaining balance in
single as well
as Joint accounts
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What is
the minimum balance
of cheque account for SB
account
500/-
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What is
the minimum amount
of deposit in
RD account
Rs 10/-
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Whether a
RD account can
be continued after
maturity period
Yes it
can be continued
for a further period
of five years
from date of
maturity
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Then what
is the rate
of interest of
matured for post
maturity period in
RD accounts
The depositor
shall be entitled
to a simple
interest at the
rate applicable time
to time to PO savings
account from the
date of maturity
till the date
of payment
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Whether there
is any Premature closure
is allowed for Recurring Deposit (RD)
Yes ,
Premature closure is
permitted on completion
of three years
from the date
of Opening
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What is
the present rate
of interest rate of
1,2,3,5 year Time Deposit (TD) accounts
For 1
and 2 Year
8.20 % per annum For
3 year 8.30 % Per
annum and 5 year
8.40 % per annum
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Whether any
limit is exists
for open
TD accounts in
case of no
of accounts
No , Any
number of TD accounts can
be opened
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Whether any
facility for transfer annual interest of TD
accounts to my
Savings account
Yes Annual
interest can be automatically credited
to Savings account
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What is
the rate of
interest allowed at the
time of Post
maturity for TD
accounts
Post maturity interest shall be
allowed at SB
rate
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What are
the conditions for
premature closure for
TD accounts
Premature closure
of the account
is permitted on
some conditions
In case
of premature closure
TD accounts of
1,2,3 and 5 Years
accounts . if deposit
is withdrawn after
six months , but
before the expiry
of one year
from the date of
deposit , simple interest
at the rate
applicable from time
to time to
PO savings account
shall be payable
In
case of premature
closure on or
after 01.12.2011 , if
the deposit is withdrawn
after expiry of one
year from the
date of deposit
, interest on
such deposit shall
be calculated at
the rate , which shall
be one percent
less than rate
specified for a
period of deposit
of 1 year, 2
years and 3
years
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What is
the maturity period
of Monthly income
Scheme (MIS)
The maturity
period of MIS
on or after
01.12.2011
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What is
the minimum and maximum amount for
open a MIS account
Minimum amount
of deposit is
Rs 1500 and in
multiples of Rs
1500/- Maximum amount
is Rs 4.5
Lakhs in the case
of Single account and
9 lakhs in the
case of Joint
account
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What is
rate of interst for
MIS accounts
From 01/04/2013
the rate of
interest for MIS
accounts is 8.4 %
per annum
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What is
the rate of bonus which is
applicable for MIS
account ?
No Bonus
will be paid
for the accounts
opened from 13/02/2006
to 07/12/2007
5 %
Bonus is payable
for the accounts opened
on or after
08.12.2007.
There
shall be no
bonus admissible on maturity
in the accounts
opened on or
after 01.12.2011
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Whether premature
closure is allowed
for MIS ,
If so then
what are the
conditions for that
Yes, If
the account is closed
before three years
an amount equal
to two percent
of the deposit
shall be deducted
and If the
account is closed after
three years an amount
equal to one
percent on the
deposit amount shall
be deducted .
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What is
the period for
Senior Citizens savings scheme
Five Years
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Who can
open SCSS account
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Any individual
who has attained the age of
60 years on the
date of opening
or who has
attained the age
of 55 years or more
but less than
60 years and who
has retired on
superannuation or otherwise
on the date
of opening of
an account under these
rules subject to the condition that
the account
is opened by
such individual within
one month of
the date of
receipt of the retirement
benefits along with
a certificate from
the employer indicating
the fact of retirement
on superannuation or otherwise ,
retirement benefit and
period of such employment with
the employer is
attached with the supplication form
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Whether the
joint account is permitted in
the case SCSS
account , If
so what is the condition
Yes ,Joint
account is opened
with the spouse only
and not with
any other person
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In the case
of joint account
the age of first applicant ie
depositor is the
only factor to
decide the eligibility
and there is
no age bar/limit for
second applicant
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What is
the present interest
rate of SCSS
account
9.2 % per
annum
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Whether the Premature
closure is
allowed in SCSS
account
Yes, It
is allowed after one
year from the date
of opening
After one
year and before
2 years from
the date of opening
Deduct 1.5 %
from Depost amount If
the account is
closed after two
years Dedcut 1
% from the
deposit
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Prepared by S
Jayachandran , System
Administrator , Mavelikara
Head Post Office , 690101-
Kerala- Mob No
9961464279
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Monday, 12 August 2013
Sunday, 11 August 2013
A set of study material for various type of Departmental examination
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1.
Department of Posts comprises
of two wings
Mention it
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2. Ex Offcio
Chairman of Postal
Service Board
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3. Who is
the head of
RMS Division /?
SRM/SSRM
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4. The section which authorize
to supply forms
and stationery to Pos
and
RMS offices
Postal Stores
Depo (PSD)
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5. What is
meant by B class Sub Post Office
The Office
is functioning under
Sub Postmaster with
One Postal Assistant
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6. The designation of in charge
of Head Post
office
Postmaster or
Senior Postmaster
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7. What are the
two base post
office in Indian
Army Postal Service
1 Central Base Post
Office (56 APO) 2
Central Base Post office
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8. Stationary offices
of RMS has
two type
Sorting Mail Office
and Transit Mail
Office
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9. What is
meant by SET
related with RMS
The establishment of
RMS which is
at duty at
the same time
in a mail
offices is termed
a set
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10. What is
meant by Section
related with RMS
Section is
a traveling office
of the Railway
Mail Service working
on Railway Lines
dealing with sealed
bag only
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11. Who is
the in charge of
Section in RMS
Mail Agent
or Mail Guard
in in charge
of a section
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12. What is
meant by Beat
of Section in
RMS
The establishment of
RMS which works
throughout the beat
of the same
section in both
directions is termed the
set of that
particular section
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13. -------------- office
supply forms, bags and
stationary to the
sets of Mail offices
Record Office
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14. Which is
not included as
Letter Mail while
classification of
first class mail
and second class mail
Letters , letter cards ,
Post Cards ,
Book Packets , Book
Packets containing Printed
cards, Book Packets
containing Periodicals, Sample
or Pattern packets
, Registered News papers .Parcel
Parcel
Others are
treated as Letter
Mail
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15. A post
card will be
treated as printed
post card ,
if the communication is
not handwritten or
typewritten
True
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16. The publisher
can get his
Newspaper registered with
department of Posts
by giving an
application through the Divisional
Superintendent
The above
said statement is
true or false
True
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17. In which
type of article the content
of letter is Braille Script
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Blind Literature
Packet
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18 From
the following article
in which type
of article is
not presented at
counter for posting
1
Bulky articles 2 Machine franked article
3 Registered Newspaper 4
Ordinary article
Ordinary
article
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19 What is
meant by letter
box statement
AS chart
will be available
in the sorting
branch which is
known as Letter
Box Statement
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20 Every
franked article has
two die
Mention it
Value die
and License die
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21. How many
PIN regions in
India
Eight
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21. What refer the first
two digits of Pin
code
The first
two digits together
indicate the sub
region or on
of the postal
circle
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22. What refer the
first 3 digits
of Pin code
The last
three digits refer
to he delivery
post office
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Mention the type
of Bundle
Station Bundle
, Town Bundle
, District Bundle
, Circle Bundle
, Foreign Bundl;e
, 56 APO
Bundle , Sorting
Bundle
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What is meant
by SAL
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25 The
Universal Postal Union
established on -----------
1875
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Prepared by
System Administrator ,
Mavelikara Head Post Office
, 690101-9961464279
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Thursday, 8 August 2013
A set of Model questions from Post office Guide Part I- Study material for various departmental Examination
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1. The Mobile
post office is
not functioning in
which city mentioned
below
A Bombay
b. Calcutta c.
Delhi d Trivandrum
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2.
The device
is a stamping machine
intended to stamp
impressions of dies
of approved design
on private and official
articles in payment
of postage and
postal fees. What
is the name
of that device
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a.
Electronic
stamping machine b
Automatic stamping machine
c EPBX d Franking machine
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3. The use of franking machine
except under a valid
licence issued by
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a CPMG b
PMG c Business Executive d Head
of the Postal
Division
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4. The franking machine must
be obtained by
the licence only
from the firm
authorised by the
licensee only from
the firm authorised
by the Director
General of Posts
The above
said statement is
true or false
A
True b
False
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5 Wherever
the licensee wishes to
deposit any sum in
advance and to
have the meter
of the machine
reset then
what he will
produce ?
a
Franking Machine and machine
details b Franking
Machine and related
documents c Franking
machine documents only
d Franking
Machine with the
Franking Machine record
book
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6 The facility
of pre-payment of
Postage charges in cash
is available
for ---------------and
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a Registered News Papers and unregistered packets
b Registered parcels
and unregistered packets
c Insured letter and registered
news papers d
None of these
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7 The manufacture
and use of
fictitious postage stamps
for any purpose
whatsoever is prohibited
and is an offence
punishable under section
-------------- of the
Indian Penal code
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A
263- A b
273 c 273-A
d 263
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8 A copy of Gazette Notification No 58(E) dated
31.1.2011 deleting the Rule 195 of the Indian Post Office Rules, 1933
regarding ----------------------
A
'Certificate of Posting b
discontinuation of KVP
c Both a and b
d None of these
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9 What are the
articles treated as
first class mail ?
A Registered News Papers
and sample packets
b Book Packets
and sample Packets
c Postcards , Blind Literature
, sample packets d Letters , Post Cards and
letter cards
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10.
Reproduction of stamps
is allowed for illustration purpose in Philatelic
publication or in an
article or section relating
wholly to postage stamps
which may appear
in publication of
a general character.
The above
said statement is
true or False
a True
b False
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11 How many denominations of
postal orders are
now available at
the post office
for the sale
A 8 b
7 c 6 d
None of these
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12 What
is the commission chargeable for postal
order for Rs
100/-
a 5 b
2 c 3
d 10
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13 If
an Indian postal order is
not presented for
payments within -----------
months from the
last day of
the month of
issue a second
commission at the
rates prescribed will
be charged which
must be paid
in --------------
A 12 Months
and Paid in
postage stamps b 24 months
and paid in
postage stamps c 6 months
and paid in postage
stamps d None
of these
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14 When a
postal order is treated
as forfeited ?
A
Payment more
than 36 months after the
last days of the month of issue
B Payment
more than 24 months
after the last
days of the
month of issue
C Payment more
than 12 months after
the last days
of the month of
issue
D None of
these
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15 The
purchaser of an Indian
Postal order can obtain
repayment of the
value and commission
The following
statement is true
or false
a True b
False
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Prepared by
S Jayachandran, System Administrator , Mavelikara
Head Post office
690101-
9961464279
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