OUR POSTAL DEPARTMENT

1. Where was the first Post Office opened in India in 1727?: Kolkata

..2. Asia's first adhesive stamp, the Scinde Dawk, was introduced in: 1852

3. When did the first General Post Office opened in India? 1774 Kolkata

4. World's highest post office is located in : HIKKIM (HP)

5. How many postal index number zones India has been divided into? 9

6. Headquarters of India post is situated at? NEW DELHI

7. First Stamp of Independent India was issued on 21 November 1947. It depicts:
INDIAN FLAG

8. First Indian king to be depicted on an Indian stamp: CHANDRA GUPTA
MAURYA

9. The National Philatelic Museum of India is situated in: NEW DELHI

10. How many digits are there in Postal Index Number (PIN) code of India? 6

11. The PIN code system was introduced in India in: 1972

12. PIN code of Supreme Court of India? 110201

13. Which is the first Indian post office outside Indian territory? AT DAKSHIN
GANGOTRI ANTARCTICA

14. Where is Postal Staff College situated in India? GHAZIABAD UTTAR
PRADESH

15. Indian Postal Day is observed on: OCTOBER 10

16. In India Speed post was introduced in the year? 1986

17. Post Office established at Dakshin Gangotri is under which postal Division?
GOA POSTAL DIVISION
urban and rural areas, and improving service: PROJECT ARROW

18. Project launched by department of posts in 2008 to upgrade post offices in

19. Posts are included in which List of Constitution of India? UNION LIST

20. First Indian to appear in Postal stamp: GANDHI

21. First Indian woman to appear in Postal stamp: MEERA BHAI

22. First foreigner to appear in Indian Postal stamp: HENRY DUNANT