POSTAL
MANUAL VOL IV
(ESTABLISHMENTS)
1. A Candidate within the maximum age
limit at the time of recruitment , but is over aged at the time of appointment
a) Cannot be appointed b) Can be appointed in service
c) Can be appointed after getting sanction d) None
of these Ans: d (10)
2. Office establishment will not include
b) Non gazetted servants engaged for clerical duties
b) Group D servant employed in service
c) Sweeper
d) All the above Ans:
c(11)
3. Mark correct option
a) No
person who has been dismissed for misconduct from any post may be employed
b) The
paper showing result of enquiry into the character and antecedents official should
be kept with their character sheets/ CR as the case may be
c) In
the ED agents enquiry papers may be kept with their security bond
d) All
the above Ans:
d(3)
4. Re-employment
of persons who resigned, absconded or were dismissed should
be made on special ground previous approval
of the
a) Head of the circle b) Min of IT
c) DG
Post d) PMG Ans:
c(3)
5. Calculation the time spent on training
for the purpose of confirmation leave other than casual leave must be
‘
a) Included b) Excluded
c) Cannot
say d) None of these Ans: b(27b)
6. Every important event in the official
career of a gezetted Govt servant affecting his pay and other conditions of
service e.g appointment, promotion, leave, retirement, removal, dismissal etc.
should be notified in the
a) Memorandum b) DG Order
c) Gezette of India d) None of these Ans: c(29)
7. Notification made by the government of India are published in _____ and those by the
_________ and _______and administrative offices in _________ of Gazette India
a)
Part I section 2, DG, Head of the circle, Part
III section I
b)
DG order, Head of the circle, DG, Part II
c)
Notification, DG, Head of the circle, Part II,
d)
None of these Ans:
a(29)
8. Stamp vendors are in
a) Regular establishment b) Temporary establishment
c) Paid staff d) None of these Ans: a(31)
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9. The gradation list prepared in once in
a _______ year on _________ by ______ in the form______________
a)
Two, 1st Jan, DG Post, APP 43 b) Three,
1st Jul, HOC, APP 43
c) Five,
1st Jul , HOC, APP 44 d) None of these And: c(32a)
10. The time limit
prescribed for representing against discrepancies in the gradation list
a)
One month from the date of issue of the
Gradation list
b)
Three month from the date of issue of the
Gradation list
c)
One year from the date of issue of Gradation
list
d)
No time limit Ans:c(32d)
11. Appointment authority
should keep gradation list of
a)
Officials , appointments to whose post, if
vacant, are made by him
b)
Officials under control who are ordinarily
liable for transfer by him
c)
Officials qualified for promotion to a higher
grade, appointment to which are made by him
d)
All the above Ans:
d(32b)
12. When there are two are
or more officials of the same name in a particular cadre, they should be
a) Change their name b) Promote to different cadre
c) Distinguished by serial number d) None
of these Ans: c(32c)
13. No appeal against such
alternative will lie to a higher authority unless it is submitted within the
usual time limit of _______ from the date of communication
a) Three months b) Six
month
c) One year d) One month Ans:b(32d)
14. Where recruitment made
partly form departmental candidates and partly form outsider, the departmental
candidates should always ____from the outsider in orde
a) Junior b) Senior
c) Equal d) None of these Ans: b(32e)
15. All transfers, changes
of HQ and special duties of gezetted officers should be communicated to the
a) Director General b) Audit
office
c) Head of the circle d) Both A&B Ans:d(35)
16. Transfer should
generally be made in
a) May of each year b) April
of each year
c) Jan of each year d) Mar
of each year Ans:b(37a)
17. An official should not
be transferred from one unit to another, either within the same circle, or to
another circle, unless he
a) Permanent b) Temporary
c) Quasi permanent d) None of these Ans: a(38)
18. Transfer of officials,
who are not permanent in grade, may in deserving cases, be permitted with the
personal approval of the
a) Head of the circle b) DG Post
c) Min of IT d) None of these Ans: a(38)
19. Mark correct option
a) If an official transferred to an new
unit on mutual exchange he will be take position of the person in the
gradation list of the new unit with whom the official came on the mutual exchange or would have been assigned to him had be been
originally recruited.
b) When a permanent official is
transferred on his own request to another unit without
on mutual exchange to another unit he will be rank junior in the gradation list of
the new unit all official
c) The transfer of an official form one
arm of service to another within or outside of circle can be allowed only with the
personal approval of the Head of the circles.
d) If he old and new unit form part of a
wider unit for the purpose of promotion to a higher cadre, the transferee will be
retain his original seniority in the gradation
list
of the wider unit
e) All the above Ans:e(38)
20. Charge report prepared
in
a) ACG 67 b) ACG 63
c) ACG 61 d) ACG 40 Ans:
c(43)
21. An officer transferred
may not, without urgent necessity or special orders of the Head of the circle,
leave the station
a)
Before the arrival of the permanent successor
b)
After the arrival of the permanent successor
c)
After completed his tenure
d)
None of these Ans:
a(41)
22. In the event of any
disagreement between the relieved and the relieving officers, a reference
should be made to the
a) SSP/SP b) PMG
c) Head of the Circle d) DG Post Ans:
c(47)
23. Reports of transfer of
charge of gezetted officer including Head of the circle and P&T Accountant
should be sent by post (not telegraph) to the
a) Next higher authority b) Audit
officer concerned
c) DG Post d) All the above Ans: d(48)
24. In the case of
officiating promotion to vacancies of less than one month duration, the
officiating arrangement should confine to all official working
a) In the same office b) In the same station
c) In the same division d) No specific limit Ans: b(50)
25. The age limits for
appointment to the post are to be followed
a) At tie time of recruitment b) At the time of appointment
c) At the time of selection d) None of these Ans:a
26. A post office clerk
transferred from one division to another division in the same circle
a)
Will loss his seniority in the circle gradation
list for promotion to LSG
b)
Will not lose his seniority in the circle
gradation list for promotion to LSG
c)
Will have his seniority regulated both in the
divisional and the circle gradation list
d)
None of these Ans:
b
27. Application for leave
must be submitted in form
a) APP 45 b) SR1
c) SR 5 d) SR 10 Ans:
b(9)
28. Casual leave need not be
recorded in
a) Absentee statement b) In service book
c) Service rolls d) All the above Ans:d(102)
29. `Mark the correct option
a) In cases where promotion is to be made
from officials working in the same station,
officiating arrangement should be made not more than one month
a) In cases where promotion is made from
official working in different statinss/sub division officiating arrangement
should be made more than one month but not more
than 4 month
c) Short term vacancies caused by regular
incumbents proceeding on leave for 45
days or more may be filled up by officials available in approved panel
d) All the above Ans: d(50)
30. Transfer to sorters
holing selection grade appointment will be reported to
a) SSP/SP b) PMG
c) Head of the Circle d) DG Post Ans:
c(53)
31. Postmaster of HO who are
subordinate to the super indent, Inspectors and SP, Head clerk also report
every transfer or assumption of chart to the
a) Group B Officer of division b) Postmaster General
c) Head of the circle d) None of these Ans: c(54)
32. Mark the correct option
a) A Supdt of PO or RMS should not
ordinarily remain in charge of the same division for more than 4 years
b) Every Supdt of PO should hol charge of
RMS Dn for atlease 4 years,
c) Every RMS Supdts should hold charge of
a PO Dn for not less than 4 years
d) ASPs of PO
or RMS and IPO/IRM should not remain in the same Dn not more than
4 years
e) All the above Ans:e(57)
33. An officer should not
ordinarily be brought back the same division until
a) Ten year completion of tenure
b) Two year completion of tenure
c) The lapse of an interval equalant to the max period as fixed
d) No such limit Ans:
c(61)
34. Preservation period of
ED SPM leave form APP-45 is
a) Two years b) Three years
b) One year d) Six month Ans:
b(91)
35. An application for leave
must be submitted ordinarily
a) Fifteen days advance b) One month advance
c) Two month advance d) None
of these Ans: b(92)
36. Generally Casual leave
is limited to max of
a) 10 days b) 5 days
c) 8 days c) 12 days Ans:
c
37. The authority to
competent to grant Casual Leave is
a)
The head of the circle b) The
head of the division
b)
The head of the office d) Next
higher officer Ans: b
38. Who has been delegated
to power to grant rules 38 transfer of official belongings to Postmen/Mail
guards?
a) Senior Supdt. of Post office b) Super
indent of Post office
c) Postmaster General d) Head Post master of HO Ans: c
39. Officiating arrangement
can be made in leave vacancies of less than 45 day
a) Cannot be made b) Operative
cadre only
c) Can be made to all cadre d) None of these Ans:
b
40. Mark the correct option
a)
No one can be claim the max number days casual
leave as a matter of right
b)
Casual Leave should not be sanctioned more than
5 days at a time
c)
The persons appointed middle of the year the
authority competent to sanction
Grant such leave will have
discretion to grant either the full period or 8 days
Or only proportion
d) CL not a form of leave and not treaded
as absent
e) All the above; Ans:
e(99)
41. By payment of overtime allowance
a) When no leave reserve is available
b) When the work cannot be distributed
among the staff on duty
c) When the work cannot be assigned to an
official form another dept, branch or
section of the same office whose work cannot be held up
d) When the work is such that it cannot be
postponed
e) All the above Ans:
e(91)
42. A register of pension cases disposed of by a sanctioning authority
should be maintained in form
a) Est 51 b) Est 57
c) Est 56 c) None of these Ans: b
43. When pension cannot be sanctioned at the
time of retirement due to some reasons the officer concerned should be
sanctioned
a) Advances of his pension b) Rough amount of pension
c) Anticipatory pension d) Gratuity
pension Ans: c(107)
44. ________ will review
every year in __________ and __________ all pension cases of ministerial
servants serving under
a) Head of the circle, Mar, Oct b) Head
of the office, Apr, Oct
c) PMG, Oct, Jan d) None
of these Ans: (109)
45. _________ must make a point of knowing the names of his
subordinates who are likely to retire within the six month from__________ and
from___________.
a)
The Head of the office, Jan to Jun, Jul to Dec
b)
The Supdt of post office/First class postmaster,
Apr to Sep, Oct to Mar
c)
IPOs/IRM, Apr to Sep, Oct to Mar
d)
None of these Ans:b(113)
46. Mark the correct option
relating to pension cases
a) The continuity of an applicant’s
service cannot be established by the mere production
of order of transfer issued at various time unless the receive the collateral evidence
b) The requisite verification statement
and the collateral evidence should be obtained within the period of six
months
c) The payment authorized by the Audit
officer is only provisional ant therefore a
formal sanction to the pension has to be issued by the competent authority in every case.
d) All the above are correct Ans:d
47. PPO stands for
a) Pension payment order b) Partly payment order
b) Provisional payment order d) None of these Ans:a
48. _____ will submit the
application of cases arising from railway accidents accompanied by the
documents mentioned above, for the order of _____through ____
a)
The Head of the office, Head of the circle, PMG
b)
The Supdt of PO, PMG, Account office
c)
The Head of the circle, DG, Audit office
d)
None of these Ans:c(149)
49. Workman compensation act
is
a) 1973 b) 1923
c) 1927 d) 1911 Ans:b(150)
50. Who will prepare the
register of sanctioned establishment a distribution list in form Est-43 in RMS
a) Supdt. of Post office b) Head of the Circle
c) Supdt of RMS d) DG Post Ans:C(227)
51. Qualification of
Inspector of Post office is
a) An inspector must be a man of active
habits and physically able to stand the strain
of constant traveling, by night as will as day.
b) He must be thoroughly acquainted with
the work of post office and the positions of
Post office and mail lines
c) He must be able to
conduct efficiency the investigation that are entrusted to him
d) All the above Ans:d(238)
52. Test sorting or
practical, sorting with qualifying speed of _____ letters per hour for outward
sorting and ______ per hour for
distribution of letter for delivery beats allowing for a max eight mistake in
either cases
a) 100,
50 b) 1000,500
c) 1000,600 d) None of these Ans:c(264)
53. Examination for the
appointment of accounts of PO/RMS all clerks/sorter who have not less than _________
service as clerks/sorter.
a) 5 years b) 10 years
c) 3 years d) None of these Ans: c(273)
54. Traveling allowance to
an from the place of examination will be allowed
a) Only to successful candidates d) All the candidates
c) No traveling allowance allowed d) None of these And:a(273)
55. Mark the incorrect
option relating to Inspector Post office examination
a) A candidate must fulfill the conditions of min service limit and max age
limit as on 1st
Jul preceding the date fixed for the examination.
b) If they have not already availed
themselves of the max number of chances before
joining the APS, the will be allowed to have max of two chances while serving in Army Postal Service.
c) If a candidate is unable to ride
bicycle at the time of the application he should be given two months time to learn if after he
has been selected.
d) None of these Ans:d(279)
56. Check supervisor in RMS the standard for
test sorting will be
a) 500 article per hour b) 800 article per hour
c) 1000 article per hour d) 1200 article per hour Ans(279)
57. Branch post office should be placed in
charge of ED agent such as
a) School masters b) Station
master
d) Land holders d) All the above Ans:
d(284)
58. Mark the incorrect option
a) The police officer who is not a
pensioner may not be employed as an ED agent without the previous sanction of the
DG
b) Disabled ex-servicemen who are in
receipt of disability pension and are not disqualified for further service in
civil dept may also be considered as ED sub or
branch postmaster
c) No person holding an elective office
shall be considered for the post of an ED agent.
d) None of these Ans:d(284)
59. Contractors are employed
a)
For conveyance of mail
b)
For performance of treasury work in post office
c)
For selling postage stamps and postal stationary
d)
All the above
60. Extra departmental agents are employed to
work as
a)
Delivery agents, in cases where full time
postman are not justified
b)
Mail carriers in cases where departmental runner
are not justified
c)
Stamp vendors & Chowkidars
d)
All the above Ans:d
61. Every proposal of new establishment made
by a_____ must be submitted to______ through___________ concerned, at least
_______ in advance of the date form which sanction is desired and where
necessary.
a)
Head of the circle, DG post, circle account
office, 2 month
b)
DG Post, Cent Govt, Min of IT, 1 year
c)
Supdt Of PO, Head of the Circle/ Regional PMG,
Account officer, 2 month
d)
None of these Ans:c
62. The value return in form Est 5 is maintained by
a) Experimental PO b) Account office
b) Both A&B d) None of these Ans:b
63. A value return is a statistical statement
showing the quantum of different items of work performed in a Post office ie.
a) Value of all postage stamps b) Commission
of MO issued
c) Commission on IPO sold d) All the above Ans:d
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64. The value return in form Est 6(a) is
prepared by ________ and submitted to____
a)
Experimental post office, Account office
b)
Account office , Head of the circle
c)
Head of the circle to DG Post
d)
The Supd. Post office to Head of the circle/Regional
PMG Ans:d(531)
65. A value return in form Est 5 or Est 6(a)
as the case may be should be submitted with every proposal
a)
In connection with experimental post offices
b)
For increasing the establishment charges of a
branch office
c)
For converting a branch office into sub office
d)
For closing an office on the ground of its being
unremunerative.
e)
All the above Ans:e
66. Mark the correct option relating to how
are the postal income and postal cost of any office calculated in rural area.
a) 2/5 of the value of all postage stamps
and stationery sold at the office plus 20% (
This represents in come on account of article received for delivery)
b) 7/20 of the value of all postage stamps
and stationery sold at the office( This represents
in come on account of article received for despatch)
c) 3/4 of the postage collected on unpaid and
insufficiently paid articles delivered by
the office
d) 1/8 of the postage due on unpaid and
insufficiently paid article posted at office.
e) All the above Ans:e)
67. Mark the correct option relating to how
are the postal income and postal cost of any office calculated in urban area.
a) 43/120 of the value of all postage
stamps and stationery sold at the office plus 20% ( This represents in come on
account of article received for delivery)
b) 37/20 of the value of all postage
stamps and stationery sold at the office( This represents in come on account of
article received for despatch)
c) 5/7
of the postage collected on unpaid and insufficiently paid articles
delivered by the
office
d) 5/42 of the postage due on unpaid and
insufficiently paid article posted at office.
e) All the above Ans:e)
68. Mark the correct option relating to how
are the postal income and postal cost of any office calculated in all office
rural/urban area.
a)
24% of MO commission on MO issued by the office
b)
38 % of the MO commission on MO paid by the
office
c)
2/5 of the amount of commission realized on IPO
sold & 2/5 of IPO paid
d)
All the above Ans:d
69. The period of which the experimental PO is at firs sanctioned should not exceed
a) 6 month b) 1 year
c) 2 year d) 3 year Ans:a
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70. No experimental post office opened in
rural area may be made permanent unless its total income covers its total cost plus
a) 25 % of the cost b) 10
% of the cost
c) 5% of the cost d) 20 % of the cost Ans:a
71. Mark the correct option relating ot press
sorting office
a) Press concerned should provide
necessary suitable accommodation for the post
office free of rent and give an undertaking in writing that effect.
b) Press sorting office may be open after
consideration of the HOC/PMG
c) The press should bear the charges of
additional staff , if any that may be employed for the purpose.
d) All the above Ans:d
