Postal Career GDS To MTS Practice Paper-III

GDS To MTS Exam

Practice Test – III
(for Paper-I)

1. How a Sorting Office is different from an RMS Office?

a) Sorting offices do not have routing list, where as RMS offices have
b) Their location with respect to railway station
c) Sorting offices do not handle Un-Regd mails, where as RMS Offices do.
d) RMS offices don’t have Due Mail Lists, where as Sorting offices have.

2. Overseas Orders of Philatelic Stamps are fulfilled through

a) Delhi GPO
b) Mumbai GPO
c) Hyderabad GPO
d) Kolkata GPO

3. Which of the following cannot be sent as Book- Packet?

a) Police Dairies
b) Written letters of old date which have previously passed through post
c) Pupil’s exercises in original or correction
d) Horoscopes in manuscript not bearing any written endorsement

4. Where is the Headquarters of Asian Pacific Postal Union?

a) Manila
b) Bangkok
c) Berne
d) Delhi

5. In Logistics Post, Minimum charge for a consignment is Rs. ___ plus docket charge of
Rs. ____ ?
a) 50, 75 b) 25, 50
c) 50, 100 d) 50, 150

6. Eligible Age limit for PMSBY and PMJJBY is?

a) 18-70yrs, 18-50yrs
b) 18-55yrs, 18-60yrs
c) 19-70yrs, 19-65yrs
d) 19-65yrs, 19-60yrs

7. What is fee for recalling inland article---

a) Rs 2/-
b) Rs 6/-
c) Rs 10/-
d) Rs 3/-
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8. If a parcel, on being opened in the presence of the addressee is found to contain written
communication not permitted by rules:
a) The parcel will be treated as letter and letter postage will be charged
b) The parcel will be treated as letter and double of letter postage will be charged
c) Each such communication will be charged with letter postage.
d) Each such communication will be charged with double the letter postage.

9. Postal life insurance was introduced on -----------

a) 01.02.1984
b) 01.02.1884
c) 01.02.1994
d) 01.02.1894

10. IPPB launched on?

a) 01 September 2018
b) 01 October 2018
c) 01 July 2018
d) 01 June 2018

11. A Money order becomes void if not paid within ___

a) one month
b) the month of issue
c) a month after month of issue
d) 30days after month of issue

12. If there is breach of condition in a single post card of Rs.0.50 posted in letter box
how much amount should be taxed?
a) Rs.9
b) Rs.4.50
c) Returned to sender or RLO
d) No fees

13. APY Scheme introduced in ___

a) 2014
b) 2015
c) 2016
d) 2017

14. GPO is defined in ____ of Postal Manual Volume 5

a) Rule 5
b) Rule 7
c) Rule 6
d) Rule 3

15. What is the tariff of a 150 grams Speed article booked in Delhi GPO and deliverable
at Trivandrum GPO
a) Rs. 35/-
b) Rs. 60/-
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c) Rs. 70/-
d) Rs. 90/-

16. Delivery norms for a Business Parcel from state capital to state capital is
a) 3-5 Days
b) 4-5 Days
c) 4-6 days
d) 3-6 days

17. The compensation to be paid in respect of International Air Parcels for total damage
is ___ per Parcel
a) 30 SDR
b) 40 SDR
c) 50 SDR
d) 60 SDR

18. Customs and regulation form no. ___ is used for article with value 350 SDR
a) CN21
b) CN22
c) CN23
d) CN24

19. Registration Tariff International Air Letters is

a) Rs. 50/-
b) Rs. 60/-
c) Rs. 70/-
d) Rs. 80/-

20. Maximum discount Rate available for Corporate customers is ___

a) 25 %
b) 30 %
c) 35 %
d) 20 %

21. Additional Fee charged for availing COD facility for Rs. 19000/- is ___
a) Rs. 190/-
b) Rs. 210/-
c) Rs. 230/-
d) Rs. 240/-

22. Delivery Standard for an International Speed Post article booked for USA is __
a) 2-6 days
b) 4-6 days
c) 2-7 days
d) 4-7 days

23. Discount/commission for Direct post articles above Rs. 50,000/- is __

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a) 2%
b) 5%
c) 7%
d) 10 %

24. Two types of Mail Offices are

a) Transit office and Transit Mail Office
b) Section Mail Office and Transit Mail Office
c) Transit Section and Sorting Mail Office
d) Sorting Mail Office and Transit Mail Office

25. In a Bulk Mail Centre (BMC), a firm is identified as a Bulk Mailer if it capable of
posting ____ at a time.
a) 1000 Unregistered Articles/ 50 Registered Articles
b) 2000 Unregistered Articles/ 100 Registered Articles
c) 4000 Unregistered Articles/200 Registered Articles
d) 5000 Unregistered Articles/250 Registered Articles

26. M 26 (a) is _____

a) Mail List
b) Post Card
c) Inland Letter
d) Trial Card

27. Mark the incorrect Statement

a) Trail card is a service post card
b) Trail card is used for the purpose of determining the relative advantage of
alternative mail routes or the cause of detention of articles.
c) All the columns on the back side of the trail card should be carefully filled in
by the HSA/PM/Supervisor of each office or section handling the card.
d) Trail card can be included in station bundle

28. How to handle Too-Late Articles

a) They are allowed with normal postage like normal letters
b) They are allowed by collecting double the normal postage
c) They are bluntly rejected
d) They are stamped ‘Detained, Late fee not paid’ and detained till the next
dispatch

29. Letter posted in the Night post office without payment of late feed will be
a) Impressed with the remarks ‘Detained late fee not paid’ and included on the
next day dispatch
b) Returned to the sender with the remarks ‘late fee not paid’
c) Detained without any remarks
d) None of these
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30. Which of the following is not an unusual mail?

a) Parcel bag
b) Packet Bag
c) Special Bag
d) Transit Bag

PART- B
31. In humans, Alopecia is related to loss of ____
a) Hair
b) Blood
c) Nails
d) Water

32. Match the following

A. Chandra Prabha Sanctuary 1. Maharashtra
B. Bibi ka Maqbara 2. Bihar
C. Sher Shah Suri Tomb 3. Karnataka
D. Gol Gumbaz 4. Uttar Pradesh
a) A2, B4, C1, D4
b) A3, B1, C2, D3
c) A4, B1, C2, D3
d) None of the above

33. Razia Begam was the daughter of

a) Iltutmish b) Ghias Ud-din Balban
c) Qutub-ud-din Aibak d) Mohammad Ghori

34. What is psephology?

a) Statistical study of elections, voting etc
b) Study of Rain fall Pattern
c) Study of Gene Disorder
d) None of the above

35. Match the following

A. Anand Math 1. Ban Bhatt
B. Ain-I-Akbari 2. Kalidas
C. Meghdoot 3. Bankim Chandra
D. Harsh Charita 4. Abul Fazal
a) A3, B4, C1,D2
b) A2, B4, C3, D1
c) A4, B3, C2, D1
d) A3, B4, C2, D1

36. Chronologically arrange the visits of following piligrims/history personalities to

India
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1. Thomas Roe 2. Fa Hien 3. Hien Tsang

a) 2 3 1 b) 2 1 3
c) 3 1 2 d) 1 2 3

37. Kaiga Power Plant is a

a) Thermal Power Plant
b) Hydro Power Plant
c) Nuclear Power Plant
d) Solar Power Plant

38. Anasuya, who gave sermons to Sita, the wife of Lord Rama, during their
banishment to forest, was the wife of sage
a) Atri b) Angiras
c) Marichi d) Kratu

39. The second largest mangrove forest of India is?

a) Sunderbans b) The Kerala backwater
c) Bakhkhali d) Bhitarkanika

40. Shigmo is one of the prominent festival of the ______

a) Tamil Community
b) Santhali Community
c) Konkani Hindu Community
d) Muslim Community

41. 45 students can consume a stock of food in 2 months, then for how many days the
same stock of food will last for 27 students?
a) 100 days b) 144 days
c) 160 days d) 180 days

42. -10 ÷ (20 ÷ 2² × 5 ÷ 5) × 8 – 2

a) -12 b) -14
c) -18 d) -20

43. The average marks of sameer decreased by 1, when he replaced the subject in
which he has scored 40 marks by the other two subjects in which he has just
scored 23 and 25 marks respectively. Later ge has also included 57 marks of
computer science then the average marks increased by 2. How many subjects
were there initially?
a) 6 b) 12
c) 15 d) Can’t be determined

44. Everyday a mango seller sells half his stock, 10% of the stock overnight gets
spoiled. If 1983 mangoes rotted over 3 nights then how many did he start with on
the first day?
a) 25000 b) 24000
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c) 30000 d) 32000

45. Cost price of 12 oranges is equal to the selling price of 9 oranges and the
discount on 10 oranges is equal to the profit on 5 oranges. What is the percentage
point difference between the profit percentage and discount percentage?
a) 20 b) 22.22
c) 16.66 d) 15

46. Ramu left an amount of Rs, 340000 to be divided between his two sons aged 10
years and 12 years such that both of them would get an equal amount when each
attain 18 years age. What is the share of elder brother if the whole amount was
invested at 10 % simple interest?
a) 12000 b) 16000
c) 160000 d) 180000

47. Three typists A, B and C working together 8 hours per day can type 900 pages in
20 days. In a day B types as many pages more than A as C types as many pages
more than B. The number of pages typed by A in 4 hours equal to the number of
pages typed by C in 1 hour. How many pages C types in each hour?
a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) 4

48. Hari and Ramu are two different persons, but when they worked together, they
complete it in 10 days. Had Hari worked at half of his efficiency and Ramu at five
times of his efficiency it would have taken them to finish the job in 50 % of the
scheduled time. In how many days Ramu can complete the job working alone?
a) 12 b) 24
c) 15 d) 30

49. A car is moving between two places A and B at 120 km/h. The distance between
the two places is 600km. After 18 hours what will be the distance between B and
its position if it is start moving from A?
a) 360 km b) 300 km
c) 240 km d) None

50. A thief sees a jeep at a distance of 250m, coming towards him at 36km/h. Thief
takes 5 seconds to realize that there is nothing but the police is approaching him
by the jeep and start running away from police at 54 km/h. But police realize after
10 seconds, when the thief starts running away, that he is actually a thief and
gives chase at 72 km/h. How long after thief saw police catch-up with him and
what is the distance police had to travel to do so?
a) 50 s, 1000 m b) 65 s, 1150 m
c) 65 s, 1300 m d) 45 s, 1050 m
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 Contents
GDS/MTS
Page GDS To To
Topic No.
MTS
PM/MG
Exam
Exam
P.O. Guide Part-I
Organization of the Department 1 YES YES
Type of Post Offices 2 YES YES
Business Hours 2 YES YES
Payment of Postage, Stamps, and Stationary 4 YES YES
General Rules as to packing, sealing, and posting, manner
4 YES YES
of affixing postage stamps
Methods of address 6 YES YES
Post Boxes 7 YES YES
Post Bags 11 YES YES
Duties of Letter Box Peon 11 YES NO
Official Postal Articles 11 YES NO
Prohibited Postal Articles 18 YES YES
Delivery of Mails 21 NO YES
Refusal of Article 22 NO YES
Payment of e-Money Order 24 NO YES
Redirection 25 NO YES
Instruction regarding address change 26 NO YES
Articles addressed to Deceased Person 28 NO YES
Liability and Detention to certain Mails 28 NO YES
Facilities provided by Postmen in rural areas 28 NO YES
Products & Services ( Ref: India Post website)
Mails & Business 28 YES YES
Money Remittances 45 YES YES
Insurance –PLI, RPLI 49 YES YES
Banking- SB/SC 54 YES YES
Stamps 65 YES YES

308 Topic wise MCQs on P.O Guide Part- I 69 YES YES

Postal Manual Volume-V

Definitions: Head, Sub & Branch Office, Mail Bag, Face &
Facing, Beat, Camp Correspondence, Late Letters and 97 YES YES
Too Late Letters, Missent and Misdirected articles

75 Topic wise MCQs on Postal Manual Volume-V 103 YES YES

 Contents
(For Postman / Mail Guard Exam Only)
Page
Rule Topic in Syllabus No.
Postal Manual Volume 6 – Part III
106 Head Postman 111
107 Knowledge of Postal Business 112
108 Supply of Forms to be carried out 112
109 Sale of Stamps 112
110 Postman's Book 112
111 Address to be noted on postal article 113
112 Damaged articles to be noticed 113
113 Receipts for articles issued for delivery 113
114 Book of receipts for intimations and notices delivery 114
115 Instruction for Delivery 114
116 Realization of postage before Delivery 115
117 Receipts of addresses for registered 115
118,119 Delivery to Illiterate addressees, Pardanashin women 116
120 Delivery of insured articles addressed to minors 116
121 Payment of e-Money Orders 116
123 e-Money Orders addressed to Minors 118
125 Payment of eMO and delivery of registered letters to lunatics 119
133 Duties of Village postman 121

53 Topic wise MCQs on Postal Manual Volume 6 – Part III 153

Postal Manual Volume -7

20 Stamps and Seals 137
22 Portfolio and its contents 138
23 Stationery 139
28 Preparation of daily report 139
39 Mail Abstract 140
40 Exchange of Mails 140
41 Cage TB 141
42 Disposal of Mails addressed to a section of a mail office 141
45 Closing of Transit Bags 142
105 Duties of responsibilities of Mail Guard/ Agent 142
115 Final duties before quitting Van or office 143
116 A order and B order 143

66 Topic wise MCQs on Postal Manual Volume 7 143

23. Stamps other than postage stamps affixed on the postal article
a) will be cancelled by date stamp b) will be cancelled in red ink
c) Will not be cancelled d) None of these

General Rules as to Packing, Sealing & Posting, Manner of Affixing Postage Stamps
24. Every letter, packet or parcel has to be stamped with the date stamps of atleast ____ Post
Office
a) One b) Two
c) Three d) Four

25. _________ articles should not be posted in letter boxes

a) Post cards b) Inland Letters
c) Machine Franked articles d) None of the above

26. Where the stamps should be affixed on the articles?

a) Left top Corner on address side b) Right top corner on address side
c) At the centre of address side d) At the centre of back side of address

27. Public are advised to _____ number of stamps while prepaying postage charges
a) Maximum number of stamps with lower denominations
b) Minimum number of stamps with higher denominations
c) Both a & b d) No need to advise

28. Which of the following is true?

a) Labels, Stamps, Seals or other markings which are not postage stamps but which are
likely to be mistaken for postage stamps should not be impressed to the address side.
b) Impressions which are likely to be mistaken for impressions of postal franking machine
must also not be made on the address side
c) Prohibition applies for both the above cases
d) All the above

29. Which of the following is true?

a) When wax cloth is used for the protection of a parcel, packer or letter, it should be used as
an inside cover.
b) When sealing wax is used for seals outside articles, a piece of tissue or other thin paper
should be laid on the wax before the seal is applied.
c) Coins, precious stones, jewellery can be sent by the Inland post only insured.
d) All the above

Method of Address
30. Which is correct regarding the ‗To‘ address position?
a) Address should be written parallel to the length of the cover.
b) It should be in the lower half and towards the right-hand side of the front of the article
c) A clear margin of 3 cm should be left at the top for postage stamps and labels and other
indications
d) All the above

31. Where should the sender‘s address be written on the article?

a) Lower right hand corner b) Upper right hand corner
c) Lower left hand corner d) Upper left hand corner

32. Who are allowed the facility of delivery of their mails to them wherever they may happen to be
on tour with in India?
a) Film Actors b) Sports persons
c) Doctors d) High Government officials

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16. Which of the following is incorrect?
a) Postman should be careful not to receive articles addressed to persons residing in
another postman‘s beat
b) Postman can transfer the articles undelivered by him to another postman directly
c) Postman should note the name of the addressee on articles in cases where he cannot
himself read the language in which address is written
d) None

Damaged Articles to be Noted

17. Which of the following articles should be brought to the notice of postmaster?
a) Opened b) Damaged
c) Tampered d) All the above

18. Postman should bring the damaged or tampered articles to the notice of _____
a) Postal Assistant b) Postmaster
c) Superintendent d) None of the above

Receipts for articles issued for delivery

19. Form no for Registered Abstract is____
a) RP.33 b) RP 8
c) RP 38 d) RP 83

20. Form no for Registered Abstract is____

a) RP.33 b) RP 8
c) RP 38 d) RP 83

21. An insured article of greater value than Rs. _____ should not be given to postman for delivery
a) Rs. 250/- b) Rs. 500/-
c) Rs. 300/- d) Rs. 1000/-

22. The aggregate value of insured articles of all kinds that may be made over at one time to a
single postman for delivery should not ordinarily exceed Rs. ____
a) Rs 500/- b) Rs. 2000/-
c) Rs 5000/- d) Rs 1000/-

23. The entries of postage due and customs duty due collected by the postman should be entered
at ___ of the delivery slip.
a) Below the last entry
b) Before the first entry
c) Anywhere on the delivery slip
d) No need to enter in delivery slip

Book of receipts for Intimations and notices delivered

24. Form No. for Book of receipts for intimations and notices delivered is____
a) RP.33 b) RP 8
c) RP 53 d) RP 83
25. Which of the following must be entered in RP 53 Form before proceeding on beat
a) Intimations regarding insured articles
b) Intimations regarding high value VPs
c) Notices relating to damaged articles
d) Intimations relating to parcel weighing above 10 Kgs
e) Intimations relating to regd Articles and MOs for residents at hotels, clubs etc.
f) All the above

26. Form no of addressee receipt is

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7. With each date-stamp and seal, _______ is supplied, on the lid of which the designation of the
section or office and set number is painted.
a) Type-Box b) Safe-Box
c) Safe Cover d) None of the above

Portfolio and its contents

8. Types Boxes are carried only by
a) The sections exempt from RO attendance
b) All the sections
c) The sections that attend RO Attendance
d) None of the above

9. Portfolio is kept under the personal custody of _______, with secure locking.
a) Mail Sorting Assistant b) Record Officer
c) Head Mail Man d) HSA

10. Mark the correct option

a) Each set of a section is supplies with a portfolio, provided with a lock and key and
bearing the designation of the section and set number painted on it
b) Port folio contains acme covers, wax heater, bundles of work papers, due mail lists,
stamps & seals, Memo of distribution of work, error book, First aid box, order book
c) Port folio contains inkpad with tin case, parrot-billed scissors, poker, rubber stamping
pad, brass files for papers.
d) All of the above

11. Which of the following is incorrect regarding portfolio sealed bag

a) It contains sweeping brush, labels for bags, late fee notice board.
b) It contains Just Twine, Ball Twine, Seal holders and wooden blocks
c) It contains Sealing wax, stamp brush, covers
d) It contains due mail lists , error book and order book

12. Which of the following are remarked on the mail list, but not included in the total struck at the
foot of the mail list
a) Portfolio
b) Portfolio Sealed bag
c) Sack Bag containing empty bags returned to record office
d) All of the above

Stationery
13. The list showing the quantity or number of the articles of stationery to be supplied to each set of
every section and mail office in the division is termed as
a) Supply List b) Stationery Rate List
c) Quantity list d) None of the above

14. The stationery rate list is issued by the

a) The Head Record Officer b) The Sub-record Officer
c) The PMG d) The Superintendent

15. A month‘s supply of stationery is supplied by Record officer to the HSA of each set of various
sections on which date?
a) Last day of the month b) 15th of every month
th
c) 5 of every month d) 1st of every month

16. At the commencement of each day‘s work, the HSA give out a stock only for the day‘s
requirements and the remainder of the articles should be _______
a) Left in the set unused b) Returned to R.O in loose

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 Key for
GDS To MTS Exam
Practice Test – III
(for Paper-I)

Q A Q A Q A Q A Q A
1 b 11 c 21 d 31 a 41 a
2 b 12 b 22 d 32 c 42 c
3 a 13 b 23 b 33 a 43 c
4 b 14 c 24 d 34 a 44 b
5 c 15 c 25 d 35 d 45 b
6 a 16 c 26 d 36 a 46 d
7 b 17 b 27 d 37 c 47 c
8 d 18 c 28 d 38 a 48 d
9 b 19 c 29 a 39 d 49 c
10 a 20 b 30 d 40 c 50 b