1. Which of the following products/services are
not mentioned in the schedule of the Indian Post office act:
a)
Printed Post Card
b) Speed Post
c)
Letter Cards
d)
Parcels
Ans(B)
2. Which Of the following is true of Postage
stamps as mentioned in IPO Act 1898?
a)
Postage stamps are deemed to be stamps for the purpose of revenue.
b)
Postage stamps are deemed to be sovereign guarantee.
c)
Postage stamps are deemed to be cash for the purpose of revenue.
d)
Postage stamps are deemed to be equivalent to currency notes printed by the
Reserve bank of india.
Ans(D)
3. When was IPO act last amended?
a)
2015
b)
2009
c)
2002
d)
2017
Ans(D)
4. As per section 9 of the Indian Post office
Act, the registered newspaper should satisfy the following conditions:
i)
It is published in number at intervals of not more than thirty one days.
ii)
It is published in number at intervals of not morethan thirty days,
iii)
It has a bonafide list of subscribers.
iV) It may be a free paper without any
cost.
Which amongst the above is correct?
a) i&iv
b)
ii & iv
c) i
& iii
d)
ii & iii
Ans(C)
5. Which of the following about the IPO Act is
incorrect?
a)
There is a provision about recovery of money order paid to the wrong person
b)
There is a chapter on ship letters
c)
It grants exclusive privilege of
conveying letters reserved to the Governament
d)
It defines the Universal Service Obligation of the Department of Posts, Central
Governament.
Ans(D)
6. Some of the following products/services
alongwith postage rates such as Postcards, Registered Newspaper, etc are
mentioned in the
a)
First schedule of IPO act 1898
b)
Second schedule of IPO act 1898
c)
Clause 5 of IPO act 1898
d)
Clause 75 of IPO act 1898
Ans(A)
7. Which of the following penalties are not
mentioned in the IPO Act?
a)
penalty for unlawfully diverting letters
b)
penalty for detaining mails or opening mail bags
c)
penalty for insufficient postage on article
d)
penalty for contravention of section 5 of the IPO act
Ans(C)
8. The Post Office Act came into Force on
a) 1st Jun
1988
b) 2nd Jul
1878
c) 1st Jul
1898
d) None of
these Ans:
c
9. Mark correct option
a) The expression
“postage” means the duty chargeable for the transmission by post of postal
articles
b) The expression
“postage stamps” means any stamp provided by the [Central Government] for
denoting postage or other fees or sums payable in respect of postal articles
under this Act
c) The expression “post
office” includes every house, building, room, carriage or place used for the
purposes of the Post Office.
d) All the above Ans: d(2)
10. Meanings of “in
course of transmission by post” and “delivery “for the purposes of this Act
a) A postal article
shall be deemed to be in course of transmission by the post from the time of
its being delivered to a post office to the time of its being delivered to the
addressee or of its being returned to the sender or otherwise disposed.
b) The delivery of a
postal article of any description to a postman or other person authorized to
receive postal articles of that description for the post shall be deemed to be
a delivery to a post office
c) The delivery of
a postal article at the house or office of the addressee, or to the addressee
or his servant or agent or other person considered to be authorized to receive
the article
d) All the above Ans: d(3)
11. Mark the correct
option
a) Common carriers
of passengers or goods, and their servants or agents, except as regards letters
solely concerning goods in their carts or carriages are forbidden to
convey letter.
b) Owners and
masters of vessels sailing or passing on any river or canal in [India], or
between any ports or places in [India] and their servants or agents are
forbidden to convey of letter
c) Exemption from
liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damage.-The [Government] shall not
incur any liability by reason of the loss, misdelivery or delay of, or damage
to, any postal article in course of transmission by post
d) No officer of
the Post Office shall incur any liability by reason of any such loss,
misdelivery, delay or damage, unless he has caused the same fraudulently or by
his willful act or default
e) All the above Ans: e (5-6)
12. The Central
Government may fix the inland rate published in
a)
DG
orders
b)
By letter
c) Gazette
notification
d)
None of the
above Ans: c(7)
13. For the purpose of
such registration, every publication, consisting wholly or in great part of
political or other news, or of articles relating thereto or to other current
topics, with or without advertisements, shall be deemed a newspaper, subject to
the following conditions, namely
a) That it is published
in numbers at intervals of not more than thirty one days;
b) That it has a bona fide
list of subscribers
c) All of the
above
d) None of
these Ans: c(9)
14. Mark correct option
a) If any postal
article on which postage or any other sum chargeable is refused or
returned as aforesaid, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, then the
sender shall be bound to pay the postage or sum due thereon
b) If any person
refuses to pay any postage or other sum due to be recovered from the person as
imposed a fine under this Act.
c) The official
mark of the Post Office denoting that the article has been refused, or that the
addressee is dead or cannot be found, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact
so denoted
d) The official
mark on a postal article denoting that any postage or other sum is due in
respect thereof
e) Alltheabove Ans:
e(11)
15. Transmission by
post of anything-injurious post of tickets, proposals, etc., relating to
unauthorized lotteries prohibited is explained in:
a) Section
18
b) Section
19,19A
c) Section
20
d) None of
these Ans: b
16. Where the dispatch
or delivery from a post office of letters would be delayed by the dispatch or
delivery there from at the same time of book, pattern or sample packets and
parcels explained in
a) Section
18
b) Section 22
c) Section
20
d) None of
these Ans: b
17. Prohibition of transmission by
post of certain newspapers & Power to detain newspapers explained in
a) Section
18
b) Section 22
c) Section 27
A,B,C
d) None of
these Ans: c
18. Liability in respect of
postal articles insured shall be liable to pay compensation, not exceeding the
amount for which a postal article has been insured, to the sender thereof for
the loss of the postal article or its contents, or for any damage caused to it
in course of transmission by post explained in
a) Section
18
b) Section 33
c) Section
20
d) None of
these Ans:b
19. Transmission by post of
value-payable postal articles explained in
a) Section 34
b) Section 33
c) Section
20
d) None of
these Ans:a
20. Final disposal of
undelivered postal articles
a) Letters and postcards
shall be destroyed
b) Money or saleable
property, not being of a perishable nature, found in any
undelivered postal article, shall be detained for a period of one year
in the office of the Post Master General
c) On the expiration of
that period no person has established his right thereto, shall, if money, be
credited to the Post Office
d) If saleable property,
be sold, the sale-proceeds being credited to the Post Office.
e) Alltheabove Ans: e(39)
21. The rules related to MO in IPO
act explained in section
a) 43 to
48
b)
38 to 42
c) 49 to
53
d ) None of
these Ans: a
22. Penalty
for misconduct of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or postal
articles.-Whoever, being employed to carry or deliver any mail bag or any
postal article in course of transmission by post
a)
Punishable with fine which may extend to hundred rupees and 1 month
imprisonment
b)
Punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees
c)
Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees
d) Noneofthese Ans: b(49)
23.
Whoever, being employed to carry or deliver any mail bag or any postal article
in course of transmission by post, voluntarily withdraws from the duties of his
office without permission or without having given one month's previous notice
in writing
a) Punishable with fine
which may extend to fifty rupees
b) Punishable with
imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to
hundred rupees, or with both.
c) Punishable with imprisonment,
which may extend to one month, or with fine, which may extend to fifty rupees,
or with both.
d) None of
the above
Ans: c(50)
24. Whoever, being employed to
carry or deliver any postal article made any false entry in the register with
intent to induce the belief that he has visited a place, or delivered a postal
article, which he has not visited or delivered
a) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may
extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
b) Punishable with fine
which may extend to fifty rupees or with fine which may extend to one hundred
rupees, or with both.
c) Punishable with fine
which may extend to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans:
a(51)
25. Whoever, being an officer of the
post office, commits theft in respect of or dishonestly misappropriates, or for
any purpose whatsoever, secretes, destroys or throws away, any postal article
in course of transmission by post or anything contained therein, shall be
punishable
a) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may
extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
b) Punishable with fine
which may extend to fifty rupees or with fine which may extend to one hundred
rupees, or with both.
c) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be
punishable with fine
d) None of these Ans:
c(52)
26. Whoever, being an officer of the
Post Office, contrary to this duty, opens, or causes or suffers to be opened,
any postal article in course of transmission by post, or willfully details or
delays
a) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may
extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
b) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine or both..
c) Punishable with fine
which may extend to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans: b(53)
27. Whoever, being an officer of the
PO fraudulently puts any wrong official mark on a postal article or
fraudulently alters, removes or causes to disappear an official mark which is
on a postal article
a) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may
extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
b) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine or both..
c) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be
punishable with fine
d) None of these Ans:
c(54)
28. Penalty for fraudulently
preparing, altering, secreting or destroying Post Office documents
a) Punishable with fine
which may extend to hundred rupees and 1 month imprisonment
b) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be
punishable with fine
c) Punishable with fine
which may extend to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans:b(55)
29. Whoever being appointed to
selling postage stamp and sold excess rate
a) Punishable
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months/with
fine which
may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both; or
b) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be punishable
with fine
c) Punishable with fine
which may extend to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans:
c(60)
30. Whoever places in or against any
letter box provided by the post office for the reception of postal articles any
fire, match or light, any explosive, dangerous, filthy, noxious or deleterious
substance
a) Punishable with fine
which may extend to hundred rupees and 1 month imprisonment
b) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both.
c) Punishable with fine
which may extend to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans: c(62)
31. Whoever, without due authority,
affixes any placard, advertisement, notice, list, document, board or other
thing in or on, or paints, tars or in any way disfigures any post office
a) Shall be
punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
b) Punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both.
c) Punishable with fine which
may extend to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans:
a(63)
32. Whoever, being required by this
Act to make a declaration in respect of any postal article to be sent by post
or the contents or value thereof, makes in his declaration any statement which
he knows, or has reason to believe, to be false, or does not believe to be true
a) Shall be
punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
b) Punishable with fine
which may extend to two hundred rupees, and, if the false declaration is made
for the purpose of defrauding the Government, with fine which may extend to
five hundred rupees.
c) Punishable with fine
which may extend to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans: b(64)
33. Penalty for detention of letters
on board vessel arriving in port
a) Shall be punishable with fine which
may extend to fifty rupees.
b) Punishable with fine which may extend
to fifty rupees for every such postal article as aforesaid
c) Punishable with fine which may extend
to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans: b(66)
34. Penalty for detaining mails or opening
mail bag
a) Shall be punishable with fine which
may extend to fifty rupees.
b) Shall be punishable with fine which
may extend to two hundred rupees :
c) Punishable with fine which may extend
to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans:
b(67)
35. Whoever fraudulently retains or
willfully secretes or makes away with, or keeps or detains, or when required by
an officer of the post office, neglects or refuses to deliver up
a) Punishable with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to two years, and shall also be punishable with fine
b) Shall be punishable with fine which
may extend to two hundred rupees :
c) Punishable with fine which may extend
to two hundred rupees
d) None of these Ans: a(68)
36. Whoever, being required by IPO Act 1898
to make a declaration in respect of any postal article to be sent by post or
the content or value thereof, make in his declaration any statement which he
knows, or has reason to believe, to be false, or does not believe to be true,
shall be punishable under Section 64 of the said act:
(A) With fine which may extend to two
hundred rupees
(B) With imprisonment for a term which may
extend to six months
(C) With imprisonment for a term which may
extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees
(D) None of the above option is correct Ans:A
37. In proceedings under IPO Act 1898 for
recovery of any postage or other sum alleged to be due in respect of a postal
article:
(A) The presence of an officer of the Post
office concerned shall be prima facie evidence under the said Act
(B) The presence of an official of the Post
Office concerned shall be prima facie evidence under the said Act
(C) The production of the postal article,
having thereon the official mark of the post office denoting that the article
has been refused or that the addressee is dead or cannot be found, shall be
prima facie evidence under the said Act
(D) The statement under (A) & (B) above
is correct Ans:c
38. Any postal article sent by post
in contravention of the provision of Section 19 or 19-A of Indian Post Office
Act 1898 may be opened and destroyed if necessary under the authority of –
(A) The officer incharge of the Post office
(B) The Divisional Superintendent
(C) The Postmaster General
(D) None of the authorities mentioned in (A) (B) or (C) above
Ans:C
39. Any postal article suspected to
contain any goods of which the transmission by post is prohibited by or under
any enactment for the time being in force is received for delivery at a post
office:
(A) That post office will deliver the
article to the addressee without any interference
(B) The officer incharge of the post office
will issue notice to the addressee inviting him to attend post office and shall
in his presence open and examine the postal articles
(C) The officer incharge of the post office
will open and examine the postal article in presence of the postal staff
(D) The officer incharge
shall send the postal article to RLO for disposal
Ans (B)
