Syllabus of Competitive Examination limited to Postman/ Mail Guard / MTS / GDS for Appoitment as Postal Assistant (PA) and Sorting Assistant (SA) Exam. GDS To PA SA Exam Syllabus 2022 (Latest)
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Syllabus for Postal Assistant (PA) /Sorting Assistant (SA) Limited Departmental Competitive Examination (LDCE) Exam.
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Paper 1 (120 Minutes) |
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Part-A Maximum marks
-50 [50
questions of 1
mark each] |
Post
Office Guide Part I (except Telegraphic Money
Order) |
10 Questions |
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Post
Office Guide Part II (except British and Irish
Postal order) |
10 Questions |
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Basic
terminologies related to IT Modernisation project of Department of Posts |
10 Questions |
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Products
and Services: Mails, Banking & Remittances, Insurance, Stamps and Business (Reference:
India Post Website) |
10 Questions |
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a)
Postal Manual Volume VI - Part I b)
Postal Manual Volume VI - Part III (chapter
I and II) c)
Updated SB Orders issued by Directorate till 31st December of
the preceding year in which exam is being conducted |
5 Questions |
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a)
Postal Manual Volume VII b)
Foreign Post Manual |
5 Questions |
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Part-B Maximum marks -
50 [50
questions of 1
mark each] |
General
Awareness / Knowledge Topics to be covered (2
questions from each topic): a) Indian Geography b) Civics c) General knowledge d) Indian culture & freedom
struggle e) Ethics and morale study |
10 Questions |
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Basic Arithmetic Topics to be covered from (2 to
3 Questions from each topic) a) BODMAS (brackets, orders,
division, multiplication, addition, subtraction) b) percentage c) profit and loss d) simple interest e) Average f) Time and work g) Time and distance h) Unitary method |
20 Questions |
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Reasoning and Analytical
Ability (Non Verbal / Pictorial) |
20 Questions |
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Paper 2(45 Minutes) |
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Maximum Marks 50 |
Translation from English to
local language Multiple choice questions (10 English words closet meanings in
local language to be identified) |
15 questions of 1 mark each |
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Translation from local language
to English Multiple choice questions (10 local language words closest meaning in
English words to be identified) |
15 questions of 1 mark each |
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Letter writing in local
language (1 to be attempted out of 3 options) |
10 Marks |
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Paragraph/short essay in local
language of 80 to 100 words (1 to be attempted
out of 3 options) |
10 Marks |
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Paper 3 (15 Minutes) |
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Maximum marks - 25 [Data Entry Skill Test TEST)] |
Skill test of data entry for 15
minutes on Computer on the same day. [Data entry of 800 key
depressions (+ 5%)] |
25 Marks |
