PATTERN OF EXAMINATION
PAPER -I
Competitive or qualifying:
- Qualifying
Type of Questions:
- Multiple choice Question
Number of questions:
- As per syllabus
Maximum marks:
- 100 marks in 2 parts
Duration:
- 120 minutes
Language of Question Paper:
- Bilingual, i.e. Hindi and English (as well as in Local Language, as published under the provisions of Recruitment Rules, where Hindi is not a local language)
Language of Answer Paper:
- Not Applicable as Multiple Choice Questions
Minimum qualifying marks:(Subject to reservation policy of Government.)
- (a) For SC/ST - 33% in each Paper
- (b) For OBC - 37% in each Paper
- (c) For Others - 40% in each Paper
PAPER - II
Competitive or qualifying:
- Qualifying
Type of Questions:
- Multiple choice Question and Subjective.
Number of questions:
- As per syllabus
Maximum marks:
- 50 marks
Duration:
- 45 minutes
Language of Question Paper:
- Bilingual, i.e. Hindi and English (as well as in Local Language, as published under the provisions of Recruitment Rules, where Hindi is not a local language)
Language of Answer Paper:
- As per Questions Paper
Minimum qualifying marks:(Subject to reservation policy of Government.)
- (a) For SC/ST - 33% in each Paper
- (b) For OBC - 37% in each Paper
- (c) For Others - 40% in each Paper
PAPER - III
Competitive or qualifying:
- Qualifying
Type of Questions:
- On Computer
Maximum marks:
- 25 marks
Duration:
- 15 minutes
II. Criteria for Selection
- a) Examination for Paper I and Paper II will be conducted in continuity.Thereafter, Paper III, i.e. Data Entry Skill Test (DEST), will be conducted separately on the same day.
- b) Only such candidates who qualify in each Paper, viz. Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III, shall be considered for final selection and their merit shall be drawn in order of marks secured in Paper-I Since Paper-II and Paper-III are only qualifying, marks secured in Paper-II and Paper-III shall not be added to marks secured in Paperl to decide merit.
- c) After arranging the candidates in order of merit as at (b) above, number of candidates to be declared successful shall be equal to the number of vacancy in each category.
- d) In the event of any vacancy notified for recruitment remains unfilled only due to non joining of selected candidate, the next candidate in the merit Iist in the same category shall be considered for appoinment. However, appointment of such candidate shall be only on the ground of refusal of promotion / declining offer of appointment and no wait list or approved panel shall be maintained.
III.Syllabus for Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant Limited Departmental Competitive Examination
Paper-I
Duration: 120 Minutes
Maximum marks- 100
Part-A
Maximum marks -50 [50 x 1= 50 marks]
- Post Office Guide Part-I (except Telegraphic Money Order)-10 Questions
- Post Office Guide Part II (except British and Irish Postal order)-10 Questions
- Basic terminologies related to IT Modernisation project of Department of Posts-10 Questions
- Products and Services: Mails, Banking &Remittances, Insurance, Stamps and Business(Reference: India Post Website)-10 questions -10 Questions
- a) Postal Manual Volume VI - Part I
- b) Postal Manual Volume VI - Part III(chapter I and II)
- c) Updated SB Order issued by Directorate till 31st December of the preceding year in which exam is being conducted. -(5 Questions)
- a) Postal Manual Volume VII
- b) Foreign Post Manual-(5 Questions)
Part-B
Maximum marks - 50 [50 X 1 =50marks]
General Awareness / Knowledge
Topics to be covered (2 questions from each topic): (10 questions)
- a) Indian Geography
- b) Civics
- c) General knowledge
- d) Indian culture & freedom struggle
- e) Ethics and morale study
Basic Arithmetic
Topics to be covered 2 to 3 questions from each topic (20 Questions)
- a) BODMAS (brackets, orders, division, multiplication, addition, substraction)
- b) percentage
- c) profit and loss
- d) simple interest
- e) Average
- f) Time and work
- g) Time and distance
- h)Unitary method
- Reasoning and Analytical Ability (Non Verbal/ Pictorial)
PAPER-II
Duration: 45 Minutes
Maximum marks -50
- Translation from English to local language Multiple choice questions (10 English words closest meanings in local language to be identified)[15 X 1 = 15 marks]
- Translation from local language to English Multiple choice questions (10 local language words closest meaning in English words to ne identified )[15 X 1 = 15 marks]
- Letter writing in local language (1 to be attempted out of 3 options)-10 marks
- Paragraph / short essay in local language of 80 to 100 words (1 to be attempted out of 3 options)-10 marks
PAPER-III
Duration: (15 Minutes)
Maximum marks - 25
- Data entry skill Test (DEST)
- Skil test of data entry for 15 minutes on computer on the same day.
- Data entry of 1200 key depressions (+/- 5%)
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