PA/SA Direct Recruitment Examination - Postal Volume V

Q1 The service responsible for the carriage of mails by rail, road,river and air and for the collection and distribution of mails receivedfrom Post Offices by Mail Offices and sections is called as

RMS ( Railway Mail Services )

Q2 First class Head Office situated at the Headquarters of theHead of a Circle or, where there are more than one such HeadOffice, the one attached to the Headquarters Then such type ofOffices are called as ----

General Post Office

Q3 -------- office is in direct account with a Head or sub-officewhich is termed its accounts office and its monetary transactionsare in-corporated in the accounts of the latter office

Branch

Q4 Which office established at the Headquarters of a PostalCircle and deals with unclaimed and refused articles

Returned Letter Office.

Q5 What are the main classification of Mail offices?

Sorting Mail Offices and transit Mail Offices.

Q6 what is the difference between Mail office and transit office

The mail office deals the contents of mail bags addressed tothem as well as with closed forward bagsThe transit bag deal only with closed bags

Q7 What is meant by PSO ?

Press Sorting Office

 Q8 In exceptional cases, Head Post Offices can also function asDistrict Bag OfficeThe above said statement is

True

Q9 ---------- works as central Bag Office

D’ Section of Postal Directorate

Q10 ------ bag office is not deal any bag ?

The central Bag office ( deals with the correspondence relatingto procurement and distribution of bags)

Q11 A journey performed by a set of a section traveling on dutyfrom one end of its beat to the other is called -------

Trip

 Q12 Labelled bundle treated as ------------ article

Single

Q13 Mention the Classification of Labelled Bundle

Station bundles and Sorting bundles

Q14 The deferred bundle is included under the category of ----------- bundle

Sorting Bundle

Q15 The white check-slip is used for both ------ and ---------bundle

Express and deferred

Q16 Mention the classification of Mail Bags

Station mail bags, sorting mail bags and combined mail bags

 Q17 The insured letter bag should be dispatched inside the --------bag

Registered

Q18 When a bag sent by Head Office to the sub-office, itcontains the S.O. slip and when sent by the sub-office to the HeadOffice, it contains the S.O. daily account. Which is that bag?

Account Bag

Q19 What is meant by A Orders

A orders are orders issued by a Superintendent, RMS prescribingchanges in sorting lists.

Q20 parcel bags, packet bas, special bags, camp bags, telegraphbagsThe above mentioned bags are included in --------------- categorymails

Unusual mail

Q21 What is the usage of Trial Cards

Determining the relative advantage of alternative mail routes orthe cause of detention to articles

Q22 When will use the term C A P

Air parcel is sent inside an airmail bag

 Q23 What is the meaning of CAP

Contains air parcel

Q24 The term due mail comprises all the bags, articles and documents which must be dispatched every day or at regularintervals

The above said statement isTrue

Q25 Mention the difference between the term face and facing ofarticle

Face of an article is the side on which the address is writtenFacing means the arrangement of articles with the address-sideupwards and the addresses turned in the same direction.