PART-A (General knowledge+ Reasoning and Analytical Ability)

1. The world’s first woman Prime Minister was
1 Smt Indira Gandhi                                   2.Smt Benazir butto
3 SmtSirimavoBandarnaike                        4. Sarojini Naidu


2. Maximum harm to a tree is caused by
1 Lost of half of its leaves                           2. Lost of all its leaves
3 Lost of half of its branches                       3. Lost of its bark

3. Which is the largest tiger reserve in India
1. Nagarjuna                  2.Manas           3. Pench               4. Corbett

4. Booker Prize is given in the field of
1. Medicine           2. Adventure              3. Fiction Writing         4. Science

5. In which state a person elected to the Legistrative Assembly for normal period of 6 years
1. Sikkim              2. Mizoram                3. Arunachal Pradesh     4 Jammu & Kashmir

6. A Person climbing the Hill bends forward in order to
1. to avoid slipping                        2.to increase Speed
3. to reduce fatigue                        3. To increase stability

7. Which one of the following is not a constitutional body?
1. Election Commission                2. Finance Commission
3. Central Vigilance                     4. Central Administrative Tribunal

8. World Postal day celebrated on
1. Sept -9          2. Oct-9               3.Nov-9      4. Dec-9

9.Mutual funds are regulated in India by which among the following?
1. RBI             2. SEBI             3.Stock exchanges        4. RBI and SEBI both

10. Highest Runs scorer in One day International cricket is
1. Sehwag             2. Sachin       3.Jayasurya       4.Dhoni

11. Find the wrong number in the series 7,28,63,124,215,342,511
1. 7                 2. 28                  3.124              4. 215

12. Arrange the following in the meaningful order
1. Paper 2. Library 3. Author 4. Book 5. Pen
1. 2,4,3,5,1          2 . 3,2,1,5,4       3 . 3,5,1,4,2       4. 5,1,3,4,2

13. If 1 is coded as S, 5 is coded as %, 6 is coded as «, 3 is coded as +, 7 is coded as # and 4 is coded as? What will be the correct form of the number 435671?
1. ? + % « # S            2.?+ % S # «           3.?+ « % # S          4.S # « % +?

14. Choose the word from the given alternatives that belongs to the same group potato: Carrot :: Raddish : ?
1. Tomato 2. Cabage 3. Seasame 4. Groundnut

15.P is taller than Q, Q is taller than R and S is taller than P, who is the tallest among them
1. R         2. Q            3.S        4.P

16. In the follwoing, the group of letters should not contain more than two vowels. which of the groups conforms to this Rule
1. JKAPIXU               2. BDEJOLY           3. PRAQEOS               4. ZIERAM

17. Harsha position in a row is thirteenth from the front side and sixth from the backside. How many persons are standing in the row
1.17               2. 18            3.19            4.20

18. In a certain code language MEDAK is coded as 69281 and TOOPRAN as 3557084. How is PAPANNAPET written in this code
1. 7979551234         2. 7878448793              3. 5656886593              4.8585228793

19. Cow is related “Calf” in the same way as Horse is related
1. Race           2. Stable           3. Ride              4. Cort

20. If the animals which can walk are called swimmers, animals who crawl are called flying, those living in water are called snakes, and those which fly in the sky are called hunters, then what will a lizard be called Ans: 3
1. Swimmers      2. Snakes              3. Flying           4.hunters

21. Pointing out to a lady a girl said “She is the daughter-in-law of the grandmother of my Fathers only son”. How is the lady related to the girl
1. Sister-in-Law           2. Mother          3.Aunt           4. Mother-in-Law

22. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1. Radish              2.Carrot         3.Garlic              4. Gourd

23. If a man is called as girl, girl is called as woman, woman is called as boy, boy is called as butler and butler is called as rogue, who will serve in a restaurant
1. Butler              2. Girl            3.Woman              4. Rogue

24. Vishnu walked 10 m. towards the East, turned right and walked another 15 m. Then he turns leftand walks 3 m. He finally takes a left turn and walked 6 m. Which direction is he facing now?
1.East              2.North            3.West                      4. South

25. Which letter in the alphabet is as far from C as Q is from X
1.K            2. J              3. L            4. P

                                             
                                                     PART-B (ARITHMETIC)
26- 28. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?

26. 1595 ÷ 25 x 36.5 = ?
1.2459            2.2329            3.2359         4.2429

27. 99.99 + 666.66 =?
1. 728.59               2.766       3.766.65      4.676.95

28. 45 × 390 ÷ 26 =?
1. 645                     2.675      3.765           4. 745

29.The Sum of the square of two numbers is 80 and the square of their difference is 36. The product of two numbers is
1.22               2. 44        3.20                     4.40

30. If 1 / 3.718 = 0.2689 then the value of 1 / 0.0003718 is
1. 2629          2. 2.689              3. 2689        4. 0.2689

31. Five-sixth of a number is 720. What will 45% of that number be?
1. 346.6                 2.388.8          3.392.2                   4.344.4

32. In a box, there are 50 paisa, 25 paisa and 10 paisa coins in the ratio of 3:6:5. If the total value of the amount is Rs 154, find the total number of coins
1. 616                      2.526            3.716                      4.516

33. P, Q and R invested Rs.45, 000/-, Rs. 70, 000/- and Rs. 90,000/- respectively to start a business. At the end of two years, they earned a profit of Rs.1, 64,000/-. What will be Q’s share in theprofit?
1. Rs.56, 000/-            2. Rs.36, 000/-           3.Rs. 72, 000/-              4. Rs.64, 000/-

34 In a college the ratio of the number of Boys to Girls is 8:5. If there are 160 girls, the total number of students in the college is
1.100                          2. 250                   3. 260                     4. 416

35 The price of sugar is increased by 20%. By what % should a family reduce its consumption of sugar so as to maintain the same expenditure on sugar
1. 20/6%                    2. 100/3 %               3. 50/3 %                 4. 80/6%

36 A’s salary is 20% less than B’s Salary. By how much percent is B’s salary more than A’s?
1. 35                 2. 20                3. 25                4. 33

37. A student has to secure 40% marks to pass. He gets 178 marks and fails by 22 marks. The maximum marks are
1.450               2. 500               3. 520               4. 600

38. A horse worth Rs 9000 is sold by A to B at a 10% loss. B sells the horse back to A at 10% gain. The result is
1. A makes no profit or loss                    2. B gains Profit Rs 900
2. A loss by Rs 900                                4. A loses by Rs 800

39. By selling a radio for Rs 1125 a man loses 25%. For how much should he sell it to gain 20%
1. Rs 900                 2. Rs1800           3. Rs 3600                4. Rs 6000

40. . The compound interest on Rs 30000 at 7% per annum for a certain time is Rs 4347. The time is
1. 2 years                 2.3 Years            3.4 Years                   4. 5 years

41. Simple interest on a sum at 4% per annum for 2 years is Rs. 80. The compound interest on the same for the same period is
1. Rs 81.60           2. Rs 160                   3.Rs 1081.60               4. None

42. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days. B and C in 15 days.C and D in 20 days.A alone can do the work in
1. 24  days             2. 30 days             3. 35  days                 4.40 days

43. The average monthly salary paid to 75 employees in a company is Rs 1420. The average salary of 25 of them is Rs 1350 and that of 30 others is Rs 1425. The average salary of the remaining employees is
1. Rs1350                  2. Rs 1425           3.1500               4.Rs 1420

44. . The average age of 40 students of a class is 15 years. When 10 new students are admitted, the average is increased by 0.2 years. The average of new student is
1. 15.2 yrs                2.16 yrs                 3.16.2yrs               4. 16.4 yrs

45. A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school is:
1. 8.5 km                  2.5.5 km               3.6 km                   4.9 km

46. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The present age of the son is
1. 24 years               2.26 years             3.28 years               4. 22 years

47. A train speeds past a pole in 20 seconds and speed is past a platform 100 metres in length in 30 seconds. What is the length of the train?
1. 100 metres         2.150 metres                 3.150 metres      4. 200 meters

48. Sixteen men can complete a work in twelve days. In how many days will twenty-four men complete the same work?
1. 4   days             2.8 days                       3.6 days               4.3 days

49. A housing society has been allotted a square piece of land measuring 2550.25 sq. m. What is the side of the plot?
1. 52.65 m            2.50.5 m                      3.50.65 m            4. 50.15 m

50. 3A shopkeeper charges 20 % over the cost price. He allows his customers 10% off their bill for cash payment. His net gain percentage is
1. 12%                2. 8%                            3. 10%                 4. 15%                      

Answers

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

Useful General Knowledge Questions for Postal Assistant / Postal Clerk Examination

1. Who wrote the book ‘Cry the peacock’?

Khushwant singh

Morarji Desai

Anita Desia

Arun Gandhi

2. The duration of the normal one half of a hockey match is:

45 min

40 min

35 min

30 min

3. ‘National Education Day’ is celebrated on

12th November

11th November

5th November

29th October

4. First national park developed in India is

Gir

Kaziranga

Jim Corbett

None of these

5. Which of the following State does not have Legislative council?

Andhra Pradesh

Tamilnadu

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya a Pradesh

6. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act?

Lord Lytton

Lord Rippon

Lord Curzon

Lord Hastings

7. Brass contains:

70% copper and 30% zinc

90% copper and 10% tin

85-92% copper and rest tin with little lead and nickel

70-75% copper and rest tin

8. The atomic number of carbon is 12. It means that carbon atom contains:

6 protons and 6 electrons

12 neutrons

12 electrons

12 protons and 12 electrons

9. Freezing point of water is same on these scales:

Centigrade and Fahrenheit

Centigrade  and Reaumur

Centigrade and Kelvin

Fahrenheit and Kelvin

10. Which of the following Act governs the foreign Exchange in India now:

FEMA

LIBOR

FSI

FERA

Answers

1) Ans. Anita Desia

2) Ans. 35 min

3) Ans. 11th November

4) Ans. Jim Corbett

5) Ans. Madhya a Pradesh

6) Ans. Lord Lytton

7) Ans. 70% copper and 30% zinc

8) Ans. 12 protons and 12 electrons

9) Ans. Centigrade  and Reaumur

10) Ans. FEMA

Current Affairs Quiz - August 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for August 2016. Questions will be very useful for all upcoming Banking, UPSC, SSC, PSC Exams etc.

1. Which bank has recently launched a program called "Project Ananya" that focuses on improved customer service and offering latest in digital banking services?

Answer: Syndicate Bank

Note: The bank plans to transform 10 % of its branches to the new format in the next 6-12 months. The first Ananya branch was opened by MD and CEO Arun Srivastava.

2. Indian's multinational pharmaceutical company Cipla Limited has appointed ____ as the managing director (MD) & Chief executive officer (CEO) of effective September 1, 2016?

Answer: Umang Vohra

Note: The current incumbent, Subhanu Saxena will step down from his position on August 31, 2016 to attend to emergent family priorities.

3. World Elephant Day was observed on?

Answer: 12 August

4. Supreme Court of India on 12 August 2016 has lifted the ban on registration of high-end diesel cars and SUVs having engine capacity of 2000 cc and above in which city?

Answer: New Delhi

Note: Ruling in this regard was given by SC bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur on record the affidavits filed by some car makers and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

5. World Bio-Fuel Day was observed across the world on?

Answer: 10 August

Note: The day is observed every year with an aim to create awareness about non fossil-fuels (Green Fuels).

6. The 2016 International Youth Day was celebrated on?

Answer: 12 August

7. Name the Chinese table tennis champion who became the fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam by winning gold medal in Rio Olympics 2016?

Answer: Ma Long

8. Which state Government on 10 August 2016 decided to grant 33 percent reservation to women in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)?

Answer: Nagaland

Note: The decision was announced by the Chief Minister TR Zeliang during the State Level Watershed Conference held in Kohima.

9.  Who topped the 100 Richest Tech Billionaires In The World 2016 List of Forbes?

Answer: Bill Gates

10. Name the Indian cricket player who has equalled Kapil Dev and Bhuvneshwar Kumar's record for taking two five wicket hauls and scoring two half-centuries in a Test series?

Answer:  Ravichandran Ashwin

Note: He has joined Kapil Dev and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as the third Indian player to take two five wicket hauls and score two half-centuries in a Test series. Kapil Dev has achieved it twice in his illustrious career. Bhuvneshwar Kumar achieved this in the five-Test series against England in 2014.

Source : http://sapost.blogspot.in/

11. Union Government has launched the first phase of Smart Ganga City programme in 10 cities located along River Ganga on 14 August 2016. Name the Union Water Resources Minister?

Answer:  Uma Bharti

Note: 10 Cities/Towns are Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Patna, Sahibganj and Barrackpore.

12. Name India’s top squash player who recently won the prestigious PSA Australian Open held in Melbourne?

Answer: Dipika Pallikal

13. Na Muthukumar who died on 14 August 2016 was a famous?

Answer: Lyricist

Note: He won two national awards for the songs Ananda Yazhai Meetukiral in Thanga Meengal and Azhage Azhage in Saivam. He is the only Tamil writer who wrote 103 songs in single year (2012).

14. Name the Bollywood actors who bagged the best actress & best actor awards at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2016?

Answer: Sonam Kapoor & Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Note: Sonam was awarded for her performance in Neerja & Nawazuddin won for his role of psycho serial killer in Raman Raghav 2.0.

15. Who recently became India's first captain to win two Tests in West Indies?

Answer: Virat Kohli

Note: Bishen Bedi, Ajit Wadekar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni won one Test each as captain in West Indies.

16. South Indian Bank (SIB) & ____ has recently announced their collaboration to launch co-branded credit cards for the customers of South Indian Bank?

Answer: SBI Card

17. India will be celebrating its ___th Independence Day on 15 August 2016?

Answer: 70th

18. According to a recent research by NASA which planet was habitable for up to 2 billion years?

Answer: Venus

Note: NASA report suggests that the planet had a shallow water ocean & cooler surface temperatures for up to 2 billion years. The findings were obtained with a model similar to the type used to predict future climate change on Earth. Measurements by NASA’s Pioneer mission to Venus in the 1980s first suggested Venus originally may have had an ocean.

19. Name the world No. 61 women badminton player who defeated Saina Nehwal in the group stage of Olympics 2016?

Ans: Maria Ulitina of Ukraine

20. What was the theme of 2016 International Youth Day (IYD) observed on 12 August?

Answer: The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Consumption and Production

Source : http://sapost.blogspot.in/

  

21. Union Government has constituted a National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) to develop the pan-India road map for trade facilitation. It will be headed by?

Answer: Pradeep Kumar Sinha, Cabinet Secretary of India.

22. Which bank has recently launch an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) based *99# mobile application for their customers for basic banking needs?

Answer: Union Bank of India (UBI)

Note: It was launched in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation for all retail payments system in the country.

23. India’s first ever BIO-CNG plant producing CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) from agricultural residue was recently inaugurated at?

Answer: Pune, Maharashtra.

24. Who was recently appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court?

Answer: Justice Manjula Chellur

Note: She will succeed CJ Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela who retires on August 24, 2016. She will be second woman Chief Justice of the Bombay HC, after Sujata Manohar in 1994.

25. Govt has conferred Shaurya Chakra posthumously to Lt. Col. E.K. Niranjan of the National Security Guard. Shaurya Chakra is the ___ highest peacetime gallantry medal of the country?

Answer: 3rd

Note: Lt. Col. E.K. Niranjan was killed while defusing a grenade at the scene of the terror attack at Pathankot IAF base in January 2016.

26. Havildar Hangpan Dada has been posthumously honoured with Ashok Chakra on the eve of Independence Day. Ashoka Chakra is the country’s highest award for gallantry during?

Answer: Peace Time

Note: Dada had shown exemplary courage, devotion & gallantry beyond the call of duty during an encounter with a group of terrorists in J&K.

27. Jharkhand government has recently introduced the e-POS (electronic point of sale) system. Jharkhand has become only ___ State in country to have their PDS system digitised?

Answer: 3rd

28. Who won the Gold Medal in the 100m men's Final of Rio Olympics 2016?

Answer: Usain Bolt

Note: Bolt recorded his season best time of 9.81 seconds. American Justin Gatlin settled for a Silver with a time of 9.89 sec & Canada’s Andre De Grasse finishing 3rd.

29. Who recently created history by producing the best-ever performance by an Indian gymnast in the Olympics history?

Answer: Dipa Karmakar

Note: Dipa finished 4th in the women’s vault finals in the Rio. The gold was won by American Simone Biles (15.966).

30. As announced by Union Government on 14 August 2016, the ___ year-old practice of presenting a separate Rail Budget is set to come to an end from the next financial year?

Answer: 92

Note: The Finance Ministry accepted Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s proposal to merge Rail Budget with the General Budget.

Guides for LGO Examination from MTS/Postman to the Cadre of Postal Assistant

Guides for LGO Examination from MTS/Postman to the Cadre of Postal Assistant

Guides for Direct PA / SA through Staff Selection Commission

Staff Selection Commission has notified for recruitment of Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant . Tentative number of vacancies : 3523

Written examination will be conducted on Sundays 01.11.2015, 15.11.2015 and 22.11.2015.

The scheme of the examination is detailed below:

General Intelligence (Reasoning)	50 marks
General English	50 marks
Mathematics	50 marks
General Knowledge and Current Affairs	50 marks
Total	200 marks
Negative marks for each wrong answer	0.25 mark
English Tpye: Speed  35 words per minute

                      Useful guides for the examination

Guide for  General English from Jeevajegan Publications	Rs. 150/-
Guide for  Mathematics from Jeevajegan Publications	Rs. 250/-
Guide for Reasoning from Raman’s  Publications	Rs. 120/-
Guide for General Knowledge from SURA Publications	Rs. 170/-
Type master CD and typing practicing material	Rs.   70/-
Postage	Rs,   40/-
Total amount to be remitted	Rs. 800/-
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