Odisha Postal Syllabus for 98083 Post/ Post office recruitment 2022/Odisha job updates/New job vacancy 2022

Postal Department Postman, Mailguard, and MTS Exam Pattern 2022

Paper-I- Basic Postal Knowledge and General Awareness  

Duration- 60 Minutes

(For appointment to the posts of MTS/Postman/Mail Guard)

Part-A

Post Office Guide Part I

• Organization of the Department

• Type of Post Offices

• Business Hours

• Payment of postage, stamps, and stationery

• General rules as to packing, sealing, and posting manner of affixing postage stamps

• Methods of address

• Postboxes and Post bags

• Duties of Letter Box peon

• Official postal articles

• Prohibited postal articles

• Products and Services: Mails, Banking &

• Remittances, Insurance, Stamps, and Business

• (Reference: India Post website)

Postal Manual Volume V

 

• Definitions

Part B

General Awareness/Knowledge

• Topics to be covered (1 to 3 questions from each topic):

• Indian Geography

• Civics

• General knowledge

• Indian culture & freedom struggle

• Ethics and morale study

 

Basic Arithmetic

Topics to be covered (l to 2 questions from each topic):

• BODMAS (brackets, orders, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction)

• Percentage

• Profit and loss

• Simple interest

• Average

• Time and work

• Time and distance

• Unitary method

Paper-II- Knowledge of Postal Operations

Duration- 30 Minutes

(For appointment to the posts of Postman/Mail Guard only)

Post Office Guide Part I

• Delivery of Mails

• Refusal of article

• Payment of e-Money Order

• Redirection

• Instruction regarding address change

• Article addressed to a deceased person

• Liability to detention to certain mails

• Facilities are provided by Postman in rural areas.

 

Postal Manual Volume VI Part III

• Head Postman

• Knowledge of Postal Business

• Supply of forms to be carried out

• Sale of Stamps

• Postman’s Book

• Address to be noted on Postal Articles

• Damaged article to be noticed

• Receipt for articles issued for delivery

• Book of receipt for intimations and notices delivery.

• Instruction for delivery

• Realization of postage before delivery.

• Receipts of addresses for registered

• Delivery to illiterate addressees, Pardanashin women

• Delivery of insured articles addressed to minors

• Payment of e-Money Orders

• e-Money Orders addressed to minors

• Payment of eMO and delivery of registered letters to lunatics.

• Duties of village Postman

Postal Manual Volume VII

• Stamps and Seals

• Portfolio and its contents

• Stationary

• Preparation of daily report

• Mail Abstract

• Exchange of Mails

• Cage TB

• Disposal of Mails addressed to a section or a mail office

• Closing of transit bag

• Duties and responsibilities of Mail Guard/Agent

• Final duties before quitting Van or office

• ‘A’ order and ‘B’ Order

• Head Postman

• Knowledge of Postal Business

• Supply of forms to be carried out

• Sale of Stamps

 

Paper-III- Knowledge of the local language

Duration- 60 Minutes

(For appointment to the posts of MTS/Postman/Mail Guard)

(For All Circles excluding the Postal / RMS Divisions covering Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Meghalaya of North-East Circle)

• Translation of words from English to local language

• Translation of words from local language to English

• Letter writing in local language in 40 to 50 words

• Paragraph / short essay in local language of 40 to 50 words.

Paper-IV- Data Entry Skill Test

Duration- 15 Minutes

(For appointment to the posts of Postman/Mail Guard only)

• Skill test of data entry for 15 minutes on the computer.

While performance in Paper-l only will be considered for selection to the post of MTS, performance in both Paper-I and Paper-II (combined, i.e. total of marks secured in Paper-I and Paper-II) will be considered for selection to the posts of Postman / Mail Guard.