Department of Posts: Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant Examination- 2014

Postal Assistants Sorting Assistants Postal Assistants (Savings Bank Control Organization) Postal Assistants (Foreign Post Organization) Postal Assistants (Returned Letter Offices) Postal Assistants (Mail Motor Services) Postal Assistants (Circle and Regional Offices) Qualifications: i). 10+2 standard or 12th class pass from a recognised university or Board of Secondary Education with English as a compulsory subject (excluding vocational streams). ii). the applicants should have studied in local language of the State or Union Territory of the concerned Postal Circle or in Hindi as a subject at least in matriculation level or equivalent. Age Limit: 18-27 years. Examination Fee: Rs. 400/- for all male applicants in General and OBC categories. Candidates belonging to SC/ ST/ Physically impaired/ Women are exempted from payment of examination fee. Cost of Application Form Registration: Rs. 100 for all categories of applicants who have registered. Pattern of Examination: The applicants shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test with total 100 maximum marks covering the following subjects/topics. Aptitude Test (Paper- I) will be comprising four parts (Part A, B, C & D). The duration of the Aptitude Test will be for 2 hours (120 minutes). There is no negative marking. Part A: 25 Questions on General Knowledge - Questions on current events, sports, history, geography, basic economics, general politics, Indian Constitution, Science environment etc (25 marks). Part B: 25 Questions on Mathematics of matriculation standard which may cover number system, simplification, decimals, corrections, simple and compound interest, percentage, average, profit and loss, discount, menstruation, Time & work and time & distance etc (25 Marks). Part C: 25 questions on English covering grammar (prepositions, adverbs, conjunction, direct/indirect speech, singular & plural, tenses, antonyms/synonyms etc (25 Marks). Part D: 25 Questions on Reasoning and analytical Ability (25 marks). Computer/ Typing Test (Paper II): The typing test will be for duration of 30 minutes (15 minutes for typing and 15 minutes for data entry). How to Apply: Candidates can apply online only. Important Dates: Opening date of online registration 26/02/2014. Closing date of online registration 27/03/2014. For more details, please visit: http://www.pasadrexam2014.in/