Possible questions (frequently asked) for Postal assistant aptitude test about Postal System. These essential questions will help you attain a high score on the exam.
1. Which Governor general found Telegraph and Postal systems?
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
2. When did the first General Post Office open in India?
Answer: 1774 (Kolkata)
3. Which is the first postage stamp of India?
Answer: Scinde Dawk (1852)
4. What is the Full form of PIN?
Answer: Postal Index Number
5. When did the Pin system Start in India?
Answer: 1972 (In the same year Royal Bengal Tiger replaces the lion as National Animal)
6. Which is the first Indian post office outside Indian territory?
Answer: post office at Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica (1983)
7. When did the service of speed post start in India?
Answer: 1986
8. In which year was the Money Order system introduced in India?
Answer: 1880
9. In which year Postal Life Insurance started in India?
Answer: 1884
10. Where is postal staff college situated ?
Answer: Ghaziabad (UP)
11. World Postal Day is observed in _________ ?
Answer: October 9
12. Indian Postal Day is observed in _________ ?
Answer: October 10
13. Where is the highest post office in the world situated?
Answer: Hikkim (Himachal Pradesh)
14. When did Universal Postal Union found?
Answer: 1874
*15. Where is the Headquarters of Universal Postal Union (UPU)
Answer: Berne (Switzerland)
16. First Postal ATM was opened in which city?
Answer: Chennai
*17. Where is the Headquarters of Indian postal system?
Answer: New Delhi
*18. What is the purpose of Project arrow?
Answer: Upgrade post offices in India(started in april 2008)
*19. Hobby of collecting stamps is called?
Answer: Philately
20 first Indian women to appear on a postage stamp?
Answer: Meera Bai
21 who appeared first in Indian postal stamp ?
Answer: Queen Victoria
First stamp in world in 1840
ReplyDeleteFirst stamp in India in 1852
First stamp in independent India is in 1947 Nov 21
First Indian in Stamp in 1948 Aug 15 (Gandhiji)
First Indian King in the Postal Stamp ?
DeleteAnswer: Chandra Gupta Mauryan
first indian stamp was introduced in the year 1852, named: scinde dawk by the sindh......thank you
DeleteThanks a lot
Delete"thank's "these questions will definately help me to gain more marks in exam...!
ReplyDeleteGoverner who built indian postal system also railway
ReplyDeletelord dalhousie
Post office only for lady recently opened by kapil sibbal is in?
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post office in Dakshin gangothri starated on 26-01-1988
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Deletepost office Dakshina gangothri was started in 1984, and the first post master was G V Sudhakar Rao(1988)
DeleteWhich state in india first implemented speed post in all their post offices?
ReplyDeleteKerala
DeleteWhat is India's first e-post office in India
ReplyDeleteDak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi
DeleteWhich,one and only governer general introduced and developed the postal service in british india ? Ans--- dalhousie
ReplyDeletewich day first post office started in mumbai?
ReplyDeleteFirst Mughal emperor appeared in postal stamp : Akbar
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ReplyDeletewho is the first post women of India
ReplyDeleteMeera bai
DeleteMeera bai is the first women appeared in Indian stamp
DeleteFirst Indian queen in postal stamp???
ReplyDeleteQueen Elizabeth
DeleteMeera bai
DeleteThanking much
ReplyDeleteWhich country issued stamps whic smelt and halted of chocolates ans=Belgium
ReplyDeleteWhich is the economic Capital of India?
ReplyDeleteMumbai
India's first & only floating post office located in DAL LAKE Srinagar
ReplyDeleteHere are some post office related GK questions:
ReplyDelete1. *When was the Indian Postal Service established?*
Answer: 1774 (under British rule, with the first post office opening in Kolkata)
2. *What is the postal index number system in India known as?*
Answer: PIN Code (Postal Index Number Code)
3. *What does PIN stand for in postal terminology?*
Answer: Postal Index Number
4. *Which department is responsible for postal services in India?*
Answer: Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications
5. *What is the purpose of a postal code or PIN code?*
Answer: To facilitate efficient mail sorting and delivery
6. *When did India Post introduce the Speed Post service?*
Answer: 1986
7. *What is the name of the international postal organization?*
Answer: Universal Postal Union (UPU)
8. *Which service allows customers to send money through postal offices?*
Answer: Money Order