MODEL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR IPO EXAM (Vol 7)

POSTAL MANUAL VOLUME VII

(RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE)

1.         Mark correct option

            a)         DBO stands for District bag office(161(2)

            b)         The sorting assistant who is attending to regn dept of mail office is called   RSA

            c)         Daily report of MBC/Sections are received by  Sr/Superintendent of RMS

            d)         All the above are correct                                                                             Ans: d

2.         Mark correct option

            a)         For the purpose of bag account PO is a Unit Bag Office

            b)         Memo of authorized Bag balance is issued by Sr/Supdt of PO/RMS offices

            c)         Diagram of a sorting case is prepared by SRM

            d)         All the above are correct                                                                             Ans:d

3.         Metal token has to be returned , if the Sorting assistant

            a)         Goes on leave                                  b)         Transfer to other HRO

            c)         Dismissed/Removed from service            d)         All the above                         Ans:d(14)

4.         Each set of a sorting office is divided into

            a)         Two departments                             b)         Three departments

            c)         Four departments                            d)         None of these                       Ans:c(1)

5.         A mail office may redirect any article or intercept or deliver any article to the addressee

            a)         With permission of the Divisional Head

            b)         With the permission of the incharge

            c)         On the authority of the DG  or Head of the Circle

            d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: c(4)

6.         Information from RMS records asked for by any Govt officer be given

            a)         With the specific orders of the division head

            b)         With the specific orders of the DG posts

            c)         With the specific orders of the Head of the cirlcle

            d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: c (5)

7.         The misconnection between air services should invariably be reported by Record Officer to

            a)         DG of Posts                                                   b)         The head of the division

            c)         The Head of the circle by first post           d)         None of these           Ans: c(9)

8.         Mark the correct option

           

a)                 Circulars of Head of the circle are issued by monthly

b)                 Monthly circulars which bear heading and a consecutive annual series of number

c)                  These circulars are issued and fwd to all Supervising  officers and Record officers

and should be filled in Guard books

            d)         All the above are correct                                                                             Ans: d(10)

9.         A metal of token authorized to type must be carried by all RMS officials except

            a)         Van attendants                                             b)         Mail guard

            c)         Supervising officer                                      d)         None of these           Ans: c(14)

10.       A metal token is supplied by

            a)         The supdt of RMS                                        b)         IRM

            c)         Record officer concerned                           d)         Incharge of the set   Ans: c(14)

11.       The memorandum of Distribution work is issued by

           

            a)         The Head of the circle                                 b)         The Record officer

            c)         The sub divisional inspector                      d)         The Supdt. Of RMS Ans: d(16)

12.       The period of preservation of invoices of articles received from stock depot is

           

            a)         Six months                                                    b)         Eighteen months

            c)         Two years                                                      d)         Three years               Ans:d(17)

13.       Mark correct option related to preservation period

            a)         Order book of mail office and section is three years

            b)         Work paper of RMS offices and section is eighteen months

            c)         Correspondence related to robberies, theft etc is one year after the case

                        closed.

            d)         All the above are correct                                                                             Ans: d(17)

14.       Among the postage stamp kept in the stock of mail offices for sale if any stamp cannot be disposed of within a reasonable time the mater should be reported to

            a)         The record officer                                         b)         The local Postmaster

            c)         The Sub divisional IRM                              d)         The Supdt. Of RMS Ans:d(18)

15.       Mark correct option

a)         In Head Record offices one key of the safe will be retained in the custody of HRO and other one is Accountant.

b)         The insured seal supplied to the set of mail office should be kept in the personal custody of Head Sorting assistant

c)         Each set of section is supplied with a portfolio with lock & key bearing designation of section

d)         All the above are correct.                                                                            Ans:d

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MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO & PM GRADE 1 EXAM (Postal Manual Vol VI Part III Qn 26-50)

(Postal Manual Vol VI Part III Qn 26-50)

26.       Which of the following particulars should also be furnished on the reverse of the daily account.

a)                 Details of remittances received and sent from or to HO or other SO

b)                 Particulars of UCR , UCP, bills paid , reason for holding cash/stamp below minimum or excess maximum

c)                  Requisition for postage entered in remarks column

d)                 All documents sent to along with the daily account

e)                 All the above                                                                                                 Ans:e

27.       SO summary in Head office is prepared by

            a)         Treasurer                                           b)         Sub account assistant

            c)         HPM                                                   d)         Any one of the above          Ans:b

28.       The purpose of maintaining the SO summary is

a)                 For consolidating the monetary transaction of the SOs in account with it

b)                 To check the transaction of the SOs including the branch offices in account with them

c)                  To watch the cash and stamps and postage due in transit between the HO and the SO under it.

d)                 All the above                                                                                                 Ans:d

29.       What are the irregularities which are required to be brought to the notice of the postmaster by the sub account assistant?

a)                 When the amount held in cash by a SO exceeds the authorized max balance  and cash is held below the authorized balance

b)                 When the stamps are not sold by SO

c)                  Both the A and B

d)                 Neither A Nor B                                                                                            Ans:a(58)

30.       Remittances from a branch office to its account office are either sent by post or through carrier eg.

            a)         Postmen                                            b)         Village postmen

            c)         Overseer’s.                                        d)         Any one of them                  Ans:d

31.       Registered bag containing cash bag should be sealed by

            a)         Date seal                                           b)         Cash seal

            c)         Insured seal                                      d)         None of these                       Ans:c

32.       BO account bag received in the account office should be opened by

a)                 Sub account assistant

b)                 Sub account assistant in presence of Treasurer

c)                  Treasurer

d)                 Treasurer in presence of Sub account assistant                                   Ans:d

           (Prepared by AB Kantharaja. Mobile 08969822340, http://abkantharaja.blogpsot.in )

33.       Cash bag received in account office should be opened by

            a)         Postmaster in presence of sub postmaster

            c)         Treasure in presence of sub  account assistant           

c)         Either A or B

d)         Neither A nor B                                                                                            Ans:b

34.       Remittance exchanged between two sub offices entered in ______ at HO

            a)         SO daily account                             b)         SO Slip

            d)         BO slip                                               d)         SO summary                         Ans:d(46)

35.       Mark incorrect option relating to  when In correct items noticed in a sub office daily account 

a)                 Should be communicated with sub postmaster with instructions as to how to adjust the error

b)                 A similar note should be made in the sub office daily account received from SO till the adjustment is carried out.

c)                  The daily account received from a SO should be returned for rectification of errors

d)                 None of these                                                                                               Ans:c

36.       Cash bag should be sealed by

            a)         Insured seal                                      b)         Cash seal and with black sealing wax    c)            Cash seal                                          d)         Any one of the above          Ans:c

37.       A BO bag sent a branch office by its account office must always contain BO slip and  it may contain

a)                 Postal order for issue/payment

b)                 Money order for payment

c)                  Cash bag containing cash/stamp, SB document, and saving certificates

d)                 All the above                                                                                                 Ans:d(61)

38.       Contents of BO bag sent by the BO to its account office must always contain BO daily count and it may contain

a)                 Paid and unpaid MOs                     b)         Paid postal order

c)         Cash bag with or without cash      d)         All the above                         Ans:d(65)

39.       Which of the following entry will be made in BO

a)                 To invoice remittance noting the details of cash( including stamps) sent to the branch office

b)                 To confirm the accuracy of the daily account last received from the BO by entering the balance in words and figure of last BO daily account

c)                  To Note the particulars of articles, documents, account office receipts, sent to the branch office.

d)                 To give instructions to the BPM whenever necessary

e)                 All the above                                                                                                 Ans:e(63)

40.       BO Slips are prepared in

            a)         Duplicate                                           b)         Single

            c)         Triplicate                                            d)         Quadruplicate                       Ans:a(63)

41.       Entries in BO slip are made and signed by

            a)         Sub postmaster                                b)         Treasure       

            c)         Sub account assistant                    d)         Any one of the above          Ans:c(63)

42.       Acquittance rolls should be signed by _______ and forwarded to_______

            a)         Sub account assistant, HO                        b)         Treasure, Account office

            c)         Postmaster, HO                                d)         Treasure, HO                        Ans:c(91)

43.       The acquittance rolls should not be detained in the SO beyond the _____ day of the month in which the pay is disbursed.

            a)         Next                                                    b)         Fifth

            c)         Tenth                                                  d)         Same                                      Ans:c(91)

44.       Authorized bal to SO are fixed by

            a)         Head of the circle                             b)         Sub divisional inspector

            c)         Regional PMG                                  d)         Supdt of Post office             Ans:d(102)

45.       The duties of Head postman is

a)                 To convey cash from and to the treasury or town SOs

b)                 To take out for delivery article that have been returned by other postman as unclaimed or refused

c)                  To work in the place of any postman who is temporarily absent

d)                 All the above                                                                                                 Ans:d(106)

46.       Mark the correct options relating village postman register.

a)                   Village postman register is Form 85 is kept by each postman

b)                   Address of the all article a/w No is to be entered in the register

c)                    The postage due on the unpaid article is  to be entered in this register.

d)                   All the above                                                                                                Ans:d(135)

47.       Mark the correct option relating to Village postman book

a)                 Village postman book is form 86 should be kept by each village postman

b)                 Before proceeding on his beat, the village postman must enter in it the date and day of the week on which he leaves the post office and the names of all villages that he required to visit.

c)                  As each village is visited, the village postman should obtain the signature of the Headman or other responsible person with date and time..

d)                 All the above                                                                                                 Ans:d(136)

48.       The cash bag should always be sent to the account office by the BPM enclosed on the______

            a)         BO daily account                             b)         SO daily account

            c)         BO Slip                                              d)         SO slip                                   Ans:a

49.       BO Journal in form Pa 5 kept in

            a)         All BOs                                               b)         Selected BOs

            c)         Account office                                  d)         All the above                         Ans:a

50.       Book of BO receipts containing _______ pringed serialy numbered receipts in _____ is supplied to the _____

            a)         50, duplicate,            BO                             b)         100, triplicate, BO

            c)         100, duplicate, BO                           d)         100, duplicate, EDPO         Ans:c

(Prepared by AB Kantharaja. Mobile 08969822340,

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Central Government has no proposal to extend CGHS to new cities in India.

When answering the question in Lok Sabha regarding the subject of CGHS covered cities, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri.Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the at present no proposal to expand CGHS to new locations due to severe resource constraints, especially the acute shortage of qualified medical and paramedical professionals, besides financial and logistic constraints.

Now, the medical scheme of CGHS is functional in 18 states and 2 Union Territories of the country and 10 states are not covered under CGHS.



Particularly Goa and Chhattisgarh are not covered under CGHS. There is, at present no proposal to expand CGHS to new locations due to severe resource constraints, especially the acute shortage of qualified medical and paramedical professionals, besides financial and logistic constraints.

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General Provident Fund and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 8.8% (Eight point eight per cent) per annum

PUBLISHED IN PART I SECTION OF GAZETTE OF INDIA) 

F.No.5(1)-B(PD)/2012 

Government of India 

Ministry of Finance 

(Department of Economic affairs)

New Delhi, the 22nd May, 2012

RESOLUTION

                        It is announced for general information that during the year 2012-2013, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the General Provident Fund and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 8.8% (Eight point eight per cent) per annum. This rates will be in force during the financial year beginning on 1.4.2012.

The funds concerned are :-

1. The General Provident Fund (Central Services).
2. The Contributory Provident Fund (India).
3. The All India Services Provident Fund.
4. The State Railway Provident Fund.
5. The General Provident Fund (Defence Services).
6. The Indian Ordnance Department Provident Fund.
7. The Indian Ordnance Factories Workmen’s Provident Fund.
8. The Indian Naval Dockyard Workmen’s Provident Fund.
9. The Defence Services Officers Provident Fund.
10. The Armed Forces Personnel Provident Fund.

2. Ordered that the Resolution be published in Gazette of India.

sd/-

(Brajendra Navnit)

Deputy Secretary (Budget)

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Computer Trouble Shooting Tips

Computer Trouble Shooting Tips

01. There is no power light, and you cannot hear any cooling fan.
--> Check SMPS power, main power connection, and check connection on Motherboard from SMPS, check front panel connections.

02. There is no power light, but you hear the cooling fan running.
--> Check front panel connections.

03. The power light is on, but there is no apparent system activity.
-->Problem in Power good signal, video card, RAM slots.

04. The power light is on, but you hear two or more beeps.
--> CMOS checkup failure, RAM speed mismatch, RAM not inserted in its slot properly.

05. The power light is on, but the system hangs during initialization.
--> Check hardware settings, cables and bus.

06. You see no drive light activity.
--> Check power connection to that drive, front panel connections.

07. You see a message indicating ‘CMOS setup problem’.
--> Indicates CMOS memory has been failed so change CMOS battery.

08. The drive light remains on continuously.
--> Lens or head problem which indicates that Hard disk is in a bad condition.

09. You see normal system activity, but there is no video.
--> Check for monitor cable connection, monitor problem.

10. System fails to recognize the newly installed devices.
--> Check Power supply, cable connection, port, hardware. Enable settings in bios.

11. The system fails to boot, freezes during booting, or freezes during operation
        for no apparent reasons.
-->problem in RAM, cache memory.

12. One or more applications fails to function as expected after an upgrade.
--> Check for hardware compatibility list for the newly installed software.

13. Windows 98/Me will not boot, and disk check reports bad clusters that it cannot        repair.
--> Perform high level formatting, zerofill.

14. During the windows boot, you get an “Invalid system disk” error.
--> Operating system failure, invalid BOOT.INI file, bad MBR.

15. Windows 98/Me will not install on a compressed drive.
--> 98 doesn’t support NTFS to install OS.

16. BIOS ROM checksum error—system halted.
--> Restore BIOS settings, set the jumpers, and check the battery voltage and change it if necessary.

17. C: or D: drive error.
--> Check MBR, Try repartitioning, Adjust cable, Run disk check to remove bad sectors. If the error still persists, format.

18. "Cache memory bad, don’t enable cache" error
--> Change processor.

19. "CMOS battery failed" error
--> Change CMOS (complimentary metal oxide semiconductor) battery.

20. "CMOS checksum error-defaults loaded" error
--> Check jumpers.

21. CMOS memory size mismatch.
--> Change CMOS battery.

22. CPU at “nnn” error
--> Cache memory fails.

23. DMA (or DMA#1 or DMA#2) error.
--> North Bridge fail, disable DMA controller

24. Hard disk configuration error.
--> Setup BIOS as auto detect.

25. Hard disk failure.
--> Cable, auto detect, check for BIOS settings

26. Insert bootable media.
--> Check O.S on hard drive, change boot priority.

27. Keyboard controller failure.
--> Change keyboard.

28. Primary input device not found.
--> Keyboard not connected.

29. Disk cannot be read.
--> Mainly Motor problem or lens problem. Better check out all the devices in that Hard drive

30. The disk does not turn.
--> Spindle motor problem, so check its mechanism and replace if necessary.

31. The computer locks up while reading a CD/DVD.
--> CD/DVD problem, laser beam intensity problem and cable connection.

32. You receive a “Buffer Underrun” error when you are writing in CD-R mode.
--> Increase buffer size.

33. You receive an “invalid media” error when trying to boot from the CD.
--> That is not a bootable disk.

34. The system boots from the hard drive even though there is a bootable disk in the    drive.
--> Check out setup BIOS and set first boot device to CD drive or floppy where you have inserted bootable disk.

35. When copying large files, the copy problem is eventually interrupted with a      “blue screen” error.
--> RAM problem.

36. You see drive activity, but the computer will not boot from the hard drive.
--> Cable problem, bad sectors on tracks so try disk check and scandisk.

37. Your IDE drive spins up when power is applied, then rapidly spins down again.
--> Required wattage is not available from SMPS (Switch Mode Power Supply)

38. You see an “Error reading from C:” error message.
--> File system or file allocation table (FAT) error so better to format, OS not loaded properly so try to repair.

39. You see "Disk Boot Failure", "non-system disk", or "No ROM Basic- SYSTEM HALTED"        error message.
--> General checkup, cable connections, bad sectors, insert bootable disk and change boot priority.

40. You find two keyboards listed in the Windows Device Manager.
--> When USB keyboard is connected it will show PS/2 also connected.

41. Your laptop doesn’t detect a PS/2 keyboard.
--> Change IRQ settings.

42. You are encountering a memory error with HIMEM.SYS under DOS.
--> Copy HIMEM.SYS from boot CD using command "extract" in base folder.

43. USB pointing device do not work in safe mode.
--> While in safe mode we will not get any other external devices

44. The modem will not pick up the phone line.
--> Busy, it’s already in use.

45. Secondary IDE controller resource conflict.
--> Set IRQ in auto.

46. You receive an "erase chip failure" when trying to run a flash loader.
--> Write protect change to "disable" in integrated peripheral

47. After installing new BIOS, the system now asks for a password.
--> Clear the CMOS by jumpers and try again

48. Power management features are not available.
--> Check in BIOS setup.

49. PnP support is not available, or PnP devices don’t function properly.
--> Your BIOS doesn’t support PnP feature

50. The A: drive appears in My Computer even though no drive is installed.
--> Change BIOS settings for floppy from enabled or disabled

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