Tuesday 19 June 2012

Previous year all 4 Question paper for IPO Exam 2011

Previous year Question paper for IPO Exam 2011



Here you can download the previous year question paper for IPO examination
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MODEL QUESTION FOR IPO EXAM - The Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (QNo 1-25)

The Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (6 of 1898) ,THE GOVERNMENT SAVING BANK ACT, 1873 & THE GOVERNMENT SAVING CERTIFICATES ACT 1959

(QNo 1-25)
1.         The Post Office Act was enacted in

            a)         1st Jun            1988                           b)         2nd Jul 1878
            c)         1st Jul 1898                           d)         None of these                                   Ans: c

2.         Mark correct option

a)         The expression “postage” means the duty chargeable for the transmission by post of postal articles          
b)         The expression “postage stamps” means any stamp provided by the [Central Government] for denoting postage or other fees or sums payable in respect of postal articles under this Act
c)         The expression “post office” includes every house, building, room, carriage or place used for the purposes of the Post Office.
d)         All the above                                                                                                 Ans: d


3.         Meanings of “in course of transmission by post” and “delivery”for the purposes of this Act

a)         A postal article shall be deemed to be in course of transmission by the post from the time of its being delivered to a post office to the time of its being delivered to the addressee or of its being returned to the sender or otherwise disposed.
b)         The delivery of a postal article of any description to a postman or other person authorized to receive postal articles of that description for the post shall be deemed to be a delivery to a post office
c)         The delivery of a postal article at the house or office of the addressee, or to the addressee or his servant or agent or other person considered to be authorized to receive the article
d)         All the above                                                                                                 Ans: d



4.         Mark the correct option

a)         Common carriers of passengers or goods, and their servants or agents, except as regards letters solely concerning goods in their carts or carriages are forbidden  to convey letter.
b)         Owners and masters of vessels sailing or passing on any river or canal in [India], or between any ports or places in [India] and their servants or agents are forbidden to convey of letter
c)         Exemption from liability for loss, misdelivery, delay or damage.-The [Government] shall not incur any liability by reason of the loss, misdelivery or delay of, or damage to, any postal article in course of transmission by post
d)         No officer of the Post Office shall incur any liability by reason of any such loss, misdelivery, delay or damage, unless he has caused the same fraudulently or by his willful act or default
e)         All the above                                                                                                 Ans: e (5-6)

5.         The Central Government may fix the inland rate published in

            a)         DG orders                                          b)         By letter
            c)         Gazette notification                         d)         None of the above               Ans: c(7)

6.         For the purpose of such registration, every publication, consisting wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto or to other current topics, with or without advertisements, shall be deemed a newspaper, subject to the following conditions, namely

a)         That it is published in numbers at intervals of not more than thirty one days;
b)         That it has a bona fide list of subscribers
c)         All of the above                                            d)         None of these           Ans: c(9)

7.         Mark correct option

a)         If any postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable  is refused or returned as aforesaid, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, then the sender shall be bound to pay the postage or sum due thereon
b)         If any person refuses to pay any postage or other sum due to be recovered from the person as imposed a fine under this Act.
c)         The official mark of the Post Office denoting that the article has been refused, or that the addressee is dead or cannot be found, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact so denoted
d)         The official mark on a postal article denoting that any postage or other sum is due in respect thereof
e)         All the above                                                                                                 Ans: e(11)

8.         Transmission by post of anything injurious post of tickets, proposals, etc., relating to unauthorized lotteries prohibited is explained in

            a)         Section 18                                                     b)         Section 19,19A
            c)         Section 20                                                     d)         None of these           Ans: b

9.         Where the dispatch or delivery from a post office of letters would be delayed by the dispatch or delivery there from at the same time of book, pattern or sample packets and parcels explained in

a)         Section 18                                                     b)         Section 22
            c)         Section 20                                                     d)         None of these           Ans: b

10.       Prohibition of transmission by post of certain newspapers & Power to detain newspapers explained in

a)         Section 18                                                     b)         Section 22
            c)         Section 27 A,B,C                                         d)         None of these           Ans: c

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11.       Liability in respect of postal articles insured hall be liable to pay compensation, not exceeding the amount for which a postal article has been insured, to the sender thereof for the loss of the postal article or its contents, or for any damage caused to it in course of transmission by post explained in

a)         Section 18                                                     b)         Section 33
            c)         Section 20                                                     d)         None of these           Ans:b

12.       Transmission by post of value-payable postal articles explained in

a)         Section 34                                                     b)         Section 33
            c)         Section 20                                                     d)         None of these           Ans:a




13.       Final disposal of undelivered postal articles

            a)         Letters and postcards shall be destroyed
            b)         Money or saleable property, not being of a perishable nature, found in any
undelivered postal article, shall be detained for a period of one year in the office of the Post Master General
c)         On the expiration of that period no person has established his right thereto, shall, if money, be credited to the Post Office
d)         If saleable property, be sold, the sale-proceeds being credited to the Post Office.
e)         All the above                                                                                                 Ans: e(39)
14.       The rules related to MO in IPO act explained in section

            a)         43 to 48                                                          b)         38 to 42
            c)         49 to 53                                                          c )        None of these           Ans: a

15.       Penalty for misconduct of person employed to carry or deliver mail bags or postal articles.-Whoever, being employed to carry or deliver any mail bag or any postal article in course of transmission by post
a)         Punishable with fine which may extend to hundred rupees and 1 month imprisonment
b)         Punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees
c)         Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: b(49)

16.       Whoever, being employed to carry or deliver any mail bag or any postal article in course of transmission by post, voluntarily withdraws from the duties of his office without permission or without having given one month's previous notice in writing
a)         Punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees
b)         Punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to hundred rupees, or with both.
c)         Punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both.
d)         None of the above                                                                                       Ans: c(50)
17.       Whoever, being employed to carry or deliver any postal article made any false entry in the register with intent to induce the belief that he has visited a place, or delivered a postal article, which he has not visited or delivered

a)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
b)         Punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
c)         Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: a(51)

           
18.       Whoever, being an officer of the post office, commits theft in respect of or dishonestly misappropriates, or for any purpose whatsoever, secretes, destroys or throws away, any postal article in course of transmission by post or anything contained therein, shall be punishable

a)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
b)         Punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
c)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be punishable with fine
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: c(52)

19.       Whoever, being an officer of the Post Office, contrary to this duty, opens, or causes or suffers to be opened, any postal article in course of transmission by post, or willfully details or delays

a)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
b)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine or both..
c)         Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: b(53)

20.       Whoever, being an officer of the PO fraudulently puts any wrong official mark on a postal article or fraudulently alters, removes or causes to disappear an official mark which is on a postal article

a)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both.
b)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine or both..
c)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be punishable with fine
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: c(54)

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21.       Penalty for fraudulently preparing, altering, secreting or destroying Post Office documents

a)         Punishable with fine which may extend to hundred rupees and 1 month imprisonment
b)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be punishable with fine
c)         Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans:b(55)

22.       Whoever being appointed to selling postage stamp and sold excess rate
           
a)          Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months/with
fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both; or 
 b)        Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, and shall also be punishable with fine
c)         Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: c(60)

23.       Whoever places in or against any letter box provided by the post office for the reception of postal articles any fire, match or light, any explosive, dangerous, filthy, noxious or deleterious substance
           
a)         Punishable with fine which may extend to hundred rupees and 1 month imprisonment
b)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both.
c)         Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: c(62)

24.       Whoever, without due authority, affixes any placard, advertisement, notice, list, document, board or other thing in or on, or paints, tars or in any way disfigures any post office

a)         Shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
b)         Punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both.
c)         Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: a(63)

25.       Whoever, being required by this Act to make a declaration in respect of any postal article to be sent by post or the contents or value thereof, makes in his declaration any statement which he knows, or has reason to believe, to be false, or does not believe to be true
           
a)         Shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
b)         Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, and, if the false declaration is made for the purpose of defrauding the Government, with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
c)         Punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees
d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: b(64)

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SO - HO Balance Agreement Tool

SO - HO Balance Agreement Tool

This tool can be used for listing SB / PPF / NSS accounts with differences between SO balance and HO balance as on 01-04-2012 (or 31-03-2012). Detailed Instructions are available in the User Guide.




Email issues related to this software to : sblansupport@hotmail.com

Software Development Centre
O/o the Chief Postmaster General
Tamilnadu Postal Circle
Chennai - 600002
Phone: 044-65850861

DBAnalyzer for Sanchay Post updated on: 14-06-2012


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Software Development Centre
O/o the Chief Postmaster General
Tamilnadu Postal Circle
Chennai - 600002
Phone: 044-65850861

Negative list upto 30/04/2012 in Sanchay Post

The file 'NL_20120430.exe' should be copied to DBAnalyzer folder and executed after completion of day's transactions. This will update the negative list upto 30/04/2012 in Sanchay Post. (Corrections received upto 12/06/2012)

In addition to Negative List, updations relating to PINCODE details are also done in the database. Hence, execution of this patch will take longer than the usual updation time. System Administrators should ensure that the server is not switched off till successful execution of the patch.

To confirm updation, use 'DBAnalyzer >> Database Discrepancies >> NSC >> Details of negative list updation' option.
Download from PTC FTP Site : ftp://ftp.ptcinfo.org/NegativeList/NL_20120430.exe

Railway Jobs - Railway Recruitment Board 12042 Technician Posts - Last date 16.7.2012

Railway Recruitment Boards invite applications for 12042 technician posts

The centralised employment notice has been issued on 16.6.2012 by the Railway Recruitment Board, applications are invited from eligible Indian Nationals for the posts of Technicians.  The date of written examination will be held on 16.12.2012 and the closing date 16.7.2012.

Educational Qualifications for the posts of Technician Gr.II, candidates should be passed 1st year B.Sc(Physics) and for other Technician posts applicants should be passed Act Apprenticeship/ITI approved by NCVT/SCVT with matriculation.

Age limit : Candidates age should be between 18 to 30 years as on 1.7.2012 and age relaxations will be extended as per rules.

The other terms and conditions are available in the Notification (Centralised Employment Notice No.04/2012) issued by the RRB.



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Employment News - Job Highlights (16 Jun - 22 Jun 2012)

  1. Railway Recruitment Boards invite applications for 12042 post of Technicians. Last Date: 16.07.2012
  2. Carana Bank requires 2000 Probationary Clerks. Closing Date for online Registration : 01.07.2012
  3. Corporation Bank requires 1550 Single Window Operators (Clerks). Last Date for one Registration: 26.06.2012
  4. United Bank of India needs 751 Single Window Operators ‘A’ (In Clerical Cadre). Last Date for online Registration : 22.06.2012.
  5. Footwear Design & Development Institute, Noda invites applications for 105 non-academic posts. Last Date : 30 days after publication.
  6. Ordnance Factory, Dehu Road, Pune requires 82 Boiler, Attendant, Fitter, Machinist, Turner, Examiner etc. Last Date: 21 days after publication.
  7. Public Service Commission, Uttar Pradesh invites applications for 79 various posts. Last Date: 16.07.2012.
  8. Indian Navy invites online applications from unmarried Male candidates for enrolment as Sailors for Artificer Apprentice (AA)-133 Batch. Last Date: 06.07.2012
  9. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur requires 7 Deputy Registrars Medical Officers ad Assistant Physical Education Officer. Last Date: 06.07.2012. 

Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool Released

Microsoft has released a new tool called as Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool that will help you resolve issues you may face with the .NET Framework on your Windows computer.

This tool troubleshoots common issues with the setup of or with updates to Microsoft .NET Framework setup installation. Additionally, this tool tries to resolve these issues by applying known fixes or by repairing the installed product. 

Specifically, the tool will typically carry out the following tasks: 

· Re-register Windows Installer service. It unregisters and re-registers the Windows Installer service using MsiExec.exe. Applicable regardless of the diagnosis results. 

· Restart Windows Installer service. It stops and restarts the Windows Installer service. Applicable regardless of the diagnosis results. 

If any additional fixes need to be applied, those too will be recommended on completion of the run. 

While one may need to troubleshoot .NET Frameworks 4.0 Install Issues on Windows manually, or run the .NET Framework Setup Cleanup Utility and try to install the .NET Framework again, running the new .NET Framework Repair Tool from Microsoft should now be the first option, should you be facing any .NET Framework issues on your Windows computer. 


Source : http://www.thewindowsclub.com

Whether Training period could be counted for allowing MACP?

Railway Board has clarified that pre-appointment training shall not be taken in to into reckoning forthe purpose of MACPS (Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme), since, the instructions issued by Deptt. of Personnel & Training (DoP&T), the nodal department of Government on the subject of MACPS did not allow for counting of training period for granting financial upgradation under MACPS. 
The detailed clarficatory letter of Railway Board (No PC-V/201l/M/4/NFIR dated 07.06.2012) is as follows.


GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS 
(Railway Board)
No PC-V/201l/M/4/NFIR
New Delhi, dated 07-06-2012.
The General Secretary
NFIR
3, Chelmsfrd Road,
New Delhi-110055.
Sir,
Sub:- Counting of training period for granting financial upgradation under MACPS-reg.
The undersigned is directed to refer to NFIR’s letter No. IV/MACPS/09/Pt-5, dated 22/05/2012 and to state that issues relating to grant of financial upgradation under MACPS are regulated in terms of the specific instructions contained in Board’s letter dated 10-06-09, whose para-9 of Annexure stipulates that “ …….pre-appointment training shall not be taken in to into reckoning for the purpose of MACPS”.
   In this regard, It is also mentioned that the said issue has been discussed in Joint committee against agenda item No(s).24, 37, 40 & 45 and it has been noted that the cases where the probation/training is in the nature of pre-appointment, the same is not being counted for MACPS.
   Further, Board’s letter No. 2009/Sec(E)/PM-2/6(MACP), dated 28-03-2011 has since been withdrawn vide Board’s letter dated 29-04-2011.
   As the orders on MACPS are based on the instructions issued by Deptt. of Personnel & Training (DoP&T), the nodal department of Government on the subject of MACPS, this Ministry is not in a position to deviate from the instructions issued by them.
Yours faithfully,
sd/- 
for Secretary/Railway Board