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
16. The Head sorting Assistant of each set of the various sections attached to a Record Office will be supplied by the ________, in once in a _______
a) The supdt of RMS, week b) The Record officer, month
c) Head of the Circle, yearly d) None of these Ans: b(23)
17. The authority competent to relax the provision of office attendance at RO is
a) The supdd of RMS b) The record/sub record officer
c) The sub divisional Inspector d) The Head of the circle Ans:d(26)
18. The supervisor Speed post centre will send his daily report to Manager speed post
a) By means of a letter b) By fax message
c) By email d) By using format MS 83 Ans:d(28)
19. The following are the more important irregularities and occurrences which must be mentioned in the daily report
a) All irregularities reported by telegraph/fax.
b) Absence of carrier appointed to receive or deliver mails, the mails detained in consequence being mentioned.
c) Receipt or dispatch of special bags;
d) All the above Ans: d(29)
20. At all stations except changing stations the set about to proceed
a) Should be present one hour before the departure of the train
b) 15 min before the departure of the train
c) At the hour fixed by the Supdt. which will be at least half an hour before the departure of the train
d) None of these Ans: c(33)
21. The staff of a mail office may leave the office at any period during the working hour
a) With the permission of HAS b) With the permission of the IRM
c) For attending mail exchange d) All the above Ans:d(35)
22. The window of the mail van of a section should be kept closed
a) Throughout the beat of the section
b) When the train is in motion
c) When the train is drawn up at railway station platform till the train starts
d) None of these Ans: c(36)
23. When an official on duty in a mail van is attacked with any serious illness, the Mail Agent / Mail Guard should communicate the fact to
a) The Guard of the train b) The Superintend
c) The Record officer d) All the above Ans:d(38)
24. The cage TB addressed to the Mail office of Terminal Station is to be opened at the terminal station personally by
a) The mail agent b) The mail guard
c) The HSA d) None of these Ans: c(41)
25. Protecting bags containing articles marked ‘By parcel post”
a) To be entered in the mail list under unusual mail
b) To be entered under due mails
c) To be included in the total unusual mails entered at the top of the mail list with suitable remakes
d) None of these Ans:c(44)
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