POSTAL ASSISTANT EXAM PATTERN 2012

Exam Pattern for Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant Examination 2012

The Applicants shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test with a total 100 marks covering the following subjects/topics.

Aptitude Test (PaperI) will be comprising following four parts (A/B/C/D).  The total duration of the Aptitude Test will be 2 hrs (120 Minutes).There is no negative marking.

Part 'A' 
25 Questions on General Knowledge - Questions on current events, sports, history, geography, basic economics, general polity, 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, per  centage, average, profit  &  loss, discount, 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 Mark

Computer/ Typing Test (Paper-II):

N.B: Applicants numbering five times the No. of vacancies in each category shall be declared qualified for appearing Computer/Typing Test based on the marks secured by them in Aptitude Test (Paper I). The minimum qualifying marks to be obtained in each part of Aptitude Test is:

OC  40%  i.e., 10 marks in each part & 40 %  in aggregate

SC/ST  33%  i.e., 8 marks in each part & 33 %  in aggregate

OBC 38%  i.e., 9 marks in each part & 38 %   in aggregate

The Typing Test shall be for a duration of 30 minutes (15 minutes each for Typewriting and data entry) consisting of one passage of 450 words in English or 375 words in Hindi to be typed with a minimum speed of 30/25 words per minute respectively & Data entry of some figures and letters each carrying equal marks on Computers. The typing test and test of data entry operations will be conducted on Computer key board but not on type writer.

Final Selection:  The final merit shall be prepared on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained by the Applicants in the Aptitude Test (Paper I) only subject to their qualifying in Computer/Typing test (Paper II).

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