Questions from Postal
Department
1.
Which country using the effigy of the
King/Queen to identify the country’s name?- Britain
2. India
Post celebrated the year 2004-05 as its ………………anniversary? – 150th
3. The
first country to adopt Postcodes?- Germany
4. The first matrimonial website in India to
have a tie-up with India Post?- Bharath
Matrimony.com
5. The
first Indian Post Office in Antarctica?- Dakshin
Gangotri (Under Goa Postal Division)
6. Name
given for regular stamp?- Definitive
Stamp
7.
What is meant by Aero Philately?- Collection of Air Mail stamps and other
connected stationary
8. Where
was the first Gandhi stamp printed?- Switzerland
9. Which
country issued the first commemorative stamp in the world?- Romania
10. Which stamp is called ‘Mourning Stamp of
India’?- Mahatma Gandhi issued on
15-8-1948
11. Which
is India’s first General Post Office?- Calcutta
GPO (in 1774)
12. In which press Indian Postal Stamps are
generally printed?- India Security
Press- Nasik(ISP)
13. World Telecommunication Day?- May 17
14. The first Indian state having Post Office
in all villages?- Kerala
15. National Postal Day?- October 10
16. Who coined the word ‘Philately’?- George Herpin (1864-France)
17. Biography of Amritha Preethem?- Revenue Stamp
18. The author of the book ‘The Post Office’?- Mulk Raj Anand
19. Sentence in Logo of ‘India Post’?- Dak Seva Jan Seva
20. First Indian Postage Stamp?- Scinde Dawk
21. Who coined the word ‘Postman’?- Henry Fawcolt
22. Full
form of UPU?- Universal Postal Union
23. World Postal Day?- October 9
24. The
busiest Post Office in India?- Mumbai
GPO
25. The first Indian personality who was
depicted in foreign stamps?- Mahatma
Gandhi
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