Monday, November 12, 2012

Previous Year Postal/Sorting Assistant Examination Solved Questions


November 2006 Examination
Part-1: ENGLISH
1.      The Superintendent who was on a surprise visit to the post office entered the mails branch and said, ‘it is high time that the postmen…………………….to their beats’.
a)      Go
b)     Went
c)      Shall go
d)     Should have gone
2.      Neither of us ……………… fit for the job of a postman
a)      Is
b)     Could
c)      Are
d)     Can
3.      As the postman of this beat I am your friend…………………?
a)      amn’t
b)     Isn’t
c)      Doesn’t I
d)     Aren’t I
4.      One of the weighing scales……………………. received in a damaged condition.
a)      Was
b)     Were
c)      Did
d)     Being
5.      ‘This building is very old’ the Post Master said, ‘I have to search for an ……….. building for the Post Office’.
a)      Alternate
b)     Alternative
c)      Alternant
d)     Alterant
Directions: Qn. 6-10: Select the word for the definition give : 
6.      Arrange into different groups according to certain criterion,
a)      Sort
b)     Divide
c)      Dispatch
d)     Post
7.      Bag of letters for conveyance by post,
a)      Mail
b)     Male
c)      Maile
d)     Melee
8.      With great speed
a)      Post-haste
b)     Post-chaise
c)      Post-horse
d)     Post-horn
9.      One who collects and studies postage stamps
a)      Philander
b)     Philanthropist
c)      Philatelist
d)     Phillumenist
10.  A special commemorative post mark.
a)      Cache
b)     Cachet
c)      Catheter
d)     Cathode
ANSWERS
1.      B
2.      A
3.      B
4.      A
5.      A
6.      A
7.      A
8.      A
9.      C
10. 

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