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Important Days

JANUARY

January 9 : NRI Day

January 10: World Laughter Day

January 12: National Youth Day

January 15: Army Day

January 26: India's Republic Day, International Customs Day

January 30: Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

FEBRUARY

2nd Sunday of February: World Marriage Day

February 24: Central Excise Day

February 28: National Science Day

Second Monday March: Commonwealth Day

MARCH

March 8: International Women's Day

March 15: World Disabled Day, World Consumer Rights Day

March 18: Ordnance Factories Day (India)

March 21: World Forestry Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 22: World Day for Water

March 23: World Meteorological Day

March 24: World TB Day

APRIL

April 5: International Day for Mine Awareness, National Maritime Day

April 7: World Health Day

April 17:  World Hemophilia Day

April 18:  World Heritage Day

April 22: Earth Day

April 23: World Book and Copyright Day

MAY

May 1: Workers' Day (International Labour Day)

May 3: Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day

May 2nd Sunday: Mother's Day

May 8: World Red Cross Day

May 11: National Technology Day

May 12: World Hypertension Day, International Nurses Day

May 15: International Day of the Family

May 17: World Telecommunication Day

May 24: Commonwealth Day

May 31: Anti-tobacco Day

JUNE

June 5: World Environment Day

June 3rd Sunday: Father's Day

June 14: World Blood Donor Day

June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

JULY

July 1: Doctor's Day

July 11: World Population Day

AUGUST

August 3: Internatioal Friendship Day

August 6: Hiroshima Day

August 8: World Senior Citizen's Day

August 9: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day

August 15: Indian Independence Day

August 19: Photography Day

August 29: National Sports Day

SEPTEMBER

September 2: Coconut Day

September 5: Teachers' Day,  Sanskrit Day

September 8: World Literacy Day (UNESCO)

 September 15: Engineers' Day

September 16: World Ozone Day

September 21: Alzheimer's Day, Day for Peace (UN)

September 26: Day of the Deaf

September 27: World Tourism Day

OCTOBER

October 1: International Day for the Elderly

October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi, International Day of Non-Violence

October 3: World Habitat Day

October 4: World Animal Welfare Day

October 8: Indian Air Force Day

October 9: World Postal Day

October 10: National Postal Day

October 2nd Thursday: World Sight Day

October 13: UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

October 14: World Standards Day

October 16: World Food Day

October 24: United Nations Day

October 30: World Thrift Day

NOVEMBER

November 9: Legal Services Day

November 14: Children's Day, Diabetes Day

November 17: National Epilepsy Day

DECEMBER

December 1: World AIDS Day

December 3: World Day of the Handicapped

December 4: Indian Navy Day

December 7: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day

December 10: Human Rights Day

December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India)

December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)

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Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant (PA/SA) Examination Model Questions

Current Affairs (September-October 2012)

1)     Which Indian actress has been appointed as UN Goodwill ambassador on September 21, 2012? – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

2)     Who wrote the famous novel ‘Narcopolis’, shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize?    

-          Jeet Thayil

3)   Who has been chosen as the business leader of the year 2012 by Economic Times?  - Anil Agarwal

4)   Which film has won the Golden Lion for best film at the 69^th Venice Film Festival 2012? – Pieta

5)     Which film has selected as funniest movie of all times? Airplane

6)     Who has been named as the captain of the ICC’s ODI Team of the year in September 2012? Mahendra Singh Dhoni

7)     Which Indian state has formed Human Rights Commission on 15^th September 2012? Haryana

8)     Union Government on 20^th September 2012 notified FDI in multi-brand retail up to ........... percentage? 51%

9)      Which former Indian captain has been appointed as the Chairman of ICC’s Cricket Committee? Anil Kumble

10)Where was the Paralympics 2012 held? London

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Model Questions for Postal Assistant Examination 2012

Know more about ‘India Post’ – for Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant (PA/SA) Exam 2012

1. Which state Police in India utilized the ‘Pigeon Post Service’?

Ans. Orissa State Police

2. When was the first commemorative stamp issued in India?

Ans. In 1931 (to mark the inauguration of New Delhi)

3. The Cricketer from Australian Test Cricket team belongs to Australian Postal Service?

Ans. Brad Hogg

4. The first Non Royal to appear on U.K. postage stamp?

Ans. William Shakespeare (1964)

5. In which language the first Meghdoot Post card issued?

Ans. Tamil

6. First Postal stamp in the World?

Ans. Penny Black

7. When, the Indian Postal Stamp was cancelled at Mount Everest?

Ans. 1996 May 10 (by ITBP. Indo-Tibet Border Police)

8. Which is India’s first General Post Office?

Ans. Calcutta GPO (in 1774)

9. Which country issued the first self adhesive Postage stamp?

Ans. Sierra Leone (1964)

10. The first country issued new year greeting cards through Postal service?

Ans. China

11. When was the first Postal Stamp issued?

Ans. 1840 May 6th

12. The first Indian Personality who was depicted in foreign stamps?

Ans. Mahatma Gandhi

13. Which picture was depicted in First world stamp?

Ans. Queen Victoria’s Head

14. The busiest Post office in India?

Ans. Mumbai GPO

15. First Indian Postage stamp?

Ans. Scinde Dawk

16. No. of post offices having ‘Pictorial Cancellation facility’ in Kerala?

Ans. 23

17. India’s third scented postal stamp?

Ans. Jasmine (Rs. 15)

18. What is water mark?

Ans. A design / mark on paper given at the time of production.

19. The first post card issued in Cochin State?

Ans. 1898 at the time of Raja Rama Varma I

20. Which country issued the first commemorative stamp in the world?

Ans. Romania

21. Date of formation of Kerala Postal Circle?

Ans. 1961 July 1

22. Highest Denomination of Indian Commemorative stamp ever since issued?

Ans.

1) Mother Theresa , Rs. 45/-

2) Acropora Formosa , Rs. 45/-

23. First burnt-wood smelt postage stamp issued by:

Ans. Brazil (1999) in connection with hazardous effect of forest fire.

24. Where was the first Gandhi stamp printed?

Ans. Switzerland

25. What is Pincode?

Ans. ‘Postal Index Number’ code-6 digits. The country has been divided in to 8 zones for the purpose of pincode.

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Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant (PA/SA) 2012 Examination Model Questions

Current Affairs

1.      Recently which team has won the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup held at Srilanka – West Indies. Defeated the host Srilanka  by 36 runs.

2.       Recently which firm has launched the Allstar, which is its first indigenously manufactured reusable insulin pen in India? – Sanofi  India

3.      Hugo Chavez has been re-elected as the president of which country recently? -  Venezuela

4.      Australia retained the women’s T20 Cricket world cup after defeating whom? – England

5.      Laadli awards are presented in which area? – Media

6.      Recently an absurd and anti- muslim film has created furore in Middle East. What is the title of that film? – Innocence of Muslims

7.      Indian Air Force celebrated its ….th anniversary on October 8, 2012? – 80^th

8.      What is the range of Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile recently test fired by India?- 350Km’

9.      Who has been named as the female athlete of the year by European Athletics Federation? –Jessica Ennis

10. World Arthritis day is celebrated on ?- 12^th October

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NOBEL PRIZE 2012

NOBEL PRIZE 2012- Details of Nobel Prize winners for 2012

SL No	Area	Recipients	Awarded for
1	PHYSICS	Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland	"For ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"
2	CHEMISTRY	Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka	"for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors"
3	PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE	Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka	"For the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"
4	LITERATURE	Mo Yan	"Who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"
5	PEACE	European Union (EU)	"For over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe"
6	ECONOMIC SCIENCES	Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley	"For the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design"

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