Department of Posts, Government of India will hold a Examination for Recruitment to the Post of Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants/Postal Assistants (Savings Bank Control Organization)/Postal Assistants (Foreign Post Organization)/Postal Assistants (Returned Letter Offices)/Postal Assistants (Mail Motor Services) And Postal Assistants (Circle And Regional Offices) for the year 2013 - 2014 in 22 Postal Circles in the Country, Syllabus & Pattern of Examination in details are given below.
Pattern of Examination: The applicants shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test with a total 100 maximum marks covering the following subjects/topics. Aptitude Test (Paper-I) will be comprising four parts (Part A, B, C & D). The duration of the Aptitude Test will be for 2 hours (120 minutes). There is no negative marking.
Pattern of Examination: The applicants shall be subjected to an Aptitude Test with a total 100 maximum marks covering the following subjects/topics. Aptitude Test (Paper-I) will be comprising four parts (Part A, B, C & D). The duration of the Aptitude Test will be for 2 hours (120 minutes). There is no negative marking.
Part A:- 25 Questions on General
Knowledge - Questions on current events, sports, history, geography, basic
economics, general politics, 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, percentage,
average, profit and loss, discount, menstruation, 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 marks)
Computer/ Typing Test ( Paper II) :: The typing test
will be for a duration of 30 minutes ( 15 minutes for
typing and 15 minutes for data entry) consisting one passage of 450 words in English
OR 375 words in Hindi to be typed with
a minimum speed of 30 words per
minute or 25 words per minute respectively. Test in Data entry will be of some
figures and letters each carrying equal marks on computer . The above test will
be conducted on Computer Key board, but not on a typewriter. Further, the
candidates have to secure prescribed qualifying marks in this test. The marks will be based on speed, and accuracy. This is a combined test, and marks in both the components will be put
together for qualifying.
All eligible Applicants
belonging to various categories who have the educational qualification of 10+2
or 12th
class
pass from a recognized university or Board of School Education or Board
of Secondary Education with English as a compulsory subject and fulfilling
the condition in Para 9 (2) above shall be invited for appearing in Aptitude test. No weightage for marks secured by the Applicants in 10+2 or 12th
class will be given while preparing the
Merit Lists.
Applicants numbering five
(5) times the total number of vacancies in each category i.e., OC, SC, ST, OBC, etc
shall be declared qualified in descending order of merit based on the marks secured by
them in the Aptitude Test (Paper I) for taking the Computer/Typing Test (Paper II).
The minimum qualifying marks to be obtained in each part of the Aptitude Test is prescribed as under:-
Qualifying Marks
For Unreserved candidates (OC) – 40% i.e. 10 marks in each part and 40% in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part i.e. Part A, B, C & D besides securing
prescribed aggregate marks.
For Unreserved candidates (OC) – 40% i.e. 10 marks in each part and 40% in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part i.e. Part A, B, C & D besides securing
prescribed aggregate marks.
For OBC Candidates – 37% i.e. 9
marks in each part and 37% in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part i.e. Part
A, B, C & D besides securing prescribed aggregate marks.
For SC/ST Candidates – 33% i.e. 8 marks in each part
and 33% in aggregate. The candidate has to qualify in each part i.e. Part A, B, C & D besides
securing prescribed aggregate marks.
A common merit list for the whole
Postal Circle shall be prepared in respect of all categories of posts put
together. For the said purpose, the candidates shall indicate their
preference of the posts Codes i.e., Postal Assistants/Sorting
Assistants/Postal)/ Assistants (Savings Bank Control Organization)/Postal
Assistants (Foreign Post Organization Postal Assistants (Returned Letter
Offices)/Postal Assistants (Mail Motor Services) And Postal Assistants
(Circle And Regional Offices in the order and also indicate their
preference for Postal/RMS Divisions in the online application. The Codesfor
each post is given in the Instruction Sheet/ Information Brochure for the
applicant.
Thereafter, the candidates will be allotted to the posts and division as per their preference based on their position in the merit list and availability of vacancy. Such candidates who are not able to get the allocation in any of the post of his preference because of his/her performance, such candidates might be allocated to the post/division where the vacancies exist. The candidates will have to give an undertaking that in the event of his/her not getting the post in his preference, he/she is willing to accept the appointment in any category of the post/division to which he/she is allotted. The candidates who do not indicate their preference, it will be presumed that they have equal preference for all the posts/divisions and may be allocated to the post or division where vacancy exists at the discretion of the Competent Authority.