Here you will find India Post Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistants Exam Pattern and Syllabus.
India Post Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistants Exam Paper Pattern:-
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.
India Post Postal Assistant & Sorting Assistants Exam Syllabus:-
Part A:- (General Knowledge:25 questions) Questions on Current events, sports, history, geography, basic economics, general politics, Indian constitution, science and environment.
Part B:- (General Mathematics of class: 10- 25 questions) Questions on cover number system, simplifications, decimals, corrections, simple and compund interest, percentage, average, profit and loss, discount and mensuration, time work and distance.
Part C:- (English:25 questions) covering grammar (prepositions, adverbs, conjunction, direct/indirect speech, singular & plural, tenses, antonyms/synonyms etc.
Part D:- (Reasoning and analytical ability: 25 questions)
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.
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