Organization
Post Office Guide Part 1 MCQs on Organisation are provided in this article to help Postal aspirants in the Postal
Promotion Exam. These Questions are Extracted from the Previous year’s
Papers.
Department of Post comes under which ministry:
(A) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(B) Ministry of Communications
(C) Ministry of Commerce
(D) Ministry of Railways
(B) Ministry of Communications
The Postal Department is under the administrative control of
(A) Director General of Posts
(B) Secretary, Department of Posts
(C) Director Postal Services
(D) Senior Deputy Director General
(A) Director General of Posts
The apex management body of the Department of Post is
(A) Postal Services Board
(B) Board of Directors
(C) Investment Board
(D) None of the above
(A) Postal Services Board
At present Postal service board has members
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(D) 6
How many Postal Circles are in India?
(A) 20
(B) 23
(C) 25
(D) 29
(B) 23
Circle Headquarter of which postal circle is situated in Hyderabad ?
(A) Uttrakhand
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Telangana
(D) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Telangana
Section-1 Clause-1 of Post Office Guide Part-1 deals with –
(A) Control
(B) Type of Post Offices
(C) Official Postal Articles
(D) None of these
(A) Control
Headquarter of india Post is situated at
(A) Dak Bhawan, New Delhi
(B) Bijli Bhawan ,New Delhi
(C) Bombay
(D) Kolkata
(A) Dak Bhawan, New Delhi
Kerala Postal Circle consists of
(A) Kerala state and Lakshadweep UT.
(B) Kerala State only.
(C) Lakshadweep UT only.
(D) None of the above.
Kerala state and Lakshadweep UT.
Sikkim state is part of which Postal Circle:
(A) West Bengal
(B) Assam
(C) North East
(D) Bihar
(A) West Bengal
Andaman & Nicobar Islands region is located in which Circle
(A)North East Circle
(B) Assam Circle
(C) West Bengal Circle
(D) Kerala Circle
(C) West Bengal Circle
The postal administration of Yanam town, part of Pondicherry UT, is
under which Circle’s jurisdiction ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kerala
(C) Karnataka
(D) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Which of the following pair is incorrect in relation to Headquarters of
Postal Circle ?
(A) Odisha- Bhubaneswar
(B) Delhi-New Delhi
(C) Bihar-Darbhanga
(D) None of the above
(C) Bihar-Darbhanga
Which of the following city is the Headquarter of Haryana Circle ?
(A) Ambala
(B) Gurgaon
(C) Kurukshetra
(D) Chandigarh
(A) Ambala
Army Postal Service is headed by
(A) Secretary APS
(B)Member APS
(C) Addl. DG APS
(D) Member of Personnel
(C) Addl. DG APS
Head Quarter of Kerala Circle is situated at
(A) Kochi
(B) Thiruvananthapuram
(C) Kozhikode
(D) Thrissur
(B) Thiruvananthapuram
Who is in charge of Ist Class Head Office-
(A) HSG-I
(B) HSG-II
(C) Gazetted Officer
(D) Inspector Posts
(C) Gazetted Officer
Where is the 1CBPO ?
(A) Pathankot
(B) Panagarh
(C) Jamnagar
(D) Delhi
(D) Delhi
The Head Quarter of Haryana Postal Circle is at
(A) Chandigarh
(B) Ambala Cantt
(C) Ambala City
(D) Gurgaon
(B) Ambala Cantt
Post Offices are divided into ………classes.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) None of these
(B) 3
So far as the public is concerned, there is no difference in the
character of service rendered by:
(A) SO and HO
(B) SO and BO
(C) BO and HO
(D) BO, SO and HO
(A) SO and HO
Which type of the following post offices transact all types of postal
business
(A) Head post office
(B) Extra-departmental branch office
(C) Franchise office
(D) None of the above
(A) Head post office
Account Office of Branch Post Office is
(A) Head post office
(B) Sub Post office
(C) HO or SO
(D) None of the above
(C) HO or SO
First-class head office is under the control and supervision of
(A) Senior Postmaster
(B) Branch Postmaster
(C) Chief Postmaster
(D) Sub postmaster
(A) Senior Postmaster
Which facility is not provided by the Branch Post office:
(A) Booking of registered article
(B) Delivery of mail
(C) Withdrawal from the saving account
(D) Booking of international mail
(D) Booking of international mail
Consider the following statements:
I. Head Post Offices and Sub Post Offices provide mail-related services as well as savings bank-related
services.
II. The Branch Post office provides only mail-related services.
Choose the correct option
(A) Both Statement I & II are correct.
(B) Both Statement I & II are incorrect.
(C) Only Statement I is correct.
(D) Only statement II is correct.
(C) Only Statement I is correct.
So far as the public is concerned, there is no difference in the
character of service rendered by:
(A) SO and HO
(B) SO and BO
(C) BO and HO
(D) BO, SO, and HO
(A) SO and HO
FULL form of MDG in MDG post office
(A) Mukhya Dak Ghar
(B) Madhyam Dak Ghar
(C) Mananeeya Dak Ghar
(D) Medium Dak ghar
(A) Mukhya Dak Ghar
Which of the following will not be booked to the address of Army Post
Offices?
(A) Value Payable articles
(B) Money Orders
(C) Both A& B
(D) None of the above
(C) Both A& B
The main office of account for itself and for all the sub and branch
offices within the group, is called…..
(A) Postal Account Office
(B) Head Post Office
(C) Sub Post Office
(D) None of the above
(B) Head Post Office
The status of a Branch Post Office is…….. to a Sub Post Office
(A) Higher
(B) Lower
(C) Equal
(D) None of the above.
(B) Lower
A sub-office is always subordinate to and in account with a
…………..
(A) Mail Office
(B) Branch Post Office
(C) Head Post Office
(D) Sub Record Office
(C) Head Post Office
Type of Offices are given under which Clause of Post Office Guide
Part-1:-
(A) Clause-1
(B) Clause-2
(C) Clause-3
(D) Clause-4
(B) Clause-2
General Post Office is:
(A) The first-class Head Post Office situated at the Headquarters of the
Head of a Region
(B) The first-class Head Post Office situated at the Headquarters of the
Head of a Circle.
(C) The first-class Head Post Office situated at the Headquarters of the
Head of a Division
(D) The first-class Head Post Office situated in Delhi
(B) The first-class Head Post Office situated at the Headquarters of the
Head of a Circle.
The town branch office is
(A) Branch Office situated within Corporation or Municipality limits
(B) A Branch Office situated in a town or its suburbs where there is also
a Head Office
(C) A Branch Office situated in a town or its suburbs where there is also
a Sub Office
(D) None of the above
(B) A Branch Office situated in a town or its suburbs where there is also
a Head Office
Which of the following articles cannot be booked to the address of an
Army Post Office?
(A) Registered Letter
(B) Parcel
(C) Value-payable article
(D) All of above
(C) Value-payable article
Which of the following defining-Head Post Office?
(A) A Head Office is the main office of a group of Post Offices consisting
of itself and a number of small offices called sub and branch offices.
(B) The sub and branch offices have been placed under its Accounts
jurisdiction.
(C) The monetary transactions of the sub and branch offices are
incorporated in its accounts.
(D)All of the above.
(D)All of the above.
Which of the following statements are correct regarding Sub-office
I. The officer in-charge of a sub-office is designated a Sub-Postmaster.
II A sub-office situated in a town or its suburbs where there is also a Head Office is termed a town sub-office.
(A) Statement I is correct
(B) Statement II is correct
(C)Both statements are correct
(D) Both statements are wrong.
(C)Both statements are correct
A Sub-office situated in a town or its suburbs where there is also a
Head Office is termed as
(A) City Sub Office
(B) Town Sub Office
(C) City Branch Office
(D) Town Branch Office
(B) Town Sub Office
Post offices are divided into how many classes?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(C) Three
Which of the following is correct?
(i) Head office is the main office of a group of Post Offices consisting of itself and a number of smaller offices called sub and Branch office which have been placed under its Accounts jurisdiction.
(ii) Head office is the main office of a group of Post Offices consisting of itself and a number of smaller offices called sub and Branch office which have been placed under its administrative jurisdiction.
(iii) The officer in-charge of a Head Office is designated a Head Postmaster.
(A) (i), (ii) & (iii)
(B) (i) & (ii) only
(C) (ii) & (iii) only
(D) (i) & (iii) only
(B) (i) & (ii) only
Which of the following function on Sundays and National Holidays?
(A) Night Post Offices
(B) Head Office
(C) Mobile Post office
(D) None of the above
(A) Night Post Offices
Director General may extend the working hours of any post office up to:
(A) 08.30 PM
(B) 09.00 PM
(C) 09.30 PM
(D) 10.00 PM
(A) 08.30 PM
Which fact is true with respect to night post offices:
(A) Are opened at RMS
(B) Do not function on Sundays
(C) Functions round the clock
(D) Function up to 08:30 PM on working days and on Sunday
(D) Function up to 08:30 PM on working days and on Sunday
A Night Post Offices works on
(A) National Holidays
(B) Sundays
(C) Postal Holidays
(D) All of the above
(D) All of the above
Night Post offices work on Sunday
(A) from 9 AM to 4 PM
(B) from 10 AM to 5 PM
(C) from 11 AM to 3 PM
(D) from 10 AM to 8 PM
(B) from 10 AM to 5 PM
The Post offices which work up to 08.30 PM are called?
(A) Night Post Office
(B) Holiday Post offices
(C) Restricted Post Offices
(D) None of the these
(A) Night Post Office
Which one of the following statements Is Incorrect regarding Mobile Post
offices?
(A) Intended to provide the facility of late posting
(B) Remain closed on Sundays and Postal. Holidays
(C) Book surface and air mail registered articles of the letter mail
(excluding Insured and V.P.)
(D) Book all registered articles and insured article
(D) Book all registered articles and insured article
