MCQs on Postal Manual Volume VII (Railway Mail Service)

 POSTAL MANUAL VOLUME VII
(RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE)


MCQs on Postal Manual Volume VII (Railway Mail Service)


1. Mark the correct option

a) DBO stands for District bag office(161(2)

b) The sorting assistant who is attending to regn dept of mail office is called RSA

c) Daily reports of MBC/Sections are received by the Sr/Superintendent of RMS

d) All the above are correct                                                                                                 Ans: d


2. Mark the correct option

a) For the purpose of bag account PO is a Unit Bag Office

b) Memo of authorized Bag balance is issued by Sr/Supdt of PO/RMS offices

c) Diagram of a sorting case is prepared by SRM

d) All the above are correct                                                                                                     Ans:d


3. Metal token has to be returned if the Sorting Assistant 

a) Goes on leave 

b) Transfer to another HRO

c) Dismissed/Removed from service 

d) All the above                                                                                                                         Ans:d(14)


4. Each set of a sorting offices is divided into

a) Two departments 

b) Three departments

c) Four departments 

d) None of these                                                                                                                            Ans:c(1)


5. A mail office may redirect any article or intercept or deliver any article to the 

addressee

a) With permission of the Divisional Head

b) With the permission of the incharge

c) On the authority of the DG or Head of the Circle

d) None of these                                                                                                                            Ans: c(4)


6. Information from RMS records asked for by any Govt officer be given

a) With the specific orders of the division head

b) With the specific orders of the DG posts

c) With the specific orders of the Head of the circle

d) None of these                                                                                                                        Ans: c (5)


7. The misconnection between air services should invariably be reported by 

Record Officer to

a) DG of Posts 

b) The head of the division

c) The Head of the circle by the first post 

d) None of these                                                                                                                      Ans: c(9)


8. Mark the correct option

a) Circulars of the Head of the circle are issued bi-monthly 

b) Monthly circulars which bear heading and a consecutive annual series of number

c) These circulars are issued and fwd to all Supervising officers and Record officers and should be filled in Guard books

d) All the above are correct                                                                                                   Ans: d(10)


9. A metal token authorized to type must be carried by all RMS officials except

a) Van attendants b) Mail guard

c) Supervising officer 

d) None of these                                                                                                                       Ans: c(14)


10. A metal token is supplied by

a) The supdt of RMS 

b) IRM

c) Record officer concerned 

d) In charge of the set                                                                                                            Ans: c(14)


11. The memorandum of Distribution work is issued by

a) The Head of the circle 

b) The Record officer

c) The sub-divisional inspector 

d) The Supdt. Of RMS                                                                                                        Ans: d(16)


12. The period of preservation of invoices of articles received from the stock depot is

a) Six months 

b) Eighteen months

c) Two years 

d) Three years                                                                                                                     Ans:d(17)


13. Mark the correct option related to the preservation period

a) Order book of the mail office and section is three years

b) Work paper of RMS offices and section is eighteen months

c) Correspondence related to robberies, theft etc is one year after the case closed.

d) All the above are correct                                                                                                Ans: d(17)


14. Among the postage stamp kept in the stock of mail offices for sale if any stamp cannot be disposed of within a reasonable time the matter should be reported to 

a) The record officer 

b) The local Postmaster

c) The Sub-divisional IRM 

d) The Supdt. Of RMS                                                                                                         Ans:d(18)


15. Mark the correct option

a) In Head Record offices one key of the safe will be retained in the custody of HRO and the other one is Accountant.

b) The insured seal supplied to the set of mail offices should be kept in the personal custody of the Head Sorting Assistant

c) Each set of sections is supplied with a portfolio with lock & key bearing the designation of a section

d) All the above are correct.                                                                                                           Ans:d


16. The Head sorting Assistant of each set of the various sections attached to a 

Record Office will be supplied by the ________, in once in a _______

a) The supdt of RMS, week 

b) The Record officer, month

c) Head of the Circle, yearly 

d) None of these                                                                                                                       Ans: b(23)


17. The authority competent to relax the provision of office attendance at RO is

a) The suptd of RMS 

b) The record/sub-record officer

c) The sub-divisional Inspector 

d) The Head of the circle                                                                                                         Ans:d(26)


18. The supervisor Speed post centre will send his daily report to the Manager speed post

a) By means of a letter 

b) By fax message

c) By email 

d) By using format MS 83                                                                                                      Ans:d(28)


19. The following are the more important irregularities and occurrences which must be mentioned in the daily report

a) All irregularities reported by telegraph/fax.

b) Absence of carrier appointed to receive or deliver mail, the mail detained in the consequence being mentioned.

c) Receipt or dispatch of special bags;

d) All the above                                                                                                                       Ans: d(29)


20. At all stations except changing stations the set about to proceed

a) Should be present one hour before the departure of the train

b) 15 min before the departure of the train

c) At the hour fixed by the Supdt. which will be at least half an hour before the 

the departure of the train

d) None of these                                                                                                                        Ans: c(33)


21. The staff of a mail office may leave the office at any period during the working hour

a) With the permission of HAS 

b) With the permission of the IRM

c) For attending mail exchange 

d) All the above                                                                                                                       Ans:d(35)


22. The window of the mail van of a section should be kept closed

a) Throughout the beat of the section

b) When the train is in motion

c) When the train is drawn up at the railway station platform till the train starts

d) None of these                                                                                                                      Ans: c(36)


23. When an official on duty in a mail van is attacked with any serious illness, the Mail Agent / Mail Guard should communicate the fact to

a) The Guard of the train 

b) The Superintend

c) The Record officer 

d) All the above                                                                                                                         Ans:d(38)


24. The cage TB addressed to the Mail office of Terminal Station is to be opened at the terminal station personally by

a) The mail agent 

b) The mail guard

c) The HSA 

d) None of these                                                                                                                    Ans: c(41)


25. Protecting bags containing articles marked ‘By parcel post”

a) To be entered in the mail list under unusual mail

b) To be entered under due mail

c) To be included in the total unusual mail entered at the top of the mail list with suitable remakes

d) None of these                                                                                                                     Ans:c(44)


26. Forward mail list containing bags for one or more intervening offices is to be entered in the mail list in

a) Head ‘Due mail’ in the column TB 

b) L bag column

c) Pl bag column 

d) Special bag column                                                                                                   Ans: a(44)


27. Transit bags must always be closed and sealed in the presence of

a) The senior most Gp D of the set

b) The IRM/Asst Supdt of RMS

c) The HSA/Mail guard/Mail agen

d) None of these                                                                                                                 Ans: c(45)


28. Express mail bags/express bundles mean

a) The mail which should be opened first and taken for sorting immediately

b) The mail will be received/ dispatched through express trains

c) The bags containing accountable articles

d) None of these                                                                                                                   Ans: a(54)


29. A station bundle is justified when there are more than 

a) 5 UR of the letter mail 

b) 10 UR of the letter mail

c) 14 UR of the letter mail 

d) None of these                                                                                                                   Ans: c(61)


30. Whether the parcel bags and packet bags of the set are to be included in the transit bag or to be sent loose will be shown in

a) The due mail list of the set 

b) The advance work paper of the set

c) The sorting list of the set 

d) None of these                                                                                                                   Ans: a(63)


31. Before closing the work of the set for the day the work papers must be examined by

a) The Head Sorting Assistant 

b) The Senior PA

c) HRO 

d) None of these                                                                                                               Ans: a(64)


32. Final duties of the HAS before quitting office

a) Should carefully examine each sorting compartment to see that no articles are left in it unsorted

b) The sweeping, used labels, broken seal etc are personally examined

c) The articles of stationary, stamps, seals and books etc are carefully placed in the portfolio.

d) All the above                                                                                                                    Ans: d(66)


33. A Sorting assistant will be considered unfit for his post

a) If he is not dressed neatly

b) If he is a regular latecomer

c) If he ms sends articles regularly which are clearly and legibly addressed

d) None of these                                                                                                                     Ans: c(68)


34. The station and territorial bundles received for onward transmission

a) Should be placed unopened in the bags in which there are to be forwarded

b) To be opened and removed mis send the article and give onward submission

c) To be opened and contents given to the detailed table sorting

d) None of these                                                                                                                      Ans: a(72)


35. At present APMC is functioning at 

a) Bangalore 

b) Delhi

c) Mumbai 

d) Kokata                                                                                                                                  Ans:C(79)


36. The fee for a registered article that has been delivered by a post office in the same town and presented for registration unopened with a revised address is

a) Registration fee prescribed only 

b) Fee of any charge

c) Registration fee prescribed plus the postage 

d) None of these                                                                                                                      Ans: a(83)


37. High-value station MO bundle is justified when the number of HVMOs for a particular station exceeds

a) One

b) Two

c) Three 

d) Six                                                                                                                                        Ans: a(87)


38. Forward registered bundle should be treated

a) As per the number of articles included 

b) Three

c) As a single registered article 

d) None of these                                                                                                                     Ans: c(88)


39. In a mail office when the work is not going on, the registration sorting case must be locked and the key should remain

a) With the HSA/Supervisor 

b) With the jemadar of the set

c) With the Registration SA 

d) None of these                                                                                                                 Ans: c(88)


40. If a regd article is presented for booking at the counter of mail office on Sunday

a) It will be refused for booking 

b) It will be accepted with the normal fee

c) It will be accepted with a late fee in addition to the normal fee

d) None of these                                                                                                                      Ans: c(89)


41. In the mail office insured check sheet is to be maintained by

a) The HSA/Supervisor 

b) The mail-sorting assistant

c) The insured registration PA 

d) None of these                                                                                                                      Ans:c(92)


42. The supervisor of a CRC is responsible for

a) Timely opening of the set

b) Maintaining the master data for the interim dispatch

c) Opening bag allocation closing bag allocation

d) All the above                                                                                                                        Ans:d(93)


43. Set master relating to CRC means

a) The in charge of a set of the CRC

b) The HSA of the set under which CRC is functioning

c) The number of each working set in the CRC

d) None of these                                                                                                                         Ans: c(93)


44. The system administrator in CRC

a) He will be responsible for the maintenance and security of the functioning of the system by keeping the secrecy of his own password and also ensuring proper maintenance of the password of all officials working in CRC. 

(b) He will be responsible for the generation of MIS (Management Information System) reports such as sorter reports, set-wise reports, booking office/delivery office reports, transmission reports, and keying capacity reports. Forced closed remark report and log-in -Logout report.

c) He will be responsible for the maintenance of INI settings for Modern transmission and periodical Backup/Restore of data and cleaning up of records.

d) All the above                                                                                                                     Ans: d(93)


45. Mail agency master related to CRC means

a) The mail agent of the mail office

b) The mail guard of the agency branch

c) It contains agencies' detail of MMS & Sections for carrying bags closed in the CRC to other offices

d) None of these                                                                                                                         Ans: c(93)


46. Beat Master related to CRC means

a) The postman of the beat of the delivery office

b) It contains details of beats covered by each delivery office

c) All the above 

d) None of these                                                                                                                         Ans: b(93)


47. The blank parcel list received from the opening of a mail bag will be handed over to the parcel sorting assistant

a) Then and there through Group D

b) Will be entered in a separate mail list and transferred directly to the PSA under acquittance

c) All the above

d) None of these                                                                                                                         Ans: b(99)


48. Parcel sorting case must always be kept locked when the work of the Sorting is not going on and the key must remain

a) With the HSA 

b) With the supervisor

c) With the parcel sorting assistant 

d) None of these                                                                                                                         Ans:c(101)


49. Computerization of a transit mail office facilitates <

a) A proper watch on due mail and an estimation of the extra mail received

b) Reduction of paperwork

c) More clarity of entries made in the mail list

d) All the above                                                                                                                          Ans:d(115)


50. When no mail bag is closed for the office for which a blank parcel list is to be issued, the BPL should be dispatched

a) By entering in the mail list dispatched for that office

b) By enclosing in a service cover to be sent as the unregistered article

c) By including in the mailbag closed for the nearest Post office

d) None of these                                                                                                                     Ans: a(102)


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