Department Of Posts Postal Assistant Papers General Knowledge Questions

Department Of Posts Postal Assistant Papers

General Knowledge Questions

1.Name of the First Postage Stamp is

• Penny Black
• Two Penny Blue
• Halfpenny Rose Red
• Penny Red

2.The headquarters of Universal Postal Union (UPU) is in

• New York
• London
• Rome
• Bern

3.El Nino is

• A name of Thyphoon
• A Sea Storm
• A Warm ocean current
• Name of Hurricane

4.Which country received Global audience for the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners

• Chile
• Vietnam
• China
• Japan 

5.Shora is the parliament of  ?

• Argentina
• Australia
• Afghanisthan
• Spain

6.What is GARNISHEE order?

• An order issued by the court prohibiting withdrawal from the account of a depositor
• An executive order prohibiting withdrawal from the account of a depositor
• A Court order issued prohibiting   transaction of a particular land
• None of these

7.Which Indian bank introduced Credit Card facility first?

• State Bank of India  
• Central Bank of India
• Canara Bank
• ICICI

8.Date of issue of First Postage Stamp is

• 6th May 1840
• 15th August 1940
• 6th May 1944
• 15th April 1840 

9.Man Booker Prize 2010 is awarded to

• Howard Jacobson
• Barbara Kingsolver
• Hilary Mantel
• Anne Enright

10.The Human Skull is made up of ___ bones

• 36
• 22
• 25
• 27

11.Who painted the Last Supper ?

• Michelangelo 
• Raphael
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Picasso

12.Which country's Parliament has the largest membership ?

• India
• United States
• China
• Japan

13.The blank space between stamps in a sheet is known as

• Traffic Light
• Vignette
• Margin
• Gutter

14.Who was the author of “Athihyamala” ?

• Sanjayan
• Kottarathil Sankunni
• Poonthanam
• None of these

15.In philately the term “KILER” is meant

• A stamp like picture
• Revenue stamp
• Heavy Obliteration
• The design of a stamp

16.Supreme Court Judge is appointed by the __ ?

• Prime Minister
• President
• Parliament
• Chief Justice 

17.United Nations Day is observed on

• October 21
• October 22
• October 23
• October 24

18.The official language of Syria ?

• Hebrew 
• Urdu
• Syriac
• Arabic

19.World Post Day is observed on 

• November 9
• November 14
• October 9
• October 24

20."A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" is a line written by ?

• John Keats
• Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Alexander Pope
• Alfred Tennyson

21.Study of Fossils is known as  ?

• Paleantology
• Petrology
• Seismology
• None of the above

22.The world's first artificial satellite ?

• Luna-3
• Sputnik
• Aryabhatta
• None of the above

23.Akbarnama was written by  ?

• Khusrau Mirza
• Shaikh Faizi
• Abul Fazal
• Birbal

24.Which of the following abbreviations is meant “Pl Reply’’?

• PTO
• PNR
• RSV
• PNR

25.What is meant by E&OE

• Errors and Omissions Expected
• Errors and Omissions Accepted
• Errors and Over Writing Expected
• Errors and Over Writing Accepted