Syllabusof PA exam 2012( Direct Recruitment)

SYLLABUS OF PA EXAM 2012 (DIRECT RECRUITMENT)

Paper I

Part 'A' :-25 Questions on General Knowledge - Questions on current events

                       , sports, history, geography, basic economics,

                          general polity, 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, per  centage, average, profit  &  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

Paper II

Computer/ Typing Test (Paper-II): The Typing Test shall be for a duration of 30 minutes (15 minutes each for Typewriting and data entry) consisting of one passage of 450 words in English or 375 words in Hindi to be typed with a minimum speed of 30/25 words per minute respectively & Data entry of some figures and letters each carrying equal marks on Computers. The typing test and test of data entry operations will be conducted on Computer key board but not on type writer.

MONEY ORDER TRHOUGH SMS - TRAILS COMPLETED AND THE SERVICES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LAUNCHED SOON

Here is a good news for the customers of postal services. Now, the money orders will become hassle-free and can be disbursed via an SMS. The trials are completed and the services are expected to be launched soon.

The state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has developed a customized application to facilitate money order service to 155,000 post offices across India. BSNL is the technology enabler and this service will remain operator neutral.

Speaking to CIOL, BSNL CMD RK Upadhyay said that they are working as per the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with the department of post (DoP). "We are in the final stages of service rollout" he informed.

The government initially chose Bihar and Punjab to initiate the service since a lot of immigrant workers hail from these states.

India Posts Secretary, Manjula Prasher had on an earlier occasion told CIOL that mobile money orders would be a good initiative to help immigrant workers who remit money to their home states.

The project will empower designated post offices with mobile devices that have pre-embedded the application. While transferring, the remittance senders' need to furnish basic details that includes receivers' mobile number.

The receiver will get a 16-digit transaction code via SMS from which money can be claimed from a local post office. The government has planned to allow instant money order service up to Rs. 50,000.

India Post Announces Special Discount of 6.5% on Gold Coins for Independence Day & Pushya Nakshtra

For this Independence Day & Pushya Nakshtra, India Post has announced a special discount of 6.5% on purchase of Gold coins. 

On 13th, 14th & 16th August 2012 any customer who buys gold from identified Post Offices in Delhi will get a special 6.5% discount of the day`s retail price on all denominations. 

This offer is available in all 31 Post Offices of Delhi indentified for the sale of Gold coins. 

These gold coins bear unique logo of India Post and are available in denominations of 0.5 gms, 1gms, 5gms, 8gms, 10gms, 20gms & 50gms for sale across counters at select Post Offices. These coins are having purity rating of 24 karat 99.99% from Valcambi, under Swiss certification and are available in tamper-proof packaging having benefits like internationally recognized certification, low risk of duplication, quality packaging, product standardization and numbering with assayer certification. 

Source:-PIB