Postal Department recruitment 2014 – Exam Pattern, Syllabus

New Delhi, Mar 10 (TruthDive): Postal Department, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has issued Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant Recruitment notification for 2014 for 8243 posts.

Candidates who applied for the posts may refer the Syllabus and Exam Pattern for the examination of Post Office recruitment 2014 below.

Exam Pattern 2014

Paper I -Aptitude Test

 This includes four parts such as part A, part B, Part C and part D will be held for 100 marks.

There will be no negative marking for wrong answers.

Candidates will be provided a duration of 2 hours for Aptitude Test.

Part A- will be related to General Knowledge such as sports, history, geography, current affairs, basic economics, Indian Constitution, general politics, Science, environment etc.

Part B – will contain Mathematics of matriculation standard which may include number system, simplification, corrections, decimals, simple and compound interest, profit and loss, percentage, average, discount, menstruation, Time & work and time & distance etc.

Part C- Questions will be based on English grammar such as adverbs, antonyms/synonyms, prepositions, conjunction, singular & plural, tenses, direct/indirect speech etc.

Part D – will include questions on Reasoning and Analytical Ability.

Paper II- Computer/ Typing Test

Candidates will be provided a duration of 30 minutes for this test.

For Typing- 15 minutes

For data entry- 15 minutes

Candidates will have to type 450 words in English OR 375 words in Hindi with a speed of 25 – 30 words per minute in a computer keyboard.

Note: Candidates will be selected based on the speed and correctness.

It is a combined test in which marks will be added together in both the components for qualifying.

Candidates belonging to various categories with 10+2 or 12th   class pass from a recognized university or Board of School  Education  or  Board  of  Secondary  Education  with  English  as  a compulsory subject are eligible to  appear in Aptitude Test.

Weightage will not be given for  marks obtained by the candidates in 10+2 or 12th class while preparing the Merit List.

For more details candidates may visit the official site at www.indiapost.gov.in