Postal Assistant Examination Pattern

Postal Assistant Examination Pattern

The exam for Postal Assistant is an objective exam with multiple choices for the questions. The subjects which are covered under this test are English, Mathematics, General Knowledge, Reasoning and Analytical Ability. The total marks which are assigned to this test are 100 marks. The question paper comprises of 4 parts A, B, C and D. All the parts encompass 25 questions each and every question carries 1 mark. The postal assistant written test is of 120 minutes as its time duration. One thing which is good in this exam is that there are no negative marks for the wrong answers that a candidate attempts. In that case, a person may attempt all the questions and maximize his chances even if he is not sure about the correctness of the answers.

Postal Assistant Written Test Syllabus :

The postal assistant written test syllabus is as follows:

PART-A (General Knowledge): There would be 25 questions based on the current affairs, sports, economics, history, geography, constitution, Science, etc. The motive of this section in the postal assistant written exam is to test your level of general awareness and your familiarity with the upcoming issues of the country and world.

PART-B (Mathematics): The purpose of this section is to judge your comfort level with numbers and numerical skills. Your speed to find out solutions can be observed. The major areas covered under this section are simplification, number system, decimals, compound interest, profit and loss, etc.

PART-C (English): This section of the postal assistant written exam is conducted to test your language skills and comfort level in English communication related areas. This section covers areas like antonyms/synonyms, adverbs, direct/indirect sentences, tenses and other important parts of English grammar.

PART-D (Reasoning and Logical Ability): This section of the test comprises of reasoning based questions and the basic motive of this section is to judge your thinking and reasoning abilities to reach to a conclusion for any given question or situation.

Computer test typing paper: The candidates are required to type a 450 word English or a 375 word Hindi passage in the duration of 15 minutes, which would include numerical figures and letters.

If the above mentioned points are kept in mind while preparing for the postal assistant written test, the candidate can easily chalk out his action plan to be followed in the test.

Syllabus for PA/ SA Examination Pattern

PART A
25 Questions  on  General  Knowledge , Question on  current  events, sports, history  , geography, basic economics, general  polity, Indian  constitution, science environment etc 25  marks

PART B
25 question s on  Mathematics  of matriculation standard which  may  cover number system , simplification , decimals  corrections  simple and  compound  interest , percentage  average , profit& loss , discount  menstruation  , time  & work and  time  & distance etc 25 Marks

PART C
25 questions  on  English covering  grammer( 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

Computer/Typing   Test  (Paper II)

The  typing test shall be for a  duration  pf 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  marks  on  computers  . The  typing  test  and  test  of  data entry  will  be  conducted  computer  but do  not on  type  writer.