Possible questions (frequently asked) for Postal assistant aptitude test about Postal System

Possible questions (frequently asked) for Postal assistant aptitude test about Postal System. These important previously asked questions will help you to attain a high score in the exam.


1. Which Governor general found Telegraph and Postal systems ?
Answer: Lord Dalhousie


2. When did the first General Post Office opened in India ?
Answer: 1774 (Kolkata)


3. Which is the first postage stamp of India ?
Answer: Sinde Dawk (1852)


4. What is the Fulform of PIN ?
Answer: Postal Index Number


5. When did the Pin system Started in India?
Answer: 1972 (In the same year Royal bangal Tiger replaces lion as National Animal)


6. Which is the first Indian post office outside Indian territory ?
Answer: post office at Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica (1983)


7. When did the service of speed post started in India ?
Answer: 1986


8. In which year Money Order system introduced in India ?
Answer: 1880


9. In which year Postal Life Insurance started in India ?
Answer: 1884


10. Where is postal staff college situated ?
Answer: Ghaziabad (UP)


11. World Postal Day is observed in _________ ?
Answer: October 9

12. Indian Postal Day is observed in _________ ?
Answer: October 10


13. Where is highest post office in the world situated ?
Answer: Hikkim (Himachal Pradesh)


14. When did Universal Postal Union founded?
Answer: 1874