India Post conducts Postal assistant/ sorting assistant exam for recruiting candidates. Lakhs of candidates apply for this examination. The selection of candidates for recruitment will be done on basis of written test.
Here is the PA / SA Syllabus and Exam Pattern is provided after that.
The Exam consist of two papers.
Paper 1 is an Aptitude Test while Paper 2 is a Computer / Typing Test.
Paper one ( Aptitude Test ): The exam consists of four sections. these sections are
1. Mathematics
2. General Knowledge
3. Reasoning and Mental Ability
4. English Grammar
Total no. of marks of this test is hundred marks. Each section contains twenty five questions and these questions are of twenty five marks. So 100 questions carry total 100 marks. Aptitude test will carry 100 marks.
Here is a
detailed syllabus of each section.
1. General Knowledge section:
This
section includes Basic concepts of Economy, History, Geography Indian Polity
and General Science. Current Affairs based on last 6 months updates on
appointments, summits, deaths, awards, Sports.
2. Mathematics section:
This
section contains basics of basic maths which are process of finding squares, shortcuts,
cubes, square roots, cube roots. Simplifications, , ratios and proportions, approximations simple and compound interests, profit
loss, time and distance ,percentages, averages, time and work, Mensuration, speed
and distance etc.
3. English Grammar section:
This
section containing Basic English grammar questions. Basic English grammar
consists of antonyms, adverbs, synonyms, prepositions, usage of verbs, tenses,
singular and plural, direct and indirect speech, conjunctions etc.
4. Reasoning & Mental
Ability section:
Basic reasoning topics like directions, blood relations, basics of
analogy, Cubes and dice problems, alpha numeric symbol tests, coding and
decoding, comparisons (ranking test),Statement and assumptions, statement and
conclusion, Calenders, series completion, venn diagrams , seating arrangement etc.
Paper 2 – (Computer / Typing Test): Computer / Typing Test
consist of two parts in which Typing Test will be of 15 minutes and Data Entry is of 15 minutes also. Your typing speed for typing Test should be 25 words per minute (in
Hindi) and 30 words per minute (in English).