TENALI POST

Postal Assistant  Previous Question Paper

1) Name of the First Postage Stamp is 

A – Penny Black
B – Two Penny Blue 
C – Halfpenny Rose Red 
D – Penny Red 

2) The headquarters of Universal Postal Union (UPU) is in 

A – New York 
B – London
C – Rome
D – Bern

3) El Nino is

A – A name of Thyphoon
B – A Sea Storm
C – A Warm ocean current
D – Name of Hurricane 

4) Which country received Global audience for the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners 

A – Chile
B – Vietnam
C – China
D – Japan  

5) Shora is the parliament of  ?

A – Argentina 
B – Australia 
C – Afghanisthan 
D – Spain 

6) What is GARNISHEE order?

A – An order issued by the court prohibiting withdrawal from the account of a depositor 
B – An executive order prohibiting withdrawal from the account of a depositor
C – A Court order issued prohibiting   transaction of a particular land
D – None of these

7) Which Indian bank introduced Credit Card facility first?

A – State Bank of India   
B – Central Bank of India
C – Canara Bank
D – ICICI 

8) Date of issue of First Postage Stamp is

A – 6th May 1840 
B – 15th August 1940 
C – 6th May 1944
D – 15th April 1840  

9) Man Booker Prize 2010 is awarded to

A – Howard Jacobson
B – Barbara Kingsolver
C – Hilary Mantel
D – Anne Enright

10) The Human Skull is made up of ___ bones

A – 36 
B – 22
C – 25
D – 27

11) Who painted the Last Supper ?

A – Michelangelo  
B – Raphael 
C – Leonardo Da Vinci 
D – Picasso 

12) Which country's Parliament has the largest membership ? 

A – India 
B – United States 
C – China 
D – Japan 

13) The blank space between stamps in a sheet is known as 

A – Traffic Light 
B – Vignette
C – Margin
D – Gutter

14) Who was the author of “Athihyamala” ?

A – Sanjayan 
B – Kottarathil Sankunni 
C – Poonthanam 
D – None of these 

15) In philately the term “KILER” is meant

A – A stamp like picture 
B – Revenue stamp
C – Heavy Obliteration
D – The design of a stamp

16) Supreme Court Judge is appointed by the __ ?

A – Prime Minister 
B – President 
C – Parliament 
D – Chief Justice  

17) United Nations Day is observed on 

A – October 21 
B – October 22
C – October 23
D – October 24

18) The official language of Syria ?

A – Hebrew  
B – Urdu 
C – Syriac 
D – Arabic 

19) World Post Day is observed on  

A – November 9 
B – November 14
C – October 9 
D – October 24

20) "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" is a line written by ?

A – John Keats 
B – Percy Bysshe Shelley
C – Alexander Pope 
D – Alfred Tennyson 

21) Study of Fossils is known as  ?

A – Paleantology 
B – Petrology 
C – Seismology 
D – None of the above 

22) The world's first artificial satellite ?

A – Luna-3 
B – Sputnik 
C – Aryabhatta 
D – None of the above 

23) Akbarnama was written by  ?

A – Khusrau Mirza 
B – Shaikh Faizi 
C – Abul Fazal 
D – Birbal 

24) Which of the following abbreviations is meant “Pl Reply’’?

A – PTO
B – PNR
C – RSV
D – PNR

12) What is meant by E&OE 

A – Errors and Omissions Expected 
B – Errors and Omissions Accepted
C – Errors and Over Writing Expected
D – Errors and Over Writing Accepted