No. 45-14/2012-SPB-l

Government of India
Ministry of Communications &

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Department of Posts
(Personnel Division)
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Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001

Dated: 17th January, 2014
To

All the Chief Postmasters General
All the Regional Postmasters General

Subiect: Revised Syllabi and Pattern for Limited Departmental Competitive
Examinations and Direct Recruitment Examinations of 2OL4 and onwards for
the cadres of Postman, Mail Guard and Multi Tasking StaffSir/Madam,

I am directed to refer to the above mentioned subject and to say that the demand
for revision in the Syllabi and Pattern of the Postman, Mail Guard and Multi Tasking Staff
(MTS) Examinations has of late been engaging the attention of this Directorate. After taking
into consideration all aspects of the issue, the Competent Authority has approved revision
in the Syllabi and Pattern of Examinations for these cadres effective from 2014 and
onwards. lt has also been decided that there will be separate syllabi for Postman/Mail
Guard and Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) Examinations for both Limited Departmental
Competitive Examinations (LDCE) as well as Direct Recruitment Examinations. The Revised
Syllabi are as under:

(i)

Revised Syllabus

for

Postman/fUail Guard Limited Departmental Competitive

Examination:
Part
A

-

General Knowledge

(25 marks with 25

questions of 1 mark
each)

Syllabus

Topics: Indian Geography, Indian Culture & Freedom Struggle,
Civics, Indian Economy, General Science, Current Affairs and
Reasoning & Analytical ability of 10th standard. Setting of
questions from each Section will be as follows:
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Indian Culture

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of 1 mark each)
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(25 marks
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of 1
withr 25
2s questions
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C

(ii)(ii)-

4 questions

Indian Economy

3 questions

General Science

3 questions

Current Affairs

3 questions

Reasoning & Analytical ability

4 questions

unseen passage and 2 to 3 questions from remaining topics)
Topics (for Hindi): Mishr & Sanyukt Vakya, Vakyo ka Rupantaran,

Regional

Alankar, Muhavare & Lokoktiyan, Ashudh Vakya Shodhan and
questions from Apathit Gadyansh. (Examiner may set five
questions from one Apathit Gadyansh and 2 to 3 questions from

(25

marks
Languat
nguage
I with
h 25
2s questions of
Ilma mark each)
<

1

L(ii)

Civics

Topics: Articles, Prepositions, conjunctions, tenses, verbs,
synonyms & antonyms, vocabulary and questions from a small
unseen passage. (Examiner may set five questions from one

mark each)

I

4 questions

Topics: Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Profit & Loss, Simple
Interest, Average, Discount, Partnership, Time & Work and Time
& Distance. (Examiner may set 2 to 3 questions from each topic)

(25
I marks- Mathematics
wit 25 questions
with

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& Freedom

Struggle

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4 questions

Indian Geography

Revised Syllabus

remaining topics).
These topics shall be replicated in Regional Languages.

for Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) Limited Departmental Competitive

Examination:
Syllabus

n

- Cu*ral fno*f"ag"
(25 marks with 25

questions of 1 mark each)

Topics: Indian Geography, Indian Culture, Civics, Indian
Economy, General Science, Current Affairs and Reasoning &
Analytical ability of LOth standard. Setting up of questions

from each Section will be as follows

:

Indian Geography

4 questions

lndian Culture

4 questions
4 questions

Indian Economy
General Science
3 questions

Current Affairs

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Reasoning &Analytical ability
B

-

Distance. (Examiner may set 2 to 3 questions from each topic)

of 1 mark each)
C (i)- English (25 marks
with 25 questions of 1
mark each)

(ii)- Regional

4 questions

Topics: Percentages, Ratio & Proportion, Profit & Loss, Simple
Interest, Average, Discount, Time & Work and Time &

Mathematics (25

marks with 25 questions

C

I

Topics: Articles, Prepositions, conjunctions, tenses, verbs,
synonyms & antonyms and vocabulary. (Examiner may set at
least 3 questions from each toPic)

Topics (for Hindi): Alankar, Muhavare & Lokoktiyan, Ashudh
Vakya Shodhan and questions from Apathit Gadyansh.
(Examiner may set five questions from one Apathit Gadyansh
and at least 3 questions from each of the remaining topics)'

Language

(25 marks with 25
questions of 1 mark each)

These topics shall be replicated in Regional Languages.

(iii)

for Postman/tVtail Guard for Direct Recruitment Examination from

Revised Syllabus

open market:
Syllabus

Part
A

-

General Knowledge

(25 marks with 25

questions of 1 mark
each)

Topics. Geography, Indian History, Freedom Struggle, Culture
&Sports, General Polity & Constitution of lndia, Economics,
General Science, Current Affairs and Reasoning & Analytical
ability of LOtn standard. (Examiner may set 2 to 3 questions from
each topic)

Mathematics (25
marks with 25 questions
B

-

of 1 mark each)

Topics: Number Systems, Computation of Whole Numbers,
Decimals & Fractions, Relationship between Numbers,
Fundamental arithmetical operations, Percentages, Ratio &
Proportion, Profit & Loss, Simple Interest, Average, Discount,
Partnership, Time & Work, Time & Distance, Use of Tables &
Graphs, Mensuration. (Examiner may set 1 to 2 questions from
each topic)

C

(i)-

English (25 marks

with 25 questions of
mark each)

1

Topics: Articles, Prepositions, conjunctions, tenses, verbs,
synonyms & antonyms, vocabulary, sentence structure,
Proverbs, Phrases, questions from a small unseen passage. etc'
(Examiner may set five questions from one unseen passage and

to 3 questions from remaining topics)
Topics (for Hindi): Shabd Pad, Kriya Bhed, Mishr & Sanyukt
Vakya, Vakyo ka Rupantaran, Swar Sandhi, Alankar, Samas,
Muhavare & Lokoktivan, Ashudh Vakya Shodhan, Apathit
2

C

(ii)

- Regional

Language (25 marks

with 25 questions of

1

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Gadyansh. (Examiner may set five questions from one Apathit
Gadyansh and 2 to 3 questions from remaining topics)'
These topics shall be replicated in Regional Languages.

(iv)

Revised Syllabus

for Mutti Tasking Staff (MTS) for Direct Recruitment Examination

from open market:
Syllabus

Part
A

-

General Knowledge

(25 marks with 25
questions of 1 mark
each)

Mathematics (25
marks with 25 questions
B

-

of 1 mark each)
C

(i)-

English (25 marks

with 25 questions of
mark each)

1

Topics: Indian Geography, Freedom Struggle, Culture & Sports,
General Polity & Constitution of India, Indian Economy, General
science, current Affairs and Reasoning & Analytical ability of
LOth standard. (Examiner may set 2 to 3 questions from each

Topics: Number Systems, Decimals & Fractions, Percentages,
Ratio & Proportion, Profit & Loss, Simple Interest, Average,
Discount, Partnership, Time & Work and Time & Distance'
(Examiner may set 1to 2 questions from each topic)

Topics: Articles, Prepositions, conjunctions, tenses, verbs,
synonyms & antonyms, vocabulary, sentence structure,
Proverbs, Phrases and questions from a small unseen passage'
(Examiner may set five questions from one unseen passage and

to 2 questions from remaining topics)
Topics (for Hindi): Mishr & Sanyukt Vakya, Vakyo ka Rupantaran,
Swar Sandhi, Alankar, Muhavare & Lokoktiyan, Ashudh Vakya
Shodhan, Apathit Gadyansh. (Examiner may set five questions
from one Apathit Gadyansh and 2 to 3 questions from remaining
1.

C

(ii)- Regional

Language (25 marks

with 25 questions of
mark each)

1

to pics).

These topics shall be replicated in Regional Languages'

it has also been decided that following will be the Revised Pattern of
(LDCE) and
Examination applicable to both Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations

2.

Besides above,

Direct Recruitment Examinations of these cadres:
The time allowed for answering 100 questions will be 120 minutes.
The questions on General Knowledge and Mathematics will also be supplied in the
Regional Languages in addition to English Language'

o." ut..t

page will be kept at the end of Question Paper Booklet

for rough work

by

the candidates.
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3.

The terms & conditions regarding qualifying marks issued earlier vide Letter No. 45-

t4 (iill21t2-SPB-l dated

for Postman/Mail Guard Examination and vide Letter
No. 45-14 (i)/20i.2-SPB-t dated 31..07.2072 for Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) will remain
unchanged and will be applicable to both Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations
(LDCE) and

31,.07.2012

Direct Recruitment Examinations of these cadres.

4.

The examiners, who set the Question Papers, will avoid picking up questions from
previous examination papers of Staff Selection Commission, Banking recruitment and other
examinations as these questions may be of higher standard meant for selection of
candidates of higher cadre.

5.

lt is requested to take necessary action accordingly and it may be brought to the

notice of all concerned.

6.

Hindi version willfollow.
Yours faithfully,
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Director (SPN)
Copv to:

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All Directors, PostalTraining Centres

to Secretary

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to all Members, Postal Services Board
cGM (BD & M)/CGM(PLI)/CGM (MB)
PPS

DDG (P)/DDG (R&P)

Director, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Addl. DG, APS C/o 56 APO
All DDsG/GMs
GM (CEPT)- With a request to upload the communication in India Post Website.
OSD to Secretary (Posts), Dak Bhawan, New Delhi

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