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If detected subsequently, the article should be returned through the Returned Letter Office (RLO) after first removing the pins.

Trial Cards are Service Post Cards [M-26(a)] used to determine the relative advantage of alternative mail routes or to identify the cause of delay in the transmission of postal articles.

The reverse of a Trial Card contains the following printed columns:

1. Source of receipt
2. Remarks / Misconnection, etc.
3. Manner of disposal
4. Date stamp of the Office or Section
5. Signature of the Head Sorting Assistant / Postmaster / Supervisor

These columns must be carefully completed by the Head Sorting Assistant, Postmaster, or Supervisor of every Office or Section handling the card. On reaching its destination, the Postmaster should also record the date and time of receipt of the mail carrying the card and the date and time of delivery before returning the card in a Service Cover to the issuing officer.

A Trial Card should be forwarded through the route, if any, marked on it and must not be included in any Station Bundle.

Previously, the discount for walk-in customers was 5% for bookings valued between ₹2,000 and ₹1,00,000, and 10% for bookings above ₹1,00,000.

Current Discount Structure:

• Students: 10% discount on each Speed Post article.
• New Contractual Customers (Bulk Booking): Additional 5% discount on the first six monthly bills.

All Savings Bank account holders aged 18 to 50 years in participating banks are eligible to enroll under the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY).

A Camp Bag is used for transmitting Office files or other official papers to or from the camp of senior officers.

The files and papers must be enclosed in a bag provided by the sender. A Camp Bag may be booked at Parcel, Air Parcel, or Letter Mail rates.

All postage and incidental charges for Camp Bags booked as Parcel or Air Parcel must be prepaid using Service Postage Stamps.

A Camp Bag must bear two labels:

• An Address Label showing the full name and address of the addressee.
• A Tag Label.

The Book Now Pay Later (BNPL) bill is prepared monthly on a calendar-month basis by the Office of Posting.

The bill is raised by the 7th day of the following month.

The customer must pay the full bill amount on or before the last day of the month in which the bill is raised.

If payment is not made by the due date, a penalty at the rate of 12% per annum is charged on the outstanding bill amount, calculated from the bill date.

If the renter of a Post Box changes their business address or shifts their office to another location, they must inform the Postmaster of the change within seven days.

Failure to do so, or furnishing incorrect information, may result in the withdrawal of the Post Box without notice and without assigning any reason.

For Government employees, including Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDSs), enrollment under Atal Pension Yojana (APY) is subject to the following conditions:

• Age Criterion: The entry age must be between 18 and 40 years.
• No Government Co-contribution: Government employees, including GDSs, are not eligible for the Central Government's co-contribution.
• Additional Membership: APY can be subscribed to independently or in addition to existing SDBS (Social Security/Severance Benefit Scheme) or NPS (National Pension System) memberships.

Due Mail comprises all bags, articles, and documents that must be dispatched daily or at regular intervals.

Unusual Mail comprises Parcel Bags, Packet Bags, Special Bags, Camp Bags, Telegraph Bags, and any other bags not included in Due Mail.

Revenue Stamps are sold by Post Offices but are not issued by them. They are issued by the Central Government and cannot be used for payment of postage.

A-Orders are orders issued by the Superintendent, RMS prescribing changes in Sorting Lists.

B-Orders are orders issued by the Superintendent, RMS for the guidance of subordinates in the performance of their duties in Mail Offices on all matters other than changes in Sorting Lists.

The letter "T" is prefixed to B-Orders issued in connection with the disposal of Camp Articles and Camp Bags for high officials on tour.

Franking Impressions recorded on postal articles must not be altered or interfered with in any way.

Franking Impressions should be bright red in colour, clear, distinct, and must not overlap.

As far as possible, the Franking Impression should be placed at the top-right corner of the address side of the article itself or on an address wrapper or address label securely affixed to it.

Franking is permitted up to any amount.

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is the statutory regulatory body established by the Government of India. It is the nodal agency responsible for the overall administration, implementation, and monitoring of the National Pension System (NPS) across the country.

For International Speed Post articles with a declared value below SDR 300, the CN22 Customs Declaration Label is used.

For articles with a declared value of SDR 300 or above, the CN23 Customs Declaration Form is required.

If no deposit or withdrawal takes place in a Savings Account for three consecutive financial years, the account is treated as a Silent Account.

A Silent Account can be revived free of charge by submitting an application at the Post Office along with the passbook and updated KYC documents.

An unregistered domestic parcel is not allowed to exceed 4 kg in weight.

Premature closure of a Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) account is not permitted before the expiry of one year from the date of opening.

If the account is closed after one year but on or before three years from the date of opening, 2% of the principal deposit is deducted, and the balance is paid to the depositor.

If the account is closed after three years from the date of opening, 1% of the principal deposit is deducted, and the balance is paid to the depositor.

An Office of Exchange is a Post Office, Sorting Office, or Section that exchanges mails with Post Offices in foreign countries.

A Sub-Foreign Post Office is not an Office of Exchange. It neither closes bags for foreign countries nor receives bags directly from foreign countries, but it carries out customs examination, assessment, and accounting of customs duty.

A Foreign Post Office is an Office of Exchange that also performs the assessment of customs duty on foreign mail.

Postal Circles in India are headed by and under the administrative control of a Chief Postmaster General (CPMG).

A Computerized Registration Centre (CRC) is the Registration Branch of a Mail Office where registration work is processed using computers. A CRC may be located within the Mail Office or at a separate location.

The Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS) requires a minimum deposit of ₹1,000, in multiples of ₹1,000 thereafter.

The maximum aggregate deposit permitted in all SCSS accounts held by an individual is ₹30 lakh.

Record Offices, Sub Record Offices, and Head Record Offices are all stationary offices within the Railway Mail Service (RMS).

Gram Priya is a short-term Money Back Insurance Scheme meant exclusively for the rural population.

The policy provides life insurance coverage for 10 years.

Survival Benefits:

• 20% of the Sum Assured after 4 years.
• 20% of the Sum Assured after 7 years.
• 60% of the Sum Assured along with the accrued bonus at maturity after 10 years.

Eligibility:

• Entry Age: 20 to 45 years.
• Minimum Sum Assured: ₹10,000.
• Maximum Sum Assured: ₹10 lakh.

The SPARSH (Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby) scheme is awarded to school students from Standard VI to IX.

Banu Mushtaq created history by winning the International Booker Prize in 2025 for her short story collection 'Heart Lamp: Selected Stories', translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi. It became the first Kannada work and the first short story collection to earn this honor.

The femur, located in the thigh, is the longest and strongest bone in the human body.

National Highway 44 (NH 44) is the longest National Highway in India, stretching from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir down to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu.

Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was among the first three recipients of the Bharat Ratna when the award was instituted in 1954, alongside C. Rajagopalachari and C.V. Raman.

India shares its longest international land border with Bangladesh, spanning approximately 4,096 kilometers.

World Post Day is observed on October 9 every year to mark the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union's establishment in Bern in 1874.

Partition of Bengal (1905) - Overview & Key GK Details

• Order and Implementation: Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India (1899–1905), announced the Partition of Bengal on July 20, 1905, and it officially came into force on October 16, 1905.
• Divided Territory: Bengal was split into two provinces:
  1. Eastern Bengal and Assam: Capital at Dacca (Dhaka), predominantly Muslim.
  2. Western Bengal: Capital at Calcutta (Kolkata), comprising West Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha, predominantly Hindu.
• Official Rationale vs. True Intent:
  • British Claim: Administrative convenience, arguing Bengal was too large to govern effectively.
  • Real Motive: A political strategy of Divide and Rule to weaken the growing nationalist movement centred in Bengal.
• Swadeshi Movement:
  • The partition sparked massive national protests, giving rise to the Swadeshi and Boycott Movement in 1905.
  • Leaders like Rabindranath Tagore encouraged unity by observing October 16 as a day of mourning and celebrating Raksha Bandhan.
  • Vande Mataram, composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, became the anthem of the anti-partition movement.
• Annulment of Partition:
  • The partition was revoked in 1911 by Lord Hardinge II during the historic Delhi Durbar visited by King George V.
  • Simultaneously, the capital of British India was officially shifted from Calcutta to New Delhi in 1911.

Bahadur Shah II was a notable Urdu poet who composed ghazals under his poetic pen name 'Zafar' (meaning victory).

Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Civil Disobedience Movement on March 12, 1930, by commencing the historic Dandi Salt March from Sabarmati Ashram.

• Step 1: Calculate the total distance covered by the bus.
  • $\text{Distance} = \text{Speed} \times \text{Time}$
  • $\text{Distance} = 60 \text{ km/hr} \times 6 \text{ hours} = 360 \text{ km}$
• Step 2: Calculate the new time taken using the new speed.
  • $\text{Time} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}}$
  • $\text{Time} = \frac{360}{80} = 4.5 \text{ hours}$
• Step 3: Convert the decimal to a fraction.
  • $4.5 \text{ hours} = 4\frac{1}{2} \text{ hours}$

• Step 1: Let the Cost Price (CP) of the article be $x$.
• Step 2: The profit percentage is given as $7\%$.
  • $\text{Selling Price (SP)} = \text{CP} + \text{Profit}$
  • $\text{SP} = x + (0.07 \times x) = 1.07x$
• Step 3: Equate with the given SP.
  • $1.07x = 1605$
  • $x = \frac{1605}{1.07}$
• Step 4: Solve for $x$.
  • $x = 1500$
• The Cost Price of the article is Rs 1500/-.

• Divisibility by 2: 888 is an even number (ends in 8), so it is divisible by 2.
• Divisibility by 3: The sum of the digits is $8 + 8 + 8 = 24$. Since 24 is divisible by 3, 888 is divisible by 3.
• Divisibility by 4: The last two digits form 88, which is divisible by 4. Thus, 888 is divisible by 4.
• Divisibility by 6: Since 888 is divisible by both 2 and 3, it is divisible by 6.
• Therefore, 888 is divisible by all 2, 3, 4, & 6.

• A multiple of a number is formed by multiplying that number by an integer.
• The number 8 can be prime factored into $2 \times 2 \times 2$, which means its basic factors include 2 and 4.
• Because 8 is divisible by both 2 and 4, any multiple of 8 ($8n$) will automatically contain factors of 2 and 4.
• Thus, all multiples of 8 are guaranteed to be multiples of 2 and 4.

• Step 1: Note the total value of shares sold.
  • $\text{Total Value} = \text{Rs. } 9540$
• Step 2: Note the cost per individual share.
  • $\text{Cost per share} = \text{Rs. } 45$
• Step 3: Divide the total value by the cost per share to find the quantity.
  • $\text{Number of shares} = \frac{\text{Total Value}}{\text{Cost per share}}$
  • $\text{Number of shares} = \frac{9540}{45} = 212$
• The finance company sold 212 shares.

• Step 1: Find the percentage of girls.
  • $\text{Percentage of Girls} = 100\% - 58\% = 42\%$
• Step 2: Find the difference in percentage between boys and girls.
  • $\text{Difference} = 58\% - 42\% = 16\%$
• Step 3: Calculate the numerical difference based on the total student population (600).
  • $\text{Numerical Difference} = 16\% \text{ of } 600$
  • $\text{Difference} = \frac{16}{100} \times 600 = 16 \times 6 = 96$
• The difference between the number of boys and girls is 96.

• Step 1: Identify Cost Price (CP) and Selling Price (SP).
  • $\text{CP} = 30,000$
  • $\text{SP} = 28,500$
• Step 2: Calculate the net loss.
  • $\text{Loss} = \text{CP} - \text{SP} = 30,000 - 28,500 = 1,500$
• Step 3: Calculate the loss percentage.
  • $\text{Loss Percentage} = (\frac{\text{Loss}}{\text{CP}}) \times 100$
  • $\text{Loss Percentage} = (\frac{1500}{30000}) \times 100$
  • $\text{Loss Percentage} = \frac{150000}{30000} = 5\%$

• Step 1: Determine the monthly interest rate.
  • The rate is $10 \text{ paise}$ ($0.10 \text{ Rs}$) per $10 \text{ Rs}$.
  • $\text{Rate per month} = (\frac{0.10}{10}) \times 100 = 1\% \text{ per month}$.
• Step 2: Define Principal (P) and Time (T).
  • $P = 5400$
  • $T = 1 \text{ year} = 12 \text{ months}$
• Step 3: Calculate Simple Interest (SI).
  • $\text{SI} = \frac{P \times R \times T}{100}$
  • $\text{SI} = \frac{5400 \times 1 \times 12}{100} = 54 \times 12 = 648$
• The interest for one year is Rs 648/-.

• Method 1: Sum and Divide
  • $\text{Sum} = 27 + 36 + 45 + 54 + 63 = 225$
  • $\text{Number of elements} = 5$
  • $\text{Average} = \frac{225}{5} = 45$
• Method 2: Arithmetic Progression
  • Notice that the differences between consecutive terms are equal ($36-27=9, 45-36=9$, etc.). This is an arithmetic progression.
  • For an odd number of terms in arithmetic progression, the average is simply the middle term.
  • The middle term is $45$.

• Step 1: Calculate the total marks for the five subjects (excluding Mathematics).
  • $\text{Total marks (5 subjects)} = \text{Average} \times \text{Number of subjects} = 62 \times 5 = 310$
• Step 2: Calculate the total marks for all six subjects (including Mathematics).
  • $\text{Total marks (6 subjects)} = \text{Average} \times \text{Number of subjects} = 65 \times 6 = 390$
• Step 3: Subtract to find the specific marks for Mathematics.
  • $\text{Mathematics marks} = \text{Total (6 subjects)} - \text{Total (5 subjects)}$
  • $\text{Mathematics marks} = 390 - 310 = 80$
• She scored 80 marks in Mathematics.