GDS To MTS Question Paper 2025 Karnataka Circle

The Head Quarters of the Maharashtra Postal Circle is located at Mumbai.

The Senior Superintendent of Post Offices (SSPOs) is the Head of a Class-I Postal Division.

The Director General of Posts has the authority to extend the working hours of any Post Office up to 8:30 P.M. and can also order them to be kept open on Sundays and postal holidays.

• The motto of India Post is "Dak Seva, Jan Seva" (which translates to "Postal Service, Public Service").
• Historically, the Indian Postal Department also adopted the English motto "Service Before Self".

Every letter, packet or parcel has to be stamped with the date stamp of at least two Post offices during transit (the office of posting and the office of delivery).

Postage stamps should always be affixed to the right hand top corner of the address side.

Machine franked articles can be posted at not more than two specified offices, as authorized by the SPO in the license.

The impression of a franking machine must essentially contain the Value die and the license die to be valid.

The manufacture and use of fictitious postage stamps is prohibited and punishable under Section 263-A of the Indian Penal Code.

Valuable items such as coin, bullion, precious stones, jewellery, articles of gold or silver, and currency or Bank Notes can only be sent by the Inland Post if they are insured.

The posting of "RAKHI (RAKSHA BANDHAN)" by ordinary post is perfectly legal and does not fall under prohibited postal articles.

To join the Atal Pension Yojana (APY), an applicant must be an Indian citizen between the ages of 18 and 40 years.

The Post Office shall offer 'India Post Parcel Contractual' to contractual customers. While features like track and trace, doorstep delivery, and pick-up are provided, compulsory insurance is not a mandatory condition for all consignments.

The official website of the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) is ippbonline.bank.in.

Under the SSA rules, only one account can be opened in the name of a single girl child. Opening two accounts for the same girl child is not permitted.

The sender's name and address should be written on the lower left-hand corner (or on the back) of the article, not the right-hand corner.

For a Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) account, nomination is mandatory at the time of opening. Other options are incorrect (e.g., there is no max deposit limit, min withdrawal is Rs. 50, and only one single account can be opened per individual).

CELC stands for Child Enrolment Lite Client, which is an Aadhaar service provided through IPPB.

Direct Post, the un-addressed mail service of India Post, was officially introduced in the year 2005.

DDSY stands for Deen Dayal Sparsh Yojana, a scholarship scheme launched to promote philately among children.

For EA (Santosh), the policy can be surrendered after 3 years, not 2 years. The other features (age 19-55, sum assured limits, and loan after 3 years) are true features of Santosh.

A transit bag is used to enclose several bags sent to the same office or section thereby affording protection to them, and securing the disposal in transit of only one bag in place of several. A transit bag must contain a mail list. Transit bags are due bags.

The due mail list shows the details of bags to be received and dispatched by a Mail Office or Transit Section on a regular basis.

40. Changing Station — A Railway Station where the beats of two transit sections join and where the mails brought by one section are handed over to the other is called a Changing Station.

41. Connecting Section — A Connecting Section is an RMS section working in a train in immediate connection with another train in which another RMS section works.

If the interval between the arrival of one section and the departure of another is sufficient to connect bags being made up by a Mail Office at the junction station, the sections are not termed “Connecting Sections.”

24. Labelled Bundle — A labelled bundle is a collection of faced unregistered articles of the letter mail, securely tied with a check-slip at the top. It is treated in sorting as a single article and is opened by the Office or Section to which it is addressed.

Labelled bundles are of two classes:

• Station Bundles
• Sorting Bundles

46. A Orders — A Orders are orders issued by a Superintendent, RMS prescribing changes in sorting lists.

47. B Orders — B Orders are orders issued by a Superintendent, RMS for the guidance of subordinates in the performance of their duties in Mail Offices on all subjects except alterations in sorting lists.

Note: The letter “T” is prefixed to “B” in the case of B Orders issued in connection with the disposal of camp articles and camp bags for high officials on tour.

The maximum prescribed weight limit for an air mail bag or an air transit bag is 30 kg.

57-A. Trial Cards — Trial Cards are Service Post Cards [M-26(a)] used for determining the relative advantage of alternative mail routes or the cause of detention of articles.

A Trial Card contains the following printed columns on the back:

• Source of receipt
• Remarks, misconnection, etc.
• Manner of disposal
• Date stamp of the Office or Section
• Signature of Head Sorting Assistant / Postmaster / Supervisor

All these columns should be carefully filled in by the Head Sorting Assistant, Postmaster, or Supervisor of each Office or Section handling the card. On reaching the destination, the Postmaster should also note the date and hour of the mail conveying the card and the date and hour of delivery of the card, before returning it in a Service Cover to the officer by whom it was issued.

The card should be forwarded by the route marked therein, if any, and should not be included in any Station Bundle.

The Ganga is the longest river originating in India, with a total length of about 2,525 kilometers. It originates from the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas.

The Sundarbans delta, the world's largest mangrove forest, is most famous for being the primary habitat of the majestic Bengal Tigers.

The Lok Sabha is known as the House of the People. It is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with its members directly elected by the citizens.

Part III of the Constitution of India (Articles 12 to 35) deals exclusively with the Fundamental Rights granted to all citizens.

Bhupen Hazarika was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 2019, not in 2024. The 2024 awardees included L.K. Advani, Karpoori Thakur, M.S. Swaminathan, P.V. Narasimha Rao, and Chaudhary Charan Singh.

The first postage stamp of Independent India, depicting the Indian national flag and bearing the slogan "Jai Hind", was released on 21st November 1947.

Marathi belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family. Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, and Tamil form the core of the Dravidian language family.

Ghoomar is a traditional folk dance from Rajasthan, famously performed by women wearing flowing dresses called 'ghagharas'.

According to professional integrity, any unattached cash or valuables found within postal premises or letter boxes must be handed over to the Postmaster to be formally credited to the Department.

Postal employees must maintain high ethical standards and are explicitly prohibited from accepting tips or gratuities. The correct action is to politely refuse the tip and explain that it is your duty to deliver the payment.

Let the net premium excluding GST be $P$.

• Total premium (including GST) = $P + (P \times 0.045) = 1.045P$
• Given, $1.045P = 873$
• $P = \frac{873}{1.045}$
• $P = 835.40 \approx 835$
  The net premium excluding GST is Rs. 835.

Using the BODMAS rule:

• Expression: $2 \times (10 + 15 \div 5 \times 4 - 2 \times 2)$
• Perform division first: $15 \div 5 = 3$
• Expression becomes: $2 \times (10 + 3 \times 4 - 2 \times 2)$
• Perform multiplications: $3 \times 4 = 12$ and $2 \times 2 = 4$
• Expression becomes: $2 \times (10 + 12 - 4)$
• Perform addition/subtraction inside bracket: $22 - 4 = 18$
• Final multiplication: $2 \times 18 = 36$
  The answer is 36.

• Relative speed of the bus and train moving towards each other = $40 + 50 = 90 \text{ km/hr}$.
• Total distance = $300 \text{ km}$.
• Time taken = $\frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Relative Speed}} = \frac{300}{90} \text{ hours}$.
• $\frac{300}{90} = \frac{10}{3} \text{ hours} = 3 \frac{1}{3} \text{ hours}$.
• $\frac{1}{3} \text{ of an hour} = 20 \text{ minutes}$.
  Therefore, they will cross each other in 3 hours 20 mins.

• Let the original wage be Rs. 100.
• Wage after 50% reduction = $100 - 50 = 50$.
• Wage after 50% increase on the reduced amount = $50 + (50 \times \frac{50}{100}) = 50 + 25 = 75$.
• Net Loss = $100 - 75 = 25$.
• Loss Percentage = $\frac{25}{100} \times 100 = 25\%$.
  The fixed loss is 25%.

• Let the principal amount be $P$.
• Rate ($R$) = $10\%$ per annum, Time ($T$) = $5$ years.
• Simple Interest ($SI$) = $\frac{P \times R \times T}{100} = \frac{P \times 10 \times 5}{100} = 0.5P$.
• Amount ($A$) = $P + SI = P + 0.5P = 1.5P$.
• Given $A = 5250$, so $1.5P = 5250$.
• $P = \frac{5250}{1.5} = 3500$.
  The principal amount was Rs. 3500.

Using BODMAS:

• Solve inside the curly braces first: $\{25 \times 32 \div 4 \times 5\}$
• Division: $32 \div 4 = 8$
• Multiplication inside brace: $25 \times 8 \times 5$
• $25 \times 8 = 200$
• $200 \times 5 = 1000$
• Now, divide the result by 5: $1000 \div 5 = 200$.
  The final answer is 200.

• A's 1 day work = $\frac{1}{15}$
• B's 1 day work = $\frac{1}{10}$
• (A + B)'s 1 day work = $\frac{1}{15} + \frac{1}{10}$
• LCM of 15 and 10 is 30.
• $\frac{2}{30} + \frac{3}{30} = \frac{5}{30} = \frac{1}{6}$
• Therefore, working together, they will finish the entire work in 6 days.

• Selling Price (SP) of 90 books = Rs. 160. Loss = 20%.
• Let Cost Price (CP) of 90 books be $x$.
• $x \times (1 - 0.20) = 160 \implies x \times 0.8 = 160 \implies x = 200$.
• CP of 90 books = Rs. 200.
• To get a profit of 20%, the new SP for 90 books should be: $200 \times 1.20 = 240$.
• So, Rs. 240 is the SP for 90 books.
• Number of books to be sold for Rs. 96 = $\frac{90}{240} \times 96 = \frac{3}{8} \times 96 = 3 \times 12 = 36$.
  The correct answer is 36 books.

• Let the cost of one bat be $x$ and one ball be $y$.
• Equation 1: $2x + 3y = 860$
• Equation 2: $4x + y = 1120$
• Multiply Equation 1 by 2: $4x + 6y = 1720$
• Subtract Equation 2 from this new equation:
  $(4x + 6y) - (4x + y) = 1720 - 1120$
  $5y = 600 \implies y = 120$
• Substitute $y = 120$ in Equation 2:
  $4x + 120 = 1120 \implies 4x = 1000 \implies x = 250$
  Cost of a bat = Rs. 250 and Cost of a ball = Rs. 120.

• Distance = $\text{Speed} \times \text{Time} = 48 \text{ km/hr} \times 10 \text{ hours} = 480 \text{ km}$.
• To complete the same $480 \text{ km}$ journey in 8 hours, the required speed = $\frac{480}{8} = 60 \text{ km/hr}$.
• Increase in speed required = $\text{New Speed} - \text{Old Speed} = 60 - 48 = 12 \text{ km/hr}$.
  The speed must be increased by 12 KM/hr.