GDS To MTS Question Paper 2025 Odisha Circle

• The working hours of the post offices are generally fixed by the Head of the Circle according to the timings given in clause 5 of the Post Office Guide.

• However, the Director-General may extend the working hours of any post office up to 8:30 P.M. and keep them open on Sundays also. These post offices will be termed 'night post offices' and will transact those transactions which have been authorized by the Director-General in this behalf.

The work related with Reference and enquiries, sale of the postage stamps and stationery and grant of certificate of posting is done during the entire working hour of the office.

Registered newspapers and packets of registered news-papers are accepted on Sundays and PO holidays without payment of any late fee in Press Sorting Offices, R.M.S. offices and at Night Post Offices. Therefore, statement 2 is incorrect.

Coin, bullion, precious stones, jewellery, articles of gold or silver and currency or Bank Notes, can be sent by the Inland Post, only insured.

• The public are advised not to use sealing wax for seals outside unregistered letters and packets, except when such seals are necessary for the protection of the articles to which they are applied.
• When sealing wax is used for seals outside unregistered letters and packets, a piece of tissue or other thin paper should be laid on the wax before the seal is applied, as otherwise both the articles themselves and those with which they come in contract in transit are liable to injury from the sealing wax adhering to other articles.

Both statements are correct for the International Tracked Packet Service. The maximum weight limit is indeed 5 kg, and the compensation is restricted to Rs. 1000/- or the actual value of the contents, whichever is less.

The Postmaster General concerned is authorized to grant a licence for the use of a Franking Machine on hire by Government Offices.

Issued on November 21, 1947, the first postage stamp of independent India depicted the tricolor Indian National Flag along with the patriotic slogan "Jai Hind". It was valued at three and one-half annas.

Forms CN22 and CN23 are standard customs declaration forms used for foreign articles.

6. General Post Office — Postal Manual, Volume V

The first-class Head Office situated at the Headquarters of the Head of a Circle, or, where there is more than one such Head Office, the one attached to the Headquarters, is termed the General Post Office (GPO).

Note — Classes of Head Offices:

• First-Class Head Offices are under the control and supervision of a Senior Time Scale Officer, who is designated as the Chief Postmaster.

• Second-Class Head Offices are under the control and supervision of a Group ‘B’ Officer, who reports to the Senior Superintendent of Post Offices.

A Returned Letter Office is established at the Headquarters of a Postal Circle and deals with unclaimed and refused articles and articles without addresses or with undecipherable or incomplete addresses.

The services of money orders by any particular post office, or group of post offices, in special circumstances, may be suspended by the Circle Head, by order in writing.

Postage stamps must always be affixed to the right-hand top corner of the address side of the envelope.

• It is currently available between India and specific nations like La Poste Group (France) and UAE, rather than exclusively to all Asia Pacific Postal Union (APPU) members.
• There is a strict limit of 30 transactions per person per calendar year.
• Remittances up to INR 50,000 can be received in cash.

53. Due Mails and Unusual Mails — Postal Manual, Volume V

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

Unusual Mail comprises parcel bags, packet bags, special bags, camp bags, telegraph bags, and any other bags not included in the term “Due Mail.”

• A-orders are orders issued by a Superintendent, RMS prescribing changes in sorting lists.
• B-orders are orders issued by a Superintendent, RMS for the guidance of the subordinates in the performance of their duties in Mail Offices on all subjects except alternations in sorting lists.
• The letter 'T' will be prefixed to the letter 'B' in the case of 'B' orders issued in connection with the disposal of camp articles and camp bags for high officials on tour.

A camp bag is used to enclose the office files and other official papers, and is closed by the Secretariat or Headquarters offices of the high officers mentioned in Clause 198 of Post Office Guide, Part-I, for the High Officer-in Camp, and vice versa. Camp bags are not due bags, but when dispatched, they are treated as unusual mails.

Blind Literature Packets are exempted from postage, registration fee, and fee for acknowledgement. Therefore, it is not chargeable as a regular Book Packet.

A transcription center is a cell established in a Sorting Office, situated normally at the Headquarters of the Circle or at any other convenient Sorting Office in the Circle. Transcription center transcribes into English the addresses written in regional languages on postal articles posted in Post or Mail Offices.

5. Head Office — Postal Manual, Volume V

A Head Office is the main office of a group of Post Offices consisting of itself and a number of smaller offices called Sub-Offices and Branch Offices, which are placed under its Accounts jurisdiction.

It is the main office of account for itself and for all the Sub-Offices and Branch Offices within the group, and the monetary transactions of these offices are incorporated in its accounts.

The officer in charge of a Head Office is designated as the Head Postmaster.

5-A. V-SAT Stations — Important Head Post Offices are identified as Very Small Aperture Terminal (V-SAT) Stations. From these Post Offices, Money Orders are transmitted using V-SAT technology.

5-B. Extended Satellite Money Order (ESMO) — These stations function as extension counters for the booking and transmission of Money Orders through V-SAT Stations.

5-C. Hybrid Mail Service — This involves the electronic transmission of written material from one place to another using computer terminals connected through V-SAT, which can be delivered to one or more addressees at the receiving station.

The maximum day-end balance limit allowed in an India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) Savings Account is Rs. 2 Lakhs.

154. Void Money Order — Post Office Regulations, 2024

When, for any reason, a Money Order remains unpaid either to the payee or the remitter at the end of the second month following the month of its issue, it shall be treated as void by the Office of Issue.

• PPF account can be opened with Minimum INR. 500/- and Maximum INR. 1,50,000/- can be deposited in a financial year. Deposits can be made in lumpsum or in installments.
• Kisan Vikas Patra account can be opened with minimum of Rs. 1000/- and in multiples of Rs. 100/- with no Maximum Limit.

• The Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) does not cover death due to any reason. It is specifically an accidental insurance scheme that offers 2 lakh coverage exclusively for accidental death or total permanent disability.
• The Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) does not focus on accidental insurance. Instead, it is a pure term life insurance scheme that provides a 2 lakh cover for death resulting from any cause.

The maximum weight limit allowed for an 'M bag' (special bag containing printed papers addressed to the same addressee at the same address) in International Mail is 30 kg.

A Post Office savings account is treated as a 'Silent Account' if no deposit or withdrawal takes place in the account during three consecutive financial years.

The Tropic of Cancer passes through exactly 8 Indian states. These states are Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, and Mizoram.

Gujarat has the longest coastline in India, extending for about 1,600 kilometers. It is strategically located on the Kathiawar peninsula along the Arabian Sea.

Bharatanatyam is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu. Kathak is from North India, Odissi from Odisha, and Kuchipudi from Andhra Pradesh.

The Non-Cooperation Movement was formally launched by Mahatma Gandhi on August 1, 1920.

Odisha is home to 2 national parks: Bhitarkanika National Park and Similipal National Park. (Extra Info: Similipal is also known for its tiger reserve, while Bhitarkanika is famous for its saltwater crocodiles).

Jatindranath Mukherjee, also widely known as Bagha Jatin, was the principal leader of the Yugantar party and led the Ghadar movement activities in Bengal and Orissa against the British.

According to the Indian Constitution, the minimum age required to contest Panchayat elections is 21 years, whereas the voting age is 18 years.

The Chambal River is the best place to see critically endangered Gharials in their natural habitat. The National Chambal Sanctuary was set up specifically for their conservation.

Nalanda University, one of the most ancient and prestigious centers of learning, was founded by the Gupta emperor Kumaragupta I in the 5th century CE.

Utilitarianism is a consequentialist ethical theory that focuses on the outcomes or consequences of actions, striving for the greatest good for the greatest number.

• Let the actual time travelled be $t$ hours.
• The actual distance at $10\text{ km/hr}$ is $10t$.
• If he walked at $14\text{ km/hr}$, the distance would be $14t$.
• Given that the difference in distance is $20\text{ km}$: $14t - 10t = 20$
• $4t = 20 \implies t = 5\text{ hours}$.
• Therefore, the actual distance travelled = $10 \times 5 = 50\text{ km}$.

• Apply BODMAS: $24 \div 4 \times (3+2) - 6^2 \div 3$
• Brackets first: $3 + 2 = 5$
• Orders (Exponents): $6^2 = 36$
• The expression becomes: $24 \div 4 \times 5 - 36 \div 3$
• Division: $24 \div 4 = 6$ and $36 \div 3 = 12$
• The expression becomes: $6 \times 5 - 12$
• Multiplication: $6 \times 5 = 30$
• Subtraction: $30 - 12 = 18$
• The answer is 18.

• Cost of 5 notebooks = Rs 250
• Cost of 1 notebook = $250 \div 5 = 50$
• Cost of 3 notebooks = $50 \times 3 = 150$
• The price of 3 notebooks is Rs 150/-.

• $(A + B)$'s 1 day work = $\frac{1}{8}$
• $(B + C)$'s 1 day work = $\frac{1}{12}$
• $(A + B + C)$'s 1 day work = $\frac{1}{6}$
• To find $(A + C)$'s 1 day work, we first find A and C's individual work.
• $C$'s 1 day work = $(A + B + C) - (A + B) = \frac{1}{6} - \frac{1}{8} = \frac{4 - 3}{24} = \frac{1}{24}$
• $A$'s 1 day work = $(A + B + C) - (B + C) = \frac{1}{6} - \frac{1}{12} = \frac{2 - 1}{12} = \frac{1}{12}$
• $(A + C)$'s 1 day work = $\frac{1}{12} + \frac{1}{24} = \frac{2+1}{24} = \frac{3}{24} = \frac{1}{8}$
• Therefore, A and C together will do it in 8 days.

• Total age of 30 girls = $30 \times 13 = 390$ years.
• Total age of first 18 girls = $18 \times 15 = 270$ years.
• Total age of remaining 12 girls = $390 - 270 = 120$ years.
• Average age of remaining 12 girls = $\frac{120}{12} = 10$ years.
• The average age is 10 years.

• Let Ram's income be 100.
• Ravi's income is 20% more, so Ravi's income = 120.
• Difference in income = 20.
• Ram's income is less than Ravi's by: $\frac{\text{Difference}}{\text{Ravi's Income}} \times 100$
• Percentage less = $\frac{20}{120} \times 100 = \frac{100}{6} \approx 16.66\%$
• It is 16.66% less.

• Let the Cost Price (CP) be Rs 100.
• Marked Price (MP) = CP + 30% of CP = Rs 130.
• Discount = 15% on MP = $15\% \times 130 = 19.5$.
• Selling Price (SP) = MP - Discount = $130 - 19.5 = 110.5$.
• Profit = SP - CP = $110.5 - 100 = 10.5$.
• Profit Percentage = 10.5%.

• Let the principal be $P$.
• Amount = $4P$, so Simple Interest (SI) = $4P - P = 3P$.
• Rate (R) = $10\%$ per annum.
• Using formula: $T = \frac{SI \times 100}{P \times R}$
• $T = \frac{3P \times 100}{P \times 10} = 30$ years.
• The required time is 30 years.

• Apply BODMAS: $17 - 24 \div 6 \times 4 + 8$
• Division first: $24 \div 6 = 4$
• Expression becomes: $17 - 4 \times 4 + 8$
• Multiplication: $4 \times 4 = 16$
• Expression becomes: $17 - 16 + 8$
• Addition/Subtraction (left to right): $17 - 16 = 1$
• $1 + 8 = 9$
• The answer is 9.

• Using the formula $M_1 \times D_1 = M_2 \times D_2$
• Here, $M_1 = 12$, $D_1 = 24$, $M_2 = 8$, and we need to find $D_2$.
• $12 \times 24 = 8 \times D_2$
• $288 = 8 \times D_2$
• $D_2 = \frac{288}{8} = 36$
• It will take 36 days.