GDS To MTS Question Paper 2025 Uttarakhand Circle

Every letter, packet, or parcel must be stamped with the date stamps of at least two post offices, typically the booking post office and the delivery post office.

Modes of payment of postage or other charges are: Cash; payment through digital mode; by postage stamps; and by means of impressions of franking machines.

Unlike ordinary unpaid articles which are charged double the deficiency, unpaid official postal articles are charged only the pre-paid rate upon delivery.

The Post Office cannot take any special precautions to secure the safety of fragile articles.

The Money Order service provided by India Post allows individuals to securely remit domestic money instantly across the country without requiring a bank account.

The 5-year Time Deposit (TD) in the Post Office qualifies for tax deduction benefits under section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Branch Post Offices managed by a Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmaster (GDS BPM) are kept open for a maximum period of 5 hours a day.

Letters, postcards, Inland Letter Cards, and packets may be posted in the letter boxes at Post Offices/Mail Offices, letter boxes installed in public places, Mobile Post Offices, and steamers, provided the prescribed postage and late fee, wherever applicable, are fully prepaid.

Machine-franked articles should not be posted in letter boxes.

This practice is recommended because affixing a large number of low-value stamps takes up unnecessary space on the postal articles, leaving less room for the address and other important postal indications.

Furthermore, using too many stamps increases the workload for the Post Office staff and leads to an unnecessary waste of valuable stamp paper and printing charges.

A post box renter must inform the Postmaster within 7 days if they change their business address or shift their office to another location.

A bulk customer for speed post is officially defined as a customer who generates at least Rs. 10,000/- worth of business in a single calendar month at a booking office.

The Children Policy under Postal Life Insurance (PLI) does not offer a surrender facility.

Statements 2 and 3 are correct. Statement 1 is incorrect because PLI eligibility has been expanded beyond just government employees to include professionals, employees of listed public companies and graduates.

All the statements are correct regarding the loan facility for a Post Office Recurring Deposit Account. The account must be active for at least 12 months, have 12 deposits made, and the loan limit is up to 50% of the credited balance.

A Post Office Savings Account opened as a single account cannot be converted into a joint account or vice-versa. Therefore, statement 'd' is not correct.

The maximum insurance limit for consignments sent via domestic Speed Post is INR 5,00,000/-.

Under the Children Policy of Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI), the maximum sum assured is limited to Rs. 1 lakh or the sum assured of the parent's policy, whichever is less.

Statements 1 and 3 are correct. Statement 2 is incorrect because seventy five percent (75%) of the other ranks (i.e. other than officers) of the Army Postal Service are drawn from the Department of Posts and the remaining personnel are recruited by the Army.

For an active Endowment Assurance (Santosh) PLI policy, if the insurant dies, the nominee or legal heir receives the full sum assured along with the accrued bonus.

Registering a nomination is mandatory at the time of opening a Post Office Savings account to ensure smooth transfer of funds to the nominee in case of the account holder's death.

In the context of the Railway Mail Service (RMS), a 'Beat' refers to the specific portion of a railway or steamer line over which an RMS section operates.

An Insured Bag is specifically intended to provide greater security for insured parcels during transit.

‘D’ Section of the Postal Directorate functions as the Central Bag Office. It does not deal with any bags physically but only handles correspondence relating to the procurement and distribution of bags.

A parcel bag contains ordinary registered parcels, V.P. parcels, and insured parcels. It also contains a Parcel List in which all the registered articles of the parcel mail are entered in detail. Parcel bags are not due bags, and when dispatched, they are treated as unusual mails.

In important cities and towns, some Post Offices are authorized to receive letters from neighboring Post Offices and sort the mail according to the sorting diagram prescribed by the RMS Superintendents. This arrangement helps reduce peak-hour pressure in the local sorting offices. Such offices are known as Nodal Post Offices.

A Foreign Post Office is a specific Office of Exchange that is authorized to intercept international mail and is equipped to assess customs duty on foreign postal articles.

The total geographical area of India is approximately 3.28 million square kilometers.
$\frac{53483}{3287263} \times 100 \approx 1.63\%$
Thus, Uttarakhand covers about 1.63% of India's total area.

Article 19 of the Indian Constitution guarantees fundamental freedoms to citizens, most notably the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression under Article 19(1)(a).

Under Article 131 of the Indian Constitution, the Supreme Court of India holds original jurisdiction to resolve legal disputes that arise between two or more States.

The Indian general elections held in the year 2024 were conducted to elect members of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Uttarakhand is primarily a hilly state. Approximately 86% of its geographical area is mountainous terrain, leaving only about 14% as plains.

The national motto of India, 'Satyameva Jayate' (meaning Truth Alone Triumphs), is derived from the Mundaka Upanishad, an ancient Hindu philosophical text.

Following the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi and other prominent leaders on August 9, 1942, Aruna Asaf Ali stepped forward to lead the Quit India Movement by hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay.

Through active thinking and reasoning, children develop their understanding of right and wrong, thereby internalizing moral values.

Ethics is the branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Therefore, it specifically determines the rightness or wrongness of human actions.

Mercury is a chemical element (symbol Hg) and is uniquely known for being the only metallic element that is liquid under standard conditions for temperature and pressure (room temperature).

Following the BODMAS rule:

1. Solve the parenthesis: (6 + 8 × 3 - 2) = 6 + 24 - 2 = 28.
2. Solve the curly brackets: {3/7 + 8/14} = {3/7 + 4/7} = 7/7 = 1.
3. Solve the square brackets: [1/5 ÷ 7/25 - 1] = [1/5 × 25/7 - 1] = [5/7 - 1] = -2/7.
4. Combine the remaining terms: 1 ÷ (3/7) × 28 + (-2/7) = (7/3) × 28 - 2/7 = 196/3 - 2/7.
5. Take the LCM of 3 and 7 (21): (1372 - 6) / 21 = 1366 / 21 ≈ 65.0476.
   Rounding to two decimal places gives 65.05.

Step 1: Calculate runs scored from boundaries and sixes.

• Runs from 3 boundaries (4s) = $3 \times 4 = 12$ runs.
• Runs from 8 sixes (6s) = $8 \times 6 = 48$ runs.
• Total runs from hits to the fence = $12 + 48 = 60$ runs.

Step 2: Calculate runs scored by running.

• Total runs scored = 120.
• Runs made by running between wickets = $120 - 60 = 60$ runs.

Step 3: Find the percentage.

• Percentage = $(\frac{60}{120}) \times 100\% = 0.5 \times 100\% = 50\%$.

Step 1: Formulate the expression for the selling price.

• Let the marked price be $A$.
• After a $60\%$ discount, the price becomes $A \times (1 - 0.60) = 0.4A$.

Step 2: Apply the GST.

• An $18\%$ GST is applied to the discounted price: $0.4A \times (1 + 0.18) = 0.4A \times 1.18 = 0.472A$.

Step 3: Solve for A.

• The final selling price is given as Rs. 4720.
• $0.472A = 4720$
• $A = \frac{4720}{0.472} = 10000$.
• The marked price 'A' is Rs. 10,000/-.

Step 1: Setup equations using Simple Interest (SI) formula: $SI = \frac{P \times R \times T}{100}$.

• Let the rate of interest be $R\%$.
• Interest from SBI = $\frac{500 \times R \times 2}{100} = 10R$.
• Interest from ICICI = $\frac{300 \times R \times 4}{100} = 12R$.

Step 2: Sum the interests and solve for R.

• Total Interest = $10R + 12R = 22R$.
• We are given that the total interest is Rs. 220.
• $22R = 220$
• $R = \frac{220}{22} = 10$.
• The rate of interest is $10\%$.

Following the BODMAS rule:

1. Solve the small parentheses: (12 - 6) = 6 and (24 - 12) = 12.
2. Solve the curly brackets: {6 + 12} = 18.
3. The expression becomes 1800 ÷ 10 × 18.
4. Moving from left to right, perform the division first: 1800 ÷ 10 = 180.
5. Finally, perform the multiplication: 180 × 18 = 3240.

Step 1: Calculate daily work rates.

• A's 1 day work = $\frac{1}{24}$
• B's 1 day work = $\frac{1}{9}$
• C's 1 day work = $\frac{1}{12}$

Step 2: Calculate work done by B and C in 3 days.

• (B + C)'s 1 day work = $\frac{1}{9} + \frac{1}{12} = \frac{4 + 3}{36} = \frac{7}{36}$.
• Work completed in 3 days by B and C = $3 \times \frac{7}{36} = \frac{21}{36} = \frac{7}{12}$.

Step 3: Calculate time taken by A to complete remaining work.

• Remaining work = $1 - \frac{7}{12} = \frac{5}{12}$.
• Days taken by A = $\frac{\text{Remaining Work}}{\text{A's Rate}} = \frac{\frac{5}{12}}{\frac{1}{24}} = \frac{5}{12} \times 24 = 5 \times 2 = 10$ days.

Step 1: Calculate 1 day work values.

• A = $\frac{1}{20}$
• B = $\frac{1}{30}$
• C = $\frac{1}{60}$

Step 2: Calculate the work completed in a 3-day cycle.

• Day 1: A works alone = $\frac{1}{20}$
• Day 2: A works alone = $\frac{1}{20}$
• Day 3: A, B, and C work together = $\frac{1}{20} + \frac{1}{30} + \frac{1}{60} = \frac{3+2+1}{60} = \frac{6}{60} = \frac{1}{10}$
• Total work done in 3 days = $\frac{1}{20} + \frac{1}{20} + \frac{1}{10} = \frac{2}{20} + \frac{1}{10} = \frac{1}{10} + \frac{1}{10} = \frac{2}{10} = \frac{1}{5}$.

Step 3: Calculate total days to finish.

• Since $\frac{1}{5}$ of the work is completed in exactly 3 days, the full work ($1$) will require $5$ such cycles.
• Total days = $5 \times 3 = 15$ days.

Step 1: Convert the travel time entirely into hours.

• $1$ hr $40$ min $48$ sec = $1 + \frac{40}{60} + \frac{48}{3600}$ hours.
• Simplify the fractions: $1 + \frac{2}{3} + \frac{1}{75} = \frac{75}{75} + \frac{50}{75} + \frac{1}{75} = \frac{126}{75} = \frac{42}{25}$ hours.

Step 2: Determine the traveling speed of the car.

• Distance = $42$ km.
• Traveled Speed = $\frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}} = \frac{42}{\frac{42}{25}} = 25$ km/hr.

Step 3: Find the actual speed.

• We are told this speed is $\frac{5}{7}$ of the actual speed ($S$).
• $\frac{5}{7} \times S = 25$.
• $S = 25 \times \frac{7}{5} = 35$ km/hr.

Step 1: Find the cost of a single orange.

• A dozen is 12 units. A 'quarter dozen' means $\frac{12}{4} = 3$ oranges.
• Cost of 3 oranges = Rs. 60.
• Cost of 1 orange = $\frac{60}{3} =$ Rs. 20.

Step 2: Calculate total cost for the required quantity.

• Three and a half dozen = $3.5 \times 12 = 42$ oranges.
• Total cost = $42 \times 20 =$ Rs. 840.

Step 1: Establish equations for total incomes based on averages.

• Average of P and Q is $5050$, so $P + Q = 5050 \times 2 = 10100$.
• Average of Q and R is $6250$, so $Q + R = 6250 \times 2 = 12500$.
• Average of P and R is $5200$, so $P + R = 5200 \times 2 = 10400$.

Step 2: Add all three equations.

• $(P + Q) + (Q + R) + (P + R) = 10100 + 12500 + 10400$.
• $2(P + Q + R) = 33000$.
• $P + Q + R = 16500$.

Step 3: Find P's specific income.

• Substitute $(Q + R)$ into the total equation: $P + 12500 = 16500$.
• $P = 16500 - 12500 = 4000$.
• The monthly income of P is Rs. 4000/-.