Postal Assistant coaching is also provided in  V V Academy in Vijaywada , 

there is no big difference between postal assistance and sorting assistance 

The work responsibility of a Postal Assistant (PA)/ Sorting Assistant (SA) basically revolves around the Postal Department of the Indian Government. Postal Assistant (PA) is a clerical cadre post that has the same rank as Sorting Assistant.

India Post Postman and Mailguard exam  is a national paper-pen based entrance exam directed by the Office of Chief Postmaster General, Department of Posts for Postman and Mailguard recruitment. Postman/Mail Guard recruitment exam is conducted as and when there is a requirement for direct recruitment of postman mail guard vacancies in any of the 22 postal circles in India.

This is the Departmental Examination for the promotion of candidates from GDS to MTS 

There is a lot of confusion going about the selection process of India Post Online Gramin Dak Recruitment. So to help you out we are providing with complete details of the Gramin Dak Sevak Selection Process.

1. Qualification – You must be 10th class  passed from state boards recognised by State Govt./Central Govt.Those who
passed Xth class examination in the first attempt will be given more preference than those passed compartmentally.

Part-A

Maximum marks — 60 [30 questions of 2 marks each]

Post Me Guide Part I (23 questions-46 Marks)

a)Organization of the Department

b)Type of Post Offices

c)Business Hours

d)Payment of postage, stamps and stationery

e)General rules as to packing, sealing and posting, manner of affixing postage stamps 0 Methods of address

g)Post boxes and Post bags

h)Duties of Letter Box peon

i)Official postal articles

j)Prohibited postal articles

k)Products and Services : Mails, Banking & Remittances, Insurance, Stamps and Business

(Reference: India Post website)

Part-B

 Maximum marks — 40 [20 questions of 2 marks each]

 General Awar eness/Knawledge –20 Marks[10 questions of 2 marks each]

Topics to be covered (1 to 3 questions from each topic):

a)Indian Geography

b)Civics

c)General knowledge

d)Indian culture & freedom struggle

e)Ethics and morale study

Basic Arithmetic-20 Marks [10 questions of 2 marks each]

Topics to be covered (1 to 2 questions from each topic):

a)BODMAS (brackets, orders, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction)

b)percentage

c)profit and loss

d)simple interest

e)Average

f) Time and work

g)Time and distance

h)Unitary method

PAPER-II (60 Minutes)

 Maximum marks — 50(Qualifying Only)

 Translation of words from English to local language (Multiple choice question)- 15 questions of 1 mark each.

Translation of words from local Language to English(Multiple choice question)- 15 questions of 1 mark each.

Letter writing in local language (1 to be attempted out of 3 options) –             10 marks

(Paragraph) short essay in local language of 80 to 100 words (1 to be attempted out of 3 options)- 10 marks

Conduct of Limited Department Competitive Examination for LGOs for promotion to the cadre of PA/SA from Postman/Mail Guard, Despatch Riders and MTS cadres.

The Limited Department Competitive Examination for LGOs for promotion to the cadre of PA/SA from Postman/Mail Guard, Despatch Riders and MTS cadres. Since the current contract with the outsourced agency has expired & the finalization of the new agency may take some time and keeping in view the fact that Circles are facing shortage of manpower due to large number of vacancies, it has been decided to conduct the LGO exam in-house. 22 Circles have been divided into four groups as under:-

Group Circles -Group I North East, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa

Group II U.P, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Punjab and Haryana

Group III Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra

Group IV Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Chhattisgarh A Circle is being nominated through a separate order for setting up and moderation of the Question Paper. Nominated Circle will set four sets of question papers for the four groups of Circles and will send the same to all other Circles. All Circles will conduct the examination for that notify the said examination. The latest syllabus of the Limited Department Competitive Examination for LGOs for promotion to the cadre of PA/SA from Postman/Mail Guard, Despatch Rider and MTS cadres is enclosed.

This Department directly comes under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. India Post is one of the largest employers in India. Every year thousands of new employees join the Indian Post. India Post has started this initiative of recruiting GDS or Gramin Dak Sevaks in every village of India.