Some Important information about india post for MTS Exam

​1. Which Governor general found Telegraph and Postal systems ?

Answer: Lord Dalhousie

2. When did the first General Post Office opened in India ?

Answer: 1774 (Kolkata)

3. Which is the first postage stamp of India ?

Answer: Sinde Dawk (1852)

4. What is the Fulform of PIN ?

Answer: Postal Index Number

5. When did the Pin system Started in India?

Answer: 1972 (In the same year Royal bangal Tiger replaces lion as National Animal)

6. Which is the first Indian post office outside Indian territory ?

Answer: post office at Dakshin Gangotri in Antarctica (1983)

7. When did the service of speed post started in India ?

Answer: 1986

8. In which year Money Order system introduced in India ?

Answer: 1880

9. In which year Postal Life Insurance started in India ?

Answer: 1884

10. Where is postal staff college situated ?

Answer: Ghaziabad (UP)

11. World Postal Day is observed in _________ ?

Answer: October 9

12. Indian Postal Day is observed in _________ ?

Answer: October 10

13. Where is highest post office in the world situated ?

Answer: Hikkim (Himachal Pradesh)

14. When did Universal Postal Union founded?

Answer: 1874

15. where is the Headquarters of Universal Postal Union (UPU) 

Answer: Berne (Switzerland)

16. First Postal ATM was opened in which city?

Answer: Chennai

17.Where is the Headquarters of Indian postal system?

Answer: New Delhi

18. what is the purpose Project arrow?

Answer: Upgrade post offices in India(started in april 2008)

19. Hobby of collecting stamps is called?

Answer: Philately.

20. Who is present Secretary of india post?

Answer: B. V. Sudhakar