Syllabus for Savings Bank Aptitude Test

Syllabus for Savings Bank Aptitude Test

Paper - I

Marks-100

Time-2 Hours

Total No. of Questions-50

Qualifying Marks:- 50%

Note:- The examination will be held with the aid of books approved by the department. All the questions will be objective type with four options. The candidate has to choose the correct option as per his knowledge and quote the rule from the books approved for the examination to support his/her decision.

Syllabus:-

Acts

(1) Government Savings Bank Act 1873 (amended from time to time)

(2) Government Savings Certificates Act 1959 (amended from time to time)

(3) Public Provident Fund Act 1968 (amended from time to time)

Statutory Rules

(1) Post Office Savings Bank General Rules 1981 (amended from time to time).

(2) Post Office Savings Account Rules 1981 (amended from time to time).

(3) Post Office Recurring Deposit Rules 1981 (amended from time to time).

(4) Post Office Time Deposit Rules 1981 (amended from time to time).

(5) Post Office Monthly Income Account Rules 1987(amended from time to time).

(6) Public Provident Fund Scheme Rules 1968 (amended from time to time)

(7) National Savings Certificate (VIII Issue) Rules, 1989 (amended from time to time).

(8) Kisan Vikas Patras Rules, 1986 (amended from time to time).

Procedure

(1) All procedural rules of POSB Manual Vol-I and II.
(2) All SB Orders issued from 1.1.2007 onwards.

Approved Books

(1). POSB Manual Vol-I or Compilation of POSB Manual Vol-I

(2) POSB Manual Vol-II or Compilation of POSB Manual Vol-II

(3) POSB Manual Vol-III or Compilation of POSB Manual Vol-III or Handbook on Government Small Savings Schemes

Eligibility Criteria:- All Postal Assistants who have completed one year’s service on 30^th June or 31st December of the year in which test is conducted shall be eligible to appear. Test will be conducted twice in a calendar year i.e in the month of February and August. Candidates who have completed one year’s service as on 31st December shall be eligible for appearing in the test to be held in February and those who have completed one year’s service as on 30th June shall be eligible for appearing in the test to be held in August. There will be no restriction on number of times a candidate can appear.

Setting up of paper and venue:- Test will be conducted by the circle. Date, time and venue will be decided at circle level and circulated at least 30 days before the scheduled date. Setting up of paper will be done at the level of Postal Training Centre. Chief Postmaster General of the circle shall decide the name of Postal Training Centre from which the Paper will be got set. A blank line is required to be provided after 4 options in each question to mention the Rule in support of the answer. Evaluation of the papers shall also be got done from the same PTC. Result will be declared by the circle. Successful candidates shall be posted in the branches pertaining to POSB/SC in post offices/divisional offices/regional offices and circle office. If surplus candidates qualified, a list of such candidates may be prepared in the preference of marks obtained in the test and they shall be posted in the SB/SC branches as and when required.

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Q1 clearance of letter boxes placed at Railway stations where there are Mail Offices should, as far as possible, be fixed by Superintendents of RMS

Q2 Machine franked articles can be posted at not more than --------offices specified by the Head of the Division in the license Two

Q3 Who is responsible for seeing that the franked articles have been franked in the prescribed manner and that systematic underpayment is not going on.? The Postmaster of office of Posting

Q4 Machine-franked articles posted in letter-boxes should be treated as --------- unpaid articles

Q5 The Indian Post Office Bill having been passed by the Legislature received its assent on 22nd March 1898.

Q6 In which offence the police officer may arrest without warrant Cognizable offence

Q7 Compulsory Retirement is a ---------- penalty Major

Q8 Withholding of increments of pay is a ------------penalty Minor

Q9 If a government servant committed misconduct in earlier employment , then who will take action ? The present disciplinary authority

Q10 Who is the appointing authority of presenting officer in a disciplinary case? The Disciplinary authority

Q11 If a government servant is kept away from duty for certain period till an enquiry investigation is completed , then the action is called as ----------- Suspension

Q12 CCS CCA rules come in to force on the 1st December 1965

Q13 From the ‘CCA ‘ the ‘ A’ denotes for -------------- Appeal

Q14 The civil services of the union shall be classified as four groups. Which is third one classification Group C

Q15 In which article of Indian constitution of India specify about Central Civil Services (CCA) rules Article 148

Q16 If a Government servant was taken into police custody and period exceeds forty Eight hours then this is called as -------- Deem Suspension

Q17 When a Government is under suspension the premium of PLI polices must be recovered from Subsistence allowance The above said statement is False

Q18 If a government servants refused to work overtime then this mass action called as Strike

Q19 Railway servant is not coming under CCS(temporary service ) Rules The above said statement is True

Q20 in what case or condition that the disciplinary case should come to an end? Death of the alleged offender

Q21 An official who may have to appear as witness in case should not be appointed as the presenting officer or Inquiry officer The above said statement is True

Q22 As per term and condition for appointing retired officer as inquiry officers , what is age limit of retired officer Not more than 70 years of age as on the first July of the year of his empanelment

Q23 What is mention in Rule 14 (5) of CCS (CCA) rules 1965 ? The disciplinary authority may itself inquire into the charges against the accused government

Q24 Whether an informal warning may be considered as censure No

Q25 Whether a Government servant under suspension can be transferred to another place No

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Combination of holidays with leave - Holidays are prefixed to leave…

Combination of holidays with leave When the day, immediately preceding the day on which a Government servant’s leave (other than leave on medical certificate) begins or immediately following the day on which his leave expires, is a holiday or one of series of holidays, the Government servant shall be deemed to have been permitted (except in cases where for administrative reasons permission for prefixing/suffixing holidays to leave specifically withheld) to leave his station at the close of the day before, or return to it on the day following such holiday or series of holidays, provided that–

(a) his transfer or assumption of charge does not involve the handling or taking over of securities or moneys other than a permanent advance;

(b) his early departure does not entail a correspondingly early transfer from another station of a Government servant to perform his duties; and

(d) the delay in his return does not involve a corresponding delay in the transfer to another station of the Government servant who was performing his duties during his absence or in the discharge from Government service of a person temporarily appointed to it.

(ii) In the case of leave on medical certificate-

(a) When a Government servant is certified medically unwell to attend office, holiday(s), if any, immediately preceding the day he is so certified shall be allowed automatically to be prefixed to leave and the holiday(s) if any, immediately succeeding the day he is so certified (including that day) shall automatically be allowed to be suffixed to the leave, and holiday(s), if any, preceding the day he is so certified shall be treated as part of the leave.

(2) On condition that the departing Government servant remains responsible for the moneys in this charge, the Head of Department may, in any particular case, waive the application of Clause (a) of the proviso to sub-rule (1).

(3) Unless the authority competent to grant leave in any case otherwise directs -


(a) if holidays are prefixed to leave, the leave and any consequent rearrangement of pay and allowances take effect from the day after the holidays; and
(b) if holidays are suffixed to leave, the leave is treated as having terminated and any consequent rearrangement of pay and allowances takes effect from the day on which the leave would have ended if holidays had not been suffixed.

NOTE.- A compensatory leave granted in lieu of duty performed by a Government servant on Sunday or a holiday for a full day may be treated as a holiday for the above purpose.

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KIDS TO FEEL THEIR PARENTS,

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.

He passed the first interview; the director did the last interview, made the last decision.

The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year when he did not score.

The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the youth answered "none".


The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" The youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.

The director asked, " Where did your mother work?" The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked, " Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before? " The youth answered" Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.

The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.*

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.

The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.

After finishing the cleaning of his mother hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: " Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered, " I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'

The Director asked, " please tell me your feelings."

The youth said, Number 1, I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today. Number 2, by working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done. Number 3, I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said, " This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?*

You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done.

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SB ORDER NO. 16/2011 : Grant of Savings Bank Allowance to Postal Assistants working in Savings Bank/certificate branches- holding of SB Aptitude Test

SB ORDER NO. 16/2011

No.113-07/2010-SB

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110001, Dated: 23.08.2011

To

All Heads of Circles/Regions

Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.

Subject:- Grant of Savings Bank Allowance to Postal Assistants working in Savings Bank / certificate branches- holding of SB Aptitude Test regarding.

Sir / Madam,

The undersigned is directed to refer to this office SB Order No.26/89 issued vide letter No. 2- 3/86-SB dated 27.4.1989, SB Order No.43/89 dated 12.9.1989, SB Order No. 26/90 dated 4.05.1990, SB Order No. 17/2004 dated 8.10.2001, SB Order No. 5/2005 issued vide letter no. 113-1/2003- SB(APT) dated 28.3.2005, D.O. letter of even number dated 26.2.2010 from DDG(FS) to all Heads of circles and SB Order No. 10/2011 dated 21.6.2011 on the subject.

2. Based on the inputs received from the circles, it was observed that out of the staff working in the POSB/SC related branches in the post offices, the percentage of staff passed SB Aptitude test is very low and in some circles the test has either been not held from many years or not regularly held. In view of this, the pattern and syllabus of the aptitude test has been reviewed in this office and it has been decided to revise the whole pattern as well as syllabus of this test which is very important from the operational point of view of the POSB/SC. Min. of Finance is also time and again pointing out the high percentage of irregularities being committed by the postal staff which is resulting in financial loss to the Government as well as in some cases to the customers and increase in court cases/public grievances.

3. Revised Syllabus, pattern, eligibility criteria, procedure for setting up of paper/venue and further reporting to this division are attached as enclosure. Test will be held twice in a calendar year i.e in the month of February and August and candidates who have completed one year service on 30^th June or 31st December of the year in which the test is conducted shall be eligible to appear.

4. It is requested that necessary action may be taken immediately to circulate the new syllabus as well as eligibility criteria so that next SB Aptitude may be held in February 2012.

5. This issues with the approval of DDG(FS).

Yours faithfully,

(Kawal Jit Singh)

Assistant Director (SB)

Enclosure:- New Syllabus/Pattern/Eligibility Criteria etc.

Syllabus for Savings Bank Aptitude Test

Paper - I

Marks-100

Time-2 Hours

Total No. of Questions-50

Qualifying Marks:- 50%

Note:- The examination will be held with the aid of books approved by the department. All the questions will be objective type with four options. The candidate has to choose the correct option as per his knowledge and quote the rule from the books approved for the examination to support his/her decision.

Syllabus:-

Acts

(1) Government Savings Bank Act 1873 (amended from time to time)

(2) Government Savings Certificates Act 1959 (amended from time to time)

(3) Public Provident Fund Act 1968 (amended from time to time)

Statutory Rules

(1) Post Office Savings Bank General Rules 1981 (amended from time to time).

(2) Post Office Savings Account Rules 1981 (amended from time to time).

(3) Post Office Recurring Deposit Rules 1981 (amended from time to time).

(4) Post Office Time Deposit Rules 1981 (amended from time to time).

(5) Post Office Monthly Income Account Rules 1987(amended from time to time).

(6) Public Provident Fund Scheme Rules 1968 (amended from time to time)

(7) National Savings Certificate (VIII Issue) Rules, 1989 (amended from time to time).

(8) Kisan Vikas Patras Rules, 1986 (amended from time to time).

Procedure

(1) All procedural rules of POSB Manual Vol-I and II.

(2) All SB Orders issued from 1.1.2007 onwards.

Approved Books

(1). POSB Manual Vol-I or Compilation of POSB Manual Vol-I

(2) POSB Manual Vol-II or Compilation of POSB Manual Vol-II

(3) POSB Manual Vol-III or Compilation of POSB Manual Vol-III or Handbook on Government Small Savings Schemes

Eligibility Criteria:- All Postal Assistants who have completed one year’s service on 30^th June or 31st December of the year in which test is conducted shall be eligible to appear. Test will be conducted twice in a calendar year i.e in the month of February and August. Candidates who have completed one year’s service as on 31st December shall be eligible for appearing in the test to be held in February and those who have completed one year’s service as on 30th June shall be eligible for appearing in the test to be held in August. There will be no restriction on number of times a candidate can appear.

Setting up of paper and venue:- Test will be conducted by the circle. Date, time and venue will be decided at circle level and circulated at least 30 days before the scheduled date. Setting up of paper will be done at the level of Postal Training Centre. Chief Postmaster General of the circle shall decide the name of Postal Training Centre from which the Paper will be got set. A blank line is required to be provided after 4 options in each question to mention the Rule in support of the answer. Evaluation of the papers shall also be got done from the same PTC. Result will be declared by the circle. Successful candidates shall be posted in the branches pertaining to POSB/SC in post offices/divisional offices/regional offices and circle office. If surplus candidates qualified, a list of such candidates may be prepared in the preference of marks obtained in the test and they shall be posted in the SB/SC branches as and when required.

Reporting:- All circles will send half yearly report to the FS Division of Directorate in the enclosed format.

Format of Half Yearly Report (to be sent in the month of April and October)

Name of Circle

No. of Fully engaged posts eligible for SB Allowance @Rs.300/-	No. of Partially engaged posts eligible for SB Allowance @Rs.150/-	No. of SB Allowance eligible candidates working in the circle	No. of SB Allowance ineligible candidates working in the circle	Date when last Aptitude Test was held.	No. of candidates appeared	No. of candidates qualified

SB ORDER NO. 15/2011: Settlement of deceased claim case in respect of Sr. Citizen’s Savings Scheme account- a clarification regarding.

SB ORDER NO. 15/2011

No.79-01/2011-SB

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi-110116.

Dated: 18.08.2011

To

All Heads of Circles/Regions

Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.

Subject:- Settlement of deceased claim case in respect of Sr. Citizen’s Savings Scheme account- a clarification regarding.

Sir / Madam,

The undersigned is directed to say that a RTI query regarding settlement of deceased claim when deposit is payable to two or more nominees and either of them is dead was referred to Min. of Finance (DEA) for clarification as there is no such provision in SCSS Rules 2004.

2. The Ministry of Finance (DEA) vide its O.M. No. 15/1/2009/NS-II dated 02.08.2011 has clarified that in such a case, the deposit shall be paid to the surviving nominee.

3. It is requested that this may be circulated to all post offices for information and necessary guidance to deal with such claim cases.

4. This issues with the approval of DDG(FS).

Yours faithfully,

(Kawal Jit Singh)

Assistant Director (SB)

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Constitution of Joint Consultative Committee (JCM) of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangat

F.11083-14/2010-KVSHQ (Admn.1)

Date:- 09-08-2011

OFFICE ORDER

In pursuant to the provisions of Education Code for Kendriya Vidyalayas under Appendix XLII (B), the Vice-Chairman. Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has accorded approval for the constitution of Joint Consultative Committee (JCM) of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan with immediate effect. The Council will consist of the members from official side & staff side as under:

A)

Vice-chairman Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

Sh. Ashok Thakur, Spl. Secretary (HE) MHRD Deptt. Of Education, Govt. of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.

Chairman

B) Representatives on the Official Side :-

1)	Finance Member, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan	Sh. Ajay Narain Jha, Joint Secretary & FA MHRD Deptt. Of Education, Govt. of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi	Member
2.	Two members of the Board of Governors, Kendriya Vidyaiaya Sangathan.	1. Sh. Vineet Joshi, Chairman, CBSE, Preet Vihar, Delhi. 2. Sh. Suresh Pal Director& CWO Deptt. Of Personnel and A.R Room No. 384, Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi	Member Member
3.	Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sangathan	Sh. Avinash Dikshit	Member
4.	Joint Commissioner (Admn.) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.	Sh. O.M.Prabhakaran	Member
5.	Deputy Commissioner (Adrnn.) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan	Sh. S. Vijaya Kumar	Member Secretary

C Representatives from Staff Side

(i)	Teacher’s Association i.e. AIKVTA
1	Sh. A.S. Mazumdar, President, AIKVTA & TGT (Maths), KV No.1 AFS Gurgaon.
2	Sh. S.S.Malik, Gen, Secretary, AIKVTA & PGT(Phy.) KV JNU Campus, New Delhi.
3.	Sh. D. R. Yadav, Treasure, AIKVTA & TGT (Maths), KV JNU Campus, New Delhi.
4.	Sh. K.R. Thakur, Secretary, Press & Publication, AIKVTA & Yoga Teacher, KV No. 3 Delhi Cantt.

(ii) Non Teaching Staff i.e. KEVINTSA

1.	Sh. Basudev Chakraborty, President, KEVINTSA 22/1, Jogendra Nath Ghosal Road Ariadaha, Kolkotta.
2.	Sh. M.D. Murthy, Gen. Secretary (I/C),KEVINTSA C/o Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Regional Office, K. Kamaraja Road, Bangalore

sd/-

(Dr. E. Prabhakar)

Deputy Commissioner (Pers.)

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Kerala Government considers raising Retirement age

Cabinet Sub-Committee on raising of Retirement age and Right to Service Act

Government have constituted a Cabinet Sub-Committee to discuss with the Service Organisations and others on raising of Retirement age and on the implementation of Right to Service Act. For details view/ download GO(Ms) No.347/2011 /Fin Dated 17/08/2011.

More information to know, download the Notification - GO(Ms) No.347/2011 /Fin Dated 17/08/2011