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Sunday, April 01, 2012

April Fool’s Day: History, Common Traditions and Practices

 

April Fool’s Day which is called All Fool’s Day as well, unlike most of other holidays that with a exact history, that is to say, the history of April Fool’s Day is not that clear. So what is the origin of April Fool’s Day?


The history of April Fool’s Day
Ancient cultures, including those of the Romans and Hindus, celebrated New Year’s Day on or around April 1. It closely follows the vernal equinox (March 20th or March 21st.) In medieval times, much of Europe celebrated March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of the New Year. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian calendar) to replace the old Julian calendar. The new calendar called for New Year’s Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year’s Day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on “fool’s errands” or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.
April Fool’s Day around the World
April Fool’s Day is a “for-fun-only” observance. It’s simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!
In France today, April 1st is called Poisson d’Avril, which means April Fish. Children tape paper fish to their friends’ backs and when the young “fool” finds out, the prankster yells “Poisson d’Avril!” In England, tricks can only be played in the morning. If a trick is played on you, you are a “noodle.” In Scotland, you are called an “April gowk,” which is another name for a cuckoo bird. In Portugal, April Fools’ is celebrated on the Sunday and Monday before Lent. Pranksters usually throw flour at their friends.
Traditions of April Fool’s Day
Practical jokes are a common practice on April Fool’s Day. Sometimes, elaborate practical jokes are played on friends or relatives that last the entire day. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fool’s Day was a fairly detailed documentary about “spaghetti farmers” and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees.
Practices include sending someone on a “fool’s errand,” looking for things that don’t exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things.
Download April Fool’s Day Pranks videos and learn how to play a trick on the victims, LOL…

Revised Train Fares for Journey in AC-First Class, AC-2 Tier, Executive Class & First Class from 01.04.2012

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Railways

31-March-2012 15:27 IST

Revised Train Fares for Journey in AC-First Class, AC-2 Tier, Executive Class & First Class from Tomorrow
The Ministry of Railways has revised passenger fares with effect from tomorrow i.e. 1st April 2012 in AC-First Class, AC-2 tier, Executive Class and First Class only. There is no revision in other classes of travel. The revised fares in these classes would be applicable to all types of trains on Indian Railways network.
The revised fares will also apply to tickets issued in advance for journeys to commence on or after 1st April 2012. In the case of tickets already issued at pre-revised rates, the difference in fares from 1st April 2012 will be recovered from passengers either by TTEs in the trains or by the booking offices before commencement of the journey by the passengers as per the usual practice in case of such fare revisions.
The revised list of fares for the information of the public is being displayed at the stations and has been made available to the railway staff well in time. The revised passenger fare table is also available on the website of the Ministry of Railways i.e. indianrailways.gov.in

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO & PM GRADE 1

POST OFFICE GUIDE PART II
(RULE &REGULATION RELATING TO FOREIGN POST)

1.         Categories of Foreign postal articles are

            a)         Letter post & Parcel post                 b)         Airmail & Sea mail
             c)        Registration post & Ins post           d)         All of the above                    Ans:a(1)

2.         The abbreviation  ‘UPU’ stands for

            a)         United Postal Union                                    b)         Universal postal union
            c)         United Pacific Union                       d)         None of these                       Ans: b(3)

3.         Asian Oceanic Postal Union is having its head quarter at

            a)         Dacca                                                 b)         New Delhi
            c)         Singapore                                         d)         Mannilla(Phillipines)                       Ans:d(4)


4.         India joined the AOPU in the year         

            a)         1970                                                   b)         1975
            c)         1978                                                   d)         1973                                       Ans: d(4A)

5.         The fee for special services Registration acknowledge, insurance certificate of posting and late fee are

            a)         Not uniform for all destination
            b)         Uniform for all destinations
            c)         Of two different rates on for western countries and another for eastern
                        countries
            d)         None of these                                                                                               Ans: b(7)
           
6.         AD means

            a)         Acknowledgement due                   b)         Advice of delivery
            c)         Actual Delivery                                 d)         None of these                       Ans: b(7)

7.         Label size of foreign article is min & postage paid words should not be less than

            a)         70mm X 100mm & 300sq mm        b)         50mm X 80mm & 200sq mm
            c)         25mm X 50 mm & 100 sq mm        d)         None of these                       Ans: a(11)     
8.         The delivery of a foreign article in the country of destination

            a)         Varies from country to country      b)         Uniform all over
            c)         As desired by the sender                d)         None of these                       Ans: a(14)

9.         Mark the correct option:

a)         Rate applicable for recall of foreign article in case letter 10gm & Telegraph 15 words
            b)         The fee paid for the recall will not be refunded under any circumstances
            c)         Weight more than 500gm a warehousing charge at the rate per day
commencing             from eight day, shall be collected from the addressee at the time of delivery.
            d)         All the above are correct                                                                      Ans: d(16-18)


10.       Article except VP addressed as “ Postal Restante” are detained in the PO of delivery for the period not exceeding

            a)         Seven days                                       b)         Three month
            c)         One month                                        d)         Fifteen days                          Ans: c(18)

11.       Mark the correct option:

a)         Surface mail items received from any country for delivery in India may be redirected to any place within India.
b)         First class mail surcharge or un surcharged are eligible for free redirection by air within India
c)         Surface mail received for delivery in India from any country not applying reduced charges forIndia may be redirected to another country by the surface mail without any charge for the redirection.
d)         All of the above are correct                                                                       Ans: d(19)

12.       Mark the correct option

a)         Surface mail received for delivery in India from a country India may be redirected by the surface mail to any country  on payment if dispatched to its new destination.
b)         If the above charge not paid before redirection, it will be treated as insufficiently paid      & tax equal to difference in postage (notdouble) to be collected at the time of delivery        
c)         a and b are correct                           d)         None of these correct          Ans: c(19)

13.       Mark correct option related to official postal articles

a)         The rules relating to private correspondence apply equally to official postal article
            b)         Service stamps can be used for prepayin outward official foreign mail but the
postage due on inward foreign mail addressed to Govt officers cannot be paid by means of service stamps
c)         All of above are correct                   d)         None of these are correct   Ans: c(21)

14.       Correspondence for personnel of the Indian Armed Forces serving outside India addressed to the Indian Army PO.

            a)         Should be prepaid as air article    b)         Should be prepaid as if SAL
            c)         Should be prepaid as inland article for all purpose  d) None of aboveAns: c(22)

15.       The max weight of an Airmail letter should not exceed

            a)         4 Kg                                                    b)         5 Kg
            c)         2 Kg                                                    d)         1 Kg                                        Ans:c(26)      
16.       Dimensions of Postcards is

            a)    Max 100 X 150 mm & min 80 X 140 mm 
b)    Max 105 X 149 mm & min 90 X 140 mm
c)    Max 150 X 200 mm & min 70X 140 mm  
d)    None of these                                                                                                   Ans: b(30)     


17.       Mark incorrect option related to Postcard

            a)         Should not be folded, cut or altered and should be sent unenclosed
            b)         Breach the conditions may be treated as letter and postage will be taxed
                        accordingly
c)         Unpaid and insufficiently paid postcards are forwarded taxed with double the deficiency.
d)         The amount recovered from sender after the  delivery.                        Ans: d(31-32)

18.       The corresponding inland post service to the printed paper service in the foreign post is
a)         Pattern and sample packet                        b)         Registered News paper
c)         Book packet service                                    d)         None of these                       Ans: c(34a)

19.       The following items may be sent as printed papers through book packet

            a)         Manuscripts of works or for newpaper
            b)         Musical scores or sheets of music in manuscript.
            c)         Papers obtained by means of a typewriter of any type
            d)         films and sound recording                         e)         a & b only                              Ans:e(34)

20.       Mark correct option related to packet of regd news paper

            a)         Breach of conditions the packet will not be forwarded but will be returned to
                        sender.
            b)         Sender will be required to pay double deficiency in the internal postage
            c)         If the sender wish to repost the article after complying with necessary
                        conditions,  he may do so by paying fresh postage in full on the article.
            d)         All the above are correct                                                                             Ans: d(41)

(Prepared by AB Kantharaja  abkantharaja@blogspot.in mobile No 08969822340)

Published by http://rmssa.blogspot.com/

Register Speednet DLL files easily

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C:\Program Files\Speednet

Then the following DLLs can be registered through this RegDLL Tool. (After downloading pl change the file extn as exe)

BNPLDLL.dll
CollectionAgent.dll
EMSDelivery.dll
SpeedNetLib.dll

(SpeedNet_3.1.2(15122011) Patch-1 dated 28/03/2012)



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You may please update SpeedNet3.1.2_15122011_Client Patch_31032012 into Speed net Client
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Those offices which have not yet used the Patch-1 can directly use this Patch-2.


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FIVE YEARS ABSENCE IS CONSIDERED A RESIGNATION

New Delhi, Mar 30, 2012(PIB): The CCS (Leave) Rules has been amended by the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) vide Notification F.No.13026/2/2010-Estt.(L)] dated 29.03.2012. You can't take leave excess five years.
According to the new amendment, the Government Servants cannot be granted any kind of leave for a continuous period more than 5 years. It has been further laid down that any government servant if absent from duty for more than 5 years continuously with or without leave (other than on Foreign Service), they shall be deemed to have resigned from their post. The said notification is placed below for your ready reference.

Click here for the notification.