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POSTAL ASSISTANT / SORTING ASSISTANT EXAM INFORMATION

Dear Candidates,

Disclaimer: - All the Information provided in this post are Compiled by A. Praveen Kumar, SPM, Papannapet SO-502303 (Medak Division, Mob no. 9849636361, 8019549939) for in good faith of Postal Assistant exam aspirants.  Author of blog does not accepts any responsibility in relation to the accuracy, completeness, usefulness or otherwise, of the contents.

Postal Assistant Aptitude Test (Paper I) for Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu circles was held on 21 April 2013.

A request was made by a candidate regarding Cut off marks, Computer typing test pattern of Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant Exam 2013 and Salary structure of newly appointed Postal Assistant. I provided the details below. I hope these details will serve the preparing candidates well.

A common merit list for the whole circle (State) will be prepared and candidates will be called for computer test in 1:5 ratio on the basis of merit scored in Aptitude test held on 21/04/2013. No weightage of marks secured by the Applicants in 10+2 examination will be given while preparing the Merit List.

As per my expectation the Cut off marks would be (opinion only, not to be sure and the cut off marks will be vary for each State depending on the Competition)

OC Candidates:-

Expected Cut off marks would be above 70 marks subject to

Qualifying marks of 10 in each part i.e. G.K, Mathematics, English, Reasoning and 40% in aggregate

OBC Candidates:-

Expected Cut off marks would be between 65 to 70 marks subject to

Qualifying marks of 9 in each part i.e. G.K, Mathematics, English, Reasoning 38% in aggregate

SC / ST Candidates :-

Expected Cut off marks would be between 58 to 65 marks subject to

Qualifying marks of 8 in each part i.e. G.K, Mathematics, English, Reasoning and 33% in aggregate

Typing Test Pattern: -

Typing test will be divided in to two sections:

1) Computer typing Test: 

This test will evaluate Candidate’s Computer typing efficiency. Candidates are required to type a passage in English/Hindi (450 words passage for English & 375 words passage for Hindi) within the duration of 15 minutes.

Typing Speed: - Recommended typing speed for selection is 25-30 words per minute (WPM).

Only candidates opting for Hindi script test will have to give Hindi typing test. It’s upon your personal preference. English typing is considered easier to learn and pass. You can choose either English or Hindi for typing test.

The typing test and test of data entry operations will be conducted on Computer key board but not on type writer.

2) Data-Entry test: 

This test will evaluate Candidates data-entry efficiency. Candidates are required to type figures, letters and manuscript data within the duration of 15 minutes.

Be prepared for computer typing test very hard. Best of luck to the 
all aspirants. Download typing master from the following link

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/u2r38ldetqdl4qw/tm%20by%20potools.zip?token_hash=AAFf-Zd5e2ohmTv5Izax5fzUijkg4isPUXMdVqgF0MLsHA&dl=1

The salary structure of a Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistant (PA/SA) is based on the following parameters:

B.P = Basic Pay

D.A = Dearness Allowance

H.R.A = House Rent Allowance

T.A = Travelling Allowance

The above are used for calculating the total salary of a Postal/Sorting Assistant

PA/SA’s are included in the Pay Scale of  5200-20200  with a grade pay of 2400.

Calculation:

1. Basic Pay (BP) = 9910 (7510 + 2400)

2. Dearness Allowance = Dearness Allowance (DA) is given by the Government in every six months ie, in January and July every year. From Jan 2013, the Dearness Allowance is 80%. Thus the present DA is 80% of 9910 which works out to 7928.

3)    House Rent Allowance (HRA) = HRA is calculated based on the city where you are working. In India the cities have been classified into three categories as “X”, “Y” and “Z”.

X' Cities - 30% HRA

States	Cities Classified as "X"
Andhra Pradesh	Hyderabad (UA)
Delhi	Delhi (UA)
Karnataka	Bangaluru (UA)
Mahrashtra	Greater Mumbai (UA)
Tamilnadu	Chennai (UA)
West Bengal	Kolkatta (UA)

                                                          

 Y' Cities - 20% HRA 

States	Cities Classified as "Y"
Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada (UA, Warangal, (UA), Vishkhapatnam (UA), Guntur
Assam	Guwahati (UA)
Bihar	Patna (UA)
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Chattisgarh	Durg-Bhilai Nagar (UA), Raipur (UA)
Gujarat	Ahmedabad (UA), Rajkot (UA), Jamnagar (UA), Bhavnagar (UA), Vadodara (UA), Surat (UA)
Haryana	Faridabad*
Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar (UA), Jammu (UA)
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur (UA), Dhanbad (UA), Ranchi (UA)
Karnataka	Belgaum (UA), Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore (UA), Mysore (UA)
Kerala	Kozhikode (UA), Kochi (UA), Thiruvananthapuram (UA)
Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior (UA), Indore (UA), Bhopal (UA), Jabalpur (UA)
Maharashtra	Amravati, Nagpur (UA), Aurangabad (UA), Nashik (UA), Bhiwandi (UA), Pune (UA), Solapur, Kolhapur (UA)
Orissa	Cuttack (UA), Bhubaneswar (UA)
Punjab	Amritsar (UA), Jalandhar (UA), Ludihiana
Pondicherry	Pondicherry (UA)
Rajasthan	Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur (UA), Kota (UA)
Tamilnadu	Salem (UA), Tiruppur (UA), Coimbatore (UA), Madurai (UA)
Uttarkhand	Dehradun (UA)
Uttar Pradesh	Moradabad, Meerut (UA), Ghaziabad*, Aligarh, Agra (Ua), Bareilly (UA), Lucknow (UA), Kanpur (UA), Allahabad (UA), Gorakhpur, Varanasi (UA)
West Bengal	Asansol (UA)

 Remaining cities –      Z' Cities - 10% HRA 

In X cities = 30 % of 9910 = 2973

In Y Cities = 20 % of 9910 = 1982

In Z Cities = 10 % of 9910 = 991

Travelling Allowance = TA is fixed as Rs.800 + the DA % of 800. So at present TA is 800 + 80% of 800 = 1440.

Gross Salary works out to: (For Newly Appointed PA)

·        In X class cities salary will be = 9910+7928+2973+1440   =    

Rs. 22251

·        In Y class cities will be = 9910+7928+1982+1440 =  

Rs. 21260

·    In Z class cities will be = 9910+7928+991+1440

     

= Rs. 20269

BASIC NETWORK TROULBLESHOOTING

Most Common Failures on Basic networks as follows.

1. Not connect to the Network.
2. Connect but not data communicating.
3. Connect but network printer is not working.
4. Internet not working through the network.
5. Not accessing to others share folders.
6. Suddenly network nods are disappearing/ disconnecting.
7. Suddenly Network stuck.
8. Data not routs to other networks.

First of all we should know, whether PC is physically connect to network or not, by checking, cables, jacks, and ports. Then make sure switch’s network port also, is working properly.

Then make sure all lights indicators of NICs and switch are showing perfectly. Light indicators are very important and here are some clues about the light indicators.

1. After remove the cable from NIC, still alights lit on NIC or Switch. – Faulty network card or Faulty Switch/ Port.
2. When connect network cable to NIC’s network port light not blinks after few seconds – first make sure NIC drivers are installed properly. If so, Faulty NIC.

Not connect to the Network.

This may happened due to following reasons.

Defective Cables, Defective NICs, Defective Switches or Ports, NIC’s Driver corruption or inaccurate drivers/ OS corruption.

1. Replace the Cable or Change the PC to another location and check. Doing this sometime you can check the Switch’s Port and wall socket also.
2. Then check whether NIC is installed properly, on the device manager.
3. Then this may happened to OS corruption.

Connect but not data communicating (Network Connection seems Ok).

1. Check the Proper IP address is assigned the NIC, by typing “ipconfig” on the Command prompt. If it hasn’t an IP address, put a proper IP and check.
2. Try to repair the Network connection, by right clicking on network connection on the task bar and selecting “Repair” on that menu.
3. Type “ping” Command with targeted IP address and check whether any respond.
4. If it’s pinging. Then you may check the file sharing settings, security settings on both computers.
5. If it’s not pinging you have to check the, firewall settings, Antivirus guard settings, IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. And of course ultimately Faulty NIC or Corrupted OS.

Connect but network printer is not working.

1. Take a self test printout and verify printer is OK.
2. If printer is attach as a network node (Network Printer) Type Ping command and try.
3. Then make sure printer is working with another computer.
4. If it’s not pinging reconfigure the printer interface settings and restart and ping again.
5. If still it’s not pinging, check the Subnet mask, Default gateway, Antivirus guard settings and firewall settings.
6. If the printer is attaching to a network computer, then make sure the printer is working on attached computer properly.
7. Try to reinstall the drivers.
8. Then try to find out the attached computer in the network neighborhood or, try to search the attached computer by Computer name or IP address. Then try to connect. If you can see the computer, but it says “Access denied”, make sure all computers logged in to the network using user name and password. If not put a username and password for each and every network computers.
9. Then check the Antivirus guard settings and fire wall settings.
10. Check about a Virus, finally the OS.

Internet not working through the network.

1. Check the IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS.
2. Check the Proxy settings in the Browser.
3. Ping the Gateway and check connection is Ok.
4. If its pinging to gateway, try to ping outside Ex : ping www.google.com –t
5. If its pinging outside try reinstall the browser or different browser.
6. Check the firewall and internet security settings, Antivirus guard’s settings.
7. Finlay it may problem with OS.

Not accessing to others share folders.

1. 1. Verify every computer was logged in to the network using user name and password. Because its vital factor for a network
2. 2. Check the folder share settings again.
3. 3. Try to repair the Network connection, by right clicking on network connection on the task bar and selecting “Repair” on that menu.
4. Check the antivirus guard settings and the firewall settings.
5. 5. Check the share security setting in the share folder properties.

Suddenly network nods are disappearing/ disconnecting.

1. Most probably this happened due to exceeding the limit of network connections that keep simultaneously on certain OS. Ex: - Windows XP Pro. Only 10 Connections have simultaneously.
2. Check for any loose Connections.
3. Check the Virus guard whether it is blocking the Network connections due to a virus issue.
4. Check the Network switch giving a ping command to several computers at the same time and monitor the behavior. Most of the time this may happen due to faulty NIC or Switch.

Suddenly Network stuck.

1. Check for a loose connection.
2. Check the Network switch giving a ping command to several computers at the same time and monitor the behavior. Most of the time this may happen due to faulty NIC or Switch.
3. Check the Virus guard whether it is blocking the Network connections due to a virus issue.
4. Check any blind network map drives are in my Computer, Desktop or any other places in every computer.

Data not routs to other networks.

1. Check the Virus guard settings and the Viruses.
2. Check the IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS.
3. Re configures the Router/ Reset the Router.
4. Check the Firewall and reconfigure the firewall settings.

Those are the basic Network troubleshooting ways of a network, but experience is the key for troubleshooting and it will minimize the wasting time for troubleshooting.

5 Free Data Recovery Programs

Discovering you lost important data is one of the worst feelings in the world. Sometimes it’s impossible to get back what you lost, but sometimes it is possible that what you lost still exists somewhere on your hard drive. If it’s there, these five free tools will help you find it.

Recycle

Although many Windows users know about the Recycle Bin, not everyone does. Even more importantly, not everyone knows how it works, so a file might be in the Recycle Bin even though you can’t find it.

When you delete a file on Windows the regular way, Windows doesn’t actually delete it—it moves it to the Recycle Bin. When your hard drive starts to fill up, you can permanentlydelete files from your Recyle Bin.

What many people don’t realize is that Windows can only use the move trick on a single drive. That means there may be more than one Recycle Bin on your computer if you use more than one drive (or you use removable USB drives). If you delete a file from the X:\ drive, you have to check the X:\RECYCLE folder to see if you can get your file back.

Undelete

If you’ve permanently deleted a file relatively recently, you can use special Undelete software to get it back. The problem is that once you permanently delete a file, Windows may write a new file where the old file used to be, so undeleting doesn’t always work. (It works best on a hard drive with a lot of free space.)

There are several free Undelete programs on the Web, such as the one from EaseUS.

ddrescue

Sometimes you lose data not because you deleted it, but because your hard drive is failing. If that’s the case, you can use a tool designed torecover data from a partially failed drive. I use the open source Disk Drive Rescue (ddrescue).

When you run ddrescue, it tries to copy data from every part of your drive in big chunks to get off as much data as possible. When it encounters a problem (because your drive is failing), it makes a note and skips to the next chunk. After it gets as much data off as possible, it goes back and works on the edges of failed chunks to get every single bit of data it can off of your drive.

I’ve used ddrescue to recover over 95% of the data from a failed drive. It also works on scratched CDs and DVDs, and it may also help you with damaged USB drives.

Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery

Although photos are regular files, so you can recover them with Undelete software, you can also get them off with special photo recovery software. Undelete works by figuring out where your file was before it was deleted. Photo recovery software looks for the signature of photos on your drive, so it can recover photos even after you reformat your drive.

SluethKit

Although not for the faint-of-heart, the SluethKit is collection of tools used by forensic scientists (think CSI) to recover evidence from computers. It contains a number of tools which help recover lost data—even deliberately destroyed data. It isn’t easy to use, but it can be your last resort option.