Rules and Regulations Relating To Foreign Post

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 for India 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)

21. Mark correct option related to bulk bag system under foreign post

a) Application for bulk bag facility should be made to Head of the circle
b) Special bags of printed newspaper to/from addressees/sender in foreign
countries  except ceylon, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan may be send.
c) Bulk bag may be sent either as unregistered or registered.
d) The sender of such bags will deposit the amount in cash or POSB certificate pledged to Head of the circle.
           e) All the above are correct Ans: e(43)

22. Mark correct option

a) A small packet should not exceed 1 Kg in weight.
b) Small packet exceeding 500 gm is subject to a delivery fee payable by the addressee at the time of delivery.
c) Small packet not conforming to the conditions will be returned to the sender and will be charged at double the deficiency for a rate applicable in the inland post.
d) All of the above are correct Ans: d(44-49)

23. The fee for a blind literature packet to be air lifted to a foreign county is

a) Air surcharge as applicable to letter post b) Free of charge
c) Air surcharge as applicable to printed paper d) None of above    Ans: c(55)

24. Foreign post manual the terms L.C means

a) Letter card b) Letter category
c) Letters and Cards d) None of these Ans: c(57)

25. Foreign post manual the terms A.O means

a) Accounts office of the foreign country b)        Other subjects
c) Administrative office of the foreign country d) None of these Ans: c(57)

26. In the foreign post for the purpose of fixing surcharges and combined charges all the countries and territories are divided into

a) Six groups b) Seven groups
c) Five groups d) Eight groups Ans: a(57)

27. The aerogramme in foreign post is a category intended for transmission exclusively by air and the corresponding category in inland post is.

a) Inland letter card b) Oblong envelope
c) No corresponding category d) None of the above Ans: a(58)

28. The min and max size permissible for folded aerogramme is

a) 100 X 140 & 120 X 120 b) 90 X 140 & 110 X 120
c) 80 X 140 & 100 X 120 d) None of the above Ans: b(58)

29. An aerogramme should not weigh more than
a) 3 gms b) 5 gms
c) 10 gms d) None of the above Ans: a(58)

30. Mark correct option related to unpaid and insufficiently paid airmail articles

a) In case letters, cards and aerogrammes if postage paid least 75% of the surcharge(letter) or combined charge (PC& aerogramme)  will be forwarded and taxed double deficiency at the time of delivery.
b) In case postage paid less than 75% of the surcharge or combined charge the
article will be dispatched through surface.
c) The charge collected from addressee at the time of delivery
d) All of the above are correct Ans: d(60)

31. Compensation of letter and bulk bag of foreign articles are

a) 220(60 gold francs) & 1110( 300 gold francs)
b) 110(60 gold francs) & 1110( 300 gold francs)
c) 200(60 gold francs) & 1000( 300 gold francs)
d) None of the above Ans: b(71)

32. If an unpaid or under paid registered article under foreign post is tendered at the counter

a) I t cannot be registered and refused.
b) It can be registered with an note that the deficiency would be collected from
addresse
c) It has to be handed over to the PM for his disposal
d) None of the above Ans; a(66)

33. No liability is also accepted for the loss of registered articles in the following cases

a) In circumstanced beyond the control.
b) When disposal of the article cannot be traced due to destruction of records in circumstances beyond the control
c) If the item contained anything which is prohibited from transmission by post
d) When sender has not made complaint within one year.
e) All of the above Ans: e(71)

34. The limit adopted in India for booking air insured letter is

a) 20000 b) 5000
c) 10000 d) 100000 Ans:c(77)

35. Insured boxes dimensions and weight limit is

a) Max 200X200X100, min as per letter & 2 Kg
a) Max 300X200X100, min as per letter & 1 Kg
a) Max 100X200X100, min as per letter & 4 Kg
a) None of the above Ans: b(80)

36. Under foreign post article containing perishable biological substances can be accepted for sending

a) At all Gazetted  Head post offices only
b) At all the GPOs situated at the HQ of the circle
c) At Indian council of Medical research, New Delhi
d) All the above Ans: c(88)

37. Mark incorrect option related to international reply coupons

a) Not more than 10 International reply coupon or 30 commonwealth reply coupon will be sold to any one individual at any time.
b) The coupons can be exchanged in any country which is a member of the UPU
c) Reply coupons are intended to enable senders to prepay for a reply.
d) Reply coupons are free of cost Ans: d(89-90)

38. Under foreign post the international parcel post service with Pakistan and India is carried based on

a) The UPU parcel post agreement. b) By-lateral agreement
c) A special bilateral agreement d) None of the above Ans: c(94)

39. The min and max dimension of a foreign parcel prescribed is

a) 100 X 140 &  1mtr X 2 mtr b) 90 X 140 &  1.5mtr X 2 mtr
c) 90 X 140 &  1mtr X 2 mtr d) None of the above Ans: c(96)

40. The general maximum limit of weight for a foreign parcel is

a) 25 Kg b) 30 Kg
c) 10 Kg d) 20 Kg Ans: d(97)



41. Generally air parcels are subject to the lower limit of weight of

a) 25 Kg b) 30 Kg
c) 10 Kg d) 20 Kg Ans: c(97)

42. If the addressee of an inward foreign parcel wants to take delivery of his parcel at the office of exchange

a) It will be refused as there is no provision in the rule
b) It has to be approved by the D section of the directorate
c) The addressee has to call on the office of exchange with all the documents
related including proof of his identity
d) None of the above Ans: c(107b)

43. When an insured foreign parcel is redirected form one country to the another .

a) No additional insurance fee is to be levied
b) Half of the original insurance fee is to levied for such transmissions
c) A fresh insurance fee become payable for each such transmission
d) None of the above Ans:c(121a)

44. A money order returned from a foreign country of payment as not payable

a) The sender will paid the value of the money order as actually paid in Indian
currency at the time of issue without the commission originally collected.
b) The sender will be paid the value of the MO+ commission.
c) The sender will be paid half the value of the MO without the MO commission
d) The sender will be paid the value of the MO and half commission. Ans: a(140)

45. The request a purchase of British Postal Order for repayment

a) Cannot be accepted
b) Can be accepted if presented at the PO from which it was purchased a/w
counterfoil
c) Can be accepted any post office in India
d) None of these Ans:b(168)

46. Mark correct options

a) COD means Cash-on-Delevery
b) Under COD system may be exchanged VP parcel
c) VP letter, Parcel & COD parcel may be insured in accordance with the
conditions
d) All of the above are correct       Ans: d(174-177)

47. The customs control based on the Indians customs act 1962 is for

a) The imposition of export or import duties
b) For ensuring the observance of the provisions of import and export control act
c) For ensuring the observation of foreign exchange regulation act
d) All of the above Ans: d(179)


48. Mark correct option

a) Custom declaration from filled in duplicate
b) Custom declaration from are two types i) Treen custom label(C-1) ii)  Detailed 
declaration form(C-2)
c) Custom declaration form is filled by sender
d) All of above are correct Ans: d(22),

49. The customs control is primarily exercised at

a) The point of entry b) The point of exit
c) Foreign post office d) All the above Ans:d(180)

50. Articles liable to export duty are detained at the outward office of exchange and the sender is informed regarding the payment of duty

a) By the office of exchange     b) By the custom authorities directly
c) By the head office of the circle concerned  d) All of the above Ans: b(182)

51. An assessment memo accompanies

a) Only the inward foreign parcels on which duty is assessed
b) All inward foreign parcels even if no duty is assessed on it.
c) All inward foreign parcels weighing more than 10 KG
d) None of the above Ans: b(184)

52. Foreign post office giver a new serial number to any inward foreign parcel

a) When subjected to customs and duty is assessed
b) When subjected to customs immaterial of the fact whether duty is assessed or
not
c) When subjected to customs and if the parcel weight more than 10 Kg
d) All of the above Ans: b(184)

53. If postal articles already booked are detained, confiscated according to the law the one who is to take responsibilities for it is

a) The sender or the addressee b) The PO of booking
c) The PO of delivery d) Dept of post Ans: a(188)

54. Complaints and enquires regarding articles of letter mail and parcel mail in foreign post must be submitted before he lapse of

a) 3 years counting from the day following the day on which the article was posted
b) 2 years counting from the day following the day on which the article was posted
c) 1 years counting from the day following the day on which the article was posted
d) 6 month counting from the day following the day on which the article was
posted        Ans: c(200a)

55. Complaints concerning foreign MOs must be made within a period of

a) 3 months from the date of issue b) Six month from the date of issue
c) 1 year from the date of issue d) 2 year from the date of issue 
     Ans:c(200b)

56. Enquiries regarding BPO & IPO will be normally considered if made

a) Within 6 month from the date of purchase of the order
b) Within 1 year from the date of purchase of the order
c) Within 1 1/2 year from the date of purchase of the orde
d) None of the above Ans: b(200c)



(Prepared by AB Kantharaja  Kodagu Dn, Karnataka,  Mobile No 08969822340, http://abkantharaja.blogspot.in)

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