IPO Exam Syllabus

IPO exam syllabus is important for the Inspector of Post Office departmental examination.

The Postal Directorate updated the Syllabus for the upcoming Departmental exam to become Inspectors in post offices. The letter number of this revised syllabus is 7-14/2011-SPN-II Dated 22.08.2025.

This syllabus is named Revised IPO Exam Syllabus.

Eligible Candidates must prepare according to this revised IP exam Syllabus to succeed in the upcoming IP Departmental Exam.

Let us check the revised and updated Inspector of post Offices exam syllabus and pattern below.

Inspector of Post Offices Exam Syllabus

The syllabus of the IPO exam is described below in detail:

IPO Exam Paper-I Syllabus

Acts:

• The Post Office Act, 2023 (Act No. 43 of 2023)
• Government Savings Promotion Act, 1873
• Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and its Amendments (Necessary on account of AML/CFT Norms)
• Consumer Protection Act, 2019
• Information Technology Act, 2000

Rules:

• The Post Office Rules, 2024 and THe Post Office Regulations, 2024
• Government Savings Promotion Rules, 2018
• Post Office Savings Account Scheme, 2019
• National Savings Recurring Deposit Scheme, 2019
• National Savings Time Deposit Scheme, 2019
• National Savings (Monthly Income Account) Scheme, 2019
• Senior Citizens’ Savings Scheme, 2019
• National Savings Certificate (VIII Issue) Scheme, 2019  
• Kishan Vikas Patra Scheme, 2019
• Public Provident Fund Scheme, 2019
• Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme, 2019
• Post Office Life Insurance Scheme, 2011 and its amendments complied as SANKALAN (and subsequent instructions/guidelines, if any)

Postal Manual and Rules:

• Books of BO Rules
• Postal Manual Volume II
• Postal Manual Volume III
• Postal Manual Volume IV- Leave, Pension, Gratuities, Dealings of Examination, Recruitment rules of all Cadres and Establishment norms.
• Postal Manual Volume VIII

Mail Operations and Money Remittances:

• Postal Manual Volume V, except Appendix – I
• Postal Manual Volume VI, Part – I, Chapter – I
• Postal Manual Volume VI, Part – II, except Telegraphic Money Orders, British & Irish Postal Orders (to be deleted)
• Postal Manual Volume VI, Part – III, except Appendices
• Postal Manual Volume VII
• Jansuraksha Schemes

Guidelines and Instructions relating to Inland and Foregin Post

• Post Office Guide Part I
• Post Office Guide Part II, Except Sections VII and VIII
• Domestic and Foreign Post Guideline issued by the Directorate
• Basic understanding of Digital Personal Identification Number (DIGIPIN)
• Guidelines issued by the Directorate on Mail Network Optimisation Project and Parcel Network Optimisation Project. Policy Guideline on Centralised Delivery of all types of Postal Articles by Delivery Staff, Dak Ghar Niryat Kendra (DNKs)
• Guidelines issued by the Directorate on the consolidation of Products.

Savings Bank and Savings Certificates:

• Post Office Savings Bank Manual Volume I, II and III read with SB orders issued by the Directorate from time to time
• POSB (CBS) Manual Corrected up to 31.12.2021 and subsequent SB Orders.
• Annual Reports and Book of Information of the Department of Posts.

Information Technology:

• APT Knowledge (IT 2.0)
• Working knowledge of Core Banking Solutions, PLI-CIS

India Post Payments Bank

Preservation and disposal of Postal Records

CCS Conduct Rules, 1964

CCS CCA Rules, 1965

CCS Temporary Service Rules, 1965

GDS Conduct and Engagement Rules, 1965 and orders or guidelines issued by the Directorate from time to time related to GDS matters

IPO Exam Previous Year Question Paper

IP Exam Paper-II Syllabus

Noting in approx. 200 words on a given topic

Drafting in approx. 200 words on a given topic

Draft Major Penalty Charge Sheet.

Inspector Exam Paper-III Syllabus

Constitution of India- Preamble to Constitution of India, Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy, Fundamental Duties, Articles 124-127, Article 214-232, 311, 338, 338 (a), 338 (b).

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (BNSS)

Section 1 Short Title, Extent and Commencement

Section 2 Definitions

Section 84 Proclamation for person absconding 

Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985

Revenue Recovery Act, 1890

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended

RTI Act, 2005 and RTI Rules, 2012

Manual on Procurement

• Manual of Procurement of Goods
• Manual of Procurement of Works and
• Manual of Procurement of Consultancy and Other Services.

CCS GPF Rules, 1961

CCS Pension Rules, 2021 and its amendments

CCS Commutation of Pension Rules, 1981

Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act, 2013 and related instructions issued by the DoPT from time to time.

NPS

• Central Civil Services Inplementation of National Pension System Rules, 2021 and its amdements
• Central Civil Services Payment of Gratuity under National Pension System Rules, 2021 and its amendments.

Chapters 2 and 6 of General Financial Rules, 2017 and their amendments thereof.

Fundamental Rules FR and Supplementary Rules SR

Brochure on Casual Labourers and instructions on Casual Labourers issued by DoPT from time to time.

Instructions issued by the Directorate and DoPT on the maintenance of APAR.

Service Descharge Benefit Scheme 2010

Schedules of Financial Powers of Divisional head and head of circle

Welfare measures available to Departmental Employees and Gramin Dak SEvak of DoP

P and T FHB Volume I and Postal FHB Volume II

Question of English Language

Questions on General Knowledge and Current Affairs (Indian Economy, Polity, Sports, Culture, and Science.

Quesitons on Reasoning, Interpersonal Skills, Mental Aptitude, Quantitative Aptitude, Intelligence, and Ethics.

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Revised IPO Exam Pattern

As per the revised pattern of IPO examination, there are only three papers instead of four, i.e. Paper I, Paper II, and Paper III.

Paper I has 125 multiple-choice questions, and the duration of this paper is 2 hours and 30 minutes. Each question will be 2 marks.

Similarly, Paper-II has noting and drafting, draft charge sheet. The duration of this paper is only 1 hour.

Noting and drafting for 30 marks and drafting a charge report for 20 marks in Paper II.

Paper III has 150 MCQ-type questions, and the exam duration of Paper III is 3 hours.