IPO exam syllabus is important for the Inspector of Post Office departmental examination.
Eligible Candidates must prepare according to this 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 in detail under:
IPO Exam Paper-I Syllabus
Acts:
- Indian Post Office Act, 1898
- Government Savings Bank Act, 1873
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and its Amendments (Necessary on account of AML/CFT Norms)
- Consumer Protection Act, 1986
- Information Technology Act, 2000
Rules:
- Indian Post Office Rules, 1933
- Government Savings Promotion General 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
- k) Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme, 2019
- Post Office Life Insurance, 2011 and its amendments,
- Book of BO Rules
- Jan Suraksha Scheme (i) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), (ii) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), (iii) Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
Guidelines/Instructions relating to Inland/Foreign Post:
- Post Office Guide Part – I
- Post Office Guide Part – II, except Sections VII & VIII
- Domestic/foreign Post guidelines issued by the Directorate
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
- f) Guidelines issued by the Directorate on Mail Network Optimization Project and Parcel Network Optimization Project.
- g) Guidelines issued by the Directorate on eMO, iMO, IMTS, MMTS and IFS MO
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
- Guidelines issued by the Directorate from time to time on Core Banking Services
Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal Life Insurance:
- Guidelines issued by the Directorate from time to time on PLI/RPLI and Core Insurance Solution
- Annual Reports and Book of Information of the Department of Posts
Information Technology:
- IT Modernisation Project 2012 and its update
- Working knowledge of Core Banking Solutions, PLI-CIS, CSI and DARPAN.
India Post Payments Bank
Preservation and disposal of Postal Records
Swachha Bharat
IP Exam Paper-II Syllabus
Chapters 2 and 6 of General Financial Rules, 2017
CVC guidelines on Public procurem6nt, guidelines and instructions on e-procurement in the Government of India
Manual on policies and procedures for the purchase of goods and services available on the website of the Ministry of Finance
Schedule of Financial Powers of Divisional Heads, Heads of Circle, etc
Welfare measures available to Departmental Employees and Gramin Dak Sevak of DoP
RTI Act,2015 and RTI Rules,2012
Fundamental Rules (FR) and Supplementary Rules (SR)
P&T FHB Volume I and Postal FHB Volume II
Rules relating to Children’s Education allowance and reimbursement of Tuition fees
CGEGIS Rules, 1980
CCS(GPF) Rules, 1961
Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944 and CGHS Guidelines issued by the Directorate
New Pension Scheme, 2004 and its amendments
CCS Pension Rules, 1972 and its amendments
CCS Commutation of Pension Rules, 1981
Postal Manual Volume II, except; Chapter III – Appeals and Petitions, Chapter IV – Personal matters, Chapter V – Security Deposits, Chapter VII – Forged Counterfeit stamps, defaced postage stamps, coins and currency notes
Postal Manual Volume IV Leave, Pension, Gratuities, Dealings on Examination, Recruitment rules of all Cadres and Establishment norms
Service Discharge Benefit Scheme, 2010
Inspector Exam Paper-III Syllabus
Postal Manual Volume II: Chapter III – Appeals and Petitions, Chapter IV – Personal matters, Chapter V – Security Deposits, Chapter VII – Forged Counterfeit stamps, defaced postage stamps, coins and currency notes
Postal Manual Volume III
Postal Manual Volume VIII
CCS (Conduct Rules), 1964
CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965
CCS(Temporary Service) Rules, 1965
GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2020
Brochure on Casual Labourers and instructions on Casual labourers issued by DoP&T from time to time
Constitution of India
The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Section 1 – Short Title, extent and commencement, Section 2 – Definitions
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 1 – Short Title, extent and Commencement, Section 2 – Definitions, Section 82: Proclamation of person absconding, Section 83: Attachment of property of person absconding, Section 84: Claims and objections to attachments, Section 85: Release, sale and restoration of attached property
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872: Section 1- Short title, extent and commencement, Section 5: Evidence may be given of facts in the issue and relevant facts, Section 6: Relevancy of facts forming part of the same transaction, Section 7: Facts which are the occasion, cause or effect of facts in issue, Section 8: Motive, preparation and previous or subsequent conduct, Chapter III (Sections 56 to 58): Facts which need not be proved, Chapter IV (Sections 59 to 60): Of oral evidence, Chapter V (Sections 6l to 73A): of documentary evidence
The Indian Penal Code, 1860: Chapter II: General Explanation, Chapter III: Of Punishments, Chapter IX: Of Offences by or relating to Public Servant, Chapter X: Of Contempts of the Lawful Authority of Public Servant, Chapter XIX: Of the Criminal Breach of Contracts of Service
Instructions issued by the Directorate and DoP&T on the maintenance of APAR
Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985
Revenue Recovery Act, 1890
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
IPO Exam Previous year Question Paper
IP Departmental Exam Paper-III Syllabus
25 Questions on the English language
50 questions on Current Affairs (Minimum 10 questions each from the field of Indian Economy and polity, Sports, culture & science)
50 questions on Reasoning, Interpersonal Skills, Mental Aptitude, Intelligence and Ethics
Noting (approx. 200 words) and Drafting (approx. 200 words) on a given topic
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IPO Exam Pattern
IPO exam shall consist of four papers i.e. Paper I, Paper II, Paper III & Paper IV.
Each paper is of 300 marks.
Paper-I, Paper-II and Paper-III have 150 questions of MCQ type.
Paper-IV has 125 questions of MCQ type and 50 questions of Noting & Drafting.
Candidates have to answer the questions in three hours in every paper.