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This question asked in [Delhi & Outside Delhi Set 1, 2, 3 2018]
Read the following passage carefully:
(1)Tourists to Jammu and Kashmir have another attraction – a floating post office on the Dal Lake in Srinagar, the first in the country. ‘Floating Post Office, Dal Lake – claimed to be the only one such post office in the world – is built on an intricately carved maroon houseboat, fastened on the western edge of the Dal Lake.
(2)This post office lets you avail of all the regular postal services available in the country while being afloat. The seal used on everything posted from Floating Post Office is unique – along with the date and address. It bears the design of a boatman rowing a Shikara on the Dal Lake. The special feature of this post office is that letters posted from here carry a special design which has the picturesque scenery of Dal Lake and Srinagar city. These pictures reach wherever these letters are posted to and hence promote Kashmir as a tourist destination across the world.
(3)This is actually a heritage post office that has existed since British times. It was called Nehru Park Post Office before 2011. But after that the chief postmaster John Samuel renamed it as ‘Floating Post Office’.
(4)The post office’s houseboat has two small rooms – one serves as the office and the other a small museum that traces the philatelic history of the state postal department. It has a shop that sells postage stamps and other products.
(5)But for the locals, Floating Post Office is more than an object of fascination. Rupees 1-2 crore is deposited per month in Floating Post Office by communities living in and around the Dal Lake. The lake has several islets that are home to more than 50,000 people.
(6)The greatest difficulty is the recurrence of 2014 like floods in which the houseboat had gone for a toss uncontrollably pushed by the flood. Rescue teams had to anchor it using special mechanism at a nearby highland. Then it was brought back on the Dal after the water receded. The biggest boon is that at no time of the year, you need a fan in this post-office!
Question 3 ( i )
Before 2011, this post office was called ____.
(A) Jawahar Park Post Office
(B) Nehru Park Post Office
(C) British Post Office
(D) Floating Post Office
Answer
So, the correct answer is (B)
Question 3 (ii)
The seal used in the floating Post Office is unique because
(A) it bears the design of a boatman rowing a Shikara.
(B) it is used by the local people.
(C) there is no date and address on it.
(D) it is available throughout the country.
Answer
So, the correct answer is (A)
Question 3 (iii)
The seal bears the design of
(A) Aeroplane
(B) Bus
(C) Ship
(D) Shikara
Answer
So, the correct answer is (D)
Question 3 (iv)
Floating Post Office is fastened on which edge of the Dal Lake?
(A) Eastern
(B) Northern
(C) Western
(D) Southern
Answer
So, the correct answer is (C)
Question 3 (v)
In which year flood struck floating Post Office?
(A) 2014
(B) 2004
(C) 1994
(D) 1894
Answer
So, the correct answer is (A)
Question 3 (vi)
The monthly deposits per month in Floating Post Office is ` ____________.
(A) 4-5 crore
(B) 3-4 crore
(C) 2-3 crore
(D) 1-2 crore
Answer
So, the correct answer is (D)
Question 3 (vii)
__________ is claimed to be the only one such in the world.
(A) the museum of the state postal department
(B) the shop that sells postage stamps
(C) Floating Post Office situated on Dal Lake
(D) all of the above
Answer
So, the correct answer is (C)
Question 3 (viii)
John Samuel, who renamed it floating Post Office, was a _________.
(A) Postman
(B) Postmaster
(C) Chief postmaster
(D) Chief postman
Answer
So, the correct answer is (C)
Question 3 (ix)
The special feature of this post office is that letters posted from here __________.
(A) have the design a houseboat
(B) have the design of snow-capped mountains
(C) have the design of Dal Lake
(D) have the design of local handicrafts
Answer
So, the correct answer is (C)
Question 3 (x)
In the post office’s houseboat there is ____.
(A) an office, museum and a shop
(B) a museum, library and a prayer room
(C) an office, gift shop and a library
(D) none of the above
Answer
So, the correct answer is (A)
Question 3 (xi)
Which of the following statement is true:
(A) Floating Post Office, Dal Lake – claimed to be the only one such post office in the world
(B) Floating Post Office, Dal Lake is the largest post office in the world
(C) Floating Post Office, Dal Lake is the oldest post office in the world
(D) Floating Post Office, Dal Lake is the busiest post office in the world
Answer
So, the correct answer is (A)
Question 3 (xii)
The word ‘fastened’ in para 1 means ____.
(A) loose
(B) secured
(C) quickly
(D) unlocked
Answer
So, the correct answer is (B)
