Philately Quiz: Postal System Quiz 5

Philately Quiz: Postal System Quiz 5

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1. What postage stamp is used for official mail posted by Government/Semi-Government?

Definitive stamp
Revenue stamp
Service stamps
Notary stamps

2. What is the term for the small horizontal and vertical cuts between stamps to facilitate separation?

Rouletting
Postmark
Imperforate
Perforations

3. Name the project launched by the Department of Posts for financial inclusion of rural population

Darshan
Darpan
Udan
Sukanya Samriddhi

4. The first adhesive stamp in Asia, the Sciende Dawk, was introduced in the year

1837
1857
1852
1892

5. Who was the first Indian woman to feature in a postage stamp?

Indira Gandhi
Mother Teresa
Meerabai
Sarojini Naidu

6. The world's first postage stamp with nudes, 'The Naked Maja', depicted the painting by which famous artist?

Francisco de Goya
Pablo Picaso
Frida Kahlo
Michelangelo

7. Which digit of PIN Code is reserved for the Army Postal Service?

9
7
6
5

8. When was the Postal Index Number (PIN) introduced in India?

15 August 1965
15 August 1947
15 August 1952
15 August 1972

9. Name the project that was introduced in 2008 to upgrade post offices in urban and rural areas?

Project Speed
Project Arrow
Project DARPAN
Project Dak

10. The “first talking stamps” in 1972 was introduced by which country?

China
Japan
Bhutan
France

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