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(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 house boat,

fastened on the western edge on 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 date and address, it bears the design of a boatman rowing a shikara on the Dal Lake. The

special features 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 whenever

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 then the chief postmaster John Samuel renamed it as

Floating Post Office .

(4)The post office’s houseboat has two small rooms – ones 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 . 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 fear 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 in 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 do you need a fan in this post office !

Direction : Attempt the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read .(i) What is the location of the Floating Post Office in Shrinagar ?

(a) On Dal Lake (b) near centaur (c) On Pani Mahal

(ii) What is special about the seal used in the post office ?

(a) design of a house boat on The Dal Lak.

(b) design of a boat man rowing a Shikara on the Dal Lake

(c) design of a chinar tree on the Dal Lake

(iii) The post office is helpful in promoting tourism ………………….

(iv) Who renamed the post office as ‘Floating Post Office’ ?

(a) chief Post master (b) Post man (c) Delivery agent

(v) The two rooms of the post office are used for …………………..

(vi) The post office is beneficial to the locals ……………

vii) What is the greatest fear that the post office has ?

(a) Floods (b) Earthquakes (c) Tsunami

viii) How is the post office a big boon to the people ?

(a) You do not need fan

(b) You need air conditioning (c) You do not need heater

ix) The flood came in the year …………………. .in Kashmir valley.

x) Find the word from the passage which means the same as ‘attraction’

(a) fascination (b) Islets (c) Picturesque (d) None of these.

xi) What renamed the post office as ’Floating Post Office’ ?

xii) How is the post office beneficial to the locals ?

a) The communities living on or around the Dal Lake deposit Rs. 1-2 crore

every month in it.

b) Because it is more than an object of fascination.

c) The communities living on or around the Dal Lake deposit Rs. 15- 20 lakhs

every month in it.

d) None of these​

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