Question

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 then 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. 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!

Answer the questions that follow:

(a) Jammu and Kashmir has another attraction, the first in the country ……………………….

.(i) A floating ATM

(ii) A floating bank

(iii) A floating post office

(iv) A floating museum

(b) The greatest fear that the post office has is that ………………………. .

(i) it can get drowned

(ii) it can be looted

(iii) it has less deposits

(iv) the floods can ruin it

(c)The post office is of no use to the people of Kashmir. (True/False)

(d) Chief postmaster John Samuel has renamed the post office. (True/False)

(e) The post office is in an intricately carved houseboat. (True/False)

(f)The post office’s houseboat has ……………………….. small rooms.

(g) The heritage post office has existed since the ……………………….. times
(h) Find the word from the passage which means the same as “attraction”.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(iii) A floating post office

(iv) the floods can ruin it

(c)The post office is of no use to the people of Kashmir. (True/

(d) Chief postmaster John Samuel has renamed the post office. (True/False)

(e) The post office is in an intricately carved houseboat. (True

(f)The post office’s houseboat has ……………no………….. small rooms.

Answer 2

Floating post office
Floods can ruin it
False
True
British times