How is the post office helpful in promoting tourism


Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 253 People


Read the passage given below : 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 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. Rs 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! 1.1 Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read : (i) What is the location of the Floating Post Office in Srinagar ? (ii) What is special about the seal used in the post office ? (iii) How is the post office helpful in promoting tourism ? (iv) Who renamed the post office as ‘Floating Post Office’ ? (v) What are the two rooms of the post office used for ? (vi) How is the post office beneficial to the locals ? (vii) What is the greatest fear that the post office has ? (viii) How is the post office a big boon to the people ? (ix) Find the word from the passage which means the same as ‘attraction’. (para 5)

Answered by admin @



Answers to the questions are:

i) On the western edge of Dal Lake.

ii) All along with the normal date and address it holds the design of a boatman rowing a shikara on the Dal Lake.

iii) There is a special design on the letters which shows the picturesque views of the beautiful Dal lake. When these letters reach their posted location they promote the scenic beauty of Srinagar.

iv) The chief postman John Samuel renamed it as 'Floating Post Office'.

v) One room serves as the office and the second room serves as a small museum.

vi) Locals deposit money every month.

vii) The greatest fear lies in the recurrence of 2014 floods.

viii) The biggest boon is that no fans are needed in the post office.

ix)  fascination


Similar Questions

Explain the qualities of the post office employees

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 276 persons

Explain the qualities of post office employees chapter a letter to god

Could you tell me where the post office is

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 299 persons

Error correction------------Tell me where is the post office.

List of services provided by post office in india

Asked by admin @ in Social Sciences viewed by 313 persons

What are services rendered by post offices​

Determine the value of unknown resistance using post office box

Asked by admin @ in Physics viewed by 300 persons

Determine the value of unknown resistance using post office box

How did frederick douglass help or promote the abolitionist movement

Asked by admin @ in History viewed by 241 persons

What was Frederick Douglass’s contribution to abolitionism? He pressed the antislavery cause through his newspaper, the Liberator.  He wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, convincing Northerners that slavery was evil. …

An office or post with no work but high pay

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 263 persons

An office with high salary but no work one word substitution

Class rank helps admissions offices to know how students

Asked by maham237 @ in Social Studies viewed by 379 persons

Overcoming fixed mindset: a step-by-step guide to cultivating a growth mindset

Asked by wiki @ in Health viewed by 1259 persons

Which of the following would best complete this list?

Asked by wiki @ in Social Studies viewed by 725 persons

What had the king decided to do before he saw the spider

Asked by vanshika149 @ in English viewed by 1118 persons

Describe the karez in your own words

Asked by rajesh064 @ in English viewed by 1281 persons

What is 8 + (x + 5)?

Asked by jaylord7 @ in Mathematics viewed by 1074 persons

What is the topic of the info grapher

Asked by jesus643 @ in History viewed by 1370 persons

Elephant kills 11 in nepal , woman rescued from a friendly dolphine

Asked by kavin044 @ in English viewed by 1246 persons

Most viewed questions in English


There are ways to spice up one's work amcat

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 88512 persons


Suxushi pvt company is looking for a laptop passage

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 38968 persons


Code a contains a set of eight lines

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 34123 persons



Collins english grammar and composition class 6 answer key

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 31513 persons


New grammar with a smile class 8 solutions pdf

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 30917 persons


The orchestra has one whistler who plays instruments well

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 26508 persons



New learner's english grammar and composition class 8 solutions pdf

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 24975 persons


Class 8 english my big brother questions and answers

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 22157 persons


Oxford new pathways english book for class 7 solutions

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 20328 persons



An it company has decided to recruit software developers

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 20038 persons


New grammar plus class 6 solutions by ratna sagar

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 19834 persons


Oxford new learner's grammar and composition class 6 solutions

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 19814 persons



On thursday night a crowd gathered at union square passage

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 16598 persons


Reeta and rishika are of the same height

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 15395 persons


The picture of an ant when enlarged 200 times

Asked by admin @ in English viewed by 14048 persons