APPSC Agriculture Officer in A.P Agriculture Service - Notification No.21/2018

Agriculture Officer in A.P Agriculture Service - Notification No.21/2018 - Click Here

APPSC Divisional Accounts Officer (works) Grade-II in A.P. Works Accounts Service - Notification No.20/2018

Divisional Accounts Officer (works) Grade-II in A.P. Works Accounts Service - Notification No.20/2018  - Click Here

APPSC Assistant Public Relations Officer in A.P. Information Subordinate Service Notification No.19/2018

Assistant Public Relations Officer in A.P. Information Subordinate Service - Notification No.19/2018  - Click Here

APPSC Assistant Telugu Translator in A.P.Legislature Secretariat Service Notification No.18/2018

Assistant Telugu Translator in A.P.Legislature Secretariat Service - Notification No.18/2018 - (Published on - 28/12/2018) - Click Here

APPSC Inspector of Boilers in A.P Boilers Service Notification

Inspector of Boilers in A.P Boilers Service - Notification No.17/2018  - Click Here

APPSC Assistant Electrical Inspectors in A.P. Electrical Inspectorate Service Notification

Assistant Electrical Inspectors in A.P. Electrical Inspectorate Service - Notification No.16/2018 - Click Here

APPSC Assistant Commissioner of Endowments in A.P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Service Notification

Assistant Commissioner of Endowments in A.P. Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Service - Notification No.15/2018  - Click Here

Reserve Bank of India Recruitment f Officer Posts

Reserve Bank of India invites applications for lateral recruitment of Officers in Grade ‘C’ on contract basis – 2018.

Post details:
1. Bank Examiner/ Supervisory Manager: 20 Posts
2. Analyst: 10 Posts
3. Accounts Specialist: 05 Posts
4. IT Examiner/ IT Analyst/ IT Auditor: 10 Posts
5. System Administrator: 06 Posts
6. Project Administrator: 03 Posts
7. Network Administrator: 03 Posts
8. Web Designer: 01 Post
9. System Administrator (Big Data): 01 Post
10. Behavioural Scientist: 01 Post
11. Legal Specialist: 01 Post
Total no. of posts: 61

Qualification: BE/ B.Tech/ M.Tech, PG Degree, PGDBA/ PGPM/ PGDM, CFA (USA)/ CA/ ICWA/ LLB/ LLM/ IFRS with relevant experience.

Age(as on 01.12.2018): 25 to 35 years.

Selection: Based on preliminary screening, interview.

Last date to apply online: 08.01.2019.

Click Here to Read the Official Notification

Click Here to Apply Online

CURRENT AFFAIRS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. In which city Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture Minister, laid foundation stone of Pusa Kisan Haat in ICAR- Agricultural Technology Information Centre?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai

2. Where was the annual India Water Impact Summit 2018 held?
1) New Delhi
2) Hyderabad
3) Amaravathi
4) Mangalore

3. Where was the Global Venture Capital Summit-2018 held?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Maharashtra
3) Goa
4) Madhya Pradesh

4. Which pair has become India's Second Inland Water Transport origin destination pair for containerized cargo movement on National Waterway-1?
1) Paradip-Cuttack
2) Kolkata-Patna
3) Panaji-Kochi
4) Mumbai-Chennai

5. Where was the 1st International Conference on Bears held?
1) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
2) Agra, Uttar Pradesh
3) Darjeeling, West Bengal
4) Nagpur, Maharashtra

6. At which place did Indian Coast Guard conducted the Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution
Response Exercise named 'Clean Sea - 2018' at the sea?
1) Chandipur, Odisha
2) Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
3) Mumbai, Maharashtra
4) Calicut, Kerala

7. In which State/UT the India's first underwater museum will be opened in a decommissioned Indian Naval vessel named INS Cuddalore?
1) Odisha
2) Maharashtra
3) Puducherry
4) Andhra Pradesh

8. When did UNICEF (United Nations International Children Emergency Fund) celebrate its 71st foundation day?
1) December 9
2) December 10
3) December 11
4) December 12


9. Where was the Regional Conference on 'Good Governance - Focus on Aspirational Districts' held?
1) Bengaluru, Karnataka
2) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
3) Pune, Maharashtra
4) Hyderabad, Telangana

10. Where was the first International Conference, on the theme- 'Sustainable Water Management', held?
1) Rohtak, Haryana
2) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
3) Mohali, Punjab
4) Kochi, Kerala

11. Which entity has developed the portal ENSURE- National Livestock Mission-EDEG launched
by Union Minister of Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh?
1) National Informatics Centre
2) NITI Aayog
3) NABARD
4) IIT, Delhi

12. Where was Nishidhi stone inscription from the 12th century, issued to commemorate Jain ascetics
who perform Sallekhana vratha, found?
1) Pelling, Sikkim
2) Udaipur, Rajasthan
3) Shivamogga, Karnataka
4) Namakkal, Tamil Nadu

13. Where was the third exhibition of the 2nd series of collection titled "Uncrowned Glory - An exhibition of Ethnic Ornaments of Himachal Pradesh" inaugurated?
1) Shimla
2) Manali
3) New Delhi
4) Mumbai

14. Which state government has announced the creation of an umbrella university named after
former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee?
1) Gujarat
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Karnataka

15. Where was the National conference 'AYUSHCHARYA' on Dinacharya (Daily Regimen) and
Ritucharya (Seasonal Regimen) for public health promotion?
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkata
3) Puducherry
4) New Delhi

16. In which field Union Cabinet approved a MoU between India and the USA to focus on Scientific
and Technical Cooperation?
1) Earth Sciences
2) Maritime Defence
3) Genetic Engineering
4) Food Processing and Technology

17. Which Indian city has topped in the list of top 10 fastest growing cities in the world from 2019 to
2035 in India, as per Oxford Economics report?
1) Mumbai, Maharashtra
2) Surat, Gujarat
3) Agra, Uttar Pradesh
4) Bengaluru, Karnataka

18. At which position India stood in the highest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, accounting
for 7 % of global emissions in 2017, according to a study by Global Carbon Project?
1) Second
2) Third
3) Fourth
4) Fifth

19. Which country has become the first Latin American Country to join China's Belt and Road
Initiative?
1) Mexico
2) Costa Rica
3) Panama
4) Argentina

20. Where was the 12th session of India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) for Economic and Technical Cooperation, held?
1) New Delhi, India
2) Mumbai, India
3) Dubai, UAE
4) Abu Dhabi, UAE

21. Where did External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj co-inaugurate Gandhi-Zayed Digital Museum?
1) Bahrain, UAE
2) Abu Dhabi, UAE
3) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4) Doha, Qatar

22. Which country topped in road deaths with 1.51 lakh road deaths in 2016, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety?
1) USA
2) India
3) China
4) South Korea

23. Which country has become the first country to abolish all fares on public transport by 2019?
1) Luxembourg
2) Monaco
3) Ireland
4) Japan

24. Where was the world's largest Arabic audio library launched?
1) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4) Muscat, Oman

25. With which country India participated in the 10th edition of 'INDRA NAVY', the bilateral started at Vishakhapatnam?
1) Australia
2) Russia
3) France
4) USA

26. Where was the Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018 held?
1) New Delhi
2) Dehradun
3) Kolkata
4) Chandigarh

27. Which country has approved a new law allowing foreign bluecollar workers into the country to ease labour shortages from April 2019?
1) Australia
2) Ethiopia
3) Spain
4) Japan

28. Which country became the 38th member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international body to combat money laundering, terrorist financing etc?
1) Egypt
2) Pakistan
3) Israel
4) Afghanistan

29. Where was Vivah Panchami, the wedding of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita, celebrated on 12th
December 2018?
1) Dhaka, Bangladesh
2) Janakpur, Nepal
3) Uttar Pradesh, India
4) Colombo, Sri Lanka

30. With which Indian bank the Central Bank of the UAE made a Currency Swap Agreement and was signed?
1) State Bank of India
2) Reserve Bank of India
3) NABARD
4) SIDBI

31. With which country India signed an agreement to pay for the crude oil it imports from the country in rupees?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Qatar
4) Saudi Arabia

32. Which airlines has become the first Indian Domestic carrier to have 200 aircraft in its fleet?
1) IndiGo
2) SpiceJet
3) Jet Airways
4) GoAir

33. Which country became the world's leading exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for the first time?
1) Qatar
2) USA
3) Iran
4) Australia

34. Which bank has approved a $400 million loan for a Water Sanitation Project in Andhra Pradesh?
1) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
2) Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB)
3) World Bank 4) SoftBank

35. Where was the 54th SKOCH Summit on the State of Power, Oil and Gas held?
1) Mumbai
2) Dehradun
3) Raipur
4) New Delhi

36. By which year India aimed to become a USD 5 trillion economies as per India's 1st Agriculture Export Policy 2018 released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry?
1) 2023
2) 2025
3) 2031
4) 2028

37. Which institute won the DSCI Excellence Award 2018, given by Data Security Council of India
(DSCI), for its contributions in Cyber Security education?
1) IIT, Madras
2) IIT, Kharagpur
3) NIT, Trichy
4) IISc, Bangalore

38. Which country scientists have made nanowire devices from zinc oxide crystals that can inherently process and even store information?
1) American
2) Indian
3) German
4) Australian

39. Which country launched its Chang'e-4 moon mission to reach the far side of the moon for the first time?
1) Japan
2) Singapore
3) South Korea
4) China

40. What is the name of the threestage nuclear capable surface-tosurface ballistic missile successfully
test fired by India, from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast?
1) Agni-V
2) Agni-II
3) Vishal-III
4) Dhanush-IV

41. Which Indian power station created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation for 941
days, on 10th December 2018?
1) Bokaro Power Station-1, Jharkhand
2) Kaiga Power Station-1, Karnataka
3) Durgapur Power Station-2, West Bengal
4) Barauni Power Station-2, Bihar

42. What is the rank of India in the Climate Change Performance Index released on the sidelines of
COP24 UN Summit in Katowice, Poland, on 10th December 2018?
1) 4
2) 6
3) 9
4) 11

43. Who was appointed as Chief Economic Advisor for a period of 3 years?
1) Ravi Shankar A S
2) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
3) Vijay Thomas
4) Harish Chauhan

44. Who was appointed as the 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on 11th December
2018?
1) Ravi Handa
2) Shaktikanta Das
3) S Krishnamoorthy
4) Arjun Rishab

45. Which Australian cricketer broke an unwanted 130-year-old record in Australian cricket when he lost his wicket for just 2 runs?
1) Shaun Marsh
2) Tim Paine
3) David Warner
4) Glen Maxwell

46. Who became the youngest and the fifth Indian to win the Asian Tour Order of Merit in golf?
1) Shubhankar Sharma
2) Anirban Lahiri
3) Shiv Kapoor
4) Jeev Milkha Singh

47. Who was appointed as the Managing Director of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)?
1) Wasim Khan
2) Rashid Khan
3) Abbas Mohammed
4) Hashim Ahmed

48. Which sportsperson was honoured with the Meethoileima (Outstanding Queen) title by Manipur government?
1) Manu Bhaker
2) Hima Das
3) MC Mary Kom
4) Saina Nehwal

49. Who is the Present Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
1) Raman Singh
2) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
3) Ajit Jogi
4) Bhupesh Baghel

50. Who is the Present Chief Minister of Rajasthan
1) Vasundhara Raje
2) Hira Lal Devpura
3) Ashok Gehlot
4) Shiv Charan Mathur

ANSWERS:
1) 1 2) 1 3) 3 4) 2 5) 2 6) 2 7) 3 8) 3 9) 2 10) 3
11) 3 12) 3 13) 3 14) 2 15) 4 16) 1 17) 2 18) 3 19) 3 20) 4
21) 2 22) 2 23) 1 24) 2 25) 2 26) 4 27) 4 28) 3 29) 2 30) 2
31) 1 32) 1 33) 4 34) 2 35) 4 36) 2 37) 2 38) 3 39) 4 40) 1
41) 2 42) 4 43) 2 44) 2 45) 1 46) 1 47) 1 48) 3 49) 4 50) 3

List of Chief Election Commissioners of India Since 1950 to 2019

1. Sukumar Sen : 21 March, 1950 to 19 December, 1958
2. K. V. K. Sundaram : 20 December, 1958 to 30 September, 1967
3. S. P. Sen Verma : 1 October, 1967 to 30 September, 1972
4. Nagendra Singh : 1 October, 1972 to 6 February, 1973
5. T. Swaminathan : 7 February, 1973 to 17 June, 1977
6. S. L. Shakdhar : 18 June, 1977 to 17 June, 1982
7. R. K. Trivedi : 18 June, 1982 to 31 December, 1985
8. R. V. S. Peri Sastri : 1 January, 1986 to 25 November, 1990
9. V. S. Ramadevi : 26 November, 1990 to 11 December, 1990
10. T. N. Seshan : 12 December, 1990 to 11 December, 1996
11. M. S. Gill : 12 December, 1996 to 13 June, 2001
12. J. M. Lyngdoh : 14 June, 2001 to 7 February, 2004
13. T. S. Krishnamurthy : 8 February, 2004 to 15 May, 2005
14. B. B. Tandon : 16 May, 2005 to 28 June, 2006
15. N. Gopalaswami : 29 June, 2006 to 20 April, 2009
16. Navin Chawla : 21 April, 2009 to 29 July, 2010
17. S. Y. Quraishi : 30 July, 2010 to 10 June, 2012

18. V. S. Sampath : 10 June, 2012 to 15 January, 2015
19. H. S. Brahma : 15 January, 2015 to 18 April, 2015
20. Nasim Zaidi : 19 April, 2015 to 6 July, 2017
21. Achal Kumar Jyoti : 6 July, 2017 to 22 January, 2018
22. Om Prakash Rawat : 23 January, 2018 to 2 December, 2018

23. Sunil Arora : 2 December, 2018 to Incumbent 

Panchayat Secretary (Grade-IV) in A.P. Panchayat Raj Subordinate Service - Notification

Panchayat Secretary (Grade-IV) in A.P. Panchayat Raj Subordinate Service - Notification No.13/2018 -(Published on -21/12/2018) - Click Here

Extension Officer Grade-I(Supervisor) in A.P. Women Development and Child Welfare Sub – ordinate Service Notification

Extension Officer Grade-I(Supervisor) in A.P. Women Development and Child Welfare Sub – ordinate Service - Notification No.14/2018 (Published on -21/12/2018) - Click Here

AP Postal Circle Recruitment of 245 Postman/ Mail Guard Posts

AP Postal Circle invites online applications to fill up the posts of Postman/ Mail Guard.

Post Details:
1. Postman: 234 Posts
2. Mail Guard: 11 Posts

Regions: Vijayawada, Kurnool, Visakhapatnam.

Qualification: Matriculation from any recognized board or University.

Age limit: 18 to 27 years as on 15.03.2018.

Scale of Pay: Rs. 21700

Selection: Based on written examination.
Applying mode: Online.

Last date for primary registration: 15.03.2018.
Last date for payment of fee at post offices: 16.03.2018.
Last date for final submission of application through online: 20.03.2018.

For Detailed Notification Click Here

RRB Recruitment of 26502 Asst Loco Pilot, Technician Posts

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) invites applications for the recruitment of Assistant Loco Pilot, Technician vacancies in different Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs).

Post details:
1. Assistant Loco Pilot: 17673 Posts
2. Technicians: 8829 Posts

Regions:
1. Secunderabad: 3262 Posts
2. Ahmedabad: 164 Posts
3. Ajmer: 1221 Posts
4. Allahabad: 4694 Posts
5. Bangalore: 1054 Posts
6. Bhopal: 1679 Posts
7. Bhubaneswar: 702 Posts
8. Bilaspur: 945 Posts
9. Chandigarh: 1546 Posts
10. Chennai: 945 Posts
11. Gorakhpur: 1588 Posts
12. Guwahati: 422 Posts
13. Jammu - Srinagar: 367 Posts
14. Kolkata: 1824 Posts
15. Malda: 880 Posts
16. Mumbai: 1425 Posts
17. Muzaffarpur: 465 Posts
18. Patna: 454 Posts
19. Ranchi: 2043 Posts
20. Siliguri: 477 Posts
21. Thiruvananthapuram: 345 Posts

Total No. of Posts: 26502

Age Limit: 18 to 28 years as on 01.07.2018.

Qualification: Matriculation/ SSLC. ITI in the trades of Armature and Coil Winder/ Electrician/ Electronics Mechanic/ Fitter/ Heat Engine/ Instrument Mechanic/ Machinist/ Mechanic Diesel/ Mechanic Motor Vehicle/ Millwright Maintenance Mechanic/ Mechanic Radio & TV/ Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Mechanic/ Tractor Mechanic/ Turner/ Wireman or Diploma in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electronics/ Automobile Engineering. Or 10+2 with Physics and Maths.

Selection: Based on Common Computer Based Test (CBT), Aptitude Test and Document Verification.

Applying mode: Online.

Last date to apply online: 05.03.2018.

First stage Computer Based Test (CBT): Tentatively scheduled during April and May, 2018.

For Detailed Notification Click Here

రైల్వేలో 26,502 పోస్టుల భర్తీకి ప్రకటన విడుదల

దేశవ్యాప్తంగా ఉన్న 21 రైల్వే రీజియన్లలో ఖాళీగా ఉన్న మొత్తం 26,502 పోస్టుల భర్తీకి ప్రకటన విడుదలైంది. వీటిలో అసిస్టెంట్‌ లోకోపైలెట్ల పోస్టులు 17,673, టెక్నీషియన్లు 8,829 ఉన్నాయి. అత్యధికంగా అలహాబాద్‌ రీజియన్‌లో 4,694, సికింద్రాబాద్‌ రీజియన్‌లో 3,262 పోస్టులు ఉన్నాయి. మార్చి 5వ తేదీ లోగా అభ్యర్థులు అంతర్జాలంలో దరఖాస్తు చేసుకోవాలి.
పోస్టుల వివరాలు:
మొత్తం పోస్టులు : 26,502 
అసిస్టెంట్‌ లోకోపైలెట్లు: 17,673 
టెక్నీషియన్లు: 8,829 
రైల్వే జోన్లు: 21 
సికింద్రాబాద్‌ రీజియన్‌లో ఖాళీగా ఉన్న పోస్టులు: 3,262(అసిస్టెంట్‌ లోకోపైలెట్లు: 2719, టెక్నీషిన్లు: 543) వీటితో పాటే ఎక్స్‌సర్వీసు మెన్‌ కోటా, వికలాంగులకు సంబంధించి పోస్టులు ఉన్నాయి. భువనేశ్వర్‌ రీజియన్‌లో ఖాళీ పోస్టులు: 702 (అసిస్టెంట్‌ లోకోపైలెట్లు: 455,  టెక్నీషిన్లు 247) చెన్నై రీజియన్‌లో: 945.
అర్హతలు:

అసిస్టెంట్‌ లోకోపైలెట్ల పోస్టులకు పదోతరగతి పూర్తిచేశాక ఐటీఐ, డిప్లొమో, ఇంజినీరింగ్‌లో సంబంధించి ట్రేడ్లలో కోర్సులు పూర్తిచేసి ఉండాలి. టెక్నీషియన్ల విభాగంలో కొన్ని పోస్టులకు ఎస్‌ఎస్‌సీతో పాటు సంబంధిత ట్రేడ్లలో ఐటీఐ, మరికొన్ని పోస్టులకు పదోతరగతి తరువాత ఇంటర్‌లో గణిత, భౌతికశాస్త్రం సబ్జెక్టులు చదివి ఉండాలి. బీ అభ్యర్థులకు వయసు 1-7-2018 నాటికి 18 నుంచి 28 ఏళ్ల లోపు ఉండాలి. బీసీలకు మూడేళ్లు, ఎస్సీ, ఎస్టీలకు అయిదేళ్లు, వికలాంగులకు పదేళ్లు, ఓబీసీ 13 ఏళ్లు, ఎస్సీ, ఎస్టీలకు 15 ఏళ్లు వయసు సడలింపు ఉంటుంది. బీ పరీక్ష రుసుం రూ.500. ఎస్సీ, ఎస్టీ, ఎక్స్‌ సర్వీసుమెన్లు, వికలాంగులు, స్త్రీలు, మైనార్టీలు, ఈబీసీ కేటగిరీకి చెందిన వారు రూ.250 చెల్లించాలి. దరఖాస్తు సమయంలో అంతర్జాలంలో చెల్లింపులు చేయాలి.
* కంప్యూటర్‌ ఆధారిత పరీక్షను ఏప్రిల్‌, మే నెలలో నిర్వహిస్తారు. ఈ పరీక్షలో అర్హత సాధించిన వారికి ఆప్టిట్యూడ్‌ పరీక్ష నిర్వహిస్తారు. వీటిలో అర్హత సాధించిన వారికి ధ్రువపత్రాల పరిశీలన చేసి పోస్టులు కేటాయిస్తారు.
ఇలా ఉంటుంది
పరీక్ష ఆబ్జెక్టివ్‌ తరహాలో ఉంటుంది. మొదటి విడత పరీక్షలో 75 ప్రశ్నలు ఉంటాయి. గంట వ్యవధిలో ఉంటుంది. దీంట్లో గణితం, జనరల్‌ ఇంటిలిజెన్స్‌, రీజనింగ్‌, జనరల్‌ సైన్సు, జనరల్‌ అవేర్‌నెస్‌, వర్తమాన అంశాలపై ప్రశ్నలు ఉంటాయి. రెండో విడత పరీక్షను రెండు పార్టులుగా విభజిస్తారు. పార్టు‘ఎ’లో 100 ప్రశ్నలు ఉంటాయి. 90 నిమిషాల కాలవ్యవధిలో పరీక్ష రాయాలి. దీంట్లో గణితం, జనల్‌ ఇంటిలిజెన్సీ, రీజనింగ్‌, సైన్సు, ఇంజినీరింగ్‌ విభాగాలకు సంబంధించి, జనరల్‌ అవేర్‌నెస్‌, వర్తమాన అంశాలపై ప్రశ్నలు ఉంటాయి.

‘పార్ట్ బి’లో: 75 ప్రశ్నలు ఉంటాయి. గంట వ్యవధిలో రాయాల్సి ఉంటుంది. ఈ విభాగంలో 35 శాతం మార్కులు సాధించాల్సి ఉంది. అభ్యర్థులు అర్హత సాధించిన ట్రేడుకు సంబంధించి ప్రశ్నలు ఉంటాయి.