Sunday, October 20, 2013

National Eligibility Test - 2013 December

The University Grants Commission announces holding of the National Eligibility Test (NET) on 29th December 2013 (Sunday) for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for the Eligibility for Assistant Professor only or Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Assistant Professor both in Indian universities and colleges. UGC will conduct NET in 79 subjects including Santali new subject (listed under item no. 9) at 84 (Eighty Four, including five new centres) selected NET Coordinating Institutions (listed under Item no. 10) spread across the country. 

Eligibility
  • Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from universities / institutions recognized by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social Science, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this Test. The Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribe (ST) / Persons with disability (PWD) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examinations are eligible for this Test.
  • Candidates who have appeared OR will be appearing at the qualifying Master’s degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited OR candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for this Test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for award of JRF / Assistant Professor eligibility only after they have passed their Master’s degree examination or equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of SC / ST / PWD (Persons with disability) category candidates). Such candidates must complete their P.G. degree examination within two years from the date of NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.
  • The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master’s level examination had been completed by 19th September, 1991 (irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e., from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET.
  • Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their post-graduation only. The candidates whose post-graduation subject is not covered in the list of subjects in item No. 9, may appear in a related subject.
  • Candidates belonging to SC / ST / OBC (Non-creamy layer) / PWD category are required to submit attested copy of the category Certificate along with online printout of their Application Forms (obtained while applying on-line). Other candidates are not required to submit any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility along with printout of their Application Form. Therefore, the candidates, in their own interest, must satisfy themselves about their eligibility for the Test. In the event of any ineligibility being detected by the Commission at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action.
  • Candidates having post-graduate diploma/certificate awarded by Indian University / Institute or foreign degree / diploma / certificate awarded by the foreign University / Institute should in their own interest, ascertain the equivalence of their diploma / degree / certificate with Master’s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi. (www.aiuweb.org)
Exemption (Eligibility for Assistant Professor)
  • NET/SLET/SET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors in Universities / Colleges/Institutions. Provided however, that candidates, who are or have been awarded a Ph. D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009, shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET / SLET / SET for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities / Colleges / Institutions.
  • The candidates who have passed the UGC / CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from appearing in NET.
  • For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the State Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by UGC for eligibility for Assistant Professor held prior to 1st June 2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, being eligible to apply for Assistant Professor anywhere in India. For SET held from 1st June 2002 onwards, the qualified candidates are eligible to apply for the post of Assistant Professor only in the universities/ colleges situated in the state from where they have cleared their SET
Age Limit & Relaxation
  • Junior Research Fellowship: Not more than 28 years as on 01.12.2013. A relaxation upto 5 years is provided to the candidates belonging to SC / ST / PWD / OBC (Non-creamy layer, as per the Central list of OBC available on website: www.ncbc.nic.in) categories and to women applicants. Relaxation will also be provided to the candidates having research experience, limited to the period spent on research in the relevant/related subject of post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a certificate from appropriate authority. Three years’ relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates possessing LL.M. Degree. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any circumstances
  • Assistant Professor: There is no upper age limit for applying for eligibility for Assistant Professor
How to Apply
Candidate seeking admission to the Test (UGC-NET, December, 2013) must apply online (i.e. www.ugcnetonline.in OR through a link available on the UGC website: www.ugc.ac.in).

Important dates:
  • Last date for applying Online & generation of filled Bank Challan for Fee: October 30th 2013
  • Last date of submission of Fee through online generated Bank Challan, at any branch of
State Bank of India (SBI): November 02nd 2013 
  • Last date of taking printout of Application Form, Attendance Slip and Admit Card from UGC website (www.ugcnetonline.in): November 05th 2013
  • Last date for receiving the printout of online Application Form (one copy) and Attendance Slip (one copy) at the respective Coordinating University opted by the candidate (with fee receipt & category certificate(s)): November 09th 2013
For more details, visit: www.ugc.ac.in 

www.ugcnetonline.in

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Nobel Prize Winners 2013


The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013
François Englert and Peter W. Higgs
"for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider"

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel
"for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems"

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013
James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof
"for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells"

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013
Alice Munro
"master of the contemporary short story"

The Nobel Peace Prize 2013
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
"for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons"


The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2013
Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller 
"for their empirical analysis of asset prices"

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Vizag Steel Management Trainees Recruitment through GATE-2014


Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Umited, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (Vizag Steel), is a prestigious "Mini Ratna" PSU under the Ministry of Steel. Vizag Steel invites bright, energetic and talented youth to join as Management Trainees for a challenging career with excellent growth opportunities through GATE 2014.
  • Management Trainee (Technical) :   From the year 2014 onwards,  RINL-VSP will recruit Management Trainees (Technical) in different disciplines of Engineering like Metallurgy, Mechanical, Electrical etc. by considering GATE marks. So, the candidates aspiring to join RINL-VSP should take GATE - 2014.   
Details of the no. of posts, qualification, age, pay etc. will be intimated later. 


GATE 2014 : Candidates need to apply for GATE-2014 and get GATE registration number from 02/09/2013 to 01/10/2013. The GATE will be conducted from 01/02/2014 and 02/03/2014.   For more information and online submission of GATE application, please visithttp://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/gate2014/ website. 
 

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Railway Recruitment Cell, Chennai Recruitment of Group-D 5450 Posts

Applications are invited for the following posts:
  1. Trackman: 1539 Posts
  2. Helper (Elect.): 642 Posts
  3. Helper (S & T): 118 Posts
  4. SCP / Porter: 847 Posts
  5. Helper (Mech.): 588 Posts
  6. Peon: 102 Posts
  7. Safaiwala: 132 Posts
  8. Store Khalasi: 92 Posts
  9. Helper (WS (M)): 757 Posts
  10. Helper (WS (E)): 107 Posts
  11. Helper (TMU): 261 Posts
  12. Peon /Mali/Sanitary Cleaner/Vendor/Helper Gr. II: 252 Posts
  13. Track Maintainer Gr. IV: 13 Posts
Qualifications: i). Minimum 10 Pass or ITI or equivalent at the time of applying. ii). Candidates having higher Educational Qualification can also apply.

Age (As on 01-01-2014): UR: 18 – 33 years, OBC: 18 – 36 years and SC / ST: 18 – 38 years.

Selection Process: The selection process consists of a written examination followed by Physical Efficiency Test and Medical Examination.

Examination Fee: Rs. 100/-. SC / ST, Ex-Servicemen, Persons with disabilities, Women, Minority communities and Economically Backward classes are exempted from payment of examination fee.

How to Apply: The completed application in the prescribed format along with all relevant documents should reach the Assistant Personnel Officer / Recruitment , Railway Recruitment Cell, Southern Railway, No. 5, 3rd floor, Dr. P.V. Cherian Crescent Road, Egmore, Chennai- 600008.

Last Date: 21/10/2013

For more details Click here

Friday, September 20, 2013

National Institute of Fashion Technology Fashion Design (Under Graduate) Exam 2013 Solved Paper

National Institute of Fashion Technology Fashion Design (Under Graduate) Exam 2013
General Knowledge

1. “Consumer Electronic Imaging Fair 2013” formally known as “Photo Fair” was organised during January 2013 at– 
(A) Kolkata (B) Chennai 
(C) Delhi (D) Mumbai 
Ans : (C)

2. Who is the brand ambassador of NOKIA Phones in India ? 
(A) Shah Rukh Khan (B) Aamir Khan 
(C) Abhishek Bachchan (D) M.S. Dhoni 
Ans : (A)

3. Which are the rivers that originate from the Mansarovar region ? 
(A) Narmada, Tapti, Beas (B) Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra 
(C) Godavari, Krishna, Cauvery (D) Ganges, Yamuna, Hooghly 
Ans : (B)

4. Where are the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee located? 
(A) Italy (B) Switzerland 
(C) Belgium (D) France 
Ans : (B)

5. What is common about famous personalities Manish Malhotra, J. J. Valya and Rohit Bal? 
(A) Male Modelling (B) Film Direction 
(C) Novel Writing (D) Fashion Designing 
Ans : (D)

6. Which Indian State is the leading Cotton producer ? 
(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra 
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh 
Ans : (A)

7. Mahindra & Mahindra has acquired the manufacturing of ………. by naming its next generation electric car as the Mahindra e2o that is ‘E-too-oh’.
(A) Reva (B) Punto 
(C) Nano (D) Bolero 
Ans : (A)

8. World’s largest roller coaster named ‘Ferrari World’ is located in– 
(A) Tokyo (B) Abu Dhabi 
(C) Mumbai (D) Beijing 
Ans : (B)

9. Who won the men’s national table tennis championship in January 2013 held in Raipur? 
(A) Soumyajit Ghosh (B) Sharat Kamal 
(C) Sourabh Chaktaborty (D) G Jalyan 
Ans : (A)

10. Who won the reality TV show “Bigg Boss Season 6” in January 2013 hosted by actor Salman Khan ? 
(A) Sana Khan (B) Urvashi Dholakia 
(C) Imam Siddique (D) Niketan Madhok 
Ans : (B)

11. ‘Canterbury’, the premium Indian brand of woollen cardigans and pullovers is from the house of– 
(A) Monte-Carlo (B) Woodland 
(C) Digjam (D) OCM
Ans : (A)

12. Which state has the traditional dress of men known as “Sola or Fotua” and “Eri-Chaddar” ? 
(A) Assam (B) Tripura 
(C) Nagaland (D) Meghalaya 
Ans : (A)

13. Which one of the following cosmetic companies has launched Color Riche Nail Collection “Le nail Art” ? 
(A) Lakme (B) L’Oreal 
(C) Garnier (D) Clinique 
Ans : (B)

14. The ‘more mega store’ retail chain belongs to which Indian Industry? 
(A) Reliance Industry (B) Bharti Enterprises 
(C) Aditya Birla Group (D) None of these 
Ans : (C)

15. Who is the brand ambassador of the Hockey India League (HIL) 2013 ? 
(A) Pargat Singh (B) Dhanraj Pillai 
(C) Navjot Singh Sidhu (D) Virat Kohli 
Ans : (C)

16. ‘Van Heusen’ is a leading International brand of– 
(A) formal wear (B) fashion accessories 
(C) jewellery (D) None of these 
Ans : (A)

17. ‘Sonata’, ‘Ajanta’ and ‘Maxima’ are the well-known Indian brands of– 
(A) jewellery (B) watches 
(C) cosmetics (D) home furnishing 
Ans : (B)

18. Lionel Messi, the winner of four FIFA-Ballon d’Or and World Player of the Year belongs to– 
(A) Brazil (B) Spain 
(C) Argentina (D) Germany 
Ans : (C)

19. Who has been crowned ‘Miss Earth’ Beauty Pageant at the 12th edition held in November 2012 ? 
(A) Stephany Stetanowitz (B) Tereza Fajksova 
(C) Osmariel Villalobos (D) Camila Brant 
Ans : (B)

20. FDI stands for– 
(A) Fashion Directorate of India (B) Foreign Direct Investment 
(C) Fashion Designer’s Initiative (D) Foreign Directory of Industries 
Ans : (B)

21. The international awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, California (USA) for excellence in the field of cinema are popularly known as– 
(A) IIFA Awards (B) Oscar Awards 
(C) BAFTA Awards (D) Grammy Awards 
Ans : (B)

22. The largest continent in terms of area is– 
(A) Asia (B) Africa 
(C) Australia (D) North America 
Ans : (A)

23. The space agency NASA belongs to– 
(A) Germany (B) USA 
(C) Russia (D) France 
Ans : (B)

24. The basic function of technology ‘Blue tooth’ is to allow– 
(A) landline phone to mobile phone communication 
(B) signal transmission on mobile phones only 
(C) satellite television communication 
(D) wireless communication between equipment
Ans : (D)

25. Which among the following is the source of a non-conventional energy? 
(A) Solar Power (B) Coal 
(C) Uranium (D) Petroleum
Ans : (A)

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Recruitment of Assistant Managers & Managers

NABARD invites application for the following posts:
  1. Assistant Managers (Grade ‘A’): 37 Posts
    Qualifications: Bachelors degree in engineering (BE or B.Tech.). Or Masters degree. Or Two year full time MBA or Postgraduate diploma in Management from a recognised university / institute accepted by the AICTE or UGC as equivalent to MBA with a degree in Engineering (BE or B.Tech.) Or Chartered / Cost Accountant / Company Secretary (ACS) with a Bachelors degree. Or A Doctorate degree with Masters degree.
  2. Managers (Grade ‘B’): 30 Posts
    Qualifications: Masters degree. Or Two year full time Postgraduate diploma in Management from a recognised university / institute accepted by the AICTE or UGC with Graduation / Bachelors degree Or Chartered / Cost Accountant / Company Secretary (ACS) with a Bachelors degree Or Doctorate degree with Masters degree.
Application Fee: For SC/ ST/ PWD Rs. 50/- and for all others Rs. 450/-.

How to Apply: Candidates can apply online only. No other means/ mode of application will be acceptable.

Important Dates:
  • Opening date of online registration 23/09/2013
  • Closing date of online registration 14/10/2013
  • Last date of payment of fees online 14/10/2013
  • Date of Preliminary Examination (Grade 'A'): 24/11/2013
For more details Click here

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

APEPDCL Visakhapatnam Recruitment of Deputy General Manager / Legal Affairs Posts

The APEPDCL invites applications for filling up of Deputy General Manager / Legal Affairs on outsourcing basis.

Post details:
Deputy General Manager / Legal Affairs: 01 Post


Qualification:

The candidate should be a Law Graduate. Post Graduate will be preferred.

Address:

The Chief General Manager / Comml., RA & HRD, APEPDCL, Corporate Office, P&T Colony, Seethammadhara, Visakhapatnam – 530 013. 
Last date for submission of application: 05 October 2013
Website: https://www.apeasternpower.com/EPDCL_Home.portal

THE ANDHRA PRADESH STATE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED RECRUITMENT


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)

This system of Common Examination for recruitment of Probationary Officers / Management Trainees has been approved by each of the 20 participating Public Sector Banks and the Managing Committee of the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) with the consent of the Govt of India.
IBPS, an autonomous body registered under Societies Registration Act 1860 and a Public Trust under Bombay Public Trust Act 1950, has been authorised by IBA and has received a mandate from the 20 Public Sector Banks listed below to conduct the Common Written Examination. The CWE for Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee posts will be conducted twice a year by IBPS

PARTICIPATING BANKS
Allahabad BankCanara Bank                   
Indian Overseas BankUnion Bank of India
Andhra BankCentral Bank of India
Oriental Bank of CommerceUnited Bank of India
Bank of BarodaCorporation Bank                   
Punjab National BankUCO Bank
Bank of IndiaDena Bank                 
Punjab & Sind BankVijaya Bank
Bank of MaharashtraIndian Bank
Syndicate BankIDBI Bank

An individual who aspires to join any of the above Public Sector Banks as a Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee will necessarily be required to take the CWE. Prospective candidates who wish to appear for the CWE will have to apply to IBPS and should carefully read the advertisement regarding eligibility criteria, online registration process, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters and score cards.
Candidates who appear for the CWE will be able to check their status after the examination. Scorecards will be issued to candidates who secure minimum qualifying marks and above in each test of the examination.
Each participating Public Sector Bank will independently issue a separate recruitment notification, specifying their vacancies and stipulating the eligibility criteria in terms of age, educational qualification, experience (if any), minimum required level of IBPS score in each component test plus Total Weighted Score (if any) etc. Successful candidates in the CWE who have been issued scorecards and who meet the stipulated eligibility criteria are then required to apply to any of the participating banks. They wish to, quoting their personal details and their CWE scores. Each bank will then individually shortlist candidates and carry out their own selection processes such as Group Discussions and/ or Interviews etc. for final selection.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Please note that the eligibility criteria specified is the basic criteria for applying to various Public Sector Banks. However merely applying for CWE/ appearing for the examination does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be eligible for employment in all or any of the 20 Public Sector Banks as each Bank will stipulate its own eligibility/ qualifying criteria.
Prospective Candidates should ensure that they fulfill the specified eligibility criteria
before applying for the Common Written Examination (CWE):
I. Nationality / Citizenship:
A candidate must be either -
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
II Age:
Minimum: 20 Years Maximum: 28 Years
The maximum age limit specified is applicable to General Category candidates.
Relaxation of Upper age limit
Sl. No
Category
Age relaxation
1
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe
5 years
2
Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)
3 years
3
Persons With Disabilities
10 years
4
Ex-Servicemen
Commissioned Officers
including Emergency Commissioned Officers
(ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers
(SSCOs) who have rendered at least 5 years military service and have been released on
5 years
5
completion of assignment (including those whose
assignment is due to be completed within the stipulated time) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct
or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment 5 Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989
5 years
6
Persons affected by 1984 riots
5 years
7
Persons who have completed 5 years of service in
RRBs
5 year
NOTE: 
(i) In case of a candidate who is eligible for relaxation under more than one of the above categories the age relaxation will be available on a cumulative basis with any one of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned above.
(ii) Candidates seeking age relaxation will be required to submit copies of necessary certificate(s) at the time of Interview conducted by a particular Bank, if called by the Bank.
(iii) Ex-Servicemen candidates who have already secured employment under the Central Government in Group ‘C’ & ‘D’ will be permitted the benefit of age relaxation as prescribed for Ex-Servicemen for securing another employment in a higher grade or cadre in Group ‘C’/ ‘D’ under the Central Government. However, such candidates will not be eligible for the benefit of reservation for Ex-Servicemen in Central
Government jobs.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS :

A degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
WRITTEN EXAMINATION
Written Examination Structure for IBPS PO:-

Sl. No
Name of the section
No of questions
Maximum marks
Duration
1
Reasoning
50
50
Composite
Time of
120 minutes
2
English Language
40
40
3
Quantitative Aptitude
50
50
4
General Awareness
(with special reference to Banking Industry)
40
40
5
Computer Knowledge
20
20

Total
200
120

The above tests except the Test of English Language
will be printed bilingually, i.e. English and Hindi.
marks in each of the objective tests will be evaluated.

Exam Syllabus For IBPS PO

1. IBPS PO - ENGLISH LANGUAGE (40 marks, 40 questions)
Vocabulary: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Word Formation, Sentence Completion
Comprehension: Theme detection, Deriving Conclusion, Passage Completion
Error Detection and Rearrangement: Passage Correction, Sentence Correction, Spelling
Grammar: Active Passive Voice, Direct Indirect Speech
General Usage: Idioms and Phrases

2. IBPS PO - LOGICAL REASONING (50 marks, 50 questions)
Verbal Reasoning: Analogy, Coding Decoding, Blood Relation, Sitting Arrangement, Series Completion, Syllogism, Decision Making, Statement Reasoning
Non-verbal Reasoning: Series Completion, Analogy, and Classification

3. IBPS PO - QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (50 marks, 50 questions)
Arithmetic: Numbers, Simplification, Roots, Average, Surds & Indices, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Ratio & Proportion, Partnership, Chain Rule, Time & Work, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distance, Problems on Trains, Boats & Streams, Alligation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Stocks & Shares, Clocks, Logarithms, Mensuration, Volume & Surface Area, Permutation & combination, Probability, Heights & Distances
Data Interpretation: Tabulation, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts 
4. IBPS PO - GENERAL/MARKETING/BANKING AWARENESS (40 marks, 40 questions)
Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environments around him and its application to society. These questions will be such that they do not require a specific study of any discipline.
- Knowledge of current events
- Everyday observations and experience in the scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person
- India and its neighboring countries
- Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economy, General Polity, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research
Over 70% of the questions will be related to Economy, Banking and Finance. 
5. IBPS PO - COMPUTER AWARENESS (20 marks, 20 questions)
General Knowledge on Computer usage and application (basic hardware and software) 

Process for arriving at Total Weighted Standard Score in the Common Written Examination: 
Maximum Standard Scores and expdected Cutoffs in Each Objective Test
S. No.
Name of the Test
Maximum Standard 
Score

Minimum Qualifying Standard Score (expected)
SC/ST/OBC/PWD
General
1
Test of Reasoning
50
21
24
2
Test of English Language
40
17
21
3
Test of Quantitative Aptitude
50
21
24
4
Test of General Awareness
40
17
21
5
Test of Computer Knowledge
20
08
11

EXAMINATION (ONLINE)
Structure of Examination for Clerk:

Sl. No
Name of the post
No of questions
Maximum marks
Duration
1
Reasoning
40
40
Composite
Time of
120 minutes
2
English Language
40
40
3
Quantitative Aptitude
40
40
4
General Awareness
(with special reference to Banking Industry)
40
40
5
Computer Knowledge
40
40

total
200
200

The above tests except the Test of English Language will be available bilingually,
i.e. : English and Hindi.

Exam Syllabus For IBPS Clerk

1. IBPS Clerk - ENGLISH LANGUAGE (40 marks, 40 questions)
Vocabulary: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Word Formation, Sentence Completion
Comprehension: Theme detection, Deriving Conclusion, Passage Completion
Error Detection and Rearrangement: Passage Correction, Sentence Correction, Spelling
Grammar: Active Passive Voice, Direct Indirect Speech
General Usage: Idioms and Phrases

2. IBPS Clerk - LOGICAL REASONING (40 marks, 40 questions)
Verbal Reasoning: Analogy, Coding Decoding, Blood Relation, Sitting Arrangement, Series Completion, Syllogism, Decision Making, Statement Reasoning
Non-verbal Reasoning: Series Completion, Analogy, and Classification

3. IBPS Clerk - QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (40 marks, 40 questions)
Arithmetic: Numbers, Simplification, Roots, Average, Surds & Indices, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Ratio & Proportion, Partnership, Chain Rule, Time & Work, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distance, Problems on Trains, Boats & Streams, Alligation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Stocks & Shares, Clocks, Logarithms, Mensuration, Volume & Surface Area, Permutation & combination, Probability, Heights & Distances
Data Interpretation: Tabulation, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts 
4. IBPS Clerk - GENERAL/MARKETING/BANKING AWARENESS (40 marks, 40 questions)
Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environments around him and its application to society. These questions will be such that they do not require a specific study of any discipline.
- Knowledge of current events
- Everyday observations and experience in the scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person
- India and its neighboring countries
- Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economy, General Polity, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research
Over 70% of the questions will be related to Economy, Banking and Finance. 
5. IBPS Clerk - COMPUTER AWARENESS (40 marks, 40 questions)
General Knowledge on Computer usage and application (basic hardware and software) 

Comparative view of Exam Structure


Topic

PO

Clerk

MarksNo.QuestionsMarksNo. Questions
English40404040
Reasoning50504040
Aptitude50504040
GK40404040
Computer Knowledge20204040
English (Descriptive)----
Total200200200200
Max Minutes120 (Min)120 (Min)

Saturday, September 14, 2013

BHEL Hyderabad Recruitment of Artisan Posts

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited invites applications for the post of Artisan.

Post Details:
1. Machinist: 245
2. Turner: 164
3. Fitter: 285
4. Blacksmith: 5
5. Welder: 59
6. Carpenter: 5
7. Electrician: 37
Total No. of posts: 800


Qualification: 

Matric / SSC with National Trade Certificate (NTC) and National Apprenticeship Certificate (NAC) in the respective trades of Machinist / Turner / Fitter / Blacksmith / Welder / Carpenter / Electrician with not less than 60% marks in both NTC and NAC. Working knowledge of Telugu is desirable.

Selection Process:

 Written Test and Interview.
Address: 

Post Bag No.9, Mukhya Dak Ghar, BHEL RC Puram HE, Hyderabad.
Last Date of On-line submission application: 05 October 2013
Last date for receipt of Acknowledgement slips along with other documents at BHEL Hyderabad: 12 October 2013


Website: http://careers.bhel.in or http://web.bhelhyd.co.in/

Visakhapatnam Port Trust Recruitment of Trade Apprentice Posts

Vizag Port Trust, Mechanical & Electrical Department has given recruitment notification for the posts of Trade Apprentices.
Trade Apprentice post details:
1. Welder: 17 Posts
2. Electrician: 25 Posts
3. Fitter: 30 Posts
4. Mechanic (Motor Vehicle): 15 Posts
5. Machinist: 05 Posts
6. Carpenter: 04 Posts
7. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic: 01 post
8. Electronics Mechanic: 02 Posts
Total No. of Posts: 99 


Qualification: 

Candidates should possess Passed ITI in the relevant trade with one year of experience.

Address: 

Chief Mechanical Engineer, Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam-530 035.
Last Date for Receipt of Applications: 30 September 2013


Website: http://www.vizagport.com/