UPSC NDA and Naval Academy Examination-I 2014

Union Public Service Commission has issued much awaited recruitment notification for National Defense Academy (NDA) 2014 examination inviting Online Applications for filling up 300+ vacancies in Army, Navy and Air Force through UPSC NDA & NA 1. Eligible & Interested Candidates may apply Online on or before 20/01/2014. Check more details below.

 

National Defence Academy: 320 Posts

Army: 208 posts

Navy: 42 posts

Air Force: 70 posts

Naval Academy (10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme): 55 Posts

Educational Qualification :

For Army wing of National Defence Academy : 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent examination conducted by a State Education Board or a University.

For Air Force and Naval Wings of National Defence Academy and for the 10+2 Cadet Entry Scheme at the Indian Naval Academy : 12th Class pass of the 10+2 pattern of School Education or equivalent with Physics and Mathematics conducted by a Slate Education Board or a University.

Application Fees :

Rs.100/- pay through online or offline mode (SBI Bank). No fee for SC/ST Candidates.

How to Apply :

Candidates are required to apply online through www.upsconline.nic.in on or before 20/01/2014 till 11:59 PM.

Important Dates :

Starting Date for Submission of Online Application : 21/12/2013

Last Date for Submission of Online Application : 20/01/2014

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Employment News this week: Job Highlights (21 December - 27 December 2013)

Employment News this week: Job Highlights (21 December - 27 December 2013)

 01. Gramin Bank of Aryavart, Lucknow needs Officers (Scale-I, II, III), Office Assistant. No. of vacancies- 871. Last Date - 06.01.2014

02. SSC, Karnataka-Kerala Region needs Junior Engineer (Civil), Investigator, Cataloguer, Language Typist (Telugu, Malayalam) etc.No. of Vacancies- 22. Last Date – 17.01.2014

03. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal requires Registrar, Executive Engineer (Electrical/Civil), Internal Audit Officer/Assistant Registrar etc. No. of Vacancies – 11.Last Date – 31.01.2014

04. Corporation Bank, Mangalore needs Specialist Officer (Company Secretary, Fire Officer, Marketing Officer, Security Manager etc.). No. of Vacancies- 192. Last Date- 06.01.2014

05. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar requires Medical Physicist, Staff Nurse, Assistant Engineer, Junior Engineer, etc.No. of Vacancies- 710. Last Date- 30.12.2013

06. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Name of the Posts- Sr. Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Jr. Software Engineer, Project Research Scientist etc. No. of Posts- 43 Last Date- 31.12.2013

07. Bureau of Indian Standards, Delhi needs Scientists - B No. of Posts- 115. Last date- 19.01.2014

08. Allahabad UP Gramin Bank, Banda needs Officers, Office Assistant (Multipurpose). No. of Posts- 282. Last Date- 03.01.2014

Source: www.employmentnews.gov.in

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Download GATE 2014 Admit Cards / Call Letters / Hall Tickets

Download GATE 2014 Admit Cards / Call Letters / Hall Tickets

Friends… those people who have applied for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2014 can download your admit cards from GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) website now. The link has activated on 18th December 2013. The GATE 2014 is to be online exam and this exam is scheduled to be held from 1st February 2014 to 2nd March 2014 (Saturdays and Sundays) in two sessions (forenoon (09:00 AM to 12:00 noon) and afternoon (2:00 PM to 5:00 PM). As per the schedule, the results will be announced on the online application website on 28th March 2014 (Friday) at 10 AM. You can download your Admit Card of Gate 2014 Online Exam from below link by entering your enrollment ID and password.

Download your GATE 2014 Admit Card: Click Here

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Daily GK and Current Affairs- 20 December 2013

Daily GK and Current Affairs- 20 December 2013

1) Who has taken over as the new Chief Information Commissioner of India on 19-Dec-2013?

(A) Deepak Sandhu

(B) Manjula Prasher

(C) Sharat Sabharwal

(D) Sushma Singh

 

2) Who was appointed as Pakistan’s new Foreign Secretary on 20-Dec-2013?

(A) Aizaz Chaudhry

(B) Jalil Jilani

(C) Salman Bashir

(D) Riaz Mohammad Khan

3) On 19 December 2013, India successfully test-fired which indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) from a base at Chandipur-on-sea near Balasore, off the Odisha coast?

(A) Pinaka

(B) Chinkara

(C) Chetak

(D) Cheetal

4) Which Indian bank on 19 December 2013 announced that it has received a license from the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System to open a branch in New York?

(A) ICICI Bank

(B) HDFC

(C) Canara Bank

(D) Federal Bank

5) A musical album to give a tribute to the Girl Child was released by the Vice President Hamid Ansari on 19-Dec-2013. The lyrics of this album titled “Braveheart” were written by a Union Minister of cabinet rank. Who is this minister?

(A) Kapil Sibal

(B) Salman Khurshid

(C) Sachin Pilot

(D) Shashi Tharoor

6) In 1953, who became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)?

(A)Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

(B)Sucheta Kriplani

(C)Vijay Laxmi Pandit

(D)Sarojini Naidu

7) Launched on 1st July 1822, which newspaper is the Asia's oldest extant daily?

(A)The Times of India

(B)Mumbai Samachar

(C)The Indian Express

(D)Hindustan Times

8) Wheeler Island, the site of India's missile testing facility Integrated Test Range (ITR), is situated in which state?

(A)Odisha

(B)Andhra Pradesh

(C)Tamilnadu

(D)Kerala

9) Which National Film Award is given to the Best First Film of a Director?

(A)Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)

(B)Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)

(C)Nargis Dutt Award

(D)Indira Gandhi Award

10) Which capital city houses the headquarters of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?

(A)Dhaka

(B)Thimpu

(C)Kathmandu

(D)Islamabad

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Sushma Singh

2) Ans. (A) Aizaz Chaudhry

3) Ans. (A) Pinaka

4) Ans. (C) Canara Bank

5) Ans. (B) Salman Khurshid

6) Ans. (C)Vijay Laxmi Pandit

7) Ans. (B)Mumbai Samachar

8) Ans. (A)Odisha

9) Ans. (D)Indira Gandhi Award

10) Ans. (C)Kathmandu

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Central Government Holidays in Kerala 2014

Central Government Holidays in Kerala 2014

Here is the list of Central Government Holidays in Kerala for the Year 2014

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HOLIDAYS IN KERALA 2014
SL.No	Occasion	Date	Day of the week
1	Prophet Mohammad's Birthday (Id-e-Milad)	January 14	Tuesday
2	Republic Day	January 26	Sunday
3	Mahashivarathri	February 27	Thursday
4	Mahavir Jayanti	April 13	Sunday
5	Good Friday	April 18	Friday
6	Buddha Purnima	May 14	Wednesday
7	Idu-ul-Fitr (Ramzan)**	July 29	Tuesday
8	Independence Day	August 15	Friday
9	Janmashtami	August 18	Monday
10	Vinayaka Chathurthi	August 29	Friday
11	Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday	October 02	Thursday
12	Dussehra (Vijaya Dashami)	October 03	Friday
13	Idu-ul-Zuha (Bakrid)**	October 06	Monday
14	Diwali (Deepavali)	October 22	Wednesday
15	Muharram**	November 04	Tuesday
16	Gurunanak's Birthday	November 06	Thursday
17	Christmas Day	December 25	Thursday

** Subject to Change depending upon sighting of the Moon

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Current Affairs & General Knowledge Quiz: 19 December 2013

Current Affairs & General Knowledge Quiz: 19 December 2013

1) Name the Indian woman diplomat who was shifted to India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York by the Indian Government on 18 Dec 2013, so as to entitle her to all diplomatic privileges and immunity?

(A) Savitha Halapanakar

(B) Devyani Khobragade

(C) Srishti Rana

(D) Durga Sakti Nagpal

2) `Dreams from My Father' and `The Audicity of Hope' books are authored by which American President?

(A)Bill Clinton

(B)George W. Bush

(C)Barack Obama

(D)Ronald Reagan

3) Name the man behind the Britain’s Great Train Robbery in 1963 who died on 18-Dec-2013?

(A) Christopher Pickard

(B) Jack Straw

(C)  Jimmy White

(D) Ronnie Biggs

4) Ganymede, the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, is a natural satellite (moon) of which planet?

(A)Uranus

(B)Saturn

(C)Jupiter

(D)Mars

5) Lokpal Bill was passed by the Parliament as the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2013 adopted the measure as amended by the Rajya Sabha after a short discussion. Name the two parties which opposed the bill in Loksabha?

(A) Congress and DMK

(B) BJP and Shiv Sena

(C) Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena

(D) BSP and NCP

6) Which is the heaviest organ in the human body?

(A)Stomach

(B)Kidney

(C)Liver

(D)Heart

7) A nation-wide strike by which public sector union on 18-Dec-2013 hit the normal life?

(A) Railways

(B) Bank

(C) Tourism

(D) Oil companies

8) Who was the first law minister of independent India?

(A)Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

(B)B.R.Ambedkar

(C)Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

(D)Vallabhbhai Patel

9) Which country won the boy’s and girl’s team titles in the Asia-Pacific junior golf championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) on 18th Dec 2013?

 (A) China

(B) Thailand

(C) India

(D) Pakistan

10) Which co-founder of Infosys, wrote the book `Imagining India : Ideas for the New Century'?

(A)N.R.Narayan Murthy

(B)N.S.Raghavan

(C)Nandan Nilekani

(D)Kris Gopalakrishnan

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Devyani Khobragade

2) Ans. (C)Barack Obama

3) Ans. (D) Ronnie Biggs

4) Ans. (C)Jupiter

5) Ans. (C) Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena

6) Ans. (C)Liver

7) Ans. (B) Bank

8) Ans. (B)B.R.Ambedkar

9) Ans. (C) India

10) Ans. (C)Nandan Nilekani

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