BSNL Jr Accounts Officer (JAO) Recruitment 2014 - 962 Posts

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), New Delhi has published notification for the recruitment of 962 Junior Accounts Officer (JAO) vacancies. Further details are as follows:

Important Dates:

Starting Date to Apply Online: 01-12-2014 at 00:00 Hrs.

Last Date to Apply Online: 31-12-2014at 24:00 Hrs.

Date of Examination: 22-02-2015.

Total No.of Posts: 962

Name of the Posts: Junior Accounts Officer (JAO)

1. OC: 389 Posts

2. OBC: 260 Posts

3. SC: 195 Posts

4. ST: 118 Posts

Educational Qualification: Candidate should be a qualified Chartered Accountant/ Company Secretary/ Cost & Works Accountant/ M.Com in Master of Commerce from recognized institution/ university.

Age Limit: Candidates age should be between 20-30 years as on 01-01-2015. Age relaxation is applicable for SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD/ Ex-Servicemen candidates as per rules.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on All India Competitive Examination. The exam will consist of two papers:

Paper-1: General English and General Aptitude/Awareness : 3 Hours & 150 Marks

Paper-2: Financial Management/Cost Accounting/Tax and Commercial Laws: 3 Hours & 300 Marks

How to Apply: Eligible candidates may apply online through the website externalexam.bsnl.co.in from 01-12-2014 at 00:00 Hrs to 31-12-2014 at 24:00 Hrs.

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Computer Quiz for IBPS Clerk Exam 2014

1) Laser printer is a type of?

(A) Impact printing

(B) Non-impact printing

(C) Both of above

(D) None of above

2) What is full form of BMP?

(A) Byte map

(B) Bit map

(C) Byte map process

(D) Bit map process

3) Which among following is associated with monitor?

(A) CRT

(B) ALU

(C) CU

(D) ARU

4) In terms of network what is meaning of SAP?

(A) Smart Access Point

(B) Service Access Point

(C) Service At Point

(D) Service Access Permission

5) With which of the following all formulas in excel starts?

(A) /

(B) *

(C) $

(D) =

6) Which is not a font style?

(A) Bold

(B) Superscript

(C) Italic

(D) Regular

7) What is full form of CSS?

(A) Creative Style Shots

(B) Creative Style Sheets

(C) Cascading Style Sheets

(D) Cascading Style Shots

8) Background color on a document is not visible in?

(A) Web layout view

(B) Print Preview

(C) Reading View

(D) Print Layout view

9) Which of the following keyboard shortcut can be used for creating a chart from the selected cells?

(A) F11

(B) F10

(C) F4

(D) F2

10) What is full form of PDF?

(A) Printed Document Format

(B) Public Document Format

(C) Portable Document Format

(D) Published Document Format

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Non-impact printing

2) Ans. (B) Bit map

3) Ans. (A) CRT

4) Ans. (B) Service Access Point

5) Ans. (D) =

6) Ans. (B) Superscript

7) Ans. (C) Cascading Style Sheets

8) Ans. (B) Print Preview

9) Ans. (A) F11

10) Ans. (C) Portable Document Format

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 11 December 2014

1) Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin on his arrival in India, saying he looks forward to a “productive visit that will take India-Russia ties to newer heights.” As Putin arrived on a 24-hour visit for the annual bilateral summit, Modi tweeted his welcome in Russian and then in English. He wrote on his official twitter handle that he is “delighted” to welcome Putin to India.

2) India thrash Belgium 3-2, to enter Champions Trophy semis: India stormed into the semi-finals of the hockey Champions Trophy after thrashing Belgium 4-2 in the quarter finals at the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar. The team will face arch-rival Pakistan, which beat the Netherlands in the other quarter-final and will be looking to take the revenge for the Asia Cup defeat. 

3) Virat Kohli scored fighting century against Aussies; becomes third debut captain in test history to acheive milestone: Virat Kohli on 11 December 2014 became the third cricket player in Test match history to score a century on his debut as captain. Kohli notched up his seventh century in his 30th Test. Kohli's impressive 184-ball innings of 115 on day three propelled the tourists to 369 for five at stumps after Australia declared on 517 for seven before the start of play. There was a heart-in-mouth moment when he first arrived at the crease though, with Mitchell Johnson's short-pitched delivery hitting him full-on in the helmet.

4) Ding first Asian to clinch world number one spot: China's Ding Junhui on 11 December 2014 became the first Asian player to take the world number one snooker ranking after a record-setting season which saw him claim five major titles. The 27-year-old from Yixing is only the 11th man to be world number one after Ray Reardon, Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby and Judd Trump.

5) YouTube gives Indian users option to watch video offline: YouTube on 11 December 2014 said it was giving Indian users the option to watch videos even when they are offline through its mobile application, as the video service owned by Google looks to boost its usage in the country. The new offline feature for the You-Tube app lets people take videos offline, using WiFi or their data plans. Once taken offline, the videos can be viewed without an Internet connection for up to 48 hours.

6) Delhi High Court ordered Xiaomi to suspend smartphone sales in India: The Delhi High Court in an interim order has restrained Xiaomi as well as e-commerce firm Flipkart from selling in India handsets of the Chinese mobile maker that run on the technology patented by Ericsson. The court has also restrained Xiaomi or its agents from making, assembling, importing or offering for sale its devices which are infringing the mobile phone technology patented by Ericsson. The two firms have been order to stop selling infringing devices until February 5, when the court is due to hear the case. Xiaomi entered India in July this year and has been a huge hit among customers in a market that has at least 80 different phone makers including Samsung and a bunch of domestic firms.

7) Modi and Putin inaugurated 'World Diamond Conference' at Vigyan Bhawan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin jointly inaugurated 'World Diamond Conference' at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The conference is a joint effort of the World Diamond Mark Foundation (WDMF), the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and supported by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India.

8) Aadhar-enabled biometric attendance soon: The Centre has decided to introduce Aadhar-enabled biometric attendance system in its offices across the country. The system will be installed at all the offices in Delhi by December 31. At other places it may be installed by the Republic Day, January 26, next year. The manual system of attendance would be phased out accordingly. “The equipment will be procured by the Ministries/departments as per specifications of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) on the Directorate-General of Supplies and Disposals rate contract from authorised vendors,” said an official release.

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Current Affairs Multiple Choice Questions: 11 December 2014

1) International Anti-Corruption Day was observed on 9 December 2014 with the theme?

(A) "Break the Corruption Chain"

(B) “ACT – Against Corruption Today”

(C) "Your No Counts"

(D) "Corruption stops from me"

2) Who won the TIME readers’ poll for ‘Person of the Year’ on 9 December 2014?

(A) Malala Yousafzai

(B) Ferguson Protesters

(C) Vladimir Putin

(D) Narendra Modi

3) American Express and which Indian airline company has joined hands recently to launch India’s first of its kind airline co-branded corporate card?

(A) Spice Jet

(B) Jet Airways

(C) AIr India

(D) Vistara

4) Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) on 8 December 2014 quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). MDMK party is from which state?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Andhra Pradesh

5) Which was the first country to recognize Bangladesh as an independent nation as announced by Bangaldesh foreign office on 9 December 2014, putting an end to the decades-old speculation on the issue?

(A) India

(B) Bhutan

(C) Pakistan

(D) Russsia

6) Which bank on 9 December 2014 launched first homegrown economic indicator of the country, that will primarily track manufacturing activity to offer a forward-looking economic trends?

(A) SBI

(B) ICICI

(C) Corporation Bank

(D) Punjab National Bank

7) Phillip Hughes, the departed cricketer was named as his national team's "13th Man", with the first cricket Test between India and Australia starting in Adelaide on 9 December 2014. Cricket world was recently struck by the tragedy when Hughes passed away after failing to recover being hit by a bouncer from which bowler?

(A) Jason Beherondoroff

(B) Michael Beer

(C) Sean Abbott

(D) Jackson Bird

8) Who was confirmed as the next US Ambassador to India by the US Senate on 9 December 2014?

(A) Nancy Powell

(B) Richard Rahul Verma

(C) Kathleen Stephens

(D) Albert Peter Burleigh

9) Human Rights Day was observed globally on?

(A) 9 December 2014

(B) 24 December 2014

(C) 14 November 2014

(D) 10 December 2014

10) Cabinet has approved the official amendments to the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008 which recommends a composite cap of ...... per cent on foreign investment in insurance (FDI)?

(A) 49

(B) 51

(C) 26

(D) 100

Answers

1) Ans. (A) "Break the Corruption Chain"

2) Ans. (D) Narendra Modi

3) Ans. (B) Jet Airways

4) Ans. (C) Tamil Nadu

5) Ans. (B) Bhutan

6) Ans. (A) SBI

7) Ans. (C) Sean Abbott

8) Ans. (B) Richard Rahul Verma

9) Ans. (D) 10 December 2014

10) Ans. (A) 49

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10th December 2014 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) Time magazine declared 'Ebola fighters' as 2014 Person of the Year: Time magazine on 10 December 2014 named the medics who have treated patients struck with the killer Ebola virus as its "Person of the Year 2014", paying tribute to their courage and mercy. The year saw the Ebola outbreak turn into an epidemic in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, and there have been scattered cases in Nigeria, Mali, Spain, Germany and the United States. "Ebola is a war, and a warning. The global health system is nowhere close to strong enough to keep us safe from infectious disease," wrote Time editor Nancy Gibbs, announcing the prestigious annual title.

2) United Nations to declare June 21 as 'World Yoga Day': United Nations has decided to name June 21 as the World Yoga Day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged the world community to celebrate Indian yoga at the international level during his visit to the United Nations in September this year. Its a huge decisive win for India. Around 170 nations supported Modi's proposal. In November, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy told Modi that the 28-member EU supported his idea for a Yoga Day at the UN. Modi had named Shripad Naik as the minister for Yoga and traditional medicines in the cabinet reshuffle in November.

3) Opposition corner govt over alleged religious conversion in Agra: Opposition BSP and Congress on 10 Dec 2014 sought to corner the government over the reported conversion of Muslims to Hinduism in Agra, saying changing religion by force and by allurement was illegal. The government, however, washed its hand-off the issue saying law and order is a state subject. Minister of state for parliamentary affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said FIR has been filed by the Uttar Pradesh government on the issue. 

4) Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai received Nobel Peace Prize: Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan on 10 December 2014 received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for their pioneering work on promoting child rights in the subcontinent, as they made an impassioned plea to globalise compassion. “Satyarthi and Yousafzai are precisely the people whom Alfred Nobel in his will calls ‘champions of peace’,” chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Thorbjorn Jagland said in his speech before awarding them the prestigious prize in Oslo.

5) Government to decriminalise attempted suicide: The Government has decided to decriminalise ‘attempt to suicide’ by scrapping it from the Indian Penal Code. Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, prescribes one year imprisonment and a fine if a person is found guilty of attempting to commit suicide. Replying to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha on the government's initiative to repeal Section 309, Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parathbhai Chaudhary said the decision was taken after studying feedback from the States and the Union Territories.

6) Jammu and Kashmir recorded historic win over Mumbai in Ranji Trophy: Jammu and Kashmir continued their rapid rise in the domestic circuit, notching up a stunning four-wicket triumph over 40-time champions Mumbai with more than a session to spare in their Group A Ranji Trophy cricket opener at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

7) India last among BRICS in Web index: India ranks behind China and other BRICS nations in a comprehensive index aimed at measuring the Internet’s contribution to social, economic and political progress. Though China is notorious for its great Internet firewall, the nation is far ahead of India when it comes to translating the power of the Internet into economic potential, says the Web Index released by the World Wide Web Foundation on 10 December 2014.

8) Sarita Devi finally received her Asian Games bronze medal: Boxer Sarita Devi on Wednesday finally received her Asian Games bronze medal which she had refused at the victory ceremony in Incheon under controversial circumstances with the Indian Olympic Association Secretary General Rajeev Mehta presenting it to her. Mehta presented the medal to the Manipuri boxer at the IOA Headquarters.

9) Mumbai Indians appointed Ricky Ponting as new head coach: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has been chosen as the new head coach of Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians, paving way for his first managerial post since he retired from international cricket in 2012. Former Indian captain Anil Kumble, chief mentor of Mumbai Indians, said that they are looking forward to Ricky's contribution.

10) Trial run of Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka bus flagged off: The trial run of the Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka passenger bus service was flagged off Wednesday (10 Dec 2014) from Assam`s main ciy of Guwahati. The trial run is expected to conclude in Bangladesh`s capital city Dhaka on Friday. A joint technical team, comprising representatives from India and Bangladesh, are part of the trial run, which will assess route conditions and various technical parameters.

11) Indian-American Richard Rahul Verma appointed US Ambassador to India: The United States senate confirmed, by a voice vote, the nomination of Richard Rahul Verma as the next US ambassador to India. Mr Verma, 46, is the first Indian-American to be the US ambassador to India and is expected to be sworn in shortly. He will arrive in New Delhi ahead of the India visit of US President Barack Obama who will be the chief guest on this year's Republic Day.

12) Cabinet cleared bill to increase FDI in insurance sector by 49 percent: The Cabinet has approved the official amendments to the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008 and to its introduction in the Rajya Sabha. Earlier, the Select Committee on the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill had recommended a composite cap of 49 per cent on foreign investment in insurance. This will include all forms of FDI and foreign portfolio investments. At present, the foreign direct investment limit in the sector is 26 per cent.

13) Human Rights Day observed: Human Rights Day was observed globally on 10 December 2014.  The theme for the 2014 Human Rights Day is Human Rights 365. The theme was based on the idea that every day is Human Rights Day and everyone is entitled to basic human rights day.

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Computer & Banking Awareness Questions for IBPS Clerk Exam 2014

1) Full Form of “CDR”?

(A) Commercial Debt Recovery

(B) Corporate Debt Restructuring

(C) Credit Debit Rate

(D) Currency Default Ratio

2) WWW stands for?

(A) World Whole Web

(B) Wide World Web

(C) Web World Wide

(D) World Wide Web

3) What is the lock-in period of Kisan Vikas Patra?

(A) 3 years

(B) 2 years

(C) 2.5 years

(D) 5 years

4) Which of the following are components of Central Processing Unit (CPU)?

(A) Arithmetic logic unit, Mouse

(B) Arithmetic logic unit, Control unit

(C) Arithmetic logic unit, Integrated Circuits

(D) Control Unit, Monitor

5) Central Bank of India was the first public bank to introduce?

(A) Credit card                           

(B) ATM Card                

(C) Mobile ATM

(D) Internet Banking Facility      

6) Which among following first generation of computers had?

(A) Vaccum Tubes and Magnetic Drum

(B) Integrated Circuits

(C) Magnetic Tape and Transistors

(D) All of above

7) Cheque Truncation System has legal sanction under which of the act?

(A) Banking Regulation Act 149

(B) Reserve Bank of India Act 149

(C) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

(D) "CTS-2010 standard

8) Where is RAM located?

(A) Expansion Board

(B) External Drive

(C) Mother Board

(D) All of above

9) Short term Money lending for one day is known as?

(A) Call Money

(B) Term Money

(C) Notice Money

(D) Hot Money

10) If a computer provides database services to other, then it will be known as?

(A) Web server

(B) Application server

(C) Database server

(D) FTP server

11) Which is the first bank to launch EMI facilities on debit cards?

(A) SBI                             

(B) Axis

(C) ICICI                          

(D) HDFC

12) Full form of URL is?

(A) Uniform Resource Locator

(B) Uniform Resource Link

(C) Uniform Registered Link

(D) Unified Resource Link

13) Which one of the following is not a 'Money Market Instrument'?

(A)  Treasury Bills

(B)  Commercial Paper   

(C) Certificate of Deposit

(D)  Equity Shares

14) Binary number system consists of?

(A) 0's and 1's only

(B) All alphanumeric characters

(C) Depends computer to computer

(D) None of above

15) "Good people to grow with” is a tagline of?

(A) Punjab National Bank

(B) Union Bank of India

(C) Indian Overseas Bank

(D) Andhra Bank

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Corporate Debt Restructuring

2) Ans. (D) World Wide Web

3) Ans. (C) 2.5 years

4) Ans. (B) Arithmetic logic unit, Control unit

5) Ans. (A) Credit card  

6) Ans. (A) Vaccum Tubes and Magnetic Drum

7) Ans. (C) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

8) Ans. (C) Mother Board

9) Ans. (A) Call Money

10) Ans. (C) Database server

11) Ans. (C) ICICI  

12) Ans. (A) Uniform Resource Locator

13) Ans. (D) Equity Shares

14) Ans. (A) 0's and 1's only

15) Ans. (C) Indian Overseas Bank

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 9 December 2014

1) Modi won TIME readers’ poll for ‘Person of the Year’: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who did not make it to the final eight selected by TIME for the annual ‘Person of the Year’ title, has been hailed as one by its readers in an online poll conducted by the publication. Mr. Modi has been named winner of this year’s readers’ poll for TIME ‘Person of the Year’, securing more than 16 per cent of the almost five million votes cast. Protesters in Ferguson, who were demonstrating against a grand jury’s decision not to indict white police officer Darren Wilson who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in August ranked second with 9 per cent of the votes. TIME said “a strong showing of readers from India” helped drive Mr. Modi’s first-place finish.

2) American Express, Jet Airways launched co-branded corporate card: American Express and Jet Airways have joined hands to launch India’s first of its kind airline co-branded corporate card –Jet Airways American Express Corporate Card-- for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and their employees. This co-branded corporate card will help SMEs and their executives to drive substantial savings on business travel and associated expenses, Saru Kaushal, Country Business Head, Global Corporate Payments, American Express Banking Corp told.

3) MDMK quits NDA: The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) on 8 December 2014 quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) blaming the Centre for “being insensitive” and “betraying the interests” of the people of Tamil Nadu and of the Sri Lankan Tamils.

4) Bhutan, not India, was first to recognize Bangladesh: Bhutan and not India was the first to to recognize Bangladesh as an independent nation, foreign office has said, putting an end to the decades-old speculation on the issue. "Bhutan was the first country, there is no controversy about that," foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque told reporters amid fresh speculation in media over the first foreign country to recognize Bangladesh after the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. aque said both Bhutan and India had recognized Bangladesh as an independent country on December 6, 1971 but Thimphu's announcement came hours ahead of India's official recognition.

5) Cadila launched first cheaper copy of world’s top-selling drug: Cadila Healthcare said on 9 December 2014 it launched the first biosimilar version of anti-inflammatory medicine adalimumab, the world’s top-selling drug, at a fifth of its U.S. price. The drug’s branded version is sold under the name Humira by U.S. firm AbbVie Inc, and costs $1,000 for a vial in the United States. Humira had sales of $3.26 billion in the quarter ended September, accounting for 65 per cent of AbbVie’s total revenue.

6) SBI launched first homegrown economic indicator: The country now has another monthly economic index, with the State Bank of India (SBI) on 9 Dec 2014 launching a tool that will primarily track manufacturing activity to offer a forward-looking economic trends. The SBI Composite Index rivals the existing data point from British lender HSBC. The SBI index has been developed on the basis of the bank’s internal loan portfolio, which mirrors the credit demand in the country, and other data sets available in public domain. 

7) First test begins, Hughes '13th man': In the minds of cricket lovers, Phillip Hughes will remain '63 Not Out Forever' but on 9 Dec 2014 the departed cricketer was named as his national team's "13th Man", with the first cricket Test between India and Australia starting in Adelaide on an emotional note. As Australia named their playing XI for the match, pacer Josh Hazlewood was listed as the 12th man and the players wanted to include Hughes' name as the 13th man in the list. Ten days back, cricket world was struck by the tragedy when Hughes passed away after failing to recover being hit by a Sean Abbott bouncer in a Sheffield Shield game. An entire nation went into mourning.

8) Lok Sabha passed Payment and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill, 2014: A bill aimed at bringing India's banking payment system in sync with international practices was passed by the Lok Sabha on 9 Dec 2014 with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying the world would lack confidence if "obsolete laws" in the financial system exist in this country. Replying to a debate on Payments and Settlement Systems (Amendment) Bill, Jaitley said there was a "gap" in the law which needed to be addressed so that there is protection for payments in case of insolvency. The bill seeks to improve the payment and settlement systems by increasing transparency and stability of Indian financial market.

9) International Anti-Corruption Day observed: International Anti-Corruption Day was observed by the United Nations on 9 December 2014. The day was observed to raise public awareness about corruption and what people can do to fight it. The theme of 2014 International Anti-Corruption Day was Break the Corruption Chain.

10) Advanced Pinaka Mark-II rocket successfully test-fired: An advanced version of the indigenously developed Pinaka Mark-II rocket was successfully test-fired on 9 December 2014 from a defence base in Odisha using a multi-barrel launcher. The tests were conducted from the Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE) at Chandipur firing range No. 2, about 15-km from Balasore, defence sources said.

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United India Insurance AO Previous Question Paper PDF Download

Friends.. United India Insurance Company Ltd is going to conduct the exam for its Administrative Officer (Scale-I) posts in the last week of December 2014. (Check the Advertisement of the exam). Here is the question paper of the UIIC AO Exam held on 27.03.2011. This will be a useful reference for the upcoming exam. All the Best.

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