UPSC Civil Services Exam 2015 Notification – Apply Online

Friends..Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has published the much awaited notification for the recruitment of 1129 posts in Various Group A & Group B Services through Civil Services Examination 2015 (IAS, IPS, IFS etc.). Eligible candidates may apply online from 23-05-2015 to 19-06-2015 till 11.59 PM. Details are as follows: 

Notification No. F. No. 1/1/2015-E.I(B)

Important Dates:

Starting Date for Submission of Online Application: 23.05.2015.

Last Date for Submission of Online Application: 19.06.2015 till 11.59 PM.

Last Date for Payment of Fee through ‘Pay by Cash’: 18.06.2015 at 23.59 hrs.

Last Date for Payment of Fee through Online mode: 19.06.2015 at 23.59 hrs.

Written Exam Date for Preliminary Exam 2015: 23.08.2015

Note: Candidates are required to apply only through online mode no other mode for submission of applications is allowed

Name of the Post:

(i) Indian Administrative Service.

(ii) Indian Foreign Service.

(iii) Indian Police Service.

(iv) Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service, Group ‘A’.

(v) Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

(vi) Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), Group ‘A’.

(vii) Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

(viii) Indian Revenue Service (I.T.), Group ‘A’.

(ix) Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group ‘A’ (Assistant Works Manager, Administration).

(x) Indian Postal Service, Group ‘A’.

(xi) Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group ‘A’.

(xii) Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group ‘A’.

(xiii) Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group 'A'.

(xiv) Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group ‘A’.

(xv) Post of Assistant Security Commissioner in Railway Protection Force, Group ‘A’

(xvi) Indian Defence Estates Service, Group ‘A’.

(xvii) Indian Information Service (Junior Grade), Group ‘A’.

(xviii) Indian Trade Service, Group 'A' (Gr. III).

(xix) Indian Corporate Law Service, Group "A".

(xx) Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service, Group ‘B’ (Section Officer’s Grade).

(xxi) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli Civil Service, Group 'B'.

(xxii) Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra &Nagar Haveli Police Service, Group 'B'.

(xxiii) Pondicherry Civil Service, Group 'B'.

(xxiv) Pondicherry Police Service, Group 'B'.

Age Limits: A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st of August, 2015 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd August, 1983 and not later than 1st August, 1994.

Minimum Educational Qualifications: The candidate must hold a degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

Application Fee: Candidates have to Pay Rs.100/- either by online or offline mode. No Fee for Female/ SC/ ST/ PH candidates.

Selection Process: The Civil Services Examination will consist of two successive stages. Civil Services Preliminary Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for the Main Examination and Civil Services Main Examination (Written and Interview).

For more details refer official notification from below link:

Civil Services (Preliminary) Exam 2015 Notification: Click Here

Apply Online: Click Here

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20th May 2015 Daily Current Affairs Updates

1) Astra missile successfully test-fired from Sukhoi-30 MKI:

--> Indigenously-developed beyond visual range air-to-air missile, Astra was successfully launched from Su-30 MKI fighter jet in two developmental trials conducted at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha on 20 May 2015.

--> In the first trial, the supersonic missile was released when the fighter jet was performing a “very high-g manoeuvre”. 

--> In the second trial, the manoeuvre was higher than in the first exercise.

--> The 3.8-metre tall Astra is a radar homing missile and one of the smallest weapon systems developed by DRDO. 

2) Tathagata Roy sworn in as Tripura Governor:

--> Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tathagata Roy on 20 May 2015 was sworn in as the Governor of Tripura.

--> He became the 16th Governor of the state.

--> The Chief Justice of Tripura High Court, Deepak Gupta, administered the oath of office at a ceremony held in Raj Bhavan.

3) V Shanmuganathan sworn in as Meghalaya governor:

--> Senior BJP leader V Shanmuganathan was on 20 May 2015 sworn-in as the Governor of Meghalaya at the Raj Bhavan.

--> Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court Uma Nath Singh administered the oath of office to Shanmuganathan. 

4) Barcelona won Spain's La Liga title:

--> Barcelona won the Spanish La Liga title for the 23rd time as they beat Atletico Madrid over the weekend.

--> Luis Enrique, the man in charge of Barcelona has now won 29 times in his clubs last 32 games.

5) Renault unveiled 800cc Kwid:

--> French auto major Renault on 20 May 2015 unveiled its global entry-level car 800cc Kwid and the model is expected to hit the Indian market around the festive season this year.

--> The Kwid will take on established players like Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai in the segment.

6) Economist Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri passed away:

--> Eminent economist, noted academic and policy advisor Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri, who bewitched and inspired generations of students at the Delhi School of Economics with his lively lectures on an ostensibly arid subject, passed away on 20 May 2015.

7) International Day of Families observed:

--> International Day of Families was observed on 15 May 2015 with theme Men in Charge? Gender Equality and Children’s Rights in Contemporary Families.

--> The 2015 theme aims to highlight gender equality and rights of children within families.

8) President Obama's new Twitter account broke a world record:

--> President of the United States (US) Barack Obama on 20 May 2015 entered Guinness Book of World Record for reaching a million followers in a span of mere 5 hours after going live.

--> Barack Obama debuted on Social Media Platform Twitter with @POTUS account.

--> He beat the previous record, which was set in April 2014 by Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., after the actor reached a million followers in 23 hours and 22 minutes.

9) Mumbai's Siddhivinayak temple gets ISO 9001-2008 certification:

--> Mumbai's famous Siddhivinayak temple has received ISO 9001-2008 certification for best quality practices.

--> The certificate was presented to the Siddhivinayak Trust chief officer Mangesh Shinde by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, at an event held at the temple.

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Current Affairs MCQ: 20 May 2015

1) Which company has emerged as the only Indian company among the world's 10 biggest consumer financial services firms recently?

(A) Infosys

(B) HDFC

(C) TCS

(D) IOC

2) Who was recently appointed as the first president of recently formed BRICS bank?

(A) KV Kamath

(B) Aravind Panagariya

(C) Montek Singh Ahluwalia

(D) Duvvuri Subbarao

3) Newly formed BRICS Bank will have its headquarters at?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Durban

(C) Moscow

(D) Shanghai 

4) Justice (retired) Cyriac Joseph was on 11 May 2015 authorised to act as the Chairperson of?

(A) Central Vigilance Commission

(B) UPSC

(C) Central Knowledge Commission

(D) National Human Rights Commission

5) National Technology Day was observed on?

(A) May 5

(B) May 20

(C) May 11

(D) May 31

6) Which high court recently acquitted former TN CM Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case?

(A) Kerala high court

(B) Karnataka high court

(C) Tamil Nadu high court

(D) Delhi high court

7) India's first private greenfield airport named Kazi Nazrul Islam airport was recently inaugurated in which state?

(A) West Bengal

(B) Kerala

(C) Jammu and Kashmir

(D) Goa

8) French President Francois Hollande recently became the first president of France to visit which country?

(A) USA

(B) Russia

(C) Cuba

(D) Egypt

9) Department of Posts on 11 May 2015 launched a dedicated E-Commerce Centre at?

(A) Chennai

(B) New Delhi

(C) Mumbai

(D) Kochi

10) Who recently won the men's singles Madrid Masters tennis title?

(A) Andy Murray

(B) Rafael Nadal

(C) Novak Djokovic

(D) Roger Federer

Answers

1) Ans. (B) HDFC

2) Ans. (A) KV Kamath

3) Ans. (D) Shanghai

4) Ans. (D) National Human Rights Commission

5) Ans. (C) May 11

6) Ans. (B) Karnataka high court

7) Ans. (A) West Bengal

8) Ans. (C) Cuba

9) Ans. (B) New Delhi

10) Ans. (A) Andy Murray

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Employment News: 16th May - 22nd May 2015

1. UTTAR PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Name of Post- Assistant Prosecution Officers

No. of Vacancies - 372

Last Date     -    29/05/2015

2. DEPARTMENT OF SPACE NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY

Name of Post – Jr. Research Fellow and Research Associate

No. of Vacancies -11

Last Date    - Within 15 days from the date of publication

3. PT. DEENDAYAL UPADHAYAYA INSTITUTE FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, NEW DELHI  

18 Various Post

Last Date- online will be 30 days from the date of publishing

4. MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NEW DELHI 

Name of Post- U.D.C

No. of Vacancies- 16

Last Date - within 60 days from the date of issue of circular in Employment News

5. BUREAU OF POLICE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (BPR&D), NEW DELHI 

37 Various Posts

No. of Vacancies- 16

Last Date – 2 months from the date of publication of this advertisement

6. INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH, GUJARAT

29 Various Posts

Last Date – 30 days after the publication of this notice in Employment News

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 19 May 2015

1) INS Kavaratti launched in Kolkata:

--> Indian Navy's latest anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette, the INS Kavaratti was launched on 19 May 2015.

--> Kavaratti is the last of the four anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvettes being built for India under Project 28.

--> The vessel has been named after the capital of Union Territory Lakshadweep.

--> INS Kavaratti has been designed by the Directorate of Naval Design and built by the GRSE Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers.

--> INS Kavaratti was launched by Manita Singh, wife of the Union Minister of State for Defence, Rao Inderjit Singh.

2) Driest place on earth found in Atacama Desert, Chile:

--> Researchers have discovered the driest location on Earth in the Atacama Desert in Chile - and they were surprised to find some bacteria living there.

--> The site is reported to be as dry as Mars.

--> The site is called Maria Elena South (MES).

--> The team discovered that MES has a mean atmospheric relative humidity (RH) of 17.3 percent and a soil RH of a constant 14 percent at a depth of one meter.

3) Apple acquired mapping company Coherent Navigation:

--> Apple has reportedly acquired Coherent Navigation, a Bay Area firm working on high-accuracy GPS and navigation technologies.

--> The iPhone maker has confirmed the deal, but has refused to divulge more details about the purpose or its future plans.

4) Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won Man Booker International Prize 2015:

--> Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won the biennial Man Booker International Prize 2015.

--> The award ceremony was held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on 19 May 2015 and Krasznahorkai was chosen from a list of 10 contenders from around the world.

--> Krasznahorkai, born in 1954, gained considerable recognition with his numerous works, such as "Satantango" and "The Melancholy of Resistance".

5) PM Narendra Modi concluded his three-nation tour to China, Mongolia and South Korea:

--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 May 2015 returned to India after completing his tour to three nations namely China, Mongolia and South Korea.

6) Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards named England cricketers of the year:

--> Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards on 18 May 2015 were named as England men’s and women’s cricketers of the year 2014-15 respectively.

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18th May 2015 Important Current Affairs Updates

1) Draupadi Murmu sworn in as first Woman Governor of Jharkhand:

--> Draupadi Murmu has been sworn in as the first woman Governor of Jharkhand on 18 May 2015.

--> Ms Murmu succeeds Syed Ahmed, who will take over as the Governor of Manipur.

--> Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice Virendra Singh administered the oath of office to Ms Murmu.

2) India assumed presidency of World Health Assembly:

--> India assumed the presidency of the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) held in Geneva after a gap of 19 years.

--> The 68th WHA session began on 18 May 2015 and it will conclude on 27 May 2015.

--> The WHA session is presided by Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda who is  also leading the high-level Indian delegation to the Assembly.

3) Aruna Shanbaug the face of "euthanasia" in India died at 66:

--> Aruna Shanbaug, a former nurse who lived in a coma state for the past 42 years after being brutally sexually assaulted at the KEM Hospital in Mumbai and became the face of the debate on euthanasia in India, died on 18 May 2015.

--> In March 2011, the Supreme Court rejected a petition filed by author Pinki Virani seeking euthanasia for Shanbaug.

4) Customers can now call STD mobile numbers without adding '0' or '+91' prefix:

--> A major roadblock to implementing full mobile number portability (MNP) across the country has been removed.

--> Several telecom operators have begun simplifying the process of dialling STD mobile numbers in the country.

--> Until now, calling mobile numbers registered and situated outside one's home network would require adding '0' or '+91' as a prefix.

--> Customers of most telecom operators can now call any mobile number in the country without adding any prefix.

--> This has come after operators implemented simplified dialling pattern.

5) Nelong Valley near China border opened for tourists after 53 years:

-->  Nelong Valley in Uttarakhand state was opened recently for tourists for the first time since the 1962 Indo-China war because of its proximity to the China border.

-->  Before the Indo-China war, the Nelong Valley was an important route for cross-border trade.

--> But the valley was closed for tourists and trade after the war and the aura of this beautiful valley went into oblivion. 

6) Federal Bank, SBI Cards joined hands for co-branded credit card:

--> Federal Bank on 18 May 2015 enetered into credit card segment through the launch of co-branded credit cards in partnership with SBI Cards, a leading credit card issuer.

--> In the first year, Federal Bank aims to issue as many as 1.5 lakh credit cards to its customers, Shyam Srinivasan, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer said.

7) BJP MP S.S. Ahluwalia to head joint panel on Land Acquisition Amendment bill:

--> Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) MP Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia has been appointed chairman of a Joint Committee of Parliament that will look into the provisions of the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, 2015.

--> The joint committee will comprise of 30-members- 20 members from Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha.

--> The Committee will submit its report on the first day of the monsoon session.

8) New website of NITI Aayog launched:

--> Vice chairman of NITI Aayog Arvind Panagariya on 18 May 2015 launched the new website of the Aayog, almost five months after archiving the website of the erstwhile Planning Commission, a statement said.

--> The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog replaced the Planning Commission on January 1, 2015.

-->  The beta version of the website, which can be accessed on http://www.niti.gov.in, provides details of the constitution, functions and current activities of the Aayog.

9) US president Barack Obama joined Twitter, again:

--> US president Barack Obama finally joined Twitter on 18 May 2015 with his official handle @POTUS towards the fag end of his second term.

--> While he used to be quite active on Twitter before being elected as the president in the first term via his personal handle @barackobama, his tweets dried up after his innings at the White House started.

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Current Affairs Quiz: 18 May 2015

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May 2015 announced three flagship social security schemes in West Bengal. Which among the following is not among them?

(A) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana (PMJJBY)

(B) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Kalyan Yojana (PMSKBY)

(C) Atal Pension Yojana (APY)

(D) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

2) An advanced version of the BrahMos land-attack cruise missile was successfully test-fired on 9 May 2015 from the Car Nicobar Islands at?

(A) Odisha

(B) Arabian Sea

(C) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

(D) Lakshwadeep

3) Indian Navy commissioned Porbandar base on 9 May 2015 and named it as?

(A) INS Sardar Patel

(B) INS Mahatma Gandhi

(C) INS Madan Malviya

(D) INS Veer Savrakar

4) World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared which country as free of the Ebola virus, confirming that the country has had no new cases in 42 days?

(A) Sudan

(B) Guinea

(C) Sierra Leone

(D) Liberia

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 May 2015 inaugurated a revamped and modernized 2.5 million tonne steel plant of IISCO at Burnpur in which state?

(A) Bihar

(B) Chattisgarh

(C) West Bengal

(D) Haryana

6) Who was on 8 May 2015 declared the Sportsperson of the Year' at the Times of India Sports Awards?

(A) Jitu Rai

(B) Vikas Gowda

(C) Virat Kohli

(D) Pankaj Advani

7) Who was on 8 May 2015 appointed as a member of UPSC becoming the first officer from RAW to be appointed as UPSC member?

(A) Arvind Saxena

(B) Tarun Rajpal

(C) Vikas Subramanian

(D) Kiran Kumar

8) Veteran actor-filmmaker Shashi Kapoor was presented the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award on 10 May 2015 by?

(A) Pranab Mukherjee

(B) Arun Jaitley

(C) Hamid Ansari

(D) Amitabh Bachchan 

9) Who was recently renominated as Public Accounts Committee chairman?

(A) Murali Manohar Joshi

(B) P. C. Chacko

(C) L K Advani

(D) KV Thomas

10) Who won the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix on 10 May 2015?

(A) Nico Rosberg

(B) Lewis Hamilton

(C) Sebastain Vettel

(D) Philp Masa

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Kalyan Yojana (PMSKBY)

2) Ans. (C) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

3) Ans. (A) INS Sardar Patel

4) Ans. (D) Liberia

5) Ans. (C) West Bengal

6) Ans. (A) Jitu Rai

7) Ans. (A) Arvind Saxena

8) Ans. (B) Arun Jaitley

9) Ans. (D) KV Thomas

10) Ans. (A) Nico Rosberg

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Daily Current Affairs: 17 May 2015

1) PM Narendra Modi inaugurated ICICI Bank's first Chinese branch in Shanghai:

--> Private sector lender ICICI Bank on 16 May 2015 opened its first branch in China, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

--> Based in Shanghai, China's biggest city and a major global financial hub, the new branch would begin with 17 banking professionals handling different functions including corporate banking, operations, finance and treasury.

--> On the last day of his three-day visit to China, the Prime Minister inaugurated the branch in the presence of ICICI Bank's MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar.

--> ICICI Bank with presence in 17 countries, earlier had a representative office in China, which it had opened over 10 years ago in 2003.

2) Mohamed Morsi sentenced to death by Egyptian court:

--> An Egyptian court has sentenced the ousted president Mohamed Morsi to death for his part in a mass jailbreak in 2011.

--> Morsi, Egypt’s first freely elected president, was ousted by the military in July 2013 after days of mass street protests by Egyptians demanding that he be removed because of his divisive policies.

--> In May 2014, Morsi’s successor, the former military chief Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, secured a landslide victory in Egypt’s presidential elections.

3) Government allocated Rs 5000 crore for development of AYUSH:

--> Government has allocated Rs 5,000 crore for the growth of Department of AYUSH and launched an independent National AYUSH Mission aimed at capacity building for the sector.

--> The government has not only created the new portfolio AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) but has also allocated Rs 5,000 crore for the same, Union Minister of State for AYUSH Sripad Naik said.

4) Vikas Gowda won bronze in Shanghai IAAF Diamond League:

--> Indian discus thrower Vikas Gowda won a bronze medal in the second leg of the prestigious IAAF Diamond League series on 17 May 2015.

--> National record holder Gowda, the 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Asian Games silver medal winner, will pocket $4000 for the third-place finish, besides earning one Diamond League point.

5) Infosys to open first overseas campus in China:

--> Indian technology major Infosys on 17 May 2015 announced establishing its first overseas centre outside India in China with an investment of about $120 million to tap in the burgeoning Chinese market.

--> An MOU in this regard was signed between Infosys and the local Chinese provincial government at the India-China Business Forum, which was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

--> The centre, first to be established by Infosys outside India will be ready by next year.

6) Fiscal deficit was 4% of GDP in FY15, says FinMin:

--> The central government's fiscal deficit for 2014-15 was four per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), according to provisional figures released by the finance ministry on 17 May 2015.

--> The revised estimate presented in late February had put it at 4.1 per cent.

7) China won the 2015 Sudirman Cup (for Badminton):

--> China won their sixth consecutive Sudirman Cup on 17 May 2015, defeating Japan, which had reached the badminton tournament's finals for the first time.

--> China swept Japan 3-0 in a series of tightly contested matches during the final day of the event.

8) Novak Djokovic won Rome Masters Tennis title:

--> World no 1 Novak Djokovic from Serbia has won his fourth Rome Masters Tennis Men’s single title.

--> In the final match, he defeated world no 2 Roger Federer from Switzerland with score of 6-4, 6-3.

--> With this win, Djokovic earned 1000 Emirates ATP ranking points.

--> Maria Sharapova wom women's singles event.

9) Narendra Modi becomes first Indian PM to visit Mongolia:

--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 16 May 2015 landed in Ulan Bator in the Mongolian capital in the first-ever visit by an Indian prime minister.

--> Modi arrived in Ulan Bator from Shanghai in the second leg of his three-nation visit.

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