Forthcoming Competitive Exams in 2013

Forthcoming Competitive Exams: 2013

April

 ● National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Exam. (I), 2013 (April 14)

 ● Recruitment in Mahanideshalaya Karagaar, Rajasthan of Warder Post (April 14)

 ● S.S.C. Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2013 (Tier-I) (April 14 & 21)

 ● Madhya Pradesh Pre-Engineering Test (April 21)

 ● M.P. PSC Mines Inspector Exam., 2012 (April 21)

 ● State Bank of India P.O. Exam (April 28)

 ● Gautam Buddha Technical University Lucknow State Entrance Exam., 2013 (UPTU-SEE) (April 21)

 ● U.P. B.Ed. Entrance Exam., 2013 (April 24)

 ● Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (April 27-28)

 ● Rajasthan Pre B.S.T.C. (General) / B.S.T.C. (Sanskrit) Entrance Exam. 2013 (April 28)

 ● State Bank of India P.O. Exam. (April 28)

 ● Madhya Pradesh Sub-Inspector and Subedar (Stenographer) Recruitment Selection Test, 2013 (April 28)

 ● Delhi Subordinate Service Selection Board Teacher (Primary) Assistant Teacher (Primary) Special Education Teacher Exam. (April 28)

 ● Rajasthan Pre Master of Education (M. Ed.) Entrance Exam. (April 28)

 May

 ● Uttarakhand Teacher Eligibility Test-I and -II 2013 (Class I-V and VI-VIII )

 ● Chhattisgarh P.S.C. State Services Main Exam., 2011 (May 4-5)

 ● Pre-Teacher Education Test, 2013 (Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan) (May 5)

 ● Uttar Pradesh Polytechnic Combined Entrance Exam (May 5-7)

 ● Life Insurance Corporation Assistant Administrative Officers Examination (May 11 and / or 12)

 ● National Talent Search Exam. for Class X (Second Stage-National Level) (May 12)

 ● S.S.C. Recruitment of Constables (G.D.) in CAPF's and Rifleman (G.D.) in Assam Rifles, 2013 (May 12)

 ● Common Law Admission Test, 2013 (May 12)

 ● Madhya Pradesh Pre-Polytechnic Test, 2013 (May 12) (Online Closing Date : 19 April, 2013)

 ● Trade Aprentices Recruitment Test in Ordnance Factory Board, Kolkata (May 12)

 ● Bihar ITI Entrance Exam., 2013 (May 12) (Closing Date : 26 April, 2013)

 ● Uttarakhand Polytechnic Joint Entrance Exam., 2013 (May 12-14)

 ● Combined Shiksha Shasrti (B.Ed.) Entrance Test, 2013 (CSSET-2013) (May 18)

 ● Civil Services & Forest Services (Pre.) Examination, 2013 (May 26)

 ● SSC Prasar Bharti Engineering Assistant and Technician Recruitment Exam. (May 26)

 ● M.P. Pre-Agriculture Test (PAT), 2013 (May 26) (Online Closing Date : 30 April, 2013)

 ● Netarhat Residential Vidyalaya and Indira Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Hazaribagh Entrance Exam. (For Class VI) (May 30-31)

 June

 ● SSC Prasar Bharti Programme Executive and Transmission Executive Exam., 2013 (June 2) (Closing Date : 19 April, 2013)

 ● Junior Hindi Translators (in subordinate offices) and Hindi Pradhyapak (Central Hindi Training Institute) etc. Exam., 2013 (June 2) (Closing Date : 19 April, 2013)

 ● Delhi Polytechnic Combined Entrance Exam., 2013 (For 10th based Diploma Courses) (June) (Closing Date : 13 April, 2013)

 ● Chhattisgarh State Services (Pre.) Exam., 2012 (June 9)

 ● SSC Recruitment of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspector in CISF and Intelligence Officer in NCB Exam., 2013 (June 10)

 ● CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET), 2013 (June 23)

 ● Religious Teacher Exam. (Army) (June 30) (Closing Date : 25 April, 2013

 July

 ● S.S.C. Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2013 (Tier-II) (July 20-21)

 ● Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) July 2013 (July 28) (Online Closing Date : 16 April, 2013)

 September

 ● Combined Defence Service Exam. (II), 2013 (September 8) (Closing Date : 24 June, 2013)

 October

 ● Central Armed Police Force (Assistant Commandant) Exam., 2013 (October 20) (Closing Date : 5 August, 2013)

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Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 7

Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 7

Useful for PA/SA Exam & all competitive Examinations, GK Quiz etc…..

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1. 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

2. What is the name of India's first nuclear reactor?

(A) Apsara

(B) Kamini

(C) Dhruva

(D) Aryabhatt

3. At which place did Mahatama Gandhi start his first Satyagraha in India ?

(A) Kheda (Gujarat)

(B) Champaran (Bihar)

(C) Sabarmati (Gujarat)

(D) Mumbai (Maharashtra)

4. Who signs one rupee currency note of India?

(A) RBI Governor

(B) Finance Secretary

(C) Finance Minister

(D) President

5. Who was the first law minister of independent India?

(A) Vallabhbhai Patel

(B) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

(C) B.R.Ambedkar

(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

6. Kavaratti, an island town, is the capital of which Indian union territory?

(A) Lakshadweep

(B) Daman and Diu

(C) Puducherry

(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

7. Antarctica is the largest cold desert in the world. Which is the largest hot desert in the world?

(A) Thar

(B) Gobi

(C) Sahara

(D) Kalahari

8. In Mumbai terror attacks on 26 Nov. 2008, what was the code name of security forces commando action against terrorists?

(A) Operation Vijay

(B) Operation Shakti

(C) Operation Cactus

(D) Operation Black Tornado

9. At which temprature, Celsius and Fahrenheit scales will show same reading ?

(A) 0 degree

(B) 32 degre

(C) 180 degree

(D) minus 40 degree

10. In domestic LPG cylinders, a small quantity of which foul smelling chemical is added to act as a warning agent in case of any gas leakage ?

(A) Pyridine

(B) Isocyanide

(C) Ethyl Mercaptan

(D) Cadaverine

11. How much time does Sunlight take to reach the Earth?

(A) 8 minutes

(B) 10 minutes

(C) 12 minutes

(D) 15 minutes

12. Indira Mount, an underwater mountain named after former PM of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, is in which ocean?

(A) Indian Ocean

(B) Antarctic Ocean

(C) Atlantic Ocean

(D) Pacific Ocean

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Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam(PA/SA)- Typing software for practice

Typing software for Postal/Sorting Assistant Exam- Typing Test

Typing Master 7.10 Pro Full version for typing Practice

1. First Disconnect The Internet Connection.

2. Install The Setup.

          After The install is complete.

          Do not run the program.

3. Then Copy the file From Crack Folder to Install Dir.

4. Replace With Original File.

5. Run  program.

6. Enjoy Full version.

(In the new window which appears click on file>> download)

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Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination --LATEST UPDATE as on 05-April-2013

Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination --LATEST UPDATE as on 05-April-2013

I. Aptitude Test (Paper I) for Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu circles is scheduled on 21 April 2013. Admit cards are being dispatched to all eligible candidates. In case you do not receive the Admit Card by 11-April 2013, then you can download the same online from www.indiapost.gov.in using Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination link from 12_April-2013 onwards. You can also report discrepancy in Admit Card data from 12-April-2013 using the link GENERATE ADMIT CARD on the same web site.

II. Some applicants have been issued Admit card without PHOTOGRAPH. All such applicants may visit the website www.indiapost.gov.in  to reconfirm their eligibility. On scrutiny it was found that photograph in case of some applicants was not pasted on the application form. Please note that the candidature for all such applicants is cancelled and they will not be allowed to appear in Aptitude Test (Paper I).

Click here for : Direct Recruitment PA/SA Examination -STATUS / ADMIT CARD

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Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 6

Current Affairs & GK Questions- Part 6

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1. In Which athletic event did Girisha Nagarajegowda bag a silver medal for India at the 2012 London Paralympic Games?

A. Long Jump

B. High Jump

C. Discus throw

D. Shotput

2. Chemical used for artificial rain?

(a) Silver iodide

(b) Zirconium Silicate

(c) Selenium disulphide

(d) Cadmium

3. Who is the author of the ‘Man Booker Prize’ winning book ‘The Inheritance of Loss’

A. Jhumpa Lahiri

B. Arundhati Roy

C. Kiran Desai

D. Anita Desai

4. Which of these capital cities is located on the banks of a river with the same name as the city?

A: Kathmandu

B: Kabul

C: Beijing

D: Colombo

5. Who was the first person to be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously?

A: Rajiv Gandhi

B: Vinoba Bhave

C: Lal Bahadur Shastri

D: Indira Gandhi

6. The parliamentary set up in the Indian Constitution has been adopted from?

(a) USA

(b) Russia

(c) England

(d) Canada

7. Which company developed the dreamliner aircraft which has been inducted into Air India in 2012?

A: Airbus

B: Dassault

C: Bombardier

D: Boeing

8. Who was the founder-chairman of the national Dairy Development board established in 1965?

A: Verghese Kurien

B: H M Dalaya

C: Amrita Patel

D: Tribhuvandas Patel

9. Which of these medical conditions is classified into Type-I and Type-2 ?

A. Common cold

B. Diabetes

C. Hepatitis

D. Night Blindness

10. Who is the Chairman of the Press Council of India?

A: Justice Santosh Hegde

B: Justice P B Sawant

C: Justice Markendey Katju

D: Justice K G Balakrishnan

11. Which one of the following is the first musician to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna?

A: M S Subbulakshmi

B: Pandit Ravi Shankar

C: Bismillah Khan

D: Bhimsen Joshi

12. Who was the first Indian woman to win Miss World?

(a) Reita Faria

(b) Elizabeth Anita Reddy

(c) Aishwarya Rai

(d) Susmita Sen

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Current Affairs & GK questions- Part 5

Current Affairs & GK questions- Part 5

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1. Graphite and Diamond are allotropes of which element?

(A) Arsenic

(B) Carbon

(C) Selenium

(D) Germanium

2. Who is the only Indian cricketer to have taken all 10 wickets in a Test innings ?

(A) Kapil Dev

(B) Bishen Singh Bedi

(C) Narendra Hirwani

(D) Anil Kumble

3. In which Indian state is the Keibul Lamjao, world's only floating National Park, situated?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Manipur

(D) West Bengal

4. Which is the first Indian state to have electrified all of its villages?

(A) Punjab

(B) Haryana

(C) Maharashtra

(D) Gujarat

5. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award ?

(A) Geet Sethi

(B) Pullela Gopichand

(C) Vishwanathan Anand

(D) Sachin Tendulkar

6. Who was the first president of the Indian National Congress ?

(A) Dadabahi Naoroji

(B) Badruddin Tyabji

(C) Pherozeshah Mehta

(D) Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

7. Who is the only woman to become the Chief Election Commissioner of India ?

(A) C B Muthamma

(B) Punita Arora

(C) Anna George Malhotra

(D) V S Ramadevi

8. Who succeeded General V K Singh as the Chief of Army Staff of India ?

(A) Gen Tejinder singh.

(B) Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

(C) Gen Deepak Kapoor.

(D) Gen Bikram singh

9. The awarding of gold medals for first place, silver medals for second and bronze medals for third began in which Olympics?

A. 1900, Paris

B. 1904, St louis

C. 1908, London

D. 1912, Stockholm

10. Who is the first woman to become CEO of the soft drink giant PepsiCO?

A. Virginia Rometty

B. Indra Nooyi

C. Ursula Burns

D. Meg Whitman

11. In international cricket, what was first introduced in an ODI between Zimbabwe and England on 1 January 1997?

A. Hawk Eye

B. Third Umpire

C. Duckworth Lewis Method

D. Hot Spot

12. Who is the only member of the 15th Lok Sabha to get elected to the House unopposed?

A. Agatha Sangma

B. Dimple Yadav

C. Harsimarat Kaur Badal

D. Kanimozhi

13. Which of these sporting events was reintroduced at the 2012 Olympics since it was last played at the 1924 Olympics?

A. Women’s Football

B. Women’s Wrestling

C. Badminton Mixed Doubles

D. Tennis Mixed Doubles

14. In 2012, under whose captaincy did India win the ICC Under -19 Cricket World Cup?

(A) Smit Patel

(B) Unmukt Chand

(C) Baba Aparajith

(D)Harmeet Singh

15. Which of these personalities has won both a Nobel prize and an Oscar?

A. Pearl S Buck

B. Ernest Hemingway

C. Geogre Bernard Shaw

D. T S Eliot

16. In ODI cricket , who holds the Indian record of scoring a century in the least number of balls ?

A. Virender Sehwag

B. Kapil Dev

C. Yusuf Pathan

D. Md Azharuddin

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Modifications in Civil Services Examination, 2013

Modifications in Civil Services Examination, 2013

The Government has approved the following modifications in the Civil Services Examination, 2013 notified on 5.3.2013:

1. A candidate is allowed to use any one regional language from the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India or English as the medium of writing the examination.

2. Conditionality of a minimum of 25 candidates in that medium and the requirement to have that language as the medium of examination at graduation level has been dropped.

3. Furthermore, a candidate is allowed to take up literature as his/her optional subject (to be chosen from a list of 23 literature subjects – 22 of the 8th Schedule languages and English) without the conditionality of having to do his/her graduation in that language’s literature.

4. The English component (of 100 marks) from the Essay Paper has been dropped and 2 qualifying papers of 300 marks each in any Modern Indian Language(MIL) and in English have been restored. The Essay Paper is now of 250 marks to be written in the medium/language of candidate’s choice.

Now, the Civil Services Main Examination 2013 will be as under:

a. The candidates may write the examination in any one medium/language chosen from the languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India or English;

b. Paper I and II will be of qualifying nature only– one in any MIL and another in English – of 300 marks each;

c. Paper III will be the compulsory Essay Paper, with no English Comprehension test, to be written in the medium of candidate’s choice. The English component shall be dropped. Now this paper shall be of 250 marks.

d. There will be 4 compulsory papers of General Studies of 250 marks each, namely, Paper-IV (Indian Heritage & Culture, History and Geography of the World and Society), Paper-V (Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations), Paper-VI (Technology, Economic Development, Bio Diversity, Environment, Security and Disaster Management) and Paper-VII (Ethics, Integrity and Aptitude).

e. Paper VIII and IX: Candidates will have to take one optional subject with 2 papers of 250 marks each. This optional subject can be selected from a list of 25 core subjects and 23 literatures (literature of 22 languages in 8th Schedule of The Constitution of India and English).

f. The personality test/interview will be of 275 marks.

Source : PIB Release, 03 April, 2013

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