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SBI PO(Probationary Officer) Recruitment 2013 Notice

SBI invites application from the eligible Indian candidates for the appointment of PO(Probationary Officer) in State Bank of India. Total number of vacancies in SBI PO this year is 1,500.

Total Number of Vacancies in SBI PO Recruitment 2013:

Total Vacancies: 1500
General: 758
OBC: 405
SC: 225
ST: 112
Total Vacancies(PWD): 44
VH: 22
OH: 22

Important Dates:
Online registration of Application: 30:01:2013 to 23:02:2013
Payment of Fees Online: 30:01:2013 to 23:02:2013
Payment of Fees Offline: 01:02:2013 to 28:02:2013
Date of Written Exam: 28.04.2013

Age Limit(As on 01.012013):

Minimum age for SBI PO is 21 years and maximum age is 30 years. For relaxation details, visit SBI website.

Educational Qualifications: Graduation or any other equivalent qualification in any discipline from a recognized university.

Exam Fees Details:
General Candidates: Rs. 200(It includes intimation charges)
SC/ST/PWD: Rs. 50(Intimation charges only)

Selection Procedure:

Phase 1:
1) Objective written examination(200 marks – 200 Questions)
Duration: 2 Hours
Syllabus:
English Language: 50 Questions – 50 Marks
Reasoning(High Level): 50 Questions – 50 Marks
‘Data Analysis & Interpretation’: 50 Questions – 50 Marks
“General Awareness, Marketing and Computers”: 50 Questions – 50 Marks
2) The descriptive test(50 marks)
Duration: 1 Hour
Syllabus: English Language

Phase 2: Group Discussion(20 Marks) & Interview(30 Marks)

Final selection will be made on the basis of merit list prepared after these two phases.

To download the SBI PO Information PDF – click here.
To Apply online – click here.

IBPS CWE Clerks Exam December 2012 Results Announced

IBPS CWE Clerks-II Exam December, 2012 results have been announced. IBPS conducted the common online Exam for clerks on 15th / 16th / 22nd / 23rd / 29th and 30th December 2012.
As we told you earlier also, the IBPS clerk results will be announced in January and it did. This is the first time the test was conducted online and only due to this, IBPS has been able to announce the results so early. That means, the online exam experiment went successfully for IBPS.
In other news, IBPS also announced the recruitment notice for Specialist Officer, 2013. The online test for the Specialist Officer will be conducted in March.
IBPS PO exam is expected to be held in May this year.

Update: IBPS Announced Interview Results.

IBPS CWE Clerks Exam December 2012 Results:

You can check the IBPS clerks result on the IBPS official website. To check results, you need to fill in either your registration number or roll number and password or date of birth.
There was too much competition for the students in the Banks exams this time around. But as Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said that India’s public sector banks will hire 63,200 people in the year 2013. So, there is a lot of scope for everyone. We wish the students all the best for your future.
Please tell us your result in the comments below so we can discuss more about the results and interview here.
Update: All the candidates who are facing invalid login error issue, use Registration number and password – it works.

IBPS Specialist Officer (SO) 2013 CWE Exam Recruitment Notification

Institute of Banking Personal Selection (IBPS) has published the recruitment notification for Specialist officer in 19 public sector Banks. This will be the 2nd CWE for Specialist officers conducted by IBPS. Last year also, IBPS conducted Specialist Officer exam in the month of March-April. Though many candidates are still complaining about inefficiency of IBPS as not a single recruitment notice has been published by banks for the marketing officer profile and few other profiles on the basis of last year’s Specialist Officer exam. So, it is hard to believe, why IBPS needed to conduct the exam again this year.

Name of posts in the Specialist Officer (SO) CWE 2013:
1. IT Officer Scale 1
2. Agricultural Field Officer Scale 1
3. Rajbhasha Adhikari Scale 1
4. Law Officer Scale 1
5. Technical Officer Scale 1
6. HR/Personal Officer Scale 1
7. Marketing Officer Scale 1
8. I.T Officer Scale 2
9. Law Officer Scale 2

Age Limit :
1. For Law Officer & IT Officer post , Candidates should be minimum of 21 yrs.
2. For Specialist Officer post, candidates must between 20 yrs to 35 yrs.
Note: Age Relaxation will be extended as per government rules.

Application Fee:
1) Rs. 450/- for General and OBC Candidates
2) Rs. 50/- for SC/ST/PWD Candidates.


Important Dates:

Online Registration Start Date : 10 January, 2013
Closing Date for Online Registration and Editing Application Form: 28 January, 2013
Payment of Application Fees- 12.01.2013 – 01.02.2013(Both dates inclusive)
Download of Call Letter for the Specialist Officer Written Exam: 06.03.2013
Online Written examination date(Tentative) : 16.03.2013 or 17.03.2013

How to Apply : Eligible and interested candidates can apply through online mode from IBPS official website. Candidates are advised to upload their recent scanned photograph and signature at the application.

We wish all the best to all the eligible and interested candidates.

SSC Junior Translator Cut Off

SSC Junior Translators Result Announced for Paper 1

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has announced the result of the Paper-I of the Junior Translators in CSOLS Examination 2012.
SSC conducted the examination on 18-11-2012 for recruitment to the post of Junior Translators in CSOLS at various centres all over the country.
More than two thousand candidates had appeared in this examination.
Here is the Cut Off for Junior Translators in CSOLS Examination 2012:
SSC Junior Translator Cut Off

To view the results and list of candidates who cleared the Paper 1, click here.

To view the number of marks of all students, click here.

To view the candidates who are disqualified, click here.

UGC NET Cut Off

UGC NET December, 2012 Answer Key, Cut off and Results

UGC NET(National Eligibility Test) for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship was held on December 30, 2012.

University Grants Commission (UGC) conducts National Eligibility Test (NET) to determine eligibility for lectureship & for award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Indian nationals in order to ensure minimum standards for the entrants in the teaching profession & research. The Test is conducted in Management, Social Sciences, Forensic Science, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science, Electronic Science and many other subjects.

This is the second time that the test was an objective type examination. Earlier, it was used to be objective+subjective type examination.

As per our sources, UGC will announce the cut off and answer key of UGC NET,2012 within the next 15-20 days.

Update: UGC has announced the answer keys on its website. To download, click here.

UGC has announced the result of NET which was held on December 30, 2012 – visit UGC website (http://ugcnetonline.in/) to check.

PROCEDURE AND CRITERIA FOR DECLARATION OF RESULT:

Step I:
Minimum marks to be obtained in NET for considering a candidate for the award of JRF and eligibility for lectureship:
UGC NET Cut Off
Step II:
Amongst those candidates who have cleared step I, a merit list will be prepared subject-wise and category-wise using the aggregate marks of all the three papers secured by such candidates.

Step III:
Top 15% candidates (for each subject and category), from the merit list mentioned under step II, will be declared NET qualified for eligibility for lectureship only.

Step IV:
A separate merit list for the award of JRF will be prepared from amongst the NET qualified candidates figuring in the merit list prepared under step III.

Below is the Answer Key we have prepared for Management subject. If you find any wrong answer, please let us know.

UGC NET PAPER 1(Code-Z):

1- American Psychological Association – A

2- Research steps – B

3- Identify incorrect statement (hypothesis) –D

4- English Comprehension Popular View – B

5- English Comprehension Annual increase – A

6- English Comprehension Reality of urbanization- A

7- English Comprehension Indicator for urban quality of life – A

8- English Comprehension Author has tried to focus on – C

9- English Comprehension Author intends to state – C

10- Communication derived from – A

11- Mao Zedong – A

12- Conversing with spirits and ancestors– A

13- Largest circulated newspaper – A

14- Pioneer of silent films – D

15- Classroom communication – B

16- Missing number – D

17- Group of 7 boys and girls – B

18- Number of observations – C

19- MOHAN- COUNT – A

20- Sum of ages – A

21- Let a means (-) – question incorrect

22- Consider assertion – C

23- Social Services Less than 5 percent – B

24- Expenditures with highest rate – 2008-09

25- Stagnant – C

26- Equal to remaining three items- D

27- Highest rate of interest- B

28- Highest rate of decline- A

29- ALU – D

30- Personal Computer has chips on circuit board – D

31- Computer virus – C

32- (17)10 – D

33- File extension – C

34- Protocol used by email – C

35- Source of methane – A

36- Minamata disaster – B

37- Biomagnification – A

38- Nagoya Protocol –D

39- Second most imp energy source- C

40- Earthquakes – A

41- Human Development Index – C

42- Highest number of college students – B

43- Attorney General – A

44- Prefix to be discontinued from presidents name – C

45- Financial Emergency – D

46- Match the following (MNERGA) – A

47- Efficient and durable learning – D

48- Classroom communication – B

49- Best method of teaching – D

50- Interaction inside classroom – C

51- Spare the rod… – C

52- Type of communication in classroom – C

53- Quality of research – A

54- Research ethics – A

55- Probability based sampling method – D

56- Some men are not honest – A

57- Stipulative definition – D

58- Appropriate alternative – C

59- Most students are obedient – C

60- Deductive argument – D

UGC NET PAPER 3:

1- D

2- A

3- D

4- A

5- D

6- A

7- D

8- B

9- C

10- B

11- C

12- B

13- B

14- B

15- D

16- B

17- D

18- C

19- D

20- B

21- D

22- C

23- C

24- D

25- C

26- B

27- A

28- B

29- C

30- A

31- C

32- D

33- C

34- A

35- D

36- B

37- D

38- D

39- C

40- A

41- C

42- D

43- A

44-A

45- A

46- D

47- B

48- D

49- D

50- B

51- A

52- C

53- C

54- A

55- A

56- C

57- D

58- C

59- D

60- B

61- D

62- B

63- B

64- D

65- D

66- B

67- A

68- B

69- D

70- B

71- A

72- C

73- C

74- B

75- B

UGC NET PAPER 2:

1- C

2- D

3- A

4- A

5- A

6- D

7- B

8- C

9- D

10- C

11- A

12- D

13- C

14- B

15- D

16- D

17- C

18- A

19- B

20- C

21- C

22- A

23- C

24- D

25- C

26- C

27- A

28- C

29- C

30- D

31- A

32- C

33- B

34- B

35- C

36- D

37- D

38- C

39- B

40- D

41- C

42- D

43- C

44- A

45- C

46- D

47- D

48- D

49- C

50- D

You can also share answer key for other subjects in the comments.

Update: UGC has announced the answer keys on its website. To download, click here.

IBPS Clerk December 2012 Results

IBPS Common Written Exam for Clerk was held on 15, 16, 22 and 23 December 2012. It was the first time that an online written exam was conducted for the recruitment of clerks in Banks by IBPS. As expected, the written test was not run smoothly and the exam which was conducted on 15 December, 2012 in the evening session got canceled due to various unavoidable circumstances.
Now IBPS has decided to take the exam of those students again on December 30, 2012. You can download the call letter for re-examination at ibps.in.

Because the exam was conducted online, we expect the IBPS Clerk results to be announced very soon. As per our various sources, the results will be announced in the later half of the month January.

All the students are requested to have patience and start preparing for interviews and IBPS Bank PO/MT exam as that is also scheduled to be held in the month of March-April.

You are also requested to bookmark this page as we will be the first to inform you about IBPS clerk results on our website.

Update: IBPS CWE Clerks Exam December 2012 Results Announced – Check out here

It is clear that there is too much competition for the Bank jobs these days, so students need to study really hard if they want to get a job in Banks. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram also said that India’s public sector banks will hire 63,200 people in the year 2013, out of which nearly 21,000 will be by the State Bank of India.

We will you all the best for your results.

What is Boxing Day

Boxing Day: Why it is called Boxing Day? What is Boxing Day?

People always ask me,”What is Boxing Day and Why it is called so? Let me explain to you today.

What is Boxing Day

Boxing Day is traditionally the day following Christmas Day, i.e., 26th December and is a national holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. It is another day to celebrate with friends and family after Christmas. If Boxing Day falls on Saturday or Sunday, it is moved to 27th December in many places.

What is Boxing Day

Boxing Day

Why it is called Boxing Day?

There are many arguments regarding the origins of the name Boxing Day.
– A ‘Christmas Box’ in Britain is a name for a Christmas present.
– Boxing Day was a holiday for servants and when they received a ‘Christmas Box’ from the master. The servants would also go home to give ‘Christmas Boxes’ to their families.
– A box to collect money for the poor was placed in Churches on Christmas day then opened the next.

What do people do on Boxing Day?

– Many important sports events are held on Boxing Day.
– In Australia, The Boxing Day test match is a cricket game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
– There are sales at many parts of different countries.
– Retailers celebrate “Boxing Week” to increase their sales.
– People spend more time with friends and family. They go for shopping and hunting.

SSC FCI Cut Off 2012-13

SSC FCI Exam Results Announced and it’s Cut off

SSC FCI exam results have been announced by SSC for the post of Assistant Grade III in General Depot, Technical, and Account Cadre, which was conducted on November 10 and 11, 2012. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducted this exam to fill up 6545 vacancies of Assistant Grade in FCI (Food Corporation in india).

The result was announced yesterday evening on SSC official website.

Category Wise Details of Candidates and Cut off Applied are as under:

SSC FCI Cut Off 2012-13

You can also download the cut off in PDF format at this link.

SSC FCI Exam Results 2012-13:

You can check out the SSC FCI 2012-13 results on this link.
Click here to find out the marks of your SSC FCI Paper I here.
Some candidates were rejected due to wrong coding of Roll No., Ticket No., etc. You can find the list on this link.

In related news, SSC also announced that Paper II and Paper III of the Food Corporation of India recruitment will now be held on February 3, 2012. Earlier it was scheduled in January.
For details, check out this Corrigendum.

The Mains exam would consist of 150 questions:
– English Language (100 Questions-100 Marks)
– Quantitative Aptitude(50 Questions – 100 Marks)
Time – Two Hours.

If you any doubts or questions, leave it in comments.

SSC FCI Exam Results 2012-13 for Assistant Grade

SSC FCI exam for the post of Assistant Grade III in General Depot, Technical, and Account Cadre was conducted on November 10 and 11, 2012. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducted this exam to fill up 6545 vacancies of Assistant Grade in FCI (Food Corporation in india).

Lots of candidates are waiting for the results for a long time now. SSC announced the answer key of the written test last month. You can find the FCI answer key on this link.

According to the various sources, SSC will declare the SSC FCI Assistant Grade III Results 2012-13 on its official website in the last week of December, 2012. And if these sources are to be believed, the second(mains) paper will be held on February 3, 2013. Earlier, it was scheduled to be held on January 6, 2013. The Mains exam would consist of 100 questions of English language and 50 questions of Quantitative Aptitude.
– English Language (100 Questions-100 Marks)
– Quantitative Aptitude(50 Questions – 100 Marks)
Time – 2 Hours

We will update the SSC FCI results on this page very soon. So, you are requested to bookmark this page.

Update: The cut off and results of FCI have been announced. Check out this link for details.

I am sure that the coming year will bring happiness to many students who qualified SSC FCI Assistant Grade Written Examination.

We wish you best of luck for the results.

Superman Man of Steel

Man of Steel Trailer and Pictures

Man of Steel is a new Hollywood film based on famous comic character Superman. The second trailer is out yesterday and bu the looks of it, we can say that this movie is not going to suck like the previous superman movies. The first teaser of the movie was released earlier this year.
Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill & Amy Adams and is written & produced by Christopher Nolan.

Superman Man of Steel