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AXIS Bank Sample Papers, Books & Exam Pattern
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August 24, 2010
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 This blog post follows my earlier blog post " AXIS Bank Freshers Recruitment 2010-2011" which is an introductory article on where you can find the Freshers job availability in Axis bank, what are the eligibilities required and how to apply Axis bank as a fresher.
The focus of this blog article is on how to prepare for the Axis Bank exam. It tells you about the pattern of Axis Bank Exam and points you to the sources for online sample papers and books for Axis Bank Exam.
At first, let us find out about the pattern of Axis Bank Exam.
Axis Bank Exam Pattern:
Axis bank Recruitment notification 2010 does not says much about the pattern of written exam for for freshers - it does not specifies what papers would be asked in the exam, neither the mark distribution among the test papers. So I had to dig deeper into the Axis bank career website and found the pattern/format/scheme of the written exam in this FAQ page of Axis Bank exam website. As per this web page, the written exam will consist of following four test sections: 1. Aptitude 2. Reasoning 3. English and 4. Banking Awareness/GK So that's it - the Freshers Exam papers of AXIS Bank is identical to the Bank PO exams and hence you can use the sample papers and books of PO (Probationary Officers) exams for AXIS Bank Freshers Exam.
There are two types of tests in Bank PO written exam: Objective Test & Descriptive Test.
Let us go into more details of these tests: Objective Test Pattern of Axis Bank exam: In Bank PO exams, the Objective test consists of same four sections to be answered in about 2 hours: Reasoning Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness & English Language with distribution of marks & questions as given below:  There is negative marks for the wrong answers in the Objective Tests. You can use the above pattern of exam while preparing for Axis bank written exam.
Descriptive Test Pattern of Axis Bank exam: The Descriptive Paper consists of General Topic questions for Probationary Officers. 3 questions worth 60 marks are to be answered in 45 minutes.
In bank PO exams, the descriptive paper tests your Language composition, clarity of thoughts and brevity, higher order cognitive abilities, organization of ideas in a logical coherent manner and above all: your written communication skill.
Online sample/model/previous years papers of Axis Bank exam: I had searched for those online papers of Axis Bank exam which you would need for preparation of the exam. I could not locate any sample paper exclusive to Axis Bank exam. But however, I could fish out some sample papers for Bank PO exam, which I think would help in your preparation for Axis Bank exam:
From careers-india.com: It has 50 questions.
Sample Papers for Axis Bank Descriptive English Paper Test:
You can find some sample questions on Bank PO descriptive tests again in the Competition Master in four menu option the section “BANK RECRUITMENT EXAMS”, as shown in the highlighted red box below:  Books for Bank PO Solved previous papers papers: Although above sample papers gives you an exposure to what questions you may expect in the Axis Bank exam, your actual preparation should be based on books as the contents are more reliable. Following books can be used for your preparation. These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts up to 25%, apart from free shipping/postage in India. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:
Cover Price: Rs. 300 Price: Rs. 293/- Discount: Rs. 97 (25% )
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How to prepare for AXIS Bank Interview?
This blog has excellent materials to help you prepare for the Axis Bank Interview & Group Discussion with a list of Interview questions & GD topics.
For Interview, click here to visit this article, which tells you what are the requirements an interviewer looks for in you. It also gives you an interesting YouTube video telling you how you can also analyze an interviewer and hence be prepared for it. And than it gives you a list of 99 interview questions, which are most repeated in every other interview! These questions helps you prepare yourself.
I am sure with above materials for the Written Test, Interview & GD, you would succeed in clearing the Axis Bank Exam with ease. Keep visiting this blog as I would keep on posting more materials on how to crack the Axis Bank exam. Also, I would love if you share your Axis Bank exam experience in this blog by posting comments below.
Labels: AXIS Bank Recruitment |
posted by
Prasanta Bora on August 24, 2010
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Postal Assistant Exam Sample papers Books & Exam Pattern
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August 21, 2010
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 Written exam for selection of Postal Assistants/ Sorting Assistants is conducted by Department of Posts, Govt. of India from time to time. Just like previous years, Department of Posts has issued recruitment notification for 812 Postal Assistants, 186 Sorting Assistants, details of which can be found in my previous blog post titled: Postal Assistant Recruitment 2010 Notification, Eligibility & Forms.
While that post helps you to apply for the Postal / Sorting Assistant Exam with information on the exam dates, the eligibility & the application forms, the focus of this article is on to give you the study materials for Postal Assistant Exam – the sample papers & books for the same.
But before I point you to the sources of the study materials, let us know the exam pattern/format of Postal Assistants exam.
Postal Assistants exam pattern/format: The selection process for these positions in Department of Post consists of a 100 marks weightage system, with break-up as below: i) 40% weightage for Class-12th %age. ii) 50% weightage for Aptitude Test. iii) 10% weightage for Computer Typing test. Suppose if you had scored 75% in Class-12th, the merit marks you would score is 30 (i.e.75/100 x 40). Suppose if you score 80 (out of total 100 marks) in Aptitude test, the merit marks you would score is 40 (i.e.50/100 x 80). And if you score 7 (out of total 10 marks) in Computer Typing test, the merit marks you would score is 0.7 (i.e.10/100 x 7).
Thus a total score of 70.7 would be counted for you with above combination in the Postal Assistants exam merit list. Following table clearly illustrates this scheme of Postal Assistants exam: 
Cut-off for Postal Assistants exam: No cut-off has been prescribed for the Postal Assistants exam and the merit list would be prepared based on the relative performance of all the candidates.
In the first stage screening (based on %age you secured in Class-12th exam), a merit list would be prepared based on the marks secured by all the candidates and than 10 times of the category-wise vacancy is selected to appear in the Postal Assistants exam Aptitude test. Suppose there are 61 Postal Assistant vacancies for ST categories, 610 candidates would be called for Aptitude Test.
The final merit list would be prepared based on all three components as discussed above.
Pattern of Aptitude Test in Postal Assistants exam: The Aptitude Test contains 50 objective type questions of 2 marks each and will include questions on English, Mathematics, General Knowledge and Reasoning and Analytical ability. The duration of the test will be 60 minutes.
Postal Assistants exam Computer Typing Test pattern: The computer test for Postal Assistant consists of 5 marks each following two parts: 1.0 Test of computer typing: You have to type a passage (of 450 words in English or 375 words in Hindi) within a duration of 15 minutes. Minimum typing speed should be 30 w.p.m. 2.0 Test of data entry knowledge: This test consists of data comprising of figures and letters to test the knowledge of data entry. This again has to be completed within a duration of 15 minutes.
Sample papers for Postal Assistants exam: You must be searching for Sample/Model/Previous years papers of Postal Assistants exam and your searches may not have yielded very good results.
As there are not too many good papers on net for the Postal Assistants exam, yet based on my experiences on recruitment exams, I would like to draw the similarity between this exam and Data Entry Operator Exam conducted by SSC (Staff Selection Commission). Not only the test sections of the exams are similar, but even the minimum eligibility (Class-12th pass) of both the exams are also similar. Hence may be you can use these section-wise sample papers of SSC DEO exams to prepare for the Postal Assistants exam.
You can find the similarities between the two exams from the comparison below: 
Practice material for Computer Typing Test in Postal Assistants exam: Computer Typing Test although has a weightage of 10%, it can still make that big difference between those who makes the final cut and those who does not. You can judge your own Computer Typing/Data Entry skill from following two blog post, pointing you to the free websites for training:
Prep/Guide Books for Postal Assistants exam:  I searched on net and could find following two guide books for Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistants exam:
These books are available in most of the good book stores. You can also order these books from Flipkart.com which offers free shipping/postage in India. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep.
Hope with above prep materials – the sample papers and books for Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistants exam, you can crack the exam easily. Please keep visiting this blog as I would be on the lookout for more sample papers and books for this exam and would post them as and when I find them..
Best wishes!
Labels: Department of Posts Recruitment Exams |
| posted by
Prasanta Bora on August 21, 2010
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Postal Assistant Recruitment 2010 Notification, Eligibility & Forms
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August 20, 2010
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 Department of Posts, Govt. of India has just today issued recruitment notification for 812 Postal Assistants & 186 Sorting Assistants in Andhra Pradesh and if you had passed Class-12th, with few other required eligibilities, you can apply for these positions till 5th October, 2010. The written exam for Postal Assistant Recruitment 2010 is scheduled to be held on 14th November, 2010.
This post summarizes the important information contained in the above notification, also archiving the same, so that the information can be used by future Postal Assistant aspirants, say for Postal Assistant Recruitment 2011/2012 Exam.
But before that, a small discussion on what is Department of Post in a nutshell:
What is Department of Post: Department of Post is a part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology under the Govt. of India. It was founded in 1764. Headquartered in New Delhi, it has 155,333 post offices in each and every nook and corner of India, manned by over 5 lakh employees. Owing to this far-flung reach and its presence in remote areas, the Indian postal service is also involved in other services such as small savings banking and financial services.
India has been divided into 22 postal circles, each circle headed by a Chief Postmaster General. Each Circle is further divided into field units, called Divisions, headed by a Postmaster General. Other functional units like Circle Stamp Depots, Postal Stores Depots and Mail Motor Service may exist in the Circles and Regions. Besides the 22 circles, there is a special Circle called the Base Circle to cater to the postal services of the Armed Forces of India.
Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant vacancies in Department of Post: As per above notification, there are vacancies for 812 Postal Assistants, 186 Sorting Assistants in following offices: a) Postal Assistants in Post Offices b) Postal Assistants in Circle Office and Regional Offices. c) Postal Assistants in Savings Bank Control Organization. d) Sorting Assistants in Railway Mail Service. e) Postal and sorting Assistants in Army Postal Service. f) Postal Assistants in Foreign Post Offices. g) Postal Assistants in Mail Motor Services. h) Postal Assistants in Postal Stores Depots. You can find detailed category-wise, post office-wise vacancies in “ANNEXURE III” in the last two pages of the Department of Post Recruitment Notification.
Duties/ Job nature of Postal Assistants:
The duties of a postal assistant in Indian postal departments are as follows:
:: Receipt and registration of dak.
:: Disposal of dak by submitting in files.
:: Maintenance of rulings and circulation thereof.
:: Noting and drafting.
:: Maintenance of reminder diary, guard files.
:: Processing of Parliament Questions and VIP references.
In addition to above, Postal Assistants working in PLI (Postal Life Insurance) Branch discharge following other duties:
:: Data entry operation on computers.
Generation of various information reports for –
:: Preparation of History sheets.
:: Issue of new policy.
:: Posting of premium in individual a/c.
:: Processing of loan applications.
:: Settlement of claim.
:: MIS
Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant salaries: Salary (scale of pay ) for Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant being offered by Department of Post is Rs. 5200 - 20200 + Grade pay Rs. 2400/- + admissible allowances.
Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant Eligibility: Age Eligibility: (as on last date of application i.e. 05/10/2010) Min. age: 18 years, Max. age: 25 years
Educational Qualifications Eligibility: a) Eligibility for Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistants : i) Pass in 10+2 or 12th Class Examination of recognized University or Board of School Education or Board of Secondary Education (excluding vocational streams). ii) Candidates for the posts of Postal Assistants in Post Offices, Sorting Assistants in Railway Mail Service and Postal / Sorting Assistants in Army Postal Service should have the above educational qualifications with English as a compulsory subject. iii) The candidates should have knowledge of local languages of the State. i.e., should have studied Telugu (and / or any other local language declared as local language by Andhra Pradesh State Government) as a subject at least upto Matriculation level (SSC) iv) Candidates with higher qualifications are also considered. But they have to fulfil the requirements mentioned in sub paras (i) to (iii) above. v) Candidates who have passed Vocational or job Oriented Course (JOC) are NOT eligible. vi) Desirable qualification :- Typing Knowledge and Computer Knowledge. vii) For Postal Assistants of Circle Office and Regional Offices Typing skill in Hindi at the speed of 25 words per minute or in English at the speed of 30 words per minute and Computer Knowledge are essential.
b) Eligibility for Postal Assistant in Army Postal Services : i) Application should be superscribed as “APPLICATION FOR POSTAL ASSISTANT TO ARMY POSTAL SERVICE”: and sent to the Chief Postmaster General, Andhra Pradesh Circle, Hyderabad 500 001. ii) The vacancies reserved for APS are open only for males. iii) The candidates should produce a medical certificate in prescribed format available in this prospectus at APPENDIX - I from a Government Medical Officer. iv) All other conditions applicable to Postal / Sorting Assistants mentioned in sub para (a) above will apply.
Selection process for Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant in Department of Post: The selection process for these positions in Department of Post consists of a total 100 marks, with break-up as below: i) 40 marks for Class-12th %age. ii) 50 marks in Aptitude Test. iii) 10 marks in Computer Typing test.
Postal Assistant Recruitment 2010 Application form: The form can be found from page-12 of the recruitment notification. Since you are downloading the application from internet, you have to pay Rs.25/- as application form fee in any post office and enclose the receipt along with the application.
Details on how to apply for Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant recruitment exam can be found in Section-"6. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE APPLICANTS" to Section-"11. CHECK LIST" from page-4 to 6 of the recruitment notification. 
Important dates for Postal Assistant Recruitment 2010: Date of advertisement/notification/form availability: 20th August, 2010. Last date of receipt of completed form: 5th October, 2010. Date of Postal Assistant Exam 2010: 14th November, 2010 (10:00 AM). Date Declaration of Postal Assistant Exam 2010 Result: Mid December, 2010. (most likely on 16th December 2010).
Hope with above information you can apply confidently for Postal Assistant Recruitment 2010. How do you prepare for Postal Assistant Exam? This is the subject matter of my subsequent blog post. Please visit me again!
Labels: Department of Posts Recruitment Exams |
| posted by
Prasanta Bora on August 20, 2010
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Bank PO Exams vs. Bank Clerical Exams – a comparative analysis
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August 17, 2010
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Indian banking industry, specially PSU banks, are on a recruiting spree, going for massive recruitments at all levels, specially Probationary Officers (PO) and Clerical cadres – the reason why you might be seeing recently almost eight out of ten articles on this blog notifying you about these job opportunities in Indian banks as well as telling you how to prepare for them.
As a close watcher of this recruitment drives for last two years, some very interesting facts have been gathered by me, which I would like to share with you. In a previous blog post of mine titled: Bank Exam pattern analysis: Similarity in Bank Exams, I had informed you that almost all Bank PO exams are identical and hence a good preparation for one exam would surely get you success in other bank exams too.
Now I would like to revise my above contention – not only Bank PO exams, but also Bank Clerical exams are identical. Preparation for Clerical exams for one bank exam would help you get the job for other banks too.
And what more, on doing a close analysis of Bank PO exams vis-à-vis Bank Clerical exams, I found that if you prepare for Bank PO exams, you can sit for Bank PO exams as well as Bank Clerical exams too, with minor extra-preparation like for any additional paper like: Marketing Knowledge, Computer Knowledge, Specialist IT paper, Clerical Aptitude etc.
This extends to even the academic eligibilities for PO exams and clerical exams, which are almost same.
Let me compare them one by one. In the comparisons of eligibility & exam patterns below, I have tried to generalize the PO exams as well as Clerical Exams – there are minor variations you may find in specific bank exams. And at the end of this blog article, I would tell you how this comparison is going to help you in getting that bank job.
First: Comparison of eligibilities for Bank PO exams vis-à-vis Bank Clerical exams: Age eligibility comparison: For Bank PO exam: Min age: 21 years, Max age: 30 years For Bank Clerical exam: Min age: 18 years, Max age: 28 years
My finding: If you are in between 21 years to 28 years, you can sit for both Bank PO exams as well as Bank Clerical exams.
Academic Qualification eligibility comparison: For Bank PO exam: 1.0 Minimum 60% marks (55% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD) in graduation. 2.0 You need to have successfully completed a computer course of at least 6 months' duration from any Institute recognized by Central/State Govt. / AICTE.
For Bank Clerical exam: 1.0 Min. 50% (45% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD) marks in Class-XII or its equivalent OR a degree in any discipline. In some banks like SBI/UBI, minimum %age is 60% (55% for reserved candidates) in class-XII. 2.0 Essential – Ability to read, write and speak the Official Language for the state for which applying. 3.0 Desirable – Completion of a Foundation Course on Computer Awareness & Office Automation for a duration of minimum 3 months from a Computer Institute.
My finding: You can appear in both Bank PO exams as well as Bank Clerical exams, if: i) You had secured 60% in both Class-XII as well as in graduation. ii) You can read/ write/ speak the official language of your state. iii) You have successfully completed a 6 months' computer course from any recognized Institute.
With above findings, let us go on to compare the pattern/format of Bank PO exams & Bank Clerical exams.
Comparison of exam pattern/format of Bank PO exams vis-à-vis Bank Clerical exams: You would be surprised to find that even the exam pattern of PO exams and the Clerical exams is also very similar – written exam of both of them have following four common sections of paper: 1.0 Reasoning Ability. 2.0 Quantitative Aptitude. 3.0 General Knowledge. 4.0 English Ability. Quantitative Aptitude paper is called Numerical Aptitude in Clerical exams. Also in Bank Clerical exams, there is an extra paper called Clerical Aptitude. The standard of questions obviously is a little higher for PO exams compared to clerical exams.
The other difference in the selection process between Bank PO recruitment vis-à-vis Bank Clerical recruitment is: Bank PO recruitment has GD (Group Discussion) after the written test and before the interview. But in most Clerical recruitment, there is no GD – on being selected in the written test, you face the interview directly.
I would like to give below a generalized comparison of PO & Clerical exam papers along with distribution of test paper-wise marks:  The cut-offs in the written test for most of the Bank PO & Clerical exam is 40% (35% for reserved candidates). In addition to scoring these cut-off marks, you need to be ranked high in the merit list to be called for interview/GD. Generally 3-times the vacancies are short listed in the bank written tests for interview/GD.
With above, you might have found that once if you have the eligibilities, you can appear in both PO as well as clerical exams. And since the written tests are so similar, you actually need not go for so much extra preparation.
So although you may be aiming for Bank PO exams, suppose if you do not click in the exam – go for Clerical exams too. Once you are inside the banking industry, the experience helps to answer interview questions. And you can than again appear for Bank PO exam – this time to become a Probationary officer!
This is the benefit I was talking about by showing you my above comparison – many of my blog readers (and now friends) who could not do well in Bank PO exams and whom I convinced on taking this route have now become Probationary officers!
For a detailed exam pattern of Bank PO exams along with the study materials – the sample papers & books for PO exams, I would like to point you to my following blog post:
Similarly, for a detailed exam pattern of Bank Clerical exams along sample papers & books for Clerical exams, I would like to point you to my following blog post:
Also, I had published a comprehensive list of 35 Bank Recruitment websites through the blog post titled: Bank Recruitment Notification and Result websites, which contained links to the recruitment pages of 22 Public Sector Banks and 13 Private Sector Banks. After you make your preparation for the bank exams, keep checking those websites periodically to find if any recruitment notification has been published.
Hope with above information you can find that dream bank job.
Best wishes!
Labels: Banking Exams |
| posted by
Prasanta Bora on August 17, 2010
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NALCO GET MT Exam Sample Papers & Books
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August 13, 2010
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While that blog post helps you in applying for NALCO GET MT exam, this blog post tries to give you the study materials for this exam – the sample papers & books for NALCO GET MT exam.
At the very outset, let me tell you that information on NALCO GET MT exam is very scarce on the net – I had collected whatever information was possible from a number of websites.
First: NALCO GET MT Exam pattern/Selection process: The selection process for NALCO GET MT position consists of a written test followed by personal interview. In its recruitment notification, NALCO has not given much information on what would be the pattern of the written exam other than that it shall consist of following two papers: 1.0 General Aptitude Test. 2.0 Subject Knowledge Test. It has not how many questions would be asked, what marks it would contain or what would be the duration of tests.
But previous years NALCO exam papers used to consist of 60 questions each in General Aptitude Test & Subject Knowledge Test. The combined duration for both the test was 2 and half hours. You can expect similar pattern in your NALCO exam too.
Than: Sample papers/Books for NALCO GET MT exam: As I told you before, if you search “NALCO exam sample papers” on the net, although many websites promises you solved NALCO exam previous years papers, on landing at those websites you find that they only had spiced up the webpage content with false keywords – they do not gives you any actual paper. I could find only one NALCO exam previous years paper of 28 Oct 2007 for Electrical branch – you can find it in way2freshers.com.
So how should you prepare for NALCO exam? My advice would be to take the help of two separate exams: 1.0 For General Aptitude Test: Take help of Bank PO exam papers – Test of reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude and also to some extent General Awareness section of bank PO exams. 2.0 For Subject Knowledge Test: Take help of GATE exam papers for your subject of specialization. This is the advice I give for most engineering recruitment exams in which prep material is not readily available.
With above preparation plan for NALCO exam General Aptitude Test, you can use the sample papers meant for bank PO exam posted in my previous blog article titled SBI PO exam sample papers & books to prepare for NALCO GET exam. Also with the same exam prep plan for the Subject Knowledge Test, you can use the GATE exam sample papers relevant to your discipline.
Prep Book for NALCO exam: As you can find above, NALCO exam consists of two papers: General Aptitude & Subject Knowledge.
For the BHEL General Aptitude Test take help of book Guide To General Apt. Test For NTPC, BHEL, SAIL by G. K. Publishers (Price:Rs. 220). This book is available in most of the good book stores. You can also order this book from Flipkart.com which offers free shipping/postage in India. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep.
NALCO exam interview questions: For job interview in any organisation, questions about how much you know about the organisation are bound to be asked. So go through the About us page of NALCO website.
This blog has excellent materials to help you prepare for the Bank of India PO Interview with a list of Interview questions.
For Interview, click here to visit this article, which tells you what are the requirements an interviewer looks for in you. It also gives you an interesting YouTube video telling you how you can also analyze an interviewer and hence be prepared for it. And than it gives you a list of 99 interview questions, which are most repeated in every other interview! These questions helps you prepare yourself.
Hope above sample papers and books helps you to prepare for NALCO exam - kindly post your exam experience in this blog post as comment so that it can help future NALCO examinees. I would also be on the lookout for more NALCO exam sample papers on the net and would post the same as and when I spot the. So keep visiting this blog!
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| posted by
Prasanta Bora on August 13, 2010
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NALCO GET MT Recruitment 2010: Notification, Eligibility & Forms
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August 10, 2010
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 NALCO (National Aluminium Company Limited) has just today issued recruitment notification for 124 Graduate Engineer Trainees (GET) & 15 Management Trainees (MT). If you are a graduate engineer or a management graduate, here is a very good chance to join the NALCO, India’s premier Navratna PSU, manufacturing/exporting alumina and aluminium.
This blog post focuses on telling you about the above NALCO notification – the important dates along with eligibilities required to apply for the same, pointing you to the NALCO online application form. The information has been reproduced from above official notification, to archive the same, so that even the future NALCO job hopefuls (say for NALCO GET/MT Exam 2011) can use it to know about the exam.
A small introduction on NALCO as an organisation:
What is NALCO: NALCO is a Navratna PSU - its Asia’s largest, worlds 6th largest, integrated aluminium complex, encompassing bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting and casting, power generation, rail and port operations. It boasts of some of the world's latest and finest technology in the Aluminium manufacturing industry.
NALCO is considered to be one of the best profit making PSUin India and reaps impressively huge benefits every year.
NALCO GET/MT vacancies: There are a total of 124 GET positions available, with category-wise breakup as below: UR: 62, SC: 15, ST: 08, OBC: 39
Also there are 15 MT positions available, with following category-wise breakup: UR: 09, SC: 02, ST: 01, OBC: 03
Salaries for NALCO GET/MT: NALCO is offering its GET/MT salary in the pay scale of Rs.16,400-40,500/= with other benefits like DA, HRA, CF, PRP, Medical facility etc. CTC at minimum pay scale is Rs.27027/= per month.
Important dates for NALCO GET/MT exam 2010: Date of NALCO online form submission starts: 10/08/2010 Last date of NALCO online form submission: 31/08/2010 (6 PM). Last date for receipt of NALCO online form printout at NALCO, Kokata: 07/09/2010. Date of NALCO GET/MT exam 2010: 26/09/2010 (Sunday).
NALCO GET/MT Eligibility:
Eligibilities for NALCO Graduate Engineer Trainees (GET): Age eligibility: Max. 30years as on 31/08/2010 Academic Qualification eligibility: Min. 65% (55% for SC/ST) aggregate of all years/semesters in engineering graduation from following disciplines: Mechanical, Mining Machinery, Electrical, C&I, Metallurgy, Chemical, Civil, Systems (Computer Engineering/ Computer Science/IT), Geology, Mining.
For Systems discipline, MCA candidates with above min. marks can also apply provided they scored min 65% (55% for SC/ST) aggregate of all years/semesters in graduation.
For Geology discipline, candidates with M. Sc (Geology) can also provided they scored min 65% (55% for SC/ST) aggregate in both graduation & PG
Engineering/Technical graduated with management degree from premier university/Institute would be preferred.
Eligibilities for NALCO Management Trainees (MT): Age eligibility: Max. 30years as on 31/08/2010. Academic Qualification eligibility: Min. 65% (55% for SC/ST) aggregate of all years/semesters in graduation from following disciplines: HR management, Marketing management, Finance, PR & Corporate Communication.
For Finance discipline, only qualified CA/ICWA can apply. All qualifications must be from only recognized university/institutes. You can find more about the eligibilities for these NALCO trainee positions in page-1-3 of the recruitment notification.
NALCO GET/MT Online for 2010: You can only apply online for these NALCO Graduate Engineer Trainee/Management Trainee positions. Also, after submitting your online NALCO GET/MT form, you need to take printout of the filled NALCO GET/MT application form and send it to following address, so that it reached on or before 7th September, 2010: PO Box No.: 12026, Cossipore Post Office, Kolkata-700 002.
How to apply online for NALCO GET/MT exam 2010 is given in detail in section: “8. How to apply” of page-5-6 of the notification.
Hope above information helps you to apply for NALCO GET/MT exam 2010 confidently. My next blog post titled: NALCO GET/MT exam sample papers & books should help you prepare for this exam. So please visit me again!
Best wishes!
Labels: NALCO Recruitment |
| posted by
Prasanta Bora on August 10, 2010
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AXIS Bank Freshers Recruitment 2010-2011
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August 07, 2010
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 Axis bank Recruitment notification for the year 2010-2011 has just come out yesterday for a huge requirement of various banking positions, including those for freshers. If you are a fresher with graduation in any discipline, here is the golden opportunity for you to join Axis Bank.
Axis Bank is going in for this large-scale recruitment as it ambitiously plans to open 400 branches in 2010-2011, 100 of which would be rural branches.
This blog post encapsulates the Axis bank Freshers Recruitment notification for 2010-11 while another blog post would give the study materials for Axis bank exam: pattern, sample papers & books.
But before that, let us know about Axis bank in a nutshell.
What is Axis bank: Formerly called UTI Bank, Axis Bank, started operations in 1994 and since from than it had grown into the 3rd largest private bank in India, only next to ICICI Bank & HDFC Bank. With its headquarter in Mumbai, it has at present, countrywide network of 1042 branches, 4474 ATMs in 643 cities/towns. It has been consistently showing profits and in last financial year, it made a net profit of Rs. 1,812.93 crore.
Freshers’ eligibilities for AXIS Bank recruitment: Age eligibility: Max 29 years. Academic Qualification eligibility: Graduation in any discipline.
Desired Candidate Profile: Minimum 0 - 1 years of relevant experience in a reputed bank. Should be fully conversant with banking procedures. Should possess good communication skills. Should possess good interpersonal and marketing skills.
Basic Job Responsibilities: • As a front office functionary, interact with customers for all their banking related needs. • Communicate fluently in English and the local language with them. • Those with experience in the financial sector will be preferred.
Fresh Graduates and MBAs from reputed colleges can also apply.
Freshers vacancies in AXIS Bank: In the current notification, fresher’s vacancies in Axis bank exists in two of its areas: Metro/Urban & Semi-urban/Rural.
AXIS Bank Freshers Recruitment Application forms: You can find the application forms for the AXIS Bank freshers in the job code as given above. Click at “Apply Now” button as shown below corresponding to Job Code: BO2 (for Metro/Urban) or OFR-1 (for Semi-urban/Rural).  
No last date for AXIS Bank Freshers Recruitment application form has been specified either in its Advertisement or in above website. However, as the number required would be quite huge, I think entire Axis Bank recruitment process would be spilled over to 2011.
If you have difficulty in applying online for Axis Bank recruitment, send an email to axisissues@cnkrpo.com or call the dedicated call centre number: 040-66306100 from 10 am - 6 pm, Monday to Saturday. In case even after above steps you are unable to apply online, then forward your CV to axisbank@cnkrpo.com. However, processing of applications submitted through e-mail is slower than online submission of application form of Axis Bank.
Hope above information on Axis Bank recruitment helps you to apply for the jobs confidently. In my next blog post I would cover how to study for Axis Bank Exam – pointing you to the sample papers & books with an analysis of Exam pattern. Please tune into this blog again!
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ASRB (ICAR) Scientist Recruitment 2010 Dates Eligibility Forms
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  ASRB (Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board) of ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) had few days back issued recruitment notification for 367 Scientists / Programme Coordinator among other positions and you can apply for these positions till 23rd August (7th September for remote areas), 2010.
This blog post tells you about the above ASRB notification in a nutshell. But before that a small primer on what is ICAR:
What is ICAR: Indian Council of Agricultural Research is the apex body for co-ordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country. With 97 ICAR institutes and 45 agricultural universities spread across the country ICAR is one of the largest national agricultural systems in the world.
ICAR ASRB Scientist vacancies 2010: There are a total of 367 Scientists / Programme Coordinator vacancies along with 2 posts for Head of Division & 5 Director level posts. You can find the state-wise ICAR vacancies in the ASRB Scientist Recruitment Notification 2010.
ICAR ASRB Scientist/ Programme Coordinator salaries: Salaries being offered by ICAR for these Scientists / Programme Coordinator position is: Pay Scale : Rs. 15600-39100/- Grade Pay : Rs. 8,000/- (with minimum pay of Rs.22,320).
ICAR ASRB Scientist/ Programme Coordinator Selection process: Based on your qualifications as submitted during the application, ASRB is going to shortlist the candidates for a personal interview. The selection would be based on Interview alone.
Eligibilities for ICAR Scientist/ Programme Coordinator: Age Eligibility: (as on 23.08.2010) Max. 47 years. Relaxations exist as per Govt. rule. Academic Eligibility: These positions needs M. Sc./ Doctoral degree in the relevant disciplines corresponding to the ICAR location you are applying. You can find the exact qualification requirement ICAR location-wise in the ICAR ASRB Scientist Recruitment Notification.
ICAR ASRB Recruitment Application forms 2010: Application Fee is Rs. 500/- to be paid in the form of a crossed demand draft in favour of Secretary, ASRB payable at New Delhi. For candidates applying from abroad, the fee is US $20 in the form of International Bank Draft. No application fee is required to be paid by SC/ST Candidates.  How to apply for these ICAR ASRB positions is given clearly in the beginning te application form as well as in last page (page-10) of the notification. Also the “List of enclosures” is given in the first page of the notification.
The last date for applying to ICAR ASRB Recruitment 2010 is 23rd August 2010 (7th September 2010 for candidates from abroad & Remote Areas). Before this date, your completed form along with required enclosures should reach the following address: SECRETARY, ASRB, KRISHI ANUSANDHAN BHAWAN I, PUSA, NEW DELHI - 110 012.
ICAR ASRB Interview Questions: The selections to the ICAR ASRB Scientist positions would be based on Interview alone and hence your chances of getting the ICAR job would depend on how you would perform in the interview, apart from your own qualifications. This being a technical area you can expect most of the ASRB interview questions to be concerning of the area you have specialized in. However there would definitely also be questions on how much you know about ICAR as an organization.
To help you prepare for ICAR ASRB Interview, this blog has an exclusive article Job Interview Questions - which tells you what are the requirements an interviewer looks for in you. It also gives you an interesting YouTube video telling you how you can also analyze an interviewer and hence be prepared for it. And than it gives you a list of 99 interview questions, which are most repeated in every other interview! These questions would definitely helps you to prepare yourself for ASRB Interview.
Best wishes!
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AAI ATC Recruitment 2010 Dates, Eligibility & Forms
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August 04, 2010
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 Airports Authority of India (AAI) has issued recruitment notification for a total of 741 ATC/ Electronics department positions with break-up of the vacancies as below:
Air Traffic Controllers (ATC): 379 with break-up as: Manager (ATC): 79, Jr. Executive (ATC): 300
Electronics department: 362 with break-up as: Manager (Electronics): 112, Sr. Assistant (Electronics): 250. Last dates for online submission of forms for AAI recruitment exam 2010:16th August 2010.
This blog post sums up this AAI Recruitment notification in a nutshell, while you may also like to go through a previous blog post of mine titled: AAI Exam – Exam pattern & Study materials, which gives you the pattern of exam and sample papers for AAI ATC exam.
Eligibilities for AAI recruitment:
Eligibilities for Manager (ATC): Age: Max 32 years Min. 60% in Engineering Degree (Electronics/Tele Communication/Radio Engineering/IT/ Electrical with Specialization in Electronics) OR Min. 60% in M.Sc Degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special Subject OR Min. 60% in PG Degree in Physics / Mathematics/ Computer Science or equivalent.
Eligibilities for Jr. Executive (ATC): Age: Max. 27 years Engineering Degree in Electronics / Tele Communication / Radio Engg. /IT/ Electrical with Specialization in Electronics with 1st Class (50% for SC/ST) OR M.Sc Degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engg. as a special Subject with 1st Class (50% for SC/ST) OR PG Degree in Physics / Mathematics/ Computer Science or equivalent with 1st Class (50% for SC/ST).
Eligibilities for Manager (Electronics): Age: Max 32 years First Class Engineering Degree (BE/B.Tech) in Electronics / Tele Communication /Electronics and Communication from a recognized University / deemed University OR Passed in First class Section A & B of the Institution Examination (Electronics and Telecommunication of the Institution of Engineers (India) OR Passed in First class Graduate Membership Examination of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India)
Experience: 2 years post- degree experience in relevant discipline / field.
Eligibilities for Sr. Assistant (Electronics): Age: Max 30 years. Diploma in Electronics/Telecommunication/Radio Engineering. (3 yrs course) from a recognized institute.
AAI Recruitment Online form: You can apply for these AAI ATC/Electronics dept. positions only online.  As I told you at the outset, you may find my previous blog post: AAI Exam – Exam pattern & Study materials useful for preparation for AAI ATC exam. For Electronics dept. positions, I would search for the sample papers on the net and post them if and when I find them. Let me tell you that study materials for AAI exams are very few, almost non-existent on the net. Please check back this blog again at a later date.
Best wishes!
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UGC and CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET)
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National Eligibility Test (NET) is conducted by UGC (University Grants Commission) and CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) twice every year in the months of June and December. Like other times, CSIR-UGC has recently announced the dates of the NET exam and the purpose of this blog post and the next five others would be to familiarize you with what is NET, Schedule of NET, how to apply for NET and how to prepare for NET, so that you have a panoramic view of the whole exam even before you start preparation.
This particular post focuses on introduction of NET…
What is UGC-NET and CSIR-UGC NET? A brief history..
In early eighties, it was increasingly felt by public and leading educationists alike that quality of education system in India had deteriorated as a large number of people who had neither the competence nor the aptitude for teaching made an easy entry into the teaching profession. The cause for this was identified to be the absence of a Benchmark Qualifying test for entering into teaching profession.
Therefore, the Government on India, through a notification on 22nd July, 1988 entrusted the task of conducting the eligibility test for Lectureship to UGC. UGC was already conducting an examination for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) since 1984. As a result of this 1988 notification; UGC is conducting the National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) for Lectureship as well as with CSIR (CSIR-UGC NET) for both Lectureships as well as for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) since 1989.
What is the difference between UGC-NET and CSIR-UGC NET?
UGC NET (or simply called as NET) is held for 93 applied science/non-science subjects. On qualifying in this test, you become eligible to apply for the post of lecturer in all Indian universities/Institutes/colleges. UGC issues the notification for NET as well as conducts the exam.
While CSIR-UGC NET is held for pure-Science subjects (Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Earth Atmospheric Ocean & Planetary Sciences). On qualifying in this test, you become eligible to apply for the post of lecturer in all Indian universities/Institutes/colleges as well as to receive Fellowships (UGC/CSIR) under various schemes subject to you finding placement in the universities/IITs/other national organizations. CSIR issues the notification for CSIR-UGC NET as well as conducts it.
Why should you appear in NET exams?
Effective from 14th June, 2006, if you want to join the teaching profession as a lecturer in any of the UGC sponsored universities/Institutes/colleges, it is a must for you to qualify in the NET exam except if you are a Ph.D. degree holder (for PG level and UG level teaching) or a M.Phil degree holder (for UG level teaching only). Click here to read the UGC notification in this regard.
Also, CSIR-UGC NET qualification enables you to receive Fellowships as given above.
Hope above introductory information gives you a good idea on the NET as an exam. You may also like to go through following blog post on CSIR NET:
CSIR NET Syllabus & Sample papers: This article gives you the syllabus and sample papers for all CSIR NET subjects: Chemical Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences.
In my next few blog posts, I would enlighten you on the Schedule of NET, how to apply for NET and how to prepare for the same. Just keep visiting this blog…. Labels: CSIR-UGC NET, UGC-NET |
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RBI Executive Intern Exam Pattern, Sample papers & Books
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August 01, 2010
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This blog post focuses on providing you the study materials for RBI Executive Intern Exam: the sample papers and books with a discussion on the written exam pattern.
Having said that let us go on to explore RBI Executive Intern Written Exam.
RBI Executive Intern Exam Pattern/Selection Process: RBI Executive Intern selection process consists of two stages: Written test followed by Interview. The final merit list is decided based on the aggregate of marks obtained in the Written test as well as the Interview.
RBI in its exam notification, has not said much about the pattern of written exam except that it would consist of following 4 papers for a total of 200 marks, which has to be answered within 3 hours: 1. General Awareness 2. English Language 3. Quantitative Aptitude. 4. Reasoning. It has not said much about how many questions would be asked in which paper. But above exam plan (the four papers and the total mark and exam duration) is very similar to any Bank PO exams, as you could find from a recent Syndicate Bank PO exam, which had the section-wise distribution of marks as below:  Kindly note that above pattern is only indicative, just to give you some idea - there are differences like there is no computer proficiency paper in RBI exam. Also in RBI Intern exam, test of English language may not be for qualifying purpose unlike Syndicate Bank.
RBI in its exam notification, has also not said about whether there would be negative marking. But it is safe to assume in your preparation stage that there is negative marking for wrong answers.
RBI Executive Intern Exam cut-off: You have to pass each of the four objective tests individually, cut-off for which would be decided by RBI based on relative performance of all candidates taken together. On top of that, you need to be sufficiently high in the merit list to be called for the interview.
RBI Executive Intern exam sample papers/previous years papers: As I had pointed out above, RBI Executive Intern exam is very similar to Bank PO exams and hence it is a good idea initially to make your preparation based on the Bank PO sample papers available in the internet, just to find the standard of questions. Later on, you may go for in-depth studies from books.
Therefore I searched on net and could find following Bank PO sample papers, which you can use for RBI Executive Intern written exam:
RBI Executive Intern Exam Sample paper - Test of Reasoning: Click here to find a previous years Andhra Bank PO exam sample paper (test of reasoning). You can also check this previous blog post of mine titled: Test of Reasoning: Sample Question papers & Books, which not only tells you about the four types of Test of reasoning (Numerical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Abstract Reasoning & Diagrammatic Reasoning), but also gives you sample papers and books for the test of reasoning.
Besides sample papers which have been mainly sourced from Competition Master website, you would definitely like to download this Bank PO mock test paper from India Study Channel website.
RBI Executive Intern Exam Sample paper - Quantitative Aptitude test:
RBI Executive Intern Exam Sample paper - General Awareness test:
RBI Executive Intern Exam Sample paper - English Language test:
Books for the RBI Executive Intern Exam: As I tell you again, you can use the following books meant Bank PO exams to prepare for RBI Executive Intern Exam.
These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts up to 25%, apart from free shipping/postage in India. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:
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RBI Executive Intern Interview questions: This blog has exhaustive resource on job Interview questions and you can find it here. Also in RBI Interview, apart from other areas, questions about RBI as an organisation are bound to be asked. So go through the about us page of the website.
Hope with above Sample papers & books for the RBI exam, you would be able to appear in the exam confidently. I would look out for more RBI prep-materials on the net and would post the same as I find them. So visit me again!
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