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CRPF Recruitment Exam Sample Papers, Books & Exam Pattern
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October 24, 2010
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Preparation materials on the net for the CRPF ASI/ Head Constable Examination is very less – almost non-existent. However, I would try to point you to the sources of whatever study materials I could find, so that you can prepare for this exam.
At first, let us find what is the pattern/scheme of CRPF Asst. SI/ Head Constable Exami.
CRPF Asst. SI/ Head Constable Exam Pattern:
The selection process for CRPF ASI/HC recruitment consists of two stages:
First stage consists of:
i) Checking documents
ii) Physical Measurements.
iii) Written examinations.
Documents as given in section “9. CHECKING DOCUMENTS” of page-4 in the Notification is checked as well as Physical Measurements are taken to ascertain whether you meet the “Physical standard eligibility” as given in section “4. PHYSICAL STANDARD” in page-2/3 of the Notification.
If you meet these eligibilities, you would be allowed to appear in the CRPF written exam.
Second stage consists of:
i) Typing Speed test (Only on Computer)
ii) Short hand speed test (Only for ASI/Steno)
iii) Checking of documents
iv) Interview.
v) Medical examination.
On qualifying the Stage-1 selection process, you would be shortlisted for the skill tests (Typing Speed test & Short hand speed test). If you can qualify these tests, you would be called for Interview. If you are finally selected, medical examinations are done.
Stage-1: CRPF Recruitment Written Exam Pattern:
The written exam of the CRPF ASI/HC recruitment consists of a single question paper of following four parts, each part having 50 Objective type questions with 1 mark for each question:
Part -I: Hindi/English Language: 50 questions,
Part -II: General Intelligence: 50 questions,
Part-III: Numerical Aptitude: 50 questions,
Part-IV: Clerical Aptitude: 50 questions,
Thus there are a total of 200 questions with 200 total marks to be answered in two hours. Cut-off (i.e. qualifying) mark for this CRPF exam is 80 (i.e. 40% of 200 marks) for General category candidates and 70 (i.e. 35% of 200 marks) for SC/ST/OBC Candidates.
Stage-2: CRPF Skill test pattern for ASI/HC:
What skills are tested in CRPF ASI/HC recruitment exam? Following two:
1) For Assistant Sub-Inspector (Steno):
Dictation: 10 mts @ 80 wpm, Transcription: 50 mts(English), 65 mts (Hindi)
2) For Head Constable (Min):
Typing on computer – 35 wpm in English (30 wpm for SC/ST) or 30 wpm in Hindi.
Sample Papers for CRPF Recruitment Exam:
The four test sections in CRPF ASI/HC written exam is very similar to Bank Clerks exam s. Even the age eligibility (18-25 years in CRPF exam, 18-28 in the bank exam) and the academic eligibility for both exams are same – Class-XII pass in CRPF exam and Class-XII pass with 50%marks in the bank clerk exam. Hence you can use the sample papers for bank clerical/PO exams as prep material for CRPF ASI/HC written exam too.
These sample papers are reproduced below for CRPF Recruitment Exam:
CRPF 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.
CRPF Exam Sample Paper: Numerical Ability
This Quantitative Aptitude test paper of a previous Dena Bank PO exam should give you a good idea about what questions are asked in Numerical Ability section of CRPF exams.
CRPF Exam Sample Paper: Test of English`
CRPF Exam Sample Paper:Clerical Aptitude What is a Clerical Aptitude test? Well, it tests your ability to notice similarities and differences between pairs of names and numbers. Questions asked also assess ability to handle office routine work, like filing, abbreviating, indexing etc. You may find following Clerical Aptitude question papers useful:
Books for CRPF ASI/HC Recruitment Exam:
Sample papers for the CRPF exam as given above are not specific to CRPF exam and hence you should rely upon the guide books available for preparation of CRPF exam.
I found following books on net for preparation for CRPF Asst. SI/ Head Constable Recruitment 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 free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 300/=. 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:
List Price: Rs.130.
List Price: Rs.130
Prep/Practice material for CRPF Skill tests:
As you could find from above CRPF selection process, in Stage-2, there are two skill tests:
For Assistant Sub-Inspector (Steno): Dictation/Transcription.
For Head Constable (Min): Typing on computer
To practice for Steno test (Dictation/Transcription), I found following websites can help you:
1.0 Teeline Shorthand: This website gives you 6 dictations online with speeds varying from 50 to 100 words per minute, so that you can practice your shorthand/steno skills online.
2.0 Steno Speed: Akin to above, this website gives a number of dictation/shorthand tests online with speeds varying from 40 to 220+ words per minute, so that you can practice your shorthand/steno skills online.
Hope with above sample papers, skill test practice materials and guide books you can prepare easily for CRPF Asst. SI/ Head Constable Exam. Keep visiting this blog, as if I find more info, I would post the same here. Best wishes!
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posted by
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October 24, 2010
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GAIL ET Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books
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October 22, 2010
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 GAIL Executive Trainee (ET) Exam is scheduled to be held on 23.10.2011 (Sunday), details of which can be found in my previous blog post: GAIL ET Recruitment 2011 Notification Eligibility Forms, which tells you in detail about the recruitment notification as well as the GAIL ET exam eligibilities and how to apply for the same.
This blog post is being made for those who are searching for GAIL exam study materials to help them prepare for the same.
At first, GAIL ET Exam pattern: GAIL in its notification has given following pattern of written exam for Executive Trainees: Paper-1: Subject Knowledge Test - 100 questions. Paper-2: General Aptitude Test - 50 questions.
While Subject Knowledge Test would be specific to your own branch/discipline, General Aptitude Test would be common to all. These 150 Objective type questions are to be answered within two hours duration.
There is negative marking - 1/4th mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. As you can see, you have to give special emphasis on the Subject Test, as it has twice the marks of Aptitude Test. Following the GAIL ET written exam, the short listed candidates would be called for GD/Interview.
GAIL ET Exam Sample Papers: Almost no material is available on the net for GAIL exam – I could not find a single sample or previous years GAIL papers (this is what prompted me for making this blog post – to search for GAIL Exam study materials on net and present the same to you).
In absence of any prep materials for any recruitment exam, what you should do is search for similar recruitment exams and use those sample papers & books. In this case for GAIL ET exam, there is a very similar exam for another public sector industry – NTPC ET recruitment exam.
The pattern of NTPC ET recruitment exam is similar to that of GAIL ET recruitment exam – it also has two papers: Aptitude test & Technical test, for the same branches/disciplines. There are 55 questions in Technical test & 35 in Aptitude – a total of 90 multiple-choice questions, which needs to be answered in 2 hours. It also has negative marking: 1/4th mark deducted for each wrong answer. Hence I am very sure that you would find my previous blog article titled: NTPC Executive Trainee Test: Exam Pattern/Papers/Books useful as prep material for GAIL ET Exam.
Books for GAIL ET Exam:  Thus you see, you can use the following books for NTPC ET exam as preparation materials for GAIL ET 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 upto 25%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 100/=. 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:
For Aptitude Test: List Price: Rs.220, Offer Price: Rs.169, Discount: Rs. 51(23%)
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Hope above preparatory materials for GAIL Executive Trainee test help you to win that coveted job in GAIL. Best wishes!
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October 22, 2010
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RBI exam pattern, Sample papers & Books
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October 12, 2010
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RBI exam pattern: The 3-phase selection process for the “Group-B” RBI job consists of following phases: Phase-I: Preliminary Test: Written Exam (Objective type) Phase-II: Final Test Written Exam (Descriptive type) Phase-III: Interview. Phase-I test is only of screening in nature (for selecting candidates for Phase-II test) and therefore marks you score in Phase-I test is not counted for the final merit list. The final merit list is prepared based on the total marks you scored in Phase-II Written Test and the Interview.
Let us go into the detail of these three phases.
RBI Phase-I Exam Pattern: The Phase-I test of RBI consists of Objective type questions from following four sections: i) General Awareness. ii) English Language. iii) Quantitative Aptitude. iv) Reasoning. The exam is of 3 hours duration for total 200 marks. You need to qualify in each of these tests individually – the RBI cut-off marks for these tests have not been specified and would be decided based on the relative performance of the candidates.
Other than just above information, the RBI exam notification has not specified any more information, like number of questions in each section and the mark-distribution. But RBI exam pattern for “Group-B” officer’s exam is very similar to the Bank PO exams, with identical exam sections and hence you can make some guesses about how many questions may be asked from following PO exam pattern for Indian Overseas Bank (IOB): IOB PO exam pattern: 225 Questions to be answered in 135 minutes with total 200 marks with following section-wise number of questions: Test of Reasoning Ability 75 Test of Quantitative Aptitude 50 Test of General Awareness 50 Test of English Language 50. Since you would have 180 minutes (3 hours) for the RBI exam, so may be you would have more number of questions.
RBI Phase-II Exam Pattern: For those selected in the RBI Phase-I Exam, they would have to appear for Phase-II Exam, which consists of descriptive questions from following three papers: Paper I – English. Paper II – Economic and Social Issues. Paper III – Finance and Management. The syllabus for these three papers have been given in my previous blog post titled: RBI Exam Syllabus. Each of these papers is of 3 hours duration carrying 100 marks.
Following the RBI Phase-II test, if you are selected, you would have to appear for the final selection: the RBI Interview. Marks you score in the Phase-II & Interview combined would be used for preparation of the final merit list.
RBI Exam Sample papers: After going through above RBI exam pattern, you would naturally want some free online sample papers for RBI exam preparation. I did some searching for you and could come out with following bank exam prep-materials.
 If I were you, my first place to check for sample questions on bank management trainee/PO exam would have been Competition Master in the section “BANK RECRUITMENT EXAMS”, which has been publishing solved question papers of previous years banking exams as shown in the screenshot at left.
You would need to register (which is free) to view these sample question papers of bank exams.
Sample Papers for RBI Exam Phase-I: You have four sections in the Phase-I test: General Awareness, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning. You can find the sample papers for these objective tests in the Competition Master website in the section “BANK RECRUITMENT EXAMS”, menu option “Bank PO solved papers”, as shown below: 
You would find two sample papers for each of the test of General Awareness and English Language and one paper for each of Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning.
You can also find some more sample papers from following sources: From Allinterview: RBI Grade-B Officers Recruitment Exam July 2004 Question Paper-1 & Paper-II
Sample Papers for RBI Exam Phase-II: Here you have three papers: “English”, “Economic and Social Issues” & “Finance and Management”. You can find some sample questions again in the Competition Master in four menu option the section “BANK RECRUITMENT EXAMS”, as shown in the highlighted red box below:  Books for the RBI exam: I searched for books for RBI Group-B Officers exam preparation and found with following results. 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. 320; Offer Price:Rs. 294; Discount:Rs. 26 (8%)
Cover Price:Rs. 320; Offer Price:Rs. 294; Discount:Rs. 26 (8%)
Cover Price:Rs. 335; Offer Price:Rs. 251; Discount:Rs. 84 (25%)
Also, since RBI Group-B Officers exam is similar to a bank PO exam, I would like to recommend following Bank PO books for preparation of the management trainee written test.
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Cover Price: Rs. 2608 RBI Interview questions: For 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.
RBI results website: After you appear in each of these phases, you would naturally would like to see the result. Check them in the proper time in this RBI exam result 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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October 12, 2010
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Although the syllabus for the RBI exam has already been given in the RBI exam notification, this blog post is made to reproduce the syllabus below, so that same can be used by future RBI job aspirants (say for RBI exam-2010/2011) as reference syllabus, even if the notification document is removed from the RBI website.
Syllabus for RBI Exam - Phase-II: Syllabus for Paper I – English: Essay, Précis writing, Comprehension, Business/Office Correspondence.
Syllabus for Paper II – Economic and Social Issues: Growth and Development – Measurement of growth : National Income and per capita income – Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation in India – Sustainable Development and Environmental issues. Economic Reforms in India – Industrial and Labour Policy – Monetary and Fiscal Policy – Privatisation – Role of Economic Planning. Globalization – Opening up of the Indian Economy – Balance of Payments, Export-Import Policy – International Economic Institutions – IMF and World Bank – WTO – Regional Economic Co-operation. Social Structure in India – Multiculturalism – Demographic Trends – Urbanisation and Migration – Gender Issues – Social Justice : Positive Discrimination in favour of the under privileged – Social Movements – Indian Political System – Human Development – Social Sectors in India, Health and Education.
Syllabus for Paper III – Finance and Management: (i) Finance :The Union Budget – Direct and Indirect taxes; Non-tax sources of revenue; Outlays; New Measures; Financial Sector Reforms; Capital Market, Money Market and Foreign Exchange Market; Stock Exchanges and their Regulation; Capital Market Intermediaries and their Regulation; Role of SEBI; Functions of the Money Market; Growth and Operation of the Money Market; The Foreign Exchange Market; From FERA to FEMA; Exchange Rate Management; Exchange Risk Management; Role of Banks and Financial Institutions in Economic Development; Regulation of Banks and Financial Institutions; Disinvestment in Public Sector Units.
(ii) Management : Management: its nature and scope; The Management Processes; Planning, Organisation, Staffing, Directing and Controlling; The Role of a Manager in an Organisation. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader; Leadership Styles; Leadership Theories; A successful Leader versus an effective Leader. Human Resource Development: Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD; Performance Appraisal – Potential appraisal and development – Feedback and Performance Counseling – Career Planning – Training and Development – Rewards – Employee Welfare. Motivation, Morale and Incentives: Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale. Communication: Steps in the Communication Process; Communication Channels; Oral versus Written Communication; Verbal versus non-verbal Communication; upward, downward and lateral communication; Barriers to Communication, Role of Information Technology. Corporate Governance: Factors affecting Corporate Governance; Mechanisms of Corporate Governance.
NOTE: The above syllabus is only indicative and not exhaustive. Keeping in view that candidates from different faculty backgrounds apply for the post, the questions in Papers II and III will be basic in nature. Candidates will be short-listed for interview based on the aggregate marks obtained only in Phase II – Papers I, II and III. The minimum cut off marks for being short-listed for interview will be decided by the Board in relation to the number of vacancies. Candidates may answer the Interview either in Hindi or English at their option. Labels: RBI Recruitment |
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IDBI Manager Recruitment Notification 2010
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October 03, 2010
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 IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India) Bank has just few days back issued Special Recruitment Drive notification 2010 for 1067 Managerial cadre vacancies including 880 Assistant Manager positions for which even freshers can apply.
This blog post intends to touch upon the important information contained in the above notification, archiving the same, so that it can be used for future IDBI employment aspirants, say for example, for IDBI Recruitment 2011. In a subsequent blog post, I would cover IDBI Exam pattern and would point you to the sources of sample papers & books for the IDBI Exam.
First a primer on what is IDBI:
IDBI was established on July 1, 1964 under an Act of Parliament as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India. On 16th February 1976, the ownership of IDBI was transferred to the Government of India. IDBI played a pioneering role, particularly in the pre-reform era (1964-91), in catalyzing broad based industrial development in the country.
IDBI Bank had started operations as a bank catering primarily to corporate clientele. This strategy was redrawn in early 2001 to focus on the exciting arena of Retail Banking. In September 2003, IDBI acquired the entire shareholding of Tata Finance Limited in Tata Home finance Ltd., signaling IDBI’s foray into the retail finance sector.
IDBI at present is the 4th largest Bank in overall ratings and has a country-wide network of 1059 ATM, 620 branches and 8989 employeesMore about IDBI can be found from this About us page of IDBI. IDBI Vacancies:In the current IDBI notification, 1067 vacancies are available in 3 positions – in one of them even freshers can apply while the other two needs experience. Vacancies without experience:Assistant Manager (Grade 'A’) - SC:208, ST:156, OBC:420, PWD:96, Total: 880.
Vacancies with experience: Manager (Grade 'B’) - SC:17, ST:25, OBC:62, PWD:0, Total: 104. Needs 4 years experience. Assistant General Manager (Grade 'C’) - SC:15, ST:15, OBC:53, PWD:0, Total: 83. Needs 8 years experience. Above experience should be full time direct experiences as an officer with a Commercial Bank. The experience through an outsourcing vendor, service provider, KP/BPO or IT support service provider would not be accepted. IDBI Recruitment 2010 important dates:IDBI Online application form starts on: October 1, 2010. Last date of submission of IDBI Online application form: October 18, 2010. Date of issue of call letter for IDBI written exam 2010: November, 2010. Date of IDBI written exam 2010: November 14, 2010. IDBI Recruitment Eligibilities:Maximum age eligibility: (as on September 1, 2010) For Asst. Manager (Grade-A): OBC: 31, SC/ST:33, PWD:38 (Gen)/41 (OBC)/43 (SC/ST) years. For Manager: OBC:35, SC/ST:37 years. For Asst. General Manager:OBC: 40, SC/ST:42 years. Academic qualification eligibility:For Asst. Manager: Minimum 55% (60% marks for OBC & PWD-General) aggregate in Graduation from a recognized university. For Manager & Asst. General Manager: Graduate from a recognized University. Professional Qualifications such as CA,ICWA, CFA, MBA, CAIIB would be preferred. IDBI Recruitment application fee:IDBI application fee is Rs. 75/= for SC/ST/PWD candidates while Rs. 400/= for others. This fee is needed to be paid in cash at any branch of IDBI or SBI. If you pay it through an SBI branch, an additional Rs.50/= would be charged by SBI as service fee. IDBI Recruitment application form:You can apply to the current IDBI vacancies only online.How to apply for IDBI recruitment is given in detail in Para: "VI. How to apply for all posts" & "VII. GENERAL/OTHER INSTRUCTIONS" in page 6-9 of the notification and also in this webpage. Please go through the same properly. Hope with above information you would be able to apply to IDBI recruitment -2010 easily. I am on the look-out for sample papers & books for preparation of IDBI exam and would present the same to you as a separate blog post: IDBI exam pattern, Sample papers & books. Please look out for it!
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October 03, 2010
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