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NTSE 2013 Exam Date Notification, Form & Eligibility
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July 30, 2012
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 NTSE 2013 Exam Notification with the exam schedule & application form for the session 2012-2013 has just been brought out by NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) and if you are a student of Class-X, you can apply for this very prestigious scholarship exam till 31st August, 2012.
The focus of this particular post is to summarize the NTSE-2013 notification to help you apply for this exam.
NTSE exam Eligibilities:
For appearing in NTSE exam, the eligibility is simple: you just need to be a Class X Indian student - you may be studying in India (in any recognized schools) or in abroad. There is no domicile restriction.
If you are an Indian students studying in Class-X abroad, you do not have to appear in Stage-I (State Level NTSE). Instead you can directly apply and appear for the Stage-II (i.e.National level NTSE).
There is a change in the eligibility for NTSE this year - till last year, NTSE was conducted for Class-VIII student. However NTSE-2013 would be held for Class-X students.
NTSE 2013 Exam Dates:
The whole process of NTSE exam from the date of notification till the publication of final result takes almost a year - while the NTSE notification comes out in June/July in one year, the final result (after the State Level NTSE and than the National level NTSE) is declared in July beginning of the next year. Thus, while you will be applying for NTSE in Class-X, by the time the result is declared, you would be in Class-XI..
The various important dates of NTSE 2013 exam (from application to result) is given below:
Stage I (State Level NTSE 2013):
Last Date of Form Submission: 31st August, 2012.
State Level NTSE 2013 Exam date for Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Andaman & Nicobar: 17.11.2012 Saturday).
State Level NTSE 2013 Exam date for all other states:18.11.2012 (Sunday).
Result of state level NTSE exam is declared usually in January/February by the States/UTs. For exact info on the result date, you have to contact your State Liaison Officer.
Stage II (National level NTSE 2013):
National level NTSE 2013 Exam date for all states: 12.05.2013 (Sunday)
Result of National level NTSE exam is declared usually in Last week of June/First week of July, which will be notified in NCERT NTSE website.
For Indian Students Studying Abroad:
Last Date of Form Submission for Stage-II (i.e.National level NTSE): 31st March, 2013..
NTSE 2013 Application Form & Admit Card:
Some states charges a small amount of exam fee (Highest fee is Rs. 120/= for Maharashtra, for most it is free) as a Demand Draft, which needs to be deposited along with the application form. You can have some idea about the exam fee corresponding to your state from this link. But You should confirm from your State Liaison Officer regarding the NTSE fee.
The form needs to be signed by Headmaster/Headmistress of your school along with Seal. Submit the form along with the exam fee (if required) to the Liaison officer of NTSE exam for you state. Last date is 31st August, 2012.
After you submit the form you would be intimated about the venue/date of written exam for State Level NTSE exam by the Liaison officer of NTSE exam for you state. If you do not get intimation, contact him/her.
Steps for applying to NTSE Exam for students studying abroad:
If you are an Indian student but studying abroad, the 1st stage of the exam i.e. State Level NTSE exam is waived. You need to apply for the 2nd stage i.e. National Level Exam directly.
You need to apply through the Head of the Institution where you are studying along with an attested copy (by the Head of the Institution) of the mark sheet of of previous examination. Send your application to the following address:
Head, Educational Survey Division
National Council of Educational Research & Training
Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi-110016
This should reach within 31st March,2012.
NTSE 2014 Exam Dates:
Some of you browsing this blog post may be appearing in NTSE 2014 exam or later and hence would like to know when NTSE 2014 would be held. Well, The schedule of NTSE exam has almost been identical for past five years and hence based on this exam date trend analysis, you can easily forecast the NTSE 2014 Exam Dates.
For instance, the notification comes out in July, State level NTSE exam is held in 1st/2nd week of November. The national level NTSE exam is invariably held on the second Sunday of May. With these trends, you can find that date of National level NTSE 2014 Exam would be 11th May, 2014 (Sunday). Also last date for submission of NTSE forms has been 31st August. Hence for NTSE 2014, last date of form submission should be 31st August, 2013..
Likewise, you can easily find that National level NTSE 2015 Exam date would be 10th May, 2015 (Sunday). The above dates are projected dates to help you schedule your preparation. Nearer notification dates, check the NCERT NTSE website for exact dates.
How to prepare for NTSE 2013? As given in the beginning of this blog article, following blog post gives you the prep materials for NTSE:
Hope above helps you in applying for NTSE 2013 exam confidently!
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July 30, 2012
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CPF (AC) Exam Pattern Syllabus Papers Books
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July 29, 2012
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This blog post is made as a sequel to my earlier blog article titled: CPF (AC) Exam 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms which tells you about how to apply for the exam along with eligibilities and where to find those forms.
The focus of this blog post is on giving you the study materials for CPF (AC) Exam – the sample question papers & books along with syllabus and exam pattern.
First let us know the pattern of CPF written Exam.
UPSC CPF Exam pattern:
The selection process of UPSC CPF exam consists of three stages:
1.0 Written test of 450 marks.
2.0 Physical Efficiency Tests (PETs).
3.0 Interview of 150 marks.
CPF Exam Written test pattern:
There are two papers in the UPSC CPF Written Exam:
Paper I: General Ability and Intelligence: 250 marks, 125 questions (2 hours).
Paper II: General Studies, Essay and Comprehension - 200 Marks (3 hours)
There is negative mark in Paper-I: 1/3rd mark for each wrong answer.
You can find more details on CPF exam pattern from following table:
What is CPF PET?
Subsequent to the CPF Written test, on being shortlisted for the interview, you at first have to clear the CPF PET (Physical Efficiency Tests). You have to clear the minimum physical standard as you have to serve the best police organisations in India.
This is in addition to the minimum physical eligibility during application stage as given in the notification.
Subsequent to qualifying the CPF PET, you would be called for UPSC CPF Interview for 150 marks. The merit list is based on thus a total of 600 marks (Written: 450 + Interview: 150).
UPSC CPF Exam Syllabus:
UPSC CPF Exam Sample/Previous Years Exam Papers:
You must be searching to download some CPF Exam sample/model/previous years papers to begin your preparation. I did the search for you and you can download the last three Previous years years CPF exam papers as given below.
For Paper-II on descriptive English, you can take help of Competition Master website. This website also has very useful content for Paper-I.
UPSC CPF Exam Prep Books:
I found following books good for preparation of for CPF 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 30% apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 200/=. 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:
UPSC CPF Exam Prep Books in English:
Hope above study materials for UPSC CPF Exam helps you in clearing the exam with ease. As you could find out in my previous blog post, greatest hurdle in cracking the CPF exam is the written test, where most screening is done. Once if you are invited for CPF Interview, you have almost 50% chance to becoming an Assistant Commandant in Central Police Forces!
Best wishes!
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The syllabus of CPF exam has been reproduced below from UPSC exam website.
There are two papers in the UPSC CPF Written Exam:
Paper I: General Ability and Intelligence: 250 marks.
Paper II: Essay, Précis Writing and Comprehension: 200 marks.
Subsequent to qualifying in the UPSC Written test, you have to appear in the UPSC Interview for 150 marks. The merit list is based on thus a total of 600 marks.
CPF Exam Syllabus Paper I : General Ability and Intelligence
The objective type questions with multiple choices in this paper will broadly cover the following areas:
1. General Mental Ability:
The questions will be designed to test the logical reasoning, quantitative aptitude including numerical ability, and data interpretation.
2. General Science:
The questions will be set to test general awareness, scientific temper, comprehension and appreciation of scientific phenomena of everyday observation including new areas of importance like Information Technology, Biotechnology, Environmental Science.
3. Current Events of National and International Importance:
The questions will test the candidates’ awareness of current events of national and international importance in the broad areas of culture, music, arts, literature, sports, governance, societal and developmental issues, industry, business, globalisation, and interplay among nations.
4. Indian Polity and Economy:
The questions shall aim to test candidates’ knowledge of the Country’s political system and the Constitution of India, social systems and public administration, economic development in India, regional and international security issues and human rights including its indicators.
5. History of India:
The questions will broadly cover the subject in its social, economic and political aspects. This shall also include the areas of growth of nationalism and freedom movement.
6. Indian and World Geography:
The questions shall cover the physical, social and economic aspects of geography pertaining to India and the World.
CPF Exam Syllabus Paper II: General Studies, Essay and Comprehension
It has two parts:
Part-A – Essay questions which are to be answered in long narrative form either in Hindi or English totalling 80 Marks. The indicative topics are modern Indian history especially of the freedom struggle, geography, polity and economy, knowledge of security and human rights issues, and analytical ability.
Part-B – Comprehension, précis writing, other communications/language skills – to be attempted in English only (Marks 120) – The topics are Comprehension passages, précis writing, developing counter arguments, simple grammer and other aspects of language testing..
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CPF (AC) Exam 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms
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+Exam+2012+Notification+Eligibility+Forms.jpg "UPSC CAPF (AC) Exam 2012") UPSC CPF ( AC) 2012 Exam notification has been published yesterday for a total of 401 Assistant Commandant ( AC) vacancies in the five Central Armed Police Forces ( CAPF): BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP & SSB. As per the notification, last date to apply online for UPSC CAPF (AC) 2012 Exam is 27th August and the exam would be conducted on on 11th November, 2012.
You can click here to download the UPSC CPF (AC) Exam 2012 Notification.
This blog article is being made to tell you in a nutshell about the eligibilities required & how to apply for these Assistant Commandant (AC) positions. Another accompanying blog post titled: CPF (AC) Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books gives you the prep materials for UPSC CPF (AC) Exam.
Let us begin this with an introduction on what is CAPF.
What is Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF)?
Central Armed Police Forces of Govt of India consists of following eight police forces:
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
Border Security Force (BSF)
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
Railway Protection Force (RPF)
National Security Guards (NSG)
Special Protection Group (SPG)
Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) was also previously known as "Paramilitary forces" till 2011. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) CAPF exam for Assistant Commandants in the first five police forces is conducted every year in the month of October/November, notification for which comes out in the month of June/July.
CPF Exam Statistics- How tough it is:
How tough is CPF Exam? How many candidates appear for CPF exam and how many gets selected? To answer this question I went through the most recent UPSC Annual reports and the findings are as below:
As you can see from the statistics at right – the CPF exam is indeed competitive: only about 2.0 persons per hundred who appeared in the CPF written exam gets to appear in Interview. But once if you reach the Interview stage, the prospect is much brighter: close to 45 per hundred who appears in the interview is selected. But most of the applicant actually never appears in the exam after applying for UPSC CPF exam, as you can see - only about 56% of those who applies, actually appears in the exam. So most of your competitors are eliminated in the application stage only.
Selection Process for CAPF Assistant Commandants:
Selection Process for Assistant Commandants in CAPF consists of a 450 mark written test followed by Physical Standards/Physical Efficiency Tests/Medical Standards Tests and than Interview/Personality Test of 150 marks. You can find more about the written exam in my blog post titled: CPF (AC) Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books.
CPF AC Exam 2012 Centres:
CPF Exam 2012 is going to be held in following 41 city/towns all across India:
Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thapuram, Thiruvanandehradun, Tirupati, Udaipur & Vishakhapatnam.
CPF Exam Eligibility:
Age eligibility:
Min. 20 yrs & Max. 25 yrs as on 1st August of the exam year i.e. on 01/08/2012 for CPF 2012
(DOB not earlier than 2nd August, 1987 and not later than 1st August, 1992)..
Academic eligibility:
A degree from a recognised University or equivalent.
Physical Standards eligibility:
You need to have minimum Physical Standards as given in the notification.
Female candidates can not apply for BSF and ITBP.
CPF AC Exam 2012 Online Form:
You can apply for CPF Exam 2012 only Online. There is no Offline Application Form for CPF Exam 2012.
How to apply for CPF Exam 2012 has been given very clearly in section: "5. HOW TO APPLY" in page:2 of the notification. Go through it carefully and fill the application form.
Click here to find the UPSC CPF AC Exam 2012 Online Form.
CPF AC Exam 2012 Call letter/Admit Card:
Your call letter for CPF (AC) Exam 2012 would not be sent to you but you have to download the same from UPSC website from section "What's New". These call letters are called E-admission Certificate by UPSC and would be made available for downloading three weeks before the exam (i.e. from around 21st October, 2012)
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PDIL MT Recruitment 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Form
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July 27, 2012
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 PDIL has issued recruitment notification 2012 few days back for 35 Management Trainee (MT) from the engineering disciplines of Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Instrumentation, Industrial (MS) & Mechanical. These vacancies are open for engineering freshers. As per the notification, the last date to apply online for this PDIL MT recruitment 2012 is 10th August 2012.
But there is a catch - you can apply for these PDIL jobs only if you had appeared in GATE 2012 and have a valid GATE score. What are the eligibility and how to apply for these management trainee positions in PDIL? This is the subject matter of current blog article.
But before we go further, a small introduction on PDIL.
What is PDIL:
Projects & Development India Limited (PDIL) is a prestigious Mini-Ratna PSU design engineering and consultancy organisation with expertise in the field of the Fertilizer, Chemical, Power and Oil & Gas Sector. Established in 1978, it has offices at Noida, Baroda, Sindri and Inspection Offices at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai & Vizag.
Its clientele reads like Whos who of Indian PSUs, as you can find from this page.
PDIL MT Recruitment process:
PDIL is going to use the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) scores to shortlist the candidates for its further selection process. Selection process thereafter consists of Interview only which will be conducted at PDIL Bhawan, Sector-1, Noida.
Category-wise PDIL MT vacancies for 2012:
GEN: 22; OBC:6; SC:4; ST:3; TOT:35.
PDIL MT Salary:
PDIL offers MT consolidated stipend of Rs. 27000/- p.m. (at Noida, Chennai & Vizag) and Rs.26700/- p.m.(at Baroda) during one-year training. On successful completion of one year of training they are absorbed as Engineer in the pay scale of Rs.16400-40500/-. Total monthly salary is approx. Rs.40,570/- p.m.(Noida) and Rs. 38,680/-p.m.(Baroda).
Eligibility for PDIL Management Trainee :
Age Eligibility: (as on 31.08.2012)
Maximum 25 years.
Age relaxations exists for reserved categories.
Educational Eligibility:
Min. 60% (55% for SC/ST) in full time Graduate Engineering Degree in following respective qualifying disciplines from a recognized University/ Institute alongwith qualified GATE Score in 2012:
Chemical: Chemical Engg./Chemical Technology
Civil: Civil Engg./ Structural Engg.
Electrical: Electrical Engg./ Electrical & Electronics Engg./ Power Engg.
Instrumentation: Control & Instrumentation/ Instrumentation/ Electronics/ Control Instrumentation & Process Control
Industrial (MS): Industrial Engg./ Industrial Management/ Manufacturing Engg./ Production & Industrial Engg./ Production Engg./ Production & Management
Mechanical: Mechanical Engg.
PDIL MT Recruitment 2012 Online Form:
There is no offline form for PDIL MT Recruitment 2012. You have to apply online only.
You can click here to find the PDIL MT Recruitment 2012 Online Form.
On this page, scroll down to find the button "Apply Online" on clicking which you would find the online form as below.
How to prepare for PDIL MT Interview Questions:
Post-GATE, the selection process for PDIL MT position consists of only Interview. This blog has some excellent prep materials on Interview to help your prepare for the PDIL recruitment.
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. In addition, since questions about how much you know about PDIL as an organisation may be asked in the interview, please go through the About us page of PDIL.
Best wishes!
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SBI Clerk Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books
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July 25, 2012
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This blog post is written in sequel to my previous blog article: SBI Associate Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms. The focus of the blog post is on how to prepare for the SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam: It at first tells you what is the selection process/exam pattern of the exam and than goes on to give you the sources where you can find the online sample papers/mock test for SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam.
Selection process of SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam:
SBI clerical exam selection process consists of two stages:
1.0 Written test.
2.0 Interview.
Final merit list is decided on the basis of marks scored in above two stages taken together.
Pattern of SBI Associate Bank Clerk written exam:
Written exam for SBI Associate Bank Clerks consists of Objective type questions in following five papers:
 1.0 General Awareness.
2.0 General English.
3.0 Quantitative Aptitude.
4.0 Reasoning Ability.
5.0 Marketing Aptitude / Computer Knowledge.
Each of the test sections has 40 questions, each question weighing 1 mark and this total 200 mark question paper SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam has to be answered in 2 Hours 15 Minutes.
There is negative marking: -0.25 mark for each wrong answers in these Objective tests.
You need to pass in each of the objective tests individually as well as score the minimum cut-off mark to be decided by SBI based on relative performance of all the candidates.
More detailed information about the written examination is available in the ‘Acquaint Yourself’ booklet, which you have to download from SBI recruitment website along with the call letter, scheduled to be made available fom 24th September, 2012 onwards. How does this SBI Clerk exam ‘Acquaint Yourself’ booklet look like? You can have some idea by going through the booklet, which was released by SBI for the Clerical exam conducted on 27.05.2012 and 03.06.2012. Click here to download this SBI Clerk exam ‘Acquaint Yourself’ booklet.
How many candidates would be selected in this SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam?
There are a total of 7740 vacancies available in the SBI Clerical exam and three times this number will be called for interview subject to the candidates in each specific category scoring the minimum marks as given above. Thus you can expect very approximately 23 thousand candidates to be selected in the written test of SBI Clerical exam.
How can you be within these 23 thousand people? Read on..
SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam Papers:
Your first study material for the SBI Clerical exam should be the ‘Acquaint Yourself’ booklet as given above, which gives you some idea and kind of questions asked in the written exam.
Next prep materials should be the online papers available in various websites. Since you may be having limited time, I searched in the net to find these free online papers for the SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam. The findings are as follows:
I found that Competition Master is an excellent resource which has good collection of online papers for Bank Clerical exams:
Click here to find an SBI Associate Bank Clerk Exam English
Click here to find an SBI Associate Bank Clerk Exam Quantitative section Paper-1.
Click here to find an SBI Associate Bank Clerk Exam Quantitative section Paper-2.
Click here to find an SBI Associate Bank Clerk Exam Test of Reasoning Paper-1.
Click here to find an SBI Associate Bank Clerk Exam Test of Reasoning Paper-2.
Apart from Competition Master, I also found these websites offering sample papers for Bank Clerical exams:
Allexam: It gives 25 SBI Bank Clerk GK model questions with answers.
Upscportal: It gives you 20 Allahabad Bank model questions.
Upscportal: General Awareness sample Question Paper 2008: 40 Q
SBI Clerk exam Prep Books:
While the above on-line Bank Clerical exam papers should be treated as eye-openers, you need to lay more emphasis on the preparatory books for the Bank Clerical exams. I found following list of books available on the net. The list below gives you the name of guide books for clerical exam of other banks too, apart from SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam. You can buy any of the books, as the clerical exam pattern is similar in all of the Public sector banks.
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 38%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 200/=. 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:
Competition Master stated in its July 2008 issue that with every passing time, Bank Clerical exams have become tougher and therefore to have an edge over other candidates, may be you need to make your preparations based on the Bank PO exams. Some exhaustive blog posts were made on this blog on SBI PO exam and many wrote back to me, thanking and saying that the quality and amount of information in these posts were excellent and it helped them qualify for SBI PO exam. The links for these SBI PO exam preparation materials are as follows:
SBI Bank PO Exam Sample Papers, Books & Exam Pattern
With above, I am confident that you would be able to qualify in the SBI Clerical written exam. But how should you prepare for the Interview of the SBI Clerical written exam?
Prep material for Interview of SBI Clerk exam:
Lets see what SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam notification says (in page-1: Section-3:Emoluments) about the requirements from you:
“The new recruits must have flair for marketing and will be required to make customer calls and provide banking services, advisory services and cross sell products etc. inside and outside Bank premises. The duties involve extensive outdoor traveling. Depending upon requirement, there will be flexible working hours and working in shifts.”
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.
 You can also buy the following book for bank interview questions. This book can be found in most of the good books stores. But however, if you do not find them, you can order them online from Flipkart.com by clicking the links below.
Guide To Bank Interviews (2011-12) By M. B. Sivaramakrishnan
List Price: Rs.150; Offer Price: Rs.120; Discount: Rs. 30 (20%)
Hope this blog post answers your all questions on the SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam. I would post more info on this Bank Clerical Exam. So just keep visiting. Also, you are requested to put your questions as comments below, so that another among you can answer it, if not I.
Best wishes for the SBI Associate Bank Clerk exam!
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SBI Associate Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms
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 SBI Associate Bank Clerk Recruitment notification 2012 has been published just a little while back today for a huge requirement 7740 Clerks in five of its associate banks: State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Patiala (SBP), State Bank of Travancore (SBT). As per the notification (Advt No. CRPD/ABCL/2012-13/01 dated 25-07-2012), online submission of form would start from 30th July till 13th August 2012 and the written exam would be held on 7th & 14th October, 2012.
You can click here to download the SBI Associate Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Notification.
Those of you who had not appeared in IBPS CWE 2011 for Clerk and now cursing yourself for the missed opportunity for close to 20,000 bank clerk jobs through the IBPS CWE 2011, this is the golden opportunity: you can appear for this Clerk Recruitment of SBI Associate Banks even if you had not appeared in IBPS CWE 2011.
This blog post on SBI Associate Banks clerk recruitment 2012 sums up the notification by quoting the relevant information on the eligibility & form to help you to apply for the same. In another blog article titled: SBI Clerk exam pattern, Sample papers & Books you would find the prep materials to prepare for the SBI Associate Bank Clerk Exam.
Without wasting further time, let us find what are the vacancy positions in these banks.
 SBI Associate Banks Clerk Vacancies 2012:
As said before, there are a total of 7740 Clerk vacancies in the five associate banks of SBI. Of these 7740 clerk vacancies, bank-wise, category-wise vacancies are as at right. You can find the state-wise, bank-wise, category-wise vacancies in page-1 of the notification.
Why the state-wise vacancies are important? Because for clerk positions of all banks (including the five SBI Associate Banks), you have to apply state-wise - you can apply for one Bank/State only and will have to appear for written test from a centre of that particular state. Moreover, knowledge of local language of that state will be an added qualification.
SBI Associate Bank Clerk Salary:
SBI is offering salary for these clerk positions in the pay-scale of Rs. 7200-400/3-8400-500/3-9900-600/4-12300-700/7-17200-1300/1-18500-800/1-19300. With this pay scale, initial monthly emoluments of Clerks, including D.A., H.R.A. and C.C.A., are approximately Rs. 14,200/- at Metros.
SBI Associate Bank Clerk Eligibilities:
Age eligibility: as on 01.08.2012
Min: 18 years. Max: 28 years. (DOB not earlier than 02.08.1984 and not later than 01.08.1994, both days inclusive).
Age relaxations exists as per Govt. rule.
Academic eligibilities:
Minimum academic eligibilities for SBI Clerical Staff exam:
1) Minimum 60% marks (55% for SC/ST/PWD/XS) in 12th Standard (10+2) or equivalent qualification. OR Graduation degree from a recognized university.
2) You should be able to write and speak English fluently.
3) Knowledge of local language of the state for which you want to apply.will be an added qualification.
SBI Associate Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 Online Form:
You can apply for these SBI Associate Bank Clerk positions only online from
30th July till 13th August 2012 . You can pay the application fee either online or offline. How to apply for SBI Associate Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 is given very clearly in section "15. HOW TO APPLY" of the notification. The onlien form for SBI Associate Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 can be found by clicking on the link "Recruitment" in this page as shown below:
SBI Associate Bank Clerk Recruitment 2012 dates:
Dates for payment of application fees:
Online: 30.07.2012 to 13.08.2012
Offline: 01.08.2012 to 17.08.2012
Date of Online registration starts: 30.07.2012
Last Date of Online registration : 13.08.2012
Date for downloading SBI Associate Bank Clerk Exam 2012 Call letter: 24.09.2012.
Date of SBI Associate Bank Clerk 2012 Written Exam: 07.10.2012 and 14.10.2012.
SBI Associate Bank Clerk Exam 2012 Call Letter:
You have to download the call letter for SBI Associate Bank Clerk Exam 2012 from 24th September, 2012 onward with your registration number and password/DOB. No hard copy of the call letter would be sent to you.
Hope with above information, you would be able to apply to the SBI Clerk exam confidently. This information can also be used by those appearing in SBI Clerk exam 2013/2014 to know what are the eligibilities and application processes for the SBI exam. My next blog post SBI Clerk exam pattern, Sample papers & Books covers how to prepare for the SBI Clerical exam, with exam pattern, online sample papers & books. Please visit that blog post.
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CAT 2012 Exam Dates, Form & Eligibility
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July 24, 2012
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CAT (Common Admission Test) 2012 notification has come out yesterday, ending months of wait for those of you CAT 2012 aspirants. As per the notification, sale of CAT 2012 Vouchers as well as online registration for CAT 2012 would commence from 30th July, 2012. While the last date of sale of voucher is 17th September, 2012, you can submit the CAT 2012 online form till 19th September, 2012.
CAT 2012 would be held in the test window period from 11th October to 6th November 2012.
This blog article is aimed to help you know about CAT and apply for the same with important information on CAT eligibilities and where to find the form and how to apply for CAT 2012.
CAT 2012 is being coordinated by IIM-Kozhikode. Prometric shall again conduct this years CAT exam (on behalf of IIM’s).
For those uninitiated in to CAT, let us start with a small write up on what is CAT.
What is CAT:
CAT (Common Admission Test) is the most competitive management entrance exam in India and is one of the toughest in the whole world. You might already be knowing this, but let me tell you again that CAT enables you to get admission to not only thirteen famed IIMs (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kashipur, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Shillong, Tiruchirappalli, Udaipur), but more than 130 top-rung management institutes in India. In addition to these institutes which has registered for using the CAT scores, there are a lot of other good management institutes, which uses the CAT scores in their admission process.
For the fresh CAT examinees, let me tell you that CAT is only the first step for admissions to these management institutes. CAT scores are used to shortlist the candidates for further selection processes (like GD & Interview), the admission process of each management institutes varying from one another.
CAT is supposed to be a very competitive exam but than, there is a good news for you - although number of IIMs have increased (nine in CAT 2010, thirteen in CAT 2011), resulting in increased number of IIM seats (1800 in CAT 2008, 1950 in CAT 2009, almost 2600 in CAT 2010), number of candidates appearing in CAT is reducing from last 3 years (2.5 lakh in CAT 2008, 2.15 lakh in CAT 2009, 1.86 lakh in CAT 2010), although in CAT 2011 it marginally increased to 2.05 lakhs. So you have fewer number of competitor, is not that a good news?
CAT 2012 list of management institutes:
Not all the candidates who appear in CAT gets a seat in IIMs. So which are the other registered non-IIM management institutes which used CAT-2012 scores for admissions? You can find the list of CAT 2012 list of non-IIM management institutes later this webpage.
CAT 2012 Test centres:
At this moment, test-sites of CAT 2012 has not been declared and the same shall be available from 30th July, 2012 (registration date) on wards.
However, just for your information, CAT 2011 was held in test location in following 36 cities/towns:
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhilai, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Durgapur, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad , Indore , Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Noida, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Shillong, Siliguri, Varanasi, Vishakhapatnam.
CAT 2012 Eligibility:
Eligibility for appearing in CAT is very simple: Minimum 50% marks (45% in case SC/ST/DA (Differently abled) categories) or equivalent CGPA in your Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university.
Final year students can also apply, provided only if he/she submits a certificate latest by June 30, 2013 from the Principal/Registrar of his/her College/Institute (issued on or before June 30, 2013) stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.
CAT 2012 Application Form/ CAT 2012 Vouchers:
You can apply for CAT 2012 only online.
But before you go on to register online for CAT 2012, you have to purchase the CAT 2012 Vouchers from one of the designated Axis bank. The price of the voucher (i.e. CAT 2012 exam application fee) is Rs. 1600/= for Open category candidates and Rs. 800/= for Reserved category candidates.
CAT 2012 Important dates:
Date of Sale of CAT 2012 Vouchers: 30th July to 17th September, 2012
Dates for CAT 2012 Registration: 30th July to 19th September, 2012
CAT 2012 Test Dates : 11th October to 6th November 2012.
CAT 2012 Result Date: 9th January, 2013..
Hope this information enables you to apply for CAT 2012 confidently. Although the information posted here is for CAT 2012 examinees, even the future CAT aspirants can use this information to know about the exam, say for CAT 2013 notification.
I would post more information on CAT 2012 Exam Pattern as well as study materials for CAT 2012. So please do visit this blog again!
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July 24, 2012
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IB ACIO Exam Pattern Sample Papers & Books
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July 23, 2012
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 IB (Intelligence Bureau) ACIO (Assistant Central Intelligence Officer) Exam 2012 is still some time off - scheduled to be held on 23rd September, 2012. Are you one of those who had applied for this job and now want some prep material – the sample papers and books for IB ACIO exam? This blog post is being made just to help you find these exam papers and prescribed book.
First let us find what is the pattern of IB ACIO exam.
IB ACIO Exam Pattern:
Selection process for Assistant Central Intelligence Officers in Intelligence Bureau consists of a written exam followed by Interview.
The written exam consists of both objective type (Paper-I) & descriptive type questions (Paper-II).
The Objective type (multiple choice) question would be set from following test sections:
1.0 General awareness.
2.0 English language.
3.0 Test of reasoning.
4.0 Mathematical aptitude.
Descriptive type questions would be set for Test English language (Essay & Précis writing). Both objective & descriptive type examinations will be held in a single session for 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Other than above, ACIO exam notification has not said anything about the number of questions in each area and also what would be the mark distribution.
Sample/Previous years Exam papers of IB ACIO Exam:
I am always skeptical about the sample or old exam papers of recruitment exams posted on the net. The reason being there is no authenticity about the exam papers and whatever papers are posted, they are not of high quality. Therefore I always tell examinees to go for books instead of online sample papers as preparation material, as book authors are at least accountable for the accuracy of information published.
IB ACIO Exam papers are no exception - When I searched on the net for exam papers of this exam, I came across a lot of websites/blogs posting bogus links on paper download. However I could find following previous years paper of IB ACIO Exam useful:
This IB exam paper gives you solved Objective type question paper on English Language & Comprehension (Held on 24-1-2010).
In addition to above IB ACIO exam papers, I would advise you to go through the sample papers of Bank PO exams, as the test sections are identical - General awareness, English language, Test of reasoning and Mathematical aptitude. You can just go through this blog post on SBI PO exam papers.
Prep Books for IB ACIO Exam:
 I could find following books available in the market for IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officers exam.
These books should be available in most book stores. But in case you do not find them, just order them online by clicking the links below from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts (up to 25%), apart from free shipping if the order exceeds Rs. 200/=. You can pay Flipkart by credit/debit card/Internet Banking as well as through DD / Cheque / Money Order and even Cash-On-Delivery (Pay only when you get it at your home).
Guide Books for IB ACIO exam:
List Price: Rs.310, Offer Price: Rs.255, Discount: Rs. 55 (18%)
Hope with above information you can clear the IB ACIO Exam easily. I would be on the lookout for more study materials - the sample papers and books and post them here as and when I find them. So please keep visiting this blog!
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July 23, 2012
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IB ACIO Recruitment 2012 Notification, Form & Eligibility
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 IB (Intelligence Bureau) recruitment notification 2012 has been published recently for 750 vacancies of ACIO (Assistant Central Intelligence Officer). This notification has come out in major national/regional dailies as well as in Employment News dated 21st July, 2012. As per the notification, last date for submission of online form for IB ACIO Recruitment 2012 is 19th August, 2012.
This blog post encapsulates important points of above IB recruitment notification to help you apply for the same as well as preserves the info for future IB exams like Intelligence Bureau ACIO Recruitment 2013. Another follow-up blog article titled: IB ACIO Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books would help you with the study materials to prepare for this exam.
But first let us know about IB as an organization.
What is Intelligence Bureau, India:
IB is India's internal intelligence agency (the external intelligence agency being RAW-Research and Analysis Wing) under ministry of home affairs, Govt. of India. Its basic function is to garner intelligence from within India and also execute counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism tasks. Its employee consists of those from law enforcement agencies, mostly from the Indian Police Service and the military.
IB is headed by Director Intelligence Bureau (a senior IPS officer). Its Employee strength is believed be around 25,000. Assistant Central Intelligence Officer in Grade-II for which this recruitment advertisement has been made is a Non-Gazetted Group 'C' Officer, equivalent to a Sub-inspector.
IB ACIO Vacancies 2012:
Category-wise vacancy ACIO positions of Intelligence Bureau is as follows:
GEN-80, OBC-334, SC- 225 & ST- 111. Total: 750.
Salaries for IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officers:
Intelligence Bureau is offering salary in the pay scale of Rs.9300-34800/- plus Grade Pay of Rs.4200/- (plus usual Central Govt. allowances) for Assistant Central Intelligence Officers.
Eligibilities for IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officers:
Age Eligibility: (as on 19.08.2012 – last date of application)
Max: 27 years.
Age relaxations: SC/ST: 5 years, OBC: 3 years, Govt. Employee (with 3 years experience): up to 40 years.
Academic Qualification Eligibility:
Minimum Graduation from a recognized University or equivalent.
Desirable Qualification: Knowledge of computer .
Selection process for IB ACIO:
The selection process for Assistant Central Intelligence Officer positions in IB consists of a written test followed by Interview. Details about this can be found in my next blog post titled: IB ACIO Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books.
Written exam centers for IB ACIO recruitment:
IB ACIO exam 2012 would be held in 33 cities/towns all over India as given below:
Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Kohima, Kolkata, Leh, Lucknow, Meerut, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shillong, Shimla, Siliguri, Trivandrum, Varanasi & Vijaywada.
IB ACIO Recruitment 2012 Online Form:
You can apply only online for these IB Assistant Central Intelligence Officer positions. There is no offline form.
How to apply for these positions is given in section “MODE OF PAYMENT: “ & “HOW TO APPLY” in page 2-4 of the Notification.
IB ACIO Exam 2012 Admit Card:
You would be sent information regarding downloading of the Admit Card for IB ACIO Exam 2012 in your mobile as well as in the e-mail. So check the same frequently on or 1st September, 2012.
Important dates for IB ACIO Recruitment 2012:
Date of submission of form starts on: 21.07.2012
Last date of submission of form: 19.08.2012 Upto 2400 hrs
Downloading the Admit Card: : On or after 1.9.2012
Date of IB ACIO Exam 2012: 23.09.2012 (1000 Hrs to 1200 Hrs)
Date of IB ACIO Exam 2012 Result: Mid Nov, 2012
Interview Schedule: Mid Dec, 2012
Hope with above information you can apply confidently for IB ACIO Recruitment Exam 2012. This information, inspite of being available in the notification is published here also for the future IB exams like IB ACIO Recruitment Exam 2013, IB ACIO Recruitment Exam 2014.
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Union Bank Specialist Officer Recruitment 2012 Notification & Forms
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July 18, 2012
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 Union Bank has just yesterday issued recruitment notification 2012 for 598 Specialist Officers. As per the notification, online submission of form has started from yesterday (i.e. 17th July, 2012) and the last date to apply online for this Union Bank Specialist Officer recruitment 2012 is 31st July, 2012.
I am making this blog post to summarize important information contained in the Union Bank recruitment notification to tell you how to apply online. Also towards the end of this article, you will find the prep material for Union Bank Specialist Officer Interview.
 Union Bank Specialist Officer Vacancy 2012:
There are 598 Specialist Officer vacancies with the post-wise break-up as given in the table at right.
Eligibility for Union Bank Specialist Officer:
Age Eligibility: (As on 01.07.2011)
As given post-wise in the table at right.
Academic Qualification/Experience Eligibility:
You can find the detailed eligibility post-wise in page 5-12 of the notification. Excepting the specialist officers in Scale-I as given at right, other positions in Scale-II & III needs 5 year experience while for Scale-V (i.e. for AGM (IT)), 10 year post-qualification experience is required.
Union Bank Specialist Officer Recruitment 2012 Online Form:
If you posses the above eligibility you can apply for these Union Bank positions.
You can only apply online for Union Bank Recruitment 2012. There is no offline form.
How to apply online has been given in detail in “Section-17: How to apply ” in page-22 of the notification.
Union Bank Specialist Officer Interview Questions:
This blog has excellent materials to help you prepare for the Union Bank Interview with a list of Interview questions 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.
In addition, since how much you know about Union Bank would almost inevitably be asked, you should go through this About us page of Union Bank as well as go through Wiki on the same.
Hope with above information on Union Bank Specialist Officer Recruitment 2012 you can not only apply with ease but also get that coveted Union Bank job easily. Best wishes!
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