Monday, July 30, 2012

Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) Nov-2012 for Primary/ Elementary Teachers

CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (CBSE)
Shiksha Kendra-2, Community Centre, Preet vihar, Delhi - 110092

Central Teacher Eligibility Test   (CTET) Nov-2012 for Primary/ Elementary Teachers


Now Government has decided to take a common test for the posts of Teachers (Primary or Elementary level) in all schools of Central Government  like Kendriya Vidyalaya (KVS) (Central Schools) , Navodaya Vidyalaya, Tibetan Schools etc. and schools of Union Territories like Chandigarh and  Andaman & Nicobar Islands etc. This may be extended or adopted by private schools for teacher recruitment. The responsibility of this examination is given the Central Board of Secondar Education (CBSE). 
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi will be conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for classes I to VIII on 18/11/2012. Candidates can apply On-line for CTET-NOV 2012 on CBSE/ CTET website. 
Application Fee  :  Rs.500/- (Rs.250/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates) be remitted through Demand Draft in favour of the Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education drawn in any Nationalized Bank payable at Delhi. Write your Registration Number, Name, Address, and Mobile/ Telephone Number on the back of the Demand Draft.


How to Apply : Apply Online at CBSE CTET website from 01/08/2012 to 31/08/2012 only. Take  a print out of online registered application (if applied online) and send  by Registered/ Speed Post so as to reach positively by 07/09/2012 in the CBSE office on the following address:

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY(CTET), CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, A-1, SWASTHYA VIHAR, VIKAS MARG(Opp. Metro Pillar-76), NEW DELHI - 110092
Please view http://cbse.nic.in/CTET_nov_2012_English_2012.pdf for further details visit http://ctet.nic.in for all the details of examination, syllabus and online submission of application.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS

1.  The limit of overseas investment in government bonds/securities has been raised
     from $15 billion to _________.

     a) $20 billion
     b) $25 billion
     c) $30 billion
     d) $35 billion
     e) None of the above


2.  According to “World Investment Report 2012″, the total FDI inflow in India in
     2011 stood at ________.
     a) $67 billion
     b) $87 billion
     c) $52 billion
     d) $78 billion
     e) None of the above

3.  According to The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, India ranks at ____.
     a) 42nd
     b) 36th
     c) 56th
     d) 53rd
     e) 62nd

4.  Which country tops the overall rankings in The Global Competitiveness Report
     2011-2012?

     a) Sweden
     b) Singapore
     c) Netherland
     d) Switzerland
     e) None of the above

5. The World Bank Group have entered into an agreement with which among the
     following industrial bodies to establish the India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC)
     to promote tiger and biodiversity conservation for sustainable development?
     a) Industrial Development Bank of India
     b) Indian Industries Association
     c) Confederation of Indian Industry
     d) The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
     e) None of the above

6.  The country’s first indigenously designed microwave imaging satellite, Radar
      Imaging Satellite  (RISAT-1) was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation
      on April 26, 2012. Which of the following statments about RISAT-1 is/are correct?
      1. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV C-19 was used to launch RISAT-1.
      2. It has cloud penetrating capability and can imaging even without sunlight.
      3. The RISAT-1 is an advanced C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite
           working in 5.35 Giga Hertz frequency.
      4. It was launched from Sriharikota located in Rajasthan.
     
      a) 1 and 2 only
      b) 2 and 3 only
      c) 1, 2and 3 only
      d) 1, 3 and 4 only
      e) All 1, 2, 3 and 4

7.  Who among the following has been appointed as chairman of Expert Committee
     on GAAR for examining issues on General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR)?
     a) Sudhir Gupta
     b) C. Rangarajan
     c) N. Rangachary
     d) Parthasarathi Shome
     e) None of the above

8.  Which of the followings scheme(s) is/are launched by Ministry of Panchayati Raj
     (MoPR)?
      1. Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF)
      2. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY)
      3. Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan (PMEYSA)

     a) Only 1     a) Only 2     a) Only 3     a) 2 and 3 only     a) All 1, 2 and 3


9.  Name the person who took oath as the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan recently?
     a) Yusuf Raza Gilani
     b) Makhdoom Shahbuddin
     c) Hina Rabbani Khar
     d) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
     e) None of the above

10. Which country became a major non-NATO ally of the United States recently?
      a) Japan
      b) Israel
      c) Pakistan
      d) Newzeland
      e) Afghanistan


11. Jim Yong Kim who assumed the World Bank presidency recently, is the _____
      president of the World Bank Group.
      a) 12th
      b) 13th
      c) 14th
      d) 15th
      e) None of the above

12. A highly controversial book ‘Beyond the Lines’ is an autobiography written by
      a) Aravind Adiga
      b) Salman Rushdie
      c) Kuldip Nayyar
      d) Khushwant Singh
      e) Taslima Nasreen

13. Which of the followings recommendations were made by National Commission for
      Women (NCW) in concern to the proposed amendments to the Dowry Prohibition
      Act, 1961?
      1. Amendment to definition of Dowry
      2. Provision for registration of lists of gifts received at the time of marriage.
      3. Penalties for non-maintenance of lists of gifts received at the time of the marriage.
      4. Protection officers appointed under the Protection of Women from Domestic
          Violence Act, 2005 to carry out the duties of the Dowry Prohibition Officers.
      a) 1, 2 and 3 only
      b) 2, 3 and 4 only
      c) 1, 2 and 4 only
      d) 1, 3 and 4 only
      e) All 1, 2, 3 and 4


14. An e-TDS return should be filed under ________ of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
      a) Section 206
      b) Section 205
      c) Section 208
      d) Section 192
      e) None of the above

15. The e-TDS prepared by the deductor has to be submitted at
      a) TIN Facilitation Centres
      b) TAN Facilitation Centres
      c) PIN Facilitation Centres
      d) PAN Facilitation Centres
      e) None of the above

16. Which is the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar volume/market value?
      a) Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)
      b) London Stock Exchange (LSE)
      c) New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
      d) Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
      e) None of the above

17. FBI’s two-year investigation project called “Operation Ghost Click” was aimed
      to uncovered a network of
      a) Rogue DNS Servers
      b) Rogue FTP Servers
      c) Rogue Proxy Servers
      d) Rogue HTTP Servers
      e) None of the above

18. Internet’s phone book is :
      a) ISP
      b) FTP
      c) TCP
      d) DNS
      e) Gopher

19. A collection of infected computers under the control of one or more attackers is:
      a) Bolnet
      b) Botnet
      c) Spybot
      d) Intranet
      e) Web spider

20. Which country ranks at the top in Bt.Cotton cultivation (Area wise)?
      a) USA
      b) Britain
      c) Russia
      d) China
      e) India

21. According to the ILO, a worker under the following age is a child labourer:
      a) 14 years
      b) 15 years
      c) 16 years
      d) 17 years
      e) None of the above

22. The largest share (nearly 60 percent) of child labourers is found in
      a) Mining Sector
      b) Service sector
      c) Industrial sector
      d) Agricultural sector
      e) Construction and contracting sector

23. In which year, ILO establishes the International Programme on the Elimination of
      Child Labour (IPEC)?
      a) 1990
      b) 1991
      c) 1992
      d) 1994
      e) None of the above

24. Alan Isaac has recently been elected as new President of
      a) ICC
      b) WWF
      c) AITA
      d) FIFA
      e) FIDE

25. Which of the following terms is NOT associated with the game of Cricket?
      a) LBW
      b) DRS
      c) Duck
      d) Cow Corner
      e) None of above

Thursday, July 19, 2012

APPSC DEGREE LECTURERS 2012 EXAM MICRO BIOLOGY QUESTION PAPER

                                                           

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

AGRICULTURE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. The main advantage of 'PVC' pipes for drainage is the feasibility of—
(A) Mechanical laying
(B) Physical laying
(C) Chemical laying
(D) Physical, chemical laying both
Ans : (A)

2. 'ESCORT' tractor is manufactured at—
(A) Faridabad
(B) Ghaziabad
(C) Kanpur
(D) Chennai
Ans : (A)

3. Soil erosion by wind brings about the serious damage in soil by changing the—
(A) Soil permeability
(B) Soil structure
(C) Soil texture
(D) Soil plasticity
Ans : (C)


4. High compression petrol engines are used in some tractors and have high performance in—
(A) U.S.A.
(B) Germany
(C) Japan
(D) Holland
Ans : (A)

5. The distribution of fertilizers by aircraft is widely practised in—
(A) England
(B) France
(C) Gennany
(D) New Zealand
Ans : (D)

6. A 2- row potato harvester, working in good conditions with 4 to 5 men on the machine, can do how much hectare per day ?
(A) 0.5-0.6 ha
(B) 1.2-1.4 ha
(C) 2.5 ha
(D) 1.8-1.9 ha
Ans : (B)

7. Mole drainage is practised extensively in country—
(A) New Zealand
(B) Japan
(C) U.S.A.
(D) China
Ans : (A)

8. Which is not included in the sources of energy, getting for agricultural work ?
(A) Diesel engine
(B) Electric motor
(C) Bullocks
(D) Cow
Ans : (D)

9. Which is included in dairy equipments ?
(A) Threshers
(B) Lactometer
(C) Cane Planter
(D) Winnowers
Ans : (B)

10. In our country, for the manufacturing of agricultural implements tools, mostly wood is used, because—
(A) Easy available at all the places
(B) Wood is cheaper
(C) Easy to repare tools made-up of wooden, compound to metal tools
(D) Above (A) to (C) are correct
Ans : (D)

11. Which of the following wood is not used for making handle of spade ?
(A) Sheesham
(B) Babool
(C) Neem
(D) Mango
Ans : (A)

12. Soil turning plough makes the furrow of which type (shape) ?
(A) 'V' shape
(B) 'L' shape
(C) 'O' shape
(D) No definite shape
Ans : (B)

13. Which of the following is one (single) handed soil turning plough ?
(A) Punjab plough
(B) Praja plough
(C) Victory plough
(D) U. P. No.1 plough
Ans : (B)

14. The purpose of tillage is/are—
(A) Soil clods breaking and suppressing in soil
(B) Eradication of weeds
(C) Leveling of soil
(D) Above (A), (B) and (C)
Ans : (D)

15. The main function of cultivator is—
(A) To turn the soil
(B) To make furrow in soil
(C) To pulverize the soil
(D) All above three functions
Ans : (C)

16. Bakhar is generally used in—
(A) U. P.
(B) Bundelkhand
(C) Vindhya Pradesh
(D) In all the States/parts of India (in All India)
Ans : (B)

17. Harrow is drawn by—
(A) Bullocks
(B) Tractor
(C) Diesel
(D) Bullocks and Tractor both
(E) It is automatic tool
Ans : (D)

18. Which of the following is not a secondary tillage implement ?
(A) Cultivators
(B) Harrow
(C) Hoe
(D) Meston plough
Ans : (D)

19. The term 'Olpad' in 'Olpad Thresher' is named on the name of—
(A) Scientist
(B) Village
(C) Labourer
(D) Farmer
Ans : (B)

20. Which of the following 'hoe' is bullock drawn ?
(A) Akola hoe
(B) Sharma hoe
(C) Wheel hoe
(D) Naini type hoe
Ans : (A)

21. The land levelling implement is—
(A) Patela
(B) Roller
(C) Scrapper
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)

22. Patela is used for—
(A) Sowing
(B) Levelling
(C) Earthing
(D) Weeding
Ans : (B)

23. Which of the material is not used for making rollers ?
(A) Wood
(B) Stone
(C) Iron
(D) Steel
Ans : (D)

24. In which condition, roller is used ?
(A) Where soil is wet
(B) Where clods are present in soil
(C) Where soil is friable
(D) None of the above
Ans : (D)

25. Which one of the following work is not done by scrappers ?
(A) For levelling of soil
(B) For making irrigation channels
(C) For covering the sown-seeds by earth
(D) For making ridges
Ans : (C)

26. Dibbler is used for—
(A) Ploughing
(B) Seed sowing
(C) Levelling of land
(D) Interculture
Ans : (B)

27. The minimum expenditure is incurred by implements for sowing seeds among the following—
(A) Deshi plough
(B) Cultivator
(C) Dibbler
(D) Seed-drill
Ans : (D)

28. Which of the following tool is used for measuring the draft of agricultural implements?
(A) Dynamometer
(B) Hydrometer
(C) Galvanometer
(D) Barometer
Ans : (A)

29. Which of the following does not affect the draft of ploughs ?
(A) Width of furrow
(B) Depth of furrow
(C) Length of furrow
(D) Soil moisture
Ans : (C)

30. Swing-basket (Dhenkuli) is used for—
(A) Making furrow
(B) Lifting water from wells
(C) Destroying weeds
(D) Leveling of land
Ans : (B)

31. Which of the following is used maximum for lifting water from wells ?
(A) Persian wheel (Rahat)
(B) Swing basket (Bedi)
(C) Dhenkuli
(D) Don
Ans : (A)

32. Which of the following is used for lifting water from 8-10 m depth ?
(A) Washer Rahat
(B) Hand pump
(C) Mayadar lift
(D) None of the above
Ans : (D)

33. In which implement. bullocks are not used for lifting water ?
(A) Buldev Balti
(B) Charsa
(C) Egyptian screw
(D) Rahat (Persian wheel)
Ans : (C)

34. The working efficiency per day of deshi plough is—
(A) 0.3 ha
(B) 0.4 ha
(C) 0.6 ha
(D) 0.8 ha
Ans : (B)

35. Which of the method of ploughing is mostly practised ?
(A) Outside to inside ploughing
(B) Inside to outside ploughing
(C) Ploughing by putting furrow from one side of field
(D) Ploughing by halai making
Ans : (D)

36. The best method of ploughing through deshi plough is—
(A) Outside to inside ploughing
(B) Inside to outside ploughing
(C) Ploughing by making halai
(D) Ploughing by making furrow from one side of field
Ans : (C)

37. How much is the working efficiency of dibbler (ha per day) ?
(A) 0.15
(B) 0.25
(C) 0.35
(D) 0.45
Ans : (A)

38. Tillage includes—
(A) Ploughing of land
(B) Keep the land free from weeds
(C) Make the soil levelled
(D) All of the above operations
Ans : (D)

39. Function of the seed-drill is—
(A) Making furrow
(B) Dropping seeds
(C) Covering the seeds in furrow
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)

40. Wrought iron contains carbon (per cent) —
(A) 0.05-1%
(B) 1-2%
(C) 2-3%
(D) 3-4%
Ans : (A)

41. The mould-board of a tractor drawn soil turning plough is the type of—
(A) General purpose
(B) Stubble
(C) Sod (breaker)
(D) High speed
Ans : (D)

42. Among the following, ridger is not used in crop—
(A) Maize
(B) Gram
(C) Potato
(D) Sugarcane
Ans : (B)

43. Belt mostly used is of types—
(A) Rubber
(B) Kirmich
(C) Leather
(D) Cotton thread
Ans : (A)

44. The major defects of rubber belts are—
(A) Costly
(B) Slips on wet
(C) Early rubbed
(D) Increased due to heat
Ans : (B)

45. How many m.m. are in one foot length ?
(A) 304.8
(B) 404.8
(C) 204.8
(D) 104.8
Ans : (A)

46. The grooved pulleys are made-up of—
(A) Steel
(B) Cast iron
(C) Wooden
(D) Above (A) and (B) both
Ans : (D)

47. A general farmer used deshi plough for the purpose of—
(A) Land ploughing
(B) Collecting weeds
(C) Making soil powdery
(D) Above all works
Ans : (D)

48. Which of the following is best for driving machine from low power to slow speed ?
(A) Belts & pulley
(B) Spur gear
(C) Toothed wheel & chains
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)

49. Reapers are used for—
(A) Crop cutting
(B) Threshing of harvested crop produce (lank)
(C) Seeds sowing
(D) Fodder cutting
Ans : (A)

50. Threshers (except Olpad threshers) are driven by—
(A) One pair of bullocks
(B) Two pair of bullocks
(C) Diesel
(D) All of the above
Ans : (C)

51. Winnowing it called—
(A) Cutting a crop
(B) To separate straw etc. from threshed lank
(C) To thresh
(D) Cutting the fodder
Ans : (B)

52. Chaff-cutter is driven by—
(A) Hand
(B) Bullocks
(C) Electric power
(D) All of the above
Ans : (D)

53. Sugarcane juice is extracted (%) from canes through bullock-drawn cane-crusher—
(A) 50-55
(B) 70-75
(C) 25-30
(D) 60-65
Ans : (D)

54. 'Olpad' thresher is used in—
(A) Oil extraction from mustard, toria etc.
(B) Extracting juice from cane
(C) Threshing of wheat, barley, pea etc.
(D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Ans : (C)

55. 'Seed dresser' is used for—
(A) Mixing/treating seeds with chemicals (pesticides/fungicides etc.)
(B) Sowing seeds at proper distance
(C) Making seeds of high grade
(D) Keeping seeds effective upto longer period
Ans : (A)

56. 'Try square' is used by—
(A) Blacksmith
(B) Carpenter
(C) Potter
(D) Farmers
Ans : (B)

57. Which type of saw is not included ?
(A) Cross cut saw
(B) Deshi saw
(C) Tenon saw
(D) Teething saw
Ans : (D)

58. Which type of saw, used for cutting round shape in hole ?
(A) Fret saw
(B) Penal saw
(C) Tenon saw
(D) Key hole saw
Ans : (D)

59. 'Draw-Knife' is used for—
(A) To fit galua in grinder
(B) Making round the corners of wood
(C) Smoothing the base of wood
(D) Sharping teeth of saw
Ans : (B)

60. The tool used for making deep pit in wood is—
(A) Adge
(B) Saw
(C) Draw knife
(D) Chisel
Ans : (D)

61. The main work of 'scrapper' is—
(A) For cutting the wood
(B) For scrapping the wood
(C) For smoothing the wood
(D) All of the above
Ans : (C)

62. 'File' is used for—
(A) Scrapping the wood
(B) Cutting the wood
(C) Forcing the wood
(D) Making equal by scrapping the wood
Ans : (D)

63. The type of file is generally—
(A) Round
(B) Triangular
(C) Flate
(D) Above all types
Ans : (D)

64. Brace machine is used for—
(A) Making hole in wood
(B) Scrapping the wood
(C) For smoothing the wood
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

65. Which one machine/tool is not used in making hole in wood ?
(A) Ordinary drill
(B) Hand drill
(C) Pincer
(D) Twist bit
Ans : (C)

66. 'Bar cramp' is a tool of—
(A) Wood cutting
(B) Catching tightly wood
(C) Beating tool
(D) Smoothing tool
Ans : (B)

67. Nail (Keel) pulling is done by—
(A) Claw-hammer
(B) Pincer
(C) Plier
(D) All of these
Ans : (E)

68. 'Forging' is said—
(A) Heating the iron
(B) Beating the hot iron
(C) Converting into desired shape by beating the iron
(D) Beating iron and making hole in it
Ans : (C)

69. 'Anvil' (Nihai) is used for—
(A) Beating the iron on keeping over this
(B) By beating iron through this
(C) Heating iron through handling this
(D) Cooling of hot iron
Ans : (A)

70. Fire is pulled-up through—
(A) Poker
(B) Sewage block
(C) Showel
(D) Anvil
Ans : (A)

71. 'Sledge' is used to—
(A) Lift heavy material
(B) Fire furnace
(C) Cut the iron in cold condition
(D) Cut the iron in hot condition
Ans : (A)

72. The roller of cane-crusher is made-up of which steel ?
(A) Cast iron
(B) Gun metal
(C) High carbon steel
(D) Wrought iron
Ans : (A)

73. The tool use for catching (handling) the claw and turning it hither and thither during beating is called—
(A) Sewage block
(B) Chisel
(C) Plier
(D) Tongs
Ans : (D)

74. Punches are of—
(A) Two types
(B) Three types
(C) Four types
(D) Several types
Ans : (B)

75. Agricultural tractors are generally having horse power (h.p.) —
(A) 20-50
(B) 50-70
(C)10-15
(D) 20-25
Ans : (A)


76. A three-tine furrow plough is ploughing at a speed of 2 km/hr and the each furrow size is 20 cm wide and 12 cm deep furrow. How much time, it would require to plough 5 hectare land ?
(A) 41 hours 40 minutes
(B) 40 hours 55 minutes
(C) 20 hours 55 minutes
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

77. If a gear 'A', having 50 teeth and running at a speed of 200 r.p.m. is driving to another gear 'B' having 125 r.p.m. How many number of teeth in gear' B' ?
(A) 500
(B) 400
(C) 80
(D) 60
Ans : (C)

78. Animal driven cane planter is developed by—
(A) ICAR
(B) CIAE
(C) IISR
(D) IARI
Ans : (C)

79. A 10 cm wide belt is running at a speed of 900 r.p.m. If the 15 H. P. is available, then how much plies of belt ?
(A) 3
(B) 10
(C) 6
(D) 4
Ans : (D)

80. How much width belt would be needed if 20 H. P. is to be transferred through a belt of 10 plies, where speed of belt is 1460 r.p.m. ?
(A) 4 cm
(B) 8 cm
(C) 5 cm
(D) 6 cm
Ans : (B)

81. A 10 cm wide belt, having the speed of 1350 meter per minute, would be appropriate to transfer the how much H. P. ?
(A) 20
(B) 15
(C) 25
(D) 40
Ans : (B)

82. A tractor driving pulley has its 25 cm diameter and revolving at a speed of 960 r.p.m. If on the shaft of a thresher, an attached pulley is revolving at a speed of 1600 r.p.m. what would be the diameter of this pulley ?
(A) 16 cm
(B) 15 cm
(C) 12 cm
(D) 20 cm
Ans : (C)

83. A pulley of 21 cm diameter and revolving at 1600 r.p.m. Find out the speed of the belt running over it—
(A) 1120 m/minute
(B) 1200 m/minute
(C) 1056 m/minute
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

84. If the distance between two pullies, having the diameter of 45 cm and 39 cm, is 3.2 metre, then what would be length of required flate belt ?
(A) 6.8 m
(B) 7.72 m
(C) 9.4 m
(D) 7.2 m
Ans : (B)

85. Two pair of bullocks are ploughing a field by victory ploughs at a speed of 2 km/hr. If the average width of each furrow is 25 cm. How much time will be required to plough one hectare land? Where after each two hours working, 20 minutes rest is required to provide ?
(A) 10 hours
(B) 8 hours
(C) 11 hours 40 minutes
(D) 8 hours 20 minutes
Ans : (C)

86. If the relative distance is 2.5 metre of centre points of two pullies, having SO cm and 25 cm diameters, then, how much length (metre) of 'V' belt would be required ?
(A) 6.18875
(B) 5.18775
(C) 6.28775
(D) 6.18775
Ans : (D)

87. A 'chain' contains how much metre ?
(A) 20.1168
(B) 21.1168
(C) 15.1168
(D) 18.1168
Ans : (A)

88. If the rate of electricity is rupee one per unit, then, a 20 h. p. electric motor, having approx. 100% efficiency will require how much cost (Rs.) on 100 hours running to irrigate the field ?
(A) 500
(B) 750
(C) 1500
(D) 2000
Ans : (C)

89. 'Drip' irrigation is generally followed in the country—
(A) Israel
(B) America
(C) Australia
(D) Japan
Ans : (A)

90. In India, under canal net-work system of irrigation, generally, how much amount of water is allowed to run in small canal ?
(A) Less than 4 cusec
(B) Less than 10 cusec
(C) Between 15 to 20 cusec
(D) Between 25 to 30 cusec
Ans : (B)

91. Method of irrigation is—
(A) Surface irrigation
(B) Sprinkler irrigation
(C) Drip irrigation
(D) All of these
Ans : (D)

92. The Torque—a power to generate revolutions is expressed as (its unit is kg metre) —
(A) Length of arm (m) x Force (kg)
(B) Length of arm (cm) x Force (kg)
(C) Length of arm (m) x Force (g)
(D) Length of arm (rom) x Force (mg)
Ans : (A)

93. Work is expressed by the formula as—
(A) Work = Force (kg) x Distance (m)
(B) Work = Force (g) x Distance (m)
(C) Work = Force (mg) x Distance (m)
(D) Work = Force (kg) x Distance (cm)
Ans : (A)

94. The length of 'Engineer chain' is—
(A) 100 ft
(B) 80 ft
(C) 20 ft
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)

95. The length of 'Gunter chain' is—
(A) 66 ft
(B) 100 ft
(C) 20 ft
(D) 90 ft
Ans : (A)

96. The area of an acre is—
(A) 0.40
(B) 0.80
(C) 1.10
(D) None of these
Ans : (D)

97. One centimetre is equal to—
(A) 5 mm
(B) 10 mm
(C) 15 mm
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)

98. The draft of 'Victory plough' is—
(A) 80-100 kg
(B) 40-50 kg
(C) 70-80 kg
(D) 10-20 kg
Ans : (A)

99. How much horse power (h.p.) is in one kW (Kilowatt) ?
(A) 1.34
(B) 1.90
(C) 2.00
(D) 3.80
Ans : (A)

100. Man power is considered equal to how much horse power (h.p.) ?
(A) 0.1
(B) 0.2
(C) 0.3
(D) 0.4
Ans : (A)

Friday, July 13, 2012

SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination, 2012


Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will be conducting Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination, 2012 for recruitment to different posts like  Data Entry operators, Lower Division clerks(LDC).

SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination 2012 will conduct on 21-10-2012 and 28-10-2012.


Post names:
Data Entry operators
Lower Division clerks(LDC)

Age Limit:
Candidates must have 18  years and the max age limit is 27 years as on 01-08-2011 for General category applicants
5 years upper age relaxation for SC/ST Candidates
3 years relaxation in upper age for OBC Candodates
10 years for PWD Candidates

Education qualifications required:
Candidates must pass in 12th class or it’s equivalent from  any recognized board

Application fee:
100 rupees is the application fee ,must pay at any state bank of India by downloading the challan form or you can also pay by using SBI net banking/SBI Online Banking/SBI Internet banking

Selection Process:
Selection process is based on the performance in  Written Exam and Skill test.

Important Dates to remember: 
Starting Date for Online Registration: 14-07-2012
Last Date to Submission of Part I Application : 08-08-2012
Last Date to Submit  Part II Application  10-08-2012
Last Date for Submission of Application (far flung areas): 17-08-2012
Written Examination date 2012: 21-10-2012 & 28-10-2012

Click here to download the advertisement/notification of ssc Combined Higher Secondary Level examination 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

IBPS RRB CWE PATTERN

Exam Pattern,Syllabus of IBPS Regional Rural Banks (RRB) Common Written Examination (CWE) for the Officers and Office Assistants Posts. Recently IBPS released Notification for recruitment of above said posts in 82 RRB’s.
Written Examination will be in Objective type Consists different Sections. There will be a 1/4th Negative Marking ( i.e 0.25 ) for Wrong Answer in Objective Test.
Start Preparation based on the Exam Pattern provided below for each type of Post.

Office Assistant & Officer Scale-I : Time Duration ( 2 hours 30 minutes )

Name of the Tests No. of Questions Maximum Marks
Reasoning 40 50
Numerical ability (Quantitative Aptitude for Officer Scale-I) 40 50
General Awareness 40 40
English Language 40 40
Computer Knowledge 40 20
Total 200 200

Officer Scale-II (Specialist Cadre) :  Time Duration 3 hours
Name of the Tests No. of Questions Maximum Marks
Reasoning 40 40
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation 40 40
Financial Awareness 40 40
English Language 40 20
Computer Knowledge 40 20
Professional Knowledge 40 40
Total 240 200

Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer) & Officer Scale-III : 2 hr 30 min
Name of the Tests No. of Questions Maximum Marks
Reasoning 40 50
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation 40 50
Financial Awareness 40 40
English Language 40 20
Computer Knowledge 40 20
Total 200 200

Thursday, July 5, 2012

IDBI Executive Recruitment

IDBI Bank Ltd., a banking company, having majority share holding by Government of India, is a leading provider of complete range of retail and corporate banking services to its clients. The Bank is aggressively expanding its operations.
The Bank invites applications from the eligible and suitable applicants for the following posts to be filled on contract basis at its different Branches and Offices.
IBPS Score card not required to apply for the following posts.
Name of the Post: Executive (on Contract)

Important Dates:
Opening and closing of payment Gateway: 10th July to 23rd July, 2012.
Opening and closing of gateway for submission of on-line application: 10th July to 23rd July, 2012.
Date of Pre-Examination training for the SC and the ST applicants at all centers: 27st August to 1st September 2012.
Date of Written Test at all centers: 2nd September, 2012.
Details of Vacancies:
PostsTotal VacanciesSCSTOBCGenPWD
Executive500753713523815
Age(as on June 01, 2012): Maximum 30 years.
Educational Qualifications(as on June 01, 2012):
-A Graduate from a recognized university.
-IBPS score card not required.
-Should have proficiency in Computers.
Pay Scale:
-Rs 12,000 per month in the first year.
-Rs 13,500 per month in the second year.
-Rs 15,000 per month in the third year of service.
Application Fees -Rs. 400/-(For Gen/OBC Candidates) Rs 75/- (For SC/ST/PWD Candidates).
Click here to apply online (will be activated from 10th July 2012).
Click here to get complete details about the post.
Click here to download IDBI Bank payment Challan.
Click here to download State Bank of India payment Challan.
Click here to download SC/ST Caste Certificate.
Click here to download OBC Caste Certificate.
 








Change in syllabus for Joint CSIR-UGC NET for JRF and Eligibility for Lectureship

It is notified for information of all students that syllabus of Part A of Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship has been revised. The existing syllabus and revised syllabus is as under:

Existing Syllabus:  General Science, Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis and Research Aptitude.

Revised Syllabus:  General Aptitude with emphasis on logical reasoning, graphical analysis, analytical and numerical ability, quantitative comparison, series formation, puzzles etc.

Note: The number of questions available and to be attempted in this Part A remains the same i.e. there will be 20 questions and the candidates shall be required to answer any 15 questions. Each question will be of two marks. The model questions in the revised syllabus are also available.


Model Question paper on the basis of revised syllabus:  click here

INDIAN BANK CLERICAL RECRUITMENT

Indian Bank
Head Office, 66 Rajaji Salai, Chennai – 600001 (Tamil Nadu)

Indian Bank, invites applications for Clerical post from Indian citizens who have taken the Common Written Examination for Clerical cadre conducted by IBPS in 2011 :
 
Clerks : 1201  posts in various states, Pay Scale : Rs.7200-19300, Age : 18-28 years

Application Fee : Rs.100/-(Rs.10/- for SC/ST/PH candidates) to be paid in any branch of Indian Bank only by challans only.


How to Apply : Apply Online at Indian Bank website from 29/06/2012 to 13/07/2012 only.

Please visit http://www.indianbank.in/career.php for all the details and a link to the online submission of the application

Bank of India Specialist officers Recruitment


Bank of India (BOI)
(A Public Sector Undertaking)
Star House, Plot C-5, “G” Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai

Bank of India (BoI) , India's International Bank,invites applications for recruitment 
of Specialist Officers in Scale-I and II for the candidates who have valid score card of Common Written Examination (CWE)  conducted by IBPS in 2011   for  Specialist Posts :
  1. Marketing Officer : 21 posts, Age : 21-30 years, Pay Scale : Rs.14500-25700
  2. Law Officer : 12 posts, Age : 21-35 years, Pay Scale : Rs.Rs. 19400-28100 
  3. Information Technology Officer : 11 posts, Age : 21-30 years, Pay Scale : Rs.14500-25700 
  4. Information Technology Officer : 05 posts, Age : 21-35 years, Pay Scale : Rs. 19400-28100 
  5. Technical Officer (Appraisal) : 15 posts, Age : 21-30 years, Pay Scale : Rs.14500-25700 
  6. HR/ IR Officer : 35 posts, Age : 21-30 years, Pay Scale : Rs.14500-25700 
  7. Rajbhasha Adhikari (Official Language Officer) : 25 posts, Age : 21-30 years, Pay Scale : Rs.14500-25700
  8. Agriculture Field Officer : 38 posts, Age : 21-30 years, Pay Scale : Rs.14500-25700
Application Fee : The application fees Rs.100/- (Rs.20/- for SC/  ST/ PWD/ Ex-SM candidates) to be paid in any Bank of India branch with the help of payment challan only. Please take Transaction no. after payment.

How to
Apply : Apply Online at Bank of India website from 04/07/2012 to 15/07/2012. Eligible candidates are advised to apply 'ONLINE' at the Bank of India Website only. Please keep the printout of the submitted application form to be shown at the time of interview.  For more information and apply Online, please visit http://www.bankofindia.co.in/career.aspx 

CURRENT AFFAIRS PREPARATION PLAN

“Current Affairs” and “General Knowledge” cover many topics like from economy to sports or education to politics, or even technology to automobiles. In every second some issues are happening around the world in these sectors, and to accumulate the excerpt of some highlighted news, and memorize it is a good plan to prepare current affairs and GK.

Some Important Tips to Follow:

Read Newspapers regularly

We all know that “Old is Gold”, same thing applies here too. We need to make a habit of reading newspapers regularly. I’ll suggest you to read more than one newspaper. It will be better if you read one newspaper of your mother language, and other of English. Some useful newspapers are “The Times of India”, “The Hindu”, “The Telegraph” etc. You need to start this habit at least 6 months before the actual exam that will help you to get access to all the important events of that period of time.

You need to keep an eye on what’s happening around you in your country and world as well. Trust me guys, you will surely find it interesting after several days. We all know that staying updated is always a good idea, as it will stand you apart from the rest.

Read Magazines thoroughly

This is another great option to prepare the subject we are talking about. There are many leading magazines that focus on current affairs and General Knowledge. You need to buy it from your local magazine seller, and start reading it thoroughly. These magazines beautifully categorize the articles with its genres to make it interesting to read on. Some of the useful magazines are Pratiyogita Darpan andManorma.

Try to read some business magazines and sports magazines too along with a general magazine. This will increase your chances of cracking the competitive exams with ease. Some useful business magazines areBusiness Today, Business Line etc.

Follow News Channels

You will need to follow news channels at least once a day. Now most of the leading news channels are active for 24*7. You need to pick up a suitable time for yourself to watch any favorite news channel of yours. You can watch ABP News, NDTV, Times Now, ET Now, Zee News etc. Try to go through all the breaking and highlighted news, and make it a habit.

I know that watching news channels for long will bore you, so I’ll suggest you to allocate only 30 minutes for it in a whole day. All the leading ones shows the glimpses of all important events of the day quite frequently, so 30 minutes will be enough for you to boost up your current affairs and GK knowledge.

Maintain a Diary

My teacher used to tell me that whenever you learn something try to write it down in your diary, as it will help you to memorize it in a better manner. He is so right, as this method helped me a lot to score good marks in every exam that I appeared for. As I already mentioned before that a lot of events are occurring in the country and around the world, so it is easily understandable that it is not easy to remember everything. It’s always a superb idea to maintain a diary of current events.

You need to update this diary on a daily basis with all the events that you consider as important ones. This diary will become quite useful for the revision part, as it will provide you information about all the important events at a place. You should keep revising the diary frequently, as it will help you to memorize important names, dates, awards etc.

Channelize your Preparation Accordingly

All the competitive exams are not same, as all of them have different pattern, even when it comes to the same topic as ‘Current Affairs’ or ‘GK’. For example for civil services exam, you need to give importance on events of National value. On the other scenario, in matter of bank job exam, the focus should be on the news on banking sectors, and economic and business news.

Thus I’ll suggest you to prepare as per the exams you are appearing for, as channelizing your preparation according to the pattern of the exam will accelerate your chance of getting selected.

Use Internet Resources

Google, YouTube and Wikipedia are my favorite teachers’; one of my friends told me this once. This is quite true indeed, so you should use all the available online resources to study current affairs and GK for exams. For example this blog is all about “Current Affairs”, so you can check this blog regularly by subscribing to us (check the sidebar for subscription options). You can actively take part some forums that are focusing on current events. The good part is you can follow the websites of all leadingnewspapers online if you don’t have enough time to read newspapers.

Use Social Networking Sites for Good

Believe me or not you can surely use social networking sites to your benefits. Especially to prepare current affairs and General knowledge Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and StumbleUpon may help you a lot. You can join some Facebook pages, or follow some twitter accounts that are related to current affairs. You can join our Facebook Page too for this matter, or connect with me at LinkedIn or circle me in Google Plus for all the information on recent happenings to boost up your General Knowledgeability.

Give Priority to your Strength

We usually find difficulties when we try to learn everything at once. In that process basically we study a lot, but remember a little. We need to first select our strength areas for our preparation. Try to givepriority to your strength areas. It may be Sports, economy, Government Affairs or technology. Suppose you are applying for Bank exams, then you should prepare industry related news. Along with that you may pick any 2-3 areas of your strength like sports or technology. You need to prepare these sections to the utmost level. I can assure you that these strategies will help you to score much better in Current Affairs section.

Participate in Online Quizzes

You should participate in some free quizzes that are available online to evaluate yourself. For this matter you can easily access our “Quiz Section”. This will give you proper idea whether you are ready for the big exam day or not. As an added factor it will also provide you confidence i.e. very much essential. You can download Monthly-wise current affairs questions from Here.