25 Jan

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS ON “NITI AAYOG”(SSC, IBPS, etc.)

Check out POSSIBLE QUESTIONS ON “NITI AAYOG”:

1) Expand ‘NITI’ in NITI Aayog? – National Institution for Transforming
India
2) Who heads the NITI Aayog as its chairperson? – Prime Minister of
India
3) Government had announced formation of NITI Aayog on?
– 1 January 2015
4) What is the structure of Governing Council of NITI Aayog?
– Chief Ministers of all the States and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories
5) Who appoints the Vice-Chairperson? – Prime Minister
6) What is the composition of Part time members in NITI Aayog? –
Maximum of 2.They will from leading universities research organizations and other relevant institutions on a rotational basis.
7) What is the composition of Ex Officio members in NITI Aayog? –
Maximum of 4 members of the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister.
8) Who was recently appointed as the Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog? – Arvind Panagariya
9) Who are the present Ex-Officio Members of NITI Aayog? – Rajnath Singh,Arun Jaitley,Suresh Prabhu and Radha Mohan
Singh
10) Who are the present Special Invitees of NITI Aayog? – Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Zubin Irani and Thawar Chand Gehlot
11) Who are the present Full-time Members of NITI Aayog? – Bibek Debroy & V. K. Saraswat
12) Who was recently appointed as the CEO of NITI Aayog? – Sindhushree Khullar

25 Jan

Questions Asked in SBI Clerks Online Exam 2014 (All Shifts)

Check out Questions Asked in SBI Clerks Online Exam 2014 (All Shifts):

1. 150 km missile launched by DRDO recently – Prithvi
2. 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting will be held in – Malta
3. 24th ASEAN summit venue – Nay Pyi Taw
4. A Scheme named Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls is also known as – Sabla
5. Accidental prime minister written by “SANJAY BARU” and was published by – Penguin books limited
6. Adult literacy rate in 2011 census – 74.04 %
7. Amount provided for developing 100 smart cities – 7060 crores
8. Amul related to which revolution – White Revolution
9. Amul set up Dairy worth 200 crore at which city – Varanasi
10. Army Flag day is observed on – 7th December
11. Ashes trophy played between countries – Australia and England
12. Author of lowland – Jhumpa Lahari
13. Azlan Shah who died recently is a – Hockey Player
14. Banks Nationalization – 1969
15. Beiji oil refinery located in – Iraq
16. Best ranked IIT among BRICS top universities 2014 – IIT Delhi
17. Bharatiya Mahila Bank Chairman – Usha Ananantha Subramanium
18. Bharatiya Mahila Bank inaugurated by – Manmohan Singh
19. Book “My Journey : Transforming into dreams” written by – APJ Abdul Kalam
20. Budget in which article – Article 112
21. C.Rangarajan estimation percentage of poverty line – 29.5%
22. Camel is the official animal of which state – Rajasthan
23. Capital of Argentina – Buenos Aires
24. Capital of Bhutan – Thimphu
25. Capital of Brazil – Brasilia
26. Capital of Canada – Ottawa
27. Capital of Ethiopia – Addis Ababa
28. Capital of Sweden – Stockholm
29. Capro Group has won the International Business of the year award is owned by – Lord Swaraj Paul
30. Casual Vacancy written by – J K Rowling
31. CBS full form – Core Baking Solution
32. Chemical and fertilizer cabinet minister – Ananth Kumar
33. Chinese Currency – Yuan
34. Commercial Paper is issued for how many days – A minimum of 7 days and a maximum of up to one year from the date of issue
35. Commercial Papers issued in what multiples – Rs. 5 lakh or multiples thereof
36. Committee on Cauvery water dispute – B. S. Chauhan
37. Committee on Financial inclusion – Nachiket Mor Committee
38. Constituency of Nitin Gadkari – Nagpur
39. Country having least global peace index – Syria
40. Country having three top most companies – USA
41. CSO full form – Central Statistical Organization
42. Currency of Afghanistan – Afghan Afghani
43. Currency of Italy – Euro
44. Currency of Kuwait – Kuwaiti Dinar
45. Deen dayal upadhyaya gram jyoti yojana is or which purpose – power supply to rural areas
46. DRDO developed which indigenous plane – Tejas
47. ECB stands for – External Commercial Borrowings
48. FIBA is related to which sport – Basket Ball
49. FIFA 2014 Mascot – Fuleco (it is a portmanteau of the words “Futebol” (Football) and “Ecologia” (Ecology))
50. Food processing industries minister – Harsimrat Kaur Badal
51. Full form of ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
52. Full form of CAG – Comptroller and Auditor General
53. Full form of NVRAM – Non Volatile Random Access Memory
54. Functions of RBI – Bankers Bank
55. Gillette cup is associated with which sport – Cricket
56. Head of SIT Committee – MB Shah
57. Headquarters of Infosys – Bangalore
58. Highest rural population state as per Census 2011 – Uttar Pradesh
59. Highest Urban Population of which state – Maharashtra
60. How many languages are there in Indian Currency note – 15 languages
61. Human rights day is observed on – 10th December
62. IBSA full form – India, Brazil, South Africa
63. In Lok Sabha elections if any candidates win two seats (like our PM) so in what duration of time he has to leave one seat – 14 days
64. Indian currency notes bear a signature of – RBI Governor
65. Indian oil corporation is going to set up a biggest oil refinery at – paradip (Orissa)
66. Indian Overseas minister – Sushma Swaraj
67. Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) run by – RBI
68. International Day for Old Persons observed on – 1st October
69. Iraq currency – Dinar
70. Japan has sea-conflict with which country – China
71. Kanyakumari formerly known as – Cape Comorin
72. Kaveri river water dispute between which states – Karnataka & Tamilnadu
73. KVP is the Acronym for – Kisan Vikas Patra(Reintroduced in Budget 2014 for small savings)
74. Lok Sabha Constituency of Sushma Swaraj – Vidisha
75. Malaysia currency – Ringgit
76. Mario Gotze is a famous – German Football player
77. Minister of Social Justice and empowerment – Thawar Chand Gehlot
78. Myanmar capital – Naypyidaw
79. Nevia first plant in India – Sanand, Gujarat
80. New India assurance and which bank developed a scheme related to Women – Bharatiya mahila bank
81. Nilgiris is located in which state – Tamil Nadu
82. Official Currency of Indonesia – Indonesian Rupiah
83. One question on Forbe’s list of companies
84. OPEC has how much percentage of total oil – 81%
85. Playing to win was written by – Saina Nehwal
86. Press freedom day – 3rd May
87. Proposed money for “BRICS BANK” is – 100 Billion dollars
88. Ramoji Film city is at – Hyderabad, India
89. RBI Adjust Liquidity by which tool – LAF (Liquidity Adjustment Facility)
90. RBI does open market operations for the purpose of – Regulate the liquidity in the economy
91. RBI established in – 1935
92. Recently Hindustan Motor Car plant shut down at – Uttarpara plant in West Bengal
93. Recently in which state Solar Thermal Power plant installed – Rajasthan
94. Recently India banned China milk products. What was the reason – Due to presence of melamine, used for making plastics and fertilizer
95. Recently Navratna status given to which organization – National Building Construction Corporation & Engineers India Ltd (EIL)
96. Recently PM Inaugurated a hydro power plant at which place – Uri (Jammu & Kashmir)
97. Recipient of 49th Jnanpith Award – Kedar Nath Singh
98. Regulatory authorities of Cooperative banks & RRBs – NABARD
99. Reliance company head name – Neeta Ambani
100. RIL & Network 18 Deal (in crores) – 4000 crores
101. Sachin Tendulkar coins were sponsored by which company – East India Company
102. Sahara the Untold story written by – Tamal Bandyopadhyayy
103. Salarjung Museum located in which state – Telangana (Hyderabad)
104. Satyajit ray film and television institute is located at – Kolkata
105. Sign on 1 Rupee Currency Note – Finance Secretary
106. SMSME cabinet minister – Kalraj Mishra
107. State with highest per capita milk availability – Punjab
108. Study of kidney disease comes under which branch – Nephrology
109. Tata group joined which airlines – Air Asia
110. The disease Night blindness is due to the deficiency of which vitamin – Vitamin A
111. The Surface to air missile developed by DRDO – Akash
112. Thomas cup and uber cup in 206 will be held at –Kunshan, china
113. Vijay Hazare trophy is related to which sport – Cricket
114. Vijay Sheshadri won Pulitzer prize for – 3 Sections
115. Water resources minister – Uma Bharti
116. What is windows vista – Operating System
117. Where is CRISIL Headquarters – Mumbai
118. Which award is given to Leander Paes, Ruskin Bond – Padma Bhushan award
119. Which card is issued by NPCI – RuPay Card
120. Which country started first plastic notes – Australia
121. Which device is used to measure Blood Pressure – Sphygmomanometer
122. Which of the following activities is not done by RBI – Trading in commodities
123. Which of the following is not a bank bank – IRDA
124. Which of the following is not an indirect tax – 10% surcharge on income
125. Which of the following is related to Financial inclusion – BSBDA
126. Which of the following is the example of plastic money – Debit Card
127. Which of the following related to social economic development agency – OECD
128. Which organization collect and publish Financial data – National Sample Survey Organization
129. Which state doesn’t shares the border with Telangana – Jharkhand
130. Who among the following is new deputy governor of RBI – Urjit Patel
131. Who control the Monetary Policy – Reserve Bank of India
132. Who did first hat trick goal in food ball world cup – Thomas Muller (Germany)
133. Who is a not member of security advisory council –
134. Who is Health Minister
135. Who is Richest player in FIFA – Cristiano Ronaldo
136. Who is the current Food & Consumer Affairs Minister – Ram Vilas Paswan
137. Who is the current road, transport, highways and shipping minister – Nitin Gadkari
138. Who is the current SBI Chairman – Arunadati Bhattacharya
139. Who provides assistance to small industries – SIDBI
140. Who regulate Monetary Policy – RBI
141. Who was recently honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for Best Singer (Female) –Sunidhi Chauhan
142. Who won 3 medals in ISSF world cup in Munich – Jitu Rai
143. WIMBLEDON championship is related to which game – Lawn Tennis
144. Winner of Australian Grand Prix – Nico Rosberg
145. World AIDS Day observed on – 1se December
146. World Autism day observed on – 2nd April
147. World economic forum held at – Abuja (Nigeria)
148. World Population day is observed on – July 11
149. World Tourism Day is celebrated on – 27th September
150. York University, Canada gave award to – Ratan Tata
151. Yuan is the currency for which of the following countries – China
152. R. Rahman street is in which country – Canada

25 Jan

Heads of Important Offices in India 2015

Check out List of Heads of Important Offices/Organizations in India in 2015 (As on January 26, 2015).

PART I:

Mr. Narendra Modi : Chairman, Planning Commission.
Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan : Speaker, Lok Sabha.
Mohammad Hamid Ansari : Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
Mr. P. J. Kurien : Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
Mr. Arun Jaitley : Leader of House (Rajya Sabha).
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad : Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha).
Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia : Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission.
Mr.H S brahma : Chief Election Commissioner
Syed Nasim Zaidi : Election Commissioner.
Mr. Shashi Kant Sharma : Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
Mr. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan : Chairperson, National Human Right Commission (NHRC)
Mr. Ajit Kumar Seth : Cabinet Secretary.
Mr. Nripendra Misra : Principal Secretary to Prime Minister.
Justice V. Eshwaraiah : Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes.
Ms. Shanta Sinha : Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
Dr. P. L. Punia : Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Dr. Rameshwar Oraon : Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST).
Prof. Deepak Gupta : Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
Dr. M. S. Swaminathan : Chairman, National Commission on Farmers (NCF).
Mr. Ajit Kumar Doval : National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security).
Mr. Sharad Kumar : Director-General, National Investigation Agency (NIA)
Mr. Arunendra Kumar : Chairman, Railway Board.
Mr. Shumsher K. Sheriff : Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha
Mr. Anoop Mishra : Secretary-General, Lok Sabha.
Mr. Syed Asif Ibrahim : Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB).
Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha : Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Mr. Alok Joshi : Director, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
Mr. Jayanto Narayan Choudhury : Director-General, National Security Guard (NSG).
Mr. Prakash Mishrai : Director-General, CRPF.
Mr. Devendra Kumar Pathak : Director-General, Border Security Force (BSF).
Mr. Arvind Ranjan : Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
Mr. P. K. Mehta : Director-General, Railway Protection Force. (RPF)
Mr. Subhas Goswami : Director-General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
Mr. Arun Chaudhary : Director-General, Sashastra Seema Bal.
Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal : Director-General, Indian Coast Guard.
Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh : Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency.
Prof. Ved Prakash : Chairman, UGC.
Dr. Avinash Chander(Sacked) : Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence Research and Development Organisation. (DRDO)
Dr. R. Chidambaram : Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government.
Mr. Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar : Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO.
Mr. Ratan Kumar Sinha : Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy.
Mr. Wajahat Habibulla : Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities.
Mr. Rajiv Mathur : Chief Information Commissioner.
Mr. Amitava Bhattacharya : Chairman, Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch : Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research.
Mr. C. Chandramouli : Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner.
Justice D. K. Jain : Chairman, Law Commission.
Dr. Baldev Raj : President, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).
Mr. Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal : Chairman, National Forest Commission.
Mr. T. Nanda Kumar : Chairperson, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
Lt. General AT Parnaik : Director-General, Border Roads Organisation.
Dr. Raghuram Rajan : Governor, RBI.
MR. JUSTICE CHANDRAMAULI KUMAR PRASAD : Chairman, Press Council of India.
Mr. Ravindra Pisharody : Chairman, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC).
Mr. K V Chowdary : Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam : Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs.
Mr. Ashok Chawla : Competition Commission of India
Justice Syed Rafat Alam : Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal
Mr. G. Sai Prasad : CMD, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC).
Mr. R. S. Sharma : CMD, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).
Mr. B. C. Tripathi : CMD, GAIL.
Mr. B Ashok : Chairman, IOC.
Mr. Sunil Kumar Srivastava : CMD, Oil India Ltd.
Mr. Vineet Joshi : Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Mr. U. K. Sinha : Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala : Chairman, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya : Chairman, SBI.
Mr. M. S. Raghavan : Chairman, IDBI.
Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh : Chairman, Company Law Board.
Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri : India’s Permanent Representative to UN.
Mr. S. K. Roy : Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
Mr. Ashwin Pandya : Chairman, Central Water Commission.
Ms. Lalitha Kumaramangalam : Chairperson, National Commission for Women.
Dr. Y. V. Reddy: Chairman, 14th Finance Commission.
Dr. Pronob Sen : Chairman, National Statistical Commission.
Smt. Leela Samson : Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification.
Dr. Rakesh Tewari : Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Mr. Jyotsna Suri : President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Dr. Rahul Khullar : Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Dr. Rajan Katoch : Director, Enforcement Directorate.
Mr. R. V. Verma : Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
Mr. Pradeep Kumar : Commissioner, Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
Dr. Sekhar Basu : Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
Mr. N. Ramachandran : President, Indian Olympic Association.
Prof. P. Sinclair : Director, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan : President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
Mr. Sam Pitroda : Chairman, National Knowledge Commission.
Mr. Ratan Tata : Chairman, Investment Commission.
Mr. Shivlal Yadav : Interim President, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Mr. R. Chandrasekaran : Chairman, NASSCOM.
Mr. Ramesh Sippy : Chairman, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
Mr. Ravindra Kumar: Chairman, United News of India.
Mr. K. N. Shanth Kumar : Chairman, PTI.
Mr. Ravindra Kumar : President, Indian Newspaper Society (INS).
Mr. Rana Kapoor : President, The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
Mr. T. S. Vijayan : Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
Mr. Ashwin B. Pandya : Chairman, Central Water Commission of India
Mr. Mukul Rohatgi : Attorney General of India
Ranjit Kumar : Solicitor General of India
Mr. Asoke Kumar Mukerji : Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
Sujatha Singh : Foreign Secretary
Mr. Anil Goswami : Union Home Secretary
Mr. Rajiv Mehrishi : Finance Secretary
Mr. Dalbir Singh Suhag : Chief of Army Staff
Mr. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha : Chief of Air Staff
Mr. Robin K Dhowan : Chief of Naval Staff

PART II:

Chief Economic Advisor —————– RaghuramRajan
Chief Election Commissionor ————V.S.Sampath
RBI ——————-Raghu Ram Rajan
RAW ———————-Alok Joshi
SBI ————————————Arundhati Bhattacharya
SEBI ————————— U.K. Sinha
IB ——————————— Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim
IBPS ————————— K.R. Kamath
IRDA ——————————T.S.Vijayan
ISRO ———————————- Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar
NABARD —————————Prakash Bakshi
NASSCOM ————————– Krishna kumarNatrajan
SSC —————————–Amitava Bhattacharyya
TRAI ——————————- Rahul Khullar
UGC ——————————–VedPrakash
UPSC ———————————— D.P. Agarwal
DRDO ———————————- AvinashChander
FICCI ——————————NainaLalKidwai
ASSOCHAM ——————- RanaKapoor
CAG —————————Shashi Kant Sharma
CBDT ———————— Sudha Sharma
CBI —————— RanjeetSinha
CCI ———————————- Ashok Chawla
National Commission for women———— Mamta Sharma
National Innovation Commission —— Sam Pitroda
National Security Advisor ———- ShivashankarMenon
National Security Council ———– YakovAmridor
Attorney General of India —————— G.E. Vahanvati
Bombay Stock Exchange ————— AshishChauhan
National Stock Exchange —————— ChitraRamkrishna
PM Economic Advisor ——————- C.Rangrajan
Press Council of India————– MarandeyKatju
Press Trust of India ————— K N Shanth Kumar

If any correction please tell us,we will update it… thank you.

18 Jan

New India Insurance(NIACL) Assistant 2014-2015 Cutoff, Analysis & Result

New India Assurance Co. Ltd.(NIACL) conducted the online written test for the selection of Assistants on January 17 & 18, 2015. The exam was conducted online – objective test and thousands of candidates from over India has appeared in the examination.

New India Assistant 2014-2015 Cutoff and Analysis:

– Quantitative was easy to moderate in difficulty level. Topics include one DI, simplifications, average,partnership, age, etc.
– Reasoning was easy in difficulty level. Topics include seating arrangement, puzzles,coding, decoding, etc. just like IBPS PO, Clerk.
– General awareness was easy to moderate in difficulty level.
– English was easy in difficulty level. Someone with English background can attempt 30+ easily.
– Computer section was very easy. Someone with computer background can attempt more than 35.

Some of the GK questions:
Gandhi setu connects which places in India? – Patna and Hajipur
Who is the Union minister for heavy industries – Anant Geete
Ankita raina belongs to which sport? – Tennis
PIO full form – Person of indian origin
Mission indradhanush covers how many diseases ? – 7
Next NATO summit place will be held at ? – Warsaw
who won Abu Dabhi tennis championship? – Andy Murray
Patrick Modiano got novel in which field ? – Literature
Population of female a/c in census ? – 586.46 million
Vienna is the capital of which country? – Austria
International Labour Org. headquarter is at? – Geneva
Minimum capital required for white label ATMs’? – 100 Crore
NITI ayog chairman is? – Narendra Modi
Commodity market regulator – FMC
DICGC is owned by – RBI
Vanbandhu kalyan yojna is for – Tribal peoples
Third Sunday of January is celebrated in memory of – Martin Luther King Jr.
Why RBI increase interest rates? – To increase liquidity

The cut off is expected to be more than 130-135 marks.

New India Assistant 2014-15 Result:

As the written exam was conducted online by IBPS, the result would be announced within a week or two. New India also announced AO 2015 result in one week itself. The qualified candidates would be called for interview and final selection is based on marks of online test and interview.

13 Jan

Banking Abbreviations(Imp. for Various IBPS Bank Exams)

Check out Banking Abbreviation complete list. This is useful for various IBPS bank exams.

NEW & LATEST ( BANKING Abbreviation )
1. BSBDA – Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account
2. FCNR(B) – Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank
3. TARC – Tax Administration Reform Commission
4. ITEs: Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures
5. LCR: Liquidity Coverage Ratio
6. NSFR: Net Stable Funding Ratio
7. LRMT: Liquidity risk monitoring tools
8. CBS: Core Banking Solution
9. DEAF: Depositor Education and Awareness Fund
10. CRAR: Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio
11. External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)
12. SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
13. FSLRC: Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
14. MIBOR: Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate
15. LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offer Rate
16. LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility
17. GIRO – Government Internal Revenue Order
18. EEFC – Exchange Earner’s Foreign Currency
19. FRBMA: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act
20. ALM- Asset Liability Management
21. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India.
22. TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement
23. CAR – Cash Adequacy Ratio
24. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
25. CECA – Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
26. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
27. DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
28. DTC – Direct Tax Code
29. ECBs – External Commercial Borrowings
30. EEFC – Exchange Earner’s Foreign Currency
31. EFSF – European Financial Stability Facility
32. FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act
33. FII – Foreign Institutional Investor.
34. FINO- Financial Inclusion Network Operation
35. FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion board
36. FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
37. FTA- Free trade agreement
38. GAAR – General anti avoidance rule
39. GSLV – Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle
40. MSF-Marginal Standing Facility
41. NBFC-Non Banking Finance Companies
42. NCTC – National Counter-Terrorism Centre
43. NEFT – National Electronic Funds Transfer
44. NSG – Nuclear Suppliers Group
45. PPP – Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity
46. PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch vehicle
47. RTGS – Real Time Gross Settlement
48. SLR-Statutory Liquidity Ratio
49. TAPI – Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India.
50. QFI -Qualified Foreign Investors

We will keep updating this list with more abbreviations. So keep checking again.

13 Jan

New India Insurance AO 2014-2015 Cutoff, Analysis & Result

New India Assurance Co. Ltd.(NIACL) conducted the online written test for the selection of Administrative Officer on January 11 & 12, 2015. The exam was conducted online – objective test and thousands of candidates from over India has appeared in the examination.

New India AO 2014 Cutoff and Analysis:

– Quantitative was moderate in difficulty level but time consuming and lengthy.Topics include DI, simplifications, average,partnership, age, etc.
– Reasoning was easy to moderate in difficulty level.Topics include seating arrangement, puzzles,coding, decoding, etc. just like IBPS PO, Clerk.
– General awareness was moderate in difficulty level.
– English was easy to moderate in difficulty level. Questions were tricky and passage was lengthy.

Some of the GK questions:
1.Energy day
2.Greece currency
3.Private sector bank min initial capital to invest.
4 Niacl max share held by
5. Cambodia capital
6.Biography on narendra modi author
7. Nre account
8.NAV
9.Hornbill festival celebrated by which state
10.a que on PMJDY
11.Governance day
12.IT minister
13.Sansad gram yojana

The cut off is expected to be more than 125-130 marks.

Job Bond IN UIIC, GIC, NICL, New India, Oriental:

In case any candidate is still unaware – in all four general insurance companies and GIC – you need to sign a bond for four years, otherwise damages equivalent to 1 year’s salary, will have to be paid.
+ If you resign within probation period i.e. of one year, you will have to pay additional 25,000 rupees as damages. But you can transfer this bond easily without paying any amount if you shift to any other government company.

New India AO 2014-15 Result:

As the written exam was conducted online, the result would be announced very soon. Next, candidates should start preparing for other examinations. The qualified candidates would be called for interview and final selection is based on marks of online test and interview.

Update: Check out the result of written exam of New India AO recruitment 2015.

01 Jan

UIIC(United Insurance) AO 2014 Cutoff, Analysis & Result

United Insurance of India(UIIC) conducted the online written test for the selection of Administrative Officer on December 28 & 29, 2014. The exam was conducted online – both objective and descriptive and thousands of candidates from over India has appeared in the examination.

UIIC AO 2014 Cutoff and Analysis:

– Quantitative and reasoning was moderate in difficulty level
– General awareness was easy
– Computer knowledge was very easy
– English was moderate in difficulty level

In descriptive test, there were 3 questions of 10 marks each:

1) Essay : select from any three topics -GIC and other two topics were also related to insurance.

2) Precis writing – Topic was Jan dhan yojna.

3) Letter writing 3 questions, select one.–Easy.

The cut off is expected to be more than 125-130 marks.

Job Bond IN UIIC, GIC, NICL, New India, Oriental:

In case any candidate is still unaware – in all four general insurance companies and GIC – you need to sign a bond for four years, otherwise damages equivalent to 1 year’s salary, will have to be paid.
+ If you resign within probation period i.e. of one year, you will have to pay additional 25,000 rupees as damages. But you can transfer this bond easily without paying any amount if you shift to any other government company.

UIIC AO 2013 Result:

As the written exam was conducted online, the result would be announced very soon. Next, candidates should start preparing for other examinations. The qualified candidates would be called for interview and final selection is based on marks of online test and interview.

Update: Check out the result of written exam here. Interview call letters would be available soon on United India website. Keep checking.

01 Jan

Best Books for NABARD Recruitment 2015

NABARD invites applications for the post of Assistant Manager (Grade ‘A’) in the Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS), Rajbhasha Service, Legal Service, Protocol & Security Service and Manager
(Grade ‘B’) (RDBS).

There are total of 128 posts. You can read the full advertisement here.

This is three phase selection process that includes:

1) Online Objective Exam
2) Subjective Exam
3) Interview

Check out Best Books for NABARD Recruitment 2015:

A) Phase 1 – Online Objective Exam:

This objective exam of RBI Grade B officers would consists of 200 questions which are further divided into 4 sections viz. Maths, English, Reasoning and General Awareness. The time is of two hours and there is a sectional cutoff.

A) English Language:

1) General English by Lucent Publications: The best book for the preparation of English section. All topics are explained in English and Hindi section.

B) General Intelligence and Reasoning:

1) Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey (BSC Publication): Great book available in the market to prepare high level reasoning. All topics are explained systematically.

C) Quantitative Aptitude:

1) Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant: My personal favourite in Maths that covers all basics and shortcuts in a relative intuitive manner. Hundreds of questions are also given at the end of each chapter for lots of practice.

If book is not available on Flipkart, buy it on Amazon:

D) General Awareness, Marketing & Computers:

1) Handbook on Computer Awareness: This Book is really useful for Recruitment Exams such as SBI PO, IBPS PO/RRB/Clerk, SSC, LIC AAO, Railways and entrance exams of MCA, MBA, BBA and similar courses.

If this book is not available, buy this book:

2) Guide to Banking General Awareness and Banking Aptitude Test: Great book for banking awareness section. It contains more than 1,000 questions for the preparation of Banking awareness section.

3) Marketing Aptitude / Computer Aptitude / General & Banking Awareness for RBI Exams: A Must have book that covers marketing aptitude, computer knowledge and banking awareness.

B) Phase 2 – Descriptive/Subjective Exam: The shortlisted candidates after the objective exam would be called for descriptive exam. It includes three papers:

(i) Paper I – English
(ii) Paper II – Economic and Social Issues
(iii) Paper III – Finance & Management.

Each of these three descriptive papers is of 3 hours duration and carries 100 marks.

1) Descriptive General English by SP Bakshi: This amazing book covers many letters, essays, precis, reports, etc. in a very detailed manner. This is THE MUST BUY BOOK for descriptive portion.

2) Indian Economy : For Civil Services Examinations 5th Edition: Great book to prepare for Economics paper.

We will update more related books for descriptive paper once the results of objective exam is out. So you are advised to bookmark this page and visit here again for more updates.

01 Jan

Best Books for National Insurance AO Recruitment 2015(Paper Pattern)

National Insurance Company Ltd. invites applications from the eligible candidates for the recruitment of 362 (Three Sixty Two) Officers in Scale I cadre. You can read the advertisement here.

The paper pattern is as follows:

For Generalists:

200 Marks – Five Sections – English, Maths, Reasoning, General awareness and Descriptive Test(Essay, Precis and Comprehension)

For Specialists:

200 Marks – Six Sections – English, Maths, Reasoning, General awareness, Specialist Subject and Descriptive Test(Essay, Precis and Comprehension)

Check out Best Books for National Insurance AO Recruitment 2015:

A) English Language:

1) General English by Lucent Publications: The best book for the preparation of English section. All topics are explained in English and Hindi section.

B) General Intelligence and Reasoning:

1) Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey (BSC Publication): Great book available in the market to prepare high level reasoning. All topics are explained systematically.

C) Quantitative Aptitude:

1) Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant: My personal favourite in Maths that covers all basics and shortcuts in a relative intuitive manner. Hundreds of questions are also given at the end of each chapter for lots of practice.

If book is not available on Flipkart, buy it on Amazon:

D) General Awareness, Marketing & Computers:

1) Handbook on Computer Awareness: This Book is really useful for Recruitment Exams such as SBI PO, IBPS PO/RRB/Clerk, SSC, LIC AAO, Railways and entrance exams of MCA, MBA, BBA and similar courses.

If this book is not available, buy this book:

2) Guide to Banking General Awareness and Banking Aptitude Test: Great book for banking awareness section. It contains more than 1,000 questions for the preparation of Banking awareness section.

3) Marketing Aptitude / Computer Aptitude / General & Banking Awareness for RBI Exams: A Must have book that covers marketing aptitude, computer knowledge and banking awareness.

For general awareness or current affairs section, you need to read newspaper daily or like our Facebook page to get current affairs daily or follow our monthly current affairs section on this website.

E) Descriptive English:

1) Descriptive General English by SP Bakshi: This amazing book covers many letters, essays, precis, reports, etc. in a very detailed manner. This is THE MUST BUY BOOK for descriptive portion.

F) Professional Knowledge:

1) Finance & Accounts:

2) Automobile Engineering for the Students of B.E. / B.Tech. of all Technical Universities of India:

3) Specialist Officer – LAW Officer Online Exam Practice Work Book by Kiran Prakashan: Complete book for Law Officer preparation.

4) Specialist Officers – I.T. Officer Practice Work Book (With Free CD) by Kiran Prakashan: Complete one book for IT Officer post.

All the best.