Monthly Archives: September 2016

12 Sep

IBPS RRB CWE V (Officers and Office Assistants) 2016 Notification & Best Books

IBPS has issued the notification of Common Recruitment EXAMINCATION for Recruitment of Officers (Scale-I, II & III) & Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs).
The last date to apply online is 30th September 2016.
Check out details below.

Name of the Organization : Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)

Name of the Recruitment : IBPS RRB V (Recruitment of Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)

Important Dates :
Starting Date of Online Registrations : 14th September 2016
Last Date for Online Registration : 30th September 2106
Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training for Officer Scale-I : After 10.10.2016
Conduct of Pre-Exam Training for Officer Scale-I : 17th October 2016 to 22nd October 2016
Download of call letters for Pre- Exam Training for Office Assistants : After 17.10.2016
Conduct of Pre-Exam Training for Office Assistants : 24th October 2016 to 29th October 2016
Download of call letters for online examinations
Preliminary Officer Scale-I : October 2016
Office Assistants : November 2016

Online Examinations Dates :

Preliminary Officer Scale-I : 5th & 6th of November 2016
Office Assistants : 12th, 13th & 19th November 2016
Result of Online exam – Preliminary Officer Scale-I – November 2016
Office Assistant- December 2016
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main Officer Scale-I – November 2016
Office Assistant- December 2016
Online Examination – Main Officers (I, II & III) – 11.12.2016
Office Assistant – 18.12.2016
Declaration of Result – Main (For Officers Scale I, II and III) December 2016
Download of call letters for interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III) December 2016
Conduct of interview (For Officers Scale I, II and III) January 2017
Provisional Allotment (For Officers Scale I, II and III & Office Assistants) February 2017

Application Fee :

Officer (Scale I, II & III)
Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates.
Rs. 600/- for all others

Office Assistant (Multipurpose)

Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PWD/EXSM candidates.
Rs. 600/- for all others

Check out Best Books for the preparation of this exam here.

Check out complete notification here.

12 Sep

Common Errors in English Usage with Explanations

Common Errors in English Usage with Explanations:

Our boarding is full. (wrong)
Our boarding-house is full. (correct)
Our hostel is full. (correct)
Explanation : Boarding refers to an arrangement according to which pupils live in school during the term whereas a boarding house refers to a private house providing food and lodging to its paying guests.
Give my B.C.s to all. (wrong)
Give my kind(est) regards to all. (correct)
Explanation : Avoid using short terms not in use.
He hit an over boundary. (wrong)
He hit a six (or, a sixer). (correct)
Explanation : If a batsman hits for six runs, it is called a sixer, and not over boundary.
There are two waiting members in our party. (wrong)
There are two reserves on our side. (correct)
There are two reserves in our team. (correct)
Explanation : Since we have a specific term ‘reserve’ to refer to the waiting members of a team we call them by it.
We like taking part in drama. (wrong)
We like acting (plays). (correct)
Explanation : ‘Drama’ is rarely used nowadays in the sense in which an Indian schoolboy is likely to use it, that is to say to mean a play, whether acted by professionals or amateurs.
We are all fellow brothers. (wrong)
We are all brothers. (correct)
Explanation : As an adject, the term fellow is redundant here because it refers to the sharing of a quality or relationship, which brothers indicates.
I passed the noon in study. (wrong)
I spent the middle of the day working. (correct)
Explanation : ‘Noon’ means exactly twelve o’clock in the middle of the day and not a period of time round about that hour.
He got a bad companionship. (wrong)
He got into bad company. (correct)
Explanation : Note the difference between companionship and company.
One of my servant tells me. (wrong)
One of my servants tells me. (correct)
Explanation : The noun following ‘one of’, ‘none of’, ‘some of’ and similar expressions must be plural in number, but the verb should agree in number with the subject of the sentence, which is singular.
I took a bath in the sea. (wrong)
I had a bathe in the sea. (correct)
Explanation : Use ‘bath’ when the object of entering the water is to clean yourself; use ‘bathe’ when the object is to swim or to enjoy yourself.
Both did not go. (wrong)
Neither went. (correct)
Explanation : If both are excluded from an action, we use neither.