Attention all aspirants out there! The State Bank of India (SBI) has postponed the SBI Specialist Officers Exam to the month of January 2017. The examination was originally scheduled to be held in the month of November 2016. SBI released this news via its official notification on its official website. The State Bank of India (SBI) has released notifications for conducting examinations for posts of Test Lead, Developer, Tester, Manager, Statistician, Admin Support Officer, Application Architect, Business Architect, Technology Relationship Manager, Assistant Manager and various other posts.

The State Bank of India (SBI) had started inviting applications for SBI Specialist Officer from 4^th of October 2016 to 31^st of October 2016. As per the previous date of the examination, the admit cards for SBI Specialist Officers exam was released but the bank notified that the exam is postponed. The examination will be conducted on 22^nd of January as per the latest notice.

Click the link below to view the official notice of SBI:   

Official Notice of SBI

SBI Specialist Officer Exam Pattern: 

Students are advised to take this notice in this right spirit and invest the additional days in preparing yourself better. Stay tuned with our website for more information. Good luck!

The key ladder to success is “efficient preparation”. But then, efficiency is directly proportional to sound practice. The IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016 Mains examination is approaching on 26^th and 27^th of November 2016 & 3^rd and 4^th of December 2016 and students are all into rigorous preparation. Meanwhile, we bring you a complete overview of the IBPS Clerk examination exam pattern and syllabus.

The preliminary examination for IBPS Clerk 2016 is scheduled to be held on November and December (i.e. November 26 and 27, December 3 and 4 if required).

IBPS Clerk 2016: Exam Pattern

The recruitment exam for clerical post in IBPS exam is divided into two written sections: Preliminary and Mains.

(a) Pattern for IBPS Clerk 2016 Preliminary Examination:

(b) Pattern for IBPS Clerk 2016 Mains Examination:

Negative Marking: For every wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted.

For unmarked answers, no deduction is applicable. Final scores will be normalized.

Difficulty level: The questions will be of basic to moderate difficulty level in IBPS Clerk Prelims exam while difficulty level will be moderate to high in the Mains exam.

Candidates can apply online for the IBPS Clerk exam 2016 before last date 12 September.

Stay tuned for more updates. Follow our website for more info. Till then, good luck and prepare well !

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is recruiting candidates to fill up the post of 85 Development Assistants(DA). The NABARD DA prelims exam was held on 10 November 2016. The result of NABARD DA pre exam was announced on 17 November.

Those who have qualified in the exam will have to appear for the next phase which is the mains exam. The exam date for NABARD DA mains is  8 December 2016.

NABARD DA Mains 2016 Admit Card:

The admit card for the mains exam is now available on the official website. Candidates are required to download the call letter or admit card before 8 December. No admit card will be dispatched to home.

We are providing the direct link below to download the admit card.To download your NABARD Development Assistant Mains admit card, you need to enter your Registration Number and Date of Birth or Password and Click on Submit Button.

The exam details like date, time and venue will be mentioned in the admit card along with candidate information. It is advised to verify the necessary details and notify the authority in case of any errors.

NABARD Development Assistants Mains Exam Pattern

The test will be of 90 minutes hours duration consist of 4 Sections for total 150 marks.  It will have both Objective and Descriptive test.

(A) The Objective Exam Pattern is given below:

(B) The Descriptive exam will comprise English Language Test (Essay, Precis, Report / Letter Writing).This test will be of 30 minutes duration for total 50 marks.

Stay tuned with us more more updates. Till then, prepare, practice and grow!

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IBPS PO Mains 2016: Expected Cut- off Marks:

IBPS PO 2015 Cut off Category wise (Mains Exam)

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Hope you are doing great! Finally the wait for IBPS PO Mains exam is over and it is now time for Aspirants to apply their learning and come closer to their dream job. IBPS PO Mains targets to recruit 8822 vacancies in PO/ MT cadre in around 20 public banks. The IBPS PO Mains examination is scheduled to be conducted on 20^th of November 2016. The examination will be held in two slots i.e. 1^st slot will be from 8:00 AM onwards and 2^nd slot will be from 12:30 AM onwards.

We advise students to take a quick look at the analysis which will make them get an idea of questions asked in the IBPS PO Mains examination 2016.

Overall analysis of IBPS PO Mains 2016 of Slot 1 - 20^th November 2016

The overall level of the examination was of  Moderate to Difficult level. The overall good attempts required to clear the cut- off marks is 105 -135. It seemed that today IBPS followed the pattern of SBI Mains. 

IBPS PO Mains 2016 of Slot 1 held on 20^th November 2016: Summary of the Section wise Analysis

(A) English Language Section:

Good attempts to clear cut off marks: If you attempt 17 - 20 questions, you will easily be able to clear the cut off marks.

Difficulty Level: The questions asked from this section were of Moderate to Difficult level.

Analysis:

• Reading Comprehension – 15 Questions in 2 sets ( Economy, Informal vs. Formal Economy)
• Phrase Starter based questions – 5 Questions
• Para Completion – 5 Questions (A short paragraph along with 5 statements in the options. The most appropriate sentence need to be selected)
• Synonyms and Antonyms Questions – 5 Questions
• Sentence Improvement – 5 Questions 
• Correct sentence identification – 5 Questions

(B) Quantitative Aptitude Section:

Good attempts to clear cut off marks: If you attempt 18 -21 questions, you will easily be able to clear the cut off marks.

Difficulty Level: The questions asked from this section were of  Difficult level.

Analysis:

• Data Interpretation – 20 Questions in 4 sets
  (a) Paragraph DI was based on Production & Consumption of 3 different cereals in different years
  (b) Missing DI was based on Investment and Profit.
  (c) Pie Chart DI was based on 2 product brands A, B sold on different shops.
  (d) Line Graph DI was based on number of visitors in 2 different theatres in different months
• Number Series – 5 Questions - Indentify wrong number from the given set.
  (a) 3   6   15   45   113   243
  (b) 33   39   56   85   127   178
  (c) 13   27   45   117   333   981   2925
  (d) 7   4   9   21   52.5   160.5
  (e) 7   9   21   67   275
• Simplification and Approximation – 5 Questions
• Data Sufficiency – 10 questions
• Miscellaneous – 10 Questions (Probability – 1 question, Partnership – 2 question, Average – 1 question, Mensuration – 1 question, Mixture and Alligation – 1 question, Boats and Streams – 1 question, Time and Work – 1 question)

(C) Reasoning Ability Section:

Good attempts to clear cut off marks: If you attempt 17 - 20 questions, you will easily be able to clear the cut off marks.

Difficulty Level: The questions asked from this section were of  Moderate to Difficult  level.

Analysis:

• Syllogism – 5 Questions (Tricky)
• Seating Arrangement/ Puzzles – 20 questions in 4 sets
  (a) Based on meeting of 8 different people in 4 different months on 2 days – 13th and 22nd. Different cases were given for this.
  (b) Based on 9 people who belonged to 3 different departments – HR, IT and Marketing with positions of Manager and Senior Manager in each. The questions was tricky.
  (c) One Puzzle was row based.
  (d) Floor based puzzle – 10 people living on 4 different floors with 3 flats on each floor. 2 were unoccupied.
• Logical Reasoning- 10 Questions (Based on Statement assumption, selection procedure based)
• Coding Decoding –  5 Questions (coding if sentences)
• Miscellaneous – 10 Questions (Time and Distance questions, Direction sense questions) 

(D) General Awareness Section:

Good attempts to clear cut off marks: If you attempt 21 - 24 questions, you will easily be able to clear the cut off marks.

Difficulty Level: The questions asked from this section were of Easy level.

Questions asked :

• Name of City and Country where NATO Summit 2017 took place?
• Which Bank is not regulated by RBI?
• Typhoon HAIMA recently came in which country?
• Nobel Price in Economy awarded for work in which area?
• What does E stand for in EFTPOS? Electronic (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale)

(E) Computer Knowledge Section:

Good attempts to clear cut off marks: If you attempt 13 - 17 questions, you will easily be able to clear the cut off marks.

Difficulty Level: The questions asked from this section were of Easy level.

Questions asked  :

• 1 Nibble = 4 bits
• Re-name Functions in MS Word ?
• Name of IBM supercomputer ? Ans - WATSON
• IC in which generation ? Ans – 3rd generation
• Which of the following is not an mobile OS?Ans  – Safari

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IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016 examination is going to be held on 26^th and 27^th November and 3^rd and 4^th December 2016 and is going to act like a “gateway” for IBPS Clerk Prelims examination. It is one of the most prestigious examinations in the “clerical cadre”. We bring you a 7 day study plan/ one week study plan to crack IBPS Clerk Pre Exam 2016.

Before going on to the plan, let us take a look at the pattern of the IBPS Clerk Pre Exam 2016:

IBPS Clerk Pre Exam 2016: Pattern

After taking a look at the pattern of IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam 2016, let us take a look at the important topics of each section:

Let us now take a look at the distribution of marks (section- wise) which will give you an idea of how many marks is asked from section:

IBPS Clerk Prelims Reasoning Ability 2015 Marks Distribution:

IBPS Clerk Prelims English Language 2015 Marks Distribution:

IBPS Clerk Prelims Numerical Ability 2015 Marks Distribution:

IBPS Clerk Prelims Examination 2016: One week Study Plan/ 7 days Study Plan

Are you confused of how to prepare in just a time of 7 days/ 1 week? We bring you the perfect plan to crack IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016 in just 7 days:

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2016: Some Important Do’s and Don’ts/ Preparation Tips

• Please learn how to manage time. Time management will help you solve all the questions within a genuine time limit and will make you save time as well.

• Don’t waste time on questions you are not sure about. This will kill you time and affect your performance because of negative marking.

• Try to improve your accuracy. This habit will help you to solve questions faster than before.

• Don’t lose faith on your efforts. Be confident and believe in yourself.

We hope that you perform well and get outstanding result. Stay tuned for more updates. Till then, Keep Learning!

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims 2016 examination is on a very good scale in selecting appropriate candidates via its recruitment examinations. The examination is scheduled to be held on 12^th November 2016, 13^th November 2016 and 19^th December 2016. In this article, we bring you the analysis of slots 4 and slots 5 of IBPS RRB Office Assistant/ Clerk Prelims examination 2016 held on 19^th December 2016.

The timings of slot 4 and slot 5 are as follows: Slot 4- 2: 00 PM onwards and Slot 5- 4: 00 PM onwards.

Now it’s time for the slot- wise analysis of Slot 4 and Slot 5 of IBPS RRB Office Assistant/ Clerk Prelims examination 2016 held on 19^th November 2016.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims: Slot 4/Shift 4

IBPS RRB Office Assistant/Clerk Prelims – 19^th November 2016 (Slot 4): Overall Analysis

The overall difficulty level of the fourth shift was Easy to Moderate. The overall good attempts of the fourth slot was 60-64.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant/ Clerk Prelims – 19^th November 2016 (Slot 4): Summary of Analysis

(A) Reasoning Ability:

(i) Good Attempts:  When you attend 32-34 number of questions you will surely be able to clear the cut- off marks.

(ii) Difficulty level:  The difficulty level of the section was Easy .

(iii) Topics and No. of Questions

1. Syllogism – 5 Questions (Easy).

2. Inequality – 5 Questions (Easy) .

3. Alphabetical Series – 5 Questions

4. Puzzle / Seating Arrangement – 10 Questions

5.  Miscellaneous Questions  – 15 Questions (Easy to Moderate)  (including blood relations, direction based questions).

(B) Quantitative Aptitude:

(i) Good Attempts:  When you attend 29-32 number of questions you will surely be able to clear the cut- off marks.

(ii) Difficulty level:  The difficulty level of the section was Easy to Moderate.

(iii) Topics and No. of Questions

1. Number Series – 5 Questions (Easy).

2. Data Interpretation–  5 Questions (Easy to Moderate) (Tabular Graph).

3. Simplification/ Approximation – 15 Questions (Easy ).

5. Miscellaneous – 15 Questions (Moderate).

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims: Slot 5/Shift 5

IBPS RRB Office Assistant/ Clerk Prelims – 19^th November 2016 (Slot 5): Overall Analysis

The overall difficulty level of the fifth shift was Easy to Moderate. The overall good attempts of the fourth slot was 55-60.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant/ Clerk Prelims – 19^th November 2016 (Slot 5): Summary of Analysis

(A) Reasoning Ability:

(i) Good Attempts:  When you attend 32-34 number of questions you will surely be able to clear the cut- off marks.
(ii) Difficulty level:  The difficulty level of the section was Easy.

(iii) Topics and No. of Questions

1. Syllogism – 5 Questions (Easy)

2.  Inequality –  5 Questions (Easy)

3.   Puzzle / Seating Arrangement – 10 Questions 

4.  Alpha Numeric Series – 5 Questions (Easy)

5. Miscellaneous Questions  – 15 Questions (Easy to Moderate)  (including blood relations, Ranking, Distance & direction based questions)

(B) Quantitative Aptitude:

(i) Good Attempts:  When you attend 27-30 number of questions you will surely be able to clear the cut- off marks.

(ii) Difficulty level:  The difficulty level of the section was Easy to Moderate.

(iii) Topics and No. of Questions

1. Number Series – 5 Questions (Easy).

2. Data Interpretation– 5 Questions (Easy to Moderate).

3. Simplification – 10 Questions (Easy).

4. Miscellaneous Questions – 20 Questions (Moderate)

IBPS RRB Assistant/Clerk Prelims 2016 examination: Expected Cut- Off

The cut- off marks basically refers to the marks required to clear a specific examination. Let us take a look at the IBPS RRB Assistant/ Clerk Prelims 2016 examination.

Overall cut off marks (category):

Section- wise cut off marks:

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IBPS Office Assistant Prelims Exam 2016 is getting overwhelming responses from the candidates. The candidates who will qualify in the IBPS RRB Assistant Prelims Exam will qualify for the IBPS Office Assistant Mains Exam 2016. Students are extremely curious to come across the analysis of slots 2 and 3. We are here with the analysis of the 2^nd and 3^rd shifts of IBPS RRB Assistant Prelims Exam analysis held on 18^th of November 2016.

Note: Please note that there will be no interviews. The timings of fourth and fifth slots will be 2: 00 PM and 4: 00 PM.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant/Clerk Prelims: Slot 2

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims – 19^th November 2016 (Slot 2): Overall Analysis

The overall difficulty level of the second shift was Easy to Moderate. The overall good attempts to clear the cut- off marks can be  61- 65 marks.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims – 18^th November 2016 (Slot 2): Summary of Analysis

(A) Reasoning Ability:

(i) Attempts to clear the cut- off marks- Try to attend 30 to 34 number of questions which will make it easy.

(ii) Difficulty level:  Reasoning section was of Easy level.

1. Syllogism –  5 Questions (Easy)

2. Inequalities –  5 Questions (Easy) (Direct Questions)

3. Puzzles/ Seating Arrangement – 10 Questions (1 Linear arrangement – 7 people, all facing north and 1 Circular arrangement – All the people facing the centre)

4. Alphabetical Series –   5 Questions

5. Miscellaneous Questions – 15 Questions (Easy to Moderate)

(B) Quantitative Aptitude:

(i) Attempts to clear the cut- off marks - Try to attend  29 to 32 number of questions which will make it easy.

(ii) Difficulty level: Quantitative Aptitude was of Easy to Moderatelevel

1. Number Series – 5 Questions (Easy)

2. Data Interpretation– 5 Questions (Easy to Moderate) 

3. Approximation – 5 Questions (Easy)

4. Simplification  - 10 Questions (Easy )

5. Miscellaneous – 15 Questions (Moderate)

IBPS RRB Office Assistant/Clerk Prelims: Slot 3

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims – 19^th November 2016 (Slot 3): Overall Analysis

The overall difficulty level of the third shift was Easy to Moderate. The overall good attempts to clear the cut- off marks can be 60-64 marks.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims – 18^th November 2016 (Slot 3): Summary of Analysis

(A) Reasoning Ability:

(i) Attempts to clear the cut- off marks – You need to attend 32 -36 number of questions in order to clear the cut- off marks.

(ii) Difficulty level:  Reasoning section was of  Easy level.

1. Syllogism – 5 Questions (Easy)

2. Inequalities – 5 Questions (Easy) (Direct Questions)

3. Puzzles/Seating Arrangement– 10 Questions (Easy)

4. Alpha Numeric Series  –  5 Questions (Easy)

5. Miscellaneous Questions –  15 Questions (Easy to Moderate)  (including blood relations, Ranking, Distance & direction based questions)

(B) Quantitative Aptitude:

(i) Attempts to clear the cut- off marks - You need to attend 29-33 number of questions in order to clear the cut- off marks.

(ii) Difficulty level: Quantitative Aptitude was of Easy to Moderate level

1. Number Series – 5 Questions (Easy)

2. Data Interpretation –  5 Questions (Easy to Moderate)

3. Approximation –  5 Questions (Easy)

4. Simplification – 10 Questions (Easy )

5. Miscellaneous – 15 Questions (Moderate)

We hope that this article helps you.Stay tuned for updates on 4^th and 5^th slots….Till then, Happy Learning!

“You create your own opportunities”

The IBPS RRB Assistant Prelims examination is one of the most “sought after” examinations of all times. The examination was scheduled on three dates i.e. 12^th November 2016, 13^th November 2016 and 19^th November 2016. The candidates who will manage to qualify the IBPS RRB Assistant/Clerk Prelims examination will qualify for the IBPS RRB Assistant Mains 2016 examination.

Before having a look at the analysis of IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims, let us take a look at the IBPS RRB Office Assistant/Clerk Prelims Exam Pattern:

Note: For the IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims examination, there will be no interviews

Please note that the timings of the second, third, fourth and fifth slots are 10: 00 AM, 12: 00 PM, 2: 00 PM and 4: 00 PM respectively.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant/Clerk Prelims: 19 November 2016 (Slot 1)

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims – 19^th November 2016 (Slot 1): Overall Analysis

The overall difficulty level of slot 1 of IBPS RRB Assistant Prelims exam held on 19^th November 2016 was  Easy to Moderate The overall good attempts to clear cut- off marks can be 57 - 62 questions.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Prelims – 19^th November 2016 (Slot 1): Summary of Analysis

 (A) Reasoning Ability:

(i) Good Attempts : Try to attempt  25 - 29 number of questions which will help you easily clear the cut off marks.

(ii) Difficulty level: The difficulty of this section was Easy to Moderate.

(iii) Topics from which questions were asked:

(B) Quantitative Aptitude:

(i) Good Attempts: Try to attempt 23 - 27 number of questions which will help you easily clear the cut off marks.

(ii) Difficulty level: The difficulty of this section was Moderate.

(iii) Topics from which questions were asked:

The Miscellaneous questions were based on Time and Work, Profit and Loss, Ratio and Proportion, Distance and Time, Percentage etc.

Questions asked in slot 1/ shift 1:

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IBPS PO Mains 2016 is approaching and students are preparing for the best to crack it. The examination has been one of the most competitive ones because of the number of candidates appearing every year. It is scheduled on 20^th of November 2016.

The IBPS PO examination is conducted in three phases:

• Preliminary Exam 

• Mains Exam

• Interview

IBPS PO Mains 2016: Pattern

The paper of IBPS PO Mains 2016 will consist of 5 sections as follows:

IBPS PO Mains 2016: Previous year questions asked in IBPS PO Mains 2015

Questions asked in Quantitative Aptitude:

1. A bakery bakes cake with the expectation that it will earn a profit of 40% by selling each cake at marked price. But during the delivery to showroom 16% of the cakes were completely damaged and hence could not be sold. 24% of the cakes were slightly damaged and hence could be sold at 80% of the cost price. The remaining 60% of the cakes were sold at marked price. What is the percentage profit in the whole consignment?

(1) 3.2 (2) 2.4 (3) 2.8 (4) 4.2 (5) 3.6 2.

2. A professional institute’s total expenditure on students for a particular course is partly fixed and partly varies linearly with the number of students. The average expense per student is Rs. 615 when there are 24 students and Rs. 465 when there are 40 students. What is the average expense when there are 60 students?

(1) Rs. 370 (2) Rs. 450 (3) Rs. 350 (4) Rs. 420 (5) Rs. 390

3. A, B and C have to type 506 pages to finish an assignment. A can type a page in 12 minutes, B in 15 minutes and C in 24 minutes. If they divide the task into three parts so that all three of them spend equal amount of time in typing what is the number of pages that B should type?

(1) 172 (2) 176 (3) 154 (4) 168 (5) 164

4. What is the ratio of the number of females who watch Breaking Bad in City Q and City S together to the number of females who watch Mentalist in the same cities together?

(1) 59: 47 (2) 55: 48 (3) 59: 42 (4) 55: 43 (5) 59: 45

Questions asked in Reasoning Ability

1. How many persons are standing between Land K in a straight line of 19 persons? (Note: All are standing in a straight line, facing north).

I. Y stands on the extreme left end of the line. Only five persons stand between Y and K. Only six persons stand between K and R. Only four persons stand between R and L.

II. J stands exactly in the middle of the line. Only two persons stand between I and J. Only five persons stand between I and L. I stands to the left of L. K stands third to the left of J.

(1) The data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

(2) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

(3) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(4) The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

(5) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

2. Among six persons A, B, C, D, E and F standing around a circle, some of them are facing the centre while others are facing outside ( i. e. opposite to the centre.). What is the position of A with respect to E?

(Note: Facing the same direction means, if one is facing the centre then the other is also facing the centre and vice versa. Facing the opposite directions means, if one is facing the centre then the other is facing outside and vice versa).

1. C stands second to the right of E. E faces outside. C is an immediate neighbour of both D and B. F stands second to the left of D. D faces the same direction as E.

2. Only two persons stand between B and E. Both B and E face outside. E is an immediate neighbour of both D and F. B is an immediate neighbour of both C and A. A is not an immediate neighbour of D.

(1) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

(2) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(3) The data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

(4) The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

(5) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

3. How is X related to N?

I. X is mother of J. T is married to Z. N is daughter of T. Z is brother of J.

II. X is married to Y. Y is father of J. J is married to L. J is uncle of N.

(1) The data even in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

(2) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

(3) The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question.

(4) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

(5) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.

Questions asked in Computer Knowledge:

1. Which of the following places the common data elements in order from smallest to largest?

(1) Bit, byte, character, record, field, file, database

(2) Database, file, record, field, character

(3) Character, record, field, database, file

(4) Character, file, record, field, database

(5) Character, field, record, file, database

2. Specialised programs that assist users in locating information on the web are called

(1) Web browsers

(2) Information engines

(3) Data engines

(4) Search engines

(5) None of these

3. What is the term for unsolicited e-mail?

(1) Flamming

(2) Usenet

(3) Spam

(4) Backbone

(5) News Group 4. Processor speed is measured in

(1) Bytes

(2) Gigabytes

(3) Gigahertz

(4) Megabytes

(5) Kilobytes

Questions asked in General Awareness:

1. Which of the following is the boundary line between India and Pakistan?’

(1) 17th Parallel

(2) Radcliffe line

(3) Other than those given as options

(4) Hindenburg Line

(5) McMahon Line

2. Banks generally insist account holders to nominate persons to whom the money lying in their accounts should go in the event of

(1) Death of account holder

(2) Illness of account holder

(3) Account holder migrates

(4) Account holder turns bankrupt

(5) Other than those given as options

3. Credit Risk refers to the risk that

(1) Borrower may opt to get necessary permit/licences

(2) Wrong strategy is adopted

(3) A borrower will default on any type of debt

(4) Loan processing may be faulty

(5) Interest rate in the markets may increase

4. Which of the following is the currency of Cambodia?

(1) Cambodian Dollar

(2) Ringgit

(3) Peso

(4) Riel

(5) Other than those given as options

Questions asked in English Language:

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

Today, emerging markets account for more than half of world GDP on the basis of purchasing power, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In the 1990s, it was about a third. In the late 1990s, 30% of countries in the developing world managed to increase their output per person faster than America did, thus achieving what is called “catch-up growth”. That catching up was somewhat lackadaisical: the gap closed at just 1.5% a year. Some of this was due to slower growth in America; most was not. The most impressive growth was in four of the biggest emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs). These economies have grown in different ways and for different reasons. The remarkable growth of emerging markets in general and BRICs in particular transformed the global economy in many ways, some wrenching. Commodity prices particularly soared and the cost of manufacture and labour sank. A growing and vastly more accessible pool of labour in emerging economies played a part in both wage stagnation and rising income inequality in rich ones. Global poverty rates tumbled. Gaping economic imbalances fuelled an era of financial vulnerability and laid the groundwork for global crisis. The shift towards the emerging economies will continue. But its most tumultuous phase seems to have more or less reached its end. Growth rates have dropped. The nature of their growth is in the process of changing, too and its new mode will have fewer direct effects on the rest of the world. The likelihood of growth in other emerging economies having an effect in the near future comparable to that of BRICs in the recent past is low. The emerging giants will grow larger, and their ranks will swell but their tread will no longer shake the Earth as once it did. After the 1990s there followed ‘convergence with a vengeance’. China’s pivot towards liberalisation and global markets came at a propitious time in terms of politics, business and technology. Rich economies were feeling relaxed about globalisation and current account deficits. America, booming and confident, was not troubled by the growth of Chinese industry or by off-shoring jobs to India. And the technology etc. necessary to assemble and maintain complex supply chains were coming into their own, allowing firms to spread their operations between countries and across oceans. The tumbling costs of shipping and communication sparked globalisation’s “second unbundling” (the first was the simple ability to provide consumers in one place with goods from another). As longer supply chains infiltrated and connected places with large and fast-growing working-age populations, enormous quantities of cheap new labour became accessible. Advanced economies added about 160m non-farm jobs between 1980 and 2010. In 2007 China’s economy expanded by an eye-popping 14.2%. India managed 10.1 % growth, Russia 8.5% and Brazil 6.1 %. The IMF now reckons there will be slowdown in growth. China will grow by just 7.8% in 2013, India by 5.6% and Russia and Brazil by 2.5%. Other countries have impressive growth potential. The “Next 11” (N11) includes Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria and Turkey. But there are various reasons to think that this N11 cannot have an impact on the same scale as that of the BRICs. The first is that these economies are smaller. The N11 has a population of just over 1.3 billion -less than half that of the BRICs. The second is that the Nil is richer now than the BRICs were back in the day. The third reason that the performance of the BRICs cannot be repeated is the very success of that performance. The world economy is much larger than it used to be - twice as big in real terms as it was in 1992, according to IMF figures. But whether or not the world can build on a remarkable era of growth will depend in large part on whether the new giants tread a path towards greater global co-operation - or stumble, fall and, in times of tumult and in the worst case, fight.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is a reason for the author’s prediction regarding N11 countries?

(1) N11 countries are poorer, have less resources than BRIC countries and do not have much scope to grow.

(2) The size of these countries is too great to fuel a high rate of growth as expected by BRICs countries.

(3) The world economy is so large that the magnitude of growth from these countries will have to be huge to equal the growth of BRICs.

(4) These economies are agricultural and have not opened up their economies yet so their scope of growth is greater than that of BRlCs.

(5) Other than those given as options

2. What is the author’s view of globalisation’s “second unbundling”?

(1) It-proved beneficial since it created a large number of jobs and tremendous growth in cross border trade.

(2) It disturbed the fragile balance of power among BRIC nations and caused internal strife.

(3) It caused untold damage to America’s economy since it restricted the spread of American farms off-shore.

(4) It proved most beneficial for the agricultural sector, creating huge employment opportunities.

(5) Citizens in advanced countries became much better off than those in emerging economies.

3. Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word TUMBLING given in bold as used in the passage.

(1) Jumbling

(2) Confusing

(3) Reducing

(4) Dilapidated

(5) Hurrying

4. What do the comparative statistics of 2007 and 2013 for BRICs countries published by, the IMF as cited in the passage indicate?

(1) BRIC economies will contribute less to global growth.

(2) As the population of these countries grows, its growth rate is filling.

(3) The financial practices followed by these countries will continue to pay rich dividends.

(4) These countries are creating global financial imbalances to the detriment of smaller developing economies like Africa.

(5) IMF forecasts of growth rate for these countries have not been fulfilled.

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IBPS PO Mains 2016: Last Minute Preparation Tips

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1. Go through all the important topics and practice different types of questions. It will give you a sense of questions asked and the correct approach of solving them.

2. Prepare a time table and prepare by following it strictly. It will make you go through all the topics in a sequence.

3. Prepare notes and go through them while revision. Reviision will always make your preparation healthy and will make you enable the concepts well.

4. Take standard mock tests which will help you optimize your efforts. Mock tests will make you familiar with the pattern and increase your accuracy.

5. Pay more attention to the chapters having maximum weightage as they willl yield you more marks.

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