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.

MISHRA DHATU NIGAM LIMITED RECRUITMENT

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

STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION (SSC)
CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003

Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination 2012

Staff Selection Commission will conduct an All India Open Examination 21/10/2012 and 28/10/2012 for recruitment to the following posts for Data Entry Operator (DEO) and Lower Division Clerk (LDC):
 

Data Entry Operator (DEO) / Lower Division Clerk (LDC) :  No. of posts will be determined in due course, Pay Scale : Rs.5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs.2400/- for DEO and Rs.1900/- for LDC, Age : 18-27 years as on 01/08/2012,  Qualification : 12th Standard Pass or equivalent.

 Fee: Rs. 100/- (No fee for SC/ST/PH/Women and Ex-Serviceman) to be deposited in SBI cash by challan or by Online in SBI.

How to Apply : Last date for filling of the offline application is 10/08/2012 (5PM), last date is 17/08/2012 for candidates from far-flung areas.  Send your Applications to any Regional Director of SSC where you want to have your examination centre.  OR

You can also Apply in  Online from at SSC website at http://www.ssconline.nic.in/ or at http://www.sscregistration.sifyitest.com  up to 08/08/2012 for Part-I registration and up to 10/08/2012 for Part-II Registration.

For further details, please view  http://ssc.nic.in/notice/examnotice/CHSLE-2012%20NoticeAfter%20Proof%20reading.pdf and application format for Offline application is available at http://ssc.nic.in/notice/examnotice/HSLE%202012APP%20FORM%20c%20.pdf

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Abel Prize is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829). It is given annually to outstanding mathematicians by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Who won this prize in 2012?
1) Mikhail Gromov
2) John Tate
3) John Thompson
4) Jacques Tits
5) Endre Szemeredi

2. The Inter State Council was set up in 1990 following the recom-mendation of the Sarkaria Com-mission on Centre-State relatio-ns. Who is its present Chairman?
1) Hamid Ansari
2) Manmohan Singh
3) Pranab Mukherjee
4) C.Rangarajan
5) None of these

3. Which state has recently started a programme called 'Anandadhara' for Self Help Groups?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) West Bengal
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh

4. Which country's lower house of the Parliament is called State Duma?
1) Japan
2) Italy
3) Russia
4) Maldives
5) Philippines

5. Who was appointed as the Prime Minister of France on May 15, 2012?
1) Jean-Marc Ayrault
2) Francois Hollande
3) Laurent Fabius
4) Nicolas Sarkozy
5) None of these

6. Golden Globe Awards are given for excellence in which of the following fields?
1) Literature
2) Journalism
3) Sports
4) Science
5) Film & Television

7. Who won her first world cup individual recurve gold medal in archery at Antalya, Turkey in May 2012?
1) Dola Banerjee
2) Deepika Kumari
3) Bombayala Devi
4) Purnima Mahato
5) None of these

8. Who was presented Ashok Chakra posthumously on January 26, 2012?
1) Lt.Sushil Khajuria
2) Lt.Navdeep Singh
3) Lt.Col.Kamaldeep Singh
4) Captain Ashutosh Kumar
5) None of these

9. According to the Prime Minister, the research and development spending would be doubled by which of the following years?
1) 2015
2) 2016
3) 2017
4) 2020
5) 2018

10. What is the bilateral trade target between India and Thailand for 2014?
1) 7 billion dollars
2) 14 billion dollars
3) 10 billion dollars
4) 20 billion dollars
5) 12 billion dollars

11. Which of the following is a pilot less target aircraft?
1) Prithvi
2) Akash
3) Pinakini
4) Lakshya
5) None of these

12. Amjad Ali Khan has been prese-nted the Mallikarjun Mansur award, which is named after the legendary Hindustani singer. He is an expert in playing which of the following instruments?
1) Santoor
2) Sitar
3) Sarod
4) Bansuri
5) Mohan Veena

13. What does 'I' denote in the abbreviation FIPB?
1) Innovation
2) Investment
3) India
4) Industrial
5) None of these

14. With regard to the 57th Filmfare Awards for 2011 which of the following pairs is not matched correctly?
1) Best Film - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
2) Best Actress - Priyanka Chopra
3) Best Music - A.R. Rahman
4) Lifetime Achievement - Aruna Irani
5) Best Director - Zoya Akhtar

15. Who was recently honoured with a Knighthood by the British royal establishment?
1) Amartya Sen
2) Lakshmi Nivas Mittal
3) Anil Agarwal
4) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
5) None of these

16. The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012 was given to Shehan Karunatilaka for his book 'Chinaman'. To which country does this author belong?
1) Nepal
2) Bhutan
3) Thailand
4) India
5) Sri Lanka

17. Who among the following was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012?
1) Ronen Sen
2) N.Vittal
3) T.V.Rajeshwar
4) Shabana Azmi
5) Dharmendra

18. Where was the largest literary festival in Asia-Pacific held in January 2012?
1) Hyderabad
2) Jaipur
3) Mumbai
4) Kolkata
5) Chandigarh

19. Laurent Lamothe became the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on May 16, 2012?
1) Cuba
2) Jamaica
3) Barbados
4) Haiti
5) Dominican Republic

20. Goolam Vahanavati was reappoi-nted to which of the following posts for two more years with effect from June 8, 2012?
1) Chief Election Commissioner
2) Attorney General
3) Solicitor General
4) Central Vigilance Commissioner
5) None of these

21. Who was given the Phalke Ratna Award in May 2012?
1) Manoj Kumar
2) Shashi Kapoor
3) Rishi Kapoor
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) None of these

22. Identify the mismatched pair STATE GOVERNOR
1) Goa - B.V.Wanchoo
2) Uttarakhand - Aziz Qureshi
3) Maharashtra - K.Sankara- narayanan
4) Rajasthan - Margaret Alva
5) Gujarat - H.R.Bharadwaj

23. Hillary Clinton visited India in May 2012. She is the United States?
1) Secretary of State
2) Defense Secretary
3) Commerce Secretary
4) Treasury Secretary
5) None of these

24. Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' was sold for a record $ 120 million at an auction in May 2012. Munch belonged to which of the following countries?
1) Sweden
2) Denmark
3) Poland
4) Ukraine
5) Norway

25. Who was awarded the Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the emergence of financial Services in India?
1) Deep Kalra
2) Deepak Parekh
3) Anand Burman
4) Analjit Singh
5) N.Chandrasekaran

26. Jana Gana Mana, India's National Anthem, completed 100 years recently. It was sung for the first time at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress on which of the following dates?
1) January 24, 1912
2) January 26, 1912
3) December 27, 1911
4) December 25, 1911
 5) None of these

27. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in the President of which of the following African countries for the second time on January 16, 2012?
1) Malawi
2) Liberia
3) Uganda
4) Rwanda
5) Sudan

28. Viswanathan Anand won the world chess championship for the fifth time in Moscow in May 2012 by defeating which of the following players?
1) Magnus Carlsen
2) Vladimir Kramnik
3) Boris Gelfand
4) Vassily Ivanchuk
5) None of these

29. Which is the largest bank in the private sector in India in terms of number of branches?
1) HDFC Bank
2) ICICI Bank
3) Axis Bank
4) IndusInd Bank
5) Kotak Mahindra Bank

30. Which organization was set up to boost overall rural development in India?
1) RBI 2) SEBI
3) SIDBI
4) NABARD
5) PFRDA

31. Indian Overseas Bank celebrated Platinum Jubilee (75 years) in 2012. Where is its headquarters located?
1) Bangalore
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai
4) New Delhi
5) Hyderabad

32. Which of the following is a private bank in India?
1) Corporation Bank
2) Canara Bank
3) Syndicate Bank
4) Vijaya Bank
5) South Indian Bank

33. The Head Office of which of the following banks is in Kolkata?
1) Indian Bank
2) Syndicate Bank
3) Bank of India
4) UCO Bank
5) None of these

34. Amar Kant is an eminent author in which of the following languages?
1) Odiya
2) Hindi
3) Kannada
4) Punjabi
5) None of these

35. Which of the following organizations work for the welfare of women?
1) CRY
2) CII
3) SEWA
4) WIPO
5) CCI

36. Who is the author of the book 'A Bend in the River'?
1) Mark Tully
2) Amrita Preetam
3) Mulk Raj Anand
4) V.S.Naipaul
5) None of these

37. Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC?
1) Nepal
2) Myanmar
3) Bhutan
4) Bangladesh
5) Sri Lanka

38. The Kyoto Protocol is aimed at fighting?
1) Terrorism
2) Global warming
3) Maritime piracy
4) Economic recession
5) None of these

39. David Ferrer is a Lawn Tennis player of which of the following countries?
1) Spain
2) Australia
3) Switzerland
4) Argentina
5) None of these

40. Which agency was set up to boost foreign investments in India?
1) FCCB
2) FEMA
3) FIPB
4) FRBM
5) None of these

ANSWERS:
1) 5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 3 5) 1 6) 5 7) 2 8) 2 9) 3 10) 2
11) 4 12) 3 13) 2 14) 2 15) 4 16) 5 17) 3 18) 2 19) 4 20) 2
21) 4 22) 5 23) 1 24) 5 25) 2 26) 3 27) 2 28) 3 29) 2 30) 4
31) 3 32) 5 33) 4 34) 2 35) 3 36) 4 37) 2 38) 2 39) 1 40) 3

NPDCL JUNIOR ASSISTANT (LDC) EXAM QUESTION PAPER

Oriental bank of Commerce (OBC) P.O & Agriculture Officers Recruitment

Oriental bank of Commerce (OBC)  will start its recruitment process for filling up Probationary Officers (PO), Agriculture officers under specialist cadre.

Vacancies:

1) Probationary officer – 325 posts 
2) Agriculture officer – 100 posts

Eligibility Conditions:

Scale I officer (PO)

• min.21 yrs & max. 30 yrs of age as on July 1, 2011
• Should be a graduate
• Total score in IBPS exam (TWS): 120 with 24 in each section (Gen) & 105 with 21 section-wise (others)

Agriculture officer (Specialist)

• Aged between 21-30 yrs, as on Dec 1, 2011
• Must have degree in agriculture or related subjects
• To have cleared IBPS specialist officer exam with TWS score of 112 (gen) & 104 (sc/st/obc/pwd)

Candidates holding scorecards of PO & sp.officer CWE & looking to apply for both posts can do so by submitting individual applications.

How to apply:

Rs.100 (Gen/OBC) or Rs.20 (others) should be paid as application fee through any branch of Oriental bank of commerce OR from any other bank using NEFT between 10 to 28.07.2012 only
On successful payment, logon to www.obcindia.co.in, visit the online registration page to fill required details & hit submit.

Important Dates:

Register online from July 10 to 28, 2012
Date of interview will be intimated to shortlisted applicants


The detailed OBC PO recruitment notification 2012 available on Website

Syndicate Bank Recruitment of Probationary Clerks - 2012 for Kerala and Lakshadweep

Syndicate Bank
(A Government of India Undertaking)
Head Office : Manipal-576104, Karnataka

Recruitment of  Probationary Clerks - 2012 for Kerala and Lakshadweep

Syndicate Bank, a leading Public Sector Bank, invites applications from Indian Citizens for appointment of Probationary Clerks in Clerical Cadre from Indian citizens who have taken the Common Written Examination (CWE) for Clerical Cadre conducted by IBPS in Nov./Dec.2011 and have a valid Score card issued by IBPS for Kerala and Lakshadweep :

• Probationary Clerks : 70 posts (Kerala-64, Lakshadweep-6), Pay Scale : Rs.7200-14500, Age :  21-30 years. Age relaxation by Govt. rules.

How to Apply: Apply Online at Syndicate Bank website from 30/06/2012 to 07/07/2012 only.


Please visit http://www.syndicatebank.in/scripts/Recruitment.aspx for details and Online submission of application.

IBPS EXAM PO/MT SOLVED PAPER