Monthly Archives: May 2014

27 May

Current Affairs for March, April & May 2014 – PDF Download

Download the current affairs for the month of March, April and May, 2014 now. The current affairs PDF for the month of March, April and May 2014 is sub-divided into different topics such as India/World news, Sports News, Personalities updates, Science and Technology, Cinema, Business and various other news.
These current affairs are helpful for upcoming government exams such as IBPS SO, SSC exams, PSU exams, etc. The file is available to download in the PDF format.

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27 May

New Exam Dates for SSC CGL 2013 & CGL 2014.

As we all know that SSC has completely scrapped the SSC CGL 2013 examination(Both pre and mains) due to court decision and will conduct the re-examination all over India. It has already conducted the SSC CGL 2013 Tier 1 re-exam in 7 cities but yet to conduct in rest of the cities.

You can read the COURT JUDGMENT OF SSC CGL 2013 Case here.

SSC has now referred the order of CAT to DoPT for its decision on whether to comply with the order of CAT on re-examination in all centres.

Post by Kannan Raghupathy.

Now after four weeks of the verdict, SSC is still working on the dates as per new notification on SSC website.

“The date(s) of the CGL ,2013 re-examination for the remaining cites (other than 7 cites where the re-examination was held in 27.4.14) are currently being worked out. The same will be uploaded on the commission website shortly.
The tentative date for CGL,2014 examination (Tier I ) are being worked out.The exact date will be announced shortly.”

Source: http://ssc.nic.in/SSC.html

So keep your preparation continue. SSC will announce the new dates very soon. We will post on our website and Facebook page as soon as new dates are available.
In the meantime, check out Best Books for SSC CGL Preparation.
All the best.

Update 1: According to SSC Ex Chief N.K. Raghupathy and Regional Director Sunil Ranjan, the SSC CGL 2013 exam is expected to be conducted on July 13 and July 20, 2014. Though there is no official confirmation but students should keep their preparations on a high note.

Post by N.k.raghupathy.

Post by Sunil Ranjan.

Update 2: Re-exam only on 20th july, 2014. People who were concerned about clash of date with upsc asstt. Commandant exam need not worry now. Official notification would be out in a day or two.

Post by Sunil Ranjan.

Post by Sunil Ranjan.

Post by N.k.raghupathy.

Update 3: SSC Finally confirmed the new exam date for CGL 2013 Tier 1 exam for remaining centres. The exam would be held on July 20, 2014.

Read the SSC Official notification here.

Update 4: SSC has finally announced the dates for CGL 2014 Tier 1 Exam and CGL 2013 Tier II Exam:

SSC CGL 2013 Tier II Exam: 20.09.2014(AN) & 21.09.2014

SSC CGL 2014 Tier 1 Exam: 19.10.2014 & 26.10.2014

Read more here: http://www.ssc-cr.org/noticeboard/EXAM_CALANDER_2014.pdf

More details to follow.

27 May

Best Books for SBI Clerk 2014 (Assistants)

State Bank of India(SBI) issued the notification for the recruitment of 5092 vacancies of Clerks/Assistant in 2014. You can read the SBI Clerk 2014 notification here.

SBI Clerk 2014 PAPER PATTERN & SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Phase-I Examination The written test will be online objective type, consisting of:
(i) General Awareness
(ii) General English
(iii) Quantitative Aptitude
(iv) Reasoning Ability
(v) Marketing Aptitude / Computer Knowledge.
The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be bilingual i.e., English & Hindi. Each test will be of 40 marks.For these objective type tests of total 200 marks candidates will be given a composite time of 2 Hours 15 minutes . There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests.

Phase II Exam: Interview.

Check out the Best Books for SBI Clerk 2014 Exam:

A) English Language:

1) General English by Lucent Publications: It is one of the best book available in the market for the preparation of English section for all entrance exams. The content in this book is written in both English and Hindi language for easy understanding. All the concepts are explained in a crystal clear and step by step manner. Hundreds of rules of English grammar are given in this book chapter wise, so you will cover each and every aspect of English language.

2) Objective General English by SP Bakshi: Another best book to prepare for Objective English. All the topics are explained in a very clear and sequential manner. But personally, I’d suggest Lucent book.

If the book is not available on Flipkart, purchase on Amazon:

B) General Intelligence and Reasoning:

1) A Modern Approach To Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal: The best and only book you need to prepare for this section. Every topic is covered in detail in this book. This book is good for high level reasoning as required in SBI PO exam.

2) The Hand on Guide to Analytical Reasoning and Logical Reasoning: A Must have Resource for Aspirants of CAT, MAT, XAT, IIFT, CMAT, CSAT, SBI PO, Bank Clerk, SSC: This is another great book for high level reasoning learning and practice.

C) Data Analysis & Interpretation:

1) Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant: As this section in the SBI PO exam will be related to Data Analysis and Interpretation but for that, you need to clear your basics of mathematics. This is great book for Mathematics to improve your speed and efficiency with thousands of shortcuts. It covers all the topics with so many formulas, concepts, shortcuts, examples and thousands of questions to practice.

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

2) The Accredited Guide to Data Interpretation and Data Sufficiency: A Must have Resource for Aspirants of CAT, MAT, XAT, IIFT, CSAT, SBI PO, Bank Clerk, SSC: This is best book available in the market for Data Analysis and Interpretation.

D) General Awareness, Marketing & Computers:

1) Handbook on Computer Awareness: This Book is really useful for Recruitment Exams such as SBI PO/Clerk, IBPS PO/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 Test by BSC: Best book of marketing to prepare for all competitive exams.

If this book is shown “Out of stock” on the above link, try the link below.

4) IBPS CWE Specialist Officers Marketing Officer Exam Practice Work Book by Kiran Prakashan: Another good book to prepare for marketing section in SBI Clerk/PO exam.

5) General Knowledge 2014: Essential ‘Knowledge Capsule’ in General Awareness and Current Affairs by Manohar Pandey(Arihant Publications) I strongly recommend this book as you can do it within a week and it covers the entire General awareness in a concise manner.

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.

We will update this post with more new books for SBI Clerk preparation. Keep visiting our website.

See Also: SBI PO 2013 Cutoff – Written Exam and Interview

All the best for the exam.

27 May

SBI Clerk 2014 Notification, Paper Pattern & Apply Online(5092 Vacancies)

State Bank of India finally issued the notification and invites applications from the eligible candidates for the recruitment of 5092 clerks all over India. The last date to apply is June 14, 2014.
Recently, SBI also issued the notification for the recruitment of PO’s in the largest Indian bank.

See Also: Best Books for SBI PO 2014(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS)

Check out more details about SBI Clerk 2014 below:

Name of the Post: Assistants in Clerical Cadre

Total No. Of Vacancies: 5092

Important Dates:

On-line registration of application : 26.05.2014 TO 14.06.2014
Payment of fee : On-line 26.05.2014 TO 14.06.2014
Off line 28.05.2014 TO 17.06.2014

Exam Date: Not mentioned. Most probably in the months of July or August!

Eligibility:

Criteria of Eligibility:

Graduation degree from any recognized university. Also, the final year candidates of graduation can apply as well.
Age should be 20-28 years as on 1.5.2014. Age relaxation allowed as per govt norms.

Pay Scale: Rs. 7200-19300(Under review)

Selection Procedure:

Final selection will be made on the basis of performance in the online test and interview taken together. Merely satisfying the eligibility norms does not entitle a candidate to be called for test or interview.

The written test will be online objective type, consisting of (i) General Awareness (ii) General English (iii) Quantitative Aptitude (iv) Reasoning Ability (v) Marketing Aptitude / Computer Knowledge. The questions in objective tests, except for the test of General English, will be bilingual i.e., English & Hindi. Each test will be of 40 marks.For these objective type tests of total 200 marks candidates will be given a composite time of 2 Hours
15 minutes . There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests.

See Also: Best Books for SBI Clerk 2014 (Assistants)

Important Links:

Read the SBI Clerk 2014 Notification here.

Apply online for SBI Clerk 2014 here.

More details here.