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18 Jun

IBPS CWE 3 for Rural Banks for Officers & Office-Assistants 2014 – Paper Pattern & Apply Online

IBPS invites applications for the recruitment for CWE for RRBs (RRBs CWE-III) for recruitment of Group-A Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Group-B Office-Assistants (Multipurpose). The exam would be be conducted online by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) tentatively in September 2014.

IBPS is an autonomous body, has been authorised and has received mandates to conduct Common Written Examination (CWE) for the posts of Officers and Office Assistant (Multipurpose) for 56 Regional Rural Banks (Gramin Banks).
Applications are invited for the Thirs CWE for Rural Banks Officer posts (Scale-I, II and III) and Office-Assistants, for which CWE will be conducted.

Those candidates who clear the Common Written Exam (CWE) will be given a scorecard (Like CAT exam of IIM) and then they can apply to any of the participating rural bank when they come up with their job vacancy and then these successful candidates have quote their personal details and their CWE scores. This score card will be valid for one year from the date of issuance.

Each of the bank will issue individual recruitment notifications, details of vacancies, eligibility criteria etc. separately.

See Also: Best Books for IBPS RRB 2014 EXAM – OFFICERS(SCALE 1-2-3) & OFFICE-ASSISTANTS

Application Fee : Rs.600/- (Rs.100/- for SC/ST/PH candidates) to be deposited Online or Offline.

Paper Pattern: Visit this link to read about the paper pattern of IBPS RRB exam.

How to Apply for CWE : Candidates need to apply Online at IBS website from 18/06/2014 to 09/07/2014 only.

Important Dates :

Payment of Online Application Fees : 18/06/2014 to 09/07/2014

Payment of Offline Application Fees : 20/06/2014 to 14/07/2014

Start date of Online submission of Application : 18/06/2014

Last date for online submission of Application : 09/07/2014

Date of CWE Exam : 06/09/2014 and 07/09/2014 for Officers posts and 13/09/2014, 14/09/2014 and 20/09/2014 and 21/09/2014 for the posts of Office-Assistant (Multipurpose)

Please visit http://ibps.in/html/cwe_rrb_III.htm to read the advertisement and to apply online..

18 Jun

RBI Grade B Officers 2013-2014 Cutoff in Phase 1 & Phase 2

Check out the last year cutoff in RBI Grade B Officers Exam 2013-2014 in both Pre(Objective) and Mains(Subjective) test.

RBI Grade B Officers Online Exam(Phase 1-Objective) Cut-off Marks details:

The exam was of 130 minutes and 200 marks.

RBI Grade B Officers Online Exam Cut-off Marks details Phase 1

Below are the cutoff marks details of Phase II Exam:

Below are the cutoff marks details of Phase II Exam

To prepare for this year Grade B Officers exam, Check out the best books for RBI Grade B Officers exam 2014.

All the best.

04 Jun

Best Books for RBI Grade B Officers Exam 2014

RBI is going to conduct the RBI Grade B officers exam 2014 for the recruitment in Reserve Bank of India. There are 117 vacancies for Grade B Officers this time.

Selection Process:

This is three phase selection process that includes:

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

A) Phase 1 – Online Objective Exam:

This Paper for 200 marks will be held on August 2/3/9/10, 2014. The Paper consists tests of i) General Awareness ii) English Language iii) Quantitative Aptitude and iv) Reasoning, with composite time of 130 minutes.

A) English Language:

1) General English by Lucent Publications: This is by far the best book available in the market for the preparation of 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 prefer 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 RBI Grade B Officers 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 best book for high level reasoning learning and practice.

C) Quantitative Aptitude:

1) Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant: 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, RBI, Bank Clerk, SSC: This is best book available in the market for Data Analysis and Interpretation.

D) General Awareness:

1) Guide to Banking General Awareness and Banking Aptitude Test: Most of the questions in this section would be related to economy and banking(current affairs and general information) in RBI Grade B Officers exam. Great book for banking awareness section. It contains more than 1,000 questions for the preparation of Banking awareness section.

2) 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.

E) RBI GRADE – B OFFICERS’ EXAM PHASE – I Objective Type PRACTICE WORK BOOK : A must have practice book.

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) RBI Officer’s Exam Phase – 2 (Grade – B): This book has more than 10 sets of model test papers for phase 2 of RBI Grade B officers exam. It is a comprehensive book.

3) 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.

All the best.

04 Jun

RBI Grade B Officers Recruitment 2014(117 Vacancies)- Notification, Paper Pattern & Apply Online

Reserve Bank of India(RBI) invites applications from the eligible candidates for the recruitment of 117 post of Grade B Officers in the central bank of India i.e. RBI.

Number of Vacancies: 117

IMPORTANT DATES:

Website Link Open- For On-Line Registration of Applications: 03/06/2014 to 23/06/2014

Payment of Fees /Intimation Charges- ON LINE: 03/06/2014 to 23/06/2014

Payment of Fees/Intimation Charges at Bank Branches (Off-Line): 05/06/2014 to 26/06/2014

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Age: 21-30 years as on 1.6.2014.

Educational Qualifications (as on 01/06/2014): i) A First Class Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 60% marks or an equivalent grade, in aggregate of all semesters / years ; OR ii) A Second Class Master’s Degree with minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent grade, in aggregate of all semesters / years; OR iii) A Doctorate Degree; with minimum of 50% marks or an equivalent grade, in aggregate of all semesters / years in Master’s Degree; OR iv) Chartered/Cost Accountant/Company Secretary (ACS) with a Bachelor’s Degree; OR v) A Post Graduate Diploma in Management / MBA qualification from institutions recognized by Government of India / University Grants Commission, with Graduation / Bachelor’s Degree.

Scheme of Selection: Selection will be through Examinations and Interview. Examinations will be held in two phases [Phase-I ON-LINE Examination (Objective Type) and Phase-II Written Examination (Descriptive type)] as under:

(I) Phase-I ON-LINE Examination (Objective Type): This Paper for 200 marks will be held on August 2/3/9/10, 2014. The Paper consists tests of i) General Awareness ii) English Language iii) Quantitative Aptitude and iv) Reasoning, with composite time of 130 minutes.

Candidates have to secure minimum marks separately for each test as well as aggregate, as prescribed by the Board.

(II) Phase-II Written Examination (Descriptive Type): The Phase-II Written Examination (WE) will be conducted in September/ October 2014 (tentative) only for those candidates who are shortlisted for the same. The date and time-table will be intimated to the candidates concerned at the appropriate time. The Examination will consist of three Descriptive Type papers – (i) Paper I – English (ii) Paper II – Economic and Social Issues and (iii) Paper III – Finance and Management. Each of these papers is of 3 hours duration carrying 100 marks.

Final selection will be based on the performance of the candidate in Phase-II of the Examination and Interview taken together.

Click here to apply online.

Click here to read notification.

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.

06 Apr

Best Books for SBI PO 2014(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS)

State Bank of India(SBI) released the notification for the recruitment of 1837 vacancies of Probationary Officers in 2014. You can read the SBI PO 2014 notification here.

FOR SBI PO 2015- CHECK OUT THE BEST BOOKS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SBI PO(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS) 2015 HERE.

SBI PO 2014 PAPER PATTERN & SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Phase-I Examination consisting Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks.
The Objective Test will be online. Immediately after online Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered. Cadidates will have to answer Descriptive Test on paper/Pen mode.
(i) The Objective Test with 2 hour duration consists of 4 Sections with 50 Objective Test:
marks each (Total 200 marks) as follows:
a) Test of English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
c) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
d) Test of Reasoning (High Level)
The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.
(ii) The Descriptive Test with 1 hour duration (50marks) will be of “Test Descriptive Test: of English Language (comprehension, short précis, letter writing & essay)”.
The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.
Descriptive Test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in the Objective Tests and are Placed adequately high as per total marks in objective test.

Phase II Exam consists of Group Discussion and Interview.

Check out the Best Books for SBI PO 2014(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS) Exam:

A) English Language:

1) General English by Lucent Publications: This is by far the best book available in the market for the preparation of 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 prefer 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 best 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, 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 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.

E) Descriptive Section:

1) Descriptive General English by SP Bakshi: This is a great book to prepare for Descriptive/Subjective section of SBI PO exam. This book covers many essays, letters, precis, reports and much more to cover every bit of descriptive topic in a very detailed manner.

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

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

All the best for the exam.

06 Apr

SBI PO 2013 Cutoff – Written Exam and Interview

SBI last conducted RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA in 2013. The Written Examination was held on April 28, 2014 followed by Group Discussion and Interview held in July 2013.

SBI again come out with the vacancies of 1867 PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN STATE BANK OF INDIA in 2014. It’s a great opportunity for all the candidates who are looking for a career in banking industry as SBI is the top bank in the country. You can read the SBI PO 2014 notification here.

See Also:

Best Books for SBI PO 2014(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS)

Check out the cut off for written exam and interview in SBI PO 2013:

SBI PO Cut Off 2013 2014

SBI PO 2013 Cutoff

Last time, written exam was conducted offline but this time SBI will conduct the written exam online just like IBPS PO exam. So the cutoff is likely to change this time.
Anyway, we wish all the candidates best of luck for the exam. Give your best shot.

04 Apr

SBI PO 2014 Recruitment – 1837 Vacancies( Notification, Paper Pattern,etc.)

State Bank of India(SBI) invites applications from the eligible candidates for the recruitment of 1837 vacancies of Probationary Officers.

Total No. of Vacancies: 1837

Important Dates:

Start of ONLINE REGISTRATION OF APPLICATION : April 7, 2014
PAYMENT OF FEES – ONLINE : April 7, 2014 – April 25, 2014
PAYMENT OF FEES – OFFLINE : April 10, 2014 – April 28, 2014
Exam Date: June, 2014(Tentatively)

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

Best Books for SBI PO 2014(PROBATIONARY OFFICERS)

Paper Pattern:

Phase 1:

This time SBI will conduct online exam. of 200 marks. There is a Descriptive Test of 50 marks after online exam. Which is the test of English Language (comprehension, short précis, letter writing & essay)”.

The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

Online Exam will consist of four sections with 50 marks each:

a) Reasoning(High Level)
b) General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
c) English Language
d) Data Analysis & Interpretation

Phase 2:

Group Discussion(20 marks) and Interview(30 marks). Final Selection will be based on the total marks of both phase 1 and phase 1 of the selection process.

Minimum Qualification:

Graduation in any discipline.

Age Limit: 21-30 years as on 1.4.2014. Age relaxation is also allowed as per norms.

Application Fees:

Others: Rs. 500
SC/ST/PWD: Rs. 50

Click here to read the full notification.

Click here to apply online from April 7, 2014.