Thursday, May 31, 2012
Allahabad Bank - Specialist Officers - 115 Posts
Punjab and Sindh Bank - Specialist Officers and CA
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Simple Method for Calculating Shortcut for Square - Part 2
292 = 30 - 30th odd number = 900 - 59 = 841
392 = 40 - 40th odd number = 1600 - 79 = 1521
342 = 1225 - 69 = 1156
542 = 3025 - 109 = 2916
742 = 5625 - 149 = 5476
942 = 9025 - 189 = 8836
2142 = 46225 - 429 = 45796
Shortcut for Square - A Simple Method
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Bank of India - Clerks Shortlisted Candidates for Interview
Monday, May 28, 2012
CWE for Regional Rural Banks
Indian Overseas Bank - Specialist Officers - 551 Posts
Shortcut for Multiplication (Base Number Method Part 2)
Find the product of 117 and 88
117 ---> +17
88 ---> -12
____ _____
105 -204 Ans : 10296
Shortcut for Multiplication (Base Number Method)
97 ------> -3 (because 97 is obtained as 100 - 3)
92 ------> -8 (because 92 is obtained as 100 -8)
Friday, May 25, 2012
Five Year Plans In India
1st Plan : 1951-56
- Priority giving to Agriculture and Irrigation.
- "Harrod - Domar" growth model adopted.
- This is the only plan in which Prices Fell.
2nd Plan : 1956-61
- PC Mahalanobis prepared this Plan. Priority given to basic and heavy industries.
- Bhilai, Rourkela and Durgapur Steel Plants, ONGC, Ranchi Heavy Engg. Corporation, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, Multi-purpose projects - Nagarjuna Sagar, Bhakra Nangal, Hirakud started during this Plan.
- Deficit financing Started in this plan.
- "Socialist pattern of society" is accepted as a goal.
Economic Planning in India
- 1938 : National Planning Committee under Jawaharlal Nehru.
- 1943 : Bombay Plan : Drafted by 8 big industrialists.
- 1944 : Gandhian Plan : Srimannarayan Agarwal.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
SBI Clerks Marketing Aptitude - Paper 6
SBI Clerks Exam - Held on 25-11-2007
1. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, selling was no problem and no sales team is required because _______________
1. Marketing was not a subject then
2. People was not a subject then
3. People don’t want to sell anything
4. Small-scale enterprises dominated the economic scene
5. None of these
Dena Bank's Statewise Cutoff for Interview (Clerical)
The Eligibility Criteria was :
- 60% in 12th (pass for SC/ST) / Pass in any degree.
- Section wise cutoff of 24 for General & 21 for Others.
Poverty Eradication Programmes
Below Poverty Line (BPL) : According to the "Task Force on projection of minimum needs and effective consumption demand" appointed by the Planning Commission, a person is BPL if his daily consumption of calories is less than 2400 in Rural Areas and 2100 calories in Urban areas.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
State Bank of India (SBI)
- Imperial Bank of India was created in Jan 1921, by amalgamation of three presidency banks, those are
- Bank of Bengal
- Bank of Bombay
- Bank of Madras
Syndicate Bank - 1000 Clerks - IBPS
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Nationalized Banks - Important Info
- Allahabad Bank is the Oldest Joint Stock Bank of India.
- Andhra Bank was the bank founded by a Freedom Fighter Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Seetaramayya.
- Bank of India was the first bank to open branch outside India (in London, 1946)
- Canara Bank is the bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of its branches.
- The postal department has issued a commemorative stamp in the name of Central Bank of India celebrating 100 years in 2011.
- Central Bank of India is the First Indian Bank to be wholly owned by Indians.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Statement - Assumptions
Read the following Statement and Assumptions.
Give answer (a) if only assumption 1 is implicit.
Give answer (b) if only assumption 2 is implicit.
Give answer (c)if either assumptions 1 or 2 is implicit.
Give answer (d) if neither assumption 1 not 2 are implicit.
Give answer (e) if both assumptions 1 and 2 are implicit.
1) Statement : Vitamin E tablets improve circulation, keep your complexion in a glowing condition.
Assumptions :
1) People like a glowing complexion.
2) Complexion becomes dull in the absence of circulation.
Places of Some Important Games and Events
2011 Cricket world cup - India, Srilanka, Bangladesh
2015 Cricket world cup - Australia, Newzealand
2019 Cricket world cup - England, Wales
2011 Rugby World Cup - Newzealand
2015 Rugby World Cup - England, Wales
2019 Rugby World Cup - Japan, Hongkong, Singapore
Base Rate - Bench Mark Prime Lending Rate
BPLR (Benchmark Prime Lending Rate) :
The BPLR is the rate of interest at which commercial banks can lend money to EACH OTHER and to some large corporations. It is called benchmark rate or benchmark lending because it is commonly used to calculate other rates of interest.
Base Rate :
The Base Rate is the minimum interest rate for any bank. I mean, the bank cant lend you money for an interest less than this Base Rate (you may assume that this is the Base of the Interest, so that you can call it as Base Rate). Ofcourse, some exceptions are also there. RBI allowed some cases where Banks can lend amount for interest below the Base Rate except for DRI advances, They are loans to bank's own employees and banks' depositors against their own deposits etc.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
SBI Clerks - Marketing Aptitude - Paper 5
SBI Clerks exam - Held on: 22-11-2009 (2nd Shift)
1. “Benchmark” means _________
a. Benches for customers to sit
b. Benches for salesmen to sit
c. Products displayed on a bench
d. Set standards
e. All of the above
Friday, May 18, 2012
SBI Clerks - Marketing Aptitude - Previous Paper 4
SBI Clerical Exam - Held On : 22-11-2009 (1st Shift)
1. Marketing is the art of __________
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1. Marketing is the art of __________
a. Buying more
b. Paying more
c. Selling more
d. Talking more
e. Only a and b
Marketing Aptitude for SBI - Part 2
Marketing Mix (4 Ps) :
The Marketing Mix model (also known as the 4 P's) is a tool used by marketers while defining the marketing strategy. Iif you could identify the right combination of these elements, your marketing would succeed. E. Jerome McCarthy introduced the 4 P's of Marketing as a way to describe the mix of factors required to successfully market a product.
The 4 P’s are :
- Product
- Price
- Promotion
- Place (distribution)
Marketing Material for SBI PO Exam - Part 1
Marketing
Marketing is nothing but to Tell about your product and to Sell it. The technical definition is “ Marketing is the process of planning and executing the concepts, pricing, promotion and distribution of ideas/goods/services to satisfy individual's/organizational “.
Marketing - Abbreviations
Ø ATM – Automated Teller Machine.
Ø BEP – Break Even Point.
Ø BPO – Business Process Outsourcing.
Marketing Aptitude - SBI Associate Clerks - Paper 3
SBI Associates Clerks - Exam Held on - 16-01-2011 (2nd Sitting)
1. Marketing in Banks is required for ____________
a. Getting new customers
b. Retaining existing customers
c. Lending
d. Accepting of deposits
e. All of the above
2. Service4 Marketing is the same as _____________
a. Relationship Marketing
b. Transaction Marketing
c. Internal Marketing
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Marketing Aptitude - SBI Associates Clerks - Previous Paper 1...
SBI Associates Clers - Held on - 16-01-2011
1. Direct Marketing means ___________
a. Advertisements
b. Banners
c. Face-to-face selling
d. Selling by all staff
e. Achieving targets
2. Web marketing involves ___________
IBPS Specialist Officers Scores
Inorder to view your marks you should enter your Reg No or Roll No AND Password or Date of Birth.
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Conditionals - English for Competitive Exams
There are two kinds of conditionals
- Real
- Unreal
Real conditions are used for possible situations. The present tense is used in the if - clause (or conditional clause), and the future tense is used in the result clause.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Marketing Aptitude - SBI Clerks - Previous Paper 1
SBI Clerks Exam, Held on : 16-01-2011
1. A Safe Deposit Locker can be canvassed among
a. All Existing account holders
b. Persons below poverty line
c. Students
d. Jewellers
e. ATM Cardholders
Speed Improvement Test - Day 5
Recommended Time : 15 Mins
Additions / Subtractions
- 3972 + 7646 + 8791 + 2763 + 9437 = ?
- 7149 + 3487 + 2983 + 6731 + 8971 = ?
- 545 - 32 + 217 + 49 - 117 + 81 =?
- 642 + 717 - 84 + 343 - 119 + 420 = ?
- 2636 - 1742 + 8346 + 73 - 514 = ?
The Karnataka State Co - Operative Apex Bank Ltd - Clerks
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Vijaya Bank - POs - 894 Posts
Marketing Aptitude - Test 2
1. Which of the following is not correct with regard to Marketing ?
a. Marketing is a Management Function
b. Marketing is a Philosophy
c. Marketing is not related to Business Activity Alone.
d. Marketing means Selling.
e. Objective of Marketing is to achieve customer satisfaction.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Parallelism - English for Competitive Exams
- Item in a series must be parallel : I mean, they must have the same Grammatical form.
- Nouns :
- He Likes music, art, and science.
- Gerunds :
- He likes dancing, Swimming, and painting. (Verb + Ing Form)
Monday, May 14, 2012
Finding the Square of the given Number
Lets start with an example. Assume that you have to find the Square of the number 38.
So, the general process is 382 multiplying 38 with itself. But this process take much time and effort. So, instead of calculating 38 X 38, just use the formula a2 + 2ab + b2
But here you should apply a little trick. If you apply the above formula as it is... you cant get the answer... Just do as mentioned below.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
SBI Clers Previous Paper (2011) - Marketing and Computers
1. An email account includes a storage area, often called a(n) __
(1) attachment
(2) hyperlink
(3) mailbox
(4) IP address
(5) None of these
Q. 2. Data becomes __ when it is presented in a format that people can understand and use.
(1) processed
(2) graphs
(3) information
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Profit, Loss and Discount - II
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Knowing the labelled price and the discount percentage and the percentage profit of the seller, we can get the actual cost price.
The selling price fixed by the seller includes all other necessary expenses like taxes, carting expenses etc. By giving some discount, the seller gets more customers.
The selling price fixed by the seller includes all other necessary expenses like taxes, carting expenses etc. By giving some discount, the seller gets more customers.
Note : Commission or brokerage is Added when we purchase, Subtracted when we Sell.
Profit, Loss and Discount
Simply we can say that, if the Selling Price is is more than the Cost Price we can Make Profit. or If the Cost Price is more than the Selling Price then we will end up with Loss.
Profit = Selling Price (S.P) - Cost Price (C.P)
Friday, May 11, 2012
Speed Improvement Test - Day 4
Recommended Time : 15 Mins
Additions / Subtractions
- 4321 + 64319 + 54321 + 709126 = ?
- 5321 + 6741 + 8091 + 4678 + 2132 = ?
- 432 + 216 + 509 + 723 - 625 - 416 = ?
- 40965 + 60978 - 31241 - 20986 = ?
Speed Improvement Test - Day 3
Recommended Time : 15 Mins
Additions / Subtractions
- 7281 + 6542 + 3761 + 12895 = ?
- 4321 + 6598 + 1762 + 8009 + 1076 + 1421 = ?
- 17146 + 67421 + 86432 + 54321 = ?
- 89 + 203 - 1096 + 14762 = ?
- 77690 - 7769 + 776 - 77 + 6 = ?
Countries and Currencies
Country | Currency |
Afghanistan | Afghani |
Argentina | Austral (Peso) |
Australia | Dollar |
Bangladesh | Taka |
Belgium | Franc |
Brazil | Cruzeiro |
Bulgeria | Leva |
Canada | Dollar |
Ceylon | Rupee |
Chile | Peso |
China | Yuan |
Columbia | Peso |
Costa Rica | Colon |
Czechosolovakia | Koruna |
Denmark | Krone |
Ethiopia | Dollar |
Thursday, May 10, 2012
United Nations Organization (UNO) - Part II
International Court of Justice (ICJ) :
Headquarters : The Hague (Netherlands)
Membership : Consists of 15 Judges and one Chief Justice who are elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council for a term of nine years. The chief justice term is 3 years.
Functions :
- It gives advisory opinion on legal matters to the bodies and special agencies of the UNO and considers the legal disputes brought before them.
- Justice R.S. Pathak, former Chief Justice of India, was elected judge of the ICJ on April 18, 1989.
- He became the third Indian on whom this honour has been bestowed.
- The Other two were, Justice B.N.Rao and Justice Nagendra Singh
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
United Nations Organization (UNO)
- It is an association of Independent States which bounded themselves by a Charter to maintain International Peace and Security.
- This is the world's Largest International Organization, a successor to the League of Nations.
Foundation Day of UNO :
The UNO formally came into existence on October 24, 1945 when the governments of China, France, the United Kingdom, the former USSR, the United States and a majority of other states ratified the UN Character.
United Nations Day :
October 24 is celebrated as the United Nations Day throughout the World.
Central Bank of India - POs - 1000 Posts
Monday, May 7, 2012
Problems on Percentages
Lets do some problems on Percentages
So, The income of B is Rs. 80/-
A's income is 20% more than B = (120/100) X 80 = Rs. 96/-
So, obviously C's income is Highest
Percentages
Eg. 5/100 is called 5 per cent (or 5%)
Here 5, which is the numerator is called the rate per cent.
In the same way 18% means 18/100 (18 out of 100)
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Speed Improvement Test - Day 2
Recommended Time : 15 Mins
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Additions / Subtractions
- 5462 + 2186 + 1239 + 8641 + 5742 = ?
- 6156 + 5421 + 3415 + 8036 + 2909 = ?
- 1245 - 6421 - 3091 + 8765 = ?
- 43219 + 89176 + 27461 + 7091 + 5678 = ?
- 9876 - 5432 - 2764 - 1024 = ?
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Speed Improvement Test - Day 1
Recommended Time : 15 Mins
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Additions / Subtractions
- 12345 + 34567 + 78123 + 40249 = ?
- 51241 + 64172 + 81496 + 34567 = ?
- 19876 + 64321 + 19283 + 40091 = ?
- 91274 - 40362 + 54321 - 65409 = ?
- 10568 + 5432 + 246 - 8432 - 4169 = ?
Basel -I and Basel II Norms
- Bank for International Settlements (1930) is at Basel, Switzerland, acts as a coordinating agency for Inter - Central bank dealings and for settling balance of payments imbalances.
- RBI is a member in BIS since 9th September 1996.
- These norms come under Basel accord for the regulation of Banks set by the Basel committee mainly to protect the interest of deposits.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Operating System (OS)
A Controlling division as in a school, in an organization or in a business is must to make the remaining divisions run smoothly.
So, as we all know a computer is a collection of electrical, electronic and mechanical parts, and working with all these parts together may cause a major problem. So, the operating system therefore provides the links between the different components of a computer system and also details how each component of the computer system should work.
It is a class of a software which controls the execution of other system programs that may provide
Inflation
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Printing of Currency Notes and Securities
Read about Money HERE >>
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- Currency Notes Press, Nasik Road - Denomination of Rs.1, 2, 4, 10 , 50 and 100.
- Printing of 1, 2, 5, Notes Discontinued.
- Bank Notes Press, Dewas (MP) : Rs 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000.
- Modernized currency notes Press at Mysore, Salboni (West Bengal)
- Minting of Coins : Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Noida (UP).
- Indian Security Press, Nasik Road : Printing of Postal Stamps, Postal material, Judicial, Non-Judicial Stamps, Cheques, Bonds, NSCs, Indira
Money
Functions of Money :
Money is what money does. Money discharges Five functions.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Time and Work - Problems
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1. 36 men can do a piece of work in 25 days. In how many days can 30 men do it?
Here , the work is same.. So,
(S X T) / W = (s X t) / w
= > (S X T) / W = (s X t) / w [ Cancel W for both sides]
Now, substitute the values...
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