PM'S OPENING REMARKS AT THE ALL PARTY MEETING ON RESERVATION IN PROMOTIONS

Following is the text of Prime Minister’s opening remarks at the All Party meeting on Reservation in promotions in New Delhi today: 

“Dear colleagues, I have called this meeting to discuss the issue of reservation in promotion specifically in respect of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. vs. Rajesh Kumar & Ors. wherein the Court has struck down provision of reservation in promotion to SCs and STs in the State of UP.

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM PAPER IV(GK) ENGLISH

PART 1 – ENGLISH ( CONSISTS OF 10 QUESTIONS )

 1.To arrange things in froups or in a particular order according to their type
a) depoist b) sort c) derive d) detail Ans. b

2. To help somebody to do something
a) assist b) assess c) accomplish d) accord Ans. a

3. Each of the metal bars that form the track that trains run on
a) coach b) railing c)rail d) bogie Ans. c

4. A system in a organization in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest
a) structure b) profie c) hierarchy d) matrix Ans. C

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM PAPER IV(GK) HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA

HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA

● Muazzam occupied the Mughal throne as Bahadur Shah after his success in the war of succession.
● Muazzam, the son of Aurangzeb was called as the ‘Shah Bekhabar’.
● The Mughal King Farrukh Siyar gratned concession to the English men to trade in Bengal, Gujarat and Hyderabad.
● In 1759 Ali Mohar, the son of Alamgir sat upon the Mughal throne as Shah Alam II.
● After the death of Maratha ruler Shahu, the real power of the State came in the hands of Peshwas.

● Nawab Murshid Quli Khan of Bengal transferred his capital to Murshidabad from Dacca.

OUR INDIA - COUNTRY PROFILE

·                     Official name : Republic of India

·                     Capital : New Delhi

·                     Area : 3,287,263 sq km

·                                                                     9.56% covered by water

·                     Population : 1,210,193,422

·                                                                     Male : 623724248 (51.53%)

·                                                                     Female : 586489174 (48.47%)

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM PAPER IV(GK)COMPUTER

COMPUTER

1. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?

a. OCR

2. The output quality of a printer is measured by

b. Dot per sq. inch

3. In analog computer

b. Input is never converted to digital form

4. In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed

c. Both sequentially and parallel

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM PAPER IV (GK) CURRENT AFFAIRS

Current Affairs and GK for IPO exam

1.      Who authored the book ‘The Science of Bharat Natyam’?
(a) Saroja Vaidyanathan (b) Yamini Krishnamurthi ( c) J. Sushila (d) None of these
Answer a;
2.International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on:
(a) 9th August (b) 13th October (c) 24th November (d) 11th December
Answer- b;
3. Tianhe 1A, the world’s fastest supercomputer is made by
(a) United States (b) Japan (c) China (d) None of these
Answer : c
4. Which is India’s first ever Pollution Control Warship?
(a) Samudra Prahari (b) Nischaya (c) Varuna (d) None of these
Answer: a

Model Question from GK for IPO and PA / SA Examination - General Knowledge

Q1   The  First Indian  to receive  Magsayasay  Award Vinoba Bhave

Q2  Where was India’s  first steel plant set up? Jamshedpur

Q3 Second Largest Human Organ Liver

Q4 A  Person one hundred years old or older Centenarian

MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM PAPER IV(GK) CLASSICAL DANCE

 

Classical Dance of India
Dance			State
Bharat Natyam			Tamil Nadu
Bihu			Assam
Bhangra			Punjab
Chhau			Bihar, Orissa, W. Bengal and Jharkhand
Garhwali			Uttaranchal
Garba			Gujarat
Hattari			Karnataka
Kathak			North India

List of Central Universities in India 2012

Central Universities in India
States
Andhra Pradesh
● English & Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad 
www.efluniversity.ac.in
● Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
www.manuu.ac.in
● University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
www.uohyd.ac.in

Postal officer, wife bag blogger award

ALLAHABAD: Director Postal Services, Allahabad region, KK Yadav and his wife Akanksha Yadav have been selected for the Couple Blogger of the Decade award for their contribution in the field of blogging.

The couple has been selected by Parikalpana Group for the award, conferred at International level to five bloggers and five blogs including Most Popular Blogger Couple of the Year. While Yadav is active through his blog Shabd Srijan Ki Or (http://www.kkyadav.blogspot.in/) and Dakia Dak Laya (http://dakbabu.blogspot.in/), his wife's blog is Shabd Shikhar (http://shabdshikhar.blogspot.in/).

The Power of One : Aamir Khan, Jaihind. Satyamev Jayate

What can I do alone? I am just one among 1.2 billion. Even if I change what good will it do. What about the rest? Who will change everyone? First get everyone else to change then I too will change. These are some of the most negative thoughts I have heard resonating all through my life. The story of Dhashrat Manjhi is a fitting reply to all these statements. It tells us what one man can achieve. It tells us about the power of one. It tells us that man can indeed move mountains.

Current Affairs Quiz July 2012

1. Wrestler-actor who died recently at the age of 84 ?

“Rustam-E-Hind” Dara Singh    Read More

2. How is Oscar Pistorius known in the sporting world?

An athlete who would compete in  London Olympics (individual 400 metres and 4 * 400relay)

3. Who will replace Mark Thompson as BBC director general in August 2012?

George Entwistle

Some Selected Model Questions for IPO Examination - Paper IV

1. Devaluation of a currency means

Reduction in the value of a currency vis-a-vis major internationally traded currencies

2.  India changed over to the decimal system of coinage in

April 1957

3 The first wholly Indian Bank was set up in

1894

4 The co-operative credit societies have a

Three-tier structure

5 Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in the year

1949

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2012 FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. Who took over as Vice-Chief of Indian Air Force?
Air Marshal D.C. Kumaria
2. Who took charge of command of the Western Air Command (WAC)?
Air Marshal Arup Raha
3. Name the Indian American girl who won the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown.
Snigdha Nandipati
4. Name the spacecraft which returned to earth to end historic trip.
SpaceX Dragon

From Post Office Clerk to President- Pranab Mukherji

Mr Pranab Mukherjee took the oath of office and secrecy as the 13th President of the country at the Central Hall of Parliament here on Wednesday.

The Chief Justice of India, Mr Justice S.H. Kapadia, administered the oath, at an elegant ceremony attended by top leaders and officials.

Daily Current Affairs 2012 Quiz : 23 July 2012

1. Who among the following has been appointed as the new CEO of Yahoo! ?

[A]Marissa Mayer [B]Shelley Broader [C]Karen Kinsley [D]Dianne Craig

Marissa Mayer

2. Who among the following has become the fifth president of Mauritius?

[A]Anerood Jugnauth [B]Rajkeshwur Purryag [C]Navin Chandra Ramgoolam [D]Monique Ohsan Bellepeau

Rajkeshwur Purryag

3. Who among the following has recently won the 'German Grand Prix-2012'

[A]Sebastian Vettel [B]Jenson Button [C]Fernando Alonso [D]Kimi

Raikkonen

Reasoning ability and Numerical Aptitude

1. Suresh is taller than Prabhu but shorter than Ram, Prabhu is as tall as Neeraj but taller than Nilesh. Which of the following statements is definitely true for Neeraj?
(a) Neeraj is shorter than Nilesh
(b) Neeraj is the tallest
(c) Neeraj is the shortest
(d) Neeraj is taller than Nilesh
(e) None of these
Ans: ( d ) Neeraj is taller than Nilesh

2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word STAINLESS each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet, in the same sequence?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
(e) None of these
Ans: ( e ) None of these

Numarical Ability Sample Questions

1. A clock shows the time as 6 a.m. If the minute hand gains 2 minutes every hour, how many minutes will the clock gain by 9 p.m.?
(a) 30 minutes
(b) 25 minutes
(c) 28 minutes
(d) 34 minutes

2. Find the right number, from the given options, at the place marked by the question mark: 2, 4, 8, 32, 256, ?
(a) 4096
(b) 8192
(c) 512
(d) 1024

Computer Awareness - 2

1.Which among the following is not a security / privacy risk?
(A)Spam
(B)Hacking
(C)Virus
(D)Phishing
(E)Vishing

Ans.  Spam
2.Now a days Vishing has become a criminal practice of using social engineering over which of the following?
(A)Social networking sites
(B)Mobile Phones
(C)E-mails
(D)Cyber cafés
(E)All of the above

Ans. Mobile Phones

Computer Awareness - Part I

1. Programs from the same developer , sold bundled together , that provide better integration and share common features , toolbars and menus are known as ….
(A) software suites
(B) integrated software packages
(C) software processing packages
(D) personal information managers
(E) none of these

2. A data warehouse is which of the following ?
(A) Can be updated by the end users
(B) Contains numerous naming conventions and formats
(C) Organized around important subject areas
(D) Contains only current data
(E) None of these