Current Affairs- The Important Part of any Competitive Exam

Current Affairs are today considered as one of the most importantly studied subject everywhere. From School to college and further while preparing for competitive exams- current affairs are everywhere! Even many of the workplaces and companies demand its employees to have sound knowledge of what’s going on. Let’s talk about school- Every school has made it compulsory to teach General Awareness and Current Affairs as a dedicated subject. This is a good practice for students to get acquainted with the current affairs around the world and stay updated.  
 

What are Current affairs? So basically, Current Affairs refer to the important incidents that have occurred in the world and hold social importance to it. The crucial role of current affairs can obviously seen with the various eligibility criteria adopted by various job sector, where people are hired based on their knowledge of their surroundings, especially Public and Government sector.

Knowledge of current affairs works on two levels. For some people it is just knowledge of an event that occurred, while for others it is a very important part of their exam syllabus. The biggest importance of currents affairs can be seen in Competitive exams. Exams like IAS, MAT, CAT, JEE etc dedicate a major section of their question paper to current affairs with huge marks aligned to them. In fact, today, competitive exams are more inclined towards current affairs. For example, in UPSC exams, since the previous year’s more questions consist of current affairs. Even, LLB exam, it is formally declared that current affair questions will be maximum in number.  Even maximum of interviews consist questions related to current affairs where the interviewer checks the candidate’s presence of mind and how up-to-dated he or she is. 

Therefore, for students appearing for any competitive exam like civil service exam, bank exam, and insurance sector jobs etc it is very essential to stay updated with the latest happenings.

Preparing for current affairs is not that a big task. Reading newspapers every day, keeping a note on magazines is very helpful. You can switch on the electronic media like FM channels, TV News channels etc in order to stay updated.

You can also study with current affairs books by Arihant publications and other major publication houses in India. Another mediums are social media like facebook, twitter as well as participating in quizzes is another fun way to get a gist of current affairs. It is simple; some people update themselves to stay vigilant, others do it for exam preparation- in both the ways, it is smart to keep yourself updated and connected to the world always.

Reaching Civil Services- Not A Hurdle Anymore!

Each year, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts an examination to recruit candidates for different types of Civil Services posts like IAS- Indian Administrative Service, IFS- Indian Foreign Service, IRS- Indian Revenue Service any many more.

The Exam contains the below given parts- 

 (i) Civil Service Aptitude Test (CSAT)

(ii) Civil Services Main Examination

(iii) Personality Test

The Civil Services Aptitude Test or commonly known as CSAT includes two papers and each paper carries a total of 200 marks. Like any other regular competitive exam, this exam also contains objective type of questions and includes syllabus like General Awareness, Current Affairs of the World, History of India, World Geography, Social and Economic Development, Environmental Issues or Ecology, General Science and Technology, Logical Aptitude and reasoning, Analytic ability as well as English language which basically includes comprehension skills.

Once a student is able to crack the Civil Services Aptitude Test, he or she is not qualified to appear for the Main Examination.

So now, The Civil Services Main Examination consists total of nine papers. After the CSAT objectives, mains carry questions of descriptive type. These questions are typically intended to assess the overall intellectual abilities and knowledge of the aspirant.

This is further completed by a Personality Test, which is an interview conducted to assess the candidate's personality in terms of his intelligence level, abilities, traits, values etc.

It is said that Civil Services Examination is one of the most difficult and sought after competitive examinations of the country. So, if you are aspiring to appear for the Civil Services, you have to be persistent, passionate and hard working. You need to keep yourself updated and connected to all the happenings in the world especially India. This can be done if you regularly read newspapers, magazine and keep yourself updated with the news of all the beat. Simultaneously, keep practicing using UPSC online test papers to get a hold on your speed.

Taking a coaching depends upon individual ability to prepare. You can buy IAS preparation books and prepare for the exam rigorously by yourself or if you need a proper guidance then you can go for coaching institutes. There are plenty of coaching institutes in India where you can get guided well. In both the cases, you need self motivation, passion, confidence and persistence. If you have all of these then no obstacle is too difficult to cross. If you are preparing on your own, you have the privilege to prepare your own convenience

Know the Basics about Bank Exams 2015

Amongst the most demanding jobs in India, Bank job tops the list. Each year, around 20 lakhs aspirants appear for bank recruitment exams conducted by IBPS, State Bank Of India (SBI), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and other private banks that are taken together. These banking exams can aspirants who are able to crack the exams, lucrative jobs in RBI, SBI (and associated SBI banks), 21 nationalized banks, 20+ private banks of India, some selective foreign banks and a large number of small to medium co-operative banks as well as the gramin banks at the clerical, PO (Probationary Officer) and SO (Specialist Officer) levels. It is announced that vacancies in banks are set to reach 7.5 lakh in the upcoming 5 years, since only banking jobs are appearing lucrative in times of an economic drops.

Once the aspirant is able to crack the exam, he/she then goes through rounds of group discussion and personal interviews for a more filtered selection process.

Bank exams are typically conducted no different than aptitude tests in order to examine the basic aptitude and intelligence level of the aspirant. The tests examine your IQ level, basic concepts learnt in school and your general awareness levels. Though they are different from the tests you may have taken in school. Following points will tell you how are they different-

-The questions have a problem followed by multiple-choices that makes them as objective type of questions. You need to go through the problem thoroughly and mark the correct answer.

-Unlike schools, the steps involved in solving the questions do not give you marks. You grab the mark only for the right answer, and that is it! In case you are confused between two choices, do not mark both of them as they will not at all fetch marks to you.

-Every wrong answer makes you pay penalty as a negative marking. Unlike school or college where you used to get a “zero” for a wrong attempt, in these exams you will get negative marks to wrong answers.  So, if you do not be careful, you can end up with a scoring less than zero as well.

Out of all five sections, each may carry different cut off.  You need to achieve some minimum marks in each section to qualify for the next level of the bank recruitment process.

For Bank exams, there is no fixed syllabus. Still you can prepare through various kinds of Bank PO Books and try to grab the job.   

JEE Mains 2015- Last Few Days Preparation

After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams ends, the aspiring engineers from across the country will start gearing up and sweating out for their biggest test i.e the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). Scheduled to be held on 4th April 2015 (offline), JEE is expected to be taken by about more than 18 lakh students in over 1500 centers across India and abroad.

The JEE is a three-hour test comprising of three sections namely physics, chemistry and mathematics. The syllabus of the exam has been taken from that of CBSE class 11^th and 12^th. Each subject comprises of 30 questions that are of objective type in nature (multiple choice with single correct answer). These questions carry 4 marks each. Students should be very careful as there is one-fourth negative marking for every wrong answer.

To solve the problems, try the obvious conventional methods first, say experts. If they don’t work out, try to understand the problem again and find tricks and clues that can help you solve the problem. Most of the JEE Mains books provide tricks and techniques of solving a question in multiple ways. Go through all the concepts related to the problem once again and see how they can be applied to the problem spontaneously. At times, you can even try to relate the problem to real-life situations as it will help you to analyse the question better. Refer to the solution, only when you have exhausted your number of limits. Practice similar problems many times, you will get a gist of solving such questions. Remember one thing doing 100 quality and concepts-based questions is more important and helpful than doing 1000 non-concept questions, therefore, select the questions carefully and then start preparing. Consult to past papers to know what kind of questions you can expect. Create your own shortcuts and ways to tackle particular kind of question.

Generally, paper 2 tests a student for visualizing three dimensional objects from two dimensional drawings, visualizing different sides of a three dimensional object and also analytical reasoning and mental ability.

Nothing can give you a better understanding than solving previous year papers is the most important and required thing to do if you want to succeed in JEE Main 2015 exam. JEE Main 2015 books and sample papers will provide you an insight into the type of questions, marking scheme and time management. Solving these sample papers will give you an idea about how the questions will appear in actual exam

All About SSC Exam

SSC-CGL is a specialized exam that is conducted by Staff Selection Commission (SSC) every year. This is considered to be one of the major exams to be conducted for graduate students. Candidates who successfully clear this exam will be recruited for various posts in the ministries of government of India and in subordinate offices.

Following are the details of the exam-

Name of the exam: Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level (SSC-CGL) Exam
Stages of Examination: 3 stages of exam Tier I, II and III

Held in the month of: Usually in the month of June-July
Educational qualification: Graduate from any recognized university
Many doubt careers after appearing for this exam, let us clarify that clearing this exam is a no small deal, a lucrative career waits right for those who clear the SSC-CGL exam. In 2013, about 12 lakh candidates took this exam for a vacancy of 20,000 posts. The competition is a wide stretch with a narrow hole to escape. Depending on the post that you have applied for, once you clear the SSC-CGL exam, you can steadily climb the career ladder with high growth at every step. The high salary and the power that it offers in government organizations makes SSC jobs quite sought after.
SSC was established in 1975, it is an organization that is responsible for recruiting skillful staff for different posts in the ministries of government of India and other subordinate offices. SSC recruits man force for Group C (non-technical) & Group B (non-gazetted both technical & non-technical) posts in departments of the Indian Government, its subordinate offices, except those for which recruitment is made by the Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) & Industrial Establishments.
The examination is held in three phases: Tier I (200 marks) Tier II (400 marks) Tier - III (100 marks). Following are the details about each tier.

Tier I
Subjects: General Intelligence & Reasoning, English, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude
Full marks: 200
Total Time: 2 hours
Tier II (Only those who have cleared Tier I can appear for Tier II exam)
Type: Objective
Subjects: English & Quantitative Abilities
Full marks: 200
Total Time: 2 hours
Negative marking: Yes (.25 for every wrong answer)

Tier - III is an interview round conducted only for those who have cleared tier II and one may have to take a Computer Proficiency and skill test along.

Like any other, SSC exam preparation needs dedication, commitment and good study material to power up your preparation. You can get many SSC exam books online and in the market. These books give you a detailed insight about the exam. If you are someone who do not want to spend big bucks on these books then you can as well download free SSC exam preparation material online and prepare equally good.

Career as a Bank Probationary Officer

Banking industry has always been one of the most promising sectors in the world of jobs and careers.
The post of a Probationary Officer’s is the entry to almost all the esteemed managerial positions in the banking industry. A P.O. starts his/her journey as a trainee officer in the Junior Management Grade Service (JMGS) of any bank he joins and if worked hard, he/she can rise to the highest grades and posts of the bank and become a Director, a General Manager or the Chairman of the Bank.

There are no two ways about the fact that a Bank PO’s post is regarded with huge respect in Indian society as it assures an opportunity to grow, prosper and serve the society as a responsible position in the Banking industry. The specialized exam for Bank PO, therefore, attracts millions of talented youth and professionals to grab one of such post in a reputed bank.

To dig out your opportunity to become a Bank PO you should enroll yourself to appear for bank exams. Banks conduct recruitment exams for Probationary officers as well as Specialist Officers cadre to manage other wings of a bank like finance, legal entities, human resources, marketing, operations, miscellaneous systems and other departments which are open to candidates having professional qualifications in engineering, law, chartered accountancy or a professional degree in MCA, MBA etc.

Each year, the banks conduct exams for the following cadres:
1.    Bank Probationary Officers (PO)
2.    Bank Clerks or Probationary Clerks
3.    Bank Specialist Officers (SO)

With such tight competition spacing in officers grade job in banking sector increasingly get tougher each year, one must -appear for vacancies in PSU banks conducted by the renowned Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS), the consolidation of the IBPS exam has intensified the exam competition of banking.
To prepare well for clearing IBPS PO exam, one must be solely dedicated and focused to work hard to get through. For a good preparation strategy you need to identify your strengths and weaknesses so that you can utilize your strengths in scoring well and successfully improve your weaknesses. Ample time to study, good study material, a lot of practice will surely help you achieve your dream. There are heaps of banks specialized preparation bank PO books available in market. You can also get IBPS Exam Books online and purchase them without any hassle.

4 Important Traits to Become a Good Doctor

Becoming a doctor and studying medicine has always been a dream to one or the other person. This is one of the most desired career for students.

Just studying big books is not enough for you to become a great doctor, here are six essential traits that will make you a good doctor.

1. Professionalism
This is the most basic trait that is required in not just medical field but in any other career. It is of the utmost importance that you behave professionally in all your conduct. The key concepts of professionalism are universal.

It is really important for a doctor to maintain the Doctor-Patient confidentiality as it is a fundamental rule of medical ethics. Another important aspect is to maintain a professional distance from your patients as they need to feel safe in order to disclose their personal health related information at their discretion.

2. Patience
If you happen to become a renowned doctor then there are chances that you may get flooded up with appointments, some doctors tend to rush and make quick decisions in order to attend them all. It is very important to realize that it’s the service that talks about your work, nothing else.

For becoming a good doctor, you need to first learn to keep patience, this is a habit that takes some good amount of time to develop but once developed, it will give you a better life and career.

3. Hard working
First of all, if you aspire to become a doctor you are required to study hard right from your high school.  Cracking medical competitive exams like AIPMT etc.  are not cupcakes it requires a lot of preparation, dedication and hard work. You need to prepare well with right choice of study material, there are many medical books online as well as AIPMT books available for your reference.   

This practice of working hard will not just help you in the exam but also in future if you become a doctor. Working in this profession means working long hours, weekends as well as holidays.

 4. Up-to-date
With new medicines and cures being invented almost every day, it is very important for the aspirant to be up to dated about the latest happening in medical sciences. Not just the aspirants but the medical professionals should also be well versed with latest happening, new findings, innovative research and emerging theories in the world of Medical Sciences

Remember one thing, you should never stop learning.