Be A Part of Indian Democracy

India’s upcoming general election will be the largest democratic event in history, with more than 814 million people entitled to vote to decide the country’s 16th government. This, however, is not the only record that will be broken when the world’s largest democracy goes to the polls.

According to the Centre for Media Studies, Indian politicians will spend as much as $4.9 billion during the electoral contest, which will end in May, with the final votes counted – and India’s next government decided – by May 16.

Youth vote can reshape 2014 polls and can bring changes in Indian politics. 

Voters at the national level will now have the option of selecting “none of the above”, allowing them to reject parliamentary candidates for the first time. 

Young people demand that our polity focuses on education, health, safety, services, empowerment and jobs, not jati-waad.

According to the Election Commission “The elections will see over 1.79 lakh new young voters on average in each constituency”. 

Of them, about 24 per cent, or around 43,000, will be first-time voters, in the 18-19 age group. That’s a significant figure, as the winning margin was less than this in 226 Lok Sabha constituencies in the 2009 elections.

Unlike earlier years, where 'youth power' was glorified in politicians' and ideologues' style, but amounted to little in electoral votes, 2014 is different.

Over 65% of India's population is under 35 years now. Data suggests first-time voters in India, between 18-23 years, compose 14% of the electorate. That's a staggering number. The difference it could make to this election and our polity is huge.

In six states — Rajasthan (25 seats), Chhattisgarh (11), Madhya Pradesh (29), West Bengal (42), Uttar Pradesh (80) and Assam (14) — which account for 201 Lok Sabha constituencies, the number of voters between 18 and 19 years of age per constituency is higher than the national average.

The BJP is upbeat about these statistics, as they expect new voters to be “unburdened” by political ideologies and to boost the anti-incumbency against the ruling Congress.

“The psychology of the young voter is unpolluted. These voters are bound to be more agitated about corruption, price rise and the lack of job opportunities. For them, good governance will be the issue.

By not voting, we're doing ourselves the biggest harm possible. We're blowing the one big chance we have to make a positive difference.

The more young people vote, the more our concerns modern, secular, progressive will shape India's agenda.

If we don't vote, we must be prepared to live with broken streets, non-existent jobs, subsistence-level services, communal politics, corrupt officials and no one in charge listening to you.

To break that vicious cycle, sign up and vote. There are hassles involved — address proofs are a headache for many in places other than birth locations — but brave these. You're young. Use your energy — the troubles are small, advantages great.

A single Vote can make all the difference

If you don’t vote, you are killing democracy:

If we want to keep our democracy alive then every citizens of India (who is eligible for voting) should come out and exercise their voting rights.

Do not choose your candidate party wise. Think carefully and then elect a candidate who is responsible and you feel will work towards betterment of society and bring a change. If you don’t vote, you are killing democracy.   

A single vote can help select the right candidate:

By voting, we voice our opinion and get to choose the deserving candidate. Those who do not vote have no rights to criticise about the non-performing political leaders. Your single vote can help select the right candidate that can benefit the city and the nation on a whole.

A single vote can bring positive changes in society:

Citizens must vote to make politicians realise that the people deserve more than what they are being offered in terms of facilities, public works, education, amenities and medical assistance among others. If we want positive changes in society, we have to come out and vote for the right candidates. Elect candidates who know the reality at ground level.

Voting gives us a chance to voice our opinion:

If we want our government to be responsible and accountable to people, then we must vote dutifully. It gives us a chance to voice our opinion and decide which party should work for welfare of society. There can be many reasons for not voting such as political apathy on part of people, but to keep the democracy alive, people must come out and vote.

We must cast our votes to help flush out corrupt leaders:

Our constitution is based on the principle of one citizen, one vote, one value, but one value has not come into existence till now.

Votes are being bought and this is happening because citizens are not exercising their voting rights. One must understand that when we have accepted democracy, we have also accepted voting as part of our democratic right. We must cast votes to help flush out corrupt leaders from politics.

By not voting, you are sacrificing your sacred right:

Voting is a sacred right of every individual and exercising his/her voting rights is the duty of the citizens of India. If you do not vote, you do not have any moral right to criticise any other political leaders.

If citizens do not vote, they are unnecessarily sacrificing their sacred right. The youth must especially understand how important and prized their vote is, which will help shape the future of the country.

With 12 Crore first time voters, the wave of change, is about to begin.Please make sure you have made yourself registered.


For online registration please follow the link below:

Click here for Online Voting Registration:

The 2014 general election will be one of the greatest milestones in India’s democratic history. 

So Get Ready To Vote: Polling begins on April 7 & Ends on May 12.

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IBPS Allocation Process: Explained and Clarified

Dear readers, IBPS PO and IBPS Clerk results are around the corner and candidates are worried whether they will be able to make it in the final merit list or not. Lot of candidates are requesting us to give more clarity on the allocation process of IBPS. Today, we will try to clarify the IBPS bank allocation process and discuss various scenarios.

As a first step of the recruitment procee, IBPS conducts Common Written Exam, which is followed by a common interview process.

Merit List is prepared by adding marks of written test and interview, after giving 80% weightage to Written Marks and 20% weightage to Interview Marks.

For example, if you scored 75 marks (out of 200) in written test, then first convert these marks to be out of 80 i.e. (75/200)x80 = 30

Similarly, if you score 60 Marks (out of 100) in interview, first it will be converted to be out of 20 i.e. (60/100)*20 = 12

Now, both written test score and interview scores will be added. So, in case of above example, your combined score will be 30+12 = 42

Now, a merit will be prepared on the basis of above combined score.

Parallely, IBPS takes requirement from all participating banks, as in the number of vacancies in the
respective banks (category wise).

Now, suppose there are total 20,000 vacancies in IBPS PO III, which will be further divided into various categories like General, OBC, SC, SC etc. At this stage cut-off marks (or cut-off merit rank) will be decided for each category depending on the number of vancacies for each category. Suppose, there are 5400 vacancies for OBC, then cut-off marks (for OBC) will be decided so that only 5400 OBC candidates are above that score and so on.

Now, all these candidates, who are above the cut-off score, in each category, will be picked one by one (irrespective of their category), in order of merit (top scorer picked first and least scorer picked last) and allocation will happen vis-a-vis the bank preference filled by each candidate (remember, you had filled the preference of banks at the time of filling the IBPS form online).

Allocations in case of general candidates are simple - candidates are allocated a bank as per candidate preference and as per the availability. Allocation software picks a Candidates depending on his rank in the merit, checks whether a seat is available in the bank, which the candidate has marked as first choice in the preference list (Bank). If a seat is available, allocation is done otherwise, software checks for the second preference of the candidate and so on. Remember, General category candidates are eligible to get a seat from Unreserved Seats only.

In case of OBC, SC/ST and other reserved category candidates, first the candidates is picked on the basis of his/her rank in the overall merit (irrespective of category). Then allocation software looks for his first preference of Bank. In the process, first the software sees if the candidate can get his first preference of bank as per his rank in General Category. If he can get, then allocation is done, otherwise, software checks if the candidate can get the allocation as per his rank in his reserved category (OBC/SC/ST etc). If a seat is available then allocation is done, otherwise, software looks for second preference (bank) of the candidate. Again, first software tries to do the allocation as per his overall Rank and then as per his rank in his reserved category. One should remember, each bank has a predefined number of seats for reserved and unreserved candidates.

Scenario A: Suppose, there is a general candidate and his rank in overal merit list (including reserve categies) is 2500, then, software will pick him for allocated, after the software has allocated seats to 2499 candidates (who had better rank than him). Software will check his preference list starting from first preference. An allocation will be done as soon as software finds a seat available in a bank (in order of his preference).

Scenario B: Suppose, there is a OBC candidates and his rank in overall merit list (including General and other reserved category candidates) is 4000, then software will pick him for allocation after the software has allocated seats to 3999 candidates. Now, the software will look at the first prference (Bank) of the candidates and will see if a seat is available in Unreserved Category of seats. If yes, allocation is done otherwise, software will look for a seat in OBC category of seats. If a seat is available here, allocation is done, otherwise software looks for the second preference (bank) of the candidate. Here again, software will first look into Unsererved seats and then OBC seats and so on, till the candidate is allocated a seat in a bank.

We hope this gives a clear picture of the complete allocation process. If, you still have any queries regarding the allocation process, please mention the same in comments section, we will try to address it.

Wish you all the best for the result!

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Union Bank Clerk Result under CWE-CL-II

Union Bank came out with a list for the recruitment of candidates under fourth round allotment of CWE-CL-II.

Date of Reporting - 09.04.2014

The provisional offers of appointment are being sent to the correspondence address of the candidates
provided by them in their on-line application forms submitted to the IBPS.

Click here to View the Result.

All the best!!!

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Varanasi the new battleground !

Varanasi also known as Banaras or Kashi is a city on the banks of the Ganga. It is also known as the favourite city of the Hindu idol Lord Shiva as it has been mentioned in the Rigveda that this city at older times was known as Kashi or "Shiv ki Nagri".

Varanasi is often referred to as "the city of temples", "the holy city of India", "the religious capital of India", "the city of shiva", and "the city of learning". The City has been named after Varuna and Assi rivers.

Varanasi — a melting pot of Hindus and Muslims who have lived side by side for years — is the centre of attention today.

In the coming weeks, it will be the most watched city in the country. It is all set to be one of the most hotly contested Lok Sabha seat after BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, 63-year-old Narendra Modi, decided to contest election from the holy city. And now, Modi faces a new challenge in form of the indefatigable Arvind Kejriwal. The Aam Aadmi Party convener has already raised the pitch by relentlessly attacking the ‘Modi model’.

Congress is still undecided about putting up a candidate in Varanasi.

Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency has five assembly segments of which three are urban- Varanasi North, Varanasi South and Varanasi Cantonment- while the other two Sevapuri and Rohaniya are rural. It is currently represented by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi in Parliament.

A new political era

Varanasi today becomes a definition for a different political battle. The recent Delhi election was about defeating a decadent Congress. Varanasi is about inventing and invoking a new era in politics.

Why Modi decided to contest from Varanasi when he was sure to get elected from Gujarat? Perhaps, he thought that having a foothold in UP, may help the BJP to win more seats from the most populous state of the union. Also his run for election in the holy city may galvanize support among Hindus. It will brush up his Hindu credentials and also focus his campaign on a key swing area.

Mr. Arvind Kejriwal is suggesting the battle is different, that he and even Mr. Modi are irrelevant. The choice and challenge before India as a civilisation, a nation, a democracy and a community is to decide what kind of a decent society we want to be.

 In fact, Kejriwal is presenting himself as a comic clown against Mr. Modi as king and asking what Mr. Vajpayee asked of Mr. Modi — what is Rajdharma? Do the emperor’s new clothes, which he calls development, tell us something about the middle class? Who then talks of the marginal? Is power always frozen at the top or can it melt and coat an entire system? In asking these questions, Mr. Kejriwal is inviting India to the new possibilities of democracy.

Mr. Kejriwal’s trip is like a pilgrimage. Mr. Modi’s organisation is like an army that is camping.

Mr. Kejriwal’s attempts in terms of political scale would be modest. His message is like a conversation, homely, humble, and even deprecating. Mr. Modi has the persona of a loudspeaker, amplifying his own repetitions.

Mr. Kejriwal has place for the small and marginal, for the gossip of the nukkad. He is a listener. Mr. Modi’s persona comes out better as a Dictaphone.

But the contrasting styles are a signal to the contrasting messages of the two opponents. Mr. Kejriwal is content to be the quiet catalyst that changes not just electoral democracy but the drama of citizenship.
Mr. Kejriwal is leveraging Varanasi to challenge the Gujarat that Mr. Modi presents. It is a battle of texts, discourses, messages which will be deciphered again and again. In this lies the value and drama of Indian Democracy.

Leaders represented Varanasi in the Lok Sabha: 

A galaxy of leaders had represented Varanasi in the Lok Sabha. Besides, Lal Bahadur Shastri, who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as India’s second Prime Minister, Dr. Sampurnand, named philosopher-king, an astrologer, who UP’s Chief Minister, hailed from the holy city.

The freedom fighter, Pt. Kamlapati Tripathi, once UP’s Chief Minister and later Railway Minister in Indira Gandhi cabinet also belonged to Varanasi. Many BJP leaders too were elected from the ancient city, latest of the BJP leader elected from Varanasi was Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, who was unwilling to be shifted Kanpur to make way for Narendra Modi, but eventually fell in line.

The holy city is facing the brunt of years of neglect: 

The historic city by the sacred Ganga is home to more than a million and draws pilgrims from across the world to its ghats and is yet in such a grim condition.

The city has a BJP mayor, MLA and MP, but still the new sewer system built recently is in a bad shape.

What is even worse is that the Manikarnika Ghat, where the last rites are performed, not only lacks modern infrastructure but the waste from the Ghat also flows into the river.

A little down the river, bloated human bodies as well bodies of animals are seen floating which no one has come to claim or remove. Also seen are the drains that empty the waste of the city into the river.

The roads in Varanasi are both bad and congested, which is poorly planned construction work at many places which not only shrinks the available space but also increases the risk of accidents.

"It is the carelessness and emotionless governance and they are not taking Varanasi in right earnest.
They are not considering the vast height of Varanasi in international map. It will be good if the politicians take care of it. It will bring in more fame for the city.

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APGVB announced Second Slot for Office Assistant/Clerk Post

Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank  (APGVB) has announced the second slot of selected candidates for the posts of Office Assistants / Clerks.

Date of Reporting - 1st April 2014
Time - 8.30 AM
Venue - Divya Deepthi Bhavan, Fathima Nagar, Kazipet, Warangal (2 KMs from Kazipet Railway Station)

Click here to View the Second Slot of APGVB clerical recruitment results 2014.

All the best!!!

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Earth Hour Save Planet

Earth Hour is a worldwide grassroots movement uniting people to protect the planet, and is organised by WWF.

It is an event that aims to create awareness of people taking responsibility towards a sustainable future by turning the lights off. Earth Hour is not to be confused with Earth Day.

Engaging a massive mainstream community on a broad range of environmental issues, Earth Hour was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007.

Since then it has grown to engage more than 7000 cities and towns worldwide, and the one-hour event continues to remain the key driver of the now larger movement.

Actor Arjun Kapoor has been announced as the national brand ambassador of the environmental campaign ' Earth Hour 2014

What do people do?

People will turn off all non-essential lights to raise awareness about environmental challenges at the specified time.

On Saturday March 29th at 8:30pm, millions of people across the world are switching off lights for one hour - to celebrate their commitment to the planet.

Iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to Asia to the Americas have stood in darkness during previous Earth Hours. 

Some people enjoy Earth Hour with a candle-lit dinner or a candle-lit bath, while others host large events or parties, either in darkness or with candles, to celebrate Earth Hour.

Businesses and government organizations, as well as community and political leaders also take part in Earth Hour. It's about giving people a voice on the planet’s future and working together to create a sustainable low carbon future for planet earth.

Earth Hour only asks people to turn off the non-essential lights for one hour - not lights that affect public safety. Earth Hour is also a celebration of the planet so it’s important to enjoy the moment in a safe environment

For the very first time, Moscow’s Kremlin and whole Red Square complex, including St. Basil’s Cathedral, Historical Museum and the famous GUM-mall switch off for Earth Hour.

Participating landmarks include:

The Sydney Harbour Bridge, Tokyo Tower, Taipei 101, The Petronas Towers, Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest), Marina Bay Sands Singapore, Gateway of India, The Burj Khalifa, The Church of the Nativity (Birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem), Table Mountain, Dubrovnik City Walls, Eiffel Tower, Avenue Habib Bourguiba, The Acropolis, Tower of Pisa, The Spanish Steps, Brandenburg Gate, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, The UK Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Christ the Redeemer Statue, CN Tower, Las Vegas Strip, Times Square, The Empire State Building, Niagara Falls and more.

Vancouver, Canada was crowned as the first ever Global Earth Hour Capital. The city was recognised for its ambition to be a global leader on climate-smart urban development with green targets.

For example, by 2020, Vancouver aims for all new buildings to be carbon neutral in their operations; citizens to make over 50% of trips by foot, bicycle or public transport; and the number of green jobs to have doubled.

Whose idea was Earth Hour:

Earth Hour came from a think tank initiated by Earth Hour CEO and Co-Founder, Andy Ridley, resulting in the formation of a partnership between WWF Australia, Leo Burnett and Fairfax Media to address the climate change issue.

In 2007, there was still a degree of scepticism and denial about the issue of climate change. Earth Hour came as the inspiration to rally people to the reality of climate change and start a dialogue about what we as individuals can do to help address the greatest problem facing our planet today.

Leo Burnett partnered with WWF to promote the idea and help make the campaign a reality in Sydney, a campaign which has now gone beyond climate change to symbolise the growing global pursuit of a better, healthier world.

Commitment to Earth Hour mean:

By registering for Earth Hour 2014, individuals, communities and businesses are making a commitment to turn their lights off for an hour at 8.30PM on Saturday 29 March in acknowledgement of an act they will undertake for the benefit of the planet. 

We hope that these individuals, communities and businesses will take action beyond the hour through Earth Hour Blue

Earth Hour’s relationship with WWF:

Earth Hour is an initiative of WWF.  In 2007, WWF initiated Earth Hour a way of engaging a broad section of society in the environmental issues challenging citizens across the world. WWF embraced the idea of an open sourced campaign that would allow communities and organisations to become part of a global movement to protect out planet.

Why is Spider-Man Earth Hour’s ambassador in 2014?

Earth Hour and ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ (TASM2), distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, are encouraging people across the world to become superheroes for the planet with a simple call to action: “Use Your Power at earthhour.org”.

The partnership will allow us to reach an even broader section of society to spread the Earth Hour message, which is an approach that has allowed the movement to grow to the position it is in today.

Key to the partnership is that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the most eco-friendly blockbuster produced by Sony Pictures. Sony Pictures will offset 4,000 tonnes of carbon through WWF-China’s Gold Standard Verified ‘Energy Efficient Stoves To Protect The Giant Panda” project; and these carbon offsets have rendered the entire physical production of the film, as well as well as the appearance and activities of the film’s cast, producers and director for Earth Hour events, completely carbon-neutral.

Spider-Man is Earth Hour’s first superhero ambassador, epitomizing the power of the individual and inspiring his fans to become superheroes for the planet. We want every fan of Spider-Man to walk away knowing they can do something to protect the planet. Earth Hour is a movement for people illustrate their support, and Earth Hour Blue is the place they can get involved.

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Fourth List of IBPS PO II

 Fourth List of IBPS PO II

According to the IBPS Helpline Number (1800222366), there will be a Fourth Allotment List for the PO II Candidates. The reason for this decision is that many candidates of third list didn't join the allotted banks and now the seats are vacant. As the result, fourth list will be announced.


It will be announced on or before 31st March 2014, since the validity of PO II is expiring on 31st March 2014.

As for the PO III Candidates, no need to panic. This list won’t effect on the recruitment process of PO III. IBPS is a standard organization and each and every decision is taken keeping in interest the future of the candidates.

From our analysis, this list is only announced to fill the vacant seat of PO II and it won’t affect the recruitment process of PO III.

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LIC HFL Assistants Online Exam 2014 Call Letters out

 LIC HFL Assistants Online Exam 2014 Call Letters out

 LIC Housing Finance Ltd has released the call letters for the Assistants On-line Exam 2014. The exam will be held on 6th April 2014.


Download your Call Letters of LIC HFL Assistants Online Exam 2014.

Download Information Handout from here.

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Jharkhand Gramin Bank Recruitment

Jharkhand Gramin Bank invites on-line applications for the post of  Office Assistants (Multi purpose) who have been declared qualified at the On-line CWE for RRBs  conducted by IBPS during September/ October 2013.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Opening date for On-line Registration - 01.04.2014
Last Date for On-line Registration - 16.04.2014

Click here to View the Advertisement.

Click here to Apply On-line.

Note: On-line portal will open on 01.04.2014.

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Skill Test Schedule For Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination 2013 (Southern Region)

SSC Southern Region announced the schedule for the Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination 2013.

Venue : M/S. Tensor Infotech, I & III Floor, Rukshana Towers, 51/21, Hindi Prachar Sabha Street, T Nagar, Chennai – 600 017. Tel No: 044 - 2434 4799.

Important Links :

Click Here For Official Schedule

Click Here For Candidates List called for Skill Test (DEO (English)

Click Here For Candidates List called for Skill Test (LDC (English)

Click Here For Candidates List called for Skill Test (LDC (Hindi)

Click Here For VH Candidates List called for Skill Test (DEO/LDC (English)

Click Here For VH Candidates List called for Skill Test (LDC (English)

Click Here For Sample Call Letter

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7 things to know about Microsoft’s New CEO - Satya Nadella

Microsoft finally announced its new chief executive as Satya Nadella after a six-month-long flood of speculations and rumours. 

Although Ballmer and Gates are well-known within the tech community, much less is known about Nadella.

Nadella, relatively unknown outside of the company, has been with Microsoft for 22 years, and comes in as founder Bill Gates’s moves on from his role as chairman to technology adviser.

As Nadella steps into the national spotlight, here’s 7 things to know about Microsoft’s new CEO:

1.    He grew up in India. Nadella was born in 1967 in Hyderabad, India, attended public schools there and received a bachelors’ degree in electrical engineering from Manipal University. His father, B.N. Yugandhar, still lives in Hyderabad. According to Reuters, the senior Nadella was a member of the elite Indian Administrative Service and a member of the Planning Commission during 2004-2009 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

2.    Nadella is known for his work with cloud computing at Microsoft and his deep technical knowledge. The company's cloud platform which Nadella came to oversee in 2013 is the infrastructure beneath Microsoft services such as Bing, Xbox Live, Office 365 and Windows Azure.

Nadella has helped Microsoft's cloud platform, Azure, become a more serious competitor to Amazon's cloud. Before becoming head of cloud and enterprise engineering, Nadella led Microsoft's server and tools division.

3.    He reads poetry. Nadella says he kicks back by reading poetry, which he says is like code. “You’re trying to take something that can be described in many, many sentences and pages of prose, but you can convert it into a couple lines of poetry and you still get the essence, so it’s that compression. The best code is poetry.”

4.    Nadella joins the growing list of Indian-born executives heading major global corporations. Nadella's appointment would make him one of the America's most powerful Indian-origin executives, alongside MasterCard's Ajay Banga and PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi.

5.    He’s a multi-tasker. When he joined Microsoft in 1992, he was on track to get his master’s degree. Rather than choose between the two, he did both, flying out from Redmond on Friday nights for classes at the University of Chicago. He finished a master’s in business administration in just two and a half years.

6.    Nadella would be only the third CEO of 38-year-old Microsoft after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

7.    Nadella  has three university qualifications – a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Mangalore University, a master's degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin and another master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicag

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Computer: MS Office Quiz

1. Which of the following is not valid version of MS Office?
A) Office XP
B) Office Vista
C) Office 2007
D) None of above

2. You cannot close MS Word application by
A) Choosing File menu then Exit submenu
B) Press Alt+F4
C) Click X button on title bar
D) From File menu choose Close submenu

3. The key F12 opens a
A) Save As dialog box
B) Open dialog box
C) Save dialog box
D) Close dialog box

4. What is the short cut key to open the Open dialog box?
A) F12
B) Shift F12
C) Alt + F12
D) Ctrl + F12

5. A feature of MS Word that saves the document automatically after certain interval is available on
A) Save tab on Options dialog box
B) Save As dialog box
C) Both of above
D) None of above

6. Where can you find the horizontal split bar on MS Word screen?
A) On the left of horizontal scroll bar
B) On the right of horizontal scroll bar
C) On the top of vertical scroll bar
D) On the bottom of vertical scroll bar

7. Which of the following is not available on the Ruler of MS Word screen?
A) Tab stop box
B) Left Indent
C) Right Indent
D) Center Indent
E) All of them are available on ruler

8. What is place to the left of horizontal scroll bar?
A) Tab stop buttons
B) View buttons
C) Split buttons
D) Indicators
E) None of above

9. Which file starts MS Word?
A) Winword.exe
B) Word.exe
C) Msword.exe
D) Word2003.exe

10. How many ways you can save a document?
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6

11. If you want to keep track of different editions of a document which features will you use?
A) Editions
B) Versions
C) Track Change
D) All of above

12. Background color or effects applied on a document is not visible in
A) Web layout view
B) Print Layout view
C) Reading View
D) Print Preview

13. What is a portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options?
A) Page
B) Document
C) Section
D) Page Setup

14. Borders can be applied to
A) Cells
B) Paragraph
C) Text
D) All of above

15. Which of the following is not a type of page margin?
A) Left
B) Right
C) Center
D) Top

16. What is the default left margin in Word 2003 document?
A) 1"
B) 1.25"
C) 1.5"
D) 2"

17. What is gutter margin?
A) Margin that is added to the left margin when printing
B) Margin that is added to right margin when printing
C) Margin that is added to the binding side of page when printing
D) Margin that is added to the outside of the page when printing

18. Portrait and Landscape are
A) Page Orientation
B) Paper Size
C) Page Layout
D) All of above

19. If you need to change the typeface of a document, which menu will you choose?
A) Edit
B) View
C) Format
D) Tools

20. Which of the following is not a font style?
A) Bold
B) Italics
C) Regular
D) Superscript


Answers
1-B
2-D
3-A
4-D
5-A
6-C
7-D
8-B
9-A
10-A
11-B
12-D
13-C
14-D
15-C
16-B
17-C
18-A
19-C
20-D

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Top Amazing Facts About The Human Body

Here are wacky facts about human body : - 

è The largest organ in the body is the skin.

è The liver is the largest gland and the largest internal organ in the human body.

è The brian uses over a quarter of the oxygen used by the human body.

è Our heat beats around 100000 times a day, 36500000 times a year and over a billion times if you live beyond 30.

è Length of thum is the same with nose.

è Red blood cells carry oxygen around the body. They are created inside the bone marrow.

è It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

è The biggest muscle in the body is gluteus maximus , in the buttock.

è The lungs contain over 300, 000 million capillaries. If they were laid end to end, they would stretch 2400 km.

è Every drop of blood in human body is filtered by the body over 300 times a day.

è The ovum is the largest cell in the human body.

èAdult lungs have a surface area of around 70 square meters.

è The stapes is the smallest bone in the body. It’s located in the inner ear.

è The acid in stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.

è Nose and Ears continue growing throughout entire life.

è Each person has a unique tongue print just like the fingerprints.

è The longest muscle in the body is Sartorius.

è The smallest muscle in the body is Stapedius, deep in the ar. It is thinner than a thread and 0.05 inches ( 0.12 centimeters ) in length.

è Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.

è All babies are color blind when they are born , they only see black & white.

è The tongue is the strongest muscle in the human body.

è It takes 17 muslce to smile and 43 to frown.

è The adult body is made up of : 100 trillion cells, 206 bones, 600 muslces and 22 internal organs.

è Bone in an adult account for 14% of the body’s total weight.

è A body born with 300 bones in their body, but as an adult we have 206 bones.

è 200 muscles used to take one step.

è The strongest bone in your body is the femur ( thighbone ) and its hollow. It is also the longest and largest bone in Human body.

è The normal pulse is 70 heartbeats per minute.

è Blood is 6 times thicker than water.

è Facial hair grows faster than any other hair on the body.

è Our kidneys filter about 1.3 liters of blood every minute & expel up to 1.4 liters of urine in a day.

è The only part of the body without blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

è An average human produces 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime.

è The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.

è 14 bones make up the human face.

è The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood to 30 feet.

è The tooth is the only part of the human body that can’t repair itself. 

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LIC Recruitment of AAO (Actuarial)

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is inviting online applications from eligible Indian Citizens for filling up the posts of Assistant Administrative Officer (Actuarial).


Name of the Post : Assistant Administrative Officer (Actuarial)

Number of Vacancies : 30 Posts (4 SC, 2 ST, 8 OBC, 16 General)

Important Dates :
Start date for On-line Registration of Applications - 20th March 2014
Last date for On-line Registration - 6th April 2014
Download of Call Letter for Examination - 1st Week of May, 2014
Date of On-line Examination (Tentative) - 11th May 2014

Eligibility : Candidates should have compulsorily passed paper CT1 and CT5 plus 4 or more other papers of the examination conducted by the Institute of Actuaries, London/Actuarial Society of India. (Total 6 or more papers) as on the date of eligibility i.e. 1st March, 2014.

Application Fee :
Rs. 50/- for SC / ST / PWD
Rs. 500/- for Others

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Check here to Apply On-line.

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All About लोक सभा !

Dear readers, As General Elections are round the corner, we are presenting you an article on Lok Sabha, which will provide you a detail knowledge about the Lok Sabha (The Lower House of Indian Parliament).

Parliament of India consists of two houses: The Lok Sabha or House of the people and the Rajya Sabha (राज्य सभा)) or Council of States.

The Lok Sabha (लोक सभा) or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India.  Lok means "people" and Sabha means "assembly" in Sanskrit.

The maximum strength of the House envisaged by the Constitution is 552, which is made up by election of upto 530 members to represent the States, upto 20 members to represent the Union Territories and not more than two members of the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the Hon'ble President, if,  in his/her opinion, that community is not adequately represented in the House.

The total elective membership is distributed among the States in such a way that the ratio between the number of seats allotted to each State and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States.

Lok Sabha, unless sooner dissolved, continues for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and the expiration of the period of five years operates as dissolution of the House.

However, while a declaration of emergency is in operation, this period may be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending, in any case, beyond a period of six months after the proclamation has ceased to operate.

Background:

The Lok Sabha was duly constituted for the first time on 17 April 1952 after the first General Elections held from 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952.

The first Session of the First Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. As many as 15 General Elections to the Lok Sabha have been held till date. The Fifteenth General Elections was held from 16 April to 13 May 2009.

Qualifications of a Member of Lok Sabha:

Article 84 Part V of Indian Constitution sets qualifications for being a member of Lok Sabha, which are as under:-

1. He/She is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorized in that behalf by the Election Commission of India an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule of Indian Constitution.

2. He/She, in the case of a seat in the House of the People, should not be less than twenty-five years of age; and

3. He/She possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under any law made by Parliament.

However, a member can be disqualified of being a member of Parliament:-

1. if he/she holds office of profit;

2. if he/she is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court

3. if he/she is an undischarged insolvent;

4. if he/she is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State;

5. if he/she is violating party discipline (as per Tenth schedule of the constitution);

6. disqualified under Representation of People Act.

Furthermore, as per article 101 (Part V.—The Union) of Indian Constitution:

A person cannot be :-

(1) a member of both Houses of Parliament and provision shall be made by Parliament by law for the vacation by a person who is chosen a member of both Houses of his seat in one House or the other.

(2) a member both of Parliament and of a House of the Legislature of a State.

System of elections to Lok Sabha:

For the purpose of holding direct elections to Lok sabha each state is divided into territorial constituencies. In this respect the constitution of India makes the following two provisions:

1. Each state is allotted a number of seats in the Lok sabha in such a manner that the ratio between that number and its population is same for all the states of India. This provision does not apply for states having a population of less than 6 million (60 lakhs)

2. Each state is divided into territorial constituencies in such a manner that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it remain the same throughout the state

Powers:

1. Motions of no confidence against the government can only be introduced and passed in the Lok Sabha. If passed by a majority vote, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers resigns collectively. The Rajya Sabha has no power over such a motion, and hence no real power over the executive.

2. Money bills can only be introduced in the Lok Sabha, and upon being passed, are sent to the Rajya Sabha, where it can be deliberated on for up to 14 days.

If not rejected by the Rajya Sabha, or 14 days lapse from the introduction of the bill in the Rajya Sabha without any action by the House, or recommendations made by the Rajya Sabha are not accepted by the Lok Sabha, the bill is considered passed.

The budget is presented in the Lok Sabha by the Finance Minister in the name of the President of India.

3. Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing any Bill for Constitutional Amendment (by a majority of the total membership of the House and at least two-thirds majority of the members present and voting).

4. Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing a motion for the impeachment of the President (by two-thirds of the membership of the House).

5. Equal Powers with the Rajya Sabha in initiating and passing a resolution declaring war or national emergency (by two-thirds majority) or constitutional emergency (by simple majority) in a state.

6. If the Lok Sabha is dissolved before or after the declaration of a National Emergency, the Rajya Sabha becomes the sole Parliament. It cannot be dissolved. This is a limitation on the Lok Sabha. But there is a possibility that president can exceed the term to not more than 1 year under the proclamation of emergency and the same would be lowered down to six-month if the said proclamation ceases to operate.

Important Points to be remember:

1. Shri G.V. Mavalankar was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956).

2. Shri M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was the first Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha (30 May 1952-7 March 1956).

3. Smt. Meira Kumar is the Present Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

4. Shri Kariya Munda is the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

5. Shri  Sushil Kumar Sambhajirao Shinde is the leader of the house in the Fifteenth Lok Sabha.

6.  Smt. Sushma Swaraj is the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha.

7. Shri T. K. Viswanathan is the Sec. – General of the Lok Sabha.

8. In the Fifteenth Lok Sabha, two members, i.e. Smt. Ingrid Mcleod and Shri Charles Dias are the nominated members.

9. Shri Basudeb Acharia and Shri Manikrao Hodlya Gavit are the longest serving members in the Lok Sabha.

10. Normally three Sessions of the Lok Sabha are held in a year:

1. Budget Session - February - May

2. Autumn or Monsoon Session  -  July - August

3. Winter Session -   November - December

Lok Sabha also called the popular Chamber: The Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on the basis of adult suffrage.  That is why it is called the popular chamber.

Note:

1. The 16th general election will be held in nine phases, the longest election in the country's history, from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to constitute the16th Lok Sabha in India.

2. Voting will take place in all 543 parliamentary constituencies of India to elect Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha.

3. The result of this election will be declared on 16 May 14, before the 15th Lok Sabha completes its constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014.

4. According to the Election Commission of India, the electoral strength in 2014 is 81.45 crores (814.5 million), the largest in the world.

5. This also will be the longest and the costliest general election in the history of the country with the Election Commission of India estimating that the election will cost the exchequer Rs 3,500 crores, excluding the expenses incurred for security and individual political parties.

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