Reviews of National Insurance Exam (Afternoon Batch) on 14 July 2013 - Vignesh Ramanathan.

Friends, here is another review of NICL Assistants Exam which was held on 14/07/2013 (Afternoon Session) shared by Mr. Vignesh Ramanathan. We hope this will helpful for those people who are going to write the exam on 21st July 2013. All the Best :)

Exam started by 12.30

1) Reasoning--- It was quite easy. Prob are based on analogy,coding series.

2) Quants was time consuming.Questions are from data interpretation(pie chart, line graphs),mensuration,train prob,speed and
distance,trignometry (2 questions), algebra( 2questions), partnership(1q).

3) GK was quite easy. Not from current affairs but it was from general which was a little disapointment for me
some que i remember are

1) why did Bhagat singh,sukhdev hanged---due to bombing at assembly hall
2)cockpit of europe-----belgium
3)missile man of India---Dr.Kalam
4)why did the star light fade in sun and what is the effect called-sorry i dont know ans for this
5)who won all Nobel,Bharat Ratna,Padmabushan etc from INDIA---Mother Theresa
6)water water everywhere poem author--samuel taylor
7)where is kolar gold fields--Karnataka
8)which of the following state does not share boundary with Puduchery--Karnataka,TN,Kerala,AP. I think ans is KARNATAKA but not sure
9)what is fly leaf-- used to mark the book page
10)how to walk in hard ice??
11)when did SAARC formed?
12)where is headquarters of SAARC?---kathmandu
13)when did all india radio started commercial adv?

Thats all I remember as of now.

4) English- It was quite easy too.But took a little time to figure out. Jumbled questions was quite tricky. Other questions
are Idioms, Fill ups, Spot the error.

5) Computer Knowledge - Questions were quiet normal. Not too easy when compared with SBI PO and LIC AAO.

On the whole it was a moderate paper.Only thing is that Quants was little difficult. Thats it Guys, All the Best :)

We are very thankful to Mr. Vignesh Ramanathan for his valuable review. We wish him Great Success for his Exam :)

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 Review of Today's (14th July 2013) BSNL TTA Exam

Friends, here is the review on today's BSNL TTA exam shared by our friend Mr. SK. Nazeer. We are very thankful to him for his time and support. We wish him great success in his exam.

Questions asked in BSNL TTA Exam (14-07-2013)

Part1 : 

As it is combo of eng,gk,Ca rated as easy answerz

1.Present chairman n MD of BSNL-Ans: Rakesh Kumar

Upadhyay

2.Father of Indian telecom revolution-Sam Pitroda

3.2G Licenses which telecom operators were not cancelld by-doubt(MTS/Reliance may b the answer)

4.160year telegram service wil be discontinued from-15july

5.silver medalists in 2012 olympics-vijay kumar n sushil

6.MS Dhoni's place in forbes list of highest paid athletes-16th

7.at present youngest Cm of a state in india-Akhilesh

8.Winner of 2013 US National spell bee contest-Arvind Mahankali

9.PM Of Pak-Nawaz sharif

10 n 11 Synonym:ASTONISH-->surprise,COMPREHENSION-->Knowledge

12 n 13 Antonyms: Overlap->seperate,REJUVENATED->Tired

14 n 15 prepositions

14.We tempted him with many promises, BUT nothing would work on him

15.University is YET to announce results of degree examination

16.ACID rain due to-SO2 n Nitrogen oxide

17.World consumer day-MArch 15

18.Dandi march was led by-GANDHI

19."one vision one identity 1 communit is the motto of-ASEAN

20.Playng time of jana gana mana-52 seconds

Part 2 :

It is given according syllabus bt 30%qns frm diploma maths remaing as per syllabus..This section was moderate to easy

Part 3 : 

This is a difficult and deciding factor for exam becaus it coverz 4 different streams(ECE,EEE,ICE,CSE) with equal weightage to all branches so who can score Good in Part3 have more chances of qualifying for interview.

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 Questions Asked in Today's (14th July 2013) NICL Assistants Exam - Afternoon Session

Friends, here are some questions asked in today's (14-07-2013) National Insurance Company Assistants Exam (Afternoon Session) shared by our friends via comments and mails. We are very thankful to them for their support.

1.Who said the lines "water water everywhere,but not a drop to drink" ?

2.Who among the following has won Nobel prize,padma shri,padma bhushan,padma vibhushan and Bharatratna?(Options include Mother Theresa,Arubindo Ghosh)

3.Where is the premanent secretariat of SAARC located ?

4.What is the new name of Kalinga?

5.When did SAARC set up ?

6.The person who invented America(some more points about him..question was like He is so & so..)

7.Which of the state doesn't share boundary with Pondichery(question was not exactly like this,options Karnataka,Kerala,TamilNadu,Andhrapradesh).

8.Main source of electricity in India(options thermal,hydro etc).

9.Satyameva Jayade is taken from which Upanishad ?

10.The length of the train is same as that of the platform.The train covers the platform at a speed of 90km/hr in 1 minute.What is the length?(answers to be found out in meters)

11.A rectangular field is 90mx50m.There is a path forming the boundary of the field of width 5m,what is the area of the path ?

12.What is the true discount over Rs.1270 for 7 months at 10% per annum ?

13.Pick the odd one out...Shave:razor,Kinfe:cut,Draw:pencil(& one more,i dn't remember,sorry)

14.x-1/x=3,then what is x^2-1/x^2 ?

15.find cos(105)+sin(105) ?

16.find sin(66 1/2)sin(22 1/2).

17.Interchange X and +,7 and 2(some equations like 2-7+3=4 given,u have to put X for +,+ for X,7 instead of 2 and 2 instead of 7,and find out which equation is correct)?

18.form a meaningful sentence 1.i 2.not.3.you 4.did 5.help

19.1024 in computer is equal to what ?(options kilobyte,megabyte,gigabyte)

20.The binary digits in computer are ?(a.1,b.0,c.both a & b,d.3)

21.A device which is not directly connected to CPU is said as(Online,inline,offline.....)

22.A computer cannot work without ?(options--Hardware,Memory,Software package...)

23.A computer uses which language(answer is binary language....question is not exactly like this)

24.The storage mechanism in which the last entered data appears as the first(options include secondary storage,stack etc)

25.Array of storage(options include Magnetic tape,magnetic disk etc)

26.What is VGU ?

27.Which British company introduced bar code system for the first time ?

28.The microprocessor carries data via (options include data pins,input pins etc)

29.The optical disk is read using...(options include laser beam..)

30.Which device can be used to take coloured graphic (hardcopy) (options ink jet printer,laser printer etc)

Thats all i can remember friends...i couldn't do well.Next time prepare GK well (no question from current affairs),

Quantitative aptitude (no question from work and time,problems on ages,but geometry,surds and indices,trigonometry were there),

Computer Knowledge(it was easy as i am from CS background,non-cs students need deep preparation),

Reasoning (there were no syllogism,but analogy,reflected images,pie-chart,coding-decoding,pick odd man out etc were there)

All the best friends !!

Shared by Jgnpilot

Who is called as Missile man

Headquarter of SAARC

When is SAARC established.

First social conference in all India radio at..

Petroleum is found under which rocks

Who is only person to won Nobel prize, padma bushan, padma vibusan....

Shared by Kavin

quant: meansuration,trignometry, time&dist etc basics like bank clerical level

reasoning:analogy, coding, one sudoku etc.,

english: very easy even high school student can answer it.

gk: mostly stock gk,science, history etc.,

computer: little bit easy.

125 questions 250 marks. 0.25 negative mark.

over all paper is easy.

Shared by Anonymous

There were many printing mistakes at many places. English , Maths and reasoning were easy. Computers was moderate. GK was mostly from history and a little biology , nothing from current affairs.

Shared by Swathi

Mera 2nd shift tha. Ssc ke paper parten the. Reasoning & english thode easy tha, math thoda midium. But comp bahat dificult tha. Agar aap ssc exam kelie pripare hote ho toto no problem . Gk question sci, hist, geo se ayethe.

Shared by Vivek Das

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 Review of National Insurance Assistants Exam held on 14th July 2013 (Morning Shift)

Friends, here is the review of today's (14-07-2013) NICL (National Insurance Company Ltd) Assistants Exam (Morning Shift) shared by Mr. Udaya Lavakumar. T , Arya B. Raj and Bidisha. C. The overall paper was easy. It was just a mixture of SSC and Bank Clerical Level.

Review of Today's National Insurance Assistants Exam (14/07/2013)

Important point you should keep in mind is there are very less questions from Current Affairs. They mainly asked questions from General Knowledge (approximately 92% questions from General Knowledge and 8% are from Current Affairs). The general awareness section was almost similar to SSC (ofcourse the difficulty level was low. Questions asked from Chemistry, Geography, Economy and Science, Basic Gk like places etc).

English and Reasoning sections were very easy when compared to other sections.

There is no passage type questions in English. All are of Basic Grammar.

Reasoning was very easy but lil time consuming.

Aptitude section was moderate. Some questions are from areas and volumes. 2 Questions are from Data Interpretation.

Computer Knowledge section was also easy. They mainly focused on the basics and history of computers. 

Bottom Line : Concentrate more on GK.

This is a quick review for those people who are going to attend the exam by this afternoon. We will try to update questions asked in NICL Assistants Exam by this evening. Please share your reviews in comments section below so that it will be useful for your fellow aspirants. All the Best.

Read the review of NICL Assistants Exam Afternoon Session from here

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 Important Current Affairs for RBI and NICL Assistants Exams - New Appointments

• Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA) - K R Kamath
• Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) - S. K. Roy
• Chairman of Nasscom for the year 2013 - Krishnakumar Natarajan
• Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) - P.J.Kurien
• Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) - Kushal Singh
• Chief Minister of Meghalaya (second term) - Mukul Manda Sangma
• Chief Minister of Nagaland (third term) - Neiphiu Rio
• Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh government - Prasanna Kumar Mohanty
  
• Deputy Mayor of a London Borough - Sunil Chopra (NRI)
• Director General, National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF&CD) - Krishna Chaudhary
• Director of Research Centre Imarat (RCI) - G. Satheesh Reddy
• Editor of the London morning daily The Independent (first non-white editor) - Amol Rajan
• First Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court - Justice T Meena Kumari
• First woman elected to the FIFA executivecommitee - Lydia Nsekera
• Governor of Arunachal Pradesh - Nirbhay Sharma
• Governor of Kerala. - Nikhil Kumar
• Head of the World Trade Organisation - Roberto Azevedo
• Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs - Anil Goswamy
• Italy's President - Giorgio Napolitano
• Lebanon new Prime Minister - Tammam Salam
• Member of Executive Council of WMO - Laxman Singh Rathore
• National Council of the Arts - Renee Ramaswamy, a Bharatanatayam exponent
• National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama - Susan Elizabeth Rice
• New chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - B Ashok Reddy
• New Chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes - Sudha Sharma
• New Chief Justice of the AP High Court - Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta
• New Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India - Shashi Kant Sharma
• New Director General of Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) - Avinash Chander
• New director Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC)  - Narendra Kumar Verma
• New Editor of Time International - Bobby Ghosh
• New Head of Google's Android division - SundarPichai
• New High Commissioner to Maldives - Rajeevo Shahare
• New CEO of Prasar Bharathi - Jawhar Sircar
• New DOT (Department Of Telecom) Secretary -  M.F. Farooqui
• New president of Asian Football Confederation - Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa
• New President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Takehiko Nakao
• Next Chief Justice of India (CJI) - Justice P. Sathasivam
• New Precident of FICCI -  Naina Lal Kidwai
• New President of Bharatiya Janatha Party - Rajnath Singh
• New CMD of United Bank of India - Archana Bhargava
• New Chairman of NASSCOM - Krishna Kumar Natarajan
• Next FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Director - James Comey
• Nodal officer for relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttrakhand - V.K.Duggal
• Pakisthan's Prime Minister - Nawaz Sharif
• Paraguay’s new President - Horacio Cartes
• President of Editors Guild of India - N. Ravi
• President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India - Rajan Bharti Mittal
• President of the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - S. Gopalakrishnan
• The President of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) for the fifth consecutive term - Maulana Syed Raabe Hasani Nadvi
• Union Home Secretary - Anil Goswami
• Venezulea's New President - Nicolas Maduro

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 Obituaries / Deaths of Famous People in Last Six Months

• AnandShetty  -  Former international sprinter
• Anthony Lewis - Two-time Pulitzer winner Anthony Lewis
• Asghar Ali Engineer  - Noted Islamic scholar
• Chinua Achebe - father of African literature
• Douglas Engelbar - Creator of the Mouse
• Dr Hilary Koprowski - Polish researcher (inventor of the first successful oral vaccination for polio)
• Ganesh Pyne -  legendary painter
• Hugo Chavez  - Venezuelan President
• J.S. Verma - former Chief Justice of India
• James Gandolfini - Three time Emmy Award winner
• Jetti Veera Raghavulu - Telugu music director
• Jiroemon Kimura - World's oldest ever man (Japan) aged 116
• Justice JS Verma - Former Chief Justice of India
• Kallam Anji Reddy - Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (DRL)
• Lalgudi Jayaraman -  Renowned violinist and composer
• Lonappan Nambadan - former MP (Kerala)
• Mahasundari Devi –Madhubani painting artist & Padma Shree Awardee
• Margaret Thatcher - British Politician (Iron Lady)
• Mary Thom - American Journalist and feminist
• Michael Henry Denness - former England captain
• Pran – Bollywood Actor (Villian)
• Prof Veer Bhadra Mishra - Noted Environmentalist
• Professor Bratindra Nath Mukherjee -  The renowned historian, Padma Shri Awardee, and an epigraphy expert
• Profulla Borua - The veteran Indian journalist (Assam)
• R.P. Goenka -  Rama Prasad Goenka, one of the country’s biggest industrialists and the architect of RPG Enterprises, died
• Ramankutty Nair -  Kathakali exponent (Padma Bhushan award winner)
• Ray Harryhausen - Master of visual effects and stop-motion animation
• RayManzarek - Veteran singer-song writer and The Doors band member
• Rituparno Ghosh---- Noted filmmaker of Bengal
• Robert Edwards - British scientist
• Roger Ebert - American film critic
• Ruma Chatterjee - National Cycling Coach
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - Oscar and Booker Prize winner
  
• Satya Pal Dange -  Veteran CPI leader
• Shakuntala Devi - Indian Mathematician (Human Computer)
• Shamshad Begum -  Legendary singer (one of the first few play back singers of bollywood)
• Surendra Tiwari - Hindi story writer
• T M Soundararajan - Tamil playback singer
• Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar---- Dhrupad vocalist
• V C Shukla - Veteran Congress leader
• V.S. Ramadevi - Former Governor of Karnataka
• Zia Khan – Bollywood Actress
• Zillur Rahman - The President of Bangladesh

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 National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL) Recruitment of 1434 Administrative Officers 2013

Good News Friends, The National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL) is inviting online applications on behalf of four leading Public Sector General Insurance Companies (1. The New India Assurance Company Ltd, 2. Oriental Insurance Company Ltd, 3. United India Insurance Company Ltd, 4. National Insurance Company Ltd) from eligible Indian Citizens for filling up the posts of Administrative Officers (AOs). You can apply online from 16th July to 3rd August 2013. Check remaining details below.


Company wise Vacancy List :

1. The New India Assurance Company Ltd - 494 Posts
2. Oriental Insurance Company Ltd - 223 Posts
3. United India Insurance Company Ltd - 294 Posts
4. National Insurance Company Ltd  - 423 Posts

Important Dates :

• Publication of Advertisement in Emp. News - 14th July 2013
• On line Registration commences from 16th July 2013
• Last Date for Registration of Online Applications 3rd August 2013
• Payment of Application fees 17th July 2013 to 7th August 2013 (both date inclusive)
• Dates of Written Examination 8th September 2013
• Download of the call letter for examination Within 7 days prior to the date of examination

You can apply for the following disciplines :

• Generalist
• Specialist :
• Finance
• Marketing
• Engineering
• Automobile Engineering
• Information Technology
• Agriculture Specialist
• Librarian
• Legal

Educational Qualification (as on 31.07.2013) :

• For Generalist Stream, a candidate must possess the minimum qualification of a Degree in any discipline from a recognized University OR any equivalent qualification recognized as such by Central Government. 
• For Specialist Stream a candidate must possess the minimum qualification of Degree in the relevant discipline from a recognized University OR any equivalent qualification recognized as uch by Central Government:

The minimum Educational Qualifications required for various disciplines are :

S. No	Discipline	Minimum Qualifidation
1	Finance	Chartered Accountant (ICAI)/ Cost Accountant (ICWA)/ M.Com./B.Com. with MBA (Finance).
2	Marketing	Bachelor's Degree in any discipline plus MBA with specialization in Marketing from any University/Institute.
3	Engineering	B.Tech/B.E in any Engineering branch.
4	Automobile Engineering	B.E./B.Tech. in Engineering with specialization in Automobile Engineering OR Graduate in Mechanical Engineering with PG Diploma (atleast one year duration) in Automobile Engineering.
5	Information Technology	B.Tech/B.E in Information Technology / Computer Science
6	Agriculture Specialist	Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Science.
7	Librarian	Bachelor's Degree in Library Science.
8	Legal	Graduate in Law.
9	Generalist	Graduate in any stream.

Application Fee :

• SC / ST / PWD : Rs 170/- (Rs. 150 + 20 (bank charges) )
• General : Rs. 470/- (Rs. 450 + 20 (bank charges))

Check detailed notification of NICL Administrative Officers Recruitment 2013 from here

Thanks to Abhinav Chhabra, Rohan Shrivastava and Gopalakrishna Reddy for the update

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