Day: October 22, 2019

Ranchi Test: Virat Kohli breaks Mohammad Azharuddin record as India bully South Africa.

Source – indiatoday.in

Virat Kohli on Monday went past Mohammad Azharuddin as the Indian captain who has enforced the follow-on most times in Test cricket after the hosts asked the South Africans to bat again on Day 3 of the Ranchi Test.

Kohli enforced the follow-on for the 8th time as captain of India, Azharuddin had done it 7 times while MS Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly enforced it 5 and 4 times, respectively.

India, who had declared on 497 for 9 on Sunday, took a first-innings lead of 335 after bowling South Africa out for 162 by the second session on day 3. This is the second biggest first innings lead for India against South Africa after the 347-run lead they took in the Kolkata Test in 2009-10.

Umesh Yadav was the pick of the Indian bowlers as he finished with 3 for 40 while Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami and debutant Shahbaz Nadeem bagged a couple of wickets each.

Umesh’s performance saw him become only the second fast bowler to pick 3-plus wickets in five successive innings on home soil after West Indies legend Courtney Walsh.

The struggle for the Proteas continued on Monday with captain Faf du Plessis getting out in the first over of the day, thanks to an unplayable delivery from Umesh.

The wickets kept on tumbling from there on as the visitors lost 4 in the first session to reach lunch at 129 for 6.

Zubayr Hamza (62), Temba Bavuma (32) and George Linde (37) offered some resistance but it was still not enough as the Indian bowlers hunted in packs and kept putting pressure on the batsmen in overcast conditions.

Earlier on Sunday, India had declared their innings on 497/9 and had picked the wickets of both the South African openers before play was stopped because of bad light.


Today GK Current Affairs Quiz for Banking, Railways, SSC, UPSC and All Competitive exams.

Source – versionweekly.com

GK Current Affairs Quiz 2019 for competitive exams are available here. General Knowledge section can be the simplest section in all state-level, banking, SSC, railways exams when it is followed at a regular basis. Candidates of competitive examinations such as IBPS, UPSC, SSC, Bank PO, Railways, Government Jobs, UPPSC, Bank Clerk, IBPS, MPSC, etc can learn the general awareness questions and answers from this clause, in English. Here, we will help you in answering any competitive exams you will come across shortly such as RRB NTPC, SSC, IBPS, SBI, RBI, etc. The most reliable way to examine your General knowledge is by trying a quiz based on the affairs. Read the complete article and get multiple quizzes to solve.

The questions here are provided here with complete answers so that candidates can test themselves how many questions they have answered correctly. The questions here are based on all the levels such as state, nationals and some international. 

GK Current Affairs Quiz 2019

Here the best general awareness questions and answers of 2019. Candidates who are appearing for competitive exams this year, should practice this questionnaire to get confident of writing the examination and score more than cut-off marks in the respective section. Here we have provided the links for general awareness questions of each month. Click on the respective links to check your knowledge and try to solve the queries without seeing the answers. Crosscheck your answers with the provided answers here and conclude the results. This practice will help you to get ready for the competitive exams.

Monthly Current Affairs 

Get the monthly basis of current affairs here for 2019.

  • GK Quiz October 2019
  • GK Quiz September 2019
  • GK Quiz August 2019
  • GK Quiz July 2019
  • GK Quiz June 2019
  • GK Quiz May 2019
  • GK Quiz April 2019
  • GK Quiz March 2019
  • GK Quiz February 2019
  • GK Quiz January 2019

Daily GK Current Affairs

Check out top Current Affairs of the day here. Immediately get Latest Current Affairs with all necessary details. Be the first to know all the top story, Major Issues, Current News, Major events in National Current News as well as World level with clear description. For all competing exams and Interviews, provide yourself with the daily Current Affairs presented here.

Static General Knowledge

Here, Static GK is classified into three main sections such as Basic GK, India GK and World GK. Those are exhibited with a diverse Subtopic wise way for your simple understanding. For all Subtopic, a detailed explanation is given, which you may not get anywhere else.

Basic General Knowledge Questions

This part is the most prominent one in all competing exams. You will surely get at least 5 questions from this segment. Here, basic GK subdivision includes important topics such as Capital and Currencies of different Countries, Awards and Honours, Famous Persons in Current News, National Animals, National Birds, National Flowers of all Nations. Take advantage of this amazing source for your forthcoming Exams and Interviews.

Countries – Capitals and CurrenciesNational Animals Country WiseNational BirdsNational FlowersAwards and HonorsFamous Persons

GK Questions For India

India GK includes all latent insight details about Indian states, Central Government Schemes, Revolutions in India, Indian Culture and more. This segment covers all the main data about India with the exam point of view like: List of Indian Presidents since Independence, List of Prime Ministers of India, List of Union Cabinet Ministers, Banking Awareness matters along with Taglines, Office of many Banks in India. Details of Five Year Plan in India, Highlights of Union Budget for the current year,  National parks, Airports, Tiger Reserves, Major Industries, Famous Temples in India, List of Major Cities in India along with their Nicknames, List of Nuclear Power Plants in India, List of Indian Satellite Launched From 1975, everything about Indian States and Union Territories. Use this most useful resource for your efficient GK preparation.

  • Cabinet Ministers
  • India – Banks
  • States and Union Territories
  • Prime Ministers of India
  • Presidents of India
  • Important days in India Five Year Plan
  • Highlights of Union Budget
  • Inventions and Discoveries 
  • Cities and their Nicknames
  • Indian Folk Dances
  • Indian Satellites Launched 
  • National Symbols
  • International and domestic Airports
  • Major ports in India National Park
  • Tiger Reserves
  • Dams and Reservoirs Major Industries
  • Insurance Companies
  • Famous Temples 
  • Republic Day 
  • Chief Guests
  • Revolutions in India
  • UNESCO World Heritage in India 
  • Officeholders in India
  • Indian Rivers and their States

World General Knowledge

World GK segment shows the fundamental truths about World Organisations and Headquarters, Name of Presidents, Worldwide Festivals, Important Places in the World, World Leaders, and Prime Ministers of various Countries, Famous Personalities around the world along with Daily affairs updates which are useful for your exam preparation.

  • Countries – Capital & Currencies
  • Organizations & Headquarters
  • National Animals National Birds
  • National Flowers
  • Legislatures of the World – National Assembly 
  • Famous Sports Personalities
  • Stock exchanges
  • Food Festival Countries and their main Industries
  • Stadium In the world
  • Popular Newspaper 
  • Important Cups & Trophies
  • Richest Persons
  • Famous Personalities 
  • World President and Prime Ministers
  • Countries and their National Games
  • Central banks of Various Countries

Current Affairs Questions 2019

This part includes the most advanced events and updates on International News, National News (ie. Indian Current Affairs), Bills & Acts Passed by Government, Science and Technology, Environment, Defence News, About important Persons, Banking & Economical News, Places,  Awards & Honours, Sports News, Obituary, Revolutionary Updates on Arts & Culture, Summits & Conference, Important Committee, Important Days & its Theme for Current as well as upcoming Year, Schemes, Appointments, Books & Its Authors, Visits by World Presidents, Agreements & MoUs, Budget, Taxes, Various Important Lists & Indexes, Prime Ministers, Political affairs and all Current News. These News are delivered on Monthly and Daily basis under GK Current Affairs 2019 section.

UPSC Releases Circular For Consultant Posts, Form Submission Till Nov 15.

Source – odishatv.in

Union Public Service Commission has released a notification inviting applications for the positions of Consultant (PA Level). Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions till November 15, 2019.

“Union Public Service Commission invites applications from the Govt. servant’s from any Ministry/Department of Central Govt. or its Attached or Subordinate Offices or any other organization of Central Govt., who have retired or will retire by 31.12.2019, from the grades of PA or above, for preparation of panel for engagement as Consultant at PA level in the Office of UPSC… ”

UPSC Vacancy Detail

Level of Engagement: Consultant(PA level)

Vacancies: 15 Posts

Age Limit: Should not have attained the age of 63 years as on closing date

Remuneration Per month: Rs 28000

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates should have retired from not below the rank of Personal Assistant i.e not below the post carrying GP of Rs 4600/- (Pre-revised) in PB-2 on regular basis or Level-07 of the revised pay Matrix.

Also, should possess working knowledge of computer applications in day to day functioning of Office with proficiency in typing in English and Hindi.

Preference shall be given to the English medium candidates.

Period of Engagement

The engagement shall be initially for a period of six months which may be extended/curtailed depending upon the performance of the Consultant or functional requirement of the Office with the approval of the Competent Authority.

NOTE: No Extension will be granted beyond the age of 65 years.

Selection Procedure

The engagement will be purely on contract basis. Application received in response to this advertisement will be shortlisted on the basis of experience and qualification of applicants. Consultants will be selected from shortlisted candidates.

NOTE: UPSC reserves the right to reject any application without assigning any reason.

Interested candidates, who fulfill the eligibility criteria, may submit their application in the prescribed proforma in sealed cover super-scribed “Application for engagement as Consultant PA level on contract basis in UPSC” which should reach this office latest by 15/11/2019,” the notification said.

For more details, you can visit the official website of UPSC.

Civil Services Exam Details To Be Announced In February.

Source – ndtv.com

NEW DELHI: 

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) would release the exam details of the Civil Services recruitment 2020 in February. The exam would be held on May 31. This is for the first time in six years UPSC is conducting civil services preliminary exam in May. The last time it was held in May was in 2013. Civil Services exam is held annually for selection to Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service, Indian Police Service and other services and posts.

More than 10 lakh candidates register for the exam every year.

Selection to Civil Services is through a preliminary test and main exam (written test and interview). Candidates who qualify the preliminary test are eligible to appear for the main exam. In the main exam, the written test will carry a total of 1750 marks and the interview will be of 275 marks in total.

The scores obtained in the preliminary test will not be included while deciding the final merit list.

Graduates are allowed to sit for the Civil Services exam six times. The restriction limit is different for candidates belonging to reserved categories. Candidates belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribe category have no restriction on the number of attempts. Candidates belonging to other backward class category are permitted nine attempts at the exam. Candidates under persons with benchmark disability category will get as many attempts as available to their respective categories.

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main 2019 Exam Analysis: Check Details on ibps.in

Source – pagalguy.com

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main 2019 Exam Analysis

IBPS RRB office assistant main exam was conducted today 21st October 2019 for the candidates who cleared the preliminary round. The exam took place in various centers all over the country on a single shift basis.

The RRB Office Assistant’s main exam had five sections- quantitative aptitude, reasoning, English language, general awareness, and computer awareness. The weightage of the exam was 200 marks and the duration of the exam is 2 hours.

Candidates felt that the quantitative aptitude section was the toughest and time-consuming. And computer awareness was the easiest section in which direct questions were asked. After talking to the candidates and collecting the feedback, the IBPS RRB Office Assistant 2019 main exam analysis has been provided.

The official website to get more details about IBPS RRB Office Assistant Main 2019 is https://www.ibps.in

IBPS RRB Office Assistant Mains Analysis:

SectionQuestionsDifficulty levelGood attempts
Reasoning40Moderate33-38
Quantitative Aptitude40Tough26-30
General Awareness40Easy to moderate28-32
English40Easy to moderate32-36
Computer knowledge40Easy30-32

Sectional Analysis:

Reasoning:

This section was moderate.

Topic-wise break up:

SectionQuestionsDifficulty level
Seating arrangements and puzzles25Moderate
Coding-decoding5Easy to moderate
Direction5Easy to moderate
Other questions5Moderate

Quantitative aptitude:

This is the toughest of all sections. Questions were time-consuming.

SectionQuestionsDifficulty level
Data sufficiency5Very tough
Date interpretation10Tough
Case10Moderate to tough
Arithmetic problems15Tough

General awareness:

This section was easy to moderate according to the difficulty level. Most of the questions were asked from the last six months of current affairs. Some questions were asked from static GK and recent Government schemes.

English Language:

SectionQuestionsDifficulty level
Reading comprehension8Easy to moderate
Cloze test7Easy
Sentence correction5Moderate
Sentence rearrangement5Easy
Phase replacement5Moderate
Fill in the blanks5Moderate
Error spotting5Moderate

Computer:

This section is the easiest of all sections and can contribute to improving the score of candidates if questions are attempted correctly. You can also read, IBPS PO Cut off 2019.

The overall good attempt of the paper is expected to be around 150-160.

IBPS S0 2019 Notification Expected Soon On ibps.in

Source – newsnation.in

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is expected to release the notification for IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment (SO) examination soon on its official website. If past trends are to be believed, IBPS SO 2019 exam notification is expected to be released this week. Candidates can visit the official website of IBPS i.e. ibps.in to check the notification. Last year the notification was released around October 26. The notification is expected around the same time.

IBPS SO is conducted for recruitment of individuals in HR, IT and Marketing departments as well as for Law Officers, Rajbasha Adhikari’s and Agricultural Field Officers in various public sector banks in the country. 

IBPS SO 2019: Important Dates 

As per the official schedule, the Preliminary Exams for IBPS S0 2019 will be conducted from December 28 to December 29, 2019. IBPS SO 2019 Main Examination will be conducted on January 25, 2020. Check the full schedule below:

IBPS SO Notification 2019 – 3rd week of October, 2019

IBPS SO 2019 Registration – First week of November 2019 (Tentative)

IBPS SO 2019 Preliminary Exam – December 28, 2019 – December 29, 2019

IBPS SO 2019 Main Examination – January 25, 2020

IBPS SO 2019: Eligibility Criteria

The basic eligibility criteria to apply for IBPS SO is to have a bachelor’s degree (may also require a post-graduate degree/ diploma). The age limit for IBPS SO exam is between 20 to 30 years. The upper age limit if usually calculated as on the first day of the month in which the registration begins. This year, the upper age limited would be calculated as on November 1, 2019.

Vacancy details would be available in the notification when it is released. The selection process for IBPS SO involves a preliminary examination followed by a main examination and an interview round. 

Bihar 10th Sent Up Exam 2020 Datesheet Released, Get BSEB Matric Sent Up Exam Time Table Here.

Source – jagranjosh.com

Bihar 10th Sent Up Exam Datesheet 2020 Released: As per the latest up, Bihar Board has formally released the BSEB Matric Sent Up Exam Datesheet 2020. The Bihar 10th Sent Up Exam Time Table has been published by the Bihar School Examination Board and made available to the students are scheduled to appear for the Matric Exam in the coming days. According to the exam time table, the BSEB 10th Sent Up Exam 2020 will be held from 7th November 2019 onwards in two exam sessions i.e. in morning and afternoon session. The detailed exam datesheet for BSEB 10th Sent Up Exam 2020 is provided below:

Bihar 10th Sent-Up Exam Datesheet

According to the official datessheet available with media oragnizations, the Sent Up Exam of Bihar Board will be held from 7th November 2019 when the first paper for English language and Social Science will be held. The final paper for BSEB Matric Sent Up Exam 2020 will be held on 20th November 2019 when exam for General Science and Elective Subject will be held. The detailed date-wise exam time table for Bihar 10th Sent Up Exam 2020 is given below:

DateMorning SessionAfternoon Session
7th November 2019English LanguageSocial Science
8th November 2019General MathematicsSecond Language
9th November 2019Mother Tongue (Hindi / Urdu / Bangla, Maithili)
10th NovemberGeneral ScienceElective Subject

 Bihar 10th Matric Exam 2020 – Exam Pattern

As listed above, the BSEB Matric Sent Up Exam 2020 will be held in two exam sessions i.e. morning session and afternoon session. The exam duration for all the exams will be of 3 hours each. Students must note that exam for General Science and Social Science Exam will be of 2 hours and 45 minutes. The morning session of BSEB 10th Sent Up Exam 2020 will commence at 9:30 AM and conclude at 12:45 PM in the afternoon. Similarly, the afternoon session will start at 1:15 PM and continue until 4:30 PM. According to the exam pattern of BSEB, the exam paper would be of 100 marks total of which objective questions would be of 50 marks while the rest of the 50 marks will be allotted to descriptive type questions.

BSEB Inter Sent Up Exam 2020

Earlier, Bihar Board hand also released the detailed exam schedule for BSEB 12th Sent Up Exam 2020. According to the timetable, the Bihar 12th Sent Up Exam commenced on 18th October 2019 and will conclude on 26th October 2019.

Bihar Board conducts the Sent Up Exam as a precursor to the Class 10 and Class 12 Board Exams. Candidates who are unable to clear the BSEB Sent Up Exam 2020 are not issued exam admit cards for the board exam 2020. Therefore, it is a must for all BSEB students to appear and clear the Sent Up Exam 2020.

Indian Railways: Special Trains During Diwali And Chhath Festivals 2019, Good News For Bihar And UP Residents.

Source – newsnation.in

Northern Railways has released the list of special trains during Diwali and Chhath Festivals 2019. In order to beat the extra rush of passengers during the festive season, Indian Railways has decided to run a few special trains. Now, all those passengers who were anxiously waiting for their tickets getting in the confirmed list, can check the following trains and book the tickets accordingly. This has come as good news for all those who work outstation and planning to go home during this festive season of Diwali and Chhath.

Keeping in mind the convenience of passengers, Norther Railways has released the list of following trains during Diwali and Chhath Festivals 2019:

Special Train No. 1:

82416 Anand Vihar Terminal Jogbani Suvidha Special Up

04093 Jogbani- Anand Vihar Terminal Express Down

The Anand Vihar Terminal-Jogbani Suvidha Special train is going to depart from Anand Vihar Terminal at 11:45 PM on October 31, 2019 and will reach Jogbani at 5:20 AM. In Return trip, the special train will depart from Jogbani on November 2, 2019 at 9:00 AM and reach Anand Vihar Terminal at 4:5 PM the next day.

This special train will have stoppage at the following stations:

  • Ghaziabad
  • Moradabad
  • Chandausi
  • Sitapur Cantt. Gonda
  • Basti
  • Gorakhpur,Deoria Sadar
  • Siwan
  • Chhapra
  • Sonpur
  • Hajipur
  • Shahpur Patoree
  • Baraun
  • Begu Sarai
  • Khagaria
  • Naugachia
  • Katihar
  • Purnea
  • Arariya Court
  • Arariya
  • Forbesganj

Special Train No. 2:

04048 Anand Vihar Terminal-Gaya Up

04047 Gaya Anand Vihar Terminal Down

The 04048 special train will depart from Anand Vihar on October 22 at 00:30 AM and reach Gaya at 10:30 PM the same day. The 04047 special train will depart from Gaya station on October 24 at 5:15 AM and reach ANVT Station the same day at 1:00 PM.

The Train will have stoppage at the following stations:

  • Moradabad
  • Bareilly
  • Lucknow
  • Sultanpur
  • Varanasi
  • Deen Dayal Upadhyay
  • Bhabua Road
  • Sasaram & Dehri

Special Train No. 3:

04042 Anand Vihar Terminal to Jay Nagar Up

O4041 Jay Nagar to Anand Vihar Terminal Down

The Anand Vihar Terminal to Jay Nagar Up will department from ANVT Station at 00:10 AM on October 22 and October 29 to reach Jay Nagar at 11:45 PM the same day. In the return trip, the train will depart Jay Nagar Station at 1:35 AM on October 23 and October 30, 2019 to reach ANVT at 00:45 AM the next day.

This special train will have stoppage at the following stations:

  • Ghaziabad
  • Kanpur
  • Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
  • Buxar
  • Ara
  • Patliputra
  • Hajipur
  • Muzaffarpur
  • Samastipur
  • Darbhanga
  • Madhubani

Special Train No. 4:

04920 Firozpur Darbhanga Weekly Train Up

04919 Darbhanga Firozpur Weekly Train Down

The 04920 special train will depart from Firozpur at 4:45 PM on every Friday from October 18 to November 1, 2019 to reach Darbhanga at 10:30 AM. In the return trip, the special train 04919 will depart from Darbhanga at 3:30 PM on every Sunday from October 20 to November 3 and reach Firozpur at 4:55 AM.

This special train will have stoppage at the following stations:

  • Faridkot
  • Kot Kapura Jn.
  • Bhathida
  • Mansa
  • Jakhal
  • Jind
  • Rohtak
  • Shakurbasti
  • Delhi Jn.
  • Moradabad
  • Bareilly
  • Lucknow
  • Sultanpur
  • Varanasi
  • Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
  • Buxar
  • Ara
  • Danapur
  • Patliputra
  • Hajipur
  • Muzzafarpur
  • Samastipur

Special Train No. 5

04090 Anand Vihar Terminal To Bhagalpur

04089 Bhagalpur To Anand Vihar Terminal

The 04090 special train will depart from ANVT at 12:45 PM on October 22, October 25, October 28 and November 1 to reach Bhagalpur at 10:10 AM the next day. In the return trip, the 04089 special train will depart from Bhagalpur Station at 11:30 AM on October 23, October 26. October 29 and November 2 to reach ANVT at 1:15 PM the next day.

The special train will have stoppage at the following stations:

  • Kanpur
  • Allahabad
  • Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
  • Buxar
  • Ara
  • Patna
  • Bakhtiyarpur
  • Mokama
  • Kiul
  • Jamalpur
  • Sultanganj 

All passengers need to the visit the official website of Indian Railways to get detailed information and book the tickets accordingly.