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Part-III: Numerical Ability
Here it will be pure mathematics, candidates having strong basic maths can make it easily
It will contain
Topics to be covered
  1. Profit loss: CP, SP, Loss%, Profit %
  2. Numbers
  3. Surds & indices
  4. Percentage
  5. Set theory
  6. Ratio & Proportion
  7. Probability
  8. Progressions: AP, GP
  9. Linear, Quadratic Equations
  10. Functions
  11. Simple & Compound Interest etc..
These chapters you might have done in your 8th, 9th & 10th. So if your maths is strong you will find yourself quite comfortable in this section

Sample Questions
Ques: A car driver travels from the plains to the hill which are 200 km
apart at on Average speed of 40 km/hr. In the return trip covers the same distance at an
station, average speed of 20 km hr The average speed of the car over the entire distance of
400 km is
(a) 26.67 km/hr
(b 28.56 km/hr
(c 30 km/hr
(d 25 km/hr
answer: b

Ques: Mac travels from A to B a distance of 250 miles in hours. He returns to A in
4 hours 30 minutes. His average specd is
(a) 44 mph
(b) 46 mph
(c) 48 mph
(d) 50 mph
answer: d

Ques: A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed cr8 km/hr and returns at a speed
2 ihr If he takes 5 hours in going and coming. the distance between house and school
(a) 5,5 km
(b) 5 krn
(c) 6 km
(d) 6,5 km
answer: c

32. The average speed of a train in the onward is 25%x more than that in the return
journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching the destination-The total time taken
for the complete to and fro journey is 17 hours, covering a distance of 800 km. The
speed the train in the onward journey is
(a) 45 km/hr
(b) 47.5 km/hr
(c) 52 km/hr
(d) 66.25 km/hr
answer: d

Ques: I started on my bicycle at 7 am. to reach acertain Aner Boinga distane. my bicycle
went out of order Consequently, I rested for 36 minutes and came back to my house walking all the way 1 reached my house at 1 pm. ir my cycling speed is 10 kmph and my walking speed is 1 kmph, then on my bicycle I covered a distance of
(a) 13 4/9 km
(b) 4 61/66 km
(c) 14 3/8 km
(d) 15 10/21 km
answer: a

Ques: A, B and C are on a trip by a car. A drives during the first hour at an average opeed
of 50 km/hr, B drives during the next 2 hours at an average speed of 48 km/hr.
C drives for the next 3 hours at an average speed of 52 km hr They reached their
destination after exactly 6 hours. Their mean speed was
(a) 50  km/ hr
(b) 50 1/3 km/hr
(a) 51 1/3 km/hr
(d) 52 km/hr
answer: b

Ques:  A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is
(a) 35.55 km/hr
(b) 36 km/hr
(c) 71.11 km/hr
(d) 71 km /hr
answer: c

Ques: A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km /hr and again travels
12 km at speed of 10 km/hr His average speed for the entire trip is an average approximately
(a) 10.4  hr
(b) 10.8 km/hr
(c) 11 km/hr
(d) 12.2 km/hr

answer: b

Ques: Successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 20% are equal to a single discount of __
(a). 57.6% (b). 42.4% (c) 50% (d) 43.4 (e) none
Ans is 42.4%

Ques: The average of 13 papers is 40. The average of the first 7 papers is 42 and of the last seven papers is 35. Find the marks obtained in the 7th paper?
(a) 23 (b) 38 (c)19 (d) 33 (e) None of these
Ans is 19

Ques: 15% of 300 =
(a)20 (b) 45 (c) 40 (d) 35
Ans is 45
In such questions just break the percentage, like it is easy to find 10% of something
So 15% = 10% + 5%
So 10% is 30 & 5% is 15 So total is 45%

Part-IV: General Knowledge & Current Affairs
For this you have to go for current affairs & happening in past 1 or 2 years including
Banking sector like details of ICICI, Axis, SBI, HDFC & other pubic & private banks
Insurance sector like details & past history of National, Oriental, New India & United India Insurance Co. Ltd.
Financial Sector: This include details of BSE, NSE including Gold, Silver rates fluctuation, latest IPO etc
Current Affairs: For this people reading news paper daily will be at the plus point, current affairs like IPL spot fixing, Kingfisher airlines & lots of current topics which are buzzing around India
Few sample Questions are:-

Ques: Headquarter of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) is in
A.Delhi , B.Mumbai, C.Chennai, D Kolkata
Ans is D Kolkata

Ques: National Insurance Co. Ltd Includes which types of Insurance
Ans: Personal Insurance, Rural Insurance, Industrial Insurance, Commercial Insurance

Ques: Oriental Insurance has its head office at
A.New Delhi , B.Mumbai, C.Chennai, D Kolkata
Ans is A.New Delh

Ques: The New India Assurance Co. Ltd was founded in which year?
A.1947 , B.1919, C.1945, D 1927
Ans is 1919 in Mumbai, India with headquarter in Mumbai 

Ques: World cancer day was observed on
Ans: 4 February 2013

Ques: The sitar legend was honored with the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award ON 9
Ans: Pandit Ravi Shankar

Ques: The short range surface-to-surface missile launched by Pakistan on 11 February 2013 -
Ans: Hatf IX (NASR)

Ques: Development expenditure of the Central government does not include
A defence expenditure
B.expenditure on economic services
C.expenditure on social and community services
D.grant to states
Ans: defense expenditure

Ques: In the second nationalization of commercial banks, ___ banks were nationalized
A.4, B.5, C.6, D.8
Ans: C

Ques: The Life Insurance Corporation of India came into being in the year ______
(1) 1973 (2) 1969 (3) 1966 (4) 1956 (5) None of these
Ans: The right answer to the above question is 1956 i.e. ‘4’

Ques: Which of the following authorities issues licences to LIC agents in India ?
(1) IRDA (2) RBI (3) LIC (4) SEBI (5) None of these

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Part-IV: Computer Knowledge
Here your basic Computer knowledge will be tested like what is Software, hardware, use of Ram, Graphic card, Modem, Hard disk, Functions of CPU, Motherboard, SMP & similar questions
1 kb = 1024 bytes not 1000 bytes & similar questions
Names of Operating Systems, Linx, XP, Windows 7 their functions, Just all basic concepts wil work in this section

Ques: Every component of your computer is either ____

(1) software or CPU / RAM (2) hardware or software
(3) application software or system software (4) an input device or output device
(5) None of these
Ans is 2

Ques: Which of these is a SOFTWARE?
A) Antivirus B) Keyboard C) Hard disk D) pen drive
Ans is A) Antivirus

Ques: Data becomes ____ when it is presented in a format that people can understand and use.
(1) Processed
(2) Graphs
(3) Information
(4) Presentation
Ans is (3) Information, data is raw information & when it is processed it becomes information.

Ques: For Local are which of these networks is used?
A) MAN
B) WAN
C) LAN
D) None of these?
Ans is: C) LAN
Lan is local area network which is used for small area, generally a office/building. Man has wider range than LAN, MAN stands for metropolitan area network which comprises a city/town & WAN is wide area network which may includes whole country

Data going into the computer is called?
1) Output
2) Algorithm
3) Input
4) Function
Ans is Input, for example Pen drive is an input device as which provides data to the computer & monitor, Printer all are output device

Ques: The function of CPU is –––
(1) to provide external storage of text
(2) to create a hard copy
(3) to create a new software
(4) to read, interpret and process the information and instruction
(5) none of these
Ans is 4

Ques: Pick the odd man out.
(1) Monitor (2) Keyboard (3) Floppy drive (4) Windows (5) Hard-disk drive

Ques: The full form of LAN is –––
(1) Local Access Network (2) Local Area Network (3) Long Area Node
(4) Local Area Node (5) None of these
Ans is 2

Ques: WWW in the domain name stands for ? 
1) World Word Web
2) World Wide Web
3) World White Web
4) World Work Web
Ans is 2) World Wide Web

Ques: HTTP in the domain name stands for ?
1) Hypertext Transmission Provider
2) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
3) Hypertext Transmission Protocol
4) Hypertext Transfer Provider
Ans is Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP)
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Important dates
On line Registration commences from: 18th May 2013
Last Date for Registration of Online Applications: 8th June 2013
Payment of Application fees: 18th May 2013 to 12th June 2013 (both date inclusive)
Dates of Written Examination: 14th July 2013 and/or 21st July 2013
Download of the call letter for examination Within 7 days prior to the date of examination


2 comments:

  1. is it necessary to qualify each section?? or the score is taken as the total of all the sections?

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  2. Yes, it is compulsory to qualify each section.

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