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GAIL ET Recruitment 2011 Dates Eligibility Forms
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August 26, 2011
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 GAIL (Gas Authority of India Ltd.), the premier gas transporter/marketer of India has today published the recruitment notification 2011 for 106 Executive Trainee (ET). The online form submission starts today and the last date to apply for this GAIL Executive Trainee Recruitment 2011 is 10th September, 2011.
What are the eligibility for Executive Trainee in GAIL and how to apply for it? This is the subject matter of this blog post while another blog article titled: GAIL ET Exam pattern, sample papers and Books, would help you prepare for the written exam with GAIL ET exam prep materials.
At first, let us know GAIL as an organization.
What is GAIL: Incorporated on 16th August 1984, GAIL (Gas Authority of India Ltd.) is the largest gas processing-cum-distribution-cum-marketing company in India, integrating all aspects of the natural gas value chain. Its Market Share is more than 70% in both Transmission as well as Marketing.
Manned by over 3,700 employees, it has 11,000 km of Natural Gas high pressure trunk pipeline, 1,922 km of LPG Transmission pipeline, 7 LPG Gas Processing Units & 27 oil and gas Exploration blocks and 1 Coal Bed Methane Blocks, besides other infrastructures like 13,000 km of OFC network offering highly dependable bandwith for telecom service providers.
In 2010, GAIL was ranked as No.1 company among gas utilities in Asia in the Platts Global Ranking and in 2004, it was rated as one of the Best Employers in India by Hewitt Associates.
More on GAIL can be found in this About us page of the GAIL website. GAIL ET vacancies 2011: There are 106 Executive Trainee (ET) positions on offer with discipline-wise, category-wise break-up as follows: 
Salary for Executive Trainee in GAIL: Salary being offered by GAIL: pay scale of Rs. 24900 ‐ 50500/‐ at the Basic Pay of Rs. 24900/‐ during one year training cum probation as Executive Trainee. On successful completion of training the Executive Trainees will be designated in E-2 grade in the same scale of pay.
GAIL Executive Trainee Eligibility: Age eligibility: Max. 28 years as on 30.09.2011. Relaxations exist as per Govt. rule.
Academic Qualification Eligibility for GAIL Executive Trainee: Minimum 65% aggregate (60% for SC/ST candidates) marks in Batchelor degree of Engineering (B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Sc. Engg.) from following engineering disciplines: i) ET (Mechanical): Mechanical / Production / Production & Industrial / Manufacturing / Mechanical & Automobile. ii) ET (Electrical): Electrical / Electrical & Electronics. iii) ET (Instrumentation): Instrumentation / Instrumentation & Control / Electronics & Instrumentation / Electrical & Instrumentation / Electronics / Electrical & Electronics. iv) ET (Chemical): Chemical / Petrochemical / Chemical Technology / Petrochemical Technology. v) ET (Civil): Civil Engineering vi) ET (Telemetry): Electronics / Electronics & Communication / Electronics & Telecommunication / Telecommunication / Electrical & Electronics / Electrical & Telecommunication.
Qualifications for ET (Human Resources): Bachelor Degree with minimum 60% Marks and Two years MBA / MSW with specialization in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations / Human Resources Management with minimum 65 % Marks OR Bachelor Degree with minimum 60% Marks and Two years Master Degree / Two years PG Diploma in Personnel Management / Personnel Management & Industrial Relations with minimum 65 % Marks. Preference will be given to additional qualification of LL.B. (Prof.). Relaxations for SC/ST/PH is 5% for above %ages.
Selection process for GAIL Executive Trainee: The selection process consists of a Written test, followed by GD/Interview for those selected in the Written test. More on GAIL selection process along with the exam pattern and sample papers/books has been covered in the blog post titled: GAIL ET Exam pattern, sample papers and Books.
GAIL ET Recruitment 2011 Online Form: How to apply You can apply for GAIL ET Exam 2011 only online. There is no offline form. How to apply for GAIL ET Exam 2010 has been given very clearly in section: "9. HOW TO APPLY" in page-4 of the notification.  Important Dates for GAIL ET Recruitment Exam 2011: Starting date of online registration: 26.08.2011 (Friday). Last date of online registration: 10.09.2011 (Saturday). Last date for receipt of hardcopy of Online form at Bangalore : 22.09.2011 (Thursday) Date of GAIL ET Exam 2011 (i.e. Written Test): 23.10.2011 (Sunday)
GAIL ET Exam 2011 Admit Card/Call letter: You will have to download the admit card/call letter for the GAIL written exam from this website of GAIL. The admit card would be available for downloading from 12.10.2011 (10:00 hrs) to 23.10.2011 (09:00 hrs.).
So with above info, I hope you do not find any problem in applying for GAIL Executive Trainee positions. This information has been posted here so that it can also be used by future GAIL aspirant say for GAIL ET Recruitment 2012/ 2013 to know about the eligibility and the application form process.
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August 26, 2011
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SSC CHSL Exam Pattern, Papers & Books
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August 23, 2011
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This blog post is a sequel to an earlier blog article titled: SSC CHSL Exam 2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms for DEO & LDC. While that article told you about SSC CHSL (Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam) notification and how to apply for this exam, this blog post tells you how to prepare for the CHSL exam by pointing you to the sources of exam papers & prep books.
Let us begin that with a discussion on the CHSL exam pattern.
CHSL exam pattern:
CHSL exam is conducted for selecting Data Entry Operators (DEO) & Lower Division Clerks (LDC) for various central Govt. organizations in India. The selection process consists of a written exam followed by skill tests. The merit is based on the marks secured in the written exam and the skill test is of qualifying nature only.
The CHSL written exam is a two hour long, 200 mark objective type (i.e. Multiple choice) question exam in which there are four test sections. You can find the section-wise distribution of marks along with number of questions as given at right.
Beware! There is negative marking in CHSL exam – so make your guess answers wisely.
Skill test for Data Entry Operators in CHSL:
In the DEO skill test, you would be given printed passage in English containing 2000-2200 strokes/key-depressions which you have to enter in the computer within 15 minutes. You would be judged based on how many correct entries of the key depressions you made.
As said, this is of qualifying nature only – you just have to reach the threshold level of 8,000 Key Depressions per hour i.e. in 15 minutes, you have to make 2,000 correct key depressions.
Typing Test for LDCs in CHSL:
It is almost similar to above – but here you can take the test either in Hindi or in English. In the typing test for LDCs in CHSL, you would be given a text passage, which you have to enter correctly in 10 minutes. The speed will be judged based on how many words you could correctly type on the computer.
This again is qualifying nature only – you just have to reach the threshold level of:
1.0) If you take the test in English: 35 words per minute (10500 key depressions/hour).
2.0) If you take the test in Hindi: 30 words per minute (9000 key depressions/hour).
SC CHSL Exam Sample Papers:
I had tried hard in locating at least one good website offering Sample/Previous years exam paper of SSC Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam but failed to locate any. In absence of any reliable online CHSL exam paper, I would advise you to go through the following book:
List Price: Rs. 160; Offer Price:Rs. 144, Discount: Rs. 16 (10%)
Above book gives you 10 test papers & 2 model papers of SSC LDC/DEO exam.
Prep Books for SC CHSL Exam:
In absence of any reliable preparation/study material for CHSL exam, you have to depend on books only. You can find any of the following books from any good book stores or order them online from flipkart, which gives you huge discounts, free-shipping as well as Cash-On-Delivery facilities:
List Price: Rs. 275; Offer Price:Rs. 248, Discount: Rs. 27 (10%)
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List Price: Rs. 270; Offer Price: Rs. 230; Discount: Rs. 40 (15%)
Above are the SSC CHSL exam guide books which covers all test section and hence you can use them for short-time preparation. But if you have time and would like to go for some serious study, you can go through following books, which would help you prepare for individual test sections of CHSL exam:
List Price: Rs. 200; Offer Price:Rs. 170; Discount: Rs. 30 (15%)
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Test material for SSC CHSL Skill Test:
Once you clear the SSC written exam, you have to appear in the skill test of Data Entry Operators (DEO) & Lower Division Clerks (LDC). How do you test yourself for these typing/data entry skills ? How to improve upon your data entry skill?
To answer these questions, I had posted following two exclusive blog post for typing/data entry skill test:
Hope with above exam prep material you can appear confidently for the SSC CHSL exam. My best wishes! I would look for more study materials - the same papers & books for this exam and post them here when I find them. So keep visiting this blog..
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August 23, 2011
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BIS Scientist Recruitment 2011 Notification Eligibility Form
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August 21, 2011
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 Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued Recruitment Notification 2011 for 115 positions of Scientist-B yesterday and if you are an engineering graduate, you can apply for these positions till 9th September 2011. Since these positions need no experience, freshers can apply for these jobs.
Do you want to apply for these jobs? If yes, this blog post would take you through the salient points in the notification to help you apply easily. On the other hand, another blog article titled: BIS Scientist Exam Pattern, Papers & Books would help you with the prep materials to prepare for this BIS exam.
What is BIS? Founded in 1947 as Indian Standards Institution (ISI), BIS is the national standards body of India, which formulates the Indian Standards for goods and services. Currently over 18000 Standards formulated by BIS, are in force. It also undertakes product certification for Indian industries through a chain of 8 laboratories.
Branch-wise vacancy positions of BIS Scientist –B:  You can find the details of vacancies as given in the table at right. Category-wise vacancies are as below: SC: 17, ST: 9, OBC: 32, GEN: 57.
BIS Scientist –B Salary: BIS is offering salary in the pay scale of Rs. 15600-39100 + Grade Pay Rs.5400 plus allowances for these Scientist-B positions.
Eligibility for BIS Scientist: Age Eligibility: (as on 09/09/2011) Min: 21 yrs, Max: 27 yrs. Relaxations exits as per Govt. rule.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: For Mechanical/Metallurgy/Civil/Electrical./Electronics/Food/ComputerDisciplines: Min. 60% (for SC/ST: 50%) in Master’s Degree in Natural Sciences or equivalent
For Food/Microbiology/ Bio Chemistry/Computer Science/ Computer Engg. Disciplines: Min. 60% (for SC/ST: 50%) in B.E./ B. Tech or equivalent.
Final year students can also apply, provided he/she can produce the proof of possessing the above qualification at the time of interview.
Selection process for BIS Scientist: The selection would consist of a 2½ hrs, 120 questions written exam to be held at Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and Guwahati. Candidates short listed in the written exam would be called for an Interview to be conducted at New Delhi.
You can find more info on this in my subsequent blog post titled: BIS Scientist Exam Pattern, Papers & Books.
BIS Scientist Recruitment 2011 Online form: how to apply You can apply only online for BIS recruitment. How to apply online for BIS recruitment is given very clearly in page-5, Section: “8. HOW TO APPLY” of the notification.  Call letter/Admit Card for BIS Scientist Recruitment 2011: Your BIS written exam 2011 admit card/call letter would be sent to that e-mail id which you had specified in during online registration. It will not be sent to you by post. Hence keep checking your mail-id. Date of BIS recruitment 2011 written exam has not been given in the notification. Hence you can expect the same in your mail-id.
Are you confident now to apply for this BIS Scientist Recruitment? Just wait for my next blog article titled: BIS Scientist Exam Pattern, Papers & Books which would help you with the prep materials to prepare for this exam.
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August 21, 2011
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RRB Asst. Loco Pilot Notification 2011-2012
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August 15, 2011
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RRB (Railway Recruitment Board) has just last Saturday issued recruitment notification 2011 for a huge requirement of 16595 Assistant Loco Pilots in the twenty RRBs situated all across India and this is a good opportunity for you to join Indian Railway service if you posses the eligibilities for the Asst. Loco Pilots.
This blog post tells you what are the eligibility for Indian Railway Asst. Loco Pilot positions and how to apply for the same by quoting the relevant information in nutshell from the RRB notification. Click here to download the RRB Asst. Loco Pilot Notification 2011. In another blog article titled: RRB Asst. Loco Pilot Exam Pattern, Papers & Books I would present you the prep materials to prepare for the same.
If you want to dig a little deeper and want to know what is RRB and where does RRB publishes exam notifications, please visit my earlier blog post titled: Railway Recruitment Board Exams. It would help you to know about the other positions for which Indian Railway publishes recruitment notifications.
Asst. Loco Pilot Vacancy positions 2011:
There are 16595 vacancies for these position, category-wise break-up of which is given below:
UR: 8170, SC: 2695, ST: 1589, OBC: 4141, TOT: 16595.
You can find RRB-wise vacancy positions in the notification, which is also given at right.
Salary for Asst. Loco Pilots:
Indian Railway is offering following pay-scale for these positions:
Rs. 5200-20,200 with grade pay: Rs. 1900.
Eligibility for Asst. Loco Pilots:
Age Eligibility: (as on 01.01.2012)
Min: 18 years, Max: 30 years.
Age relaxation exists as per Govt. rule and accordingly upper limit of date of birth is:
For UR: 02.01.1982, OBC: 02.01.1979, SC/ST: 02.01.197.
Lower limit of date of birth for all is however: 01.01.1994.
Academic Qualification Eligibility:
Matriculation OR its equivalent under 10 + 2 system and Course Completed Act. Apprentice OR I.T.I. in any of the following specific trades recognised by SCVT/ NCVT:
(1) Fitter
(2) Electrician
(3) Instrument Mechanic
(4) Mill Wright/ Maintenance Mechanic
(5) Mechanic Radio & T.V.
(6) Electronics Mechanic
(7) Mechanic Motor Vehicle
(8) Wireman
(9) Tractor Mechanic
(10) Armature & Coil Winder
(11) Mechanic Diesel
(12) Heat Engine
(13) Turner
(14) Machinist
(15) Refrigeration & A.C. Mechanic
OR Diploma in Electrical / Mechanical / Electronics /Automobile Engineering recognised by AICTE in lieu of I.T.I.
Candidates having higher Educational qualification in Electrical/ Mechanical/ Electronics/Automobile Engineering recognised by AICTE are also eligible.
Physical Fitness Eligibility:
On top of above age and academic qualification eligibility, to be an Asst. Loco Pilot in Indian Railway, you must also possess the following A-1 medical fitness:
Physically fit in all respects. Visual Standards - Distance Vision: 6/6, 6/6 without glasses with fogging test (must not accept + 2D) Near Vision: Sn: 0.6, 0.6 without glasses (must clear fogging Test). Colour Vision, Binocular Vision, Field of Vision & Night Vision must be present.
Selection Process for Indian Railway Asst. Loco Pilots:
The selection process consists of a written exam followed by an aptitude test. You can find more about this exam in my blog post titled: RRB Asst. Loco Pilot Exam Pattern, Papers & Books.
RRB Asst. Loco Pilot Exam Form 2011-2012: How to apply
You have to apply for the Asst. Loco Pilot Exam of Indian Railways in the offline form.
This form is also available in last page (i.e. Page-5 of the notification). After downloading the same go through section “4. HOW TO APPLY” of the notification, fill the form and send the same to the corresponding RRB as desired by you which is given in section-15, page-3 of the notification.
Some RRB has also the facility for online submission of the forms and you have to visit the website of that RRB and submit the online form. List of these websites is given in section-15, page-3 of the notification and how to apply online for RRB Asst. Loco Pilots is given in section-11, page-3 of the notification.
Important Dates for RRB Asst. Loco Pilot Recruitment 2011-2012:
Date of form availability/submission of form starts: 13.08.2011
Last date for application form: 12.09.2011 (for remote areas: 27.09.2011).
Hope with above info you can apply confidently for these railway Asst. Loco Pilot positions. To prepare for the same please tune into my next blog post titled: : RRB Asst. Loco Pilot Exam Pattern, Papers & Books.
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August 15, 2011
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CAT prep materials - CAT mock test website list
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August 09, 2011
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 This is a continuing blog post on CAT preparation materials, giving you the list of those websites which gives you free online CAT mock test, CAT sample/previous years papers. If you are appearing in CAT for the first time, you should go through my previous blog post titled: CAT 2011 Exam Pattern, Syllabus & Cut-offs, which tells you about the CAT exam pattern/structure and also gives you the reference syllabus (based on previous years CAT test analysis). While that post introduces you to what CAT exam is, you would get the sample questions pertaining to each test section in this blog article which points you to the list of mock CAT test websites.
To familiarize yourself with the actual CAT test environment, you should first check this official demo CAT test presented by Prometric who is organizing the CAT test on behalf of IIMs. The test shows you the screens you are going to see in the actual CAT test and teaches you the functions of different buttons - "Next", "Mark", "Review".
IMS:Free online CAT Test demo/sample paper from IMS consists of 15 questions for each of the five CAT test sections: Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability, Logical Reasoning & Data Interpretation. Each section is timed (of duration 25 minutes) and at the end of the demo test, you can view your result.  You can also take CAT 2008 online (named e-CAT 2008 by IMS), with actual 90 questions of CAT 2008. This test is timed too for 150 minutes duration. Career LauncherFree online demo CAT Test from Career Launcher consists of 10 questions three CAT test sections: Verbal Ability Test, Quantitative Ability Test, Data Interpretation Test.  T.I.M.E. (Triumphant Institute of Management Education)T.I.M.E. offers a 75 question, 150 minutes duration free online CAT Test demo/mock/sample paper in following three sections: Quantitative, Logic & Data Interpretation & Verbal. Each section has 25 questions and you can switch between any sections.  Career ForumFree online CAT Test mock/sample paper from Career Forum consists of 25 questions from 3 CAT sections: Quantitative Ability (QA), Data Interpretation & Reasoning Ability (DI) and Verbal Ability (VA). Each section carries 100 marks and duration for the entire test is two and half hours.  mindinsightMindSight offers you a series of 5 mock CAT tests. Each of the test contains 90 questions in three sections: QA with 25 questions, DI with 25 questions, VA with 40 questions. You have to answer the test in two and half hours.  CAT online test demo by TESTfunda.com TESTfunda.com has a good collection of online CAT 2010 demo tests. You can find a full length CAT online demo test by visiting above link. After arriving at the TESTfunda.com page, click on link “iCAT – 0901 Full Length Mock Test”.  CAT 2010 online test demo by onAptitude.comThe demo test here is not as extensive as the TESTfunda.com – only first two chapters of quantitative is offered as free.  Besides above demo tests, you can find information on CBT CAT: CAT Online tips from Career LauncherPaper Based Tests v/s Online TestsCAT 2009 to be Computer Based! What to Expect?In addition, I also found the following websites giving good preparation materials for CAT test:
On top of these websites, let me point you to a very good CAT test website on Quantitative Aptitude section - Handa Ka Funda. It is an unique website in the sense that it teaches you the basics of QA through video tutorials.
I am sure all of these websites are going to help you prepare for CAT exam. I would be on the look out for more test prep materials for Online CAT test and post the same here. So please keep returning to this blog.. Best wishes!
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August 09, 2011
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CAT 2011 Exam Pattern, Syllabus & Cut-offs
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August 08, 2011
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 This blog post of mine follows an earlier blog article titled: CAT 2011 Exam Dates, Eligibility & Form which tells you about how to apply for CAT (Common Admission Test). As promised on that blog article, I am putting below the pattern of CAT 2011 ( yes, there is some change in CAT pattern compared to CAT 2010) as well as the syllabus of CAT. This blog post also tells you what are the CAT cut-offs, so that you have an approximate idea about how much to score in CAT to get admissions in the famed IIMs.
Without wasting time further, let us find what is the pattern of CAT exam.
CAT 2011 pattern - changes in test sections:  CAT 2011 is going to have only two sections, instead of three previously. Each of the two sections would have 30 questions to be answered in 70 minutes - thus 60 questions to be answered in 140 minutes in total which gives you 2 minute 20 second to answer each question. Section-wise CAT 2011 test sections along with duration is given above. Each of the question has 3 marks. But beware! there is negative marking in CAT - minus 1 for each wrong answer!
On the other hand CAT 2010 had following three sections: 1.0 Verbal Aptitude (called as VA). 2.0 Quantitative Aptitude (called as QA) 3.0 Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (called as DI/LR) Each sections had 20 questions - thus 60 questions to be answered in 135 minutes.
So what has changed in the pattern of CAT 2011 compared to CAT 2010? Compared to CAT 2010, you have 5 minutes extra time. And you have two sections now instead of three previously. But than, if you see the content of the test in totality, much has not changed - QA & DI has been clubbed to give you the Section-1 of CAT 2011 while VA & LR has been clubbed to give you the Section-2. Thus if you are already making your preparation based on CAT 2010, nothing to fear about!
CAT - more accuracy based than time based test: Over the years, number of questions asked in CAT has varied from as high as 150 in CAT 2003 to as low as 60 in CAT 2009 onwards. You can see the number of questions asked in each test section since from CAT 2003 in the table below:  As you can see the exam trend from CAT 2003 TO CAT 2010 and now CAT 2011, the total numbers of questions have been reduced – CAT is thus a more accuracy-based test now than a speed-based test. You are given sufficient time to answer the question correctly.
CAT 2011 test centres and CAT exam environment: So you have to answer these 60 questions to bell the CAT – but where do you appear in this exam?
From CAT 2009 onwards, CAT has become a Computer Based Test (CBT) – it is not a paper-pencil test anymore. You have to appear the exam in the designated CAT test sites within the 36 cities/towns, list of which is given in this webpage.
Most of them are located in Engineering/Management colleges, with a few of them in schools too. All these test centers would have sufficient number of computers, being connected to a central server which would have the CAT questions. Thus, CAT exam would be a Computer Based Test (CBT) and not an Internet Based Test (IBT). You can not appear in the CAT exam from say a cyber cafe, but have to appear in the computers in the test centers only!
You can choose any date within the CAT test window period (i.e. 22nd October to 18th November 2011) and any of the two time slots (10 AM and 3:15 PM) while registering for CAT.
Let us suppose you had applied for CAT and now you are in the CAT test site, sitting in front of the computer where you are going to take the exam. What are you going to see when the test starts? How does a CAT CBT look like? You can find an actual CAT test environment from this demo CAT, provided by Prometric who is conducting the exam on behalf of IIMs.
This demo CAT gives you an actual user experience, where you can get to know the test screens with the function of buttons – “Next”, “Mark, “Review”, Familiarity of these CAT test screens is going to help you a lot while taking the actual exam.
CAT 2011 Syllabus: IIMs do not prescribe any syllabus for CAT – it merely states that “The test consists of questions that evaluate a candidate’s quantitative, verbal, and logical & data interpretation abilities”.
So in absence of an official CAT syllabus how do you prepare for the exam? You can do this by finding what sorts of questions are asked in each of the three sections of CAT. Following is a test section-wise compilation of the type of questions asked in CAT.
CAT Syllabus for Verbal Aptitude section: English usage: Inappropriate Usage, Contextual meaning, Para jumbles, Sentence completion, Sentence correction, Fill in the Blanks, Verbal Reasoning, Paragraph Completion. Reading Comprehension:Politics, History & Mythology, Sociology and Linguistics, Fiction / Non-fiction, Philosophy & Law, Art & Culture.
CAT Syllabus for Quantitative Aptitude section: Arithmetic: Number system, Percentage, SI-CI, PLD, Averages, Ratio proportion, Speed Time Distance, Work. Algebra: Equations & Inequalities, Functions & graphs, Maxima minima, Series, sequences & progressions & logs. Geometry: Plane geometry (Lines, angles, Triangles, Spheres, Rectangles, Cube, Cone etc), Mensuration, Co-ordinate geometry, Trigonometry.
CAT Syllabus for Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning section: Logical Based Table, Calculations based Table, Logic based Caselet, Column graphs, Bar Graphs, Line charts, Pie Chart, Graphs representing Area, Venn Diagram, Logic based Graph.
Puzzles, Syllogisms, Functions, Family tree - identifying relationship among group of people, Symbol Based problems, Coding and decoding , Sequencing , identifying next number in series, etc.
Critical reasoning, Visual reasoning, Assumption-Premise-Conclusion, Assertion and reasons, Statements and assumptions, identifying valid inferences , identifying Strong arguments and Weak arguments, Statements and conclusions, Cause and Effect, Identifying Probably true, Probably false, definitely true, definitely false kind of statement, Linear arrangements, Matrix arrangements
This syllabus and exam pattern is being posted for CAT 2011. But even the future CAT examinees can also use it as the reference syllabus for CAT 2012 & CAT 2013, as not much changes is expected in these two years.
From above, you can find what types of questions are asked. But how to find examples of above types of CAT questions? You can find it in my next blog post titled: CAT prep materials - CAT mock test website list, where you can find the sample/previous years papers of CAT test. Please visit this blog again!
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August 08, 2011
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CAT 2011 Exam Dates, Eligibility & Form
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August 07, 2011
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 Dates for CAT (Common Admission Test) 2011 have been announced today and the exam is scheduled to be held online from 22nd October to 18th November 2011 in 36 test locations. CAT 2011 online application/registration form would be available from 17th August to 28th September, 2011.
This blog article is aimed to help you know about CAT and apply for the same with important information on CAT eligibilities and where to find the form and how to apply for CAT 2011.
CAT 2010 is being coordinated by IIM-Lucknow, with IIM-Calcutta supporting it. Prometric shall again conduct this years CAT exam (on behalf of IIM’s) with MeritTrac Services Pvt. Ltd and the Everonn Education Ltd. as test delivery partners.
For those uninitiated in to CAT, let us start with a small write up on what is CAT.
What is CAT: CAT (Common Admission Test) is the most competitive management entrance exam in India and is one of the toughest in the whole world. You might already be knowing this, but let me tell you again that CAT enables you to get admission to not only thirteen famed IIMs (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore, Kashipur, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Raipur, Ranchi, Rohtak, Shillong, Tiruchirappalli, Udaipur), but also close to 149 (as in CAT 2010) top-rung management institutes in India. In addition to these institutes which has registered for using the CAT scores, there are a lot of other good management institutes, which uses the CAT scores in their admission process.
For the fresh CAT examinees, let me tell you that CAT is only the first step for admissions to these management institutes. CAT scores are used to shortlist the candidates for further selection processes (like GD & Interview), the admission process of each management institutes varying from one another.
CAT is supposed to be a very competitive exam but than, there is a good news for you - although number of IIMs have increased (nine in CAT 2010, thirteen in CAT 2011), resulting in increased number of IIM seats (1800 in CAT 2008, 1950 in CAT 2009, almost 2600 in CAT 2010), number of candidates appearing in CAT is reducing from last 3 years (2.5 lakh in CAT 2008, 2.15 lakh in CAT 2009, 1.86 lakh in CAT 2010). So you have fewer number of competitor, is not that a good news?
CAT 2011 list of management institutes: Not all the candidates who appear in CAT gets a seat in IIMs. So which are the other registered non-IIM management institutes which used CAT-2010 scores for admissions? Click here to download the list of these institutes along with their websites. You can find the list of CAT 2011 list of non-IIM management institutes later this webpage.
CAT 2011 Test centres: CAT 2011 would be held in test location in following 36 cities/towns: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhilai, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Durgapur, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad , Indore , Jaipur, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Navi Mumbai, New Delhi, Noida, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Shillong, Siliguri, Varanasi, Vishakhapatnam. Where are the CAT 2011 exam venues in these locations? You can find the exam sites in this webpage.
CAT 2011 Eligibility: Eligibility for appearing in CAT is very simple: Minimum 50% marks (45% in case SC/ST/DA (Differently abled) categories) or equivalent CGPA in your Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university. Final year students can also apply, provided only if he/she submits a certificate latest by June 30, 2012 from the Principal/Registrar of his/her College/Institute (issued on or before June 30, 2012) stating that the candidate has completed all the requirements for obtaining the bachelor’s degree/equivalent qualification on the date of the issue of the certificate.
CAT 2011 Application Form/ CAT 2011 Vouchers: You can apply for CAT 2011 only online. But before you go on to register online for CAT 2011, you have to purchase the CAT 2011 Vouchers from one of the designated Axis bank. The price of the voucher (i.e. CAT 2011 exam application fee) is Rs. 1600/= for Open category candidates and Rs. 800/= for Reserved category candidates.
CAT 2011 Important dates: Date of Sale of CAT 2011 Vouchers: 17th August to 26th September 2011 . Dates for CAT 2011 Registration: 17th August to 28th September 2011. CAT 2011 Test Dates : 22nd October to 18th November 2011 CAT 2011 Result Date: 11th January 2011.
Hope this information enables you to apply for CAT 2011 confidently. Although the information posted here is for CAT 2011 examinees, even the future CAT aspirants can use this information to know about the exam, say for CAT 2012 notification. If you are keen on appearing in CAT 2012, I would like to forecast following dates so that you can schedule your preparation accordingly.
CAT 2012 dates: If you analyse the exam/form/result dates of last two CAT tests as given in the table below, you can find the dates of not only CAT 2012 but also CAT 2013:  The notification for CAT 2012 should come in the month of August 2012 and the last date to apply online for CAT 2012 should be in the last week of September. Window for CAT 2012 test date should be for 20 days from last week of October to middle of November 2012. Result date of CAT 2012 should be from 11th to 18th January 2013.
I would post more information on CAT 2011 Exam Pattern as well as study materials for CAT 2011. So please do visit this blog again!
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August 07, 2011
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BHEL ET Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books
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August 02, 2011
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 This blog post follows my earlier article on BHEL ET Recruitment 2011-2012: Notification, Eligibility & Forms which tells you about the recent BHEL job notification for Engineer Trainees along with the eligibilities and how to apply for the same. The focus of this blog post is on how to prepare for the BHEL Engineer Trainee Exam, by giving you the details of the Exam pattern and than pointing you to the study materials – sample papers and books for BHEL Engineer Trainee Exam.
BHEL Engineer Trainee Exam Pattern: The selection process of BHEL for Engineer Trainee consists of a written test, followed by a personal interview. Following the written test, almost 1800 candidates are supposed to be called and one out of every three of them is expected to get the BHEL JOB!
What is the pattern of BHEL written test? Well, the exam consists of 240 Objective questions, each of 1 mark, to be answered in 2-n-half hour – you thus have just over 35 seconds to answer each question. Speed is therefore a criteria in doing well in the BHEL written test. But at the same time, you need to be accurate as well in answering these BHEL questions correctly – as there are 0.2 negative marks for each wrong answer!
There are two sections in BHEL written test: 1.0 Aptitude Test: Consists of questions from the areas of Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, Logical thinking, English usage & General Awareness. 2.0 Technical test: Consists of two parts: General engineering questions & questions specific to your engineering discipline. Although BHEL notification has not specified anything about how many questions would be set in each section, data from previous exams shows that 120 questions are set in each of these two sections.
Is there any syllabus for BHEL written test? No. BHEL has not prescribed any syllabus for the written test. However as per feedback from previous exams, for the BHEL Technical test, you can follow the syllabus for the GATE exam. Likewise however, for BHEL Aptitude test, no specific exam syllabus can be prescribed and you have to rely on the Aptitude test question pattern of other competitive exams.
How do you prepare for these tests?
BHEL Engineer Trainee Sample question papers: Sample questions for the BHEL aptitude Test: The first place that you should look to get an inkling of what kind of questions may be asked in the aptitude test is this BHEL written test webpage, which gives you 13 solved sample aptitude questions. Also, this candidate experience in chetanasinterview.com (scroll down to the “General Aptitude” section) gives you some insights to the BHEL aptitude test questions.
But to prepare for these questions thoroughly, you need to prepare selectively for each section (i.e. Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, Logical thinking, English usage & General Awareness). I find that these test areas are very similar to the ones asked in Bank PO exam and therefore, the sample aptitude question papers given in this blog post should definitely help you prepare for the BHEL Aptitude paper.
Sample questions for the BHEL Technical Test: The BHEL written test webpage again gives you a few solved sample questions from both the test areas of General engineering as well as Specific engineering disciplines.
BHEL Exam Preparatory books:Which books to study in your preparation for BHEL exam? I just searched net and could find the following books, which you may find useful.
Books for BHEL Exam Engineering test papers: by Mittal (GK Publishers) Price: Rs. 540
by Mittal GK Publishers Price: Rs. 540
by Mittal GK Publishers Price: Rs. 480
by Harish C. Rai & Ashok Raj List Price: Rs. 400, Offer Price: 300, Discount: 25%
Books for BHEL Exam Aptitude test papers:
List Price: Rs. 415, Offer Price: 311, Discount: 25%
List Price: Rs. 625, Offer Price: Rs. 469, Discount: 25%
BHEL Interview questions:
Hope with above BHEL exam study materials (Exam Pattern, Sample papers and Books) you would be able to crack the BHEL Engineer Trainee Exam. I would be on the lookout for more such resources and would post the same as and when I spot them. So kindly keep visiting me!
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August 02, 2011
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BHEL ET Recruitment 2011-2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms
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While this blog post tells you about the eligibilities for a BHEL Engineer Trainee and also how to apply for these positions, an accompanying blog article titled: BHEL ET Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books gives you the preparation materials for BHEL written exam.
But before that a small primer on BHEL...
What is BHEL:
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), established in 1953, is the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy-related/infrastructure sector and is also one of leading power generation equipment manufacturers in the world. The company has been earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and is paying dividends since 1976-77. BHEL manufactures over 180 products under 30 major product groups and caters to core sectors of the Indian Economy viz., Power Generation & Transmission, Industry, Transportation, Telecommunication, Renewable Energy, etc. The wide network of BHEL consists of 14 manufacturing divisions, four Power Sector regional centres, over 100 project sites, eight service centres and 18 regional offices.
BHEL is on a rapid expansion mode - it plans to become a Rs. 45,000 crore company by 2011-12 and double that amount by 2016-17. More about BHEL can be found from this BHEL site.
BHEL Engineer Trainee vacancies:
As per BHEL Job Notification for the year 2011-2012, there are a total of 1000 ET vacancies with following break-up of discipline-wise vacancies: Mechanical:700, Electrical:200, Electronics: 100.
Category-wise vacancies for BHEL ET positions are as below: Gen: 498, SC: 151, ST: 90, OBC: 261.
BHEL ET Salary:
Salary for BHEL Engineer Trainee is in the pay-scale of Rs. 20,600-46,500/= per month.
Eligibilities for BHEL ET positions:
Age eligibility (as on 01.08.2011):
Maximum 27 years for Graduate Engineers, 29 years for PG Engineers or Business Admn/Management. Academic Eligibilities for BHEL Engineer Trainee: Minimum 65 % marks (or equivalent CGPA) in aggregate in Graduate Engineering in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics Discipline from a recognized institute.
BHEL ET Application form 2011-2012:
You can apply for BHEL ET positions only online!
Online form for BHEL Application Form 2011 for Engineer Trainee can be found in this notification page. 
BHEL Engineer Trainee Selection Process:
BHEL Selection Process would consist of Written Test followed by Personal Interview for which candidates will be invited in the ratio of 1:3 to the number of vacancies. You can find more about it in my blog post: BHEL ET Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books
BHEL ET Exam Important Dates:
Date of start of On-line submission of BHEL applications: 1st August, 2011.
Last date of On-line submission of BHEL application form:20th August, 2011.
Last date of receipt of Ack. Slips at BHEL: 24th August, 2011 . (31st August f or Far flung areas).
Date of BHEL ET Exam 2011: 18th September, 2011.
How do you prepare for these BHEL Jobs?
This is the focus of my next blog post: BHEL ET Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books. Please visit that blog post.
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