Wednesday 31 October 2012

Olympic Medal winners of India in London 2012

India in the 2012 London Olympics won 6 medals including 2 silver and 4 bronze which is considered as the best performance by India so far in terms of medals won at any Olympic game. India ranks at number 55 in the Olympic medal table.




VAO Model Question Paper-1

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Tuesday 30 October 2012


CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL TAMIL
Central  Institute of Classical Tamil(CICT) Recruitment 2012
The institute is established by the Government of India with a view to promoting the cause of Classical Tamil, has been functioning at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore, a branch of the Department of Higher Education, Language Bureau, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Employment Notice No. 2/Non-Academic/2012
Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) invites applications from eligible Indian Nationals, who fulfill
the prescribed qualification, experience, age and other conditions for filling up the following posts, as
per the details given below:-
(A)  DIRECT RECRUITMENT :
(B)   
Sl No.
Name of the Post
No. of
post
Pay Band and Grade
Pay
Age Limit
1
Web Designer
1 (UR)
PB3 15600-39100
GP Rs.5400
Not exceeding 35
years
2
Personal Secretary
3 (UR)
PB2 9300-34800
GP Rs.4200
18-27 (Relaxable
upto 40 years for
Govt. servants
3
Assistant Librarian
1 (UR)
PB2 9300-34800
GP Rs.4200
-do-
4
Steno Grade II
2 (UR)
PB2 9300-34800
GP Rs.4200
-do-
5
UDC
2 (UR)
PB1 5200-20200
GP Rs.2400
-do-
6
LDC
5 (4-UR,
1-OBC)
PB1 5200-20200
GP Rs.1900
-do-

(B)DEPUTATION:

Sl No.
Name of the Post
No. of
post
Pay Band and Grade
Pay
Age Limit
1
Office Superintendent
2 ( UR)
PB2 9300-34800
GP Rs.4200
Not more
than 56 years
2
Junior Accounts Officer
1 ( UR)
PB2 9300-34800
GP Rs.4200
Not more
than 56 years

The details of the posts, educational qualification, age, experience and application format are available
in the Institute’s website www.cict.in. Applications completed in all respect along with requisite
application fee and all necessary documents should reach within 30 days of publication of this
advertisement to “The Director, Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT), IRT Campus, 100 Feet Road,
Taramani, Chennai-600113”.
Educational and other Qualifications required
Web Designer
MSc (Comp Science) / MCA First Class (60% marks) with two years experience or B.E/B.Tech. Computer Science / IT with two years experience in programming and development of software packages.
Desirable:
Well qualified persons with experience in 3-4 years in Network & Web Design and admission, e learning & online examinations, training, software development, database management, .NET technology etc.
Personal Secretary

1. Class 12 or equivalent pass from a recognized Board / University
2. Skill Test of Dictation in English /Tamil for ten minutes @ 100 words per minute and transcription in English/Tamil, only on computer in 40 minutes
Assistant Librarian

Essential : Bachelor’s degree in Library Science
Desirable:
Certificate in Computer course recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) /
Department of Electronics Accreditation of Computer Courses (DOEACC) or courses equivalent to ‘O’
Level in terms of syllabus and duration of course as prescribed by DOEA
Steno Grade II

1. Class 12 or equivalent pass from a recognized Board / University
2. Skill Test of dictation in English / Tamil for ten minutes @ 100 words per minute and transcription in English/Tamil, only on computer in 40 minutes

UDC
Degree from a recognized university or equivalent
LDC

1. Class 12 or equivalent pass from a recognized Board / University
2. Skill Test only on computer in English Typing @ 35 words per minute corresponding to 10,000 key depressions per hour on an average of five key depressions for each word.
Office Superintendent and JuniorAccountsOfficer

Central / State Government staff holding analogous posts in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200/- in the Administrative Branch of the Secretariat/Audit/Accounts Department or UDC (Grade Pay Rs.2400/-) or Equivalent posts with eight years service in the Grade including five years experience in Administration Branch with knowledge of cash, audit / accounts and budget work.

INSTRUTIONS TO CANDIDATES
APPLYING FOR NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS IN
CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL TAMIL,
CHENNAI-600 113.

(Notification No. 2/Non-Academic/2012)

The applicants are requested to kindly go through the following instructions, regarding qualifications and experience for each post before filling up of the
application.

1. The qualification, experience, age etc. shall be reckoned as on last date for submission of application (which shall be one month from the date of notification of the advertisement).
2. The age limit shall be relaxed by 5 years for SC / ST and by 3 years for OBC/PwDs / Ex- Servicemen.
3. The candidates selected shall be on probation for a period of two years from the date of appointment.

4. All candidates selected for appointment shall be governed by the New Pension Scheme of Government of India. Retirement / Terminal benefits for all the posts shall be as per Government of India norms.

5. The candidate applying for more than one post must use separate application form for each post along with required demand draft in original and send them in separate covers super-scribed with the name of the post applied for.

6. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PwD are required to attach with the application latest community certificate in the format as prescribed by the Government of India.

7. Applications for all posts should be accompanied with a nonrefundable demand draft for Rs.100/- in favour of Director, CICT Chennai payable at Chennai. The issue of the demand draft shall be within the period of duration of the advertisement. The demand draft enclosed with
the application shall not be refunded or adjusted under any circumstances. No other mode of payment shall be accepted and such applications shall be rejected forthright and payment made shall be forfeited. SC / ST / PwD candidates are exempted from fees and are not required to submit demand draft.

8. Candidates are required to forward their application in the prescribed format accompanied by required demand draft, evidence of age, community,educational qualifications, experience and all other supporting documents for information stated in the application. The copies of the documents enclosed shall be duly attested.

9. Persons who are serving in Government / Semi-government / PSUs should send their application through proper channel. They can however send advance copy together with original demand draft. Candidates who are employed in other organizations should also send their application through proper channel. In case the applications are not forwarded through proper
channel they should submit NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE at the time of interview.
10. The Institute reserves the right to place a reasonable limit on the total number of candidates to be called for test or interview. Fulfillment of qualifications per-se does not entitle a candidate to be called for test or interview. The Institute reserves the right not to fill up the posts, cancel the advertisement in whole or in part without assigning any reason and its decision in this regard shall be final.

11. Incomplete applications / applications without relevant supporting enclosures / without prescribed demand draft / applications not in prescribed format will be rejected outright.
12. Institute is not responsible for postal delay and interim correspondence will not be entertained and replied to.

13. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification

14. Application complete in all aspects should be addressed to
The Director,
Central Institute of Classical Tamil,
IRT campus,
100 Feet Road,
Taramani,
Chennai-600113

and should be super scribed on the left hand top corner of the envelope with the details of the posts applied for.

15. The prescribed application shall be downloaded from the Institute’s website www.cict.in

16. Completed applications with all necessary documents should reach within 30 days from the date of publication of this advertisement.

17. Application for Deputation posts shall be submitted within 60 days from the date of publication of the advertisement.

Monday 29 October 2012

All Questions and Answers about Indian National Congress (INC)

Objective Questions about Indian National Congress
Competitive Questions related to Indian National Congress(INC) for IAS,TNPSC,RRB and more 
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Indian National Congress
Founded Year
1885
Founder
A.O. Hume
father of the Indian National Congress
Allan Octavian Hume
Initial members
Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, Mahadev Govind Ranade, William Wedderburn
First President of the INC
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Who was the Second President of Indian National Congress?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Who is the First Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
Badruddin Tyabji
Who was the first non Indian president of Indian National Congress?
George Yule
Who is the First Woman President of Indian National Congress?
Annie Basent
Who is the First Indian Woman President of Indian National Congress?
Sarojini Naidu
The first session of the INC
Mumbai.28–31 December 1885, and was attended by 72 delegates
Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the formation Of Indian national congress
Lord Dufferin
leader of the Muslim League
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Partition of Bengal in?
1905
Who first put forward the scheme of the Partition of Bengal?
William Ward.
Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of the Partition of Bengal?
Lord Curzon
What was the name of the new province that was created as a result of the Partition of Bengal?
Eastern Bengal and Assam
Name the ceremony that was observed on the day of the Partition of Bengal
Rakhi-Bandhan.
Name a newspaper that was instrumental in inculcating the spirit of opposition to the Partition of Bengal.
Sandhya
When was the Partition of Bengal annulled?
1911
When did the Indian National Congress Split into two groups – The extremists and The moderates?
1907 (Surat session)
Two split Parties of INC in 1907
Garam Dal(Extremists)- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Naram Dal(Moderates) - Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Mohandas Gandhi returned from South Africa in?
1915
When did Gandhiji Elected as Congress President?
1924 (Belgam Session)
When did Jawaharlal Nehru first Elected as Congress President?
1929 (Lahore Session)
What was the special for 1929 Lahore session?
"Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared
When did Subhash Chandra Bose first Elected as Congress President?
1938 (Haripura Session)
Who is the Congress President when India won Freedom?
J.B Kripilani
Who is the Most elected Congress President?
Jawaharlal Nehru
Who is the longest served Woman president of Congress?
Sonia Gandhi
Who was popularly known as “Uncrowned Prince of Maharashtra”?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Who is the first Congress President in Independent India?
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Who is the president of Congress, when Indian National Congress Split into two groups – The extremists and The moderates?
Rash Behari Bose
Who was known as the 'Grand Old Man' of India?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Who founded the Abhinava Bharat?
Savarkar Brothers
Who founded the Mitra Mela?
Savarkar Brothers.
Name a revolutionary of Punjab.
Ajit Singh
Name a revolutionary of Madras
Chidambaram Pillai
Name a leader of Maharashtra who played an important role in the Swadeshi movement?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
What was the real name of Sister Nivedita?
Margaret E. Nobel
During the Indian freedom struggle who of the following founded the Prarthana Samaj ?
Atmaram Pandurang
During the Civil Disobedience movement, who led the ‘Red Shirts’ of North-Western India?
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
foundation of Gadar party
Lala Hardyal
During whose tenure as the viceroy of India were the great Martyrs Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru hanged ?
Lord Irwin
Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council?
Lord Mountabatten
The Constituent Assembly was set up under the?
Cabinet Mission Plan