Tuesday, 26 December 2017


Department of Panchayat and Rural Development (PNRD) invites online applications from eligible candidates who are citizens of India having registration in the Employment Exchange of the State of Assam for various posts. In this article, you will get all information about Exam pattern, eligibility criteria, selection procedure, etc.

Last date/time to apply online : 16th January 2018 

Total Number of Vacancy: 945

Posts Name
No. Of Vacancy
Extension Officer (Panchyat)74
Jr. Asst. HQ24
Gram Sevak & Gram Sevika147
Junior Asstt. (Anchalik Panchayat)100
Tax Collector-cum-Road Mohorar450
Gaon Panchayat Secretary150
TOTAL945


Pay Scale:

Age Limit:
Minimum Age: 18 years
Maximum Age: 43 years
Crucial date for determining the age limit will be 1st January, 2018 
  • The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for ST/SC candidates.
  • In case of Ex-Serviceman, age limit is relaxable by two years. 
Educational Qualification:

  • The candidates must be Graduate in any discipline from a recognized University except for the post of Gaon Panchayat Secretary, the Candidate must be Commerce Graduate.
  • Candidates must possess knowledge of Local Languages either Assamese/Bengali/Bodo in addition to English Language for maintenance of office administration. 

Note: The Candidate must be Indian Citizen, ordinarily resident of Assam.

Selection Procedure:

There will be a common written examination except for that the post of Gaon Panchayat Secretary.

Written Exam Pattern:

SubjectsNo. Of QuestionsTotal MarksDuration
1Logical reasoning, aptitude, comprehension1001003 hours
2Matters relating to History and Culture of Assam and India
3General Knowledge

There will be negative marking of ½ mark for each wrong answer.
Candidates will use black ball pen to answer the OMR based answer sheet.
Written Exam Centers:
Guwahati, Bongaigaon, Tezpur, Silchar, Jorhat & Dibrugarh.


Note: The Commissioner, P&RD reserves the right to change the examination venues of the test and no representation etc. will be entertained in this regard. 
There will be only ONE merit list for each category i.e. Unreserved /SC/ ST(P) / ST(H)/OBC & MOBC, separately for male and female for the entire  State. There shall be no waiting list.
Application Fee:
  • For General Candidate – Rs.250/- (Rupees two hundred fifty) only.
  • For SC/ST/OBC - Rs.150/- (Rupees one hundred fifty) only.
  • Candidates having BPL Certificate – Nil 



Friday, 15 December 2017


Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the Score Card and Cut Off for RBI Assistant prelims examination 2017. The preliminary exam was held on 27th and 28th of November 2017. Keep following Bankeradda and Adda247 for latest updates.

We congratulate all the students who have been selected for RBI Assistant Mains and all those who got the disappointment this time need to work harder as something big is waiting for them.

Important Dates
Commencement of Result: 12th December 2017 
Closure of Result: 20th December 2017 

Tuesday, 12 December 2017


IBPS has released the Interview Call Letter for the post of IBPS RRBs Officers Scale-I (PO), II and III. The Online written Prelims exam for IBPS RRB PO was held in the month of September 2017 followed by Mains Exam on 05th November 2017. The candidates who have appeared in IBPS RRB PO Mains Exam and cleared his/her written exam can download the call letter from the link provided below. 

Officer Scale-I

Important Dates
Commencement of Call letter Download: 11th December 2017
Closure of Call letter Download: 6th January 2018




Officer Scale-II

Important Dates
Commencement of Call letter Download: 11th December 2017
Closure of Call letter Download: 26th December 2017



Officer Scale-III

Important Dates
Commencement of Call letter Download: 11th December 2017
Closure of Call letter Download: 26th December 2017

Saturday, 9 December 2017


IBPS Clerk Prelims Analysis: Overall  


The preliminary exam for IBPS Clerk was conducted online and had 100 questions for 60 minutes. Candidates have to manage those 60 minutes themselves while dealing with three sections- Reasoning Ability (35 Ques), Numerical Ability (35 Ques), and English Language (30 Ques). 

SubjectGood AttemptTime (in min.)
English Language15-1815
Reasoning Ability29-3220
Numerical Ability24-2725
Total78-8260


English Language (Moderate-Difficult)

The level of English Language was Moderate-Difficult. There were new pattern questions on idiom and phrases where one had to choose an idiom/phrase the was similar to the word given in bold. There were questions of double fillers. In sentence rearrangement, parts of a sentence were to be rearranged to make a meaningful sentence.
TopicNo. of QuestionLevel
Reading Comprehension5Moderate
Double Fillers7Moderate
Idioms/ Phrases10Moderate-Difficult
Sentence Rearrangement (New Pattern)8Moderate-Difficult
Total30Moderate-Difficult


Numerical Ability (Easy-Moderate)

The level of Numerical Ability section was Easy-Moderate. The number of questions from arithmetic (word problems) was significantly high as 10 out of 35 questions were from the arithmetic portion There was only 1 set of DI:
  • Tabular (Different shopkeer selling mobiles on different days)

TopicsNo. of QuestionLevel
Tabular DI5Moderate
Simplification/Approximation15Easy-Moderate
Number Series (Missing)5Easy-Moderate
Partnership2Easy
Mensuration1Easy
Simple Interest1Easy
Time, Speed and Distance1Easy
Problem on Ages2Easy
Time and Work1Easy
Miscellaneous 2Easy
Total35Easy-Moderate


    Reasoning Ability (Easy)

    There were 3 sets of puzzles and Seating Arrangement which are given below:-
    • Linear (Double line, Both North) 1 Variable
    • Square(8 person sitting, Four at cornor and four at middle of the side)
    • Months based Puzzle(2 Variable)
        TopicsNo. of QuestionsLevel
        Coding Decoding 4Easy
        Puzzles and Seating Arrangement15Moderate
        Alphabet Series5Easy
        Blood Relation3Easy
        Inequality4Easy
        Syllogism 4Easy
        Total35 Easy

        Thursday, 7 December 2017


        1.Ramnik walked 55 metres towards South, took a left turn and walked 45 metres. He then took a right turn and walked 40 metres. He again took a right turn and walked 45 metres. How far is he from the starting point?
        (a) 95 metre 
        (b) 15 metre 
        (c) 185 metre
        (d)Can’t say 
        (e)None of these

        S1. Ans.(a)
        Sol. 95 meter

        2.In a certain code language, ‘will you leave now’ is written as ‘jim dim kim pim’; ‘now you stay here’ is written as ‘nim kim sim jim’ and ‘stay or leave’ is written as ‘rim pim sim’. How is ‘here’ written in that code language?
        (a) jim 
        (b) nim 
        (c) pim 
        (d) Data inadequate 
        (e) None of these

        S2.Ans. (b)
        Sol.‘here’ is coded as ‘nim’. 

        3.What should come next in the following letter series based on English alphabet?
        DFB, JLH, PRN, ?
        (a)TUX 
        (b)XVT 
        (c) TXV 
        (d) VXT 
        (e) None of these

        S3. Ans.(d)
        Sol.

        4.In a certain code COLD is written as ‘2 @ 4 #’ and DARK is written as ‘# 6 % 8’. How is ROCK written in that code?
        (a) %628 
        (b) %@68 
        (c) %2@8 
        (d) %@28 
        (e) None of these

        S4.Ans. (d) 
        Sol.‘R’ is coded as ‘%’, ‘O’ is coded as ‘@’, ‘C’ is coded as ‘2’ and ‘K’ is coded as ‘8’.

        5.If ‘T’ denotes ‘–’, ‘S’ denotes ‘×’, ‘M’ denotes ‘÷’ and ‘A’ denotes ‘+’, then—
        35 M 5 T 4 A 7 S 3 = ?
        (a) 58 
        (b) 30 
        (c) 16 
        (d) 28 
        (e)None of these

        S5. Ans.(e) 
        Sol. 35 M 5 T 4 A 7 S 3 = 24

        Directions (6-10): In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (I) and (II). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer:
        a) if only conclusion I is true.
        b) if only conclusion II is true.
        c) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.
        d) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true
        e) if both conclusions I and II are true.

        6.Statements: All red are blue. Some blue are yellow.
        Conclusions: 
        I. Some yellow are red.
        II. All red are yellow.

        7.Statements: Some doors are tables. No table is chair.
        Conclusions
        I. Some doors are chairs.
        II. No door is chair.

        8.Statements: Some iron are zinc.Some copper are iron.
        Conclusions:
         I. Some iron are copper.
        II. Some copper are zinc.

        9.Statements: All the fans are tubes. Some bulbs are tubes.
        Conclusions:
         I. Some tubes are fans.
        II. No fan is a bulb.

        10.Statements: Some rooms are halls. Some halls are kitchens.
        Conclusions:
         I. All rooms are kitchens.
        II. Some kitchens are rooms

        Solutions (6-10):

        S6.Ans. (d) 
        Sol.

        S7.Ans. (c) 
        Sol.


        S8. Ans. (a) 
        Sol.


        S9.Ans. (a)
        Sol.


        S10. Ans.(d)
        Sol.


        Directions(11–15): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
        In a group, 5 friends Amit, Akash, Ashu, Avdesh and Veenit have an exclusive and different preference for a colour, a bike, and a Watch. Colour preferences are Red, Pink, Green, Grey and Blue. Bikes preferences are Karizma, Pulsar, Passion, Discover and Splendor. Watch preferences are Timex, Titan, Fastrack, Citizen and Samay 
        Amit like Discover and Red colour but does not prefer Titan or Fastrack. The one who has Pulsar prefer Fastrack. Ashu has preference for splendor, Blue colour and Samay. Avdesh has preference for Pink colour and Timex. Veenit prefers Karizma and Grey. 

        11.Which watch is Amit‘s preference?
        (a) Titan 
        (b) Fastrack 
        (c) Samay
        (d) Cannot be determined 
        (e) None of these

        12.Which colour does Ashu like?
        (a) Pink 
        (b) Blue 
        (c) Grey
        (d) Cannot be determined 
        (e) None of These

        13.Whose preference is Pulsar?
        (a) Akash 
        (b) Avdesh 
        (c) Veenit
        (d) Cannot be determined 
        (e) None of these

        14.Which watch is Veenit’s preference?
        (a) Samay 
        (b) Fastrack 
        (c) Titan
        (d) Cannot be determined 
        (e) None of These

        15.Who like Grey Colour?
        (a) Amit 
        (b) Akash 
        (c) Veenit
        (d) Avdesh 
        (e) Can’t Say

        Solutions (11-15):

        S11.Ans.(e)
        Sol.
        S12.Ans. (b)
        Sol.
        S13.Ans.(a)
        Sol.
        S14.Ans. (c)
        Sol.
        S15.Ans.(c)
        Sol.

        Wednesday, 6 December 2017


        Directions: (1-5): Study the following information to answer the given questions:
        Eleven students A,B,C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting in a row of the class facing towards the north direction.
        D sits immediate left of F and second to the right of C. A sits second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends.J is the immediate neighbor of A and B . J sits third to the left of G. H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I. 

        1.Who is sitting in the middle of the row?
        (a) C 
        (b) I
        (c) B 
        (d) G
        (e) None of these

        2.Which of the following group of friends is sitting to the right of G?
        (a) IBJA 
        (b) ICHDF
        (c) CHDF 
        (d) CHDE
        (e) None of these

        3.Which of the following sits to the immediate left of A?
        (a) K 
        (b) J
        (c) B 
        (d) I
        (e) None 

        4.Which of the following statements is true in the above sitting arrangement?
        (a) There are three students between D and G
        (b) G and C are neighbours sitting to the immediate right of H
        (c) B is sitting b/w J and I
        (d) K is sitting b/w A and J
        (e) None of these

        5.If E and D, C and B, A and H and K and F interchange their positions, which of the following pair of students is sitting at the end?
        (a) D and E 
        (b) E and F
        (c) D and K 
        (d) K and F
        (e) None of these

        Solutions (1-5):

        Ans.1.(b)
        Sol.I is sitting in the middle of the row.

        Ans.2.(c)
        Sol.CHDF are sitting right of G

        Ans.3.(a)
        Sol.

        Ans.4.(c)
        Sol. B is sitting b/w J and I

        Ans.5.(c)
        Sol. D and K will be sitting at the two ends if the positions as given in the question are interchanged. 

        Directions (Q.6-10): Study the following arrangement of numbers, letters and symbols carefully and answer the questions given below:

        A $ 1 P S # * 2 Q B 4 ! & 6 Z Y @ % 7 X

        6.Which of the following should come in place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the elements in the above arrangement?
        1$P *#2 4B! ?6Y 7%X
        (a)@ 
        (b) Z 
        (c)& 
        (d) % 
        (e)none of these

        7.How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a letter and also immediately followed by a number? 
        (a) None 
        (b) One 
        (c) Two 
        (d) Three 
        (e) Four 

        8.How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a symbol but not immediately preceded by a letter? 
        (a)None 
        (b) One 
        (c) Two 
        (d) Three 
        (e) More than three 

        9.If the positions of ten elements from the right end are reversed, which of the following will be the sixth element from the right end? 
        (a) Z 
        (b) Y 
        (c) @ 
        (d) % 
        ( e) None of these 

        10.Which of the following is 3rd to the left of the 8th element from the left end of the above arrangement? 
        (a) B 
        ( b) ! 
        (c) 4 
        (d) & 
        (e) None of these

        Solutions (6-10):

        Ans.6.(b)
        Sol. Z

        Ans.7.(b)
        Sol. One A$1

        Ans.8.(a)
        Sol.None 

        Ans.9.(b)
        Sol. Y

        Ans.10.(e)
        Sol. answer is 8 – 3 = 5th element from left is S

        Directions (11 – 15): In each questions below are two/ three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take two/ three given statements to be true if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
        Give answer 
        (a) If only Conclusions I follows
        (b) If only Conclusions II follows
        (c) If either Conclusions I or conclusion II follow
        (d) If neither Conclusion I nor conclusion II follows
        (e) If both Conclusion I and conclusion II follows

        11.Statements: All lines are circles. Some circles are squares.
        Conclusions: 
        I. No square is a line.
        II. Some squares are definitely not circles.

        12.Statements: All kites are birds. No kite is a glider.
        Conclusions: 
        I. Some gliders are definitely not birds.
        II. Atleast some birds are kites.

        13.Statements: No fern is a plant. All roots are ferns.
        Conclusions
        I. No plant is a root.
        II. All ferns are roots.

        14.Statements: Some planets are stars. Some orbits are stars.
        Conclusions
        I. No orbit is a planet.
        II. Atleast some stars are planets.

        15.Statements: All solids are liquids. All liquids are gases. No gas is plasma.
        Conclusions: 
        I. All solids are gases.
        II. No liquid is plasma.

        Solutions (11-15):

        Ans.11.(d) 
        Sol.


        Ans.12.(b) 
        Sol.


        Ans.13.(a) 
        Sol.


        Ans.14.(b)
        Sol.


        Ans.15.(e)
        Sol.

        Tuesday, 5 December 2017



        RBI Assistant Prelims 2017 Exam Result is Out. You can Check your result here.
        Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has declared the result for online Assistant prelims examination. You can check your result here. The preliminary exam was held on 27th and 28th of November 2017. We congratulate all the selected candidates for RBI Assistant Mains, which is scheduled to held on 20th December 2017 and all those who could not clear it this time, need not get upset as there are many more golden opportunities coming their way.

        In this month December (2017) you many have  IBPS RRB Officers Interviews. So don't panic and hold your horses, get yourself ready for the big opportunity  All The Best!!!

        Click the below link to check your RBI Assistant Prelims Result.


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