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Government Exam

Government Exam

 If you have passed out of college or university, what is the next step you will choose? After college or university, some will opt for higher studies and some will find jobs. When we say the word job the first thing that comes to our mind is if we get a government job then our life will be sorted out. Today’s Competition is so tough that if you get a private job, government job or a job in any other sector you will be very lucky. Every year lakhs of students apply for government jobs because government jobs have many facilities other than private jobs. So now the question is: What is a Government job?

Government jobs are those jobs which the government organises for providing government jobs to the ones who get on their merit basis. There are many government exams and various organisations which conduct the exams. These are some organisations – UPSC, LIC, SSC, IBPS, RBI and more.

Some government exams are –

SSC CHSL – The post for SSC CHSL (Combined High Secondary Graduate Level) is a national wide exam for the post of DTO, LDC, PA, and SA in different central government departments.

IBPS PO – Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) is the exam for those who want to join the banking industry. The exams are held in September and October and the notice comes out in August every year.

RBI Grade B – Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is owned by the Government of India. Every year RBI conducts an exam to recruit officers which are referred to as RBI Grade B officers.

SSC CGL – Staff Selection Commission for Combined Graduate Level (CGL) is the exam conducted for officer and assistant level posts for various departments.

UPSC – Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is considered the toughest exam for UPSC. It conducts exams for various posts like IFS, IAS, IPS and other groups A and B posts.

SBI PO – State Bank of India (SBI) holds exams for Probationary officer PO which is one of the best jobs after graduation one can do. This exam has 3 tiers

Prelims

Mains

GD or interview for the SBI PO exam

How to prepare for any exam?

Know your marking pattern and syllabus – This is the most important thing to prepare for an exam because if you don’t know the syllabus what will you read? You should know the marking pattern. It helps you to find how many questions will carry how many marks. You will get an idea of the paper 

Make a timetable for your studies- First thing you should make a timetable for all the subjects you need to study. If you study according to your timetable you will cover up your whole syllabus and you will get time to study equal portions for all the subjects.

Take breaks in between – Taking breaks in between the studies is also important because if you continue to study for ⅔ hours you will get bored and the main thing is your brain also needs some rest. If you take short breaks between your studies you will feel fresh and you will be able to concentrate on your studies.

Revision of the entire syllabus – Before your exams, you should end your whole syllabus and do revisions. This will help to remember everything and if you left out something you can get enough time to read that particular topic or the question.

Watch YouTube videos and attempt daily mock tests – If you have any doubts regarding questions you can follow ½ channels regularly on YouTube in that particular subject and you can learn. You can also attempt daily quizzes and tests which they organise or many apps are available in the play store for conducting mock tests for heh exams.

Basics must be clear – Basics should be clear always because if you don’t clear your basics you will not be able to understand further studies. Basics must be cleared.

For any competitive exams, you should follow all the tips to clear the exams. For every dream, you see you have to do hard work to achieve that dream for a better life.

All the best wishes to everyone who is doing hard work for their upcoming exams.

Eligibility criteria of 75 % in Class 12th relaxed for IIT admissions

Considering the decision taken for IIT JEE (Advanced) and in line with the decision taken for the last academic year, the Ministry of Education had decided to waive off the 75% marks (in class 12 exam) eligibility criteria under Joint Entrance Examination (Main) for the next academic year 2021-2022 in respect of NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other CFTIs, whose admissions are based on JEE (Main).

The admissions to various Under Graduate (UG) programmes of the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur (West Bengal) and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs – excluding IITs) are made on the basis of ranks / merit secured by the candidates in Joint Entrance Examination (Main) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

For the candidates to qualify for admission in the IITs / NITs / IIITs and such other CFTis whose admissions are based on the JEE Ranks, they should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12th Class exam, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th Class exam conducted by the respective Boards. For SC/ST students, the qualifying mark in 12th Class exam is 65%.

While declaring the date of JEE (Advanced) exam, the Education Minister has announced to waive off the 75% marks (in class 12th exam) eligibility criteria for admissions to the academic year 2021-2022 for the ease of students.

 

Top 2 entrance exams other than JEE MAIN and JEE ADVANCE

Every students want to go IIT(Indian Institute of Technology) because IIT are the top prestigious engineering colleges in India. There are overall 23 IITs in India. The only way to get into IIT is JEE Advance, to write JEE advance you have to first qualify in JEE main then only you can write JEE advance. Around 15 lakhs of students every year write JEE main, in which 2,50,000 students qualify to write JEE advance. In that 2,50,000 lakhs students your rank has to come under 2,000 then only you can get admission in IIT. This blog is for those who doesn’t qualify in IIT. In this blog, I am going to tell you some other entrance exams other than JEE.

TOP ENTRANCE EXAMS OTHER THAN JEE MAIN AND ADVANCE

  1. BITSAT

Birla Institute of Technology and Science(Bits) is a private university in India that conducts BITSAT( Birla Institute of Technology and Science Aptitude test) entrance exam every year. It is a computer based test conduced every year to get admission in first year degree programs like BE(Bachelor of Engineering), MSc(Master of Science), and Pharma in Bits. It has three campuses in India(Hyderabad, Goa and Pilani) and one in Dubai(UAE).

Eligibility criteria

 1. Student should have passed class 12 from a recognized board with physics, chemistry and mathematics with 75 percent marks in each subject.

 2. Candidate should be proficient in English.

3. Candidates already studying in Bits are not eligible to write Bitsat.

About the Examination

  1. The duration of the exam is 3 hours.
  2. All questions are multiple choice question only.
  3. The exam has 4 section physics, chemistry, biology, and English proficiency and logical thinking.
  4. Medium of paper is English.

Marking scheme

  1. For every correct answer 3 marks are awarded.
  2. For every wrong answer 1 mark is deducted.
  3. For untried question no marks are awarded.

2. KVPY

KVPY stands for Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana is a national level scholarship program is conducted to encourage students in basic sciences courses. It is funded of department of science and technology of India. Students who qualify in Kvpy will receive scholarship. Also if you qualify in Kvpy you can get admission in top institutions like IISc Bangalore, IISER, IIITs, and other Research institutes. Class 11th, 12th and those who in 1st year of there under graduation are eligible for the exam.

Eligibility criteria

  1. There are 3 streams in KVPY. They are SA, SX, and SB. Students in class 11 comes under SA stream, class 12 students come under SX stream and undergraduate 1st year students comes under SB stream.
  2. Students must be enrolled in science stream.

About the Exam

  1. The duration of the exam is 3 hours.
  2. The exam has 4 sections physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology.
  3. The paper consists of two parts, part 1 and part 2.
  4. Part 1 consist of 60 questions.
  5. Part 2 consist of 20 questions.
  6. The mode of the exam is Online.
  7. Medium of the exam is English and Hindi.

Marking Scheme

  1. The paper consists of 100 marks.
  2. In part 1, for every correct answer 1 mark is awarded.
  3. In part 1, for every wrong answer 0.25 mark is deducted.
  4. In part 2, for every correct answer 2 marks are awarded.
  5. In part 2, for every wrong answer 0.5 mark are deducted.

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LAST MINUTE EXAM TIPS

Fighting Those Last Minute Jitters!

Our country has started to unlock once again after the dreadful second wave. With the unlocking various statutory bodies have announced the dates for entrance exams that were earlier postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Even though we received extra time for the preparation of our exams, we humans tend to procrastinate and assume we have a lot of time. However, now that time is over. We need to get back up on the horse and cross that finish line. We have been preparing for a months and it is time for the final revision. Last minute revisions are very beneficial because it helps in refreshing all the facts we already have in our mind.

Let’s look at some last minute exam tips to avoid panic when the exam date is finally announced:

  • Recheck the syllabus: Since the dates have yet to be announced you have a little time to recheck your syllabus and see if you have left any topic uncovered. If so, take a day or two and finish those topics first. Do not take a chance with those topics because the questions can be asked from anywhere and you still have time to cover those. Also, you need to remember to not spend too much time on such topics either. Just read enough which will help you score.
  • Prepare a Schedule: Planning is an important part of preparation as well as revision. During the final days make sure you have a schedule but for a limited number of days. Do not make schedules for a week straight. Make a plan every 3-4 days with a different approach. Revisions tend to be monotonous as you have already read the material and making long term schedules might lead to loss of interest by the end of the week.
  • Solve Previous Year Questions: Previous year questions are the key to clearing the entrance exams. You get to know the kind of questions that can be asked. The most important advantage of such papers is that it lets you know how frequently questions are asked from a particular topic and you can shift your focus onto those topics first. However, before the exam it is not optimum to solve too many previous exam papers. Solve one paper every 2-3 days to maintain efficiency.
  • Flash Cards: Create flash cards for the topics you find extremely hard to remember. Note down the important topics and review them once before the exam.
  • Use Audio-Visual aids: For those students who find revising from the book tedious and repetitive can also use YouTube for the same. The tutors always have something extra to offer and their revision tactics are easy to retain. Watching videos makes preparation interesting and gives you a break from reading the same material again and again.
  • Block All Social Media: It might not seem like a big deal but turning off social media a few days before the D-Day has tremendous amounts of benefits. Avoid all distractions that are a hindrance in your learning process.
  • Adequate Sleep: Do not stress too much over the exam. Do not lose your sleep during those final days. Inadequate sleep adversely affects your schedule and your health. Make sure you sleep the required 7-8 hours and try to optimize your time during the day without having to sacrifice your sleep.
  • Take a Rest: Between every schedule take a rest day to recover from the stress. You can do any kind of recreational activity during that time but try avoiding excessive use of social media.

The final days before the exam are extremely stressful and you continuously find reasons to avoid studying because your mind is occupied with fear and anxiety. However, that is no reason to slack off. Every aspirant goes through this phase but the one who soldiers through it are the real winners. So, in order to be a winner one must not lose their focus during those ultimate days. One day you will look back and be thankful that you didn’t give up when every bone in your body wanted you to. Power through and keep your eye on the goal.