SBI PO 2015 Preparation & Discussion

Bank PO SBI PO
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@mailmishrar  @Gobuaa  @raring_utk  @tarun.singh @nammekyarkhahai  @mishramit93   how was it people ?? 😛 😁

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attempted 127..

GA: 37

Eng: 32

DI : 19

LR: 39

feeling low bcs of DI...any chance in 19 questions

6698

what could the cut off for DI be? 😐

6699

57 rank wala IT company TCS tha?

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Total Attempts 158

Eng 47

Ga 40

Reas 37

Di 34

Paper was easy compared to last yr.. Reasoning was tough.. Di average it wasn't exactly di though.. English ga easy as usual.. 

Descriptive  was fun.. 😃

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Total attempts - 123

Reasoning-34

ga-26

english-34

DI-29

6702

tension ho rhi h 140-150 attempt dekh ke.. hum 127 krke kha jaye..

6703

I want to thank all those guys who regularly post GA questions on PG... It is because of u guys my GA has improved.

6704

attempted 108, feeling confident. 

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so as per last few posts no1 attempted less than 100!! wow! i guess SBI need to raise its question standard now

6706

decoy marketing and unwholesome demand r these answers correct

6707

Total attempts : 145

GA: 43

DI: 22

eng:42

LR:38

lets see what happens 😅 

6708

Solved only 96.feeling Tensed.

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Here is the list of Authors & their books written by them.

. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam :-Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds, Target 3 Million, The luminous Spark, India 2020, Mission India, Indomitable Spirit, The Life Tree, India My Dream, Inspiring Thoughts, Thoughts for Change, Spirit of India, Evolution of Enlightened Societies, India Wins Freedom, You are Born to Blossom, Turning Point.

. Amrita Pritam :- Forty Nine Days

. Anil Padmanaban :- Kalpana Chawla - A Life

. Anita Desai :- Fasting, Feasting

. Annie Besant :-Wakeup India

. Arundhati Roy :- The God of Small Things

. Barack Obama :- Dreams From My Father

. Bill Clinton :- My Life

. C.S. Pandit :- End of the Era

. Chetan Bhagat :- The 3 Mistakes of My Life, Five Point Someone, Two States, Revolution 2020, One Night at the Call Center, Half Girlfriend

. Diplomat Pavan K.Varma :-When Loss is Gain

. Dr. Bimal Jalan :- The Future of India

. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan :- Indian Philosophy

. Arunima Sinha :-Born again on the Mountain

. Prince of Gujarat:The Extraordinary story of Prince Gopaldas Desai :-Rajmohan Gandhi

. 2014:The election that changed :- Rajdeep Sardesai

. Indira Gandhi :- My Truth

. Jackie Chan :- My Life in Action

. Jawaharlal Nehru :- Glimpses of World History, The Discovery of India

. Jonathan Swift : - Gulliver Travels

. K. R. Malkani :- India First

. Kalidasa :- Megdoot, kumarasambhava, Swapnavasavadatta, Malavikagnimitra

. Kautilya :- Arthashastra

. Khuswant Singh :-We Indians, Train To Pakistan, Women and Men in My Life ,The Good ,The bad and the Ridiculous.

. Koutilya :- Arthashastra

. L.K. Advani :- My Nation My Life

. Lala Lajpat Rai :- Unhappy India

. Sandeep Unnithan :-Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11

. Mahatma Gandhi :- My Experiments with Truth

. Mrs. Indira Gandhi :- Eternal India

. N.R. Narayan Murthy :- A Better India A Better World

. Pranab Mukherjee :- The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years

. Narendra Modi :- Jyoti punj

. S Hussain Zaidi :-My Name is Abu Salem

. R. C. Dutt :- Economic History of India

. R.K. Narayanan :- My Days, The Guide, Malgudi days, Waiting for the Mahatma, The Dark Room, The Bachelors of Art, The English Teacher, The Financial Expert

. Rabindranath Tagore :- Lipika, Chandralika, Chitra, Geethanjali, Gora, Ghare, Broken Ties, Malini, Sacrifice, Two Sisters , Bhaire, Chaturanga

. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan: Aid and Growth, Fault Lines, India's Pattern of Development, The Real Effect of Banking Crises Controlled Capital Account Liberalization

. Sachin Tendulkar :- 'Playing it My Way'

. Sarojini Naidu :- Broken Wing, Golden Threshold

. Shakespeare : - Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear

. Sharat Chandra Chatterjee :- Devdas

. Sadruddin Hashwani :- Truth Always Prevails

. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle :- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

. Sunil Gavaskar :- One Day Wonders

. Swami Vivekananda :- Inspired Talks, The Sleeping Giant, Living at the State, Way of the Saint, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga, My Master, Women of India, Vedanta Philosophy . Tolstoy :-War and Piece

. Chetan Bhagat :- Half Girlfriend

. Richard Flanagan :- The Narrow Road to the Deep North

. Valmiki :- Ramayana

. Veda Vyas :- Bhagwad Gita, Mahabharata

. Vikram Seth :- Two Lives, The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy, Arion and The Dolphin, An Equal Music, From Heaven Lake:Travels

. Vishnu Sharma :- Panchatantra

. Yann Martel :- Life of Pi

. Dr UD Choubey :- Untold Story of Indian Public Sector

. Dilip D'Souza :- Final Test: Exit Sachin Tendulkar

. Bette Dam :- A Man and a Motorcycle, How Hamid Karzai Came to Power":

. Vinod Rai :- Not Just an Accountant

. K Giriprakash :- The Vijay Mallya Story

. Naseeruddin Shah's :- And Then One Day

. Yashwardhan Shukla :- God of Antarctica

. Kunwar Natwar Singh :- One Life is Not Enough

. Devendra Prasad Yadav :- Munger through the Ages

. Neel Mukherjee :- The Lives of Others (Novel is short listed for the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2014.)

. Uday Tara Nayar :- The Substance and the Shadow

. T V Paul :- Warrior State

. Edward Klein :-Blood Feud

. Deepti Kapoor :- A Bad Character

. Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen :- An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions

. Satish Gujral :- A Brush with Life

. V.S. Naipaul :- A Bend in the river

. Kiran Desai :- Inheritance of Loss

. R.D.Pradhan :- My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written

. Sameer Kochhar :- ModiNomics: Inclusive Economics, Inclusive Governance

. PC Parakh :- Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths

. Dr. Sanjaya Baru :- The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh

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total attempts-122

eng-36

ga-37

DI-25  :-(

LR-24  :-(

everything in the hands of God.. I tried my best..

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Below is the list of UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA

CULTURAL

  • Agra Fort(1983)
  • Ajanta Caves (1983)
  • Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi(1989)
  • Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park(2004)
  • Chhatarpati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)(2004)
  • Churches and Convents of Goa(1986)
  • Elephanta Caves(1987)
  • Ellora Caves(1983)
  • Fatehpur Sikri(1986)
  • Great Living Chola Temples(1987)
  • Group of Monuments at Hampi(1986)
  • Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram(1984)
  • Group of Monuments at Pattadakal(1987)
  • Hill Forts of Rajasthan(2013)
  • Humayun's Tomb, Delhi(1993)
  • Khajuraho Group of Monuments(1986)
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya(2002)
  • Mountain Railways of India(1999)
  • Qutub Minar and its Monuments, Delhi(1993)
  • Rani ki Vav (Queen's Stepwell) at Patan,Gujarat(2014)
  • Red Fort Complex(2007)
  • Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (2003)
  • Sun Temple,Konark(1984)
  • Taj Mahal(1983)
  • The Jantar Mantar,Jaipur(2010)

Natural

  • Great Himalayan National Park(2014)
  • Kaziranga National Park(1985)
  • Keoladeo National Park(1985)
  • Manas Wildlife Santuary(1985)
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks(1988)
  • Sundarbans National Park(1987)
  • Western Ghats(2012)

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guys which mock was closest to sbi po

  • cp
  • mahendras
  • oliveboard
  • pm
  • others(do specify it in comments)

0 voters

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Ye bankersadda wale kya bakwas kr rhe hai sbi po ke analysis me...

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correct me if I am wrong.


Highlights of the Union Budget 2015 -16

 
. Gross tax receipts - 14.49 lakh crore rupees
. Yoga included in the sphere of charitable purposes under the Income Tax Act
. Plan expenditure- 4.65 trillion
. Non-plan expenditure - Rs 13.12 trillion
. Allocates Rs 331.5 billion - health sector
. Revenue deficit - 2.8 per cent of GDP
. Non tax revenue - Rs 2.21 trillion
. Fiscal deficit - 3.9 per cent of GDP in 2015/16
. For all purchases above 1 lakh rupees, PAN card will be needed
. National skill development mission to be started
. 1000 crore rupees to Nirbhaya fund
. Transport allowance increased to Rs 1600 pm
. Registrations of online excise & service tax in 2 working days
. GARR will be delayed by 2 years
. New law to tackle black money
. A new scheme named Nayi Manzil for minority youth will be started
. 62 percent will be will be transferred to the states
. Monetary Policy Committee will be framed
. One member of a family to have job by 2022
. Remaining electrification of 20000 villages by 2020
. Visa on Arrival facility for 200 countries

Sector-wise Highlights of Union Budget 2015

TAXATION

  • No change in income tax slabs
  • Wealth Tax has been eliminated
  • Super rich having income of over Rs. 1 crore will be charged with additional 2% surcharge
  • Over next four years, Rate of corporate tax to be reduced to 25%
  • Total exemption up to Rs. 4,44,200 can be achieved
  • 100% exemption for contribution to Swachch Bharat, apart from CSR
  • Service tax hiked to 14 per cent
  • Custom duty on 22 items will be reduced

AGRICULTURE

  • Rs. 25,000 crore allocated to Rural Infrastructure Development Bank
  • Rs. 5,300 crore allocated to support Micro Irrigation Program
  • A target of 8.5 lakh crore has been set for farmers credit

INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Rs. 70,000 crores allocated to Infrastructure sector
  • Framing up of National investment infrastructure fund For projects in rail road and irrigation, Tax-free bonds to be issued
  • Government to bear majority risk in revitalizing Public-Private-Partnership(PPP) model for infrastructure development
  • Rs. 150 crore allocated for Research & Development
  • Atal Innovation Mission, for the establishment to draw on expertise of entrepreneurs, and researchers to encourage scientific innovations
  • 5 ultra mega power projects, each of 4000 MW to be set up
  • Starting up of Second unit of Kudankulam nuclear power station

EDUCATION

  • Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam to have AIIMS
  • Setting up of New IIT in Karnataka
  • Indian Institute of Mines in Dhanbad to be reformed as IIT
  • Setting up of PG institute of Horticulture in Amritsar
  • Setting up of University of Disability Studies in Kerala
  • Center of film production, animation and gaming in Arunachal Pradesh
  • New IIM in Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh

DEFENCE

  • Allocation of Rs. 2,46,726 crore to Defence, increased by 9.87%
  • Priority on Make in India Defence equipment

WELFARE SCHEMES

  • Construction of 50,000 toilets under Swachh Bharath Abhiyan
  • GST & JAM Trinity programmes to be introduced; By April 2016, GST will be implemented
  • Micro finance organizations will be refinanced by MUDRA bank; It will encourage first generation SC/ST entrepreneurs
  • 80,000 secondary schools will be upgraded
  • Expansion of DBT from 1 crore to 10.3 crore
  • In Atal Pension Yojna, govt. will contribute 50% of the premium up to Rs. 1000 for one year
  • Scheme for physical aids and assisted living devices for old age people
  • Govt to use Rs. 9000 crore unclaimed funds in PPF/EPF for Senior Citizens Fund
  • Rs. 5,000 crore additional allocation for MGNREGA
  • Universal social security system for all Indians

RENEWABLE ENERGY

  • Rs. 75 crore allocated for electric cars production
  • 100K MW in solar; 60K MW in wind; 10K MW in biomass and 5K MW in small hydro - under Renewable energy target for 2022

TOURISM

  • Development schemes for churches and convents in old Goa
  • New tourism scheme will cover Hampi, Elephanta caves, Forests of Rajasthan, Leh palace, Varanasi , Jallianwala Bagh, Qutb Shahi tombs at Hyderabad

GOLD

  • Sovereign Gold Bond, as an alternative to purchasing metal gold
  • Development of an Indian gold coin carrying the Ashok Chakra on its face which will reduce the demand for foreign coins and recycle the gold available in the country

SUBSIDIES

  • Food subsidy at Rs 1.24 trillion
  • Fertilizer subsidy at Rs 729.69 billion
  • Fuel subsidy at Rs 300 billion
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total attempts: 151