General knowledge questions

Lek Soniyachi is a financial incentive scheme for girls in BPL (Below Poverty Line) families. In which state this scheme is implemented?
(1) Madhya Pradesh         (2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Maharashtra                (4) Arunachal Pradesh
(5) None of these

 Aadhaar Enabled e-services launched were recently launched in which State on second anniversary of Aadhaar Card -
(1) Karnataka                    (2) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Rajasthan                    (4) West Bengal
(5) None of these
IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited) will soon set up a new plant in which among the following country?
(1) Canada                                    (2) Germany’
(3) Australia                                   (4) Spain
(5) None of these

Who among the following was the founder of South Asia Foundation (SAF)?
(1) Nirupama Rao                         (2) Uday Kumar Mishra
(3) Madanjeet Singh                     (4) Surendra Rao
(5) None of these

Which among the following State Assembly has celebrated the 125th year of the state legislature?
(1) Uttar Pradesh                          (2) Gujarat
(3) West Bengal                            (4) Tamil Nadu
(5) None of these

Which among the following month is observed as cervical cancer awareness month?
(1) January                                   (2) February
(3) March                                      (4) August
(5) April

World’s highest altitude swimming race recently kicked off in___?
(1) India                                         (2) China
(3) Sweden                                   (4) Nepal
(5) Russia



Who is the newly appointed Secretary General of NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)___?
(1) M S Ahluwalia                         (2) Arun Kumar Jain
(3) Arvind Mayaram                     (4) Prakash Bakshi
(5) None of these

Name the Indian American entrepreneur who was selected among 18 US President Obama's 18 'Presidential Innovation Fellows' programme?
(1) Karl Mehta                               (2) Tulsi Gobbard
(3) Lakshmi Mittal                         (4) Gurbaksh Chahal
(5) None of these

International Monetary Fund (IMF) in at update to World Economic Outlook (WEO) projected that the global economic growth rate would be ____ in 2013?
(1) 3.2%                                        (2) 4.5%
(3) 4.2%                                        (4) 3.5%
(5) None of these

International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted Indian Economic Growth Rate to be ___ percent in 2013?
(1) 6.9                                            (2) 4.5%
(3) 5.9%                                        (4) 7.9%
(5) None of these

In which of the following State India’s first village telecom incubator startup?   
(1) Karnataka                                (2) Tamil Naidu
(3) Bihar                                        (4) Maharashtra
(5) Kerala

Who among the following is the current chairman of University Grants
Commission (UGC)?
(1) Prabhu Prasad                         (2) Sukhadeo Thorat
(3) Ved Prakash                            (4) Suresh Mishra
(5) None of these

Who is the quickest Indian and the second quickest in world to score 4000 ODI runs?
(1) Virat Kohli                                (2) Suresh Raina
(3) Gautam Gambir                      (4) Yuvraj Singh                     
(5) None of these

Which among the following countries has launched construction of world's first fourth generation nuclear reactor?
(1)United States                            (2) Australia
(3)France                                      (4) China
(5) None of these


Which among the following countries has filed the challenge with the World Trade Organisations (WTO) about India’s national solar programme restrictions?
(1) Germany                     (2) United States
(3) China                           (4) Japan
(5) None of these

   Who among the following became the youngest winner of a women’s European Tour Golf event?
(1) Janet Anderson                       (2) Kristis Albers
(3) Lydia Ko                                  (4) Rhona Adair
(5) None of these
  
             G7 Plus which among the following  countries make G8?
(1) Canada                                    (2) Russia
(3) France                                     (4) United States
(5) None of these

 Which among the following banks publishes the Purchasing Manager’s Index in India from time to time?
(1) HDFC                                      (2) HSBC
(3) RBI                                          (4) EXIM Bank of India
(5) None of these 

Recently, in which among the following countries the 12th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit was held?
(1) Sudan                                      (2) Egypt
(3) Iran                                          (4) Saudi Arabia
(5) None of these

  Which among the following is the name of the bionic man that is recently uneveiled?
(1) Ekso                                        (2) HAL
(3) Rex                                          (4) Sarcos
(5) None of these

  Who among the following  is the head of the committee set up by the environment ministry to review what kind of projects can be dealt at the state level and which would require central nod?
(1) BK Chaturvedi                         (2) K Kasturirangan
(3) Arun Maria                               (4) Aruna Roy
(5) None of these

According to the recent estimates, what fraction of global CO2 emissions is contributed by the information communications and technology (ICT) industry?
(1) 2%                                           (2) 3 %
(3) 4 %                                          (4) 5 %
(5) None of these

Chief Justice of Sri Lanka found guilty on the corruption charges and Kicked out by the President Mahindra Rajapaksa. Identify the person?
(1) Shirani Bandarnayake             (2) Mohan Peiris
(3) Ashoka de silva                       (4) Parinda Ransinghe
(5) None of these

World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT -12) was held in ___?
(1) New Delhi                                (2) Paris
(3) Dubai                                       (4) New York
(5) Begging

Who among the following has became the first woman Speaker of the Singapore parliament?
(1) Jacelyn Tay                             (2) Halimah Yacob
(3) Fann Wong                              (4) Ann Kok
(5) None of these

  Vajpayee Arogya Yojana is the flagship health insurance scheme of which among the following state governments?
(1) Rajasthan                                (2) MP
(3) Gujarat                                     (4) Karnataka
(5) None of these

  Which among the following countries is providing Pilatus trainer aircraft to Indian Air Force (IAF)?
(1) Israel                                        (2) United States
(3) Switzerland                              (4) France
(5) None of these







Syllabus and Book of BSNL TTA Exam

The standard of paper in BSNL TTA Exam will be such as may be expected of an engineering diploma holder. The standard of papers in other subjects will approximately be that of Diploma level of an Indian polytechnic. Question paper consist 200 question and you can solve them in 3 hours.

There shall be three section of exam as per details given below:

General ability test: 90 marks
Basic Engineering: 90 marks
Specialization: 90 marks

Detailed Syllabus of BSNL TTA Exam

General Ability Test : 20 Marks

The candidate’s comprehension and understanding of General English shall be tested through simple exercises such as provision of antonyms and synonyms, fill in the blanks and multiple choice exercises etc. This shall also include questions on current events, general knowledge and such matters of everyday observation and experience as may be expected of an educated person.

Basic Engineering : 90 Marks

1. Applied Mathematics: Co-ordinate Geometry; Vector Algebra; Matrix and Determinant: Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus: Differential equation of second order: Fourier Series; Laplace Transform; Complex Number; Partial Differentiation.

2. Applied Physics: Measurement – Units and Dimensions; Waves, Acoustics, Ultrasonic; Light; Laser and its applications; Atomic Structure and Energy Levels.

3. Basic Electricity: Electrostatics, Coulomb’s Law, Electric field, Gauss’s Theorem, concept of potential difference; concept of capacitance and capacitors; Ohm’s law, power and energy, Kirchhoff’s voltage, current laws and their applications in simple DC circuits; Basic Magnetism; Electro Magnetism: Electromagnetic induction; concept of alternating voltage & current; Cells and Batteries; Voltage and Current Sources; Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem and their applications.

4. Electronic Devices and Circuits: Classification of materials into conductor, semi conductor, Insulator etc., electrical properties, magnetic materials, various types of relays, switches and connectors. Conventional representation of electric and electronic circuits elements. Active and passive components; semi conductor Physics; Semi conductor Diode; Bipolar Transistor & their circuits; Transistor Biasing & Stabilization of operating point; Single stage transistor amplifier’; field effect transistor, Mosfet circuit applications. Multistage Transistor Amplifier; Transistor Audio Power Amplifiers; Feedback in amplifier; Sinusoidal Oscillators; Tuned Voltage amplifiers; Opto Electronics Devices and their applications; operational amplifier; Wave shaping and switching circuits.
Block Diagram of I.C. timer (such as 555) and its working Multivibrator Circuits; time base circuits; thyristors and UJT regulated power supply. 

5.Digital Techniques: Applications and advantages of digital systems; number system (binary and hexadecimal); Logic Gates; Logic Simplifications; Codes and Parity; Arithmetic Circuits; Decoders, Display Devices and Associated Circuits; Multiplexers and De-multiplexers; Latches and Flipflops, Counters, Shift Register, Memories; A/D and D/A converters.

Specialisation - 90 marks
Section A : Electrical
Section B : Communication
Section C : Networks, Filters and Transmission Lines
Section D : Instruments and Measurements
Section E : Control Systems
Section F : Microprocessors
Section G : Computers
Detailed syllabus for each section is as under:-

Section A : Electrical

3 Phase vs single phase supply, Star Delta connections, relation between phase & line voltage, power factor and their measurements, constructions and principles of working of various types of electrical measuring instruments, all types of motor and generator – AC & DC, transformers, starters,rectifiers, inverters, battery charges, batteries, servo and stepper motors, contractor control circuits, switch gear, relays, protection devices & schemes, substation, protective relaying, circuit breaker, generator protection, transformer protection, feeder & lightening protection, feeder & bus bar protection, lightening arrestor, earthing, voltage stabilizer & regulators, power control devices & circuits, phase controlled rectifiers, inverters, choppers, dual converters, cyclo converters; power electronics application in control of drivers, refrigeration & air conditioning.

Section B : Communication

Modulation and demodulation – principles and operation of various types of AM, FM and PM modulators/modulators; pulse modulation – TDM, PAM, PPM, PWM; Multiplexing, Principles and applications of PCM. Introduction of Basic block diagram of digital and data communication
systems; Coding error detection and correction techniques; Digital Modulation Techniques – ASK, ICW, FSK, PSK; Characteristics/ working of data transmission circuits, UART, USART; Modems, Protocols and their functions, brief idea of ISDN interfaces, local area Network; Carrier Telephony -–
Features of carrier telephone system. 

Microwave Engineering: Microwave Devices; Waveguides; Microwave Components; Microwave antennas; Microwave Communication Systems – Block diagram & working principles of microwave communication link.

Section C : Network, Filters and Transmission Lines

Two port network; Attenuators , Filters; Transmission Lines and their applications; characteristic impedance of line; concept of reflection and standing waves on a transmission line; Transmission line equation; Principle of impedance matching; Bandwidth consideration of a transmission line.

Section D : Instruments and Measurements

Specifications of instruments accuracy, precision, sensitivity, resolution range, Errors in measurement and loading effect; Principles of voltage, current and resistance measurements Transducers, measurement of displacement & strain, force & torque measuring devices, pressure measuring devices, flow measuring devices, power control devices & circuits. Types of AC milli voltmeters – Amplifier rectifier and rectifier amplifier; Block diagram explanation of a basic CRO and a triggered sweep, oscilloscope, front panel controls; Impedance Bridges and Q Meters; Principles of working and specifications of logic probes, signature analyzer and logic analyzer, signal
generator, distortion factor meter, spectrum analyzer.

Section E : Control systems

Basic elements of control system, open and closed loop system, concepts of feedback. Block diagram of control system. Time lag, hysteresis, linearity concepts. Self regulating and non self regulating control systems. Transfer function of simple control components, single feedback configuration.Time response of systems. Stability Analysis – characteristic equation, Routh’s table Nyquist critereon, Relative stability, phase margin and gain margin. Routh Hurwitz critereon, root locus technique, Bode plot, Polar plot, Gain margin and phase margin.

Section F : Microprocessors

Typical organisation of a microcomputer system & functions of its various blocks; Architecture of a Microprocessor; Memories and I/O Interfacing ; Brief idea of M/C & assembly languages, Machines & Mnemonics codes; instruction format and Addressing mode; concept of Instructionset ; programming exercises in assembly language; concept of interrupt; Data transfer techniques – Sync data transfer, async data transfer, interrupt driven data transfer, DMA , serial output data, serial input data.

Section G : Computers

Computer and its working, types of computers, familiarisation with DOS and Windows – concept of file, directory, folder, Number systems, Data representation; Programming _ Elements of high level programming language, PASCAL, C; use of basic data structures; Fundamentals of computer architecture, Processor design, Control unit design, Memory organisation. I/O system organisation. Microprocessors – micro processor architecture. Instruction set and simple assembly level Programming. Microprocessor based system design ; typical examples. Personal computes and their typical uses, data communication principles, types and working principles of modems, Network principles, OSI model, functions of data link layer and network layer, networking components, communication protocols- X –25, TCP/IP.

Database Management System – basic concepts, entity relationship model,
relational model, DBMS based on relational model.


Books for BSNL TTA exam:

DOITC - Informatics Assistant Syllabus and book


  1. Problem Solving, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, Logical Reasoning, Mental Ability and Analytical Reasoning. 
  2. General Knowledge and Current Affairs relating to India and Rajasthan, Major developments in the field of Information Technology.
  3. Overview of the Computer System including input-output devices, pointing devices and scanner.
  4. Introduction to Operating System, Word Processing (MS-Word), Spread Sheet Software (MS-Excel), Presentation Software (MS-Powerpoint), DBMS Software (MS-Access).
  5. Representation of Data (Digital vs. Analog, Number System – Decimal, Binary & Hexa Decimal), Introduction to Data Processing, Concepts of files and its types.
  6. Introduction of Internet Technology and Protocol, LAN, MAN, WAN, Search Engines, Introduction to online and offline messaging, World Wide Web Browsers, Web publishing, Creation and maintenance of websites, HTML interactivity tools, Multimedia and graphics, Voice mail and Video Conferencing, Introduction to e-Commerce.
  7. Security: Protecting Computer Systems from virus and malicious attacks, Introduction to Firewalls and its utility, Backup & Restoring data.
  8. Algorithms for problem solving, Introduction to C language, Principles and Programming Techniques, Introduction of Object Oriented Programming (OOPs) concepts, Introduction to “Integrated Development Environment” and its advantages.

21000 Vacancies in Income Tax Department

There has been huge shortage of manpower in Income Tax Department for years and IT department has been putting this as an excuse for the loss in the tax collections over years. Few months back, a proposal was given to government to hire tax personnel at various levels to boost tax collections, which has been accepted now.

In one of the largest-ever recruitment drives by a government agency, the Union cabinet on Thursday cleared a plan to create 20,750 additional posts in the Income Tax department, including revenue service officers, as a part of a drive to step up scrutiny and increase annual collections by Rs 25,000 crore.

After the meeting, Chidambaram said the posts to be created as part of the cadre restructuring exercise will include 1,349 additional posts in the Indian Revenue Service. The recruitment is to be done over a period of time and the decision will help the I-T department collect higher revenue and provide better services to tax payers, the minister said.
21000 vacancy

The tax department has for long complained of insufficient manpower impacting collections. The latest move is expected to cost around Rs 450 crore annually. “This additional expenditure would be more than compensated by the increased revenue of more than Rs 25,000 crore per annum proposed to be generated as a result of this exercise,” Chidambaram said. TNN.

The recruitment in the Income tax Department will be done at various levels, but, it is still unclear whether this recruitment will be conducted through Staff Selection Commission (SSC) or Income Tax Department will manage the recruitment process on it own. Since, approval has been given for the recruitment process, the details of the recruitment process will be made public shortly.

SSC Question and Answer related to Indian History

History related facts
  1. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in Madhya Pradesh. 
  2. Megashtenes was an envoy of Seleucus. 
  3. Maurya was the oldest dynasty of India. 
  4. The division of Mauryan society into seven classes was particularly mentioned in The ‘Indica’ of Megasthenes. 
  5. The valleys of Sindhu, Ganga and jamuna were brought together for the first time under one political authority by Chandragupat Maurya .
  6. Rajuka was appointed by Ashoka to administer justice in his empire. 
  7. The Great Chandragupta Maurya was a contemporary of Alexander. 
  8. King Ashoka also had the name Devanama Piyadasi Mauryan 
  9. Max Muller was the first European to designate Aryan as a race 
  10. The staple food of the Vedic Aryan was Milk and its products 
  11. Panini wrote Sanskrit Grammar .
  12. Purushasukta is founded in the Rigaveda .
  13. Patanjali is well – known for the compilation of Yoga Sutra .
  14. The God who is the most prominent in ‘Rigaveda’ is Indra .
  15. The words Satyameva Jayate in the State Emblem of India have been adopted from Mundak Upanishad .
  16. Upanishad is books on Philosophy .
  17. The word Gotra occurs for the first time in Rigaveda.

March 2013 Current Affairs



  1. World Water Day is celebrated across the world on 22 March every year 
  2. UN announced 20 March as International Happiness Day ! 
  3. March 20 is being observed as World Sparrow Day across the globe to raise consciousness in this regard.
  4. 21 March is observed as the World Forestry Day across the globe 
  5. Neha Tripathi Won Sixth Leg of Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2013 
  6. Bhaichung Bhutia Appointed as the Chairman of the AIFF’s Technical Committee 
  7. Veteran Congress leader and former Nagaland Chief MinisterSenayangba Chubatoshi Jamir sworn-in as the Governor of Odisha 
  8. Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman Passes away ! 
  9. S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, won the National Bioscience Award for 2012 in Hyderabad.
  10. Sugathakumari, the Malayalam poetess was chosen for the Saraswati Samman 2012 for the poetry collection Manalezhuthu, which means The Writing on the Sand in English. 
  11. Rajasthani author Hariram Meena was selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012 for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer. The novel was published in 2008.
  12. Justice Sudarshan Reddy first Lokayukta of Goa 
  13. Khil Raj Regmi sworn in as New Nepal PM 
  14. Xi Jinping has taken over as China's new president and head of the military succeeding Hu Jintao. 
  15. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee appointed Ali Mohd. Magrey and Dhiraj Singh Thakur as the Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. 
  16. President also appointed Rabstan, Bansi Lal Bhat and Janak Raj Kotwal as the Additional Judges of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, in their order of seniority. 
  17. The US and South Korea started their annual military drills called Key Resolve on 11 March 2013. 
  18. Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar appointed Nagaland Governor 

Current Affairs : February 2013

Current Affairs of Febraury 2013
  1. Australia win Women's World Cup for sixth time
  2. SBI’s net profit rises 4% to Rs 3,400 crore
  3. British PM arrives on three-day India visit
  4. Noted social worker  Ramesh Bhatt was on Monday conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development by President Pranab Mukherjee.
  5. India-US Joint Working Group held its 10th Meeting in Washington
  6. NACO signed MoU with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to Highlight Issues related to AIDS
  7. Victoria Azarenka Defeats Serena Williams to Win 2013 Qatar Open

IBPS Specialist IT Officers : Syllabus & Book

 Banking sector offers opportunities for career in specialized fields like Agriculture Field Officer, IT Officer, Law Officer, Technical Officer, Finance Executive, Marketing Officer, HR /Personnel Officer, Chartered Accountant etc. Here is  unique opportunity for aspirants for career in Public Sector Banks through  Single  Written Examination .

In this post I write about IT officers syllabus and related books  . This time IBPS conducted online exam then you need to prepare well according to a systematic  plan .Specialist Officers examination is slightly different from Probationary officer examination.In Specialist Officers examination candidate has to clear Professional Knowledge test.So how to prepare for Specialist Officers examination is a big challenge & candidates need to understand syllabus clearly. There are mainly four section in the paper.

first three subject common in all examination (IBPS)only fourth part is different so you make a plan for every subject. you should more focus on professional knowledge.

 Some Important topics (80% question comes from this section) :
1. Database Management (DBMS)
2. Networking
3. Network Security
4. Web Technologies
5. Programming concepts (Basics)
6. Basic hardware (Microprocessor, timer, ALU etc)

Book for IT Officers:

Current Affairs Feb:2013



BHEL & GAIL get Maharatna Status by Govt. of India

ADB gave 100 Million US Dollar Loan to Uttarakhand

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of the Indian cricket team was appointed as the vice-president of India Cements

India dropped to 140th Rank in the Latest World Press Freedom Index

NASA launched a New Communication Satellite called TDRS

Expert committee under Sam Pitroda Constituted to review Working of Prasar Bharti

General studies


  1. The Netherlands is the new name of Holland 
  2. Panam Highway is the world’s longest road
  3. Middle East group of countries includes west Asian countries.
  4. The New York version of Statue of Liberty was engineered by A.G. Eiffel .
  5.  The prime Meridian passes through Great Britain.

Current affairs



ATP World Tour Tennis: Djokovic bags Men's Singles Title beating Federer.

Karishma Kapoor Appointed Brand Ambassador of McCain Food

Ranjit Sinha appointed as the New Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

Former Brazilian President Lula Da Silva was conferred with the 2010 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development