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SSC CGL Tier 1 Answer Keys & Cutoffs 2013

SSC conducted the CGL Tier 1 exam on April 21 and May 19, 2013. The written exam was of two hours and consisted of 200 questions of 200 marks. As per reports, the exam conducted on May 19 was much easier than the one conducted on April 21, 2013. Check out the answer keys and cutoff of SSC CGL Tier 1 exam, 2013:

SSC CGL Tier 1 Answer Keys 2013:

Click here to download answer keys via Facebook.(May 19, 2013)

Click here to download answer keys by Eva Classes. (May 19, 2013)

Check out the answer keys by Careers360(April 21, 2013):

Morning:-

000 KG9 – http://www.careers360.com/000-KG9.pdf
000 KP0 – http://www.careers360.com/000-KP0.pdf
222 KM5 – http://www.careers360.com/222-KM5.pdf
333 PK4 – http://www.careers360.com/333-PK4.pdf
111 LI7 – http://www.careers360.com/111-LI7.pdf
111 LH8 – http://www.careers360.com/111-LH8.pdf
222 KN6 – http://www.careers360.com/222-KN6.pdf
333 PJ3 – http://www.careers360.com/333-PJ3.pdf

Evening:-

011 KP0 – http://www.careers360.com/011-KP0.pdf
022 KP0 – http://www.careers360.com/022-KP0.pdf
244 QJ6 – http://www.careers360.com/244-QJ6.pdf
255 QJ5 – http://www.careers360.com/255-QJ5.pdf
366 SH6 – http://www.careers360.com/366-SH6.pdf
377 SH5 – http://www.careers360.com/377-SH5.pdf

We will upload other answer keys and detailed solutions very soon. SSC will also publish official answer keys in a month.

SSC CGL Tier 1 Cut off 2013:

The expected cutoff for SSC CGL Tier 1 exam 2013 is 80-85+ marks for General candidates. If your marks are better than that, you should start preparing for Tier 2 exam which will happen in September, 2013.

SSC CGL 2013 Answer Keys & Question Papers (Tier 1 -April 21, 2013)

Staff Selection Commission conducted the CGL(Common Graduate Level) Examination on April 21, 2013. The exam was conducted successfully all over India. Though there were few reports of being leaked and it doesn’t seem that the paper would be canceled.

According to preliminary reactions from students, the CGL Exam conducted this time was somewhat average to difficult esp. the GK section. Apart from that, it was the usual SSC CGL exam.

Check out the question papers below:

Click here to download KP and PJ series of question papers
Click here to download Test Form No. 000KG9
Click here to download Test Form No. 111LI7
Click here to download Test Form No. 377SH5
Click here to download Test Form No. 111LH8
Click here to download Test Form No. 33PK4

Check out the SSC CGL 2013 Answer Keys:

Click here to download the answer keys of all Booklet series uploaded by ‘Direction’.

The cut off is expected to same as previous year in the SSC CGL Tier 1 exam, so better start preparing for the Tier 2 exam. If you need any help, just drop us a comment.

IBPS Specialist Officer(SO) Result, CutOff & Interview 2013

IBPS has declared the result of its Specialist Officer(SO) exam held on March 16 & 17, 2013. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection conducted the Specialist Officer exam in the month of March, 2013 for various cadres such as Marketing Officer, HR Officer, IT officer, etc. You can read the IBPS SO notification here.

IBPS Specialist Officer(SO) Result 2013:

Today, IBPS declared the much awaited SO exam result. You can check your result status here – Click here.

IBPS Specialist Officer(SO) Cutoff 2013:

IBPS has not updated the cut off of IBPS SO exam 2013. At the moment, only the status whether your are shortlisted or not is available on the official website. The cut off marks will be available after 10 days. You are requested to bookmark this post as we’ll update it as soon it is available.

IBPS Specialist Officer(SO) Interview 2013:

IBPS conducted the Specialist Officer online. And just like its Clerk and PO exam, there will be common interview for the Specialist Officer selection too. The combined result of both SO written test + interview will decide your final selection in the banks preferred by you.

You can share your status or marks in the comments.

IBPS Clerk Interview Result, CutOff & Preference Registration 2013

IBPS has finally announced the result of common interviews of Clerk Phase 2 held last month. IBPS conducted the CWE Clerks-II Exam in the month of December, 2012. The written test was of 200 marks.
The common interviews for IBPS Clerk Phase II 2013 were conducted from March 18- 25, 2013. The common interview was of 100 marks. IBPS has now given marks out of 100 in the ratio of 80:20 i.e. 80& for written marks and 20% for interview.

IBPS Clerk Interview Result 2013:

To Check out the result of IBPS Clerk(Written+Interview) – Click here

IBPS Clerk Interview Total Cutoff 2013:

The expected cutoff in IBPS Total score would be around 63-64+. But it will also depend on the preference of successful candidates.

IBPS Clerk II – Preference Registration:

The preference registration of banks would start from April 15, 2013. You can check out all the details below:

IBPS Clerk 2013

Do share your scores below.

Admit Card For SSC FCI Tier 2(New Date) 2013

The admit card for the SSC FCI exam for the post of Assistant Grade III in General Depot, Technical, and Account Cadre, which was held on November 10 and 11, 2012 is available. Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducted this exam to fill 6545 vacancies of Assistant Grade in FCI (Food Corporation in India).

The result of the SSC FCI was announced in the month of December. Click here to find out the cut off for the FCI Tier 1 examination and what will be cut off in the Mains examination.

Earlier the exam got canceled on Feb 3, 2013. That is why SSC released the new date for the re-examination of SSC FCI Tier 2(mains) exam and that is April 7, 2013.

Download the Admit Card SSC FCI Tier 2(Mains) Exam 2013 on following websites:

For Northern Region, New Delhi – Click here.
For Eastern Region, Kolkata – Click here.
For Central region, Allahabad – Click here.
For Southern region, Chennai – Click here.
For Western region, Mumbai – Click here.
For North-West region, Chandigarh – Click here.
For North-East region, Guhawati – Click here.
For Karnataka region, Bangalore – click here.
For Madhya Pradesh region, Raipur – click here.

The Mains exam is now scheduled to be held on April 7, 2013. The paper will consist of 150 questions, 50 of Maths and 100 of English language. Total time would be of two hours. Best of luck for the exam.

LIC ADO Exam 2013 Result Announced

Life Insurance Corporation(LIC) of India has announced the result of the Apprentice Development Officers(ADO) exam 2013. The LIC ADO Exam was conducted online by IBPS on Feb 2 & 3, 2013. Thousands of students from all over the India were waiting for the result for very long. As LIC ADO was an online written test, candidates expected to get the result within few days but it didn’t happen.

LIC ADO Result Exam 2013:

According to the notification on LIC INDIA official website, Result of ADO On-line Examination (2012-13) has been declared but to check the list of successful candidates, you will have to visit your respective LIC Divisional Offices.
The successful candidates in the LIC ADO Exam were also informed via Email. So, if you didn’t get any mail, there are chances that you haven’t cleared the test. But still to make sure, you can also visit the respective LIC Divisional Offices.
Update: Check out the list of successful candidates here.
In the Email, LIC only informed about the status of your result that you have cleared. Marks are not disclosed by the LIC India. Interview information will also be updated to successful candidates via Email very soon.

Do share your result in the comments.

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam 2013 – Admit Card Download

Download the Admit Card for the Multi-Tasking Staff(MTS) (Non-Technical) Exam 2013. The Multi Tasking Staff(MTS) exam 2013 is conducted by SSC and scheduled to be take place on 10th March and 17th Mrch, 2013. All the candidates are required t0 download their admit card to be allowed to take the MTS exam on the scheduled dates.

strong>Download the Admit Card SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam 2013 on these sites:

For Northern Region, New Delhi – Click here.
For Eastern Region, Kolkata – Click here.
For Central region, Allahabad – Click here.
For Southern region, Chennai – Click here.
For Western region, Mumbai – Click here.
For North-West region, Chandigarh – Click here.
For North-East region, Guhawati – Click here.
For Karnataka region, Bangalore – click here.
For Madhya Pradesh region, Raipur – click here.

The MTS Exam is a Matric level exam, so it is expected to have too much competition and large no. of students. There will be two papers viz. Paper 1 and Paper 2 in the Multi Tasking Staff exam 2013. Paper 1 is a objective type paper and paper 2 is a subjective type paper where you have to write a short essay in English(compulsory) and Hindi language. You can choose any Indian language instead of Hindi.
Paper 1 would consists of 150 questions of 150 marks in 2 hours. It consists of:
1) General Intelligence and Reasoning – 25 Marks
2) Quantitative Aptitude – 25 Marks
3) general English – 50 Marks
4) General Awareness – 50 marks
You can also buy these books to prepare for the MTS examination:

And if you’ve any queries, drop us a comment below.

Oscars 2013 Winners List

The 85th Oscars(Academy Awards) 2013 were conducted in a grand fashion here at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. Check out the full list of winners in the 85th Academy Awards below:

Best Picture: Argo (Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney)
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) [ He became the first actor to win three Oscar trophies for the leading actor role]
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Director: Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Django Unchained
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Argo
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)

BEST FOREIGN FEATURE: Amour
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Brave
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN WINNER: Lincoln: Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Life of Pi
BEST SOUND MIXING: Les Misérables: Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

BEST SOUND EDITING: Skyfall: Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers and Zero Dark Thirty: Paul N.J. Ottosson
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Life of Pi: Mychael Danna
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Skyfall (Skyfall)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Anna Karenina
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Searching for Sugar Man
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Inocente
BEST FILM EDITING: Argo

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Les Misérables: Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Paperman
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: Curfew
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Life of Pi

Check out the full list of Oscars 2012 Winners here.

UGC NET December, 2012 Answer Key & Question Paper

UGC has put the official answer keys and question papers for the UGC NET exam held on 30th December, 2013 on its website. You can download answer keys of all the subjects from links given below:

The Question Papers, answer Keys & Online Feedback System to report wrong answers in the Answer Keys (for UGC NET conducted on 30th December, 2012) are available between Feb 18,2013 & Feb 26, 2013. Click here to download:-

      >> Question Papers

      >> Answer Key 

  The candidates who have appeared in UGC NET/JRF conducted on 30th December, 2012 can give online feedback regarding answer keys upto Feb 26, 2013 (midnight). Click here to submit:-

      >> Online Feedback for Answer Key

  The final result will be prepared and announced on the basis of updated answer keys.

  No further grievance of the candidates regarding the keys will be entertained after 26th February, 2013.

Update: UGC has declared the NET result held on 30th Dec., 2012. Visit http://ugcnetonline.in/ to check.

How To Prepare For SSC CGL 2013 Examination(Best Books)

Staff Selection Commission(SSC) has published the notification for the recruitment of various posts through Common Graduate Level(CGL) 2013 examination. The last to apply online is February 13, 2013. This time around, SSC has revised the paper pattern of SSC CGL examination. To find more about new paper pattern – click here.

SSC CGL exam is not very difficult to crack like UPSC Civil services. The main focus to qualify SSC CGL exam should be on Quantitative Aptitude and English. And with few months full time and dedication, you can easily crack the exam. There are large number of vacancies in CGL exam this year. And if you secure good marks in Tier 1, 2 and interview, then there are more chances that you will get your desired post in your desired location.

If you are not taking any coaching from outside and studying at home, then it is crucial that you select the right books to prepare for the CGL examination. Here is the list of Best Books for SSC CGL preparation. Thanks to Examsbuzz.in for this amazing collection of books for SSC CGL exam. You can follow this site for regular updates and study materials on SSC CGL.

In the end, we wish students all the best for the examination. You can easily find lots of study materiel on the internet. And if you have any queries, just ask us in comments