Finally IIM Ahmedabad has made the picture clearer for the CAT aspirants as it has declared CAT 2009 is going to be a computer based test (CBT) and not internet based test (IBT). This means that the candidate does not take the test on an internet site. Instead of reading the questions in a paper booklet and darkening the ovals on the answer-sheet, a candidate will read the questions on a computer terminal and choose an answer by clicking on the correct option. Unlike GRE or GMAT, CAT is not going to be a computer adaptive test. The format of the test will remain more or less the same except that a candidate reads question on a computer terminal and clicks on the correct answer.

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Today, Delhi High Court has given a historical decision on gay and lesbian sex. The decision says that sexual relationship between persons of same sex is not an offence and the section 377 of Indian Penal Code is against fundamental rights of Indian citizens. The Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality was drafted in 1860 and it reads as follows.

“Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.”

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Today, Mozilla Corporation has released a new and better version of world’s most popular open source Web browser Firefox. This version of Firefox is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in more than 70 different languages. It is based on the Gecko 1.9.1 rendering platform. According to Mozilla engineers the latest Firefox 3.5 is more than 2 times faster than Firefox 3 and 10 times faster than Firefox 2. Within 24 hours of this release, more than five millions copies are already downloaded from the official website of Firefox. United States is leading with more than 1.1 million copies. Other major download centers are UK (170,000), Germany (540,000) and France (225,000).

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While searching for top 10 songs, I came to know about the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. It is a list of top 100 songs from the chart’s first 50 years, August 1958 through July 2008. Billboard is a weekly American magazine related to music industry, which maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis. In the top 100 list, the songs are based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100. They are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. Today, I am sharing the music videos of top 10 songs from this list.

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This test is based on Previous Year Bank PO General Awareness Papers. So this quiz will help you in the preparation of forthcoming Bank PO and Punjab National Bank Management Trainee examinations. Try to solve each and every General Awareness question. For checking your answer, click at the answer button given after every question. I will try to make these quizzes more user-friendly and informative. What is your opinion on such quizzes? Or if you have some suggestion then please feel free post your comments. In this quiz, you have 25 questions. All the questions have been taken from latest Bank PO general awareness examinations.

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General knowledge and Current Affairs constitute a major part of all competitive examinations. Now you need not to worry. abhisays.com is always there to help you. Now we have exciting general awareness series to help you to crack the paper of General Awareness. I strong believe that my Quiz series on General Awareness will definitely help UPSC, State PSC, SSC, Bank PO,Railways(RRBs)aspirants. These quizzes are also very handy for students preparing for various Quiz competitions. Now these quizzes are more user friendly as for knowing the answer you have to click the answer button. This means that you can take your time in guessing the right answer. Also, now no need to use your hand to hide the answers while guessing the correct answer.

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For competitive examinations in India, General Awareness is very important. If you are not good in General Awareness you can’t clear Bank PO, Civil Services, State Civil Services, Railways exam, NDA, CDS etc.  To help my readers in General Awareness section, I have created “General Awareness” category in abhisays where I will post General Knowledge and Current Affairs questions with their answers. So here comes the General Awareness Quiz 1.

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Michael Jackson is no more. He was an American biggest Pop Singer, entertainer and businessman. He was also known as the King of Pop. He made his debut onto the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1969, and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group. His 1982 album Thriller is the world’s best-selling record of all time and other albums are also among the world’s best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995). Today in the memory of this great artist, I have compiled his all time Top 13 Songs.

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The King of Pop is no more. He was pronounced dead after arriving at a Los Angeles hospital in full cardiac arrest. He was 50. He remains the greatest entertainer of recent times. Entering popular music charts in early 1980s, he was the first African-American artist to gain constant airplay on MTV when Billie Jean, the music video in which the common people saw the Moonwalk for the first time, topped the charts. Before going solo he used to perform in The Jackson Five which was one of the biggest pop-music phenomena of the 1970s. Under the production of Quincy Jones he released his first solo album Off The Wall in 1979.

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GRE stands for Graduate Record Examination. It’s a commercially run standardized test whose scores are used by many graduate schools in the U.S. and a few other nations as an admission criterion. The exam is administered by ETS (Educational Testing Service). As such admissions in graduate schools depend on a combination of various factors like undergraduate performance, letters of recommendation and scholastic achievements and the level of emphasis that different schools put on GRE scores may vary but a poor GRE score may drastically narrow down your options.

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According to Wikipedia, Engineering is the discipline, art and profession of acquiring and applying technical, scientific and mathematical knowledge to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective or inventions. In India, engineering is one of the most popular career option after 10+2. If you are doing engineering from any prestigious college then you will have a brighter future. India is now one of the fastest developing economies of world as it is developing industrially and technically, so there is huge requirement for skilled engineers. As a result, many engineering colleges have opened to meet the rising demands of the industry. Some of them are really good and are providing world class education and facilities. Admission to most of the engineering colleges is done through different entrance examinations conducted throughout the country. But for getting quality engineering education getting admission to the right college is very important.

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These days Indian Job market is flooded with vacancies of Probationary Officers in Public Sector Banks. But most of the PO aspirants are not fully aware of responsibilities of a Bank PO. Today we will discuss the role and responsibilities of a Probationary Officer in banks. A Bank Probationary Officer is the starting level recruitment for bank officers. Good communication skills and an ability to resolve conflicts calmly are normal expectations from a Bank PO. Job profile of a Probationary Officer is General Banking, administration and paper work in bank and any other work assigned by senior management. Actually a Bank PO can be asked to do anything related to banking till the completion of its probation period. During training or probation period they are trained for accounting, marketing, finance, investment as well as billing.

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Now it wil take only 15 minutes for any fresher or new college student college, facing any form ragging, to get his complaint registered with the college authorities. Just the victim will have to dial a number. Actually, this week Government of India has started a toll free anti-ragging helpline number 1800-180-5522, which will remain functional 24 by 7, to register all the complaints regarding ragging. Ragging is a common phenomena in India, Australia, US, Britain, Sri Lanka etc. It is a form of abuse on newcomers to educational institutions. In United States, it is known as hazing. During ragging, senior students force the unorganized newcomers to undergo several forms of mental, physical and sexual abuses.

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This week, the top leaders of BRIC nations meet at the first summit in Yekaterinburg(Russia). Do you know what is BRIC? Today we will discuss about BRIC, the future of world economy. BRIC is an acronym that refers to the fast-growing developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. This acronym was first coined by an investment banking company, Goldman Sachs in 2001. According to Goldman Sachs, the BRIC nations, by 2050 will eclipse the combined economies of the current richest countries (G7) of the world. China and India will become the world’s major suppliers of manufactured goods and services, respectively, while Brazil and Russia will become biggest suppliers of raw materials.

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Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is not only one of the largest steel makers in India but also one of India’s fastest growing companies. Its turnover is around 50k crore, the company is among the top five highest profit earning copanies of India. It is a public sector undertaking wholly owned by Indian Government. This company was incorporated on January 24, 1973. It has around 132k employees. The company’s current chairman and managing director (CMD) is S.K. Roongta. With an annual production of 13.5 million metric tons, SAIL is the 16th largest steel producer in the world. SAIL Plants are located at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela, Burnpur (near Asansol) and Salem. It has invited applications for the posts of Management Trainees.

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