Amount of Sum Assured
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Revised amount of fee payable (per proponent) (In`)
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Upto the sum assured of `5 lacs
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50/-
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Above `5 lacs and upto `10 lacs of sum assured
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60/-
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Above `10 lacs of sum assured
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70/-
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
Revision of Medical Fee payable to Medical Officer for conducting Medical Examination of PLI / RPLI proponents
National Minimum Wages
Since the local conditions vary widely across the States, it is not feasible to have a uniform minimum wage for the whole country. The concept of National Floor Level Minimum Wage (NFLMW) was mooted on the basis of the recommendations of the National Commission on Rural Labour (NCRL) in 1991 with a view to have a uniform wage structure and to reduce the disparity in minimum wages across the country. Keeping in view the recommendation of NCRL and taking into account the rise in price indices, the NFLMW was initially fixed at Rs.35/- per day in 1996. The same has been revised from time to time and presently it is Rs.115/- w.e.f. 1.4.2011.
Since NFLMW is a non-statutory measure, all the States/UT Governments
have been requested that in none of the scheduled employments, the
minimum wages should be less than the NFLMW. At present, there is a
proposal to amend the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 to make the NFLMW
statutory.
A statement showing the range of minimum rates of wages for unskilled workers state-wise as available is annexed.
Disparity in rates of minimum wages in various regions of the country is inevitable. This
is due to wide differences in socio-economic and agro-climatic
conditions, prices of essential commodities, paying capacity,
productivity and local conditions influencing the wage rate. The
regional disparity in minimum wages is also attributed to the fact that
labour is in the concurrent list under the Constitution and both the
Central and State Governments are the appropriate Governments to fix,
revise and enforce minimum wages in scheduled employments in their
respective jurisdictions.
The Union Labour & Employment Minister Shri Mallikarjun Kharge gave this information in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
RANGE OF MINIMUM WAGES FOR UNSKILLED WORKERS IN DIFFERENT STATES/UNION TERRITORIES
Sl. No.
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States/Union Territories
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Range of Minimum Wage for Unskilled Workers (In Rs. Per day)
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Central Sphere*
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162.00 - 270.00
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State Sphere
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1
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Andhra Pradesh*
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69.00 -231.71
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2
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Arunachal Pradesh
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134.62 - 153.85
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3
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Assam*
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100.42
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4
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Bihar*
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138.00 - 144.00
|
5
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Chhattisgarh*
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104.60 - 151.04
|
6
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Goa
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150.00 - 157.00
|
7
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Gujarat*
|
100.00-181.80
|
8
|
Haryana*
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186.42
|
9
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Himachal Pradesh
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120.00
|
10
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Jammu & Kashmir
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110.00
|
11
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Jharkhand*
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127.00-145.54
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12
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Karnataka*
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130.08-220.73
|
13
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Kerala*
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85.20 - 353.00
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14
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Madhya Pradesh*
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146.49 - 174.80
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15
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Maharashtra*
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100.00 -248.15
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16
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Manipur
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122.10
|
17
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Meghalaya
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100.00
|
18
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Mizoram
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132.00
|
19
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Nagaland
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80.00
|
20
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Orissa*
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92.50
|
21
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Punjab*
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154.46
|
22
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Rajasthan*
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135.00-166.46
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23
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Sikkim
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130.00
|
24
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Tamil Nadu*
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88.29 - 222.35
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25
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Tripura
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65.77 - 130.00
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26
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Uttar Pradesh*
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100.00 - 171.20
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27
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Uttarakhand*
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98.67 - 200.77
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28
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West Bengal*
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112.50 -169.30
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29
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A & N Islands*
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212.00 - 242.000
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30
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Chandigarh*
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219.23
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31
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli*
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156.20
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32
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Daman & Diu*
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143.60
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33
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Delhi*
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270.00
|
34
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Lakshadweep*
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200.00
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35
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Puducherry
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100.00 - 205.00
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* = The system of VDA is in vogue.
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11 States/UTs have no VDA
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Source : PIB, August 22, 2012
OUR NEW DEMAND - 5 PROMOTIONS - ALONGWITH 7TH CPC
5 PROMOTIONS
{ EDITORIAL POSTAL LIFE – AUGUST - 2012}
In
1978, while entering in its Silver Jubilee Year, the NFPTE had
organised its P&T Convention at Patna. The demand of “3 Promotions
at 10, 20 and 25 years” for P&T employees was coined in that
National Convention. This demand was necessitated by the fact that most
of the P&T employees were retiring without even getting a single
promotion in their long career in those days. The Clerical employees
retired without even becoming LSG and the Postmen were retiring without
even promoted as Sorting Postman or Head Postman / Mail Overseer
Postman, the only hierarchical promotion available at that time. After
much negotiations and struggles, ultimately the Government agreed two
promotions and introduced TBOP and BCR Promotions on completion of 16
and 26 years. All P&T employees were thereafter ensured of at least
two promotions. But the movement had paid some price including major
punishments to cadres to win the demand of two promotions.
The
introduction of TBOP and BCR promotions caused the hierarchical
promotion of Sorting Postman / Mail Overseer Postman etc irrelevant as
most of the Postmen staff attained TBOP and BCR promotion before getting
the only regular promotion available. The Department also discontinued
constituting the DPC to promote Postmen staff. Similar was the case with
the Group ‘D’ staff also, in whose case the promotion to Jamedar Group
‘D’ was discontinued. Even though the Department had subsequently
declared unilaterally that the TBOP/BCR is not a promotion but only a
scheme of financial upgradation like ACP Scheme, the regular
hierarchical promotional ladder was not restored or updated to ensure
regular promotion to Postman and Group ‘D’ cadres. However, the TBOP,
BCR ensured two automatic upgradations financially.
Discriminatingly
during the same time, the Officialdom did not satisfy itself with the
available two or three promotions in its career but went ahead with
repeated cadre restructuring schemes to ensure at least five promotions
for the cadre of Officers! We see that an IPS Officer entering as SSPOs
[Junior Time Scale Officer] in the Postal Department is ensured of five
promotions at least in his career as Senior Time Scale, DPS, PMG, Chief
PMG, Board Member and Director General. In Departments like Income Tax a
Class I officer who enters as Assistant Commissioner as an IRS Officer
goes ahead with the promotions like Deputy Commissioner, Joint
Commissioner, Additional Commissioner, Commissioner of Income Tax, Chief
Commissioner of Income Tax, Board Member in CBDT and Chairman of CBDT.
This is the case with all departments. The Government never cared for
the promotional avenues of Group C and D employees while going on
improving the career advancement of top officers.
The
6th Pay Commission also not cared much for ending the discrimination
between the employees and officers in the central services. It simply
recommended for only improving the periodicity of ACP financial
upgradation from 12 and 24 years into 10 and 20 years through MACP.
After much discussion in the JCM Standing Committee, the Government made
only a marginal improvement by granting the third upgradation on
completion of 30 years but created a lot of anomalies including taking
away the benefit of parity with hierarchical promotions. The increase in
number of up gradations to three necessitated us to switch over from
TBOP/BCR system to MACP Scheme though we knew that under MACP the
Promotees will not be granted equal number of up gradations like a
direct recruitment. We however embraced the MACP for its benefits with
the idea to focus the discrimination and set right it through our
organisational efforts. Now, with the historic judgment of Jodhpur CAT,
we have brighter chances of set righting the anomaly. But even that will
not bring parity with the Officers, who are ensured of at least five
promotions.
It
is in this background that the NFPE raised it in the National
Secretariat of the Confederation of CG Employees and the Confederation
expanded its Charter of Demands into 15 Points by including the demand
of Grant of 5 Promotions to all employees in their career on par with
the Officers. This is a very important demand with far reaching
implications in advancing the status of the Group C employees including
the Postman and MTS. The demand attains much more importance in the
background of our cadre restructuring issue stagnating without any
noticeable progress and at the initial level of discussions only. Proper
popularisation of this new demand of 5 Promotions among all our
membership is absolutely essential to create necessary tempo as we know
very well that only when a new idea grips the minds of the employees it
becomes a material force. We broke the stalemate in 1980s by strongly
agitating for 2 Promotions. Let us now embrace the new demand of 5
Promotions and make it a reality soon. But everything depends on the
rank and file organisation, which alone can succeed not only in
popularising the new demand but also rousing the employees to agitate
for the 15 Points charter of Confederation that focuses on 7th CPC, 50%
merger of DA and grant of 5 Promotions etc. Time has come to end the
discrimination between top officers and the bottom employees on number
of promotions to advance the career prospects.
Source : http://nfpe.blogspot.in/
WATCH WHAT YOU POST ON FACEBOOK : HIRERS ARE ALL EYES
BANGALORE:
A single unsavoury picture, post or comment on social media can rob you
of your dream job. These are increasingly used as a talent sourcing and
reference check-point. Irresponsible Facebooking, tweeting or any
compromise of social media hygiene could lead to summary rejection.
There
are already many cases where offer letters have been withdrawn, or
employees have been fired after social media revealed unpleasant details
about them.
Pavan Duggal, cyber
law expert, said, "Enterprises are increasingly relying on social-media
profiles of potential employees to determine their employability. If
your social-media profile has an element that will show you in a
negative light, then there are chances that your employment would be in
jeopardy. Employers today are using social media and other real-time
search engines to find out what others are talking about their employees
and new hires.''
A
fortnight ago, a young technology professional had to return his offer
letter from a leading tech firm three days before joining, thanks to his
social-media behaviour. The HR head of the company happened to see on
Facebook an "objectionable picture'' of this candidate with his roommate
with a "gay language'' caption.
A
product company hired 29-year-old Rahul Keshav (name changed) as a
project head. An excited Rahul started tweeting about his career move,
the nature of the new job — all of which was supposed to be
confidential. The next day, his new employer fired him for having
compromised the confidentiality clause.
Elango
R, chief human resources officer, MphasiS, said, "One's social-media
behaviour has the potential to make or mar her personal and professional
brand. One cannot be seen as an indiscreet individual on social
networks. Behaving irresponsibly on public platforms can mean trouble.''
There
are instances of HR heads asking for clarifications or explanations
from their new recruits on the latter's "unhealthy'' or "questionable''
social media posts. "It could be a negative tweet
on a former or current employer, a biased comment about women, a
socially, religiously or politically provocative comment or picture.
Social media today are an additional window for reference checks,'' said
BS Murthy, CEO, Leadership Capital.
Saurabh Govil, senior vice-president (human resources), Wipro Technologies,
said, "Looking at social media as an additional reference checkpoint is
seen as a progressive trend globally, though we are yet to start it."
Source : The Times of India, August 21, 2012
PM'S OPENING REMARKS AT THE ALL PARTY MEETING ON RESERVATION IN PROMOTIONS
Following
is the text of Prime Minister’s opening remarks at the All Party
meeting on Reservation in promotions in New Delhi today:
“Dear colleagues, I have called this meeting to discuss the issue of reservation in promotion specifically in respect of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of U.P. Power Corporation Ltd. vs. Rajesh Kumar & Ors. wherein the Court has struck down provision of reservation in promotion to SCs and STs in the State of UP.
You may be aware that the Government had always been committed to protect the interests of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and on certain occasions did not hesitate even to bring constitutional amendments.
You may recall that the Supreme Court in its judgment dated 16.11.1992 in the case of Indra Sawhney had, inter alia, held that reservation in promotion is ultra vires but allowed its continuation for five years from the date of judgment as a special case. The 77th amendment to the Constitution was made in 1995 inserting clause (4A) to Article 16 before expiry of five year which enabled the Government to continue reservation for SCs and STs in promotion.
Clause (4A) of the Constitution was further modified through 85th amendment so as to give benefit of consequential seniority to SC/ST candidates promoted by reservation.
The 81st amendment was made to the Constitution whereby clause (4/B) was incorporated in Article 16 of the Constitution which permits to treat the backlog reserved vacancies as a separate and distinct group, to which the limit of 50% may not apply. This enables the Government to launch Special Recruitment Drives to fill up the backlog vacancies reserved for SCs/STs and OBCs. During the Drive of 2004, more than 60,000 backlog reserved vacancies were filled up. The Special Recruitment Drive, 2008 has already resulted in filling up of 43,781 vacancies.
The 82nd amendment was made to the Constitution whereby a proviso was incorporated in Article 335 of the Constitution which enabled the State to give relaxations/concessions to the SC and ST candidates in the matter of promotion.
The aforesaid four Constitutional amendments were made in order to protect the interests of the backward classes including Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The validity of all these four Amendments were challenged before the Supreme Court through various writ petitions clubbed together in M. Nagaraj & others vs. Union of India & others mainly on the ground that these altered the basic structure of the Constitution.
In order to ensure that the case of Government is put effectively before the Supreme Court, Shri K.Parasaran, an eminent lawyer, having the experience of defending the interests of weaker sections, was engaged with the approval of the then Law Minister. It was through the efforts of the Government that the Supreme Court in its judgment dated 19.10.2006 in the matter of M. Nagaraj & others v. Union of India & others upheld the validity of all these four amendments. However, the Court stipulated that the concerned State will have to show in each case the existence of the compelling reasons, namely, backwardness, inadequacy of representation and overall administrative efficiency before making provision for reservation. The Court further held that the impugned provision is an enabling provision. If the State Government wish to make provision for reservation to SCs and STs in promotion, the State has to collect quantifiable data showing backwardness of the class and inadequacy of representation of that class in public employment in addition to compliance of Article 335.
There were some Court cases filed in different states on the ground that the pre-requisite conditions as laid down by the Supreme Courts in M. Nagaraj case have not been observed while providing reservation in promotion. In the recent past the Supreme Court has struck down reservation in promotion in some states. The Government is exploring the possible solution of the current situation. Your suggestions will be of immense help to the Government to decide on the issue. I request you to provide your valuable suggestions so that a legally sustainable solution may be arrived at.”
Source : PIB, August 21, 2012
MODEL QUESTIONS FOR IPO EXAM PAPER IV(GK) ENGLISH
Part 1 – English ( Consists of 10 Questions )
1.To arrange things in froups or in a particular order according to their type
a) depoist b) sort c) derive d) detail
a) depoist b) sort c) derive d) detail
Ans. b
2. To help somebody to do something
a) assist b) assess c) accomplish d) accord
Ans. a
a) assist b) assess c) accomplish d) accord
Ans. a
3. Each of the metal bars that form the track that trains run on
a) coach b) railing c)rail d) bogie
Ans. c
a) coach b) railing c)rail d) bogie
Ans. c
4. A system in a organization in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest
a) structure b) profie c) hierarchy d) matrix
Ans. C
a) structure b) profie c) hierarchy d) matrix
Ans. C
6. A lively and confident person who enjoys being with other people
a) introvert b) extrovert c) geriatrician d) flatterer
Ans. b
a) introvert b) extrovert c) geriatrician d) flatterer
Ans. b
7. Letters for conveyance by post
a) mail b) male c) maile d) melee
Ans. a
a) mail b) male c) maile d) melee
Ans. a
8. A long leaf of a palm
a) leaflet b) fern c) frond d) pendant
Ans. c
a) leaflet b) fern c) frond d) pendant
Ans. c
9. To stamp a mark on an envelope to show that the cost of posting it has been paid
a) post b) frank c)tax d) franc
Ans. b
a) post b) frank c)tax d) franc
Ans. b
10.A person that money or a cheque is paid to
a) payer b) paye c) remit d) payee
a) payer b) paye c) remit d) payee
1. As 'Wheel' is related to 'Vehicle' similarly 'Clock' is related to what?
(A) Needle(B) Nail(C) Stick(D) Pin(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
2. As 'Plateau' is related a 'Mountain', similarly 'Bush' is related to what?
(A) Plants(B) Field(C) Forest(D) Trees(E) Stem
Ans : (C)
3. As 'Astronomy' is related to 'Planets', similarly 'Astrology' is related to what?
(A) Satellites(B) Disease(C) Animals(D) Coins(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
4. As 'Earthquake' is related to 'Earth', similarly 'Thundering' is related to what?
(A) Earth(B) Sea(C) Fair(D) Sky(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
Ans : (A)
2. As 'Plateau' is related a 'Mountain', similarly 'Bush' is related to what?
(A) Plants(B) Field(C) Forest(D) Trees(E) Stem
Ans : (C)
3. As 'Astronomy' is related to 'Planets', similarly 'Astrology' is related to what?
(A) Satellites(B) Disease(C) Animals(D) Coins(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
4. As 'Earthquake' is related to 'Earth', similarly 'Thundering' is related to what?
(A) Earth(B) Sea(C) Fair(D) Sky(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
5. As' Author' is related to 'Writing', similarly 'Thief is related to what?
(A) To night(B) To feel(C) To steal(D) To wander(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
6. As 'Magazine' is related to 'Editor' in the same way 'Drama' is related to what?
(A) Hero(B) Heroine(C) Co-actor(D) Villain(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
7. As 'Steal' is related to 'Factory' in the same way 'Wheat' is related to what?
(A) Field(B) Sky(C) Godown(D) Market(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
8. As 'Cricket' is related to 'Bat' in the same way, 'Tennis' is related to what?
(A) Game(B) Stick(C) Court(D) Hand(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
9. As 'Football' is related to 'Field' in the same way, 'Tennis' is related to what?
(A) Court(B) Net(C) Field(D) Racket(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
10. As 'Tennis' is related to 'Racket' in the same way 'Hockey' is related to what?
(A) Ball(B) Stick(C) Field(D) Player(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
(A) Hinduism(B) Sikhism(C) Christianity(D) Buddhism(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
12. As 'Hindu worshiper' is related to 'Temple' in the same way 'Maulvi' is related to what?
(A) Monastery(B) Church(C) Mosque(D) Sikh temple(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
13. As 'Hungry' is related to 'Food' in the same way 'Thirsty' is related to what?
(A) Drink(B) Tea(C) Coffee(D) Juice(E) Waler
Ans : (E)
14. As 'Fly' is related to 'Parrot' in the same way 'Creep' is related to what?
(A) Snake(B) Rabbit(C) Fish(D) Crocodile(E) Sparrow
Ans : (A)
15. As 'Needle' is related to 'Thread' in the same way 'Pen' is related to what?
(A) Word(B) To write(C) Cap(D) Ink(E) Paper
Ans : (D)
16. As 'Circle' is related to 'Circumference' in the same way 'Square' is related to what?
(A) Diagonal(B) Perimeter(C) Circumference(D) Area(E) Angle
Ans : (B)
17. As 'Bell' is related to 'Sound' in the same way 'Lamp' is related to what?
(A) Flame(B) Light(C) Wick(D) Oil(E) Gong
Ans : (B)
18. As 'Oil' is related to an 'Oilman', in the same way 'Milk' is related to what?
(A) Water(B) Blacksmith(C) Shoemaker(D) Milkman(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
19. As 'Furniture' is related to 'Bench' in the same way 'Stationary' is related to what?
(A) Godown(B) Room(C) Pen(D) Chair(E) Office
Ans : (C)
20. CTPN: DSQM : : MUSK: ?
(A) NVTL(B) NITJ(C) NTTL(D) LTRJ(E) None of these
Ans
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