IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Admit Card 2019 Released - Download Now!

The Institute of Personnel Banking Selection IBPS has released the online Admit Card of Preliminary exam for the post of IBPS Clerk (CRP-IX). All the students who were waiting for the admit cards can download the call letters on the official website of the IBPS - ibps.in. The examination for the IBPS Clerk 2019 will be conducted on December 7, 8, 14 and 21, 2019. You can check out all important information regarding IBPS clerk 2019 in our previous blog.

Important Dates for IBPS Clerk 2019 Admit Card

Commencement of Call letter Download: 26 November 2019
Last Date of Call letter Download: 8th December 2019

How To Download IBPS Clerk 2019 Admit Card

• First of all, visit the official website i.e., ibps.in.
• Then, find the IBPS Clerk 2019 Admit Card download link on the home page.
• Alternatively, click on the direct link given above to download the admit card.
• After that, enter your registration number/roll number and date of birth/password to log in.
• Finally, download the call letter and take a printout for future reference.

Click here to get detailed IBPS Clerk Syllabus for Prelims & Mains Exam 2019

Dear aspirants, IBPS Clerk Pre-Exam 2019 is just few days away from now. We hope you all have been preparing well for this exam. This is the time for revision and the best way of revision is to practice on model test papers and previous year papers. Practicing model test papers not only help you for the real time exam but also help you analyze your areas of strength and weaknesses. Also, it is very essential to balance speed and accuracy to score well in this exam.

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So, start your preparations right away. Use these final days wisely and given sufficient time to each section. The Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability are very challenging sections of this exam. Make sure that you know all important tricks and formulas to solve the questions of these sections in less time.

Recommended Read: Section Wise Preparation Tips for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2019

All the best!

International Maths Olympiad Tips And Tricks

The International Maths Olympiad (IMO) is just around the corner. The dates for IMO Exam for classes 1 to 12 are 5^th Dec., and 17^th Dec. We all know that the SOF Olympiads are real tough nuts to crack and when it comes to Maths it becomes a question of worry for every student. For any student, qualifying IMO requires plenty of efforts, as a student needs to devote a lot of time and energy to understand and solve the Olympiad problems. It is often seen that students remain confused about ‘how to start preparation for the IMO exam and be exam ready?’. It actually depends on their attitude and smart preparation for the IMO exam. In this blog, we are sharing 10 International Maths Olympiad Tips And Tricks to guide students in their preparation for the upcoming IMO exam.

If you are appearing for the first time or are regulars at Olympiads, complete preparation guide is a must. Read step-by-step Olympiad preparation guide for SOF Olympiad exams.

1. Prepare yourself

As IMO is just around the corner you need to be ready to work hard and be mentally prepared for the exam. In SOF Olympiads, questions are trickier than regular School exams. These exams actually test your conceptual understanding of the subject.

Here MTG’s Know Your IQ Math series can help. It is designed to test and improve the Mathematical Ability, Logical Reasoning skills, Visual/Perceptual skills and Pattern Recognition skills of the students in accordance with their age. The objective of this series is to build a strong Intelligence Quotient (IQ) level in the initial learning stage of a student.

2. Know the Syllabus

Go through the IMO syllabus carefully and do not overlook any key aspects of it. A thorough knowledge about the syllabus is necessary to cover every topic during your exam preparation. It also makes navigation through each topic easy, resulting in timely completion of preparation. You can log on to SOF Website or Download our app- SOF Olympiad Trainer for any further queries regarding IMO exam.

Want to know good techniques to solve IMO questions from each section with complete accuracy? Read our blog - how to solve IEO Olympiad Question Paper

3. Gather IMO preparation books

After a thorough study of the syllabus, get all the necessary books and resources for your preparation. It is always important that to get the right kind of books for your preparation. The selected books must cover all the content and topics relevant to IMO syllabus. As MTG publications is the content partner for SOF, so it will be best to use their study materials. It offers Previous years papers, Workbooks, Olympiad Skill Development System, Mock Test Series to prepare for SOF IEO Olympiads. Know the most recommended IMO preparation books and prepare from them without fail.

4. Create a schedule and stick to it

Prepare a time-table or study schedule for your IMO preparation. A study-schedule typically should include 5 study days followed by a day for your assessment (You can change the schedule according to your own needs). You will have to stick to the schedule for the remaining time, i.e. until you are finished with your preparations.

5. Select a right place for preparation

Preparing for Olympiads requires ample amount of practice which can only be attained through undisturbed concentration in studies. Hence, select a proper place for your study to prevent any distractions. Select a quiet, calm place where you can practice maths problems without any disturbances.

Are you struggling to stay focused while studying? Check out our blog – 5 Expert Tips to Increase Your Concentration During Studies

6. Keep reinforcing your basic concepts

As you know Olympiad questions are all concept-based and objective type, so you need to emphasize on the basic concepts in Mathematics of both present and previous class. Know how to reinforce your Mathematical concepts with smart approach from Learning Mathematics Book Series, for Classes 1 to 8. This series of books gives interactive exercises, DIY and HOTS questions in new and innovative teaching methodology, making learning smart and efficient.

                              

7. Practice as much as possible

With a thorough knowledge about all the mathematical concepts in each topic, now is the time to head start practicing Olympiad problems. Practice as many IMO exam sample papers and Previous Years’ Olympiad question papers  as you can. Practice enhances your problem-solving skills and speed, and also builds confidence in you. Practice from MTG’s, 100% Real Test Papers for IMO and instant downloadable e-Books of previous year’s papers of International Mathematics Olympiad – Level 1

                                

8. Check your progress

While practicing, you should always go for a self-assessment test to figure out your area of strengths and weaknesses. This will help you to understand how well you are at some areas and where you need to put more effort. Refer to Olympiad Skills Development System (OSDS)  to assess your performance and learn about your mistakes from the detail solutions provided.

9. Consider yourself as the winner

Once being academically prepared, you need to build the right attitude in yourself. ‘Being mentally confident’- is the key to perform well in any Olympiad. Hence, it is necessary to carry an optimistic attitude to score high in IMO.  Read our blogs to get tips to stay motivated, stay positive, exam tips, mental tricks to solve mathematical problems faster, etc. Check your notes, your performance indexes, read Maths Olympiad tips and tricks, starting a week from the exam. Analyse your strength and weakness. Try improving your weaknesses.

10. Relax and Rest

Avoid late-night study in order to do well. Proper sleeping is necessary as it helps your brain to retain any new information and boosts your memory. Sleeping also helps to balance out any stress. It is advisable to relax and sleep well on the night before the actual exam. Consider it just like another exam and stay relaxed.

A positive and healthy mind lives in a healthy body! Must Read our BLOG– healthy lifestyle tips to attain a better state of mind, for a better future.

We hope these International Maths Olympiad tips and tricks will help you in preparing for the upcoming IMO Exam. You can leave your comment in the comment box below for any query related to SOF IMO exam.

“There lie no secrets to success. It’s all depends on your hard work, timely preparation and dedication.”

All the Best!

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Children’s Day 2020 – Legal Rights For Children You ‘ll Ever Need To Know

Happy children’s day to everyone! Yes, Children’s day is for kids but sure all of us do wish to go back to those golden days and enjoy the tension-free days. So, this wish is for that little kid who is still inside us. If you want to know the story behind Children’s Day, reason why is it celebrated and what is the importance of children’s day? Read on!

Why We Celebrate Children’s Day

Children's Day also known as Bal Diwas is celebrated on 14 November in India every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. He was born on 14 November 1889. He was a great leader and the first prime minister of India. He was passionate about the welfare, education, and development of children in India. Pt. Nehru was very fond of children and thus became popular as Chacha Nehru among his young admirers.

Importance Of Children’s Day

The real essence of children’s day is to raise awareness among people towards the rights, care, and education of children. Children are the future of the country, the key of success and development which leads the country in a new technological way. No doubt they are the god gifts to their parents, innocent, admirable and loved by everyone and also by Chacha Nehru. Although we all have read and heard about human rights but people talk lesser about children's rights because people think that they are children,so what kind of rights children can have?  You must know about them. Read on !

Legal Rights For Children

1. The right to education, (article 28)

All children have the right to an education and access to skills which will help them prepare for their future.

2. The right to health (articles 23 and 24)

All children should be cared for if sick, be well-fed, protected from drugs, and enjoy living conditions which are not dangerous to their health.

3. The right to an identity (articles 7 and 8)

All children have the right to a name and nationality from birth, ensuring his protection and support by his own country. If the birth is not registered, the child will not be recognized by the state and will not receive care nor education.

4. The right to a family life (articles 8, 9, 10, 16, 20, 22 and 40)

All children have the right to live with people who love and care for them, preferably their families, or by carers if their own families cannot look after them.

5. Right to be protected from violence (article 19 and 34)

Each child must be protected from violence, from his own family or any person who wishes to harm him. He should never be obliged to suffer or inflict ill-treatment or any act of sexual or physical violence.

6. The right to an opinion (article 12 and 13)

All children have the right to express their views. They also have the right to be informed and give their opinion about the world around them.

7. The right to be protected from armed conflict (articles 38 and 39)

All children must be protected from war and its consequences, such as being a refugee, injured, prisoner, or forced into armed conflict.

8. The right to be protected from exploitation (articles 19, 32, 34, 36 and 39)

A child should not be obliged to work in difficult or dangerous conditions, in order to survive or support his family.

The right to equality and respect for differences. Each child has the same rights, regardless of his race, color, religion, language or culture, gender, or abilities.

Human Rights are imperative but people and especially parents should be made aware about basic children’s rights in India. So, Children’s day is a good occasion for all to make sure there is no ignorance about Child Rights anymore.

Happy Children’s day!

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CBSE Class 10 & 12 Datesheet 2020 Major update! Exam will start from 15 February – Check Details Here!

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) threw an interesting surprise for all students recently. The board has released its annual activity calendar giving tentative exam dates for CBSE Class 10 & 12 th Board Exam 2020. According to the calendar, the CBSE class 10th & class 12th board exam 2020 will begin from February 15 onwards and will be completed by the end of March. The activity calendar is a very useful document right now. Through it, CBSE tells about all its events from April 2019 to March 2020.

Exams for Major Subjects will start from February 2020

The board has also stated in its annual activity schedule that this time the main papers of Class 12 will begin from the month of February itself.

Here’s a section of Annual Activity Calendar of the CBSE board:

“Board Exam 2020: The Board Examination, 2020 for Class X and XII shall commence from 15th of Feb onwards. This time the major papers of Class XII will also commence from Feb 2020.”

The board might have taken the decision following the Delhi High Court’s order in 2018 when the delay in result declaration had lead to many students losing out on the opportunity to apply for admissions. Following the concerns raised by the stakeholders and the court’s orders, CBSE has decided to commence the examinations earlier than the usual March 1 or 2 dates.

CBSE Board Exam 2020 Datesheet

The Board will release the datesheet of the Class 10 and Class 12 Board Exam 2020 soon. All the candidates are requested to keep checking the official website, cbse.nic.in or stay update with us at blog.pcmbtoday.com for all the exam related updates. Students can expect the same only by end of November or in December 2019.

Among the other activities, CBSE has also released the sample papers for Class 12 board exams 2019 with marking scheme on its official website i.e., cbse.nic.in. This year the board has made several changes in the paper pattern of both class 10 & 12 examination.

Read complete info:

• CBSE Sample Papers 2020 And Marking Scheme For Class 10
• CBSE Sample Papers 2020 And Marking Scheme For Class 12
• CBSE Introduces 2 levels for class 10th Maths Paper from 2020

 Now that CBSE will start the exam from February 15 onwards, you still have enough time for planning and preparation of the papers. For effective preparation, you all must have the latest CBSE syllabus, NCERT textbooks, sample papers and previous years' solved papers. Solving CBSE sample paper & previous year papers help in time management, revision and improve your confidence level for the final board examination 2019.

Important Resources For CBSE Class 10 & 12 Board Exam

Must Read: Know how to write in CBSE Board Exam to win evaluator’s heart and to get good result! 

Wishing You All the Best!

VITEEE 2020 Registration, Exam Date, Syllabus, New Exam Pattern & Eligibility Criteria

Vellore Intitute of Technology (VITEEE) 2020 Application Form has been released. Vellore Institute of Technology conducts VITEEE for the intake of the candidates' aspiring admission in BTech programs in VIT Vellore, VIT Chennai, VIT-AP and VIP Bhopal. It is a prestigious institute and offer 36 undergraduate (UG), 31 postgraduate (PG), 4 integrated & 3 research programmes.

VIT University is the main authority which organizes a university level entrance examination. This exam will be organized in 118 cities across India and abroad (Dubai, Kuwait, and Muscat). 

If you are aspiring for the admission in VITEEE, must read the complete article to get full information on application form, exam dates, pattern, syllabus, eligibility criteria & much more of VITEEE 2020.

VITEEE 2020 : Exam Date and other Important Dates

Registration form for the entrance exam usually released in last week of September. For VITEEE 2020 forms are released on 27th September 2019. Following are the important dates to keep a note of:

VITEEE 2020 : Application Form

• The application form for VITEEE 2020 is available in online as well as offline mode.
• The online form can be obtained from the official university website www.vit.ac.in and the offline form from the selected post offices whose details will be provided on the website.
• A separate application form is made available for foreign candidates and will have to apply directly through foreign category only.
• The applicants will have to provide the details such as name, gender, category, address, educational qualification, etc in the application form.
• After entering all the details in the form, upload the scanned images of photograph and signature, the candidates will have to submit it along with the required application fee. However, the university also provide the opportunity to make correctionin the application form.
• The OMR application form should be enclosed in the printed envelope provided, addressed to Director- UG Admissions, VIT University, Vellore- 632 014 and send it through registered post/ speed post. The online form should be submitted online only.

 VITEEE 2020: Application Fees

Application fee can be made through NET Banking/ Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Demand Draft (DD).

VITEEE 2020: New Exam Pattern

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has made a slight change in the exam pattern this year. It included an aptitude section in its computer-based test “VIT Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE)” starting with the 2020-21 batch.

There will be 10 aptitude questions and 5 questions have been reduced from physics and chemistry each. Candidates will get 2 hours 30 minutes to solve the questions and there is no negative marking. Smmerised information will be like this :

The overview of the exam pattern of VITEEE 2020 is given here:

• Mode: CBT - online
• Maximum Time: 2:30 hours
• Language of paper: English
• of questions: 125
• Type of questions: objective MCQ based
• Marking scheme: Each question will carry 1 mark and there will be no negative marking.

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VITEEE 2020: Syllabus

The syllabus of VITEEE will consist of topics from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English from 11th and 12th standard examination. A complete syllabus information and papers based on that syllabus can be found in VITEEE Chapterwise Explorer.

 VITEEE 2020: Suggested Books

The syllabus of VITEEE is more or less same as the JEE Main hence for theory students should study JEE Main books. A  little more practice is required for Aptitude and English so we suggest following books:

VITEEE 2020 Eligibility Criteria

Applicant must fulfil the eligibility criteria as mentioed before submission of application form:

• Age Limit:Candidates whose date of birth fall on or after 1st July 1998 are eligible.
• Nationality:The applicant will have to be a Resident/ NON Resident of India/PIO. Foreign candidates are also eligible.
• Minimum Qualification:Aspirant shouls either appearing or completed class 12^th, intermediate or 2-year pre university,  class 10^th appearing or completed for foreign students, General Certificate  Education (GCE) examination at Advanced (A) level, NIOS board candidates can apply.
• Subjects:Must have Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English (PCME)  for all B.Tech degrees program. Whereas those who have Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English (PCBE) will only be eligible for B.Tech & BIO-Stream degree programmes (bio-engineering, bio-technology, CSE with spl. in bioinformatics & ECE with spl. in bio-medical engineering programmes.
• Qualifying Marks : General Category- Candidates should have scored an aggregate of 60% in Maths, Physics, and Chemistry in 10+2.

SC, ST, J&K, North Eastern states- Candidates should have scored an average 50% marks in Physics, Maths, and Chemistry in 10+2 or its equivalent exam.

VITEEE 2020 Slot Booking

VITEEE is an online exam that will held from Second to third week of April 2020. There will be 3 shifts per day as per the timing below:

All candidates will have to book their slot to generate admit card. Selection of city & timings will be done by candidate while booking the slot.

Once confirmed no candidate will be allowed to change their slots. Hence be careful white selecting date, time, city during the process. The process will take place during Second week of March, 2020. Candidates will be notified for the same.

 VITEEE 2020 : Admit Card

The admit card will be generated for the candidates once they book the test slot through Online Test Booking System. The candidates will have to enter their application form number and online test booking password in order to download the admit card. The candidate must carry the admit card to the exam center in order to appear for the exam.

VITEEE 2020 : Result

VITEEE is an online exam and hence result processing does not take much time. By 30^th April 2020, the result will be published on VIT official website of the. Candidates will get the information about their rank on their registered mobile number also. Based on the merit list qualified candidates will be shortlisted and will be called for the counselling.

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 VITEEE 2020 : Counselling

The shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in the counselling process. The candidates will be required to attend the counselling in person. The candidates will have to carry the important documents along with them at the time of counselling for verification purpose. After verification of documents and other eligibility requirements, the candidates will be allowed to participate in the counselling.

Also Read : 

• JEE (Main) Exam 2020 – Dates, Registrations (started), New Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Question Papers
• JEE Main 2020 New Exam Pattern