Saturday, 11 July 2015
SSC CHSL (POSTAL ASSISTANT EXAM) REFERENCE BOOKS AND PREPARATION PLAN
Disclaimer:- All Information provided in this post are Compiled by A. Praveen Kumar for in good faith of Postal Assistant Exam Aspirants. Author of blog does not accepts any responsibility in relation to the accuracy, completeness, usefulness or otherwise, of the contents.
Friends, last three years, I published Postal Assistant exam material and model cum practice papers. All the aspirants welcomed my efforts and appreciated countrywide. This year also I am planning to post valuable information / quality material and model papers at free of cost in my blog. (Last year material is available ("akulapraveen.blogspot.com") @ Blog Archive, select the months Oct-2012 to July-14)
This year Staff Selection Committee conducting Postal Assistant exam by Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination, 2015 and last date for apply is 20/07/2015. ( Now extended)
I am receiving mails form the Postal Assistant exam aspirants regarding books to refer & how to prepare and publishing of quality study material.
Books are keys to success for any exam. Candidates should polish their basics by using best books. Candidates make big mistake while choosing books for exams. Never choose all in one book, these kind of guides doesn't concentrate on fundamentals.
For Arithmetic: (Any two books)
NCERT Math Books from 6th to 10th (gives you best base in strong fundamentals)
1.Magical book on Quicker Maths by M.Tyra
2. Quantitative Aptitude by R.S.Aggarwal
3. Numerical ability and Quantitative by P.K.Mittal
4. Quantitative aptitude by Arun Sharma
5. Quantitative aptitude by Abhijit guha
6. Quantitative aptitude by A.Gulati
For Reasoning section: (Any Two)
1.A modern approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal reasoning by R.S.Aggarwal
1.A modern approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal reasoning by R.S.Aggarwal
(R. S Aggrawal’s reasoning series is ok, but there are no shortcuts in these books. All are traditional methods).
2. Analytical Reasoning by M.K. Pandey
3. A modern approach to logical reasoning by S.Chand
4. Logical and Analytical Reasoning by A.K.Gupta
For English section: (Any Two)
1. For English you can buy any English Grammar book of your local language. This will help you getting basic idea on English grammar. Later you can switch to any Standard English grammar book like "Intermediate English Grammar" of Raymond Murphy or Wren & Martin
2. Objective General English by R.S.Aggarwal.
3. Objective General English by S.P. Bakshi
4. Objective English for Competitive examinations by Hari mohan Prasad and Uma Rani Sinha.
For General awareness: (Any Two)
NCERT Books from 6th to 10th for History, Polity, Economics and Science (always the best)
1.General awareness and Current affairs digest by M.Laxmikanth
1.General awareness and Current affairs digest by M.Laxmikanth
2. General knowledge and General awareness by Ravi chopra
3. Advanced Objective general knowledge by R.S.Aggarwal
4. Current affairs and General awareness by M.G.Rahmani
5. General knowledge by Manohar Pandey
For Current Affairs you can buy Pratiyogitha Darpan / Kiran (If you can afford around Rs. 75/- per month) Mahindra’s Current Affairs (it costs you around Rs. 30/-) or any leading competitive exams magazine of your language. But no book is perfect; better to make your own short-notes on Current Affairs.
1. Just Remember, Almost all the topics they cover in PostalAssistant exams are of the classes 6th to 10th. So, Even a 10th Standard kid can clear this exam, if given enough time. With me? But the thing is, you have to complete the paper in given time. So, don't you think you can do it with little efforts and practice? (This is the same answer for those people who say, "I am not from science background. That's the reason why I can't write Postal Assistant Exams". Friends, you just lack practice. Not skills. Remember it).
2. Stop saying, I have so many family problems. So, can't concentrate on preparation. First let us know, who the hell on earth don't have problems? See, nobody will remember your problems when you failed in the exam. Even your mom, dad and close friends will say that you lost it because of your negligence. Can you show me a single person, who sincerely says that you lost it because of your personal problems? Friends, they don't know your feelings, they don't want your emotions, all just they want is to talk about your success. So just stop searching reasons for failures and start make yourself ready for the exam.
3. Stop thinking, What if I lost this exam? Pretty good question, isn't it? The answer is, the earth never gonna blast, the sun never gonna turn black and the most important thing, you never gonna die because of it. May be some blank faces and emotional atyachars for two or three days. Later everything gonna be fine. The only disappointing thing is, you just have to wake up in sad mood on the very next day of your result. But it’s not such a big deal. You will start preparing for another exam. After all we are here to win. Nobody gonna die as a loser. Who knows? This may be your last step towards your goal :) Be positive. Just avoid negative thoughts.
4. Is Coaching Necessary to clear the SSC (Postal AssistantExam?)
Of course not. Now a day’s almost all coaching institutes have became money minded. They just concentrate on covering topics rather than explaining them. So, if you are sincere enough, then you surely can prepare on your own without taking the help of any coaching class. By doing so, you can save your valuable money and time. The only best thing with coaching classes is, they just provide you the good environment of preparation. I mean, you will be motivated if people around you are continuously discussing about the issues related to preparation. Ofcourse, you can create this environment by making a group with your friends too. Combined studies and sharing ideas really help you prepare well. But make sure that all your friends are sincere and enthusiastic as you.
5. What if I don't have good friends?
No problem, you can join in any Facebook group (PostalAssistant Exam) in which people who prepare for exams interacts and helps each other. But don't waste too much time in chatting with others. 5 to 10 minutes per day for a good cause is Ok.
6. Gathering Materials:
Don't try to buy every book with the name "Postal Assistant" on it. So, before going to collect the materials just read the syllabus. Make a list of topics to read; according to it you can buy the books. Books list are mentioned above.
7. Making Timetable:
If you are working somewhere: If you are working somewhere then it may not possible to dedicate the whole day on your preparation. Try to spend at-least five hours per day on preparation. Morning two hours and night time 3 hours. Try to practice Aptitude and Reasoning sections at morning. Try to manage reading news paper during the day time. At evening you can concentrate on English / General Knowledge section according to your convenience and interest. On holidays better work with practice sets and General Awareness topics.
If you are completely dedicated to Exams: Congratulations. You have the whole day with you to prepare. But don't be a book worm. Too much of anything is good for nothing. Try to wake up at 4 (We know its really difficult for you at initial days. But trust us , your body will get used to it within 4 or 5 days). Work with Aptitude and Reasoning sections according to your convenience. You can prepare till 8 or 9 depending on your interest. Later you can have breakfast and do your favorite task for 1 hour. Later read the news paper and note important points. Try to remember if there are any new names and numbers / dates. Complete your lunch by 1 PM. Walk around for 10 to 15 minutes. Have a quick nap for two hours. Wake up by 4 PM. Prepare English for Two hours. Complete your dinner by 9. Prepare general awareness or any other subject according to your convenience. Go to bed by 11 PM Sharp.
8. Starting Preparation: Before starting your preparation, just mug up the following things
8. Starting Preparation: Before starting your preparation, just mug up the following things
· Math tables upto 20
· Squares up to 30
· Cubes up to 15
· Powers of 2 (upto 12)
· Powers of 3 (upto 6)
· Complements of 100 (the difference between 100 and the given number). This will help you calculating faster.
· Try to learn 10 new English words per day (including Antonyms and Synonyms) (you should do this upto 7 days before your exam)
· Learn Place value of Alphabets
9. During Preparation :
· For Aptitude and Reasoning: Pick any topic and try to learn the basics of the topic. Once you feel you perfectly got the topic then only go for problems. And remember, example problems are always easier to read and understand. It something like, riding bicycle when somebody is holding it. At that time you will feel that you are perfect at bicycle riding. But before going to the race, you have to test yourself whether you can really ride it or not. More than 70% of our friends fail at this point. Why to point others? Even my brother too does this. He is a lazy bug. He just opens the book, reads the concept and says "It is easy!!!" and sleeps. But after exam he comes with a sad face and says "Di, the paper was very tough. Even I also couldn't answer more than 100 questions (!!!). Nobody can clear this exam". Then where on the earth all those people who have cleared the exam came from? From mars? The only problem is, he has laziness and attitude. Which they don't have. Hope you have got what I am trying to say. Practice... Practice... Practice.... Practice till the end of your exam.
· For English Language: Try to learn the basics first. Later you can go with concept. And remember, spoken English is different and competitive English is different. You shouldn't be a fluent English speaker or you shouldn't learn every English word to clear the Exam with good marks. Just learn the basics perfectly and practice well. That's enough.
· Making Notes for Current Affairs: It’s better to depend on THE HINDU or The Times of India to make your CA notes. If you have any problem with them then you can go with any local language news paper. Maintain a notebook for Current Affairs. Read the news paper completely. Just write the date in the notebook as the main heading. Make some sub headings like International Events, National Events, Economy, Sports, People in News etc. Don't copy the news paper as it is, just 2 or 3 lines are enough. Try to highlight if there are any names or numerical values. And don't write everything you see in the news paper. They won’t ask you about silly things like Politician's second wife, Bollywood heroines' daughter and Cricketer's ankle pains the topics which the news papers publish as their main headlines. Just ask yourself a question "Is it going to be appear in the exam?", if you feel YES, then write it. If you feel no then don't write. Of course, its not such an easy task as we are saying. We too agree. But trust us, day by day you could observe the improvement in you and finally you will be the expert of making Current Affairs notes.
9. Spirituality: Yep you heard it correct. Believe in god. Daily pray for 10 minutes (it would be more nice if you can Meditate). Of course, we are not saying that the god will show you the correct options during the exam. But the feeling "somebody is there to help me" makes you stay calm and peaceful.
10. Merely passing the exam won’t help you at all. Your job is totally dependentent on the rank you get. The higher rank you get, the more chances for the selection. So, don't just try to clear the exam. Try to give your best.
Final words: Friends, I hope this article will help you in your preparation and last but not the least, the main aim is to provide information and complete quality study materials of competitive exams for free. So, feel free to review my materials/ postings. So please feel free to share your views on the topics which are not clear in this blog, the areas which I should concentrate more and any other improvement you want to see in "akulapraveen.blogspot.com" so that I can make them available soon. All the Best.
That's all for now friends. Happy Reading
Next Post: SSC-CHSL (Postal Assistant Exam)- General Awareness Preparation Guidance (syllabus wise and topic wise preparation details will be posted)
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Digital India Week Observed all over the Country
To Inform, Educate & Engage citizens across the country, Digital India Week, from 1st July to 7th July, 2015 has been observed all over India. In this week, multiple and varied events and activities took place at all the levels. Starting from the National level event, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister, events were conducted at State and District levels, villages and Panchayats, Industry, Schools, Colleges and Universities, Common Service Centres, NIELIT centres, STPI centres, Post Offices, BSNL/MTNL Centers and CDAC centres. Many events, after the national launch, were also undertaken by Central Ministries and agencies under it.
During the Digital India Week, a number of services relating to Health, Education, Public Distribution System, Police, Agriculture, Trade and Employment etc. have been launched by various State Governments. Activities such as workshops, competitions, digital literacy activities, display of Digital India Films and Videos, rallies etc. have been organized by various stakeholders.
A gist of activities and events undertaken during the Digital India Week are as follows:
1. National Level Event – Digital India Week, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on 1st of July, 2015, was attended by more than 15,000 persons including Ministers of Union Council, State Ministers, Ambassadors, young CEO’s & IT professionals and other dignitaries. The evet witnessed launch of 15 initiatives by Hon’ble Prime Minister. Some of the key highlights of this event are:
· Leading industry captains shared their ideas and vision of Digital India and committed investments of about Rs 4.5 lakh Crore, for the programme.
· Millions of viewers watched the live telecast of the event on Doordarshan, Webcast ( webcast.gov.in) and Youtube.
· Simultaneous telecast of the event was organised in Post Offices, CSCs, STPI Centres, NIELIT Centres, BSNL Centres, State Headquarters and Missions abroad.
· The event witnessed more than 1 billion impressions on officials social media handles (Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Instagram).
2. Week Long Event – To maintain the momentum and enthusiasm of the National Programme, Week-long events were organised from State to the Gram Panchayat level. All State Governments, Industry and a number of Central Government Departments and Organizations have conducted the events. Some of the key highlights are as follows:
a. State Level Events – Have been conducted at all State headquarters. ~ 150 such events have been organized with a participation more than 98,000 people. About 25 such events were graced by Chief Ministers, LGs and Administrators. The events were also attended by State Ministers, Industry representatives and other dignitaries.
The key activities undertaken at the State level events are launch of new services by States, discussions on technology and e-Governance and awareness through publications and social media.
More than 250 services were launched in areas of Health information, utility services, smart PDS card, land record services, mobile app for civic amenities, services for farmers, social welfare and pension services, electoral services, online court services, police services, and employment exchange services
b. District Level Events –Events and activities have been organized at most of the District headquarters in the country. Reports have been received from 438 districts wherein in 1238 events, more than 1.36 lakh government officials and citizens have been informed on Digital India Programme and its services. A large number of events have been attended by Member of Parliaments, District Collectors, Members of the Legislative Assembly and other dignitaries. Some of the key activities undertaken are workshops and seminars, digital literacy activities, registration for Digital Locker and other e-Services, promotion through rallies and publications and contests and competitions.
c. Common Service Centres (CSCs) Events – Events were organised at more than 57,000 CSCs, wherein more than 34.2 lakh people (rural citizens, youth, e-Service users) participated.
During these events citizens have been informed on Digital India, Financial Literacy, Digital Literacy, e-Health, e-Commerce etc. Activities like educating villagers about pension account opening, Bank account opening, Registration of youth for national skill development agency, career counselling and registration for jobs were also undertaken.
d. Post Office Events – Events have been organized at more than 1,500 post offices across the country and more than 1.75 lakh citizens have been informed about Digital India and e-Services.
Some of the key activities conducted during the week are, Jan Chetna Divas, Financial Inclusion Day, Education Day, e-Duniya Day, e Commerce Day and Public Grievance Day.
e. Digital Wellness Online Challenge – NeGD in partnership with Intel has organized the Digital Wellness Challenge in a large number of schools. This initiative has empowered the students for providing them with information and sensible application of the principles of cyber safety, cyber security and cyber ethics.
More than 6.23 lakh students, from class 6th to 12th participated in the event.
f. School, Colleges/ Universities Events - These events have been organized in association with State Education Departments. More than 1.35 lakh students in 1,500 School, Colleges/ Universities have been made aware about Digital India Programme and its services.
Activities like competitions for students and teachers, webinar on Digital India, showcasing on Digital India Film and Education Portals etc. have been organized, during the week.
g. STPI Events - Events and activities have been organized at more than 70 STPI Centres and associated IT units across the country and more than 17,000 IT professionals have been informed about Digital India and e-Services.
Activities like awareness through audio visuals and discussions, re-cycling the e-Waste by placing e-waste bins at various locations and campaign on Swacch Digital Bharat, Cyber Security and hygiene and IT Industry and Trade were undertaken.
h. NIELIT Events - Events and activities have been organized at more than 120 NIELIT Centres across the country and more than 1.25 lakh citizens have been informed about Digital India and e-Services.
Activities like live broadcast of PM’s event at NIELIT centres, classroom sessions on Digital India Pillars and services, top shows, launch of smart classrooms, cycle rally etc. have been undertaken.
i. Industry Events – Industry and industry associations organized more than 75 events on Digital India in which ~ 25,000 IT professional and employees and school students participated.
Awareness activities through workshops and seminars have been conducted in areas like Future classrooms, Digital Literacy Programmes, e- Waste Management, Telemedicine and Tele-consulting, Internet safety, Putting Indian heritage Online and enabling educators to support education system of future.
j. Gram Panchayat Events – These events have been organized in partnership with Ministry of panchayati raj, Government of India. Till date, reports have been received of events at more than 1,600 gram panchayats and participation of ~ 58,000 people. The actual number would be much larger as the states, during the Video Conference held on 9th July informed activities in almost all the GPs were carried out.Some of the key activities undertaken are Awareness creation on Digital India & e-Panchayat services, Updation of details on Panchayat websites and other information portals of Panchayats, Mobile based mapping of Panchayat assets (mAsset), Digital Literacy Enrolment drive, Competitions among public with incentives and prizes.
k. CDAC Events - Events and activities have been organized at 16 CDACCentres and more than 10,000 students and IT professionals have been informed about Digital India and e-Services.
3. Initiatives/Launches by Central Ministries/ Departments
a. Department of Telecom - Pan India Full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) implemented from July 3rd onwards- helping in Mobile Identity and realising the goal of JAM Trinity ( Jandhan - Aadhar - Mobile ).
b . CEO Roundtable by FICCI with the theme ‘Investment in NexGen Digital Infrastructure’ was held on 3rd July 2015 which was graced by Hon’ble Minister of Communications and IT, Government of India as chief guest. Hon’ble Minister said that the government is working towards Digital Inclusion and that the private sector has a pivotal role to play in driving the Digital India programme.
c. Bharatnet (NOFN) events– During Digital India Week, Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) organised events around Bharatnet (NOFN) at various locations in 13 states. The activities relating to e-Governance, e-Education, e-Health, e-Commerce and e-Agriculture were organised where large number of students and citizens participated.
d. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited – launched a number of initiatives such as BSNL Buzz and Speed Pay under Digital India program during the week. These initiatives have been launched by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and IT. Events and activities were also organized at BSNL Centres across the country and where BSNL officers, stakeholders and citizens were informed about Digital India and e-Services.
e. Centre for Development of Telematics ( CDOT) – Hon’ble Minister of Communications and IT, launched the following products as part of Digital India programme.
· Solar powered Wi Fi hot spots
· Long Distance Wi Fi System
· Next Generation Network in MTNL network
· 100 Gbps Optical Fibre Link System
f. Ministry of Rural Development – Under the Digital India Initiatives Ministry of Rural Development has launched a number of IT services, namely
· Launch of mobile monitoring system (MMS) and distribution of 35,000 tablets in identifying gram panchayats (2,500 blocks)
· Launch of online learning portal (OLP) for MNREGA
g. Ministry of Agriculture –NDDB has developed an application called “Pashu Poshan” under Digital India. This application is to enable dairy farmers balance the ration for their animals taking into account nutritional requirements and locally available feed material to optimize the cost of feeding.
· Newly developed application of INAPH will be available on web as well as android platform
· Framer can access application by registration on INAPH Portal (http://inaph.nddb.coop)
· INAPH currently covered over 40.87 lakh animals of over 20.23 lakh farmers across more than 21690 villages
h. Ministry of Labour and Employment –EPFO has launched following initiatives under Digital India programme.
· Universal Account Number (UAN) : 4.64 Crores UAN allocated
· Online Inoperative Accounts Helpdesk
· Online Transfer Claim Portal
· Electronic Challan cum Return
· Helpdesk for UAN to assist employers and employees with toll free number 18001 18005
· Short code SMS service for members who have activated their UAN number whereby members can send an SMS from their registered mobile number to 7738299899 to receive PF information in 10 different Indian languages
i. Ministry of Commerce & Industries – Ministry has launched the following initiatives under Digital India program
· Information on prices of Jhinga by using missed call/sms services
· M-agriculture – launch of mobile app for water resource management for Jhinga cultivation
· Portal for online MPED registration for exporters
j. Ministry of Panchayati Raj – Many panchayat departments, across States/UTs initiated their Social Media pages.
4. Social Media – An extensive Digital and Social Media campaign was conducted during the Digital India Week so that netizens, in India and abroad can be made aware of these programme. Hon’ble Prime Minister also initiated the Digital Dialogue (#DigitalDialogue) on Twitter, which received very encouraging response from technocrats and IT professionals. Some of the key highlights are
· #DigitalDialogue received 391 million impressions during period of 3 days (4th – 6th July, 2015)
· 1 Billion impressions on the day of National Event
· On Facebook, 1 person joined every second with a total reach of 2.6 Million during the week.
· On Twitter 1 follower added every 4 seconds with 3.6 Million impressions during the week.
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