Nominations for Oscar Awards 2010: Avatar and Hurt Locker in race

The most awaited and prestigieous OSCAR awards Nominations for 2010 were released. A high budget movie re-recorded collections at box office, a Science Fiction Movie "AVATAR" and a movie which picturised about war "HURT LOCKER" are in race by bagging 9 nominations each including Best Movie Nominations.

Here is the list of Nominees in the respective categories, which will be finalised and awarded with Oscar on March 7.

In BEST PICTURE Category:
1. The Blind Side
2. District 9
3. An Education
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Inglourious Basterds
6. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
7. A Serious Man
8. Up
9. Up in the Air
10.Avatar

In BEST DIRECTOR Category:
James Cameron - "Avatar"
Kathryn Bigelow - "The Hurt Locker"
Quentin Tarantino - "Inglourious Basterds"
Lee Daniels - "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman - "Up in the Air"

In BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Category:
Matt Damon - "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson - "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer - "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci - "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz - "Inglourious Basterds"

In BEST ACTOR Category:
"Crazy Heart" - Jeff Bridges
"Up in the Air" - George Clooney
"A Single Man" - Colin Firth
"Invictus" - Morgan Freeman
"The Hurt Locker" - Jeremy Renner

In BEST ACTRESS Category:
Sandra Bullock - "The Blind Side"
Helen Mirren - "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan - "An Education"
Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Meryl Streep - "Julie & Julia"

In BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Category:
Penelope Cruz - "Nine"
Vera Farmiga - "Up in the Air"
Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Crazy Heart"
Anna Kendrick - "Up in the Air"
Mo'Nique - "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"

Wait for Oscar Awards Ceremony on March 7.....

Source: TOI

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ-JANUARY 2010

1.Who won the dada phalke award?
Ans: V K Moorthy

2. Which movie won the golden globe award for the best movie?
Ans: avatar

3. Best director award in golden globe
Ans: James Cameroon

4. Best actress award in golden globe
ans:Sandra Bullock

5. Who is the chairman of the Unique Identification authority of India ?
ans: Nandan Nilekani

6. Who is the newly appointed National Security Advisor of India?
Ans: Sivasankar Menon

7. When did a new post for NSA set apart in India? Who is the first National Security Advisor of India?
ans:1998, Brijesh Mishra

8. Who is the first Keralite to be appointed as the NSA
ans: J.N. Deekshith

9. Who is appointed as the Governor of West Bengal
ans: M.K.Narayanan

10. Who is selected as the man of the match in the first test match at Chittagong between India and Bangladesh?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ JANUARY 2010

1.Who was awarded the Indira Gandhi peace prize of the year 2010?
Ans: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hazina

2.The whole world directs sympathetic eyes to Haithi, the earthquake-hit country. Who is the president of Haithi?
Ans:Rene Preval

3. Teddy Pendergrass, the R&B legend lost his fight with cancer and sought the kingdom of heaven this Wednesday. Which was his famous singles released in 1976 that ia considered as his best contribution to the musical world?
Ans: ‘If you don’t know me by now’

4. The Indian embassy in Kuwait celebrated jan 15 as the ‘world hindi day’ giving reverence to the national language of India. What is the ordinal status of Hindi among the most spoken languages of the world?
Ans:3

5. Croatia's newly elected president is a "silver-haired, bespectacled law expert and classical music composer”. Name him and his party.
Ans: Ivo Josipovic from Social Democratic Party

6. Who is the newly elected bowling coach of Indian team? ans: Eric Simons116. Who is selected as the captain of Kings XI Punjab for the next IPL season?
Ans: Kumar Sangakkara

7. The Chinese managed to hack Google accounts of human activists and many businesses as they took advantage of vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet explorer browser. Reports explain that 'phishers' fooled users into clicking on a link to a website. This website then secretly downloaded malicious software onto their computers. The spyware allowed the hackers to take remote control of the computers. What is this gruesome operation called?
Ans: READERS' QUESTION

General Awareness Q and A

1. Area wise, which one of the following is the largest Lok Sabha constituency?


a. Kutch

b. Kangra

c. Ladakh

d. Patna sahib



2. Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) imparts training to army officers of

a. Nepal

b. Bangladesh

c. Maldives

d. Bhutan



3. The tourism phrase Paradise Unexplored refers to

a. Jammu and Kashmir

b. North-east India

c. Chhattishgarh

d. Uttarakhand

4. The speaker of the Lok Sabha can resign his office by addressing his resignation to

a. the President

b. the Prime Minister

c. the Deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha

d. the Chief Justice of India



5. Who can initiate impeachment proceedings against the President of India?

a. only Lok Sabha

b. only Rajya Sabha

c. either House of the Parliament

d. any Legislative Assembly



6. The highest body that approves Five Year Plans in India is

a. Planning commission

b. National development council

c. Interstate council

d. Union cabinet



7. Which among the following is the exclusive jurisdiction of the state government?

a. Corporation tax

b. Customs duty

c. Sales tax

d. Income tax



8. Which one of the following theories of communism is not a doctrine of Karl Marx?

a. Dialectical Materialism

b. Historical Materialism

c. Class Struggle

d. Theory of new Democracy



9. Which among the following is an extra constitutional growth in Indian democracy?

a. Attorney General of India

b. Autonomous Districts

c. Political Parties

d. Deputy Chairman of the Council of States



10. Socialism is opposed to

a. social security scheme

b. equal distribution of wealth

c. unrestricted competition

d. collective ownership and management



11. Who among the following was the first muslim Military Commander who annexed Bihar and Bengal by overthrowing the Sena dynasty?

a. Mahmud Gawan

b. Bakhtiyar Khilji

c. Adil Shahis

D. Shams-ud-Din



12. Which one of the following was the official language of Gupta period?

a. Pali

b. Magadhi

c. Prakrit

d. Sanskrit



13. Tropical cyclone of Philippines is termed as

a. Typhoon

b. Willy-willy

c. Hurricane

d. Baguio



14. Chambal river is a part of

a. Sabarmati basin

b. Ganga basin

c. Narmada basin

d. Gogavari basin



15. What is the reason for India being a major producer of different varieties of fruits and vegetables?

a. Its large populations size

b. Its large land area

c. Variation in its agro-climatic conditions

d. Diversity in socio-cultural phenomenon



16. What is the process that tends to build up the land surface by deposition of solid material in its lower areas, known as?

a. Abrasion

b. Agglomeration

c. Aggradation

d. Attrition



17. Which one of the following African countries is not land-locked?

a. Benin

b. Chad

c. Lesotho

d. Mali



18. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

a. Orissa

b. Tripura

c. Chhattisgarh

d. Rajasthan



19. Which of the following crops would be preferred for sowing in order to enrich the soil with nitrogen?

a. Wheat

b. Mustard

c. Sunflower

d. Gram



20. Which of the following plants is referred to as a living fossil?

a. Ephedra

b. Cycas

c. Gingko

d. Adiantum



Answers to the above questions



1. C 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. C 11. B 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. C 16. C 17. A 18. A 19. D 20. C

General Knowledge Question & Answers – Books and Authors

Here are 20 MCQ Question on Books and Authors. Answers are marked in Bold. All The Best for your Exam Preparation




1. Who was in news recently for the book – ‘Branding India — An Incredible Story’ recently?





a) Dipankar Gupta



b) Shashi Tharoor



c) Amitabh Kant



d) Ashutsoh Mazumdar



e) Prof. Meghnad Desai



2. Who is the richest person in world for the year 2009 as declared by Forbes magazine?



a) Bill Gates



b) Warren Buffett



c) Mukesh Ambani



d) LN Mittal



e) Carlos Slim Helu



3. Who among the following is that author of the book entitled, “To a Hunger-free World”?



a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam



b) Prof Amartya Sen



c) M.S. Swaminathan



d) Jaswant Singh



e) Nelson Mandela



4. Who among of the following is the political scientist famous for his book’- “The Clash of Civilizations”?



a) Keniche Ohmae



b) Jim Collins



c) Michael Hammer



d) James Buchanan



e) Samuel Huntington



5. ‘The Caged Phoenix: Can India Fly?’ is a recent book authored by which of the following authors?



a) Amitabh Kant



b) Shiv Shankar Menon



c) Dipankar Gupta*



d) Jairam Ramesh



e) Meghnad Desai



6.Who among the following is not among the six authors shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize winner announced recently?



a) Sarah Waters



b) JM Coetzee



c) AS Byatt



d) Nick Hornby*



e) Adam Foulds



7. English language publisher Puffin has ventured into comic book publishing with its comic book versions of stories from the famous Feluda mystery series. Which famous movie producer is the author of the Feluda mystery series?



a) Buddhadeb Dasgupta



b) Rituparno Ghosh



c) Basu Chatterjee



d) Subrata Sen



e) Satyajit Ray



8. Alan Macfarlane was in news recently for releasing a book on the occasion of completion of 800 years of which university recently?



a) Harvard



b) Cambridge



c) Oxford



d) Lyons



e) Berlin



9. Which publisher was in news recently for publishing former Union Minister and expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh’s book ‘Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence’?



a) Penguin India



b) HarperCollins



c) Rupa & Co



d) Imprint Books



e) AH Wheeler & Co



10. According to a recently released book “Hitler’s Jewish Hatred: Cliche And Reality” by American historian Ralf Georg Reuth, which industrialist was the major influence behind Hitler’s hatred of Jews?



a) Henry Ford



b) Andrew Carnegie



c) John D. Rockefeller



d) Thomas Elva Edison



e) George Eastman



11. Who has authored the recently released book – “India and the Global Financial Crisis”?



a) Y. V. Reddy



b) Shankar Acharya



c) Rakesh Mohan



d) Anil Virmani



e) C. Rangarajan



12. Noted sports journalist Rajan Bala passed away recently. Which of the following is the book authored by him was published posthumously recently?



a) ‘The Greatest of My Time’



b) ‘Days Well Spent’*



c) ‘Purple Patches’



d) ‘Spin and Other Turns’



e) ‘The Appeal of Cricket’



13. Which Indian Booker Prize winner will publish the book “Last Man in the Tower” in early 2011?



a) Kiran Desai



b) Arundhati Roy



c) Aravind Adiga*

d) Arundhati Roy



e) Salman Rushdie



14. The book ‘Nine Lives: In search of the sacred in Modern India’ is written by – ?



a) Kiran Desai



b) Margaret Atwood



c) William Dalrymple



d) Lorrie Moore



e) Subroto Bagchi



15. Who amongst the following is the author of the book A Better India: A Better World?



a. C. Rangarajan



b. G. Madhavan Nair



c. Anil Kakodkar



d. N.R. Narayana Murthy



e. None of these



16. Who amongst the following is the author of the book Development as Freedom?



a. Dr. C. Rangarajan



b. Dr. Y.V. Reddy



c. Dr. Amartya Sen



d. Anug San Suukyi



e. None of these



17. Who wrote the book Hind Swaraj in the year 1909?



a. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel



b. Mahatma Gandhi



c. Jawaharlal Nehru



d. Motilal Nehru



e. None of these



18. The author of the book In Defence of Globalisation is



a. Joseph Stiglitz



b. Paul Krugman



c. Amartya Sen



d. Jagdish Bhagwati



e. None of these



19. Who wrote Anandmatha?



a. Bal Gangadhar Tilak



b. Subhash Chandra Bose



c. Ravindranath Tagore



d. Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya



e. None of these



20. Name of the author of Sea of Poppies



a. Amitav Ghosh



b. Arvind Adiga



c. Chetan Bhagat



d. Vikas Swaroop



e. None of these

 
 

General Knowledge Questions and Answers – Sports

1. Who has taken over as the Director of Operations at the Bangalore based National Cricket Academy in place of his predecessor Dave Whatmore who joined IPL team Kolkata Knight Raiders recently?


(a) Kapil Dev

(b) Madan Lal

(c) Sanjay Manjrekar

(d) Sandeep Patil

(e) Karsan Ghavri



2. Of which two sports have actors Mohanlal and Mammootty become goodwill ambassadors in Kerala recently?

(a) Football & Boat racing

(b) Judo & Table Tennis

(c) Basketball & Cricket

(d) Athletics & Volleyball

(e) Wrestling & Weightlifting



3. Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra will be the new face to promote guns made by which company?

(a) Mouser

(b) Walther

(c) Uzi

(d) Colt

(e) Smith & Wesson



4. Mahela Jayawardene hit his sixth Test double century in the first Test of the series between India and Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad recently. Who holds the record of exceeding the score of 200 runs in an inning for the highest number of times in Test Cricket till date?

(a) Don Bradman

(b) Brian Lara

(c) Wally Hammond

(d) Marvan Atapattu

(e) Javed Miandad



5. Who won the Shanghai Masters Tennis tournament organised recently?

(a) Andy Murray

(b) Nikolay Davydenko

(c) Rafael Nadal

(d) Roger Federer

(e) Novak Djokovic



6. Sachin Tendulkar has the second longest One Day International (ODI) career currently. Who holds the record for the longest ODI career spanning 20 years and 272 days?

(a) Allan Border

(b) Kapil Dev

(c) Javed Miandad

(d) Brian Lara

(e) Andrew Flintoff



7. China beat India in the final to win the Asia Cup Hockey Championship for Women in Bangkok recently. Which Indian player was declared the player of the tournament?

(a) Suraj Lata Devi

(b) Subhadra Pradhan

(c) Mamta Kharab

(d) Madhu Yadav

(e) S. Omana Kumari



8. Who won the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Abuja, Nigeria recently?

(a) Netherlands

(b) Switzerland

(c) Brazil

(d) Portugal

(e) Mexico



9. Which of the following statements about the Federation Cup Women’s Tennis Team tournament organised recently is incorrect?

(a) The final was played at Reggio Calabria

(b) Russia was the losing finalist

(c) The final was played on clay court

(d) The losing finalist was unable to win a single match in the final

(e) Flavia Pennetta, Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were members of the winning team



10. Which of the following statements about the schedule of the 2011 World Cup announced recently are correct?

I. India and Pakistan are in the same group

II. Bangladesh will host two quarter-finals while India and Sri Lanka will host one quarter-final each

III. Opening ceremony of the World Cup will be organised in Dhaka

(a) I only

(b) I and II only

(c) I and III only

(d) II and III only

(e) I, II and III



11. Which of the following was selected as the official broadcaster of 2010 Commonwealth Games recently?

(a) Satellite Information Service Live

(b) International Games Broadcast Services

(c) Nimbus Sports International

(d) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

(e) Big Productions



12. Which well known former Olympic gold medallist is Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games?

(a) Daley Thompson

(b) Sebastian Coe

(c) Steve Overt

(d) Robin Cousins

(e) Eric Heiden



13. Virender Sehwag was in news recently for missing his triple century in the India-Sri Lanka series by less than 10 runs. Who is the only batsman to have scored three triple centuries in Test Cricket?

(a) Allan Border

(b) Donald Bradman

(c) Brian Lara

(d) Both (2) & (3)

(e) None of the above



14. Virender Sehwag was in news recently for his score of 293 runs in the first inning of the third test match between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai. Who has scored the highest number of double centuries in tests for India?

(a) Virender Sehwag

(b) Rahul Dravid

(c) Sachin Tendulkar

(d) Sunil Gavaskar

(e) Both (1) and (3)



15. Which former Test Cricketer of Australia is the Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA) that looks after the interest of cricketers of Test playing countries?

(a) Allan Border

(b) Tim May

(c) Kim Hughes

(d) Tom Moody

(e) David Boon



16. Which of the following statements about India’s performance in Test Cricket are correct in light of recent developments?

I. The victory against Sri Lanka in third test of the 2009 series at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai was India’s 100th test victory

II. India is the only country to have not lost a single Test in 2009

III. India’s score of 726 for nine declared in the first innings of the third test of India-Sri Lanka series at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai is its highest total in Test cricket

(a) I only

(b) I and II only

(c) II and III only

(d) III and I only

(e) I, II and III



17. Who was appointed as the new captain of the 21-member Indian Hockey team for the FIH Men’s Champions Challenge tournament in Salta, Argentina from December 6 to 13?

(a) Tushar Khandekar

(b) Dilip Tirkey

(c) Arjun Halappa

(d) Rajpal Singh

(e) Dhanraj Pillai



18. World Professional Billiards Champion Pankaj Advani accepted the Eklavya award, the highest recognition for a sportsperson in which state recently?

(a) Delhi

(b) Karnataka

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Kerala

(e) Andhra Pradesh



19. Suresh Kalmadi was elected unopposed as the President of the Asian ______ Association for a third term at Guangzhou, China recently.

(a) Basketball

(b) Hockey

(c) Weightlifting

(d) Athletics

(e) Shooting



20. Which of the following has acquired the theatrical telecast rights for cricket matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2010 and 2019 for Rs 330 crore recently?

(a) Entertainment and Sports Direct (ESD)

(b) Satellite Information Services (SIS)

(c) Triplecom Media

(d) Fox Sports International (FSI)

(e) Big Entertainment

Answers to the above questions


1. D 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. E 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. A

State Bank of India (SBI) Associates Recruitment of Probationary Officers (POs) 2010

State  Bank of India
RECRUITMENT OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS IN ASSOCIATE BANKS of STATE BANK OF INDIA (SBI) 

Central Recruitment& Promotion Department, Corporate Centre, Mumbai invites on- line applications from Indian citizens for appointment to the post of Probationary Officers (Junior Management Grade Scale-1) in Associate Bank of State Bank of India.

Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Probationary Officers in Associate Banks of State Bank of India. Candidates selected are liable to be posted anywhere in India.
Total Vacenty 1717 POS
I) 81 vacancies for Scheduled Tribe in SBP also include 46 backlog vacancies.
II) 19 vacancies for Scheduled Caste in SBT also include 7 backlog vacancies and 45 vacancies for Scheduled Tribe in SBT also include 39 backlog vacancies.
III) Vacancies for OH & VH category candidates are reserved horizontally. Vacancies including reserved vacancies are provisional and may vary according to the requirements of Bank.

Important Dates Recruitment Of Probationary Officers In Associate Banks Of State Bank Of India

Written Examination : 07.03.2010 (Sunday)
Payment Of Fees : From 01.01.2010 To 25.01.2010
Online Registration Will Start From 01.01.2010
Last Date For Receipt Of On-Line Applications : 31.01.2010
There will be one common written test for all 6 Associate Banks. Candidatesshould indicate 3 Banks in order of preferences in the on-line application.Preferences given once cannot be changed

1. ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA : (AS ON 31/01/2010)
(A) Essential Academic Qualifications :
General and other Candidates : 60% aggregate marks in class XII or Diploma course after 10th standard AND 55% aggregate marks in Graduation irrespective of Pass Course or Honours Course. SC/ ST/ PWD : 55% aggregate marks in class XII or Diploma course after 10th standard AND 50% aggregate marks in Graduation irrespective of Pass Course or Honours Course.

In case of candidates having professional qualification(s) of CA or CWA or CFA or CS (Company Secretary), where graduation is not compulsory, the candidates should have secured minimum 60% aggregate marks in class XII (55% in case of SC/ ST/ PWD candidates) and pass marks in any one of the above examination. Note : (1) Candidates who have not passed XIIth Standard Examination but have passed with 60% aggregate marks (55% for SC/ ST/PWD) Diploma courses after Xth Standard are eligible for the captioned recruitment, provided:

(i) Diploma course passed must be a full time course (Diploma course through correspondence are not eligible) with a minimum of Two years duration

(ii) The Diploma course should be recognised/ approved by the State Board of Technical Education of the concerned State.
(2) The percentage of marks in XIIth Std./ Diploma Course/ Graduation shall be arrived at by dividing the marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects by aggregate maximum marks of all subjects irrespective of optional/ additional optional subjects studied. Similar percentage of marks in Graduate shall be arrived at by dividing the percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in all subjects by maximum marks of the all subjects of Course (both for Pass / Honour Course) for all the years of the Course.

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SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Phase-I - Written Examination : Time 3 Hrs. (Combined Objective & Descriptive
Type Tests)
The duration of objective type test will be 2 hours and will consist of :
i) Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)
ii) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers
iii) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation
iv) Test of Reasoning (High Level)

The duration of descriptive type test will be 1 hour and the test will be "Test of English Language (Comprehension, short precis, letter writing & essay)" Descriptive test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who are adequately high in percentile ranking in each of all the four objective tests and have scored overall aggregate 40% in case of General category and 35% in case SC/ST/OBC/PWD category. The qualifying marks for descriptive test will also be 40% for General category and 35% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD. The merit list of written examination will be based on the aggregate of the marks obtained by the candidates in objective and descriptive tests.



Phase-II : Group Discussion & Interview :
The aggregate marks of objective test and descriptive test will be arranged in descending order and the candidates who have qualified in written examination will be called for group discussion and interview depending upon the vacancies in each category subject to maximum of three times the number of vacancies. The marks of group discussion and interview will be put together and the candidates who secure 40% marks (35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD) in group discussion and interview will be considered for final selection. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each
category. The candidate will have to pass both in Phase I & II.

5. DATE OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION : 07/03/2010 (SUNDAY)

EMOLUMENTS:
PAY : Selected candidates will be on probation for a period of two years. They will draw a starting basic pay of Rs. 10000/- in the scale of Rs. 10000-470/6-12820-500/ 3-14320-560/7-18240 applicable to Junior Management Grade Scale I. They will also be eligible for D.A., H.R.A. & C.C.A. as per rules in force from time to time. At present, initial monthly emoluments of Probationary Officers, including D.A., H.R.A. and C.C.A., are approximately Rs. 17,600/- at Metropolitan centres.

8. APPLICATION FEE AND POSTAGE : (Non Refundable) Can be deposited from
01.01.2010 to 25.01.2010
Sr. No. Category Total
1. SC / ST / PWD Rs. 50/- (Postal Charges only)
2. All others Rs. 500/- (App. fees plus postage charges)

9. Associate Banks may arrange pre-examination training at centres as below for SC/ST/ Religious Minority Community candidates in consonance with the guidelines issued by Government of India. Candidates belonging to the above categories who desire to avail themselves of such training at their own cost may indicate to that effect against the relevant column while applying on line.

Sr. Name of the Bank Name of Centres where Pre-examination
No. training will be held
1. State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur Jaipur, Bikaner & Udaipur
2. State Bank of Hyderabad Hyderabad
3. State Bank of Indore Indore
4. State Bank of Mysore Bangalore & Mysore
5. State Bank of Patiala Patiala
6. State Bank of Travancore Thiruvananthapuram & Ernakulam

HOW TO APPLY:
Candidates are required to go to any Branch of State Bank of India and pay the amount of prescribed fees and postage and get receipt from the branch. The receipt should be retained and produced at the time of written test. The candidates are required to apply online through website www.statebankofindia.com or www.sbi.co.in. No other means/ mode of application will be accepted. The last date of registering applications is 31.01.2010. Application registration on our website will be open from 01.01.2010 to
31.01.2010.

GUIDELINES FOR FILLING APPLICATION ARE AS UNDER :
Candidates should have a valid email id. This will help him/ her in getting call letter/ interview advices etc. by e-mail.
Candidates must ensure that on deposit of fee, the branch issues him a receipt which should invariably mention undernoted items :-
i) Journal number (7-10 digits) ii) Branch Name iii) Branch code number and
iv) Date of deposit
The payment of fees should be made from 01.01.2010 to 25.01.2010. This date will be same for the candidates belonging to far-flung areas

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF ON-LINE APPLICATIONS: APPLICATION MUST BEREGISTERED ON OR BEFORE THE 31.01.2010.

Mumbai, GENERAL MANAGER