Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) 2012 (UPSC) Solution & Answer Keys

Posted by TCYonline.com on May 18, 2012

CSAT (UPSC Preliminary Exam) is scheduled for Sunday, the 20th of May. More than three Lac aspirants are expected to sit for the test. After the test, Test takers will be anxious to know how well they did and to tally their answers with the right ones.

www.TCYonline.com, India’s largest online test prep platform, will upload the CSAT 2012 answer keys and CSAT 2012 solutions (where required) on the day of the test. Our subject experts will solve Paper I and Paper II and host the CSAT 2012 Solution Keys on the website. You can check the answers and solutions (where necessary) on http://www.tcyonline.com/exam-analysis/csat-2012-solutions after 7 p.m. on the day of the test.

Visit the link for CSAT Answer Keys & solutions

Test Takers from across the nation can also participate in ‘CSAT Questions Discussion’ on the website, or leave their queries on the website and share the platform with other aspirants at TCYonline.com.

Test format: The CSAT has two compulsory Papers of 200 marks each and of two hours duration each. All questions are objective type.

What is tested on CSAT 2012?

Papers I General Awareness: (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

Paper II Logical Reasoning/Decision making/Problem Solving/Communication/ Language Comprehension: (200 marks) Duration: Two hours

Students who want to review CSAT 2011 Paper and Analysis can visit us at http://www.tcyonline.com/exam-analysis/csat-2011-solutions

Sri Balaji Society, Pune Group of Institutes to give 70% weightage on GDPI rounds, 10% on exam score: President

Posted by TCYonline.com on May 11, 2012

Sri Balaji Society, Pune which houses four B-schools in Pune & One in Noida, Balaji Institute of Modern Management (BIMM), Balaji Institute of Telecom & Management (BITM), Balaji Institute of International Business (BIIB), Balaji Institute of Management & Human Resources Development (BIMHRD) and Balaji Institute of Management Studies, Nodia (BIMS). The admission process for the academic year 2012-14 has started off late and is going on at present. Our portal talked to Prof. (Col.) Balasubramanian, President, Sri Balaji Society, to know more about the process.

Prof. (Col.) Balasubramanian mentioned that it has been a week since the admission process has started. Talking about that, he mentions, “We have started the process about a week ago. Though we have started rather late, but we have so far received good response.”

When asked about the challenges faced due to the late start, he responded by saying, “We did face some challenges due to the late start in terms of a slow start but things are much better now. Thanks to our strong alumni base and the reputation it has, we have not faced such grave challenge. We have successfully started our GD PI processes and are going on with it.”

Talking about the shortlisting and selection criteria of the B-schools, Prof. (Col.) A Balasubramanian states that the scores of CAT, MAT and CMAT are accepted. “We do not believe in shortlisting students through a particular cut off mark. We select candidates through GD, PI, Extempore and role playing processes which are conducted during the selection rounds. 30 per cent weightage is given to entrance exam score, GD, PI respectively and 10 per cent weightage is given to the performance in extempore and role play.”

The GD PI processes will be over by May 26 and the merit list will be declared by June 08, 2012. The session will start from June 28, 2012.

AIEEE 2012 Analysis: AIEEE 2012 Cut-off or AIEEE Exam Rank Predictor

Posted by TCYonline.com on April 23, 2012

AIEEE 2012 is probably being conducted for the last time. This test will most likely be replaced by ASEET. There will be a lot of anxiety among students as to whether it’ll be easier this time, or more difficult.

On 29th April, more than 10 lac students are expected to sit for this test to compete for a few thousand seats. This makes the competition really hard. The students will be under pressure to perform, and highly anxious to know how well they fared in the exam.

However, they will not have to wait long for the solutions. They can get AIEEE Answer Key, AIEEE 2012 solutions & AIEEE 2012 cutoff on www.TCYonline.com. Subject experts at TCYonline will solve the questions and upload AIEEE-2012 solutions on the website by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the exam itself. Students will get answer keys for all sections: Physics, Chemistry and Math.

Aspirants from all over the nation will be able to log on to http://www.tcyonline.com/exam-analysis/aieee-2012-solutions and compare their answers to the correct answers. As more and more aspirants compare their answers and leave their expected scores on the website, an indicative picture of the expected overall cut-off, as well as the sectional cut-offs, will also begin to emerge.

Students will also have the opportunity to clear their doubts by leaving questions/ queries on the website for the subject experts.

About AIEEE-2012

AIEEE consists of two papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2. The duration of each paper is of three hours.

Paper 1 has three sections: - Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry with equal weight for each subject. Each section consists of multiple choice objective-type questions with four choices, out of which only one choice is correct. Paper 1 has a negative-marking scheme wherein an incorrect answer attracts penalty of one fourth of the maximum marks allotted to the question.

Paper 2 has three sections: – Mathematics, Drawing, and Aptitude. Mathematics, and Drawing sections have multiple choice objective-type questions and the Aptitude section has drawing-based questions.

Number of questions and maximum marks

• Physics & Chemistry: 150 objective type questions with equal weightage to Physics & Chemistry – Total Marks 450
• Mathematics: 75 objective type questions – Total Marks 225
• Aptitude Test Part I: 50 objective type questions – Total Marks 150
• Aptitude Test: Part II: Two questions to test drawing aptitude – Total Marks 75

The result of AIEEE-2012 is likely to be declared on or before 15th June, 2012.
The score cards will be dispatched to the candidates from 21.06.2012 to 05.07.2012 by ordinary post.

World Education fair: Interact & Enroll with Prestigious Institutions in India & Abroad

Posted by on March 23, 2012

 
 
The World Education Fair & Workshop, WEFW’12 is being organised by TCYonline.com from March 26-28. The fair is being held online and will be hosted on www.TCYonline.com.
Students and exhibitors will have the convenience of interacting with each other from the comfort of their desks. Experts will be available for Live chat between 9 am- 6 pm IST. After these hours, students will still be able to log onto the fair, view presentations, compare colleges, and leave messages for the experts. There is no entry free for students.WEFW’12 will provide a robust networking and recruitment platform for Indian students and colleges from across the world, including colleges/universities/B-Schools from North America, Australia, Europe, Asia, and from within India. The online education fair will be accessible from anywhere there is internet access. Because the fair will be held online, there will be no constraints of physical distance. Students wishing to pursue graduate and post-graduate degrees, doctorate scholars, engineers, doctors, and MBA aspirants will be able to interact with representatives of institutions from four continents.
The attendees will be able to sign in and out as many times as they want. This has been done keeping in view college and work commitments of the attendees. Also, the attendees can check out the upcoming events and chats in the reception area, and set aside time for attending the earmarked events. This will serve to make it easy to chat with representatives from undergrad and advanced degree programs. Also, attendees can view informational videos, downloadable information and avail on-the spot admission offers. Attendees will have the option of submitting their educational credentials online for approval. Attendees desirous of pursuing education overseas will be given admission assistance by BetterThink, an overseas education consultant based in India.
The fair will also host special live sessions with several professionals. England Cricket player and spinner, Monty Panesar, will answer student queries on career in sports. Similarly, Nirmalya Roy Chowdhary, recognised as an Indian Retail Icon in 2012 will take queries on a career in retail.
For more information, please call Meenakshi Kachroo Chatta at +91-9810144005 or mkc@tcyonline.com. Do visit us online at http://www.edufair.tcyonline.com/

An institute fighting against stereotypes and staleness in Management Education

Posted by TCYonline.com on March 12, 2012

Management education evolved in the 1960s in India at the premier management Institutions. Most institutions which followed the success of premier management institutions cyclostyled & standardized MBA curriculum so senselessly that it does not add any value in career building but help as a certificate for petty job seekers. There is a strong need to bring a substantial amount of freshness & cut down the clutter that prevails across the board under disguise of classical educational practices and our rich heritage.
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore which is just one year old has been privileged with opportunities to challenge every bit of stereotypes and staleness in approach, structure & learning process in management education. A series of innovation in management education makes the institute believe that career building can be achieved through a creative process which facilitate full expression of dreams and passion by all its stakeholders
Building blocks of the Institution:
Culture of ‘why not’: Bureaucracy, authoritarian behavior, hierarchy, and the traditional practices in the dynamism of the current society at large is detrimental and regressive removing a sense of belonging and leadership, therefore, is completely done away with at the Institute.
Catalyst: the term Student is largely associated with passive learners and therefore all the participants at the institute are addressed as catalyst from first day. They are seen as contributors and faculty do not teach nor guide but facilitate them to explore, think and create.
Educational Thrust- a difference maker: The 21st century has seen the World Wide Web permeate every aspect of life. The future lies in innovation, creativity, new ideas and entrepreneurship, and in thinking out of the box. The Institute is the first in South East Asia to conceptualize a contemporary management education with inclusion of digital business management practices.
Management Education
Innovations in Management Education
Impact Makers: Leadership Privilege Earning Points: everyone at the institute has to create new idea and innovate on new perspectives leading to concrete results, and earn Privileges points. These points can be redeemed for monetary/non-monetary rewards & honors.
Mentoring young Enterprises to transformation for two years: YEMP –Chisel: Students under the YEMP- Chisel are attached to an innovative company for a period of two years as mentors- not interns or managers- to help organizations bring in contemporary strategies and best practices and improve overall business performance.
Innovative Campus Enterprises– breaking away from conventional approach to MBA and it is actually becoming more than MBA and just not MBA+. All the students experience a complete cycle of entrepreneurship and strategic management.
Workshop mode: The institute has moved away from traditional session based class structure to workshop mode. A course is broken into four to five workshops which consist of learning about concepts and new development, with immediate evaluation.
The learning process: The philosophy followed is that course material, notes and articles can be sourced, it is the experience that a student carries that matters, and it is un-imitable. The pedagogy used is very unique making learning relevant, current, and memorable and lots of fun.
The Paperless Digital Office: The Institute is completely paperless and no session materials is photocopied and distributed among students and instead uploaded on the academic ERP. The purpose is dual- to make every process faster, smoother, better and also to help protect the environment.
Campus life: Signature Events and clubs: Living on campus gives students a chance to roll up their sleeves to get involved in a variety of activities and get hands on experience in day in and day out through a variety of clubs. The Institute also has signature events, namely, ENCORE, CAMPUS LIFE, PITCH DA PLAN, and MUDRA, Youth Empowerment of the Corporate, and various workshops, seminars and roundtables on very unique topics, amongst others.
Conclusion: A new institutional culture needs a very different set of institutional systems. It cannot be built through administrative driven rules which do not create but restricts and make everyone mediocre. The underlying desire of everyone is that of excellence, zeal to go beyond the regular and make an impact at all levels, and that would provide for growth and development of individuals and societies in the coming future.