This week the campus of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal saw deserted classrooms with untouched chalks and dusters. Students of MANIT have been on a casual schedule with no lectures. This schedule is expected to continue till at least January 15, 2016. The reason for this is the on-going faculty strike of […]

1. Vikas Thapar appointed as Vice President of Micromax i) Indian smartphone company Micromax has appointed Vikas Thapar as vice-president for finance.  ii) Thapar will be in charge of strengthening the company’s asset and revenue base while steering external relationship developments with key partners including bankers, equity partners, investors and the government.  iii) He will […]

1. Central Banker of the year Award conferred to Raghuram Rajan i) Recently, The Reserve Bank of India Governor Dr Raghuram G Rajan was conferred the Central Bank of the Year Award (Global and Asia Pacific) for 2016 by the Financial Times Group’s monthly magazine The Banker.  ii) The award recognises central bank chiefs who […]

Dear readers, General knowledge is extremely important for MBA aspirants. While questions from logical reasoning and quantitative analysis can be time-consuming, the GK section can help you increase your scores quickly. We present this GK quiz to help you prepare comprehensively for your upcoming MBA entrance tests. Post your responses in the comments section and […]

In the outside world, congratulations is given by a handshake or a hug, which is pleasant and agreeable. But at IIT Indore, it is done by whacking the successful person on his bottom. Sahil Mittal who scored a 99.95 percentile in CAT 2015 was an undisputable candidate for one such event. Mittal who is a […]

Dear Readers, Yesterday, we gave you the following practice topic for WAT – “What are your views on FDI in retail?” This topic had appeared in IIM Bangalore entrance in 2013. In this article, we will look at the approach to use and some of the primary points to be mentioned. Guidelines – How to […]

The bandwagon and hype of IIT placements tend to have an adverse impact on placements in local engineering institutes. In our previous article (PART 1) we explored several factors that drive this hype and how they mould public perceptions. But to what extent do these factors manipulate the careers of non-IIT engineering graduates? Are engineering aspirants […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers! Directions (Questions 1-5): Answer these questions independent of each other.   1. The argument for liberalization which answers the worries of the Left […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers! 1. Eight children and 12 men complete a certain piece of work in 9 days. If each child takes twice the time […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from various Banking entrance exams held during the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and we’ll soon let you know the correct answers! 1.  Work done by A in one day is half of the work done by B in one day. […]