Just like many engineering students, I completed my graduation in electronics and communication from a private engineering college in 2010, and got a job through campus placement in a leading IT company.It was the time when getting a job was just like a lucky draw as global economy was still under recession. I joined that company, and I liked the […]

It’s been 13 days since the first year Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad student, Anurag Jagtap (18), went missing. With police failing to locate his whereabouts so far, Jagtap’s friends have taken it to social media to raise awareness about his disappearance. ISM Dhanbad students have been constantly tweeting and writing on social media […]

1. Indian-origin cancer researcher Harpal Singh Kumar knighted 1. Indian-origin cancer researcher Harpal Singh Kumar received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his pathbreaking work on prevention and treatment of cancer. Presently, he is the chief executive of Cancer Research UK (CRUK). 2. A Cambridge and Harvard alumnus, Kumar is a trained chemical engineer, who […]

Can a single day of fun de-stress students for the whole year? Major coaching classes in Kota collaborated for a day to organise a ‘Fun Day’ event last Saturday for its students. The directive which came from the District Collector was aimed to organise myriad activities for coaching class students. Some students in Kota coaching classes describe […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from past XAT actual papers. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers! 1. A manufacturer produces two types of products- A and B, which are subjected to two types of operations, viz. grinding and polishing. Each unit […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from past actual XAT papers. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers! Directions (Question No 1-5): This group of questions is based on a set of conditions. In  answering some  of  the  questions, it may be  useful  […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from past XAT actual papers. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers! 1. Let X be a four-digit positive integer such that the unit digit of X is prime and the product of all digits of X […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from past actual XAT papers. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers! Questions (1-3): Four married couples competed in a singing competition. Each couple had a  unique team name. Points scored by  the teams were  2,  4, […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from past XAT actual papers. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers! 1. A salesman sells two kinds of trousers: cotton and woollen. A pair of cotton trousers is sold at  30% profit and a pair of […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from past actual XAT papers. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and soon we’ll let you know the correct answers! Answer question nos. 1 to 3 based on the following information: Mrs. Sharma has a house which she wants to convert to a hostel and […]