When Union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani posted on her Facebook account, “Taking your questions now… Ask away!” on Tuesday evening, little did she know that it would elicit such a good response from parents and students alike. The Minister’s post received 6,228 comments and led to an aggressive and question-answer session with students/parents […]

Bridge’s unique concept of blended program lured me to join the PGPM-BI course. Unlike other programs, Bridge is providing one year post graduate program in management certification inclusive of 6 months of industry experience.  I did not want to spend two years studying for an MBA so I was looking for a one year program […]

Dear readers, This quiz consists of questions from various past actual papers. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and we’ll soon let you know the correct answers!   1. Fill in the gaps: S L __ B s__ b c __ L __ d S L __ e  (a) AIScD (b) LAScD […]

Do you spend generously in marketing activities to acquire customers but the results that follow leave you disappointed. The spending on marketing makes a deep cut to your bottom line while the business from the acquired customers does not in any way justify these spends. You are perplexed. Allow me to introduce you to growth […]

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati had listed out five Dos and Don’ts that candidates appearing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced to be held on May 22, 2016, must follow. One of the instruction said that students will not be allowed to wear watches in the examination centre. On May 15, IIT-G revised its […]

The end-semester exams are finally over. It means a student has a lot of time on his hands to do whatever he or she had wanted to do all this while. Time is now or never. But all said and done, this two-and-a-half month long vacation is a much-needed break for an exam-weary student.  It […]

It may come as a surprise to many that though Kota has the reputation of being the IIT factory of the country that churns out test-taking machines year on year, students from small towns and cities in Madhya Pradesh have claimed top ranks in JEE Advanced. The exam is the last hurdle that an engineering […]

1. Indigenous AAD interceptor missile Ashwin successfully test fired a) Indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile named Ashwin has been successfully test fired from the integrated test range on Abdul Kalam Island (formerly Wheeler Island) of Odisha coast. b) Ashwin is an advanced version of a low altitude supersonic ballistic interceptor missile, which […]

1. Singaporean, Hong Kong terms added to Oxford dictionary a) Nineteen Singaporean and 13 Hong kong terms for English formation have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. b) Words like wah, shiok and yum cha, are now officially recognised as acceptable English. “Wah” is an expression of delight or surprise while “shiok” means cool, […]

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! Directions (Q. 1-10):  Each sentence below consists of a word or phrase which is bold. It is followed by […]