What is competitive exam?
A competitive examination is an examination where candidates are ranked according to their grades. If the examination is open for n positions, then the first n candidates in ranks pass, the others are rejected. They are used as entrance examinations for university and college admissions, now a day for recruitment purpose.
These exams are taken to check the analytical skills, presence of mind, pressure handling skills, and knowledge of the student’s. This exams follows may follow several stages on single stage of conducting exam.
The main purpose of such exams is to shortlist the candidates. For this exam you should be practiced online aptitude test and online exam test series.
Exa: If there are seats for ‘100’ number and applicant for these seats are ‘1000’ then top ‘100’ number of applicant from the applications will be consider. Sometime they may consider more than requirement exa: ‘400’ then in next stage they shortlist required candidate.
Every recruiters or colleges have different criteria and format of exam for the position. As lot of competition, there is huge difference between the number of applications and the available seats.
Clear such entrance exam is not everyone’s cup of tea. Don’t get demoralized, consistency, hard work can help in cracking any competitive exams. Cracktest help you to win this race if you really have willed to win.
List of Popular Exams after graduation
1) Banking Exams
Various bank recruits for different post like clerk, PO, SO. The most popular banking exams are:
IBPS: IBPS recruits for many bank, IBPS conduct common exam for group of banks. IBPS recruit for different post like Clerk, PO, SO. You should be prepare for the free mock test IBPS exam.
SBI: SBI recruit for their own bank. You should be prepare for the free mock test SBI PO mains.
2) Insurance Exams
Like banks there are lot of insurance companies the conduct competitive exam to hire capable staff for them.
LIC
NIACL
NICL
UIIC
3) Railways
Time to time railway conduct competitive exams to fulfill their staff. Different zone publish notification for various type of posts.
Common Railway exams are:
4) SSC
Staff Selection conduct exams for different Cadres. Most common exam is
SSC-CGL
5) UPSC
UPSC conduct exams for different cadres like
Civil Services
Indian Economic services
Indian Statistical Services
Combined Medical Services
Engineering Services
6) NABARD
NABARD conduct exams for officers and other post for development of rural agricultural banks
7) MBA
Various colleges/Universities conduct entrance exam for higher education in Business Administration like Master in Business Administration, Master in Business Management, and Diploma in Business Administration
Some Popular Exams are:
CAT
MAT
XAT
ATMA
SNAP
GMAT
CMAT
MH-CET
8) GATE
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a National Level Entrance Test through which candidates can find admission into M. Tech./M.E./PhD Programs in IITs, IISERs, IISc and other known Institutes of India
9) Navratna and Maharatna
Navratna and Maharatna companies conduct various entrance exams.
As on April, 2018, there are 8 Maharatnas and 16 Navratnas in India.
Navratna CPSEs
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
- Container Corporation of India Limited
- Engineers India Limited
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
- National Aluminium Company Limited
- National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited
- NMDC Limited
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
- Oil India Limited
- Power Finance Corporation Limited
- Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
- Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
- Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
- Shipping Corporation of India Limited
Maharatna CPSEs
- Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
- Coal India Limited
- Gas authority of India limited (GAIL)
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
- National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC Limited)
- Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
- Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Also various states conduct different – different exams for various posts.
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