POSTAL ASSISTANT ENGLISH GRAMMAR MODEL QUESTION PAPER

1.

I __________________ TV when the telephone rang.

watched
was watching
are watching
have watched
2.  

I'm afraid I'm not hungry. I've _______ eaten lunch.

yet
still
already
ever

3.

My mother let me ____________ late when I was a child.

to stay out
stayed out
stay out
staying out

4.

Would you like ___________ chicken?

any
a
some
one

5.

He has _______ friends in Chicago.

few
few of
a lot
much

6
 

She _________________ lunch by the time we arrived.

had finished
finished
have finished
finishing

7

What shall we do tonight? How about ___________ a film?

to see
see
seeing
going

8

_______ you ever ________ to Hollywood?

Did ... go
Have .... go
Have ... gone
Shall .... go

9

Have you finished your homework ______?

yet
already
still
just

10

Jack is really ______________ history, especially Japanese history.

interested at
interesting in
interested in
interested for
11

These images ______________ by an artist named Phil Thomsen.

are photographed
were photoed
photographed
were photographed

12

If I __________ you, I would wait a while to begin investing.

was
am
were
would be

13

He'll give you a call as soon as he __________.

will arrive
arrives
is arriving
is going to arrive.

14

He found his watch ___________ the papers on his desk.

in
among
between
through
15

Would you mind ______________ me a hand?

to give
give
giving
given
16

I think San Francisco is ____ exciting ____ New York.

as ... as
so ... than
as ... than
so ... as

17

If she __________ that he was coming, she would have prepared the guest room.

knew
has known
had known
knows
18

: She _________ she wanted to come.

told
said me
said
told to me

19

What ______________ at work?

do you have to do
must you do
have you to do
do you

20

I wonder if ____________________ yet.

has the letter arrived
arrived the letter
the letter arrived
the letter has arrived

21

Do you really want to __________ that meeting until tomorrow?

put up
put off
put onto
put away
22

I'm hungry! Just a moment, I______ make you a sandwich.

'm going to
'll
'm
should
23

_________________, we won't have much to talk about.

If he not comes
Unless he comes
If he didn't come
If he came
24

Oh, look at those clouds! It ______________ rain.

's going to
won't
sure will
shall
25

How is he? - Frank? He __________.

's fine
's tall with blond hair
's quite a shy person actually
's twenty three
26

Jack told her that he ____________ come the next day.

is going to
will come
wants
was going to
27

He will meet you _________ the station at seven o'clock sharp.

in front
ahead
in front of
behind of
28

If you want to be healthy, you _______ smoke.

needn't
couldn't
shouldn't
mustn't to
29

He's _____________ politics.

interested
interesting
interested to
interested in
30

Where was Jack yesterday? - I don't know. He ________________ seeing the doctor.

might has been
might have been
couldn't have been
mustn't have been
31

Yes, that is the woman _________ horse almost trampled her!

which
whose
who
that
32

Would you like me to ______________ the children next week?

look to
look at
look after
look into
33

I missed the train, so I _________ take the next one.

musted
must
had to
had
34

Why are your hands so dirty? - Well, I __________________ in the garden for the last two hours.

have worked
worked
am working
have been working

35

: Fiestas ______________ in Cologne, Germany for many years now.

have been making
have made
have been made
are made

36

Let me ___________! I didn't really want to eat all the cookies, I just couldn't help myself.

to say you
say you
explain me
explain
37

Yes, we have bought the tickets to the concert and we _______________ next Friday. I'm so excited.

will go
won't go
shall be going
are going
38

What ___________________ tomorrow evening?!

will you do
are you going to do
shall you be doing
is you doing

 








 













 

 






 






 

SUPERCHARGES WEB BROWSER

How to use your browser to...

We use the web for everything - from entertainment, in the form of online videos and games, to working with documents and databases in the cloud, and even keeping in touch with friends and family through our social networks. It's no wonder then that our web browsers are the most important pieces of code on our machines today. But did you know that you can add extra functionality to this software in the form of free plugins and extensions?


Download YouTube videos

We all love watching online videos. But did you know you can download your favourite videos using browser plugins?

People who use Internet Explorer can use IE Download Helper. Get Version 3.3 of the software because the new 3.5 version puts a limit on the size of the video file for free users. www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Download-Managers / IE-DownloadHelper .shtml

For Firefox, we suggest Video DownLoadHelper (available on the Firefox extensions page). When you access a web page with embedded videos in it, this extension processes the links from where the video can be downloaded in either FLV, MP4 and 3GP formats in resolutions of up to 1080p.

Chrome users can use YouTube Downloader. This works best as it creates a download button under the video you are watching. And it even works with sites like Vimeo and Dailymotion. www.chromeextensions.org/utilities/chrome-youtube-downloader
Control music playback

Do you listen to music while browsing the web? Download FoxyTunes. This plugin allows you to control audio playback from within your browser if you use Internet Explorer or Firefox (version 18 or lower). After you install it, you can change volume settings, skip tracks and pause songs from your browser window, without switching to your media player running in the background. FoxyTunes manages this feat by mirroring your playback software in a toolbar under the browser's URL bar. www.foxytunes.com

Read lengthy articles and take notes

Whenever you read an article on the web, you are often plagued by sponsors who've placed advertisements - in the form of links, images and pop-ups - around that piece. Evernote Clearly is an extension that strips a web page of all that distraction and leaves behind just what you want to see. You can select between light and dark themes - and if you have an Evernote account, you can even clip the article or highlight portions of it for future reference.
EC is available to users of Firefox and Chrome from their respective extension pages. Those who use Internet Explorer can use Evernote Web Clipper after installing the Evernote program on their PC. evernote.com/webclipper/

Manage multiple tabs

Incredibly powerful and yet easy to use, TabMixPlus (available on the Firefox extensions page) is a tool that helps you manage open tabs within Firefox. Once installed, you can use it to group tabs, view them as thumbnails, lock them in a position and recall pages after closing - and most of these features can be accessed with a right click inside an open web page.

For Chrome users, there's TooManyTabs (available on the Chrome web store) that comes with similar functionality

Play Angry Birds

Yes, you can play the world's favourite mobile game in a browser. Chrome users can simply install the game as an extension and play it not only when they are connected to the web, but also when they are offline. Firefox and Internet Explorer users, however, can play the game on www.chrome.angrybirds.com. This will make the office a little less boring. Just keep an eye out for your boss.
CHROME

Attachments.Me:

This is a nifty tool that allows you to quickly save files from your Gmail account onto online services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Box or Skydrive. The extension, which also allows you to attach files from cloud storage, creates several easy-to-use buttons within Gmail's compose and view windows. And users are also provided with an overview of all their files saved across the services.
HootSuite:

This is a full-featured extension of HootSuite, a program that allows you to track your socialnetworks using a single window. Install and connect it to your Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. After that, you can use it from within the browser to keep an eye on your social media feeds, as well as tweet or post status updates.
SplitScreen:

This is a great tool for when you work with two pages simultaneously. After you install this extension, click on its icon to open a single Chrome page with two windows; each with its own URL bar. By default, however, one half serves as a blank notepad, allowing you to take notes. These can be saved as a local file, or cached automatically so that when you open SplitScreen the next time, your data is intact and you can start working from where you left off.

MagicActions for YouTube:

A "must-have" for video junkies, this extension adds several features to YouTube - the most important being its cinema mode that puts the clip inside a black box and removes all distractions from the page. And you can also use it to auto repeat your favourite song so that it plays repeatedly in a loop. Other options include sharing videos on Facebook; choice between a light and a dark theme; and volume control through your mouse scroll wheel.

All Chrome plug-ins can be found at 'chrome.google.com/webstore/category/home' and can be installed directly within the browser

FIREFOX

Thumbnail Zoom:

With TZ, you don't have to click on an image to view it in full size. Simply hover over a thumbnail to see it in a floating window. This not only saves time, but also helps you keep your browsing session neat and tidy. By default, this extension works with over 15websites including Facebook, Twitter and Imgur.

CopyPlainText:

If you've ever copied text from the internet and pasted it directly into a rich editor like MS Word, you'll know what a mess its formatting can create. Most users therefore prefer to paste into Notepad before copying and pasting into an email compose window or MS Word. CopyPlainText strips away the troublesome formatting from web text and helps save some time.

FireTube:

Install this extension to turn YouTube into your personal radio station. It adds a tiny toolbar complete with fast forward, rewind, pause, and volume controls buttons - at the bottom of the page from where you can search a song on the video service and stream it as an MP3. But that's not all. If you want, you can even download the file in MP3 format.

Feedly:

Now that Google Reader is dead, you can use Feedly to manage your RSS subscriptions. Or if you are not into RSS feeds, you can use it to just browse fresh daily content from websites like New York Times or CNN. This extension adds a Feedly button near the back and forwards buttons and clicking on it opens a tab with the news of the day. Feedly is also available for Chrome.

Firefox extensions can be installed directly from 'addons.mozilla.org/en-US /firefox/extensions'

INTERNET EXPLORER



ieSpell:

IE 10 has an inbuilt spell checker, but if you're running version 8 or 9, you should download ieSpell. This tool is a boon to those who compose emails and blog posts in their browser. Once installed, spell check can be accessed in the contextual menu that pops up after right-clicking . With ieSpell you can also highlight a word and look for its meaning on the Merriam Webster web site. www.iespell.com/download.php

iMacros:

With iMacros you can record the actions that you perform on a web page to complete a task. For example, to access Twitter you first type twitter.com into the URL bar, hit enter, then login using an id, hit tab, enter in your password and hit enter again. With iMacro, you can record these actions, and subsequently log onto Twitter by simply replaying the macro. You can use this tool to record as many macros as you want. download.cnet.com/iMacros-for-Internet-Explorer / 3000-12512 _4-10586882 .html

ALOT Radio:

This toolbar is easily one of the best there is for music lovers because it allows easy access to hundreds of international radio channels. It even has a Facebook tab that allows you to keep an eye on your feeds; an eBay tab to browse through products you may want to buy; a YouTube app for video search; and a weather tab for local forecast. download.cnet.com/ALOT-Radio-App / 3000-12512 _4-75147660 .html
Google Toolbar:

We don't usually recommend the use of toolbars, but this one adds several features to IE: It allows you to carry out an internet search without going to www.google.com; automatically translates text whenever you encounter a web page in a foreign language; and if you give it necessary permissions, it also gives you one-click access to your Google services including Google+.

www.google.com/intl/en_uk/toolbar/ie/index.html IE plug-ins have to be installed on your PC before they can be used within the browser.

 

HOW TO TRANSFORM WINDOWS XP TO WINDOWS 8 

The Reasons You should Transform windows xp to windows 8 than the normal upgrading

• you have a humble computer specs and using it will just make things slow
• you still have problem in compatibility with drivers and programs
• you like to download and play the latest games

How Do i Transform Windows XP to Windows 8 ??

okey so the steps to Transform Windows xp to Windows 8 are very easy and like installing any other program :

1. First of all download this skin pack program here
2. Install it as any other program
3. restart you computer

After you computer is booting and starting your computer you’ll notice big changes in the log in screen also you’ll notice that the Start menu in windows xp has changed to be more like than windows 8 you’ll see that start has Disappeared but when you move your mouse close to it you’ll see the new Start Menu , if you to open you click it or you can click the windows button in your keyboard

Cons on Transform Windows xp to Windows 8

the only bad thing in this ” Transform Windows xp to Windows ” pack that the Aero Feature which is available on both windows 8 and windows 7 won’t be available which make the Start Menu And The window Transparent

Anyway if you want to show the Sidebar Menu which includes shortcuts to search ,Start menu and settings, Place your cursor in the bottom corner of the desktop next to the clock as shown in the picture

Congratulations ! Thats it , you have successfully Transformed Windows xp to Windows 8 !!

These are the changes that may be obtained when you Transform Windows xp to Windows 8 , which includes a login screen, The Start toolbar , the new Start Menu , the colors of the  window frames, menus, icons, folders , this program does not offer the experience of using identical to experience Windows 8, but it the best you can get it for Transform Windows xp to Windows 8

Guidelines for Promotions in Public Sector Banks - 2013-14

F.No.4/11/3/2013-IR

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Financial Services

Jeevan Deep, Parliament Street, 

New Delhi, dated the April 4, 2013

The Chairman and Managing Directors of PSBs

Subject: Guidelines for Promotions in Public Sector Banks - 2013-14

I am directed to refer to this Department's letter number 4/1 1/1/2011-FR dated 14th March, 2012, 3rd May, 2012 and 15th June, 2012 on the subject cited above and to say that the references received from several banks regarding relaxations for promotions for the year 2013-14 have been examined in this Department.

2.         It has been decided that Banks can, with the approval of their Boards, provide relaxations, if required, in the guidelines on promotions. Reasons for any such relaxation/deviation must be properly recorded in the minutes of the Board meetings.

3.         However, any relaxation/change in the following provisions in the promotion guidelines referred to in para 1 above would require prior approval of the Government:-

a)         Minimum experience requirement at each scale. However, Banks may with the prior approval of their Boards provide a further relaxation of 3 months in the minimum experience requirement at each scale.

b)         Minimum requirement of APAR marks. However, Banks may, with the prior approval of their Board, relax the requirement of marks in APAR to an average of 75% marks of APAR with minimum 60% in each preceding five years.

c) The requirement of rural/semi urban experience. However, Banks may decide with the prior approval of their Boards, if the stipulated tenure of rural/semi-urban experience is required to be continuous or in parts.

d)         The requirement of length of service in specialized cadre before promotion or prior to joining the mainstream cadre.

e)         The requirement of the zone of consideration. However, Banks may with the prior approval of their Boards relax the Zone of consideration so as to include all officers promoted on the same date/batch.

4.         Banks are advised to take appropriate action in the matter with due approval of their Board of Directors.

5.         This issues with the approval of Secretary (FS).

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

(Vijay Malhotra) 

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: http://financialservices.gov.in/ncapp/Circulars.aspx?ct=B [click here]

FORTH COMING COMPETITIVE EXAMES 2013

April

 ● National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Exam. (I), 2013 (April 14)
 ● Recruitment in Mahanideshalaya Karagaar, Rajasthan of Warder Post (April 14)
 ● S.S.C. Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2013 (Tier-I) (April 14 & 21) 
 ● Madhya Pradesh Pre-Engineering Test (April 21)
 ● M.P. PSC Mines Inspector Exam., 2012 (April 21) 
 ● State Bank of India P.O. Exam (April 28)
 ● Gautam Buddha Technical University Lucknow State Entrance Exam., 2013 (UPTU-SEE) (April 21)
 ● U.P. B.Ed. Entrance Exam., 2013 (April 24)
 ● Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (April 27-28)
 ● Rajasthan Pre B.S.T.C. (General) / B.S.T.C. (Sanskrit) Entrance Exam. 2013 (April 28)
 ● State Bank of India P.O. Exam. (April 28)
 ● Madhya Pradesh Sub-Inspector and Subedar (Stenographer) Recruitment Selection Test, 2013 (April 28) 
 ● Delhi Subordinate Service Selection Board Teacher (Primary) Assistant Teacher (Primary) Special Education Teacher Exam. (April 28)
 ● Rajasthan Pre Master of Education (M. Ed.) Entrance Exam. (April 28)

 May 
 ● Uttarakhand Teacher Eligibility Test-I and -II 2013 (Class I-V and VI-VIII )
 ● Chhattisgarh P.S.C. State Services Main Exam., 2011 (May 4-5)
 ● Pre-Teacher Education Test, 2013 (Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan) (May 5)
 ● Uttar Pradesh Polytechnic Combined Entrance Exam (May 5-7) 
 ● Life Insurance Corporation Assistant Administrative Officers Examination (May 11 and / or 12) 
 ● National Talent Search Exam. for Class X (Second Stage-National Level) (May 12)
 ● S.S.C. Recruitment of Constables (G.D.) in CAPF's and Rifleman (G.D.) in Assam Rifles, 2013 (May 12) 
 ● Common Law Admission Test, 2013 (May 12) 
 ● Madhya Pradesh Pre-Polytechnic Test, 2013 (May 12) (Online Closing Date : 19 April, 2013)
 ● Trade Aprentices Recruitment Test in Ordnance Factory Board, Kolkata (May 12)
 ● Bihar ITI Entrance Exam., 2013 (May 12) (Closing Date : 26 April, 2013)
 ● Uttarakhand Polytechnic Joint Entrance Exam., 2013 (May 12-14) 
 ● Combined Shiksha Shasrti (B.Ed.) Entrance Test, 2013 (CSSET-2013) (May 18)
 ● Civil Services & Forest Services (Pre.) Examination, 2013 (May 26) 
 ● SSC Prasar Bharti Engineering Assistant and Technician Recruitment Exam. (May 26)
 ● M.P. Pre-Agriculture Test (PAT), 2013 (May 26) (Online Closing Date : 30 April, 2013)
 ● Netarhat Residential Vidyalaya and Indira Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Hazaribagh Entrance Exam. (For Class VI) (May 30-31)

 June 
 ● SSC Prasar Bharti Programme Executive and Transmission Executive Exam., 2013 (June 2) (Closing Date : 19 April, 2013)
 ● Junior Hindi Translators (in subordinate offices) and Hindi Pradhyapak (Central Hindi Training Institute) etc. Exam., 2013 (June 2) (Closing Date : 19 April, 2013)
 ● Delhi Polytechnic Combined Entrance Exam., 2013 (For 10th based Diploma Courses) (June) (Closing Date : 13 April, 2013)
 ● Chhattisgarh State Services (Pre.) Exam., 2012 (June 9)
 ● SSC Recruitment of Sub-Inspectors in Delhi Police, CAPFs and Assistant Sub-Inspector in CISF and Intelligence Officer in NCB Exam., 2013 (June 10) 
 ● CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET), 2013 (June 23)
 ● Religious Teacher Exam. (Army) (June 30) (Closing Date : 25 April, 2013)

 July 
 ● S.S.C. Combined Graduate Level Examination, 2013 (Tier-II) (July 20-21)
 ● Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) July 2013 (July 28) (Online Closing Date : 16 April, 2013)

 September 
 ● Combined Defence Service Exam. (II), 2013 (September 8) (Closing Date : 24 June, 2013)

 October 
 ● Central Armed Police Force (Assistant Commandant) Exam., 2013 (October 20) (Closing Date : 5 August, 2013)

EFFECT OF DECEMBER STRIKE

Dear Comrades
                        Our one day strike on 12th December 2012 has been showing effect.  The All India Railwaymen`s Federation and All India Defense Employees Federation along with Confederation of Central Govt.Employees and Workers have formed as a common plat form to press the demand of Setting up of 7th CPC and merger of 50% of DA.   The common platform has called up on all for observing common demonstration on 29-4-2013 in major cities and sending of telegrams to the Prime Minister of INDIA.  Further course of action would be decided later

Recover Lost Data and Deleted Files From Hard Disk, Pen Drive, etc

Data is the most precious part of a computer, especially on a computer which you have been using for a while. Most of us store photographs of friends and family, work related documents, personal and professional data on out computers.

What will happen if you loose this data because of some incident like accidentally deleting the data, Virus Infection, software or hardware corruption, disk level failures etc. ? In this digital age, its no less than a nightmare to loose your data.

Thankfully there are some ways of avoiding and recovering such losses. To avoid such loss, we strongly recommend that you backup your data regularlyusing some external disk or reliable online backup service. In this post we will show you a free tool to recover any accidentally deleted file. This tool is calledUndelete 360 and it recovers a variety of files which might have got deleted due to accidental deletion, virus problem, hardware or software problems. There is a portable version of this tool available which can be used without installing it on the computer.

The most important things to keep in mind when you are using this tool are:

1. DO NOT install Undelete 360 on the same drive from which you want to recover files.
2. DO NOT use the disk or save any data on the disk from which you want to recover data, this will help to avoid any overwriting of the deleted files.

All you need to do is to select the disk and click Start

It will scan and will list all the files by the file type and you can select the files you want to recover and it will attempt to recover the selected files.

NOTE – Data recovery tools are not fool proof and may not recover all deleted files, however if the disk has not been used after the deletion, the chances of recovery are high but there is no guarantee of Data recovery.

Download Undelete 360

Download call letters for SBI Probationary Officers exam (28.04.2013)

SBI is going to organize written test on 28th April 2013 for recruitment of Probationary Officers throughout the country. Candidates have to download the call letter for the exam from SBI site.

Download the Call Letter.
(If the candidates face any problem to download the call letter, they can refer to the FAQs provided by SBI)
Download the Frequently Asked Questions