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Every programme each of the 28 URATPG test subjects leads to on the university's final 2026 list, with seats, the programmes that dropped off in September and the ones that need no test.
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How the University of Rajasthan ranks PG applicants — 70% test, 30% graduation, weightage and tie-breaks — with a calculator and the closing scores of five department first lists from 2026 and 2023.
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The University of Rajasthan PG entrance from its 2026 bulletin and FAQ — 100 one-mark questions in 2 hours, no negative marking, a six-semester syllabus, 28 subjects, ₹850 fee (₹660 SC/ST).
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The MHT CET paper as the CET Cell sets it: 150 PCM or 200 PCB questions for 200 marks, two 90-minute blocks, no negative marking, 20% Class 11 / 80% Class 12, the Class 11 chapters and medium rules.
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Who can sit MHT CET, who counts as a Maharashtra State candidate (Types A–E), the 45%/40% Class 12 rule and how it is rounded, the nine branches open to PCB students, and where outside candidates fit.
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How B.E./B.Tech CAP works: the 2026-27 schedule, the auto-freeze rules (first choice, first 3, first 6), the acceptance-fee U-turn, seat shares, reservations and seat codes.
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Official CAP closing merit numbers and percentiles for COEP, VJTI, SPIT, PICT and WCE, round by round in 2025 and 2026, the category spread, All-India JEE cut-offs and the top 120 courses.
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Why 2026 MHT CET percentiles run higher than 2025’s at the same merit position — 88.11 vs 85.06 at merit no. 50,000 — from the official CAP lists, with a converter and the 2026 distribution.
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How MHT CET turns raw marks into a percentile, from the CET Cell’s “Document on Normalization”: session by session, to 7 decimals, why every session topper gets 100, and how ties are broken.
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MHT CET 2026 was the first two-attempt year: sessions, registrations, turnout and the best-of-two rule (total percentile only), from the CET Cell’s documents — and what is known about 2027.
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NDA & NA seats 2023–2026 by wing (370 NDA held steady; the Naval Academy moved 25 → 36 → 24), how the Naval Academy’s 4-year B.Tech differs from NDA, where cadets go next, and what it costs and pays.
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What decides your NDA wing — PCM for Navy and Air Force, minimum heights by region, eyesight limits for each service, the flying-branch height conflict in UPSC’s own notification, CPSS and tattoos.
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Women in UPSC NDA & NA: 24 of 394 seats in 2026 by wing, the first separate women’s cut-off in (II) 2025 (358.84 written, 737.40 final), height and eligibility rules, and how women score at the SSB.
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What happens after the NDA written result — registration within two weeks, the two-stage SSB, CPSS, the medical — what recommended candidates scored at the SSB, and how the final merit list is built.
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Six NDA cycles of official cut-offs — written minimum out of 900 and last recommended total out of 1,800 — the first separate women’s cut-off, how many qualify, and why “400 is safe” is wrong.
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How the NDA written exam is built — Maths 120 questions for 300 marks, GAT 150 for 600, a third off for each wrong answer — the GK weights, and why the “25% in each subject” rule is not fixed.
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NDA (I) 2027 exam date: Sun 11 Apr 2027; notification 2 Dec, last date 22 Dec 2026 (UPSC calendar). Age limit as a date-of-birth window, a checker, eligibility by wing and the ₹100 fee.
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After the SBI Clerk Main, from SBI’s own documents: 13,455 selected plus three wait lists in 2024-25, the 50% quarterly wait-list rule, basic ₹26,730, six months’ probation, and no official cut-off.
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SBI’s local language test for Junior Associates: exempt if you studied the language in Class 10 or 12, otherwise non-verbal (15 + 15) and verbal (20) tests before joining, and what SBI leaves out.
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Who can apply for SBI Clerk (Junior Associate) 2026-27: born 2 April 1998 to 1 April 2006, graduation by 31 December 2026, relaxations incl. widows and SBI apprentices, one state, no attempt limit.
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SBI Clerk (Junior Associate) from SBI’s own papers: ¼ negative marking in prelims and Main, what SBI says (and does not) about normalisation, 100 prelims questions in 60 minutes, Main 190 for 200.
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SBI Clerk vacancies state by state for 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27, with the special drive, the local language each state requires — and why Bihar, Delhi and Kerala have no regular seats this year.
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SBI’s 2026-27 Junior Associate recruitment has two advertisements — 7,680 regular seats in 24 States/UTs and a 1,538-seat SC/ST/OBC drive. Dates, the columns behind 9,766 and 9,124, and what changed.
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A mock error ledger and official stage map for the two-test prelims, five-test main examination and interview in CRP RRBs-XV.
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Official Inspector Posts LDCE paper and key status, the 2025 final-key changes and revised 582-mark gate, plus how to use the provisional 2026 keys and older four-paper sets.
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Use the CRP RRBs-XV two-test and five-test pattern, your mock errors and a dated source ledger to build a stage-specific RRB Clerk revision queue.
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Use the CSA-XVI section changes, timed test rules and your own prelims mock errors to build a mains study queue without guessing a cutoff.
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Turn the current Inspector Posts LDCE syllabus and your own errors into a three-paper study plan, with Paper II writing drills and transparent hour allocation.
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Official Ordinary Branch subjects, book conditions, pass rules, 2020 paper blueprint caveat and a nine-paper study allocator.
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Ordinary Branch Part I and II paper downloads, a 55-subject-paper inventory, recurring formats, answer-key limits and a practice allocator.
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UPSC’s 74th Annual Report reports CSE 2022 optional-subject outcomes. Compare appeared and recommended candidates without mistaking selection rate for an easy scoring subject.
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Use the official CSE 2026 birth window and category attempt limits as a reference. The 2027 notice is pending; learn the new serving-officer restrictions before deciding on another attempt.
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GS-I has 100 items and CSAT has 80; each paper is worth 200. Use the exact one-third penalty and a raw-score checker, then learn why CSAT qualification and the GS-I cut-off are separate.
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Seven years of UPSC PDFs in three full category tables. Learn why Prelims means GS-I only, what Mains and final marks include, and why no official CSE 2026 cut-off exists yet.
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UPSC schedules the 2027 CSE notice for 13 January and Prelims for 23 May. See the full calendar, how the 2026 notice slipped, and which dates are still provisional.
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The PO/MT-XVI notice explains the mandatory non-qualifying personality test, interview minimums, 80:20 Main-to-interview score, bank preferences and reserve list. Work through the sequence.
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The PO/MT-XVI notice fixes age on 1 July 2026 and the graduation result deadline on 21 July. Check the exact birth window, relaxations, degree proof and category certificate requirements.
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IBPS posted PO/MT-XVI Prelims result on 23 September and scores on 29 September. Read corrected scores, equi-percentile normalisation and why Prelims marks do not enter final merit.
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IBPS raised indicative PO/MT-XVI vacancies from 6,715 to 7,565. Read the 27 August official Annexure I bank and category table, the NR caveat, and what it means for bank preferences.
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The CRP PO/MT-XVI Main has four timed objective tests and a 30-minute descriptive paper. See the actual section marks, question-level penalty, practical pacing and document checklist.
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