2012 Competitive Examinations, Scholarships

Address
Director of technical education, Gujarat state Block No.2, second floor, old sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Eligibility
5 no’s to degree in engg. students & 2 no’s to diploma in engineering students. These scholarships are availed outside Gujarat for courses which are not available in Gujarat state.

Application details
31st August.

Address
The Sr. Manager Steel Authority of India Ltd, Ispat Bhavan, lodhi road, New Delhi.

Eligibility
For those who have attained recognition in sports at state level or national level.

Other Information
Value of Scholarship:Rs.250/-p.m.for school student and Rs.500/-p.m for college student. scholarship is awarded for the entire duration of your studies subject good performance in games and studies candidate should not be the recipient of any other scholarship.

Address
The Development Manager, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU, U.K.

Eligibility
Candidates with a first degree or equivalent qualification in metal work, jewellery or a related subject, but in other cases apporpriate skills and relevant work experience such as workshop training or apprenticeship are regarded as advantages and will be taken into account.

Application details
Probable Date of Application : january 31.

Other Information
1 scholarship is offered worldwide. Subject : Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, metal Work and jewellery, with specialisation in gold jewellery. Level : Postgraduate. Value : Pounds 20,000 for fees maintenance and materials.

Wireless engineer interview questions

A recruiter from Atlanta submitted this set of questions for interviewing at a wireless equipment company.

Describe your home WLAN setup.(Pay attention to candidate�s confidence. Plus if the candidate built it himself. Plus if the network is secured additionally, regardless of the protocols used. Plus if the candidate fought poor coverage.)

Ad-hoc vs. infrastructure topology. Advantages and disadvantages. Ad-hoc networks are easy to set up. By definition ad-hoc WLANs do not require access point, so they are cheaper. With infrastructured WLANs one can connect to wired LAN, enable wireless roaming for office workers, centralize WLAN management, boost the range.

Your preferred brand for wireless cards and access points. (An experienced candidate will be able to come up with strong argument to defend his preferences. He will point to the past projects as well.) Read more…

Address
The Chief Executive, The Lotus Trust, Lotus House, 6 New Marine Lines, Mumbai.

Eligibility
Good Academic record.

Other Information
Age: 28 years.
Value of Scholarships : Gift scholarships not exceeding Rs. 15,000/-.

Address
The Under Secretary, Minister of Human Resource Development, Departments of Education, External Scholarships Division, Section ES-I .A-1/ W-3 Curzonn Road Barraks, Kasturba Gandhi Marg ,New Delhi 110010

Eligibility
Uniformly good academic record with at least 60% marks at level in the concerned subjects of study.

Other Information
Value of Scholarship : 10,120 Lei per month .This allowance will cover all expenses.

Basic Information regarding Exam
National Fire Academy, Vadodara Sub-Officers Course

Age limit
18 to 25 years. Upper age limit is relaxable by 5 years for SC/ST and is 27 years for candidates serving in the recognised Fire Services.

Minimum Educational Qualification
HSC (10 + 2), preferably Graduate or certificate of fireman from AIILSG with 2 years experience. Candidates must be able to read, write, speak and comprehend instructions both in Hindi and English.
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Unix sysadmin interview questions

Q: How would you make the following SQL statement run faster? SELECT * FROM TABLEA WHERE COL1=�A� AND COL2=�B’;
A: Make sure that COL1 and COL2 have indexes.
Find out which condition will return less values and use that as the first conditonal.

Q: What is Data Mining
A: Data Minig is the process of sifting through extremeley large amounts of Data to find trends or relevent information.

Q: Name the Seven layers in the OSI Model.
A: Appication, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link, Phyiscal Read more…

Address
Member secretary , National Board for Higher Mathematics, Department of Atomic Energy, Anushkti Bhavan, CSM Marg Mumbai & Division, Maharashtra.

Eligibility
Doctoral Degree in Mathematics Science.

Other Information
Rs.3500/- pm plus Rs.6,000/- p.a.Rs 500/-p.m. for blind fellows. AGE : Below 40 years.

Address
Managing Editor, Urban Studies, Adam Smith Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8RT Scotland, U.K.

Eligibility
The fellowship scheme is administered by the Board of Management of Journal. Urban studies, to provide financial assistance for visiting research & education. Fellows may possible also be attached to a specific department in social sciences. They are expected to engage in a designed piece of research and to offer for possible publication only return work to urban studies.

Other Information
Value of fellowship : Upto maximum of Pounds 5,000 to supplement other sources of funding office support l & other offered. Period of Study : Two months to one year.

C interview questions part1

What will print out?

main()
{
char *p1=�name�;
char *p2;
p2=(char*)malloc(20);
memset (p2, 0, 20);
while(*p2++ = *p1++);
printf(�%sn�,p2);

}

Answer:empty string.

What will be printed as the result of the operation below:

main()
{
int x=20,y=35;
x=y++ + x++;
y= ++y + ++x;
printf(�%d%dn�,x,y);

}
Answer : 5794

What will be printed as the result of the operation below:

main()
{
int x=5;
printf(�%d,%d,%dn�,x,x< <2,x>>2);

}
Answer: 5,20,1

What will be printed as the result of the operation below:

#define swap(a,b) a=a+b;b=a-b;a=a-b;

void main()
{
int x=5, y=10;
swap (x,y);
printf(�%d %dn�,x,y);
swap2(x,y);
printf(�%d %dn�,x,y);
}

int swap2(int a, int b)
{
int temp;
temp=a;
b=a;
a=temp;
return 0;

}
Answer: 10, 5 Read more…

Linux admin interview questions

How do you list the files in an UNIX directory while also showing hidden files? ls -ltra

How do you execute a UNIX command in the background? Use the �&”.

What UNIX command will control the default file permissions when files are created? umask

Explain the read, write, and execute permissions on a UNIX directory. Read allows you to see and list the directory contents. Write allows you to create, edit and delete files and subdirectories in the directory. Execute gives you the permissions to run programs or shells from the directory. Read more…

.NET Deployment questions

What do you know about .NET assemblies? Assemblies are the smallest units of versioning and deployment in the .NET application. Assemblies are also the building blocks for programs such as Web services, Windows services, serviced components, and .NET remoting applications.

What�s the difference between private and shared assembly? Private assembly is used inside an application only and does not have to be identified by a strong name. Shared assembly can be used by multiple applications and has to have a strong name.

What�s a strong name? A strong name includes the name of the assembly, version number, culture identity, and a public key token.

How can you tell the application to look for assemblies at the locations other than its own install? Use the
directive in the XML .config file for a given application.