Uttaranchal Council of Entrance Examination
(The Association of Private Medical and Dental Colleges of Uttarakhand)

Common Pre Medical Entrance Examination 2010

The Association of Private Medical and Dental Colleges (Uttaranchal Council of Entrance Examination) would be conducting the Common Pre-Medical Entrance Examination for admission in MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS course for the year 2010.

Admission to BDS/BAMS courses is subject to the permission obtained by the concerned colleges from their respective Council and the Govt. of India.

The seats in the aforesaid colleges may change as per Instructions from respective Councils / Govt, of India / Govt, of Uttarakhand and judicial pronouncements if any.

Centers of Examination: – Indore, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Jalandhar, Varanasi.

Last Date of sale of Application forms: 05th May 2010

Examination Date: May 22, 2010

Eligibility:

MBBS and BDS: Candidate must have passed HSC (10+2 or equivalent) with Physics, Chemistry, Biology & English with minimum 50% & 40% for SC/ST/OBCs categories.

BAMS and BHMS: The candidates who have passed the 10+2 or its equivalent with Physics, Chemistry and Biology shall be eligible.

Candidates appearing for HSC (10+2) equivalent examination in March 2010 are also eligible to appear for CPMEE.

AGE: Candidate must be born on or before 31st Dec. 1993 (i.e. Not less than 17yrs)

Centers of Examination: – Indore, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Jalandhar, Varanasi. (The centers can be changed if there are not enough candidates in that center)

How To Apply:

Application forms can be obtained by post by sending a demand draft of Rs. 1200/- (Rupees one thousand two hundred only) drawn in favor of “UCEE” payable at RISHIKESH to The Secretary, UCEE, SDCH, Veerbhadra Road, Rishikesh 249 203 (U.K) OR Application forms can also be obtained by paying in cash a sum of Rs. 1150/- (Rupees one thousand one hundred and fifty only) from the Offices of the Principal of the mentioned Colleges and from the following centers: Form Sale Counter- Ramesh Book Depot, Moti Bazar, Dehradun, (Tel.2653637) OR DELHI Form Sale Counter—Samyak Portfolio Pvt. Ltd., E-I llnd floor Mercantile House, Connaught Place Opp. Embassy Restaurant, New Delhi – 110001, 9811835725, 9717581588. Contact Details: Address: The Secretary, UCEE, SDCH, Veerbhadra Road, Rishikesh 249 203 (U.K) Tel: 0135 – 2453726

Important Dates:
Last Date of sale of Application forms: 05th May 2010
Examination Date: May 22, 2010

Indian Institute of Information Technology
Courses/Exams: Applications are invited for admission to the following programmes – 2010 – 2011

1. M.B.A. in Information Technology – MBA (IT)

2. MS (Cyber Law & Information Security) – MS (CLIS)
Eligibility: For MBA (IT): Graduates from any discipline with valid CAT score (GMAT score for FN/NRI’s)

For MS (CLIS): BE/B.Tech./Post Graduates/ LL.B. or equivalent

Note: Candidates appearing in Qualifying Degree Examinations may also apply. [If final result is likely to be declared by 14th July 2010]
Application procedure: Application Form-cum-Information Brochure can be obtained from the Institute in person or on request. The request letter must be superscribed ” Request for MBA (IT) / MS (CLIS) Program Application form”.

Application form with details is also available in the website www.iiita.ac.in . Cost of application form is Rs. 1000/- (Rs.500/- for SC/ST/OBC candidates) to be paid in cash or through DD of any nationalized bank drawn in favour of ‘IIIT-Allahabad’ payable at Allahabad.

In case of downloaded forms from website, DD may accompany the completed application form, without which it shall be summarily rejected.

Further details can be taken from: Ph: 91-0532-2922025
Fax: 91-0532-2430006, 2431689
Website: www.iiita.ac.in
Address: Devghat Jhalwa, Allahabad – 211012 (U.P.) India
Last date of submission of Forms: 21st January 2010
Last date of Issue of application form : 21st January 2010
Date of Entrance Test :

MBA (IT): 20th – 21st February 2010

MS (CLIS): 27th – 28th February 2010

Courses/Exams: Applications are invited for admission to LL.M. 2 years course through Correspondence in the Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Eligibility: A person who has passed the following examination shall be eligible to join LL.M. 2 years course through correspondence:

a) LL.B Degree of Panjab University with at least 55% marks in the aggregate; (50% for SC/ST candidates).

b) LL.B. Degree of another University equivalent to Panjab University and recognized by the UGC.
Application procedure: The applications form for admission can be downloaded from the university website puchd.ac.in. The forms can also be obtained from the office of the Department. The duly tilled in applicable forms along with attested copies of certificates must reach in the office of the Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh by 15th October, 2009

Punjab University
Sector-14, Chandigarh-160014
Website: www.puchd.ac.in
Last date of submission of Forms: 15th October, 2009

1) What is the number of states in India?
d)28

2) Which is the first state to be formed on the basis of language?
a) Andhra Pradesh

3) When was Burma was separated from India?
c) 1937

4) When did India become a republic?
c) 1950

5) Which state was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960?
a) Bombay

6) Who was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha before he became the President of India?
c) N. Sanjeeva Reddy

7) What was the age of Morarji Desai when he became the Prime Minister?
c) 81

How was Tamil Nadu known?
b) Madras

9) Which is the capital of Kerala?
d) Thiruvananthapuram

10) Nagaland was separated from which state?
d) Assam

11) Which is the smallest state in terms of area?
c) Goa

12) Where is the tomb of Akbar?
b) Sikandra

13) Which is the national animal of India?
d) Tiger

14) Which is the national flower of India?
a) Lotus

15) Who founded Indian National Congress?
b) A. O. Hume

16) Which former Indian Prime Minister’s birthday is on December 25?
b) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

17) Which state was known as North East Frontier Agency?
d) Arunachal Pradesh

18) Which state or union territory has French as an official language?
c) Pondicherry

19) Which is the official language of Jammu & Kashmir?
d) Urdu

20) Which state became part of India in 1975?
d) Sikkim

21) Which city was the summer capital of India during British Rule?
b) Simla

22) Who was the only Indian Governor General?
c) C. Rajagopalachari

23) Which Prime Minister could not prove his majority in Lok Sabha in May 1996?
c) Atal Behari Vajpayee

24) When did Rabindranath Tagore die?
b) 1941

Date of Issue: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Date of exam: November, 28, 2009
Last Date for Submission: Thursday, 1 October 2009
Examination name : Common Admission Test (CAT) – 2009
Further detail:
www.catiim.in

Prospective candidates must maintain a valid email account throughout the selection process.

Application procedure:

The CAT 2009 Vouchers can be obtained from branches of Axis Bank and their associated outlets during the period from Wednesday, 9 September 2009 to Thursday, 1 October 2009 for Rs 1400/- (Rs 700/- for SC/ST candidates). Please note that a candidate needs to buy only one CAT 2009 Voucher irrespective of the number of institutes he / she is applying to.

Note that the Voucher must be bought only in the name of the candidate as it appears in the school leaving certificate. If the name has been changed due to events such as marriage, the candidate must show the relevant document such as a marriage certificate and submit a photocopy at the time of the test, interview and at the time of joining a programme. SC and ST candidates must show a copy of their SC/ST Certificates at the time of obtaining the CAT 2009 Voucher from the Axis Bank branches.

Voucher once sold cannot be refunded under any circumstance including but not limited to loss of voucher, inability to read voucher number due to mishandling of the voucher by candidate, candidate being ineligible for taking CAT, CAT not being a pre-requisite for a programme, and rejection of candidate registration due to incomplete and / or wrong information. If the voucher is lost, voucher number is not readable due to mishandling of the voucher by candidate, and / or candidate thinks he / she has made mistake(s) in filling out information during the online registration, then the candidate can purchase a new voucher and re-register online.

REGISTRATION FOR CAT:

On purchasing the CAT 2009 Voucher, prospective candidates must log on to the website www.catiim.in to register for CAT 2009. The registration window starts on Wednesday, 9 September 2009 and will close on Thursday, 1 October 2009. Details of the registration process are provided at the website given.
Programme Offered
A. Post Graduate Programmes in Management

* IIM Ahmedabad PGP, PGP-ABM and PGP-PMP
* IIM Bangalore PGP, PGSEM and PGPPM
* IIM Calcutta PGP-PGDM and PGP – PGDCM
* IIM Indore PGP and EPGP
* IIM Kozhikode PGP
* IIM Lucknow PGP and PGP•ABM
* RGIIM Shillong PGP

B. Fellow Programmes in Management (FPM) [equivalent to Ph.D.] of IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhilwde, and IIM Lucknow.

Test Centers & Test Pattern
The test will be conducted in venues across many centres. These centres are Ahmedabad. Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi. Durgapur, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Patna, Pune, Ranchi, Siliguri, and Varanasi. IIMs reserve the right to change or cancel any test venue /centre and / or change the test window time and dates at their own discretion.

The duration of the test is 2 hours and 30 minutes including initial 15 minute tutorial. No breaks will be given during the test. The test consists of questions that evaluate a candidate’s quantitative, verbal, and logical & data interpretive abilities. Therefore, there are a total of three sections in the test. There will be about 60 to 70 questions in the test.

At the test venue, each candidate will be seated at a desk with a computer terminal and he/she will be provided with a scratch paper for calculations. After the test, candidate must leave the scratch paper at the desk. Rough work cannot be done on any other paper/sheet, as nothing will be allowed inside the testing room.

Important Dates

Sale of CAT Vouchers : Wednesday, 9 September 2009 – Thursday, 1 October 2009

Registration for CAT 2009 : Wednesday, 9 September 2009 – Thursday, 1 October 2009

CAT Test Dates : Saturday, 28 November 2009 – Monday, to 7 December 2009

CAT Result : Friday, 22 January 2010 onwards

Rescheduling Window : Wednesday, 9 September 2009 – Thursday, 1 October 2009

First Woman President of India : Pratibha Patil

Delhi’s First Mayor: Aruna Asaf Ali (1958)

Delhi’s First woman chief secretary: Shailja Chandra

Fastest Asian to swim across the English Channel: Anita Sood

First all-women crew to fly an air Force Chetak Helicopter: Flight Cadets Cheryl Dutta and Simran Sodhi of IAF (December, 1995).

First Asian woman magistrate appointed in United Kingdom: Kantha Talwar

First Asian woman mayor in United Kingdom: Lata Patel

First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress: Sarojini Naidu (1925)

First Indian woman producer and director: Fatima Begum, who produced and directed Bulbul-e-Parastan in 1926.

First Indian woman to become Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen (1994)

First Indian woman to become Miss World: Reita Faria (1966)

First Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest: Bachendri Pal

First Indian Woman to go in space: Kalpana Chawla

First woman to head any Wakf board in India :  Bader Sayeed (TN Wakf  Board)

First Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event: P.T.Usha

First Indian woman to win a medal in an Olympic event: Karnam Malleshwari (bronze medal, Sydney Olympics)

First Indian woman boxer to win an international event : M.C.Merykom

First Indian woman to swim across the English Channel: Arati Saha

First Miss Universe of the new millennium: Lara Dutta

First woman Ambassador from India: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (to USSR from 1947-49)

First woman Central Minister: Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

First woman chief justice of a High Court: Leila Seth (CJ of Himachal Pradesh, 1991)

First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state: Sucheta Kriplani  (Uttar Pradesh from 1963-1967)

First woman film star to be a member of Rajya Sabha: Nargis Dutt

First woman Governor of an Indian state: Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh from 1947-1948)

First woman Governor of Tamil Nadu: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1997)

First woman IPS Officer of India: Kiran Bedi

First woman Judge of the Supreme Court: Justice M. Fatima Beevi (1989)

First woman judicial officer: Anna Chandy, who was appointed munsif in the Travancore state in 1937.

First woman Minister of an Indian state: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (Uttar Pradesh)

First woman officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to be promoted to the rank of air commodore: 55-year old Padma Bandhopadhyay who was commissioned to the IAF in 1968.

First woman President of Indian National Congress: Annie Besant (1917)

First woman President of UN General Assembly: Vijay Lakshmi Pandit (1953-54)

First woman Prime Minister of India: Late Indira Gandhi (1966-1977 and 1980-1984).

First woman Speaker of an Indian state: Shano Devi

First woman Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly :Kavali Prathibha Bharati

First woman winner of the Bharat Ratna: Indira Gandhi (1971)

Grandma Madonna from India: Asha Bhonsle

India’s first commercial pilot: Durba Banerjee  (1966, Indian Airlines)

India’s first Test-Tube Baby: Kruti Parekh

India’s first woman railway driver: Surekha Yadao

India’s first woman tabla maestro : Dr Aban Mistry

India’s officially recognized billionth citizen:  Astha (She was born on May 11,2000 at New Delhi).

World’s first woman Airbus pilot: Durba Banerjee

Youngest Indian to swim across the English Channel: Arati Pradhan

First American President to visit India: Dwight David Eisenhower

First Asian to be elected president of Britain’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP): Lord Navnit Dholakia

First Asian to head a British university: Lord Swaraj Paul (when he was elected Chancellor of the Wolverhampton University on May 9, 2000)

First British Prime Minister to visit India: Harold Macmillan

First Chairman of the University Grants Commission: S.S.Bhatnagar

First Chief Election Commissioner of India: Sukumar Sen (21.3.1950 to 19.12.1958)

First Chief Justice of India: Harilal J.Kania (26.1.1950-6.11.1951)

First Chief Minister of the tri-lingual Bombay Presidency: B.G.Kher

First Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshall Sir Thomas Elmherst (1947-1950)

First Chief of Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji  (1.4.1955 to 14.5.1955)

First Commander-in-Chief: Gen.Sir Roy Bucher (1.1.1948 – 14.1.1949)

First Dalit Lok Sabha Speaker: G M C Balayogi

First Defence Minister of Independent India: Sardar Baldev Singh

First Deputy Prime Minister of India: Sardar Vallabhai Patel

First Director General of ICAR: B.P.Pal

First Eunuch to be elected as a Mayor of an Indian city: Kamla Jaan, who elected Mayor of Katni city in Madhya Pradesh in January 2000.

First Eunuch to get elected to a state legislature: Shabnam Mausi, won the Sohagpur Assembly    constituency in Madhya Pradesh in the February 2000 elections.

First European to invade India: Alexander

First Field Marshal: Gen. S.H.F.J. Manekshaw

First fighter pilot to win the Param Vir Chakra: Flying Officer Nirmaljeet Singh Sekhon (posthumous) for IAF in 1971 Indo-Pak conflict.

First Foreign Secretary of Free India: K.P.S.Menon

First Governor-General of Independent India: Lord Mountbatten

First Indian bowler to get a hattrick in Test cricket: Harbhajan Singh

First Indian Chief of Air Staff: Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee (April 1, 1954).

First Indian Chief of Naval Staff: Vice Admiral R.D.Katari (1958-1962).

First Indian Governor-General of India: C.Rajagopalachari

First Indian to be awarded with the ‘Victoria Cross’:  Khuda Dad Khan (for Gallantry in Belgium during the first World War)

First Indian to be elected a member of British Parliament:  Dadabhoi Naoroji

First Indian to be elected to the US House of Representatives: Dilip Singh Saund

First Indian to go in space: Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma.  He went in the Soyuz 7-II Spacecraft on April 3, 1984 and returned on April 11, 1984.

First Indian to hoist the National Flag over the North Pole: Squadron Leader Sanjay Thapar.

First Indian to record a song on a gramophone disc: Sashi Mukhi of Classic Theatres, Calcutta (1902)

First Indian to swim across the English Channel: Mihir Sen

First Indian to win an Olympic Bronze: Khashaba Jadhav (wresting; 1952, Helsinki Olympics)

First Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Tournament: Pullela Gopi Chand (March 11,2001)

First Indian to win the World Billiards Championship: Wison Jones

First Jnanpith Award Winner: G.Sankara Kurup (1965), for his work ‘Ottakkuzhal’ in Malyalam.

First Minister without Portfolio: N.Gopalswami Ayengar in Jawaharlal Nehru’s Cabinet. He, however, went on to become the Minister of Defence.

First Photographer in India: Raja Deendayal

First President of India: Dr Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962)

First President of the Indian Union of Civil Liberties: Rabindranath Tagore (1930s).

First Prime Minister of India: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)

First Prime Minister to win a popular entertainment award: Atal Behari Vajpayee (when he won the Screen-Videocon “Best Lyricist” prize in the non-film music category for his collection of poems titled “Nayi Disha” in February 2000).

First Secretary-General of South-South Commission: Dr Manmohan Singh

First Surveyor General of India: Sir George Everest

First Vice-President of India: Dr S.Radhakrishnan (1952-1962)

First Winner of Param Vir Chakra: Maj.Somnath Sharma (posthumously) in November, 1947

India’s first Test-tube baby: Harsha (born on August 6, 1986).

Indian Johann Sebastian Bach: Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

India’s longest serving Chief Minister : Jyoti Basu

Only Army Chief to be awarded with Maha Vir Chakra twice: Late Gen. A.S.Vaidya

First in the world (Male and Female)

1. India is the world’s largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
2. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
3. India is the world’s largest democracy.
4. Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called “the ancient city” when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
5. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
6. The World’s first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
7. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software – a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
8. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
9. Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India’s wealth.
10. The art of Navigation was bornin the river Sindhu 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit ‘Nou’.
11. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.
12. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.
13. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10″”53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10″”12(10 to the power of 12).
14. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called Sudarshana was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya’s time.
15. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
16. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
17. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).
18. The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world’s population.
19. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
20. India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously.