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September 26, 2014

IBPS PO IV Banking Awareness : Topics and Preparation Tips

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Friends, finally the Admit Cards of IBPS PO IV Online Exam are also out. Now hardly two weeks are left for the final battle. We hope many of you might have already completed your preparation of all the topics and working on Practice Tests. But still some of our friends have a little confusion about the Banking Awareness section. As there is no proper source on "the topics to be covered", people are in a dilemma on What to read and What not to read. So here we are trying to make a detailed analysis on the Banking Awareness section based on Previous IBPS PO Exams.  
Even though we call it as Banking Awareness, officially it is known as General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry). As the name suggests the IBPS ask 50% questions from General Awareness and the remaining 50% are of the Special reference to Banking Industry (let's call it as Banking Awareness for our convenience). As you know, in IBPS PO IV, this section is of 40 marks. 

So we can say, approximately 
  • 20 marks from General Awareness (15 Marks for Current Affairs + 1 Mark Standard GK + 4 Marks from Economics) and
  • 20 marks from Banking Awareness (Traditional and Current Banking updates)

IBPS PO Topic-wise Marks from Banking Awareness Section


let's see the topic wise distribution of questions from General Awareness part first. Below graph shows the name of the topic and the marks details (you can click on the image to maximize it)



Analysis :
  • The questions of this part will be similar to the questions which are being asked in remaining competitive exams. You can follow your favorite news paper / magazine or our current affairs updates to cover this area. 
  • Initially they used to ask questions from last 6 months' Current Affairs (marked in grey color). But now a days, they are focusing on recent Financial / Economy updates.
    Now let's see the topic wise distribution of questions from Banking Awareness part of previous IBPS PO Question papers. Below graph shows the name of the topic and the marks details (you can click on the image to maximize it)
    Analysis :
    • Banking Knowledge questions intend to test your understanding levels of Banking Functionality. These questions will be like "What will you do in so and so situation ?". For example, dishonor of cheques, cancellation of an account, dealing with negotiable instruments and bad debits etc. 
    Important Points to Note :
    • We suggest you NOT TO waste your time on traditional current affairs and GK. Because 80% of the questions will be from Banking / Economy Background.  
    • You can expect 2 questions from people in news. 1 is from Banking background (CEOs, Heads of Banks / Banking Organizations, Chairmans of Various Committees), and the other one is from the People in News (Politicians, Authors, Controversial persons etc).
    • You can expect 11 Questions (7+4) from recent financial updates. Try to read The Hindu Business Line, Financial Times news papers to cover this area. If you can't do this at-least  focus on "What RBI did in last 6 months".
    • Apart from reading old schemes, focus on new schemes like "Jan Dhan Yojana". You will surely get at least one question from this area. 
    • Merely mugging up the definitions and topics won't help you anymore. Because IBPS is focusing more on "Applicability". So you should read between the lines.  
    Read Complete Banking Awareness material for IBPS PO IV Online Exam from here
    That's all for now friends. If you have any corrections or issues with the above analysis, then please let us know from the comments section below or fell free to mail us at "Gr8AmbitionZ@gmail.com". We will try to arrange the Quick Reference Guide and IBPS PO III Previous Paper soon. Happy Reading :)

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    125 comments:

    1. 1.please provide latest committees
      2.quick reference guide as soon as possible
      3.fully detailed august+September current affairs

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    2. Mine 11 oct 9 am....

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    3. katal ki subah on 11th oct Ist show

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    4. Can u pls provide ibps po practice sets.
      Sets available in market are not much to rely on as the competition will be tuff.so the standard of questions will be more intricate. Plz suggest admin.waiting for your reply

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    5. Pls provide computer capsule for po exam...plssss

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    6. plz provide quick referance guide as early as possible for po

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    7. katal ki subah 11 oct Ist show

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    8. Please upload the IBPS PO IVth General Awarness Capsule

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    9. Hi..im unable to fond ibps po 3 paper..if u can manage and upload..plz do so..thanks for the analysis.

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    10. plz math tho aur thoda idea de do structure wise as u did in GA

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    11. as we all know that the level of this po IV exam will be tough from last year's ibps po because its tradition of ibps exams that day by day they are increasing level of their all exams.
      So kindly update gk on the basis of last ibps/po.
      thank you :-)

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    12. Pleasr provide quick reference guide for IBPS PO exam...

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    13. Your quick reference guide is very helpful for us so please provide as early as possible Thank u...

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    14. me too broo hope for d best
      ol d best 2 u n me :)

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    15. last day last show(2nd november)

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    16. kindly provide same details for quant section (MATHS) also as it also became a deciding factor in now a days competitive exams.... eagerly waiting for it

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    17. please provide computer awareness notes........

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    18. I am L.Mani (SC) from Tamilnadu circle. I have completed my paper 2 computer ENGLISH typing skill test. I have an query about that, regarding qualifying criteria. For qualifying paper 2 it is necessary to type at 30wpm for ENGLISH as I am a SC candidate. If my speed is low as 25 or 20wpm then marks obtained in Data entry test will get adjusted and the resultant combined mark is just enough for 33%(66marks out of 200) for a SC candidate?

      When will the paper 2 result get published?

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    19. you are correct.. Hi Sir/Madam,

      I am L.Mani (SC) from Tamilnadu circle. I have completed my paper 2 computer ENGLISH typing skill test. I have an query about that, regarding qualifying criteria. For qualifying paper 2 it is necessary to type at 30wpm for ENGLISH as I am a SC candidate. If my speed is low as 25 or 20wpm then marks obtained in Data entry test will get adjusted and the resultant combined mark is just enough for 33%(66marks out of 200) for a SC candidate?

      When will the paper 2 result get published?

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    20. I am L.Mani (SC) from Tamilnadu circle. I have completed my paper 2 computer ENGLISH typing skill test. I have an query about that, regarding qualifying criteria. For qualifying paper 2 it is necessary to type at 30wpm for ENGLISH as I am a SC candidate. If my speed is low as 25 or 20wpm then marks obtained in Data entry test will get adjusted and the resultant combined mark is just enough for 33%(66marks out of 200) for a SC candidate?

      When will the paper 2 result get published?

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    21. hi my exam is november 2 ...since its being on last batch i feel questions willbe tougher than the rest ..so pls guide me tom score well.

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    22. plz suggest a which book to buy for practice set

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    23. yes u r right

      please provide us as soon as possible!

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    24. non creamy layer certificate has one year validity..not caste certificate..u shd hv both for obc category

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    25. Try to arrange state wise important dams, power projects. This is so important now a days.

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    26. can anyone tell me how wil i get financial and economic updates of last 6 months..........

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    27. Sir plz provide us with last 6 months activities of rbi. It would b a gr8 help then.
      Thnku

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    28. Thank u for providing valuable info.

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    29. Sir, Pls provide some questions on SEBI related and Money Market.

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    30. Sir,pls requesting u to provide latest MOU's

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    31. Can u please provide ibps po 2013 online exam question paper

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    32. Some schemes are offers.
      Some offers are discounts.
      No discount is a loan.
      Conclusion: 1. those offers which are discount can never be loan.
      2. Some loans are definitely schemes.
      options: 1) 1 follows 2) 2 follows 3)there is possibility that all schemes are loans.
      4)either 1 or 2 5)neither 1 or 2.
      plz tell me how to do it?

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    33. Please provide us general question of banking vch dey askd in xam like Wat will happen if d cheque dishonoured. .how much fee in rtgs. ..plzzz provide us dese materials as dey frequently asked over dese topics...

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    34. provide books and authors may asked in ibps po

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    35. 12th oct morning madurai.....

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    36. Admin please provide ibps po 2013 question paper

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    37. Sure.Hoping for the best in exams too.
      All the best.

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    38. Mam plz provide some syllogism practice test including "possibility" type questions.those 5 marks matters a lot.

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    39. Hi rathi when is ur exam and center


      Mine is akshaya engg college 12th Morning shift.

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    40. I asked where r u from ???

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    41. Thanku.. Please provide quick reference guide.... We will be thankful to you

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    42. Sir plz ibps po exam ke liye gk capsule provide kijiye

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    43. Sir can you provide us previous ibps po paper 2013

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    44. thanks mam... pls update IBPS PO 2013 year ..... question paper pls... plz...

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    45. but the answer given is option 4.

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    46. hi for me november 1st morning shift

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    47. ga special reference to banking industry ie 90 per qs frm banking

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    48. hey , congo for sbi po and btw how much marks u got in sbi po???
      do u hv any idea about ibps po that how much to score to qualify the written???
      plz tell me....plz...

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    49. you are welcome...Thanks a ton for sharing that...:)

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    50. 4 can't be the answer.......1 is the answer......either case is applied if both statements have same element

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    51. Help me guys i have ibps po exam and sbi po interview on same date is there any chance to change interview date

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    52. All the best for ur exam.

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    53. hi friends..any good site known to u to get this syllogism shortcuts??

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    54. Great attempt...What about accuracy ??
      ap ke chances to ban gye IT officer ke.......

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    55. Thanks for sharing question....how you solve floor puzzle and circle i was struck and waste my time and number also....

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    56. Thanks guys.Please share some Professional knowledge question if some one remember.I thinks if some one is strong in language can easily clear this section because few questions asked from other like networking,operating system,data communication etc..

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    57. I don't remember the questions of arrangement now. :D but i managed to solve... I couldn't solve the north-south rows facing seating arrangement though.

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    58. Thanks for reply.Yes seating arrangement waste too much time

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    59. plz suggest some sites to practice typing....

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    60. Is there any cuttoff again for paper II?

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    61. Gudiguntla PrathyushaOctober 16, 2014 at 7:29 PM

      yes cutoff for oc is 80 marks

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    62. Thank u fr reply...

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    63. any person who gave exam of ibps po??

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    64. Yes i took the exam on 11th oct.Math and reasoning was tough.computer easy,GK moderate,english moderate total attempt 93..

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    65. hi, iam from andhra. i had qualified for paper 2 exam. iam a OC candidate. my speed is around 25 or even less. i have a query regarding this. should we have to complete the passage in typing test? if not so, will there be negative mark for the words which i had left.(ex... i had attempted 350 words out of 250).
      if i type accurately with 25wpm speed, is it ok to get qualifiy?
      please give me suggestion.
      awaiting ur reply.

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    66. sorry out of 450 words

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    67. hi, iam from andhra. i had qualified for paper 2 exam. iam a OC
      candidate. my speed is around 25wpm or even less. i have a query regarding
      this. should we have to complete the passage in typing test? if not so,
      will there be negative mark for the words which i had left.(ex... i had
      attempted 350 words out of 450).
      if i type accurately with 25wpm speed, is it ok to get qualifiy?
      please give me suggestion.
      awaiting ur reply.

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    68. I have also given on 11 october in evening..english-23, math-18,computer-18,reasoning-27 and GA-34 total-120

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    69. CAN ANY ONE EXPLAIN IN DATA ENTRY TEST HOW THE MARKS GET CALCULATED
      EACH FORM CARRIES 1 MARK?

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    70. venkatesh gunaparthiOctober 23, 2014 at 3:02 PM

      each form (correctly entered) carries 2 marks. Each form contains 7 fields. If you do any mistake in any field then proportionate marks will be deducted from that 2marks. Wats ur score and category ?

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    71. venkatesh gunaparthiOctober 23, 2014 at 3:05 PM

      There will be no negative marks for the words left. Correctly typed words will be counted and from that the wrongly entered words are subtracted and thus marks are given.I think for one correct word they will give 1.333 marks.

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    72. plz provide me link to data entry software

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    73. thnx.... but please tell me i belongs from maharashtra and the cut of mah is 63 sc cat i got 65 marks as per answer key so there is any chance...!

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    74. I had a doubt regarding the final merit list...will they consider both marks in written and typing test...or just typing test...plz resolve my doubt...
      Thanks in advance.

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    75. No ..What about you mohit.


      And if any one clear it please share it

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    76. what about your result sreemoyee das?///

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    77. RRB IT officer result declared please share it and no of questions attempt who clear it


      Thanks

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    78. I have cleared cut offs of written exam..:):) will get to know scores after 7days though..what about you?

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    79. yes brother.. i have clear exam...

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    80. i have also cleared exam....now wait for 7days...

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    81. not cleared..please share your marks also after seven days

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    82. amit singh..wat is ur result?

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    83. Oh.. Ok.. Don't worry u will clear the next 1.. Have patience :)

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    84. score card update.. what is ur score Sreemoyee Das?

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    85. Score card is out..got 96.

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    86. gud..i got 98 marks in general cat. nd u?

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    87. ok fine..do u know about highest marks? or any other candinates marks?

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    88. Hi Sreemoyee can u tell ur marks individually ?

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    89. Reasoning 25
      Quants 17
      Computer 21
      GA 10
      Professional knowledge 17
      Eng n computer were converted to half.

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    90. financial awarness--10 ??

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    91. But one thing ibps has declared 13 marks in every section for Qualifying Score

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    92. I appeared for RRB IT Officer Scale 2 bro.. Cutoffs r different for every section. It is 6 for financial awareness

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    93. hey..did u qualify?

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    94. gud markss..w8 for bank advertisment in different state

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    95. mohit i went thru the pdf and i didnt find anything regerding 13 marks as u said.

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    96. sorry for that..its wrong information by my friend.. I have also did not find

      these kind of information...best of luck for interview according to state wise vaccancy...

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    97. HELLO..
      My score in rrb scale 2 IT officer 106.. Gen.. Any chances for interview..?Please tell friends.

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    98. uttar pradesh... Does states matter?

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    99. states does not matter..but local language does matter..have u any idea of highest marks or different person who have cleared exam. and any idea of ur friends marks brother?

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    100. maximum marks that i have seen are 115 and that too in a review...
      rest are around 95....
      What are the maximum marks seen by you mohit ?

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    101. i Think you have good chances.Can you please tell me how did you prepare for this.For Professional language how you prepared.As the IBPS IT notification is out.Plse share

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    102. actually what i feel is that u make Quant and reasoning strong because they have the higheat weightage in any exam u take... their score is always 1 per question. Rest changes eg in this english had .5 weightage.
      AND IN many exams eng is only qualifying.
      General awareness changes accogding to different exams.
      so make your quant and reasoning strong.
      And for Professional, use internet...your books that u studied in college are the best but now is not the time for them...so don't touch them now..
      professional can be done through internet.... make one seperate copy for this and study th. internet.. and whatever u feel that u don't know,make a note of it in that copy..don't think that this is not imp.You don't know what might come,so make a note of everything that you don't know. and learn it everyday.

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    103. Hi,i got 89 marks for it officer scale 2 from kerala. is there any chances? what will be the interview cut off?

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    104. Thanks Alot Pulkit and all the best for future

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    105. i have also seen 115 score...whose person nd state?...pulkit well score...in up how many gramin bank?

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    106. WHEN WILL BE THE FINAL RESULT OF TAMIL NADU POSTAL RESULT WILL BE ANNOUNCED ??? ANY NEWS REGARDING TO THIS???

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