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Download AIEEE Past Year Question Paper Archives

Filed Under (Arun Roy Classes, DPS Vasant Kunj, Education, downLOADS) by Ankur on 21-04-2008

I’d posted these AIEEE past year question archives way back - last year, in fact - but as the time for AIEEE draws closer, I thought it’s time I pointed these ones out again. Some people, like Apoorv, were asking for it to. So to download the old papers, click on the links given below to download:

I hope these past year question banks, especially that of AIEEE, will be helpful for the upcoming exams. Note that last two question archives may take a slightly longer time to download on really slow connections - obviously, because they have more papers.

Info On AIEEE Cut Offs…In One State At Least

Filed Under (Arun Roy Classes, Education, Stop The Press) by Ankur on 20-04-2008

The Hindu : NIT admissions - an overview

Came across this new article recently (click the link above), about AIEEE cut offs. Sure, it’s about Kerala only, but the data they have given about the general cut-off ranks, the most demanded courses, the procedure etc are something which would be quite interesting for all of us giving the exam on the 27th of April.

Clouded Vision

Filed Under (Google-y, Tech Takes, Vidddeos, Web Dee, Yahoo-niverse) by Ankur on 20-04-2008

A video I took while on my way back from Bangalore after giving the NTU entrance exam. I know the resolution is a bit low, but, oh well. Which reminds me, I fucking hate Google. I ran around everywhere on the Web trying to find out whether Google Video / Youtube supported 3GP videos - I later found out, they don’t, you need to convert your video) - and all that because Google’s just gave a smug little ‘we support many formats, including ones like…’. Basically, they didn’t bother to give the actual list of formats they support, and expect people to either waste their time uploading videos by trial-and-error, or sit down and convert videos.

Why didn’t I try uploading to Yahoo! Video in the first place? Because it doesn’t accept videos without an audio track, which my original video did not. This is probably to ensure people don’t upload pr0n, but can affect genuine users at times. I finally said “Screw Google”, added a very low volume white noise audio track, and put it on Yahoo! Video.

Talking of far-away centres, I’ve heard of some people ending up with getting their AIEEE centre in Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)!!! Whoa, that’s one CBSE mess even I can’t figure out…

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