Strategy for GS by Ms. Rukmani Riar (AIR-2)

How to prepare for GS General Studies is the most crucial paper of CSE. With the news taking rounds thatUPSC is planning to do away with the optionals the importance of GS has increased manifold. Newspaper the best friend! First and foremost reading a newspaper (I read Hindu) is the starting point. Now the question is how to read the paper. Initially one must spend 45 minutes to...

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GK Dose

General Knowledge Quiz Questions 1. The largest museum in the world is the American Museum of Natural History. 2. The lowest mountain range in the world is the Buena Bhaile. 3. The country known as the Land of Cakes is Scotland. 4. The place known as the Garden of England is Kent. 5. The tallest tower in the world is the C. N. Tower, Toronto, Canada. 6. The...

MIGRATION: ISSUES IN INDIA

Human migration is the movement of humans, either individually or in groups, from one geographical region to another. The phenomenon is as old as human history and almost all the present day societies owe their existence to some kind of migration. Migration could be due to a number of causes which could be economic, social, political or environmental. Military conquest of one region by the other was one...

“Plasma”, “LCD” and “LED”

Explain and differentiate among “Plasma”, “LCD” and “LED” television technologies.  (Civil Services Exam- 2010, 150 words) Answer: Plasma TV contains a sheet of individual Plasma cell which gets activated due to electric current. The fundamental principle behind Plasma TV is the release of ultra violet photon when the excited electron returns to the normal state. The LCD TV has liquid crystal which gets activated with the current. Since...

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Achievements of NRHM

Some of the key achievements under National Rural Health Mission are:1. Accelerated improvements in key reproductive health indicators e.g. Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and Institutional Delivery Rate.2. Upgradation and operationalization of 8250 Primary Health Centers (PHCs) as 24X7 facilities3. Operationalization of 2312 FRUs which includes Community Health Centers (CHCs), Sub District Hospitals and District Hospitals for providing OPD and 24*7...

Alzheimer’s disease

What is Alzheimer’s disease? * September 21 is World Alzheimer's Day. * The day is observed to spread awareness about Alzheimer's disease across the globe.  What is Alzheimer’s disease?  * Alzheimer’s disease is most common form of dementia (loss of memory). * The disease, caused by the degeneration of brain cells and nerves, impacts functioning of the brain, affecting day- to-day activities in its victims. * The disease...

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Explaination of Monetory Policy

3 Basic objectives of Monetary Policy : 1] Controlling Inflation 2] Encouraging Growth 3] Financial Stability All of This is so complicated........ Member 1: Why cant we have just Enough Money Around for Everyone and all would be fine. Money Kumar : So you think if there is enough money around, it would be just fine? Lets go to the Trip along with ISD.... In The Trip......... ...

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What is Cloud Computing ? What are its advantage and disadvantages ?

‎(Civil Services Exam-2010, 150 Words) Question: What is Cloud Computing? What are its advantage and disadvantages?  Answer: Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly rented and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction. This cloud model promotes availability and is composed of five...

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Cash Reserve Ration (CRR) and Open Market Operation (OMO)

CRR:*Cash Reserve Ratio which is abbreviated as CRR is that minimum part of deposits that a commercial bank has to keep with the central bank. It is used by the central bank in monetary policy. Before 1991 financial reforms, CRR and SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) was also a major instrument to source of funding and control over credit and interest rates. But after the reforms, the use of...

NUCLEAR POWER GROWTH IN INDIA

India, being a non-signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, has been subjected to a de facto nuclear embargo from members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) cartel. This has prevented India from obtaining commercial nuclear fuel, nuclear power plant components and services from the international market, thereby forcing India to develop its own fuel, components and services for nuclear power generation. The NSG embargo has had both negative and...

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India declares drought: How will it affect country economy

During recent times, India is passing through one of its worst economic crisis having to deal with problems like, low growth, high inflation, high fiscal deficit and the highest ever trade account deficit. In fact, Standard and Poor rating 2011-12 has downgraded the rating for Indian economy from "Stable" to "Negative" In such a situation, occurrence of a drought will mean dooms day for Indian Economy and will...

भारताची शैक्षणिक पडझड

लोकसत्ता । शुक्रवार, १४ सप्टेंबर २०१२ उत्तम शैक्षणिक कामगिरी करणाऱ्या, जगातील पहिल्या शंभर विद्यापीठांमध्ये भारतातील एकही विद्यापीठ नसावे, ही नुसती काळजी करण्यासारखी बाब नसून, आपल्या शैक्षणिक धोरणांचे अपयश दाखवणारी गोष्ट आहे, हे ध्यानात घ्यायला हवे. याच वर्षांच्या जुलै महिन्यात आशियातील पहिल्या दोनशे विद्यापीठांच्या यादीतही एकही भारतीय विद्यापीठ नव्हते. भारतातील उच्च शिक्षणाची सर्वार्थाने जबाबदारी असलेल्या विद्यापीठ अनुदान मंडळाच्या क्रमवारीत जी पहिली दहा विद्यापीठे आहेत, त्यातील एकालाही आशियातील दोनशे विद्यापीठांतही...

विजेचे सोंग कसे आणणार?

लोकसत्ता । सुभाष काळे | शुक्रवार, १४ सप्टेंबर २०१२ कोळसा घोटाळा गाजतो आहे, अणुप्रकल्पांना होणारा विरोधही गाजतोच आहे.. पण वीजनिर्मिती आणि वितरण यांच्यापुढे असलेली गंभीर आव्हाने लोकांच्या चर्चेत फारशी नसतात. देशाला आजही निम्म्याहून अधिक वीज कोळशाद्वारेच मिळत असताना, कोळशाच्या उपलब्धतेकडेही दुर्लक्ष आणि पर्यायी स्रोतांकडेही लक्ष नाही, अशी स्थिती अंधारात लोटणारी ठरू शकते.. विजेची मागणी आणि पुरवठा यांतील तफावत चक्रवाढ गतीने वाढत आहे. उन्हाळय़ाच्या काळात सर्वाधिक मागणी असतानाच्या काळात...

विरोधाची ऊर्जा येते कुठून?

भालचंद्र केरकर । लोकसत्ता । गुरुवार, १३ सप्टेंबर २०१२ प्रचंड अणुप्रकल्पाविरुद्ध स्थानिक लोक लढतात. त्यांना परदेशी पैसा मिळतो, असे आरोप झाले, तरी हे अशा लढय़ातील सातत्य टिकण्याचे कारण असते का? धोरण बदलण्याच्या आग्रहाला अभ्यासाची विज्ञाननिष्ठ साथही असते की नाही? कुडनकुलम आणि जैतापूरच्या लढय़ांसाठी अशी साथ शोधणारं टिपण..देशाला ऊर्जेची नितांत गरज असताना जनता अणुऊर्जेला एवढा तीव्रतेने विरोध का करते आहे, हे समजून घेणे आवश्यक आहे. जैतापूर, कुडनकुलम, हरिपूर जिथे जिथे अणुऊर्जा...

Operation Vijay - A Scintillating Success

"As soon as the Government came to know, that thousands of Pakistani intruders have crossed the LoC (Line of Control) and perched themselves on strategic heights six to seven kilometers inside Indian territory in Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir, the government realized file seriousness of the matter and an operation Vijay was launched to flush out the infiltrators from the Kargil sector."On May 6, 1999. an Indian...

Fundamental Rights

The Fundamental Rights in Indian constitution acts as a guarantee that all Indian citizens can and will live their lifes in peace as long as they live in Indian democracy. They include individual rigts common to most liberal democracies, such as equality before the law, freddom of speech and expression, freedom of association and peaceful assembly, freedom of religion, and the right to constitutional remedies for the protection...

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All about Constitution

Idea for a Constituent Assembly for drafting a con­stitution for India was first provided by Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1895. The elections for the first Constituent Assembly were held in July 1946. Ini­tially it had 389 members, but later the reformed Assembly had 324 members. The State of Hydrabad did not participate in elections to the Constituent Assembly. The first meeting of Constituent Assembly was held on December...

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