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(IGP) CSAT Paper - II : English Language & Comprehension - MCQ 2

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:26 AM PDT


English Language and Comprehension (MCQ - 2)

Directions: In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked (1), (2), (3) and (4). One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar, idiomor syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.

1. (1) Nalini found it difficult
(2) to manage single-handedly the three children
(3) who were always quarrelling
(4) between themselves.

2. (1) Having answered the question paper well in time
(2) the supervisor allowed me
(3) to leave the hall quietly
(4) without disturbing the others.

3. (1) Did he say he will
(2) bring the book tomorrow?
(3) He has been promosing to do so
(4) for the past seven days.

4. (1) The part of Chennai that interested us the most
(2) were the beach and the museum
(3) which we recommend to all friends
(4) who plan to visit that City.

5. (1) Live his brother who did not wear his helmet.
(2) and was injured in the accident
(3) Rajan was always careful
(4) and wore his helmet without fail.

Answers

1. (4) 2. (2) 3. (1) 4. (1) 5. (1)

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(IGP) CSAT Paper - I : Science and Technology - MCQ 2

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:09 AM PDT


Science and Technology (MCQ - 2)

1. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I                                                                    List II
A. Cell theory                                                       1. P. Mitchell
B. Theory of natural selection                                2. Beadle and Tatum
C. One gene-one enzyme hypothesis                     3. Schleiden and Schwann
D. Chemiosomotic hypothesis                               4. C. Darwin
Code:
    A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 3 4 1 2
(c) 3 4 2 1
(d) 4 1 2 3

2.Why does a piece of bread when chewed tastes sweet?
(a) The sugar content of bread is drawn out
(b) The taste buds are stimulated by chewing
(c) Saliva's action converts starch into maltose
(d) It does not taste sweet; it is just an illusion

3.Which of following vessels contains oxygenated blood?
(a) Hepatic veins
(b) Pulmonary vein
(c) Hypophyseal portal vein
(d) Renal vein

4. The excreta of lizards and birds contains a white component which is chemically:
(a) urea
(b) uric acid
(c) creatinine
(d) precipitated calcium

5. Sea-shore trees do not show annual rings because:
(a) there is little climatic variations
(b) they belong to monocots
(c) there is enough moisture
(d) soil is sandy

Answers

1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a)


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(Magazine) Yojana Magazine: Issue November 2011

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:08 AM PDT


Yojana - Issue: November 2011

India is one of the fastest growing economies of the world. Yet the 2010 Human Development Index ranks India as a middle level country in the bottom third at 119 of 169 countries on the human development index. The world hunger index for 2010 indicates that India is home to 42 percent of the world's underweight children. Similarly is the case when we consider education. Voluntary Organizations have been active partners in the fight to improve the livelihood of India's poor for many years.

The voluntary sector or non-governmental organizations have emerged as a new force contributing to social upliftment and economic development. India is estimated to have 3.3 million registered NGOs. They play a vital role in the shaping and implementation of participatory democracy, and their credibility lies in the responsible and constructive role they play in society. They work at grassroots level in the remotest of  areas and their reach is much wider. During the nineties the distinctive trend was the emergence of welfare oriented, non-profit and empowerment oriented organizations. NGOs emerged as important players in the development arena. The emerging NGO or voluntary sector is also known as the third sector.


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Today's Important News: 2 November 2011

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 10:30 PM PDT

(Report) Women & Men in India: 2011 - 13th Issue

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 05:37 AM PDT


Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

While women have no less contribution in social and national development as compared with men, their contribution hitherto remains inadequately measured. Policy
makers and planners have long understood the need to engender the planning process and serious efforts are now being made in this direction. Gender statistics has a vital role to play in this process – facilitating the assessment of gender gaps in various aspects of development, understanding the present situation and charting the future course of action to achieve the decided milestones while having a concurrent assessment of the progress made. It is in this light that engendering statistics itself has become a focus area. It is important to note that while disaggregation of statistics by sex is a basic need to integrate gender perspective in statistics, there are several other factors that are particularly important. The definitions, concepts and measurements used should adequately reflect the status of women and men, gender roles and relations in the society. Methodology of data collection should be immune from the stereotypes and social and cultural norms that may bring in gender bias into the data. The analysis and presentation of data should reveal meaningful differences and similarities between women and men.

With a view to facilitating the availability of gender statistics at one place on a wide range of issues ‐ violence against women, economic empowerment, leadership & participation, health, education and human rights ‐ the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has been bringing out the publication "Women and Men in India" on a regular basis since 1995. CSO has endeavored to focus in this publication on such crucial statistical indicators of socio‐economic relevance as are deemed best in portraying gender inequality, gender bias and gender discrimination. I hope that the present issue of the publication, which is 13th in the series, would be extremely useful to planners, policy makers, research workers and academicians.Suggestions for improvement in the publication will be highly appreciated.

Important Constitutional And Legal Provisions For Women In India

The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian Constitution in its Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Duties and Directive Principles. The Constitution not only grants equality to women, but also empowers the State to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women. Within the framework of a democratic polity, our laws, development policies, Plans and programmes have aimed at women's advancement in different spheres. India has also ratified various international conventions and human rights instruments committing to secure equal rights of women. Key among them is the ratification of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1993.

  • Constitutional Provisions

  • Legal Provisions

  • Special Initiatives For Women

Highlights

Population and Vital Statistics

  • With 1176.74 million persons, India accounts for about 16% of world population in 2010. Seventy percent of the population lives in rural areas. Two important demographic goals of the National Population Policy (2000) are: achieving the population replacement level (Total Fertility Rate, TFR, 2.1) by 2010 and a stable population by 2045. TFR, which was 3.2 in 2000, has declined to 2.6 in 2008. Thus, India is moving towards its goal of replacement-level fertility of 2.1.

  • The decadal growth of population during 1991-2001 was 21.5% which is projected to be 15.9% for 2001-2011.

  • The average annual exponential growth rate for men during 1991-2001 was 1.92% as against 1.99% for women. The total annual exponential growth rate for
    2006-10 has been estimated at 1.95%.

  • The sex-ratio (number of women per 1000 men) was 933 in 2001 and is projected to be 932 in 2010.

  • Preference for son varies according to social groups and regions in India. 20% men and 22.3% women prefer to have more sons than daughters. (NFHS-III, 2005- 06).

  • An increasing trend in mean age at marriage is observed for females in India. It has gone up from 19.8 years in 2000 to 20.7 years in 2008.

  • The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is 2.6 for the year 2008, being 2.9 in the rural areas and 2.0 in the urban areas.

  • The mortality rate among females across all ages is 6.8 and that among males is 8.0 for the year 2008. The female mortality rate in the age-group 0-4 years has declined to 16.1 in 2008 from 20.6 in 2000.


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