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Today's Important News: 31 January 2012
(IGP) IAS Pre Paper - 2: GS - General Mental Ability - Alphabet Test (MCQ -7)
(IGP) IAS Pre Paper - 2: GS - General Mental Ability - Alphabet Test
(IGP) IAS Pre: GS - Science & Technology : Botany - Photosynthesis (MCQ -1)
(IGP) IAS Pre: GS - Science & Technology : Botany - Photosynthesis
(IGP) IAS Pre: GS - Geography - Indian Geography General: States & Union Territories
(Syllabus) ENGLISH- UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011
(Syllabus) DOGRI - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011
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(IGP) IAS Pre Paper - 2: GS - General Mental Ability - Alphabet Test (MCQ -7)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:52 AM PST

General Mental Ability
Alphabet Test (MCQ -7)

Directions (Q. No. 1-10): In each of the following Questions, fivewords are given which of themwill come in the middle it all of them are arranged alphabetically as in a distionary?

1. (a) Bishop
(b) Bifocal
(c) Bicycle
(d) Bitter

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(IGP) IAS Pre Paper - 2: GS - General Mental Ability - Alphabet Test

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 02:39 AM PST

General Mental Ability
Alphabet Test

Under this we deal with different types of questions based on English Alphabets, which could be asked in CSAT.

Important Facts About Letters

1. Position number of letters in English alphabets.

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(IGP) IAS Pre: GS - Science & Technology : Botany - Photosynthesis (MCQ -1)

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 01:43 AM PST

Botany
Photosynthesis (MCQ -1)

1. Consider the following statements.
(i) Plants are the only photosynthetic organisms to have leaves.
(ii) Not all plants have leaves.
(iii) A leaf may be viewed as a solar collector.

Which of the above are true?
a) i & ii
b) ii&iii
c) iii only
d) All of the above

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(IGP) IAS Pre: GS - Science & Technology : Botany - Photosynthesis

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 01:37 AM PST

Botany
Photosynthesis

INTRODUCTION

Photosynthesis is the process by which plants, some bacteria, and some protistans use the energy from sunlight to produce sugar, which cellular respiration converts into ATP, the "fuel" used by all living things. The conversion of unusable sunlight energy (solar energy) into usable chemical energy, is associated with the actions of the green pigment chlorophyll. Most of the time, the photosynthetic process uses water and releases the oxygen .We can write the overall reaction of this process as :

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(IGP) IAS Pre: GS - Geography - Indian Geography General: States & Union Territories

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:52 PM PST

Indian Geography General
States & Union Territories

ANDHRA PRADESH

Area : 2,75,069 sq km
Population : 8.32 crores as on 1.3.09
Capital : Hyderabad Principal
Languages : Telugu and Urdu

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

The earliest mention of the Andhras is said to be Aitereya Brahmana (2000BC). It indicates that the Andhras, originally an Aryan race living in north India migrated to south of the Vindhyas and later mixed with non-Aryans. Regular history of Andhra Desa, according to historians, begins with 236 BC, the year of Ashoka's death. During the following centuries, Satavahanas, Sakas, Ikshvakus, Eastern Chalukyas, and Kakatiyas ruled the Telugu country. Other dynasties that ruled over the area in succession were the kingdoms of Vijayanagar and Qutub Shahi followed by Mir Qumruddin and his successors, known as the Nizams. Gradually, from the 17th century onwards, the British annexed territories of the Nizam and constituted the single province of Madras. After Independence, Telugu-speaking areas were separated from the composite Madras Presidency and a new Andhra State came into being on 1 October 1953. with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, there was a merger of Hyderabad State and Andhra State, and consequently Andhra Pradesh came into being on 1 November 1956.

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(Syllabus) ENGLISH- UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:29 PM PST

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SYLLABI FOR THE EXAMINATION PART-B
MAIN EXAMINATION

ENGLISH

PAPER-I

The syllabus consists of two papers, designed to test a first-hand and critical reading of texts prescribed from the following periods in English Literature : Paper I : 1600-1900 and Paper II : 1900-1990. There will be two compulsory questions in each paper : a) A short-notes question related to the topics for general study, and b) A critical analysis of UNSEEN passages both in prose and verse.

PAPER-I
Answers must be written in English.
Texts for detailed study are listed below.
Candidates will also be required to show adequate knowledge of the following topics and movements :
The Renaissance : Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama; Metaphysical Poetry; The Epic and the Mock-epic; Neo-classicism; Satire; The Romantic Movement; The Rise of the Novel; The Victorian Age.

Section-A
1. William Shakespeare : King Lear and The Tempest.

2. John Donne. The following poems :
- Canonization;

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(Syllabus) DOGRI - UPSC MAINS EXAM 2011

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:27 PM PST

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SYLLABI FOR THE EXAMINATION PART-B
MAIN EXAMINATION

DOGRI

PAPER-I

History of Dogri Language and Literature (Answers must be written in Dogri)

Section-A : History of Dogri Language
1. Dogri language : Origin and development through different stages.
2. Linguistic boundaries of Dogri and its dialects.
3. Characteristic features of Dogri language.
4. Structure of Dogri Language :
(a) Sound Structure : Segmental : Vowels and Consonants Non-Segmental : Length, Stress, Nasalization, Tone and Juncture.
(b) Morphology of Dogri :
(i) Inflection Categories : Gender, Number, Case, Person, Tense and Voice.
(ii) Word Formation : use of prefixes, infixes and suffixes.
(iii) Vocabulary : Tatsam, tadbhav, foreign and regional.
(c) Sentence Structure : Major Sentence - types and their constituents, agreement and concord in Dogri syntax.