Wednesday, 12 September 2012

UPSCPORTAL : "(Mains Hub) Special Materials for GS Mains 2012: "Science & Technology"" plus 11 more

UPSCPORTAL : "(Mains Hub) Special Materials for GS Mains 2012: "Science & Technology"" plus 11 more

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(Mains Hub) Special Materials for GS Mains 2012: "Science & Technology"

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:03 AM PDT


Specia Materias for GS Mains

SCIENCE AND TECHNOOGY

  • What do you understand by the term Neutrinos? Bring out the position of India in Neutrino Physics

  • Bring out the appication of Neutrino technoogy

  • India-based Neutrion Observatory (INO) project

  • What do you understand by HapMap Project? Why HapMap Project has bee in news recenty?

  • The first-ever Census of Marine ife (CoM)

  • Differentiate cruise missie from baistic missie

  • What do you understand by the term breeder reactor? Assess the contributions made by the Fast Breeder

  • Test Reactor at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Kapakkam Bring out Homi

  • Bhabhas vision for the country's nucear eectricity programme,

  • Rustom

  • What do you understand by In vitro fertiisation (IVF)?

  • What is graphene Bring out the uses of grapheme

  • What are geneticay modified (GM) organisms and GM foods? Do you think GM foods are safe?


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(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 11 September 2012

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:40 AM PDT


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(Current Affairs MCQ) Test Your Skills - 10 September 2012

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:56 AM PDT


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(Free E-Book) Samsamyiki (समसामयिकी) 2012: "India & World (भारत और विश्व)"

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:10 AM PDT


फ़्री ई-बुक: समसामयिकी

भारत और विश्व

  • भारत, जापान और अमेरिका की पहली त्रिपक्षीय वार्ता वाशिंगटन में संपन्न
  • प्रथम भारत-अमेरिका उच्च शिक्षा सम्मेलन
  • श्रम और रोजगार के क्षेत्र में सहयोग करने पर भारत और अमरीका के मध्य सहमति
  • भारत और श्रीलंका
  • एनटीपीसी और सैलोन विद्युत बोर्ड के मध्य संयुक्त उद्यम स्थापित करने हेतु समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर
  • भारत और श्रीलंका के मध्य व्यावसायिक प्रशिक्षण केन्द्रों को आधुनिक बनाने हेतु समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर
  • भारत और श्रीलंका के मध्य फेरी और नौका सेवा  के बाद पुनः शुरू
  • भारत और जापान

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(Free E-Book) Current Affairs 2012: "Environment (Current)"

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:51 PM PDT


Free E-Book: Current Affairs 2012

Environment (Current)

  • Environmental Appraisal Authority Coming

  • Environment Ministry Revises Wildlife Habitat Guidelines

  • Jairam Lifts Stop-work Order on Maheshwar Hydel Project

  • Capacity of Kunnar Dam to be Raised

  • B.R. Hills, Kudremukh Forests Set to Become Tiger Reserves

  • Site of Proposed Nirma Plant a Wetland, Must Move: MoEF

  • Nation's First Bio-culture Park to Come up in Bhubaneswar

  • 'Need for Regulatory Body to Monitor GM Crops'

  • NMDC to Set up Largest Blast Furnace

  • Campaign to 'save' Eastern Ghats

  • Eco-tourism Guidelines Empower Local Communities

  • U.N. Report Favours More Investment in Forestry Sector

  • Hyderabad to Host Global Biodiversity Meet Next Year

  • Great Indian Bustard Facing Extinction

  • Proposed UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the Western Ghats


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(Free E-Book) Current Affairs 2012: "Environment - National Initiatives & Pollution Control Measures"

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:46 PM PDT


Free E-Book: Current Affairs 2012

Environment - National Initiatives & Pollution Control Measures

  • ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)

  • GREEN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (GDI)

  • NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE (NAPCC)

  • INDIAN NETWORK ON CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT

  • THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES (NBPGR)

  • CAPACITY BUILDING FOR INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION MANAGEMENT (CBIPM)

  • CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS)


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(Online Course) Contemporary Issues for IAS Mains 2012: Yojana Magazine - Changing Media & Its Role in Economic and Social Development

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:28 PM PDT


Yojana Magazine

Entertainment Industry  - Changing Media & Its Role in Economic and Social Development

Q. Role of Media in Economic & Social Development.

Answer: Indian media- private media in particular - has been free and independent throughout most of its history. The three year period of emergency declared by late former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was the time when India's media was faced with potential government retribution.

Things have changed drastically since then. Media, the fourth pillar has become a commercial tool to make money, earn huge profits and influence people and government. The hard truth about Indian journalism currently is that proprietors matter, editors do not; money counts, talent does not.

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(Online Course) Contemporary Issues for IAS Mains 2012: The Hindu - Kashmir [Why AFSPA Must Go]

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:17 PM PDT


The Hindu

Kashmir: Why AFSPA Must Go

Q. Controversy on AFSPA.

Answer: More than 23 years after the bombing that signalled the beginning of the murderous insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, India's strategic establishment is demonstrating a curious unwillingness to grasp the fact that the war to restore peace has been won. Ever since 2009, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has been advocating the withdrawal of the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act from parts of the State, as a first step towards an incremental rollback of the Army's presence in

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Today's Important News: 12 September 2012

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:17 PM PDT


Today's Important News (12-09-2012)

The Hindu

National:

  1. Media can be gagged to ensure fair trial, says SC
  2. Is the Centre correctly assessing Maoist situation?

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(Online Course) GS Concepts : Gist of N.C.E.R.T [Natural Vegetation]

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:07 PM PDT


Subject : Geography
Chapter : The Gist of N.C.E.R.T

Topic: Natural Vegetation

Natural vegetation refers to a plant community that has been left undisturbed over a long time. So as to allow its individual species to adjust themselves to climate and soil conditions as fully as possible.
India is a land of great variety of natural vegetation. Himalayan heights are marked with temperate vegetation; the Western Ghats and the Andaman Nicobar Islands have tropical rain forests, the deltaic regions have tropical forests and mangroves; the desert and semi desert areas of Rajasthan are known for cacti, a wide variety of bushes and thorny vegetation. Depending upon the variations in the climate and the soil, the vegetation of India changes from one region to another.

On the basis of certain common features such as predominant vegetation type and climatic regions, Indian forests can be divided into the following groups:

Types of Forests

  1. Tropical Evergreen and Semi Evergreen forests

  2. Tropical Deciduous forests

  3. Tropical Thorn forests

  4. Montane forests

  5. Littoral and Swamp forests.

Tropical Evergreen and Semi Evergreen Forests

These forests are found in the western slope of the Western Ghats, hills of the northeastern region and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. They are found in warm and humid areas with an annual precipitation of over 200 cm and mean annual temperature above 22?

Tropical evergreen forests are well stratified, with layers closer to the ground and are covered with shrubs and creepers, with short structured trees followed by tall variety of trees. In these forests, trees reach great heights up to 60 m or above. There is no definite time for trees to shed their leaves, flowering and fruition. As such these forests appear green all the year round. Species found in these forests include rosewood, mahogany, aini, ebony, etc.

The semi evergreen forests are found in the less rainy parts of these regions. Such forests have a mixture of evergreen and moist deciduous trees. The under growing climbers provide an evergreen character to these forests. Main species are white cedar, hillock and kail.

The British were aware of the economic value of the forests in India, hence, large scale exploitation of these forests was started. The structure of forests was also changed. The oak forests in Garhwal and Kumaon were replaced by pine (chirs) which was needed to lay railway lines. Forests were also cleared for introducing plantations of tea, rubber and coffee. The British also used timber of construction activities as it acts as an insulator of heat. The protectional use of forests was, thus, replaced by commercial use.

Tropical Deciduous Forests

These are the most widespread forests in India. They are also called the monsoon forests. They spread over regions which receive rainfall between 70-200 cm. On the basis of the availability of water, these forests are further divided into moist and dry deciduous.

The Moist deciduous forests are more pronounced in the regions which record rainfall between 100-200 cm. These forests are found in the northeastern states along the foothills of Himalayas, eastern slopes of the Western Ghats and Orissa. Teak, sal, shisham, hurra, mahua, amla, semul, kusum and sandalwood etc. are the main species of these forests.

Dry deciduous forest covers vast areas of the country, where rainfall ranges between 70-100 cm. On the wetter margins, it has a transition to the moist deciduous, while on the drier margins to thorn forests. These forests are found in rainier areas of the Peninsula and the plains of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. In the higher rainfall regions of the Peninsular plateau and the northern Indian plain, these forests have a parkland landscape with open stretches in which teak and other trees interspersed with patches of grass are common. As the dry season begins, the trees shed their leaves completely and the forest appears like a vast grassland with naked trees all around Tendu, palas, amaltas, bel, khair, axlewood, etc. are the common trees of these forests. In the western and southern part of Rajasthan, vegetation cover is very scanty due to low rainfall and overgrazing.

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(Download) Haryana Public Service Commission: Answer Key of HCS (Preliminary Exam) 2011

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:47 PM PDT


Haryana Public Service Commission
Answer Key of HCS (Preliminary Exam) 2011

Answer Key of Haryana Civil Services Preliminary Exam 2011 held on 25-Mach-2012


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(Results) BPSC: 27th Bihar Judicial Service Mains (Written) Competitive Examination. (Advt 45/2009)

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:14 PM PDT


Bihar Public Service Commission

Results: 27th Bihar Judicial Service Mains (Written) Competitive Examination. (Advt 45/2009)

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