JPSC PT Results 2013 Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has announced results of 5th Combined Civil Services (PT) Examination – 2013 For complete result in PDF format click here : Shortlisted Candidates for JPSC 5th Mains; Result 5th CCS (PT)-2013 Total 3898 candidates has been selected for Mains Examination. Cut-off marks for unreserved candidates was 138. List of… Read More
Till the beginning of the 12th century, there was no mention of the kingdom with Delhi as the capital city. Moreover, Al-Biruni who came India during the reign of Mahmud of Ghazni, wrote about the city of Delhi. In his work Kita-ul-Hind, he mentioned some other cities like Kanauj, Mathura etc. His work, written in… Read More
1. The Bulkiest Constitution of the World The Indian Constitution is one of the bulkiest constitutions of the world. The constitution, originally consisting of 395 articles and eight schedules now consists of 444 articles divided into 22 parts and 12 schedules. 2. Combination of Rigidity and Flexibility While some provisions of the Constitution can be… Read More
List of Nobel Prize Winners in 2013: Nobel Prizes 2013 Physics Prize Recipients: François Englert Born: 6 November 1932, Etterbeek, Belgium Affiliation at the time of the award: Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Field: particle physics Peter W. Higgs Born: 29 May 1929, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Affiliation at the time of the… Read More
The addition of constituents to water, air or land, which adversely alter the natural quality of our environment is known as POLLUTION. POLLUTION may also be defined as an undesirable variation in the physical, chemical or biological characteristics of our water, air and land that may or will harmfully affect human life or that of… Read More
Different Types of Pollution Pollution can be classified mainly on the basis of (i) Environment (water, soil and air etc.); and (ii) Pollutants (lead, carbon-dioxide, solid wastes etc.). On the basis of these two ways pollution may be classified as: (i) AIR POLLUTION Due to some natural processes or human activities the amount of solid wastes or… Read More
There are three basic movements of he Earth has three basic movements : (i) Galactic movement, (ii) Rotation, and (iii) Revolution. Galactic Movement This is the movement of the Earth with the sun and the rest of the solar system in an orbit around the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy. This movement has little… Read More
The present Constitution was framed by the Constituent Assembly of India setup under Cabinet Mission Plan of May 16, 1946. The Constituent Assembly consisted of 385 members, of which 292 were elected by the elected members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies while 93 members were nominated by the Princely States. To these were to be… Read More
The population of India has increased by more than 181 million during the decade 2001-11. Percentage of growth in 2001-11 is 17.64; males 17.19 and female 18.12 2001-2011 is the first decade (with the exception of 1911-21) which has actually added lesser population compared to the previous decade. Uttar Pradesh (199.5 million) is the most… Read More
Historically, fine cottons produced in India were exported to Europe. With industrialization, British cotton manufacture began to expand, and industrialists pressurized the government to restrict cotton imports and protect local industries. Tariffs were imposed on cloth imports into Britain. Consequently, the inflow of fine Indian cotton began to decline. From the early nineteenth century, British… Read More
