Country | Currency |
Afganistan | Afgani |
Albania | Lek |
Algeria | Dinar |
Andorra | French Frank & Spanish Peseta |
Antigua & Barbuda | East Caribbean Dollar |
Argentina | Peso |
Armenia | Dram |
Australia | Australian Dollar |
Austria | Schilling |
Azerbaijan | Manat |
Bahamas | Bahamian Dollar |
Bahrain | Bahraini Dollar |
Bangladesh | Taka |
Barbados | Barbados Dollar |
Belarus | Belarusian Rubal |
Belgium | Belgian Frank |
Belize | Belize Dollar |
Benin | Frank CFA |
Bhutan | Nglutram |
Bolivia | Boliviano |
Bosnia-Herzegovina | Dinar |
Botswana | Pula |
Brazil | Real (BRC) |
Brunei Darussalam | Brunei Dollar |
Bulgaria | Lev |
Burkina Faso | Frank CFA |
Burundi | Burundi Franc |
Cambodia | Riel |
Cameroon | Frank CFA |
Canada | Canadian Dollar |
Cape Verde | Cape Verde escudo |
Central African Republic | Frank CFA |
Chad | Frank CFA |
Chile | Chilean Peso |
China | Yuan |
Colombia | Colombian Peso |
Comoros | Cambodian Franc |
Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo) | Zaire |
Congo (Republic of Congo) | Frank CFA |
Costa Rica | Costa Rican Colon |
Cote D'ivoire | Frank CFA |
Croatia | Kuna |
Cuba | Cuban Peso |
Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus) | Cyprus Pound |
Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Cyprus) | Turkish Lira |
Czech Republic | Koruna |
Denmark | Danish Crone |
Djibouti | Djibouti Franc |
Dominica | French Franc |
Dominican Republic | Peso Oro |
Ecuador | Sucre |
Egypt | Egyptian pound |
El Salvador | Colon |
Equatorial Guinea | Frank CFA |
Eritrea | Nakfa |
Estonia | Kroon |
Ethiopia | Birr |
Fiji | Fijian Dollar |
Finland | Markka |
France | French Frank |
Gabon | Frank CFA |
Gambia | Dalasi |
Georgia | Lari |
Germany | Deutsche Mark |
Ghana | Cedi |
Greece | Drachma |
Granada | East Caribbean Dollar |
Guatemala | Quetzal |
Guinea | Guinean Franc |
Guinea-Bissau | Frank CFA |
Guyana | Guyana Dollar |
Haiti | Gourde |
Hungary | Forint |
Iceland | MN Krona |
India | Rupee |
Indonesia | Rupiah |
Iran | Rial |
Iraq | Iraqi Dinar |
Ireland | Irish Pound |
Israel | Shekel |
Italy | Lira |
Jamaica | Jamaican Dollar |
Japan | Yen |
Jordan | Jordanian Dinar |
Kazakhstan | Tenge |
Kenya | Kenyan Shilling |
Kiribati | Australian Dollar |
Korea, North | Won |
Korea, South | Won |
Kuwait | Kuwaiti Dinar |
Kyrgyzstan | The Som |
Laos | Kip |
Latvia | Lats |
Lebanon | Lebanese Pound |
Lesotho | Loti |
Liberia | Liberian Dollar |
Libya | Libyan Dinar |
Liechtenstein | Swiss Franc |
Lithunia | Litas |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg Franc |
Macedonia | Denar |
Madagascar | Malagasy Franc |
Malawi | Kwacha |
Malaysia | Ringgit |
Maldives | Maldivian Rufiyya |
Mali | Frank CFA |
Malta | Maltese Lira |
Marshall Islands | US Currency |
Mauritania | Ouguiya |
Mauritius | Mauritius Rupee |
Mexico | Mexico Peso |
Micronesia | US Dollar |
Moldova | Leu |
Monaco | French Franc |
Mongolia | Tugric |
Morrocco | Dirham |
Mozambique | Metical |
Myanmar | Kyat |
Namibia | Namibian Dollar |
Nauru | Australian Dollar |
Nepal | Nepalese Rupee |
The Netherlands | Guilden |
New Zealand | New Zealand Dollar |
Nicaragua | Cordoba |
Niger | Franc CFA |
Nigeria | Naira |
Norway | Norwegian Krone |
Oman | Omanian Rial |
Pakistan | Pakistan Rupee |
Panama | Balboa |
Papua New Guinea | Kina |
Paraguay | Guarani |
Peru | Nuevo Sol |
The Philippines | Peso |
Poland | Zloty |
Portugal | Escudo |
Qatar | Qatari Riyal |
Romania | Leu |
Russia | Ruble |
Rwanda | Rwanda Franc |
St. Kitts and Nevis | East Caribbean Dollar |
St. Lucia | East Caribbean Dollar |
St. Vincent and The Grenadines | East Caribbean Dollar |
San Marino | Italian Lira |
Samoa | Tala |
Sao Tome and Principe | Dobra |
Saudi Arabia | Riyal |
Senegal | Franc CFA |
Seychelles | Seychelles Rupee |
Sierra Leone | Leon |
Singapore | Singapore Dollar |
Slovakia | Koruna |
Slovenia | Tolar |
Solomon Islands | Solomon Islands Dollar |
Somalia | Somali Shilling |
South Africa | Rand |
Spain | Peseta |
Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka Rupee |
Sudan | Sudanese Pound |
Suriname | Suriname Guilder |
Swaziland | Lilangeni |
Sweden | Krona |
Switzerland | Swiss Franc |
Syria | Syrian Pound |
Taiwan | New Taiwan Dollar |
Tajikistan | Russian Ruble |
Tanzania | Tanzanian Shilling |
Thailand | Baht |
Togo | Franc CFA |
Tonga | Pa'anga |
Trinad and Tobago | Trinad and Tobago Dollar |
Tunisia | Tunisian Dollar |
Turky | Turkish Lira |
Turkmenistan | Manat |
Tuvalu | Australian Dollar |
Uganda | Ugandan Shilling |
Ukraine | Hryvna |
United Arab Emirates | Dirham |
United Kingdom | Pound Sterling |
United States | US Dollar |
Uruguay | Uruguayan Peso |
Uzbekistan | Som/Ruble |
Vanuatu | Vatu |
Vatican City State | Lira |
Venezuela | Bolivar |
Vietnam | Dong |
Yemen | Rial |
Yugoslavia | Yugoslav New Dinar |
Zambia | Kwacha |
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean Dollar |
Saturday, November 17, 2012
World Currencies
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Borrowed features of constitution from different countries.
From U.K.
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From U.S.
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From USSR
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From AUSTRALIA
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From JAPAN
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From WEIMAR CONSTITUION OF GERMANY
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From CANADA
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From IRELAND
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New states in India created after 1950
Andhra Pradesh
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Created by the State of
Andhra Pradesh Act 1953 by carving our some areas from the State of Chennai
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Gujarat and Maharashtra
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The State of Mumbai was
divided into two States i.e. Maharashtra and Gujarat by the Mumbai
(Reorganisation) Act 1960
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Kerala
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Created by the State
Reorganisation Act, 1956. It comprised Travancor and Cochin areas
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Karnataka
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Created from the Princely
State of Mysuru by the State Reorganisation Act, 1956. It was renamed
Karnataka in 1973
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Nagaland
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It was carved out from
the State of Asom by the State of Nagaland Act, 1952
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Haryana
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It was carved out from
the State of Punjab by the Punjab (Reorganisation) Act, 1966
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Himachal Pradesh
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The Union Territory of
Himachal Pradesh was elevated to the status of State by the State of Himachal
Pradesh Act, 1970
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Meghalaya
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First carved out as a
sub-State within the State of Asom by 23 Constitutional Amendment Act, 1969.
Later in 1971, it received the status of a full-fledged State by the
North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act 1971
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Manipura and Tripura
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Both these States were
elevated from the status of Union-Territories by the North-Eastern Areas
(Reorganisation) Act 1971
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Sikkim
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Sikkim was first given
the Status of Associate State by the 35th Constitutional Amendment Act 1974.
It got the status of a full State in 1975 by the 36th Amendment Act, 1975
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Mizoram
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It was elevated to the
status of a full State by the State of Mizoram Act, 1986
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Arunachal Pradesh
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It received the status of
a full state by the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1896
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Goa
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Goa was separated from
the Union-Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and was made a full-fledged State
of Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act 1987. But Daman and Diu remained as
Union Territory
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Chhattisgarh
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Formed by the
Constitutional Amendment Act, 2000 by dividing Madhya Pradesh on November 1,
2000
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Uttarakhand
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Formed by the
Constitutional Amendment Act, 2000 by dividing Uttar Pradesh on November 9,
2000
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Jharkhand
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Formed by the
Constitutional Amendment Act, 2000 by dividing Bihar on November 15, 2000
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ECONOMIC TERMS
Absolute advantage: A country has an absolute advantage if its output per unit of input of all goods and services produced is higher than that of another country.
Ad valorem taxin Latin: to the value added) - a tax based on the value (or assessed value) of property.
Aggregate demand is the sum of all demand in an economy. This can be computed by adding the expenditure on consumer goods and services, investment, and not exports (total exports minus total imports).
Aggregate supply is the total value of the goods and services produced in a country, plus the value of imported goods less the value of exports.
Alternative minimum tax: An IRS mechanism created to ensure that high-income individuals, corporations, trusts, and estates pay at least some minimum amount of tax, regardless of deductions, credits or exemptions. It operates by adding certain tax-preference items back into adjusted gross income. While it was once only important for a small number of high-income individuals who made extensive use of tax shelters and deductions, more and more people are being affected by it. The AMT is triggered when there are large numbers of personal exemptions on state and local taxes paid, large numbers of miscellaneous itemized deductions or medical expenses, or by Incentive Stock Option (ISO) plans.
Asset: Anything of monetary value that is owned by a person. Assets include real property, personal property, and enforceable claims against others (including bank accounts, stocks, mutual funds, and so on).
Average propensity to consume is the proportion of income the average family spends on goods and services.
Average propensity to save is the proportion of income the average family saves (does not spend on consumption).
Average total cost is the sum of all the production costs divided by the number of units produced.
Balance of trade: The difference in value over a period of time between a country's imports and exports.
Barter system: System where there is an exchange goods without involving money.
Base year: In the construction of an index, the year from which the weights assigned to the different components of the index is drawn. It is conventional to set the value of an index in its base year equal to 100.
Bear: An investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
Bid price: The highest price an investor is willing to pay for a stock.
Bill of exchange: A written, dated, and signed three-party instrument containing an unconditional order by a drawer that directs a drawee to pay a definite sum of money to a payee on demand or at a specified future date. Also known as a draft. It is the most commonly used financial instrument in international trade.
Birth rate: The number of births in a year per 1,000 population.
Bond: A certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal.
Boom: A state of economic prosperity
Break even: This is a term used to describe a point at which revenues equal costs (fixed and variable).
Bretton Woods: An international monetary system operating from 1946-1973. The value of the dollar was fixed in terms of gold, and every other country held its currency at a fixed exchange rate against the dollar; when trade deficits occurred, the central bank of the deficit country financed the deficit with its reserves of international currencies. The Bretton Woods system collapsed in 1971 when the US abandoned the gold standard.
Budget: A summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them. A budget can provide guidelines for managing future investments and expenses.
Budget deficit is the amount by which government spending exceeds government revenues during a specified period of time usually a year.
Bull: An investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
GEOGRAPHY TERMS
ANTIPODES
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A region or place on the opposite
side of a point on the earth.
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ANTICYCLONES
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Winds which blow outward from the
center.
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APHELION
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Position of the earth in its orbit
when is at the maximum distance from the sun.
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ARCHIPELAGO
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A cluster of islands, e.g., Pearl
Islands in the Gulf of Panama.
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ATOLL
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Coral reef resembling a horse
shoe, enclosing a lagoon.
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AXIS
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An imaginary line joining north
and south poles.
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AVALANCHE
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A vast mass of snow mixed with
earth or stones.
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BIOSPHERE
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Animate or inanimate organic
kingdom on earth.
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CANYON
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A deep valley cut by a river
through a mountain region, e,g., the Grand Canyon of the Colarado river in
the USA.
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CONTINENTAL SHELF
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Land adjoining a continent
submerged in the sea.
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CYCLONES
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A low pressure system area in
which the wind blows spirally inward.
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CROP ROTATION
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Growing different crops needing
different minerals for their growth in the same piece of land in order to get
more yield.
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DATE LINE
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An imaginary line pointing
north-south approximating to the Meridian 180 (east or west) where the date
changes by one day the moment it is crossed.
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DELTA
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Alluvial deposit shaped like Greek
letter, formed at the mouth of the river, where it falls into the sea, e.g.,
the Sunderban delta.
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DEW
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Condensed atmospheric water
vapours due to the cooling of the air.
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DRY FARMING
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Growing of crops in low rainfall
areas by moisture conservation, crop rotation but without irrigation.
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EQUATOR
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An imaginary line dividing the
earth into two equal parts.
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EQUINOXES
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The day on which nights and days
are of equal duration, e.g., March 22 and September 23.
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EROSION
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Wearing away of the earth's land
surface by rain, wind, water, etc. rendering the land infertile.
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ECLIPSE
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When one earthly body obscures
another one partially or completely.
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FOG
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When the atmospheric moisture
touches cold earth and condenses on dust particles.
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FROST
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When the atmospheric moisture
deposits in the shape of icy flakes on the exposed objects or near the ground
due to below freezing point temperature.
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HIGH SEAS
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The parts of the sea which do not
come under the territorial jurisdiction of the nations.
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ICEBERG
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Huge mass of ice separated from
glacier in the polar regions. These masses of ice float in the oceans with 9
parts submerged in the ocean and one part visible.
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ISOBARS
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Lines on the map connecting the
places of the same pressure.
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ISOTHERMS
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Lines on the map joining the
places of the same temperature.
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ISTHMUS
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Narrow neck of land joining two
land areas.
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KUNDAN
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Anew variety of wheat which gives
high yields in both rained and irrigated tracts and responds well to low dose
of water and fertiliser.
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LAGOON
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A shallow stream of water at the
mouth of a river enclosed bu dunes of river silt.
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LIGHT YEAR
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The distance traveled by light in
one year. It is equal to 9.4*10612 km.
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LOCAL TIME
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Time calculated from the sun at
noon at any place of earth.
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MERIDIAN
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Imaginary line joining north and
south poles and cutting the equator at right angles.
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MIST
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It is just like fog but contain
more moisture.
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OASIS
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A part of the desert where water
and vegetation are found.
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ORBIT
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The path of the heavenly bodies.
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PYGMALLION POINT
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The southernmost point of India,
700 km away from mainland India.
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PRAIRIES
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Smooth, treeless, green plain of
Central and North America.
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REEF
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Jutting of rock or shingle or sand
at just above or below sea level.
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SAVANNA
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Land covered with natural grass.
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SIDEREAL DAY
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Time taken by the earth to rotate
once round its axis.
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SNOW LINE
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Altitudinal line along which the
area remains snow clad.
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SPRING TIDES
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Higher tides in the ocean caused
by the sun and the moon together. When the sun, the earth and the moon are
positioned in a straight line.
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NEAP TIDES
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Tides caused by the differences of
the forces exerted by the moon and the sun when both are at right angles to
each other.
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TORNADO
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A brisk and violent storm
generally having rotator motion.
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TUNDRAS
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Peripheral area of Arctic ocean.
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TYCOON
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Violent hurricane in China Sea.
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WEATHER SATELLITE
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Artificial satellite designed to
forecast weather.
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WESTERLIES
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Constant winds blowing from
south-west in the northern hemisphere and north-west in south hemisphere.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
FACTS ABOUT HUMAN BODY
Bones :
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The largest
bones is the femur, or thigh bone which is 20 inches in a six-foot tall
man. The smallest bone is the stirrup in the ear, which is one-tenth of
an inch. Each had has 27 bones : eight in the wrist, five in the palm,
and 14 in the fingers. A newborn baby has 300 bones, some of which fuse
to form in the adult.
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Blood :
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In a child, there are
60,000 miles of blood vessels. An adult has 100,000 miles of blood
vessels. The blood circulates through the body 1,000 times a day.
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Brain :
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A newborn baby has a
brain that weights three ounces. The average brain of an adult weighs
three pounds. The brains is the "mission control center" of the body,
sending our messages at a rate of 240 miles per hour. The left side of
the brain controls the right side of the body and the right side of the
brain controls the left side of the body.
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Cells : |
The cells are the body's building blocks. There are about 26 billion cells in an adult.
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Eyes :
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Each eye weighs 1 1/4
ounces. The eyes are constantly in motion, even during sleep. Tears keep
the eyes warm and are continually secreted through 12 ducts in the eye.
Tears are normally secreted through two canals near the inner corner of
the eyes.
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Fluid :
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The body is two-thirds
water. Blood is 83% water, muscles are 75% water, the brain 74% water,
and the bones contain 22% water. In a single day, three pints of saliva
are produced in the mouth.
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Hair :
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Kids have about 75,000
hairs on their heads, which grow about 1/100 of an inch daily. Hairs of
different colors grow at different rates. Dark hair grows faster than
light-colored hair. No one known why. Each hair on the scalp grows about
five inches a year. Eyelashes keep dust out of the eyes. Aneyelash
lives about 150 days before it falls out and is replaced.
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Muscles :
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There are over 650
muscles in the body, form the tiny ones that move the legs. The
strongest muscle is the masseter muscle of the jaw. It takes at least 14
muscles to smile. The smallest in the body is located in the middle
ear. Fingers have no muscles.
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Nails :
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Nails are made up of
hardened skin called kertain. Nails protect the ends of the fingers and
toes. The half-moon at the root of the nail is called the lunule. Nails
grow faster in summer than in winter. Fingernails grow fourtimes faster
than toenails. Right - handed people's nails grow faster in their right
hands. Left-handed people's nails grow faster on their left hand.
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Nose :
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More than 2,500 gallons
of air flow through the average adult's nose in a day. The nose can
recognize up to 1,000 different smells. The nose is the air conditioning
unit of the body. It cools or warms incoming air. It also filters the
dirt and dust in the air.
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Skin :
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The human body has six
pounds of skin which is, on average, 1/20 of an inch thick. The two
layers of skin are the epidermins and under it, the dermis. The skin is
waterproof, it protects the body and helps to regulate body temperature.
A substance called melanin colors the skin the more melanin, the darker
the skin. A freckle is a dense concentration of melanin. A new layer of
skin replaces the old layer approximately every 27 days, totalling
about 1,000 new outer layers of skin a lifetime.
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teeth :
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Humans have 20 primary
Baby teeth and 32 permanent teeth. By age 13 most people have 28 teeth.
By age 18 the four "wisdom" teeth have grown in for a total of 32
permanent teeth.
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Airlines of the world
Airline | Country | |
01 | B.O.A.C. | ENGLAND |
02 | Air France | FRANCE |
03 | Lufthansa German Airlines | W.GERMANY |
04 | Pan American World Airways System | U.S.A. |
05 | Trans-world Airways | U.S.A. |
06 | Aero-flot | U.S.S.R. |
07 | Alitalia | ITALY |
08 | Quantas Empire Airways | AUSTRALIA |
09 | Air-India | INDIA |
10 | Sabena | BELGIUM |
11 | Arana Afghan Airlines | AFGHANISTAN |
12 | Cathay Pacific | HONGKONG |
13 | Finnair | FINLAND |
14 | Iberia | SPAIN |
15 | Japan Airlines | JAPAN |
16 | Garuda Airways | INDONESIA |
17 | KLM Royal Dutch | NETHERLANDS |
18 | Bruathens | NORWAY |
19 | Scandinavian Airlines System | NORWAY |
20 | Swissair | SWITZERLAND |
21 | Pakistan International Airlines | PAKISTAN |
22 | Royal Nepal Airlines | NEPAL |
23 | Air-Ceylon | SRI LANKA |
24 | Thai Airways International | THAILAND |
Space Research in India
The first Indian-developed rocket was Rohini-RH 75. It was
launched from the Thumba equatoria rocket Launching Station (Kerala) in
1967.Its purpose was to conduct meteorological experiments.
For carrying out experiments on the celestial x-ray sources a centaure rocket was successfully launched from the Thumba Station (in Kerala) in 1968
Sriharikota Range (SHAR) : It is the second rocket launching station set up at Sriharikota Island in Nellor District of Andhra Pradesh. It serves as a rocket launching base and is used for testing rockets developed at the Science and Technology Centre at Thumba.
The first satellite of India named Aryabhatt (weight 360 kg.) was launched from Russia in 1975 by means of a Russian rocket. India's second Satellite, Bhaskara-I was launched in 1979. Bhaskara-II was launched in 1981.
SLV-3 : The main objective of the SLV-3 project (Satellite Launch Vehicle Project) was to gain experience in the design, development and launching of vehicles capable of placing scientific and experimental satellites in near earth orbits.
Rohini-I (RS-I,weight 35 kg.) : the first Indian satellite put into a near-earth orbit successfully from SHAR in 1980 by the second experimental Launching of SLV-3.
Rohini-II (RS-II,weight 35 kg.) : was injected from SHAR by the SLV-3 rocket on its first developmental flight in 1981. It was originally designed to live for 300 days but met its premature end after nine days due to its unexpectedly low orbit.
APPLE (Ariane PassengerPayload Experiment) : It is India's first geostationary experimental communication satellite which was put into an elliptical orbit in 1981 from French Guyana by Ariane rocket of European space Agency (ESA).
INSAT-I(Indian National Satellite-I) : It is a series of geostationary satellites planned by India. The INSAT-I satellites are designed to meet the telecommunication, telecasting, radiobroadcasting and meteorological requirements of India. All of them are designed for a life span of seven years.
INSAT-IA : the first satellite of the series Launched in 1982 was switched off after 150 days due to malfunctioning.
INSAT-IB : was launched in 1983 from the US space shuttle "Challenger". Its functions are : whether surveillance and beaming of telephone calls and television across India. Weather monitoring including advance warning of floods and cyclones is rendered possible through its meteorological payloads.
ANURADHA : It is an Indian instrument which was taken into orbit (and retrieved succesfully) by the US space shuttle "Challenger" in 1985. The experiment was designed to study particles coming from outer space, mainly to understand where they come from. These particles are ions of helium and oxygen with low energies.
Experimental Satellite Communications Earth Station : India's first station was set up at Arvi near Pune.
The second such station was commissioned in 1977 at Dehra Dun (U.P.). It is mean to improve substantially the country's overseas telecommunication facilities.
Indo-Soviet joint space flight : Squadron leader Rakesh Sharma became India's first man in space on April 3, 1984, when he was launched aboard Soyuz T-11 spaceship from the U.S.S.R. along with two Soviet cosmonants. India is the 14th nation to have sent its citizen into space.
For carrying out experiments on the celestial x-ray sources a centaure rocket was successfully launched from the Thumba Station (in Kerala) in 1968
Sriharikota Range (SHAR) : It is the second rocket launching station set up at Sriharikota Island in Nellor District of Andhra Pradesh. It serves as a rocket launching base and is used for testing rockets developed at the Science and Technology Centre at Thumba.
The first satellite of India named Aryabhatt (weight 360 kg.) was launched from Russia in 1975 by means of a Russian rocket. India's second Satellite, Bhaskara-I was launched in 1979. Bhaskara-II was launched in 1981.
SLV-3 : The main objective of the SLV-3 project (Satellite Launch Vehicle Project) was to gain experience in the design, development and launching of vehicles capable of placing scientific and experimental satellites in near earth orbits.
Rohini-I (RS-I,weight 35 kg.) : the first Indian satellite put into a near-earth orbit successfully from SHAR in 1980 by the second experimental Launching of SLV-3.
Rohini-II (RS-II,weight 35 kg.) : was injected from SHAR by the SLV-3 rocket on its first developmental flight in 1981. It was originally designed to live for 300 days but met its premature end after nine days due to its unexpectedly low orbit.
APPLE (Ariane PassengerPayload Experiment) : It is India's first geostationary experimental communication satellite which was put into an elliptical orbit in 1981 from French Guyana by Ariane rocket of European space Agency (ESA).
INSAT-I(Indian National Satellite-I) : It is a series of geostationary satellites planned by India. The INSAT-I satellites are designed to meet the telecommunication, telecasting, radiobroadcasting and meteorological requirements of India. All of them are designed for a life span of seven years.
INSAT-IA : the first satellite of the series Launched in 1982 was switched off after 150 days due to malfunctioning.
INSAT-IB : was launched in 1983 from the US space shuttle "Challenger". Its functions are : whether surveillance and beaming of telephone calls and television across India. Weather monitoring including advance warning of floods and cyclones is rendered possible through its meteorological payloads.
ANURADHA : It is an Indian instrument which was taken into orbit (and retrieved succesfully) by the US space shuttle "Challenger" in 1985. The experiment was designed to study particles coming from outer space, mainly to understand where they come from. These particles are ions of helium and oxygen with low energies.
Experimental Satellite Communications Earth Station : India's first station was set up at Arvi near Pune.
The second such station was commissioned in 1977 at Dehra Dun (U.P.). It is mean to improve substantially the country's overseas telecommunication facilities.
Indo-Soviet joint space flight : Squadron leader Rakesh Sharma became India's first man in space on April 3, 1984, when he was launched aboard Soyuz T-11 spaceship from the U.S.S.R. along with two Soviet cosmonants. India is the 14th nation to have sent its citizen into space.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Electronics and Computers Questions
1 | The unit of frequency is | Hertz |
2 | The unit of resistance is | Ohm |
3 | The device which makes or breaks a circuit is | Switch |
4 | The path of an electric current is known as a | Circuit |
5 | Device which opposes the flow of electric current is known as | Resistor |
6 | Arc Lamp was invented by | C.F.Brush |
7 | Television was invented by | J.L.Baird |
8 | Transistor was invented by | J.Bardeen,W.Shockley and W.Brattain |
9 | The unit of wavelength of light is | Angstrom |
10 | A device which converts light into electricity is known as | Photo cell |
11 | Hertz was the first to discover | Radio waves |
12 | Marconi invented | Radio |
13 | In 1901,Marconi beamed a signal from Cornwall in England to | Newfoundland |
14 | Thomas Edison was an | American inventor |
15 | A glass tube with two electrodes is called a | Diode |
16 | Lee de Forest was an | American scientist |
17 | Lee de Forest discovered the | Triode |
18 | Radio and television transmit signals using | Electromagnetic waves |
19 | To turn pictures into electrical signals,television Cameras rely on | Photo-electric effect |
20 | Transistor was invented in the year | 1948 |
21 | The first electronic components invented were the | Thermionic valves |
22 | Microchip was invented in the year | 1958 |
23 | Microchip was invented by | Jack Kilby |
24 | The microchip invented first was also the first | Integrated circuit |
25 | Silicon and germanium are ideal examples of | Semi conductors |
26 | LED stands for | Light Emitting Diode |
27 | The first computer was invented in the year | 1834 |
28 | The first computer was invented by | Charles Babbage |
29 | The first computer invented was called | Analytical Engine |
30 | In the present day electronic machines,computers function as | Artificial brains |
31 | CAD means | Computer Aided Design |
32 | CPU stands for | Central Processing Unit |
33 | RAM stands for | Random Access Memory |
34 | J.J. Thomson was a | British physicist |
35 | In 1897,J.J.Thomson discovered | Electrons |
36 | A device used for increasing the strength of electric signal is called | Amplifier |
37 | The height of a wave is called | Amplitude |
38 | An electron carries a charge | Negative |
39 | In a transistor,a base is the | Filling in the semiconductor sandwich |
40 | The tube behind the screen in TVs and most computers is called | Cathode Ray Tube |
41 | The force which makes an electric current is called | Electromotive Force |
42 | Device used for measuring small amounts of electric current is called | Galvanometer |
43 | Sound too low to be heard by humans is called | Infrasound |
44 | VDU stands for | Visual Display Unit |
45 | One kilobyte is approximately | 1000 bytes |
46 | DOS stands for | Disk Operating System |
47 | WORD STAR is a popular | Word processing programme |
48 | WORD STAR was developed by | Micro pro Company |
49 | PC stands for | Personal Computer |
50 | ALU stands for | Arithmetic Logic Unit |
51 | The VDU and Keyboard together form a | TERMINAL |
52 | The speed of the dot matrix printers is measured by CPS which stands for | characters per second |
53 | The speed of the line printers is measured by LPM which stands for | Lines per second |
54 | DBMS stands for | Database Management System |
55 | IBM is a famous computer company.IBM stands for | International Business Machines Corporation |
56 | ROM stands for | Read Only Memory |
57 | The actual machine of the computer is commonly known as | Hardware |
58 | The programs run on the computer are commonly known as | Software |
59 | All the output which is printed on paper is called | Hard Copy |
60 | The number of pixels on a computer screen determines a screes's | Resolution |
61 | A processor's speed is measured in | Megahertz |
62 | A software that assists the computer in performing instructions,is called as | system software |
63 | CAM stands for | Computer Aided Manufacturing |
64 | DPI stands for | Dots per Inch |
65 | DTP stands for | Desk Top Publishing |
66 | EPROM stands for | erasable and Programmable Read only Memory |
67 | A magnetic storage disk made out of a thin piece of plastic is called | Floppy Disk |
68 | A pictorial representation of the step by step sequence for solving a problem is known as a | Flow Chart |
69 | A measure of storage capacity equal to one thousand megabytes is one | Gigabyte |
70 | A variable whose value is accessible throughout the program is called | Global Variable |
71 | A huge,worldwide network of computers that communicate with each other,allowing global communications between users is known popularly known as | Internet |
72 | KB stands for | Kilobyte |
73 | LAN stands for | Local Area Network |
74 | A printer which uses light to transfer the image to paper is the | Laser Printer |
75 | Memory which retains all its contents even after the power is turned off is known as | Non-Volatile Memory |
76 | The result that is generated by the computer after processing the information provided to it is known as | Output |
77 | Electronic mail is more popularly known as | |
78 | PILOT stands for | Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching |
79 | PILOT was developed by | Doug Engelbardt |
80 | IQL stands for | Interactive Query Language |
81 | LOGO was developed by | Dr.seymour Papert |
82 | CAL stands for | Computer Assisted Learning |
83 | APT stands for | Automatically Programmed Tooling |
84 | `C'language was invented by | Dennis M.Ritchie |
85 | Modula-2 was developed by | Niklaus Wirth |
86 | Terminals that have their own memory are called | Smart terminals |
87 | The memory that needs electric power to sustain its contents is known as | Volatile Memory |
88 | MOS stands for | Metallic Oxide Semiconductors |
89 | Dvorak key board was designed by | August Dvorak |
90 | A simple device which functions as a simpler alternative to the keyboard is the | Mouse |
91 | Automatic drawing input device is called | Scanner |
92 | In the second generation computers,magnetic cores were used as | Main Memory Devices |
93 | LCD stands for | Liquid Crystal Display |
94 | RADAR stands for | Radio Detection and Ranging |
95 | RADAR works on the principle of | Echo |
96 | software-in-Hardware modules are called | Firmware |
97 | A device by which any microcomputer can use ordinary television set for producing output is called | RF modulator |
98 | EDSAC stands for | Electronic Delayed Storage Automatic Computer |
99 | EDVAC stands for | Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer |
100 | EDSAC was developed in the year | 1949 |
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