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Archive for March, 2009

Units and Measurements

Posted by admin On March - 24 - 2009

Lambert is the ubit of intensity of light

Pascal is the unit of pressure.

Angstrom is the unit of the wave length of light.

Poise is the unit of viscosity of fluid

Dyne is the unit of force

Mho is the unit of conductance

Degree is the unit of angle

Fathom is the unit of depth of the sea.

Curie and Rutherford are the unit of radion activity

1 kilometre  is 0.62137 miles.

Clouds and its Classifications

Posted by admin On March - 24 - 2009

Clouds are caused mainly by the adiabatic cooling of air below,its dew point.

On the basis of appearence,the clouds can be identified as

1) Cirrus Clouds :Cirrus clouds are high ,white and thin .They are composed of ice crystals.They form delicate patches and gives a fibrous and featherty appearance.

II) Cumulous clouds : have a flat base abd have the appearance of rising domes. hese clouds are often described as having cauliflower structure

lll) Stratus clouds: as sheets of layer that covers much or all of the sky.

Iv) Alto and Nimbus  are the two prefixes which refer to middle level clouds and low clouds of considerable thickness with dark grey appearence respectively

Important Boundary Lines

Posted by admin On March - 24 - 2009

Durand Line – Boundaries of Pakisthan and Afganisthan drawn by Sir Mortimer Durand

Hidenberg line : The line of demarcation between Germany and Poland

Maginot Line :The line of fortification built by France along its border with Germany.

Mc Mohan Line :It is the line of fortification drawn up by Sir Henry Mc Mahon diveds between India and China

Radcliffe Line : Radcliffe line is drawn up by sir Cyril  Radcliffe which diveds the boudary of India and Pakisthan

38 th Parallel : It is the line of demarcation which seperates North Krea from South Korea.

India Facts

Posted by admin On March - 24 - 2009

Official Name : Republic of India

Capital : New Delhi

Area : 32,87,263 sq.km

Cost line: 7,516.6 km

India is the seventh largest and the second mpost populated nation of the world.It lies entirely on the northeren hemisphere

India is  union of 28 federal states and 6 union territories and one national capital territory -New Delhi

The largest state in Area -Rajasthan

The smallest state in area -Goa

The state with the longest coastline – Gujarat (1000kms)

The state known as the heart of India -Madhyapradesh

Smallest union territory -Lakshadweep  in Arabian sea

The southern most state – Tamil Nadu

Most populated State – Uttar Pradesh

Least populated State – Sikkim

Founders and organizations

Posted by admin On March - 22 - 2009

Dadabhai Naoroji founded the East India Association in 1866 .

Madan Mohan Malavya – Hindhu Mahasabha in 1906

Servants of India Society – Gopalakrishna Gokhale (1905)

S N Banerjee – The Indian Association

Motilal Nehru and C R Das founded the Swaraj party

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GK Bytes This Week -General Knowledge Class

Posted by admin On March - 22 - 2009

The first and only man to have mapped his own DNA : Craig Venter

Who created the comic strip peanuts : Charles M Schulz

Expansion of TMCFT : Thousand million cubic feet.

Longest Country in the World: Chile

The Diagram prize is awarded for the oddest book title of the year

SAP is a software used for : Business applications

The Youngest driver to win a formula one GP :Sebastian Vettel

English Study -Terms and its Defenitions

Posted by admin On March - 21 - 2009

Anagram : A Word or phrase formed by transporting letters of another word or phrase.

Acarology :Branch of Zoology dealing with ticks and mites

Albinism : An abnormality caused by mutation of pigment controlling genes.Albinos have abnormally white skin,light hair and pink eyes.

Aerobics : A system of physical exercise done to the tune of music.

Alta Vista :P opular free test search engine in the internet.

Angioplasty : The method of treating stenosis or occlusion of a blood vessel or a heart valve by using a ballon into the constructed area.

Aphonia :Total loss of voice due to reasons like sudden emotional stress

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