First in India

First in India

• Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
• Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti  Rajgopalachari
• Indian Commander-in-Chief of Free India—General Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, 1949
• Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
• Speaker of loksabha—Shri G.V. Mavalankar (15 May 1952- 27 February 1956).
• President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
• Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
• Home Minister—Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
• Finance Minister of India—R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
• Auditor General of India—V. Narahari Rao
• Director of CBI—DP Kohli
• National Security Adviser—Brijesh Mishra

Excel Shortcut Command

Excel Shortcut Command

• CTRL+A — Selects the entire worksheet.
• CTRL+B — Applies or removes bold formatting.
• CTRL+C — Copies the selected cells.
• CTRL+D — Uses the Fill Down command to copy the contents and format of the topmost cell of a selected range into the cells below.
• CTRL+F — Displays the Find dialog box.
• CTRL+G — Displays the Go To dialog box.
• CTRL+H — Displays the Find and Replace dialog box.
• CTRL+I — Applies or removes italic formatting.
  

Glossary of Computer Terms—B

Glossary of Computer Terms—B

B

BACKPLANE: A part of a computer into which the system’s PC boards are plugged to provide a common voltage supply, reference, and SYSTEM BUS for all computer sections. A backplane is often called a MOTHERBOARD.

BACKBONE: Well, all of these computers have to come together somewhere. There are many “backbones” on the Internet. Think of the backbone as the next larger grouping of computers you connect with to get included in the Web. You’re at the end of a rib coming off of the backbone—get the picture? The main backbone of the Internet here in the U.S. is the NSFNet. It stands for National Science Foundation Net.

BANDWIDTH: The capacity of a networked connection. Bandwidth determines how much data can be sent along the networked wires. Bandwidth is particularly important for Internet connections, since greater bandwidth also means faster downloads.

BASIC: The acronym for Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. BASIC is an easy to use programming language, originally intended for educational purposes; it is available for personal computers in varying degrees of complexity.

Country and Currency

Country and Currency

A

Afghanistan: Afghani

Albania: Lek

Algeria: Algerian Dinar

Andorra: Euro

Angola: Kwanza

Antigua & Barbuda: East Caribbean Dollar

Argentina: Argentine Peso

Armenia: Dram

Australia: Australian Dollar

Austria: Euro

Azerbaijan: Manat

Google Know About Me

Google Know About Me 

 

1. अभी तक GOOGLE में जो जो खोजा है:

आपने अभी तक जो कुछ भी GOOGLE में लिख कर खोजा है, वे सभी कीवर्ड और वाक्य गूगल में स्टोर रहते है, उनको आप निम्न लिंक पर जाकर देख सकते है, (ये सिर्फ आपको ही दिखाई देगा, किसी और को नहीं और उनको देखने के लिए आपको अपने GOOGLE अकाउंट में लोगिन करना होगा)

https://history.google.com/history/

2. गूगल की सेवाओं पर आपकी सभी गतिविधियाँ 

आपने GOOGLE की अलग अलग सेवाओं में अपने गूगल अकाउंट से लोगिन करके जो कुछ भी किया है, उसका पूरा रिकॉर्ड आप निम्न लिंक पर जाकर देख सकते है:

https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity

Books and Authors-1

Books and Authors-1

• 12 Years A Slave: Solomon Northup Pirates
• 1962: The War That Wasn’t: Shiv Kunal Verma
• 2 States: Chetan Bhagat
• 22 Days in India: Anurag Mathur
• A Bend in the River: V. S. Naipaul
• A Better India : A Better World: N. R. Narayana Murthy
• A Day in the Life of Kathmandu: Javed Ashraf
• A Gift of Monotheists: Ram Mohan Roy
• A Handbook for My Lover: Rosalyn D Mello
• A Haunted House: Virginia Woolf

अवतल दर्पण (Convex Mirror)

अवतल दर्पण (Convex Mirror)

प्रश्न 1 : परावर्तन किसे कहते है।
 उत्तर : प्रकाश किरण का एक माध्यम से संचरित होकर पृथक माध्यम के पृष्ठ से टकराकर पुनः उसी माध्यम मे लौटने के प्रभाव को परावर्तन कहते है। 

प्रश्न 2 : परावर्तन के नियम क्या है? 
उत्तर : (1) आपतन व परावर्तन कोण समान होते है।
(2) आपाती किरण, परावर्तित किरण व अभीलम्ब एक ही धरातल में होते है। 

प्रश्न 3 : अवतल दर्पण का ध्रुव किसे कहते है ?
 उत्तर : दर्पण के मध्य बिन्दु को ध्रुव कहते है। 

प्रश्न 4 : दर्पण का वक्रता केन्द्र किसे कहते है ?
 उत्तर : दर्पण जिसे गोले का भाग है उसके केन्द्र को वक्रता केन्द्र कहते है। 

प्रश्न 5 : दर्पण की वक्रता त्रिज्या किसे कहते है ? 
उत्तर : दर्पण के ध्रुव से वक्रता केन्द्र की दूरी को वक्रता त्रिज्या कहते हैं। 

General Knowledge-002

General Knowledge-002

1. The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was Mujibur Rehman

2. The longest river in the world is the Nile

3. The longest highway in the world is the Trans-Canada

4. The longest highway in the world has a length of About 8000 km

5. The highest mountain in the world is the Everest

6. The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is Myanmar

7. The biggest desert in the world is the Sahara desert

8. The largest coffee growing country in the world is Brazil

9. The country also known as “country of copper” is Zambia

10. The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is Durand line

11. The river Volga flows out into the Caspian sea

12. The coldest place on the earth is Verkoyansk in Siberia

General Knowledge-001

General Knowledge-001

 
1. Chalukya dynasty in South India was founded by
Pulakesin I

2. Which control the amount of Calcium in blood?
Parathyroid

3. The main component of LPG are
propane and butane

4. ‘Dasakumar Charitam’ was composed by
Dandin

5. Who discovered Radiocarbon dating
Willard Franck Libby

इतिहास GK (History GK)-001

इतिहास GK (History GK)-001 

• जलियांवाला बाग हत्याकांड कब व कहाँ हुआ— 1919 ई., अमृतसर
• ‘रोलेट एक्ट’ कब पारित हुआ— 1919 ई.
• गाँधी-इरविन समझौता कब हुआ— 1931 ई.
• गाँधी-इरविन समझौता किससे संबंधित था— सविनय अवज्ञा आंदोलन
• स्वतंत्र भारत के प्रथम गवर्नर जनरल कौन थे— लॉर्ड माउंटबेटन
• काकोरी ट्रेन डकैती के नायक कौन थे— राम प्रसाद बिस्मिल
• ‘स्वराज दल’ की स्थापना किसने की— मोतीलाल नेहरू और वी. आर. दास
• साइमन कमीशन भारत यात्रा पर कब आया— 1928 ई.
• किस अधिनियम में भारत में पहली बार संघीय संरचना प्रस्तुत की गई— 1935 का अधिनियम

Biggest, Highest and Largest in India

Biggest, Highest and Largest in India

Highest Award: Bharat Ratna

Highest Gallantry Award: Param Vir Chakra

Longest River in India: The Ganges

Longest Tributary river of India: Yamuna

Largest Lake: Wular Lake, Kashmir

Largest Lake (Saline Water): Chilka Lake, Orrisa

Largest Man-Made Lake: Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)

Largest Fresh Water Lake: Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)

Glossary of Computer Terms—A

Glossary of Computer Terms—A

A

ACCESS TIME: The length of time required for a binary word in the memory section of a computer to be read by the Central Processing Unit (CPU), or the time to read data from a peripheral data storage area.

ACCUMULATOR: An interface Register (memory) in the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), that stores interim arithmetic information for future processing. The accumulator is interface between the ALU and other sections of the computer.

ADDER: The digital logic circuits in the ALU section of a computer which implements the adding process (sum and carry) of two or more binary numbers.

ADWARE: A software program that is designed to run once a web page has been accessed. This is usually in the form of banner or popup advertisements. Adware can also be designed to be installed on your system without your consent or knowledge. These forms of adware are usually referred to as “spyware” and are used to monitor your surfing habits so that their software can deliver better targeted advertisements.

ADDRESS: The location of digital information in the Memory Unit of a computer, or a digital code that designates this location.

विज्ञान GK (Science GK)-001

विज्ञान GK (Science GK)-001

• ब्रह्माण्ड में 100 अरब आकाश गंगाएँ हैं।
• वैज्ञानिक जानकारी के अनुसार पृथ्वी का जन्म 4.56 अरब वर्ष पहले हुआ था।
• सूर्य से पृथ्वी तक आने में प्रकाश को 8 मिनट 17 सेकंड लगते हैं।
• प्रकाश की गति 186,000 मील प्रति सेकंड है।
• पृथ्वी अपनी धुरी पर 1000 मील प्रति घण्टे की गति से घूमती है और अन्तरिक्ष में 67,000 मील प्रति घण्टे की गति से चक्कर लगाती है।
• प्रतिवर्ष दस लाख भूकंप पृथ्वी को कँपाते हैं।
• अब तक गिरे ओलों में सबसे बड़े ओले, जो कि बांग्लादेश में सन् 1986 में गिरा था, का वजन 1 किलो था।
• गाज गिरने के कारण प्रतिवर्ष लगभग 1000 लोग मरते हैं।

Computer MCQ 008

Computer MCQ 008

1.   GUI stands for ________.

      (A) Gnutella Universal Interface

      (B) Graphical User Interface

      (C) Graphic Uninstall/Install

      (D) General Utility Interface

      (E) None of these

2.   A ________ is a design tool that graphically shows the logic in a solution algorithm.

      (A) flowchart

      (B) hierarchy chart

      (C) structure chart

      (D) context diagram

      (E) None of these

Nick Name of Indian Person

Nick Name of Indian Person

• Father of Nation: Mahatma Gandhi
• Iron man of India: Vallabhbhai Patel
• Lokmanya: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
• Nightingale of India: Sarojini Naidu
• Kaviguru: Rabindranath Tagore
• Frontier Gandhi: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
• Sahid-e-Azam: Bhagat Singh
• Birdman of India: Salim Ali
• Grand Old man of India: Dadabhai Naoroji
• Deshbandhu: Chitta Ranjan Das
  

भारत की नदियां (Indian Rivers)-1

भारत की नदियां (Indian Rivers)-1

1. सिन्धु नदी : सिंधु नदी को इंडस नदी भी कहा जाता है। इस नदी का उद्गम तिब्बत स्थित मानसरोवर झील से हुआ है। सिंधु नदी तिब्बत, भारत तथा पाकिस्तान में बहते हुए अरब सागर में मिल जाती है। सिंधु नदी की कुल लंबाई लगभग 2880 किमी है तथा यह भारत में 992 किमी लम्बी है। सिंधु नदी की प्रमुख सहायक नदियों झेलम , चेनाब , रावी , व्यास एवं सतलज है ।

2. झेलम नदी : झेलम नदी का उद्गम कश्मीर घाटी की शेषनाग झील के निकट बेरनाग नामक स्थान से हुआ है। वूलर झील में मिलने के बाद यह पाकिस्तान में प्रवेश करती हैं तथा चेनाब नदी में मिल जाती है। झेलम नदी की की कुल लंबाई 724 किमी है एवं भारत में इसकी लंबाई 400 किमी है

The Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize

What is the Nobel Prize and to whom is it awarded?

The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to men and women from all corners of the globe for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and for work in peace. In 1968, economic sciences was added to the list of fields.

Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize.

Man Booker Prize

Man Booker Prize

In which field is the Man Booker Prize given?

Awarded every year the Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world’s most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.

The prize, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008 after launching in 1969, aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. To maintain the consistent excellence of the Man Booker Prize, judges are chosen from a wide range of disciplines, including critics, writers and academics, but also poets, politicians and actors, all with a passion for quality fiction.

Computer MCQ 007

Computer MCQ 007

1.     What provide expansion capability for a computer system?

        (A) Sockets

        (B) Slots

        (C) Bytes

        (D) Bays

        (E) None of these

2.     A(n) ________ allows sharing of a broadband Internet connection.

        (A) hub

        (B) adapter

        (C) router

        (D) switch

        (E) plug

Country and Capital

Country and Capital

A

Afghanistan: Kabul

Albania: Tirana

Algeria: Algiers

Andorra: Andorra la Vella

Angola: Luanda

Antigua and Barbuda: Saint John’s

Argentina: Buenos Aires

Armenia: Yerevan

Australia: Canberra

Austria: Vienna

Azerbaijan: Baku

Measures of inflation

Measures of inflation

Reserve Bank governor D Subbarao has said that India needs a new measure of inflation — the producer price index. According to Subbarao, the most widely watched measure of inflation in India, the wholesale price index (WPI), does not include services, which forms a big part of economic activity. Let’s have a look at all the current inflation measures and their shortcomings and what the RBI wants: 

Wholesale Price Index

The WPI is the most widely watched gauge of prices in India, tracking commodity prices at the wholesale level. It has three major components: primary goods, fuel and power index and manufactured goods.

ग्रह और उपग्रह (Planet and Satellite)

ग्रह और उपग्रह (Planet and Satellite)

1. हमारी सौर प्रणाली में कितने ग्रह हैं?

उत्तर : 8
 

2. सौर मंडल में सबसे छोटा ग्रह कौनसा है?

उत्तर : बुध 
 

3. सौर मंडल में सबसे बड़ा ग्रह कौनसा है?

उत्तर : बृहस्पति 

History of Padma Awards

History of Padma Awards

Padma Awards were first instituted in 1954. The government only instituted two awards–Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan. The Bharat Ratna was to be the highest civilian award of the country. The Padma Vibhushan was to have three categories–Pahela Varg, Dusra Varg and Tisra Varg. In 1955, there three categories were rechristened Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri respectively.

Padma Vibhushan 2017

Padma Vibhushan 2017

1. Shri K J Yesudas — Art-Music — Kerala

2. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev — Others-Spiritualism — Tamil Nadu

3. Shri Sharad Pawar — Public Affairs — Maharashtra

4. Shri Murli Manohar Joshi — Public Affairs — Uttar Pradesh

5. Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao — Science & Engineering — Karnataka

6. Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) — Public Affairs — Madhya Pradesh

7. Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) — Public Affairs — Meghalaya

Padma Bhushan 2017

Padma Bhushan 2017

1. Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt — Art-Music — Rajasthan

2. Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi — Literature & Education — Uttar Pradesh

3. Shri Tehemton Udwadia — Medicine — Maharashtra

4. Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj — Others-Spiritualism — Gujarat

5. Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati — Others-Yoga — Bihar

6. H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) — Literature & Education — Thailand

7. Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) — Literature & Education –Journalism — Tamil Nadu

Padma Shri 2017

Padma Shri 2017

1. Smt. Basanti Bisht — Art-Music — Uttarakhand

2. Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair — Art-Dance — Kerala

3. Smt. Aruna Mohanty — Art-Dance — Odisha

4. Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan — Art-Cinema — Karnataka

5. Shri Sadhu Meher — Art-Cinema — Odisha

6. Shri T K Murthy — Art-Music — Tamil Nadu

7. Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh — Art-Music — Manipur

8. Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary — Art-Music — Uttar Pradesh

9. Smt. Baoa Devi — Art-Painting — Bihar

10. Shri Tilak Gitai — Art-Painting — Rajasthan

Padma Awards 2017

Padma Awardees 2017

Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. President Pranab Mukherjee approved conferment of Padma Awards to 89 people this year. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri awardees. Here's the complete list.

NEFT

The NEFT revolution

There used to be a time not very long ago, when sending money to another account in the same city or another city used to be a cumbersome process. It used to be like eternity before you could actually get the money to move.

Today it’s a matter of a few minutes or at the max an hour and you can get the money transferred. The reason: NEFT.

What is NEFT?

NEFT is an acronym for National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT). It is a nation­wide system, which helps individuals, firms and corporate to electronically transfer funds from any bank branch to any individual, firm or corporate having an account with any other bank branch in the country. Not all bank branches in the country are part of the NEFT funds transfer network. If a bank wants to be a part of the NEFT funds transfer network, a bank branch has to be NEFT-enabled.

Indian black money stashed away abroad

Indian black money stashed away abroad

What is the status of Indian black money stashed away abroad and what the government is doing to bring it back?

While official numbers are not available, Swiss banking officials have said that the largest depositors of illegal foreign money in Switzerland are Indian. In February 2012, CBI director A P Singh said: “It is estimated that around 500 billion dollars of illegal money belonging to Indians is deposited in tax havens abroad”.

In August 2010, the government revised the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) to provide means for investigations of black money in Swiss banks. This revision will allow the government to make inquiries of Swiss banks in cases where they have specific information about possible black money being stored in Switzerland.

Inventor and Invention 004

Inventor and Invention 004

1.    Who invented the ‘Laser’?

        (A) Sir Frank Whittle

        (B) Fred Morrisson

        (C) T H Maiman

        (D) Dr Charles H Jones

2.    Which company invented the ‘transistor radio’?

        (A) Sony

        (B) Grunding

        (C) Panasonic

        (D) Telstra

Computer MCQ 006

Computer MCQ 006

1.     Programs designed to perform specific tasks related to managing computer resources are called

        (A) system software

        (B) operating system

        (C) application software

        (D) utility programs

        (E) None of these

2.     Of the following types of computers, which is the most powerful?

        (A) mini computer

        (B) mainframe computer

        (C) supercomputer

        (D) microcomputer

        (E) None of these

Space Facts

Space Facts

Space is amazing. The sheer vastness of it, along with the trillions upon trillions of objects in the many billion galaxies of the universe is almost incomprehensible to the human brain.

This page is a continuously updated list of the most incredible, awe-inspiring and unbelievable facts about space. Whether it’s for kids looking to learn more about space, or you’re looking for incredible facts for an article, or even if you just love space facts for no real reason, this is for you.