Total Earth’s surface area is 148,940,000 Sq.Km. The most important place you know is about the size of an average sunspot. The total land coverage is 29.2% of Earth’s surface, the remaining surface area of 70.8% is of water. Biggest Countries (In Area): S.No Country Name Area (Sq. km) Location 1 Russia 17,075,000 Europe-Asia 2 Canada 9,976,139 North-America… Read More »
Monitorable Socio-Economic Targets of the eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-12) are Income & Property, Education, Health, Women and Children, Infrastructure and Environment. Income and Property: Accelerate growth rate of GDP from 8% to 10% and then maintain at 10% in the 12th Plan in order to double per capita income by 2016-17. Increase agricultural GDP growth rate to… Read More »
United Nations (UN) programs and funds are financed through voluntary contributions rather than assessed contributions. They include the following programs: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) United nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) United Nations International Children’s Emergency… Read More »
The layer of interior of earth is divided into three parts. Crust Mantle Core The Crust – The Outer Layer: Crust interior layer of earth is the outermost and thinner layer of the earth. This layer has the least density and its thickness varies about 0 to 100 km. Thickness of the crust is more under the continents… Read More »
Acquisition of Indian Citizenship Indian Citizen Ministry of Home Affairs states that Indian citizenship can be acquired by birth, descent, registration and naturalization. The conditions and procedure for acquisition of Indian citizenship as per the provision of the Citizenship Act, 1955 are given below: 1. By Birth (Section 3) A person born in India on or after 26th… Read More »
Depending upon the presence or absence of flowers and seeds entire classification of plant kingdom is divided into two types. They are Cryptogamae and Phanerogamae. 1. Cryptogamae: Cryptogams include all non-flowering plants such as algae, fungi, lichens, mosses and fern (Kryptos: concealed; gamus: marriage). Cryptogamae is further subdivided into three parts: Thallophyta, Bryophyta and Pteridophyta. 1.1 Thallophyta: Both… Read More »
Revolution of Earth: Revolution of Earth’s motion is in elliptical orbit around the Sun. Earth takes 365 days, 5 hours. 48 minutes and 45.51 seconds to complete one revolution. It leads to one extra day in every 4 years. The revolution of earth result in Changes of season Variation of duration of day and nights at different times… Read More »
On February 28, 2015 Narendra Modi government presented first full-year Indian Railway budget. Rail Budget Highlights 2015-16 in English 10 key points from Indian Railway Budget 2015-16. Credits: Ibnlive
List of Famous Books and Author names. S.No Book Name Author Name 1 The Three Musketeers Alexander Dumas 2 Identity and Violence : The illusion of Destiny Amartya Sen 3 The Argumentative Indian Amartya Sen 4 Development as Freedom Amartya Sen 5 River of Smoke Amitav Ghose 6 Circle of Reason Amitav Ghose 7 Death of City Amrita… Read More »
Noble Prize, Oscar, Putlitzer Prize, Templetin, Jawaharlal Nehru Award, Pritzker Price, UNESCO Prize for Tolerance, Templeton, Abel Prize, World Food Prize, Golden Bear Award, Palme prize are Important International Awards & Prizes. S.No Award Name Instituted in Particulars 1 Noble Prize 1901 Established in 1967 and named after Alfred bermhard Nobel, a chemical engineer. awarded annually on December… Read More »