GK/General Awareness/G-Studies,

GK -Miscellaneous 1-Long Walk to Freedom is the autobiography of Nelson Mandela. 2-Sodium bicarbonate is the chemical name of ‘Baking Soda’. 3-The Right to property in India is a ‘Legal Right’. 4-The International Criminal Court is situated at Hague. 5-M. Visvesvarya has penned down the book ‘Planned Economy for India’. 6-Russia will host for FIFA … Read more

GK/General Awareness/G-Studies

GK/General Awareness/G-Studies 1-Prince Charles of Britain on twenty eight Sep 2015 awarded Indo-British van driver Dee Patel with the Pride of Britain Award. 2-The Global Investors Meet (GIM 2015) was on ten September 2015 organised in Tamil Nadu to woo investors to invest within the state. The GIM 2015 was officially inaugurated by Tamil Nadu … Read more

Energy

Energy -Important Points 1.  Gasohol is a fuel mixture of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline. 2. Sites selected for Nuclear Energy Parks in India are Haripur in West Bengal, Mith Virdi in Gujrat, Jaitpur in Maharashtra, Kovvada in Andhra Pradesh and Kudamkulam in Tamil Nadu 3. Ethanol is also known as grain alcohol. 4.Three Gorges … Read more

Inventions

Inventions – Inventors Ami Argand (1750–1803), France – Argand lamp Automobile- Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler- 1885 Anatoly Alexandrov (1903–1994), Russia – anti-mine demagnetising of ships, naval nuclear reactors (including one for the first nuclear icebreaker) Joseph Aspdin (1788–1855), UK – Portland cement Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC), Greece – Archimedes’ screw Barbie doll- Ruth Handler- … Read more