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Friday, 8 February 2013

APPSC Group 2 Previous Questions

1. The thickening of wall of artery is called—
(A) Aneurysm
(B) Arteriosclerosis
(C) Arthritis
(D) Both (A) and (C)

2. Lining of human intestine is—
(A) Ciliated
(B) Keratinized
(C) Brush border
(D) All the above

3. Which blood group has both 'a' and 'b' antibodies ?

Frequently asked questions in Group-2

1. Which of these is young folded mountain?
(A) The Himalayas
(B) The Vindhyas
(C) The Nilgiris
(D) The Western Ghats
Ans : (A)

2. Ankaleshwar is famous for—
(A) Gold mining
(B) Petrochemical Industry
(C) Manufacturing Industry
(D) Wheat producton
Ans :

The Indus Valley Civilization had its beginnings in Chalcolithic Age and had its maturity phase in Bronze Age. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in the Harappa excavations of 1921

when Sir. John Marshall was the head of Archeological Survey

What are the components of Communication Satellites ? Add a note on the uses of communication satellites.

Communication Satellites are geostationary satellites orbiting the earth at 36ooo km above the equator. They provide four basic services - Telecommunication, TV broadcasting, Radio broadcasting and Weather forecasting. They provide value

added services like Data relay, Early warning system, Search

Introduction to Indian Economy

It is a popular belief that Economics only deals with money. What we are going to learn in the next few days is that – the popular belief is false. Economics is about making choices in the presence of scarcity. Take a small

example, you have 10,000 rupees in your hand

Accounts of the Government of India

Government accounts are kept in the following three parts:-

1. CONSOLIDATED FUND OF INDIA:

All revenues received by Government by way of taxation like income-tax, central excise, custom, land revenue (tax revenues) and other receipts flowing to Government in connection with the Government businesses like receipts from Railways, Posts, Transport etc. (non-tax revenues) are credited into the Consolidated Fund. Similarly, all loans raised by Government by issue of Public notifications, treasury bills

General Essay on Dowry

Dowry is that which is paid to the groom and his family by the bride’s family at the time of marriage, which includes payment in cash, jewellery, goods, immovable property etc. The concept of dowry is aid to have been specific to North India region-wise

What are the Salient features of Indus Valley Civilization ?

The Indus Valley Civilization had its beginnings in Chalcolithic Age and had its maturity phase in Bronze Age. Indus Valley Civilization was discovered in the Harappa excavations of 1921 when Sir. John Marshall was the head of Archeological

Survey of India.

Drainage System

Indus Valley Civilization flourished in an area of 1.3 million sq.km, extending from

Economy of the Satavahanas

At its zenith, the Satavahana empire extended from the Bay of Bengal in the east to the Arabian Sea in the west and embraced the entire region between the Narmada in the north to the Krishna in the south.

Satavahana Coins

Although agriculture was the main occupation of the people, the State economy appears

to have depended more on industry and trade. The officers were probably

Group-1 mains Paper-4 study material

INSAT System of Satellites

INSAT System was a joint venture between Department of Space and various user agencies like Department of Telecommunications, Doordarshan, AIR, Indian Metereological Department.

INSAT System is the only system with multipurpose functions like mass communications, telecommunications and

metereological

Advertisements have become a part and parcel of our lives. Try going anywhere in the world you can not escape from advertisements. Consumers are bombarded with more than 1500 commercial messages

every day.

Advertising, in a way, represents the contemporary society. The content of an advertisement, the its illustrations and its

Society of the Satavahanas

Extent of Satavahana Kingdoom

The society during the Satavahana period retained much of its earlier flexibility and the contact with the North accelerated the process of acculturation. At it’s zenith, the Satavahana empire

extended from Bay of Bengal in the east to the Arabian Sea in

Science and Technology material for APPSC Exams

Q) Write a brief note on any 5 of the infrastructure establishments of the Department of Space.

Answer :

The Space programme is administered under the Development of Space (DOS), Government of India. The major establishments of DOS are:

1. ISRO:

Head quarters located at Bangalore

It looks after planning, execution and management of space

Indian History Timeline

Indus Valley Civilization (2500 BC to 1750 BC)

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Vedic Civilization (1750 BC to 600 BC)

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Mahajanapadas

Unemployment in India

There are more than 6 crore well educated youth in India who are unemployed. There has been a drastic increase in the literacy rate in India over the past few decades, unfortunately leading to a massive increase in the unemployment rate. Employment growth in the Organized sector, both public and private combined, registered a decline by -0.32 percent

Political History of the Satavahanas

The vague, disputed and uncorroborated doubtful evidences form the basis for the history of the Satavahanas. The Jain sources mention Satavahana as the first king in the family. The Kathasaritsagara also contains a story about Satavahana. The Kondapur coins bear the legend 'Sadvahana'. On scriptal grounds this Satavahana is placed close to (either before or

SOLAR SYSTEM

The solar system comprises of the sun and eight planets revolving round the sun, many satellites revolving around their respective planets, thousands of comets and billions of meteoroids.

Planets (in the increasing order of their distance from the Sun)

1.       Mercury
2.      Venus
3.      Earth
4.      Mars
5.      Jupiter

Geography for Competitive Exams

ORIGIN OF THE EARTH

Earth formed from a small part of the sun, it originated as a hot gaseous mass, which on cooling, turned first into a liquid and then into solid mass.

Gaseous Hypothesis Theory – Kant

Nebural Hypothesis Theory – Laplace

Tidal Hypothesis Theory – Jeans and Jeffreys

The denser matter forms the central part of the earth and the

Home Land of the Satavahanas

A subject of controversy regarding the Satavahanas is their homeland or origin. There are conflicting theories and contradictory opinions regarding this. Earlier scholars like D.R. Bhandarkar conjectured that the land of the Andhras must have at the early period consisted of certain parts of the Central Provinces together with the Visakhapatnam district and may have also included the Godavari and Krishna districts. The eastern Deccan was not called

History of the Andhras

Sources of History of Andhras till 1565 A.D.

'History as a subject of study is more or less completely at the mercy of its sources'. It is a fact that we have no ancient or medieval literature created in Andhra which can be classified as truly historical. So it is but natural one has to depend heavily on 'Primary source material of incidental nature, created not for the purpose of communicating the history of contemporary times chronologically set forth, but to record events and impressions for political, legal and religious purposes like the epigraphs of medieval times, the quasi-historical literary works and so forth'.

Just like ancient Indian history, the history of the Andhras is still in