Wednesday 14 November 2012

Environmental Studies Bits; U.P.PCs Combined State/ Upper Sub ordinate Services(Pre.) Exam-2012:


1. The minimum area of the land required to completely sustain the life of one person is called his Ecological foot print.

2. The non-biotic pollutant of underground water is Arsenic.

3. The transitional zone between two distinct communities is known as Eco tone.

4. The regions, Eastern Himalaya and Western Ghats of India are designated as biodiversity hotspots.

5. Rise in normal temperature of sea water is the most effective factor of coral bleaching.

6.The substances chlorofluoro carbons, Halans and Carbon tetrachloride are Ozone depleting.

7. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute is situated at Nagpur.

8. The Cycling of elements in an ecosystem is called Bio geo-     chemical cycles.

9. Lichens are the best indicator of Air Pollution.

10. The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5th.

11. Algeria, Brazil and Kenya have global atmosphere watch stations to collect data on world temperatures.

12. India doesn't have a global atmosphere Watch Station to collect data on World temperatures.

13. As an ecosystem, wetlands are useful for
      (i) nutrient recovery and cycling.
      (ii) releasing heavy metals through absorption by plants.
      (iii) in reducing siltiation of rivers by retaining sediments.

14. Center for Ecological Sciences (CES) is in Bengaluru.

15. Wildlife Institute of India is in Dehradun.

16. Indian Institute of Forest Management is in Bhopal.

17. G.B.Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development is in Almora.

18. The United Nations Convention on climate change ratified by more than 50 countries became effective on 21st March,1994.

19. Carbondioxide, Methane and Nitrous oxide are called Green House gases.

20.'Eco mark' is given to the Indian products that are Environment friendly.

21.'Chipko' movement was basically against Deforestation.

22. Sustainable Development is a case of inter-generational sensibility in respect of use of Natural resources.

Tuesday 6 November 2012

Indian Census-2011 Bits: Assistant Engineers in A.P. Public Health and Municipal Engineering Exam -2012

In 2011, Women Population in India was 58,64,69,174.

Women and Men ratio in 2011 in India was 940: 1000.

Women literacy in India in 2011 was 65.46%.

Literacy rate in India in 2011 was 74.04%.

Population of India in 2011 was 1,21,01,93,422.

Second most populous State in India in 2011 was Maharastra.

Number of districts in India are 640.

A.P.Census-2011 Bits: Assistant Engineers in A.P. Public Health and Municipal Engineering Exam -2012.


Population of Andhra Pradesh in 2011 was 8,46,65,533.
District with highest literacy in Andhra pradesh in 2011 was Hyderabad.
District with lowest literacy in Andhra pradesh in 2011 was Mahaboobnagar.

Current Affairs Bits: Assistant Engineers in A.P. Public Health and Municipal Engineering Exam -2012.


10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was inaugurated by Manmohan Singh.

Prime Minister of India launched a website of India Development Foundation of overseas Indians on 08.01.2012.

Recently African National Congress celebrated its 100th birthday.

Jacob Zuma is the President of South Africa.

National Brand Ambassador of UNICEF in India is Aamir Khan.

Civil Aviation Minister of India is Ajit Singh.

India's rank among 183 countries in Transparency International Corruption Perception Index-2011 was 95.

3rd India-Africa Hydro carbon conference was held on December 9-10,2011 at New Delhi.

Prime Minister of Egypt is Hesham Qandil.

Leila Lopes who was crowned Miss Universe 2011 is a citizen of Angola.

Helle Thorning- Schmidt is the 1st Woman Prime Minister of Denmark.

Honorary rank was given to M.S.Dhoni in the Territorial Army is Lieutnant Colonel.

A.R.Rahman was awarded 'Life time Achievement Award' at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival.

Mario Miranda died on December 11,2011. He was a famous Cartoonist.

The 20th World Petroleum Congress was held from 4-8 December 2011 at Doha.

According to NACO, the number of people in India living with HIV/AIDS in the year 2010 was 2.1 million.

The time period for conducting the 6th Economic Census on All India basis is/was April-November'2012.

India lifted the World Cup in Men's Kabbadi in 2011.

Ravichandran Ashwin is a cricket Player.

Noval Djokovic and Petra Kvitova were named International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Champions for 2011.

Indira Goswami who died recently was a Assamese Writer.

Dev Anand, one of Indian Cinema's legends died at the age of 88 in London.

Parliament passed the LIC (Amendment Bill) recently to increase company's paid-up capital.

Karnakata passed "Guarantee of services to Citizens Bill", 2011.

Sherry Rehman is the Pakistan envoy to USA.

Comptroller and Auditor General of India is Vinod Rai.

Recently the Prime Minister said that Indian economy is expected to grow around 7%.

Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won 2011 Nobel Prize for Economics.

Daniel Shechtman won 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Thomas Transtomer won 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature.

The National Alliance of People's Movement(NAPM) runs campaigns against Economic inequality.

In India, Rural Mobile Health Care Scheme( Sachal Swasthya Seva) was recently inaugurated by S.Jaipal Reddy.

National Security Advisor in India is Shiv Shankar Menon.

Ela Bhatt was selected for Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development,2011.

42nd Edition of the International Film Festival of India( IFFI) was inaugurated by film star Shahrukh Khan.

India's rank in the 2011 Global Hunger Index was 67th.

Yingluck Shinawatra has won elections recently held to become the first woman Prime Minister of Thailand.

Novak Djokovic won the Wimbledon Men's Singles Finals 2011, which was also his first Wimbledon Title.

Ambassador of USA to India is Nancy Powell.

Justice P.N.Bhagwati Award was given to Naveen Jindal.

Otto Perez Molina is the President of Ghatemala.

The Winner of People's Parliament Global Award was Nelson Mandela.

19th ASEAN Summit was held in Indonesia.

On November10-11, 17th SAARC Summit was held in Maldives.

31st India International Trade Fair was held at New Delhi.

Mario Monti is the Prime Minister of Italy.

Union Minister for Information and Broad Casting is Ambika Soni( At present Manish Tewari)

Union Minister for overseas Indian Affairs is Vayalar Ravi.

Andhra Pradesh Minister for Tribal Welfare is P.Balaraju.

Andhra Pradesh Minister for Cooperation is K.V.Krishna Reddy.

In 2011, K.E.Krishna Murthy contested against N.Manohar in the A.P Assembly Speaker Elections.





Monday 5 November 2012

Disaster Management Bits: Assistant Engineers in A.P. Public Health and Municipal Engineering Exam -2012.


A hazard is a dangerous event. It could be Earth Quake, Tsunami and Floods.

A disaster is an event which result in widespread human loss, Loss of Livelihood and Loss of Property.

Cyclone "SIDR" hit Bangladesh on 15th November'2007.

Disaster Management activities may be conducted before a disaster, during a disaster and after a disaster.
 
Andhra Pradesh was severally battered by a cyclonic storm killing more than 10,000 people  on 15th November'1977.

12% of India's land is prone to floods.

Earthquake can happen at any time i.e., morning, evening and night.

Weapons of Mass Destruction bring a huge loss to life, property and environment.

Components of a School Disaster Management plan are (i)Hazard identification and assessment, (ii) Sensitization of teachers and School Management and (iii) Mapping.

Earthquakes and tsunamis constitute 8% of the world distribution of disasters.

Floods constitute 30% of the World distribution of disasters.










Polity Bits: Assistant Engineers in A.P. Public Health and Municipal Engineering Exam -2012.


The last day of the constituent Assembly of India was 24.01.1950.

Concurrent list of Indian Constitution has 47 items.

Article 324 says "Superintendence, direction and control of elections to be vested in an Election Commission".

The Words-" Unity of the Nation" were added in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by 42nd Amendment of the Constitution.

The beginnings of Constitution making during the British rule in India are to be found in the Charter Act of 1793.

On Mount Batten Plan, the British Parliament passed Indian Independence Bill,1947.

The first reference to a Constituent Assembly for India was made by Jawaharlal Nehru.

The first draft of the constitution of India was prepared in October'1948.

Indian Constitution as originally adopted had 395 Articles.

Nearly 75% of Indian Constitution can be said to be a reproduction of Government of India Act,1935.

East India Company was formed by some merchants of London on 31st December,1600.


Part XIV of the Constitution of India deals with Public Service Commissions.

Article 51A of Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Duties.

Number of Schedules in Indian Constitution are 12.

'Power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and Procedure there of '- is given in Article 368 of Indian Constitution.

Demand for some of the Fundamental Rights was made as early as in 1918. (In August 1918 Indian National Congress soon after he publication of the Montagu-Chelmsford Report, made a demand that the new Government of India Act should declare the rights of the people of India as British Citizens.)

Friday 2 November 2012

Analysis on 2008 Group-2 Executive Posts


Break-up Executive posts Zone Wise

Name of the Post
ZONES
1st Zone
2nd Zone
3rd  Zone
4th  Zone
5th  Zone
6th  Zone
Deputy Tahsildar
14
5
9
14
11
17
*Municipal Commissioner Grade-III
7
7
-
-
-
-
Assistant Commercial Tax Officer
10
28
14
21
10
34
Prohibition & Excise Sub-Inspector
20
31
4
25
84
44
Extension Officer (PR&RD)
7
8
5
15
12
13
Assistant Development Officer (Handlooms & Textiles)
12
25
17
29
10
28
Co-Operative Sub-Registrar
-
1




*Multi zone Post

APPSC Group-2 Results