APSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APSC Test Series
Juri devi ASSAM Tribute to Lachit Borphukan Assam pays tributes to Lachit Barphukan across the state highlighting the great strength and courage of the Ahom General who defeated the Mughals in the battle of Saraighat. Chief minister Sarbanabda Sonowal took the lead to pay homage to the war hero at the central function organized at theSankardeb Kalakhetra. In … Read more
Directing is concerned with instructing, guiding, supervising and inspiring people in the organisation to achieve its objectives. It is the process of telling people what to do and seeing that they do it in the best possiblemanner. Elements in Directing: The four essential elements in Directing are : Communication … Read more
The definition of function varies across the disciplines. In political science it refers to duties, in mathematics it means the relationship between two variables and in geography it is synonymous to occupation. Geographers have classified towns on the basis of their site, situation, size, rank, location and relative elevation. Functional classification of towns attempts to categorize … Read more
Nasik Conspiracy Case Anant Kanhare & Ganesh Savarkar short dead collector Jackson of Nasik with the revolver sent by V.D. Savarkar Muzaffarpur Shooting 1908. Khudi Ram & Prafulla Chaki tried to bomb Kingsford, the District Judge of Muzaffarpur but instead his wife & daughter died. Khudiram a minor was hanged … Read more
ASSAM Experts hold different views on Brahmaputra study Experts here hold different views on the August 1 announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that an amount of Rs 100 crore would be sanctioned to study the Brahmaputra, covering all its aspects, including its ‘inter-state and international ramifications’. Former Vice Chancellor of Gauhati … Read more
ASSAM 150 families evicted from Namphai reserve forest. The forest department evicted 150 families and cleared about 25 hectares of illegally occupied land at the Namphai reserve forest under Digboi forest division in Tinsukia. According to forest officials, most of the evicted people were new settlers who had come from the flood-hit Laika-Dodhia forest villages situated … Read more
ASSAM Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal Launches 647 Schemes for Development of Majuli Assam Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal rolled out 647 schemes entailing an investment of Rs 24.57 crore for development of the world’s largest river island Majuli. Out of these, 448 schemes under MGNREGA involved Rs 21.90 crore and 199 schemes under 14th Finance Commission … Read more
Speed has no sense of direction unlike the velocity. Relative speed is the speed of one object as observed from another moving object. Questions on train are the classic examples of relative speed and in all these questions it is assumed that trains move parallel to each other – whether in the same direction … Read more
ASSAM Assam gears up for Magh Bihu amidst cold spell The spirit of festivity has emerged victorious as Assam gears up to celebrate Magh Bihu braving the severe cold weather. Magh Bihu is one of the biggest festivals of the state celebrated with merriment across the Brahmaputra valley. Held during the Assamese month of … Read more
Surds A surd is a square root which cannot be reduced to a rational number. For example, is not a surd. However is a surd. If you use a calculator, you will see that and we will need to round the answer correct to a few decimal places. This makes it less accurate. If it is left as , then the … Read more