Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Oscar 2012 :Oscar Winners in pics

Oscar 2012: Winners

Best Motion Picture: The Artist

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
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Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jean Dujardin for The Artist
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Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
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Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Plummer for The Beginners © AP

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer for The Help
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Best Costume Design: Mark Bridges for The Artist
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Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration) for Hugo
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Best Film Editing: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Achievement in Cinematography: Robert Richardson for Hugo
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Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation from Iran, directed by Asghar Farhadi
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Best Sound Editing: Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty for Hugo

Best Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley for Hugo

Best Documentary Feature: TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Rich Middlemas for Undefeated

Best Visual Effects: Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning for Hugo

Best Original Song: Bret McKenzie for Man or Muppet from The Muppets

Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris

Best Documentary Short Subject: Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy for Saving Face
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Best Animated Short Film: William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg for The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Best Live Action Short Film: Terry George and Oorlagh George forThe Shore

Best Make Up: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland for The Iron Lady© AP

Best Animated Feature Film: Rango© AP

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India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 6.1 in December quarter

India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 6.1 per cent for the quarter ending 31 December 2011, signalling a sharp slowdown in economic activity.

The GDP growth is also slower than the 6.9 per cent in the September quarter, and has been declining for the past nine quarters. This is also the lowest in the past 13 quarters.

A Thomson Reuters poll of 26 economists released on Tuesday had put GDP growth at an annual 6.4 percent rate in the quarters, with forecasts ranging from 6.0 to 7.3 per cent with a majority of them lying below the consensus.

Manufacturing growth was hurt the most in the December quarter, clocking 0.4 per cent against 7. 8 per cent in the corresponding period last year. Agriculture also saw a sharp decline at 2.7 per cent, down from 11 per cent in the year-ago period.

Mining fell by almost half, from 6.1 per cent to 3.1 per cent, signally lower supply of raw materials for industry but also fuelled by lower demand as higher interest rates have put off companies from investing in expansion.

The trade and hotels industries fared better at 9.2 per cent, while construction slowed marginally from 8.7 per cent to 7.2 per cent.

Indian Economy :India's economic growth weakest in almost three years

India's economic growth weakest in almost three years

India's economic growth slowed to its weakest annual pace in almost three years in the three months to December, as high interest rates and rising input costs constrained investment and manufacturing.

GDP rose 6.1 per cent in October to December compared with a year earlier, a lower-than-expected increase, figures from the statistics office showed.

That marked a sharp pullback from 6.9 per cent growth in July to September and was the seventh successive quarterly slowdown, providing a gloomy backdrop for a Reserve Bank policy meeting and federal budget, both due in just over two weeks.

The median forecast of economists in a Reuters poll was for GDP to rise 6.4 per cent. The outcome of 6.1 per cent was the weakest in 11 quarters.

"Moderation in the manufacturing sector was likely the starkest as higher input prices and a sharp jump in borrowing costs depressed output," said Radhika Rao, an economist at Forecast in Singapore.

"The ball is in the government's court now to kick start policy reforms."

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Gk :World's shortest man is 72-year-old Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal...!

CBS) It's official: The world's shortest man is Chandra Bahadur Dangi from Nepal, Guinness World Records announced Sunday.

World's shortest man is 21.5-inch-tall Nepalese 72-year-old

The 72-year-old man stands at 21.5 inches tall, a mere 5 centimeters shorter than his predecessor.

According to Guinness, Dangi hails from the Nepalese village of Reemkholi in Dang district, more than 250 miles outside of the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. He is the seventh sibling of a family of six brothers and two sisters; three of his five brothers were less than four feet tall, while his two sisters and two brothers are of average height. Dangi spends his days making placemats and head straps for villagers, and despite his age, says he's never taken any medicine or seen a doctor.

"Just when you think it's impossible for the record to get any smaller, Mr Chandra comes along and astonishes us all by being the shortest person ever measured," Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief, Craig Glenday, said in a statement. "What I find equally remarkable is his age - if he really is 72, he is by far the oldest person to be awarded the shortest-man record in Guinness World Record's 57-year history."

The previous record-holder was 23.5-inch-tall Junrey Balawing, 18, of the Philippines, HealthPop reported. Prior to that, the record-holder was another Nepalese man, Khagendra Thapa Magar, who stood at 26.4 inches tall.

Here is Dangi accepting the award from Guinness, and spending time in his home village:

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Monday, February 27, 2012

Camera phone:Nokia announces 41-megapixel 808 PureView

Nokia has just come forth at MWC with a slew of announcements, one of them being the announcement of Nokia 808 PureView camera phone.

Nokia gave few details of the specs, but said that it would run a 1.3 GHz single-core processor along with 512 MB of RAM. The 808 PureView will also sport 16GB of on-board memory that is expandable using a microSD card.

The winning feature of the phone happens to be a 41-megapixel sensor that has been developed after years of research. Nokia says they managed to do so using an interpolation technique that packs 5 pixels into 1.

The availability of the 808 PureView in India is not yet known.

NDSAP-2012:Union Cabinet approved the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP-2012)

Union cabinet of India on 9 February 2012 approved the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP-2012) to facilitate access to central government owned shareable data and information. The data can be shared in both human readable and machine readable formats through a network across the country.

The NDSAP policy is designed to promote data sharing and enable access to central government owned data for national planning and development. The Union Cabinet also approved the guidelines for establishing Joint Venture Companies by Defence Public Sector Undertakings, DPSUs.

The guidelines will provide a streamlined, fair and transparent framework for entering into Joint Ventures with the ultimate objective of better risk-management, greater-efficiency and enhancing self-reliance in the defence sector as a whole. It is expected that the guidelines will foster better and deeper partnerships between the DPSUs and private partners.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year Award 2011

Rahul Bhatia, Managing Director of InterGlobe Enterprises group on 23
February 2012 chosen for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
2011. InterGlobe Enterprises is a travelling company which has in its
fold India's largest low-cost carrier Indigo Airlines.

Rahul Bhatia has been chosen for this award along with seven other
successful entrepreneurs from different categories. Bhatia has been
nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2011
for successfully leading the Indigo Airlines to the top of the despite
all the adversaries that the Indian aviation industry is facing.

Jury panel awarded, Chairman of HDFC Deepak Parekh with the Lifetime
Achievement Award given his unparalleled contribution to the emergence
of financial services and policy making in India.

Over 300 nominations were received for the Entrepreneur of the Year
2011 and the winners were selected by a jury panel led by R C
Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki Limited. Chanda Kochhar of ICICI
Bank, Dalip Pathakof Warburg Pincus International, G.V. Prasad of Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories, Sanjay Nayar of KKR (India); Sunil Kant Munjal
of Hero Corporate Service and S Ramadorai of Tata Consultancy Services
were also the part of the jury panel.

The Ernst & Young awards, which have accomplished its 13 years in
2012, is a premier business award. It is also the only global award
programme which recognizes entrepreneurs across the industry.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Gk:List of Appointments In Year 2011

• Sudhir Chandra
New Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes appointed on January 1, 2011
• N. Anil Kumar Browne
New Vice Chief of Indian Air Force(IAF) appointed on January 1, 2011
• Dilma Rousseff
First woman President of Brazil elected on January 1, 2011
• Rajiv Takru
Officiating CEO of Prasar Bharati appointed on January 3, 2011
• Nicky Helle
Govenrner of South Carolina ( USA) 1st women Governer of Indian Origin in USA elected on January 12, 2011
• Anand Sinha
New deputy governor of RBI appointed on January 18, 2011
• Alexander Lukashenko
4th times as President of Belarus elected on January 21, 2011
• Sushma Nath
First Indian Woman appointed as Finance Secretary on February 3, 2011
• S Ramadorai
Advisor to the Prime Minister in the Prime Minister's National Skill Development Council appointed on February 1, 2011
• Jhalanath Khanal
34th Prime Minister of Nepal elected on February 6, 2011
• Amarjit ChopraNew president of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). appointed on February 13, 2011
• Upendra Kumar Sinha
8th Chairman of market watchdog, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), appointed on February

17, 2011
• B L Bagra
New CMD of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), appointed on February 28, 2011
• Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
First woman and 10th Secretary General of SAARC, appointed on March 1, 2011
• Hema Malini
Elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnatka on March 3, 2011
• Milind Barve
New chairman of The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) appointed on March 7, 2011
This position fell vacant after incumbent U K Sinha
• Shantanu Narayen
Appointed as a member of US President Barack Obama's Management Advisory Board on March 11, 2011
• Mukesh Ambani
First non -American board member in Bank of America appointed on March 16, 2011
• Thein Sein
New President of Myanmar elected on March 30, 2011
• Leela SamsonNew Chairperson of the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) appointed on April 1, 2011
• Vishnu AgrawalNew Director (Finance) of Mangalore Refinery Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) appointed on April 4, 2011
• Pratip Chaudhuri
New chairman of State Bank of India appointed on April 7, 2011
• S.C.Chetal
New Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) appointed on April 9, 2011
• B. Muthuraman
New President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2011-12 elected on April 11, 2011
• Rajendra S. Pawar
New chairman of NASSCOM appointed on April 27, 2011
• Jarbom Gamlin
Sworn in as the new chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh on May 5, 2011
• Ismail Omar Guelleh
New President of African country Djibouti elected on May 8, 2011
• Michel Martelly
Sworn in as the 56th President of Haiti on May 14, 2011
• J Jayalalithaa
Sworn-in as the 27th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on May 16, 2011
• N Rangaswamy
New Chief Minister of Puducherry appointed on May 16, 2011
• Tarun Gogoi
Consecutively third times sworn in as the Chief Minister of Assam on May 18, 2011
• Oommen Chandy
Sworn in as the 21st Chief Minister of Kerala on May 18, 2011
• Mamata Banerjee
Sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of West Bengal on May 20, 2011
• Goodluck Jonathan
Re-elected as President of Nigeria on May 29, 2011
• Sunil Mitra
New Finance Secretary appointed on June 1, 2011
• Jose Graziano da Silva
8th Director General of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) elected on June 26, 2011
• Abu Muhammad Ayman al-ZawahiriNew amir (supreme leader) of the al-Qaeda appointed on 16 June 2011
• Ban Ki-moon
Re-elected as Secretary-General of the 193-member Organization UNO on June 21, 2011
• Nguyen Tan Dung
New Prime Minister of Vietnam elected on June 27, 2011
• Ranjan Mathai
New Foreign Secretary of India appointed on June 27, 2011
• Christine Lagarde
First women chief of International Monetary Fund (IMF) elected on June 28, 2011
• M V Tanksale
New Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India appointed on June 28, 2011
• Nishi Vasudeva
First Woman Director of HPCL, an Oil PSU appointed on July 4, 2011
• Harun Rashid Khan
Deputy Governor of RBI succeeding Shyamala Gopinath appointed on July 4, 2011
• Pradeep Kumar
Sworn in as new Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) on July 14, 2011
• Hina Rabbani Khar
Pakistan's first female Minister of Foreign Affairs appointed on July 18, 2011
• Rohinton Nariman
New Solicitor-General of India appointed on July 23, 2011
• Truong Tan Sang
New President of Vietnam elected on July 25, 2011
• Anil Kumar Browne
India's 23rd Chief of the Air Staff appointed on July 31, 2011
• D V Sadananda Gowda
Sworn in as the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka on August 2, 2011
• Shivraj V Patil
Sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Karnataka on August 3, 2011
• KV Kamath
New Chairman of Infosys appointed on August 21, 2011
• Chandra Mohan Prasad
Administered oath as Lokayukta of Bihar on August 25, 2011
• R A Mehta
Sworn in as the new Lokayukta of Gujarat on August 26, 2011
• Dr. Tony Tan
Seventh President of Singapore elected on August 27, 2011
• Baburam BhattaraiS
worn in as 35th Prime Minister of Nepal on August 29, 2011
• Yoshihiko Noda
Sixth Prime Minister of Japan elected on August 29, 2011
• R. N. Nayak
Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Power Grid Corporation of India appointed on Sept. 1, 2011
• Bhuvan Chander Khanduri
Sworn in as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on September 11, 2011
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt
First female Prime Minister of Denmark elected on Sept 15, 2011
• N Srinivasan
Official President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elected on September 19, 2011
• Serena Williams
UNICEF's international Goodwill Ambassador appointed on September 20, 2011
• Pulok Chatterji
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister appointed on October 1, 2011
• Sudhir Vasudeva
New Chairman of ONGC and its group of companies appointed on October 3, 2011
• Makarand Nene
New Director (Marketing) of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. appointed on October 5, 2011
• Markandey Katju
New Chairman of media regulator Press Council of India appointed on October 5, 2011
• Garry Conille
Sworn in as new Prime Minister of Haiti on October 18, 2011
• Michael D. Higgins
Nineth President of European country Ireland elected on October 29, 2011
• Abdul Raheem al-Keeb
Libya's interim Prime Minister elected on November 1, 2011
• Nabam Tuki
Sworn as 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Nov 1, 2011
• Ismail Omar Guelleh
New President of African country Djibouti elected on April 2, 2011
• Lucas Papademos
Sworn in as new Prime Minister of Greek on November 10, 2011
• Sushil Kumar
KBC winner Sushil Kumar appointed as ambassador of rural employment scheme MGNREGA on Nov 14, 2011
• Cyrus P. Mistry
Tata Sons named Shapoorji Pallonji Group MD Cyrus P Mistry as the head of TATA group on November 23, 2011. He will be the king of TATA empire , when Ratan N Tata formally retires.
• Kamlesh Sharma
Indian diplomat Kamlesh Sharma re-appointed Secretary General of the 54-nation Commonwealth group on November 27, 2011
• AK Garg
New Chairman and MD of telecom PSU MTNL appointed on Dec 1, 2011
• Vinod Rai (CAG)
New Chairman of the United Nations panel of external auditors elected on December 8, 2011
• Ajit Singh
New civil aviation minister in Union Cabinet appointed on Dec. l 8, 2011
• Mariano Rajoy
Sworn in as new Prime Minister of Spain on December 21, 2011
• B. A. Prabhakar
Chairman and Managing Director of public sector lender, Andhra Bank. appointed on December 21, 2011
• M. S. Raghavan
Chairman and Managing Director of public sector lender, Bank of India appointed on December 28, 2011
• Portia Simpson-Miller
First female Prime Minister of Jamaica elected on December 30, 2011

A Book on laws :Married but not legally wed

'Married but not legally wed' – A book on laws for protection of women against violence

Domestic violence against women is far too pervasive a phenomenon in for its seriousness to be underplayed by any manner of sophistry or swept under the carpet as occasional social aberrations. Very large number of women in India are constant victims of violence, whether in the natal family or matrimonial. They are routinely scolded, often beaten, sexually violated at will, generally maltreated, and by and large shown little consideration. They are considered a burden by their own kin and partner. Indeed the very question of her life and sustenance with dignity is continuously at stake. Despite these glaring facts, there is, ironically, a significant under-layer of general opinion which believes that there is a misuse and abuse of the provisions of various Acts, specially of Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 498A (cruelty to married woman) and that now with the introduction of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDV), they apprehend, howsoever misplaced the apprehension may be, that a flood gate of litigation will open, with intent to secure/manipulate either permanent settlement/ dowry articles/alimony /maintenance; in other words extortion of money.

Monday, February 20, 2012

first international award :India-born biologist Kamal Bawa bags world's 1st major international award

India-born biologist Kamal Bawa has bagged the world's first international award for outstanding scientific work that promotes sustainable development globally.

Dr. Bawa, distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, will receive the Gunnerus Sustainability Award from the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS) at a function in Trondheim, Norway on April 17, an official announcement said.

"We are very pleased to have selected such a worthy winner of the first Gunnerus award," said Professor Kristian Fossheim, president of DKNVS.

The Gunnerus award is the first major international prize for outstanding scientific work that promotes sustainable development globally, and will be awarded every two years starting in 2012.

Dr Bawa is most noted for his pioneering work on population biology in rainforest areas.
His wide span of research includes groundbreaking biological discoveries made in Central America, Western Ghats in India and the Himalayas.

He is specially noted for the establishment, and as President, of Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) in Bangalore.

Until recently, he also held Ruffolo Giorgio Fellowship in Sustainability Science and Bullard Fellowship at Harvard University.

"I am very pleased over the recognition that our work has received," Dr Bawa said.
The award is named after DKNVS' founder Bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718—1773) and is the result of collaboration between DKNVS, Sparebank1 SMN and the society Technoport.

The first ever meeting of G-20 Foreign Ministers to discuss global issues in Mexico

The first ever meeting of G-20 foreign ministers would discuss pressing global issues including governance, trans-national crime, green growth, climate change and food security, US officials have said.

Organised by Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa in the Mexican resort town of Los Cabos, the meeting is to be attended by among others US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.

Several other G-20 countries including France, China, Brazil and India would be represented at a lower level.

Mexico is the current chair of the G-20 countries and the summit would be hosted on June 18-19.

A senior state department official said that the meeting is informal so it would not result in any formal statements.

"This meeting reflects, in many ways, the evolution of the G-20 since the first summit of Washington in the fall of 2008, which, was designed to deal with the global financial crisis," the official said.

"This is going to focus on broad non-financial global issues, some of which have been discussed by G-20 leaders in the past, but some of which are new to the G-20 process or at least have not been emphasised to any great degree, including some broad economic governance issues, some environmental issues, development policy, and green growth," the official said.

During her meetings, Clinton would be amplifying some themes that are included in the broad G-20 mandate, which is balanced and sustainable growth.

Although, she will not going to get into the details of the G-20 financial part of the process, but she will call for an open, free, transparent, and fair global economic system.

Clinton will address things like anti-competitive government practices or distortions, which encompass the ways in which governments artificially distort markets or create uneven economic playing fields, the official said.

Among other things, Clinton will also highlight issues like climate change, freedom of navigation and maritime security to promote a well-functioning global economy; besides governance issues like fight against corruption and bribery.

world news:U.S. launches new coalition to fight climate change

U.S. launches new coalition to fight climate change

The U.S. has roped in Bangladesh and four other nations under a new six-country global initiative to combat climate change, protect health, improve agricultural productivity and strengthen energy security.

Announcing the 'Climate and Clean Air Coalition' here, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the world has not done enough to fight climate change and the coalition of the United States, Bangladesh, Canada, Mexico, Sweden and Ghana will work to curb black carbon, methane and hydro-fluorocarbons (HFCs).

Ms. Clinton said the U.S. will contribute USD 12 million to the initiative to spread practical ideas and practices.

This coalition — the first international effort of its kind — will conduct a targeted, practical, and highly energetic global campaign to spread solutions to the short-lived pollutants worldwide, she said.

It will mobilise resources, assemble political support, help countries develop and implement a national action plan, raise public awareness, and reach out to other countries, companies, NGOs and foundations.

Describing climate change as one of the most serious and complex problems facing the world, she said it impacted "global security, global economy, global food and water supplies, and the health and well-being of people everywhere."

"And we know that in the principal effort necessary to reduce the effects of carbon dioxide, the world has not yet done enough. So when we discover effective and affordable ways to reduce global warming — not just a little, but by a lot — it is a call to action," she said.

She pointed out that more than one-third of current global warming is caused by short—lived pollutants. They also destroy millions of tonnes of crops every year and wreak havoc on people's health.

"Millions die annually from constantly breathing in black carbon soot that comes from cook—stoves in their own homes, from diesel cars and trucks on their roads, from the open burning of agricultural waste in their fields," she noted.

"By focusing on these pollutants — how to reduce them and, where possible, use them for energy — we can have local and regional effects that people can see and feel," she said.

Ms. Clinton noted that the U.N. Environment Programme has determined that reducing these pollutants can slow global warming by up to a half degree Celsius by 2050. To put that into context, the world's goal is to limit the rise in global temperature to two degrees. So a half a degree, or 25 per cent, is significant, she said.

Precision-Guided Munitions :DRDO scientists to develop advanced seekers for tactical missiles

Imagine a war scenario in which miniaturised missiles equipped with Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs) are unleashed from a mother missile to take out select enemy targets like an ammunition depot while avoiding collateral damage.

A mother missile acts as a "force multiplier" and to achieve the desired result, each miniaturised missile will have a seeker to ensure its independent motion, irrespective of the mother missile's motion.

Seekers, which are of two types — radio-frequency and infra-red, enable a missile to acquire, track and home in on to the target. They are required for all tactical missiles (less than 300 km range).

Scientists at the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), a key laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) missile complex here, have embarked on developing such seekers to eventually equip mother missiles with smaller missiles packed with PGMs.

The mandate of the RCI is to deliver avionic systems for all missiles, including anti-ballistic systems and anti-aircraft missiles.

In a bid to conduct trials without using the mother missile, a Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) has been imported to be used as a Technology Demonstrator for the project. A flight trial was conducted at the Integrated Test Range using the RPV along with a recoverable tow body by providing the vehicle the same velocity of a mother missile.

Good results were obtained from that exercise, RCI Director S.K. Chaudhuri told The Hindu on Sunday. More such trials would be carried out in stages to check the guidance, control and inertial navigation systems.

By the end of 2013, a crucial trial of the RPV with missile-launched PGMs to hit a target with both IIR (Imaging infrared) and mmW (millimteric Wave) seekers was being planned. Later, a flight test with a mother missile would be conducted, he said.

Another frontier technology area in which scientists have begun work is to design and develop 'Low Probability of Intercept Radar Seeker' to equip anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles.

This seeker will enable the missile to escape detection and jamming by enemy radars. Currently, Russia and the U.S. have such seekers, a senior RCI scientist said.

A few months ago, a major success was achieved when anti-tank Nag missile was flight-tested with an indigenously-developed mmW seeker.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Misailrodhi defense system

Misailrodhi defense system

India's missile force is the historic day of 10 February. The day the scientists Misailrodhi enabling security system and tested it a great success. The trial was conducted in two places on the beaches of Orissa. The interceptor missile, the Prithvi missile at an altitude of 15 kilometers from the sea route around stopped and demolished it in a few seconds. Enemy missiles falling on the ground before any flight in the sky to destroy the missile interceptor is called. Threat of enemy missiles impervious to aggressive efforts to develop armor were initiated in 1999. The results of this exercise in 2006 came the first successfully tested on November 27. 6 December 2007 and 6 March, 2009 after it was successfully tested. Interceptor missile revised form March 14, 2010 The next test was to be from the Wheeler Island, the missile sub-system has been put on hold due to technical flaws. The July 26, 2010 and 6 March 2011, the fifth and sixth tests were successful. According to scientists the results of these tests and the deadly effects of interceptor missiles are being analyzed. Approximately 7.5 m long solid rocket propelled guided missile interceptor is a phase. This advanced system has been Navigeshn Intiriyl the right direction and it is able to be changed according to need. This system makes sure its fire power. The missile is equipped with modern direction indicator system. The interceptor missile radar to detect incoming missiles and its data link, internal operating systems and secure data links. Interceptor missile fired by an enemy missile destroyer of any speed, direction and time calculations, etc., and is capable of destroying it in the air very soon. Infrared sensors and sophisticated cameras that give prompt notice of the activities of the sky. It is easy to target him. Since it can be fired from mobile launchers and also increases its potential in the war. The two-tier ballistic missile defense missile system has been developed under the scheme. It is completely indigenous supersonic missile. To a height of 50 kilometers of enemy missile interceptor missiles that shot down the inter-regional air missile called. The missile has an advanced air defense. Yet this technology, America, Russia, China, France, Italy, Britain and the Israelis to do the same. India has been added to this list. (The author is an independent commentator) Aadi successful testing of missile defense system Misailrodhi Dr. Lkshmishankr Yadav's comment

Friday, February 17, 2012

World Gk:All about German president Christian Wulff

All you wanted to know about German president Christian Wulff

Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff was the President of Germany and is a politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was elected President on 30 June 2010 and entered office on 2 July. A lawyer by profession, he served as Prime Minister of the state of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2010.

On 17 February 2012, during an address to his nation, Wulff resigned as Federal President of Germany due to pressure following allegations of the president taking personal loans before his term of presidency. Details have not yet been provided to explain the clear appropriation of funds.

Wulff was born in Osnabrück and is Roman Catholic. He was the first Roman Catholic to hold the post of President of Germany in more than 40 years. His father left the family, and he grew up with his mother. As a teenager, he took responsibility for the care of his younger sister, after his mother developed multiple sclerosis. After completing his Abitur at the Ernst Moritz Arndt Gymnasium in Osnabrück, Wulff studied law with a specialisation in economics at the University of Osnabrück. He joined the Christian Democratic Union of Germany in 1975. In 1987 and 1990, he passed the first and second state examinations in law, and has since worked as an attorney.

Capita income: Delhi has highest per capita income

The capital has the the highest per capita income in the country recorded at Rs.1,16,886 in 2009-10.

"The per capita income of Delhi during 2009-10 was Rs.1,16,886, which is also the highest among all states and union territories," stated the report titled "Level and Pattern of Household Consumer Expenditure in Delhi."

The report also reveals that monthly per capita expenditure of 51 percent of the total household in Delhi is Rs.2,501 and above.

"The monthly per capita expenditure of Delhiites signifies the prevalence of relatively better levels of living standards in Delhi as compared to other states," Dikshit said while releasing the report.

The report is based on a sample survey conducted during July 2009- June 2010 under National Sample Survey of 66th Round.

Economy News: Govt signs accord with World Bank for $155.3 mn grant

To improve water supply and sanitation services in several districts of Kerala, the union government has entered into a credit agreement with International Development Association (IDA), an arm of the World Bank, for a grant of $155.3 million (Rs.764.54 crore).

"The government of India is happy to support the government of Kerala improve its institutional capacity to facilitate and scale up community-driven, decentralised RWSS (rural water supply and sanitation) service delivery across the state," said Venu Rajamony, joint secretary, economic affairs, ministry of finance.

"The project will be implemented in about 200 gram panchayats. Some 288,000 households are likely to directly benefit from the water supply investments and some 691,000 inhabitants from sanitation interventions under the project," he said.

According to Rajamony, women are expected to be the major overall beneficiaries of the project and will also be a strong voice in the beneficiary committees (BCs), responsible for sub-project implementation.

"The project will also provide targeted assistance to about 65,000 beneficiaries among the tribal population in 22 gram panchayats. The government of Kerala has successfully improved rural water supply coverage from 58.6 percent in 2003 to a reported 67.7 percent by 2010."

The grant, according to IDA, will fund the second edition of the state government's rural water supply and sanitation project (KRWSS) — Jalanidhi II.

Indian film industry:On 100 years of Indian cinema, wax statue to honour Phalke

To mark the centenary of the Indian film industry falling May 3, 2012, a fitting tribute will be paid to its legendary founding father, Dhundiraj G. Phalke, famous as Dadasaheb Phalke, an official said here Friday.

A full-size wax statue of Dadasaheb Phalke will be created and installed at the Celebrity Wax Museum (CWM) in Lonavala, according to a trustee of the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed here late Thursday with CWM's managing director Sunil Kandalloor, commissioning the statue, which will be ready by May 3, the trustee said here.

The occasion was to mark the 68th death anniversary of Dadasaheb Phalke yesterday at the Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari, in which a host of Bollywood personalities paid homage to the father of Indian cinema.

Born on April 30, 1870, at Trimbakeshwar, near Nashik, Dadasaheb Phalke made his debut with India's first full-length silent movie "Raja Harishchandra" in 1913.

In a career spanning nearly 25 years, he made 95 movies and 26 short movies, including classics like "Mohini Bhasmasur" (1913), "Satyavan Savitri" (1914), "Lanka Dahan" (1917), "Shri Krishna Janma" (1918) and "Kaliya Mardan" (1919).

However, he became a victim to technological advancements in the art of filmmaking, especially with the introduction and advent of sound in movies, known as 'talkies' in those days.

Unable to cope with the severe competition posed by 'talkies,' Dadasaheb Phalke found few takers for his films, compelling him to make his last silent movie "Setubandhan" (1932) and releasing it with dubbed voices.

Later, in 1937, he attempted his last movie, "Gangavatara" before giving up and retiring to his home district. He died there Feb 16, 1944.

Acknowledging his immense contribution to the growth and development of the Indian film industry and cinema in general, the government instituted the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969.

Each year, the prestigious award is conferred on a most outstanding film personality who has dedicated his or her lifetime to cinema.

Some of the awardees include Devika Rani Chaudhuri-Roerich (1969), Prithviraj Kapoor, Naushad Ali, Sohrab Modi, Durga Khote, V. Shantaram, Raj Kapoor, Ashok Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Bhupen Hazarika, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kumar, Sivaji Ganesan, Pradeep, B.R. Chopra, Yash Chopra, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Asha Bhosle, Dev Anand, Mrinal Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal, Manna Dey and D. Rama Naidu.

Present to pay homage to him on his 68th death anniversary Thursday were filmmakers Anil Sharma, Gautam Bhatiya, Gopal Ram, Romy Behl, veteran actor Chandrashekhar, singer Udit Narayan and trustees Ramgopal Gupta, Neena Jalan and Prabhat Pandey.

UN General Assembly: India votes for Syria resolution in UNGA

The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of a resolution that condemned the violent crackdown in Syria and urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. India supported the Arab League-backed resolution, but made it clear that it was opposed to use of force.

The resolution, adopted by a vote of 137 in favour to 12 against with 17 abstentions, Thursday called on Syria "to immediately put an end to all human rights violations and attacks against civilians".

Russia and China voted against the resolution. The two countries had vetoed the Arab League-backed resolution in the UN Security Council over a fortnight ago.

The vote, though non-binding in nature, is seen as a strong rebuke to President Bashar al-Assad's continued and bloody crackdown on protesters during the pro-democracy uprising that began in March last year.

Explaining India's vote on the UNGA resolution, India's Permanent Representative Hardeep Singh Puri underlined that while India condemned violence, it opposed any use of force by a third country and advocated a Syrian-led political reconciliation.

"We think that prolonged instability and unrest in Syria have serious implications for peace and stability in the wider region. We strongly condemn all violence, irrespective of whoever the perpetrators are. We also condemn all violations of human rights," said Puri.

"Our support for the resolution adopted by this assembly today is in accordance with our support for the efforts by the Arab League for a peaceful resolution of the crisis through a Syrian-led inclusive political process," Puri added.

"My delegation notes that the resolution just adopted expressly reaffirms that all countries should refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state or act in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations," he said.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Awards :Bafta Awards 2012

Best Film	The Artist
Outstanding British Film	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Director	Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Leading Actor	Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Leading Actress	Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Supporting Actor	Christopher Plummer in Beginners
Supporting Actress	Octavia Spencer in The Help
Outstanding British Debut	Tyrannosaur
Film Not In The English Language	The Skin I Live In
Original Screenplay	Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Adapted Screenplay	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Documentary	Senna
Animated Film	Rango

Gujarat topped the list of most preferred business destination in India in year 2011.

Gujarat topped the list of most preferred business destination in India in year 2011.
According to Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India [ASSOCHAM] report, released on 13 February 2012, Gujarat at the end of 2011 got the total investment proposal worth Rs. 16.28 lakh crore.

Gujarat recorded 13.52 per cent stake in the total live investment proposals worth Rs 120.34 lakh crore in the country at the end of the year 2011.

Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka with 53.56% of total live investment, emerged as the most favourite destination for investment in the country.

Maharashtra, which came second after Gujarat, drew total investment proposals worth Rs.14.14 lakh crore, followed by Andhra Pradesh (Rs. 12.09 lakh crore), Odisha (Rs. 12.09 lakh crore), Karnataka (Rs 9.85 lakh crore) and Tamil Nadu (Rs 9.13 lakh crore).Top five states witnessed maximum investment in Electricity and Manufacturing sectors.

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British Academy Film Awards: The Artist named Best Picture at the British Academy Film Awards

Silent movie The Artist had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including Best Picture at the British Academy Film Awards.

Britain's equivalent of the Oscars rewarded the French homage to old Hollywood over a homegrown favorite, espionage thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

The Artist, a black-and-white picture that has charmed audiences around the world since its Cannes debut in May, was named best film, and its rubber-limbed star Jean Dujardin took the male acting prize. Its filmmaker, Michel Hazanavicius, won prizes for directing and his original screenplay.

Dujardin said it was "incroyable" -- incredible -- to win a prize in the homeland of acting titan Laurence Olivier, William Webb Ellis -- the inventor of rugby -- "and Benny Hill."

Hazanavicius thanked presenter Brad Pitt for pronouncing his name correctly -- and academy voters for recognizing that his silent film even had a screenplay.

"So many people thought there was no script because there was no dialogue," he said.

Another homage to early cinema, Martin Scorsese's Parisian fantasy Hugo, took prizes for sound and production design.

John le Carre adaptation Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy went into the ceremony with 11 nominations compared to 12 for The Artist, but won just two prizes, for British film and for adapted screenplay.

Writer Peter Straughan dedicated the screenplay award to his wife and co-writer Bridget O'Connor, who died of cancer before the film was completed.

"She wrote all the good bits and I made this coffee," Straughan said. "So, Bridget -- I love you, I miss you. This is for you."

The British prizes, known as BAFTAs, are considered a strong indicator of likely success at Hollywood's Academy Awards, to be held on February 26.

The trophies give more momentum to The Artist, which has already won three Golden Globes, and has 10 Oscar nominations.

Dujardin, who plays a silent screen icon eclipsed by the talkies, said the appeal of The Artist lay in its accessibility.

"It's a simple story," he said. "It's a love story. It's universal. And there's a cute dog" -- Jack Russell terrier Uggie, who almost steals the film from his two-legged co-stars.

The Artist also won prizes for cinematography, costume design and for Ludovic Bource's sprightly musical score.

As predicted, Meryl Streep was named best actress for her depiction of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female prime minister, in The Iron Lady. The film also won a well-deserved prize for hair and makeup.

"The ambition of this film was to look at the life of the Iron Lady from the inside out, and to locate something real -- maybe hidden but truthful -- in the life of someone we've all decided we know everything about already," Streep said.

The supporting actor prize went to Christopher Plummer, as an academic who makes a new start late in life in Beginners. Octavia Spencer was named best supporting actress for her turn as a fiery maid in Deep South drama The Help. Spencer said The Help had been called "an American movie about American problems and American history."

"I am so grateful to you for seeing past that," she said. "Because surely oppression knows no gender, no sexual orientation, no country."

George Clooney, Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Colin Firth and Judi Dench were among the stars who braved the London cold and bouts of sleet to walk the red carpet before a televised ceremony, hosted by comedian, writer and actor Stephen Fry, at the Royal Opera House.

Many of the frocks were in muted or pastel tones, though The Help star Viola Davis, a best-actress nominee, arrived in a pink Valentino "eco gown" made from recycled plastic bottles.

Presenting the award for special effects, Cuba Gooding Jr. paid tribute to singer Whitney Houston, who was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel on Saturday.

"Whitney, I will always love you," he said -- a reference to one of her best-known songs.

The effects prize went to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2, the final film in the magical franchise and the top-grossing British movie of the year.

Actor-turned-director Paddy Considine and producer Diarmid Scrimshaw took the best British debut prize for the wrenching domestic drama Tyrannosaur.

Kidulthood actor Adam Deacon won the rising star prize, the only category selected by public vote.

Senna, a portrait of the short, sensational life of race car driver Ayrton Senna, was named best documentary and also won the editing prize.

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Business News: Apple stock breaks $500 level for the first time....!

Apple stock breaks $500 level for the first time

Apple's stock broke above $500 for the first time Monday. It was the latest step in a rally that began more than two weeks ago, when the company reported staggering sales and profits for the holiday quarter.

The shares hit $503.83 soon after opening, before subsiding to $502.60 in after-hours trading. That was up $9.18, or 1.9 percent, from Friday's close.

Apple Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp. have been vying for the position as most valuable company in the world since last summer, but the latest rally has made the gadget maker 17 percent more valuable than the oil company. Its market capitalization is now $465 billion, compared to Exxon's $400 billion.

On Jan. 24, Apple posted net income of $13.06 billion for the quarter that ended in December, more than doubling its profits from the year before. Sales were $46.3 billion, up 73 percent from a year ago.

Even before it posted blow-out results, Wall Street analysts had pointed to a big gap between Apple's share price and its earnings. By common methods of valuation that compare a stock price to earnings and earnings growth, the stock should be worth much more.

The average target price of Apple shares given by 37 analysts who have updated their ratings since the Jan. 24 report is $588, according to FactSet data.

Analysts say the company's policy of keeping its cash rather than paying a dividend has been hurting the stock. Value-oriented funds are often forbidden from investing in companies that don't pay a dividend, and growth-focused funds are often tapped out — they're heavily invested in Apple already, and likely don't want to increase their holdings.

However, company watchers expect Apple to start paying a dividend this year. On a conference call after the earnings report, chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer said the board was in "active" discussions about the company's use of cash.

Apple looks set to launch sequels in its hit iPhone and iPad franchises this year. There's also speculation that it will move into the TV market.

Adele wins top honours: Complete list of winners at the 2012 Grammy Awards

Here is a list of winners at the 2012 Grammy Awards:

Album of the year: Adele's 21

Record of the year: Adele's Rolling the Deep

Best pop solo performance: Adele's Someone Like You

Song of the year: Adele's Rolling in the Deep

Short-form music video: Adele's Rolling in the Deep

Best rock performance: Foo Fighters' Walk

Long-form music video: Foo Fighters' Back and Forth

Hard rock/metal performance: Foo Fighters' White Limo

Rock song: Foo Fighters' Walk

Rock Album: Foo Fighters' Wasting Light

Best rap performance: Otis, by Kanye West and Jay-Z

Rap performance: Jay-Z and Kanye West's Otis

Best new artist: Bon Iver

Alternative music album: Bon Iver's Bon Iver

Country duo/group performance: The Civil Wars' Barton Hollow

Folk album: The Civil Wars' Barton Hollow

Country solo performance: Taylor Swift's Mean

Country song: Taylor Swift's Mean

Dance recording: Skrillex's Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

Dance/electronica album: Skrillex's Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites

R&B album: Chris Brown's F.A.M.E.

Country album: Lady Antebellum's Own the Night

Recording package: Caroline Robert's Scenes from The Suburbs, for Arcade Fire

Pop duo/group performance: Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse's Body and Soul

Pop instrumental album: Booker T. Jones' The Road from Memphis

Traditional pop vocal album: Tony Bennett and various artists' Duets II

R&B performance: Corinne Bailey Rae's Is This Love

Traditional R&B performance: Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona's Fool for You

R&B song: Cee Lo Green and Co.'s Fool for You

Rap/sung collaboration: Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi and Fergie's All of the Lights

Rap song: All of the Lights

Rap album: Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

New age album: Pet Metheny's What's It All About

Improvised jazz solo: Chick Corea's 500 Miles High

Jazz vocal album: Terri Lyne Carrington and various artists' The Mosaic Project

Jazz instrumental: Corea, Clarke and White's Forever

Large jazz ensemble: Christian McBride Big Band's The Good Feeling

Gospel/contemporary Christian music performance: Le'Andria Johnson's Jesus

Gospel song: Kirk Franklin's Hello Fear

Contemporary Christian music song: Laura Story's Blessings

Gospel album: Kirk Franklin's Hello Fear

Contemporary Christian music album: Chris Tomlin's And If Our God Is For Us…

Latin pop, rock or urban album: Mana's Drama Y Luz

Regional Mexican or Tejano album: Pepe Aguilar's Bicentenario

Bands or Norteno album: Los Tigres Del Norte's Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends

Tropical Latin album: Cachao's The Last Mambo

Americana album: Levon Helm's Ramble at the Ryman

Bluegrass album: Alison Krauss and Union Station's Paper Airplane

Blues album: Tedeschi Trucks Band's Revelator

Regional roots music album: Rebirth Brass Band's Rebirth of New Orleans

Reggae album: Stephen Marley's Revelatino Pt. 1: The Root of Life

World music album: Tinariwen's Tassili

Children's album: All About Bullies… Big & Small

Spoken world album (includes poetry, audio books and story telling): Betty White's If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)

Comedy album: Louis C.K.'s Hilarious

Musical theatre album: The Book of Mormom

Compilation soundtrack for visual media: Boardwalk Empire: Vol. 1

Score soundtrack for visual media: Alexandre Desplat's The King's Speech

Song written for visual media: I See the Light (from Tangled)

Instrumental composition: Bela Fleck and Howard Levy's Life in Eleven

Instrumental arrangement: Gordon Goodwin's Rhapsody in Blue for Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

Instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist: Jorge Calandrelli's Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me), for Tony Bennett and Queen Latifah

Boxed or special limited edition package: Dave Bett and Michelle Holme's The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story

Album notes: Hear Me Howling: Blues, Ballads & Beyond as recorded by the San Francisco Bay by Chris Strachwitz in the 1960s

Historical album: Band on the Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition)

Engineered album, non-classical: Alison Krauss and Union Station's Paper Airplane

Producer of the year, non-classical: Paul Epworth

Remixed recording, non-classical: Cinema (Skrillex Remix)

Surround sound album: Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition)

Engineered album, classical: Aldridge: Elmer Gantry

Producer of the year, classical: Judith Sherman

Orchestral performance: Brahms, Symphony No. 4 by Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel

Opera recording: Adams: Doctor Atomic

Choral performance: Light & Gold – Eric Whitacre, conductor (Christopher Glynn & Hila Plitmann; The King's Singers, Laudibus, Pavão Quartet & The Eric Whitacre Singers)

Small-ensemble performance: Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music from Slide

Classical instrumental solo: Schwantner: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra by Christopher Lamb, Giancarlo Guerrero conducts Nashville Symphony

Classical vocal solo: Joyce DiDonato with Kazushi Ono and Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon with Choeur de l'Opera National de Lyon for Diva Divo

Contemporary classical composition: Robert Aldridge and Herschel Garfein's Elmer Gantry

Monday, February 13, 2012

FIFA boss Sepp Blatter to visit India next month

In a much needed boost to India's bid to host the 2017 Under-17 World Cup Football, FIFA President Sepp Blatter will visit the country early next month to have a first-hand account of the developmental work here.

What are you really selling or buying in the currency market?

The short answer is "nothing". The retail FOREX market is purely a
speculative market. No physical exchange of currencies ever takes
place. All trades exist simply as computer entries and are netted out
depending on market price. For dollar-denominated accounts, all
profits or losses are calculated in dollars and recorded as such on
the trader's account.

The prime reason behind existence of FOREX market is to facilitate the
exchange of one currency into another for multinational corporations
that trade currencies continually (for example, for payroll, payment
for costs of goods and services from foreign vendors, and merger and
acquisition activity). However, these days corporate comprise only
about 20% of the market volume. Fully 80% of trades in the currency
market are speculative in nature, put on by large financial
institutions, multibillion dollar hedge funds and even individuals who
want to express their opinions on the economic and geopolitical events
of the day.

Because currencies always trade in pairs, when a trader makes a trade
he or she is always long (buy) one currency and short (sell) the
other. For example, if a trader sells one standard lot (equivalent to
100,000 units) of EUR/USD, she would, in essence, have exchanged euros
for dollars and would now be "short" euros and "long" dollars. To
better understand this dynamic, let's use a concrete example. If you
went into an electronics store and purchased a computer for $1,000,
what would you be doing? You would be exchanging your dollars for a
computer. You would basically be "short" $1,000 and "long" one
computer. The store would be "long" $1,000 but now "short" one
computer in its inventory. The exact same principle applies to the FX
market, except that no physical exchange takes place. While all
transactions are simply computer entries, the consequences are no less
real.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

GATE 2012: Solution for COMPUTER SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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Practice Paper :Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan ( Primary Teacher-PRT) Solved Paper

G.K. Questions

(Exam held on 12-Feb-2011)

1. For instant energy, athletes take :
a) Sucrose
b) Vitamin C
c) Sodium chloride
d) Milk

2. Which Sufi Saint's Dargah is at Ajmer?
a) Salim Chishti
b) Muinuddin Chisti
c) Baba Farid
d) Hazrat Nizamuddin

3. Through which one among the following materials does sound travel the slowest?
a) Air
b) Glass
c) Water
d) Wood

4. The wheel (chakra) in Indian National Flag contains how many spokes?
a) 12
b) 18
c) 24
d) 26

5. In eye donation, which of the following parts of eyes is utilized?
a) Iris
b) Lews
c) Corena
d) Retina

6. Which among the following is not a Tennis Player?
a) Serena Williams
b) Steffie Graff
c) Martina Navratilova
d) Ricky Ponting

7. The number of chromosomes in a normal human body is:
a) 46
b) 43
c) 44
d) 45

8. Indian Railways earn the maximum revenue from :
a) passenger fare
b) freight
c) traffic tax
d) passenger tax

9. The time gap between two successive sessions of Parliament is not to exceed :
a) 4 months
b) 6 months
c) One year
d) What is specified by the President

10. The pH of human blodd is between :
a) 5 – 6.5
b) 6.5 – 7.5
c) 7.5 – 8
d) 8 – 8.5

11.The process of metamorphosis of rocks may involve :
a) Sandstone turning into quartzite
b) Limestone becoming marble
c) Shale getting converted into slate
d) All of the above

12. The Constitution of India provides for the nominations of two members of Lok Sabha by the President to represent :
a) The Paris
b) Men of eminence
c) The business community
d) The Anglo-Indian community

13. Which language is not specified in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
a) Sanskrit
b) Sindhi
c) Urdu
d) Rajasthani

14.Which of the following pairs of language and its one of the greatest poet are not correctly matched?
a) Hindi – Kalidas
b) Bengali – R. N. Tagore
c) Urdu – Ghalib
d) Greek – Homer

15. Which of the following is concerned with the trade unions?
a) GNDU
b) BHU
c) INTUC
d) LDC

16. World No Tabacco Day is observed on :
a) 31 May
b) 11 June
c) 28 September
d) 10 October

17. Roof of the world is :
a) Pamirs
b) Tibet
c) Himalayas
d) Mount Everest

18. New Bank of India has been merged with which bank?
a) State Bank of India
b) Central Bank of India
c) Punjab National Bank
d) Canara Bank

19. Where are the head quarters of International Red Cross Committee?
a) Berlin
b) Prague
c) Moscow
d) Geneva

20. Choose the wrong definition :
a) Contour – Areas of equal height above the sea level
b) Isotherms – Area having the same temperature
c) Isohytes – Equal rainfall areas
d) Isobath – Places of equal atmospheric pressure

21. Which of the following countries is not grouped with caribbeans?
a) Cuba
b) Bermuda
c) Jordon
d) Anguilla

22. India's national emblem is :
a) Lotus flower
b) Lioned Capital
c) Lion
d) Cow

23. 'Davis Cup' is associated with the sport :
a) Lawn Tennis
b) Cricket
c) Hockey
d) Badminton

24. Which of the following is a famous 'violin' player?
a) Zia Moinuddin Khan
b) S. Balchandran
c) Sajjad Hussain
d) L. Subramaniam

25. "Trippani" is a dance/ dance drama of the state:
a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan
c) Gujarat
d) Manipur

26. Match the following and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
I. Govinda 1. Rashtrakutas
II. Aryabhatta 2. Gupta Dynasty
III. Banabhatta 3. Harshavardhana
IV. Samundra Gupta 4. Indian Napolean
Codes :
I II III IV
a) 2 3 4 1
b) 1 2 3 4
c) 3 4 2 1
d) 4 3 1 2

27. Wazir -e-Azam of Pakistan presently is :
a) Asaf Ali Zardari
b) Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani
c) Parvez Musharraf
d) Muhammad Mian Soomro

28. Oscar award 2010 for best picture was given to :
a) Avatar
b) District 9
c) The Hurt Locker
d) An Education

29. Rate of evaporation does not depend on :
a) temperature of the liquid
b) surface area of the liquid
c) total mass of the liquid
d) air pressure

30. Match the following and choose the correct answer from the codes given below :
I. Sodium bicarbonate 1. Bleaching powder
II. Calcium carbonate 2. Baking soda
III. Potash 3. Chalk
IV. Calcium hypochlorite 4. Alum
Codes :
I II III IV
a) 1 2 4 3
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 4 2 3 1
d) 3 1 4 2

31. Robert Koch worked on :
a) Tuberculosis
b) Cholera
c) Malaria
d) Diabetes

32. Right to property is a :
a) Fundamental Right
b) Directive Principle
c) Legal Right
d) Social Right

33. The fifity-fifth amendment 1986 conferred statehood on :
a) Chhattisgarh
b) Sikkim
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Jharkhand

34. The Vice-President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of :
a) The elected members of Parliament
b) The members of both the houses of Parliament
c) The elected members of Parliament and State assemblies
d) Members of Loksabha and Legislative Councils

35. Which article of the Constitution provides the Parliament the power to amend the Constitution?
a) 370
b) 368
c) 390
d) 376

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