Natural Hazards : Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Landslides

  Natural Hazards of India Disaster A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s capacity to cope using its own resources. Vulnerability + Hazard =Disaster Vulnerability- it is defined as the diminished capacity of … Read more

15.08.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   Activists seek integrated action plan for uplift of tribal population   The World Adivasis Day is being observed on August 9 and the Integrated Tribal Development Agency(ITDA) is planning huge celebrations in north-coastal Andhra region. ITDA officials are gearing up for chief minister Chandrababu Naidu’s visit to the Agency areas and make the event a big … Read more

06.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   Heli Tourism’ to become a reality in Tirupati.   The much awaited ‘Heli Tourism’ initiative by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) is all set to become a reality in the temple city, as the officials announced that a permanent facility would be constructed at Shilparamam’s Urban Haat by the end … Read more

Synopsis of NCERTS

  Introduction Indian national movement: One of the biggest. Inspired many others. Gandhian Political Strategy very important. Elements of Gandhian Strategy can be seen in the Solidarity Movement in Poland by Lech Walesa WHY IS THE INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT UNIQUE In the Indian national movement, the Gramscian perspective of war of position was successfully practiced. … Read more

01.09.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

Andhra Pradesh   Almatti swells, raises hopes of dry AP districts.   Heavy inflows into the Almatti dam in Karnataka have come as a glimmer of hope to hundreds of villages in Andhra Pradesh, who are waiting for water from Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar.   Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar, that cater to the needs of AP and Telangana had turned dry. The water level in … Read more

Indian monsoon, mechanism, onset and retreat

  The word “monsoon” comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning season.Monsoons refer to a system of winds in the tropical regions under which the direction of winds is reversed completely between the summer and the winter seasons. Under this system, the winds blow from land to sea in winter and from sea to land … Read more

11.11.17 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH   New wind energy projects may have to pay wheeling charges   The State government is seriously thinking of doing away with the exemption of wheeling charges for future wind power projects. The State made a significant capacity addition of 3,000-plus Megawatts (MW) in the last two years.   The Wind Power Policy … Read more

RELATIVE SPEEED AND TRAIN QUESTIONS

  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

TIME & DISTANCE

  In this module we will deal with basic concepts of time and distance, speed, average speed, conversion from km/h to m/s and vice versa. This chapter will form the basis of further concept of relative speed which is used in train and boat problems. Important Formulas Speed=Distance/Time Distance=Speed×Time Time=Distance/Speed To convert Kilometers per Hour(km/hr) … Read more

Geographical condition and distribution of major crops, like,Rice, Wheat,Cotton, Jute, Sugarcane, Rubber, Tea and Coffee

  Rice The rice is cultivated on the largest areas in India. Historians believe that while the indica variety of rice was first domesticated in the area covering the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas (i.e. north-eastern India).Rice is a nutritional staple food which provides instant energy as its most important component is carbohydrate (starch). Rice … Read more