APPSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APPSC Test Series
RAJASTHAN Textile units polluting Jojari River: NGT Textile industries operating in and around Jodhpur city are not following norms to check pollution, a recent report submitted a court commissioner to the National Green Tribunal, has revealed. Industries discharging untreated effluents that are polluting the Jojari River should be closed until modifications are not … Read more
E — WASTE E-waste is not hazardous if it is stocked in safe storage or recycled by scientific methods or transported from one place to the other in parts or in totality in the formal sector. The e-waste can be considered hazardous if recycled by primitive methods Survey was carried out by the Central Pollution … Read more
Ecosystem Eco-System-An ecosystem is defined as a structural and functional unit of biosphere consisting of community of living beings and the physical environment, both interacting and exchanging materials between them. It includes plants, trees, animals, fish, birds, micro-organisms, water, soil, and people. When an ecosystem is healthy (i.e. sustainable) it means that all the elements … Read more
68.84% of the population in India is rural based and majority of them depends on agriculture for a living. Enhanced and stable growth of the agriculture sector is important as it plays a vital role not only in generating purchasing power among the rural population by creating on-farm and off-farm employment opportunities but also through … Read more
ANDHRA PRADESH Andhra Pradesh sets up Medical Education Research Corporation In order to expedite the setting up of eight government medical colleges, the state government has constituted Andhra Pradesh Medical Education Research Corporation (APMERC). The newly constituted corporation will pool in funds for the upcoming medical colleges. The new corporation has been floated with a view to rope … Read more
The financial requirement of a firm can be met through ownership capital and/or borrowed capital. The ownership capital refers to the amount of capital contributed by the owners. In case of a company, it refers to the amount of funds raised by issuing shares. The main characteristic of the ownership capital is that its … Read more
Foundation values for civil services Values are the standards on which, we evaluate things. For every situation we don’t have time to ‘test’ the case on ethics theories such as utilitarianism. Values provide time saving short-cut in such situation. Under New public management (NPM), the concept of public services is fast changing. Bureaucrat has become directly … Read more
Matsya Union Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli 17-03-1948 Rajasthan Union Banswara, Bundi, Dungerpur, Jhalawar, Kishangarh, Kota, Pratapgarh, Shahpura, Tonk. 25-03-1948 United State of Rajasthan Udaipur also joined with the other Union of Rajasthan. 18-04-1948 Greater Rajasthan Bikaner, Jaipur, Jaisalmer & Jodhpur also joined with the United State of Rajasthan. 30-03-1949 United State of Greater Rajasthan Matsya … Read more
INTERNATIONAL China becomes world’s largest Solar Energy Producer. China has emerged as the world’s largest producer of solar energy. According to China’s National Energy Administration, its photovoltaic (PV) capacity reached to 77.42 GW in 2016. It has surpassed Germany, former global solar-power leader which has produced 40.78GW solar energy in November 2016. … Read more
The photoelectric effect The photoelectric effect is the emission, or ejection, of electrons from the surface of, generally, a metal in response to incident light.A material that can exhibit The photoelectric effect is said to be photoemissive, and the ejected electrons are called photoelectrons. The process was discovered by Heinrich Hertz in 1887. Attempts to … Read more