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IAS Main Mock Tests Program 2009
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IAS GENERAL STUDIES MAIN
Science & Technology
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GENERAL STUDIES PRELIM 2009
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‘Plan Dec’: 20 Mock Tests – G. S. Pre 2009:
6. Consider the following statements:
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a). Only 1 b). Only 2
c). both 1 and 2 d). Neither 1 nor 2
9. Which one has become the first country to allow creating and using CYBRIDs or Human –animals embryos for research purpose?
a). United State b). Canada
c). Australia d). Britain
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GENERAL STUDIES PRELIM 2009
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‘Plan Dec’: 20 Mock Tests – G. S. Pre 2009:
1. Geographical Indications and India
2. Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE)
3. Development of Cryogenic Engine in India
4. Contribution of India for solution of Global warming problem.
5. Disaster Management and preparation of India for tackling these problems like earthquake, landslide, floods etc.
6. Define super computer & its application and position of India for research and development of super computer.
7. Discuss biosphere reserves in India.
8. Groundwater is getting depleted fast across India. Discuss its reasons and suggest solutions & action plans.
9. “India’s Stem cells research can change the way heath care is practiced completely”. Comment
10. Sustainable agricultural development and food security
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IAS General Studies Main: Question Paper 2004, 2005 & 2006 – Analyse Pattern of Question & Change
IAS General Studies Main – Science & Technology : Part 1-Ten Topics
IAS General Studies Main: Current National issues and topics of social relevance – Ten Topics
Part 3: IAS G.S. Main – Current National issues and topics of social relevance – Ten Topics
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CIVIL SERVICES (MAIN) EXAMINATION: 2006 (Candidates Marks DataBase)
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Quiz 1: IAS General Studies (P) – Ancient History
Quiz 2: IAS General Studies (P) – Indian Economy
Quiz 3: IAS General Studies (P) – General Science – BIOLOGY
IAS GS – Ancient India – Indus Valley Civilization : Major Sites ( Map Presentation )
Quiz 4: IAS General Studies (P) – Current Affair & General Awareness
Quiz-5: Short Notes – IAS General Studies (M)-History of Modern India and Indian Culture
Quiz-7: Short Notes – IAS General Studies (Main) : Current Affair & General knowledge
IAS General Studies Main: Question Paper 2004, 2005 & 2006 – Analyse Pattern of Question & Change
IAS General Studies – NCERT : ECONOMICS – Understanding basic & Fundamental of Indian Economy
BIOLOGY – IAS General Studies Prelim : General Science
Syllabus : Classification of Topics & Focus
Biology : Statistics of General Studies IAS Prelim ( Questions pattern of Biology )
Quiz 3: IAS General Studies (P) – General Science - BIOLOGY
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17
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IAS General Studies Main: Question Paper 2004, 2005 & 2006 – Analyse Pattern of Question & Change
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‘Plan Dec’: 20 Mock Tests – G. S. Pre 2009:
| 2007 | ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C8, successfully launched Italian astronomical satellite, AGILE from Sriharikota (April 23, 2007).
Successful launch of INSAT-4B by Ariane-5 from Kourou French Guyana, (March 12, 2007). Successful recovery of SRE-1 after manoeuvring it to reenter the earth’s atmosphere and descend over the Bay of Bengal about 140 km east of Sriharikota (January 22, 2007). ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C7 successfully launches four satellites – India’s CARTOSAT-2 and Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1) and Indonesia’s LAPAN-TUBSAT and Argentina’s PEHUENSAT-1 (January 10, 2007). |
| 2006 | Second operational flight of GSLV (GSLV-F02) from SDSC SHAR with INSAT-4C on board. (July 10, 2006). Satellite could not be placed in orbit. |
| 2005 | Successful launch of INSAT-4A by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana, (December 22, 2005).
ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C6, successfully launched CARTOSAT-1 and HAMSAT satellites from Sriharikota(May 5, 2005). |
| 2004 | The first operational flight of GSLV (GSLV-F01) successfully launched EDUSAT from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota (September 20, 2004) |
| 2003 | ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C5, successfully launched RESOURCESAT-1 (IRS-P6) satellite from Sriharikota(October 17, 2003).
Successful launch of INSAT-3E by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana, (September 28, 2003). The Second developmental launch of GSLV-D2 with GSAT-2 on board from Sriharikota (May 8, 2003). Successful launch of INSAT-3A by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana, (April 10, 2003). |
| 2002 | ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C4, successfully launched KALPANA-1 satellite from Sriharikota(September 12, 2002).
Successful launch of INSAT-3C by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana, (January 24, 2002). |
| 2001 | ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C3, successfully launched three satellites — Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) of ISRO, BIRD of Germany and PROBA of Belgium – into their intended orbits (October 22, 2001).
The first developmental launch of GSLV-D1 with GSAT-1 on board from Sriharikota (April 18, 2001) |
| 2000 | INSAT-3B, the first satellite in the third generation INSAT-3 series, launched by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana, (March 22, 2000). |
| 1999 |
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-P4 (OCEANSAT), launched by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C2) along with Korean KITSAT-3 and German DLR-TUBSAT from Sriharikota INSAT-2E, the last satellite in the multipurpose INSAT-2 series, launched by Ariane from Kourou French Guyana, (April 3, 1999). |
| 1998 | INSAT system capacity augmented with the readiness of INSAT-2DT acquired from ARABSAT (January 1998). |
| 1997 | INSAT-2D, fourth satellite in the INSAT series, launched (June 4, 1997). Becomes inoperable on October 4, 1997. (An in-orbit satellite, ARABSAT-1C, since renamed INSAT-2DT, was acquired in November 1997 to partly augment the INSAT system). First operational launch of PSLV with IRS-1D on board (September 29, 1997). Satellite placed in orbit. |
| 1996 | Third developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-P3 on board (March 21, 1996). Satellite placed in polar sunsynchronous orbit. |
| 1995 |
Launch of third operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1C (December 28, 1995). INSAT-2C, the third satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched (December 7, 1995). |
| 1994 |
Second developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-P2 on board (October 15, 1994). Satellite successfully placed in polar sunsynchronous orbit. Fourth developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-C2 on board (May 4, 1994). Satellite placed in orbit. |
| 1993 |
First developmental launch of PSLV with IRS-1E on board (September 20, 1993). Satellite could not be placed in orbit. INSAT-2B, the second satellite in the INSAT-2 series, launched (July 23, 1993). |
| 1992 |
INSAT-2A, the first satellite of the indigenously-built second-generation INSAT series, launched (July 10, 1992). Third developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-C on board (May 20, 1992). Satellite placed in orbit. |
| 1991 | Second operational Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1B, launched (August 29, 1991). |
| 1990 | INSAT-1D launched (June 12, 1990). |
| 1988 |
INSAT-1C launched (July 21, 1988). Abandoned in November 1989. Second developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-2 on board (July 13, 1988). Satellite could not be placed in orbit. Launch of first operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1A (March 17, 1988). |
| 1987 | First developmental launch of ASLV with SROSS-1 satellite on board (March 24, 1987). Satellite could not be placed in orbit. |
| 1984 | Indo-Soviet manned space mission (April 1984). |
| 1983 |
INSAT-1B, launched (August 30, 1983). Second developmental launch of SLV-3. RS-D2 placed in orbit (April 17, 1983). |
| 1982 | INSAT-1A launched (April 10, 1982). Deactivated on September 6, 1982. |
| 1981 |
Bhaskara-II launched (November 20, 1981). APPLE, an experimental geo-stationary communication satellite successfully launched (June 19, 1981). RS-D1 placed in orbit (May 31, 1981) First developmental launch of SLV-3. |
| 1980 | Second Experimental launch of SLV-3, Rohini satellite successfully placed in orbit. (July 18, 1980). |
| 1979 |
First Experimental launch of SLV-3 with Rohini Technology Payload on board (August 10, 1979). Satellite could not be placed in orbit. Bhaskara-I, an experimental satellite for earth observations, launched (June 7, 1979). |
| 1977 | Satellite Telecommunication Experiments Project (STEP) carried out. |
| 1975-1976 | Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) conducted. |
| 1975 | ISRO First Indian Satellite, Aryabhata, launched (April 19, 1975).
Becomes Government Organisation (April 1, 1975). |
| 1972-1976 | Air-borne remote sensing experiments. |
| 1972 | Space Commission and Department of Space set up (June 1, 1972). ISRO brought under DOS. |
| 1969 | Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) formed under Department of Atomic Energy (August 15, 1969). |
| 1968 | TERLS dedicated to the United Nations (February 2, 1968). |
| 1967 | Satellite Telecommunication Earth Station set up at Ahmedabad. |
| 1965 | Space Science & Technology Centre (SSTC) established in Thumba. |
| 1963 | First sounding rocket launched from TERLS (November 21, 1963). |
| 1962 | Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) formed by the Department of Atomic Energy and work on establishing Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) started. |
Courtesy: ISRO – www.isro.org
| Mission | 1997- 1998 |
2002- 2003 |
2003- 2004 |
2004- 2005 |
2005- 2006 |
2006- 2007 |
2007- 2008 |
| IRS | 1D | RESOURCESAT-1 | CARTOSAT-1 | CARTOSAT-2 | OCEANSAT-2 | RISAT-1 | |
| INSAT | 2D 2DT |
3A 3E |
4A 4B |
4C 4D |
4E | ||
| METSAT | KALPANA-1 | INSAT-3D | |||||
| Expt/ Tech Payloads |
GSAT-2 | EDUSAT HAMSAT |
SRE-1 | GSAT-4 | GSAT(MK III) | ||
| SPACE SCIENCE | CHANDRAYAAN ASTROSAT |
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| PSLV | C1 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 | C8 | C9 C10 C11 |
| GSLV-MK I & II | D2 | F1 | F2 D3 F3 |
F4 F5 |
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| GSLV-MK III | D1 |
Courtesy : ISRO ~ http://www.isro.org/decade_plan.htm
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No firm commitment on climate change at G8 meet
SOPAN JOSHI
The group of world’s eight most powerful industrialised countries, the G8, which controls more than 60 per cent of the world’s economy, has declared it will “consider seriously” steps to deal with climate change at the 33rd annual summit of its leaders in this town on the Baltic coast. German chancellor Angela Merkel announced a breakthrough on June 7; by the time the summit declaration was released, it was obvious that she was trying to save face. The targets Merkel had proposed—that G8 countries do not let the world’s average temperature increase by more than 2°C by 2050, and for that agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions to half of 1990 levels—had not been agreed upon by G8 leaders.
Expert panel to study impact of climate change in India
KIRTIMAN AWASTHI, ARCHITA BHATTA
The committee comes when global negotiations on climate change are at a peak, especially after the un’s Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc) working group iii report predicted that climate change would cause dire consequences in poor countries.The setting up of the expert committee also coincides with global negotiations to find measures to fight emissions post-2012 when the Kyoto Protocol expires. Under the Kyoto Protocol, industrialised countries are expected to reduce ghg emissions to 5 to 6 per cent below 1990 levels by 2012.
UK says climate change security threat, wants UNSC debate
SHYAMAL
The first-ever debate on climate change in the un Security Council evinced strong protests from developing nations. The proposal by the uk asked for a discussion on climate change in the council since it posed a security threat.uk’s foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, who chaired the 15-member body meeting on April 17, 2007, in New York, argued that climate change had the potential to cause wars and the debate needs to move from the fringe to the Security Council, the most powerful un body. “An unstable climate will exacerbate some of the core drivers of conflict—such as migratory pressures and competition for resources,” said Beckett.Drought and crop failure could intensify competition for food, water and energy while economic destruction could be comparable to the World War ii or the great depression, she added.
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