Basic Computer Knowledge

Accessibility

Accessibility can be thought of as "providing access regardless of the situation or circumstances." In the context of the World Wide Web, accessibility is a measure of how easy it is to access, read, and understand the content of a Website.

Attachment

Normally a file that is attached to an e-mail. Some attachments are executable programs that can harm your computer by infecting it with a virus or worm. If you are not sure what the attachment is, it is safer to not open it.

B2B

Business to Business. Products and services designed to be sold to other businesses.

B2C

Business To Consumer. Products and services designed to be sold to the general public.

Benchmarking

The practice of comparing the performance of your organisation, department or function against the performance of 'the best' - whether they be other organisations, industry standards or internal departments. The aim is to look at how well you are doing compared to others in the same field or industry, and to learn from their best practices as a basis for improving your own.

Best Practice

A process or methodology that has been proven to work well and produce good results, and is therefore recommended as a model. Some people prefer to use the term 'good practice' as in reality it is debateable whether there is a single 'best' approach.

Breadcrumb

A breadcrumb is a navigation trail that leads from the user?s current location in your web site, back to the home page. This is useful for larger web sites that have deeply nested pages or sections in their site.

Example: Home > All Categories > Pre Sales Questions

Browser

Software that translates digital information into pictures and text so that you can view them on your computer. Some commonly used browsers are Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, Opera and Netscape.

Capacity Building

A term sometimes used in knowledge management to describe the process of enhancing an organisation's ability to implement knowledge management principles and practices.

CAPTCHA

A CAPTCHA (an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart", trademarked by Carnegie Mellon University) is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human. The term was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper of Carnegie Mellon University, and John Langford of IBM. A common type of CAPTCHA requires that the user type the letters of a distorted image, sometimes with the addition of an obscured sequence of letters or digits that appears on the screen.

Chief Information Officer (CIO)

A senior position with strategic responsibility for information management and information technology.

Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO)

Computer Tips and Sort Notes

Document

A record of an event or knowledge, taken so that the information will not be lost. Documents are usually written, but they can also be made up of images or sound. Documents can also be put into electronic or digital form and stored in a computer.

Dynamic Content

A page that is generated just as the user views it. The content delivered to the user is often updated on-the-spot out of a database or based upon the users browser. It used to be easy to spot one of these pages, but with most systems now allowing dynamic content from any page at any time, you just never know. Search engines no longer penalize for dynamic content as long as the URL does not include submitted data (a ? question mark in the url).

E-Business

The use of electronic information systems (especially internet technologies) in business processes.

E-Learning

The use of electronic information systems (especially internet technologies) to deliver learning and training.

Expert System

An expert system is a computer program that simulates the judgement and behavior of a human or an organization that has expert knowledge and experience in a particular field. Typically, such a system contains a knowledge base containing accumulated experience and a set of rules for applying the knowledge base to each particular situation that is described to the program. Sophisticated expert systems can be enhanced with additions to the knowledge base or to the set of rules.

Explicit Knowledge

Knowledge that can be easily expressed in words or numbers, and can be shared through discussion or by writing it down and putting it into documents, manuals or databases. Examples might include a telephone directory, an instruction manual, or a report of research findings.

Firewall

Oceans, Seas, Rivers, Lakes, Island - Quiz Questions & Answers

1. How many rivers are there in Saudi Arabia?
2. Which is the ‘largest gulf in the world’?
3. Which is the World’s Warmest Sea?
4. (a) Which is the ‘largest freshwater lake’ in the world?
(b) Name the ‘largest salt lake’ in the world.
5. One of the ‘world’s deepest sea-bed’ lies off the Pacific coast of Japan. What is it called?
6. What name is given to the Group of seventeen Atolls 400 miles south-west of Sri Lanka?
7. On which rivers are the following falls?
(a) The Victoria Falls
(b) The Stanley Falls
8. The Murray is Australia’s greatest river. Where does it
(a) rise
(b) enter the sea
9. Which two lakes form frontiers of Switzerland?
10. What is the name of the ‘longest Spanish river’ flowing into the Mediterranean?
11. State where the following island are located
(a) New Guinea
(b) Cuba
(c) Java
12. Into which sea or ocean do the following rivers flow?
(a) Amazon
(b) Nile
(c) Indus
13. Match the rivers with their towns:
(a) Belgrade - Spree
(b) Berlin - Danube
(c) London - Darling
(d) Sydney - Hudson
(e) New York - Thames
14. (a) In which country is the river Tagus?
(b) On the banks of which river does ‘Shakespeare’s birth place’ stand?
15. (a) On which river is the Aswan Dam?
(b) On which river does Florence stand?
16. (a) Into which sea does the river Volga flow?
(b) Which capital city stands on the river Tiber?
17. Name the mountain ranges, stretching for nearly 1000 miles, from the black Sea to the Caspian Sea.
18. Arrange these oceans in the order of size: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific.
19. Name the five Great lakes.
20. Name the four main islands of Japan.
Answers

UPSC - Advt No.7/2013 Recruitment 2012 May

Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi

Advt No.07/2013

Advt date 25.05.2013

Last date online 13.06.2013

Posts :

• Assistant Professor (Mechanical Engineering), Integrated Headquarters Army, Directorate General of EME, Ministry of Defence - 1 UR - PB3 GP 6600 (online)

• Senior Administrative Officer Grade - I, DRDO, Ministry of Defence - 9 UR ; 3 OBC ; 1 SC - PB3 GP 6600 (online)

• Senior Administrative Officer Grade - II, DRDO, Ministry of Defence - 9 Posts - PB3 GP 6600 (online)

• Lecturer in Mathematics, Directorate General of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering EME, Ministry of Defence - 1 UR - PB3 GP 5400 - (Online) 

• Lecturer in Physics, Directorate General of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering EME, Ministry of Defence - 1 OBC - PB3 GP 5400 - (Online)

• Junior Research Officer (Tibetian), Signal Intelligence Directorate Army Headquarters, Ministry of Defence - 1 SC - PB2 GP 4800 - (Online)

• Junior Research Officer (Bhutanese),  Signal Intelligence Directorate Army Headquarters, Ministry of Defence - 1 ST - PB2 GP 4800 - (Online)

• Junior Research Officer (Bhutanese),  Signal Intelligence Directorate Army Headquarters, Ministry of Defence - 1 UR - PB2 GP 4800 - (Online)

• Stores Officer,  Defence Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defence - 24 UR ; 11 OBC ; 7 SC ; 3 ST ; 2 PH - PB2 GP 4600 - (Online)

• Meteorologist Grade II , Office of the Director General of Meteorology,  Ministry of Earth Sciences - 7 Posts - PB3 GP 5400 

• Agriculture - 7 Posts (Online)

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS - APRIL 2013 Part 2

85. The Kerala State award for the Best feature film was bagged by the movie ……………
Answer. Celluloid.

86. Angelo Mathews has been appointed as the captain of the Cricket team of:
Answer. Srilanka. He replaced Mahela Jayawardene.

87. India‟s new stock exchange, …………. Started trading shares on February 11.
Answer. MCX-Stock Exchange (MCX-SX)
Note: MCX stands for Multi Commodity Exchange. This is India‟s third national level stock exchange,
after Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS - APRIL 2013 Part 1

51. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Academy?
Answer. Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty

52. Who are the three personalities recently selected by the Indian Parliamentary Group for the
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award?
Answer. Arun Jaitley (2010), Karan Singh (2011) and Sharad Yadav (2012)

53. Who is the richest person of the world, as per the ranking released by the Forbes Magazine?
Answer. Carlos Slim (Mexico) 5

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS - APRIL 2013

1. Which team won the Vijay Hazare trophy 2013?
Answer. Delhi

2. Name the Venezuelan President who died recently?
Answer. Hugo Chavez

3. Who won the Celebrity Cricket League 2013?
Answer. Karnataka Bulldozers

4. Who won the WGC Cadillac Championship 2013?
Answer. Tiger Woods

5. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Bihar?
Answer. DY Patil

6. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Tripura?
Answer. Devanand Konwar

7. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Kerala?
Answer. Nikhil Kumar

8. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Odisha?
Answer. SC Jamir

9. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Nagaland?
Answer. Ashwani Kumar, He was the former Director of the CBI.

10. Who is honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize recently?
Answer. Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women‟s Association (SEWA), was presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2011 by the President of
India, Pranab Mukherjee. 2

11. Who won the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix?
Answer. Sebastian Vettel

All India Services 2014

All India Services

The Constitution provides for the creation of All India Services (AIS) common to the Union and the States. The All India Services Act, 1951 provides that the Central Government may make rules for regulating the recruitment and the conditions of service of persons appointed to the All India Services. Presently only the IAS, the IPS and the IFS have been constituted as All India Services.

What is Civil Service ? 2014

Civil Service

The Indian Civil Service forms the backbone of the Indian government machinery & constitutes all the major departments which run the state & central administration. The three types of services recruited through the Civil Services Examination are All India Services, Central Services, and State Services. To know more about the complete list of services and their posts and pay scale check the CS List of Services.

The Civil Services examination is one of the most prestigious examinations conducted by UPSC. Historically it has been of the most sought after career by young and talented individuals. It has not lost its prestige value amidst the recent popularity of IT and management careers. Civil Services is also popularly known as the IAS exam or the UPSC exam and is considered one the toughest competitive exams in the world with success rate of just 0.1%.

Indian Police Service (IPS) 2014

Indian Police Service (IPS)

The Indian Police Service (IPS) was formed in the year of 1948. It is one of the three All India Services.(The other two are Indian Forest Services and Indian Administrative Services). The cadre controlling authority for IPS is the Ministry of Home Affairs. 

• Cadre size: 3549 posts (direct recruitment – 70%, promotion 30%).
• The selected candidates' training ground is at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy.

Functions of IPS Officers

• Day-to-day duties, particularly in the areas of maintenance of public peace and order, crime prevention, investigation, and detection, collection of intelligence, VIP security, border policing, railway policing, smuggling, drug trafficking, economic offences, corruption in public life, disaster management, enforcement of socio-economic legislation, bio-diversity and protection of environmental laws etc.
• Leading and commanding the civil and armed police forces in all the states and union territories.

Indian Foreign Service (IFS) 2014

Indian Foreign Service (IFS)

The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) was formed in the year of 1946. The cadre controlling authority for IFS is Foreign Secretary. After selection, the training program consists of two stages, at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Massouri and then at the Foreign Service Institute in New Delhi.

• Cadre size: 618 posts (direct recruitment – 87%, promotion 13%).

Functions of IFS Officers

As a career diplomat, the Foreign Service Officer is required to project India’s interests, both at home and abroad on a wide variety of issues. These include bilateral political and economic cooperation, trade and investment promotion, cultural interaction, press and media liaison as well as a whole host of multilateral issues.

The main functions can be summarized as:

Indian Revenue Service (IRS) - Income Tax, Customs & Central Excise 2014

Indian Revenue Service (IRS) - Income Tax, Customs & Central Excise

The IRS comprises of IRS – Customs and Central Excise (C&CE) and IRS – Income Tax (IT). It is one of the Group a Central Civil Service of India. The cadre controlling authority for IRS is Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) / Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). The Service was formed during the year 1946. The selected candidates go through training sessions in different institutes.

• Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration at Massouri: 3 month foundation course.
• National Institute of Financial Management at Faridabad: 15 month profession training for officers of Customs and Excise.
• National Academy of Direct Taxes at Nagpur: 15 month profession training for officers of Income Tax.

Cadre size: 2311 (C&CE), 2500 (IT) posts (direct recruitment – 50%, promotion - 50%. Lateral entry – if any).

Functions of the Officers

Bring To The Fore Potential And Liminitations 2014

Bring To The Fore Potential And Liminitations

There is no denying the face that in spit of all the domestic problems regarding good governance and political logjams, India has vitality to appear on the global stage , since both regional order and global governance are in flux . At such a time , 5th BRICS Summit , which took place on March 26 -27, 2013 in Durban , South Africa represented a uniquely appropriate platform and flexible mechanism with India making its presence felt in a significant measure. Before leaving for Durban , Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had made it clear to the Media that he hoped to discuss a number of issue with leaders of others BRICS nations , as also with those from Africa invited to the Summit.

7 wonders of world 2014

7 wonders of world

The Seven Wonders of the World were first designated by Antipater of Sidon in the second century AD.Not all classical writers list the same items as the Seven wonders but most of them agree on the following : 

1.The Pyramids of Egypt : These are the group of the three pyramids,Khufu,Khafra and Menkaura at Giza to a southern limit 96 km distant are often called Zoser,at Saggara,built about 2,700 B.C.The Great Pyramid of Cheops covers more than 12 acres and was originally 146.61 metres in height and 230.43x230.23 metres at the base.

2.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon : Adjoining Nebuchandnezzar's place,96 km south of Baghdad,the AGrdens were build in the 16th Century B.C.Terraced gardens,ranging from 23 to 91 metres above ground level,Watered from storage tank on the highest terrace.

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM 2014

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

Earth-The earth is an oblate spheroid and not a true sphere,because it is flattened at the poles and bulges out at the equator.Its circumference is 25,000 miles.

Earth in Motion-The axis of the earth is the imaginary line on which the earth rotates.

Poles-They are the end of the axis.One end is called North Pole and other the South Pole.

The Solar System-It is the name given to the group of nine major planets(Mercury,Venus,Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune,Pluto),and their satellites,asteroids

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY 2014 notes

Geography

Earth-The earth is an oblate spheroid and not a true sphere,because it is flattened at the poles and bulges out at the equator.Its circumference is 25,000 miles.

Earth in Motion-The axis of the earth is the imaginary line on which the earth rotates.

Poles-They are the end of the axis.One end is called North Pole and other the South Pole.

The Solar System-It is the name given to the group of nine major planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) and their satellites,asteroids

and hundreds of meteorites which evolve around the sun.They are kept in position on account of the pull of the sun on the planets.

National Emblem of different countries 2014

National Emblem of different countries

COUNTRY-EMBLEM
Australia-Kangaroo
Bangladesh-Water Lily
Barbados-Head of a Trident
Belgium-Lion
Canada-White Lily
Chile Candor and Huemul
Denmark-Beach
Dominica-Sisserou
France-Lily
Germany-Corn Flower
Guyana-Canje Pheasant
Hong Kong-Bauhinia
India-Lioned Capital

Eligibility for UPSC Civil Service Exam 2014

Eligibility for UPSC Civil Service Exam

Nationality

A candidate must be either:

1. a citizen of India, or
2. a subject of Nepal, or
3. a subject of Bhutan, or
4. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India.
5. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Srilanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age Limits

India Lags Behind Neighbours In Poverty Reduction 2014

India Lags Behind Neighbours In Poverty Reduction

According to study published by the Oxford University , Britan on March 22 , 2013 India lags behind its neighbors in reducing poverty Levels.

India has not been able to match the achievements of even Nepal and Bangladesh in this aspects.

India posted high GDP growth rates between 1999 and 2006, but its MPI Dropped only 1.2 percent per year during the this period.

UPSC - HISTORY SYLLABUS YEAR EVENTS

Memorable events of Indian History

B.C.-Importance
2700-Indus valley civilization is said to have flourished about this time.
599-Birth of Mahavir,the founder of Jainism.
566-Birth of Gautam Buddha,the founder of Buddhism.
527-Death of Mahavir.
486-Death of Gautam Buddha.
327-326-Invasion of India by Alexander.Battle of Hydaspes.
322-Foundation of Mauryan dyansty by Chandragupta Maurya.
259-Kalinga Was and conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka.
230-Death of Ashoka.

A.D.-Importance
320-Beginning of Gupta Era.Foundation of Gupta dynasty.
375-Hun's invansion of India.
606-Accession of Harshavardhana.
647-Death of Harshavardhana.
712-Invansion of Sindg by Arabs led by Mohammed Bin Qasim.