Union Government launches National Green Highways Mission

July 2, 2016 The Union Government has launched National Green Highways Mission (NGHM), a plantation drive around 1500 km of National Highways. It was launched by the Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi.
About National Green Highways Mission 
NGHM was launched under the Green Highways Policy, 2015 to provide a holistic vision of developing eco-friendly and green National Highways.

1. The mission aims to provide a green canopy along 100,000 km of highways and create jobs for 1 million youth. It has been initiated to engage corporates, Public Sector units, Government organizations and other institutions for developing green corridor along National Highways through plantation and allied activity on median, avenue and other available nearby land patches .
2. The funds for the mission will be met by Green Fund corpus which is 1 per cent of the total project cost set aside for plantation purposes Potential: The afforestation across National Highways is expected to help in sequestering approximately 12 lakh metric ton carbon annually.
3. It will also generate jobs and can be a game-changer for agriculture and rural economy. In future, the mission will be linked with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme. Besides, the minister also launched ‘Adopt a Green Highway’ Program, ‘Kisan Harit Rajmarg Yojana’ and National Green Highways Mission Mobile App.

Kisan Harit Rajmarg Yojana: It is a pilot scheme to extend green belt beyond the existing ‘Right of Way’ of highways. It seeks to engage farmers and also provide alternative livelihood option to the nearby communities.

General Science Quiz

1.Which of the following has the highest ionizing power?

Diamond Graphite Butane Fullerene

2.Which of the following is not an application of concave mirror?

Solar Cooker Shaving mirror Dentists Rear View mirror

3.If power of a lens is -0.5 dioptre focal length and type of lens is

2 m, concave 2 m, convex 50 cm, concave 50 cm, covex

4.Why the wings of an aeroplane are shaped with lower surface being flat and the upper surface being curved

To reduce vibration To make difference in pressure to life the plane vertically To accommodate more passengers in the wing To strengthen the wheels fitted in wings

5.In Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Plants the vapour of which gas is used to run the tubine

Water Ethanol Ammonia Benzene

6.An electric cell is a device

which converts electric energy into chemical energy which converts tidal energy into electric energy which converts chemical energy into electric energy which converts electric energy into tidal enegy

State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over the first two Tejas aircrafts to IAF as part squadron at the Aircraft System Testing Establishment in Bengaluru.

Key Facts The first squadron of LCA Tejas has been named as ‘Flying Daggers’. Its base will be located in Sulur, Tamil Nadu. It will have total 20 aircrafts, including 4 trainers. However, the two aircrafts will be operated initially by the squadron at Bengaluru for nearly two years. Remaining 18 aircraft including 4 trainers will be inducted at Sulur base in 2018.

About LCA Tejas Tejas is a single-engine lightweight multi-role fighter jet. It has been pegged as world’s smallest and lightest supersonic fighter. It is outcome of India’s LCA programme, which began in the 1983 to replace country’s aging MiG-21 fighters. It is a tailless and having compound delta wing design. It is powered by a single engine. It is mounted with inbuilt MultiMode Radar (MMR), Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) systems.

It is equipped with a quadruplex digital fly-by-wire flight control system in order to ease handling by the pilot. LCA Tejas has a limited reach of a little over 400-km. It will be mainly used for close air-toground operations. 

Note: LCA Tejas is not the first indigenous fighter to be inducted into the IAF. In April 1967, IAF had formed the first operational squadron with the indigenous HF-24 Marut fighter.

CURRENT AFFAIRS - INDIA 2016

General Framework Agreement on Renewable Energy Cooperation

• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was apprised of a General Framework Agreement (GFA) on Renewable Energy Cooperation between India and United Arab Emirates (UAE). 

• The GFA was signed, in New Delhi on 11th February this year during the state visit of Crown Prince of UAE.

 Presidential Proclamation in Relation to Uttarakhand Revoked 

• The President of India on 11th May, 2016 revoked the Proclamation issued under the Article 356 of the Constitution on 27th March, 2016 in relation to the State of Uttarakhand. 

UP Government Approves Bicycle Highway between Taj and Lion Safari

• The Uttar Pradesh government has given its nod to develop nearly 200-km long bicycle highway from Agra to the lion safari in Etawah to encourage eco-tourism in the vicinity of the Taj Mahal. 

• Starting from eastern gate of the Taj Mahal, it will cover areas such as Raja Bhoj ki Haveli, Bateshwarnath Temple, Mela Kothi Jarar, Naugava ka Quila and other rural areas to reach lion safari in Etawah.

General Science Quiz

1.Which one of the following is the correct matched.

Avalanche - Esker Drumlins - Accumulation of angular debris Exfoliation - Spheroidal weathering Scree - Sudden fall of ice mass

2.Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of

dengue fever filariasis encephalitis Yellow fever

3.Which of the following Evergreen ornamental plant is called Monkey Puzzle

Pinus Gnetum Ginkgo Biloba Araucaria

4.Who is the father of Nano Science?

Eric Simpson John Napier Richard Feynman Heisbenberg

5.World has become a global village due to

Contraction Absorption Diffusion Conduction

TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS 2016

1.The Soil Salinty is measured by

Conductivity meter Hygro meter Psychrometer Auxanometer

2.Plants that grow in saline water are called

halophytes hydrophytes mesophytes thallophytes

3.Pteridophyte used as a biological fertilizer in rice field is

Selaginella Cycas Pteris Azolla

4.Arrange the descending order for Mushroom Physical Structure

Pileus, Stipe, Annulas, Lamellae Pileus, Annulas, Stipe, Lamellae Annulus, Stipe, Lamellae, Pileus Pileus, Lamellae, Annulus, Stipe

5.Nymph is the name of young one of

Butterfly Beetle Cockroach Housefly

PHYSICS QUESTIONS

1.Mr.X wants to establish a broadbad wirless net connection for his employers spread over a radius of 30 kms. The wireless standard be needs to impact to them is

Bluetooth connectivity Wimax connectivity Infra-red connectivity Wifi connectivity

2.Which of the following statement is not correct about Neutron?

Neutrons are particles with no charge Mass of Neutrons is higher than proton Neutron is also regareded as sub-atomic particles Neturon is absent in hydrogen atom

3.Which of the following has the highest ionizing power?

X – rays Alpha rays Beta rays Gamma rays

4.Which are the common methods involved in the desalination of ocean water?

Solvent extraction and crystallization Sublimation and distillation Evaporation and recondensation Fractional distillation and steam distillation

5.Choose the in correct statement about the properties of anode rays

It consists of material particles It travels in straight line It is Deflected by electric field None of these

RailTel Corporation of India limited

Name of post:- Assistant company secretary

Eligibility:- ICSI

Job Location:- All India

Pay Scale:- Rs.12600 – 46500/- Per Month

Last Date:- 31^st October 2016

Total No. of Posts:-02 Posts

Age Limit:- The age of the candidate should not be less than 21 years and should not be more than 30 years

Qualification:- Candidates should have qualified company secretary  and should be associate / fellow member of ICSI.

Selection Procedure:- The selection of the candidates will be on the basis of written examination and personal interview depending on the number of applications received.

Application fee:- Candidatesare required to pay application fee Rs 1000/- through demand draft drawn in the favor of RailTel Corporation of India limited payable at New Delhi. No fee for schedule caste categories candidates / Schedule tribe categories candidates / person with disabilities categories candidates.

How to apply:- Candidates may apply in prescribed application form along with self – attested copies of all education professional certificates and documents in support of date of birth certificate / service / experience certificate / caste certificate (schedule caste category certificate / schedule tribe category certificate / other backward class category certificate) send to the DGM (P&A), RailTel Corporation of India limited, building no 143, Sector – 44, Gurgaon:- 122003 on or before 31^st October 2016.

TNPSC - General Science Q&A

1.When fossil fuels are burnt they produce waste products causing

Air Pollution Aquatic Pollution soil Pollution Thermal Pollution

2.Ascidians are exclusively marine animals commonly called

Sea Grass Sea squirts Sea fan Sea lily

3.Rain water helps to increase the ____ to some extent.

Phosphorous contents Nitrogen contents Calcium contents Potash contents

4.The National Research Centre for Mushroom is located at

Dehradun Mussorie Nainital Solan

5.Most highly intelligent mammals are

Dolphins Kangaroos Whales Elephants

ISRO set to undertake Maiden Launch of its Own Version of 'Space Shuttle'

• For the first time in its history, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to undertake the maiden launch of its very own version of a 'space shuttle', a fully made-in-India effort. 

• Very soon and if all goes well possibly before the monsoon sets in, India's space port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh will witness the launch of the indigenously made Reusable Launch Vehicle - Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). 

• After launch, it will be glided back onto a virtual runway in the Bay of Bengal. This flight will test the capability of the vehicle to survive a re-entry at speeds higher than that of sound, so it is called a Hyper Sonic Experiment (HEX). 

• A sleek winged body almost the weight and size of a Sports Utility vehicle (SUV) is being given final touches at Sriharikota. 

• Scientists at ISRO believe that they could reduce the cost of launching the vehicle into space by as much as 10 times if the reusable technology succeeds.

• K Sivan, director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, says, these are just the first baby steps towards a big leap.

Income Declaration Scheme for domestic black money to commences from June 01, 2016

• The 'Income Declaration Scheme' or four month window for declaration of domestic black money will commence from 1st of next month.It will remain in force till 30th of September. 

• The scheme is part of Finance Act, 2016 which seeks to provide an opportunity to all persons who have not declared their income correctly in previous years to come forward and declare their undisclosed incomes. 

• Under this scheme, the declared income would be taxed at the rate of 30 per cent plus 'Krishi Kalyan' cess of 25 per cent on taxes payable and a penalty at the rate of 25 per cent of the taxes payable.

Physics- Basic General Knowledge questions and answers

1.Rain drop starts to fall down when the velocity of the drop is

equal to terminal velocity greater than terminal velocity less than terminal velocity greater than critical velocity

2.Which of the following is acts to reduce the temperature of the spring in MRI scanning?

Liquid Nitrogen Liquid Hydrogen Liquid Sodium Liquid Helium

3.Liquid helium can reduce the temperature of the coil in MRI equipment to around

40 K 4 K 273 K 0 degree C

4.In 1905, Albert Einstein discovered

Photoelectric effect and Brownian motion 

Brownian motion and special theory of relativity 

Special theory of relativity and photoelectric effect 

Photoelectirc effect, special theory relativity and Brownian motion

5.Sound waves from a sounding car are

transverse waves longitudinal waves ultrasonic waves stationary waves

TNPSC General Science QUIZ

1.Tillite boulder beds are related

Aeolian Origin Marine Origin Clacial Origin Fluvial Origin

2.Cursonial type of feet is found in

Ducks Ostriches Swift Parrots

3.National Institute of Ayur Veda Medicine is situated

Bangalore Kolkotta Pune Chennai

4.The genome of Retrovirus consists of

DNA RNA DNA and RNA LTR element

5.Which place is called ‘Chirpunchi of TamilNadu?

Chinnamannu Chinnakallar Palladam Pollachi Azhiyaru

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ - TNPSC

1.The perimeters of two squares are 40 cm and 32 cm. Find the perimeter of a third square whose area is equl to the difference of the areas of the two squares
40 cm 36 cm 12 cm 24 cm

2.If “HYDROGEN” is represented as JCJZYSDD, how “ANTIMONY” will be represented as / “HYDROGEN”
CPVKOQPA CRZQWABO ERXMQSRC CTZOSUTE

3.Three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5 and their L.C.M is 2400. Their H.C.F is
80 40 200 120

4.The Subtropical High-Pressur belt is called
Doldrums Horse Latitudes Coriolis force Belf ot calm

5.Which of the following lies in the Zone III of Earth Quake in India?
Kashmir Delhi Andaman TamilNadu

CURRENT AFFAIRS - INDIA

Railways Sets up Two New Directorates

• Railways has constituted a new directorate named as Non-Fare Revenue Directorate (NFR) to increase revenue by 10 % to 20 % from non-tariff sources like advertising and commercial exploitation of vacant rail land.

• The public transporter has also set up another directorate to focus on areas like speed enhancement as part of the Mission Raftaar announced in the budget. The Mobility Directorate will address various factors affecting train movement at enhanced speeds in a focused manne

President gives away National Florence Nightingale Awards 2016

• The National Florence Nightingale Awards were given away by the President Pranab Mukherjee to thirty-five nursing personnel at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan on the occasion of International Nurses Day. The Award carries a cash award of 50 thousand rupees, a certificate, a citation and a medal.

• The International Nurses Day is celebrated all over the world on 12th May every year to commemorate Florence Nightingale's birthday.

President gives away National Technology Day awards 2016

• President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday conferred the National Technology Awards on National Technology Day. 

• At a function in Vigyan Bhavan, the President awarded Bangalore's Racil Chemicals, Coimbatore's Aitom Electric and Tejas Network again from Bangalore with awards for the year 2016.

 Padma awards for Rajnikanth, Sania Mirza 

• President Pranab Mukherjee presented Padma awards to 56 eminent personalities in a Civil Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 10.05.2016, Tuesday. While Padma Vibhushan has been conferred on 10 persons including a posthumous award for Dhirubhai Ambani.

• Padma Bhushan has been conferred on 29 persons including a posthumous award late Swami Dayanand Sarawasati and Padma Shri on 112 persons.

• Padma Awards one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. 

• The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

GK Quiz - TNPSC

1.Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy, Corynebacterium diphtheria causes diphtheria and Vibrio comma causes

Tetanus Influenza Cholera Typhoid

2.Photosynthesis takes place faster in

Yellow light White light Red light darkness

3.Which of the following an animal shaped like lizard but it belong to the group of amphibian

Salmon Walrus Lampreys Salamander

4.Examples of blue green algae

Anabaena Nostoc Oscillatoria All of these

5.Sugar cane research centre is located at

Tanjore Madurai Trichy Coimbatore

India’s first integrated Defense Communication Network launched

July 1, 2016 India’s first integrated Defence Communication Network (DCN) was launched by Union Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar in South Block, Delhi The network will enable India Army, Air force, Navy and the Special Forces Command to share situational awareness for a faster decision-making process

Key Facts DCN is the largest single satellite network in the Indian Defence Forces, spread across the country.

It is a strategic, highly secure and scalable system. It has has a pan-India reach from Ladakh to the North East to island territories.

The tri-communication network makes voice data and video data accessible to the three services over a secured network. It has been designed, developed and deployed by the information technology services, distribution and digital solutions firm 

HCL Infosystems. It is capable of working on both terrestrial as well as satellite mode of communication and has also been fixed onboard different military vehicles.

HCL Infosystems has had a long association with the Indian Defence sector. The company has worked with the Indian

Air Force (IAF) to deploy AFCEL (Air Force Cellular Network) and Air Force Network (AFNet).

AFNet: It is the first network of its kind for Indian armed forces which interlinks major installations throughout the country on a high bandwidth network and incorporates latest traffic transportation technology in the form of

Internet Protocol.

CURRENT AFFAIRS - INDIA

Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra top 2015 Road Mishap Chart

• Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra are among five states that recorded the highest number of road mishaps for the second consecutive year but Uttar Pradesh has reported the highest number of fatalities in 2015, provisional data compiled by the Transport Research Wing (TRW) of the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways indicates.

• TRW’s provisional data for 2015 showed an increase of 4.6% in Nationwide road mishap fatalities, from 1,39,671 in 2014 to 1,46,133 deaths in 2015.

• In 2015, Tamil Nadu reported the highest number of road accidents followed by Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. These states contributed 29.66 per cent of total accidents and also the highest number of injuries at 2,75,873.

Asia’s first Rice Technology Park at Gangavati in Karnataka

• Karnataka Government has decided to go ahead with the establishment of Asia’s first Rice Technology Park at Gangavati in Koppal district. 

• Apart from it state government has decided to set up a Maize Technology Park at Ranebennur in Haveri district.

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015

• The Lok Sabha passed the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015 for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of Centre and each State towards compensatory afforestation. 

• It also provides for additional afforestation and penal compensatory afforestation to regulate collected funds.

34 Satellites are Operational in India

• The Central Government has announced that currently 34 Indian satellites are operational in the space. 

• It was announced by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.Number ‘112’ Single Emergency Number to be operational throughout India
  • The single emergency number ‘112’ will be operational throughout India from January 1, 2017 to help people reach immediate services of police, ambulance and fire department. 

  • In this regard, Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad approved the provision of a single number for various Emergency Services.

TNPSC - General Q&A

1.The radius of a wheel is 1.75. How many revolutions will it make in travelling 11km?
10 100 1000 10000

2.Find out the8th term of the Geometric Progression 1/3 , 1/6, 1/12
1/24 1/48 1/384 1/128

3.By selling a car for Rs.1,40,000 a man suffered a loss of 20%. What was the cost prize of the car?
Rs. 1,50,000 Rs. 2,00,000 Rs. 1,25,000 Rs. 1,75,000

4.The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr and the speed of current is 3 km/hr. The distance travelled downstream in 12 minutes is
3.6 km 2.4 km 1.5 km 1.8 km

5.The offshore oil fields are mainly concentrated in
Continental Shelf Continental Slope High Sea Sea mounts

Union HRD Ministry launches Prashikshak, an online teacher education portal

• July 1, 2016 The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has launched ‘Prashikshak’- an online teacher education portal for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs).
• The Prashikshak portal was launched by the Union HRD minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi. It seeks to strengthen DIETs and bring quality teachers into the school education system.
• Key Facts The portal has been developed by the Union HRD ministry in collaboration with the Central Square Foundation, a policy think tank focused on improving quality of school education.It is an open online platform for collecting and reporting data from all DIETs which will help in the establishment of a strong monitoring mechanism.
• Prashikshak users will comprise pre-service teacher educators, DIET faculty and principals, policy makers at district, state and national level and the general public. The portal will strengthen the teacher education system in four ways

(i) It will equip government officials with data for decision making, (ii) empower aspiring teachers 

(iii) Support

innovation in teachers’ education and 

(iv) Increase transparency. It will help DIETs to make informed decisions about their institutes and compare the performance of their institute against other DIETs by facilitating online reporting of

data.

• It will provide insightful analysis to strengthen the teacher education scheme in the country and allow states to spot areas where resources can be targeted. District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) DIETs were formed under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education (CSSTE). They offer pre-service and in-service teacher training programmes for Government elementary school

International Solar Alliance

About International Solar Alliance

(ISA) ISA is India’s first international and inter-governmental organization comprising of 121 Countries. 

United Nations is its Strategic Partner. It was jointly launched by India and France in November 2015 during the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris. 

It has its headquarters in Gurgaon, India. It seeks to empower

solar-rich countries located between the tropic of Cancer and tropic of Capricorn to make collaborative efforts to harness solar energy to generate the electricity.

Three Objectives of ISA:

(i)To force down prices by driving demand, 

(ii) To bring standardization in solar technologies and 

(iii) To foster research and development. 

It also seeks to improve access to energy and opportunities for better livelihoods in remote and rural areas and also to increase the standard of living.

Physics- Basic General Knowledge questions and answers

1.In Flemings Left Hand Rule, index finger indicates

Electricity Conductors force Magnetism Neither

2.The relative number of moles of Hydrogen, Oxygen, water are in the ratio of

2:2:1 1:2:2 2:1:2 1:1:2

3.Displacement for the shortest distance between two points is

Speed Velocity Displacement None of these

4.Related with heat in one action

Conduction Convection Absorption Radiation

5.Electro Magenetic Induction was invented by

Fleming Volta Ampere Faraday

CURRENT AFFAIRS - INDIA

1.New Chief of the Naval Staff is Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba 

• Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba has been appointed as next Chief of the Naval Staff. He will be 23rd chief of Indian Navy and 21st as an Indian. 

• He will assume the charge on 31 May 2016 and shall have full three-year-term in office till 31 May 2019. He will succeed incumbent Navy Chief Admiral Robin K. Dhowan, who will superannuate from the post on 31 May 2016.

 2. The Central Government launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

• The Central Government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for providing free of cost LPG (Cooking Gas) connections to women from BPL Households. 

• It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Maldepur Morh, Ballia in Uttar Pradesh. 

3. Now RM Lodha to oversee the functions of the Medical Council of India (MCI)

• The Supreme Court has appointed a 3 member high-powered committee headed by former Chief Justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha to oversee the functions of the Medical Council of India (MCI).