Three Largest Producing states of various Crops during 2006-07

Food GrainsRice: West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar PradeshWheat: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, HaryanaMaize : Karnataka , Andhra Pradesh, BiharTotal Coarse Cereals: Maharashtra , Rajasthan, KarnatakaTotal Pulses : Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra, Uttar PradeshTotal Foodgrains : Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh Oil ..

Annual Foreign Trade Policy 2007-08

The Annual Supplement 2007-08 to the National Foreign Trade Policy (2004-09) was announced by Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister for Commerce & industry on April 19, 2007. 1. Exemption from Service Tax on services (related to exports) rendered abroad: Government ..

Quiz 104: General Studies for State Public Service Examinations

1. Which among the following sites near Pondicherry gives best support to the view on an ancient trade between Rome and the ancient Tamil country of India? Villianur Suttukeni Arikamedu Andiarpalayam 2. At which among the following places, Gokal Jat ..

Quiz 103: Business & Economy Awareness for Banking Examinations

1. In India, the commercial banks are required to provide how much percentage of the their advances to priority sector? 25% 30% 35% 40% 2. All the foreign funds to come forward as Foreign Institutional Investments (FII) prior to any ..

Archive : Current News Summaries & Articles

From July 2010 Onwards, Updates have been included in our One Year Email Programme June 2010 Q+A: Global Peace Index 2010 Mad Cow Disease : India is among safest countries Smriti Manjusha – The Time Capsule of Gujarat Technical Advisory ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2009

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Sources of Ancient Indian History

The two major limitations regarding the sources of ancient Indian History are “Availability and decipherment”.  The entire spectrum of available sources can be divided into two parts viz. Literary/written sources and Material-Archaeological sources. Literary/written sources The literary/written sources to reconstruct ..