Despite objections from China, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama had made a four day visit to Mongolia in November, 2016. Miffed China took some “countermeasures” and cancelled all...
On 20th December 2016, the AIBA, world body of boxing has fully recognized the newly formed Boxing Federation of India (BFI). With this, the four year administrative logjam...
Dissent means holding of different opinions and views. When dissent is brought on the floor of the parliament, it is called parliamentary dissent. President Pranab Mukherjee on his...
There are three types of party systems in the modern government viz. Single Party, Two party and Multi-party systems. In single party system, one political party controls the...
1. Who has been selected for the prestigious 2016 Jnanpith Award? [A]Kedarnath Singh [B]Ravuri Bharadhwaja [C]Chandrashekhara Kambara [D]Shankha Ghosh Answer: Shankha GhoshNotes: Shankha Ghosh, the well-known Bengali poet,...
Unit 1: Geography and Geographers Geography Systematic and Regional Geography Ancient Geographers Medieval Geographers Modern Geographers Geographical Thought Unit 2: Astronomy Observable Universe Universe Structure Universe Origin Theories...
Physics is the scientific study of matter, its constituent particles, its motion and behaviour through space and time, and the associated entities of energy and force. It is...
Pi, commonly written as the Greek letter π, is a fundamental mathematical constant representing the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Its approximate value is 3.14159,...
The Pioneer programme comprised two major series of United States spacecraft designed to explore the Moon, interplanetary space and the outer planets. Conducted between 1958 and 1992, the...
Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac situated in the northern celestial hemisphere. Its name, meaning the Fishes in Latin, reflects the traditional depiction of two fish joined...
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period, widely regarded as one of the founding figures of Western philosophy. An original thinker and literary stylist, he...
The Pleistocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 2.58 million to 11,700 years before present, encompassing the most recent period of repeated global glaciations. Colloquially referred...
