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Hi everyone. In this post, I shall list the principal European traders that arrived in India and started trading. The European traders in India & their centers European company Centers in India The Portuguese Calicut, Cochin, Goa, Daman, Diu, Bassein, Salsette The Dutch Tranquebar, Serampore, Nagapattanam, Chinsura, Patna, Balasore, Cochin, Surat, Karaikal, Kasimbazar, Masulipatnam. The Danish Tranquebar, Serampore, Kerala, Nicobar Islands The French Surat, Masulipatnam, Puyducherry, Mahe, Chande r nagore, Karaikal The English Surat, Ahmedabad, Bombay, Broach, Agra, Hariharpur, Masulipatnam, Balasore, Kasimbazar, Patna, Kolkata, etc.

A few facts on oath taking ceremonies of different posts and appointments made by the Hon'ble President The oath of the President is taken in the presence of the   Chief Justice of India , and in his/her absence, by the most senior judge of the   Supreme Court . The President administers the oath of office and secrecy to the Vice-President. The   Union cabinet   headed by the Prime Minister is appointed by the President. The President is responsible for making a wide variety of appointments ·          Governors   of   States. ·          The   Chief Justice , other judges of the   Supreme Court   and   High Courts of India. ·          The   Chief Minister of the National capital territory of Delhi . ·          The   Attorney General. · ...

Hi all. This is the second post in the category General Awareness. In this post, I shall list some important sites all over the world and their location. This will be very much helpful in quick revision just before the Govt. job examinations. Serial No. Name of the Site Location 1 The Sphinx Egypt 2 The Wailing Wall Jerusalem, Israel 3 The Eiffel Tower Paris, France 4 The Kaaba Mecca, Saudi Arabia 5 The Leaning Tower Pisa, Rome 6 The Red Square Moscow, Russia 7 The Westminster Abbey London, UK 8 The Louvre Museum Paris, France 9 The Big Ben London, UK 10 The Statue of Liberty New York Harbor, US

Hi everybody. This is the continuation of the post on Vedic civilization. If you have not already read the previous post, you can read it here . In this post, I shall continue to discuss the Vedic literature. The Rig Veda is the book of lyrics . In Rig Veda, the first and the tenth Mandalas are said to be added later. The Sam Veda is the book of chants . It has approximately one thousand and five hundred verses. The person reciting the chants of the Rig Veda is called the Hotri whereas the person reciting the hymns of the Sam Veda is called the Udgatri . The Yajur Veda is divided into two parts- i) Shukla Yajur Veda and ii) Krishna Yajur Veda . The Yajur Veda consists of sacrificial prayers. It is recited by the Adhvaryus . The Atharva Veda is the last of the Vedas. It consists of various charms and spells to avoid evils and diseases . The Brahmana explain the hymns of the Vedas . It is written in prose. The Aranyaka was written for sages and students living in the jun...

Hi everyone. This is the fourth post on Indian Constitution and Polity. In this post, I shall discuss the Parliamentary System of India. This part is almost indispensable for preparation of Govt. job examinations. The Article 79 of the Indian Constitution describes the Parliamentary system. The Parliament of India consists of the President, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Although the President does not sit in Parliament, he or she is a part of the Legislature. The main functions of the Parliament are I) Legislation (law making) II) Financial Control III) Control of the Cabinet IV) Criticism of the Cabinet . Without the President's assent, the bill passed by the House of Parliament can not become a law. The Lok Sabha currently consists of five hundred and forty three members among which five hundred and thirty members are from different states and thirteen members are from different Union Territories. According to the official website, loksabha.nic.in, " The ma...

Hi everyone. This is another post on Indian history. In this post, I shall focus on the Vedic civilization and culture. This is part of the category ancient Indian history. Ancient Indian history plays an important role in Govt. job examinations such as UPSC, SSC CGL etc. In this post and subsequent posts, I shall discuss the important facets of ancient Vedic civilization. There are many theories regarding the original home of the Aryans. According to some historians, the Aryans were native to the soil of India . Some other scholars propose that the Aryans came from Central Asia while some of the scholars believe the Arctic region to be the home of the Aryans. The Boghazkoi Inscription , found at Bogazkale, Turkey, bears testimony to the theory that mentions Central Asia as the home of the Aryans. It mentions four Vedic Gods Mitra, Nasatyas, Indra and Varuna . It is believed that Aryans migrated to India in several groups from 2500 BC to 1500 BC . The first group of Aryans...

Hi all. This is the second post on Indian geography. In this post, I shall discuss some salient features on Indian geography. You can memorize the important points by having a glance. This is quite important for preparation of Govt. job examinations. Area - 3,287,263 sq km. The Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle of India. India is part of the large continental land mass of Eurasia . India extends from latitude 8 degree 4 minute North to 37 degree 6 minute North . India contains about one-sixth of the total population of the world. India is located on the world's major sea routes . India has 29 states and 7 Union Territories .

Hi everyone. In this post, I shall list the various national parks in India along with their locations. This list is made up for quick memorization and revision before various Govt. job examinations. Serial No. Name of the National Park Location 1 Bandipur National Park Mysore, Karnataka 2 Corbett National Park Nainital, Uttarakhand 3 Dudhwa National Park Lakhimpur Khiri, Uttar Pradesh 4 Gir National Park Junagarh, Gujarat 5 Hazaribagh National Park Hazaribagh, Jharkhand 6 Kanha National Park Mandla Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh 7 Kaziranga National Park Assam 8 Namdapha National Park Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh 9 Shivpuri National Park Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh

Hi everyone. This is the first post on Indian Geography. This topic is a part of general awareness section and hence indispensable for Govt. job examinations like UPSC, SSC CGL, IBPS, LIC etc. In this post I shall list some important Indian rivers along with their place they originated from and where they end. Name of the River Length(km) Originated from End Location Ganges(Bhagirathi) 2480 Gangotri Bay of Bengal Indus 3100 Tibetan plateau Arabian Sea Brahmaputra 725 Manasarovar Bay of Bengal Yamuna 1379 Yamunotri Bay of Bengal Mahanadi 858 Amarkantak Bay of Bengal Godavari 1465 Nasik Hills Bay of Bengal Kaveri 805 Koorg Bay of Bengal Narmada 1312 Amarkantak Hill Arabian Sea Krishna 1400 Near Mahabaleshwar Bay of Bengal Tapti 724 Bettul Arabian Sea

Hi everyone. This is another post in the category word list. As usual I shall list some words along with their meanings or synonyms. I do hope that you will find it useful in your preparation for various Govt. jobs (UPSC, LIC AAO, SSC CGL, Banks, PSUs etc.) where verbal reasoning plays a major role. Serial No. Word Meaning/Synonym 1 Quixotic Unrealistic, Impractical 2 Repugnant Repulsive, Appalling 3 Erudition Quality of having knowledge, Scholarship 4 Facade Front of a building 5 Feign Simulate, Fake 6 Fiasco Failure, Disaster 7 Garble Mix up 8 Gargantuan Huge, Enormous 9 Laconic Concise 10 Loathsome Detestable, Abhorrent

Hello everybody. This is the third post in the category Indian History. This post is a continuation of the first post that you can access here . In this post, I shall list a few more important battles for quick memorization. This list can be used to revise the day before Govt. job exams like SSC CGL, IBPS, UPSC etc. Date Name of the battle Parties Involved 1760 Battle of Wandiwash The English vs the French 1761 Third Battle of Panipat The Marathas vs Ahmad Shah Abdali 1764 Battle of Buxar The English vs Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab Shuja-ud-daulah of Awadh 1767-1769 First Mysore War. The Sultanate of Mysore vs The East India Company 1774 The Rohilla War  Rohillas vs the Nawab of Awadh 1775-1782 First Maratha War The Marathas vs the East India Company 1780-1784 Second Mysore War Kingdom of Mysore vs The East India Company 1790-1792 Third Mysore War Kingdom of Mysore vs The East India Company 1798-1799 Fourth Mysore War ...

Hello everyone. This is the second post on the topic Indian History. As in the earlier post that you can access here , in this post I shall list some ancient authors and their works for quick memorization. This post can be helpful in solving MCQs in various Govt. job examinations. Serial No. Book Author 1 Amarakosha Amara Sinha 2 Abhinavabharati Abhinavagupta 3 Ashtavakra Gita Ashtavakra 4 Buddhacharita Asvaghosa 5 Harshacharita Banabhatta 6 Natya Shastra Bharata Muni 7 Mahabiracharita Bhavabhuti 8 Vikramankadevacharita Bilhana 9 Arthashastra Chanakya 10 Ratnavali Harsha Vardhana

This is the first post on the topic Indian History. We know that history is an indispensable topic in written examinations of Govt. jobs like UPSC, SSC CGL and various others like IBPS etc. In this post, I shall list some important wars in the history of India along with their dates and the empires involved so that students can memorize easily by having a glance. Battle of Tarain --- 1191 --- Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammad Ghori Second Battle of Tarain --- 1192 --- Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammad Ghori Battle of Panipat --- 1526 --- Babur and Ibrahim Lodi Battle of Chausa --- 1539 --- Sher Shah and Humayun Battle of Delhi --- 1556 --- Hem Chandra Vikramaditya and Akbar Second Battle of Panipat --- 1556 --- Hem Chandra Vikramaditya and Akbar Battle of Haldighat --- 1576 --- Rana Pratap and Akbar First Carnatic War --- (1745–48) --- The British and The French Second Carnatic War --- (1749–54) --- The British and The French Battle of Plassey --- 1757 --- Nawab of B...

Hi all. This is another post in the category word list. As in earlier posts, I shall list a few not so common English words that may be helpful in your preparation for competitive examinations like SSC CGL, IBPS, SBI and various state Govt. Jobs. Diaphanous --- Thin, Delicate Occluded --- Obscured, Blocked Iniquitous --- Evil, Unjust Refulgent --- Glowing Dexterity --- Skill Boor --- Ill-mannered Feckless --- Feeble Glib --- Superficial Minatory --- Threatening Lummox --- Clumsy

Hi all. This is the second post in the category word list. As the earlier post that you can find here , I am going to list some more words that can be helpful in preparation of Govt. Jobs like UPSC, SSC CGL, IBPS PO, SBI PO etc. Abject --- Extremely unhappy, poor, unhappy Brachial --- Something that is related to the arm Bludgeon --- Hit hard, especially with a heavy object Cabal --- Small group of people for secret political action Wodge --- Large part Oafish --- Rude, Stupid Scrump --- To steal fruits Gloat --- Satisfied, Complacent Vouch --- To say something is true, especially from knowledge and/or experience Lacerate --- To cut or to stab ;

Hi everyone, In this third post on Indian Constitution and Polity, I am going to discuss a few key features of the Indian Constitution. Although India adopted the British model of Parliamentary form of Government , there is no crown as the Head of The State. India and United States of America are democracies but United States of America has a Presidential form of government , whereas there is a Parliamentary form of Government in India. The distribution of power for running the country effectively has been done on the Principle of ‘ Doctrine of Separation of Power ’. The distribution has been done in the following basis: Legislature – to make / enact the laws Executive – to implement the laws (constitutes of government machinery like police, public servants, etc.) Judiciary – to interpret / enforce the laws The powers which are not mentioned in the Constitution are called ‘ Residual powers’ . These powers are accorded to the Union Government . In order to conduct fr...

Hi everybody, this is the second post on Indian Constitution and Polity. If you have not already gone through the first post, you can find it here. As you all know, it is a very important topic for Govt. job exams like UPSC, SSC CGL et al. In this post, I shall discuss a few key features of Indian Constitution. The Constitution of India has 448 articles in 25 parts . Apart from the articles, there are twelve schedules and five appendices . At the time of commencement , the constitution had 395 articles and 8 schedules . Article is the smallest unit. Numbers are assigned to articles.  Schedules are addendum at the end of the Constitution that may further add to the associated article or describe that particular article. An uppercase letter suffixed to a number, for example, 21A makes it an independent Article whereas a lowercase letter like Art 116(a) is a section of the Article 116 , not an independent Article. There are 100 amendments to the Indian Constitut...

Here I list some not so common English words for verbal reasoning part of the various Govt job exams such as IBPS Clerical cadre, IBPS PO, SBI PO, SBI Clerical Cadre, SSC CGL etc. The words are listed along with their meanings. 1. Arcane --- Difficult to understand, mysterious 2. Abeyance --- Suspension 3. Enervate --- Weaken 4. Insidious --- Harmful 5. Craven --- Cowardly 6. Obdurate ---- Stubborn 7. Misanthropic --- Unsociable 8. Gullible --- Credulous 9. Countenance --- Support 10. Apocryphal --- A statement of doubtful authenticity.

In this post, I shall discuss a few basic terms related to Environment and Ecology. As you all know, this subject is getting much importance now a days. Almost every job exam right from clerical cadre recruitment of IBPS to UPSC to SSC CGL contains some questions on this topic. Biodegradable : This refers to materials that can disintegrated by bacteria, fungi or any other biological means. In general, biodegradable materials are organic materials that serve as nutrient to microorganisms. Examples : Paper towels, newspaper, cardboard box etc. Biome :  It is a collection of plants and animals having common characteristics because of similar climates. It can be found over a vast range of a geographical location. Biosphere : This refers to all the living matters on this planet. Ecology : Ecology is the subject that deals with how organisms interact with their environments. Ecosystem : This refers to the system consisting of interacting organisms and biotopes(non-livin...