1. Evergreening of patents is done by citing another use of the same product.
- Cloud Burst is a localized weather phenomenon representing highly concentrated rainfall over a small area in a short duration of time. Cloud Burst occurs due to upward movement of moisture-laden air with sufficient rapidity to for cumulonimbus clouds. There is no satisfactory technique till now for predicting Cloud Burst
3. Calcium Oxide is commonly known as quicklime. Quicklime produces heat energy when mixed with water by the formation of the hydrate, calcium hydroxide which is used in whitewashing etc.
4. Why is Switzerland unable to join European Union (EU) till date (2010) despite its government’s persistent effort to do so? Because the Swiss people continue to vote against joining the EU as they do not want to lose Switzerland’s sovereignity.
5. Eco-Mark is given to an Indian Product which is environment friendly.
- When we eat something we like, our mouth waters. This is actually not water but fluid secreted from salivary glands .
- Along with goods manufactured using child labour, some of the developed countries have started to boycott goods manufactured in developing countries using ‘sweat labour’. ‘Sweat Labour’ implies goods produced by labourers working for more than eight hours a day without any break.
8. As per latest news reports, besides the three bases at Pune, Bareilly and Tezpur, the Indian Air Force has started induction of a new Sukhoi-30MKI squadron at Chabua in Arunachal Pradesh.
9. Bite of dog can causes Rabies. Similarly bite of bat can causes rabies. But most of the warm-blooded animals (including horses and donkeys) can get infected with rabies and transmit it through saliva. Crocodiles on the other hand being cold-blooded animals are not known to have been infected with rabies.
10. The interest of the Vijayanagar and Bahmani rulers clashed in three separate and distinct areas in Deccan. Tungabhadra doab, Krishna-Godavari delta/basin & Marathawada country.
11. Wind is often found to blow in a hot summer day due to Conduction of heat between air and soil on the Earth.
- According to Goldman Sachs’ review of emerging economies, by 2050 China-USA-India-Brazil-Mexico would be the order of the largest economies in the world.
- Most of the communication satellites today are placed in a geostationary orbit. In order to stay over the same spot on the Earth, a geostationary satellite has to be directly above the equator.
- SIMBEX is an annual joint maritime bilateral exercise conducted between India and Singapore.
- The term ‘demographic gap’ signifies the difference birth and death rate.
- Dead organs are generally stored in formalin. Formalin is aqueous formaldehyde.
- According to National Food Security Bill Every BPL family in the country shall be entitled to 25 kg of wheat or rice per month @ Rs. 3 per kg. The Central Government shall allocate required quantity of wheat and/or rice from the central pool to State Governments, which will be distributed through fair shops . The draft Bill has been cleared by the empowered group of Ministers for discussion in the Cabinet.
- When items of jewellery made of metals such as copper or nickel are placed in a solution having a salt of gold, a thin film of gold is deposited by passing an electric current.
- Due to contraction of eyeball, a long-sighted eye can see only farther objects which is corrected by using convex lens
- Rainwater collected after 30 to 40 minutes of raining is not suitable for drinking because it is acidic.
- Water is a good coolant and is used to cool the engines of cars, buses, trucks, etc. It is because water has a high specific heat.
- The Vindhyan system of rocks is important for the production of precious stones and building materials.
- A close bottle containing water at room temperature was taken to the Moon and then the lid is opened. The water will boil.
- Down syndrome is a genetic disorder. Effected person has mental retardation. Effected person has furrowed tongue with open mouth.
- The rainfall distribution pattern over the Ganga basin decreases from the east to west and north to south.
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