Sunday, March 24, 2013

Model questions & answers for IIMC, ACJ, Xaviers and all leading media entrance exam


Miss World 2012: China's Yu Wenxia won the Miss World 2012 beauty pageant at the Ordos Stadium Arena in inner Mongolia, China on 18 August 2012. Wales' SophieMoulds was adjudged the first runner-up, while Australia's Jessica Kahawaty was the second runner-up. India's Vanya Mishra made it to the top seven spot but failed to win the competition. However, She, bagged the titles of Miss Social Media and Miss
Beauty with a Purpose. Venezuela's Ivian Sarcos had won the Miss World pageant in 2011.

V.V.S. Laxman: In August 2012 announced his retirement from international cricket, ending a glorious career spanning 16 years. Laxman played 134 Tests, amassing 8781 runs at an average of 45.97. He scored 17 hundreds and 56 half centuries and earned the sobriquet Very Very Special. Laxman made his Test debut in 1996 against South Africa at Ahmedabad. Laxman, played 86 ODI matches for an aggregate of 2338 at an average of 30.76. But he could never become the part of Indian team in any cricket world cup edition.


 Ashok Mehta: Veteran Cinematographer Ashok Mehta passed away in Mumbai on 15 August 2012. He was 65. Mehta was suffering from lung cancer and was getting treatment at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. During his long career in Bollywood Mehta worked with prominent filmmakers like Subhash Ghai, Rajiv Rai and MF Husain. He was the director of photography in films like 36 Chowringhee Lane, Utsav, Trikal, Khalnayak, Bandit Queen, Chalte Chalte, Gajgamini, Trimurti, Khalnayak, Moksha and Ram Lakhan.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Model Questions and Answers for Media entrance exams


Joseph Edward Murray : Dr. Joseph Edward Murray, the first doctor to perform kidney transplant successfully died in November 2012. d-Doctor had received a Nobel Prize for the work.   After he performed the first kidney transplant on the identical twins, various other transplants on different organs of the body were performed. Murray also shared Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1990 along with Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, who performed various bone marrow transplants.

Shinzo Abe: Shinzo Abe, the conservative leader of Japan was elected as the prime minister of the country by lower house of the Parliament called the House of Representatives. Shinzo Abe took oath to rebuild Japanese economy as well as mend the coalition with US. The lower house of the parliament in Japan, which is said to be very powerful,  Shinzo Abe as the new leader of the country. All this came after the loud victory of Liberal Democratic Party which is headed by Abe, in national election earlier in December 2012. The Liberal Democratic Party had won over Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ).

Fauja Singh: 101, the oldest marathon runner of the world decided to stop running in the competitions after Hong Kong marathon which will be held in February 2013. However, before the Hong Kong marathon, Singh will be running in the Australia marathon as well.
Fauja Singh is also popularly known as the Turbaned Tornado in all the international events. Though Fauja Singh announced his retirement from marathon, but he admitted that he would keep running for inspiring the masses.

Uddhav Thackeray was elected as the Party President for Shiv Sena during the National Executive Meet of the party held at Sena Bhawan, party’s headquarters at Dadar in Central Mumbai. He was elected to the post of the President of the Party on the day of birth anniversary of the party supremo and his father, Bal Thackeray. 

NMEW: The National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW) in collaboration with the Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative (LCWRI), supported by UN Women held the Sixth National Conference on implementation of PWDVA (Protection of Women of from Domestic Violence Act), 2005 on 21 January 2013.

GETIT: Digital marketing company GETIT Infoservices  rolled out DigiGains, a name give to platform for digital marketing, for the benefit of Small and Medium Entreprises (SMEs) in the region. The motto behind entering into partnership to furnish to the strong demands for digital advertising from SMEs and market Google AdWords products and as part of it they would develop, launch and manage digital campaigns for SMEs. Getit's key role is to provide an extensive pan-India reach with its strong field force and it is supposed to be involved in complete servicing the Google adwords campaign.


























Sunday, March 10, 2013

Model Questions for all Media Entrance Exams


Mukul Manda Sangma: Mukul Manda Sangma of Congress was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second term. 


Hugo Chavez: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on 5 March 2013 at a military hospital in Caracas at the age of 58 due to Cancer. He died after battling from cancer for two years during which he underwent several surgeries and chemotherapy in Cuba.


Outstanding Parliamentarian Award: The Parliamentary Award Committee selected BJP leader Arun Jaitley, Congress MP Karan Singh and JD(U) MP Sharad Yadav for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. 

 

 

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

UGC NET के लिए सामग्री


विश्व के कुछ लोकनृत्य
हैंगो-अर्जेंटीना
 साम्बा-ब्राजील
                          चा-चा-कैरेबियन द्वीप समूह.
                    कोंगा, माम्बो, रुम्बा-क्यूबा.
                            होर्न पाईप, मॉरिस डांस-इंग्लैंड.
          कॉन-कॉन- मिनुयेर
वाल्ज-जर्मनी
               जिग, फेडिंग-आयरलैंड.
   छोटा-इजराईल
  टारंटेला-इटली
                                   पोल्का, शोरिश- मध्य यूरोपीय देश
               हाईलैंड क्लिंग, जिग- स्कॉटलैंड

Thursday, February 28, 2013


       National Science Day
It is celebrated every year in India on 28 February 2013.

National Science Day was observed on 28 February 2013. 

The theme of 2013 was Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security. The day is observed on the 28th of February every year to popularize science and its applications among school and college students. National Science Day is observed in honour of Nobel laureate and physicist CV Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect, which he announced on this day in 1928.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Model questions for 2013 entrance exams


Pragash:  Pragash is an all-girl Kashmiri rock band formed by three teenage Muslim girls. The band was formed in December 2012 and received controversy from Islamic militants, who claimed that the band members allegedly broke the codes of Islam. The band members all received threats of death, rape, and other physical harm, including a fatwa from Grand Mufti, which prompted them to quit the band. The band made their first public appearance on December 10, 2012 when they participated in a Battle of Bands competition in Srinagar, where they received the award for "Best Performance.
Owen's and his publisher's decision to release the book without first submitting it for United States Department of Defense (DoD) review generated controversy. The DoD claims that the book contains classified information, which the book's publisher denies. 


K.C. Pant: K.C. Pant, the ex-Defence Minister of India and former Planning Commission Deputy Chairman died. Krishna Chandra Pant was the son of the Bharat Ratna and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Govind Ballabh Pant. Being a Member of Parliament for about 26 years, K.C. Pant held different key positions of Government of India like Finance Ministry, Defence Ministry, Atomic Energy and Science and Technology, Steel Ministry, Home Ministry and many more. Pant served Indian National Congress till 1998 and after that joined Bhartiya Janta Party.

Andrew Strauss: England’s test team captain Andrew Strauss announced his retirement from international cricket on 29 August 2012. Under Strauss’ captaincy the England team witnessed back-to-back Ashes wins over Australia and reached to the top of the test rankings. He was appointed the skipper of English team in 2009 replacing Kevin Pietersen.

Xi Jinping: The Communist Party of China CPC declared Xi Jinping as the new General Secretary of the Party’s seven-member Politburo standing committee. Xi Jinping is the son of the former politburo and vice premier. Xi’s selection as the new leader, the Communist Party of China has marked the end of Hu Jintao’s ten year term as the General Secretary of the Party, but he will continue as the President till March 2013, the month when the Chinese Parliament would meet. Li Keqiang, the second-ranked member of the Politburo standing committee would take over as Premier in March 2013 after Wen Jiabao will step down from his position.