I am strong, because I’ve been weak. I’m fearless, because I’ve been afraid. I’m wise, because I’ve been foolish.
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BPSC 2011 53 – 55 Prelims revised Cutoff marks Leave a comment
Category Code Written Exam
General 1 100
SC 2 83
ST 3 83
EBC 4 89
BC 5 96
BCL 6 87
Application Proforma for 53rd-55th Common Combined (Mains) Competitive Exam. (For Additional candidates) 5 comments
New year gift from BPSC to few more students who are qualified due to additional corrected answer sheet are displayed below.
Press Release and Application Proforma for 53rd-55th Common Combined (Mains) Competitive Exam.
you may download from here or go to official website bpsc.bih.nic.in
Revised Additional Results of 53rd to 55th Common Combined (Pre) Competitive Examination, 2011 Leave a comment
Finally BPSC decided to release results for additional qualified aspirants.
Revised Additional Results of 53rd to 55th Common Combined (Pre) Competitive Examination, 2011 in compliance of Patna High Court‘s order passed on 4th January, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy New Year 2012! 2 comments
Dear All,
May this year bring all joy and happiness we wish for! Peace, Prosperity and Success in Exams.
Happy New Year 2012.
Vivek
Hot Topic-II 15:News of the year 2011 (Current Affairs 2011 / 2012) 1 comment
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Social media in the Arab Spring, Japanese megaquake and nuclear disaster, orgasms in the brain, HIV drugs, faster-than-light neutrinos, Higgs and more
Read more: “Smart Guide 2012: 10 ideas you’ll want to understand”
JANUARY
• Egypt cuts its people off from the internet as the “Arab Spring” begins. In Syria, Tunisia and elsewhere citizens use social media to organise street protests
FEBRUARY
• IBM‘s supercomputer Watson takes on, and beats, two former winners of the US gameshow Jeopardy! Despite a few mistakes it easily wins the $1 million prize
MARCH
• Magnitude 9.0 earthquake rocks Japan, followed by a tsunami that devastates towns and leaves 20,000 dead or missing. Explosions at Fukushima nuclear plant lead to meltdown when the cooling system fails
APRIL
• A software bot called LIDA shows the first hints of consciousness by reacting just like a human when carrying out simple tasks
• Personal details of 77 million users are stolen after Sony’s PlayStation Network is hacked – forcing the firm to take it offline
MAY
• Author Kayt Sukel stimulates herself to climax in an fMRI scanner to learn more about the female orgasm, brains and the control of pain
JUNE
• Physicists at CERN manage to bottle atoms of anti-hydrogen for 1000 seconds – about 10,000 times longer than before
• Infamous “hacktivist” group LulzSec announces it is disbanding after “50 days of lulz”, during which it attacked a number of corporate targets, including Fox News
JULY
• Space shuttle Atlantis lands at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the last time, bringing the curtain down on the shuttle era after 135 missions
• Antiretroviral drugs shown to not only help those with HIV stay alive but also greatly reduce transmission of the virus to others
AUGUST
• World’s first 3D-printed aircraft makes its maiden flight in the UK. The parts took just two days to design and five to print
SEPTEMBER
• Shock at claims that neutrinos have travelled faster than the speed of light – apparently breaking the existing laws of physics
OCTOBER
• First analysis of network of 43,000 companies shows a minority – mainly banks – hold a disproportionate amount of power over the global economy
NOVEMBER
• Breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research as cognitive decline is reduced in two people – by jolting brain tissue with electrical impulses
• Launch of NASA’s Martian rover, Curiosity, as part of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft. It is due to arrive at the Red Planet in August 2012
DECEMBER
• Two teams at the Large Hadron Collider announce they have found hints of a lightweight Higgs boson
• Climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, ends with agreement to accept targets on emissions in 2020
Hot Topic-II 14: Life science in year 2011(mains Biology) Leave a comment
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In 2011 New Scientist saw genetic engineering on fast forward, foxes zeroing in on their prey using Earth’s magnetic field, and a game of primordial Pac-Man.
We also discovered that the key to humanity may be in our missing DNA, lab yeast can make the evolutionary leap to multicellularity, and one vertebrate can eat with its mouth shut.
Meanwhile, our understanding of human evolution took a sharp left turn. In the wake of the 2010 discovery that humans and Neanderthals interbred, it emerged that our ancestors interbred with several other hominin species – and that the interbreeding may have helped us go global.
Here are our 10 favourite stories from 2011, from the earliest life on Earth to Egyptian archaeology and the latest developments in synthetic biology.
Life began with a planetary mega-organism
The last universal common ancestor may have filled the planet’s oceans before giving birth to the ancestors of all living things on Earth today Read the rest of this entry »
Hot Topic-II 13: Indian archaeology developments in year 2011(mains History Paper -India) Leave a comment
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A. Harappan site discovered in Kutch
In a joint excavation carried out by the Department of Archaeology of Pune’s Deccan College and Gujarat’s archaeology department, a new Harappan site has been discovered at Kotada Bhadali village area in Nakhatrana taluka of Kutch district. The site dates back to 3000 BC.
The state’s archaeology department and Deccan College have planned a detailed excavation in January to gather more information related to the site.
Y S Rawat, the state’s director of archaeology, said, “Primary excavations have showed that the site probably belongs to late Harappan period around 3000 BC, but the data available from the excavation is too little to determine the exact period. We will carry out more studies to confirm the period and other facts.” Read the rest of this entry »
Hot Topic-II 12: ARCHAEOLOGY developments in year 2011(mains History Paper II World) 1 comment
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Top 10 Discoveries of 2011: Please refer ARCHAEOLOGY Volume 65 Number 1, January/February 2012. (world)
Years from now, when we look back on 2011, the year will almost certainly be defined by political and economic upheaval. At the same time that Western nations were shaken by a global economic slump, people in the Middle East and North Africa forcefully removed heads of state who had been in power for decades. “Arab Spring,” as the various revolutions have collectively been named, will have far-reaching implications, not just for the societies in which it took place, but also for archaeology. No year-end review would be complete without polling archaeological communities in the affected areas to determine whether sites linked to the world’s oldest civilizations, from Apamea in Syria to Saqqara in Egypt, are still intact. Read the rest of this entry »
Hot Topic-II-11 Scientific breakthroughs in Year 2011 1 comment
Giant leaps: Science breakthroughs of the year
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The Hayabusa mission After some near-disastrous technical difficulties and a stunningly successful recovery, Japan‘s Hayabusa spacecraft returned to Earth with dust from the surface of a large, S-type asteroid – the first direct sampling of a planetary body in 35 years.
Unravelling human origins Studies of the genetic code of both ancient and modern humans revealed that many humans still carry variations in their DNA that were inherited from archaic humans who lived tens of thousands of years ago, such as the mysterious Denisovans in Asia and still-unidentified ancestors in Africa. Read the rest of this entry »
Hot Topic-II-10 Indian Economic Data latest 3 comments
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Data gathered from CNBC, Bloomberg and Zee Network
| India’s Economic Data 2011 |
% |
World Interest Rates- July |
%age |
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| GDP – Jul – Sep |
6.90% vs 7.70% |
|
8.25% |
|
| Inflation – Nov |
9.11% vs 9.73% |
|
0.25% |
|
| IIP DATA – Oct |
-5.10% vs 2 % |
|
1.00% |
|
| Repo Rate – Oct |
8.50% vs 8.25% |
|
0.50% |
|
| Rev Repo |
7.50% vs 7.25% |
|
1.00% |
|
| CRR |
6.00% |
JAPAN |
0.10% |
|
| SLR |
24.00% |
|
4.25% |
|
| Bank Rate |
6.00% |
|
2.50% |
|
| Base Rate |
10.00%-10.75% |
|
11.00% |
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| Saving A/c Rate |
4.00% – 6.00% |
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6.56% |
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| Deposite Rate |
8.50%-9.25% |
|
8.25% |
News-New initiative by Bihar Industrial Association and Impact: Destination Bihar 2011 2 comments
The Expo was organised to showcase the huge potential of Bihar, which is endowed with rich natural resources and huge human resources. Chairman, organizing committee, Destination Bihar-Expo 2011, K P Jhunjhunwala said that Bihar’s rich natural and human resources could be utilized to increase its present GDP growth rate of 14.5%.
Jhunjhunwala, co-chairman of the organizing committee Nisheeth Jaiswal and BIA president K P S Kesri said that the quality of life of Biharis would improve only when a network of industries is created to get maximum gain from agriculture and other avenues.
Jhunjhunwala said that a number of industrialists and entrepreneurs from all over the country were submitting proposals for setting up ventures in the state. Local entrepreneurs have already invested Rs3,600 crore in the state, he said and added that the Destination Bihar-Expo 2011 is being organized to attract entrepreneurs and other stakeholders to deliberate how to synergize all efforts to take Bihar into the development mainstream, said Kesri.
For the Expo, the BIA has given priority to agriculture, agro-based industry, energy, tourism and hospitality management for both industrial and social growth.
Destination Bihar Expo-2011 on Tuesday stressed on the need for confidence-building measures, so that entrepreneurs could set up micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to make full use of the new Bihar Industrial Incentive Policy and Food Processing Policy.
It was felt that the negative attitude of different government departments in giving purchase preference to local industries discouraged the entrepreneurs.
The managing director of Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA), Anshuli Arya, said that the situation was ripe for accelerating industrial growth, particularly in food processing sector, in Bihar, which is endowed with fertile soil, water and suitable climate. However, scarce land and power problem were the hindering factors, which were being looked into.
Director, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute ( MSMEDI), D K Singh, said that the state government’s departments were imposing a certain turnover eligibility criteria for taking part in the tender process. This excluded local small industries, having lesser turnover, from the tender process. The government departments had given a go by to the State Purchase Preference Policy for giving seven per cent price preference in purchase of products of the local enterprises. This resulted into a stunted growth of industries in Bihar, he said.
Singh pointed out that the Union government gives 15% price preference for purchasing MSMEs’ products.
A senior manager of National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), Govind Sharma, told the entrepreneurs present that the NRDC scientists were doing scientific research for providing innovative technologies for application in industries. NRDC also provided finance for transfer of technology to the industries. Its technology innovations are on display at the NRDC’s stall at the Expo.
BIA secretary general Sanjay Goenka claimed that the implementation of industrial policy in the state was slow as there was delay in providing subsidy to the industries.
The Expo is being organized jointly by the Bihar Industries Association and New Wave Display Services, Kolkata.
Vivek
With the State Industrial Promotion Board (SIPB) cumulatively approving investment proposals worth Rs2 lakh crore for setting up industries in Bihar, the Bihar Industries Association (BIA) is celebrating the centenary of Bihar by organizing ‘Destination Bihar-Expo 2011′ at Veterinary College ground here from December 12 to 18.
The weeklong programme includes celebration of Industry Day on December 13, Agriculture day on December 14, Women Empowerment Day on December 15, Tourism Day on December 16 and Infrastructure Day on December 17.
Courtsey: TOI
JPSC 2011 Results: whats wrong @ sindri? 3 comments
Riddled with corruption, the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) assured the prospective candidates of correcting the anomalies in questions and their answers and published a corrected model answer sheet. But even the so-called corrected model has many discrepancies and candidates, who could not make it to the written test, are blaming the authorities for deliberately doing it for favouring the candidates of their choice. Read the rest of this entry »
BPSC 2011 53-55th PT exam result: Justice Tripathi is on leave Sire! 9 comments
What a mess, pity! The year gone by is miserable to candidates appeared in BPSC and JPSC, now news against UPSC as well (will update you on that soon!).
Asking at court premise about BPSC court verdict is matter of laugh here! ”Sarr, yeh BPSC ke Result Ka kuchh nahi ho sakta!’ Says ‘TAYIID’ Mr. Ram with a chin to eyes smile.
The Patna High Court on Thursday(01/12/2011) reserved its order after hearing pleas of both the sides in a case related to the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). Some candidates have filed a petition in the HC requesting it to look into the discrepancies in the question papers of the 53rd-55th combined Common Preliminary Competitive Examination held in April this year. Read the rest of this entry »
JPSC 2011 Revised Results another Havoc! 1 comment
I do not understand, was it a curse on BPSC and JPSC aspirants who appeared for 2011 public service commission exams in these states. It’s really ruthless and unfair story to tell. Let me start exploring Havoc at JPSC 2011 PT ( 4th) exam first:
What is the age for voting in India? Ask this question to anyone and pat comes the reply 18 years. But this may be a wrong answer, if Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) experts are to be believed.
The age for voting in India is 28 years. No joke, this is the answer for question no 99 in set C of the political science paper related with voting age displayed on the website of the JPSC.
Not only this, if the JPSC experts are to be believed, the World Trade Organization came into being in 1990 (answer to question no. 74 in the same set) and not in 1995 as is commonly known.
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BPSC UPSC Mains 2011 HOT TOPIC-II: 10 Status of Indian cities- Patna comes AA-under Tier-II 1 comment
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Metros are basically regarded as Tier I cities, relatively smaller cities are regarded as Tier II cities whereas smaller cities are considered as Tier III ones. Here is the explanation why they are considered so:-
As Indian economy experiences the boom in all sectors triggered by its economic and investment policies, the metros or the Tier I cities are the ones that are inundated with burgeoning investments in the industrial and the services sector. Along with large-scale investments has boomed the realty sector creating congestion, arising out of an increasing demand for residential and commercial properties. This congestion in realty structures has forced the respective governments and many investment companies to seek out for alternative smaller cities leading to a demand for Tier II and III cities. Read the rest of this entry »
BPSC UPSC Mains 2011 HOT TOPIC-II: 9 Durban 2011 climate talks the outcome 1 comment
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Political will for the capitalisation and operation of a climate adaptation fund would represent positive progress!
The UN climate change talks in Durban Sunday arrived at a four-pronged Durban Package to save the planet by controlling emission of greenhouse gases.
The main outcome of the Durban talks:
* To extend the Kyoto Protocol: To extend for another five years the Kyoto Protocol – the only regime to combat climate change, that is due to end 2012. The parties to Kyoto are divided into two camps – Annex 1 countries – rich countries who are supposed to take legally binding emission cuts – and the non-Annex 1 nations — developing countries who have to make voluntary cuts. The second term of the Kyoto protocol will begin Jan 1, 2013.
* Long-Term Cooperation (LCA) actions: These are the long term collective action by countries to fight climate change. At the Durban talks, India scored a major victory when the LCA text accepted India’s demand of equity — or equitable access to sustainable development for developing countries without being hindered by emission cuts. The LCA text recommendations have to be debated before the next meet.
* Green climate fund (GCF): During the 2010 Cancun meet, rich countries agreed to provide $100 billion as GCF to help poor countries take measures to adapt to climate change. Though there is no money, a committee has been set up to start the process of figuring out contributions from countries.
* It has been agreed that the fund will be controlled by the conference of parties (CoP) to the climate convention. It will have 24 members, equally from developed and developing countries.
* Future of the Climate Change Regime: The Durban conference agreed to launch a process to develop a ‘protocol’, or come out with a new treaty under which all the countries will have to take legal emission cuts. It was agreed that the new regime should be completed by 2015, so that this new agreement can be implemented from 2020.
The Highlight:
At Cancún in 2010, developed countries pledged $100bn a year by 2020 towards the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to help developing nations adapt to the effects of climate change – but little of that has yet materialised, with delivery mechanisms still to be decided.
The aviation and shipping sectors could prove central to this funding effort. Analysis commissioned by G20 finance ministers has shown that applying a carbon price to international transport fuels would both reduce emissions and generate billions of pounds for the GCF. Read the rest of this entry »
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” Delhi become official capital of India on 12 December 2011. Kolkata was official capital of India since 17th century till 1911.”
“Patna become official capital of Bihar in year 1912. before that it was part of bengal with Calcutta being capital.”
BPSC UPSC Mains 2011 HOT TOPIC-II: 8 History of Delhi [@ 100 Years] 1 comment
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दिल्ली का इतिहास- सौ वर्ष की दिल्ली
दिल्ली ने देश की राजधानी बने सौ वर्ष पूरे कर लिए। दिल्ली ने इन सौ वर्षो में बहुत कुछ देखा और बहुत कुछ सहा भी। दिल्ली ने जहां भारत को बनते देखा वहीं इसके दामन पर खून के छींटे भी लगते देखा। सौ वर्ष पहले जब जार्ज पंचम का राज्यभिषेक हुआ और कलकत्ता से दिल्ली को राजधानी बनाने का फैसला हुआ तो कोई नहीं जानता था कि दिल्ली उसके बाद हमेशा के लिए राजनीतिक गलियारों की अहम जगह बन जाएगी। इस बनती बिगड़ती की कहानी भी बड़ी अनूठी है। 12 दिसंबर 1911 में दिल्ली को भारत की राजधानी बनाया गया और दिल्ली को मिली अपनी नई पहचान। 1772 से 1911 तक कलकत्ता ही भारत की राजधानी थी। आज के ही दिन जार्ज पंचम का भारत के शासक के तौर पर राज्यभिषेक हुआ और दिल्ली में एक विशाल दरबार लगाया गया। यह दरबार कोई मामूली दरबार नहीं था, बल्कि इस दरबार में अंग्रेजी हुकुमरानों ने अपने को शासक के तौर पर भारत पर काबिज कर दिया था। इस राज्यभिषेक के दौरान हाजिरी लगाने पूरे देश के नवाब और राजा पहुंचे थे। इसका अर्थ यह था कि उन्होंने अंग्रेजी हुकुमत को स्वीकार कर लिया था। वर्षो पहले व्यापार करने भारत में आई ब्रिटिश इंडिया कंपनी ने भारत पर राज करने की शुरूआत सही मायने में यहीं से की थी। राजधानी बनने के बाद दिल्ली की पहचान बदल गई। अब दिल्ली एक अलग मुकाम बना चुकी थी। सियासी गलियारों में अहम हो चुकी थी दिल्ली। मुगल सल्तनत और मिर्जा गालिब की दिल्ली अब बहुत कुछ देखने वाली थी। निजामुद्दीन औलिया पर गाए जाने वाली कव्वालियों और दिल्ली के लाल किले में होने वाले शाही मुशायरों के बीच पश्चिम संस्कृति भी बसने लगी थी। चांदनी चौक के आस पास अंग्रेजी हुकुमरानों के घोड़ों की टापों से दिल्ली का रोज आमना सामना होने लगा था। दिल्ली अब आजादी के मतवालों का गढ़ बनने लगा था। दिल्ली ने आजादी की आखिरी लड़ाई को भी बेहद करीब से देखा। दिल्ली कभी अंग्रेजी सत्ता और कभी भारतीयों को इस पर काबिज होते देखा। दिल्ली पर काबिज आखिरी मुगल बादशाह खुद बड़े आला दर्जे के शायर थे और उनके मुशायरे में अकसर मिर्जा गालिब और जौक जैसे शायर शिरकत करते थे। उस वक्त के लालकिला में इस मुशायरे के बीच वाह वाही की आवाजें खूब जोर शोर से गूजां करती थीं। उस वक्त की श्वेत श्याम दिल्ली आज पूरी तरह से तबदील हो चुकी है। वक्त के साथ दिल्ली की खूबसूरती पर भी चार चांद लग गए हैं। उस वक्त की हवेलियां आज भी दिल्ली में शानौशौकत की मिसाल पेश करती हैं। चंद दरवाजों में रची बसी उस वक्त की दिल्ली आज भारत के सियासी गलियारों में कितनी अहम है इसे बताने की कोई जरूरत यहां समझ नहीं आती। दिल्ली की खूबसूरती और यहां की आबौ हवा पर ही दिल्ली के शायर ने कहा था कौन जाए जौक अब दिल्ली की गलियां छोड़ कर। वहीं मिर्जा गालिब को भी दिल्ली इतनी रास आई कि आखिर तक उन्होंने इस दिल्ली का साथ नहीं छोड़ा। दिल्ली के बल्लीमारान में आज भी मिर्जा गालिब की हवेली मौजूद है जहां के दरो दीवार से उनके कलाम की खुशबू आज भी महसूस की जा सकती है। दिल्ली में आज भी जहां तहां पुरानी हवेलियां देखने को मिल जाती हैं। हालांकि मौजूदा दौर में यह भले ही बदल चुकी हैं लेकिन इन्हें देखकर उस वक्त की खूबसूरत दिल्ली की कल्पना जरूरी की जा सकती है। उस वक्त के वायसराए हाउस को आज का राष्ट्रपति भवन कहा जाता है। जिस वक्त सर लूटियन ने इसका निर्माण करवाया था उस वक्त उनके जहन में दिल्ली की सबसे ऊंची पहाड़ी से पूरी दिल्ली पर नजर डालना हुआ करता था। लेकिन वक्त के साथ इसमें भी बदलाव आ गया और आज यह बाकि दिल्ली के बराबर आ खड़ा हुआ है। दिल्ली का कश्मीरी गेट जहां आज बड़ी आटो पार्टस की मार्किट दिखाई देती है वह वास्तव में अंग्रेजों के लिए बनाई गई खास किस्म का बाजार हुआ करती थी जहां हिंदुस्तानियों का आने पर पाबंदी थी। तब से अब तक दिल्ली की सूरत भले ही बदल गई हो लेकिन नहीं बदली इसकी शान जो आज भी ज्यों की त्यों बनी हुई है।
Courtesy: Jagran Samachar.
BPSC Mains 2011 HOT TOPIC-II: 7 Electrification status of India Leave a comment
Darkness report, India 2010-2011
