Thursday, January 21, 2021

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

🔸Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)🔸





The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is a statutory body formed in April 1957 (During 2nd Five Year plan)(as per an RTI) by the Government of India, under the Act of Parliament, 'Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of 1956'. It is an apex organisation under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, with regard to khadi and village industries within India, which seeks to - "plan, promote, facilitate, organise and assist in the establishment and development of khadi and village industries in the rural areas in coordination with other agencies engaged in rural development wherever necessary".


➖Founded: 1956

➖Headquarters: Mumbai, India

➖Area served: India

➖Key people: Vinai Kumar Saxena (Chairman)

➖Owner: Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

➖Website: www.kvic.gov.in



💎Objectives of the Commission


The Commission has three main objectives[5] which guide its functioning. These are -

➖The Social Objective - Providing employment in rural areas

➖The Economic Objective - Providing saleable articles

➖The Wider Objective - Creating self-reliance amongst people and building up a strong rural community spirit.


💎Some of the major functions of KVIC are


Its functions also comprise building up of a reserve of raw materials and implements for supply to producers, creation of common service facilities for processing of raw materials as semi-finished goods and provisions of facilities for marketing of KVI products apart from organisation of training of artisans engaged in these industries and encouragement of co-operative efforts amongst them. To promote the sale and marketing of khadi and/or products of village industries or handicrafts, the KVIC may forge linkages with established marketing agencies wherever feasible and necessary. The KVIC is also charged with the responsibility of encouraging and promoting research in the production techniques and equipment employed in the Khadi and Village Industries sector and providing facilities for the study of the problems relating to it, including the use of non-conventional energy and electric power with a view to increasing productivity, eliminating drudgery and otherwise enhancing their competitive capacity and arranging for dissemination of salient results obtained from such research. Further, the KVIC is entrusted with the task of providing financial assistance to institutions and individuals for development and operation of Khadi and village industries and guiding them through supply of designs, prototypes and other technical information. In implementing KVI activities, the KVIC may take such steps as to ensure genuineness of the products and to set standards of quality and ensure that the products of Khadi and village industries do conform to the standards.


First In India (Men)

 First In India (Men) - PART 1♻️



▪️The first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India: Justice Ranganath Misra

▪️The first Lokpal of India: Justice P. C. Ghosh

▪️The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut: Mohd. Azharuddin

▪️The first batsman to score double century in One Day International cricket match: Sachin Tendulkar

▪️The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice: Nawang Gombu

▪️The first President of Indian Republic: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

▪️The first Prime Minister of free India: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

▪️The first Indian to win Nobel Prize: Rabindranath Tagore

▪️The first president of Indian National Congress: W. C. Banerjee

▪️The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress: Badruddin Tayyabji

▪️The first Muslim President of India: Dr. Zakir Hussain

▪️The first British Governor General of India: Lord William Bentinck

▪️The first British Viceroy of India: Lord Canning

▪️The first Governor General of free India: Lord Mountbatten

▪️The first and the last Indian Governer General of free India: C. Rajgopalachari

▪️The first man who introduce printing press in India: James Hicky

▪️The first Indian to join the I.C.S.: Satendranath Tagore

▪️The first Indian man in space: Rakesh Sharma

▪️The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing the full term: Morarji Desai

▪️The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India: General Cariappa

▪️The first Cheif of Army Staff: Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji


Important GK/GA/GS Question Answer

Important GK/GA/GS Question Answer❇️



Q1. Who is the CM of Goa?

Answer: Pramod Pandurang Sawant


Q2. Where will Commonwealth Games will be organized in 2022?

Answer: Birmingham, United Kingdom


Q3. Who is the current President of America?

Answer: Joe Biden


Q4. Where is the headquarter of OECD?

Answer: Paris, France


Q5. How many bytes are in 1 kilobyte?

Answer: 1000


Q6. What is the economic capital of South Africa?

Answer: South Africa has three capital cities: executive Pretoria, judicial Bloemfontein and legislative Cape Town. The largest city is Johannesburg.


Q7. What is the other name of Mahavira?

Answer: Vardhamana or Kevala


Q8. Where is Zojila tunnel project?

Answer: Jammu & Kashmir


Q9. What is the capital of Indonesia?

Answer: Jakarta


Q10. Who was the first woman governor of India?

Answer: Sarojini Naidu


Q11. Vitamin C is also known as _____.

Answer: Ascorbic acid and Ascorbate


Q12. Who is the CEO of Dream11?

Answer: Harsh Jain


Q13. Which is the highest gold producing state in India?

Answer: Karnataka


Q14. Where will be Olympics held in 2021?

Answer: Tokyo, Japan


Q15. When was Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched ?

Answer: 2nd October 2014


Q16. What is the full form of OLED?

Answer: Organic Light-Emitting Diode


Q17. What was the theme of Environment Day 2020?

Answer: Climate Action


Q18. Vito power is in hands of how many countries?

Answer: 5


Q19. In which year was Aryabhatt Satellite launched?

Answer: 1975


Q20. On which year Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao was started?

Answer: 2015


Q21. Which is the cleanest city in India?

Answer: Indore


Q22. Who is the founder of Facebook?

Answer: Mark Zuckerberg


Q23. Which is the newest Nuclear Reactor in India?

Answer: Tarapur Atomic Power Plant-1


Q24. What is the percentage of Forests in the country?

Answer: 21.67 percent


Q25. What is Swarnim Chaturbhuj Yojana related to?

Answer: The main objective of these super highways is to reduce the distance and time between the four mega cities of India. Delhi (north), Kolkata (east), Mumbai (west) and Chennai (south).


Q26. NASA was founded in which year?

Answer: 1958


Q27. Name the form of dance in Andhra Pradesh?

Answer: Kuchipudi


Q28. What is the SI Unit of Force?

Answer: Newton


Q29. In which year was ISRO founded?

Answer: 1969


Q30. Which state has the highest literacy rate?

Answer: Kerala


Q31. Congress Adhiveshan was held in which year?

Answer: 28–31 December 1885


Q32. In how many categories Bharat Ratna is given?

Answer: 51


Q33. How many seats are there in Rajya Sabha?

Answer: 250


Q33. CWG 2022 will be held in ___.

Answer: Birmingham, England


Q34. Who is the author of the book 'Republic' ?

Answer: Plato


Q35. Which yojana included in Guinness Book of World Record ?

Answer: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (A record 11.5 cr accounts opened)


Q36. Who is the chairman of 15th finance commission ?

Answer: N. K. Singh


Q37. Name the 29th State of India.

Answer: Telangana (Fromed on 2 June 2014)


Q38. Who is the bew elected president of USA ?

Answer: Joe Biden


Q39. Track ball is a type of ____.

Answer: Input device


Q40. Mamluk Dynasty was established by ______.

Answer: Qutb ud-Din ABIOS (Mamluk Dynasty is also called the Slave Dynasty)


Tribal And Folk Dances In India

 Tribal And Folk Dances In IndiaⓂ️



🔸Maharashtra➖Kathakeertan, Lezin, Dandaniya, Tamasha, Gafa, Dahikala, Lavani, Mauni, Dasavtar.

🔸Karnataka➖Huttari, Suggi Kunitha, Yakashagana

🔸Kerala➖Kaikottikali, Kaliyattam, Tappatikkali.

🔸Tamil Nadu➖Kolattam, Pinnal Kolattam, Kummi, Kavadi, Karagam

🔸Andhra Pradesh➖Ghanta Mardala, Veedhi Natakam, Burrakatha.

🔸Odisha➖Ghumara Sanchar, Chadya Dandanata, Chhau

🔸West Bengal ➖Kathi, Chhau, Baul, Kirtan, Jatra, Lama.

🔸Assam ➖Bihu, Khel Gopal, Rash Lila, Tabal Chongli, Canoe

🔸Punjab➖ Giddha (women), Bhangra (men).

🔸Jammu & Kashmir➖ Rauf, Hikat

🔸Himachal Pradesh ➖Jhora, Jhali, Dangli, Mahasu, Jadda, Jhainta, Chharhi

🔸Haryana ➖Jhumar, Ras Leela, Phag dance, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khoria, Gagor

🔸Gujarat➖ Garba, Dandiya Rass, Tippani, Gomph.

🔸Rajasthan➖ Ginad, Chakri, Gangore, Terahtaal, Khayal, Jhulan Leela, Jhuma, Suisini

🔸Bihar ➖Jata Jatin, Jadur, Chhau, Kathaputli, Bakho, Jhijhiya, Samochakwa, Karma, Jatra, Natna

🔸Uttar Pradesh➖Nautanki, Thora, Chappeli, Raslila, Kajri.

Famous Lakes And Rivers In India And World

Famous Lakes And Rivers In India And World💠



🔸Lake Baikal (Russia) is the deepest lake of the world. One of the biggest and most ancient lakes of world is situated nearly in the center of Asia in a huge stone bowl set 445 m above sea level. 

🔸Lake Eyre is a important lake of Australia.

🔸Lake Onakal (Uganda) and Lake Aswan (Egypt) are man made lakes.

🔸Lake Tso Sekuru located on the Tibetan Plateau is the highest lake of the world.

🔸Lake Titicaca, located at the boundary of Bolivia and Peru is the highest navigable lake of the world.

🔸The highest lake in India is Devtal, located at a height of 17,745 ft in the Garhwal Himalayas.

🔸Dead Sea is the lowest lake of the world, its base is located 2500 ft below the sea level.

🔸Lake Van (Turkey) is the most saline lake of the world, with salinity of330%. It is followed by Dead Sea (238%) Jordan, and Great Salt Lake (220% salinity) USA.

🔸Caspian Sea is the largest lake of the world. It is a salt water lake. Ural and Volga rivers drain into it from the north, therefore its northern part is less saline.

🔸Lake Victoria, forms the border between Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.

🔸Lake Nyasa or Lake. Malawi forms the border of Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique.

🔸Lake Tanganyika forms the border of Zaire. Tanzania and Zambia.

🔸Lake Superior is the largest fresh water lake of the world.

🔸The nuclear test range of China is located near the lake Lop Nor.

🔸Lake Chad forms the border of Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Camroon.

🔸Lake Great Bear it is famous as Port Radium.

🔸Lake Athabasca famous as Uranium City.

🔸LakeVolta in Ghana is a largest man made lake.

🔸Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela is famous for oil reserves.


🔸Wular Lake: Wular Lake is one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia and the largest in India, is located in Jammu and Kashmir. 

🔸Dal Lake: The Kashmir valley is blessed with exotic natural beauty of landscape and water bodies, out of them one of the best is Dal Lake. The Dal lake is situated in the beautiful city of Srinaga,Some of the most famous mosques are also located in Srinagar city to visit.

🔸Loktak Lake: Loktak Lake is the largest freshwater lake in northeastern India, located in Manipur. It is also called the only floating lake in the world due to the floating phumdis. This ancient lake plays an important role in the economy of Manipur.

🔸Chilka Lake: Chilka Lake is the brackish water lake and is the largest coastal lake in India. The Chilka Lake in situated in Orissa and is Asia’s largest inland salt-water lagoon.  The beautiful chilka lake is paradise for the migratory birds.


🔸Pulicat lake: It is a saline backwater lake lying along the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh coast; part extending to Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. It has an area of 481 sq. KM and it is the 2nd largest brackish water lagoon in India after Chilka lake in Orissa.

History of the Development of Computers

History of the Development of Computers⭕️



🔸Abacus

The history of computer begins with the birth of abacus which is believed to be the first computer. It is said that Chinese invented Abacus around 4,000 years ago. It was a wooden rack which has metal rods with beads mounted on them. The beads were moved by the abacus operator according to some rules to perform arithmetic calculations. Abacus is still used in some countries like China, Russia and Japan.


🔸Napier’s Bones

It was a manually-operated calculating device which was invented by John Napier (1550-1617) of Merchiston. In this calculating tool, he used 9 different ivory strips or bones marked with numbers to multiply and divide. So, the tool became known as “Napier’s Bones. It was also the first machine to use the decimal point.


🔸Pascaline

Pascaline is also known as Arithmetic Machine or Adding Machine. It was invented between 1642 and 1644 by a French mathematician-philosopher Biaise Pascal. It is believed that it was the first mechanical and automatic calculator. Pascal invented this machine to help his father, a tax accountant. It could only perform addition and subtraction. It was a wooden box with a series of gears and wheels. When a wheel is rotated one revolution, it rotates the neighboring wheel. A series of windows is given on the top of the wheels to read the totals.


🔸Stepped Reckoner or Leibnitz wheel

It was developed by a German mathematician-philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz in 1673. He improved Pascal’s invention to develop this machine. It was a digital mechanical calculator which was called the stepped reckoner as instead of gears it was made of fluted drums.


🔸Difference Engine

In the early 1820s, it was designed by Charles Babbage who is known as “Father of Modern Computer”. It was a mechanical computer which could perform simple calculations. It was a steam driven calculating machine designed to solve tables of numbers like logarithm tables.


🔸Analytical Engine

This calculating machine was also developed by Charles Babbage in 1830. It was a mechanical computer that used punch-cards as input. It was capable of solving any mathematical problem and storing information as a permanent memory


🔸Tabulating Machine

It was invented in 1890, by Herman Hollerith, an American statistician. It was a mechanical tabulator based on punch cards. It could tabulate statistics and record or sort data or information. This machine was used in the 1890 U.S. Census. Hollerith also started the Hollerith?s Tabulating Machine Company which later became International Business Machine (IBM) in 1924.


🔸Differential Analyzer

It was the first electronic computer introduced in the United States in 1930. It was an analog device invented by Vannevar Bush. This machine has vacuum tubes to switch electrical signals to perform calculations. It could do 25 calculations in few minutes.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

HCS (Judicial Branch) Exam. 2020-21

HCS (JUDICIAL BRANCH) EXAM. 2020-21 REGISTRATION, ELIGIBILITY, SYLLABUS & ADMIT CARD





Advt. No. 1/2021         Advt. Date 13.01.2021
The Haryana Public Service Commission invites online applications from eligible candidates for 256 posts (239 actual vacancies + 17 anticipated vacancies) of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in the Haryana Civil Service (Judicial Branch). 
The HCS (Judicial Branch) Examination will be conducted in accordance with the provisions contained in the Punjab Civil Services (Judicial Branch) Rules. 1951 as applicable to the State of Haryana as amended from time to time and the amendment made vide notification No. GSR 10/Const./Arr.234 and 309/2020, dated the 14th December 2020.

Detail of Posts-

Name of Exam

HCS (Judicial Branch) Exam. 2020-21  

Name of Post 

Civil Judge (Junior Division) 

No. of Vacancies

256 (239 actual + 17 anticipated) 

Website for online application

http://hpsc.gov.in/ 

Recruitment Agency

Haryana Public Service Commission 

Qualification  

L.LB 

Application start and Last Date  

15.01.2021 to 15.02.2021 

Advertisement No.  

1/2021 

 The category wise break-up of vacancies is as under:-

General/UR- 156
SC- 40
BC-A- 21 
BC-B- 11 
EWS- 11 
Total actual vacancies- 239

ESM

Gen - 07 
SC. 03 
BC-A-01 
BC-B-02 I 
Total- 13

ESP

Gen- 03 
SC- 02 
BC-A- 01 
BC-B- 01 
Total- 07

Persons with disability

Blindness or Low Vision (VH) - 03 
Hearing Impairment (HH) - 03 
Locomotor disability or cerebral palsy (OH) - 02 
Autism, Intellectual disability or Multiple Disabilities(MD) - 02 
Total- 10

Details of 17 anticipatory / unforeseen vacancies-

General/UR- 10
SC- 04 
BC-A- 01 
EWS- 02 
Total anticipated vacancies- 10 
ESM (Gen)- 01

Key Dates-

Application start date- 15.01.2021
Last Date to apply- 15.02.2021

Essential Qualifications for HCS (Judicial) Exam 2020-21: 

Degree of Bachelor of Laws from a University established by the law and approved/recognized by the Bar Council of India. 

The expression "Degree of Bachelor of Laws'' means a degree entitling a candidate to be enrolled as an Advocate under the Advocate Act. 1961, and the rules made there under.

Age for HCS (Judicial) Exam 2020-21: 

Candidate should not be less than 21 years and not more than 42 years as on 15.02.2021 i.e, closing date to apply for the post.

Upper age limit is relaxable upto 5 years for the Candidates belonging to reserved categories.

APPLICATION FEES for HCS (Judicial) Exam 2020-21::  

The application fees, which is payable online is as under:-
All Male General candidates, Dependent of ESM, ESM and All other state candidates- 1000/-
All female candidates, Male candidates of SC, BC, ESM of Haryana, Female candidates of other states- 250/-
PH candidates with 40% disability- NIL 

Selection Procedure for HCS (Judicial) Exam 2020-21:: 

The selection of suitable candidates for appointment (Judicial in HCS Branch) will be made by hording an examination. The examination shall be conducted in three stages namely:_ 
(i) Preliminary Examination. 
(ii) Main Written Examination.
( iii) Viva-Voce.

Paper Pattern for HCS (Judicial) Exam 2020-21:

The Preliminary, Examination shall be of objective type with multiple-choice questions as distinguished from the main written examination  which shall be of subjective/narrative type. The OMR Sheets (Answer Sheets) will be scanned by Computer. So there is no provision of re-checking/re-evaluation of OMR Sheets. 

The question paper for preliminary Examination shall be of two hours duration. It shall a maximum of 125 questions and each question shall carry 04 marks and for every wrong answer 0.80 i.e. 20% or say 1/5th, mark shall be deducted. However there will be no negative marking in respect of Un-attempted questions.

Syllabus for HCS (Judicial) Preliminary, Examination 2020-21: 

The objective type multiple-choice questions for the preliminary Examination shall be from the syllabus for the Main Written Examination. The candidate shall be expected to have a general and basic over view of the main subject and also the ability to answer questions on current events of national and international importance". Indian legal and constitutional history and governance. The candidate shall also be tested for his analytical skills. reasoning and aptitude. The standard of question paper shall be of Law graduate level. 
The object of the preliminary Examination is to shortlist the candidates for the Main Examination. No candidate shall be allowed appear in the main Examination unless he/she secured minimum 150 marks (read 100 marks for all reserved category candidates) in the Preliminary Examination. The marks obtained in preliminary Examination shall not be counted towards final result.
Candidates equal to 10 times the number of vacancies advertised, selected in order of their merit in the respective categories shall become eligible to sit in the Main Written Examination. However the number shall be subject to variation. 

English

Candidates can go through the Haryana Judiciary Syllabus for the English exam below:

  • Modals expressing various concepts
  • Phrasal Verbs and Idioms.
  • Synonyms and Antonyms
  • Articles
  • Determiners
  • Direct and Indirect Speech
  • Active & Passive Voice
  • Tenses
  • Co-ordination & Subordination etc
  • Current Ministers & Governors
  • Sports
  • Abbreviations and Economic Terminologies
  • Capitals and Currencies
  • Science & Technology
  • Books & Authors
  • Government Schemes
  • Indian Financial System
  • Summits & Conferences
  • Data Analysis
  • Business computations
  • Arithmetic ability
  • Date, Time, and Arrangement Problems.
  • Sequence and Series.
  • Quantitative aptitude
  • Coding and Decoding
  • Alphanumeric Series
  • Data Sufficiency
  • Blood Relations
  • Syllogism
  • Seating Arrangement
  • Input/ Output
  • Coded Inequalities
  • The ranking, Direction, and Alphabet Test
  • Puzzle Tabulation
  • Profit & Loss
  • Permutation and Combination
  • Probability
  • Simple Interest & Compound Interest
  • Surds & Indices
  • Time & Distance
  • Sequence & Series
  • Ratio & Proportion
  • Percentage
  • Data Interpretation
  • Simplification
  • Work & Time
  • Number Systems
  • Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
  • Mixtures & Alligations
  • Code of Civil Procedure
  • Contract Act of India
  • Indian Evidence Act of 1872
  • Punjab Courts Act
  • Transfer of Property Act 1882
  • Indian Partnership Act
  • East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act 1949
  • Specific Relief Act
  • Indian Sales of Goods Act
  • Hindu Law
  • Law of Registration and Limitation
  • Customary Law
  • Mohammedan Law
  • Criminal Procedure Code
  • Indian Evidence Act
  • Indian Penal code
  • Words and Phrases
  • Comprehension
  • English Essay
  • Precise
  • Corrections
  • Idioms and corrections
  • Translation of an English passage into Hindi
  • Explanation of Hindi passage in prose and poetry in the same language
  • Composition (essay)

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

Candidates can check the syllabus for Haryana Judiciary for GK & Current Affairs:

Analytical Skills

Reasoning

Aptitude

Haryana Judiciary Mains Syllabus 2020-21

The Haryana Judiciary Mains Exam consists of five subjects with descriptive type questions. Each written paper is of three hours duration. The Haryana Judiciary Mains Syllabus consists of:

Civil Law I

Civil Law-II

Criminal Law

English Paper

Language

HCS (Judicial) Main Examination 

Candidate who qualifies for the Main Written Examination will have to apply again on separate application form for the Main Examination for which they will be informed through an announcement displayed on Commission,s website.  
Candidates thrice the number (from amongst qualified) of advertised posts including bracketed candidates. if any, in order of merit of  main examination will be called for viva-voce. 
The Schedule of Examination, result of preliminary Examination and other announcement relating to this exam will be displayed on the Punjab and Haryana High Court website i.e. www.highcourtchd.gov.in or website of the Haryana Staff Selection Commission i.e. http://hpsc.gov.in 

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