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There is always a section of students which wants that the examination dates be postponed for sometime so that they may make a thoroughrevision of the whole course or complete the chapters which have been left unfinished. Behind this demand there is only one argument that they did not have enough time for proper preparations. On the other side, there is another section of examinees which is always ready to take their examination and wants that the examination may finish at the earliest. It does not look nice that the examinations may be postponed once a date has been fixed for them.
In our daily life also we find two sections of people—one section of the people seems to be having no time for anything, while the other section of the people has time for every useful thing. The people of this section never complain of having no time for anything. These people have time tocomplete all assignments such as, complete their studies, attend games, go to important meetings and also join important functions of their friends and relations etc. There are some people in this section who have to earn their living as well.
As opposed to this the people of the section one have only one com-plaint to make that they had no time. They even make their business a cause of great excuse and make it convenient to forget many things under their cover. If proper account is kept of work, they have done during the twenty four hours, it will be seen that they have hardly devoted two to three hours to serious work. It is no surprise if such persons are not successful in anything in their lives.
A student may lag behind in his preparations on account of his limi-tations or circumstances but in his heart of hearts he also wants to be one of those who are always ready to welcome the examinations. The
examinee who is always ready to take the examination is apparently full of self confidence and as such is always full of hope and optimism. We believe that you also would like to make the best of your time and com-plete yourcourse within the definite period of time and keep always ready to take the examination.
To make the best of time means that we do not waste our time in useless things and gossipping. Every examinee should first of all draw out his time table as to for how many hours he has to devote to his studies and also the timings of his studies. He should be clear in his mind that particular hours he must devote to his books and do nothing else during that period. Such students may have to face criticism of many types such as he does not talk to anybody, he tries to show himself, a studious man, he is very proud etc. but he has to ignore such things and follow his time table with full determination. Then and then alone will he be able to makehimself ready to take the examination. Develop the habit of leaving your bed in the morning at a particular time and
then sit for study for the period as fixed in your time table. This would do you two benefits—there would remain a continuity in your study and secondly you will be free from the tension which is the result of irregular study. One who makes regular studies keeps also some hours for extra study which makes him full of enthusiasm.Regular studies will do you one more good that you will get pleasure in doing constructive work and will never feel depressed.
The continuous study creates boredom which needs to be removed. For this the candidate must make a change. For example, after reading for sometime if one sits to write some-thing he will see that boredom is released to a great extent. For recreation it seems to be more proper that we develop the habit of reducing to writing what we read. This makes what you read a part of your per-sonality and you become exact in your expression. As has been rightly said, “Reading makes a man perfect and writing makes a man exact.”
We want to emphasize that if we keep a constant eye on our time table we shall see that all our things are done in their own way and without resistance and then we will have no complaint of having no time. If we work regularly and with full devotion we will always be ready to take the examination and will never think of its postponment. This is a known fact that without proper tests no one gets perfect knowledge. So you should make up your mind to welcome examinations and as such be always ready for it. Also, do things syste-matically. Hotch-potch working is the result of hotch-potch of ideas. Syste-matise your ideas so as to acquire a system in your working and then your success is assured. That would give you confidence to go ahead and open the gates for progress.
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❥ An independent judiciary is vital to equal opportunity.❥ Truth is above everything, but higher still, is the living of truth.
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Climate
Change—Imme-diate and Biggest Threat
to Health
Top experts of medical sciences of U.K. have published a report warning that climate change is the biggest threat to global health of the 21st century. Rising global tempera-tures would have a catastrophic effect on human health and patterns of infection would change with insect-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever spreading more easily.
Insect Invasion : Patterns of infection would change, with insect-borne disea-ses such as malaria and dengue fever spreading more easily.
The report says that the poorest people in the world will be worst affected. Althoughthecarbon footprint of the poorestbillion people is about 3 per cent of the world’s total footprint, loss of life is expected to be 500 times greater in Africa than in the wealthy countries. The impact of heat waves, flooding and food shortages will be felt globally.
Climate change is an immediate danger. It is going to affect you and it will inevitably affect your children. The report says the evidence of greenhouse gas emissions, tempera-ture and sea-level rises, the melting of icesheets, ocean acidification and extreme climatic events suggest that theforecastsbytheIntergovernmental panel on Climate Change might be too conservative.
There is an awful lot we can do. Reducing carbon emissions would encourage people to cut use of vehicles, and if that led to more
walking and cycling, it would tend to lower stress levels, reduce obesity, lessen heart and lung diseases and stroke risks.
Indian Space Shuttle will
be a Milestone
An Indian space shuttle will be test-fired from the spaceport at Sriharikota within a year. Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demons-trator (RLV-TD), as it is called, will be a rocket-aircraft combination : the aircraft with a winged body, which is the RLV, will sit vertically on the rocket.
The engineering model of the aircraft is ready at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram. The first stage of the Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 will form the booster rocket. Weighing nine tonnes, it is called S-9. After it takes off like a rocket, the booster will release the unmanned aircraft, which will go into space. At the end of the mission, the aircraft will land on the sea.
Next year, the prototype of the RLV-TD will be ready for flight-testing. This will be a milestone for ISRO. The RLV will open a new dimension in the launch vehicle technology and trans-portation system of ISRO. Ground testing of the booster rocket is done recently at Sriharikota.
The aircraft will stand over the rocket, nosetip up, and its tail will be interfaced with the rocket. In other words, the entire RLV will stand vertically on top of the booster.
The booster rocket will take the RLV to a specific altitude, release the RLV and fall into the sea. On re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, the RLV will land in the sea, to be recovered.
First European Face
Unveiled
A scientist of U.K. succeeded to reconstruct the face of the first anatomically modern human to live in
Europe, who inhabited the ancient forests of the Carpathian Mountains in what is the present day Romania, about 35,000 years ago.
The reconstruction of the face that could be male or female is based on the skull and jaw-bone found in a cave where bears were known to hibernate.
Face of an ancient European
The facial features indicate the closeaffinity of these early Europeans to their immediate African ancestors, although it was not still possible to determine the person’s sex.
Professor Richard Neave, who reconstructed this face, based his assessment on a careful and minute measurement of the bone fragments and his deep understanding of how the soft tissues of the face are built around the bones of the skull.
The reconstruction is intended to record, how human origins and evolu-tion from our birth place in Africa to the long migratory routes, led us to populate even the most distant parts of the globe.
It is impossible from the bones to determine the skin colour of the indi-vidual, although scientists speculate it was probably darker than modern day Europeans, reflecting a more recent African origin.
Taken together, the material is the first that securely documents what modern humans looked like when they spread into Europe.
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Extended Sleep Improves
Performance
Wondering how star athletes win world-levelchampionships as recently Roger Federer won the French Open Tennis Championship. The secret may lie in increased sleep. In accor-dancewithastudy,bythe researchers of Stanford University in California, theathletes,whoextended their night-sleep, reported improvements in various drills conducted after every regular practice. The research stated that many of the athletes, who parti-cipated in this study, for the first time realized the importance of sleep and howitaffectstheir performance during competitions.
Whilemostathletes and coaching staff may believe that sleep is an important contributing factor in sports and peak performance can only occur when an athlete’s sleep and sleep habits are optimal.
Five healthy students between the age-group of 18 to 21 participated in the study. A record of their sleep/ wake pattern for a three-week-period was recorded. Athletic’s performance, including sprinting and hitting drills, was recorded after every practice. Athletes extended their sleep to 10 hours a night forsix weeks. Mood and daytime sleepiness were recorded. Furthermore, daily sleep/wake acti-vities were monitored using sleep actigraphy.
Results suggested that sleep extension in athletes was associated with a faster sprinting drill, increased hitting depth in drill and increased hitting accuracy. According to the research team the findings of this study could be relevant in all walks of life. The results of this study were presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
As Alaska Glaciers Melt,
Sea Level Falls
Global warming conjures images of rising seas that threaten coastal areas, but in Juneau, Alaska, as almost nowhere else in the world, climate change is having the opposite effect. As the glaciers melt there, the land is rising, causing the sea to retreat.The geology is complex, but it boils down to this : Relieved of billions of tons of glacial weight, the land has risen much as a cushion. The land is ascending so fast that the rising seas—a ubiquitous byproduct of global warming—cannot keep pace.
As a result, the relative sea-level is falling, at a rate ‘among the highest ever recorded’, according to a report by a panel of experts.
The Ape Laughs Like
Humans
What happens if you tickle a gorilla ? The ape laughs like humans, according to a research, which suggests that the origins of laughter can be traced back more than 16 million years. Findings of a research team of the University of Portsmouth (Britain) indicate that humans have inherited ability to laugh from the last common ancestor from which they and great apes evolved. This investi-gation is the first phylogenetic test of theevolutionary continuity of a human emotional expression. It supports the idea that there is laughter in apes.
Humour in Evolution : Origin of laughter can be traced back to more
than 16m years.
ProfessorMarina Davila Ross led the research team. The experts who carried out the research on gorillas, chimpanzeesand orangutans, believe that it startedoutasa‘grunt like’ noise with our distant ancestors and gradually turned into the more sophi-sticated chuckles and guffaws, we know today. The research proves that laughter evolved gradually over the last 10 to 16 million years of primate evolutionary history.
Super Cereal Fights
Obesity, Cancer
A new study has shown that soy cereal, developed by a professor offood and nutrition, not only helps tackle obesity but cuts cancer risk also. Professor Soo-Yeun Lee from the University of Illinois has come up with a cinnamon-flavoured soy cereal that can cut the risk of prostate and breast cancer.
Giant Space Tornadoes
Power the Northern
Lights
Different cultures have attributed their spectacular light show to fire-breathing dragons, dancing gods and ghostly clans at war. Now research has found that Northern Lights or auroraborealis, are powered by giant, electrical tornadoes spinning at more than a million miles an hour and stretching thousands of miles into space.
Scientists used a set of five satellites designed to measure the Earth’s magnetic field to generate the first images of the whirling vertices. They show how vast quantities of charged particles emitted by the Sun first pile up in huge clouds about 40,000 miles above the night side of Earth. Then as the energy they hold becomes too great, the particles explode downwards towards Earth, spinning as they go.
‘‘When these space tornadoes reach the upper atmosphere, their enormous energy heats the air so strongly that it starts glowing. That is what generates the aurorae’’, said Professor Karl Heinz Glassmeier (Germany), the leader of research team.
The Northern lights and their Southern equivalent, the aurora australis, create spectacular moving displays of different shades and colours of light.
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AWARDS/HONOURS
10th IIFA Awards, 2009
The 10th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) Awards cere-mony for 2009 was concluded in Macau, China. Major names from Bollywoodtranscended on this beauti-ful island of China. The function took place in the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macau. The event continued for three days.
Bollywood director Ashutosh Govarikar’shistoricalloveepicJodhaa Akbar swept the 10th IIFA awards, taking home trophies for the best picture, best director and best actor.
Awardees are—
Best Film—Jodhaa Akbar Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)—Hrithik Roshan—Jodhaa
Akbar
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)—Priyanka Chopra—
Fashion
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)—Arjun Rampal—Rock On
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)—Kangana Ranaut—
Fashion
Best Actor in a Comic Role—
Abhishek Bachchan—Dostana
Best Actor in a Negative Role—Akshaye Khanna—Race
Best Debutant Star (Male)—
Farhan Akhtar
Best Debutant Star (Female)—
Asin
Best Director—Ashutosh
Gowa-riker—Jodhaa Akbar
Best Story—Neeraj Pandey—A
Wednesday
Best Music—A. R. Rahman—
Jodhaa Akbar
Best Lyrics—Javed Akhtar—
Jashn-E-Bahara (Jodhaa Akbar)
Best Playback Singer (Male)—
Javed Ali—Jashn-E-Bahara (Jodhaa Akbar)
Best Playback Singer (Female)
—Shreya Ghoshal—Teri Ore (Singh is King)
Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema—
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Lifetime Achievement Award—
Rajesh Khanna
Best Dialogue—Manu Rishi—
Oye Lucky ! Lucky Oye !
Best Screenplay—Neeraj Pandey—A Wednesday ! Sound Editing—Ghajini Sound Recording—Ghajini Best Action—Ghajini Special Effects—Ghajini Best Sound Recording—Rock
On !!
Best Editing—Jodhaa Akbar Best Make-up—Jodhaa Akbar Art Direction—Jodhaa Akbar Best Costume Award—Jodhaa
Akbar
Best Background Score—A. R.
Rahman
Star of the Decade (Male)—
Shahrukh Khan
Star of the Decade (Female)—
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Music Director of the Decade—
A. R. Rahman
Man Booker International
Award, 2009
Canadian short story writer, Alice Munro, beat Mahasweta Devi and host of other literary heavyweights, including Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul, to win the £ 60,000 Man Booker International Prize.
Ms. Munro (78) is regarded as one of Canada’s most celebrated writers. She was amazed and delighted to win the prize.
The prize, different from the annual Booker Prize for Fiction, is awarded once every two years to a living author for his or her lifetime achievements.
BOOKS
Twilight of the Tigers—G. H. Peiris (The book deals with what would be the next for Tamils in Sri Lanka. The dismissal of devolution of power as a solution has dark fore-boding. After three decades holding a gun to Sri Lanka’s head, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has finally been defeated militarily and its leaderVelupillai Prabhakaran is dead. The decisive battles between the LTTEandtheSriLankan military were fought since January 2009 till the middle of May 2009. The simple point is that in Sri Lanka, Sinhalese are 73 per cent and Tamils are 12 per cent. Sri Lankan Tamils are liberated from the LTTE, but are afraid of not having a strong voice to speak up for them. The book deals with these facts).
World of Work—Pub. by Inter-national Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva (The book gives the details that globalisation has resulted in the widening of income–inequality across and within the countries.)
India’s EnergySecurity—Ed. by Ligia Noronha and Anant Sudarshan (The book draws the attention to the need for formulating holistic policies on energy.)
Democracy and Human Deve-lopment in India—Naresh Gupta (The book explains how the demo-cracy and human development are interrelated.)
DAYS
July 1—Doctors’ Day July 6—Zoonoses Day
July 11—World Population Day
Ustad Akbar Ali Khan—Sarod
maestro Ustad Akbar Ali Khan (88) passed away in Francisco (U.S.A.) on June 19, 2009 after a prolonged kidney ailment. He is survived by his
wife Mary, three sons and a daughter. He was born in 1922 in Comilla district, now in Bangladesh.
A recipient of Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, the Ustad was a colossus in the world of Indian classical music for the last five decades. He was admired by both eastern as well as western musicians for his brilliant compositions and his mastery of the 25 string instrument. He also composed music for Indian filmsofChetanAnand,Satyajit, Tapan Sinha and others.
Habib Tanvir—Noted playwright
Habib Tanvir passed away on June 8, 2009. He was one of the greatest stalwarts of the Indian stage, known for blending theatre, folk art and poetryinhisworks.He left an indelible mark on the minds of the viewers. He was born on September 1, 1923 in Raipur. He took M.A. degree from Aligarh Muslim University and joined All India Radio, Bombay as Director in 1945. His full name was Habib Ahmed Khan and he had adopted the pen name ‘Tanvir’. He also wrote songs for Hindifilms.He won Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1969. He was honoured with Bhushan. He had been a Member of Rajya Sabha (1972–1978).
Rajeev Motwani—Rajiv Motwani
(47) was talented mathematician whose contribution to the world of computer science influenced the development of algorithm-based search technology. He passed away in a freak drowning accident in his swimming pool on June 7, 2009. In Atherton, California. He was professor at Stanford University. He is survived by his wife Asha Jadeja and the daughters Naitri and Anya.
Google’s founders Sergey Brin and Laurence page, were mentored by Dr. Motwani as he conducted research to launch what would become an iconic service. His contri-bution to frame the ‘world wide web (www)’ is incomparable.
G. E. Vahanvati (New Attorney Gen.)—Goolam E. Vahanvati (60) till recently the Solicitor-General of India, is appointed as the next Attorney-General of India for a period of three years. He will succeed Milon K.
Banerjee.Prior to being appointed the Solicitor-General, he was Advocate-GeneralofMaharashtratillJune 2004. Mr. Vahanvati is the first Muslim to occupy the top law officer’s post in the country in the last six decades.
Pradeep Vasant Naik (New Chief of the Air Staff)—Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (60) took over as the 19th Chief of the Indian Air Force succeeding Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major. With more than four decades of distinguished services, Air Chief Marshal Naik took serious part in Indo-Pak war in 1971. He was honoured with the Vishisht Seva Medal. He was commissioned into the IAF in 1969 as a fighter pilot. So far he has clocked more than 3000 hours of flying.
P. K. Barbora (New Vice-Chief of Air Staff)—Air Marshal P. K. Barbora took over as the new Vice-Chief of the Air Staff.
Nirmal Kumar Verma (New Navy Chief)—Vice-Admiral, Nirmal Kumar Verma, will be the next Chief of the Naval Staff. He will take charge from Admiral Sureesh Mehta who will retire on August 31, 2009. Vice-Admiral Verma, currently Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command,commandedaircraftcarrier INS Viraat.He was decorated with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal.
R. Khullar (New Commerce Sec.)—UnionGovernment,on June 5, 2009, appointed Disinvestment Secretary, Rahul Khullar as Commerce Secretary. He will replace G. K. Pillai a 1975 batch IAS Officer, Mr. Khullar was shifted to the Department of Disinvestment from the Commerce Ministry.
Father’s Name Late Shri Jagjivan Ram
Mother’s Name Smt. Indrani Devi
Date of Birth 31.03.1945
Place of Birth Patna (Bihar)
Marital Status Married
Date of Marriage 29 Nov., 1968
Spouse’s Name Shri Manjul Kumar
No. of Son 1
No. of Daughters 2
Educational Qualifications M.A., LL.B., Advanced Diploma in Spanish Educated at Indraprastha College and Miranda House, Delhi (Delhi)
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A. K. Kembhavi (New Director, IUCAA)—Ajit Keshav Kembhavi has been appointed as the Director of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune. IUCAA is one of the five inter-university research centres of the University Grants Commission. Prof. Khembhavi will take charge on Sep-tember1,2009fromProfessor Naresh Dadhich.
Professor Kembhavi took his Ph.D. degree in 1979 under the guidanceofProfessor Jayant Narlikar. His research interests included quasars and other active galaxies, intermediate red-shift galaxies, galaxy morphology, tidal capture binary stars in globular clusters, astronomical data bases and the virtual observatory (VO).
P. Varghese (New Australian Envoy)—Australia has named Peter Varghese as the next High Commis-sioner to India with concurrent acredi-tation to Bhutan. He succeeds John McCarthy. Mr. Varghese will take charge in August 2009. Mr. Varghese served as the High Commissioner in Malaysia and had been also a part of Australian missions Vienna, Washing-ton and Tokyo.
MeiraKumar—History wasmade on June 3, 2009 when diplomat-turned-politician MeiraKumar became the first woman
Speaker of the Lok Sabha, with the otherwise fractious House setting aside its differences to elect the Dalit leader
name of the 64-year-old Congress leader from Bihar was proposed by party President Sonia Gandhi and seconded by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP leader L. K. Advani together led her to the podium and later paid tribunes to a woman.
This is Ms. Meira Kumar’s fifth term in Lok Sabha. At present she represents Sasaram (Bihar).
Karia Munda—Seven-time
Member of Parliament, Karia Munda, was unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.Adozen of nominations were
filedinMr. Munda’s favour. The motion was first moved by the opposition leader L. K. Advani and seconded by
BJP President Karia Munda Rajnath Singh. Subsequently, leaders representing other parties, including Congress, moved similar motions. A 32-year-old unbroken tradition of having the Deputy Speaker from the opposition—which began in 1977, the very year Mr. Munda entered the Lok Sabha—has been preserved with the unanimous election of Mr. Munda. This sentiment was echoed by the entire house. Mr. Munda is elected to this 15th Lok Sabha from Khunti in Jharkhand on BJP ticket.
Mr. Karia Munda was born on April 20, 1936 in Ranchi district of Jharkhand. He took his M.A. degree from Ranchi University. He is a senior leader of Bhartiya Janta Party and had been a Cabinet Minister in Vajpayee’s Government.
‘IRAN’ on the Boil—Thirty years
after momentous events brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to the fore as Iran’s man of destiny, his Islamic revolution has skidded into uncharted territory. The official declaration of incumbent President Mohamoud Ahmadinejad as a run away winner in a hotly disputed and possibly rigged presidential election has generated a white heat of popular anger that has no precedent in Iran’s post-revolution history.
Iran’s Political Turmoil
The purported victor’s triumpha-lism at a huge victory rally was immediately challenged on the streets by close to a million supporters of Mir Hosain Mausavi, the principal opponent. They braved a ban order and choked a nine-kilometre stretch leading to Azadi (freedom) Square, a prominent Tehran landmark. The unrest has now spread to other cities, including Tabriz, Shiraj and others.
Only a fair, free and credibly monitored fresh election can heal a nation that is treading a thin line bet-ween fear of theocratic authoritarian-ism and hope of genuine reform that is not in conflict with revolution’s fundamentals.
Lalgarh (West Bengal)—Social
unrest is known to manifest itself as problems of law and order. But the reverse can also be true sometimes, politically inspired violence seeks the cover of socio-economic grievance. Maoist, outlaws who went on the rampage in the Lalgarh of West Midnapore district of West Bengal, carrying out murderous attacks on the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers and destroying their housesand partyoffices,were looking to settle political scores in the guise of protesting ‘police atrocities’. Using the neighbouring State of Jharkhand as the base, they established reign of terror and drove out security
personnel and CPI(M) workers and sympathisers. With tribal folk as human shield, they have now shought to create ‘liberated zones’ in the district. The offensive, time tot a k e advantage of the electoral debacle of CPI(M) in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, would not have been possible without the support of the main opposition party, the Trinamool Congress. Either directly or indirectly, the Police Santrosh Birodhi Janashadharaner Committeeor the People’s Committee againstpolice atrocities, which spread heads the agitation, has drawn substance from the opportunism of the Trinamool Congress and its partner the Congress. Union Government is reluctant to extend full assistance to West Bengal Government.
The situation in West Midnapore is too serious to allow such crass politicking. Manmohan Singh Govern-ment must not lose any more time in coming to the aid of West Bengal’s Left Front Government to tackling the Maoists and their surrogates. Else there will be a heavier cost to pay.
SPORTS
Badminton
Indonesian Open—Ace Indian
shuttler, Saina Nehwal, on June 21, 2009 in Jakarta, scripted history by
becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament after she clinched the Indonesian Open title with a stunning victory over the higher rankeded Chinese Lin Wang. Saina beat Wang 12-21, 21-18, 21-9 in a thriller that lasted for 49 minutes.
Big Moment : Saina Nehwal scripted a remarkable victory over her higher-ranked opponent China’s Wang Lin in the Indonesian Open.
In the final, World No. 8 Saina came from behind to outsmart World No. 3 Wang and avenge her last week’s Singapore Open Super Series loss to her.
Hailing Saina’s victory as an important milestone, Badminton Association of India announced a cash prize of Rs. 2 lakh as a recog-nition of here feat.
The results (finals) : Women :
Saina Nehwal (Ind) bt Lin Wang (Chn) 12-21, 21-18, 21-9.
Doubles : Eei Hui Chin & Pei Tty
Wong (Mas) bt Shu Cheng & Yunlie Zhao (Chn) 21-16, 21-16.
Tennis
French Open Tennis Tourna-ment2009—Roger Federer gloriously
equalled Pete Sampras’ record of 14 Grand Slam title, when he won his maiden French Open title in Paris on June 7, 2009.
Top Five Grand
Slam
Winners
14-Pete Sampras (U.S.) and Roger Federer (Switzerland), 12-Roy Emerson (Australia), 11-Bjorn Borg (Sweden) and Rod Laver (Australia), 10-Bill Tilden (U.S.), 8-Andre Agassi (U.S.), Jimmy Connors (U.S.), Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia), Fred Perry (Britain) and Ken Rosewall (Australia).Federer achieved this victory without his having to combat the formidable rivals such as Rafael Nadal, Andy Murrray and Novak Djokovic, all of whom suffered shock defeats.
French Open 2009
Men’s Singles—Switzerland’s
Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling of Sweden 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 in the men’s singles final of the French Open 2009 in Paris (France) on June 7, 2009. This victory took him level with great friend Pete Sampras of USA as the holder of 14 Grand Slam titles. With this title Federer has joined the elite club of five others—FredPerry(Britain),Don Budge (USA), Rod Laver (Australia), Roy Emerson (Australia) and Andre Agassi (USA)—who have won all four Grand Slams.
Women’s Singles—Russia’s
Svetlana Kuznetsova claimed the women’s singles title by defeating her compatriot Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 on June 6, 2009. By defeating her she claimed her second Grand Slam title.
Men’s Doubles—India’s Leander
Paes and the Czech Republic’s Lukas Dlouhy won the men’s doubles title outclassing South Africa’s Wesley Moodie and Belgium’s Dick Norman.
Women’s Doubles—Anabel
Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain clinched the women’s doubles crown by defeating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Elena Vesnina of Russia.
Mixed Doubles—In the mixed
doubles, Liezel Huber and Bob Bryan of USA beat Vania King of USA and Marcelo Melo of Brazil.
Cricket
ICC World Twenty–20 Cricket Championship—Final of this
tourna-ment was played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on June 21, 2009 at Lord’s in London. Pakistan won the final by eight wickets.
Man of thematch—Shahid Afridi Man of the series—Tillkaratne
Dilshan
New Union Government’s Agenda—While addressing the joint
session of Parliament on June 4, 2009, the President Pratibha Patil unveiledthe new Union Government’s agenda—
Manmohan’s Agenda
● Internal security and preservation ofcommunal harmony.
● Economic growth in agriculture manufacturing and services. ● Consolidation of the existing
flag-ship programmes.
● Concerted action for the welfare of women, youth, children, other back-ward classes, SCs, STs, minorities, differently-abled and elderly. ● Governance reform.
● Creation and modernisation of infrastructure and capacity addition. ● Prudent fiscal management. ● Energy security and environment
protection.
● Constructive and creative engage-ment with the world.
● Promotion of a culture of enterprise and innovation.
‘‘The yearning of our young people for inclusiveness—economic, social and cultural—and the rejection of the forces of divisiveness…con-tinues as both its (govt’s) inspiring vision and unfinished business.
—President, Pratibha Patil
New Apex Body for Higher Education—The creation of a
National Commission for Higher Education and Research that will subsume as many as 13 existing profession councils and regulatory agencies, including the University Grants Commission, Medical Council of India and the AICTE, is a key recommendation of a committee headed by well-known educationist, Professor Yashpal. A draft legislation and constitutional amendment are recommended.
The proposal autonomous statu-tory body will comprise six members and a chairman appointed by the President. State Higher Education Councils, along the lines of those existing in West Bengal, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, will form the second tier of the system.
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‘‘My hard working, teachers’ guidance, support of family members and
belief in God are the elements of my success.’’
—Rashmi Singh
Topper—U.P.-CPMT 2009 (1st Position)
[‘Competition Science Vision’ arranged an exclusive interview with Miss Rashmi Singh who has the
credit of standing first on the list of successful candidates in U.P.-CPMT, 2009. In addition she has also
cleared AIPMT (CBSE) and BHU Pre-medical Test with high ranks. For her brilliant success, she deserves
all praise and our heartiest congratulations. This important interview is presented here in its original form.]
CSV—Congratulations on your
brilliant success.
Rashmi—Thank you.
CSV—Before knowing your result what did you think about those who achieve top positions ?
Rashmi—I used to think that
God has given some special feature in them. But now I am convinced that nothing is special in them.
CSV—Achieving top position has
come as surprise to you or were you confident of achieving it ?
Rashmi—It was really surprising
to me. I had never thought of becom-ing topper. But after givbecom-ing examina-tion of U.P.-CPMTand calculating my marks, I was expecting my position in top ten and not of a topper.
CSV—What do you think is the
secret of your success ?
Rashmi—My hard working,
teachers’ guidance, my brother family members support as well belief in God.
CSV—In how many attempts did
you get this success ?
Rashmi—This was my 2nd
attempt.
CSV—What were the
shortcom-ings in your preparation for earlier attempts ? How did you make up for them this time ?
Rashmi—In earlierattempts,Idid not prepare well any subject, I just gave the exam for knowing pattern etc. This time I had joined coaching and from the starting of session I started preparing for competitive exam.
CSV—From where did you get
the inspiration of choosing a medical career ?
Rashmi—I belong to rural area. I
used to see that many poor people were not getting proper treatment. So, for them I thought that I have to be a doctor.
—CSV is really very helpful in PMT examinations. It helps to understand basic concepts. Its science tips, multiple choice questions and assertion-reason type questions are really wonder-ful for these tests.
—Rashmi Singh
CSV—What planning did you
make for preparation ? Please tell something in detail.
Rashmi—First, I used to make
list of work. I have to do in a day. I used to use my full effort to complete those pieces of work. I planned to read and solve problems of NCERT text book at least for 3 times. Apart from this I used to solve objective after reading text book.
CSV—How much time did you
devotedaily and regularly for Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany ?
Rashmi—For me it was not
possible to read all the four subjects daily. ButIusedto read three subjects atleast. I devoted 3 hours for Botany, 3 hours for Zoology, 3 hours for Botany. If time remained then 1 or 2 hours for Physics.
CSV—Out of the above four
subjects,towhich subject did you give more weightage and why ?
Rashmi—To both Botany and
Zoology I have given more weightage because they together make 50% of our question paper. These are scorable subjects but Physics and Chemistry gave rank in exam.
CSV—Did you make complete
study of alltopics or of some selective topics ?
Rashmi—I studied all the topics. CSV—How did you give final
touches to your preparation ?
Rashmi—Last time I prepared
the topics but I used to forget what I read.
Bio-Data
Name—Rashmi Singh
Father’s Name—Sri Bhishma
Pitamah Singh
Mother’s Name—Smt. Chanda
Singh
Educational Qualifications— H.S./Std. X—85·4% (Raj English
School, Varanasi), 2006.
Inter/Std. XII—87% (Raj English
School, Varanasi), 2008.
Special achievements—
● 1st rank in U.P.-CPMT, 2009. ● AIPMT (CBSE) Main—AIR-110
(OBC-18)
● BHU Screening—AIR 26th (OBC-5)
CSV—Did you prepare notes ? Rashmi—Yes, In coaching my
teachers helped me to prepare notes.
CSV—What was your attitude for
solving numerical questions ? What weightage did you give them ?
Rashmi—2 or 3 hours before
commencement of any exam I used tosolvenumericalquestions randomly of any chapter. Due to this step and tricksof numerical striked immediately in mind. I gave much importance to them because they helped me in becoming topper.
CSV—How much time is
suffi-cient for preparing for this exami-nation ?
Rashmi—Time is not an
impor-tant factor. I did planning for a day. Whatever the topics I had to complete them, I used to complete in specified time whether it took 2 hours or 10 hours.
Personal Qualities
Hobby—Watching cartoon Ideal Person—Dr. A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam
StrongPoint—Hard work WeakPoint—Nervousness
CSV—From what level of
educa-tion should an aspirant begin pre-paring for it ?
Rashmi—You must know basic
concepts of all subject. You should try to feel the subjects.
CSV—What was your order of
preference for various branches for which this test is held ?
Rashmi—MBBS, BDS, BAMS,
BHMS.
CSV—Please mention various
books in each subject and magazines on which you based your preparation.
Rashmi—NCERT Text Book and
CompetitionScienceVisionmagazine.
CSV—Did you take coaching in
your preparation ?
Rashmi—Yes, JRS Tutorial,
Varanasi. I was very much impressed with the director of JRS Tutorial Mr. A. K. Jha who taught me Physics in very scientific manner. I was also impressed with Professor of Botany Mr. Diwedi.
CSV—What help do the science
magazines render in the preparations for this examination ?
Rashmi—They helpedme under-standing basic concept in many topics.
CSV—What will be your criterion
for selecting a magazine for these examination ?
Rashmi—Select those magazine
which has contents of your syllabus and latest G.K.
CSV—What is your opinion about our CompetitionScienceVision? How much helpful and useful do you find it ?
Rashmi—It was really very helpful to me. It helped me under-standing basic concepts. Science Tips, multiple choice questions as well as assertion-reason were very wonderful for the medical students. CSV—Please suggest in what
way CSV can be made more useful for medical aspirants.
Rashmi—Latest discovery in
various medical areas should be published. For AIIMS something should be specially published.
CSV—Please mention your
posi-tion in the merit list as well as the marks obtained in different subjects. Whatwasyouraggregatepercentage of marks ? Rashmi—Ist Position. Physics—48/50 Chemistry—48/50 Zoology—46/50 Botany—50/50 Total—192/200, i.e., 96%. CSV—What books/magazines/
newspapers did you read for G.K. preparations ?
Rashmi—Competition Science
Vision.
CSV—Whom would you like to
give credit for your success ?
Rashmi—I would like to give
credit of my success to my family, relatives as well as my teachers.
CSV—Please tell us something
about your family.
Rashmi—I have mummy, papa,
elder brother and sister. My father name is Mr. Bhishma Pitamah Singh who is engineer in DRDA (Son-bhadra) and my brother is doing MBBS, Allahabad and sister also doing MBBS from Jhansi, my mother is housewife.
CSV—What in your frank opinion
has been the biggest mistake in your preparation for this test ?
Rashmi—After giving any
com-petitive exam. I used to rest for atleast 3 days and I did not solve Physics problem much.
CSV—What message would you
like to give for our readers of CSV ?
Rashmi—Please read CSV very
seriously for easy selection in PMT as it is very useful for medical students because all the four subjects are given together in this magazine.
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‘‘Continuous hard work, Long practice and faith & belief in God are the
elements of my success.’’
—Anjali Singh
Topper—Uttarakhand, PMT–2009 (1st Position)
[‘Competition Science Vision’ arranged an exclusive interview with Miss Anjali Singh who has the
credit of standing first on the list of successful candidates in Uttarakhand PMT, 2009 in the very first
attempt. In addition, she has also cleared AFMC in the written examination. For this brilliant success she
deserves all praise and our heartiest congratulations. This important interview is presented here in its
original form.]
CSV—Congratulations on your
brilliant success.
Anjali—Thank you, sir.
CSV—Before knowing your result what did you think about those who achieve top positions ?
Anjali—Same as now others
think of me. As brilliant and very hard-working personalities.
CSV—Achieving top position has
come as surprise to you or were you confident of achieving it ?
Anjali—As a surprise. But I was
confident of achieving a good rank in this PMT.
CSV—What do you think is the
secret of your success ?
Anjali—Continuous hardwork,
long practice and faith &belief in God.
CSV—In how many attempts did
you get this success ?
Anjali—In Uttarakhand PMT, I
had appeared1sttimebut after 10 + 2 (2005), I had prepared for medical entrance exam for four years.
CSV—What were the
shortcom-ings in your preparation for earlier attempts ? How did you make up for them this time ?
Anjali—Earlier, I had not
pre-pared some topics (Like Animal taxo-nomy, families of angiosperms etc.). Also, I was lazy at the last time after a lot of hardwork in the beginning. But this year from the very starting. I pre-pared these topics well and continued my studies until the last exam.
CSV—From where did you get
the inspiration of choosing a medical career ?
Anjali—It was a dream for me
since my childhood. But when my cousins and friends were selected, it became an aim for me, which I had to achieve anyway. In childhood I liked the clinic of paediatricians very much.
—It is a very good magazine and has influenced me much. It contains good MCQs as well as sound and brief material for revision. Interviews of toppers and high ranking candidates are very inspiring.
—Anjali Singh
CSV—From when did you start
the preparation for it ?
Anjali—I started my preparation
of medical entrance exam after intermediate. In XI and XII Std., I was not so sincere and passed inter-mediate with both Maths and Bio. as an average student.
CSV—What planning did you
make for preparation ? Please tell something in detail.
Anjali—First I prepared my weak
topics in all subjects and had a command on them. I did a lot of practice by solving MCQs of all subjects. I gave a lot of attention to Botany and Physics. At the time of exams, instead of solving MCQs, I concentratedon the revision of topics, thoroughly.
CSV—How much time did you
devote dailyand regularly for Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Botany ?
Anjali—My study hours were not
fixed. I studied all the time but when I felt exhausted. I liked to take rest or a
sleep. Atleast 2 hours are required for each subject and extra time is needed for solving MCQs.
CSV—Out of the above four
subjects,towhich subject did you give more weightage and why ?
Anjali—I payed more attention to
Physics and Botany. I gave maximum time to Biology as a whole as I think I am a little weak in Biology (Botany especially). I had agood command on Physics, but maintaining the same, it requires a lot of practice and a lot of time.
Bio-Data
Name—Anjali Singh
Father’s Name—Mr. Desh Raj
Singh
Mother’s Name—Mrs. Vinay Singh Educational Qualifications— H.S./Std. X—75% (St. Francis Sec.
School, Agra), 2003
Inter/Std. XII—77% (Holy Public
School, Agra), 2005.
Special achievements—
● 1st rank in state PMT
● I had been selected in AFMC
(written) also called for an inter-view.
CSV—Did you make complete
study of alltopics or of some selective topics ?
Anjali—I studied all the topics
completely in the starting and solved all MCQs but at the time of exams, I left few topics of low weightage(Like, Aging, Virus etc.)
CSV—How did you give final
touches to your preparation ?
Anjali—By solving more and
more multiple choice questions and revising my topics frequently.
CSV—Did you prepare notes ? Anjali—I had taken coaching. So
I already had notes. I wrote all the formulae and important points in
Physics and Physical Chemistry. But did not prepared any notes in other subjects, because biology, organic and inorganic chemistry don’t have any certainty from where questions may be asked.
Personal Qualities
Hobbies—Listening music (filmy
songs), cooking
Ideal Person—My mother and all
the selected students
StrongPoint—Mycontinuous hard-work when I feel it is a requirement.
Weak Point—My sleep and
silly mistakes while solving MCQs.
CSV—What was your attitude for
solving numerical questions ? What weightage did you give them ?
Anjali—I had Maths in XII, so I
can do well in numerical questions. I gave them as much time as required by using formulae and practising MCQs.
CSV—How much time is
suffi-cient for preparing for this examina-tion ?
Anjali—Two years study during
XI and XII is sufficient if we study properly and seriously.
CSV—From what level of
educa-tion should an aspirant begin pre-paring for it ?
Anjali—According to me, a
student preparing for medical entrance exam should begin the pre-paration from XI Std.
CSV—What was your order of
preference for various branches for which this test is held ?
Anjali—Only MBBS.
CSV—Please mention various
books in each subject and magazines on which you based your preparation.
Anjali—Elementary Biology,
Pradeep Physics and Comprehensive Chemistry for subjective study. For preparing MCQs, I used objective Dinesh for Biology, CSV for all subjects and Pradeep for Chemistry.
CSV—Did you take coaching in
your preparation ?
Anjali—Yes, I had taken
coach-ing for first two years (after XII) and then for one year at Agra.
CSV—What help do the science
magazines render in the preparations for this examination ?
Anjali—I used science
maga-zines CSV for solving MCQs and last years exam questions.
CSV—What will be your criterion
for selecting a magazine for these examination ?
Anjali—I had not given much
importance to this aspect. But I admit that for quick revision, magazines are helpful.
CSV—What is your opinion about our CompetitionScienceVision? How much helpful and useful do you find it ?
Anjali—It contains good MCQs
as well as a sound and brief material for revision.Itcontaininterviews of top rankers, which is very much inspiring for the students preparing for the same. It influenced me very much.
CSV—Please suggest in what
way CSV can be made more useful for medical aspirants.
Anjali—By adding NCERT based topics. Many new points had been added in NCERT. So, I think, CSV should contain a separate NCERT corner containing extra points for revision.
CSV—Please mention your
posi-tion in the merit list as well as the marks obtained in different subjects. Whatwasyouraggregatepercentage of marks ?
Anjali—I got 1st rank in
Uttarakhand PMT (general) with 44 marks in Physics, 43 in Chemistry, 41 each in Zoology and Botany. All are out of 50 on aggregate 169 marks out of 200, i.e., 84·5%.
CSV—What books/magazines/
newspapers did you read for G. K. preparations ?
Anjali—I had read only daily
newspaper (Amar Ujala) as only 20 questions in G. K.are asked in AIIMS. So, I payed only a negligible impor-tance to G. K.
CSV—Whom would you like to
give credit for your success ?
Anjali—I would like to give my
regards to God and my parents, who had been always with me during my preparation. I am also very much thankful to all my respected teachers.
CSV—Please tell us something
about your family.
Anjali—My father is a Chemistry
lecturer. My mother is housewife. I have one sister and two brothers, all are younger to me. My sister (Shilpi Singh) had also qualified in CBSE this year.
CSV—What in your frank opinion
has been the biggest mistake in your preparation for this test ?
Anjali—My unlimited sleep and
laziness. When I lost my interest in studies in between and found it diffi-cult to regain it. When I got good ranks in tests (in watching), I became quite loose.
CSV—What message would you
like to give for our readers of CSV ?
Anjali—First make your concepts clear. Read the theory deeply, solve MCQs, complete a book wholly, instead of solving few topics from different books. Nothing is impossible if we have patience and strong will power. Impossible word itself says ‘‘I am possible’’. Best of luck to all.
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This helps to get a steady e.m.f.8. What is the equation of a plane progressive simple harmonic wave ?
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y = a sin 2ππππ λλλλ (vt – x ) = a sin 2ππππ(
)
t T – x λλλλWith usual meaning of notations
9. How are the coils wound in a resistance box ?
➠
The resistance coil is doubly wound on abobbin to avoid electromagnetic induction
10. The equation of a stationary wave when the wave is reflected from a rigid boundary is
➠
y = 2a cos 2ππππxλλλλ cos
2ππππt T
11. Board of trade unit is defined as the amount of work done when a power of one kilowatt is consumed for
➠
One hour12. The magnifying power of a telescope for image at infinity is
➠
M = – fo fe13. The three characteristics of a heating wire are
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High resistivity, high melting point,heat resistant
14. Intensity of electric field due to a point charge ‘q’ at a distance r
➠
→
→
→
→
E = 1 4ππππεεεε0 . q r2 ^ r15. Which of the two has more resistance : 100W tungsten bulb or 1000W heater, both marked for 220 V.
➠
100W tungsten bulb16. What is the one basic difference between Biot-Savart’s law and Coulomb’s law ?
➠
The charge element appearing in Coulomb’s law is a SCALAR but the current element (idl) appearing in Biot-Savart’s law is a VECTOR (i→
→
→
→
dl)17. Kepler's third law is
➠
(Period of planet)2 ∝∝∝∝ (Distance from sun)3 18. The force between two magnetic poles of pole strengths m and m′ separated by distance r is given by➠
F = μμμμ04ππππ
( )
mm′′′′r2
19. Planets are natural satellites of the
➠
Sun 20. What is the unit of ‘Magnetomotive force’ ?➠
Gilbert (Gb.)Chemistry
21. The true use of chemistry is not to make gold, but to prepare medicines. Who said this ?
➠
Paracelsus (1493–1541)22. The first super-conductor of family 1-2-3, discovered in 1987 is
➠
Y Ba2Cu3O723. First modern text book of chemistry was written by :
➠
Berzelius24. The reactions in which a single reagent undergoes both oxidation and reduction are known as
➠
Disproportionation reactions25. Meson theory of nuclear stability was given by :
