Thursday, 3 September 2015
Answers to Sri Ram IAS Mains(2Marks)
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1.The Natya Shastra
is an ancient Indian
treatise on the performing arts, encompassing theatre,
dance and music. It was written during the period
between 200 BCE and 200 CE in classical India and is
traditionally attributed to the Sage
Bharata. Generally referred as fifth veda.
It also suggest the notion of musical
modes or jatis which are the origin of
the notion of the modern melodic structures known as ragas.
2. Pattachitra is a
traditional painting of Odisha, India.These paintings are based on Hindu
mythology and specially inspired by Jagannath
and Vaishnava
cult."Patta" literally means "cloth" and "Chitra"
means "picture".
3. Nautanki is a famous
folk theater and operatic drama form, popular in northern India especially in Uttar
Pradesh. Its name is derived from the name of the heroine of the play shahjadi Nautanki. It is most
melodramatic and high pitch. Romantic tales are preferred like Laila Majnu,
Amarsinh Rathore and Heer Ranja.
4. The Quit India Movement in
British India had its echo in Kashmir where the Jammu & Kashmir National
Conference had launched Quit Kashmir Movement with renewed Vigour from 28th
June 1938, demanding that Maharaja J&K state should quit the state with bay
and baggage and leave the people of the state to decide their own future by having
a responsible Government.
However the His Highness offered
to sign a stand still agreement with both India and Pakistan aimed at
continuing the existing relationship pending his final decision regarding
future of the State.
5. The Bombay Plan is the
name commonly given to a World War II-era set of proposals the development of
the post-independence economy of India. The basic objectives were a
doubling of the (then current) output of the agricultural sector and a
five-fold growth in the industrial sector. The plan, published in 1944/1945 by
eight leading Indian
industrialists, proposed state intervention in the economic development of the nation after
independence from the UK.
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Fossils show big bug ruled the seas 460 million years ago
Yale University/AP
This rendering provided by Yale University shows a Pentecopterus decorahensis.
- Earth’s first big predatory monster was a weird water bug, newly found fossils show.
- Almost half a billion years ago, Earth’s dominant large predator was a sea scorpion that grew to 5 feet 7 inches, or 170 centimetres, with a dozen claw arms sprouting from its head, according to a new study.
- Scientists found signs of these new monsters deep in Iowa.
- Geologists at the Iowa Geological Survey found 150 pieces of fossils about 60 feet, or 18 meters, under the Upper Iowa River. Scientists at Yale University determined they were a new species from about 460 million years ago, when Iowa was under an ocean.
“This is the first real big predator,” lead author of the study, James
Lamsdell said. “I wouldn’t have wanted to be swimming with it. There’s
something about bugs. When they’re a certain size, they shouldn’t be
allowed to get bigger.”
- This creature is named Pentecopterus decorahensis after an ancient Greek warship and is not a bug by science definitions, Dr. Lamsdell said. It’s part of the eurypterid family.
Unlike modern land scorpions, this creature’s tail didn’t sting. It was
used more for balance and in swimming, but half this creature’s length
was tail.
There were larger sea scorpions halfway around the world at the same
time but those were more bottom feeders instead of dominant predators,acc. to studies
“It was obviously a very aggressive animal,” he said. “It was a big angry bug.”
ADVANTAGES BY ENCOURAGING ENTRY OF RENMINBI INTO IMF SDRs
What is
Renminbi?
- It is the official currency of people’s republic of china.
- literally means people’s currency.
Why China's
currency has two names?
- The yuan (元/圆) (sign: ¥) is the basic unit of the renminbi, but is also used to refer to the Chinese currency generally, especially in international contexts.
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