CARTOSAT-2A

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), fired the 690-kg CARTOSAT-2A, India's latest remote sensing satellite, into orbit.Along with it, the Indian Mini Satellite (IMS-1) and eight foreign nano-satellites would be launched.

The CARTOSAT-2A, with the state-of-the-art panchromatic camera, is capable of taking black-and-white pictures in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum."The CARTOSAT-2A will help in the mapping and management of natural resources and cartographic applications.


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2007 Kerala Sahitya Academy Awards Announced

K Reghunathan won the award for his novel " Pathira Vankara "

Cherian k Cherian won the award for his poetry named " selected poems of cherian K Cherian "

Shihabudheen Poithumkadav won the award for his " selected stories "

Prepared by qblp web research team 4 PSC Aspirants

Answer These Seven Great Questions.

1. What programming language is GOOGLE developed in?

2. What is the expansion of YAHOO?

3. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?

4. Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?

5. What is expansion of "ICICI?"

6. What does "baker's dozen" signify?

7. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot - India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?

For PSC Exam Aspirants

Answers to this week questions

1) National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), is a Mumbai-based stock exchange. It is the largest stock exchange in India in terms daily turnover and number of trades, for both equities and derivative trading.

2) Nifty is the leading index for large companies on the NSE. The Nifty is a well diversified 50 stock index accounting for 21 sectors of the economy.

3) The Nifty Junior represents the 100 most liquid commodities traded on the NSE.

4) A demat a/c stands for dematerialised account. Just as you have to open an account with a bank if you want to save your money, make cheque payments etc, you need to open a demat account if you want to buy or sell stocks. So it is just like a bank account where actual money is replaced by shares.

5) Depository Participant is the agent of the Depository and is the medium through which the shares are held in the electronic form. They are also the representatives of the investor, providing the link between the investor and the company through the Depository.

6)Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a ten-digit alphanumeric number, issued in the form of a laminated card, by the Income Tax Department.

7) Day trading refers to the practice of buying and selling shares within the same trading day such that all positions will usually (not necessarily always) be closed before the market close of the trading day.

Prepared by qblp web research team for PSC aspirants from wikipedia and income tax dept site.

This Week 's Questions from Share market

1) What is NSE?

2) What is Nifty?

3) What is junior Nifty?

4) What is Demat?

5) What is DP Account?

6) What is PAN?

7) What is Day Trading?

Answers to this week's Question

1) What is WLAN?

Wireless Local-Area Network. A local area network that doesn't rely on wired Ethernet connections.WLAN uses high-frequency radio waves.

2) what is HSDPA?

High Speed Downlink Packet Access A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers worldwide that use the GSM technology.

3) What is WiFi?

Wireless Fidelity is a way to connect to the Internet without wires or cables.


4) What is CDMA?

Code division multiple access is a form of multiplexing and a method of multiple access to a physical medium.

5) What is GPS?

Global Positioning System is a satellite-based navigation system consisting of a network of 24 orbiting satellites.

6) What is Neural network?

A computer program inspired by simple models of the brain.

7) what is internet 2?

Internet2 is a collaboration among more than 100 US universities to develop networking and advanced applications for learning and research.

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This Week Hot Questions From Computer Science

1) What is WLAN?

2) what is HSDPA?

3) What is WiFi?

4) What is CDMA?

5) What is GPS?

6) What is Neural network?

7) what is internet 2?

Answers to this week's Questions

1) Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acid. It is very harmful to plant and animal life.

2) Mirage is a naturally-occurring optical illusion in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky.

3) Dry ice is solid Carbon dioxide.

4) Autopsy is an Examination of a corpse to determine the cause and manner of death.

5) Metasearch engines enable users to enter search criteria once and access several search engines simultaneously.

6)Pacemaker is a medical device which uses electrical impulses, delivered by electrodes contacting the heart muscles, to regulate the beating of the heart.

7)Googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler.

Prepared by qblp research team with help of wikipedia.

This week's Questions

1) What is acid rain ?

2) What is mirage?

3) What is dry ice?

4) What is pace maker?

5) What is autopsy?

6) What is meta search engine?

7) What is googly?

prepared by qblp team on 4th April 2008. See tomorrow's post 4 answers.