RATAN N. TATA - TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICE - CHAIRMAN

Ratan N Tata (Chairman) Ratan N Tata has been the Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, since 1991. He is also the Chairman of the major Tata companies including Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power, Tata Tea, Tata Chemicals, Indian Hotels and Tata Teleservices. During his tenure, the Group’s revenues have grown over 13-fold to annualized Group...

BIHAR - AT A GLANCE

History and Geography Bihar finds mention in the Vedas, Puranas, epics, etc., and was the main scene of activities of Buddha, and 24 Jain Tirthankars. Great rulers of the State before the Christian era were Bimbisar, Udayin, who founded the city of Pataliputra. Chandragupta Maurya and Emperor Ashoka and Maurya dynasty, the Sungs and the Kanvas. Then came the Kushan rulers followed by Chandragupta...

ASSAM - AT A GLANCE

History and GeographyThe word 'Assam' as interpreted by some scholars is derived from the Sanskrit word Asoma meaning peerless or unparalleled. But the widely accepted opinion of the academic circles today is that the term has come from the original name of the Ahoms, who ruled the land for about six hundred years prior to its annexation by the British. The races like Austric, Mongolian, Dravidian...

ARUNACHAL PRADESH - AT A GLANCE

History and GeographyArunachal Pradesh, the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency shares international boundaries with Bhutan, Tibet, China and Myanmar to the west, north-east, north and east respectively, and the state boundaries with Assam and Nagaland. The terrain consists of submontane and mountainous ranges, sloping down to the plains of Assam, divided into valleys by the rivers Kameng, Subansiri,...

CHHATTISGARH - AT A GLANCE

History and GeographyChhattisgarh, carved out of Madhya Pradesh came into being on 1 November 2000 as the 26th State of the Union. It fulfills the long-cherished demand of the tribal people. In ancient times the region was known as Dakshin-Kausal. This finds mention in Ramayana and Mahabharata also. Between the sixth and twelfth centuries Sarabhpurias, Panduavanshi, Somvanshi, Kalchuri and Nagvanshi...

ANDHRA PRADESH - AT A GLANCE

History and GeographyThe earliest mention of the Andhras is said to be in Aitereya Brahmana (2000 B.C.). It indicates that the Andhras, originally an Aryan race living in north India migrated to south of the Vindhyas and later mixed with non-Aryans. Regular history of Andhra Desa, according to historians, begins with 236 B.C., the year of Ashoka's death. During the following centuries, Satavahanas,...

SUNGAS (HISTORY OF INDIA)

 Saving Private Ryan (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray]  SUNGAS The Sunga rule, extending a little over a century, is in interlude in the history of India. There is nothing extraordinary about the political events associated with the Sungas. The significance of their history, on the other hand, primarily consists in the place they occupy in the social and cultural history of India. The founder...

PALLAVA SOCIETY (HISTORY OF INDIA)

Kingston 4 GB Class 4 SDHC Flash Memory Card SD4/4GB PALLAVA SOCIETY The Pallavas political history covering four centuries is tortous and complex but their contribution to society is singnificant in two ways - comletion of Aryanisation of southern India, and consmation of traditional or indigenous art. The Aryanisation of south India as completed during the period of the Pallavas. Their grants...

ANDHRA BANK PROBATIONARY EXAM - 2006 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

 Live At The Troubadour [CD / DVD Combo]  Directions (Qs 176 to 185): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. Right of entry to education, an ample teaching-learning environment, a suitable curriculum and an empowered and all-encompassing faculty...

UGC NET EXAMINATION - 2007 (JUNIOR FELLOW RESEARCH)

 Rage of Angels  1. Which novel has a nameless narrator? (a) Moby Dick (b) Anna Karenina (c) Invisible Man (d) The Grapes of Wrath 2. Samuel Beckett wrote - (a) Volpone (b) Mother Courage and Her Children (c) A Doll’s House (d) Endgame 3. Which one of the following author-book pairs is correctly matched? (a) Elfride Jelinek – The Pianist (b) J.M. Coetzee- Shame (c) Saul Bellow – Herzog (d)...

ANDHRA BANK PROBATIONARY EXAM - 2006

 Breach of Trust  1. Govt. of India recently decided to import wheat at a lower rate of custom duty. The effective rate of the duty would be (a) 15% (b) 12% (c) 10% (d) 5% (e) None of these 2. As per the reports published recently in the newspapers, banks surpassed the target set for farm credit in 2005-06. How much more credit was given to this sector in terms of percentage? (a) 15% (b)...