Wildlife Sanctuaries/National Parks of India Previous Next India’s first national park is Jim Corbett National Park (Uttarakhand). Its old name was Hailey National Park which was established in 1935 AD. Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of national parks (11) in the country. It is also called Tiger State. A The largest national park of India is […]
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African ancestors of humans The earth is 4600 million years old. There are four stages of development of the earth’s crust and the fourth stage is known as ‘Quatrbha’. Green is 1 of the earth. It is divided into two eras, called Navayuga (Ice Age) and Abhinav Yuga (Post-Ice Age). Its first part B.C. From
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Major Language Groups India is a country of many languages. According to Pryerson, editor and compiler of The Linguistic Survey of India, about 180 languages and about 550 dialects are spoken by Indians. Important groups of these languages are: Austro-Asiatic, Tibeto-Burman, Dravidian and Indo-Aryan. The Austro-Asiatic languages in India appear to be the oldest and
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Colonial perspective and its contribution Educated Indians may have preserved their traditional history in the form of handwritten epics, Puranas and autobiographical literature, but modern research into the history of ancient India began only in the latter half of the eighteenth century to meet the needs of the British colonial administration. When Bihar and Bengal
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Rivers The core of historical India emerged from its vital rivers, which flourished under the tropical monsoon rains. These include the plains of the Indus system, the Indo-Gangetic divide, the Ganges basin and the Brahmaputra basin. From west to east we find that the annual rainfall increases by 25 to 250 cm. The vegetation of
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Emergence of India The Indian subcontinent emerged as a separate geographical entity four million years ago. Originally peninsular India, along with Antarctica, Africa, Arabia and South America, was considered a part of the southern supercontinent called Gondwanaland. First, Gondwanaland, North America, Greenland, Europe and northern Asia in the Himalayas, together with Laurasia, the vast northern
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WATER TRANSPORT Previous Next Central Inland Waterways Authority was established in 1987 AD. Its headquarters is in Kolkata. The waterways of the country are divided into two parts- 1. Internal Waterways: This transportation takes place through rivers, canals and lakes. The waterway from Haldia to Allahabad was declared National Waterway No. 1 on 22 October
Air Transportation Previous Next Air transport in India started in 1911 AD, when the world’s first air mail service was operated between Allahabad and Naini. In 1933 AD, National Airways Co. was established in India. Was established. In 1953 AD, all the aeronautical companies were nationalized and placed under two newly created corporations -1. Aircraft
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RAIL TRANSPORT Previous Next A Indian Railways is the largest railway system in Asia and the third largest in the world. The first railway system in India was started in April 1853 between Mumbai and Thane (34 km).The world’s first train ran between Stockton and Darlington in 1825 AD. After this, in 1830, Liverpool and Manchester
History of GATE: Origin: GATE was first conducted in 1984 as a means to assess the knowledge and understanding of engineering and science graduates seeking admission to higher education programs such as Master’s and Doctoral degrees in India. The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an examination conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of
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