1 December 7th‚ 2011 Strength in Knowledge - Maybe It is common belief that knowledge is a wonderful thing. Knowledge is key‚ or at least that is what most people are brought up believing. Children are taught by their elders from a young age that they want to be successful‚ and that they should do well in school. Knowledge is the root of this‚ as it is a main required component of becoming successful at a modern day and age. Mentors throughout one’s life frequently remind him or her to ask questions
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100 questions worth 2 marks each = total 200 marks. Penalty for wrong answer= Minus 0.67 (=1/3rd of the mark allotted to correct answer.) time limit 2 hours If you cannot solve some of these question‚ don’t get demotivated. In UPSC there will be always some question from outside of what you’ve prepared‚ but you’re not required to tick 100/100 to crack prelims. Question 1 to 20 1. Which of the following concepts can be used to study the rate of acceleration of the Universe? 1. Supernovae Explosions
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Joshua Simmons Professor Goodman WRI121.04 11/4/14 A Better World In today’s world‚ it can be very difficult to survive. The economy is a disaster in most places around the globe. Countries are devastated with hunger‚ drought‚ natural disasters‚ crime‚ and many of other challenging things for a nation to overcome. What could you do to overcome the world’s problems‚ and make life a better place? You could possibly end world hunger by growing mass farms and providing free cattle for those in hunger
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Abel Villalbaso Edward Gika English 21 2/27/13 Better Man This experience taught me to be a better man. Unfortunately I learn that acting like a man made me act like a child. When I was fifteen‚ I drank alcohol for the first time. I was with my neighbors outside grilling food and talking. Everyone there were all men in their twenties and drinking beers. I chose to drink with them to be a part of their group and act like a man. After a few hours I had drank six beers and decided to go to bed
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CHILDHOOD MEMORIES Childhood is the happiest time of the person life. Whenever we think back some of the good and some of the not so good memories we recall. But still we say that we never feel older whenever recall our childhood memories. As the tom Stoppard said “if you carry your childhood with you‚ you never become older” When you are a child you don’t have many responsibilities. Children depend on their parents who make decision for them‚ and on adult we are packed with packages of
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Cause and effect of cell phone Cell phone is one of great devices that improve the lives of the society. Cell phone provides some services of access to communicate to people in worldwide/in the world. Technology is used by cell phone developer is making rapid advancement. Nowadays‚ obviously‚ there will be more and more the people in the society are using cell phone in their lives. In 2012 year‚ the number of cell phone sold in the worldwide market is estimate more than/around 2 billion units. Every
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Chief Justice of India: Mr. Altamas Kabir Governer of Reserve Bank of India: Mr. D. Subbarao Deputy Chairman Planning Commission of India: Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia Chairman of IRDA: Mr. T.S. Vijayan Chairman of GIC: Mr. D. Ashok Kumar Roy Speaker of Lok Sabha: Ms. Meira Kumar Chief Election Commissioner: Mr.V.S. Sampath Prime Minister of Pakistan: Mr. Raja Pervez Ashraf Head quarter of IRDA: Hyderabad Head quarter of National Insurance Co. Ltd: Calcutta Biggest private General Insurance
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Heeun Soh Ms.Lee English 1st draft 10/5/13 Adolescence‚ faced as a teenager‚ is a period of mental instability‚ wandering‚ and especially high interests on the opposite sex. Some argue that teenage dating is merely an activity which will negatively affect academic effort and achievements‚ thus it is not beneficial. However‚ teenage dating is not something that can be discouraged. In other words‚ teenage dating has to be perceived as a natural step within the adolescence period; although we
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Knowledge versus Belief Introduction The traditional or classic definition of knowledge was proposed by Plato in his dialogue Theaetetus−that “knowledge is justified true belief”. This view is formulated by a study of justified beliefs that constitute knowledge‚ this study is called Epistemology. Epistemology as a branch of philosophy deals with certain questions that are conducive to know what knowledge is. These questions can be proposed in the following way: What are the necessary and sufficient
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Secularism - myth OR reality? Secularism means indifference towards religion. A pluralist country like India needs secularism like life-blood. In democracy‚ all citizens are equal though they may not follow same religion or may not even follow any religion at all. India is multi-religious country. A multi-religious society cannot function democratically without secularism. It is a great need for democratic pluralism. However‚ since very early times‚ secularism has evoked controversy in India as
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