Sunday, August 30, 2009
Indian National Movement Notes-2
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Chemistry Notes for Prelims-2
Deliquescence and Efflorescence
* Solids like NaOH and Cacl2 become damp on exposure to moist air. Such substances are called deliquescent substances.
* On the other hand, crystals of washing soda loses a part of water of crystallisation (Na2CO3 . 10 H2O) and crumble into powder. Such substances are called efflorescent substances.
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Two methods of extinguishing a fire are:
a. Cutting off the supply of air.
b. Cooling the flames below the ignition temperature.
types:
Ordinary: Mixture of Water and CO2
Foam Type: Fire covered by foam of oil and Sodium Bicarbonate.
Electrical Fires: Heavy Carbon Tetrachloride is put on fire.
COMBUSTION: It is the process of burning accompanied by the liberation of heat and light.
* It may take place in the presence of gases which support combustion eg.Oxygen or Chlorine.
* Farther the substance which burns must be raised to a particular temperature called ignition temperature.
EXPLOSION: It is sudden expansion of gases with a loud noise, owing to release of internal energy.
COMPOSITION OF AIR: Nitrogen: 78%, Oxygen: 21%, Argon: 0.9%
* Air is only a mixture and is not a compound.
* Oil contains unsaturated compounds. They add hydrogen and are converted into solid fats. This hydrogenation of oil is called 'vanaspati'.
Peculiar Properties of Water: Even though molecular weight of water is low, it has unusually high boiling point. It is denser than ice.
Solid CO2 used in refrigerators is called dry ice.
Carbonic Acid is also known as soda water.
A Fuel is a substance that is used to produce heat energy.
Carbon Cycle: During day time , plants take up CO2 from air and return oxygen. At night the plants take in oxygen and gives out CO2. This cycle serves to maintain the % of CO2 in air fairly constant.
Gobar Gas: Obtained by fermentation of cow dung and water, inside a pit in the absence of air, also called 'biogas' used for running cooking, tubewells etc.
Aqua Regia: A mixture of Conc. HCl and conc. HNO3 in the ratio of 3:1 is called aqua regia. It can dissolve Gold and Platinum.
Laughing Gas: Nitrous Oxide: When inhaled, produce laughing. Used as anesthetic
Thursday, August 6, 2009
General Biology Notes-2
Plants
Plants are divided into three parts:
1. Autotrophic
2. Heterotrophic
3. Insectivorous
Heterotrophic plants are divided into two parts Parasites- Which are totally dependent on living plants and animals and Saprophytes- Depend on dead and rotting organic remains of plants and animals.
Plants Micro Nutrients
1. N2 : Deficiency leads to decrease in angle between the stem and the leaf.
2. P: leads to abnormal color of leaf
3. Ca: Deficiency : Leaves appear abnormal in form or often show scorching or spotting effect.
4. Fe: Acute deficiency leads to scorching of leaf margins and tips. Mild deficiency leads to mottled patterns on leaf.
5. Mn: Deficiency leads to poorly developed root system.
6. Zn: In citrus plants, its deficiency causes mottled leaves.
7. Boron (B): Its deficiency leads to "Heart rot of suger beet and marigold"
Digestive, Teeth, Skeleton and Muscular System
Digestive System
The canal or body parts in which digestion takes place is called Alimentary Canal. It starts from mouth, and passing through Oesophagus (food pipe), stomach and small intestine finally ends into large intestine. Absorption of digested food mainly takes place in small intestines. Undigested and unabsorbed material then passes down the colon and rectum which absorb the excess water and with the help of putrefying bacteria form faeces. Finally the faeces passes out through the anus.
Human Digestive Enzymes
| Parts | Digestive Juice | Enzyme present |
| Mouth | Saliva | Ptylin |
| Stomach | Gastric Juice | Pepsin+ HCL, Renin, Gastric Lipose |
| Liver | Bile Juice | No Enzyme |
| Pancreas | Pancreatic Juice | Trypsin, Amylase, Pancreatic |
| Small Intestine | Succus Entericus | Peptidases, Invertase, Lipase, Maltase, Lactase |
- Digestion changes proteins into amino acids, carbohydrates into Monosaccharide glucose, fructose into galactose and fats into fatty acids and glycerols.
- Digestion of proteins is initiated in the stomach by the act of the enzyme pepsin.
- More than 50% of the energy content of the common diet comes from carbohydrates.
- For a normal person about 70 g of proteins and about 400-500 gms of carbohydrates are recommended.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Indian Geography-2
Priyank Goyal
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Later Vedic Age
Friday, July 24, 2009
President, Vice President of India
Article (52-151) deals with: Executive, legislature, union judiciary and CAG.
The Union executive in India consists of President, the Vice-President, the council of ministers and the Attorney General of India.
The President
Electroral Procedure: It consists of elected members of the two houses of Parliament and elected members of all the SLA.
Value of vote of an MLA= (Population of the state)/Elected members of SLA X 1000
Value of vote of an MP= No of votes assigned to all MLA/ Total no of elected MPs
Election of president should be done by a secret ballot and based on a system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.
Art 56: President term is 5 years. His term may terminate either by
-Resignation in writing to VP of India
-By impeachment.
Qualification: -Citizen of India
- 35 years of age
- Be qualified for election as member of LS
- Must not hold any office of profit.
President should not be a member of either house of parliament or a house of any state legislature. Salary 50,000 per month. Pension 3 Lakh/year
Impeachment:
- Either house may start the procedure.
- Can be brought not less than 2/3 of the total membership of the house.
- Also to be passed by at least 2/3 of the members.
Vacancy: - Due to some unnatural cause then
- VP
- Chief- Justice of India
- Senior- Most member of the SC.
The term ‘Executive Power’, actually refers to the power exercised by the council of Ministers in the name of the President.
The Vice President
- Vide Article 63
- Election: By an electoral collage of members of two houses of Parliament
- Qualification: Identical as of president of India except the candidate should be qualified to be a member of the Rajya Sabha.
- Term , Emoluments: 5 years. May terminate by resignation or by removal.
- Gets a salary of 40,000 Rs. Per month
- Functions as Ex-officio chairman of Rajya Sabha ( Article 64)
