Study Materials- ACS Exam

Classification of Transport and Communication Land 1. Road 2. Railway 3. Pipe lines Water 1. Inland 2. Oceanic Air 1. Domestic 2. International Land transport  Road transport 1. Total road length is 33.1 lakh km 2. 80% passengers, and 70% of freight are carried by roads 3. Shai road connect Indus valley to Sone valley 4. It is renamed as grad trunk road 5. At present it connects Amritsar, Kolkata (NH1 NH2) Classification of Roads I. National high ways 1. Constructed and maintained by central govt. 2. Meant for interstate transport 3. Movement of defense men and material 4. Connect state capitals 5. Total length is 65769 km 6. Accounts 2% of road length 7. Carry 40% of traffic 8. Golden quadrilateral 5846 km, 4/6/lane. High density traffic, connect metro cities, time distance and cost distance decreased n-s corridor connect Srinagar to KanyaKumari (4076 km) east west corridor connect Porbandar to Silchar (3640) State High Ways 1. Constructed and ma

Sex Ratio in India Sex ratio is used to describe the number of females per 1000 of males. Sex ratio is a valuable source for finding the population of women in India and what is the ratio of women to that of men in India. In the Population Census of 2011 it was revealed that the population ratio in India 2011 is 940 females per 1000 of males. The Sex Ratio 2011 shows an upward trend from the census 2001 data. Census 2001 revealed that there were 933 females to that of 1000 males. Since decades India has seen a decrease in the sex ratio 2011, but since the last two of the decades there has been in slight increase in the sex ratio. Since the last five decades the sex ratio has been moving around 930 of females to that of 1000 of males.  The major cause of the decrease of the female birth ratio in India is considered to be the violent treatments meted out to the girl child at the time of the birth. The Sex Ratio in India was almost normal during the phase of the years of independe

-----------SET  K  --------------------------------*********** (1) Name the test bowling pair, who had jointly ranked No.1 ICC test rankings, recently? A) Aswin, Jadeja B) Yuvaraj, Jadeja C) Aswin, shami D) None (2) Name Veteran Journalist, who had associated with the news agency IANS died recently? A) Arvind Padmanabhan B) Dilip Hiro C) Bhaskaran D) None (3) Name the bank, which had been launched Aadhaar Pay system, recently? A) HDFC B) IDFC C) HFDC D) None (4) Name the person, who had honoured with “Artist of the year – 2017” award by Harvard? A) Viola Davis B) Taylor Swift C) Katy perry D) None (5) Name the cultural festival, which will to begin in Egypt? A) Nile by the India B) India by the Nile C) Egypt by the India D) None  Answers:- (1) A    (2) A    (3) B    (4) A    (5) B -----------SET L   --------------------------------*********** (2) Name the country, in which IORA summit 2017 was held, recently? A) Indonesia

-----------SET A   --------------------------------*********** (1) Name the state, which has been launched ambitious free WiFi facilities for students? A) Bihar B) Assam C) Uttarakhand D) None (2) State the No. of teams to 36th expedition to Antarctica send by ISRO, recently? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 (3) Name the Photographer, who has been conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award, recently? A) Arko Datta B) Ritam Banerjee C) Raghu Rai D) None (4) State the No.of Indian Americans named for 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honour, recently? A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9 (5) Name the place on which India’s longest road tunnel built,, recently? A) Jammu & Kashmir B) Assam and Mizoram C) Nagaland & Manipur D) None (6) Name the person, who has been appointed as Director of ISA, recently? A) Rajendra Tripathy B) Upendra Tripathy C) Both D) None (7) Name the Afghan city, which has been captured by Talibans, recently? A) Farah B) Balkh C)

Recently who is conferred with Bhupen Hazarika Award? A. Mamang Dai B. Dibang C. Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi D. Tamo Mibang Answer: C – Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi – Explanation – The Fifth Bhupen Hazarika National Award 2017 is awarded to an eminent writer from Arunachal Pradesh Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi. Which state ranked first in having lesser infant mortality rate? A. Sikkim B. Goa C. Manipur D. Nagaland Answer: B – Goa – Explanation – According to the recent data, infant mortality rate in the country has been registered at 42 deaths of kids per 1000 births while Pondicherry was having 11 deaths of children per 1000 babies born said by Director of Health and Family Welfare Services K V Raman on February 27, 2017. According to the ICAR scientist report what per cent of India’s total crop destroys by the pests? A. 33 per cent B. 34 per cent C. 35 per cent D. 39 per cent Answer: C – 35 per cent – Explanation – As per the data by Indian Council of Agricultural Research scientists