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What are the interesting facts about the Nobel Prize?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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Nobel Prize is the award given to men and women to honor their work in physiology, physics, chemistry, medicine, literature or for work in peace. It started in 1901 by Alfred Nobel. Between the years 1901 and 2016, the Nobel Prizes were awarded 579 times to 910 people or organizations. Few organizations or people were awarded the Nobel Prize more than once, thus making the count to a total of 23 organizations, and 881 individuals.The Nobel Prize is regarded as the most esteemed award given to a person in all the available fields like literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace. The ... Read More

What is a Tsunami? So far how many Tsunamis have occurred in India?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-May-2022 13:31:14

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Tsunami means harbor wave in Japanese. These are huge waves of water which are caused by Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other underwater explosions, landslides, meteorite impacts etc. These mentioned activities displace large quantities of water, triggering destructive waves which can measure up to 10 meters tall. They are series of waves with an interval ranging from 5 minutes to few hours.They are very destructive in nature and can wipe out coastal areas, small islands, and ocean basins too. The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was one of the fatal disaster killing approximately 2, 30, 000 people. Tsunamis are not tidal ... Read More

What are the duties of chief minister in Indian constitution?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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The elected head of the government of the states in India is called as the Chief Minister of that particular state or union territory. The governor appoints the Chief Minister following elections to the state legislative assembly. The party with the majority of votes will elect their leader, the candidate for Chief Minister, who is invited by the governor to swear in as Chief Minister of State. The Chief Minister's term lasts for typically for 5 years, or until next General Elections. However, there is no limit for the number of terms he can serve.To be eligible for the post ... Read More

What is Indus Valley Civilization?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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The Indus Valley, a region of great fertility, (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) defines the eastern edge of the zone in which Near Eastern agriculture developed, based on wheat, barley, sheep, goats, and cattle.To its west lies Baluchistan, the mountainous eastern edge of the Iranian plateau, an area with which it has always been closely linked. Networks of trade routes across the Iranian plateau have often provided distant communications with the civilizations of the Near East, while the Arabian Sea, into which the Indus flows, has allowed seaborne connections with the Gulf and the Near East, with Arabia and ... Read More

Explain the working of a turbojet engine.

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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A turbojet engine is used in Aircraft. These are air-breathing engines which suck in air from the atmosphere for combustion. It has various components like inlet, compressor, combustion chamber, turbines, and nozzle. Air is drawn into the turbojet engine, compressed, mixed with fuel, and burned continuously.The exhaust product of this burning operates the turbine for the compressor, producing thrust which propels the aircraft. Turboprops are used in smaller and slow-paced air crafts as turbojets are not efficient at low speeds whereas turbofans have better specific fuel consumption than the turbojet. These engines are generally installed below the wings or near ... Read More

What are the duties of a prime minister in Indian constitution?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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The Prime Minister of India is the head of government and pioneer of the executive branch of the Government of India. The Prime Minister is likewise the chief counselor to the President of India and is also the leader of the Council of Ministers.The Prime Minister can be an individual from any of the two places of Parliament (the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha), however, must be the chief of the political party, having a superiority in the Lok Sabha.The Prime Minister is the senior individual from the bureau in the official branch of government in a parliamentary framework. ... Read More

What are some interesting facts about space?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 26-Apr-2022 09:56:52

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Space is an empty void. It is not totally vacant, but rather comprises of a vacuum containing a very low thickness of particles, overwhelmingly a plasma of hydrogen and helium. It also consists of neutrinos, cosmic and electromagnetic rays. One hydrogen per cubic meter is the density of space.There is nothing in between galaxies and the temperature literally reaches 2.7 K, which is −270.45 °C. In the galaxies, 90% of the mass is in an unknown form, called dark matter. It interacts with other matter through the gravitational but not electromagnetic force.Manned spaceflight is limited to the lower Earth orbit ... Read More

Is Quantum Computing changing the future of our world?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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Quantum figuring contemplates hypothetical calculation frameworks (quantum PCs) that make coordinate utilization of quantum-mechanical marvels, for example, superposition to perform operations on data. Quantum PCs are unique in relation to binary digital PCs in light of transistors.While regular advanced registering requires that the information is encoded into twofold digits (bits), each of which is dependable in one of two distinct states (0 or 1), quantum calculation utilizes quantum bits, which can be in superpositions of states. A Quantum Turing Machine is a hypothetical model of such a PC and is otherwise called the general quantum PC.What are they?Starting at 2017, ... Read More

Do you have any preventive measures for Tsunami?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 26-Apr-2022 07:16:10

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Tsunami means harbor wave in Japanese. These are huge waves of water which are caused by Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other underwater explosions, landslides, meteorite impacts etc. These mentioned activities displace large quantities of water, triggering destructive waves. The waves can measure up to 10 meters tall.They are series of waves with an interval ranging from 5 minutes to few hours. They are very destructive in nature and can wipe out coastal areas, small islands, and ocean basins too. The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 was one of the fatal disaster killing approximately 2, 30, 000 people. Tsunamis are not ... Read More

What are some unknown facts about APJ Abdul Kalam?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:24

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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam otherwise called A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015), was the eleventh President of India from 2002 to 2007. A professional researcher turned statesman, Kalam was brought up in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, and studied material science and aviation design.He spent four decades of his life as a researcher and science head, primarily at the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and was personally required in India's civilian space program and military rocket advancement efforts.He received the title Missile Man of India due to his ... Read More

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