Missiles India Ballistic Missiles Launched from land or sea; follows a trajectory with the objective of delivering one or more warheads to a predetermined target Usually carry a nuclear warhead and are…
INO, PROVe, TOPs, NISAR Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle (PROVe) India’s first Polar Remotely Operated Vehicle (PROVe) operationalized in North Antarctica Indigenously built by National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) under…
IRNSS, GAGAN, GSAT, ASTROSAT Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) With an investment of 1420 Cr, 7 Satellites to be put in space by ISRO Will cover India + 1,500…
Mars Orbiter Mission India (Mangalyaan) Few Facts About Planet Mars Mars has two moons viz. Phobos and Deimos One Martian year is of 687 days Mars gravity is 1/3rd of…
Launch Vehicles for Satellites & Space Probes Launch Vehicles are used to transport and put satellites & space probes into space Satellites Orbits Height Classification to under different types of…
Types of Satellite Orbits How satellites move in space A satellite’s orbit works because of a balance between two forces viz. Satellite’s velocity – the speed it is travelling in…
Types of Satellites Satellite refers to a machine that is launched into space and moves around Earth or another body in space. A satellite is an artificial object which has…
Nobel Prize 1896 > Dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel (Sweden) died, Left fund to give awards in 5 categories > Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Peace Later 6th Category added > Economics funded by…
Prominent Elements & Compounds Carbon & Its Compounds Catenation Self-linking property to form a long chain Carbon Black Soot obtained when NG, Kerosene, Petroleum etc. are burnt in limited supply…
Biotechnology, Vitamins, Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, Nucleic Acid Branches of life sciences Zoology Study that covers animals and animal life Genetics Study about heredity Pathology About diagnosing, treating, preventing illness, disease,…
Environmental Chemistry & Fractional Distillation of Crude Oil Environmental Chemistry SO2 Produced when sulfur containing fossil fuel is burned Effects – Irritation in eyes, Stiffening of flower beds which eventually…
Alloys, Hardness of Water & Important Chemical Compounds Alloys Stainless steel Fe + Cr + Ni Brass Cu (80%) + Zn (20%) (Golden in Color) Bronze Cu (90%) + Sn…