Popular Quotations

Popular Quotations

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1. Swaraj is my Birth Right
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak

2. A thing of beauty is joy for ever.
- John Keats

3. Aram Haram Hai        
- Jawahar Lal Nehru 

4. Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
 - G. B. Shaw

5. Patriotism is religion and religion is love for India.  
- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Important Battles and Wars In India (Set-1)

Important Battles and Wars In India (Set-1)

Here is partial list of important battles and wars fought in India that determined the course of Indian History.

Maratha Horsemen (image credits: wikipedia)

Battle	Year	Place	Winner	Loser
Battle of Hydapses	326 BC	Hydapses	Alexander	Porus
Selucid-Mauyran War	303 BC	Indus River    Valley	Chadragupta Maurya	Selecus
Battles of Tarain	1191 AD	Tarain	Prithviraj Chauhan	Mohammad Ghori
1st Battle of Panipat	1526 AD	Panipat	Babar	Ibrahim Lodhi
Battle of Khanwa	1527 AD	Khanwa	Babar	Rana Sanga
Battle of Sammel	1544 ADD	Sammel	Sher Shah	Hindu Rajputs
2nd Battle of Panipat	1556 AD	Panipat	Bairam Khan (for Akbar)	Hemu
Battle of Swally	1612 AD	Swally	British East India Company	Portugese
Battle of Dharmat	1658 AD	Dharmat near Ujjain	Aurangzeb	Dara
Siege of Trichinopoly	1741 AD	Trichinopoly	Maratha Empire	Mughal Empire
Battle of Madras	1746 AD	Madras (now Chaennai)	French East India Company	British East India Company
Siege of Arcot	1751 AD	Arcot	British East India Company	Nawab of Arcot, French East India Company

SOILS OF INDIA

SOILS OF INDIA

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1. Alluvial Soil

• Formed by deposition of sediments by rivers.
• Rich in Humus and fertile
• Found in Great Northern Plain, Northern Gujarat, Lower valleys of Narmada and Tapti
• Soils renewed every year.

2. Black Soils

• Made up of lava and volcanic rocks.
• Concentrated over Deccan Lava Tract covering Chattisgarh, Parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.
• Contains lime, iron, magnesium and potash
• Lacks phosphorous, nitrogen and organic matter

3. Red Soils

• Formed due to weathering of ancient metamorphic rocks of Deccan Plateau
• Red colour is due to iron composition
• Yellow or Brown if iron content is low.
• Found in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and parts of Orissa

English Grammar Quiz

English Grammar Quiz

(MCQs asked in Common Law Admission Test CLAT 2016)

Directions: Q1 - 10 Fill in blanks by choosing the most appropriate option.

Q1: A fire broke ________ in the neighbourhood.

(a) out
(b) off
(c) away
(d) from


Q2: The method and practice of teaching is called __________

(a) Pediatrics
(b) Pedagogy
(c) Training
(d) Philately


Q3: They always give the available seats _______ comes first.

(a) whom
(b) whichever
(c) whoever
(d) whomever


Q4: There isn't _____ water in the overhead tank.

(a) some
(b) any
(c) little
(d) lot of


Q5: I like reading journals _______ novels.

(a) the best
(b) most than
(c) the least
(d) more than