Prasadkombadickal

Prepositions

2010-11-15T23:34:00.000-08:00

Exercise : Prepositions
1. Put your coats _____the bed ____the guest room.
2. Paula walked _____the park and then turned _____ home.
3. She hid the presents _____ the desk and _____the stairs.
4. The colour _____ her dress was really flattering.
5. The books _____ airplanes were placed _____ those _____ trains.
6. The chairs _____ the porch were painted white.
7. Guests _____ tickets entered first.
8. The sap _____ maple trees is boiled _____ a syrup.
9. We saw six pheasant _____ the road _____ Stanley.
10. The man _____ the long scarf just robbed the store in the mall.

ANS:
on, in
through, towards
behind, under
of
on, beside, on
on
with
from, into
on, to
with, in

Experience Certificate Models

2010-10-28T08:40:00.000-07:00

(1)

This is to certify that Mr. ......................................, Son of .......................................... worked as Senior Executive in our company from .............................. to ............................ with our entire satisfaction. During his working period we found him a sincere, honest, hardworking, dedicated employee with a professional attitude and very good job knowledge. He is amiable in nature and character is well. We have no objection to allow him in any better position and have no liabilities in our company.

We wish him every success in life.

For ................................

(2)

30/12/2007

To Whom It May Concern:

This is to certify that Mr. ......................................, son of .........................................., worked as a Senior Executive in our company from .............................. to ............................ with our entire satisfaction. During his working period we found him a sincere, honest, hardworking, dedicated employee with a professional attitude and very good job knowledge. He is amiable in nature and in character as well. We would have no objection to employing him in any better position, and he has no liabilities in our company.

We wish him every success in life.

For ................................

Manager, Accounting Dept.
XYZ Company

(3)

Date: ____________

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Mr./Ms. _______________was employed with ___________ (company name) from ___________ to ___________. During his/her tenure with us, he/she ably handled major responsibilities in _______________________. His/her major responsibilities included

His/her gross emoluments at the time of leaving ______________ (company name) was Rs.___________/-

We have found him/her to be a self starter who is motivated, duty bound, a highly committed team player with strong conceptual knowledge of ____________(domain nameWe wish him/her all success in his/her future endeavors.

Manager- HRD

Devi Mookambika

2010-02-16T17:23:00.000-08:00

Sree Mookambika Devi Ashtakam

Namasthe Jagadatri Sadbrahma Rupe
Namasthe Haropendra Datryadivandye
Namastheprasanneshtadhanaikadakshe
Namasthe Mahalakshmi Kolapuresi

Vidhikrithi Vasa Harirviswmethath
Sijathyathi Patheeyathath Prasidham
Kripalokana Devathe Shakthirupe
Namasthe Mahalkshmi Kolapuresi

Thuayamayayapyapthamethathsamastham
Dritham Leelaya Devi Kukshu Hi Viswam
Sthithambudhirupenasarvathrajanthou
Namasthemahalakshmi Kolapuresi

Yayabhakthavargahi Lakshyanthaetho
Thouyatraprakamkripapoornadrishtya
Athogeeyasedevilakshmeerithithuam
Namasthemahalakshmikolapuresi

Punarvakpaduthuadiheenahimooka
Naraistharnikamkhaluprarthaseeyath
Nijeshtayathethasyamookambikathuam
Namasthemahalakshmikolapuresi

Yaduaditharoopathparabrahmnastham
Samuthapunarviswaleelodyamstha
Thadahoorjanasthamhigowreemkumarim
Namasthemahalskshmikolapuresi

Hareesadidehothejomayapra
Sfurachakrarajyakyalingaswaroope
Mahayogikolarshi Hridpadmagehe
Namasthemahalakshmikolapuresi

Namasankachakrayabishtahasthe
Namasthambikegowripadmasanasthe
Namaswarnavarneprasannesaranye
Namasthemahalakshmikolapuresi

PSC Questions and Answers

2010-01-26T01:31:00.000-08:00

1 Swadeshi Movement was started in the year? Ans: 1905
2 Who was the heroine of Quit India Movement? Ans: Aruna Asaf Ali
3 Gandhiji started his Dhandi march from Ans: Sabarmathi
4 Who is considered as the father of History? Ans: Herodotus
5 Vaso-da-Gama disovered India in the year Ans: 1498
6 "The King of England who signed ""Magna Carta"" was" Ans: King John II
7 Who was the first leader of All India Trade Union Congress(AITUC)? Ans: Subhash Chandra Bose
8 "Who was known as ""Man of Destiny"" ?" Ans: Napolean Bonapart
9 Which colour was commonly used in Harappan Pottery? Ans: Red
10 The Indian freedom fighter who was known as 'Frontier Gandhi' is? Ans: Khan Abdul Gafar Khan
11 Tansen ,a great musician of his times, was in the Court of Ans: Akbar
12 Suez Canal was opened for traffic in the year Ans: 1869
13 """Ballot is stronger than the Bullet"" Who said this?" Ans: Abraham Lincoln
14 The first Olympic games was held in Ans: 776 BC
15 The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at Ans: Dhaka
16 Ankar Vat is a temple in Ans: Combodia
17 John. F.Kennedy was killed in the year Ans: 1963
18 The Congress party was formally split into extrimists and moderates at the Surat session of Ans: 1907
19 Indian National Army fought Second World War against Ans: British
20 Modern Olympic games started in 1896 in Athens
21 Which of the following dynastics was ruling over north India at the time of Alexander's invasion ? Ans: Nanda
22 The year in which Second World War started Ans: 1939
23 Burma, presently Myanmar was separated from British India in the year Ans: 1935
24 Who was the designer of the Statue of Liberty in USA ? Ans: Fredric Auguste
25 First common wealth was held at Ans: Hamilton(Canada)
26 The fifth story of Qutabminar was added by which King Ans: Firos sha Tuglaque
27 French revolution began in the year Ans: 1789
28 Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the Ans: Budhists
29 The 'Master of Greek Comedy' is Ans: Aristophanes
30 The only women ruler of Delhi Sultanate Raziya Sultana was the daughter of Ans: Ilthumish
31 Where is Black Pagoda Ans: Konark
32 """Ashta Pradhan"" adorned the court of" Ans: Shivaji
33 Beginning of Saka Era Ans: 78 AD
34 Indian Association was founded by Ans: Surendranath Banerjee
35 Holly book of Judans Ans: The Toras
36 The year in which the ship Titanic sank Ans: 1912
37 Israel came into existence in the year Ans: 1948
38 Who was the founder of city of 'Amritsar' ? Ans: Guru Ramdas
39 Founder of Arya Samaj was Ans: Dayananda Saraswathi
40 The word 'Hindu'as reference to the people of India was first used by Ans: The Arabs
41 The Civilization which developed on the banks of the river Tiber is known as Ans: Roman
42 In which year was Jesus Christ born ? Ans: BC 4
43 From which country did Fascist party originate Ans: Italy
44 The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year Ans: 1921
45 "The ""East India Company was founded in India durinhg the reighn of" Ans: Akbar
46 Russian revolution took place in the year Ans: 1917
47.Who is the father of Indian Renaissance ? Ans: Raja Ram MohanRay
48.First Deputy Prime Minister of India ? Ans: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
49.Who was the First Prime Minister of India to face the No-Confidence Motion ? Ans: Jawahar Lal Nehru
50.Who was the last Viceroy of British India ? Ans: Lord Canning

PSC Questions and Answers

2010-01-26T00:51:00.000-08:00

1. What is the other name of Hydrophobia? Ans: Rabies
2. The term third world refers to ---- nations? Ans: Developing Nations
3. Who created the character of 'James Bond'? Ans: Ian Fleming
4. Epistemology is the philosophical theory of ------? Ans: Knowledge
5. Which nation energed as a result of Zionist movement? Ans: Israel
6. Study of living beings is known as .......? Ans: Bionics
7. Which President of India was once the Chief Minister of Punjab? Ans: Giani Zail Sing
8. Who said 'The child is the Father of Man'? Ans: Wordsworth
9. Who wrote 'Romio and Juliet'? Ans: Shakespeare
10. Expand ONGC. Ans: Oil and Natural Gas Commission of India
11. What is the importance of December 10? Ans: The Human Rights Day
12. What is Dactylography?
Ans: The study of finger prints for the purpose of identification
13. What is Palaentology? Ans: Study of fossils
14. Red Blood Corpuscles are formed in the .......? Ans: Bone Marrow
15. The main function of white blood corpudcles is.....?
Ans: To protect body against diseases
16. Deficiency diseases are caused due to deficiency of ......? Ans: Vitamins
17. IBRD Headquarters is located in ......? Ans: Washington
18. Who was the first scientist to be awarded the Bharat Ratna? Ans: C.V.Raman
19. Ice Hokey is the national game of ........? Ans: Canada
20. A country with highper capita income is a ----- country? Ans: Developed
21. Who wrote 'The Adventures of Sherlok Holmes'? Ans: Arthur Conan Doyle
22. The Bharat Ratna award was first given in .....? Ans: 1954
23. What is meant by fourth Estate? Ans: The Press
24. Which star is nearest to earth? Ans: Sun
25. Name the low cost and environment friendly housing pioneer? Ans: Laurie Baker
26. Aung San suukyi is a leader from .....? Ans: Myanmar
27. The sardar sarovar dam is on ..... river? Ans: Narmada
28. A company operating in more than one country is known as ....? Ans: Multinational
29. In India the highest award for gallantry is ......? Ans: Param Veer Chakra
30. Dayanand Saraswathy founded .....? Ans: Arya Samaj

General Knowledge

2010-01-26T00:29:00.000-08:00

1. Who served as the President of India for over a decade? Ans: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
2. Which instrument is used to check the presence of atomic radiation? Ans: Geiger Counter
3. An essay on the principle of population was written by ....? Ans: Malthus
4. Who was known as the Lion of Kerala? Ans: Pazhassi Raja
5. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioner? Ans: The president of India
6. Who painted the Last Supper? Ans: Leonardo Davinci
7. Who founded ruins of troy? Ans: Henrich Schliemann
8. Who is the first citizen of India? Ans: The President of India
9. Who painted Guernica? Ans: Pablo Picasso
10. What is Lockjaw disease? Ans: Tetanus
11. Who was known as the Wizard of Menlopark? Ans: Thomas Alva Edison
12. New York Stock Exchange is situated in which street? Ans: Wall Street
13. Who wrote the Russian Panorama? Ans: K.P.S Menon
14. What is ESP? Ans: Extra Sensory Perpection
15. Who is the constitutional head of Great Britain? Ans: The British Monarch
16. Who is the autor of the book 'The Republic'? Ans: Plato
17. Who formulated the Laws of Genetics? Ans: Gregor Mendel
18. Name the author of 'Life Divine'? Ans: Aurobindo Ghosh
19. Who is known as the Father of Civil Aviation in India? Ans: J R D Tata
20. Which nation started observing All Fools Day for first time? Ans: France

Mobile phone use Sparks tumer rise

2010-01-23T08:07:00.000-08:00

A new British study suggests that the long-term use of mobile phones can create up to 1500 cases of brain tumours per year over the next twenty yars. The team led by radiation expert Dr. George Carlo reviewed 23 major studies on the effects of cell phones on users to conclude that people using phones for 10 years or more had 34 percent more chances of developing brain tumours. The report included over 12,000 patients who had developed brain tumours and 25000 who were tumour free and has been published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

General knowledge

2010-01-23T07:52:00.000-08:00

1. Birth day of Indira Gandhi..?
Ans: 19th November 1917
2. The samadhi of Indira Gandhi?
Ans: Shakti Sthal (New Delhi)
3. The only Indian Prime minister who was assassinated while in power?
Ans: Indira Gandhi
4. The first non-congress prime minister of India?
Ans: Morarji Desai
5. The Union finance miniser who presented most number of budgets?
Ans: Morarji Desai
6. The first deputy prime minister who resigned?
Ans: Morarji Desai
7. The oldest to become the Prime minister of India?
Ans: Morarji Desai
8. The only person who got the highest honour of India and Pakistan(Nisan e Pakistan)?
Ans: Morraji Desai
9. The first Indian Prime minister to head a minority government?
Ans: Charan Singh
10. The first non-congress deputy prime minister of India?
Ans: Charan singh
11. The only Prime minister of India who did not face the parmiament?
Ans: Charan Singh
12. The Primeminister whose birthday is observed as Farmer's Day?
Ans: Charan Singh
13. The youngest Prime minister of Indai?
An: Rajiv Gandhi

General Knowledge

2010-01-23T07:12:00.000-08:00

1. Which is also known as Academy Awards?

Ans: Oscar Award. (The Academy awards are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry including directors, actors, and writers.)

2. Oscar Award ceremony ws held for the first time in:

Ans: 1929 ( at hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood)

3. First film to get Oscar?

Ans: Wings.

4. Who own the most Academy Awards?

Ans: Walt Disney
5. Bihar was known as ---- in ancient times?
Ans: Magadha.
6. The word Bihar was formed from...?
Ans: Vihara
7. The university founded by Kumaragupta of Gupta dynasty?
Ans: Nalanda
8. The founder of Vikramashila was -----?
Ans: Dharmapala of Pala Dynasty
9. Which is regarded as the 'Most dangerous river' in India?
Ans: Kosi
10. Kosi project is a joint venture of ----- and ----?
Ans: Bihar and Nepal
11. The largest river of Bihar is----?
Ans: Ganga
12. The number of MahaJanapadas in ancient India?
Ans: 16
13. The 'Golen Age' of ancient India is the period of.....?
Ans: Guptas (They had their capital at Pataliputhra.)
14. The founder of the city of Patna?
Ans: Sher Shah.
15. The tomp of Sher Shah is in .....?
Ans: Sasaram
16. Sher Shah's original name?
Ans: Farid - Ud - din Abul Muzaffar. (but was mostly called Farid)
17. Bodh Gaya is on the banks of the river....?
Ans: Niranjana (which is now known as Falgu)
18. The Hindu king who cut the Bodhi tree in 6th century A.D?
Ans: Sasanka
19. the battle which laid the British supremacy in Inda?
Ans: Buxar
20. The birth day of Indira Gandhi is observed as ....?
Ans: National Integration Day

Overcoming Nonstop Thinking

2009-12-17T08:52:00.000-08:00

Are you aware that your mind is always occupied with thoughts? Are you aware that thoughts constantly demand your attention, dictate your behavior and reactions?
Do you sometimes feel that your mind is going to explode from nonstop thinking? Can you focus your attention on what you are doing at any moment, or are you constantly distracted by all kinds of thoughts, negative thinking or negative expectations? You need to learn to overcome your nonstop thinking in order to gain control over your attention.
Do you sometimes wish your mind could just stop thinking for a little while, and let you enjoy some rest and peace? Like an engine, it has to rest to avoid wear and tear. It needs some rest from time to time, in order to recharge itself and your body.
The mind often looks like a cluttered room, with no free space and no place to move. When you empty your room it will look bigger and tidier, and it will be more pleasant to be there. So it is with your mind. Remove the clutter - the unnecessary thoughts, the worries and the fears, and your life would look happier and brighter.
You are probably not constantly aware of the restlessness of your mind, because this became a habit and you got accustomed to it, yet, thoughts keep coming and going, occupying your mind every moment of the day, spending up mental and emotional energy, and sometimes making your head ache.
Tension, strain and pressure at work and at home make the mind even more restless, and attract more thoughts into it. Problems, difficulties, fears, worries and hurt feelings increase even more the mental restlessness and lack of inner peace, making you more acutely aware of the swarm of thoughts coming into your mind and making you feel helpless. It is during such times that you desperately feel the need for inner peace and freedom endless thinking.
When you need to focus your attention, study or meditate, you are again confronted with thoughts that swarm into your mind, disturbing and distracting your attention. This also happens when you are worried, angry or emotionally excited. You feel unable to stop the flow of thoughts and emotions that prevent clear thinking, calmness or self-control.
During such times you just want to scream at the mind to stop thinking. You feel that your mind has broken any control and barriers, and that it is working on its own, sometimes to your detriment. It is like being helpless in a rudderless boat in the midst of the ocean, and all you want is some steady and safe land.
It is in times of worry, stress, fear and strain that inner peace of mind is greatly desired and appreciated. Actually, inner peace and freedom from restless and incessant thinking is a great boon anytime and everywhere. It makes you happier, stronger, more confident and happy.
Imagine how it would be to live your life, work, interact with people, read, watch TV, travel or do anything else, without thoughts and worries claiming your attention. Just think how your concentration would become stronger and your five senses sharper! Just imagine how your understanding, comprehension, awareness and intuition will increase!
You need mental and emotional training, in order to overcome nonstop thinking and free yourself the compulsion, and it is a compulsion, to think incessantly and involuntary, and fill your mind with thoughts that weaken you and distract your attention. You also need to develop some degree of inner detachment and mastery over your mind.
There are no short cuts to overcoming nonstop thinking and lack of inner peace. The aim is not to stunt your mind through hypnosis or subliminal programming, but to gain real inner peace, which you can enjoy while staying active, pursuing your goals, and while handling more efficiently and peacefully your daily affairs of life.Everything worth having requires work and effort. You cannot become a pilot, an Olympic champion or an engineer by listening to a CD, hypnotizing yourself or saying some magic words. Developing inner abilities, such as calming down your mind, is no different.

The Benefits and Advantages of Ebooks

2009-12-17T08:32:00.000-08:00

An ebook is a book in electronic format. It is downloaded to a computer, PC, Mac, laptop, PDA or any other kind of computer, and is read on the screen. It can have numbered pages, table of contents, pictures and graphics, exactly like a printed book.
Ebooks present many benefits and advantages, and this article shows some of them.
It is very simple and easy to purchase and download ebooks through the Internet. It is exactly like purchasing any other product. The only difference is that after payment you will either be directed to a download page or receive the download link in an email. All you have to do is click on the link and the ebook will automatically download to your computer, to a folder of your own choice.
After download you don't have to be connected to the Internet in order to read the ebook. You can stay offline. If you wish to have it printed, it is very easy. Just click on the print button in the ebook, to print it with your home printer.
So what are the benefits and advantages of ebooks?
1. Ebooks are delivered almost instantaneously. You can purchase, download and start reading them within minutes, without leaving your chair. You don't have to go to a bookstore to buy them, neither wait for them for days, weeks and sometimes more to arrive in the mail.
2. No trees are required to manufacture paper for the pages of ebooks.
3. When you need certain information, you can get it immediately, by downloading an ebook.
4. Many ebooks are sold nowadays with bonuses, which you usually do not get with a printed book. This adds value to your purchase.
5. Ebooks take up less space. You practically don't need any space to store them. You don't need a library or a room for them. You can store hundreds and thousands of ebooks in your computer.
6. Ebooks are portable. You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you, on CD, in a laptop, notebook or any ebook reader, without worrying about their weight.
7. With today technology you can read ebooks anywhere, on the bus, train, airplane and while standing in line.
8. Ebooks are more safely stored and carried from one place to another, than ordinary books. They also withstand time more than books.
9. Ebooks can show links, for easy access to more information and related websites.
10. Ebooks are searchable. You can easily search for any information in an ebook, instead of turning page after page.
11. Ebooks can be interactive and contain audio, video and animations, which can enhance the message that the author is trying to convey.
12. As ebooks are delivered through the Internet, there are no packing and shipping expenses.
13. Ebooks can be printable, so that if you wish to read an ebook in the traditional way, you can very inexpensively print it with your home printer or at any printing shop.
14. Fonts in ebooks can be resized, making it easier to read for people with disabilities. With an additional software it is possible to turn some of the ebooks into audio books.
15. Ebooks are very easy to to sell and distribute.
16. It is very simple and easy to purchase and download an ebook. People living in big modernized cities, in a remote village in a far away country or on a small island, can equally access an ebook. It takes them the same amount of time to purchase and download an ebook, provided they have an Internet connection.
17. It is possible to purchase an ebook 24 hours a day, every day of the year, from the comfort of your own house or office. You can purchase and download an ebook, even if you are on a vacation, if you have a laptop and wireless Internet connection.
18. People are already spending a lot of time in front of their computers, so why not read and ebook, instead of doing something else?
Nowadays one can find ebooks about every possible subject, fiction and nonfiction, free and not free.
Considering non-fiction ebooks, such ebooks disseminate knowledge not pages, which means that it is not correct to evaluate the price of an ebook according to the number of its pages. The price should be determined by the information it contains, its usefulness and relevancy, and on how much it gives you in terms of practical knowledge, inspiration, motivation, tips and advice, and also by the uniqueness of the information it contains.

10 tips for spiritual growth:

2009-12-17T08:23:00.000-08:00

1. Read spiritual and uplifting books. Think about what you read, and find out how you can use the information in your life.
2. Meditate for at least 15 minutes every day. If you do not know how to meditate, it is easy to find books, websites or teachers who can teach you meditation.
3. Learn to make your mind quiet through concentration exercises and meditation.
4. Acknowledge the fact that you are a spirit with a physical body, not a physical body with a spirit. If you can really accept this idea, it will change your attitude towards many things in your life.
5. Look often into yourself and into your mind, and try to find out what is it that makes you feel conscious and alive.
6. Think positive. If you find yourself thinking negatively, immediately switch to thinking positively. Be in control of what enters your mind. Open the door for the positive and close it for the negative.
7. Develop the happiness habit, by always looking at the bright side of life and endeavoring to be happy. Happiness comes from within. Do not let your outer circumstances decide your happiness for you.
8. Exercise often your will power and decision making ability. This strengthens you and gives you control over your mind.
9. Thank the Universe for everything that you get.
10. Develop tolerance, patience, tact and consideration for others.
Spiritual growth is the birthright of everyone. It is the key to a life of happiness and peace of mind, and the manifesting the enormous power of the inner spirit. This spirit is equally present within the most material person, and within the most spiritual person. The level of the manifestation of spirituality is dependent on how much the inner spirit is close to the surface, and on how much it is covered and hidden, by thoughts, beliefs and negative habits.

The Power of Repeated Words and Thoughts

2009-12-17T08:10:00.000-08:00

Thinking is usually a mixture of words, sentences, mental images and sensations. Thoughts are visitors, who visit the central station of the mind. They come, stay a while, and then disappear, making space for other thoughts. Some of these thoughts stay longer, gain power, and affect the life of the person thinking them.
It seems that most people let thoughts connected with worries, fears, anger or unhappiness occupy their mind most of the time. They keep engaging their mind with inner conversation about negative situations and actions. This inner conversation eventually affects the subconscious mind, making it accept and take seriously the thoughts and ideas expressed in those inner conversations.
It is of vital importance to be careful of what goes into the subconscious mind. Words and thoughts that are repeated often get stronger by the repetitions, sink into the subconscious mind and affect the behavior, actions and reactions of the person involved.
The subconscious mind regards the words and thoughts that get lodged inside it as expressing and describing a real situation, and therefore endeavors to align the words and thoughts with reality. It works diligently to make these words and thoughts a reality in the life of the person saying or thinking them.
This means that if you often tell yourself that it is difficult or impossible to acquire money, the subconscious mind will accept your words and put obstacles in your way. If you keep telling yourself that you are rich, it will find ways to bring you opportunities to get rich, and push you towards taking advantage of these opportunities.
The thoughts that you express through your words shape your life. This is often done unconsciously, as few pay attention to their thoughts and the words they use while thinking, and let outside circumstances and situations determine what they think about. In this case there is no freedom. Here, the outside world affects the inner world.
If you consciously choose the thoughts, phrases and words that you repeat in your mind, your life will start to change. You will begin creating new situations and circumstances. You will be using the power of affirmations.
Affirmations are sentences that are repeated often during the day, and which sink into the subconscious mind, thereby releasing its enormous power to materialize the intention of the words and phrases in the outside world. This does not mean that every word you utter will bring results. In order to trigger the subconscious mind into action, the words have to be said with attention, intention and with feeling.
In order to obtain positive results, affirmations have to be phrased in positive words. Look at the following two sentences:
1. I am not weak anymore.
2. I am strong and powerful.
Though both sentences seem to express the same idea, but in different words, the first one is a negative sentence. It creates in the mind a mental image of weakness. This is wrong wording. The second sentence awakens in the mind a mental image of strength.
It is not enough to say an affirmation a few times, and then expect your life to change. More than this is necessary. It is important to affirm with attention, as well as with strong desire, faith and persistence. It is also important to choose the right affirmation for any specific situation. You need to feel comfortable with it; otherwise the affirmation may not work or may bring you something that you do not really want.
Affirmations can be used together with creative visualization, to strengthen it, and they can be used separately, on their own. They are of special importance for people who find it difficult to visualize. In this case they serve as a substitution to creative visualization.
Instead of repeating negative and useless words and phrases in the mind, you can choose positive words and phrases to help you build the life you want. By choosing your thoughts and words you exercise control over your life.
Here are a few affirmations:
- Day by day I am becoming happier and more satisfied.
- With every inhalation I am filling myself with happiness.
- Love is filling my life now.
- The power of the Cosmos is filling my life with love.
- A lot of money is flowing now into my life.
- The power of the Universal Mind is now filling my life with wealth.
- The powerful and vital energy of the Cosmos is flowing and filling my body and mind.
- Healing energy is constantly filling every cell of my body.
- I always stay calm and in control of myself, in every situation and in all circumstances.
- I am having a wonderful, happy and fascinating day.

The Magnetic, Attracting, Power of the Mind

2009-12-17T08:04:00.000-08:00

The power of the mind draws certain events, circumstances and people into our lives and repels others. In this respect, it resembles a magnet. Just look at the people around you. Some pass through certain events and circumstances, while others pass through different experiences. Some accomplish certain things easily, and others accomplish these same things with great difficulty or not at all.
Your mind is composed of the thoughts you think. These thoughts are like magnetic currents. If you think positively about some event or action, you get positive results. If you harbor negative thoughts, this negativity is drawn into your life.
You attract into your life what you think about frequently. It does not mean that every thought gets materialized. Most of the thoughts are weak and are not repeated long enough to gain sufficient strength. Weak thoughts, like a weak magnet, hardly have any attractive power.
You have seen how a magnet draws metal objects. A strong and big magnet draws bigger objects than a small and weak one. Magnets have another peculiar characteristic. One side of the magnet draws, and the other side repels.
The power of attraction is a neutral power. The magnet draws to itself everything made of iron, no matter whether it is a useful object or junk. The mind acts in the same way. It attracts into your life positive and negative situations and events, according to the thoughts that you think.
Like the magnet the mind does not only attract, but also repels. If you do not believe that you can get or accomplish something, then you repel it. Thoughts of incompetence, weakness, fear and inferiority create a repellent force. It is as if you are creating a wind that blows away and prevents certain things to reach you.
There are several ways to charge your mind and thoughts with magnetic power. Strong desire, concentration and faith are some of the important ingredients for infusing power into thoughts.
Many activate the magnetic power of their mind unconsciously, without knowing what they are doing. When you know the rules, you become able to activate the magnetic power of your mind consciously, positively and effectively.
Visualizing and thinking with concentration, desire and faith, and repeating these thoughts often, unleashes powerful energy. Your thoughts get radiated and broadcasted, influencing the minds of other people, and attracting to you people who think along the same lines as you do and who can help you with your plans. This process also heightens your awareness and perceptiveness of any opportunity connected with your thoughts that comes your way, and fills you with the inner power and initiative to utilize it.
Why not become conscious of your thoughts, choose to think the ones that are beneficial for you, and consciously and advantageously utilize the power of attraction? You can attract people, circumstances, events, possessions or a life style with the magnetic power of attraction of your mind.
Remember, what you think about intently, with attention and feeling is attracted to you. It can be material and it can be spiritual. The power of attraction is a universal power and manifests everywhere and in everything. It is the power that holds the Universe together. Without it there would not be any world.

Sleep, Thoughts, Worries and Fears

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Do you fall asleep immediately after entering bed, or do thoughts and worries flow into your mind, keeping your sleep away? Do you find it hard to ignore them?
While lying in bed at night, it is quiet and dark, there are fewer outside distractions, and therefore you are more aware of the movements of your mind. You feel that thoughts are attacking you, not giving you a moment's rest, especially if you are experiencing some problems in your life.
If you are not healthy you will probably think about your health. If you have problems at work, then thoughts about these problems will probably flood your mind. A child will have thoughts about his parents, teachers or examinations, and a businessman about his work. Thoughts, worries and fears that are usually repressed during the day surface up and swarm the mind.
What would be willing to do to free yourself from these nibbling, restless thoughts that prevent you from falling asleep? Won't you be happy to be able to silence all the thoughts that pop up when you are in bed?
If you fight these thoughts and try to stop them forcefully, they will grow stronger, because you will be giving them more attention. If you want to get rid of a tree growing in your garden and cut it down, it will grow again quite fast, but if you stop irrigating the tree, it will gradually wither. You need to treat your thoughts in the same manner. In order to reduce their quantity and strength, you have to ignore them, which is equivalent to not watering the tree.
How can you ignore these nagging thoughts that go with you to bed? Here are a few tips to help you:
1. Go to bed at a reasonable hour, not too early and not too late.
2. Lie down on your bed and relax your body.
3. For 2-3 minutes pay attention to every muscle in your body from head to toe. If you find any tense muscle, relax it.
4. For about one minute, let thoughts come freely into your mind.
5. Watch these thoughts as they come and go.
6. Tell your mind that if it has any important thoughts that require attention, you are willing to discuss them tomorrow.
7. If one of the thoughts is too persistent, write it down so that you can remember to think about it the next day.
8. Now try to look at the thoughts with lack of interest. Lack of interest is the magic word when it comes to controlling and silencing thoughts. Do not let your feelings to be aroused and manipulated by your thoughts.
If thoughts still come, and they probably will, it is all right. Don't fight them, but just try to ignore them by losing any interest in them. An ignored thought ultimately goes away. Don't worry if you fail at first. Keep on trying and the situation will improve.
9. Watch the thoughts that enter your mind, as if watching a boring movie and they will lose their power.
10. There is another thing that can be done, and that is to practice meditation every day.
After practicing meditation for some time it will affect your sleep. As a by-product of meditation your mind will get accustomed to being relaxed and at peace, and when you go to sleep it will be much easier to ignore persistent and disturbing thoughts. In fact, you might fall asleep immediately upon switching off the light.

Who Controls Your Mind?

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Few people are aware of the thoughts that pass through their minds. Thinking is performed like a habit, in an automatic manner. If the thoughts are positive, then it is all right, but if they are negative, they may cause trouble.
The mind is like small child, who accepts and takes for granted whatever it sees or hears, without judgment and without considering the consequences. If you let your mind behave as it likes and give it complete freedom, you lose your freedom.
We are constantly flooded with thoughts, ideas and information coming through the five senses, other people, the newspapers and TV. These thoughts, ideas and information penetrate the mind whether we are aware of this process or not.
This outside flow influences our behavior and reactions. It influences the way we think, our preferences, likes and dislikes. This means that we let outside powers shape our lives. So where is freedom?
Most people think and believe that their thoughts originate from them, but have they ever stopped and considered whether their thoughts, desires, likes and dislikes are really theirs? Maybe they have come from the outside, and they have unconsciously accepted them as their own?
If there is no filter to process the thoughts that enter the mind, there is no freedom. Then all actions are like the actions of a puppet on a string, though no one will admit it.
You may object and say that the thoughts that pass through your mind are yours, but are they? Have you deliberately and attentively created every thought that entered your mind?
Why let outside influences control your mind and life? Why let other people's thoughts control your life and mind? Do you want to make your mind free or do you prefer to enslave it to other people's opinions and thoughts? If you leave your mind open to every thought that passes by, you put our life in other people's hands, and without realizing it, you accept their thoughts and act in accordance with them.
Each person is more susceptible to certain kind of thoughts than others. Certain thoughts and ideas we ignore, and others spur us to immediate action. Thoughts concerning subjects we love have more power on us than other thoughts, but even thoughts and ideas that we don't care about, if we are frequently exposed to them, eventually sink into the subconscious mind and influence us.
Everyone has desires, ambitions and dreams that he or she may foster from childhood. They may be the thoughts of parents, teachers and friends, and which have lodged into our minds, and are carried around throughout our lives. Are they necessary? Do we need all this excessive baggage?
In order to reduce the power of outside influences and thoughts on your life, you need to be aware of the thoughts and desires that enter your mind, and ask yourself whether you really like them, and are willing to accept them into your life. Analyze your motives and actions, and you will be surprised to find out that many of them were triggered by outside influences.
You do not have to accept each and every thought, idea or information. Think and find out whether you entertain certain thoughts because you decided to do so, or because they just popped into your head due to outside influences.
Learn not to accept every thought that you encounter. Find first whether it is for your own good to follow it. It may not be so easy at the start, because the mind will revolt against this control. If you want to be the master of your mind and life, you should not let other people's thoughts, desires and motives rule your life, unless you consciously choose so.

Peace Of Mind At The Workplace

2009-12-15T08:34:00.000-08:00

Work brings together people of different characters and behavior, and this often causes friction, resentment and stress. Sometimes the boss is too demanding, colleagues may be unpleasant, there might be too much work or the working conditions may not be comfortable. The job may be boring, there might be competition or envy between the workers or the customers may be uncongenial or unfriendly. No wonder there is tension and stress.
These are some of the reasons why most people eagerly wait for their vacation. Their vacation provides them a way to get out of their daily life and find some peace. The good news is that you do not have to wait for your vacation. You can learn to gain inner peace and enjoy every moment, right where you are. You can stop fretting and getting tense. You can experience peace of mind and happiness wherever you are. When your mind is peaceful, the whole environment become peaceful.
Now you probably wonder what you can do to make this come true. I am not going to talk here about meditation, though this is one of the best peace of mind tools. Below you will find some simple and easy to perform tips and suggestions to experience inner peace at your workplace.
You may not succeed at the first attempts, but if you keep on performing these suggestions earnestly, you will gradually begin to experience peace of mind. This peace will not only by inside you. It will spill over and influence your whole environment.
1) If the people you meet talk in a loud voice, are impolite and tense, you will probably react and behave accordingly, hereby raising the level of tension. On the other hand, if you stay calm, talk, act and react peacefully, people unconsciously emulate your behavior. You become a leading power, no matter what is your position at work.
2) Each day before you enter your workplace, repeat several times the following affirmation with feeling, faith and attention:"My mind is peaceful throughout the whole day. I radiate peace around me. I talk peacefully, politely and with a smile. I choose to act peacefully".
3) Greet the people you meet at work.
4) Whenever you feel tension or anger building in you, take three deep slow breathes before any talking or action.
5) Pay attention to the words you think, say or write. Use only positive words.
6) Be polite.
7) Whenever you find yourself raising your voice, lower it immediately.
8) Talk in a medium pitch voice, not too loud or too low, and don't let the loudness or pitch of other people's voices influence yours.
9) Several times during your workday find a quiet place. It may be at your desk, or if it is not quiet enough there, it can be at the bathroom, an empty room or some other quiet spot. For several moments visualize a beautiful location that you love or some event that made you happy. Feel that you are there and enjoy the feelings that arise.
10) While working, concentrate on what you are doing. Put there your full attention. This will keep your mind off disturbing thoughts.
11) Don't waste your time and energy analyzing and thinking about people's motives and behavior, but rather try to improve your actions.
12) Before speaking with someone whom you dislike or fear, or someone who makes you feel tense or angry, take a few deep breathes and visualize the two of you conversing peacefully and harmoniously.

The Power of Negative Thinking

2009-12-15T08:31:00.000-08:00

Negative thinking appears to be more prevalent than positive thinking. It seems that with most people positive thinking requires some effort, whereas negative thinking comes easily and uninvited. This has much to do with education and the environment one has been living in.
If you have been brought up in a happy and positive atmosphere, where people value success and self-improvement, then it will be easier for you to think positively and expect success. If you have been brought up under poor or difficult situations, you will probably go on expecting difficulties and failure.
We all view everything through our predominant mental attitude. If our thoughts are positive, that is fine, but if they are negative, our lives and circumstances will probably mirror these thoughts.
If you believe that you are going to fail, you will unconsciously sabotage every opportunity to succeed. If you are afraid of meeting new people or having close relationships, you will do everything to avoid people and relationships, and then complain that you are lonely and nobody loves you.
Do you often think about difficulties, failure and disasters? Do you keep thinking about the negative news you have seen on the TV or read in the newspapers?
Do you see yourself stuck and unable to improve your life or your health? Do you frequently think that you do not deserve happiness or money, or that it is too difficult to get them? If you do, then you will close your mind, see no opportunities, and behave and react in such ways, as to repel people and opportunities.
The mind does not usually judge or examine thoughts and opinions before accepting them. If what it hears, sees and reads is always negative, it accepts this as the standard way of thinking and behavior.
The media constantly bombards the mind with a lot of information about disasters, catastrophes, wars and other unhappy events. This information sinks into the subconscious mind, and then manifests as your habitual manner of thinking. By occupying the mind with depressing and pessimistic thoughts you radiate negative energy into the surrounding world, thus creating and recreating more negativity, failures and disasters.
The mind is neutral energy. The way you think determines whether the results are positive and beneficial or negative and harmful. It is the same of energy acting in different ways.
The good news are that persistent inner work can change habits of thinking. You must be willing to put energy and time to pursue positive thinking, in order to change your mental attitude.
A few Tips:
- Each time you catch yourself thinking a negative thought, reject the thought, and think a positive one instead.
- If you catch yourself visualizing failure, visualize success instead.
- If you hear yourself uttering negative words, change to positive words instead.
- When you say, "I cannot", say, "I can".
- Do you repeat negative words and phrases in your mind? Change them to positive ones.
- Open your mind to positive attitude and expect positive results.
- Decide that from today, from this very moment, you are leaving negative thinking behind, and starting on the way toward positive thinking and behavior.
It is never too late to change your attitude and your life.

Developing Will Power and Self Discipline

2009-12-15T08:30:00.000-08:00

Most people admire and respect strong individuals, who have won great success by manifesting will power and self discipline. They admire people, who with sheer will power, self discipline and ambition, have improved their life, learned new skills, overcame difficulties and hardships, reduced their weight, rose high in their chosen field or advanced on the spiritual path.
The truth is that everyone can reach high levels of will power and self-discipline through a practical method of training. These inner power are not reserved for a few special people.
Will power and self discipline are two of the most important and useful inner powers in everyone's life, and have always been considered as essential tools for success in all areas of life. They can be learned and developed like any other skill, yet, in spite of this, only few take any steps to develop and strengthen them in a systematic way.
What is will power?It is the inner strength to make a decision, take action, and handle and execute any aim or task until it is accomplished, regardless of inner and outer resistance, discomfort or difficulties.
It bestows the ability to overcomes laziness, temptations and negative habits, and to carry out actions, even if they require effort, are unpleasant and tedious or are contrary to one's habits.
What is self discipline?It is the rejection of instant gratification in favor of something better. It is the giving up of instant pleasure and satisfaction for a higher and better goal.
It manifests as the ability to stick to actions, thoughts and behavior, which lead to improvement and success. Self-discipline is self-control, and it manifests in spiritual, mental, emotional and physical discipline.
The purpose of self-discipline is not living a limiting or a restrictive lifestyle. It does not mean being narrow minded or living like a fakir. It is one of the pillars of success and power. It bestows the inner strength to focus all your energy on your goal, and persevere until it is accomplished.
Both of these abilities are required for daily actions and decisions, and also for making major decisions and attaining major success. They are required for doing a good job, for studying, building a business, losing weight, bodybuilding and physical exercises, maintaining good relationships, changing habits, self improvement, meditation, spiritual growth, keeping and carrying out promises and for almost everything else.
One of the most simple and effective methods to develop will power and self-discipline is by refusing to satisfy unimportant and unnecessary desires. Everyone is constantly confronted and tempted by an endless stream of desires and temptations, many of which are not really important or desirable. By learning to refuse to satisfy every one of them, you get stronger.
Refusing and rejecting useless, harmful or unnecessary desires and actions, and intentionally acting contrary to your habits, sharpen and strengthen your inner strength. By constant practice your inner power grows, just like exercising your muscles at a gym increases your physical strength. In both cases, when you need inner power or physical strength, they are available at your disposal.
Here are a few exercises:- Don't read the newspaper for a day or two.- Drink water when thirsty, in spite of your desire to have a soft drink.- Walk up and down the stairs, instead of taking the lift.- Get down from the bus one station before or after your destination, and walk the rest of the way.- For one week, go to sleep one hour earlier than usual.- If you like ice cream, don't have any, for a day or two.
These are only a few examples to show how you can develop your will power and self-discipline. You may think that practicing such exercises is being tough on yourself, maybe a little, but they add so much to the storehouse of your inner strength. By following a systematic method of training you can reach far, have more control over yourself and your life, attain your goals, improve your life, and gain satisfaction and peace of mind.
Show and prove to yourself that you are strong and in control, and practice the above exercises for a little while, before passing any judgement on them.

The Inner Dialogue

2009-12-15T08:07:00.000-08:00

Do you talk with yourself? When we hear people talking aloud with themselves we consider it weird. But have you noticed that all people, with no exception, talk silently with themselves? This, we do not consider odd or weird.
If someone hurts you in some way, or says something you do not like, what do you do? You enact a whole scene of anger in your mind! You envision yourself talking angrily; you shout at him and tell him some not so nice things. Sometimes people spend hours in such negative, destructive inner dialogues.
There is a continuous conversation going on in everyone's head, and a lot of energy, time and attention are wasted on small unimportant incidents. This conversation goes on from the moment of waking until falling asleep.
The inner dialogue continues while working, studying, reading, watching TV, talking, walking, eating, etc. There is a constant judging of people, commenting on what is going on, planning, gossiping, and mental conversations with people.
These inner dialogues bring about a snowball effect. The more we conduct them, the more we become chained to them and unable to stop them. When the emotions are also evoked, more power, energy and attachment are added. This has an adverse effect on the behavior, judgment and general performance.
On many occasions the inner dialogue is negative and strengthens any negative attitude and behavior. Few people have enough faith in themselves and in their abilities, so as to conduct positive inner dialogues. The process and effect of these inner conversations is similar to affirmations. Constant thinking about the same subject influences the subconscious mind, which consequently accepts these thoughts and words and acts on them. Negative inner dialogues bring negative results, and positive inner dialogues bring positive results.
You can use this process to your advantage. It is an automatic activity, which goes on whether you are aware of it or not. If you learn to become aware of it, you gain the ability to control it. You can turn it into a positive dialogue. If you do that, you come to realize that you have a mighty power in your possession.
Try to be aware of your thoughts. Calmly watch what is going in your mind, even if after a few moments you may forget to do that. The inner dialogue goes on even when physically you are engaged with something else. It is not so easy to mentally separate oneself from the thoughts and words the flow through the mind.
Over and over again endeavor to keep your attention of what is going inside your head, and eventually you will be able to become aware of the inner dialogue for longer times. Watching the mind and what is going on inside it develops detachment. Detachment gives a better control of the mind and its chatter.
Whenever you catch yourself conducting a useless, futile conversation with yourself, stop it. Change it to something more useful. Replace the subject, and the words. It is like running an audiotape. Why not replace it with another tape that you like? Why let this tape play by itself? Change the words of the inner dialogue to positive ones about good health, happiness and success.
There is another thing you can do, but this needs concentration and will power. You can try to stop this inner conversation altogether. Try to ignore it and give your mind a vacation. Let the mind rest for a little while. Life can certainly go on, even when this dialogue is silenced. For a little while, enjoy some rest from the mind's incessant conversation.
The inner dialogue is fine sometimes, but most of the time it is just incessant useless chatter, which distract the attention from what you are doing at each moment. By becoming aware of it, and replacing it with a positive one, or just refusing to become involved with it, you gain the ability to control it.

General Knowledge

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1. India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population.

Ans: Andhra Pradesh

2. The State which has the second longest coastline (972 km) among all the States in India:

Ans: Andhra Pradesh

3. capital and largest city in Andhra Pradesh:

Ans: Hyderabad.

4. The Natyasastra was written by :

Ans: Bharatha

5. Megasthenes, who visited the Court of ---

Ans: Chandragupta Maurya

6. The state of Hyderabad was forced to become part of the Republic of India in 1948 after the operation ----

Ans: Operation Polo

7. The 4th Largest state in India:

Ans: Andhra Pradesh

8. Andhra Pradesh's main seaport:

Ans: Visakhapatnam

9. Home to the Indian Navy's Eastern Naval Command:

Ans: Visakhapatnam

10. The major trading center and the third largest city of Andhapradesh is:

Ans: Vijayawada

11. Other important cities and towns of Andhra Pradesh are:
Ans: Kakinada, Warangal, Guntur, Tenali, Tirupati, Rajahmundry, Ongole, Kurnool, Anantapur, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Nellore, Repalli, Bhimavaram, Narsapuram and Eluru.

12. ------- is the official language of the A.P state, spoken by 88.5% of the population:

Ans: Telugu (Telugu is the third most spoken language in India)

13. The famous revers flows through Andhra Predesh are:

Ans: Godavari, Krishna, Penna and Thungabhadra

(-- Cyber towers at Hyderabad, the state

capital and largest city in the state.-- )

14. Hyderabad is considered to be bulk drug capital of the country.

15. ------ is the state's best-known classical dance form.

Ans: Kuchipudi

16. ------ is one popular kind of folk dances available in Andhra Pradesh

Ans: Jaanapadam

17. The richest piligrimage city (of any religious faith) in the world:

Ans: Tirupati or Tirumala

18. Thirupati or Tirumala's main temple is dedicated to the god :

Ans: Venkateswara.

19. Tirpuathi is located in ----- district:

Ans: Chittoor

20. Sivananda Lahiri was composed by -----:

Ans: Adi Shankara
21. Hyderabad International Airport also known as Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, is an international airport of ....:

Ans: Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam seaport

Mind

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Mind is the aspect of intellect and consciousness experienced as combinations of thought, perception, memory, emotion, will and imagination, including all unconscious cognitive processes. The term is often used to refer, by implication, to the thought processes of reason. Mind manifests itself subjectively as a stream of consciousness.

Quotes of Swami Vivekananda1

2009-11-08T05:21:00.000-08:00

1. Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.

2. As body, mind, or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being, Consciousness, Bliss (satchidananda). You are the God of this universe.

3. As long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from God, fear remains with us; but when we know ourselves to be the One, fear goes; of what can we be afraid?

4. Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.

5. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.” Tell this to everyone—“Have no fear.”

6. Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you. Even though you know you are going to be killed, fight till you “are killed.” Don’t die of fright. Die fighting. Don’t go down till you are knocked down.

7. Be strong! … You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair." None but the bravest deserves salvation.

8. Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.

9. Come out into the universe of Light. Everything in the universe is yours, stretch out your arms and embrace it with love. If you every felt you wanted to do that, you have felt God.

10. Do not look back upon what has been done. Go ahead!

Quotes of Swami Vivekananda

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1. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and everything shall be added unto you." This is the one great duty, this is renunciation. Live for an ideal, and leave no place in the mind for anything else. Let us put forth all our energies to acquire that which never fails--our spiritual perfection. If we have true yearning for realization, we must struggle, and through struggle growth will come. We shall make mistakes, but they may be angels unawares.

2.“The earth is enjoyed by heroes”—this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.”

3. A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.

4. All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

5. All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you.

6. All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf between God and human beings is thus bridged. Thus we find how, by knowing God, we find the kingdom of heaven within us.

7. All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.

8. Always discriminate--your body, your house, the people and the world are all absolutely unreal like a dream. Always think that the body is only an inert instrument. And the Atman within is your real nature.

9. Anything that is secret and mysterious in these systems of yoga should be at once rejected. The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.

10. Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.

General Knowledge

2009-10-20T03:27:00.000-07:00

Synthetic diamond is diamond produced in a technological process, as opposed to natural diamond which is created in geological processes.
Viedma Glacier (pictured) is part of the huge Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the third largest expanse of continental ice after Greenland and Antarctica?
Although the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 is recognized as an important milestone in the development of religious freedom, it still allowed the execution of non-Christians?
Geography is the study of the location, extent, distribution, frequency and interaction of all significant elements of the human and physical environment on or near the Earth's surface.
Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world.
Asia is considered one of the most populous regions in the world, containing approximately 60% of the world's human population.
The largest economies in Asia in terms of nominal GDP are Japan, People's Republic of China and India,the smallest East Timor.
In terms of Purchasing Power Parity however, the People's Republic of China has the largest economy in Asia and the second largest in the world, followed by Japan and India as the world's third and fourth largest economies respectively.
countries in Asia are: Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom) · Brunei · Cambodia · People's Republic of China (mainland China) · Taiwan (Republic of China) · Christmas Island (Australia)(British) · Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) · Georgia · Hong Kong (PR China) · India · Indonesia · Iran · Cyprus · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan · Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) · Republic of Korea (South Korea) · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Macau (PR China) · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar (Burma) · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Palestine · Philippines · Qatar · Russia · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Thailand · Timor-Leste (East Timor) · Turkey · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen

General Knowledge Questions and answers

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1. The Temple Entry Proclamation issued by ....?
Ans: Shri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma and his Dewan Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer in 1936
2. Today, the Temple Entry proclamation day is considered as .....?
Ans: social reformation day
3. Ezhava Memorial...
Ans: 1896
4. The invasion of India by Scythian tribes from Central Asia, often referred to as the......?
Ans: Indo-Scythian invasion
5. Ashoka (304 BC – 232 BC) was an Indian emperor of the..... dynasty?
Ans: Maurya Dynasty
6. Ashoka ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from ........?
Ans: 269 BC to 232 BC.
7. Ashoka's reign was headquartered in ...?
Ans: Magadha (present-day Bihar, India).
8. Ashoka is remembered in history as a....?
Ans: philanthropic administrator
9. In the history of India Ashoka is referred to as.....?
Ans: Samraat Chakravartin
10. The name "aśoka" means "....?
Ans: without sorrow" in Sanskrit (a= no/without, soka= sorrow or worry).
11. Who is referred to as Devānāmpriya ?
Ans: Ashoka (The Beloved Of The Gods)
12. Ashok Bindusara Maurya was born to the Mauryan emperor.......?
Ans: Bindusara
13. Important years in the life of Ashoka :

Birth – 304 BC
Marriage with Maharani devi – 286 BC
Mahindra's birth – 284 BC
Sanghamitta's birth – 281 BC
Reign – 272/273 BC to his Nirvana / Death (232 BC)
Rajyabhisheka – 270 BC
Tending to Buddhism – 266 BC
Building Chaityas – 266/263 BC
Mahindra and Sanghamitta Become Buddhist – 264 BC
Kalinga Vijaya – 262/263 BC
Converted to buddhism – 263 BC
Dharmayatra – 263–250 BC
Third Buddhist council – 250–253 BC
Mahindra's Sri Lanka Yatra – 252 BC
Buddhist Proselytism – 250 to his Death / Nirvana
Edicts – 243/242 BC
Death / Nirvana of Sanghamitta – 240 BC
Rani Tishyaraksha becomes Pattarani – 236 BC
Prince Kunal becomes Upraja – 233 bc
Ashoka's Death / Nirvana – 232 BC

A web portal on kerala

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Kerala

GK Continue...

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1. Kollam district, earlier known as ......?
Ans: Quilon district
2. The Ashtamudi Lake, is in which district?
Ans: Kollam
3. Kollam district has five administrative sub-divisions (taluks): They are......?
Ans: Pathanapuram, Kunnathur, Kottarakkara, Karunagappally and Kollam.
4. The ........ is the main revenue official in charge of each taluk.
Ans: Tahsildar
5. The famous Oachira Parabrahma Temple is in which district?
Ans: Kollam
6. The Veerabhadra Swamy Temple at ...................is the only temple in the southern part of the country with Veerabhadra as the presiding deity.
Ans: Ashtamudi in Kollam
7. ................in the Western Ghats is the easternmost point in the Kollam district
Ans: Aryankavu
8. Palaruvi (waterfalls), Thenmala (forests and reservoir), the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Ashtamudi (backwaters) are in which district?
Ans: Kollam
9. The first community tourism program in the kollam state will begin on the....... islands in Kollam district?
Ans: Munroethuruth
10. The place where the classical dance form of Kathakali was conceived?
Ans: Kottarakkara at Kollam district
11. Which was also the capital of the Elayidath Swaroopam?
Ans: Kottarakkara.
12. Kundara is famous for the 1812 proclamation against the British by ....?
Ans: Velu Thampi Dalawa.
13. The famous Varkala Beach, also known as .....?
Ans: Papanasham
14. The famous Duriyodana temple is in ..... Taluk?
Ans: Kunnathur Taluk at Kollam.
15. The Indian Rare Earths located at....?
Ans: Chavara
16. Kerala Ceramics Ltd located at....?
Ans: Kundara
17. Kerala Electrical and Allied Engineering Company is located at....?
Ans: Kundara
18. Kerala Premo Pipe factory is located at......?
Ans: Chavara
19. Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited is located at.....?
Ans: Chavara
20. The Travancore Plywood Industries is located at....?
Ans: Punalur
21. The traditional cashew industry is centralised in which District?
Ans: Kollam

GK Continue.....

2009-10-06T03:11:00.000-07:00

1. Thiruvananthapuram means........?
Ans: Abode of Lord Ananta ( in Sanskrit and Malayalam)
2. Thiruvananthapuram city was officially referred to as .................. in English until 1991?
Ans: Trivandrum
3. The port in Thiruvananthapuram called "Ophir" now called as...........?
Ans: Poovar
4. The early rulers of the Thiruvananthapuram city were the .......?
Ans: Ays.
5. After Ays, the city was taken over by the rulers of ........?
Ans: Venad.
6. The rise of modern Thiruvananthapuram began with accession of .....?
Ans: Marthanda Varma in 1729 (as the founding ruler of the princely state of Travancore called Thiruvithamkoor)
7. Thiruvananthapuram was made the capital of Travancore in ..... Year?
Ans: 1745
8. The golden age in the Trivandrum city's history was during the mid 19th century under the reign of ...............?
Ans: Maharaja Swathi Thirunal and Maharaja Ayilyam Thirunal.
9. The establishment of the first English school at Trivandrum?
Ans: (1834)
9. The establishment of the Observatory at Trivandrun?
Ans: (1837)
10. The establishment of General Hospital at Trivandrum?
Ans: (1839)
11. The establishment of the Oriental Research Institute & Manuscripts Library and the University College at Trivandrum?
Ans: (1873)
12. The first mental hospital in the state is established at.........?
Ans: Trivandrum
13. Sanskrit College, Ayurveda College, Law College and a second grade college for women were started by .........?
Ans: Moolam Thirunal (1885–1924)
14. The Sree Moolam Assembly, established in the year
Ans: 1904
15. ............ was the first democratically elected legislative council in any Indian state.
Ans: The Sree Moolam Assembly
16. "Temple Entry Proclamation" by Chitra Thirunal Bala Rama Varma
Ans: (1936)
17. The establishment of the University of Travancore in
Ans: 1937
18. The University of Travancore later became the.......?
Ans: Kerala University.
19. Thiruvananthapuram became the capital of Thiru-Kochi,In the year......?
Ans: 1949,
20. Thiru-Kochi is formed by the integration of the states........... and .............?
Ans: Travancore with its northern neighbour Kochi
21. The king of Travancore,................. became the Rajpramukh of the Travancore-Cochin Union from July 1, 1949 until October 31, 1956.
Ans: Chitra Thirunal Bala Rama Varma
22. The state of Kerala was formed on the year
Ans: November 1, 1956,
23. The establishment of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in the year Ans: 1962,
24. The first Indian space rocket was developed and launched from.....
Ans: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Trivandrum in 1963
25. India's first IT park?
Ans: Technopark in 1995
26. The largest IT Park in India and third largest in Asia is .....?
Ans: Technopark
27. The area of Thirivananthapuram can be divided into two geographical regions, .... and .....?
Ans: The midlands and the lowlands.
28. The midland region comprises of .......?
Ans: Low hills and valleys adjoining the Ghats
29. The lowland comprises of .......?
Ans: A narrow stretch comprising shorelines, rivers and deltas, dotted with coconut palms
30. The biggest fresh water lake in the Thiruvananthapuram district is ....?
Ans: Vellayani lake
31. The major rivers that flow through the Trivandrum city are
Ans: Karamana river, and the Killi river.
32. The highest point in the Trivandrum district is the .......?
Ans: Agasthyarkoodam which rises 1890 m above sea level
32. The District Administration is headed by the .....?
Ans: District Collector
33. The Trivandrum city is administered by the.......?
Ans: Thiruvananthapuram Corporation headed by the Mayor
34. The Trivandrum city police is headed by a.....?
Ans: Police Commissioner, an officer of Deputy Inspector General rank in the Indian Police
Service.
35. The city is fully electrified by .....?
Ans: Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB).

GK Continue....

2009-10-03T00:23:00.000-07:00

1. According to the Constitution of India, india is a .....?
Ans:"sovereign socialist secular democratic republic."
2. In 1998, the BJP formed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) with several other parties and became the first non-Congress government to complete a full five-year term
3. At the federal level, ....... is the most populous democracy in the world?
Ans: India
4. president and vice president are elected indirectly for ....... terms ?
Ans: 5-year
5. Neighbouring states of Kerala state include .........?
Ans: Karnataka to the north and Tamil Nadu to the south and east, and the Arabian sea is to the west.
6. The Capital of Kerala state?
Ans: Thiruvananthapuram
7. The number of west flowing rivers of Kerala?
Ans : 41
8. "Who is the author of ""Kannuneerthulli"" ?"
Ans : Nalappattu Narayana Menon
9. Edakkal Caves are in..... ?
Ans: Vayanad District
10. The place in Kerala where Naval Academy is being built is
Ans : Ezhimala
11. Bakal Fort is in which District ?
Ans : Kasargode
12. First computerised Panchayath in Kerala
Ans : Vellanad
13. Information Kerala Mission started in
Ans : 1999
14. Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) is in
Ans :Trissur
15. Smallest Grama Panchayath in Kerala is
Ans : Valapattanam
16. Who was the first education minister of Kerala State ?
Ans : Joseph Mundassery
17. "Chandanakkuda Maholsavam" is held every year in"
Ans : Bimappalli
18. Wellington Island is in which district
Ans : Ernakulam
19. Joseph Mundassery was the Education Minister of Kerala in the ministry headed by
Ans : E.M.S
20. "The book ""Sooryakanthi "" is written by"
Ans : G.Sankarakurup
21. "Who wrote the malayalam novel "Agnisakshi"
Ans : Lalithambika Antharjanam
22. "Who is the director of the film "Chemmeen "
Ans : Ramu Kariyattu
23. The Teak Museum of Kerala is located in
Ans : Nilampoor
24. Which novel of Sara Joseph got Vayalar Award ?
Ans : Alahayude Penmakkal
25. The first short story in Malayalam
Ans : Vasana vikrithi
26. Sandal forest in Kerala
Ans : Marayoor
27. The first wild life sanctury in Kerala ?
Ans : Thekkady
28. "Horthus Malabaricus" a seventeenth century book published in 12 volumes by the Dutch describes "
Ans : Medicinal Plants of Kerala
29. The Monsoon which brings rains in Kerala during the period October-November is called
Ans : North East Monsoon
30. Who started the State Transport service in Travanore ?
Ans : C.P.RamaSwamy Iyer
31. "Who wrote ""Viswadarshanam"""
Ans : G.Shankara Kurup
32. Forest Industries Travancore is situated in
Ans : Aluva
33.Which is the firstMalayalam Novel ?
Ans : Kundhalatha by Appu Nedungadi
34..Who was the founder of Nair Service Society (N.S.S) ?
Ans : Mannath Padmanabhan
35.Who is known as "Kerala Valmiki" ?
Ans : Vallathol Narayana Menon
36. The First President of "Kerala Sahithya Academy"
Ans : Sardar K.M.Panicker

GK Continue....

2009-10-02T03:19:00.000-07:00

1. The number of west flowing rivers of Kerala?
Ans : 41
2. Edakkal Caves are in------ district?
Ans: Wayanad District
3. The place in Kerala where Naval Academy is being built is ---
Ans : Ezhimala
4. Bakal Fort is in which District ?
Ans : Kasargode
5. First computerised Panchayath in Kerala?
Ans : Vellanad
6. Information Kerala Mission started in-- year?
Ans : 1999
7. Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) is in---- district?
Ans :Trissur
8. Smallest Grama Panchayath in Kerala is-----?
Ans : Valapattanam
9. Who was the first education minister of Kerala State ?
Ans : Joseph Mundassery
10. Whose autobiography is called ''Ormayude Arakal ''?
Ans : Cherukad
11. The State Institute of Rural Development [SIRD] is located in?
Ans : Kottarakkara
12. The region of Kerala where evergreen forests are seen?
Ans : Silent Valley
13. The name of the river that flows through the Silent Valley in Kerala ?
Ans : Kunthippuzha
14. is the upper house of the Parliament of India?
Ans: Rajya Sabha
15. Membership of Rajya Sabha is limited to---- members?
Ans: 250 members
16. ------ number of persons were chosen by President of India?
Ans: 12
17. The members selected by the president of India for Rajya Sabha are called ----?
Ans: Nominated members
18. Terms of office of Rajya Sabha are for---- years?
Ans: 6 years
19. The Rajya Sabha shares legislative powers with the Lok Sabha, except in the area of ----?
Ans: Supply
20. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajyasabha?
Ans: Vice President of India
21. The Rajya Sabha held its first sitting on----?
Ans: 1952 May 13
22. Which is known as House of the People?
Ans: Lok Sabha (It is is the directly elected lower house of the Indian Parliament.)
23. The Maximum members in Lok Sabha?
Ans: 552 members
24. Maximum members representing peopel from the Union Territories are....?
Ans: 20 members
25. In Lok Sabaha ...... members represent Anglo-Indian community?
Ans: 2 members
26. Each Lok Sabha is formed for a ......year term?
Ans: 5 year
27. The 15th Lok Sabha was formed in ------?
Ans: May 2009
28. Membership of the Lok Sabha requires that the person must be.......?
Ans: A citizen of India, aged 25 or over mentally sound, should not be bankrupt and has no criminal procedures against him/her.
29. On normal business days, the Lok Sabha assembles from ---- to ------?
Ans: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and again from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m
30. In Lok Sabha the first hour of every sitting is called the-----?
Ans: Question Hour
31. The Lok Sabha shares legislative power with the Rajya Sabha except in the area of ----?
Ans: Money Bills
32. Three sessions of Lok Sabha take place in a year. They are.....?
Ans:
Budget session: February to May
Monsoon session: July to September
Winter session: November to December
33. Money Bills can only be introduced in ------?
Ans: Lok Sabha
34. The Budjet is presented in Lok Sabha by the -----?
Ans: Finance Minister
35. The head of the Indian government is......?
Ans: Prime minister
36. Who is the formal head of the states?
Ans: President of India

Develop Concentration Power

2009-04-21T00:41:00.000-07:00

If a person wants to achieve great success, what does he need most?
He needs the power to concentrate 100 percent on the task at hand.
But is it possible to concentrate 100 percent?
Yes.
Observe a child playing. You'll see a model of 100 percent concentration.
Observe lovers talking to each other. You'll see 100 percent concentration.
Observe a person reading an interesting story book. Again you'll see 100 percent concentration.
What is common among these three cases? LOVE
They are in love with the task at hand! When you love something, your brain focuses all its power and attention on it. Hence your concentration power automatically increases.

STEP 1:
Develop deep interest towards the work on hand.
Think of all the little and big benefits you will get when you successfully complete your work. This will automatically boost your interest.

STEP 2:
Engage other relatives of concentration.
There are centain things that strongly increase concentration power. Hence we call these things as relatives of concentration. Here are four important 'relatives' of concentration:
Clear Purpose:- Konw exactly why you want the task done, what is your goal
Strong Desire:- Have strong desire to fulfill your purpose.
Commitment:- be committed to complete all the tasks related to achieving your purpose.
Belief:- believe that you can do whatever you want to do and reach your goal. Use above four relatives of concentration while studying or doing any work. It will help you to concentrate easily.
STEP 3:
Five minute Concentration Exercise
This is a very simple exercise to increase your attention span and concentration. You con do this exercise anytime.
PICK UP SOME WORK THAT CAN BE COMPLETED IN ROUGHLY FIVE MINUTES.
For example, it could be Cleaning your study table, Rearrangin your books, Combing your hair, Washing few dishes, Cleaning doors or windows etc.
Now start doing the work which you have chosen. Pay full attention to what you are doing. Watch the movement of your hands. Don't think about anything else. If your mind wanders to other thoughts, don't get angry. Gently bring your mind back to the work you are doing. Think of it only. Do this exercise for at least 21 days, as often as you can. Your concentration power will improve tremendously.

GOAL SETTING

2009-04-21T00:12:00.000-07:00

Goal setting is important for academic success. To successfully set and plan a goal, you must state the goal as an outcome, specify actions and measurement. The clearer and more specific the goal, the more likely your chances of achieving it.
Goals must be set in many areas. It may helpful to divide your goals into segments - daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually. Dividing gials this way lets you know that you have overall goals and shorter, more easily met goals. It gives you an opportunity to accomplish some goals while keeping the larger picture in mind. Remember that if you set a goal in one segment of your life, it may affect another segment. Keep the big picture in mind when setting goals.
Setting goals give you a road map as to where you want to be. It is important to remain flexible with long range goals in case your circumstances change. Always congratulate yourself when you achieve a goal and mark it off your list. You can look back to that achievement while starting to work on the next goal.

Quotations of Swami Vivekananda

2009-03-25T07:28:00.000-07:00

1. Duty is sweet only through love.
2. Real education is that which enables one to stand on his own legs.
3. Truth is purity. Truth is all knowledge. Truth must be strengthening, must be enlightening
must be invigorating
4. Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your shoulders.
5. You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
6. Cleans the mind, this is all of religion.
7. Do not spend your energy in talking, but meditate in silence.
8. Anything that makes you weak physically intellectually and spiritually, reject as poison.
9. Love is the gate of all the secrets of the universe.
10.Be brave and be sincere; then follow the path with devotion and you must reach the Lord.

Quotations of Swami Vivekananda

2009-03-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

1. Duty is sweet only through love.

2. Real education is that which enables one to stand on his own legs.

3. Spiritual knowldege is the only thing that can destroy our miseries for ever.

4. Do not look back upon what has been done. Go ahead!.

5. That love which is perfectly unselfish, is the only love, and that is of God.

6. Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your shoulders.

7. You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

Swami Vivekananda

2009-03-25T00:06:00.000-07:00

"We want to lead mankind to a place where there is neither the Vedas, nor the Bible nor the Koran. Yet this has to be done by harmonising the Vedas, the Bible and the Koran."

-from speech in Chicago Parliament.

Swami Vivekananda

2009-03-25T00:03:00.000-07:00

" In the face of this audience, if anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion, and destruction of others, I pity him from the bottom of my heart, and point out to him that upon the bannerof every religion will soon be written insoite of resistance: "Help and not fight", "Assimilation and not destruction", "Harmony and Peace and not Dissension".

- from speech in Chicago Parliament

Swami Vivekananda

2009-03-25T00:01:00.000-07:00

"A hundred thousand men and women, fired with the zeal of holiness, fortfied with eternal faith in the Lord and nerved to lion's courage by their sympathy for the poor and the fallen and the down trodden, will go ever the length and breadth of the land, preaching the gospel of social salvation, the gospel of help, the gospel of rising up, the gospel of equality."

Swami Vivekananda

2009-03-24T23:55:00.000-07:00

" I have lost all wish for my salvation I never wanted earthly enjoyments. I must see my machine in strong working order, and then knowing sure that I have put in a lever for the good of humanity, in India at least, which no power can drive back, I will sleep, without caring what will be next; and may I be born again and again and suffer thousands of miseries so that I may worship the only God that exists, the sum total of all souls- and above all, my God the wicked, my God the miserable, my God the poor of all races, of all species, is the special object of my worship."