GS Paper 1

  • Equatorial Climate Region, Distribution, Climatic Conditions & Map

    Equatorial Climate Region Equatorial Climate Regions are hot and wet all year, resulting in a humid climate. Because it rains almost every day, the annual rainfall is high. Temperatures are fairly consistent all year, with only a few degrees of...

    Last updated on January 20th, 2023 06:37 pm
  • Dharma Sabha, History, Objective, Feature and Significance

    Dharma Sabha Dharma Sabha was founded by Radhakanta Deb. It was a traditional community that supported preserving the status quo in socioreligious matters and opposed the abolition of sati. However, it did assist in the advancement of Western education, particularly...

    Last updated on January 19th, 2023 08:37 pm
  • Young Bengal Movement, History, Founder, Objective and Impact

    Young Bengal Movement Read all about Young Bengal Movement. A radical thinker, Henry Louis Vivian Derozio exhorted his students to question everything they were told. His disciples, known as Derozians, battled against convention and tradition, demanded women's education, and fought...

    Last updated on January 19th, 2023 07:52 pm
  • Humidity, Types, Effects, Absolute, Specific & Relative Humidity

    Humidity Humidity is the measure of the amount of airborne water vapour. The amount of water vapour in the air is measured as humidity. Absolute, relative, and specific humidity are the three most common types of humidity measurements.  The humidity...

    Last updated on January 19th, 2023 06:45 pm
  • Reformist Movements & Revivalist Movements, Meaning, Classifications and Types

    Reformist Movements & Revivalist Movements Read all about Reformist Movements & Revivalist Movements.  Reformism is a political doctrine that favors modifying an existing structure or institution as opposed to getting rid of it and replacing it. A progressive movement is...

    Last updated on January 19th, 2023 02:30 pm
  • Precipitation Meaning, Types, Formation, Examples, Diagram

    Precipitation Meaning Precipitation is the process by which water vapour condenses in the atmosphere and falls to the ground under the influence of gravity. These phenomena result in rain and snow. Precipitation, for example, occurs when a portion of the...

    Last updated on January 18th, 2023 07:29 pm
  • Wardha Scheme, History, Features, Objective, Limitiations and Basic Education

    Wardha Scheme Read complete details about Wardha Scheme. Nai Talim, Basic Education, Buniyadi Talim (Shiksha), and Basic Shiksha are additional names for the Wardha Scheme of Education. The plan was the result of Mahatma Gandhi's wise planning, who started and...

    Last updated on January 18th, 2023 04:32 pm
  • Raleigh Commission 1902, History, Recommendation & Modification

    Raleigh Commission On the Raleigh Commission's recommendations, the British Viceroy, Lord Curzon, passed the Indian Universities Act in 1904, which increased supervision over Indian universities. Curzon had a goal of suppressing India's growing nationalism. India failed to implement the Hunter...

    Last updated on January 17th, 2023 10:31 pm
  • Hunter Commission, Objective, Recommendations, Significance and Analysis

    Hunter Commission Viceroy Lord Ripon appointed the Hunter Commission with the mandate to look into complaints regarding the non-implementation of the Wood's Despatch of 1854, assess the state of elementary education in the British overseas territories, and make recommendations for its...

    Last updated on January 17th, 2023 04:09 pm
  • Macaulay Minute, History, Education, Objective, Feature, Advantages and Disadvantage

    Macaulay Minutes Thomas Babington Macaulay, a British politician and historian, gave his "Minute on Indian Education" speech on February 2, 1835, in an effort to prove that Indian "natives" needed to be educated in English. The famous Lord Macaulay's Minute...

    Last updated on January 17th, 2023 02:50 pm