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(a) Memories of 1857 Indian national movement dates its birth from the 1857 uprising. The outrages committed by the British army after putting down the revolt remained “un-avenged”. Even the court-martial law and formalities were not observed. Officers who sat on the court martial swore that they would hang their prisoners, guilty or innocent and, […]
T he English educated intelligentsia felt the need for reforming the society before involving the people in any political programmes. The reform movements of nineteenth century are categorised as 1. Reformist movements such as the Brahmo Samaj founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the Prarthana Samaj, founded by Dr Atmaram Pandurang and the Aligarh Movement, […]
(a) Education in Pre-British India Education in pre-colonial India was characterised by segmentation along religious and caste lines. Among the Hindus, Brahmins had the exclusive privilege to acquire higher religious and philosophical knowledge. They monopolised the education system and occupied positions in the society, primarily as priests and teachers. They studied in special seminaries such […]
Socio-economic Background (a) Implications of the New Land Tenures The British destroyed the traditional basis of Indian land system. In the preBritish days, the land revenue was realised by sharing the actual crop with the cultivators. The British fixed the land revenue in cash without any regard to various contingencies, such as failure of crops, […]
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Introduction The political and economic centralisation of India achieved by the British for the better exploitation and control of India inevitably led to the growth of national consciousness and the birth of the national movement. The history of nationalism in India begins with the campaigns and struggles for social reforms in the nineteenth century followed […]
Pre-fertilization: structures and events The hormonal and structural changes in plant lead to the differentiation and development of floral primordium. The structures and events involved in pre- fertilization are given below Male Reproductive part – Androecium Androecium is made up of stamens. Each stamen possesses an anther and a filament. Anther bears pollen grains which […]
Sexual reproduction involves the production and fusion of male and female gametes. The former is called gametogenesis and the latter is the process of fertilization.recall thesexual reproduction in algae and bryophytes. They reproduce by the production of gametes which may be motile or non motile depending upon the species. The gametic fusion is of three […]
Vegetative reproduction Natural methods Natural vegetative reproduction is a form of asexual reproduction in which a bud grows and develops into a new plant. The buds may be formed in organs such as root, stem and leaf. At some stage, the new plant gets detached from the parent plant and starts to develop into a […]
INTRODUCTION Life of a cell is entirely based on planar sandwiches called membranes that are capable of protecting and separating the cells from the world around. These membranes, generally, are impermeable to macromolecules but can facilitate movement of certain molecules across it and contribute to maintain homeostasis at a greater level . Membranes are comprised […]
In the long run all factors of production become variable. The existing size of the firm can be increased in the case of long run. There are neither fixed inputs nor fixed costs in the long run. Long run average cost (LAC) is equal to long run total costs divided by the level of output. […]
Social Cost: It refers to the total cost borne by the society due to the production of a commodity.Alfred Marshall defined the term social cost to represent the efforts and sacrifices undergone by the various members of the society in producing a commodity. Social Cost is the cost that is not borne by the firm, […]
1.Money Cost: Production cost expressed in money terms is called as money cost. In other words, it is the total money expenses incurred by a firm in producing a commodity. Money cost includes the expenditures such as cost of raw materials, payment of wages and salaries, payment of rent, interest on capital,expenses on fuel and […]
“The big hurdle is going out and raising the revenue ” –Tyler Cowen Introduction: Cost and revenue analysis refers to examining the cost of production and sales revenue of a production unit or firm under various conditions. The objective of a firm is to earn profit, and not to make loss. However, a firm’s profit […]
Junagadh The Nawab of Junagadh, or his Dewan, Shah Nawaz Bhutto, father of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who later went on to become the President of Pakistan, both rejected the autocratic rule. Three States surrounding Junagadh, chose to be part of India, and the fourth side it is covered by the Arabian sea. The majority of […]
Factors governing elasticity of supply: 1. Nature of the commodity: Durable goods can be stored for a long time. So, the producers can wait until they get a high price. Once they get higher price, larger supply is possible.The elasticity of supply of durable goods is high. But perishables are to be sold immediately. So […]
There are five types of elasticity of supply: 1. Relatively elastic supply: (see Diagram 3.13) The co-efficient of elastic supply is greater than 1(Es > 1). One percent change in the price of a commodity causes more than one per cent change in the quantity supplied of the commodity. 2. Unitary elastic supply: The coefficient […]
Elasticity of Supply: Elasticity of supply may be defined as the degree of responsiveness of change in supply to change in price on the part of sellers. It is mathematically expressed as: Elasticity of supply = proportionate change in supply / proportionate change in price es=(ΔQs/Qs) / (ΔP/P); es= ΔQs / ΔP × P/Qs Where […]
Many professions commonly use acronyms. To doctors, accountants, and baseball players, the letters MRI (magnetic resonance imaging),GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles), and ERA (earned run average), respectively, need no explanation. To someone unfamiliar with these fields, however,without an explanation these acronyms are a stumbling block to a better understanding of the subject at hand.-Economics is […]
What does gross domestic product mean? “Gross” signifies that no deduction has been made for the depreciation of machinery, buildings and other capital products used in production. “Domestic” means that it is production by the resident institutional units of the country. The products refer to final goods and services,that is, those that are purchased, imputed […]