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What is a Deemed University?

Ridhi Arora
Ridhi Arora
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 505 Views

Deemed university is the other name of Deemed-to-be-University, which is an accreditation of a university awarded to higher educational institutions in India by the Department of Higher education. So basically, any university which is ‘deemed to be a university’ by the UGC under Section 3 of the UGC Act of 1956, is called a deemed university.What is a Deemed University?The main feature of Deemed University is Autonomous Control. In a deemed college or university, the management has complete control over anything and everything ranging from the student curriculum to Examinations and issues related to administration and management.The setting of the ...

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What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Ridhi Arora
Ridhi Arora
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 679 Views

Poems are different and similar in the manner and matter they possess. The manner in which a poet expresses his ideas deal with literary devices such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, contrast, repetition, imagery etc. Both simile and metaphor are used as comparative literary devices.Comparison Between Simile and MetaphorSimile - Similes are used to compare attributes of two objects or persons using words like or as. It must be noted that use of like or as always does not imply the presence of a simile. What is important is a direct comparison taking place.For Example,  Her cheeks are red as a rose.In ...

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What are the new English words you have learned today?

Aakanghsa
Aakanghsa
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 341 Views

Ragtag: A group of people perceived as disreputable or undesirable.Lynch: (of a mob) kill (someone), especially by hanging, for an alleged offence with or without a legal trial.Gimcrack: A cheap and showy ornament; a knickknack or flimsy or poorly made but deceptively attractive.Vogie: Conceited, proud, cheerfulCarte Blanche: Unconditional authority; full discretionary power.Tummler: Any lively, prankish, or mischievous man.Hoity-Toity: Assuming airs; pretentious; haughty.Magisterial: Authoritative, weighty; of importance or consequence; of, relating to, or befitting a master: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.Coeval: Of the same age, date, or duration; equally old: Analysis has proved that this manuscript is ...

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How can India create more salaried jobs?

Knowledge base
Knowledge base
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 164 Views

India is a developing country. Got bored of hearing this again and again, right? For it to be a well-developed country, India needs to focus more on developing its economic status. India has less than one-fifth of workers who are in salaried employment.More job creation would boost up India’s rank in Global Prosperity ladder. India is still in lower middle-income status which needs some salaried jobs to boost its status. The economic survey 2017-18 says if the per capita income in India grows at 6.5% per year, India would reach upper-middle-income status by the mid-to-late 2020s.In my view, a few ...

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Is Quantum Computing changing the future of our world?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 293 Views

Quantum figuring contemplates hypothetical calculation frameworks (quantum PCs) that make coordinate utilization of quantum-mechanical marvels, for example, superposition to perform operations on data. Quantum PCs are unique in relation to binary digital PCs in light of transistors.While regular advanced registering requires that the information is encoded into twofold digits (bits), each of which is dependable in one of two distinct states (0 or 1), quantum calculation utilizes quantum bits, which can be in superpositions of states. A Quantum Turing Machine is a hypothetical model of such a PC and is otherwise called the general quantum PC.What are they?Starting at 2017, ...

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Why is Visible Learning more effective?

Knowledge base
Knowledge base
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 258 Views

A good teacher teaches the children putting his best efforts, whereas a better teacher evaluates the effects of his teaching on his students and tries to improve his way of teaching. End of the day, improvement in the status of the student and his learning is more important.An improved process called as Visible Learning was made by John Hattie to help the teachers evaluate their teaching process. It says, “Know Thy Impact” by showing what the teachers have taught and what did the students learn, which enables to understand the gap so as to bridge it.Visible Learning is the concept ...

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What is sharing, blogging and publishing?

Knowledge base
Knowledge base
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 324 Views

The advancement of social media has introduced many terms to us. Some of those terms are sharing, blogging and publishing. Let us understand what do they mean.BloggingBlogging is one of them. Blogs are the pages where you can create the content and can share with the world. Writing your content in blogs is called Blogging. This content can be anything like stories, experiences, reviews, opinions, criticisms, explanations, etc. whichever you want to share with the world. The famous blogging site is blogspot.comPublishingPublishing is posting the content on to your blog page. By clicking this Publish, you are finalizing your content ...

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What are the duties of a prime minister in Indian constitution?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 597 Views

The Prime Minister of India is the head of government and pioneer of the executive branch of the Government of India. The Prime Minister is likewise the chief counselor to the President of India and is also the leader of the Council of Ministers.The Prime Minister can be an individual from any of the two places of Parliament (the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha), however, must be the chief of the political party, having a superiority in the Lok Sabha.The Prime Minister is the senior individual from the bureau in the official branch of government in a parliamentary framework. ...

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What are unethical digital marketing techniques?

Knowledge base
Knowledge base
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 632 Views

Marketing is a concept which is related to beliefs. With marketing, a consumer is made to believe that a certain product or service delivers the results mentioned. Whether it is digital or traditional, marketing is a tool to sell your product or service by gaining trust. But with the increasing attention towards digital marketing, there are many unethical practices prevailing. Recently, social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube have made their rules more stringent so as to avoid unethical practices in the digital marketing field.What Are They Like?It is unethical to do false marketing by conveying the false messages into ...

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Explain the working of a turbojet engine.

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 2K+ Views

A turbojet engine is used in Aircraft. These are air-breathing engines which suck in air from the atmosphere for combustion. It has various components like inlet, compressor, combustion chamber, turbines, and nozzle. Air is drawn into the turbojet engine, compressed, mixed with fuel, and burned continuously.The exhaust product of this burning operates the turbine for the compressor, producing thrust which propels the aircraft. Turboprops are used in smaller and slow-paced air crafts as turbojets are not efficient at low speeds whereas turbofans have better specific fuel consumption than the turbojet. These engines are generally installed below the wings or near ...

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