COMBINED CIVIL SERVICES - I Group I Services (Preliminary Examination) General Studies - Degree standard Objective type - 200 items – 300 Marks UNIT – I - General science : Physics - Universe - General Scientific laws - Scientific instruments - Inventions and discoveries-National scientific laboratories-Science glossary-Mechanics and properties of matter-Physical quantities, standards and units-Force, motion and energy- electricity and Magnetism - electronics & communications - Heat
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that business is not concerned "merely" with profit but also with promoting desirable "social" ends; that business has a "social conscience" and takes seriously its responsibilities for providing employment, eliminating discrimination, avoiding pollution and whatever else may be the catchwords of the contemporary crop of reformers. In fact they are–or would be if they or anyone else took them seriously– preaching pure and unadulterated socialism. Businessmen who talk this way are unwitting puppets
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3 Terms of Reference ..................................................................................................................... 4 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 5 Production and Consumption as Social Processes Generating
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Is it possible to reconstitute local manufacturing and local food markets, or has Globalization ultimately made this impossible? Globalization is all about integration, combination and incorporation of economies around the world but, it is also the exchange of ideas, culture, and technology. The effects of this phenomenon have reached every country in the globe, the greatest economies as well as the poorest. This affects especially those local manufacturing companies and food markets in the United
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a small ruling class with the majority of the population made up of serfs or peasants. The development of a middle class comprised of merchants, traders, investors and artisans had begun in the Middle-Ages, but was limited to a small minority. Poverty was the experience of the masses, and still is the standard for the majority of people in underdeveloped nations. The mechanization and automation of tasks that had formerly been labor intensive, increased production of goods and provided a broader
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infectious, but it can become infectious if the disease progresses. 2-3 million people die of TB every year (Draggan 2013) with the majority of them coming from developing countries. Environmental Factors Many of the risk factors are linked with poverty, air pollutants, overcrowded living spaces, among other factors. TB is second only to HIV/AIDS as a global burden and is continuing to climb in several parts of the world. Another factor that can be attributed to the spread of this disease is the
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Animal abuse contributes to poverty, global warming, deforestation, and extinction of species. It affects the whole planet, so why isn’t it talked about as much as it should be? Many people say animal abuse is wrong but not many people are willing to do anything about it. The purpose of animal abuse laws is to prevent people from harming animals for fun or malicious reasons, but why doesn’t it apply to all animals? Factory animals such as cows, pigs and chickens don’t seem to apply to these animal
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For example, Mc Donald has seized the chance to expand itself and establish its name in the entire world by using the influence of social media. 2.0 Other Causes of Sweatshop Countries such as China and India are commonly known for their high poverty rate compared to other countries around the world. Also, we need to highlight that the amount of sweatshops in these two countries are fairly high as well. The cause of the existence of sweatshop is mainly due to capitalism. According to a graduate
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chance to lift the poor from poverty. They also assert that the millions of people who have visibly opposed the economic globalization model are harming the interests of the poor. Everyone should please back off and leave it to corporations, bankers and global bureaucracies to do the planning and solve the world's problems. Such claims are routinely replayed in the media. One prominent national columnist, for example, says, "protesters are choking the only route out of poverty for the world's poor."
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populous country with the recent estimate at 170 million. In spite of possessing huge human capital, fertile soils and being oil-rich, Nigeria can teach the mineral rich world a lesson or two about what not to do. Corruption, political instability, pollution and poor management are some of the reasons Nigeria has not been able to rise and gain the status it should have in the African continent. Macro-economic factors • Gross Domestic Product (GDP) A look at the real GDP growth of Nigeria shows that
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