Territorial Army contingent bags top R-Day parade award

FOR the first time, Territorial Army has pipped all regular contingents of the armed forces at the Republic Day parade to bag the top award of best marching contingent. The 103 Territorial Army (TA) battalion that participated in this year’s parade was Tuesday adjudged as the best among the armed forces.While the TA has been participating at the Republic Day parade since the beginning, 

• 103 Infantry Battalion (TA) Sikh LI – Ludhiana contingent participating in Republic Day Parade.

The award for the best marching contingent has always been won by regular units of the Army, the Air Force and the Navy in the past.

The Ludhiana-based 103 (Sikh LI) contingent was selected after it won an internal competition within the 66 units of the TA.

“This is a big achievement as far as the TA is concerned. We are a part of the Indian Army and this is the first time that we have come first in the parade.It is encouraging news and will give us even more push to perform better,” Maj Gen A K Siwach, Additional Director General, TA.Told to media.

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source:The Indian express

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Most Expected Essay topics For 9th Feb TA Exam

As Essay Questions of Territorial Army Exam are from Current Topics,So Here I am providing you my collection of Essays from different sources & websites.I hope This will Give you clear Idea on Descriptive Paper of Upcoming Territorial Army Exam which is going to held on 9th Feb 2014.All the best and Happy preparation.
I have squeezed all the text in my documents so that it will cost you less while printing and can be easily readable.

Instructions:
1.There are five Questions in this paper.you have to answer any one of them.

2.Write an essay in about 300 words in any one of the topics mention.

3.All the questions are in English only so answer to the questions must be written in English.

4.Almost every questions come from national topics.

Essays:
1.Can Anna Change the destiny Of the nation? Here

2.What Aam Admi Party means to a common Indian? Here

3.Will the recently passed Lok Pal Bill end Corruption in India? Here

4.Is Supreme Court Gay sex verdict progressive? Here

5.Sexual harassment in workplace causes and remedies, Here

6.Success to tackle Cyclone Phailin – Failure to control Uttarakhand floods. Here

7.India's Mars Mission – What it intends to achieve. Here

8.Necessity for Communal Violence prevention bill. Here

9.SC's negative voting verdict, good or bad for democracy. Here

10.Land acquisition bill - Boon or Bane. Here

11.Role of Media In our Society. Here

12.Short Note on Nelson Mandela. Here


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Admit card for TA Exam 2014

Hallo Terriers.....

After a long day i'm going post about Admit for Written Exam....

Actually I am very busy in preparing for my exams. So I am not spending more time in blog.

I have seen a majority of aspirants asking about ''status about their application,Whether they are selected or not''
So here i'm going to clear your doubts about call letter.

I had a 3 time experience of written exam.I have seen some of my friends didn't get their admit card because of their silly mistakes.
Candidates who have applied successfully for TA exam 2014 will get their admit card by post within 30 days -7 days before the exam.
Candidates are advised to check their admit card & bring discrepancy.

In the end I would like share Points that might be useful for anyone who takes this exam.
1.If you don't get admit card by time.Don't be Discouraged & have patience

2.If possible relieve yourself and have a glass of water. Stay calm and don't worry after seeing admit card receiver there.This might cause you to loss your confidence.

3.If you are not getting your admit card till now then wait for 7 days before the exam because some candidates may get admit card later.

4.You can contact your nearest TA units or headquarters to get your Status of admit card they might help you.
Here the details of Territorial Army units.

5.If you didn't get your admit card for FEB 2014 exam, try to figure out your mistakes & don't do that again.

6.Also don't forget to go through my blog, You can call me or ask your any queries.

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General Awareness Set 7

1. Which bird found in New Zealand is unable to fly and has hair instead of feathers and a very long beak
Ans: Kiwi.

2. Who found out Radio Activity?
Ans: Henry Becquerel

3.The instrument which is used for measuring blood pressure?
Ans: Spygmomanometer


4.What is always contained in amalgams?
Ans: Mercury

5.Decimel system of number originated in:
Ans: India

6.Father of cloning:
Ans: Dr.IanWilmut

7.According to WHO, the disease which causes the death of the largest number of people today is:
Ans: Tuberculosis

8.Hydrogen Bomb is based on:
Ans: Nuclear fusion

7.Liquefied Petroleum Gas consists of mainly:
Ans: Methane, Butane andPropane

8.Diamond is the purest form of
Ans: Crystalline rock

9.The exact copy of a written or printed message is transmitted to
distant places through adevice attached to a telephone. What is it called?
Ans: Fax

10.The energy possessed by the water collected in the reservoir of a dam
Ans: Potential Energy

11.Bleaching powder is produced by passing chlorine over this substance:
Ans: Solid slaked lime

12.The most important raw material for generation of power in India:
Ans: Coal

13.Maximum yield of milk is obtained from ----variety of cows
Ans: Red Sindhi

14.Deforestation causes the following:
Ans: Drought,flood and soil erosion

15.The most abundant substance on earth is :
Ans: Water

16.The unit of power is:
Ans: Watt

17.The world famous mineral region in India:
Ans: Chotanagpur

18.The gas which causes acid rain industrial area:
Ans: Sulphurdioxide

19. The first General elections under the Indian constitution were held in :
(A) 1950
(B) 1951
(C) 1952
(D) 1953
Ans:(C) 1952

20. Which article of the Indian constitution empowers the President of India to impose central rule on a state?
(A) Article 256
(B) Article 356
(C) Article 370
(D) Article 373
Ans:(B) Article 356

21.The time-gap between two sessions of parliament must not exceed :
(A) 3 months
(B) 6 months
(C) 9 months
(D) 12 months
Ans:(B) 6 months

22.The vacancy in the office of the President must be filled within :
(A) 6 month
(B) 9 month
(C) 12 month
(D) 3 month
Ans:(A) 6 month

23.Article 370 of the Indian constitution deals with :
(A) The Emergency Powers of the President
(B) The special position of the state of Jammu and Kashmir
(C) The power of the President to seek the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on any matter of public importance
(D) Distribution of taxes between the Centre and the State
Ans:(B) The special position of the state of Jammu and Kashmir

24.The Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the state of :
(A) Assam
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) West Bengal
Ans:(A) Assam

25:How many major ports are there at present in India?
(A) 8
(B) 12
(C) 15
(D) 14
Ans:(B) 12

26.Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in :
(A) Kilometres from the Equator
(B) Angles from the Equator
(C) Angles from the Poles
(D) None of the above
Ans:(B) Angles from the Equator

27.The earth is :
(A) Spherical
(B) Elliptical
(C) Oblate Spheroid
(D) Prolate Spheroid
Ans:(C) Oblate Spheroid

28.Day and Night are equal at the :
(A) Equator
(B) Poles
(C) Prime Meridian
(D) Antarctic

Ans:(A) Equator

29.The heaviest planet revolving round the sun is :

(A) Moon

(B) Jupiter

(C) Neptune

(D) Pluto

Ans:(B) Jupiter

30.The International Date line passes through :

(A) Exactly through 180° Longitude

(B) Equator

(C) Approximately 180° east or west meridian

(D) 0° Meridian

Ans:(C) Approximately 180° east or west meridian

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