Social Science Questions & Answers

Carborexics are people who take eco-consciousness to the extreme, almost bordering on obsessive compulsive behaviour. Such people are also referred to as dark green carborexics because they constantly worry about their carbon footprint, which is the impact a person’s activities has on the environment. Some carborexics use their lawn as the toilet so that they don’t waste water by flushing. …

The message of Jina, Lord Mahavira the last Tirthankara, is carried by the Acharya, our spiritual leaders. The responsibility of the spiritual welfare of the entire Jain Sangh rests on the shoulders of the Acharyas. Before reaching this state, one has to do an in-depth study and have a thorough mastery of the Jain Agams. In addition to acquiring a …

Synonyms are words with similar meanings. However, it’s difficult to say which word has most number of synonyms because the synonyms of a particular word tend to be subjective and their meanings tend to vary from the original word.

If we define war as a large-scale violent conflict between two states employing the military, the earliest recorded wars might have taken place between various city states in the Mesopotamian region during the period 3,000-2,300 BC in the Bronze Age. The first recorded evidence of such a war was the one between the two city states Lagash and Umma, estimated …

For obvious reasons, this is a contentious issue, Allen Funt’s ‘Candid Camera’, which started in 1948 on ABC, is popularly regarded as the grand daddy of all reality shows. In fact, ‘Candid Camera’ itself has its roots in a radio programme called Candid Microphone’, where Allen Funt taped and broadcast the complaints of fellow servicemen on Armed Forces Radio. However, …

Most languages of Europe belong to the Indo-European language family; another major family is the Finno-Ugric. The Turkic family also has several European members, while the North and South Caucasian families are important in the southeastern extremity of geographical Europe. Basque is a language isolate directly related to ancient Aquitanian, while Maltese is the only national language in Europe, but …

The Buddhist flag, or the flag of Chabbannarangsi, as approved by the World Fellowship of Buddhists at its inaugural conference in B.E. 2493 (1950) consists of six colours. The first five colours are arranged vertically as follows: blue, yellow, red, white, and orange. The sixth colour, called in Pali “Pabhassara”, which means “brilliant” or “radiant”, cannot be depicted but is …

Siberia, much of northern Siberia lies inside the Arctic Circle. Most of the population live close to the Trans-Siberian Railways, which runs from Moscow to Vladivostok.

The Taj Mahal is one of the world’s most beautiful buildings. It is covered with marble and unlaid with semiprecious stones. The Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, built this magnificent building in the memory of her wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631.

The Tibetan loach. This fish is found in water at an altitude of 5,200 m (17,060 ft) in the Himalayan mountains.