APPLY FOR L.D. CLERK 2016

          APPLY FOR  L.D. CLERK 2016
 
Category No: 414/2016

NOTIFICATION

PART I (DIRECT RECRUITMENT)

Applications   are   invited   through   'ONE   TIME   REGISTRATION'   facility   from
qualified candidates for selection to the under mentioned post in Kerala Government Service.
Candidates who have already registered can apply through their profile.
1.
Department
 : Various
2
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Name of Post
      : Lower Division Clerk
(Re-designated as Clerk as per G.O (Ms.) No.  120/2013/(138)/Fin.
dated 04.03.2013)
     Note:- (1) This will include the integrated post of Lower Division Clerk/ Village Assistant
 in the Revenue Department.
                (2) Vacancies  of  Lower Division  Clerk  in  Kerala  Municipal Common Service will
  also be  filled up from the Ranked  List prepared for each district in pursuance
  of this notification without obtaining willingness from the candidates.
  (For Direct Recruitment only).
3
.
Scale of pay
 : Rs.
19000-43600/-
4.
No. of vacancies
 : District wise
  1. Thiruvananthapuram
  2. Kollam
  3. Pathanamthitta
  4. Alappuzha
  5. Kottayam
  6. Idukki
  7. Ernakulam
Not Estimated
  8. Thrissur
  9. Palakkad
10. Malappuram
11. Kozhikode
12. Wayanad
13. Kannur
14. Kasaragod
Note:-
(1)
The list of selected candidates published by the Commission in pursuance of this
notification shall  remain in force for a minimum period of one year provided that the said
list shall continue to be in force till the  publication of a new list after the expiry of the
minimum period of one year or till the expiry of three years   whichever is earlier.
Candidates shall be advised for recruitment from the list prepared in pursuance of this
notification against the vacancies reported to the District Officers of the Commission
during the period of currency of the said lists. In case no candidate is advised from the list
till the expiry of the period of 3 years, the duration of the list shall be extended for a
further period of one year or till at least one candidate is advised from the list whichever
is earlier.
(2)
 3% of the vacancies reported to the Commission for the above post shall be reserved for
appointment of Physically disabled persons, limited to the categories of Low Vision ,
Hearing Impairment and Locomotor Disability/Cerebral Palsy as per G.O (P) 1/13/SJD
dated 03.01.2013. A separate list of such candidates shall be prepared along with the
Ranked List (Physically disabled candidates must enter the details in the Declaration Link
and Weightage Details Link of their profile). They shall be advised against Sl.No. 33, 66,
99 in a cycle of 100 fresh vacancies as per rules. Physically disabled candidates included
in the Main list/Supplementary lists for reservation communities shall also be included in
the list prepared exclusively for them on the basis of merit. If candidates in the list (Main
list/Supplementary list/List for PH) is advised from any one of the above list on
Open/Reservation/PH quota, the name of the candidate shall be deleted from the other
list(s). Relaxation in age and award of Grace marks will be given to the Physically
disabled candidates as stipulated in the existing Acts & Rules.
(3)
Candidates who are eligible to apply for both Direct Recruitment and Recruitment By
Transfer need not select the same district for both categories. But they should submit
separate applications for each category even if they selected the same district. Candidates
who are already included in the Ranked list for By Transfer Recruitment in any one
district are not eligible to apply for By Transfer recruitment.   Candidates who are
included in both lists under this notification and advised from anyone of the lists shall be
deleted from the other list as per Rule 18 (iii) of the KPSC Rules of Procedure.
(4)
Candidates   advised   as   Lower   Division   Clerk/Village  Assistant   in   the   Revenue
Department from the Ranked List to be prepared in pursuance of this notification will be
sent by the Department for Survey Training if they have not already passed Chain Survey
Test.
(5)
Selection to this post will be made on the basis of a Competitive Test of the SSLC
Standard.
(6)
Candidates willing to be posted as Lower Division Clerk in Kerala State Archives
Department must submit willingness. Such candidates are eligible for appointment in
other departments also, as and when their turn for recruitment arises. If a person is once
advised for appointment in the State Archives Department, he will not be further
considered for appointment in any other Department on the basis of that select list.
Persons appointed as Lower Division Clerk in State Archives Department have to
undergo during the period of probation, an Inservice Training in “Old Scripts” as may be
prescribed by the Government.
(7)
The selection test will be conducted at different centers in each district (The name of the
Examination Centres will be published later). The candidates should appear for the
examination wherever they are admitted. As the selection is District wise, candidates will
be allowed to appear for the test only in the examination centres for the District, which
they have opted in the relevant column of the application. Candidates should be present at
the examination centre on or before 1.30 pm on the date of examination.  Candidates who
failed to do so will not be permitted to attend the examination.
(8)
The selection in pursuance of this notification will be made on district wise basis, subject
to the special conditions laid down in G.O. (Ms) No.154/71/PD dated 27.05.1971. A
candidate advised for appointment in one district from the Ranked List prepared for that
District is not eligible for transfer to another District for a period of 5 years from the date
of commencement of regular service in the former district. Even if transfer is allowed
after 5 years, it will be subject to the rules in G.O. (P) No.36/91/P&ARD dated
02.12.1991   for   inter   district   transfers   in   same   Department   and   G.O.   (P)
No.5/2013/P&ARD dated 06.02.2013 for inter departmental transfers. But as per G.O. (P)
12/96/P & ARD dated 16.03.1996, the condition of 5 years service is not applicable for
the transfer to the Districts of Idukki, Wayanad and Kasaragod. This concession will be
available only for getting transfer in to these districts, but not for getting transfer out of
these districts and this concession will be granted only once in the career of a
Government Servant. Candidates already in Government Service holding the post in any
one district are prohibited from applying for the same post in another District.
(9)
For appointment in the Head Quarters vacancies no separate option is necessary. They
will be considered for appointment in the head quarters vacancies also without such
option. Vacancies arising in the Head quarters will be filled up according to the terms and
conditions   of   G.O.(Ms)   No   154/71/PD   dated   27.05.1971,   commencing   from
Thiruvananthapuram District.
5. Method of appointment
 : Direct Recruitment.
6. Qualification :
Pass in SSLC Examination or any other equivalent qualification.
(KS & SSR Part II Rule 10(a)(ii) is applicable)
7. Age limit
     : 18-36, Only candidates born between 02.01.1980 and 01.01.1998 (both dates
included) are eligible to apply for the post with usual relaxation to
Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward communities.
(For concessions allowed in upper age limit, please see para (2) of the General Conditions
under Part II of this Notification.)
Note :-
 Typists in the Various Departments including Secretariat and Office of the Kerala
Public Service  Commission possessing SSLC qualification are eligible to apply in response to
this notification in case  they possess not less than 4 (four) years regular service on the date of
application. The maximum age  limit for such persons will be 40 (forty) years (born on or after
02.01.1976) with usual relaxation of three years in case of OBC and 5  years in case of SC/ST
candidates. The candidates in this category are not entitled to the benefit of reservation. Such
applicants should obtain a service Certificate from the Head of the Department or Office showing
their length of service and service to which they belong and produce the same as and  when
required by the Commission.
8. Last date for receipt of applications:-28/12/2016 Wednesday upto 12.00  Midnight.
9. Mode of Submitting Application:-
Candidates shall register as per 'ONE TIME REGISTRATION ' system on the Official
Website of Kerala Public Service Commission 'www.keralapsc.gov.in' for applying for the post.
Candidates who have registered shall apply by logging in to their profile using their User- ID and
password. Candidates  shall click on the 'Apply Now' button of the respective posts in the
Notification link for applying for a post. No application fee is required. Candidates can view and
have a print-out of the details in the profile by clicking the  link Registration Card, if required.
Candidates are responsible for the correctness of the personal information and secrecy of
password. Before applying for a post, candidates must ensure correctness of the information in
their profile. They must quote the User- ID for further communication with the Commission.
Applications once submitted will be received as provisional and particulars shall not be deleted or
altered after submission. Applications submitted not in accordance with the conditions of the
notification will be summarily rejected. Documents to prove qualification, community, age etc.
have to be produced as and when called for .
10. Address to which applications are to be sent :-
www.keralapsc.gov.in
11.  “If a written test / OMR / Online Test is conducted as a part of this selection, Admission
Ticket for eligible candidates will be made available in their profile for One Time registration and
the date of downloading will be included in the Examination Calendar. Candidates can download
Admission Ticket for 15 days from this date. Candidates who have downloaded the Admission
Ticket will alone be permitted to attend the examination”.
[For details, including Photo, ID Card etc. please see the General Conditions given in Part
II of this notification]







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PUMPS

A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action. Pumps can be classified into three major groups according to the method they use to move the fluid: direct lift, displacement, and gravity pumps.^[1]

Pumps operate by some mechanism (typically reciprocating or rotary), and consume energy to perform mechanical work by moving the fluid. Pumps operate via many energy sources, including manual operation, electricity, engines, or wind power, come in many sizes, from microscopic for use in medical applications to large industrial pumps.

Mechanical pumps serve in a wide range of applications such as pumping water from wells, aquarium filtering, pond filtering and aeration, in the car industry for water-coolingand fuel injection, in the energy industry for pumping oil and natural gas or for operating cooling towers. In the medical industry, pumps are used for biochemical processes in developing and manufacturing medicine, and as artificial replacements for body parts, in particular the artificial heart and penile prosthesis.

In biology, many different types of chemical and bio-mechanical pumps have evolved, and biomimicry is sometimes used in developing new types of mechanical pumps.

Reciprocating pumps move the fluid using one or more oscillating pistons, plungers, or membranes (diaphragms), while valves restrict fluid motion to the desired direction.

Pumps in this category range from simplex, with one cylinder, to in some cases quad (four) cylinders, or more. Many reciprocating-type pumps are duplex (two) or triplex (three) cylinder. They can be either single-acting with suction during one direction of piston motion and discharge on the other, or double-acting with suction and discharge in both directions. The pumps can be powered manually, by air or steam, or by a belt driven by an engine. This type of pump was used extensively in the 19th century—in the early days of steam propulsion—as boiler feed water pumps. Now reciprocating pumps typically pump highly viscous fluids like concrete and heavy oils, and serve in special applications that demand low flow rates against high resistance. Reciprocating hand pumps were widely used to pump water from wells. Common bicycle pumps and foot pumps for inflation use reciprocating action.

These positive displacement pumps have an expanding cavity on the suction side and a decreasing cavity on the discharge side. Liquid flows into the pumps as the cavity on the suction side expands and the liquid flows out of the discharge as the cavity collapses. The volume is constant given each cycle of operation.

Rotodynamic pumps (or dynamic pumps) are a type of velocity pump in which kinetic energy is added to the fluid by increasing the flow velocity. This increase in energy is converted to a gain in potential energy (pressure) when the velocity is reduced prior to or as the flow exits the pump into the discharge pipe. This conversion of kinetic energy to pressure is explained by the First law of thermodynamics, or more specifically by Bernoulli's principle.

Dynamic pumps can be further subdivided according to the means in which the velocity gain is achieved.^[5]

These types of pumps have a number of characteristics:

1. Continuous energy
2. Conversion of added energy to increase in kinetic energy (increase in velocity)
3. Conversion of increased velocity (kinetic energy) to an increase in pressure head

A practical difference between dynamic and positive displacement pumps is how they operate under closed valve conditions. Positive displacement pumps physically displace fluid, so closing a valve downstream of a positive displacement pump produces a continual pressure build up that can cause mechanical failure of pipeline or pump. Dynamic pumps differ in that they can be safely operated under closed valve conditions (for short periods of time).

MINING IN INDIA- CASE STUDY B-TECH EVS

The Mining industry in India is a major economic activity which contributes significantly to the economy of India. The GDP contribution of the mining industry varies from 2.2% to 2.5% only but going by the GDP of the total industrial sector it contributes around 10% to 11%. Even mining done on small scale contributes 6% to the entire cost of mineral production. Indian mining industry provides job opportunities to around 700,000 individuals.

India is the largest producer of sheet mica, the third largest producer of iron ore and the fifth largest producer of bauxite in the world. India's metal and mining industry was estimated to be $106.4bn (£68.5bn) in 2010.

However, the mining in India is also infamous for human right violations and environmental pollution. The industry has been hit by several high profile mining scandals in recent times.

The tradition of mining in the region is ancient and underwent modernization alongside the rest of the world as India gained independence in 1947. The economic reforms of 1991 and the 1993 National Mining Policy further helped the growth of the mining sector.^[3] India's minerals range from both metallic and non-metallic types. The metallic minerals comprise ferrous and non-ferrous minerals, while the nonmetallic minerals comprise mineral fuels, precious stones, among others.^[4]

D.R. Khullar holds that mining in India depends on over 3,100 mines, out of which over 550 are fuel mines, over 560 are mines for metals, and over 1970 are mines for extraction of nonmetals.The figure given by S.N. Padhi is: 'about 600 coal mines, 35 oil projects and 6,000 metalliferous mines of different sizes employing over one million persons on a daily average basis.Both open cast mining and underground miningoperations are carried out and drilling/pumping is undertaken for extracting liquid or gaseous fuels. The country produces and works with roughly 100 minerals, which are an important source for earning foreign exchange as well as satisfying domestic needs.^[3] India also exports iron ore, titanium, manganese, bauxite, granite, and imports cobalt, mercury, graphite etc.^[3]

Unless controlled by other departments of the Government of India mineral resources of the country are surveyed by the Indian Ministry of Mines, which also regulates the manner in which these resources are used.The ministry oversees the various aspects of industrial mining in the country. Both the Geological Survey of India and the Indian Bureau of Mines are also controlled by the ministry.Natural gas,petroleum and atomic minerals are exempt from the various activities of the Indian Ministry of Mines.

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HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease spectrum of the human immune system caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).^[1][2][3] Following initial infection, a person may experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. This is typically followed by a prolonged period without symptoms. As the infection progresses, it interferes more and more with the immune system, making the person much more susceptible to common infections like tuberculosis, as well as opportunistic infections and tumors that do not usually affect people who have working immune systems. The late symptoms of the infection are referred to as AIDS. This stage is often complicated by an infection of the lung known as pneumocystis pneumonia, severe weight loss, a type of cancer known as Kaposi's sarcoma, or other AIDS-defining conditions.

HIV is transmitted primarily via unprotected sexual intercourse (including anal and oral sex), contaminated blood transfusions, hypodermic needles, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding.^[4] Some bodily fluids, such as saliva and tears, do not transmit HIV.^[5] Prevention of HIV infection, primarily through safe sex and needle-exchange programs, is a key strategy to control the spread of the disease. There is no cure or vaccine; however, antiretroviral treatment can slow the course of the disease and may lead to a near-normal life expectancy. While antiretroviral treatment reduces the risk of death and complications from the disease, these medications are expensive and have side effects. Without treatment, the average survival time after infection with HIV is estimated to be 9 to 11 years, depending on the HIV subtype.^[6]

Genetic research indicates that HIV originated in west-central Africa during the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.^[7] AIDS was first recognized by the United StatesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1981 and its cause—HIV infection—was identified in the early part of the decade.^[8] Since its discovery, AIDS has caused an estimated 36 million deaths worldwide (as of 2012).^[9] As of 2012, approximately 35.3 million people are living with HIV globally.^[9] HIV/AIDS is considered apandemic—a disease outbreak which is present over a large area and is actively spreading.^[10]

HIV/AIDS has had a great impact on society, both as an illness and as a source of discrimination. The disease also has significant economic impacts. There are manymisconceptions about HIV/AIDS such as the belief that it can be transmitted by casual non-sexual contact. The disease has also become subject to many controversies involving religion. It has attracted international medical and political attention as well as large-scale funding since it was identified in the 1980s

HIV/AIDS
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