UPSC Current Affairs Preparation: The Hindu Analysis Watch expert analysis of ‘The Hindu’ dated 28th October 2020. Important news and views to... View Article
The difference between compiler and assembler is that a compiler is used to convert high-level programming language code into machine language... View Article
The basic difference between SSD and HDD is that Solid State Drive stores the data in integrated circuits and a Hard Disk Drive stores data... View Article
Stubble burning is a term that is frequently seen in the news nowadays. It is one of the major causes of winter pollution in northern India,... View Article
An isothermal process is a process which is conducted in a manner such that the temperature remains constant during the entire operation. The... View Article
Structural isomers are isomers that have the same component atoms but they are arranged differently from each other. Structural isomerism is also... View Article
The most important difference between plant and animal cells is that plant cells have a cell wall and a cell membrane, while animal cells only... View Article
Grignard reagents are made through the addition of magnesium metal to alkyl or alkenyl halides. The halide can be Cl, Br, or I (not F). It’s... View Article
A phosphodiester bond occurs when exactly two of the hydroxyl groups in phosphoric acid react with hydroxyl groups on other molecules to form two... View Article
It involves the complete transfer of electrons of a multiple bond to one of the bonded atom in presence of an electron attacking reagent. It is... View Article
To make a dilute solution without calculating concentrations, you can rely on a derivation of the above formula:(Final Volume / Solute Volume) =... View Article
There are 52 cards in a deck of playing cards. If a card is drawn from this well shuffled deck, the total number of all possible outcomes = 52.... View Article
Amoeba and paramecium are single-celled eukaryotes which belong to the Kingdom Protista. Both amoeba and paramecium are heterotrophs , which... View Article
Lithosphere is the topmost crust of the earth on which stand our continents and ocean basins. The lithosphere has a thickness between 35to 50 km... View Article
The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is 384 400 km (238 855 miles). Light travels at 300,000 kilometres per second, so it takes... View Article
Our Sun is an average-sized star: there are smaller stars and larger stars, even up to 100 times larger. The Sun is composed almost entirely of... View Article
Metals react with water and produce a metal oxide and hydrogen gas. Metal oxides that are soluble in water dissolve in it to further form metal... View Article
Phenotype Phenotype is a term used in genetics to refer to all the observable traits in organisms as a result of the interaction of the genotype... View Article
The chemical composition depends on its source, but it usually consists of about 10 different hydrocarbons, each containing 10 to 16 carbon atoms... View Article