Poverty can be defined as the state in which an individual or household is not able to fulfil the minimum consumption needs. It is not always about money, but it also entails access to basic facilities such as proper hygiene, sanitation, food, shelter, drinking water, health, education, transport, whose absence as a whole, is regarded as poverty. It can be absolute poverty or relative poverty. Absolute poverty is when there is an absence of a minimum level of subsistence needed for the basic … [Read more...]

In the English language, we use conjunctions to link two words, clauses, phrases or sentences. These are used to add coherence in your piece of writing, by joining essential components within or between the sentences. There are various types of conjunctions such as coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions are the linking words that link ideas of equal importance, function or structure. Correlative conjunctions are one that … [Read more...]

Regional party implies the party whose area operation is limited and so their activities are restricted to only a few states. On the other hand, national party refers to a political party is a registered party that operates in more than four states of the country and their area of operation extends over the entire country. Political Parties plays an important role in the development of the country, as they are of different ideologies and approaches to social needs and the objectives of the … [Read more...]

Social Differences implies a state when people are discriminated or say one class/group is given preference over the other, due to the difference in their social, economic or racial inequality. It often leads to social division, wherein the society is divided into various groups. Overlapping and cross-cutting are the two types of social differences, of which overlapping is a crucial situation as compared to cross-cutting, as it may result in the social division. The main difference between … [Read more...]

Political science is a discipline that deals with the composition and function of the country's government. The term political science is often contrasted with politics which is concerned with the activities of country's governance, with the aim of achieving and using power or authority. Another crucial difference between political science and politics is that Political Science is all about politics that take place in a country. Conversely, in politics there exist various political groups of … [Read more...]

IAS and IPS are the two most challenging jobs in India, which not only gives power and position but has certain duties towards the nation and responsibility towards society. Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is regarded as the top-ranking civil service job offered to those candidates who top the Civil Service Examination. Next, best alternative after IAS is the Indian Police Service (IPS) which is also a dream job of many Indian citizens, but it is a technical job, which requires … [Read more...]

One of the most crucial decision in a person's life is to choose the right career for him/her. A career can be understood as the occupation, which an individual undertakes throughout his life, and includes all the steps taken for growth. The life pattern of a person is defined by the career he/she opts. The term 'career' is often misconstrued as 'profession', but there is a fine line of differences between the two. A profession is an occupation, usually paid, which requires a person to … [Read more...]

Many students wish to continue their education, even after completing their post graduate degree course. So, they have two options, i.e. M.Phil. And PhD. As both are research-oriented courses, the students find it difficult to choose one of them. However, PhD or Doctor of Philosophy is the highest ranking degree provided to the scholars by the university for their research work in the respective subject opted by them. On the other hand, M.Phil., i.e. Master of Philosophy, is only a … [Read more...]

In elementary-level geometry, the term that every student encounter is "line". It is a long and straight geometric figure that extends in both the directions. It differs from a line segment in that a line segment has a starting and an ending point, due to which the length of the segment is fixed. As you can see in the figure given above, that at both the ends of a line, an arrow is marked, to give an idea that it is infinite. On the contrary, the two ends of the line segment are marked with a … [Read more...]

While writing an assignment, article or book, the writer often looks for the sources to generate an idea or data. In this context, students usually misconstrue bibliography for reference, but they are different, in the sense that you give reference to the sources, that you have quoted in-text, in the research report or assignment. But on the other hand, in the bibliography, you create a list of all the sources you have gone through to conceive the idea. Reference and Bibliography is an … [Read more...]