ACCET NEWS
HISTORY:
August Offer-1940:
During the Second World War, the Indian
National Congress (INC) Leaders were upset with the British Government for
having pulled India into a war without the consent of Indians. Lord Linlithgow
had declared India to be at war with Germany without consultation. The British
Government were keen to get Indian support for the war. INC said that support
for the war would be provided if power was transferred to an Interim Government
in India. Then the viceroy Linlithgow made a set of proposals called the “August
Offer”. A representative Indian body should be framed to frame a Constitution
for India. Dominion status was the objective for India. An advisory war council
should be established. The INC rejected this offer at its meeting at Wardha in
August 1940. After the failure of the August offer, the British government sent
the Cripps Mission to India.
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LEADER:
NELSON Mandela-The man living beyond
time
Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, into a royal family of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe in the South African village of Mvezo, where his father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (c. 1880-1928), served as chief. His mother, Nosekeni Fanny, was the third of Mphakanyiswa’s four wives, who together bore him nine daughters and four sons. After the death of his father in 1927, 9-year-old Mandela—then known by his birth name, Rolihlahla - was adopted by JongintabaDalindyebo, a high-ranking Thembu regent who began grooming his young ward for a role within the tribal leadership. The first in his family to receive a formal education, Mandela completed his primary studies at a local missionary school. There, a teacher dubbed him Nelson as part of a common practice of giving African students English names. He went on to attend the Clarkebury Boarding Institute and Healdtown, a Methodist secondary school, where he excelled in boxing and track as well as academics. In 1939 Mandela entered the elite University of Fort Hare, the only Western-style higher learning institute for South African blacks at the time. The following year, he and several other students, including his friend and future business partner Oliver Tambo (1917-1993), were sent home for participating in a boycott against university policies. Mandela fled to Johannesburg and worked first as a night watchman and then as a law clerk while completing his bachelor’s degree by correspondence. He studied law at the University of Witwatersrand, where he became involved in the movement against racial discrimination and forged key relationships with black and white activists. In 1944, Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC) and worked with fellow party members, including Oliver Tambo, to establish its youth league, the ANCYL. In 1961, Nelson Mandela co-founded and became the first leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (“Spear of the Nation”), also known as MK, a new armed wing of the ANC. Several years later, during the trial that would put him behind bars for nearly three decades.
As president, Mandela established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate human rights and political violations committed by both supporters and opponents of apartheid between 1960 and 1994. He also introduced numerous social and economic programs designed to improve the living standards of South Africa’s black population. In 1996 Mandela presided over the enactment of a new South African constitution, which established a strong central government based on majority rule and prohibited discrimination against minorities, including whites.
Reading
Matters:
The Science
of Breakable Things
"The Science of Breakable Things" is a book written by Tae Keller. This story is full of heart and action. It's all about a middle schooler Natalie who wants to save her botanist mother from depression. With an egg drop competition her inspiring journey begins to unearth the science of hope, love and miracles. She thinks that the competition might give her a solution to her problems.
Eggs are
breakable. Hope is not.
Catch up the book to discover how she saved her mother and discovered the science of hope!
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KNOW YOUR
DAYS:
GANDHI JAYANTI – OCTOBER 2
Gandhi Jayanti is an event celebrated in India to mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. It is celebrated annually on 2 October, and it is one of the three national holidays of India. The UN General Assembly announced on 15 June 2007 that it adopted a resolution which declared that 2 October will be celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence.
WORLD ANIMAL DAY – OCTOBER 4
The mission of World Animal Day is "to raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. It is celebrated in different ways in every country, irrespective of nationality, religion, faith or political ideology. Through increased awareness and education we can create a world where animals are always recognised as sentient beings and full regard is always paid to their welfare."
WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY – OCTOBER 5
Held annually on 5
October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the
adoption of the 1966
ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. In 2020,
World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the theme “Teachers: Leading in
crisis, reimagining the future”.
Interesting Facts:
What is the black box in planes made of?
· Black boxes which usually hold the clues to a
plane's crash, are built strong enough to survive bomb blasts, violent impacts
and intense fires. They measure approximately 4 by 6 by 8 inches and weigh
about 30 kg and are kept in a case which can withstand 30 minutes of 1100
degrees C.
· They are actually orange in colour and a very
high-quality heat resistant paint is used, so that they can be spotted easily
even at dimly lit crash sites They are always placed in the tail end of the
flight.
· The black box records voice and flight data.
The cockpit voice recorder continuously collects data and retains a record of
the most recent 30 minutes, the conversation between the pilot and the Ground
Control Room.
· The flight data recorder keeps a record of the
most recent 25 hours of a plane's operating data, including altitude, air
speed, vertical acceleration and heading.
· Flight data are recorded either by magnetic
tape or in solid-state memory. Thus, when recovered from the airplane crash
sites the black box helps to reconstruct a clear picture of the crash.
·
When biscuits are kept
in cool air, they lost their crispness but remain crisp, when kept in a fridge?
Moisture content in
fresh biscuits is about five per cent after baking resulting in crisp texture
and good storage stability. When they are left open air, they absorb moisture
and lose their crispness. The relative humidity the atmosphere can vary from
about 40 per cent (during summer) to 90 per cent (on a cool, rainy day). Inside
a fridge, the temperature is kept for by cooling the air. The water molecules
present inside the fridge condense on the cooling coils (evaporator coils) and
so the humidity is also low (the air is moisture-free). This moisture appears
as frost. As a result, the biscuits remain cool as well as crisp.
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KINDLE YOUR
BRAIN
1)A clock is
set right at 5 a.m. The clock loses 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the
true time when the clock indicates 10 p.m. on 4th day?
A)11 pm
B)12 pm
C)1 pm
D)2 pm
2)What time
will it be 18 hours from now in India, if in the USA it is 4:15 AM?
(HINT:IST=US+9:30 hours)
A)1:45 in
the afternoon
B)7:45 in
the evening
C)7:45 in
the next morning
D)1:45 in
the next morning
3) When Ram
was born his father was 32 years older than his brother and his mother was 25
years older than his sister. If Ram's brother is 6 years older than Ram and his
mother is 3 years older than his father, how old was Ram's sister when Ram was
born?
A)6 years
B)8 years
C)10 years
D)12 years
4)The
dimensions of a room are 10m×7m×5m. There are 2 doors and 3 windows in the
room. The dimensions of the doors are 1m×3m. One window is of size 2m×1.5m and
the other 2 windows are of size 1m×1.5m. The cost of painting the walls at Rs.3
per m² is
A)Rs.174
B)Rs.274
C)Rs.374
D)Rs.474
5)A boat
travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the
speed of the boat in still water is 9 km/hr and the speed of the current is 3
km/hr, the distance between A and B is
A)9 km
B)10 km
C)11 km
D)12 km
ANSWER FOR
LAST WEEK QUESTIONS
1)Answer: Option(B)
648
Solution:
Number of
shares = 4455/8.25 = 540
Face value =
Rs.(540×10) = Rs.5400
Annual
income = Rs.[(12/100)×5400] = Rs.648
2)Answer:
Option(C) 22 minutes
Solution:
Let the two
air conditioners be A and B
'A' cools at
40 minutes
'B' cools at
45 minutes
Together =
(A×B)/(A+B)
=
(45×40)/(45+40)
= (45×40)/85
=21.1764 =
22 approximately.
3)Answer:
Option(A) 1900
Solution:
Given 2000 =
54 days
The
provisions for 2000 men for 39 days can be completed by 'm' men in 20 days.
i.e) 2000 =
39 days == m = 20 days
m×20 =
2000×39
m = 3900
So total men
for 20 days are 3900. So, 2000 old and 1900 new reinforcements.
Hence,
reinforcement = 1900.
4)Answer:
Option(B) 420 m
Solution:
Let the
length of the stationary train Y be LY.
Given that
the length of the train X, LX = 300 m
Let the
speed of the train X be V.
Since the
train X crosses the train Y and a pole in 60 seconds and 25 seconds
respectively.
300/V = 25
So, V = 12
m/sec
Also,
(300+LY)/V = 60
So, (300+LY)
= 60×12
LY = 720-300
LY = 420 m.
Hence the
length of the stationary train Y is 420 m.
5)Answer:
Option(C) 15
Solution:
Krish's age
= 3A and Vaibhav's age = 5A
Given:
(3A+9)/(5A+9) = 3/4
4(3A+9) =
3(5A+9)
So, A=3.
Therefore,
Vaibhav's age = 5×3 = 15 years.
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