Adultery is consensual sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than that person’s spouse. Adultery is rarely charged as a crime.

Addiction is a common language term for the clinical entity known as Chemical Dependence. For decades Americans have known the term addiction to indicate an individual who is out of control in their use of mood-altering drugs.

Acculturation has been defined as the process of cultural change that immigrants undergo when they enter in contact with a new, host culture. Immigrants bring their own cultural identity, language, values, beliefs, and behaviors, which might differ from those of the host culture.

Such factors as being on the coast, sparsely populated and easily accessible by rail, road and sea, have all weighted with the scientist in selecting Sriharikota, Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, as a suitable place for launching rockets.

Hepatitis is a general term for the inflammation of the liver caused by virus, toxins, drugs or other factor.

Jog is about 100 km from Shimoga in Karnataka.

Conferred by the FIDE (Federation International 'd Eches) or International Chess Federation, Grand-master is the highest title (beside World Champion) that one can achieve.

The Shimla Agreement was reached between the then Pakistan President Zulfiqur Ali Bhutto and the then Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi on July 2, 1972.

Geography and Earth Science are relying increasingly on digital spatial data acquired from remotely sensed images analyzed by geographical information system (GIS) and visualized on the computer screen or on paper.

Sigmund Freud (1986 - 1939) is hailed as the Father of Psychology. He out forth many new concepts about sexuality, consciousness and instincts. He spent his whole life devoted to discovering the secrets of human nature.

The Constitution of India provides for the manner in which the accounts of the Government have to be kept.

Capital receipts are such items as loans raised by the Government from the public (these are called Market Loans), borrowings by the Government from the Reserve Bank of India

Supermassive black holes are those back holes whose mass in more tan 10,00,000 times the mass of the Sun.

The idea of Mutual Funds gained recognition in Indian with the advent of the Unit Trust of Indian (UTI) in 1963-64.

By its very name, a Solar Cooker would mean cooking meals with solar energy without any conventional fuel.

Dogri is one of the modern Indian languages spoken in the State of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

We blink our eyes every six seconds. Although blinking eyes ins an involuntary action, we can raise or lower the number of blinks voluntarily.

A nebula is an enormous cloud of gas atoms and tiny particles. Even the smallest nebula are much larger than the Solar System, while the largest are hundreds of light years across.

The patent for the world's sewing machine lay buried among a sheaf of papers relating to the manufacture of boots and shoes for many years before it was discovered.

A skyscraper is a building so tall that it appears to 'scrape the sky'. The term was developed in New York (USA), where land prices were high and the geology adapted to such methods of constructions.

Troposphere is the lower part of the Earth's atmosphere extending about 10.5 km (6.5 miles) from the Earth's surface, in which temperature decrease with height except in local layers of temperature inversion.

You can see yourself in a mirror because light rays bounce off its shiny surface. Light rays come from everything you can see, including yourself.

It is an elementary particle of negative charge, which cannot be sub-divided. It is a constituent of all atoms and a number of the class of particles known as leptons.

Stimulation of zero gravity while still within the pull of earth's gravity is achieved in a similar manner to that of a man-made satellite.

The term Biosphere was first used a century ago by the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess as a sphere of living organism or biological process lying at the interface between the atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere.

This article contains some of the most significant fill in the blanks type questions for all ICSE students. The below given questions are based on Geography.

The IQ of any student can be easily ascertained by asking him questions on General knowledge and current affairs.

The scholarly use and understanding of the word apocalypticism has varied much in the history of research on these topics.

Short question refers to those questions which are needed to be answered in 2 or 3 lines or within a paragraph. Short questions are the stepping stones to success.

Information, education and intelligence - all the three are closely related with the process of training intelligence. Intelligence is the necessity of an ideal person. It is the necessity of a modern world.

According to Russell , intelligence is indispensable for being ideal. Intelligence signifies an aptitude for acquiring knowledge than the knowledge already acquired.

According to Russell sensitiveness is all important without which other qualities such as courage, intelligence and vitality are meaningless.

Democracy is a form of government. It believes in equality, fraternity, liberty, freedom of speech and though and action.

Mahatma Gandhi is one of the greatest personality of modern India, whose farsighted and planned scheme of struggle in a non-violent way brought glory and independence to India.

The modern world is a self-centered world. Everybody us bust here for his own sake. He thinks for him, and therefore, it has been dull, drab and uninteresting.

Vitality is one of the greatest indispensable ingredient for an ideal person. It is physiological than psychological. It is present in the young but absent in the old fellow.

An educated person is not one who has passed examinations. He is one who has acquired a trained, elastic and cultivated mind.

A movie camera has a film like an ordinary camera. But instead of taking just one picture at a time, it takes many pictures every second.

Migraine is a very special variety of "sick headache" and requires special treatment under medical supervision. There are different forms of migraine, but there is a definite pattern underlying all.

In April 1925, a small, rather unkempt young man sat on a stand in London departmental store, tinkering with an outlandish piece of apparatus which comprised a tea chest...

The Chief Justice and other judges are appointed by the President in consultation with Chief Justice of India and the Governor of the State concerned.

Astronomers on September 2009 confirmed the discovery of the first rocky planet outside the solar system.

The Goria dumping ground in Greater Mumbai has been transformed from a garbage mound to a landscaped hill.

World Food day is celebrated every year around the world on October 16 - the date of the founding of the foods and Agriculture.

A new study has reveled that eyes see troubles coming even before the brain notices it. A new type of cell discovered in the retinas of rodents could detect an approaching object without the brain's help.

Remarkable News Species were discovered in Papua New Guinea that have made it famous in recent days.

Yes ! Now it is possible to send any kind of alarms through blue tooth. A London based firm designed a Blue tooth-based alarm that can tell absent minded technology geeks when they have left their mobile phone or laptop behind.

Yes now you can cook rich without heating it. Indian Scientist have developed a rice variety that can be cooked by simply soaking it in cold water for about 45 minutes.

Japanese scientists are now just one step closer to make the stuff of sci-fi films into reality after creating a hologram that can also be felt.

Comfortable Norwegian cows are producing 5 to 6 percent more milk and have less udder infections since new regulation allowing them to relax for up to half a day on soft rubberized mattresses.

A replication-deficient rabies virus vaccine that lacks a key gene called the matrix gene induced a rapid and efficient anti-rabies response in mice and non human primates.

In the first break-through in 26 years an experimental vaccine reduced risk of HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - in the third of the people vaccinated.

Yes ! Recently a 60 years US grandmother, blind for nearly a decade, has recovered her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye as a base to hold a tiny plastic lens, her doctors said.

Yes ! Monkey Malaria in Malaysia caught Humans. Researcher in Malaysia confirmed infections among human with the Plasmodium Knowlesi strain of malaria...

British scientists have identified an enzyme that plays a crucial role in clogging up of arteries.

Taiwanese researchers have developed hydrogen-powered mobile phone charges that could boost the island's efforts to become a player in green technologies.

The humble earthworms have popped mankind and dinosaurs to emerge as the most successful species on Earth.

The submarine has a chamber in which water can be filled in or pumped out as required.

Sunlight is being increasingly used in the cold regions of the world to make people more energetic. Sunlight also provides relief from arthritis and severe cold.

The pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. The early kings, or pharaohs, were buried in tombs inside roughly built stepped pyramids.

It is situated in Tibet (now under occupation by China) and is about 900 km north of Delhi. Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar are two of the most beautiful spots in the world.

The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is located in Hyderabad (A.P).

The Earth casts a long shadow into space, away from the Sun. If the Moon passes through this shadow, it grows dim.

Celsius scale is a temperature scale in which the fixed points are the temperatures at standard pressure of ice in equilibrium with water (o° C) and water in equilibrium with steam (100° C).

Upanishad literally means sitting near devotedly, and brings to mind the picture of a sincere devotee learning from his guru or spiritual master.

The Giraffe found in the dry savannah and open woodland areas of Africa, south of the Sahara, is said to be the tallest mammal in the world, according to The Guinness Book of World Records, 2009.

Modern Indian painting is a neat blending of diverse influences, indigenous and exotic, and its exponents include Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), Abanindranath Tagore (1871-1951),

At the very time when oil was beginning to form, an enormous shift took place in the Earth's crust, which slowly resulted in the formation of the present continents.

In the event of a vacancy in the offices of both the President and Vice-President of India on account of such reasons as death, resignation, removal from office, etc.

UAE consists of the emirates of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwain.

The world's largest flower is Rafflesia amoldii that can have a diameter up to one meter and can weigh up to 11 kg.

Genetic modification usually involves identifying the genes governing a desirable characteristic in one organism, and inserting them into another in the expectation that the trait will be transferred.

Cold temperate climate is categorized into two types. One is the cool temperate oceanic type of climate. Rain occurs in all months and there are rarely great extremes of heat or cold.

AARRO or the Afro-Asian Rural Reconstruction Organization is an international, inter-governmental organization comprising the governments of the countries of Asia and Africa.

Ancient astronomers thought that all the stars were positioned at the same distance from the Earth in a large hollow sphere.

Since Pakistan was formed on August 14, 1947, it is quite probable that its Independence Day is celebrated on August 14 every year.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), a distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, was elected President four times, in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944.

The fourth nuclear power reactor of the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS-4) in Maharashtra, that began commercial operation from September 12, 2004, is India's largest nuclear power reactor with a capacity of 540 MW.

Many of the written Constitutions of modern Europe came into being during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

MP3, a popular format for storing digital audio that is increasingly used to distribute music online, gets its name from MPEG-1 Layer 3, which outlines audio compression standards.

Deserts are formed by natural processes interacting over long intervals of time. Paleodeserts, large sand seas, now inactive because they are stabilized by vegetation, extend well beyond the present margins of core deserts, such as the Sahara desert in Africa.

Cryptography is writing is a disguised way using a secret code. Sometime the word 'cipher' is used instead of code.

The Duckworth-Lewis (DL) method is a way to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day international cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances.

Learn about the significance of Heli-Skiing. This article describes about why this very place occupies a pride of place in adventure sports and winter sports.

Do you know actually how was the speed of light measured for the first time in the history of mankind ? Learn about why we must always be thankful to Jean Foucault for his remarkable inventions.

Learn about the true importance of calcium. Don't you think that Calcium is really required for the proper growth and maintenance of our bones and teeth.

This article describes the reason behind the burst of balloons if it rises too high. Also learn about the importance of atmospheric pressure.

Do you know who was Miller Reese Hutchinson ? And how he is related with the invention of the first hearing aid ?

Do you know actually why was the ICS started ? Learn about the relation between IAS and ICS.

Learn about the person who made the first helicopter flight. But the real breakthrough was made by German Professor Heninrich Focke's twin roter F-A61 - the first fully-controllable helicopter.

Lean about an electronic device that is used for stimulating the human heart. This article also describes the importance of pacemaker for various heart diseases.

Learn about the man behind the making of The Parliament House in New Delhi. Also know exactly when and where the master plan for the same was prepared.

Learn about the importance of Zero Hour in Parliament ? Is it worth reading ?

What do you think about the main reason the saves the women from becoming bald ? This article answers the question in the most easiest way.

Have you ever wondered why does the sky appear blue? Read an exclusive article to find out the answer.

Learn about the techniques that is mainly used to gather mineral deposits where they lie close to surface. Read an exclusive article on Open Cast Mining.

What is Golden Quadrilateral Project? How many major cities are going to be connected through it and what will be the total length of roads?

This article describes the importance and use of Skybus . Do you know that the Skybus metro consists of light coaches suspended from sky bogies on the skyway.

Now tell me when did people first used money ? This article is about the beginning of a new era of money mania.

Learn why Indians are always regarded as genius when it comes to Supercomputers. Do you know globally India ranks third in the making of Supercomputers.