Understanding Social Science

  Coriolis force:-                 An apparent force caused by the Earth’s rotation. The Coriolis force is responsible for deflecting winds towards the right in northern hemisphere and towards the left in the northern hemisphere. The Coriolis force occurs from west to east. This force is very small and can only be noticed when large scale displacement or displacement of large body occurs. Example, displacement of clouds, water in oceans, large air masses etc. This force is zero at equator and maximum at poles.   Jet streams:- Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmosphere of some planets including Earth. These are strong winds in upper part of the atmosphere. 1)  These bands of winds are thousands of miles long and hundreds of miles wide.   2)    Their speed can be up to 250 km/hr.     3)    These are strong and fast blowing winds so they are a...

         Climate  We are going to post a series of climate related blogs. This is gonna help you with providing knowledge about upsc climatology basics.  Introduction:- Climate- The sum total of atmospheric conditions and variations of a large area over a long period of time usually 30 years. When we say climate of India is monsoon type, we refer to India as a whole (large area) recorded over long time period. Weather- Weather refers to atmospheric conditions and variations of a particular area at a point of time. Weather may fluctuate every hour. It may be sunny in the morning and turns cloudy in mid afternoon.   The elements of climate and weather are temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind and precipitation . Seasons are divided on the basis of generalized weather conditions or climatic conditions of months of a year. The world is divided into different climatic regions. India has ‘monsoon’ type of c...

  Religion and Secularism:-  (Many of the statements stated down are not facts but opinions only) I being an agnostic theist don’t believe in any of the 10,000 religions recognized so far. Terms anti religious and atheist can’t be used interchangeably since they are quite different both theoretically and in practice. Atheist means a person who doesn’t believe in existence of Deity or God and hence religion has no meaning for them. Friedrich Nietzsche is the father of atheism. (He is one of the famous political thinkers who glorified war and denied peace because he was of the view that only conflict could facilitate the growth of a civilization.) Agnostic theism: - It can be defined as a philosophical view that encompasses both anti theism and theism. In simple words a person who believes in presence of God but doesn’t believe in religion or how religion defines God is said to be agnostic theist. Deity: - A supernatural being who is considered sacred or divine. A bein...