• • • • • • • INTELLIGENCE COMMANDING QUALITIES EXEMPLARY TO OTHERS WILL TO EXECUTE PLANNING CO-ORDINATION WITH SUBORDINATES JUDGEMENT,LOYALTY,COURAGE,INITIA TIVE METHODS OF DEVLOPING LEADERSHIP QUALITIES • READING ABOUT LIVES & DEEDS OF GREAT PEOPLE • OBSERVING LEADER IN ORGANISATION & EXECUTION OF PROGRAMS • GETTING INSPIRATION & ENCOURAGEMENT FROM ONE WHO EXERCISE LEADERSHIP POSITION • ATTENDING LEADERSHIP TRAINING CAMPS • GIVING RESPONSIBILITY TO APPROPRIATE PERSONS • DISCIPLINE IS THE INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ATTITUDE WHICH ENSURES PROMPT OBEDIANCE TO ORDERS &INVOCATION OF APPROPRIATE ACTION IN ABSENCE OF ORDERS. • DUTY IS DEFINED AS THE MORAL OR LEGAL OBLIGATION BINDING FORCE OF WHAT IS RIGHT &GOOD BEHAVOIUR TOWARDS SUPERIORS DEFINITION: STATE OF MIND WHICH INFLUENCE A GROUP OF MEN TO GIVE THEIR BEST TO ACHIEVE A COMMON GOAL. FACTORS AFFECTING MORALE: • STATE OF MIND • SPIRITUAL ASPECT • INTELLECTUAL & MATERIAL ASPECT • IT IS THE DEFENCE OF THE CITIZEN BY THE CITIZEN. AIMS: • TO SAVE LIFE • TO MINIMISE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY • TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY IN PRODUCTION • TO UPHOLD THE MORALE OF THE PEOPLE TYPES: • PROTECTIVE MEASURES: DISPERSION OF POPULATION, CAMOUFLAGE. • CONTROL MEASURES: SALVAGE, FEEDING, SHELTERING. • RESTORATIVE MEASURES: DISPOSAL OF DEAD, CONTROL OF INFECTION. HOME GUARD: IT IS AN ORGANISED DISCIPLINED BODY OF VOLUNTEERS TO PERFORM CIVIL DEFENCE DUTIES AND ASSIST THE POLICE IN TRAFFIC CONTROL AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TYPES OF FIRE & THEIR EXTINGUISHERS: • SOLID FIRE -2 GALLON SODA ACID XTING • LIQUID -2 GALLON FOAM XTING • ELECTRIC FIRE -CARBON TETRA CHLORIDE PARTIES IN FIRE FIGHTING: • FIRE FIGHTING PARTY-TO PUT OFF FIRE • FIRE PIQUET PARTY -PROTECT PLACE FROM LOOTING • SALVAGE PARTY -SAFES LIFE & PROVIDES MEDICAL AID • RESERVE PARTY -HELP THE OTHER PARTIES IMMEDIATE HELP GIVEN TO INJURED PERSON BEFORE ARRIVAL OF DOCTOR • MOTTO-LOOK, THINK & ACT THINGS KEPT IN FIRST AID BOX: ASPIRIN, BURNOL, TINCTURE IODINE, DETTOL, SCISSORS, BANDAGES, COTTON WOOL, PLASTERS. • DO THINGS FIRSTLY& QUICKLY WITHOUT FUSS • GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION • STOP THE BLLEDING& COVER THE WOUND WITH CLEAN DRESSING • TREAT FOR SHOCK BY KEEPING PATIENT WARM • DONOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO CROWD AROUND • DISPATCH PATIENT TO HOSPITAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE • IDENTIFY SNAKE IF POSSIBLE • APPLY TURNICATE NEAR WOUND TO ARREST BLOOD CIRCULATION • WASH THE WOUND WITH AVAILABLE ANTISEPTIC LOTION OR PLAIN WATER • INCISE BITTEN AREA WITH A KNIFE TO FLOW OFF BLOOD • PROVIDE HOT DRINK FOR PATIENT • APPLY ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION, CONSULT DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY • CLEAN &WASH THE AREA WITH WATER &SOAP • APPLY POTASSIUM PERMAGANATE • CAUSTERISE THE WOUND WITH CORBOLIC AACID OR RED HOT NEEDLE • FIND WHETHER DOG IS AFFECTED BY RABIES • HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER A GROUP OF PERSONS • ABLE TO EXTRACT WORK BY ALL MEANS • ABLE TO ACHIEVE ORGANIZATION’S GOAL • SUPPORT INJURED PART WITH SPLINT • MAKE THE INJURED PART IMMOBILE • TAKE HIM TO HOSPITAL AS SUCH • REASSURE THE PATIENT • REMOVE THE STING • WASH WOUND WITH POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE • GIVE ASPRIN & AVIL • WET CLOTHES SHOULD BE LOOSENED • MOUTH, THORAT, & NOSTRILS SHOULD BE CLERARED FROM MUCUS • PATIENT SHOULD BE MADE TO LIE DOWN OVER HIS BELLY, FACE DOWN HEAD TURNED TO ONE SIDE ARMS STRECHED BEYOND HEAD ,TONGUE PULLED OUT • ARITIFICIAL RESPIRATION SHOULD BE GIVEN WHEN HE STARTS BREATHING • SWITCH OF BREAK THE CURRENT IF POSSIBLE • REMOVE PATIENT FROM CONTACT OF CURRENT .STAND ON SOME INSULATION MATERIAL-BOOTS, RUBEER SOLED SHOES • GIVE ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION • TREAT FOR SHOCK & BURNS • HAEMORRHAGE MEANS BLEEDING • STOP BLEEDING WITH THUMB BY APPLYING PRESSURE • REPLACE THUMB WITH WET BANDAGE & HOLD IT TIGHTLY • GIVE HIM DRINKS • DURING TRANSIT KEEP HIS HEAD SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE BODY • WHEN OATIENT IS UNCONSIOUS DON’T GIVE ANYTHING TO DRINK • HYGINENE IS SCIENCE WHICH DEALS WITH PRINCIPLE OF PROMOTING HEALTH,PERSONAL & PUBLIC • SANITATION IS ART OF KEEPING OURSELF & SURROUNDING NEAT & CLEAN • PERSONAL HYGIENE CLEANLINESS OF HAIR , BODY , SKIN , CLOTHES , NIALS, TEETH • COMMUNICABLE DISEASES »EXCREMENTAL DISEASES »DROPLET DISEASES »CONTACT DISEASES »INSECT BORNE, ANIMAL BORNE , WATER BORNE DISEASE • TO TEACH THE CADETS ABOUT THE VALUES & SKILLS IN EXTENDING WELFARE SERVICE AMG WEAKER SECTIONS OF COMMUNITY PROBLEMS OF WEAKER SECTION • ILL HEALTH • LACK OF SANITATION,DRINKING WATER • ILLITERACY • IGNORANCE OF THEIR RIGHTS & DUTIES SOCIAL PROBLEMS • ILLITERACY • ENVIORNMENT DEGRADATION • HEALTH, HYGIENE & SANITATION • FMILY WELFARE • DRUG ADDITIONS • DOWRY SYSTEMS • FAMILY PLANNING • ERADICATION OF POLIO, MALARIA,LEPROSY & AIDS FOUR REGIONS OF ATMOSPHERE • TROPOSPHERE -9km NEAR POLES,17km NEAR EQUATOR • STATOSPHERE -FORM TROPO UPTO 3km • IONOSPHERE -FROM STRATO UPTO 24km • EXOSPHERE -FROM IONO UPTO 1126.5km FORCES ACTING ON AIR CRAFT • LIFT - ACTING VERTICALLY UPWARDS (RIGHT ANGLES) THROUGH CP • DRAG - ACTING HORIZONTALY BACKWARDS • WEIGHT - ACTING VERTICALLY DOWNWARS • THRUST -ACTING VERTICALLY FORWARD COMPONENTS OF DRAG • • • • FORM DRAG INDUCED DRAG SKIN FRICTION PARASITE DRAG FLAP • IT IS A LIFT AUGUMENTING DEVICE FITTED ON THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING TYPES • VARIABLE FLAP OR SIMPLE FLAP • SPLIT • SLOTTED • ZAP • FLOWER • JET LAPSE RATE • THE RATE OF DECREASE OF TEMPERATURE WITH HEIGHT GLIDING • IT IS A METHOD OF FLYING IN WHICH AIRCRAFT IS LOSING HEIGHT WITHOUT POWER AT A CONSTANT SPEED MAINTAINING LATERAL LEVEL & DIRECTION YAWING • THE ANGULAR MOVEMENT ABOUT ITS ANGULAR AXIS STALLING THE AIRCRAFT IS OUT OF CONTROL WITH A SUDDEN LOSS OF HEIGHT BY INCREASE IN ANGLE OF ATTACK STALLING ANGLE • THE ANGLE OF ATTACK AT WHICH LIFT OF AEROFOIL IS MAX &THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS IN LIFT & RAPID INCREASE IN DRAG DUE TO AIRFLOW OVER AEROFOIL BECOMING TURBULENT INSTEAD OF STREAMLINED ANGLE OF ATTACK • ANGLE BETWEEN CHORD LINE & RELATIVE AIR FLOW • THE L/D RATIO IS MAX AT +4 DEGREE ANGLE OF ATTAK .AT THIS ANGLE AEROFOIL MUST BE EFFICIENT .THIS IS CALLED OPTIMUM ANGLE OF ATTACK ANGLE OF INCIDENCE • ANGLE BETWEEN CHORD LINE & LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF AIRCRAFT AUTO ROTATION • THE STALLED CONDITION OF FLIGHT IN WHICH AN AIRCRAFT AUTO-ROLLS & AUTO YAWS SPINNING OF FLIGHT • THE STALLED CONDITION OF FLIGHT IN WHICH AIRCRAFT RAPIDLY LOSSES HEIGHT IN SPIRAL PATH WHILE AUTO ROTATING & AUTOPITCHING THREE AXIS IN WHICH AIR CRAFT ROTATE • LONGITUDINAL AXIS • LATERAL AXIS • NORMAL AXIS ANGULAR MOTION IN AIRCRAFT CONTROL SURFACE MOVEMENTS CALLED MOVEMENT AROUND ELEVATOR PITICHING VERTICAL AXIS AILERON ROLLING LONGITUDINAL AXIS RUDDER YAWING LATERAL AXIS AIRCRAFT • ANY WEIGHT CARRYING DEVICE DESIGNED SUPPORTED BY AIR ,EITHER BOUYANT OR DYNAMIC AEROPLANE • A MECHANICALLY DRIVEN AIRCRAFT WITH FIXED WINGS SUPPORTED BY DYNAMIC REACTION OF AIR UPON WINGS AIR FRAME • AN AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ITS ENGINES FUSELAGE • THE BODY OF AIRCRAFT TO WHICH WINGS, TAIL PLANE, FIN, RUDDER, & OTHER SURFACE ARE ATTACHED MAIN PLANE • THE HORIZONTAL MAIN WINGS OF AEROFOIL SECTION ATTACHED TO FUSELAGE AILERONS • HORIZONTAL CONTROL SURFACE HINGED TO REAR SPART OF MAIN PLANE NEAR WING TIP.ROLLING MOVEMENT IS ACHIEVED ELEVATOR • HORIZONTAL CONTROL SURFACE BY WHICH UPWARDS OR DOWNWARDS INCLINATION OF AN AEROPLANE IN FLIGHT IS CONTROLLED TAIL PLANE • FIXED HORIZONTAL SURFACE OF SURFACES FORMING OF TAIL UNIT WHICH AFFECT THE LONGITUDINAL STABILITY OF THE MOTION OF AN AEROPLANE RUDDER • THE MOVABLE VERTICAL SURFACE FORMING PART OF THE TAIL UNIT BY WHICH THE AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT IS CONTROLLED COCKPIT • THE PORTION OF A FUSEL OF NECELLE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE PILOTS CONTROL COLUMN • THE LEVER BY WHICH THE ELEVATOR & AILERON CONTROLS ARE OPERATED FIN • FIXED VERTICAL SURFACES FORMING PART OF TAIL UNIT BY WHICH YOWING STABILTY OF AEROPLANE IS EFFECTIVE. AIR BRAKE • A DEVICE PRIMARILY USED TO INCREASE THE AIR DRAG OF AIRCRAFT CREEP • THE ROTATION OF TYRE OVER THE WHEEL BI PLANE • ONE SET OF MAIN PLANE IS FIXED OVER THE OTHER SET OF MAIN PALNE PROPELLER • A SCREW DESIGNED TO CONVERT THE POWER DEVELOPED BY ENGINE INTO FORWARD THRUST WINGS • MAIN LIFT GIVING COMPONENTS WHICH CARRIES BOMBS, MISSILES,DROP-TANTS &NECKETS IN FIGHTER AIR CRAFTS AEROFOIL • A BODY DESIGNED TO PRODUCE MORE LIFT THAN DRAG • IT IS CHAMBERED ON THE TOP SURFACE& MORE OR LESS STRAIGHT AT THE BOTTOM SURFACE SLOTTED AEROFOIL • AN AEROFOIL HAVING ITS TWO SURFACES CONNECTED BY ONE OR MORE AIR PASSAGE OR SLOTS WHEN PRIMARY OBJECT IS TO IMPROVE AIR FLOW AT HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK SPAN • THE OVER ALL LENGTH FROM WING TIP TO WING TIP BULK HEAD • ANY TRANSVERSE PARTITION THE FUSELAGE WHICH SEPARATES TWO PARTS COMPLETETLY FROM ONE OTHER LEADING EDGE • THE FORWARD MEMBER OF AEROFOIL TARILING EDGE • THE AFT EDGE OF AN STREAMLINE OF AEROFOIL. CHAMBER • A CURVED LINE JOINING LEADING & TRAILING EDGE OF AEROFOIL, WHICH IS EQUAL DISTANCE FROM UPPER & LOWER SURFACE OF AEROFOIL AT ALL POINTS. CHORD • IT’S THE LENGTH OF CHORD LINE IN AN AEROFOIL FROM LEADING EDGE TO TRAILLING EDGE UNDER CARRIAGE • PART OF AEROPLANE INTENDED FOR ITS SUPPORT WHILE ON GROUND OR WATER TO ABSORB SHOCK TO LANDING & DURIN TAKE OFF TAXING • THE MULTIWHEEL ARRANGEMENT ON AIRCRAFT U/C SYSTEM IS KNOWN AS BOGIE ARRANGEMENT • TYPES OF UNDER CARRIAGE FIXED U/C • THE U/C UNIT IS FIXED TO THE FUSELAGE & CAN NOT BE RETRACTED FOLDED DURING FLIGHT RETRACTABLE U/C • THE U/C UNIT IS MADE RETRACTABLE IN FLIGHT TO REDUCE THE DRAG PRIMARY CONTROL SURFACE OF AIRCRAFT • ELEVATOR - FOUND AT TRAILING EDGE OF TAIL PLANE ------PROVIDING PITICHING MOVEMENT • AILERON - FOUND AT TRAILING EDGE OF MAIN PLANE/ WINGS AT TIP END-----PROVIDING ROLLING MOVEMENT • RUDDER - FOUND AT TRAILING EDGE OF VENTRAL FIN---- PROVIDING YAWING MOVEMENT CONSTRUCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF AIR FRAME • SMOOTH SKIN OF REQUIRED AERO DYNAMIC FORM. • SUFFICIENT STRENGHT TO WITHSTAND LANDING & HANDLING LOADS. • MOUNTING POINTS FOR ENGINE, FUEL TANKS EQUIPMENTS etc. • SUFFICIENT STIFFNESS TO RETAIN ITS CORRECT SHAPE • PROTECTION OF AIRCREW & RADIO GEAR , COOLING FOR ENGINE & ELECTRICAL GEAR • SUFFICIENT BREAKDOWN POINTS FOR EASY DISMANTLING • THE DESIGN ITSELF SHOULS BE CHEAP & EASY FOR PRODUCTION & REPAIRS PURPORSE • TO KNOW THE NATURE & IDENTIFY THE AIRCRAFT DURING BOTH WAR & PEACE HOW IT IS RECOGNIZED ? • BY WING POSITION, WING SHAPE, WING TIPS, FINS, CANOPY, TAIL PLANES & MARKING DURING WAR TIME • IT HELPS THE MOP(MOBILE OBSERVATION POSTT) TO FIND WHETHER THE AIRCRAFT IS FRIEND OR FOE • IT HELPS TO KNOW THE CAPABLITY OF AIRCRAFT BY IDENTIFYING ITS TYPE DURING PEACE TIME • IT HELPS TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT POSSESSED BY ENEMY & ASSES THE STRENGTH OF COUNTRY & PREPARE FOR SELF DEFENCE CLASSIFICATION OF AIRCRAFTS AS PER ROLES • FIGHTER • • • • - FOR OFFENSIVE & DEFENSIVE PURPOSE TRAINER -FOR PURPOSE OF TRAINING BOMBER -FOR OFFENSIVE & DEFESIVE PURPOSE TRANSPORT -TO CARRY MEN MATERIALS HELICOPTOR -FOR OFFENSIVE , DEFESIVE TRRAINING & TRANSPORT PURPOSE FIGHTER AIRCRAFTS IN IAF • • • • • • MIG -21,23,27,29 MIG -21FL MIG - 21 BIG SUKHOI -30 MIRRAGE 2000 JAGUAR HELICOPTERS IN IAF • • • • • • • CHEETAH CHETAK MI -17 MI -8 MI -25 MI -26 MI -35 • AIRMANSHIP IS A STUDY OF RULES & REGULATION WHICH MUST BE FOLLOWED BOTH ON GROUND AND IN AIR TO ENSURE SAFETY & PROPER DISCIPLNE IN FLYING • INCLUDES AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PROCEDURES & OTHER LAID DOWN ACTIONS TO DEAL WITH ANY TYPE OF A/C EMERGENCIES & OTHER CONTINGENCIES IMPORTANCE OF AIRMANSHIP • HELPS TO INCULATE THE SENCE OF DISCIPLINE AMONGST PILOTS & OTHER CREO MEMBERS • HELPS PILOT TO KNOW THE STANDARD PROCEDURES LAID DOWN FOR AIRFIELD ON WHICH HE IS OPERATING • HELPS THE PILOT TO KNOW PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED IN EMERGENCY SITUATION • GOOD AIRMANSHIP ENSURES A PILOT AT HIS BEST, WHEN THE SITUATION AT IT’S WORST • FINALLY, AIRMANSHIP WHEN STUDIED IN CORRECT SENSE, PROMOTES FLIGHT SAFETY & PREVENTS AIRCRAFT SAFETY ATC ( AIR TRAFFIC CONTOL) • IT CONTROLS THE MONEMENT OF AIRCRAFT ON AIR , & IT’S MOVEMENT ON GROUND FORCED LANDING • IT IS DEFINED AS A LANDING WHICH WAS NOT CONTEMPLATED BEFORE THE FLIGHT BEGAN • IT MAY BE CARRIED OUT EITHER ON A AIRFIELD OR OUTSIDE REASONS FOR FORCED LANDING • FUEL SHORTAGE • TECHNICAL DEFECT IN ENGINE OR AIRFRAME • POSITION NOT KNOW AERODROME • IT IS THE DEFINED AS THE AREA OF LAND OR WATER INCLUDING BUILDING & INSTALLATION, NORMALY USED FOR TAKE-OFF &LANDING OF AIRCRAFT AIRFIELD • IT REFERS TO AN AREA OF LAND USED FOR TAKE-OFF & LANDING OF AIRCRAFT EXCLUDES BUILDING & INSTALLATION AIRPORT • THE WORLD AIRCRAFT IS CHIEFLY USED FOR FLYING ESTABLISHMENT WHICH HANDLE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC & THERFORE HAVE A CUSTOM HOUSE, OTHER TRAVEL AMENTIES PORT FACILITIES IN FACT SIGNAL SQARE • A NUMBER VISUAL GROUND SIGNALS WHICH GIVE THE PILOT ESSENTIAL INFORMATION ARE DISPLAYED IN FRONT OF CONTROL TOWER IN A SQUARE APPROACH LIGHTING • THIS IS TO ASSIST THE PILOT TO MAKE AN APPROACH FOR LANDING IN POOR VISIBLITY AT NIGHT TAXYING • IT IS THE MOVEMENT OF A/C WITH ITS OWN POWER TOWING • IT IS THE MOVEMENT OF A/C WITHOUT ITS OWN POWER, BUT BY EXTERNAL POWER LIKE MANPOWER/TRACTOR BLAST PENS • TO ENSURE THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ENEMY ATTAK THE A/C ARE SAFELY PARKED & ALSO ARE NOT CONCENTRATED AT ONE PLACE THEY ARE PROVIDED AT VARIOUS AIRFIELDS TAXI TRACK • TAXI TRACK IS CONSTRUCTED OR A MARKED PATH USED BY A/C MOVING ON GROUND AT AN AIRFIELD CIRCUIT RULES • THE AIRFILED CIRCUIT IS THE AIR SPACE EXTENDING TO 3000ft ABOVE AIRFIELD ELEVATION, ON RADIUS OF 18000ft FROM THE CENTRE OF THE AIRFIELD WHEN THE FLYING IN CIRCUIT, A PILOT IS TO • KEEP A SHARP LOOK OUT FOR OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINITY • CONFIRM WITH OR AVOID THE TRAFFIC PATTERN • MAINTAIN A CONTINUOUS LISTENING WATCH ON THE AERODROME R/T FREQUENCIES &KEEP A SHARP LOOK OUT FOR ANY VISUAL SIGNALS WHICH MAY BE DISPLAYED • OBTAIN BY R/T OR VISUAL MEANS, AUTHORIZATION FOR ANY MOVEMENTS • IT AS AN ART OF GUIDING AN AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE AIR, SO THAT IT ARRIVES AT DESIRED POSITION AT A PRE CALCULATED TIME • IT CONSIST OF DEAD RECKONING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL NAVIGATION ARE • ACCURATE PRE FLIGHT PLANNING • ACCURATE FLYING, • GOOD MAP READING • ATTENTION TO ETAs & CHANGE OF ETA IF NECESSARY WHY A PILOT SHOULD BE THOROUGH ABOUT NAVIGATION? • HE HAS THE PRIMARY DUTY OF FLYING THE AIRCRAFT • IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO CARRYOUT THE DETAILED TASK OF A PROFESSIONAL NAVIGATOR • USAGE OF PLOTTING TABLES, COMPUTERS, CHART etc. • HAS TO BE SKILLED IN MAP READING IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE ACCURATELY METHODS OF REPORING THE POSITION OF A/C BY THE PILOT • CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM • POLAR COORDINATE POLAR COORDINATE SYSTEM • IN THIS SYSTEM, THE POSITION REPORING IS DONE THROUGH BEARING & DISTANCE FROM A PARTICULAR POINT (OR) BY FIRST REFERING TO THE NAME OF PROMINENT PLACE OR LAND MARK TRUE NORTH • IT IS THE DIRECTION INDICATED BY THE POSITION OF GEOGRAPHIC NORTH POLE & IT IS REPRESENTED BY MERIDIANS COURSE • IT IS THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE FORCE & AFT OF THE AXIS OF THE A/C IS POINTING TRACK • THE DIRECTION OF THE PATH OF A/C WITH REFERENCE TO GROUND DEVIATION • AN ANGULAR DIFFERENCE B/W THEN MAGNETIC NORTH & COMPASS NORTH VARIATION • THE ANGULAR DIFFERENCE B/W NORTH & MAGNETIC NORTH AT A PLACE GREAT CIRCLE • GREAT CIRCLE IS DRAWN ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH WHOSE PLAIN CUTS THE EARTH INTO 2 EQUAL PARTS i.e. EQUATOR RHUMB LINE • IT IS THE LINE CUTTING ALL THE MERIDIANS AT THE SAME ANGLE EQUATOR • IT IS A GREAT CIRCLE WHOSE PLANE IS PERPENDICULAR TO AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE EARTH. • THE EQUATOR LIES IN A EAST WEST DIRECTION & DIVIDES THE EARTH INTO NOTHERN & SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SMALL CIRCLE • THE CIRCLE ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH WHICH CUTS THE EARTH INTO 2 PARTS WHICH ARE UNEQUAL EARTH AXIS • IT IS A VERTICAL LINE JOINING THE TWO POLES OF THE EARTH, LYING PERPENDICULAR TO THE EQUATOR & PASSING THROUGH THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH INDIA UNION GOVERNMENT • Ms.Pratibha Devisingh Patil:PRESIDENT • Mohammad Hamid Ansari:V.PRESIDENT COUNCIL OF MINISTERS • PRIME MINISTER:Mr.Manmohan Singh • FINANCE :Mr.Pranab Mukherjee • AGRI,FOOD • CIVIL&PUBLIC • DISTRIBUTION :Mr.Sharad Pawar • DEFENCE :Mr.A.K.Antony • HOME AFFAIRS :Mr.P.Chidambaram • RAILWAYS :Ms.Mamta Banerjee • EXTERNAL AFF • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • AIRS :Mr.S.M.Krishna HEALTH&FAM ILY WELFARE :Mr.Ghulam Nabi Azad POWER :Mr.Sushil Kumar Shinde LAW&JUSTICE :Mr.M.Veerappa Moily URBAN DEVE LOPEMENT :Mr.S.Jaipal Reddy R&T HIGH WAYS :Mr.Kamal Nath OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS :Mr.Vayalar Ravi PETROLEUM • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • &NATURL GAS :Mr.Murali Deora HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPEM:Mr.Kabil Sibal IT&BROAD CASTING :Ms.Ambika Soni SHIPPING :Mr.G.K.Vasan TEXTILES :Mr.Dayanidhi Maran COMMUNI CATION&IT:Mr.A.Raja YOUTH AFFAIRS& SPORTS :Dr.Farooq Abdullah CIVIL AVI CHIEF OF ARMED FORCES • SUPREME COMMANDER:PRESIDENT Ms.Pratiba Devisingh Patil • CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF :GENERAL Deepak Kapoor • CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF :ADMIRAL Suresh Mehta • CHIEF OF AIR STAFF :AIR CHIEF MARSHAL P.V.Naik • COMMANDER-IN• CHIEF STRATEGIC • FORCES :VICE-ADMIRAL Vijay Shankar • CHIEF OF INTEGR • ATED DEFENCE STAFF:VICE-ADMIRAL Raman Puri