An alkaline solution is a mixture of base solids dissolved in water. The potential of hydrogen, also known as the pH scale, measures the alkalinity or acidity level of a solution. The scale ranges from zero to 14. The midpoint 7 represents a neutral pH. A neutral solution is neither an acid nor alkaline.

The parathyroid glands are four small glands that have the sole purpose of secreting parathyroid hormone to regulate the calcium level in our bodies. The parathyroid essentially helps the nervous and muscular systems function properly.

Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas that allows your body to use sugar (glucose) from carbohydrates in the food that you eat for energy or to store glucose for future use. Insulin helps keeps your blood sugar level from getting too high (hyperglycemia ) or too low (hypoglycaemia).

The pole strength of each piece when a bar magnet is cut into two equal halves perpendicular to its length is the same as the pole strength of the original bar magnet.

Electrical resistance is a measure of the degree to which an object opposes the passage of an electric current. The SI unit of electrical resistance is the ohm.

A person who uses his expertise to gain access to other people’s computers to get information illegally or to cause damage is called a Hacker.

Alt+F shortcut key is used to open file-menu options in the current program.

The Treaty of Mangalore was signed between Tipu Sultan and the British East India Company on 11 March 1784. It was signed in Mangalore and brought an end to the Second Anglo-Mysore War.

The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first Indian power to accept subsidiary alliance in the year 1798.

Feitoria wasa Portuguese trading post, usually fortified and built in coastal areas along the West and East African coasts, Indian Ocean and Brazil , from 1445 onward. Cartaz System was a sea-pass introduced by the Portuguese East India Company in the Indian Ocean region including Bay of Bengal in the early sixteenth century.