Keyboard Shorcuts (Microsoft Windows)
1. CTRL+C (Copy)
2. CTRL+X (Cut)
...... 3. CTRL+V (Paste)
4. CTRL+Z (Undo)
5. DELETE (Delete)
6. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
7. CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
8. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
9. F2 key (Rename the selected item)
10. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
11. CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
12. CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
13. CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
14. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
15. CTRL+A (Select all)
16. F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
17. ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
18. ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
19. ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
20. ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
21. CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents opensimultaneou sly)
22. ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
23. ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
24. F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
25. F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
26. SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
27. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
28. CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
29. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu) Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
30. F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
31. RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
32. LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
33. F5 key (Update the active window)
34. BACKSPACE (View the folder onelevel up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
35. ESC (Cancel the current task)
36. SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROMinto the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)
Dialog Box - Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
2. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
3. TAB (Move forward through the options)
4. SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
5. ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
6. ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
7. SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
8. Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
9. F1 key (Display Help)
10. F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
11. BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
1. Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
2. Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
3. Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
4. Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
5. Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restorethe minimized windows)
6. Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
7. Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
8. CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
9. Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
10. Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
11. Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
12. Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)
13. Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
14. Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
15. Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
16. Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
17. SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
18. NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
19. Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)
20. Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
21. END (Display the bottom of the active window)
22. HOME (Display the top of the active window)
23. NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
24. NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
25. NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
26. LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
27. RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)
Shortcut Keys for Character Map
After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
1. RIGHT ARROW (Move to the rightor to the beginning of the next line)
2. LEFT ARROW (Move to the left orto the end of the previous line)
3. UP ARROW (Move up one row)
4. DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
5. PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
6. PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
7. HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
8. END (Move to the end of the line)
9. CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
10. CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
11. SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
2. CTRL+N (Open a new console)
3. CTRL+S (Save the open console)
4. CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
5. CTRL+W (Open a new window)
6. F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
7. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
8. ALT+F4 (Close the console)
9. ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
10. ALT+V (Display the View menu)
11. ALT+F (Display the File menu)
12. ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)

MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
2. ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
3. SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
4. F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
5. F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
6. CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
7. CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
8. ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for theselected item)
9. F2 key (Rename the selected item)
10. CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)
Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
1. CTRL+ALT+END (Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box)
2. ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
3. ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
4. ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
5. ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
6. CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)
7. ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
8. CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
9. CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place asnapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboardand provide the same functionality aspressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

Microsoft Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
2. CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
3. CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
4. CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
5. CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
6. CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
7. CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
8. CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box,the same as CTRL+L)
9. CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
10. CTRL+R (Update the current Web )

Everyone will tell you that married life is not a bed of roses. Instead of getting ticked off by this statement, you could actually make hay while the sunshine lasts. This is because marriage is probably the best teacher you will ever get to give lessons in life. If you actually put your mind to it, you can learn a lot from marriage. 

Here are 10 lessons in life that you can take from your married life. 

1. Patience Thrives: Being impatient is being silly. Married life actually teaches you to be patient. If you learn to be patient in your marriage, it will help you even in your professional life. 

2. Nothing Lasts Forever: Did you think that the fresh passion in your love life will last forever? Well it is never too late to learn. 

3. Think First React Later: If you do this, you will avoid some of the worst fights in your married life. Moreover, you will learn to take better decisions in life if you can learn to curb instant reactions. 

4. You Can NeverChange Anyone: But you can change yourself. So you have to be the change that you want to see in your partner and also in the world around you. 

5. Change Is The Only Constant In Life: Five years into your marriage, if you can no longer recognise yourself, it means that you have learned an important thing; change is inevitable and you must embrace it. 

6. You Cannot Escape Sacrifices: When we are young, we believed that we will never compromise. But married life makes you wise and you realise that no one in this world can get away without making sacrifices. 

7. Communication Is The King: The divorce rates will come down by half if couples learn to communicate properly. The communication skills you pick up from marriage actually help you in your career. 

8. You Are Your Best Friend: Although we get married to be with someone forever, marriage teaches you to live yourself. You realise that you are actually your best friend and no one else in the world matters more than you. 

9. Money Matter: Marriage teaches you some ground realities about life; for example money can't buy love but love can't buy either. 

10. Nothing Is Impossible: Sometimes you can really surprise yourself with the thing you do to save your marriage. These experiences will banish the word 'impossible' from your vocabulary. If your marriage can work out, everything in the world is possible. These skills required for a happy marriage. But these skills can also make your life outside the marriage a successful one. So be a good student.

Source: NewsHunt


Every time he gets a call and goes out of the room, you think he is having an affair. Every time she opens her mouth, you know it is to criticize you for something. Are you at that stage of your marriage where you don't trust your spouse at all? 

Then you need trust building exercises to bring back the element of trust in your marriage. We all know that a marriage without trust is like a body without soul. That why every couple with problems must try out these trust building exercises. What they basically do is to teach you to trust each other again. Mind you, trust building exercises can be really therapeutic for your marriage so do not treat them like any other word game. 

1. Let her choose your clothes: Most happy couples have a say in what their spouse must wear. It is actually an ancient Indian custom for the wife to lay out her husbands clothes for work. So allow her to pick out your clothes for office without making up your mind that she will purposely do a bad job. 

2. Close your eyes and go to sleep when he is driving: Are you into the habit of doing backseat driving when he is driving? It means their is no trust in your marriage. Instead of telling him when to break, just close your eyes and go off to sleep. It will let him know that you trust his driving and that means you trust him. 

3. Call your friends for dinner and let her be the hostess: After all she is the mistress of the house; you must have faith in her decisions. Let her decide the menu, decor and arrangement for the party all by herself. This does not mean that you will not help her. But you must help her without questioning her decisions. 

4. Close your eyes and let him walk you down the stairs: This is a very important trust building activity. You are allowing him to lead you down the stairs and when you do that, you are putting your safety in his hands. By the time you reach the last step, you will realise that you have trust in your marriage again. 

5. Exchange each others bank passwords: This will have to be the last step of the trust building process. Trusting someone with your hard earned money is difficult but not impossible. And this trust building exercise is mutual. So you both need to contribute to making it work. Try out these trust building exercises and tell us if it has worked for you.

Source: NewsHunt



Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Dakshineswar (near Kolkata), West Bengal




Kedarnath temple, Kedarnath, Uttarakhand 
Lord Kalabhairaveshwara Temple , Adichunchanagiri Math (95 Km from Bangalore ), Karnataka 
Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple , Dharmasthala (75 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka 



Sri Krishna Temple , Guruvayur, Kerala


Sri Shantadurga temple, Ponda, Goa 


Suchindram Temple , Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.. 


Sri Madhuru Madananteshwara Siddivinayaka Temple , Madhur (50 kms from Mangalore), Kerala 


Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

The best part of the temple is the the huge idol of Lord Vishnu sleeping over the snake is turning into gold(it weighs almost 700 kg)! It is believed that when Mahmud of Ghazni invaded India in the middle ages, the people of the then kingdom invented a black coating which would not wear out even by the strongest chemicals. They coated the large idol with this so that the plunderers wont come to know that its made up of gold. they were unable to remove the coating after the invaders left. But recently, in the past 10 yrs or so the coating is finally wearing out little by little.


Sri Virupaksha Temple , Hampi, Karnataka 


Sri Venkateswara Temple , Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh 


Sri Gokarnanatheshwara Temple , Mangalore, Karnataka 


Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple Corridor, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu


Sri Ranganathaswamy Kovil ( Temple ), Srirangam (Near Trichy), Tamil Nadu 


Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar ThiruKovil, Madurai , Tamil Nadu 


Shore Temple , Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu 


Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple , Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu


Brihadeeshwar temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

The Gopuram of this Temple does not cast any Shadow. Also the Vimaanam( top of the gopuram) of this temple is made of one Single Stone.


Nataraja Temple , Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu 


Sree Seetha Ramachandra Swamivari Temple , Bhadrachalam, Andhra Pradesh 


Sri Kalahastheshwara Temple, Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh

The Only Hindu Temple in the world which is opened even during Lunar and Solar Eclipses as the Graha Doshas do not effect this Temple . 

Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple , Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu 


Arulmigu Sarangapani Temple - Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu 


Tiruchendur Sri Subrahmanya Swami Devasthanam, Tiruchendur, Tamil Nadu 


Sri Sharadamba Temple , Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri (101 km from Mangalore), Karnataka 


Sri Hoysaleshvara Temple , Halebidu (Near Hassan), Karnataka 



Sri Chennakesava Temple , Belur (Near Hassan), Karnataka 


Chamundeswari Temple , Chamundi Hills, Mysore , Karnataka 


Sri Krishna Mutt/Temple, Udupi (60 kms from Mangalore), Karnataka. 



Murudeshwara Temple , Murudeshwar (165 km from Mangalore), Karnataka. 




If you are planning to study abroad but confused about the exams that you might have to take to join an international school, here’s your directory to the entrance exams you may have to register for.



  • 1.    GRE
  • The Graduate Record Examination is a test which is required for a graduate or a business degree worldwide. The test is offered as a computer based exam and aims to evaluate the applicant’s verbal reasoning, analytical writing, quantitative reasoning and critical thinking skills. The exam is not specific to a particular topic and the cost to take the test varies on the country it is taken.

  • 2.    TOEFL
  • TOEFL or the Test Of English as a Foreign Language is a test which is considered by many universities. This exam is to ensure English language proficiency among students who apply to English-speaking universities, especially for non-native students who wish to study abroad. The test evaluates the reading, listening, speaking and writing ability of the applicant. 

  • 3.    IELTS
  • IELTS is International English Language Testing System and offers the academic version, which is mostly for students who aspire to complete their higher studies and the general training version which is mostly for non-academic purposes or gain work experience anywhere around the globe. This is a standardized test to assess the English aptitude of the applicant that measures listening, reading, writing and speaking skills.

  • 4.    GMAT
  • The Graduate Management Admission Test is a standard computer-based assessment criterion among many business schools worldwide. The exam includes quantitative section, verbal section, integrated reasoning and analytical writing assessment. This exam is taken by students who seek to graduate in management programs, including MBA, Master of Accountancy, and Master of Finance programs abroad.

  • 5.    SAT
  • SAT is an exam taken for college admissions in the United States of America. Writing, mathematics and critical reading are the major topics the applicant will be assessed by the colleges. SAT is offered seven times a year and the main reason for the test is to assess the student’s readiness for college.

  • 6.    LSAT
  • The Law School Admission Test is a half day exam which administered four times each year around the world. The exam is administered by the Law School Admission Council for students with good scores in reading comprehension, logical, and verbal reasoning proficiencies. It is a major part of the admission process in countries like United States, Canada, and Australia and is gaining popularity in other countries as well.

  • 7.    OET
  • The Occupational English Test is an English language test for trained medical and health professionals. This exam is taken by people who are qualified to practice their profession in one country and wish to gain professional experience in another country which has an English speaking context. The test evaluates the language competency and is administered about ten times a year in over 40 locations around the world.

  • 8.    MCAT
  • The Medical College Admission Test is a computer based exam for prospective medical students worldwide. Apart from scientific concepts and principles, the test is designed to assess problem solving, critical thinking, written analysis and writing skills. Almost all medical schools consider the MCAT scores as a part of the admission process and this exam is offered over 25 times every year.

  • 9.    ACT
  • The American College Testing is an examination for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States. English, mathematics, reading, science and optional writing test forms the structure of the test. This test is a multiple choice exam and has no negative marking for incorrect answers.

  • 10.  PTE
  • The Pearson Test of English Academic is an English Language test mostly conducted to assess the proficiency of non-native English speakers. The test focuses on real-life English used in academic surroundings through a computer based examination. The test will take about three hours to complete and students will receive their results within five working days.

  • Source: Yahoo

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