Customs Sepoy Written Exam flashcards

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Republic Day

Observed on 26 January each year, marking the date in 1950 when the Constitution of India came into force, replacing the Government of India Act as the governing document.

Reserve Bank of India

India's central bank, nationalised in 1949, which issues currency, conducts monetary policy and regulates the banking system under the RBI Act, 1934.

United Nations founding

The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 after the Second World War, with the General Assembly and Security Council among its six principal organs.

ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation is India's national space agency, responsible for satellite launch vehicles, earth observation and planetary missions such as Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan.

Subject-verb agreement

A rule requiring the verb to match its subject in number and person, so a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb.

Active to passive voice

A transformation where the object becomes the subject, the verb becomes a form of be plus past participle, and the original subject moves to an agent phrase.

Since versus for

Since is used with a specific starting point in time, such as since 2010, while for is used with a duration, such as for three years.

Synonym

A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word in the same language, such as begin and commence, allowing substitution without changing sense.

Idiom meaning

An expression whose meaning cannot be derived from its individual words, such as bite the bullet, which means to endure something difficult bravely.

Percentage change formula

Percentage change equals the difference between new and old values divided by the old value, then multiplied by one hundred to express it as a percent.

Simple interest

Interest computed only on the original principal, calculated as principal times rate times time divided by one hundred, without compounding.

Speed conversion

To convert kilometres per hour to metres per second multiply by five-eighteenths; to convert metres per second to kilometres per hour multiply by eighteen-fifths.

Time and work rule

If a worker completes a task in n days, one day's work equals one divided by n, and combined rates of workers are added to find total time.

Combination formula

The number of ways to choose r items from n without regard to order, equal to n factorial divided by r factorial times n minus r factorial.

Syllogism validity

A conclusion is valid only if it must be true whenever the premises are true, which can be tested by checking every possible Venn diagram arrangement.

Clock hand speeds

The minute hand sweeps six degrees per minute while the hour hand sweeps half a degree per minute, giving a relative gain of five and a half degrees per minute.

Blood relation tree

A diagram showing family members with vertical links for generations and horizontal links for marriage or siblings, marked by gender, used to trace relationships.

Direction sense method

Track movement by resolving each step into north-south and east-west components, then combine them to find net displacement and final facing direction.

Customs Act 1962

The principal Indian statute governing the levy and collection of customs duties, clearance of imported and exported goods, warehousing and prevention of smuggling.

Bill of Entry

The electronic declaration filed by an importer or agent with customs, stating goods, value and classification, on which duty is assessed and clearance granted.

Shipping Bill

The declaration filed for export goods with customs, containing details of the consignment, exporter and destination, and used for export clearance and duty drawback claims.

Customs bonded warehouse

A licensed storage place where imported goods may be kept without immediate payment of duty until they are cleared for home consumption or re-exported.

Customs drawback

A refund of customs or excise duty paid on imported inputs used in the manufacture of export goods, granted under the Customs Act and related rules.

RAM versus ROM

RAM is volatile working memory that loses contents when power is off, while ROM is non-volatile memory holding permanent firmware such as the basic input output system.

Byte conversion

One byte equals eight bits; one kilobyte equals 1024 bytes, one megabyte equals 1024 kilobytes, and one gigabyte equals 1024 megabytes.

IP address versions

An IP address identifies a device on a network; IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses while IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses to overcome address exhaustion.

Bcc field

A blind carbon copy field in email that sends a copy to a recipient whose address is hidden from other recipients listed in the message.

Article 32 remedies

Article 32 gives citizens the right to move the Supreme Court directly for enforcement of Fundamental Rights and is called the heart and soul of the Constitution.

Fundamental Duties

A list of eleven duties of citizens in Article 51A, inserted by the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976, which are non-justiciable but guide citizen conduct.

Directive Principles

Guidelines in Part IV, Articles 36 to 51, directing state policy toward social and economic welfare; they are not enforceable in courts but fundamental to governance.

Election Commission

A constitutional body established under Article 324 that supervises and conducts elections to Parliament, state legislatures and the offices of President and Vice-President.

National security meaning

The protection of a state's sovereignty, territorial integrity and internal stability against external military threats, terrorism, espionage and other dangers.