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- Article 356
- It allows the President to impose President's Rule in a state when the constitutional machinery has failed, on the Governor's report or otherwise, subject to parliamentary approval.
- Repo rate
- The rate at which the Reserve Bank of India lends short-term funds to commercial banks against government securities; raising it typically tightens liquidity and cools inflation.
- Tropic of Cancer in India
- It passes through eight states including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Haryana, crossing near Sirsa in Haryana.
- Jallianwala Bagh massacre
- Occurred on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar when General Dyer ordered firing on an unarmed gathering protesting the Rowlatt Act; it intensified the freedom movement.
- Ohm's law
- At constant temperature, current through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference across it, giving V = IR where R is resistance in ohms.
- Fiscal deficit
- Total government expenditure minus total receipts excluding borrowings; it measures the government's borrowing requirement and is expressed as a percentage of GDP.
- Subject-verb agreement rule
- A singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject a plural verb; with either-or and neither-nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject.
- Let the cat out of the bag
- An idiom meaning to reveal a secret unintentionally; for example, he let the cat out of the bag about the surprise party.
- Active to passive voice
- The object becomes the subject, the verb becomes a form of be plus the past participle, and the original subject follows by; only transitive verbs can be passivised.
- Direct to indirect speech
- Reported speech shifts tense back one step, changes pronouns to the third person, and converts time and place words such as today to that day.
- दीर्घ संधि
- जब ह्रस्व या दीर्घ स्वर के बाद उसी वर्ग का स्वर आए तो दोनों मिलकर दीर्घ हो जाते हैं, जैसे विद्या + आलय = विद्यालय।
- बहुव्रीहि समास
- वह समास जिसमें कोई भी पद प्रधान न होकर दोनों मिलकर किसी तीसरे अर्थ का बोध कराते हैं, जैसे दशानन का अर्थ दस मुखों वाला रावण।
- अपादान कारक
- कर्ता से वस्तु के अलग होने का भाव बताने वाला कारक; इसका विभक्ति चिह्न से है, जैसे पेड़ से पत्ते गिरे।
- आँख का तारा
- हिंदी मुहावरा जिसका अर्थ है बहुत प्यारा या अत्यंत प्रिय व्यक्ति; वाक्य में प्रयोग होता है जैसे पुत्र माता-पिता की आँख का तारा है।
- Haryana formation date
- Haryana was carved out of Punjab on 1 November 1966 on the Shah Commission's recommendation, with Chandigarh as its capital, shared with Punjab.
- Battles of Panipat
- Three decisive battles were fought at Panipat in Haryana: 1526 (Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi), 1556 (Akbar's forces under Bairam Khan) and 1761 (Ahmad Shah Abdali).
- Parivar Pehchan Patra
- A Haryana government family identity scheme assigning each family an eight-digit ID used to verify eligibility for welfare schemes and subsidies.
- Haryana Vidhan Sabha seats
- The Haryana Legislative Assembly has 90 elected members; the state sends 10 members to the Lok Sabha and 5 to the Rajya Sabha.
- Surajkund Crafts Mela
- An annual international crafts fair held in Surajkund, Faridabad, Haryana, showcasing Indian and foreign handicrafts, handlooms and folk performances.
- Syllogism validity rule
- A conclusion follows only if it is true in every possible Venn diagram consistent with the premises; a single counter-diagram makes it invalid.
- Direction after turning right
- When facing north, a right turn leads to east; facing east, a right turn leads to south; facing south, a right turn leads to west.
- Letter position coding
- Assign A=1 through Z=26; reverse pairs are A-Z, B-Y and C-X, so a reversed letter's position equals 27 minus the original position.
- Blood relation: maternal
- Maternal refers to the mother's side of the family, so a maternal uncle is the mother's brother and a maternal grandfather is the mother's father.
- Average speed for equal distances
- When a journey covers equal distances at speeds x and y, average speed is 2xy/(x + y), which is the harmonic mean, not the arithmetic average.
- Successive discounts formula
- Two successive discounts of a percent and b percent equal one discount of a + b - ab/100 percent on the marked price.
- CI minus SI for two years
- For two years at rate R, compound interest exceeds simple interest by P(R/100)², where P is the principal.
- Work together formula
- If A alone takes x days and B alone takes y days, working together they finish in xy/(x + y) days, found using LCM work units.
- nCr formula
- The number of ways to choose r items from n without regard to order equals n!/[r!(n-r)!], used in combination and probability problems.
- Precis length rule
- A precis should be about one-third of the original passage's length, retaining only the central idea in the third person without examples or opinion.
- Essay conclusion function
- The closing paragraph restates the thesis and summarises the main arguments without introducing new evidence, questions or points.
- Haryana state symbols
- Haryana's state animal is the blackbuck, state bird the black francolin, state tree the peepal and state flower the lotus.