AP Police SI flashcards

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AP Reorganisation Act, 2014

The law that bifurcated Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014, creating Telangana as the 29th state and leaving Andhra Pradesh as the residuary state with Hyderabad as joint capital for up to ten years.

Amaravati

The planned capital city of Andhra Pradesh, located on the Krishna river near Vijayawada-Guntur; the Andhra Pradesh High Court was inaugurated there in 2019.

Chandrayaan-3

ISRO's lunar mission whose Vikram lander achieved a soft landing near the Moon's south pole on 23 August 2023, making India the first country to land in that region.

Compound interest formula

Amount = P(1 + R/100)^T, where P is principal, R the annual rate and T the time in years; compound interest is amount minus principal, with interest added each period.

Alligation rule

A method to find the ratio in which two ingredients of different prices are mixed to get a mean price: ratio of cheaper to dearer quantities equals (dearer - mean) to (mean - cheaper).

Relative speed

When two bodies move in opposite directions their relative speed is the sum of their speeds; when moving in the same direction it is the difference.

Successive percentage change

Two successive changes of a percent and b percent produce a net change of a + b + (ab/100) percent; a 20 percent rise then 20 percent fall leaves a net 4 percent fall.

Syllogism validity rule

A conclusion follows only if it is true in every possible diagram of the premises; 'All A are B' and 'All B are C' therefore give 'All A are C'.

Clock hand angle

The angle between the hour and minute hands is |30H - 5.5M| degrees, where H is the hour and M the minutes; if it exceeds 180, subtract from 360.

Circular seating left-right

For people facing the centre, a person's left is clockwise; for people facing outward, their left is anticlockwise; fix one person and place others relative to them.

Article 32

The Fundamental Right to constitutional remedies, allowing a person to move the Supreme Court directly for enforcement of Fundamental Rights; Ambedkar called it the heart and soul of the Constitution.

Article 368

The provision governing amendment of the Constitution; it sets out amendment by simple majority, special majority, or special majority plus ratification by at least half the state legislatures.

Basic structure doctrine

The principle from Kesavananda Bharati v State of Kerala (1973) that Parliament cannot amend the Constitution in a way that destroys its essential features.

73rd Amendment Act

The 1992 amendment that added Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule, giving constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions and listing 29 subjects for them.

Dholavira

A Harappan site in Kutch, Gujarat, noted for its sophisticated water reservoirs and a signboard with large Indus script letters; it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kalinga war

The war fought by Ashoka in about 261 BCE in which he conquered Kalinga; its bloodshed led him to embrace Buddhism and propagate Dhamma through edicts.

Kuchipudi

A classical Indian dance form originating in Kuchipudi village of Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, known for expressive abhinaya, rhythmic footwork and the tarangam plate dance.

Dandi March

Gandhi's 1930 march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi on the Gujarat coast to make salt in defiance of the salt law, launching the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Godavari river

India's second longest river, rising at Trimbakeshwar in Maharashtra and flowing east through Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to the Bay of Bengal, forming a large delta.

Arma Konda

Also called Jindhagada peak, the highest point in Andhra Pradesh at about 1,680 metres, located in the Eastern Ghats in Alluri Sitharama Raju district.

Kolleru lake

A large freshwater lake in Andhra Pradesh between the Krishna and Godavari deltas, designated a Ramsar wetland and an important habitat for migratory birds.

Repo rate

The rate at which the Reserve Bank of India lends short-term funds to commercial banks against government securities; raising it generally reduces liquidity and inflation.

Fiscal deficit

The gap between total government expenditure and total receipts excluding borrowings; it shows how much the government must borrow to meet its spending.

Goods and Services Tax

India's indirect tax on supply of goods and services, launched on 1 July 2017, with standard slabs of 5, 12, 18 and 28 percent plus cess on some items.

MSP

Minimum Support Price, announced by the government on the recommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices to protect farmers against sharp price falls.

Ohm's law

At constant temperature, the current through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference across it, giving V = IR where R is resistance.

Nephron

The structural and functional unit of the kidney that filters blood, reabsorbs useful substances and secretes waste to form urine; each human kidney has about a million.

Malaria transmission

Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites and transmitted by the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito, which needs blood for egg development.

AP state symbols

Andhra Pradesh's state animal is the blackbuck, state bird the rose-ringed parakeet, state tree the neem and state flower the jasmine.

Polavaram project

A multipurpose irrigation and hydroelectric project on the Godavari river in Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, with a national project status and a major dam and canal network.

Sriharikota

An island in Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, housing the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, ISRO's primary launch site for satellites and lunar and planetary missions.

Affect versus effect

'Affect' is usually a verb meaning to influence; 'effect' is usually a noun meaning a result; 'effect' as a verb means to bring about.