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- Bihar Diwas date
- Observed every year on 22 March, it marks the day in 1912 when Bihar was separated from Bengal. Official state celebration began in 2010.
- Nalanda Mahavihara
- An ancient Buddhist monastic university in present-day Bihar, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2016, known for its scholars and excavated ruins.
- Kunwar Singh
- A Rajput zamindar of Jagdishpur who led the 1857 uprising in Bihar, notable for defeating British forces despite being in his late sixties.
- Article 32
- The right to constitutional remedies, allowing a citizen to move the Supreme Court directly for enforcement of fundamental rights. Ambedkar called it the heart and soul of the Constitution.
- Kosi River
- A tributary of the Ganga in Bihar, called the sorrow of Bihar because of frequent and shifting floods caused by heavy silt load and changing course.
- Kesavananda Bharati case
- The 1973 Supreme Court judgment holding that Parliament cannot amend the basic structure of the Constitution, and that the Preamble is part of the Constitution.
- Real versus nominal GDP
- Real GDP is measured at constant base-year prices and reflects actual output growth; nominal GDP is measured at current prices and includes price changes.
- Alligation rule
- A method for finding the ratio in which two ingredients of known prices must be mixed to obtain a mixture of a given mean price.
- Simple interest formula
- Interest computed only on the principal: SI = P x R x T / 100, where P is principal, R the annual rate percent, and T the time in years.
- Work-rate shortcut
- If two persons working alone finish a job in x and y days, working together they finish it in xy divided by (x + y) days.
- Successive discount formula
- Two successive discounts of a percent and b percent are equivalent to a single discount of a + b minus ab/100 percent.
- Odd days of a year
- The leftover days beyond complete weeks. An ordinary year has 1 odd day, a leap year has 2, 100 years have 5, and 400 years have 0.
- Clock hand gain
- The minute hand gains 5.5 degrees per minute over the hour hand; the two hands coincide every 65 5/11 minutes.
- Syllogism validity rule
- A conclusion is valid only if it is true in every possible Venn diagram consistent with the given premises, not merely in one arrangement.
- Opposite letter pairs
- In the alphabet, letters equidistant from the ends sum to 27: A pairs with Z, B with Y, C with X, and so on up to M with N.
- बहुव्रीहि समास
- वह समास जिसमें दोनों पद मिलकर किसी तीसरे अर्थ की ओर संकेत करते हैं, जैसे चक्रधर का अर्थ विष्णु या शिव होता है।
- तत्पुरुष समास
- वह समास जिसमें उत्तर पद प्रधान होता है और पूर्व पद कारक चिह्न लुप्त होकर जुड़ता है, जैसे राजपुत्र अर्थात राजा का पुत्र।
- कृत् प्रत्यय
- क्रिया या धातु के अंत में जुड़कर नया शब्द बनाने वाले प्रत्यय, जैसे पढ़ से पढ़ाई और लिख से लेखक।
- अंधे की लाठी
- एक प्रचलित मुहावरा जिसका अर्थ है किसी का एकमात्र सहारा या भरोसा, विशेषकर कठिन परिस्थिति में।
- वीर रस
- नौ रसों में से एक, जिसमें युद्ध, दान या त्याग के वर्णन से उत्साह और साहस का भाव जागृत होता है।
- Subject-verb agreement rule
- A singular subject takes a singular verb. In the phrase one of plus a plural noun, the verb agrees with one and stays singular.
- Since versus for
- Since is used with a specific point in time, such as since 2010, while for is used with a duration, such as for five years.
- Let the cat out
- An idiom meaning to reveal a secret, usually accidentally, thereby spoiling a surprise or exposing information meant to be hidden.
- Advice versus advise
- Advice is a noun meaning a recommendation, while advise is a verb meaning to give a recommendation; they are often confused in writing.
- Article 155
- The constitutional provision stating that the Governor of a state is appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal.
- Bihar Legislative Council
- The upper house of Bihar's legislature, a permanent body of 75 members with one-third retiring every two years, unlike the Assembly.
- Chausa
- A place in Buxar district of Bihar where the Ganga enters the state, and also the site of a 1539 battle between Humayun and Sher Shah.
- Compound interest formula
- For principal P, annual rate R percent and time T years, the amount is P times (1 + R/100) raised to T; interest is amount minus principal.
- Speed unit conversion
- To convert kilometres per hour into metres per second, multiply by 5/18; to convert metres per second into kilometres per hour, multiply by 18/5.
- Blood relation tree
- A diagram method for reasoning questions: vertical lines show parent-child links, horizontal lines show siblings or spouses, and gender must be marked.
- Direction after turns
- Facing north, a right turn leads east and a left turn leads west; two successive right turns reverse the original facing direction.
- उपसर्ग
- वे शब्दांश जो किसी शब्द के आरंभ में जुड़कर उसका अर्थ बदल देते हैं, जैसे अनु, अप, निर और प्र।