CG Mandi Nirikshak flashcards

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Chhattisgarh formation date

Chhattisgarh became India's 26th state on 1 November 2000 under the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, with Raipur as its capital.

Mahanadi origin

The Mahanadi river originates near Sihawa in the Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh and flows east through Odisha before draining into the Bay of Bengal.

Bailadila range

Bailadila, located in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, is a major iron-ore mining range supplying ore to steel plants including Bhilai.

Bastar Dussehra

Bastar Dussehra is a long-duration tribal festival held at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh, centred on the Danteshwari temple and celebrated over several weeks.

दीर्घ संधि

जब दो स्वर मिलकर एक दीर्घ स्वर बनाते हैं तो उसे दीर्घ संधि कहते हैं; जैसे विद्या + आलय = विद्यालय।

बहुव्रीहि समास

जिस समास में कोई भी पद प्रधान न होकर समस्त पद किसी तीसरे अर्थ का बोध कराए, उसे बहुव्रीहि समास कहते हैं; जैसे दशानन।

Subject-verb agreement rule

A singular subject takes a singular verb; phrases such as 'one of the' take a plural noun but a singular verb, as in 'One of the boys is here'.

Active to passive voice

The object becomes the subject, the verb becomes a form of 'be' plus past participle, and the original subject follows 'by', as in 'A letter was written by her'.

Article 32

Article 32 gives the Supreme Court power to issue writs for enforcement of Fundamental Rights; Ambedkar called it the heart and soul of the Constitution.

Fundamental Duties

Fundamental Duties are listed in Article 51A, Part IVA, added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976 on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee; they are non-justiciable.

Finance Commission

The Finance Commission is constituted under Article 280 every five years to recommend distribution of tax revenue between the Union and states and grants-in-aid.

Tropic of Cancer in India

The Tropic of Cancer passes through eight Indian states, including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.

Compound interest formula

Compound interest equals P[(1 + R/100)^T − 1], where P is principal, R the annual rate and T the time in years with annual compounding.

CI minus SI for two years

For two years, the difference between compound and simple interest equals P(R/100)², where P is principal and R the annual rate percent.

Alligation rule

The alligation rule gives the ratio of quantities mixed as (mean price − cheaper price) : (dearer price − mean price) for two-ingredient mixtures.

Train crossing a platform

When a train crosses a platform, total distance covered equals train length plus platform length, and time equals that distance divided by speed.

Syllogism validity test

A syllogistic conclusion is valid only if it is true in every possible Venn diagram consistent with the given premises, not merely in one arrangement.

Clock hand angle formula

The angle between the hour and minute hands is |30H − 5.5M| degrees, where H is the hour and M the minutes past the hour.

Odd days in a century

In the Gregorian calendar, 100 years give 5 odd days, 200 give 3, 300 give 1 and 400 give 0 odd days.

Blood relation notation

In blood-relation puzzles, draw a tree marking gender and generation; maternal uncle is the mother's brother and paternal aunt the father's sister.

e-NAM

e-NAM is a pan-India electronic trading portal launched in 2016 that networks regulated mandis to enable transparent online price discovery for agricultural produce.

Producer's share

Producer's share equals producer price divided by consumer price, multiplied by 100; it rises as the marketing channel shortens.

Marketable surplus

Marketable surplus is production minus family consumption, seed, feed and other retentions, representing the quantity actually offered for sale in the market.

AGMARK

AGMARK is the grading and standardisation mark for agricultural produce under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937.

Mandi auction sequence

Mandi operations run from gate entry and weighing to auction or tender, sale confirmation, payment settlement, and issue of sale and transport permits.

APMC

An Agricultural Produce Market Committee is a statutory body under the state Agricultural Produce Markets Act that regulates buying and selling of notified commodities in its market yard.

PACS

A Primary Agricultural Credit Society is a village-level cooperative that provides short-term credit and is federated to the District Central Cooperative Bank.

97th Constitutional Amendment

The 97th Amendment, 2011, inserted Article 43B in the Directive Principles and Part IXB on cooperative societies, giving cooperatives constitutional recognition.

Godhan Nyay Yojana

Godhan Nyay Yojana is a Chhattisgarh scheme under which the state procures cow dung from cattle owners and converts it into vermicompost for sale.

अनुप्रास अलंकार

जहाँ एक ही व्यंजन की आवृत्ति कई बार होती है, वहाँ अनुप्रास अलंकार होता है; जैसे चारु चंद्र की चंचल किरणें।

Directive Principles

Directive Principles of State Policy are contained in Part IV, Articles 36 to 51; they are non-justiciable but fundamental in governance, as stated in Article 37.

Time and work formula

If A finishes work in x days and B in y days, working together they finish it in xy/(x + y) days, since their rates add.