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- Article 32
- The Right to Constitutional Remedies, allowing citizens to move the Supreme Court directly for enforcement of Fundamental Rights. Ambedkar called it the heart and soul of the Constitution.
- Battle of Plassey
- Fought in 1757 between the British East India Company under Robert Clive and Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal. The British victory established Company political power in Bengal.
- Tropic of Cancer
- The latitude 23°26′ N that passes through eight Indian states, including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, and Mizoram.
- Fundamental Duties
- Eleven duties listed in Article 51A, added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976 on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee. They apply to citizens of India.
- Shiwalik Range
- The southernmost and youngest range of the Himalayas, also called the Outer Himalayas. It lies south of the Lesser Himalayas and is composed of unconsolidated sediments.
- Nobel laureates from India
- Rabindranath Tagore won the Literature prize in 1913, C. V. Raman won Physics in 1930, and Amartya Sen won Economics in 1998. These are among India's Nobel recipients.
- Opposite letter rule
- In the English alphabet, the opposite of a letter at position n is at position 27 − n. For example, A (1) pairs with Z (26) and C (3) with X (24).
- Blood relation deduction
- Draw a family tree with gender symbols before answering. If A is the son of B and B is the daughter of C, then A is the grandson of C.
- Ranking formula
- If a person ranks Lth from the left and Rth from the right in a row, the total number of persons is L + R − 1. This avoids double-counting the person.
- Syllogism validity rule
- A conclusion is valid only if it holds in every possible Venn diagram of the premises. 'All A are B' does not imply 'All B are A'.
- Mirror image rule
- In a vertical mirror, left and right are interchanged while top and bottom remain the same. In a water image, top and bottom are interchanged instead.
- Direction sense turns
- Turning right from North faces East; turning left from East faces North. For two perpendicular moves, net displacement is found using the Pythagorean theorem.
- Successive percentage change
- A successive increase of x% followed by a decrease of y% gives a net change of x − y − xy/100 percent. A positive result is a net increase.
- Compound interest formula
- Compound interest equals P(1 + R/100)^T − P when compounded annually. P is the principal, R the annual rate percent, and T the time in years.
- Work together formula
- If A completes a job in x days and B in y days, working together they take xy/(x + y) days. This follows from adding their one-day work rates.
- km/h to m/s
- To convert kilometres per hour to metres per second, multiply by 5/18. To convert metres per second to kilometres per hour, multiply by 18/5.
- LCM and HCF relation
- For two positive integers, LCM × HCF equals the product of the two numbers. Prime factorisation gives both values for large numbers.
- Profit percentage formula
- Profit percent equals (SP − CP)/CP × 100, where SP is selling price and CP is cost price. Loss percent uses (CP − SP)/CP × 100.
- Trapezium area
- The area of a trapezium equals ½ × (sum of the parallel sides) × height. The height is the perpendicular distance between the parallel sides.
- दीर्घ संधि
- जब दो स्वर मिलकर दीर्घ स्वर बनाते हैं तो उसे दीर्घ संधि कहते हैं। जैसे विद्या + आलय = विद्यालय, जहाँ 'आ' और 'आ' मिलकर 'आ' बनते हैं।
- बहुव्रीहि समास
- वह समास जिसमें दोनों पद मिलकर किसी तीसरे अर्थ की ओर संकेत करते हैं। जैसे 'दशानन' का अर्थ है दस मुखों वाला, अर्थात् रावण।
- उपसर्ग और प्रत्यय
- उपसर्ग शब्द के आरम्भ में जुड़कर अर्थ बदलते हैं, जैसे 'अ' + 'ज्ञान' = अज्ञान। प्रत्यय शब्द के अंत में जुड़ते हैं, जैसे 'लड़क' + 'पन' = लड़कपन।
- मुहावरा
- ऐसा वाक्यांश जिसका अर्थ शब्दों के शाब्दिक अर्थ से भिन्न होता है। जैसे 'अंधे की लाठी' का अर्थ है एकमात्र सहारा।
- अनुप्रास अलंकार
- जब एक ही वर्ण की आवृत्ति किसी काव्य पंक्ति में एक से अधिक बार होती है, तो उसे अनुप्रास अलंकार कहते हैं। यह ध्वनि सौंदर्य उत्पन्न करता है।
- कर्ता कारक
- वह कारक जो क्रिया को करने वाले को दर्शाता है। इसका विभक्ति चिह्न 'ने' है, जैसे 'राम ने पत्र लिखा' में 'राम' कर्ता है।
- पर्यायवाची शब्द
- समान अर्थ वाले शब्दों को पर्यायवाची कहते हैं। जैसे 'सूर्य' के पर्यायवाची रवि, दिनकर, भास्कर और आदित्य हैं।
- Subject-verb agreement
- A singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb. Phrases between them do not change the verb number, as in 'The box of pens is on the table'.
- Present perfect tense
- Formed with has or have plus the past participle. It describes a past action that has present relevance, such as 'She has finished her homework'.
- Active to passive voice
- Move the object to subject position, use the correct form of 'be' with the past participle, and add 'by' before the agent. 'Ram wrote a letter' becomes 'A letter was written by Ram'.
- Prepositions of time
- Use 'in' for months, years, and long periods; 'on' for days and dates; and 'at' for exact times and festivals. For example, in July, on Monday, at 5 p.m.
- Idiom: blessing in disguise
- An apparent misfortune that eventually turns out to be beneficial. For example, missing the train was a blessing in disguise because it was delayed for hours.
- Articles a and an
- Use 'a' before a consonant sound and 'an' before a vowel sound. This depends on pronunciation, so we say 'an hour' and 'a university'.
- Direct to indirect speech
- Change the reporting verb to 'said that', shift the tense one step back, and adjust pronouns to reflect the speaker-listener relationship. Time and place words may also change.