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- Jharkhand Formation Day
- 15 November 2000, when Jharkhand became India's 28th state under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, with Ranchi as its capital.
- Birsa Munda
- Tribal leader (1875–1900) of the Munda community who led the Ulgulan rebellion against British rule; called Dharti Aba, his birthday is Janjatiya Gaurav Divas.
- Sohrai painting
- A GI-tagged tribal wall-art tradition of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, painted during harvest festivals with natural earth colours and motifs of animals and plants.
- Chota Nagpur Plateau
- A mineral-rich plateau covering most of Jharkhand, composed largely of ancient Gondwana rock and known for coal, iron ore, mica, and copper deposits.
- Damodar Valley Corporation
- India's first multipurpose river valley project, set up in 1948 on the Damodar river, providing flood control, irrigation, and hydroelectric power across Jharkhand and West Bengal.
- Jharkhand assembly strength
- The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly has 81 elected members, and the state sends 14 members to the Lok Sabha and 6 to the Rajya Sabha.
- Article 32
- The Right to Constitutional Remedies, allowing citizens to move the Supreme Court for enforcement of Fundamental Rights; Ambedkar called it the heart and soul of the Constitution.
- Fundamental Duties
- Eleven duties of citizens listed in Article 51A, added by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976 on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee.
- Directive Principles
- Guidelines in Part IV (Articles 36–51) directing state policy toward social and economic welfare; they are not enforceable in courts.
- Tropic of Cancer in India
- An imaginary latitude at 23.5° N that passes through eight Indian states, including Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Gujarat.
- Santhal Hul
- A tribal rebellion of 1855–56 led by Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu against British revenue systems and moneylenders in the Santhal Pargana region.
- GDP expenditure formula
- Gross domestic product at market prices equals consumption plus investment plus government spending plus net exports (exports minus imports).
- Newton's second law
- The net force on a body equals its mass multiplied by its acceleration (F = ma); force is measured in newtons, where one newton equals one kg·m/s².
- Photosynthesis equation
- Six carbon dioxide molecules plus six water molecules, using light energy and chlorophyll, produce one glucose molecule and six oxygen molecules in chloroplasts.
- pH scale
- A 0 to 14 scale of acidity: values below 7 are acidic, 7 is neutral, and above 7 is basic; litmus turns red in acid and blue in base.
- Ohm's law
- Current through a conductor is directly proportional to potential difference at constant temperature, expressed as V = IR where R is resistance in ohms.
- Universal blood donor
- People with O negative blood, because their red cells carry neither A nor B antigens nor the Rh D antigen, so they can be given to any recipient.
- Mitochondria
- Membrane-bound cell organelles that carry out aerobic respiration and produce most of the cell's ATP, often called the powerhouse of the cell.
- Simple interest formula
- Simple interest equals principal multiplied by rate multiplied by time, divided by 100; interest is calculated only on the original principal.
- Compound interest formula
- Amount equals principal times (1 + rate/100) raised to the time in years; compound interest is the amount minus the principal.
- Work together formula
- If A finishes a job in x days and B in y days, working together they finish it in xy divided by (x + y) days.
- km/h to m/s
- Multiply a speed in kilometres per hour by 5/18 to convert it to metres per second; multiply by 18/5 for the reverse.
- Successive discount formula
- Two successive discounts of a percent and b percent equal a single discount of a + b − ab/100 percent on the marked price.
- Clock hand gain
- The minute hand gains 5.5 degrees per minute on the hour hand, so the hands overlap every 65 and 5/11 minutes.
- Opposite letters rule
- In the English alphabet, opposite-position pairs sum to 27, such as A with Z, B with Y, and C with X; useful in coding questions.
- Syllogism validity rule
- A conclusion is valid only if it holds in every possible Venn diagram consistent with the given premises, not just one arrangement.
- Odd days in a century
- A century contains 24 leap years and 76 ordinary years, giving 5 odd days; 400 years give 0 odd days.
- Election Commission of India
- A constitutional body under Article 324 that conducts elections to Parliament, state legislatures, and the offices of President and Vice-President.
- Khel Ratna Award
- India's highest sporting honour, now named after Major Dhyan Chand, awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- Hindi ergative postposition
- The postposition ने marks the subject of a transitive verb in perfective tenses, as in राम ने खाना खाया (Ram ate food).
- Present perfect tense
- Formed with has or have plus the past participle, it describes a past action connected to the present, as in 'She has finished the report'.
- 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'.