JSSC CGL flashcards
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- Permanent Settlement
- Land revenue system introduced by Lord Cornwallis in 1793 in Bengal, fixing revenue permanently with zamindars who became owners of the land.
- Article 32
- Constitutional article giving citizens the right to move the Supreme Court directly for enforcement of Fundamental Rights; called the heart of the Constitution.
- Repo rate
- The interest rate at which the Reserve Bank of India lends short-term funds to commercial banks against government securities, used to control liquidity.
- Fiscal deficit
- The gap between total government expenditure and total receipts excluding borrowings, indicating how much the government needs to borrow.
- Tropic of Cancer in India
- An imaginary latitude at about 23.5 degrees north that passes through eight Indian states, including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.
- Universal donor blood group
- O negative blood, because its red cells carry neither A nor B antigens nor the RhD antigen, so it can be given to almost any recipient.
- Chandrayaan-3 landing
- ISRO mission whose Vikram lander soft-landed near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023, making India the first country to reach that region.
- Bharat Ratna
- India's highest civilian award, instituted in 1954, given for exceptional service in art, literature, science and public affairs; not a title.
- GST Council
- Constitutional body under Article 279A that recommends GST rates and rules; chaired by the Union Finance Minister with state finance ministers as members.
- Montreal Protocol
- 1987 international agreement to phase out ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons, helping the ozone layer recover.
- BRICS
- Grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa formed through summits from 2009, with South Africa joining in 2010.
- NITI Aayog
- Policy think tank created in 2015 to replace the Planning Commission, advising the government on development strategy and cooperative federalism.
- Successive percentage change
- Two successive changes of a percent and b percent equal a single change of a + b + ab/100 percent, where signs indicate increase or decrease.
- Compound interest formula
- Amount A = P(1 + R/100)^T, and compound interest equals A minus the principal P, with interest added to principal each period.
- Alligation rule
- Method finding the ratio of two ingredients: quantity of cheaper to quantity of dearer equals dearer price minus mean, divided by mean minus cheaper price.
- Speed conversion rule
- To change kilometres per hour into metres per second multiply by 5/18; to change metres per second into km/h multiply by 18/5.
- Clock hand angle
- Angle between hour and minute hands equals the absolute value of 30H minus 5.5M degrees, where H is hour and M is minutes.
- Syllogism rule
- In categorical reasoning, 'All A are B' does not reverse to 'All B are A', but 'Some A are B' does reverse to 'Some B are A'.
- Odd days of a year
- Days beyond complete weeks: an ordinary year has 1 odd day, a leap year has 2, and a century leap year has 0.
- Circular seating direction
- When people face the centre of a circle, a person's left is clockwise and right is anticlockwise; reverse this when they face outward.
- समास
- दो या दो से अधिक शब्दों के मेल से बने पद को समास कहते हैं; तत्पुरुष में अंतिम पद और द्वंद्व में दोनों पद प्रधान होते हैं।
- मुहावरा
- ऐसा वाक्यांश जिसका अर्थ शब्दों के सामान्य अर्थ से भिन्न होता है, जैसे 'नौ-दो ग्यारह होना' का अर्थ भाग जाना है।
- उपसर्ग
- वह शब्दांश जो किसी शब्द के आरम्भ में जुड़कर उसका अर्थ बदल देता है, जैसे 'प्र' + 'हार' = प्रहार।
- पर्यायवाची शब्द
- ऐसे शब्द जिनका अर्थ समान होता है; जैसे सूर्य के पर्यायवाची दिनकर, भास्कर, रवि और आदित्य हैं।
- Subject-verb agreement
- A singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject a plural verb; words like each, every and neither are treated as singular.
- Present perfect tense
- Formed with has or have plus the past participle, it describes a past action connected to the present, often with since or for.
- Since versus for
- Use 'since' with a starting point of time, such as since 2010, and 'for' with a length of time, such as for five years.
- Idiom: let the cat out
- The idiom 'to let the cat out of the bag' means to reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake.
- Jharkhand state formation
- Jharkhand became India's 28th state on 15 November 2000 under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, with Ranchi as its capital.
- Santhal Hul
- The 1855-56 tribal rebellion against revenue exploitation led by Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu in the Santhal Pargana region of present-day Jharkhand.
- Birsa Munda
- Munda tribal leader who led the Ulgulan movement against British rule and landlord exploitation in the late nineteenth century; born in Ulihatu.
- Chhau dance
- A masked dance form of Seraikela in Jharkhand, performed with vigorous movements and recognised on the UNESCO intangible heritage list.
- Parasnath Hill
- The highest peak in Jharkhand at about 1,365 metres, located in Giridih district and an important Jain pilgrimage site.