Kerala PSC Degree Level flashcards

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Chandrayaan-3

India's lunar mission whose Vikram lander touched down near the Moon's south pole on 23 August 2023, carrying the Pragyan rover.

G20 New Delhi Summit

The 2023 G20 leaders' summit hosted by India in New Delhi; its theme was Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, meaning One Earth, One Family, One Future.

Aditya-L1

India's first dedicated solar observatory mission, launched in September 2023, placed near the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L1 to study the Sun.

Odd days

In calendar reasoning, the remainder days left after dividing total days by seven; an ordinary year has one odd day and a leap year two.

Blood relation tree

A diagram used in reasoning that links family members with lines and marks gender, helping deduce relationships without assuming unstated genders.

Successive percentage change

For two successive changes of a% and b%, the net percentage change is a + b + ab/100, with signs included for increase or decrease.

Compound interest

Interest calculated on principal plus accumulated interest; for principal P, rate R and time T years, amount equals P times (1 + R/100) raised to T.

Subject-verb agreement

The rule that a verb must match its subject in number and person; singular subjects take singular verbs, and words like each and every are singular.

Present perfect tense

A tense formed with has or have plus the past participle; it links a past action to the present, often used with since, for, already, yet or ever.

Sandhi

In Malayalam grammar, the phonetic combination of two adjacent sounds or words, often changing their form, as when a vowel ending meets another vowel.

Kundalatha

Published in 1887 by Appu Nedungadi, it is widely regarded as the first Malayalam novel and an early work of Malayalam prose fiction.

Malayalam classical language status

Malayalam was declared a classical language by the Indian government in 2013, recognising its ancient literary tradition and independent linguistic heritage.

Random-access memory

Volatile primary memory that stores data and program instructions currently in use; its contents are lost when the computer is switched off.

IPv6

The newer Internet Protocol version using 128-bit addresses, created to overcome the limited address space of 32-bit IPv4.

Article 32

A Fundamental Right that allows individuals to move the Supreme Court directly for enforcement of Fundamental Rights; Dr B. R. Ambedkar called it the heart and soul of the Constitution.

Basic structure doctrine

The principle, established in Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala in 1973, that Parliament cannot amend the Constitution in a way that destroys its essential features.

73rd Amendment

A 1992 constitutional amendment that gave constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions and added Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule to the Constitution.

Sree Narayana Guru

A Kerala social reformer who promoted education and equality, founded the SNDP, and gave the message 'one caste, one religion, one God for man'.

Temple Entry Proclamation

The 1936 proclamation by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the Maharaja of Travancore, opening Hindu temples to all Hindus regardless of caste.

Aikya Kerala movement

The movement demanding a united Kerala state by merging Travancore, Cochin and Malabar; it culminated in the state's formation on 1 November 1956.

Kerala formation

Kerala was formed on 1 November 1956 by merging Travancore-Cochin with Malabar district under the States Reorganisation Act, with E. M. S. Namboodiripad as first Chief Minister.

Anamudi

The highest peak in Kerala and in the Western Ghats, located in Idukki district and rising to about 2,695 metres above sea level.

Vembanad Lake

The largest lake in Kerala and the longest lake in India, lying behind the Kuttanad region and connected with the Arabian Sea.

Periyar

The longest river in Kerala, originating in the Western Ghats and flowing through Idukki and Ernakulam before reaching the Arabian Sea.

Ohm's law

The relationship stating that current through a conductor is directly proportional to potential difference at constant temperature; expressed as V equals IR.

Mitochondria

Membrane-bound cell organelles that produce most of the cell's ATP through aerobic respiration and are therefore called the powerhouses of the cell.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make glucose and release oxygen, mainly in chloroplasts containing chlorophyll.

Dandi March

Mahatma Gandhi's 1930 march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi to make salt and defy the British salt law, a key event of the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Mauryan Empire

The ancient Indian empire founded by Chandragupta Maurya around 321 BCE, later expanded by Ashoka and remembered for administration and Buddhist patronage.

MGNREGA

A rural employment guarantee law enacted in 2005 that provides at least 100 days of unskilled wage employment per household per year on demand.

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 and inflation.

GST

India's destination-based indirect tax on supply of goods and services, launched on 1 July 2017, replacing many central and state taxes.