Maharashtra Talathi flashcards

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लिंग (Gender) in Marathi

Marathi nouns are masculine, feminine or neuter. Neuter nouns take 'ते' as pronoun; masculine 'तो' and feminine 'ती'. Gender affects verb and adjective endings.

विभक्ती (Cases) count

Marathi has eight cases: prathama, dvitiya, tritiya, chaturthi, panchami, shashthi, saptami and sambodhan. Each has singular and plural forms, giving sixteen inflectional forms.

तत्पुरुष समास

A compound in which the first member is subordinate to the second and a case relation is implied. Example: 'राजपुत्र' means 'राजाचा पुत्र' (son of a king).

उपमा अलंकार

A figure of speech expressing comparison using words such as 'सारखा', 'प्रमाणे' or 'वाणी'. The two objects remain distinct, unlike rupak where they are identified.

अविकारी शब्द

Words that do not change form with gender, number or case. They include क्रियाविशेषण, उभयान्वयी अव्यय, शब्दयोगी अव्यय and केवलप्रयोगी अव्यय.

मराठी वर्णमाला count

The Marathi alphabet has 12 vowels and 36 consonants, plus two digraph consonants क्ष and ज्ञ, totalling 50 letters; vowels yield 14 matra forms.

Present perfect tense

Formed with has/have plus past participle. It describes a past action whose result or relevance continues into the present, e.g. 'She has finished her work.'

Passive voice formation

The object becomes subject, verb becomes a form of 'be' plus past participle, and the agent follows 'by'. Example: 'The letter was written by him.'

Indirect speech tense shift

When reporting speech, present becomes past and past becomes past perfect. Time words shift: today→that day, tomorrow→the next day, this→that.

Articles a, an, the

'A/an' marks an indefinite singular countable noun; 'an' precedes vowel sounds. 'The' marks definite or unique nouns, superlatives, rivers and mountain ranges.

Fewer versus less

'Fewer' is used with countable plural nouns (fewer students); 'less' with uncountable nouns (less water). Mixing them is a common exam error.

Idiom: beat about the bush

To avoid coming to the main point and speak around it. Example: 'Stop beating about the bush and tell me the result directly.'

Successive percentage change

Two successive changes of a% and b% produce a net change of a + b + ab/100. A 10% rise then 10% fall gives a net 1% fall.

Compound interest formula

Amount A = P(1 + R/100)^T, where P is principal, R the annual rate and T the time in years. Interest equals A minus P.

Net loss on equal selling prices

If two articles are sold at the same price with gains of x% and losses of x%, the seller always makes a net loss of x²/100 percent.

km/h to m/s conversion

Multiply kilometres per hour by 5/18 to get metres per second. Conversely, multiply metres per second by 18/5 to obtain kilometres per hour.

Combined work rate

If A finishes a job in a days and B in b days, together they finish it in ab/(a+b) days, since their one-day rates 1/a and 1/b add.

Mean proportional

The mean proportional between two positive numbers a and b is the square root of their product, √(ab). It lies between them in the ratio a : √(ab) : b.

Maharashtra formation date

Maharashtra was created on 1 May 1960 under the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, splitting the former Bombay State into Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Maharashtra revenue divisions

Maharashtra has six revenue divisions: Konkan, Nashik, Pune, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), Amravati and Nagpur, covering 36 districts in total.

Maharashtra state symbols

State animal is the Indian giant squirrel (shekru), state bird the yellow-footed green pigeon (hariyal), state flower the jarul and state tree the mango.

Godavari river origin

The Godavari rises at Trimbakeshwar in Nashik district of Maharashtra and is known as 'Dakshin Ganga'. It is the second longest river in India.

Maharashtra legislature

Maharashtra has a bicameral legislature: the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) with 288 elected seats and the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council).

Fundamental Rights location

Fundamental Rights are contained in Part III of the Indian Constitution, Articles 12 to 35, and are enforceable through writs under Article 32.

Maharashtra Land Revenue Code

The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, is the principal law governing land revenue, survey, record-of-rights, mutation and recovery of arrears in the state.

Revenue administrative hierarchy

Divisional Commissioner heads a division, Collector a district, Sub-Divisional Officer a prant, Tahsildar a taluka, and Talathi the village, in descending order.

Talathi duties

The Talathi is the village revenue officer who maintains land records such as the 7/12 extract, records mutations, collects land revenue and reports to the Tahsildar.

7/12 extract (Saat-Bara)

The 7/12 extract shows Form VII ownership details and Form XII crop and cultivation details. It is maintained by the Talathi and certified by the Tahsildar.

Mutation (Ferfar) entry

A mutation records a change in ownership or rights in village land records. The Talathi enters it and the Tahsildar certifies it after notice to affected parties.

Recovery of land revenue arrears

Unpaid land revenue is recovered as arrears of land revenue under the MLRC, which permits attachment and auction of movable or immovable property after due process.

Mahabhulekh portal

Mahabhulekh is Maharashtra's online land-records portal giving access to 7/12 extracts, property cards and mutation status for villages across the state.

Gram Panchayat role

The Gram Panchayat is the village-level elected body under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, handling local civic functions and coordinating with revenue officials.