MP Jail Prahari key terms

A social movement that began in the 1980s against large dams on the Narmada river, especially the Sardar Sarovar project, citing displacement of tribal families and ecological damage.

A major concrete gravity dam on the Narmada river in Gujarat whose reservoir and canal network serve several states; it became the focus of a long legal and social dispute.

An Indian social activist known for leading the Narmada Bachao Andolan and for work on displacement and rehabilitation issues of dam-affected communities.

A group of Nagara-style Hindu and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, built mainly by the Chandela dynasty and famous for intricate stone sculpture and architectural symmetry.

A Rajput ruling house that controlled much of central India between the tenth and thirteenth centuries and is remembered for building the Khajuraho temples.

A Buddhist monument complex in Raisen district built under Ashoka and later enlarged, notable for its hemispherical stupa, gateways, and carved narrative panels.

A UNESCO World Heritage site in Raisen district containing prehistoric rock paintings and evidence of long human habitation, among the oldest art sites in South Asia.

A celebrated Hindustani classical musician of the Mughal court, traditionally associated with Gwalior, where a music festival is held in his memory each December.

An annual Indian classical music festival held in Gwalior honouring the musician Tansen, attracting performers and audiences from across the country.

A historic city in northern Madhya Pradesh known for its hill fort, palaces, music tradition, and as the birthplace of several cultural institutions.

The queen of Jhansi who led armed resistance against British rule in 1857 and became a lasting symbol of courage in Indian national memory; she died in Gwalior.

A widespread uprising of soldiers and civilians against British colonial rule, with significant events in central India including Jhansi and Gwalior.

A North Indian temple style marked by a curvilinear tower over the sanctum, often with an assembly hall and richly carved exterior walls.

Building traditions associated with Buddhism, including stupas, monasteries, and rock-cut halls, usually arranged around a relic mound and circumambulatory path.

A Mauryan emperor who promoted Buddhism after the Kalinga war and is credited with founding or enlarging many stupas, including the one at Sanchi.

Indigenous groups such as the Gond, Bhil, Baiga, Korku, and Sahariya, each with distinct languages, festivals, and customs recognised in the state's cultural life.

A folk art form of the Gond people using dots and lines to depict animals, trees, and mythological themes, now practised widely in Madhya Pradesh.

Guaranteed freedoms in Part III of the Indian Constitution, enforceable in courts, covering equality, speech, life, religion, and constitutional remedies.

Guidelines in Part IV of the Indian Constitution directing governments toward social and economic welfare; they are not directly enforceable in courts.

A formal written order of a court commanding action or restraint, such as habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, certiorari, or quo warranto.

The process by which green plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make glucose, releasing oxygen as a by-product in the chloroplasts.

The green pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy used to drive photosynthesis in plants and algae.

The breakdown of glucose in cells to release energy, using oxygen in aerobic forms and producing carbon dioxide and water as waste products.

A relationship stating that current through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference across it at constant temperature, with resistance as the constant.

The opposition offered by a material to the flow of electric current, measured in ohms and dependent on length, area, and material.

Two ways of connecting components: in series the same current flows through each, while in parallel the same voltage appears across each branch.

A logarithmic measure from 0 to 14 of hydrogen ion concentration, where values below 7 are acidic, 7 is neutral, and above 7 is basic.

Chemical substances that donate or accept hydrogen ions; acids turn blue litmus red, bases turn red litmus blue, and they neutralise each other.

Comparison of two quantities by division and the equality of two such comparisons, used to solve problems involving sharing and scaling.

A fraction expressed with denominator 100, useful for comparing quantities, calculating discounts, interest, and changes in value.

A technique that first finds the value of one unit and then multiplies it to obtain the value of the required number of units.

The sum of a set of values divided by the number of values, representing a central value of the data set.

Simple interest is charged only on the principal, while compound interest is charged on the principal plus accumulated interest each period.

A form of logical reasoning with premises and a conclusion, where validity depends on the structure rather than the actual truth of statements.

Reasoning puzzles that describe family connections through statements and ask the solver to identify how two people are related.

A reasoning topic where words or numbers are converted by a rule into code, and the candidate must apply or discover that rule.

A reasoning task requiring identification of the pattern in a sequence of numbers, letters, or figures and prediction of the next element.

दो वर्णों के मेल से होने वाले परिवर्तन को संधि कहते हैं, जैसे विद्या और आलय मिलकर विद्यालय बनते हैं; इसके स्वर, व्यंजन और विसर्ग भेद हैं।

दो या अधिक शब्दों के मेल से बने संक्षिप्त पद को समास कहते हैं; इसके तत्पुरुष, कर्मधारय, द्विगु, द्वंद्व, बहुव्रीहि और अव्ययीभाव भेद हैं।

वह शब्दांश जो किसी शब्द के आरंभ में जुड़कर उसके अर्थ में परिवर्तन या विशेषता लाता है, जैसे प्र, अनु, अप और निर्।

वह शब्दांश जो किसी शब्द के अंत में जुड़कर नया शब्द या भाव बनाता है, जैसे इक, ता, वाला और आई।

ऐसा वाक्यांश जिसका अर्थ शब्दों के सामान्य अर्थ से भिन्न होता है और जिसका प्रयोग विशेष संदर्भ में किया जाता है।

जनसमाज में प्रचलित ऐसा पूर्ण वाक्य जो किसी अनुभव या नीति को संक्षेप में व्यक्त करता है, जैसे अंधों में काना राजा।

Words with the same or nearly the same meaning and words with opposite meanings, tested to check vocabulary range and precision of usage.

Fixed expressions whose meaning cannot be understood from the individual words, such as 'to let the cat out of the bag'.

The grammatical classes of words, including noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

Two ways of presenting a clause: active places the doer as subject, while passive makes the receiver the subject and changes the verb form.