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General Knowledge and Current Affairs

  • The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950.

  • The President of India is elected by an electoral college comprising elected members of both Houses of Parliament and elected members of State Legislative Assemblies.

  • The Nobel Prize is awarded in six categories: Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.

  • The headquarters of the United Nations is in New York City; its principal organs include the General Assembly, Security Council, and Secretariat.

  • The Chief Election Commissioner of India is appointed by the President and has a tenure of six years or until age 65, whichever is earlier.

  • The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was established in 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Act.

  • The Reserve Bank of India was nationalized in 1949 and is headquartered in Mumbai.

  • The 'Global Hunger Index' is published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe; India has consistently ranked in the 'serious' category.

  • The G20 was founded in 1999; India hosted the G20 summit in 2023 in New Delhi.

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Rajasthan General Knowledge (History, Culture, Geography, Polity, Economy)

  • Rajasthan was formed on 30 March 1949 as 'Rajasthan Union'; it was renamed Rajasthan on 26 January 1950.

  • The Aravalli Range is the oldest fold mountains in the world and divides Rajasthan into eastern fertile plains and western arid region.

  • The Thar Desert covers about 61% of Rajasthan's area; the Indira Gandhi Canal is the longest canal in India and irrigates the desert districts.

  • Mount Abu is the highest peak in the Aravalli Range (1,722 m) and the only hill station in Rajasthan.

  • The Battle of Haldighati (1576) was fought between Maharana Pratap and the Mughal forces led by Man Singh I.

  • Rajasthan's folk dance 'Ghoomar' is performed by women of the Bhil tribe; 'Kalbelia' is a snake-charmer dance included in UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list.

  • The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly has 200 seats; the state sends 25 members to the Lok Sabha and 10 to the Rajya Sabha.

  • The Rajasthan Canal (Indira Gandhi Canal) starts from Harike Barrage in Punjab and enters Rajasthan at Hanumangarh.

  • Major minerals of Rajasthan include zinc (Zawar), copper (Khetri), marble (Makrana), and gypsum (Nagaur).

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Mathematics (Quantitative Aptitude)

  • Average of n numbers = sum of numbers / n; if each number is increased by k, the average increases by k.

  • Profit percentage = (Profit / Cost Price) × 100; Selling Price = Cost Price × (100 + Profit%) / 100.

  • Simple Interest = (Principal × Rate × Time) / 100; Compound Interest = Principal × [(1 + Rate/100)^Time − 1].

  • Speed = Distance / Time; to convert km/h to m/s, multiply by 5/18.

  • Work done in 1 day = 1 / number of days; if A and B together finish in x days, their combined one-day work is 1/x.

  • Area of a circle = πr²; circumference = 2πr; area of a triangle = ½ × base × height.

  • The sum of the first n natural numbers = n(n+1)/2; sum of squares = n(n+1)(2n+1)/6.

  • In a right-angled triangle, Pythagoras theorem: hypotenuse² = base² + perpendicular².

  • Percentage change = (New Value − Old Value) / Old Value × 100.

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Reasoning and Mental Ability

  • In a number series, check differences between consecutive terms; if differences are constant, it is an arithmetic progression.

  • For alphabet series, remember positions: A=1, B=2, ..., Z=26; reverse positions: Z=1, Y=2, ..., A=26.

  • Blood relation: 'A is the son of B' means A is male; 'A is the sister of B' means A is female.

  • Direction sense: if a person walks north then turns right, he faces east; turning left from north means facing west.

  • Coding-decoding: identify the shift pattern (e.g., each letter moved +2 positions) to decode new words.

  • Syllogism: 'All A are B' and 'All B are C' implies 'All A are C'; 'Some A are B' does not imply 'Some B are A' unless stated.

  • Seating arrangement: for linear arrangement, note whether people face north or south; for circular arrangement, clockwise/anticlockwise matters.

  • Calendar: a normal year has 1 odd day, a leap year has 2 odd days; 100 years have 5 odd days, 200 years have 3, 300 years have 1, 400 years have 0.

  • Cube cutting: a cube painted on all faces and cut into n³ smaller cubes has (n−2)³ cubes with no painted face.

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General Science

  • The SI unit of force is the newton (N); 1 N = 1 kg·m/s².

  • Ohm's law: V = IR, where V is voltage, I is current, and R is resistance.

  • The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14; pH < 7 is acidic, pH = 7 is neutral, pH > 7 is basic.

  • The powerhouse of the cell is the mitochondrion; it produces ATP through cellular respiration.

  • Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts; equation: 6CO₂ + 6H₂O → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂ in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll.

  • The human heart has four chambers: two atria and two ventricles; the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to the body.

  • Newton's first law: an object remains at rest or in uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.

  • The chemical symbol for sodium is Na (from Latin natrium); potassium is K (from kalium).

  • Sound travels faster in solids than in liquids and gases; it cannot travel through a vacuum.

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Hindi Language and Grammar

  • हिंदी वर्णमाला में 11 स्वर और 33 व्यंजन होते हैं; 'अ' से 'औ' तक स्वर हैं।

  • संज्ञा के पाँच भेद हैं: व्यक्तिवाचक, जातिवाचक, भाववाचक, समूहवाचक, और द्रव्यवाचक।

  • सर्वनाम के छह भेद हैं: पुरुषवाचक, निजवाचक, निश्चयवाचक, अनिश्चयवाचक, प्रश्नवाचक, और संबंधवाचक।

  • क्रिया के दो भेद हैं: सकर्मक (जिसमें कर्म हो) और अकर्मक (जिसमें कर्म न हो)।

  • काल के तीन भेद हैं: वर्तमान, भूत, और भविष्यत्; प्रत्येक के चार उपभेद होते हैं (सामान्य, अपूर्ण, पूर्ण, संदिग्ध)।

  • समास के छह भेद हैं: तत्पुरुष, कर्मधारय, द्विगु, द्वंद्व, बहुव्रीहि, और अव्ययीभाव।

  • अलंकार के दो प्रमुख भेद हैं: शब्दालंकार (अनुप्रास, यमक, श्लेष) और अर्थालंकार (उपमा, रूपक, उत्प्रेक्षा)।

  • संधि के तीन भेद हैं: स्वर संधि, व्यंजन संधि, और विसर्ग संधि।

  • वाक्य के आठ भेद हैं: सरल, संयुक्त, मिश्र, आदेशात्मक, प्रश्नवाचक, विस्मयादिबोधक, निषेधात्मक, और इच्छावाचक।

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English Language and Grammar

  • Parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection.

  • Present perfect tense: has/have + past participle; used for actions completed in the past with present relevance.

  • Active to passive: object becomes subject; verb becomes 'be + past participle'; subject becomes 'by + agent'.

  • Direct to indirect speech: change pronouns (first person to third), tense (present to past), and time/place words (now → then, here → there).

  • Articles: 'a' before consonant sounds, 'an' before vowel sounds, 'the' for specific or unique nouns.

  • Prepositions of time: 'in' for months/years, 'on' for days/dates, 'at' for exact times.

  • Subject-verb agreement: singular subject takes singular verb; 'each', 'every', 'either', 'neither' take singular verbs.

  • Common idioms: 'break the ice' (start a conversation), 'once in a blue moon' (very rarely), 'hit the nail on the head' (do exactly the right thing).

  • Degrees of comparison: positive (tall), comparative (taller), superlative (tallest); use 'than' with comparative and 'the' with superlative.