UKSSSC Group C cheat sheet

General Studies (Uttarakhand-focused General Awareness, Science, Polity, History, Geography, Economy)

• Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh on 9 November 2000 as the 27th state of India; its first Chief Minister was Nityanand Swami and its interim capital is Dehradun (Gairsain is the summer capital).

• Uttarakhand has 13 districts, 2 divisions (Garhwal and Kumaon), and the High Court sits at Nainital; the state legislature is unicameral with 70 Assembly seats and 5 Lok Sabha seats.

• The Constitution of India has 12 Schedules; the Fundamental Duties (Article 51A) were added by the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976, and the Right to Education (Article 21A) by the 86th Amendment, 2002.

• The Preamble declares India a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic; the words 'socialist', 'secular' and 'integrity' were inserted by the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976.

• Fundamental Rights (Articles 12-35) are enforceable through writs under Article 32 (Supreme Court) and Article 226 (High Courts); the five writs are habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, certiorari and quo warranto.

• Photosynthesis converts 6CO2 + 6H2O into C6H12O6 + 6O2 in the presence of chlorophyll and sunlight; it occurs in chloroplasts, with the light reaction on thylakoids and the Calvin cycle in the stroma.

• SI units to memorise: force in newton (kg·m/s²), pressure in pascal (N/m²), work/energy in joule, power in watt, frequency in hertz; speed of light c = 3 × 10^8 m/s.

• Uttarakhand geography: Nanda Devi is the highest peak wholly within India (7,816 m), the Ganga rises at Gangotri (Bhagirathi) and the Alaknanda at Satopanth; the Ganga leaves the hills at Haridwar and the Yamuna at Paonta Sahib region.

• Economic basics: repo rate is the rate at which RBI lends to banks, reverse repo is the rate RBI absorbs liquidity, CRR and SLR are reserve ratios; GDP at market prices = C + I + G + (X − M).