UKSSSC Group C flashcards

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Uttarakhand formation date

Uttarakhand became India's 27th state on 9 November 2000, created from the hill districts of Uttar Pradesh after the separate-state movement.

First Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

Nityanand Swami took office as the first Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in November 2000, heading the interim government after statehood.

Uttarakhand High Court seat

The High Court of Uttarakhand is located at Nainital, established in 2000 when the state was created from Uttar Pradesh.

Districts and divisions of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand has 13 districts grouped into two divisions: Garhwal division with 7 districts and Kumaon division with 6 districts.

Gairsain and Dehradun

Dehradun is the interim capital of Uttarakhand, while Gairsain in Chamoli district was declared the summer capital of the state.

Nanda Devi peak

Nanda Devi, at about 7,816 metres in Chamoli district, is the highest mountain peak located entirely within Indian territory.

Source of the Bhagirathi

The Bhagirathi rises from the Gangotri glacier at Gaumukh in Uttarkashi district and joins the Alaknanda at Devprayag to form the Ganga.

Fundamental Duties

Listed in Article 51A of the Constitution, these eleven duties of citizens were inserted by the 42nd Amendment Act in 1976 on Swaran Singh Committee advice.

Article 32 writ jurisdiction

Article 32 lets a person move the Supreme Court directly for enforcement of Fundamental Rights; it is called the right to constitutional remedies.

Five constitutional writs

Habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, certiorari and quo warranto are the writs courts issue to protect rights or control inferior tribunals.

42nd Amendment Act 1976

This amendment added socialist, secular and integrity to the Preamble, inserted Fundamental Duties, and is often called the mini-Constitution.

Photosynthesis equation

Six molecules of carbon dioxide plus six of water yield one glucose and six oxygen molecules, using light energy absorbed by chlorophyll in chloroplasts.

Newton and pascal

One newton is the force giving a 1 kg mass an acceleration of 1 m/s²; one pascal is a force of one newton per square metre.

Repo rate

The repo rate is the interest rate at which the Reserve Bank of India lends short-term funds to commercial banks against government securities.

CRR and SLR

Cash Reserve Ratio is the share of deposits banks keep with RBI; Statutory Liquidity Ratio is the share held in approved liquid assets.

GDP expenditure formula

Gross Domestic Product at market prices equals consumption plus investment plus government spending plus exports minus imports, the standard expenditure identity.

Fundamental Rights articles range

Fundamental Rights are covered by Articles 12 to 35 of the Constitution and include equality, freedom, life, religion, culture and education rights.

Uttarakhand Assembly strength

The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is unicameral with 70 elected members, and the state sends 5 members to the Lok Sabha.

Devprayag confluence

At Devprayag in Tehri Garhwal district, the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers meet, and the combined stream is named the Ganga.

Valley of Flowers location

The Valley of Flowers National Park lies in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is famous for alpine flowers.

Speed of light

Light in vacuum travels at approximately 3 × 10^8 metres per second, a constant used in physics calculations of distance and time.

Calvin cycle site

The light-independent Calvin cycle of photosynthesis occurs in the stroma of the chloroplast, fixing carbon dioxide into carbohydrate using ATP and NADPH.

Preamble words added 1976

The 42nd Amendment inserted socialist and secular into the Preamble and changed 'unity of the Nation' to 'unity and integrity of the Nation'.

Uttarakhand summer capital

Gairsain in Chamoli district was declared the summer capital of Uttarakhand, reflecting long-standing demand for a hill capital.

Unicameral legislature meaning

A unicameral legislature has only one house; Uttarakhand, like most Indian states, has a single Legislative Assembly and no Legislative Council.

Article 21A

Inserted by the 86th Amendment in 2002, Article 21A makes free and compulsory education a Fundamental Right for children aged six to fourteen.

Mandamus writ

Mandamus is a court order commanding a public authority or inferior court to perform a public duty it has failed or refused to perform.

Joule and watt

A joule is the work done by one newton acting through one metre; a watt is one joule of energy transferred per second.

Reverse repo rate

The reverse repo rate is the rate at which the Reserve Bank of India absorbs surplus liquidity from banks by borrowing against securities.

Gangotri glacier

The Gangotri glacier in Uttarkashi district feeds the Bhagirathi river; its snout at Gaumukh is a major source of the Ganga.

Haridwar Ganga exit

The Ganga descends from the Himalayan foothills into the plains near Haridwar, a major pilgrimage city in Uttarakhand on the river's bank.

Chloroplast function

Chloroplasts are plant cell organelles containing chlorophyll where photosynthesis occurs, converting light energy into chemical energy stored in glucose.