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- Uttar Pradesh formation date
- Uttar Pradesh was renamed from the United Provinces on 24 January 1950; Lucknow is its capital, and it is divided into 75 districts and 18 divisions.
- UP legislature seat counts
- The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly has 403 elected seats, the Legislative Council has 100 seats, and Uttar Pradesh sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha and 31 to the Rajya Sabha.
- Allahabad High Court
- The Allahabad High Court was established in 1866 and is the High Court for Uttar Pradesh; its principal seat is at Prayagraj, with a bench at Lucknow.
- 1857 revolt in Kanpur
- During the 1857 revolt, Kanpur was led by Nana Saheb, Lucknow by Begum Hazrat Mahal, Jhansi by Rani Lakshmibai, and Bareilly by Khan Bahadur Khan.
- UP rivers
- The Ganga enters Uttar Pradesh near Bijnor, the Yamuna joins the Ganga at Prayagraj, and the Gomti, Ghaghara, Rapti, Betwa and Ken are other important rivers.
- UP economy strengths
- Uttar Pradesh is India's largest sugarcane producer and a leading producer of wheat, potato and food grains; the One District One Product scheme promotes a distinctive product per district.
- स्वर और व्यंजन
- हिंदी वर्णमाला में ग्यारह स्वर, तैंतीस व्यंजन और दो अयोगवाह माने जाते हैं; अं और अः अयोगवाह हैं।
- संधि के भेद
- संधि तीन प्रकार की होती है-स्वर संधि, व्यंजन संधि और विसर्ग संधि; स्वर संधि में स्वरों का मेल होता है, जैसे सूर्य + उदय = सूर्योदय।
- समास के छह भेद
- समास के छह मुख्य भेद हैं-तत्पुरुष, कर्मधारय, द्विगु, द्वंद्व, बहुव्रीहि और अव्ययीभाव; द्वंद्व में दोनों पद प्रधान होते हैं।
- कारक की संख्या
- हिंदी में आठ कारक होते हैं-कर्ता, कर्म, करण, संप्रदान, अपादान, संबंध, अधिकरण और संबोधन; कारक संज्ञा या सर्वनाम का क्रिया से संबंध बताता है।
- मुहावरा: अंधे की लाठी
- ‘अंधे की लाठी’ का अर्थ है एकमात्र सहारा; यह मुहावरा ऐसे व्यक्ति या वस्तु के लिए प्रयुक्त होता है जो किसी के लिए अकेला भरोसा हो।
- Since versus for
- Use 'since' with a specific starting point in time, as in 'since 2010', and use 'for' with a duration, as in 'for five years'.
- Affect versus effect
- Affect is usually a verb meaning to influence, while effect is usually a noun meaning a result; 'the effect of heat' and 'heat affects metal' show the difference.
- Subject-verb agreement with nor
- With 'neither ... nor' or 'either ... or', the verb agrees with the subject nearer to it; 'Neither the teacher nor the students were present' is correct.
- Passive voice formation
- To form the passive, make the object the subject and use a form of 'be' plus the past participle; the original subject may follow 'by' or be omitted.
- Idiom: break the ice
- The idiom 'break the ice' means to start a conversation or reduce tension between people who do not know each other well.
- Simple interest formula
- Simple interest is calculated as SI = (P × R × T) / 100, where P is principal, R is annual rate percent, and T is time in years.
- Compound interest formula
- For annual compounding, compound interest equals P[(1 + R/100)^T − 1], where P is principal, R is the annual rate percent, and T is years.
- Profit percent formula
- Profit percent equals (selling price − cost price) divided by cost price, multiplied by 100; loss percent uses cost price minus selling price instead.
- Speed unit conversion
- One kilometre per hour equals 5/18 metres per second; to convert km/h to m/s, multiply by 5/18, and to convert m/s to km/h, multiply by 18/5.
- Cylinder volume and surface
- The volume of a cylinder is πr²h, its curved surface area is 2πrh, and its total surface area is 2πr(r + h), where r is radius and h is height.
- Work rate formula
- If A can finish a job in x days and B in y days, working together they finish it in xy/(x + y) days, provided their rates add directly.
- Syllogism validity rule
- A syllogistic conclusion is valid only if it is true in every possible diagram consistent with the premises; a conclusion true in just one diagram is not valid.
- Clockwise in circular seating
- For people seated around a circle facing the centre, a person's left is clockwise and right is anticlockwise; when facing outside, these directions are reversed.
- Standard die opposite faces
- On a standard die, opposite faces always sum to seven, so 1 is opposite 6, 2 is opposite 5, and 3 is opposite 4.
- Mirror versus water image
- A mirror image interchanges left and right while keeping top and bottom unchanged; a water image interchanges top and bottom while keeping left and right unchanged.
- Blood relation family tree
- In blood-relation puzzles, draw generations on horizontal levels, connect siblings horizontally and spouses with a distinct line, and never infer gender from a name alone.
- Memory unit conversions
- One byte equals eight bits; one kilobyte equals 1024 bytes; one megabyte equals 1024 kilobytes; one gigabyte equals 1024 megabytes; one terabyte equals 1024 gigabytes.
- CPU components
- The central processing unit contains the arithmetic logic unit for calculations, the control unit for instruction sequencing, and registers for very fast temporary storage.
- PowerPoint slideshow keys
- In Microsoft PowerPoint, F5 starts the slide show from the beginning, Shift+F5 starts it from the current slide, and Esc ends the running slide show.
- Email Cc versus Bcc
- In email, Cc recipients are visible to all recipients, while Bcc recipients are hidden from other recipients; both receive a copy of the message.
- RAM versus ROM
- RAM is volatile primary memory that loses its contents when power is off, whereas ROM is non-volatile and retains stored instructions permanently.