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- Article 32
- Constitutional right to move the Supreme Court directly for enforcement of Fundamental Rights through five writs: habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, certiorari and quo warranto.
- 44th Amendment, 1978
- Removed the Right to Property from Part III of the Constitution, converting it into a legal right under Article 300A, so it can no longer be enforced by writ for Fundamental Rights.
- Kathak dance state
- Kathak is the classical dance form associated with Uttar Pradesh; it developed in the courts of Lucknow and Varanasi and is known for rhythmic footwork and spins.
- UP Assembly seats
- Uttar Pradesh has 403 seats in its Legislative Assembly, 80 Lok Sabha seats and 31 Rajya Sabha seats, making it the largest state by parliamentary representation.
- Triveni confluence
- The meeting point of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers at Prayagraj, a major pilgrimage site hosting the Kumbh Mela.
- Directive Principles
- Guidelines in Part IV, Articles 36 to 51, directing state policy toward welfare goals. They are not enforceable in courts but are fundamental in governance.
- Largest planet
- Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, while Venus is the hottest because its dense carbon dioxide atmosphere traps heat through a runaway greenhouse effect.
- Photosynthesis equation
- Six carbon dioxide molecules plus six water molecules, using light energy in chloroplasts, produce one glucose molecule and six oxygen molecules released into the air.
- Ohm's law
- The current through a conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference across it at constant temperature, giving V = IR where R is resistance in ohms.
- Universal donor group
- O-negative blood is called the universal donor because its red cells carry neither A nor B antigens nor the Rh D antigen, so recipients rarely reject it.
- Night blindness cause
- Deficiency of vitamin A causes night blindness and dry eyes, because retinal, a vitamin A derivative, is needed to form rhodopsin for vision in dim light.
- SI unit of force
- The newton is the SI unit of force, defined as the force that gives a one-kilogram mass an acceleration of one metre per second squared.
- Litmus test rule
- Acids turn blue litmus paper red, while bases turn red litmus paper blue. The pH scale runs from 0 to 14, with 7 neutral.
- Red blood cell lifespan
- Human red blood cells circulate for about 120 days before being destroyed, mainly in the spleen, and replaced by new cells from bone marrow.
- दीर्घ संधि
- जब अ, आ के बाद अ, आ मिलते हैं तो दोनों मिलकर आ बन जाते हैं; जैसे विद्या + आलय = विद्यालय तथा परम + अर्थ = परमार्थ।
- गुण संधि
- अ या आ के बाद इ, ई आने पर ए बनता है; जैसे सूर्य + उदय = सूर्योदय तथा नर + इंद्र = नरेंद्र।
- तत्पुरुष समास
- जिस समास में उत्तर पद प्रधान हो और पूर्व पद कारक चिह्न लुप्त हो; जैसे राजपुत्र अर्थात राजा का पुत्र।
- कर्मधारय समास
- विशेषण-विशेष्य या उपमान-उपमेय के मेल से बना समास; जैसे नीलकमल अर्थात नीला है जो कमल, तथा चंद्रमुख।
- अनुप्रास अलंकार
- जहाँ एक ही वर्ण की आवृत्ति बार-बार होती है, वहाँ अनुप्रास अलंकार होता है; जैसे चारु चंद्र की चंचल किरणें।
- शृंगार रस
- रति स्थायी भाव वाला रस शृंगार है, जो नायक-नायिका के प्रेम से उत्पन्न होता है और इसे रसों में रसराज कहा जाता है।
- उपसर्ग की परिभाषा
- वे शब्दांश जो किसी शब्द के आरंभ में जुड़कर उसका अर्थ बदल देते हैं; जैसे प्र + हार = प्रहार, वि + हार = विहार।
- विसर्ग संधि
- विसर्ग के स्थान पर स्वर या व्यंजन आने से जो परिवर्तन होता है; जैसे निः + चय = निश्चय तथा मनः + रथ = मनोरथ।
- Passive voice formation
- The object of an active sentence becomes the subject, the verb becomes a form of be plus the past participle, and the original subject follows by.
- Present perfect tense
- Formed with has or have plus the past participle, it describes a past action whose result or relevance continues into the present, often with since or for.
- Article before vowel sound
- Use an before a vowel sound, not merely a vowel letter: an hour, an M.A., an honest man, but a university and a European because their first sound is a consonant.
- Subject-verb agreement rule
- Each, every, either and neither take a singular verb, and one of the plus a plural noun also takes a singular verb, as in one of the boys is absent.
- Idiom: piece of cake
- The idiom a piece of cake means a task that is very easy to do, as in the exam was a piece of cake for her after months of practice.
- Idiom: blue moon
- The phrase once in a blue moon means something that happens very rarely, such as a person visiting his hometown only once in a blue moon.
- Preposition of time: on
- On is used with days of the week and dates, as in on Monday or on 15 August, while in is used for months and years and at for clock times.
- Indirect speech tense shift
- When the reporting verb is in the past, present tense in the reported clause usually shifts to past, and words like today and tomorrow become that day and the next day.
- Collective noun verb form
- A collective noun such as team, committee or jury normally takes a singular verb when the group acts as one unit, as in the team has won.
- Error: discuss about
- Discuss is a transitive verb and takes a direct object, so discuss about the matter is incorrect; the correct form is discuss the matter.