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A number is increased by 10% and then the increased number is decreased by 20%. The net increase or decrease is: Given: Increment in number = 10% of the number Decrement in number = 20% of the new number Concept used: Net increase or decrease percent = {(Original number or Final number) – (Final number…
In a school, a survey is taken on sports loving children as given in the following table. Any student who loves one sport is understood to dislike the other sport. What is the difference between the number of boys and the number of girls in the school? Cricket Soccer Boys 542 438 Girls 358…
In a ΔABC, right angled at B, if tan A = \(\frac{1}{{\sqrt 3 }}\), then sin A . cos C + cos A . sin C = ______. GIVEN: Triangle ABC ,right angled at B i.e. angle B = \(90^\circ\) tan A = \(1\over\sqrt3\) FORMULA USED: tan A = P/B sin A= P/H Cos C= B/H where , P =…
The Constitution of India has 12 schedules, which contain a list of various topics that are relevant to the functioning of the government. The schedules are as follows:
26th November is observed as ‘Constitution Day’ To celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Government of India (Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment) decided to observe ‘Constitution Day’ on 26th November w.e.f 2015. The provisions of the constitution came into force on January 26, 1950 and this date is referred to…
State/UT Capital Since Andaman and Nicobar Island Port Blair 1956 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 1972 Andhra Pradesh Amravati 2015 Assam Dispur (Shillong 1874-1972) 1972 Bihar Patna 1936 Chhattisgarh Rajpur 2000 Chandigarh (Union Territories) Chandigarh 1966 Dadra & Nagar haveli and Daman & Diu (UT) Daman 2019 NCT – Delhi Delhi 1956 Goa Panaji 1961 Gujarat Gandhinagar…
Nicknames Original Name Andhra Kesari T. Prakasam Anna CN. Annadurai Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ramji(B.R) Ambedkar Badshah Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Bapu, Mahatma Gandhi Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi Beacon of Light of Asia Subhash Chandra Bose Chacha Jawahar Lal Nehru C.R. C Rajagopalachari Deenbandhu C.F. Andrews Deshbandhu C.R. Das Enlightened One, The Mahatma Buddha Father…
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“Back to Vedas.” Dayanand Saraswati “Dharma Chakra Pravartana.” Mahatma Buddha ‘Dilli Chalo!” Subhash Chandra Bose’s battle cry of Azad Hind Fauj “Quit India !’ (slogan) Yusuf Meherally “Do or Die.” Mahatma Gandhi (while launching Quit India movement in 1942) “Give me blood and I will give you freedom.” Subhas Chandra Bose (in his address to…
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On Aug. 8, 1942, the Congress in its meeting at Gowaliya Tank, Bombay passed a resolution known as ‘Quit India’ resolution, whereby Gandhiji asked the British to quit India and gave a call for ‘Do or die’ (We shall either free India or die in the attempt) to his countrymen. On Aug. 9, 1942 all…
The Poona Pact, also known as the Gandhi-Ambedkar Pact, was a political agreement that was reached between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar in 1932. The pact was an attempt to resolve a longstanding dispute between the Indian National Congress, the main political party of the Indian independence movement, and the Dalit (formerly known as…
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