General Knowledge 2022 Lecture Review

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering current affairs, history, geography, polity, economy, and science based on the Manohar Pandey General Knowledge 2022 transcript.

Atmanirbhar Bharat

The vision for a 'Self-reliant India' laid down by the Union Budget 2021-22.

PM Aatma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana

A health scheme announced with an outlay of $64180$ crore over six years.

15th Finance Commission vertical share

The commission recommended retaining the vertical shares of states at $41\%$ for the period 2021-26.

FDI in Insurance

The Foreign Direct Investment limit in insurance was increased from $49\%$ to $74\%$ in the 2021-22 budget.

Parakram Diwas

Celebrated on 23rd January every year to honor the birthday of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

Bare Necessities Index

A 2020-21 Economic Survey index with 26 indicators on 5 dimensions: sanitation, water, housing, micro-environment, and other facilities.

Social Impact Bond (SIB)

A contract with a public sector authority where it pays for better social outcomes; India's first was co-created by Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation and UNDP India.

e-EPIC

A non-editable digital version of the elector photo identity card launched on National Voters' Day, January 25, 2021.

RAKSHITA

A bike-based casualty transport emergency vehicle developed by INMAS (DRDO) for the CRPF.

Pneumosil

India's first indigenous Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) developed by SII to treat pneumonia in children.

NETRA

The Network for space object Tracking and Analysis; a dedicated Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Control Centre set up by ISRO in Bangalore.

DigiBoxx

India's first indigenously developed Digital Asset Management and Storage platform launched by NITI Aayog.

Palaeolithic Period

Early phase of the Stone Age distinguished by the development of stone tools made of Quartzite, during which Homo sapiens first appeared.

Boustrophedon

The Harappan script style where the first line is written from right to left and the second line from left to right.

Sapta Sindhawa

The 'Land of 7 Rivers' where the Aryans first settled in India, including the Indus, its five tributaries, and the Saraswati.

Triratnas (Jainism)

The three gems of Jainism: right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct.

Tripitakas (Buddhism)

The 'three fold basket' of Buddhist literature in Pali: Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka, and Abhidhamma Pitaka.

Amitraghat

A title meaning 'slayer of foes' given to the Mauryan ruler Bindusara by Greek writers.

Turkan-e-Chahalgani

Also known as the 'Chalisa', this was a group of 40 powerful Turkish nobles formed by Iltutmish.

Ashtapradhan

The council of eight ministers including the Peshwa and Nyayadhish that assisted Shivaji in Maratha administration.

Regulating Act, 1773

The act that brought the dual government system in Bengal to an end under Warren Hastings.

Doctrine of Lapse

The policy used by Lord Dalhousie to annex states like Satara, Jhansi, and Nagpur if their rulers died without a natural heir.

Swaraj is my Birth Right

The slogan raised by Bal Gangadhar Tilak during the Home Rule Movement in 1916.

Cosmology

The scientific study of the universe, including its totality of matter, energy, planets, and galaxies.

Astronomical unit

The mean distance between the Earth and the Sun.

Perihelion

The position of the Earth in its orbit when it is nearest to the Sun.

Troposphere

The atmospheric layer from $0-18\,km$ that contains $75\%$ of atmospheric gases; temperature decreases at $6.5^\circ\text{C}/km$ ascent.

Objective Resolution

The foundational document drafted and moved by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru that ultimately became the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.

Article 32

Called the 'Heart and Soul of the Constitution' by BR Ambedkar, it provides the right to constitutional remedies through writs.

Habeas Corpus

A writ meaning 'You may have the body', used to release a person detained unlawfully.

Mixed Economy

An economic system characterized by the existence of both public and private sectors; the nature of the Indian economy.

Centripetal Force

The external force required to act radially inward to keep a body moving along a circular path.

Escape Velocity

The minimum velocity required for an object to cross Earth's gravitational field; valued at $11.2\,km/s$ at the surface.

Anomalous expansion of water

The behavior where water's volume decreases until it reaches its minimum at $4^\circ\text{C}$ upon increasing temperature from $0^\circ\text{C}$.

Total Internal Reflection (TIR)

Phenonmenon occurring when light travels from denser to rarer medium at an angle of incidence greater than the critical angle; used in optical fibers.

Isotopes

Atoms of the same element that have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons and mass numbers.