UPSC requires a lot of fact crunching and rote memorization. To aid in this situation we many-a-times create some tricks or phrases which is formally known as Mnemonics.
Let's us share our Mnemonics from the various subjects for the benefit of all and learn from others as well in this process.
#Sharing_is_Caring
MrWaynesaid
15th Finance Commission Report horizonatal devolution comprises of:
Detailed Application Form TIP
(DAF TIP)
D- Demographics (12.5% weightage)
A- Area of state (15%)
F- Forest & Ecology (10%)
T- Tax effort (2.5%)
I- Income distance (45%)
P- Population (15%)
Even better in the decscending order would be
iPAD File Transfer
I>P>A>D>F>T
Members of OPEC :
KIVIS AUR ANGEL
(Aur means And in Hindi ; KIVIS sound like kiwis,the bird)
K - Kuwait
I - Iran
V - Venezuela
I - Iraq
S - Saudi Arabia
A - Algeria
U - UAE
R - Republic of Congo
A - Angola
N - Nigeria
G - Gabon
E - Equatorial Guinea
L - Libya
Note : KIVIS contains the countries which were the founder members of OPEC
To avoid confusion between the definition ofStunting, Wasting, and Underweightuse the following method.
Let Height=t,
Age =g,
Weight =w.
Now, Start from thebeginningof the word andlook forthevariable(t,g,w)whichever you encounterfirst will be low as compared to the next different encountered variableand once you havefound twovariablesdon't move aheadin the word. Thus it will form the definition.
Example:
Stunting- t occurs first and then g solow height for age
Wasting - w occurs first and then t solow weight for height
Underweight - w occurs first and then g solow weight for age
Chronology of Delhi Sultanate: SabKhaoTamatarSabLoMaze
S: Slave/Mamluk Dynasty(1206-1290)
K: Khilji Dynasty(1290-1320)
T: Tughlaq Dynasty(1320-1414)
S: Sayyid Dynasty(1414-1451)
L: Lodi Dynasty(1451-1526)
M: Mughals Dynasty(1526 onwards) [Not exactly part of Delhi Sultanate but part of chronology of rulers of Delhi]
I remember them as-
SabKhatarnakTheSaaleLog 😜
Biosphere reserves part of UNESCO Man and Biosphere program :No GS GK iN SAPNA
(Sapna means Dream in English)
No - Nokrek Biosphere Reserve(BR)
G - Gulf of Mannar BR
S - Simlipal BR
G - Great Nicobar BR
K - Khangchendzonga BR
(i)N - Nilgiri BR
S - Sunderbans BR
A - Achanakmar-Amarkantak BR
P - Panchmarhi BR
N - Nanda Devi BR
A - Agasthyamalai BR
Gases under National Ambient Air Quality Standards :
10 SuN 25 COAL BAN Benz
(You may add prepositions while learning it in your mother tongue to make it simple; Benz is a car may make it easier to remember since attached to air pollution)
10 - PM10
Su - Sulphur Dioxide
N - Nitrogen Dioxide
25 - PM2.5
C - Carbon Monoxide
O - Ozone
A - Ammonia
L - Lead
B - Benzopyrene
A - Arsenic
N - Nickel
Benz - Benzene
Note : The first 8 i.e. 10 SuN 25 COAL make the Gases found in National Air Quality Index.
Members of Arctic Council : Russian CD IS FUN
(read CD as Compact Disc, it will make it easy to remember)
Russian - Russia
C - Canada
D - Denmark
I - Iceland
S - Sweden
F - Finland
U - United States
N - Norway
If students are able to remember at least Russia related to Arctic council they will connect the rest of the countries by using the mnemonic.
Countries bordering Caspian Sea
KIRAT[saw this online]
K - Kazakhstan
I - Iran
R - Russia
A - Azerbaijan
T - Turkmenistan
Countries bordering Black Sea
Turkish BURGeR
Turkish ~ Turkey
B - Bulgaria
U - Ukraine
R - Russia
Ge- Georgia
R - Romania
KIRAT or else can also use TARIK (similar to word Tarikh which means date in urdu, makes it easy to remember )