Collection of Mnemonics

Missile Developed Under Integrated Guided Missile Development Program: - PATNA

P – Prithvi

A – Agni

T – Trishul

N – Nag

A – Akash 

To remember which question requires written and which an oral answer in parliament.

Just remember "N" is common in unstarred and written.

uNstarred - writteN 

starred - oral

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.

KIRAT or else can also use TARIK (similar to word Tarikh which means date in urdu, makes it easy to remember )

To remember 10th schedule was brought by which amendment.

Just remember 10 is obtained by multiplying 5 and 2 so 52nd amendment.

It can be helpful in option elimination.

Methods to acquire citizenship - BRAND

B - Birth

R - Registration

A - Acquisition of Territory

N - Naturalisation

D - Descent

World's Ocean by size from largest to smallest -PAISA

(Paisa in hindi means money)

P - Pacific ocean

A - Atlantic ocean

I - Indian ocean

S - Southern ocean

A - Arctic ocean

Under POSHAN abhiyaan  POSHAN month is Celebrated inSeptember

To remember this POSHAN abhiyaan also talks about pregnant women and thus gestation period for humans is9months.

The 9th month on calendar is September 

Countries Bordering Syria:JIT MeLI

(in Hindi it sounds close to "got victory ")

J - Jordan

I - Israel 

T - Turkey

Me - Mediterranean Sea

L - Lebanon 

I - Iraq 

Countries Bordering Red Sea:SEEDY'SorSEED YeS 

S - Saudi Arabia

E - Eritrea

E - Egypt

D - Djibouti

Y - Yemen

S - Sudan

To remember main article related to 11th and 12th schedule.

Just remember 11th schedule is about Panchayati Raj Institutions for villages orGrams so article is 243G.

Similarly for 12th schedule it is related toMunicipality so article is 243Wwhere W is likeinverted M.

G7 Countries :JUICE with GF

J - Japan

U - United States

I - Italy

C - Canada

E - England 

G - Germany 

F - France 

Woh!! 

If this same formula can be used for many groupings with slight modifications then it would be great.

Can you mention more such groupings? Or maybe a complete list with their formulas. It would be great to have at one place 

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

Members of OPEC+ :

MBBS MARKOS

(MARKOS sounds like MARCOS, the elite commando unit of Indian Navy)

M - Mexico

B - Bahrain

B - Brunei

S - Sudan

M - Malaysia 

A - Azerbaijan 

R - Russia 

K - Kazakhstan 

O - Oman

S - Sudan

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.

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

Eight-fold path (ashtangika marga) of Buddhism:   MODEL SAM

M - Right Memory

O - Right Observation

D - Right Determination

E - Right Exercise

L - Right Livelihood

S - Right Speech

A - Right Action

M - Right Meditation

Note: Eight-Fold Path as mentioned in NCERT

To remember the difference between Isotope, Isotone and Isobar.

Consider Proton as P, Neutron As N.

Now, if in the word letter"P" is present Proton would be sameand if letter"N" is present then Neutron would be same.Other things will automatically become different.

For example:

IsotoPe -same no. of Protonsand different no. of Neutrons

IsotoNe - same no. of Neutronsand different no. of Protons

Isobar - different no. of Protons and different no. of Neutrons

(Note: for Isobar the sum of proton and neutron is same)

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

7 Principles of Public Life by Nolan Committee:SOHA OLI(can be remembered like Soha Ali, who is an actress)

S : Selflessness

O : Objectivity

H : Honesty

A : Accountability

O : Openness

L : Leadership

I : Integrity

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]

To rememberRotation direction of Tropical cyclonein Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

Match "N" in anti with Northern and let other be for the southern hemisphere.

aNti-clockwise -Northern hemisphere

clockwise         - Southern hemisphere

Countries Bordering Baltic Sea:RuDe GF SELL Poland(read as Rude Girlfriend Sell Poland)

Ru - Russia

De - Denmark

G - Germany

F - Finland

S - Sweden

E - Estonia

L - Latvia

L - Lithuania

Poland - Poland

@AzadHindFauz As I had told you in some other thread there are many secrets in this UPSC preparation. But let them be buried as they were for these many years.

But it's good that these things become useful for aspirants.

To avoid confusion and remember the premium rate under PM Fasal Bima Yojana.

Just keep in mind the number of letters in the word of the crop type. The largest will have the highest premium rate.

Horticulture(12 letters) -5%

Kharif(6 letters) -2%

Rabi(4 letters) -1.5%

Note: The premiums are subject to change in future so the method stands true till then.

Maharashtra is also there

Countries bordering the Adriatic Sea:I MSG ABC(read it as I Message ABC)

I : Italy

M : Montenegro

S : Slovenia

G : Greece

A : Albania

B : Bosnia-Herzegovina

C : Croatia

Countries Bordering Afghanistan:PUT In ICT

P - Pakistan

U - Uzbekistan

T - Turkmenistan

In - India

I - Iran

C - China

T - Tajikistan

To Remember the Chronology of Major Chinese Traveller's arrival in India: Arrange their names in alphabetical order using the first letter of their names.

Fa-Hien(405-411 AD) >Hiuen-Tsang(630-645 AD) >I-Tsing(671-695 AD)

Here F, H and I are in alphabetical order.