Mnemonics

Polity
The pardoning power of the President
1. Pardon (explains it self)
2. Commutation (Commute ~ form one place to other, means one form of punishment is
substituted with lighter form).
3. Remission (Remission ~ Emission so remember to Reduce, means reducing the period
of sentence without changing its character).
4. Respite (Res ~ Less, means awarding less punishment due to special case, disability /
pregnant.
5. Reprieve (Rip ~ Zip, so stay at the place, means a stay of the execution of a sentence
(especially that of death) to have time to seek pardon).
Types of Writs
Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to issue five types of writs. Simply
remember CPM Head Quarters and the answer lies in the capital letters in it:
C stands for Certiorari,
P stands for Prohibition,
M for Mandamus,
H for Habeus Corpus and
Q stands for Quo Warranto

Sessions in Parliament
B.M.W stands for BUDGET, MONSOON, WINTER sessions of loksabha, B starts (feb
to may), M starts (june to sept), W starts(nov to dec)..

CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ADVISOR

'CAB' - C for CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, A for ADVISOR, B for B.N RAO..means
B.N.Rao was advisor to constituent assembly who prepare draft of constitution

TeamIAS

Election of President and VP

Who all participate in the election/removal of President and Vice-President (VP)? Now
most candidates get confused in these. I have made a very small simple write up for it
President (lection) all elected (MPs + MLAs)
(removal) all MPs
Vice-President (election) all MPs
(removal) all MPs
Notice that in 3 out of 4 cases, its all MPs and only for election of President its all
Elected MPs + MLAs.
That is therefore highlighted and underscored. I hope now, you will not make mistake in
questions like these.

States have Legislative council (upper house)

Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra
Pradesh, Telangana
Key word is KUMB JATi
Since legislative council represents Elders / Big so we will try to remember as KUMB
means Big, JATi means lineage
K Karnataka
U Uttar Pradesh
M Maharashtra
B Bihar
J Jammu and Kashmir
A Andhra Pradesh
T Telangana
i - has no meaning here its
A degree in medical is B.D.S...!..amend it to B.D.M.S means BODO, DOGRI,
MAITHILI, SANTHALI are languages added to 8th schedule under 92nd amendment.

General
National Emblem
Horse is on left and Bull on Right side of the wheel
L.H.S (in maths) LEFT HORSE SIDE. In our national emblem horse is on left of wheel.

Members of OPEC
Key word: AQUA VEIL SKIN
A = Algeria, Q = Qatar, U = UAE, A = Angola;
V = venezuela , E = ecuador, I = Iraq,Iran; L = Libya;
S= saudi arabia, K= Kuwait , I = Indonesia, N= nigeria.
As OPEC countries are muslim majority , remember women wear VEIL to protect their
SKIN

Members of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization)

Key word : India & Pakistan orders TRUCK from Kazakhstan
Member of shanghai cooperation organization are
India , Pakistan
T-Tajikistan
R-Russia
U-Uzbekistan
C-China
K-Kyrgyzstan
and Kazakhstan

For remembering name of Ten Sikh Gurus in ascending order

1) Guru Nankak Dev

2) Guru Angad
3) Guru Amar Das
4) Guru Ram Das

5) Guru Arjun
6) Guru Hargobind
7) Guru Har rai
8) Guru Har Krishan
9) Guru Tegh Bahadur
10)Guru Govind singh
Key word: NAn ARArjun Har3 Tegh Govind

N - Nankak
A - Angad
A - Amar
R - Ram Das
A - Arjun
Har - Hargobind
Har - Har rai
Har - Har Krishan
T - Tegh Bahadur
G - Govind singh

For remembering SAARC Countries

Key word is MBBS PAIN
M:- Maldives
B:- Bhutan
B:- Bangladesh
S:- Srilanka
P:- Pakistan
A:- afghanistan
I:- India
N:- Nepal
For remembering HORN of AFRICA Countries
Key word is SEED
S:- Somalia
E:- Eritrea

E:- Ethiopia
D:- Djibouti

Gasses monitored under Kyoto protocol

Trick : Under KYOTO NCMS (New Committed Mission Scheme) has been set up
and sponsored by HP
N-Nitrogen
C-carbon dioxide
M-Methane
S-Sulphur hexaflouride
H-Hydroflourocarbon
P-perflouro carbon
these are gasses monitored under kyoto protocol

List of All Revolutions:

Black Revolution Petroleum Production
Blue Revolution Fish Production
Brown Revolution Leather/non-conventional(India)/Cocoa production
Golden Fibre Revolution Jute Production
Golden Revolution Fruits/Overall Horticulture development/Honey Production
Green Revolution Food grains
Grey Revolution Fertilizer
Pink Revolution Onion production/Pharmaceutical (India) /Prawn production
Red Revolution Meat & Tomato Production
Round Revolution Potato
Silver Fiber Revolution Cotton
Silver Revolution Egg/Poultry Production
White Revolution (In India: Operation Flood) Milk/Dairy production
Yellow Revolution Oil Seeds production
Evergreen Revolution Overall development of Agriculture

For remembering G20 countries:

GURU JI SITA AB SSC FCI ME kaam karti hain
G Germany
U USA

R Russia
U United Kingdom
J Japan
I India
S Saudi Arabia
I Indonesia
T Turkey
A Australia
A Argentina
B Brazil
S South Africa
S South Korea
C Canada
F France
C China
I Italy
M Mexico
E EU

Tropic of cancer passes through 8 Indian states.

They are :
Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and
Mizoram.

Key word : MiRa`s JCBwork at GMT

Mi - Mizoram.
Ra Rajasthan
J Jharkhand
C - Chattisgarh
Bw - West Bengal
G Gujarat
M - Madhya Pradesh

T - Tripura

Countries are passed through the Tropic of Cancer line.

Tropic of Cancer passes through 3 continents & 16 Countries comes
Asia
Key word is - Mob is Cute.
1. Saudi Arabai
2. UAE
3. Oman
4. India
5. Bangladesh
6. Myanmar
7. China
8. Taiwan
Africa
Key word is : Name LWM
1. Niger
2. Algeria
3. Mauritania
4. Egtpt
5. Western Sahara
6. Mali
7. Libya
North America
1. Mexico

Countries are passed through the Tropic of Capricorn.

Tropic of Capricon passes through 3 continents & 10 Countries comes
South America

Key word is ABC Productions

1.
2.
3.
4.

Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay

Africa
Key word is: No Body Sends Moon Mission from Africa
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Nambia
Botswana
South Africa
Mozambique
Madagascar

Australia (whole continent )

Countries Through Which Prime Meridian Passes

TRICK : - BSF GAME IN TOTO
B Burkina Faso
S Spain
F France
G Ghana
A Algeria
M - Mali
E - England
IN TOTO - Niger Toto

Countries Through Which the Equator Passes

South America
Key word is : BCE
1. Brazil
2. Colombia
3. Ecuador

Africa
Key word is SDG`s by UK`s SC ( SDG are by UK`s Supreme courts implementation in
Africa )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Sao Tome & Principe

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
Uganda
Kenya
Somalia
Congo

Asia
Key word is KIM
1. Kiribati
2. Indonesia
3. Maldives

# Human being start to use C.B.I in sequence. Means COPPER, BRONZE and IRON.

# Bronze is mixture of Copper and Zinc , Remember CBZ ( honda bike )

Remember Seven Sisters

ATM
A- , T- , M- , - , - , - , -

History
This is our DAL HOUSE OR DALHOUSIE!!!
NOW MAKE A STORY..Imagination is the key
During school holidays you are making some project. It is a DAL HOUSE. You have
made a Dal house on a thermocol sheet. On the left side of the roof you place a
TOY TRAIN and on the right side of the roof your brother places a TOYPOST BOX.
While playing you move the train from left side of the roof to right side of the roof and so
hit the POST BOX which falls down. Your brother starts crying.
All of a sudden the doors of your DAL HOUSE opens and a small white ENGLISH MAN
comes out and claps his hands. Suddenly many small english soldiers come and bring
with them many HINDU BRIDES AND BRIDEGROOMS who were about to get
married in a temple. Now the Englishman shouts I will conduct the HINDU
MARRIAGE instead of the HINDU PRIEST. People become worried
Then there comes Jhansi ki rani Laxmi Bhai with her sword she ties the english man,
goes inside the house and captures his wife who is a DOCTOR with body full
of LIPSTICK marks.. Rani puts both of them in a huge WOODEN DABBA (BOX)
and despatch them off to SHIMLA where the weather was too cold and it is snowing.
She makes the Englishman write CIVIL SERVICE EXAMSin the open ground
at SHIMLA again to get a job
The door of the DAL HOUSE closes
HOW IS THE STORY??? YOU MAY THINK IT IS CRAZYALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS DONT THINK ANYTHING LOGICALLY. JUST TRY TO IMAGINE THE
STORY.
DAL HOUSE ..TRAIN (left roof)POST BOX (right roof).HINDU
BRIDE, GROOM, PRIEST, MARRIAGE.. .. RANI LAXMIBHAI
DOCTOR LIPSTICK..WOODEN
DABBADEPSATCH..SHIMLA..CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS..

NOW LEARN THESE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH DALHOUSIE ( INDIAN

GOVERNOR GENERAL)
1. First Railway Line 1853
2. Introduced the Postal System
3. Hindu Marriage act passed
4. Introduced policy of Doctorine of Lapse
5.Woods despatch introduced

6. Made shimla the summer capital

7. Civil service exams started (Note: It is only the Civil Service exam and not Civil
Service)

# HSBC stands for Harappa,Suktagandor,Banawali ,Chahundaro..! are places shows

different -2 stages of growth of Harappa civilization.

# GPRS Harappa civilizations important places Gujrat,Punjab,Rajasthan, Sind.

# We know the grassland PAMPAS..simple it like..CAMPAS..stands for CA for Cabinet,

M for Mission,had members name..P for Pathic lawrence,A for A.V.Alexendar, and S for
Strafford Cripps...!

BUDDHA AND PLACES ASSOCIATED WITH HIM

NOW HOW TO REMEMBER L, B, S, K?
See, you are learning about Buddha.
Therefore start with LORD BUDDHA = L B.
Then his name is SIDDHARTHA = S
He was the next KING to be = K

NOTE: L , B, S, K comes in a sequence.

L = LUMBINI = BIRTH
B= BODHGAYA = ENLIGHTENMENT
S = SARNATH =FIRST SERMON
K = KUSHINAGAR = DEATH
INDIAN HISTORY SOCIO-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS & INDIAN
RENAISSANCE
Indian Renaissance or Re-birth gave rise to many a Socio-Religious movements. The
following were the socio-religious movements
1. Brahmo Samaj
2. Prarthana Samaj

3. Arya Samaj
4. Ramakrishna Mission
5. Theosophical Society
6. Young Bengal Movement
MNEMONICS method is used here to remember the movements. By taking the first
letters of the above movements we get,
B P A R T Y = Brahman PARTY
SO YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER .Brahman PARTY (Note: Brahmo Samaj is
generally remembered easily by all and so Brahmo party or Brahman party can be used as
a code)

GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT of the Indus valley civilization

Key word is MADS ( Clock Wise )

The three Jewels of Jainism constitutes the path to liberation

1. KNOWLEDGE (Samyak Gyana)
2. FAITH (Samyak Darshana)
3. CONDUCT (Samyak Charitra)
As we know that the Jains are pure vegetarians, this would be odd key word.
Firstly, take the first letters of all the three. We get K, F and C
Key word is KFC

Kings who Followed Biddism

Key word : BAPU KA Hath
B Bimbisara
A Ashoka
P Prasan jeet
U Udaysen
KA Kaniska
Hath- Harshavardana

1st anglo mysore war

Key word is : MEN vs hyder ali

M-Marathas
E-English
N-Nizams

Remembering Mughals Empire kings.

First up all mughal was starting the foundation of the Mughal rule in India was laid b
Babur in 1526. Akbar, the eldest son of Humayun, ascended the throne under the title of
Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar Badshah Ghazi at the young age of 14 at Kalanaur, Punjab
and his tutor Bairam Khan was appointed as the regent. Jahangir ( Salim ) son of Akbar,
came to the throne after Akbars death in 1605. Shahjahan ascended the throne in 1628
after his fathers death. Aurangzeb defeated Dara at Dharmat (1658), Samugarh (1658)
and Deorai in which Samugarh was deisive one and Deorai was last one.
Key word is BHAJShA
B = BABAR
H = HUMYUN
A =AKBAR
J = JAHANGIR
SH = SHAHJAHAN
A = AURANGZEB

BUDDHIST COUNCIL
BUDDHIST
COUNCIL

YEAR

VENUE

CHAIRMAN

PATRON

1st Buddhist Council

483 BC

Rajgriha

Mahakassapa

Ajatashatru

2nd Buddhist Council

383 BC

Vaishali

Sabbakami

Kalashoka

3rd Buddhist Council

250 BC

Patliputra

Mogaliputta Tissa

Ashoka

4th Buddhist Council

98 AD

Kundalvan

Vasumitra/Aswaghosh

Kanishka

Key words for

The Venue : RaVa PaKa
The Patron : Aj Kal Ashok Kaha hai
The Chairman : MAHA SABA MOGLI VA MITRA ASHWAGHOSH KI

Economics
Direct Taxes and Indirect taxes
-----------------------------------------------------DIRECT TAXES :- wepro.co.in
Wewealth tax
Proproperty tax
Co-corporate tax
Inincome tax

INDIRECT TAXES :- excuse me

Exexcise tax
Cu-custom tax

Se-service tax
M-market tax/vat
Eentertainment tax

Core Industries
The Eight Core Industries are Coal, Cement, Electricity, Crude Oil, Refinery products,
Steel, Fertilizers and Natural Gas.

It is hard to remember all at once so I have framed a best possible sentence by

interlinking them
Mnemonic: Coal Naturally is Crude so Refined to produce Electricity, it is a Function of
Center and State.

Coal - Coal
Naturally Natural Gas
Crude Crude Oil
Refined Refined Products
Electricity - Electricity
(F)unction - fertilizer
(Ce)nter - Cement
(St)ate - Steel

IIP Index

Manufacturing & Mining are Core Industries

Geography
OCEANS (LARGEST TO SMALLEST)
Trick = P A I S A
PACIFIC > ATLANTIC,>INDIAN >SOUTHERN> ARCTIC in size

Great Lakes In North America IN Clock Wise

TRICK :- HOMES
H Huron
O Ontario
M Michigan
E Erie
S Superior
Remember Countries located around the Adriatic Sea (in clockwise direction):
Key sentence : "Incredibly Slimy Cockroach Bit My Aunt" (Italia, Slovenia, Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania).
Xinjiang borders
The largest of Chinas administrative
regions, Xinjiang borders eight countries
1. T - Tajikistan
2. A - Afghanistan
3. P - Pakistan
4. I - India
5. K - Kyrgyzstan
6. M Mongolia
7. Russia &
8. Kazakhstan
Easy way to remember ( 1 & 2 steps )
1. TAPI + KM ( TAPI is pipeline (next is length) i.e. km )
2. Sentence is : Russia & Kazakhstan want to build few KM of TAPI (pipe line)

Countries which border the BLACK Sea.

GEORGIA is the name of a popular brand of coffee-flavored beverages sold by The
Coca-Cola Company. BRU is another coffee brand from the south. And pure coffee is
BLACK. So these are the nations which border the BLACK Sea.
Key word: "Georgia`s, TRu(e) BRU coffee is BLACK!!"

GeorgiaT- turkey
Rue- Russia
B-Bulgaria
R-Romania
U-Ukraine
BLACK for black sea

Remembering Era, Period/Epoch

National Park Gujarat & Rajasthan

Black Girl Mari drives a Van from Gujarat to Rajasthan to meet Ke Ran

Gujarath
Black : Black Buck National Park
Girl : Gir National Park
Mari : Marine National Park ( 1st National Marine Park ) Gulf of Kutch

Van : Vansda National Park

Rajasthan
Ke : Kelidio National Park ( Bharatpur Bird Santuary ) UNESCO
Ran : Ranathambore National Park at Edge of plateau, Banas River in North &
Chambal River in the south.

The Solstice & Equinox

Summer

Winter

Key Word

Equinoxes:

March 21

September 23

SEM - 123

Solstices:

June 21

December 22

DJ`s - 122

Key Word : In between SEMesters there are DJ`S

National Parks in J&K

Dachigam National Park

Hemis National Park

Kishtwar National Park

Salim Ali National Park

Sentence is: Salim Kissed Her while Dancing in J&K

Salim : Salim Ali National Park
Kissed : Kishtwar National Park
Her : Hemis National Park
Dancing : Dachigam National Park
J&K : Means this NP`s are in J&K

National Parks in Kerala

1

Mathikettan Shola National Park

Periyar National Park

Silent Valley National Park

Anamudi Shola National Park

Pambadum Shola National Park

Eravikulam National Park

Story: In kerala Pamba is famous river and now a days it became silent ( slow flow ) so it
is maintained as per environment (ministry) standards for better flow.

Sentence is: Pamba An Silent river in Kerala, is Maintained as Per Environment (

Standards )

Pamba : Pambadum Shola National Park

An : Anamudi Shola National Park

Silent : Silent Valley National Park
Maintained: Mathikettan Shola National Park
Per : Periyar National Park
Environment : Eravikulam National Park

National Parks in Uttarakhand

Gangotri National Park

Govind Pashu Vihar

Jim Corbett National Park

Nanda Devi National Park

Rajaji National Park

Valley of Flowers National Park

Story: Raja Ji (if you forget Ji better consider his nick name Jimmy ) wanted to impress
his queen Nanda Devi by building her favorite deity Govinda`s temple in the ganga valley
( as ganga is sacred )

Sentence is: Raja Ji ( Mr.Jimmy ) has built Govinda temple at Ganga Valley to impress
Nanda Devi , as we all know, in history Rajas have built many temples.

Raja : Rajaji National Park

Ji ( Jimmy ) : Jim Corbett National Park
Govinda : Govind Pashu Vihar
Ganga : Gangotri National Park
Valley : Valley of Flowers National Park

Nanda Devi : Nanda Devi National Park

Trick for UNESCO Biosphere reserves of India

The Story is regarding General Manager of State Bank in Greater Noida who said no to
five zero balance accounts.

Trick : GM of G.Nodia is young Age , Slim, ND ( and ) Acha ( nice ) but said No to
Panch Nil balance accounts

GM

Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve

G.Nodia Great Nicobar

Tamil Nadu
[Andaman and Nicobar Island]

SB

Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve

West Bengal

Age

Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve

Kerala and Tamil Nadu

Slim

Simlipal Biosphere Reserve

Odisha

ND

Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

Uttarakhand

Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve

Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh

Nokrek Biosphere Reserve

Meghalaya

Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve

Madhya Pradesh

Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka

Acha
No
Panch
Nil

Science
kharif crops include MBA GC SR SR
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

rice,
maize,
sorghum,
pearl millet/bajra,
finger millet/ragi (cereals),
arhar (pulses),
soyabean,
groundnut (oilseeds),

9. cotton etc.
The rabi crops include WBC LOP
1. wheat,
2. barley,
3. oats (cereals),
4. chickpea/gram (pulses),
5. linseed,
6. mustard (oilseeds) etc.

End