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 ‭150+ TRICKS & MNEMONICS‬
‭FOR IAS PRELIMS EXAM‬

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‭Dr. GAURAV J. SONTAKE‬

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 ‭Index‬
‭ reface‬
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‭Acknowledgment‬ ‭7‬
‭How to use this book?‬ ‭8‬
‭POLITY‬ ‭14‬

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‭Keywords in Preamble‬ ‭15‬
‭Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of‬ ‭16‬

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‭Federal features‬ ‭17‬

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‭Citizenship‬ ‭18‬
‭Provisions of the Indian Constitution borrowed from GOI Act 1935‬ ‭19‬
‭Schedules of Indian Constitution‬ ‭20‬

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‭Sixth schedule states‬ ‭21‬
‭Parts of the Constitution‬ ‭22‬

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‭Writs‬ Si ‭23‬
‭Provisions Enforced before 26th Jan 1950‬ ‭24‬
‭ rticle 371 to Article 371J‬
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‭Formation of states in Chronological Order‬ ‭26‬
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‭Committees on Civil Services‬ ‭27‬
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‭States with bicameral legislation:‬ ‭28‬

‭Order of committees on Panchayati raj‬ ‭29‬
‭Articles related to President‬ ‭30‬
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‭INDIAN GEOGRAPHY‬ ‭ 1‬
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‭Hills from south to north‬ ‭32‬
‭West flowing rivers‬ ‭33‬
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‭States in India sharing boundary with Myanmar‬ ‭34‬

‭States in India sharing boundary with Bhutan‬ ‭35‬
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‭Neighboring countries with decreasing border length‬ ‭36‬

‭Indian states with longest coastline‬ ‭37‬
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‭IST passes through states‬ ‭38‬

‭ onfluence places of initial rivers which form Ganga as a whole‬
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‭Left bank tributaries of Cauvery‬ ‭40‬
‭Right bank tributaries of Cauvery‬ ‭40‬
‭Tributaries of Indus (North to South)‬ ‭41‬
‭Nutrients‬ ‭42‬
‭Primary Nutrients‬ ‭42‬
‭Secondary Nutrients‬ ‭42‬

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 ‭ ributaries Of River GANGA‬
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‭Important Crops‬ ‭44‬
‭Tropical( Kharif) Crops‬ ‭44‬
‭Temperate (Rabi) Crops‬ ‭44‬
‭Forest types & Trees‬ ‭45‬
‭Tropical Evergreen Trees‬ ‭45‬
‭Semi-Evergreen Trees‬ ‭45‬

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‭Tropical Deciduous Dry Trees‬ ‭45‬
‭Tropical Deciduous Moist Trees‬ ‭46‬

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‭Decreasing order of water on the earth's surface‬ ‭47‬

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‭WORLD GEOGRAPHY‬ ‭48‬
‭Countries bordering Arctic Sea‬ ‭49‬

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‭Important seas of Eurasia in Anticlockwise direction‬ ‭50‬
‭Countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea‬ ‭51‬

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‭Countries bordering the Red Sea‬ ‭53‬
‭Persian Gulf Countries‬ Si ‭54‬
‭Countries around Caspian Sea‬ ‭55‬
‭Countries bordering Black Sea‬ ‭56‬
‭Countries bordering Baltic Sea‬ ‭58‬
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‭North Sea‬ ‭59‬
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‭Countries bordering Syria‬ ‭60‬

‭Countries located around the Adriatic Sea‬ ‭61‬
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‭Landlocked water bodies surrounding Russia‬ ‭62‬

‭Great Lakes of North America‬ ‭63‬
‭Countries with Amazon Basin‬ ‭64‬
‭Countries bordering Victoria Lake‬ ‭65‬
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‭Five Oceans of world‬ ‭66‬

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‭Tropic of Capricorn countries‬ ‭67‬

‭Planets revolving around the Sun‬ ‭68‬
‭Important fold mountains‬ ‭69‬
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‭Horn of Africa‬ ‭70‬

‭Prime Meridian Countries‬ ‭71‬
‭Central American Countries from north to south‬ ‭72‬
‭Major Straits of the World‬ ‭73‬
‭Malacca Strait‬ ‭73‬
‭Bab-el-Mandeb Strait‬ ‭73‬
‭North Channel‬ ‭74‬
‭Taurus Strait, Papua New Guinea — Australia‬ ‭74‬

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 ‭ ass Strait, Australia‬
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‭Bering Strait, Alaska-Russia‬ ‭75‬
‭Dardanelles Strait, Turkey‬ ‭76‬
‭Hormuz Strait, Oman-Iran‬ ‭76‬
‭Magellan strait, Chile‬ ‭77‬
‭Environment and Biodiversity‬ ‭78‬
‭Ramsar sites in Uttar Pradesh‬ ‭80‬

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‭Ramsar sites in Punjab‬ ‭81‬
‭Ramsar sites in Kerala‬ ‭82‬

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‭Ramsar sites in Himachal Pradesh‬ ‭83‬

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‭Ramsar sites in Gujarat‬ ‭84‬
‭Ramsar sites in Jammu & Kashmir‬ ‭85‬

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‭Trick- HySHa Wu HoSi‬ ‭85‬
‭Ramsar sites in Odisha‬ ‭86‬

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‭National parks of Uttarakhand‬ ‭87‬
‭National parks of Madhya Pradesh‬ Si ‭88‬
‭National parks of Chhattisgarh‬ ‭89‬
‭National parks of Rajasthan‬ ‭90‬
‭National parks of Assam‬ ‭91‬
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‭National Parks of Arunachal Pradesh‬ ‭92‬
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‭National Parks of West Bengal‬ ‭93‬

‭National parks in Gujarat‬ ‭94‬
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‭National Parks of Maharashtra‬ ‭95‬

‭National parks in Karnataka‬ ‭96‬
‭National parks in Kerala‬ ‭97‬
‭National parks in Andaman & Nicobar‬ ‭98‬
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‭Problems in wildlife conservation‬ ‭99‬

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‭National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC)‬ ‭100‬

‭Ganges Dolphin‬ ‭101‬
‭INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS‬ ‭103‬
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‭Five Principal organs of UNO‬ ‭104‬

‭Official languages of UNO‬ ‭105‬
‭QUAD Countries‬ ‭106‬
‭Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members‬ ‭107‬
‭Vanilla Islands‬ ‭109‬
‭Member of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)‬ ‭110‬
‭ ekong Ganga Cooperation countries‬
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‭Gulf Cooperation council‬ ‭112‬

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 ‭ SEAN Countries‬
A ‭ 13‬
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‭RCEP countries‬ ‭115‬
‭East Asia Summit (EAS)‬ ‭115‬
‭SAARC Countries‬ ‭116‬
‭South Asian Free Trade Area‬ ‭117‬
‭G7 Economies‬ ‭118‬
‭G-20 Countries‬ ‭119‬

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‭OPEC Countries‬ ‭121‬
‭India & Srilanka common grouping‬ ‭123‬

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‭HISTORY‬ ‭124‬

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‭Sequence of metals human started using‬ ‭125‬
‭Shadanga of paintings‬ ‭126‬

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‭Eight fold path of Buddhism‬ ‭127‬
‭Kings who followed Buddhism‬ ‭128‬

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‭Buddhist councils in sequence‬ ‭129‬
‭Order of places Buddha visited after leaving his palace‬
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‭Tri ratnas of Jainism‬ ‭131‬
‭Kalidas Books‬ ‭132‬
‭ ughal rulers‬
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‭Navaratnas of emperor Akbar’s court‬ ‭135‬
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‭Why the British Company Succeeded against other European Powers‬ ‭136‬
‭Peasant Movements in Chronology‬ ‭137‬
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‭Main Leaders of 1857 Revolt‬ ‭138‬

‭Annexations made by Dalhousie‬ ‭139‬
‭Order of Initial Movements of Gandhiji‬ ‭140‬
‭Founders of Hindustan Republic Association (1924)‬ ‭141‬
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‭Parallel Governments established during Quit India Movement 1942‬ ‭142‬

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‭Cabinet Mission‬ ‭143‬

‭Chronology of Post 1940 Constitutional Development‬ ‭144‬
‭Books By Jawaharlal Nehru.‬ ‭145‬
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‭ECONOMICS‬ ‭ 46‬
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‭Sustainable Development Goals‬ ‭147‬
‭Important facts from FIRST FIVE YEAR PLAN (1951 -56)‬ ‭149‬
‭Important facts of SECOND FIVE YEAR PLAN (1956 -61)‬ ‭150‬
‭Important facts of THIRD FIVE YEAR PLAN (1961-66)‬ ‭151‬
‭Important facts of FIFTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (1974-79)‬ ‭153‬
‭Important facts of SIXTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (1980-85)‬ ‭154‬
‭Important facts of SEVENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN (1985-90)‬ ‭155‬

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‭Articles related to President‬

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‭E-‬‭Election (54)‬

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‭T-‬‭Term (56)‬

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‭Q-‬‭Qualifications (58)‬

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‭O-‬‭Oath (60)‬
‭I-‬‭Impeachment (61)‬
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‭Important seas of Eurasia in Anticlockwise direction‬

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‭M‭-‬ Mediterranean Sea‬

‭R‭-‬ Red Sea‬

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‭P‬‭- Persian Gulf‬

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‭C‭-‬ Caspian Sea‬

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‭B‭-‬ Black Sea‬

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‭Countries bordering Syria‬

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‭LEB‬‭- Lebanon‬
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‭Jordan‬‭- Jordan‬

‭IS‬‭- Israel‬
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‭IR‬‭- Iraq‬
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‭Turkey‬‭- Turkey‬
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‭Ramsar sites in Jammu & Kashmir‬

‭Trick-‬‭HySHa‬‭Wu HoSi‬

‭Hy‬‭- Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve‬

‭SHa‬‭- Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve‬

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‭Wu‬‭- Wular Lake‬

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‭Ho‬‭- Hokera Wetland‬

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‭Si‬‭- Surinsar- Mansar Lake‬

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‭Important facts of THIRD FIVE YEAR PLAN (1961-66)‬
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‭S‬‭- Self Reliance‬
‭ ‬‭-‬ ‭Agriculture‬ ‭(Punjab‬ ‭began‬ ‭producing‬ ‭abundant‬
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‭wheat)‬

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‭ ‬‭-‬‭Development‬‭of‬‭Industry‬‭(Particularly‬‭cement‬‭and‬
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‭fertilizers)‬

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‭D‬‭- Drought of 1965‬

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‭ ‬‭-‬ ‭State‬ ‭Electricity‬ ‭Boards‬ ‭and‬ ‭State‬ ‭Secondary‬
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‭Education Boards were formed‬
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‭ ‬‭-‬ ‭Two‬ ‭wars‬ ‭were‬ ‭fought‬ ‭(‬ ‭Sino-‬ ‭Indian‬ ‭war,‬ ‭1962‬ ‭&‬
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‭India- Pakistan war, 1965)‬
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