What are some important mnemonics for the UPSC CSE?
Sajeed Mahboob, Not just an IITian, Traveler-Drea Traveler-Dreamer-Civil mer-Civil Servant inmaking ·
You’re advised to copy paste it somewhere, Bookmark this answer or write it down on your notes. I’m guaranteeing you at least 2–3 questions (directly or Don’tt thank me, call call me for treat once prelims prelims gets indirectly) in Prelims this year. Don’ over . :P
Schedules off the constitution, Cou Countries ntries You’re going to remember Parts and Schedules o adjoining Places, Lakes and Seas for Seas for life in no time. time. :P Parts of the Constitution… Constitution… You Can Fly Directly From United States Using Para Military Special Rocket. U= Union and its territories (1) C= Citizenship (2) F= Fundamental Rights (3) D= DPSPs DPSPs (4) F= Fundamental Fundamental Duties (4A) U= Union (5) S= States (6) U= Union Territories (8) P= Panchayats (9) M= Municipalities (9A) S= Scheduled and Tribal areas (10) R= Relation b/w Union and States (11) Schedules of the Constitution… TEARS OF OLD PM T= Territory (I) E= Emoluments (II) A= Affirmations and Oaths (III) R= Rajya Sabha (IV) S= Scheduled areas (V) O= Other Scheduled areas (VI) F= Federal provisions, 3 lists (VII) O= Official languages (VIII) L= Land reforms (IX) D= Defection (X) P= Panchayats (XI) M= Municipalities (XII)
Let’s see some more mnemonics which are extremely important for upcoming prelims. These are famous places and Lakes and Seas and their adjoining countries. Horn of Africa: SEED (Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti) 5 Great lakes of America: HOMES (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) Victoria Lake: KUTta (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) Caspian Sea: TARIK (Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan) Black Sea: Tea & BURGeR (Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukrain, Russia, Georgia, Romania) Red Sea: DESSEY (Djibouti, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Yemen) North Sea: No BeG FrENDS (Norway, Belgium, Germany, France, England, Netherland, Denmark and Scotland) Baltic sea: RuDe Germany SELL Poland & Finland (Russia, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland) Mediterranean Sea Asian Part: SILCy (Syria, Israel, L ebanon, Cyprus) African Part: TAMEL (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Libya) European Part: BOSS ki SASTI MoMo in Greece and FranC (Bosnia, Spain, Albania, Slovenia, Turkey, Italy, Montenegro, Monacco, Greece, France, Croatia) Countries bordering Syria: TIJIL (Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon) I will add more to this answer very soon. I request you to comment down below if you have more suitable mnemonics for anything you think is important. It will help many to score more in their prelims. Edit: Adding some more newly created mnemonics and mnemonics from readers in the comment section. Permanent members of UNSC: FRACE (France, Russia, America, China, England) G7 countries: JUICE & GF (Japan, USA, Italy, Canada, England, Germany, France) Official languages of UN: FACERS (French, Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish) ASEAN countries: MBBS CLIP TV (Malaysia, Burma, Brunei, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Phillipines, Thailand, Vietnam) SAARC countries: MBBS PAIN (Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Nepal) Mekong Ganga Cooperation: LIMCa TV ( Laos, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam)
India”s border with neighboring countries (Largest to smallest): BaChPaN MBA (Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Afghanistan) 5 missiles developed under “Integrated Guided Missile Development Project”: PATNA (Prithvi, Aakash, Trishul, Nag, Agni) 3 already commissioned Scorpene class submarines under Project 75: Kal-KarKhana (INS Kalvari, INS Karanj, INS Khandari) remaining 3 are Vela, Vagir and Vagsheer.
Equator passes through: In Asia: KIM (Kiribati, Indonesia, Maldives) In South America: ECB (Equador, Columbia, Brazil) In Africa: SDG SUCK (S. Princep, DR Congo, Gabon, Somalia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya) Stay tuned for more… ·
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Jagadeesh Suji Sree, studied at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, RK Valley (2014)
1.Himalayan mountain peaks from west to east. mnemonic: “k2 ka nana dhai ana me everest masale le aye kanchana ki nani ke liye.” k2, kamet ,Nandadevi ,Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Mt Everest ,Makalu ,Kanchanjanga,
Namchabarva 2.G20 countries,,,: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany,India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia,South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and the European mnemonic:”GURUJI SITA AB SSC FCI ME JOB KARTA HAI” 3.krishna river left and right bank tributaries: left bank tributaries: Don,Bhima,dindi,musi,pallura,munner, mnemonic: “don bu danda musibath par mar” right bank tributaries: varna,panchaganga,dudhganga,ghat prabha,malprabha,tungabadra. mnemonic “var pe dud ghee mil te.” 4.for telugu frineds hope u all know mnemonic to remeber UTS: “chandi padala anda” 5.mnemonic for coding and decoding….:
6.neighbour countries border sharing length from larger to shorter mnemonic: BC PN MBA BANGLADESH,CHINA,PAKISTAN, NEPAL,MAYANMAR,BHUTAN AFGANISTAN. will add few more…. ·
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Rama Prusty, CSE Aspirant (2017-present)
Remember the facts and concepts of all subjects in UPSC is a dauntic task. Thus methods like mnemonic, acronym, relate and co -relate, IQ, key word, own experience…made it simple. 1. New Development Bank(NDB) - No Veto.
2. BIMSTEC( Bay of Bengal Initiative For Multi- Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), here we can remember it’s members as BBINMST, please see BBIN(Bangladesh,Bhutan, India, Nepal) - everyone can know it & through BIMSTEC we add here MST i.e. Myanmar, Srilanka, Thailand. 1. a) North America - Praire grassland ( here NPA will form i.e. not Non Performing Asset but North America Preire grassland. b)Dawn Grassland - Australia ( here we know Don Bradman Australia.) 1. fundamental duties - 42nd constitutional amendment - 1976, here 4+2=6 i.e. 6 means 76 i.e. 1976. 2. article 323A - Administarative Tribunal Act in 1985, Central Administrative Tribunal was set up. ( here in the same year 1985 SAARC was established, and 1st SAARC summit was held.) & in the same year 10th Schedule was added in the Constitution( Anti - Defection Law). 3. cut motion - to move a proposal to reduce the expenditure on the budget proposals.here cut means reduce i.e. reduce expenditure. In this way One can create many mnemonic TRICK to remember forever. ·
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Abhijeet Lata Dharmaraj, CSE ASPIRANT
How to remember right bank tributaries of Cauvery ? L K BaN gaya Adavani Here, L - Lakshmantirth K- Kabani B- Bhawani N- Noyil A - Amaravati
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Rahul Hans Chaudhary, Aspirant only in words, Observer in action
I don’t think that the mnemonics that are available or posted by some coaching institutes are necessary because if you look the paper of UPSC prelims then you will find that most of the questions are based on three things : 1. Facts 2. Concepts 3. Mutual interaction of above two Every objective exams have always some questions which is based on fundamental concepts and there is always a basic assumption behind these questions that it could be solved by everyone. These are called Beginners Choice or Sitters. Most of the mnemonics available in the market are based on these sitters. Here are some from the market: SAAB Tv - States sharing boundary with Bhutan are S - Sikkim A - Arunachal Pradesh A - Assam B - Bengal ARUNA MAMI (Aruna Irani -Bollywood Actress) - States sharing boundary with Myanmar ARU - Arunachal Pradesh NA - Nagaland MA - Manipur MI - Mizoram Note - This is important because of the upheavals in the Myanmar politics due to Rohingya Muslims. JUMBAK (Similar to Chumbak which we called magnet in english) - States having Bicameral Legislature J - J&K U - UP M - Maharashtra B - Bihar A - Andhra Pradesh K - Karnataka
IRS CHaudhary JI (Tributary of Indus River or Rivers of North West India) I - Indus R - Ravi S - Sutlej CH - Chenab J - Jhelum RAHUL GANDHI SELL POLAND FINLAND (Ye kab hua - When did this happen!! ;) These are called Baltic Nation R - Russia G - Germany S - Sweden E - Estonia L - Lathvia L - Lithuania Poland and Finland Note : Make sure that you also know about NORDIC Nations (Hot Issue) CAT CAUGHT CAT FOR RAT ; ENDS ( My fav. show Tom & Jerry) They represent the core industries of India C - Coal C - Cement C - Crude Oil (Very high cost now) F - Fertiliser (Read Fertiliser Subsidy Scam) R - Refinery Products E - Electricity (Make sure that you read all govt. schemes related to it and will surely post about it after sometime) N - Natural Gas S - Steel TARIK (Remember the famous dialouge of Sunny Deol) Countries around Caspian Sea T - Turkmenistan A - Azherbaijan R - Russia I - Iran (Hot issue now)
K - Kazhakastan Some of them also the member countries of TAPI Gasline Project and also associated with SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) headquartered at Beijing, China BAPU KA HAQ (Please give him guys ;) These are the kings from Ancient Indian History who practiced the Buddhism B - Bimbisara A - Ashoka P - Prasanjeet U - Udaysen KA - Kanishka...
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Arnab Ghosh, former Player at Table Tennis (2013-2015)
A mnemonic device, or memory device, is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval (remembering) in the human memory.
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It’s very useful for UPSC preparation as there is a very wide variety of syllabus. Sometimes it becomes very difficult to keep everything in mind. I am an avid follower of Roman Saini and consider his advices to be the ultimate guide for cracking exams. Here is a course that he made on Unacademy - India's largest learning platform regarding mnemonics. You can go there and search for other courses as well. However, I’m providing the link here: - Funny memory tricks to remember the capitals of all the Indian states and Union territories with 100% retention | Learn Most Important Topics for UPSC CSE using Memory Techniques, Mnemonics, and Storytelling - Unacademy Footnotes [1] Mnemonic - Wikipedia ·
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Ayush Singh, studied at Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology and Management
Order of formation of states! Might not be that important for UPSC but one of the most loved questions of Uttar Pradesh pcs. :)
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