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Researchers have discovered the driest location on Earth in the Atacama Desert in Chile. The site discovered is called as Maria Elena South (MES). It was discovered by team of research scientist at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science in Seattle, United States.

Pedology is the study of soils in their natural environment. It is one of two main branches of soil science, the other being edaphology.

Usha won 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal in the track and field events. She also won five gold medals at the 6th Asian Track and Field Championship in Jakarta in 1985. Her medals at the same meet is a record for a single athlete in a single international meet. Usha has won 101 international medals.

Violet has the shortest wavelength, at around 380 nanometers, and red has the longest wavelength, at around 700 nanometers.

Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman (17 September 1930 – 22 April 2013) was an Indian Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer. He was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2001. He is commonly grouped with M.S. Gopalakrishnan and T.N.Krishnan as part of the violin-trinity of Carnatic Music.

William Bateson (8 August 1861 – 8 February 1926) was an English biologist who was the first person to use the term genetics to describe the study of heredity, and the chief populariser of the ideas of Gregor Mendel following their rediscovery in 1900 by Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns.

The Lodi dynasty was an Afghan dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1451 to 1526. It was the last dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, and was founded by Bahlul Khan Lodi when he replaced the Sayyid dynasty.

Mount Etna is the highest and most active volcano in Europe. Towering above the city of Catania on the island of Sicily, it has been growing for about 500,000 years and is in the midst of a series of eruptions that began in 2001.

Due to miserable failure of the Third Plan the government was forced to declare "plan holidays" (from 1966–67, 1967–68, and 1968–69). Three annual plans were drawn during this intervening period.

Padmanabhan Palpu LMS, DPH (Cantab) FRIPH (London) (2 November 1863 – 1950) was a bacteriologist and social revolutionary. Ritty Lukose describes him as the "political father" of the Ezhavas, who are numerically the largest caste in the region now encompassed by the state of Kerala. In 1903, he founded the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (Society for the Propagation of the Religion of Sree Narayana, or SNDP) that had as its first president Narayana Guru.

The only Indian woman who become President of the World Health Organisation so far is Amrit Kaur.

The Nehru Committee Report of 10 August 1928 was a memorandum outlining a proposed new dominion status for the constitution for India. It was prepared by a committee of the All Parties Conference chaired by Motilal Nehru with his son Jawaharlal Nehru acting as secretary. There were nine other members in this committee.

<ul style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; list-style-position: outside; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><li value="1" style="margin: 0px 32px;">വിപ്ലവത്തിൻ്റെ ശുക്രനക്ഷത്രം എന്ന് കുമാരനാശാനെ വിശേഷിപ്പിച്ചത് ജോസഫ് മുണ്ടശ്ശേരി ആണ്.</li><li value="2" style="margin: 0px 32px;">മറ്റു കൃതികളെ അപേക്ഷിച്ച് വിലക്ഷണരീതിയിലുള്ള ഒരു കാവ്യമെന്ന മുഖവുരയോടെ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചത് - ദുരവസ്ഥ.</li></ul>

The Kalinga War was a war fought between the Mauryan Empire and the state of Kalinga. Kalinga was an important kingdom because it controlled the trade routes with Southeast Asia. Because of this, Ashoka, the Mauryan king, wanted to capture it. Therefore he lead his huge army to Kalinga in 261 BC.


<ul style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"><li>first state in the country to publish the entire voters' lists with photographs.</li></ul>

Operation Maitri (Operation Amity) was a rescue and relief operation in Nepal by the government of India and Indian armed forces in the aftermath of the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. India's response was started within 15 minutes of the quake.


ഇന്ത്യൻ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ സിസ്റ്റം കോഡ് (IFSC) <ul class="ChallengerEditorTheme__ul_dark" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"><li value="1" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark"> ഓൺലൈനായി ഫണ്ട്‌ ട്രാൻസ്ഫർ ചെയ്യാൻ സഹായിക്കുന്ന 11 പ്രതീകങ്ങളുള്ള ആൽഫ നൂമറിക് കോടാണിത്. </li></ul> ഐ . എഫ് . എസ് . സി . കോഡിലെ അക്കങ്ങൾ <ul class="ChallengerEditorTheme__ul_dark" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"><li value="1" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">ഈ കോഡിലെ ആദ്യ 4 അക്കങ്ങൾ ബാങ്കിന്റെ പേരിനെ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. </li><li value="2" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">തുടർന്ന് വരുന്ന 0 എല്ലാ ബാങ്കുകൾക്കും ഒരുപോലെ തന്നെയാണ്. </li><li value="3" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">തുടർന്ന് വരുന്ന 6 അക്കങ്ങളാണ് ബാങ്ക് ശാഖയെ പ്രതിനിധാനം ചെയ്യുന്നത്.</li></ul> <ul class="ChallengerEditorTheme__ul_dark" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"><li value="1" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">അക്ഷരങ്ങളും അക്കങ്ങളും സംയോജിപ്പിക്കുന്ന ഈ കോഡ് ആർ. ബി. ഐ ബാങ്ക് ശാഖകൾക്ക് നൽകുന്നത്.</li><li value="2" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">അയയ്ക്കുന്ന പണം കൃത്യമായി നിർദ്ധിഷ്ട ബാങ്കിലെ നിർദ്ധിഷ്ട അക്കൗണ്ടിലെത്തുന്നു.</li><li value="3" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">ഐ. എഫ്. എസ്. സി യ്ക്ക് മുൻപ് ഒരാളുടെ അക്കൗണ്ടിൽ നിന്ന് മറ്റൊരാളുടെ അക്കൗണ്ടിലേക്ക് പണമയയ്ക്കുക എന്നത് വളരെ ദീർഘമായ പ്രക്രിയ ആയിരുന്നു. ഇതിനു ഉപഭോക്താവ് ആദ്യം സ്വന്തം അക്കൗണ്ടിൽ പണം നിക്ഷേപിച്, നിർദ്ധിഷ്ട ഫോം പൂരിപ്പിച്ച് പണം അയയ്‌ക്കേണ്ട വ്യക്തിയുടെ അക്കൗണ്ട് ശാഖയിൽ സമർപ്പിണമായിരുന്നു.</li></ul> <h2 class="ChallengerEditorTheme__h2_dark" dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ഐ. എഫ്. എസ്. സി. യുടെ പ്രയോജനങ്ങൾ</h2> <ul class="ChallengerEditorTheme__ul_dark" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"><li value="1" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">ഐ. എഫ്. എസ്. സി. യുടെ സഹായത്തോടെ ഇടപാട് വേഗം വർധിച്ചു. രാജ്യാന്തര ഇടപാടുകൾ പോലും മിനിറ്റുകളിൽ പൂർത്തീകരിക്കൻ കഴിഞ്ഞു.</li><li value="2" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">പണം കൈമാറുന്ന രീതിയിലേക്ക് ബാങ്കിംഗ് മേഖല വളർന്നു.</li><li value="3" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">ഓരോ ബാങ്കിനും അതിന്റെ ബ്രാഞ്ചുകൾക്കും വ്യത്യസ്ത കോഡുകൾ ആയതുകൊണ്ട് തന്നെ ഇടപാടുകളിലെ പാളിച്ചകൾ കുറയ്ക്കാനായി.</li><li value="4" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ബാങ്കിംഗ് റെഗുലേറ്ററായ റിസർവ് ബാങ്ക് ആണ് ഐ. എഫ്. എസ്. സി. യ്ക്ക് പിന്നിലെയും ബുദ്ധികേന്ദ്രം. ഓരോ ഇടപാടിന്റെയും സുരക്ഷയും കൃത്യതയും കേന്ദ്ര ബാങ്ക് ഐ. എഫ്. എസ്. സി. വഴി ഉറപ്പു വരുത്തുന്നു.</li></ul>

The Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution lists 22 languages, which have been referred to as scheduled languages and given recognition, status and official encouragement. In addition, the Government of India has awarded the distinction of classical language to Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu.

The Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham (Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham) (SJPS) was established in 1907 by social reformer Ayyankali to campaign for education for Dalits in Kerala with the support of government of Travancore, British India. first starting Sadananda villasam Venganoor, next SJPS

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<li>The choke, or inductor when used in flourescent lamps serves as an impedance, limiting the current through the lamp.</li>
<li>Often the choke is really a transformer in addition to being a current limiting device, with a low voltage tap used to heat the cathodes in a flourescent lamp.</li>
<li>An inductor can serve as a current limiting device with very low losses compared to a resistor.</li>
<li>Without choke maximum current flows in the fluorescent lamp, and with choke (which is a inductor )stored the current in the form of charge and reduces the value of maximum current and helps on starting, without choke , the lamps may get fused or never starts.</li>
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Adam Smith: <ul class="ChallengerEditorTheme__ul_dark" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"><li value="1" class="ChallengerEditorTheme__listItem_dark">The Father of Economics. Adam Smith was an 18th-century philosopher renowned as the father of modern economics and a major proponent of laissez-faire economic policies.</li></ul>

Tsunami is a Japanese word with the English translation, "harbor wave." 
Represented by two characters, the top character, "tsu," means harbor, while the bottom character, "nami," means "wave."

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<li>The Emergency provisions contained in the Constitution of India have been adopted from the Government of India Act 1935</li>
<li>However, this Act did not provide for the suspension of fundamental rights during emergency.</li>
<li>The provision for the suspension of fundamental rights during emergency had been taken from the Weimar Constitution(German Constitution)</li>
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The oldest existing insurance company in India is the National Insurance Company, which was founded in 1906, and is still in business. The Government of India issued an Ordinance on 19 January 1956 nationalising the Life Insurance sector and Life Insurance Corporation came into existence in the same year.


The Tehri Dam is the highest dam in India and one of the highest in the world. It is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River near Tehri in Uttarakhand, India. It is the primary dam of the THDC India Ltd. and the Tehri hydroelectric complex.

The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), located in Bhilai, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, is India's first and main producer of steel rails

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<li>The Jnanpith Award is one of the most prestigious literary awards in India.</li>
<li>It is presented annually to an author for their outstanding contribution to Indian literature.</li>
<li>The award was established in 1961 by the Sahu Jain family, a prominent business family in India, to honor and promote excellence in Indian literature.&nbsp;</li>
<li>The first recipient of the award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup who received the award in 1965 for his collection of poems, 'Odakkuzhal' , published in 1950</li>
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rude oil was discovered here in late 19th century. Digboi is known as the Oil City of Assam where the first oil well in Asia was drilled. The first refinery was started here as early as 1901. Digboi has the oldest oil well in operation.

Asian School of Cyber Laws is a global pioneer in cyber law & cyber crime investigation. We work with Governments, Corporates, and Enforcement & Military agencies across the world.

Fundamental Rights are guaranteed to all persons by the constitution of India without any discrimination of caste, religion, sex etc. These rights entitle an individual to live the life with dignity. Fundamental Rights are meant for promoting the idea of democracy.

നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളിൽ  ഒരെണ്ണം  എന്ന്  എടുത്തു  പറയുന്നതുകൊണ്ട് അതിനു  ശേഷം   singular verb എഴുതണം.
"One among the stars" is singular, so the verb should also be singular, which is "shines".
"Shine" is neither singular nor plural in the context of verb agreement. It is the base form of the verb.

ഇവിടെ തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന ചോദ്യം negative ആണ്. ആയതിനാൽ  tag positive ആയിരിക്കണം.
ഇവിടെ ഉപയോഗിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന auxiliary verb 'am not' ആണ്.
Am not ന്റെ positive 'am ' ആണ്. കൂടെ subject ആയ 'I' കൂടെ എഴുതണം.

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<li>put up with - tolerate, സഹിക്കുക 
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<li>No wife can put up with the tortures of her husband. / ഒരു ഭാര്യക്കും ഭർത്താവിൻ്റെ പീഡനങ്ങൾ സഹിക്കാനാവില്ല.</li>
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<li>put in - interrupt in a conversation or discussion, ഇടപെടുക 
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<li>e.g. Can I put in my idea before we move on? / തുടരുന്നതിന് മുമ്പ് എനിക്ക് എൻ്റെ ആശയം പങ്കിടാമോ</li>
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<li>put out - extinguish , കെടുത്തുക 
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<li>e.g. Firefighters put the fire out . / അഗ്നിശമന സേനാംഗങ്ങൾ തീ അണച്ചു</li>
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<li>put up - to raise, ഉയർത്തുക 
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<li>e.g. They put up a flag. / അവർ ഒരു പതാക ഉയർത്തി</li>
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ഈ  വാക്യത്തിന്റെ അർഥം : പ്രശസ്ത നടൻ മോഹൻലാൽ അഭിനയിച്ച ചിത്രമാണ് ദൃശ്യം.
വ്യക്തിയെ കുറിച്ച് പറയുന്നതുകൊണ്ട്  who ആണ് ഉപയോഗിക്കേണ്ടത്.

Drisyam is a film acted by Mohanlal, who is a famous actor.

Drisyam is a film acted by Mohanlal, that is a famous actor.

Drisyam is a film acted by Mohanlal, which is a famous actor.

Drisyam is a film acted by Mohanlal, he is a famous actor.

ഒരു  question ന്റെ ക്രേമം ഇങ്ങനെ ആണ് : Question word + auxiliary verb + subject + balance .
                                                                                  How long + have + you + been living here ?

If നു ശേഷം V1/Verb + s,es,ies,  is/am/are, do/does, has/have വന്നാൽ  If നു മുൻപോ ശേഷമോ വരുന്ന comma ക്കു  മുന്നിൽ will/shall/can/may  + v1  ഉപയോഗിക്കണം .
ഇവിടെ if നു  ശേഷം 'V1' വന്നതുകൊണ്ട് അതിനു ശേഷം will + V1(pass) എഴുതണം.

If you study well, you would pass the examination.

If you study well, you will pass the examination.

If you studied well, you will pass the examination

If you have studied well, you would pass the examination.

ഇവിടെ child boy or girl എന്ന്  എടുത്തു പറഞ്ഞിട്ടില്ല അതിനാൽ 3rd person ആയ 'it' ഉപയോഗിക്കണം.

I have seen her child. It is a cute baby.

I have seen her child. She is a cute baby.

I have seen her child. He is a cute baby.

I have seen her child. That is a cute baby,

Imperative sentence നെ( verbൽ തുടങ്ങുന്ന sentence ആണ്)  passive voiceൽ മാറ്റുന്ന വിധം: 
let + object + be + V3.

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Father asked had I gone.
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<li>This structure is incorrect because it doesn't follow the proper sequence of tenses and word order for reported speech. The question form "had I gone" should be turned into a statement for indirect speech ("had I gone" എന്ന ചോദ്യരൂപം ഒരു പ്രസ്താവനയാക്കി മാറ്റണം).</li>
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Father asked whether I go.
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<li>This option is incorrect because "whether I go" is in the present tense, which does not match the past tense of "asked". It suggests an ongoing or future action rather than one that has already occurred.</li>
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Father asked whether I have gone.
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<li>This is also incorrect because "have gone" is present perfect tense. In reported speech, the present perfect tense should be changed to past perfect tense when the reporting verb ("asked") is in the past tense.</li>
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Father asked whether I had gone.
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<li>This is the correct option. It uses the past perfect tense "had gone", which appropriately follows the reporting verb "asked" in the past tense. This structure correctly conveys that the action of "going" happened before the father asked about it.</li>
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Luggage നു ശേഷം singular verb എഴുതണം.

Measures plural ആയതുകൊണ്ട് അതിനു ശേഷം plural verb എഴുതണം.

Measures has been taken to wide the road.

Measures has been taken to widening the road.

Measures have been taken to widen the road.

Bouquet : പൂച്ചെണ്ട്‌

"Undesirous" means not wanting or lacking desire, which is the opposite of "desirous."

derisive - പരിഹാസ്യമായ
contemptuous - നിന്ദ്യമായ
അവജ്ഞയോ പരിഹാസമോ പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കുക.
While quarrelling with the bus conductor, the passenger made some derisive comments  means ബസ് കണ്ടക്ടറുമായി വഴക്കിടുന്നതിനിടയിൽ യാത്രക്കാരൻ പരിഹാസകരമായ ചില പരാമർശങ്ങൾ നടത്തി.

A bolt from the blue - തികച്ചും അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായ എന്തെങ്കിലും 
e.g. The news of his marriage was a bolt from the blue. / തികച്ചും അപ്രതീക്ഷിതമായിരുന്നു അദ്ദേഹത്തിൻ്റെ വിവാഹ വാർത്ത.

51 ഒഴികെ ബാക്കി എല്ലാം അഭാജ്യ സംഖ്യകൾ ആണ് 

51 = 17 × 3

100 പൈസ = 1 രൂപ

20 രൂപ = 2000 പൈസ

 20 പൈസ എന്നത് 20 രൂപയുടെ 20/2000 ശതമാനം ആണ് 

(20/2000)100 = 1%

1 മുതൽ 300 വരെയുള്ള സംഖ്യകളുടെ തുക

= n/2 × (2a+ (n-1)d)

= 300/2 × (2 + 299×1)

= 150 ×(301)

= 45150

1 മുതൽ 200 വരെയുള്ള സംഖ്യകളുടെ തുക

= 200/2 × (2 + (199)×1)

= 100 × 201

= 20100

201 മുതൽ 300 വരെയുള്ള സംഖ്യകളുടെ തുക

= 45150 - 20100

= 25050

Or

201 മുതൽ 300 വരെയുള്ള സംഖ്യകളുടെ തുക

= n/2 × (X1 + X2)

= 100/2 × ( 201 + 300)

= 50 × (501)

= 25050

1x2=2    1x3=3          2x3=6
1x5=5     2x2=4         5x4=20
1x6=6     2x3=6         6x6=36

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