General Studies and General Awareness
UNSC Permanent Five (P5) — Remember "FURC-C": France, USA, Russia, China, China (wait—just one China!). Better: "FRUC-US" for France, Russia, UK, China, United States—the veto-wielding permanent members.
Fundamental Rights Articles — "ERFFC-CP": Equality (14-18), Right to Freedom (19-22), Exploitation (23-24), Freedom of Religion (25-28), Cultural & Educational (29-30), Property (removed). Remember positions: 14-18, 19-22, 23-24, 25-28, 29-30.
Viceroy Sequence (Last Four) — "WILL-HIM": Willingdon, Linlithgow, Wavell, Mountbatten. The last four Viceroys before Independence (1931-1947).
Vedas Order — "RYSAV": Rigveda (oldest), Yajurveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda. Chronological order of composition.
Mughal Emperors — "BAHJA-ABSB": Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah (I), Shah Alam, Bahadur Shah (II). First six are crucial.
Gupta Rulers — "C-SAKE": Chandragupta I, Samudragupta, Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya), Kumaragupta, Skandagupta. Golden Age sequence.
General Science
Planets Order — "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles": Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Distance from Sun.
Vitamin Deficiency Diseases — "ABCDE-K": A=Night blindness, B=Beriberi, C=Scurvy, D=rickets, E=sterility, K=blood Klotting. Quick recall for common deficiency diseases.
pH Scale Memory — pH < 7 = Acid, pH = 7 = Neutral, pH > 7 = Base. Remember: "7 is heaven (neutral); below is sour (acid)."
Reactivity Series (Top 5) — "Please Send Calcium's Magnificent Aluminium": Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium, Aluminium. Most reactive metals first.
Newton's Laws Quick — "I-FA-AR": I=Inertia (Law 1), F=ma (Law 2), Action-Reaction (Law 3). One-word triggers for each law.
Taxonomy Hierarchy — "King Philip Came Over For Good Soup": Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Biological classification levels.
General Reasoning and Mental Aptitude
Direction Clockwise — "NESW" or "Never Eat Soggy Waffles": North-East-South-West. Clockwise 90° turns: N→E→S→W→N.
Opposite Directions — N↔S, E↔W, NE↔SW, NW↔SE. If facing North and turn 180°, you face South. Left-right flips reverse E-W.
Blood Relations Gender Trap — Maternal = mother's side; Paternal = father's side. Niece = female; Nephew = male. Brother's wife = Sister-in-law (not Bhabhi in exam English).