This document contains numerous mnemonics and tricks to help remember information related to geography, history, politics, and economics of India. Some examples include: - ExCuSe ME: A trick to remember the types of indirect taxes in India. - TEACHERS: A mnemonic for important aspects of India's 11th five-year plan. - LPG: A shortcut for the key aspects of India's 8th five-year plan - Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization. - Tropic of Cancer passes through eight Indian states, represented by the mnemonic "West Me Gujarat Rajasthan, Mujhe Jharkhand Chahiye Th

1. BaChPaN me MBA-Torememberlengthof boundary indiasharesindecreasingorder-Bangladesh,China,
Pakistan,Nepal,MyanmarBhutan,afganistan
PATNA : to rememberMissilesunderintegrated program- prithvi ,agni,trishul,nag,akash
MBBS PAIN:Trick to RememberSAARCCountries–Maldives,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Sri lanka,Pakistan,
Afganistan,India,Nepal
GPRS: Harappa civilization’simportantplaces Gujrat, Punjab, Rajasthan,Sind.
CBI : Human startedusingmetalsinsequence COPPER,BRONZEandIRON.
ExCuSe ME : Indirecttaxes
Ex= Excise Duty
Cu = CustomsDuty
Se = Service Tax
M = Motor vehicle tax
E = EntertainmentTax
SEED: CountriescollectivelycalledasHorn of Africa-
S- Somalia
E- Ethiopia
E- Eritrea
D- Djibouti
JUMBAK: StateswithBicameral System
J – Jammu& Kashmir(abolishafterreorganisation)
U – Uttar Pradesh
M – Maharashtra
B – Bihar
A – Andhra Pradesh
K – Karnataka
SAAB: Indianstatestouchboundaryof Bhutan
SIKKIM
ARUNACHALPRADESH
ASSAM
BENGAL
CASA(currentaccountsavingaccount)
WIPRo: income methodof GDPcalculation - Wage,Interest,Profits,Rent
8 core industries: C3 FERNS
COAL,CRUDE, OIL,Cement,Fertiliser,Electricity,RefineryProduct,Natural Gas,Steel
Mughal Kings:BHAJSA
BABAR- HUMAYUN - AKBAR- JAHANGIR- SHAHJAHAN - AURANGZEB
Rivers north westIndia
India JoinChina at Right time at Beijingfor SCO
Indus– Jhelum–Chenab-Ravi – Beas– Satluj
Formationof statesinChronological Order:
AaM GuNaH Hi Meg ManTri Si GArMi de sakta hai
A = Andhra Pradesh(1953)
M = Maharashtra (1960)
Gu = Gujarat (1960)

2. Na = Nagaland(1963)
H = Hariyana(1966)
Hi = Himanchal Pradesh(1971)
Meg = Meghalaya(1972)
Man = Manipur (1972)
Tri = Tripura(1972)
Si = Sikkim(1975)
G = Goa (1987)
Ar = Arunanchal Pradesh(1987)
Mi = Mizoram(1987)
Countriesbordering BalticSeaare:RuDe GermanySELL Poland & Finland
Ru- Russia
De- Denmark
Germany
S- Sweden
E- Estonia
L- Latvia
L- Lithuania
Poland
Finland
Tropic of Cancer (23.5⁰ N) passesthrough: MexicoSe Mumbai Me Aane Ke Liye Egg ShOUld Bringto My
ChinaTown.
Mexico,Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, India, Bangladesh,
Myanmar, China,Taiwan.
Tropic of Capricorn (67.5⁰ S) passesthrough: (CABPNB Se MuMbai Aai)
Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Namibia, Botswana, SouthAfrica, Mozambique, Madagascar, Australia
Equator passesthrough: ECB UK-CGSI[EnglishCricketBoardUK wala CGS systemuse krtahaI)
(Ecuador, Colombia,Brazil, Uganda, Kenya, Rep.of Congo,DemocraticRep.of Congo,Gabon, Somalia,
Indonesia)
CountriesborderingRed Sea - DESSEY
D- Djibouti
E- Eritrea
S- Saudi Arabi
S- Sudan(notsomalia:payattentionandkeeprem)
E- Egypt
Y- Yemen
ASEAN countries:(TV CLIP of MBBS)
T-Thailand,V-Vietnam,C- Cambodia,L-Laos,I- Indonesia,P-Philippines,M-Malaysia,B-Burma,B-Brunei,S-
Singapore
Tropic of Cancer Passesthrough eightstates: WestMe Gujarat Rajasthan, Mujhe Jharkhand Chahiye Tha.
W- WestBengal
M- Madhya Pradesh
G- Gujarat
R- Rajasthan
M- Mizoram
J- Jharkhand

3. C- Chhattisgarh
T- Tripura
RUSSIA is the only country which borders three differentlandlockedseas :
BBC
Black Sea
BalticSea
CaspianSea
Countriesaround Caspian Sea : KATIR
T- Turkmenistan
A- Azerbaijan
R- Russia
I- Iran
K- Kazakhstan
7 differentfieldsof Rainbow Revolution - AFSPAFauran Hatao
AFSPA -youknow -ArmedForces(Special Powers) Act.
AFSPA FauranHatao :
A- Agriculture
F- Forestry
S- Sugarcane
P- Poultry
A- Animal Husbandry
F- Fishery(Fauran)
H- Horticulture (Hatao)
6 MembersofMekong-GangaCooperation- LIMCa TV
L- Laos
I- India
M- Myanmar
Ca- Cambodia(notChina,Payattention)
T- Thailand
V- Vietnam
The three principlesofJainism,also known as Triratnas (three gems),are - KFC
- rightKnowledge
- rightFaith
- rightConduct.
Buddhas eightfold path --- VISAL CEM (vishal cement)
rightView,Intention,Speech,Action,Livelihood,Concentration,Effort,Mindfulness( view,intention,
mindfulnessalsocalledasfaith,thoughtremembrance)
UN official language-FACERS
F - French
A - Arabic
C - Chinese
E - English
R - Russian
S - Spanish
Mnemonicfor G7 economies: drinkJUICE with GF:

4. J- Japan
U- USA
I- Italy(notIndia,plzpayattention)
C- Canada(notChina,plzpay attention)
E- England(UnitedKingdom)
G- Germany
F- France
Note:(i) EuropeanUnionisalsoa part of thisgroupwhichis representedbyabove mentionedEuropean
Countries.
(ii) Intially,itwasG6, whenformedin1975. Later,in 1976, Canadawas added.Andagainin1997, Russiawas
added.So,it became G8. But,due to annexationof Crimeain2014, Russiawassuspendedandhence it
became G7.
Chronology:G6 ➖ G7 ➖ G8 ➖G7.
Trick to RememberG-20 Countries-- GURUJISITA AB SSC FCI ME kaam karti hain
G- Germany
U- USA
R- Russia
U- U.K
J- Japan
I- India
S- Saudi Arabia
I- Indonesia
T- Turkey
A- Australia
A- Argentina
B- Brazil
S- SouthKorea
S- SouthAfrica
C- Canada
F- France
C- China
I- Italy
M- Mexico
E- Europeanunion
Remember Whofought1st Anglo-Mysorewar
MEN vs Hyder ali
M-Maratha
E-English
N- Nizams
Remember Kingswho followedBuddhism
“BAPUKa Hath”
B– Bimbisara
A-Ashoka
P– Prasanjeet
U-Udaysen
Ka- Kaniska
Hath-Harsha vardana
Remember SessionsofLok Sabha
B.M.W

5. Budget(FebruarytoMay),
Monsoon(June toSeptember)
Winter(NovembertoDecember).
Remember the Five Great lakes
HOMES
H for Huron.
O for Ontario.
M for Michigan.
E for Erie.
S for Superior.
5 great Lakes according to theirflowfrom Westto East in USA
“SuperMan HelpsEveryOne”
· S is forSuperior.
· M isfor Michigan.
· H is for Huron.
· E isfor Erie.
· O isfor Ontario.
Remember the oceans - PAISA
P-Pacific
A-Arctic
I-Indian
S-SouthernOcean(AntarcticOcean)
A-Atlantic
Remember the taxonomy - “KeepPots Clean,Otherwise FamilyGetsSick.”
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
INDIAN ECONOMY(SHORTCUTS )
FIVEYEAR PLANS:(ImportantfactsfromFirsttoEleventhfive yearplan)
1) FIRST FIVEYEAR PLAN (1951 -56)
SHORTCUT: SIPCOT
 S - SOCIALSERVICE
 I - INDUSTRY
 P - POWER

6.  Co - Communication
 T - Transport
2) Secondfive yearplan(1956 -61)
SHORTCUT : MADRAS
 M - MahalanobisModel
 A - AtomicEnergyCommission
 D - Durgapur steel company,TataInstof Fundamental Research
 R - RourkelaSteel Company,RapidIndustrialisation
 A - Agriculture
 S - SocialisticPatternof Society
3) Thirdfive yearplan(1961-66)
SHORTCUT : SAD
 S - Self Reliance
 A - Agriculture
 D - Developmentof Industry
4) Fifthfive yearplan(1974-79)
SHORTCUT : PSTM
 P - PovertyEradication
 S - Self reliance
 T - TwentyPointProgramme
 M - MinimumNeedProgramme
5) Sixthfive yearPlan(1980-85)
SHORTCUT : MAIL
 M - Management
 A - Agriculture production
 I - Industryproduction
 L - Local DevelopmentSchemes
6) SeventhFive yearplan(1985-90)
SHORTCUT : EFGH (the alphabets)
 E - Employmentgeneration
 F - Foodgrainproductionwasdoubled
 G - Jawahar Rozgar Yojana(1989)
 H - Hindurate of Growth
7) EighthFive yearplan(1992-97)
SHORTCUT : LPG
 L - Liberalisation
 P - Privatisation
 G - Globalisation
8) Ninthfive yearplan(1997-2002)
SHORTCUT : ESPN
 E - EmploymentforWomen,SC'sandST's
 S - SevenBasicminimumservice
 P - PanchayatRaj Institutions,PrimaryEducation,PublicDistributionSystem
 N - NutritionSecurity
11) Eleventhfiveyearplan(2007 -2012)
SHORTCUT : TEACHERS
 T - Telecommunicatons(2G)
 E - Electricity,Environment Science
 A - Anemia
 C - Cleanwater

7.  H - Healtheducation
 E - EnvironmentScience
 R - Rapidgrowth
 S - Skill Development
ExCuSe ME : Indirecttaxes
Ex= Excise Duty; Cu = CustomsDuty; Se = Service Tax ; M= Motor vehicle tax ;
E = EntertainmentTax
CitiesOf AustraliaWhenMovingInClockwiseDirection
B.S.CM.A. PhD
B – Brisbane ;S – Sydney;C – Canberra; M – Melbourne ;A – Adelaide;P - Perth;
D – Darwin
Official languagesof UN
UN alwaysfacesthe challengesof the world.Hence theyare FACERS
F- French; A- Arabic; C- Chinese ;E- English;R- Russian; S- Spanish
To rememberschedulesfromconstitution:
TEARS OF OLD PM
T – Territory; E – Emoluments;A - Affirmations/Oaths;R- Rajya Sabha
S - ScheduledAreas;O - OtherScheduledAreas(Meghalaya,Tripura,MizoramandAssam) ;F - Federal
structure - Three Lists; O - Official Languages;L - Land Reforms - 9th Schedule ;D - Defection -- Anti-
Defection;P – Panchayats; M – Municipalities
Trick to Rememberthe RulingDynastiesof AncientHistory:
Trick:- HaSiNaMaShuKa AA.
Ha- Haryanka Dynasty
Si- SishungaDynasty
Na- Nand Dynasty
Ma- Maurya Dynasty
Shu- ShungaDynasty
Ka- Kanwa Dynasty
AA- AndhraDynasty
Tricks to rememberImportant foldmountains:
Trick:- U ARe A Himalaya
U :- Ural Mountain.
A :- AlpsMountain.
R :- Rocky Mountain.
A :- AndesMountain.
H :-Himalaya.
Dalhousie made annexationsonlyonweekendsi.e.SaturdayandSunday.
(Satand SUN)
Sat- Satara
S- Sambhalpur
U- Udaipur
N- Nagpur
and thenJhansi
imptributariesof Ganga:

8. GoRa Ghaghara K BaG M PunYaSoTa :
GoRa Ghaghara K BaG M ---- These are leftbanktributaries
PunYaSoTa---- These are rightbanktributaries
Go- Gomati
Ra- Ramganga
Ghaghara
K- Koshi
Ba- Bagmati
G- Gandak
M- Mahananda
Pun- Punpun
Ya- Yamuna
So- Son
Ta- Tamsa
MnemonicforOPEC Countries:
NIKEVISA QUILA
N- Nigeria
I- Indonesia
K- Kuwait
E- Ecuador
V- Venezuela
I- Iran
S- Saudi Arabia
A- Algeria
Q- Qatar
U- U.A.E
I- Iraq
L- Libya
A- Angola
Tributariesof Godavari :
1. #. ShiBaKaKa Sab TIPPu --- Leftbanktributaries
a. Shi- Shivana
b. Ba- Banganga
c. Ka- Kadva
d. Ka- Kadam
e. Sab- Sabari
f. T- Taliperu
i. Indravati
g. P- Pranhita
h. Pu- Purna
2. SiPraMaMa Ki DaNa---- RightbankTributaries
a. Si- Sindphana
b. Pra- Pravara
c. Ma- Majira
d. Ma- Manair
e. Ki- Kinnerasani
f. Da- Darna
g. Na- Nasardi
Tropic of Cancer Passesthrougheightstates:
Trick:- West Me Gujarat Rajasthan,Mujhe JharkhandChahiye Tha.

9. W- WestBengal
M- Madhya Pradesh
G- Gujarat
R- Rajasthan
M- Mizoram
J- Jharkhand
C- Chattisgarh
T- Tripura