GK Express of 09/12/2025

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📚 Current Affairs Coach

1. Project Naman for Veterans

The Indian Army has launched 'Project Naman' to provide dedicated support and services to defense pensioners and veterans. It includes establishing Common Service Centres (CSCs) to assist with pension grievances, health updates, and documentation.

2. Curbing Hate Speech

Karnataka has become the first Indian state to introduce a dedicated legislation to curb hate speech and hate crimes — the Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025.

📖 Know Your English

Word: Ephemeral

Meaning: Lasting for a very short time; short-lived.

Synonyms: Transitory, Fleeting, Transient, Momentary.

Example: Fashions are often ephemeral, changing with every new season.

🚆 GEOGRAPHY COACH

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1. What is the 'Mohorovicic Discontinuity' (Moho)?

➡️ It is the boundary separating the Earth's crust from the underlying mantle, where seismic waves change velocity significantly.

2. Which atmospheric layer reflects radio waves back to Earth, aiding in communication?

➡️ The Ionosphere (part of the Thermosphere).

3. What are 'Isohyets' on a map?

➡️ They are lines connecting places that receive equal amounts of rainfall.

🚆 INDIAN SOCIETY COACH

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1. Who introduced the concept of 'Sanskritization' to explain social change in India?

➡️ M.N. Srinivas. It refers to lower castes adopting the customs and rituals of upper castes to raise their status.

2. In kinship terminology, what does 'Avunculate' refer to?

➡️ It refers to the special authority and relationship of a maternal uncle (mother's brother) over his sister's children (nephews/nieces).

3. What is the 'Demographic Dividend'?

➡️ The economic growth potential that results from a shift in a population's age structure, specifically when the working-age population is larger than the non-working-age population.

🚆 BIOLOGY COACH

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1. What is 'Parthenocarpy' in plants?

➡️ It is the development of fruit without fertilization, resulting in seedless fruits (e.g., banana).

2. Which cell organelle is called the 'Suicide Bag' of the cell?

➡️ Lysosome (because it contains hydrolytic enzymes that can digest the cell itself).

3. What are 'Prions'?

➡️ They are abnormal, pathogenic agents that are transmissible and are able to induce abnormal folding of specific normal cellular proteins (basically infectious proteins without DNA/RNA).

💡 Did You Know?

🇮🇳 India's Floating Post Office

India has the only floating post office in the world. It is located on Dal Lake in Srinagar, Kashmir, and was inaugurated in 2011.

🌍 Point Nemo

'Point Nemo' in the Pacific Ocean is the farthest point from land on Earth. It is so isolated that the closest humans are often the astronauts on the International Space Station.

❓ Question of the Day

Which Schedule of the Indian Constitution contains the 'Anti-Defection Law'?

Answer: The Tenth Schedule. It was added by the 52nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1985 to disqualify MPs/MLAs who defect to another political party.

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1. Which river is known as the 'Sorrow of Nandyala'?

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