Jargon Flashcards
Beriberi
(noun) - disease caused by vit. B1
Affect nerve , cause pain and
Hear attack
Roughage
(noun) - fibers part of food
Carcinogens
Substance causing cancer
Lustre
(noun) - glitter ( chamak )
Churn
(V) - process of making
Butter (manthan)
- nausea ( g michlana)
Condensation
(v) - appearance of water drop due to
Hot air or steam
Winnow
(v) - to blow the husk ( anaj
Pachharna)
Creeper
(noun) - plant grow along the ground
With another plant
Excretion
(n) - to get rid of meterial especially
Metabolic waste
Respiration
(n) - breathing
Metabolism
Chemical reactions changes food into energy
Filament
(n) - Thin wire in bulb
Drought
(n) - long period of dryness
Landfill
(n) - disposal site
Compost
(noun) - mixture consist of largely decayed matter and used for fertilizer
Parasite
(noun) - plant or animal live on another plant or animal
Assimilation
(noun) - movement of digest food into cell
Glycerol
(noun) - thick, sweet, colourless liquid
Molar
(n) - teeth at back of the mouth
Oesophagus
(n) - tube that takes food from mouth to stomach
Tropical rainforest
(noun) - forest with high rain fall in tropical regions
Thunderstorm
(noun) - storm with flash of light , heavy rain and loud noises
Anemometer
(noun) - instrument for measuring force or speed of wind
Clayey
(adj) - containg lot of clay
Diaphragm
(n) - muscle between lung and stomach
Trachea
(n) - tube in throat that carry air to lung
Artery
(n) - tube carry oxygen blood from heart to other
Harvest
(v) - Time of year when crop are cut
Irrigation
(noun) - agriculture process of give water to crop
Water harvesting
(noun) - water conservation from rain water
Drip irrigation
(n) - dripping water at soil for farming
Decomposer
(n) - organism which decay dead plant and animal material
Soil erosion
(n) - movement and transport of upper layer of soil causing deterioration
Deforestation
(n) - decrease in forest area
Reforestaion
(n) - planting new trea in an area
Humus
(n) - dark organic material in soil produce by decomposition of vegetables and animal matter
Aeration
(n) - air mixed in liquid
Biogass
(n) - renewable fuel produced from decomposition of plant and animal waste
Contaminant
(n) - something that make place or thing not suitable to use
Sanitation
(n) - keeping place clean and heathy by sewage system and water supply
Animal husbandary
(n) - production , taking care and breed of farm animal
Granary
(n) - storing room for grain ,farm feed
Kharif
(n) - crop that planted in monsson
Rabi
(n) - crop that grow in winter
Manure
(n) - animal dung used for fertilze land
Weed
(n) - any wild plant grow in an unwanted place
Antibiotics
(n) - medicine that fight against bacteria infection
Antibody
(n) - protein produce in blood that fight to disease
Communicable disease
(n) - Illnes caused by infectious agents through direct or indirect transmission
Fermentation
(n) - chemical change in food or drink which produce bubble or heat
Pasteurisation
(noun) - partial sterilization of substance specially milk
Pathogens
(noun) - microorganisms that can cause disease
Vaccine
(noun) - preparation that stimulates body immune response
Virus
(noun) - too small living thing that cause disease in people , animal
Ductility
(n) - ability of material to change its shape
Malleability
(n) - capability of being expand by pressure or beating with hammer
Combustion
(noun) - the process of burning something
Biodiversity
( noun) - term used to describe variety of life on earth
Biosphere reserve
(n) - particular area protected and mean for conservation of life form like plant and animal
Desertification
(n) - degradation in dryland in which bio productivity lost
Ecosystem
(n) - all living thing in an area effect each other and environment
Endangered species
(n) - plant and animal that are close to extinction
Funa
(n) - all the animal present in perticular area or time
Flora
(n) - all the plant present in particular time or region
Sanctuary
(n) - area where animal and bird are protected
Fertilization
(n) - Process of combination of male sperm with female ovum
Foetus
(n) - animal or human begin in its later stage of development before it born
Metamorphosis
(n) - dramatic changes in the form of animal or human during development after birth
Adolescence
(n) - transitional phase of growth of development between childhood and adulthood
Aderaline
(n) - substance that your body produces when you are angry, frightened, or excited
Insulin
(noun) - hormone that regulate sugar or glucose in blood
Puberty
(n) - time in life when boy or girl sexually mature
Friction
(noun) - force that make difficult for one obeject to slide along the surface
Seismograph
(n) - which measure strength of earthquake
Asteroid
(n) - minor planet which can neither be classified as comet or planet (shudr grah)
Comet
(n) - forzen leftover from the formation of compost of dust , rock , ice
Celestial object
(n) - aggregation of material in universe that can consider single unit(akashiye pind )
Constellation
(n) - name given to group of star that makes a certain pattern (taramandal)
Meteorite
(n) - piece of rock or metal found that has fallen to ground
Bilateral trade agreement
Agreement between countries to promote trade and commerce eliminate barrier such as trarif ,import , quota . Advantage expansion of market between 2 countries
Multilateral trade agreement
Agreement between more than 2 countries with intentions to reduce barrier to trade such as tariff , import quota
Budgetary deficit
Budget deficit occur when current expense exceed income received through standard operation
Business processing outsourcing (bpo)
Degelation of one or more IT intensive process to an external provider . Also called call centre
Cascading effect
Unforseen chain of event that occur when an event in a system has a negative impact on other as a result of interconnection and interdependencyto the primary affected system.
Cash reserve ratio
Percentage of bank total deposit that it needs to maintain as liquid cash .
Default
Company or individual who fail to make payment or interset or principal on a loan or security on time
Devaluation
Deliberate downward adjustment of country currency value against gold or other currency within a fixed exchange rate system brought about by govt .
Disinvestment
Selling a stake in a company , subsidiary or other investment
Equity
Equity is the amount of capital invested or owned by owner of the company
European union
International organisations compromise of 27 countries and governing common economic , social and security policies .
Foreign direct investment (fdi)
Category of cross border investment in which investor resides in one economy establish a lasting interest in and significant degree of influence over an entries reside in another country
Foreign exchange
Conversion of one currency into another at specific rate known as foreign exchange rate.
Gross domestic product
Total monetary or market value of all finished good and service produce with in a country in a specific time
Infant mortality rate
Death of infant before his or her birthday
Inflation
Decline of purchasing power of a given currency over time due to increase of average price level of basket of slected goods and services in economy over some period of time
Life expectancy rate
Number of a year a person can expect to live
Morbidity
Term refer to existence of any form of diseases
Mortality rate
Relative frequency of death in a specific population during specific time
Renewable sources
Source that can be used repeatedly and does not run out because it naturally replaced
Non renewable sources
Natural substances that is not replenished with the speed at which consumed
Per capita income
Per capita income or average income is measurement of average income per person in a specific country
Planning commission
PC is body of citizens that serve with in local government acting as advisory group
Provident fund
Govt managed retirement scheme for employees who can contribute a part of their pension fund every month
SAARC
South Asian association of regional cooperation , is an economic and political organization of eight countries in south asia
Social security
It is a protection that a society provide to individual and household to ensure acess to health care and guarantee income security particularly in old age
Special economic zone
A special economic zone is an area in which the bussiness and trade law are different from rest of the country
Stock exchange
A stock exchange bring companies and investors together ,help companies raise capital or money by issuing equity share to be sold to investor
Tariff
Tax imposed by one country on the goods and services imported from another country
Urbanization
Process through which cities grow and higher percentages of the population comes to live in city
Barter exchange
System where good are exchanged without the use of money
Capital
Sum of financial assest that are required to produce good or service
Capital gain / loss
Increase/ lose in capital asset value
Capital goods
Physical assets that company usesin the production process to manufacture products and services that consumer later use
Capitalist country / economy
Economic system where factor of production such as capital goods, labour, natural resources are controlled by private business
Fiat money
All kind of money are made legal tender by govt.
Fiscal policy
It means by which a govt adjust its spending level and tax rates to monitor and influence nation economy
Inventory raw material used in production as well as good produce that are available for sale
Monopoly
A situation in which one company or person or govt has no competition .
Oligopoly
Market characterzied by small number of firm who realised they are interdependent in their pricing and output policies
Aparthied
Former social system in south africa in which black people and people from other racial group did not have the same political ,and economic rights
Constitutional amendment
Change in the constitution made by supreme legislative body in the country
Preamble
Brief introductory statement that set out to guiding purpose , principle , and philisiphy of the constitution
Treason
Offence of betraying one’s own country by attempting to overthrow govt. Through waging war against the state
Code of conduct
Set of guidelines bissued by election commission of India for the conduct of political parties and candidates during election
Constituency
Area for which someone is elected as representative in parliament or govt .
Incumbent
Current holder of office
Rigging
Election rigging is the act of dishonesty organizing an election to get particular result
Coalition government
Form of govt. In which political parties co-operate to form a govt .
Legislature
Asembly with authority who are empowered to make , change or repeal the law of country or state
Executive
Organ of govt . That primary look after the function of implementation and administration is called the executive
Judiciary
Branch of govt. Of court that adujdicates legal dispute and applies law in the name of state
Convenant
Formal written agreement usually seal between two or more people or group of people or even countries which recognised in law
Ethenic group
Social group or category of the population bound together by common ties of race , language , nationality and culture
Summon
Process of calling all the members of parliament to meet
Writ
Comand of the court to person or authority by which such person avstrain from acting in certain way
Civil war
War between citizens of the same country
Cold war
State of extreme unfriendliness existing between countries
Jurisdiction
Official authority to make decisions and judgment
Migrant
Person who moves away from his or her usual residence wheather with 8n country or international border
Feminist
A person who believes in feminisms
Patriarchy
Social system in which men hold primary power
Family laws
Area of law that adress family relationship
Urbinazation
Process through which cities grow and higher and higher percentages comes to live in city
Caste hierarchy
Class structure that is determined by the birth
Partisan
Committed member of political party or army
Defection
Defection in politics means moving of a person from one party to another party for personal benefit
Universal adult franchise
All adult citizen who are 18 year and above have right to vote
Censorship
govt attempt to conceal fake , distort or falsy information
Opd
First intermediary between a patient and hospital staff
Generic name
Consumer products without a widely recognised name or logo
