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Beriberi

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(noun) - disease caused by vit. B1
Affect nerve , cause pain and
Hear attack

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Roughage

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(noun) - fibers part of food

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Carcinogens

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Substance causing cancer

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Lustre

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(noun) - glitter ( chamak )

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Churn

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(V) - process of making
Butter (manthan)
- nausea ( g michlana)

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Condensation

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(v) - appearance of water drop due to
Hot air or steam

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Winnow

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(v) - to blow the husk ( anaj
Pachharna)

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Creeper

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(noun) - plant grow along the ground
With another plant

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Excretion

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(n) - to get rid of meterial especially
Metabolic waste

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Respiration

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(n) - breathing

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Metabolism

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Chemical reactions changes food into energy

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Filament

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(n) - Thin wire in bulb

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Drought

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(n) - long period of dryness

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Landfill

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(n) - disposal site

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Compost

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(noun) - mixture consist of largely decayed matter and used for fertilizer

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Parasite

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(noun) - plant or animal live on another plant or animal

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Assimilation

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(noun) - movement of digest food into cell

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Glycerol

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(noun) - thick, sweet, colourless liquid

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Molar

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(n) - teeth at back of the mouth

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Oesophagus

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(n) - tube that takes food from mouth to stomach

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Tropical rainforest

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(noun) - forest with high rain fall in tropical regions

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Thunderstorm

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(noun) - storm with flash of light , heavy rain and loud noises

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Anemometer

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(noun) - instrument for measuring force or speed of wind

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Clayey

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(adj) - containg lot of clay

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Diaphragm

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(n) - muscle between lung and stomach

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Trachea

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(n) - tube in throat that carry air to lung

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Artery

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(n) - tube carry oxygen blood from heart to other

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Harvest

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(v) - Time of year when crop are cut

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Irrigation

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(noun) - agriculture process of give water to crop

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Water harvesting

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(noun) - water conservation from rain water

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Drip irrigation

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(n) - dripping water at soil for farming

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Decomposer

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(n) - organism which decay dead plant and animal material

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Soil erosion

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(n) - movement and transport of upper layer of soil causing deterioration

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Deforestation

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(n) - decrease in forest area

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Reforestaion

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(n) - planting new trea in an area

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Humus

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(n) - dark organic material in soil produce by decomposition of vegetables and animal matter

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Aeration

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(n) - air mixed in liquid

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Biogass

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(n) - renewable fuel produced from decomposition of plant and animal waste

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Contaminant

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(n) - something that make place or thing not suitable to use

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Sanitation

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(n) - keeping place clean and heathy by sewage system and water supply

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Animal husbandary

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(n) - production , taking care and breed of farm animal

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Granary

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(n) - storing room for grain ,farm feed

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Kharif

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(n) - crop that planted in monsson

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Rabi

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(n) - crop that grow in winter

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Manure

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(n) - animal dung used for fertilze land

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Weed

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(n) - any wild plant grow in an unwanted place

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Antibiotics

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(n) - medicine that fight against bacteria infection

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Antibody

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(n) - protein produce in blood that fight to disease

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Communicable disease

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(n) - Illnes caused by infectious agents through direct or indirect transmission

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Fermentation

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(n) - chemical change in food or drink which produce bubble or heat

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Pasteurisation

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(noun) - partial sterilization of substance specially milk

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Pathogens

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(noun) - microorganisms that can cause disease

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Vaccine

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(noun) - preparation that stimulates body immune response

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Virus

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(noun) - too small living thing that cause disease in people , animal

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Ductility

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(n) - ability of material to change its shape

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Malleability

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(n) - capability of being expand by pressure or beating with hammer

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Combustion

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(noun) - the process of burning something

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Biodiversity

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( noun) - term used to describe variety of life on earth

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Biosphere reserve

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(n) - particular area protected and mean for conservation of life form like plant and animal

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Desertification

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(n) - degradation in dryland in which bio productivity lost

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Ecosystem

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(n) - all living thing in an area effect each other and environment

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Endangered species

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(n) - plant and animal that are close to extinction

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Funa

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(n) - all the animal present in perticular area or time

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Flora

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(n) - all the plant present in particular time or region

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Sanctuary

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(n) - area where animal and bird are protected

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Fertilization

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(n) - Process of combination of male sperm with female ovum

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Foetus

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(n) - animal or human begin in its later stage of development before it born

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Metamorphosis

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(n) - dramatic changes in the form of animal or human during development after birth

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Adolescence

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(n) - transitional phase of growth of development between childhood and adulthood

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Aderaline

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(n) - substance that your body produces when you are angry, frightened, or excited

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Insulin

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(noun) - hormone that regulate sugar or glucose in blood

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Puberty

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(n) - time in life when boy or girl sexually mature

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Friction

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(noun) - force that make difficult for one obeject to slide along the surface

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Seismograph

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(n) - which measure strength of earthquake

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Asteroid

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(n) - minor planet which can neither be classified as comet or planet (shudr grah)

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Comet

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(n) - forzen leftover from the formation of compost of dust , rock , ice

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Celestial object

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(n) - aggregation of material in universe that can consider single unit(akashiye pind )

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Constellation

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(n) - name given to group of star that makes a certain pattern (taramandal)

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Meteorite

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(n) - piece of rock or metal found that has fallen to ground

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Bilateral trade agreement

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Agreement between countries to promote trade and commerce eliminate barrier such as trarif ,import , quota . Advantage expansion of market between 2 countries

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Multilateral trade agreement

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Agreement between more than 2 countries with intentions to reduce barrier to trade such as tariff , import quota

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Budgetary deficit

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Budget deficit occur when current expense exceed income received through standard operation

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Business processing outsourcing (bpo)

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Degelation of one or more IT intensive process to an external provider . Also called call centre

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Cascading effect

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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.

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Cash reserve ratio

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Percentage of bank total deposit that it needs to maintain as liquid cash .

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Default

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Company or individual who fail to make payment or interset or principal on a loan or security on time

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Devaluation

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Deliberate downward adjustment of country currency value against gold or other currency within a fixed exchange rate system brought about by govt .

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Disinvestment

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Selling a stake in a company , subsidiary or other investment

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Equity

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Equity is the amount of capital invested or owned by owner of the company

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European union

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International organisations compromise of 27 countries and governing common economic , social and security policies .

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Foreign direct investment (fdi)

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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

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Foreign exchange

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Conversion of one currency into another at specific rate known as foreign exchange rate.

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Gross domestic product

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Total monetary or market value of all finished good and service produce with in a country in a specific time

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Infant mortality rate

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Death of infant before his or her birthday

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Inflation

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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

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Life expectancy rate

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Number of a year a person can expect to live

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Morbidity

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Term refer to existence of any form of diseases

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Mortality rate

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Relative frequency of death in a specific population during specific time

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Renewable sources

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Source that can be used repeatedly and does not run out because it naturally replaced

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Non renewable sources

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Natural substances that is not replenished with the speed at which consumed

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Per capita income

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Per capita income or average income is measurement of average income per person in a specific country

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Planning commission

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PC is body of citizens that serve with in local government acting as advisory group

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Provident fund

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Govt managed retirement scheme for employees who can contribute a part of their pension fund every month

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SAARC

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South Asian association of regional cooperation , is an economic and political organization of eight countries in south asia

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Social security

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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

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Special economic zone

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A special economic zone is an area in which the bussiness and trade law are different from rest of the country

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Stock exchange

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A stock exchange bring companies and investors together ,help companies raise capital or money by issuing equity share to be sold to investor

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Tariff

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Tax imposed by one country on the goods and services imported from another country

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Urbanization

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Process through which cities grow and higher percentages of the population comes to live in city

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Barter exchange

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System where good are exchanged without the use of money

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Capital

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Sum of financial assest that are required to produce good or service

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Capital gain / loss

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Increase/ lose in capital asset value

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Capital goods

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Physical assets that company usesin the production process to manufacture products and services that consumer later use

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Capitalist country / economy

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Economic system where factor of production such as capital goods, labour, natural resources are controlled by private business

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Fiat money

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All kind of money are made legal tender by govt.

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Fiscal policy

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It means by which a govt adjust its spending level and tax rates to monitor and influence nation economy

117
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Inventory raw material used in production as well as good produce that are available for sale

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Monopoly

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A situation in which one company or person or govt has no competition .

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Oligopoly

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Market characterzied by small number of firm who realised they are interdependent in their pricing and output policies

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Aparthied

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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

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Constitutional amendment

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Change in the constitution made by supreme legislative body in the country

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Preamble

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Brief introductory statement that set out to guiding purpose , principle , and philisiphy of the constitution

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Treason

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Offence of betraying one’s own country by attempting to overthrow govt. Through waging war against the state

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Code of conduct

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Set of guidelines bissued by election commission of India for the conduct of political parties and candidates during election

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Constituency

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Area for which someone is elected as representative in parliament or govt .

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Incumbent

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Current holder of office

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Rigging

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Election rigging is the act of dishonesty organizing an election to get particular result

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Coalition government

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Form of govt. In which political parties co-operate to form a govt .

129
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Legislature

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Asembly with authority who are empowered to make , change or repeal the law of country or state

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Executive

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Organ of govt . That primary look after the function of implementation and administration is called the executive

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Judiciary

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Branch of govt. Of court that adujdicates legal dispute and applies law in the name of state

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Convenant

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Formal written agreement usually seal between two or more people or group of people or even countries which recognised in law

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Ethenic group

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Social group or category of the population bound together by common ties of race , language , nationality and culture

134
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Summon

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Process of calling all the members of parliament to meet

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Writ

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Comand of the court to person or authority by which such person avstrain from acting in certain way

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Civil war

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War between citizens of the same country

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Cold war

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State of extreme unfriendliness existing between countries

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Jurisdiction

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Official authority to make decisions and judgment

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Migrant

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Person who moves away from his or her usual residence wheather with 8n country or international border

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Feminist

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A person who believes in feminisms

141
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Patriarchy

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Social system in which men hold primary power

142
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Family laws

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Area of law that adress family relationship

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Urbinazation

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Process through which cities grow and higher and higher percentages comes to live in city

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Caste hierarchy

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Class structure that is determined by the birth

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Partisan

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Committed member of political party or army

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Defection

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Defection in politics means moving of a person from one party to another party for personal benefit

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Universal adult franchise

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All adult citizen who are 18 year and above have right to vote

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Censorship

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govt attempt to conceal fake , distort or falsy information

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Opd

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First intermediary between a patient and hospital staff

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Generic name

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Consumer products without a widely recognised name or logo

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