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đ¯ ā§§. BCS Priority Map
| āĻĻā§āĻļ | āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦ | āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻŦā§āύ |
|---|---|---|
| đąđ° āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻž | â â â | Sirimavo, Elephant Pass, Hambantota, Adam’s Peak, Tamil–Sinhalese |
| đŗđĩ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ | â â â | āϰāĻžāĻāϤāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ, āĻļā§āώ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, Gurkha, Kalapani, Lipulekh, Himalaya |
| đ§đš āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ | â â â | GNH, Druk Yul, Carbon Negative, Constitutional Monarchy, Sinchula |
| đ˛đģ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ | â â â | āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻļ, Atoll, Malé, Dhivehi, climate vulnerability |
| đĻđĢ āĻāĻĢāĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāύ | â â â | Taliban, Loya Jirga, Soviet invasion/withdrawal, Durand Line, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧ |
| đēī¸ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋ | â â â | Landlocked, India–China, Pakistan–Afghanistan |
| đ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāύāĻž | â â â | ⧧⧝⧧⧝, ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ž, ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ģ, ⧧⧝ā§ā§¯, ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¯, ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ž, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧ |
đĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§āĻ Master Revision
āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻž → Colombo + Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte → Sirimavo Bandaranaike → Elephant Pass → Hambantota → Adam’s Peak
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ → Kathmandu → Landlocked → Himalaya → Everest → 28 May 2008 monarchy abolished → Last King Gyanendra → Gurkha → Kalapani
āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ → Thimphu → Druk Yul → GNH → Jigme Singye Wangchuck → Constitutional Monarchy → Carbon Negative
āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ → Malé → Indian Ocean → Atoll → Dhivehi → 26 July 1965 → smallest Asian country
āĻāĻĢāĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāύ → Kabul → Landlocked → 34 provinces → Hindu Kush → Loya Jirga → Soviet invasion 1979 → withdrawal 1989 → Taliban 2021
đąđ° āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻž
⧍. āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻž : āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĻŋ
āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϰāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ-āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĨ¤ āĻāĻžāϰāϤ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϞāϤ Palk Strait āĻ Gulf of Mannar āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻāĨ¤
Quick Profile
| āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠| āϤāĻĨā§āϝ |
|---|---|
| āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰā§ā§ āύāĻžāĻŽ | Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
| āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠| Colombo |
| āĻāĻāύāϏāĻāĻž/āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte |
| āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž | ā§Ē āĻĢā§āĻŦā§āϰā§ā§āĻžāϰāĻŋ ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ž |
| āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ | Ceylon |
| āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ | Sinhalese |
| āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻā§ | Sri Lankan Tamil |
| āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻž | Sri Lankan Rupee |
| āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϧāϰā§āĻŽ | Buddhism |
| āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāώāĻž | Sinhala, Tamil |
| āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĒāϰā§āĻŦāϤ | Adam’s Peak |
| āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰ | Colombo, Hambantota, Trincomalee |
ā§Š. āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āϞ
INDIA
â
Tamil Nadu
â
Palk Strait
â
Adam's Bridge
â
SRI LANKA
ââââââââ´ââââââââ
Colombo Trincomalee
â
Hambantota
â
Indian Ocean
đš Palk Strait
āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ Tamil Nadu āĻāĻŦāĻ Sri Lanka-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϞāĻŋāĨ¤
đš Gulf of Mannar
India āĻ Sri Lanka-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞāĨ¤
đš Adam's Bridge / Rama Setu
India-āĻāϰ Rameswaram āĻĨā§āĻā§ Sri Lanka-āĻāϰ Mannar āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠limestone shoals-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āĻā§āĻāϞāĨ¤
ā§Ē. Sirimavo Bandaranaike â â â
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ⧠āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ—
Sirimavo Bandaranaike → āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰā§
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ļ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āϤā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āύ Ceylon-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻšāύāĨ¤
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
đ§ Confusion Killer
| āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ | āϰā§āĻāϰā§āĻĄ |
|---|---|
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike | āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠|
| Benazir Bhutto | āĻŽā§āϏāϞāĻŋāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠|
| Indira Gandhi | āĻāĻžāϰāϤā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠|
ā§Ģ. āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ
āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ—
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏāĻžāϞā§āϰ āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ⧠āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ ⧝āĻŽ Executive President āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āύā§āύāĨ¤
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ Anura Kumara Dissanayake-āĻā§ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ Harini Amarasuriya-āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Current Pair
President → Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Prime Minister → Harini Amarasuriya
ā§Ŧ. Elephant Pass â â â
Elephant Pass āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ northern region-āĻāϰ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ strategic locationāĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻŋ Jaffna Peninsula-āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļā§āϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ land gateway āĻšāĻā§āĻžā§ Sri Lankan Civil War-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Elephant Pass → Sri Lanka
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
đ¯ ā§Ēā§ĢāϤāĻŽ BCS
‘Elephant Pass’ āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤
ā§. Hambantota Port â â â
āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖāĻžāĻā§āĻāϞ⧠āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰ—
Hambantota Port
China-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ Sri Lanka-āĻāϰ āĻāĻŖ āĻ infrastructure āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻžā§ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠Sri Lankan government-controlled entity āĻ China Merchants Port Holdings-āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻŽā§ā§āĻžāĻĻāĻŋ ⧝⧝ āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ lease arrangement āĻāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
đ¯ ā§Ēā§ĻāϤāĻŽ BCS
āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰ āĻā§āύā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻāĻ ā§¯ā§¯ āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: āĻšāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāύāĻā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤
Chain
Sri Lanka → Hambantota → China → 99 years
ā§Ž. Adam’s Peak
āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻĒāϰā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ—
Adam’s Peak / Sri Pada
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϧāϰā§āĻŽā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϰ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĨ¤
āϧāϰā§āĻŽā§ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž
Buddhist → Buddha's footprint
Hindu → Shiva-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ
Muslim/Christian tradition → Adam-āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ
Adam’s Peak → Sri Lanka
⧝. Kandy
āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻ āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻšāϰ—
Kandy
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ Sinhalese kingdom-āĻāϰ āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
Temple of the Tooth / Sri Dalada Maligawa
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻāϤā§āϰ relic āϏāĻāϰāĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāϞ⧠Buddhist tradition-āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
đ āύā§āĻā§ Kandy-āĻā§ āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ/āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
ā§§ā§Ļ. Sri Lankan Civil War
āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻļā§āϰā§āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻŽā§āϞāϤ Sinhalese-dominated government āĻ Tamil separatist āϏāĻāĻāĻ āύ LTTE-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏāĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϞā§āĨ¤
LTTE
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āύā§āϤāĻž—
Velupillai Prabhakaran
āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ—
⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝
High-Yield
LTTE → Sri Lanka → Tamil separatism → Prabhakaran → 2009
đŗđĩ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ
ā§§ā§§. āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ : āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĻŋ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ Himalaya āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ⧠India āĻ China-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ landlocked countryāĨ¤
| āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠| āϤāĻĨā§āϝ |
|---|---|
| āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰā§ā§ āύāĻžāĻŽ | Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal |
| āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠| Kathmandu |
| āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž | Federal Democratic Republic |
| āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰ | āύā§āĻ |
| āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤ | India + China |
| āϏāϰā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ | Mount Everest |
| āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻž | Nepalese Rupee |
| āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ | Ramchandra Paudel |
| āϰāĻžāĻāϤāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ | ā§¨ā§Ž āĻŽā§ ā§¨ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ž |
| āĻļā§āώ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž | Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev |
āύā§āĻā§āĻ āϰāĻžāĻāϤāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āϰ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ, āĻļā§āώ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, Gurkha, Kalapani–Lipulekh–Limpiyadhura āĻāĻŦāĻ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻāĻŦāύ āĻāĻāϤā§āϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
⧧⧍. Landlocked Country â â â
Landlocked country āĻšāϞ⧠āϝ⧠āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰā§āϰ āύāĻŋāĻāϏā§āĻŦ coastline āĻŦāĻž āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ ocean access āύā§āĻāĨ¤
Nepal → Landlocked
đ¯ ā§Ēā§ĢāϤāĻŽ BCS
āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰ āύā§āĻ?
āĻ. āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ
āĻ. āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ
āĻ. āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϏ
āĻ. āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ā§ā§āϞāĻž
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞāĨ¤
āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻļāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ landlocked āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰ
Nepal + Bhutan + Afghanistan
ā§§ā§Š. āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻāϤāύā§āϤā§āϰā§āϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏāĻžāύ â â â
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ Shah monarchy-āĻāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏāĻžāύ āĻāĻā§—
ā§¨ā§Ž āĻŽā§ ā§¨ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ž
Constituent Assembly Nepal-āĻā§ republic āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž—
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
đ¯ ā§Šā§ĢāϤāĻŽ BCS
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āϰ āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻļā§āώ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ—
āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāĨ¤
ā§§ā§Ē. āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠— ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ Update
āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ
Ramchandra Paudel
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āϰ āϤā§āϤā§ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ; ā§§ā§Š āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
đ´ āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ Current Affairs Correction
āύā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ K. P. Sharma Oli āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϏāĻžāϞā§āϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ—
Prime Minister → Balendra (Balen) Shah
Nepal President's Office-āĻāϰ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ āϤāĻžāĻāĻ⧠⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āύāĻŋā§ā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āύ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ-āĻāϰ cabinet listing-āĻāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰā§āĨ¤
āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ Pair
President → Ramchandra Paudel
Prime Minister → Balendra Shah
ā§§ā§Ģ. Gurkha â â â
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻā§—
Gurkha / Gorkha
Gurkha soldiers āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ āĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
āĻ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ
āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋ—
Kukri / Khukuri
Pair
Nepal → Gurkha → Kukri
ā§§ā§Ŧ. Mount Everest
āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰ āϏāϰā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĒāϰā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āĻā§āĻ—
Mount Everest — 8,848.86 m
āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ—
Nepal–China border
āύāĻžāĻŽ
Nepal → Sagarmatha
Tibet → Chomolungma
ā§§ā§. Kalapani–Lipulekh–Limpiyadhura â â â
India āĻ Nepal-āĻāϰ territorial dispute-āĻāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽ—
Kalapani
Lipulekh
Limpiyadhura
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ āĻāĻāϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ Chain
Nepal ↔ India → Kalapani + Lipulekh + Limpiyadhura
ā§§ā§Ž. Kodari
Nepal āĻ China-āĻāϰ historical road connectivity-āϤ⧠āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ—
Kodari
Kathmandu–Kodari–Tibet route āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ Nepal–China land connection-āĻāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻ āĻāĻļāĨ¤
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§ Nepal–China āϏāĻāϝā§āĻāĻāĻžāϰ⧠road āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ Kodari-āĻā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
⧧⧝. āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āϰ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻāĻŦāύ
Shital Niwas
āĻāĻāĻŋ Kathmandu-āϤ⧠āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
āĻĒā§āϰā§āύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāĻĻ
Narayanhiti Palace
Pair
President → Shital Niwas
Former Royal Palace → Narayanhiti
⧍ā§Ļ. āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞā§āϰ āϧāϰā§āĻŽā§ā§ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻā§ — BCS Trap
đ¯ ā§Šā§ĒāϤāĻŽ BCS
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāĻŋāϞ—
āĻāĻļāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰ āĻā§āύāĻāĻŋ?
āĻĒā§āϰā§āύ⧠āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ historical context-āĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻāĻŋāϞ—
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ
â ī¸ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž
Nepal āĻāĻāύ constitutionalāĻāĻžāĻŦā§—
Secular Federal Democratic Republic
āĻ āϤāĻāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻāĻŋ historical BCS question āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§; āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ “Hindu State” āĻŦāϞāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
đ§đš āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ
⧍⧧. āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ : āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĻŋ
Bhutan Eastern Himalaya-āϤ⧠India āĻ China-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ landlocked kingdomāĨ¤
| āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠| āϤāĻĨā§āϝ |
|---|---|
| āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§ā§ āύāĻžāĻŽ | Druk Yul |
| āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ | Land of the Thunder Dragon |
| āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠| Thimphu |
| āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž | Constitutional Monarchy |
| āϰāĻžāĻāĻž | Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck |
| āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻž | Ngultrum |
| āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§ āĻā§āϞāĻž | Archery |
| āĻāύā§āύā§āύ āĻĻāϰā§āĻļāύ | Gross National Happiness |
| āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻā§ | Carbon-negative country |
⧍⧍. Druk Yul
Bhutan-āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻāϏā§āĻŦ āύāĻžāĻŽ—
Druk Yul
āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ—
Land of the Thunder Dragon
Bhutan-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§—
Drukpa
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ Dzongkha āĻāĻžāώāĻžā§ Bhutan-āĻāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ Druk Yul āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
ā§¨ā§Š. Gross National Happiness — GNH â â â
Bhutan āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ—
Gross National Happiness (GNH)
āĻāĻ development philosophy-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽ—
King Jigme Singye Wangchuck
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ GNH āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
GNH-āĻāϰ āĻŽā§āϞ āĻĻāϰā§āĻļāύ
āĻļā§āϧ⧠GDP āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāύā§āύā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āύā§; āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ—
āϏā§āĻ + āϏāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ + āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ + āϏā§āĻļāĻžāϏāύ + āĻā§āĻŦāύāĻŽāĻžāύ
āĻā§āĻ āĻāύā§āύā§āύā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤
đ§ Pair
Bhutan → GNH → Jigme Singye Wangchuck
⧍ā§Ē. āĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž â â â
Bhutan āĻšāϞ⧗
Constitutional Monarchy
⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ž āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āύāϤā§āύ constitution āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ āĻšāĻā§āĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ parliamentary democracy āĻāϰāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āϰā§āĻĒ āĻĒāĻžā§āĨ¤
āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
Bhutan-āĻāϰ āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§—
Druk Gyalpo — Dragon King
āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
⧍ā§Ģ. āĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰā§
Tshering Tobgay
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻšāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ government term 2024–2028āĨ¤ Bhutan Prime Minister's Office-āĻ āϤāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
āύā§āĻā§āĻ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āϰā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
⧍ā§Ŧ. Treaty of Sinchula
British India āĻ Bhutan-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧗
Treaty of Sinchula — 1865
Anglo-Bhutan War āĻŦāĻž Duar War-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
Pair
Bhutan + Britain → Sinchula → 1865
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ āϏāĻžāϞāϏāĻš pair-āĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
⧍ā§. āĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§ āĻā§āϞāĻž
đš Archery
Bhutan-āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§ āĻā§āϞāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ archery āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
Pair
Bhutan → Archery
ā§¨ā§Ž. Carbon Negative Bhutan â â â
Bhutan-āĻāϰ āĻ āύā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻāύā§āϤāϰā§āĻāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻā§—
Carbon Negative
āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ greenhouse gas āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ carbon dioxide āĻŦāύ āĻ ecosystem-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻļā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϰāĻžāĻā§—āĻāĻ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨā§ Bhutan-āĻā§ carbon-negative nation āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻšā§āϞāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ
āĻŦā§āĻšā§ forest cover → hydropower → environmental conservation → constitutional forest protection
āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ carbon-negative āĻĻā§āĻļ?
āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĨ¤
āύā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āĻ āĻāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
⧍⧝. Bhutan āĻ Belt and Road Initiative
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§ BRI/Silk Road context-āĻ—
India āĻ Bhutan
āĻā§ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻļā§ā§ āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
BCS Pair
BRI/Silk Road → South Asia non-participants → India + Bhutan
đ˛đģ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ
ā§Šā§Ļ. āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ : āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĻŋ
Maldives Indian Ocean-āĻāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ archipelagic island stateāĨ¤
| āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠| āϤāĻĨā§āϝ |
|---|---|
| āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰā§ā§ āύāĻžāĻŽ | Republic of Maldives |
| āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠| Malé |
| āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻžāώāĻž | Dhivehi |
| āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻž | Maldivian Rufiyaa |
| āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž | ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ŧā§Ģ |
| āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϧāϰā§āĻŽ | Islam |
| āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ | Mohamed Muizzu |
| āĻā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋ | Coral islands & atolls |
| āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāϤā§āĻŦ | Asia-āĻāϰ āĻā§āϤāύ⧠āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰ |
ā§Šā§§. āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ āĻ Atoll
Maldives āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§ ā§§,⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ coral islands āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ—āύā§āĻā§āĻ “āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§ ā§§ā§¨ā§Ļā§Ļ-āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ” āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠natural ring-shaped coral formations āĻŦāĻž—
Atoll
āĻāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϏāĻāĻāĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
Indian Ocean
â
â â â â â
â â
â Lagoon â
â â
â â â â
â
ATOLL
đ§ Pair
Maldives → Coral Islands → Atolls
ā§Šā§¨. āĻāĻļāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻļ â â â
āĻā§āϤāύ⧠āĻāĻļāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ sovereign country—
Maldives
āύā§āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āϤāύ āĻ āĻāύāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž—āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻžā§ Maldives-āĻā§ Asia-āĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
āĻā§āϤāύ⧠āĻāĻļāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻļ?
āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĨ¤
ā§Šā§Š. āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž
British protectorate status āĻĨā§āĻā§ Maldives āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻāϰ⧗
⧍ā§Ŧ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§Ŧā§Ģ
āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ—
Maldives Independence Day
āύā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
ā§Šā§Ē. āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻ āĻāĻžāώāĻž
āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύā§
Malé
āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻžāώāĻž
Dhivehi
Script
Dhivehi āĻāĻžāώāĻž āϞāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§—
Thaana script
Chain
Maldives → Malé → Dhivehi → Thaana
āύā§āĻā§ Malé āĻ Dhivehi āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ fact āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āϰā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
ā§Šā§Ģ. āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ
Dr Mohamed Muizzu
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ Maldives-āĻāϰ ā§ŽāĻŽ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ ā§§ā§ āύāĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤ Maldives President's Office-āĻāϰ āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ-āĻāϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ Muizzu-āĻ āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ Mohamed Muizzu-āĻā§ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ President āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
ā§Šā§Ŧ. Underwater Cabinet Meeting â â â
Climate change āĻ sea-level rise-āĻāϰ āĻā§āĻžāĻŦāĻšāϤāĻž āϤā§āϞ⧠āϧāϰāϤ⧠Maldives āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠underwater cabinet meeting āĻā§ā§āĻāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ → ā§§ā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝
āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž—
Climate change poses an existential threat to low-lying island states.
đ āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§ underwater cabinet meeting-āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§; āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāϰ āϞā§āĻāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§ Concept
Underwater Cabinet Meeting → Maldives → Climate Change
ā§Šā§. Maldives National Defence Force
āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰāĻā§āώāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧗
Maldives National Defence Force — MNDF
Pair
Maldives → MNDF
ā§Šā§Ž. āĻā§āύ Maldives āĻāϞāĻŦāĻžā§ā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ⧠āĻāϤ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ?
Maldives-āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻā§ coral islands āĻšāĻā§āĻžā§—
Sea-level rise → coastal erosion → saltwater intrusion → freshwater problem → infrastructure damage
āĻāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤
Climate Change
↓
Ocean Warming
↓
Ice Melt + Thermal Expansion
↓
Sea-Level Rise
↓
Low-lying Maldives
↓
Coastal & Existential Risk
đĻđĢ āĻāĻĢāĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāύ
ā§Šā§¯. āĻāĻĢāĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāύ : āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĻŋ
Afghanistan South Asia āĻ Central Asia-āĻāϰ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻāϏā§āĻĨāϞ⧠āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ landlocked āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰāĨ¤
| āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠| āϤāĻĨā§āϝ |
|---|---|
| āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠| Kabul |
| āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻā§āĻļ | ā§Šā§ĒāĻāĻŋ |
| āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰ | āύā§āĻ |
| āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻžāώāĻž | Pashto, Dari |
| āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒāϰā§āĻŦāϤāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻž | Hindu Kush |
| āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻšāϰ | Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i-Sharif, Jalalabad |
| āĻļā§āώ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž | Mohammed Zahir Shah |
| Soviet invasion | 1979 |
| Soviet withdrawal | 1989 |
| Taliban Kabul āĻĻāĻāϞ | 15 August 2021 |
āύā§āĻ⧠⧧⧝⧧⧝, ā§Šā§Ē province, Zahir Shah, Soviet invasion āĻāĻŦāĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍⧧ Taliban takeover āĻāĻāĻ chronology-āϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
ā§Ēā§Ļ. Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ â â â
Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻļ ā§ŦāĻāĻŋ—
đĩđ° Pakistan
đŽđˇ Iran
đšđ˛ Turkmenistan
đēđŋ Uzbekistan
đšđ¯ Tajikistan
đ¨đŗ China
Mnemonic Concept
Pakistan + Iran + 3 Central Asian + China = 6
āύā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āĻ Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻžāύāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
ā§Ēā§§. Hindu Kush
Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ mountain system—
Hindu Kush
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāϰ Central/South Asian highland system-āĻāϰ āĻ āĻāĻļāĨ¤
āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ Pass
Salang Pass
BCS Pair
Afghanistan → Hindu Kush
ā§Ē⧍. Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž — 1919 â â â
Afghanistan-āĻāϰ modern independence-āĻāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏāĻžāϞ—
⧧⧝⧧⧝
Third Anglo-Afghan War-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ Treaty of Rawalpindi-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ Britain Afghanistan-āĻāϰ foreign affairs-āĻāϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Chain
Afghanistan → 1919 → Third Anglo-Afghan War → Treaty of Rawalpindi
āύā§āĻā§āĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§§ā§¯ āĻ Rawalpindi Treaty-āĻā§ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
ā§Ēā§Š. Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
Mohammed Zahir Shah
āϰāĻžāĻāϤā§āĻŦāĻāĻžāϞ—
1933–1973
⧧⧝ā§ā§Š āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāĻāϰ cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan coup-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ monarchy āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
đ¯ ā§Šā§§āϤāĻŽ BCS
āĻāĻĢāĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻļā§āώ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻš āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ?
āĻāĻšāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻžāĻšāĨ¤
ā§Ēā§Ē. Loya Jirga â â â
Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻŦā§āĻšā§ council/assembly—
Loya Jirga
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāϤ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ—
Grand Assembly
āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§ āĻ āϏāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ Loya Jirga āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
đ¯ ā§Šā§ĒāϤāĻŽ BCS
‘Loya Jirga’ āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āĻāĻāύāϏāĻāĻž/āϏāĻāĻž?
āĻāĻĢāĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāύāĨ¤
â ī¸ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§ āϏāϤāϰā§āĻāϤāĻž
Loya Jirga-āĻā§ āĻāϧā§āύāĻŋāĻ parliamentary legislature-āĻāϰ āϏāϰāϞ synonym āύāĻž āϧāϰ⧠traditional grand national assembly āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
ā§Ēā§Ģ. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan â â â
Soviet Union Afghanistan-āĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻšāϏā§āϤāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ/āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻžāύ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰ⧗
āĻĄāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ ⧧⧝ā§ā§¯
āĻāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ Soviet–Afghan War āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤
āĻĒāĻā§āώ
Soviet-backed Afghan government
āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ
Afghan Mujahideen
Mujahideen-āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻšāĻžā§āϤāĻžā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ
USA + Pakistan + Saudi Arabia
ā§Ēā§Ŧ. Soviet Withdrawal
Soviet forces Afghanistan āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧗
ā§§ā§Ģ āĻĢā§āĻŦā§āϰā§ā§āĻžāϰāĻŋ ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¯
đ¯ ⧍ā§ĒāϤāĻŽ BCS (āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ)
āĻāϤ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠Afghanistan āĻĨā§āĻā§ Soviet āϏā§āύā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§?
ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¯ āϏāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
Chain
1979 invasion → Soviet–Afghan War → 1989 withdrawal
ā§Ēā§. Taliban-āĻāϰ āĻāϤā§āĻĨāĻžāύ
Taliban movement-āĻāϰ āĻāϤā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŽā§āϞāϤ ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ļ-āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻļāĻā§āĨ¤
Taliban → Pashto “students”
Taliban ⧧⧝⧝ā§Ŧ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠Kabul āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻŦā§ āĻ āĻāĻļā§ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§
9/11-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ US-led intervention-āĻāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧠Taliban government āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧
US/NATO withdrawal-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāĻĒāĻā§ Taliban āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āύāĻŋā§āύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āύā§ā§āĨ¤
ā§Ēā§Ž. ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻāϏā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍⧧ â â â
ā§§ā§Ģ āĻāĻāϏā§āĻ ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍⧧ → Taliban Kabul āĻĻāĻāϞ
President Ashraf Ghani āĻĻā§āĻļ āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ ā§¨ā§Ļā§Ļā§§-āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠Islamic Republic government-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϤāύ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ Kabul āĻ President Palace āĻĻāĻāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ Ashraf Ghani-āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āĻļāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāύāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Chain
15 Aug 2021 → Kabul falls → Ashraf Ghani leaves → Taliban returns to power
ā§Ē⧝. Taliban-āĻāϰ āĻ āύā§āϤāϰā§āĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰ
⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧ āϏāĻžāϞā§āϰ āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ⧠Taliban interim government āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§—
Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund
āĻŽā§āϞ āύā§āĻā§āĻ ā§ āϏā§āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧ interim government āĻ Hassan Akhund-āĻāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āϰā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
ā§Ģā§Ļ. Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāώāĻž
Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ official language—
Pashto + Dari
đ¯ āĻĒā§āϰā§āύ⧠⧍ā§ĒāϤāĻŽ BCS (āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ)
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§—
Pashto
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Trap
Dari → Persian-āĻāϰ Afghan variety
Pashto → Pashtun āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž
ā§Ģā§§. Mazar-i-Sharif
Northern Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻšāϰ—
Mazar-i-Sharif
đ¯ ⧍ā§ĻāϤāĻŽ BCS
Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧠Taliban-āϰāĻž Iranian diplomats-āĻĻā§āϰ āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰā§?
Mazar-i-Sharif
āĻāĻāύāĻžāĻāĻŋ ā§§ā§¯ā§¯ā§Ž āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ Iran–Taliban tension āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
ā§Ģ⧍. Kandahar
Kandahar → Afghanistan
Taliban movement-āĻāϰ historical heartland āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ Kandahar āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
Kandahar āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ āĻļāĻšāϰ?
AfghanistanāĨ¤
ā§Ģā§Š. Durand Line â â â
Afghanistan āĻ Pakistan-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻž—
Durand Line
āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϤ—
1893
āύāĻžāĻŽāĻāϰāĻŖ—
Sir Mortimer Durand
Pair
Durand Line → Afghanistan–Pakistan
â ī¸ Afghanistan–Pakistan āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ geopolitical topicāĨ¤
ā§Ģā§Ē. Afghanistan — “Graveyard of Empires”
Afghanistan-āĻā§ āĻāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋā§ geopolitical discourse-āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžā§āĻ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§—
“Graveyard of Empires”
āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϏāĻŽā§ā§ British Empire, Soviet Union āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāϰ⧠US-led military intervention-āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ āϏāĻāĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋ āύā§, āĻŦāϰāĻ āĻāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋā§ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ-āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ phraseāĨ¤
đ ā§Ģā§Ģ. āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ Master Comparison
| āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠| đąđ° Sri Lanka | đŗđĩ Nepal | đ§đš Bhutan | đ˛đģ Maldives | đĻđĢ Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| āϰāĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte* | Kathmandu | Thimphu | Malé | Kabul |
| Landlocked | â | â | â | â | â |
| āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒāϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰ | â | â | â | â | â |
| āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻā§ | Indian Ocean island | Himalaya | Himalaya | Coral Atolls | Hindu Kush |
| āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ | Republic | Former monarchy | Monarchy | Republic | Former monarchy/Taliban rule |
| BCS Keyword | Elephant Pass | Gurkha | GNH | Atoll | Loya Jirga |
| āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ Pair | Hambantota | Kalapani | Carbon Negative | Dhivehi | Durand Line |
* Colombo āĻšāϞ⧠commercial capital; Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte legislative capitalāĨ¤
ā§Ģā§Ŧ. Landlocked āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ Island States
SOUTH ASIA
â
âââ LANDLOCKED
â âââ Nepal
â âââ Bhutan
â âââ Afghanistan
â
âââ ISLAND STATES
âââ Sri Lanka
âââ Maldives
đĨ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ
Nepal → India + China
Bhutan → India + China
Afghanistan → 6 neighbouring states
ā§Ģā§. āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āϏāĻžāϞ — Master Timeline
| āϏāĻžāϞ | āĻāĻāύāĻž |
|---|---|
| ā§§ā§Žā§Ŧā§Ģ | Treaty of Sinchula — Britain–Bhutan |
| ā§§ā§Žā§¯ā§Š | Durand Line agreement |
| ⧧⧝⧧⧝ | Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž / Rawalpindi Treaty |
| ⧧⧝ā§Ēā§Ž | Sri Lanka āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ |
| ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ļ | Sirimavo Bandaranaike āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύāĻžāϰ⧠PM |
| ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ģ | Maldives āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ |
| ⧧⧝ā§ā§Š | Afghanistan monarchy abolished |
| ⧧⧝ā§ā§¯ | Soviet invasion of Afghanistan |
| ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¯ | Soviet withdrawal |
| ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ž | Nepal monarchy abolished |
| ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ | Sri Lankan Civil War ends |
| ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļ⧝ | Maldives underwater cabinet meeting |
| ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧧ | Taliban Kabul āĻĒā§āύāϰā§āĻĻāĻāϞ |
| ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē | Anura Kumara Dissanayake Sri Lanka President |
| ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē | Tshering Tobgay Bhutan PM |
| ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ | Balendra Shah Nepal PM |
đ¯ ā§Ģā§Ž. āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϤ BCS āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ — High-Yield Set
ā§Ēā§ŦāϤāĻŽ BCS
Global Terrorism Index 2023 āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāϤā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻļāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āϏāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āύāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: AfghanistanāĨ¤
ā§Ēā§ĢāϤāĻŽ BCS
āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰ āύā§āĻ?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: NepalāĨ¤
Elephant Pass āĻā§āĻĨāĻžā§?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: Sri LankaāĨ¤
ā§Ēā§ĻāϤāĻŽ BCS
Sri Lanka-āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ port China-āĻā§ 99 āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ lease āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻšā§?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: HambantotaāĨ¤
ā§Šā§ĢāϤāĻŽ BCS
Nepal-āĻāϰ āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻļā§āώ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž āĻā§?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: GyanendraāĨ¤
ā§Šā§ĒāϤāĻŽ BCS
āĻāĻļāĻŋā§āĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰ āĻā§āύāĻāĻŋ?
āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: NepalāĨ¤
â ī¸ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠Nepal secular republicāĨ¤
Loya Jirga āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϰ?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: AfghanistanāĨ¤
ā§Šā§§āϤāĻŽ BCS
Afghanistan-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻš āĻā§?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: Zahir ShahāĨ¤
⧍ā§ĒāϤāĻŽ BCS (āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ)
Soviet troops Afghanistan āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āύ āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: 1989āĨ¤
⧍ā§ĻāϤāĻŽ BCS
Taliban Iranian diplomats-āĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧠āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: Mazar-i-SharifāĨ¤
ā§§ā§ŽāϤāĻŽ BCS
Taliban āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžā§ āĻ āϧāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ: AfghanistanāĨ¤
â ī¸ ā§Ģ⧝. BCS Trap Zone
| Confusing Pair | āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ |
|---|---|
| Elephant Pass | Sri Lanka |
| Adam's Peak | Sri Lanka |
| Hambantota | Sri Lanka |
| World's first woman PM | Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
| Gurkha | Nepal |
| Kalapani | India–Nepal |
| Last King of Nepal | Gyanendra |
| Nepal monarchy abolished | 2008 |
| Druk Yul | Bhutan |
| GNH | Bhutan |
| Carbon Negative | Bhutan |
| National sport Archery | Bhutan |
| Malé | Maldives |
| Dhivehi | Maldives |
| Atoll | Maldives |
| Asia's smallest country by area | Maldives |
| Loya Jirga | Afghanistan |
| Hindu Kush | Afghanistan |
| Durand Line | Pakistan–Afghanistan |
| Last Afghan King | Zahir Shah |
| Soviet invasion | 1979 |
| Soviet withdrawal | 1989 |
| Taliban Kabul takeover | 2021 |
đĨ ā§Ŧā§Ļ. One-Liner BCS Revision
Sri Lanka → Ceylon → Independence 1948
Sri Lanka → World's first woman PM → Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka → Elephant Pass
Sri Lanka → Adam's Peak
Sri Lanka → Hambantota → China → 99-year lease
Sri Lanka → LTTE → Prabhakaran → Civil War ends 2009
Nepal → Kathmandu → Landlocked
Nepal → Mount Everest
Nepal → Gurkha → Kukri
Nepal → Monarchy abolished → 28 May 2008
Nepal → Last King → Gyanendra
Nepal–India → Kalapani + Lipulekh + Limpiyadhura
Nepal President → Ramchandra Paudel
Nepal PM (2026) → Balendra Shah
Bhutan → Thimphu → Druk Yul
Bhutan → GNH → Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Bhutan → Constitutional Monarchy
Bhutan → National Sport → Archery
Bhutan → Carbon Negative
Bhutan–Britain → Sinchula Treaty 1865
Maldives → Malé → Dhivehi
Maldives → Coral Atolls
Maldives → Independence → 26 July 1965
Maldives → Asia's smallest country by area
Maldives → Underwater Cabinet Meeting → Climate Change
Maldives President → Mohamed Muizzu
Afghanistan → Kabul → 34 provinces
Afghanistan → Hindu Kush
Afghanistan → Landlocked → 6 neighbours
Afghanistan → 1919 → Rawalpindi Treaty
Afghanistan → Last King Zahir Shah
Afghanistan → Loya Jirga
Afghanistan → Soviet invasion 1979
Afghanistan → Soviet withdrawal 1989
Afghanistan → Taliban → Kabul 15 Aug 2021
Pakistan–Afghanistan → Durand Line
đ§Š ā§Ŧā§§. Final Concept Map
SOUTH ASIA
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SRI LANKA NEPAL BHUTAN MALDIVES AFGHANISTAN
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Island State Landlocked Landlocked Island Landlocked
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Colombo Kathmandu Thimphu Malé Kabul
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Sirimavo Gurkha GNH Atoll Loya Jirga
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Elephant Pass Kalapani Druk Yul Dhivehi Hindu Kush
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Hambantota Everest Carbon Climate Taliban
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China 2021
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Durand Line
đ§ ā§Ŧ⧍. ā§Šā§Ļ āϏā§āĻā§āύā§āĻĄā§āϰ Final Revision Chain
Sri Lanka = Sirimavo + Elephant Pass + Adam's Peak + Hambantota
Nepal = Everest + Gurkha + Gyanendra + 2008 + Kalapani
Bhutan = Druk Yul + GNH + Archery + Carbon Negative + Sinchula
Maldives = Malé + Dhivehi + Atoll + 1965 + Smallest Asia + Climate Risk
Afghanistan = Kabul + Hindu Kush + 34 Provinces + Loya Jirga + Zahir Shah + 1979 → 1989 + Taliban 2021
Landlocked = Nepal + Bhutan + Afghanistan
Island States = Sri Lanka + Maldives
India–Nepal = Kalapani
Pakistan–Afghanistan = Durand Line
China-linked Port = Hambantota
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