Article 231 of the constitution deals with the establishment of a common High Court for two or more states. It states: ‘Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding provisions of this Chapter, Parliament may by law establish a common High Court for two or more State or for two or more states and a Union territory.’

Sir B.N. Rau was appointed as the constitutional Adviser to the constituent Assembly in formulating the Indian Constitution. 

Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of God) represented a non-violent struggle against the British Empire by the Pashtuns of the North-West Frontier Province of India. Also called “Surkh posh” or “Red shirts”.

Gulbarga is a city in Karnataka. It is administrative headquarters of Gulbarga District. It was formerly part of Nizam’s Hyderabad state. It was recently renamed as Kalburgi (land of stones).

Railway electrification began with the inauguration of the first electric train between Bombay Victoria Terminus and Kurla Harbour on 3 February 1925 on the then existing Great Indian peninsula Railway (GIP) at 1500 V DC. 

As per the 2001 Census, Arunachal Pradesh had the lowest population density among Indian states with 17 persons per square kilometre. It was followed by Mizoram (42) and Sikkim (76) in the bottom-up list. These three states maintained their rankings even in the 2011 Census. 

Jaundice is yellowing of the skin and eyes. This condition forms when there is too much bilirubin in our system. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that is formed by the break-down of dead red blood cells in the liver.

Terylene is a polymeric-ester obtained by condensing terephthalic acid with ethylene glycol. Ethylene glycol is made in several ways one of which starts with ethylene, a petro-chemical product. Terephthalic acid is made from petroleum by-product paraxylene, which is oxidised with nitric acid.

Haemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates. Hemoglobin in the blood carries oxygen from the respiratory organs to the rest of the body where it releases the oxygen to burn nutrients to provide energy to power the functions of the organism in the process called metabolism.

Hookworms represent a widespread and clinically important human nematode infection. It is acquired through skin exposure to larvae in soil contaminated by human feces. Adults, especially agricultural workers, are at equal or higher risk of exposure than children or urban population.