Study Guide · Chapter 8
Mnemonic Index
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Every mnemonic in this book, in one table, for a single fast pass the night before an exam — read down the middle column only, and see how much of the right column you can produce from memory before checking it.
| Topic | Mnemonic phrase | Decodes to |
|---|---|---|
| Drafting Committee members | "ABKJM-SN" | Ambedkar (Chair) · B.N. Rau (adviser) · K.M. Munshi · John Mathai · Mohammed Saadullah · Syed Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar · N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar |
| Borrowed features | "GIFT from ABCDEFG" | GoI Act 1935 (skeleton) + Australia, Britain, Canada, DPSP-Ireland, Equality-USA, France, Germany/USSR, South Africa |
| Part I — Union & Territory | "NEEL" | Name (1) · Establish (2) · Existing (3) · Laws (4) |
| Part II — Citizenship | "Domicile, Migrated IN, Migrated OUT, Origin abroad, Foreign acquisition ends it, Continue, Parliament decides" | Articles 5→11 in order |
| Part III — Fundamental Rights | "Every Friendly Advocate Respects Citizens' Choices" | Equality (14–18) · Freedom (19–22) · Against Exploitation (23–24) · Religion (25–28) · Culture & Education (29–30) · Constitutional Remedies (32) |
| Part IV — DPSPs | Four drawers: Gandhian / Socialist / Liberal-Intellectual / International | Groups Articles 36–51 by philosophical origin, not number order |
| Part IVA — Fundamental Duties | "A model citizen's chain" | Abide · Cherish · Uphold · Defend · Promote · Preserve · Protect · Develop · Safeguard · Strive · Provide — clauses (a)–(k) |
| Part V — The Union | "Five chapters, I–V" | Executive (52–78) · Parliament (79–122) · Ordinances (123) · Judiciary (124–147) · CAG (148–151) |
| Part VI — The States | "Twin Articles" | 52↔153 · 74↔163 · 76↔165 · 123↔213 · 124↔214 |
| Part VII — Union of Part B States | "Seven's Gone" | One article (238), repealed by the 7th Amendment (1956) |
| Part VIII — Union Territories | "Please Let Delhi Run — Half" | Plain UT (239) · Legislature (239A) · Delhi, half-run (239AA) · Regulations (240) · High Courts (241) |
| Part IX/IXA/IXB — Local Government | "Gram Sabha → tiers → reservation → term → Finance Commission" | Panchayats' & Municipalities' core design chain |
| Part X — Scheduled/Tribal Areas | "Highway 5-6-A" | Fifth Schedule (mainland) · Sixth Schedule (Northeast four) · 244A (Assam autonomous State) |
| Part XI — Centre-State Relations | "Who makes the law, who runs the show" | 245–255 (legislative relations) vs. 256–263 (administrative relations) |
| Part XII — Finance | "No Tax, Two Funds, Five-Year Finance, Property's Fall" | 265 · 266 · 280 · 300A |
| Part XIII — Trade & Commerce | "Free Road, Three Checkpoints" | 301 (freedom) · 302–304 (Parliament/State/President restrictions) |
| Part XIV/XIVA — Services & Tribunals | "Dogs Chase Purring Tigers" | Dismiss only with inquiry (311) · Create services (312) · Pick via PSC (315) · Tribunals (323A/B) |
| Part XV — Elections | "Control, Vote, No Comment" | EC controls (324) · Adults vote at 18 (326) · No court comment till post-poll (329) |
| Part XVI — SC/ST/SEBC provisions | "Reserve, Report, Register" | Seat reservation (330, 332) · Commissions (338, 338A, 338B) · Definitions (341, 342, 342A) |
| Part XVII — Official Language | "Hindi at 343, English for 15, Mother-tongue at 350A" | Hindi as official language, English's extended transition, minority mother-tongue instruction |
| Part XVIII — Emergency Provisions | "352 National · 356 State · 360 Financial (never invoked)" | Three emergencies and their triggers |
| Part XIX — Miscellaneous | "Immune, Income Gone, Index" | Presidential/Governor immunity (361) · Privy purses abolished (363A) · Definitions glossary (366) |
| Part XX — Amendment Procedure | "Three roads" | Simple majority · Special majority · Special majority + State ratification |
| Part XXI — Temporary/Special Provisions | "My Nagging Aunt Made A Sikkimese Meal And Gave Karnataka Seconds" | 371 (Maharashtra/Gujarat) → 371A (Nagaland) → B (Assam) → C (Manipur) → D (Andhra) → F (Sikkim) → G (Mizoram) → H (Arunachal) → I (Goa) → J (Karnataka) |
| Part XXII — Closing Articles | "Name It, Start It, End the Old" | 393 (name) · 394 (commencement) · 395 (repeals) |
| The Twelve Schedules | "TEARS OF OLD PM" | Territories · Emoluments · Affirmation · Rajya Sabha seats · Scheduled areas · Other tribal areas · Federal lists · Official languages · Land-reform · (Anti-)Defection · Panchayats · Municipalities |
| Eighth Schedule expansions | "SKMD went in late" | Sindhi (1967, solo) · Konkani/Manipuri/Nepali (1992, trio) · Bodo/Dogri/Maithili/Santhali (2003, quartet) |
| Basic Structure landmark cases | "GKM-IWS" | Golaknath (1967) → Kesavananda (1973) → Minerva Mills (1980) → Indira Gandhi v. Raj Narain (1975) → Waman Rao (1981) → SAORA/NJAC (2015) |
| Amendments Timeline | "One nation reformed its Land... the crisis Seventies... Discipline... Downward... Rights/Rules... Institutions/Together... course-corrected" | Six-decade chained story covering the 1st through 106th Amendments |
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