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Archive · 20 November 2021

3 APPSC Facts

One from Polity, one from History, one from Current Affairs. Deterministic selection for this date — same 3 cards every time.

The three facts for 20 November 2021

Polity·Amendments

Which amendments need state ratification by half the states?

Answer: Amendments altering the federal character — e.g., election of President, judiciary.

Art 368: ratification by not less than half of all State Legislatures; President then gives assent.

History·Delhi Sultanate
High Frequency

Which traveller served as Qazi of Delhi under Muhammad bin Tughlaq?

Answer: Ibn Battuta — the Moroccan traveller-scholar.

Documented Muhammad bin Tughlaq's eccentricities and the Sultanate's administration in detail.

Current Affairs·India Foreign Relations

When did India reopen its Kabul embassy and what does it signal?

Answer: India reopened the Kabul embassy — Taliban engagement marks a pragmatic foreign policy shift.

Taliban ministers visited New Delhi — India's first high-level engagement with the Taliban-led Afghanistan.

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