Polity·Amendments
High FrequencyWhich amendment added Fundamental Duties to the Constitution?
Answer: 42nd Amendment, 1976 — inserted Part IVA (Article 51A).
Originally added 10 duties; 86th Amendment (2002) added the 11th duty.
Archive · 5 January 2022
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 5 January 2022
History·Indus Valley
High FrequencyWhy did the Harappan Civilization decline?
Answer: Multi-factorial — climate change, river shifts, internal disruptions.
Aryan invasion theory (Wheeler) largely discredited. Saraswati river drying and floods also cited.
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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