386. Fact

Bourgeoise
Capitalist class in marxian terminology.

387. Fact

Buffer state
A small neutral state between two big states.

388. Fact

By-election
A mid term election to fill a seat rendered vacant.

389. Fact

Casting vote
A vote casting of which decides the tie.

390. Fact

Caucus
A powerful group of party.

391. Fact

Charged affairs
The senior most diplomat after the head of the mission, officiating in his absence.

392. Fact

Coalition
Combination of two or more parties with the purpose of forming a composite government.

393. Fact

Confederation
Alliance of nations for some specific purpose our retaining the respective individual nation sovereignty.

394. Fact

Cold war
The state of ideological or wordy warfare between two countries or blocks.

395. Fact

Envoy
A diplomatic emissary accredited to the country and holding position below that of an ambassador.

396. Fact

Fifth column
An anti-national clique of spies and saboteurs.

397. Fact

Floor crossing
The act of changing political loyalty by a person or a group.

398. Fact

Franchise
Right to cast vote in the public elections.

399. Fact

Gallup poll
An opinion poll-may be with the help of interview.

400. Fact

Genocide
Intention to destroy wholly or in part a religious, ethnic or political group.

401. Fact

Gherao
Encircling a person and rending him incapable of doing anything till he/she concedes demands.

402. Fact

Glosnost
Means openness. Term used for reforms introduced in russian society by m.gorbachov.

403. Fact

Habeas corpus
A type of a writ issued by a high court or supreme court against illegal detention of a person.

404. Fact

Hot line
A direct telephone link between the white house and kremlin established in 1963.

405. Fact

Impeachment
Trial by the parliament.

406. Fact

Lobbying
Exercising influence or pressure on members of the legislative bodies in the lobby for supporting or opposing an issue in the house.

407. Fact

Lok pal
An official appointed by the president to investigate public complaints against ministers and high officials.

408. Fact

Manifesto
A declaration of political party about its policies and programmes given at the time of elections.

409. Fact

Nationalisation
The act of taking business undertakings an institutions by the state and controlling them.

410. Fact

Naxalite
A movement violent in character believing in maoism: the term was first used for the peasants of naxalbari (west bengal) who rose against the landlords demanding land for the landless.

411. Fact

New deal
The name given to the policy of franklin d.roosevelt to revive and boost american economy.

412. Fact

Ordinance
An act or decree promulgated by the head of state in an emergency or when the legislative body is not in session.

413. Fact

Perestroika
Used for gorbachov's move to restructure political and economical structure of the russian society.

414. Fact

Plebiscite
Voting on regional or national issue.

415. Fact

Personality cult
Too much adulation for a ruler or a political figure.

416. Fact

Privy purse
Yearly allowances granted to the princes of indian states after the merger of their states with the indian union. (new these purses are abolished).

417. Fact

Privilege motion
A motion moved by a legislator drawing attention of the house towards a matter involving breach of privilege of the house or any of its members.

418. Fact

Referendum
People's verdict on some constitutional amendment and some other legislative issue of controversial nature.

419. Fact

Secularism
Affirmation in all the faiths, showing no official patronage to any religions or religions.

420. Fact

Sanctions
Penalty or reward imposed for disobedience or obedience attached to the law.

421. Fact

Socialism
Control of production and means of distribution in the hands of the state.

422. Fact

Statute
Law made by the parliament, enshrined in the statue book, which are binding on al subjects, of a particular country.

423. Fact

Suffrage
Right of voting in political elections.

424. Fact

Self-determination
Right of a nation deciding its own form of government, its political destiny or independence.

425. Fact

Territorial waters
Areas of the sea up to 12 km measured from the low water mark of the coast and within the executive control of an adjacent state.

426. Fact

Unicameral
A legislature having only one house.

427. Fact

Veto
Right to reject any resolution or enactment passed by the legislature.

428. Fact

Arsenal
Place where arms and ammunition are manufactured and stored.

429. Fact

Battalion
An army unit consisting of 1,000 combatants led by a lieutenant colonel.

430. Fact

Battery
A unit of a number of artillery guns, mobile or fixed.

431. Fact

Bull's eye
The point of target that has t be aimed or hit while practicing shooting.

432. Fact

Cockpit
Pilot's seat in the fuselage of an aeroplane.

433. Fact

Camouflage
Hiding of objects by various means to deceive or bamboozle the enemy about their real location thereby protecting them from air and ground attacks.

434. Fact

Commando
A mobile body of guerilla fighters.

435. Fact

Conscription
Compulsory recruitment of personnel for service in the armed forces.

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Nobel Prize : Physics
Year : 1991
Name : pierre-giles de gennes
Country : france.      .. More >>