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.

436. Fact

Division
Normally, a division has 20,000 troops commanded by a major general equipped with two or more brigades of infantry with befitting artillery and engineering equipment.

437. Fact

Dogfight
An aerial duel between two or more aircraft's at a close range.

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