Vocabulary Builder — Essay & Answer Writing
Corollary
A natural consequence or result that follows directly from something already proved or established; a proposition that follows so readily from a previously proved statement that it requires little or no additional proof; a directly related secondary conclusion
Latin corollarium (garland, gift, gratuity) — from corolla (little crown) — originally money paid for a garland; evolved to mean 'something that naturally follows'
"A corollary of India's 60% dependence on Gulf crude is that any disruption to the Strait of Hormuz does not merely raise oil prices — it also threatens the ₹2 lakh crore in annual GCC remittances on which millions of Indian families depend."
Used in analytical writing across all GS papers and Essay. Signals that you are drawing a logical, derived conclusion from an established fact. In Mains answers: 'A corollary of this policy is...' or 'The corollary to India's strategic autonomy is...' demonstrates structured thinking. In GS3 economic analysis: a corollary of fiscal deficit monetisation is inflation. In GS2 constitutional analysis: a corollary of parliamentary sovereignty is the majority's power to amend — which the Basic Structure doctrine limits. Strong vocabulary signal for UPSC evaluators.
