SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l Coconut oil does not contain essential fatty acid l Rommel was the German General nicknamed
l Pregnant women usually become deficient in ‘Desert Fox’ during the second World War
Calcium And Iron l Karabla The holy city of Shia Muslims is locat-
l Violet and Red, components of light are ab- ed in Iraq
sorbed by chlorophyll l Major R.S. Rathore won the first silver medal
Success Tip for an individual event at the Olympics for India
Chlorophyll is a chemical in plants, that absorbs l Apollo was the name of the space shuttle that
the red light and most of the blue light that comes landed man on the moon
from sunlight l Sanjukta Panigrahi, Sonal Mansingh and
l Ginger is a stem not a root because it has nodes Madhavi Mudgal are exponents of the Odissi
and internodes style of dance
l Eyes of potato are useful for vegetative propa-
l M.F. Hussain had sold 125 of his painting for
gation
Rs. 100 crores
l Taenia solium (Tape Worm) lives as a parasite
in intestine of man/woman l According to the UN convention on the rights of
the child, Employment is not a right
l An ant can see the objects all around it due to
the presence of Compound eyes l Topaz, Opal and Pearl are gem stones
l 0.5 second is the approximate time required for l Ravichandran Ashwin have been awarded two
a heart beat ICC awards-2016 for his achievement
l Stomach is not a gland l Arthur C. Clarke propounded the possibility of
l Estrogen is a female sex hormone placing communications satellites in in geosyn-
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Estrogen is the primary female sex hormone as well l The city of “Tashkent” is located in Uzebekistan
as a medication. It is responsible for the develop- l In Beslan city of Russia, hundreds of school
ment and regulation of the female reproductive sys- children taken hostage by armed millitatnts
tem and secondary sex characteristics
l The apex body of different militant groups
Miscellaneous leading agitation against AFSPA in Manipur
l France gifted the “Statue Of Liberty”, standing is also known as Apunba Lup
off the New York port, to the United States on l D-Day is the day when Allied troops landed in
the first centenary celebrations of the US Normandy
l Guntur town/city in India has got a tower (mi- l ‘Anti-Semitism’ to Adolf Hitler meant, Anti-Jew-
naar) named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah ish Policy
l Eminent person Activity
l Leonardo Da Vinci represented the age of Re-
A. Thomas L Friedman Journalism naissance
B. Zubin Mehta Music
C. Ismat Chugtai Literature SSC Combined Graduate Level
Belgium is known as the “Cockpit Of Europe”
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l New York City, U.S.A is also known as the “Big
Apple” Ancient History
Success Tip l In all domesticated animals, Buffalo was ab-
It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz sent in the terracotta of the Indus civilization.
Gerald, a sports writer for the New York Morning l Tripatika is the sacred book of Buddhists
Telegraph.
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l The “Prakash Utsav” which the Sikh celebrated
on 1st September 2004 marked the 400th anni- The Tripitakas were composed between about 500
versary of Installation of Guru Granth Sahib BCE
at the Golden Temple l The greatest development in the Kushana peri-
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The 350th Prakash Utsav or birth anniversary l Sri Gupta was the first known Gupta ruler.
of Guru Gobind Singh ji is to be celebrated in Jan- Success Tip
uary 2017 in Patna
Gupta Empire was founded by Sri Gupta, which ex-
l Rs. 3 lakh is the amount given along with the isted at its zenith from approximately 320 to 550
statuette and commendation to a Dronacharya CE
award winner
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