SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Medieval History l To Examine the constitutional validity of the
laws is the “Judicial Review” function of the
l Khalsa was founded by Guru Gobind Singh
Supreme Court
Success Tip l The Indian Constitution recognizes minorities
The Khalsa was inaugurated on 30 March 1699, on the basis of percentage of the population
by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru. of the Group to the total population.
Modern History Economy
l List-1 List-2 l The break-even point is where average revenue
A. Lord Clive Dual Government in equals average cost
Bengal l Rate of interest is determined by Liquidity pref-
B. Lord Wellesley Subsidiary Alliance erence
C. Lord Dalhousie Doctrine of Lapse l Current payments on foreign loans is not in-
cluded in the private income arising in a coun-
D. Lord Curzon Indian University Act
try
l Mughal presence in the Red Fort ceased with
l Guaranteed maximum prices has not been a
the fall of Bahadur Shah ‘Zafar’
component of the agricultural strategy that
Physical Geography brought about the Green Revolution
l The soil which originate under tall-grass prairie Physics
vegetation is called Chernozem Soils
l The fourth state of matter is known as plasma
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is a black-coloured soil containing a high percent-
Plasma can be created by heating a gas or subject-
age of humus (7% to 15%), and high percentages of
ing it to a strong electromagnetic field, applied with
phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.
a laser or microwave generator at temperatures above
l Correct Pairs 5000 °C
Isobars- Pressure
l Lamberts law is related to Illumination
Isohels- Sunshine
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Isotherms- Temperature
Lambert’s law stated that absorbance of a materi-
l The term ‘Isoneph’ indicates the lines equal
al sample is directly proportional to its thickness
cloudiness
l Law of conservation of mass validates the
General Geography statement that matter can neither be created
l Generally the soil of the northern plains of In- nor destroyed
dia has been formed by aggradation l Decibel is the unit used for intensity of sound
l Bhakra Dam is the highest gravity dam in the
Chemistry
world
l Cloud is a colloidal dispersion of water drops
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in dispersion medium of air
The dam, located at a gorge near the (now submerged)
l Conversion of chemical energy into electrical
upstream Bhakra village in Bilaspur district of Hi-
energy occurs in battery
machal Pradesh of height 226 m.
l Paraffin wax is the petroleum wax
l World’s largest desert is Sahara
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Paraffin wax is a white or colourless soft solid de-
The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert, rivable from petroleum, coal or oil shale, that con-
located in North Africa. It stretches from the Red sists of a mixture of hydrocar-bon molecules con-
Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. taining between twenty and forty carbon atoms
l “Climate is extreme, rainfall is scanty, and the l Purest form of iron is wrought iron
people used to be nomadic hoarders” this state-
l Mercury forms an amalgam with other metals
ment is correct for Siberian Tundra region
Biology
Polity and Constitution
l Chitin makes the skin layer impervious to water
l Article 370 of the Constitution of India accords
special status to the State of Jammu & Kashmir Success Tip
l In order to be recognized as an official opposi- A fibrous substance consisting of polysacc-harides,
tion Group in the Parliament 1/10th of total which is the major constituent in the exoskeleton
strength seats it should have of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi.
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