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Kerala PSC General Awareness Book Study Materials 1 Page 32
Book's First PageSSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers Modern History constitutional authority as the British Mon- arch. l Permanent Settlement, the system of revenue collection was introduced by Lord Cornwallis. l Legislature is the custodian of the National l Mrs. Annie Besant was the first women presi- Purse. dent of Congress. l Election Commission, Finance Commission l The disputed coastal strip off the Gujarat coast and Union Public Service Commission are the on which India and Pakistan are holding talks constitutional bodies. is known as Sir Creek. l A member of the Union Public Service Commis- l The Simon commission which came to India in sion can be removed by the President. February 1928 was boycotted because all its l Ministers who are the members of the Rajya members were English men. Sabha can speak both in Rajya Sabha and Lok l Lord Mountbatten was the chairman of the Par- Sabha. tition Council. l Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India. Physical Geography l The Right to Vote in elections to a parliament is l Dolomite is a sedimentary rock. a constitutional right. l El Nino is a warm ocean current. l Through ‘photosynthesis’ green plants generate Economy organic material. l In the law of demand, the statement “other l The instrument for measuring intensity of earth- things remain constant” means income of con- quakes is called seismograph. sumer should not change, price of other goods should not change, taste of consumer should l Brightest planet in our solar system is Venus. not change. l Venus is the hottest planet of the solar system. l A firm is in equilibrium when its marginal cost l The Milky Way Galaxy was first discovered by equals the marginal revenue. Galileo. l The World Trade Organisation(WTO) was known as GATT General Geography l Given the money wages, if the price level in an l Late expanding stage in the population cycle economy increases, then the real wages will be- in which India is classified on the basis of its come flexible. demographic characteristic. l The difference between visible exports and visi- l Jadugoda mines are famous for uranium depos- ble imports is defined as Balance of trade. its. l Value Added Tax is a simple, transparent, and l Madhya Pradesh has the largest coverage of for- easy to pay tax imposed on consumers. est in India. l The outcome of devaluation of currency is in- l Aliyar, Periyar and Kundah hydroelectric creased exports and improvement in balance projects belong to Tamil Nadu. of payment. l Turkey is dependent on others for raw the ma- l The term ‘Green GNP’ emphasises increase in terial for its Iron-Steel industry. per capita income. l The largest irrigated area in India is occupied by l An agency for safe keeping of securities is rice. referred to as ‘Depository Services’. l Cotton, textile and petrochemical industries Physics are the major beneficiaries of the Mumbai port. l A multi meter is used to measure current, volt- l In India, ‘yellow revolution’ is associated with age and resistance. production of oilseeds. l Diamonds are glittering and attractive because l Gram is considered as a cash crop in India. light incident on them undergoes multiple in- l West Bengal shares boundaries with three coun- ternal reflections. tries. l Prism is used to split the white light into differ- ent colours. Success Tip l Submersed objects can be located using SONAR. The state has international boundaries with Bang- ladesh in the east, Bhutan and Nepal in the north. Success Tip Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR) is a tech- Polity and Constitution nique that uses sound propagation to navigate, com- l The Bureaucracy performs administrative as municate with or detect objects on or under the sur- well as quasi-judicial and quasi-legislative face of the water, such as other vessels. functions. l Spectrometer is used to study dispersion of l The president of the union of India has the same light. SGPE-37