SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l The chemical name of Common salt is Sodium l Aryabhata was launched from Daman.
chloride. l IBSAMAR 2016 is a trilateral naval exercise be-
l Denatured spirit is ethanol mixed with Water. tween Brazil, India and South Africa kicked off
l The most abundant inert gas in the atmosphere in Goa.
is Argon. l Pahlaj Nihalani is the current Chairperson of
l Magnesium is extracted from sea water. Central Board of Film Certification or ‘The Cen-
l Percentage of lead in lead pencils is 0. sor Board’ in India.
l Indian Oil is ranked highest at 161st among In-
Biology dian companies in the Fortune 500 list of
l Heparin is the anti-coagulant substance in l the world’s biggest corporations in terms of rev-
blood. enue.
l Peacock, Ostrich and Tortoise bears no teeth. l The 10th World Hindi Conference (WHC) is be-
l Jaundice is a symptom of disease of Liver. ing organized from 10-12 September 2015 in the
l The vaccination against small pox involves the city of Bhopal by the Ministry of External Affairs.
introduction of Weakened germs.
l De fici enc y o f Vi tam in B6 i n m an caus es SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim
Anaemia. Exam Held on: 27.07.2008
l Lotus is the national flower of India.
l First successful heart transplantation was done Ancient History
by C. N. Barnard. l The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are
l Yellow Fever is transmitted by Anopheles. Hindu, Buddhist and Jain.
l Washing of peeled vegetables removes the vita- l The seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram are a wit-
min C. ness to the art patronised by the Pallavas.
l List-I (Discoverer) List-II (Discoveries) l Buddha belongs to the Sakya clan.
Jenner Vaccination Medieval History
Watson Double helix
l The original name of Tansen, the most famous
Landsteiner Blood grouping musician at the court of Akbar was Ramatanu
Fleming Penicillin Pande.
l A man with colour blindness will see red as Yel- Success Tip
low.
Tansen began his career and spent most of his adult
l When a person walking in bright Sunlight en-
life in the court and patronage of the Hindu king of
ters a dark room, he is not able to see clearly for
Gwalior, Ram Chand.
a little while because the iris is unable to di-
late the pupil immediately. Modern History
l The metal, which is a constituent of vitamin B12 l Acharya J.B. Kripalani was the President of In-
is Cobalt. dian National Congress when the Mountbatten
Miscellaneous Plan of Independence was accepted.
l A computer virus is A special kind of comput- Success Tip
er programme. Kripalani joined the All India Congress Committee,
l Vikram Seth is the author of the book Two Lives. and became its general secretary in 1928–29.
l Raj Krishna coined the term Hindu rate of l Mahatma Gandhi developed the Idea that
growth for Indian economy. “Means justify the ends”.
l Arvind Kejriwal has been selected for the RA- l Mahatma Gandhi said that ‘the real seat of taste
MON MAGSAYSAY AWARD for 2006 for his im- is not the tongue, but the mind’.
portant contribution in the field Right to In- l Provincial autonomy was one of the important
formation movement and empowering citi- features of the act of 1935.
zens to fight corruption.
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l The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
consists of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbeki- The Government of India Act, 1935 was originally
stan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. passed in August 1935 and is said to be the longest
l HCL Infosystems announced sometime back the Act (British) of Parliament ever enacted by that time.
launch of India’s first personal computer with l Lord Canning was the governor General of In-
one terabyte hard drive capacity. dia during the revolt of 1857.
l Eiffel Tower in Paris (France) has not been in- l During 1921-31 decade, population of India re-
cluded in the list of new seven wonders. corded a negative growth rate.
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