SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l Correct pairs Polity and Constitution
Pannalal Gosh – Flute l 1/3 of the total members of the Rajya Sabha
Guru Gopi Krishna –Kathak retire from the house every 2 years
Nilchil Banerjee-Sitar l The President of India can be impeached by the
Nandlal Bose-Painting Indian Parliament
l Abraham Alkazi is one of the most influential l Planning Commission (NITI Aayog) is not a
Indian theatre directors. Constitutional Body
l M.S. Swaminathan is the author of the book l Protection from discrimination on grounds of
“To a Hunger Free World”. religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth fun-
damental rights is available to Indian citizens only
SSC (South Zone) Investigator Exam l The Constitution of India contains 395 Articles
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The Indian constitution contains 395 Article in 22
Ancient History parts and 8 schedules
l Animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar are l The Attorney General of India has the right to
Humped Bull, Elephant and Horse. audience in any court of law within the terri-
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Four animals are carved representing the four car- Economy
dinal directions: a horse (west), an ox (east), an el-
ephant (south), and a lion (north) l The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in
the year 1949.
l The Kannauj assembly organised by Harsha was
held in the honour of Hieun-Tsang. Success Tip
l The first metal used by man was Copper. Sir C.D. Deshmukh was the Governor of RBI at the
l Satvahanas minted their coins predominantly time of its nationalisation
in Lead l The abbreviation SEBI stands for Securities and
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The Satavahanas produced coins in lead, copper, Success Tip
potin, brass, bronze and silver. The earliest and the It was established in the year 1988 and given statu-
majority of the Satavahana coins are made of lead. tory powers on 30 January 1992 through the SEBI
Act, 1992
Modern History
l The most distinguishing feature of oligopoly is
l According to Gandhiji, Non cooperation and Civ- number of firms
il disobedience are the major means of Satya-
l J. M. Keynes defined investment as “the con-
graha.
struction of a new capital asset like machinery
Physical Geography or factory building”
l Cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear l International Monetary Fund:
nights, because clouds mainly reflect back the l provides short term credit to its members
heat given by the earth l arranges for conversion of currencies
l Cirrus is the highest cloud
l secures stability in the rates of foreign ex-
l ‘Mushroom’ rock in India can be found in Thar
change
Desert
l ‘Law of demand’ implies that when there is ex-
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A mushroom rock, also called rock pedestal. commodity rises
l Bad land topography is characteristic of Gulf of l Insurance sector in India is regulated by IRDA
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The Gulf of Kutch is an inlet of the Arabian Sea Development Authority Act, 1999.
along the west coast of Gujarat. l In India ‘NDDB’ means National Dairy Develo-
General Geography pment Board
l Kerala and Haryana states as per census, has Success Tip
the highest and lowest sex ratio respectively The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was
l Finland is known as the ‘Land of Thousand Lakes’ created in 1965, founded by Dr. Verghese Kurien.
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