SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Coconut-Kerala Physics
Sugarcane – Uttar Pradesh l A metal plate with a circular hole at the centre
l Those who cultivate the land of others is termed is heated. What will happen to the area of the
as coltivators. hole Increase
l Silent Valley is situated in Kerala l The period of revolution of a geostationary sat-
l Mettur is Dam, generated electricity from hydel ellite is 24 hours
power. l A piece of paper and a cricket ball are dropped
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Mettur Dam is on Cauvery River. simultaneously if they dropped in vacuum
l A rocket works on the principle of conservation
Polity and Constitution of Linear momentum
l The term of the Lok Sabha extended up to 6 years l The frequency of ultrasound wave is typically
only once Above 20,000 kHz
l The practice of Shadow Cabinet originated in
Chemistry
Great Britain
l Cokking gas is a mixture of butane and pro-
l Sarkaria Commission was constituted to give its
pane
report on Centre -State relations
l Dry powder fire extinguishers contain sand and
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Sarkaria Commission was set up in June 1983 l Quartz glass is used for making glass reinforced
l Article 51 A of the Constitution deals with the plastic
Fundamental Duties l Two elements which are used to absorb neutrons
to control the chain reaction during nuclear fis-
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There are 11 Fundamental Duties in Article 51 A, l The most commonly used chemicals in the arti-
11th Fundamental Duty [51-1(K)] was added by the ficial rainmaking or cloud seeding are Silver Io-
86th Constitutional Amend-ment Act, 2002. dide (Agl)
l In Golaknath Case the Supreme Court restored l Chocolates can be bad for health because of a
the primacy of the Fundamental Rights over the high content of Nickel
Directive Principles of State Policy Biology
l The essential qualification for appointment as l The weight of an average human brain is about
a Judge of the Supreme Court of India Should 1.46 kg
be at least 35 years of age
l The animal which can tolerate more summer heat
Economy is Goat
l Consequent upon the recommendations of the l According to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, long
Working Group on Rural Banks, 5 Rural Re- necks in giraffes arose because of constant at-
tempt to reach leaves on tall trees, genera-
gional Banks were initially set up in the year
tion after generation
1975
l Rickets is the deficiency disease of Vitamin D,
l Poverty in less developed countries is largely due
which affect the bone
to income inequality.
l Among the tax revenues of the Union Govern- Miscellaneous
ment, the most important source is Union Ex- l Karl Marx’s book ‘Das capital’ was published in
cise Duties 1867
l There was a substantial increase in food grains l India joined the United Nations in 1945
production specially wheat production, during l Click jacking is a Malicious technique of trick-
the period after 1966 ing Web user into revealing confidential in-
formation
l Delhi has the maximum number of registered
l India signed civil nuclear deal with Japan in
vehicles on the road
November, 2016
l The Bhilai Steel Plant has been established with l Nasim Zaidi is the current Chief Election Com-
the assistance of Russia missioner
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It was set up with the help of the USSR in 1955 Other two Election Commissioners are Achal Ku-
l Cheap Money means low rate of interest mar Jyoti and Om Prakash Rawat.
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