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l The ‘Rediscovery of India’ is written by Megh- l The oldest international airline is Dutch. KLM
nad Desai Success Tip
l Chief Guest on the 68th Republic Day was KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is the flag carrier airline
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin of the Netherlands
Zayed Al Nahyan
l Serena Williams is one of the top ranked sports- Polity and Constitution
women of Tennis l Right to Constitutional Remedies was described
l Grammy Award is given in the field of Music by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the ‘heart and soul’ of
l Australia has won the Hop -man Cup 2016 the Constitution.
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SSC Combined Graduate Level
Article 32 of the Indian constitution provides for
Tier-1 Exam Held on: 19.06.2011 constitutional remedies against the violation or
Ancient History transgression of fundamental rights
l Law and Order is not the concern of the local
1. Fa-hien visited India during the reign of Chan-
government
dragupta II
l In India, the concept of single citizenship is
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FA-HIEN (A.D. 399-414), was Chinese Buddhist l Jaya Prakash Narayan had proposed party less
monk. democracy in India
l Disinvestment in Public Sector is called Priva-
Medieval History tisation
1. Guru Hargovind called himself the ‘Sachcha l An individual’s actual standard of living can be
Badshah’ assessed by Disposable Personal Income
Success Tip l 600 is the maximum strength prescribed for State
Guru Hargobind was the sixth of the Sikh gurus. Legislative Assemblies
He was barely eleven years old when he became Guru Economy
on 11 June 1606
l In the budget for 2017-18, the fiscal deficit (%
l At Cassim Bazar in Bengal, the East India Com- of GDP) for 2017 – 18 has been projected at 3.2%
pany was given permission to trade and build a l. As announced by the Finance Minister in his
factory by the Mughals in 1651. Budget speech on 28th February 2011, with a
Modern History view to assist States in modernising their stamp
and registration administration, E-stamping is
l The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched
expected to rolled out in all the districts of dif-
by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930
ferent States in a period of three years
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Chemistry
Also known as Dandi march. On 12 March, 1930 he
along with his 78 followers began a march from the l Boron can be used to absorb neutrons to con-
Sabarmati Ashram to “Dandi” on the Gujarat coast trol the chain reaction during nuclear fission
l Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of un-
l Bhagat Singh gave the slogan “Inquilab Zinda-
controlled fusion reaction
bad”
l Supersonic jet causes pollution by thinning of
Physical Geography Ozone layer
l Troposphere is the hottest part of the atmo- l OTEC stands for Ocean Thermal Energy Con-
sphere because it is heated by the Earth’s sur- version
face l Fission reaction produces the most harmful ra-
l The outermost layer of the Sun is called Corona diation
l Fibre glass is used for making glass reinforced
General Geography plastic
l Diu is an island off Gujarat l Cadmium causes Rai-Rai disease
l Aral Sea is a land locked sea l Glycol is added to aviation gasoline because it
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The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake lying between Ka- Biology
zakhstan in the north and Uzbekistan in the south. l ‘Darwin finches’ refers to a group of Birds
l Shivasamudram Falls is found in the course of l The dried flower buds are used as a spice in Cloves
river Cauvery l The tissue in man where no cell division occurs
l The position of Indian Railways network in the after birth is nerves
world is fourth
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