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Book's First PageSSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers Physics SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-1 l Optical fibres are based on the phenomenon of Exam Held on: 26.06.2011 Total Internal Reflection l Now a days yellow lamps are frequently used as Ancient History street lights. Sodium gases is used in these lamps l The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta l ‘Mirage’ is an example of refraction and total Maurya’s court was Megasthenes. internal reflection of light l The phenomenon of light associated with the Medieval History appear ance of blue colour of the sky is Scat- l Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition from tering The Portuguese. Chemistry Modern History l Lens is made up of a Flint glass l Disraeli admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a na- l The element which is used for vulcanizing rub- tional revolt. ber is Sulphur Success Tip l Borax is responsible for the extra strength of Benjamin Disraeli was a British politician and writer Pyrex glass who twice served as Prime Minister of the United l The noble gas used for the treatment of cancer Kingdom. is Radon l Vasundhara Summit was held in Brazil l The call of “Back to the Vedas” was given by Swami Dayanand Saraswati. Biology Success Tip l Ostrich is the largest living bird on Earth Satyarth Prakash was written by Swami Dayanand l In coriander, the useful parts are leaves & dried Saraswati which contributed to the Indian indepen- fruits dence movement. l Amla is called ‘Herbal Indian Doctor’ l The pH of human blood is 7.4 l Simon Commission was boycotted by the na- l Thyroid is largest endocrine gland in the body tionalist leaders of India because all the num- l Whale is the largest mammal bers of the Commission were English. l Second incisor becomes modified as the tusk of l Sir Edward Lutyens was the architect of North elephant and South Blocks of the Central Secretariat in l Edward Jenner had invented vaccination for Delhi. ‘Small Pox’ Physical Geography l BT seed is associated with Cotton l The lowest layer of the atmosphere is Trop-os- Success Tip phere. BT stands for Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacterium l 1/5th of the Earth’s land surface is desert. that produces toxins harmful to a variety of insects, l The atmospheric air is held to the Earth by grav- including bollworms that attack cotton. ity. Miscellaneous l The strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has l spreadsheet software is more useful in the area moved Japan’s main island by a few feet and of Statistics has caused the Earth’s axis to wobble is expect- l The nuclear reactors which were damaged heavily ed to lead to the shortening of the day by 1.6 due to a strong Earthquake cum Tsunami that microseconds. hit Japan on March 11, 2011 causing radiation General Geography leakage were at Fukushima l The Konkan Railway connects Roha Mangalore. l The book ‘Witness the Night’ has been written by Kishwar Desai Success Tip l Yakshagana folk/ tribal dance is associated with It is operated by Konkan Railway Corpo-ration, Karnataka headquartered at CBD Belapur in Navi Mumbai l Abhishek Pandit and Chandra Shekhar Prasad l Nellore is called the ‘shrimp capital of India’. received Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismill- l River Indus originates from Kailash range. ah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2016 in Theatre l The word’s only floating national park is situat- l South Africa did not win any of the “FIFA World ed in Manipur. Cup” in 2002, 2006 & 2010 Success Tip l The Headquarters of International Atomic En- The Keibul Lamjao National Park is a national park ergy Agency is in Vienna in the Bishnupur district of the state of Manipur SGPE-71