SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Success Tip l The ‘break-even’ point is where total revenue
The Indian Councils Act 1909, commonly known as equals total cost
the Morley-Minto Reforms l Rate of interest is determined by Liquidity pref-
erence
l The two states which had non-congress Minis-
tries in 1937 were Bengal and Punjab l In the budget, 2011 the finance minister had
announced that an international award with
Physical Geography prize money of 1 1 crore is being instituted in
l Generally, the soil of the northern plains of In- memory of Rabindranath Tagore for promoting
dia has been formed by aggradation Universal Brotherhood
l Desert is the most stable eco-system. l Coverage of Fasal Bima Yojana to go up from 30
l Sea breeze is formed during Day Time percent of cropped area, to 40 percent in 2017-
18, 50 percent in 2018-19
l 70%, percentage of world’s freshwater is stored
as glacial ice Physics
l A geostationary satellite revolves round the earth l Sound travels fastest in Steel
from West to East l The rear side of the moon was photographed by
l The coral reefs are the marine counterparts of Luna 3
Tropical rain forests
Success Tip
General Geography Luna 3 or E-2A No.1 was a Soviet spacecraft launched
l Gujarat has the longest coastline in 1959 as part of the Luna Programme. It was the
l Crops Producing state first-ever mission to photograph the far side of the
TeaAssam Moon
Sugarcane Uttar Pradesh l The first electronic digital computer contain
Groundnut Gujarat valves
Apple Himachal Pradesh l Lambert’s law is related to Illumination
l Tapti river of India does not make delta. l Sir Frank Whittle invented the Jet Engine
Polity and Constitution Chemistry
l The method of Impeachment of the President of l Hard steel contains 0.5 to 1.5 per cent carbon
India is adopted from U.S.A l Cement is formed by strongly heating a mixture
l In the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India, of Limestone and Clay
Sindhi, Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali lan- l Glass is a super cooled liquid
guages were added subsequently. l The temperature of oxy-acetylene flame is around
Success Tip 3200 degree C
l The refrigerant ‘FREON’ is Difluoro Dichloro
14 languages were initially included in the Consti-
Methane
tution. Sindhi language was added in 1967. There-
after three more languages viz., Konkani, Manipuri Success Tip
and Nepali were included in 1992. Subsequently They are stable, nonflammable, moder -ately toxic
Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali were added in gases or liquids which have typically been used
2004. as refrigerants and as aerosol propellants
l Indian Parliament Means President of India-
Biology
Rajya Sabha- Lok Sabha
l The maximum limit on poll expenditure for par- l An example of false fruit is Apple
liamentary constituencies was raised in March, l Normal fasting blood sugar level per 100 ml. of
2014 to 70 lakhs blood in man is 80-100 mg
Success Tip l The vector of disease sleeping sickness is Tsetse
70 Lakh for NCT of Delhi, 54 Lakh for Arunachal fly
Pradesh, Goa, Sikkim and other union territories l Echo location is used by Bats or dolphins to
find prey, predators or obstacles
Economy
l The reserve held by commercial banks over and
Miscellaneous
above the statutory minimum, with the RBI are l Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
called Excess Reserves these four countries are called the Asian Tigers
l Ministry of Finance is authorized to issue coins l Dinosaurs have been extinct about 65 million
in India years
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