SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l Chromium one of the toxic heavy metals is l As per latest ‘Sample Registration Survey Re-
found in modern tannery industries port’ released some time back by the census of-
l High octane fuel contains high content of lead fice at New Delhi there has been a significant
improvement in the ‘Infant Mortality Rate’ per
Biology 1000 live births in India during the period 1999-
l ‘COD’ is a variety of Fish 2009. The percentage change during this period
Success Tip was 29%
The two most common species of cod are the Atlantic l Premlata Agarwal has become the oldest Indian
cod (Gadus morhua), which lives in the colder wa- woman to scale Mount Everest at the age of 45.
ters and deeper sea regions throughout the North She belongs to the state of Jharkhand
Atlantic, and the Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus),
found in both eastern and western regions of the FCI Assistant Grade-II Exam
northern Pacific. Held on: 22.01.2012
l Golden Revolution refers to Horticulture
l A large number of identical plants can be ob-
Ancient History
tained in a short span of time through tissue l Worship of Mother Goddess was associated with
culture technique Indus Valley Civilization
l The smallest flowering plant is Wolffia l Alexander and Porus fought a battle at Hydasp-
l Leukaemia or blood cancer is characterized by es
abnormal increase of the White blood cells Success Tip
l The total number of bones in our body is 206 The battle of the Hydaspes River was faught by Al-
l The poison of honey bee is Acidic exander the Great in 326BC against King Porus of
l Birds which swim in water have webbed feet the Hindu Paurava Kingdom on the banks of the
Hydaspes (Jhelum)
Miscellaneous
l Tripitakas is a Buddhist Literature.
l The member states of the U.N.O have delegated
the primary responsibility for maintaining world Medieval History
peace and security to the Security Council l The Battle of Haldighati was fought between
l A new technology which provides the ability to Akbar and Maharana Pratap Singh
create an artificial world and have people inter- l The famous Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan was
act with it is called Virtual Reality taken away in 1739 by Persian invader Nadir
l A parallel port is most often used by a printer Shah
l Kuchipudi is a dance-drama associated with the Modern History
state of Andhra Pradesh l Gandhiji was influenced by the writings of Leo
l Mukesh Bhatt is not a recipient of Dadasaheb Tolstoy
Phalke Award
Physical Geography
l National Environmental Engineering Research
Institute is located at Nagpur l Desertification can be checked by Checking over-
grazing
l Bhuvneshwar Kumar got the ‘Purple Cap’ for
taking maximum number of wickets in IPL-9 l Lakes freeze in cold countries in winter, leaving
series. the water underneath at 4 degree C.
Success Tip: Virat Kohli Got the Orange Cap General Geography
l A new banknote paper mill was established in l Brahmaputra river has its source outside India
Mysore , the foundation stone was laid by Success Tip
Pranab Mukherjee, that time he was serving as
From its origin in south western Tibet as the Yarlung
a finance minister of India
Tsangpo River, Brahmaputa flows across southern
l The book ‘Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His
Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorg-
Struggle with India’ was in news some time back es and into Arunachal Pradesh.
and was banned in some Indian States includ-
l Major iron and steel industries are located in
ing Gujarat. The author of the book is Joseph
the plateau of Chota Nagpur
Lelyveld
l Majuli, the largest river island in the world, lies
l The secret operation carried out successfully by
in the state of Assam
the US Navy Seals, in which Osama Bin Laden,
l Surat is situated on the banks of the river Tap-
the world’s most wanted terrorist was killed was
ti
codenamed as Geronimo
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