SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
   l  The sounds having a frequency of 2o Hertz to       Biology
      20,000 Hertz are known as Audible sounds.
                                                            l  The green colour of the leaves is due to the pres-
   l  Eclipses occur due to optical phenomena, is
                                                               ence of Chlorophyll.
      known as a rectilinear propagation.
   l  Gamma rays have greatest similarity with X-                             Success Tip
      rays.                                               Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in almost all
                                                          plants,algae and cyanobacteria.
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                                                            l The edible part of an onion is fleshy leaves.
 In the past, the distinction between X-rays and gam-
 ma rays was based on energy (or equivalently fre-          l AB group of blood is a universal recipient of
 quency or wavelength), with gamma rays being con-             blood
 sidered a higher energy version of X-rays.                 l The normal body temperature of human being is
   l  In the absence of ozone layer, Ultraviolet rays          98.4 degree F.
      will enter into atmosphere.                           l Columba livia is the scientific name of Pigeon.
                                                            l Bones are pneumatic in Birds.
Chemistry
                                                            l Fat produces highest amount of energy upon
   l  The product used for manufacturing of Indus-
                                                               oxidation
      trial alcohol is Molasses.
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 All beverage alcohol and much of that used in in-          l  The Thar Express goes to Pakistan.
 dustry is formed through fermentation of a variety                           Success Tip
 of products including grain such as corn, potato         Thar Express is an International train that connects
 mashes, fruit juices, and beet and cane sugar mo-        Karachi, Pakistan to Bhagat Ki Kothi, India.
 lasses.
                                                            l National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) is located
   l  Pure water is bad conductor of electricity because       in Pune.
      it is feebly ionized.
                                                            l Programs and data to be used by the computer
                       Success Tip                             will be available in storage.
 In Pure form of water there are no ions.                   l In HTML,  AND  Tags display the en-
   l The metals commonly used for electroplating are           closed text in background.
      Chromium, Copper and Nickel                           l The Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2016
                       Success Tip                             was awarded to Fraser Stoddart, Jean-Pierre
 Among the metals most commonly used for plating               Sauvage, Ben Feringa.
 are zinc, nickel, chromium, cadmium, copper, silver        l Sebastian Vettel won the Formula 1 Indian Grand
 and gold.                                                     Prix held at Greater Noida on October 30, 2011.
   l Polycyclic hydrocarbons, automobile exhaust               This was also his 11th win of that season
      can cause cancer.                                     l Kuchipudi a dance-drama belongs from the In-
                       Success Tip                             dia State Andhra Pradesh.
 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Servic-            l Satyajit Ray was associated with direction of
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 es states that some Polycyclic hydrocarbons may be
 carcinogens in humans and animals and can cause
                                                               films.
                                                            l Census data released on July 15, 2011 reflects
 harmful effects on skin and the auto-immune sys-              that 13.48 percent urban population lives in
 tem.                                                          Maharashtra.
   l Bleaching powder is used in drinking water as a        l National Social Assistance Programme was aimed
      disinfectant.                                            at providing old age pension to very poor.
                       Success Tip                          l Rongali Bihu is a famous Assamese festival.
 Calcium hypochlorite is used for the disinfection of                         Success Tip
 drinking water or swimming water
                                                          Rongali Bihu (mid- April, also called Bohag Bihu),
   l  James Simpson Invented chloroform as anaes-         the most popular Bihu celebrates the onset of the
      thetic.                                             Assamese New Year.
   l  Nuclear fusion is the process of production of
                                                            l  The least populated state in India is Sikkim.
      energy in the Sun.
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                                                          With around 600000 inhabitants, Sikkim is the least
 Nuclear fusion is the process by which two or more
                                                          populous state in India and the second smallest state
 atomic nuclei join together, or “fuse” to form a sin-
                                                          after Goa in total area.
 gle heavier nucleus.
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