SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Chemistry l Correct pair of players and their respected games
l A bioenergy source obtained by fermentation to a. Harbhajan Singh Cricket
supplement fossil fuel petrol is Ethanol. b. Saina Nehwal Badminton
l The substance that cause the worst air pollu- c. Jwala Gutta Tennis
tion is Sulphur dioxide d. Virat Kohli Cricket
l The reaction is fast, this statement is not cor- l Rajasthan has the largest gap in male and fe-
rect regarding covalent compounds. male literacy as per 2011 Census (provisional
data)
l The properties of a mixture are the same as
l Santosh Yadav is the first woman to conquer
those of its components
Mount Everest twice
l PVC is obtained by the polymerization of Vinyl
l Jamshedpur iron and steel works in India is
chloride.
not under public sector.
l Stainless steel is an alloy of iron, chromium l Dhyan chand, is the Indian hockey player has a
and nickel. road named after him in Germany.
l Enriched uranium used in a nuclear reactor is
uranium with a high percentage of a particu- SSC CPOs SI & Intelligence Office
lar isotope.
l In a refrigerator, cooling is produced by the
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Biology Ancient History
l When a person cries, there is a watery discharge l Literary works and the authors
from the nose due to activation of Lachrymal a. Kavirajamarga Amoghavarsha
Gland.
b. Adipurana Jinasena
l The fundamental role of root hairs in plants is
c. Ganitasarasamgraha Mahaviracharya
to absorb water and mineral salts from the
soil. d. Amoghavrithi Sakatayana
l Catch crops are crops to be cut and fed green Success Tips
to the cattle. ä Kavirajamarga is the earliest (850 CE) avail-
l Anticoagulants are not present in wasp. able writing on rhetoric, poetics and grammar
l The pigment that protects plants from UV dam- in Kannada Language. It was written by famous
ages is Phycocyanin. Rashtrakuta King ‘Nripattunga Amoghavarsha’.
l Vegetation is effective in absorbing Pollutant ä Adipurana is a 10th century Kannada text writ-
gases. ten by Jinasenacharya.
l The red colour of ripe tomatoes is due to the ä Ganitasarasamgraha by Mahaviracharya was
presence of Carotenoids. written during the regin of Amoghavarsha (814-
878) of the Rashtrakura dynasty.
Miscellaneous
ä Amoghavrithi was written by Sakatayana.
l Operating System acts as a mediator between
the user’s program and the hardware Medieval History
l The project similar to T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley l The greatest Portuguese Governor was the Albu-
Authority) of U.S.A, in India is Damodar Valley querque, who laid the real foundation of Portu-
Project guese power in India.
l The headquarters of International Atomic En- Success Tip
ergy Agency is located at Vienna.
Alfonso de Albuquerque succeeded Almeida in 1509.
l If you use a font that is not supported by a
He conquered Goa, Malacca and Hormuz. He died
browser, then the next will be displayed in the
in Goa in December 1515.
default font.
l United Nations Conference on Environment and Modern History
Development is called Earth Summit. l Dhondu Pant was the other name of Nana Sa-
l Dakshin Gangotri is the name of the first research hib.
station established by India in the Antarctica.
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l Azim premji was awarded Padma Vibhusan in
2011 for his exceptional and distinguished ser- Nana Sahib, born on May 19, 1824 as Dhondu Pant,
vice in the field of trade and industry. was a rebel Indian leader during the Great Revolt of
l The five permanent members of the U.N. Securi- 1857. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Pesh-
ty Council are China, France, Russia, United wa Baji Rao 2nd, he sought to restore the Maratha
Kingdom and U.S.A. confederacy and the Peshwa tradition.
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