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Physics l The Central Drug Reasearch Institute of India
is located at Lucknow.
l ‘Lumen’ is the unit of Luminous flux.
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CDRI was formally inaugurated on 17 Feb 1951 by
Luminous flux is the quantity of the energy of the
the then Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Neh-
light emitted per second in all directions
ru.
l The mass of 10 moles of water is 180 g.
l The latest official language of the U.N. is Ara-
l Frictional force is a ‘dissipative force’. bic.
l If a magnet has a third pole, then the third pole l The book ‘Kurukshetra to Kargil’ is written by
is called consequent pole. Kuldip Singh.
l If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance in- l The Educational Development Index (EDI) Re-
creases. port, released in 2011, was led by Kerala.
Chemistry l The 70th National Football Championship (San-
l The high boiling point of water compared to hy- tosh Trophy 2016) was won by Services Team
drogen sulphide or hydrogen chloride is due to Success Tip
Hydrogen bonding. The Services football team is an Indian football team
l Number of electrons determines the chemical representing the Indian defence services in the San-
properties of an element tosh Trophy
Biology l The organisation involved primarily with envi-
ronmental planning is NEERI
l Ear criteria are not used for the classification
of human races. Success Tip
l Fertilization occurs normally in the Fallopian The National Environmental Engineering Research
tube. Institute (NEERI) is a research institute created and
l People consuming alcohol in heavy quantities funded by Government of India. It was established
generally die of Cirrhosis. in Nagpur in 1958
Success Tip l Analects is the sacred book of Confucianism
Cirrhosis is a condition in which the liver does not Success Tip
function properly due to long-term damage Confucianism a system of philosophical and ethical
l The organisms at the base of the grazing food teachings founded by Confucius and developed by
chain are Producers. Mencius.
l Vitamin A is rich in Carrot.
l The sweet taste of fruits is due to Fructose. SSC Graduate Level Tier-1 Exam
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l The first Indian who was chosen as the Secre-
(North Zone: Morning Shift-2)
tary General of Commonwealth is Kamalesh Ancient History
Sharma.
l VikramasiIa University was founded by Dhar-
l Kuldip Nayer, a journalist, was appointed as a
mapala
High Commissioner in UK.
l The study of lake is called Limnology Success Tip
Success Tip Vikramashila (IAST: Vikramaúilâ) was one of the two
most important centres of Buddhist learning in In-
The term limnology was coined by Francois-Alphonse
dia during the Pala empire, along with Nalanda.
Forel who established the field with his studies of
Vikramashila was established by King Dharmapa-
Lake Geneva
la (783 to 820) in response to a supposed decline in
l The transfer of data from a CPU to peripheral the quality of scholarship at Nalanda
devices of computer is achieved through inter-
l Agriculture was not known during the Rigvedic
faces.
period
l Computer is not used in Local Area Networks
(LANs) l Dynasty Founder
Pallavas Simhavishnu
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Chalukyas Pulakesin
Local area network is a computer network that links
devices within a building or group of adjacent build- Rashtrakutas Dantidurg
ings, especially one with a radius of less than 1 km Hoysalas Vishnuvardhan
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