SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Physical Geography                                          l   The first speaker of Lok Sabha was G. V. Mav-
                                                                lankar
   l   An algae type ocean deposit is Diatom Ooze
                       Success Tip
                                                         Economy
 Diatom ooze (formed from microscopic unicellular           l   m-commerce is mobile commerce
 algae having cell walls consisting of or resembling                           Success Tip
 silica) is the most widespread deposit in the high       M-commerce (mobile commerce) is the buying and
 southern latitudes                                       selling of goods and services through wireless hand-
   l The biggest planet in the solar system is Jupi-      held devices such as cellular telephone and person-
       ter                                                al digital assistants
   l Peninsular India has the Red and yellow type soil      l Low cost housing is an example for merit wants
                                                            l Consumption for the sake of en joying social
General Geography                                               acknowledgement is called Conspicuous con-
   l   The iron and steel plant in Bihar is at Bokaro           sumption
                                                            l Citi Bank was the first to in troduce ATMs to
                       Success Tip
                                                                the world
 Bokaro Steel Plant (BSP) is located in the Bokaro
                                                            l The state which has registered the highest pop-
 district of Jharkhand. It is the fourth integrated
                                                                ulation growth rate according to 2011 census is
 public sector steel plant in India built with Soviet
                                                                Nagaland
 help. It was incorporated as a limited company in
                                                            l Alfred Marshall is the Master of “Partial Analy-
 1964. It was later merged with the state-owned Steel
                                                                sis”
 Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
                                                            l India making ‘Double Taxation Avoidance Agree-
   l The most densely populated state in India is West          ments’ (DTAA) with other countries for the
       Bengal                                                   pro motion of Bilateral trade
Polity and Constitution                                     l Brain drain has been caused by lack of employ-
                                                                ment opportunities
   l   K.T. Shah said that the Directive Principles of
                                                            l The study of population is known as Dem-ogra-
       State Policy are just like “a cheque on bank pay-
                                                                phy
       able at the convenience of the bank”
   l   The proposal for the creation of new All India    Physics
       Services can be considered only if the Rajya Sab-    l   Convex mirror is used in a view finding mirror
       ha passes a resolution by two thirds ma jority           of a vehicle
   l   “Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth” is the                           Success Tip
       guiding principle of Retributive theory of Jus-    Convex mirrors are curved mirrors that give a “com-
       tice                                               pressed” view rather than a flat view. As a result,
                       Success Tip                        they cover a wider field of view and objects in the
 Retributive justice is a theory of justice which holds   mirror appear smaller
 that the best response to a crime is a proportionate       l We receive sunlight on earth surface, these
 punishment, inflicted for its own sake rather than             beams of light are of random type
 to serve an extrinsic social purpose, such as deter-       l Earth is a very big magnet. Its magnetic field
 rence or rehabilit-ation of the offender                       extends north to south
   l The authority to specify which castes shall be         l The ultimate source of energy in a hydroelectric
       deemed to be scheduled castes rests with the             power station is the potential energy of water
       President                                         Chemistry
   l Mamta Sharma was appointed in 2011 as the              l   Correct statements are:
       chairperson of National Commission for Wom-              l Phenols are acidic
       en
                                                                l In benzene all the atoms lie in one plane
                       Success Tip                              l Dilute solutions contain less amount of sol-
 National Commission for Women was established                  ute
 in January 1992 under the provisions of the Indian         l   Pyroligneous acid obtained from wood contains
 Constitution, as defined in the 1990 National Com-             10% Acetic acid
 mission for Women Act. The first head of the com-                             Success Tip
 mission was Jayanti Patnaik. On 29 September
                                                          Pyroligneous acid, also called wood vinegar or wood
 2014 Lalitha Kumaramangalam was appointed                acid, is a dark liquid produced by the destructive
 Chairperson.                                             distillation of wood and other plant materials.
   l The seat of Kerala High Court is located at Er-        l Union Carbide India Ltd. man ufactured essen-
       nakulam                                                  tially Petrochemicals
                                                     SGPE-91