SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l Chronological order of the events: Simon Com- l A Retired Judge of a High Court is not permit-
mission, Dandi March, Gandhi Irwin Pact, Poona ted to practice as a lawyer in Except the High
Pact Court where he retired
Success Tip l Correct Match:
l Hindu Marriage Act: 1955
Simon Commission (1928), Dandi March(1930),
l Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act: 1971
Gandhi Irwin Pact (1931), Poona Pact (1932)
l Domestic Violence on Women Act: 2005
Physical Geography l Cruelty against Women: 1995
l The earth is at its maximum distance from the Economy
Sun on July 4th
l Mother’s service is an example for a non eco-
l The soil salinity is measured by Conductivity
nomic good
meter
l Narsimhan committee is associated with bank-
Success Tip ing sector reforms in India
Water and soil salinity are measured by passing an l Fixing margin requirements, Variable inter-
electric current between the two electrodes of est rates and Credit rationing are the quali-
a salinity meter in a sample of soil or water. The elec- tative credit control measure of the RBI
trical conductivity or EC of a soil or water sample is l The 13th Five Year Plan will be operative for the
influenced by the concentration and composition of period 2017-2022
dissolved salts l The national income of a nation is the Sum to-
l Among Marble, Limestone, Chalk and Slaked tal of factor incomes
lime, odd one is Marble l The total population divided by available arable
l The stability of a pond ecosystem depends on
land area is referred to as Population density
producers and consumers l Correct statement about India’s population as
per the 2011 census:
l The main factor which determines balance of
l Literacy rate has gone up to 74% from 65%
nature is environmental conditions
l Kerala has the highest literacy rate
l Odd one among Tsunami, Earthquakes, Wind- l Bihar has the lowest literacy rate
mills and Cyclones is Windmills
l Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam advocated the adop-
General Geography tion of ‘PURA’ model to eradicate rural poverty
l Correctly Matched: Success Tip
Darjeeling — West Bengal Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA)
Mount Abu — Rajasthan is a strategy for rural development in India. This
Kodaikanal — Tamil Nadu concept was given by former president Dr. A.P.J.
Simla — Himachal Pradesh Abdul Kalam and discussed in his book Target 3
l Tributary Main River Billion which he co-authored with Srijan Pal Singh
Chamba Yamuna
Sone Narmada
Physics
Manas Brahmputra l A form of condensation that reduces visibility
and causes breathing problems is Smog
Polity and Constitution
Success Tip
l The Constitutional Amendment Act that has
Smog is a type of air pollutant. This kind of visible
introduced safeguards against the misuse of proc-
air pollution is composed of nitrogen oxides, sul-
lamation of national emergency is the 44th
phur oxides, ozone, smoke or particulates among
Amendment Act
others (less visible pollutants include carbon mon-
Success Tip oxide, CFCs and radioactive sources). Human-made
A Proclamation of Emergency under article 352 has smog is derived from coal emissions, vehicular emis-
virtually the effect of amending the Constitution by sions, industrial emissions, forest and agricultural
converting it for the duration into that of a Unitary fires and photochemical reactions of these emissions
State and made the rights of the citizen to move the l Instruments can be shielded from outside mag-
courts for the enforcement of fundamental rights netic effects by surrounding them with Iron shield
including the right to life and liberty to be suspend- l Centrifugal force is a pseudo force
ed
Success Tip
l The Fundamental Rights can be suspended by
the President In Newtonian mechanics, the centrifugal force is
an inertial force (also called a ‘fictitious’ or ‘pseudo’
l The main reason for the growth of communalism
force) directed away from the axis of rotation that
in India is Educational and economic backwa-
appears to act on all objects when viewed in a
rdness of minority groups
rotating reference frame
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