SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
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The magnetic equator is defined as the line around l Gandhian economy emphasises on Socialist and
the earth where the magnetic field is horizontal, or economic values
parallel to the earth’s surface.
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l Lands dependent on rain are rain fed
It is largely characterised by rejection of the concept
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Dry farming areas (as per the IV five year plan) are ing to maximize material self-interest that under-
those areas receiving an annual rainfall ranging from lies classical economic thinking
375 to 1125 mm and very limited irrigation facilities l The 2004 09 Foreign Trade Policy gave emphasis
l Himalayas mountain systems has the feature to export promotion
of syntaxial bend
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Himalayas extend in the east-west direction from signed by including long term and medium term strat-
the Indus gorge in the west to the Brahmaputra gorge egy to boost overall growth of India’s foreign trade
in the east by enhancing trade competitiveness
l Palaeontology is the study of Fossils l Markets fail when they do not maximise the
l The planet nearest to the Sun is Mercury aggregate consumer and producer surplus
l Nino Modoki phenomena is associated with glo- l Neglect of agriculture in the development pro-
bal warming cess will lead to severe bottlenecks in overall
General Geography development
l Monopolistic competition produces close sub-
l The first fertiliser plant in India was set up at
stitutes
Sindri
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Monopolistic competition is a type of imperfect
Sindri is an industrial township within the Dhan-
competition such that many producers sell products
bad municipal limits of the Dhanbad District of
that are differentiated from one another (e.g. by
Jharkhand state. Sindri was well known because of
branding or quality) and hence are not perfect sub-
a large Fertilizer factory
stitutes
l Russia has the highest natural gas reserves
l A Socialist economy is a planned economy
l The largest tiger reserve in India is Nagarjuna
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A socialist economic system is character -ised by
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the larg- social ownership and democratic control of the
est tiger reserve in India. The reserve spreads means of production, which may mean autonomous
over five districts, Nalgonda District, Mahbubnagar cooperatives or direct public owner-ship; wherein
district, Kurnool District, Prakasam District and production is carried out directly for use
Guntur District
l The least populated State in India is Sikkim
Polity and Constitution l The Indian Railways inaugurated the country’s
l The President can use of Pocket veto with re- first Green Station in 2011 at Manwal
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Success Tip Manwal is a village located in Udhampur district in
The President of India is vested with the three types Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is 28 km away from
of veto i.e. Absolute Veto, Suspensive Veto and Pocket district headquarter. It is well connected with jam-
Veto mu and to udhampur via dhar road
l In England the Speaker soon after getting elect- Physics
ed sever all kinds of relations with his party
l France’s Constitution is a mixture of both Parl-
l Pound, Kilogram and Gram are units of weight
iamentary and Presidential forms of Governments l The materials which are weakly repelled by mag-
l That India is a secular state is implied in the nets are called dia-magnetic materials
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l The first Chief Election Commissioner of India
Diamagnetic materials are repelled by a magnetic
was Sukumar Sen field; an applied magnetic field creates an induced
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Sukumar Sen was a civil servant who was the first causing a repulsive force. In contrast, paramagnetic
Chief Election Commissioner of India, serving from and ferromagnetic materials are attracted by a
21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958 magnetic field
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