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l The ‘Sun Temple’ of Konark is in the State of
SSC Delhi Police SI Exam Odisha
Held on: 19.08.2012 Polity and Constitution
Ancient History l Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the
Indian Constitution on the Swaran Singh Com-
l The Nalanda University was founded by Kuma- mittee
ra Gupta
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Medieval History Fundamental Duties were introduced by the 42nd
l Somnath temple was attacked by Mahmud of Amendment Act, 1976 under Article 51-A.
Ghazni l There is a Parliamentary system of Government
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In 1024, during the reign of Bhima I, the prominent responsible to the Lok Sabha
Turkic ruler Mahmud of Ghazni raided Gujarat, l Is it permissible to conduct the election for the
plundering the Somnath temple and breaking post of President of India when one or more State
its jyotirlinga Assemblies are dissolved
l Attorney General is non member but can par-
l Portuguese navigator who succeeded in crossing
the Cape of Storms and renamed it as “Cape of ticipate in the business of Parliament
l Supreme Court is the guardian for Fundamen-
Good Hope” was Vasco da Gama
tal Rights
Modern History l Estimates Committee consists of members from
l Gopal Krishna Gokhale founded the Servants Lok Sabha
of India Society Success Tip
Success Tip The Estimates Committee, constituted for the first
The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, time in 1950, is a Parliamentary Committee con-
on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who sisting of 30 Members, elected every year by the Lok
left the Deccan Education Society to form this as- Sabha from amongst its Members. The Chairman of
sociation the Committee is appointed by the Speaker from
amongst its members
Physical Geography
l The Chief Election Commissioner of India is
l Alluvial soils are usually poor in humus, high- Nasim Jaidi
ly fertile and easy to plough
l The Temperate grasslands in South America are
Economy
known as Pampas l The purchase and sale of securities by the Cen-
l Water cycle refers to constant movement of wa- tral Bank is known as Open market operation
ter from ocean to land and back to ocean once l Car and diesel are the examples of Joint demand
again Success Tip
General Geography Joint demand occurs when demand for two goods is
interdependent
l The boundary between India and Pakistan was
l Buffer stock operations are conducted by Food
demarcated by Sir Cyril Radcliffe
l Tel is the tributary of river Mahanadi
Corporation of India
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Tel is the second largest river of Odisha Food Corporation of India was set up on 14 January
1965 having its first District Office at Thanjavu-rice
l Sardar Sarovar Project is built across the river
bowl of Tamil Nadu-and headquarters at Delhi under
Narmada the Food Corpo-rations Act 1964
Success Tip l Marginal productivity theory of distribution
It is the largest dam and part of the Narmada Valley states that the price of a factor of production
Project, a large hydraulic engineering project involv- depends upon its Marginal productivity
ing the construction of a series of large irrigation l The Chairman of Thirteenth Finance Commi-
and hydroelectric multi-purpose dams on the Nar- ssion is Dr. Vijay Kelkar
mada River Success Tip
l Khasi hill tract receives maximum rainfall The Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commis-
Success Tip sion is Dr. Y.V. Reddy (2015-2020)
Mawsynram is a village in the East Khasi Hills dis- Physics
trict of Meghalaya. It is reportedly the wettest place
on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 l The dynamo converts mechanical energy into
millimetres electrical energy
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