SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l The book ‘Satanic Verses’ was written by Sal- l The Sargasso sea is situated in the Atlantic
man Rushdie Ocean
l The temple in Indonesia where scenes from Ra- Success Tip
mayana and Mahabharatha are depicted is The Sargasso Sea is a region of the North Atlantic
Borobudur Ocean bounded by four currents that together form
l The 16th Summit Meeting of NAM countries was a circulating ocean stream called a gyre
held at Tehran
Polity and Constitution
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l Article 1 of the Indian Constitution declares “In-
The 17 Summit Meeting of NAM countries was held
th
dia that is Bharat” is a Union of States
at Venezuela from 13-18 Sep, 2016
l The Vice-President is Not a member of the Par-
SSC Graduate Level Tier-I Exam liament
l Judges of the district court are appointed by
Held on: 21.04.2013 (First Sitting)
Governor
Ancient History l “Rainbow Coalition” is a term derived from the
politics and policies of Barack Obama
l ‘Milindapanho’ is a Buddhist text
l Parliament can impose reasonable restrictions
Modern History over fundamental rights
l The Government of India Act, 1935 was based
on Simon Commission
Economy
l Champakaraman Pillai founded the Indian Na- l Over use of resource is called “Tragedy of Com-
tional Party in Berlin during 1914 mons”. It was propounded by Garett Hardin
l During Quit India Movement, Parallel Gover - l GDP (Gross Domestic Product) contributed by
nment’ was constituted at Ballia service sector During 2011 – 12 is 57.00%
Success Tip l K.O Pant was the head of the 10th Finance Com-
By Chittu Pandey in Aug 1942 mission
l The Poona Pact (1932) was an agreement between Success Tip
Gandhi and Ambedkar The Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commis-
Physical Geography sion is Dr. Y.V. Reddy (2015-2020)
l In India, Special Economic Zones were establ-
l Plantation of trees on a large scale to check soil
ished to enhance Foreign Investment
erosion are called Afforestation
l In the case of an inferior good, the income elas-
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ti-city of demand is Negative
Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand l Planning commission was set-up in the year 1950
of trees in an area where there was no previous tree
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l The layer of the atmosphere in which Radio It has been replaced by a new institution named NITI
Waves are reflected back is called Ionosphere Aayog
General Geography Physics
l Porcupine is protected under Wildlife (Protec- l electromagnetic nature of light was discovered
tion) Act, 1972 by Maxwell
Success Tip l Time of exposure required for taking photograph
As they are destructive to gardens and agricultural of an object depends upon the brightness of the
crops, porcupines are widely hunted. There exists a object
large trade of these porcupines for consumption and Chemistry
medicinal use. Despite being considered a pest, In-
l Ti metals is used in Space Crafts to withstand
dian crested porcupines play an important role in
high temperatures
spreading seeds and pollen.
l Brass gets discoloured in air due to constant
l The study of population is called Demography
exposure in presence of Hydrogen sulphide
l Well preferred tree fossil supposed to be from
l Thinner particles responsible for deteriorating
Jurasic Age in India is reported from Chha-ttis-
the air-quality resulting in the damage of vital
garh
body organs are referred as PM 2.5
l Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is situated
in Hyderabad Biology
l Salal is the hydro power project in Jammu and
l An example of protein which acts as a hormone
Kashmir is Oxytocin
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