SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
                     Success Tip                                              Success Tip
Oxytocin is a human peptide hormone and                  The India–Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) is the offi-
neuropeptide that is used as a medication to facili-     cial platform for the African-Indian relations. IAFS
tate child birth                                         will be held once in every three years
  l The fat of a common mussel-secretes sticky glue        l Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) won the “World Youth
     that can be used to make heart implants. The             Chess Championship 2016”?
     unique chemical compound present in the glue
     is Dihydroxy phenyl alanine                             SSC Graduate Level Tier-I Exam
  l The primary producer in an ecosystem are Plants     Held on: 24.04.2013 (Second Sitting)
  l Some of the ingredients required for bread mak-
     ing are Maida and Yeast                            Ancient History
  l Adrenaline is called “Emergency Hormone”               l  Mahayana, Hinayana and Theravad are the
                     Success Tip                              sects of Buddhism
It plays an important role in the fight-or-flight       Medieval History
response by increasing blood flow to muscles, out-
put of the heart, pupil dilation, and blood sugar           L AURANGZEB WAS DIED IN AHMAD NAGAR
  l Malaria is transmitted from one person to an-        Success Tip: He was died in 1707 in Ahmad Nagar
     other by Anopheles Mosquito                        Modern History
  l Liver is a rich source of proteins
                                                           l  Ballabh Bhai Patel was given the title of “Sard-
  l Cuscuta is a Parasite
                                                              ar” by Mahatma Gandhi
                     Success Tip                           l  Flag Satyagrah was held at Nagpur in 1923
Cuscuta is a parasitic plant. It has no chlorophyll                           Success Tip
and cannot make its own food by photosynthesis.
                                                         Flag Satyagraha is a campaign of peaceful civil
Instead, it grows on other plants, using their nutri-
                                                         disobedience during the Indian independence
ents for its growth and weakening the host plant
                                                         movement that focused on exercising the right and
  l Nitrogen is an essential constituent of all Pro-
                                                         freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge
     teins                                               the legitimacy of the British Rule in India through
  l The number of eggs normally released during one      the defiance of laws prohibiting the hoisting of na-
     menstrual cycle is 1                                tionalist flags and restricting civil freedoms.
  l The animal that do not develop hypertension
                                                           l Lord Hardinge was the viceroy when Delhi bec-
     inspite of heavy intake of salt is Camel                 ame the capital of British India
Miscellaneous                                              l Jawahar Lal Nehru established the Indian Civ-
  l  ‘ National Youth Day” is marked on January 12            il Liberties Union in 1936
  l  The highest altitude (4411 meters above sea lev-      l Among Banaras Hindu University, University of
     el) is of Daocheng Yading Airport                        Bombay, Aligarh Muslim University and Univer-
  l  A NOT gate can be implemented by a single tran-          sity of Allahabad, University of Bombay was es-
     sistor                                                   tablished first
  l  Persistence of vision is the Principle behind Cin- General Geography
     ema
                                                           l  “Yosemite” is a Waterfall highest waterfall
  l  In the Battle of Trafalgar Napoleonic France
     suffered final defeat                                                    Success Tip
                     Success Tip                         Yosemite Falls is the in Yosemite National Park.
                                                         Located in the Sierra Nevada of California
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought
by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets      l The shore based steel plant is located in Man-
of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War              galore
of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars              l Srinagar and Kanyakumari are connected by
  l CrayXMP-14 was the first super computer pur-              the North South corridor
     chased by India for medium range weather fore-        l The Tongarlo volcano erupted on November 21,
     casting                                                  2012 is in New Zealand
  l In 
, the HR stands for Horizontal Rule             l The Daocheng Yading Airport is located in Tibet
  l in the First World War, Japan was with United
                                                        Polity and Constitution
     Kingdom against Germany
  l The First India-Africa Forum Summit was held           l  Provisions of citizenship in Indian Constitution,
     during 2008 at New Delhi                                 became applicable in 1950
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