SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
   l  The National Emergency in India declared by the                           Success Tip
      President of India due to the external aggres-      Total internal reflection is the phenomenon which
      sion or armed revolt through Article-352            occurs when a propagated wave strikes a medium
Economy                                                   boundary at an angle larger than a particular critical
                                                          angle with respect to the nor-mal to the surface
   l  The principle of maximum social advantage is
      the basic principle of Fiscal Economics            Chemistry
   l  Five Year Plan                                         l  The pollutants which move downward with per-
      First 1951-56                                             colating ground water are called Leachates
      Second 1956-61                                                            Success Tip
      Third 1961-66                                       Leachate is the liquid that drains or ‘leaches’ from
                       Success Tip                        a landfill. It varies widely in composition regarding
 The time of the fourth Five Year Plan was 1969-          the age of the landfill and the type of waste that it
 1974                                                     contains. It usually contains both dissolved and
                                                          suspended material
   l An economic theory is a Proposition
                                                             l Emulsification is breaking fats into small glob-
   l Indian Special Economic Rules amendment came
                                                                ules
      in the year 2006
                                                             l Rutherford’s scattering experiment proved the
   l According to Marx, the source of value is Labour           presence of nucleus in atoms
   l The Community Development Programme was                 l When a metal is heated in a flame, the elec-
      launched in the year 1952                                 trons absorb energy and jump to higher energy
                       Success Tip                              state. On coming back to the lower energy slate,
                                                                they emit light, which we can observe in Emis-
 The community development programme was
                                                                sion spectra
 launched on a pilot basis in 1952 to provide for a
                                                             l Trie concept of “Green House Gases” was postu-
 substantial increase in the country’s agricultural
                                                                lated by Joseph Furier
 programme, and for improvements in systems of com-
                                                             l “Bhopal gas tragedy” 1984 is related to Methyl
 munication, in rural health and hygiene, and in rural
                                                                isocyanate
 education and also to initiate and direct a process
 of integrated culture change aimed at transforming      Biology
 the social and economic life of villagers                   l  Lungs are located in the pleural cavity
   l The contribution towards GDP (Gross Domestic
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      Product) from Agriculture During 1950-51 is
      51.88% and in 2011-12 is 14.01%                     In human anatomy, the pleural cavity is the thin
                                                          fluid-filled space between the two pulm-onary
                       Success Tip                        pleurae (visceral and parietal) of each lung
 The share of agriculture and allied sectors                 l Milk is the ideal food for newborn babies
 (including agriculture, livestock, forestry and fish-       l Transcription means the synthesis of DNA
 ery) was 15.35 per cent of the Gross Value Added
                                                             l Hydrochloric acid is secreted by the cells lining
 (GVA) during 2015-16 at 2011-12 prices
                                                                the Stomach
Physics                                                      l The outer skin most of the crustaceans are made
   l  The ordinary and maximum tolerance limit of               up of a carbohydrate. This carbohydrate is chitin
      sound by human being is 60 db to 80 db (deci-          l Blood pressure may be increased by the exces-
      bel)                                                      sive secretion of Thyroxin
   l  Persistence of vision is responsible for the work-     l The Particulate Matter (PM-10) exhaled from the
      ing of Newton’s colour disc experiment                    polluted atmosphere is often filtered out during
                                                                the process of Sneezing
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                                                             l The animal who can consume more salt is Camel
 A combination of red, green and blue in the
 circular disc will yield the same result. This is due   Miscellaneous
 to the phenomenon called persistence of vision              l  The first Indian Sate llite Aryabhatta was
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   l The dimension MLT corresponds to force                     launched in 1975
   l Plank is the founder of quantum theory of radi-                            Success Tip
      ation                                               It was launched by India on 19 April 1975 from Ka-
   l Fibre optics cable used in communication, works      pustin Yar a Russian rocket launch and development
      on the principle of total internal reflection of    site in Astrakhan Oblast using a Kosmos-3M launch
      light                                               vehicle
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