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The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance Puerto Rico’s Stephanie del Valle is the winner of
to gradual deformation by shear str-ess or tensile ‘Miss World’ title for 2016
stress l Sumitranandan Pant was the first Hindi writer
l When Arsenic atoms are added to Germanium to receive Jnanpith Award
lattice, it becomes a Extrinsic semiconductor l Christopher Martin Jenkins is the author of the
l The ambient air is stable when the ambient lapse book “Cricketing Life”
rate is Sub adiabatic l South Africa has three capitals viz. Adminis-
l The filter over which sewage is sprinkled is called trative, Legislative and Judicial
as Trickling filter l Four countries in Africa are members of the Or-
ganisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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(OPEC)
It consists of a fixed bed of rocks, lava, coke, gravel,
slag, polyurethane foam, sphag-num peat moss, Success Tip
ceramic, or plastic media over which sewage or oth- Currently, the organisation has twelve members
er wastewater flows down-ward and causes a layer namely: Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
of microbial slime (bio film) to grow, covering the Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab
bed of media Emirates and Venezuela
l World Heritage Sites Khajuraho Temples, San-
Chemistry chi Stupa and Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
l The nuclear particle having no mass and no are in Madhya Pradesh
charge, but only spin is neutrino l Darren Sammy was the captain of the West In-
l In a period from Li to F, ionisation potential dies Cricket team, which won the T 20 World
cannot be predicted Cup 2016
l Iron can deposit copper from copper sulphate l Lionel Messi has won the FIFA World Player
solution Award (FIFA Ballon d’Or) for four years in a row
l Helium is used to dilute oxygen in the gas cylin- SSC Graduate Level Tier-I Exam
ders used by divers
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l Sulphur, Chlorine and Nitrogen etc form oxy-
acid Ancient History
l Exposure to mixtures of chemicals is greater than l King Kharvela was the greatest ruler of the Che-
expected on the basis of effects of exposure to di Dynasty of Kalinga
each chemical individually. This is known as
Synergism Medieval History
l The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at
Biology the time of Peshwa Baji Rao II
l A molecule in plants comparable to haemoglo- Success Tip
bin in animals is Chlorophyll
The subsidiary Treaty at Bassein (1802) was signed
l An Antigen is the stimulus for Antibody for- by the Peshwa with the British. It led to the second
mation Aglo-Maratha war (1803-05). The Third Anglo-Mar-
l Blood does not coagulate inside the body due to atha War (1817-18) brought an end to the Maratha
the presence of Heparin power. The Peshwaship was abolished and he was
l Leech is an ectoparasite on cattle, which is Her- pensioned off to Bithur near Kanpur
bivorous Modern History
l A mammalian heart have 4 chambers
l Choudhry Rehmat Ali coined the name ‘Pakistan’
l The release of Gambusia fish into ponds and
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wells helps in controlling mosquitoes
Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was one of the earliest propo-
Miscellaneous nents of the creation of the state of Pakistan. He is
l “What is the Third Estate ?” pamphlet associat- credited with creating the name “Pakistan” for a sep-
ed with the French Revolution, was written by arate Muslim homeland in South Asia and is gener-
Abbe Sieyes ally known as the founder of the movement for its
creation
l The technology that is used to establish wire-
less networking is Bluetooth l By Charter Act of 1833, the East India Com-
pany’s monopoly of trade with China came to
l USB stands for Universal Serial Bus
an end
l Wenxia Yu was the winner of “Miss World” title l The idea of federation was first proposed in Ne-
for 2012 hru Report of 1928
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