SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Success Tip l Cabbage store food in the Leaves
Threshold frequency is defined as the minimum l Study of organisms in relation to their environ-
frequency of incident light which can cause photo ment is called Ecology
electric emission i.e. this frequency is just able to Miscellaneous
eject electrons without giving them additional energy
l Sir C. V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize for his
l NMA-National Monuments Authority
work on Light Scattering PIL-Public Interest Litigation
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l “Ryder Cup” is awarded to the players of Golf
C. V. Raman won the 1930’s Nobel Prize in Physics
“for his work on the scattering of light and for the l “Krishi Karman Award” 2015 was given to
discovery of the Raman Effect”. He was the first Madhya Pradesh
Asian and first non-white to receive any Nobel l Floppy is used as secondary storage system in
Prize in the sciences computer
l Tesla is a unit of magnetic field l The UNIX operating system is suitable for Multi
l The damage of the human body due to radiation user
X-rays or g- rays etc, is measured in Reins
l Flywheel is an important part of a steam en- SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-1
gine’ because it helps the engine in keeping Re-Exam (2013) Held on: 27.04.2014
the speed uniform
l Transition ions absorb light in visible region Ancient History
l The unit of noise pollution (level) is decibel l Samiti was normally involved in the election of
Chemistry the tribal chief
l The percentage of carbon in cost iron is 3 to 5 l During Age of the Buddha Kshatriyas have a
distinct identity
l Coupling and repulsion are the two states of
linkage Modern History
l The freezing point of fresh water is 0°C l The first meeting of the Indian National Con-
l The compound that has the least value for oc- gress held in 1885 was presided by Shri Womesh
tane number is n-heptane Chandra Bannerjee
l The pair of compounds used as anaesthetic in l The Gandhi’s ‘Dandi March’ was a part of Civil
medicines Nitrous oxide, Chloroform Disobedience Movement
Biology l Sir Syed Ahmad Khan-Aligarh Muslim Univer-
l The type of fruit obtained from a multicarpil- sity
lary, apocarpous gynoecium is aggregate Dr. B.R. Ambedkar- Ambedkar University
l The plants, which grow under water stress con- Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru- Jawaharlal Nehru
ditions of deserts are Xerophytes University
Success Tip Madan Mohan Malviya– Banaras Hindu
A Xerophyte is a species of plant that has adapted University
to survive in an environment with little liquid wa- Physical Geography
ter, such as a desert or an ice- or snow-covered re-
l Metamorphism changes rocks structure and
gion in the Alps or the Arctic
texture
l Stamens are fused with each other by their an-
thers and also with the petals in Compositae Success Tip
Success Tip Metamorphism is the change of minerals or geologic
texture in pre-existing rocks without the protolith
Compositae (commonly referred to as the aster, dai-
melting into liquid magma (a solid-state change).
sy, composite, or sunflower family) is an exceeding-
The change occurs primarily due to heat, pressure,
ly large and widespread family of flowering plants
(Angiospermae) and the introduction of chemically active fluids.
l Deficiency of iron causes anaemia General Geography
Success Tip l The Oilseeds Production Programme (OPP) was
Iron deficiency anaemia occurs when the body launched in 1986
doesn’t have enough iron, leading to the decreased Success Tip
production of red blood cells. Red blood cells carry
The Technology Mission on Oilseeds was launched
oxygen around the body. A lack of iron can be caused
by several factors by the Central Government in 1986 to increase the
production of oilseeds to reduce import and achieve
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