SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l The new Agricultural Strategy in India was in- Miscellaneous
troduced in 1966
l International Ozone Day is celebrated on 16th
l The sale of branded articles is common in a sit-
September
uation of monopolistic competition
l Different computers are connected to a LAN by
l Production refers to creation of utilities
a cable and a interface card
l The law of diminishing returns applies to all
l TCS was the top exporter company of software
sectors
in 2001 in India
Success Tip l CISF – Central Industrial Security Force
Diminishing returns is the decrease in the marginal BSF – Border Security Force
(incremental) output of a production process as the UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
amount of a single factor of production is incremen- SIT- Special Investigation Team
tally increased, while the amounts of all other fac- l A book entitled “The Hindus : An Alternative
tors of production stay constant History” is written by Wendy Doniger
Physics l The father of Economics is Adam Smith
l Sweden awards Nobel Prize
l Super conductors are substances that offer min- l The first nuclear explosion in India was con-
imum resistance to flow of electric current ducted at Pokhran
l A thin oil film on a water surface appears co- l The sweetmeat is referred to Petha of Agra
loured because of interference l Napoleon got finally overthrown in the Battle of
l A tachometer is a device used to measure speed Waterloo in the year 1815
of rotation
Chemistry SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
l When cathode rays strike a target of high atom- (Re-Exam-2013)
ic weight, they give rise to X-rays Held on: 20.07.2014 (Second Sitting)
l The major use of sulphur is in the manufacture Medieval History
of H2SO4
l The tomb ofJahangir was built at Lahore
l Atoms of different elements have different atom-
l The original name of Nur Jahan was Mehr-un-
ic number and different number of valence Nissa
elect-rons
Modern History
l Organic compounds are covalent compounds
l The ‘Greenhouse effect’ is mainly due to increase l At the time of independence, India practised
Subsistence agriculture predominantly
in atmospheric Carbon dioxide
l Charter Act of 1813 brought to an end, the
Biology East India Company’s monopoly in India’s for-
l The newly hatched tadpole breaths through its eign trade
External gills Success Tip
l Virus in Latin means Poison The Act expressly asserted the Crown’s sovereignty
l The biological process in which both aerobes and over British India
anaerobes degrade organic matter is Compost-
l
ing
JOIN 4 MORE ~ @Aj_ebooks
Complex tissue is made up of more than one
l The policy of ‘imperial preferences’ adopted by
Britain in its colonies in 1932 is also known as
the Ottawa Agreement
type of cells
l The cuticle is absent in root l The Declaration of the Rights of Man is related
l Intercalary meristems are found in Inter node with the French Revolution
l Correctly matched: Physical Geography
Vitamin-A: Colour-blindness
Vitamin-B: l The planet which has the highest surface tem-
Vitamin-C: Scurvy perature is Venus
Vitamin-E: Reproduction l Atmospheric temperature increasing at the high-
l Major pesticidal properties are present in Pon- er altitudes is called Inversion
gamia l Eutrophication of a water body enhances or-
l Animals make several feeding trips in a day ganic matter production and biological oxy-
l Green blocks is referred to Bio-bricks gen demand
l India celebrated its “Polio free status” during the l Jaisamand, Ganga river and Chilika lake wa-
month of February 2014 ter bodies are freshwater resource
SGPE-123