SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
The plant from which cocoa and chocolate are
SSC Graduate Level Tier-I Exam l
obtained is a shrub
Held on: 19.10.2014 (First Sitting) l Among Basalt, Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire,
Basalt is the odd item
Ancient History
l Vermicomposting is done by worms
l In Rock Edict XIII, Ashoka mentions about the
casualties of Kalinga War and declares the re- Success Tip
nunciation of war Vermicompost is the product of the compo-sting pro-
l The Earliest Settlements of Aryan tribes were at cess using various species of worms, usually red
Sapta Sindhu wigglers, white worms, and other earthworms, to
create a heterogeneous mixture of decomposing veg-
Medieval History etable or food waste
l Akbar held his religious discussion in Ibadat l India exports power to Bangladesh
Khana l Madhya Pradesh is the largest producer of puls-
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The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built in 1575 Polity and Constitution
by the Mughal Emperor Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri to l There are no politics devoid of religion, is stated
gather spiritual leaders of different religious grounds by Gandhi
so as to conduct a discussion on the teachings of l Muir speaks of Cabinet system as the steering
the respective religious leaders wheel of the ship of state
l Guru Angad succeeded Guru Nanak l Morely has called the Prime Minister Primus
l Mir Jaffar betrayed Siraf-ud-Daula in the Bat- inter pares (first among equals)
tle of Plassey in 1757 l In India, woman had never been a Chief Minis-
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Robert Clive bribed Mir Jaffar, the commander in l The specific feature of the single member con-
chief of the nawab’s army, and also promised him to stituency system is, It secures a stable major-
make him Nawab of Bengal. He defeated the Nawab ity in the legislature
at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta Economy
Modern History l Average propensity to consume is defined as Ag-
gregate consumption / Aggregate income
l R. Hess said, “Adolf Hitler is Germany and Ger-
many is Adolf Hitler. He who pledges himself to l In short run, if a competitive firm incurs losses,
Hitler pledges himself to Germany” it will stop production
l Relation always holds true: Income = Consu-
l British Crown assumed sovereignty over India
mption + Saving
from the East India Company in the year 1858
l The Keynesian consumption function shows a
l The first woman President of Indian National
relation between aggregate consumption and
congress was Annie Besant
aggregate income
Physical Geography l Over short period, when income rises, average
l Hydraulic Action is a type of erosion caused by propensity to consume usually falls
running water Physics
l Cretaceous is the newest geological era l Light from the Sun reaches us in nearly 8 min
Success Tip l Radar is used to detect and locate distant ob-
The Cretaceous Period was the last and longest seg- jects.
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l The colours of stars depend on their tempera- Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio
ture waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of
l One of the best solutions to get rid of non-bio- objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, space-
degradable wastes is recycling craft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather for-
l Sunda Trench is in Indian Ocean mations, and terrain
l Coal is an organic rock l Optical fibre works on the principle of total in-
ternal reflection
General Geography
Chemistry
l Farming along with animal husbandry is called
mixed agriculture l The pollutant responsible for ozone holes is CFC
SGPE-125