SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Success Tip l The hypothesis that rapid growth of per capita
He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian income will be associated with a reduction in
philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western poverty is called trickle down Hypothesis
world and is credited with raising interfaith Success Tip
awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a Trickledown Hypothesis describe the belief that if
major world religion during the late 19th century. He
high income earners gain an increase in salary, then
was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India,
everyone in the economy will benefit as their increased
and contributed to the concept of nationalism in
income and wealth filter through to all sections in
colonial India
society
Physical Geography l According to Keynes, business cycles are due to
l The mountain formed on the earth crust due to variation in the rate of investment caused by fluc-
tension is called Block mountain tuations , in the marginal efficiency of capital
Success Tip l The main emphasis of Keynesian economics is
on expenditure
Block Mountains are formed by the movement of
large crustal blocks when forces in the Earth’s crust l In India the largest single item of current gov-
pull it apart. Some parts of the Earth are pushed ernment expenditure is Interest payment of debt
upward and others collapse down l The demand of a factor of production is derived
2. In ‘Biodiversity, many types of flora & fauna Physics
is found in one forest
l A particle is moving in a uniform circular mo-
General Geography tion with constant speed v along a circle of ra-
l Hindustan Zinc Ltd is headquartered in Udaipur dius r. The acceleration of the particle is V/r2
Success Tip l Thermopile can be used to detect radiant heat
Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) is an integrated l In the Formation of rainbow the phenomenon
mining and resources producer of zinc, lead, silver of total internal reflection of light is used
and cadmium. It is a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources l Period of oscillation of 3 cm microwaves in sec-
PLC onds is 1 x 10-10
l Leaving agricultural land uncultivated for some l The sky appears blue due to Rayleigh scatter-
years known as Fallowing ing
Success Tip Success Tip
Fallow is the stage of crop rotation in which the land Rayleigh scattering refers to the scattering of light
is deliberately not used to raise a crop. Ground may off of the molecules of the air, and can be extended
be fallowed as part of a larger crop rotation plan or to scattering from particles up to about a tenth of
as a method to conserve moisture as in the summer the wavelength of the light
fallow technique used in dry land farming
Chemistry
l To conserve coral reefs, the Government of In-
dia declared Gulf of Kutch as Marine Park l Sodium is very reactive and kept in kerosene
l Gujarat is the leading cotton producer in India l In the periodic table of elements, on moving from
left to right across a period, the atomic radius
Polity and Constitution decreases
l The main feature of the Federal State is Dece- l Vulcanized rubber contains sulphur 3-5%
ntralisation l Uric acid is the chief nitrogenous wastes in Birds
Success Tip l Galena is a metallic ore
Decentralization is the process of redistributing or Success Tip
dispersing functions, powers, people or things away
from a central location or authority It is the most important ore of lead and an important
source of silver.
l Public opinion is the opinion of the majority
l To develop scientific temper, humanism and Biology
the spirit of enquiry and reform is included in l Movement of hairs in Drosera is referred to as
the list of Fundamental Duties of an Indian cit- Thigmotropism
izen in the Constitution
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Economy Thigmotropism is a movement in which a plant
l If the average revenue is a horizontal straight moves or grows in response to touch or contact
line, marginal revenue will be Identical with stimuli. The prefix thigmo- comes from the Greek
average revenue for “touch”. Usually thigmotropism occurs when
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