SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Success Tip Polity and Constitution
GSAT-19E is scheduled by the Indian Space Research l Indirect Democracy provides Representative
Organisation for launch aboard a Geosynchronous Government
Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III on 20 January 2017 l The main duty of the Legislature is enacting laws
l Members of the Union Public Service Commis-
SSC Graduate Level Tier-I Exam sion are appointed by the President
Held on: 26.10.2014 (Second Sitting) l Laski said, “A state is known by the rights that
it maintains”
Ancient History
Economy
l Chandragupta Maurya spent his last days at
Sravanabelgola l Interest paid to a bank for a crop loan is a fac-
tor payment
l Buddha died in the year 483 BC
l Economic growth refers to continuous growth
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Buddha died at Kusinara, present day Kushinagar U.P. in an economy
l The famous Jain centre in South India is locat- l Correct Statements about Economy:
ed at Sravanabelgola ä The central problem of an economy is the prob-
lem of allocation of resources
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ä Economy faces the problem of utilisation of
Shravanabelagola is located near Channa-
resources
rayapatna of Hassan district of Karnataka
ä Economy faces the problem of growth of re-
l The Asokan Inscriptions were engraved in Brah- sources
mi
l In the case of direct taxes, the payment liability
Medieval History and the ultimate burden of the tax lies upon
the person on whom it has been imposed
l Jahangir, a Mughal Emperor prohibited the use
l Capitalism Is based on the principle of surplus
of tobacco
value
Physical Geography l If only a part of the labour force employed by a
l Harmattan blows in Sahara desert from firm can be dismissed at any time and without
l The forest in Silent Valley of Kerala is an exam- pay, the total wages and salaries paid by the
firm must be considered a variable cost
ple of tropical rainforest
l The loss of water in the form of water droplets is Physics
called Guttation l Herman Hollerith had perfected his tabulating
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lation Engine
Guttation is the exudation of drops of xylem sap on
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The machine was developed to help process data for
General Geography the 1890 U.S. Census. It spawned a class of
l Titicaca lake is called ‘Honeymoon Lake’ machines, known as unit record equipment, and the
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l The velocity of light is 3 × 108 m/sec
Lake Titicaca is a large, deep lake in the Andes on
the border of Peru and Bolivia. By volume of water l A seconds pendulum is a pendulum whose time
and by surface area, it is the largest lake in South period is 2 seconds
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l The busiest ocean from the point of view of trade A seconds pendulum is a pendulum whose period is
is Atlantic Ocean precisely two seconds; one second for a swing in one
l The biggest delta in the world is the Ganges Delta direction and one second for the return swing, a
frequency of 1/2 Hz. A pendulum is a weight
l Annaimudi peak is located in the Sahyadri
suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely
Success Tip l A jug is filled the brim with water at 0°C. A piece
It is the highest peak in the Wester n Ghats of ice floats in it. The moment the ice melts
and South India, at an elevation of 2,695 metres water level is unchanged
l Commercially important cotton fibres are l Absorption of water from cut ends of stems dis-
epider-mal hairs of seeds proves the cohesion-tension theory
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