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Book's First PageSSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers Success Tip The cohesion-tension theory is a theory of SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) intermolecular attraction that explains the process Tier-I Exam Held on: 09.08.2015 of water flow upwards (against the force of gravity) (First Sitting) through the xylem of plants. It was proposed in 1894 by John Joly and Henry Horatio Dixon Ancient History l The greatest king of the Pratihara dynasty was Chemistry Bhoj (Mihir-Bhoj) l The total energy of an electron inside an atom l Correctly matched: is less than zero Harshvardhan – Hiuen Tsang l The rusting of metal iron in air needs both Oxy- Akbar – Todarmal gen and moisture Chanakya – Chandragupta l Arsenic problem in India is primarily due to over- Vikramaditya – Kaliadas exploitation of ground water in the affected areas Medieval History l Acid rain is caused by SO2 and NO2 l Bahlol Lodhi was the founder of Lodhi dynasty Success Tip Modern History Acid rain is caused by emissions of sulphur dioxide l In 1939 Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as and nitrogen oxide, which react with the water President of the Congress Party defeating Patta- molecules in the atmosphere to produce acids bhi Sitharamayya l Graphite is used in pencils l Jallianwala incident took place at Amritsar l The branch of medicine involving synthetic Success Tip chemical compounds is Allopathy Took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of l Hydrogen was discovered by Cavendish nonviolent protesters, along with Baishakhi pilgrims, Biology who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, were fired upon by troops of the British l A member of Liliaceae that shows reticulate ve- Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald nation is Smilax Dyer l Euphenics is treatment of defective heredity through genetic engineering Physical Geography l Araneology is Study of spiders l The South-East trade winds are attracted to- l “Corpus luteum” secretes Progesterone wards the Indian subcontinent in the rainy sea- l The male sex hormone is Testosterone son due to the presence of low atmospheric pressure over North-West India l Iodine test is used to detect Carbohydrate l The ‘graded profile’ of a river course is a smooth Miscellaneous curve from source to mouth l The new name of Burma is Myanmar and its l Sink hole is a phenomenon of Karst topography capital is Naypyidaw Success Tip l DBMS used for building computer applications Karst topography is a landscape formed from the stands for Database Management System dissolution of soluble rocks such as lim-estone, l Dev Anand is the author of the book “Romanc- dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by ing With Life” underground drainage systems with sinkholes and l A South Rajasthani trible earning its living by caves song and dance is Garasia General Geography l “Vatsalya Mela” is annually organised in New l Brahmaputra river does not originate in Indian Delhi territory l Tony Hall is the Director General of the BBC Success Tip l Harinder Sidhu is Australia’s High Commissioner to India Originates from the Angsi glacier, located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang l Praful Patel is the President of Indian Football County of Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo River Federation l Darjeeling hill station’s name means a place of l N Chandrasekaran took over as the Executive the thunderbolt Chairman of Tata Sons in January 2017 l Rain water harvesting: SGPE-131