SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
ä It is a device of water conservation l The term ‘brown air’ is used for Photochemical
ä It helps raising water table smog
ä It helps meet rising water demand l There is a violent explosion when a drop of
l The ship building yard-Mazgaon Dock is located glycerol is added to crushed KMnO4, spread on
at Mumbai a paper
l Kerala is famous for the cultivation of Coco- l Most commonly used bleaching agent is Chlo-
nut, Black-pepper and Rubber rine
l The longest continental Railway in the world is l The least penetrating power ray is á- Ray
Trans Siberian l Hydrogen peroxide is an effective sterilizing
agent. Water results when it readily loses active
Polity and Constitution oxygen
l The legislature gains a priority over the execu- Biology
tive in a Parliamentary Government
l The legislature in a democratic country can in- l The maximum fixation of solar energy is done
fluence public opinion by focusing attention by green plants
on public issues l Allantois of Embryo helps in excretion
l If the President wants to resign from his office, l Hare belongs to mollusc
he may do so by writing to the Vice President l Outside the nucleus DNA is found in Mitoc-hon-
l Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Lakshadweep and dria
Pondicherry are Union Territories l Animal protein is called first class protein be-
l The Panchayat Samiti remains accountable for cause it is rich in essential amino acids
its functions to Zilla Parishads l Photoperiodism affects Flowering, Vegetative
growth and Fruiting
Economy l Match the following:
l Equilibrium price in the market is determined Ascorbic acid- Vitamin-C
by the equality between marginal cost and Chlorophyll- Photosynthetic pigment
marginal revenue
Carotenoid- Quencher
l In the national context exports of Mangoes to
Superoxide- Enzyme
UK indicates Macro approach
l Internal economy arise when there is expan- Miscellaneous
sion in an industry l The line ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ is
l One of the features of a free market economy is attributed to John Keats
consumer’s sovereignty Success Tip: John Keats was an English Romantic
l Gross National Product – Depreciation Allow- poet
ance = Net National Product l The birthday of S. Radhakrishnan is celebrated
Physics as ‘Teachers Day’ in India
l The award given for outstanding performance in
l Electric current is measured using Ammeter
sports is Arjuna Award
l It is easy to burst a gas-filled balloon with a nee- l The first conference of SAARC (South Asian As-
dle than with a nail. It is because needle exerts sociation for Regional Cooperation)was held at
more pressure than nail on the balloon Dhaka
l The velocity of sound in moist air is more than l Bretton Woods Institutions: International Mon-
in dry air because the moist air has less densi- etary Fund (IMF), World Bank
ty than dry air
Success Tip
l X-rays can be used to detect defects in pre-
cious stones and diamonds The Bretton Woods Institutions are the World Bank,
l Ice is packed in saw dust because saw dust is and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). They
poor conductor of heat were set up at a meeting of 43 countries in Bretton
Woods, New Hampshire, USA in July 1944
Chemistry l ‘Agha Khan Cup’ is related with Hockey
l Peroxyacetyl nitrate is a secondary pollutant l Parity bit is used to identify whether a data
Success Tip word has an odd or even number of l’s
Peroxyacetyl nitrate is a peroxyacyl nitrate. It is a Success Tip
secondary pollutant present in photochemical smog. A parity bit, or check bit, is a bit added to a string
It is thermally unstable and decomposes into of binary code to ensure that the total number of 1-
peroxyethanoyl radicals and nitrogen dioxide gas. It bits in the string is even or odd. Parity bits are used
is a lachrymatory substance as the simplest form of error detecting code
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