SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l For a missile launched with a velocity less than l Microbial Type Culture Collection Centre is sit-
the earth’s escape velocity, the total energy is uated at Chandigarh
Negative l Raga Kameshwari was composed by Pandit Ravi
l A Fuse wire is characterised by low resistance Shankar
and low melting point l The father of computer is Charles Babbage
Chemistry l In 1913 Dada Saheb Phalke produce the first
l The ore of Aluminium is Bauxite feature film
l “Don’t Laugh : We are Police”, this book was
Success Tip
compiled by Bishan Lal Vohra I.G.P
The usual aluminium ore is bauxite. Bauxite is
essentially an impure aluminium oxide. The major l The classical Dance of Andhra Pradesh is Ku-
impurities include iron oxides, silicon dioxide and chipudi
titanium dioxide l The film on the dacoit queen Phoolan Devi was
l Waksman got the Nobel Prize for the discovery directed by Shekhar Kapoor
of Streptomycin l PSW stands for program status word
Success Tip l The technology used in the electronic printer is
Streptomycin is an antibiotic used to treat a number called Micro encapsulation
of bacterial infections. This includes tuberculosis,
Mycobacterium avium complex, endocarditis, SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
brucellosis, Burkholderia infection, plague, Tier-I Exam Held on: 16.08.2015
tularemia, and rat bite fever
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l Heavy metals got their name because compared
to other atoms they have higher atomic mass-
es Ancient History
l Photo chemical smog is a resultant of the reac- l Kautilya’s “Arthashastra” mainly deals with Po-
tion among NO2,O3 and peroxy acetyl nitrate litical state craft
in the presence of Sunlight Success Tip
l When a helium atom loses an electron it be-
The Arthashastra is an ancient Indian treatise on
comes a positive helium ion
statecraft, economic policy and military strategy,
Biology written in Sanskrit
l Cyanide poisoning causes death in seconds be- Medieval History
cause It causes cardiac arrest
l Xenobiotics which are inherently resistant to l The Nawab of Bengal during “Battle of Plassey”
microbial attack are called as Recalcitrant was Siraj-ud-duala
l A Fleming discovered the first antibiotic l Raja Birbal was a member of the “Din-iIlahi”
Success Tip l The first Sultan of Delhi to issue regular cur-
rency and declare Delhi as the capital of his
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist,
empire was Iltutmish
pharmacologist and botanist. His best-known
discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the Modern History
world’s first antibiotic substance benzyl penicillin
(Penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium notatum in l Correct about Mahatma Gandhi:
1928
ä Gandhi believed in nonviolence
l Molybdenum deficiency affects the activity of
Chlorate reductase, Nitrogenase and Nitrate ä Gandhi believed in the sanctity of means
reductase
l When one gene pair hides the effect of the other ä Gandhi supported close relation between re-
unit, the phenomenon is referred to as Epistasis ligion and politics
Miscellaneous l The only AICC session Gandhi presided was held
at Belgaum
l first Indian talkie film produced in 1931 was
Alamara Success Tip: 39th session 1924
l The oldest form of composition of Hindustani Physical Geography
vocal music is Dhurpad
l In mountainous areas a natural cause for road
l International ‘Yoga Divas’ is celebrated on 21 blocks is often land slides
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