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l Catalytic converters are generally made from Success Tip
transition metals Metadata is data that describes other data. Meta is
l The green colour seen in firework displays is due a prefix that in most information technology usages
to the chloride salt of Barium means “an underlying definition or description.”
Biology Metadata summarizes basic information about data,
which can make finding and working with particular
l The substrate of Photorespiration is Glycolate instances of data easier
l Match the following: l Amnesty International is a Human Rights Or-
I II ganization
Chlorophyll Photosynthetic Success Tip
Nostoc Diazotroph Amnesty International was founded in London in
Transpiration Loss of water from July 1961 by English labour lawyer Peter Benenson
plant surface l Jaspal Rana is the name associated with Shoot-
Rust of wheat Plant disease ing
l The author of the book “Zest for Life” is Emile
l Myxine is jawless
Zola
l Competition for food, light and space is most
l Speciality of WINDOWS-NT is that it supports
severe in closely related species growing in the
multi-processing
same area or niche
l Afla toxins are produced by fungi SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
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Aflatoxins are a family of toxins produced by certain (Second Sitting)
fungi that are found on agricultural crops such as
maize (corn), peanuts, cottonseed, and tree nuts Ancient History
l Sporozoite is the infective stage of the Malaria l Chandragupta is known as the ‘Napoleon of In-
Parasite dia’
Success Tip l Harappa Indus Valley sites is in Pakistan
an infected mosquito injects immature forms of Modern History
the parasite, called sporozoites, into the person’s l George Yule was the first European to be se-
bloodstream. The sporozoites are carried by the blood lected as President of Indian National Congress
to the liver
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Miscellaneous George Yule was the fourth President of the Indian
l Headquarter of European Union (EU) is situat- National Congress in 1888 at Allahabad, the first
ed in Brussels (Belgium) non-Indian to hold that office
l The Thirteenth Pravasi Bhartiy Divas was held l Correct Pairs
on 8th and 9th January 2015 at Gandhinagar Comrade – Mohammed Ali
Success Tip Indian Sociologist – Lala Har Dayal
Young India – Mahatma Gandhi
The fifteen Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was held on 7-
9th January 2017 at Bangalore Common Weal – Annie Besant
l Aurobindo Ghosh’s name is connected With Al-
l man Booker Prize for 2014 is awarded to Rich-
ipore Conspiracy Case
ard Flanagan
l C. Rajagopalachari was the founder of Swa-
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The Sellout by Paul Beatty is named winner of Success Tip
the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
The Swatantra Party was a conservative political party
l The National Police Academy is located in Hy- that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C.
derabad Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was
l Vikrant is an indigenously built light combat the Jawaharlal Nehrudom-inated Indian National
aircraft of India Congress’s increasingly socialist and statist outlook
l In a Database Managemnt System (DBMS), the l Chronological order of the events: Minto-Mar-
content and the location of the data is defined ley Reforms, Montague-Chelmsford Reforms,
by the Meta data Cripps Mission, Cabinet Mission
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