SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
  l  Match the following
                                                        SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
     I                           II
     Anabaena                   Blue-green algae                      Tier-1 (CBE) Exam
     Mucor                      Fungi                     Held on: 27.08.2016 (1st Sitting)
     Pseudomonas                Bacteria
                                                       Modern History
     Ephedra                    Gymnosperm
  l  Tachycardia is a condition characterized by          l  The only Viceroy to be assassinated in India was
     heart- rate increases from the normal                   Lord Mayo
  l  Oxyntic cell is meant for the secretion of hydro-    l  Theosophical Society was founded by Madam
     chloric acid                                            Blavatsky
                                                          l  The first Field Marshall of India was S.H.F.J.
                     Success Tip                             Manekshaw
One of the cells of the gastric glands; it lies on the    l  “Earth provides enough to satisfy everyman’s
basement membrane, covered by the chief cells, and           need but not everyman’s greed” said by Mahat-
secretesgastric intrinsic factor and HCl, the                ma Gandhi
latter of which reaches the lumen of the gland
through fine intracellular andintercellular            Physical Geography
canals (canaliculi)                                       l  The Earth is having its own atmosphere because
  l Wisdom-teeth is a vestigial organ                        of Gravity
                                                          l  A level of atmosphere which is composed partly
Miscellaneous
                                                             of electrons and positive ions is called Iono-
  l  After ‘PROM’ is programmed, we can only read            sphere
     the information
  l  ROM stands for Read Only Memory
                                                       General Geography
  l  Mihir Sen is the first Indian to swim across         l  The smallest island country in the Indian Ocean
     English Channel                                         is Maldives
  l  Natwar Singh has authored the book ‘One Life      Polity and Constitution
     is Not Enough’                                       l  After question hour, a motion moved by a Mem-
  l  In the final of the IPL 2015 T-20 Tournament            ber of Parliament to draw the attention of Exec-
     Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Superkings              utive for discussing a definite matter of public
                     Success Tip                             importance is Adjournment motion
Sunrisers Hyderabad won the IPL 2016 T -20                l  India recently signed land boundary agreement
Tournament by defeating Royal Challe-ngers                   with Bangladesh
Bangalore                                                 l  The Chairman of the Public Accounts Commit-
  l Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 has been awarded to           tee of the Parliament is appointed by the Speak-
     Both Malala Yusufzai (Pakistan) and Kailash             er of Lok Sabha
     Satyarthi (India)                                 Economy
                     Success Tip                          l  AMRUT, Swachh Bharat and Jan Dhan Yojana
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is awarded            are schemes of the present Government
Nobel Peace prize 2016 for his resolute efforts to                           Success Tip
bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war
                                                        The Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy,
to an end
                                                        Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, abbreviated
  l Shashi Kapoor was the recipient of the Dada         as AYUSH, purposed with developing education and
     Saheb Phalke Award for 2014                        research in ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani,
                     Success Tip                        siddha, and homoeopathy, Sowa-rigpa and other
Manoj kumar was the recipient of the Dada Saheb         Indigenous Medicine systems. The department was
Phalke Award for 2016                                   created in March 1995 as the Department of Indian
                                                        Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy
  l Rio-de-Janeiro has hosted the 2016 Olympic
     Games                                                l Excise duty on liquor is levied by the State gov-
                                                             ernments
               Read Every Month                           l The major objective of monetary policy is to Pro-
                                                             mote economic growth with price stability
                                                          l Main objectives of fiscal policy in India are to
                                                             promote price stability, minimize the inequal-
                                                             ities of income & wealth and to promote em-
          (Hindi & English Medium)                           ployment opportunities
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