SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Biology Biology
l Phloem is responsible for transport of food and l Aedes mosquito is the carrier of Zika virus
other substances in plants l Root cap is derived from Calyptrogen
l Temporal lobe of human brain is associated with l The blotting technology used to identify the iso-
hearing lated protein is western blotting
l In mammals, an important role of excretion is
l Morphology of Chromosomes can be best stud-
played by Kidneys
ied at Metaphase
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
l The Secretariat of SAARC is set up at Kathmandu
l The United Nations Organisation came into ex-
l CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and Pen Drive are external
istence in 1945
storage devices
l The Sahitya Akademi Awards are given for best l French Revolution was broke out in the year 1789
writings in 24 Indian languages l In networks, WEP stands for Wired Equivalent
l Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is the Prime Privacy
Minister of Nepal l Netherland is the first country in the world to
legalise euthanasia
SSC Combined Graduate Level l Portugal won the Euro Cup 2016 (Football)
(CGL) Tier-1 (CBE) Exam l Shivkumar Sharma is famous for playing the
Held on: 30.08.2016 (1st Sitting) Santoor
l Oscar Carl Pistorious is popularly known as
Medieval History ‘Blade Runner’
l Abul Fazal was the son of Sheikh Mubarak
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
Modern History
Tier-1 (CBE) Exam
l The Song “ Vande Mataram “ occurs in the book
Anandmath
Held on: 31.08.2016 (1st Sitting)
General Geography Ancient History
l Geothermal energy is maximum utilised in Ice- l The people of the Indus valley civilisation wors-
land hipped Pashupati
l Continuous chain of mountains that rise abrupt- l The Upanishads are the source of Hindu Philos-
ly more or less parallel to the coastline of India ophy
is Western Ghats
l The biggest reserve of thorium are in India Modern History
Sabarmati Ashram, Sevagram Ashram and Phoe-
Polity and Constitution l
nix Ashram were founded by Mahatama Gandhi
l The president of India is not a member of the
Fact: Vishwa Bharti was founded by Ravindra
National Development Council
Nath Tagore
l The founding father of “ Theory of bureaucracy “
was Max Weber Physical Geography
Economy l The transfer of minerals from top soil to subsoil
l The rate of tax increases as the amount of the through soil-water is called Leaching
tax base increases is called progressive tax General Geography
l The supply side economies lays greater emphasis
l India shares longest international boundary with
on producer
Bangladesh
l FCRA administered by the Ministry of Home Af-
fairs stands for Foreign Contribution Regulation l Tsangpo is the other name in Tibet for Brahmapu-
Act tra
l The largest herbarium of India is located
Physics at Kolkata
l The ‘Choke’ used with a tube light is basically an l Himachal Pradesh has become India’s first car-
inductor bon free State
Chemistry l At Barren Island, the only active volcano in In-
l Curie is a unit of Radioactivity dia is situated in Nicobar Islands
l For extinguishing fire, we use carbon monoxide l The Kovvada Nuclear Park project is proposed to
l The chemical name of quartz is sodium silicate be setup in Andhra Pradesh
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