SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l Pranva Dhanawade is the first cricketer to score l The oxygen liberated during photosynthesis
1000 runs in an Innings comes from water
l Turkey announces the imposition of a three l The term ‘Higgs Boson’ is associated with God
month state emergency after failed coup Particle
l Beighton cup is related to hockey
l Synagogue is the place of worship of Judaism Biology
l Bihu is post- harvest folk dance in Assam l The waste management technique that involves
l The UNIX operating system is suitable for multi the use of micro-organisms to remove or neu-
user tralize pollutants from contaminated site is called
bio remediation
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
Miscellaneous
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l In IT networking, repeater is used in physical layer
Held on: 03.09.2016 (1st Sitting) l Bridge is the technique used in Wrestling
Medieval History l Das Capital is called the ‘Bible of Socialism’
l North Korea recently detonated its first hydro-
l Vincent Smith has called Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi as gen bomb
a monument of his folly, not of wisdom l 1st Indian female amputee to climb Mount Ever-
Modern History est Arunima Sinha
l W.C. Banerjee presided over the first session of SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
the Indian National Congress
l Forward Block was founded by Subhash Chan-
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Physical Geography Ancient History
l The purest form of water in nature is rain water l The word ‘Satyameva Jayate’ have been derived
l The source of energy that causes the least global from Mundaka Upanishad
warming is geothermal energy Modern History
l The constellation ‘Sapta Rishi’ is known to West-
erners as the Big Dipper l Indian Opinion was edited by Gandhiji in South
Africa
General Geography l General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwalan
l Western Ghats in India is now regarded as an Bagh massacre, was shot dead by Udham Singh
“Ecological Hot Spot” Physical Geography
l Norman Borlaug is known as the ‘Father of Green
Revolution’ in India l When Granite rocks get metamorphosed, they
l First national park of India that was established form Gneiss
in 1936 was named as Hailey National Park l Kyoto Protocol is associated with Climate change
Polity and Constitution l Green House Effect’ means trapping of solar en-
ergy due to atmospheric gases
l The Speaker of Lok Sabha addresses his letter of
resignation to the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha General Geography
Economy l Natural gas is a commercial source of energy
l In Kochi, India’s first water metro project was
l MUDRA Bank has been launched to help small recently launches
business
l IRDA controls the insurance business of India Polity and Constitution
l The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojna (SJS- l The power of the Supreme Court of India to de-
RY) mainly aims at creating employment oppor- cide disputes between the Centre and the States
tunities for both self employment and wage em- falls under its original jurisdiction
ployment in urban areas l If a budget is defeated in the legislature of a state
Physics then the council of Ministers along with the Chief
Minister has to resign
l The Beaufort scale is used to measure wind ve-
locity Economy
l The component used for tuning a radio is basi- l National Income of India is compiled by Central
cally a variable condenser Statistical Organization
l 0°K is equivalent to -273°C l Backward bending supply curve belongs to labour
Chemistry market
l India’s first Post Office ATM opened In Chennai
l Aluminium is not a donor atom l In terms of economics, if it is possible to make
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