SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l The largest herbarium of India is located Success Tip
at Kolkata A kernel is the central part of an operating system.
l At Barren Island, the only active volcano in In-
It manages the tasks of the computer and the
dia is situated in Nicobar Islands hardware - most notably memory and CPU time
Success Tip l State which has become India’s first carbon free
Barren Island is an island located in the Andaman State is Himachal Pradesh
Sea. It is the only confirmed active volcano in South l C.K. Naidu Cup is associated with Cricket
Asia, and the only active volcano along a chain of l The highest award for gallantry during peacetime
volcanoes from Sumatra to Myanmar. is Ashok Chakra
l The Kovvada Nuclear Park project is proposed to l China is in the process of building the largest
be setup in Andhra Pradesh single Aperture Radio Telescope – FAST
Polity and Constitution SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
l The Residuary powers of legislation under Indi- Tier-1 (CBE) Exam
an Constitution rests with Parliament
l Appointments for all India Services are made by
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President Ancient History
l Supreme Court of India has the final authority
to interpret the Constitution of India l Gandhara art is the combination of Indo-Greek
Economy Modern History
l Money market is a market for short term fund l English education was introduced in India by
l Pump priming should be resorted to at a time of Macaulay
deflation Physical Geography
Success Tip l Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equa-
Pump priming is the action taken to stimulate an torial areas is called convectional rainfall
economy, usually during a recessionary period, Success Tip
through government spending, and interest rate and
tax reductions. The term pump priming is derived Convection occurs when the Earth’s surface, within
from the operation of older pumps; a suction valve a conditionally unstable or moist atmosphere,
had to be primed with water so that the pump would becomes heated more than its surroundings, leading
function properly to significant evaporation. Convective rain, or
showery precipitation, occurs from convective clouds,
l Fixed Foreign Exchange Rate can be changed by RBI
e.g., cumulonimbus or cumulus congestus
Physics l Ultraviolet radiation in the stratosphere is ab-
sorbed by Ozone
l Temperature of distant luminous bodies can be
determined by Pyrometers General Geography
Success Tip l The longest sea beach in India is marine beach
A pyrometer is a type of remote-sensing thermometer Success Tip
used to measure the temperature of a surface The Marina is a natural urban sandy beach along
l Energy travels from Sun to Earth through radiation the Coramandel coast on the Bay of Bengal. Primarily
l Heat is transmitted from higher temperature to sandy, the beach spans about 13 km
lower temperature through the actual motion of l Damodar Valley is most rich in coal deposits
the molecules in convection l Nandadevi peak is located in Uttarakhand
Biology Success Tip
l Polio is caused by virus Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India,
l In bio fortification technique plant breeders use and the highest located entirely within the country.
breeding to overcome deficiencies of micronutri- It is the 23rd-highest peak in the world.
ents and vitamins
Polity and Constitution
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l The Jammu &Kashmir Legislative Assembly has
Bio fortification is the idea of breeding crops to a tenure of 6 years
increase their nutritional value. This can be done l Public Accounts Committee is described as the
either through conventional selective breeding, or ‘twin sister’ of Estimates Committee
through genetic engineering l The Finance Commission in India is appointed
Miscellaneous by President of India
l In IT terminology failure in the kernel is called Economy
as crash l IDA is known as ‘Soft Loan Window’ of World Bank
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