SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l Phillips curve shows the inverse relationship be- General Geography
tween unemployment and inflation rates l The country which top in the production of co-
l Short term contraction and expansions in eco- coa is Ghana
nomic activity are called the business cycle
l Wall street collapse led to Great Depression Economy
l Information Technology industries is known as l The term ‘Macro Economics’ was used by Ragner
‘Sunrise Industries’ Frisch
Physics l The aim of Differential Interest Scheme was to
l If electric resistance is to be decreased, then the provide concessional loans to weaker section of
the society
number of resistances should be connected in
l Tax on inheritance is called Estate Duty
parallel
l The material used in electric heater is nichrome Physics
Chemistry l Silver is an ohmic conductor
l Anemometer is an instrument meant for mea-
l All isotopes of the same element have the same suring wind speed
atomic but different atomic masses l The spring balance works on the principle of
l Nitric acid does not react with gold Hook’s law
Biology l The liberation of oxygen during photosynthesis
is due to photolysis of water
l Potato is a stem
l Haematopoiesis take place in bone marrow
Chemistry
l Insulin is a hormone that regulates the amount l Calcium salts used as fertilizer is calcium sul-
of glucose in the blood phate
l Pellagra and Scurvy are caused by the deficiency l Formic acid is produced by red ants
of vitamin B-12 and vitamin C respectively l The most reactive phosphorous is white phos-
Miscellaneous phorous
l Related to computers, ‘Wetware’ is human brain Biology
l Indira Goswami, the famous editor, poet, schol- l Increased RBC’s in the blood leads to a condi-
ar and writer won the Jananpith Award in Assa- tion called polycythemia
mese language Miscellaneous
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) l Routing is used to decide the path to transfer
the packets from source to destination
Tier-1 (CBE) Exam l Spawn is used by the computer virus ‘worm’ to
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l The first Commonwealth Games in 1930 was held
Ancient History in Canada
l Pandyas were the patrons of Sangam Literature l Pulitzer Prize is given for outstanding contribu-
tion in the field of journalism
Medieval History l The Jawaharlal Nehru award is given for Inter-
l Surat was the first French factory established in national Understanding
India l Venice is called as ‘Queen of the Adriatic’
Success Tip l Zubin Mehta is associated with music
The first factory established by the French in India
in 1668
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
l The silver coin ‘Tanka’ was introduced by Iltutmish
Tier-1 (CBE) Exam
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Modern History
l The first chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamia Uni- Ancient History
versity at Aligarh was Hakim Ajmal Khan l The earliest reference to Sati custom is made in
Success Tip Eran inscription of Bhanugupta
As one of its founders, Hakim Ajmal Khan was elected Medieval History
first chancellor of the Jamia Milia Islamia University
l The chief objective of the ‘Wahabi’ movement was
on 22 November 1920, holding the position until
to purify Islam
his death in 1927
Success Tip
Physical Geography The Wahabi movement was a revivalist movement
l The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coast which tried to purify Islam by eliminating all the
is called continent shelf
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