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un-Islamic practices which had crept into Muslim Miscellaneous
society through the ages. It offered the most serious
l Jalikattu is associated with the festival Pongal
and well-planned challenge to British supremacy in
India from 1830’s to 1860’s l Aung San Su Kyi is the Foreign Minister of My-
anmar
Physical Geography l In IT, the method for updating the main memory
l Eris is a dwarf planet as soon as a word is removed from the cache is
l Solar Energy, Wind Energy and Tidal Power is called write-back
called the conventional source of energy l The space shuttle which took Sunita Williams
beyond earth was Discovery
General Geography
l The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by 10
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l Kolkata is also known as ‘City of Palaces’ Held on: 01.09.2016 (3rd Shift)
l The Ghatampur thermal power plant recently
approved by the cabinet is to be setup in Uttar Ancient History
Pradesh l Ajanta Caves do not depict the techniques used
Success Tip in Ancient India
Ghatampur Thermal Power Station is an upcoming Medieval History
coal-based thermal power plant located in l The first Englishman to appear in the Mughal
Ghatampur in Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. Court during Jahangir’s reign was Captain Will-
The power plant is owned by the Neyveli Uttar iam Hawkins
Pradesh Power Limited a joint venture between
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (51%) and Uttar Pradesh Success Tip
Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (49%) Sir William Hawkins was a representative of the
English East India Company notable for being the
Polity and Constitution commander of Hector, the first company ship to
l The member of Rajya Sabha are elected by Elect- anchor at Surat in India in 1608. Hawkins travelled
ed members of the Legislative Assembly to Agra to negotiate consent for a factory from
Emperor Jahangir in 1609.
Economy
l Special Drawing Rights were created by IMF Modern History
l India’s first green rail corridor was recently l Gandhiji’s ‘Satyagraha’ meant an attachment to
launched in Tamil Nadu truth and non-violence
l The amount of insurance cover provided by Indi- l The founder of Arya Samaj was Dayanand Sa-
an Railways for passengers at a premium of Rs 1 raswati
is 10 lakh Success Tip: It was founded on 7 April, 1875
l The concept of joint sector implies cooperation be-
tween public sector and private sector industries Physical Geography
l Selling cost have to be incurred in case of mo- l The layer where the decrease in temperature with
nopolistic competition increasing altitude is totally absent is Strato-
Physics sphere
l The term “Doab” means a land between two rivers
l Process responsible for the glittering of air bub- l Japan is called the ‘Land of the rising sun’ be-
ble rising through water is total internal reflec- cause Japan being the Eastern most country in
tion of light the world, it has the earliest sunrise
l In an optical fibre the signal is transmitted due
to total internal reflection General Geography
Chemistry l ‘Density of Population’ means number of persons
live per square kilometer
l In arc welding, Argon is used because of its low l The’ Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal’ was con-
reactivity with the metal stituted to resolve the water sharing between
l Inert gases are chemically un-reactive Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya
l Chemical name of vinegar is acetic acid Pradesh
l Causes of mottling of the dental enamel is high l The Indian National Rail Museum is situated in
levels of fluorides in the water Delhi
Biology Polity and Constitution
l The suicidal bags of the cell are lysosomes l The President can assign any of the functions of
l Haberlandt is credit with starting the work on the Union Government to the State Government
plant tissue culture in consultation with the Government of the State
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