SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Economy Economy
l Right to private property, existence of competi- l When the demand for a good increases with an
tion and freedom of choice to consumers are fea- increase in income, such a good is called superi-
tures of a capitalist economy or good
l The demand of a commodity is a direct demand
Physics but the demand of a factor of production is called
l Sun appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset a derived demand
due to all other colours scatter away except red l Depreciation is loss in value of machinery
l At hill stations, the boiling point of water will be l Industry which produces the most solid waste is
less than that at sea level manufacturing
l Dakshin Gangotri is unmanned station located l The Kaushal Kendra (skilling center) under the
in Antarctica Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana has been inaugu-
Chemistry rated in the city of Noida
l Gold is the heaviest metal among gold, silver, Physics
iron and copper l Reverse Osmosis is the treatment of water pol-
l N2O is used as anesthetics lution
l When we see an object, the image formed on the
Biology retina is real and inverted
l Worm uses the spawn mechanism to duplicate l Kinetic energy depends on both mass and veloc-
itself ity of the moving body
l The main purpose of white blood corpuscles is to l Kinetic energy is the supplied heat energy stored
combat infection during change in temperature of substance
l Siderosis is a disease caused by the inhalation Chemistry
of iron dust
l Clove is obtained from flower buds l Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying
drinking water, because It is an oxidising agent
Miscellaneous l Spraying of DDT on crops causes pollution of
l Sunita Williams is a astronaut Soil & Water
l The writer of the famous book ‘Kabuliwala’ is l Atoms of same element having different mass
Ravindra Nath Tagore numbers are called Isotopes
l The term ‘bully’ is connected with Hockey Biology
l Sushil Kumar has been the recipient of the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award l Cells in pancreas which produce Insulin is Islets
of Langerhans
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Miscellaneous
Tier-1 (CBE) Exam l C++ is odd one among Linux, Windows 98, C++
Held on: 02.09.2016 (3rd Shift) and Windows 7
l Japanese is not the official language of the UNO
Ancient History Success Tip
l Script used in Ashoka’s inscriptions was Brahmi There are six official languages of the UN. These are
Medieval History Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
l The Mehrauli Pillar in the complex of Qutub Mi- l With the participation in the Rio Olympics Le-
nar is primarily famous for excellent quality steel ander Paes has become the first tennis player in
the world to have 7 appearances in Olympics
Modern History l Rings there in the Olympic flag are 5
l The ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, l Indian Army’s School of Artillery is located at Deolali
which influenced the Indian National Movement,
was taken from French revolution SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
General Geography (Tier-1) EXAM
l The most important raw material for generation Held on: 03.09.2016 (2nd Shift)
of power in India is coal
l Harvesting season of Kharif crop in India is Sep- Ancient History
tember-October l Aryabhatta and Kalidasa were in the court of
Polity and Constitution Chandra Gupta II
l Chief Ministers of States are members of National Modern History
Development Council l Lala Hardayal, Mohammad Barkatullah and So-
l The Comptroller and Auditor General is closely han Singh Bhakna was associated with Gadar
connected with the Public Accounts Committee party
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