SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Success Tip l Shiv Thapa, Manoj Kumar and Vikas Krishna
were among the members of boxing team at Rio
In 1913, Pacific Coast Hindustan Association was Olympics
founded by Lala Hardayal with Sohan Singh Bhakna l The five permanent members of the UN security
as its president, which was called Ghadar Party. council are China, France, Russia, UK and USA
Physical Geography l Correctly Paired
Sania Mirza Tennis
l A broad, low embankment built up along the Saina Nehwal Badminton
banks of a river channel during flood is called Jhoolan Goswami Cricket
levee Jeeve Milkha Singh Golf
l The tides in the sea are primarily due to the grav-
itational effect of the moon on the earth
l Valley deepening takes place during the youth-
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
ful stage of a river Tier-1 Exam
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l The impact of Green Revolution was felt most in
the case of wheat Ancient History
l Charaka was the court physician of Kanishk
Polity and Constitution
l The veda which deals with the rituals is known
l The term of office of Governor is 5 years as Yajurveda
l President of India can be removed from his office
by Parliament
Modern History
l During Viceroyalty of Lord Harding, the capital
Economy of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi
l Heavy industries was not recognised by Mahat- Success Tip
ma Gandhi
l As per the 2016-17 Budget, the largest source of On 12 December 1911, during the Delhi Durbar,
money to the Government of India is borrowings George V, then Emperor of India, along with Queen
and other liabilities Mary, his Consort, made the announcement that
l According to Malthusian theory of population, the capital of the Raj was to be shifted from Calcutta
population increases in geometric ratio, food to Delhi, while laying the foundation stone for the
supply increases in arithmetic ratio Viceroy’s residence in the Coronation Park, Kingsway
l Bank rate is a rate at which central bank of a coun- Camp.
try advances loans to other banks in the country Physical Geography
l Tax system that will help to reduce economic
l Highest percentage of carbon is found
inequalities in India is Progressive Tax
in Anthracite form of coal
Physics Success Tip
l Transformer is a device to convert low voltage Anthracite coal is the hottest burning fuel in
A.C. into high voltage A.C. comparison to the most common ones in use. Due
l The weight of an object is maximum on the poles to its low sulphur content, Anthracite coal produces
of the earth virtually no smoke or particulate emissions
l Quality of a musical instrument is depends on
l Ring of Fire is found commonly in Pacific Ocean
harmonic present
Biology General Geography
l The hormone that stimulates heart beat is thy- l The region which is a water divide between the
roxine Ganga and Indus river systems is Ambala
l The presence of air bubble in blood stream is l ‘Agronomy’ is the practice of raising Plants and
dangerous to life because the flow of blood is ob- Animals
structed Polity and Constitution
l The study of relation of animals and plants to
their surroundings is called ecology l Subordinate courts are supervised by High Court
l Chloroplast plays an important role in photo- l Amaravati is the new capital of Seemaandhra
synthesis l If the name of a tribe has to be excluded from the
l At pupa stage in its life cycle, the silkworm yield list of Scheduled Tribe, Parliament has the power
the fibre of commercial use for such exclusion
Miscellaneous Economy
l Cloud Computing is a type of computing that l Karnataka Government has recently abolished
performs computation, storage and even appli- “agriculture income tax”
cations as a service across a network l Expenditure method, output method and income
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