SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
method are methods of estimating national in- across the historical northern borders of China to
come protect the Chinese states and empires against the
l Prime Minister’s ‘Ujjwala Yojana’ is related to free raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups
distribution of LPG connections to socially back- of the Eurasian Steppe
ward classes l The biggest building at Mohenjodaro is the Great
Success Tip Granary
The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a welfare Medieval History
program of the government of India. The stated
objective of the program is providing 50,000,000 LPG l Mohammad Bin Tuglaq transferred his capital
connections to women from families below the from Delhi to Devagiri
poverty line. As of 8 November 2016, ten million LPG Modern History
connections had been completed
l The first Indian to be elected as a member of the
Physics British House of commons was Dada Bhai Naoroji
l A galvanometer can be converted to a voltmeter Success Tip
by connecting a high resistance in series Dadabhai Naoroji was elected to the British House
l The frequency of direct current is zero of Commons from the Finsbury Central Constituency
Chemistry in the elections of 1892 by a narrow margin of 3
votes by defeating Fredrick Thomas Penton
l The outer most layer of Sun is known as Corona
Biology Physical Geography
l The most abundant element in the earth atmo-
l Bee sting contains an acidic liquid
sphere is nitrogen
l The xylem in plants are responsible for transport
of water Success Tip
l Project ‘Sankalp’ started for the purpose to elim- The atmosphere is composed of ~78% nitrogen and
inate AIDS/HIV ~21%oxygen, with small amounts of other gases. The
l Agrobacterium tumefaciens causes crown gall bulk composition of the earth by weight is mostly,
disease in plants iron, oxygen, silicon and magnesium, in that order,
Success Tip with all the other elements making up only about
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (updated scientific name 5% of the earth’s weight
Rhizobium radiobacter, synonym Agrobacterium l Winds blowing constantly in one direction in
radiobacter) is the causal agent of crown gall rocky deserts from yardangs
disease (the formation of tumours) in over 140 l The name of the deadly volcano in Indonesia that
species of eudicots. It is a rod-shaped, Gram-negative erupted again in May 2016 is Mount Singabung
soil bacterium. l A stretch of sea water, partly or fully separated by a
narrow strip from the main sea is called lagoon
l Eustachian Tube is located in ear
l Cerebellum part of the brain plays an important General Geography
role in motor control l The world’s largest and deepest rail tunnel
Gotthard Base Tunnel is located in Switzerland
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l The Wheeler Island has been renamed as Abdul
l Golden Panda Award is the world’s top environ- Kalam Island
mental conservation award l Bhakra Nangal Project is constructed across Sut-
l QoS traffic scheduling service is used to handle lej River
traffic with different priorities
l The country which has the largest internet users
Polity and Constitution
is China l Indian Citizenship is granted by the Ministry of
Home Affairs
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
Economy
Tier-1 Exam
l The innovation theory of profit was proposed by
Held on: 04.09.2016 (2nd Shift) Schumpeter
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Ancient History
Innovation theory of profit posits that the main
l The great wall of China was constructed during function of an entrepreneur is to introduce
the Reign of Chin dynasty innovations and the profit in the form of reward is
Success Tip given for his performance.
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications l Beginning from the financial year 2017-18 NITI
made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other Ayog plans to replace the 5 year plans with 15
materials, generally built along an east-to-west line Year Vision Document
SGPE-155