SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Physics                                                   Polity and Constitution
   l  The reverse effect of X-ray emission is photo-elec-    l  Constitutional Amendments to the Constitution
      tric effect                                               of India have been made so far is 122
                      Success Tip                            l  The chairman of the National Disaster Manage-
                                                                ment Authority (NDMA) is Prime Minister of India
 The photoelectric effect or photo ionization is the
                                                             l  When the offices of the President and Vice Pres-
 emission of electrons or other free carriers when light
                                                                ident fall vacant simultaneously, the Chief Jus-
 is shone onto a material. Electrons emitted in this
                                                                tice of India acts as President
 manner can be called photo electrons.
                                                             l  The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can be removed from
   l One of the common forms of representing remote             his office by a resolution passed by the Lok Sabha
      sensing data as information is in the form of the-     l  Section 124 A of Indian Penal Code deal with
      matic maps                                                Sedition
   l The group of solar cells joined together in a def-
                                                          Economy
      inite pattern is called a solar cell panel
                                                             l  Tax that is levied by state government is enter-
Chemistry                                                       tainment tax
   l  Chemical composition of cement is limestone,           l   HDI is an aggregate measure of progress in three
      clay and Gypsum                                           dimension, Food Security, Employment and Income
Biology                                                   Physics
   l  Sphygmomanometer measure the blood pressure            l  Photo Electric Effect to take place, the metal used
      in the arteries                                           as the cathode should have low work function
   l   The sigmoid colon is a part of Large Intestine        l  Spectroheliograph is used for photographing the
   l  The connective tissue that connects a muscle to           Sun
      a bone is tendon                                                            Success Tip
                      Success Tip                          The spectroheliograph is an instrument used
 A tendon or sinew is a tough band of fibrous              in astronomy which captures a photographic image
 connective tissue that usually connects muscle            of the Sun at a single wavelength of light, a
 to bone and is capable of withstanding tension.           monochromatic image. The wavelength is usually
 Tendons are similar to ligaments; both are made of        chosen to coincide with a spectral wavelength of one
 collagen. Ligaments join one bone to another bone,        of the chemical elements present in the Sun.
 while tendons connect muscle to bone
                                                          Chemistry
Miscellaneous                                                l  The chemical that is used to ripen mangoes is
  1l WIMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for            calcium carbide
      Microwave Access                                                            Success Tip
   l India is developing Chabahar Port in Iran
                                                           Calcium carbide is a chemical compound with
                      Success Tip                          the chemical formula of CaC2. Its main use
 Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chabahar located in         industrially is in the production of acetylene and
 South-eastern Iran, on the Gulf of Oman. It serves        calcium cyanamide
 as Iran’s only oceanic port, and consists of two            l Nylon threads are made of polyamide polymer
 separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid         Biology
 Beheshti, each of which have five berths
                                                             l  ‘Alfalfa’ is the name of a grass
   l Dipa Karmakar is the first Indian women to have
                                                             l  Goitre is caused by the deficiency of Iodine
      qualified for Rio Olympic Games in Gymnastic
                                                                                  Success Tip
 SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)                         Goitre can sometimes occur when your thyroid gland
   Tier-1 Exam, Held on: 04.09.2016                        produces too much thyroid hormone (hyperthyroid-
                                                           ism)
Ancient History                                              l The main protein found in milk is Casein
   l  The Capital of the Mauryan Empire was located          l Organ gets affected in weil’s disease is kidney
      at Pataliputra                                                              Success Tip
General Geography                                          Weil’s disease is a severe form of leptospirosis, a
   l  The longest railway line in the world connects       type of bacterial infection. Leptospira bacteria can
      Leningrad and Vladivostok                            be spread by cattle, pigs, dogs, rats, and other
   l  The Daily Weather Map of India is prepared and       anim als . Wei l’s di se ase i s a se ve re for m of
      printed at Pune                                      leptospirosis.
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