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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