SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
General Geography
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
l Purpose for building Farakka Barrage
ä Checking water floating into Bangladesh
Tier-1 Exam, Held on: 08.09.2016
ä Checking silting of Kolkata Port (First Shift)
ä Preventing erosion of Kolkata Port Ancient History
l River in the Southern Peninsula has the second
largest river basin in India is Godavari l Kamarup is an ancient name of Assam
l Name of the longest lake in India is Vembanad l The battle led to the downfall of the Vijayanagar
Lake empire was Battle of Talikota
l Red Data Book provide an account of endangered Medieval History
plants and animals
l Mansabdari system in India was introduced by
Success Tip Akbar
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known
as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in Physical Geography
1964, is the world’s most comprehensive inventory l Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above
of the global conser -vation status of biological equator
species. The International Union for Conservation l Among the world oceans, Arctic Ocean is having
of Nature (IUCN) is the world’s main authority on the widest continental shelf
the conservation status of species l Temperature is indicated by the colour of a star
l Suez Canal connects Red Sea and Mediterranean General Geography
Sea
l The largest peninsular river in India is Godavari
Polity and Constitution l Red soil is normally found in India in Eastern &
l The President in consultation with the Election Southern part of the Deccan Plateau
Commission decides dispute regarding disquali- l Anthracite is the highest quality of hard coal
fication of members of Parliament Polity and Constitution
l All doubts and disputes in connection with elec-
tion of the President are inquired into and decid- l An amendment of the constitution may be initi-
ed by the Supreme Court ated by the introduction of a bill in either House
of Parliament
Economy l The Directive Principles of State Policy has been
l Money transfer through mobile is called IMPS adopted from Irish Constitution
l G-20 is the group of 20 largest economies repre- Economy
sented by their Finance Ministers and Central
Bank Governors l CENVAT is related to excise Duty
l In India, the Black Revolution is related to the l Malthusian theory is associated with population
manufacturing of crude petroleum l Per capita monetary income is the parameter for
l Kutir Jyoti Scheme is associated with providing the economic development
electricity to rural families living below poverty line Physics
Physics l ‘Diodes’ are generally used for rectification
l The force which makes a vehicle to stop when l An anemometer measures speed of wind
break is applied is called frictional force Chemistry
Chemistry l Limestone is a raw material used by Cement in-
l Synthetic detergents are prepared from hydrocar- dustry
bons of petroleum l Atomic number of an atom gives the number
Biology of protons
l Tortoise has the maximum life span among ea- Biology
gle, tortoise, lion and elephant l The antibiotic penicillin is obtained from fungus
l Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin l DPT vaccine is categorized as a combined vac-
l Bio fortification is a method of breeding crops to cine
increase their nutritional value l ‘Mission Indradhanush’ Campaign in India is
Miscellaneous associated with vaccination of children
l Cache memory works on the principle of locality l Cone cell disorder in our body is responsible for
of reference colour blindness
l The headquarters of National Film Archives of Miscellaneous
India located in Pune l Data in database at a particular point of time is
l The 18th Asian Games also known as ‘Asiad’ will called as extension
be held in 2018 in Jakarta
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