SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l The new Director of Film and Television Insti- l Sour taste of lemon is due to the presence of
tute of India (FTII) is Bhupendra Kainthola citric acid
l Han Kang is the recipient of Man Booker Inter- l Alzheimer’s Disease is a Autosomal Disorder
national Prize 2016 for the novel ‘The Vegetari- l The transplantation of graft between genetically
an’ identical individuals is isograft
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Miscellaneous
l Macro-operation is the operation executed on
Tier-1 Exam Held on: 08.09.2016 data stored in resisters
(Second Shift) l ‘Lona’ is related to Kabaddi
l Ten thaats or scales, belongs to Hindustani Mu-
Modern History sic System
l Raja Ravi Verma was a great painter from the l Yogeshwar Dutt is associated with wrestling
state of Kerala
l The founder of the Theosophical Society of India SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
was Annie Besant (Tier-1) Exam
l The first Indian to be selected as the leader of
the Communist International was M.N. Roy
Held on: 09.09.2016 (2nd Shift)
Physical Geography Ancient History
l The movement in the earth’s crust is studied by l Harsha moved his capital from Thanesar to
Seismology Kanauj
General Geography Modern History
l The Chipko slogan ‘Ecology is Permanent Econ- l The ‘Cabinet Mission’ of 1946 was led by Lord
omy’ was coined by Sunderlal Bahuguna Mountbatten
l State which has the longest coast line is Gujar- l Gandhiji meant by ‘Sarvodaya’ is the birth of a
at new society based on ethical values
l Chandigarh is not located in the Golden Quad- Physical Geography
rilateral Road Network l Solar eclipse takes place when the moon is be-
l First Indian state to go wholly organic is Sikkim tween the sun and earth
l The source of natural energy of the hot spring at
Manikaran in Himachal Pradesh is Geothermal
General Geography
Energy l Mount Abu is a hill station located in Aravalli
ranges
Polity and Constitution
l The only perennial river in Peninsular India is
l The Schedule contains special provisions for the Kaveri
administration of tribal areas in the four north- l Strait of Gibraltar connects Atlantic Ocean and
eastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mediterranean Sea
Mizoram is Sixth Schedule
l The largest solar power plant in India is located
l Members of the State Public Service Commission at Madhapur
are appointed by Governor
Polity and Constitution
Economy l Type of democracy we follow in India is represen-
l Saving is that portion of money income that is tative
not spent on consumption l The Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the
l Amartya Sen win the Nobel Prize in the field of Constituent Assembly of India was Dr. B.R.
Welfare Economics Ambedkar
l The role of ‘Ombudsman’ in a bank is to provide Economy
quality and speedy redressal of grievances of cus- l A ‘Market Economy’ is one which is free from the
tomers Government control
Physics l Regional Rural Banks are sponsored by Nation-
l Transformer cannot be developed within an ‘in- alised Commercial Bank
tegrated circuit’ l The Chief Economic Advisor to the Government
of India is Arvind Subramanian
Chemistry l Portfolio investment is considered as unsafe
l Chemical properties of isotopes must be same
Physics
l Glycol is used to manufacture terylene
l A particle is thrown vertically upward. When it
Biology reaches the highest point, it has a downward ac-
l Palaeontology is the study of fossils celeration
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