SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l The quality or tone of a musical sound produced Economy
by a stringed instrument depends on waveform
l Labour Bureau brings out the ‘Consumer Price
of the sound
Index Number’ for industrial workers
Chemistry l The basis of determining dearness allowance to
l During fermentation of sugar, the compound employees in India is Consumer Price Index
which is always formed is Ethyl Alcohol l An indifference curve measures the same level of
satisfaction from two commodities
l Removal of carbon particles from air involves the
l ‘Stand up India’ scheme launched by the Prime
principle of electrophoresis
Minister recently is related with promotion of en-
Biology trepreneurship among SC, ST and women
l Cellulose forms the base of vegetable fibres l International Bank for Reconstruction and De-
velopment is also known as ‘World Bank’
l Green light is least effective in photosynthesis
l Activated Coconut Charcoal acts as best adsor- Physics
bent l Every hot objects emits infrared rays
l The maximum fixation of solar energy is done by Chemistry
green plants
l Hydrogen Peroxide is commonly used for pulp
Miscellaneous bleaching in the paper industry
l The novelist, poet and critic of Gujarati language l The molecular mass of a gas is twice its vapour
has been conferred with Jnanpith Award for 2015 pressure
l CPU Scheduler is also known as Short term l Brown stains in vessels and clothes indicates the
Scheduler presence of high quantities of manganese in water
l Social activist Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has Biology
recently announced to end 16 year old hunger l Cod liver oil from fish is rich in vitamin D
strike belongs to Manipur
l Yeast is a fungi
SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) l Bone, Cartilage and Blood are connective tissues
Tier-1 Exam Held on: 09.09.2016 Miscellaneous
(3rd Shift) l Babita Kumari represented India in the Rio Olym-
pics 2016 in wrestling
Medieval History
l CPU is consist of Arithmetic and Logical unit,
l The official language for Delhi sultanate was Per- Resister and Control unit
sian
Modern History SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL)
l The Swadeshi Boycott Movement is related to (Tier-1) Exam Held on: 10.09.2016
Partition of Bengal in 1905 (First Shift)
l Mutiny of 1857 was described as the first Indian
War of Independence by B.D. Savarkar
Ancient History
l A collective term used by the Jains for their sa-
Physical Geography cred books is Angas
l Lines joining places of equal rainfall are called
isohyets
Modern History
l Ozone protects biosphere from ultraviolet rays l ‘Do or Die’ is associated with Quit India Move-
ment in India’s freedom struggle
General Geography
Success Tip
l Ganga, Brahmputra and Godavari rivers form
The Quit India speech is a speech made by Mahatma
deltas
l Bandhavgarh National Park is located in the state Gandhi on 8 August 1942, on the eve of the Quit
of Madhya Pradesh India movement. He called for determined, but
l Nainital is called the ‘Lake District of India’ passive resistance that signified the certitude that
l Taxes belongs to Central Government are Excise Gandhi foresaw for the movement is best described
duty, Custom duty and Income tax by his call to Do or Die.
Polity and Constitution Physical Geography
l The largest committee of Parliament of India is l Area of India covered by tropical evergreen forest
Estimates Committee is Western Ghats
l Jammu and Kashmir state has bicameral legis-
lature among the states of Tamil Nadu, Punjab, General Geography
Sikkim and Jammu and Kashmir l Tehri dam has been built on the Bhagirathi river
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