SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
l Council of ministers are collectively responsible l Nichrome is used in the manufacturing of elec-
to Lok Sabha. tric heater coil.
l The vote of the speaker of Lok Sabha is called
casting vote.
Chemistry
l Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have bicam- l Cotton cloth will readily catch fire.
eral legislature. l The main components of stainless steel are iron
are chromium and nickel.
Economy l Lithium has the lowest density.
l Devaluation is majorly done to encourage export.
Biology
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l Hippocrates is known as ‘Father of Medicine’.
Devaluation is a deliberate downward adjustment to l A vestigial organ in human body is tailbone.
the value of a country"s currency relative to another
l Mitochondria cell organelle is responsible for cel-
currency, group of currencies or standard.
lular respiration.
l Foreign investment is known by FDI (Foreign l ‘The Theory of Natural Selection’ was given by
Direct Investment) in India. Darwin.
Success Tip l Creatures and their related class
A foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment in Creature Class
the form of a controlling ownership in a business in a. Crocodile Reptile
one country by an entity based in another country. b. Frog Amphibian
l The full form of NNP is Net National Product. c. Tiger Animal
l Uric acid is chief nitrogenous waste of Birds.
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Net national product (NNP) refers to gross national Sports
product (GNP), i.e. the total market value of all final l Players and their related Sports
goods and services produced by the factors of pro- Player Sport
duction of a country or other Polity during a given a. Chetan Anand Badminton
time period, minus depreciation.
b. Virat Kohli Cricket
l ‘Inclusive Growth’ was the objective of Eleventh c. Sania Mirza Tennis
Five Year Plan.
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Miscellaneous
l Any data (or) instruction entered into the mem-
Inclusive growth means economic growth that cre-
ory of computer is called as input.
ates employment opportunities and helps in reduc-
ing poverty. It means having access to essential ser- l C++ and Java are computer languages.
vices in health and education by the poor. l The name of the scheme for food processing sec-
tor to be launched by the Ministry of Food Pro-
l The Green steel plants of Bhilai, Durgapur and
cessing Industries is SAMPADA.
Rourkela were established under Second Five Year
Plan. Success Tip
Physics SAMPADA stands for Scheme for Agro-Marine Pro-
cessing and Development of Agro-Processing Clus-
l Quantities and their related SI unit ters.
Quantity SI Unit
l An inventor of an electric telegraph is Samuel F.
a. Resistance Ohm
B. Morse.
b. Energy Joule
l ‘Mohiniattam’ dance is associated with Kerala.
c. Power Watt
l A recipient of Padma Shri for the year 2017 in
l Germanium is widely used in making semicon- the field of Art-Music is Kailash Kher.
ductor chips.
l The book ‘Gandhi in Champaran’ is authored by
l The first law of thermodynamics is related to con- Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar.
servation of energy.
l India and South Korea have signed a MoU on
Success Tip ship building. Hindustan Shipyard Limited has
The law of conservation of energy states that the to- been nominated by India for this collaboration.
tal energy of an isolated system is constant; energy l Two neighbouring countries of India, China and
can be transformed from one form to another, but Nepal organized a military exercise named ‘Sa-
can be neither created nor destroyed. garmatha Friendship - 2017’.
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