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  l Ariana Grande was performing in when her con-                              Success Tip
     cert was hit by a terrorist attack in May 2017 in
     Manchester.                                        Itai-Itai disease was caused by cadmium poisoning
                                                        due to mining in Toyama Prefecture.
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Ariana Grande-Butera, better known as Ariana            Biology
Grande, is an American singer and actress.                 l Auxiliary bud develops into branch of the plant.
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                                                        The auxiliary bud is an embryonic shoot located in
       Held on: 08.08.2017 1st Shift                    the axil of a leaf. Each bud has the potential to form
                                                        shoots, and may be specialized in producing either
Medieval History                                        vegetative shoots (stems and branches) or reproduc-
  l The Vijay Stambha (Tower of Victory) in             tive shoots (flowers).
     Chittorgarh has built by Rana Kumbha.                 l Xylem helps in transportation of water.
                                                           l The five kingdom classification was proposed by
Modern History                                                R. H. Whittaker.
  l The slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall
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     have it” was raised by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
                                                        R. H. Whittaker proposed an elaborate five kingdom
Geography and Environment                               classification – Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and
  l The largest Indian state in terms of the total area Animalia.
     covered is Rajasthan.                                 l The Cholera causing germs was discovered by
  l Indian state having the largest Coastline is              Filippo Pacini.
     Gujarat.
  l Pyrometer is best suited for measuring the tem-
                                                        Sports
     perature inside metallurgical furnaces.               l Players and their related games
  l Afghanistan is the largest producer of opium in              Players             Games
     the world.
                                                              a. Mithali Raj         Cricket
Polity                                                        b. Poonam Rani         Hockey
  l Recommendation of the two houses of the Par-              c. Lalita Babar        3000 meter Steeplechases
     liament is mandatory to impeach the President
     of India from his office before the completion of  Miscellaneous
     his/her term.                                         l The full form of ‘LAN’ is Local Area Network.
  l Five (5) types of writ are there in the Indian Con-    l ‘Vikalp’ is a scheme launched by Indian Railways
     stitution.                                               to help wait-listed passengers. Under this
Economy                                                       scheme:
  l Buffer stock is the component of Food Security            a. No-extra charges will be taken from passen-
     System.                                                     gers.
  l The accepted average Calorie requirement for ru-          b. Wait-listed passengers can avail opportunity
     ral areas in India is 2400.                                 of travelling in Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Special
                                                                 trains even when booking made is in other
Physics                                                          mail/express trains.
  l The other name of Galileo’s law of falling bodies         c. Vikalp scheme will be initially available for e-
     is Newton’s first law.                                      tickets only.
                     Success Tip                           l  ‘Hunar Haat’ an exhibition to exhibit and pro-
On the basis of the law of parabolic fall, Galileo            mote the arts and artisans from minority com-
reached the conclusion that bodies fall on the sur-           munity was launched at IITF, New Delhi, 2016.
face of the earth at a constant acceleration, and that     l  The award for the best movie at the Oscar Awards
the force of gravity which causes all bodies to move          2017 was won by Moonlight.
downward is a constant force.                              l  The author of the book titled ‘Citizen and Soci-
  l An example of solid sol is coloured gemstones.            ety’ is Hamid Ansari.
                                                           l  India has recently signed a MoU (Memorandum
Chemistry                                                     of Understanding) for Water Conservation in In-
  l Formic acid is released when an ant bite.                 dia with Israel.
  l Cadmium is responsible for Itai-Itai disease.
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