SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
     b. Hockey                    Ritu Rani             Physics
     c. Cricket                   Ajinkya Rahane           l The pitch of a sound is determined by frequency.
                                                           l Phenomena of photoelectric effect show the par-
Miscellaneous                                                ticle nature of light.
  l Enter key is used to move to next line in a MS-     Chemistry
     Word document.                                        l The common name of CaOCl2 is Bleaching Pow-
  l “Urja Ganga”, 1500 km long gas pipeline project          der.
     has been launched in October, 2016 at Varanasi.       l The common characteristic of the elements of the
                     Success Tip                             same group in the periodic table is electrons in
Urja Ganga gas pipeline of length 2540-km is planned         outer most shell.
to be laid across the states from Uttar Pradesh to         l Dermatitis is caused by Nickel.
Odisha. It is launched at 24 October, 2016.                                   Success Tip
  l Pentium Chip was invented by Vinod Dham.            Dermatitis, also known as eczema is a group of dis-
  l Shatranj ke khiladi, Charulata and Jalsaghar are    eases that results in inflammation of the skin.
     directed by Satyajit Ray.
  l ‘Hamlet’ play of Shakespeare’s was recently         Biology
     claimed to be dated wrongly.                          l Euglena, Paramecium and Gonyaulax have cell
  l USA has co-sponsored ‘Cobra Gold’ – an annual            wall.
     multilateral military exercise alongwith Thailand.    l Mitochondria is also called as ‘power house of
  l The Gurudwara ‘Panja Sahib’ is located in Paki-          the cell’.
     stan.                                                 l Pneumatophores is a type of breathing root (In
                                                             mangroves and other swap plants).
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                                                           l Olympics and their place
Medieval History                                                Olympics                           Place
                                                             a. Summer Olympics 2020             Tokyo
  l Temples and related states                               b. Summer Olympics 2016             Rio de Janeiro
        Temple                            State              c. Summer Olympics 2012             London
     a. Brihadeswara Temple               Tamil Nadu       l The ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award’ for the year
                                                             2016 has been awarded to Jitu Rai. Award for
     b. Dilwara Temple                    Rajasthan
                                                             2017 is jointly conferred on Para Athlete Davendra
     c. Lingraja Temple                   Odisha             Jhanjharia and Sardar Singh (Hockey Captain).
     d. Hampi Group Monuments             Karnataka
                                                        Miscellaneous
Modern History                                             l Charles Babbage is called as ‘Father of Modern
  l Siraj ud-Daulah was defeated by Lord Clive in            Computer’.
     the Battle of Plassey.                                l ‘Pregnancy Aid Scheme’ launched to help preg-
                     Success Tip                             nant women financially with Rs. 6000 at 31 De-
                                                             cember, 2016.
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the        l Ian Donald pioneered diagnostic ultrasound.
British East India Company over the Nawab of Ben-          l Recently organised river festival ‘Namami
gal and his French allies on 23 June 1757.                   Brahmaputra’ in India was attended by Prime
                                                             Minister of Bhutan.
Geography and Environment
                                                           l The author of the book ‘Akhada: The Authorized
  l Alps mountain range is located in Europe.                Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat’ is Saurabh
  l The full form of ITCZ is inter tropical conver-          Duggal.
     gence zone.                                           l Indian Railways has signed an agreement for
                                                             Dedicated Freight Corridor with Monash Univer-
Polity                                                       sity, Australia.
  l Fundamental Rights is justiciable in nature.           l Kaladan multi-modal transport project has been
  l The 42nd amendment is also known as the ‘Mini            undertaken with Myanmar.
     Constitution’ of India.
                                                                              Success Tip
Economy                                                 The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project
  l Courier service comes under tertiary sector.        is a project that will connect the eastern Indian sea-
  l The direct taxes are income tax, wealth tax and     port of Kolkata with Sittwe seaport in Rakhine State,
     corporate tax.                                     Myanmar by sea.
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