SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Physics SSC CGL Tier-I Exam
l If the mass of an object is 60 kg, its weight on Held on: 19.08.2017 1st Shift
the moon will be 100N (N=Newton).
Success Tip Ancient History
The Moon only has 1/6 the gravity that Earth does. l Kumaragupta started construction of Nalanda
This means you weigh six times less on the Moon (Mahavihara).
than you do on Earth. (1 kg = 9.8 N.)
Medieval History
l The side mirrors of vehicles are convex mirrors.
l The Tomara Rajputs were defeated in the middle
Chemistry of the twelfth century by the Chauhans of Ajmer.
l In an acid base reaction water is produced along
Modern History
with a salt.
l The process of melting is also called fusion. l Mahatma Gandhi’s volunteers of the Salt
Satyagrah walked for 24 days.
Biology Success Tip
l In the names Mangifera indica (mango), Solanum The 24-day march began from 12 March 1930 and
tuberosum (potato) and Panthera leo (Lion), the continued until 6 April 1930.
terms Mangifera, Solanum and Panthera repre-
sent the higher level of taxon. Geography and Environment
l Agar is the commercial product obtained from l India is the 7th largest country in the world.
Gelidium and Gracilaria are used to grow microbes
l The place on the earth’s surface above the focus
and in preparations of ice-creams and jellies.
is called the epicenter.
l Taenia (Tapeworm), Fasciola (Liver fluke) are ex-
amples of Platyhelminthes Phylum. l During the past century, the temperature of Earth
has increased by 0.60C.
l The Major Abiotic Factors are temperature, wa-
ter and light. l Uranus was discovered by William Herschel.
Sports Polity
l The winner of 2017 Formula One Bahrain Grand l All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)
Prix is Sebastian Vettel. (6th April, 2018 it will was founded in 1972.
be hosted. l Right to Equality Fundamental Right in Indian
Constitution includes equal access to shops,
Miscellaneous bathing, ghats, hotels etc.
l In Microsoft Excel, the MAX function returns the Success Tip
largest value among the values passed as argu- Right to equality is provided from Article 14 to Ar-
ments. ticle 18 of Indian constitution.
l Stand up India scheme launched by the Central
Government aims to promote entrepreneurship Economy
among people from schedule caste/schedule tribe. l The collection of all possible combinations of the
Success Tip goods and services that can be produced from a
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Stand given amount of resources ad a given stock of
up India’ scheme on 5 April 2016 as part of the technological knowledge is called the Production
government’s efforts to support entrepreneurship Possibility Set of the Economy.
among women and SC & ST communities. l If at a price, market supply is greater than mar-
l Potassium was discovered by Humphry Davy. ket demand, we say that there s excess supply in
l The winner of the Grammy Awards 2018 “Rap Al- the market at that price.
bum of the Year” was “Loyalty” by Kendrick Lamar. Physics
l Novel and their related author
l In the formula average velocity = (u + v)/2, u is
Novel Author the initial velocity.
a. Brave New World Aldous Huxley
Chemistry
b. An Affair Downstairs Sherri Browning
l The name of the acid in grapes is tartaric acid.
c. Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler
l India gave Rs. 35 crore rupees to children of free- Biology
dom fighters in under the new ‘Muktjodha schol-
l The male sex accessory ducts include vasa effer-
arship’ scheme to Bangladesh. entia, epididymis, vas deferens and rete testis.
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