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  l The meristem which occurs between mature tis-      Geography
    sues is known as intercalary meristem.
                                                         l In due course of time the meander loop cuts off
  l Platyhelminthes Phylum is also called flatworms.
                                                            from the river and forms a cut-off lake, also called
  l Vocal chords in women are 5mm shorter than
                                                            an ox-bow lake.
    vocal chords in men.
                                                         l The oceanic crust mainly consists of silica and
Sports                                                      magnesium.
  l The 2018 Rugby World Cup will be held in San         l Name of the estuary on the border of India and
    Francisco from 20-22 July 2018.                         Pakistan is Sir Creek.
Miscellaneous                                          Polity
  l The web uses the Hyper Text Markup Language          l Advisory Jurisdiction means that the President
    (HTML) to request and serve web pages and pro-          of India can refer any matter that is of public
    grams.                                                  importance or that which involves interpretation
  l Rayon fibre is also called as artificial silk.          of Constitution to Supreme Court for advice.
  l Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was launched          l There is total one (1) parliamentary seat (Rajya
    by the Central Government to give financial ser-        Sabha constituency) in Tripura.
    vices to weaker section of society.
                                                       Economy
                    Success Tip
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was launched by           l In India the reform policies were first introduced
the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 28             in 1991.
August 2014. Slogan of the Scheme is “Mera Khatha,       l The production function of a firm is a relation-
Bhagya Vidhatha”.                                           ship between inputs used and output produced
                                                            by the firm.
  l The winners of Nobel Prize 2016 for Chemistry
    are Jean-Pierre Sauvage; Sir J. Fraser Stoddart;   Physics
    and Bernard L. Feringa and for 2017 are Joachim
                                                         l If the speed of an object moving along a straight
    Frank, Richard Henderson and Jacques
                                                            line keeps changing, its motion is said to be non-
    Dubochet.
                                                            uniform.
  l Novel and their related author
                                                         l The substances which reduce friction are called
       Novel                     Author                     lubricants.
    a. Missile Gap               Charles Stross          l The unit of calorific value is kJ/kg.
    b. Bird Box                  Josh Malerman         Chemistry
    c. The City and the City China Mieville
                                                         l Magnesium oxide (MgO) + Water (H2O)= [Mg(OH)2]
  l India’s largest overseas investment destination
    in the year 2015-16 was Mauritius.                 Biology
  l China shares its border with Arunachal Pradesh,      l Order Primata comprising monkey, gorilla and gib-
    Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim.                            bon is placed in class Mammalia along with order
                    Success Tip                             Carnivora that includes Tiger, Cats and Dogs.
China shares its border with Jammu and Kashmir,          l In roots, the protoxylem lies towards the centre.
Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and                   Such arrangement of primary xylem is called ex-
Arunachal Pradesh.                                          arch.
                                                         l The example of Mollusca Phylum is Octopus.
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                                                         l The 2015 Men’s Rugby World Cup Runner-Up was
                                                            Australia. (July 2018 would be held on (San
Ancient History                                             Francicso).
  l The Chola kingdom mostly ruled south region of     Miscellaneous
    India.
                                                         l Notepad is a text editor in Windows operating
  l Group of Monuments at Hampi was built by
                                                            system.
    Harihara and Bukka.
                                                         l According to Central Pollution Control Board
Modern History                                              (CPCB), particulate size 2.5 micrometers or less
  l During their rule the British persuaded or forced       in diameter are responsible for causing the great-
    cultivators in Assam to grow tea.                       est harm to human health.
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