SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
                                                           l The members of the South Asian Association for
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                                                              Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are Afghanistan,
Crystallisation is also a chemical solid–liquid sepa-         Pakistan and Maldives.
ration technique, in which mass transfer of a solute
from the liquid solution to a pure solid crystalline                  SSC CGL Tier-I Exam
phase occurs.                                                  Held on: 22.08.2017 2nd Shift
   l Vinegar and Baking Soda together produce Car-
     bon Dioxide.                                        Medieval History
   l Neon was discovered by Morris W. Travers and          l Delhi first became the capital of a kingdom un-
     William Ramsay.                                          der the Tomara Rajputs.
Biology                                                                      Success Tip
   l The ovaries are located one (1) on each side of     The Tomara were an Indian dynasty who ruled parts
     the lower abdomen in female.                        of present-day Delhi and Haryana during 9th-12th
   l Through photosynthesis at least a half of the total century.
     carbon dioxide fixation on earth is carried out       l Noor Jahan was the wife of Mughal Emperor
     by Algae.                                                Jahangir.
   l Locust, Butterfly, Scorpion and Prawn are all         l The architect of Humayun’s Tomb was Mirak
     examples of Arthropoda Phylum.                           Mirza Ghiyath.
Sports                                                   Geography and Environment
   l The Men’s Cricket World Cup to be held in the         l Actual resources are those resources whose quan-
     year 2019 will be hosted by England and Wales.           tity is known.
Miscellaneous                                              l The main mineral constituents of the continen-
                                                              tal mass are silica and alumina.
   l In Microsoft Excel, the COUNTIF function is used
     to count the number of cells within a range that      l Immigration is the number of individuals of the
     meet the given criteria.                                 same species that have come into the habitat
   l Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission scheme             from elsewhere during the time period under con-
     launched by the Central Government aims at               sideration.
     development of rural growth clusters which have       l Bangladesh shares its border with the Indian
     latent potential for growth.                             state of Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya.
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The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission                Bangladesh also shares its border with West Bengal
(SPMRM) is a scheme launched by Government of            and Mizoram.
India in 2016 to deliver integrated project based in-
frastructure in the rural areas, which will also in-     Polity
clude development of economic activities and skill
                                                           l “Naval, military and air force works” is listed in
development.
                                                              the concurrent list given in the Seventh Sched-
   l Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian
                                                              ule in the Constitution of India.
     award of India given for exceptional and distin-
     guished service in any field including service ren-   l There are total five (5) parliamentary seats (Lok
     dered by the government servants.                        Sabha constituency) in Uttrakhand.
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The highest civilian award of India is Bharat Ratna.       l The demand for normal good decreases with de-
   l Novels and their related authors                         crease in the consumer’s income.
        Novel                     Author
     a. Ancillary Justice         Ann Leckie
     b. Air                       Geoff Ryman                                 FOR
     c. Mission Earth             L. Ron Hubbard          LATEST VACANCIES
   l Malala Yousafzai has been made United Nation’s                   and Dates of
     Messenger of Peace in April 2017.
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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female
education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in
2014.
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