SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
  l A peace treaty between Japan and Russia has             l The laws which govern the motion of planets are
     not been concluded yet, even after 70 years have          called Kepler’s Laws.
     passed since the end of World War II.
                                                         Chemistry
            SSC CGL Tier-I Exam                             l Brownish film formed on iron when left in open
      Held on: 23.08.2017 3rd Shift                            is called rust.
                                                            l The substances which have very low ignition tem-
Ancient History                                                perature and can easily catch fire with a flame
  l According to the categories of land mentioned in           are called inflammable substances.
     the Chola inscriptions Brahmadeya was known
     as the land gifted to Brahmanas.                    Biology
                                                            l Classes comprising animals like fishes, amphib-
Medieval History
                                                               ians, reptiles, birds along with mammals consti-
  l Prithviraj III (1168-1192) was a best known                tute the category called Phylum.
     chahmana ruler.                                        l The predominant stage of the life cycle of a moss
Geography and Environment                                      is the gametophyte which consists of two stages.
                                                               The first stage is the protonema.
  l The decay caused by various components like
                                                            l The largest phylum of Animalia which includes
     water, wind and ice on the landscape is called
                                                               insects is Arthropoda.
     erosion.
                                                            l Insulin was discovered by Frederick Banting.
  l The method of soil conservation in which bare
     ground between plants is covered with layer of      Miscellaneous
     organic matter like straw is called mulching.
                                                            l In Microsoft Word, Font Color allows us to change
  l Many freshwater animals cannot live for long in            the color of selected text.
     sea water and vice versa because of the osmotic
                                                            l Vidyanjali Yojana has been launched by the Cen-
     problems, they would face.
                                                               tral Government to provide equal primary edu-
  l Padma is a major river in Bangladesh which is              cation to all budding children across India.
     also the main distributary of the Ganges.
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                                                         Vidyanjali is a school volunteer programme and an
The Padma is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the
                                                         initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Devel-
main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally
southeast for 120 kilometers to its confluence with      opment of India to boost community and private sec-
the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal.                 tor participation in government schools, launched
                                                         by Smriti Irani.
Polity                                                      l The India’s highest award in cinema given annu-
  l “Public health and sanitation, hospitals and dis-          ally by the Government of India for lifetime con-
     pensaries” is listed in the state list given in the       tribution to Indian cinema is Dada Saheb Phalke
     Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.            Award.
  l Lok Sabha elects the President and the Vice Presi-                          Success Tip
     dent and removes judges of Supreme Court and
     High Court.                                         The first recipient of the award was actress Devika
                                                         Rani, who was honoured at the 17th National Film
Economy                                                  Awards. As of 2015, there have been 47 awardees.
  l The marginal product curve is inverse U shaped.         l Novels and their related author
  l Goods which are consumed together are called                  Novel                     Author
     complementary goods.                                      a. Air                       Geoff Ryman
                     Success Tip                               b. Ulysses                   James Joyce
A complementary good or complement is a good with              c. The Great Gatsby          F. Scott Fitzgerald
a negative cross elasticity of demand, in contrast to       l Oracle lost high profile legal battles with HP and
a substitute good. This means a good"s demand is               Google in 2016.
increased when the price of another good is decreased.



  l For an object, the state of rest is considered to
     be the state of zero speed.                          STANDARD ENGLISH GRAMMAR
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