SSC CGL GENERAL AWARENESS Pointers
Geography and Environment hydrochloric acid and concentrated nitric acid.
l The Ganga is known in Bangladesh by the name l The mass of 4 mole of aluminum atoms is 108
of Padma. grams.
l Maize, Rice, Arhar, Soyabean, Ragi and l Alpha particles were made to fall on a thin gold
Groundnut are the Kharif crops but Wheat and foil by Ernest Rutherford.
Barley are the Rabi crops. Biology
l Three (3) seismic stations are required to locate
l Vitamin K helps in clotting of blood.
the epicenter of an earthquake.
l During heavy exercise, breathing rate in an average
l Madhya Pradesh shares its border with 5 States.
adult person can increase upto 25 per minute.
l Palghat joins Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
l The colour of human blood is red because of
l The accumulation of non-degradable chemicals
hemoglobin.
progressively at each trophic level is called
l Oviparous animal does not give birth to young
biological magnification.
ones.
l Taj Mahal is suffering from “Marble Cancer”
l Each sperm is single cell.
because of sulphur dioxide.
l External fertilisation takes place in frog.
l Cancer treatment is done by radon a noble gas.
l Three (3) types of ecological pyramids are present l Fertilisation is necessary in sexual reproduction
in ecosystem. They are Pyramid of number, but not necessary in asexual reproduction.
biomass and Energy. l Excessive curvature of the eye lens is the cause
of arise of myopia.
Polity l Worms multiplies very slowly in comparison to
l Nagaland was created as separate state in 1963. others.
l Department of Economic Affairs is responsible
for the preparation and presentation of Union
Sports
Budget. l Saba Karim has appointed as the General
l Dr Sachchidananda Sinha presided over the Manager of Board of Control for Cricket in India.
inaugural meeting of the Constituent Assembly l FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in Qatar.
of India. Miscellaneous
l Bull, Horse and Four Lions were adopted from l SABLA is a centrally sponsored scheme to
the Maurya Dynasty in the emblem of empower adolescent girls.
Government of India but Satyameva Jayate was l “The Idea of Justice” is written by Amartya Sen.
adopted from Mundokupnishad. l J.K. Rowling has been made Companion of
l The first session of Constituent Assembly of India Honour on December 12, 2017.
was held in Delhi. l 31st Surajkund International Crafts Mela held at
Economy Faridabad.
l The BRICS bank is presently known by the name l ONGC Videsh has got a two year extension to
of New Development Bank (NDB). explore Vietnam’s Oil block-128 in the South
l Parallel economy means Black Money. China Sea.
l RBI implements monetary policy in India. l The 5th India-Sri Lanka joint training exercise
l The ARDC is a branch of the NABARD. The full “Mitra Shakti 2017” was held in Maharashtra.
form of ARDC is Agricultural Refinance and l BIOS are non-volatile firmware and software
Development Corporation. stored on a small memory chip on motherboard.
l Labour Court, Industrial Tribunal and Work l ROM is non-volatile memory.
Committee are the part of machinery that settles l RAM is volatile memory.
industrial disputes. l Primary memory is volatile.
l PFRDA regulates NPS. l Secondary memory is non-volatile.
Physics SSC Junior Engineer
l In a concave mirror if object is placed at centre
of curvature, then image will be at the centre of Held on: 23.01.2018 Evening Shift
curvature.
Ancient History
l Fuse is generally placed in series with the device.
l The term ‘Stupa’ is associated with death event
l A rectangular coil of copper wire is rotating in a
of Gautam Buddha’s life.
magnetic field. The direction of the induced
current changes once in each half revolution. Success Tip
l Noise is measured in decibel. Gautama Buddha was an ascentic and sage, on whose
Chemistry teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to
l Mercury remains in liquid form at room have lived and taught mostly in the eastern part of
temperature. ancient India sometime between the 6th and 4th
l Aqua Regia is a mixture of concentrated centuries BCE.
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